Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-05-09
Eastern DISPATCHES.


NEw YORK, May s.-1he one hundred
AMI sixth annual meeting OF the Cham
Der OF Commerce was held to-day. VIM.
L. Dodge was reelected President, Geo.
opdyke and Vim. yermyllie Vice Prosi-
dents, George Wilson Secretary.
Rev. Ayah Wiswall, Master of st.
Johns Guild, publishes denial Of the
statements rejecting upon the financial
management of the affairs of the Guild.
WASHINGTON, May 7.-Governor Shep-
hard was examined and cross-examined
before the District Investigating Com
mittee to-day, but added nothing to his
previous examination.
Great interest was excited to-day by
the action on the Centennial bill. The
alternative is between tabling the bill and
its recommitment. In the latter case
its friends are hoping to SO amend it that
it will pass, but it appears certain that
the House will not appropriate $780,.
600 at the present session.
The Senate in executive session, re-
turned the nomination of McCook, to be
Governor of Colorado, to the Committee
on Territories. at the request of his
friends.
Secretary Richardson writes from Au-
gusta, Georgia, that he will be here next
week.
TOPEKA, KS, May T. The annual
meeting of the stockholders of the Kan
sas Pacific Railroad, was held at Law
renee to-day. Robert E. Carr, Adolphus
Meyer, NJ. G.. Greeley, 3. W. Lewis, Jr.,
S. NJ. Edgel, John d. Perry, Theodore
Meyer, Robert Barth, of St. Louis; Thos.
A. Scott and NJ. Baird, of Philadelphia,
and l.. II. Merry, of New York, were
elected directors. Robert Z. Carr was
elected President.
CHICAGO, May THE Mason County
dis Herald publishes a letter received
in that county from San Francisco and
| addressed to Robert Coyington, Dr.. Nc
Cowan and John Walker, all old citi-
zens, in which the writer confesses to
having murdered man near the farms
of these gentlemen 80 years ago, robbing
him of over 81, 0O0 in cash and his horse.
The murdered man was taking the
money to Springfield with which to enter
land. The murderer represents him
self as now being old, sick and near his
death, and he makes this confession to
ease his conscience, he having recently
been converted, and to secure, if posi-
bic, a recovery and christian burial for
his victims remains. He gives the ex-
act location where the body was hastily
buried by him and partner in guilt,
but long search by the entire neighbour
hood failed to find any trace of the re-
mains. The letter is dated April Is and
is signed d. S. n. G., and says the
writer came to San Francisco for medi-
cal treatment
LITTLE Rock, May THE Supreme
Court met this morning, and the case of
Brooks VS.. Page, State Treasurer, asking
for mandamus compel ling Page to pay
a requistion made OIL him by Brooks as
Governor of Arkansas, came up, and a
decision was rendered granting the man
damus, the Court holding that the deci-
sion of Judge Wylick, of the Circuit
Court, rendering a judgment of custer
against Baxter was valid. Brooks sup
porters now think the President will
recognize Brooks as Governor.
WASHINGTON, May S.-A number of
private bills were passed.
Sherman gave notice that as soon
as the Geneva bill and the Civil
Rights bill were disposed of, he would
ask the Senate to take up the Finance
bill. Reported on Wednesday.
MEMPHIS, May S.-Letters from the
lower part of Arkansas give more gloomy
accounts Of suffering among the people
from floods. In the vicinity of Bernard,
Chicol county, thousands of people were
reported destitute, their farms inundat.
ed, and stock starving or lost, Three
hundred and fifty colored laborers in Ar
kansas City send a petition for help,
stating that they have only few days
ratlons, and these furnished by planters
who have not enough for their own fam
lilies. The plantations are submerged
fences gone, and stock drowned in every
direction.