Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1914-08-14
Salmagund
From Fridays Daily

today and came very near knocking
us out.
A report went yer the wires this
forenoon that the United States
had declared war against England.
Nothing in it, dear reader, only a
typical Hearst headline in the San
Francisco Examiner.
The Walls of all the rooms of a
new building at the university of
Paris are lined with lead to make
them impcrviCiS to cmana;iuns of
radium, with which experiments
are conducted.
James Mayer was arraigned be-
fore Judge Taber this forenoon on
an information charging him with
forgery committed at Wells. He
plead guilty and will receive his
sentence at 3 o'clock tomorrow af.
ternoon.
About $3.50 O'clock last evening 6
white nan and a negro were held
up on the street near Masonic Hal,
by four or five tOughs and robbed
The merge lost SAP and the white
man n cheap watch. The officer:
are working on the rase. We were
unable to learn the names If Tho
men who were robbed.
That the war has raised cair
with the mines on the Comstock j:
evident by the fact that word ha,
been received from San francisco
to close down all properties con,
trolIei ny operators in that city
All mcn except those in charge OF
the pumps, have been laid off unit
further nutice. Appeal.
On account Of n Careless mistak,
in tn, Sim office. Episode No. :
of the Perils of Pauline" wa.
sent instead Of Episode No. 6. How.
ever Episode No. & will be shown
tomorrow night, and tonight -four
new reels Of pictures in addition t.
Episode No. 3 Of the "Prrils OF
Pauline will be shown at the
Bradley.-Adv:.
Charles lvCrsOn, VINO was com,
mittcd to the WashOn county jai
from here for disposing of liquor:
to Indians, has been removed 20 tn.
county hospital, He is said to be-
in the last stages Of consumption
II is reported That ivrfsuu is ucnTiS
6 feet tall and weighs hut 81
pounds. If he is that tail. he hu!
grown about q foot sinc- leaving
EIko.
The Carson News thinks tina
II the European war continue!
there will be no exposition at Sar
Francisco next year and Nevadi
Will save at least "a part of il:
$liO,0OO appropriation. The Ncxs
misjudgrs the ability of san Fran.
cisco's graftcrs to milk suckers
The exposition is too good q thing
and suckers are too plenty to stoI
;lc show when the harvest prom,
ises such n big return.
The news from the European
war is 50 contradictory that it is
of very little Importance. Belgium
is putting up stiff fight to prevent
the German army from marching
through il To attack the northern
frontier of France. While Belgium
is fighting, the armies and navics
of the ether countries are prcpar-
ing for the great struggle.
Following n conference this after
noon McGuckcn, the |. w. w. or
ganizcr, promised Sheriff ingalls,
that he would leave GUldieli and
named tomorrow rs the date Of his
departure. McGucken was in the
midst Of mn inHammatory street
address last night when interrupt.
cd bv the sheriff and told that nc
would have to tone down his re.
marks il he wished TO proceed
Thereafter his remarks we're Of n
less incrndiary nature. At their
conference today Sheriff ingalls,
Informed McGuckcn that the people
OF GoldHcld desire no Industrial
strife and that anarchistic remarks
will not be tolerated. Tribune.
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