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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-27

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The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Forest Fires still Raging.

JoNEsBoRo, ARK, Novem Der 12 The forest fires which are raging south and west of this city are assuming quite se- rious proportions. Almost everything has gone up in flames. The devasta- tion throughout Cache, Langville and Big Bay swamps is heartrending to the farmers ct that section Farms, fenc- ing and crops have been destroyed. Our city is not to be considered safe, as the fire is within few miles on the west, and being driven by strong gale, may reach us at any time. Every thing is perfectly dry, as no rain has fallen of any consequence for six weeks or more. Our city is filled almost to suffocation with smoke from the fiery element From good authority we have it that the swamps from here to Mem phis are all fire and smoke. The dam age already done is hard to estimate. The range is completely demolished as a result of which a great deal of stock will famish as the farmers of this sec tion have provided nothing with which to winter the stock, looking solely to the range for their winter feed. The preachers have begun to pray for rain and it is to be hoped that their prayers may avail much.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
THE AVERAGE YIELDS
Of Various Crops for the Current Year in the United States, as Indicated by ths November Returns ts the Department of Agriculture.

Of Various Crops for the Current Year in
 the Unlted States, as Indicated by the
 November Returns ts the Department
 of Agriculture.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The Novem- Der returns to the department of agri~ culture of the rates of yield per acre make the average of corn 19.7, which is about F bushels above the yield indi- cated by the condition figures in Octo- Der. This is the lowest rate of yield that has occurred since 1881, when it stood at 1s.6 bushels per acre. Last year the yield was 22.5 bushels upon s much larger harvested acreage. The rates for the years 1886, 's7 and 90, which were years of comparatively low yield, were respectively: %; 20. and POT bushels. The yield for the present year which must be regarded as a pre-. 1iminary and not a final estimate, is less the average for the ten years, 1870 to 1879 by "A bushels; less than the average for the succeeding decade. 1880 to 1889, by A bushels and less than the average for the four years 1890 to 1893 by 3.7 bushels. Quality 79.4. The result is in harmony with reported indications during the grow ing season.
 The rates of yield of the principal corn states are as follows: New York, 2s.2; Pennsylvania; g, Ohio, 26. 3. Mich igan, 232; Indiana, 2s.9; Illinois, 2s.s; Iowa, 15; Missouri, %; Kansas, 11.2; Ne braska, 6.
 The average yield of buckwheat is i6.1 bushels per acre. The average yield in 1898 was 14.7 and in 1899, 14.1 bushels The average quality 90.3, 100 being ti}e standard.
 The average yield per acre of pota- toes is returned as 62.3. In 1893 the yield was 72.2 and in 1892, 62. The quality was fair, standing at s4.
 The average yield of tobacco is 733 pounds per acre. In 1893, it was 6S5.3, and in 1892 6s2 pounds. The average quality is s7.9.
 The yield of hay for 1891 averages, for the country at large, f.15 tons to the acre. In 1893 the yield was l. g, and in 1899 the yield was IF tons. The quality is high, as shown by the percentage of 94.5.
 The crop of apples Is reported at ALT per cent. of an average product.
 The returns relative to the feeding of wheat to stock are not sufficient to justify report at this date. The de- partment hopes to be able to make Il special report on this subject in the near future.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
REAPPORTEoNMENT.
The Late Election Will Result in an En-
 tire Reversal of the Present Order.

