THE OMAHA
ESTABLISHED JUNE 15) ) , 1871. " OMAHA , THURSDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 6 , 1891. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS.
PJRES BREAKING OUT ANEW
Wirtn Aid Dtwn and it is Impossible to
, . Got Djtiib ,
THREE WISCONSIN TOWNS IN DANGER
Ilandftnmo I In.iiiotnl Snturrlpttoin for tlie
fcunVrrrn Vrrxhlcnt Hill's I'tvo Tlioemnnil
rmnllr lieirneil to llrulli t Mii-
\1 . lrm.ulou Kitupcs.
ST. PAUL , Sept. 5. Reports from the
north are to Iho effect thai CarUtcn , Kcr-
rick and Ilarnum nre In danger. I crce
fires nto now surrounding those places , nnd
BJ dense Is the smoke that It Is Impossible
to see across Iho street. Details are hard
la get as wires are down. One report wts
current In this city today that IJarnum had
been elestroycil , but it has been Impossible
to confirm the report. The three cities
named are within a few miles of each other
and It la probable that the game big flro Is
the ono reported. The men ot Kerrlck
liad sent the women and children to West
Superior and Uuluth tor safety and re
mained behind to fight the fire.
The subscriptions for thefire sufferers
grow rap.dly today. The first came from
President J. J. HIM of the Great N rthcrn
railway , of which road the damaged East
ern Minnesota Is a branch , and was for
15,000. Accompanying this was another fcr
5,000 from President Hill's associates In the
Great Northern. Altogether the money con
tributions will aggregate about J25.000 , Min
neapolis having already raised $12,000 and
Is rapidly Increasing the amount , and Iu-
luth has a fund tf $10,000 , whllo every town
In the state has Kent smaller amounts.
Early this morning two carloads cf pro-
vlslins from this city reached Shell Lake and
Cumberland , WIs. , for the destitute et those
placet ) .
Seven people were burned to death In the
fires at Marenga , a few mites south ot Ash
land , W.s , and the news has junt been re
ceived. The bodies have reached Ashland ,
but are eo badly burned that recognition Is
Impossible. The dead are :
THANK NnitGROM.
ISAAC TOWNI3Y
MHS. IDA TOWN BY.
B LI SI IA TOWN13Y
WILLIAM TOWNEVT.
lESSi : TOWN MY.
IVALTEU Git A FT.
The last four nro children.
TU.K OL' HKIIUll.UINO.
llore Tulri of ll < rolini rii irlcn llognn'ii
Srvi n Mlle > ( i v I.
I'INR CITY , Minn. , Sept 6 Arrange
ments are being made for a grand memo
rial meeting- 1)0 held In the park Sunday
svcnlng next. The a rvlcis will be extens.ve
In character anil pirtlclputed In bj seveial
Twin City pastois.
Illncklcy and Mission Creek will be re
built ns soon as the moie Impoitant matter
of roller Is nssuroil.
The heioes of the fcwst lire are innnj.
In the front rank must lie placed Unglnuet
I'd llarry nnd Conductor I'owirs ot the
n.iRtern Minnesota. The 760 people whom
Ihey picked up and carried luclc to safety
In the frelcht cms we-ro cnirle-d through
the midst of the furnace , over burning ties ,
In the face ot the knowledge thnt anotlii r
train In the opposite dlieUlun hail the right
of way and was liable to be met with any
where In the dense smoke and flame , nnd
a terrible rlele over the 330-loot bridge over
the Kettle river , which was bliulmr nnd
ttembllnii uiulor the wheels , apparently
ic.uly to fall. Kiftcen mlnute-a after the
Irnln passeel the bilelgu went down.
It was ut this time ; that n crowd of al
leged itie'n ciovvele-d into the cab and beggeet
I nglneer It.irry to uncouple the train and
cuiry them to safe-tv , leivlnj ; the people-
In the cars to perish. They were suin-
mnrlly throw n out by the englneei unil the
train load of precious freight hauled to n
place of safetv.
Ono of the most pathetic nnd henrtrenel-
In , ; tales is that of Clmilcs Hcmiui. J nines
ICe-lly was foicmnn for O'Urlen Bros ,
whose camp Is eight miles fiom Hlnckley
When the lire dievv perilously close to the
camp nnd thcv could light It no longer ha
i nnd Charles Hogaii started to vvulk to
bamlMone , se-vcn miles. The > trudged
tluougli the ) bllsteilng atmosphere , encour-
DRlnu at every step nnd picking each other
up when either fell Finally about a ciuir-
ter ot a mlle liejond Kettle river , Kelly be
came exhausted , and HORan could not uige
him on. Uy this lime Hosun's feet were
10 badly blistered Hint he was compelled
lo take to bin hands and knees Kelly , In
Ihe' meantime , had elraggeel himself to the
hvud of tlie i a vine , upon which he lost his
head , and , falling , rollid over and over
until he struck tlie batlom of the gully-
Bead.
Ilognn lay till Saturday night In the ra
vine , nnd Sunelay morning stnrteKl for S in < l-
\ Btonc on hi * tiniula and knees. Fully six
* t miles more , Inciedible no It mav sci-in , he
cinwlcil , touchingSandstone aflei having
spent the entire time since Saturday night
on theway. . Ills hnnils aunt feet suffc'red
and he will bear Iho inaiks to his grave.
1,1 vi : si OCR ON inn : .
iV-wful Sight thnt 'follounl tlin Pull of n
Tr-iln from n ItnrnliiiT llrlilct- .
AHOAWA , WIs , Sept , 5-The wreck of
the -westbound freight train on thu Gree-n
Day road , which occurred about three miles
above this place , Is of a much moro serloti'i
nature than at llrst reported. The train
n as'running- about twenty-live miles an
hour , and ran Into n burning bridge , which
Eave wny. The rnglne and eighteen cars
iv ere wrecked. The lire communicated to
the- cars Immediately , and teen the whale
tvns a heap of iislns. homo of the care
iv ere loaded with sheep , hogs and cattle ,
A. large number of them were burned to n
srtup. An awful slplit was to see sheer
rumilng about with the wool on their bucks
ttbluzu. No human HVCH wcie lost , the en-
Klnccr nnd llremnn jumping fiom tlie en
gine before leaching the Inldgc
HIM UChl.S IN IIUI.UTII.
Urcr n Tlioiu tint of Tlicin llrlng Ciireel fur
liy Keller OicitnlritloiiM.
IHJLUTH , Sept. 5 Tliero ure ovei t.OOl
dcstltuto refugees from the Hlnckley nm
Sandstone tires now In Uuluth , and It I :
expected thnt there will be but few more
to come , Over $ SMW has been raised for th <
lief , and food , rtothlnc und lumber an
being donated liberally.
The relict" society > esterdny sent 100 ei
the unfortunates to friends and relative's li
other cities.
Ono of the pad features In the mifferlni
on the Fconc of Ihe cutaslioplie- the largi
number of cows , horses , sheep nnd hogs
as well ns fovvlH , that miraculously cscapei
thu flames and ure now slowly starving t >
death. _
l lip' in lni { Ah'iiln In Dm IT.
