h " IT'S A COLD DAY WHEN WE GET LEFT." VOL. XII. IIOOD KIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1900. NO. 23. HOOD RIVER GLACIER ' Published Every Friday by B. F. BLYTHK. Terms ot subscription 11.50 a year when paid In advance. MA,,, The mall arrivea from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock , m. Wednesdays and Saturdays; depart! the same lava at noou. KorChenoweth, leavei at 8 a. m. Tuesday!, TbtnsdRVi and Saturday: arrivea at 6 p. m. Kor White Balmeii (W aalt.) leaves daily at 4:44 a. m ; arrives at 7:15 p. m. From While Salinim leave, for Fulrta, Gilmer, Trout l-ake ami 0 leu wood daily at 1 A. M. ForBinsen (Wash.) leave, at 4:45 p.m.; ar rives at 2 p. m. MOCIKTIK'. IAUKfcL. KhhEKAIl DKCiKEE LODGE. No i b7, I. O. O. F. Meets tint and third Moo ays In each month. MlSSTSLLi RlCHABMON, N. 0. H. J. Hjbbard, (Secretary. 1ANBY POST. Ko. 1, . A. R Meets at A. ij 0. U. W Hall second and fourth Saturday, of each month at 2 o'clock p. m. All 0. A. K. members Invited to meet with u. M P. Isknbkko, Commander T. 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Is especially equipped to treat catarrh of nose and throat nd diseases of women. Special terms tor office treatment of chronic cases. Telephone, office, 125, residence, 45. piONEF.R MILLS Harbison Bros., Props. FLOUR, FEED AND ALL CEREALS (iround'and manufactured. Whole Wheat Graham a specialty. Custom rinding done every Saturday. During the busv season additional days will be mentioned In the local columns. Boon ItlVEK, OREGON. pAl'ERIIAXGING, KALSOMINING, ETC. If your walls are sick or mutilated, call on K. L. ROOD. Consultation free. No charge for prescrip tions. No cure no pa -O hwn nil L M. till 6. P. M., and all night if necessary. gcoso MY SHOE SHOP. I'ltll'K LIST. Men's half soles, hand eticked, $1; nailed, beet, 75c ; second, 60c ; third, 40c. Jjwlies' hand stitched, 75c; nailed, best, Mc; second, 35. Best stock and work in Howl Kiver. C. WELDS, Prop. J-HE KLONDIKE CONFECTIONERY Is the plat e to get the latest and best in Uonuctionencs, Vanuies, nu, iwi Cigars, etc. ....ICE CREAM PARLORSi... ' COLE fc GRAHAM, Props. p C. BROSiDS, M. D. ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Phone Central, or 121. Office Hours: 10 to 11 A. K.j 2 to 3 - and 6 to 7 P.M. JJT. HOCD SAW MILLS Tomuxsosi Bros, Props. FIR AND PINE LUMBER Of the best "quality alwas on hand at prices to suit the times. gUTLER CO., BANKERS. Do a general banking business. IIOOD RIVER, OREGON. DALLAS & SPANGLER, DIALS BS IX Hardware, Stoves and Tinware Kitchen Furniture, PlumbtrV Goods, Pruning Tools, Etc. We hate a new and complete stock of hardware, stores and which we will keep constantly adding Oirr prices will continue to be as low as Pc.rtland Drices. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of th-3 Telegraphic News of thf. World. TERSE TICKS FROk .UK WIRES An Interesting Collection of I tenia Froap he Two Benilapherea Pretrial i In a Cor -leaned jfvjuu V Chinese reformers captured Hui Chow. France wants peace negotiations to begin at once. Alvarez, a Tagal leader, was captured in Mindanao. The mineowners agreed to the strik ers' demands. Roosevelt was given a great recep tion in Cleveland. English horsemen are fighting American jockeys. A French expediiton was massacred at Lake Assal, Afiica. Captain O. M. Carter is seeking nil liberty on a habeas corpus. Lipton's challenge was accepted by the New York Yalcht Clnb. Hohenliole has resigned. Yon Bulow may be the new German chancellor. The United States gunboat Marietta has gone to Canton, which is threat ened. Rebels were defeated in an engage ment with Americans at Tubuguan, Panay. A dispatch received from Lord Rob erts, under dats of Pretoria, October 16, reports a number of minor affairs, but says that tho only incident of im portance was the surrendering of Tunis Botha, a brother of Commandant Gen eral Botha, at Volksrust, October 13. Two hundred Uintah Indians from Utah have invaded Northwestern Col orado on their annual hunting expedi tion, and as usual on such occasions the settlers are greatly alarmed. Gov ernor Thomas has appealed to the fed eral authorities to drive the Indians back to their reservation. The family of the late John Clark, of New York, has engaged counsel to try to obtain the estate of his brother, Iin lay Clark, who died a few years ago in Australia, leaving a fortune esti mated at $20,000,000. The dead man was an owner of gold mines. Recent ly, Governor Voorbees, of New Jersey, was informed that the multimillion aire's heirs wore in that state. He left none in Australia and his whole for tune is said to be lying untouched waiting to be divided among four nephews and neices in New