The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-27
TELEGRAPHIC news.
Condensed Geographic Reports Of
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
BudgstiOf News For Easy DiEestIsn-An
Parts OF the Country Represented
Interesting Items.

The window glass factories at Alex
andria, Va, employing 1900 men, have
commenced work.
The California and Eastern railway
is to be extended 45 miles from Man
vel. New, to Good Springs, opening a
new mining country.
1t has been decided by the miners
convention at Columbus, Ohio, to ask
for an advance Of 10 cents per ton when
the contract for next year is made.
The three-masted schooner Crescent
from Philadelphia with $4,000 cases of
kerosene, is reported as missing She
has not been heard Of since last April.
The Supreme Court of st. Paul,
Mimi. holds that a wife has no dover
right in the real estate Of her husband
which has been turned over TO an as.
signee under the insolvent law of the
State.
Rice Banks, a negro at Tuscaloosa,
Alabama, has confessed assisting TO
murder Lon Wilson, a wealthy mer.
chant in Hole county twelve years ago.
He claims Wilson's three nephews are
equally guilty.
James r. McCownie, a Justice of
the Peace and prominent citizen of
Bedford, Iowa, who shot and killed
his divorced wife while trying to Iop-
tain possession of their children, has
shot and killed himself.
Leo Won Rosenberg, a mining ex.
pert representing large Australian
syndicate. has been in this section
around Prescott, Ariz several DAYS
examining large mining property with
a view to purchasing the same.
The truth about the reported million
dollar robbery Of the American Express
Company in New York proves TO be
that clerk named Braden stole some /
thing over $4,000. Part of the
amount was in coin and part in bonds.
The war department. has placed
Lieut.. Guy H. Preston, Ninth Cavalry,
in charge of the army pack trans that
are to undertake to get supplies into
the Klondyke region. 1t is proposed
not to burden the expedition with waR.
ons.
DIR. Nicholas of Dubuque, Iowa. has
invented range finder for ascertain
ing distances on sea or land, but in.
tended especially to guide gunners in
naval combat The instrument will
measure any distance up to 10000
Yards.
The cotton spinners in New Bedford.
Mass, have voted to resist reduction
II wages and general strike in the
Mills of the northern States is ex.
'ected; 90, 600 persons are likely to 90
IN strike and no less than 800 900 will !
,e affected. :
Lombardy, the home of John T. $
3rush, the baseball magnate, three I
niles east of Indianapolis, Ind, has
'een Quilted by fire. The house was
I unique architecture, built of stone !
nd cost about S35, 900. The loss is :
stimated at $50, 900. '
Major Moses P. Handy died recently !
{ Augusta, Georgia, where he had q
cen i'll for some weeks. He was Com. n
Missioner General of the United States n
Dr. the Paris Exposition of 1900. He
las taken ill at Paris last fall and re.
armed to America in bad health. .
AT Hahnville, town thirty miles '
orth OF New Orleans, there was a :.
aple hanging. William Morris. =
gorge and Louis Richards. all ne. y
roes, We're executed for the murder of \
outs ziegler, peddler. Richards con. :. :
'ssed to seven murders since 40. - :,
Fire destroyed the Rehkof & Sons
ollar factory at Paducah, Ky, entail. !.
g loss of $50, 900, with only a.. 600 q
insurance. Charles Dillon, a fire. =
an. was caught under falling walls '.
I'd fatally injured. The fire broke " :,
1t in the building in which the =,
raw used in lining the collars was =,
ored. u
A special to the Detroit, Mich. in
ews., from Miles, that State. saws:
RS. Katie Ammon of Vandalia Town. :.
Up, Cass county, and two minor =,
hrs, over whom she had been An. ~ ~
tinted guardian, have fallen heir To a =. y
100000 estate by the death of her n
ed uncle. Silas A. Trakos, jackson ~ ~
Iiss.) planter. az az
The Northwestern Elevated Railroad al
a corporation engaged in On
Hiding an elevated railway in Chi.
go, has begun an action against the
licago Daily News for alleged libel. cl'
ing damages at $500, 900. The d.
IL grows out of an editorial printed an
the Daily News on December 31st DO
ticlslng the methods of the proiec. TN
5 of the road. wa
Butte and Montana generally will W.
p to swell the Klondike movement ~,
the spring to the extent of several io'
'usand persons at least. If the il.
Irles made daily at the railroad Lo
ces are any indication. Both the sec
rthern Pacific and Great Northern Co
making arrangements to meet the sol
vel westward, which is expected IN UI
IN early in the spring. on
The Worshipful Grand Master NJ qu'
sons OF New York State has issued 10
edict directing the dissolution OF ella
atoms with the Grand Lodge of sor
"a because the latter has excluded
Bible and ordered the word Bible the
cken out of its rituals. This ac. An
Ding to the New York Grand Mas. An
is laying violent and profane Wis
1ds upon great light in masonry" boa
Is equivalent to committing Mas. har
G suicide" in
robert T. Ross s.oo,L.,s, ior,
W. Spencer Piano Company. OF San wn
ncisco, has taken ont warrants for 'er