Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-11-16

TO prohibit polygamous marriages in Ter
r~itories. 1t was contended by counsel
for prisoner that ~polygamy is enjoined as a
religious duty, and held as an article OF
faith by the sect to which the prisoner be-
longs, and that Congress is forbidden by
the first amendment 70 the Constitution to
make any law respecting an establishment
OF religion or to prohibit the free exercise
thereof.
Attorney General Devens, counsel for the
United States, urged in reply hat an in
depreciation Of the Constitution which
would restrain Congress from attaching q
penalty TO the crime Of polygamy, on &C.
count Of lis being an article of religious
faith, would also restrain it from attaching
q penalty to any other crime which might
be sanctioned by religion, and that under
this rigid Interpretation Of the Constitution
o sect Of East Indian Thugs who should
settle in our Territories might commit
murder with impunity, on the ground that
it was sanctioned and ehjoined by their
system Of religion. He closed with al elo-
quent and impressive reference to the well
known Mountain Meadow massacre by the
Mormon %avcnging angels as an illustration
Of the fsnatical extremes to which men,
unrestrained by law, might be carried un-
der q mistaken conviction Of religious duty.
Arguments will be continued tomorrow.
Army Officers and the Indian
Bureau.
WASHINGTON, November Is.
The Indian Department officials are in
dignant at the attack made by Sherman
and other army officers in their annual
reports upon the management of the In
dian Bureau. The truth of the charges
made is specifically and generally denied
by the officials of that department. They
consider it q plan to secure o transfer of
the management to the War Department.
Commodore Schufeldt, in his report to
the Secretary of the Navy, says there were
So assertions during the year, while the
year before there we're BIS. This year
/ 1928 boys were enlisted in the navy.
Important Railroad EnterprIse-NO
Cine to the Observation-Disclosures
Congressional Race.
NEW York, November Is.
The Georgetown, Leadvillc and San Juan
Railroad, with a capital stock of S., 000, 900
divided into so, 900 shares of 500 each, to
run between Georgetown and Leadvilie on
the Southern boundary of Colorado, has
been incorporated, with Jay Gould, Sidney
Dillon and Russell Sage, of this city, Frank
l.. Ames, OF Boston, and w. A. ii. Live
land, G. c.. Welch and E. l.. Berthod, of
Colorado, as incorporators. 1t is designed
to continue this route in New Mexico and
Arizona.
The police disclaim all knowledge Of the
reports published in the evening papers
that A. T. Stuart's body has been found
either in Shamong, New Jersey, or in
Canada.
Jesse Yeates (Dem.l, in the First North
Carolina Congressional District, is elected
by six majority.
Witncss Anderson.
NEW ORLEANS, November Is.
The Democrat has had an interview with
E. L. Weber, regarding Anderson's last
confession. Weber says Anderson's state
ments in that confession are unqualifedly
false, that he. (Weber) received nothing
from the Potter Committee, but was led to
believe that if he would give evidence for
Secretary Sherman, he would receive a
reward. In due time he would give the
names Of the parties who approached him
for the purpose of getting a retraction of
his testimony. He maintains that he had
told the exact truth before the Potter Com
mittee.
The Sack I'm Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, November Is.
John G.. Kelly, Alderman from the Fifth
District Of this city, was to-day found
guilty, in the United States Court, OF pro-
curing illegal votes at the recent election.
The voting was done by A. Reeves, a man,
who, although he said he lived in Pitts
burg, gave Kelly's residence to the Elec-
ton Judge as his own. Sentence has not
been pronounced. The extreme penalty of
the law is $500 fine and three years i'm
prisonment.
Official Count in Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG, November Is.
The following is the official vote OF Penn
s~ylvania: For Governor, Hoyt, Republican.
3l9, 567; Dill, Democrat, 297 ,060; Mason,
National, 81 ,750 ; Lane, Prohibitionist,
1858.
VIII Not Contest.
CINCINNATI November Is.
Hon. Milton Sayler that he
will not contest the election of Hon. Ben.
Butler for the Congressman elect from the
First Ohio District.