Jersey. Among these are James N. Clark and James AV. Clark, whose present where abouts are uuknown. Hiirnal corns men were surprised by Tngals in Nenva Ecija province. Trnaunrv Denartrnent lliav Station a Chinese interpreter on Puget sound. Rrvan srjoke to a Ducked house in Madison Squaie garden, New York. Oiiwii Wilhnlniina. announces her . . . bethrothal to Duke Henry of Mecklen- burg-Schwenn. Andrew Carnegie has presented 10,- 000 to the town of Hawick, Roxbury, county, Scotland, lor a purine ura-ary. Captain E. E. Ewing, of San Fran- tisco, manager oi we vveicnuauu Lamp Company, committed sulfide uy inhaling gaa. In the province of Smolensk, Russia, there is held every three months a lot tery in husbands and wives, who are chosen by the chance drawing of a lot tery ticket. Two men were killed and one fatally injured by the derailment of a freight train on the Chicago & Alton, at Lawn dale, 111. The wieck was caused by the removal of a rail by a section gang making repairs. Fire in the lumber district of Osh- kosh, Wis., destroyed 13,000,000 feet of lumber and part of the Hollister- Ames ComDanv's mills and the plan. of Challoner's Sons Coihpany. The to tal loss amounts to $dUu,UUU. The United States transport Grant has sailed from San Francisco for Ma nila. On the vessel ar 607 casuals and recruits representing every regiment of the regular servicein China and the Philippines. A large number of hos pital corps men accompanied the sol diers. An explosion of rubber cement in the basement of a lour-story uuwumg Detroit, Mich., resulted in afirewhioh cost the lives of two men and injured eight persons, four of whom were girls. The fire spread with soch ra pidity that the employes were mmy ed to jump from the upper stories. The Oregon Short Lines' fast mail at Tnn. 30 miles east of Pocatello, Idaho, by running into the rear end of a freight t.ain stauaiug ou Una Tha cneine of tbe pas- seuger train rolled down tbe embank ment, and Engineer Beckmanand Fire man George were badly injured. As anknown tramp was killed and another had bis leg crushed. In Jeresy City. N. J., daughter was born to tbe wife of Bresci, tbe as sassin of King Humbert. Five Minneapolis chuiches have paid the debts banging over tbem dnnng the year, the total incumberanoes raised amounting to f 38,675. The curator of the Field Columbian g-ui-n olaimg to bflVS museum a vu.v-s found geological proof that ... i - .HnMthiD 111. f life on tnis giooe - 0U0.U00 yeais ago. LATER NEWS. Hanna talked to coloied volunteer in Chicago. Natural nas has been discovered neai Spokane, Wash. America approves of the Anglo-German agreement. The miners' strike will be called off when all tbe companies post notices. Imperial troops have suffered re verses in southern provinces of China. Robbeis attempt to blow open a safe of the First National bank at Union, I Or. The anti-imperialists issue an ad dreis to the independent voters to sup poit Bryan. Four firemen were killed and prop erty valued at $450,000 destroyed in a St. Paul fire European papers indulge in much critical discussion of the Anglo-German agreement. Aguinaldo is said to have written a letter directing cessation of political attempts for pacification. A score of criminal irsane patient overpower their keepers and escape from a New York asylum. The Spanish cabinet resigned as a protest against appointment of Weylei to be cnptain-jreneral of Madrid. Cholera is increasing to such an ex tent in Japan that steamers thence have been quarantined. There are a number of deaths aboard steamen coming from Nagasaki. Hon. John Sherman, representative in the house, for a long term a mem ber of the senate and twice holding cabinet positions, died at bis residence iu Washington, D. C, in the 78th yeai of his age. John Alexander Dowie, the Zionist, of Chicago, was mobbed at a meeting in London. Seven hundred student attempted to prevent the faith healei fiom eutering the hall, but a strong force of police pulled Mr. Dowie through the mob of students and ar rested the ringleaders. Tbe transport Belgian King, which broke down soon after leaving Ma nila in consequence of an accident tc her machinery, has put into Hong Kong for repairs. The Argyle was at Nagasaki on her way from Manila to Taku with animals. TheArao has left Kobe for Manila with animals. The Tlmas left Nagasaki the 20th inst for Manila. The Breconshire left Kobe the 22.1 inst. lor Manila, with a large cargo of lumber and forage. The Sumner, Athenian and Pak Ling were at Nagasaki the 20th. The Athenian was bound for Taku with animals, ana the Pak Liog was taking animals tc Manila. The Port Albert is at Naga saki. Roosevelt spoke in Baltimore. There are 92 cases of yellow fever in