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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY. OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIL 3. 1897.
VOL. VIL
NUMBER 18.
LEVEES ARE BREAKING
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Great Mississippi Delta.
RESIDENTS FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES
Thoauodl of Men Working- to Bare the
GreenTllIe LeTee Incalculable
Damage to Property.
Greenville, Mies., March 30. At 3
o'clock this morning another crevasse
occurred about Mound's Landing, fifteen
miles north of this city. At 4 o'clock
yesterday evening a break occurred near
' Australia. Miss., twelve miles north of
Bosedale, in Bolivar county. This,
with the crevasse at Lake Lee, ten miles
below Greenville, will deluge the entire
great Mississippi delta.
Nearlv all Washington and Bolivar
counties will go under during the next
two days, and all Issaquena and parts of
Sunflower and Sharkey will also be
' flooded. Livestock ia drowning in great
numbers, and people are fleeing to the
railroad embankments .and levees for
safety. It is impossible to estimate the
amount of property which will be de
' etroyed. The suffering will be intense.
Greenyille,Rosedale,Stoneville, Areola,
and, in fact, all delta towns south of
Bosedale to Vicksburg, will' be under
water soon. The greatest excitement
prevails all along the line. The Green
ville levees are getting mushy. Thots
ands of men line the embankments
north and .south of Greenville, working
like demons. All business ia suspended,
and the people are fleeing for their
lives.
Greenville lies in the center of a cres
cent, surrounded on two sides by the
river, and is twelve feet below the level
of the embankments. Should the huge
ridge give way here, the lose of life.
would rival the Johnston disaster. The
men along the leveea are exhausted by
their long vigil, many not having tasted
food for twenty-four hours, and Bleep
being almost unknown.
in Arkansas Loree Breaks.
Memphis, Tenn., March 30. A dis'
patch to a cotton firm from Captain
Markcheek of the steamer Kate Adams,
reports a break in the levee on the Ar-
kansas side at Laconia Circle, seventeen I
miles below Memphis.
A Break at stopianding-.
Vicksburg, Miss., March 30. Last
night a serioua break occurred in tbe I
levee at Stoplanding, Miss., seven miles
north of Arkansas City. This makes
the third break.
WIST TO THE BOTTOM.
Bt. Loots Bepubllc's Relief Tag Sank in
Front of Memphis.
Memphis, Tenn., March' 30. The
steam tug 1 Bio Bey, chartered by the.
St. Louis Republic as a flood-relief
boat, sank in forty feet of Water in front
of Memphis thia morning.' No lives
were lost. - ' . '
The 1 Bey was anchored in a swift
current. . During the night the current
changed and toppled the craft over in
sufficient water to sink her. The crew,
five in number, escaped. ,; '
Bepublic Representatives Rafferty and
Woolen were not on board at the time of
the disaster.
High Water In Bast St. Louis.
St. Louis, March 30. High water is
causing uneasiness among the railroads
which have tracks in East St. Louis. A
rise of two feet caused the railroad lines
to begin active measures to protect their
property. The Air Line has been plac-
- ing extra ballast around tbe entrance to
tbe varioua culverts on its tracks, and
baa moved all its rolling stock to higher
ground. -: The Short Line, Illinois Cen
tral and Louisville & Nashville are also
taking similar action.
Another Levee Breaks.
. Jackson, Miss., March 30. The levee
at Mound's landing, twenty milea north
of Greenville, has broken. It ia said tbe
break will fill Greenville with water.
Flood Belief Bill Passed.
Washington, March 30. A bill mak-
ing immediately available $250,000 for
iaving life and property along tbe Mis-i
aisaippi baa been agreed to in congress
in an amended form and goea to the
president for bis signature. , ..
. TROOPS TO THE ERONT:
Powers Preparing; to Send
Reinforce-
meats to Crete. '
London, March ' 30. The following
semi-official . announcement : was made
thia evening: ,
"In consequence of tbe request of the
admirals, it baa been decided tbat
farther battalion of 600 men be forth
sent to Crete by each power. The Welsh
fusiliers at Malta have been ordered to
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nation as regards the action of the pow
era, is unchanged. - . -r
"It has not yet been . decided to de
mand the withdrawal of the Greek ' and
Turkish forces from the frontier, such
coarse aDDearine impracticable at the
present moment.
King George to the Csar.
Constantinople. March 30. It is ru
mored in diplomatic circles - here . tbat
King George sent a message to the czar
saying it would be impossible for Greece
to yield to the powers, regarding Crete,
and equally impossible to. recall the
Greek trooos from Theasaly, in view of
the excited condition of the public mind
It ia believed even tbat annexation of
Crete would fail to satisfy the Greeks
who are so imbued with the war fever
that nothing short of severe bloodletting
will cure them.
