Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-08-30
failure Of u number Of the memtcrs ,n
come through with In, ir IS ss..ui.

failure Of u number Of the memccrs u
come through With liz ir rs sI.uis.
At i:SJ ., III yesterday II Reno
james Boultcr was divorced from
Catherine Boulter. y 4:22 the speedy
Jumes WIS ut the ,oAr license
clerks desk Tor . permit to marry
Emily Morgan. The rc.urI OF hs
divorce had uui Ueen recur lei ue fore
the hoen-e 70 we'd had De.u sruu,ed
and the. Is Il question us to iI,c I-gnlit.
OF the second marriage. News.
q. ii. Poulson banged himself To the
liS.b of IL tree uD one uf the principal
streets OF Luyelock early Sunday morn.
ing, Ite had climbed the tree, placed
the moose around his ueck, tied the other
end Of the rope to II stont limb and
swung OFT. Puulson was u stranger who
went TO L1veIOcH with money to engage
III business, but gauIDled 1t all OF.
Desponuency from Ills ls given as the
cause ui the suicide. lie WIS u member
OF the WoUdmeu VI the World and
leIves u wife and children.
y high diver last SUNDAY gave un
eSnIDitIon from the WInnemucca
bridge, dropping from d height Of
ski! fsst iuiU tie river. Inc affair
had been advertised rs II dive, but it
was uioro OF ii lumDIo than a dive,
since tile operator led sbraWl.uH out
III the water, striking on his stumach.
II WIS EXPRESSED by the many
witnesses That the high diver was uot
bur Uut he shove no signs Of
injury as he emerged from the river
after tue perlor -iance. - WIuueuucca
Silver State.
Mr.. aud Mrs. McWlnnney arrived
from San Francisco thus AL
though Airs, McWhinuey is a stranger
to the people Of Eiko, she IL 1t native Of
Nevada. MIR. McWuInuey viii direct
the youthful minds Of ElKo III the WAY
they ought to 90 during uie term of the
public school. The INDEPENDENT ex.
tends Il cordial welcome to Mrs.
McWhinney and hopes ;iiat she will
long be Que nf our number. 1t also
welcomes MIR. McWhinuey and wishes
him abundant SUCCESS III the SCHOOL
room.
X. A. McLinlock, II brakeman max.
ing the Iruckee run, fell beneath a
freight train last Saturday morning ut
Dutch Flat, and is still very much
alive, although seventeen louded box
ears passed over him. lie missed his
grip rs he attempted to SWING between
two cars, but fell in such a manuer
had presence OK mind enough to re-
main just as he fell. Asa result he
escaped with only a number Of severe
bruises and u gash on the head.
w. L. Juliif, foreman of the White
Rock No. & mine at Goldtield, Was
clecirocuteu Tuesday wtule at Work
in the enigne Don at the nine. The
unfortunate man was working with
HIS back within a few inches OF a roy of
fuses above the transformers and
accidentally touched one OF them with
his shoulder. The shock caused him
TO fall back and receive the entire vol.
tage OF GG00 in the neck and shoulders.
He was pulled away from the deadly
tusee, and with the assistance OF the
men was placed in a reclining position.
He continued to moan rs il in pain, md
i'll ten minutes no was dead. The dead
man leaves a widow and three little
children in Park City.
Commissioner OF Commerce Oscar S.
Siraus has found n brand new cause for
the financial depression which is said
to exist in this country. 1t is not the
scarcity OF money, IL. Of labor, accord
ing to his expressed views. As a
natural sequence to this brilliant
thought, 10 Is firmly convinced that
Japan is acting entirely hon0rhbly in
observing the passport system. Straus
talks silly nonsense. His theory as to
the cause OF commercial stngnation, be-
cause there are q enough laoorers to
earn the wages which capital is eager
to pay out. is an economic absurdity.
What he is driving at is to create the
impression that by letting i'll riot
cd the horde Of Oriental laborcrs, the
whole problem would be satisfactorily
solved; tho financial clouds all rolled
inside lie is advocating u proposition,
the ultimate purpose of which 10 10
secure n cheap coulic labor.-Ely Elk
pOsitor.