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8 FIRE, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION. Continued from First Page. Inter saved, had to boat his companion Into insensibility before he could release his hold and plunge into the water. The loss of their hose crippled the Ho boken firemen. When they reached the Are at first they set out to confine it to the pier on which it sorted. They got their lines out on the two adjoining, and even ran their apparatus out to pump from the river. When the flames spread the hose on the pier was lost. Some of the apparatus narrowly escaped being consumed, and as it was. one hose cart •nd its horse were burned. Later, Jersey City stripped itself of all the hose possible and sent it to the Ho boken fire in a wagon for use. With th.s. atreams were later gotten on the fire, hut it was then under control, having burned itself out. Hundreds in Hospital*. All of the hospitals in Hoboken and this city are crowded with the victims of the lire. There are scores of men burned mo badly that little hope is entertained for their recovery* Hudson Street Hospital has every patient that it can possibly han dle, as has also Bellevue, St. Vincent’s, •nd many of the hospitals further up town. There were over 200 persons taken to the hospitals up to 10 o’clock to-nighi, •nd sufferers were still coming in by the •core. All kinds of vehicles were brought into requisition os ambulances. Saloons, stores and many other buildlnes on the river front of Hoboken were turned Into hospitals temporarily. Burned flic Hunt. The rapid spread of the flames after they started in the cotton is largely as cribed to the dust with which the pier sheds and rotunda was covered. The dust •rising from the many different articles, erueh as cotton, ascends ordinarily and set tles upon the rafters and beams, and in •very' crevice. It is said to burn almctu as rapidly as tinder, and it is believed it was this which caused the first awful rush of fire which engulfed the whole land end of the dock property. It car ried the flames to every portioYi of the buildings in an instant, and then the great tiea: which developed made the work of destruction rapid. A Terrible Story. Sailor Paul Sternberg was one of the men taken from the Saale by harbor po lice. He was burned about the legs and •offered greatly frcm exhaustion and ahock He managed, however, to tell graphically what had happened. "There were forty of us,” he said. “We had Just had our afternoon coffee and lunch. It was 3:30 o’clock when we sat down. By 4 o’clock the boss shouted and we went forward to work in the hold. We had been busy five minutes when some one shouted *Gtt out everybody, is gone!’ Then such a scramble followed! Every man turned into a devil. We ran frightened and clawing and scratching and swearing for the ladder leading up to the deck. We found the hatches bat tened down. Great God! how' the men did cuss. Some climbed up iho ladder and pounded their fists against the iron hatch. They pounded until the blood ran. Through the iron grating we saw' the flames. Fire was forward, fire was in the stern. Everywhere was fire. "Some of the men started forward. We had to pass over the coal bins. Part of the way w r e could walk. Part of the way we had to stoop. Toward the last we crawled on our bellies. Think of for ty men struggling like rats in that black hole. There was no air, only everybody was frightened and cursing to £et out. "We crawled through the machinery end got upon the pumps forward. But there were forty, and on the pumps only room for fifteen or twenty. "One man tried to pull me from Ihe place. I kicked his face in and he be came still. Ten men tried to climb up. Others kicked hem down. The man that fell first was stamped on like ho much coal. 1 guess he is dead now. We knew' the firemen were working to reach us. We could hear them shouting. "But we thought they could never reach mb. The men tore their clothes off ard threw them away. Then after a while they Flopped cursing. The men down at the bottom did not fight any more. One by one they just fell down and lay still." Saale ?it the Battery. . The steamer Saale drifted down to the Battery about 6:30 o’cdock. She was •blaze and her crew was on deck. Capt. Smith of the police boat, put his men on • tug and ran to the burning ship. When the tug reached the Saale, thirty-seven of the latter’s crew were taken off. Most of them were conscious. Some suffered from smoke inhaled. The injured men tve-re taken to hospitals. All appear to be foreigners. None could talk English, and not even their names were learned at the pier. The harhor police said the officials of the steamship company feared the loss of the Bremen’s chi f engineer and six of ,his assistants who W'erc in their quarters forward at the time the tire broke out. They thought the loss of lift* had been greatest on the Saale. They placed the number at from thirty to fifty, and said the majority of the victims were employ ed as firemen and coal passers. The fire boat New Yorker devoted her Attention to the Bremen, and took off more then thirty members of her crew. As the steamed by the Saale, there happened on the doomed ship a terrific explosion. Flames shot tip forty feet and it seemed as If the whole upper part of the ship had teen torn away. The Saale was known to have had h