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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

"A man was found in one of the lumber
wards of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, with his throat
cut from ear to ear. He was found to be
Wencil Cerney. a Bohemian carpenter. He
said he had been at Sioux City. where he
had been accused of completely in the Had
dock murder, and was threatened with be-
ing lvnched. This so preyed on his mind as
to lead him to attempt suicide. When he
was assured that Haddock's murderer had
been caught. he said: NO, they haven't
caught him yet" Physicians say Cerney is
sane. and it is thought he knows much Of
the Sioux City crime.
Isaac NJ. Stanley. of Cleveland. Ohio,
has been sentenced to five years imprison-
ment in the penitentiary for embezzling
100000 while cashier of the National Bank
of Commerce.
News has been received of the hanging
of "Nosey" Smith, at Sun River NJ. T., by
vigilantes, for shamcfully abusing his
daughter.
Gov. Buckner. Of Kentucky, has respited
William Patterson, the negro who was sem
fenced to hang soon for the murder of Jen-
ME Bowman, for one month. h
Ed. Coffey. the convicted murderer who
cut his throat in the county jail at Pitts
burg, Pa, is dead.
-Four masked robbers entered the Citi-
zcns' bank at Limestone. I. T., the other
day, and as the cashier w. T. Reynolds.
shut and locked the safe he was shot dead.
The robbers then took the money on the
oh cto .t,I lint
were met by citizens who hal heard the
shot. One of the robbers was killed while
mounting his horse and the other three were
captured after an hours chase The leader
was lynched and the other two turned over
to the authorities at Fort Vashita. The
money was recovered.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10
HERE AND THERE.

Mrs. LANGTRY is her own business
manager.
The Presbyterians of London are already
taking measures for the General Council Of
the Alliance of the Reformed Churches.
which meets in that city from June 26 to
July 6, 1888.
JOHN BOYLE O'RE111Y and Julian
Hawthorne are fine specimens of athletic
manhood, and are very unlike in appear
ance to the popular idea of "littery feliers. )"
GEORGE w. CABLE is a Sabbath school
teacher as we'll as a novel writer and lee
turer. He is to take charge this fall of the
great Sunday School Union Bible Glass in
the fremont Temple Boston, in place of
DIR. Meredith, who goes to Brooklyn.
WHEN Mr.. Moody was in London a num-
per or young men We're commissioned to
follow up the converts and see that they
renamed true to their professions. Two
OF the committee We're at the Bible school
and said that they got the names Of $4,000
converts made in London.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10
FROM WASHINGTON,

Senator Davis. from the committee on
pensions, has reported favorably the bill in
troduced by Senator Henderson, known as
the Grand Army bill, to pension ex-soldiers
and sailors who are incapacitatcd for man.
ual labor. and provide pensions for depend
ent relatives of deceased soldiers.
"A communication has been transmitted
to the senate from the commissioner of in
ternal reveHue, showing the amount of rev-
enue collected on liquors since the present
system of internal revenue taxation went
into effect, September l, 1862. down to Jane
3, 1887. During this period there was col
sected from special taxes on distilers S25,-
l2SS19; brewers, 81 ,9323 1888: rectificrs, ST.
270O09; capacity tax on distillers, under the
law laying a tax OF 50 per barrel on dis
tilleries havinga distjlling capacity exceed
ing a certain fixed amount S7,S32.4S7. The
production of distilled spirits during this
time WAS 1COG.sG5 ,194 gallons, and Of fer
mentcd liquors 2G9719,7S2 barrels.
congressman Durham, Of Illinois, in
trodn@ed in the house recently, by' request,
a bill apptopriating Sl!f0.OOO to Il crank
named DeB;slsscll to bnild an airship TO
convey passengers through the air. The
bill was very properly refesSed to tee COM
mittce On ventilation.
The United States suprcl;e court has
rendered Il decision in the MAXWELL Prcller
murder case, IN Whica. the sentence Of death
pronounced by si!c state court is affirmed.
Information has bees, received at Wash
mgton that the &g+ss! Of tla French governs
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10

