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WORLD CONVENTION OPENED.
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10 ,000 CHRISTIAN EfiDEAVOREHS
GATHERED IN LONDON.
Keeling of the Society Held at Alet
iiudrla ralaee nnd at Albert Hall.
Inspiring Muslcnl Service* Held.
l)r. Monroe Gibson Welcomed tbe
Delegate* In Behalf of All Eng
land Rev. Tracy of Philadelphia
B Speaker.
London, July 14.—Alexandria Palace,
rivaling in size and conspicuousness Mad
i-on Square Garden, and surmounting one
of the highest spots in all London, pre
sented a brilliant spectacle to-night, when
1(l r.oo members of the Society of Christian
Endeavor opened the world's convention.
The night session was preceded by an
afternoon organ recital, an immense cho
rus rendering familiar Christian Endeavor
songs, accompanied by one of the great
est organs in all England. This was fol
lowed by a second musical service, and
six simultaneous secondary services.
one of the most interesting meetings
w as held aA Albert Hall. Crowds over
flowed every available space, and it is
safe to say that seldom have two such re
ligious gatherings ever startled lethargic
I,ondon.
Dr Monroe Gibson, formerly of Toron
to now of leondon, welcomed the members
of the Society of Ehrislian Endeavor in
behalf of all England. Honorary Secre
tar' Rev. S. W. McKnight, also made an
eloquent welcoming address. The re
sponses were by Chaplain Rev. W. Tracy
of Philadelphia, Dr. Newman Hall and
Rev VV. Patterson of Canada. Both ad
dresses and responses were made in the
most cordial terms.
As Father Clark had gone to Albert
Hall, General Secretary Willis Baer of
Boston responded. Secretary Baer paid
a high tribute to the ohaplain of the
eearner Saale, who, he said, had lost l.is
life while doing all in his power to save
others, many of whom lost their lives.
Among the speakers this evening was
Helen Richardson, who made a splendid
address of welcome.
Meantime, at Albert Hall, similar scenes
were enacted, the immense auditorium vi
brating with an immense Christian En
deavor chorus. Many addresses were made
by the Americans.
MUST KNOW HOW TO SHOOT.
Grn, Wheeler Issue* an Order to HU
Department.
Chicago, July 14.—1n a general order is
sued from the headquarters of the De
partment of the Lakes, Brig. Gen. Wheel
er says:
"In view of the fact that two battalions
of the Second and Fifth Infantry Regi
ments are to be sent from the United
States for active field service as soon as
practicable, the commanding officers of
posts of this department, where parts
of these organizations are stationed, will
use every' effort to see that all enlisted
men are given thorough instruction in
pointing and aiming drills, management
of their rifles and target practice.
"AH officers of experience know how ab
solutely essential it is that a soldier in ac
tive service should be a good shot and
thoroughly understand his rifle.
"With this end in view, commanding
officers at stations garrisoned by the Sec
ond and Fifth Infantry will at once begin
the above indicated course of instruction
for ail soldiers and recruits, and continue
them daily, Sunday excepted, for as many
hours each day as is practicable, until all
men are properly instructed.
"As soon as the battalions of the Second
and Fifth Infantry arrive from Cuba,
their instruction will be commenced and
prosecuted vigorously upon the same lines
until all the men destined for foreign ser
vice reach as high a degree of profieitnry
In handling their arms as possible."
BAPTIST YOI'XG PEOPLE.
Addresses Worn Heard by the As
sembly in < Ineinnntt.
Cincinnati, July 14.—The attendance at
the third day’s session of the Internation
al Assembly of the Baptist Young Peo
ple’s Union was estimated at 10,(D0. While
Music Hall was packed, others were
meeting in sections.
Ur H. M. Wharton of Philadelphia led
the devotional hour with an address on
"Personal Work."
After the reports of the commlt'pes, ad
dress, s were delivered by Dr T. C. John
son of Charleston. W. Va., and Dr. S. Y.
