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THURSDAY, - . OCTOBER 11. 1894
IN BLOOD AN INCH DEEP.
Concluded from Wednesday's Daily.
From thtft on it was a grim hand-to-hand
struggle. The effect of the shot
depended, a great deal on guesa work.
Both vessels were enveloped in smoke
and maneuyering was almost out of the
question. Said the engineer:
"The two vessels followed each other
around in a circle like two pugilists in a
ring, each endeavoring to keep her how
facing the other so as to offer the small
est target. It was difficult to keep
track of things from 'that time. Noth
ing particular happened and everything
was happening. The smoke was so
dense that ' the only, mark for the gun
ners was the flasri of the enemy's guns.
In two hours' time from the beginning
of the action, all of 6ur guns were dis
abled except our big guns fore and aft.
Two of one 6-inch guns were knocked
overboard and the rest thrown in
board and disabled. The upper deck
was a mass of ruins. The Jap was only
replying to us with three 8-inch guns,
though her after-gun was still in work
ing order. The trouble was ;ttat she
could not bring It to bear. We kept
continually crossing her bows, and the
gun was as good as helpless, unless she
could Bwing her stern around to face us.
Thus .things went on for some little
time. We were continually endeavor
ing to keep out of the range of her big
gun ait, and at the same time bring our
forward gun to bear on her. She finally,
however, succeeded in slipping around a
bit and landed one of her big shells. It
struck its mark. The shell burst right
under our 25-ton gun aft. The big gun
was completely uprooted', and its screen
was thrown back into the general wreck
of the afterpart of the . secondary bat
tery. The steering gear was completely
disabled and wrecked, and the after-part
ot the main and lower decks were ripped
down to the steel protected deck. That
was not all the damage done by this one
shell. The- gun's crew of fourteen men
and the servants below were killed, be
sides no one knows how many more.
"The next instant one of the most
tragic incidents of the. fight occurred.
Throughout the whole. engagement the
Chinese gunners had not displayed the
slightest bit of fear. The mangled
bodies of their comrades were strewn
about the deoks and were piled about
the wreckage.. Shells were exploding
all around them, but still they fought
like intelligent machines. When the
after-gun was blown up, however, the
man at the forward gun, which Lieuten
ant Li Tang himself was endeavoring to
train on the Jap's conning tower, be
came scared and ran below. ' Li Yang
realized the necessities of the situation.
' One well-directed shot from the forward
gun would end the struggle. If he
could land a shell against the conning
tower of the MatBushima, the fight
would be won. ; He called to his men to
return to their posts. They would not
obey his orders. Then Li Yang drew
his revolver and fired six shots. Six of
the gunners dropped dead. The other
twelve returned to the gun.
"Within a few eeconds Li Yang had
the gun trained on the conning toweT,
The shell struck it below the arniorpand
exploded. The whole thing went ijjto
the air and there was a big splash.
What was left of the mainmast was also
carried overboard, and the remains of
the shattered bridge were blown into
the air and thrown into the water.' The
funnel was also wrecked by the explo
sion. It had previously been riddled
with small shot and the shell knocked
it over and it fell back, leaning aft. The
Japanese admiral was in the conning
tower directing the movements of the
vessel. When it was struck by the shell
the admiral and several of his officers
were killed. That was the last shot of
the engagment. When,, the smoke
cleared away the Chinese flag was float
ing over the Matsushima. She had sur
rendered.
His description of the vessels after the
engagement and the awful scenes of car
nage herdecks presented go a long way
to substantiate the assertion that civil
ized countries will never engage in a
combat with their modern engines of
destruction. No country could afford
the loss of life entailed. In his narrative
of the battle, be explains how the Yang
Wei moved, down on the Matsushima
when the latter struck. , All firing had
. ceased on both vessels and it wa3 the in
tention of the Chinese to sink the Japan
ese flagship. Just how this was to be
done the engineer did not know. ' The
Yang Wei was not fitted with, torpedo
tubes, nor was she built for ramming,
but the Englishman thinks the Mon
golian commander intended to board his
helpless adversary and blow her up.
