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Newspaper Page TextiMOTIORl "00-, Pt riodioals, Mnmnos, Ac, fn Not lo be Liken From Thu ''' V Without ! mission. Any ' "', guilty o( ,!:U.I) oflfjnsu, Will iin I. .1.1.. i ........ . i'!... ' ,i VOL. III. ASTORIA. OttKGON. WEDNESDAY OCTOBElt 31, 1900. KO. 10K WE ARE SELLING AGENTS IN ASTORIA FOR i . BRIDGB, Superior Stool Ranges BEACH Sylph Heater 5i CO.'h Olio Heater ; coLE Hot Blast Heater for Coal MFG. Dome Top Heater for Wood CO.'b Russia Iron Heater tor Wood Wo also manufacture a KuhhIu Iron Queen Heater for Voo. Tlu'tw comprise tlio beat line of stove in tlio atntv. Wc wll no wcoikI-cIiuw Btovt. An in HjiH tion of our line of stoves will pay you. ECLIPSE HARDWARE CO. School Books and Tablets. Pencils. Pens, Slates, Composition Books, Note Books, Sponges and Inks Everything Necessary for S chcol Uf e ...GRIFFIN JUST ARRIVED ... I New Mince Meat New Crop Apple Butter Boiled Cider ! Sweet Cider Nuts, Apples, Popcorn, etc. Ross, Hfe&ins & Co, HUNTERS ATTENTION AMMUNITION FOARD U STOKES CO, "The World Owes Every Man a Living" Put what irt of living in It you got with s pool stove or range in your kitchen? Huy a Star Estate Range - They insure roo1 living W. J. Scully, Agent 431 BOND Commission. Brokerage, Insurance and Shipping. School Supplies REED... STREET HARD, SIM- Custom Hombo Broker. ASTORIA, ORE agent W. F. 4 Co, ana Faclflo Kxprtti Co'. THIRTY-FOUR STILL MISSING Loss of Life In New York Pire Not Over That Number. HUNT FOR DEAD CONTINUES Frtgnttii ( Bodies Arc Still Belaf Food li OcbH Bulldlaf Probably Cob Ulaci' I'alawlul Aoouet ol Eiploilvc. NEW VOHK. (Hi. 30. All the effort uf lh authorities are now directed to denning away the cVbrl of the Tar rant ami other building wrwkw by Hi' xrent explosion yesterday. In the desire to And out how pinny Ixxlli-n are Imrli'l In (h 'in anil to awrtaln the cause of the r l"..n. On bod m ua recovered tonight una 111 fragment of three more wire dlie- covered. Thirty-four person are still missing. DETAILS OF THE DIHAHTEU. NEW YoltK. ot. 30 All night long krvtiul hundred laborer were at work among t h. ruin cuu-d by the cxplo mon In ihr Iiullitliik' occupied by Tarrant & i "otiipiwiy. No IhhIIiH were recovered and It la bfvi-d Ihiu none will Iw re overed for another twelve hour at l ii"'. ThJt there are boil, In th rulna til' rr can b no doubt, but It In not !. that thr lint of (It-ad will pxcpc! tlilrt. and aniv tliiiat' tiiarc the to tal (l-'iol at Ix-Ikw twenty. One hundred ;md twenty-five Injurpd wraoiia were r.'ctlv.d at thp hocpitula and of thla nnmbrr owr a .core wprp diat-harxed afti-r thplr wounda had Ixn-n drtum'd. Too liat of nilnRinc waa large at Arat, but ninny of :hof nut'inw.-d to have bprn burned In the rulna have btt-n 10 rountpd for and a for aa known not more than twenty-flve m-raona arp mla ln thla mornlna. The jir"t-rty lona la variously eailmalid at from l.&UO.OoO to ll'.IMJ.OUO. t'hrmlcala irobal1y enlrred Into the orlaln of the Are. The flrat amoke that waa een waa dene and very black. Thla i liunifrd Into what apierl to be a light VHior. icrvutly Incrvaaina In iuunt',ty. Thi-n Iw iruri a acrlra of minor rxiilona not hravy enough to dlHturn li.T.ona in the airvet further than to arn thrm frm too near an approach. Suddenly an exploalon of much greater force drove the gliMa fnnn the wtndowa ahowcrliiR It ut.n the hrenipn and no llct'incii anj the thouaanda of atiecta- torn who huil gatht'ivd In the atreola. Thla wua followed a'tnont ttninedlately by another exploalon of far greater ln-ti-r.nlty. that worked much dlmwter. Then waa pirhitpa an Interval of two minute when there came a tnird ex ploaion that exceeded that which had preceded and which brought the bulld liiga on tioih abb-a of Warrvn etrel In that block tumbling down iui though t hi y w-re built of paateboard. All waa Immediately In a panic for biocKs in every direction. Thone who were well aeoualnted in he nelghlortiod looked upon Tarrant A Co.'a establishment aa one of great lunger. They had awn phemlca4a and olla going Into the building In great niantit a for weeka and Had Pi a meaure been prepared for the explos ion which occurred. Filled with fear they did with those thousands of Idle aiuvtatert who were running In every tilt ect Ion to eecnpe a danger tne ex ait nature of