Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1908-02-07
Salmaqundi.
FROM TUESDAYS DAILY.

Mr.. aud Mrs. Il. NJ. Evans o: OAKLAND
arrived last night from salt Lake on a
vieit to Mr.. and Mrs. j. j.. Kcyser.
Sheriff Clark left for Ogden last eight
with /. g. Thomas, an Iusaue "a
Tnomas Wis taken oil the tram here
Sunday nigh t. His home if III Ogden.
Tho Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has published an annual statement
To the effect thnt Its receipts III Nevada
during 1907 were S50,I7i.i5 aud it's en-
pen=cs amounted to SliO,367 81.
The cannon md Aldrich barnchcs Of
congress are nov wortmg III perfect
harmony on the theory hat he way to
proceed cautiously Is To Keep ON doing
nothing until there is nothing LETT tn do
ST. Loans Republic.
Tho excitement over the assassination
Of the king OF Portugal is intense III
Lisbon and arrests are being made
honrly. y new ministry has been form
ed and the yUuug king Inns placed the
guvcrHmj ut III Its hands.
Alex l~}airJ, Assembly man from
Whit" PInc county, IL confined Ia his
apartments at Carson unable to cturn
home because Of illness. II If believed
he III threatened with pneumonia md it
will prubublY be several days before his
phy stefan will allow him to be removed.
I...tu. -, N..LI IL. I.I.--
Wnnemucca Saturday night and tackled
the "watchmnn, a man G3 years Of age.
They had "A sharp tussIe, but the old
man tinGlly knocked the burglar I'M
until 6 o'clock Sunday mOrnS:S. wneu
assistance arrived and the thief was
turned over to the sheriff.
A Young lady in Reno cook 3I-candle
power clectri; light to 10 I vi II her to
cure neuralgia. she put the globe close
To hcr face and wont tn sleep. She was
awakened by the cracking of flames and
found thai the heat tom tho globe hnd
set lire to a cclluloid comb III q hair
Tho couIb had burned clear around her
skull aud she will lose all the hair on the
top Of her head.
Startling figures appear IN the bulletin
just issued BY tho Interstate Commerce
Commission, covering the muuthe OF
Jnly, August and September, 1907. rho
report slO ws that the plumber OF ems
u~altics III railroads during thHt quarterly
pcrioh wore 23,0G3, including $40 killed
and II ,I2l injured. This IL M increase
81 lji killed nnd 1906 III the number in
jurcd, w compared with the correspond.
ing period III 1916.
a c%orouor's jury IN Arkansas, returned
tho following verdict: Tho jury iinds
that Bib Jones liz dead aud tina hc
bluwrd his own head or and tile reby
killed himself dend, but wa don't know
II he mn,ic peace with hIs God before no
Killed himself wid II shotgun aud
mnlico a~fOrcthuuGht against tho peace
and dignity Ui the state Oi ArRansas and
ID CrcfO;c We givo tho widow tho right To-
marry another man who won't leave her
7 tiO "nl 'Nif ''Ats '' VI " tINh lN Hhu
United in fcnr ~ God and the hope tina
BID got what waa uming lU Inn"
Joseph C"nsidinc vino Inns been watch
man at the stat treasury, lGs scvctd lie
connection III TINT capacity. iho retire
mcui came with tho announcement aud,
IVA a result there waB conf !cfablo rOm-
mrnt Hron cd. Stat" Treasurer Dnyc
iSy ~ hHs cntiro authority 10 tho seiCC-
ton ~ the vat ch mau 81 the irrasnry
nnd ia he hHs made no announcement ~
/ regard To tho matter the succcea n ~ MIR.
ConBidino IL unknown. There are al
! ready many applicants Tor the pos ition.
T.. V. Muller employ cd at tho cnpitof IN
the capacity Of gardner, IL nov looking
after the duties Of wntchm Hu Mt the
ire nauty.-NcwH.