The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-11-20
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.
Col. Ayers, an old newspaper man
and until two years ago, one OF the
editors and II of the Los Angeles
Herald, died al his ranch at Auza, Cal.
on the 18th inst.
The conference over the sealing ques-
tion between the United States, Canada
and England began at the State De-
partment in Washington on the 10th
inst. The proceedings will be kept
secret until the final report is made.
Heavy fighting is reported between
the English troops and the insurgents
in India. A Lieutenant and Il men
were recently cut off by the cruel and
merciless tribesmeu and fell Desperate
ly fighting for their lives.
Bob Fitzsimmons has absolutely re-
fused to meet either Peter Jackson or
Corbett for an eight round contest for
a purse of S.. 600. and again states that
he has left the ring for good.
A recent poll of the Senate on the
question of the Hawaiian annexation
treaty, reported to have been made by
Pres. Mckinley, shows 81 Senators in
favor of ratifying the treaty. This is
sufficient to insure favorable action.
At a meeting OF the Directors of the
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last week, Robert T. Lincoln was elect
ed a Director and was made Chairman
of the Executive Committee. which
makes him the practical President of
the Company.
a fast train on the G. K A. Railroad
was held up three miles east of hide
pendenee, Mo-, last Friday and succeed
ed in robbing the express ear of the
magnificent sum of 1886 which they
took from the pockets of the messen-
ger. There was no treasure aboard.
Charles Page Bryan of Chicago has
been appointed by President Mckinley
to succeed Minister DENLY as our rep
resentatiye in China. The latter has
held the position since Cleveland's first
term.
AT the general assembly of the Knights
of Labor recently held at Louisville,
KY, Jas. r. Sovereign was deposed
from the position of Grand Master of
that order, which he has held for more
than four years. Latest reports say
that he expects to run for President Of
the U. S. in 1900.
The yellow fever is about stamped
out in New Orleans. Only "a few new
cases are being reported and deaths are
greatly reduced. Since the plague
started there have peer 1914 cases re-
ported and 255 deaths. There have
been /, lilo absolute ~recoveries and 412
cases are still under treatment.
The latest move of the Attorneys in
the Durrant ease is to insist on a trial
of the Williams case. District Attor-
ney Barnesis of the opinion that the
trial of this case cannot be forced, but
is confident that it would result in
Durrant's conviction of the murder of
Minnie Williams as well as Blanche
Lamont, To try the case would cost
the city between $50, 900 and $40, 900.
The Austrian Minister at Constan-
tinople has asked the Turkish Govern
ment to remove two officials at Mercina
for alleged abuse of the agent of the
Austrian Lloyd Steamship Co., at that
place and in case the Porte refuses to
comply, he will leave the Sultan's cap
itol and complications will follow from
which Turkey may not find it easy to
extricate herself.
A most brutal assault on two defence
less women was made by whitecaps at
Holgate, Ohio, last week. Edith and
May Roberts, aged 10 and II years,
were dragged from their beds, taken
out of doors and terribly beaten with
a cato '-nine-tails and then given a coat
of tar and feathers. When found the
next morning, the younger of the girls
vas unconscious and is in a precarious
condition. No clue as to the perpe-
traitors has been found.
A fire has broken out in the Snug
gler mine at Aspen, Colo, which threat
ems to cause a suspension of work in the
whole district on account of the gas.
Already over 600 men have been thrown
out of employment and 40 and so miles
Of workings have been abandoned. 1t
is believed that the shale wall of the
shaft has caught fire from the burning
timbers. Fifteen men were overcome
by the gas in the Mollie Gibson and
Delta S. mines Tuesday night, but
were rescued. The latests reports say
that the gas has decreased somewhat,
but attempts to bulkhead connecting
mines have been unsuccessful. The
Smuggler may have to be flooded be-
fore the fire can be extinguished.