Jam. son of Atlanta, the latter describing
some phases of mission work in the
South
The afternoon was devoted to junior ex
ercises, with an address by Dr. W. E.
Hatcher of Richmond. Va., on "Child
Conversion and Child Training.”
In the evening an address was made by
Dr. W. R. L. Smith of Richmond, Va., on
"Gaining by Giving.”
TO NOTIFY IIHVAN
Of the Proceedings and Action of
the Monetary Convention.
Denver. Col., July 14.—1n accordance
with the instructions of the National Mon
etary Conference at Kansas City, Pres
ident'Charles I. Thompson and Secretary
J N. Stephens have appointed e commit
tee, of which Judge A. W. Rucker of Col
orado, will he chairman, to notify Mr.
Bryan of the proceedings and action of
the convention.
Among the members of the committee,
•re Judge W. S. Jennings, Florida; Judge
T P. Jarvin, Kentucky; B. F. Keith.
North Carolina; B. R. Tillman, South
Carolina, end Rev. James B. Converse,
Tennessee.
WILL OPEN JULY 2."..
Repnlllrnn Committee Will Then
Establish Headquarters.
New York. July 14 —The Republican Na
tional Committee will open its headquar
ter* in the Metropolitan Life Building, No.
1 Madleon Square, July 26.
Headquarters will be in charge of the
p ime frjgji who directed the Eastern fight
four years ago, with the exception of
Senator (Jttay of Pennsylvania and the ad
dition of Franklin Murphy of New Jer
f,'V. Mr. Manley, it is exiieeted, will be
•be chief at headquarters whenever Mr.
Hanna is in the West. Mr. Murphy will
•sslst Mr. Bnsfi in running the financial
fhd of the campaign.
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TRIP of the editors.
Renrgla Press People Are Entertain
ed In Sen York.
Buffalo, N. Y., July 14.—The member*
r f the Georgia Press Association, who ale
®h their thirty-third annual excursion,
visited Buffalo for a short time this af
ternoon and evening while en route from
Niagara Falls to New York.
The Pan-American grounds were vla-
If, d and after luncheon had been served.
visitors at the Service building, they
* f re taken for a drive about the city.
find Two Visitors.
Ifineoln, Neb.. July 14. -Mr. Bivan’s
"!v Political visitors today were A. J.
Wuggovcnen of Sioux City, lowa,
* r "‘ J. G. Keeler of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Bryan spent nearly all tha day In dlspo*-
of accumulated correspondence. and
°r some days it la expected he will do
ot' hlmaelf to preparing drafts of
b*'rhes for tha coming campaign.
OPERATIONS^IN CHINA.
Continued from First Page.
American interests and property in this
locality. A list of the foreign ships now
at anchor at this anchorage, with the ves
sels inside the river, is herewith enclosed.
Other nations are landing troops today in
response to the message received last
night.’*
wr H \S NO NEWS. 1
Chinese Minister Is Still In the Dark
as to IVkiu. "
Washington, July 14.—The Chinese. Mi
nister continues to exert his efforts to
ward getting information from Pekin, but
up to a late hour of the day he had not
received any answer in connection with
the cipher cable to Minister Conger, or
from a second inquiry which he for
warded yesterday. This second dispatch
was to the Taotai of Shanghai, and said,
in substance:
“American government and people
greatly concerned over safety of Minister
Conger at Pekin. Can you give me any
information on the subject.”
The Taotai of Shanghai is high offi
cial who will be apt to get the earliest
reliable information, and this personal
appeal from the minister may bring some
reliable news on the situation.
Minister Wu was much depressed by
continued reports that tlie legations had
been wiped out and the ministers murder
ed. To all inquiry, he sorrowfully shakes
his head and says that he ha absolutely
no information, and can only hope for
the best. The report of the killing of
the Russian Minister and his wife was
another severe blow, but as to this Mr.
Wu said he had no news.
R ECO I NTS THE STOHY.
