The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-03-19
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FROM HOME AND ABROAD.


war to close, to May 1st.
The steamer Humboldt" sailed from
San Francisco for Taiia and Skaguay
on the 14th with $40 passengers and all
the freight she could carry.
Orders were received on the l4th by
the officers in charge of the United
States marine recruiting station, New
York, to enlist $50 men.
\ fire swept through the Bowcry
mission house, kept by the Christian
Heral in New York, on last Monday
morning and IL men were burned to
death.
Another murder and suicide occurred
at San Francisco last Sunday. Andrew
SCHUYLER, mining broker, shot his
wife and then turned his pistol on him
self
King Oscar of Swenden is going to
send party on Walter Wellman's
arctic expedition, which sails on June
10Th, to search for the hapless Andree.
It is alleged by the Hawaiian annex
ationists that the monster petition of
the anti-annexationists which contained
over 20, 600 names, mostly of natives, is
full of forgeries.
Counterfeit silver dollars bearing the
date 1888 and the New Orleans mint
mark have been discovered and it is
estimated that there are at least 81, 000,
100 in circulation.
President Fessenden of the Board of
Trade has received a telegram from the
War Department saying that steps will
be taken Immediately to fortify Tampa.
Florida.
Clarence Berry, the man who return
I'd from Klondike last summer with
$50, 900, has been sued by James Bethel
of Fresno, for s25, 600 on account of the
loss of his right eye in a fight with
Berry six years ago.
The Attorneys of Albert Hoff the
murderer of Mrs. Mary Clute, are try
ing to sell to the newspapers of San
francisco an alleged confession admit
ting the crime. HGff denies having
made it.
The United States Cabinet has in
structed the Naval Department to
secure the two Brazilian warship now
in course of construction in England
and it is believed that the negotiations
have been completed.
The San Francisco dailies have COM
bined TO discourage humoring the |
motions of representatives of Charit- |
tble enterprises, who expect lot of
free advertising on every occasion.
they will endeavor to impress upon
these people that it costs money to set |
type and do press work.
Col. Myron NJ. Parker, who was the
companion of Senator Proctor in his
recent trip to Cuba, says that the suf-
fering among the incommunicados is in
tense in all parts OF the island. He also |
said that in Havana the general belief |
is that the Maine was blown up by ex-
ternal means.
The work OF coaling, provisioning
and supplying with ammunition, all of
tho available warships of the U. S.
Navy has been progressing rapidly and
now the Miantonomah, Katahdin, Min
neapolis and Columbia are all ready to
start whenever orders are received.
A big strike of the Union Printers is
threatened in San Francisco to COM
mence on April 4th. The men have de-
manded ten hours pay for nine hours
work and their employers have refused
to grant it. Forty-eigt printing estab-
lishments will be closed.
Major General William Stark Rose
Grams died at his home at Redondo,
Calf, on the morning OF the 18th inst.
at the age of rs. His war record is well
known and the battle of Corinth, in
which he took an active part, is parti-
cularly fresh in the memory of his G.
A. r. veterans.
A new military division will be es-
tablished for the Southern States by
the secretary of War. This is consid-
cred one OF the most significant and
Developments of the day as
it indicates the belief that If hostilities
are commenced by the Spanish, this
part of the country will be first at
tackled
The total loss of the United Govern
ment by the disaster to the battle-ship
Maine is officially pronounced to be "a,
$50, POI. This embraces the cost of huh,
machinery equipment, armor, gun pro
lection and armament and 1t includes
the cost of ammunition, skill, current
supplies, coal, in short the entire ous-
fit.
A Madrid dispatch says that the view
held in official circles is that Spain will
not provoke war, because If she did
she would find herself isolated, but if
America gives the provocation Spain
will not be alone in the world. The
general opinion is that, in the event OF
war, Spain will not need to attack
American territory. 1t will suffice for
her to pursue war of privateering. AS
Americans commerce is sevenfold