A very important decision has been
rendered by Judge Gresham, of Chicago, in
the Central Iowa:rairoad foreclosure ease.
Ayear or two ago, u firm of extensive grain
shippers made contract in Iowa with the
Central Iowa railroad for certain rebates on
their shipments. When foreclosure pro-
ceedings were begun they had a claim Of
some $1,000 for such rebates, and filed in
tervening petition to have the receiver Of
the road directed to.pay it out of the pro-
cceds Of the sale, ard as against the mort
cages. The judge refused to allow it on
the ground that the statutes of Illinois pro-
hibited discrimination by railroads in this
or any other way Though the contract
was made in Iowa it was to be enforced in
Illinois, and was illegal under the law no
matter where made.
Isaac N. Stanley, who as paying teller
OF the National bank, of Cleveland, Ohio,
cmbezzled 100000 Of the banks funds in
1856, has been sentenced to five years in
the state penitentary.
The house of Thomas Morris. not far
from Carmi, ILL.,, was entered by Il number
of tramps the other night. who asked to
stay but were refused, upon which they
bound Morris and Settle house on fire. By
great effort Morris reached the railroad
track and secured assistance, but was too
late as the house was burned.
The United Ireland has opened a fund
in aid Of the news vendors prosecuted up-
der the crimes act.
The Consul General el Spain, at New
York, officially and cmphatically denies the
truth OF the rumors published in regard TIC
the unsatisfactory condition of affairs ir
Cuba. and declares that these rr1mors arc
entirely unfounded He says peace pre-
wallis in the whole island.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10

nous comparison OF the strength OF the
frontier forces of Germany and Russia. the
discussion of the situation has elected
nothing more definite than a semi official
statement in several papers that, despite
the arrival of additional Russian troops on
tho frontier, the German government for
the present will not order the counter
movement necessary to equalize the
strength of the two forces. This is one of
the several indications that the government
believes war has been delayed.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10

ment, sent to Panama to inquire into the
canal project, reports thatthe undertaking
is feasible. and that the work has progress
ed so far that rather than see it cease the
French government ought to aid in any way
possible.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-02-10
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary OF the
important Occurrences aof
the Week.
"A Rudget of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
ADyIcES BY TELEGRAM.
CONGRESS.


AMONG; the petitions and memorials presented
to the senate the Goth and referred we e the fol-
lowing: Petition of the Chicago board of trade
asking for retaliatory legislation against France
and Germany for excluding American meat
Several petitions from Pennsylvania against the
admission of Utan us state with polysamy
Many patili MS from various states IN favor OF
prohibition in the District of Columblh, ana one
nom Nav Jers ~ in fuvor of licensing railroad
conductors. The committee on approi riations
report cd back the house bill TO carry into effect
the provisions of the act of March =. 1851 regnfd-
ing experimental stations at agricultural col
leses. Cal ndar. The committee on military
affairs reported n bill to authorize tac Chicago.
to build it's road across the Fort Hayes military
reservation Calendar The senate took from
the culen ar and passed the bill increasing the
pension for totul deafness from S13 to SD per
month and allowing proportionate rating for
partial deafness. The entire increase of expense
to the treasury under the bill will not exceed
a pen ion of 5000 q year to the widow OF
Gen. Logan was passe by Il vote OF IS to q.
like bill increasing to s2,0n year the pension
of the widow of Gen. Frank P. Blair, was
passed In The house, 4 memorial OF the So
ciety of Friends OF the United States. England.
Canada and Ireland asking the establishment
ferred. A bill was calendared to discontinue
the coinage of Seen pieces The
bin was passed Nav Which Ya 7aa pro ',nds
in KANSAS. A bill was passed amending the
laws relating to navigation. The bin passed
regulating practice i'll cases removed from the
state to the federal courts. Ut provides that
plaintiff shall not be required to give security
for costs of suit if he be citizen of the state
in which the suit is brought.r The
committee en- foreign affairs, reported a joint
resolution accepting the invitation of the
French republic to take part i'll the int ma
tonal exhibition to be held in Paris in 1889, and
appr3 printing 100000 to enable the United
State. to participate. A bill was passsd nppro.-
printing $4,000 for the repnlr OF the United
States war steamship Hartford. The bill passed
providing for the holding of terms of court at
Quincy, ILL., The speaker pro TEN. stated the
luton setting apart February 81, after the
morning hour. and each day thereafter until
further ordered, for consideration of bills re-
and grounds. The house adjourned without uc
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
speiss aud Mates.

