The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1877-05-20
LATE TEAEGRAMS.

| tendent OF the State Life Insurance
Department has made report OH the
condition Of the Atlantic Mutual Life
Insurance Company Of Albany Y. Y.
iii which lie announces that while the
stockholders will suffer largely, the in
terest of policy-holdcrs will be best pro-
tectcd by tho winding up OF tho Com
| pauy.
The Coroncr's verdict III tho Post
Office accident is death through incom.
potency Of Treasury officials, and that
the United States Government is rcspon-
siblc fol tho calamity. The roof was
overloaded with concrete. Supervising
Architect Mullett md his local employ.
ces are responsible for this. The civil
engineers. who are al,nc competent to
| supervise such construction, have appar.
emily no authority. Alullett is cspe-
cially rcprobatcd by name and the opin-
ion expressed that intelligence in local
Superintcndcmts is requisite, and this
has not been secured by The Govern
ment i'll this case. .....
NEW BEDFORD. Mass, May 9.-To-
night II terrible explosion occurred in
the Wholesale oil store Of Willium L.
Durham, PocnHSct street, nrOusinE the
whole city. \ vust volume OF flames
shot up Immediately and the building
WAS entirely destroyed, AMI also the ole
adjoining occupied by the Hendricks
Loom and Harness Company and the
French weekly paper La Proiccieur.
The losses are not yet known, but are
very large. The cause of tho explosion
is unknown.
San FEANcIsco. May TO- 2p. NJ
Vt "a meeting Of the directors OF the
Bank Of California OH Tuesday, Mich
ncl Reese and Adam Grant, Of the iii.a
| of Murphy, Gran. X Co., were elected
directors, vice james Il. Kccnc and
Robert Morrow rriisrd. Street gossip
has been making veg free with Nor
row " name for few days past, nmd
| there wcr" rn:nUrH of anrctIng OF his
cietlIt"rs yesterday. but no d, finite im-
formation TO that effect seems attaium-
bic, anal il is probably mere street
| rumor.
| During the list wcci: pc ctitinu was
| filed In tbs Twelfth District Cont OH
! behalf Of y. August and l., IIumbrrt,
mining engineers, for the pcrpctuatiun
| Uf the testimony Of certain witnesses
as preliminary To ~ contemplated action
| by the petitioners against the ConsUli-
dated Virginia Mining Company, Oh
complaints III Islander ana libel; nd
thc.c Is also wi imputA.ion nsIilist The
| prospective de GEdaniS nf being accrs-
sorr to larceny. Among the persons
naincd nrc j. q. Flood, j. q. Fair, j.
Moore, +. MucCr lliSh, Il. Wheeler, L.
>. Spring, Irving NJ. Scott, j. y. lis.
don. George Dnly Of Virginia, ana over
dozen others. Plaintiffs claim tiioy
| have been greatly dumns.d by the ac-
tion Of dcfcudnn. in taking and brand.
ing ns bogus correct nap Of the lower
workings of the Con. Virginia mine,
''''' ''"l' DSii5 SN'th''u HIu oNitu ny
plaintiffs. Judge Dangcliicld has
granted the petition, and ordered tl.c
.aE'ng OF testimony.
COLUMBIA, S. e. May lO.--Thc State
Senate to-day decided to go into mn
election for Chief Justice on Tuesday,
May 10. The House will concur. The
Il -.
| ana requesting the Governor to invoke
tho ciemcncy Of the President Of the
United States in bchnIf of the prisoners
| now held to answer charges Of riot and
murder III tho lntc political struggle.
MAsHT%GroS, Mny ll.-Pctitinns nrc
circulating among the people Of this
city for the removal Of Fred. Douglass
from tho position Of Mnrshnl Of this
| District brcnuso Of administrations
n8ninst the people of Washington, al
| legged TO have been madc in recent lee.
tnrc delivered by Douglns in baltimore.
IL Is reported to-day that Columbus
AlcNnnd"r, one Of the most prominent
bomdHImnn Of Douglass has asked 10 lao
released from the botld.
LoND"S. May lO.--Tho Tunes snys Of
the advance which the Russian Govern.
mcnt obtained from the Paris and BcI.
lin bankers: "l'hc probable nssum,.
ton Is thht the advance IL sixteen mil.
lion dollars. and tho syndicate retains
tho right OF making n further ndynrcc
OF half M much again"
In the House Of Commons Sullivan
withdrew tho questions which hc gave
notice of on Tucsdny. that Ito should
nSk On Monday next relative 10 tho In.
tmntinn OF tho Home Secretary that
England would defend Egypt from in.
| icrf0fcnCO or nttack.
a dirputch from Erzoroum dated yes.
tcrday, nakcs no mention Of fighting.
Tho Russian column which wns Hoinu
down the Persian frontier toward Van,
has stopped nj lioynzid on account Of
lnck Of forage and tho impructicabiiiy
Of the country.
CoNsrAsTiSorLE, May 10.-Tho jnur.
nnl0 report that Russians before Kars
and Arlnhnn have rcircatcd toward the
frontier.
VrEHSA. May l0.-A meeting Of the
Polish nGtniorS was held nt Lcnborr