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SnruccmoI I Notes.
Communicated

SprucCmout ut present offers Jew in
du- eaIen,s to those that are bru.;e ard
seeking employment. We do not look
for the furnace to ran hc.o.c the first Of
Jane. However, Keep ia eye on tie
~lSpArESpE r, AID We will keep You
posted on the progress here.
Mcssrs. Thompson and wilco,ks
pulled ont for the Wells Yesterday,
loaded with ore from the "IIn Ii"
Mr.. Z. Vallejo. Britol Dicks risht
hand hover, took last Fridays buck.
board for "Chrrry." We ue ready to
wager u honest .ad with tir,i.c.nss APP
II tenanccS thereto, that Peters slip
pcry-rlm industry & Is boycott in
White Pine.
A private school opened here on
Monday of last week. with u di-tim.
gui he'd young gentleman from "Chcr.
ny" in command.
Mr.. j. +. Delaney, the gentleman
sent here last month in the interest OF
Scott & Anderson. OF Salt Like. re-
turI ed last week, and with u force Of
four men Is busily engaged extracting
wall bc shipped to Utah. Charlie vii.
! ans has the contract for hauling to the
Wells.
Mr.. Alex Mclaughlin, who, for the
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The Laundry Ball.

The tekoas FOR th. Laundry ball arc
already out, and find n rapid sale. or
course, nobody will refuse TO pnrchAss a
Laundry ball ticket.
Il is proposed TO have the boa OF mn
sic. aud a HnGrammrc will be arranged
that will include al the Lotto fancy dan
ees rs follows:
The Soap Suds lHncers.
Dream OF Frillcd PctticOAt waltz.
Dirty Shirt quHdthle.
Beautiful blue Indigo waltz
Embroidered Nigh,govu sohottische.
hangler and WringeE waltz.
Clothes Basket quadrille.
CAstilian (soap) Revere polka.
Anti. Chiuess plain quadrille. and The
rest Of tho'nev ASpccs.
Tho Dirty Shirt quadrAle will he for
those who do not caro- 10 ~patroni1c The
White Laundry aud cannot get trusted
any longct by Chipsmen:-[Cars Ap.
peal.
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From Monday Daily.
hALAAGUNDL.

The train from the East this morning
was only Rbout half m hour behind
time, and was As usual loaded 10 its full
capacity.
Elmer G~reenberS. who has been CON
aned to his bed with typhoid pueunonia
at tue Depot Hotel. for several days, is
to-day reported in n critical condition.
Thomas Hunter requests us to give
public notice that u rodeo will ommence
in Dixie Valley next Monday. All per-
sons interested Will govern themselves
accordingly.
j Z. Robinson. for twenty FIVE n
Cashier Of the First National Is nix of
Angelica, y. Y, has defaulted to the
tune Of 500 O0 aud skipped across the
border to Canada.
A gang OF CounteIfci,ers has Just
been discovered in Butte { ity. AMI five
of he members arrested. The plant,
together with srme specimens OF their
~ork, was secured with the men.
The dwelling Of an aged couple
named Douthett, at Xenin. Ohio, to-
Gether with its inmates, were burned
Saturday night. 1t is thought the
house was burned to conceal u murder.
t,1r 90, NV..l;-. l..
history Of the appointing power of the
President. The Alta says: The woods
nre full Of men who could write a lively
nam'ive Of the Disappointing power Of
the President.
W. L. Crane. o! South Fork. arrived
yesterday evening from the East with
the bi""ded stock he lately purchased
III Illinois. Competent judges speak in
iittte.ime terms of both the lIUl,triu
cattlr and the Ciyd sdLle horses. The
stock Ii stI.l in town.
Private adviceS received nj San
Francisco from Honolulu state that the
King III Count has issued an order
that no Chinese should be permitted to
reenter he IhHaiinu Kingdom similar to
that eAactcd 10y the United States
Government.
Col. Hurchfe' 1. late chief clerk e the
Ute Indian Agency, has just received
intelligence of the killing ON the White
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Jay Gould's Roads 10 be Boycotted
Through Eastern Manu-
~factureTs.

