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The record-union., 1894-10-26
Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECORD-UNIoN.
OMAHA, Oct. Pa special to the
Omaha Bee from Hyannis, Neb., says:
This week has been direful one in q
large portion OF the sandhills. Devastat-
ing fires swept through the Western part
of Cherry and Grant Counties, burning
on the north side of the Burlington and
Missouri Railroad track to within about
tour miles Of Hyannis. Lashed on by
furious wind, the fires travelled at pace
that carried CONSERVATION as we'll as de-
struction.
The fire north of the railroad was set
the first of the week by drunken man
lighting his pipe and throwing the burn
ing match on the ground, where it ig-
nited the grass. In an instant fire
started, which, famed by the northwest
wind, at once set out on it's mission OF de-
strucCion. Thousands of tons of hay
have been burned.
About the same time another fire started
on the south side of the track, burning
everything clean from the trackside to
the Blue River. At present the fire is
largely confined to the isolated districts
OF sheridan, Grant, Thomas and Cherry
Counties.
Little information is obtainable, but
the loss is known to be heavy. The
fatalities known are as follows, though
many unverIhed rumOrs declare that
many ranchmen were lost: Z. L. Locher,
ranchman; - Bliss, brother-in-law OF
Locher; two unknown men.
In Sheridan county the fire has burned
over country forty miles in width, and
is still burning. 1t will require thou
sands OF dollars to repair the great dam
age OF the ire. Nothing like the ruin
has happened for mauV wears
At Thedford, ten miles south, citizens
were out until a late hour last night
burning fire guards, and at this time the
town Is considered safe, The wind is
blowing at the rate of sixty miles an hour
aud grave fears of destruction are ex-
pressed, as the air is full of smoke and
cinders. So far no fatalities are reported
in that locality.
Hundreds OF thousands of head of cat
tie are grazing in Cherry. Thomas, Grant
and other counties, where these fires are
raging. These cattle were sent there
| from the southern part Of the State,
| where the drought has been felt so heav-
lily, and were taken to the northern coun-
ties to Craze for the winter. 1t IS feared
large portion OF these cattle have perished
in the flames.
1t is almost impossible to get any def
mite information concerning the fires as
| they are at some distance from the rail-
road stations. The loss to the farmers
and stOckraisers will be enormous and,
coming as 1t does in the drought, the situ-
tSn Sia be particularly hard to bear this
winter. 1t will be several days before
and definite details as TO the loss of life
and property will be known, since those
who have fled from their homes to the
water courses to avoid the flames will not
leave them while the fires are being con-
stantly shifted by the high winds.
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STORM ON CoNEY ISLAND.
The Worst Experienced Since the
Memorable One of 1855.

Memorable One of 1855.
New York, Oct. 26.-The World this
(Friday) morning says: Coney Island has
been lashed by a storm for the past
twenty-four hours such as it has not ex-
perienced since the memorable one of
1880. The rain of Wednesday, accompa-
MED by a hard, driving nortbeasterly
wind, started the music A high tide
followed and with the latter ground
swell, one such as Coney Island has
rarely experienced, and it made things
unusually lively.
1t was high tide shortly after P. NJ.
yesterday. At that hour the ocean was as
placid as sleeping babe, but suddenly
the great combers developed into high
rolling waves of green. which, as they
approached the shore, broke upon the
the Oriental, Manhattan and Brighton
Beach Hotels with a tremendous roar.
Each receding wave carried away with it
several feet of beach, digging up piles
and bulkheadS and undermining the
small pavilions near the ocean.
Between Sea Breeze avenue and the
ocean lies strip of Brooklyn city prop
erty controlled by the Park Department..
Yesterday an engineer was sent from
Brooklyn to find out how the property
could be saved from further inroads of
the sea. The engineer discovered there
was nothing left worth mentioning save
Sea Breeze avenue, and very little of
that. The rest of this beautiful beach
had been carried away by the breezes
and added to the accumulation of sand
known as Rockaway Bar, which year by
year is approaching nearer and nearer to
Sandy Hook.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1oS.

