Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-05-01
Salmagund
From Fridays Daily

The commissioners of Storey
county have appointed David Ell
kins sheriff to fill the vacancy caus-
be by the death of Sheriff Seeman.
w. H. Gass. who was sent to the
p~enitentiary from this county for
e%mbezzling Western Pacific fund.-.
has been paroled tc sake effect May
lst.
Reno and Virginia City were
shaken up by an earthquake short
ly after eight o'clock yesterday
morning. No damage was done in
either place.
A report circulated around town
this forenoon that a shooting
scrape took place at Jarbidge last
night. investigation failed to con.
firm the report.
The biggest life insurance policy
ever written has just been issued,
insuring 5000 employees Of a New
Jersey corporation for So, 200, 600
and the insurance company was
not deferred by the fact that the
corporation taking out the insur-
ancc is a Dyeing Company.
The latest estimate of the cost of
war places BulgariA's losses at
S5I8, 900, 900 and the territory ced-
ed tn Roumania--not to mention
more thon $4,000 Bulgarians Eilled.
Bulgaria could not afford it. HUI
manity could not afford it.-Boston
Record.
in Eastern states the recruiting
Offices arc swampcd with the num-
Der of applications of able boiled
men to join the army for service
in Mexico. In New York city the
lines in front Of doors of the re-
cruiting offices are over a block
long.
Last year we bought $249, 900.
900 wnrih of new automobiles here
and about $4,000, 900 from abroad.
During the same period we paid all
the public school teachers in the
United states $3.50. 9l5.l7O. which
is less than the 10O, 900 chauffeurs
ana mechanics receive in wages
Exchange.
Bill Pappas, the wealthy Greek
convicted of slashing a Tonopsh
woman with a knife and in jail
awaiting sentence. walked out OF
Nyc county's hastile Tuesday night
and was at liberty at latest ac
counts. The circumstances as pub,
lishcd by the Bonanza Indie licd
strongly that PanDaa had assistance
from the officers. He Was to re,
ccive his sentence Wednesday morn
ing.
On motion of Sardis Summcrfielt
the case of X. G.. Hall versus Key
PIttman for an accounting Of Tonn,
pah Merger stock, which was claim.
cd as commission by the former for
services during the reorganization
OF the TonOpah Merger has been
stricken from the calendar of the
Federal court. The action Of At
torncy SUmmcrficld clears n situa-
ton which was made much of by
the opponents of Senator Pittman
during the last campaign. Appeal.
The city Of Tampico which is
now in the full glare Of the lime
light, has n population of about
5000 and is one of the important
ports on the gulf Of Mexico. 1t 10
situated on the PanucO river, about
six miles from the coast. The har-
Dor is secure in all wcathcrs, and is
visited by steamship lines from
Liverpool, London, Hamburg. Bar
c%elona, Montreal, Now York and
New Orleans. The city Is connect
cd with the res! Of Mexico by lire
of tho National railways.
The town of lIarrisvillc. w. ",
which is known ms the taxlcss town
is not without lGw and order be.
cause It n do without taxes. Some
even think that il has q s~urplusugc
OF law, and point to the curfcw
law, which provides that all persons
under 20 years of age must be in
their homes ut 8 o'clock. Three
young men who were calling upon
their swccthcurts Rave been arrested