Havana. .The total registration in Greater New York for 1900 is 656,154. Brvan closed his campaign in New York with a speech in Buffalo. The snread of vellow fever in Ha vana is said to be due to Spanish im migration. General Weyler, ex-captain-general of Cuba, has been appointed captain- general of Madrid. Mr. Stevenson's forecast ot the eleo- tion is 138 for McKinley, 189 for Bry an and 120 doubtful. Mnv American and European mis sionaries in Shan Si province nave been killed by Boxers. The Dutch cruiser Gelderland, with President Krneer on board, hat sailed from Lourenco Marques for Europe. Dim man was killed in a train wreck on the Northern Pacific near Missoula, Mont., and a ton of mail went Into a river. Charles Dudley Warner, tbe author and one of the owners of the Hartford Courant, died suddenly at Hartford, Conn., aged 71. The New York Herald's forecast of the presidential election is that Mc Kinley will have 281 and Bryan 166 otes in the electoral college. Fire in St. Paul destroyed a packing houfe, a locomotive and 80 box cars, t-aased the death of five men by falling walla and entailed a loss of $100,000. The United States census bureau an nounces that the population of Ala liama is 1,828,697, ns against 1,618. 017 in 1890; increase, 216,680, or 20.8 per cent. A special dispatch from Constanti nople says new and frightful massacres of Armenians have just occurred in the district of Diarbekir. The Mussul mans, it is asserted, pillaged, out raged and killed during five days with i.n tha intervention of Turkish troops. Eight villages, it is added, were entire ly destroyed and burned. According to a correspondent of the Shanghai Mercury, Bishop Fontoeati, in South Honan, was tortured four hours by Chinese. Different memBers of his body were removed singly. Two priests were covered with coal oil and placed on a pile of sticks which were then seet fire to. Bishop rogota was disemboweled, and others were fright fully tortured. Three thousand con erts, led by French priests, in defend ing their church, were massacred. The work of building a woven wire fence along tbe Pennsylvania railroad right of way is nearly completed. Tbe Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad will shortly unite into one .. .it its branch and leased lines in Iowa and Missouri. The natives of Hawaii, be they eTer so poor, never steal or beg. These of- t fensea are connnea aimoss eiciu.ivoj ! to the Portuguese residents of the lal i and. THE STRIKE SITUATION President Mitchell Tells the Strikers Side. NOT TREATED CONSIDERATELY Man Da Not Want tha Powder Conces sion Counted aa Part of th 10 Par Cent Advance. Hazleton, Ta., Oct, 28. When Pres ident Mitchell, nf tlm United Mie- workers, was asked what he had to eav in regard to a settlement of the miners' strike, be said: "As there nrmpnra to he some dispo sition on the part of the publio to place tbe responsibility of the prolongation of the strike on the sliouldeis of the mineworkeis, speaking for them I want to say that when the Serantou conven tion accepted the 10 per cent inciease in wasps nrovldins tha operators abol ished the sliding scale aud guaranteed tbe payment of tho adavnee in wogch until April 1, the miners had met the operators more than half way. They bad shown a conciliatory spirit, and 1 know of no good reason why the propo sition should not have been accepted by the operators. As a consequence, the responsibility tor the continuance of the strike rests solely upon the fail ure of the operators tQ treat the propo sition of their employes considerately. Tbe publio should understand that un satisfactory as is the proposition of the operators, who make the i eduction in tbe priuo of . powder apart of the ad vance of 10 per cent, that even this proposition has not been offered by a very large number of the coal-produo-imr companies in the anthracite reuion. and until all companies guarantee the payment of tue 1U per cent advance above the rate of wages paid in Septem ber until April 1, according to a decis ion of the Soruutou convention, the miners are powerless to act. ' I want to repeat again that there can be no partial sectional settlement of this strike. The large companies in the Lehigh region that have refused to move at all since the Soranlon conven tion was held are Coxe Bros. & Co., tbe largest coal producers in the Lehigh region; G. B. Markle & Co.,the Lehigh & Wilkesbaire Company, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company aud a large number of smaller companies. There is also a considerable number of coal companies in the Lackawanna aud Wyoming regions that have not guaran teed the pamyent of the 10 per cent advance until April 1. The only dis trict that