quantity of kerosene and other oils aboard, and this is what probably exploded. A Fireman’* Story. A member of the crew of the fire boat VtnWytk said: “The lire made it im possible to get to the steerage of the Saale. We tried next to get the people out through the port holes. There seemed to be forty or fifty of them. There were men. women and children. One woman in particular attracted our attention. She kepi calling to the others not to give up hope, that we would save them. Just before the ship went down a tug drew alongside with a Roman Catholic priest aboard. He called to the people, who seemed to he of his faith, and with uplifted hands, imparted abso lution to them just as the ship sank anl water, rushing in at the portholes, drown ed them like rats. During the time the frteemshlp Main lay at the burning dorks with the flames playing all about her, aixteen men lived on board of her. When she was hauled out from between the burning docks at 11 o’clock laet night, these men were still alive.” naming nt 12 O’clock. At 2 o’clock 6unday morning the. Are is •till burning and presents a brilliant sight. No estimate of the loss of life falls below 100. The bodies on the deck •nd in the hold of the Saale will probably be recovered by divers, but the dozens who Jumped in the North river some will never be found at all. PLiuiiiDiiß r\[>eh neon. Man With Wurllilea* < liitUr Hull* From ( linrlmliin. ' New York, June 30—Thomas Loynes • Herbert Plumrtdge, who was arrested yesterday on a charge of passing worth less checks, was arraigned In Police Couit to-day and held In 3500 ball for examination Monday. Plumrldge, when arrested, said he was formerly In the employ of F. W. Wagener, a banker, of Charleston, S. C. In his possession were found two checks on the Enterprise Na tional Hank of Charleston, payable to himself and signed "F. W. Wagener.” Roosevelt at Chlcnsto. Chicago. Juno 30.—00 v. Roosevelt of ' Ne* York srrlved in Chicago to-night, •n route (o Oklahoma BRYAN HAD VISITORS. A Stendy Stream Poured Into Ilia Home in Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb., June 30.—Lincoln divided with Kansas City to-day, and to-night the task of framing a Democratic plat form and selecting a running mate for William J. Bryan. All that was lacking to make it a first-class convention city was the crowds, the shouters and the brass bands. But if Lincoln lacked In noise, it made up for it in having the • candidates and some of the leaders of the party who will play n leading part in writing the r* solutions to be presented to the Democratic National Convention. The two questions uppermost during ♦he day were the financial plank of the platform and the vice presidency. There tvere no mistaking the sentiment of the gentlemen in Lincoln on the first propo sition. Ir was a free silver crowd, nearly as radical in its stand as Mr. Bryan him self four years ago. Col. Bryan was the central pole around which gravitated the Democratic hosts. His city home was the Mecca of the party pilgrims, and a steady stream pass ed in and out throughout the day. It w'as useless to attempt to secure any statement from Mr. Bryan on the burning issues. He simply reiterated what he has said for many days, that he had nothing to eay on politics for publication. PRESIDENT AT CANTON. Warmly Greeted by His Old Friend* and Neighbor*. Canton. 0., June 30—At 10:13 a. m. to day President and Mrs. McKinley reach el Canton. Fifteen minutes later the President was in his own home, the re modehd cottage in North Market street, made famous in the campaign of '96. A minute later he was on the porch, in re sponse to the calls of a vast crowd which filled the streets and lawn and tramped the grass just as the crow'ds did four years ago President McKinley said: Mv fellow citizens: It Is needless for me to say that we are very glad to get home again, and to be with you and be one of you as of old. And the pleasure is very greatly enhanced by the warm and hearty welcome which my old neighbors and fel ow citizens have given me here this morning, for which I most profound ly thank you all." The President’s remarks were rereived with bols erous applause. DE WET’S GINS SILENT. Hr In Said to He Holding Hln Fire for Close Ruarter*. Pretoria, Wednesday, June 27. —Gen. Botha’s force continues encamped east of Bronkersprutt. There is an occasional exchange of shots between the patrols. The machinery of government is grad ually organizing here. Anew paper, the Pretoria Friend, has been started. Advice© from the Orange River Colony say the Boers are deserting Gen. DeWet. Those who have been caught were ordered to be shot. The silence of Gen. De Wei's guns Is attributed to the scarcity of his ammunition, which he is reeervlng for close quarters. DeWet Hemmed In. Pretoria, June 30.—According to a report received from Missel's farm, Gfn. Clery, with the Fourth Brigade, has arrived at that place, which is nine miles from Stan derton. To-day’s movement completes the hemming in of Gen. DeWet. The country in this vicinity is flat, and nothing can be seen of the Boers. 31HS. ARRINGTON DEAD. Sister nt R. A. Denmark raises Af*ay Near Qnttmnn. Quitman. Ga., June 30.