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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-01-30
JUSTICE FIELDS RETIREMENT.
He May and He May not Retire-A
Statement and Contradiction


Chicago, Jan. 21.-A special to the
Daily News from Washington says
Associate Justice Field will go upon
the retired list at the close of this term
of court If he keeps a promise he made
recently to the President and Senator
White of California. The Senator is
authority for the above statement, and
for the information that Justice Field s
successor has been practically agreed
upon in the person of Judge Erskine
Nj. Ross, whom President Cleveland in
his first term appointed on the United
states Circuit bench in California.
Judge Ross nomination will be salts
factory to Justice Field. Senator White
brought about reconciliation between
the President and Justice Field, enacted
recently at the White House.
When Justice Field was asked today
regarding the report that he would re-
tire at the end of this term, he said:
NO such statement has been au-
thorized by me. OF course any man
bench at any time. If my health should
not permit me to attend to my duties
properly, l should not hesitate to leave
the bench, but as long as l can attend
70 these duties with ease, / have no
intention of retiring. At present my
health is very good Should 1 again be
III as l was last year, | should not
hesitate to retire. These stories in re-
gard to my intention of retiring have
been circulated repeatedly, but without
any authority
1t is generally understood that Jus.
tfce Field is ambitious to exceed the
term of service of Chief Justice Mar.
shall. whose thirty-four and a hall
years on the Supreme bench constitute
the longest term of service in the his
tory of the court. Justice Field was
appointed by President Lincoln II
March 1892
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HAMMOND IN GREAT DANGER.
CABLEGRAMs SOLICITING HELP
FOR HIM.
Held Without Bail and wrongfuIly
Confined in Williamson Afioat
for England, for Trial.

San Francisco, Jan. 22.-John Hays
Hammond, the American mining engi-
neer, is evidently In serious danger in
the Transvaal Urgent cablegrams
were received here tonight by Harry
Creswell. City and County Attorney,
ana NJ. +, Tarpey, a prominent Demo
cratic politician, and a third came TO
Col. II. /. Thornton, but as the latter
Is dead. it was opened by his nephew,
Mr.. Creswell. The cablegrams are dat
ed Newcastle. Natal, January 22nd. As
Newcastle is a long distance from the
Transvaal. it is thought they We're
smuggled through, and therefore better
represent the situation than any pre-
viously received here. The messages
are all signed by j. j. Curtis, who is a
son of George Ticknor Curtis, a grand
son OF Joseph Storey, once Justice of
the Supreme court of the United Stat $,
| and a nephew of w. w. Storey. the
| sculptor. The message addressed to
| Creswell is as follows:
| Exert your influence to help HI.-
| mond. He is confined with sixty of us
in the Pretoria Jail. He has been taken
as one of the ringleaders, and unless
some radical measures are taken by
| our Government he will be made L
| suffer for the sins of others, for which
he is in no way responsible"
The message addressed TO Col Thorn
ton says:
Il earnestly beg you to use your in
fiuence to protect Hammond from tn,
consequences of a mistake which ha.
| been made by others in this unfortu
nate bus ness. He is not guilty and a
been wrongfully confined in Jail for tn
past ten days, and the Tfansvaal Gov
eminent refuses to admit him to bail.
Judge John CARRIER, a prominent at
torney, also received a message of sim
liar import.
Mr.. Creswell. who has known Ham
mond and Curtis for twenty years
wired Senator Stewart at Washington
tonight impressing upon him the seri
| BUSINESS of the situation and urgini
him to do all in his power to help tn
J imprisoned Americans.
: Prisoners to be Tried April 21st.
London, Jan. PA Cape Town dis
patch to the Times says that the tria
: of the political prisoners at Pretorii
has been set for April 2lst, and thei
preliminary examination is to be he'll
within few days
The Times has also a dispatch iron
Pretoria, which describes a visit b.
their correspondent to DR.. Jameson 4
jail. He found him with his officer
looking well. DR.. Jameson said tina
he thought the letter, of which a cert
fed copy was captured by the Beers
containing an appeal from the Uitland
ers of johannesburg for assistance. jus
titled his action, and that the claus
guaranteeing all expenses absolve
him from responsibility to the share
holders of the Chartered South Afr
can company.
: Durham, Natal, Jan. 20.-Dr Jameso
and his officers from Pretoria arrive
here on a train at daybreak and WEI
: forthwith escorted on board the trans
a port Victoria which sailed for Ems
land
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ARMENIAN RESOLUTIONS.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Voices Public Fealfn1


