The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-06-25
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Condensed TeIegraphic Reports Of
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Budget OF News for Easy Digestion-All
Parts Of the Country Represented
Interesting Items.

Captain ]. V. Reed, of the Navy,
has been retired under the forty years
service clause. -
4 NV. J. Young, a millionaire lumber
man and philanthropist, died at Lyons,
Ia, recently.
The board appointed to inquire into
/ the coast defenses have found that the
harbor of New York city is in shame !
/ full condition and three years will be |
required before the proper guns can be
placed.
Edison has solved the problem of the
new white light. He claims that one
of his two candle power lamps will
light room as we'll or better than a
sixteen-candle power incandescent
lamp.
The stockholders Of the Westinghouse
Electric and Manufacturing Company
held special meeting at Pittsburgh
and affirmatively voted upon the prop
osition to increase the stock from $780,
900 900 to $15, 0O0,000
The Douglas Crockery Company, of
st. Joseph, Mo-, has filed deed of
trust, naming George Z. McInich as
trlstee. The firm was one of the larg-
es. dealers in crockery and glassware
in the West. The liabilities are about
$100,0 The assets are not given.
General Robert Henry Kindwood
Whitley, U. S. A., (retired) died i'll
Baltimore recently, aged 81 years.
General Whitley saw active service in
the Seminole Mexican and Civil wars.
He was born in Cambridge, Nd, and
was graduated from West Point in the
class of 80. He was retired in 1875
with the rank of Major General.
Captain John G. Bourke, Third
Cavalry, U. S. A., died in Philadel-
phia. Captain Bourke was stationed at
Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont. His wife
was with him when he died, but the
daughters were at their home in Bur-
lington, VT. The remains will be in
tered in the National Cemetery at
Arlington.
The Ward liner Segurania, which
arrived in New York lately, brought
the last cargo of Havana tobacco from
, Cuba which will arrive here until Cap
! tain General Weylers' order prohibit
q ing the shipment Of tobacco from the
island shall have been rescinded.
, This cargo consisted of 1908 bales and
!, twelve barrels of leaf tobacco.
t The funeral of Austin Corbin took
: place from st. Bartholomew Church,
New York. Bishop Williams of Rhode
Island officiated. The pallbearers were
Cornelius Vanderbilt, w. Z. Chandler
Sir Roderick Cameron, General B. F,
Tracey, Dumont Clarke, J. Rogers
- Maxwell, Charles M. Pratt, Jr., g.
: K. Duer, A. N. Parlin and W. b. Ken
It dali.
g A cablegram received at Waterbury
a Ct, from Paris announces the death o.
August S. Chase from paralyti'
: stroke. Chase went abroad for tn,
l. benefit of his health a few months ago
o He was president of the Waterbury Ma
e tional Bank, Waterbury Watch ant
Waterbury Clock companies, the Bene
n dict and Burnham Manufacturing Com
N pany and actively interested in othe
il corporations.
"a The trustees of the University Of Hi
& nois were arrested and brought befor
u Judge Wright of Urbana to answer tn
s. indictments preferred against them b,
Il the Grand Jury during its last sitting
,r charging them with failing to fly tn
j. flags from all university buildings
II All the members of the board wer
Al present except State Superintendent
it Inglis, Mrs. Lucy NJ. Flower and Gov
Is ernor Altgeld.
Russian engineers have made con
, tract with Philadelphia parties fo
$500, 900 worth of machinery. 1t
g also purposed to erect great plant q
I, Mini, Russia, to build steam locomc
- tives. Machinery will be bought i
~ thirty different cities reaching sewers
" million dollars in value. At preseI
q :, nearly all the Russian GovernmeI
y railroad locomotives are built here.
K The tests of the Justin projectil,
u which contains charge of dynamit
designed not to explode until striking
re took place at West Vienna, N. Y, r,
m Gently, and proved failure.
7. claimed that slow burning powder ha
8. been ordered and quick burning powd,
v. was received. This is too powerf,
in for the shells. Another test is to I
(. made at date fixed by the Ordnant
% Board.
ell Frank Mayo, the distinguished acto
ne died on the train while en- route fro
OF Denver to Omaha. Rest came all t.
st room for his friends. With his hes
ne seclining gently ON his arm, while h
ed companions sat all unwittingly ne,
IS him, quietly and peacefully his lor
y sleep began. An hour, two hour
maybe three, passed before his con
in panions called him. No answer cam
10 and they told each other sadly tn
tn 'Puddin' head Wilson" was dead.
IN Since the collapse of the Brio
us Trust at the close of May the Chical
Us brick market has been in demoralizt
q, condition. Common bricks sell
L "a. 10 per thousand, and the firm whit
ne makes these sales also pays 20 cen
an per thousand commission. The brio
u trust began its career June !, 1879
a by selling brick at $5.75, of which II
It. manufacturer got $5.25. Later in Il
y, season the trust raised the price to 8
an which was the figure up.
n
The Sacaton plain, which it is pr
nj posed to water, by the surplus from IL
%, projected Hudson reservoir company