which they did not know. Fire I ommliotloiier John U. Scannell nuld ;hta morning: I have no doubt that chemical and olla fir In exceaa of the quantity .auc tioned by the law were atored In the bmldlnv. I auppoee thnt keen watch wna kut over the otllclal movement of Inxpectoi's and when it became known that a v ait m Kht be made vtc Quantity of explosive waa depleted. After the IWMMcb r had deported the aupply waa built up AKoln. Any one who hna aeen the reault of the exploalon that have oc.nitrcil her nee.l not be told that the law h'l been violated. i cannot tell what action will be taken, but you may bo aure thot a rleld Investigation will be nndi .and full l unlHhmetu meted out to the guilty ones If ruch a thing is iHiaaioie. Tar rant & .'o. have not been the only offender. Theiv are almllar concerns thot pay little heed to the law. I have In mind one tlnn who carries far great er quantltlea of explosive than that which waa stored here. We are con stantly In fear of trouble from that niarter. and instructions nave neon given to take the greatest precautions In case of a nre occurring' in tne neign borhood of the bulldinjt occupied by the firm to whom I refer. No, I don't care to give the name of that Arm now. I nholl have the matter looked after Im mediately." Superintendent of nulldings Dooner had 1000 men at work na soon na day light appeared. He declared that a doi en buildings would have to be torn down. The force of the explosion ha Im paired many building In the vicinity." he sold. "I cannot think of letting; men work In them while there la a possi bility that thfy may come down. I believe the building alonic the aouth side of Chambers street, from Green wich to Washington streets, and on ..REMOVAL. SALE.. For the next sixty days our entire stock of furniture and carpets will be closed out at less than cost. Gall early and avoid the rush. CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON Waahlnjctoii street from Chambers to Warren aireel. have been made unfit for occupancy. Forty building were damaged by the explcxlon. i place the property loss at $2,000,000, Ir. Feoney, thief Inspector f the health department, was at the .-ene of the explimlon today. "This havoc was wver wrought by benzine or naphlha," he auld. "1 -llev It waa nitroglycerine, H I u-d very largely nowadays by physician a a heart stimulant, and Tarrant & Co., aa wholesale druggist, would have had to supply It. If Tarrant It Com pany had 'i't pound of nitroglycerine In their place It would have blown a building; like theirs Into fragment." (Jporge K. Murray, Inspector of com bustibles, guve out the following state ment; "It I my opinion that the explosion waa duo to chcmlcuf action which look place during the compounding; of drug. Just what the exact cause waa we can not tell until we can fret the formula used In compounding, and can gt the employes on the witness stand before the Are marshal. The company had a lrmlt to atore collodion, ether and phosphorous In small quantities, a bar lei of alcohol, two gullon of benzine, one carboy of sulphurttle acid, and one carboy of nitric at:ld. If all thcae should blow up together I do not think It would make such a terrlAc explosion. I am of the opinion that the explosion ' due to chemical change." President Thoma F. Mkyn, of Tar rant Ik Co said today: "In our own lock we had no ether, or at most not more than a few pound. We hud no benzine and no collodion. When we needed any of thtie article to fill order we bought them from d.-aler. We had very little alcohol in stock, notwithstanding the fact that we use a considerable quantity In making; perf uno. We had absolutely no nitro glycerine and no gunpowder. "All our employe but two have been accounted for. We Employed twenty nvn and llfieen women. William Moore- hou. a shipping clerk, and a boy who was employid on an upper Moor, are mlshing." The damage to the Mnth-avenue ele vated road li largely superficial, and can be nadlly repaired. All but Ave of the Injured who were taken to the .ludaon-atreet house of relief were dis charged thla morning, and those who remained were reported out of danger. The acven Injured at Governor hospi tal are still there, but are out of dan ger. PORTO MCANS NOT VOTERS. Justice Friedman Bay Annexation Did Not Muke Them CItlxena. NFW YORK. Oct. M.