II has TRANSFERRED in st. Louis. That a
scheme is on foot to boycott the Gould
railroads through Eastern manufnctur.
crs. District Assembly 30, knights Of
Labor, with headquarters in Boston.
embraces about 800 local assemblies.
with n membership OF some 10000 shoe
md cotton workers. Large quantities
Of articles made in the territory covered
by these assemblies are shipped to
points on tue Gould system. and the
plan IL to notify nll manufacturers TO
stop shipping goods owe those ronds.
There il TO he a meeting Of District As
scmbly 30 At Boston this week to thor.
oughly discuss this matter. and IL the
plan stated is decided upon aud the
manufacturers refuse TO ncccdc TO the
demands Of the Assembly, a strike will
probably he ordered Of the workers in
the territory named. A representative
OF this District Assembly has been in
consultation with the General Executive
and local committees here. and will re-
port TO the Boston meeting what lac has
learned Of the situation here and in the
Southwest. IL IL also said that District
Assemblies II aud ~. which include the
shoe aud cotton workers in Maine. New
Hampshire and Massachusetts, will hold
meetings Immediately after the Boston
Assembly. and il IL thought possible
that they will pursue the same coursc
decided upon by that body.
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DAvITT's VIEWS.

Michael Davitt addressed n crowded
meeting Of IishmcD in Glnsgow Tues
day. lie said GlNdsione's Irish bills
were amply justified; that he himself
had not spent ninc years In prison in
vain. lilo hoped that the prosperity
that would result II the bills were
adopted would induce Parliament to eH-
tend still further homo rule in Ireland.
IL tho landlords stayed / n Ireland and
circulated money trade would revive.
aud Ireland would not need to resort TO
protection. lie condemned the princi.
pie Of a Parliament Of two orders, but
urged the acceptance OF the plan in the
hope that II woulb nor be altered.
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Just what Minors WANT.

Miners. attorneys and business men
will be glad to know that Copp's Min.
ing Code has been revised and brought
down TO March, 1886. II carefully ION.
denscs the mining decisions OF the
courts aud the land department. gives
all the late Land ONCE instructions and
circulars, the several United Stntes min.
ing statutes in full, and all the local
mining laws. as promulgated, OF the
several Western States and Territories,
together with the forms Of location no.
tice. miners lien. notice to delinquent
]co.owncrs. application for patent. adj
verse claim, lease, decd. etc. It il the
latest. cheapest, and only reliable min.
crs' guide now before the public. Send
for u copy. P.ice 30 cents.
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W. T. Smiths d livery team tore
loose from its mooriugs III front OF the
store this evening. and sailed around
the square under n stifr breeze, bat
were badly handicapped with u load of
hour anl n pair OF locked wheels.
Their wind had greatly sllckcncd by
the the time they got around to the old
Bank building, and Pl,t McAdIms
Spiang aboard through the lee soup
Pers; m"uutrd To the poop deck; srizrd
the tiiirr ropes aud stoeIcd the way
wnrd craft into port without the loss oi
a spar, though "A part al the cargo had
shifted to the back alley. The team
was moorcd to an awning post. which is
being ieadjIstrd in position. and upon
tn" top Of which the present wreck will
again TepOse in faucIed security.
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stallion For sale.

