The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-07-29

a Nebraska Democratic state cGnven-
ton has been held without the name
OF William J. Bryan being mentioned
and without passing resolutions en-
dorsing and thanking Mr.. Bryan's
work for Democracy.
1t Is reported from Seward. Alaska,
that Miss Dora Keen OF 1929 Chest
nut street, Philadelphia. a society girl,
who has won fame as mountain
climber, is equipping an expedition
to attempt the ascent of Mount Nc
Kinley.
Robert II. Haslam, Pony Bob" IA
nous as the most daring among scores
OF pony express riders. hero Of dozens
of fights with hostile Indians and road
agents. and principal actor in many
hair-raising adventures on the western
trail, is lying stricken with paralysis
at his home in Chicago.
Eight firemen were injured in fire
which destroyed four buildings in To
ledo
WASHINGTON
Forty defendants recently lndlcted
in the governments prosecution OF the
alleged wire trust withdrew their
pleas of not guilty Tuesday and en-
tered pleas of "nolo contendere.'
Each of the defendants were fined
$1,000.
| Attorney General Wickersham has
t hra nd Cd &c oil hn pn n n
Delegate Wickersham of Alaska, that
the attorney general had shielded
] Alaskan criminals" and had allowed
/ the statute of limitations to run in an
alleged coal contract fraud case.
In lieu of formal answers to the con-
\ tempt charges against them, Messrs.
Samuel Gompers, John Mitchell and
Frank Morrison of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, late MONDAY enter
ed oral pleas of not guilty before
Justice Wright of the district SUI
preme court.
By vote of SO to 81 the senate on
Saturday approved the reciprocal trade
agreement between the United States
and Canada, embodied in the reciproc-
ity bill that had proved storm cen
ter in two sessions OF congress. A ma
iority of the Republicans voted against
the measure. OF fitty-three votes for it
thirty-two were Democratic and twen-
ty-one Republican,; of the twenty
seven against, twenty-four were Re-
publican and three Democratic.
In statement issued from the sum-
mer White House Sunday night Pres
ident Taft freely acknowledges that
his long, hard campaign in behalf of
the reciprocity bill would have proved
unavailing if the Democrats had not
helped him.
FOREIGN
The United States scout cruiser
Chester arrived at cape Haytien Tues
day and is lying In the harbor to pro-
tect American interests. General Le-
conte, who has been proclaimed com
: manderin-chief by one wing of the
revolution, guarantees to maintain
order
AT Lapaz, capital of the southern
district of Lower California, the gar
! rison of 400 Mexican troops rose
against General Augustin Sanguinez
last Tuesday, attacked the capital
: building and wounded the general
who is also the jefe politico of the
territory. In the fight ten insurrectos
} were killed. several were wounded and
) the balance were subjugated.
Private dispatches received in Paris
. say Madame Lantelmek, the noted
Frencn actress, was accidentally
: drowned in the Rhine near the Hol
! land frontier.
|, One hundred persons are missing
and score Of vessels are believed
to have been lost in a typhoon tina
: swept over the district embracing
), Toxic and Yokohama on July %.
A son of Homen Cristo the Portu
! guese monarchist and puoi.cist, in al
l. interview given at Madrid, declare,
T that Manuel was personally directing
the campaign for his restoration to tn
: throne of Portugal. The depose
: monarch, he said, had offered to plac
o himself at the head Of the monarch
} list troops.
Miss Mary Louise Thomas. an An
b erican, and her Swiss teacher, Mis
l. Levanchy were drowned in Lake Ia
$ man. near Clarens, Switzerland. The
6 were in a rowboat with four other
g when their craft was run down by
motor boat. Their companions wer
II saved.
n The German government has fiji
e ished its study of the American-Ge
many arbitration treaty proposals an
d formulated its comment thereon, whic
n comment has been forwarded to Was
lg ington as basis of negotiations.
* The civil court at Paris has issue
y, decree of conditional separation
NJ Riccardi and Madame Riccard
le the former Princess de Chimay, WI
k was Miss Clara Ward Of Detroit, Mic
t, The decree provides that the partit
n shall live apart, but does not perm
) either to remarry.
s The body of Homer Diman, the eigh
year-old youth of Arlington, Mass
IL who was lost on the Dent du Midi
ty the Alps on July 5, has peen four
IN imbedded In the ice in crevice of
te glacier on the side of the Dent