has accepted the terms of the Scianton convention in full is No. 9, better known as the Schuylkill district. "Companies which produce about 65 per cent of a total production of the anthracite coal fields have guaranteed tbe payment of the 10 per cent ad vance and have abolished the sliding scale." When Mr. Mitchell was asked what he would do if all the companies were to post notices, he said: "When all tbe companies have post ed notices then I will have something to say." When it was suggested to him that there might be a break in the ranks of tbe strikers if the contest was to con tinue much longer, be said that not one man would go back to the mines until they are officially notified to return. Two Hundred Indiana Starving. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 23. A spe cial from Agnssiz, B. C, tonight says that 200 Indians are starving at Pem- berton Meadows. 150 miles north of Agnssiz. An Indian rider brought nuws todav that 60 Indian lamilies are dvinz and that it is doubtful if sup plies can be sent to them quickly enooeh to save their lives. They have caught no salmon this season, their notato crop has failed and their stock has been drowned by floods. Recent huavv rains have caused tbe Harrison river to overflow its banks and the whole country is said to be flooded Conditions are said to be worse, now than during the disastrous floods of 1X94. when the district was under six feet of water. Supplies are being rushed from Vancouver to the starving Indians. French Immigrants Held. New York, Oot. 23. The entire list of ateeraire passengers ot the French liner La Bretagne. 716 in number. were held up on the registry floor of h hnroe office todav because it was claimed that a majority of the names were improperly manifested. No such hold-up of immigrants at the landing bureau of this port has occurred in rears, if ever before. The emigrants wonld have been sent back to the ship had not th acrent of the French line appeared in the afternoon and supplied a bond of $5,000 as a guarantee that tbe fines for all emigrants improperly manifested, will be paid. Mexican Town Swept Away. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 22. The town ixl Oandalooe. Mexico, in the Rio Grande Basin, 40 miles below El Paso, waa swept awav by a cloudburst Wed nesday night. The 400 villiagers lost Marvthinsr thev nossessed. An old man and two cnildren, besides many goats, cattle, horses and fowls were lost. Opera Bouaa Burned. Paducab, Kt.. Oct. 28. A fire broke out In Morton's opera bouse this morn ing at 1:20 o'clock and gained such headway before it was discovered that tbe building was doomed before tbe fire company could reach tne scene. The largest dry goods store in tbe city, owned by L. B. Ogilvie & Company, occupying Cj. (round floor of the build ing, was destroyed, as well as many office and smaller stores. Tbe agre gate loss is estimated at $1100,000. POPULATION OF ARIZONA. Cenaua Figures Show Increase of 104 Per Cent Iu Ten Years. Washiucton. Oct. 22. The census bureau today made publio the returns of tbe population for tho territory of Arizona. The population ot the terri tory in 1900 is 122,312, as compared with fifl. (12(1 in 1R00. This shows an increase during the decade ot 62,692 ur 104.9 per cent. This large Increase is due in part to tbe fact that there were 28,459 Indians and 164 other per sons, or a total ot 28,628 persons on Indian reservations, etc, in Arizona, who were enumerated in 1890 under the provisions of the census act, but w ere not included in the general popu lation nt the territory in that census. The population of the territory in 1870 was 9,658, and during tne iu years from 1870 to 1880 it increased 80,783 or 818.7 per cent, giving a population in 1880 of 40,440. The population in 1890, as stated in the report for that census, was 69,620, representing an in crease durins the decade of 19.180. or 49.4 per cent. The population of Arizona In 1900 is more than 12 times as large as the pop ulation given for 1870 in the brat cen sus taken after its organization as i territory in 1863. The total land surface of Arizona is approximately 112,920 square miles, the average number of persons to the square mile at the census of 1890 and 1900 being aa follows: 1890, .60; 1900, 1. PHILLIPINE NAVAL STATION Sublg Bay I Not Considered a Suitable Place. Washington, Oct. 23. Reports which have reached the navy depart ment are to the effect that Subig bay, in the Philippines, is not a suitable place for locating an extensive navai station, ooaling station or navy yard, owiior to the limited depth of the wa ter. Naval opinion has been divided for some time as to the relative merits of Manila bay and Subig bay. The Spanish government spent large sums on Subig bay and it was thought to offer facilities superior to those of Ma nila bay for a permanent naval head quarters. An inquiry as to the relative merits of this and several otner poinn was instituted some time ago and the leports forwarded through the com mander of the Asiatic station are not favorable to Subig bar. holding that it has disadvantages similar to those urged against Manila bay. Several other points are suggested as offering good sites for stations or yards, including Ilo Ilo and Olongapo.