Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-05-01

correspondence recently passed between
Senator Edmunds and William Walter
Phelps:
UNITED STATES SENATE,
WASHINGTON, April 28, 1884.
DEAR SIR: l have your letter in defence
of Mr.. Blaine in the Sunday Tribune, and
also an editorial in the Tribune thereon in
which you say Senator EdmuDds was un-
derstood to have q block OF Burlington *
Missouri securities, and that Senator Ed
munds acquired these interests in the Bur
lington & Missouri Railroad when they
were in the Senate, and they both sup
ported the bill to restore the q grant to
their road. These statements, taken IN
connection with the rest Of your letter,
evidently mean that at the time OF the
legislation referred to, / was somewhat in
terested in the road or its securities, and
the editorial in the Tribune states it ex-
pressly as being your statement OF that
thing. Both yourself and the Tribune
are totally mistaken. I have hunted
up what / suppose to be the
Joint resolution to which you refer,
being Senate joint resolution No. 20, first
session of the Forty-first Congress, OF
which l had no recollection whatever be-
fore, but / see on looking at the Congress
sional Globe of that time that / did make
a single remark on the subject of the
House amendment, which remark l com
mend to your careful consideration. !
had not at that time, / never had before,
any ownership or interest in money, bonds
or stock of that road, or any other out OF
the State of Vermont. | never expected
to have, and had no more connection with
the passage of the joint resolution than
you had, and / know no more than you,
which I assume was nothing at all, except
ing what may be inferred from my re-
mark on the House amendment. More
than three months afterwards, and on the
18th of July, 1859, / found on looking at
my old books, | subscribed for 185 shares
of stock and 1000 bonds OF the Burlington
and Missouri River Railroad Company
in Nebraska, which, l assume, was the road
in some way affected by the legislation re-
ferred to and paid in cash for the same,
the price that all other subscribers did,
and held the stock for several years, when
/ sold it in the Boston Market at the
market price and no more, and then, or
afterwards, l bought more OF the bonds of
the same company which l sold. This is
the whole story, and / give you authority
to verify it by examination of my books.
1t is of some consequence among men who
intend to be truthful, as l do, and no
doubt you do, to be somewhat accurate in
in making statements about the acts and
doings of other people. II you or anybody
else wish to know anything concerning my
business or other transactions at any time,
1 shall be happy to put you in possession Of
precise information, so that you will be
certain that what you say is true. l am
neither willing o DESTROYS to be a can
didate for President, which everybody,
who has either spoken or written to me
upon the subject, knows, but as I natur-
ally like to stand well in the estimation
Of my fellow-citizens, / dislike to be &C.
cused either of corruption, bias, selfish
ness in acting on public questions in
which have q private interest. when such
accusations are untrue. Respectfully
yours, GEORGE F. EDMUNDs.
To Hon. William Walter Phelps, House
Representatives.
BEAST OF Beasts.
DENVER, April 3O.-Francisco villega, a
Mexican living at Las Vegas, N. NJ, has
been arrested, charged by three Of his own
daughters and his wife with forcing crimi-
nal intercourse with the three daughters.
The oldest daughter, Teresa. 81 years of
age, testified that he forced her to submit
to his lecherous desires when but a child.
She now has two children by him. The
second daughter, Lucy, 16 years old, says
her father forced her to criminal inter-
course when she was IS. The youngest
daughter, Rhoda, 10, says her father has
been attempting the crime of incest with
her for a year past, and only accomplished
his damnsble purpose recently. Villega il
Jailed, and viii receive q speedy trial and
doubtless the full extent Of the law.
Terrible Explosion.
HAVANA, April 30.-An explosion oc-
Cured in the magazine of San Jose ad.
jacent to an arsenal in which was stored
9 large number of grenades and shells.
The force of the explosion took the direc.
tion OF the gas works, and all the gas
heaters of the Havana Gaslight Co., and
all, but one of the old Gas Company
were broken. A second shock, heavier
than the first, was caused by the explosion
Of gas. 1t is impossible, yet, to say how
many persons were killed or wounded,
Several bodies have already been found.
1t is known there we're in the magazine q
detachment Of 20 soldiers and an artillery
officer. Several days will be occupied in
removing them. The Military Hospital
San Ambrosio arsenal and other buildings
in the neighborhood suffered most dam.
age. In Havana the balconies, windows
and shutters fell to the ground in almost
every street and within the Custom House
The wall of the Hospital of Sanlazaro suf
fered severely.
Massachusetts Democrats.
WORCESTER. Mass, April 30.-The Demo
cratic State Convention was called 10 order
by Noah A. Plympton, of the State Com.
mittee, who made an address eulogizine
Gen. Butler and a~rraigning the Republican
party. Edward Avery was chosen perma.
nent Chairman. A committee to receive
the ballots for four delegates-at-large was
appointed. The following were elected ss
delegates-at-large: B. f. Butler, J. G. Alb.
bott, M. G. McCafferly and James Delany,
A motion to instruct. the delegates to vote
for Butler was tabled. A motion by
William M. Simmons, that 1t Is the opinion