The Late Election Will Result in an En-
 tire Reversal of the Present Order. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12.-The recent election will have an important bear ing upon congressional apportionment of the states that were captured from the democrats by the republicans. An entire reversal of the present order of things will enable the republicans to again intrench themselves in power in several states. At present there are twenty-four states that have been ap portioned by democrats, twelve appor toned by republicans and eight that have never been apportioned- The twelve states apportioned under repub lican direction are Colorado, Iowa, Kan sas, Maine, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and, quite recently, New Jersey.
 In the slump of 1890 the republicans lost and the democrats reapportioned California, Connecticut, Illinois, Mas sachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York and Wisconsin. By so doing they gathered in from these eight states fifty-three members of congress. The election of Tuesday last gave the democrats from the same states but seven members. In addition to secur- ing what they had previously lost, the republicans were also successful in electing legislatures in Indiana and West Virginia, which will enable them to make such apportionment in those states as seems best. In Indiana the constitution stipulates that the ap- portionment shall not be made oftener than once every six years, but the re- publicans have already begun to dis cuss a plan by which they may get around this by means of various amendments. In North Carolina, the apportionment will also be under con trol of the fusionists This will change the present figures there 50 that the democrats will have charge of the apportionment in thirteen states, the republicans in % and the fusionists in one. The small states of Delaware, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North and South Dakota, Washington and Wyoming, have never been appor- | toned.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Horace c. Allis Must ao to the Pen.

LITTLE ROCK, ARK, November 13 = The supreme court of the United States yesterday affirmed the sentence of Hor- ace c. Allis in the Federal court at this place. The meaning of this decision is that Allis will have to be sent to the Kings county penitentiary, Brooklyn, N. Y., as decreed by the local court on December II last after jury had re- turned verdict of guilty. The indict. ment upon which Allis was tried con taine twenty-seven counts each charg- ing separate offence. He was con- victed upon the fourteenth count only, which count was to the effect that he gave himself q false credit of $50, GOO on the books of the First National bank, of which he was president charging S25 900 each to the First National and Southern National banks of New York, thereby violating section 5,209 of the revised statutes of the United States,
 Mir. Allis, who has been out under bond pending the action of the court, is expected to arrive from Pine Bluff this morning and give himself up to the U. $. marshal and place himself in readiness to go to prison and serve out his sentence of five years.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
A BIG SENSATION
Promised in Connection with the Lexow
 Investigation In New York.

Promised In Connection with the Lexow
 Investigation In New York.
 NEw YORK, Nov. 1.-The biggest of the many sensations that have attend ed the progress of the proceedings of the Lexow committee will, it is said, be exploited at the next session of that body, ten days hence It is alleged. on apparently good authority, that prom inent Tammany leader intends go on the stand and make revelations of an astounding nature. The person who is to do this is, according to the re- port, a police official of the highest standing, who is not only in position to tell just where the sl5,o0o, GOO of blackmail collected annually by the police went to, but can give the de- tails of the distribution. His comics sion will be of a voluntary nature, and it is predicted that the disclosures will result i'll the trial and imprison- ment of many Tammany otiiceholders.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
THE INTANGIBLE LAPS,

In Their Onward March Toward the City
 of Moukdcn, Take Everything Before
 Them-Kln Chow and Taiien Wan Fall
 Into the Hands Of tie yictors with
 Scarcely an Attempt at Defense by the
 Chinese.
 LONDON, Nov. 12.-The Central News correspondent in Tokio says:
 s'A special steamer has arrived at Hwang Gnu with dispatches IS to thc course of the war in Corea Kin Chow was taken by the Japanese on Novem- Der 1. The garrison consisted of some l 200 infantry and artillery The bat teries were very badly served during the defense
 "The first division of the Japanese army advanced to the attack with spirit on the morning of the 4th. The resistance of the Chinese was feeble The fire from their guns was weak and ill-directed and the outlying earth works were quickly cleared. \ panic then took possession of the troops in the interior works. They abandoned their guns, standards and stores and fled in disorder, the infantry even casting aside their small arms In their haste. The defense was 80 weak that only q few Japanese were wounded and but 20 or 80 Chinese were killed and wounded. 1t is believed that many of the garrison had deserted on the 3d when they became convinced that the battle was on hand.
 After the victory the first division joined the second division in investing Talien Wan. In the evening of the next day November 3 fire was opened on the Chinese position. On the 9th the works were carried with q rush. The garrison of 5000 men hardly waited to resist the attack. They fired a few shots and then fled toward Port Arthur, strcwing the road with their fire arms, swords, drums and standards. In the confusion of their flight the Chinese lost some fifty men, killed and wounded. The Japanese loss was two killed and ten wounded.
 The Japanese fleet, cleared for ac- tion. steamed into bay at Talien Wan on the afternoon of the 6th but it was too late to assist the land force, which was then cele ebrating its vic tory
 Prom Talien Wan the first and sec ond divisions started for Port Arthur, which they were confident of captur- ing within week. Admiral Ito's dis patch to the mikado concerning the fleets part in the operations at Talien Wan confirms the accounts sent by the land commander"
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
AN IOWA REPUBLICAN, DAILY
Sold at Receivers Sale. But VIII Do the
 Phoenix Act.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, la, Nov. 1.-The Nonpareil, one of the oldest republican daily papers in Iowa, was sold for Sl0, 900 at receivers sale this morning, F.. E. Hart, mortgagee and banker, being the purchaser. It was once the most valuable newspaper property in the state, but being republican and favor ing prohibition in an anti-prohibition community, it met with many reverses and finally went into the hands of d re ceiver. It will be reorganized.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
mother Important Manifesto Expected
 from the Car