ISHPnMlNO. Mich , Sept. B This elty I
ngaln wreathed In Miicke , the Hies in th
forests , adjoining having Klartcd afresh
The diimnBU here Is conllnenl to crops niv
timber , a Iho lire U some distance from th
settlements. Ucports from thu lumbe
towns west of here tay all Is safe us vel
but the danger Is by no means over. Hun
dreds of men uiw still lighting Hume
throughout the upper peninsula
Hihur MpnelitivVlpiil Out.
CIIIPPIJWA TALI.S , WIs. Sept. .6-Flsli
rr Meadow , a small settlement , was wipe
nut today , John Paul nnd James Mltclie
of this city lost both their extensive IOK
King outllts unit cumps am ! a largu uqai :
tlty of logs. The lluchaimn mill was alii
destroyed The tire is said to be runnln
toward Murray , where danger Is nppu
bonded . _ _ _ _ _ _
Alii from Iliiluili.
Dt'LVTH. Sept. 5.-A1I last night the clt
zcna ot Harinun and Moss Lake , about lift
and sixty miles out on the Ht. Paul A. Ot
luth , were out flKhtlnc III us , and tuda
asked aid from Dulutli , whleli vent a rrt
with l.COO fret of hose llc-porta by wit
from both plaeea say the towns are Kill
unless tlie wind changes back to northcnis
I iuluron lioitlcn l u Diicoiit.
Dl'Ll'TH , Sept S. Ihe relief parly wlilc
left here to fuurch Ihe EaRtern I'ne. ' set
won ! today thnt near Sandstone It faun
dead Lodlen In ono dugout , Ini
which the victim ) ) hnel ru. hcd , hoping .o
nave their Itvca.
flying S ( irkii.
English Center , a email hamlet of 200
Inhabitants , In 1,5 com Ing county , Pennsyl
vania , IB reported to have been destroyed ,
Lumber camps belonging lo Ed. St. John
and James Fleming near itush City , Minn ,
have been destroyid and forty laborers nre
missing.
Bruce , V.'Is , has been surrounded with
flames for several days. The people cared
themselves In the creek. Illnckhurn's mill
and camp are burneel.
Churchill , six miles north of Youngstown ,
O , was In great danger of being consumed
In a fire which started In a field. Fifty
acres ol pasture and woodland were burned.
At Kerrlck , on the Eastern Minnesota , the
men sent the women and children to West
Superior , but decided to stay themselves to
fight the flames which threatened to destroy
the r-lty.
Tires are still .burning In the neighbor
hood of Uradforel , Pa. , and doing Immense
damage. Wires are all down and great Ctars
arc cntrrtnlrcd for ecvcral of the camps in
the outlajlng districts.
Tour camps belonging to the Empire Log
ging company , twenty-four miles north of
CirantEburg , WIs. have been destrojed , to
gether with 300,000 feel of logs and seventy
cattle , and several million feet of standing
pine.
pine.Thomas
Thomas Fitzgerald , the land examiner of
the St. Paul & Duliith road , escaped from the
center of the burned district on the eastern
Minnesota train upun which so many pesons
escaped from Hlnckley Several of his crew
are missing.
HA rr. A x u HI I.CT j. K > . o.v.
Delegate , * In tlio Irrljriitlon Contention
Vlou Soiuo uf Its ICemiltK.
DENVEH. Sept. B. The delegates to the
national Irrigation congress returned from
the r excursion to the great agricultural and
Irrigated districts around Fort Collins , Gree-
ley and boulder last evening , delighted with
what they had Keen. Lest night the de'egates
met at the Uroadw.iy theater to listen to
addresses by the foreign delegates The
first speaker was Don J. Uamonde Vbar-
rola cf Me\.lco , wlo spoke on "Irrigation In
Mexico and International Kclat ons " He
said his government possessed a large
amount of arid lands and were equally Inter
ested In the subject cf Irrigation with the
western states of the United States
This means of watering agricultural
lands was not , however. In Its
Infancy In the republic of Mexico The
Aztecs , during the time of Cortez , con
structed immense canals and viaducts for
this purpose , which will stand until the end
of time. He believed In the government
control cf streams running through ar'd
lands and the distribution of Its waters under
federal jurisdiction and endorsed the reso
lution Introduced jesterday requesting con
gress to appoint an irrigation commissioner
to confer with like c iiinilsslons from Mexico
and Canada regarding the distribution of the
waters from the Hlo GranJe and the north
west.
west.Mr
Mr William Pearce of Canada addressed
the congress on "Irrigation In the Canadian
Northwest. "
"Manitoba and the northwest , " ho said ,
"are Ihe only portions of Canada where Ir
rigation Is necessary { or tlio cultivation
of crops. Here they have 50000000 acres ,
most * of which lies on elevations of 4,000
feet nnd , when Irrigated , will produce great
crops of vv heat , oats , barley and hay and
such fruits as appUs and grapes. The sel
lers ot this country at present do not be-
levo In Irrigation and will have , to be edu
cated to It When tfils Is done storage rcs-
rvoirs can bo constructed which will Irri
gate 7,000,000 acres of this land , while the
remainder can he watered from the
treams. "
Mr. J S. Dennis , alee of Canada , spoke on
.ho "Irrigation Laws of Canada , " which are
Imllar to those of Colorado.
Itesoliitlons were Introduced today request-
UK that congress pass a strict law for the
reservation ot the forests , favoring the eed-
ng to tlie > government of the states and ter-
ttorles nil the lands uitliln their borders ,
never lo pass out of their possession and to
be alloted to settlers In small tracts on
crms to bo determined upon by the states
inel territories asking that the waters of In-
crstatc streams be apportioned among the
various states and territories by the govern
ment , and that priority of right be con-
Ulercd lo some- extent ; the Carey act , ce.l-
ng 1 000,000 acres of ar.ld lands to each of
he arid states nnd territories These were
referred to the committee without debate.
A paper was read by W W. Tollett cf
Denver on the underflow of water of the
great plains. Ho graphlcal'v ' described the
underflow of the west , and . .irtlcularly In
Colorado and Kansas , and arrived at the
conclusion thnt the sheet water underflow of
the arid region was not supplied by the
inciting snow In the mounta ns so much as
rom the streams anil rainfall , and was n t
strong enough to diminish to any large extent
he supply of water for Irrigation purposes.
Ilobert Hay , state geologist of Kansas ,
road a paper on "Waters of the Plains"
! e described the Irrigation system of his
state , detailed the progress m-do ( luring
ho past few years and prophesied that be
fore Iho end of the next dtcade every acre
ot land In western Kansas would bo under
cultivation and the state have a popula
tion of 2,000.000.
Mrs M A. Hamm-Felcs , wife of the Amer-
can consul to Amoy , China , read a paper
on "Ancient anel Modern Irrigation In China
and Japan. " Mrs Hanim has Traveled
over Ch na , Corea anil Japan dur-
ng the last two years and
has thoroughly Investigated the system cf
Irrigation In these countries , which , she
eald , was over 3,000 jcars old , but uas vcrj
crude.
