THE WEEKLY HEPPNER GAZETTE NOVEMBER 19, 1891,
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BOLD TRAIN BOBBERS.
A MMitlht Train on Ihe Mllwiiukeo
Kuid from CIiIciiko Hold Vp by rt I
I. old Giiik Who (li t Away With One I
1 u ii iJ r ! Tlious ml Dollars. I
Milwaukee, Nov. 12 The midnight
Irani trom Ch cngo on be Milwaukee oi
M. 1'ani riud wit- robbed by masked
nn'ii near Western Union jmii'tion at 1
o'clock this morning. The train hud '
Hone onL .rum Ihe junction, 23 miles :
south ol mis place, about li:ili a miie
when too liieniiin, Edward Averill, who
tttw piuting onie coal into the furnace,
Wii swiriled by a noise behtn.1 him. lie
turned mound and discovered two ;
masked men climbing over the engine I
lender. Holh levelled their doubl - !
barrelled guns at the tireman and engi- i
neer, liih .Uaekay, with the injnnetion,
"Don't move an inch till we tell yon to,
or we will blow the top ot yonr damn
heads i 11." !
Engineer Mackay was directed to run i
about one m.le lrom Western Union
junction, where he wart commanded to
stop, and both men were ordered to
step down out of the cab. They were
marched to the express cur under cover
and then the work of blowing open the
express car began. Several bombs, the
fireman thinka they were, were thrown
into the car and the explosions were
terrific and must have awakened every
passenger but nobody appeared.
Tho robbers were not less than six or
seven ill number, judging from the
milliner in which they conducted opera
tions. The train men lietieve they had
a team close at hand with w hich to cart
away the safe, which was taken boldly
out of the ear. Fireman Averill's story
is the most comprehensive, lie said:
" They made me walk ahead of them to
tho express tar, and they gave me a
jimmy to pry open tho boxes. They got
thn messenger's keys, though he was ill
no hurry to give them up, and they will
have no trouble in getting away with all
the money." The train was held for
over half an hour. The entire ellbrts of
the robbers were centered on the express
car and not a passenger was molested.
The liremau thinks there were half a
dozen men guarding the coaches, how
ever. Tho first news of tho robbery was
brought to Western Union junction by
a flagman of the Milwaukee railroad,
ami the Uacine police were telegraphed
lor immediately and Detective Hansen
was provided with a special train, on
vhich he ieft at 2:10 o'clock a. m.
TIIK MliStilCNdl'.ll'N NTOIiV.
"Ill less than live minutes out from
Western I'nion junction," said Messen
ger Murphy, "tho train slowed up and
niddenly a musket was pointed through
the window, and a second Intern terrific
explosion occurred, that knocked both
myself and Mr. t'ook in a heap. Half
a do,en more explosions followed, and
both doors Hew oil' their bolts. Then
two men wearing big black musks clam
bered iiickly into the car and covered
us with muskets. Wo were cautioned
1o maintain silence under penalty of
getting our heads blown oil'. After
glancing hurriedly about thecartho roh
liers faslened their eyes on two iron
boxes ot I he American Kxpress Com
pany's. The robbers broug.it the lire
mau in a little later and went through
nil the boxes. They compelled us to
linn I over tlm keys. They dumped the
boxes out on the roadbed. One of the
jobbers kept us covered with his mus
ket all the time, while the other super
intended the operations."
Messenger Murphy staled that they
'i:ul secured ail i he bills of money con
fined in Hie sa e ami I tint the sum was
noon t ilcd iy a large ooe. It is proimblo
ion Hie roiuii rs' iiomv am. unit io lUiM,
IKI .illil po-sihiv more. An ollicer ot the
.'Mid sniil tli.it the t rm ii whicn was liu.it
ip w in one w hicn geneial y carried ad
I ne money received i.y Hie Milwaukee
i ntiu lion) ihe K isi in the morning.
