The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1881-04-13
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l'SayS: MIS-. II. NJ. hunter, Vile OF y.
G. Hunter, formerly Superintendent of
the Aztec Mining Company, committed
suicide in this city yesterday by shoot
ing herself with revolver, Hunter is.
now engaged in mining operations in
Sonora, and some time ago married a.
Mexican WOMAN there. His vita, who,
residing in; England, heard of Hunters
marriage to-. the Mexican woman, and,
about three months ago came to this
place with the intentions of going to So,
nora The, Coroner's jury found that.
she was driven to the act "'by the per-
! fdious, cruel and inhuman treatment OF,
| her husband
Hattie Duell, whose self-imposed fast
/ terminated Monday, evinced consider
able strength during her last day. She
was able to communicate to her friends
by means Of her fingers and suck.
| She was asked if she was not hungry,
and did not want something to eat, but
answered in the negative to both ques
tions. She had lain in a semi comatose
condition all night but in the morning
her mental powers were clear and un-
| affected, and she seemed to fully comr
prehend all that was going on about
her. Her last moments were very
| peaceful.
/ A Washington special says that the
President is reported to be much an
| noyed by the presence In the city of a
large number OF Fedenab office-holders,
who are there to look after their own
reappointments and to help friends to.
secure positions. 1t is. currently re-.
ported among Senators that he intends
to issue an order ordering all such off
Gals who are absent without leave
| under penalty of removal if they do not
do So,
MR. Beck made. speech in the
Senate yesterday, in~which he intimat-
ed to that body that unless the Re
| publicans backed down, the Democrats
would all go to their homes and leave
the Senate without Quorum. He was
especially severe upon Malone, and
spoke Of his party as filibusters, and
freebooters, and the Virginia Funders
as gentlemen
I In the Senate, on motion of Burnside,
a resolution was adopted requesting the,
! President to communicate to the Sen
| ate any information in.possession of the
Government touching she Illegal arrest.
and imprisonment.o Of Michael Boynton,
who claims to be citizen of the United,
States, by the Government of Great
Britain.
The floods in Hungary are increasing.
The waters have soaked underneath the
dykes, which are giving way. The
latest news from Szegedin is that the
outer dyke is in danger, and, two thous-
and men are at work strengthening it.
If the outer dyke fails, the whole coun-
try, to the dyke which immediately
surrounds the town, will. be flooded,
and high wind could probably drive
the water over the. dyke and cause q,
catastrophe.
A dispatch fronal Tunis says; Hos
tile demonstrations have been made
outside the house Of the French Consul
The French lost. fifty nine~men. The.
! loss of the marauderss is believed to be
considerable, but they managed to car
ry off nearly all their dead and wound
ed. Hostiities have now commenced
in earnest The population of Algeria
is in state of great excitement
The departure of Greek troops for
| the frontier continues. Information
! from Constantinople, which is entitled
to full credit. states that Germany has
secretly encouraged the Sultan to with.
stand the pressure Of the Powers. The
Greek official world is firmly convinced
that Germany desires war, andif Greece
accepts peace, war will come too late