The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-03-04

N"N "a go AAssAkAl
Rapids, blew UP Yesterday morning.
The shock was SO terrific that it shook
buildings i'll UlEutilI:a, SIX miles dis
tnnt. SO. far ns KNOWN Only one mai
was kii!Ga outright. and two wounded
SO they CHI! not ;rccoytr. following are
the i.niilcs'of the missing: Connolly,
Hanson, Morgan, Sullivan, Fogg,
koyuss., Hathaway, Druder, 3lcHlilly,
Textbook, Walty, Newell und AIcCabc.
It is supposed they were blown into the
river and drowned. As yHt only Ne
Cabe's body hus been recovered.
The Wyoming Mining CompthiJ has
levied an assessment Of one dollar per
share, delinquent April 3D..
Ex-senator Stewart tclcgraphs the
Secretary of the United Stites Senate
thht lie desires to testify before the
House Committee on f'orjiEn Affairs
about the Emma mine.
The Eureka Con levied SIS first Ms
BeSsioent yesterday Of one dollar per
share, delinquent April 9Th.
~ special meeting Of the Chamber Of
Commerce. will be held ut . O'Clock this
AFTERNOON 10 consider the bill establish
ing II Court of Arbitration for the
Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco.
Tho trial OF w. J. Tnyltr for killing
Doc. O'Neil, was resumed in the Fourth
District. Court this morning. The only
new uofnt brought out by the prostcu-
ton was that the defendant told j.. T..
Basnes II few days before the shuotin:
tbut he would kill O'Ncil inside Of ten
| days.
ST. David's Day was appropriately
celebrated by the Welsh residents yes
terday, winding up with Il reunion OF.
tho Canbrian Mutual Aid Society, at
Platt's hall, III the evening.
During February, among tie vessels
engaged i'll trade i'll the port If San
Francisco there were eight total losses
and Iwcnty-six partial losses. II IS not
thO&eht probable that tho Kalornla will
be got oil the beach at san Buenuvcu-
turai and she is given up ne ~ wreck.
WASHINGTON, March ,.
Mr.. Lyon ngnin appeared before
the Committee on Foreign Affairs to-day,
aud exhibited copies Of Senator Stew.
ats letters, to which uilusion was pre-
viously Iradc. Witness referred to the
telegram sent to London in 1871, that
Senator Blair had introduced u ~rcsolu-
ton calling for All investigation OF Gen.
Schenca's connection with the Emma
mine. In conversation with yall,
the latter said he had fAcd the matter
with Nc Echcral, whom he Ind induced
TO give him (Park) his note for stock,
and then write him II letter Gayius il his
note and stock were not sufficient sccu-
rity, he would give q mortgage Oh his
house and lot i'll Washington. Park
said lie had. certified to thin statement
10 Stewart, mud if Stewart could do thu
same thing it would dry up the IcGoiu-
ton. Tho committee caused to- lie read
the correspondence between :. I. Paf-
ford and GGil. Schcrck. II y letter
dated Jmiy 9Th, 1873, HrtTord wished
Gen. Sckenck TO give liiH certain in.
formation about tho EnInR mine, and
REPEATED the rumor that Gen. Schcucli
did not bona ndrly pay for his shares.
Whether this was true or not L coua-
trymnu OF Schvnck's, tkcn il London,
said that 5,00Y EhurCs bal been given
SclIerc!i of Emma stort;; tia. Senator
Stewart received 1000 shares 10 become
director Of The Emmn Mining Company.
Paiorl wanted - know whether these
things charged Park and !!,cwhri,
who wcre friends OF Scucnrl;, with hay-
lug, With ncfarious intent AMI fraudu.
lent statements, oEiairad from him and
other coniidinG G~tockholdrI;. lnrgc
Gums Of money. lLc rsl:.d ,vhcti.c9
Schcucli endorsed the acts III these
men: lie Fgid il I'm nmI*er should no,
be given he would furnish n full state
mcnt, to 10 published in the New Y"ri,
papers, and also call the attention Of
President Grant and Lord Granville to
tho question.
70 this letter Gen. Schcnch replied;
July 10th, 1879, Eayiug lo had ro-
HpC1dcd to tho previous letter lccausc
II WAS respectful in character, but when
Paiford subsequently attacked him i'll
the public prints; the publication being
accompanied 10y inucndocs. ho could
tal;o no fiOilco Of lis G%tf'cturnsi Iiu
had 10 objection to give Pafiord all the
information in his possession II he
would call upon. him 1T 10 u'clnrk OIL
the next Sunday, hig c~ngngGu!c;its bu.
Ing such that lo could state no O;hc.
time for an interview. Witness (Lypn
than stated TINT PaiTord had an inter
vit'H with SGiecncl;; wlro told PGfufd lie
did not know much uf tho witness, cx.
ccpt lie WIS nh niycuturCr, and asked
PnlEurd whether his nnnIc nnd Sicwart'F
wor5 not bcttbr titan tSnt OF Lions. MS
they occupied high and Responsible
positinnG. Pafforf gnid to SchicncIt
there wcro many concurrent c%ircuIn-
stnnc"j 10 induce persons Ia believe
TINT none! wns gwen him 20 float Tho
stock; that n c0untrymnr'0f SrIicnck'a