The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-04-22
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New oHLrAas, kprilsI7.-AI decision
in3faYctsof MIRA Clark Gains, inrolv-
ing millions ;ioi lolldrs Of property in
this ciISAhas been rendered by District
Judge Billings. Tho litigation has cx-
tended over n period OF forty years, nnl
this decision ends the struggle in favor
OF tho claimant.
Packard tiotu Not want 10 lie Let Out
lie wants to lie Let In.
New YORK, April lS.-The TriJune's
New Orleans correspondent says two
Commissioners visited Packard. to-day
and asked lis, qsYeHtto the ,tusis Of the
corhtromiso' nirtddy' ntpt8Hcd' by the
Nichols Legislature. One told him this
| would let him ont easily. Packard said
,hei did, nPt Wplg q y: TO ,He lie. ont, but
wanted to be let in, md asked that tho
Commissioners tender him the compro-
mise under their signatures. They re-
fused, but promised to give him tho
Nichols resolutions for information
Packard's friends tonight refuse to on
teItain the compromise, which they say
Is no compromise at NIL. Warnoth has
gone over te Packard, anl lyiiI 'endeaavor
to hold tho Packard Legislature to!
gether by getting his followers TO desert
back from tho Nichols Assembly.
prerHrHtief"s for tl,e Trial fIt:tr Chico
| liIccnilinriCs.
ORoYILLE, April 1.-THE town has
been filling up with people from all
parts Of the county, who have come "a
listen to the tTihi of tho Chicoi incend.
iaries,s District Attorney Freer, assist-
cd 10y, Governor Woods and Hutton, has
mnide. every preparation thnt could pos.
sibly DO innd6 III oTJif to prIseiIt Ievi.
dence sufficient to convict the prisoners,
They will leave no stono un,urncd,
while on the other side, Hon z. o,
llnndlHyt has thrown aside all Il othci
business. md is gathering everything
that vii MD him in the defense of the
case. He will endeavor 10 show TINT
the burnings are only the beginning Of
Observation-Disclosures between labor
ers and Cinnamon, that will continue,
until one or tho other is driven from
the country. What effect this kind III
an argument wilL'hn upon jury Of
working men remains Ia 10 seen,
Asnn evidence Of tho Interest felt iii
The ePqge, 1et ne, state thSt there is not
room to he had ut tho hotels, and nil
OF tho private houses nre filling. 4
special 'veniro has just been issued for
forty extra jprymen. These will Sc
lected in n part Of The county remote
from Chico. Owing to tho absence Of
n short-hand reporter, tho first cnse has
been put over until'l0 o'clock to-mor.
row. .-....
ST. LoyIs+ april lg,-IhO Coroucr's
inquest in tho Southern Hotel fire case
organized nbout noon. The jury were
sworn oyer the body ,Gf KntS Nolan.
which has boon kept in tho cooling
room ct tho Morgper f9E that purpoge.
They then repaired to tho Grand Jury
room' where they will hqldIttBsir scs-
s!ons. A somewhat lengthy discussion
was held MS to whether ,the .ipvcstisa-
ton should be public or private, but tht
probabilities. nTp that the. sessions will
DO open to tlc press. The jury is com
posed Of general Jvhp Mcneil, George
Balm. S. II. Lanin. Charles w. Irwin,
W. G. CRrr and Jncob TamIn, who are
among opr luost1 oputahle citizens, and
who express determination to 10 down
,tq tho, bottom of The ,lnntter and bring
out ali tho facts connected with tho fire.
At tho Coroncr's inquest on tho
Southern Hotel fire over the the body
Of 'KhId Nolan, 4 sciyant; il was lccid.
cd to admit one reporter from ench city
paper and Associated Press, and few
| others. .-----
Joseph PuliiGcr, boarder Oh tho
fifth floor Of tho hotcE icStilied to hear
ing shrieks of women AMI meeting vol
umes Of smoke when ho opened his
door, but heard np alarm OF Ore. no
believed tho womcn's cries savcd n
hundred lives. lilo never saw so many
appliances for preventing fro as tho
Southern Hotel Ind.
j. Russell, Chief Engineer, rer snted
his statement, already, telegraphed, ny
TO the fro i'll tho store.rJom, the nt-
tcmpts to subdue II nnii its rapid pro.
rrcsS. There was 20 SPECIAL walchman
in tho basement. hut thcro was ono OIL
THO office for, whose duty il was watch
'hp whole house. 10 reached tho en-.
Gino-rcom ut 20. Tho aro was then
10 hercc that no fro department in the
world could have subdutd il.
Thomas Haley tho fireman, aud n
number Of other employees curruborntcd
Eusscll's testimony. IInlcy testified
Tat ho g0w pot-washor go about
uieht o'clock u to tho s,oro.roun
door with n lighted piper in his
hand, apparently looking for tho koy.
iole Of tho door. Ito supposed he Ind
n right there, and did not interfere.
Adjourned. ..-,.. ..... .....-..-... ..
NO moro bodies wcro found to-day,
bit Considerable pfdicrIy trns found.
Iilif henl', Az ,,G;qgmn,h,irp .p!>gu, led
Ngw YORK, April lS.--Thc y..,,,.