Washington. Jan. 23.-Contrary 10
gS94peetatlon, today's meeting OF the
rouse Foreign Affairs committee did
not zeal with any OF the several deli
cate questions before the committee ex-
cept the Armenian massacre.
In response to an overwhelming de-
mand from religious and other organi-
cations, resolutions In some respects
patterned after those before the SEN
ate were adopted.
Nothing was done about ambassador
bayards two speeches, because Mr.
Dinsmore of the subcommittee in
| charge of the matter asked for post
ponement
The Armenian resolution win be re-
ported TO the House by Mr.. Quigg Mon
day It's tone Is somewhat milder than
that OF the Senate resolution. After
reciting the purpose OF the treaty OF
| Berlin, the resolution says:
Whereas. In a conditional treaty be-
| tween England and Turkey, dated June
4. 1878, II was provided that IL any at
tempt should be made by Russia to
| take possession of any other Armenian
| provinces than those at that time oc-
eupied by Russia, England would assist
L turkey In defending them by force of
arms, and that in turn for this engage
ment on the part of England the Sultan
| would surely restore local administra-
1 ton In those other provinces, and
would fully protect his Christian and
other subjects there, and would as
sign to England the island OF Cyprus,
to be occupied and administered by
England, to the end that she might be
IN position to perform her engage
ment and prevent by force of arms the
Christian provinces of the Ottoman
Porte from passing into the hands OF
the Christian Government of Russia
and,
| Whereas. 1t appears that said i'm
provements and reforms have not been
carried out, and that the Armenian
subjects OF the Porte have not been
secured against Circassians and Kurds
and that the free exercise of religion
is not permitted in many places within
the domains of the Porte; and that un.
der color of suppressing and punishine
disorder, outrages have been perpetra,
ted upon the Armenian Christians OF
most cruel and malignant character
therefore be II
Resolved, BY the Senate and tn,
; | House Of Representatives, in Congress
assembled, that the President be and h
Is hereby requested to communicate I,
the Governments signatory to tn
| treaty of Berlin the profound regret o
! | the American people and their Govern
I ment that the engagements made Il
that convention for the security of tn
Armenian Christians have not bee
'. performed; and be 1t further
!, Resolved, That the Government O
j. the United States expresses its sym
!, pathy for the Armenian people and 1t
|, hope that the Government of the Sui
!, tan will at once extend to them fu
t and adequate protection for the preseI
Ivation of life, security of property an
the free exercise of religion"
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Humane Treatment to All.

Washington. Jan. 23.-In response to
an inquiry from Secretary Olney as to
measures taken to project Americans
arrested in the TransvasI in connection
with the late uprising, ambassador
Bayard has cabled that, according 10
his present information, uniform hu
name and indulgent personal treatment
Is being extended all persons, includ-
ing Americans, by the Boer Govern
ment. This information has been
communicated to the California delega-
ton in Congress, who are being flooded
with kilograms urging them to have
the State department do something for
the relief of John Hays Hammond, the
American mining engineer Imprisoned
as one of the ringleaders In the at
tempt at revolution in Johannesburg.
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GOSPEL OF RECIPROCITY.
WARNER MILLER TALKS ON
THE SUBJECT.
AS President of the Manufacturers
Association He Would Seek Close
Relations with Nations Neighbors