Agent .luliii 1, tied, oi the American
Kxprcs l oin,. any, said to a rcporler
that ihe approximate statement of the
amount taken hy the robbers could not
be burned, lie snul that IfnOOO in legal
packages was certainly gone, besides a
large biiiii contained in two sealed en
velopes. Some 01 the passengers who
were asleep did not know anything
ebout the hold-up until tho train arrived
in .Milwaukee. Some passengers thought
t here were I'll or oO robbers, win lo others
tttought they saw only a dozen, and
others said there were more robbers
I ban passengers.
When the train started up again the
passengers saw the safes lying beside
the track, but the robbers hud disap
peared. When the train arrived at tho
I'jiion depot at 2:20 o'clock the express
f :ir presented a sight that would indicate
t had been attacked by heavy artillorv.
i ! very door and window was blown out,
tul the plntlorni and walls were shat
i red in half a dozen places, w hile the
intents weue piled indiscriminately in
: heap in the center of the car. Mos
Honger (I. I!. Murphy nnd his a-sistant,
II. Cook, were found gathering up
fragments of way bills and looking over
the remnants left by the roblmrs.
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Oiit'Auo, Nov, 12 lieiiernl manager
Dress Goods and Trimmings, Ladies' and
Children's Furnishings, and an elegant line
of Ladies' and Children's Shoes.
Karling of the St. Paul and Milwaukee
road r ceived a despatch this morning
saying tho robbers did not get any booty
from the express cur held up near West
Union junction this morning. The de
epateh said the robbers gaining admis
sion to the express car commanded the
messenger to open tho safes, lie refus
ed and the safes were pitched out of the
car onto the ground. In the meantime
the rear brakeinau understanding the
situation ushed back to the junction and
got the engineer and a posse and went
to the scene and the robbers Hed. The
robbers had tried to force open the doors
ol the saie, but were unsuccessful. The
train went on to Milwaukee anil ttio
fast mail train win h ieit Chicago t ick
ed up the safes and carried'tnem to Mil
waukee. The police of Milwaukee and
the secret service oi the St. l'aill sys
tem together with the sheriff ni Racine
county are in pursuit of the robbers,
their flight was so hasty that they did
not take any precation to cover their
tracks. So the officials believe they
I will get them belore noon today.
I Kxpress Messenger Murphy reported
! at the headquarters of ttie American
i Kxpress Company here and gave an
j account oi his experience. He detailed
the facts as given in a previous inter
; view, adding that a number of shots
i were fired. The three robbers, niter
i gaining an entrance, demanded and got
the keys to the safe nt the muzzles of
I their guns. The engineer was com
! polled to iorce open the local Bale con
taining money and valuables consigned
j from Chicago for points between Chi
! cago and LaCrosse. As the through
i safes had combination locks the robliers
', were unable to get into them. The
robbers then compelled the train men to
i assi.-t in throwing their treasure boxes
from the car. and the firemen, messen
1 ger and his helper were ordered to leave
the cur fol.owed by three robbers with
rilies leveled upon thein. The three
trainmen were compelled to walk
about a quarter of a mile. Meantime
the locomotive headlight had been ex
, tingiiished. They sent the engineer and
i fireman into the cab and ordered the
train to pull out of the way. The safe
contained between $2000 and $3000 anil
: way bills, which were taken and proba
1 blv destroyed. When the train arrived
at Frankville, a telegram was sent to
Western Union junction and a posse
sent to tiie scene.
A rrotracteil HlriiBtfle Expected Tho
Army Well Prepared,
l.oMiox, Nov. 12 Today's advices
from Uio tirande lie Sill give the reasons
for the secession of that province. One
is that owing to the distance of tho
province from Hio Janeiro its interests
do not attract tho attention thoy do
serve. Another is that tho State prefers
to govern itself and doos not agree with
the general policy of guiding affairs at
tho north.
He FoiiHOca is, all rumors to the con
trary notwithstanding, in apparently
good health and able to make a vigorous
campaign. It is reported ill Montevideo
that 1'e Fonscca has declared his posi
tive resolution to put down the rebellion
in the south and to employ, if need be,
oyory ahlo bodied man within reach of
his authority.
