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SONS OF IRON F1rH ERS.
Tho Spcndthrirs OF New York Ciiy-Whcre
Gamblers Find "a Harvest.
wow VIC IHtcHVV IFIOHtF, UIF' u
How much misery there may be in

from vac thtcH0O IrtOhff Of ",
How much misery there may be in the
mansions OF the rich IA something that can
never be known, but every now and then an item
appears which reveals instances Of depravity
which DEFY be.iei. One OF these Is found IN tue
experiences OF u wealthy hotel Proprietor. who
has sou upon whom he has l4vished money
protusely for his education and culture.
All eGvrps 10 start him In business enter
ptises have Jocn failures. Thousands Of
/ dollars have been wasted thus and
wreck ana rui0. Although enjoying steady
income through his fathers lioorailty, he has
sdJsudered his reputation uy borrowing money
from all his own aoq faint incss rs welt his
iather's. lhe latter has been compelled to warn
his iuends no, to 10 ln any money to his son. At
the end OF a recent debauch this reckless spend
thrift went To one OF the proprietOr. Of a proml-
drawn In his fathers name. As soon the
forgery was discovered, the case was put IN tho
hands Of tue police, anI threatened serious con-
rescue ami redeemed the forged check. An
OFFER has been made the young man OF FREQ
bound clipper ship but he declines to Acce pt II.
II was George ID. Prentice, believe, who de-
scIioed one of Henry GAYS sons Uor political
on 3nce) as tue degenerate son OF u noble sire
This city, ana probably tnis country as well, Is
fuil ~ sucn instances. with ths difference that
tue sins OF the latter sons re gross and Grim
in1l. As general rule these are the sons OF
the veal nv men, WAC are usually caeI self
made men because they nave mad very limited
cIlture, and earned their own forum = by their
own indomltIble energy, genius, anI persover-
ance. The reason whv those men rarely have
sons worthy Of being named as their SUCCESSORS
II found IN this that the elements Of self-re-
lance ana Independence whi made the fathers
the men theY are. ara lacking Ia the sons. The
parents naturally desire to give their boy the
benefits OF AN education they failed to receive
the mseives, AZ thus, ut the ytry outset OF tner
careers, the foundation OF self-deuonience Il
lacking. lnnumerIble examples ma ht o. cited
OF this. inere are a hundred young r1scals In
this city wasting their fithers substance IN
riotous living whose Ives are simpl, wOrthiess
Iney are worse than drones-they arc the EN-
bO1ment Of wickedness. One of The Willard
suTps OF tue c.ty II tue son II wealt ~ pLrcn =
lie Is devoted to billiards and wine. rho
gamblers mad harvest among these follows,
ana II ~ rare indeed that the young men Of
NV snty -ono 70 thirty whose fathers are wealthy
are worthy OF their prOyeuitOrs.
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co.oPERArIyE OMNIBUS RIDINo.
Tue stages that Hang out the sign " Private"
In broadway every Morning.

