Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-07-24


Man Alewa - . Might or Five
lHuadred Feet.
Iowa Crrr. July 23.-At nine o'clock
this morning ono Of tho cooling.tanksi In
Close & Sons paper mill exploded.
causing the explosion Of four others.
Six workmsn we're killed. Walter Lin.
ton, Who was over the exploded tank.
was seen 10 60 up with the tank to an
estimated hight Of Ave hundred feet
Falling. he went through fho roof OF u
paint shop seventy yards from the mill.
He was found lying on the door OF thu
room beneath. II Is decided that 1t was
q chemical explosion. Loss, $a5o. oOo.
CINCINNATI. July 23.-Newark tOhio)
specials say twenty-five persons, Of
which number sixteen were boys. we're
badly burned yesterday by an explosion.
A test was 10 be nade Of o fire eItin-
euisher and q building had been erected
by consent Of the City Council. which
was to be fred for the occasion. 1t was
thoroughly saturated with coal oil, and
during the preparations p~reina'ufe'y
took FIRE and an explosion ensued.
Pour JrnvIs. N. y. JAY 2s.-An m
CINE on the Eric Railway exploded Its
boiler this evening. killing engineer
Walker. fireman Stevenson and a flag
man, name unknown.
Changes In the Cabinet.
CmcAoo, July "A Washington
special says Senator Cole. OF California,
who has been at Washington attending
TO business before the oenerai oouf'' IN
SAID 70 10 an asP'fah' .o,A poN'0n
no ao,ne' case % De'Auo s''"
Judge fishei' u's',e' A'.0'ns'' .en,
rssignation 10 the rieAiuen' yes'siuA''
he 'o"ha ,mposS,o'' 70 Upposo 'n'
members OF inc cso'ne'' hA''0's'h0'
"eiis Will sueeeea nin''
The . vi seeA Fsir.
Nxw YORK July 24'--Ihs saies a. ~
BOOK lair yesterday were the largest OF
the week. The sales have been largely
In excess Of old trade sales. Ihe iair
closes to-day, but publishers feel con'
adsnt that its success warrants Its b.
coming o permanent institution. Last
evening q dinner was given to the trade
at the st. James Hotel. Nearly all pub.
lishers who were In attendance at the
fair, and a large part OF the buyers. were
present.
wrsugis over the Tweed Case.
George +. Comstock. Of counsel for
Tweed in the habeas corpus case before
the Court Of Appeals. and an e1-JudQe
OF that Court, has Published q reply to
the attack Of Charles O'Connor and
Judge Davis mon tho Court OF Appeals
for giving a decision favorable to Tweed.
In the letter, Comstock says. in all the
arguments Of counsel Of opposition to
tho lawless sentence pronounced by
Judge Davis, that magistrate was treated
with forbsarance. but 1t ought now be
said there were circumstances attending
the last and final trial. conviction and
sentence, which may justify more than
. doubt whether he Ia longer entitled to
such forbearancs. The trial proceeded
as II the purpose was the conviction and
punishment for only a single crime. and
thus the prisoner and his counsel wero
entrapped into believing that only one
conviction and ono sentence was In.
tended. No change In the opinion Of
tho Judge, as announced ON the first
trial. was suggested by him till the jury
rendered a general verdict Of guilty; then
the masked battery wa discovered.
Then the tremendulously accumulated
son,sncs fell upon The deceived and
wr.,o,.l r,;.onsr CHARGED vab neglect
AZ official duty. or n bad performances OF
official duty. The punishment, In liz
accumulated ssysrity. was moro than
twice greater than the law would have
tolerated. 10 no had been guilty Of a
larceny Of forty million dollars. III
know Of no precedent for such q trial
since the time Jsfiries and Scroggs adj