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VOL. VIII.
THE DALLES. WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1898.
NUMBER 49.
FATAL FIRE
IN A TOLEDO
ELEVATOR
Terrible Kesnlta of a Dust
Explosion. -
TEN PERSONS WERE KILLED
Burned Alive Fifteen Others Seriously
Injured Several Others Were
Blowo Out of Windows by the
Shock of the Explosion.
Toledo, O., Sep. 20. Ten cremated
and fifteen injured is the record of the
most disaatroes fire that ever occurred
in Toledo. The spontaneous combustion
of dust in the grain elevator owned by
Paddock, Hodge & Co., at 9 o'clock,
caused this terrible destruction of life,
and none of those taken out after the
fire started were far enough from deatiis
door to give any information aa to the
details.
William J. Parks, the superintendent,
after being blown through a window of
the liwer story, was conscious for a mo
ment, and said that about 8 ;o0 a terri
ble explorion occurred on the south side
of the elevator, and that he though
there were about twenty men at work
on the seven floors of the great building
at the time.
Besides those regularly employed at
the elevator, the three children of Mr.
Parks were visiting him at the time.
One of these may recover from his burns
bnt Grace, g 17-year-old girl, is burned
almost beyond recognition, and Harrold.
the third child, has not been found, "Be
ing either blown to attorns or cremated
alive.
All . over Toledo houses were shaken
by the explosion, as by an earthquake,
and windows were shaken for blocks
around. Very soon afterward flames
burst from all sides of the elevator. It
was but a few minntes until the fire de
partment of the city began the work of
reecue, which was rendered difficult by
the terriffic heat of the fire. The river
cut off the escape on one side, and there
the flames seemed to be less fierce. The
families of a dozen men who worked
within rushed to the scene, and women
calling for their imprisoned husbands,
brothers and and fathers, made a scene
indescribable.
It was learned that a force of twenty
men had been in the building, their pur
pose having been to load 80,000 bushels
of grain during the night. No one of the
entire number could be seen in any part
of the building, and it was impossible to
reach them in any way. ,
Win, Parks was found first. He was
twenty fleet from the building, ' fright
fully burned and bis clothes almost en
tirely torn off. He had been hurled from
his place in the main room through a
window, and his agonizing cries were
most pitiful.
The little daughter of Mr. Parks was
sitting at the desk in the office at the
time of the explosion, and was burled
out of the door. She walked down the
elevation on which the building stands
and fell down, to be carried away un
conscious suffering from injuries from
. which she cannot recover.
John Smith was fatally burned. He
was literally disembowledand was taken
to the hospital to die. ' -"
The missing men are doubtless all
dead. No trace can be found of them,
and as they were employed at the top of
the elevator, their chances for escape
were slight.
Mr. Paddock, a member of the firm
owning the plan t.said there was between
five ane six hundred thousand bushels
of grain on storage at the time, the most
of it being winter wheat. . The ptoperty
and grain is an entire loss and will reach
$550,000. The domage to adjoining prop
erty is $3,000. The insurance is $135,000
on the building and the grain loss is
covered by $258,000. . : ,
Superintendent Parks and one of the
unknown men died early this morning
from their injuries, making the total
number of fatalities ten. - "
BRYAN TIRED
OF THE ARMY
Kansas City, Sept. 20. A' special to
. the Star from Jacksonville, Fla., says :
Colonel William Jennings Bryan,
Third Nebraska volunteers, will sliortly
resign his commission in the United
States armv and resume the discussion
oi public questions. This etatement is
not made upon the authority of Bryan,
how ever. When asked to txpress him
self on the question of public interest, he
said :
'You can say that I refuse to discuss
any matters connected with politics, the
army or myself, except that I see no
reason to change my views in regard to
expanding the territory of the United
States. I expressed these in my Omaha
speech before beginning army life."
This is all Uryan would say, except to
add: " -- -
. "You uiijlit also say I am not en
amored of army life as to apply for a
commission after the waris over."
The Third Nebraska regimeut is soon
to go to Cuba.
ANOTHER
IDENTIFICATION
A Man is Sure He Recognizes the Head
Found in Yellow Mill Pond.
Beidgepoet, Conn. Sept. 20. The
h md of the victim of the Yellow Mill
Pcnd tradegy will be kept preserved in
alcohol for and Indefinite period await
ing identification. The rest of the body
has been buried in the town farm.
Police Superintendent Birmingham,
with Detective Arnold, has gone to
Mesiden to look into the disappeance of
a young woman from that place.
A.D. Van Kuerin, of the staff of the
governor of Connecticut, called at the
morgue laet night end after a long ex
amination positively identified the
eevered head as that of a young woman
who stopped at the same boarding-house
in New Haven thac he did, two years
ago. This is the sixth positive identifi
cation of the victim of the murder.
