Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-05-20
TElEGRAPHlC.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS OF MEMBERS OF
THE HOUSE.
The Contested Election Case of
Mackay VS.. 0'Connor.
A BITTER FIGHT OF BOTH PARTIES
ANTICIPATED.
A Chance to Make or Lose a Little 7oliti-
cal Capital.
EXPOSE OF A SECRET POLITE
CAL SOCIETY.
THE MeSCAlER0S INDIANS IN A STATE OF
STARVATION.
EXPOSE OF A SECRET PoLITl-
CAL SOCIETY.
THE MeSCALER0S INDIANS IN A STATE OF
STARVATION.

WASHINGTON, May ia Democratic
caucus was held by the members Of the
House of Representatives for the purpose
of discussing and deciding upon the course
Of procedure in the contested election
case of Mackey vs.. O'Connor, from the
Second District OF South Carolina. After
a session of nearly an hour, the following
resolution was adopted
Resolved, That the purpose indicated by
the Republican majority in the House of
Representatives, before the decision of the
contested election case of Mackey VS..
O'Connor, Upon evidence which was ma
terially altered by Mackey, without notice
to O'Connor, or to Dibble, the present &C.
cupant, or their knowledge, which evil
dence has been openly charged to have been
forged, and which evidence has been re-
Gently proved by sworn testimony in the
Federal Court to be forged, and a denial
by the Republican majority, through its
party vote in the committee, of an oppor-
tunity to Dibble, the present contestee, to
have the evidence so altered by Mackey,
retaken in a manner subject to the safe
guards prescribed by law, for the ascer-
tainment of the truth, is a fragrant attempt
to deny justice in the said case, demanding,
as it shall receive, our condemnation.
This means that the Democrats will fill
buster against action on the case.
The members Of both parties anticipate
q bitter fight over the Mackey-O'Connor
case. The Democrats have decided to fill
buster against il, and the Republicans are
without a quorum of their members in at
tendance. There is q strong feeling or the
majority side, however, that the Mackey.
O'Connor and other Southern contested
election cases, must be acted upon at the
present session, mainly, for the political
effect which the settlement of cases in favor
of contestants would have at the next
election. The Republicans will not sur
render the control of public business to
the minority without a long and bitter
struggle, and not until it is apparent that
a quorum of their members cannot be OBJ
tanned. The leaders on both sides appear
willing at the present time to lay aside
important business to make or lose a little
political effect on the approaching cleo
tions.
The American knights of Honor.
DALLAS, May 19.-The Times to-day
published an expose Of a secret political
order known as the American Knights OF
Honor. 1t is an anti-Catholic society,
something like the old Know Nothing or.
ganization, and is differed by local Re.
publican leaders. William Jesse Grant,
formerly a Methodist preacher in East st.
Louis, lately editor Of the Dallas Gazette,
and a cousin Of General Grant, is said to
have organized the society here under the
authority of the parent society in Wash
ington, and that another Republican
leader, we'll known in the State, is now out
organizing Lodges. The purpose of the
society is said to be the defeat of Catholic
Democratic candidates for office. The ex-
posure is. made on the authority OF one of
the members Of the society, who gave the
secret away.
Supposed Case of Abduction.
ST. LOUIS, May 19.-Zoe and Lily Wat
kins were en- route from Denver, Col, to
New Orleans to visit friends, and on the
trip stayed over to visit the Martin family
here. Mr.. Martin is City Weigher. They
were to have resumed their voyage to-mor-
row on the steamer. The young ladies of
the Martin family organized a social party
for last evening in honor of their guests.
About 4 o'clock Zoe Watkins went out to
mail a letter, and as she did not return, a
messenger was sent for her, when it was
ascertained that abe had not made the call
she intended. Nothing since has been
heard of her. The police have instituted
inquiries without avail, and incline to the
belief that it is a case Of abduction. Miss
Zoe's father, who is a leather merchant in
Denver, has been t~elegraphed for, and is
expected here shortly.
The Hanging of Leighton.
New YORK, May 1~9.-Augustus D.
Leighton. colored. was hanged at BAT
o'clock this morning for the murder of his
mistress, Mary Dean. When the trap was
sprung the moose failed to slip under the
ear and caught under the chin. Then
commenced sickening struggles, which
showed that Leighton was strangling to
death. His fingers clutched convulsively,
the legs were drawn up, and the victims
asonized heavy breathing was awful to
hear. In 81 minutes he was pronounced
dead by the official physicians, but as the
body was partially lowered, convulsive
heavings Of the chest were plainly discern
lble. Another physician declared him
dead in eight minutes after the first an
nouncement. The body was removed to
Evergreen Cemetery for burial.
Starving Indians.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The War De-
partment has received the following:
FORT LEAvENwoRTH, May 18.-The fol-
lowing telegram has just been received.
much the same, only worse than it was
with the Cheyennes. The Mescaleros must
be fed or they will starve. The Indian
Bureau, it appears, cannot feed them.
The army must therefore feed them. A
heavy military force must be placed around
them to make them starve peaceably,
There is time yet to provide for them, but
it cannot safely be postponed. 1t should
be attended to at once. Signed.
JOSEPH Pope, Gen'l CONG.
A Strike OF the Tanners.
CHICAGO May f9-The men in ell Of
the principal tanneries struck at noon yes.
terday, because those in the preparatory
depots, who asked for an advance of 81
per week, were refused it. They de-
manded SIP per week. The employers
will shut down. About $1,000 of the 49,
600 tanners employed in Chicago, are,
therefore. out Of work.
s%hipherd to Have Another Hearing.
WAsHIsaToS, May l0.-It Ia generally
believed that the House Foreign Affairs
Committee will grant shipherd another
hearing, and let him give such testimony
as he chooses to give.
Boys Injured.
EDwARDsvILLE (Ill.), May 19.-Yester-
day six boys were injured, two fatally, by
a tight rope performer falling on them.
The Deficiency hill Appropriations.
WASHINGTON, May 19.-The General De-
fciency bill a~ppropriates S21 zoo. 900, of
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