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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23

The writer, whose curiosity wa
greatly stimulated by the tale, con-
suited one of the old padres about it,
and from him he learned that in GER
tain ancient historical volumes in his
possession be had found an account
OF how some vessels laden with gold
and all manner of valuable commodi-
ties in transit from the East Indies
mad been dispatched TO the northward
from Acapulco during the sixteenth
century, In Interpretation that route
would be found by which the valuable
cargo might be taken directly TO Spain,
instead of being transported across
the wilds OF Mexico and reshipped on
the Atlantic coast. These ships had
never after been heard from, and they
disappeared as mysteriously from
sight as the mirage OF the desert.
1t was entirely within the bounds of
reason to suppose that one OF these
galleons, mistaking the Gulf OF Califor-
MIA for the wished-ior passage, had
finally been lost in what Is now the
desert. At all events, there Is enough
to show that perhaps no more than
800 years have elapsed since the rece-
dence of the waters of the gulf to their
present bounds, and hence 1t requires
no violent stretch OF the imagination
TO identity the wreck with one OF the
lost vessels and to load it with an im-
perishable store OF gold and silver.
Three orfour enthusiastic souls were
enlisted, and it was proposed TO make
a systematic effort to reach the wreck.
1t was finally decided that the only
feasible plan for overcoming the OBJ
stacles presented by the crust and the
alkali of the valley was to employ
broad, flat boats made of sheet-iron,
such as duck hunters occasionally use.
These are made in sections and are
easily transported long distances. A
supply of light but strong rope was to
be taken, and it was thought that 1t
would be possible to "pole" the boat
over the crust to the wreck without
breaking through, since it would pre-
sent broad resistant surface and sus-
tain a considerable weight.
Calculations were made as to the
amount OF food and water necessary
for the party and the teams that
would be required to haul the party to
the desired spot, and the entire plan
certainly seemed most feasible. But
the fact that for at least three days
the discoverer had been sufferingso so Sc
verely as to be unable to tell in which
direction he had been wandering after
leaving the scene OF the wreck; that he
had taken little notice OF the course
followed in reaching it, thereby render
ing the retracing OF his steps exceeding
ly problematical; and that during
that very season no less than fifteen
persons were known to have lost their
lives on tae desert, led finally to the
abandonment of the scheme.
So the vessel lies there unvislted to
this day, awaiting the advent OF some
daring adventurer that is willing to
risk his life in the search.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
A Sham Battle Utterly Ruined.

From the Omaha Bee.
A good story is told OF Col. Daggett,
who led the 'Greasers" in the sham
battle at Grand Island. When the
fight WAS getting tolerably warm Gen.
Morrow ordered a retreat, fearing
somebody would get hurt. The pro-
gramme had it settled that the Mexi-
cans would be whipped, but the dough
ty Daggett threw regulations to the
winds and determined to fight it out.
Morrow rushed up to the Colonel,
shouting at the top OF his voice:
you're licked and the battle is over;
why in thunder don't you stop
firing?" "We're not licked !" yelled
the Colonel, fairly livid with excite
ment; "Tll be blankety blanked if
we're licked" and, gathering himself
for the bloody encounter, his face as
sumed an expression which meant
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
FIXES Nv NORTH DAKOTA.
Ooissfo erabl5 Destruction in the Nlcini
of Dunaeifh and NnIiams Oily

OoIistd cradle Destruction in the Vicinity
OF Dunseith and williams City.
Reports are received OF great losses
In North Dakota by prairie fires. The
country east Of Bottonson and Dun
seth and south to Williams City, is
one unbroken scene OF destruction
Blackened hillsides, scorched plains
and meadows, besides charred re-
mains OF many stack OF grain and
hay and granaries, tel a sorrowful
tale OF the calamity. The fires are
now raging in the mountains Just
north of Botrineau. Dunseith had a
narrow escape, Saturday, from being
engulfed. The fire was on three sides,
and was advancing With fearful rapid
ty until toward evening, when the
wind fell down, ami all but that on
the north, which had reached heavy
timber, slowly burned out.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC.
Nearly Three Hundred Gases Said to Eek
fsr AZ