Japanese Diwpntcli Tells of V*n lvct
felc‘r* I>cntli.
Washington, July 14.—The Japanese le
gation added somewhat to the fund of in
formation from Pekin by an official dis
patch from the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs at Tokio, dated July 6, giving con
siderable ox plana ton, r detail of the condi
tions following the murder of Baron
Ketteler. The following is the summary
of the cablegram:
“According to a telegram from the
Minister of Foreign Affairs, the reports
brought by Chinese couriers from Pekin
to Tien Tsin appear to confirm the rum
ors of the destruction of the legation, and
the murder of the German Minister. The
Minister, it appears, was ehot on the way
and carried into the Tsung-li-Vumcn,
w'here he expired shortly afterward.
“Upon learning of his death, the Ger
man marines rushed into the Tsung-li-
Yamen and burned it down. It is further
reported, that the. foreign reinforcements,
which left for Pekin on June. 30, ad
vanced as far as Lang Fang, but after
terrible suffering, returned to Tien Tsin
on the 26th. The allied forces destroyed
several arsenals at Tien Tsin, their losses
being nearly 300 killed and wounded.
From June 27 to July 1. no further fight
ing took place, but Chinese troops, about
20,000 strong, were said to be* advancing
on Tien Tsin from the north.”
AVU BADER NERVOUS TENSION
And Hi* Interviews May Not Be
Officially \oticed.
Washington. July 31. A rumor was
afloat this m-orning to the effect that cer
tain interviews attributed to the Chinese
minister here, Mr. Wu, had attracted offi
cial attention and might he made the sub
ject of representations to him by the state
department. It is understood that noth
ing has yet been done in that direction,
however, and It is/7K>ssible that the par
ticular interviews may be ignored officially
in view of the realization on. the part of
officials that the minister is under high
nervous tension.
MILES CALLED OX AVF.
The General Hun A* Present Pur
pose of Going to China.
Washington, July 14.—Lieut. Gen, Miles
called at the Chinese legation to-day and
had a talk with the Chinese minister,
Mr. Wu. This naturally aroused com
ment in connection .with the vague ru
mors afloat that Gen. Miles might go to
China. It was stated later, however, by
those in a position to be thoroughly in
formed of Gen. Miles’ pians, that the call
on Minister Wu was entirely devoid of
official significance and that Gen. Miles
has no present purpose of going to Chins.
It is stated that Gen. Miles has not
asked for service in China, and that such
a move woud not be <oonsidered for a
moment under the present circumstances.
It is appreciated that the situation may
develop at any moment so that a large
army will be required, in which case Gen.
Miles might determine to take the field
in person. For the present, he is exer
cising cure in the preparations for get
ting the American troops on the ground,
the details of supplies, transportations,
etc. The diplomatic instructions of Gen.
Chaffee, who is in immediate command
of the forces in China, are quite apart
from those of a military nature.
RUSSIA IS WILLING.
Stale Department Is So Assured by
the llussiau Minister.
Washington, July 14.—The Russian gov
ernment, through its officials here, has,
within the last few days, expressed to the
State Department Its complete approval
of the dispatch of Japanese troops to
Chinn, there to co-operate with the allied
forces in the interest of humanity. At
the same time the Rusian officials have
taken occasion to emphatically contradict
the constantlylreiteroled report that Rus
sia was standing in the way of Japan's
forwarding troops, and was in this way
rendering more hazardous the conditions
in and about Pekin.
In this connection, it can be stated that
recent reports of Russian cuelty toward
Chinese non-combatants are emphatically
repudiated by the Russian authorities,
who feel that this Is another effort to
prejudice Russia in America.
WANT TO GO TO CHINA.
Hough Riders Anxious to Get In Ihe
Gflinc In the Bust.
Washington, D. C.. July 14.-Applica
tions continue to come to the war depart
ment from persons who are anxious to
serve in the army during the campaign in
China. To-day's mail brought one letter
from Secretary Curley, of the National
Rough Rider military encampment, dated
at Shenandoah, Col., offering lo raise 1,000
men or more.