—Mrs. F. R. Ar rington died at her home in the Hickory Head District, this morning. She had been ill for a year or more. Mrs. Arrington came from one of the oldest and most prominent families in this section, being a tdster of Hon. B. A. Denmark of Sa vannah. and E. P. S. Denmark of Val dosta. She leaves six children, all grown. Melons ore being shipped in great quan tities now, the South Georgia Railway alone has hauled over 115 cars in the pant ten days. VNDKR MILITARY GUARD. Jack Mornn, the rc*, Will Be Sent From Atlanta to Rome. Atlanta, June 30.—Jack Moran, the ne gro who is charged w ith assault in Floyd county and who has twice narrowly es caped lynching, will be sent to Rome some time next month, under guard of an Atlanta military company, to pro tect him from mob violence. Judge Henry of the Rome circuit called on Gov. Candler yesterday concerning the caj;e. Gov. Candler decided it would be best to send him to Rome under the protec tion of the military, as he determined that Moran shall have a fair trial. WHEELER AT CHICAGO. The General AVas Aeeorded n Hous ing Welcome There. Chlca'go, June 30.—Gen. Joseph Wheeler, the new commandant of the Department of the Lakes, was to-day formally wel comed to Chicago at a public reception. Gen, Wheeler, accompanied by his daugh ters and the members of his staff with their families, was escorted by a battalion of the First Illinois Regiment to the First Regiment Armory, where Mayor Harrison delivered an address of welcome. Gen. Wheeler was cheered erthu lastlcally when he rose to respond to the Mayor. FIRE AT SIOUX FALLS. The Total I.oaa Amounts to SIOO,OOO Partly Insured. Sioux Falls, S. D., June 30.—The Cata ract House, valued at *60,000, together with the Hollister block, the Sioux Savings Bank, Western Union Telegraph office and American Express Company, were burned to-day. The total loss amounts to *IOO,OOO, partly Insured. $400,000 LOST IN EIRE. Great l.nmher A'nrds Cnnsnmed at Block Hock, N. X. Buffalo, N. Y., June 30.—The great lum ber yards covering half a mile area at Black Rock, were destroyed by Are to night. Loss, *400.000. C. M. Belts & Cos., lose *300,000; Holland. Manbert & George, *20,000; Erie Railway Company, *75,000. $200,000 LOST IN CANTON. The Fertilizer Factory of Griffith, Boyd A Cos. Burned. Baltimore, June 00.—Fire to-day de stroyed the fertilizer factory of Griffith, Boyd & Cos., and the factory and shops of the Elliott Machine Company in Canton, a suburb. Loss. *200.000. bond's Purchase Humored. Chattanooga, Tenn., June SO—lt is ru mored here that negotiations- are under way here between Russell Sage, owner of the Chattanooga Southern Railroad, from this city to Godsden, Ala., and the own ers of the large cool and iron lands In North Georgia and Alabama, for the pur chase of the road by the coal men. The Aoad Is about ninety miles in length THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULV 1, 1900. NO WAR YET WITH CHINA. Continued from First Page. dispatches and in the absence of official statements, meets the unqualified ap proval of the administration. RAILROAD RESTORED. To-dny Fixed by Boxer* for the Mn • nere of Foreigner*. London, June 30.—A special from Shanghai says the railway between Tien Tein and Taku is now in working order. A telegram from Che Foo, dated yester day (Friday), reports that a Japanese j steamer has arrived and a number of la dies and children from New Chang, which | is now defended by Russians and Japa | nese. The Chan Tung province is now up in arms, according to special dispatches from Shanghai, and the rel>elts are destroying the missions*. The foreigners are escap ing by means of an escort from the gov ernor. Boxer placards have been posted at Yat Kai Ding a city a day’s march frem Shanghai, fixing Sunday as a day for mas sacre of the foreigners and the burning of the missions. The consuls have detain ed a steamer, which will take away the foreigners. Young Mr. Denby, son of the late United States minister to China, Col. Charles Denby, has been reported from* Shanghai as being safe. According to Chinese advices the Ger man coal mines at Chow Fu in Shan Tifng have been set on fire. The. Germans, ac cording to the reports, are awaiting a cavalry escort, which is expected to re lieve them. The of Chin Chow*, according to other advices received from China, has been attacked by the Boxers, who are now looting it. The missions have been de stroyed. The mem Derg barely escaped with their lives. MINISTERS AT PEKING. Kempt! Wire* Positively That They Are at tlie Capital. Washington, June 30.—The navy depart ment has received the following cable gram from Admiral Kempff: "Che Foo, June 30.—Secretary of the Navy, Washington: Ministers at Peking were given twenty-four hours to leave on the 19th. They refused and are still there. The Peking relief forces got half-way. They were attacked by imperial troops on the 18th. McCalla was in command. Four were killed and twenty-five wounded. McCalla and Ensign Taussig wounded, but not seriously. Now over 14,000 troops ft shore. Commander Wise commands at Tong Ku in charge of transportation, rail and w’ater. The combined nationalities j find it necessary to make use of some ci vilians to operate railways. Kempff." ALARMED FOB FOREIGNERS. Names of Americans Killed an<* Wounded In Relief of Tien Tsln. Copyright, 1900, by the Associated Press Taku, June 27—The greatest anxiety exists concerning the foreigners at Pe king. Admiral Kempff believes that large reinforcements are necessary to reach Peking. Maj. Waller’s command, with 410 Russians, was ambushed three miles from Tien Tsin on June 21. They were com pelled to retreat, the Americans aban doi ir>| a 3-Inch rifle and a Colt’s pun and los'ng rour killed and sven wounded. The American casualties in the relief of Tien Tsin were as follows: Privates John Hunter and Nicholas killed; Sergeant Taylor, Corpl. Pedrick, and another wounded. Lieut. Irwin and Cadet Petting'll. with 40 men. were found in good condition at Tien Tsin. CHINESE FOUGHT WELL. Allies of tli** British Repelled an At tack by the Boxers. London, June 30, 2:59 p. m.