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If < THE SUNNY SOUTH ue^’ rag'ic Romance From Life Is Story o/Neely- Rathbone Cuban Postal Frauds By S L Beckwith Written for the Sunny South.) HB trial of the post office cases, although hampered by various defays and in terruptions, is going vigo rously on. But very little progress so far has been made, f-i-d It Is probable that many weeks will pass before the end Is In sight. The matter has been a veri table nightmare to Amer icans. The national honor was practically up for trial, and the Cuban, always sus picious and impetuous, has been hard to convince that the United States stood ready to see Justice done, even though it worked' a punishment upon her own sons. — Some months ago an explanation of the procedure in the criminal courts of the Island art reared in the press, giving an JVtllhe of theOvarlous steps taken before the oral trial came, on, hence it is su perfluous now to refer to that phase of the case. The ora, trial is the one now on. The fiscal, or prosecuting attorney, made out his case some time ago and asked of ihe orurt punishment commensurate with the offens'.s. There were eleven counts made. In Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of which Rath- bone, Neely and Reeves are held equally guilty. No. 1 calls for ten years' im prisonment and a line of 1122,631; No. 2. six years' Imprisonment and a line of $s58; No. 3 has three headings, aggregating in linen l-f^.37, and imprisonment of four year* and six months. No. 4 imposes a line ol $3,299, and imprisonment for one year. Rathbone alone Is Implicated in Nos. 5, 6 and 7, with the exception of case 4 of No. 7, where Neely and Reeves are held responsible with Rathbone for shar- 'sing in the appropriation made by the lat ter of 9673.23, the findings of these num bers being as follows: *!o. & a fine of $3,all; No! 6, a tine of S1...U5; No. 7. case No. 1, tine of $,44; case no. 2, line of MX) and six month*' imprisonment; case 3, line of $697 and six months' Imprison ment; case 4, line of $959 and six months' imprisonment for Rathbbne; line of $637 and a like term of Imprisonment for the other parties; case 5, fine of 941. Nos. 3 and 9 hold Neely alone responsible; the first imposing by cases 1 and 2 imprisonment of six months each; In case 3 fine of $236. While held respon sible und-r No. 9. no punishment Is ask ed, as the same is not a crime of em- b* zzlement, for which the extradition of Neely was asked. No. 9 deals with the charges of bribery In connection with purchases of furniture from the Keyless Lock Company, and the percentage made on purchases of supplies of stationery, etc., from the Neely Pub- ishtng Company, he being the owner of same and charging the department of posts Whatever priee he chose* thereby- reaping a handsome profit. No. 10 call3 for one year's Imprisonment of Rathbone and Neely. No 11 calls for a fine of $1,800 'and one year's imprisonment for Neely and six months' Imprisonment of Moya and Macaro. It will be seen therefore that the fiscal asks for twenty-five years' Imprisonment for Neely, twenty-four for Rathbone and twenty-two for Reeves, Tertna nix months each for Moya Which and Macaro, these last May, B— ’-"ine implicated In Mwtwd fraudulent returns of Offindcrt stamp sales; the fines ag gregating something over $166,478. We in taught that a man must be innocent until he is proven BN$W,..knd it is to be supposed the ac- nilll can make some sort of a defense. The* outlook is bad, however, for very careful Investigation was made of the (duiTges by Inspectors and officials ap pointed by the United States. Likewise the fiscal appointed to prosecute the cases has the reputation of being a very Careful, conscientious man. Every right which the accused could claim un der the laws Has been allowed them, and a great amount of time granted In which to make preparation. A slight review of the case and charges made might not be out of place just now. Charles F. W. Neely, while a subordi nate of General Rathbone, may be con sidered the prime offender, for he. it seems, has reaped the lion’s share of the profits, also being the promoter of the various nefarious schemes for appropriat ing Cuban postal funds, what General Wood calls the "widows money.” Very shortly after the Induction of General Rathbone into office he created the bureau of finance, appointing Neely as chief of same. Tb him was assigned the charge and custody of postage stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards, the supplying of postmasters upon tlieir requisition with these stamp sup plies and rendering' an account of these transactions to the director of posts