Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1907-01-04
FROM THURSDAYS DA
SalmaQundi,
Mrs. Booher continues to improve.

Mrs. Booher continues to improve.
J. J. Mahoney Of Los Angeles and W.
W. Brier OF Alameda, railroad conrac
tors, are here figuring on Western Pa
citic contracts in this section.
All the Iathcrs in Reno stopped work
| yesterday morning when their demand
for 500 per day Of eight hours WAS re-
fused 10y the contractors. Work on the
city hall and numerous other buildings
was stopped.
A ioZen persons we're injured, forty
families we're made homeless, two thous.
and persons were driven temporarily
from their homes. fifty horses we're
roasted and property valued ut s2CO, 900
was destroyed by a tire in New York
early yesterday mo-nmg.
Senator Flanagan md brother h8vs
given s5l00 to ReRo's Catholic cathedral
fund, One halt Of this amoun is To be
used i'll the building aud the remainder
is FOR the purchase 1T a high altar to
be placed III the cathedral lis a me
to the Flanagan family.
The operators OF the LUCKY Star mine
in the Goldiield district ID prospecting
Tor gold values on 'hr surface struck mn
eigh,.foot ledge IT hematlte aud IN
panning samples from the ledge got
native MERCURY in raging quhotities.
Major Miller AMI Dssle left for Reno
Monday night and Inst night Mrs. Mill.
er, Henley ind Gerald followed the M,
II is the intention u the family to make
their home in Reuo. This menns the
loss OF mp excellent fumily ~ flko and
q positive gain 10 Reno. Their many
iriends IN Elko county wish the NJ sue
cess in their new home.
Because Judge 4. j. Mcdonald OF 81,
Louis decided n case adversely ia NIisa
Rosa Well, shp took a SHOT at hin yee-
| tpraRy while he was presiding over hia
court. Misc Wei suited 10. reporters
that che mud her sister had been beaten
ont OF property worth $780, COG by the
JUICES decision and they decided TINT
he must die.
1t hHs ueeu computed that our English
a alphabet il susceptible OF go, 4i8. 40l,.
1873, 239, 439, 1850, 900 transpositiops. 1t is
snid thai all tho inhabitants Of tho globe,
ON II rough calculation could nal in a
thnueiii1 miilibn Of years, write out oil
the Interpretations Of the letters, even
%eupposirRl tlat' each wrote 40 poges
daily. each of Which pages contained 10
different 'ranaposit:ops NJ the letter..
III" hiit CSlee I"wc'ry store at Tono
plh. wm rnhbcd II gonis valued ut 800,
R1o last Monday night while slc place
was still open, Tie r0bbcr put u broom
stick through the handle II the door
eO IL could not ho opened from the In.
pihr. With ~ hammer wrapped in paper
he broke The plate Vlase and took n ,rnY
containing diamonds worth s20,000,
jumped II fence aud disappeared in the
rcnr oi the next building.
Two passen gcr sraiDr, R1iug IN op
poetic directions, on the Rock Island
road. FLASHED together early Yesterday
morninR at Alta Vistu. iny miles west
J of Topeka. white uWing ut Il tivh mtc NJ
tppSd. AZ II resuI, u Tho collision, the
two baggage cats. mail cnr, 9mo'eT aud
chair car on the eoutli.hOugd train were
burned AVID about thirty McIicans, ou
their way 10 III faso 10 work ior the
Rock leland, wore consumed IN tho
names. Tho accident is said to be due
io tho failure OF che operator ut yolland
To stop both trains at Vrllnud. but lie,
the south bound train slip by. He has
be n nrrcsted.