—The war of fice has received the following dispatch from Col. Dorward: “Che Foo, June 30.—The arsenal north west of Tien Tsin was captured during the morning of Juno. 27 by the combined forces. The British troops engaged were the na val brigade and the Chinese regiment. The naval brigade had four men killed and fif teen wounded, including two officers. The Chinese regiment had no casualties. The latter checked an attack by the Boxers on our left flank with heavy losg to the enemy.” WIRE FROM RAGSDALE. Consnl nt Tien Tsin Confirms Kemp ft ’s Report. Washington, June 30.—The following ca blegram has been received from United States Consul Ragsdale nt Tien Tsin, dat ed the 27th instant, being the first com munication received from that officer in nearly two weeks: “Siege of Tien Tsin raised. Troops sent for the relief of the legations re turned; in vain. Fighting seven separate battles. American loss, six killed, thirty eight wounded. On the 19th ministers given twenty-four hours to leave Peking. Refused. Still there. Ragsdale.” Were Safe on June 25, Washington, June 30. A cablegram re ceived at ihe siate department to-day from Ambassador Choate' at Lon ion states that the foreign minist- rs were safe at Peking on the 25th instant. The Chinese minister here, Mr. Wu, has pri vate advices to the same effect, which he has brought to the attention of the state department. BROKE THRIVE RECORDS. Old Imp Proved Herself Wonder fully Speedy nt Slieopsliend. New Y'ork, June 30.—Imp broke three world’s running records in the Advance Stakes at Sheepshead Bay to-day. The entries were Imp, Maid of Harlem and Post Haste. They got away at the first attempt. Old Imp set sail and showed two lengths in front. She began to in crease her lead at every stride. She went to the half in 0;49 1-5, to the five eighihs in 1:01 1-5, to the three-fourths in 1:14, to the seven-eigh<hs in 1:26 4-5 and to the mile In 1:39 2-5, two-fifths of a second faster than the fastest mile in a race this year. To the mile and an eighth she went in 1:52 2-5, close to the world's record. Running like a piece Of ma chinery, with little Odom sitting still, she flew, reaching the next quarter In 2:05, faster time than was made in the Su burban or In the Brooklyn Derby this year—in fact, faster time than either of those races was ever run In. She was after more records and she stretched out her stride until the earth spun away. To the mile and three-eighths she went in 2:18, anew world’s record. Sabine ran the distance at Washington Park in 2: . with 109 pounds up. The crowd held its breath, tor Imp was still going easy, and still drawing away from the others. There was the mile and a half pole ahead, and she reached it In 2:32, two seconds slower than Good rich's record, also mode on the fast Chi cago track. But she smashed the next, the mile and five-eighths held by Hindoo Craft, 2:45 1-5. Without foltering, and still running within her speed without urging, in fact un-ler a puli, she turned In the stretch. With hoofs that seemed scarcely to touch the ground, she came on. and past the post she flew In 2:69 1-5, a fraction faster than the record. PERUNA CONQUERS DISEASE WHILE DOCTORS DISAGREE. MEMBER BOARD OF HEALTH, ALBERT LEA, MINN, DR. LEANDER J. THOMAS. To The Peruna Medicine Cos.: “I have repeatedly hud oc casion to note Ihe valuable qualitlen of Peruna in cn*en of di*ea*e* of the bladder, kidney* and other pelvic organ*, nnd I recommend it in cane* of weaknes* pecu liar to women, a* it *eem* to afford *peedy rc*lef and a permanent cure.’’ DR. LEANDER J. THOMAS, Albert Lea, Minn. Dr. Thomas is a member of the Board of Health, Albert Lea, Minn. A person who has chronic catarrhal difficulties and has not given Peruna a fair trial, is unfortunate, indeed. To be afflicted with chronic catarrh and not try Perum. is as foolish as to have the old-fashioned chills and fever and refuse to try quinine, or to have h broken bone and not allow the doctor to set it. Peruna has come to be so universally recognized as a specific cure for ca tarrhal affections, acute or chronic, that it is amazing that any one should con tinue to suffer on with such a persistent malady, neglecting to take a remedy that is sure. THE CITY OF PEKING. H. W. Lawson in the London Daily Tele graph. Peking lends its*if to nickname and allit eration. An English minister described It as the place of "dirt, dust and disdain.” Others have found it, like Lord Amherst, a city of despair. Henry Norman says that the two momems when one appre ciates it are the first sight of Its frown ing gates and the last. Whatever it is or is not to the -men of long views” it must always be one of the nerve cen ters of human interest and international relations. During the djnasty of those Mings whose name was the war cry of