ev ery quarter. He also had the manage ment of all blank supplies for the de fy/, Rathbone. late director of posts partment and postmasters and the distri bution of same. He was required to give bond with good and approved security. Neely had been engaged In the newspaper and printing business in Muncle. Ind., and had never A NEW SANATORIUM >r the Care of Nervous and Chronic Diseases, Opium, Morphine and Whisky Habits. Dr. B. M. Woolley, of Atlanta, Ga., in tditfon to his home treatment, some two ars ago opened a first-class sanatorium r curing this class of afflicted, and his iccess has been simply marvelous. Pa ints have come from all parts of the untry, north, south, east and west, who ive been cured and returned to their milles and friends free and happy, le sanatorium is now full and others siting for room to go in and be treat- rhe work is a great and good one id does cure these diseases. It affords great pleasure to recommend such an stltution to the public, when there are many frauds perpetrated on suffering imsnity. Write to Dr. Woolley and he II give you full particulars, and you III no doubt be more than pleased with • treatment had any experience In postal affairs, nor in handling large amounts, of money or in keeping accounts. During the same month a bureau of postal accounts was created. W. H. Reeves, a clerk in the postoffice department in Washington, be ing appointed chief of that bureau. The purpose of this bureau was to keep a record of all receipts and expenditures claimed to have in Missouri, and then go to California to see his wife. He states that he received the cable mes sage too late to take the return steamer, but the fact remains that he left New York, proceeded westward and was ar rested in Rochester. The story of his long fight to avoid extradition, carrying his case to the Charles F W Neely, late Chief Bureau of Finance (in vault) of the department of posts, and ought to have served to keep a check upon the transactions of the bureau of finance. The books of this department opened ac counts with bonded postmasters, while no accounts were kept with unbonded postmasters, all remittances from these being treated as cash. Postmasters were not required by Neely to report to the Bureau of Postal Accounts the amounts of their requisi tions or remittances, therefore the chief of that bureau could only secure informa tion on these points from Neely, chief of the bureau of finance, and consequent ly there was no check upon his trans actions, giving an opportunity for exten sive embezzlement, which it is claimed he made liberal use of. His sources of revenue arose from re mittances of postmasters on«postal ac counts and box rent accounts, remit tances from purchasers of penalty en, velopes, remittances from postmasters and employees in payment premiums on bonds, money order fees, and numbers of miscellaneous Items. . It Can be understood how tedious was the ^examination of the accounts of this buretre, particularly when It is known that Ledger "A" eov- Difflcultlsa ering the transactions Mat By of tihe calendar year Ihs 1899. had been destrov- Uw'i ed or concealed before Atfsnli the investigation began. The inspectors had to go through all the receipts and requi sitions of postmasters on flie, examining the stubs of various receipt books, com pare these with letters of transmittal and verifying these by a scrutiny of the correspondence of the bureau with post masters and other persons whose cor respondence related to’ financial trans actions. As the result of this exhaustive, re search the debits and credits on Neely's books from January 1, 1899, to April 28, 1900, show a deficit of $119,961.20. With the exception of May, 1899. every month shows a greater amount received than ac counted for, December, 1899,. having the largest deficit—$19.410.28—while January, 1899, the month Neel}' took charge, shows a deficit of $317. The fiscal in his report states that the appropriation. of these amounts could only have been accom plished throuh the collusion of Rathbone, Neely and Reeves. The matter of the alleged destruction of a large amount of surcharged stamps was very carefully probed. It is claimed that Neely fornled the purpose of cover ing up a large defalcation by the de struction of these stamps, which he states was carried into effect September 11 and December 13. 1899. The records In the office show the total amount of. sur charged stamps on hand at close of August. 