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i'r VOL. VII THE DALLES, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1894. NO. 300 B4CK TO BARBARISM The Japanese Accused of Atrocious Cruelties. THE USUAL WEEKLY EDITION The Central American Kevolntlona Salvador Keacjy to Again Receive the JXxpelled Ezeta. He Died at Bis Post. Windsor, England, Dec. 12. Sir John Thompson, Canadian prime minister, died at Windsor today, after a meeting of the privy council, at which he was S"vorn in as a member. After Sir John '- had been sworn in as privy councillor, he sat at luncheon with Marquis Eipon and others, when he was suddenly taken ill. . A doctor was summoned, but Sir John was dead before his arrival. The queen has not yet been informed of the death. The body was removed to the Clarence tower of Windsor, where an in quest will be held. Thompson had a conference yesterday with Lord Ripon on the subjects of inter colonial copyrights and the importation of Canadian cattle. He went to Wind sor yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Ripon, secretary of state for India, and Fowler, postmaster-general, It ia presumed heart disease was the cause of his death. He was taken ill immediately after eating luncheon. He was one of the speakers at a meeting of the collonial institute last evening. Burglary as a Fine Art. Santa Rosa, Cal., Dec. 12. Len Mc Sherry and . Bird Brunifield, arrested here for stealing overcoats trom the Presbyterian church Sunday evening, Amade a remarkable confession to As sistarji. District Attorney Leppo here to day. 'Both are young men, but by their own admissions they have made an un rivaled record in criminal matters since last spring. They say they started in Stockton by knocking down and robbing a drunken man. At Sacramento they purloined a diamond ring -valued at oyer $1,000. At TJkiah they burglarized two tobacco stores and at Healdsburg, Hope land Cloverdale and other places on the route committed many petty offenses. The night they were arrested here they entered five churches bent on robbery. Had they not been arrested they would have burglarized D. Carithers' store here the next night. Brumfield is mar- ried. Destroyed by a Tidal Wave. New York, Dec. 12. The Herald's Panama correspondent cables the fol lowing from Santa Mart a, capital of the department of Magdalena. He says' that town was inundated by a tidal wave November 7th. - Passenger arriving thence say that heavy raias and strong winds caused the Manzinarea river to overflow its banks. At the same time great waves from the sea swept over the city, washing away bouses and forcing the inhabitants to seek refnge in church steeples and the loftiest buildings. Many persons perished, but the exact number has not been ascertained. The town ot Laira has completely disap peared, and fourteen persons were drowned there. Santa Marta does a big banana trade with the United States. It is on the shore of a bay of the Carib bean sea, and has a population of about 4,000. , Revolution Brewing In Salvador. , San Francisco. Dec. 12. From all that could be learned on the steamer . TJplon, arriving from Central American ports, preparation are quietly moving forward for the return of General Ezeta. It was stated that the people would flock to his standard if he entered Sal vador with anything like a decent force of men. "There will be trouble in Sal vador next month," said a gentleman on Highest of all in Leavening Power. Li Ik AzzsazjD'wiz&v tennis the steamer, "and I should not be sur prised to see a revolution over the elec tions. Ezeta has many followers in the neighboring republic of Guatemala, and it is very likely that Ezeta will enter Salvador by way of Guatemala when be makes his attempt to regain his lost power." Barrios will not interfere with him, for he has trouble enough at home. Despite the reports which have been sent out from Guatemala, the Mexican troops are at her frontier, and the Mexi cans are talking fight. ' ' Running In Debt Fast. Ottawa, Dec. 12. The official gazette published yesterday shows that during the past month $100,000 has been added to the' national debt, $21,000,000 in all having been added since last year. The four months' statement shows a decline of 17 per cent in revenue from customs and a considerable falling-off . in excise duties. While there has been a heavy drop in revenue, expenditures show an increase. The national debt has now reached $62 per capita of the population. The government officers say there will be a falling-off in customs revenue for the whole year of 25 per cent, and there will be a deficit of $5,000,000 when the yearly balance is struck. The minister of finance last month borrowed $12,500, 000, and has still the authority of par liament to borrow $17,000,000 more with out obtaining further power. Japanese Accused of Atrocities. . New York, Dec. 12. A cable to the World from Yokohama says the Japan ese troops entered Port Arthur Novem ber 21, and massacred practically the entire population in cold blood. De fenseless and unarmed people were butchered in their houses, and their bodies unspeakably mutilated. There was an unrestrained reign of murder, which continued three.days. The whole town was plundered, with appalling atrocities. - It was the first stain upon Japanese