the Taiplngs, and is to-day in the mouths of many of the secret societies that form the great difficulty of Chinese rule and management, it was a city of hut sec ond rate importance. Their attention was given to the embellishment of the now half wasted city of Nanking, often called "the national capital,” but Peking has been the imperial capital since the Ta Tsirgs seized the throne, and those who are qualified to speak are of opinion that any notion of degrading it from its pride of place to suit the conveni nee of Euro pean diplomacy is foredoomed to failure, it is not only the capital of the Manchus, it is the. capital of the mandarins. The official world is of the Pekinese stamp, and Pekinese is the official language, the tongue of the graduate and educated man. To the ear it has a pleasanter and soft er sound than the rough dialects of the provinces, and it has been developed and moulded to the elaborate and ornate phrases of polite society'. The ”sh” is of ten heard instead of harder and more un couth conjunctions. in the tour cities which make up the capital, and particularly in the imperial city, live most of ihe leading and opu lent class, and, therefore, the houses are of a more important and solid appear ance than is the rule elsewhere. High brick walls, with a single stone entrance, surround a multitude of courts, flanked by tile roofed dwelling rooms. It is a curious and universal custom among the Chinese to put up immediately facing the outer door a stone or brick screen, bear ing tablets or painted scrolls, inscribed with the names of ancestors or classical texts. The object, according to time hon ored superstition, is to ward off evil spir its, for the and mon on entering knocks hi* head against the obstacle, and, being de void of all sense but an elementary ha tred of mankind, Is repulsed and goes away sorrowful. Why the aforesaid de mon should have the cleverness to turn in at the gate, yet not sufficient to wheel round the screen, is difficult for the un initiated to understand. There is no at tempt at ostentation, or even of decent comfort, about these dwelling places. Cities Within the City. The four cities of Peking are the Chi nese, the Tartar, the Imperial and the Forbidden. Each Is quadrilateral and marked off- by a wall, from outside to center, in the order given, save that the Chinese city is an excrescence, and joins, but does not encircle, the remainder. Or iginally the Chinese had to be kept at a safe distance in subjection to the Manchu conquerer, but kuch a precaution is now superfluous, altimugh there survives a perceptible variety of type, in spite of the mixture of blood, and the Manchu women dress their hair in a different fashion, secured at the back by a long bar that is turned down after marriage. Within the Chinese city is a vast open space, the two great inclosures of which ore green with trees and dedicated respect ively, on the north and south to the Tern pel of Agriculture and the Temple of Heaven. In the middle kingdom there are three great systems of religion, of wor ship and of philosophy working together in harmony with a government w’hich patronizes and conforms to each wiihout friction and without fusion. Of all three the founders lived about the sixth century D. C., but Taoism has had the popular advantage of being aide to Identify Itself with every object of the wonder of veneration of men. If the official classes, by reason of their train ing, are mainly Confuslanlst—that is to say, agnostic, in their intellectual sym pathies—that does not absolve them or their imperial master from the regular and elaborate observance of the great state services of the year. The mighty spirits of earth and heaven are Invoked by the Emperor without the Intervention of ecclesiastic, and. by deputy, through civil officers throughout every province, To the powers of earth and heaven he professps himself subject. He styles him self "Son of Heaven by Imperial Succes sion.” and he asks for the “efficient aid" of the ‘'imperial spirits of earth and heaven," by sacrifice find oblation. An American's PrlvllegV. Foreigners are rigidly excluded from ' the Temple of Heaven, where once a year, at dead of night, the Emperor goes j In solemn procession. The gates are kept j strictly closed to all but the duly quall tiid. It was not always so, and there Congratulations Pouring in From All Parts of the World to Dr. Hartman for the Success of His Universally AcknowF edged Catarrhal Tonic. CHIEF GUARD RELIEF CORPS, ROBSON POST, G. A. R. MRS. CLARA THOMA 9. To The Peruna Medicine Cos.: “I suffered with severe kid ney and bladder trouble, used different remedies for over a year without finding relief. Peruna was spoken of so highly that I tried it. I am glad to say that to-dny I nm a perfectly well wo man. thank* to Pernna.” MRS. CLARA THOMAS, Albert Lea, Minn. Mrs. Thomas is Chief Guard nnd Flag Bearer, Relief Corps. Robson Post Grand Army of the Republic, of Albert Lea, Minnesota. are old Peking residents who have In days gone by entered the precincts in Chinese dress, one, In particular, being Li Hung Chang's popular secretary, Mr. Pethick, an American gentleman who has lived in China for many years. An exception was made in the case of Prince ‘Henry of Prussia, but, unhappily, the result has been, according to Chinese logic, to in sure continuance of last