LONDON, Nov. 12.-The Daily News hears from Odessa: Another and more important manifesto from the czar Is expected after the funeral. gather from all signs that regret for the deceased czar is materially quail fled by certain feeling of relief that his iron control has been removed Anyhow, the momentary popula mind hovers between hope and fea whether Nicholas II. will load the press with equal weight or relieve it of it's more grievous burdens"
 From Paris the News hears: "The Journal Official is notified that in con sequence of the cold weather the funeral has been deferred until the 2Oth or 21St
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Gin House Destroyed.

The fine gin house belonging to Mrs w. B. Wilburton, of Helena, was de- stroyed early the other morning by fire at Lincoln, Monroe county. The gin and all the contents and thirty bales of cotton were lost. There was partial insurance on building and cotton. The loss amounts to about g., 500. The fire work of an incendiary.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Residence Burned,

The residence of NJ. E. Bloom. Pine Bluff, was destroyed by fl re the other night, caused by lamp explosion. Mir Bloom and family barely escaped, and saved nothing. The residence of Will Riley, adjoining, was partially de, stroyed
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
\ Saline County Radish.

w C. Whitthorne added to the ex- hibit in the agricultural bureau, Little Rock, a few days since, radish that weighs twelve pounds and measures twenty-five feet in circumference. It was raised by Mrs. Mollie Rippey, of Benton, Saline county, and Commits sioner Vincenheller says is the largest he ever saw.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
PRINCE BISMARCK.

His Influence to Be Again Restored iH
 German Affairs.
 MUNICH. Nov. f2.-A Bavariau state. man who talked with Chancellor Prince Hohenlohe during his visits here re. gently says that the prince will visit Bismarck soon with the emperors ap- pro val, and will seek Bismareks adj vice upon all important questions. II is hoped that the bitter hostility of the Bismarck press will be appeased
 The prince is reported to be seriously ii and Dr. Schweninger has gone sa Varzin to attend him.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
A PARTING BLOW.
An Attempt to Injure the State They Could Not Carry in the Late Election.

Could Not Carry in the Late Election'
 TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 11.-Chairman Breidenthal, of the populists state cen- tral committee, who is also state bank commissioner, and Superintendent of Insurance SnS der has started a move ment to secure the resignation of all appointive officers and employees of the state institutions who are populists, to take effect January Ii at noon. the time that Gov Elect Morrill, will be inaugurated. They are representing to all officers and employees that they will be removed as speedily after the inauguration as is found practicable. and none of them will be kept daE longer than is absolutely necessary
 If the officers should all resign at ths time specified it would cause the ne" governor any amount of trouble aa# throw the state institutions into chaos
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
NOW MAY COME WAR.
Diplomatic Relations Between France and
 Madagascar Broken or.

LONDON, Nov. I A dispatch to the Times from Port Louis Maratius says that all diplomatic relations between France and Madagascar have now been broken off
 Advices received here from Tama- tave say that the liova premier has announced that he will afford proiee- tion to the Methodist missionaries in Madagascar and all the French now in Tamatave. The Hovas are eoncep- trating at Diego Suariez,
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

AN application was prepared in Chi cago, on the sth, and forwarded to Sec retarv of State lGenricksen, for a charter for an organization to be known as the independent American citizens party. The new association is the outgrowth of internal dissensions in the American Protective association, and will have the same objects, ambi- tions and theories as the old organiza- ton
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Port Arthur Abandoned by Chinese Mill
 tary Leaders.