Ad.lt. Gen. Corbin. In reply, has Inform
ed tire writer that the executive ha* no
authority to accept more organizations
than are now In service; still the men de
siring China service may he enlisted In
dividually by the aimy recruiting officer*
in the principal cities. The nren can se
lect their regiment.
WAS NOT DI E TO POVERTY.
That the Uprising In tha North of
China Occurred.
Washington, July 14. —Still another fore
runner of the uprising In China Is con
tained 111 a report 4o he State Depart
ment. under dale of June 8, from Consul
General Goodnow, at Shanghai,
tng the conditions in Kiang 8u province.
Consul Goodnow states that the accounta
bility for he prevailing agitation in
Northern China cannot be laid to desti
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1900.
tulion and poverty, as the crops in that
region are abundant, the inhabitants pros
perous and new methods of transporta
tion have not yet thrown any of the peo
ple out of work, thus intlmatfng that
some other and more serious cause ex
isted for the unsettled condition in that
section. N
The l)cnhu Escaped.
Evansville, Ind., July 14.—Ex-Minister
to China Denby to-day a cable
dispatch announcing that his son. Charles
Denby. Jr., and family escaped safely
from Tien Tsin to Shanghai, China.
TWO STATE CONVENTIONS.
Democrats and Republicans Roth
Meet in Kentucky This Week.
Cincinnati, July 14.—The Republican
State Conventibn of Kentucky will be
held at Louisville next Tuesday and the
Democratic Convention at Lexington next
Thursday,
To-day there were conventions in tbe
119 counties of Kentucky to select dele
gates to one or both of these state con
ventions. The Democratic contest was
unusually hot in Campbell and Iventon
counties, in which Newport nnd Coving
ton are located. These two counties con
trol the Sixth district, in which the late
Gov. Goebel resided.
Judge James P. Tarvin of Covington Is
a candidate for Governor. Tarvin pre
sented Goebel’s name at the Democratic
Convention in Louisville last year, but
since then he has incurred the ill-will of
the Goebel men, and they made a desper
ate fight to keep him from getting the
support, not only of his congressional dis
trict, but also of his home county. The
anti-Tarvin men are for Beckham.
Fayette county, in the Seventh district,
instructed seventy delegates for Beckham
and the Eleventh district instruced for
Judge Black.
FIXED THE STATE LINE.
Court of Appeals Decided in Favor
of Tennessee.
Cincinnati, July 14.-The United States
Court of Appeals has settled a question
of boundary line between Tennessee and
North Carolina in favor of Tennessee. It
arose from two grants of the same land
to different persons. D. W. BeMlng had
a grant from North Carolina, based on
the assumption that the line ran on tha
Fodder Stack mountain. Tennessee made
a grant of the same property to Charles
Hebard, assuming that the state lino lay
on its eastern sride on the Hangover range.
The original line was marked by blazing
trees.
After much investigation, a master
found that the Hangover range was th*
line boundary, and the court approved
that finding.
LARGEST FREIGHT STEAMER.
Ever Built In America Was Launch
ed by Roach.
Chester. Pa., July 34.—The steamship
American, of the American and Hawaiian
Line, was launched from Roach’s ship
yard to-day. She was christened by Mrs.
F. Farwell Long, daughter of John 13.
Roach.
The American is the largest freight
steamer ever built In the United States,
and is one of a fleet of three, two of
which are now -being built in San Fran
cisco. Her dimensions are as follows:
Length over ell, 485 feet; beam, 51 feet;
depth to water bottom, 33 feet; gross ton
nage, 3,000.
The American is on the three-deck type;
her engines are triple expansion and ca
pable of 2,500 Indicated horsepower. She
will steam at ten knots.
WHITE IS LAID IT*.
The Featherweight May Never Ap
pear In the Ring Again.