Chicago, Jan. 21.-Ex-Senator War
ner A. Miller arrived in this city last
night to attend the meeting of the Ma
uonal Association of the Manufacturers
of the United States, of which organl-
zatton he is president. In an interview
he said: 1.-THE object of the association
is to get the manufacturers of the
country In touch with each other and
the industrial life of the Nation, and
to create public sentiment to influ-
ence Congress to establish the policy of
reciprocity and to foster the fast mail
and communication with the South
American points whose trade ought to
be ours.
1--WE must have mail and rapid COM
munication with these countries, or we
can never have their business.
THE Manufacturers association is
also interested in great international
waterways and communications and in
the building of the Nicaragua canal,
which is a necessity for modern COM
mercial intercourse between the Allan
tic and Pacific. as well as between Chi
ma, Japan. South America and the
Sandwich islands. 1t is also a neces-
sity for our National defense. When
the canal is built it will practically
obviate the necessity for our Atlantic
and Pacific coasts, for it will not only
connect both, but decrease the space
between them ten thousand miles.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
THE association will take the ground
that the Nicaragua canal should be
owned and operated by the United
States. AS to the completion of that
enterprise there can be no doubt ]
know the canal will be built, and If the
United States does not build it Europe
will, and there will be another pregnant
cause of war when National troubles
and jealousies arise. The present We
nezuelan difficulty emphasizes the ne
L cessity for this canal Money for its
construction could have been secured
long ago from Europe, If our National
Legislature had not been talking and
passing resolutions about it's owner
ship. If Congress does not do anything
this session we will feel perfectly free
to look elsewhere for the means to com.
plete the link between tn oceans. II
| the report of the commission sent tc
examine it Is such as has been giver
out in the papers, we are prepared tC
prove It's falsity. We can prove by the
best engineers in this country anC
| abroad that our work is feasible"
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SILVER REPUBLICANS.
DEMANDS BEFORE THEIR MA.
TIONAL CONVENTION.
Free and Unlimited Coinage Called
for to Put on Parity With Silver
Using Countries.

Washington, d. c., Jan. 23.-The Re-
publican silver Senators today signed a
declaration which is intended to be used
IN the coming campaign as the demand
which the silver men will make for a
plank in the National convention. In the
preamble 1t is recited that the present
financial system endangers the Industrial
prosperity of the United States, which is
threatened by China and Japan as the
result Of the decrease in the value OF sill
yer and the difference of exchange be-
tween silver and gold-using countries. II
is therefore resolved that the signers IA.
vor the free and unlimited coinage of sill
yer at ratio of IS to /, for the purpose
of celebrating this difference of ex-
change, which is declared to operate as
bounty on the export of products from
silver-using countries to gold-uslng coun.
tries. It Is also resolved that they favor
tariff which shall equalize the differ.
ence in the cost of labor between this
country and the countries of Europe and
Asia. 1t is the purpose of those who
are circulating the declara ton to get ali
| the Republic IAN silver men in Congress 10
sign it. -
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AFTER ALMIGHTY BOWLER.
House Wants to Know Why He Held
up the Sugar Bounty.

Washington, Jan. 21.-The House
Committee on Judiciary today took
steps to investigate the action of Comp
troller Bowler in Withholding the sugar
bounty appropriation. The substitute
for Boatner's resolution, drawn by Mr..
Ray of New York, was adopted.
Rays substitute is as follows:
Resolved, That the Committee on
Judiciary be and hereby Is authorized
and directed to inquire as to the con-
dition of the law on the subject of
right of executive officers of the Gov
eminent in the several departments
thereof, to refuse to enforce, execute
or comply with the provisions of any
act of Congress of the United States
on the ground of it's alleged unconsti-
nationality, or for other reasons, and
to report to the House the bill or
otherwise
If this resolution be adopted by the
House, the committee will investigate
the whole matter. 1t can recommend a
statute to prevent any further action
based on the Bowler precedent, and
can provide for the payment of the
withheld bounties. Whether any fur
| Their action would be possible was a
| matter of discussion, but it was pre-
dicted by members of the committee
| that Congress would adopt a resolu-
| ton declaring that Comptroller Bowler
had exceeded his authority
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EUROPEAN PRESS CO M MENT
UNFAVoRABLE OPINIONS OF
THE SENATE'S ACTION.
The English Won't Stand Much More
Fooling-Europo Will Close Her
Ports, Then Where'll We Bep

London. Jan. Alan editorial in the
Daily News says: If the Senate Com
mittee on Foreign Rela lions is right,
President Cleveland must certainly be
wrong, for he expressly invited Great
Britain to settle the boundary question
directly with Venezuela. 1t only re-
mains to apply the Monroe doctrine to
the importation of tin-plates and there
will be no extravaganza left to commit,
The Graphic comments upon the
vagueness of the new Monroe doctrine
and says: THE proviso that 1t shall
only apply to cases which the United
States deems dangerous to it's peace or
safety looks like sign of weakness. -
The Globe condemns the attitude of
the United States Senate on foreign af-
fairs and says: "The English people
will not stand much more fooling from
anybody, and these gentlemen, whom
we credit with no more exalted senti-
ment than the wish to stand we'll with
their constituents. may very easily find
themselves face to face with a situa-
ton that could be called appalling"
Paris, Jan. 20.-The Eclaire TODAY.
commenting upon the suggested addi-
tons to the Monroe doctrine, remarks:
Does the American Government think
1t is strong enough to appropriate in its
own interest one of the two hemi-
spheres and forbid Europe to have ac-
cess to at least half the world? If il
pushes its extravagant pretensions to
this point, the only thing that can hap
pen Will be that all Europe will ar
rive at an understanding by which they
will close their ports to American ships.
measure which will make America
ask for mercy within a week Why does
America assume an attitude she cannot
maintain"
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FEDERAL COURT REFORMS.
Urgent Deficiency Bill is Finally
Passed.

