The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1886-03-14
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Tie storm Las scarcely modified for a
mom-n, since Friday Tie work of
eaeL day has Lad to bs p~ootnnenewd
on the mcTrOS. There arv cuttings
containing eighteen feet of snow, some
Of tn IN halt Il u,le in length. o~ing
to the b ishth VI the drifts on Big
Mountain. zach sLoNelful " snow must
pass thrOugh th- hands of four meu be-
fore IL eau be got clear OF the track
Besides this AVilauchrs come down &C.
~casiUnslly. Many he:ghi trains are
buried on; Of sight. Fortunately ali
passenger Trains are at the stations, aud
the company is looking alter the pas
<engeIs' comfort.
The freight train on the Ontario &
Western Railroad, which went through
the bridge near Fish Eddy. Delaware
county las; night carried down with it
L r. Smith aud W. II. Reynolds. con-
I~uciOr. aud Two brakrInen, Who were
adIus IN the cabouSc. Thcir bodies
we're burned to c:ndrrs.
An FL Paso dispat.h t lis of the
litching and rohLing Of n train ON the
Mexican Central Wednesday by u. xi-
can outlaws. Thy first robbed AMI
hen stripped completely naked ali the
train hand, then tied their hands be-
hind their backs. i'll which condition
they had walked Into San Francisco
station. Nobody, however, Wa. hurt.
An account Of "a recent st,ge robbery
in Z,caiecas. NeN CO. is given us fol.
lows: The stage contained three
men and II young lady. all belonging
to the best ft:niiirs q: CLihuuhuI. The
outlaws r .Lbel them Of their yalu,bles
and every particle D. clothing. aud III
that condition allowed them TO proceed
III the stage. Just b.lurc leaving THEN
victims the IobOeH. out q! cunsiivrt-
ii"n for the lady. gave thrin IA sheet.
which they used as II lap robe and thus
mad their Wuy to tie nearest station.
Wednesdays San Francisco udvices
arr rs follows:
The Board Of Supervisors has APP
pointed ~ delegates 10 attend the Anti
Chinese Convention at Sacramento on
March 10.
The Oakland Democratic Municipal
Convention last night nominated John
Hackett for Mayor.
The Southern Pacific Company has
issued a freight rate of 49, cents per
100 pounds ON all classes o. irri lat to
Missouri river points and Chicago.
The City of rckinS sailed for Hong
kong and Yokohama this afternoon tax
Ing from this c.ty about I,2JJ china
men.
The Market Street Cable Railway to.
day Instituted i've suits ia the United
States Circuit Court against the Suffer
Street Gable Il ,ud Company which will
determine the ownership Of the present
improved system Of cable railway. Tiic
suits axe for perpetual injunction aud
damages.
Mr. Moseley, Agent OF the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, Telegram he'd
to the Company's ngen; at Yokohama.
asking il Tai Duck, the murderer of
the Wickcrshams. was in custody, and
II the Japanese Government would re-
lease him. lie today received u dis
patch stating that the murderer had
been seat to Hongk"ng on the City Of
New York, and that the Secretary of
State would have TO arrange for his M
rest and e%xtrhlition. The conc usiou
drawn from this dispatch is that Tai
Duck had been allowed to proceed ON
his voyage from Yokohama, and that
he will be taken into custody on his ar
rival in IIongkong.
In the House Saturday Mr.. Linhnm,
Of TEXAS, called upon all friends of irc.
silver coinage to organize in order to
force Il vote on the bill reported from
the Commii,ce on Coinage. Weights and
Measures. The members Of that COM
mittee had made several Intellectual eff
forts to FIX the day for the cpnsidera-
ton. and it wns believed by many TIM,
it was not intended to get n vote taken
If it could he prevented. The contest
was between suspension end unlimited
coinngc. There was no middle course.
It vas n struggle between avarice and
popular rights. The only ri. ,onuI
scientific solution Of the question was
to be found in n return to the old Inv
and the free coinage Of silver. After n
quarter OF II century Of Republican rule:
after the characterization Of silver by the
Republican party; nj, ~ the lessons OF
exp riencc taught by the history o! that
party, II has been I, served for the close
Of the year 1885, memorable for the nc.
ceSsion Of the Democratic party to the
control OF the Government, To furnish
an eminent opportunity for an nuthori-
tative accommodating to the Federal
Legislature to suspend coinage. lie
wonld not question the motives Of nny
person high in National authority with
whom he was unable 10 agree. lie
found himself at i~TrccO3cilnbic v~arinncc
with the recommendations OF the Prcsi-
dent Of the United States ana the of.
fccrs Of the Treasury Department Oh