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The courier., 1894-10-20
DOTY & HAGGARD.
Aftor; ers At Law.
NC MURTRY BLOCK.
SHERHF SALE,

First Publication October L.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
Of two orders Of sale issued by the clerk
Of the district court of the Third Jud-
icial district OF Nebraska, within and for
Lancaster County, one in an action
wherein John X. Barr is plaintiff and
Charles F. Barras ct al are defendants,
and one in an action wherein Sarah L.
Barras is plaintiff and John X.
Barr are defendants, I will at .
clock P. NJ, on the 18th day
OF November A. D. 1894, at the East
door Of the court house. in the City of
Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska,
offer for ale at public auction the fol-
lowing described real estate to wit:
A piece or parcel OF land beginning at
point forty five (45) feet south Of the
north east corner Of lot number one ri
block number one hundred eighty six
1851 in the City Of Lincoln, running
thence south fifty five (55) feet thence
west one hundred QOO) feet thence north
fifty five (55) feet thence east one hund-
red tl00l feet to the place of beginning
east Of the 9th p. M. in Lancaster county
Nebraska.
Given under nv hand this 11tb day of
October A. ID. 1894.
FRED A. MILLER, Sheriff.
The courier., 1894-10-20
S. L. GEISTHARDT
Attorney at Law
BURR BLOCK.
SHERfFF SALE

First Publication Oct. Ii.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
OF an order of sale issued by the clerk OF
the District Court OF the Third Judicial
District of Nebraska, within and for
Lancaster County, in an action wherein
Stephen Douglas Bayer is plaintiff, and
George X. Brown ct al are defendents, l
will, at 2 2o'clock p. m on the 18th day
of November A. ID. 1894, at the east door
of the court house, in the city Of Lincoln,
Lancaster county; Nebraska, offer for
sale at public auction the following de-
described real estate to wit: Lots num-
ber seventeen M and eighteen ISL in
Richards Addition to Lincoln Nebraska,
according to the recorded plat thereof,
being a subdivision OF lot number sixty
four [64 of s. w. Little subdivision Of
the west half ~ OF the south west quar-
ter of section number twenty four [24]
in town ten [lOl north Of range six Isl
east OF the 9th p. NJ, in Lancaster
County.
Given under my hand this 11th day of
October A. d. 1894.
FRED A. MILLER,
Sheriff.
The courier., 1894-10-20
CHEAP TRAVELLING.
Articles.

The round trip rates to Hot Springs, 8.
D., offered by the Burlington Route are low
very low, as low as can be quoted.
Ask your local agent about them.
The courier., 1894-10-20

With their solid trains composed Of Pull
man palace, colonist sleepers. Their diners
are the finest.
We sweep the new wer.d with our Ely
ers" and fast mails and have knocked big
hole through the west. Pacific round trip
rates to coast $50.
The Tourists all say in the morning
"Body restedmind at peace"
The courier., 1894-10-20
s. L. GEISTHARDT,
lftorn.T fdx.
BURR BLOCK.
Sheriff Sale.
First Publication Oct. 20.

Notice is hereby given that by virtue OF an
order Of sale issued by the clerk Of the district
court of the Third judic i district OF Nebraska,
within and for Lancaster county. in an action
wherein The Clark and Leonard Investment
Company ct al are plaintiffs and W illiam A. Pike
ct al are defendants; Il will at o'clock p: M, on
the aOth day Of November, A. ID. 1894. at the east
door of the court house, in the city OF Lincoln,
Lancaster county, Nebraska, offer for sale at
public auction the following described real es-
tate to-wit:
Lot rumber four (4) block number two (2l in
Walnut Park Addition to Lincoln, Lancaster
county, Nebraska.
Given under my hand this 18th day OF DC
tober. A. ID. 1894, FRED A. MILLER.
Sheriff.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28

An Indiana woman, aged twenty
two is suing for divorce from her
ninety-two-y year-old husband.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28

act, it was fraud upon the people
an act which at one stroke increased
enormously the public debt and
changed every contract involving the
payment of money in United States.
It was an act that no more admits of
justification than spoliation or piracy.
Somebody ought to be held respon-
sible. Mr.. Hooper, of Massachusetts,
Mr.. Sherman, of Ohio, Director Lin
dermsn, and John Jay Knox. of New
York, seems thus far to be the only
ones who knew just what was going
on. We're these Representatives of
the people dupes of cunning, far-see-
ing spectators, or did they themselves
comprehend the true economic signi-
fance of the plundering scheme they
foisted on the country2 Let them
answer.
The people have themselves to blame
for submitting as long as they have
to the great wrong thus perpetrated
upon them.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28
A Fortune In a Tin Roof.

