Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-08-04
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victed Of murder in the second degree in |
1862.
SAN FEANc1sco, July Sl.-on the oath |
inst. Bogus Charley, one of the chiefs OF
the ModOc tribe. was in St. Louis with
Ii. NJ. Jones, agent of the Qua Paw res
ervstion, where the remnant of the Mo-
doc tribe is stationed. Charley held
levees at St. Clair Hall, and was to re-
turn to the reservation with Jones. The
tribe on the reservation number l53, and
is said by the agent that their conduct is
exemplary, and that they show dispo-
sition to work and have abandoned the
practice of gambling.
Edward Coulter died suddenly to-day
the Hebrew Observer Office. Cause Of in
death unknown.
There was very large attendance of
Cinnamon and Caucasians at the Chi
nese picnic at Woodward's Gardens to-
day. Everything passed off quietly.
Twenty-one persons were committed to
the Insane Asylum from this city during
the present month.
SAN DIEGO. July 31.-The World this
evening has the following special from
Arizona:
PkEscoTr, July 3l.-The Miner pub
fishes letter from correspondent at
Cerbat, who has been visiting the Colo
RADIO reservation. Some damaging reve-
iations appear in the letter. False mus
tiers are charged upon Agent Touner,
who, it is alleged, charged large body
of Mojaves who for years have bt en- sup
porting themselves, to visit his reserva-
ton, when they We're counted with other
| Indians so as to swell the aggregate
| present to over $40.
The ditch on the reserve is dead fail
ure. Not one drop of water can reach it
from the Colorado. and the head gate
has never been opened. Nearly $780,
600 have been used in digging it and
$50, 900 are asked for. Agent Touner's
statement, that the ditch is now almost
ready for use, is denounced as a false
hood. A schoolmaster, head foreman and
other employees are borne on the rolls
and paid for doing nothing, No school
exists; the farm-so called-consists OF
an alfalfa grass plot, about fifty feet
square in front of the agents residence,
which Is watered daily by Indian child
rem under the direction OF the school
master. Touner is also charged with
owning ranch near the reserve, to which
the finest cattle belonging to the Indians
are sent and marked with his brand All
the best farming implements likewise
find their way there. The Indians are
not half fed. Feeble old squaws are
compelled to earn their living by carry
ing bundles of hay, ottentimes weighing
hundred pounds, many miles to the
reserve, where Touner pays them nomi-
nally fifty cents per diem IN two cups of
h.. 20 e1Av, rha to ha
Government as having cost $50 per ton
says the examination of the members Of
the bankrupt firm of Jay Cooke & Co.
has not resulted in any important dis
closures. Jay Cooke stated that the
profits of the firm were half million
dollars in 1871 and the same in 1872, and
that in 1873 to the time of suspension
the accumulation of profits was 81 1926,
600. The firm took Northern Pacific
bonds at SO cents. and with interest,
making about S6lI cents. He under
stood that bonds were now worth thirty
cents in the market and if aid should
be granted by Congress the bonds would
be above par.
Henry D. Cooke stated in his examina.
ton that the firm owed the First Ma.
tional Bank of Washington $500, 900, for
which the bank had no security except
100000 in Northern Pacific bonds.
|, Individual members of the firm we're the
= principal owners, He owed the bank,
'. personally, $390,000 when it suspended
. The account OF the Potomac Ferry Com.
pany concern, controlled by the firm,
was overdrawn $1,000. Among the indi.
!. vidual accounts with the First National
Bank which was overdrawn was that OF
us Grants, to the amount of 50, SOC. 81
The bank was indebted to the Treasury
Department to the amount of SIT 900
on account OF continuous transactions
. running back to 1862.
Governor Cooke said he advised in
vestment in the Northern Pacific. MIR
. Fahnstock had, however, expressed
doubts to him of the wisdom of advanc
ing 80 much money to TIE road.
The commission investigating the af
= fairs of the Freedman's Savings Banl
were to have returned to Washington
o where they will have an investigation
= In response to their published notice {
large number of depositors have pre-
:, sented their bank books to the clerk, t.
b. audited and balanced.
> New YORK, July 31.-Henrietta Wal
bel, aged fifteen years, was arrested on I
!, charge OF making three attempts to burr
: the Hotel Leopold, in West Farms, to
= gether with an infant child. She ad
. mits the charges and says she was onl,
!. deferred from burning the child by 1T
. innocent laugh rs il looked into her fac,
!, when she was about to set fire to thu
= bed.
LONDON July 31.-Excavations for tn,
. new law court render Temple Bar I'M
!, safe, and all transit under it between tn,
\ Strand and Fleet street. is stopped, caus
= ing much Inconvenience.
!. The interests in the exhibitions Of tn,
American base bail players is increasing
and the Midland railroad will run
special excursion train with American
Pullman cars to all points on its lin
!, where the clubs play.
CHICAGO, July 3l.--The new steam fir
= tugs were out on the river for the frs
= time this morning The experiment
did not prove them a perfect success.
SAN Francisco, July 30.-Traynor W
Park, Senator Stewart, of Nevada,
brother of Senator j. p. Jones, and tw
: mining experts, left last evening to in
q spect the Panamint mines In the south
0 ern part of this State.
D A Times special from Prescott, Arizo
: ma, of the goth inst. says: A party Q
] prospectors, who were out near Miners
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