1899. was $’03,239.06. while the amount alleged to have been destroyed amounted to $392,389.37. a difference of $99,330.31. It appears to he likewise proven that the number on hand August 31, 1899. was not destroyed, for a quantity of these stamps was sold to stamp dealers subse quent to that time, also to the general public through the Havana postofflee. The other charges made are in regard to disallowed expenditures of Genera! Rathbone. duplicate vouchers drawn and cashed, fraudulent freight charges, crook edness in regard to sale of French and SpanlsOi gold coin, exchange of copper moner. fraud connected with daily sales of stamps, etc. After General Wood assumed control of the military government of Cuba, he made various efforts to secure a report of postal affairs from the director gen eral of posts, who by one excuse and an other delayed complying with the de mand. finally asserting that his depart ment was separate and distinct from the military government, under the Im mediate control of the postmaster general of the United States. Ahont this time a good deal of talk was going around a= to matters not being straight in the postal department. It/was rumored that Neely had boasted of having made a hundred thousand dollars since his arrival in the island, and the matter assumed such shape that finally the military governor ordered Colonel Burton, inspector general of the Island to make an inspection of the postofflee accounts. At the beginning' of this inspection Neely applied for leave of ab sence, making arrangements to sail from the Island on the 28th of April, 1900. and although he knew that Ms department, with the rest, was to be Inspected, he carried his determina tion to leave into effect, though it is asserted some of the officials endeav ored to dissuade him from his purpose, considering the circumstances. He had scarcely arrived in New York when era! Rathbone called him to return, which order he did not obey. He stated on leaving that he would visit his Lome In Indiana, likewise some lead mlniR he GET HAD When. Friends Tell the Truth. Many people become coffee topers be fore they realize it, and would be angry If thus described even by a close friend. It will pay anyone to examine carefully Into whether or not coffee ha* gained the mastery over them. A coffee toper may sUspect that his or her a: Is come from coffee drinking, hut they will inva riably charge the disease to some other cause, for right down in the heart they realize that it would be practically Im possible to give up coffee, so they hope against hope that it does not hurt them, but it goes on with its work Just the same and the result Is complete collapse and nervous prostration. lasting sometimes for years, unless the poison that causes the disease is discontinued. ■ There are -hundreds of thousands of illustrations of the truth of this state ment. "Any person addicted to coffee can make the change from common coffee to Pos- tum Food Coffee without trouble, provided the Postum Is properly prepared so as to oring out the color, flavor and food value. It has a rich black brown color and changes to the golden brown when good cream is added. The change will werk wonders in any one whose nervou8 system or stomach has been unbalanced or disturbed by cof fee. hotel bills from the Cuban postal' fund*. He visited HaOnlltoft. Ohio, Cincinnati and Cleveland "upon pri vate legal ^busi ness of his own. the expenses of which were paid by postal funds. His hotel billfe in New York and Wash ington on more than one occasion showed the Impossibility of these being for. him self alone. The list Is Interminable of private accounts paid for by his depart ment-hats. boots, rain coats, uniforms, etc., for coacbmarf and footman, brass buttons at a dollar a dozen. Japanese lanterns, talcum powder, wines, cigars, coach hire—every sort of expense. When items failed, the word "miscellaneous'' was made to do duty for various sums, though sometimes, for instance, among traveling expenses, after enumerating fare, coach hire, baggage, cigars, wines, etc., "miscellaneous” made up the bal ance of the sum represented by the voucher. It is all hard to understand, and the trial going on now seesm to be making slight headway. At the .beginning of the trial one hundred and. eighty-seven wit nesses appeared upon the list, though a good number of these,,will not appear In person, but have answered Interroga tories. Neely, naturally, refuses to talk. He receives a visitor upon occasion cordial ly, looks well and composed, confident. He begged a press representative recently to correct one report concerning Mmself to the effect that he had stated his fear in regard to the inability tb secure justice In a Cuban court. He says that he Is satisfied his case will be tried impartially, and he is willing to abide the result. . He dreaded much, however, standing an