Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-09
EASTERN NEWS
Inhuman and Brutal Treatment Of.
PeIitGndaTy CWViCE.
a GIGANTIC INDIAN SCARE IN
KANSAS.
An Interesting Batch Of Washington
Intelligence.
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mate a State Ticket.
SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANIES.
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mate a State Ticket.
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ESPECIAL TO THE sKSTISEL.l
Inhumau Treatment of Criminals.
CHARLESTON, S. c., July 6.-About abe
middle of June Governor Thompson was
informed that the convicts employed in
guarding the Savannah Valley railroad
we're cruelty treated. One convict had
died in consequence Of brutal whipping
by guards; thst they were overvorked and
that exclusive mortality prevailed among
shem. The Governor Immediately in
structed the Superintendent Of the Peni-
tertiary to investigate the charges, and 81
official report which has just been made
shows that 16 deaths occurred since Janu-
airy / out Of q total force Of 120 conyicts;
that seven are unable to work; that con
victs are required to march nearly three
miles to work with shackles on their legs
that on account Of bad quality Of food
scuryy has made its appearance, and
that there has been excessive cruelty in
Furnishing the convicts. In describing the
effects of the beating OF Henry Porter by
A. W. Jackson, who had temporary charge
of the convicts during the absence of the
regular overseer, DR.. S.'Pope, Penitenti-
airy Physician, says: "As evidence Of the
severity of the whipping inflicted. / would
1 state that tissues have sloughed, leaving
an open sore IS inches long by 10 inches
wide. The punishment must have been
very cruel. l doubt his complete recovery.
| Other conyicts were also cruelty beaten,
| although the condition OF those now al
work is said to be very fair" jackson.
the inhuman guard, has fed to Georgia,
but efforts are being made to secure his
arrest. There is great indignation at these
ousrages, and steps will probably be taken
az the next session of the Legislature 10
discontinue the practice of farming out
convicts TO railroad companies and to the
| phosphate mines.
A Big Indian Scare.
TOPEKA, KS, July S.-The following
dispatch was received by the Governor
from FL. r. Nickerson, Division Superin
tendent of the Santa Fe. II was sent to
Mr.. Nickers on by the station agent q:
Kingman:
NEWTON, July 8, 1885.
The agent at Kingman sends the follow
AA6 oAtRabSHs lie 1uutAu ECdI6 u6-
assumed gigantic proportions here. Yes.
terday and last night hundreds of fam
lilies locked into town from points as far
west as forty miles for protection. Several
scouting parties have been out as far as
thirty miles, and the farther out they &c
the farther off are the Indians. There is
no trace of the Indians or evidence of their
having been nearer to Kingman county
than the Territory line, and no damage
has been done. There is q general scare,
but its origin cannot be located. A party
named Jones was down to the Territory
line. and heard that the Indians were on
the move, and or his way back TO Pratt
county he met a neishbor named Quill,
who told him that the Indians were com.
ing. Smith saw Brown and Brown saw
his friends, and thus the story grew and
the excitement increased. These settlers
have started back to their homes"
(S~igned): H. Il. NIoKERsoS.
The Governor has ordered $50 stands Of
arms to be sent TO Kingmsn, dorado,
Dodge City and Garden City at once.
Then they will be distributed to various
points in the Southwest in danger Of an
invasion.
Washington Intelligence.
WASHINGTON, July 8.-By direction of
the Secretary Of the Treasury. a letter was
written to-day to the Architect of the
Treasury, instructing him to cut from the
roof of the Treasury all telephone and tele-
graph wires still remaining there, and
wind them up on the North-street pole,
80 that they will not be in the way of foot
passengers or horses. The order was
given some time ago for all the companies
to take down their wires, but only some of
them complied. Those remaining will be
cut down tomorrow.
Eleven thousand nine hundred aud
twenty-seven pieces of registered matter
we're handled yesterday in the Washington
Postohice, the heaviest days business in
the history Of the Office.
Gen. Hazen, chief Signal officer, has
recommended to the President that Ser
geant Brainard, who was with Lieutenant
Greeley in the Arctic region, be appointed
to a Lieutenancy in the line. He also rec.
ommends that L~ieutenants Mitchell and
Ellis, who recently passed an examination
for promotion, be appointed as Second
Lieutenants in the Signal Service.
More Mob Law.
GRENADA, Miss, July S.-This after
noon as the Sheriff was going to the train
with Felix Williams. who had been SEN
fenced to the Penitentiary for life, a mob
OF 100 men, took him from the Sheriff and |
deputies. The mob then went TO the
County Jail and took therefrom Perry
McCristain, who had been sentenced to be |
hanged on August l. but whose case had
been appealed. Williams and McCristain. |
In August last, killed a peddler and con-
cealed his body in the woods. The two
murderers we're carried a mile from town
and hanged to sho same limb. Williams
stating that he, McCristain and
lhree Others had killed two peddlers and
hat he deserved death and was ready TO
20. McCristain died denying the story
md charge.
Life Insurance Com.
panfes.
New YORK, July, S.-The fact has been
discovered by n or more insurance com-
here that they are being systemati-
ally defrauded by irresponsible brokers,
Tho are using many ingenious methods