Chicago. July 14.—The Chronicle 4o
morrow will say:
Tommy White, 4he veteran feather
weight and one of the gamest and clever
est men in the ring, may never fight
again- Injuries to his left ankle, sus
tained in his recent fight with Terry Mc-
Govern, may prove permanent and com
pel White to quit the ring. His ten-round
fight with Oscar Garner, set for Aug. 13,
before Bat Masterson’s club, in Denver,
hss been postponed indefinitely.
White is scarcely able to walk, and is
now planning to take an extended vaca
tion in some secluded spot in order to
give the ankle a complete rest.
G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.
Promises to Re the Largest Ever
Held.
Chicago, July 34.—C01. Albert D. Shaw,
commander-in-chief of the G. A. R., who
is in Chicago on business connected with
the annual encampment to be held here
Aug. 27, to Sept. 1. said to-day that from
reports he had received, he believed that
fully a million visitors will come to Chi
cago during the encampment. This year’s
encampment, he said, promises to be the
largest ever held by the G. A. R.
Cel. Shaw left to-night for Atlanta. Ga.,
to attend the reunion of the Blue and the
Gray, which is to be held July 20.
KEESE W AS RELEASED.
Judge Thayer Granted a Habeas
f Coritua in His Case.
St. Louis, July #l—Judge Amos Thayer
of the United States Court of Appeals to
day handed down an opinion declaring
that John P. Rees, the Miners' Union offi
cial who was sentenced to Imprisonment
in Kansas for violation of a strike injunc
tion, was illegally restrained of his lib
erty, and granted a writ of habaes corpus
releasing him. f
Judge Thayer ruled that the lower court
erred In Including Reese under the in
junction.
A LITTLE INDEPENDENCE.
That Is All Schreiner Is Willing fo
Allow the Boers.
Cape Town, July 14.—Replying to a dep
utation of his constituents to-day, W. P.
Schreiner, the former premier of Cape
Colony, refused to support Ihe demand
for unimpaired independence of the Boer
republics, but said he thought they should
retain a certain amount of Independence.
He added that he would not support a
policy of amnesty to the rebels.
Herr Grobler, foreign secretary of the
Transvaal, has arrived at Delagoa bay.
The Two Ilrreklnrldges.
I-exington, Ky., July 14.—A the battle
fields reunion at Atlanta, July 18 and 2t>,
Col. NV. C. P. Breckinridge of this city
and hia brother. Gen. Joseph C. Breckin
ridge of Washington, have been Invited
to speak. Col. Breckinridge has accept
ed.
in the battles around Atlanta Col.
Breckinridge commanded a regiment of
Confederate cavalry, and Gen. Breckin
ridge commanded a battery of Federal ar
tillery. _
Michael, the Wonder.
New Y’ork, July 14—Jimmy Michael to
day defeated Floyd McFarland of Ban
Jose. Cal., In a twenty-mile motor-paced
rnoe at the Manhattan Beach track. He
also clipped 21 2-6 seconJa off the track
record for the distance.
Went for a Drive.
Canton. O . Ju'y II —President McKin
ley and family went for a long drive to
day. Controller of the Currency Dawes
and Mrs. Dawe* returned from Cleveland
to-day and at a the guMta of Judge and
Mr*. Day.
NEtYS FROM XV AY CROSS.
The Rifle* Have Decided to Cnnip
for ft Week.
Waycross, Ga., July 14.—The Waycroas
Rifles have decided to go into camp for
a week some time next month at Gaskin
Spring in Coffee county. They have ex
tended an invitation to the South Geor
gia Camp of Veterans 819.
The Southern Interstate Racing Circuit,
which was organized here yesterday, will
open in Atlanta. Oct. 28, and eight weeks
of racing will follow. The date for Way
cross is Nov. €-30, during the holding of
the fourth annual Waycross fair. Th%
race programme will tje advertised at
once, and thoroughly. Over $20,000 will
he offered in purses for tbe various race*.