Three thousand dollars for an old
tin roof would be pretty steep price,
says the Philadelphia Record, but the
man who gets the battered roof from
the old Tabernacle church, Broad
street and Penn square, which is now
being torn away, for that sum will be
in great luck. Some years ago the
paint was scraped off the old roof
which yielded $5, 900 in fine gold. It
is almost as certain to yield as much
this time. The gold comes from the
United States Mint chimney, which
is near by.
When gold is being coined con-
siderable quantity of it volatilizes
with the smoke through the chimney
and as soon as it strikes the air it
falls. Much of it strikes the roof of
the mint-so much that the officials
save even the water that falls upon it
during a shower. All the drains
from the roof are connected with
large vats in the cellar of the mint
Before the water finally gets to the
sewer it is strained through many
blankets and sieves, which retain the
gold.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28
An Adventures.

A few weeks ago there came to this
city female of great beauty and ex-
ceedingly fair to look upon, she was
welcomed with outstretched hands and
warm words, and nature and the peo-
pie decorated themselves in her honor.
She posed as Miss Spring and her i'm
posture was perfect. Finally her ex-
pose came and instead of Miss Spring
it was learned that she was Old Mad
am Frigid Zone, but she succeeded in
doing an immense amount of havoc
before the people found this out. Miss
Spring will have to come in garments
of green, decked with flowers, and
must have her name blown in on the
bottle when she does come Or her
identity will be doubted greatly
Exchange.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28
The Missouri Going Dry.

The United States engineering de-
partment has just completed sur
vey of the upper Missouri river and
as far down as Livingston, Montana.
In the opinion of the engineers the
Missouri river is dwindling away and
will in time become small stream.
They found that the volume of water
at Great Falls Montana, measured
4,79O cubic feet per second; while at
Fort Benton, twenty-five miles down
the river, they found the volume was
4,331 cubic feet per second, de-
crease of 400 cubic feet. This, they
claim, explains the presence of the
great subterranean body of water
known as the South Dakota artesian
basin.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28

"Your husband" said the caller
sympathizingly "was man of many
excellent qualities" eyes," sighed
the widow, che was good man.
Every body says SO. wasn't much
acquainted with him myself. He be-
longed to six lodges"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28

The Legislature of Kentucky, in
consequence of the number of acci-
dents arising from pointing guns
that were not supposed to be load
ed" at people, has made it a misde-
meanor to point an empty gun at any
person.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28

A mothers pet the other evening
was kneeling at her lap repeating his
little child prayer, and this is the
way he got along: "Now l lay me
down to sleep; Say, mamma, do
prayers make the Lord as tired as
they do me2"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28

Boy" Ma didn't the missionary
say the savages didn't wear any
clothes2 Mother" Yes, my boy. "
Boy" Then what did pa put but
ton in the missionary box for? "
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28
Good Turnouts at Short Notice.

TIME UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE-
spectfully announce to the people Of
White Pine County and the travelling pub
lie that he has opened the commodious
Feed and Livery Stables on the west side
Main Street, where he has ample accom-
modations for the travelling public.
His charges will be reasonable, and by
fair dealing and strict attention to business
he hopes to merit and receive the public
patronage. B. +. MILLER, Manager.
Ely, April 10, 1893. a1esA
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28
JOB PRINTING.

THE NEWS Office is supplied with every
facility for executing all kinds of Job
Printing in frst-class style and at
living rates. Orders solicited.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28
A Check for Txenty-seven Millions.

A Check for Twenty-Seven Millions.
George r. Wells is carrying around
a little check for $27, 200, 900 in his
vest pocket at present. 1t represents
the sum of money paid by the Lon
don syndicate for the celebrated De
Beers mine in South Africa. 1t is a
Photographic copy of the original
check, now framed in the Office of
the company, and it was sent him by
his friend, Gardner Williams, the
well-known California mining man,
now superintendent of the mine. 1t
is the largest check ever drawn. Is.
F. Report.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1894-04-28
WHITE PINE NEWS
published every Saturday evening by
L. L. ELLIOTT.
Terms OF Subscription.

