Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-10-19
ESPECIAL TO THE SENTINEL
A of DeyastafiOn.

from the flooded district about Sabine
Pass continue to arrive OF every small
craft that comes up the river. 1t is esti'
mated by persons here who have been over
the scenes of devastation at Sabine Pass,
Johnson's Bayou and Taylor's Bayou that
the death list will exceed $50 souls.
Eighty-fye corpses have been recovered
and buried around Johnson's Bayou. and
81 bodies thus far have been buried at
Sabine Pass, while &C persons are still
missing at Sabine Pass, and those are, OF
course, dead, as it would be impossible for
any human being to survive this long in
the swamps and lagoons without food or
shelter. An examination of the country
back of Sabine and in the immediate vi
cinityof Beaumont shows that salt water
came back from the coast fully 40 miles
through swsmps. and hundreds OF thou
sands of acres are still submerged by the
water that was forced back, and has no
outlet. This fact makes the search for
bodies very difficult. Carcasses of thou
sands of drowned cattle, hogs. horses and
fowls are strewn along everywhere, and
clouds of s~ea-gulls and buzzards hover over
the desolate country for an area of 80
square miles. II is known that the num-
Der of sufferers around Johnson's Bayou
who have lost everything will reach 1920,
while the Sabine sufferers number 300,
one-half of whom are now in Beaumont.
| Parties who returned to-day from john
sons Bayou district say that 90 persons
are still missing there, and the searching
| parties have almost reached the conclusion
| that many of these missing were drowned
| and their bodies carried out to the sea by
receding waters.
The knights at Richmond.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 18.-The delegates
to the General Assembly of the Knights
of Labor numbered scarcely 500 when the
convention was called to order this morn
ing. Scores departed from the city on
last nights train, and many more will
leave to-day. There is, therefore, every
reason for an adjournment within the
next 30 hours. The officers say the work
of revising the laws will be taken up in
the regular order and pushed through
to-day, the object being to complete all of
this before the close of the afternoon ses-
sion. Thomas O'Reilly, of the Telegraph
ers' District, affixed the following resolu-
ton.
Resolved, That the organized power of
the order of Knights of Labor be directed
in demanding at the hands of Congress
the passage of a measure recommending
the purchase under the right Of eminent
domain of the telegraph system OF the
country; that il is the duty of all to as
sist in the nomination and supporting
with their votes only such candidates as
will pledge their support to such a meas
ure, and that special instructions be is
sued to the Legislative Committee at WASH
ington to agitate there for such ownership
and make Governmental telegraphy one of
the burning questions OF the day.
In introducing the resolution O'Reilly
called attention to the fact that the tele-
graph lines in every country except the
United States and Canada are owned by
the Government, and claimed that it was
an absolute necessity, The telegraph sys-
tenn should be controlled by the Govern
ment in the public interest.
Business Portion of "a Maryland
Town Destroyed.
SALISBURY, Md, Oct. ia fire which
started in a small frame stable at about 7
o'clock last night swept over the entire
portion of this village. A brisk wind from
the southeast spread the flames rapidly,
while the inhabitants stood by powerless
to prevent the destruction, as the dry
frame buildings burned too tiercely to be
checked by the small fire apparatus. As
~sistance has been asked for from Sheffield
and Wilmington. Del. At the present
hour II A. M the fire is still burning
fercely, and there seems to be no hope Of
staying its progress. No lives have been
lost.
LATER-This town was nearly destroyed
by fire last night. 1t is the county seat Of
Wicomi county, and was before destroyed
by fire. 1t is the principal lumber trading
point OF the eastern spur of Maryland,
and for many years has dom o prosperous
business. 1t is situated at the head Of
navigation on the Wicomi County river,
which extends up to the pine and cypress
regions OF the Lower Delaware. Eleven
large firms were burned out. A large
number of buildings were destroyed. on
which the loss in each case will not fall
below $40, 900. The total loss is now es-
timated at ST, 000, 900. There are but two
stores left. and many people are without
food and places to sleep. The distress is
worry great.
strike Practically Settled.
CHICAGO. Oct. 1S.-The great strike at
the stockyards is practically settled. Del
egate Barry, Of the Knights Of Labor,
states that he will have an interview with
the packers this afternoon, and would then
tell them that the men were prepared to
work ten hours as demanded by the
packers. He should use every endeavor
to have the packers discharge all non
| Union men they have brought in, but he
would not keep the men out. he said. even
il this request was refused. Armour &
Co. say that they will not discharge any of
the men they have brought in, and that as
far as they are concerned they feel almost
independent of the strikers. They killed
500 cattle Yesterday with their new men,