The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-10-01
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CcLUNBUs, o. Sept. %.

New HoEK, Sept. %.
4 Tribune Washington special sayg
Taft did not meet Senator Patterson
OF South Carolina, nor did Governor
Chamberlain arrive rs was expected
Taft seems considerably annoyed nl
the condition Of affairs IN South
Carolina, and believes that to prevent
n conflict, additional troops sh0u!d be
Immediately ordered there. lie yi5-
itcd tho War Department. today, TO
.nrgo action, but Adjutant General
Townsend, pcr"mtOri!y refused 10
act without direct authority from the
President, Cameron or Sherman
Taft will advise Chamberlain and
Patterson 10 apply directly 10 ;ho
President in the matter.
y Times Nashville special says:
During tho speaking nt Shclbyvilir,
Tennessee, Yesterday, between Cen
cral JnO. ID. Porter. Derby Il.
Thomas and w. r.. Worldly, tho lat.
ter co!Orcd citizen, Porter tool: ox-
ccptlon to 4 statement made by Mr..
Thomas and denounced hin as . liar.
Thomas Immediately attacked Porter
with stick, when tho latter drew q
revolver, friends Instantly iutarfclch
and collision between the two wag
prevented. Tho affair has created
Il great deal Of excitement. AMI Por-
ter IL severely ccuBurcd by many for
carrying cOnCr,.icd weapons; TINS
violating one OF the principal laws Of
the State.
Tho TriIH. Washington special
says that tho Attorney General SAWS
If the Democratic whites Of the
south insist upon organizing armed
bands to intimilato tho Negro and
deprive linn of his rights, he secs no
reason why negroes HhUull not arm
Tor their own protection, and meet
force with force. Northern ncpub-
leans have hitherto urged tho ne
grOcs to pcacc:ulnCsa and submis.
sion, but il tho Eourbons continue
in their violent cnuras, q diHcrcut
policy may l,a adopted. The United
States District Attorney oi South
Carolina and ether persons who wcTu
to consult with ialt, dill mo: arrive
hero until this morrirg. Taft iGit
last night for Ohio without H"":ny
ihnm. The delegation has cun.e.
iU"mtlY gone - Philadelphia IN ;:un-
fer personally with thu President.
They desire tA haze troops stationed
in ut least tiIrcO Ui what are called
up country counties, t0 prevent i'll
timi,lniiGR Of tho negro vote. The
President is expected here soon. Isis
baggage having already arrived from
Long branch.
y dispatch from Reading, Ponngvl-
Yanin, gives an account ~ terrible
disaster in Forest count. or Thurs
day last. y mountain stream bn.
coming greatly EHOl!cn from the rc.
cent storm, It's waters iiouicd - pur!ly
settled valley near Iial3Lun. Il newly
opened numbering hamlet. Two
cabins m:rnpiud - George I'IrI;-'
nnn Daniel Cooper, wood chopporI.
were washed down the mountain aida
into tho stream. nj an carly hvrr in
the morning. The PARKS lsluily con
sisted Of seven pCrsnnI father,
mother and i!vr children. There
wcrn nine members 0r Corners ium.
ily--Cunpcr. his wife and three chill
tlrcn and Mira. AlamH, mother o! Mrs.
Cooper. Tho sixteen persons wurc
MI drowned ana their bodies carried
Iwny and inmncd hctwc"u II boom
Uf logs in Foros. creek; the huu"Cs
were completely wrecked. Two per.
sons wCro drowned nCar Smiihport.
i'll Tiogr county. Thrro lives nrc
known To have bCcn lost, AMI four
persons were drowned at WcllnuUr..
SA.; FHAscFsro, &opt. %.
Gold. no aud llGi..
Gurrrury 81 and Qil..
Tho records Of the Health Office
state that since May lst, Hjj casr8 U(
Hmall-pox hny0 Ercn reported, and
2lO deaths. Last week tho cJscs
were 80 in numhGT. These f%urcI
tln not correctly cXprcag tho mnount
of mortality, rs among The whites,
with few exceptions, only thoIo cl.cl
lrayc come 10 light which resulted
fatally.
T.. Il. %thirdlor, the missing pro-
pricIor of the ILcnw Past, turned III
to-day all right. Iln had bcnn hunt.
inE nj tho San MiGuc! ranch. and for.
got 10 leave word about his intended
departures.
Tho Bullion Shining: Company has
levied an nsscgsmCnL Of two dollars
md fifty cents pcr share. amounting,
TO $3.50, 900; delinquent in Board
October 22d, and at office ?Jl. Tho
prliCa who control tho Bullion also
control The Justice, which q fnw days
ago levied an as'cagmont uf $52j, coo.
The sum " 71J,0OO is The lrg1et an.
scGsmcnt over collected in u airEio
lnvy from any two mincJ in thia
county.
MADmn, Sept. %.
Tho United Statoa Steamship Frank.
lin loft GiljraltGr, yesterday. FOR
Nigo, 10 embark Wm. NJ. Tweed aud
his companion, Hunt, for the United
States.
CnEYEH2r, Sept. 81.
II has hton permanently settled
That II cautonmoiit will DO established
at old Fort Reno, thia Winter. con
sisting Of four companies ui infan.
Try; two nf tho Fourth. Captain Won
Norman, from fort BridGer, hmd Cap
tain Brisbio'a front fort lInrtaoit, ono
Gf tho Twcnty.third from cam,
Brown, and Captain polIacl's com.
rnny. Of the Ninth Infantry, from
Tort Laramie, tho latter tn be- porma.
hciit Commander Of Tho canlomncnt.