Nearly Three Hundred Gases Said to Ex-
ist at Biloxi, Miss.
The Louisiana state board of health,
having received information of the
prevalence of fever at Biloxi, Miss,
eighty miles from New Orleans, and
the death there of a number of per-
sons from this cause, held a special
meeting on the 18th to consider the
matter. Statements made before the
board show that an itinerant mechan-
ic, Sumpter, who came from Biloxi,
died at Mississippi City. The physi-
clan pronounced Sumpter's disease
bilious fever, but one of the nurses
said that he vomited f'black stuff. !"
DR.. Walker made the alarming state
ment, coming from people from
Biloxi, that nearly every family
there had cases of fever. He was told
that in all there existed up to last
night 275 cases; that for the past two
weeks people were being buried quietly
at night, and in the day time the
bodies were.laid away surreptitiously
Charles Marshall, superintendent OF
the Louisville & Nashville Railroad,
stated that he was told that DR..
Lemon had pronounced the cause OF
his wife's death at Biloxi as yellow
fever. Mr.. Marshall had received q
telegram from the station agent which
bore the information that there were
forty or fifty cases at Biloxi, and that
Drs. Lemon and Maybin had diff
Guilty about the nature of the fever,
Dr.. Lemon adhering to the belief that
it vas unquestionably yellow fever.
The board thereupon issued a notice
to the officials at Biloxi declaring a
strict quarantine against it.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
Tobacco on the Heart.

Prof. Frantzel, director of the
Charlie hospital in Berlin, has given a
local paper the results OF his expert.
ence regarding the effect OF smoking
upon the heart. The smoking of cigar
cites, though it may produce other
disorders, has within his experience
produced no cardiac troubles. Ger
man cigars, too, rarely appear to have
bad effects, which seem indeed to fol-
low the use principally OF imported
Havana cigars; and, strange to
say, if the tobacco only was
imported, and manufactured into
cigars at Hamburg and other
German cities the symptoms were
greatly ameliorated. Sometimes no
symptoms were revealed, even in the
case of imported cigars, for more than
twenty years, although the smokers
became more and more addicted to Sc
lecting the finest brands. Then sud
denly palpitation OF the heart ap-
peared, accompanied by sleeplessness,
fatigue, short breath, etc. Cures are
easily effected by stopping the habit OF
smoking, avoiding coffee, taking short
walks or spending a few weeks in the
noouDt aims
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
DAMAGE ~ BUFFALO.
Twenty nine Houses ssrhe Island -
Destroyed-SeyersI Lives Lost.

Twenty-nine Houses "rhs Island :"
Destroyed-Seversl Lives Lost.
a terrific gale, accompanied by rain,
set in at Buffalo, n. Y, on the 18th.
At midnight the wind is blowing sixty
five miles per hour. "The island" in
habited by squatters, was flooded,
and the water IN huge waves rushed all
over it. Twenty-Five houses were de-
stroyed and over 100 persons are
homeless. Officers were sent to the
rescue OF the family OF Charles Lam
bert. Lambert was saved, but his
wife and daughter were drowned. Sew
eral others are missing. The cellars OF
all the houses on Canal Street were
flooded. The roof of the Western
Transportation Company's building
was blown off, causing blockade on
the Lackawanna tracks. Michigan
and Main Streets were flooded 700
feet from the dock. Ohio Street was
completely flooded. All the lumber
yards on the island are wrecked. The
damage to shipping Is very great. At
8 o'clock the rear wall of the new
Music Hall went down with a crash
No one was injured.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
A Cat Torpedo.


"Cat torpedoes" lank high among
the happy thoughts OF men who have
brought great intellect to bear upon
this subject. Cat torpedoes are to or
dinary Fourth OF July torpedoes what
howitzers are TO toy pistols. They
are nearly as big as a walnut, and are
loaded with coarse gravel and some
peculiarly touchy and violent sort OF
explosive substance. When one is
dropped from an upper window upon
the stone tagging Of a garden wall in
the immediate vicinity OF feline vo-
calist thereis an explos on that rattles
all the window panes in the neighbor-
hood, g. shower of small stones flies in
all directions, and the cat, splitting,
snarling. with every hair on end, her
tail as thick as policeman's club, aud
her eyes sticking away out In front OF
her, goes in frantic haste over the
nearest fence, no matter how high it
is. That particular cat is likely to re-
main in a demoralized, depressed, and
silent condition all the rest of the
night But there are multitudes OF
cats, and to explode q torpedo near
each one would employ the energies OF
at least half the community, and
make such g. racket that nobody
could sleep any more than if the cats
were left to divert themselves in their
usual fashion. Evidently ''cat torpe
does" donet meet the requirements oi
the occasion
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
Labor Notes.