Stages of the Whitehall aud Fulton ferry
lines, with their doors closed, and with the
painted sign "ptivale" affixed to the door ban
die. ar driven down Broadway every morning.
AMI 40 not stop 90 take passengers. Thoy may
he hailed over and over again, out they ia lJt
halt the drivers OF thu two lines, tue FiitR
avenue AID tho iwenty-thirl street. say tuAi
tn" paa@engers II tho fifih avonue stages are
mostly dOWu-t Iwn ntfCn tnts mi rollers
clarks. ihei assemble at tue Windsor hotel.
aud whom the stage Is flll, ot when thry wish to
start. tho driver sticks ~ the Siln "privttc,"
nHd Tor dawn own 1 ieN 70. stopping Tor nOtn-
IN. ~ Fultun strsst an iifpi tNAy ih1Y got
OUT. Ihoy piy at me oil - of thi stage COM
pan a. Tor ths "trip. RAJ, - aIoIt tripi fare
Lut tAe u.sseng"rs have t;ie advantage Of sura
tralisl in RAINY wrtthrr. Tue Nv iy-thii d
street Cpiapaun riin twp Htnge@ Il iwn tOWhcV ry
morning frun tine Hudson Xiv + RulrD al sta
tom and are uuder specih contract 90 land
ia IT passengers at their various IN -. lhs
pr % piid Tor TINS acc linmOilitpn l. - trip.
Only ono OF tn stages carries :. urivats :"
Lad up town. Inis Stiga star = from Whitehall
forty at to'ciOck every afternoon.
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nom HIypel'i Mon,h!g.
When man comes home.
DuN't ht4lN 40 Nrlusie,
Better lar to sleep
Ia me hungry deep.
Meath white ancria OF foam,
Ana ot Hva weed tIn-lc.
ic1cr, pfhcc, peace.
Cease, cease, ceN-c,
whom nInu comes Aotno.
b'ht ptglu 10 wrlnSie,
when "A man cnmc. home.
L't uiN' ruirf IN ing,
tht luD Cnlidfrn sweet,
fiajtnk rNuni ms f,ct.
lNFlN % fl ram. gIYniu
AM Ino wnrii's lcguiiing
l'th' - 'uce, 90 tCr,
tt..sr. CfIsi, ceasc
When niih rnAie- nome,
Let lam nni N smllug
When a man c0mca home,
lie rhOufu still remrinDeC
ia MOI alWals May,
EltncT work or play
sure A. June VIII come
There vii come December.
Peace. potce, peace,
Cease, cease. cease,
EVENING brings all home,
AMI sunshine In december
DiaAn YvL~"" naAIS
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A Republican Lamont,

n ON ne CmcmRafi Enquirer.
LONG WAY AFTER TKEsrsoS.
Break, break, break,
on, gently break the news,
That lndlana's totally lost
Aud ONO doesn't enthuse.
Oh, well for the 'rithmetic man
That he cOunfeth up his galnst
Ana well for the Governor good
Ihst lac sings as lie don, hla jeau,,
And still the returns come I'm
Aud the districts 20 near from appal
But, oh, for the nirt OF a bloody snirt
And the voice OF Bob Inger50ili
Break, break. break,
Break gently the news 20 US.
Alas though October II BAD enough.
November Will be wuss
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san FRANCISCO, Oct. p. Al the Bay District
track yes erIAv tue ru,uns race between Oakland
Mad, May Howard. 81 James, and George Treat which
wA- postponed from last 'turda,, wucn rIcn horse
toOA hest. va. clnc ndf,i the Mad winning IN Two
straight heats. Time, 2-sls aud 2..2.
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VINEYARD HAVEN, Der. I.-rhe bark r. II.
Purn-tun Of Providence, from Boston for Loudon,
sprng lolS on wednesday lnei. ana was abandoned
Oh THURSDAY twenty miles from sOutl 5hoal. The
crew boarded gnt boat and reached Nantucket last
uIglt
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,ipitated by the falling of the burning

