Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1906-05-25
'ouc by a Chicago company in ,nat

A"'' "'SoN 'uSA pIo-lCClluR
trip. They Q to the n~eighborLood
OF Cherry Creek in s. arch OF Il lost
mine, but failed TO find it.
P~r"s2ectors should keep their eyes
open for radium deposits. The price
has taken IA jump from 81 600 an
ounce to s9,4l0.3t2.l6. An ounce or
two OF it would provi ie a fellow with a
nice gruhstake.
Aiire in Ogden early yesterday morning
destroyed property valued at s35a,OOn.
Ito fire started in the biilding coupled
by the Burton Implement Compan,
Twenty.third street and Washington
avenue. The property WIS Insured for
about $4,000.
Manuel Rentcria. IA NJ axican sheep
shearer, suffering with pneumonia, WIS
brought from Bradiey'S sheep camp
Yesterday atterno III and taken to the
county hospital, where he died about
III o'clock last night. IIe was over
sixty years Of age.
William Whaien, the swindlGng min
ing promoter Of Eureka county, was be-
!Hc Judge Hart Of Sacramento yester
day on II writ OF habeas corpus. After
the arguments Of counsel, Judge Hart
stated that he wonld read the trans.
cript in the ca,e md render his decision
later Oh.
Senator Hunter returned from Bald
Mountain last night. lie is favorably
impressed with the prospects OF the
Skaggs' mine, II thinks the camp will
come to the front rs a producer. Mr..
Hunter did not inspec, the recent gold
strike made in the camp. lie reports a
saloon, IA few tents and forty or fifty
men i'll the district.
Mrs. W. II. Hood, wife OF DR.. ii cd of
Reno, has been taken to San Francisco
Tor treatment. She was taken III several
weeks Z and it was thought that she
was suffering from throat and eur
trouble. Several local physicians we're
called but they were unable to deter
mine the exact nature OF the disease Ii
has been feared foI several days that abe
Is suffering from an abscess OF the braI.:.
Her coalition is most grave
IL congress should decide to let in free
OF duty all building materials intended
for San Francisco, remarks tho Spring.
Held republican, what a shocking con.
fession II would be that the tariff is d
tax and thai the home builder aud the
home pay it.
Some Of the republican senators who
voted for Tint Allison amendment ac.
knowledge thEt do not know what il
tneans, but evidently Eikins, Aldrich
and the railroad attorneys understood il
perfectly. President Roosevelt, snem
willing t" sign any bill with any pro
vision whether ne uudersi ands it or not,
il the republicans will vote for it.
For some reason, rs to which there
might be a difference OF opinion, the
unhealthfnlness Of work in metallic.
rous mines appears to be increasing
According to DR.. Hnldane, the death
rate from lung disease among mIncrs,
between the ages Of % and 10, living in
Cornwall, has recently been from
eight to ten times the corresponding
death RAE among COIL miners or iron
niuers.
Recently n stranger appeared in Sill
yer City and leased n building for saloon
purposes. Business wns not very good,
and fearing the saloon proprietor was
about to skip the town. the lady who
owrs the building locked Il horse be
longing to the atoT esaid saloon man in a
barn as security for her rent. and placed
the key i'll her shoe for safe-koeping.
The saloon man paid the rent money -
Virginia Enterprises.
Perry Duval's cabin on the hill north
Of town was broken into yesterday
afternoon and three razors, n gold
watch and Il pair Of pantaloOns were
taken. Tho property belonged 10 Perry
and his partner. Lou Cemlons. The
officers found where the thieves sold a
razor 10 nh Indian, tut have been unable
to catch them. 4 few days ago the
cabin was broken INTO End u pick taken.
Perry still has the cabin and ia thankful
for that.
Tho demand Tor free alcohol, free
cement and structural steel. free hides
free conl, free wool pulp, etc, il worry
ing tiic stnnd.pa republicans no little
Senator Aldrich md Speaker Cannon
arc getting nervous. Tho clamor iuy
Legislation On thrift schedules is dist rcss.
ing them. They will either got of their
perch or DO knocked of. and they are
puzzlinR thoir braius to find out which
they had rather do.
Fire started in the underground work,
ings Of the Wcdekind mino near tiert
Monday afternoon. The damage il re-
ported M ,rinmR. Tho origin Of the fire
Ia not kuowh. Tho mining students in
tho university visited the mine before
tho fire and il was reported tina, tho fire
started from cigarettes or cigar5 smoked
hy them. This report is denied by