The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1885-09-19
THE SILVER STATE.
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TELEGRARmHC NEWS.


An interesting incident took place at
the White House Thursday, the spec
tacle being presented of a Republican
Senator urging before a Democratic
President the appointment of a Demo
crat to office. q. j. Noltner of Port.
land is member OF the National Dem
ocratic Committee of Oregon. Noltner
is an applicantfor the position OF Post.
master of Portland. There being no
Democratic Senator or Representative
from Oregon, Noltner was forced to
ask Senator Dolph to introduce him
and indorse him to the President,
which Dolph did in handsome man
ner. Dolph said he regarded Noltner
as the choice Of the Democrats OF Port.
land for the Postmastership, and that
outside Of the fact that he was Demo-
crat he was pretty good fellow.
Sergeant-at-Arms Ledom of the
House of Representatives, who accom-.
panied the Holman Indian Investiga.
tion Committee throughout It's tour of
the Indian agencies, says that it will
recommend that the tribal system be
broken up as far as practicable, in
order that the power of the chiefs may
be circumscribed and the young men
given o chance. 1t will recommend
that the Indians be concent ntrated as far
as possible and given allotments of land
in severalty. He thinks that the Indi-
ans should be assisted by the Govern.
ment in learning to be farmers, and
supported until they can support them
selves. The Indian children at the
schools, he says, are remarkably bright
The prosecution in the Marquis De
Mores murder trial, at Bismarck, Da-
kota, rested its case, owing to the alb.
sence Of several witnesses. McClung.
the first witness for the defense on the
stand, testified as to the general law
lessness of 0'Donnell, tinnegan and
Luffsey; how they rode about the Little
Missouri shooting holes in houses,
tents, etc.. and that no matter who
killed Luhsey, it was only question Of
who was killed first. 1t looks now as
il the jury would agree on verdict
without leaving their seats.
Chamberlain is making triumphant
tour in Scotland. He delivers an adj
dress at every stopping place. The vii.
lagos which he is announced to visit are
decorated in his honor, and addresses
are presented to him everyw here. The
people greet him with the greatest en-.
thusiasm and cheers are given for EN-
glands future Premier" In one of his
speeches he announced that Gladstone
has been restored to health and would
assume the leadership in the electoral
campaign.
The annual reunion OF the National
Mexican Veterans Association began in
Indianapolis Thursday. About three
hundred representatives. from o major
ity Of the States of the Union, are pres.
.ent. The public buildings and mum.
Der Of private houses displayed the ma.
tional colors in honor OF the veterans,
and though the decorations are not ex.
tensive, the welcome is hearty.
First Controller Durham has for.
warded the transcript of accounts of
George b. Loring, late Commissioner of
Agriculture. to the Secretary of the
Treasury, for the institution of a suit
for the recovery of about $40. 900 of
Government funds, alleged to have
been illegally expended by Loring in
the purchase OF seed, etc., for the De-
partment of Agriculture.
A special from New Orleans says:
The United States steamship Swatara,
having transferred her deck load of two
and one.half million silver dollars to
the Yantic at Quarantine Station, both
vessels left for sea Wednesday evening
The Swatara carried eight millions of
silver dollars in her magazine and shot
lockers. IL
A dispatch from Derby. England,
says that serious accident has oc-
CURED at the Oakwell colliery, at like.
stone, eight miles from Derby. The
shaft Of the colliery has been blocked,
and 300 miners are entombed. Efforts
are being made to rescue them by way
of the furnace shaft, and the miners
will probably be saved.
A special from New York says:
Evarts will formally decline to be a
candidate for Governor of New York,
in few DAYS.