The congress elected the following national
executive committee William K Sin j the
of California ; chairman ; Fred L. Allcs ,
California , secretary ; Prof. Edwin M Hoggs ,
Arizona Alvln M. West. California , M H
doff. Idaho ; J. W Gregory , Kansas , J R
Ilelt , .Minnesota ; Samuel I ) Ilobblns , Mon
tana , I. A Port , Nebraska , Elwood Mead ,
" \\yomlng. Charles E. Ford , Khude Island ,
Colonel Max Frost , New Mexico ; W H
Taylor Nevada , I. P naker , North Dakota
John II Fetzor , Oklahoma ; F II Brlgham
Oregon ; S M. Clark. Texas ; Judge L W
Shjrtleff. Utah ; J P Graves , Washington
II E Hooding. Wisconsin , William A
Peareo , Canada ; Don Hamon. J. Te ) Uarrlola ,
Mexico , Thomas Knight , Missouri ; D. A ,
Mlsnor , South Dakota , A. A. Kellogg , Colo-
raelo Judge Emery of California was con
tinued as national lecturer.
IX TI1K JJtl'JXK tV.I.S/ : .
Decision nn tint Motion for it Nmr 'I rial
Will Itn ItcnilcrMloon. .
SALT LAKE , Sipt. K-Special ( Tele-gran
to The Hee ) The closing arguments in thi
motion for u new trill In the Irvine dlvoro
case were made : tally John A Mnrflul
closed the argument In opposition to tin
meitlon at noon , devoting his attention go'el ' ;
to thu errors of law ullege-el bv the plain
tiff to have ocourre-d at the lrl.il XV. H
Dlckson then clewed the argument In blip
port of the motion Dleksoti ? nhl thnt th <
proofs of Mrc. IiH In 's gu It with Montgom
er > were conclusive from the e-vldeMicu am
c-ould not have been stronger unless i-he Iru
been neon in the act by a reputable witness
nnd that Judge X.me In the tomlernrts o
Ills heart allowed his s > miithlcfl | foi tin
woiiiiin tu befog his usually elear Judgment
He nlso averred that the defense reined th
Issue of adultery nolely upon the Imllmoii' '
of Mrs Irvine , which was slmplv u denial
At the conclusion of the arguments JudK
.Merrill fa Id that be would take the matte
under advisement and gtvo it his r.irefu
conxleleratlon , and that Ihe points to be de
c'liled were
"Did Mi ? . Irvine commit ndulteo and I
so , tvus It condoned with the * full knovvleilK
of her huxband , was Iivlno guilty of cruel !
to his wife , and If to , wii. It condoned nn
lastly , was the amount of alimony execs
Hive or otlieivvlse ? "
Ills honor ulna stated that he would rcn
der a tUclslcn In two or three weeks at th
latest , and earlier If he could.
Hromlte htcitrllles In Court.
PITTSIIUUU. Sept 5. Testimony In th
equity nilt brought against John S. Du
and oilier trustees ot the Economlte toclet
by G. L Shale of South Dakota and other
wan heart ! tMa afternoon In the Unite
Stalei circuit court. The taking of test
mony Is likely to last several vveeU.
HOT FIGHTING AT SEIRWAS
Mikatla'a Armj Makes a VlgjrouH Move nnd
Gains Great Advantage.
CHINESE ROUTED AND G1Z > N OCCUPIED
Henmrkiililolctnrjr Duo to Had Ocn-
mill Couiitdltc ol the Cclcs-
tlnl Solellcni-i : kiy I'ut to
lioiit iiuet ' iiiUi'rul.
CHEMULPO. Corea. Aug fl ( Special Ccr-
respondcnco of the Atsoc ated Press lly
Stramer Ilelglc to San 1'ranctsco , Sept. B )
lletalls of Ihe Japanese advinccs upon and
capture of Qaran , with particulars of the
battle at Selkwan have been received It
took the Japanese army three days to march
from a position at Ryuzan , near Seoul , to
the vicinity cf Oazan. On the morning of
July 29 the army came within sight of the
Chinese tents. The Chinese camp was sit
uated on a lull at Selkwan , an important
position on the Oa-tan rod about fifteen miles
from Qaran. In front of the hill are rice
paddles and marshes , crossed In the middle
by a little stream which runs Into OHZBII
bay , and n narrow patch leads up to tlie
hill It was a position easy to defend and
hard to attack ,
Corea U far hotter than Japan. The
temperature since the 24th has been 96 or
97 degrees TheIroops having to carry a
heavy load besides their r lies through a
wretched road were extremely fatigued , and
upon their arrival at 10 a m they were
allowed to rest themselves , though the ene-
iiij's camp was only three miles away But
as they had no tents they were compelled
to sit under the burning sun on the grass ,
whllo the general could find cnly two mat
tings to shade himself. Th re was no fresh
water , and the troops had to slake their
thirst with muddy water.
CHINESE AMUUSCADC ItOUTCD
At midnight the army left , two wings
forming t'vo separate companies. There
wna only ono path to the lull , and there
was a bridge over Ihe itream which had to
bo crossed. The main body crossed the
bridge at 2 o'clcck , but w hen the last detach
ment was on the point cf crossing , about 3
o'clock , over 300 Chinese troops In am
bush near the bank cut off the bridge and
opsned lire on the detachment at about
ninety feet distant.
The attack was sudden , nnd behind the de
tachment there xvas only the medical corps
The Japanese troops were at first c n-
fused , but Captain Matsuzakl at once or
dered them to march forward , and the
troops , encouraged by Ihe leader , rushed upon
the Chinese with a shout and bore them
down. In the skirmish , on the Japanese
s do six men were killed by the enemy , sev
enteen or eighteen were drowned and fifteen
or sixteen were wounded , thojgh the fight
lasted but fifteen minutes. The Chinese
fled , leaving eighteen or nineteen k lied
rmong whom was an officer , and two prls-
01 era All was then erulet for two hours
At G o'clock the Japanese left opened fire ,
mit the Chinese did not respond until the
Japanese had fired fourteen or fifteen rounds
Then b gan tlie fight In earnest. The Jap
anese charged with a shout upon the enemy
and each charge effected a new lodgment.
The Chinese then retreated
Aftsr nn hur and a half the battle was
over and quiet was restored It appears
that the Chinese general , Che , had at first
come to elefend this outpost at Se kwan
with 1,000 troops but hearing that the
Japanese army hael left Uyuzan over 1,500
moro troops had been brought from Gazan
under General She on the 27th and 28th.
They had Intended , In case of elefeat , to
retreat to Lonan , a garrisoned town about
twenty-five miles cast of Selkwan , but the
Japmsso left wing attacked them from the
cast to drive thsm back to Oazan
UTTEH IGNORANCE OF TACTICS.
Though the Chinese ambuscade at the
bridge was to be praised ths setting up of
their guns Immediately around their tents
showed their Ignorance of tactics , for if
their tents were set on fire bj cannon they
would not only have b en unable to quencli
It but they could not have remained within
the line of their guns. At the first the
Chinese fought outside the gun parapets
with the intention eviO uitly ot taking refuge
there If they were beaten back. But tlie
sultlcn charges of the Japanese gave them
no time to run within their parapj-s. They
fled , leaving their flags behind.