investigation and trial. So far. held M* writ . .. . contradicted Himself more than once. Corydon Rich, Neely’s chief cleric, who .turned state’s evidence, 'has not been upon the stand as yet. General Rathbone has maintained the same' haughty de meanor which characterized him from the beginning. It is impossible to foresee the result, though mny Americans believe conviction certain. The fines and penalties look very por tentous, but this is the report of tho fiscal after the preliminary trial. When the oral trial is completed the fiscal makes another report, and modifies the sentence, which then is taken into consideration by the court. The Innocent always suffer with the guilty, and it would be a hard heart indeed who would not sympathize with Mrs. Rathbone through all this dreadful trial. Mrs. Rathbone, from the tln»e of her coming to Cuba, ‘ bent every energy toward helping the unfortunate, the poor and the suffering. While prominent In society, she devoted most of her time to these noble works. She was the presi dent of the Red Cross Society, had in charge many asylums and charitable in stitutions throughout the island. Like wise she undertook to help that hardest of all classes to assist, reduced gentle women. She made a fad of their fine needlework, organized the Cuban Needle woman’s Guild, which received/ and dis posed of the work of many ladies, who disliked to have their names appear upon their work. Upon one occasion Mrs. Rathbone Induced a firm in the states to place an order for $7,000 worth of drawn work with the guild. She secured many large orders for this work and disposed her energy tact many families suffering and' want. All godd woman, who In her hour • Ity remembered those In adversity One of the most pitiful scenes Wifi business ^ias called into being was en-^ , acted the night that General' Rathboan 1 was put under arrest' and removed the vivac. General Wood was absent and Colonel Scott, the adjutant general, acting military governor. Mrs. Rathbone sought out Colonel Scott and In a frenzy of despair begged that her husband be allowed to remain in his house under guard, not to suffer -the disgrace of the vivac. Colonel Scott was cStupefied to obey his orders, though hew as much agi tated. Mrs. Rathbone. it is said, even threw hersefif upon her knees before him. Colonel Scott was most tender and pa tient with the afflicted woman, but duty bade him refuse, though she pleaded with him for long hours. After the first shock Mrs. Rathbone seems to have been very brave and hope ful, though her countenance bears the traces of care and grief. The other day I saw her riding in from Vedado, where, she now resides. In an army dougherty. drawn by army mules. She wore a cotton dress and plain straw hat. occupying a place beside an army nurse. A sad and great change from the position of two years ago, wife ■ of the director general of posts, riding in her handsome carriage, with coachman’ and footman in livery, dressed in handsome garments, the ad mired of ail, the beloved of many. She is a good woman and for her sake may the clouds over this unhappy business be dispelled. Quickened By Foreign Capital Kor*ea Is Rapidly Developing Ton Continually K’hawjt $nd Spit ^RRS "the Back of Your Nom Leaks N»nty, Putrid Clota Into Your If You Haye Foul, ng Breath, That Is Catarrh. Large Mai Package Free-Qalckly Cares arsaa having catarrh always has a bad The Mas? of smell and taste arc rc-r- ly always totally destroyed In time so that the persoa who has catarrh doe« not realize how loathsome their disease is. They continue Anj rest] supreme court of the United States, is ancient history, and needs Lonff Fight no recapitulation here. For After many months his Liberty position was not sustain- Urv avail- cd; he was brought to Havana and placed In . the carcel, where he has been ever since. Neely came here highly recommended to the director general of posts by Perry M. Heath, first assistant postmaster gen eral. He received on entering upon his position $150 per month;'later advancing somewhat, until at the time of his leav ing the Island, his salary amounted to $3,000 per annum. When arrested he had in his possession eleven $500 bills and some loose bills and coin, United States money, amounting In all to Blx thousand and some odd dollars, while to his credit in Muncie, Ind., and elsewhere the in spectors discovered something like $50,000. During his sixteen-months’ residence in Cuba he had paid off notes and mort gages which had been running some years, invested in a brick yard near Havana, and had some other invest ments, W. H. Reeves was one of the trained men sent out from the postofflee depart ment