Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1898 — UPRISING IN CHINA. [ARTICLE]

UPRISING IN CHINA.

'MOVEMENT AGAINST FOREIGN. ERSAND THE GOVERNMENT. Serolt la Headed by Mandarlna-He* markable Address from the Emperor —Colony of Texas Negroes to Emigrate to Liberia About Aug. 1. Chinese Food Biots. Yokohama papers, per steamer Empress of India, announce that food riots have taken place in the Yang-tse-Kiang valley, China, and a general uprising against foreigners and the Government k expected. Towns in Chekiang province contributed last month to the relief fund for starving peasantry, who were to be paid in cash and rice for working on public improvements. High officials used the money in riotous living, causing farmers to descend on Hsu-Qhou, which they thoroughly looted, killing the taotal, or governor, who •had failed to relieve them. Chow Han, head mandarin of Hunan, k leading the insurrectionary movement in the Yang-tse-Kinng valley. He has published an address bitterly assailing foreigners and calling on his .people to exterminate these “hogs and goats,’’ including all converts to their religion. He is having a manifesto filled with such utterances printed at Shanghai ia various dailies for circulation through the valley, and is arranging to procure firearms. Missionaries continue their work, though aware of their danger, but will enter no new districts while the present excitement lasts. The Chinese emperor has issued a remarkable address which illustrates the impotency of the present Government. He says national patriotism is necessary because China has no defenses. He exhorts generals and viceroys to prevent peculations among revenue and other officials and declares the practice of carrying dummy names on army and navy rolls should cease, and promises the choosing of better men for soldiers. By arousing patriotism he hopes that the “defenses of the empire will be strengthened by a human bulwark of brave and loyal health.”

NEGRO COLONY FOR LIBERIA. Colored Doctor Organizing an Expedition in Northern Texas. Dt. D. L. Harris, a negro physicinn, recently returned from Liberia, has organized an expedition of 150 negro families from Fannin, Lamar, Hunt, Collin and other northern Texas counties'to colonize in Liberia. He is raising a transportation fund by subscription. The expedition will start cs soon as the grain crops are harvested, which will be by Aug. 1. All who join the expedition pledge themselves to save their harvest money, so as to hajo it as a fund to depend on when Liberia i* reached. No negroes are permitted to join who have records of thriftlessness or viciousness, or who are addicted to drinking or other serious dissipations. Recruits will be added during the summer, and the expedition is expected to start with from 300 to 500 families.

MANY FOUNDRIES CLOSED. Coremakere at Cleveland Strike for an Advance In Pay. The coremakers of Cleveland declared a general strike to enforce a demand for an increase of 25 cents a day, from $2.25 to $2.50. As a result of the strike many foundries and industrial plants are badly crippled. The Walker Manufacturing Company, the Variety Iron Works, the Fulton Foundry, the Otis Steel Company and the Cleveland Ship Building Company acceded to the demand of the men and work was resumed in those establishments. National League Standing. Following is the standing of the clnbi in the National Base-ball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati ..20 6 Pittsburg ...14 14 Cleveland ...19 9 Philadelphia. 10 13 Boston 18 10 Brooklyn .... 9 14 New Y0rk...16 10Louisville ... 9 20 Baltimore .. .13 9 St. Louis 8 18 Chicago 14 13 Washington.. 6 20 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. , W. L. Indianapolis. 19 5 Milwaukee ..13 15 St. Paul.... .22 6 Minneapolis. 10 18 Columbus ...15 11 Detroit ...... 7 20 Kansas City. 14 11 Omaha ...... 5 21 Texas Wheat Suffers. Reports from a dozen or more counties in north Texas, the wheat belt of the State, are that fully one-half the crop was destroyed by a recent tornado and the severe rains and winds that followed. Other grain suffered correspondingly.

College Cyclist Killed. While practicing for the intercollegiate race to be held at Atlanta, Ga., J. H. McGolrick of the Auburn, Ala., bicycle team struck a post of the Coliseum track and was instantly killed, his head being split open. Mother Is a Mnrderer. •Mrs. Lena Sparri, the insane widow of a fireman at Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., murdered her two children, a son 2 years old and a daughter 5 months old. Miners Are Baried Alive. A large section of the newly developed slope in an iron mine near Meyersville, Pa., caved in. Four men were buried alive. All were from Hancock. Tornado Slays Feven. A tornado which passed through a portion of northwest Arkansas did immense damage to property and caused the death of at least seven persons. Caught In the Belting and Killed. Alonzo Black, one of the proprietors of the flouring mills at West Alexandria, Ohio, was killed by being caught m a large belt. Black was repairing the belt when the machinery wns suddenly started. He was very popular and a prominent man.