On a high hill to the left of the main
camp was n thick wood , within which the
Chinese had their cannon. As It com
manded the Japanese army , which approached
preached it without suspecting any ramp
within , a sudden vollry of cannon nnd small
aims took the latter by surprlie. This
camp held out longest Several flags v ore
found. Among Iho camp of the Chinese
aitlllery , against which the Japanese rlfeht
wing ndvanc. . " ! , cannon were set with
palisades around the parapets. The > y v ore
broken down by the Japanese and four or
five artillery ofilcers and over ten men were
killed. The Japanese officers praise highly
the skill of the Chinese aitlllery at this
fight General Oshlnm and Lieutenant
Colonel Tiikushlna had a narrow escape.
The Chinese lots may be computed at over
100 kllUel and 400 wounded , making n total
of f.OO. The Japanese IOST In the second
fight was a llttlo over twenty wounded.
Major Hashimoto was slightly wounde'd in
the leg , but he uent on fighting and refused
medical attention until th * battle was over.
Several Chinese were taken prisoners. The
Chinese wounded begged for their lives
with clasp d hands.
UKLIKD HIS REPUTATION
General Che Is n noted officer under LI
Hung Chang and Is well known amonfl
Europeans for his successful suppression ol
the mounted brigands of Manchuria. The ;
general cannot escape responsibility for the
defeat at Selkwan Ills behavior tin this
occasion utterly belies his reputation and
shows him to be a man ot no great military
attainments for when the Japanese troop ;
attacked his camp he deserted , threw awaj
his uniform as an tncumbrnnce to flight anil
left behind the papers which , as n general ,
ho should never hive allowed to leave hi !
side. It Is not known where General Cht
has fled to.
The prizes taken Into camp were five
pieces of artillery , some ammunition , nits
or sixty old Bptari and an abundance o
clothing and provisions Leaving the cuuii
in the care of a small detacTtent , the mail
body began to pursue the fleeing enemy
another detachment having been already sen
from the first to oppose the retreat Untl
about S o'clock In. the afternoon the notsi
ot the artillery was heard without Inter
ruptlon , causing the death of more than 30 (
Chinese.
Another detachment was dlspatchee
toward Yashan In the command of Lleutcn
ant Colonel Tnkeda soon utter the fall o
Song Wan The tdvanre guard reichee
Yashan at 3 o'clock In the eame afternoon
huLojily to find that the Chinese were al
gone. At noon of ( he 31st the main bed ;
joined Ihe advance guard ut Yashan and en
camped on the qua it era deserted by th
Chinese
The arms , ammunition and provisions wer
plentiful enough to load muro than tei
Japanese junks. Thlt was done prompt ! ;
and It was airarged that , reloaded on blpgc
Corean vessels tit Pnlkdujan , situated on th
gulf of Nakyang , the prizes should be trans
ported to Chemulpo The Chinese had lali
several mines In the vicinity of Yashan , bu
they all fulled to explode
On the road Ihe Chinese took In the !
Might were found uniforms , hats and boot :
They all had crtered farm houses and oh
tallied there by force Corean dreiset to dl
guise themselves In Separate uniforms , ap
pa re tit ly olllcers , were found on the roa
on which were aUo seen continuous diopg c
blood The Japanese army pursued th
Chinese for tvvcho miles to Yonui , a llttl
village about five miles from Gazan. As
Chinese attack vtai expected tint night
strict guard was Kept , but Ihe night passe
quietly. The next morning the army pisse
up to Gazan It was expected the Chinee
would make a. desperate stand at Gazan , an
Ihe're was a. general foreboding Hut Ihe
storming ot Qazan Would bs attended with
heavy losses , but on arrival there the army
found to Its astonishment the trenches deso
late , with many hundreds ot thousands ot
rounds ot powder nnd COO or TOO bags ot
rice. The soldiers had , alt ( led to Koshu.
There were only fifty remnlijtiiR behind at
Q a inn These had attempted a night nt-
ttck on the outposts , but had been repulsed.
On the 15th tnst. the Japanese army re
turned to Hyuzan after the vlctorj ot Gaznn.
On the same evening tlje king entertained
nlll the Japanese officers nt A so I re. The
Chinese troops who were routed at Selkwan
appeared to be fleeing homeward through
Clmsliu , Hulshun and KclJho. All Is quiet
nt Seoul
riMimuT cuiM n vicronv.
Views of Odlrerflor the ) Hrlglc An llxtrnor-
dlinir.v Uur I dirt.
SAN FIIANCISCO. Sept. 6. The steamship
Delglc from Hong Kong nnd Yokohama , vln
Honolulu , brings Yokohama advices to
August 15 , nnd Hong Kong to August 1.
The officers and the passeng rs of the
Ilclglo could give little Allows of the war
When a reporter boarded the steamer at
midnight those on deck Inqulr d eagerly for
news stating that the government had con
trol ot the wires In the two countries nnd
would not let any news get out. Little was
known hejond what was brought over In the
pa pers.
OnoKtory was told ot the remarkable
cunning ot the Chinese In nn engagement ,
but the name of the place where the battle
took place was not know ) ] , except that It
was on Ihe Corean border. A sr ill de
tachment of Chinese were sent out to at
tack n strong force of Japanese. The latter
turned out In force and almost annihilated
the small band of ChineseIhos" who were
left retreating and luring the lapuncso on to
an underground mine When the exultant
JnpanPso rushed forward , shouting out vlctor-
lous crl s , the mine was fired nnd about COO
Japanese were blown Into the air. The
entire Chinese force then s < | uaicd against
the remainder and cut them down The
general belief among the officers of the
Belglc Is that the Chlnesfe would not bo a
great while In bringing tlio Japanese gov-
e-inment to Itself.
CHINESE EMPEKOIl'S KIIIIT.
At Peking on August 15 the following edict
was Issued bj the emperors
Corea 1ms been our Ulluitaiy fur th" rast
200 oeld years , it lias Klvon us tribute all
this time , which Is a rnuhe. ' .no.vn lo ( ho
vvoriel. For the last down yours -ir s-o Coa
has been troubled by i opened insurrp'-tlo is
nnd we. In sympithw.th our Mil ul tubu
lar } , have as repeatedly tent succor to Per
aid eventually placing a res'ilont tinnl t-r
In her capital to proUct OOPMR Intern I if
In May ol this jenr another leb ilion vns
begun in Corea and the king le-piatediv
iiskeel for aid from us to put el"v\n ihro -
liilllon. We then ord n-d LI Hum ; < * rc
to send treiops to Corea ami ther living
bnrtjy reached Yashin ib9 ifboU cutl rd.
I3ut the Wojen ( an Otcllantal name for
the Japanese. e\preislve of ttit i txtesl
conietntit ) , vvlthout any causivvlm' trr ,
fciiieliUnly bent their tioops to Core.i ail en-
tercil Seoul , the cnpltnl of . 'oreu , ralrfor < , ng
them contttnntljr , until t'u-y hive > x"iiled
10,000 mon In the meantime the Jiii | ine&e ;
fotced thu Corenn kingto chiii u hli form
of government , showing a dlspo-jlllon tverv
way of bttll > lng the ( 'organs. It was found
a illlllctilt matter to reason cvlh the Wojeii
Although we have Jn en in tlulialnt of as-
our trlbiitniles. ve have neT In-
terfered with internal Downline nl , The
Japanese lienty with 'Joroa W.IH .i one
countiy with nnothor ' .There li uo law 'or
Fe-ndlnp laige nrmUs to u country niiel lu-lly-
IIIK It this wny ami compMllnjr In I'iiinue its
pjstem of government. Thej AIUOIH iiowcis
aie united In pondemrln } i'ioonlnH cf
Japan niUI can give no IB isin I'jlo ' n i . < to
the nrmy she now ImH In Ooi ? . Nor ban
Japan been amenable to if-ixoi , nor would
she ll'len to the e'xiieirtatJon to v.ILulr.iw
her troops nnd confer a&tcably onwhat
should be done In Corea. f
WOJEN SHOULD HAVK WARNED HIM.
