Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-08

more than three-fourths of the Democratic
party in the House, have been defeated by
a combination of Democrats and Republi-
the significance of such q vote cannot
be set aside in the Democratic National
at Chicago. They say there
will be no Republican with whom the
minority might form an alliance to defeat
the will Of the majority, and those re-
formers expect to secure their vindication
in the shape of q revenue reform plank in
the platform.
conversational Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, May House: In the
Committee of the Whole, Willis, of the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors, re-
ported the River and Harbor A~ppropria-
ton bill. 1t was ordered printed.
The House proceeded to the considera.
ton OF the business on the Speakers
table.
The Senate amendment to the House
bill repeating the irou-clad oath was con-
Cured in. The next bill IN the table was
that for the relief of Fitz-John Porter,
with Senate amendments. Keller moved
to refer the bill to the Military Commit
tee. Balford said the motion for ref
erence was a stealthy attempt to do in
justice to the man who had already been
treated unjustly, according to the testi-
mony of the greatest Of American Generals,
Gen, Grant. The motion to refer the bill
was lost. and the Senate amendments con
CURED in on the Porter bill.
Senate: The following bill was intro
duced and referred: Edmunds, a bill to
place IT,. S. Grant, late General Of the
Army of the United States, upon the re-
tired list Of the army. In moving the ref
erence of the bill to the Committee on
Military Affairs, Edmunds commended il
to the early consideration of that COM
mittee, for reasons which he said every.
body understands.
The Marine Bank Disaster.
New YoRL, May 7.-All information
concerning the future was refused by the
officers of the Marine Bank. Notices were
posted on the banks door from the Evertt
Bank, Boston Bank of Commerce, OF
Conn.,, and Davidge & Davis, stating that
drafts. checks, etc., on the defunct bank.
drawn by these parties, will be honored on
III 1 az thO III AStA0R0A
itan Banks and the last named firm. Man
ager Camp of the Clearinghouse, states
that there are no new developments in
the Marine Bank failure, but the situation
in not nearly so bad as at first supposed.
II is now stated on excellent authority,
that President Fish exhibited undue haste
in closing the doors of the bank, and the
Directors would not nave consented to
Aka aokfon haI thau ham fnaHa q q ara M
the exact state OF affairs. The same is said
to be true Of the Grant Il Ward failure,
which is claimed was brought about by
Wards remaining away from business and
practically losing his head.
sinking of the Romano.
ST. JOINS, N. F., May Capt. Brem-
mer, of the steamship Nevada, Of the
Guion Line, gives the following additional
particulars of the collision with the Ro-
mano on Monday, the 4th, at noon, in
latitude 1880, longitude 47.25, while on
the way from New York to Liverpool.
Four days out she collided with the
Romano, of Hull, belonging to the Wilson
Line. She struck the ship OF the port
side abaft midships, bursting into the
engine room. The Romano sunk in less
than an hour. Her passengers and crew
came OF board in their own boats, there
being a calm at the time and a heavy
swell. Our bows were beaten in from q
few feet to the deck. The cargo was
shifted, and temporary repairs being made,
we bore up for 81. Johns. On Sunday We
fell in with the Saint Laurent, and trans
shipped the passengers Of the Romano
two in number, and her crew and our own
passengers to that ship.
Affairs of the Marine Bank.
NEW YORK, May THE Bank Exam
liners decline to say anything. Depositori
say there is no doubt but that the banl
will pay the depositors in full. 1t il
stated that the affairs OF Grant d Ward are
turning out better than was supposed,
The firm expected to procure a large loan
which would carry them along. The loan
was not obtained and Ward gave up. 1t il
now thought the assets will go farther than
expected. Comptroller Grant said to-day
that he had reason to believe that the de-
p~ositors in the Marine Bank would be paid
in full, as the city, which had 81, 600 ,00C
on deposit, would lose nothing.
Serious Railroad Accident.
DECATUR, ILL.,, May IA broken rail, IL
miles south Of this city, on the st. Louis
division OF the Wabash road, threw the
passenger coach and two sleepers into a
ditch, injuring 90 people seriously and
three fatally. 1t is reported that conductor
Vincent, OF Michigan, in charge Of one Of
the sleepers, vas crushed and canno live
also, that Miss Emma Walter, Of Vermont,
will die. Five surgeons have gone to the
scene. The names of the injured have NOT
yet been learned.
One Hundred and Thirty Drowned.
F%ATHERPoINT, Quebec, May THE
steamship Titania, from Glasgow, passed
inward this morning. She has on board
"a Of the crew Of the steamship State OF
Florida, that vessel having been sunk by a
collision with q bark in mid ocean. Out
Of 167 persons on the State Of Florida only
A were saved, and Of the bark's crew only
the Captain and two men were rescued.
One hundred and twenty-three souls went
down with the steamer and II with the
bark, making a total loss Of 1876.