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The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-21

LONDON, aug. ~.
Into intelligence from IIcrzcgovi.
min state that the inSurrcciiUn is more
satisfactory. hero is less excite
mcnt. and peace is anticipated soon,
rs lIussin, Austria and Germany arc
urgent that Turkey shonld grant
somo reforms, md in this case They
will uao their influence accordingly.
r. Tho market is FREQ from pnnic, on
account Of tho ndvircs from tho In.
surrecIion and Constantinoplc.
Tho banquet last night ut South.
hampton to tho American naval oil.
cerg was o brilliant affair.
SAN FnAHcisco, Aug. 30.
Three children. named Lord. wcro
burned to death to-day in Cosumnc8
by tho burning of house.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-21

FOLLOWING Is tho report OF the bust.
tess transacted nt tho United States
Miut nj Carson City during July, 1875 ::
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-21
S UNI MONS.

JOHN s. MAYuUGH. U. S. ReGls,c.
The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1875-08-21

Ra' Owing 10 groat advantages
have in purchasing goods, I ain pro-
pared to soil them at exceedingly
low prices. Chill and untiufy yourself
boforo purchasing elsewhere.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03
The 81. Louis Whisky Frauds.

Mcdonald, ex-Supervisor Of Internal Rev
enue of ST. Louis, has been convicted Of
completely in attempts to deiragd the gov
eminent. The verdict makes him liable tC
Imprisonment for three years, and heavy
fine.
The evidence brought out in this and pre-
vious trials presented startling proof thai
the whole system at ST. Louis was honey
combed with fraud Distillers, supervisors
collectors, inspectors and gaugers were al
concerned 10 stupendous scheme for rob
bling the government and enriching them
themselves. Every point WAS guarded
Spies were even placed in the department al
Washington, 80 that warning might be
given of any danger 1t was in all respects
master scheme of yillainy in the hands o.
master workmen. But the fate which over
takes them is a. signal as the crimes they
have committed. joyce IS already in Jail.
Mcdonald soon will be. i million and a
half dollars have been recovered. - Let NJ
guilty official be spared, said GIANT and
none is.
Somehow, Mr.. Delano. who has Just left
the Department Of the Interior, doesn't APP
pear to good advantage in this matter.
While Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
he appointed John F Mcdonald Supervisor
in the St. Lons district, at the earnest re
auest of John a. joyce, then clerk in
Commissioner Delano's bureau. Both Of
the senators from Missouri protested against
this appointment, but Col. Joyce, IN some
way. controlled the Commissioner and car
ried his point Some fatality seems to have
attended Mr.. Delano's course. His admin
istration of the Interior Department ended
in public scandal about the Indian bureau
and now his friend Col. Joyce has been con-
victed. and his friends friend, Gen. Melon
aid, is on trial, on charge Of conspiracy to
defraud the government they were employed
to serve.
The revelations at the rial Of Mcdonald
are amazing. 1t appears that for more than
a year Megrue, who collected the eontriDu-
ton paid BY the distillers in lieu Of tax,
received $ 800 week, out Of which the
gaugers and storekeepers were bribed. Two
or three hundred dollars a week were sent
to William o. Avery, chief clerk Of the In
ternal Revenue Bureau at Washington, and
the rest was divided between Mcdonald,
Joyce, Ford. Mckee and Mesruc.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

de Flora" So looking over these treasures
Of beauty we burned with desire to transfer
the glowing prize from our own table 10
that of the FRKE Pass. Are we wrong IN
surmising such a proffer would be more
welcome than the wisest political homiiy
All things in time and place-and politics
and politicians have their uses. so hath
Adversely but judging cur nelghbor as
ourself. we should say, give us the rose
and =" keep the politicians for them as axes
en-" quoting the words OF one not gen
orally known to fame.
Once more the rose, and its latest dos
soms-what an encouraging parallel lies
in the circumstance If the rose, after
many unfoldings, puts firth its iaIrcst only
in the season of mortality, what may we
not hope for the final achievements OF nu-
man career. The first towering OF the IN
tellect. carly displays of genius-how islr
these often are and full of promise But
equally fleeting and fragile. they perish
purposeless while in the autumn OF lie,
after fructifying years of growth, OF fruitful
experience and successful effort, man. ths
gifted genius the pains-taking artist, or YET
the more Industrious worker may chance on
perfection as he steps into his grave. Are
we sermonizing? Surely not. Fms q
Fogefe PLACENTIA.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03
The Meeting Of Congress.