- Naval Con structor Hobson has taken a different view, however, and has presented a clan for an extensive naval establish ment on Subig bay. In view of the differences of opinion it is probable that a naval board will be named to pass upon the several points and select the one most available for a station. POLITICAL UPHEAVAL. Cauaed by tho Necessity fur i Stronger f oreign I'ollojr. Yokohama. Oct. 32. The resigna tion nf tha Japanese cabinet am. the probable coming into power of Marquis Ito is tbe theme of the Hour, jne change came as a surprise, although i was deemed Inevitable in the not ais tnr. future. It was. doubtless, unwel noma to Marouis I to himself, who has by no means yet got his new party in proper trim lor naimonious ana suc cessful work. Although the latter is well organized, it is made up of many incongruous and warning, elements, and earlv trouble is predicted for it, especially in view of a distribution of the offices before it is brought under any sort of discipline. Tha ostensible cause of the sudden upheaval in politics here is doubtless the necessity which has risen lor a more decided and strenuous foreign noliov in view of the situation in China. It is generally leu mat japan has thus far kept herself too much in the background in tbe negotiations i i . . .. ..... . . nrorrresaimr on the neighboring conti nent and that the time has come lor her to assert herself, her geographical nosition. ber eminent services in the recent rescue of the legations, and, fll.oiB all. her superior knowledge of what can and ought to be done in China, all entitling her word and coun sel to be held to be of greater weight than that of any other nation. Mar quia Ito is the only man to whom the country can turn in tins nrnergency, as has been the case for many years oast whenever an important crisis bad nrignn. A significant feature of the nreopnt case is to be found in the fact that the Marqnis is now credited with strong pro-Russian tendencies. Terdlct for Heavy Damages New York. Oct. 22. Mrs. Elizabeth Rhoades has obtained a verdict in the supreme court for $37,000, in the suit bv hei as administratrix oi nor nus- band. George B. Rhoades, against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company Thia is the largett verdict rendered against a surface railroad in this city for many rears. Mrs. Rhoades claimed f 50.000 damages. Her husband was, on July 10, 1899. run down by a car belonging to tbe defendant company, and died a few hours later. It is in connection with the death of Captain Rhoades that Policeman Thomas F, O'Brien was sent to Sing Sing prison. He waa convicted of stealing the cap tain's watch which had been taken from the injured man. An Indiana Tragedy. Columbus, Ind., Oct. 22. At Way mansville, Ind., 15 miles south of here, Dr. Conda Beck, late this after noon shot sad killed William Barton, because Barton objected to Beck, keep ing company with bis daughter. Two yeai a ago Beck killed Miss Grace Cobee, because she refused to marry i,m p.nck waa acquitted ot the crime. The tragedy caused a tremend-; ous sensation. Beck at latent aooount was still at Large. VIEWED WITH FAVOR Anglo-German Compact Sat isfactory to United States. NOTE OF APPROVAL WILL BE SENT American Reply Will Accept tha Prin ciple of tha Agreement -No Ad ' herance to tha Alliance. Washington. Oct. 24. It was au thoritatively stated tonight that the United States government views witn distinct favor the principles of the Anglo-German agreement relating to China and that a formal response to that effect will be made at an early day to tbe invitation extended thia government to accept the principles of the agreement. The merman charge d'affaires, Count de Qnadt, had a con ference with Seoretary Hay this alter noon, presenting officially the text of the Anglo-German agreement, includ ing the invitation to the United States to accept the principles therein record ed. Mr. Hay expressed his satisfaction at what had been done, saying he felt it to be in complete harmony with the policy this government had pursued, both as to the maintenance of unob structed commerce in China and the territorial entity of the