The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-31
TELEGRAPHIC news.
Condensed TeIegraphic Reports Of
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
BudEeiIor News For Easy DigsstIon-AiI
Parts Of the Country Repressnted
Interesting Iterns.

the members OF the Cabinet and Jus
tices of the Supreme Court.
President Mckinley has planted Al
oak tree in the White House grounds
re-establishing custom begun a goo
many years ago. The tree planted is
small scarlet leaf or red oak. Tn
President shoveled the dirt in the hol,
after placing the sspling. There wa
no ceremony, although the inciden
was witnessed by number of people
Commissioner Hermann of the Gen
eral Land Office has issued instruction
to local land officers in Oregon, re
storing to settlement and entry severa
hundred thousand acres of land stu
ated in Linn, Crook. Grant, Harne,
and Mathew counties, which had fol
years been held in a state of reserva
tion on account of the land grant to tn,
Willamette Valley and Cascade Noun
tain Wagon Road Company.
The first disbursement under the re-
cent act of Congress appropriations
/ $50, 900, 900 for the national defense
has been made by the Treasury Depart
ment on an executive order for $50 .O0C
or SAB, 995, to be cabled to London tc
the credit of Sir William Arms trong,
in part payment for twelve rapid-fire.
guns, including mounts and ammuni.
tion. The purchase price, including
mounts. etc., is $4,000 each for the
twelve. In addition to this payment
the Treasury Department will cable to
the Rothschilds at London 81 $50, 662I
IN full payment for the Brazilian
cruiser Amazonas and in part payment
for the Abreu.
Secretary of War Alger has allotted
100000 for the construction of
barracks to coast forts. Lime point
will be one of the first ON the Pacific
Coast to receive the benefit of this
allotment. Improved plans for post.
buildings are now being prepared and
these will be guided TO completion.
The buildings will be similar to the
new brick quarters recently erected at
the Preside and will be sufficient to
house comfortably the men of four bat.
teries should there be necessity for
stationing SO many men there. Among
other Pacific Coast posts to receive the
benefit of this allotment of the emer-
genoy fund will be the forts at the en-.
trance to Puget Sound and San Diego.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections has authorized favor.
able report on the amendment to the
Constitution of the United States in
troduced by Senator Hoar, changing
the time of year for the expiration of
the terms of the President, Vice Presi.
dent, Senators and Representatives in
Congress from March 4th until the last
wednesday in April. The change is
made to take effect in 1901, and, if the
amendment should be accepted by Con.
gress and be ratified by a sufficien
number of States, it would have the
effect of extending the terms of Presi.
ant Mckinley and Vice President Ho.
bart for almost two months. The oh.
Jeot OF the amendment is to avoid the
harsh weather which sometimes inter-
fsres with Inauguration ceremonies
when held on the 4th of March.
Some time ago the Western roads
decided that they would not grant re-
duced rates to several of the large
meetings of the year until they saw
whether or not Congress would pass
the anti-scalping law. They were
afraid that in the event of its not be.
ing passed they would again see the
old decentralization in rates that has
confronted them after all the large
gatherings. The Cuban trouble has
prevented Congress from taking any
action on the anti -scalping bill, and
now the roads have been compelled to
make rates for two of the meetings,
which they declared they would not
do until after the fate of the bill was
settled. They have voted in favor of
rate of one fare plus SO for the meet.
ing OF the American Medical Associa.
tlun at Denver in June and for the
annual meeting of the Elks in New
Orleans the early part of May.
The Navy Department by no means
has suspended its efforts to obtain pos
session OF desirable war ships abroad
and in no direction is there visible apy
relaxation of the steadily pursued pur
pose of the Navy and War departments
TO provide for the defense of the coun.
try against possible hostile attacks.
The strategy board. which has been
sitting almost daily at the Navy De.
partment for some time past, has
reached the conclusion that the Navy
must DO REINFORCED by a number Of
torpedo boat destroyers. These are
vessels of about 800 tons displace.
ment and able to keep the sea almost
as we'll as cuiser. With the enorm.
Gus speed of thirty knots per hour and
an offensive armament of quick firing
guns equal to the average gunboat, it
is said that the power of such craft is
certainly very great and that, perhaps.
they may prove to be the idsal naval
craft. So far the department has been
unable to buy any abroad, and while
four torpedo-boats of the larger class
of thirty knots speed, almost equal to
the destroyer type. are building in this
country they cannot be completed for
many months to come.
The Cologne Gazette, commenting
upon the hauling down of the German
flag in Crete. says the departure of the
German battleship Oldenburg does not
signify cessation of the concert of the
powers, but merely means that now
that the affairs of the German credi.
tors of Greece have been settled Ger.
many has but little interest in the des-
TIMES of Crete, which concern France,
Russia and England.
John Shore. once one of the most
famous detectives in Europe. is dead