The Forty-fourth Congress meets next
Monday. For the first time in sixteen years.
the control and the responsibility Is divided
between the two Houses. The Senate is Re
publican. by clean majority Of eleven over
the twenty-nine Democrats and two indie
penients in that body. The House is Dem
ocratic by 6i majority-theTe being LIS
Democrats to los Republicans and six hide
pendents. Each branch Is largely composed of
new mcmters There will be twenty-five new
Senators. twenty of whom took their seats
at the last session, and two. appointed to fill
the place, made vacant by the deaths Of
Andy johnson and Senator Ferry, of Con-
necticut have vet to be sworn in. OF the
Democratic Senators and Members, the ma
iniiy are Sontherners, and the South thus
once more resumes its Old control Of the
Democratic party in Congress.
OF cour,e, in Congress 50 constituted
there can hc no legislation perfected, to
which either party i, unitedly opposed.
Yet Tho session Will be one Of very unusual
Interest, The Democratic House purposes,
%, Investigations of the acts of Republican
Demonstrations and officials, to make all the
capital it can for the coming presidential
contest The Republicans wait for the Dem
.rrlt- So -.i,n their hands, in the confident
Ilt."t f.,.....k Wlll shaw that they have
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03
In Brief.

Tennessee has more dogs than men
Philadelphia. Is already a. deeply stirred
by the revival movement as was Brooklyn.
The trial of Peter B. Swecny On the So
000 900 suit Is set down for December.
The Carlists have met with another Sc
we're reverse. 1t is about time that the
Carlist war was over.
Ida Lewis, the marine heroine. is poor,
and plays every Monday morning on q seven
and quarter octave wa-hbOard
Fifteen students have been expelled from
Princeton College for belonging to secret
societies
\ Chicago woman CO; Of one Of tine legs
Of her tipsy husband with a hanI-aw Ii
was the wooden one.
\ horse dashed maily into n Brooklyn
saloon and commenced shifting az the rows
of bottles 1t IS supposed that " Pony
brandy" was what he was after Like
other customers he had the >taggers
They have found Il petrifed Mormon in
| tab. and from the number of dents in the
head, evidently made with q Hat iron. il is
judged that he had thir,y-:hree wives.
An English clergyman. who has visited
Salt Lake, believes that the M1rmonS are
maturing a project to purchase the Holy
Land, and set themselves up in Jerusalem.
1t has come out that the astonishing
courage OF Western woman, who seized 4
burglar by the throat and thrust him into
the street. arose from the fact that she
thought it was her husband come home
drunk
The new Catholic cathedral Of the Holy
Name, in Chicago. cost S2j0, 900. Tie mar
bic altar cost 5000 The Grafton at the
dedication was by Bishop Ryan.
Tom Scott national railroad convention
at st. Louis adjourned last week. after
adopting long list of resolutions setting
forth the necessity for the Texas Pacific
road.
The skull of Mozart has been discovered
in possession of Prof. IIyrtl, at Vienna.
No admittancc to Philalelphia public
schools without vaccination.
\ New York dry goods merchant lately
advertised " Boy wanted that has fully
rested himself. and is not too intellectual"
" Isn't your husband a little bald ?''
asked one lady Of another " There ISN'T
a bald hair in his head was the reply.
The total number of lives lost hv the Sep
TENDER cyclone, in Texas, according to the
report Of the Galveston Chamber Of Com
merce, was 32l, over 200 of whom lived in
lndianOla
The English ir5n-elai Iron Duke. that re
Gently ran down the Vanguard, came near
sinking on Saturday, because the main
Sluice-way was left open
Adviees from west of Omaha report very
heavy fall of snow to and beyond Corinne.
1t rained heavily in all parts of California.
last week. Two reservoirs near Sonora gave
way and swept off a number of bridges and
no uses, drowning several children.
The ex rebel Generals Bradley 7. johnson
and lmboden. had fight in Richmond. Va.
on Friday. johnson undertook to cowhide
lmboden for testiiying against him in
contested election ca,e.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

