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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11
HELPING THE REBELS.
Anti-Imperlalistic League Sending Sedi-
tious Literature to Manila.


tious Literature to Manila.
Washington, May 4.-The postmas-
ter general has directed the postmaster
at San Francisco to take out of the
mails far Manila three pamphlets is
sued by Edward Atkinson of Boston,
vice president of the Anti-Imperialistic
league. This order does not apply to
the circulation of the pamphlets by
mail in this country, but bars their
dispatch from this country to the
Philippines, discomfort and even mu-
tiny among the soldiers being stated
by the department to be the design of
these publications.
Postmaster General Smith says:
"These pamphlets actually incite to
mutiny and it would be utterly I'M
justifiable to permit their circulation
among the soldiers of the Philippines.
Their circulation is movement to in
duce the soldiers to disobey orders and
In effect to embarrass and resist the
government in whose service they are
engaged. Not only are they designed
to incite to mutiny the American sol
diers on those islands, but also to
foment and encourage insurrection on
the part of the Filipinos themselves.
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a BABY PASSENGER.
Nv Bran stoker.

BY BRAN OlOhcI.
One night we we're journeying In the
west OF the Rockies over a road bed
which threatened to jerk out our teeth
with every loosely-laid sleeper on the
line.
Travelling in that part Of the world,
certainly in the days l speak OF, was
pretty hard. The travellers were most
" men, all overworked, all oyeranx-
lous, and intolerant of anything which
hindered their work or interfered with
the measure o; their repose. In night
journeys the berths Of the sleeping
cars were made up early, and as all the
night trains were sleeping cars, the
only thing to be done was to turn in
at once and try and sleep away the
time. AS most Of the men were usual
ly tired out with the days work, the
arrangement suited everybody. You
can understand that on such journeys
women and children were disturbing
elements. Fortunately they were, as
night travellers, rare, and the women.
with that consideration for the needE
Of their men folk which have always
noticed in American female workers.
used to devote themselves to keeping
the little ones quiet.
The weather was harsh, and sneeZ-
ing and coughing was the order Of the
day. This made the people in the
sleeper, all men, irritable; all the more
that as most Of them were contribute
Ing to the general chorus of sounds
coming muffled through quilts and cur
tains, it was impossible to single out
any special offender for general exc
Grafton. After awhile, however, the
change Of posture from standing or
sitting to lying down began to have
some kind of soothing effect, and new
sounds Of occasional snoring began to
vary the monotony of irritation. Pres
emily the train stopped at a way sta
ton; then ensued a prolonged spell of
shunting backward and forward with
the uncertainty of jerkiness which is
so peculiarly disturbing to imperfect
sleep; and then two newcomers enter
ed the sleeper, man and a baby. The
baby was young, quite young enough to
be defantly ignorant and intolerant OF
all rules and regulations regarding the
common good. 1t played for it's own
hand alone, and as it was extremely
angry and gifted with exceptionally
powerful lungs, the fact of its presence
and its emotional condition, even
though the latter afforded a mystery as
to its cause, were Immediately appar-
ent. The snoring ceased, and its place
was taken by muttered grunts and
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George Ellot's Manuscript.

The memoir Of Mr.. John B!ackwood,
the great Scotch publisher, recently
issued by his daughter, reveals many
interesting things about authors, and
none more entertaining than the fact
that the best Of them, certainly from
the artistic point of view, are modest
and listening sort Of people and not at
all pretentious. George Eliot was con-
spicuous as a person who was kindly
and sympathetic in a high degree. She
was ever ready to be amused and in
terested in all that concerned her
friends" She had also a keen sense
of humor, and sometimes made her
friends laugh, as well as laughed with
them. She was solicitous about her
manuscripts, and was afraid she should
lose them. Blackwood had occasion to
send her the manuscript of Daniel
Deronda." She would not have it in
trusted to the mail and Mr.. Blackwood
said he would send it by his footman
the next day. "Oh, DON'T" the author
said. He might stop at a public
house and forget it," Mr. Blackwood
explained that this footman was a per-
fectly sober man of high character,
and went on to praise the mans vir-
tues; but this did not reassure her at
all. IF he is the sort of chivalrous
Bayard that you describe" she said,
he Is just the kind that would stop
and help at fire." This was con-
tingency that Mr. Blackwood could not
bear to consider. He promised that
some member of his family would
bring the manuscript, and next day,
in fact, Mrs. Blackwood drove over
with it.
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Nickname Saved Him.

