The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-22

TELEGRAPHIC NOTES.

OAKLAND, Cal, March lS John Brady,
painter by trade, shot and killed Mary
Brady, his wife. and then committed suicide
in the Church of the Immaculate Conception
in this city. Brady and his wife been sepa.
rated about two years. Brady was about
forty. five years of age and his wife the same.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, March lS.-It
has been quiet here to-day and it is thought
there is little likelihood of serious trouble.
Some of the miners, however. are desperate
men and not few of them went through the
horrors of Occur d Alene, as they have often
admitted The troops arrived early in the
morning but the soldiers have done nothing
but lie in camp. Adutant General Tarsney
and Brsadier General Brooks have their
headquarters at the Palace Hotel.
SAN Francisco, March IS The total at
tendance at the Midwinter Fair yesterday
was 60, AS. greater than other day except
- ~ 's;o ling, w.e.st It as above 72OOO.
The average attendance at the FAIR is gradu
ally increasing and it is probable it will be
much heavier from this time forward.
Sousas band to. day began five weeks Ell.
gagement at the Fair
DENVER, Colo. March II. The Union
Pacific depot was entirely destroyed by fire
The fire started in the offices at 1890 this
morning and spread with such rapdrty that
by the tlmc the Fire Department arrived
the blaze lit up the lower part Of the city
81, f.. 10.
yond control. The building of stone
and was owned by the Union Depot Com.
pany. The loss is about $500, 900; fully in
sured.
siderable dissatisfaction Was manifested by
the inhabitants Of the village to-day when
several men pulled down the American flag
from the flagstaff on the town hall and
raised in its place green The action
OF the men soon attracted crowd Of citi
zens, who demanded that the stars and
stripes be replaced, but when permit from
the village president was shown the angry
crowd turned their attention upon the
Board of Trustees, and within an hour the
stars and stripes were tlJating again, but
not on the same staff. 1t had been carried
to the top of the bell tower twenty feet
higher.
WAsHINGToN, d. c. March l7.-Should
the Bland Seignorage bill become law, the
coinage of the S55, 200, 900 of silver bullion
will have to be done at the mints at Phla-
Ill: n n
only mints in operation. The Philadelphia
mint could turn out 81 900 900 per month,
the San Francisco mint about the same and
the New Orleans mint about $50, 600 The
San Francisco mint, however, has only $l6,-
600, 900 dollars in silver bullion on hand,
and the New Orleans mint $3.50, 900, so that
after the supply at these mints is exhausted,
the remaining $50, ,0OO,OOO will have to be
coined at Philadelphia The whole time
necessary to coin the seignorage is approx
mately two years and two months.
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo, March Sit is
reported that six deputy sheritf's we're
arrested and disarmed by the town authori
ties at Altman, few miles from here this
evening, and that several hundred armed
men are making threatening demonstrations
against the miners who returned to work
yesterday on the terms offered by the mine
owners. Superintendent Traverron of the
Victor mine at Atmon has Just arrived here
with the news that the Victor miners had
been driven off by large force of armed
men, Troop A, mounted are coming to the
camp as rapidly as possible
OTTAWA ILL.,, March l6.-The attorneys
for Prendergast, the assassin of Mayor Harr.
son of Chicago, made application to the
Supreme Court this morning for superse,
deas to stay the sentence of death against
their client, pending application for a new
trial, alleging numerous errors in the trial.
Los ANGELES, March lG.-General Fry
army of unemployed, organized to march on
to Washington, ia grotesque failure. The
City Council, the Board of Supervisors and
officers of associated charities met this
morning and decided to relieve all meritor-
ious cases of destituton, but to recognize no
organization Of unemployed. Five hundred
dollars was subscribed for immediate use.
Work will be supplied on the streets, and
the vagrant law be enforced. The authori.
ties will disperse any army or like organiza-
tion. The army numbering about 300, on
learning the result of meeting, abandoned
their barracks and marched out of the city,
apparently beginning its great march. They
had no organization and no leadership.
Their leaders are said to have looted the
treasury and the main body was withou,
funds or rations A large majority were
without blankets. Before they had gone
five miles many dropped oat and retreated
to the railroads in hopes of catching trains
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Emotional Element In College Sport.
. The Boston Transcript makes bold tc
say that when we read that one really
manly" fellow in the Harvard crew the
other day put his head down into his
hands after his side had been beaten il
the race at New London and boohooet
like child in the face Of all the thou
sands of spectators we realize that there
Ia n nrodipious emotional element In