The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-05-28
Nxw Yonn, MAY %.

'eneeson the subject of the Presidential /,
!pnd the probable fosihRtion.
OF the New York delegation to St.ihouis..
Judge Chhtch thinks SFcantidate witch
the west csih agrcp Upon ought ito 30
cheertully accepted. 7
Il. POaSSess::.s1as, Pa. MAJ rs.
Lavi StowS j,Che juror in Ihe YUst MIR
der trial wEo wns attacked with ,pneu-i
nonia several days~go. dietl"lase 4lisAt::
The jury %al'be disehHIGSR tAis morn
ing. a.
70: EEw York. 4feyH5
Tho frSeihl fust lrans-coutinehtal
train from New York 10 san Francisco
lenVes-ta is city on Juno the first, and is
expe6tJ6 TO roach San Fran DISCO on
Junefcutth, 4sNfGS The riitAt elif way,
nrrosSthe> Continent, and NlakinE tie i
tnp-fp r84 Ahours
..isJ -. 'GIrcAuo, May %.
dispatch from Fort d. 4. Russell,
Wyoming, says the Black Hills Indian
war may be said to date from today.
a scout FROM tho north reports,that the,
several commands undeEG rneral,Grcoli :
from Fort Laramie. General .Euns,
with the Medicine Bow command and
: company which left .i.ers ryestufca..yi
3aeVe0Sivee at Fort Fetterrnan, wherel
they arc 10 concentrate for active oper-
-atons. simultaneously with the move;
ment of tbis joint co.puShli,l, TO the
north, Generals Terry :1ntis Cor;t.lr VIII
como south from Forts Lincoln md
Pierce, and General Gibbons southeast
Srorh Fort Ellis. in Montana. The three
armies will then join in the advance.
In the south and west portions OF the
hills the campaign promises TO be an
important one. An old forty-niner of
California, nnd one who has, fog ~
years, beer mining In Colorado and
tho HIS, said yesterday that there ARE
ctleast !, Geo Indians between the Big
Horn sud BLACK -4iils ranges. aud un-
less the whites take care they vii! be
beaten. Coffee, the we'll known inter-
prefer, accompanies General Crook u
and half Breed Charley, the celebrated,
Sioux scout, employed 10y the Govern
mont at $500 per month, is with Gener-
sol Custar's command. Genera! Crook
| has quite number of Indian allies
tromthe Pnwnces, and the command
from Ftut Ellis is reported TO have
several hundred of tho Montana Grow
indians rs followers.
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Mark Mcdonald candidate for Con-
gross from this District, nSaiust piper,
who has been charged with attempting
to hribo delegates with Best K Bcichcr
stock and money, i'll AN interview yes
:orday, 1onied each .HEa -crory tlicga-
ticn, and said ho Ind neifhet spent nor
authorized his friends to spend dol
lnr III the CANVASS. ,.,s s-...
Tho Democratic Convention last
night had long but not inlarnlonious,
debate ovec tho propositions to apportion
Rho twelve delegates to the National
Convention .equplly niaonG tho four
Congressional Districts. Finally mn
nnczdmcnt. placing the representation
tSWo ffeIa the Districts and four from
tho State ut large was adopted, the
country voting almost solitilyatGainst the
| city. Tho Convention, after some
talk, post. ened fhe nomination OF dec
tors nrf'h after the National C0lrvcn-
ton, and adjourned until IL o'clock M.
today. Tho Convention re-assembled
Mt ~ o'clock. The delegates from tho
Fist Congressional DislaiE nominated
W. II: Dunphy and George II. Rodg-
CTS for delegates 10 tho National Con
ycntion and Senator Hnger fo= delegate
at lnrgc. Tho delegates flnIp Sacra-
mcfSS District, sAoRs5nSaeA Col, Jack
Hayes and Frank D. Baldwin; Third,
w. Conwell and Bay, nf Butte, were
nominated by the Fourth District. j.
F. Monthly, Of Santa Cara, and T. D.
Moll, OF Los Angeles, wcro announced
as nominated, hut the Tealor made an
-erTor which threw Jess u. Carr I~sE.
Cars friends tried to get Ee-confx
bat tho District Convention adjourned,
amid much confusion. TIE vote is
eor1eod as victory for Wigginlon, and
his trSeards Will push for q nomination
in the Distract Convention, which meets
Immediately after the adjournment of
tho State Convention, Thilo 4Iurphy's
friends are fighting fer ar adjournment.
Tho Convention called to erxfer at ono
p. m. The first business was collecting
the assessments. Tho ncxt was the
nomination Of q State Central Commit
tea, ono from each Judicial District.
With FRO from the State at largo, to DO
appointed by the Chiar. AZ the roll OF
DISTRICTS was called ZACH presented n
vnrnc, sunA the entire list was confirmed
by tho CsGrention. Hager, OF San
Francisco, presented report from tho
Committee On Resolutions which was
unanimously adopted. II recites first,
fidelity to the CouHhution; second, the
perpetual union OF tic StatoH, viii,
local government; third, OWL Service
reform; fourth, cGonos8y ia disburs.
ment5 in oil departments Of the Gov
eminent; 9Th, The enforcement Of law:
Eixth, the private use Of public funds,
by public officers. Id eInbrzLleIpnnt, and
should be punished ns such; seventh,
oil corporations 10 DO under the law:
eighth. tho schools 10 DO FREQ from sec
thrinn intiunce; ninth, the preservation
OF tie public credit and faith, and tho
honest payment Of tho public debt;
tonilI, the money Of tho Constitution,
gold and silver, is the only legal tender;
eleventh, tariff for rovrnuo only:
twcefth, 10 Chinese immigration. An
additional resolution recommending that
q rnajority oi the delegation 10 St. Lonis
be Instructed to cast the vote of the
delegation was also adopted. |
a man named SGhWlCl, from Tho
country, seeing tho sights Of the city,
foil AMONG "bunko' sharps, AMI rnys
ono hundred and ninety dolnri for Tho
privilege Of being interviewed by them,
Tho statement TINT judge Ferris, ui
Oakland, committed suicide Oh tI.
SacrnmGntO steamer, o, Friday last. IL
hcginniny to DO doubted, md il IN now
thought That no has loyuntcd TO unris
unknUwn. II il known TINT IIe Ind
considerable sums OF money 10 my.
and, having dropped his coin on
California street. his Disappearance is