One Copy, one year by mail. ..........$ .$5 90
One Copy, six months by mail. ........ 90
One Copy, three months by mail. .... 90
The morning call., 1894-09-03
AN ENGINEERS HEROISrI,
Made Gallant Race and Saved MANY
Lives.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. From the
stories of passengers on the limited train
which was burned near Hinckey the en-
tire train crew deserve TO be placed on the
roll of honor for personal her0ism. Engi-
neer James Root of White Bear heads the
list He was badly burned and almost
blinded and fell from his seat unconscious
Immediately on getting out of the fires.
When about two miles north of Hinck-
ley Root first discovered tie fires, which
had been raging on both sides of the track.
were racing him for his life and the lives
of his passengers. Cinders were flying in
every direction. and the smoke was so
dense it was well nigh impossible to see
beyond the cab window even with the aid
of the powerful headlight He thought to
outrun the flames, which were coming
after and bearing down upon him at
sixty-mile gait. When about mile ana q
half from Hiuckley he discovered the fire
was too fast for him. 1t overlook the
train and Overleaped it. so it was literally
surrounded with flames. The air was
sitting, and the clothes of both the engi-
neer aud fireman caught fire. Fireman
MeGowan leaped into the water-tank. and
tn on seiZing a bucket dashed the water
several times over the burning engineer.
Root steadily kept at his post, although
scarcely able TO sit upright.
In the meantime the passengers could
see nothing, but heard the roaring of the
oncoming tornado of fire, and soon the
glare outside was too much for the reason
Of a number of them. The car caught
fire. ald as the flames overlook it the pas
sengers rushed headfong into the forward
cars. The shrieks of the women and
children, as we'll as the terrified shouts of
the men, increased the terrible feeling
aroused by the uproar of the flames on
every hand. Several of the male passen-
gers, too terrified tor further self-eontrol,
leaped headlong through broken windows
and were swallowed up by the bames out
side. Others seeing this act quickly fol-
lowed, and altogether in the next ten
minutes a dozen men leaped 10 death in
the flames in a like manner. The women,
whose terror had been pitiful few min.
utes before, now came heroically to the
help of the traiamen in endeayoring TO
soothe the frightened children.
Engineer Root saw there was no outlet
apparently for his train ahead and con-
cluded to turn back through the distance
already burned over rather than encounter
possibly greater perils before them. He
backed at fast speed to Skunk Lake, five
miles from Hinckley. The passengers de-
serted the train there and took refuge in a
swamp, where they spent the night.
This morning a relief train from the
north brought them to this city. The re-
lief train carried a supply of handcars.
which were used in picking up the bodies
of the dead along the track.
Engineer Root was at his home, too badly
injured to be interviewed. He was badly
cut by tha broken glass. but his worst in
juries were from inhaling the hot air and
smoke.
The morning call., 1894-09-03
MEASURES OF RELIEF.
Supplies for the Destitute and Hos
pitals for the Injured.

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 2-St. Paul was
quick to respond to the needs OF the
stricken people. In an incredibly short
space OF time $4,000 worth of provisions
and clothes were raised, and together with
hospital supplies, tents, etc., for the use
OF the survivors were hurriedly sent on
special train to the scene. The people of
Rush City and Pine City have also re-
sponded nobly to the call for relief. The
relief that is needed is clothing and food,
also money to rebuild, as the people have
absolutely nothing left. The roads lead
ing to the burned distriets-the St Paul
and Duluth. the Omaha and the Eastern
Minnesota-did not attempt to send out
their regular trains tonight.
Governor Nelson, Mayor Smith OF st.
Paul and Mayor Eustis of MINNEAPOLIS
have all issued proclamati0ns calling on
the people for help. Anything in the line
of provisions. clothing or money will be
very acceptable. All the churches in the
city and the relief societies have been
throwing open their doors for contribu-
tions and several responses have been re-
ceived.
PINE CITY, Minn., Sept. 2.-Pine City
turned the skating rink, as we'll as many
~
sufferers are receiving medical attention
and careful nursing. Whichever way the
eye turns heartrending scenes are wit
messed. The hospitals and streets are
thronged with people seeking their miss
ing loved ones. AS soon as each train
comes in from the north there is a frenzled
rush of inquiries. Few families are com-
plete, and the torture of anxiety and de-
spair is driving some people out of their
senses. A man going insane. woman
giving premature birth, heap of cinders
represen ting human form-these are a
few of the incidents of the great forest fire
of 1894
No trains are running west of Hinckley,
and it is impossible to get accurate in
formation. Carlton, Rutlege, Shell Lake
and other towns in the north are reported
burning to the ground.
At PinetOwn, four miles from Pine
City. fire is blazing and sweeping every
thing before it. In the afternoon this fire
was at least twelve miles square, but the
wind has gone down considerably, and it
is hoped its course will be checked. There
are fires north of Snake River also in
heavy timber section, which is sparsely
settled.
AS to the loss of property 1t is impossi-
BILE to make even au approximation. The
cIeansout has been so complete that many
people have no ambition to rebuild, and
will scatter to all parts of the country
The morning call., 1894-09-03
FIRES STILL RAGING.
Only Rain Can Save the Threatened
Villages.