LONDON, Nov. 1e.-The Che-Foo cor respondent of the Times says: "Tactai kung, with several military leaders, abandoned Port Arthur on the 9th. This indicates an intention to surren- der There was an ample force, ade- quately armed, at Talien Wan and Port Arthur to make an effective re- sistance. but there was no direction. Everywhere one finds chaos. The Pei Yang squadron of six ships was at faku on the 10th embarking stores and ammunition.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

Dr. W E. Banner, of Conway, has been appointed physician at the state asylum for the insane, to succeed Dr. Ingate, killed in the cyclone.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
White Cappers Acquitted.

The white-cap trials came to close at Helena the other day. The jury in the case against Jim Bell returned a verdict of not guilty. The states at torney, on receipt of the verdict an- nounced to the court that all the other cases, wherein about thirteen white cappers were indicted for the burning of buildings, were dismissed without nreiudice
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
The News Confirmed.

LONDON. Nov 12.-The Central News correspondent in Che-Foo telegraphs:
 The last steamer brings news of the capture of Talien Wan by the Japanese. Gen. Oyama made the attack from the rear. Nineteen war ships and six tor pedo boats were prepared to assist him, but the Chinese, who had expected the main assault from the sea did not wait. They hardly resisted the Japanese. They abandoned everything and re- treated in disorder. European officers here think that Port Arthur will be captured by the 18th. There is some doubt that the Chinese fleet is at Port Arthur. It certainly is not at Wei-Hai- Wei
 The Central News correspondent in Shanghai says:
 Ut is reported that the Japanese force is approaching New Chang and that the town is already panic stricken. The officials are paralyzed. IIordes of half-starved and desperate deserters are arriving daily. It is ex pected that Moukden will be captured before the l7th of this month. The report that big army is ready to de- fend it is ridiculed by those acquainted with the facts.
 The board of foreign affairs has ap- pealed again to the ministers of Great Britain, the United States, France and Germany, who are believed to have suggested that China treat di- reetly with Japan It is regarded as likely that the board will adopt the suggestion.
 The report that the court will leave Pexin is confirmed. The gates are expected to close on the 10th. Tho state of siege will be declared at tn same time. The emperor desires to SC the diplomatists before his departure, and probably will give them audience l tomorrow.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
GIn and Cotton Burned.

The gin property and forty bales of cotton of Alex Barrow, near Pine Bluff, was destroyed by fire the other night. Origin of fire unknown.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

TIE latest returns, up to the sth, from all parts of the state of New York, indicate that all of the consti- tutional amendments voted upon in that state, on the 9th, were carried
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
4 Reward Offered.

The governor has offered reward of Sl0O for arrest and conviction ot Frank Ingram. who stabbed young man named Cross in Cross county.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Killed by a Train.

J. II. Wadell, an aged farmer south of Brinkley fell from train on the Cotton Belt railway at Brinkley, the other night and was killed.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

ON the 9th the British foreign office, in response to inquiries, confirmed the report tbat the Chinese government had requested the powers having immedi- ate commercial interests at stake to in tervene for the purpose of securing . settlement of the war with Japan
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

A YOKOHAMA dispatch of the sth said that the Japanese were laying torpedoes at Port Arthur and in other ways completing the trap which they had been preparing for the Chinese.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

THE plant of the Edison Electric Light Co, located at IaclIensack, N. j., was totally destroyed by fire at 4 o'clock on the morning of the 9th; loss, ,abont $50. .0O0
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

ON the 7th Germany, through Elm. peror William, replying to President Dole's official notification, acltnowl. edged the Republic of Hawaii.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
THE city of Copenhagen was, on the 9th, declared a free port.

