Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-09
NEWS.
Senator Ingalls, Proposes to Amend
/. The Pension Laws.
THE STOCK BOOM IN MINING
SHARES IN NEW YORK.
A School Teacher Shoots the Father
of One of His Pupils.
TIE PRESIDENT SUFFERING FROM
RHEUMATIC PAINS.
A Big Telegraph Trade Between Gould
and Garrett.
EXTENSIVE FAILURES IN NEW
YORK CITY.
EXTENSIVE FAILURES IN NEW
YORK CITY.
ESPECIAL To THE ssENrINEL.I
Amending the Pension Laws.

l DCSs D. |Nh@S
| gals to-day introduced a bill amend
atory OF the pension laws, to IN
| crease the pension for the loss OF an
eye to $50 per month, and for a partial
loss of sight to a proportlonate
| amount, and to increase the pension
| for loss of one hand or foot, for total
disability of the same to $35 per
month for loss of an arm, within five
inches of, or above the elbow joint, or
loss of a leg within six inches OF, or
above the knee, or total disability OF
the same, to $40 per month, and for
loss of an arm within six inches of the
shoulder Joint, or leg within eight
inches of the hip joint, $45 per month,
also providing that pension rolls, and all
persons hereafter granted pensions by
special Act of Congress, shall COM
mence from the time of discharge
from the service of the United States,
provided the disability was contracted
in the line of duty in the service.
The Presidents Condition - NOM
nations.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. President
Cleveland suffered considerable Iheu-
matte pain to-day, and spent most Of
his time in a recumbent position. He
denied himself to all callers except a
few Senators, who desired to see him
upon important business.
The President sent to the Senate the
following nominations: Thos. Noon
light, of Leavenworth, Kansas, to be
Governor of Wyoming Territory, and
Arthur l.. Thomas, of Pennsylvania,
to be a member of the Utah Com
mission.
The District Commissioners to-day
appointed Col. VIM. q. Moore to be
Major and Chief of Police in place of
Major Walker, resigned. Moore is
the commanding officer OF the Wash
ington Light Infantry corps, and at
present holds a prominent position in
the National Metropolitan Bank OF
Washington. He was private secre-
tary to ex-President Johnson.
Heavy. Failures.
New York, Dec. SC. M. Foster
& Co., importers Of upholstery goods,
corner of Grand and Crosby streets.
are said TO be the largest house in
their line in the city, announce their
failure, preferences given, aggregating
$193, 900. The business was established
about 20 years ago by Charles M.
Foster, and he admitted his son
Charles +. as a partner 10 years ago.
The firm did a large business, buying
principally in Europe, and had a
branch house in Paris. Charles E.
Foster, the Junior partner, said
his farther attended to the finan-
cial part of the business and he was at
home sick. He thought the assets OF
the firm would amount to about
$500, 000.
The supervision OF Stephen Lane, OF
90 Chambers street, and f. f. Ellison,
of "a Broadway, both members of the
Consolidated Mining and Petroleum
Exchange was officially announced to-
day.
A Trade Between Gould and Gar.
rett.
ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 8.-A special
dispatch from a correspondent at Fort
Worth, Kansas, says that n of the
largest and most important transac-
tons ever recorded is now On foot. 1t
is nothing less than a trade between
Jay Gould and President Garrett, OF
Baltimore and Ohio, whereby the en-
tire Baltimore and Ohio telegraph
system is to be transferred TO Gould,
who now practically owns the Western
Union. In return for the same Presi-
dent Garrett is to receive the Wabash
system, thus giving the Baltimore and
Ohio line to Kansas City from Balti-
more.
Congressional Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Senate-Mr.
Edmunds presented a memorial in
favor of a constitutional amendment
empowering Congress to pass uniform
laws on the subject of marriage and
divorce. Referred to the Judiciary
Committee. Also a memorial against
permitting aliens to possess large
tracts of land. Same reference.
MI. Sawyer presented a memorial
of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Conference Of Wisconsin, for legisla-
ton on behalf of Chinese laborers,
and for the passage of a Chinese in
demnity bill. Same reference.
Drowned while Rendering Afa.
New YORK, Dec. 8.-The steamer
Knickerbocker, of the Cromwell line,
which plies between this city and
New Orleans, arrived at an early hour
this morning. and reported the loss Of
her first officer, Captain Bartholomew,
and four of her crew, drowned Tues
day morning while trying to render
aid to the schooner Mary d. Cramer
of Philadelphia, which had her rudder
disabled.