The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-08-19
LATEST NEWS NOTES.

LATEST NEWS NOTES.
New oil wells have been discovered
in Texas.
Fred Grant may be appointed minis
ter to China.
The Burlington road is trying to
reach the Coast.
A Chatauqua University will be
established in the East.
Grain for export is beginning to
arrive at Galveston, Tex, in lively
style.
Seven persons were killed and three
severely injured by tornado in the
vicinity of San Jose, H., on the Both
ult.
George B. Hamlett of Ohio has been
appointed by the direction of Postmas-
ter General Gary chief postoffice in
spector.
Fighting steers smashed several car
riages in funeral procession in Gin
cinnati. Several people had narrow
escapes.
DIR. r. Curtiss of the faculty of the
University of Chicago has accepted the
position of Professor of Chemistry in
Hobart College.
A number of families have secured
concession of 600O acres of land in
Shelby county, Ala. The tract is to
be laid out in the colony plan.
A train struck wagon near Rock
land. N. Y, and killed two children
of John Mauliek and injured four
others and the father and mother
A storm, accompanied by striking
electrical display, awakened many Ma
olson (Wis.) people about 2 O'Clock in
the morning. Over 800 telephones
were burned out.
Clarence Templery of Irvington,
Neb., and Joseph Scanlan of Corning,
Ia, were killed by lightning near
Wiota, Ia, where they had sought
shelter in barn.
Jim Key, a marvelously well.edu.
Gated horse, owned by DR.. William
Key, negro of Shelbyville, Tenn.
has been sold to U. &. Duffield of New
York for $4,000.
Lord Kelvin, the famous scientist,
will arrive in New York in about q
week and will attend the Toronto ses-
sion of the Association for the Ad-
vancement of Scince.
Acting Postmaster General Merritt
has appointed J. p. Green, colored
politician of Cleveland, o., as the
United States postage stamp agent.
Green Immediately qualified.
There is room to believe that the
Mckinley Administration will not
pursue the policy urged by Mr.. Cleve-
land in the matter of the abandonment
of the rights of this Government in
Samoa.
W. b. Perham, grand secretary and
treasurer of the Order of Railway Tel.
egrsphers of America, has been arrested
on charge of violating the Federal
statute forbidding the importation of
alien labor under contract.
Consul. General Donnelly has in.
formed the State Department that
negotiations for the establishment of
a commercial agency in Mexico, under
the very best American auspices, are
now pending and seem certain to be
consummated very soon.
Captain Merry, the newly appointed
Minister to Nicaragua, has been de-
clared unacceptable by the Government
of that country, owing to his advocacy
of American control of the Nicaragua
Canal. 1t is reported that Merry will
not be sent to Costa Ries.
United States Consul G eneral Lee
at Havana has been informed by a
judge of military court that Fernan-
dez Chaquilo, convicted of rebellion,
has been sentenced to life imprison.
msnt and that if the sentence were
carried out it would result in his be-
ing sent to Ceuta, Africa.
President Benjamin Andres of
Brown University, who will sever his
connection with that institution in the
fall, says he has accepted the offer of
the presidency of sort of Chautauqua
University to be run by John Brisben
Walker as an adjunct to his magazine,
the Cosmopolitan. The course of in
struction will be thoroughly liberal
and admission will be free.
A dispatch from Montevideo says
great mass meeting was held there and
addresses made by well-known speak
ers, who advocated the making of peace
with the revolutionists. Resolutions
to this effect were csrried by large
majority and the opinion of the meet
ing will be brought formally to the at
tention OF the Government.
According to bill filed in the Cir
cult Court at Chicago, the Mechanics
and Traders Savings. Loan and Build
ing Association has an alleged shortage
of $33S,00 The bill also charges
that the officers of the association aided
the secretary to use the building soci-
city as a feeder for the latter's business
rs builder and contractor, that there
are alleged dummy" loans, and that
a number of borrowing stockholders are
in default on their payment.