The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1878-11-30
LATEST NEWS By MAIL.

Governor Latham leaves here for California
on Friday next. He brought from Europe the
extensive patents for the United States, of the
Jablochkoff and werderman electric candles.
and the Grsmme machine for generating cleo
tricity, covering all the systems of electrical
light now used in Europe. Edison's promised
invention. however, has induced Latham not to
attempt their introduction for the present,
though solicited to do so by many large estab-
lishments here.
WASHINGTON, November &c.
J. W. Fralick, special agent Of the State and
Postofhce departments. to inquire into the con-
dition of commercial and postal affairs in the
South American States, has returned, and re-
ports an immense trade open to the United
States on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of
South America He says very great interest was
expressed in the highest official quarters in the
possible establishment of an American steam
ship line to Chilli and bad been empowered to
present such proposition, he continues, I
would have been met by an official tender Of a
contract for mail service in sum not less than
now is given to the Pacific Steam Navigation
Company. The fact is marked evidence Of the
interest in such movement, and the conf
dence felt in our ability to supply the wants of
commerce on that coast.
LONDON, November 26.
correspondent at Berlin says it is expected
at st. Petersburg that the Ameer of Afghanistan
will go to Herst In the event of defeat. 1t is
| rumored that the corps under the Russian Gen.
eral Lomarkine are ten or twelve marches from
Herat.
The Daily News announces, semi-ofiicially,
that Wade the British Minister to Pekin, who
has left London for his post, will visit Lahore
under special instructions from Lord Salisbury,
| and will confer with Lord Lytton in regard to
the attitude of Russia and China relative to
Cashgar.
special from Dakka, dated Monday at Z
o'clock in the morning, says: Leaving Ali Mus
jid in charge Of British regiment, General
Brown pushed on. The head men of the Hill
tribes coming out on the route to congratulate
him, and pay their respects to Lundikana,
thirteen miles off, where the vance force bivou-
acked. Major Cavaguari rode on to Dskks,
| which he reached at o'clock on Saturday
evening, the Kahn of Lanpoor meeting him, to
offer submission, At dawn on Sunday morning
the British troops resumed their march, ar
irving in Dakka at noon, and found that the
! deserted fort had been plundered by the neigh
boring tribes. The British advance has now
reached the frontier Of Afghanistan proper,
destroying by its successes the Ameer's author
ity in an Independent territory, 80 miles in
width from Jsmrood to Dakka. The flying AZ
CHAN army, in It's efforts to escape, has been
plundered Of everything, the country having
risen against it and refusing it shelter. The
news is confirmed that Jellalobod has been ex
ecuted. and the garrison is in headlong flight
towards Kabul.
The Hamburg American line steamship Pom
merains, from New York, collided and sunk of
Folkestone last night ffty-eight persons are
missing. The Welsh bark with which the
steamer collided, is reported to be the Noe
Eilisn Of Carnarvon, from Rotterdam to Cardiff
The Fommerania was en- route from Plymouth
to Hamburg, and foundered in about ten min
utes. The iron screw setamer Glengarry saved
172 Of her passengers and crew, and landed then
at Dover. The vessel with which the Pom
merania collided, is anchored off Folkestone
with her bows stove in and her Onward com
partment filled with water. A telegram JUS
received by the agents here of the Pommeraina
says: One hundred and sixty-two persons OF
board were saved, and fifty eight are missing, in
GLIDING Capt. Schwenzen, Second Officer Foulks
. and Third Officer Barrows. The agent say
that Al passengers were to land at Plymouth
/ and Cherbourg, leaving 104 on board. Fiv,
passengers embarked at Plymouth, making tn,
total number of passengers on board at tn
time of the disaster 100, provided the At hat
landed as intended.
BERLIN, November &c.
The Progression party has adopted pro
!, , gramme, which includes the trial by jury TO
: political offenses, and the right of Parlamen
. and to vote supplies annually.
: SAN Francisco, November 20.
The Virginia City dispatches represent tina
to-day the whole face of the crosscut on tn
1900 level of the Sierra Nevada is now in por
/ phyry. with the exception of small streak o
' ore near the top of the north drift from tn
] station, being turned westward towards the or
1 body.
t Nothing is known OF the Central Pacific Rail
road Company's headquarters Of the reporte
o consolidation Of the Union and Central Pacif
, Railroad Companies under the Presidency O
Sidney Dillon, and it is represented that tn
story has been probably gotten up in the il
a terest Of spectators in railroad stocks.
e J. H. Snow, first mate Of the bark D. G. Whe
4 more, has been indicted by the United State
d Grand Jury for the murder of Chas. Elwoot
!. second mate of that vessel.
NEW York, November "a.
The Sun prints the following sensations
Q story: In Downing street, Brooklyn. has lai
d for Is years Miss Mary J. Fancher, much Of ii
8 time in trancelike condition, with feeble hea
pulsations, sluggish and almost imperceptib
y respiration, and the chill Of death upon hi
flesh. At times she has been transformed in