The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-05

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Loss, $75, 600; insurance, $4,000.
A fire in the hat factory of the State
Prison caused loss of $1,000; in
surance, $4,000.
A Coroner's jury in Chicago found
Mrs. Adelaide Robert guilty of the
murder of L. B. Weber, and recon-
mended that she be held without bail.
The Ulemas having protested against
European preponderance in the Mixed
Council of State, projected by the Khe-
dive, the scheme has been abandoned.
Yakoob Khan will leave Cabul i'm
mediately, with several Sirdars and
a large retinue, to confer personally
with the Iudian authorities.
George Godfrey's stable, and between
thirty and forty horses therein, on his
fern in Dodge County, Nebraska,
burned Saturday. Many of the horses
Were valuable animals.
Lieutenant Dubrovina, arrested near
Novgorod on suspicion of being the
chief member of the Revolutionary
Committee, was hanged Friday on
CLAWS, Fort Petropaulovski.
In New York City, James A. Harriott,
John c. Maxwell alias VIM. Maxwell,
and John M. Daley have been arrested
on charge Of forging applications
of discharged soldiers for additional
bounty, and with collecting the
amounts. 1t is said the ring OF which
the men arrested are said to be mem
bers has defrauded the Government of
over 500, 900.
Freeman who sacrificed his child in
obedience to a revelation" was
arraigned at b Unstable, Massachusetts,,
Saturday, with his wife, who is held
as accessory. Both insist that God
will fully justify their action, and
relieve them from human penalties A
number of Adventist neighbors sustain
Freeman iii his course. Many of them
are well-to-do farmers. Some of those
present at the meeting at Freemau's
house on the day of the murder will be
arrested on charge of being accessory
to the deed.
Bismarck, in the Reichstag Saturday,
during the debate on the tariff, said he
would not enter into the question of
free trade VS.. protection, but one thing
was clear, that through the widely
opened doors of it's import trade the
German market had become a mere
storage space for che over production of
other countries. They must, therefore,
shut their gates and take care that the
German market, which was now being
monopolized by foreign wares, should
be reserved for native industry. Coun-
tries which were enclosed had become
great, and those which remained open
had fallen behind.
Cox, ON trial for the murder of Aston.
at Atlanta, Georgia, testified that he
was concerned with Senator Gordon
in the convict labor business, they divi-
ding the profits together with Aston.
Defendant finally sold out, Aston act
lag as his agent. 1t was about the
terms of Alston's remuneration for
making the sale that the quarrel origi-
mated. Aston asked so great fee that
to pay it would have beggared the de-
fendsnt. Aston threatened to stop the
trade and the defendant threatened to
expose the convict labor business. AL
stoa threatened to kill the defendant if
he did so. Witness told Aston to arm
and meet him, which was done at the
Capitol Aston shot him twice-once
in the mouth and once in the hand--and
dazed by the noise and effects of the
shots, defendant then fred through the
smoke at Aston, and saw him fall. He
only shot in self-defence. Aston was
his best friend, and he did not want to
kill him.
The Democratic members of the
House of Representatives Saturday held
another caucus, determined on a line of
action in regard to the Army Appropri-
alton bill, and agreed upon the exact