SpeCidl W IllG ESECOkD-O Nun
PORTLAND, Oct. 25.-A clever swindle
has been exposed here by the arrest of A.
c. Danmeier on the charge of using the
mails for fraudulent purpose. The base
of operations was at Palestine, a small
suburb of this city.
About q month ago two alleged pre-
tentious concerns began receiving and
depositing mail there. One was "Kaner IL
Co., manufacturers agents for merchan-
disc" at Denver, Col. and Portland, Or.
NJ. o. w. Kaner, who signed his name as
manager of the alleged concern, was the
the initial party to the swindling, the
finishing touches being put on by j. d.
Neaton who signed as an agent of the
Palestine Express Company" whose
alleged business was expressing and
forwarding" and storage at lowest
rates."
Advertisements were inserted in the
want column of daily papers in different
western cities asking for agents to sell
stock OF drygoods, notions and crockery
way on salary and commission. a young
man in San Francisco answered the ad-
vertisement, and afterward brought the
mrtter to the attention of the postal au-
thorities. The plan of the swindle was
divulged in his correspondence with
kaner u Co., who reported that they
had a $4,000 stock of goods, which
was to be divided up into four
parts for the purpose of stocking four
different stores in his city. The agent
was to get a salary of $50 per month and
L per cent. of the gross receips. The
goods were packed ready for shipment,
and each agent was TO pay his share of
the freight. The Palestine Express Com
pany at this juncture would notify the
agent that the goods were ready for ship
meut. but the charges, amounting to Sl5.
must be prepaid.
Danmeier is well known here. a few
years ago be drove a First-street horse
car. He has not yet been able to furnish
a bond of $1,000 for his appearance before
the Federal Grand Jury.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
PURITY OF ELECTIONS LAW.
interesting Point TO be Raised by Los
Angeles Republicans

interesting Point TO be Raised by Los
Angeles Republicans.
Los ANGELES, Oct. 25.-The Repub-
hcan City Convention was called to order
this morning and Chairman elected.
After committees had been appointed
and the convention was in working or
der, 1t was discovered that in the purity
of elections law there is clause invalidat-
Ing all nominations where conventions
are held in direct communication with
saloon; also, that a saloon was running
luIl blast adjoining the hall. The saloon
was hastily closed up and the convention
adjourned sine die.
1t was again called to order by the
Chairman OF the Central Committee and
all the work done over again.
AS the Democratic County and City
convention made nominations with
saloons running close at hand, the EUea-
ahg E.cpTeSS interprets this action as
meaning that the Republicans intend to
raise the point that the Democratic NOM
lnatlons are void, and contests will be
raised overa Democrat elected to office.
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Treasure Found.

DURANGO (Mexico). Oct. 25.-While
Jose Marie Herrara was herding a flock
of sheep on the ranch of Julio Flore,
forty miles west of here. yesterday. he
discovered cave, which he partly ex-
plored. He found stored in the cavern a
box filled with gold coins and ornaments
valued at $4,000. 1t is supposed the
treasure is part of the ill-gotten gains of
the brigand Benito Marez, who operated
in that section about thirty years ago and
was killed on one OF his expeditions.
Ten per cent. of the amount discovered
must be turned over to the State Govern
m0nt.
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a Surveyor in Luck.

PORTLAND Qnd.), Oct. 25.-John Rich
ardson, a surveyor at Bluffton. is in luck
Many years ago his grandfather bought
a tract of land in Florida, which is now
covered by twenty-eight blocks of build
lngs of the city of Pensacola, Fla. Re-
cent investigation shows that the land
still belongs TO the Richardson heirs, al
though occupied by others, and is worth
millions. Richardson will go south to
look alter it,
The record-union., 1894-10-26
FATAL EXPLOSION.
six Men Killed by the Bursting of a
Steam-Pipe.

Steam-Pipe.
BREsT (France), Oct. 25--An explosion
took place to-day on board the French
cruiser Arethuse while her engines were
being tested, preparatory to sailing for
the East in order to reinforce the French
squadron in Chinese waters, if such a
step should be necessary. Six men were
killed and twenty others We're badly
scalded.
The first report of the disaster which
had reached the shore magnified it con-
siderably, and ii was generaiIy be-
lieved one of the cruisers boilers had
burst. 1t is now believed, however, that
the explosion was due to the bursting OF
a steam-pipe.
The disaster caused great excitement
ashore and about the docks, aud was in
creased when it was discovered that ire
had broken out or board the cruiser.
The situation became such, however,
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CANNIBALIsM AT ELvIN BAY.
starving Esquimaux Eat the Flesh of
Their Dead Comrades.


