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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-07
PArlFlC COAST DISPATCHES.
FROM CALIFORNIA.

SAN Francisco. Nav 6.
The body OF Lieutenant Sherwood
arrived last night.
The Society of Pioneers have APP
pointed a committee to raise funds
for a new building.
The Board of Supervisors adopted
a resolution asking Congress to modi-
~ the laws and treat, $ relative to
Chinese labor importation. Story
u Forbes voted nay on the resolu-
ton.
The weather to-day is warm and
pleasant.
Judge McKinstry refuses to inter-
iere 10y stay of proceedings in the case
sentenced to be hanged on Friday
next for the murder OF Ramp. 1t re.
mains to be seen whether the Supreme
Court will grant the stay.
The excitement in the mining share
market to-day was intense: the
strongest known in a year. Savage
is the leading stock. The activity is
attributed to the disbursement of
dlvi ends by the Belcher and Crown
Point Companies.
The Woman's Suffrage Convention.
in session this evening. was addressed
by Laura De Force Gordon. The at
tendance was larger than at the norm
ing session.
There is "A great demand for seamen
here at present. Three loaded vessels
are unable to obtain crews.
CoPPEROPOLIS. MAY G..
Jos. Spier, aged twenty-five years,
was k'lled and horribly mutilated by
Thomas Spier, his father. The head
Of Young Spier was chopped and beat
with an ak to a complete Jelly. The
deed was witnessed by a sister of the
deceased, who made an alarm, when
her father attempted to strike her.
She jumped out of the window. The
old man is under arrest.
SACRAMENTO. MAY 6.
The railroad bridge at Dry Creek,
neal Roseville, lis on fire. The wreck
ing car and fire engine have been sent
gu from this city.
BY order of General Howell the
military companies of this city will
attend, as an escort. the funeral of
Colonel Wright, killed by the Mo-
docs. The body is expected to arrive
tomorrow.
Los ANGELES, MAY 6.
From Camp Date Creek, Arizona.
we learn that Delehay, one of tine
principal Apache chiefs, has surren-
dered with 400 of his warriors. Over
1,400 have surrendered at Camp Verde,
and probably as many mor at other
posts.
LAVA BED. May 5,
VIA YREKA, Nav g..
Nothing new to record. The lndi-
ans aie supposed to occupy the same
position held by them at the time of
the attack on Captain Thomas.
UTAH.
SALT LAKE, May 6.
The citizens tonight appointed a
committee to meet the remains of
General Candy at Ogden and escort
them to the East.
Major Powell's exploring expedi-
has arrived.
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MARI f
BORN.
DIED.

In Gold Hill. May 3, James Kelley,
aged As years.
In Virginia City. May ., Robert Wood.
a nativ" of England. aged GO years.
In Virginia City, May 2. l.. H. Kleup-
ter. a native y Switzerland, age 81 wears.
In Silver City. Nay 3, Sarah, wife Of
David W. Humphreys. aged "a years.
In Virginia City May 8, Thomas f.
Schools. a native of Virginia. aged &c
years.
In Nircinia City. Mays. Ann Monahan,
aged 6J years and II months.
An Guthrie's Ranch. Humi Oldt cOun-
". April II, Charles Edgar, son Of John
Guthrie, aged years and : months.
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WILL HAVE To GIVE 1T UP.-We
80 it stated that. at an early day, the
preachers of New York will "wrestle'
with the conund, UNI "How can the
public press be made tributary to the
nrosperitv OF evangelical Christi
snitv?" We are afraid they will have
70 "give it up"
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Election Petition.

As will he seen by reference to the
proceedings of the County Commits
Rioners published in our local
columns, the Board yesterday denied
the petition asking for an election on
the first Monday in August, as pro-
vidsd in the Act creating Eureka
County. Their reasons for this ac-
ton are set forth in full in the article
10 which attention has already been
directed. The law empowers the
Commissioners to call an election on
the petition of 500 qualified electors if
submitted on 81 before the first Mon
day in July. Some time since a petit
ton for the purpose indicated
was started, and we believe nearly
600 signatures were obtained. This
petition was presented at the last
meeting of the Board, but owing to
the absence of Commissioner Phillips
no action was taken thereon. In the
meanwhile. those who were opposed
to holding an election began to circu-
late . counter petition or remon
STRANGE. and many who had signed
the first now recanted. We have not
the exact figures at hand, but under
stand that the original petition favor
ing an election was by this means
reducsdl considerably below the
requisite 500. 1t was also proven
before the Board Yesterday that the
names of several aliens were duly en-
rolled OH the petition calling for an
election. This was contrary to law,
and served to raise a doubt as to the
Re%nuineness of the balance of the Pc
tition. We are further told that full
ssven-eighths of all the taxable prop
srty in the town OF Eureka was repre-
sented on the reinonstrance. 1t was
also signed by every mining superin-
tendent in the district. In view of all
the facts, the Commissioners came to
the conclusion that they could not
properly order the election, and ac-
eordingly the order published else
where was unanimously adopted.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-07

