Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-10-19
General News.
UNITED STATES.

Four negroes stood-up a street ear
in st, Louis, and at the point of II
pistol compelled the conductor to
hand over the receipts
Colonel James II. Rice, eX-Auditor
of the State of Indiana, one of the
best-known business men and politi-
clans of the State, died of pneumonia.
Lolita, the actress, is lying seri-
ously i'll in New York All her en-
gagements for this season have been
cancelled and her company dis
banded
Jack Gentry, notorious outlaw,
has been killed by Sheritl's posse
in Kentucky. Gentry was wanted
for four murders recently committed.
He was killed for resisting arrest.
Dispatches from Key West Oct. 5,
stated that the steamer Panama,
from New York to Havana, is ashore
ON Elbow reef. The Panama left
New York, Sept, 30 for Havana
with mails, passengers and freight
William Lincoln, former paying
teller of one of the largest National
banks in New York died Oct. 5, of
hydrophoba at his handsome resi-
dence in Morrisania. Doctors agree
that ii was a genuine case of rabies.
The historical mansion ON the
Brandywine, Pa, where Washington
and Lafayette slept during the revo-
luton and which has lately been oc-
cupied by Robert Byers, was de
stroyed by fire, Oct, /, which origi-
mated in II detected tlue.
In an investigation into the death
of Eligero MARITIME, an Italian killed
in II saloon ut Chicago, Oct, 3, the
was the work of the Malta. Seven
Italians who were present at the time
of the murder have been arrested.
Edwin Booth the actor, met with
serious fall at Lakewood, IN. JD,
Oct 5, and is confined to his bed
While in his room he became dazed,
and before his daughter could reach
him he had fallen, striking his head
ON the stone hearth. The actor has
been in poor health for some time.
The bodies of three more of the
men entombed in the Norrie mine at
lronwood a week ago were recovered
Oct 5, and have been identified as
Frank Densham, miner; John Bloom
quist and Herman Erickson, men,
bers of the timber crew. Eight bod
les have now been recovered, and
two more lie buried under the debris.
The search still goes on.
A switch engine on the Cincinnati,
Washington and Baltimore railway
struck a heavily loaded street car on
Harrison avenue Cincinnati, Oct. 4.
The accident was due to the negli
gence of the watchman, who, it is
asserted, failed to close the gates.
Seven persons were on the platform.
Two were killed, two fatally injured
and number of others dangerously
hurt.
7. V. Gator of San Francisco filed
with the Interstate Commerce Com
mission a complaint of unjust dis
elimination in passenger rates
against the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific companies. The allie
cation is that the companies refused
a reduction of rates to California del
egates to the Peoples Party conven-
ton at Omaha and that a reduction
of one-half rate was granted to Cali
fornia delegates to the Chicago and
Minneapolis conventions
The Union Pacific and Burlington
and Missouri served notice of with
drawal from the Transcontinental
association, Oct. 4. This leaves only
the Northern Pacific, Rock Island,
Missouri Pacific, Denver and Rio
Grande and Rio Grande Western as
members. Of these five lines the
Southern Pacific carries over 80 per
cent. Should it retain its member
shin it would consequently have to
pay over 80 per cent of all associa-
tion expenses and of the Pacific Mail
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