The new arrangements at the Eu-
reka Con. furnaces for economically
handling the speiss, mates and Stag
are completed. The engine has been
set up on the north end Of the dump,
and a substantial incline track laid to
connect with e wide trench at the side
of it. From the trench three tunnels
have beer started to run out under the
dump, which will be loosened up from
time to time by exploding big charges
of powder in it. The Stag, speiss and
mates will be dropped into cars, and
then run out to the trench, hoisted to
the top of the dump and the Stag de-
posted at the north end. The speiss
and mates will be conveyed to a bin
situated underneath the furnaces,
over a tramway that was built for that
purpose, and there be loaded into a
skip and hoisted to the feeding rooms.
Thus the whole mass Of material will
be handled in the cheapest possible
manner. From 10000 to $4,000 tons
Of speiss and MATES remain to be
treated, which will take over two
years to resmelt at the rate it is now,
and will be a source OF considerable
evenue to the company. Al
Al Titus has the direction Of
the work under Superintendent
Donnelly, and on account OF his many
years experience in the employ Of the
Richmond Company, is a frst-class
man in the place.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
CLEVELAND AND THURMAN.

The Philadelphia Times of the 2sth
ultimo says the ticket to be placed in
nomination at the st. Louis Convention
will be-: For President, Grover Cleve-
land; for Vice President, Allen G. Thur
man Of Ohio. Thurman has consented
to allow his name to be presented, and
the nomination has been ordered ten
dered him with the full knowledge and
appreciation OF the leading men Of the
party throughout the country.
Congressman Sam Randall said yester-
day: Ex-senator Thurman will I'M
doubteGly be the nominee for Vice Pres
ident. He is agreed upon by everybody,
is willing to accept the nomination, and
is the best and strongest man that could
be placed on the ticket"
The mention Of Humans name, it is
bell eyed, will be the result of there being
but two ballots taken in the National
Convention-the first for President and
the second for Vice President.
The South has no candidate for Vice
President, but will support New York's
choice, which will be Thurman. Penn
s~ylvania and Ohio will join hands with
New York, and that will be enough to
nominate. With Thurman on the ticket
the Democrats will feel perfectly safe
about Indiana, and will expect to keep
the Republicans busy with preventing
him from running away with Ohio.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
san FRANCISCO, May &c

John Nelson filed q suit this afternoon
against the Nevada Bank, John w.
Mackay, James c. Flood, j. P. Jones,
the Comstock Mill and Mining Company
and the Consolidated California & Vir'
ginia Mining Company ct al, wherein he
alleges that Mackay, Flood and Jones,
who own the controlling interest in the
Consolidated Virginia, have entered into
q combination and conspiracy to defrsud
other stockholders, including complain
ant, in pursuance Of which they have all
the Con. Virginia ore crushed at the
mills Of the Comstock Mining Company.
organized by themselves. On this ore
they have charged from 81 to 50 a ton
more for milling than another milling
company would have done, thereby de-
frauding the stockholders, it is claimed,
out of $3.50, 600. In addition to this,
defendants, as Directors OF the Nevads
Bank, charged .exorbitant commissions
for the sale OF bullion, whereby they
again swindled the stockholders out Of
over $500, 900. Other charges are also made.
and the complainant asks that defend
ants be compelled to account for these
sums, and all contracts between the Con.
California & Virginia Mining Company
and the Comstock Mill and Mining Com
pany. and between those companies and
the Nevada Bank be declared void.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02

CARTHAGE, ILL.,, May ga sensa-
tional suicide has just come to light
at Fountain Green, IL miles east Of
Carthage. Mrs. Ida NJ. Wright, the
six months bride of silas NJ. Wright,
was found hanging in the smoke
house by her husband, who had been alb
sent from home for several days. Upon
discovering the body the Mortified hus-
band tainted and lay in a stupor for
several hours. The body was cut
down by neighbors. A letter written
by her was found, in which she babe
her husband goodbye, and said she
would hang herself, because she said
she believed she would be happier
dead than to live with a drunkard.
Wright had come home drunk on one
or two occasions and it is supposed
this worked upon his wife's mind and
drove her to suicide.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
rur FrRsr STATE ELECTION.

