Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-31
YESTERDAYS DISPATCHES.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY sENTINEL.l
WASHINGTON INTEL
LIGEMCE.
DEPREDATIONS ON
THE U. P.
A GOOD DEAL OF SILVER TALK.

WASHINGTON, Jan. %.
The Secretary OF the Interior has re-
ceived n letter from q prominent citi-
zen Of Utah, giving an account of fhe
depredatiOns of contractors fOrfurnisL-
ing timber of all kinds to the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. He also
states that these depredstions were
committed all along the line, and that
hundreds of thousands of railroad ties,
sta for snow-sheds, cordwOod, logs
and timbers were all taken from Gov
eminent timber lands on the line OF the
Union Pacific Railroad tracks, all the
way frOm the tie siding to Ogden: that
these depredatiOns mOuntt tn 8 ,000. 900
annually, aud thatthe contractors have
establi -hed u system Of peOnage simi
lar to that in Mexico, In which scores
OF honest, Woodworking, sober and
faithful men are being oppressed. in
violation Of every right belonging to
freemen i'm the United States.
The Senate Finance Committee, to
day. authorized Senator Allison to
offer with its sanction as ar amend
inent to the silver bill his provision for
HI International money conference to
fix n common ratio value of gold and
silver. The determination Of this ratio
Is ,Ot however, u condition precedent
tn the provisions of the bill. On the
contrary, the bill, if enacted, goes into
effect immediately, and The conference,
il agreed to. will be held subseq uently.
The House Committee on Banking
to day agreed to recommend the pas
sage of a bill disseminating the coinage
OF twenty cent pieces.
Rumors Of a compromise between
the silver aud anti.silver men in Con.
gress are flying about. Every effort is
being made to compromise on the basis
of a trade dollar OF APO grains. Some
of the leading silver men informally
agreed to this. Those of the silver men
who accept this say it will avoid the
coinage OF two separate dollars and
furnish a silver dollar equal to the old
Mexican dollar.
General Butler created considerable
excitement in the House 10 day by
presenting resolutions adopted by the
Norfolk, Massachusetts, Unitarian Con.
ference, in favor of a single gold stand.
ard, and then asking the Speaker for
his Bible and causing to he read from
chapter second. in st. John, Christ's
rebuke of certain disciples ami money
changers, who attempted to use the
Lords Temple for purposes of iner'
chandise. Butler said that after the
rebuke by Christ he had no answer to
make to ministers who attempted to
instruct him.
The Louisiana Returning Hoard.
NEW CLEANS. Jan. 20.
/ The hiding place OF Wells is not yet
discovered. ADderson's EAST is pro
crossing. In regard to the rules
for contempt against United States
Commissioner Lane. Deputy Collectc r
Toinlinson and Deputy Marshals
Wnzburger and Steele, on motion it
was ordered that the matter should go
over until the termination Of Ander-
sons case. The jury in Anderson's
case consists of ten white and two col
ored men, the latter being intelligent
mulattoes with 10 politics. Several
exceptions were taken by the defense
Id the Courts rulings, which will 20 to
the Supreme Court.
Attempt at Suicide.
P%ITTsBURG, Jan. 20.
Frank Lynch, being arrested at AL
leghany while about to commit suicide
by throwing himself over a railroad
bridge, confessed that he was driven To
the attempt by remorse on account OF
having thrown his little boy, aged two
years, into the river, December 18th
after having stolen him from his wife,
whom he knocked down and left sense
less in the street. Lnych has been
committed for trial. His story Is Pc
culiarly horrible in its brutality.