Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-27
premium on matrimony, for the bachelor
member is liable to be overlooked en-
tirely.
EASTERN NEWS.
Yesterdays Proceedings in the House
Of Representatives.
THE PAN ELECTRIC TELEPHONE MAT
TER TO BE INVESTIGATED.
A Painful and Fatal Accident to
Two Little Girls.
SEVERE STORMS IN SEVERAL
EASTERN CITIES.
The Knights of Labor and
Catholicism.
A HOUSTON, TEXAS, SAVINGS
BANK FAILS.
A HOUSTON, TEXAS, SAVINGS
BANK FAILS.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

Especial TO THE SENTINEL
Yesterdays House Proceedings.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-House- Morri-
son, from the Committee on Rules, re-
ported a substitute for the Hanback, and
Pulitzer resolutions, directing inquiry into
the Pan Electric Telephone matter. The
substitute is as follows: Resolved, That
q select committee. consisting of nine mem
bers of this House, be appointed, and when
so appointed the committee is hereby d.
rected, ct as early q day as possible, to
make inquiry into any expenditures rela-
| tive to the rights OF the Bell and Pan Elec-
trio Telephone Companies to the priority
of patents, such inquiries to include all Or
CARNATIONS and companies that have
sprung out OF the Pan Electric Telephone,
or for any other purpose; and also to make
full inquiry into the issuance OF stock
known as the Pan Electric Telephone
stock, or any stock of any other company,
companies or organizations springing out
of the Pan Electric Company to any per-
son or persons connected with either Leg
| ~islative, Judicial or Executive Department
Of the Government OF the United States,
to whom, where, when and for what con-
sideration in money or influence said stock
was delivered; also, to what opinions, de-
| cisions and orders have been made by any
officer connected with the Government,
and by whom, and all circumstances con-
nected Herewith, or arising therefrom,
and said committee is further authorized
and directed to ascertain and report
whether either of the telephone companies
herein mentioned, or their officers, agents
and employees, have in any n i'm
properly Influenced or attempted to intiu-
ence officials or official action by or through
the public press, and if so, when, by
whom, and in what name such influence
was exerted. or attempted to be exerted,
and what newspaper or newspapers were
40 used or attempted TO be used by them.
Said committee shall have the right to
send for persons and papers to administer
the oath, to set during the session OF the
House, to employ stenographers and incur
any and all such necessary and reasonable
expenses as may be required for the pur-
pose OF conducting said Investigations. no.
to exceed the sum of 81 900, which shall
be paid out of the Contingent fund Of the
House upon proper vouchers. certified 10
by the chairman and one other member OF
the committee, and may report at any
time.
After Q brief but excited debate, during
which Gibson OF West Virginia bitterly
criticised Pulitzer, whom he accused Of
skulking behind the columns OF his news.
paper to attack men instead Of attacking
them on the floor of the House, the resolu-
ton reported from the Committee on Rules
was adopted.
a Painful Occurrence.
READING. Feb. ga man named Lille
owns a mill at Shamokin Hill. His twin
daughters, Kate and Susie, stayed away tc
an upstair room in the mill, where the
shaft was revolving. While at play the
little ones ventured too near the machinery,
and their clothing caught in the shaft and
they were drawn around il and whirled
with each revolution. After being thrown
around for m hour they were found by az
older sister. who had come to look fol
them. When the machinery was stopped
their bodies were found TO be terribly lace
rated. The skull Of Katie was badly frac'
tured. and her body in other ways much
mutilated, causing her death. Susie still
illtcbs Uut ucT CuauCcb VI TGCONtIy MI
small. Her entire body is more or less in
tured. several bones being broken.
A Heavy Gale I'm Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 26.-One of the
heaviest gales of the season set in las
night and continued until this morning
when the wind reached the velocity OF 81
miles an hour. The temperature is foul
degrees above zero. About 9 O'Clock last
night. while the wind was blowing strong,
Q lady, said to be q sister of ex. Governor
Seymour, was blown from q Lake Shore
train between Erie and Dunkirk. She al.
tempted to pass from the dining car TO the
sleeper with her husband, and had NO
sooner stepped upon the platform than
she was carried swiftly off the train. The
train backed nearly q mile before they
found the lady. who had escaped death,
but received . deep cash over the left
temple.
The knights Of Labor and CathoI-
icIsm.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 26.-Archbishop
kRysn. when asked to-day whether there
had been any objections raised against the
Knights of Labor by the Catholic %ecclesi.
astical authorities Of the arch diocese of
Philadelphia, he said: mo general disap-
prevail Of the Knights Of Labor has been
made in the arch diocese, and I personally
know very little about the nature of the
order. The matter rests with pastors OF
churches. While the church is opposed
to certain secret societies. the question
whether any particular organization comes
within the prescribed limits is left to the
clergy TO determine"
A Hurricane Ia Baltimore.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 26.-After the fearful
rainstorm last night Baltimore and vicin.
ity was visited by a hurricane more severe
than for years. In western sections of
this city houses were unroofed. and | IA
several instances not only was tin blown
from the roofs but the sheeting was torn