NARROW GAUGE. Narrow-gauge
railroads appear to have proven a sue
cess in Canada. 1t is said within the
payt three or four years some two or
three hundred miles of narrow-gauge
railways have been constructed in
Toronto Province, running from To-
ronto IN different directions.
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MARRIAGES AND DIvoRcEs--Iwen-
ty.six marriage licenses were issued
and sixteen divorces granted in Sscra-
msnto county this month.
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STOCKS. Our San Francisco dis
patches say the stock market yester-
day was stronger than has been
known for a year. Comstock shares
were especially lively. Nearly every
thing along the whole line was active
1t advance rates. The usual Spring
raise has been a little backward in
taking place, yet the quotations of
yesterday seem to indicate that we
are to have it after all.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-07

PROF. AGAssIz has been lecturing
on eggs, and he asserts that all liv-
ing beings, whatever their diversity
of form. have grown up from eggs
which are at first all precisely sim
liar. Deviations take place little
understood that eventually change
these beings into widely differing ami.
mails" This explains where every
thing comes from except eggs.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
L

VIENNA, May 6.
Rapid progress has been made in
the arrangement Of the interior of the
exhibition building since the opening.
All departments are filled with goods
except hat of the United States,
ton is felt bv American exhibitors at
this state of things. The public have
been admitted daily since the LIST of
MAY. The weather. however, is UNI
favorable, rain having fallen almost
constantly since the opening. and the
number of visitors thus far is below
what was expected.
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FREE PAssEs.-The San Jose Ner-
curry demands the enactment of a law
by the next Legislature, making it a
misdemeanor for any public officer to
accept a free pass over any railroad
or other public conveyance. In con
nection with the subject it says; Let
there be a resolution Incorporated in
the State platform of the Republican
party, denouncing the practice of ac-
cepting free passes, and plhdging all
candidates for State or judicial offices
to refuse such passes if offered them"
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The Modocs.

A brief item in our Geographic
new this morning states that no
movement has been made against the
Modocs since the disastrous failure of
the 2sth Of April. The Indians are
supposed to occupy the same posi-
ton held by them at the above date.
We have not the least doubt that
they are in the same identical place,
provided of course they have not
moved. An eastern dis atch makes
the encouraging announcements that
troops are tc be hurried forward 10y
the thousands if deemed necessary.
Several hundred Indians are also to
be recruited from the tribes of the
plains to ofnciate as scouts. We ex-
pect to hear next that the Govern
ment has determined to. ship over
land a dozen or two iron clad vessels,
70 operate against Captain Jack from
tho pellucid waters of Tule Lake.
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New Go-Dan.
CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD

an AND AFTER SUNDAY. MAY 4rH
w. 1873. Trains will leave Palisade
daily as follows:
Passenger Train for Carlin.
Elko. Halleck. Ogden and
3:16P.M.
Freight and Accommodation
Train for Ogden and East 10 Is Pm.
Passenger Train for Winnie
mucca, Reno, Sacramento.
Marysville, Redding uor
Portland, o. Stockton, Mer-
ced flor YOsemitej, Upton
for Los Angeles. San Jose
and San Francisco....... 10 :cOA
Freight M Accommodation
Train for Sacramento and
a Franclsco.---."".-"... 7:35A.M.
T. H. GOODMAN, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent.
my A. n. TOWNE, GenI Supr,
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NJ. p. BARTLETT. real estate agent.
Houses for rent and for sale in all parts
of the city. Also l.. c. Bateman's agent
for the Monroe survey. Office at the
California Lumber Yard, southeast cor
ner OF Buel and Bateman streets. aplo
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DIS SOLUTION NOTICE,

O40 JUL 11VN NVI1CE.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the c~opartneIship heretofore ey.
listing between James Hayes and Jas.
SlaS, under the firm name OF HAYES &
Sias, has been dissolved by mutual con.
sent. Mr.. McCullOch, who has purchased
the entire interest OF the undersigned.
will hereafter be associated with Mr.. Sias
In the business Of the old stand. The
new firm is authorized to receive and re.
ceipt Tor all moneys due the late firm,
and they will also settle sny demands
that may be due from Hayes & Sias.
JAMES HAYES.
Eureka, New, Mayo, 1888. mar
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ITALY