in Washington to assist in organ izing the Cuban postal service. He was highly commenced by A. R. Lawshe, of the department, who afterwards had charge of the auditing of : postal accounts In Cuba, and to whom great credit is due for his’untiring energy and capacity In ferreting out of a mass of heterogene ous matter many patent facts, simplify ing the work of the prosecution; some what. Neely was- the brainy man in these transactions. He seems to have conceived the ideas, and bent weaker men to his will. It is hard to understand how General Rathbone could have allowed matters to get' into sudh a tangle. He Is no fool, in faet, Is a very shrewd - man, yet he seems to have been guided by Neely in ■ every transaction where, money was involved. Neely had . but to ask him to put his name to a voucher, apparently, for him to comply. He was weak upon some other points likewise. He seems to have conceived a jealousy of his co-laborers here, those connected with the military government. In his correspondence with the post master general in regard to an official residence, he complains of the greater style in which the military governor, the governor of Havana and the province, as well as some other officials were liv ing. In one letter he says that he has set such a high-water mark in his man ner of entertaining that his salary is insufficient to permit the continuance of the same, and makes application for an increased sum. He also says In effect that "we' (himself and his wife) have taken a higher place socially than any of the other official families, and for that reason he must support the impres sion created. He has a shadow of right to his Ex penditures in the way of leasing a house and using postal funds for his living ex penses in Havana, but Perzonzl doubtless he went far be- Bills Put A yond the limit expected of From him, when he clothed his Public servants in expensive llv- Purse eries and set up bond- some equipages at the public charge, traveling where he would, in the island and in the states, not al ways upon official business, paying his. Own and party's railway, steamship and By Prank G Carpenter (Written for The Sunny South.) The little country of Korea is having an industrial and mining boom. Its gold regie ns are opening up, its coal deposits are bring prospected and railroads are planned to cover every part of the penin sula. At Shanghai I met Leigh Hunt, of Seattle, who. in connection with J. Sloat Fassett, of New York, has one of the most valuable mining concessions of this part of thte world. He has the absolute right to a country, about as big as Rhodo Island, some distance from the Korean capital, which Is rich in gold. This territory has been worked for ages, but In the crudest manner. The Koreans had no machinery. They washed off tbi top of the placer mines, but were not able to reach the bed rock. They did a little quartz brining by chipping out the ore with their soft iron tools. They would make holes in the',.hock and fill them with fuel. Thte'belng Ignited made tbs rock red hot, when they .would pour in water and thus crack the surface, so that they could chip it off. The ore thus obtained they crushed by rolling huge stones over it. They had no pumps and could not go deep on account, of the water. The shafts wure emptied Dy bailing them out with gourds, which were passed from man to man to the surface. Whenever a stream or permanent water was struck the shaft was abandoned. Fasaett and .Hunt have introduced the bast of modern mining .machinery. They are now operating,three mills, or in all about eighty stamps, and they wifi soon have another mill, which will give them altogether 12C stamps. They expect to put In an electric plant of sufficient ca pacity to operate-all their mining ma chinery, and for this water will furnish the power, ^ ■ I understand that the property is being worked very cheaply and et a great profit There are aboutslkly American and Eu ropean experts atfcpr.q- the-c^LplGyecs, and about 4,000 Koreahk! The Koreans receive 25 cents a cl^y, anjl do.jiot kick on long hours. The-concession gives the company the standing trees i>n the.laud at 34 cents gold per cord; thlalg said to'be sufficient to timber the mines. Until lately all the hauling has been do*ie with the bullock carts of the co’uritry, but American wagons are now used and other kinds of our machinery wilt be Imported. Korea promises to be a second Califor nia. When I first visited it fourteen years ago I was shown 'quills filled with gold dust and pin-head nug- A Land gets. The eoollek brought of Gold them in and traded them Second to the merchants. At that loCalU time the country was fornit