Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-10-07
EASTERN NEWS.
Cardinal MCClGkGy Reported in a
Critical Condition.
THE LAST SACRAMENT ADMINISTERED
TO HIN.
A Bold Dash for Liberty by Sixty
Oonviots.
TRAIN ROBBERS TAKE up A COLLECTION
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
a Falsehood Com erning Presi-
dent Cleveland.
THE NEW NATIONAL THEATER AT WASHING.
TON OPENED.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

residence to-day by the clergy in charge:
ellis Eminence. the Cardinal, has had
for over two days 8 change in his condition.
which renders him very weak and sppsr-
emily in great danger of death-so much
no that it was considered prudent to ad-
minister to him the last sacrament. Rev.
Thomas G. Preston, Chancellor and Vicar
General Of the diocese, administered the
last rites to his Eminence. In CONVERSE.
ton with a reporter this morning Father
Preston said the Cardinal wal q little bit
brighter, and while very low and weak was
quite cheerful. His condition, however,
leaves Us little hope. His advanced years
and the disease. from which he has been
suffering for some time past, together with
the severe cold recently contracted by
him, have had a tendency to hasten his
end. He has lived 9 long life of useful.
ness, and his reputation as q ecclesiastic
is worldwide. OF course in the event of
his death the Office of Cardinal will not'be
vacant long, because his grace Archbishop
Corrigan, is Coadjutator Bishop, with the
right of succession. and he would become
Cardinal Immediately without h enecessity
of confirmation by the authorities in Rome.
A circular has been issued by the cathedral
f~unctionaries TO all the churches in the
diocese. asking for the prayers of the faith
full for his Eminence. While there is life
there Is hope, and we can only awsi,
Gods will"
A Dash for Liberty.
RUsK, Tex, Oct. 6.-Yesterday at the
terminus of the Kansas and Gulf Shore
line, near Lufkin, Texas, 60 convicts work
ing on the road made q desperate break
for liberty. Just as they had finished sup
per, with deafeniDg yells, they started up
in a body and rushed for the neighboripg
woods. The guards opened fire upon the
fleeing conviets with deadly effect. The
latest report says that 25 of them were
killed or wounded. The prisoners ran in
IL largo body and the guards simply
emptied their repeating rifles and small
arms in the moving mass. Rumors OF an
intended mutiny III this camp have been
rife for some weeks past These rumors
we're strengthened by the fact that many of
the convicts, serving life sentences, were
known to be desperate characters, and
extra precautions were taken, and every
means possible is being used to recapture
the 35 who succeeded in eluding the rifles
OF the guards. All avenues OF escape are
being guarded. and parties are being
organized to scour the country. The scene
OF the outbreak is some miles from q tele-
graph office.
Train Robbers i'm Pennsylvania.
ALTOONA. Pa, Oct. Gas the regular
train from Hollidaysburg was nearing the
Allegheny furnace this morning four men
took possession Of one of the crowded
cars, and while three OF them intimidated
the passengers with revolvers the fourth
went through the car and deliberately
robbed such OF the occupants as he chose
to select. One of the passengers made a
show OF resistance, but he was attacked
with . knife aud cut through the hand.
The conductor next grappled with one of
the robbers, and was dragged ont on the
platform OF the car and beaten with q re.
volver handle. The robbers then pulled
the bell rope and jumped off, escaping to
the woods. The Pennsylvania Railway
Company has sent out officers in all direc-
tions.
Falseh00ds Denied.
WASHINGTON, Dot. Cat the White
House to-day 1t is declared that the letter
printed by q number Of papers this morn
ing on the New York State election, pur-
porting to have been written by the Presi.
dent to q friend in Buffalo, Ia o forgery.
The only utterance the President has made
on the subject was the answer which he
dictated to Colonel Lamont, his private
secretary. to be mado to the inquiry sent
him by q correspondent, and was as fol-
lows: 1.-THE President ia . Democrat, and
1t 10 strange that any person should ques-
ton his position. He earnestly desires
the success of his party in the pending
elections in New York as we'll as elsewhere,
and any assertion to the contrary Is ut
terly and maliciously false"
The New National Theater.
WASHINGTON, Dot. 6.-The new Nationa,
Theater was formally dedicated and opened
to she public yesterday afternoon. 1t has
been erected by W. W. Rapley on the site
OF Inc Tour preceding structures of the
same name that were successfully DESTROYED
by FIRE, the first in l845 and the last one
In February of this year. The present
tneater 10 larger aud much handsomer
nan any OF Its predecessors. 1t has a
seating capacity of nearly 2,OOO. Profit
ing by the experience Of q half cen,urv's
history, all efforts lave been made TO
have this new playhouse as fre-proof as
possible In all its parts. 1t cost about
$200, 900.
Practical iEeIp for Ireland,
BUFFALO, Oct. 6.-Rev. Father Cronin
and James Mooney. Of this city. who are
among those named by the meeting last
night in New York to proceed to Ireland
Tor the purpose Of assisting in the Parlia-
mentary canvass there, express their dis.
approval OF such q oourte. They agree
win Alexander Sullivan that the Irish
people need funds. not orators. and that
.hoy favor the policy Of aiding Ireland in