On the contrary , Japan ImH show n her !
self bellicose without tefeurd to cjipenr-
uiiees , and has been Incn-iislns ho.1 lorces
theie. Her conduct alnrpieel the people nf
Corea , ns well as our merchants there , and
so we EC-lit more troops over to piotect
thorn. Judge of our surprise , then , when
halt way to Corea n number ot Wojen
sumles appear nnd , taking advantage of
our inipieparedneis , opened tire on cur
transports ut a spot on the sea coast near
Ynslian nnd elnmuged them , thus causing
us to HUffor from their trencherom conduct ,
which coulel not be foretolel by in.
AH Japan lias violated the treaties nnd
not objcrved Internnllc-nnl laws , ami Is
now running riimpnnt with her false and
treacherous nets , commencing hostilities
herself and laving herself open U con
demnation by the various powois nt large- ,
we thcreforo des-lro to make II known to
the world that we have : ihva > s followed
the patliH of philanthropy ami perfect jus
tice throughout the whole complications ,
while the Wojen , on the other bund , have
Iirl < en all the laws of nations nnd treaties
which It piipses our patience to bear with
Hence we commanel LI HUIIK Chang to
give strict orders to our various armies to
hasten with all speed to root the "Woden
out of their lairs He la to send successive
armies of valiant men to > Corea In order to
save the Coreans fiom thdr dust of bond
age Wo also commune ! the generals , vlce-
ro > s and governors , of 'the ' maritime prov
inces , as well ns the poinmanderlnchlef
of the various nrinles ( to prepare for war
anil to make every effort to lire on the
Wojen ships If they come Into our ports
and to utterly destroy them ,
We expect our generals to refrain from
the least laxltv In obeying our commands
In order to avoid severeininlRhment nt our
hands Let all know this edict a.s If ad
dressed to themselves Individually. Respect
thisCHINESE
CHINESE STOUY OP THE FIGHT
The following account ol a naval battle has
been given out by the Chinese authorities
On July 2r ) the Chinese twin-screw steel
cruiser Chi-Yuen , 2,300 tons nnd 2 SOO horse
power , anil a Japanese mnn-ot-wiii met in
Corenn water ? The engagement commenced
In the morning nnd lasted foi ty-elght hours.
At the commencement the1 Chinese sailors
refused to work their guns , but live of them
were shot by their own olllcers , nnd the
others fought so well that they raked the
Japanese lore and nft and can led away
his btldue , killing tlie Japanese admiral ,
but the Japanese picked off. all cxposeel per
sons on theChl'iuen and exploited a shel
on her deck , killing a lieutenant and man
working one of the guns The Chl-Yiien's
steering geur was can led wav and her
forward guns were mined. Imt "he steered
with her twin seiows mi'l replied to the
Japanese with her after guns with -such
effect that the Japanese suriendererl , homing
ing the dragon llTg over a white tins , Inn
before the Chi-Yucn covilcl take possession
several Japanese intti-of-w.ii hove In sight
and the Japanese holsltil the ling again
while the Chl-Yuon hastened to gel away
nnd succeeded In rcnrhlni ; WH-Hal-We
for repairs There Is ,110 doubt she was
liaelly dnmnged. Orr th nest nlcht n ( loei
of nine Chinese vessels left Wrl-Hal-We
to nvenge the dlsater U > Uie Chl-Yuen.
The Japanese pjpers ( bljll find It dlfflcull
to ebtaln authentic ( news of the war , and
only accounts of alleged victories , as given
out by Iho government ; are supposed to be-
published An Imperial rescript has been
Issued affording protect ! ' ? ! and security to
the lives and propcr/y of Chinese In Japan
The Chinese am required to register.
The Japanese are canskdtrlng , | a unique Idei
with regard to the dlMpspl ef Chinese prls
oners Tim Chinese * already captured ap
pear to be pleased at having been prisoners
aa they receive much , better ; treatment thin
the > are ui-customed ( o within their ovvi
country. It Is proposed to send the prls
oners back to China , vrkcro they will no
fall to speak ! n high terms of the treatmen
the ) received whllo In .Japan , and those
who hear ot this would.bp so desirous of et
perleuc nn the came freatntcnt that thc >
will not tight with py ncdor when they en
counter Japanese troops , but will throw
down th Ir arms nnikrun to the Japanese
as self-sirrende.red prjrontrs.
Advices fr m Peking state that the cm
pe-r r haa cent a Orst Installment of 0,000.
000 taels to LI Hung Chang to enable hln
to.carry on the war , and that the empress
dowager will contribute 15.009,000 more fron
the funds collected for her birthday tele
bratlon.
bimpittsi : KOH biiniMi.
Uiirxprcteel .ArrUal of a Ji'rw .lHi.inesi |
t eimul for * un I'ruJiclu-o.
SAN FUA > 'CISCO , Sept. 6. General ut
prise was'created In ( he Japanese circle
here by the arrival on the itcainer Ilelgl
early thU morning of S Koyj , a Japane-i
of considerable prominence In hl own conn
try , who cornea to succeed Sutejil Chand
as Japanese comnl at this port. It wa
not known that a channel wa& to be
WAITE WINS HANDS DOWN
Carries Off the Ponultst Nomination for
Governor of Colorado in a Canter.
TOM PATTLnSON WAS HOWLED DOWN
njs the AiiH-Uiilto Men \\lll ctipi > ort tlio
Democratic 'llclu-t Miilto Ail-
( lrcftst'4 tlie Coim ntliMi Tine o >
Urge * Harmon } . * ,
Governor DAN'IS II. WAIT13
.Icutoiiant Governor I' W. HAUAIAc *
I'reasurer CAHIMIJUE HAKKLA
Siipeilntendent of I'ulillc Instructluii. . .
MISS A Lion UATLIN
Secre-tury of State X. u M'MJIIS
Vtturney acnotal H O BALKS
PUEBLO , Cole , Sept. 5 Pandemonium
iroke loose In the populist state convention
almost 113 soon as It was called to order at
J 15 today. The majority of the commltt eon
on credentials favored the seating of tlic
Wnlto delegates from Denver and the Harela
IclegaUs from Las Animus county , lndlc.it-
ng that Wnlto and Uarcla have reached nn
understanding , and Senator Hartl.i who haa
already been nomtnatrd for state treasurer
jy the democrats , will ale receive the popu-
Ist nomination for that office. Thomas M.
Patterson leader of the opposition to Wnlto ,
appeared on the stage and endeavored to
speak The convention retua d to hear him
mill the majority report of the credentials
commlttco had been adopted with a hurrah.