Tho dictator has abolished exemption
from military service, which heretofore
could be purchased in Brazil. Hero
alter rich and poor will have to take
thoir turns in the army which is being
rapidly increased. The army is more
efficient tlinii it was under the empire,
and the navy has also been strength
ened. There is every prospect, there
lore, of a protracted struggle should Kio
llrando He Sul persist m its determina
tion to secede.
Sh .t Dea I bv the Judge.
1'ami Koui.iis, Cab, Nov. 12 Judgo
John Keisnaw yesterday shot and killed
A. M. Sherwood, defendant in a case
which had been tried belore Kelshnw.
Sherwood attacked him and he shot in
self-delense.
(I mill Uulug, Hold Cuminir.
Wasuinoi'on, I). C. Nov. 12 The
chiei of the bureau of statistics reports
the total value of exported domestic
breadstiill's during October, 1801, lobe
24, 403,334.
Tho director ot tho mint desires to
correct the figures published in the ab
stract of his report as to the amount of
the return movement oi gold to the
United Slates troin July 1 to November
1, ism, Ihe amount returned was $22,
32J,773. The mistake was made in the
official copy furnished the press.
I. Ife llont ntiil l'r.iv M Using.
London, Nov. 12 Though at inidiiiL'ht
the great gale in Kngland had subsided,
the storm was still prevailing in south
western Ireland. Dispatches continiio
to bo received giving details of havoc
wrought along the coast by yesterday's
storm. From liainsgate, on the east
Isle of Thanet, Kent, four fishermen
were drowned. There is great excite
ment in tho south portion of the Irish
sea over the probable drowning of the
crew of a life boat which went out yes
terday to attempt to save the crow of it
vessel in distress oil' that place. There
is hardly any doubt among those ac
quainted with the dangerous coast that
the life boat lias foundered and every
soul in her found a watery grave.
Always keep in stock
Cash. All kinds
Wrong Man Killed
San Antonio, Tex., Nov. 12 Near La
Gartz, an isolated little town in Live
Oak county, one night last week, oc
curred a very peculiar murder. Antonio
Vera and Sebastian Torres, well-to-do
Mexican ranchers, loved a girl named
Chiquitit Flores. Vera first met Chi
quita, courted her and was to marry her
when the fall crop of cattle was sold.
Torres then appeared on the scene.
He came from southern Mexico and
wore the picturesque dress of that sec
tion. He was a handsome young fellow
with plenty of money, lie bought a
large pasture and stocked it. The girl
became iniatuated with hiin and the
lover remonstrated with her in vain.
Ho burned witli jealousy and finally he
ulotted to kill his rival.
On seeming y iriendly terms with
Torres, he invited him to pass the night
at his quarters. Torres accepted, prom
ising to call at the house at 1 o'clock,
after finishing a call upon Senorita
Flores. Vera got drunk and went to his
ranch. A little after the appointed hour
he entered his room. Only the starlight
was shining through the windows. He
could see the form of Torres lying on the
bed. He placed a Winchester to the ear
of his sleeping rival, blew out his brains
and coolly lighted a lamp, and holding
it near the body, he was petrified to see
the body of Heraiuas Ventro, an inti
mate friend.
As it appears in the evidence Terres
suspected foul play, and induced Ventro
to take his place as the guest of tho dis
possessed lover, lirst loading him with
mescal. Terres has disappeared, the
girl is still at her father's ranch, Vera
has surrendered and unless ho finds
I means to commit suicide will uiidoubt
j edly haug.
Large Mortifiige Filed.
I Ii is i ' in, Nov. 12 A mortgage of $ti,
000.OUO has just been filed at tho Suffolk
county office of registry of deeds. It
covers the property of the Boston Cord
ago Company, the Standard Cordage
Company, and other cordage manufac
turers and is one proceeding in the
trust process by which all concerns have
been made into one and a mortgage
given by a security corporation, the New
Jersey A Manhattan trust company of
New York. The lease by which this
property, was turned over to the Na
tional Cordage Company was attached
to tho mortgage. Hy its terms the lat
ter is to pay ttio security corporation a
semi annual rent of $ ISO, 000 and alBO
make sinking fund semi-annual pay
ments of $112,500 and secures tho priv
ilege of purchase under certain condi
tions. Nut "1'ulilic Lands."
