Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-09-28

yellow fever in the heart Of the city. This
time there are three genuine cases, f. J.
H~untspiller, Max Horger and VIM. Hall.
The latter died last night: he was a deck
hand on the steamer Horton. 1t is not
known that the others had been in the
vicinity of the Inflated BOAT Some families
have left the city, and although no great
excitement prevails, yet others will doubt
less take the same precautions.
The Chinese Minister Transfers
100000 In Gold from San Fran
cisco to Washington.
WASHINGTON, September 81.
Treasurer Gilfllan to-day transferred
500, 900 in gold from San Francisco TO
Washington, on account Of the Chinese
Minister. The transfer was made by tele-
| graphic communication, and without ex-
pense to the Chinese legation. The money
was on deposit in San Francisco with Chi
nese bankers, and a draft for the full
amount was deposited for collection with
the banking house of Riggs & Co., OF this
city. Riggs called on GILLIAN and re-
quested him to make the transfer, inform
ing the Treasurer, in reply to questions,
that he had accepted the draft for collec-
ton as a regular business transaction, and
that the usual charge for collection would
be made by the bank. Then, / cannot,
said the Treasurer, direct the trans
fer. l will do it as a matter Of
courtesy for the Embassy, but /
will not do it rs a matter Of business.
Riggs then offered to give a commission on
the collection to the Government if the
Treasurer would make the transfer. This
proposition was declined. the Treasurer
remarking that the Government was not in
the banking business. The transfer could
only be made through the treasury as a
matter of courtesy, and with the under
standing that no expense was to attend it.
The bank finally agreed not to make any
charge on the transaction, and the Assist
ant Treasurer at San Francisco was di-
rected to accept the gold from the Chinese
bankers, which he did. Upon receiving
notice that the gold was deposited at tho
sub-Treasury, q like amount was paid over
to Riggs& Co. upon the draft OF the Chinese
Minister. For this act Of courtesy Treas
urer Gilfllan to-day received a letter of
thanks from Chin Ian Lin, through Messrs.
Riggs & Co.
The Enlisted Labor Association.
WASHINGTON, September 81.
A new association is being formed here,
known as the Enlisted Labor Association.
- o Piol'ooOQ w oiDo uPoh oOh6ASSS ehO
passage of a law by which one hundred
thousand volunteers may be enlisted, for
five years, for military and agricultural
purposes on a reservation of the Govern
ment. Twelve skilled mechanics or arti-
sans, are to be in each company, and one
regiment of each corps is to be engineers
exclusively. As soon as ten thousand men
shall be enlisted, they shall be sen to the
reservation, lay out a city, and begin the
erection of suitable quarters for permanent
settlement, preparing the ground for agri-
cultural purposes, and developing the
mineral resources of the country. Each
corps is to be furnished by the Govern
ment with seeds, stock, farming imple-
ments and tools. The volunteers are to
receive the same pay as regular soldiers,
and every person so enlisting shall, upon
an honorable discharge, be entitled to a
patent for 160 acres Of land, as now pro-
vided for by the homestead act. or to n
lot within the limits of the city. as he may
elect. Every alternate lot to be reserved
to the United States.