GEN. MERRIAM
RETURNS
General Arrived at San Francisco From
Honolulu This Morning on the
Australia All Reported Quiet at
the Hawaiian Capital.
San Francisco, Sept. 20. The steam
er Australia arrived in port early this
.morning from Hawaii. General . Mer-
riam, commander of the department of
California, who has been in Honolulu,
Was one of the passengers. He was ac
companied on the voyage by Lieutenants
Graves and Benett, of bis staff.' .
Everything was quiet in Honolulu
when the steamer left. The people were
jubilant over annexation, and were in
teresting themselves in all efforts . to
make the government of the ielands
similar to that of the United States. The
officers of the Australia say the Arizona,
with troops for Manila, sailed on the 11th
inet., and the Scandia, with, troops and
treasure, was to leave on Tuesday, the
13th. :
BOTH PARTIC-
I PANTS DEAD
Terrible Duel on Board a Mississippi
River Steamer. .
" St. Louis, Sep. 20. Word was received
here of a desperate and fatal duel be
tween Mate Bart Davis andNightwatch
man Baker, on board the steamer May
flower,wbich left last night for Memphis.
Both men are dead. For some time
there bad been aieud between the men,
and last night they decided to settle their
differences, one being armed with a knife
and the other having a revolver. A des
perate encounter ensued on the deck of
the steamer, amidst the horrified passen
gers who were unable to interfere. Final
ly the mate, who had had been cut in
numerous places succeeded in shooting
bis antagonist. When medical aid ar
rived both men were dead.
Real Estate Smle.
.The Laugblin estate offers for sale all
their land property in and near The
Dalles, consisting of city lots, - blocks
and acreage. - Terms reasonable.
Apply to the undersigned at the office
of the Wasco Warehouse Co.
tf - B. F. Laughlis.
EXPEDITION
NOW MAKING
PREPARATIONS
The Number to Aggregate
Six Thousand.
FORCE ALIOS! FORMIDABLE
Prospect that Colonel Whollep, of the
Frst Washington Volunteers May
Command the Expedition Little
Prospect for Californians.
San FBAXCiscOi Sept. 20 The troops
just ordered to the Philippines are all
anxious to depart as soon as possible,
and their wishes are likely to be grati
fied, as General Miller, who hopes to
head the expedition, is doing all he can
to expediton their transportation. The
numerical strength of the forces ordered
to the Orient is as follows :
First Tennessee 1,280
Twentieth Kansas. . .......... .". . .1,301
Fifty-first Iowa . ..1,251
First Washington.. .... . . .1,315
Second Oregon recruits. ........... .300
Battalion Twenty-third regulars 400
Total ...........".5,856
All of the troops named except the
Washington regiment have been attach
ed to the Philippine expeditionary force.
The Washington men belonged to the
department of California
Although the Sixth and Seventh Cali
fornia regiments are anxious to see ac
tive service, there seems to be little pros
pect of their being added to the expedi
tionary force.
In caBe no general is assigned to this
expedition, the command will devolve
uppon Colonel John H. Holley, of the
first Washington volunteers. - He out
ranks Colonel Fonston by reason of
prior service, in the regular, army both
having mustered in their commands on
May 11th.
General Miller has made application
by telegraph to the chief ordnance at
Washington for enough Krag-Jorgensen
rifles to arm the four full regiments that
are going.
The Wyoming battery of light artilery
will be retained here.
The Eighth California, now doing gar
rison duty, will probably be leit undis
turbed." " -. ' -
THEY ATE
CANNED BEEF
And One-Tenth of the People of Plain-
well, Mich., Were Poisoned.
Niles, Mich., Sept. 20. Neaily one-
tenth of the entire population of Plain
well, a little village in Allegan county,
is ill from eating canned beef at a church
social. Fifty-five persons were poisoned,
20 are dangerously ill and four are ex
pected to die, the doctors having ex
pressed no hope of their recovery.
Those in danger are Mrs. Ethel Clancy,
Mrs. J. M. Travis, Mrs. John Bishop
and L. W. Souls. , -
' The ladies of the Presoyterian church
gave a snpper and about 100 guests were
present, all of whom had eupper and
partook of canned beef. So far fifty
cases of poisoning have been reported,
and in each case it has been learned the
patients had eaten of the beef.
THE AIRY LILLIAN
PLAYED POKER
Mrs. Leonard-Russell-Braham-Solomon-
. . Perugini, Otherwise Lillian Rus
sell, is Sued for Divorce at Jersey
City by Husband Number Five.
Senor Perugini. . . ; :
New Yobk, Sept. 22. The tale of the
trouble that marred the matrimonial
venture of John Chatterton, who is
Signor Perugini, - and hia wife, who is
Mrs. Lillian Leonard-Eussell-Braham-Solomon-Perngini
and known to the
public as Lillian Russell, has been be
gun in Jersey City. . . " .