producing about $3,000,000 worth of gold a year from its placer mines. The yield was even greater when-1 Visited Korea In 1894, just before the' war between China and Japan, although no modern machinery had yet been used. ' ’ General Greathouse, of California, was then adviser to' the king. He told me the mountains were full of gold and Thomas W. Power, the young American'electri cian who put the lights Into the king’s palace, described to me ■ hdw the king’s ministers once brought him a box fiiled with gold dust and nuggets in payment of a bill against the king for electrical machinery. Mr. Power said that one ot the nuggets was as big as the palm of his hand and about an inch thick. His bill was for $47,000 and the gold realized more than that amount when he sold it at the mint in Osaka, Japan. So far the Americans are. doing the on ly mining of much importance. Other concessions have been, granted to the Pritchard-Morgan syndicate, an English company, and to E. Meyer A Co., repre senting German capitalists. The German concession is small, and it adjoins that held by Hunt and Fassett. The English concession is about half the size of the American, and it is situated to the south of the latter. Both English and Germans are doing some work; The success of the American company is known throughout the Far East. It has brought numerous miners and capitalists to Korea, who have so annoyed the government that for the time no further mining -concessions are being granted. The work on the railroads, .however, is still going on. The Japanese have sur veyed a railroad from the capital. Seoul, to Fusan. the southernmost port of Ko rea. Fusan has an excellent harbor, only a short distance from Nagasaki, and this road will probably form the end of a Ko rean connection with the Trans-Siberian road, so that one can take the cars in any part of the European continent, and go to Japan with only a night’s ride or go by water. The distance from Seoul to Fusan is about 300 miles. It Is esti mated that the road will cost 25,000,000 yen, or $12,500,000 In gold. This is more than $40,000 a mile, and It is doubted whether the traffic of the road will pay an inter est on the cost of construction. The road would be of great value to the Japanese in case of war, and it wifi form the chief highway of Japanese trade to Korta. Fusan has a large Japanese settlement, and its foreign residents, .most of them are Japanese, now number about 6,000. The Korean town of Fusan-Is apart from the foreign settlement. It is surrounded by walls, within Which live about 33,400 people. The port has a trade approxi mating $5,000,000 a year. Seoul, the cap ital, at the other end of the fine, has a population of about 300,000, and it Is the center of all things Korean. is of the standard American gauge, and its construction offered no great engineer ing difficulties. The price agreed upon was $1,509,000 in gold, including the bridge over the Han river- which was to cost $190,000. Messrs Cc-llbran and Bostwick completed a large part of tfie road. They erdered all their materials from the United States, Including timber from Washington and Oregon. They had the materials on the ground when Morse sold the whole to a Japanese syndicate, which has finished the construction and Is now operating the property. The roiling stock is American and up to date, but the en gines are little yard engines Instead of the camel-backs used on our roads. The Japanese Insisted on small engines, and they are laboring under great disad vantages on this account. I am told that the Koreans patronize the cars. They are the laziest mortals on the face of the global and the richer among 'hem think it beneath their dignity to walk. A noble usually has two servants with him during ev< ry pedestrian trip. One servant walks along on each side and holds him Up by passing one hand under his armpit. Another Korean road which promises well is being surveyed by French men. This will unite Seoul with the northwestern boundary of the country, ending at the town of Weichu. French capitalists are interested in it, and it is to be built by French engineers with French material. It wifi form the north ern extension of the road from Seoul to Fusan, and from Its terminus a branch will probably be built through Manchuria to connect with the great Russian line. The Korean government wants the road built, and it is expected that it will give about $50,000 per annum to it. It seems odd that the largest electric plant In Asia should be found In the hermit land cf Korea, but this is the case. Messrs Collbtan and Bostwick have the management of it, and they are operat- , ing it successfully, It