-The applica tion of Frank Juarbe. a Porto Rlcan. for a peremptory writ of mandamus di recting the board of registry to regis ter him as a voter, on the ground that he became an American cltlien by vli- tue of the cession -of Porto lUco by Spain to the t'nlt-d Statea. ha been denied by Justice Friedman, in tne su orem" court. Justice Friedman in hi decision say that the treaties taking over the isl and of Porto Rico did not make the InhabitunU of the territory cltliena of the I nlted State but. on the contrary. lett the determination of their civil rUhta and their political statu to the future action of congress, which ho not yet acted. SWORE TO A LIE. Leading Witness Against Caleb Powers Swears He Committed Perjury. LOUISVILLE. Ky., Oct. 30. The Louisville Evening Post today prints an a'lldavlt of Finley Anderson, the telegraph operator upon whose testi mony Caleb Powers waa convicted of complicity In the murder of Governor Goebel. In which Anderson swears his story told on the stand at Georgetown was perjured. JAPS TO RE PROTECTED. Inhabitants of Sumner. Wash.. Will Not Be Allowed to Disturb Them. TACOMA. Oct. 30. Deputy Sheriff Davis went to Sumner this morning to see that the Jap laborers who were sacking potatoes are protected. The antl-Asiatlc sentiment at Sum ner took a Bomowhat violent shape a few nights ago. and a delegation of cltlxens visited the Japanese and drove them away. FRANCIS ALICE WRECKED. Seattle Schooner Went Ashore on Si berian Coast SEATTLE, Oct. 30. The steamship Ohio brouKht news of the wreck of the seho'jner Francis Alice, owned In t!ils city, on the Siberian coast. The schooner was 130 tons reclster. and carried a crew of seven, all of whom wore saved. The vessel was blown ashore during a fierce gale. YERKES HAS RESIGNED. Republican Candidate for Kentucky's Governorship Gives Up Another Position. WASHINGTON, Oct 30. John W. Yerkes. collector of Internal revenue for the eighth district of Kentucky, has resigned. Yerkes la the Republican candidate for governor of Kentucky. REFORMERS MAY DESTROY CANTON Fear That the French are Plan ning to Seize It. ATTEMPT TO KILL GOVERNOR lalcraitltiilColumi It Dtvulallsj Coaolrv i !:: Marck Froa Pas Tli Fi Cklu Olfcn latfcmslty t SZM.OOO.OM. HONG KONG. Oct W.-A serlou ex plosion occurred at Canton Sunday morning. Four houses near the govern or's yamun were destroyed and many persona were killed. It I rumored that the scene of the explosion was the re-'-jrmcrs' arsenal, which wa full of powder and gun cotton, and that the ob ject was to destroy the yamun. Ii is rumored that the French are pre oarlng to send a thousand troops from .Saigon. This report, together with the presence of numerous French warships. baa aroused suspicions among the Chi nese regarding the French design. The reformer threaten that If the French attempt to seize Canton the Cantonese will lay their city In rulna Report from Canton say that the ex plosion that occurred there 'Sunday morning, destroying four houses near the governor's yamun. Is likely to prove serious tc '.be reformer. The officials, according to the advices, are convinced that the destruction of the yamun and : the murder of the officials was contem plated. The house In which the explosion oc- curr"t was unoccupied but was visited occasionally and packages were taken there. It Is probable that evidence will be manufactured against the sympathisers with the reform movement. It ha been ascertained that six per sons were killed and two wounded. ALLIES BURNING VILLAGES. PARIS. Oct. 30.-The Havas Agency has received the following from Ptkin: The foreign envoys have held further meetings and the French note has been accepted In principle as the basis of dis cussion. "LI Hung Chang has Informed the le gations of the poisoning of Yu Haien. "The Austrian minister has arrived. "A company of French troop sent for a day's march west of Pekin, to rid a aisirici tnai waa reporiea 10 De inicstea k u... Lui .,. k.i. one prisoner and captured a mltrall- 3neral Heywood Fubmlts the follow eulie lng account of the taking of a consider- "The International column now re- I "e amount of bullion In the seige of turning from Pao Ting Fu is burning ; Pekln: the villages en route. The armed pop- ! , " a communication dated July IS. ulation Is being punished and all arms m- S0'? Mewde lf78 10 '1 im: w hich has been going cn In Tien ALLIES LEAVE PAO TING FU. LONDON. Oct. 30. Lord George Ham ilton, secretorv of state for India, has received the following dispatch, dated October 22. nt Pao Tin Fu. from Sir Alfrcu 'Jaselee: 'I have appointed an International commission to Inquire into the murder of the missionaries and railway officials with a view of Axing the responsibility." In u dispatch dated Pao Ting Fu, Oct ober 24, General Gaselee says that In pursuance of Instructions from Field .Marshal Count Von Waldersee the RrltlBh troops will return to Pekln and Tien Txin. reaching their destination about November 6. General Uaselee states that he ex pects to reach Pekln himself Octob?r 31. ANOTHER CONFERENCE. LONDON. Oct. 30. -It Is reported here." say the St. Petersburg corre apo.ident of the Daily Express, "that Emperor Nlchola's will propose another conference with a view of settling the Chinese qucstlcn." INDEMNITY OFFERED. LONDON. Oct. 30. "The Chinese plenipotentiaries opened negotiations," says the Shanghai correspondent of the Dally Express, "by proposing that China should pay an indemnity of 40.000,000 sterling In sixty Installments, agreeing that the Likln and the customs service should be under foreign control until the obligation should be discharged.- "They alto agreed that Prince Tuan should be imprisoned for life, that Tien Tsln should be treated as an Interna tional district and that other places should be opened to foreign trade. "China undertakes to abstain from purchasing war material abroad. In or uer to raise the Indemnity she proposes to double Import duties." FLIGHT OF THE EMPRESS. PEKIN. Oct. 28. Prince Su. who ac companied the Chinese court in the flight to Tal Yuen Fu and afterwards returned here disheartened by the an archy existing among those composing the immediate advisers to the throne, gives an interesting account of his Jour ney. "On the Arst day," says Prince Su, "the court traveled in carts twenty miles north, escorted by 3000 soldiers who pillaged, murdered and committed other outrages along the entire route. The Alght was continued, at the rate of twenty miles a day, to Hsuan Hua Fu In the most panic-stricken manner. So little authority was exerted that the boI rtlers even stole the meals prepared for the emperor and empress dowager. The execution of several for murder and pil lage eventually brought them under control. "The court remained three days at Hsuan Hua Fu, some advisors coui sel ling a further stay. They, however, were overruled, owing to the fear of foreign pursuit, and the (light was re sumed to Tal Yuen Fu. with 1500 addi tional troops under General Tung Fu Slang, who added to the discord. "The empress dowager iid little else but to weep and upbraid her advisers. The emperor reviled everybody. The Journey occupied 26 days. "On arriving at Tal Yuen Fu. great difficulty waa experienced in forming any semblance of government. Many edicts were ignored and affairs reached a state of absolute chaos. The emperor would have preferred to trust himself to the allies, but he waa compelled to Join In the flight." Prince Hu does not believe that the court I going to Warn Fu. ila thlnka the plan la to return Dy a cirruitou route through Houthern Khan ril awl Northern Honan. A meeting of the diplomatist was h.M i hi ini,rnlnr ffn consider the form of the negotiation for a ettlement of the China dlllicultie. The declaim ar rived at I kept necret In order to pre vent any Inrormaiion reacnins; me .ni nette. EXECUTIONS DEMANDED. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The report ed decision of the minister at Pekln to add two more Chinese leaders to those who ah.ill oe executed. Prince XI and Yang Nle, appear to be the Arst In dication that th minister themselves do not accept a sufficient tho edict of the Chlne emperor that ne win pun Uh the Individual aa they were ap. dflcally named by China as among those to be punished. Prlnca Yl la one of the Arst princes of China. In the edict of 8eptemb?r 23 V. was ordered that he be stripped of hi. rank end oftlce. Yanir Me Is presl dent of the board of censor and In thla btne edict he waa handed over to the clan court, which was ordered to con suit and decide upon a severe penalty. REPORT FROM CHAFFEE. WASHINGTON. Oct. 30. General Chaffee has reported to the war depart