From the Washington Post: "His
name Is Percy Algernon," said the girl
in the Seventh street car to her chum.
Pretty, amt it? But, then, it's kind
O soft-like, too, don't you think?"
Kind o." said the other girl. IT like
Bill, or Jim, or something like that,
myself. Never knew Bill or Jim yet
that wasn't reliable. l hope Percy AL
gernonH prove to be nice, but think
his names awf'ly against him, honest
do, Min" Then the other girl look
ed thoughtful for a couple of blocks.
"Oh, but he told me-" she said, sud
denly, then, 'that the men down at
the store called him 'Spud'" "Tnen
you needn't worry" was be con-
solatory reply. He's all right" aad
thus 1t was settled that Percy Alger-
non would do.
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What the Junta Says.

London, May 4. -Representatives Of
the Filipino Junta say that they have
received telegram from Aguinaldo,
dated April 80, in which he states that
his government has nothing to do with
the present peace negotiations, which
he asserts are being conducted by a
group of half castles and creoles who
are anxious for peace in the expec-
tation of getting high offices under a
new government. Aguinaldo adds that
he has had no direct communication
with the Americans since the fall of
Malolos
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Gentlemen who believe in correcting

Gentlemen who believe In correcting
their wives by physical methods will
naturally find much encouragement
and satisfaction in the decision of
Judge Peabody of St. Louis, who holds
husband Is justified in chastising his
wife In moderation. The trouble is
that wives have lately developed an in
clination to do the chastising them
selves. Two recent instances in the
daily papers illustrate this tendency.
One was that of Mrs. Albina Chemlik
of Chicago, who, upon being reproved
by her husband, broke a stove leg
over his head. The other concerns
Mrs. Sarah Adams of Camden, N. j.,
who found her husband In saloon
when he should have been at home
and proceeded to spank him coram
publico. 1t is obvious that Judge
Peabody's ruling will afford little
comfort to Messrs. Chemlik and
Adams, nor will it aid husbands whose
wives are expert in the handing of
rolling pins and teakettles as weapons
Of offense and defense. Judge Pea
body may decree that the wife should
submit to chastisement, but If the lady
disregard the ruling 1t Is going to be
difficult to enforce 1t. We doubt II
the learned Judge will institute con-
tempt proceedings to sustain his de-
cision.
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THREE BATTLES FOUGHT.
4 Rather Lively Day For the Boys In the
Philippines.

1
New York, May 6.-The following
sablegram from Manila is printed
here:
Manila, May 4, $50 p. m.-Three
herce battles at as many different
points were fought today by the troops
under General Otis. In one of them
General Funston, the gallant COM
mander of the Kansas volunteers, was
wounded in the head while leading his
men in charge.
Colonel Summers, In command of six
oattalions of Lawton's division, moved
northward toward San Fernando and
charged upon the enemy in strong in
trenchments, driving them before him
with considerable loss.
In Colonel Summers division was in
cluded three guns of the Utah battery
and portions of the Minnesota and
Oregon regiments. The fire of the
Utah guns was unusually effective.
Maasin was taken in short order, and
the rebels were driven toward San
lsidro. There were but few casualties
on the American side.
At the same time MacArthur's divis.
ion moved forward, capturing San
Tomas, and driving the rebels to with.
In four miles of San Fernando. Gener-
al Wheaton, leading the left column,
made brilliant charge, but with
loss of several officers and men
wounded. In this charge General
Funston received his wound.
The most peculiarly and surprising
battle of the day, however, was fought
in the unexpected quarter of Malate,
south of Manila. The insurgents have
been gathering there in force, and a
round 1000 of their number have been
increasing in the last few days, until
they now have 1000 men southeast of
Manila
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Four Times Sentenced to Death

Seattle, WASH, May CHARLES D.
Nordstrom, who was declared guilty Of
the murder of William Mason eight
years ago, was adjudged sane Friday
by medical commission who examined
him. A date for his execution will be
named by Judge Jacobs tomorrow.
This will make the fourth time that
the day has been set Nordstrom's ap-
peal has been before the United States
supreme court, and the only resource
left him is the clemency of the COVER
nor
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TAKES ANOTHER TOWN.

