The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-05-31

The Valdez, Copper River and Yukon
Railway company. capital q. 400, 900,
was incorporated at Trenton, N. J.
Lewanika, king Of Barotzeland Tin
northwestern Rhodesia), the only king
who will be present at the coronation Of
King Edward, has arrived in London
from South Africa.
The leading furniture manufacturers
Of the country met at Chicago and
formed combination or pool which viii
control the furniture output Of the
United States and regulate prices. The
capital represented is about S25. .O00. 900.
Fred w. Knapp. aged As, of Hartford,
Conn.,. died in New York from the
effects Of the heat, while several other
persons were overcome and had to be
conveyed to their homes or to hospitals.
The General Conference of the Meth.
odist Episcopal Church South, in session
at Dallas, Tex, ratified the recommend
alton made by DR.. Tigert, including
circuses in the list of worldly amuse.
ments that the church membership
should not indulge in.
The university Of California defeated
the Princeton athletic team in a dual
meet held at Princeton, n. j., by the
score Of to 8, California having much
the best Of the lot in the sprints and
hurdles. and Princeton showing up the
stronger in the distance and field events.
Karl Mann, the vegetarian, won the
international pedestrian match from
Berlin to Dresden. The distance GOV.
cred was 1876 miles. and Mann's time
was. 9Th. l3 min. 141a sec. The next
man. a meat-eater. finished one hour
and As minutes behind Mann.
Dudley Morgan. . negro. who as
saulted Mrs. Mckee, wife Of Texas
and Pacific section foreman, at Lansing,
Tex, was burned at the stake at that
place. The negro was tortured in q
fendish manner, with the mob clamor.
ing for slow death. Section Foreman
Mckee, husband of the woman as
saulted, applied the match to the fag.
gots. Mrs. Mckee. accompanied by
four women, was brought in carriage
to the scene of the lynching.
The temporary injunction asked for
by the government against the members
of the so-called packers combine is now
in force. says Chicago dispatch. They
will have until Aug. 4 to make reply to
the complaint. All the evidence tended
to show that there is an agreement
among the packers in various cities by
which competition is done away with.
business being allotted in shares and
prices fixed.
J. p. Fay, in letter, has confessed
that he has been masquerading under
the name Of ]. A. Adams, O mining en-.
gineer, who is said to have lost his life
during March on the Mojave desert,
says Colorado Springs dispatch. In
April Fay wrote to Mrs. Adams Of Pc
trolia, Humboldt county. CAL, that her
son had lost his life by wandering away
from the camp on the desert. He now
adds that he took the cards and memo
randum book Of Adams in the hope Of
getting a job as mining engineer.
Adams's mother. in her endeavor to aud
proofs OF her sons death, encountered
the bogus Adams and compelled the
confession.
Jessie. Gertrude and Pearl Prescott.
aged IL. 0 and 4 years respectively,
arrived at Trail. b. O., from Manches-
ter, England. having travelled without q
chaperon. They met with no accident.
missed no connections, and reached
their mothers arms just one month
after setting out. Miss Jessie took
charge Of the purse and acted as busi-
ness manager. Their mother met them
at Trail, and with her large number
Of people who had heard Of the trip and
gathered to give them warm welcome.
The government and control of the
island of Cuba, in compliance with in
structions received, was formally trans
ferred by General Wood to the presi.
dent and congress of the republic of
Cuba. President Palma, in accepting
the responsibilities in behalf of the
island, thanked the republic of the
United States and its officials for all
that has been done for Cuba and for the
fulfllment of promises made. Amid
the booming of guns the Stars and
OeaAPoS oaiuo uOWu AIoh sho seau VI
the palace and MORO castle. A moment
later Cuba's flag rose to the peak on
Tort and palace. great wave Of cheers
swept through the streets Of the city.
and new member had been added to
the sisterhood Of nations. An hour
later the cruiser Brooklyn was hull
down on the horizon. bearing Governor
Wood home to the United States.
From recent dispatches it is learned
that Mont Pelee, on the island Of Mar.
Unique, again belched forth torrent Of
lava and mud, which rushed down the
northern slope Of the mountain and
swept away what was left of the town
Of Basse Pointe. st. Pierre Is now
completely covered with lava. La Sou.
trloro. ON tho ialaud of St Viuoank ia