The death Of the Nice-Presiient leaves
his Office vacant, and there is no provision
in the Consultation for any successor to lis
title. Is duties will devOlye upon the Pres
ident pro iaa. oc the Senate, who is Sen
ator Ferry. OF Michigan. If President Grant
were to die within the next twelve DAYS Mr..
Ferry would become President of the United
States but there is nothing to prevent
the Senate from choosing new President
pro ton. in place of Mr. Ferry, As soon as
it meets, and il Is likely TO be done. 1t NAV
involve an important contest among the
Republican Senators, as Mr.. Ferry was
chosen in caucus by Il majority of only
one, and would not have heen chosen, prob
ably, if the event of Mr.. Wilson's death
had been iorseen. The custom of the Sen
ate is to choose a President pro f,7n. when
ever the Vice PI esident Is absent from the
city. The senator first chosen 10 this posi-
ton, after the assembling of Congress, usual
" holds until tn end Of the season. Just
before the ose OF the session the Vice
President always goes away for day or
two to allow President pro team. 10 be
chosen, to be known as such during the
time until the re-assembling Of the Senate.
is thought that Mr.. Anthony, OF Rhode
Island VIII be elrcled in pa'e of Mr..
Ferry, during !se ''s' "res Of the coming
ssssiou.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

a correspondent of the New York Herald
says there L. good authority for the state.
ment that ce-President Wilson was en-
gagged to be married to Mrs. John A. Jack
son, OF Williamson county, Tennessee. and
that the vows were to have been consum-
mated upon the recovery of his health. 1t
was mainly for the purpose of seeing her
that be visited Nashville last Spring They
met the first time at Washington, and al
terward Kept up constant cOrrespo ndence
until the time of hi death.
Governor lngers,il, of Connecticut. has
appointed ex-GovernOr James L. English
to be United States Senator in place Of
Hon. q. ). Ferry, decreased Ex-Governor
English has served as Governor of Connec-
tlcut Tor three terms. and for two terms a.
Representative in Congress from the Sec
ond Connecticut district lie is citizen of
New Haven. OF which city he is a native.
Judge Coursol, of Montreal. it is said. i
to be hnlghted for his jealous services on
behalf of a successful issue of the burial of
Guibord. The friends of Mayor Kingston
are also sanguine that he will receive a sim
liar recognition.
Charles O'Conor, the eminent lawyer,
whose dangerous illness is announced. Is OF
l"i ehtdec- MS Ittner anu mother
emigrated from Ireland to this country
early IN the present century, and their son
was born in New York in 1901. In lsl6
Mrs O'Conor died, and the future scholar
and advocatee received only common
school education. HIS father was too
Strengthened in means to afford him anv
greater advantages, having lost handsome
property that he Lad inherited The son
learned the primary English branches. a
little Latin taught him by bis father. and
some French. Otherwise he is wholly SIT
educf-ted. He studied law, and was admit
ted to the bar in 1921. For more than four
years he labored as>duously, but without
any marked success but in 1929 he Al
traoted Considerable attention by his argu.
ment before the supreme court in the ease
OF Dryer agt. McLaughlan la 1885 he
again placed hims II prominently before
the pablIc in the Jack slave case. in 1913
IN the Lispenard will case. aud in 1851
he earned national reputation by his ar
snment III the Forrest divorce case. HIS
other great cases were the Mason will case.
the Lemon slave case. the Parish will ease.
and the Jumei estate litigation. la 1873
he appeared prominently 10 the prosecution
OF the late city officials. lie se-yas Tor NJ.
teen months ~ the United States District
Attorney for New York under President
Pierce. and was member of the New York
State Conventions Of 1916 and 1864. lie
vas nominated for the Presidency by .he
Labor Reform Convention ON Aug. %.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03
NEW ENGLAND NEWS


B0sros. November 3O.-Th, weather
almost unprecedented for severity SD carl.
IN the season. In this city the 1nercrr,
touched zero. and the wind blew q s.i
from The northwest. Reports of thc v..th
or from various points are a. bl. lr~
Claremout, y. Il. at eiglt o'c.,.L
thermometer l. below zero: -'.irlia
splendid Laeonn, y. H.. II b-.,w 90 .
o'clock Nashua, y. H.. : bciuV lisyar
hill, Mass, high wind. mercury ~ = o .l
; below Newton y. H.. II below New
buryport, Mass. 6 below river frozen g.
the piers. the first time ever known in NJ
yemher hennebunk, Me. high wind ana
mercury 5 below zero at sunrise Bath.
Ne. II below Rockland, Me. Is below AZ
: n'clDck.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03
THE WAR WITH TUREEY-vON EULoW At
CHICKERING HALL-THEATRICAL AND CLUE

