Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1875-09-15
DISPATC HE'S
BY Overland Telegraph.
ESPECIAL. TO THE DAILY SENTINEL.

FOundering of the Steam Barge
MendOtta in Lake Michigan
Thirteen Lives Lost-Seven Per-
sons Reach ManitOwOc I'm n Lie
Observation-Disclosures OF h Affair.
CHICAGO, Sept. ID.
The propeller De Pere arrived in
Milwaukee yesterday and the officers
of her gave a brief report of the found
ering Of the steam barge Mendoza.
The Mendoza, with the barge Morning
Star, was sailing along the west shore
of Lake Michigan, OH Thursday night,
and, at a point nearly opposite Point
Betsy, she fouEdered and was soon
sinking. The passengers and crew
numbered 20 persons in all. The life
boat was launched and seven OF the
person on board the Inflated steamer
got into her andthe remaining thirteen
went down with the boat. The life
boat reached Manitowoc in safety.
The propeller Truesdell, being at
ManitOwoc, took the barge in tow and
reached Milwaukee with her last
evening. No particulars of the disasr
ter are given. The captains name or
the owners name are not mentioned.
and it is not known where she belongs.
She had a cargo of coal and was bound
upwards. The son of the owner of the
boat was on board with his wife. He
managed to get into the life boat, but
his wife failed to do so and he jumped
back into the sinking boat and was
drowned with his wife.
Mallory 4 R~ptterfield, Paper Board
DNklers, Failed.
NEW YORK, Sept. Is.
Messrs. Mallory Il Butterfield, No.
paper board in America, representing
some fifty different mills, announced
their suspension to-day. Although
they have been in difficulties for some
DAYS past their failure is due to con-
traction of values, as we'll as to the fact
that they have been keeping a large
stock on hand. In the present mse-
curity of the paper trade they have
sought to deal, as far as possible, for
cash, but have found it impracticable.
The creditors have agreed to allow the
firm TO continue business as usual,
without an assignee or receiver.
Damage by storms.
MONTPELIER, vi, Sept. Is.
Violent storms occurred in this
neghborhood, and great damage has
been done to the crops. A water-spout
destroyed fifty houses at st. Gilman.
Nine dead bodies have been recovered.
There are sixty persons still missing.
WesterveIt's Examination.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. ID.
During Westervelt's examination he
emphatically denied that he rode in a
Brooklyn street car on July 9th, with
a child resembling Charlie Ross, rs
stated by Mrs. Peers.
Yellow Fever On n Vessel.
NEW YORK, Sept. Is.
A vessel from South America anch-
ored in East river to-day with yellow
fever on board. The captain passed
quarantine without making a report
and was arrested for violation of the
quarantine code, and remanded to jail
for examination tomorrow.
The Maine Election.
PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. Is.
Portland gives Conner, Rep, 2,416;
| Roberts, DEM, 1851; Democratic ma
jority, 1l5. against last years Repub-
lican majoity of 1853. Twenty towns
give Connor 5,029, Roberts 4,060. Forty
towns give Conner 12,470, Roberts
1881. Last year the same towns gave
a Republican vote of l0.96l, and Dem
ocratic vote OF 8.766, showing LOSE Re-
publican majority in 1875, against q
1875 In 1874, Sixty towns give Connor
l5,l02, Roberts Is, $50. Last year the
Republican vote vas 1887, and the
Democratic vote 10,3S5.
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Secretary Deiano Abuses Pref
Marsh.
NEW YORK, Sept. IA.
Members of the Virginia Press AS
ISOLATION, now here, yesterday called
on the Mayor, at the City Hall. Gen.
j. r. Clayton, editor of The South, was
spokesman, and Thos. Whitehead, ed
itor OF the Amherst Enterprise and
president OF the Association, spoke for
the people of Virginia, expressing the
feelings of friendship and goodwill
which now attracted the people of the
South towards the people OF the North.
At the end OF brief addresses the party
retired to the Mayors private parlor,
where they were entertained. In the
evening the Virginians, escorted by
the city officials, attended Barry Sui
livan's performance. To-day they
will visit the public institutions.
The Herald has a story of a meeting
at Washington between Secretary De-
lano and Prot. Marsh, a scene follow
ing such as is seldom witnessed. De-
lano Is made to call the Professor a
liar, paltroon, and similar epithets.
The Professor answered that he would
not be insulted by the Secretary Of the
Interior or any other man; that he
had treated Delano as a gentleman,
which Secretary Delano denied, and
left the room, saying the Professor did
not know what a gentleman was.
Life-saying stations Ia be Erected
on the Pacific COast-The New
Mint-Whisky Frauds.
CHICAGO, Sept. Is.
A Washington special says: The
Commissioner of the Treasury Depart,
ment has completed an inspection o
the Pacific Coast for the erection O
~life-saving stations. Eight station,
will DO established. The station y