Perugmi's period of acting as the hus
band to the prima donna was brief, tem
pestuous and filled with excitement.
The fair Lillian, he said, was a devotee
of poker. Night after night hae the
faithful tenor sat up waiting for Lillian
to come home, but the chips rattled on,
the stacks of blues changed hands, and
still the ftife came not.
In January of -1894, on a cold night,
he and the prima dor.na eloped and fUd
to Hoboken, where they found a judge
who married them. Four months went
by tour, and then, when they went on
the road, Perugini ras deserted for the
poker games.
Every night, at various hotels, he
says, he protested. She said, "she would
play when she wanted to, and she would
sit up till morning and' she would win
back salaries, and Perugini could sit up
and wait or not."
The woes ot John Chatterton culmi
nated in Philadelphia. It was there
that Lillian left him - alone and went to
another hotel. They. Eang their love
songs on the stage, and Lillian caressed
him, and Perugini warbled of his beauti
ful dreams, thongh the heart of the
ministrel was breaking. The eeason
ended and Lillian left him for good.
TROOPS GUILTY
OF VANDALISM
Americans Raid and Destroy Chinese
Vegetable Gardens and Commit
Other Misdemeanors Court of
Inquiry Ordered.
Honolulu, Sept. 12. (Via San Fran
cisco, Sept 20 ) American soldiers in
Honolulu are causing the people of this
community much worry. Acts of van
dalism are becoming frequent, and Gen
eral King has issued orders for a court
of inquiry to investigate the alleged law
less acts committed by soldiers and
assees thf amount of damage. Chinese
fruit-growers, and vegetable gardeners
have been for the most part the victims
of the soldiers, many gardens having
been raided and deetroyed. ...
" The Hawaiian archipelago is now the
military district of Hawaii, In the de
partment of California. An order creat
ing this district, dated September 4, has
just been promulgated by Major-General
Merriam.
The Hawaiian commission has been
holding daily sessions, but nothing is
given ont for publication. The com
mission will probably not leave for San
Francisco before September 23. Senator
Morgan is quoted as saying:
"I am inclined to think you will have
only a territorial government at present.
The United States will, of course, take
charge of the custom-house and postal
department, but in all other matters
you will be your own masters. You
will make your own laws, subject 'to ap
proval of . congress. The territory of
Hawaii has a great future before it."
Senator Cullom announces that the
local' land law will remain in force.
Dole still transacts the business of the
executive. ... Merriam leaves for San
Francisco today. ' .- -
WASHINGTON
REPUBLICANS
State Convention " Meets and Organ
. izes at the City of Destiny.
Tacoma, Wash., Sept 21. The Repub
lican state convention met this morning
and effected- temporary organization,
with E. P. Blake, of Jefferson county, as
chairman, .and E. D. Gilaon. of Adams
county, as sccresary.
After the appointment of committees
on credentials and platform, an adjourn
ment was taken until 2 p. m.
The only incident of the session oc
cured in the selection of an assistant
secretary. . W. W. Robertson was unan
imously chosen, and a member of the
Lewis county delegation annonnced that
Robertson was formerly a Democrat and
had not fully identified himself with the
Republican party. Robertson requested
that his name be withdrawn, and that
of John Ellwell, of Park county, was
substituted. -. ; y
The committee on permanent organ
ization decided to recommend T. D.
Fiske, of Cowlitz connty, for permanent
chairman of the convention. : :
" ESTRAY.
An iron grey gelding, Drand indistinct,
looks like a quarter circle with a bar
under it, . . The animal is unbroken.
Came to my place at Nansene, 17 miles
south of The Dalles. The owner can
have same by proving property and pay
ing all charges. - Ed Wilson. .
.. Sept. 1, lmo. v ;
CUBA MUST BE
ENTIRELY FREE
Majority of the People Op
posed to Annexation.
SENTIMENT IS VERY BITTER
El Provenci, a Santiago Paper, Declares
That the Fruits of Victory Shall
Not Be Snatched From the Grasp
of the Cubans After They Have
Fought and Bled for Thirty Years
to Obtain 'fhem.
New Yoek, Sept. 22. A Iferald special
irom Santiago says: -
El Provenci prints a bitter article on
the su' jjet of annexation. Enrique Tru-
jilio, the editor, will say :
"The program before the war, during
the war.and after peace was declared has
been one of invariable and absolute in
dependence of Cuba. Neither now, be
fore nor after, have we been annexation'
iits. Probably some unlucky destiny
like death may bo against us, but as men
desire to perserve life, so we proteet
against tho political suicide of annexa
tion. During the preliminary contest
for Cuban freedom, the first solution
suggested was annexation, but this was
never our ideal, only our eeend re
course.'
