Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-02-21
NEWS SUMMARY.

mcnt has been defeated In the Maile Les iSi'
turc.
THE House has passed bill giving bountie'
to the heirs of soldiers who served less thal
one year in the army.
THE House Committee on Foreign kela
tions has considered the Chinese cOOlle ques
ton. No conclusion was reached
THE French steamer HogtGzuma has been
lost near the Bahamas. OF her cargo OF loo
600 bags of coffee 5000 were saved
No compromise yet in New Orleans. The
Congressional Committee has concluded lls
investigation and adjourned, to meet in WASH
ington.
THE Presidents message on Arkansas al
fairs creates considerable excitement at Little
Rock. Business is greatly depressed by the
unsettled condition of affairs.
MATT CARPENTER recently made speech
at Milwaukee, in which he stated that nc al
tributed his defeat to the opposition oil the
railroads.
A DECREE has been issued calling out 10000
men for the spanish army, $1,000 OF these to
be sent to Cuba. Exemptions may be pro-
cured by the payment of 5000 reals.
THE Bishop of strasbourg, having issued
charge to his clergy, in which he says the
church is prosecuted, the German authorities
have seized the copies and forbidden the pro-
mitigation of the document.
THE Appropriation Committee of the
House has approved the item in the Military
Bill for the construction of a telegraph line
from Santa Fe to Fort Bayard, New Mexico,
and thence West to connect with the line now
operated in Arizona.
IT is stated that one of the railroad lines run
ming from New York to Chicago has made
contracts to carry freight at fifteen cents per
hundred pounds. week ago the Saratoga
combination fixed the rate at one dollar per
hundred.
THE caucus of Republican Senators on
Thursday agreed by large majority to the
House Bill passed at the last session for the
admission of Colorado as a State. 1t is also
believed the House Bill for the admission of
New Mexico will be agreed to.
SHERIDAN, in response to an inquiry by
Hoar, of the Congressional Committee, as to
the number of killed and wounded in Louisi-
ana since 1866 on account of political opin-
ions, says: "The number reported to date is
2l4l killed, and 2, rs wounded"
WHILE the Postofiice Appropriation Bill
was before the House, an amendment repeal
ing the law of 1872 for additional mail steam
ship service to Japan and China, and annul-
ling the contract made under it, was agreed
to, without discussion.
MINISTER WAsHBURNE telegraphs from
Paris that the statement of the New York Sun,
that he received $4,000 for his influence in
getting the Fremont bonds placed on the Paris
Bourse, is malicious fabrication. The bonds
were placed a month before he went to
France.
COMMANDER HENRY ERBEN, JR., of the
Tuscarord, reports to the Navy Department
the result of recent soundings made by him
between Sar Francisco and Honolulu. He
expresses the opinion that the ocean bottom
is splendidly adapted for laying a telegraph
cable on. 1t is of almost an unvarying oozy
bottom.
LUTTRELL, by written request Of various
Oranges and settlers organizations in South
ern California, has uttered protest at the
General Land Office against further issuance
of patents to the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company for lands on fragmentary portions
of their line until existing controversies are
decided
THE recent arrest in Jacmel, Hayti, Of a
man with human head in his possession, has
led to the discovery Of society of cannibas
in the interior. Several have been captured,
and it has been proved that they were addicted
to eating human flesh, and all will be execu-
ted The head has been identified as that of a
woman who disappeared some time ago
THE Secretary of the Iron and Steel Asso.
citation, now in session at Philadelphia, states
that during the past year 10000 tons of pig
iron, 10000 tons of nails, and 100000 tons of
Bessemer steel were produced A committee
was appointed to make arrangements for
display of iron and steel manufactures at the
Centennial
IRWIN states that of the 100000 brought
by him to California, $4,000 was sent back to
Schumacher, and, with the exception of some
small sums, which he also RENTED East, he
kept the balance, about $4,000, for his own
fee. He did not disburse any portion of it
whatever in California. Whiting. who re- |
ceved 100000 of the subsidy, has been dis. |
covered at Hamilton, Canada, and summoned
by telegraph.
LONDON Dai'y Necs kilograms from Spain |
say that the Alfonsists lost 500 killed and
wounded, and three pieces of artillery, in the |
recent check they received near Estella. Mil. |
ltary operations by the Afonsists in the North
nave been temporarily suspended. The
troops are fortifying themselves in the posi- |
uohs which they occupied in their advance. |
General Moriones has been appointed com.
of the Army of the North. |
Alfonso is on his way to Madrid.
JOHN Roach has sent memorial to Con- |
gress in behalf of himself and fellow work. |
men employed in ship building, against the |
cancellation of the Pacific Mail subsidy for
The Japan and China subsidy. He saws: "If |
bribery or corruption has been or can be |
proved, it should be punished if possible but |
'ancelling this contract Furnishes no guilty
persons, but Furnishes the innocent at the re. |
quest and instigation of the guilty, and Injuries
sreat national interests for insufficient rea.
ons"
WHILE the bill to correct an error in the K
Publication of the laws was under discussion !
Willard, Of Vermont, argued that the omis-
ION OF the word white" from the naturali.a.
hon laws was AN improvement; that the Chi.