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THE. DALLES, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1894.
NO. 231
LOST THREE VESSELS
Thet Is What One Japanese
Message Says.
ANOTHER SAYS THEY LOST NONE
Bafsel Nnntii President of Colombia, Is
' Dead Chureta and State
Troubles In Italy.
Shanghai, Sept. 21. A telegram from
Kobe, Japan, confirms the statement
from Chinese sources that the Japanese
lost three warships in the naval battle
at the mouth of the Yalu river. Their
names are not given. -
Home Effect of the War.
San Fbancisco, Sept. 21. The effect
of the Corean war is already being felt
by the people of Japan. A large num
ber of the Japanese attending private
and public schools in this city have re
ceived letters from their parents be
wailing the present state of financial
and commercial stringency. Business
is practically at a standstill. The Chi
nese are affected in a like manner, and
one large firm which dealt extensively
in sea weed, one variety of which is used
for food in the Orient, has already sus
pended. The commercial relations be
tween the hostile countries are for the
time being cut off, and 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 some 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 country,
w&o were members of the Japanese
army and were in San Francisco 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
been e tar ted 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 and 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 going into the country where
they can work at fruit-picking.
Disenssed by a Consul.
Niw York, Sept. 21. The Japanese
consul in this city says the troops left
by the Chinese transports at Yalu bay
will be- Japanese prisoners in a few
days. He added:
"Japan has a powerful 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 a hard
battle. China is showing weakness just
where Japan expected it. The former
has only a few really good soldiers and
officers. The bulk of them were at Ping
Yang and were either captured or
killed."
"How about the stories of the Japan
ese soldiers' families starving because of
the war?"
"Such stories are untrue. ' The fami
lies of absent soldiers are being cared
for in the communities whenee they
went." '
The Loss at Fins; Yang.
"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, 50 officers and
521' men wounded and forty missing.
Two thousand Chinese, the - official dis
patch says, were killed. The number of
wounded is supposed to be yery large.
The Pon Son column alone captured 611
prisoners, of whom 84 were wounded.
Bunco Men Arrested.
San Fkancisco, Stpt. 21. Henry Mar
tin, William Cooper and John Thacker,
bunco men, have been arrested by local
detectives. They were caught in a room
on Sutter street, where Thacker was ob
served steering a man into the establish
ment. - The. bunco men were- seated
around a table, on which were cards,
chips, blank checks and two checks in
the name of W. S. Barnes for several
hundred dollars. The stranger was
Charles Paul, of Keno, Nev. : Thacker
bad induced him to go to the room on
the pretense that he-would get him a
position at $50 a month. . i
Whole Section of the Earth Gave Way.
Wichita", Kan., Sept. 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. Great excitement prevails among
the people, and many of them are leav
ing. The disasters are of the most un
accountable origin, and the state geolo
gist has been 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 Essington, an
area of 40 by 90 feet sunk to a depth of
28 feet. When a man was let down into
the hole, his weight alone sank it nearly
three feet more. This occurred yester
day. At the same time an area of 75
square feet sank at Plum Grove a depth
of 350 feet on the farm of Sid Jones,
where the Bliding-in carried a threshing
machine and separator with it. Water
poured into the latter holes from under
ground streams, until new it is nearly
filled to the top ; but the hole at White
Water is still dry, although it is sup
posed that the caved-in earth is resting
upon a vast body of water. The 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
since a man was boring a well in the
vicinity of Plum Grove, and when he
had reached a depth of 26 feet the drill
shot into au apparent vacuum, and could
not be recovered. The supposition is
that there is an old river bed underneath
the land, which has caved in. All the
cave-ins, great and small, extend in a
crooked, stream-like course a distance of
about 24 miles.
Azxested for Murder.
Cincinnati, Sept. 21. William M.
Myers, arrested here last night for the
murder of Forrest Crowley, near Atlanta,
made a long statement today to the ef
fect that the murder 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 bad mules to sell. He eent
Crowley into the woods, where Allen
was concealed. In a few minutes Allen
returned with a pocketbook, saying:
"Here, take your snare; I've killed
him." Myers says he took $31 and left
$11.
An Szpress Office Bobbed.
San Jose, 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
the clerk's attention was distracted.
The movement was seen by a bystander,
and a moment later the clerk cried out
that a package was missing. The China
man was found in the depot and protests
his innocence. No money was found on
him. . A protracted search revealed the
package, which bad been concealed in a
closet. The entire amount, $157, was
recovered. -
Admiral Tins; Was Wounded.
London, Sept. 21. A Shanghai dis
patch dated 6 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 leg, neither wound, serious; five of
the Chinese transports are still raieaing.
Three Chinese transports are reported
captured. All the Chinese ships not
sank were badly damaged. . The Japan
ese ships are - preparing for another at
tack." . - ' -'
A Contradictory Dispatch.
. 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 reports.
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Ben Olson, whose affections both
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New Yobk, Sept. 21. An open car
was held up 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 tougtis were in re
treat and only two were caught.
What the Pope SaldJ
Rome, Sept. 21. The pope, in conver
sation with some of the cardinals, said
be recognizes Prime Minister Crispe's
praiseworthy intentions, as 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 tern poral power.
To It an q tie t Wilson.
Lovdon, Sept. 21. The chamber of
commerce is to banquet W. L. Wilson,
ot West Virginia, Thursday next.
United States Ambassador Bayard, J.
Sterling Morton, secretary of agriculture,
Congressman Isadora Strauss, of New
York, and other prominent Americans
will be present.
Notice to Water Consumers.
The charges for patent cloBets when
used when necessary only, is 25 cents,
but- when a constant stream is allowed
to flow, the charge is $5 per month. In
the last two years a large number of
closets have been put in, and in a large
number of them a constant stream is
allowed to flow. The drain on the water
supply has become so great that I am
compelled to enforce the rules, and will
hereafter charge $5 per month for all
closets using a constant stream of water.
Dalles City. Or., Sept. 10, 1894.
I. J. Nobman, Superintendent.
A. M. Bailey, a well-known citizen of
Eugene, Or., says his wife has for years
been troubled with chronic diarrhoea
and used many remedies with little relief
until she tried Chamberlain's Colic,
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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
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Notice to Xaxpayers.
The county board of equalization will
meet in the assessor's office on Monday,
Sept. 24th, and continue in session one
week, for the purpose of equalizing the
assessment of Wasco connty for 1894.
All tax payers who have not been' inter
viewed by the assessor will please call at
the office on Thursdays, Fridays or Sat
urdays, as all property must be assessed.
Joel Koontz,
Countv Assessor.
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