General LawtOn's Troops Capture Balinsg,
the Insurgents Suffering Severe Loss.
Manila, May 3.-General Lawton's
column passing westward from Nor
Eauaray captured Balinag and villages
In vicinity yesterday, scattering and
pursuing 1000 insurgent troops. His
only casualties, two wounded; insur-
gent loss, several killed, large number
wounded and captured. Number is
not stated, Have open communication
with Lawton via Malolos by means of
Hale's troops and detachments from
city. OTIS.
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I'm sorTy. gentlemen, II she incon-
modes youl" The words were 30 man.
ifestly inadequate that there vas a
roar Of laughter which seemed to shaks
the car. West Of the Mississippi things
are, or at any rate they used to be. a
bit rough, and ideas followed suit
Laughter, when 1t came, was rooxh
and coarse; and on this occasion even
the lanky man seemed to feel it. He
only tried to hold the child closer to
him, as If to shield it from the hail OF
ironical chan which followed.
''Incommode US! Oh, not at all. It's
the most soothing concourse Of sweet
sounds ] ever heard"
Bully for baby syrups!"
pray don't let Us disturb the con-
cert with our sleeping"
Jerk us out a little more chin
musicl"
There is no place like home with a
baby in it,"
Just opposite where the man moved
restlessly with the child was the bunk
of young giant whom 1 had noticed
turning in earlier in the evening. He
had not seemed to have noticed the
disturbance but now his curtains were
thrust aside fiercely, and he appeared
lifted on one elbow as he asked in an
angry tone:
Say, you, where's it's mother any
how?"
The man replied in a low, cary
tone, without looking round:
She's in the baggage car. sir-in her
cofin!"
We'll, you could have heard the ST.
lence that came over all the men. The
baby's screaming and the rush, and
roar, and rattle of the train seemed
unnatural breakers of the profound
stiffness. In an instant the young
man, clad only in his under-hannels,
was out on the floor and close to the
man.
Say, stranger" he said, 'if I'd
knowed that, I'd a bit my tongue out
afore I'd a spoke! An now l look at
you, my poor fellow, l see you're most
wore out! Here, give me the child,
and you turn into my bunk an rest.
No! you needn't be afeered"-for he
saw the father shrink away a little
and hold the child closer. I'm one Of
big family an I've nursed the baby
often. Give her over; I'll take care of
her, an I'll talk to the conductor, and
we'll see that you're called when the
sc 10
hands and lifted the little one, the
father resigning her to his care with
out word. He held her in one arm
whilst with the other he helped the
newcomer into his empty berth.
Strange to say, the child made no
more struggle. 1t may have been that
the young blood or the young flesh
! gave something of the warmth and
softness Of the mothers breast which Il
missed, or that the fresh, young nerves
soothed where the worn nerves of the
sorrowing man had only irritated: but,
with peaceful sigh, the little one lean
ed over, let its head fall on the young
mans shoulder, and seemingly in an
instant was fast asleep.
And all night long, up and down, I'D
and down, in his stocking feet, softly
marched the flannel-clad young giant,
with the baby asleep on his breast,
whilst in his bunk the tired, sorrow
stricken father slept-and forgot. And
somehow I thought that, though the
mothers body may have been in tha
baggage car at the other end of the
train, her soul was not very far away.
-Lloyd's News.
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Buried Treasure Found.