Joseph Herman. Of Pleasant Valley.
offers for sale his Guc Ciydrsinlc. Nor.
gan stallion al; It figure below his value.
bc ug now dr.iruug Il changing the
stock horscs ON his rnrch. TIC animal
ia a bcauDi III bay, black manc. ta,l anl
lcg'. without spot or b'cmish; j. II
hands in hight and weighs $50
pounds. lie il pretty rs q picture. ori
took a special premium "a, the SuIc
Fair last Fail. In disposition Il, is
Kind and gentle M u spaniel. Any per.
son Wishing to procure n mo'l dos. ''r
animal vt "a bargain can do 50 bv calling
on Mr.. lIrunnu in Pleasant valley. Is
mules cast Of thi5 place. 2Dd.
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John liiJbc;s - determined TO grow
shade trees about hi> premises II the
lavish expenditure of time, labor ami
money can ciIr,t such result.
For each tree he hes maize sn open
ing a. bro.l as IL barn i"Ug and deep
rs a well, filing the same up with the
choicest fertilizers. In the enter Of
these Ia will piun' the tire r. then play
the part Of A;Io.los us we'll rs tLat Of
Paul, AMI trisl t P~rDyIdrnc. for the
Increase. The only successful process
thus far adopted for mi-inS trees from
the alknli ground Of this locality, has
been thr application Of jl.k.scrrwe, dy-
nano and the pttcIt lever, bat the gen
tlcr.ln above meuti-n-d is still san
guine that the desired result may be ac-
complishcl hy the timr.honoTvd pTac-
tice OF applying guuo and water.
Mrssrs. Bartlett X Ostrcicher have nj
so been seized with the conviction II. 1t
outrageous ioiingc may be cunxed j -
TO existence and form n grateful arcaaIa
At their doors; Int while il is dcvo uy
wished that their tlor.l auticipat )us
may reach to iipe fruit. on, the icnr
can't lie suppressed that the t':IdrT
leaves OF hope will be rudriy IIppcI by
II killing frost.
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from FIidAy'S Daily.
HALMAGUNOI.

TIL. men who used to sneer at Sutro's
tunnel scheme. are now invited to con
template the TACT that 1t pays two per
cent . mouth.
A special train Of some 200 Raymond
.xcursionists arrived here from the
West at noon to-day, taking dinner Gt
tL. Depot Hotel. Immediately on its
departure. the passenger train which
WAS 6va hours late, came IN. bringing
about 300 hungry souls, aud the rush
for . ats at the tables forciLiy re mind d
Que Of the good old coaching days way
back ia the Sos.
Times R-view:-Some time during
The year 1881. George W. NJ. Cowl.S,
formerly mining recorder VI this district
left this place u seek other fields for
prospecting. He oorrespoaded with no
Que here. aud therefore all trace VI his
whereabouts was lost to his friends.
Letters to his address sent from here to
adjacent States sud Territories were in.
variably returned to the writer's by the
postal department. But il is now
learned rom Frank Riddle. who recent
" arrived from Arizona, that Ar.
Coules died ut u place called Jerome. in
that Territory. in July. 1884, Of pneu-
MONA, alter an illness Of but three
days.
A violent commotion was created
among the passengers of tue second Sec
ton who crowded the Lunch Stand at
the Hotel about 2 o'clock to-day, by the
sudden entrance Of a b~rigAudish looking
person with = gun. which was instantly
ieveled upon Henderson Green. the
proprietor. accompanied by the sugges-
tive words, throw up your hands,"
The broad smile which illumin tted the
eountenauce Of Mr.. Green as he rccoy-
niEed in the apparent desperate the
classic features Of Mr. Harvey Mead
Eins hal the effect Of preventing a
StAmpcde, and when the holy terror"
reached over and cordially shook hands
with his in,endei victim. the sudden tx.
cl,emeut subsidized, the crowd relapsiug
into its normal condition.
"Iiarv." had just got back from the
~iids Of Cincinnati, bringing his gun
and his brother Epbe. along with HIM.
on the ground hat another slnoothe
Que is needed ont this way.
Salt Lake Democrat: A very pecul.
lar case was passed upon in court this
morning. which will come up again
hereafter under an amended complaint.
IL il an action brought by Mrs NJ. A.
Hnrker against Mr. John W. Harker for
dImnges amounting 20 $4,000 which
she alleges will prove but a fair compen-
SntIon for the injury sustained to her
good maine from the defendants as
Snults. The complaint, which the
Judge characterized ns ambiguous and
uncertain. sets forth that MT sundry
tunes lIarkcr had called her hard namcs
and had represented to her husband
that she was a ~prostitute; hat owing
e. these false representations her hus.
band was induced to leave her, and that
she had since been abandoned TO pov.
erty aud distress.
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tFron Wednesdays Daryl
BALsIAG: vSL:.

