Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-01-24
FOREIGN.

LONDON special: Throughout the night
relays worked desperately at the Dinglake
COlliery in North Staffordshire endeavOr-
ing to rescue the men entombed by the
rush of waters. 1t was first thought all
had escaped, except about twenty, but it is
now believed that between 80 and 120 men
and boys are entombed. The work of res
cue, however, has not made much progress.
The water tluctuates SO that the rescuers
are well nigh discouraged. The bottom of
the shaft is choked with timbers, which
must first be removed, but constant pump
ing seems to have little effect. Sorrowing
relatives of the entombed men have been
standing around the pit mouth, many go
ing without food.
HIROSHIMA special Gen. Nodzeu, COM
mander of the First Japanese army, tele-
graphs: "The Chinese commenced an at
tack on Hal Chang at> 8 O'Clock on the
morning of January II. The Third army
division, after maintaining a defense of
the north side of Hai Chang until 1 O'Clock
in the afternoon, assumed the defensive
and attacked the enemy'S right wing.
Shortly after 6 o'clock we succeeded in
dis. ersing the Chinese. The enemy's
strength was over 10000. The main force
retreated north and west and the remain-
der toward New Chang"
VICTORIA. B. c., special: There is a
mystery about the sale into slavery among
the indian of a little boy by Arthur Bal
linger. Both are Americans. and the man,
who is a cripple, formerly lived at Seattle.
The boy is too young to tell much of a
story. but maintains that he once lived in
Michigan. He says Batlinger treated him
brutally. and says that he would be happier
among the Indians. The idea that Ballin-
ger is the child's father has been abandon
ed by the police, who now think that there
is some reason for putting the child IL of
the way.
H~ERMosILLo, Mex, special: Frank
Debs, a young American making a horse
back trip from the City of Mexico to San
Francisco, has been killed by the Yaqui
Indians in the mountains south of here.
Debs was warned not to attempt to cross
the 1aqul country on account of the deS-
perate and hostile character of the Indians,
but was allured into the dangerous section
by the report that mines of fabulous rich.
ness were to be found there.
MENICo CITY special: The people of
Texasoce are greatly excited over the dis
section of a person named Anton Van
gose while still alive. While a medical
student was making the dissection the sup
pose corpse writhed in agony sprang to his
ieet shouting. Don't kill me-" The dis
sector endeavored to put back the pieces of
flesh and sew up the missions. The effort
was of no avail and the man was a genuine
corpse in two days.
LONDON special: Owing to the masses
of timber, etc, swept by the thrush of
water i'm the Dig Lake mine at Audlay
staffordshire, all hope of reaching the
ninety-twO men who did not succeed in
escaping has been abandoned. From the
time the disaster was first announced gangs
of rescuers have been at work night and
day in efforts to reach the entombed men.
l.. BUENos AYREs special: The Cabinet
has resigned on account of the refusal of
the President to grant amnesty to political
offenders. A large section of the public
applauds the attitude Of the President, but
his resignation is probable in view of the
difficulty of forming a mini try hostile to
those in favor of amnesty.