Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-21
PACIFIC COAST AOVICES.
ESPECIAL TO THE s~ENTINEL.I
Appeals for Aid From Two Suffer-
ing Cities.

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Appeals for Aid From Two Suffer-
ing Cities.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 20.-J. j. McFar-
lane, Mayor of Portsmouth, Ohio, has sent
q dispatch to Mayor Bartlett of this city,
stating that his town is in q deplorable
condition, caused by the recent. floods, and
that thousands Of people are homeless and
in want. He says that he needs help, and
appeals to Mayor Bartlett to take some
measures for the relief OF the inundated
district.
Mayor Bartlett this morning received
the following dispatch from Joseph M.
Glass, Mayor and Chairman OF the relief
committee of Jefferson, Ind:
We have two feet or more Of water than
last February. The distress and waste Of
property greatly exceeds that OF last year.
Thousands Of our people are driven out OF
their homes. The destruction to property
is appalling. Can't you people do some
thing for US. Remittance may be made to
j. III. Campbell, President OF the First
National Bank and Treasurer OF the relief
committee.
Wholesale Indictment.
JAN PRANNloCOs ECUs AOs-A
this afternoon the United States Grand
Jury reported indictments against David
Evans, Charles Beach, John Vance, Harry
A. Marks, G. e. Moyes and M. B. Roberts,
all of Eureka, Humboldt county, on the
charge Of subornation Of perjury. The
parties indicted are a portion of the syndi-
cate organized to obtain possession OF all
the available timber lands in Humboldt
county, the most valuable timber belt in
California. 1t is stated that these well-to-
do and influential men obtain afidavits OF
poor fellows, the question of citizenship
not being material to make necessary afli-
davit to acquire possession Of Government
lands.
Breakup of Mail and T~elegraphic
Communication.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. photographs
and mail facilities to the Southern country
are still interrupted. The only communi-
cation is via Ogden, Kansas City and Dem.
ing. Several gangs of repairers have been
ordered out. The lines are not expected
to be in working order before Friday. No
further particulars have been received of
the loss Of life or property by the heavy
rains. The floods are confined to the
southern sections of the State. The mid
die and northern sections have not suf-
fered as yet. The prospects for an
excellent wheat crop in the great grain
producing sections Of the State was never
better than at present.
After a Swindler.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20.-Police Detec-
tive John Coffey sailed for Honolulu last
Monday for the purpose of capturing Geo.
W. Marshall, the clever diamond operator,
who swindled several jewellers of this city
out of several thousand dollars worth of
diamonds, who is now under police sur
veillance in Honolulu. As there is no ex-
tradition treaty applicable to Marshalps
case, Secretary F~relinghuysen has been
asked to appeal to the Court of the Ha-
vivian Government to permit the swindler
to be brought back.
Am EKort to Collect q Bank License.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 20.-License Col
lector Fogarty is about to try to collect
from the First National Gold Bank the
license collected from other banks. This
license is S301 per quarter. and the Ma
tional Banks have evaded payment, on the
ground that their charter, being from the
6cucEAl 0OtCIlmCAsp CACLdRto hhOAh "
local taxation. This question will proba-
bly, be taken to the United States Courts
and there settled.
Lucky Baldwin Sued.
SAN Francisco, Feb. Fitzpatrick Bergin
has commenced suit against E. J. Baldwin
to recover $4,000 damages, through the
killing on an elevator of his son, George
Bergin, who was bell-boy at the Baldwin
Hotel. The accident occurred OF the Esd
of February 1882. 1t is alleged that it
arose from the negligence Of defendants
employees.
Charged with Murder.
SAN Francisco. Feb. 20.--The condition
OF Antonio Nardini, the survivor of the
street duel of Sunday night, is unchanged.
A charge of murder was booked against
him this afternoon.