The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-05-14
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Things That Have Happened all
Over the Country.
SPOKEN OF IN THIS COLUMN.
Selections That VIII Greatly Interest our
Readers Both Old
and Young.

A liberal man Of Boston, whose
name is not given, has donated $780,
900 for comparative pathology depart
ment to Harvard University.
The first blood of the cloakmakers'
strike at Cleveland, o., has been
shed. -Four hundred strikers attacked
several non-union men and handled
them very roughly.
A $3.50, coo fire occurred at the Jeer-
son barracks, fourteen miles south Of
st. Louis. Ten thousand cartridges
were exploded. and the soldiers lost
their personal effects.
The Ministerial Alliance Of Garth
age, Mo-. has published card urging
Christian people to stay away from
the lecture to be given by Robert q.
Ingersoll in that city.
A heavy rain, wind and hail storm
passed through Dade City, Fla, a
few days ago. Great damage is re-
ported by melon-growers and farmers
north and east Of that place.
By an instrument Just devised by
Professor Norton of the Massachusetts,
Institute of Technology it is possible
to see the organs of the body so plain
ly that dieasse can be detected.
The Committee on Textbooks of the
Omaha Board of Education has deter
mined to introduce a book of Bible
selections into the public schools. A
majority Of the school board is in favor
Of the movement.
White Springs, Fla, was nearly
destroyed by fire. The fire originated
in the White Sulphur Springs Hotel.
The loss will reach many thousands
Of dollars, with no insurance except
on the hotel. Thel guests lost their
baggage.
At Lakewood, a suburb of Denver
the Denver Manufacturing Company.
buildings, with all the machinery and
stock they contained. were totally de-
stroyed by fire. The loss is estimated
at $3.50, 900. There was no insurance
either on the stock, machinery OF
buildings. No lives were lost. Moth
ing now remains of this once great
plant which covered about five acre Of
ground, but smoldering brick walls
and heaps of burning debris.
Mr.. Willim K. Vanderbilt, the head
Of the syndicate that built. equipp6
and raced the Defender, has become
the sole owner of the yacht. Mr.. Van
derbilt has bought out the interests o.
Mr.. G. Oliver Iselin and Mr.. E. D.
Morgan, as it was arranged in the syn
dictate agreement that he had the righ
to do any time after the Americas cuI
match had been decided. What Mr.
Vanderbilt will do with the famous
craft is merely matter of conjecture
She has been we'll cared FOR during the
winter and could be put in commission
in short time if required.
1t is announced that Judge Jenkinl
of Milwaukee has entered decree Of
sale in the foreclosure proceedings o.
the Jarvis Conkin Mortgage Trus
Company against the Waukesha ny
geia Mineral Springs Company. TIL,
! court adjudges the amount due upor
the mortgage bonds with interest t,
be $1.315, 830.93. The company il
given ten days in which to redeem tn,
property. The mortgage under which
the sale Is ordered was executed il
September, 1891. 1t provides TO
an issue of So. 900. 900 worth of bonds
being for the purpose of building tn
celebrated pipeline to Chicago.
Eugene v. Debs spoke to a larg
audience at the Erie Street Methods
Church, Chicago, on 1.-THE Christian
Church and the Labor Problem"
am one of those" he said who be
lieve that the Christian Church il
this country, as an institution ha
been against the poor. Our competi
tive system places gold above human
ity; only the rich are represented
under it. No law in this country i
enforced against the rich: laws ar
designed only for the poor. Only tn
poor go to Jail There has got to be al
industrial revolution on constitutional
and peaceable grounds, hope
Richard A. Waring of Pittsburg
Pa, has brought suit against Georg
Westinghouse Jr. of the same cit,
to recover $750.000 damages. Tn
suit is sequel to a recent action
brought against the defendant b,
Waring for the recovery of 10,
shares Of stock OF the Standard Under
ground Gable Company. which cam
to a sudden termination upon motion
OF the plaintiffs counsel for discon
tinuance. Later on Warning began an
other action for $50, 900. swelling tn
total amount claimed to $500, 900
This second suit is an action in tres
pass. The allegations are the SAM
as in the frs. suit
The fine equestrian statue of Gen
eral Grant which the Union Leagu,
Club of Brooklyn bought for presenta
ton to that city, was unveiled few
days ago with imposing ceremonies
The veil was lifted by the hand o.
little Ulysses Grant, grandchild of th,
General and third son of Colonel FREQ
Grant. The statue is beauty. It j,
OF heroic size. sixteen feet high, made
of bronze and weighs 40 tons. Will
liam Ordway Partridge is the sculptor
The General is represented in soldie,
dress. with SLOUGH hat drawn well
down and an overcoat on. His horse
stands with four feet firmly planted
on the pedestal. head up and ears
alert. The statue stands on Bedford
avenue, at the corner Of Deal street,
just in front Of the main entrance to
the Union League Club house.