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VOL. IV.
THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ii. 1891.
NUMBER t().
LOST THREE VESSELS
Thet Is What One .Japanese
Message Says.
ANOTHER SAYS THEY LOST NONE
K.rl Nuu.m, rrealnent of Colombia, l
Il--I hrch and State
Troubles la Italy.
8ian.hai, Sept. 21. A telegram from
Kolf, Japan, ton fi rum the statement
from Chiiit'iw sources that the Japanese
lost three warships in the naval liattle
at the mouth of the Yalu river. Their
names are not given.
!.. K Recta of tho War.
Sax Fh.-.s "CO, Sept. 21. The effect
ol tlie Core., war is already lieiug felt
by the evple iA Japan. A large num
ber of the Japanese attending private
and public Hchools in this city have re
ceived letters from their parents be
wailing the prevent state of financial
aud commercial stringency. Business
is practically at a standstill. The Chi
nese are affected in a lite manner, and
one large firm which dealt extensive!
in sea weed, one variety of which is ufe ..
for food in the Orient, has already sus
pended. The commercial relations be
tween the hostile countries are for the
time being cut off, aud as there is at
present little prospect of a settlement,
the situation is not likely to change in
the immediate future. The letters
which have been received by the local
students state that the trades people are
in sore need of money. There is no sug
gestion of actual want, but from the
tenor of the epistles there is every symp
tom of the effect of the war being ap
parent on all sides. In gome cases ap
peals have been made for money. As
soon as the true scope of the war be
came known here a large number of
Japanese residing in this coon try,
who were members of the Japanese
army and were in Pan FranclBco sim
ply on a furlough, mustered together
and left for their native land. It is said
that should the Japanese government
call for volunteers, every one of its sub
jects residing in this country would im
mediately answer the call and return to
his home. Already subscriptions have
lieen started in the local colony and over
$4,000 collected. This sum was for
warded to the Japanese government for
the support of the hospitals for the
wounded ami distribution among those
most affected by the war. Another
source of revenue for the mother coun
try is the plans of the Japanese in this
state for accumulating funds by leaving
school and guing into the country where
they can work at fruit-pickinK.
IilMUuwd by a Conaul.
Nsw York, Sept. 21. The Japanese
consul in this city says the troops left
by the Chinene transports at Yalu bay
will be Japanese prisoners in a few
days. He added:
"Japan has a powerfu' army in Corea
now, and they know how to fight. I
think the Japanese army will soon at
tack the fortified city of Moukedum, in
Manchuria. Then look out for hard
battle. China is showing weakness just
where Japan expected it. The former
has only a few really good soldiers aud
otlicers. The, bulk ol them were at I'ing
Yang and were eitlier captured or
killed."
"How altout the stories of the Japan
tone soldiers' families starving because of
the war7"
"Such stories are untrue. The fami
lies of alment soldiers are being cared
for in the communities whence they
went."
The Lose at fla- Vang.
Tokio, Sept. 21. An official dispatch
from the Japanese headquarters at Hor
ishima says the losses of the Japanese
at the battle of Ping Yang were 11 offi
cers and 154 men killed, 00 officers and
021 men wounded aud forty missing.
Two thousand Chinese, the official dis
patch says, were killed. The number of
wounded is supposed to be very large.
The I'on 800 column alone captured 611
prisoners, of whom 84 were wounded.
Wbulo HmUub of tho Kaitn Oave Way.
Wichita, Kan., Kept. 21. The land is
caving in toward the center of the earth
in the vicinity of the junction of Har
vey, Butler and Marion counties, in this
state, (.treat excitement prevails among
the people, and many of them are leav
ing. The disasters are of the most un
accountable origin, and the state treolo
gist has beeu summoned to investigate
the disturbances of the earth's forma
tion. There was no shock felt when the
ground caved in bearing any semblance
to an earthquake. Near White Water,
on the farm of Thomas Ksington, an
area of 40 by '.) feet sunk v a depth of
28 feet. When a man was Id down into
the hole, his weight alone tank it neatly
three feet more. This occurred yester
day. At the same time an area of 75
square feet sunk at Plum Grove a depth
of l!50 feet ou the larin of Kid Jones,
w here the sliding-in carried a threshing
machine and separator with it. Water
poured into the latter holes from under
ground streams, until now it is nearly
filled tv the top; but the hole at White
Water is still dry, although it is sup
posed that tho caved-in earth is resting
upon a vast body of water. Tho two
places are seven or eight miles apart.
