The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-02-15
NEWS SUMMARY
NEVADA

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loved.
The intensely cold weather which
aas prevailed in Spain recently has
destroyed the winter crops in several
provinces.
The coolest weather of the present
winter is being experienced in west
ern Pennsylvania. western Ohio and
eastern Virginia.
The January statement of the Lon
don board OF trade shows increases
of ss6.Ss1 900 in imports and of $751;.
G7s,000 in exports.
Troops have been sent to the copper
mines in the Ashio district, Japan.
where the miners made an attack
upon the property, using dynamite
freely.
The Texas legislature has passed
bill providing that a special tax OF
$1,000 be assessed against every ex-
press once in the state handling ship.
ments of liquor.
Six miners were killed and twelve
or more injured in a wreck Of coal
train on the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad near the corporate limits Of
Des Moines, Iowa.
Fifteen wood cutters were over
whelmed by an avalanche in the Mus
eel district of the Transylvaiiia noun.
tains All the men were dead when
dug out OF the snow.
There is danger of an outbreak Of
war in Central America, although of,
forts at arbitration are being made in
the city of San Salvador in the hope
OF preventing hostilities.
The state senate of California has
unanimously passed a bill making 1t
q crime to dock horse tails, and pro.
hibiting the importation into the state
OF horses with locked tails.
Representative Hearst has intro.
duced bill in the house to prevent
corrupt practices in elections by max.
ing bribery felony and prescribing
other safeguards for elections.
President Roosevelt hopes to visit
Alaska on hunting trip after his pres.
idential term expires. He expressed
this desire last week to Robert NJ.
Wiley. who has spent several years in
that country
II is reported that Count Boni de
Castellane, from whom his wife, who
was Miss Anna Gould of New York,
secured divorce in the French courts
last November. is about to appeal to a
higher court.
The body OF John w. Smith, a
farmer living near Raven, |. T., was
found on the Sth. He left home on
the 9Th during a severe blizzard, and
the superstition is that he lost his way
and was frozen to death.
Raymond Meyer, schoolboy Of
Brooklyn, who was bitten January II
by a mongrel dog, died of hydropho-
bia on the 9th. Three other children
who were bitten by the same dog have
had their wounds cauterized.
Seven miners are entombed in No.
10 colliery OF the Lehigh & Wilkes
barre Coal company at Wanamie. Pa.
and miners acquainted with the work.
ings of the mine say there is little
hope OF reaching any of them.
In the senate committee on agricul-
ture last week an unsuccessful at.
tempt was made to insert an amend.
ment to the agricultural apropria-
ton bill placing the cost OF inspection
Of meat products upon the packers.
The opposition party are well in the
lead in the elections in European
Russia, having twenty-four seats in
parliament assured and seventy-five
practically certain. The conserva.
tives have five assured and thirty-nine
probable.
Congressman William Alden Smith
has been elected by the legislature t.
I'LL the unexpired term of Senator r.
A. Alger Congressman Smith had al.
ready been elected as Ayers sue.
cessor at the expiration of his term
March T.
While ignoring the anti.Japanese
feeling in a portion of the American
press, the Japanese public is almost
unanimous In demanding that the so.
luton OF the San Francisco school
question must not involve the labor
question.
The Brazilian government has de.
cided. In order to avoid possible dis.
agreeable incidents, to exclude negro
sailors from the Brazilian squadron
which will visit the United States. The
opposition newspapers attacks the gov.
eminent for this step.
In sensational speech before a Ne
braska senate committee, Senator Pat.
rick accused the brewery and distil.
lery interests Of trying to corrupt the
legislature ano prevent the passage OF
'unfriendly bills" and of raising $50,
900 as a corruption fund.
The Missouri senate has passed the
bill providing that insurance com
panies be prohibited from appropriat
ing money for political purposes anc
from paying annual salaries Of more
than $4,000 70 presidents. The pen
atty is forfeiture of license.
Mary s. Anthony, sister of and life
long co-worker with Susan B. Anthony
died at her home in Rochester. N. Y.