VOL. VII
THE DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1894:
NO. 226
DOWN A RIVER OF FIRE
A Perilous Voyage Through
Burning Forests.
THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS FLAMES
A Toller of Ballet for a Wife Mur
dererHanged for a Murder
Committed While Drunk.
Minneapolis, Sept. 14. Kirby Bar
nam, who owns a farm near the western
border of Great Red lake Indian reser
vation, in the northern part of the state,
has just returned from a perilous trip
down Thief river, which skirts that res
ervation on the west. The trip was
made on a small passenger steamer
that plies between the Indian agency
and Bed river falls, a distance of 120
miles. Fully half the trip was made
between walls of fire. Barnum says the
flames jumped Thief river, and cut a
swath through the dense forest fully
sixty miles wide. The whole country is
aflame. The steamer was forced to go
three and four miles at a time, and then
everybody would get off and stand in
the water until the fire and heat abated
somewhat. Several time the boat was
afire. The water in the river has been
raised to such a temperature by the fire
its surface is covered with millions of
dead fish. Bear, deer and other large
game were fleeing from the flames in
great confusion. Many small canoe par
ties of Indians were encountered making
their way down the stream as best they
could. ..There has probably been loss of
life among them. Barnum says the
fire originated in a blaze set by a man
who tried to get control of some hay
land from the government,' but failed,
and - hired two men to fire it. The
flames soon spread to the forest, and
have been burning ever since.
JAPANKSK WAR STORY.
Bow a Midnight Attack on IVel-Hal-Wei
Was Frustrated.
New Yore, Sept. 14. The following
remarkable message in the original has
been translated by a Japanese gentle
man in New York. It was sent by a
Japanese Bpecial correspondent serving
with the fleet in the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li
to the newspaper in Japan which he
represents, and the name of which is for
obvious reasons withheld. The Japan
ese government, however, which exer
cises a strict censorship over all news re
lating to the war, prohibited its publica
tion. It is dated "With the Japanese
fleet before Wei-Hai-Wei, Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li,
August 12" :
"At 11 o'clock yesterday morning,
August ll, our fleet, consisting of 12
men-of-war and a fleet of six torpedo
boats, took advantage of the darkness of
the night and crept into the harbor at
Wei-Hai-Wei unknown to the Chinese
in the forts and vessels. Six torpedo
boats were sent out with the purpose of
blowing up the Chinese warships an
chored within. The fleet was proceed
ing in the wrong direction, and then,
discovering their mistake, they turned
back, changed their course, and made
straight to the place where the Chinese
lay in safety. ' When midway, a British
man-of-war, which was anchored there,
fired a salute for the Japanese vessels, a
very unusual thing to do in such circum
stances. Upon this all the electric aud
searchlights at the forts were lighted in
an instant, and soon all the forts were in
- activity. An exchange of shots for over
an hour followed. Seeing that the plan
to take the Chinese by surprise had
fallen through on account of the salute
from the British, and further firing be
ing of no avail, the Japanese retired.
As the torpedo flotilla was returning, a
Chinese torpedo boat discharged a tor
pedo against it, but failed to do any
3 - J r MAn-uT : x , i
rewarded by being sunk by a torpedo
discharged from one of the . Japanese
n boats. The salutes from be British
vessels cannot but be regarded as a
signal to make the slumbering Chinese
know of the presence of the Japanese, as
it is not customary to fire salutes at the
dead of night."
A Japanese Defeat. ' '
Shanghai, Sept. 14. If reports from
' Corea can be believed, there seems no
Highest of all in Leavening Power
doubt the Japanese forces operating
against the Chinese are likely to be
hemmed in. . Dispatches from Fusan
bring additional confirmation of reports
that the whole of Southern Corea has
risen against the Japanese. It also
seems confirmed that a Japanese force of
2000, who attempted to march from
Fusan to Seoul, met with disaster ser
ious enough to compel them to return to
the former place, with 1290 of their
number missing. A force of 2000 fresh
troops have arrived at Fusan, to protect
the Japanese settlement against the an
ticipated attack by Tbnghaks, gathering
in the neighborhood.
General Liu Yung Fu, a prominent
Black Flag chief of Anral, has received
orders from the throne to depart as soon
as possible fot Formosa, where he Is to
act as assistant imperial highway com
missioner. General Liu Yung Fu, at
the end of August, attempted to trans
port 500 soldiers from Swatow to For
mosa, but, hearing rumors a Japanese
squadron vas cruising in the vicinity of
Formosa, the captain of the steamer en
gaged to transport the Chinese troops
would not put to sea, in spite of the en
treaties and threats of the Black Flag
general. Nothing daunted, General Liu
Yung Fa succeeded in smuggling the
men into the island in small parties. A
transport steamer was afterwards over
hauled by three Japanese cruisers, who
sent armed men to board her. The
Japanese officers examined the ship's
papers and searched the steamer, evi
dently having received information that
General Liu Yung Fu was likely to be on
board.