By their votes at Cohoes, y. Y, on
the 18th, the members OF the National
Association OF Knit Goods Manufact-
urers, composed OF manufacturers OF
Amsterdam, Cohoes, Valarie, Hudson,
Phllmont, Waterford, Little Falls and
Schenectady, decided that the fifty.
nine knitting mills in the association,
employing 25,O0O operators. shall
shut down on Saturday, October 10,
in sympathy with the Amsterdam
manufacturers in their contest with
the Knights OF Labor In Cohoes
5000 people VIII be thrown out OF en-
ploynent, and in Waterford, across
the river, 1000 more. The Knights
OF Labor viii m ke out a new scale OF
wages at an IN rease which they will
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23

Th6 Town of Sabine Pass Entirely ID
ttroNed by Water.

The Town of sabine Pass Entirely De-
ttroyed by Water.
A dispatch Of the 18th giving details
Of the recent storm in Texas, says:
1.-THE town oi Sabine Pass wastotally
destr Y e9 by the water OF the Sabine
River oa the night OF the 26h. L ere
z4re .oS 10 be sixty -fse lives los
Dur,ng ia oysIiiow 4 y h15tl vi b I'll e.
OK twenty pe2Pig i5 was sw5J- d I
Srto The bay ana every ore OF the IL
mates drowned. The captain OF q
schooner from there saws that
not house is left in the whole cour-
" and every person living there va
drowned. 4 party OF men came
from Beaumont this evening on a
train With the intention OF Joining
the reople OF Orange ald go
ins down to Sabine PISS With
q. Teii5f boat" Sabine Pass is si5B.t ed
on the Gulf coast In Jefferson County.
Tex, 81 the mouth Of the Sabine River,
about sixty-six miles northwest OF
Galveston. Before this calamity it
Nes flourishing village OF about 500
inhabitants. The wires have been
rioWn all day on both sides OF Orarge.
Sabine Pass is twelve miles below
~NNDAA-lo otJs ~ IOAJS LEIS4tE4 LClil
Port Eads state that thestorm played
havoc with the sea wall OF the jetties
at the mouth OF the river Many OF
the blocks weighing several tons each
were torn from their position and
washed from their foundations. This
wall Is on the outside OF the ietties and
was erected as a protection to them
So far as Is known and believed the
jetties themselves are uniniured, and
the channel is clear.
The following incomplete list of the
drowned was obtained from the gentle
men VINO came over on the engine:
Miss Mahata Chambers; Jim Vonsey
and family Of six; Mrs Otto Brown
and two children; Homer King, wife
and child; Mrs. Junser and son; Mrs.
Pomerey and family Of five; Mrs.
Stewart, daughter and son; 8 man
named Wilson; Mrs. Arthur McReyn
olds; Mrs. Mcdonald, daughter and
grandson; Frank Mulligan and family
Columbus Martee and family: about
twenty-five cOlored people whose
names could not be given. The above
list comprises over fifty human beings.
victims ofthe storm, among them some
OF the leading families OF the place
There are Others. and many CT them.
doubtless drowned without any one
now living knowing anything about it.
it IS feared that whole families in diff
Ierent parts OF the place have been
swept away without leaving a person
or VestIge TO indicate their horrible
fate
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
GETTING EVEN.

An Order of the President in Regard to
Imports on Cuban Goods.
The President on the 18th issued q
proclamation revoking the suspension
OF the discriminating customs levied
on the products of Cuba and Porto
Rico when imported under the Spanish
flag. The law permits this suspension
where theforeign nation does the same
in respect to products imported under
the American flag. 1t having been
shown that the Spanish authorities
had failed 10 keep their part of the
agreement It became necessary to re-
woke the suspension.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
AT HEB OLD TRICKS,
Mrs. Howe, of the Womsn's Bank, Again
Swindlipg the Credulous.

