The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-06-17
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Los ANGELS, June IA dispatch
says violent eruption occurred in the
mountains opposite Flowing Wells Sta
ton, Oh the Southern Pacific Railroad.
nbout six miles from Yuma. MT . o'clock
yesterday morning. 1t WAS preceded
BY u violent vibration OF the earth. inter
which dense volume of smoke and
huge black aud broken powders were
observed to issue from the mountains.
It continued in an nclivc stnto all dry,
but BECAME ncnrly passive ut uightfall.
LorI. Cnl., June l3.-Byron d. Beck
with Ind about six Thousand dollars'
worth of wheut destroyed by hre night
before last in hid field.
E. VI. Proctor, who has been engaged
in working in saw mill in this place,
was drowned last evening about seven
o'clock while bathing i'll the Mokel-
umne river.
The examination of Pinney OH chnr-
ges Of Obtaining money under false pre-
lenses was resumed IN the Police Court
yesterday. Tho first two charges were
passed, tho ccrtifcates not being in
Court; tho third was dismissed. Pinney
having already been held on the snnic
one for forgery, and the fourth one dis
missed on motion OF tho prosecution.
the $40, 0G0 borrowed Oh it having been
pnid to Durr's bank in 1875. Tic fifth
case, in which the Bank of British CO.
lumbia ia interested. was passed aud tho
sixth taken up, tho date of the ccrtiti.
cafe being August II. 1875, issued to
Montagnie for the sum OF SCI. 1878 10.
Dir. Burr was pluced OH the stand and
Informed tho Court that the S2I0, 600,
out OF which Pinncy swindled the bnnk,
was made good at the time by the direc-
tors. The testimony ndduced Is to tho
same purport us in previous onses. The
examination is not yet concluded.
NEW YORK, June l3.-Cuptnin Chns.
Macloon, OF tho slip Geneva, sunk Mt
Huauillos in the great earthquake on
tho Pacific coast on the 9th ult., has mr.
rived. lie says his ship became CHI
tangled with others nenr by. They
tossed wildly about crashing against
ench other aud sinking almost immed-
lately i'll fifteen fathoms of water. On
tho first alurm he cn,ne up from be-
tween decks. 1t was about half.paSt
eight in the evening. There had been
several shocks the previous twenty
days, but he had completed his cargo
OF guano and WIS expecting to snil next
morning. Aside from the frightful
rumbling sound, his attention WIS nr.
rested By the extraordinary phcnom-
exon Of the mountain nbore being so
! much ugitatcd that great rocks became
detached and rolled down toward tho
sea. resembling balls OF fire. The Wa.
Ter mt The anchorage suddenly recrdol
SO that ships lying in eight fnthonis
touched the bottom. The Geneva, too,
SWING around Mt the rate nf eight or
ten knots an hour in great circles un.
| til she struck against u rock, which tore
out portion OF her bottom. The slip
wns forced violently in the OPPOSITE. lii
rection and went down. Other vessels
were rs violently driven ashore. Cap
tain AlaclUon says it seemed to
Linn from tho sulpliuruus Or elect;i-
cal appearance Of the mountains,
TINT yUlcaLo WIS bursting out Of
its sides. The rocks were tumblins
about with o frightful noise, aud every
thing was lighted up. lIc thinks tho
damage to tho shipping was caused,
not so much by tho tidal wave rs 10y
the upward rush OF the water and the
Rotary currents driving the slips repent
edly against ench other.
Senator Morton, Of the commission 10
investigate matters in connection with
the election Of Grover to tho United
Suites Senate from Oregon, declines 10
be interviewed ut length, but says the
commission will make no inquiry whnt-
over iuto tho Cronin croOkedEcss, lIhv.
ing no authority whatever TO mcddlo
with TINT affair.