Her sides and decks were open in a
dozen . places. . Slowly the Yang Wei
dropped down upon her victim. The
Japanese had three guns left intact, but
were not using them. No noise or con
fusion of any kind could be heard on the
ship. The Japanese evidently realized
that they were done for and were await
ing the pleasure of the enemy. Before
action could be taken the Japanese fleet
could be seen approaching through the
smoke which hung low upon the water.
. The moment ' the Japanese sighted
their game, 1 they opened ' a hotfire,
which the Chinese did not take time to
return. She put, for refuge with all
speed and managed to elude the. Japan
ese. When clear of the pursuing fleet,
attention was given to the 'dead and
wounded which strewed 'the decks. It
was not until then that the horrors of
warfare showed themselves. The living
had been too busy saving the ship to pay
any attention to their less fortunate
mates, and the scenes of carnage visible
on the main deck were enough to sicken
even a Chinese.
The place was worse than a slaughter
pen. jrom her upper to main deck the
hip was completely stripped, and all
the 'bodies that had not been blown
overboard by the explosions, found lodg
ment on the main deck. Blood an inch
deep covered the deck fore-and aft, and
in the swing of the ship the crimson
fluid : washed and splashed upon the
beams. Strips and fragments of sailors
who bad died at their guns were floating
about in the blood. Several heads,
hands, arms, ieet and legs were strewn
about and piled up in heaps, and from
the splintered bulkheads of iron and
steel bung fragments of human bodieB
still dripping blood.. As rapidly aa pos
sible -the ship's doctor, Kirk, a young
Irishman, made the rounds of the in
jured. Those who stood a good chance
of recovery were sent below to the sick
bay or ship's hospital, but the mortally
wounded were given their quietus in a
manner peculiarly Chinese. Acting un
der orders' from the captain, the doctor
carried an atomizer, filled with prussic
acid. --Approaching a hopelessly man
gled sailor, the doctor made a hasty "ex
amination. If it was a case which -was
likely to result fatally, the doctor lower
ed hia atomizer. On seeing the instru
ment, the sufferer, thinking '.be was
about to .obtain relief, would stretch bis
head forth in an eager desire for medi
cine. Placing the nozzle of the atomizer
at the lips and nostrils of the victim, the
doctor would give the bulb a squeeze,
and all was over. The deadly acid did
its work in an instant, and so effectively
that the sailor never knew what killed
him. Over a dozen cases were given the
acid treatment and the bodies heaved
overboard. Where no chance of saving
a life existed, the surgeon had no hesi-
tency in using the atomizer. . The en
gineer added :
"It seemed a brutal thing to do, but it
was all for the best. I accompanied the
doctor on his rounds and helped dispose
of the bodies. The most heart-rending
feature of the poisoning . business was
the eagerness with which the sufferers
reached tor the medicine. ' Many a poor
fellow, torn: almost into, but perfectly
conscious, would be awaiting the doctor.
With the feeble strength he possessed,
he would raise himslf and reach forth
his hand to his slayer. . Of course, the
doctor did his work as humanely as pos
sible, but it did seem like murder " He
always spoke kindly before spraying the
lips of the doomed man, who died with
out a look of reproach to haunt the
doctor." -
PERSONAL MENTION.
Mr. C. . Bayard is in Portland on a
business trip.
Mr. T. H. Johnston of Dufur is a
visitor at the fair.
' Mr. Wilbur Bolton Is in from Antelope
seeing the fair and other Bights.
Frank Menefee, Esq, ot The Dalles, is
spending a lew days in Portland.
Mr. F. A. Phelps and wife arrived in
town on th Regulator last evening.
Mr. J. B. Currant, a prominent mer
chant of Goldendale, is registered at the
Umatilla.
