Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1891 — SEVEN HUNDRED DEATHS. [ARTICLE]

SEVEN HUNDRED DEATHS.

Terrible Result* of an Kpldemto of Dysentery In Oita. A landslide near Togiro buried twenty workmen, of whom four perished. At Vancouver, B. C, the steamship Empress of China arrived from Hongkong and brings the following advices: In the Oita Prefecture of Japan 3,000 cases of dysentery are reported, with 700 deaths. During the ce’ebration of the feast of lanterns at Jokotecbo, Akita Prefecture, a bridge fell, owing to 'the pressure of the throng, and more than 100 persons were precipitated into the water. Over twenty were injured and several lives were lost J. A. Leonard, United States Consul General at Shanghai, telegraphed Admiral Belknap, saying: “A Shanghai morning paper has a telegram received last night saying there was a riot at Ichang. The mission and all foreign property was burned. No lives were lost” Admiral Bolknap sent immediately the Alliance and Palos to Yangtse. 1 A special telegram to the Japan Mai) says:' “A riot occurred at Ichang. All foreigners' property at the was burned, but no lives were lost The foreign residents are under arms. *