\ motion was then carried allowing Mr.
. 'attcrson flvu mluut s > to address the con
vention
Mr Patterson said he was hlsse 1 out of
the populist coiuentlon as he was hooted
lown In the last national democratic con
ventlon when he was milting a light for
silver. Nothing ho could say In fhe
minutes , ho sutd , would nake nnj Impres
sion upon the delegates and he would there
fore simply enter the protest of the minority.
Ed Holden. an nntl-\\aile man , attempted
o speak , but was howled down. Thereupon
.he Pattorfcon delegation from Denver left
the hall , followed by about a dozen of the
other delegates
Governor \VuIto was renomlnated on the
first ballot , receiving nil but half n doren
votes which were given to Congressman
"once The nomination was made unanimous.
A commlttco of lad'es ' uas appointed to escort
3ovcrnor Walte to the hall and Miss Phoebe
ozzens Introduced him to the convention
lie was greeted with tremendous cheering
After Uc had thanked the convention a recess
was taken.
T M Patterson sajs the anll-Wnites have
no organized plan , but some action will prob
ably bo taken In a few da > s looking to the
support of the democratic ticket.
Governor Walto after thanking the con
vention for the honor bestowed upon him ,
said "I do not take this as an endorse
ment of alt in } olliclal acts , ns I know 1
liave made imny grievous mistakes , but I
take It as an expression of confidence In
me and that I have acted honestly. If not
always wisely"
Congressman Pence In response to loud
calls , made a speech urging united support
of the ticket. Ha said that under no cir
cumstances would he be a candidate for any
ofllcc.
Things started with a rush tonight. In
great contrast with the dilator } action of the
afternoon , but matters seem resumed their
Blow , . $ olng fashion , Thesecond ballot for
lieutenant governor resulted In the selection
of S. W. Harmon of Denver , ex-preshK'nt
of the trades assembly , who defeated Hex- .
Myron \V , Ilecd.
Indications now are that U will Vie neatly
daylight before the nominations nre com
pleted nrd the platform will not be presented
until then In the regular Older of business
The ( administration men now ha\e the con-
\cntlon well In hand , and the chairman
proposes to keep the body In session until
Its work Is accomplished
The following additional nominations were
made For state treasurer , Caslmlre Uarcla
of Trinidad , for state superintendent ot pub
lic Instruction , Miss Alice Catlin of Montrose -
rose , secretary of state , N. O McLees of
Pueblo renomlnated , attorney general , II
G Sales of Glenwocd Springs.
At 12 30 a m. this ( Thursdaj ) morning a
candidate for supreme judge had not been
nominated or the platform adopted. A cindl-
elate for senator , to succeed Semtor Walcott.
will probably be named before morning.
NAMING UII.SDV , Ol
Ux-l'roslete-nt Harrison Milken n llrlrf
pet oh to Iliu dim ration ,
ELKINSV Va , Sept. D The repub
licans of the Second congressional district
never had as long a con\cntlon as the one
that today nominated Alston Gordon Dayton
of Darbour county to run against Chairman
W. ti. Wilson for congress. Ex-President
Harrison arrived at 1 p , m. by special train
from Cumberland , and with hl3 daughter ,
Mrs. McICcc , Is the guest of ox-Se-cretary
Elklns. A committee was appointed to call
on the ex-president and Invite him to ad
dress the convention When the committee
escorted the distinguished visitor to the
open air convention there was a great demon
stration. Mr Harrison , after stating ; he-
had not expected to make a speech , said
In part
"You ore assembled to d.aclnrge < an Im
portant public duty , and i will not , there
fore , detain you with any speech. This
district will be before all eyes this autumn.
This contest Is not local It happens that
} our present preaentatlvo has been as
signed to prepare a tariff bill and has at
tached his name' to It. It Is , therefore , ex
pected his conduct will be subjected to se
vere and careful scrutln } Unfortunately the
proclamation has been made by President
Cleveland and Mr.Vllson that the tariff
bill Is not a flmllty , but that this destructive
warfare Is to go on If you approve this ,
show It by returning Mr Wilson to congress ,
but If , on the other hand ,
you have felt the effects of the
depression. If > ou think more of those who
prefer to lead the country through the
slough of despondency , show It by defeating
him. I cannot ea\ much of the last ad
ministration , delicacy forbids me to say
much ot this , but I- > ou consider the hcadi
of departments and subordinate officers you
will see there was an attempt to act for
the Ijcst Interests of the people I cannot
Ely how we have succeeded , but onlv that
we have done the liettwe could do If the
people at the election this fall condemn the
iccent action on the tariff wo shall have an
end of tariff tinkering
"When the tide of emigration started from
the seaboard It turned Ohio and the interior
valleys , but It Is now toward West Virginia.
Now the spring of commerce Is coursing
through jour fertile valley. The pick and
fhovel arc busy Is t ils a time through the
cheap ocean rates to bring Into competition
with our products the cheap coal of Novln
Scotia ? I speak as a patriot American vvhc
feels an Interest in the honest people. To
my Judgment , by the quiet November fire-
uldcs Ihl3 ( jucEtlon mutt bo settled and may
) ou have the courage to do } our dutk. "
Ex-President Harrison wus received with
enthusiasm and his brief speech was ap
plauded at various point * ,
I.JOIIH ICepiihlletiii * I orm < lul > .
LYONS , Neb. , Sept. 6. ( Special to The
Die ) The republicans here met last evening
at the c'ty opera house and organized a re
publican rub , electing M. 0 , jMerrell pre-sl-
dent and C U. Carter uccretaiy. Sevcra
committees were appointed and another meet'
Ing ill be held next week to pflopl by-lawi
anil determine the course for the fall cam
paten Qua plan U to have eomo ut I ho lies
speakers uf the state deliver speeches at thli
place.
li-iuir.li-iiii | Ilniioiinm rirvi-lmi I.
CONCORD. N , H , Sep. . 5.-The re-pub
llc-nn ttate convention met hern today wltt
7W ol llio 7'.U ilslCiJtci ri .puL Chirlw A
Ilualel was nominated for governor. The *
platform denounce * ( he democratic Ad
ministration , Us Hawaiian and financial
policy , ami held It responsible for the busi
ness depression The principles of the Min
neapolis convention were rcaltlrmed ,
MINM.tOr.V IM.MOClt
KMimn Ifnriut Crime * it - nation b
Oiiii'.liic | | Auditor Itlrriimn ,
ST. PAUL , Sept. 5 The democratic state
convention met today and the fight over
fusion with the populists was at once pre-
clpllated. The state committee , whoso
action sonic time ago In refusing to endorse
President Cleveland's tariff letter , came up
The resignation of Chairman Cutcheon and
Secretary Smillcy was presented. They had
selected lion P 11. Winston of Minneapolis
for temporary secretary. Mr. Winston and
tin- committee also opposed fusion.