"The Spaniards desire it. They cry
'annexation or nothing,' but it is the de
sire of the Spanish still on the island,
in order to eave their property, to give
themselves up to strangers rather than
to accept the holy idea of Cuban liberty
We reject annexation because it is
against our-feelings. - It is impossible
for ns to live in a strange atmosphere, or
under domination, even although Ameri
can.' It is impossible to deal with a
strange race and a strange language,
customs and ideas.
"We have battled for thirty years for
liberty. Blood has been shed in rivers
to preserve our' individuality. None
now shall take it from us. To do it, it
is necessary to cut down woods to stop
the course of the rivers, to repopulate
the entire country. Nothing can' do it
except extermination of the spirit ani
mating. "There is no room here for any save
our own people, no history nor tradition
save our own. Annexation as a realiza
tion would kill our people, our hiBtory,
our tradition. We do not think the
United States capable of accomplishing
annexation, but if so it would be only
their part. Reference to the history of
Florida. Texas and - Louisiana proves
this. , The United States are incapable
of forcing annexation. The acquisition
of new territory has never been their
policy, but even if this new policy is in
augurated they would find Cuba irrecon
cilable. . It is impossible to amalgamate
u. ' The ballo't-"box may be bought, but
true Cubans will repel with strength the
idea of annexation."
PEACHED AND WAS
PROMPTLY KILLED
For Betraying the Biding-plaee of the
Murderers of William Meehan, Sam
" Has Been Slain in Cold Blood by
Other McClintock River Indians.
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 22. Le Barge
Sam has paid the penalty for betraying
the hiding plane of four Indians of bis
tribe who murdered . William Meehan
early in the year. A few weeks ago his
body was found at the foot of the White
Horse rapids, bruised and broken by the
rocks against which the current had
dashed him. Le Barge Sam has suffered
the 'consequences of the blood -feud.
There is, as usual, no clew to the mur
derers.'.,,. .: - '-;
It was early in the' year that four In
dians knelt on the bank of the McClin
tock river and riddled the body of Wil
liam Meehan with bullets and sent
several through his partner, C. A. Cox.
They escaped to a secure hiding place
in the mountains and might have been
there yet had not Le Barge Sam led the
mounted police to them for $100 a head.
A few weeks ago the news came up
the Yukon 'from - Dawson that the In
dians had been tried, convicted and
sentenced to death. This news was
Royal makes the food pare, "
wholesome and delicious.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure
-HOY At BAKINO POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
Sam's death, sentence as soon as it
reached the natives.
How he died no one will .ever know.
Indians. selected by lot at the tribal
council are believed to be responsible.
In some way they got him at the head
of the rapids and by force turned him
oyer to the tender mercies of raging
White Horse." His body showed traces
of a struggle.
The mounted police from Tagish House
have investigated the murder, for such
they are positive it is, but have been
unable.to find evidrnce warranting them
to make arrests. The Indians drawn to
the Yukon by the arrest of the members
of the tribe have gone' back on the Mc
Clintock. . It is feared they will under
take to avenge the wholesale hanging
by murdering such whites as . may fall
into their han is.
THE WAR
CLOUD DARKENS
People of Argentina Preparing Them
selves for Trouble With Chili,
Which Now is Generally Regarded
as Imminent.
New Yobk, Sept. 21. A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says :
Some public excitement whs caused
here Tueeday by a demonstration of
students, intended to show the govern
ment that the people are opposed to any
yielding to Chilean pretensions. The-.
police dispersed the students, however,:
without any casualties.
The citizens of the country are earn-
estly supporting the government in its
opposition to Chili. Many bodies of
volunteers are being organized, and their
members show anxiety for military in
struction which will prepare them to
take the field at once in case hostilities
should begin. . ' ....' 1
Negotiation on the boundry question
continues in the meantime without
marked incidents.
MT. VESUVIUS
STILL SPOUTING
Immense Damage Will Almost Certainly
Result if She Continues in Erup
tion Long.
New Yobk, Sept. 20. A special from
Naples saye :
Frightful misery and immense damage
will be caused if the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius continues on the alarming .
scale which it has reached during the
last few days. -
Nine new openings were counted today
around the central crater, but even the.
extra vent does nothing toward check
ing the flow bf lava, although there is a
marked cessation in the more violent
beRriiinj of fire and smoke. -
MORE TROUBLE
FOR SPAIN
They Do Not End With the Dawn of
Peace Disastrous Floods in Many
- Parts of the Kingdom.
Madrid, Sept. 21. The southern part
of Spain has been visited by terrible
floods. At the village of Herrera. near
Cadiz, eighty persons were drowned, and
a great number of cattle perished. The
olive harvest is lost. This is especially
true in the proviccjs of Seville " and,
Grenada. There have been many deaths
in other parts of the fiojded country.