year’s drought, and to hold up the rain clouds to the ut ter impoverishment of the land. The con nection between cause and effect does not seem very close, but not less so than the popular belief reported recently from Persia that a like failure was due to the setting up of a stone by a foreign sur veyor. Beyond the area of temples a random aggregation of wooden shops leads up to one of the principal gates, pierced in the Tartar wall, the second and famous wall of Peking. In all, this wall is twalve miles round, flanked by protruding bas tions and solidly faced with broad baked bricks, the twenty feet of space between the sides being filled up with mud re duced to the consistency of cement. The storied towers above the gates are tiered with inclined openings, made to look as if they masked cannon, and actually painted with white and black circles to make the delusion complete, in order to cheat the god of war as he passes by. These painted bricks are a good example of Chinese civilization. Even though they be but simulacra, it Is the natural duty of a Chinaman to respect them as if they contained the finest of artillery. The appearance is right and the appearance is everything. No gate in China admits direct to an inclosure, and inside the great gate of Peking there Is a curve and then another gate, similar to the first, leading to the most important and busiest thoroughfare, in which are to be, found the principal trades and hostelries. A great difference exists between the imperial capital and the provincial cities, in that the main streets of Peking are of adequate width, although stalls and booths have been set up between the frontage and the roadway on either side. The buildings are rarely two stories high; most of them have a flat roof, protected by a carved wooden parapet. Another dif ference between the north and the mid lands is that the cold of the Mongolian desert and the high latitudes made the people close in the fronts with boards and paper windows, while a wadded por tiere keeps out the wind. Signboards, scrolls, banners and trade emblems are in front of every shop or place of busi ness. Scarlet, brown, yellow and black, with characters of brightest gold, they make a striking show of color that Is a relief from the uniform monotony of Chinese costume, and the gold Is partic ularly effective as a means of distinction. Amid trade signs, some, notably those of the barber and the pawnbroker, are not unlike the old signs of the West; the bootmakers have the same as can be seen in Nuremberg to-day; others, with many colored paper scraps and strips, are less intelligible. A certain amount of fantastic carving in wood is used for external decoration, inclosing the wildest caricatures of man and beast, and on the wooden doors of the hous-s are painted the figures of Chi nese gods and heroes, designed to strike terror into the unwelcome intruder. The Infamy of the paving and roadroaklng of Pekin has passed into a proverb. Origi nally the stone flagged pas sways that lead from the Chinese to the Tartar Wall, and to and from the several gates must have been grand achi vements. made up as they are of substantial blocks of lime stone, clamped with Iron bolts, but no body has ever troubled to keep them in the slightest semblance of repair, al though a large sum of money is annually paid over to the officials for tho pur pose. The consequence is that they are broken up by deep ruts and cavities, which testify to the enormous length and weight of the traffic that has passed and to the Inanimate stupidity and corrup tion Of the authorities in letting the mis chief go so far. Apart from the flags, Ihe roads and lanes are formed and main tained with a composition that Is enough to bring MaciAdam from his grave. On the Chinese principle of "waste not want not," the roads are made up and repair ed with the contents of the drains and resspools, and in the dry climate of Chih li the dust Is ankle deep—l had almost said knee deep—of so delightful a mix ture. This dees not exhaust the Ingen uity of the local authority. In order to keep the dust within the bounds of res piration the roads ore plentifully wa tered wl h the liquid contents of the sew ers, ladled out at every hour of the diy In enormous wooden spoony. The sort of smell emanating from this road material would require the pen of M. Zola ade quately to describe. hanguagr Difficulties. Of a grand Chinese house of the old style the English legation; formerly a princely palace. Is not a bad example, and its tiled pavilions are kept in a ren dition of repair and spick-and-span or der which mark the extra-territoriality be'ter even than a fer Ign flag. In the c rap mid live not only the minister and the subordinate officials, but also some twenty student interpreters, who spend two years In learning the element* of the GUARDIAN GRAND CIRCLE, WOMEN OF WOODCRAFT. MRS. JOSEPHINE BENSON. To The Peruna Medicine Cos.: "Last fall I contracted a se vere cold on my lung* which persisted in remaining in • pite of all ntedieine* nnd the bent care. Pernna work ed wonder* for me, not only completely healing the lung* hut curing the catarrh of the head ns well, which had set in.’