Cincinnati, o., May buried trea-
sure in the shape of eleven 81 900
bonds, bearing unclipped coupons
which add several thousand dollars to
their value, were found by Thomas
Lawson, negro laborer, while dig
ging in the cellar of downtown de-
partment store on Sixth street. The
ground was formerly the property
OF Drifting Bros, piano manufacturers.
This discovery solves mystery which
had been a source of angry contention
among the heirs of julius Drifting,
whose sisters brought suit against
Martin Drifting, brother, charging
him with having concealed the bonds.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

Critics of missions, who delight in
saying that ut takes a dollar to carry
q cent" to the beneficiaries of these
organizations, are concluslvely refuted
by facts given in connection with the
missions of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. During the church year
1878 this body expended in the for
eign and domestic mission fields about
twelve hundred thousand dollars. The
Salaries OF missionary bishops, secre-
taries, and so FORTH" together with the
"oflce and incidental expenses" took
just six and half cents out of each
dollar given to be expended in mission
work. The children of this world"
may be wiser in their generation than
the children Of light" at least the
critics think SO; but the fact remains
that q business corporation which
could keep Its cost of administration"
within seven per cent of its total ex-
penditure would feel that 1t exhibited
very commendable worldly" skill.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11

Ex-President Harrison is in favor OF
peace and arbitration, but in his letter
to the United Society of Christian En-
deavor, Boston, he said: 1T would
have been in vain to suggest the pull
ing down of blockhouses or Family
disarmament to the settlers on a hos
tile Indian frontier. They would have
told you rightly that the conditions
were not ripe, and so 1t may be and
Is, probably, true that full applica-
ton Of the principle is not presently
possible, the devil still being I'M
chained" With Philippine rebels
shooting at American soldiers, and re-
sisting United States authority, ex-
President Harrison is not in favor Of
disarming or Of retreating.
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Strikers Use Dynamite.

Duluth, Mimi, May 6.-The first
serious demonstration by the street
railway sympathizers and strikers oc-
Cured Friday night. They used dyna-
mite to stop traffic. Four cars were
derailed, three at West Duluth and one
on Garfield avenue. One of the cars in
West Duluth was smashed almost be-
yond repair, and all of the glass in the
other two was broken. The car on
Garfield avenue was served likewise.
One man was seriously, if not fatally
injured, and four others were slightly
hurt. When Manager Warren of the
street railway company appeared on
the scene with wrecking-car, he was
set upon by the strikers.
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Failures of the Past Month.

New York, May 7.-R. G. Dun & Co,
in their weekly review yesterday say:
The failures in April were the smallest
in any month since records by months
began, 3s per cent smaller than in
April of last year, not third of the
amount of 1897, and not half the
amount of April of any previous year.
Both in manufacturing and in trading
they were the smallest ever known in
that month and in trading the smallest
ever known in any month. Prosperity
is in evidence.
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Riot Feared in Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, May 5. Governor
Jones has been informed of move
ment to, bring into the coal mining dis.
-trict an armed body Of men, to take the
place of the strikers; He has given in.
structions to the state authorities to
summon every able bodied man in Sc
bastin county If necessary to enforce
the injunction of Judge Rowe. All
such armed men are to be met at the
state line and placed under arrest, as
are also those who supply the arms
The mine operators will be arrested,
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soldiers are Satisfied

Chicago, May 6.-Theodore Wise.
who conducts press-clipping bureau,
received an order from the Anti-Im-
perialistic league of Boston to exam
Inc the letters from soldiers in the
Philippines published in the papers
throughout the country, for the pur-
dose of seeing what complaints the
volunteers made. Mr.. Wise has clip
ped 5000 letters from volunteers in the
Philippines and in only three instances
was fault found with anything or any
body, and wish expressed by the
writer to return home.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-11
HostllltIss End In Samoa.

Washington May THE secretary
of the navy has received message
from Admiral Kautz at Apia. Samoa,
stating that Mataafa and his chiefs
have agreed to keep outside lines pre-.
scribed by Kautz and the British
commander, and to observe peace un-
til the arrival of the peace commits
sion. 1t is thought there will be no
more fighting. No steps have been
taken to avenge the ambushing of
American marines two weeks ago.
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She Had . Glass Eye.

Cincinnati, May .5.---Judge Jetke
yesterday granted a divorce and ali
mony to Catherine Kraus from Charles
Kraus. When Mrs. Kraus sued for
divorce, her husbands attorney sled
an answer, setting forth that his'wife
had glass eye and had deceived him,
as he did not know of the glass eye
until after their marriage. The court
held that facial or other physical
blemishes were not grounds for frauds
in marrying contracts and that Mrs.
Kraus should be released from the
bonds Of matrimony.
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IN CLOSE QUARTERS.
Danger Threatens the Prosecutors OF
Captain Dreyfus.

