Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-04-07
PACIFIC COAST.

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Mail Company on account of amounts
due the Panama Railroad Company has
been commenced. The City of Panama
was levied on yesterday. The Granada,
now due from Australia, will be the next.
The Montana, from Panama, and Dakota,
from Oregon, will be attached on their
arrival. if considered necessary, to secure
| alleged indebtedness. It is considered
doubtful whether the company will hold
together much longer and it is rumored
that the China line is likely to fall into
the hands of the trans-continental rail
road companies, while Clyde & Co., in
the interest of the Panama Railroad
Company, will control the trade to
Panama. The Australian line it is snip.
posed might be continued by Jay Gould
or the Central Pacific or abandoned.
The movement ON the Chinese ques-
ton is already beginning to bear the
proper kind OF fruit. Eckstein Brothers.
shoe manufacturers, have determined to
do away with Chinese labor in their fac
tory as fast as they possibly can and sub
stitute white labor instead.
Samuel II. Harrington, the man who
attempted to rob and murder O brokers'
clerk at the Palace Hotel last September
was placed on trial in the municipal
court to-day for assault to murder. The
defense will doubtless be insanity.
The pedestrian, O'Leary, completed
30O miles at noon to-day. He continues
in good condition and feels confident of
winning the wager. Roe. his competitor,
has abandoned the contest
SALT LAKE, April 5.-This afternoon
about five o'clock the inhabitants of this
city were thrown into CONSERVATION by
three terrible explosions succeeding each
other at few seconds intervals. The
people rushed into the streets IN terror,
horses ran away and excitement was
supreme, windows were blown in, doors
torn from their hinges and chimneys in.
Jured. The cause OF this terrible ex-
ploslon and shaking, was not known
until an immense volume of smoke was
seen rising from Arsenal Hill imme-
diately north of the city. Upon this hill
were four powder magazines, one of
Walker Bros, agents for the California
Powder Co., containing one and half
car loads of powder, one of Wells Bros,
agents for the Oriental Powder Co., con-
tanning half car load, one of z. G. M. I.
and one of Benz. Jennings, agen for the
Dupont Powder Co., containing IA tons
OF powder exploded. There were no
buildings very close to the magazines.
The Touring mill and water works build
ings on City Creek, were riddled with
boulders. Immense boulders fell crash
ing through buildings throughout the
city, some falling a mile distant. There
we're three men at work at one Of the
magazines and all that could be found
OF them was small pieces of flesh. The
largest piece being portion of foot in
a boot. their names not known, Mrs.
Vannata in the 10Th Ward, was struck
by boulder and killed. Jas. Rodden.
burg In the goth Ward, was killed by a
boulder. Quite number of other per-
sons were injured. Other deaths may
occur, one lady has already died from
fright. The cause Of the explosion can
not be ascertained. 1t is claimed that
the men at work were smoking.
Others state that some person fired a
shot in one of the magazines. An i'm
mense amount of glass is broken in the
city.
Second dispatch-Two boys, one
named Richardson and son of Archie
Hill, went after stock this morning,
taking their guns; enough remains have
been found near the magazines to iden-
THY them as the remains Of these boys,
one OF their hands was found clutching
duck. It is now supposed that they
had fired into The magazines causing the
explosion.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 6.-Union Hall
was crowded last night on the occasion
OF the grand anti Chinese mass meeting.
1t is estimated that in and around the
building over 5000 people we're present.
The meeting in the hall was opened by
Mayor Bryant, who addressed the assem-
bly,. urging moderate. calm and digni-
fed expression Of public sentiment, and
introduced Governor Irwin as presiding
officer. The Governor addressed the
meeting at some length, claiming that
Chinese immigration involved the sub
version of Anglo-Sa1on civilization on
this coast and ultimately in the United
States. and would result in forming two
classes in the community, capitalists and
coolies, that in the economical conflict
OF the two races the whites must 20 to the
wall. That if the object was to arrive at
the greatest production at least expense
coolies labor would fulfil conditions, but
that there was higher object which was
to develope better specimens of the
human race, that whoever would de-
grade white labor was an enemy of the
human race. That the evil must
be stopped BY working on public
sentiment on the opposite side Of the
continent and secure . modification of
the existing Burlingams treaty. At the