Itamcuy county presented the nameof
Senator Leivett of Meeker county , who rep
resented the fuslonlsts and was supported
by the anticommitteedelegates. . After n
warm debito Mr Winston was cho en by a
sin-ill majority. After the appointment of
the committee n recess was taken until 3
o'clock
At the nfte-noon sesslc-w the ticket was
nominated almost l < > acclamation only one
candidate takjng a full vote. Mr Koran op
posed the no'mlnatlon of Illcrman ntul statrd
Ida reason for so doing Delegate- Dull ,
famous ns n slrcle tix advocate , made ? the
statement that Auditor Illerman had r fused
to obp > certain Illegal demands made b >
Mr Doran In the Interest jif corporations
Mr Doran replied that no improper demands
had been made Questions and answers , with
Etdp remarks by delegates , wore shouted
across the- hall , until finally Mr. Dull ctllcd
Do ran a liar. A pugilistic entertainment
auoiiicd Impending , hut friends Interfered and
matters quieted down. The vote on auditor
gave- only 2C.1 voles for J I ) Kynarton ,
Doran's , camlldite , to 496 for Hlerman.
The full ticket chosen Is as follows For
governor , General C L. Decker of St. Paul ,
II utrnant governor , John Ludwlg ofVln -
ona , secretary of state J H Halncsj of Mor
risen countv ; nulltor , A Dlerman of Clood-
hue county attorney nenornl Login Urcck-
Inrldgc ot Olmston 1 county , treasurer O. L
Lambert of Carver , chief Justice , Seagrave
Smith , Minneapolis , associate Justice J W
Willis , St Paul , clerk of the sup rlor court ,
Thomas KurUo of Clay county
The platform reaffirms democratic doc
trines , favors the popular election ot sen
ators , denounces the A P. A. and belli-ves In
arbitration
CI.I.VJ.I , SNi > A\ INS l > MIU1II 1ICO1 A.
I rno Slltirut lloun uti mill < limiiiil
Tintiuil for < ' . ( ni'iinn.
SIOUX TALLS. S. D , Sept 5 The
democratic stat" convention met here at 8
o'clock this evening , and aft ° r temporary or
ganization adjourned until 11 p. m There
wlJ ( b = an all night session. W. II. Wilson
of Sioux I'dllu. , the temporary chairman ,
created a. sensation- referring to Senator
II. K Pettlgrevv$6f thlB city , as "a Judas
Iscarlot , i with thlr < y iileces of silver in his
mckot mid without the couragu to buy a
"
rope
A long continued fight over the platform
was precipitated over a free silver resolution
which was lost , 25J' to 141 > 4 The phit-
'orm declares In favor of free tride , and Its
cuncacj plank dcclaicb. for both gold and
silver ut such ratio as w 111 maintain the
rirlty James A Ward ot Pierre- was nom-
natcd for governor by acclamation A mo
tion to nominate n United States senator
w as lost ,
lUJMO-KATS SM UKP AltltANSlS.
I'oiiutlnt Aotc A\a < iiiiiillor l vcn Thin Two
VrniH < ti ; ICutiini * liltomiituic.
LITTLE KOCK , Ark , Sept. 5 nctutua
from the state elections ore stilt coming in
slowly , but sufficient arc at hnnd to show
that the democrats have made a cl an
sweep Several counties heretofore populist
or republican went democratic by small
majorities The ponulUt vote VMB much
Bttmll r than two ycais a'o ; In White
county the populist stronghold , a hoavj
vote was cast unil the democrats ara cUlni-
Ing n victor } for Clark for governor by < iOO
plurality. Jefferson count } , which han here-
tofoiB btcii controllel by the republic-inn
owing to a split In the d mncratlc party In
that county , gives about 700 demociatlc
majoilly Cariol county gives a small
democratic majority.
Politic it M 'ii. < IK Kciultiil III Murder.
WAYNJ3 , W Va , Sept G Murder was the
result ot a political meeting here last night ,
one man being killed and three others
seriously injured.
nx-Governor Wllfn , democratic candidate
for the United Stvj senate , to succeed
Senator Camdcn , made a speech , and after
he had finished , United States Marshal Vin-
son , who Is a strong Camden man , at
tempted to address the crowd There w is
hooting and cilling and one of Vlnson s
deputies drew a revolver and tired
The filing then became general , three of
the deputies joining It , and It Is charged that
Vlnson also fired several shots. Yliuon and
his men jumped on their horvcs .ind fled
William rrlrzel , ono of the Wilson sup
porters , was the man killed. He was shot
through the stomach and died tluu morning.
Ihero Is Intense Indlgnatlcn and steps will
ho taken to have all the marshals arrested
at once and ousted from office.
Duliols Will Not 1 nltoiv JOIII-H.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 5. Senator Dubols
of Idaho , who Is In Washington , but expects
to leave for the vve > st tonight , would not ho
questioned concerning the actloa of Penator
JOIKH of Nevada In leaving the republican
party and joining the popullstc , except to
sny that any reports concerning a slmllir
move on his part had no foundation He
would be found In the republican ranks to
the end of Ills term , he said. SenatoUtilnlB
regretted the action ot Senator Jones and
expresce.il the belief that silver Intercs t >
would bo best subserved by remaining In the
republican party.
It Is understood that when the B'natc com *
miltccs are raorganl/ed an effort will be
made In the republican caucus to replace
Senator Jones as u member of the finance
commlttco with 10110 western republican
favorable to silver.
Jt pul > lluui * of tlui I'lfili
HASTINGS , Sept G. ( Special to The lice )
The republican congressional central com
mittee of the Klfth d strict met In Hastings
last night , with a good attendance of the
members Fred llcnner of HaEllngs was
elected pecrctary , W. It Snyder assistant ,
and J. H Fleming treasurer. 'Ihe commit
tees headquarters , will be at Hastings D.itca
were fixed for the campaign , hut they will
not be dually announced until the Elate
committee announces Its meetings The ex
ecutive committee will bo named some time
next week.
Ilu-Kilur of VViiyon for ht u.Kor.
NORFOLK , Neb . Sept. 6. ( Special Tele
gram to The Uee ) Th > republican senator
ial convention of the Kleventh district , held
In this elty todiy , uas the scene of a hoi
contest between 12. C Dlmlck of Staiton
cutmty and John T llrc. slur ofayne. . He-
fore the convention It was generally sup
posed Dlmlck would wlt'iout eiucmion be the
ncmlnee , us lie has bcrn tlie only one prom
inently mentioned , 1 ut t'ic o ; position sue-
cetded In nominating John T. llrcBspr ol
Wayne on the first formal l.allot.
DOIIIOI ruin to ilcui .it O'Neill ,
O'NHILL. Neb , Sept 5 ( Special Tele
gram to The Hec. ) Th" lemocratlc county
central committee held a meeting In thlsclt )
this afternoon and Issue I a rull for a count )
convention to bo held In 0 Nclll on Scptem <
her 19 to fcfKct del gates for MID state con
ventlon and to nominate two representative )
and a candidate for county attorney.
\rriiioiitv Id piililli.in ritir.illly
IWHLINOTON , Vt , J-'ept. B Sccrelar )
llerrll ot the rrpubllcan > tat& coininlttei
clalmu , on figures from CC'J towna , that
\\oodbury for Governor will have a majority
of 22.000.
