Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-27
NEWS.
Two Terrible aud FiGnllSh CHlmtS ID
Austin, Texas.
A BLAZING CHRISTMAS TREE
CAUSES A PANIC.
a Desperate Husband Attempts to Murder
His Vile.
RELIEF ASKED FOR MISSING
ARCTIC EXPLORERS.
A Baptist Minister Takes a
Death Plunge.
THE SILVER CAUSE APPARENTLY SAFE.
RELIEF ASKED FOR MISSING
ARCTIC EXPLORERS.
THE SILVER CAUSE APPARENTLY SAFE
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Two Terrible Crimes.

" . AL1Gb Us
day night after midnight, which. undoubs-
eddy, will result in three deaths and no
telling how many ~lynchings. During the
year Austin has been Mortified every few
weeks b. some dastardly attack on servant
women, both white and colored. Fully q
dozen servants have been outraged and
eight murdered within this period. The
crimes all bore evidence of being per-
petrated and planned by the same persons.
Every effort has been made to spprehend
the criminals, and skilled detectives have
been employed. Many negroes have been
arrested and put through rigid examina-
tions, but nothing came OF the efforts.
| Many citizens and some officials held to
| the theory that the crimes we're perpetrated
| by some insane person, who cunningly de-
yised how he could shed woman blood
without apprehension. About midnight
| last night w. II. Hancock, q well-to-do
carpenter, residing at No. 203 Water street,
was awakened by groans. Entering ms
| wife's chambers be found the vacant bed
| covered with blood spots. He followed
| the trail out Of the front door, around the
| house and into q back yard, where he
| found his wife weltering in d pool OF blood.
| She had been struck twice with a blunt
l sx across the head and face, fracturing the
| skull. Although still alive the physicians
say the lady will surely die from her
wounds. She is aged 40 years, but is still
| handsome. She bore an unblemished
character. In the midst OF the great ex-
| element produced by this outrage the citi-
gems were appalled, at learning Of q still
greater crime perpetrated about the sane
hour several squares distant. At o'clock
Mrs. Philips, residing at No. 3lS Hickory
street, was awakened by the cries OF her
grandson. Entering her sons, james
Phillips, room, she found the infant on
the bed covered with blood and Phillips
lying senseless from a terrible blow across
the head. Ella Phillips, his wife. was
missing. A frightened n~eighbor followed
the bloody trail again and found her body
lying in the back yard of the adjoining
premises. Death resulted from q blow on
the forehead with an ak. Across the body
lay . heavy rail. Her person had been
outraged. The excitement on the streets
during the day has been very great.
Christmas was forgotten. The Mayor
called a meeting OF citizens at the State
House. Nearly 1000 attended. A Com
mittee OF Public Safety was organized.
The feeling over these last outrages Ia in
tense. From house to house the search for
the bloody-handed murderer will probably
be made.
A Relief Party Asked for.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 26.-Secretary Man
ming has received the following dispatch
from Senator Fair, dated at San Francisco:
"The American whaling bark Amethyst, Of
this port. Is supposed to have been lost on
her way from the Arctic Ocean. The last
ship to arrive thinks she got down to
Behring Sea. The Amethyst has on board
a crew OF 40 men. If the ship has been
lost she crew may have gone ashore on
some of the islands of Behring Sea, in
which case, unless assistance is rendered
Immediately, they will all freeze to death.
A petition from the owners and masters Of
the whaling fleet has been forwarded to
you by mail, imploring you to send up q
relief in search OF the party. Will you
send such party Immediately? In case
the Amethyst arrives I will telegraph you
that you can countermand orders"
Promptly upon the receipt of the dispatch
at the Treasury Department kilograms
were sent to each Of the experienced Off :
GERS OF the Revenue Marine at San Fran
cisco, asking for information as to the
probable condition OF the ice in Behring
Sea, but no answers have as yet been re-
ceived. The prevailing opinion among the
Treasury officials is that il would be i'm
practicable to send out Q search party at
this season, AZ there is M vessel in the
possession Of the Government strong
enough to battle with Arctic ice in Winter.
The Revenue Marine steamer Corwin, q
vessel that has heretofore been remsrka-
bly, successful in Arctic work, Is now at
San Francisco, and II IL Is regarded as
feasible to make a search she would un-
doubleday be selected for the duty. II the
advices received from San Francisco are
favorable to the undertaking the matter
will be laid before the President for his
decision.
A Serious Christmas Tree Blaze.
CmcAGo, Dec. GA huge Christmas
tree bearing all kinds Of gifts for the pa
tients and attendants at the County Hos
pital. and lavishly illuminated with wax
candles. caught fire yesterday while hun
dred or more people were packed closely
about IL. The accident proved quite seri-
Gus, q number Of persons having been In
jured In the rush for the door. Over 800
persons were In the chapel when the acct
| dent occurred. When the fire started the
small room was densely packed. and Santa
| Claus was forcing his way through the
| crowd 10 the tree to distribute the gifts.
Suddenly . colored paper caught fire from
a candle. Almost instantly tho entire tree
and its contents were a pyramid Of flames.
The garments Of those next the tree
caught fire. Every one rushed to the
door in the panic. Before the room was
half empsied OF the crowd some one with q
fire e~xtinguisher subdued the flames and
drenohed the clothing OF those which had
caught fire. At least 100 persons were in