The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-11-05
demolished. but without injury to

Senator Booth addressed an nu-
dicnce at tho Pavilion last night, es
timatcd to number from G,000 to g.
600, on campaign issues. The speech
was mainly devoted to q comparison
Of the records Of tho two parties.
A week ago Friday last, George E.
Schick, street car driver, died sud-
denly at his boarding house, 922
Jackson street, under circumstances
calculated to excite suspicion. Mean
time the case has been quiet, pending
IN investigation. Last evening IN
inquest was held, at which il was
shown by an autopsy and chemical
analysis of the stomach of deceased,
and OF soup which he Ind eaten Just
before his dccGnse, that death resulted
from large dose of strychnine taken
in tho soup. The jury wcre unable
to fix the responsibility of tho poison
ing, but Chas. J. Frank and wife,
who kept tho house in which Schick
boarded, nre to lie subjected to exnm-
ination in tho hope of throwing some
light on what seems very suspicious
case. o.. -. -....-.,i ,....f.. =,
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30.
Secretary Morrill, pronounccs as
untrue, and without any Foundation
tho published statement that he uUn-
templates quitting tho Cabinet to en-
ter upon n canvass for the Muine
United States SenNtorship. ..i.'.s 81
PuILApELpHIA, Oct. 80.
There is considerable excitement
in political circles to-day, occasioned
by Henry Marcus and Samuel Josephs
being charged with preparing to is
size to illegal voters, fifty thousand
tax receipts. Joscphs is n prominent
Democratic politician, and ex-mem-
Der Of the State Legislature. He
will have n hearing to-day. Marcus
is Treasurer of the Democratic City
Executive Commitsee, and ex-mem-
Der of the Select Council. He has
been held to bail for trial. Tho mr.
rests were at the instance OF Chris
tian Kruss, Chairman of tho Repub-
lican City Committee.
LONDON, Oct. 30.
A telegram from Paris says private
navices from Constantinoplo repro
sent that the French and German
Ambassadors hNve received instruc.
tions to support n proposal for six
weeks armistice. A special from
Berlin to the Russian organ Lc No,gl,
of Brussels. declares that tho Tr;yio
Alliance cannot DO shaken, and adds
that in tho event of q conference,
Rnssin will encrgeticnlly uphold
therein, the programme of pacifica-
lion originated by England. Il
A Belgrade dispatch reports that
General Tchernayeff las ordered the
to evncunte Deligradc;
m eye witness just from Deligrade
describes the position of Tchernay-
nils army as follows: "The center,
under Do PrerAtoviIoh, occupies tho
heights OF Dinnis; the right, undor
Haratovich, is behind Schliegoyator,
md the left, under Pojavich, occu-
pics Alcxinatz. On tho whole, the
ScryiHn army is in n prccarious po-
sition. .... ..t.........,. q, .....-
a narrative OF the Arctic Expcdi-
ton is published, saying that after
first oncountering icc, the Expedition
WAS detained several days in Port
Payer. II started thcnce, August
3th, but before reaching tho shore of
Grinnell land, tic vessels were caught
in nm leo pnck. After tliisthcir prog.
ross northward was an incossant s.rug-
gle through chance openings malo
in tho leo by tho wind and current,
Tho channel through which tho ships
moved constantly closing behind
them. Tho Discovery winlorcd in
woll sheltered harbor OH tho west
sido Of Halls Basin, n fow miles
north Of PolNris Dny. Tho Alert
pushed forward md rounded tho
northeast pt int of Grants Land, but
instead Of finding rs expected, con.
tinuous coast 100 miles towards tho
north, slo found herself on tho bor.
der Of MI extensive soH, with impnno.
trGblo leo on every sido, md 40 har-
Dor. Tho ship wintorod bchind n
barrier of grounded ice, ,clc9o to land.
Floating masses of thick polar leo
had In meeting pressed up largo
quantities Of intermediate leo into
blocks frequently milo in diameter
aud varying in hoight from ton to
fifty feet. Obstacles OF this kind do.
stroycd all hope Of reaching tho Polo
by slcdgcs. Before tho attempt was
made, tho slcdgc party was compelled
to make n road with pick axes nearly
hnlf tho distance il travelled, M il
was always necessary to drag slcdgo
loads by iustallmcnts. Tho party
really trNvorscd 27G milos, although
it only progressed rs. All tho cairns
erected by tho POlOris Expedition
woro visited Nt tho boat depot in
Nowmoil's Bay. A cIronomctor was
fnnnl I'm nnrfnct nrtlnr. which VIVA