Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-10
NEWS.
Thomas Moonlight Appointed Gov
ernOr Of Wyoming.
JOHN 8. MILLER SHOT BY CONTRACTOR
GEORGE N. WALKER.
An Attempt to Bring to Life
a Corpse.
WILLIAM BOND ACCIDENTALLY BURNED
TO DEATH.
william Cody Shoots and Kills Both
Father and Son.
DANIEL GHRlsTMAS AND HIS WIFE MUIR
ptREp FOR MONEY.
DANIEL CHRISTIAN AND HIS WIFE MUIR
pEREp FOR MONEY.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
COmments on MOOnlfght's Appoint
ment.

CHICAGO, Dec. Accommodating on
the appointment of Thomas Moonlight,
as Governor of Wyoming, q Washing
ton correspondent OF the Daily News
telegrsphs: About six weeks ago he
was appointed to his place. Mr.. Bax-
ter, a young man who graduated at
West Point in 1876, and after q few
years in the army, resigned to go into
the ranching business in that Terri
tory. Baxter is the son OF ex-Gov-
| ernor Baxter, of Arkansas, and re-
| Gently married a daughter of Mr..
Macee, the richest man in Tennessee.
| Baxter was not a candidate for the
Governorship, but came here on his
bridal trip, and was introduced at the
White House, spent several evenings
with Mrs. Cleveland, and impressed
| the President 80 favorably that the lat
| ter a v him the appointment. Bat to-
| day, instead of sending Bakers to the
Senate, the President nominated Tom
Moonlight Of Kansas, a professional
office holder and politician. AS
| Moonlight was one of the earliest set
| tiers OF Kansas, and as an Abolition
| list fought beside John Brown at Os-
| sowattamie, served through the war
in a Kansas regiment, and was after
| wards elected Secretary Of State, his
| appointment was q great surprise to
the Kansas people in Washington.
It was even greater surprise for the
friends of Baxter, and they have been
to the White House and to the Inte-
rior Department inquiring how it
| happened. Baxter did not seek the
office, but has not declined, and has
1t is claimed that he took much
| trouble to arrange his business affairs,
80 that he could preform the duties.
1t is said that the a why Gov
| ernor Baxter was not nominated, is
that he is a large cattle owner and
that his sympathies are with the
ranchmen who are fighting the Gov
eminent in the fencing of the public
lands. He arrived here tonight to
| protest against his sudden removal.
A Times Washington correspond
ent ascribes as a reason for the Presi-
dents appointing u successor to Baxter,
| is that Baxter himself fenced in Gov
eminent lands.
John G. Miller Shot by n Contractor
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.-John c. Mil
Ter, the well-known stenogarpher and
patent attorney Of this city, who re-
sides in Hyattsville, Md, was shot
this afternoon by a contractor named
George N. Walker, a brother of Major
Walker, late Chief of Police. After
Walker fred Miller did not fall, but
rushed upon Walker, and attempted
to take a pistol from him. They then
had q struggle upon the side walk,
Walker beating Miller over the head
with the butt of a pistol until they
were separated. Walker, after his ar
rest, said to a reporter that he had for
a long time been annoyed by insulting
letters rejecting upon the character OF
his wife, some of the letters were an
onymous, while others bore Miller's
signature. He had also been threat
ened with violence, and had Miller
bound over to keep the peace. He
had no intention, he said, of killing
Miller, but meeting the latter acct
| dentally ON the street, and seeing him
making a motion like drawing a pistol,
he drew his weapon and fired several
shots. Miller, after being shot said,
referring to Walker: "He sent his
wife after me, as he has after many
others" Miller's wound is dangerous
and perhaps fatal. Walker was COM
mitted to Jail.
A Funeral Postponed.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. "a special to the
Post Dispatch, from Poplar Bluff, No.,
says: w. w. Stead, an Alderman OF
this city, and well known throughout
the country, was supposed to have
died last Sunday evening. His body
was laid out and all arrangements
made for the funeral, which was to
have occurred to-day. Yesterday,
however, signs of resuscitation became
apparent. The face assumed it's nat
ural color, the temperature became
distinctly higher, and the eyelids
opened and shut several times. He
was spoken to, but gave no signs that
he heard or understood. 1t is thought
possible that he may be brought back
to life, although the efforts of the two
physicians to accomplish that end
have SO far failed. In the meantime |
the funeral has been postponed.
burned Past Recognition.
DENVER, Col, Dec. "a Pueblo
special to the News says: William
Bond met a horrible death Monday
morning at the sheep ranch of the
Colorado Springs Live Stock Company,
in the northern part of the county.
He was cook for the company, and