Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-08-04
NATIONAL BANK NOTES.
New Designs Recommended.
OLD DESIGNS CONTEMPLATED.
Loss of the Gillian Transport Lea.
Explosion Of a TorpedO-0ne Hum
dred and Fifty Men Lost.
LID DESIGNS coUNrERFEITED.
Loss of the Chilian Transport, Lea.
By Telegraph to the Sentinel

IBy Telegraph to the Sentinel
WASHINGTON, August 3.-Mr. Casilear,
| Superintendent Of Engraving in the Bu-
reau of Engraving and Printing, and one
Of the most accomplished experts in the
detection of counterfeit bank notes, thinks
that a new design for the national bank
notes ought to be adopted. The old de-
signs have been in use many years, and
every denomination, except the 81 and
81, 600 notes, have been counterfeited.
Large amounts of counterfeit national
bank notes are probably in circulation now,
the existence Of which is unsupported.
The fact that the design for any denomi-
nation of national bank notes is the same
for all banks, with the exception of the
name Of the bank, renders the task OF
counterfeiting comparatively easy. After
having made his plate he can throw out his
notes as long as he can find a market for
them. Then when they become adver-
tised as counterfeits, he can change the
name Of his bank, and go on with his
printing from the old plate by a device
adopted at the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing. New plates may be made with
the charter members Of the respective ma
tional banks forming so conspicuous a
portion Of the general design that it would
be easier to make a new plate than to
change the old one. As an evidence of the
perfection which the counterfeiters some
times attain, it may be said that an official
Of the Revere Bank, in Boston, upon re-
ceiving back from the Treasury Depart
ment a 500 counterfeit of its " notes,
wrote a sharp letter criticising Treasury
practices, and declaring that the bank was
ready to receive all such notes, and that
its officers recognized the signatures upon
the returned note as their own. Only W
denominations of the greenbacks printed
at the Bureau Of Engraving and Printing
have ever been counterfeited but all de-
nominations Of those printed from plates
made by private companies have been
counterfeited
Loss OF the ChiIlian Transport LOa
a Torpedo place. In a Launch
The Chilians Send a Force to
Wreak Terrible Vengeance.
The Panama Star and Herald, of July
transport Loa, in Callao Bay. A Peruvian
officer procuring a suitable launch, put a
torpedo into it, and over this placed a
false bottom, resting on springs, kept down
by the weight of the cargo. He then
loaded it with q very choice assortment Of
fruits, and towing it ont toward the block
aiding squadron before daylight, set it
adrift. All day it foated about. but to-
ward eve, fearing it would fall into neutral
hands, a boat was sent to bring it back.
Those on the Loa seeing a boat from the
shore making toward the neutral vessels,
caught sight of the launch and went to it.
The Loa lowered two boats, brought the
launch alongside, and began unloading it.
As the weight in the launch was dimin-
ished the machinery in connection with
the torpedo was set free, and in a moment
800 pounds of dynamite exploded. The
Loa was almost lifted out of the water,
and appeared enveloped in a mass OF flame.
which resolved itself into dense clouds Of
smoke. When this cleared away the YES
sci seemed not to have suffered, but sud-
denly she went down by the stern and dis
appeared. The ships of war and nom
CONTESTANTS quickly lowered their boats
and picked up about forty men, who were
struggling in the water, OF whom it is
probable many will die. At least $50 men
persisted. The only officers saved are the
second commander, wounded, the doctor
and one engineer. Every house in Callao
was shaken to its foundation by the ex-
plosion, and every ship in the bay shiyered
as by a fearful earthquake.
A Lima correspondent says: There ID
an ugly rumor going about that some men
entered Moquequa, where the Chilians left
their sick in care of the natives, and muir
dered every CHILEAN they could find. 1t is
also rumored that the Chilians have sent a
force to wreak a terrible vengeance.
Garfield's UnpOpuiari'y ON the Pa.
cific Coast.
New YORK, August 3.-The Herald says:
At the Democratic headquarters here, let
ters from the California Democrats IN
nounce that the State is sure for the De.
mocracy, and that Garfield Il very I'M
popular on the Pacific slope.
Recent Outraxes Upon American
Vessels.
NEW YORK, August 3.-The Herald's
Washington special says: The recent out
RACES upon American vessels in Cuban
waters. by officers commanding vessels Of
the Spanish Navy, it is said, may call from
our Government a demand for the highest
reparation that q friendly nation could ex-
act, namely, q salute to the flag at some
prominent port of Cuba nearest to where
the offenses were committed. The cause
for complaint on the part Of our Govern
ment is far more aggravated, it is said,
than has yet been made known, and Mr..
Evarts has deemed it automatically prs
dent not to make known the case in ad-
vance of its proper presentation to the
Spanish Government.
Attempt "a Beat the Custom.house.
NEW YORK. August 3.-Colonel Bodine,
Of the American Rifle Team. arrived from
England Yesterday in the steamer City Of
Chester. He had with him a gun case,
which, on being opened and examined by .
C~ustom-house officer, was found to contain
a variety of dutiable articles, such as six
pairs Of ladies' silk hose, six ladies' silk
scarfs, a large lot OF four-bntton kid
gloves. a new ivory comb and brush and
1874 yards of black silk. The case and it's
contents were sent to the seizure-room.
The duties on the goods amount to about
S140. They are liable to forfeiture.
DIR. Tanners Thirty.Seventh Day.
NEW YORK, August S.-Dr. Tanner has