VILLAGE SWALLOWED CP
AbamlonoJ Mine Oavarl 5n and Engulfed a
Whole Town ,
WORKING TO RESCUE THE VICTIMS
At I-nteit Advices It Ua Not Known Vlm
the rntnlltlcs Aro-rifly .Mlneri ! In
nil Ailjolnliii ; .111 no Im-
prllonril
LOl'TV , Pfl. , Sept. G The little inlnlitR
town of Scotch Valley In Lackawantui
countj- , near this place , was swallowed up
tonight In ono of the most co.nplcte inlno
cive-lns ever known In this region. The
scene of the dUister is on the slope at
Mount Lookout , the score of houses com *
prising the hamlet being at the mouth ot
the shaft of the Mount Lookout colliery.
The VNlldest excitement prtvalls throughout
the region and details arc fragmentary. It
s known , however , that the dozen houses
on each side of the principal street of the
lamlet are completely swallowed up In the
gaping hole and nothing can bo seen of the
other buildings of the town but the roof ,
gables and chlmnejs. It Is Impossible to
itato accurately the number of fatalities , or
If there arc any.
llesculng parties nre exerting every mrana
to re-lease the occupants ot the engulfed
Iw citings. Ono of the burled houses has
taken lire. The cave-In was caused by the
jiving way of timber supports In the vvork-
ngs of Mount Lookout collier ) , which has
not been In operation for about two years ,
and had been neglected In consequence.
At about 2 o'clock this afternoon tin In
habitants of the hamlet were startled by
rumbling- and reports like falling rock In ( ha
caverns of the abandoned inlno many hun
dreds of feet bole ! them Thu grounel
tr mbled and swajcd like an earthquake be-
nenlh them Report was followed by report
and accompanl.d liy other tremors and ths
village sank out of sight In the gaping cav
ity Meanwhile some Ilfty miner. ) were Im
prisoned In the coin ry They ha 1 been nt
work In another portion of the mine iind all
means of exit from Jho mine were com
pletely wiped out by the cive-ln. Jam s
Porrln ono of the eldest of the miners , got
the men together and started to lead them
up through n tunnel which had been used
as an air shaft The rescuing party on the
surCaca had mud ? nn attempt to cut a passage - *
sage through the mass of debris which
blocked tlie > main entrance Palling in this ,
some of the meire Oaring of the party came
Into this pas-sage mil came to where the Im
prisoned miners were stiuggllng upward.
The men were cirrlcd to the surface , whors
a ircAt ; crowd of cicltcd , panic stricken people
ple were awaiting them.
Up to 9 o'cloek tonight all th * persons who
could ho found had been taken from the
ruins , although the full roll of those to ha
accointed for cannot bo prepared until
morning.
M.I hl.\ < } _ ! /i CM S7J.
h lU.idonall CoM'rilini-iit Not Making
of liShimlntc Against Ixtlu.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. C. The govern
ment of San Salvador has exhausted Its stock ;
of depositions and beems to have no oral tes
timony to offer In the cxtradl Ion prucecjlngq
now pending In thu United States district
court hero against General Antonio Czcta
and his fellow refugees. The depositions pre
sented so far have not liicn entirely satisfac
tory to the prosecution , InasmucU cs a great
deal of the testimony has be-e > n uttlcktn out.
Veij BOOH after the convening ot tile court
Uilb morning counsel for the defense mi1-
nun need that tfiur h.id uo furth r depositions
at hand Dr. Caldcron the focn ) consul for ,
Sou SnlVrtilor , was also sworn Ills testi
mony was to show that Important documents
nfl evidence1 against the accused had been
dLsuatcucd. to him and would arriveon the
next ste'amtr from Centril America. Upon
t1' s showing the prosecution moved for a
continuance
Judge- Morrow refused the request , and
the defense then mov2d for a dlBtnluml ot
the charges They asserted that sufficient
evidence to hold the- prisoners had not bo n
ad Inced This motion , too was overruled ,
The defense then , after some delay , de
cided to put In evidence to sub&tantlato
their plea of lack of jurisdiction of the
United States courts
Commander Thomas of the ganboat Dcn
nlngton was called to the witness stand , Ho
testified briefly as to the Incident : ! of the re
bellion In San Salvador , but was prevented
from stating why hs had detainee ! the re
fugees on board the llennlngton. Jtidga
Morrow finall ) decided that the province of
the court was to consider the prisoners
v.llhln Its jurisdiction and Tint to consider
the means by which they had gotten there.
This m nns that unless resort ti had to
habeas corpus proceedings In another court
the prisoners will bo tried an the merits ot
the evidence presented against them by tha
government of San Salvadoi.
FIRE AT EAST CMAH A .
Cere lit OIII1 Toliillj ll tioj I l.nst .Night
i < H si : : . iio. )
The plant of the Omaha Cereal company ,
I3osl Omaha , was totally destroy d by flra
last night. The mill was a three-story ,
brick building , fotty by sixty feet In size.
'I ne block and supplies stored In the mill
were SOO bushels of corn , 10,000 pounds o
meal and 15 000 pounds of feed
'Ihe total loss Is reckon el nt from $12,000
to $1C,000 Whether thcto was any Insur
ance on any portion of the pioperty could
not he learned lust night , but same of tha
employes said that only us long ago aa
tluec or four days policies thnt had ex
pired had not been renew eJ
Engineers at the plant who live near by ,
discovered the lire before It hud Kilned much ,
heaelvvay , but were not succcaaful In getting !
a stream of water turned on. They say that !
the fire broke- out In the holler room In the
south end of the building arid teem e 1 to hava
originated In a pile of slack coal. All that
they could do ava led nothing , unel though
No G hose eoinp < iny of Onmha made the run
to the fire It arrive * , ! toei lateto prevent the
ruin from being thorough The firemen , how
ever perhaps preve-ntcd theHumes from
spreading to the box factory which for a
time was in Imminent peril.
Itiiport * from Him II lilg Vli-i-rr.
WASHINGTON , Sept. -Acting Secretary ,
Uiil laid today that the ; governme-nt'a re *
por.s from Nicaragua on the Hlueflelda
troubles have been very meager It IB In
ferred from recent reports tl.at two pf Ihe
Americans who were u-reste'd arid placed ]
under parole have conformed to the decrco
ot banishment without giving any further
troUilo to the authorities. Ihe department
IMS not been Informed as to whether thcrej
W.IH cause for banishment or not of these *
Americans lieforo leaving WoBlilnston Sec
retary On sham sent Instructions to Minister
Baker which were Intended to coter nil con-
tlngenclea growing out of thHlueflclds af
fair and which VNOUld proUd all Americana
In their right : ) .
luiiipto I c l'url No I'rlter.
LONDON , Sept. 0. Inquiries at &tow8
house elicit the Information that there 19
no Improvement In the condition of tha
Com to Ue I'arls. On the coiuenry , hU con
dition , la , If anything , aggravated. Thla
evening there was no change lor the better !
of the corntc , according to the bulletlnn Is
sued from the Stowo house The duchees
ot MontpcnMcr and the Infanta Kulallo ol
Spain have arrived at Stowe liouie , '
.Muile u It IK Iluul.
LONDON , Sept. C. At the banking Iiousa
ot Olynn , Mills , Currlo & Co. loeiay a man
auecee-ileil In cashing a ( orgeil draft fort
3,800 pounds (124,000) ( ) on the Credit Lyom
alsie and escaped.