The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-06-04
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME
Things That Have Happened
Over the Country.
SPOKEN OF in THIS COLUMN.
Selections ThatwIII Greatly Interest our
Readers Both Old
and Young.

Nearly hall tno DuslHeSS portion VI
the suburban town of Blue Island, H.,
was destroyed by fire, entailing a loss
of about $15O,OOO.
The village of Painted Post, near
Corning, N. Y, was visited by dis |
astrous fire. entailing a loss of about .
$3.50, 900. Less than year ago the .
village voted against water-works .
system.
Clifford Schmidt, the violinist, who .
was injured while returning from
Coney Island to New York City, in a
trolley car. is dead. Mr.. Schmidt
was one of the best-known violinists in
this country. He was born October
If, 1861. in San Francisco. His father
was Louis Schmidt, a musician, and
all the family became musicians
The theatrical people of America
are shortly to incorporate society
formed for the advancement and i'm
proyement Of members of that pro-
fession. Six months residence in
America and three years connection
with the stage constitutes eligibility to
membership The society does not
interfere with members fixing their
salaries.
Twenty Chinese boys, ranging in age
from 10 to ~ years, will soon make
their appearance in this country. The
youngsters will come over in the care
of Rev. Sui Kin, superintendent of the
Presbyterian Chinese Mission, who is
graduate of an American college and
the third Chinese to be ordained in this
country. The lads will be given a
thorough scientific and mechanical
training.
There was great surprise in the
United States Court over the retire
ment of Judge Nelson, of Duleth,
Mimi. He was in the midst of a
trial when he astonished every one by
dismissing the jury, adjourning court
and announcing his retirement to pri-
vate life. Judge Nelson is the oldest
Judge in point of service on the Fed.
eral bench, having been appointed
nearly forty years ago.
The deadlock in the Methodist Epis-
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lions was broken at Cleveland by the
election of two leading candidates
C. G. McCabe, the famous mission
: money raiser, and DIR. Earl Cranston,
agent of the Methodist book concern at
Cincinnati. Chaplain McCabe was
chosen first on the fifteenth ballot with
plurality of eight votes. DR.. Gran.
ston was raised to the episcopacy on
the next ballot, having plurality OF
thirty.
4 A ruling was promulgated recently
in Chicago by the chairman of the
7 Western Passenger Association declar
7 ing against the practice of charging
; children who form part of a party OF
:, ten or more only at the reduced party
! rate. In future they will have to bt
i charged one-half the full tariff. AL
: the Western lines are falling into line
), behind the Great Western in regard t
= honoring second-class tickets in first
class sleepers The Rock Island ant
a the st. Paul are the latest to give sucl
0 notice.
n ITO oA-SlbN lItdbuICl VI SlllhIlft wa
a sentenced by Judge Baker of the Grim
n inal Court to serve term of nineteel
i years at hard labor in the State Peni
q Tertiary, and in addition to pay a fin
v of $21l 900. Bolin was for nearly fou
i years City Treasurer. His peculatiol
y commenced few months after hi
:. election. His shortage was discovere
70 last November. He was convicted O.
f his second trial, the jury having dis
agreed ON the first trial. Bolin is 8
years of age, and nineteen years practi
cally amounts to life sentence in hi
9 case.
% Harvard won another forensic battl
when their freshmen orators downe
Yale on the debating platform. TIL
: question was: Resolved, That the,
% should be immediate and large increas
. in the sea-going Navy of the Unite
= States" Harvard supported the affirm
. alive. The Harvard speakers wer'
y w. H. Conroy of Philadelphia, P.
, Carleton of Lawrence and Willial
, Morse of Philadelphia. The Yal
u speakers were: E. T. Noble of W,
chita, Kas.; ]. X. Clark of Brookli
- and G. L. Darlington of Xenia, o.
re The Bay View mills of the nlino
Central Company are furnishing I'll
, steel rails for railroad in the land (
= the Mikado. The steamer p. Sawyer
70 loading 500 tons of light steel rails
- the rolling mill docks, which will
:. taken by lake to Buffalo and thel
u transhipped to New York, where the
~ will be loaded ON a steamer for Japal
N The consignee is the China an
.e Japan Trading Company of Japal
is The Illinois Steel Company HI
ie shipped several consignments of raj
w y, to Japan, but this is the first shipmei
sc by lake and rail and is in the natul
of an experiment..
A. A terrific storm of wind, rain al
no hail, which passed over Washington {
az the 10th inst, broke up the Cabin
no meeting in progress at the Viii
ha House. The President and his advise
in went to the window of the Cabin
pa room to witness the storm. Several
es the fine old trees, both in front and
no the rear Of the White House, we
of blown down, while wholesale destru
a ton was worked among the GROWN
3 palms. All over the city the record
re one of similar disaster to arboricultur
the beautiful trees for which Washing
ton is celebrated suffered great.
nv Nevertheless the damage was less this
IT. expected
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ed A Merchants Protective Associate
10 has been formed in Pasadena. I'll