Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-02-22
bismarck Means War.

OF the house on EOrelSn
Affairs called on the Secretary Of State to-
day to ascertain what he could about the
return of the Lasker resolution. He says
he learned from the Department that they
had no official information that the resolu-
ton had been returned.
'sIn the first place." he said, 'the reso-
luton was not sent to Bismarck, but to
our Minister and to the President of the
representative body Of the German Gov
eminent"
"What do You think would be the effect
If it should prove true b at the resolution
has been returned ?"
ssThst," he replied, would depend
upon the manner in which it was done. l
don't think Bismarck would reply in an
offensive manner"
s'Do you think as many prominent Ger
man-Americans do, that Bismarck is try
ing to excite us to war 2"
ssThat L think more than likely. That
is the most probable theory I have yet
heard"
I'm that event. what would this Govern
ment do?"
s.What could it do ?" was the quick re-
tort; sssend a fleet over there ? ironically |.
1t is more than likely if there is anything
at all in the affair, Bismarck wants war;
The Danyille FiascO.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-The first witness
in the Danville investigation to-day was
J. B. Blackwell (white), Judge of the Cor
poration Court at Danville. He testified
to the circumstances leading up to the
riot, and said the whites formed in line
and fired the first volley at the negroes.
The discharge was like that of well-drilled
soldiers. The witness was surprised when
the smoke cleared away to see that no ex-
ecution had been done He did not issue
warrants for the arrest of any rioters.
Sherman handed the witness a copy Of the
Danville circular, and asked if its state
ments were true. The witness replied that
some were, but in his opinion a great ma
jority were false. The negroes were in q
large majority in every ward of Danville.
There never had been a time when they
could not nave elected a negro to fill every
position in the Town Council. AS a mat
ter of fact the whites had always a majority
in the Council and the power to remedy
the evils complained of in the circular.
1t was in the power of any man who signed
the circular to learn that certain of its
statements were. false. The witness did
not accuse all the signers of Intentional
f~alsehood, but by men who had been so
blinded by passion as to be unable to Judge
impartially. The witness was q native of
Virginia and had served four years in the
Confederate army.
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2~1.-Senators Vest
and Cockerell, Speaker Carlisle and Rep
resentatives Springer and Morrison re-
ceiyed a telegram from Santa Fe, New
Mexico, saying that the Secretary OF
New Mexico refuses to administer the
oath of Office to the legally elected mem
bers of the Territorial Legislature as.
sembled to-day, and assumes to decide
the elective qualifications of members
against the vote of the majority and
holding legal certificates of election. The
telegram is signed by a majority of the
Council, which is composed of both po-
litical parties.
Senate-Plumb reported from the Com.
mittee on Agriculture a bill to provide
for the erection of the Department OF
Agriculture into an Executive Department,
and for making the chief officer of thai
Department a Cabinet officer, with the
rank OF Secretary of Agriculture.
A Fearful Cyclone.
WILMINGTON, N. O., Feb. 21.-The Starr
specials. in giving further particulars o.
the cyclone, say the storm came 80 sud
denly the people were unable to escape
from their houses. Buildings were blown
into fragments. Bodies were terribl,
bruised n cut. The force of the vino
WAS so great that mill stones were moved
a hundred feet. Chickens and birds wer,
found picked clean. The largest tree
were uprooted and the smaller ones strip
ped OF their bark. At midnight the SKY
was dazzling red. The killed and wounded
belong almost exclusively to the pooreI
classes. There will be suffering and des
titution among the survivors. Already 2;
dead bodies have been found In Richmond
county.
Wind Ravages ia Georgia.
ATLANTA, Feb. 21.-Reliable report
state that on the line of Cherokee ant
Pickens counties within q space of tire,
miles % persons were killed and A
wounded. No deaths occurred in tn,
other counties contiguous to Atlanta.
MACON, Feb. 21.-The cyclone blew
down the residence of Col. Numbers il
Putnam county, dangerously woundin,
him. Mrs. Paschal, who took refuge il
his house, was instantly killed. Sever
negroes and nearly all the stock on tn
farm were also killed. Davisboro, on tn
Central Railroad, was almost destroyed
Six stores were blown down, also the bricl
depot at Varium. An employe of the rail
road was killed and many were danger
ously wounded.
bloody Fight with Indians.
CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-A special from
Billings. M. t., says: Five Piegan In
dams left their reservation and crossed
the Yellowstone river at Clark's Fork /,
Crows Reservation and stole SO ponies
Four Grows, accompanied by JOSEPH
Gate, Cbauncey Ames, Phillip Side, LIE,
M. Owens and three other white men
followed the trail and had a fight will
the Piegans at Hailstone Basin, 40 mile
northwest from Billings. Ames and Cat,
were killed and Owens and Sidle wound
ed. Four Piegans were killed. TIL,
horses were recaptured. The bodies o
Owens and Gate were taken to Parl