THE abandonment of Fort Mckinney. Wyo., has been ordered by Gen. Brooks, commanding the department of the Platte.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

A RECENT cloud-burst near Valencia, Venezuela, killed 15o persons and dam aged the coffee and other crops to the extent of SG00 000 Houses were lev ~eled, bridges washed away and traffic generally suspended.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

HERR KoeK, president of the German reichsbank, will succeed Dr. Hermann von Schelling as Prussian minister of justice,
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

Two w. c. T. U. WOMEN of Indian apolis, Ird., were refused the right to vote, on the 9th, and a test case will be begun.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

HoN. JAMES s. DoDaE, of Elkhart, Ind, has tsen announced as candi date for United States senator to sue ceed Senator Daniel w. Voorhees,, as result of the political avalanche in the Thirteenth Indiana district.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

HE Texas cotton palace was formal lv opened at Waco, on the sth, with great ceremony. Many distinguished
 Editors were present from all parts of the country, and the day was observed as general holiday. The palace, which has front of 400 feet and a depth of 800 feet, was erected by the people of Waco at cost of S250, 900.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

MAJ GEN. OLIVER o. HOWARD, com manding the department of the East, with headquarters at Governors Is land. x. Y., whose long, varied and distinguished career has been charac- terized by marked ability in the com T,mand of troops and great gallantry in action and by unselfish patriotism and broad philanthropy was retired from active service, on the sth, by operation of law
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

A CHOLERA riot occurred in Huszth, village of Hungary, at the junction of the Theiss with the Nagy Az, on the 7ih, arising from the popular anger at an edict declaring that all persons who die of cholera must be buried in sep arate cemetery. Gendarmes fired upon the mob, killing one person and wound ing many others. Sixty arrests were made.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Fire at a Convict Farm.

The stockade on the Apperson X
 Leiper convict farm, near Palarm, was destroyed by fire. The fire caught soon after the noon hour, when all the men, about thirty, were in the fields at work, and the cook was at the stockade alono
 The fire spread rapidly, and with diff culty was kept from the stables and other adjacent property, as the wind was so high. All the bedding and cook ing utensils were destroyed. The en- tire loss is about S1, 900; no insurance.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

AMONG the demands upon which Japan will insist as conditions of the settlement of the war with China are the payment of an indemnity of about G40, Con, GOO and the cession to her by China of the island of Formosa.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
The overstreet X Son Failure.

Since the failure at Plummerville of J. II. Overstreet & Son, numerous at taehments have been run on the stock and accounts of the firm. The liabili- ties are now estimated at s60, GOO. The principal creditors are Allen-West Com mission Co, St. Louis, s23, ,o00; Beal, Fletcher X Co.,, of Little Rock, s1, ,50o; Hargadine & McKittriclS, St. Louis, S1 500; Hamilton Brown Shoe Co, St. Louis, Sl, 900; bank of Conway, S1, 300; E. Green, Morrllton, S1, GOO. A lot of goods were found in negro cabin, amounting to over s1,Oa0, which the negro said were left in the house by two masked men.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

TIE suggestion has been made and may be carried out, that as a testi- monial to Rev. Dr, Parkhurst for the work performed by him in bringing about the purifcation of politics in New York city, chair be endowed in Columbia college in his honor. It is proposedsto call it 'The ParlIhurst Chair of Municipal Reform and to in. stall Dr. Parkhurst as it's first pro lessor.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

ON the 7th Chairman Babcoell of the Republican congressional committee gave out statement, in which he claimed the election of 95O republican congressman, with several states to hear from, and a small majority in the next senate.
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16

The official returns of the congress sional election in Texas show the elec- tion of but one republican. Noonan, of the Twelfth district
The Monticellonian., 1894-11-16
Watkins 1. Hang.

The jury in the Tom Watkins mur- der trial at Little Rock. after being out twenty-four hours, returned verdict of murder in the first degree, with the death penalty. Watkins murdered q merchant named Thomas O'Bannon in Little Rock last August. His motive was robbery. Of the eight men who have been confined in the Pulaski coun- ty jail within the last year on the charge of murder this is the first in stance in which verdict of guilty has been returned in a degree making the punishment death. Watkins is d negro