cipitated by the falling of the burning
floors.
At the police station adjoining tho
burned theater the names of ST per
sons missing from their homes have
been registered.
Kate ClaNton, at the preliminary in
quiry of the Fire Marshal, said: At the
beginning of the act, just As h curta II
went up l heard IL rumbling noise ON
the stage and two minutes after | saw
the flames. The fire seemed to he all on
the stage. Mrs. Warren, myself, Mr..
Studley and Mr.. Murdoch were on the
stage at the time. We four remained
there and e~ndeavored the best we could
20 quiet the audience and prevent a
panic. l said to the people, 'be quiet,
we are between YOU and the fire; the
front door is open and the passages
are clear" Not one of the audience
jumped on the stage. The flames were
then coming down on us. l ran out
and jumped over several people. II.
l.. Murdoch, after ~cndeavoring to calm
the fears of the panic-strickcn people,
went to his dressing-room to get his
clothing, and must have been sutfo-
Gated.
The number of bodies thus far re-
covered from the ruins is about IS, and
it is believed that as many more are
still in the ruins. They are mostly
those of the occupants of the family
circle.
The Brooklyn Eagle publishes the
following: "The work of identifying
the dead will be difficult, for most Of
them are burned beyond recognition.
The only mode of identifying will be
by the personal property found at
tached to the bodies. The actors and
actresses escaped from the stage into
John street. J. w. Thorp, stage a
ager states that the fire occurred in
this wise: A drop was ignited from a
border light by some means ineNp}ica-
bic. as one was guarded from the
other. He immediately directed the
stage carpenter and supernumaries to
endeavor to eXtinguish the flames, but
the difficulty was to reach the part on
fire. The stage manager, with the
stage carpenter and supernnmaries
essayed to effect the object by lower
ing the drops, and is so doing added
fuel to the flames. The scence, the
last in the play, embraced a ceiled
apartment ard the instant the burned
drop came in contact with the in
tiammable ceiling it serNei to spread
the existing flames and in a flash the
entire properties were in a blaze. The
usual to escape were thus
summarily closed at the rear and an
exit, if at all possible, had TO made by
way of the box entrance. All, except
perhaps u or two, thus escaped. 1t
is now believed that he number of
dead will be about l25."
The Courts adjourned this morning
without t~ransacting any business.
There is intense excitement in the city
and business is partially suspended.
The Park Theater has teen closed
for a week. 4 meeting of the theatri-
cal profession has been called for
Thursday to concert measures for re-
lief. Hon. Henry {. Murphy, a dis
tinguiShed citizen of Brooklyn and
we'll known throughout the country,
is amOnv the missing.
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issuance of a certificate to an alleged
disqualified Elector. The case was
opened by Senator Kelly, who said he
was prepared to argue the same.
Mr.. O'Dell, one of the Republican
Electors, replied that the Electors did
not desire to argue the case, but would
Grover was ready to receive it.
His Excellency stated that he was
ready.
Senator Kelly then proceeded to read
the protest, filed December I'd, and ac-
companying affidavits.
Mr.. O'Dell read a long counter pro-
test, setting forth in detail the facts and
law applicable to the case, which was
signed by the Republican Electors, the
issue being fairly defined.
The argument was opened by Sena-
tor Kelly, who spoke all the forenoon.
He stated that several other prominent
Democratic lawyers of the State, who
We're present, desired to argueat length
the question at issue.
The afternoon Ia consumed in ar
euing the case. Present appearances
indicate that the argument will not
close in time for the question to be de-
cided before the casting of ti.e Electoral
vote tomorrow, as required by law. 1t
is generally conceded by Republicans
that Grover will not issue a certificate
to Watts or Crohin either. The Demo.
Gratis boldly affirm that their principal
object in filing the protest is to pie.
vent Watts from getting a certificate.
An intense interest is centeIed in the
action of the Governor.
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AN APPALLING CaI"AMIrY.-In".Ou
dispatches this morning will he found
al account of an appalling calamity in
the burning of \ theater in Brooklyn,
y. y. It il estimated that one hun.
dred and fifty people were burned to
death. The scene is wildly described
and the reality is almost too horrible
to contemplate. With the exception
of a calamity of a similar character
which occurred at Richmond, Vir-
ginia, many years ago, we believe this
to be the most terribly fatal contiagra-
United S,ates.
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SFEALsNGS.