ROME, May 6.
Prime Minister LAURA stated i'm the
Chamber of Deputies to-day that the
King had decided not to accept the
registration of himself and colleagues.
The Ministers would consequently
u their offices. and the Toronto
bill, over which the difficulty arose,
would be Withdrawn.
II is announced from the Vatican
that the Pope to-day received a party
of forty-tive pilgrims from France,
and made "a long reply to their ad-
dress.
SWITZERLAND.
GENEVA, May 6.
Pere Hvacinthe said mass Yesterday
in a private building in the presence
of a congregation of 1000. A decree
of accommodation has been pro-
nOunced against those who attended
the ceremonies.
SPAIN.
MADRID. May 6.
President FiguerOs, in his reply to
the speech of General Sickles on Sat
urdav, declared Spain fully capable
Of realizing the glorious work at
Washington, hut i'm the meantime the
national patrimony should never be
diminished while the Government
was in the hands of Republicans.
Owing to the decrease of the Carlists
in the North, General Nourillas will
accept the Ministry of War, and re-
main in Madrid.
The inhabitants of the Canary Is
lands have sent an address to the
Government renewing their assur-
ance of loyalty, and denying the ex-
istence of any feeling in favor OF
separation.
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
UNSAFE BRIDGES,

The disaster at Dixon has called attention
to a class of dangers hitherto little suspected.
Bridge building has long since ceased to be O
doubtful art; its principles are a branch of
the exact sciences. This is prominently true
of iron bridges, because in these we are deal
ing with q material of which the tensile
strength is absolutely ascertained. If there
were any room for doubt In these matters,
the continually increasing use Of iron for such
purposes throughout the world would have
long since directed attention to the danger.
There is no such open question. An iron
bridge can only be unsafe through criminality
on the part of the builder.
In the letters printed in Tuesdays TRIBUNE
the facts were given by which it was pOssi-
BILE to fix the original responsibility for the
loss of life at Dixon. The bridge was con-
stricted by builder of bad reputation.
Three of his bridges in illinois besides that at
Dixon have fallen. Rumor of improper in
fluences was rife when he obtained this con-
tract. The price paid for the work was not
sufficient to buy iron enough to make it
safe. If the figures given are correct, the
bridge cost less than $25 per running foot.
We can readily accept the assurances Of an
expert that this was an inadequate expendi-
ture, since iron balconies on the fronts of dwell
ling are frequently of higher price.
We print to-day, on our third page, letter
signed with the initial NJ, written by a bridge
builder Of eminence, which states succinctly
the special defects of the Truesdell bridge,
and shows that the wonder is not that the
bridge at Dixon fell, but that any bridge so
constructed stands.
The prime fault Of the bridge was insult
cient iron but even had there been an
abundance of material, the structure would
have been dangerous. 1t was 80 ignorantlY
put together that only half the iron supported
the strain the rest simply added to it. Cal
culated by the rule applied to railroad bridges,
that every part must be strong enough to
bear five times the tension that can be put
upon ii, the bridge at Dixon had not half
strength enough for safely supporting its own
weight, and every pound of load upon
it imperiled il. The strain of its own weight,
moreover. weakened it day by day. 1t needed
only some unusual tension to precipitate q
catastrophe. This came in the simplest way.
The bridge was not shaken by an earthquake,
or undermined by a flood, or twisted from its
moorings by a tornado. or even racked by the
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
uoPK IJGHT NEEDED.

