Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-02-23
EASTERN NEWS,
An ALLEGED Rotten State Of Affairs
in Pennsylvania.
BIG PERSONAL PROFITS FROM cEARI-
TABLE INSTITUTIONS.
A Oonhagration on Board a Steamer
Proves Disastrous.
. HUSBAND cRAzED BY MISFORTUNE
AND LIQUOR.
The Fatal Termination OF a
Kentucky Feud.
MERCHANT RECEIVERS $685.
A MERCHANT RECEIVERS s25,
600 DAMAGES.
ESPECIAL TO THE sESTISEL.l

ESPECIAL TO THE sESTINEL.l
AN AIIegei Rotten @sate eff Affairs
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22.-The Record
this morning published a column article
on the management of the Soldiers Orphan
Schools of Pennsylvania, which alleged
not only official discrimination, neglect
and corruption, but also that a syndicate
is proiting at q rate of $4,000 a year in
| the management of the Schools. A volu-
minous array of figures are given to sup
port the allegations. In some OF the syn
dictate schools children are packed to-
gether in bedrooms and in schoolrooms
like herrings. F%ifty-three children were
removed last Fall from good schools with
single beds and pleasant surroundings in
the Northern Home to sleep in foul rooms
at Chester Springs, Mercer. In conse
quence of tho penurious methods en-
ploycd by the management some of the
boys bathed in pickle barrels, with two
boys to each barrel. At Chester Springs
some 25 or 80 pupils have been deprived
Of school for three months. All regard
| for the children seems to have been sub
ordinated to heartless grabs for profit,
| and this evil influence has been carried to
such an extent that q premium OF $50 per
head has been paid to agents to recruit
children for various schools. It's because
of this competition and because OF the
comparative scarcity Of orphans that the
| schools are now half filled with children,
whose parents are living, off $3.50, 600 APP
propriated annually by the State to pay
for feeding, clothing and educating these
| wards of the State. II is calculated that
nearly 800. 900 is absorbed in excessive
profits.
A Disastrous COnfiagratIon.
WmMINGroN, Del, Feb. %. - The
steamer Bladen, plying between this city
and Fayetteville, N. c., caught fire this
afternoon about 4 o'clock just before
reaching the wharf, and owing to the in
fammable nature of her cargo, consisting
Of rosin, spirits, turpentine and cotton,
was Immediately enveloped in flames. The
pilot headed her for the nearest available
wharf, and the passengers succeeded in
escaping-some by boats from adjoining
'oerc's ehu osAOAo w JuHPiAB o'cA DOatuf
when they we're quickly rescued. The
steamer landed against the wharf OF the
New York and Wilmington Steamship
Company. and the fire was quickly COM
municsted to the sheds and warehouses
thereon. All the wharfs and sheds being
saturated with rosin and turpentine the
spread of the fire was rapid, and despite
the efforts of firemen ii became q disas-
trous confiagration. There was a gale
blowing from the southwest, and soon
| blocks on the water front were burning
fnrionsly. At about 8 O'Clock the fire was
gotten under control, but not until it had
destroyed q million and a half dollars
worth OF property.
Results of Misfortunes and Liquor.
PITTSBURGH. Feb. 22.-Shortly before Z
o'clock tonight the people living in the vi
entity Of Mulberry Alley and Twentv-sec-
ond street were startled by a report of four
shots in quick succession. This was fol-
lowed by screams of children, coming from
the home OF David Wilson. A crowd soon
collected, aud, forcing their way into the
house, they were Mortified to find Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson lying on the floor unconscious
with bullet wounds in their heads. In the
husbands hand a small revolver tightly
clasped told the story. Medical aid was
summoned. but before a physician reached
the house Mrs. Wilson was dead. Wilson was
insensible, and has not yet recovered con,
seriousness. He will probably die. Pow
erty is believed to have been the cause of
the tragedy. Wilson has been out of en-
ployment II months, and as he had six
children 1t is thought he became discour-
| annA nkn aksll.ax, 10 - AT. 9oAIo.
home under the influence aof liquor, and
after supper ordered them to bed. Shortly
afterward they heard loud words and then
pistol shots.
A Fatal Encounter.
PIEEvILLE, KY, Feb. GA fatal en-
counter took place near here between a
man named Lane and five men. named
Tusner on Friday afternoon. There was
an old feud existing between them. The
Turner's are celebrated as rough. bad men
They were in ambush, hiding behind trees.
When Lane came along the road tffey all
fired upon him. Lane saw one OF the Tur-
ners step from behind a tree, and shot him
dead. Almost Immediately after Lane fell,
his body being pierced by several bullets.
Damages Recovered.
DALLAS, Feb. 22.-In the United States
District Court yesterday Samuel Karser,
of Forth Worth, was awarded a verdict
for So, 900 against the firm Of H. B.
Clsfin 4 Co., Of New York. Karser sued
for 500. 900 damages on the grounds that
the firm had attached his stock and ruined
his business and credit before his indebt-
edness to II. B. Clsflin 4 Co., had maturod.
a wyoming Coal Mine E~xpIoston