The Waycross Fair will offer S4,OtX) in
purses nnd premiums—s2,soo for races aiwl
$1,500 in premiums. Hon. W. M. Toocner
and Col W. W. Sharpe are president end
secretary, respectively.
The remains of Mrs. J. C. Humphreys,
whose death occurred last night, were
laid to rest this afternoon in Lott ceme*
tery, followed to their last resting plac*
by a large concourse of sorrowing
friends Mrs. Humphreys had been in Ml
health for some time, but her death s
a severe shock to all. Alderman li \-
phreys has the sympathy of ma.y
friends.
Ed. Knox who is numbering the houses
In the city had numbered 601 up to this
morning. He thinks this is about half his
work.
Rev. W. H. Scruggs is in receipt of a
letter from Hon. W. J. Northen in regard
to raising funds to aid the famine-stricken
people of India, and he has undertaken to
raise what he can in Waycross and Ware.
It is reported that a snake fifteen feet
long and twelve inches in circumference
has been killed in the Oketinokoe swamp.
It is suptosed to have escaped from a
circus many years ago.
The case of J. K. Sistrunk, the negro
lawyer, against the Waycross Gazette,
published by J. M. Milton and W. li. Da
vis, coolred meft, was called in Justice J.
W. Highsmfih’s court yesterday after
noon. It is a suit for libel and Sistnink
thinks SIOO will cover the damages. E. W.
Brink ins, the colored lawyer who repre
sents the newspaper, being absent, the
case was postponed a month. Tt Is ex
pected ihere will be a lively and interest
ing fight.
Rev. J. M. Glenn has been elected a del
egate to the Southern Epworth League
Conference, which meets in Atlanta, July
25-29. He represents Trinity Epworth
League.
Robert Hamilton Tins resigned his? posi
tion with G. li. Riinson & Cos., and to
morrow goee to Savannah, whore he will
manage the drug business of Dr. M. L.
Currie.
Annie and Celia Brinson reached
home this morning from Charleston,
where they attended the National Educa
tional Association Convention.
ROBBER WAS SNAKE WIT TEN.
Nelson Pni Up His Game Flht While
Poisoned.
St. Loula, July 14.—John Nelson, the sus
pected train robber, who gave battle to
the ten detectives in front of his home
and escaped after wounding George Mur
ray, chief of 'detectives of the Illinois
Central, is suffering from poison as well
as being hunted by detectives.
It has been learned that he was bitten
by a moccasin snake just before he em
barked with his companions in a small
boat after the Wickltee train robbery,
and that the effect of the bite made it
impossible for him to walk, it being neces
sary to carry him to the boat. When Nel
son reached St. Louis he was suffering
with a high fever and rapidly grew worse.
It is now* believed he was approaching
delirium when he made his fight Friday.
So far as is known Nelson has not as
yet received any treatment. By watch
ing for a man with a snakebite, the de
tectives hope to Bucoeed in locating Nel
son even if other plans fail.
CARRIED HIS SEVERED ARM.
Brave Boy Asked Hospital Surgeons
to Replace It.
From the Philadelphia Record.
New York. July 12.—Albert Dawson.
Aged 36, of No. 30l West One Hundred and
Forty-sixth street, fell to-day in trying to
avoid a New York Central train and had
an arm cut off near the shoulder.
The boy, picking up the severed arm,
ran three blocks to where Watchman Ba
ker was etationed.
Baker says Albert uttered not a word
of complaint. It was only when he reach
ed the hospital and found that the sur
geon coukl not replace the dismembered
arm that he broke down nnd cried. Dr.
Muller says Albert will recover.
Love Laughs at tbe Expenses,
From the Baltimore Sun.
