The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-02-01
TELEGRAPHlC NOTES.

SAN Francisco. Jan. 2S.-Otficial figures
from Midwipter Fair headquarters show that
", 24S people passed through the turnstles
Saturday, the opening day. OF this number
over 10000 paid the regular admission fee
90 cents. So far there has been little or no
agitation to close the fair on Sunday, and
everything is wide open on the grounds to.
day.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 2S.-A FIRE destroyed the
five story building occupied by the Western
Boot u Shoe Co. and the Bernard. Cannon
Shoe Company, with all their contents.
The Bernard Cannon Company's loss is $4O,-
600 on stock and machinery. The Western
Company's loss is $4,000, and Thomas
Reyburn, owner of the building loses $35, :.
900.
CHEYENNE, Wyo., Jan. 26.-Robert
Foote, an old resident of Wyoming and
leading citizen of johnson county, has been
on trial in the United States Court here for
the past three days charged with conspiring
to dofraud the Government. Being unable
to agree the jury was discharged and the
case was continued till the May term, the
defendant being held in S., 900 bonds. Mr..
Foote has been a Government contractor 10
Wyoming for twenty years and has made q
great deal of money out of the business. He
had the contract for furnishing the grain for
the troops at Fort Mckinney, and it is
charged that he formed a conspiracy with
the quartermaster sergeant to cut down the
amount of grain issued to each one Of the
horses, at the same time giving receipts to
Mr.. Foote for the full amount. Sergeant
Bradley, one of the conspirators, turned
States evidence
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26.-The physicians
in attendance upon George w. Chlds
issued the following bulletin at 1890 a. m.
"Mr. Child's has not improved. His condi.
ton has become serious one" At 3:l5 a.
m. Mr.. Child's was quietly sleeping and his
physicians had gone home for the night.
DENVER, Jan. Ex-senator Jones o
Nevada arrived in Denver to-day, and went
west to night. He ia going to San Fran
cisco before returning to Washington. 1t is
understood that he has been investing il
Colorado gold miues.
Protective Tariff League has prepared pro
test against the Wilson tariff bill, which il
addressed to Congress; and will be sent tt
that body at once
WASHINGTON, Jan. ga letter write,
to the Treasury department by Collector o
Internal Revenue Wellborn OF San Fran
cisco in regard to Chinese registration in hi
district. The letter is dated January lStl
and reads as follows. "TEe Chinese hav
been quite slow in making applications TO
registrations, and there are now only go
registered to date. The delay has bee
caused by the non-arrival of the Chimes,
Minister from Washington. The Six Com
panies express willingness to have tn
members register"
The Senate confirmed the nomination c
W. I. Buchanan, Minister to the Argentin
Republic.
LONDON. Jan. 26.--A dispatch to tn
Standard from Vienna says: 1t is reporte
from Venice that the American novelist
Constant Fenmore Woolson committed su
eide by jumping from the window of til
house where she lived. seven month
attack Of influenza left symptoms of i,
e sanity.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26--George H. Paint
J was executed at 8:04 o'clock this mornir
8 for the murder of Alice G.. Martin. II
!. execution was horribly bungled. At IL
!. first attempt the rope broke. Then Il
e victim was carried back limp, another ro]
secured and he was strung up agsi
). Painter was gambler, aud murdered h
y mistress. He was a thorough believer
# hypnotsm and made q peculiar reques
. that he be hypnotized. in which state
y claimed that he could be compelled to repe
d his actions on the night of the murder f
10 request was refused by the Court. Siren
# GUS efforts were made ia his behalf and
was twice reprieved on affidavlts tending
% fix the crime on u man named Dick L
II wards, desperate bearing resembar
tn p,;ptar