Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-06
EASTERN NEWS.
All the Mails Delayed at Chicago by
Extreme Cold Weather.
A NuMBEs OF REscuINa PARTIES
BADLY FRosT-5ITTEN.
A Large Number Of Cattle and
Hogs Frozen to Death.
HIGH PRICES OFFERED MEN, But THEY
REFUSE TO WORK.
The Most Severe Showing OF
Cold Weather for Years.
DEATH OF EDWARD LAsKER, AN EMl-
NENT GERMAN PHYSICIAN.
The Most Severe Showing OF
Cold Weather for Years.
DEATH OF EDWARD LAsKER, AN EMl.
NENT GERMAN PHYSICIAN.
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL

SPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
Cold weather and Fires at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-The extreme cold
weather of yesterday and last night de-
layed all the trains. The mails from all
quarters of the country are delayed their
arrival from three to sixteen hours. Eleven
miles southwest of the stock yards, on the
Wabash road, stands a stock train Of
twenty cars Of furnishing, freezing live
stock. The train is showed under, and
has been stalled since Tuesday night,
since which time, it is believed, the ami
mails have been without food and water. A
rescuing party drove within three miles of
the belated train and then abandoned the
sleighs and walked the remainder of the
distance. Although several engines have
been sent down, the train could not be
reached. The party has returned, several
of whom are badly frost-bitten. The res
cuing party succeeded in reaching the
snow bound train on the Wabash road late
in the afternoon. OF the twenty car loads
of live stock, all were cattle save two or
three cars of hogs. Some of the cattle
were found frozen, and others partly
frozen were Immediately killed. The exact
number of those thus killed is not known.
The remainder of the cattle were fed by
the railroad company, who are making
every effort to bring them through. An
other large force of men were sent out
to-day. They offered forty cents an hour.
Arriving near the train, they refused to go
to work. They could not see ten PAGES
ahead for the immense drifts of
They returned nearly frozen.
The thermometer at 5 O'Clock this
morning dropped to q point ~ degrees
below zero, which, taken with the cold
record of yesterday, makes it the most
severe showing in the way of extreme
weather known for many years. At s
o'clock the thermometer was still at "a.
At the same hour in Kansas City it was
reported at "a below; at st. Paul, 90;
Omaha, "a; Dubuque, 80; Des Moines.
"a; Keokuk, Is. The effect in this city
has been in a measure to partially par
alyZe the ordinary course of business as
is customary at such an unusual cold
spell. Fire alarms nave been more nu-
merous than usual, and the night proved
to be one of terror to the department.
Three fires after midnight served to keep,
| practically, the entire force on duty, and
the service required of them, under the
circumstances, was such as to tax their
endurance to the fullest extent. At 4
O'Clock this morning a fire was discov-
cred in the Beaut Revage fiat, one of the
most imposing residence structures in
the south division of the city. 1t spread
with rapidity, which caused many fami-
lies to seek the street in their night-clothes.
Trauhta Waa aynartonaad in xworbip0 +ha
engines, on account of the cold. No
lives we're lost, the escaping occupants
taking refuge in the Leland Hotel, ad-
joining the burning building.
Died of Heart Disease.
New YORK, Jan. 5.-Dr. Edward Lasker,
an eminent German, died suddenly OF
heart disease at / A. NJ. in this city. DR..
Lasker, who has been on a visit to this
country since May last, had been at din
ner at the house of Jesse Seligman the
banker, and was returning home in a car
riage when he was stricken by a sudden
and fatal attack. The carriage stopped in
front OF the private stable Of Seligman,
who helped carry the speechless and sense
less man from the carriage. Lasker died
in the arms of Seligman. Lasker had
been in America since May last. He spent
a month or more in the city and then went
West to attend the opening of the North
ern Pacific. After his return he visited a
brother in Galveston. On the way back
he stayed a while in Washington, and
reached the city three weeks ago to-day.
The opening of the Reichstag required
Lssker's presence in Berlin, and a passage
to Germany had been engaged for him on
the steamer Union, to sail Jan. 26, which
will now carry his embalmed body. Short
ly after his return from Washington
Lasker was taken ill, and his friend DIR. s.
Jacoby summoned. DR.. Lasker had en-
tirely regained his usual health and vigor.
His thoughts, nevertheless, were busy
with the anticipation Of his approaching
end, and he spoke often to his friends
about his probable sudden death. He was
unmarried, and "a years old.
The Park TheRter Burned-CoId
Weather.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Jan. 5.-The beauti-
full new Park Theater, built to be fire.
proof, was burned at s o'clock this
morning. The fire is said to have orig.
mated on the stage from q lamp explo-
sion. Inc loss Is perhaps $Z0O, U00, part
ly insured. George H. Adams, of the
Humpty Dumpy Company, loses between
$4,000 and $4,000 worth of property.
Wicks' bank, oil the block Immediately
in front Of the theater, and the First
Presbyterian Church on one side, and the
county Courthouse on the other, were in
great danger at 10 O'Clock.
This is the coolest weather in years.
The thermometer is reported to indicate
as low as IA degrees below zero in some
places.
A Neig h~b0rh0Od Excited.
DENVER, Jan. 5.-Last night q strange
wedding occurred on Fifteenth Avenue in
this city. The bride was q 14-year-old
white girl, while the bridegroom was a
black negro. The was per-
formed hv q wlIita Mathodiat H.aaLl