Mr. F. H. Rowe, the owner of the
lumber mill at Lyle, came up on the
boat last evening. -Mr.
Cecil Boner, an attorney of Port
land, passed' through the city- on
tms morning s passenger.
Mrs. H. Gourlay of Goldendale, wife
of the editor of the Klickitat Republican,
is visiting mends in the city.
n,T T ti T.fl-o f.v,. ri:in
is in the city today. He reports things
as usuat in iuai nistoric camiet.
Hon. Thos. H. Brents of Walla Walla,
ex-delegate in congress from Washing
ton, was in the city this morning.,.
Mr. R. W. Baxter, formerly suoerin
tendent of the Union Pacific, will, it is
rumored, be given the position of general
agent lor that una in Portland.
Tom and Jiggs Parrott, who represent
uregon in national baseball, are in the
eity today. . Tom filled the box for the
Cincinnati club, while Jiggs played
second Dase, v;nicago.
Mr. T. A. Hudson, who has been'se
riously ill for some weeks, was able to
come up town this morning. He looks
as thoueh he had a hard attack, but
this bright sunshine will soon restore
him to health and vigor. . .
MARRIED.
In The Dalles,' Oct. 10, 1894,- Mr.
Wiley Weaver and Miss Lizzie Vogeli,
both of this city, Rev. J.- Whisler. offici
ating. - . '
Strayed.
From the ' fair grounds, one black
mare, white hind foot, email white spot
in forehead, and one light sorrel horse,
white hind foot, small white strip in
face and saddle marked, both branded
on left stifle. Horse also branded A
on the right hind leg. A liberal reward
will be paid for information which will
lead to their recovery, by the under
signed. , A. S. M ACALLISTEE,
The Dalles, Or.
The Pioneer of the Country Dead.
Died this morning, Edward Crate.
aged 86.
Mr. Crate had been, for a man of his
great age, in ordinary health, but after
riding to town, complained a little and
lay down. Dr. Hollistei1 was sent for,
but before his arrival the great eleiver
came and for this agedf man' all earthly
troubles were over.
When the first ejes that ever looked
upon this part of our fair land with the
hope of making here a home--are closed
by death, it is fitting that Ve wlio have
entered into the labors of those who
came so long before . us, should give
more than a passing thought to him
who has gone. Mr. Crate was born in
Sorelle, Canada, but brought up in
Montreal. In 1830 be took service with
the Hudson Bay Co.' This was ' to all
Canadian- youths- who loved' adventure
the only outlet ' that gave promise of
what could gratify their craving for ro
mance and hair breadth escapes by flood
and field. His first trip from Fort Nel
son to Vancouver as a voyager was made
in 1830. He traversed this1 long path
many times, taking aa many months for,
the trip as the Canadian : Pacific which
goes over much of the same route, sow
requires days. Mr. Crate married in
Canada and brought his family here,
settling on what will always' be known
ts Crate's point. " He hesitated between
that nd the site now occupied by our
town ; but looking at both with an eye
of a bateaux man, thought he saw in the
lower site a better chance to have his
boats in good winter harbor. His boats
were employed in bringing the early im
migrations down the Columbia. He
went, as a volunteer, ' for the defense of
the settlers, and be it was who brought
down in bis boats from old Fort Walla
Walla, now Wallala, those who were
rescued from the eavage cruelty of the
Whitman massacre the Spaldings and
others. Mr. Crate was the lather of
fourteen children, the most of whom are
residing in this vicinity.
;' . -Closed Friday.
We, the undersigned, agree to close
our respective places of business at 12
m., Friday, Oct. 12th, and remain closed
for balance of the day, for the purpose
to allow ourselves and employes to at
tend the fair: .