Tho letter of our Washington corre-
spondent, printed this morning, In regard TO
the alleged irregularities In the action Oh the
Board of Public Works at the Capital, ex-
poses briefly but strongly the fallacies aud the
errors of Mr.. Shepherds recent communication
TO THE TRIBUNE. The admissions OF MIR.
Sbenberd himself appear to establish the fol-
lowing facts: First, that the Treasury OF the
Board is virtually empty, and that although IL
received from the United States during the
last Congress two million and half OF dol
lars, it has no money to meet the demands OF
contractors amounting to q million and half for
work done last year, undertaken and completed
before the Board could have had any assurance
of these enormous grants of Congress. Second,
the exhibit Of Mr.. Shepherd admits that prior
to the 1st of January last, the Board had iile-
gally made contracts for work greatly in ex-
cess of existing appropriations, so that IL Con-
gress had refused TO cover the deficits the
assessments would not have paid fifty per
cent of the liabilities of the Board after all the
appropriations were spent.
The most serious charge Of want of candor
vet brought against the reports of the Board
is in relation to Mr. Shepherds statement that
the Hctual COsU Oh IHc MOIh uOuO an" w"
tracted for only exceeds the estimates by about
14i per cent. To prove this, he presents,
not the estimates of June, 1871, to which the
Board was obliged by law to conform, but
another estimate made by the Board In De-
cember, 1872, Of the amounts they supposed
they would have to pay on contracts preyl-
ously awarded. 1t has been already shown In
these columns that the excess of these con-
tracts over the legal limits amounted, on an
average. to about 200 per cent, and now Mr.
Shepherd meets this statement by saying
they cost only al per cent more than ne
thought they would. We also publish to-day
careful letter from another well-informed
source reviewing the bunders and the reck-
lessness of the Board in the matter of the
sewerage system of Washington, showing
grave mistakes in construction, and cOnse-
quent dangers of inundatiOn. The canal walls
are also said to be a failure, and gross ex-
travagance and waste are said to have pre-
vailed in both these departments. The more
there is said about tho proceedings OF the
Board of Public Works, the more urgent ap-
pears the need of a thorough investigation
We cannot rely implicitly upon their own re-
ports. More light is needed.
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
Jnorx 10 advertisements.

AMTsEMRSTs-Elerenh PGge-5th and 9Th columns. - =,
BOARD AND RooMs-Eighh PG9e-6th columns NfaD'
PdOo-let column.
BTsINEss NoTIcEs-Sirih Paoe-lst column.
CHANCES FOR BUSINESS MEN-EeUeHh Pa0e-4tn coi-
umn.
DENTISTRY -Elerenn Page-4th column.
DIVIDEND NoTICEs-Tenh Pdge-lst column r,,
FNANCIAL-Ninth PGge-5th and 9th cOlumhS' Ae''"'
PdQc-lst column.
FINE ARTs-BlereHh Page--sth column.
FURNITURE Eierenth Pdge-Ath column -,
HELP WANTED. FEMALRs-NiHth PdgeIlst co coiunn. % ,,
HORSES, CARRnGEs HARNESS, &o.-EIerenh Page-Sth
column.
HoTEIs-Rlerenh Page-sd column.
lSSTRUCTIoN-EtGhh PQge-6th column 80
1ECTUREs AND MEETINGs-Etepenh Pd0e-eth column.
Joan OFFICEs-EtereHh P0Qe-4Lh column. -, ,.,
LONDON ADyRRIIsEMENTs-Ien Pdge-2d, 3d. ana Atm
columns. =, - ,., -,
MARBLE AND SLATE MANTRIs-Elepenh Pdge-Ath col
MARRIAGEs AND DE ArHs-Sepenh Pa1e-6th column.
Recommendation PaGe-4th column; Itoegue
Page-4th, 5th and 9th columns
MUSICAL NsTRUMENTs-EteveHLh Pdge-6tn column -,
NEW PUBIICATIoNs-EigkA Page-4th, 9th, and 9Th
columns.
REGL ESTATE For SALE, CITY, AElerenh Paoe-ist col
umn; BROOKLYN-E -ELeUenh PGge-1st column NEW
JERsEY-EieUenh Page-1st and 2d columns; CoUN-
TRY--Eiercfh Pd0e-2d column AT AUCTIoN-EtepenH
Pdge-2d aud 81 columns.
REAL ESTATE, HOUSES AND FARMS WANTED-Etepenh
REAL ESTATE, TO ExCHANGE-Elersnh Pdgo-3d column.
RELIGIOUS NoTICEs-Ninh PGge-2d column.
SALES BY AUcTIOS-Elepenh Pdge-4th column.
SAVINGS BANRs-TeUth PGge-Ist column
SITUATIONS WANTED, MALES-Ninh Pd0e-1St column; i;
FEAALEs-NtHh Pdge-lst column.
SPECIAL NOTICES-S6UCHM PGge-6th column.
STATIONERY-ElereRh Page-6th column.
STEAMBOATS, AND RAILRoADs-Isnh Pdge-5th and 6th
columns.
STEAMERS, OCEAN-Tenh Page-4th and 9TH columns.
SUMNER RETREATs-EleuenH PdQe-3d and 4th columns
TEACHEBS-Eighh PGge-6th column.
To LET, CITY PROPEBTY-Blerenh Pd0e-3d column ;
BROOKLYN PROPERTY - ElerenU PaQe-3d column !;
COUNTRY PROPERTY -EleUenM Page-Sd column.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN-EiereptF Page-4th column.
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
THE GAME or GRAB.

