Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-03-11
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.

The Senate has cut down the mum.
Der OF warships to be built from twelve
to eight.
Colorado has passed an eight.hour-
shift law for the benefit of miners, ex-
actly similar TO that in force in Utah.
At Los Angeles, CAL, under the di-
rection OF Prof. T. S. G. Lowe, a series
OF experiments are to be made at arti-
fetal rain-making.
The town of Keswick, Shasta county,
Cal, where the copper mines are To-
Gated, has a population of less than
5000 and supports % saloons.
Eggs we're shipped East from San
Francisco last week in response to the
demand caused by the egg famine pre-
vailing in many sections Of the East.
The House, by II to 102, has refused
TO concur in the Senate amendment to
the sundry civil bill providing for the
construction Of Government cable to
Hawaii.
The advance in iron and steel last
week has caused nail manufacturers to
advance their prices, and wire, steel
and wrought nails have advanced 10
per cent.
The London Daily mail announces
that the North German Lloyd has re-
duced the transatlantic passage rate
to El0 sterling even for express
steamers.
Reports show that almond and
cherry trees in California are in blos-
som in many places, fully month in
advance OF the usual time, owing to
the warm weather.
Hobson's promotion is the greatest
material promotion as a recognition OF
gallantry in the history Of the naval
service. 1t will make Hobson a Cap
tain a. the age OF 80.
The stamp mill and the hoist of the
Red Rock Mining company in Arizona,
has burned. The mill had just been
completed at cost of over 10000,
and WAS started up Wednesday for a
trial run.
The case of Theodore Fox against
John w. Mackay and the Consolidated
California and Virginia Mining com
pany, has been decided by the Cali
fornia Supreme court in favor of the
defendants.
The best estimates available place
the aggregate appropriations Of the
present session of Congress at $685.
5.4S9. The total appropriations for
the last year were 1898. .231 ,6l5, making
the grand total for the Congress of 81
569.ll7,104.
The War department is inclined to
believe that under the new army bill
the Governors OF States are deprived
OF all power of appointing volunteer
officers, as the volunteers under the
law are United States volunteers and
not State volunteers.
The whisky interests OF the country
Tor q long time under process Of con.
solidation have now reached focus.
The last OF minor combines to hold
aloof, the Rye Whisky association,
has come into the fold. Capital OF the
trust will be $l2s,5O0,OOO.
Government receipts for February
aggregated $37, ,179, 1892, gain as COM
pared with February, 1898, OF about
ss,5O0,O00. On the close OF business
February 2S, 1899, the public debt,
less cash in the treasury, was $I,157,-
9O4. .39l, an increase during the month
of s5, ,279, ,649.
The orange crop OF California is now
accurately figured at 90, 900 cars. which
is something less than was expected.
AT an average of 300 boxes to the car,
that is 100000 boxes, which, at an
average OF $2 box. means S., 400, 900
good money for Southern California.
w. +. Sims, a large cattle shipper,
swore on the stand before the Lexow
investigation at Guthrie, Oklahoma,
that he had paid $500 to Cattle Quar-
antine Inspector Sam Mathews to
allow bunch OF 100 head Of diseased
cattle to cross the quarantine line.
A horn Diplomat.