* MRS. J. REASON, Seattle, Wash. Mrs. BenJ*on is Guardian Grand Circle, Women of Woodcraft, of Seattle, Wash., the largest wo man’s organization on the Pa cific coast. Chinese language before they can enter the Consular service. Tp obtain any real knowledge of the language is said to take an intellig nt European at least ten y ars. but It is possible to pick up some three thousand of the characters in a shor.er time. The other odd ten thousand must be left to chance and circumstance. Of the tones, some are never mastered, and as every Intonation conveys a dtferent meaning, it is not wonderful that In the conversation cf half-baked Chinese scholars hail ing from Europe there occur mistakes of pronunciation at which the Chinese are hugely amused. Every vowel has four tones, and to the untutored ear three sre . very much the same. There is a theory abroad that too much Chinese learning makes men a. little mad. 'end among our consuls it is a standing joke to echo the talk of their fellow countrymen and say; “Of course, we are all lunatics; you see, we talk Chinese.” One wonders how far the isolation of the Chinese has contrib uted to the extraordinary difficulty of their language, and how far their isola tion is due to it—clearly a case of action and reaction. In the Forbidden City, which contains the imperial palaces, no foreigner ever sets foot, except when the staffs of the le gations carry their congratulations to the Emperor on the New Year Day—the 6th of February of the Chinese calendar—and in the rare cases of special audience, one of which took place when Prince Henry of Prussia was personally received by the Emperor at the very door. This question of audience has for the last 100 years been of the highest political importance. First came the demand for the performance of the kotow; then the right of audience, completely conceded in 1873; lastly, the place of audience, toward the satisfactory solutlon of which much was done when Sir Nicholas O'Conor was received, not. as fomerly, in the Hall of Tributary Na tions. but at a palace within the Forbid den City. Chinese prejudice never dis appears before the light, but it is daily being broken down by its own weight un der external pressure. In years to come even the horrors of the Peking cart may be discarded by foreign residents in favor of the foreign rickshaw, but this depends more on the mending of Chinese roads than on the mending of Chinese manners. How long will the dry bones live? Hut for the interfering hand of the barbarian certainly would they live in saecula sae culorum. GEN. MILES'S NEW UNIFORM, Its Failure to Bench Him Canned Dire Distress nt Beaver. From the Pittsburg (Penn.) Dispatch. After having spent months in consulta tion and a small fortune to carry out the details it would have been a great pity to have had the principal day of the Beaver Centennial spoiled by the loss of a military uniform. Yet that catastrophe almost happened. Gen. Nelson A. Miles wps the little city's guest. He was to be seated in the front carriage of the big parade, attired in the regalia of his rank, the observed of all the thousands of ob servers, the Idol of the soldier's heart. Gen. Miles arrived in Beaver. He was met by a Reception Committee, volleys from the guns of Battery B and blasts of music from many bands. But the Gen eral whose mistakes in war have been few, committed his new uniform to the care of the railroad company, Instead of keeping it In sight. The result JM not become known until the eleventh hour. .Just when it was time for the po rada to start it was discovered the uni form was missing. It hud been placed In a trunk atid turned over to a baggage master. That tells, the story. Railroad companies with bnggagemasters as ac complices don't permit little things like country centennials to worry them. So, while the Geoeral was waiting and the committee was forming the innocent trunk with its priceless contents was be ing banged about somewhere between Beaver and the point whence Gen. Miles had started. Special committees met each arriving troln In Beaver, to no purpose. At .! o'clock the derelict was given up and Gen. (Miles borrowed a campaign hat braided with gold and took his place in the carriage. And he looked, in the campaign hat, every inch the soldier he Is. It would take more than the loss of anew uni form to disguise that characteristic. The residents of Beaver and people from all parts of Beaver qounty did themselves proud in according lo him a reception which vied in its enthusiasm with any that has ever been bestowed upon a mil itary hero by the people of the United States. The day was one long ovation, beginning at 10 o'clock In the morning, when the honor guest first set foot within the holders of the county, until the sun sank to rest behind the hills. Tnrvlia for Governor. Covington. Ky., June 30.