The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-21
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Condensed Geographic Reports of
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Budget or News for Easy Digestion-AI
Parts Of the Country Rspressntsd-
Interesting Items.

Interesting Items.
The estate Of the late plunger. Ed
ward Partridge, is found to be wort
90, 700. 900.
Colonel Alexander Bliss. step-son o
Bancroft, the historian, died at Wash
ington recently.
The location at Gettysburg wher
the statue of General Slocum shall
stand has just been decided en-.
George Follett & Co.. wool dealer
OF New York. have assigned. Tn,
amount involved is about $40, 200.
Two men and a complete counter
feiting outfit have been captured b,
Secret Service officers in New York.
Warren Fisher. who was involved
in the famous Mulligan letters will
James g. Blaine. died at his home il
RoxbuIy, aged II.
The Indians of Oklahoma Territory
all of whom are polygamists. are to b.
prosecuted unless they give up all
their squaws but one.
Ex-Judge John w. Houston of the
Delaware superior Court, one Of the
most noted politicians in the State,
died at his home in Georgetown.
The remains Of w. Q. Gresham were
removed from the vault in Oakwood
Cemetery. Chicago. The final inter.
ment will be made in Arlington Gene.
terry.
The jury failed to agree at Omaha,
Neb. in the trial of City Treasurer
Henry Sohn, charged with having
Incorporated sic. 900 Of the public
funds.
Major Edward M. Hayes, U. 8. A.,
will 60 to Cuba with the new Consul.
General. Fitzhugh Lee. He will not
go in an official capacity. but will be
ready to help Lee whenever he can.
The Japanese Minister in Washing.
ton. Mr.. Kurino. has received notice
from bis Government that he will be
transferred to the Italian mission. His
successor will be Mr.. Tori, q distin.
guished Japanese and formerly Presi.
dent OF the Lower House Of the Japan.
ese Diet.
George s. Cole. president of the
American Exchange Bank of New
York. died of paralysis at his home in
New Jersey. 1t was through Mr..
Coles financial ability that the scheme
of issuing clearing house certificates
was resorted to in tidlng over the crisis
of 1878.
A Bloomington, ILL.,. dispatch says
that the marriage Of Miss Julia Steven.
son. eldest daughter of Vice. President
Stevenson. and Rev. Martin D. Hardin
OF Kentucky, son Of Hon. n. P. Watt
Hardin. will occur at the New York
avenue Presbyterian Church, Washing.
ton, May 2S.
Percival Lowell of Boston and DR..
L. J. See of the University of Chica-
go. two astronomers, will shortly
make observations of the heavens in
Mexico and South American countries.
Mr.. Lowell will study Mars, while
DR.. See will search the southern
heaevn to try and see some double
stars.
May LIST. the socialists international
holiday, was quietly observed in Chi
cago. For the nIst time in many
years there were no parades. The only
demonstrations advertised were meet
Ings Of the socialist labor party at
West Twelfth street Turner Hall, and
that of the Radicals at Aurora Turner
Hall.
A revolt took place among the boys
IN thhe House of Refuge on Randails
Island. near N. Y. last week. A boy
named Berlin, Is years old, attacked
'ne of the guards with knife. and he
md several Of his friends, armed with
Knives and baseball bats, defied the
authorities. 1t was only after several
hots had been fired over their heads
hat they yielded.
The National Electrical Exposition
vas formally opened in the Grand Cen.
raj Palace, New York. There were
delegates present from over 10000
lectrio light plants IN the United
states. Governor Morton pressed the
'ol1en key which caused artillery
alutes simultaneously at San Fran.
isco. New Orleans. st. Paul, and
augusta, Maine.
The statement of the Burlington
March earnings shows q sur
'lus of $l86.S73 for the month and an
Increase of 1855, 760 in the surplus az
with the corresponding
eriod last year. For the first three
months Of this year the road has ac.
umulated surplus of $14l. $50, while
Or the same period last year it had a
elicit of 1887. 4S4. which shows an
for the three months of
sos. 965. Freight earnings for last
Month increased $194. 498. and passen-
er earnings $2S,401.
Captain Sampson, Professor Alger
nd other members Of the Bureau of
ordinance witnessed the attack by
0-inch gun on 15-inch armor plate
t the Bethlehem Iron Company's
rowing grounds in Pennsylvania.
he plate tested represented the group
I plates for the turret Of the battleship
owa. A Carpenter projectile. weigh
,g 500 pounds, was fired from 10.
lch gun with charge Of 1874 pounds
powder, attaining velocity of 1889
'et per second. The point of impact
as little to the left and below the
enter Of the plate. The projectile
as shattered and the point imbedded
nd welded in the plate. The plate
as split across it's width, while there