H.".. -
Dempsey is matched to eight Mitchell
under $1,000 forfeit.
Mr.. J. e. Crombie came down from
Mineral Hal! on u visit to his family last
evening.
Three arrests have been made ut Chico
of parties suspected Of completely an the
Miller murder.
Yesterdays dispatches from Rome
bring the alarming news that cholera is
rapidly spreading i'll Italy.
Several ~iucenii4ry fires occurred in
Carson Saturday, ca Using much
excitement, but little damage.
Judge Bradford aud Z. o. J. Hastings
are both ANXIOUS to lie made Register OF
the Lani Ohice at San Francisco.
Further evidence has been received
that the Apache scouts have been
~fraternizins with the renegndes.
Uncle John Gibbons has resumed his
old place as driver OF the Tu,carora
stage, Ed. B.lkry retiring from the box.
The rates of the Auglo-American
Cable Company Will be reduced to six
cents Il word on the Jgd ol next month.
Mrs Richard Hall was killed in a run
away accident at Victoria, 3. C., S..tEr-
day, and her husband severely injured.
An Anti Chinese Convention OF dele
gates from Tehama Cal, was held at
Rsi Blum Saturday, and tue ustuma
boycott resolutions were adopted.
Yesterdays news from Montreal Is
that the hood occasioucd 10y the ice
gorge is slowly nbatns. The City frost
ana great portions Of the Surrounding
country Is submerged.
Mr.. Lou. Henderson IS fitting up and
furnishing on Third strccI, q aeat resi-
Cence for himself and wife. They will
commence housekeeping as soon Il, the
dwelling is ready for their receipt ion.
Mary Anderson, the actress, passed
Eastward 10y the tram last evening. a ~
Eiko Judges OF feminine b.auty pro-
nOurce he: handsome a one Of orr
pretty girls. Tue Princess Suah Win
nclnucc' Sas alsV q passenger last ty.i.-
in iur Os.cl.
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A white old hen with WALLER" legs
that cnckleS in the coop Of judge Key
ser, yesterday performed the phcnomc.
nal feat Of Laying II goose egg. or II as
biz as a goose egg, which is equivalent.
The dimensions Of the oval are Gi.XSI.
inches in circumference. The fowl
prodigy IL square built and heavy set,
but not above the medium hight.
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Most peairAbin Htonh.

Mr.. y. X Hayden, Of Hope, Lake
county, Colo sAys that he bought .
h"lf'brsed Angus calf. by . thorough
bred bull out Of a common COW. from
AIcintosh, LcsdviDo. Colo. Tho calf
~n' dropped On the Oh 81 February.
1884, ran on tho range sucking a young
heller. aud when a year old weighed
W. pounds; weighed by Johp Weir.
Hope, Lake county. Colo, and when
Two years and ten days old weighed /.
225 pounds; Weighed IL thc presence Of
Thomas Star and Nr. Eo<mSn, Of NAL
Ia, Colo, and others.
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MARRIED.,

TUTTLE-GALE-In Clover Valley, Mt the
residence of Mr. Frank Honeymau,
by Judge Vim. CoDgor. Henry l.. Tut
tie to Miss Ida 81. Gale.
Miss Gale has uutil qnite recently
been attending school in this place and
her many Elko friends will doubtless
extend their congratulations. Both
bride rnd groom spring from highly re-
spCcted families, residents of Glover
Valley. and tIe union of the young
people can scarcely fail of being q hap
py one
The INDEPENDENT s,nds it's best
wishes to the worthy young coupe,
hoping that their jou ny through life
may be n long md pl)easaut onc.l
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I. v. r..