—James P. Tar vln opened his candidacy for the Demo cratic nomination for Governor here to night. He advocates on amendment to the Goebel election lav MANAGER PFAU, OF THE CEN TRAL TRUST CO, J. LOUIS PFAU, JR. To The Peruna Medicine Cos.: "I.ant June I had n severe attack of nasal catarrh, which was very annoying and dchilitrited my Myniein. Seeing your nd vertinement* 1 wrote you for advice. I used Pernna constantly un til last November, when the *> niptom* disappeared en tirely." J. LOl IS PFAU, JR., Suite 201, Ti ines-Herald Building, Chicago, 111. Mr. Pfau is manager of the Central Trust Cos. Of course it may be (hat many people have not yet come to know of this rem edy for catarrhal affections, but it is strange it should be so after such multi tudes have been cured by it, and so many papers have heralded it from one end of the country to the other. Men and women of all ages and rank, the rich and poor, the learned and Illiterate, are daily giving unsolicited testimony to the fact that Peruna will cure all catarrhal diseases. A free hook on catarrhal ailments, writ ten by Dr. Hartman, the compounder of Peruna. will be sent by The Peruna ! Medicine Cos., Columbus, O. PEOPLED BA* MANY MURDERERS. Town* That Were Originally Settled by Desperate Malefactors. From London Answers. The most una sputed record among towns is h Id by Huddlersfield, Yorkshire. It owns Itself. Beginning life in a model dw.ling owned by the town, the young workman goes to his work in a municipal tram. He ge s his gas cr electric 1 ght from the city; his wife hires her gas stove from the city, purchases her provisions from the city market and sends the week's tvaFhing to the municipal washer woman. Their children play in the-. city parks, their dust! in is cleared out by the town authorities and their letters are c i leeted by a iram. the prope:ty of tho town. If they are ill they are removed to the town hospital; if they are unlucky in financial matters they find a home in the municipal lodging-house and when they die. rich or poor .they are buried by the town in a cemetery owned by ihe town Bristol stands alone in the number of its charitable inst tutions, taking into con sidc.ratirn the number of its inhabitants, ihe drnati ns 10 the Mull r orphanage f r exceed 1,59\099. It is the boast cf Bristol's inhab tanls that they have be n the donors of he greater amount of the above sum. On the other hand, the city of Arrena, in Italy, claims the undisputed record of having no man among its inhabitants who has not either committed murder or tried to do so. For two centuries Ihe ItaHan authorities have ignored its existence and when any criminal succeeds in escaping to Artena lie is Jgft alone. As .such .way farers reach the town they are, asked what crime they have .committod, and should they not be alii:- to. give„c*ear proof that they have really committed some offense in clie eyes of the law they are not allowed to enter. Some criminal, sc ing the humorous side of this, surrep titiously posted the following: "It is easier for a camel lo pass through the eye of a needle than for an innocent man to enter Artena." - A r cent traveler in Bavaria writes: "We entered the town of Nun piberg. It is the birthplace of the doll The archives sav that the first dolls which were made after the likeness cf men were made in Nuremberg 1,600 y-ars ago. From that date to the pres iv day every working man, woman and child, save those who cater to the wants of the Inhabitants, stends life making dolls. The whole town Ilvfs upcti dolls, rates and every kind of tax being paid by the price of dolly free dom. Over 30,001,000 dolls are expor.ei yearly.” There are two towns In Switzerland ho and!" g urdlsputed records. The munici pal authorities of Braunlingen are so rich that not only do they require the inhab itants to pay no rates of taxes, but sup ply free grazing ground to every family for one cow. Even here their generosity finds not enough scope and Jan. 2 every year they present every resident with 2 P'ttce, a cartload of wood and six printed invitation cards, which the recipient is requested to s->nd to any friends of un blemished character living elsewhere, ask ing them to ppek up their goods and come and liv iii Braunlingen. If they accept the invitation, and their note to that ef fect is received among the first 200, the t wn pays for their journey and any ex tras up to the sum of £3. The money is raised from the rents of the houses which were formerly owned by a Swist noble, man, vhese pet object in life was to bui'd a town. Every inhabitant of the town of Flum gen has bona waipr rr is the chi and of a wait r. being tra net! by hits paren s for that profession The populate n numbers B.COO odd and the local paper, after giv ing important news of the world In threc li e paragraphs, is given up en't'rely to the (Rings of the va'ter world. Thus, in one of the later issues, the re cue of the Kltnl erley garrson by Ofti. French wai record and thus: ‘ Brl Ish Gen Fr nch has r iieved Kimberley. The war c nizjues " On another page th re was a four-eo'umn article cn tie terrii 1 > erect tie war Is hiving on London wallets. The afL irs of F.umgen rr> rr s'ded over by a council cf inhahHants. But when any very important subject Is mooted a general council of alt the male Inhabitant* Is summoned. While such a rounell was recently slttitg a traveler who happened to be passing through the town put his head in at the door. The whole as-entbly was wait ng in s lence th- yearly flnan c'til announcement. Suddenly the traveled called out "wai er!" In a moment the whole rarllament lose ns cne man. shout ed "coming, sir!" and then, after watting rime ten minutes, taunfered toward the dtor. But the stranger had fld. Won Three Out of Four, London, June 30.—Out of four events which Princeton contested at the sum mer meeting of the London Athletic Club at Stamford Bridge to-day the Princeton men won three. Brooklyn for Taku. Hong Kong. June 30.—The United States cruiser Brooklyn has proceeded to Taku b'-sr