The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-27
TELECRAPHIC NEWS.
Geographic Reports Of
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Budget of News For Easy DIgestIsn-Au
Parts OF the Country Represented
Interesting Items.

II. A. Robertson, statistician of the
agricultural department at Washing.
ton, has resigned.
During the last month, quite a
number of iron furnaces in Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio shut down.
There were 221 failures in the
United States last week against 23S
the corresponding week last year.
The advance of five per cent in win
dow glass which was ordered by the
glass trust recently has gone into effect.
The number of failures in the United
States in April was less than in April
last year, but the liabilities were
greater.
Professor barnard has exhibited
balloon at the Nashville, Tenn, ex-
position, which can be navigated to
some extent.
The loss to the fruit crops in Vir-
ginia and the eastern Carolinas as a
result of the recent frosts, is estimated
at 81 900, 900.
The torpedo boat Porter. the fleetest
vessel of the navy, has been found de-
fective by the examining board in sew
eral important particulars.
The new transatlantic cable to be
laid between Brest and New York
will be the longest yet submerged, the
total length being $3.50 nautical miles.
The imports of dry goods at New
York for April were valued at $14,-
669, 900, which is nearly So, 900, 900 in
excess of 1895. The distributive de-
mand in April was even larger than
the imports.
At Wilkesbarre, Pa, fire destroyed
Spring Valley Mountain Breaker No.
of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company
at GAINESVILLE. The breaker had a Ca.
pacity of 800 tons of coal a day, and
500 men and boys will be made idle.
The loss was $40, 900; fully insured.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson re-
ports that free sugar-beet seeds have
been distributed to 10000 farmers.
When the experiment of raising the
beets has been properly tried the De-
partment will compile data. showing
where the factories can be successfully
operated.
The annual meeting of the American
Tobacco Company was recently held
in Newark, N. J. The annual report,
1t is understood, shows the year 1896
to have been one of the best in the his
tory of the company, and will show an
increase in the surplus of from $780,.
900 to 100000.
The annual report of the Immigra.
ton Bureau for the fiscal year 1896
gives the following percentages of
, illiteracy among the immigrants,
arriving in this country: From Portu-
gal, n per cent; from Italy, 81 per
cent; from Austria-Hungary, 80 per
, cent; from Germany, per cent, and
from Sweden, l.. per cent
Maritime post rates have been con-
} sidered by subcommittee of the
Ways and Means Committee of the
Universal Postal Congress in Wahing-
ton and slightly diminished reduc-
tion from that formerly suggested was
fixed. The present decision provides
for reduction averaging somewhat
more than per cent on all foreign
mail carried by water.
Buffalo Jones of Oklahoma, who is
at present in Washington, has made
the Interior Department proposition
to corral the remnant of the once
mighty herds of American bison.
Practically all of these animals left in
wild state are in the Yellowstone
National Park land Mr.. Jones says they
do not excee I'd thirty in number. The
Secretary has not acted upon the
proposition.
, The inheritance tax law has been
declared valid by the Supreme Court
of Illinois. Objection was made that
, the law was unconstitutional. The
: inheritance tax law places in one class
parents, husband, wife, child, brother
or sister or husband of daughter or
children adopted, and upon each levies
a tax of $l on the hundred on any gift
or bequest passing to him or her, pro.
: viding the estate is valued at more than
4 $40,
Supervising Architect Aiken of
: Washington said recently there was a
!. decided fight on between the Eastern
and Western stone qIarrymen for fur
nishing stone for the San Francisco
public building. He will recommend
|. stone FROM California quarry if it is
: possible to secure what is wanted. He
said to Californian that New Eng
j land quarrymen, who have been unable
Q to force him to recommend their pro
duct, have forced his dismissal from
the depa1 tment.
: The rates to the meeting of the So
o ciety of Christian Endeavor at San
a Francisco have been finally settled.
All the roads which were not repre-
s sented at the meeting held in Chicago
Q last week have recorded their votes in
j. the affirmative, and the decision,
which was declared provisional at the
g close of the meeting. is now said to be
= in full effect. The plan provides that
a one-way rates shall be made in both
: directions. the rates from Chicago be-
ing $25 and the rate from st. Louis
$3.50. No west-bound rates will be
!. made through the st. Paul gateway,
y but returning the rate will be $4,000
I one way. No stop-overs will be
= allowed east of the eastern line of the
I. State of Colorado.
The necessary action for settling
is the vexatious dispute over the eastern
q boundary line of the Southern Ute In.
!. dian reservation in Colorado has been
/. taken by Samuel S. Gannett of Maine.
!. topographer in the geological survey,
is being designated as special agent at