Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-05-09
DISPATC HE'S
BY Overland Telegraph.
[>rECIAL re THE pAILy SENTINEL
Democrats In Session = Augustus
Schell States the object Of the
Meetimg-The British Navy in a
Had Condition.
NEW YORK. MAY $.

New YORK. May $.
At a meeting of Democrats from all
parts of the country, held i'll the rooms
OF the Manhattan Club last night. .Au-
guStu> Schell. who presided. ate the
object of the gathering i'll h follow
i:.r address: This welcome occasion
is one of great interest to us, to our
city. our Stale and our country. We
have met together once more Ia feel
that the great Democratic principles of
our G~ONernintnt are recognized
throughout the country. The recent
elections bring to our mind the condi
ton OF II country twenty years ago.
when the Democratic party WAS i'll full
idle and successful experiment: when
ON Government was ably governed by
men of character and integrity. We
are happy to meet you Onthi> occasion
20 Join with us in celebrating this re-
turn to these great principles: we
are satisfied that before another Pre-i-
Dental election shall have passed, we
shall not only he recognized in the
States hut in the Presidential chair. 10y
every Democrat of vir Tie and ability
\ London letter says the British
navy is in a condition of doubtful eff
cheney on paper. There are fifi v-tive
iron clad>. of which forlv-one are sea-
going and four cen adapted for harbor
and coast defense. OF the iortv-one
>ea-uoinr iron-cladS five are still on
The docks and nine others either in alb
>olu.e need or not worth repairing for
>ea-going purposes. This reduces the
list to tWenty->even. and of these only
fourteen can be regarded as really et-
frctiye for service at the present mo-
mcnt though four more. or eighteen
in al. will. perhaps. he ready in the
course of "A year or more. our m
ships now undergoing repairs can not
he counted upon a good for more
than a ear. ofthe fourteen iron-clai>
for harbor defense. one is building and
there are only eight tit for service.
Important Facts Brought t. Light
-PrOceeIiugs of the District la.
Ve~iiSatiOn The Prosecution
Regarded ~ a Failure. and the
Whole Trial Denounced.
CHICAGO. Mays.
\ Washington special says: Thur
man brought 10 light several import
ant facts during his croSS-eXamination
of Gov. Sheppard, and declares that
the District government, since its or
ganization. has run in debt Sl6, 900 900.
over and above all appropriations by
Congress and .evies of taxes upon the
people. Among some of the eXtraor-
binary items of expenditure was found
one "f $4,000. for keeping in repair
some old town pumps; another of
$500 600, for cleaning the streets and
alleys; another Of Sl>o.Hn, paid for adj
verti>ing in the ~sO-called official news
papers in the first year of the organi-
cation of the Board of Public Works.
OF this o the Chronicic got So
600: the Repnbiicon, S25.000, and an
evening paper $4,000. The remainer
of the appropriation was divided among
some twenty publications in this city
and Philadelphia. Every theater pro-
-ramme and hand-bill that circulated
around town got some of the pap, the
only discrimination being in the
amount paid each. The unaninitv
with which the >o-called newspapers
of this city have defended the ring is
easily accounted for by an
ton of the advertising account of the
Board of Public Works. Nothing
mere was solicited than heretofore
brought out and the prosecution is
generally regarded as having made an
entire failure. The secular press is
unanimous in denouncing the entire
trial as "A fraud, as it has failed in every
Jingle point of the charges preferred
against The accused.
. Sres>iOna Centennial Matters
Motion to Table the Bill With.
Ira Relief Of the lnum iatiOn
Sufferers Republican Senators
In Caucus Reported Gr"umilr>s.
WA>HINGToN. May s.
In the House, Garfield opposed the
Centennial Exposition hill. lie cx-
pie>>ed the o~i.inion that the EXPOSE
ton would be "A failure in any event:
that it was an inappropriate day FIR
such an exposition; that the Fourth of
July, 1876. ought to he solemnly oh
served throughout the country, but
no in the way proposed i'm the bill.
Dawes argued against the bill on the
score Of He said that with