Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-12-15
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
The Steamer j. M. White Burned

mored here that the elegant steamer
j. M. White, running between Vicks-
burg and New Orleans, was burned at
an early hour this morning heal Baton
Rouge, La, and that fifty lives were
lost.
O:55 A. M.-The loss of the steamer
J. M. White has been confirmed. She
burned to the waters edge at II o'clock
last night while lying at a bank near
| Bayou Sara, and about sixty lives were
lost, consisting largely OF women and
children. Nearly all the crew were
saved. Among the passengers reported
| lost is the Superintendent of the Van
dslia railroad at Natchsz, who, to-
gether with his wife and children,
persisted in the disaster. The books
OF the boat were lost, and only
meager details were received over the
wires of the Louisville, New Orleans
and Texas railroad.
The White was the finest steamer
on the river. She was en- route to
New Orleans and hada cargo of cot
ton on board, estimated at not less
| than 1000 bales. The surviving pas
sengers and crew were conveyed to
| New Orleans this morning.
New ORLEANS, December 1.-THE
steamer J. NJ. White, from Vicks-
| burg, Miss, to New Orleans, burned
at 10 O'Clock last night at Blue Store
Point Coupee, thirty miles above
| Baton Rouge. She had quite a num-
| Der of passengers on board, 210 bales
of cotton, and 5000 sacks Oh seeds.
| Several lives are reported lost, but
| Captain James f. Muse, who was in
command, telegraphs that but one
| life, the porter of the boat is known to
be lost. The boat and cargo were a
total loss. The j. M. White was built in
IT at a cost OF 1925 900, and was re-
garded by many as the finest and
fastest boat ver run on the Missls-
sippi river. The boat was owned by
Captain John w. Taban. She was
valued at 800. 000, and the cargo at $780,
900. The insurance ON the boat is
$29, 1000, and the cargo is doubtlessly
fully covered. Fuller particulars is
Impossible 10 De Dau.
When the White took fire she was
lying at Point Coupee, taking on cot
ton. She had on board $500 bales OF
cotton and 5000 sacks of seed. This
makes the cargo valued at $40 900.
Thomas Barry, second engineer Of the
White, was on duty when the fire
broke out amidship, and for some
time he thought he had the fire under
control, but it finally gained such
Roadway that nothing could be done
with it. Barry states that the fire
then spread 50 rapidly that the boat
was wrapped in flames in a short
time. He thinks there were 10 or IL
lives lost, including a colored fireman
and two colored chambermaids. Barry
also reports the loss OF Captain Bird
FLOYD, and the Superintendent of the
Vandilia railroad, with his wife and
daughter. Barry knows nothing as to
the number of passengers that were
on board, but thinks that there were
not very many. He believes there
were some women and children on the
| deck. The evidence accumulates that
there were many lives lost. Some
people place the number at 80.
STANLEY Ordered TO Congo.
New YORK, Dec. 14.-Henrv M.
Stanley, the African explorer, received
8 cablegram from the Hinge of Belgium,
ordering him to return at once. Nh.
Stanley was also advised that this UNI
expected is occasioned by
trouble with predatory Arabs in q free
| Congo State. A band of Arabs under
Ben Mohammed, emboldened by the
absence of Stanley, have entered a
free Congo State and massacred a gar
rison at Stanley Falls. At every viii
lage where they found white families
| the men were killed, and the women
| and children carried away. The Arabs
number 1900 men. Attempts had
| been made to check their advance but
| without success. 81 am well acquaint-
ed with Ben Mohammed," said STAN
ley, ''having known him since 1876,
when l made a contract with him to
accompany me with a force of men for
fifty days. We are good friends, and
l presume King Leopold wants me to
60 and put a stop to this inroad.o
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 14.-Henry
NJ. Stanley lectured here tonight. At
the close of his talk he said that in
obedience to an order from the King of
Belgium, he would sail for Europe on
Wednesday morning.
Socialist Ia n Tight Place.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 14.-In the
Municipal Court this morning Judge
Sloan took up the ease of Paul Graft
kan a Socialist agitator, who during
the progress of his trial last week
published an article and poem in his
paper, "Aberiter Zeitung," insultingt to
the presiding Judge. After consider