Their Dead Comrades.
DUNDEE, Oct. 25.-At the beginning of
August the whalers Aurora, Belsena and
Esquimaux were in Prince Regents In
let searching for white whales. They
steamed into Elvin Bay, and party from
the Balsena went on shore. They had
not gone far when they came upon
CHASTITY ring of corpses, the remains of
Esquimaux who evidently died of starva-
ton. The clean-picked bones and partly
devoured bodies revealed story of can
nibalism. One corpse had been be-
headed and the head was found thirty
yards away from the trunk, at place
where some one had evidently made a
meal upon the flesh and brains.
1t is supposed that the party while out
travelling found their progress check ed
by the setting in of winter. One by one
they succumbed to hunger, and finally
the stronger, through futile attempt 10
save their own lives, were driven to eat
the others.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
Panic in a Church.

ST. PETERSBURG. Oct. 25.-During
conservation in church at Trokh, near
Ostrovainsky, lamp was upset, the cry
Of fire was raised and panic followed.
In the rush for the doors two women and
three children were trampled to death.
Twenty-seven people were seriously in-
jured
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Runaway at YreKa.

YREKA, Oct. 25.-The spirited team of
ii. j. Wadsworth, wholesale and retail
butcher of Yreka, ran away this morn
ing, demolishing the wagon and scatter
ing the carcasses of beeves in all direc-
tions. Adolph Stark, the driver, was
caught between the fence and telegraph
pole and dangerously hurt In his fall
from the wagon one leg was broken twice
below the knee, beside internal injuries.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
FRUIT SHIPMENTS.

Amount Sent East This Season Far in
Excess of That of Last Year.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 25.-The fruit
shipping season has so nearly ended that
it is not premature to institute a compari-
son between the shipments of the present
season and those of 1898. The following
are the figures of carload shipments of
fresh fruits, East-bound, over the South
ern Pacific lines, nearly all going from
Northern California over the Central Pa
ciic Road:
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Biz suit TemporariIv Knocked ont.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25.-Judge Slack
to-day sustained the demurrer and
temporarily knocked out the big suit
brought by Valentine Gadesden against
A. ID. Moore, President of the Kings
River Lumber Company. This is the
suit brought for $3.50, 900 for the non-
fuIhllment of a contract to sell the lum Der
company's property for S2,500,00 to
British syndicate. Plaintiffs lawyer has
ten days to amend the complaint.
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MURDERER 81. CLAIR.
Marshal Baldwin Arranging for His
Execution at san Jose.

EAcCUtIOu uL SIN tJOSes
SAN JOSE, Oct. 25.-United States Mar
shall Baldwin came here to-day to arrange
for the execution of Thomas St. Clair.
st. Clair was reprieved in September by
the President until November I'd. The
prisoner has been confined here for sew
eral months. He was convicted in the
United States Court at San Francisco of
numbering the mate Of the bark Hesper
while on the high seas On appeal to the
United States Supreme Court the verdict
was affirmed.
The Marshal and his deputies will have
entire charge of the execution. The scat
The record-union., 1894-10-26
Nihillsts Arrested.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 25.-The police
have seized number of nihilist proclaim
ations which have been secretly circu-
lated, and have arrested q number of
young men on the charge of distributing
them in various quarters of the city.
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that her commander brought her along
SIDE one of the docks here, and the flames
had to be extinguished by the crew, rein
forced by detachments of marines and
sailors from the dockyard, before the in
Jured could be extricated.
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neath OF Colonel MalIorr.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-Colonel Gar
rick Mallory, United States army, re-
tired, died here yesterday, aged 63 years.
He was one of the Libby prisoners. He
was in charge oil the Signal Service Bu-
reau from 1870 to 1876, and was then or
dered to Dakota His investigation into
Indian mythology gave him scientific
reputation.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
DESTRUCTION BY FIRE.
Northern Nebraska Swept by De-
yaStating Flames
SEVERAL PEOPLE AND THOUSANDS
OF HEAD OF CATTLE PERISH

Decision Rendered BY an Assistant
United States District Attorney
That No Matter How Many Times
q Man Registers and Votes. Even
for Congress, In Kansas. He Cannot
Be Punished Under the Revised
Statutes.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
Homicide in Arizona.

