Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-08-16
PACIFIC COAST AOvICES.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTrsEL.I
San Francisco Intelligence.

DAN ThANCiSCO, Auo. WI W
Capt. Alfred q. Wilcox was fled for pro.
bate yesterday. 1t shows deceased to have
been worth half a million dollars. John
Birmingham Of this city and E. F. Spence,
cashier Of the American Bank at Los
Angeles, are appointed executors and
trustees Of the will.
The Royal Hawaiian Band were one Of
the prominent features on the street to-
day. The report that leprosy existed
among them seems to increase the interest
in them. They are pronounced excellent
musicians, and it is said they will carry
off the musical honors OF the Conclave.
Before leaving Honolulu tho citizens pre-
scented them with 5000 pocket money.
The Honolulu News states that two
shocks Of earthquake have been felt there.
The weather had been unusually hot.
Major Gulick has been appointed Minister
of the Interior.
The Knights Templar are now arriving
en- masse. The streets last evening gave
evidence of a large influx Of strangers.
Delegations are arriving on each train.
They are met by special committees, who
conduct them to their s%ojourning places.
The Triennial Committee report that
everything is working harmoniously, and
predict that the Conclave will be a great
success.
The brotherhood of striking operators
continue to hold meetings. They express
themselves still confident, although there
is disappointment at the Grand Opera
House benefit not netting as large q sum
Is was supposed. The amount realized
was less thar $4,000. 1t was reported last
evening that several striking operators at
| oos}orn rnsnNa haze osooi6a1 THAR infap-
ton of coming to California and have
offered their services to the company. The
opinions expressed among telegraphers in
this city are to the effect hat the position
Of the strikers is becoming each day
weaker.
John Mum, a gambler who killed q
China boy at Turlock last Monday, was
arrested yesterday at Santa Rosa.
The Supreme Court has decided that
Lloyd L.. Majors, the murderer, having
been tried and condemned to life i'm
| prisonment, is civilly dead and cannot be
tried again on the same charge.
Millionaire Flood has been elected
Treasurer of the Board of University Re-
gents, vice D. o. Mills, resigned.
A statement is published showing that
the number of lepers admitted to the asy-
lum on the Hawaiian Island between 1865
and 1879 was 1927, Of whom 668 were
| females and children.
The California Mineral Exposition was
formally opened to the public in this city
at noon to-day. 1t ia the best of the kind
ever exhibited on the Pacific Coast.
Two brutal crimes have been reported at
police headquarters OF outrages committed
on women by a band of hoodlums. In
both cases the women were outraged, one
at 8 o'clock in the evening on q vacant lot,
the other in her own house. In their
| struggles with the iends the women suf-
fered severe bodily injuries, both being
left more dead than alive. Detectives
were placed OF the track Of the ruffians,
who have been captured and identified as
a lot of ex-convicts.
A P~OOtpad's Work.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 15.-Csrl York, a
German musician, aged 6S years, return
ing homo ut 2 O'Clock this morning. was
attacked by a footpad who ordered him to
throw up his hands, and relieved him of a
watch and some money. The robber
ordered him to move on and not look
around. The musician did 30, but Curl
osity to see what sort Of a man had robbed
him induced him to disobey the footpad's
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robber fired, putting two bullets in him.
The scoundrel then escaped. The wound
ed mans injuries are believed to be fatal.
The robbery took place in a section known
in earlier days as Barbary Coast, and
although in the very heart OF the city, still
it is considered . dangerous locality after
midnight.
n Apache Pets.
TOMBSTONE, Aug. ia special courier
from headquarters of the army operating
against the Indians in Opposura, Sonora,
Mexico. says the Apaches made an attack
on the village of Narcori, where Lieut..
Moreno is stationed with a small picket of
State troops, killing five picket guards. At
daylight next morning Moreno marched
with 20 men and found the savages to the
number OF $50 men strongly entrenched,
and be was compelled to retreat. He made
a second reconnaissance, accompanied by
armed villagers, but their ammunition be-
coming exhausted, he made a second
retreat. Several Indians were killed and
Moreno WAS slightly wounded. After the
skirmish the savages had things all their
own way, and drove off large herds of
cattle.
MERGED, CAL, Aug. 15.-Yesterday q
Yosemite stage was stopped at Inspiration
Point by three masked highwaymen. The
passengers (seven tourists) were stood up.
All their cash and jewelry were taken.
The. value of the coin and jewelry lost by
them is reported at 5000. The driver and
Wells. Fargo & Co.'s express box were not
molested. A posse from the Big Trees
and Mariposa are or the highwaymen's
tracks.
A Terrible Warming.
VALLEJO, Aug. 1.-two young men,
James Scandling and William Flemming,
in a spring wagon drawn by two horses,
attempted to cross the railroad track in
front Of the down train from Napa yester-
day. The locomotive struck the vehicle,
and the men and horses were horribly
mangled, and were dead almost before the
train Of cars could be stopped. The front
Of the locomotive looked like II had been
run through q slaughter pen.
Remarkable Vitality.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 15.-Charles Knud-
son, a Norwegian, Second Mate Of the
brig seawaif, was killed last night by the
| yard locomotive at the Southern Pacific
| Railroad depot. The man was literally
| crushed to pieces, but Notwithstanding he
| lived for an hour. His vitality seemed
wonderful. The hospital physicians state
that his chest was so torn that the respira-
tory organs were visible and their func-
| tons observed.