Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-06-20
NEWS.
The Formal Welcome Of BdrthOldl'S
Statue.
GENERAL GRANTS CONDITION
VERY CRITICAL.
The Results of a Bank Specu.
lating in Oil.
A CONVICTED BURGLAR MANlFEsTs A
DECIDED DlsPlEAsURE.
An Ohio Nan Sells lis Wife and Chill;
for $ioo.
ANOTHER BATCH OF GOVERN
MENT APPOINTMENTS.
ESPECIAL TO THE sKSTTSEL.l
The Bartholdi Statue.

The Bartholdt Statue.
NEW YORK, June l9.-At day break it
was suspicious for the formal welcome of
the Bsrsholdi statue Of liberty. The
day was cloudless. the rays of the June
sun were tempered by agensle southwest
wind along the lower river from. and bat
terry wall. Gres. crowds gathered early in
the day. As the morning wore on the
the multitude increased. The scene in
the harbor was one of the l~iveliest descrip-
ton. Nearly every vessel, small and
large, showed the sri-color and the stars
and stripes. When the vessels that were
TO escort Isere to Bedloe's Island arrived
in the lower bay, the water was swsrming
with crafts, and IS far as the eye could
reach there were vessels without number.
Every sort Of vessel had been pressed into
service by ambitious sightseers. Soon
volumes of smoke were belching
forth from the tunnels Of the
Isere, whose propeller began 70
r~evolve, and she was headed in the di-
rection of Bedloe's Island, The French
mAn-of-war, Ls Flora, headed the pro-
cession. Soon her gunners opened 3 salute
Of honor, by firing q guns in the short
space of 81 seconds. Hardly had the
smoke cleared from her deck when the
United States msn-of-war, Omaha. replied
with q ~broadside. Then the Alliance and
Powhattan fred their gun The guns OF
Fort Wadsworth ~thundered put q salute as
the naval procession passed. Such e scene
az was then presented had rarely been seen
in the bay.
Oil Specializing Did 1t.
PIrTsBURG, June 19.-There was no
abatement in the interest of the Pennsyl.
vania bank conspiracy case to-day. The
sensation of the day was the calling OF ex.
President Riddle, one Of the defendants.
He gave a detailed history of his connec.
ton with the bank, and said that when he
became President in 1882 the capital had
been impaired to the amount OF $500, 900.
They had q large mou of oil on hand.
and q syndicate was proposed in order to
get the bank in good shape again. He
said the majority Of the directors were
consulted. AL scquiesced. and kept them.
selves fully advised of the operations Of
the scheme. At one time his health com
PEELED him to go South. The bank held
then 100. 900 barrels Of oil. As the market
was then ST IL, he order all the oil sold
but this was not done. and the market
dropped to 80 cents. He said not q dollar
of any of the profits made were given Il
outsiders. All went TO the bank. He wal
the largest stakeholder. and when the bsnl
failed he had 500. 900 OF his own fund.-
and $40, 600 trust funds on deposit, no
A.a nank ~ yktoh ha MT hal.
General Grants Condition Yester
day.
MT. MoGREGoR, N. Y, June 19.-Gen
Grant spent the evening indoors will
his family and DR.. Douglas and Rev. DR.
Newman. During the afternoon he hat
been coughing occasionally, but not vic
lently, and in the evening coughed q
times in clearing his throat of mucus
During the evening he wrote the follow
ing upon q card, which he handed TO DR.
Newman: ut is just q week to-day sine
/ have spoken. My suffering il continu'
GUS. Drs. Sands and Douglas say my
ailment is improving" A little before
o'clock Grant wrote q few words on q
card. which he passed to Mrs. Grant
which read: "Ask DR.. Newman to hav,
prayers. / want to retire early" The
request was complied with, and ats O'Clock
the General retired. When asked il ht
intended to remain here constantly with
the General. Douglas said he was not Ger
tain that he would do so. He might aftel
Q time return to the city for q willis anG
ask DIR. Shrady to come here. The physi
clan apprehends no trouble tonight.
Resignatf0ns and Appointments
WASHINGTON, June 19.-The resignation
of John A. Tufts as Indian Agent Of
the Union Agency in Indian Territory
has been accepted. Bernard Magoonar
has been designated by the Secretary Of
the Interior as custodian of the Detroit,
Michigan, Arsenal property. James w.
M. Harris, Of Port Townsend, has been
appointed as Special Timber Agent OF the
General Land Office. Leonidas Russell,
of Tennessee. has been appointed q Med.
ical Examiner in the Pension Office, vice
John r. Ross. resigned. Aaron s.. Cole
man, OF New York, has been designated to
act Is Chief Of the Special Examination
Division Of the same office.
The President made the following ap-
pointments to-day: Herman G.. Weber,
Of Illinois, United States Marshal for the
Southern District of Illinois. William B.
Fleming. Of Kentucky, Associate Justice OF
the Supreme Court Of the Territory OF
New Mexico.
A Desperate Criminal.
INDIANAPOLIS, June 19.-Frank Whiting
and Charles Daniels. convicted burglars.
were arraigned in the criminal court yes
terday. When Judge Norton asked Whit.