Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-25
Mrs. Jessie Johnston Commits Sui
eide by Drowning.
THE TRIAL OF THE MILWAUKEE RIOTERS
POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY.
TIE Bank s~tateraar. Shows Al Excess Of
requirements.
ScEA & KINGS CAR WORKS ALMOST
ToTA-LYDEsTRoYED 81 FIRE.
The Strike of the Employees Of the
Brooklyn City Roads Ended.
ESPECIAL TO THE sESTIsEL.l
Suicide of Mrs. Jessie

Suicide of Mrs. Jessie Johnston.
CHICAGO, Dec. "A. Mrs. Jessie
| Johnston, daughter of Henry q.
Munich, formerly a wealthy Board OF
Trade Spectator, and the wife OF a
young lawyer at Knoxville, Iowa,
threw herself into the bay at Thirty
ninth street to-day. Her rich apparel
and beautiful face attracted the atten-
ton OF a group of boys, who saw her
Fastening toward the breakwater.
They saw her jump into the ice that
was dashing against the pier. A rope
was thrown her by the boys, but she
refused to grasp it. The body was
rescued by a policeman before life was
extinct, but all efforts to resuscitate
the suicide were OF no avail. She had
visited the Office of DIR. Chamberlain
half an hour previous to her death,
but he was so busy, and she so agltated,
that he told her to come to the office
tomorrow and explain her case. 1t IS
| stated by Mrs. Johnston's friends that
her intellect, previously brilliant, has
| been more or less unbalanced since
! her admission to the Iowa bar about
four years ago. Overstudy is assigned.
Mrs. Johnston came to Chicago only a
short time ago to place herself under
the care OF a doctor. Her husband
was to have been here tomorrow to
spend the holidays in her company.
Trial of the Rioters Postponed.
MILWAUKEE, Dee. 24.-The trial OF
the rioters has been postponed until
Monday. Mayor Wallber was on the
stand this morning, and testified in re-
gard to the proclamations which he
issued on May 4 and 5. Judge Sloan,
when he adjourned the court told the
attorneys for the defense that he
would only allow them to call six wit
nesses to prove there was no riot at
Bav View. The lawyers attempted
| TO discuss the matter, but Judge Sloan
stated that he considered six witnesses
enough. So far as he was concerned,
he said a thousand witnesses could not
make him believe there was nc riot at
Bay View. He added incidentally,
that he deemed the firing by the
militia PERFECTLY ~jutifiable.
An FIX PIOsiOn from Accumulated
GAS.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 24.-To-day Sec
ond engineer Thomas Hunter, and six
Chinese firemen, of the British steamer
Suez, went to the coal bunkers for the
purpose of trimming the coal. The
engineer carried a lamp, and as soon
as he entered the bunkers an explosion
occurred, caused by the accumulated
gas coming in contact with the fame
Of the lamp. The engineer and six
| Cinnamon were badly burned about
the face, head and bodies. Hunter
and three of the Cinnamon were
fatally burned. it is believed.
Two Aged People Die from Heat
and smoke.
CLEVELAND, Dec. 24.-The farm
house of Caleb Russell, near S~aybrook,
Ohio, caught fire at an early hour this
morning, and when the neighbors ar
rived, Russell who was 80 years old,
and his wife aged so, had escaped
from the house, but they were so
much overcome by the heat and
smoke that they died shortly after
ward. A demented son, who slept up
stairs, was burned to death.
Car Works Destroyed by Fire.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 24.--The car
works OF Scha & King, at Middletown,
were almost wholly destroyed by fire
this morning, causing a loss of $780,
900. Six substantial brick buildings,
including the carpenter, construction,
machine, pattern and blacksmith
shops, and a planning mill, were de-
stroyed. The foundry, offices and
sheds were saved. Insurance, $4,000.
The TAI Strike Ended.
New YORK, Dec. 24.-The strike
of the employees of the Brooklyn City
roads ended tonight. The company
refused to give any information as to
the terms of settlement, but it is I'M
derstood that it has acceded to the
demands of the men.
The Bank Statement.
New York, Dec. 24.-The weekly
bank statement shows a reserve in
crease OF S3,224,0 900; specie increase,
$2,917 900. The banks now hold
t7 900 oO0 in ax,aco of rao.;raoooo+a