Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-11-29
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poMEsrIo NEWS.



PROVIDENCE, Nov. 29.-In Cranston,
last Saturday night. during . family
quarrel. VIM. Manning fatally shot his
mother. mistaking her for IN officer
called to quell q disturbance.
Murder.
S%rRiSoYIELD. Mass. Nov. 29.-Mosss
Dickinson. aged o5 years. . farmer at
Amherst. was murdered Saturday
night.
serious Cave In y Coal Misc.
New Yonx. Nov. pa letter from
wilkesbarrs. Pennsylvania. states that
the most extensive and serious mining
casualty ever known in Wyoming valley.
has occurred at the Chauncey. and
the Grand Tunnel mines. between
Plymouth and Nanticoake, about two
and . half miles south OF the former.
Mr.. Roberts, n Of the ~propristors Of
the Chauneey mine. noticed that the
roof Of opening was working In q most
extraordinary manner. and wa oon-
WINGED that the mine was doomed to
certain calamity. About II o'clock on
the morning Of the 10th inst. he gave
orders for the men to leave the mine a.
soon as possible and removs a. much OF
the company's property rs could DO
taken out IN the spur Of the moment.
The miners to the number Of l25 left Of
IL o'clock, taking with them the impls-
msnts Of their calling. and two hours
later the mine caved In. The effects Of
tho rave were terrific. Huge bouldsr
were thrown out Of the mouth Of the
tunnel by compressed air as II they had
been pebbles, and the shock Of the
crash was like an earthquake.
Naval Preparations. what do They
Meanf
CnicAoo, Nov. pa Warrington
special says the Secretary Of the Navy
still continues his mysterious opera
tons. To-day the Nantucket, the last
Of the ironclads that il finished and
available, was ordered into commission.
The complete list Of available ironolads
will now be ready for most sfacisnt SER
vice in q few days. 1t 10 said that orders
have been sent to Lisbon directing the
entire Mediterranean squadron to return
home. The entire torpedo corps 10 also
actively engaged In the preparation Of
torpedoos. These operations are con.
ductod with tho strictsst secrecy. Or.
ders have been issued in the Navy De-
partmont to permit no information Of
tho movements OF the ironclads TO DO
made public. All these vessels that arc
on the Atlantic coast, north Of New Or
leans, have been ordered to rendezvous
at Norfolk.
cmcAoo, November &o.-A Wash.
inGton special says til, erosid.n. i, his
annual message will report to Congress
in favor Of building a ship canal con-
Meeting tho Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Tho Commissioners who make the re-
port were appointed by the Secretary
Of the Navy to investigate the merits Of
various ship canal routes for connecting
tho Pacific with the Atlantic. The Com
mission is composed Of the following:
General Humphreys, Chief Of the
Engineer Corps Of the Army; Captain
Carlisle Z. Patterson, Superintendent
United States Coast Survey and Com
modors Daniel Ammen OF the United
States Navy. The report IL already
completed by the Commissioners. It IL
merely q preliminary one, but Is 70 DO
followed by n fuller report, giving
moro in detail the history Of the sxami.
nation and the reasons for the decision
at which they have arrived. that the
| Nicaragua route ID tho most feasible OF
| all tho rostes surveyed. This report
will be given TO the President In order
that he may DO able to present tho mat
ter to Congress In his message. II vas
thought at first that the report would Be
delayed until January. and then sent
into Congress with q special message.
The President takes the greatest posi-
bic interest In the ~inter.oesanio canal
scheme. and will do all he can to aid Il.
Tho problem OF connecting the two
Oceans has been one that has occupied
the attention Of statesmen. navigrton
aud mariners for the last three hundred
and sevsnty-fvs years. Tho enormous
saving Of distance. time. cost and risks
which Il would give to the world. has
been carefully tabulated. and there re-
mains nothing to show but the feast.
biiity OF the route. This the Commits
sioners claim has been done In the sur.
vsy made upon the Nicaragua route. It
Is now regarded a. OF the highest i'm.
portance that The United States should
take some action at once to carry outth
feasible plan Of the canal, In order
to prevent either France or England
from coming in and reaping the honor
and profit Of the great enterprise. The
result Of this work cannot bs fully est.
mated; the great saving In the carrying
trade and the facilities Of the connection
between Eastern Asia and Western
America with Europe cauno! bs readily
calculated. When the canal 10 oomplst-
ed nearly one.halt Of the carrying trade
will be rovolutionizsd. The commission
has made u most thorough examination
Of all evidence before II, and will urge
upon Congress the need Of speedy action.
Beside the testimony Of officers who have
made tho surveys, they had also the