The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1894-03-01
Duty on Lead Ores
Fair Hopes That it Will be
Retained.
Wild Talk of Secession in Colorado
Over the Silver Situation.
Silver Down to 49 Cents in
London.
Decisive Naval Conflict Looked For
at Rio Janeiro.

New YoKA, Maroa i.--Silver, 10 Ia;
Lead, S3.l0.
SALT LAKE, March, |. delegate Rawlins
returned home unexpectedly from Washing
ton yesterday. Speaking about affairs at
Washington he says he can't account for the
delay in the admission OF Utah to Statehood.
is sanguine ON the allotment of land in
seveialty to the Indians. He thinks the
House will have to come to something like
the Reed rule in order to transact its bust
ness, and in the matter OF Utah appoint.
ments, he cannot undertake to fathom the
intent of the autocrat of the White House.
New YORK, Feb. pa special from
Rio Janeiro says: "A great battle, which
Peixoto hopes will end Admiral Mello's
revolution is expected to take place to.
morrow. The governments new feet is due
then. rhe ironclad "Tamandare" has been
put in trim to run the guantlet of the forts
and doubtless will go outside to aid the
"Aquidaban" and the "Republica" in an
effort to destroy the new fleet before it can
enter the harbor.
LONDON, Feb. S,-The Edinburgh News
reports that Gladstone has resigned and that
the premiership was offered to Roseberry
The Times declares that whatever is done
about the premiership it is certain that
home rule will be dropped. Gladstone is
understood to have proposed to his colea-
gues not to raise the home rule question by
resolution pledgiug the House Of Commons
to take it up at the next session. The pro-
posal has not found favor with the Cabinet.
WASHINGTON, Feb %. Hard work day
and night for forty eight hours by friends of
lead, seems to have brought about a hopeful
result, Senators Shoup and Dubois have
made personal canvas of the Senate Demo.
Gratis. and now express their belief, that the
tariff bill as finally reported will contain a
duty Of not less. than three fourths of cent
pound op lead ores.
Ths only vigorous opponents Of duty on
lead ores now are the two Texas Senators
and Senator Vest Of Missouri, and Bates of
Tennessee After the feeling of the past few
days, the present outlook causes general
satisfaction. Both Of the Western Senators
say everything will be all right and that an
adequate duty will be put on lead.
Dubois says there need no longer be any
fear that the lead mining industry is to be
stricken down by this Congress. "a
canvass OF the Senate" he says ''convinces
me we shall win even il the bill has to be
amended on the floor. We shall fight for
one cent on lead ores, one aud one-half cents
ON high lead and on white lead If the
Camp Circular had not come out with its
request for three-quarters of cent on lead
ores, we would surely get one cent. As it
is we shall get at least three-quarters of a
cent, and probably what we ask"
CHICAGO, Feb. 2S.--The Herald has this
following from Georgetown, Colo; "For
several days petitson has been circulated
in this vicinity favorlng secession Of the
silver states. 1t was stated that such q
paper was abroad on the streets some time
ago but it was not generally believed until
yesterday when it was shown to several
who signed it after reading it. 1t is Il
movement on the part OF number Of crank'
to secede from the Union by peaceful mean:
and unite with the Republic of Mexico tt
the end that silver may be coined freely
The same petition is in circulation in severa
camps and one was sent to Denver to-day
Mayor Parker is said to be one of the
movers in the secession movement. He il
an srdent populist, and when asked if h'
was the author OF the petition, said i an
trying to help out Governor Waite. Th
people of the silver producing camps ar
mad enough to do anything, or to sign any
thing could get couple Of hundred tc
70 down tonight to Denver and hang on
half of the legislature to lamp posts The!
have done nothing. Why don't they pas
some measures for our relief. That's wha
we elect them for. tell you, we wan
them to act, you may laugh at our scceedin
but you just wait little longer, we don
propose to let the people of the east spit i
our faces.
Conservative residents deplore the circuls
tion Of the paper.
SALT LAKE, Feb. 2S. "A special dispatc
from Berlin, Germany. to the London Glob'
states that the Emperor William (
Germany, is directing great attention to tn
bi.metallists. He desires the Governmer
to take every step possible to prevent
further fall in the price of silver, The acto
Of the German government in looking to
proper recognition of value Of the whi
metal, is causing France and England
open their eyes.
Gladstone who is on record as stror
snti bi.metallist, is about to resign as Pr
mier OF Great Britain owing to failing ey
sight and inability to longer assume the r
sponsibility Of state. Lord Roseberry
named as o possible successor.
A special from Washington las: event.
says that Senator Allison, who was de
gate to the silver congress to Brussels
1892, was shown the telegram from Rerl