Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-11-14
An Illinois Wife Murderer LANDED in
Eternity.
A BRUTAL GLOVE CONTEST At
RocKAWAY.
The Contestants Finally Fall from Sheer
Weakness.
A SUIT AGAINST NEW Y0RK'S
MAYOR.
st. Peters Church, Pittsburgh,
Destroyed by Fire.
HEAVY FALLS OF SNOW IN THE
EAST.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
A wife Murderer Hanged.

ANIMAL ILL.,, Nov. 13.-Wm. s. Wilson was
hanged yesterday at Jonesboro in the
| Jail yard for the murder of his wife. At
1880 P. NJ. hi was led from the cell and
taken to the scaffold, and at 2 P. NJ. the
trap was sprung. His neck was not
broken, but death ensued from strsngula-
| ton. After hanging for "a minutes the
body was cut down and placed in a coffin.
Before stepping upon the fatal trap Wilson
| gave the assembled audience both inside
| and outside of the Enclosure q short
| speech. in which he admonished husbands
to be true to their wives. Wives be
| true to your husbands" He also asked
| the people to be charitable 10 his seven
little children. Wilson's crime was COM
| mitted in the eastern part OF this county
on January 7 Of this year. Coming home
| after one Of his customary absences he
| found a number of young men from the
neighborhood cutting wood for his me-
elected family. His wife kindly asked
| him in. He seemed enraged, went in and
| presently a pistol shot was heard. and his
| wife staggered out and fell dead.
A Suit Against Mayor Grace.
NEW YORK, Nov. .13.-The World this
morning says suit has been brought against
| VIM. R. Grace by Julian T. Davis, the re-
ceiver of Grant, Ward & Co., to recover
$3.50, 900, which. the receiver says, the
books show Mayor Grace obtained through
| fictitious contracts that he had with Fer
dinsnd Ward. The complainant in the
suit, which is brought against Mayor
| Grace individually, has been served, and
the Mayor has ascertained that the sum
a,o1 TO- tnnlr1dal nnnnnU that na2aad IN
Mayor Grace through Edward H. Tobey'a
hands. Mayor Grace has repeatedly de.
MED that he had anything to do with To-
bey's transactions with Ward, and it has
been said tina he has so testified before
the United States Grand Jury which in.
dicted Mark, Warner and Tobey, but there
| are checks in the hands Of Receiver Davis
drawn by Ward in favor of Ward, which
show by Mr.. Grace's endorsement that the
money g to him.
A Beautiful Church Destroyed by
Fire.
PITTSBURGH, Nov. Is. st. Peters
| Church which burned last night. was one
| the finest in the country. The edifce was
| stone, and cost when ready for its interior
| furnishings S125, 900. The cost of the
| finishing and furnishing added to the cost
| OF the building almost $50, 900. The fres-
| Going was OF the finest, as indeed was
every particle Of the furniture. On the
walls were IA oil paintings descriptive OF
the life of the Savior, which were i'm
ported for the church. The organ, which
| was one Of the best in the two cities, cost
So 500. and the altar with its furnishings
about SIS, 900. The stained glass windows
were all memorials. In the altar we're q
number of valuable relics from Rome,
and also archives of the church, which
we're saved when tine fire burned itself out.
| Nothing but the walls were standing, and
over $3.50, 900 had gone up in smoke.
a Brutal Contest.
New York. Nov. 13.-Bill Davis, lis
pounds. and Jack Kenney, 100 pounds,
fought with two-ouncc gloves to the finish,
Marquis of Queensbury rules. near Rock
away This morning. Thirty-two rounds
were fought. The first seven rounds were
spent in careful sparring. From then up
to the twenty-ninth round fighting was
done by both men. In round twenty-nine
Davis got in a terrific right.hander, CON-
pletely closing up Kenney's left eye. In
round thirty both came up very groggy,
but there was desperate fighting. At the
6Qu VI TUG IOuuU tu0 mou COutu Dhfuly
walk to their corners. In round thirty
one they almost tottered to the center, and
at the call Of time they hammered each
other. abandoning all attempt at science.
At the end Of the round both fell down
from sheer weakness. and although both
toed the mark for another round the referee
declared the fight q draw.
Death of "A Note TheOIOgian.
PRINoErowN, Nov. 13.-Rev. Archibald
Alexander Hodge, d. D., L. L. D., Pro-
lessor of Didactic and Polemic Theology
at Princeton College, died yesterday. He
was the Oldest son of the eminent theolo-
gian and professor. DR.. Charles Hodge.
who so long filled the chair of theology in
the Princeton College. He was born in
Princeton July 10, 1928.
Heavy Falls Of Snow.
WATERTowN, N. Y. Nov. 13.-There was
9 heavy snowfall last night, and snow ID