Greeks Were Victors
Constantinople, March 30. Reports
from Turkish headquarters at Elassona
say the Greek leader, Alexis Taki, broth
er of the famous chieftain, crossed the
frontier into Macedonia Sunday, accom
pauied by about 250 followers. - Near
Grevena the Greeks engaged the advance
post of the Turkish troops, commanded
by a German officer. The Turks lost 12
men killed, 20 wounded, including
German officer. The loss of the insur
gents is not known. They subsequently
returned across the border into Greek
territory. It is difficult to'see how war
between Greece and Turkey can be
avoided. .
SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.
Death
and Destruction Caused
by
Storm In Oklahoma.
Kansas City, Mo. ; March 30. A spe
cial to the Journal from Guthrie, O. T.,
aays:
At 6 o'clock this evening a terrific tor'
nado, followed by bail and flood,' swept
through the town of Chandler, 40 miles
east of here, completely devastating the
town. Three-fourths of the residences
and business houses of the town were
damaged, scores of people being injured,
and many killed, -
Darkness at once came on, and the
work of rescue ia carried on under great'
est difficulties:1 -.
Tbe telephone office was carried away,
and at 10 p. m. a telephone was connect
ed with tbe wire two milea this way and
a message sent here for assistance. Up
to that time, Mr. and Mrs. John Wood'
mBn, Mrs. Henry Mitchell, Mra. Tom
Smith, Attorney John Dawson and two
unknown persona had been found dead,
Fully 150 people were known to be
badly injured. Mrs. Emma Foster and
baby are thought to be fatally hurt. The
following are also reported as injured :
John McCartner, brother-in-law of
United States Marshal Nagel ; F. N.
Nibiack and father; John Foster, -Mrs.
Emma Foster, two daughters of County
Treasurer TJlam, Samuel Winthrop and
George McHenry.
Chandler ia a town of 1500 people
built on a bill in thick timber, and' the
masB of torn trees and wrecked houses
makes it impossible to reach' all of the
people in the dark. On every aide can
be heard groana and cries for help, and
tbe scene ia indescribable.
A large number of physicians and
other citizens have left here for the scene
with surgical - instruments, drags and
other supplies.
A later message states tbat a large
number of people known to have .been
in business buildings are missing, and it
is feared they are bnried under tbe ruins.
Tbe true state of affairs cannot be
learned until daylight.
Kansas Citt, Mo., March 31. The
Journal bad thia epecial from Guthrie:
At 1 o'clock thia morning, 21 dead
bodies have been taken from the ruins
at Chandler, and 75 to 100 are badly in
jured, ana a aozen or more ot these are
reported dying.
In addition to those dead, injured and
dying, it is believed there are at least a
score or more dead bnried .beneath tbe
wrecked buildings. Several of the
wrecked buildings have taken fire, and
the debris ia burning fiercely. .
Many of the iniured have been bnrned
to death while pinned fast nnderi the
debris. .
In one bnilding, It ia reported five in
Mured people were burned to death, and
at another place, the incinerated bodies
of three unknown persona have been
taken ont.
Ml physicians of tbe town, save one.
met death .in the Btorm. Nearlv
all the physicians of Guthrie have gone
to the scene of the disaster. ..
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a. m. to 12 :30 p. m. and 4 to 6 p. m. at
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THE L4WS VIOLATED
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Landed at Honolulu.
AUTHORITIES ', DEPORTED THEM
Japanese Consul Was wroth, How
ever, and Has Bent to Toklo
for a Warship.
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San Feancisco, March 30. Advices
this morning from Honolulu, per
steamer Bio de Janeiro, under date of
March 23d, say: '
The Hawaiian government has been
having serious trouble with Japanese
immigrants. The Japanese - tramp
steamer Shinshui Maru arrived here on
the 27th ult, with 665 Japanese laborers.
Tbe custom-house people found tbat 535
were not entitled to land. W. J. Gal
lagher and a Japanese member of a
local immigration company were ar
rested for violating the immigration
laws, and are now awaiting trial.
On the 10th inst. the immigrants were
brought before tbe supreme court on a
writ of habeas corpus. Tbe court de
cided that the decision of the collector
of customs waa final, which meant the
Japanese must return to their native
country. '.' v
Another examination was made, and
finally 252 men were allowed landing;
the balance, 413, were placed . on board
the steamer, which had been detained
in port, by reason of the government's
refusal to grant the captain clearance
papers. . Tbe vessel departed lor ioko-
bama on tbe 29th. .
