Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-11-17
EASTERN intelligence.
TRIAL OF ERIcs0N's NEW
TORPEDO BOAT.
THE EXPERIMENT PRONOUNCED A
GRAND SUCCESS.
TEN JURORS SECURED IN THE
GUITEAU CASE.
THE COURTROOM FILLED TO
OVERLOOKING.
MORE OF CAPT. HowcATE's
cRooKEpNEss.
PROSECUTING THE STAR ROUTE
CASES.
WEllEs, THE BLAcKMAIlER, PRONOUNCED
wEllEs, THE BlAcKMAIlER, PRONOUNCED
SANE.
THE MUTUAL UNIONS TELE-
GRAPH CONNECTIONS.
SMALLPOX ON THE INCREASE
AT THE EAST.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
New York, Nov. 16.-The Times prints
an account of the trial yesterday, in the
presence Of General Grant, Secretary |
Hunt. Chief Engineers Loring and Hem
derson, of the navy, and q dozen other
distinguished officers and public men, Of
Ericson's new torpedo boat, the Destroyer.
The novel feature of this boat is q sub
merged gun, which discharges a torpedo
with unerring certainty through the water
400 feet in three seconds. with IL pounds
Of powder. Yesterdays experiment was
pronounced a success by all who witnessed
it. 1t was the. ffty-second time the gun
had fred a projectile, and in no trial since
the boat has been put in working order
has it failed with a charge to throw a
dummy torpedo 800 feet in three seconds,
or less. The French officers were es-
pecially interested in the experiment, and
though they at first pronounced 1t an m
possibility to operate a gun constructed on
such principles. with a submerged muzzle,
successfully, they were obliged to acknowl-
edge that the theory had proved correct,
and astonishment was depicted in every
line Of their countenances when they saw
the ~projectile rise to the surface beyond
the target, after having traversed such a
distance, and through netting, without
making the slightest ripple on the surface.
Said o naval officer, at the conclusion OF
the experiment, "Give New York harbor
q dozen such vessels, which could be built
at a cost of the Inflexible or Duilo, and
we could defy the combined navies of the
world. 1t seems to me to be q complete
revolution in naval construction methods.
A fleet of cruisers with q couple Of these
%destroyers on board, ready to launch at a
moments notice, could bid defiance to the
most powerful iron-protected feet"
Guiteau On Trial.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-In Guiteau's case
to-day 9 jurors were obtained, and a venire
for 75 more names was issued, returnable
tomorrow. The Court then adjourned.
There was no III will manifested toward
Guiteau by the audience in the Court, ex-
cept applause when those being examined
expressed q decided conviction that Gui-
teau ought to be hanged or burned. which
was promptly checked. After many had
been excused for bias, the tenth juror. W.
H. Browne, q commission merchant, was
secured.
The back entrance to the Criminal Court
room opened about $50 o'clock this morn
ing, .and almost Immediately 500 ladies
were ushered in by the Deputy Marshall,
and given seats Immediately In the rear of
the counsel. A few minutes before 10
o'clock the jurors who had been accepted
entered the room and took seats. Before
10 o'clock the Courtroom was filled to
overiowing, the audience being very re-
spectacle. The Court was called to order,
and during the calling Of the names OF the
jurors the prisoner was brought in. His
appearance was wild and excited. He
tossed his hat upon the desk before him,
and turning toward Scoville hurriedly
whispered something to him in an ex-
tremely excited manner The two entered
into q conversation, and Guiteau during
the time he was speaking used his clenched
ist vigorously, as il insisting upon some
matter which Scoville seemed to disap-
prove. The talesmen being called, judge
Cox questioned the fret, E. L.. Kensla,
upon his feelings regarding the prisoner.
Kensla said he did not think there could
possibly be sufficient evidence to change
the opinion he had formed. The next
talesman called was excused almost OF
OuCo, u6Vluk kOEulC0 . uSStu00 oRAnAO1s A
laborer named Thomas declared that he
had neither expressed nor formed an opin-
ion. He could not read, and had never
held any conversation whatever on the
subject. Scoville remarked that this man
was about the kind Of Juror the law CON-
templated, but the defense did not want
him. He therefore challenged him per-
emptorily.
what Bliss Thinks OF the Star Route
Cases.
New YORK, Nov. 16.-The Suns Wash
ington special says: Bliss does not regard
the quashing Of the information last week
as a very serious matter, especially in
view Of the fact that evidence has recently
been discovered, as il believed, to make it
possible to prosecute those Star Route
cases. The Government has evidence, 1t
Is claimed, Of the payment OF money in
1879. The statute Of limitation will not
therefore bar these cases, II the evidence
be good for anything. until some time in
Deeember next. 1t is understood that the
Government proposes to bring the cases
first In the Police Court here. The de-
PENDANTS, after arrest, will have the privi-
lege either Of waving an examination or
being bound over for trial in case the
Grand Jury fnds true bills, or Of demand
ing . preliminary hearing In the lower
Court.
Capt. J. Howard Welles.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-The physician Of
the Tombs reports that Welles, charged
with blackmailing Jay Gould. Is sane.
The. Tribune's Washington special says
Welles is well known there and in Balti-
more. Besides the irregularities and
crookedness in his transactions when Com
missary of Subsistence there, 1t IL learned
that when at Baltimore he was Q heavy
operator in Wall street, keeping large
sums on deposit here o. margins for his
speculations. 1t was given out In Balti-
more that he was very successful In his
operations in gold. At the time he was
known In Baltimore he spelled his name
weiles. and his autograph In . full, round
hand ]. Howard Welles. Captain, etc., 10
we'll remembered by the accounting OH
Gals Of the Treasury and Commissary
Departments.
Movements OF the Mutual Union
Telegraph Company.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-The local manager
the Mutual Union Telegraph Company.
answering the question Of how extensive
will be the Mutual Union in its telegraphic
connections, said: 1--WE will include every
large city in the United States. San
Francisco. New Orleans and New York
xviil ha the aenters. Our lines are run /