The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-14
TELEGRAPHlC NEWS.
Geographic Reports Of
Late Events.
BRIEF SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
Bud gotlof News For Easy DigsstIon-An
Parts Of the Country Represented
Interesting Items.

The wife of Justice Brewer of thl
Supreme Court Of Washington is dead
Because Bertha Aspiegel would no
marry him, William Hillman, a farm
er of Moon Hall township. near Pitts
burg, Pa, shot and killed her and
then cut his throat with a razor.
An Easter gift of $500, 900 has beer
handed to the University of Chicago
Half the amount includes several gifts
and John ID. Rockefeller will duplicat'
these, President Harper states.
Recent army orders sending tbs
Twenty fifth Infantry TO the Depart
ment Of the Gulf will result in the
disoontinuance Of the post at Fort Mis-
soulA, Mont. and the portable property
there will be distributed to other
posts in the department..
Lieutenant.C Commander Colwell, the
United States naval attache in London
has purchased from the Thames IroI
Works, for this Government. cruiser
of 800 tons displacement and capable
of q speed Of sixteen knots. The YES.
sci carries six 4.7.inch guns ana ten
smaller ones. She is fitted with twin
screws and has protected deck.
Private kilograms received at Spo-
kane from Ottawa report that Presi-
dent Corbin of the Spokane and North
ern Railroad has bsen granted char
ter by the Dominion Parliament for
his proposed extension into the Bound
AIRY creek country of Southern British
Columbia. The road will be built
this summer.
The Secretary of Agriculture has de-
cided that he cannot issue any order
California cattle TO be taken
into adjacent States against the wishes
of the authorities of such States. Sem
ator Perkins says that he cannot pro-
test against this ruling and California
cattlemen must be satisfied with the
already granted. He and
Mr.. Hobbron. however, will still con-
tinue efforts to have the quarntine line
established at Tehachapi.
A Washington special to the N. Y.
Herald says: Brigadier. General Grs-
ham, commanding the Department of
the Gulf, has been directed by Score.
tary Alger to immediately procure suit
able camping gounds for at least 1O,-
900 troops in the vicinity Of Atlanta
and of smaller bodies of soldiers at
S. c., and at one of two
other points at every center south of
these points.
Six hundred Sioux Indians from
Pine Ridge Agency have telegIaphed
lender of their services to Governor
Lee Of Iowa to reinforce the State
militia, provided there is fight with
Spain. They propose to organize six
under the leadership of six
Of their best fighting men. These In
dams participated in the massacre of
General Custer and the Seventh
cavalry.
Hon. William J. Bryan has made
The first statement for the Associated
Press in answer to the question
in his Judgment, the time
had arrived for the United States to
intervene in behalf of Cuba and bring
the war to an end. He said: "Yes,
the time for intervention has arrived.
demands that we shall act.
Cuba lies almost within sight of our
shores and the sufferings of her people
cannot be ignored unless we, as a ma.
lion, have become so engrossed in
money making as to be Indifferent to
distress.
A Washington special to the New
Y rk Herald says: Measures have been
naugurated by the Navy Department
10 place the naval militia of the
country on a war footing. Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt has sent letters to
the Governors of various States having
naval organizations, urging that they
them up to their greatest posi-.
Die strength. In addition they were
to inform the department at
The earliest possible moment of the
number of yachts and tugs available
Tor use as scouts to be manned by the
naval militia organizations.
The Senate Committee ON Naval
Affairs discussed informally the naval
bill and decided to re-
an amendment striking out
he provision for one of three battle
hips and substituting for it three
iarbor-defe vessels, if the Secretary
If the Navy should concur in the wis.
iom of this course. The opinion was
expressed that three light
7essels could be constructed at no
greater expense that one battleship,
md that they could be built in time
or use in case of war with Spain,
while battleship could not be con-
'tructed quickly enough.
The work incident to the transforma.
ion of the yachts and tugs recently
purchased for the Navy Department so
rs to make them practicable for naval
purposes is now we'll under way. The
alterations and changes necessary are
being rushed with all possible speed,
md orders have been issued to employ
\ sufficient number of men to work
night and day SO that no time will be
Iost. In the tugs particularly there
are numerous changes necessary for
The comfort of the men who will man
them. The yachts, on the other
hand. are in better shape, and less
work will be required than ON the
tugs. They will be given a belt Of
srmor as a means Of protection for
portions which are most vulnerable to
the enemy's fire. So far the depart
ment has purchased five yachts and
sight tugs for the auxiliary navy.
The Chickering general bill, deolar.
ing that enlistment in either Army or
Navy will not deprive veterans of pen.
sions for previous service, has been
agreed to in the House Committee on
Invalid Pensions with the following
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