Si'okani:, Nov. 12 Attorney-General
Jones has prepared an opinion for the
board of haibor line commissioners in
the case of tho Northorn Pacific rail
road's claim to the ownership of" a strip
of land 200 feet in width on tho shore of
Commencement bay, under the lerms of
its charter granting it a right of way
through the public lands of tho United
States 200 feet in width on either side of
the track.
The harbor line commissioners have
surveyed the harbor at Tacoma, have
located the harbor lines, and are about
to lile a plat delining the location of tho
harbor lines, whicn will include tho
whole or a part of the strip thus claimed
by the railroad company. The Northorn
Tacilic objected to this, anil the subject
was reierreu to tne attorney general by
tho board tor an opinion.
Tho attorney general sustains the
board oi commissioners in tho opinion
just completed. His a.guinents are tl at
the road's right oi way was "through
public lands," and that soil lying below
the line of ordinary high tide had been
repeatedly held by eminent courts not
to be public lands. The words "public
domain," he says, are used in the rail
road's contract as entirely synonymous
with "public lands."
There is no authority in the company's I
charter, he says, for the construction of
any wharf or other facility to reach navi
gable water and he adds:
"It is difficult to conceive how Con
gress, when it provided for tho construc
tion of a railroad to a point on l'uget
Sound, could have intended to provide
for the con-truction ol a railroad into
the Sound."
hi conclusion be says: "1 am of the
opinion that you may lnwfullv include
within the harbor lines of the harbor oi
Tacoma any of the area lying between
the outer harbor lino and' tho line oi
ordinary high water mark, not exceed
ing in w idth 000 feet.
Increasing Fortifications.
Sr. I'k I'KHsiu nti , Nov. 12 The authori
ties of tho war office has resolved to
construct a line of forts along the
Chinese frontier and to increase tho
iiuuilH'i oi officers in central Asia.
Itl - Fire In l.oiid.iu.
I.oNiinN, Nov. 12 Karlv this morning
ui tire broke out in Hetnnal (Ireon, an
eastern suburbof tamlon, in the quarter
occupied by lumber yards, factories and
ta large number of tenements tilled w ith
j poor families, and caused heavy damage,
j Only one casualty resulted in death and
was that of a child w hich died from ex
posure. Among the property destroyed
was an extensive lumber yard, box fac
tory and a number of dwelling houses.
rorty lamittes w ere rendered homeless.
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a fine line of Groceries. Liberal discount for
of Country Produce taken in exchange for
.... Goods ....
PATRICK EGAN. MINISTER.
A Sketch of t!;e Cireer of Our Repre
sentative in Chilf.
Fatrick Egan, United States envoy ex
traordinary and minister plenipotentiary
to Chili, was born in Bally million,
county of Longford, Ireland, in 1841. In
1308 he embarked in business under his
own name, and soon became the leading
baker of the Irish capital. He continued
in this business until 188:!, and so long
as he gave his personal attention to it it
thrived. In 1800 he joined St. Patrick's
Brotherhood and was an active member
when, in 1807 the vain attempt at insur
rection was made. From 1808 to 1872
he was identified with the work of the
Amnesty association, but did not gain
much prominence in it.
The most interesting portion of Mr.
Egan's public career began when ho and
his associates organized the Home Rule
league, which in 18S2 was merged into
the Land league. In 1874 he labored
with good effect to elect Mr. Parnell to
his first seat in parliament. The league
was organized in October, 1879, and
"Mr. J. G. Biggar, M. P., Mr. W. H.
O'Sullivan, M. P., and Mr. Patrick
Kgau" were elected treasurers. It was
not long beiore Mr. Egan became the
first of the three, of which he began as
the last.
PATltU'K EC1AN.