THE WAR WITH TUREEY-voN EJLoW At
CHICKERING HALL-THEATRiCAL AND CLUE
NOTES.
NEW YORK. Nov. Goth, lS1j
To the Editor Of tho Free Press and Times
After the years of unbroken peace which
our beloved country has enjoyed, it is Of
Course painful duty which | am called on
10 perform in recording the events OF the
war with Turkey, in which the whole coun-
try has been involved during the past week
had felt certain for some time past that
there was trouble brewing between these
two great powers and this prophetic bod
ing on my part was greatly strengthened by
certain incendiary proclamations (s0me of
which your readers may have noticed) that
were issuel by the President and the Cover
nors of the different States early in the pres
ent month. A striking circumstance in thi,
connection was the absence, in these mani
festos, Of the name of the enemy bat yet,
50 widespread and intense was the feeling
of the nation that the hint given was all
Sufficient, and the American people, to
woman, RESPONDED by active and compre-
hensive preparations for the fray. By
Thursday last, popular enthusiasm could no
longer be restrained The general uprising
was Immediately followed by general down
sitting, and " war to the knife s. was the
war-cry on every hand. From morn till eve
the hattie ragged with varying severity, the
grand climax being reached between the
hours Of two and four in the afternoon.
Then were enacted scenes Of carnage and
di~plays of valor which the pen of froi--
sart could but feebly describe. A thousand
battle-6elds ran gravy, and ten thousand
were strewn with the bones Of the van
quished. Veterans and raw recruits
fought shoulder to shoulder. turning the
sflanks," cutting off the "wings," cap
turing the colors and "drum-sticks' of the
common, foe, aud, in short, to use piece
of familiar slang, knocking the ''stuiin' -
out of him at every encounter. But the
CAMPAIGN, if fierce, was happily brief and de-
cisiEe At evening, the enemy being utter
IL discounted, and the victors (your cores
pendent among the pumber) being some
" hat exhausted by the lahars Of the day, Il
years truce was declared, the American
Eagle, in an enyiable frame of mind, pick
ed his teeth with the olive branch of peace,
and thus once more was the unimpeachable
roranty of the Yankee nation overwhelm-
ingly yindicstsd.
At Chickering Hall, Hans von Bulow the
idol Of the musical world, has continued bis
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

The INV SENATOR From CONNECTICUT
Ex-Gov James f. English, of New Haven.
who has been appointed by Gov. Ingersoll
to the seat in the United State Senate made
vacant by the death Of Senator Ferry. is a
retired lumber man, and is said to be one
of the richest men in Connecticut. lie
was member of the Thirty-seventh and
Thirty-eighth Congresses. was elected Gov
ernor in 1867, when Gen. Hawley was the
opposing candidate, and in 1865 and 1870,
he defeated Gov Jewell for the same Office
In an election by Democratic Legislature
it is supposed that Mr.. English and Con-
gresham Barnum would be the prominent
candidates, with the chances in favor of the
latter. English Is described as a rather
coarse and illiterate man. and the Hartford
Courcnt intimates that he spells Connecticut
with " k "
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

Tnc Commission, composed of General
Humphreys. chief IF the Engineer Corps Of
the Army. captain Carlisle Patterson,
SUPERINTENDENT uf the United States Coast
survey. and Commodore Daniel Ammen, of
the nitcI States Navy, appointed by the
President, % report a1 to the respective
merits Of the various routes surveyed for 4
ship canal 10 connect the Atlantic and Pa
citc ,ceiu-, have reported. They are of
,Idrlru thar the Nicaragua route l. the
hest. aud t'at ship canal from the llarhor
cot Bio. on the Pacific to Greytown,on the
Atlantic. can DE constructed at a total cost
Of n.; exceeding SGG,oOO 900 They say
objections q, an almost insurmountable na-
tarc ucr, found in all but the Panama and
Nicamcua routes. and notwithstanding its
greater length. namely, Isl miles, they give
the rrelrrcacc to the latter. They say it
l. now regarded Is of the highest Importance
that ihc Omitted States take some action at
once &, carry out the feasible plans of the
ship canal in order to prevent either France
or Engllnl from coming in and rcaping the
honor and profits Of this great enterprise
Doubles. when the canal is completed.
nearly one half Of tie carrying trade Of the
world viii be reyolutionized. One item
alone. they say, would make the cost of the
canal good investment, and that j. the
shipment of California wheat To Europe
and the prit~ upon the Atlantic coast, but
more especially TO Europe. To allow any
foreign power 20 build this Canal and we
Iay tolls &, them Tor its use, Is something
which The Commission think the people
Of tbi~ country viii not tolerate. 1t is ex-
yected that the President will make re
commentator on the subject in his forth
coming message.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