At Annelly, about 10 miles from
White Water, there were several cave
ins, ranging from a depth of 6 to 40 feet.
The theories are various, but none of
them, so far, are scientific. Not long
sinc-j a man was boring a well in the
vicinity of Plum (irove, and when he
had reached a depth of 26 feet the drill
shot into an apparent vacuum, and could
not lie recovered. The supposition is
that there is an old river bed underneath
the land, which lias caved in. AH the
cave-ins, great and small, extend in a
crooked, stream-like course a distance of
about 24 miles.
Arreate4 fur Murder.
Cincinnati, Sept. 21. William M.
Myers, arresteJ here last night for the
murder of Forrest Crow ley, near Atlanta,
made a long statement today to the ef
fect that the in u Her was committed by
Brown Allen, a gambler. He says Allen
got him completely under his control
and induced him to entice Crowley to a
lonely place. This he did by telling
Crowley he had mules to sell. He sent
Crowley into the woods, wdiere Allen
was concealed. In a few minutes Allen
returned with a pocketbook, Baying:
"Here, take your share; I've killed
him." Myers says he took 31 and left
$n. "
Banes Men Arrested.
Pan Fbancihco, St pt. 21. Henry Mar
tin, William Cooper and John Thacker,
bunco men, have been arrested by local
detectives. They were caught in a room
on Butter street, where Thacker was ob
served steering a man into the establish
ment. The bunco men were seated
around a table, on w hich were cards,
chips, blank checks and two checks in
the name of W. S. Barnes for several
hundred dollars. The stranger wa9
Charles Paul, of Reno, Nev. Thacker
had induced him to go to the room on
the pretense that he would get him a
position at $50 a month.
Aa KxpreM Office Kubbed.
San Jobb, Sept. 21. A bold robbery
occurred in the depot office of Wells,
Fargo & Co.'s this morning. A China,
man seized a package of money when
ttie clerk's attention was distracted.
The movement w as seen by a bystander,
and a moment later the clerk cried out
that a package was missing. The China
man wan found in the depot and protests
his innocence. No money was found on
him. A protracted search revealed the
package, which had been concealed in a
closet. The entire atuouat, f 157, was
recovered.
Admiral Tins; Was Wounded.
London, Sept. 21. A Shaughai die
patch dated 0 p. m. today says : "The
commanding officers of four of the Chin
ese warships were killed in the engage
ment off the mouth of the Yalu river.
Admiral Ting was wounded in the cheek
and lee, neither wound serious; five of
the Chinese transports are still missing.
Three Chinese transports are reported
Captured. All the Chinese ships not
sunk were badly damaged. The Japan
ese ships are preparing for another at
tack." roullsk Women riant.
Swiit, Ala., 8ep21. Jvluiunda An
derson and Irene Washington, octoroons,
fought duel to the death lastnight with
knives. The cause was white man,
Ben Olson, whose affections both
claimed. The two fought like tigresses
until Irene Washington fell dying with
21 stab wounds. The Anderson women
whom Olsen discarded, then stabbed
herself. Olsen fled.
A Street Car Meld l'p.
Nsw York, Sept. 21. An open car
was held op last night near Abington
square. About 40 hoodlums, some black,
some white, rushed out into the street,
crying "fire," and stopped the car.
Several held the horses while their com
panions robbed the passengers. When
the police arrived the toughs were In re
treat and only two were caught.
W hat the Fop Said.
