The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-25
NEWS SUMMARY


T. Washington school.
A stove in the home Of the Chill
dren's Aid society, at Vancouver, b.
c., exploded, wrecking two rooms Of
the building and iniuring six children.
Fred Elenbrock, who on December
81 attempted to assassinate Judge
Charles S. Cutting of the probate
court OF Chicago. has been adiudged
insane.
Prof Matteucci, director Of the OBJ
servatory at Mount vesuvius, re-
ports increased agitation of this vol
cano coincident with the Kingston
earthquake.
The chief of the rural administra-
ton, N. BrolIau, was killed at Smo-
lensk, Russia, by a school boy named
Boriokoff. as the chief was leaving a
concert hall.
Several hundred families of Ports
mouth, Ohio, have been forced from
their houses by the rising river. The
school buildings were given up to
flood sufferers
The chiefs of the Ben MSur tribe,
with which Raisuli sought refuge,
are negotiating with the Moroccan au-
thorities to obtain pardon for them
selves and Raisuli.
The boiler of a Philadelphia e.
Reading freight engine exploded at
Bridgeport, Pa, and FIVE trainmen
were killed A portion of the boiler
was hurled $50 yards.
The second lava flow from the vol
cano of Mauna Loa on the island OF
Hawaii is now only two miles from the
sea and is half a mile wide. 1t is
moving at the rate of thirty feet an
hour.
A dispatch has been received at
Hamburg announcing that the Lucie
Woermann had been wrecked near
LONE, the chief port of German Togo
land. Her passengers and mail were
saved
Oliver Dyer, who is said to have
introduced stenography into this coun-
try and was the first short hand re-
porter in the United States senate,
died in Boston on the 14th, aged SO
years.
Mrs. ]. c. Holman, mother of Evyln
Nesbit Thaw, denies report that she
was going to Europe to avoid testify
ing at the trial of Harry X. Thaw. She
refused to say whether she would APP
pear at the trial
The need of merchant marine as
means to the greater commercial
development of the United States was
urged by Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw, In an address to Harvard stu
dents ON Evolution of Self-Govern
ment."
From the eruption of Maunaloa, Ha
waii, lava is flowing down the western
side at the rate of seven miles al
1 hour and In three streams. One
stream has crossed the government
road and reached the sea, thirty miles
from its source.
The public gardens in Odessa on the
nth were the scene Of triple exc
cution Three Terronsts were hanged
in a row after having been condemned
to death for the robbery of shop
IN 49, ,,lo hofAro ArttV1
head court-martial.
The American Sheet and Tin Plat
company Of Pittsburg, announces al
advance of two per cent in wages t
all hot mill tonnage employees in til
mills. 1t is said that sheet tin mil
men will receive an advance of q
per cent about March !.
United States Senator J. w. Bale.
addressed the Texas house of repre-
sentatives on the 18th on invitation 0
that body. Senator Bailey's speed
was an impassioned denial Of anything
improper in his relations with tn
Waters-Pierce Oil company.
King Edward has headed the man
sion house Kingston relief fund witt
subscription of $4,000, the corpora
ton Of London Immediately adding
similar amount. The principal the
aters are organizing special perfoI
mances in behalf Of the fund.
President Roosevelt has written
letter to Chairman Foss of the Nava
Affairs committee, urging that an ar
preparation should be made at ono
tor two first-class battleships of tn
maximum size and speed and witt
primary batteries, all OF 12inch guns
Reports from Zelwan tSelouanl
south OF Melilla. where the Morocco
pretender has his camp, indicat
that his followers since the appear
ance Of Ell Guebas and the Sultan
troops at Tangier, are growing luke
warm, and that the rebellion will 500
be ended.
The suit of the state of IIlinol
against the Illinois Central railroa
for the collection of several millio
dollars which the state alleges hs
been withheld from the states shar
OF the gross earnings of the railros
was filed In the state supreme cou
last week.
Addressing the senate on Il
Brownsville ARRAY, Senator Carmas
announced that he heartily supports
the president in his action in di
charging the negro soldiers. tt
action Of the legislature in his sta
taking the same position met his ps
sonal views.
The hotel at Stafford, Ariz.. "
destroyed BY FIRE early Thursda