In 1881, when a crisis in Land League
nll'airs was precipitated by the Coercion
act, Mr. Egan (led to Paris with the
funds of the league. Why he went has
been the subject of discussion which is
not yet regarded as closed. He and his
friends claimed that he was prompted
by a fear that the government would
seize the funds. Others allege that it
was rather a fear that the government
would seize him on a charge of complic
ity in the Phirnix Park assassinations,
and still others openly declared that it
was a convenient way for Mr. Egan to
escape the consequences of scrutiny of
his books and accounts, which, of
course, he took with him. Mr. Jenkin
son, tho chief of the criminal service of
Dublin, in giving out the information
that Mr. Egan had "mysteriously disap
peared," assumed that ho had been
irightened away by the prospect of
Sheridan's extradition, w hereby impor
tant evidence was, he thought, likely to
fall into the hands of the authorities
evidence of Mr. Egan's complicity in
the assassinations. Sir Henry James,
in His speech for the London Times bo
fore tho Parnell commission on Novem
ber 20, 1880, referred to Mr. Egan's
flight as "proof of criminal conduct,"
and declared that there was "other
proof oi his association with the Plucnix
I'ark murders." This was the most di
rect and official utterance of the charge
that ever was made. Sir Henry James
wa a Privy Counsellor of the Queen, a
member of Pari anient on the govern
ment side and the recognized leader of
the English bar.
In March, 188:!, Mr. Egan landed in
America. In August of that year he
was elected president of the Irish Na
tional League of America in place of
Alexander Sullivan, who had been
unanimously re-elected by tho Boston
convention, but who declined to serve.
Very soon after Mr. Egan's election he
was openly charged with using the po
sition as a means of allying the league
with Mr. Blaine's political followers,
and this brought about dissensions
which at one time threatened to break
down tho league. Mr. Egan entered
into a newspaper discussion of the
question, arid while asserting his inno
cence of any such intention emphasized
whatever influence lie might have to
bring about such a result.
In October. 18S:i, Mr. Egan declared
his intention to become a citizen of the
I mted States, but he did not receive
his naturalization papers until April 10,
: IS8S. in the campaign of 1884, though
j not yet a citizen, he supported Mr.
. Blaine with all the fervor of his fervid
nature, ami in lS8s within a few weeks
I alter he had been naturalized, he headed
( the Blaine Irish contingent, which went
over to Harrison when it was found that
j Blaine was not to be nominated.
He had been a citizen of the United
States less than seven months when he
voted for Harrison, and in less than a
j month after Mr. Harrison's inaugura-
tion as president Mr. Egan wi9 appoint
; to the ministerial office w hich he now
holds. The news of .this appointment
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created consternation throughout the
country. Republicans who had not yet
had time to be disappointed by other
and more personal nets of the new ad
ministration declared it to he bad poli
tics to appoint to a diplomatic position
a man who hail so thoroughly succeeded
in making himself obnoxious to a large
portion of the Irish people in America
and to all the people of that country
which had tho strongest commercial
hold on thy Chilian market. Indigna
tion meetings were held in many parts
of the country, and resolutions were for
warded to Washington by the hundred.
A few weeks after Mr. Egan's ap
pointment was made the Cronin murder
was committed in Chicago, and Mr.
r.g.iu o iinioc naa ti.nu in uio uiuuuid
of people who seemed now prepared to
believe him capable of almost any kind
i of deed for tho furtherance of his own
jends. Nothing, of course, was ever
! proved against him, but the scandal was
added to tho other reasons why he
' should not be permitted to represent
this government in one of the most im
I portant of the South American coun
tries. But he sailed from New York in
June, 188!), and arrived in Chili at a
time when the rumblings of tho ap
proaching revolution were alre dy be
ginning to bo heard. Balmaceda's
purposes had already excited alarm
among tho friends and upholders of the
Chilian constitut:on, and men of promi
nence iu the republic began to range
i themselves for or against the would-be
(dictator. Egan's sympathies as Ameri
can minister went out at once to lialma
ceda. The two men had much in com
mon, and therefore there was much to
! draw them together. Both were "bossy"
by nature and both shrewd and full of
schemes.
i But the thing that influenced the inti
I macy the most was tho fact that both
: were anti-English. Balmaceda saw that
English capital would go to support his
j opponents, and that fact turned him
against the English. Egan was quick
to note this, and so became a stauncher
friend of Balmaceda than ever. The
two men saw more of each othei than
under ordinary circumstances they
1 would have done. Egan soon estab-
lished a good deal of influence over Bal
maceda, and was freqnently consulted
, by the dictator President.
