Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-04-30
The Struggle Of a White Girl With
a Negro FiGnd.
SHE SAVES HERSELF AND SIS
TER FROM OUTRAGE.
What a Plucky Girl May DO
to Defend Herself.
NATIONAL CONVENTION OF coLoRED
CITIZENS OF PITTsBuRa.
Stalwarts and alf-Breeds in Ken
lucky at Daggers' Points.
A coLoREp DELEGATE USES HIS RAZOR
ON A WHITE BROTHER.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
A Heroic Girl.

New York, April 29.-Jennie and Mary
Graf, aged 10 and 16, live alone in q neat
cottage in Rossville. Last night Thomas
Wilson, a negro, who worked in the neigh
borhood, forced open the lower window
and crept to the room where the sisters
were sleeping. His presence was not
known until he readily grasped Jennie by
the throat. The younger sister was par
alyzed with fear, but the older, a stout,
healthy girl, threw off the negroes hand,
and with her clenched fist struck him in
the face, knocking him to the floor. He
sprang up and tried to renew the attack,
but received q second blow in the face,
while with the other hand Miss Graf
scratched his face, tearing away strips
of skin and flesh. As soon as
the younger sister had recovered
from her fright she screamed. The
man dashed out the lights and attacked
Jennie the third time. She resisted vigor-
ously, and both girls screamed continu-
ously. Finally he started to run away
and Jennie gave him another blow, which
caused him to fall headlong to the ground.
There be struck against the sharp edge of
an ash-pan, almost severing his windpipe.
Miss Graft fearing another attack ran to
Mrs. Plutt's. Wilson fled and was
tracked by blood-marks to the residence
of Mr.. Decker, for whom he worked, and
was found in the cellar, 80 Frustrated by
| loss Of blood that he was unable to speak.
A doctor sewed up the wound, and Wilson,
after being fully identified by Miss Graf,
was conveyed to the County Jail.
Convention of Representative Col
Ored Men.
PITTsBURd, 29.-The Interstate Con-
ference of colored men assembled at Mu-
nicipal Hall this morning, and delegates
were present from Connecticut, Ohio,
Virginia, the District Of Columbia, In
diana, Illinois, Kansas and Louisiana,
to the number of IS. Among them we're
Fred Douglass and Bishop Green Of Ohio.
The convention was composed OF a fine
body OF men and the determination was
expressed to prevent it being used for po-
litical purposes. At 10 o'clock the Rev. @.
s. Smith of Bloomfield, ILL.,, in a stirring
address, stated the object Of the confer
ence and called the convention to order.
Robert Jackson of Pittsburg was elected
temporary chairman. An address OF wei
come was made by William Birks of
Pittsburg and o response by Robert Pei
ham Of Detroit. The Committee on Per.
manent Organization will report this
afternoon. Fred Douglass was nominated
as temporary chairman, but the conven-
ton approved Of the nomination Of Jack
son.
One-Third of jamestown In Ruins.
XENIA, o., April 29.-The scene at
jamestown this morning was even worse
than expected. Fully one-third of the
town is in ruins. The houses, not entirely
demolished, were torn in two and lifted
from their foundations. The damage is
estimated at from $780, 900 to 5000, 900.
The individual losses number 1876. In
many cases q home, and the entire con-
tents, are all gone. Furniture and bed
ding were blown into the tree tops, a long
distance from the houses. The damage In
the country is very great, but the particu-
lars are not yet known. The roads are i'm
passable in the direction of the storm
Much live stock was killed. Barns,
houses, fences and trees were swept away
A meeting was held here last night, and
organized for the sufferers.
Bitter Arthur and Anti.Arthur
Meetings.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 29.-At the Re
publican primaries, held in certain wards
of this city last night, delegates were
elected to the State Convintion. The feel.
ing is 30 bitter between Arthur and anti.
Arthur, that with one exception the meet.
ings were very disorderly, resulting in the
election Of two sets Of delegates. There
we're many fights, and serious cutting and
shooting. w. A. Malone, Chairman OF
the Ninth Ward meeting. had his head and
face horribly cut with a razor in the
hands of Charles Johnson, (colored.) The
shooting was not serious. The proceedings
Of the primaries were so disorderly and
irregular that the elections will all be con,
tested. Hon. Walter Evans, Commits.
sioner of Internal Revenue, was elected o
delegate from his ward.
A Mob Weakens.
Fort WAYNE. Ind, April 29.-Two men
named Richards and Smith were vester.