Washington. Jan. 21.-The House to-
day passed the urgent deficiency bill.
The bill carried 81. 1922, of which 49,
242,5S2 was for the expenses of United
States courts. The abnormal growth
OF expenses under the fee system Of
The courts came In for good deal OF
criticism. and there was a general ex-
preston in favor of salary system.
MT Crisp inquired what had become
OF the report OF the Committee on
rules. which was under consideration
week ago, and which had not yet
oeen disposed Of He called attention
70 the ract that certain amendments
agreed 10 are being enforced before the
report as whole has been agreed to.
Al the proper time he gave notice of
his intention to offer a substitute for
the entire report
Mr.. Dalzell explained that the matter
would be brought up later, after a fur
Their meeting of the Committee on
Rules
The House then, at 100, went into
committee of the whole and took up
the consideration of the urgent def
cheney bill
REFORM IN FEDERAL COURTS.
Mr. Cannon. chairman of the Appro-
priation committee, made a statement
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Manufacturers in Session.

Chicago, Jan. 21.-The first annual
convention of the National Association
of Manufacturers assembled today al
Music hall for a three days session.
fully 500 delegates being present from
all sections of the country and repre-
senting every branch of trade.
Among the principal subjects to be
discussed are the devising of ways and
means for the establishment of re-
ciprocal trade agreements with foreign
countries, the recognition and control
of the Nicaraguan canal by the United
States, the extension of the United
States commercial marine, and the es-
tabllshment at South American capitals
and other desirable points of exposi-
lions for the display of American pro-
ducts.
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Collision on the M, X. & t.

Sedalia, Mo-, Jan. ga northbound
freight train crashed into a southbound
passenger train on the Missouri, Kan
sas q Texas this morning. mile south
of Bonneville, killing Frank Berry, fire.
man of the freight engine, and badly
wounding two engineers, AL Mcdonald
and A. Hester. Conductors Harvey j.
Smith of the passenger train and Har-
ris of the freight train. Hester and
Harris may die. Some passengers were
hurt, none seriously, however.
The fault seems to lie with the con-
ductor of the freight train, whose
watch stopped without his knowledge
and who supposed he had plenty OF
time to run from Pilot Grove to Boone
vile against the passenger train.
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The result of the election will be de-
clared today in the joint convention to
be held at II O'Clock. Certificates will
be issued by Gov. Wells to the new
Senators this afternoon. and tomorrow
morning they will depart for Washing
ton. Last evening Senator Cannon re-
ceived the following dispatch from
Senator Dubois: Can you and your
colleague reach here Monday next
Set presence needed at earliest mo-
ment." Mr.. Cannon replied that he
and his colleague would reach Wash
ington Sunday evening.
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Virginia. p. Wisconsin. Is. Wyoming. Is;
New Mexico. s; Utah. 70: District OF Co
That this conference appoint a provi-
slonal National committee consisting OF
one member from each State and Terri
tory, SAID committee 10 possess all powers
usually possessed by National committees
OF political parties. said committee TO
serve until the holdins Of said National
conventions; said committee or the portion
thereof appointed by this conference shall
Whether from oT the failure Of this e1nfer
ence TO appoint a full committee or from
death, resignation or otherwise Said
committee shall have its headquarters in
the city OF Washington. ID. c.
The mode of selecting delegates to said
National convention shall be as prescribed
by the National committee, subject to
the following regulations:
All delegates shall be elected at public
conventions or at public meetings to be
held either in the several States at large
such States, as the National committee
may prescribe.
MUST SUPPORT NOMINEES.
No person shall be eligible as a dele
| gate TO any such convention or meeting
or shall sit as delegate in said National
| convention, who Is not IN favor of the
| declaration OF principles this day enunci
| ated by this conference. and who is not
/ willing to subordinate party allegiance L
the advancement of such principles. anc
!
| ton.
The National committee shall proceed
at once to organize the several States anC
| Territories for the success Of this move
ment.
The National committee so far elect
ed is as follows: Arizona, NJ. w. Bren
nan; Colorado, l. N. Stevens; Connect
cut, Joseph Sheldon; California, Georg
w. Baker; Idaho, John p. Clough; lowe
Amos Sickle; Illinois. George NJ. En-
cry; Kansas, A. G. Shinn; Mary
land. Gilbert T. Smith; Massachusetts
George C. Hill; Michigan, ]. G. Rams
dell: Montana, w. II. Sweet; Nebrasks
G.. l.. Laws: Nevada, George S. Nixon
New Jersey, Mortimer Whitehead
North Carolina, d. f. Keith; OhiC
Henry T. Niles; Pennsylvania, r. Z
Difendorfer; Tennessee, ]. II. AckliI
Virginia. a. G. Wedderburn; Vernon
joseph Patel; District of Columbia,
]. Hlllyer.
On motion. Or. ]. j. Mott of Mort
Carolina was unanimously electe
chairman of the National executiv
committee.
DR.. Mott has always been a Republ
can, and for a number of years ha
, been chairman of the State committe
of North Carolina, and was vouched Il
by number, among them Senator Blu
Ter as one of the best organizers an
most interchangeable workers in the I'm
ted States
, A committee on finance, one frol
! each State, was selected
After a number of other speeches, tt
: silver conference adjourned, amid gree
3 enthusiasm. without day.
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Work of the Fanatics.

