Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1899-09-23

The total number Of smallpox cases in
the United States this season was ] ,0S1.
Dewey has notified the Navy Depart
ment that he will reach New York on Sep
tember 2sth.
Rear Admiral Sampson has been assign
ed to the command Of the Chsrlestown
navy yard. to succeed the late Admiral
Picking.
The Mechanics Fair in San Francisco is
reported to be 9 failure Of the worst kind.
The merchants OF that city have failed 10
take any inieres, in it.
The independent distillers of Kentucky
have notified the Kentucky D;s,illeries and
Warehouse company that they propose 10
compete for the whisky trade.
British army officers have again been
warned by the War Minister 70 cease shaw
ing their upper lips, much to the disgust
Of the young officers in the service.
The Russian ice breaking ship Yermsk
recently broke her way through fourteen
feet OF ice in the polar regions, travelling
therein at the rate Of half a mile an hour.
The Milburn wagon works at Toledo,
Ohio. is in receipt Of an order for wagons
and smbulances for the British Govern
ment 70 be sent TO the Transvaal in all
haste.
Ship carpenters are In demand at San
Francisco four dollars for eight hours Is
paid, with one dollar an hour for over
time ; those working sixteen hours are
paid s12 per day.
The Board OF Education OF Chicago in
tends to ask for $40, DOC, 600 for the con-
struction OF new s~choolhouses. There are
1000 children in that city left unprovid.
ed for by the present school facilities.
In the bubonic plague-stricken coun-
tries the mortality has been very heavy.
Out Of 1882 cases in Hongkong this year.
there were 1920 deaths, and Sd Tamsui,
Japan, out OF 24S6 cases, there were 1866
! deaths.
William 0'Brien's newspaper, The Irish
People, made its fret appearance in Dub.
lin last week. The self-described organ OF
) reunited Ireland maintains that all the
Irish forces must be recast and recreated
! to secure success.
The British Admiralty lie experiencing
i the same difficulty as was encountered by
, the United States Navy Department last
Q year in finding good mschinists for chips
at smaller salaries than are paid by the
merchant marine.
:. Chief Tetsblate Of the Ysquis, who re-
manned loyal to the Mexican Government
!. was seized by the rebels and cruelty tor
tured, being stripped, slsshed with knives
+. and his body shockingly mutilated while
I the Yaquis danced about him.
s A London dispatch says Mrs. Langtry
and a well known publishing firm have
J. been in communication with reference to
|. a suggestion that she write her reminis
q cences. She ia said not TO be adverse to
r the idea OF a volume Of memoirs.
9 The will of Cornelius Vanderbilt will
Q not be probated nor It's contents made
Q public until young Alfred vanderbilt, the
second son, can reach home. He is now
in the mountains of Japan. 1t will be foul
/. or Eve weeks before be can arrive in New
e York.
The German army maneuvers this yeai
Q are regarded as a mediocre success. owing
a to various causes, chiefly unfavorsble
weather. During the four days of shan
y warfare in South Germany it rsined in
Q torrents. Three army corps, numbering
e 90. 900 men. participated. Experts asser'
i that the new field artillery and automobiles
9 we're both found to be easily tr%ansportAble
Q Some automobiles made during the night,
and over unknown roads. from 80 to u
4 miles without breaking down.