The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-02-09

It is quite likely that the president
win appoint C. E. vflaf Of Seattle, as.
sayer in charge Of the Seattle assay
ONCE. in succession to F. A. Wing
who recently resigned.
Dan McMasters, well known In the
western part of Montana and at one
time a member Of the Butte police
force. committed suicide at Bonner,
Mont, by taking carbolic acid.
Charles Quinn. the conductor of the
eastbound Great Northern Oriental
limited. which collided with the west
bound near Columbia Falls, Mont, is
dead. at Kalispell, from his injuries
He is the fourth victim.
A prairie fire near Cheyenne de-
stroyed great quantities of hay. Pine
Bluffs, a small town, was threatened,
while at Salem. Swedish settlement
q number of buildings were destroyed.
There was no loss Of life.
One Of the largest funerals held in
Nevada in years took place at Carson,
when the remains of the late Rein
hold Sadler, former governor OF Ne
vada, were consigned to the grave in
the Masonic cemetery at Carson.
Practically all the 300 red cedar
single mills in northwest Washing
ton resumed operations last week
after a close-down, practically COM
plete throughout the state, for the
months of December and January
Roy Gray, young resident of Eu
reka, Cal, fell from a train at Sparks,
New, last week. One leg was caught
under the wheels and crushed to such
an extent that amputation was neces
sary. He stands a chance to recover
The senate in executive session on
the LIST confirmed the following NOM
nations: Charles D. Ford, register of
the land Office at Denver; William s.
Graham, encouragement Of Califor-
mia; Merritt A. Baker, postmaster,
Wenton, Or.
w. B. Higbie and J. H. Berry, rep.
resenting Swift & Co, of Chicago, are
in Portland, Or, perfecting plans for
the construction on the st. Johns pen
insula of an immense abbatoir and
packing plant to cost in the neighbor-
hood of $1,OOO,OOO.
Frank Jackson of Seattle. a passen-
ger on the steamer Multnomah from
Olympia to Tacoma, ripped eight or
ten life preservers open on that YES
sci last week and found them filled
with tule reeds, and threw them over
board. He was arrested.
appointed District Judge C. H. Parme-
lee to the vacancy in the supreme
court Of that state, caused by the res
ignation of Judge Van Orsdel, who
has been appointed assistant attorney
general of the United States by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
President ]. E. Stubs of the Uni
versity of Nevada has placed the
stamp of disapproval on hazing at the
university. 1t was stated by him at
public meeting that hereafter all stu
dents found guilty of participating in
hazing would be Immediately dis
missed from the college.
What is known as the Mahoney cul
on the Union Pacific, between Look.
out and Hanna, is giving the contract
ors considerable difficulty 1t is the
largest undertaking of the kind which
is being done in connection with the
laying of double track, and prepare
tions are being made to put two steam
shovels to work.
A crazy man, intent upon almost
any crime his diseased mind might
think of, escaped from his attendant
at the railroad station at Reno, New.
one day last week and caused much
uneasiness among the citizens until
he was finally recaptured.
w. L. Park, general superintendent
of the Union Pacific, says that within
q short time the double-track opera
lions in Wyoming will be in full swing
and an army of from 5000 to 4,O00
graders will be employed between
Cheyenne and Green River.
Fire of unknown origin partially de.
stroyed Senator W. A. Ciafk's Butte
reduction works last week The
plant will be rebuilt as soon as pos.
sible. In the meantime all ore from
Clark properties will be treated at the
Washoe smelter in Anaconda.
The state supreme court at Chey.
enne has decided the Agricultural col
lege case in favor of the University
OF Wyoming on every point, declar
ing the act of the legislature of 1905
abolishing the so-called Agricultural
college at Lander constitutional.
With $4,000 900 worth of gold bars
on hand awaiting coinage. the new
Denver mint began operations last
week, About 100 persons are EN-
ployed The first work undertaken
was the recoining Of $4,000 silver in
dimes, quarters and half dollars.
Beatty, New, the place famed in the
desert regions for having an ample