' He enjoyed other favors, too, for one
i of his sons, through government inflii-
ence, secured a profitable railroad con-
tract, upon which he was engaged at the
: time of the downfall of his father's
' friend. Egan, indeed, waB one of the
; staunchest friends that Balmaceda had
j among the diplomatic corps at Santiago.
He proved the dictator's friend in all of
his reports to the Slate department to
I such an extent that not until the time
: i f the rout of Balmaceda's army near
j Valparaiso did the State department
! know anything of the strength of the in
I surgents. Egan bad thrown the naval
! commanders oil' as well. Both Admiral
Brown and Commodore Schley, who
looked to him for much of their inform
j ation about the situation on shore, were
I provided only with tho news favorable
; to Balmaceda.
j Egan's lif i in Santiago has been of
j rather a Btirring nature, lie has fully
j enjoyed the social and political foment
which has been almost constantly going
: on around him. It was like a leaf out of
his experience in Ireland and England,
and it recalled those days to him. His
residence is on Monjitas street, one of
the principal thoroughfares in Santiago.
The house is of good size and comfort
able lie was popular enough while Balma
ceda lived and dominated the sentiment
of the town, but since Balmaceda's fall,
Egan has been correspondingly unpopu
lar. The general feeling in Chilian cir
cles in Santiago is that he has far trans
cended his rights ns Minister in making
the American legation there the reiuge
of those not entitled to his protection.
The Whaler Orea Heturns.
San Francisco, Nov. 12 The steam
whaler Orca arrived last night from Fox
inland with 800 barrels of oil, 22,000
pounds of bone, ;!00 pounds of ivory, 100
lox and nine bear skins for the Pacific
Steam Whaling Company. She reports
having spoken the steam whaler
Norwhal off St. Matthews on October
20th with live whales.
Chief Ollicer H. Ci. Dexter died on
October 10th after a severe shock of
paralysis and after a short illness. The
deceased officer was a native of Martha's
Vineyard, Mass., and was 47 vears of
ago.
The 1'ope Ai;iitn I'rnlesis.
Pakib, Nov. 12 The Pope has renewed
his protest to the Minister of Worship
against supporting the position taken by
the Italian government in connection
with the recent pilgrim incident in
Home.
Will I'ro'm't lhair liitere-t-i.
Limiiin, Nov. 12 Tne Portuguese gov
ernment, in view of the grave state of
affairs in Brazil, has decided to have
some war ship protect Portuguese in
terest in that republic.
N.4T41 Nulen.
Wasiiinuton, D. C, Nov. 12 The
I v ii iien suites steamer ixearsage has ar
rived at M. Jl nomas. West Indies.
Tne navy department has authorized
the twelfth payment of $53,8$) be made
to the I'nion Iron works of California on
account of cruiser No. o.
HEPPNER . .
. . OREGON
Advices From China.
San Francisco, Nov. 12 Advices per
the steamship Gaelic, which arrived
late last night, Bays that natives state
that three leaders of the rioters who
destroyed churches and chapels at
Kwangtchow, iu Anliui, have been ex
amined and have confessed, implicating
a student. The magistrate refused to
entertain this charge on the ground that
the student was incapable of such an
act, and refused to confront him with
his accusers, who have been sent to
Wahee for trial. The student has fol
lowed them to clear his character.
The North China News publishes a
long article fully discussing the recent
riots with their causes. It says in brief,
the story that the rebels are attempting
to overthrow tho central government by
embroiling it with foreign powers, al
though plausible at first, is now abso
lutely incredible. Among other curious
things we must believe, according to this
theory, that the Chinese government is
dealing with its enemies as no govern
ment ever did before. It cannot see
them until actually pointed out bv for
eigners. Unless their names and ad
dresses are given it cannot find them.