Tne incident created much excitement
among the Japanese, who thonght tbeir
countrymen were being discriminated
against, and at a mass meeting they
adopted a resolution calling on their gov
ernment to investigate the case. '
The Japanese consul here eent a re'
quest to Tokio for a war vessel. He also
advised the captain of the Shinshui
Maru to return the rejected immigrants
to Japan, promising that the company
shall be reimbursed if thia ' country has
violated tbe treaty.
On the 19th, the steamer Saknra Maru
arrived from Yokohama Out of her
316 immigrants but 153 will be allowed
to land, and the others must be returned
to Japan at the expense of tbe
steamer.
The whole trouble has been caused by
local immigration companies, who have
attempted to bring men in without
proper authority. The law says tbat an
immigrant must possess a labor contract
or $50 in coin. The rejected Japs had
neither. The Japanese say they intend
to cause trouble1 for thia government.
They seem to think that their consul
baa more authority than the' Hawaiian
government. . . . . .
THE CAREER OF GENERAL RIVERA.
History of Bis Straggle la Free Cuba's
" Cause. -:' - :'
. ...
Havana. March' 31. General Buiz
Bivera, General Maceo'a successor in
Pinar del Bio, ; who .waa : captured by
General Hernandez Velaeco on Sunday
near Cabezadas de Bio Hondo, came to
Cuba in 1863. For four years be fol
lowed tbe calling of a civil engineer at
Barcelona, Spain. . ' He remained. ; in
Cuba daring the long war of rebellion,
which waa suspended, though not sub'
dued, by the articles of peace signed at
anjos. He refused to sign tbe peace,
and for a time continued war with Maceo
and Vidal, but finally left tbe island in
the steamer Hernando Catalicoa, furn
ished by General Martinez de Campos.
For fourteen months he waa the sec
retary of the Spanish American gas works
at Havana. Later he held positions of
trust in London, Madrid, Manila and
Honduras: During bis residence here
the last time, a fresh revolution broke
out. Not sympathizing altogether with
the plans of the leaders of It, he left the
island for the British colonies, and in
due time brought up in New York. He
has a wife in New York, but no chidren.
He returned to Cuba September 8 last,
at the invitation of Maceo. . Besides
Spanish, he speaks French and English
correctly. ; In a conversation today, with
the .representative ' of the Associated
Press, General Bivera expressed grati
tude at the treatment he bad received
from his captor, but he declined to talk
with reference to the rebellion.' . '
General Bivera looks to be about 50
years of age. His features, though some
what drawn, are finely cut, and his . ex
pression is animated. Hia hair and his
long moustache are quite gray. More
than twenty years ago, while leading a
charge of Cuban revolutionists against .a
Spanish convoy, he lost the forefinger of
hia right hand, which was carried away
by a rifle ball.
At the interview . between General
Bivera and tbe . correspondent of tbe
Associated Press, Colonel Bacallao, who
UTQtf fantni01 VlfVt T? lma 1 wo a noAn
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ne is a aarK-compiexioned young man
I with dignified carriage. He did not
take part in tbe conversation. Bacallao
is a native of Colon. . ,. .
SENTIMENT IN KB SSI A.
Great Britain Is Blamed for the Cretan
, . Crisis.
New Yoek, March 31. A Herald dis
patch from St. Petersburg, says : '-.
The irritation aa regards impedimenta
pnt forward against the prompt ? settle
ment off affairs in the East, which pre
vents any serioua or continuous policy
among the powers, and which causes
Greek enthusiasm by waking np fallaci
ous hopes, finds vent here in atotrent of
newspaper abase against England. In
the St. Petersburg. Riga, a well-known
political writer named Golstrem leads
his article with the beading: "Caught
Bedhanded," and says that England
wants the Greeks to sow discord
Enrope, out ot which she would make
political capital.
4be blasnost in this connection says
"The whole responsibility for the Cretan
situation rests on the inertness of tbe
powers. Had they acted firmly and rap.
idly last autumn, tbe preeent condition
of affairs wonld not exist, and the pow
era would not find ..themselves in the
anomalous condition of' defending the
Turks against the Christians. With the
same weakness they are now vacillating
with Turkish matters." .
A telegram from Vienna says tbat if
England refuses to join the blockade, all
the other powers will continue the block
ade without ber. - - '
Curiously enough, all this comes short
of the absolutely authentic telegrams
from the French foreign office, Baying
hat Lord Salisbury and M. Hanotaux'a
interview haa been most satisfactory.
showing tbat a perfect entente prevails
between the two governments.
', Blockade of Greek Ports.
Paris, March 31. It ia announced
here this afternoon tbat the powers have
decided to proceed with a partial block
ade of Greece at An early date. ' .