The FIRST State election In 1883 takes
place in Oregon this month. The result
will be watched with interest as affording
some idea Of political sentiment that may
have a bearing on the Presidential cleo
tion this Fall. Oregon is a Republican
State, but close, the usual majority be-
ing about 1000. The present Governor
is a Democrat, being personally popular,
and having gone in through disaffection
in the other party. The coming election
will possess all Of the significance Of a
National contest, since a member Of Con.
eress is to be elected, and a Legislature
chosen that will name the successor Of
Senator Dolph. The latter, who is a man
OF more than average ability and popu.
larity, is q candidate to succeed himself.
The Democrats seem 70 have no promi.
neut man Of means to pit against Dolph.
They therefore enter the race with the
odds in numbers as we'll as in available
material against them. If they should
carry the State under these disadvsn.
tages, it would be pretty safe to count
on Oregon's electoral vote for the Demo-
cratic Presidential ticket in November.
But we shall hardly expect to see the
Webfoot State 90 Democratic in this
election, albeit, John p. Irish OF the San
Francisco Alta is up there, it is said, to
take a hand on the stump. Mr.. Irish is
one of the ablest and most forcible polit-
ical orators on the Pacific Coast, or in
the Union, for that matter, but the task
OF reversing an adverse majority of 1900
with unlimited resources on the other
side. is a very large undertaking. There
is one thing, however, that may help out
the Oregon Democracy. The Prohibi-
t~ionists have recently held a State Con.
v~ention and placed a full State ticket in
the field, including Presidential Electors
to be voted for at the November election.
There is no telling how the Prohibition
vote is going to affect the old parties.
Perhaps the most that can be said about
Oregon at this time is that it is a trihe
doubtful, with the probabilities favoring
Republican victories both in the Spring
and Fall
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
scheme 60 Nominate Blaine.

The New York World publishes a
long and ingenious communication
from Augusta, Maine, to prove that
the scheme for Blaine's nomination
has been working for some time, every
act of Blaine for the past year being
arranged before his European trip.
The scheme in brief is that Blaine's
name viii not be formally presented to
the convention. The first three or
four ballots will be complimentary to
favorite sons. When this respect has
been paid TO half a dozen prominent
candidates, Blaine will be nominated
by acclamation. The World claims to
have authoritative information on
which to base the story OF this scheme.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
Accident.

A somewhat singular and unusal acct.
dent happened last evening to Cora, the
IL. year.old daughter of t. t. Harris. As
Mr.. Harris was about to leave for Col
orado the little girl was reluctant to see
him leave, and to paeify her he gave her
a $40 gold piece which she put in her
mouth and after Mr.. Harris left the house
the child swallowed it. On being called
Mr.. Harris returned to the house and
found that the coin had passed into the
child's stomach. Nj. Muller recon.
mended frequent doses of olive oil,
which were given her, and SO far no un-
pleasant consequences have resulted.
DIR. Grimm thinks no serious result will
follow and that by proper dieting the
girl will finally be relieved of the IN
lucky coin.-Elko Independent.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
~DECORATI0s DAY.


How 10 YVES ODserveu Us
Decoration Day was observed IN
Eureka in a becoming manner. Inc
members Of Upton Post, G.. A. H., led
by Commander A. T. Stearns, the
Rescues. Hooks & Knicks, and the
Richmond fire companies, and the
children OF the town, headed by the
Eureka Star Band, formed in line u
proceeding from in front Of the Foley
Rjckard building marched to the Eu-
reka Cemetery where Post Comman-
der Stearns delivered q very patriotic
address. in the course OF which he
explained the origin Of Memorial Day.
A heavy shower Of rain falling had the
effect OF cutting it short. Upton fost
then broke ranks, in which they were
followed by the companies and the
children, and all scattered among the
different cemeteries and commenced
decorating the graves OF soldiers u
| departed friends. Some of the flowers
were fresh from California, and were
very beautiful and fragrant; others
| were the production Of our neighbor-
| ing hills and flats. There were Q
number OF evergreen garlands and
wreaths, decorated with the latter,
which were very pretty. The stan
Band had volunteered their services
for the occasion, which was a com
mendable act, and took nothing from
the solemn martial strains OF music &c
which the procession marched. The
turn out was large, and the decorations
the most extensive that has beer
known in Eureka for years.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
SHOULD BE ELECTED.