The size of the success of Secretary Bris-
tow in his fight with the Western whisky
rings is shown by the results to date. The
amount already assessed on distillers for I'M
paid taxes, most of which has been collected
by distraint, the rest being secured by dis
tiliers' bonds, is S745,s0l The values of
the property now under proceedings for for
fixture, and against which the evidence is
conclusive, is 81, 1896. This is in addi-
ton to fines, and suits on gaugers' bonds
and against rectiiiers 10 recover double the
amount OF taxes. The amount which will
ultimately be collected will undoubtedly
reach S3,eoo,o00. Here i something to be
thankful for.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

\ Washington special says that Secretary
Bristow l. figuring for retrenchment not
alone in the New York custom-house, but all
along the line. A large reduction in the
force Of clerks, etc, is contemplated at the
New Orleans custom-house. the most ex-
travagantly managed Of all the customs
Offices, and it is probable, also, that many
Of the smaller custom-houses will be re-
duced. The correspondent adds that more
than year ago, special agent of the treas
ury, in report privately submitted, placed
facts on record in the department which
showed that the smaller eustom-houses all
along the New England coast were. for
the most part, merely snug nests for lazy
and needless ofice-holders, and suggesting
the abolition of many of them and the con-
centration Of the business management at
Boston and Portland.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

Senator kernan, OF New York, who is a
Roman Catholic, had the courage to say
that the public schools we're in the Consti-
t1tion of New York, and that there was no
purpose on the part of the Catholics as
body to disturb them. For so saying the
New York FreeI ans Journal. Catholic, de-
noupces Mr.. Herman IS false to the Catho-
lie Church.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

sFAIN IND ruE UNITED sr4rEs.

IL l. reported that the government used
TIE cable wires for some hours. chi- fore
noon, in the transmission OF te~pltctes l,-
tween Secretary Fish and minister Cu-h-
ing, ut Madrid The rumOr l. added that
Spain has demonstrated against the United
states government Tor permitting the sale
OF Cuban bonds in this country, claiming
their issae here Is a violation OF treaty uh.i-
ga.tlv-
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03
A YIsiONARY SCHEME.

In 1887, Eastern capitalists proposed =,
connect the great lakes with the AtloDt;c
seabord by corered railroad from BOSTON
to osdensbury. The author of Tho mar
was John MeDuihe, civil engine. of Brad
lord, Vt; lie summed up his argum Mt with
hiIeenthly and lastly. and anon otter
points made the following The great lie
ONTARIO lies so deep in the earth hat il doc
not freeze over in the winter-the surface
OF which Is only 93l feet above the level nj
.he ocean, and its bottom more than %
'eel bei'w the the oceans surlace-and BIZ =
covered Railway from it. outlet at Osdens
ouFS Ia u 'ston, goods can pass from Boston
sa'' oie lake Throughout the year ~ Then
al regard To the cost and some rather minor
Considerations, he shows ninthly :. That
less money than it cost 10 build the Erie
canal will build a covered railway the whole
distance and that - the chimney of the
steam ear can be easily altered or amended
so - ia prevent any danger to the covering
from the IRE necessary to move the engine"
Then again, g less than $4,000, 600 will
build the whole railway. and the income of
1t three years will cover it the whole dis
lance"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-12-03

As early as 1893, a company was orsaniz-
cl IN the Ausable Valley, known as the
" "rea' Ansable Railroad Company" Tbs
company had mighty schemes in view. in
Guiding railroad from Port Kent TO
h,eeSeyille, and thence up the river
through the Adirondack region, purity
by railway and partly by canal To- some
OF the tributaries of the -. Lawrence
the hnal objective point being that ereat
river itself. In January, 1891. Mr.. B, ach
was appointed chief engineer OF til. 1oaI
with the understanding that the line was 10
De commenced from Port Kent To Ktcss-
vile the following April.