The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-10-08
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Things That Have Happened all
over the Country.
SPOKEN OF IN THIS COLUMN
Selections That win Greatly Interest our
Readers Beth Old
and Young.

ldllols utbWetu tht IOMeIe over Lne
situation in Turkey are strained to the
point Of rupture.
A Brussels cablegram says the first
commission, just appointed by King
Leopold, for the protection of the
natives of the Congo State, includes DIR.
Sims Of the American Baptist Mission.
1t is understood in st. Petersburg.
Russia, that United States capitalists
are negotiating with the Russian Gov
eminent for the establishment of a
rapid steamship service between San
Francisco and Nladi0ystock.
A Singapore dispatch to the London
Times says that the Viceroy of Nank-
ing has issued proclamation forbid
ding the transfer of land at Wu-Sung
to foreigners, because the improvement
of the river will make Wu-Sung a
greater port than Shanghai.
The American ship Luzon, Captain
Park, which left New York May for
Shanghai, passing Anjeron August
i 18th, grounded on the bar at Woo
Sung. 1t is probable the ship will be
fioated after she has been lightened,
but she must be drydocked before put
ting to sea again.
The Right Hon. Denman, formerly
Judge of the high court of justice, in
London, but who retired from the
bench in October, 1892, is dead, aged
rs years. After his retirement from
u fhn haItph narfnar,
of the judicial committee of the privy
council.
A serious outbreak of bubonic plauge
has occurred in Bombay, India, 500
victims having already persisted. The
bacillus of the disease is identical
with that which Professor Kitsato, the
distinguished Japanese physician, dis
covered during the Hong kong vista
ton last year.
Mrs. Callias, wife of Callias Bey,
has started for Constantinople, a
cablegram having been received from
Minister Terrill that he is dying. 1t
was rumored that Mrs. Callias, who
was the wife of the late p. T. Barnum,
had become estranged from her Greek
nobleman husband. but she denies it,
A Washington dispatch says that in
a few days United States Treasury Cir
cular No. 1856 will be issued 1t con-
tains information respecting national
banks, State banks, savings banks,
loan and trust companies and private
banks of the United States, compiled
from reports of the Comptroller of the
Currency.
In response to a communication
from the Governor of Wyoming, re-
cieved at Washington, that the Shos-
hone Indians were hunting at Jackson's
Hole, and that trouble might result,
the Indian Bureau has directed the
Indian police to return these Indians
to their reservation, using force if
necessary.
A cablegram from Lima, Peru (via
Galveston), says that President ELECT
Errazuriz has been inaugurated. The
following ministry has been definitely
decided upon: Minister of the Inter-
Tor, Annibal Zanaru; Foreign Affairs,
Enrique Deputron; Justice, Adolfo
Abanel; Finance, Jose Francisco
Fabres; War and Marine, Gen. Manuel
Buttes; Public Works. Francisco Baez.
Press advices received in Victoria,
B. c., by the Empress of India report
serious earthquake disturbances and
floods throughout the northern pro-
vinces of Japan, involving the de-
struction of upward of 1000 houses,
the loss of several hundred lives and
much distress among tho survivors.
The Government has inaugurated q
systematic plan of relief.
The Porte in Constantinople has re-
ceiyed an official report stating that
go persons were killed in the recent
disturbances at Eugin in the Diabekir
district of Armenia The Kurds
attacked the Armenian houses and
killed as many inhabitants as they
could find. The report says it is
feared that massacres will soon take
place in other districts of Constanti-
nople
A dispatch to the New York Herald
from Buenos Ayres says that he has
had conference with the Italian Min
lister of Foreign Affairs. The Foreign
Minister declared that in sending the
cruiser Piedmont to Brazil the Italian
government did not intend any hostile
act against Brazil Italy's purpose
was entirly frindly, being assured that
full satisfaction would be given for the
insult to the Italian flag.
Speaking of millionaires and their
luxuries dispatch says: An English
man, who has lake on his estate, re-
Gently caused it to be drained, temper
arily, and in the deepest part had a
house built. containing smoking
room, dining-room and a servants
walting-room The framework of the
house is iron, and the floor stone, the
sides and roof being composed of thick
glass. The whole house is under
water.
A Dallas, Tex, : dispatch says a
STRIKE of the operatives in5 the Dallas
cotton mills has been determined upon
to take place shortly. The company
few days ago determined to reduce
wages 10 per cent. ON the plea that
the Dallas mills were paying 80 per
cent higher wages than in any other of
the 500 mills in the South. If the
owners persist i'll forcing the cut, &C.
cording to their printed circular nearly
three hundred operatives will walk
out
The London Times has published a
dispatch from Sebastopool saying that
the Russian Black Sea fleet has has
been put ON a war footing and that