The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1884-10-28
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the charges made by j. j. Barker, form.
erly . clerk in the Office of the First
Comptroller of the Treasury, who has
written letter to the President assert
ing his ability to prove that great frauds
have been committed in. that Office, in
the allowance of claims aud accounts.
The Secretary gave hearing to
First Comptroller Lawrence and Baker,
and as a result of the statement made
by Judge Lawrence the Secretary gave
orders for full investigation of Barker's
alleged connection with a fraudulent
claim which passed through his hands,
but stopped by another clerk in the
same Office. The question to be de-
termined in this branch of the investi-
CATION is whether Barker had any
knowledge of the fraudulent character
of that claim.
James Joran arrived in Cleveland,
Ohio, in search of his runaway daughter,
May, who recently joined the "Magc
Queen Company" at Williamsburg, N.
Y. The company was playing in
Cleveland and Joran attended the per.
Torrance for the purpose of identifying
his daughter. He was so Mortified
when she appeared on the stage in
suit Of gauze black tights that be left
the theatre. Miss Joran's stage name
is ''Blanch Curtis, and she says she is
eighteen. and therefore, her own mis-
tress. Her father says she is seventeen.
His right of custody will be tested in
the courts.
News Of the terrible triple tragedy
in Calhoun County, West Virginia, has
been received. Mrs. Johnson, while
temporarily insane, mixed some arsenic
with sugar and gave it to her three
step-children. One refused to eat, but
the other two partook of the fatal com.
pound and died in few minutes. Mrs.
johnson then swallowed some of the
poison herself and soon died. She was
a sister-in-law Of ex. Postmaster John
son, who recently defrauded the Gov
ernment out of 500, 600 and then eloped
with woman. He was afterward ar
rested at Covington, Kentucky.
Democratic busingsspen in new York
City have had another demonstration.
Careful estimates gave $1,000 men in
line and much enthusiasm prevailed
along the route. BY preconcerted ar
rangement, the Democrats adopted as
the war-cry, to which they kept time,
"Burn, burn, burn this letter" Among
the business organizations represented
were the stock, marine, produce, cotton,
wine and spirits, dry goods merchants
and traders, jewelers., insurance, coffee,
petroleum and down-t town laboring
mems exchanges
Peter Smith, James Casey and Eu.
gene Murphy, charged with the robbery
of the Hills Ferry stage, near San
Joaquin City, have been lodged in jail
at Stockton. The accused say they
were driven to stop the stage through
hunger, having tramped a long way and
being refused, food by farmers along
the road. The prisoners are all young
men.
On the third day of registration in
New York city the total number of
votes registered was55, 773, against 80.
020 last year and 4. G23 in 1850. The
total registry for the three days is 20s,-
lsi, against 1871 1913 in the correspond
ing three days last year, ard ls6, 946 in
the corresponding three days of 1880.
A London dispatch says: Sir Moses
Monteiiore received hundreds of tele.
grams congratulating him on attaining
ais anndredih birthday. They came
from ali parts Of the world and many
iron America.
Il 10 stated now that the Egyptian
army viii be reduced to 1900 men,
with eighteen English officers. The
police force will be increased 5000
men.
Manufacturers Of print cloth at Fall
River, Mass, have decided to start mp