Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-26
EASTERN NEWS.
Samuel J. Tilden will
Write a Letter.
HE rs NOT A CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT,
But He May Be IT the
Party Insist On 1t.
A BOOM IN KEYSTONE FOR
JAMES G.. BLAINE.
Negro Parsons Preach Hemp and
are Heartily Applauded.
A TILT IN THE DANvlLLE
INVESTIGATION.
A BOOM IN KEYSTONE FOR
JAMES G.. BLAINE.
Negro Parsons Preach Hemp ant
are Heartily Applauded.
. TILT IN THE DANvlLLE
INVESTIGATION.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Minister West on h O'DOnneIl
Resolution.

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Minister West on the O'DOnnel1
Resolution.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The House
Committee on Foreign Affairs made public
to-day a letter from Minister West to Rep
resentative Hewitt il relation to the
O'Donnell resolution offered by the latter
in the House, in which West adverts to the
conversation he had with Hewitt, and
various accounts which have been widely
published. The Minister says:
I did not regard what you said to me in
the light of an apology for the resolution,
but an explanation of the peculiar circum-
stances which prompted it on your part in
the interest of the friendly relations which
exist between the two countries. / could
not presume any evidence. from what you
said, of any want OF sincerity on your part,
in moving the resolution in question.
ATflt I'm the Dan Vile Investigation.
WARRINGTON, Feb. 25.-The first witness
before the Danville Investigation Commit
tee was Congressman John l.. Wise, who
stated the issues of the various Virginia
campaign parties. The Funders party, he
said, sought to perpetrate the race issue.
He introduced papers to show that the
whites brought on the difficulty at Dan
vile for political purposes, having
despaired of winning the contest otherwise.
Sherman asked if the Funders were in
spired by objections to persons or to race.
The witness said it was objection to race.
The men appointed were unobjectionable.
The witness said that Danville and
Pittsylvania were the most lawless COM
munities in Virginia. Pittsylvania county
and the adjoining county in North Caro-
lima we're alike in this.
Senator Vance-That's a Republican
county by a large majority, sir.
Witness-Yes, and wherever there is a
Republican majority there will be Bourbon
shotguns.
Senator yance-There will be a large
number of convictions to the p~enitentiary.
Witness-And crowds will go down
before the mouths Of Bourbon shotguns.
Senator Vance, do not know that
there is any necessity for you to assail
North Carolina here. sir.
Witness-I allude to these matters with
regret.
The Redskins sect IA Drop
WINNIPEG, Feb. 25.-Early Saturday
morning, 20 policemen, under Col. Herch-
ner, started for the cabins, IS miles north
Of the Quappella river, where Yellow
Calls band of rs braves were holding
sway. When within two rods of their des-
tination the Indians came swarming and
f1%ourishing guns and refusing to allow the
police to enter. the Colonel commenced
quarreling with the chief, but Yellow Calf
distinctly refused to give up any men or
stolen provisions, saying he never would
surrender without q struggle. The police
were then formed in line, but the last
man had not taken position, when sud-
denly the doors and windows Of the cabins
we're thrown open, and the openings were
fairly filled with rifles. Owing to the
great odds, and the Indians having pro-
lection in the cabins. Col. Herchner, after
q short talk with Yellow Calf, withdrew to
a farm house for the night. The people of
Broadview are considerably excited, and
an uneasy feeling prevails.
Hotel Fires al Denver.
DENVER, Feb. 25.-At 2 o'clock this
morning a fire destroyed the National and
Nashville Hotels. In two small frame
buildings on the corner of nineteenth and
Wazee street, occupied as lodging houses
for railroad laborers, four men, Whaler,
Mcguire, Sullivan and one unknown per-
ished and their bodies burned to q cinder
Other occupants of the buildings, in
Guiding several women and children,
barely escaped with their lives, some leap
ing from the second-story windows. The
fire is thought to have originated in the
kitchen Of the Nashville Hotel. Loss S.
900, insurance $4,000.
Pennsylvania Booming FOL Blaine.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-The Tribune pub
fishes q column Of specials, made from
abstracts taken from the local press of
Pennsylvania, and heads this collection,
s'Pennsylvania Republicans rising as one
man In favor of Blaine. While Vermont
is booming for Edmunds and Illinois for
Logan. the Old Keystone is on the RAM
page for her favorite son. James G. Blaine,
who il & native Of Pennsylvania"
A She Devil.
NEW YORK, Feb. 25.-Mrs. A. B. Haight
was found guilty of murder in the first
degree. She evinced no emotion. The
ladies in the court wept. She is believed
to have murdered her two previous hus-
bands, also her father. The crime. Of
which she now stands guilty, was COM
mitted to secure an insurance Of 81, 800
upon her third husbands life.
Negro Parsons Preach Hemp.
CINCINNATI, Feb. 25.-At the funeral of
the negro family, who were murdered and
sold the Medical College in Cincinnati.
lynching was advocated by two preachers,
the sentiment evoking great applause.