Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-03-28
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SCRANTON, Ia, Marcn zo.-Rofsy
minors left this city for the Black Hills
yesterday. They were accompanied to
the depot by a brass band and a crowd
Of about 1000 men, women and chill.
dren. The gold hunters were provided
with arms. ammunition and mining i'm.
plsmsnts. and were regularly ofaosrsd.
: Tesai wreck.
Nrw Yonx, March 28.-Ths steam.
ship Great Western, which went ashore
on the Long Island coast on Saturday
night. parted amidships. and will DO o
total wreck. Her crew have arrived.
Sentenced 10 be Hanged.
CAruoA, Ont, March 2S.-John and
James Young. convicted OF the murder
Of Abel Mcdonald on the Goth Of No
ven,ber last. near Caledonia. have been
sentenced to DO hanged June 2lst next.
Heavy Rain and ssew storm.
ST. LOUIS. March 2S.-Aitsr . con-
tinuous rain all day yesterday. the
heaviest snow storm OF the season set
In at 10 o'cluck last night. aud up to
the present tims-.1l A. M.-some ten
inches Of snow has fallen. The streets
are in q horribly slushy state. Street
railroad aud other travel is much i'm
peded.
Minister sehenek and the Emma
Mime kwlndie.
WASHINGTON. March 2s. Minister
schenck appeared before the Committee
on Foreign Affairs to-day, bringing q
satehsl filed with papers. He read the
following paper: ~ desire respectfully
to state to the Committee that since my
arrival in Washington I have read the
the printed testimony Of James Z. Lyon
and Hiram A. johnson. on which the
charges against me appear TO be
founded. Tho testimony Of these wit
nessss was takon in my absence, without
opportunity OF cross.o,amination. This
evidence Is proposed to show that the
sale OF the Emma mine by Park, Baxter
& Stewart, to tho Emma Mining Com
pany Of London, was o fraud, aud that
to tho consunmation Of such fraud i
knowingly lent tho assistance OF my
name and official position. The charges
arc very grave ones, and / ask for q full
investigation. For that purpose. al
though not invited to appear before tho
Committee. I left London as soon As /
learned from the newspapers what action
had boen taken. and came at once to
Washington. I might rest my vim.
dicaiion upon a very simple state
mont in regard to my wi connection
with tho transaction In question. which
I propose to make, and from which II
will appear that. under q sincere belief
In the value Of the mine and honesty OF
tho sale OF II. l bought and paid for the
shares / hold now, and sustained large
pecuniary loss; hut, as the committee
have received evidence, growing out OF
tho previous history Of the mine, and
intended to show that II was Of little
value, aud that the sale OF Il was fraud.
ulent; and this evidence has been such
that after their interest had been sold
and paid for. (somo Of them wore pur-
chased with largo sums OF money! that
the subsequent failure Of tho mine was
owing to Encouragement In It's working;
that the mine to-day. II properly worked,
in all probability Is as valuable as 1t was
claimed or supposed to have been; final.
~, that 80 far AZ I know or believe. the
parties in England who were concerned
In the original purchase, have never
claimed that any fraud or imposition was
practicod under them. that claim having
been recently set up by those who have
bought stock since the alleged failure
Of the mine at q nominal price. II will be
apparent to the committee that this
proof involves the interrogation Of
q considerable number OF witnesses;
that the evidence cannot be pro-
scented except through tho means
universally employed in judicial til.
bunals. and the examination Of wit
nosses by competent counsel. acquainted
with the cane, subject, Of course. to
such further questions a g any member
OF tho committee may wish to put; that,
to conduct the inquiry, by calling upon
witnesses to examine themselves, or by
such desultory and imperfect eIamina-
ton rs must DO made by the committee.
Not to be informed Of the facts, would
be extremely unjust to the party who
relies upon testimony, and would tend
to obscure the truth, rather than to
elicit 1t.