Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-12-09
EASTERN intelligence.
BONANZA FLOOD FOR SENATOR
The Story a Democratic Roorback.
TERRIBLE MURDERS BY AN IN
SANE MAN.
Insane from Religious Excite
ment.
RETIREMENT OF ARMY OFF,
GERS.
The Story a Democratic Roorback.
(By Telegraph to the Sentinel

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WASHINGTON, December s.-A report is
in circulation about the Senate end OF the
Capitol that Mr.. Flood, Of Bonanza fame,
wants to come to the Senate from Califor-
mia. That be has proposed to the Demo-
cratic members OF the Legislature to make
him their caucus nominee, saying to them.
that If they would, he was confident that
he could be elected. The California Legis-
lature being very close, the inference CON
nected with Mr.. Floods candidacy is that
the use of money may enable him to win.
A reporter inquired to-day in a prominent
| Democratic quarter, where u things
ought to be known. if there was any truth
to the Flood rumor. and the reply was
I'VE (the Democrats) may yet get a Sena-
tor from California" Elk Senator Mitch
ell, Of Oregon, who has just arrived from
the Pacific Coast. says that no doubt need
be felt as to the election OF Jno. F.. Miller
by the Republican majority of the Califor-
MIA Legislature. The story Of Floods can
didature, he says, is Democratic roor-
back. S%argent's friends are urging him
for the Navy Department.
A Slaughter by am Insane Man.
ST. LOUIS, December S.-A horrible
murder was committed by an insane man
near Chester. Illinois. 1t appears that a
young man, 26 years Of age, named Louis
Lockstein, living a short distance from
Chester. became insane a few days ago
from religious excitement. Yesterday he
was taken before the Court by a Deputy
Sheriff and adjudged insane and placed in
charge Of two guards, to be taken to the
Asylum at Jacksonville. The guards tool
the man to a hotel in town and remained
| with him all night. About 6 O'Clock this
morning he called for water to wash him
self, one of the guards brought him some
in a basin, which he took and immediate
" flung into the guards face. He then
dashed through a front window Of the
room and ran down the road leading out
into the country, the blood streaming from
his hands from cuts made by broken win
dow glass; About a quarter of a mile
from town is a house occupied by Thomas
Ryan, an old man of 60 years. with whom
lived his widowed daughter, Mrs. Smith,
and her little girl Of ~ years, and a boy
still younger. Lockstein, who had stripped
himself naked on the road, rushed wildly
in and ordered the inmates to kneel down
and pray, saying that they had but fifteen
minutes to live. They all obeyed but the
little boy, who escaped from the house and
ran to some neighbors, where he gave the
alarm. When friends arrived at the scene
they found Ryan and Mrs. Smith dead,
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and the little girl lying headless on the
floor. The maniac had chopped the child's
head completely off. After having finished
his bloody work at this place, he seized the
bleeding head Of the innocent child by its
long faxen hair, and swinging it over his
own head. he dashed dow the road again.
and about q quarter Of a mile beyond he
stopped 1T the house Of DR.. Gordon. which
he entered. He found only the servant
girl. He ordered her, as he had the
Ryan family. to kneel and pray. The
girl screamed. which brought q hired
man from the stable. DR.. Gordon
appearing at the same time. and
after a fierce and desperate strug-
gle they overpowered and bound him
with ropes. He was then taken to Chester,
his wounds dressed, clothes put on him,
and he WAS placed in charge Of persons
who brought him to East st. Louis to-
night, and took him thence to Jackson.
vile. Louis Lockstein was formerly q
Catholic farmer, but became insane on re-
ligion. His mania ran on making persons
pray with and for him. On Saturday he
made his sister kneel on the street and
pray. he said the world would end in q
few days. Regarding his part in the trag-
edy, he claims he was saving the family
from a burning house. The Ryan's were q
highly respected family. There was great
excitement. with 3 strong disposition to
lynch Lockstein, and the officers had to
hustle him across b country to o small
way station.
Comments ON the President's Mes
sage.
CHICAGO, December THE Times has a
large number Of editorial comments on the
Presidents message, Of which the follow
ing extract from the Richmond Dispatch is
the most noteworthy "Mr. Hayes libels
the South in reference to the negroes. We
need not stop to refute his assertions ON this
subject, nor take notice Of his twaddie
about the solid South. He asserts what
every man knows to be false, when he pro.
nounces the new amendments to the Fed
eral Constitution to be the solemn express
sion Of the will Of the people. He knows
they were forced upon the people Of the
South. The President r~evives the CT I'll SER
vice bumbug; Of all men in the world, he
should be the last to touch this subject.
He who allowed his officers to stump the
country for Garfield /: he who appointed
scores of villains to Office hat aided in
defrauding South Carolina aud Louisiana
out Of their votes for President in 1876 he
who allowed three severe assessments to be
made upon all clerks, male and female, in
all the departments Of the Government, to
pay the rascals for cheating Hancock out
of the Presidency. Mr.. Hayes. let us say
once more, is q hypoes lite. He is q pretty
fellow to open his mouth IN the subject Of
divorce between Congress ard the Presi-
dent. The President touches on polygamy,
and as a means Of extirpating it, recon,
mends the governing Of Utah by q com
Missions step that would ser re as a pre-.
cedent for a like mode Of governing the
Southern States, which can easily be con-
verified into Territories. as they were a few
years ago. The President says an army OF
30, 900 il the least the country can get along
with. If we are to have Republican rule
we ought to have three times as many.
General Hancock could have got along
with 10000. The President recommends
that West Point be put under officers on
the retired list ; a blow at General Scho-
field and a sop to the negru white army.
Officers are never going tn level themselves
down to al equality with Ssmbo. The
President recommends that General Grant
he made Captain.G %eneral, with all that the
title implies. He served as President, and
resolved $500. 600 for it he served as Cen
eral. and received Ms much for that service,
we suppose. Yet. he is still to be provided
for. A protest from the South would in.
sure the scccess Of TIE scheme. We for
bear to comment upon 1t. So much for
Hayes last message. Its tone h,des no