Includes electric to Vladivostock. There are steamers from employed as its civil engineer and Ameri cans will probably supply the materials for the emneror’s new palace, which • is already planned. David W. Deshler, the stepson of Governor Nash, of Ohio, is treasurer - of the American Mining Com- panv, and . is also engaged in private banking in 8eoul, while W. D. Townsend, of Boston, has a big business in his rice mills and in importing all sorts of American goods for Koreans. In addition to these there are about 150 missionaries representing the different churches of the United States. They have their stations in all parts of the country. They ha ve ^excellent schools and are do ing a vast deal of good. The most of them are men of good education and of Sterl ing ability. Several have written books about the country and not a few have aided in Organizing schools for the em peror. The Koreans already take much Ameri can cotton, and this trade can be greatly Increased. The whole population dresses in cotton and the country Amwricutx raises practically none. Goods They want the best of ilk Horst cotton and like to have It ArsVtry of all colors, pinks, light Popular blues, yellows and whites. In the winter they pad their clothes with raw cotton for warmth. The trade is hardly large enough to war rant the sending an agent to Korea alone, but in connection with Manchuria and North China it could be made profit able. There are steamships which go from Nagasaki and Kobe to Tientsin, calling at Fusan and Chemulpo. The time from Kobe to Chemulpo by direct steamer is three or four days, and by the regular steamers which call here It is about six days. The fare from Yokohama to Che mulpo is $25 gold, and I should judge Just about as much additional to cross tHe Yellow sea from Chemulpo to Tientsin. Korea can also be taken In on the way 9RA3K M. JONES, Sweet Home, Ark. Cured ef Catarrh after years of ■Ufferlas- their* K' hawklug-K’ hawking anu spitting 1 ant spitting, pumping and sucking th^ putrid mass of mixed decayed ttasup. . mucoijs and ecaba from their nose and .spiffing the hasty. yellow- green mass about promiscuously until they are shunned by everyone,, and the sight of then! Is enough to make a well perpon elok. This Is not an exaggerated picture. James' Atklnaok, ot Helena, Mont., says; "Twelve years ago I contracted. what seemed to be a cold in the heed.. It -soon .proved 'to be a horrible form ot catarrh.' I tried cough- cures, catarrh snuff. Inhalers and all sorts of remedies, and one cel ebrated specialist treated me over n year with out any relief, I gave up in despair. The dropping of mucous in my tbijoat and the coughing and hawking In the morning, with awful pain In my ears, grew constantly worse and my breath was something awful. I dare say I used 50 catarrh remedies before I tried Gauss' Combined Catarrh treatment. In a week I could breathe easily and naturally and I felt better than for years. Today I am en tirely cured of the loathsome disease, and I owe my good health to Mr. Gauss and his wonderful combined treatment." It (lives wonderful relief, especially in those chronic cases where the mucous drops down thu throat and lungs, sickening the ■ stomach, and leads .to many diseases, including Consumption. Catarrh is a deep seated disease, and local applications, inhalations, sprays, ointments or salves will do no good. A trial package that will convince you. free. Send name and ad dress at once to C. E. Gauss, 452 Mala 8t., Marshall. Mich. j Building American bridge o’ber Han. Contractor H Collbran, of Denver, in center lights for Seoul, which, as I have' said, has 330,000 people, and it also includes an electric railroad, embracing the principal streets <f that city, and running, a long distance outside. The street railroad is an overhead trolley, and its rails and roll ing stock are of the most improved Amer ican pattern. Each car has two divisions, one open and the other closed. The open pert is for the second-class passengers, who pay lower fares than those who ride in the closed part. The cars are run by Korean motormen, who are rather care less, but who, so far, have killed Only one of the people they have, knocked down or run tfver. The company which furnished the cap ital Is entirely Korean, with Ye Cha Yun, who was formerly- Korean minister at Washington, as president." It has'is sued about $300,000 worth of stock, and Mr. CoMbran received a payment of $100,- 000 at the beginning of his contract. The road was originally planned to have but 6 miles of track. It already has 10 miles, and 18 miles more are to be put dawn. It now runs out through the city, passing down