Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1885-12-31
The qliGVing Freak Of a Drunken
Express Messenger.
ANOTHER EXPLOSION OF NAT
URAL GAS.
The Situation Of the Pennsylvania strik-
ing Coal Miners.
A LIEUTENANT FEARS DISGRACE AND
SUICIDES.
An Active Volcano in Colima,
Mexico.
MORE THREE PER CENTS
CALLED IN.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
A Thieying en- Freak.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 30.-A man named VIM.
E. Page, an Adams Express messenger,
dressed in woman's clothes, was brought
into the police headquarters tonight by
Detective Frank Erskine and taken to
Captain Fruchti's private office, where he
produced from various parts OF his cloth
ing Sc, 800. In the statement made by the
prisoner after he was placed in the cell he
said he was express agent and telegraph
operator at Golden City, Barton county,
Mo-; that he had stolen thes money found
on him and more besides, which he did
not know what had become Of it. He said
he had got drunk on Christmas Day, and
had been drunk ever since. The money
came from the Bank OF Commerce, OF
Kansas City, to Aldrich Niles 81 Co., OF
Golden City. He knew ii was coming. and
when it arrived he took it and all other
money in the Office, won't homo. bundled
up a lot of his wife's clothes and went into
4 tu6 WUOuH, uIcsocu IllueGll Ii tOOh thOl
| train for Springfield, Mo. There he
| boarded the St. Louis and San Francisco
train for st. Louis, and was arrested by
Erskine between Pacific City and St.
Louis. He says there was 5000 in the
package he stole, but claims he does not
know where the remainder is. TIL detec-
tives, however, think that he secreted 1t.
| The robbery was committed on Monday,
but was not discovered till last night. He
was detected through his disguise by the
conductor of the train, who te~legrEphed to
St. Louis, and Erskine boarded the first
train out and arrested the thief q few miles
from the city. Page says he does not
know why he committed the robbery, OK
cept that it was q drunken freak. He
| could have taken a much larger sum q few
| days before. He has q wife and two chill
dren.
a Natural Gas FIX pIOsiOn.
KrTTANNING, Pa, Dec. 30.-A gas we'll
was being drilled for the Kittanning Iron
Company, three miles from ~Kittanning.
An explosion occurred at about noon to-
| day, in which ten men were burned. The
cause OF the explosion is yet unknown.
Detective Stevenson, who was but q few
feet off, ~extinguished q fire under a
boiler. which was but 10 feet away from
the derrick, Immediately after the ex-
| plosion. He thinks the gas ignited from
that. while others say it caught from a
spark thrown from q piece Of iron, which
was being sledged. The owners were at
| the well testing it. and the pressure was so
strong that 1t forced off the gauge. A
sheet OF fame enveloped everything in the
| vicinity. and burned the derrick and
rigging.
He Feared Disgrace.
New YORK, Dec. 30.-A special from
Newport, r. l., says: Lieutenant Jones,
Of the Fourth United States Artillery, was
remanded to duty at Fort Adams last
night. having overstayed his leave of
absence about a week. This preyed upon
his mind and rather than submit to a
courtmartial and its disgrace he decided
to die. Early this morning he arose,
dressed himself and reported for duty. He
subsequently returned to his quarters and
shot himself in the head with a revolver,
the ball entering his brain. His death is
but 9 question Of a few hours. He was a
| popular young officer and unmarried. His
relatives and friends reside In Cincinnati.
The tragedy has cast a deep gloom over
the garrison at Fort Adams.
The Striking COaIM Miners.
~PIrTsBURa, Dec. 80. - The striking
miners have established q camp at Coal
Valley. and will remain In the Vicinity Of
the Pine Run. Allequippe and Snodgrass
mines for the purpose OF prevailing npon
the working miners to join the strike. The
effect Of the ~presence.of the strikers has
taaaaAnH Aha n. y has ne VNaSp xpnpktnO AA.
day. Al the mines OF Lynn & Co. II was
Thoughts advisable to have 9 guard. and IS
armed men are on duty to protect those ct
work and prevent any damage to the
mines. Threats were made that the house
OF John O'Neil. Superintendent and part
owner OF the Pine Run mine, would be at
tackled this morning, but no trouble has
been reported up to the present-noon.
A Fatal IsaiIrOad A ccident.
CHESTER, Pa, Dec. 30.-An axle OF q
freight locomotive on the Chester Greek
railroad broke at Mount Alverns this
morning and derailed the entire train,
throwing ii down o steep embankment.
John Rambo. the engineer, Of Philadel-
phia. was crushed to death beneath the
tender. George Mott. a brakeman, of
Chester, Ia so badly injured that he can.
not recover. @. Williams, conductor, of
Chester, and VIM. McCuen, fireman, OF
Philadelphia. were also very severely in
jured. The track was torn up for so
yards and the rails we're piled high upon
each other, and the fields strewn with mer. |
chandiso.
A FoUl Murder.
CIScISNATI, Dec. 30.-Henry @. Kemper,
aged 65 years, and proprietor of q small
grocery store at No. 1866 Barr street, was
found murdered in his store carly this |
morning. The driver of o bread wagon
was first to discover him. His skull was
split open. but no trace Of q weapon could
be found. Tho murderer obtained less
than So from the money drawer. The de-
ceased has a daughter in Denver, one In
Dayton. two at home and one son. His
wife is lying dangerously i'll. Suspicion
attaches to an unknown mulatto seen at
the store this morning before the murder. !