Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-22
NEWS.
Congressional DOings at the National
Capitol Yesterday.
LATEST PARTICULARS FROM THE HAkTI'
COKE ENr0MsED MINERS.
A Belief that They Are Still
Alive.
Ex- MINISTER KELLEY LEcTualNa ON
Irish NATIONALITY"
What Work Congress Has Done
Thus Far.
PROMINENT SOLDIERS KILLED
BY APACHES.
PROMINENT SOLDIERS KILLED
BY APACHES.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
CONGREGATIONAL Proceedings.

ton of Morrison the resolution offered on
Monday last by Burleigh, calling on the
Secretary of the Treasury for information
relative to the importation from Bohemia
in July last by L. Lehman, Of New York,
Of certain glassware. and to the appraise-
ment and reappraisem ent of the same, was
taken up and passed.
Senate-The CHAIR laid before the Senate
from the Secretary Of War reports relating
TO bridges in course of construction which
may interfere with the free navigation of
paviRable waters of the United States.
Maxey presented q memorial Of the Mex
! lean Veterans Association, praying for
| the passage of q bill p~ensioning veterans
of the Mexican war. Il was referred.
| Among the bills fsvorably reported and
placed on the calendar were the following:
BY Edmunds, from the Committee on the
| Judiciary, in reference to bigamy and
| polygamy in Utah. Edmunds said be
| would ask the Senate to take up his bill
Immediately after the holiday recess. BY
| Hoar, from the same committee, an orig
inal bill for q uniform system of bank
ruptcy throughout the United States.
Hoar said he would ask the Senate to take
up this bill as soon as possible after the
holiday recess.
Cullom introduced q Postal Telegraph
bill. 1t provides for the purchase Of any
existing lines under the provisions Of the
Act Of 1886. at an appraised valuation to
be ascertained by q committee OF five dis
interested persons. 1t was referred to the
| Committee on Postofices and Postroads to
1 ho oouo;AoraI IN onppaction with tho hill on
the same subject recently introduced by
| Edmunds.
Among the bills introduced and referred
we're the following: By Van Wyck-To
provide for the organization Of that part
| OF the territory of the United States now
known as the Indian Territory, and q pub
lie land strip into the Territory to be
known as the Territory of Oklshama; to
provide a temporary Government for the
same for the allotment Of homestead to
Indians in severalty, and to open unoccu-
pied lands to Indian settlers.
Among the bills introduced and referred
| we're the following: By Wheeler OF Ala
bama-For the relief Of Fitz-John Porter.
Also to amend the Civil Service Act. 1t
amends the Act by the addition Of sections
calculated to equalize appointments in the
Civil Service among the several States, and
provides that the appointing officer may
designate certain persons for examination,
and upon his being found capable may ap-
point him to office. By Henley OF Califor.
nia-Declsring the forfeiture of certain
lands granted to aid in the construction of
the Northern Pacific railroad; also to de-
clare forfeited certain lands granted to aid
in the construction OF the Southern Pa
cific railroad.
Voak ofToynd q rncOiutinn afrnnOlv Nnm.
mending the course of Secretary Bayard in
the Kelly matter, and the movement in
reference to the resolution to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations. Plumb thought
the incident showed how utterly useless
the diplomatic service was. He hoped the
committee would report that the service
could be dispensed with altogether.
The Senate passed the House concur
rent resolution, providing for an adjourn
ing from to-day till January 5.
The Senate agreed to the resolution
offered by Hoar, authorizing the Finance
Committee to investigate the New York
Custom-house, especially as to the matter
Of under valuations.
A Gloomy Sunday for NanticOke.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Dec. 1.-Yesterday
was the gloomiest day ever witnessed in
Nsnticoke. Thousands of people poured
into town in vehicles, OF horseback and
foot. Hundreds of them gathered In
groups around the various workings,
where they discussed the situation of the
imprisoned men. A message was brought
here from Nanticoke in the morning to the
effect that . man had been found in q
gangway and evidently had been dead
several hours. At the company's Office
this was denied. They state the situation
remains unchanged from the previous
night, though they hourly expect to reach
| the fatal spot where the entombed men
are supposed to DO. Rescuing parties are
continually ct work. There is no hope OF
rescuing any of the victims alive. At 8
O'Clock last evening q rescuing party
struck o mass OF wet sand, and As addi-
| tional men were sent in to remove ii with
buckets as fast as II was thrown out. At
8 O'Clock an official report was received ct
the company's office here to the effect
that o rescuing party were h within 20
feet Of the fatal chamber and they were
hoping to reach the imprisoned men by IL
o'clock. At 1880 o'clock the rescuers
reached the place where the men were sup
posed TO be, but they were not there. The
rescuing party are now pushing forward
to another chamber, with hopes Of finding
them in q few hours.
10 A. M.-There has been no new devel-
opments since 2 O'Clock this morning 10
regard 10 the entombed miners. The latest
official message received at that hour was
that q rescuing party who are working on
the gangway from the air shaft had reached
the first chamber, in which ID was hoped
that some OF the men would be found.
The air was good and apparently fresh.
but no sign of any living person was to be
found. There are six other chambers
along the gangways, aud IL is thought the
men may be found in one OF them. A
new gang of 60 men went into the mine at
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