The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-04
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Condensed Geographic Reports OF
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
Budget Of News For Easy DigestiOn-All
Parts Of the Country Represented
Interesting Items.

The Board OF Indian commissioners
are holding their annual conference in
Washington.
Methodist ministers of Chicago have
decided TO send corn to the starving
people of India.
The Minnesota Savings Bank nc st.
Paul has closed its dOors;assets, $780,
900 and liabilities $3.50, 900.
The New York Assembly has by
unanimous vote passed a resolution
recognizing the belligerency of Cuba.
The gross earnings of the various
branches of the Union Pacific system
for eleven months of 1896. according
to the report of the receivers, amount
70 $13, 206, 69S, an increase of $l2, 1886.
Another American railway running
from Victoria, b. c., to Winnipeg, via
Butte Inlet, Carlboo, Edmonton and
+ Prince Albert, with branch into the
Hudson bay districts, will be con-
stIucted.
The reverbratory furnace, which
was put in at the ID. q. d. Smelter
! Works, about year ago, at Dead
wood, South Dakota, one of the most
complete in the Black Hills, was
burned to the ground. The loss is
$4,000; well insured.
Arthur Palmer. few days ago, shot
and killed his brother, Leonard, at the
Palmer Homestead ON Weaver street,
Mamaronseds, N. Y. He also shot and
probably wounded his mother, Jessie
Palmer, aged seventy years, and his
sister Gertrude. The murderer made
his escape, but posse Of armed citi-
zens are securing the country in search
of him.
The directors of the Chicago Board
of Trade have adopted resolution pro-
testing against the unfriendly action of
France, Germany and Switzerland tend
ing strongly toward the restriction of
trade in American meats by those
countries, and asking the active and
cordial cooperation Of the Department
OF State and Agriculture in opposing
such action.
A few days ago, while eight or nine
children were sliding ON thin ice in the
Nashua river at North Leominster,
Mass, one of them broke through and
the Others went to the rescue. The
ice gave way and all were thrown into
the water. Johnnie Connaughton,
aged 10, Annie Rouisse, aged IS, and
Gertrude Crowley, aged 8, were
drowned. The others were rescued
with difficulty.
AT a meeting of mine operators in
the Des Moines. Iowa, district, it has
been agreed to pay the price demanded
by 10000 miners who contemplated
a strike-that is 20 to so cents per
ton. The miners accepted it, and the
threatened strike will be averted. II
had been announced that the coal war
which has been raging here had so de.
moralized prices that the miners
wages would be cut to 90 cents a ton.
The postmaster of Los Angeles has
issued statement of receipts for the
past seven years, which shows that
there has been a steady increase from
total receipts of 500. 16S. 90, in 1890
to total receipts in 1896 of 1886, 1903. so.
In the fourth quarter of 1890, which
includes the holiday season, when re.
celpts are heaviest, the aggregate was
$27, 994.95, while for the correspond.
ing period of 1896, the aggregate re.
ceipts reached $40, 995.27.
The Dixie planning mill, at Mobile,
Alabama, has been destroyed by fire.
Sparks from the fire caused tremen.
dous explosion at the city magazine
near by, and several persons were seri
ously hurt. At the time of the OK,
plosion there was 50,0 pounds Of
powder and 800 pounds of dynamite
stored in the magazine. The air il
the vicinity was filled with fiyine
bricks and number of cottages were
blown to pieces by the terrific explo
sion, which was distinctly heard al
Spring Hill, seven miles west of the
city and at least ten or twelve mile,
from the explosion.
General Wager Swayne, of New York
representing the Pacific Cable Com,
pany of New Jersey, has appeared be
fore the House of Commerce Committee
in Washington, recently, in support Of
a proposition TO throw open to com
petition the building of cable from
the United States to Japan via Homo
lulu. All cable bills before Congress
he said, relegated the details to the
Postoffice Department, thus recognize
ing the cable as part of the postal
service. The postal service, he held
was not required to be remunerative
therefore the stipulation to pay tn,
money of the United States in the
form of subsidy to the cable company
for term of twenty years was not
strictly a subsidy, inasmuch as the
Governments business is carried il
some parts of the country by private
parties, who were paid for the service
In answer to queries from the commit
tee, General Swayne explained that the
other company which desired the con
tract would undertake to build the
cable this year. His company coul6
not do that. Neither could his com
pany lay the cable to Japan and Chins
within seventeen months from thii
date. They would not attempt to dc
1t until the bed of the ocean had beer
properly surveyed. The English Gov.
eminent, he asserted, would not lay
their cable if the United States first
enters the field.
The proposed Charter Amendments
for Los Angeles were defeated by a
vote OF 1854 ayes to 4499 noes, being a
majority against the measure of 445.