Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-09-03
Seeking Admission at the Golden Gate
FIVE CHINESE PORTS OPENED TO COM.
MERGE.
A COLLlERY DISASTER.
What Mr.. Talmage Saw at Leadville.
CHAIRMAN BARNUM'S OPINION OF INDIANA

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New YORK, September 1.-THE Herald
says The Ho Chung appeared at the
Golden Gate, seeking admission to q for
eign port, nearly 40 years after the isola-
ton in which for ages China was encased,
was broken, and five of her ports were
opened to the m of the civilized
world. The treaty of 1912, by which this
concession was secured to foreign trade,
had borne fruit slowly. but the tardiness
Of the Chinese to undertake maritime en-
terprise is due. not 80 much to their love
Of seclusion. as to the difficulty Of acquir-
ing the art Of navigation. 1t would be
well for the United States to catch some of
the spirit Of maritime enterprise now ex-
hibited by the despised natives Of the
I" Flowery Land" The Government should
undertake in earnest the restoration Of our
steam merchant navy, 80 long crushed
down by existing restrictions. II the un-
skilled seamen Of the East are tempted by
the profits Of ocean commerce to enter the
field, surely there are much richer. returns
in store for American shipping ON the
high seas, could it be once more freed from
the crushing disabilities under which 1t
labors.
Democratic Barbecue az Albany.
ALBANY, N. Y, September q. AT the
Democratic barbecue here yesterday, the
following letters were read:
Governors ISLAND, New York Harbor-
F.. M. Douchey, Chairman, and Committee
-Deax Sir: I am compelled by my Ell
agements to deny myself the pleasure Of
oaoapx;nn uo,.~ scvtr - xLn -4i:As.~1
barbecue Of the Nolan Association, at
Albany on the 1st Of September. I regret
my inability to be present on an occasion
which will, I am sure, be Of great i'm
portance, and which will furnish an Illus
tration Of the deep and active interest
which the people feel in the cause we have
at heart. Thanking you for your letter Of
the goth instant, I am yours truly,
WINFIELD 8. HANCOCK.
INDIANAPOLIS, August -, 1902. M.
Douchey, Esq, Albany, N. Y.-Dear Sir /:
It would afford me pleasure to accept your
kind invitation to attend the political bar
becue given by the Nolan Campaign Asso-
citation IN the 1st of September, but cir
cumstances would hardly admit Of my
leaving this post Of danger at that time,
and so / am reluctantly compelled to de-
cline the invitation. We are counting con-
AASAAsAy oRoA Tic fOtC5 y tlc kIC6b ILL
pire State for Hancock and English, and
we will see that the vote Of Indiana is cast
for the same ticket. Very respectfully.
W. II. ENGLISH.
One Ma Killed and Several Others
WOudned i'm u COlJtery.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, September 2,-Yes-
terday afternoon George Ormrod, Super
intendent Of the Kelly-run Colliery, with
six others, descended into the mine for the
purpose of putting q door in the main bat
terry, to sec what progress the steam which
is being injected into the mine was max
ing on the fire in the breasts. When the
opening for the door was nearly COM
pleted, a fall Of earth occurred near the
face, causing conclusion which blew the
men in all directions. Simon Gregory
was killed, Ormrod had Q leg broken, and
J.. F. Jones an arm broken. All the
others were severely burned by the steam.
Gregory's body was not recovered, the
black damp being 80 bad that the miners
could not venture far in without being
overcome by 1t.
Rev. Talmage Returns to HIS Flock.
New YORK, September 2.-Mr. Talmage
returned yesterday. He says I believe
in seeing . subject on all sides. Life in
the dance-houses Of Leadville is one Of tie
sides of Leadville existence. expected to
see mud; but saw q great deal more. In
bold, open badness they pass our Eastern
forms Of w~ickedness. Here we are more
systematic; there they are more spontan-
eous. I shall utilize what / saw there In
drawing repelling pictures Of vice. But
there IL . whole world Of enterprise and
pleasure to be seen in the West, and I'd
like to send . whole Tabernacle Of popu.
lation there.
ReuniOn Of ths Twentysthird Ohio
Veterans.
CANTON. Ohio. September ar. b.
Hayes attended the reunion Of the Twenty
third Ohio Veterans in this city yesterday.
and delivered o speech, in which he took
strong grounds in favor Of a more general
education Of the freedmen OF the South,
and Of the Indians Of the West, and to that
end he advocated the giving of aid by the
general Government. Garfield also made
one Of his usual fiowery speeches, on what
the war had been fought for. There was
speaking from several stands, and Gem
erals Sherman. Hazen, Wiley, Devens,
Robinson, Hickenlooper, Crook, Meyer,
Governor TCstor. sx-Govarnor Bisbon