A disastrous fire occurred at Chung
King the evening of August 25. The
conflagration is said to have raged all
night. Before midnight the whole
southeastern portion of the city was in
flames. About 30 persons are known to
have perished, and it is probable the
actual loss of life was greater. . It is
roughly estimated the loss by fire will
amount to fully 15,000,000 taels. About
2000 buildings were destroyed. No
foreign bouses were burned.
Trial of Mrs. Hartley.
Reno, Nev., Sept. 14. At 11 :30 and
shortly after Woodburn completed a
rigid cross-examination. Mrs. Hartley
rose .from her chair trembling, turned
pale and rushed from the courtroom
crying and sobbing. The sheriff escort
ed her to an adjoining room, where she
fell on the floor frothing at the mouth.
A recess was then taken till 1 :30. The
morning session was devoted by the
state's attorney to reviewing the testi
mony already reported in an endeavor
to shatter her testimony on direct exam
ination, which they, failed to do, and
Woodburn with a deep-drawn sigh said,
"That's all." Her lawyer, Goodwin,
then brought forward a chair for her to
identify, which she said Foley raised
over her head and threatened her with.
It was at this point that Mrs. Hartley
began to sob and rushed from the court
room. Her hysterical sobs could be
plainly heard in the courtroom.
The Bearing Sea Patrol.
San Francisco, Sept. 14. lieutenant
Commander Morton, of the United
States steamer Adams, which has arrived
from Bearing sea, in an interview states
that the balance of the patrol fleet may
be - expected here very shortly. The
Yorktown, which left Sitka on August 31
for Unalaska, is due here in about two
weeks, and the Banger may be expected
in a month or so. The extent of the
damage to the keel timber of the Adams
through their contact with the rocks
will not be known for some little time,
as it will be about a month before she
can obtain her turn in the drydock,other
vessels being ahead of her.
The Merced Fires.
Merced, Cal., Sept. 14. Everything
resumed a normal condition here this
morning, no attempt at fire having been
made daring the night. The feeling of
security is restored, aud business traffic
is again active. Of '23 distinct fires
started during the past 30 hours, $4000
would probably cover the entire loss,
most of them having been suppressed in
time to prevent much damage. "
A Murderer Executed. '
'Santa Fk, N." M., Sept. 141 James
Barrett, murderer, was executed by
Sheriff Kemp at Eddy this afternoon.
Barnett was a railroad man man - from
Missouri, who, while suffering from al
coholic mania, at Seven Rivers, killed
John Holihan.
Latest U.S. Gov't Report
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Much Alarm Is Felt.
Lexington, Ky., Sept. 14. The great
est alarm has been caused by the report
from both the Owens and Breckinridgo
headquarters that hundreds of men se
cretely armed will be at each polling
place in this city tomorrow, for the pur
pose of protecting their respective chal
lengers. It is announced that every
voter whose affiliation with the dem
ocratic party is not well established, or
who refuees to pledge. his support to the
nominee will be denied his ballot bv the
Breckenridge election officers. To over
come the loss from this bold move, the
Owens organizers declare their intention
to challenge every Breckinridge man
who approaches the poll and thus, by
delaying the election force their op
ponents to be fair. The result of these
counter-purposes will be to cause the
most dangerous confusion tomorrow,
and there are the gravest fears of riots
in Lexington. The mayor today, by
proclamation, commanded all saloons
to remain closed during the progress of
the primaries, and an extra force of
police will be on duty at every point
where trouble is expected.'
Another Record Broken. ,
Nbw York, Sept. 14. The American
liner New York, which sailed from
Southampton September 8, was sighted
east of Fire island at 1 :56 this afternoon
Allowing two hours for the run to Sandy
Hook bar, she will have made the trip
in 6 days 7 hours 21 minutes, beating
her previous record 1 hour 17 minutes.
A Wife Murderer Shot.
Lehi Junction, Utah, , Sept. 14.
Enoch Davis, a wife murderer, was exe
cuted here today. He was placed in a
chair, blindfolded, and six soldiers shot
him. He died in three minutes.
A. M. Bailey, a well-known citizen of
Eugene, Or., says bis wife has for years
been troubled with chronic diarrhoea
and used 'many remedies with little relief
until she tried Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and diarrhoea Remedy, which
has cured her sound and well. Give it
a trial and you. will be surprised at the
prompt relief it affords. 25 and 50 cent
bottles for sale by Blakeley & Houghton
Druggists.
Sfcrawber Did you feel the late -ftnan
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Why, lor a month I wasn't able to bor
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Tn nil thflf. onpa trt ahronfffhAn nnA
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and pain,- Ayer's Sarsaparilla is the
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i i . r l i . 1 t
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At the butcher's. "Why did you put
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There is no lack of good form at At
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hours. Philadelphia Record. .
Buckingham's Dye for the Whiskers
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Any person can easily ipply it at home.
The march of fashion : "Hello 1 I see
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husband wearing your linen?" "No she
was wearing it herself." Indianapolis
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- Husband H'm er what's the mat
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Nothing at all. This cook-book says
it's the most delicious cake that can be
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Daughter (weeping) Oh, papa, today
I enter already on my 30th year. Fa
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