The sunkicst story Of the season has
just crawl"d out Of its hole nj Lewiston.
Maine. A young IMAM Of that vicinity
had long been nh invalid from som
unknown cause. A few days ngo he
called his sister u his hcd.sidc whom n
suakc suddenly pokcd his head out Of
the young mans mouth. The courn-
gcous girl instantly seized the kissing
reptile 10y the neck and yauked it out
upon the floor. Tho touching part Of
the story il. however. that her heroic
action caused her brothers. death: the
tail Of the serpent having grown fat to
the young mans interior department.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS
DEPOT H~oTEL-CLARK l. GREEN, PRo-
~FRIEroRs

G. A. Pitchford, II. G. Nero. F.
Larsch, Tusc.; Chas. Adams and wife,
Lee; W. II. Chamberlain, Al. Sic, =
San Fran; Eugene Thompson, ]. -.
Dorsey, Miit. Polk, Hallrek; John Mar
Tin, Selide; j. II. whited, Wadsworth;
Oliver Rife, L. s. Porch. Huntington.
7. Davis. S nta Cruz; Jas. Moore,
Caeyennne; Lorenzo Sawyer, San Fran
Nay aud wife, Nebraska.
j.. NJ. Matter, Huntington; c. ]. Bos-
ko, San Fran; T.. NJ. Baum. Z. Mc-
Bride, Palisade; NJ. w. Anderson, Salt
Luke; j. Romangue. Arizona; VIM.
Lindsay, Tusc.
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BRILLIANT SCHEME OF A MILLION.
ARE.

John Jarrett, cx.rrrsilcnt Of the
Amnlgtmltrd Association Of Iron and
St,ul Workers. aud Andrew Carnegie. n
mIl,lomulrc iron master. have in con-
temptation the organization Of an inn
mcusc cooperative store and bnnk
The stock is To he taken by members Of
labor organizations exclusively. and no
person ND b. permitted to have more
than $500 worth Of stock. II the
schrmc is surcrssiul, stores VII lie
started in a number Of cities in 4 fl cent
parts OF the cbuutry.
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'tFiom rhnF..,sy's Da! II
sALaIGuSDI
Arthur Dixei takes charge Of the Elko
Matket ON the lrst o! next month.

AithuT i'Nti 1hAtS SuuIbc pi Inv Llko
Market On the flrst o! next Month.
Steam launiri.s have just been pm,
IN operation both at Il no aud Carson.
Miss Morosini. Of New York who was
bitten by a dog will be sent to Pasteur,
At Paris for treatment. .
Mr.. J. c. Croinbie made n brief visit
home, lie having started for Mineral
Hin again this morning.
Everybody is preparing to attend the
"House-warminG' bail at the Gems
new buildIns tomorrow night.
1t is rumored hat n Republican
paper will soon be started in reno. in
the interest OF Vim. ii. Steward.
County Surveyor Eugene Thompson
returned y ssterdry from Halleck, where
lie has been surveying for Scot; n Co.
The jury in the case o. General
ShaIer disagreed and have been dis
charged. They stood S to ! for acquit.
tai.
Miss Burke, of Salt Lake City, en-
routc to San Jose. stopped over her to-
day to visit her friend. Miss Ada Hun
ter.
ii-icss from Mandalay shy that the
British expedition sent against the
kachyer tribe has been compelled to re.
treat.
The Labor Union Of New York de-
rcuncc the sociaIistic orators as -incen-
diaiic, and the worst enemies OF labor.
ing mn.
Austin Reveille: 4 check for $500
from the Nevala Old Fellows Endow.
ment Fund was sent to the widow of
Milo Taber.
Charley Eisenbcrg returned last
night from san Francisco, aud in COM
pauy with Il. Keifer went out to Bullion
this morning.
The latest reports from e1.President
,rtur :. a.. 49, =. ~ 10, a..
r,i,i,.s tt. a.. ,iI... -,
-:
..
Yesterdays dispatches from Montreal
| place the damage that has been sus-
! t,i,,I Lac. "a. 80, morn. ,.,;u,, U,,l
'"''" "E tue Ice gorge causing " uood'
O'o'''
Argument as to the constitutionalitv
OF The Julici ~ Act, passed by the las,
Legislature will be hal before the Su,
P''"'' oo"'' next -hd'y.
The Candclcria True Fssure adyo.
Gates the enactment OF IA law establish.
ny whipp!uspo,ts for the punishmen,
II miacIea!.t, caught selling liquor /.
IN li-ns.
n &.
hourly expected. The Greeks Ia =,
assumed Il very provoking attitud.
which has had the ell Ct OF making til,
Turks furious.
There was n mee,in, If deIe,otss :,
the Powers Mt Berlin Yesterday to con.
cluio tho formal creation OF Como AS d
free State. The limited States alone
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The Ouch c authorities ha W just be-
ON aware that the practice OF nbduct-
ing girls from that city across into the
States for immoral purposes is being
carried on through agents in that city,
to IN alarming extent ms high rs If
teen girls have been secured in a week.
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Confederate rOrser In . Union oven.

