Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-03-14
Eastern Dispatches.
ALBANY, March II

The constitutional Convention to-day
adopted an amendment to the Constitu-
ton providing that in all cities with
300, 900 inhabitants or upwards Judicial
officers in Courts not of record shall be
appointed by the Governor and confirmed
by the Senate.
New YORK, March II.
At the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company to-day, the following directors
were elected. W. G.. Fargo, George W.
Cass, R. d. Rice, Charles B. Wright,
W. B. Ogden, Frederick Billings, ]. G..
Smith, W. G.. Morehead, A. G.. Barney,
VIM. Window, James Stinson, B. P.
Cheney, Albert A. Catlan.
Vice President Wilson lectured at the
Cooper Institute last night in aid of the
fund for the erection of statue of Father
Matthew. Subject-Temperanc Reform
and its Great Apostle,
State Senate passed the bill giving the
Courts power to decide the qualifications
of jurors.
In the trial day for the recovery of
damages from one of the city railroads
for the loss of son run over by car,
ex-Mayor Hall objected to the introduce
ton as evidence Of the ordinance provid-
ing that no vehicle shall turn a corner
faster than walk. on the ground that
the city charter of 1870 abolished all then
existing ordinances. Objection sus-
tanned
The following dispatch was received
to-day by prominent citizens: "PRov1-
DENcE, R. l., March 12.-Will you allow
me to correct a statement published yes
terday, that l had received money for
writing q letter to the Governor of New
York asking the Communication of VIM.
} Fosters sentence? The statement is
wholly false. l have never received any
7 money, nor have l been offered bride
in any form. The letter was my
: own, and expressed my honest feel
y ings. ELLEN S. FOSTER"
4 WASHINGTON, March 12
t Judge Richardson will tomorrow as
g sumo charge of the Treasury Department
e as Acting Secretary. Boutwell, this after
e noon made his last official signature. He
&. will not resign, however, until his Gre
, dentials, which are expected tomorrow
e night, are received.
D Senator Sumner called on Boutwell,
: this afternoon, and congratulated him in
n these words: 60 congratulate the coun.
Il try, congratulate the State, and l con-
e graduate myself in having you as my
/ colleague"
e MEMPHIS, March u.
d General j. W. S. Brown, one of til,
e founders of the Cincinnati Commercial
l. died here this morning of pneumonia
n Sheriff Gillen Waters, of Corinth
Is Miss, was robbed of $1,000 last nigh
h by burglars, who blew open the safe
Is No clue to the perpetrators.
5. WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, March 10.
h The Clergymens Association in thi
Y city publish resolutions sympathisin
t. with the Father Stocks movemen
n against the absolute power in America O
the bishops, which they regard as involv
1t ing the general interests of citizens, an
n hail it as the dawn of a new era, whic
l. will liberalize the Catholic Church, so a
d to place her within the limits of evangel
l. cal fraternity. The publication excite
g much comment
" New YORK, March 10.
% 1t is believed nothing will now proven
al the sailing of the Guard on the Goth, wit
10 articles for the Vienna Exposition.
,g In an interview with Herald reporte
at Washington yesterday, Presideu
Of Grant is reported as saying that n
ii change would take place in the Cabine
N beyond that which Boutwell's resigns
ton will occasion. Nevertheless tn
5 financial policy of the Administrator
re will not be changed. He hopes to Sc
n the Republic of Spain we'll established
t. and thinks by the end of the year tn
Of independence of Cuba will be secured
No trouble is apprehended from tn
Haytians, and the President thinks til
s. SANTANA Bay scheme will result in tn
r., acquisition of San Domingo by gu
to Government for ten or fifteen millions
be 1t is reported from Boston that tn
st schooner Ceres sunk near Bakers ISLAM
n. yesterday. All on board, five men, wer
III drowned.
:, CHICAGO, March 10.
% A Washington special says of E. Pay
:, son Smith, who was yesterday appointe
~ Commissioner of Indian Affairs, that b
was before the war Congregationalis
lie preacher in the West, and during the wa
ID a field general of the Christian Commits
lie sion. He is now an agent of the Chin
se pewa Indians in Minnesota. He wa
nominated by the Peace Commission