Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-20

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He died at midnight. Christian Bols.ed,
q Norwegian Of 80 years, en- route to Min
neapolis, Q compound fracture OF both legs.
He is probably fatally hurt. Steward A.
Bowers, q fireman on the Lehigh Valley
train, aged 35, married and resides ut
South Easton, was badly injured.
1870 P. M.-The bodies Of two boys and
a woman we're found at noon under the
Lehigh Valley engine. The bodies have
been brought to this city. but as yet have
| not been identified. Tbos. P. Pratt, the
telegraph operator at Meron, has been
arrested. Pratt is 26 years old and is an
experienced operator. He admits be did
| not give the right signal. He says he was
| advised by his friends TO desert, but he
refused TO do 80. He is held to await the
action of the Coroner's jury. He resides
ia this city with his wife and three
children. The three bodies discovered at
moor buried beneath the front of the
Lehigh Valley engine we're brought to this
city and placed in the morgue. The
woman is unknown and un~recognizable.
The two boys were apparently about 10
years old.
A Fatal Fire I'm Chicago.
CHICAGO, Oct. 19.-The terribly quick
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at No. SO Vernon Park Place, owned and
occupied by W. s. Bates. q few minutes
after 6 o'clock this morning, burned four
persons to death. The family consisted Of
five persons and a servant girl. and all
but two met the terrible death. An alarm
was sounded at 6:25 A. NJ. When the
fremen arrived on the scene the house
was in o blaze. The Fire Marshal found
Mr.. Bates in an alley at the side Of the
house, suffering from several bruises, but
was able to tell the story OF the catastrophe.
He said that at 6 o'clock this morning the
servant girl started . fire in the kitchen.
and went out doors 9 moment later.
leaving the door open. She returned In a
minute or two and found the kitchen in a
blaze. Bates was aroused by the girls
screams and rushed into the kitchen and
tried to extinguish the flames first with o
hose attached to . hydrsnt and afterwards
by buckets. Not succeeding. he cent in
an alarm. The iremen ~extipguished the
flames in about Is minutes. but hen they
entered the house they found the charred
remains OF the family. with the exception
OF Mr.. Bates. They were Mrs. Mary E.
Bates, aged IS; John Bates. aged 8; Edward
Bates, infant, and Mrs. Dreyleson, aged
| 10, mother of Mrs. Bates. The partitions
and walls OF the house were lined with felt,
and when the blaze once started it spread
with frightful rapidly. The charred
bodies were removed TO the morgue
Nothing was heard Of the servant girl after
her flight. 1t is also said that q brother
OF Mrs. Bates was lodging In the house,
and was seen about the place when the
fire was in progress, bus suddenly dis
appeared. .
Trying to Murder n Minister.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 19.-At 1880 o'clock last
night unknown parties attempted to assas-
sinste Rev. N. Countee, g prominent
colored Baptist minister. He was return
ing from church, where he had held SER
vices, and on passing the corner Of De-
Sofa and Webster streets, he was fred on.
There were about 20 Of his congregation in
the crowd, and the contents of the shotgun
loaded with buckshot caused considerable
havoc. Two bullets struck Mr.. Countee,
one In the head, aud the other passing
through bis chin. inficting painful but
not dangerous wounds. s. L. Countee. q
brother OF the minister, was shot in the
back, M also through the chin. His
wounds are more dangerous. Ellen
Wright, Q colored woman. who was also
49, - SAS"At "a q oAO IA sho mp
The assassin fed after firing, but threw
away his gun, which was found by the
police. This is the second attempt that
has been made to kill the colored minister.
He thinks that his would-be assassins are
members OF the colored organization OF
which he was formerly o member himself.
but recently renowned all obligations to
their order.
RiOf Amon1 plaasura Saah ara
PITTsBURa, Oct. ia crowd Of $1,000
people, among them Q large number Of
roughs, gathered on the wharf yesterday
afternoon to join 10 an excursion to Davis
Island Dam, where Capt. Paul Boynton
was advertised 10 give an exhibition. The
officers OF o steamer were oveTpOwered and
the boat was loaded to the waters edge on
this account. They were afraid TO make
the trip, and announced the exhibition
would be given before the wharf. The
announcement led to 0 riot, during which
the roughs with axes and other implements
almost cut up the excursion barges Edna
and Alice, and compelled the officers to
jump into the river to save their lives
because they refused to refund the money
taken for tickets. A large force OF police
was ordered to the wharf, but order was
NV AocsoIou toE U lOuR tIme. 1ue ring
leaders were arrested. Only n man was
slightly injured.
Two Murders. N
U~NIoNTowS, Oct. 1.-two murders were
committed in this (Faystte county, last
night. Two brothers named Tasker. while
intoxicated, attacked q house occupied by
Ira Tate at Haydentown, and threw clubs.
Tate's wife is severely injured. Tate fired
at them with q shotgun, and Hal Tasker
WEI instantly killed. Tate surrendered
himself to the Sheriff to-day. The other
murder was also q part Of an attack on the
house. Four negroes broke down the
door OF the house occupied by Michael
Borrillo. on the outskirts of town.. Bor-
rillo resisted aud was shot and killed by
one OF the negroes named Robert Scott.
The murderer has not been arrested.
Assistance for ParnelI.
New York, Oct. 19.-The final arrange
ments for tho Irish demonstration to be
held at Tammany on Wednesday evening
ara completed. Mr.. Charles A. Dana has
been asked to preside. 1t is expected Sl5,.
| 600 will be realized as q fund TO helm Par.