Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-10
EASTERN NEWS.
The Old Dominion 10000
Democratic.
BUTLER REORGANIZING FOR
ANOTHER CAMPAIGN.
The State House of Wis
consin Falls In.
TERRIBLE ACClDENT-F0uR MEN KILLED
AND TWENTY.onE WOUNDED.
A Horrible Tragedy. Involving the
Slaughter of Three Persons.
HOW MALONE GOT HIS FACE
SLAPPED.
TERRIBLE AcClDENT-F0UR MEN KILLED
AND TWERTY.0HE WOUNDED.
A Horrible Tragedy. Involving the
Slaughter of Three Persons.
HOW MALONE GOT HIS FACE
SLAPPED.

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SENTINEL
Latest Election News.
JACKSON, Miss, Noy. 8.-The election
returns are nearly all in. The joint Legis-
lature stands 100 Democrats and 25 Repub-
licans and Independents. The Democrats
elected II out of IL District Attorneys.
There was q disturbance in Capiah county
the only one reported in the State on
election day.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. S.-Latest returns
increase the Democratic gains. Reports
from all but two districts give the Demo
Gratis % Senators and the Coalitionists Is.
Returns from both districts, not fully re-
ported, show heavy Democratic gains,
which, if continued at the points not heard
from, will give one or both branches Of
the Legislature to the Democrats. In tho
House Of Delegates the Democrats 30 far
nave secured SO members and the Coali-
tionists SO. OF the four remaining dele.
SAteb tue O6mOcTdtS ubyo Ouo COT Vail,
which makes their majority in the House
q and on joint ballot not less than 30.
The popular majority in the State is likely
to reach 80, 900.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8.-Oficial returns
of 81 out of 81 counties in the State, and
estimates Of others, give Niles 16, 261 and
Linsey It's sol majority.
A Terrible Accident.
MADISON, Wis, Nov. 8.-The entire
roof, inside walls, iron and stone column
of the new south wing of the Capitol fell
at LAO P. NJ. to-day. Barney Higgings and
William Edgar Of Madison were killed
instantly. William Jones, boss mason, of
Milwaukee, whose skull was fractured, is
dying. Eight others were badly injured
and may die.
Four men were killed and two or three
more will die. Twenty-one are wounded,
many seriously. The cause of che acct
lent is somewhat uncertain, but the most
plausible theory is that the heavy pillars,
supporting the roof and balcony, sank
into the plank on which they rested, thus
pulling the sound wall outward, which in
turn caused the roof Of the entire wing to
cave in. These columns were large pieces
of boiler iron, rolled into circular form,
stovepipe fashion, the jointures not being
bolted together.
Five men had left the basement and
were about returning when the crash
came. Hundreds of people were on the
site, and with the aid of the hook and lad
der company extricated every sufferer.
Medical attendance was summoned, and
the wounded were removed to places
of safety. Some ascribe the accident to a
defective iron pillar; others to poor
masonry. 1t is the opinion of Contractor
Bently that the loss will fall on the Com
monwealth. as the plans were approved by
the State Architect, and the blame can be
ascribed to no one. 1t is thought there
must have been a defect in some casting.
The loss cannot be estimated at present.
Additions were to be completed on March
/, 1884. Two hundred thousand dollars
were appropriated by the Legislature to
meet the necessary expenses. The wing
was designed for the Historical Society
use.
A Horrible Tragedy.
KANSAS CITY, Nov. ga fearful tragedy
was enacted to-day at the farmhouse of H.
Clay MCGEE, ten miles south of this city.
His children, returning home from school
this afternoon, found the ~lifeless bodies of
their father, mother and an elder sister
lying upon the floor. MCGEE, evidently,
had killed his wife by shooting her in the
breast with a shotgun, shot his daughter
in the back, and then completed the horror
by going to an upper room and swallow
ing a dose Of morphine. The house being
isolated, the neighbors were not aroused,
and the bodies, consequently, lay until
discovered by the children, late in the day.
The immediate cause for the deed is not
known. McGee is described as q man of
violent temperament, rising to frenzy at
times. He was q prosperous farmer, hav-
ing come into the vicinity several years
ago from Kentucky, where, it ia said, he
killed a man. There were six children,
some of them married. Mary, the muir
dered daughter, was twenty years of age.
Another daughter was the wife of Mr..
Sands Hopkins, q member of an old
family here. She was accidentally shot
and killed by her husband some months
ago. MCGEE was As or so years'o age.
MCGEE has for some time borne an I'M
savory reputation among his neighbors,
on accoun Of his harsh treatment to his
family. and the tragedy to-day is supposed
to be the result OF domestic discord of
long standing.
Organized shop Lifting.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8.-The police this after
noon and tonight arrested twelve mem.
bers Of 9 thoroughly organized gang Of
shoplifters. They include the leader, a
woman known to the police as "Mother
Wier," who has two sons and two daugh-
tiers. Over $4,000 worth of stolen goods
have been recovered. 1t is estimated that
these speculations Of the band, nearly all
of whom are woman, mounts to $40, 600
or $15. 900 within the past few months. All
are fine looking women. elegantly dressed.
The method OF operations was for q couple
Of women to enter q carriage with n Of