Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-01-17

A Statement by the Clerk
of the Newhall House,
HE SAYS SOMEBODY SET THE
BUILDING ON FIRE.
Two Men have been Arrested
on Suspicion.
TIE GREATEST EXCITEMENT PRE-
Walls N MILWAUKEE,.
A Movement to Bring Grant Out for
President in 1884.
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS IN
THE EAST.
SENATORIAL ELECTIONS IN
THE EAST,

MILWAUKEE, Jan. 16.-Ben. Tice, head
clerk of the NewhalI House, makes the
following statement bearing on the origin
OF the fire: Somebody set the building on
fire down near the foot OF the stairs.
Leading from the inside OF the hotel to
the barber shop was g little closet for
%kindling, separated by only a wooden par
tition from the shaft of the elevator. The
fire was set in that closet. OF course it
burned through the partition into the
h~atchway before it went far enough in any
other direction to be discovered. The in
side Of the hstchway was saturated with
oil from the machinery, especially up to
the third and fourth stories. The flames,
feeding on this oiled wood, rushed right
up the hatchway, bursting out in the third
and fourth stories, where it was first seen
from the outside. This burning of oiled
wood all the way mp the hatchway made
such a dense smoke and terrible heat that
many of those who escaped with their
lives were burned by the heat, although
they did not come in contact with the
flames. The flames did not reach me, and
yet you can see how I am fixed. Here
~ i1CIu up OpSl VI IL hIutS dDONt VIC
bed in which he lay. His hands are so
badly burned as to be useless for the
present, and have to be kept wrapped up
in bandages, and he is unable to feed him
self. His cheeks and eyes are also badly
burned, while his hair IS net even Singed,
showing the correctness Of his theory.
Tice was asleep in q room on the sixth
story when the fire broke out.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. IG.-Georgs Schiller,
lessee of the barroom Of the Newhall
House, was arrested this forenoon on sus-
picion. Schiller says that he closed the
saloon at 1:30 A.. NJ, but it is found that,
in company with VIII. Sanderson and
Tom Dunbar, he returned to the saloon
after 3 A. ". The greatest excitement pre-
walls.
\ Deatis-Hed Confession.
ERIE, Pa, Jan. Realistically Reeder
Moore Of Waterford shot himself. While
lingering between life and death, he sent
for Miss Patterson, to whose rejection of
his suit he owed the dependency which
caused him to commit the deed. They
had an affecting interview. Later on
Moore was told he could not live. He evil
IDENTIFY had something on his mind, but
was determined not 10 tell it till certain
he was going to die. Finally lie sent for
an old friend named Fred. Cummings,
and ordered the room cleared. In half
an hour the interview was over and Cum
mings drove away at great speed. From
the words overheard by those at the door,
and from the statement of Frank Moore,
brother Of the deceased, the reported con-
fession made to Cummings related to a
heinous crime committed near here eight
wears ago, and for which Charles Stafford
was sent to the penitentiary for twenty
years for the crime OF rape. A Miss Edith
Woodward was waylaid by masked men on
the border Of the woods, and a week later
Stafford was arrested. The evidence was |
purely. oircaustantial, and but for one
piece Of testimony he would have been &C.
quilted. 4 witness swore positively that
the accused admitted In confidence to him
that he committed the outrage. The wit
ness who sent Stafford to the State Prison
for twenty years wss I.eeder Moore, the
suicide, and it is believed his dsath-bsd
confession 10 Cummings exonerates Stat
fora. Two years ago a man from the city
died in Michigan, and with his last breath
said he knew Stafford was innocent, but
the Pardon Board took no notice OF the
confession, and Stafford still fingers in
prison.
Grant 10 The Front Again.
New YORK, Jan. l8.-The Suns Wash
ington special says: A movement is maxi
ing to bring ont Grant as a Presidential
candidate again in 1884. His managers
think tho ''third-term clamor," as they
call it, has died out. They claim that
new conditions have arisen since 1880, and
that the '~'preiudices against Grantism
have also ceased to exist" 1t is alleged
that all the railroad and manufacturing
corporations, banks, rings, spectators,
and a~dventurers that swarmed about the
White House from 1870 TO 1877 will rally
and put forth all their power to elect
Grant.
The Result OF CareIessuess.
CHICAGO, Jan. 16.-Through careless
ness on the part Of the engineer Of the
Lake Shore passenger train at Englewood
this morning, it was allowed to run into
the switch engine OF the Rock Island
road. Both legs of the engineer of the
switch engine were cut off and other en-
ployes were injured. The passengers were
severely shaken up.
Senatorial Elections.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-The following
Senatorial elections have taken placei
In Maine, Frye is elected.
Observation-Disclosures to a choice,
III. First ballot, Hoar l06, Brown 10,
Long ~, Grape 10, scattering s.
Minaesota-Windom lacks 16 of a ma
iority.
Ohio-No choice. Cullom Is likely to
be elected Tomorrow.
MIehigan-Nceessary to a choice, s5,
Ferry So, Stout FUSION so, scattering Is.
Agkansas-Gariand is reelected.
Another Crank.
Bosrog, Jan. l0.-The Mayors clerk
'ent to the Postofice for a letter detained
'or postage. The letter was marked Jan.
%, and read: mayor Palmer--I am
to kill old Gov. Butler in 5 months
md 2s days from to-day. Then I will
,hoose you for Governor of old Massachu-
'etts. I sent him warning. have sworn
t." Signed, Charles Guiteau II.