Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-08-16
TELEGRAHIC.
I9pecisl to the APPEAL.

Especial TO the AfPGlL.
! SAN FRANcIsco, Aug, 15.-Th'
Grand jury reported to-day. Stat
Controller Dunn and Harbcr Com
misfioners censured for neglect o.
duty in connection with the Har
Dor frauds. The fire department is
described as . political machine
The Board of Education denounced
on evidence showing the sale Of po-
sitions in the department by the
Board.
NEW YORK. August Is.
John Mackay was to-day elected
Director of the Postal Telegraph
Company. It is reported that
Mackay's attention was attracted to
the Postal Telegraph scheme last
Fall. He Investigated and found
it to be good investment. It will
be q formable competitor of the
Western Union Company. although
there is no grudge to settled be-
tween them it is understood that
the lines of the company will be
pushed to completion for general
business of the country.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 15.-The Appeal s
Helena ARK. special says: City
Marshall E. NJ. Mooney was assas-
sinated this morning at 2 o'clock
by an unknown party. He had gone
to the steamer Kate Adams for the
purpose of making an arrest. and
on returning to his office, while in
the act of opening the door, was
shot by a murderer, who evidently
had laid in wait for HIM. Six shots
in all were fred. Moneys pistol
had three empty chambers showing
he had defended himself.
Fire Department Of the West.
NEW YORK. August Is Fire
Commissioner German. who has re-
turned from San Francisco. says
the United States have the best fire
brigsnd in the world. He found ut
San Francisco an excellent, we'll
equipped FIRE department, with
David Scanned IS Chief. At Salt
Lake there is also a good corps of
volunteer iremel, with a few paid
men who do routine work, in addi-
ton to running to fires. Every
town in the West appears to have
its fire department.
Utilizing Waste Gas.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Aug. 10
Twenty-one charters for light and
fuel companies have been granted
recently by the Allegheny County
Courts. The object is to utilize
gas going to waste. or which can be
hal for the boring in exhausted oil
regions. This gas is not only
cheap, but frat-class fuel for man.
ufacturing purposes. 1t is pro-
posed to conduct it to the Atlantic
a. it can be readily con-
veyed long distances in common
gas pipes. The Press says the free
pipe law can probably be worked
Tor the purpose of securing the
right of way.
The Presidents Trip.
CAMP BISHOP. Forks of Wind
River, Wyoming. via Fort Washa-
zee, Wy. y Aug. 15.-Ths President
md party are encamped at the forks
If Wind River. upon the same
ground occupied last year by Gen
}, al Sheridan. The camp was then
FAMED Camp Bishop in honor of
Lr. a. r. Bishop Of New York,
vho was member Of the Generals
party, and the name has been re-
aimed for the present camp here.
We remain to-day for the double
purpose of affordibg an opportu-
lity for the various members of the
,arty to hunt and fish, and to ar
ange the pack loads. This is our
upply camp, whence we have to
AXE on the packs rations and forage
nough to last through the park.
1t the present moment, while your
correspondent is writing this dis
'atch, all the members have gone
ut either hunting or fishing. The
who is in fine heath and
pirits, has gone on horseback with
,eneral Sheridan about three miles
p the main fork Of Wind River
wrongly called by the people of
bis country De Noir creek). where
be President last evening caught
everal fine trout.