Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-09-25
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A League Meeting Prevented BY the
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Damages Against h French Cow
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In be S~em-rwO Webel1iOus Chtefs
Y0und ssu.Isy OF Treason aHd Sen.
fenced to Death WOOlwich
Rocket Factory Ex~ plWsiOn.
iapxcIAL To rHE sEsrINEL.,
DUBLIN, Sept. 24.-Notwithstanding the
proclamation Of the Government forbid
ding the holding Of meetings in the conn-
ties of Glare and Limerick on Sundays,
several Thousand persons, headed by =
priest. gathered in Militown, County
Glare. yesterday, and attempted to hold
an Irish National League meeting. A
large police force was present and pre-
vented the organization Of the meeting. A
Magistrate read the %probibitory proclans-
ton. and the crowd dispersed, uttering
groans for the Queen and shouting 'God
save Ireland"
LONDON, Sept. 24.--Shaw, the British
missionary, who was subjected to indigni
Ties by the French in Madagascar, landed
to-day at Plymouth from the steamer
Garth Castle. He states that during the
illness Of the late Pakenhsm, English Con
sui at Tamative. he SHAW discharged
many of the duties of the Consulate.
shaw has been advised to file a claim fol-
fl0, 900 damages against the French Gov
ernment. He hopes to return to NADIA.
gascar to resume his missionary duties.
GIBRALTAR, Sept. 24-The Governor has
issued an order removing quarantine re-
strictions upon vessels arriving from east
.,n ports where cholera has been prevail
ing.
LONDON. Sept. 24.-The steamer GARTH
Castle, from Capetown, with Mrs. Carey
and other witnesses of the murdered
james Carey. arrived at Plymouth. Thu
detectives who have Mrs. Carey in charge
will not allow her to be aeen.
ROME. Sept. 24.-Tbe Vatican an'
thorized the Catholic bishops who were ex'
PEELED from Prussia to open negotiations
with the Prussian Government for Q re-
turn to the pa-torates.
DURHAM, Sept. 24.-The rebellious
chiefs Manipoer and Mopoch. who were
defeated by the Boer General Joubert, and
captured early in August, have been tried
At Pretoria and found guilty OF treason
and sentenced to death.
DUBLIN, Sept. 24.-The meeting Of the
Irish National League. which was permit
ted to be held at Bandon. near Cork and
Tallow, County Waterford. yesterday.
passed off orderly. A Government re-
porter was present At each gathering.
LONDON, Sept. pa letter from Henry
M. Stanley, the African explorer, was read
TO- day before the British Association for
the advancement Of science, in which be
urges that Great Britain should proclaim a
protectorate over the Congo country.
The rocket factory at the arsenal at
Woolwich exploded to-day. Many build
Jugs were destroyed aud the loss of life is
serious. The explosion was caused by a
Gre IN the main building, which inclded
the laboratory buildings. They were de-
stroyed within half All hour after the fire
broke ont. 1t contained 40 immense num-
Der Of war rockets. which were filed with
destructive missiles. The latter few in all
directions, many being projected to and
falling on the other side Of the Thames.
The explosion caused q fearful destruction
Of properly throughout the town and the
surrounding district. The fire was extin.
guished at noon, when the rockets ceased
their explosion. Old soldiers declare that
the explosions Of rockets during the fire
we're az frightful as if occurring in an
actual siege. Two bodies OF the victims
of the explosion have hern found. Some
of the rockets were projected a distance Of
five miles. One went through the wall Of
the arsenal. and another struck the artil-
lery barracks.
The Wuolw,ch rockets fell in Erieteb,
Ethan, Charlton and Ilford, and one of
them plunged into the school for infants
at Plumsted. Another entered Drape'-
shop in Woolwich, and still another into q
grocery store. There was the widest ex
element about .Woolwich, but no loss Of
life, excepting the two persons mentioned.
who were employed in the arsenal. The
first report Of the fatalities was exaeger-
ated. The principal damage was confined
to the rocket factory.