The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1911-05-06
Charles H. Hyde will resign as city

though he is the victim of zone of
the most wicked conspiracies in the
history of the CITY," he will relinQuish
his position in order not to embarrass
the Gaynor administration.
John Poole. a farmer living near
Fowler, Ind, has confessed to muir
dering Joseph Kemper. a farm hand,
and after cutting up the body, bury
ing it on his farm, where it was dis
covered by Poole's son.
A general strike of union carpen-
tiers of Los Angeles is threatened I'M
less their demand for an increase Of
from $3.50 to 81 per day is granted
by the Master Builders association.
WASHINGTON
The house committee on ways and
means within the next week will be-
gin working on the revision of the
wool schedule. On this both the Dem
ocratic majority in the house and the
Democratic membership of the COM
mittee are divided, but the division is
not SO wide as in the last weeks
Comptroller of the Currency Muir
ray has made formal announcement
that his office would never again is
sue charter to national bank when
there was evidence that bank promo
tiers were active in the project.
Canadian reciprocity is the only
matter to be considered by the senate
and that probably will not come be-
fore it for several weeks.
Representative Prince of Illinois de-
on Friday that annexation is the de-
sired end of the Democrats in pushing
the adoption of the reciprocity treaty
with Canada
Secretary of the Interior Fisher has
agreed to sit at Washington next Mon
day with Commissioner bennett of
the general land office and members
of the law board in the hearing of
the so-called Cunningham cases, in
volving the right to coal claims in AL
aska.
FOREIGN
Many farms in northern China have
been deserted, only mud walls indi
eating that they were once tenanted
Children who formerly were sold for
fifty cents each are now exchanged
for a few pounds of grain. Women
are selling themselves into slavery to
provide succor for the more helpless
ones of families.
Selma Bowling, aged II, reputed to
be the most beautiful half-breed girl
in Alaska, was acquitted at Juneau,
Alaska, of the charge of having muir
dered her mother, an Indian woman,
at Douglas, on January 81. The moth
err died in agony after eating canned
fish.
Refugee American mining men who
have reached Douglas, Ariz., from
Mexico report widespread pillage in
the state of Sonora from Nacozar
south, and the killing of two Ameri
cans. a man and his wife, at Santa
Nina mine southwest of Ures.
Foreigners in Canton have so fal
escaped harm. The foreign, residen
4 tial section occupies Shamien, an ar
htificial island at the north of Canton
| A canal separates the island from thu
city proper. Gunboats are anchored
in the canal and guns are mounted OF
the canal bank commanding the ap
proaches to the island.
Conditions in the famine-strickei
districts of northern China are i'm
proved as result of the relief work
but still are very bad. The daily dealt
rate has decreased, from several thou
sand in the middle of March to few
hundreds.
Disguised as a Yaqui Indian, an
accompanied by guide. Madam
Francisco Chipa, wife of the fedora
leader who executed Senior Talt
nantes and his two sons, arrived /
t Douglas, Arizona, on Monday, after
: thrilling experience with the rebels
Princess Shachivoscos is dead afte
, twenty years voluntary secluson i
two rooms of the palace at Moscow
| Russia, to which she retired after tn
J death of her betrothed on the ever
ing of the wedding. Death was du
to starvation. Notes and coin
, amounting to 100000 were found i
5 her rooms.
4 The Japanese antarctic steame
! Kien Haru, with sixty persons aboar'
l arrived at Sidney, N. S. W., Monda,
The expedition reached Coulma
: island March IA, but was compelle
Y to put back owing to ice packs an
/ ieebergs encountered. The cold kille
A ten of the Eskimo dogs.
semi-official telegram from Mu'
e den says the foreign delegates to tt
!, international plague conferenc
: which closed Saturday, are agres
a that the conference was without pra
6 teal result.
n The United States gunboat Wilr
l. ington has sailed from Hongkong ft
+ Canton to render any assistance n
cessary to American citizens on a
II count of the disturbed condition
=, at the latter place.
y The International exhibition of /
$ dustries and labor, the biggest alta
II of its kind ever attempted in Ital
S opened at Turin on Saturday. Tl
e exhibition occupies 100000 squa
feet
e The report comes from Paris tn
a King Alfonso of Spain is i'll with