The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-02-10
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Condensed Geographic Reports Of
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES
BudEet.of News For Easy DiEestion-AiI
Parts Of the Country Represented
Interesting Items.

in the ruins.
Chris Merry, who brutality murdered
his wife ON November 10th, in Chica
go, has been found guilty and sen
fenced to hang.
, All proclamations offering Tewardl
for the apprehension Of criminals il
Arizona made by Gov. McCord's pre-
decessors, have been revoked.
Trains II and SO of the Atlantic
Coast line collided eighty miles west
of Charleston. South Carolina recently,
Two colored firemen were killed.
Professor William Libbey of Prince
ton University. New Jersey, proposes
to conduct scientific expedition tC
the Hawaiian islands during the com.
ing summer.
Charles 7. Parsico, the actor, far.
GUS for his presentation of "My Part.
ner," in conjunction with Louis Al
drioh. died at his home in New York
city recently.
The employees Of the Wheeling,
West Virginia. steel plant in Benwood,
about 500 in number, have been mott
fed Of reduction in wages of from 70
to 20 per cent.
William e. Bright, ex.Superintend-
ent of the State Institute for the Blind
at Nebraska City, Nebraska, has been
arrested on a charge of misappropriat-
ing State funds.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has
decided to require inspectors of bulls
and their assistants and inspectors of
boilers and their assistants to pass q
civil service examination.
Virgil Gallaher, of Galveston, Texas,
charged with killing his mother last
August, has been convicted and sem
fenced to pay the death penalty. Gal.
laher is medical student 20 years of
age.
John McGowan, a young teacher of
the Cauble school, in the northern por-
ton of Alexander county, H., has died
from injuries inflicted by two pupils,
who waylaid and beat him because
they were chastised
Miss Lille Rice, school teacher, of
Hutchinson, Kans., 81 years of age,
recently sued Alexander Dade, aged 73.
for $4,000 damages for breach of
promise of marriage. The Jury has
awarded her 5000.
On an Erie Railway train near Will.
son, o., Special Officer McNabb was
attacked by four tramps and pelted
with iron ore. He shot Alfred Green
and John Green. The former is in the
hospital, and will die.
A disastrous wind rain storm visited
the vicinity of Ridgeway, Illinois, un-
roofing houses, bio wing down fences
and drowning stock. The back waters
of the Ohio and Wabash rivers are
flooding much territory
Should public business permit and
there be no complication which de-
mands his presence here, President Nc
kinley will visit the Pacific Coast
States during the coming summer.
This decision has not been made abso.
lutely.
Gustav Walter, who controls vaude.
vile theaters in San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Sacramento, CAL, has
leased the well -established play house
In Kansas City, known as the Ninth.
street Theater, in Kansas City, Mo.
de will secure possession on February
9Th.
Edward Shannon, the wife murder.
or, has been sentenced at Belvidere.
ILL.,, to be hanged February 18th,
Shannon is over 20 years of age,
Asked If he had anything to say. he
tremblingly rose to his feet and feebly
told how he had saved the life of
States Attorney Wright when the latter
was boy.
Jefferson, alias Jack knight, of Pen.
saoola, Florida, has been hanged at
Mobile, Ala, for the murder of Frank
Dantzler. This was one of the series
of killings which caused great excite
ment IN Mobile at the close of last
July. and knight was pl,ced in iail
with great difficulty. He made full
confession.
Conservative reports place the lusses
In northern Texas and the Panhandle
country by the great sleet storm at
nearly $4,000, 900. Cattle and sheep
are dying by the thousands. As high
as 90 per cent of entire herds have
died. Imported cattle have suffered
most, the natives standing the storm
we'll.
Information has been received at
Wichita, Kan, that four arrests have
been made for the burning of the two
Seminole Indians, MoGeiesey and
Sampson, near Earlboro, l. T. 1t is
stated that two of the men, named
Martin and Hull have confessed giving
information as to members Of the mob.
The information comes through train
men and is not confirmed.
Sheriff Granger, of Pueblo, Colo,
has secured from Gov. Leedy of Kan.
'as requisition papers for James Tur.
ner, held at Ottawattmie, Kan, under
charges of completely in a murder in
Pueblo in March, 1896. Granger saws
the murder remained mystery until
short time ago, when by chance two
men were found who confessed to hav-
ng aided in the murder of W. ]. Barn
ioliar in March, 1896. The body was
ound in the street, a half block from
he murdered mans home. He was
and robbed.
The California Wine Association.
he company which handles most of
be output of the State. proposes to re.
Luna tho x.h.,l L. ...s1... Il.