The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-01-18

ing says concerning otaCshood tnat the
friends Of Statehood are working hard and
announced yesterday ,hst they were con-
tident that the Utah admission bill will he
taken up in the Senate committee on
Territories this week. Senators Faulkner
and Bates are understood to be ready to
report the Rawlins bill whenever a full
committee can be got together. Delegate
Rawlius says he Ia sure the admission bill
will GO through the Senate at the present
session.
TELEuRAPHIC BREvITlEs.
New YORK, Jan. IL. --latest advices from
Rio Jaueiro indicates a weakening on the
part of the rebels. An accidental explosion
al Fort Villegaignou which is said to have
killed fifteen soldiers and badly damaged
the fort, and another accidental explosion on
board the "Tamandare" which killed six
marines and wounded eight, have dish cart.
ened the rebels Pexoto's adherents are
eorrespondingly encouraged.
Another special to the Herald from
Montevideo says that on January 4th, all
the Minister'S Of foreign powers having war
ships in the bay informed Piexoto and De
CANA that they would suspend all efforts at
Intervention between the contestants and
that both sides might go ahead and lombard
each other to their hearts content, but the
foreign warships did not move from their
suchorages, and the rebel vessels still re-
main ensconced behind them, safe from
Pexoto's gunners.
LONDON, Jan. IA dispatch has Just
been received from Cape Town confirming
the previous reports of the massacre of Cap
tain Wilson's party. The English force
succunbed, after most desperate struggle.
They resisted to the last and many Mata.
beles were killed, but the numbers were so
great that resistance on the part of the
small but valorous British force was of no
avail.
CINCINNATI, Jan. ll.-A large number of
visitors to the Midwinter Exposition at San
Francisco left here last week and this even
ing. The number has been growing. The
Queen Crescent, louisville & Nashville,
Baltimore Ohio Southwestern, Cincinnati,
Ohio, Hamilton and Dayton and the Big
Four are all organizing excursions for the
exposition.
NEW CASTLE, Pa, Jan. la sensation
was created by the arrest Of Professor R. G.
Hartshorn, principal of the High School,
charged with attempting to murder Aida
and Maggie Robinson with chloroform. 1t
is alleged criminal operation had been per.
Jormed on Aida the child was cremated in
the kitchen stove on New Years day. The
attempted double murder was to conceal the
crime. Aida is still uneoncious and may
die, A prominent physician, said to be i'm
plicated, has fed.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan, ll-Edwin NJ.
Field, son OF the late Cyrus NJ. Field, was
released from the insane asylum to-day and
taken to New York to stand trial for ruin.
ing his stock firm by forging stock certii
Gates and engaging in fraudulent 6nancier-
ing. He was arrested, adjudged insane, and
sent here for treatment, under order of the
Supreme Court, two years ago. He i:
under many indictments, and his bail aggre
gates 100000. His orookedness ruined
his millionaire father, who died shortly
afterwards OF broken heart.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. ll.-Twenty- six counties
in the Choctaw Nation voted almost unani
mously against Statehood or severance Of
the tribal relations The same feeling exist
in the other four civilized tribes, it is said
and the advances of the Government wi |
undoubtedly be repulsed
New YORK, Jan. ll.-The whole front @
a tenment honse at No. "a Avenue D., wa
almost blown out to night with dynamite
bomb. The explosion occurred in a vacan
tailor shop on the premises, No cause i
known for the attempt.
Herald special from Jacksonville, Fla
says the state militia will not turn out
called upon, to stop the Corbett- Mitchell
fight. On being interviewed they said
knowing of no law to warrant the Governo
in proclaiming martial law to prevent box
ing contests, they would not recognize hin
in the matter. They declared they wer
still loyal to the state, and would hope t.
remain good miltiamen, but would no
allow the Governor to srrogate to himsel
powers he did not possess under tho statute
and use them to injure their relatives an
friends.
WAsHINoToN, D. c., Jan. l2.-The ar
pointment of Isaac J. Wooten, of Delaware
as agent of the Nevada Indian Agency i
Nevada, was confirmed by the Senate to.da
after some discussion ofebjections to Woote
on1 ooo;pSt ba propoe;t,n, ,