The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-04-25
wA.Hlsaros NEVIS.


Revenue. District Of Oregon: r. Jen-
nings. Indian Agent. Green Bay. Wis
cousin; +. +. Clauson. AsSayer. New
Olvaus.
Trenholm. as Comptroller of the
Currency. Mas approved by the Acting
Secretary md Solicitor of the Treasury
to-day. and he subsequently qualified
and entered ON the duties OF that office
to-day. The boni is for 500. 900.
The Treasury Department has re-
ceived u certificate Of deposit for S25,-
900 in The casS Of Geo. =. Cannon, OF
Utah. who WAS held in that amount Of
bail, and which Wus forfeited by reason
of his failure to appear for trial.
InSid IN j, clare the story OF the Pres.
ideut's probable marriage to Miss Fol-
the President were close friends many
years ago, and the lady is i'll u measure
the ward Of the President. His friends
believe il the marriage was couteuIplat-
ed the old man Mt the White House
would not hesitate about admitting the
fact.
Petitions haze been received here
from 700 Hnigl : of Labor. from thirty
nine st Ites and Terrier es, demanding
of Congress in the name Of the wage
workers of the United States immediate
legislation to secure the unlimited coin
age Of silver, with an open market ut
all mints Tor silver. The p,~ titions add
that the volum, Of currency must not
be contracted; that the power to con-
tract must be taken from the National
banks. Greet results are often changed
by little things. Had the Petition
been received two weeks sooner BANDS
bill could not have failed to pass the
House.
Tonight Senator Voorhees, urged the
workingnIen to organize aud promised
his vot. Rud influence to stnrt such leg
i~,lation AS they desired. He was fol-
lo"ed by Representative Weaver Of
Iowa. who covered about the same
ground. Resolutions were passed en-
dorsing the course pursued by General
Master Workman Powderly in relation
tn the strike on the Gould system of
railways. heartily commenting his APP
PEEL for aid for the strikers. calling up
on all opposed to monopoly IL contrib
ute literally and promptly. and de-
manding OF the National Government
the building md improvement Of high
ways and waterways fer the direct ben.
eft of the people instead of the middle
men and spectators.
The Hous. Democratic Congressional
Committee met at the Capitol last
night, and after filling a number Of
yncancics in the Committee. appointed
nm Executive Committee of nine. to con-
%stitute, with the Committee to be ap-
pointed from the members Of the SEN
ate, Il Democratic Congressional C.,m-
puigu Committee. Tn members OF the
committee appointed are: McATillin Of
Tennessee, Burns OF Missouri, Murphy
Of Iowa, Greene OF North Carolina,
wilkins of Ohio, Robertson Of Ken.
tucky, BlnnchIrl OF Louisiana. Sprigss
Of New York, and Grain OF Texas.
Advices OF the 20;h are a. follows:
The following combinations were
made to-day:
Postmnst rs-Geo. q Blair. Black
Hawk. Colo; J.. &. Friend. Rnwlins.
Wyoming: X. IL. Donkersiy. Laramie
City, Wyoming; c. NJ. He!Ikcr. Duran.
so. Colo.
Surveyors Of. Customs-F. j.. Phelps,
Lacrosse. Wisconsin,; f. Wnrfield, Bal.
timOre, MI.
Receivers Of Public M"ncys-C. A..
CJryell, Del Norte, Colo; J. b. XII.
bourne. Pueblo. Colo; j. II. Ellis,
Denver. Colo.
Consuls-V. A. Sartori Of PhiIadel-
phia, LcGhorn; /. A. Turner Of Arkau-
sns, St. Thomas; s II. Miller OF Dav,n-
port, Iowa, Lcipsic.
VIM. Bnynrd to be Register OF the
Land Office, Pueblo, Colo.
j. a. Davis, ludian Agent, Ourny,
Utah.
J. c. breckenridge. Suryeyor-Gen General
OF Washington Territory.
j. MucllOr, of Cleveland, Ohio. Con-
sul-Gcneral ut Frlnkfurt-On-ihe. Min.
+. S. Mansfield, Of Texas, Secretary
OF Legation ut Japan.
Collector Of Internal Rcvenuc-A.
Skillman. Of Nevada.
Zach Montgomery 10 lie Assistant
Attorney-G, neral for the Interior De-
pnItment. Jones Of Nevada. Bowen.
R,dalcberger and Van wyck voting
with the Democrats. Ingalls, made n
characteristic speech in opposition. lie
was supported by Edmunds and Honr
on Montgomery's public school record.
The Secretary Of the Treasury this af.
ternuon issued n call for so. 600, 600
3 per cents. The call will mature June
lst.
Secretary Lamar has returned from
his Southern trip much improved in
health. He attended tho Cabinet meet
ing Mt noon.
The officers OF the New York Seventh
Regiment called At the White House in
n body this morning, and paid their re.