The people of this State should not
hesitate a moment in their choice OF a
Supreme Judge at the coming election.
The Democratic candidate, Hon. Wm. NJ.
Seawell, is without q superior in Nevada
in q judicial capacity. He has had wide
experience as a District Judge, and has
always given the fullest satisfaction. He
has had, perhaps, fewer decisions re.
versed than any other Judge who has
ever served a like period in this State.
And he is withal one of the very best and
c~leanest and truest men that has ever
lived in the State Of Nevada. His ability
and integrity are recognized by all who
know him. 1t is unfortunate that all Of
the voters in the State do not know him.
II they did there would be no question
whatever about his triumphant election.
Indeed we shall be greatly disappointed
if he is not elected anyhow He would
bring dignity and ability and integrity
to our Supreme Bench of the highest pos.
sible order. He is eminently upright and
just between all classes Of litigants, hav-
ing a we'll balanced mind and tempera-
ment, capable of discarding every scin-
tilla Of bias or prejudice in the determin.
alton Of o cause. 1t is not often that the
people of Nevada have an opportunity of
calling into their service on the Judicial
bench a man in all respects so admirably
equipped as Judge Seawell. When they
find such IN one there should not be the
slightest question about his election.
Whatever else may happen at the elec.
tion in Nevada this Fall, we most sim
cerely hope that Judge Seawell will be
called TO the Supreme Bench.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02
eureka CansoIfdated.

The S. F. Report says: The financial
condition Of the Eureka Consolidated is
the subject Of considerable discussion on
the street. The discharge of the Secre-
tary, and the fact that recent dividends
have been paid upon borrowed money,
give color to the widely spreading belief
that the company's condition is not so
aourishiDg as outside appearances might
indicate. While the statement for the
month only shows some overdraft Of $780,.
900, it is said by persons who are in a
position to know whereof they speak,
that the amount is much greater, prob
ably in the ~neighborhood OF $4,000.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-02

Dfvtdend-Paying Mines OF the Pa
ciae Coa>t-Nevade Left Out OF
the Calculation.

Dfvidend-PayinE Mines OF the Pa
eiac Cea>t-Nevade Left out OF
the Calculation.
BY reference to the table Of dividend.
paying mines, published this week, u
will be seen that Montana mines have
paid the sum Of 81, lSl, 900 since the LIST
Of Januarylast. During the same pc
Rod of time the dividend paying mines
Of Colorado have paid s262, 600, those OF
California sos, 3l2, Utah $4GO, 600.
Montana mines therefore lead the com
bined figures Of Colorado, California and
Utah by $50, 6SS. These figures speak
palmer than awhole volume OF newspaper
puffs, and substantiate the claim that
Montana is the bonanza mining country
Of the United States.-Butte Mining
Journal.
Nevada is not included in the above
calculation. According to the present
payment Of dividends ia Nevada, live
mines-three on the Comstock, one in
Eureka and one in Tuscarora, will pay
during the ensuing four months Sl,l32,-
600.
Two mines in Csndelsria-the Mount
| Diablo and the Georgene-will pay $50,
900. The Durand mine in Aurora, which
hes accumulated SIC, 900 during the pro.
cess Of development. and which has re.
Gently showed alsrge body OF gold. bearing
rock, will add its tribute to the output OF
Nevada. The Garfield limited will dis
tribute about $40, 900 in dividends within
the next four months. Then there are
hundreds Of mines worked by private
parties that are sending out a stream oil
bullion TO increas the store Of precious
metals. In Aurora. Pine Grove, Palmetto,
Silver Peak and Hawthorne the mines
are yielding profits Of which no public
statement in given.
Nye, Eureka, Humboldt, Lander, Elko
and other eastern counties will dump be.
tween three and four hundred thousand
dollars more in the pockets Of stockhold'
ers.
II Is safe to predict that Nevada will
be way ahead OF the list as a mining d.
vidend.paying State during the mex
four months. and as safe TO assert tina
she is now bang up abreast Of the best
Virginia Enterprise.