The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-03-08

The principal ceremony in the cele-
brations of the pontifical jubilee, in
honor of the twenty-fourth anniversary
of the pope's coronation, was carried out
in the Basilica of st. Peters with ex-
traordinary pomp and in the presence
of the pontiff and an assemblage of
fully $4,000 persons.
The Merchants association of Homo
lulu has adopted resolutions asking the
aid of the federal government to put
Honolulu in first-class sanitary condi-
ton, as was done by the government in
the case Of Havana and other places in
the island of Cuba and the new posses
sions.
The majority of the members of the
Chinese commission which recently in
quired into the matter of Oriental immi-
grafton into British Columbia recon-
mends that per capita tax OF $500 be
imposed Immediately. The minority
proposes tax of $500 for two years,
a treaty of total exclusion TO be secured
in the meantime. The report of the
commission has been presented to par
lament, now in session at Ottawa.
Mrs. Annie L. Snow of Maxwell, CAL,
has, by Judgment of the United States
circuit court at Austin, Tex, been
awarded, during her lifetime, one-eight.
eenth of the oil produced on l15 acres
of land in the very heart of the oil fields
at Beaumont. There are now 120 gush-
ers on the land, and 60 more wells are
being drilled. Her income at present
will exceed 5000 per month, and it
will amount to many times that sum
when the field is more developed. Mrs.
Snow has been conducting a small hotel
at Maxwell for several years.
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
interests have closed deal for new
through line TO the Pacific coast, says
Chicago dispatch. English and Ameri-
can capitalists, headed by Lord Thur
low and George II. Proctor of New
York, will build an S00-mile road from
Eureka, CAL, to Weiser, Ida. From
their main lines the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific will build toward the
same point from the north. An entirely
new territory, rich in forests, mines,
agriculture and cattle ranches will be
tapped. The plan will involve an out
lay of sec, 100000.
Judge Scott of the supreme court at
New York ruled that a theater ticket
is personal license to the individual TO
whom it is sold, and consequently is not
transferable or assignable without the
consent Of the hcenser. The decision
is regarded rs a complete victory for
the New York theater managers, who
have for many months sought some
method of abating the nuisance of ticket
speculators, who fiocked about the en-
frances of many Broadway houses.
Mrs. Coils p. Huntington, who ar
rived at New York by the White Star
liner Oceanic from Liverpool and
Queenstown, declared that she had
SO, 1000 worth Of personal effects, chiefly
dress goods. that she had bought abroad.
The duty was s3l. 800. and she paid it
promptly. This is the highest amount
of duty ever paid by one person on
goods brought in as personal baggage.
To mark his displeasure at the rough
and-tumble fight on the floor of the
senate between Senators Tillman and
McLaurin of South Carolina, President
Roosevelt withdrew the invitation to
Tillman to attend the banquet at the
White House at which Prince Henry
was to be present. In retaliation,
Lieutenant-G Governor Tillman, a nephew
of the senator, at the request of subscrib-
ers to sword to be presented to Major
Micah Jenkins ON the occasion of the
presidents visit to South Carolina, sent
q telegram to President Roosevelt re-
questing him to withdraw the accept
ance to present the sword. Now Major
Jenkins takes hand in the matter, and
politely informs Lieutenant-G Governor
Tillman that he declines to accept the
sword.
Patterson, N. j., recently swept by
fire, is overwhelmed by flood; hundreds
of families have been made homeless
by the overflow of the Passaic river and
the country for miles is under water.
The flood along the Schuylkill river.
says Philadelphia dispatch. has caused
uulndBe tnat Will redcu inso tue nun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Much
damage has also been done in the city
of Pittsburg, and manufactures have
been closed in consequence.
Signor Marconi arrived at New York
ON the Philadelphia from Southampton,
and reported that when 1000 miles at
sea regular messages were received from
the Cornwall station and ticks We're re-
corded at a distance of 1000 miles.
Captain Mills and Chief Officer Mars
den, as witnesses, signed each message
received.
Prince Henry of Prussia, on his jour.
ney to the north and west. went up
Lookout mountain, and viewed the
around where the Union and oopfeder.