The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-06-10
LATE TELEGRAMS.


Washington special says Hayes is in
favor Of remoncti2ing silver, but under
such conditions rs will not shake tho
public credit. lie docs not believe in
tho justice OF making the principal and
interest Of our debt payable in silver.
LoSDoS, 31.-The Catholic Church
in WiGschan. i'll the Grand Duchy of
Perrin. was struck by tightening OIL
Sunday during the service. Six persons
were killed md about seventy wounded.
some seriously. .....
NIgESA, 81. - The TayjiGn states
that Mulihtar Pasha has been dismissed
from his comninnd. and will be court.
martialed for representing that he had
equipped nh army OF GO,C00 men,
whereas he had only 81, 900 at his dis.
posnl. ..
The TrcmdcRLiiH denies that my
meeting between tho Emperor OF Aus
trim and the Car has been projected.
BUcHAHEsr, May 3l.-Sixty Russian
siege guns nre rAprrted ut Knlafat to
strengthen the batteries there.
SCEA"ToS,. June 2.-This mornings
RY"bhe0m has the following particulars
OF the wrccking Of tho train last night
OIL the Lchigh Valley railroad: The
first intimntioD the engineer had OF the
accident was Il violent rocking OF tho
train. \ inmate later the first OF the
passenger cara mounted the forward
truck on which he rested and was pc
cipitntcd down an embankmont OF fif-
teen feet, together with three other
coaches, all laden with passengers. The
coupling broke, leaving the engine and
one baggage chr i'll safety on the track.
| The painful scene which followed baf-
lies description. Avail Of anguish rent
tie air as tl.e passengers dragged them
selves from the debris of the wreck.
The four cars were smashed to pieces,
and many passengers were pinned down
III the most cXcruciating positions
Mrs. Homer. of Scranton, and Mrs
Hickey. Of Tonawan Ia, were killed, and
seventeen others severely injured, four
of them fatally. Tho most of the in
jurcd nro snid 10 belong to Tunnwuuda
, and vicinity.
SILVER REEY, June 2.--Eu Icnc Bacon
ana man named Warner, who stole II
lot Of LuIs,s some time ago, returned
three days ago, went To Wushiri ten
and stole hurse from hoy uamcd
Smithsnn. The boy saw Bacon with
the horse, told him il wna his and nt-
tempted to take il, when Bacon drew
| pistol and sEut The boy in The left arm.
lie then rode Off. The news reached
here, when II party OF citizens, well
nrmed. left in pursui. Of Bacon and
Warner, they having ten hours start.
MEMPHIS, juno "A. Woodward,
late county trustee, WHO was arrcHted
in San Francisco, charged with en-
! bgZ2ling :SlSU,Gu0 Of the county funds
was acquitted This morning. His
bondsncn had paid some $4,000 OF
| tho amount.
LuNpoN, june "A Cunstantinoplc
correspondent who has just returned
from nn inspection Of Vnrnu, RustchuS,
and ShuInlG says, he cannot report
much in !nyor Of the military Huthori.
ties. Tho private soldiers arc unhoubt-
edly good and patient, but arc CxCcrn-
bly, fed. The officers, with few strik-
ing exceptions, are not equally rs good.
Abdul Kcrim PaSha, commanGcr-in-
chief, Is old and in bad health. The
troops nrc well armed, The cavalry cs-
pccially 80, md fairly hursed. Tho
hospital arrangements arc not worth
mentioning, and there Is much sickness
and scurvy. The vegetable diet lntely
issued at tho request Of MI English doc
tor, hus proved beneficial. Three.
iomtlg Of the officers nrc newly np.
pointed and have had no noprcvious train.
ing. The general fault Of the army ig
n lack Of organization md Oriental
slowncss. Some of the officers, how.
over, aIO most ablo and hard working.
At Nnrrn tho Austrian General Stacker
works hny and night. There is only
one English officer in tho army.
LoSroN, Juno "a telegram from
Syria inys disconrngcmcnt Exists iu
official circles in Constautinoplo 10.
cause il is not known how n sufficient
force con be cole o.cd TO assist the Rus.
sian advance. The hopes that the cap.
tnrc OF Sulinm Kclch would lcGh to an
insurrcctiun in tho Caucneus foarcd
Russin aud laid down their nrms, Tur.
key is weak from natural cnuscs which
render IL difficult 10 maintain long
resistcucc.
The departure Of tho Egyptian con.
iingont for Turkey Ii postponed until
the arrival Of tho Turkish war Ships.
Tho Egyptian fleet, Is totally unfit to
net M tlioir escort.
II is officially announced at Constnn.
tinoplc that tho reported rcoApturing
Of Arabian IN erroneous.
The Russian nrny Oh Tho Danube is
10 hc Increased to 100000 mon. Pro.
vision contracts have hcon made for
This number ii wag nnnonnccd two
nights nGo that three Russians moni.
tors from Akjcrnmnn had managed to
pass tho Sulinn mouth OF the Danube