Komk, Sept. 21. The pope, in conver
sation with some of the cardinals, said
he recognizes Prime Minister Crispe's
praiseworthy intentions, ns evidenced
by his recent speech at Naples, but that
a Solution of the question of church and
state In Italy is impossible without the
restoration of the pope's temporal power.
HUNDREDS ARE DEAD
Hurricane in Iowa. .Minne
sota and Wisconsin.
ALL OF CYCL0X1C PROPORTION'
In Rome Places flouaea and I'ereoaa
Were Carried Hundred, of Feet
and Then Set Ouwu.
Sr. Paul, Sept. 22. Between 8 and 10
o'clock last night a narrow strip of coun
try twenty miles long was laid waste by
a hurricane, which in many places de
veloped into a cyclone. In its path to
day are ruined towns, devastated farms
and several hundred dead and injured
people. Starting about ten miles south
of Spencer in Northwestern Iowa, the
storm of w ind at 8 o'clock began its work
of destruction.
Towns damaged or destroyed : Cylin
der, Foreet City and Manley Junction,
la.; Lcroy, Spring Valley, Dodge Cen
ter, Lowther and Homes, Minn., and
Marshfield, Wis.
Mason City, la., Sept. 22. The most
devastating and life-destroying storm of
wind, hail and rain known in years vis
ited this section last night about 10
o'clock. In its destructive path it
touched the south part of Lincoln town
ship and then it passed eastward to
Mandi Junction, in the south of Worth
county. In its way it swept valuable
property out of existence and killed at
least fifty persons. All telegraphic com
munication has been shut off by fallen
wires, so that full details cannot be as
certained, but it is certain that the num
ber of injured will run into the hun
dreds. The storm seems to have
traveled from the southwest to the north
east. It apjeared that it gathered its
force south of EmmetBburg and then
crossed the Iowa and Minnesota divis
ions of the Milwaukee and St. Paul rail
road at EmmetBburg. It next beaded
north of Weslev and then north of Graf
ton, then speeding straight north to Le-
roy and Spring Valley. Osage also
fearfully felt its terrific force, and many
are reported seriously hurt. The most
serious are :
William Perry, 27 years old, can live
but a few hoars; Joseph Finley, hnrt
about the head and internally, may die;
Joseph Lonergan, flesh wounds ; Benja
min Kestern, cut in the face; Mrs. Ben
111 in Kestern ; Dennis Lonergan, artery
in the wrist severed and otherwise in
jured.
Five houses were completely demol
ished and swept from their foundations.
The residences of Louis Ponner, Patrick
Lonergan, jr., William Perry, Phil Her
bert, Messrs. Nicholas and Colter and
Benjamin Kestern, and all the outbuild
ings, barns, grain in stack and some
were also destroyed. At Emmetsburg
the amphitheater at the fair grounds
was wrecked, also a residence. Several
are reported injured there. Four miles
north of Wesley great destruction was
wrought. At Cylinder the whole family
of Alexauder Goldman, consisting of
himself, wife nd two children, were
killed. About ten other persons were
injured. Dwellings were demolished
and a large number of outbuildings laid
low. Reports say there were nine
killed in the vicinity of Emmetsburg.
Three miles north of Wesley, J. Big
ham's house was overturned and set on
Are. The inmates had a narrow escape.
A telegram from Algona says 26 peo
ple are reported killed in Kossuth county,
while the destruction of property is very
great. The .country swept is a farming
section, with great barns filled to the
rafters with hay. The packed condition
of the barns saved the stock. A willow
hedge running north and south near the
Stepneck homestead was piled full of
household goods, bedding and milk cans
from Beaver's place, a mile west. The
Joe Thompson house was gutted and the
walls are in s swaying condition. His
barn went to pieces and five horses were
buried in it. It took until 3 o'clock
next morning to dig them out, but all
were recovered from the ruins without
injury. Fast of the river, in Plum
Creek township, the house of George
Holmin was carried 30 rods and dropped
with such force as to wreck It. In it
were Mr. Holmin, his wife and three
children. One child was killed outright
and the others injured. A man named
Dangiuan, a mile north of Holmin'i,
was killed, and seven more were killed
northeast of this place, including a man
and wife, names not known.