When caught it will not punish them
unless compelled and is always ready to
encourage those who help and obstruct
those who hinder them. In short the
government has gone mad.
In every other way the machine works
as usual, but in this respect it appears
that officers cannot control soldiers,
governors their officers, nor the em
peror his viceroys. No rebels have as
yet ever been seen by foreigners, such
rioters as the foreigners have recognized
were without exception the emperor's
most loyal subjects and servants, sol
diers and officials. No act of theirs has
been directed against the government,
but the foreigners alone have suffered.
The fact is the theory is a Chinese
one, put forward for sympathy abroad
; and gives a good plea on which to ask
not to be pressed, llie government, as
well as the educated classes, all hate
foreigners and the whole purpose of the
riots is to see how far they can go with
out being held responsible. Eor long
years the Chinese have got the best of it
in disputes with foreign powers.
A generation has passed since the last
foreign war, and, further, it is remarka
ble that in a country where some one is
always held responsible for every un
toward event, including floods, droughts,
plagues and earthquakes, a Bole ex
ception is made in regard to foreign riots.
For these accountable parties can never
be found, or if found mast not be pun
ished. For the notorious outbreak at
Chalking the only man punished was a
native Christian, who was beheaded for
too vigorously defending his house
against a mob.
Chen Kin Lung, leader of Kolao Ilin,
the secret society which has been in
strumental in causing an uprising in
Hunan, was captured by six runners of
Shanghai and the Soo Chow police while
staying at an inn in Soo Chow. He was
accompanied by a band of 30 men and
was getting ready to leave for Hang
Chow and other inland places when he
was surprised at night by the runners,
who, despite his endeavors to protect
himself with his sword, quickly over
powered him and before he had given
an alarm gagged and bound him,
boarded a steam launch and proceeded
to Shanghai.
His examination was conducted with
secrecy by a magistrate and deputies of
the viceroy of the governor and of Too
tai. Several official documents issued
by Kolao llin were found on his person.
In them he was addressed as the
"Eighth Great Prince" and as com
mander of numerous forces. Three ex
aminations were held, but Chen refused
to make any disclosures, despite torture,
saying to the officers that he would not
betray his cause and he was only ready
to give up his life for the cause he had
joined.
Officials are pursuing another method,
they feast him and ply him with liquor
in hope that ho will let fall some infor
mation under its influence. They have
thus far met with no success.
Mason, the customs oflicial who made
an attempt to smuggle arms into China
and put himself forward as a possible
leader of the rebellion, was examined
before the British police court at Shang
hai. Developments 6how the affair
was a Quixotic attempt on Mason's part
to obtain notorietv. anil hml nn real
I political significance.
Ihe Nanking viceroy is said to have
advised the imperial government not to
open 1 f u nun.
Nativo boats are closely watched in
the Yangtsz for smuggled arms.
The Mercury's Tuntsin correspondent
says that Viceroy Li Hung Chang ap
pears to be in a very cheerful state of
mind, and seems to think internal
affairs not at all serious, and that for
eign powers are only playing a game of
bluff. The general feeling, however, is
one of insecurity, and it is further statsd
that the viceroy of Nanking has strongly
advised the British consul at Chinkiang
to remove European woman and chil
dren. Following is the distribution of for
eign men of war on the Yangtsi : At
Hankow, the British cruiser Archer, and
the tferman gunboat litis and a Russian
ram at Chingkiaog; the British gunboat
Redpole, at Kinkiang; French cruiser
Inconstant, at Wuhu; British gunboat
Peacock, at Chinkiang. There are also
the Chinese sloops Chin Cliing and Plu
Ming and the revenue cruiser Feihoo in
the same neighborhood.
The position of affairs in China has
slightly improved and there is an easier
feeling. High officials seem alive to the
danger of tampering with the rebellion
and are doing all they dare to repress
the agitators. There have been rumors
of trouble at Chung Kin, but by latest
advices, peace prevailed both there and
at Icloing. and mission work is going
on as if the riots had never been heard
BROKE HIS FAST.