Prescott (Ariz.), Oct. 25.-Henry Nc
Keown, a prominent citizen OF Walnut
Grove, thirty miles from here, was shot
and killed last night by Horner Camp
bell, a young cowboy. The particulars
of the tragedy are not yet learned.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
Dead Body Found in Napa Creek.

VALLEJO, Oct 25.-Two men who were
boating on Napa Creek seven miles above
here to-day observed two feet and legs OF
man sticking out of fissure of a bank
which had been exposed by the low tide.
They were unable to pull the body out, as
1t was wedged tightly in the fissure. Itis
believed that the body is that OF a sailor
who was drowned at Mare Island a month
ago, and that the body was washed into
its present position by the tides.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
SMALLPOX AT WASHINGTON.
Three of the Victims Employees of the
Interior Department.

Interior Department.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The health
authorities are using the greatest endeav-
ors to prevent an epidemic of smallpox.
Its prevalence has caused. considerable
alarm, and it is estimated that over 800
people were vaccInated yesterday.
An agent of the Health Department
visited the Interior Department, and at
his request Secretary Smith issued an
order requiring all employees to be vacci-
mated.
The force at the department was in
panic to-day, owing to the fact that three
smallpox victims are employed in the
Interior Department..
The latest victim of the contagion is
Judge Marion Rucker of South Carolina,
an Assistant Attorney General for the
Interior Department, who appears to
have well developed case. He was re-
moved to the pest-house. The Judge
lived in a boarding-house where thirty
persons resided. An investigation shows
that Judge Rucker became affected with
the contagion in his office, where Mr..
Conlon, father of an infant who died with
that disease, is employed in an official ca
pacitY.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
MARCH OF JAPANESE.
Their Troops Cross the Yalu River
and ROut the Enemy.
CAPTURE A CHINESE FORT. TWO
GUNS AND MANY RIFLES

An Attack to be Made on the Strong
hold of Chinese Troops Within a
Few Days-Report That the Chinese
Have Evacuated Port Arthur and
That the Japanese Have Effected a
Landing in Talien Wau Bay, on the
Corean Side.
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Officials Indicted by Il

Officials Indicted by the Grand Jury.
DENVER, Oct. 25.-The Grand Jury to-
day brought indictments against seven
Constables and officials of Justice Courts.
who are charged with having forged
names of witnesses certificates and de-
trauded the county out OF thousands of
dollars.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
Porter Returns to His Home,

ANAHEIM, Oct. pa. d. Porter, Treas
urer of the Odd Fellows Lodge of this
city, who mysteriously disappeared on
Tuesday last, has returned to his home.
Porter was suffering from temporary
alteration of the mind, the result OF an
accident some years since.
The record-union., 1894-10-26

These figures are up to the evening of
October 22d, and show an increase of over
% per cent. in the East t-bound shipments
in the lines specified. The figures do not
include shipments to Salt Lake, Portland
and other Pacific Coast points.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
CRISP AT NASHVILLE,

NASHVILLE (Tenn.), Oct. 25.-An i'm
mense audience greeted Speaker Crisp to-
night. a torchlight procession of Demo-
cratic clubs escorted Mr.. Crisp to the
NendOme, which was packed to overflow
ing, and hundreds were turned away.
Mr.. Crisp spoke for over two hours to
an intensely interested audience, which
gave him the proioundest attention. He
said he had come TO discuss some of the
things the Democrats had done, to men
ton some of the things they hoped to do,
and to give some reasons why, in the ap-
proaching election, allegiance should be
given to the interests OF the Democratic
party, National and State. The Demo-
cratic party was responsible for Federal
legislation, and as one ofits representatives
he did not seek to avoid the responsibility.
lie reviewed the acts of the Democratic
Congress, spoke of the disturbed condi-
ton OF the country, financially and in
dustrially, and referred to the panic, and
traced it back to it's sources. In regard
to the financial legislation, he discussed
the action of Congress in repeating the
purchase clause of the Sherman Act, and
said that candor compelled him to state
that the result was "a great disappoint-
ment TO him. Il have always believed, :"
be said, the American people, irrespec-
tive of party, demand a law which shall
continue the coinage of silver for the use
OF the people. But this is great coun-
try with a large population. and laws
must be the result of compromise, and
every man must not expect to get what
he wants."
The record-union., 1894-10-26
Fire at Delano.

