Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-01-29
WASHINGTON INTEL
I'M
Improved Prospects of the South.
ern Pacific.
Democratic Senators Indifferent to
the President.
A SILVER MEETING TO BE HELD
IN NEW YORK.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 81.

The arguments orally presented yes-
terday by President scott and Vice
President Brown, in support OF their
Texas Pacific railroad bill, made a
strong impression upon the House
Railroad Committee, and one OF the
new members, who has heretofore
been very doubtful on this proposition,
says to. day there is no doubt whatever
of its receiving a favorable report and
the earnest advocacy of a decided
majority of the committee. These
members are incredulous, both as to
the desire and ability of the California
Company to build the Southern Trans
continental railroad without the assist
ance of the Government credit, and
they also argue that this route should
in any event be devoted to competing
line.
Several Democratic Senators main
tain an indifference as to the fate of the
Presidents nominations. They either
do not see or do not care for the ad
vantage to be derived by supporting
non-partisan appointments. Several
Southern Senators who have endeav-
ored to keep the party together on APP.
pointments OF importance have aban-
doned the effort in disgust. Several
Senators have shown more disposition
to comply with the requests of per
sonal friends interested in appoint
ments in voting on nominations than
in casting their votes for the improve
ment of civil service.
Hon. Thomas Ewing has accepted
an invitation to address the mass meet
ing in favor of the reconciliation of
silver, and to discuss the effects of con-
traction and resumption, which is to
be held in Cooper Institute, New York,
next Wednesday evening. Several
other members of Congress have been
in invited to address the meeting, among
them Senators Jones of Nevada, Jones
of Florida, Voorhees,, Gordon, Merri
man, Matthews and Representatives
others will be present.
sold Attempt to Rob n Train.
TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 81.
During an attempt to rob the passen
ger train on the Atkinson, Topeka and
| Santa Fe Railroad this morning, five
armed and masked me- entered the
station at Kingsley, Kansas, and cap
tured A. Kincaid, the telegraph oper-
ator, who was ordered to open the safe.
| He refused to do so. although his
/ life was threatened. The West bound
express train arrived at this time, and
the operator, by a desperate effort,
broke loose, ran to the hotel near by,
arousing the inmates. A yolley OF pis-
toll shots was fired into it, and, as the
train stopped, Conductor j.. w. Nal
Tory was met by two robbers. who pre-
scented pistols at his head and ordered
him INTO the baggage car. Mallory
aud the baggage master armed them
| selves with carbines, carried in the car,
| stopped the train after running about
a mile from the station, and then vent
into the back coaches with their arms,
but found the robbers were not on the
train, and the passengers were not dis.
turbed. Immediately after the train
started, the robbers, reported to be 10
or Is in number, mounted their horses
and rode off rapidly towards the Ar
kansas river. A party was at once organ
lied for pursuit and started only two
or three miles behind the robbers. The
second party started at 1880 with fresh
horses and provisions, and the chances
are good that the.robbers will be cap
tured. The superintendent of the road
also SEM a request to the commanding
| officer at Fort Dodge for a party OF
soldiers to join N the pursuit. An an
swer has been received that a squad
| of cavalry had been sen out with sup
plies. One of the party returned this
afternoon with the report that the rob
bers crossed the Arkansas river within
nine miles of Kingsley.
To Investigate she Texas Troubles.
CHICAGO, Jan. %.
Lieutenant General Sheridan has
designated j. II. King, of the Ninth
Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel w.
Fl. Lewis, of the Nineteenth Infantry,
to act 10 conjunction with some person.
to be designated by the Governor OF
Texas, as a Board to investigate the
recent troubles in FL Paso county
Texas.