The wife and children of Fred Pompe,
In F'enton township, were in a house
which collapsed. They were covered
by falling walls and not one was hurt.
The barn was blown away and five
horses tied to the mangers were left on
the floor unhurt. George W. Beaver's
family, three miles north of Algona, had
just returned from the fair. He got into
the house with his wife, two children
and an adopted boy and wis going down
into the celler when the cyclone demol
ished the house. The family were cov
ered with mins. Beaver, with a baby
n his arms, walked to Christian Dean's,
his father-in-law, for help. His wife
was just dying when he returned, and
his little giil gasped "Papa" and ex pi red.
Myron Schink's immense barns and
hou.e were made into kindling wood.
His wife and children were carried 100
feet and were found under a heavy oak
beam. Mrs. Schink was unconscious.
Horace Schink, Myron's father, was cov
ered up with lumber. He is 73 years
old and his recovery is questionable.
The Swedish church 10 miles south
west of Spencer was blown to atoms.
The town of Loweter, five miles north of
El ma, is a mass of bent and broken tim
bers and splinters. The damage done to
the town and vicinity will exceed $100,
000. Owing to the situation of the
village and from the fact that telegraph
and telephone communication have been
shut on for the past 24 hours, it has
been impossible to confirm reports sent
from Oelwein, la., until this afternoon,
when a reporter visited the scene of dis
aster. The severe wind and rain struck
Oelwein a Lout 6 p. m. yesterday, and
gradually grew worse until 1 o'clock this
morning, when those able to regain con
sciousness found themselves in corn
fields or on open prairies. The width of
the storm is estimated at half a mile,
and its course due east and west.
It is reported that the village of New
Haven, located eight miles west of Elma,
was entirely destroyed and several killed
and wounded, but as no one has arrived
from there, the ieport cannot be con
firmed. The Kenyon family, consisting
of nine persons, living 10 miles north of
Cresco, was killed last night, and the
residence converted into kindling wood.
The tornado passed over Cresco, demol
ishing the Hollister Lumber Company's
sheds, tore the end out of Norton's livery
stable unroofed half a dozen houses and
flattened more than half of the barns
and outhouses in the city. Trees 12 in
ches in diameter were snapped off like
pipestems on about every street in
Cresco.
The Sujr.r Inquiry.
Washington, Sept. 23. The expected
indictments against Messrs. Havemeyer
aM Searles, of the sugar trust, who re
fused to answer questions asked them by
the senate investigating committee, have
been finally presented in the district at
torney's office, and only awaits the
action of the grand jury, which will
present them to the court. The time
that has elapsed since the case was firet
commenced Las been consumed in the
preparation of these indictments. No
more difficult technical task has de
veloped upon the district attorney for
years, chiefly on account of the lack of
precedent. The brunt of the prosecu
tion of the sugar trust will rest upon the
indictments. There is no doubt that
the lawyers for the trust will make mo
tions to quash the bills, as the first step
in their defense. The decision of the
criminal court judge will doubtless be
taken to the court of appeals of the dis
trict, for, although an appeal at that
stage of an ordinary case is not allowed,
the court of appeals makes an excep
tion for a case of extraordinary impor
ance, to save the expense of a criminal
trial based upon an indictment which
may be invalid. The decision of the
appellate court upon the legitimacy of
indictments will, therefore, have much
weight in determining the power of a
congressional committee to compel wit
nesses to answer questions, or if refusing
to submit to punishment for contempt.
If the court of appeals says that they
cannot be indicted for such an offense,
that settles the matter, unless an at
tempt is made to carry it to the supreme
court.
To Banquet W liana.
London, Sept. 21. The chamber of
commerce is to banquet W. L. Wilson,
ol West Virginia, Thursday next.
United States Ambassador Bayard, J.
Sterling Morton, secretary of agriculture,
Congressman Isadore Strauss, of New
Y'ork, and other piominent Americans
will be present.
