Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1875-12-17
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BY WESTERN UNION LINE.
EASTERN DISPATCHES

N.S DISPATCHES
NEW loRk, Dec. l6.-Accordipe +
, bremen dispatches Mr.. Thomas a m,
Senger on the Moselle, and owner of III
cask OF dynamite which caused the terribl
disaster at Bremen haven. has confssse
his guilt saying he had accomplices a
} New York. The motive for this diaboli
! cal scheme appears to have been to nro
cure exaggerated and fictitious ipsur
ance and to share with others. Thoma
Is quite conscious and answers all opas.
lions, but the bullets have not vet bee,
extracted from his head. From what !,
known the barrel for this shameful wo,l
was made strongly by Bremen coope,
ana partitioned, one part containing
dynamite and the other apparatus for ex
plodins it. He intended to placs his
heiilsh machine on the Deutschland, bu,
was not ready. The Weiser Zectune
adds, in sober words we communicate II
and with certainty, that the number O,
victims Killed. and wounded amounts &c
l4o' William X. Thomas is the full
name, and since his attempt to commit
suicide he has made a full confession
de was born in New York; married in
New Orleans to lady and has four chill.
dren, the youngest baby He lived in
virginia during the war, and engaged in
the blockade running. whereby he be.
came rich. Since '66 he has resided here
and at Leipsic, and last at Strethlen
near Dresden. He appears to have lost
MS money and became embarrassed. He
was twice in America during the nas,
summer The last time he went without
the knowledge of his family, and when
he returned he wrote to his banker hare
that ne had made arrangements ENABLING
MIN to pay his debts in Dicbu. He was
highly esteemed by the people in Ger.
many; his house has been searched. lint
nothing found connected with the dises.
ter. Thomas has attempted spicids
again by tearing off the dressing from
his wounds.
Nathan Ruberstein has been arrast.d
on the charge of being the murderer of
Sarah Alexander, young Jewess, whose
body was found in a field on the ont
skirts of Brooklyn Tuesday afternoon.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1G. - The American
Board of Transportation and Commerce
began it's session in this CITY Yesterday
Alter completing the organization a
number of lengthy and elaborate reports
upon the important problem of rail and
water transportation and the best means
OF systematizing and cheapening the
same were read and appropriately re-
TERED. The convention comprises dele
gates from more than one. half the Stotes
III the Union and representatives from
Canada. MIR. Harris OF Kentucky pre-
scented string of resolutions recommend
Ing the following measures: The COM
pletion or improvement of the four great
water routes as unanimously recon-
mended by the U. s. Senate Committee
on Transportation Routes to the Sea.
board for the Forty-third Congress; tn.
extension of public credit to the Texas
aud Pacific Railway to such extent and
in such manner as will secure its early
completion with the following full guar
antees from the owners of the road the
building OF a double steel track railway
from the Atlantic seaboard at New York
to the Mississippi river at st. Louis, to be
used exclusively for freight traffic. The
above resolutions we're referred to the
Committee on Resolutions. Mr.. Daniels
OF Virginia presented two bills to the
consideration of the Convention. He
remarked that they were not supposed
to be perfect in detail; he hoped they
would be subjected to the most search.
ing criticism. These bills, which are now
before Congress. were to form United
States Bureau Of Highways and to con.
struct the Norfolk, Rio Grande & Topolo
Vampo International Railroad. Mr..
Daniels pointed out that the principle of
this bill was that the people built and
owned the road Referred to tho Com
mittee on Resolutions. 1t is understood
that an attempt will be- made to capture
the Convention in behalf OF Tom Scott's
scheme. 1t was with o view of facilitat-
ing this that Mr.. Harris of Kentucky
presented his resolutions. To counteract
their effect Mr.. Daniels introduced the
two bills for the consideration of the
gathering by the Topolo- Vampo road. Its
claimed it is 800 or 400 miles nearer from
Chicago to the Pacific Coast than by the
Texas and Pacific, besides the former
passes through an inhabited country and
Mexico has promised $1,000 per mile
towards its construction.
AUGUSTA, Ca, Dec. 16.- Hon. Geo.
r. Pendleton. of Ohio, was sere-
naded at the Planter Hotel tonight and
in response delivered brief address.
He spoke of the evidence of prosperity
around, congratulated the people OF
Georgia upon the good order every
where prevailing and declared the men
who endeavor to arouse sectarian feeling |
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