Untimely Celebration Fatal. At Lorain, Ohio, during a celebration of ,the supposed naval victory, a hose cart in a procession ran over two men. Peter Snyder was killed and an unknown man fatally injured. Pern’s New Cabinet. The new Peruvian cabinet is composed as follows: President of the council and minister of justice, Dr. Loayza; minister of foreign affairs, Meliton F. Porras; minister of finance, Ignacio Bey; minister for home affairs, Jose M. Lapuento; minister of public works, Dr. Flores; minister for war, Rose gill. The ministers assume office at once. 1 Hanged for Murdering Four. At Joliette, Que., Thomas Nulty, who, in November last, killed his three sisters and young brother at Rawdon, to make room in his father’s house for the girl be intended to marry, was hanged the other day. Fifteen hundred men witnessed the hanging. * Rebellion Coming in China. Late oriental papers state that there are many indications of rebellion in the Yang-tse-Kiang valley, owing to the unsettled industrial conditions. Many missionaries in that section are thought to be in danger of death. Concession in China. Minister Den by, at Pekin, says, In a communication to the Department of *4tate at Washington, that it is reported in Pekin that a contract to bnild a railroad from Hankow to Canton was recently awarded to ex-Senator Washburn pf Minnesota,

GREAT SHORTAGE IN WHEAT. supply at Minneapolis Is Likely to Be Lower than Ever Before. The Northwest has never known such a shortage of wheat as k now felt. Minneapolis has a little more than 4,000,000 bushels of contract wheat in stole in public hpuses, but thk total will not remain unimpaired long. It was reported on good authority that Peavey, the big elevator man, was about to start 600,000 bushels of thk wheat for New York at octce. The importance of thk announcement will be readily understood by the trade, and especially by millers who have mills to operate nntil September, when new wheat can be bad for grinding. It means the reduction of the supply of wheat at Minneapolis to the lowest point ever known. Duluth is shipping freely, and It may be that more of the Minneapolk wheat will go out. NEGROES IN A PANIC. Burning Oil on a River Brings Visions of Judgement Day. Several hundred negroes and ignorant white people in the western portion of Atlanta, Ga., firmly believed for some time the other day that judgment day bad arrived. Their reason was the fact that the waters of a creek near the Western and Atlantic Railroad were burning fiercely, the flames leaping many feet into the air. A police sergeant was called in and while he investigated the strange phenomena a panic-stricken mob huddled around him, not daring to speak above a whisper, some of the more extravagant tearing nearly all of their clothes off. Finally it was discovered that an immense oil tank near the creek had sprung a leak and some practical joker had ignited the film of oil. SPANISH PLOT IN CALIFORNIA. Alleged Flan to Wreck a Masonic Fair Building Is Told. Forty-eight extra guards were put around the Mechanics’ pavilion at San Francisco, Cal. It was jammed with a crowd of thousands attending the Masonic fair, and it was believed there was a Spanish plot to wreck the building and thus slaughter its occupants. The information came from the Masonic lodge in the little town of Williams, which is a strong Spanish settlement. It was claimed a conversation was overheard which revealed the plan. The police were notified and immediately put the guards at the pavilion. Detectives are trying to locate the supposed conspirators.

