Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1876-01-29
burned last night. Loss $40, 900; no in

burned last night. Loss SIC. 600; no in
surance.
NEW York, Jan. 28.-The stockholders
of the International Ocean Telegraph
Company, President Orion in the chair,
met yesterday and considered plans for
an equitable base for the consolidation |
of the preferred and common stock and |
referred to the directors with power a
plan which recommends the retirement |
OF preferred stock, and issue in lieu
thereof three shares OF common for every
two shares Of preferred, no stock to be
issued until twenty per cent. of the stock
holders have given their consent in
writing.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S.- n. II. Stark.
weather. Representative from Connect
cut, died here this morning.
CHICAGO, Jan. 90. - TIE Tribune's
Yankton special says the return of parties
here with good reports from the Black
Hills gold fields is causing great activity
among those who are going there aud
many parties are leaving daily. Reliable
parties have purchased wagons and
mules to put on a wagon train from Fort
Pierre, on the Missouri river, to the
mines, for passengers and freight, dis
lance of one hundred miles, in connec-
ton with the railroad and boat lines
| from here.
The Tribune's Lincoln (Neb. special
says large bodies of men are passing
through there every day bound for the
Black Hills. SO
A Tribunes st. Louis special says a
single day has presented all of McKee's
evidence in denial Of his connection
with the whisky ring. This news has
not been all that was expected. 1t was
thought more suspicious circumstances
would be explained away. The result
shows that McKee's counsel relied on
their powers of argument before the
jury and the instructions of the court.
Voorhees,, McKee's leading counsel, said
just before leaving the court room to.
night: "The case looks even bette,
than had expected" While the direct
J evidence for Mckee was not especially
noticeable, his counsel, viewing the
matter from legal stand point, thinl
they have made strong point in set
ting government agents against eacl
other and involving them in contra
, dictions. A large number of witnesse
were introduced to swear to Mckee
good character. Among them wer
Judge knight of the st. Louis Circui,
/. Elk Governor Thurston Polk, T. G. Rey
nolds, B. Gratz Brown, Judge Jno. +
!. Long Surveyor of the port, Ex-Mayo
a Jos. Brown, Mayor Button, Wayma
o Grow. VIM. Il. Benton, Judge Davi
Wagner of the Supreme Court, Jno n
= Warner of Probate Court and Sheriff
n A. Rather.
g NEW YORK, Jan. ga plot to riff
3 the safes Of the Adams Express Co., hs
II just been made public. Samuel Gaur
y discharged employee. recently il
formed private detective that Franc
10 E. Mcmahon, also discharged frol
n service of the company, had called o
1t him and exhibiting duplicate keys mad
% from wax Impressions he Mcmahon ha
al taken of locks on the safes known rs II
le Pittsburg Il New York safes. propose
,, the two should enter the building ar
II rife the safes. When McMahon WI
: made aware that the company and II
r authorities knew OF the intend robbel
II he entered into negotiation with in
% Hoey. through counsellor Kintzinl
:, 20 offering to surrender the keys if not pro
ecuted. Hoey would only agree
>. McMahon would surrender himself vii
>. the keys and tell all he knew about Il
70 many thefts from the safes of the cor
az pany and furnishing the names of b
;, accomplices, including the name and a
=, dress of the manufacturer OF the lie
and all other facts within his knowledg
,e Mcmahon would not consent to this 6
1e negotiations were broken off and
ru fed the city.
aa RALEIGH, N. c., Jan. 28.-On Tue
,ir day afternoon Adolphus Moore, mel
le. Der of the manufacturing Arm of Hollal
AZ & Moore at Haw River, was fatally sh
by Geo. W. Swepson, who is known
no the financial history Of North Carolir
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