Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-04-14


for further Instructions, which will be
sent after the Cabinet meeting.
The stories that Blaine and others
are organizing an opposition to the
Presidents Southern policy are largely
sensational and unauthorized. Martin
I. Townsend fatty denies the state
ment that he is preparing a letter of
such a character.
The Jury in the case of w. III. Off,
man, charged with abstracting the
$47. 900 package from the Treasury De-
p~artnent, and with receiving stolen
money, after being out since 4:30 p. NJ.
Tuesday last, failed to agree, and this
afternoon were discharged until Mon.
day. 1t is reported that they were
ready to give a verdict of not guilty on
the first count, but were unable to
agree on the second count.
The celebrated Arlington estate, near
Washington, which was forfeited to
the United States by the non payment
of its taxes during the rebellion, and
turned into a National cemetery for
soldiers, is now claimed by its former
proprietor, General G.. w. Curtis Lee,
who. in an action for ejectment, sues
the Government for restoration. The
family had abandoned the property
and gone South 10 reside, before the
forfeiture was made. Several thouS-
and soldiers are buried upon its soil.
Lee claims that the tax sale was I'M
constitutional, and therefore void.
Remarkable Criminal Case - The
Wrong Man Con victed- lie Sui
cia!es.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, April IL.
Edward Lever, a German farmer,
suicided Tuesday evening by means OF
an unknown agency, probably hydro
cyanic acid, furnished 10y his wife. lie
had been convicted of poisoning the
cistern of Frederick Cook, and thus
causing the death of Mrs. Cook and
poisoning several others. His counsel
proved that though the cistern was
poisoned, yet the stomach of deceased,
upon analysis, showed nc poison, and
.contended hat the poison had been
put in the cistern after her death by an
enemy of Leyer. The prosecution
proved, by eminent medical authority,
that the presence of poison in the
stomach was not a necessary evidence
of the fact. Leyer was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life, which made
him gloomy and morose. The coro-
ner's jury returned a verdict accord
To-day, his son, who was
under joint Indictment, fled, but wrote
back confessing the deed and excul-
pating his father. 1t is considered "A
remarkable case in all of its
phases.
Tho ~. I.nufs Eire-TwO Moro Rod
les Found.
ST. LOUIS, April 13.
Charles w. Sheppard, one of the pro-
prietors of the hotel, gives the opinion
that none of the employees of the
house. excepting those heretofore re-
ported, were killed. About twenty of
them are still u~naccounted for, but it
is believed they are alive and are
either with friends in the suburbs of
the city or have left town. OF the
guests, SO have not reported, but the
presum ption is that most Of them left
the city the day following the fire.
The remains of Geo. Frank Gonley,
Grand Masonic Secretary. were re-
moved 10 the Grand Lodge in
Masonic Hall this noon, where they
will lie in state until Sunday, when
the funeral takes place. The Coroner
will not investigate until Monday.
The body of a man has just been
found, five feet from the woman dis
covered this morning. The body has
not been recognized, as it is badly
burned.
The men working at the ruins Of the
Hotel this morning found
the remains of a woman, so much
burned and distigured that it could not
be recognized.
The Board of Police Commissioners
met yesterday and decided 10 make a
most thorough investigation regarding
the cause of the fire.
Jay Gould Warns Jim Keene's Ear.
NEW YORK, April 10.
There is a generally believed story in
the street that Jay Gould unloaded
large amounts of Northwestern Rail-
road stock on dim Keene just before
the recent panic, possibly IN revenge
for kecne's coming TO Trencr Parks
assistance in the Panama stock panic.
Keene's counter moves we're awarded
81.