Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-02
TaoYvILLE SYKES on TRIAL FOR THE
MURDER OF KATE TOWNSEND.
A Peddler Ohokes Mrs. Julia A
Keller Into Insensibility.
A GRAND row AMONG THE UNIVERSITY
STUDENTS or PENNSYLVANIA.
Two Extensive Incendiary conaagrations
at Toronto, Canada.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

Chandler Severely Criticised.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-During the dis
| cussion in the Senate of the Greeley bill,
| Secretary Chandler was quite severely
criticised by Salisbury and Mcpherson,
| charging that as soon as the Senate had
| adopted q provision to which the Secre-
tary was opposed he set to work to coun-
teract the Senate action. Salisbury
trusted that the Senate would not abdicate
its functions in favor of the Secretary of
the Navy or anybody else. Mcpherson
| thought the amount to be expended should
be limited. AS it stood, it would give the
Secretary the power which Congress
ought never to give any officer of the Gov
eminent. He wished it understood, with
out any reservation, what the Secretary of
| the Navy does not seem to comprehend
that the people of this country have not
implicit confidence in him. Allison said
the bill did not emanate from the Secre-
tary of the Navy nor even from the SEN
ate, but came from the House. Hale and
| Sherman defended Chandler.
High Waters.
PITTsBURa, Feb. 1.-The river reached
it's highest stage this morning at II
o'clock, when the marks registered 81 feet.
Portions of the low lands of Allegheny
| City and the South Side are under water,
but no serious damage has resulted to
property. The waters are now receding,
and as the weather is freezing, no more
trouble is anticipated.
At several points on the Yonghiogheny
| bottom the lands are inundated, and fami-
lies living on them have been compelled to
retire to the second floors of their houses
or to wade out waist-deep through the
waters. At Freeport on the Allegheny,
the ice is piled 80 feet high, and for a time
it was feared that the tow would be
flooded, but the gorge started shortly
before midnight, and the water, obtaining
an outlet, soon fell to its proper level.
The Allegheny ice reached here ct 8 O'Clock
this morning, and since then has been
steadily pass ing out.
The Trey willie sykes Murder Case.
New ORLEANS, Feb. 1.-The evidence in
the trial of Troyville Sykes, for the MUIR
der Of the notorious Kate Townsend,
Queen Of the New Orleans demi monde,
closed tonight. The defense rested its
case on the plea that Sykes had appeared
as q witness on his own behalf, and made a
statement, the first since the killing.
The attorneys for the State charged it to
be a deliberate murder. Sykes knew he
was Hates heir, and had frequently seen
her will. which made him a rich man. AS
one of the counsel for the State was speak
ing, the District Attorney objected to his
line of argument, which might have been
deemed favorable to Sykes. Amid his hot
remarks he was retired from the case. The
defense seemed to nave been confident of
success. 1t is known that Sykes is willing
to give half of his newly acquired wealth,
which would be $50, 900, for his acquittal.
The case was submitted to the jury last
evening.
A Rage for Attacking Defenseless
women.
WooDHAvEN, l.. l., Feb. There was
great excitement hereabouts last night.
Philip Fox, a peddler, failing to make a
sale to Mrs. Julia Keller, seized the woman
by the throat and choked her into insensi-
bility. When the woman revived she
raised an alarm, and the people started in
pursuit and captured Fox. The assault,
following 80 quickly upon the May bee
murders, and the Townsend and Sprague
outrages. the people clamored for lynch
ing Fox and Rugg, that a speedy end may
be put to the present Long Island rage for
attacking defenseless women and aged
men. An officer succeeded in getting Fox
into Jail.
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb. IA conference was
asked for by the Senate on the Greedy Re-
lief bill: 1t was agreed to. Randall and
Calkins were appointed as conferees.
The Speaker appointed Ellis, Holman
and Ryan as conferees OF the part of the
House on the bill appropriating $500 0
for the support of the destitute Indians of
Montana.
The morning hour being dispensed with
the House went into Committee of the
Whole, Springer in the Chair, on the Fitz-
John Porter bill.
Dockery introduced a bill prohibiting
the removal of employees of the House ex-
cept for cause during the vacation of Con-
gress.
Students on the Rampage.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1.-During the an
nual bowl breaking at the University Of
Pennsylvania the students got into the
street and destroyed considerable prop
erty. Some of them had their clothes torn
and were lmost nude. The police arrested
one student, and were followed to the sta
ton house by hisGpomrades, who were
pelting the officers with bricks, stones, etc.
In front of the station house another stu
dent was arrested for bowling. The
students numbered full 500. During the
disturbance four pistol shots were fired.
One man was shot in the hand.
Two Destructive Fires.
TORONTO, Feb. 1.-Adamson's elevator
was burned last night. 1t consumed
$100, 900 worth of weat and 5000 bushels
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