New Britain, Conn. Jan. 22.-B. Ar
gos. an Armenian resident of this city,
is in receipt of letter from friend
in Armenia, which states that between
5000 and 10000 have been massacred
and upward of 100000 are starving.
Snow is several feet deep. Some Ar
menians have taken to eating grain
OF 800 villages fifty-four have been
sacked and burned by Turks and
kurds. The remainder are occupied by
butchering soldiers. Twelve American
missions in the district have been
burned. The lives of the Americans
have been spared but they are in great
want and some are starving.
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Canadian Reciprocity.

Ottawa, Ont, Jan. 21.-Mr. McMil-
Ian on Wednesday will move that
whereas the United States Government
offers to admit free of duty plows, har-
rows and certain other agricultural i'm
plements from any country which ad.
mits free of duty like articles from the
United States, it will be greatly in the
interest of both the Canadian agricul-
turalist and the Canadian manufactur.
ers that Canada should accept that of.
fer by admitting those articles into Can.
ada free of duty, and at the same time
so relieving the Canadian manufactur.
ers of the taxation on the raw materia
as to enable them to take advantage OF
the United States.
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Nicaragua Committee Report.

washington, Jan. 1.-THE House
Committee on Commerce today voted
to report to the House the resolution
introduced yesterday by Mr. Doolittle
of Washington, requesting the Presi-
dent to transmit to Congress the report
of the committee which investigated
the Nicaragua canal last summer. A
clause was inserted, IF not incompati-
BILE with the public interests"
Members of the House who have
talked with President Cleveland upon
the canal within a week assert that he
favors the general project, but wants
an arrangement by which the Govern
ments risk of financial loss win be
minimized.
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FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENTS
EXPLOSION IN OHIO AND COLI
SION IN MISSOURI.
Three Men Lose Their Lives and
Many are Badly Wounded-Con-
ductor's Watch Stopped Running.

Columbus, o.. Jan. 22.-An engine on
the New York and st. Louis express,
westbound. on the Little Miami rail-
road. exploded this morning one and a
half miles west of Charleston, killing
Engineer Clark A. Tremble and Fire
man George Waters. The track is all
torn up. The train left New York last
night. All the cars were wrecked ex-
cept the sleepers.
The persons injured were: William T.
Wallace. William Spyer, Harrisonburg
Va; Charles Mayer, II. Ramsey, Mrs
G. e. Needed. II. ID. O'clock, GAINESVILLE
o.; Gay and Lily Cochran, Springfield
Ind. George Ulam and John Torrene
postal clerks, were injured, but mo-
seriously.