A Contradictory llpatrh.
Washington, Sept. 21. The Japanese
minister has received an official message
from the Tokio government confirming
the report that the Japanese lost no
ships at the naval battle at Yalu, and
briefly reciting the circumstances of the
battle given in the earlier unofficial re
ports. Wife This is the third time you have
come home tipsy this week. Hubby
D-don't lie so p-pesBimistic, my dear.
You should think of the four nights I
come home sober. Boston Homo Jour
nal. Tut CuitoMCi.K prints the news.
NEWS BY STEAMER
Chinese Reports Have lleen
Wild and Unreliable.
PLANS FOR THE CAMPAIGN
Two lllaalonarlea aad a French Custom.
Official Were Killed at Tnneqnln,
China.
Sam Feancisco, Sept. 24. The steam
ship Rio de Janerio arrived in San Fran
cisco this morning from Asiatic ports,
bringing Associated Press advices of the
Corean war one day later than that re
ceived per steamer which arrived in
Victoria, B. Con Saturday last.
The war reports brought by steamer
Rio de Janerio are dated at Yokohama
on September?), and they say : "Wildly
exaggerated reports of events in and
around Corea have been received from
Europe and America, the majority of
which were evidently telegraphed from
China. With regard to operations near
Phyong Yang it is certain that nothing
more serious than undecided skirmishes
have taken place. Less than forty
Europeans and Americana remain in
Corea apart from the guards at the for
eign legations in Seoul. Before the war
7000, small Japanese merchants and
about 700 Chinese resided at open ports.
The Chinese have mostly disappeared
and the Japanese have waited develop
ments. The foreign department of Jap
an has given notice that duly accredited
newspaper correspondents may here
after accompany the military forces of
the empire and they will receive all the
consideration that can reasonably be
fciven by the commands of troops.
"The murder of two missionaries by
Chinese soldiers has been followed by
the assassination of a French customs
officer on the frontier of Tonequin
These acts of violence are greatly em
barrassing to Pekin authorities at the
present time, and it is announced that
reparation will be offered.
"The work of strengthening defenses
at Ong, on the Chinese coast continues,
Japanese newspapers announce, ap
parently by authority, that applications
for war bonds exceed the total amount
of the loan required.
"Recent surveys lead to the belief
that the coal supply of Japan, hitherto
snpposed almost inexhaustable, is in
fact extremely limited, and unless new
discoveries are made in the Island of
Yezo, Japan will have to look abroad for
coal."
The Inter-State Fair.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept 24. Caesassa's
famous Midwinter fair baud is now the
Interstate fair band. It arrived from
San Francitco in accordance with a con
tract made by telegraph, and opened its
engagement Saturday night, Sept. 22
Two regular concerts will be rendered
daily, and on special days other music
will be given aim. The baud numbers
36 pieces and has been pronounced by
Sousa second to none in the United
States. It contains seven noted soloists
and a famous female cornet soloist.
Saturday, the day on which the band
opened, was British Columbia day, one
of the most notable occasions of the
whole season. A better day for the
opening could not have been had. The
fair was crowded with visitors not only
from British Columbia, but from all
over the Northwest. They gave the
band the most enthnsiasticof receptions.
Cas.sassa and his men have already
played themselves into the hearts of the
regular visitors at the fair, and their en
gagement has hail the effect of greatly
increasing the daily attendance.
British Columbia day proved the
greateet special day of the fair reason so
far. The arrangements were carried
out perfectly, and about three thousand
subjects of the queen returned to their
homes after the celebration was over,
pleased with the fair, pleased with
Tacoma, and profound admirers of the
energy, push and preserverance shown
by the people who conceived and car
ried out the fair project. Two large ex
cursions were run from British Colum
bia to the fair. One from Vancouver,
left Friday night on the steamer Yose
mite, which had 1500 people aboard.
The steamer arrived here early Saturday
morning, and left for home Sunday
Highest of all in Leavening
ABSOLUTELY PURE
morning at U o'clock. With the excur
sion came a number of city officials and
prominent people of the Canadian Paci
fic terminus.
