The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1902-06-21
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST FEW
DAYS FROM ALL QUARTERS.
Large sum to BE Expended on Water
Front at New York-Americans Sent
to Prison In France For scorching.
Worlds Bicycle Record Broken.


cup, at Nottingham, England, by q score
of six goals to one.
United States ambassador Joseph H.
Choate entertained at dinner King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra. There
were also present Princess Victoria and
many distinguished persons.
The time consumed in making the
trip between New York and Chicago
has been reduced to 20 hours, both the
Lake Shore and Pennsylvania roads
having now put on wellequipped trains
for the purpose of making the fast run
between the two cities.
DIR. r. g. Southwick, Boston's lead
ing surgeon, is authority for the state
ment that cancer, tumors, lupus and
tuberculous glands henceforth can be
cured in all cases where X-rays can be
applied directly. He says that in gen.
eral cases X-rays are far superior to the
surgeons knife.
Advices from Honolulu state that
Kilauea has broken out The volcano.
which has been quiescent for nearly ten
years, became active again on the morn
ing Of June 8, and has continued its
activity ever since.
Harry Elkes, in winning the Brassard
race at Charles River Park bicycle track,
Boston, broke all the worlds records in
distance motor-paced race from one
mile to Al, and in making Al miles $50
yards for the hour broke the record Of
40 miles 800 yards made by viii Stinson
at Brockton last year. Elkes's fastest
mile, the eleventh, was made 1:23 1-5.
One of the largest Of Barnum 81
Bailey's performing elephants, while on
the way to the railway station at Tours,
France. suddenly went mad. broke its
chains. tried to kill its keepers and had
to be killed Immediately by strangling.
Two hundred men tugged at the rope
that strangled the elephant.
The Beers generally hold an unfavor-
able opinion of their foreign allies, ex-
cept the Americans, whom they declare
to be crafty and great fighters. says
Pretoria dispatch. A prominent COM
mandant said, "All the Germans are fit
for is to give horses sore backs"
Fire destroyed the Novelty leather
factory of M. Rosenblatt g. Go. at SEQ
ond and Oxford streets, Philadelphia,
and resulted in severe injuries to dozen
persons. Many other buildings were
damaged. There were many narrow
escapes, most of the 400 men and women
employed in the factory saving their
lives by leaping from the windows into
nets held by firemen. The damage 10
estimated at 100000.
Eddie Guerin and George Miller OF
Chicago were sentenced in Paris to life
imprisonment at penal servitude, and
May Churchill, known as Chicago
May" was sentenced to five years i'm.
prisonment. When the sentence was
pronounced May Churchill threw her
arms around Guerin's neck and kissed
him passionately. The guard separated
them and led the prisoners away. Guerin
and Miller were charged with having
entered the office Of the American Ex-
press company in Paris during the night
of April 26, 1901, and with stealing
10000 francs $4,000. The Churchill
woman was accused of being their &C
complice.
@. f. w. Neely. who, on March "a.
was sentenced to ten years imprison.
ment and to pay a fine Of $685. .7ol for
completely in the Cuban postal frauds.
was released under the bill signed by
President Palma, granting amnesty to
all Americans convicted Of crimes in
Cuba during the term of American oc-
cupation and those awaiting trial.
The law against automobile scorching
in Paris was violated by three Ameri-
cans, and they had to pay the penalty.
Tod Sloan was arrested while scorching
and sentenced to two days in prison and
fined q trifiing sum. Gustave Warden
of Chicago, for similar offense, was
sentenced to two days imprisonment
and fined. Trafford Huteson, formerly
of Cedar Rapids. Ia, was sentenced to
eight days and fined 300 francs for rum
ming down and killing shepherd near
Fontainbleau. Huteson pleaded that
the shepherd committed suicide, and
promised to erect q monument to him
in the forest of Fontainbleau to placate
his friends. Huteson appealed from the
sentence.
The sum of sl4, 900. 900 is to be spent
in improving New York waterfront,
between West Twelfth street and West
Twenty-third street, about two-thirds
of a mile in length and from 500 to 800
feet III width. Where now there are
manufacturing plants. factories. store
houses. shops and dwellings there viii
be within year and halt q great
stretch of water 35 feet deep washing
the face of bulkhead Of the finest ma
sonry. The object Of the Improvement
Is to induce all the great transatlantic