Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-09
EASTERN NEWS.
Proceedings in the House OF
representatives.
MORE BODIES FOUND IN THE RUINS OF TIE
CONVENT AT %BEllEvIlLt, ILLINOIS.
There Are Still Five More Missing
Persons to be Accounted For.
SUDDEN DEATH OF MAIL AGENT
P. 4. MCGOWAN.
A Gross Bill Filed by Mrs, Mary d,
Vermilye in a Divorce Suit.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.l
Conversational Proceedings.

Money, from the Committee on Post
offices and Post Roads, reported back the
resolution calling upon the Postmaster
General for information whether a British
spy, named O'Brien, was allowed to tam
per with the American mails in New York.
Adopted.
A bill was introduced and referred to
Dorsheimer, abolishing the duties on lum-
Der and other products of the forest.
By Ray of New York, giving Congress
the power to pass uniform laws regulating
the management of States and Territories.
By Bagley-To protect applicants for
pensions and prevent frauds in the Pen
sion Office; also, to purchase trade dollars
by fractional coins of the United States.
Beach proposed the following amend
ments to the Constitution: First-The
Uniform laws on the subject of marriage
and divorce. Second Giving the President
the power to veto parts of appropria-
ton bills. Third-Creating the statute
of limitations in all claims against the
United States.
By Robinson of New York-A resolu-
ton calling upon the Secretary of State
for information whether our ministers i'll
foreign courts obey the law prohibiting
them from wearing a court dress, and re-
curing them to wear the ordinary ap-
parel Of American citizens.
More Bodies Found.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 8.-A search in the ruins
of the convent at Belleville, Ills, was re-
sumed this morning, and up to l O'Clock
two more bodies were found. The remains
OF Sister Superior Mary Jerome were dis
| covered at noon, and identified by her
| spectacles, with a gold chain attached, a
cross and rosary. The remains reported
yesterday as those of Sister ANGELA, are
| now supposed to be those of Sister Ed
wilma. Granting that each little heap Of
charred bones and roasted flesh, that SO
| far have been taken from the ruins, repre-
sents a separate body, and it is very diff
| cult to determine whether they do or not,
there are still five persons missing. The
funeral of the victims has been fixed for
| Thursday. All the priests and fathers of
| the diocese of Alton have been invited to
attend.
Death of Revenue Collector He
Owa
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-P. H. MCGOWAN,
of California. recently appointed Revenue
Agent, and detailed for duty in New York,
died suddenly at the Harris House in this
city on Saturday night. He attended the
theater with Senator Jones, apparently
we'll, and returning to his room, was
attacked with hemorrhage, and died before
Jones could be summoned. He was well
known among mining men in California
and Nevada, and was formerly connected
with the business department of the Even
ing Post, San Francisco, and later with
mining stock papers in the same city.
Declared q Draw.
NEW YORK, Jan. 8.-A boxing match took
place in Madison Square Garden between
Joe Prendergast Of Brooklyn and Hughey
Burns of England. Burns was to receive
81, 900 and 65 per cent of the gate money
if he stood up through four three-minute
rounds. Two rounds were fought, Prem
dergast knocking his opponent down a
number of times, Burns vainly endeavor-
ing to ward off the blows. The police then
interfered, and the matches were declared
a draw.
Asks for "a Divorce.
ST. PAUL, Jan. 8.-Mary H. Vermilye
has filed an answer to the suit of Daniel
d. Vermilye for divorce. She denies
having committed adultery with Gen.
William Myers. as charged by Vermilye.
She charges Vermilye with being an
habitual drunkard, a gambler and a fire.
quenter of houses of i'll repute, and that
he tried to blackmall Gen. Myers. She
files a cross bill, asking for a divorce and
the custody of their child.
Tha AufIaaE RrIphtar
READING, Pa, Jan. 8.-Work will be re.
snmed in all the departments of the Read
ing iron works, and they will employ l 1000
men. The sheet mill puddlers have been
reduced from So SO to So %. A number
of other manufacturers are preparing to
resume work, and the outlook in the iron
trade is generally br Fighter.
A Car Thrown From the Track
KANSAS Cry, Jan. Sat valpairs, on a
branch of the Union Pacific, to- day, a car
of the e%ast-bound passenger train was
thrown from the track by a broken rail
The cond had his shoulder dislocated
and one passenger had a leg broken.
Several others were seriously bruised.
Work Resumed.
McKEEsPoRT, Pa. Jan. 8.-Work was
resumed to-day in the National Rolling
Mill and Forge Company. the workmen
accepting a reduction of 12k to 25 per
cent. The National tube works resume
work tomorrow at a reduction.
Seriously III.
KANSAS CRY, Jan. 8.-Frank James ia
reported seriously ill at his home in indie.
p%endence, Mo. He is threatened with
pneumonia. His physicians pronounce
his case quite grave.
A Big Fire.
CLEVELAND, o., Jan. 8.-A fire this
morning destroyed the Opera House block
at Mead willie, Pa.
The Cause Not known.
CLEVELAND. O., Jan. 8.-The cause of
the Meadyille c~onfagration is not known.
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