The steamer Islander from Victoria
brought even a larger party. On her
came Lieutenant-Governor Dewdney,
the chief executive of the province,
Mrs. Dewdney, the mayor and city offi
cials, the president of the British Colum
bia Agricultural Society, the president
of the Nanaimo Board of Trade, Lieut.
Col. Fxlward Lawler Prior, M. P., com
manding the British Columbia Garrison
Artillery, and other distinguished per
sons. Headquarters band of U. C. G.
A accompanied the party, and the band
of No. 5. company B. C. G. A. came
with excursion from Vaucouver. These
two bands, which are both excellent
mueical organizations, gave concerts
during the day in the liberal arts build
ing and elsewhere on the grounds.
An Katlmate of Lotties.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 25. A revised
estimate of the losses resulting from
yesterday's fire compiled late this after
noon make a total of $765 ,0C0, as follows :
Pacific Coast F)levator Company, $210,
000; wheat in elevator, $100,000; coal
bunkers and contents $66,500; ware
house and contents, $38,500; wharfages,
$160,000; railroad trackage, $5,000; sixty
freight cars, $21,000 wheat .in cars,
$9,750; electrical machinery, $150,000
Steamer Willamette Chief, $7,500;
Stevedores' goods, $2,250 ; miscellaneous,
$7,500.
It is impossible to determine the exact
amount of insurance, but it is stated it
fully covers the loe ses. Most of the poli
cies are held by the London, Liverpool
& Globe company.
Kow Shing Was Chlneae Property.
London:, Sept. 24. Officials of the
Japanese legation deny the story cabled
via Vancouver, B. C, that the Kow
Shung affair has been settled by the
Japanese government appologizing and
paying $75,000 indemnity. They add
Japan holds the sinking of the transport
was fully justified. The Central news
has information that Captain Gales
worthy, the commander of the Kow
Shing to the Chinese government con
tained a clause, to be kept secret, that in
the event of a hostile move against the
ship by the Japanese, the Kow Shing
should be regarded as Chinese property.
Tho Glaascock Divorce.
Washington, Sept. 24. The attorneys
on behalf of Charles Glasscock in his
suite for divorco naming Sen. Stewart as
co-respondent, have asked leave to in
clude affidavits offered by Senator
Stewart as evidence of intimay of Mrs,
Glasscock with W. B. Abell and James
S. Cobb, tliCHO two persons thus being
brought into the case as additional co
respondents. Three Men Mlmtintf.
Portland, Sept. 24. Nothing has
been learned today of Charles Anderson,
Edward Murray and Frank Brown, and
it is almost certain that they perished
in yesterday's fire as reported. -
Irving W. Laimore, physical director
of Y. M. C. A., Des Moines, Iowa, says
he can conscientiously recommend
Chamberlain's Pain Balms to athletes,
gymnasts, bicyclists, foot ball players
and the profession in'genoral for bruises,
sprains and dislocations ; also for sore
ness and stiffness of the muscles. When
applied before the parts become swollen
it w ill effect a cure in one half the time
usually required. For sale by B.akcley A
Houghton Druggists.
"Uncle F.phraiu," said the police jus
tice, "the complaint charges you with
you having knocked him down with a
whitewash brush and emptied a bucket
of the wash all over him." "Yea, sah,"
answered Uncla Kphraiui "1 done it,
judge. He asked me if 'possums wur fit
to eat." Chicago Tribune.
"Poor little thing!" exclamed tho pas
sionate editor to the mouse that was
nosing about in the waste basket. "If
you find anything there you can use
you're harder up than I nm." Chicago
Tribune,
There are so many people in China
who do not take the American news
papers that years must elapse before
they know they have licked Japan.
New Orleans Picayune.
Doctor I would advise yon to take
quinine in all the whisky you drink.
Old Pepper But, great Scott I doctor,
isn't quinine in such quantities inju
rious? Puck.
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