On the return Of the Confederate
army from Gettysburg and while cumpcd
near Hagerstown. Md, n member OF
Company A, Cuts artillery, who was
nickuamed lIansy SnificS, wen into
that city. and called at tho house Of .
Dutch woman for something to eat. She
pretended that she did not understand
him. only saying "Nein." ltansy repli-
ri. saying: go. damn your niue. one
will do me now, and walked into the
backyard. In peeriug into II large Dutch
over he found that the old woman had
run oil her chickens iuto il to prevent
the soldiers from stealing them. lie
slipped into the over aud was catching
the chickens when the old lady slipped
" the oven door and closed IL on him.
lie tried bnrd 10 get out, begged.
threatened and tried TO bribc the al !
~sman. but she had captured q live
rebel and intended TO hold her prize.
RaRay was furious. but the Dutch Woman
was smiling ns n May morning. After
ar Aour or two another Confederate
drolvcd into the back yard. pccpcd into
the Dutch oven aud released Rausy,
and Lin couple carried OF the chickens
while Tho old lady was relating her
achievement in tho front Of her house.
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A st Louis dispatch Of the 10Th says:
The letter Of General Master Workman
PuVderiy 10 Secretary Turner is said by
che Executive Commute to be TIM re-.
suit If a UNANIMOUS rrTE.A upon him
by Assemblies of the Order 10 place the
strike upon a broad basis. Contribu.
lions running up TO thousands of dollars
have been received 10y the men. For
the last week they have averaged
considerable over $4,000 q day. AN
this money has been scat out 10 he dis.
tributed among the strikers At every
point ON the system EbeJe IL is needed.
and il has been sufficient to meet all the
demands, ~ far. without calling upon
the reserve fund Of the order, or order
ing all assessment; but PoVderly'S di-
Tcction for = call for contributions meets
with the approval OF the board. because
1t will prove to the public that the
strike has the endorsement Of the order
In general.
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HUMBOLDT HoUaE-JouS KELscH. PRo-
9RIEToR.

Mrs. Smith,Gnd daughter. Salt Lake;
Steve paGin, Jhcob Conrad, LamU:!:.
Joe Hall. L Anlhyws, Lone Mouu-
tnip;-wm. Van Aelstyn, south Fork; A.
w. Atkinson, Tuscarora.
L. L. Keller, Michigan; J. A. Grohrn
Island Mountain; j.. jenkins. Tu"c"rora
X. A. Crane, South Fork; W Dakin. q.
". B.ewar,. Lsmoille;. Chns. S%wettany,
Montana; q. NJ. Telior, Tecoma.
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Oito Berger. N rcput ,bIe business man
Of Albuquerque, has been arrested on a
charge OF being an escaped convict from
Texas. lie says it is a ease OF black
mail.