Insurgents Are Prepared.
London, March 31. A dispatch from
a correspondent of the Daily Chronicle
at Elassona, headquarters of the Turkish
army in Macedonia says :
"War is inevitable if the negotiations
ot the powers fail,. Thirty-thousand in
surgent armed to the teeth are waiting
at a certain point on the frontier. . - A
week from today is the anniversiary of
Greek independence. It ia difficult to
believe it can pass without the enthusi
asm breaking its bounds, though Prince
Constantines's orders are to exercise the
utmost strictness to prevent unauthor
ized action."
Fighttdg at Iszelin. '
Canba, March 31. The Christians
bombarded the blockhouse above Iszlln,
a fort which, together with foreign iron
clads, replied with shells. The bom
bardment continued until 11 o'clock at
night and was resumed this morning,
The result is not known.
A Bold Maneuver.
Canea, Crete, March 31, 5 p. m. The
insurgents, by. a hold stroke occupied
the hill on the south side of Snda bay last
evening. They were promptly shelled
by tbe British, Austrian and 'Bussian
warships. At daybreak the fighting was
resumed, and the Cretans were driven
from their" positions. . As soon aa the
firing ceased they made another attempt
to recover the ground, and the warships
promptly resumed the firing, which was
very heavy for " several hours. Daring
the cannonade, three Turks were killed
and five wounded. .
The Bussian consul at Retimo 'reports
tbat when be communicated to the Cre
tans at Siphohnlos the proclamation of
the admirals inviting them to lay down
their arms, tbe- Cretans reported tbat
the only oon they would except from
the powera. was political tfnion with
Greece. - - .......
Another Levee Gives Way.
Greenville, Misa., March 31.Last
night the levee broke at Selas Landing.
The water ia running wild in Bolivar
county, between Bosedale and
Gnnni
15 feet
over : a
son. Tbe levee there ia about
higher and the crevasse is now
thousand feet widow
; There are now four breaks on the Mis
sissippi front hourly pouring devastating
torrents into this fertile valley. . The en
tire Mississippi delta from Australia
landing south to Vicksburg .will be over
flowed. Places never affected in'former
yeara will be under water in two daye.
Thousands of livestock are drowning and
some fleeing people had a close shave
for their lives. ;-,'
Soap Foam
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THE DOOM OF RIVERA
Butcher Weyler Demands the
. Blood of Rivera.
AN EDICT HAS. GONE FORTH
it
Orders' an 'Immediate Court-Martial
and Execution Baccaloa
' Also Doomed. ...
New York, April 1. A Havana dis
patch to tbe World says :
General Bivera probably will be shot
soon, aa General Weyler haa given or
ders that he be tried by court-martial
and shot immediately. He may be put
to death on Saturday, in spite of bis
wounds, or the Spanish may enre bim,
and then shoot him. The certain exe
cution of tbe brave, wounded prisoner
of war excites indignation and disgust
here. - No other alleged civilized nation
is capable of such an act.
Colonel Baccaloa, who tried to carry
off his wounded . commander on his
back, although himself wounded, will
die with him. It is predicted that these
executions will provoke General ' Gomez
to shoot all Spanish prisoners hereafter
instead of releasing them.
: The Cubans are not disheartened at
the loss of .General Bivera. ' They eay
General Boloff is in Pinar del Bio, and
will become second in command of tbe
whole army. '
Insurgents in great numbers are com
ing from the EaBt, and concentrating in
Havana province. They have plenty of
ammunition and good cavalry. A World
Conner from Santa Clara reports seeing
one column of 1500 well-monntedi well-
armed insurgents passing west toward
Matanzas. This same" courier says'
very large expedition has landed near
Bemedios, and that most of tbe arms are
for the western provinces.
General Weyler remains in Cienfuegos
He ia better, but still sick, and is doing
nothing effective.
Permission asked by Mr. Marriott, a
colleague of Mr. Crosby.'the correspond
ent of the Chicago Becord, killed in the
field, to go and secure , the body and ef
fects, has been refused by the authorities.
Minister do Lome wired the request,
and General Lee seconded it. Mr. Mar
riott took General Lee's letter to the
palace, bnt General Ahumada refused to
see him, saying the request could not be
granted.
NOMINATED BY M'EISLEI.
Andrew D. White far Ambassador
Germany.
