The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-07-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

tempt To get San Orilley Of MOneyideO,
Uruguay, to visit Rio de Janeiro for
the purpose of calculating his discOy-
cry of cure for yellow fever.
Ii Is reported in Hermosello, Mexico,
that Juan PedraZzini has sold his
famous Ell Carmen mine in the Arizpe
district for 81 800, 900, while still re-
tanning an interest in the property
sufficiently large to keep him out of
the poorhouse for the next fifty years.
A dispatch from the City Of Mexico
says new volcano has broken out
about two-thirds of a mile from
Tehauntepec. In the seismic disturb
ance incidental to the opening of the
volcano the village Of Mistequilla was
destroyed The fatalities, if any, are
not reported
The New York Herald's correspond
ent in Guatemala telegraphs that the
/ government has issued decree quaran-
timing for seven days all vessels on
which cases of fever of any kind have
occurred. The Pacific Mail steamships
San Jose and Acapulco are in quaran-
tine at the port of San Jose.
The bill for suppressing kaleidoscope
and press reports of prize.fghts has
already passed the Canadian Senate,
but may through shortness of time dur
ing the remainder of the session fail to
pass the House of Commons and be-
come law this year, as some sporting
members will block the bill. The bill
will pass next year, anyway, if Can
ada's legislators continue in their pres.
ent mood.
The Hawaiian Government has re
fused to pay indemnity to Japan for
it's refusal to land certain japanese i'm
migrants, and denies that its treaty
with that government has been vio-
lated. The japanese minister at Homo.
lulu expresses his intention to renew
the demand, and in case of a repeated
refusal, his government will break Oft
diplomatic relations with the island
republic.
There have been filed with the Secre-
tary of State in Albany, N. Y, a GER
titicate of incorporation of the Rio
Grande, Sierra Madre and Pacific Rail-
road of Mexico with capital stock of
So, 10000. The company proposes to
construct a road from Ciudad Juarez.
in the State of Chihuahua, to Cora.
litos, in the same State, a distance of
fifty-six miles. The directors are
John 7. Terry, Edwin ID. Morgan,
Scion Humphreys, A. Clifford Agnew,
George Rowland, Sidell Tilghman,
John b. Lawrence, Jr., W. Morton
Grinnell and Edward A. Shepard of
New York City.
The Canadian House of Commons
has passed the Alien Lsbor Bill. The
bill is a facsimile of the American
bill, with the exception that, in the
first place, while the American law
can be put in force by customhouse
official, the Canadian act can only be
enforced by the Attorney General of
the Dominion. or somebody whom he
authorizes to do so. In the second
place the act only applies to the United
States. as already said. The act will
never be put in force, but will be a
measure of getting some satisfactory
arrangement with the United States.
A special to the New York Herald
from Caracas says the financial situa.
ton in Venezuela is not flourishing.
The rate of exchange has never been
so high. The situation of the coun.
try is calm. The coffee crop promises
to be bountiful. The nuncio of the
Pope, Mgr. Tonti, has left Venezuela.
The considerable concession granted to
the banking firm OF Rutger du Beau.
fort of Amsterdam, for the creation OF
a bank called the Bolivars Bank, with
a capital of 100000 bolivars, will
be annulled at once by the government
the creators of the bank not having
fulfilled their contract, which obliges
them to deposit $4,000, 900 in the
safe of the government sixty days after
the signing of the contract.
The disastrous effects of the earth.
quake which occurred recently in Cal
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damage to property is almost incalcul
able, and the sufferings of the people
are terrible. Railway trains were
overturned. Thousands are homeless.
and starving. In addition to this the
heat is abnormal. The thermometer
registered 1876 degrees in the shade
The shocks were felt at several Other
places, and far down the central pro
vinces. An immense amount of dam
age was done in several localities. A
Darjiling many houses were destroyed
Traffic on the Eastern Bengal railroad
is interrupted. Bridges have beel
damaged and a train was overturned
on the Assam. Bengal line. The grounC
opened at Manipur, and the town o
Kohima, north of Manipur, was severe
ly damaged.
The Canadian Parliament has passed
a bill, which the publication of Sun
day paper is penalized in $50 for tn,
first offense and 800 for each subse
, quent one. Other penalties are en-
, forced on the sale of Sunday papers b,
newsvenders and boys. There are NJ
seven day papers published in Canada
and those which appear no Sunda,
morning are not issued on Monday
Hence the result of the change will, al
regards Canadian newspaper men Ell
gagged on dailies that now issue Sun
day paper, be that instead of working
only short time during the small
hours of every early morning ON Sun
days they will have to toll all through
the Sabbath afternoon and evening
British Columbia is chiefly affected by
the change, as there more than else