Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-11-26
The Sudden Death Yesterday Of Vice
President Hendricks.
He PASSES AWAY CALMLY At ABOUT
O'CLOCK.
King Alfonso Dead = His Widow
Frustrated.
AN EARTHQUAKE TIDAL WAVE ON the
ATLANTIC COAST.
Heavy Rain and Snow Storms
East.
DEArHBED CONFESSION OF A
MURDERER.
DEArHBED CONFESSION OF A
MURDERER.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENT1NEL.l

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 25.-Vice President
Hendricks died this afternoon about 5
o'clock. He attended a reception las.
evening and complained of feeling uDwell.
This morning he rapidly grew worse and
expired about the hour named.
.LATER-Vice President Hendricks died
very suddenly at his residence q few min
utes before 5 o'clock this afternoon. He
came home from Chicago early in the
week and complained Of feeling unwell,
but nothing serious was thought OF 1t at
the time. Last night he and Mrs. Hen
bricks attended q reception at the resi-
dence of Hon. John J. Cooper. and after
he came home he complained Of pains in
his side and stomach. This morning he
was no better, and his family physician,
DR.. Thompson, was called in. He gave
him an emetic, and later in the day an
injection. Hendricks stayed in his room
all day, and most of the time 10 bed,
although he sat up at frequent intervals.
He received no callers, but about 5 O'Clock
Mrs. Hendricks left his bedside to see a
caller for a few minutes in the parlor. She
was delayed longer than she expect
ed, and when she returned to the room
she found that Mr.. Hendricks was dead.
The end Of a busy and eventful life had
come peacefully and quietly. On his face
there was no indication of pain or suffer-
ing, and his eyes were only half closed, as
II in a gentle sleep. He died of paralysis
OF the brain.
An Earthquake Tidal Wave.
FALL RIVER, Mass, Nov. 25.-An earth
quake tidal wave in the bay at $50 this
morning caused the tide to raise three
feet above mean high water.
CAPE MAY, N. j., Nov. 25.-An unusu-
ally high tide to-day damaged the Ocean
City and Sea Isle branches of the West
Jersey railroad, and the trains are unable
to make connection with the main line.
PORT JEFFERSON. L. l., Nov. 25.-There
was the highest tide ever known in this
vicinity to-day. Part of the village was
flooded, and many inhsbitan ia were forced
to retreat to the second stories Of their
houses.
New YORK, Nov. 25.-The tide was
three feet higher this morning than was
ever before known. The docks along the
water front were submerged, and business
was entirely suspended for several hours.
The water is over a foot deep on West
street, and the first floors and cellars of
buildings in the lower part Of the city
were flooded.
Condemned Buildings Fall Down.
JERSEY Cry. Nov. 25.-The four-story
frame structure at No. A. Morris street
and q two-story rookery fell this morning
at Ills and buried in the debris at least
half q dozen persons. The building was
condemned by the Board of Aldermen sew
eral months go, and was unoccupied.
Boys and girls were engaged in tearing the
structure down when it fell. Mary
S~chenzky, aged eight years, was killed out
right. Maggie Smith, aged seven years,
had several ribs broken. The building Ia
a complete wreck. The groans Of the dy-
ing can be heard above the hum of the
voices. and the noise of the workmen.
The Fire Department has been called out,
and is assisting in removing the debris.
Policeman Findlay was at his post when
the accident happened. He states that at
least q dozen women. boys and girls were
running in and out Of the building all
morning, carrying away wood. He did
not know how many were in the building
when it fell.
Rain and Snow Storms East.
WILKEsBARRE. Pa, Nov. 25.-A heavy
rainstorm set in here Sunday and con-
tinued throughout Monday until evening,
when 1t changed to a snowstorm which is
still raging furiously. Reports from the
mountain districts are to the effect that Is
have already fallen. The snow at
seven miles from here, is re-
to be % inches deep.
RAILWAY, N. j., Nov. 25.-The storm
the Railway river here to raise SO
high that the people in the vicinity have
had to move up stairs, and horses and
were removed from stables for safety. |
10 some cases the people have to row in
boats TO and from their homes.
WESTMINSTER. M. D., Nov. 25.-Snow
has fallen for the better part Of to-day,
md it has reached a depth Of six inches.
A Deathbed Confession.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 25.-Clement Grams.
niger, an old resident OF Cgss county, died