BAY CITY, Mich, Sept. Forest fires
are raging throughout Tuseola County.
doing great damage. At Gagetown people
have plowed around buildings 10 save
them from burning. Unless rains fall
soon nothing but a miracle can save the
town. The present forest fires are the
worst ever seen in that part of the State.
CADoTT, Wis, Sept. 2-This village is
surrounded by fires ten rods from the
depot on the southwest. The condition is
serious. Hundreds of people were fighting
the fire all day.
EAU CLAIRE. Wis, Sept. 2-Railroad
men say the whole region from Cartwright
to Bashawm and Haughen has been on
fire since yesterday afternoon. Bridges
are being burned and no one knows when
trains will run.
The Omaha train, which arrived here at
P. NJ. yesterday, came through Basbawm
and took twelve men. women and children
from the burned village to Rice Lake.
The Northwestern Lumber Company has
reports of fresh fires breaking ont along
the Eau Claire River. One of the COIN.
pany said to-day that already fifty miles
of timber had been burned on the Fan
Claire. One of the Eau Claire owners of
the Barnett Lumb Der Company saws the
loss there is S250,000.
ASHLAND. WIS.,, Sept 2.-As result of
the forest fires Saturday and Sunday
81 ,0O0, 600 can be added to the amount of
loss occasioned this season. IL is doubtful
if $1,000 600 will cover the entire loss.
when The loss to standing timber and logs
is estimated.
Washburn had narrow escape from
total destruction and is still in danger. A
spark from forest fire south of town
alighted in one of the niles of lumbar ON
The morning call., 1894-09-03
MADE NO ATTACK.
Japanese Before Port
Arthur.
LAND DEFENSES TOO STRONG
An Imperial Decree Orders a
Forced Loan.
ID
AND DEFENsEs TOO STRONG
CHINESE BANKS MUST RAISE 1T.
The Russian Squadron Not to Inter.
fere in the SquabbIe Over
Korea.

LONDON, Sept 3.-A special dispatch to
the Times from Shanghai states the Chi
nese report that on Thursday last the
Japanese troops made a reconnaissance in
force on Port Arthur. They found the
landward defenses too strong, and retired
without making an attack.
A dispatch from Shanghai saws: An i'm
perial decree has been issued at Peking
ordering forced loan. 1t calls upon four
native banks to loan the Government. if
possible, 100000 taelS
ST. PETERSBURG. Sept.I2-The Russian
squadron destined for Korea is under
orders to proceed with the utmost expedi-
ton. Its officially stated the dispatch of
the fleet does not imply Russian military
inter Vention in the Chinese-Japanese dis
pute. but is merely intended to protect
Russian trade.
BERLIN, Sept 2.-The war party, of
which Prince Tching is the head, has got
the upper hand in China, which means
that the struggle with Japan will be pros
ecuted with vigor. a large army is now
gathering near Peking. Half of this army
will guard the capital and the other half
Will march to Korea before winter. Owing
TO the freezing of the Gulf of Prehili the
Japanese will then not derive so much
benefit from their navy as they have here
tofore and will be doomed more or less to
inaction.
The rumors of negotiations between the
United States, Great Britain, Russia and
Germany for the holding of conference
to pave the way for peace are denied.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.-Mr. Tsunejiro
Mlyaoka, the secretary of the Japanese
legation, has received notice of his trans
fer to similar Office at Vienna. He will
be succeeded by Mr.. Amano
The morning call., 1894-09-03

