The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1879-05-02
rrLEGRarnIC ITEMS.

won the race for the -year-olds
stakes at Newmarket, England, yester-
day. Khabara second, Home Rule
| third.
Most remarkable precautions were
taken during the Cars recent journey
to Livada. Sentinels were placed the
whole length of the line. Traffic was
stopped, and all access to the line pro-
hibited for twenty-four hours before
the departure Of the royal train.
The presence at Chicago of VIM. Fl.
Vanderbilt, his three sons and other
railroad magnates and their proposed
trip over the Northwestern Railroad,
has revived the report thet Wander
bilt has secured the control of that
great corporation of ,, l55 miles Of rail
connection. The party started for
Omaha this morning by special train.
Forty-nine failures were reported in
New York City in April, in which the
total liabilities amounted to 81, l99, SS3,
and the assets were estimated at &633,
l2l. Compared with the preceding
month, this shows large increase in
liabilities, March having forty failures,
with liabilities of $3.50, 40, and assets
of $2ll,754 In April, 1878, there
were seventy-three failures; total LA
bilities, 50, $50, coo.
Secretary Evarts is enthusiastic over
the political prospects which the union
of the President and his party opens
up. He assures the Philadelphia Press
that the present revolutionary expert
ment is already producing a reactionary
feeling in the South, which but few
persons in the North are aware Of. At
no period since the close of the war, he
adds, has the South presented better
field for the Republican party than
now, provided its leaders are wise and
discreet.
:, The Stanley Court-martial has pro-
duced considerable partisan feeling in
the newspapers. The Tribune declares
every charge brought against Hazen
disproyed, and hints at improper con-
duct on the part of certain members of
the Court. Gentlemen, who imagine
| that the events or methods of this Gu
rious trial are likely to fade out as soon
make greet mistake Such calcium
light is likely to be turned upon them
as they have not been exposed to for
| some seventeen years.
In the House of Repre- entatives.
Sparks called up the order made yester-
day to reconsider the Army Appropria-
ton bill. A vote was taken upon the
question no debate being allowed,
whether upon reconsideration, the
House will pass the army appropriation
bill Notwithstanding the objections of
the President. The House refused to
pass the bill over the Presidents veto.
the vote standing: Yeas, 100; nays,
no, not the necessary two-thirds in
the affirmative. 1t was strictly a
party vote. Only three of the Green
hackers voted for the bill and nine
against it.
A feeling of gloom prevails in St.
Petersburg. The rigorous police regu-
lations respecting the watching of houses
and visits and searches by night are to
be made still more stringent. After 0
o'clock IN the evening nobody will be
at liberty to show himself in the street
without certificate, upon which must
be written and attested the place from
which the bearer came and to which he
is going. General Gourko, Governor
General, planned this ordinance. Soon
it will not be necessary to light a candle
before $3.50, yet at o'clock every one
must be in doors, and after 10, as in
the barracks, every light must be out.
Notwithstanding this, the insecurity in
st. Petersburg increases every day, and
grenades are still exploded in the street.
The intention of the Nihilists is believed
to be to keep the police in a state of
constant excitement, tire them out, or
lull them to sleep with the idea that
the danger has been exaggerated. They
! also reckon on the harsh measurns III