Mrs. Howe, of the womsn's Bank, Again
Swindlipg the Credulous.
Mrs. Sarah E. Howe, who was re
leased from prison about a year ago,
after serving three years for swindhng
hundreds of Boston people out OF
thousands OF dollars by her notorious
woman's bank, is again WORKING her
old game. A few months ago she and
colleague rented a house at 132
West Newton Street, where they have
again started the Farmers Bank. 1t
Is run on the old system, except that
they take on deposit no sum less than
5000, and promise / per cent. interest
instead Of s. To woman who wanted
to deposit 5000, Mrs. Howe said she
had all her old customers back again
and was doing larger business than
ever. 1t is probable she will be ar
ras+a9
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
PANIC ON A STEAMER,
A Fire on the Ems OF the North Germs
Lloyd Line Causes Consideration.

A Fire on the Ems OF the North Germs
Lloyd Line Causes Consideration.
A New York dispatch of the 12t
says: When the North German Lloy
steamer Ems was one day out frol
Bremen on her last voyage, fire We
discovered among the baggage OF tt
first cabin passengers, which We
stored In a compartment abaft tt
mainmast. The steerage passenger
were separated from this compar
ment by a partition of iron one eight
OF an inch thick. There were 571 pet
pie in the steerage. In few moment
the smoke became suffocating and til
passengers were wild with fright. TT
ships crew was called to quarters an
the hose led along and water poure
on the burning baggage. Not until IL
compartment was thoroughly f1oode
was the fire extinguished. lively
trunks were burned completely, an
the remainder more or less injured
the wafer
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23

victory or death. Gen. Morrow and
two or three other officers, seeing the
predicament, rushed in and headed
him off, and after a desperate effort
succeeded in explaining to him that it
was all q sham battle and that he
must submit gracefully to the licking
on the programme. He realized the
situation, but too late. The Ameri
cans, terrified by his earnest demeanori
had fled from the field, leaving the
Mexicans in full nossession.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
HELD IN HE4TIBAH,
Most of the New York Doodle Aldermen
Again Arrested.

NIOeI OF the new fOrk BOOdle Aldermen
Again Arrested.
On the afternoon of the l 9th Inspect
or Byrnes received from the district
attorney an order, accompanied by a
bench warrant, for the arrest of all the
New York Doodle aldermen Of 1884,
save for Henry L. Sayles, whose flight
inspired the crusade at which Inspect
or Byrnes put all his available men.
Aid. Farrell was the first to be brought
in, and District Attorney MARITIME, ad-
dressing the Court, recited the fact of
Sayles' flight, since which, he said, he
had no longer faith in anybody. But
if the Court would decline to hold the
men without bail, he would ask that
the amount be increased from $685.
600 to S75, 1000. The Court fixed the
amount at $4,000, which was furn-
ished by Aid. Kirk, Cleary, McCabe
and McQuade, while Farley, Miller,
Shields, O'Neil and Rely were locked
up at the Tombs for the night.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
LOST NTH FIVE LIVES,
The stesmbarge SeIsh CHANT er1sin Ru
Down and Sunk,

Thelarge esteambarge Selah Chamber
lain was sunk in q collision with the
propeller John Pridgeon, Jr., about
three miles off Sheboygan, Wis, on the
night OF the 14th. Five OF the Chamber
lain's crew, including the second
engineer and four dock hands were
drowned. The other eleven OF the crew
reached shore in small boat. The
Pridgeon was only slightly damaged.
The Chamberlain, with the barge
Fayette Brown in tow, left Milwaukee
the same afternoon, bound light to
Escanaba to load ore. The Pridgeon
was bound for Milwaukee for Ogdens-
burg with 400 tons of merchandise, or
about one-third OF afull cargo.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
IniGOrfAnt.

When you visit or leave New YorkCiv
save baggage, expressage and S3 caUbse
hire. and stop at the GRAND UNION 10
TEL, opposite Grand Central Depot.
Six hundred ard thirteen rooms, sted
up a. a cost OF one million dollars, hnd
upwards per day. European plan. Ele-
vator. Restaurant supplied with theo'st.
Horse cars, stages and elevated ralirsds
to all depots. Families can live bettT or
less money at the Grand Union Hotel tan
at any other frst-class hotel in the esty
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
Salt Herring.