civilization. The Japanese, in this instance, relapsed into barbarism. All pretenses of circumstances that justi fied the atrocities are false. The civil ized world will be horrified by the de tails. Foreign correspondents horrified by the spectacle left the army in a body. A. Murderous Practical Joke. Pocghkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 12. As the result of a practical joke played on him on Thanksgiving day,' William Ohearn of Wappinger's Falls is lying at the point of death from blood poisoning. Ohearn was asleep in a chair in the bar room of Rush's hotel, when Philip Rion and George Rush applied a hot copper penny to his leg, burning him severely. The leg became sore, and he was finally stricken with blood poisoning. He is now unconscious, and the physician says he cannot recover. Rion and Rush were arraigned, but were released upon their recognizance to await the result of Ohearn's injuries. Estee Takes All the Blame. ; San Fbancisco, Dec. 12. In an inter view to be published in the Evening Post today, M. M. Estee takes upon himself all the responsibility for the ac tion begun in his behalf in the state supreme court to contest the election of James H. Budd as governor.. Estee says he can no longer allow, the demo cratic press and politicians to state that he disapproves of the attempt of his party leaders to investigate the alleged election frauds in San Francisco. Killed by a Drunken Indian. Yeeka, Cal,,' Dec. 12. News his been received that William Barreinore, con tractor for furnishing logs for a large mining ditch near Happy Camp, was shot and instantly killed by a drunken Indian named Captain Billy, without the slightest wrong or provocation. The murderer ha9 a reputation for being treacherous and quarrelsome. , His vic tim was a man of peaceful demeanor. Shot at the Judge. Lexington, Ky., Dec. 12. News comes from Hazard, Ky., that Judge Hall was warned that if he did not re lease on bail Jesse Fields and Joe At kins, charged with shooting ex-County Latest U.S. Gov't Report Judge Coombs from ambush, there would be trouble. Fields' brother the county judge, was in court, and when Judge Hall refused to allow bail, Fields fired at Hall. Court officials caught Fields, but his friends released him. Earthquakes In Mesalna. Washington, Dec. 12. The depart ment of state is in receipt of a dispatch dated November 17, from Charles M. Caughey, consul at Messina, giving an account of an earthquake in that city the evening of ; November 16. At Mes sina only two people were killed, but in the neighborhood it is estimated about 200 lost their lives. The king has sent 20,000 lire and Minister Crispi 5,000 lire for relief of the distressed. A postscript to Caughey's dispatch dated November 22, says. The panic continues, slight shocks are being felt every day. On the 22d there were two severe shocks. ICilletl by a Burglar. Cleveland, O., Dec. 12. William H. Price, of the firm of printing-press man ufacturers of Chandler & Price, was shot and killed this morning by one of a brace of burglars whom he discovered in a bedroom - at his residence, on Haw thorne avenue, and with whom he was about to grapple. Mrs. Price says as her husband approached the men, one of them fired three shots at him. The burglars escaped, and secured $85. Ministerial Crisis In Italy. Rome, Dec. 12. President Biancberiof, of the chamber of deputies, has resigned in consequence of the action of the cham ber yesterday in appointing a commis sion to consider documents relating to politicians involved in the. Banco Ro mana scandal. It is reported that the commission has already unearthed grave scandals, and a ministerial crisis may result from the disclosures. Tornado In Georgia. Forsythe, Dec. 12. A terriffic tornado reached Forsythe at 3 a. m." today. Sev eral people were badly injured and the loss to the town is $30,000 to $50,000. The Methodist church, valued at $1,000, was destroyed. People became panic stricken. Every store on the west side of the public square was unroofed. Marriage of Royalty. Manchester, Dec. 12. In the private chapel of Eaton hall, Prince Adolphus of Teck. brother of the Duchess of York, was married today to Lady Margaret Grosvenor, third daughter of the Duke of Westminster.' The wedding is regarded as the greatest social event of the year. Southern Pacific Train Wrecked. San Francisco, Dec. 12. The South ern Pacific's west bound train is reported to have bsen wrecked near Colfax early this morning. The locomotive and two mail cars and the express and baggage cars were derailed. No one was injured. Three Tralnrobbers Arrested. Wichita, Kan., Dec. 12. A deputy United States marshal last night arrested at Terral, I. T., the three bandits who robbed the Rock Island train at Red River yesterday morning. They have been positively identified by passengers, who were victims. An Improbable Story. Seattle, Dec. 12. An unconfirmed report is in circulation that a vessel pas sing Tatoosu island this morning was the long-lost Ivanhoe. Mr. Ira P. Wetmore, a prominent real estate agent of San Angelo, Texas, has used Chamberlain's Cholic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in hia family for sev eral years as occasion required, and al ways with perfect success. 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