SIrnttoil Takes u Drink After Oiling
Thirty. F.vo t)ay Without Food.
New Yohk, Nov. 13 Faster Gheney
Stratton has taken to drinking. The
conditions upon which he was fasting at
one of tho museums in the city having
been violated he loses the $500 which
was to have been his in addition to half
the gate receipts in case he broke the
record, lie gave way to the tempter at
10:02 o'clock Wednesday evening and
took some champagne, because the doc
tors stated that ho could not go longer
without stimulants.
Tne conditions were that he should
exist on water and air only. This he
did for 37 days, one hour and two
minutes, but his dizziness and nausea
then became so acute that it was thought
advisable not to let him go on. Drs.
Herd and Wimmer issued the following
bulletin yesterday :
"We claim that Stratton has been the
only man who has lived on air and
water only for the period of 35 days,
Tanner, Succi and Jaques not being con
sidered as classed with Stratton, as they
lived with the asBUtance of drugs, stim
ulants, opium or herb powders. He
could go on for an indefinite period, 75
days possibly, without collapsing."
Kevluing Mexican Duties.
Washington, U. C, Nov. 13 The
bureau of the American republics haB
received a notice of the decree recently
issued by the President of Mexico re
moving many arbitrary restrictions at
the custom house at the City of Mexico.
The decree provides that foreign mer
chandise paying duty on entering the
countiy at the frontier or the maritime
custom house shall be subject to no
further taxation beyond a five per cent,
consumption tax calculated on the
amount of import duties.
Kuielilo of tlatniaci'il i'd MinUter.
Valparaiso, Nov. 13 A report has
just reached here from Santiago that
Pedro Uandarillis has shot and killed
himself at his hiding place on a farm in
the mountains. He was Balmaceda's
minister of agriculture in the first cabi
net formed by the d ctator. The cause
of the suicide was fear of prosecution on
the part of the Junta. He did not dare
stand trial.
The military tribunal has sentenced
10 officers of Balmaceda to banishment
from Chili for five years and disbarred
them from holding any offices in the
country.
Alleged Anarchist ArrfiigniMl-
CmcAao, Nov. 13 The 17 alleged an
archists arrested at last night's meeting
were arraigned in the justice court this
morning. Complaints were made
against them, some for resisting officers,
others for carrying concealed weapons
and for disorderly conduct. Several
police officers were examined, and their
evidence was practically the same as
the story told last night at the arrests.
I.ynvhliiK at n Negro Dance.
Bkeniiam, Tex., Nov. 13 Information
has just been received here of a double
lynching that occurred in GayhiU pre
cinct, this county, Monday last. The
lynching resulted at a negro dance.
Yellow Fever In New York.
New Yokk, Nov. 13 The steamship
Alliance which arrived from Brazil yes
terday had four deaths on board during
the passage north, due, it is slated by
her officers, to malarial fever. It is al
leged, however, that the men died of
yellow fever. It is alsoBtated that there
are several cases of yellow jack on board
now. The vessel has been passed at
quarantine and her passengers and crew
have been allowed to land and scatter
over Brooklyn and New York.
Hatch Favored for Speaker.
St. Louis, Nov. 13 The executive
committee of the Missouri branch of the
National Democratic club, and the en
tire Missouri Congressional delegation,
with the exception of one member, to
gether with a number of prominent and
leading Democrats of the State, have in
formally expres ed a preference for Wil
liam II. Hatch, of Missouri, for speaker
of the national House of Representatives.
Hatch has formally declared himself a
candidate for that position.
She Is Dead.
LoNnoN, Nov. 12 Lady Elizabeth
Mary Grosvenor, Dowager Marchioness
of Westminster, youngest daughter of
the first Duke of Sutherland, is dead.
The Fork Scare Again.
Londok, Nov. 12 The Chronicle this
morning announces that trichinie has
been found in American pork at Soling
ent, a town of Rhenish Prussia.