Farley & Frank, ' Pease & Mays,
Mays & Crowe, - L Rorden & Co, ;
H Herbring, MA Moody,
J M Patterson, " E Jacobsea,
Cbrisman & Corson, Maier & Benton,
H C Nielsen, H H Campbell,
French & Co, A M Williams & Co,
- M Honywillv :-
In looking at the public school report,
which was published yesterday, a
curious fact is noted in the number - of
school children now in attendance as
compared with the number when the
railroad 'shops were here.- There are
some perspns who think The Dalles has
not grown much in late 'years but there
are enrolled now in our city' schools 207
more pupils than there were in 1890,
when the shops were here. We don't
deny that the removal of the shops did
The Dalles , great damage. That is cer
tainly true and we heartily wish them
here again but in spite of the drawback
The Dalles has gone ahead and is prog
ressing in a way that marks it as one of
the substantial cities in the great North
west. , '' ' " : ''''
Wheat continues to pour in notwith
standing the low price. The roads lead
ing to town from all directions are cov
ered with wagons heavily loaded. The
terry boat plies continually,' carrying
teams from. Klickitat county. It is an
interesting sight to see The Dalles at
tracting products from a wide radius of
territory. The price is higher here than
any where else in the surrounding conn
try, and with a little fixing of the roads
the city is capable of easy approach
One of the greatest magnets in attracting
the wheat crop here is the large flouring
mill in the East End. The building of
this mill has proved of great -benefit in
holding to The Dalles the trade of the
interior .
A sidewalk is being" built west from
the Cosmopolitan hotel, to take the
place of the one washed away by the
flood. Almost all' the disturbance made
by the June waters .has been removed,
and now a' stranger visiting the town
could hardly conceive what a scene of
desolation was everywhere when the
waters receded from our streets. The
pluck of our citizens has often been put
to a severe test and has always con
quered, but it must have been trying to
the best of grit to face such a mess as
the June sun looked down upon.
The bank of J. H. Rinehart and son of
Summerville, has wound up its affairs,
balanced the books and gone out of bus
iness. Their action is purely voluntary
and is done because their extensive mill
ing operations require their entire atten
tion."'. The dispqpitors will be paid in
full. The late Dr. Rinehart, of this city,
was one of the directors and stockhold
ers in the bank. ' -.
; We are in receipt of a postal card from
the 'Sun- Publishing Company of Port
land announcing that they will issue a
daily and Sunday morning newspaper,
the first number to appear on October
15th,. CapU, John O'Brien, the well
known printer of Portland, is the man
ager of the company. ' '
A tax receipt belonging to Mrs. Nancy
A. Wilson was found - by Mr. D. P.
Ketchum in the Umatilla House. ' ' The
owner can have the same by calling at
TfiE Chronicle office. '"
Prices; that will v
Astonish You.
Just received a fine stock of goods, -which. I am offering
at astonishingly lovr prices. A fine line of
DRESS GOODS, SILKS,
Call and See
Bmlnesi Men, Attention.
. A young Finlander, . of fair education
and good habits', wants situation in a
store. Wages less object than a steady
job and good treatment. Prompt answer
solicited. -Address O. E. Petterson, Gol
dendale, Wash. '. '. oct9-2t
-Pauline What's yo' taken' de razzer
to church fo' ? Ras berry Weze goin' to
politely request de pastar ' to resign
Providence Journal. ' - ;
Visit the
District Fair,
-ANI
I. C. Nickelsen's
Music fir5 Book Store,
,on Second St. Attract
ive and useful goods at
hard-times prices. Fresh
arrival every day of the
1 Latest Books and Music.
Silverware, Watches, Toys,
Stationery, Etc.
Salvation
From many bodily ills maybe
had by eating pure, clean food. . ,
Buy your Groceries from a clean
store where nice goods are kept,
and you will have it, together
with a good appetite. Your or"--ders
solicited.
J. B. CROSSEN,
Fine G-oods!
AClean Store!
Prompt Delivery!
THE
We wish to announce that '
we have made a specialty of
Winter Blooming Bulbs,
HTA0IUTHS and LILLIES,
POTTED PLANTS of All Kinds.