There was an accident, says Mon
days Gold Hill NewS at the new Vel.
low Jacket shaft this morning at :
o'clock which will probably prove
fatal. The shalt Is on the ground for
merry known as the North Chapman
mire, and is being enlarged for the use
of tie Yellow Jacket Company. A
bucket and a donkey engine are being
| used in the work. At the time men
toned "a miner named John ID. Harris,
Familiarity known as doe" was work
ing in the shaft about fifteen feet from
the bottom. One of the men on top
WAS ordered to send some tools down,
and in putting them into the bucket a
hand an accidentally fell, striking
Harris i'll the center of the crOWn OF
the head. The skull was split clear
down, and Il piece of bonethree inches
long by two and a half inches wide
was taken out by the physicians. The
skull was literally split wide open.
Strange as 1t may appear the injured
man never lost consciousness, and dis
played heroic Iortitude, notwithstand-
ing his terrible suffering. DR.. Hall
thinks he is in a very critical condition
racovery
The Gold Hill Ne~S says: In view of
the recent accident at the Combination
.,,o wb,u,hu
$500 m.eLepy Ahan va $500 ~
i9re' ~ ~ - 1919 .o" ,rai "HPT;,ui
III; d ptao.,c"t nlitTa v. nn
,;nm trnr wb;nh wao~
. ron ~ q su11pn.' SI.h nn aon;aent
" 'ne 'o,iomln3 a a. "h;nh :,
being sunk by means OF cages. Place
a bell on the fifth set of timbers from
the bottom of the shaft, and move it
downward as the shaft progresses
~ nrt IN Hava i so .rrorroJ tLat
~ sbau rinr Il in 1ass;nm
wbs,bor oa;nr dowS ~ no,i;ng nn''
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LOUISIANA.
Predicted Bloodshed in the Stat,
Troubl0u> Times Anticipated.

CHICAGO. Dec. s..
An Mter-OceGN New Orleans special
says: The Houses action in dispatch
ing Il committee here provOkeS angry
Democratic comment and eInbarraSSes
the White League III any attempt at
inSurrection. A wAnton and diSci-
pinned force, boasting of $4,000 rifles,
stung with wrath at the Democratic de-
feat. here and in South Carolina,
for a fortnight have been loud in their
threats. 1t is "A dangerous element
which may mass AT any moment On
the streets. We are standing on a vol
ann Concerted assaults by armed
bodies may give way TO private as>a>-
sination. Many warnings have AL
ready been conveyed. 1t was openly
declared on C~arondolet street that
Packard would not lie daily accom-
pa led by a regiment of troops from
his residence to the STATE house and
wonld get an early bullet. More i'm
mediate danger threatens the mem
bers OF the Returning Board, and the
sudden death of two or more need NJ
surprise you.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
Speech of Wade Hampton.

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.
Wade Hampton, in Il speech in Co
lumbia last night, said to the people:
Il am supported by the property
owners of the State and by good men of
all classes. Two months ago | said
l would submit my claims before the
people of South Carolina, and it elect
ed Governor that by the eternal God
| would have my place, since when, in
spite of frauds and falsehoods, all the
powers of the State government and
the bayonets of President Grant | have
been, Ivy 10000 white men and Il 900
colored men, chosen to be Govern o, of
South Carolina, and Governor | will
be. The ballot box has announced the
verdict OF the people and I will be their
Governor or they shall have a military
government"
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EASTERN DISPATCHES.
Ey Overland Telegraph.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY sENTINEI.'
NEW YORK.
AN APPALLING CALAMITY.
A Theater Burned in Brooklyn.
1870 PERSONS BURNED 70 DEATH
Vivid Description of the Horrible
Affair.
so PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH


NEW YORK, Dec. 6.
The fire in tie Brooklyn Theatre last
night was attended by appalling loss
of life. and it is thought not less than
II hundred persons were killed IN
the rush to the exit, or were burned to
death, being unable to escape. The
fire broke out during the performance
of the last scene Of 1.-TWO OrphanS,n
in which Miss Claxton, who plays the
part of the heroine, lies on a boat
house during the food. In five min.
uteS more the audience would have
been dismissed and there would have
been nothing more serious to record
than the destruction of property. The
house was about two-thirds full, and
those below sitting well forward to-
wards the stage, and for those in the
family circle, dress circle and galleries
there was no way of escape eXcept by
Washington street. The panic stricken
people rushed pe!l nell towards and
down the stairways. The main exit
became Immediately choked up and a
scene of terror, confusion and distress
ensued which beggars description.
Just above the landing place of the
stairway a woman in the crush had her
foot pushed between the banister and
fell. The crowd behind, forced for
ward by the terrified people still fur
Their behind, fell over her and piled on
top of each other four and five deep.
The police from the station house,
next door, were promptly at the scene,
but owing 10 the manner in which the
people were piled upon the top OF
each other and massed together, they
could extricate comparatively few. and
these were all bruised, bleeding and
MANNED. The firemen got to work on
the ruins shortly after daylight this
morning. They succeeded in getting
as far as the wall Of the dress circle.
where they found a great number of
bodies and Immediately began the
work Of removal, and up to IL o'clock
sixty. five bodies had been recovered,
and what appeared to be twenty or
thirty more were seen in the base
ment, into which they had been pre-
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-07
LATEST FROM OREGON.
Governor Grover Signs Certificates
of Election for two Repub.
lican and one Dem
ocratic Elector.

SAN Francisco, Dec. 6.
The Daily Stock Exchange extra this
evening prints the following:
PORTLAND, Dec. 6.
Governor Grover to-day issued GER
t~ificates to two of the Hayes Electors
and one to Tilden Elector Cronin.
The two Hayes electors declined to
meet with Cronin, whereupon the
latter, who held all three certificates,
appointed two Republicans to act in
their places. The two whom he APP
pointed met with him and received
their certificates and then all voted for
Ple>ident-two for Hayes, and Cronin
for Tilden.
Tie Bulletin has the following spe-
cial from Portland: y dispatch from
Salem q v the Secretary OF State has
given Crunin, the Democratic Elcctor,
having the highest number of votes.
his certificate. The two Republican
Electors refused to act with him and
assembled and supplied the vacancy.
The Republicans voted for Hayes.
Cr1nin appoin ed two Democrats to act
with him and cast the vote of the State
for Tilden.
A Post special from Salem says: At
noon to-day the Secretary of State de-
livered to Il. A. Cronin, Democratic
candidate for Elector, contesting the
seat Of j. W. Watts. Postmaster, his
certificate of election as Elector, which
is evidence that Governor Grover has
ouSted Watts. The six electoral can
didateS then assembled i'll the COM
mittee roo OF the Senate chamber
and after half an hour one of the Re-
publican Electors, w. H. Odell, came
D,,f ,pl nav, n ,ln ~ M Df tIo S~.
reiarv of State to demand IA certified
copy of the certificate, for it seems the
certificate included the names of Il. a.
Cronin, Democrat, and w. II. Odell
and j. c. Cartwright, Republicans.
and as the latter demanded to see and
hold a certificate, and Cronin refused
to let them have ii, nothing could be
done. About this tine Cronin left the
room where the electors were assem-
bled and took a stroll around town.
Later.
The story further goes that when the
Electors met Odell and Cartwright re-
fused to- act with Cronin, whereupon
Cronin declared two vacancies and
elected j.. y. r. Miller and II. Parker
to fill the places of the Electors, and
on a vote being taken. Crouiu voted
for Ti!den and Hendricks and the two
others for Hayes and Wheeler. Cart
wright and Odell first accepted the res
ignation of Elector Watts, then elected
him to fill the "A and cast the
vote at the STATE for Hayes and
Wheeler.
Great excitement prevails. and the
Republicans are very indignant at tho
Governors &C i n.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-07

SHOOTING AT GOLD HILL.-A man
named w. Il. Robertson shot VIM.
Lewis in the hip at Gold Hill last Sun
day night. The wound is serious, and
Lewis is not expected tolive. Robertson
is a absolute character and the attack
upon lewis, accordingto the News' ac-
count, was entirely without proyoca-
ton. He is in the county Jail at Virginia
and the chances are favorable for a
trip toCarsOn.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-07
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.

