The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1912-11-02

Chicago, in his rounds about the city
in his speaking tour, in anticipation
of an attack on his life, similar to the
shooting of ex-Presldent Roosevelt
4 Although no word has been received
by the American board from any of
the missionaries in the Balkans, no
anxiety is felt for their safety.
In tow of he steamer Na.son, the
coatwise liner Canine arrived at San
Francisco, six days out from Portland,
Or, with a story of furious weather,
danger and disablement Thanks 10 the
wireless telegraph, the period of sus-
pense was shot
WASHINGTON
The American people are drinking
i.ore whiskey and beer, and smoking
more cigarettes than ever before in
history, according TO tax returns re
ceived by Royal e. Cabell, commits
sioner of internal revenue.
President Taft on Monday made
public a statement in which he de.
clared that the -four years of depres,
sion which followed the second cleo.
! ton of President Cleveland" were due
to the promise of tariff reforms and
the Democratic changes in the tariff
that followed
The foreign commerce of the Unit,
ed States during 1912 promises to es.
tablish high records in both imports
and exports, according to statement
issued by the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce for the nine
months ending in September.
The war department officials are
delighted over the state of Pearl Har.
Dor defenses proved by last weeks
Hawaiian war games. A brief dis
patch has been received, giving a
synopsis of work.
The latest candidate mentioned to
succeed DR.. Harvey w. Wiley as chief
of the bureau of chemistry is DR.. Carl
l.. Ashberg, chemical biologist in the
bureau of plant industry.
President Taft got back to Washing
ton on Sunday after an absence Of
nearly two months. With the excep-
ton of engagements in New York and
Newark and one in Cincinnati, the
president has nothing in prospect to
take him away from the capital
FOREIGN
The diplomatic representatives OF
eleven countries have decided to pro
test against the alienation by China OF
the sale revenues while the Boxer in
| demnity remains unpaid.
A new menace in Chihuahua has
developed by the entrance into the
state of Antonio Rojas. the rebel
| leader who has been terroriZing So
nora, and the possible junction of his
troops with those of Inez Salazarl
operating to the south of Juarez.
Constantinople dispatches continue
to speak of the readiness of the Turk
| ish army to take the offensive. In
any case a few days must see some
thing decisive. The victorious Bulgar
ian army is advancing.
The swiftness and efficiency or the
onward movement of the armies of the
allied Balkan states is making Europe
open her eyes. From the north and
all along the line from Greece on the
south they are crowding back the
boundaries of the Ottoman empire. The
often-predicted and long-delayed day
when the Turk will have his back
against the wall seems at hand.
Famine in Scutari and Adrianople is
adding physical suffering to the
wounds caused by Montenegrin and
Bulgarian bullets and shells. Bread
was So a loaf in Scutari on Sunday.
The method of manufacturing sugar
from cane so that the by-products will
pay the cost of manufacture and leave
the sugar free product is announced
by G. w. McMullen, the Canadian agri
cultural chemist.
Felix Diaz, captured leader of an
abortive rebellion against the Madero
government of Mexico, assumed all
responsibility for the uprising, IN a
statement made at his trial by court.
martial at Vera Cruz.
1cutl al rSkiA DldL, lcduSi VI the ISN'
olution recently inaugurated in Vera
Cruz, AID three of his confederates
have been sentenced to death by the
court-martial before which they were
tried in that city.
While not actually under martial law
Havana is now under absolute military
protection against disorders arising
from the heated political campaign.
Gen. Felix Diaz, the leader of the
recent revolt here and Major Zerate.
Colonel Antonio Migoni and Lieutenant
Lima, officers under Diaz in his at
tempt to overthrow the government,
have been condemned to death by
court-martial.
Viscount Peel, who was speaker
of the house of commons from 1884
to 1895, died Thursday at the age Of
SO. He was created q viscount on
his retirement from the speakership.
He was known in the United States
as chairman of the British commission
to the ST. Louis exposition.