empire, and adding that a formal reply would be given in a day or two. Count de Quadt was gratified at these assurances and left with the belief that there was suoh a harmonious understanding on the general principles involved that the concurrence of the powers was uear at hand. Mr. Hay has been fully advised of the agreement and had gone over it with great cate with the president yesterday and today. This was the more necessary owing to tnepresmeui s departure for Cautou tonight. The re sult ol these deliberations is summed up in the statement that the govern ment views tlm Anglo-tierman agree ment with favor. It is also probable that some attention has been given to tlm Aratt. nf ih American reply. It U likely to be more iu the lortn of a note of approval rather than any formal ad herence to the alliance, but this is said to be merely a matter of detail. About the only sortoua question which has arisen as to the American reply waa in clause threa of the Anglo firman agreement. This states that In case of another power making use of the complications in tJhlna m order to nitntn territorial advantages, Germany aud Great Biitain reserve the right to reach A preliminary understanding oi the eventual step to be taken for the protection of their interests. This is open to the construction oi iwmg a threat. Jt is prob'able that the Ameri can rnlv will not go beyond accepting tbe principle that Germany and Great Biitain have a right to agree between themselves as to their eventual course. But there is not likely to be anything which will commit this government to accept this eventual agreement, in ah.rt. tlia third clause is interpreted to apply only to Germany and Great Brit ain, there being no invitation extenoen to other powers to join them in a pre liminary understanding regarding the eventual steps to be taken. JOHN SHERMAN pEAD. Passed Away nt Ilia Washington Home Ye trrilay. Washington, Oct. 24. lion. John Sherman, representative in t! e house; ior a long term a member of the sen ate and twice holding cabinet posi tions, died at bis residence in this city at 6:45 o'clock this morning in the 78th year of his age. His death had Vin Axnected for some days and lov ing friends gave him their unremitting care and attention to the end. ine immediate cause of death was described as brain exhaustion, mouieu w ex treme weakness, due to old age and several attacks of sickness from which he had suffered for the past year and a half. Since Saturday afternoon, Mr. Sm-r man had been most ot the time uncon scious, rallying partially at iutervals when slight nourishment was given him. Yesterday afternoon, evidences of the approaching end were manifest and he failed to regain consciousness after 3 o'clock, passing away peace fully lust after dawn broke. About 1 o'clock this morning he rallied some what from the stupor aud turned mm self over In bed, but after that he grad ually sank until the end came. Secretary Sherman's death occurred in the handsome home on K street which be had erected eight years ago. Some weeks ago tn secretary deeded this valuable property to Mr. McCal lum. The secretary was a large hohlei of real estate in this city. Conserva tive estimates of his wealth place it at around $ 1.000,000. Resisting Indiana Armed, Deniaon. Texas. Oot. 23. The Creel full-blood council has been joined by Cnoctaws, Chickasaws, Cheiokees and Seminoles, all armed with W Inches' ters. They declare they will stand by tbe treaty of 1866 and will not take allottment of lands. Colonel Sheen- fele, agent of the five civilized tribes, is confident that he can handle tbe sit uation, Porcoa Hemming Prom China. Manilas, Oct. 24. Mr. Wildman, United States oonsul at Hong Kong, who is now in Manila, says the expec tation of a general anti-foreign out break in Southern China, notably In Canton, is growing daily, and that cablegrams received by him last week record an increasing uneasiness in Hong Kong. A troop of the Sixth United States cavalry and a contingent of marines from the United States bat tleship Indiana have arrived bora from China. REVOLT OF THE INSANE. Twenty Crime Patients Overpower tbe Keepers and Escape. Toughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 24. There was a revolt at the Mftttewan state hospital for the criminal insaue thia evening, when six or eight keepers were assaulted and overpowered by 20 insane patients. Some of the patients escaped, and seven are still at large. One or two of the keeperi are badly bruised. After the patients bad been given their supper they were taken baok to their apartments with their keepers. Among the number were 15 or 20 who slept In one ot the large corridors where there were six or eight keepers. There