the. palace, the chief business houses and the foreign quarters and goes on to the tomb of the emoress. Co-fibrin and Bostwitflc have alpo secured a bank concession, and they' are now putting up a handsome building in the center of the oity at a cost of 75,000 yen. They have a contract for water works In Seoul and another for a short In terior railroad. They are enterprising men and promise to make fortunes in this part of Jhe Far East. Mr. Collbran comes from Denver, where he is well known in railroad circles, and Mr. Bost wick is from San Francisco. Ihdeed, the Americans are among the most prominent of the foreigners in Korea. This has been so since the coun try was opened. It was ,sp American, Admiral Shufeldt, who made the first treaty with the king, and American mis sionaries have been the chief educators of the people. An American, Dr. Horace N Allen, of OMo. saved the life of one of the royal family when he was almost eut to pieces in a revolution In Seoul about sixteen years ago, and since then, he has, of all the foreigners, been .the closest to the high officiate of the court. „„ He was a friend of the late queen The Japanese are very anxious to con- ’ And now that his majesty is an eni- trol the railways cf Korea They already own the road which the Americans have built from the port of Ths Japs* Chemulpo over the moun- sxwww tains to Seoul. That con- FoaRht cession was first granted Ibis Hezdofto James R. Morse, of Americans New York, on? of the best known Americans in the Far East, and Its building was begun by the American firm of Messrs. Collbran A Bostwick. The road InfS miles long. It peror he holdf equally close relations tq him. It has been largely through Dr. Al len that the Americans have been Award ed the best of the concessions and that thev have a fair chance at everything. He was for some years secretary of our legation at Seoul, but tfhen McKinley be came president appointed him minis ter, which position he now holds. He Is, indeed, a valuable man. Another American -sots as adviser to the Korean government, an American Is Nagasaki and Fusan around the east coast to Gensan and then north to Viad- ivostock at the eastern terminus of the Trans-Siberian road. I have traveled on all of theqe lines and have found the food invariably good afid the other accommo dations comparatively so. The trip across the Yellow sea is apt to he boisterous and somewhat dangerous, but a tour can be planned which should result In many or-, ders for our commercial travelers who’ represent the article.} most desired by the_ people. American drummers, who speak Eng lish only, can" get along at any of the Pfrts, for there Is always some one there to act as Interpreter. In their trips to the Interior they will need to carry a guide and Interpreters. There are hotels at Chemulpo, Seoul, Gensan and Fusan. That at Seoul is Japanese, with beds on the floor. The prices everywhere are about $2 per day, and the Interior travel is comparatively cheap. Some knowledge of Korea and the Ko reans Is needed before coming. The things you might suppose to be In most demand ere not wanted at all. For Instance, It is cold there in winter, but you could not give away stoves. The rooms of most Korean houses are small, and they are heated by flues which run under the floors. Cook stoves are unknown and furniture of cur kind is not wanted. There is a good opening for American tobacco. Men, women and children smoke, £>n# every one has his pipe. The people grow some tobacco, but they do not un derstand how to cure It. and prefer the. fereign article.. There is a great demand for cigarettes, but not much for cigars, except those as thick as a lead pencil. The emperor smokes cigarettes. He pre fers American makes, and especially Tikes the Virginia tobacco. There are many Japanese cigarettes sold and- quite a lot of native cigarettes, which sell as low. as twenty for a cent,.-. With the new railroads there will be some demand for American machinery, .rahs and rolling stock, although It Is probable that the Japanese will equip their.fines as far as 'possible from their own country. Quite a r lot of bridging will have .to be done, and there shoul^ be a market there tot our’Pacific coast lum ber. * The new banks started by Americans will probably make money. Interest rates are Very high and. the people' will borrow to.' the full extent of their possibilities. Tlie court spends a great deal, and, not withstanding the poverty cf the masses, there are nobles who live as extravagantly as our rich men at home. Among the poor-end out in the interior copper cash is the principal currency. 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