Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-18
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Carl Nchmrs Refuses tire Demoermsi,
SENATOR -spNs. Voorhees, In TavOi
- s'reenbae&s-Fire-News from
Washi~gssm-Ese., Fac.
CHICAGO. Dec. IL.
A fire ct 8 O'Clock this morning, de
stroved . block of wooden stores with
dwellings, a6r,ve the corner O: West
Madison and Tllroop streets. Loss
$4,000. with light insurance.
a Washington special says: Car
Schurz says he can not accept n regu'
lar II Democratic nomination for the Sen.
ate, eve ii it were rendered to him
He says: "How can any nan with
common sense expect me, with my
principles, TO support he Democratic
party. Can l do such Athing with my
record and sacrifice my whole career
for the sake Of u seat in the Senate?'Es
Dan. Voorhees, male a speech ii
Washington. Indiana. last evening. In
which he ventilated his views on the
currency question, taking strong
grounds in favor Of g~reenbackS and
opposed the recommendation of Presi.
dent Grant, i'll his late message, for q
speedy return to specie payment. He
declared that the policy Of contraction
had brought the country to it's present
distress and condi' ion, and eulOgized
the platform Of the Indiana Democracy,
in the late election, as Offering u pana.
tea for all the monetary ills the coun-
try is afflicted with. lie concluded his
speech with an explanation Of his TAX
ing the salary grab, his main point be-
ing that he was not the first Democratic
politician to take back pay. He ende I
with a pathetic appeal to he forgiven
for the first mistake OF his life.
King kalakaua has accep.ed the in.
vitation OF the municipal authorities
of New Bedford to visit Iiia; city some
time during January. He declined an
invitation to dinner rendered by a
number of colored citizens Of Wash.
ington, assigning a previous engage
nient a. the reason.
The following are the committees ap-
peinted by the Senate Republican
caucus, and are now engaged periectinv
bills on subjects entrusted to them 10y
the CAUCUS: Finance-Slerman, Nor
ton. Logan, Edmnnd>, Sargent. Ferry
of Michigan, ADDISON. IVES, Robert
sen of Vermont, and Conkling. Of
these, seven are liard-inoHev men. On
southern Atiairs-Morton, ell,
Scott, Pratt, Morrill, OF Maine, Wood.
leigh, Boarman, Clayton. Spencer and
Wright. Transportation = Window,
Oglesby, Chandler, Ferry of Connect
cut. Harvey, Hitchcock, Carpenter and
Frelinghuysen.
E- H~snx Dn,n,s M. sRo n.~.n.
MoultOn Case-Wm. NJ. Tweed
Again.
NEW York, Dec. Il.
Benjamin II. Silliman, Referee in the
Proctor Moulton ease, has filed his re-
port in court. He reports that the i'm
putations and statenlen.s in the publ
cation concerning the character and
conduct of tho plaintiff are wholly and
absolutely untrue: that defendant, by
his counsel. di>claim'ng malice il tie
pubiica' ion, Admitted The untru II OF
such imput,iion and statements, and
cites the terms OF final settlement, as
before published.
VIM. NJ. Tweed was taken from
prison to the over and Terminer Couri
on habeas corpus, this morning, and the |
WarGen'S return was traversed as to
a'h' 'e'i'e thIi'Sts tAtC III
saliiy of subsequent sentences i'm
posed: want Of jurisdiction OF the Court
which tried him. and that the jury was
not impaneled according To law. The
counsel suggested that they he allowed
10 state what their proofs were, and
then to hand them i'll II have the
Court pass upon them; ave a ceytiD-
ar on the 23d. and get the case to the
Court of Appeals by the first Monday |
i'll January. The case was adjourned
TIL Tuesday next, to give the District
Attorney time to consider Wi ether he
would demur Oh joint issue, and Tweed
WAS remanded to prison.
Testimony.
WA>iIINGrON, Dec. II.
The substance OF lrwin's testimony |
to-day is as follows: lie was EMPLOYED
by the Pacific Mail steamship Compa-
ny. i'll various capacities, from 1861 to
1873, the latter portion of the time ~ a |
member of the firM of Eldridye 4 IT.
win, agents OF the company ut san
Francisco. In the Winter of 1872 he |
was employed a, agent Of the con- pany |
for the purpose Of procuring u subsidy
Tor the China mail contract. lie was
~ 90 VI vi Ill
full of all expenses in Obtaining the
subsidy. The amount to be paid was |
not to be finally l%iquidaied till the en-.
tire service vas performed, as the cx-
penses could not be aScer,ained until
that time.
\ report from Indian Agent Brig
ham, dated November 5th, from the
Cheyenne River Agency, states that he
is in pursuit Of white men who are
going to the Black Hills. Il. ieham is
accompanied by a military 70. CO from
forts Rice and Sully.
Prominent LOulsianans, belonging
10 h conservative party, arrived here
last night They say that that party
has clearly elected a MAORI y 70 the
Legislative, and other of Their candi.
dates. at the recent election; that the
Conservatives are anXiOusly awaiting
the report of the Returning Board,
which they distru>t; and that there is
such feeling among them that, should
the board reject any Of the returns With
tho view solely of giving ascendency
to the Republicans, the Conservatives
wonll undertake 10 right themselves
by force of arms.
WASHINGTON. Dec. II.
Low introduced a bill TO establish q
judicial district at Oklahanla, in the
Indian Territory, which Was referred.