The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-05-07

lie. and SIceonald said Ftils4dS VAS
| never "a h.s 'IHcDonaid'S) Office when
Mckee MS there; but neither & Them
Would >saahe q sworn statement, ~ the
STouHA THAI they Uero beinS closely
WATCHED. aud selfpressfratioh uas the
&rst Law Of natnre> Other parties left
acre last night iof JefferEon Citr in tho
Interest Of Mckee, and another effort
will be made TO proc4rc a statement
from Mcdonald aud JOYCE.
Charles u. AScck, the cashier ci &c
Bremen Savings Bank, who disappeared
Saturday Last, was found in Sho river, At
the feot Of Brooklyn street, ais nftot-
noon. A fErSe rock was found butto#ed
| inside his cots, and there 10 now no
doaH AA he ccoa mitted suicide. 4
WAsHIxorox, Nay 2.
The House Committee 81 Banking
and Curcacy this morning agreed TO
recommend the passage Of Representa-
tive Frost>x joint resoltSsdn with GER
tain amendments, AZ amended and or.
dered to be reported to-day, if oppor-
lunity offers It Proposes 70 authorize
the Secretary ~ tke Treasury to issue
$1,000, o0O q s2Set coin in exchange
for United States legal tender notes,
which are. hoseSer, to be redeemed and
retired by On equal amount OF fractional
currency coming into the Treasury as
The prel>erty Of the Government. When
thus redeemed there is to be no more
silver currency than before, the measure
being designed only for temporary pur-
Foses 70 reliere tho present scarcity OF
snsa1l change. - -.
CcFp'I Land OrHer contains the fol-
lowing Land Office decisions: Watson
Us. the Missouri River, Fort Scott &
Gulf Railroad Co. A presumption
claim is not forfeit on account of failure
to make payment within the time linz
tied by law. there being no adverse
claimant to the claim, aud the tract is
excepted from the grant TO q IniIroad
subsequently located. The right to
shnEse from presumption filing to n
homestead entry is incident 10 aud q
part Of the right given the pro-emptor at
the time he initiates his claim, and
upon change being made, relates back
to the date OF his settlement. Such
homestead entry IN governed by the con-
dition Of the land ut the dnte his pre-
emption clnim took effect, and il the
land has become double minimum in
price, he mny homestead one hundred
aud sixty ncres, II tho price was 81 Is
per acre when settlement was made.
After park's examination before the
Committee Oh Foreign Afnirs today,
Schenck again, with face purple with
rage, denounced tho Statment TINT he
copied his letter Of resignation from
draft in Parks writing MS utterly false.
80: 3, "raHl SAN FRAScIsco, May 2. +.
A. dispatch from Victoria saws the
question of tnken steps to prevent fur
ther Chinese immigration, will come up
In tho House on Wednesday. Tho sub
Ject Is exciting gront interest. At q
meeting hold last night, was largely at
tended, and strong nnti- Coolic senti-
inonts were expressed md petition
wax adopted asking tho Legislature to
impose n capitation Tux Of thirty dollars,
on each Chlnunnn going to tho Cas-
sair mines.
In reference to the erroneous state.
Incnts heretofore published concerning
the gold and silver product OF the Com
stock lode, i'll many Of which tho Lul-
lion product OF the Stnto of Nevada hus
becn credited to tho Comstock, tho hut
iei.n publishes editorinliy carefully
COLLECTED estimate, which shows the to-
tal bullion product uf the ComStOck
from itA discovery, to the beginning Of
the present year, in round numbers, 10
10 two hundred millions, Of which
eighty millions is gold
OHAHL, Blsy 2.
The Post Trailer at Fort IInrtsuff.
Nebraska, reports fight between sever
al al Il Il
twenty miles from the Fort, in which
one Jndisn vas killed aud Sergeant
D0ngLety, Go. A, Twenty-iLird Imfapt-
~ @Es shot through the head aud iu.
stADtIy killed. The indians rctrcntUd.
. CLtyELA$D, May2.
About 2 a. In. forty masked men np-
I'eared ut the coGl mines uorth Of Mas
sillOn, Ohio, seized aud tied the watch
man, aud Set the coal shaft OH fire. Tho
Willow Bank mine, Muuutcbank mime
and Rhodes & Co.'s mine arc nov burn.
ing. The fire department 81 Mnxsillou
has gone TO the scene. Thc5o mines
nIe not being worked on account Of the
strike, ind no one il in them. The
incenGHrisln is undoubtedly by the
strikers. N.. r.
.. NEw YORK, .Mny5.
kerry Solomon. formerly Receiving
Clerk III the Office II the R9gisleT Of ar
tearS III brooklyn, wRS arrested yCHter-
doy. charged With appropt;uGns the
moneys of that Office. The present Reg
ister, -. ID. Whitney, recently learned
from property owners, MLoBe property
has beeu advertised for sale for arrears,
thht the sniuo bad been paid, the n,
ceip!s being signed by Solomon. A
warrant wHs accordingly obtained and
lie wes arrested. TIE full amount pur.
Ioiped il not yet known, BUTT is thought
to DC very large. .u.s -, p.
Henry Ward Ueeeber Ieciurcd 1T the
brooklyn Academy OI bIusic last night
for the benefit Of the proposed SoI,licIs'
Home In this State. his subject being
tue losses aud gains III ali sections Of
the United States by tho Into war. At
its close subscriptions wero Oponed and,
including receipts ct the door, $40, $50
were rniLed. a. IL s. .,..r ... w. ...
A special from Atlanta, Georgia,
reports thar the Republican Convention
yesterday held thrGo sessions, and nd
jouTncd. Last nights proceedings were
characterized by angry md exciting
passages between tho whito and colorctl
members on tho subject Of appointing
delegates to Cincinnati Tho dclegG-
ton stnnds IN follows: COnkling, 3;
Morton, z; BfiStow, !, and Blaine, o.
Tho negroes made big fight for
Morton.
af -', r.. CIScfSsATr, May 8.
Tho IInrbibhon scandal case has now
taken now turn. Mrs. IInrbishDn hns