Nothing could better illustrate the peculiar
rottenness that is apt TO belong to American
business operations than the failure last week
of q real estate broker in a neighboring city.
He was admitted 10 the Board of Brokers
about a year ago. began his operations, ac-
cording to his own showing, with not thou
sand dollars of capital and no backing, pur-
chased two magnificent residences, furnished
them after the fashion of any other of our
trading princes of taste, with the usual back
ground of velvet carpets, etc, to throw
into relief the fine bronzes, pictures, and
marbles. His advertisements blotted out those
of all other brokers: his horses and carriages
outvied all other equipages in the park: he
flung diamonds and costly bUouterie on every
side with the recklessness of a sultan, spend
ing $4,000 in fans alone during last Summers
heat to cool and console his fair friends.
When the end of his brief and brilliant career
was reached he was in the act of building a
palatial marble banking house, and had just
purchased several squares of ground in the
heart of the city.
Now, the point OF this story is not the mag
nitude of the swindle for beside some of the
exploits.o our own sharpers it sinks into insig-
niIcance; but the fact that the fellow, from MS
architect " his waSherwoman, paid NOBODY
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
TRIPLE S H E E Il.

Traffic will bo resumed the Northern Railway In
spo,n. .-s misunderstanding has arisen between
tho Archduke Of Austria and the superintendent OF tho
Vienna Exhibition. ~. There is panic on tne vienna
Bourse.
Gov. Dix refuses to sign the Local Option Dill unless
cider and laeer-beer arc exempted. The Assembly
reoonsidered It's vote the last supplement 10 the
charter - Marshal Packard reports on the Louisi-
ana troubles.
Tweed viii be tried next week. - Important dis
closures are made with regard to projected frauds In
street paving 80 The Mayors second series OF nomi-
nations have been presented to the Board Of Aldermen
- The water and sewerage frauds are attracting
attention in Brooklyn. Several persons are impli-
Gated In the Atlantic National Bank default =. Gold.
ll7i, Il1i. Thermometer. 4So, go, 45to.
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10

vibration due to q moving load like railway
train or the tramp of regiment. 1t sank
down under mere steady weight, and thereby
gave conclusive evidence of the criminal care
lessness of its builder.
The important matter now is, that there arc
hundreds. perhaps thousands, OF such tiimsy
death-traps on our rural highways. As our
correspondent points out, the weight under
which these bridges give way is almost GER
tain to consist largely of human beings, and
their fall of necessity involves loss OF life.
Prompt examination Of these bridges is the
fist measure of safety. A formula could
readily be constructed by which the carry
ing capacity of every bridge could be
ascertained, and that might be indicated by
an inscription upon the bridge, as 1t is with
every railway freight car. Structures which
are unfit to support their own weight, like
the Truesdell bridges, should be debarred
from use till effectually strengthened. After
these fpoInts have been secured by proper
legislation, it will be in order to consider the
propriety of ulterior measures. 1t may be de-
sirable to make it criminal offense for town
authorities to contract for structures that man
ifestly endanger human life.
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
SARATOGA SpRINGS. n. Y.
No PoSTPoNEMENT.

put Of until the heats Of Sumner lave commenced the
iuvgorsng process would have the system advance
against BY tOnng the ssOsc liver and bow
els in the Spring months BrTKR and
continuing take this harmless but powerful vegetable nvgoani dur
iBg the sumner quite certain that even persons who are naturally
deficient in vital force may s 6h Of Indigestion
headache nausea bOusne debility snj mental oppression
which Of such preparation often p1oae and sgOnis
pure s;munt nedca wish the juices Of the
Gnes tOu anbous and spent roots and heb invaluable
boon arg this HsuErl boon in the form Of
HosrsrrERs BrrrERs fortunately within the reael Of all
New-York tribune., 1873-05-10
INVESTMENT BONDS.

re EoRrHsES PACIFIC 73O FIRsr MORTGAGE GOLD
BOND which We profitable AMI veseured
bear per gold and have the following elements Of
eunty.
J. They are the Obligation Of strong corporation
They are Rsi Mortgage TIE Road its Equipments Rights
eBd Franchises
: They are frs, lien its Net Earnings.
There pledged addition for the payment OF principal and To-
terest 1OO mile through the States and
Is 600 acres per through the Territories tAverscd The Company
already entitled nearly Million Of It's Grant and is Land
sses thas have realized IS es per
nearly 500 miles Of the road completed and IN operation the
earnings for 1873 Will bo large.
All marketable stocks bonds received eIh'nge for Northern
Pss,so. On most favorable terms jar CooKE Co.,
No. 20 wsn-si. New.YOrk