window. He TouseS at Intervals to say
SCI threw the little girl through the window
Did do right? Does any one blame me ?''
and then relapses into merclful uncon-
sciousaess.
There is little probability of Hinckley
ever being rebuilt to its former prosperous
proportions. The Brennan Lumber Com
pany is not expected TO rebuild its plant,
and without an enterprise of this kind
there is no future for Hinckley except as a
junction point.
The total loss of life will never be
definitely known. There were scattered
through the woods settlers, clearings and
lumber camps, with their watchmeD, and
many people were undoubtedly burned
whose bodies were completely destroyed
and will never be found.
The situation at Sandstone is even more
appalling than at Hinckley. except in
point of numbers. OF the 200 residents
about one-fourth are dead.
Otto Stafferfeldt of Sandstone, talking
of the disaster, said that last night about
$50 o'clock the flames neared the town
and the people prepared to leave. The
wind blew like a hurricane, and as the
people were getting ready to leave the fire
closed in on three sides. Not single per-
son saved thing except clothes. About
160 went to the river and 80 or 60 were
burned to death. At o'clock this morn
ing he saw over 45 bodies charred ana
burned lying on every side. The people
are destitute of everything.
In addition to the % bodies at Sandstone
there are 20 at Kettle River junction. All
the settlers in the vicinity are probably
burned to death. There are about eleven
homeless families at Mission Creek, but
they have provisions for about twenty
four hours.
Brook Park, two miles west of Hinck-
ley, is burned, and there are about 125
of Immediate relief.
The morning call., 1894-09-03

the dock and soon all was mass OF flames.
BigelOw & Co. have four docks. The
flames leaped from one dock TO the other
with the rapidity of a racehorse. The
firemen Immediately directed their atten-
ton to saving Bigelow & Co.'s mammoth
mill. This was done by tearing down the
tramways connected with the mill. The
firemen fought almost like demons and
risked themselves in every position in
order TO save the property. In spite of
their good work. however, the losses will
be very heavy.
A dispatch from Brule. out on the North
ern Pacific, says that the scene there is
dark and smoky. SawmIlls have been
shut down and men remain on duty all
night fighting fire. High Bridge and
Marengo are reported TO be in great danger.
Late tonight word comes that the town
of Glidden is burning. 1t is located on the
Wisconsin Central, about forty miles south
Of Ashland and has 500 inhabitants. The
fire has worked up into the heart of the
town and the greatest CONSERVATION pre-
walls.
Benoit, a sawmill town twelve miles
from Ashland, on the Omaha road, is
partly destroyed. The flames have burned
everything but the sawmill and the
100000 feet of lumber in the yards.
Everybody labored TO save this portion OF
the town, and succeeded in doing it, leav-
ing the remainder of the buildings TO burn.
The men have worked incessantly for
many hours and are almost exhausted.
SPooNER. Wis, Sept. 2.-The most dis
asirous forest fire in the history of the
county is now raging. In Baronette only
one house stands, the remains of a pros
porous numbering village OF 1000 in
habitants. with a total loss of S250,0
Only one life was lost
At Shell Lake fifty-two dwellings were
burned. rendering 300 people homeless.
Many escaped with only the clothes on
their back and insurance practically moth
ing. Many farmers report total loss Of
everything. Railroad bridges aie burned
and telegraph wires are down.
MARQUETTE. Mich, Sept. 2.-The
Western division of the Duluth, South
Shore and Allan tic Road is crippled by he
loss Of bridges in forest fires. Several
other roads have suffered serious loss. Re-
ports from all the lumber towns between
Nestoria and the Wisconsin State line are
all that are safe so far, but many are fight
ing fire dangerously. Many people have
loaded their effects On a train which the
South Shore officials are keeping ready to
move out IL necessary.
Much apprehension exists here regard
ing the whereabouts of passenger train
which left Duluth yesterday afternoon and
was due here at 4:45 A. NJ. to-day. Two
hundred miles of its run lie through the
fiIe-swept district, and it is feared bridges
have been burned Oh both sides of the
train, thus cutting off escape.
The morning call., 1894-09-03
FATAL REAR-END COLLISION.
A Mistake in Signals Causes Trains
TO Meet

CAMDEN, Sept. "A fatal rear-end colli-
sion occurred at 80 o'clock tonight Oh the
West Jersey Railroad at Seventh and Van
Hook streets, this city. The Atlantic City
excursion had just passed a signal tower
where it had been stopped and then given
the white signal to go on, when the Ocean
City excursion train came in view and th g
tranmen mistook the white signal in
tended for the Atlantic City train as being
for them. The engine of the Ocean City
excursion plowed through the rear coach
of the other train. killing Thomas Carter,
aged 30. and Edward FL. Van Lien.
Nearly everybody received bruises of
greater or less severity. but they were not
sufficiently hurt to necessitate sending
them to the hospital.