Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-07-17
EASTERN NEWS.
The Ocean Mail Service and Postmaster
General Villas.
He WILL NOT ALLOW CONTRACTORS TO
DICTATE 10 HIM.
A Profigate Husband Shoots His Wife,
Then Himself
WISE NOMINATED FOR COW
ERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
Civil Service Examinations to be Held
On the Coast.
QUITE A WARFARE EXISTING AMONG THE
CLEVELAND STRIKERS.
WISE NOMINATED FOR Gov
ERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
Civil Service Examinations to be Held
On the Coast.
QUITE A WARFARE EXISTING AMONG THE
CLEVELAND STRIKERS.
ESPECIAL TO THE sESTINEL.I
Won't Have 1t That WAY

ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.I
He Won't Have 1t That Way.
CHICAGO, July 16.-A Times Washington
special says: The Pacific Mail Steamship
Company is trying to form a combination
Of American steamship lines to coerce the
Postmaster General to divide $500, 900
| among them. The Postmaster General
lately received a letter signed by represen-
tatives of six companies, asking him what
he was going to do about paying for the
| Ocean Mai Service after August /, and
asking him to let them know by July IA,
SO that they could give the necessary mott
fcation 10 the public if they were to cease
carrying mails after August 1. The Post
master General replied that while six COM
panies were seeking to have $500, 600
divided among them there was no obvious
reason why they should act in concert, but
that the matter had been decided. The
service rendered by the several companies
was very different, and consequently he
should deal with each one individually.
As to the notification to the public, that,
he mentioned, was not necessary to
trouble themselves about; that the
responsibility of carrying the mails
rested with the Department, and
that the Department would see that
the mails were carried. He will ship the
mails by foreign steamers rather than be
dictated to by q combination of steamship
lines. There is no probability, however,
that any such extreme measure will be
Tho DooYunootar GanapaI ia
ready to negotiate with any individual
steamship company, and give it the best
terms compatible with public interest. He
is perfectly ready to pay some of the CON-
panies more than they are getting now,
but will not deal with them collectively.
The whole rate Of postage is now paid to
American lines to Liverpool n to the Pa
cifc Mail for its Australian service, and
she Brazil line gets six cents a letter which
is more than the whole rate of postage,
but it gets nothing for carrying papers.
If it would negotiate individually with the
Postmaster General, it could probably get
pay for carrying papers, and If the letter
rate was reduced to five cents the com
pany would get more than it now
receives. The law requires the Post
master General, if he uses the $400, 900,
to advertise for proposals and give con-
tracts TO the lowest bidders, but On many
routes the American line is the only one,
80 that no competition would be possible.
Where there are two lines the steamship
men wanted the Postmaster General to in
vite proposals in such a way as to prevent
even that small competition. Two .Ameri.
can lines run between New York and Ha-
vans, one leaving on Thursday and one on
Saturday. The steamship men wanted
1 H. D~na. n@-4.. A. all -. Is1n Co.
one sailing on Thursday and one on Satur-
day. By q similar arrangement they
wanted to prevent competition between
the Pacific Mail and Occidental lines from
San Francisco. The Postmaster General
declined to be party to any such arrange
ment.
A Desperate Husband.
New YORK, July 1~6.-Augustus Erwin, O
dry goods saleman, shot his wife to-day in
East Tenth street. and put q bullet into
his own abdomen. He was dying tonight
in the hospital, while the wife is believed
to be in a fair way Of recovery. Erwin
is a Hebrew, twice the age of his wife,
who is a Roman Catholic, and who mar
ried him without her fathers knowledge.
The marriage was the direct outcome of
the Victoria Morosini elopement. The
girl, whose father ia Patrick O'Thayne,
is q wealthy laundryman, and was q class
mate of Victoria, and the sensation
caused by Victoria's escapade apparently
suggested a similar exploit TO her romantic
mind. Her own marriage occurred i'm
mediately after, and was unexpected by
everybody. The brides father supported
them since, Erwin spending what money
| ba mada nm h0raa ra eaa T.ataIv n,TbuuDa
had made persistent efforts to wean the
daughter away from her husband, and all
but succeeded last week in carrying her
off to Europe. The husband upset the
plans in the eleventh hour by o trick, and
the steamer sailed.
Mah0ne's Man Nominated.
richmond. Va, July 16.-The Republi-
can State Convention this morning passed
resolutions of sympathy for General
Grant. which were unanimously adopted,
and ordered the same telegraphed to him.
The nominations Of candidates were
then proceeded with. and one hour and q
half was occupied in nominating John s..
Wise and Attorney General Frank s..
Blair.
At 2 P. M. the r~oll-call of counties was
called, and at its conclusion, at 2:45, Wise
had received over 450 votes. Before the
vote was announced the name Of Blair was
withdrawn, and upon his authority the
nomination OF Wise was made unanimous
amid nnbounded enthusiasm. Wise was
Immediately brought 10 the front, and
briefly acknowledged the honor bestowed
on him. He looked upon the position for
| which he had been named as one OF SOL
emn dnty. as well as one of great respon-
sibility. and he, with his party. were CO.
ing into the fight to win.
For Applicants for Government Pc.
sftfOns.
WARRINGTON. July 16.-The examination
for Departmental service will be held at
Helena, Montana. September Is; Portland,
Oregon, September IS; Seattle. Washing