TRAIN 19 DITCHED. Railroad Accident at Nevada Delays Troops Going to Philippines. Passenger train No. 2 jumped the track a mile and a half east of Boca, Nev., and it took several hours to clear up the track. The engine, mail and baggage and express cars were thrown into the ditch. The engineer was slightly injured and two or three tramps, riding on the platform of the baggage ear, were killed. A train of 360 soldiers, comprising a part of the Nebraska National Guard en route to the Philippines, was detained. They were followed by nine or ten trains of troops from the East for the same destination. The Alabama Is Launched. The battleship Alabama was launched at Cramps’ shipyard at Philadelphia. Miss Mary E. Morgan, daughter of Senator Morgan of Alabama, had the honor of breaking tile traditional bottle of wine on the prow of the big fighter as it slid from the ways. So eager was the Alabama to get into its native element that before the sawing of the “shoe” which holds the cradle in place had been completed the monstrous hull, tugging with a weight of thousands of tons on the strips of oak, tore them apart, and the big mass of steei glided gracefully into the water a few seconds ahead of schedule time. After the Alabama had come to a standstill in the Delaware tugs tpwed it back to its dock, and workmen swarmed over it, beginning at once the work of preparing it for service. If the armor is contracted for now and delivered promptly the ship will be ready for commission within a year. The Alabama is the first to be launched of the three new battleships of its type, the others being the Illinois and the Wisconsin. It presents marked divergencies of design from the first three, the Oregon, the Indiana and the Massachusetts. These differences involve both the arrangement of the battery and the disposition of the armor, as well as a considerable increase in size and displacement. The main battery consists of four thirteen-inch guns in turrets and fourteen six-inch rapid-firing guns, of which ten are mounted on the gun deck, eight in broadside between the turrets, and two firing straight ahead forward of the fore turret ou the gun deck. Four are mounted in a small redoubt on casemate deck, two on each side. The broadside sixinch guns, instead of being mounted in projecting sponsors, are mounted in recess ports in order to secure extensive train forward and abaft the beam. The general dimensions of the Alabama are as follows: Length over all, 374 feet; breadth, 72 feet; freeboard forward, 20 feet; freeboard abaft the after turret, 13 feet 4 inches; draft, 23 feet 6 inches; displacement, 11,570 tons. The guaranteed speed is to be sixteen knots and the estimated horse power 10,000. The secondary battery consists of seventeen 6-pounder rapid-fire guns, six 1-pounder rapid-fire guns, and four gatlings. Success of “ Shenandoah.” The tremendous success achieved by Jacob Litt’s imposing revival of “Shenandoah” at McVicker’s Theater in Chicago is already the talk of the country. According to all accounts, it seems to be the grandest production of an American play ever given on any stage. “Shenandoah” is not new. It has had a remarkable career of popularity, but it is unquestionably the greatest drama of love, romance and war ever written, and it is especially appropriate at this time when the whole country is interested in the gallant deeds of our soldiers and sailors. Such unanimity of opinion regarding a performance is rarely seen. The Chicago papers are enthusiastic in their praise. The Times-Herald, in describing one of the big scenes, said: “As the tumult of battle grew fiercer each tattered battle flag was saluted by the audience with renewed enthusiasm, and when the retreat was arrested and the Union flood swept back upon the enemy the frantic and thunderous applause testified beyond any question to the tremendous impression created by this inspiring scene.” The sale of seats has never been equalled in a Chicago theater. The house has been sold out completely every night since the opening and thousands have been turned away.

Key in New Tomb. The remains of Francis Scott Key, author of “The Star Spangled Banner,” and his wife, Mary Taylor Key, were exhumed in Mount Olivet cemetery, Frederick, Md., and reinterred in a crypt in the foundation of the monument now being erected to tbe poet’s memory. Society Leader Is Free. Martin Ensley, the former society leader of Memphis, Tenn., who was charged with having murderously assaulted his companion, Charles H. Collins, at Meramec Highlands last summer and robbing him of SO,OOO, has been discharged from custody. Tornado Sweeps Three States. A terrible storm of wind, rain and hail visited lowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Fatalities are placed at a score or more, and the list of injured is a long one. Property loss is known to be enormous, especially heavy in the agricultural districts. Robbers in a Railway Station. The Bessemer railroad station at Girard, Pa., near Conneaut, Ohio, was entered by three robbers. After knocking the agent senseless the men secured $2,000 and escaped. Latest Klondike News. E. W. Mutch of Dawson arrived at Tacoma, Wash., bringing Klondike news. The spring clean-ups had just Commenc'd- the water running in the creeks several