SaptAin DreyIus.
Paris, May 5.-Slowly but steadily
the net is closing around the French
general staff in the Dreyfus revision
inquiry. General Mercier, who was
minister of war at the time Dreyfus
was condemned, on being called upon
by M de Freycinet, the present minis
ter Of war, to produce the report re-
garding the secret dossier which Lieu
tenant-Colonel du Patty de Clam testi-
fed he had sent to MERCER, replied
that he had destroyed it and he called
General Gonse as witness to the truth
of the statement. Unfortunately for
Mercier, General Gonse had already
testified before the court of cessation
that although Mercier destroyed the
original, he kept copy.
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Yorktown Men Are Prisoners.

Washington, May 4.-The following
cablegram has been received at the
war department.:
Manila, May 3.-List of prisoners
In hands Of insurgents just received,
shows Lieutenant Gilmore and seven
enlisted men in navy lost from York.
town, and six enlisted men of army;
three of the six wrongfully arrested
in January before hostilities com.
menced; all reported to be doing we'll.
Beside the above, two men in hands
ofinsurgeuts, South and Captain Rookie.
feller, still unaccounted for. OTIs."
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Site Secured ct Paris Exposition.

Paris, May 5.-The transfer of the
exhibition site upon which the Ameri-
can building will be erected, was
made to the United States commits
sioner, Ferdinand w. Peck, Wednes-
day afternoon. The ceremonies took
place in the presence of Alfred Pick
ard, commissioner general of the ex-
position, and others. Immediately af-
ter the transfer the stars and stripes
were hoisted over the site which will
be occupied by the American exhibit
during the exposition.
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Boom In the Ute Reservation.

Durango, Colo, May 7.-Building
on several new townsites in the Ute
lands is going forward with all nos.
sible speed. The filings at the land
Office for the first twenty-four hours
numbered eighty. There is no Nav of
estimating the number of actual set
tiers. They are in no hurry to file.
New York parties are looking over the
ground with view to building rail-
road through the old reservation to
Albuquerque to Durango. Several large
irrigsting enterprises are also under
way.
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Nothing is easier than ridicule; and
In nine cases out of ten where ridicule
Is used, 1t is resorted to only because
1t is the only weapon available. The
man of intelligence will use his rea-
son in the argument with his oppo-
nent; the man of knowledge will use
his knowledge; but the man who has
neither knowledge nor intelligence
must resort to ridicule. 1t is poorly
furnished armory which supplies no
better weapon.
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No other country has shown such
a rapid increase in the production OF
coal during recent years as the United
States, according to statistics just
made public by the treasury bureau Of
statistics. The quantity of coal pro-
duced increased from 32.S6S,6s0 tons
In 1870 to 147.S60, $50 tons in 1897.
while the total quantity exported in
creased from 227,s1S tons in 1870 to
4,008,996 tons in 1897. In the first
mentioned year the United States sup
piled but II per cent of the worlds
total output; at present it furnishes
about rs per cent thereof.
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ROUNDING UP DYNAMIrERs.
Soldiers Have Gathered in IO4 of the
Wardner Rioters.

Wardner Rioters.
Wardner, Idaho, May 5.-The work
of arresting the men believed to have
been connected with the Bunker Hill
outrages was in progress all day yes
terday. Last night 1O4 prisoners were
under guard in the barn that has been
turned into a Jail for their detention.
Among them are many ringleaders in
the organization. Many of the chief
dynamiters, however, have escaped and
are now getting out of the country as
best they may. Their recovery is a
matter of time.
The governor has issued a proclama-
ton declaring Shoshone county under
martial law.
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GAVE WRONG SALUTE.

Admiral Dewey Gives Captain of a French
Cruiser a Lesson In Courtesy.
Vancouver, B. c., May 5.-Recent
Hongkong advices say Admiral Dewey
gave French cruiser lesson in naval
courtesy recently. When the cruiser
Jean Bart arrived at Manila, she gave
a rear admiral S salute. Admiral Dewey
ordered the salute to be returned ex-
actly as given. He then sent an officer
to the Jean Bart to call attention to
his admirals pennant, which they had
apparently not noticed.