The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-21
TELEGRAPHIC RESUME.
Things That Have Happened all
Over the Country
MENTIONED IN THESE PARAGRAPHS.
Selections That win Greatly Interest
Our Readers Both Old
and Young.

David Lubin Of California requests
an export duty on all agricultural pro-
ducts.
The fight between the coffee trusts of
Chicago has cut the price cent and
a half pound.
One man was killed and one hurt by
a recent explosion in a coal mine near
Bay City, Mich.
J. b. McCullah, editor of the st.
Louis Globe Democrat, committed sui
eide few days ago.
The Citizens National Bank of
Fargo, North Dakota, has failed.
Nine. Nordica, the opera singer, has
disappointed nine Western cities
Thomas Mast, Jr., son of the great
cartoonist. and himself an artist, has
married Miss Ella B. shields.
The $50 miners in the Maple Hill
and Boggs mines at Barton, o., have
struck for an advance of 6 cents.
In Cleveland, Ohio, at II o'clock in
the morning recently, the fog caused
it to be almost as dark as at night.
The Government has made the
twenty fourth payment of $50, 300 to
the Cramps for the battle-ship Iowa.
United States Senator Wolcott, of
Colorado, has sailed for Europe to try
to bring about international bimetal-
ism.
Rear Admiral Skerrett died with
the year 1896, passing away Just MS the
clock struck ~. announcing the birth
of 1897.
The wholesale and retail crockery
store of II. Ridder a. Co. of Quincy,
ILL.,, has failed. Assets, $40, 900; liza
bilities, $50. 900.
The Standard Cordage Company of
Boston has started up after a shut
down of nearly three years. This will
give employment to 400 hands.
The quarantine against Mexican cat
tie is now raised and for some months
to come the restrictions upon ship.
ments across the line will not be en-.
forced.
The annual dividend list of the Fall
River, Mass. mills shows that the year
has been hard one for the print cloth
mills, and yet only three have ceased
dividends.
Tom l.. johnson, of Cleveland, o.
president of the Detroit Citizens Street
Railway Company, has come into con-
troll of the entire street railway system
of Detroit.
The British steamship Sardinnian
Prince went ashore near Wash Woods,
n. c., recently during fog. She was
fioated again and proceeded apparently
uninjured.
The value of the mineral output of
Montana for the year is as follows:
Copper, see. 400. 900; silver, $40, 725, :
900; gold. 81 500, 900; lead, 1915, 900;
total, $3s, 800. 900.
A syndicate is endeavoring to form
a combination to control the bicycle
tire business of the country and to float
large company with both American
and English capital.
The President has issued proclama.
tion fixing July LIST as the date when
the new rules for the prevention of
collisions at sea, agreed ON by the lead
ing maritime nations of the world.
will take effect.
tornado struck Mooringsprot, La.
Arkansas, twenty-five miles west of
Texarkana, Arkansas. ON the Kansas
City, Pittsburg and Gulf road. and
blew down every house but two in the
town and killed several people.
The Cincinnati Bicycle Board of
Trade has announced that an exposition
OF the products of the bicycle manu-
facturers of the country will begin ON
February 22d and continue until March
eth.
The Wyoming General Hospital. a
State Institution and magnificent
stone structure, located at Rock
Springs, has been totally destroyed by
fire, Cntailing loss to the State of
about $50, 200, with about $780, in.
surance.
A blizzard swooped down on Okla.
homa few days ago. being the first of
the winter. A binding sleesstorm.
with the wind blowing thirty miles an
hour, struck Perry in the morning of
the day IN question, and the mercury
fell 40 degrees in few hours. Sim
liar reports have been received from
points throughout theTerritory.
After an idleness of nearly three
months, the blooming mill Of the
Bethlehem Iron Company. Pa, has
started up, and the steel mill and other
departments, employing more than
1000 men, will resume work. The
company's ordnance works will con-
tinue running day and night. A ship
ment of turret plates for the battle.ship
Iowa has been made.
In the Senate Sherman of Ohio
sought to secure the passage of bill
directing the Secretary of Agriculture
to establish uniform standard of
grain and all classes of cereals, to be
known as the United States standard,
but there were sharp objections. Hale
of Maine thought it conferred sweep
ing powers ON the Secretary of Agricul-
ture. Allen of Nebraska said the bill
was opposed to the grain producers,
taking ont of their hands the right to
classify their own grain. Gear of Iowa
said that commercial bodies and pro.
ducers were in favor of it. Sherman
explained that he presented the meas
ure at the request of the organizations
IN his State. II is sought merely to
establish uniform standard. but did
not interfere with any private contract
as to standard. Sherman said the
measure was in the interest of farmers
and was daslOnad To hava tho sauna