We are prepared to furnish
on short notice cut flowers
for all occasions; also pot
plants and wires.
St. Mary's Academy
THE DALLES, OR.
EE-OPENS SEPTEMBER 3d, 1894.
BOARDING AND DAY SCHOOL FOB GIRLS.
.Rates per term of ten weeks,
, payable in advance:
Board and Tuition .f40 00
Entrance Fee (payable but once) b 00
Bed and Bedding 8 00
Instrumental Music, Type-writing, Telegraphy,
Drawing and Painting form extra charges.
French, German, Latin, Needlework and Vocal
Music taught free of charge to regular pupils.
KATK3 FOR DAY-PUPILS. fo, 6, $S orl0 per
term according to grade.
For further particulars address,
. SISTER SUPERIOR.
Harry Liebe,
PRACTICAL,
All work promptly attended to,
and warranted.
Can now be found at 162 Second
etreet. . -
SlllDliDD (MW
Watchmaker
Jeweler
GINGHAMS, CALICOS,
MENS' SUITS, BOYS' SUITS, CHILDBED'S SUITS.
We are Still In It,
and You Kn
We are selling more goods than ever,
. for the simple reason that 1
Our PRICES
We pay more for
other dealer
Consult Your Interests,
and Trade with .
JQLES,
Telephone No. 20.
" ' . Successor to
-DEALER IN-
PAINTS, OILS AN D GLASS.
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And the Most Complete and Latest; Patterns and Designs in s
WALL PAPER. WALL PAPER
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PRACTICAL PAINTER and PAPER HANGER. None but the beat branda
of J. W. MAS DORY'S PAINTS used in all our work, and none but the
most skilled workmen employed. Agents for Masury Liquid Paints. No chem
icel combination or soap mixture: A first-class article in all colors. All orders
promptly attended to.- , ..'-.- ,
Store and Faint Shoo oorner Third and Washington Sts., The Dalles, 0re-oi
; When the Train stops at THE DALLES, get off on the South Side ;
, AT TH ".. '
fiEW COLtXJjWBlfl HQTELt.
' . . ; ofo '
. .' This large and popular House does the principal hotel business,
- and is prepared to furnish the Betc Accommodations of any
, - House in the city, and at the low rate of...
$1.00 per Day. - prst CJass Ideals, 25 Cepts.
Office for all Stage I.lnes
points In Eastern Oregon
In this Hotel.
Corner-of Front and Union Sta.
What?
Where?
THE CELEBjRHTED
COLUMBIA BREWERY,
-v -"-v - " ' - ' -,
AUGUST BUCHLER, Prop'r.
., This well-known Brewery is now turning out the best Beer and Porter
east of the Cascades.- The latest appliances for the manufacture of good health
fnl Beer have been introduced, and ony the first-class article will be placed on
he market - ' ' ". '' " - '- i.
JOHN M. KANE, .
Physician and Surgeon.
iiTJFUE, OREGON.
Late House Surseon, St. Vincent's Hospital of
Portland, Oregon. sep28
LACES', EMBROIDERIES,
ow It
are RIGHT.
Produce' than any ;
in The Dalles.
COLLINS fijfiCfc
THE RELIABLE FIRM.
Paul Kreft Co. '.
leaving? The Dalles for all
and JEastern Washington
.
T. T. NICHOLAS, Propr.
. Hand-Corded Corsets, Health Reform Waists,
Nursing Corsets, Misses' Waists, Children's Waists, :
Shoulder Braces and Hose Supporters made to order.
At the Pacific Corset Company's Factory, north
east of the Fair Grounds. It desired each garment
will be fitted before being finished. Call at the fac
tory and examine oar goods, or drop a card in the
office, and our agent will call and secure your order.
D
R. A. DIETRICH.
Physician and Surgeon,
DUFftB, OHEGON. " " ,
igt All professional calls promptly attend
to, day and night. .... ' aprVt