our dispatches to-day state that the
Canvassing Board of Florida have de
clared a majority Of $50 in that State
for the Republican Electoral ticket.
The Returning Board Of Louisiana,
although we have not received any tel
ezra phic news directly to that effect,
we infer from the general tenor of the
dispatches from that section have also
returned their State in favor of HAYES.
The result in either of those Common
wealths will not surprise any person
who has kept the run,of the proceed
ings of the two boards as reported by
telegraph since they have been in ses-
sion, consequently the presidential
question can not be regarded as having
in this mornings issue, as the queS-
ton in our opinion will eventually be
settled by Congress, before which
body it is to be hoped the issues will
he fairly presented and a decision rem
dered which will reflect the sentiments
of a large majority of the members OF
both parties, which is, that the prizes
he awarded to the candidates who are
entitled to them by having, under a
fair and impartial count, received a
majority of the electoral votes as pro-
vided by the Constitution of the
United States. The people desire nc
more. and will be satisfied with moth
ing less. The news from Oregon indi-
Gates that Governor Grover will not is
size a certificate uf election to either
Watts, the alleged Ineligible Repub-
lean Elector, or Cronin, the Demo
cratic candidate, who received the
largest number of votes for that posi-
ton. While this will leave Hayes and
Tilden an equal number of votes
under the returns in the Electoral Col
lrga, we do not consider it an impor-
tant point to either, as the entire bust
ness will doubtless be reopened and
overhauled by Congress, when the
time arrives for the canvass Of the
votes by that tody.
LATER.-Since the above was writ
ten later dispatches that
Governor Grover, Of Oregon, has de-
cided against the eligibility of Watts
and issued a certificate Of election to
the two other Republican Electors and
~ CrOnin, the highest Democratic can
d date. Full particulars of the affair
will be found in our Geographic col
umns. Although the action of the
Governor in giving a certificate TO Gro.
min is rot in accordance with the pre-
diction contained III The first dispatch
we still are OF he opinion that 1t vii
not cut any important figure in the
Electoral College, although the face Of
all the returns gives the election to FL.
den by a majority Of one vote. II will
however, prevent the election of Mr.
Hayes by an arbitrary declaration o.
the President of the Senate and neces.
state a full investigation by Congress:
of the entire business in all OF thu
contested States. This is what til,
PEOPLE want, and we believe it woulC
have been done under any ciIcum
stances.
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FLORIDA.
The Canvassing Board Declare a
Majority for Hayes.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.
The following is just received:
TALLAHASSEE, Dec. s.
Count just finished. Hayes major
ity is $50. Republicans elect Cover,
nor. Lieutenant Governor and both
members of Congress. All quiet.
[Signedl LEW. WALLACE.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-07

The NEVADA ELECTORs.-The pres
idential Electors, W. W. Bishop, K. NJ.
Daggett and George Tutly, met in the
Office OF the Secretary of State, at Car
son, yesterday morning at II o'clock
=. NJ. Their votes were cast for r. =.
Hayes, for President, and W. A.
Wheeler, for Vice President. r. NJ.
Daggett was elected messenger to carry
the returns TO Washington.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-07

IELEGRAPRIC REDUCTION. - The
Journal is informed by MIR. Wilbur,
ths Reno manager Of the Western
Union office, that his company have
made a reduction in Geographic rates
30 the principal Eastern cities, and a
still further reduction is expected soon.
The present reduction is from s. 80 to
s. for a message OF ten words, and
from II to IS ccnts on each additional
word.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-12-07

WENDELL PHILLIPS charges the de-
crease in Republican votes at the late
election to the influence of tbs indie
pendent newspapers. Wendel!'s head
- level, for truer wosds were never
JttarGd.