rr.ent the following deaths, under date of Taku. Oct. 27: At Tien Tsln camp, Oct. 3 Rasmus Rohnson. battery O, Third artillery, cause unknown. At Pel Ling. Oct. 23 James A. Frlel. late nrivate of Company r. Mntn in fantry, gunshot wound In the abdomen. LIST OF MASSACRED. WASHINGTON. Oct. SO. At the re quest of relative and friends of the missionaries murdered at Pao Ting Fu, China, the war department aaked Gen eral 'haffee for a di-iinite statement as o who were killed and who escaped. The following dispatch waa received from General Chaffee In reply: Taku. Oct 28. "Hutcheson. at Pao Ting Fu, reports American murdered there namely. Mr. ( Pitklns, Mr. and Mrs. Simcox and three ni oireri' I i. lavior. duns jiorreu. Miss Gould. Dr. and Mr. Hodge and) one lady whose name is yet unknown. Reports ten Americans at Ching Ting Fu, eight adults and two children. Five English. Ave French safe, protected by local mandarin, returned. Situation quiet" SEIZURE OF BULLION. WASHINGTON, Oct SO. The report of Brigadier-General Heywood, com manding the United States marine corpa, has been made public by the navy department. Its most Interesting features are those covering the opera tion! of the United States marines In Chira. Including the heroic defence of the legations at Pekln, and the march of the marines on Tien Tsln, which have i"" ' ,, ,: . . : , i been fully described heretofore, J Tsin. He stated that the treasury had been ransacked but that all the vaults were not looted and Major Waller with a force Is searching for the treasure. The treasure, which consisted prlnci I Pally ;f silver bullion fused w ith brick i mortar and other debris, was recovered j from the ruins of the salt tcmmlsston- ! er's yamun, which had been looted and ;irr.ed before the rrjarincs arrived on tte spot. r A board consisting of Major Waller and Assistant Paymaster Richards, Captain M. J. Shaw ar.d C. H. C. Hol ler (an American agent In the Tien Tsin ofl:c? of J. P. Morgan & Company, of New York) was authorlxed to appraise the value of the bullion. The bullion was counted by tb board, which esti mated the value at $376,300 United States currency. It had been the In tention to deposit the treasure for safe keeping with the Hong Kong and Shanghai bank, but the vaults of this bank would not accomodate it and it was therefore removed to the premises of this bank under the supervision of the officers of the First regiment of ma rines and placed jnder guard there." General Heywood says that the bul lion was exchanged for three New York drifts which have been forwarded by i'avmiiFter uryan of the navy to the secretary of the navy The balance of the report deals with the work of the corps during the past year and wi'h the condition of Its posts In various parts of the country and in foreign stations. CLEVELAND NAILS A LIE. Interview Published In the Philadelphia Times Was Without Foundation. PRINCETON. N. J., Oct. 30. Ex .president Cleveland, being shown a publication In the Philadelphia Tlm?i of today purporting to be an Inter view, said "The whole thing from beginning to end Is an absolute lie. without the least foundation or shadow of truth. I never have uttered a word to a human being that affords the least pretext for such ar mendacious statement. I have al ready telegraphed the Philadelphia Times to tnis enect. ' Utterances ascribed to ex-President Cleveland In the publication referred to embodied the expression that there would be a landslide for Bryan the morning arter election. PAY WAGON HELD UP. Paymaster Killed but Plucky Negro Driver Killed Three Robbers and Other Was Jailed. . MOUNT PLEASANT. Penn.. Oct. 30. Four Hungarians held up the South west Connellsvllle Coke Company's pay wagon aoout a mite rrom here this af ternoon In which was a safe containing $3000 for Alvlnto workmen. Wm. Hisler, the paymaster, and Bur gess, the colored driver, were both armed. The Huns were In ambush and opened Are, killing the paymaster. The driver returned the Are. Harry Burgess, the driver', la also wounded. Two of the Hungarians are dead, a third fatally wounded and the fourth is in Jail. METAL MARKET. NEW YORK, lead, unchanged. Oct. 30.-Sllver, 64; CROWDS LISTEN TO ROOSEVELT He Tells Them Contest Is Against Forces of Disorder. THREE CANDIDATES MEET Prohibition, Dcnocrttlc tai RookvcII Train AO la Elmln Ycstcrtfay-Dltoriier ol Prcvloai Nljht Absorbetf Atteatloi. ROCHESTER. N. Y.. Oct. 30.