The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-06
TELECRAPIIC RESUME
Things That fiay. Happened all
Over the Country.
SPOKEN OF IN his COLUMN.
Skeletons That wiII:Grsatly Iaterest our
Readers Beth Old
and Young.

= which destroyed the car barns of tn
Chicago City Railway at Cottag
Grove avenue and Thirty-ninth street
|. Ex-Gov. Joseph II. Williams, o
y Maine, died at his residence ii
: Augusta. He had been confined to hi
: bed since last March. Death was du,
q 20 old age.
: The Historical publishing Society Of
= Philadelphia and Henry Smith, indi.
yidGally, have made an assignment fol
i the benefit of creditors. The liabilities
J are stated TO be Sl25, 900 and the assets
n $500, 900, of which large portion il
n in machinery and stock which cannot
: be Immediately realized upon. Slow
: collections caused the failure.
! The 2lst was log cabin day in Cleve-
lands centennial celebra ton. I'm
mense throngs gathered around the
j great white arch and old-fashioned log
cabin erected in Monumental square.
The cabin is an exact counterpart of
the buildings used hundred years ago.
1t is in charge of Choctaw Tribe No.
IA, Improved Order of Red Men in full
Indian costume.
A proclamation has been issued in
Leadville warning all parties to refrain
from illegal acts, such as preventing
workmen from entering Leadville and
offering a reward for information re-
garding such outrages The Sheriff
also summoned officers of the Miners
Union and gave them to understand
that he would enforce the law vigor-
ously.
The proposition of the Brown Hoist.
ing and Conveying Company, of Cleve-
land, to accept all their old workmen
back and grant the privileges of pre-
senting their desires by means of COM
mlttees has been rejected by the
strikers, who insist upon the recogni-
ton OF the labor unions they are iden-
titled with. The men will in turn sub.
NIT another proposition later.
The big steel steamer Queen CITY
has again broken a cargo record in
Chicago. The amount given out by
the tallymen when the spouts were
taken from the matches was 2O2. 900
bushels of corn. This exceeds all pre-.
vious records by $1,000 busiest ON a
draft of 16 feet inches forward and
10 feet 8 inches aft. Five years ago a
cargo of half the size was considered a
big load.
The town of Malvern, Ark, at the
junction of the Hot Springs railway.
was almsot entirely wiped out by fire
recently. Malvern is little city of
about 5000 Inhabitants. Only three
business houses remain. The total
loss is variously estimated at from
$500, 900 to $500, 900, only small por.
ton of which is covered by insurance.
The fire was incendiary and three men
are now in custody, having narrowly
escaped lynching.
A special from Boston says: Per.
cival Lowell, Bostons famous astrono.
mer, who is now ON his way to Flag.
staff, A. t., is at the head of the most
important scientific expedition planned
for more than half a century. The
object of the expedition is to make
observations ON Mars and to procure.
II possible, evidence to support the
theory held by Mr.. Lowell and other
astronomers that the red star of war"
is inhabited by human beings.
It is announced that Lord Russell
OF kiloween, the Lord Chief Justice
of England, known before the English
bar as Sir Charles Russell, and three
eminent English lawyers will partici.
pate in the proceedings of the Ameri.
can Bar Association at its annual meet.
ing in Saratoga, N. Y, next month.
Lord Russell is expected to arrive in
this country August 10Th, ACCOMPANIED
by Lady Russell and daughter. Sir
Francis Lockwood. Q. c., NJ. P, who
was formerly Solicitor General, and
his wife and daughter, and Montague
Crackant and Mr.. James Fox of the
English bar.
A clause in the Indian Appropriation
Bill grants permission to the Lower
Brule Indians, who, prior to July 3,
1890, lived south of White River, ON
the Rosebud Reservation, to return
there and select the allotments of
land occupied by them prior to that
date. About four hundred of the
Lower Brules have Just taken advan.
tage OF this clause, and removed to
their former homes. They had alread,
been allotted lands ON the Lower Brule
reservation, which they now abandon,
and they will again have to be allotted
lands IN severalty in their new location.
The government will have to pay the ,
Rosebud Indians at the rate of 81 per :
acre for all lands settled upon and ,
by the Lower Brules.
The eighth statistical report of the :
interstate Commerce Commission, pre-. ,
Jared by its statistician for the year ,
'nded June 30, 1895, has been sub.
nltted. Reference is made to the y
meet OF the continued business depres.
ION and the large number of receiver
hips. On July 80, 1895, 100 roa DIS. c
perating 1885 miles. were reported q
n the hands of receivers, showing a I
Jet decrease of twenty three roads and :
1868 miles of line. The railway capt. n
al represented by these roads was II
early $4,000, 900, 900, or about 49,. a
er cent of the total railway capital n
the United States. The total rail o
'ay mileage in the United States ON Q
une 30, 1895, was 1S0.657 miles. Z
he aggregate length of all tracks in "
ne United States on June 80, 1895,
'as 1886, 946 miles.
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