were no suspicious movements on the part ot the patients. But sud denly and withuot warning eaoh keep er was attacked simultaneously by two or three patients, and heavy blows de scended upon the heads of the keepers. The keys held by the keepers were tak en from them Quickly, and a rush for the door was made. The patients first passed through the dining-room, where each picked from the table a heavy late or cup or bowl. From the din-g-ioom they went through the ad joining rooms, the doois of which were unlocked, and then into the long hall leading to the rear exit. Through the yard they ran like deer, and crowded around the big gate iu the wall, while one of their number was turning tbe key in the lock. When the gate was thrown open thoy rushed out of the yard, fairly tumblinirover each other in their anxiety to gain freedom. In the meantime the keepers had re covered sufficiently to give the alarm. Chase was given across the hospital farm, and all but ceven of the patients were captured. The recaptured pa tients were taken back to the institu tion and securely locked up in other parts of the building. The searching parties started ont to scour the woods in the vicinity of the hospital. The keepers who were assaulted were given medical attention, and were able to join in the search for the fugitives. The reovlt, it is thought, was caused directly by the cramped quarters at the hospital. FOUR FIREMEN KILLED. Gasoline Tank Exploded lo m Burning Building. St. Taul, Oct. 24. As a result of A fir tliHt broke out in the slaughtering pen of Hlnman & Company's paokiug house shortly after midnight last nigni, four firemen are dead and a number ot others injured, and property worth about f 50,000 destroyed. The fire, which is supposed to nave been of incendiary origin, spread with great rapidity fanned by a strong wind. From the packing house the flames spread to the warehouse of the North-. western Lime Company, then to the McCormlck Harvester Company's large brick warehouse filled with valtmble farm machinery. The flreraBn had en tered the McCormlck warehouse to le In a better position to fight the flames. A tank containing 20 gallons of gaso line in the rear part of tbe building exploded, shattering the walls and burying tha men iu the debris. The McCormlck Harvester Company was heaviest loser, their loss footing up 5380,000. Ot this $80,000 was on buildings and $300,000 on stock aud notes, all their papeis and records being burned. They carried no insurance. Tbe loss of D. M. Robbins, owner of the pack ing house, is placed at $35,600, which Includes the loss ou several tenement houses and other buildings. Other losses bring the total to nearly $450, 000. Losers other than the McCor mlck company are well protected by insurance. Confessed to Three Murders. Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 2. Two murder mysteiles have been cleared up by the confession of Yip Luck, the Chiuaman who has been sentenced to be hanged on November 18 for the mur der of Chief ot Police Main, of Steves ton. He has confessed to one ol his keepers that he killed an Indian at Chilliwack some years ago. Anothor victim was a colored man, who was found dead about five miles from Yale some 10 years ago. He had been out shooting when he met the Chinaman. They had some words. The negro, though armed with a gun, was killed by the celestial, who wielded an ax. Still Fighting In Snnto Ilomliigo. Kingston, Jamaica, Oct. 28. Ad vices received here today from Hay ti assert that the rebellion in Santo Do mingo is not ended, and that fighting is proceeding in the interior, although the revolutionists are weak. Depot Burglnrlaed and Burned. Grand Forks, N. D Oot. 24. Burg lars last night blew open the safe of the Great Northern depot at Cavalier, N. D., and the explosion set fire to the building which was totally destroyed. It is not known what amount ot money was secured. The sheriff is pursuing two .uspects. Tesas Tornado Kills 81a. Atlanta. Texas. Oct. 23. A tornado struck about half a utile west of Lodi and 85 miles west of here today, sweep ing everything for 200 feet wide before it. One bouse in the center of its path occupied by colored people was destroyed, six people being killed oot right. Three others are missing. Young Man Murdered. Chicago, Oct. 24. Thomas J. Grif fith, a shipping clerk employed by N. K. Falrbank & Co., was shot today and instantly killed while . trying to pro tect Miss Fay Gilbert from the attack of a strange man in front of 2220 State street. Unmindful of the threatening muzzle ol the weapon tbe shipping elerk grappled with tbe assailant. In a moment he fell to the sidewalk with a bullet through his heart. The mur derer escaped. v