Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-12-13
LATEST KILOGRAMS.

New York, Dec. 12.--It is again asserted
that A. Loudon Snowden, Postmaster at Phil
adelphia, has been offered the Directorship
of the United States Mint, but is waiting
until the person whom he desires to be his
| successor is selected before accepting. This
person is understood to be ex-Sheriff Leeds,
who IL. indorsed by Senator Cameron, Gov
ernor-elect Hoyt and other leading Republi
cans, sbut,it is said Leeds does not want the
place. Snowden is to hold it until the pres
ent complications are adjusted.
Washington, Dec 12.-Glover thinks Lin
derman not exactly all honest man. and on
the strength of the developments which were
made before his committee, he wrote a letter
to the President recently, asking him not to
reappoint Linderman, whose term of Office
recently expired.
San francisco, Dec. Pat $50 O'Clock
this morning we'll dressed man, aged about
80, Jumped from the bow of the Oakland
ferryboat and was drowned.
Miss Ella Wilton went to New York on the
overland train yesterday. She will resume
her theatrical career.
The charges of misdemeanor and forgery,
sixteen in number, against the defunct 'put
and call" firm of Mcdonald & Co. were dis
missed in Court yesterday.
Miss Ida Yearance died in this city yester-
day, after long and painful illness. She
was recognized some seven years since as one
! Al, I'D f,,I
on the New York stage. She came to this
city when the Grand Opera House was opened
and had been i'll ever since, and for the past
few months was in destitute circumstances
| New York, December 12.-The Govern
ment Committee of the Stock Exchange has
just passed resolution permitting the Sutro
Tunnel Compsny's shares to be dealt in by
dollars and fractions, instead of by percentage.
This will make the quotations here cores
pond with those at San Francisco, London
and Paris
The Sun directs attention to the fact that
the sermons being preached every Sunday by
Talmadge on the wickedness in New York
were really printed in book form in 1872, de-
claring that his sermon of last Sunday may
be found word for word in the book under the
title "Af.er Midnight"
London, December Edward O'Kelly,
the last Fenian prisoner confined in Ireland,
will be released before Christmas. His friends
are endeavoring to secure him permission to
reside in Great Britain.
of Turnbull and Co, Ward street, has been
robbed of bonds, stock certificates and other
papers, tho aggregate value of which is over
100000. The day of the robbery and the
thieves are unknown.
Omaha, Neb. December 12- The trial of
James G. Burke for the murder of Morris
Weihl was concluded this morning by jury
returning verdict of guilty of murder in
the second degree, and recommending that
he be not sentenced to the full extent of the
law. Burke is professional gambler, and in
September last was playing pool with Weihl,
who finally owed him a few dollars and re-
fused to settle and Also greatly abused Burke.
Burke went out, pot revolver and in fifteen
minutes Iouhu " GILL III II lbdtHeT StoIe anu
shot him in the region of the heart, killing
him almost Instantly. Burke was this morn
ing sentenced to twelve years in the Peniten-
tlary
Constantinople, December IL The Ameri-
can Consul has made the applications for the
release of Romer. He was informed that
Romer was a party to conspiracy in 1868 in
Syria but as his arrest was contrary to treaty
obligations, they ordered Romer to be de-
livered to the Consul for trial The Minister
of Police requested a remand of the prisoner
until to-day. The Consul protested, and will
apply again to-day for the custody of Romer |
Lowell Mass, Dec. 12-The water in the |
Merrimac and Concord rivers stands 10 feet |
above the Pawtucket dam. The Middlesex
and Prescott mills are closed and all of the |
others partially suspended.
At Lawrence all the mills but two in the
city have suspended, and these two have
partly closed, owing to the high water in the |
river, which now passes over the dam. The
bridges are overlooked, and it is feared they
viii be carried away.
Springfield, Mass. Dec. 12.-The breaking
Of the dams at Ashfeld, Conway, Whiteley
and North Hatfield has caused the destruc-
ton of a number of mills and bridges and
serious damage to the highways.
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