Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-05-17
"'"an "ver and smashed. NUmeruus
enoes were damaged and much glass
destroyed.-Virginia Enterprise.

ienoes were damaged and much glas.
desfroyed.-Virginia Enterprise.
Attorney E. F.. Daily of Anderson
Indiana. and Mr.. John Daily of Lewis,
Iowa, brothers Of Mrs. j. l.. French
arrived Sunday night and Will remain
here a week or go. They are here 10,
the purpose OF looking after Mrs
French's mining interests at Gold Creek
they are very pleasant gentlemen and
we commend them 10 the people Of
Eiko.
The st. Francis Hotel at Wonder
burned at an early hour Saturday morn.
ing and the guests had u narrow escape
iron beng cremated. Several womeu
guests hhc To fight their way through
the flames and many Of them lost their
hair n were otherwise badly burned.
Ihe hotel vas a frame building and
burned rapidly. The origin II the lire
i &c. snown.
We regret ~ learn that Mrs. Bartlett
is gradually growing weake. and that
there ls no hope Of her recovery. Her
daughter, Mrs. Il. a. Stephens, arrived
Saturday night and che and Mrs.
SProule are doing everything possible
70 rehye their mothers suffering, MB.
stephens Is the widow Of Attorney I. A..
stephens. who was prominent III Virgin
la City In the seventies.
The delay in Tie east bound trains
yesterday was caused by the wreck OF
No. 5 at Cisco Sunday. Two engines, a
mail car aud two baggage a r went INTO
the ditch, and fifty feet Of snow sheds
we're torn away. None OF the train
crew or the mail .clerks were badly in
jured, although they were badly shaken
up. Two tramps we're injured and one
OF them died before he reached the hos.
pital. The wreck is thought to have
been caused by a loose rail that turned
as the engines struck it,
An Euglishman who had studied into
American politics while travelling in
this country, when asked to give his
estimate OF he Leading political parties
replied by telling this story: A young
minister, who fancied his person but not
bis fame unknown, stopped to question
a workman about tho preachers
he had heard. tie put the question
after question, TO which the man
replied: lies no. sound" At last no
said; But what can You cay OF Mr..
Blank (himselt)Y" -He's all sound" was
the answer-Kansas City Times.
William IL. Banker, or II. L. Knapp,
as the case may be, was found dead in
his bed at the Vendome hotel, Reno,
Sunday night. The man registered Us
II. +. Knapp and a bank book in that
name was found ON his person. Other
papers and documents in his pocket
bore the name Of William II. Banker.
There was an empty morphine box and
some bromide OF potassium on the table
in his room. lie was about 50 yeurs of
age and a man oi good appearance.
Engineer Harlowe Of the Western Pa.
cigc arrived on No. 4 today. The report
en- mtcrvie we'd him us usual and learned
that the Utah Construction Company
had Il small force at work at Tonka on
the approaches TO the tunnel in Moleen
canyon. Mr.. Harlowe was the victim of
"a mean robbery at W~inuemucca last
week. His car was broken into and
hs trunk containing his clothing, two
hnF nnnaln - mud "a nnN 80 ynl,nhl.. 10
~struments, WAS AIKEN. The trunk was
carried into the sagebrush and broken
open aud tie clothing and Instruments
were carried OF.
A Goldtield dispatch says: Counsel
for defendants i'll the PrestOD.Smith
murder case will make a desperate ell
ort to set aside the verdict OF tho jury,
especially as to Smith. The ground
that will DO urged is that Smith is either
guilty OF the same otTense as that OF
which Preston was found guilty, or thai
he Is absolutely innocent. 1t MISC will DO
commended that, under the courts charge
the jury could not legally lind Preston
guilty OF murder III the second degree,
and Smith guilty Of voluntary man
slaughter.
Nlnety-iwo stroet cars ran i'll San
Francisco Yesterday and thousands Of
passenger were carried. While there
was no actual rioting along the elk lines
operated, the passengers and carmen
were subjected to filthy abuse and other
annoyanccs. Five hundred policemen
wore on duty guarding the care aud
protecting tho passengers. Calhoun
says tho strike is broken and that he
will hive nothing further to do with
old employees so long M thoy remain
members Of the Union. Governor Gill
lette Ii in tho city watching develop.
mcnts.
DR.. Gilliland returned this morning
from HE professional trip to Wells, flo
reports considerable excitement there
over tho Contact country. We also
learned from him that the Badt Com
pany's ttorc at Wells was burglarizcd
Friday night. Eptrarce was effected
from tho roof. The burglars cut ont a
picco OF tho tin roofing, which covered n