The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-04-30

whites Renr Cheyenne, killing several
persons and severely. .wounding others.
The saragea also captured and outraged
u woman ofHtheJ, party. "a Tho Indians
also attacked another party near the
Black Hills.Iui3 .aiIII!I,l 44py :,
80 =, ,r.,,,, y,,.t wAshrsdfoS, April %.
Senator Sargent has Introduced q res.
SiutIon IN the Senate, .recommending
tho Fresident y, open negotiations with
Chin" for the restriction Of the great
Chinese influx into this country =.
The Senate !. yesterday confir,nod
Schnstfer as, Chief Justice Of Utah. =
Caqlield, Chairman of. the Committee o
on Expenditures IN the Department ,of
Justice, has written to Secretary Bris-
tow, saying that it is wholly unneces-
sary for him to appear before tho Com
mlttee, US he stands exoneratcd OF even
suspicion. ...s.ft -, -; ~. 90.
A strong point in the Belknap case is
that he received pay mp TO n later date
than that Of his resignation. ..... Il
T. g-r, 2.-.l,..a CHIcAoo, April %. q,
Some six hundred .Inen in Illinois
have struck for higher wages, having
been ut work all Winter for one dollar
per day, under PROMISE of higher wages.
.,"''.'- ..d' 20 a.. LONDON, April %. 2.
Lord Lytton has committed suicide,
caused by mental depression. ''"! =.
. b. .7l,u, Los ASGELEs, April %.
Several heavy creditors Of Temple &
bank hnve decided to tilu n
petition to set aside the present assign
mcnt on the ground OF fraud. The
prOof is said to be conclusive. AS soon
III tho assignment il set inside, tho large
creditors, who hive been quietly OBJ
tanning Judgments against the estate,
will step in and take the amount re-
after the mortgage of T.. j.
has been satisfied. Tins mort
Gage covers oil the property OF the Tenl-
pie Il Workman bunk, and now amounts
to something like $3.50, ,OUU. After this
clnim is satisfied there will remain about
$2UO, OUU to Ge taken ul by the judg-
Inents. The small stockholders, to tile
number Of 200, will never receive u cent.
The interest OH liabilities now amounts
to something like $2U, ,OUO per mouth,
and the collections Inlde figure up $I5,-
O00 for Two months. i.i.".. !,Gra -
@-gi.HE r.. SAN FRAScIsco, April p.
Tho Young Mems Universal Reform
Society held M unti-Chincse meeting
last night to take active steps in Tho pro.
secutiOn Of the undertaking Of 'cinch,
ing" the MOnyolinns. II WAS dcsidcd
by the organization TINT u Committee
of twenty shnll constantly net in report.
ing to the Secretary nnmcs Of firms aIld
persons who directly or indirectly EN-.
ploy Chinese. The Committee On Su.
perviSors, when called upon to report,
stated that the petition sent before that
honorable body, hnd received no ntten-
tion whatever, and was therefore totnl
wfock. . F's # ...r..s. .f.'
Three days. racing WIS advertised to
be given over the MHyficld Driving
Park, to commence Thursday Of this
week. Bills wore out, anu liberal
purses offered, md u number Of San
Francisco horses were entered, and went
down TO contend for the various pro-
miuins. On tho opening dny it was
discovered that ono Of, the prOprietory
nnIned White, was not to DO found.
Finallyiit II was ascertnincd thnt after
borrowing various sums Of money Ia
this city and in Mnyfcld, as we'll ns
selling number OF horses that did not
belong 10 him, und committing other ir-
regulariiies, llo hRd departed. It is
supposed he took about $4,000 with
him. ;. - '5.:.... j. -. D.. 3D.
.r... ...E PIocHE, Nov, April %.
In on nfrray ut Phoebe, Timothy Sulli-
van wns cut in tho abdomen by Joe.
Donelly, 10 that his intestines pro.
trudcd. .t. ..r.... r' ..H.aag B. :, g..
....- .... .. u. WASHINGTON, April 81.
Excepting $25, 900 for Subsistence nt
tho Southern Apache Agency, New
Mexico, tho annual deficiency bill, M
Pnsscd both houses, contains no prOvis-
ion whnloyer for the Indian service in
dcbtcdncss on tho Pacific Const States
or Territories. Tho department request
cd MI appropriation oi nearly $40, 900
to puy these liabilities which nre held
by n large number, Of persons, including
various San Francisco merchants, aud
dated back from ono to thrco years. g.
ra, fn SAs FRANcfsco, April II. .
Tho Chronicle continues tho publica-
tion OF chnTBcs OF fraud and misnlanngo-
InenL OF Mare Island, and now alleges
TINT each ycnr tho crop OF grain
harvested on the islRnd was moro than
sufficient for tho wants OF tho establish.
inert, aud wns appropriated as pin
money by tho officers OF tho yard, and
tho grain rcquirod for use there was
purchased In tho market. Also that
cSpcniyc white nnd 1.-Two oak aud teak
ship tilnbcrs, brought from tho cnst nt n
heavy cost, hns been used for iiro wood
and allowed 10 lny about tho yard, tin
projected from Tho weather, involving a
loss TO tho Government Of half q million
dollars. a.. ...., ~.
''..... .-l.. New YonK, April 20. 10
Tho TfibIHtt Washington special snys
thero has long been well settled conyic.
ton that In the matter OF tho snlo und
accountability Of captured md aljan.
donod property In tlie South, In conso.
uucnco OF tho wnr and acts Of Congress,
monslfous fraiidB have been committed,
md tho House Committee on E1pchdi.
tures in tho Treasury Department has
ohdcavorCd 10 Gnd out tho facts. Dur.
ing The past few days inquiry hns dc,
.vclupcd iacts OF II most astounding
character, hut tho members Of the com.
mittoc are plcged to secrecy; they hold
their sessions with closed doors, and
nro very rclicent. Enough Is known
however, TO warrant tho statement thai
thcro IL a deficit Of several millions o
dollars between tho accounts Of tho sale,
OF property IN the South, abandoned
and captured, and tho return Of mono,
from Blch sales. In tho mnttor Of cot
ton tho ditlcicnco Is very great. I'll,