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

In. Withdrawn From the compact. Tn.
IfSeat mArket hzs already BEN thrvun
into ecEfusion. and each road - strik-
ing fer Steef- 1t is -pre4irted tAHt in .
day Ct fFo there will b a break in pat
senSer "a les Of from Se TO 50 per Sent
aud fsf9shi will lie carried Il Hs.fftar
nominal figures Il Is the intention ii
connecting lines to make Fe& &etion Of
nj least p per cent, CetS room. TIE
Grand Trunk begiE to-aar 20 I'll tfek-
cts freEn Boston TO Chicago :. e4$, <ke
compact rate RaVinS been made cut Of
SeE York.
he cable lines 6tS<eeA Nova Scotia
md Newfoundland are broken, and com.
tassHsveaoe By TIE AHSao-Aueriesn line
With Europe n i@44sRtpted- The U. 5.
direct cable Is working; the only line
nov an operStics>
a cable special from London SAYS tie
%s.fc+S @S@e feooTered another san a
5000 Pen The wreck Of the German
reeaIhcr Schiller; making an aggregate
q sS9e.o 900 saved Of the 500, OU0 on
board ~ 49, 80
A cableSram from CAaistdSe, Eng
land. snys the Umtctsity. Boat Club
held meeting laE night to consider
the proposal TO seed crew to America
to contest in The Centennial Regatta
SererIicnp of College Clubs wished
70 EtsHd = crew Mt NIL hrzarl1s, but this
Wa orer-ruled- AR. Close will send q
crer, proFining ShHiter rows as stroke,
and Shutters consent Is now waited for.
A special from Atlanta says It the
Republican State Convention he'd there
nothing Was accomplished beyond AZ
organization and the appointment Of
committees 4 naisziiF of the dele-
gates favor Mo-toA, bnl che ConkliRg
men claim that FGrua,@Thitte, Chan-
berlRin md GcScu, elected delegates
from the STATE at large, are all Goa King
men sE-...
CHTesac, Nay 2.
4 TrituIr special from Washington
states thet the White Hoese Committee
on Civil SerTiee Reforsa has decided TO
investigate the stctfos according 10
which Miss Sweet, the Chicago pension
GseRt. 81 alleeca 10 have paid Ben.
Campbell. U. s. Marshal for the North.
ern District OF Illinois, and fnther:in.
Law Of general Ba6cock, sums OF money
monthly. Tae Investigation is also to
Sorcr the allegation that Miss Sweet
was compelled TO pay, and did pay,
some $50, COZ on an account OF the late
Chicago pension agent, David Blnkely.
Miss Sweet has been summoned and Is
expected 10 arrive here very soon. A
statement is made TINT the knowledge
OF these payments was brought to the
attention OF President Grant last Sum.
MEN, when no forbade the paying Of
more money to any person for sinilnr
reasons. mud assured her TINT she could
retain her place during his admins.
trntion: II is also snid TINT tho Com.
miltee will inquire into the reasons
which led to the appointment, undor
Miss Sweet, TO nm alleged sinccure
place, OF George Campbell. .Blakcly
has denied tho allegation 80 far Ms he IL
concerned, and Miss Sweet has refused
70 anhwcr any questions IN regard to the
matter. i.5E ,1Hp -isf - n...rttt
q Adviccs via. st. Paul are to the effect
TINT tho Fort Lincoln column, 10 CO.
operate with Gibbons' and Crooks COM
mand from FortS Ellis and Larrmle,
will start next week. General Terry,
Department Commander, will probably
accompany tho Lincoln Column and di.
rect operations. Torry's personal staff
will consist Of Col. Smith. Mai. Hughes
and Capt. Gibbons. as aid and Chief OF
ordnance. Tho threo columns will
moye towards the mouth of Dig Horn,
with such divergence from direct line
as may DO necessary to gather the main
body Of hostile Indians. Terry under.
atands that Crooks column will again
move northwest within three weeks.
os=gsa=. BAN FEIscwco, Nay 4.
last night wns tho regular meeting
night Of tho Anti-CUolie Clubs, and
about hnh dozen were held. The
talk In tEem was mainly nbont the re-
cont Antioch affair, which was upheld,
ma ono speaker said, as justilabie In
condinrisIn. '-s'-
Thomas Laddy, the Young hoodluln
who, qopplo Of weeks ago, stoned one
policeman and cut another while they
were attempting to arrest him aud then
escaped, was captured last night.
Tho Womnn's Suffrage Convention
will meet On tho 18th inst.
Tho Water C0rnmi6si0nGIs met last
srening, and discussed the proposition
OF cutting down tho TntSs. II was
shown that tho income 1f the Spring
Valley Water Company is uezhy e.,
600, 900 per Rhnum, OF which tYeDtJ
per cont. Is profit. One Commissions
thought thoy should be cut down twenty
aud another fifteen per cent. Pending
diSensAiOn the meeting adjourned. 90
,HiJ.@ ~. Garrett, President Of tho EaIti-
more d Ohio Railroad, arri we'd overland
last night.I .itslf s'.s
:. The dissatisfied Leopard stf,ckLoIAo,s
tariH onatR Irt
nuInbET Of peT40ns now enlisted against
tho neSent management is quite large.
IL ~ TuIhorHd on California street
that Colonel Scott Stewart, relative Of
Col. Tom. Beott, Is alout 10 embark in
the banking business ju this city. His
Iepntosl capital Is enormous. tEa
Ellen L0udnin, who was tried on
charge Of inaHsIsughter for killing Drid.
itelI Lankmsn, Was found mot guilty"
Ivy the jury. Ai&
The Thisky men arc ungpaying in
their deDunciations u Special Agents
Crane aDd Clurk for mixing recent
seizures. They deny that any frauds
have b cen committed, oid assert that
the whole thing is gotten up TO make
political capital. s.Il-E
Yesterday young woman, on sIiuna
street being disappointed in her loyo
affairs, tD1k big dose II ruDyphiu. In
end her woes, but taking t1O much, Tho
physicinns lind but little difficulty in
saving her life.
la NV York, Stay 2.
The HWtdH Washington xpecial TO-
day says Grant has relieved Cnstar OF
bis coLnmaud. When the ncua got 10
ShertnGn aud Tnit, both went 10 him
and reported IL would not do. Slcr-
man wen. further and said "Custnr hns