-When the Roosevelt train arrived here tonight ne party found groat crowds at the illation and hotel and a splendid greet ing was accorded to :he vtce-preslden-tlal candidate. There was an Immense variety of clubs and business nen's asnociatlon and both auditorium where Governor RTos-ivelt spoke were Ailed. Itesldia the enthusiastic gathering at Corning, the home of the club that was as saulted at Elmlra last night, the only Incident of the day occurred at Geneva, where there wa an attempt made to prevent the governor from peaklng. HAS GOOD STUFF IN HIM. BATH. N. Y.. Oct. M.-The Arst top of the day of th Roosevelt train waa made at Corning, the home of the club which was assaulted last night during Uie parade in Elmlra. Here the gover nor said: "It Is perfectly evident that Corning has not been daunted by Its reception in Elmlra last night. It Indicates that you have good stuff in you here." "So have you." shouted one of his hearers. "And I think." continued the gover nor, "that ooner or later our oppo nents w ill grow to understand that mob violence is not the way to keep a Re publican back. You may have noticed In this morning's paper tshat another mob broke up Senator Depew's meeting at Cobleskill. Mr. Bryan spoke there in the morning and was listened to with due respect and then, when Senator De pew came there later in the day. they broke up hi meeting by violence anJ refused to listen to him. "Now. fundamentally, this contest la a contest against Just that type of things. POLICE DEMOCRATIC. ELMIRA. N. Y.. Oct. 30. The Roose velt party made an early start west ward today. The general conversation of the party was of the riotous times of last night The city administration here is re publican.'' Senator Fassett said this morning, "but the police force Is Demo cratic." "The trains of Candidates vvoolley. Roosevelt and Bryan were all here this morning. i ir ' BRYAN IN NEW YORK. Thinks He Has More Than an Even Chance of Carrying the State. DUNKIRK. N. Y.. Oct 30.-William J. Bryan concluded the Anal day of his last New York campaign tour in this city tonight. All these towns where he spoke today are In the southwestern part of tha stite and all have been strongly Repub lican. The meetings of the day were gener ally well attended and some of them quite enthusiastic. Bryan left tonight on the Lake Shore rad for Ohio, expecting to begin a one-day tour of that state tomorrow. All told he made 110 speeches In this state. Before leaving here tonight Bryan made a brief statement giving his Im pressions of the situation In New York: ''If reports which come from the var ious counties where polls have been made can be taken as representing tha general sentiment throughout the state, we have more than an even chance of carrying the state." MURDER IN FIRST DEGREE. Young Man Who Killed Express Mes senger Will Be Electrocuted. MARYSVILLE, O., Oct. 30. The Jury at midnight returned a verdict of mur der in the Arst degree, without recom mendation, against Rowsslyn Ferrell for the murder, on the night of Au gust 10 last, of Charles Lane, an ex press messenger on the Panhandle road. The murder was committed for tho purpose of robbery. Ferrell secured $1000 In money from the safe of the Adams Express Company. The verdict carries with It the death penalty, which is electrocution. ARMY STATISTICS. Adjutant-General Ccrbln Makes Annual Report to the Secre tary of War. H,s WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. The annual report of Adjutant-General Corbin to he secretary of war shows that the reg ular army consists of 2035 officers and 60.&6I enlisted men. and the volunteer army consists of 1548 officer and 31.039 enlisted men, a grand total of 08,790 not Including the hospital corps. The regular and volunteer army at present is distributed as follows United States, 998 officers and 18.RUS enlisted men; Alaska. 41 officers, 1083 enlisted men; Porto Rico, 98 officer, 2406 enlisted men; Cuba. 260 officer', 54G8 enlisted men; Philippine Islands, 2367 officers. 65,lfil enlisted men; Hawa iian Islands. 6 officers, 219 enlisted men; China. 80 officers, 2060 enlisted men. CABLE COMPLLTKD. SEATTLE Oct. 30. The Alaska Com mercial Company ha completed the cable between Cape Nome and St. Michael.