In 1886 William Buckets of Hollan
salted the first barrel of herrings, an
now his grateful ulcountrymen are abou
to celebrate the fifth century OF hi
simple yet memorable discovery. Bu
England long since did honor to h.
memory. Charles V. had a statu
erected to the herring salter who b.
came the benefactor OF his coun5r,
Queen Mary OF Hungary, howeVe,
paid him even greater honor. Durig
her residence in Holland she disco.
cred his tomb, and seated upon it az
a salted herring.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
WILLING TO COME BACK.
Alexander Would Like to be King o
Bulgaria Some More.

bulgaria Some More.
A dispatch from Vienna says that
at meeting at Rustchuk, on the
11th, NJ Stoiako read a dispatch from
Prince Alexander declining the money
voted to him by the sobranje, and
saying that he was prepared to accept
the throne OF Bulgaria if reelected A
dispatch from Sofia says: "All the
members OF the ministry have been
elected by immense maiorities. The
returns thus far received show the
election OF 400 Ministerialists and 21
Zankovists. In the city elections for
members OF the great sobranje to elect
a successor to Prince Alexander, all
the government candidates have been
successful. NJ. Karaveloff, pro Rus
sian, received but so votes out of the
1900 cast in his district.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
Industrial Progress in the South
From the American Machinistl

From the American Machlnlst.I
The South is making important in
dustrial progress OF which the whole
country is justly proud, but it is not
wise to overestimate the effect OF this.
Doubtless there are certain conditions
favorable to manufacture there that
make substantial if not phenomenal,
advance for years to come probable,
but it by no means follows that other
parts OF the country will suffer on ac-
count of this. A good deal of iron will
be produced at the South, but there is
no reason to believe that this means
the closing up OF profitable mines else.
where. Thechief significance Of this is
in the fact that more iron will be pro-
duced and used in the country than
ever before, and so it will be in other
industries.
One argument-thatls, ls, cheaper labor
at the South-will gradually lose its
force. AS there comes to be large bod
les of skilled workmen located there,
they will expect and demand subetan-
italy the same wages as are paid else
where. II anything will keep up a
permanent difference in wages, it will
be that the cost of living is a little less
there than in the North and West.
But in the end the Southern farmer
may be depended upon TO base his
demands on the demands OF those
similarly engaged elsewhere
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
GDEZ4LES WURDERED.

The ex-President of Mexico Meets Death
at the Hands OF An Assassin,
A special dispatch from Ell Paso re
ports the assassination of ex-Presi-
dent Gonzales in an interior town in
Mexico. No particulars are given.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
CHICAGO STILL MILK.
Decision Adverse to the Dealers I'm nil
from Quarsntined Dtstilleries.

At Chicago, on the 9TH, Judge Tule,
dissolved the injunction which tn
milkmen had secured against Health
Commissioner DeWolf, who had pro
hibited the sale OF any milk taken from
cows at any OF the distilleries wher
quarantine exists. The Judge com
mented severely on the attempt of tn
milk dealers to traffic in such un
wholesome and dangerous food, anC
said that DR.. DeWolf's order should
be enforced. Some twenty-five mill
dealers are affected.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
Five Thousand Mistakes in webster,

This incident may not be known
generally to our readers, and we ven
ture to reprint it. When the un-
abridged edition OF Webster's diction-
ary first appeared without a defini-
tion OF the word unabridged, that
great scholar, Caleb Gushing, wrote a
criticism on the stupendous work say
ing that for it's size it had as few errors
as could be expected. This puzzled
the editors, who asked an explanation
OF Mr.. Cushing's information on the
subject OF those errors. In reply Mr..
Gushing marked five thousand mis-
takes in the volume which had been
presented TO him and sent it back.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23
Farmers Institutes.

MADISON, Wis, Oct. 1O.-Supt. Nor
rison, of the department OF agriculture
ofthe state university, announces that
the board ofregents has located the far
mers' Institutes for the season as fol-
lnuS-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23

''Do Queens writs run in Ireland ?"
suggested an inquiring traveller at q
table d'hote in Dublin Sometimes,
but ballifs always"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-10-23

Both white lace and black lace toi
lets are very fashionable.