Washington, April 1. The president
today sent the following nominations to
the senate:
State Andrew J. White, of 'New
York,' ambassador extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary to Germany;
William F. . Draper, of Massachusetts,
ambassador extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Italy ; Chandler Hale,
of Maine, secretary, of the embassy at
Borne, Italy ; - Samuel L. Gracey, consul
at Fa Chai, China ; Anson Burlingame
Johnson, of Colorado, consul at Amoy,
China. ',
Withdrawn Anson Burlingame John
son to be consul at Fu Chai.
Interior Benjamin Butterwortb, of
Iowa, commissioner of patents,
Treasury. Oliver L. Spaulding, of
Michigan, assistant secretary of tbe
treasury; William B. Howell, of. New
Jersey, assistant secretary of the . treas
ury. War Captain Robert Craig, of the
ignal corps, to be major.
The Bold-Over Bills.
Washington, April 1. The senate
committee, on appropriations - today
greed to report the sundry ciyil. and
Indian appropriation bills especially as
agreed to before the adjournment of tbe
last session of congress. A 'few . verbal
changes were found advisable and- ah
important change was made in tbe pro
vision in regard to the opening ' of ' the
TJncompaghre Indian reservation, in
Utah. '.
This provision was presented as a sen
ate amendment at tbe last session, and
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agreed to by . the houee. The house
struck it ont when it passed the bill at
tbe beginning of the present session.
Tbe senate committee again recomenda
the inclusion of the provision, . but re
duces the number of claims of gilsonite
one person may take, from four, as orig- .
inally provided, to two.
A change was made also in the provis
ion for the right of inheritance of chil
dren born of white fathers and Indian
mothers, so as to provide that tbe moth
er shall belong to. her tribe "by blood."
The original provision made it "by blood
or descent." The bill probably will not
be reported nntil next week. The de
ficiency bill waa not considered.
OREGON IN CONGBES3.
Senator Mo Bride Keeps Up Bis
Beeord
as a BUl-Iotrodocer.
Representative Tongue has not been
presenting': the various pension cases
that have been eent bim to the pension
office, becanse be wishes to wait nntil
there is a Republican commissioner.
The Democratic commissioner is not a
very satisfactory person to deal with.
He wanted to be retained in the office,
and when he found that bis request waa
not. fo be considered he waa no very
pleasant in bia relatione with congress
men. . .
Senator JMcBride keeps up his record
aa a great bill introducer. He put in
another grist the other day. 'Among
tbe'm were the following : ' -;
Extending - the time for the Blue
Mountain Irrigation Company for the
construction of its reservoirs and canal
through the Umatilla Indian reservation
for five jears; increasing the pay of let
ter carriers, this was a bill which Sena
tor Mitchell pushed while he was in con
gress; extending the privilege of bounty
land to persons who served in the Indian
wars of the United States ; fixing the
time . and regulating tbe manner in
which accounts between the pnblic lands
states and the government may be made
for tbe settlement of the proceeds of the
sale ot public lands to which the states
are entitled.
Senator McBride has made bis Astoria
quarantine bill a proposed amendment
to the sundry civil appropriation bill.
It did not get consideration ia the house
in the last congress, and in thia form it
must receive consideration even if it ia
defeated. This method gives it a chance.
Shortly after Max Pracht became sure
that he was to be appointed-governor of
Alaska, be went down to the interior
department to Bee if there were any
other applicants for tbe place. He
found that thirty-one other gentlemen
bad felt themselves about the right size
for Alaskan gubernatorial timber. It is
hard to say whether or not it waa dis
couraging to Max. He didn't seem to
be quite sure that he waa to get tbe
place when he found that so many other
persons were after it.
Representative Tongne 1 has had tbe
Pacific university at Forest Grove in
cluded among the institutions which
shall receive public documents of the
government. This ia the alma mater of
the first district congressman.
LAID WASTE BY WATEBS.
Country About Greenville, ' Miss., Is
Completely Desolated.
.Greenville, Misa., ' April 1. The
water continues to fall, but not bo rapid
ly as during the hours following the.
break in tbe levees. A train and crew
on the river side of the Division Valley
road, canght between Slopes landing and
the Stokes crevasse, is obligee to remain
there. The water is over the track of
the - Leland branch Valley road and
trains are abandoned,
Over 10,000 people are homeless in the
flooded districts. Three handled townB
and cities are submerged, and desolation '
waste of water 'covers the surrounding
country ou every side of Greenville, and
the city is a desolate island, connected
with the outside world by a mere thread
a telegraph line running east. Railroad
communication ia cut off north and
south. , Bosedale, . Gunnison, Bolvar,
Huntington and a hundred other pros
pering towns north of here, and Areola,
Hollandale, Waysfde, Swift water, Stone
ville and Lelahd, Bouth "and west, , to
gether with a score of smaller 'hamlets,
are in the same condition aa Greenville.
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