V r 111,. j fla f vr-x-L $8 000 000 to $12,000 000 of gold during the first month’s work. There is so much washing to do that the miners are planning to carefully husband the water supply that there might be enough for aIL The first washing was done at the Forks, Ei Dorado and Bonanza early in Aprils Extensive placers were found on Fresno creek, twenty-five miles below Dawson, the surface ground paying 25 cents tq the pan. Mining Expert Blakmore, who) conducted a party of prospectors to south-j eastern Alaska five months ago for San, Francisco and New York men, has uncoT-j ered an immense ledge of free. milling gold ore 150 miles from Jnnean, between Yakutat and Lituya bays. Shore placers have been worked there for years. Riakmore traced these until the ledge was found, his party then filing claims aggregating 2,000 acres. He will take horth machinery for extensive development. Gen. Thomas Anderson, who returned from Alaska with two companies of infantry, criticises Dr. Sheldon Jackson for inducing the Government to buy a big herd ofi reindeer in Europe for use in Alaska. He says Jackson should have first ascertained whether moss for them was obtainable in the npper Yukon country. Gen. Anderson learned from Yukoners that moss is very scarce. ARSENAL SENTRY ATTACKED. Supposed Attempt to Destroy War Supplies at Framingham. Mass. An attempt to blow op the State magazine at Camp Dewey, Framingham, Mass., where the Sixth and Ninth regiments are encamped, was made at an early hour the other morning. The magazine is situated under the brow of a hall and is a one-story building. Shortly after midnight Private Tracey challenged a man near the magazine, and before he realized what the man was about the latter had dodged under his gun and graph pled with him. Both men went down together. While on the gronnd Tracey shouted for the corporal of the guard, ana Sergeant Thorne and a private rnshed to the scene. Meanwhile the supposed Spaniard had escaped after severely beating Private Tracey. After an investigation Col. Bogan ordered that the guard be given ball cartridges and its numbers doubled.

TOLEDO BLADE BURNED OUT. Losses Aggregating ssoo,ooolnflicted by a Fire in the Ohio Town. The large block owned by the Toledo Blade Company at Toledo, Ohio, was partly destroyed by fire. The Blade office was burned out, and the Dow & Snell Company, wholesale grocers, sustained a loss of $250,000, mostly covered by insurauce. The loss will aggregate nearly $500,000. The east wall of the burning Dow-Snell building fell with a terrific crash, carrying Assistant Chief Mayo, Firemen Herman L. Bishop, Kizer Trepiuski and Wills with it. Mayo escaped, but the three men are missing and are supposed to be buried under the debris. The men were among the oldest ol the department. Envelope-Makers Combine. The consolidation of ten of the most prominent envelope companies in the country, representing 90 per cent of the output of commercial envelopes, has been effected at Worcester, Mass., excepting some of the details. The name of the consolidated company is the United States Envelope Company. The total capital is $7,000,000, of which $2,000,000 will be in bonds and the rest in capital stock. The output of the companies is 17,000,000 envelopes a day. Fear Indian Uprisings. Col. Sumner, in command of the department of the Colorado, sent two troops of cavalry, recruited in Denver, Colo., for the regular army, to Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to protect settlers against anticipated raids of the Apaches. He has also asked the War Department for authority to send troops to Fort Niobrara, Neb., as settlers in that vicinity have appealed for protection, fearing an uprising of the Sioux at Pine Ridge. Spain’s New Cabinet. The new Spanish cabinet has been formed as follows: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Leon y Castillo; Minister of War, Lieutenant General Garres; Minister of Marine, Mr. Aunon; Minister of the Colonies, Romero Giron; Minister of Finance, Lopez Puigicerver; Minister of the Interior, F. R. Capdepon; Minister of Justice, C. Greizard; Minister of Public Works, Mr. Gamazo. Big Raid of Burglars. Burglars made a general raid in South Omaha, Neb., a few nights ago. Six places were entered and ransacked. Mike Hart, a saloonkeeper, who was awakened by tlie robbers, was shot and killed os he got out of bed. Destructive Tornado in Nebraska. A destructive tornado swept over Nebraska, doing great damage at Wood River, Albion and neighboring towns. Several lives were lost, many persons were injured and the destruction of property was heavy.

’ Collins’ Mnrderer Not Named. At Topeka, Kan., the coroner’b jury in the J. S. Collins murder ease decided that Collins came to his death by gunshot wounds inflicted by some person unknown to the jury. Simpson Is Renominated. The seventh district Populist convention at Hutchinson, Kan., renominated Jerry Simpson of Medicine ■ Lodge for Congress by acclamation. Dropped a Can of Dynamite. While unloading dynamite at Venedocia, Ohio, Albert Boroff was blown to atoms. He dropped a can of the explosive. Mr. Gladstone Is Dead. William E. Gladstone, England’s most famous modern statesman, is dead at Hawarden.