DELANo. Oct. 25.-The general mer-
chandise store of Il. Chauvin was burned
last evening. Only the books were saved.
Loss, 81, 900; partially insured.
The record-union., 1894-10-26
CAMPAIGN IN NEW YORK.
One of the Fiercest in the History
of the Empire State.
ORATORS OF BOTH PARTIES NOW
UNDER FULL SWING.

The Most Prominent Men, Republicans
and Democrats Alike, Drafted Into
Service-Hill and Depew Address
Large Audiences In New York City
Mckinley Exhorts the People of
Buffalo to Stand by Republican
Principles, While Vfce-President
Brooklyn.
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Estee sneaks at watsonviue,

WATsoNvILLE, Oct. 25.-M. NJ. Estee
spoke here tonight. He was well re-
ceiyed and made favorable impression.
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CoNGREssMAN WILSON,

CLARKsBURG CIV. Va.), Oct. 25.-This
city tonight was the scene of the biggest
demonstration in the history of Harrison
County. When the train bearing the
Wilson party pulled into the depot 1000
people surrounded the cars. There was a
uniformed marching club LOCO strong,
and large number of horsemen to make
up parade column half mile long. At
the fair grounds 5000 people had as
sembled. Assistant Secretary McAdoo
was most enthusiastically received, and
made great speech, He was followed
by Mr.. Wilson, whose reception was
tlattering, and whose address was fully
equal to that delivered at Wheeling.
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A SVINDLER RUN down.
Gulled People Into Paying Bogus
Express Charges.
THE BASE OF HIS OPERATIONS A
SUBURB OF PORTLAND.

\ Prominent Citizen Of Arizona Shot
and Killed By q Cowboy = Fruit
Shipments to the East Up to the
22d Instant Far in Excess of Those
for the Whole Season Last Year
Nearly All of the Fruit Going From
Northern California.
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outside of politics, where it belongs In
conclusion, he said: Boys, this is a
jubilee year, and we are riding in a
triumphal car, and those who are left be-
hind will regret it,"
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-08-03
How Ice Cream Was First Made.

The man who invented ice cream was
q negro of the name Of Jackson and in
the early part of the present century
kept small confectionery store Cold
custards, which were cooled after being
made by setting them on cake of ice,
were very fashionable, and Jackson con-
ceived the idea of freezing them, which
he did by placing the ingredients in a
tin bucket and completely covering it
with ice. Each bucket contained a
quart and was sold for 81. 1t immedi-
ately became popular, and the inventor
soon enlarged his store and when he
died left considerable fortune A
good many tried to follow his example,
and ice cream was hawked about the
streets, being wheeled along as the
hoky poky carts are now, but none of
them succeeded in obtaining the flavor
that Jackson had in his products.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1894-08-03
Order of Publication.

State of Michigan, in the Circuit Court for the
County of Shiawassee in Chancery.
MATILDA DAVIS VS. SAMUEL DAVIS.
Suit pending in the Circuit Court for the
county of Shiawassee in chancery, at Corunna,
on the ODD day of June A. ID. 1894.
In this cause ii appearing from affidavit on
file that the defendant Samuel 5. Davis is
not n resident Of this state, but resides in the
state of New York, on motion of Selden S.
Miner, compliments solicitor, it is ordered
that the said defendant, Samuel s. Davis
cause his appearance to be entered herein,
within four months from the date of this order,
and in case of his appearance that he cause his
answer TO the complainants bill of complaint
to be filed, and n copy thereof to be served on
said complainants solicitor, within twenty days
after service on him of copy of said bill, and
notice of this order; and that in default thereof
said bill be taken as confessed by said non-resi
dent defendant.
And IL is further ordered that within twenty
days the said complainant cause % notice of this
order to be published in THE TIMES, a news
paper printed, published and circulating in said
county, and that such publication be continued
there at least once in each week for six weeks
in succession or that he cause copy of this
order 10 be personally served on said non
resid mt defendant, at least twenty days before
the time above prescribed for his appearance.
FRANK h. BUMPS,
Circuit Court Commissioner.
SELDEN s. MINER, Compliments Solicitor.
June %, 1894.