The Wichita daily eagle., 1897-06-17

Deaths Reported From New Earthquake
Points Daily and the List Growing
Towns Lcveled with the Ground
Roads Crossed by Wide Chasms-F Fis-
sures Squirting Mud and Sand-Raiiroad
Enpuifed-RIver Bank Sinks and Floods
the Back CountrY-Foreign News in
General.
Calcutta, June 16.-Further reports or
the destruction caused by the earth
quake Of last Saturday show that great
damage was done at Dacca, Jamalpur
and Murshidabad. At the latter place
the NaNab had a miraculous escape
Great injury mas been done to the
plantations of Assam, Cachar ana Duaro-
A number Of factories and macnine
houses have been wrecked at the three
mlaces named. AT Krishnager, Myned-
6ngh and Silkot all the courts and treas
uries have been demolished
Il is expected that the jubilee filuni-
nations will be abandoned and that the
money which is was proposed 10 expend
alpon them will be devoted to relieving
the distress of the earthquake sufferers
Terrible reports are, coming IL IRON
Assam. At Shilong everything mas oeen
leveHed 10 the ground An inspector OF
prisons has been killed and there nave
been MANY deaths in the public offices,
IN the military lines and in the bazaars-
No further details are obtainable.
The official records nave been buried
al Gauhati, where the roads are now
crossed by wide chasms The railroads
has vanished in that vicinity and at
Coafpara tidal wave has destroyed the
bazaar and all the other buildings and
the neighboring country is covered with
assures which are squirting mud and
sand
Numbers Of buildings have been de-
stroyed at Dhubri, where the river bank
has suosided, flooding tne. country and
running the crops.
There has been heavy loss Of life ar
Coalpara and Dhubri.
Several of the shaken districts have
not been heard from but isolated roads
rave been broken UP by tissu~es,
bridges have been destroyed and the
telegraph lines have been broken down
almost throughout Assam.
CHINESE SOLDIERS MUTINY.
San Francisco, June 16.-Advices from
the Orient by the Rio de Janeiro: The
German officers who have been engaged |
in drilling the Chinese troops at Woo
Rung, China, have had 10 extend their |
tuition TO the point Of teaching their |
charges the direful effects of mutiny. |
Recently il was decided TO discharge !
about one-haif of the native drilled |
troops who were in four camps of 500 |
each, replacing them by q correspond |
ing number Of foreign drilled men from |
the forts. The discharged soldiers were |
given three months extra pay, but they |
elamored for seven. months and on May |
z broke into open mutiny. Iooting the
officers quarters, pulling down the |
houses. and, threatening TO shoot the |
general in command The principal !
rihglea9er was seized, tried by drum
head courtmartial and summarily de-
capitated. Il is stated that not a single |
Chinese official was present at the exc |
cution, all having fed. Throughout the |
night of the Sth, the camp and niaga-
zine were guarded. and on the morning
OF the 9Th three more of the ringiea ders
were executed. -.-a
-rl INSURGENTS WILL WIN.
New York. June lion board the I
Ward line steamer. Seguranca which
arrived today from Havana, was F. R.
Winn of Sherman. Texas. who has been
for some time with the insurgent forces
a Pinar del Rio. IN the west end of
Cuba. Winn succeeded in crossing the
trocha and reached Havana last Thurs
day and managed TO elude the Spanish
officials, finally getting on board the
Seguaranca without molestation from
the authorities Mr.. Wnr is the bear
er Of important dispatches to the Cuban
juata IN this city. He is quite sanguine
of the ultimate success of the insurgent
cause and says the Spaniards are dis
heartened and weary Of the fight Their
guerillas have all been killed off by the
Cuban sharpshooteTs and the Spanish
regulars do but very little fighting
At the rooms of the Cuban Junta
there was general denial Of any knowl
edge Of. or responsibility for. Winn The
Texan, according to the officers of the
Seguaranca. came on board looking like
a veritable tramp, but had money
enough for a first-claSs passage.
QUEEN LEAVES BALMORAL.
Balmoral, Scotland, June l6.-Queen
Victoria left Balmoral today for Wind
sor Castle This is tne first step of her
majesty in ;he long program arranged
70 ce!ebra te the slxtiern anniversary of