Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-10-06
EASTERN NEWS.
ESPECIAL TO THE DAILY sENTINEI.l
DISPATCHES.
The New York Platform.
Comments of the Press
Thereon.
DAMAGING STORMS IN THE
EAST.
A COAL CONFERENCE AT
SCRANTON.

NEW YORK. Oct. 5.
The Journals have the following
comments on the Democratic platform
adopted yesterday: Herald: Plat
forms are OF little account and will he
forgotten before a week. The old
ticket mas excellent chances to be
elected.
Tribune: The Albany platform be-
gins with q howl of fraud longer and
louder han has been heard from any
other Democratic Convention. 1t con
tains some good material, some bad
material and q good deal of the Gus
tomsry fluffy padding. The resolu.
tons on the subject Of specie pay
ments and the public debt, have a
sound ring. The resolution in COM
mendatiou OF the Presidents South
ern policy is given g~rudgiDgly, and
with not half the hesrtiness put into
the resolution praising the House Of
Representatives for its mean partisan
attempt to starve the army. The good
features of the platform are borrowed
from that of 1874, the bad are original;
but the whole thing is of no signiti-
canoe a. representing the sentiments
of the New York Democracy.
n ViOlCuS rtO VI Wluu diiu Idlii
prevailed here all night. Advices
from Baltimore state that considerable
damage was done there by the storm.
Trains on the Wilmington and Balii.
more roads were delayed by washed
out c~ulverts. On the Hudson river
railroad a serious wash out occurred
rear Riyerdale, and the Pacific ex-
press leaving New York at $3.50 met
with an accident near there. The en-
gine, w express cars, the baggage
car and one coach were thrown from
the track by sand. No one was hurt.
but the train was delayed several
hours.
The Presidents of the principal coal
companies started to Scranton to day
for a conference, looking to a resump
ton of work in the colleries.
Desperate Shooting ARRAY In the
Black Hills.
CENTRAL CITY, d. T., Oct. 4.
A fatal shooting ARRAY occurred here
this afternoon. John 5. Bry ant. own
ing a placer claim here, claimed the
surface ground of his claim as a mill
site. A. A. Adams, formerly cores
pendent of the Salt Lake Tribune and
Chicago papers, and known under the
nom de plume of sold Pioneer" aud
Ching Foo" also claimed the ground
by right of purchase. The difficulty
eliminated this afternoon by Bryant
and Adams meeting on the ground.
Reports say that before Bryant made
any hostile demonstration Adams
pulled his revolver and shot Bryant
through the body, and that Adams
then turned and fled. Bryant then
| lean hiS N ouy ox,olx,ar md Gr~A throo
shots at Adams, the first shot missing,
but at the second Adams fell, and Bry-
ant still advancing, placed the pistol at
Adams head and sent a bullet through
his brain, killing him Instantly. Bry-
ant is not expected to recover.
Trains Wrecked by the storm Ia
Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 4.
A furious gale ragged here tonight
Railroad trains Q delayed in all di
rections. A land slide occurred at the
eastern terminus of the Phoenix willie
tunnel on the Reading road. An en-
CINE and twenty coal cars were thrown
from the track st Rogersford. The
south bound Oswego aud Philadelphia
Q express, In the Belvidere division Of the
Pennsylvania railroad, ran into n
washed out culvert a short distance be
low Milford, New Jersey, this evening
causing a complete wreck of the train
and it is feared some loss of life. The
engineer and conductor cannot be
found. At the Wsynesburg Junction
on the Wilmington Northern road, the
engine and baggage car of a train ran
into q culvert. The fireman vas badly
scslded and the engineer is missing.
The Flood at Washington.
WASHINGTON, October 4.
The heavy rain storm to-day did con
siderable damage to the Interior De-
psrtment building. The entire north
hall, occupied by the Patent Office
was flooded. The ceiling of the north
hall being expected to fall, guards were
stationed to warn people of the danger.
Business in the Land Office is entirely
suspended, and the land records SUI.
fered considerably. and IL is feared thai
some of them will be destroyed before
they can be placed In a dry room.
Anssher Black Hills stage Robbery,
CHEYENNE, w. T., Oct. 4.
The coach from Dead wood which ar
rived here to-day, was stopped and
robbed IL miles south of Fort Laramie
iest uiBIst, Uy tWO IoeO agents. luls u
Q new point for this work, all previous
rObberies having been committed
north OF Hot Creek, which II IS miles
north Of Fort Laramie. All the pass
engers we're searched and contributed.
There were but two robbers, one oil
whom was masked and the other had
his face blsckened. Extra efforts are
being made to capture this part Of the
gang, with . good prospect Of success
The Northern Pacific s~sRIIr0sa.
New YORK, October 5.
The Indicator, q Wall street journal,
says the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company will apply to Congress dur
ing the coming winter for an extension
of time, the original time limit having
expired, and. il granted. will proceed
at once to extend their lines from Bis