The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-06-07

While the United States cruiser Al.
bany was at Naples Ave members of her
crew deserted, and the American consul
there has offered reward for their ap-
prehension.
At sale Of the Bardini collection In
London ]. Pierpont Morgan bought Q
bronze statuette Of Hercules, IS inches
high. attributed to the Italian sculptor
Polaiuolo, for $4,000.
The management of the Hartman
lines is perfecting plans by which it is ex.
pected 100, 900 colonists will be brought
from the east into Washington and Ore
gon within the next two years, says
Chicago dispatch. The sum of 800, ,0Oc
has been appropriated to carry on the
work, which will be on scale hitherto
uninterrupted.
Santos Dumont, the aeronaut, who in.
tended to give exhibitions with his air.
ship at the Crystal Palace, London,
arrived in that city from Paris and
found that his balloon few hours pre-.
viously had been cut to pieces, CON-
pletely destroying one-third Of it. The
cutting was done with knives. and large
rings of the silk covering were removed.
1t will be several weeks before a new
cover can be made.
James Greenway, one Of the famous
family of athletes whose careers at Yale
university have been closely associated
with many baseball, football and track
victories, was married to Miss Lauder
Of Pittsburg. The wedding took place
at the home Of the bride. who is niece
Of Andrew Carnegie. Carnegie's gift to
the bride was s1.000,000. The BRIDE
groom recently graduated in medicine.
A two-year-ol Indian tiger was killed
in a fight with horses on O circus train
while on the way from Goshen to
Poughkeepsie. The tiger escaped from
its wagon while the train was in motion
and crawled into car containing 30
draft horses. A fierce battle ensued,
the horses plunging and kicking at the
savage intruder. When the train ar
rived at Poughkeepsie the tiger was
found dead and mangled under the hoofs
of one Of the horses. Six of the horses
were badly scratched and bitten.
The st. Louis April grand jury has
returned indictments against Fred w.
Zeigenhein, son and ex-secretary Of for
mer Mayor Zeigenhein; ex-speaker of
the house Of delegates Charles II. Kelly,
Councilman Louis Schnell and Delegate
Charles L. Geraghty. The report of the
grand jury says that Gin no place in the
world and at no time known to history
has so much official corruption been un.
covered and the evidence shown SO that
all could see and understand" A for.
mer collector Of the city of st. Louis,
who was afterward mayor, received
interest ON public funds for his private
account. The sum so received exceeded
$4,000. which. with interest to date.
would amount to about $4,000
About half of the gems" in the re-
gala to be used at the coronation of
England's sovereign have been discov-
cred to be spurious, says a London dis
patch. King Edward refuses to be
crowned with paste jewels, and has or
dered that real stones be put in the
place of the imitation ones. It is said
that Queen Victoria's two immediate
predecessors, William w and George
Nv, resorted to the expedient of selling
or pawning the crown jewels when they
found themselves in need Of money.
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister
to the United States, delivered the ora
tion at the Georgia Military college CON-
mencement, and in the afternoon, while
visiting the state insane asylum, had
the modification Of having his queue
pulled vigorously. says Milledgeville
dispatch. An insane man was seized
with a violent mania at the sight of the
visiting parsonage. He jumped upon
the diplomat and seized his queue. which
was pulled and twisted with great force.
Minister WI struggled, and cried out
with pain. The crazy man was over
powered in q few moments by attend
ants. The minister fed, jumped into
his carriage and ordered his coachman
to drive him to his hotel.
"Tops." female elephant Of the
Forepaugh g Sells circus, killed Joseph
Blunt Of Fort Wayne. Ind, at the show
grounds in Brooklyn. 1t is customary
for the elephants to put out their trunks
as the keepers make their first rounds in
the morning to 'shake hands. When
TOPS" proffered her trunk Blunt car
ried beer glass and showed 1t at the
animal. The act offended the great
beast, and in an instant she seized the
man with her trunk, hurled him vio-
lently to the ground. and kneeling on
him crushed out his life.
Thomas A. Edison declares that in,six
or seven years horses will have disap-
peared from. the streets as beasts OF
burden and automobiles become SO cheap
as to be within the reach Of all who re-
quire vehicles. He says this revolution