The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1886-05-25


whether it had arranged its stopping
places and the running OF trains so as TO
benefit certain towns which the directors
of the company were interested In, to
the injury of other towns. Also, by what
authority or law the company owns any
interest in any townsite company. The
resolution, in addition, required the com.
pany to furnish statement as to Its
freight and passenger traffic. All this
information the Secretary is to transmit
to Congress.
A prominent member of Parliament
says: The probability is that the debate
on Home Rule will close next Friday,
although the ministerial tactics are still
for delay The Independent Liberals and
Conservatives desire to reach decisive
vote, and it will be difficult for Gladstone
to resist The majority, as the parties
| now stand must be against the bill, the
| Scotch members having generally slgnl-
! fed their determination to vote no.
Gladstone, however. by no means gives
up hope, and the Nationalist have not
lost confidence that, come what may,
| Ireland will get Home Rule before the
close of the year.
General Master Workman Powderly is
at Cleveland, Ohio, where the convoca-
ton of the Knights of Labor meets to-
day. In reply to question, Mr. Pow
derby said he could not forecast the &C
| tions of the convention, which he had
called to decide upon special questions
that had come up, and which were fully
explained in the call for the meeting.
The programme would be arranged by
the Executive Committee upon the ar
rival of its members. The convention
will open at 2 O'Clock this afternoon, and
sessions will be held daily, afternoon
aud evening, until the business is fin
| ished.
! Military circles in New York are ex-
cited over the receipt from Albany of
special orders announcing the acceptance
OF the resignation OF Major General Alex
ander |. Shaler, with instructions to
| brigade commanders to report directly to
general headquarters until further orders.
The books aud records of the First Divi.
sion are to be turned over to the Adju.
tant General of the State. This practi-
cally disbands the division, and indicates
that for some time the vacancy will not
be filled
For the first time in over twenty five
years the Rothschilds of London have
allowed their name to be connected with
American railroad loans. They have
| loaned the most of the Sc, 600, COO recent
. ly borrowed by the st. Paul road. Wall
street fnanciers say that this loan will
| have the effect OF increasing European
! confidence in American securities, and be
of great advantage to the entire country.
General Durbin Ward died at his home
at Lebanon, Ohio, Saturday. He had
been suffering from rheumatism for sew
| eral months, during which time he was
mostly confined to the house. He re-
Gently began to improve, but on Thurs,
day had a relapse from which he never
recovered.
The street railway company at Stone
ham, Mass, recently discharged driver
for running his car off the track, and at a
meeting of 800 Knights of Labor all
voted to boycott the street railroad, and
ali the Knights who work in Boston
walked two niles to the depot.
The N. Y. Worlds Washington CORE
spondent says; President Cleveland told
the venerable Dir. Pierce, brother-in law
of the late Vice President Hendricks
that he would be married June 10Th.
The wedding is to take place in Bahalo,
and will be private.
BY direction Of the President, Second
Lieutenant Corwin Sage, of the Seven.
teenth Infantry, has been dropped from
the rolls of the army for desertion, and
Colonel Lewis Merrill, having been
found incapactated for active service, is
placed on the retired list.