The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-04
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Agrarian troubles have commenced
at Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, and
troops have been summoned.
A Belgian trading ship foundered
OF Prawie point. near Dover, Eng
land. Her captain and Ss men were
drowned.
Taylor Flick. populist candidate for
governor in 1900. and Nebraska pion-
eer. is dead at Broken Bow, Nebraska,
aged 70 years.
One hundred armed men drove the
working men from the Pinedale wash
cry at TamaQueta. Pa. Protection has
been requested
A dispatch from Port Said to the
London Daily Mail reports that Tur-
kish troops have occupied Ell Arish
on the Egyptian-Syrian frontier.
Speaker Cannon hazarded guess
last week that congress would ad.
journ some time between the middle
Of June and the first OF August"
Will Brown. a negro, was lynched
by citizens, who hanged him to a rail-
road trestle for killing w. ]. Johnson.
a railroad contractor OF Corinth, Miss.
The new loan has been so largely
oversubscribed in Russia that sub
scribers have been notified that they
win receive only one Of twenty shares
subscribed.
The Royal Insurance company OF
Liverpool has learned by cable from
its San Francisco manager that the
catastrophe involves the company in
a possible liability Of $6.75O.00O.
At Czenstochowa, in Russian Po-
land. bomb was thrown at the car
riage Of the chief OF police when no
was returning from a funeral The
missile exploded, killing policeman.
The annual netting OF the imperial
council of the Mystic Shriners which
was to have been held in Los Angeles
May 10 IA, has been indefinitely
postponed on account of the calamity
in San Francisco
Religious frenzy characterized the
lighting at Les Nosbles on April %,
between Catholics and Metriavits
when ten persons were killed and
seventS-seven were wounded Four
priests were terribly mutilated.
The Nelson-Herera fistic battle has
been postponed until May rs by con
sent OF all parties concerned. This
action was taken on the presumption
that the Shriner meeting and the
Fiesta would not be held at Los An.
geles.
Governor Pardee has announced
that he will call special session OF
the legislature for the purpose of TAX
ing action on the San Francisco sit
uation, The date for the session will
not be set until the excitement has
subsidized.
A great scandal has been caused In
st. Petersburg, by the premature pub
lication Of the draft of the new "fun
damental laws" or constitution o.
Russia. The emperor has ordered ar
investigation to determine how the
news leaked out
The senate committee voted a IA
vorable report on Benjamin B. Barnes
for postmaster at Washington, d. c
A motion to investigate protests
against Mr., Barnes was circulated,
the Democrats voting for it and the
Republicans against It,
The Democratic congressional cam,
paign committee will maintain branch
headquarters at Chicago. with Con
gresham Lloyd OF Missouri in charge
during the approaching congressional
campaign. The principal office will be
in Washington as usual.
A serious outbreak of the plague
has occurred at Jammu, in Kashmir
northern India. There have beer
many victims among the members OF
the imperial service troops. Two
hundred and eighty-five deaths occur
red during the past week.
Rev. w. s. Matthew, presiding elder
OF the Methodist churches of Califor
MIA. says the estimated losses of the
Methodist churches in San Francisco
Is 100000. He declares that the
work Of rebuilding viii commence a.
soon as the funds are collected.
A telegram received from Krasnoy.
arck, Eastern Siberia, reports that
two-thirds "a tie city of Yeniseisk has
been flooded BY the rising of the Yen
ssei river. The people have taken ref
uge on the roofs Of their homes. Hun.
dreds OF houses have been damaged.
a map just published at San Fran
cisco OF the burnt district shows ar
area Governing 453 city blocks, III
OF which are south OF Market street
and 342 at the north end, 1t is esti
mated that the buildings DESTROYED
VIII be In the neighborhood of 10000
The first box Of California cherries
received this season was auctionec
II New York City. one cherry at
time, for the benefit Of the earth.
quake sufferers and brought s2.440
About 500 berry commission mer
chants and Others attended the sale
Final agreement was reached last
week between the nneratnrs ana min