Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-29

and sIso was guilty of a misdemeanor in
usine the south roadway Of the bridge in
tended for vehicles only, and not for Pc
destrian purposes. The Court held Brodie
in $500 bail for an examination Saturday
next. The bail was furnished by friends
of Brodie. and the latter left in company
with the proprietor Of the Dime Museum.
He will be placed on exhibition.
Steamer Abiaze.
New York, July 2S.-When the French
steamer Labrador from Havre came 10
anchor a! quarantine ct 3:l5 A. NJ. to-day
an officer rushed excitedly to the bridge
and notified the Captain that the steamer
was a mass Of flames below. On c~onsulta-
| sion with Pilot Wilson 10 was deemed best
10 run ashore. which was done on Long
Island shore below Bay Ridge. No cause
was given for the fire. Assistance Was
promptly al hand. and the passengers were
| transferred to passing steamboat tugs,
which went alongside and poured several
| streams Of water down into the hold. Al
| 1880 A. N. the fire was got under control.
and soon extinguished. The steamer will
have to discharge her cargo before getting
| of, as she ia we'll up, hAving run ashore on
| o. IAllIUk LlQC ~ " a. Ne II pms
sengers left for the city ct 8 o'clock on the
| steamer VIM. Fletcher. II is supposed
| that the fire originated in the drying-room.
A Pow Wow with the President.
WASHINGTON. July pa delegation Of
| Apache Indians. including Chief Chaco,
who has been in the city for several days
10 charge Of Captains Burke and Dorsey,
and with q half-breed. Mickey Free, as an
interpreter. had an audience with the Pres
ident at noon to-day. The President told
them that what Secretaries Lamar and En-
dicott bad agreed to do for them had been
written down, and would be presented to
him for his approval. he promised to
give their wishes q thorough consideration.
The Indians we're very much pleased with
the Presidents words as interpreted to
them by Mickey Free, and uttered frequent
grunts OF satisfaction.
Fighting a Big Project.
New YORK, July pa suit was filed TO-
day in the Supreme Court to vscste the
charter of the New York Arcade Under
ground railroad. The plaintiffs include
John Jacob Aston, VIM. Astor, the West
ern Union Telegraph Company, Lorillsrd
and Tate, Miss Wolfe, the Park Bank,
| Orlando B. Potter, J. Pierrepont Morgan
and many others. representing over $780,
000,G COO Of abutting property. They
allege that the company's charter long
since expired, and the new legislation is
unconstitutional and void.
A Murderer COnfesses.
DENVER, July 28.-Andrew Green (col-
ored) was publicly hanged here to-day in
the presence of Is. 900 people. for the muir.
der Of Joseph G. Whitman, Q streetcar
driver, on May 10 last. The murder was
committed for the purpose OF robbery.
Kansas Writers. an ~accompiice, was sent to
the penitentiary for life. Green was "a
years old, and confessed the crime from
the gallows. Owing TO the faulty appara.
tus he died Of stfangulation.
An EmbezzIera Pardoned.
GALVESTON, July 2s.-A special TO the
News from San Antonio says that Colonel
Nelson Plato. formerly Collector OF Gus.
toms at Corpus Cristi. who was convicted
and sentenced to two years in the ~peniten'
tiary for embezzlement while in Office, las
night received . telegram from Washing
ton, announcing his pardon by the Presi
dent. Plato wept when he received the
dispatch.
Murder I'm the First Degree.
ERIE. KS, July 28.-The argument In
the trial Of Willie Sells, charged with the
murder Of his father, mother, brother ant
sister, was concluded to-day, and the case
given to the jury. A verdict wa,
returned an hour after, finding the defen
dent guilty OF murder in the first degree
The prisoner, though very pale, betrayed
no emotion.
A Doubted Report.
NEW YORK, July 28.-It is alleged an at
tempt was made to blow up the steamboat
Sylvan Stream, which was conveying Au'
gusto Leopoldo, Prince OF Brazil, and hi
party from Bay Ridge to New York yester'
day. 1t is regarded by the police as a prac.
tical joke. Detectives have been detailed
to find the perpetrators nevertheless.
A Navnl Measure.
WASHINGTON, July 28.-The Naval Com.
mittee Of the Senate this morning
amended the House bill to increase the
naval establishments by striking out the
provisions which authorize the purchase
OF armor or machinery abroad. In this
form the measure was reported to the Sen.
ate.
Another Pacific Coast Horse Wins.
SARATOGA, N. Y, July 28.-The first
race here to-day of q mile dash was won
by j. B. Higgins three-year.old Preciosa;
time, 1:44.
The Presidents MOther-in.Law.
WAsHISaroN, July 2S.-Mrs. Folsom.
the Presidents mother-in-law, Ia a guest at
the White House. She arrived this morn
ing, and will remain several days.
Finest assortment Of bird cages, ct tn
Postofice news stand.