Cupid cannot always be smothered by
dollars, and youth will assert itself and
lads and lasses will sometimes have a
good time even in millionalredom. The
wedding of young Mr. Havemeyer. son of
the sugar king, and Miss Whiting at New
port the other day was regarded rather as
the union of two great fortunes than of
two young and loving hearts. Everything
was estimated in dollars. The bride's dress
and the gift of the groom to the bride
were duly appraised in dollars and cents,
the cost of the decorations and of the
wedding breakfast were all estimated and
there were the usual manifestations of
vulgar curiosity, and this in the fgee of
the fact that one of the families was in
“half mourning" end the wedding was to
be a quiet one. The dollar mark assumed
the place of Cupid’s bow as the emblem,
and as Mr. Dooley would say, the holy
bonds of wedlock were government 4s.
But all the solemn parade of vanity did
not suit the young people of the settle
ment. After the wedding breakfast the
bride and groom were to start upon a
bridal trip. Their young friends took the
horses from the carriage and two milk
white ones were substituted. The ,ar
riage was decorated with ribbons and
surmounted by a gigantic shoe which
emitted a stream of rice from a bole In
the toe like pebbles and bread crumbs
falling from Hop-o'-my-Thumb’s pocket
w'hen he took to the woods, The bridal
party organized a procession to escort the
happy couple to the landing. An usher
rode on top of their carriage blowing a
big dinner liorn, a brass band playing
rag-time music following In an express
wagon. Then came carriage loads of
laughing and shouting boys and girls.
One of the carriages broke down and its
occupants seized a fish wagon and con
tinued on their way to the landing, wiflere
the assembled company showered rice t p
on the bride and groom and then execut
ed a cakewalk.
Youth will assert Itself against the most
unpromising conditions. The merry heart
goes all the day, while a sad one tires In
a mile.
Pay n Special Tax.
Washington. July 14.—The Commission
er of Internal Revenue has decided that
a retail liquor dealer who compounds for
sale in advance of orders, even if he does
not put them up in bottles or Jugs, is re
quired to pay a special tax as a recti
fier.
Ilia Credentials.
Lima, Peru, July 14.—T0-day's steamer
for Panama lakes Ihe credentials of Dr.
matvuel Alvare* Calderon as plenipoten
tiary representing Peru in Mexico and
Ihe United States.
- -The King of Denmark and hi* brother,
Prince Hans of Glueckshurg. are ekpected
to strive in Paris in a few days, and at#
to stay there tor u short time before o-
Ing lo London on a visit to the Prinoat
and Princess of Wait* at AUtthorough
House.
CHINA AND ITS PEOPLE
MINISTER AVI TING FANG WRITES
OF HIS t Ot Vl'H A MEX.
s.clfl (Timloiui of the Chlnrif—lion
Marriage* and Funeral* Are Con
ducted—-For tune Teller* Who Ar
range Betrothal*—Public Festivi
ties in C'lilne*e Cltie*.
VYu Ting Fang in Collier’s Weekly.
In comparing the social customs of
China with those of thi United State*,
one 1b strongly impressed with the pecu
liar features of a Chinese community,
which ara bo different from those seen
in an American or Europeon city. In
every important town, in addition to the
patrol of soldiers who do the police duty,
private watchmen are employed. When
a watchman paces Ida rounds, he beats
his bamboo sticks together, to mark the
coming and going of the five watches
of the night. By so doing he proves to
hiß patrons that he is on duty and not
asleep, but he also frequently disturbs
their slumbers.
Asa discouragement to intruders and
as an aitempt i 0 keep out suspicious char
acters, it i.s the rule- in many cities to
look up certain portions out of harm's
way at night. The streets are usually
not large, nnd are often spanned by for
bidding gates. At 10 o’clock, these are
locked up for the night, and the home
ward way of the belated diner-out is
beset with difficulties. To arouse one
sleepy galcnran after another, and to
make clear to each dreary brain one’s
reason for being abroad and one’s earnest
desire to return home, is not a pleasant
pmdime for a tired man.
Many of the rich Chinese are philan
thropic and earnestly desire to relieve tha
suffering they pee about them. They
give freely of their wealth, but the poor
are legion in China, and the task is not
an easy one. Private charity, however,
whk-h is always more or less capricious,
has provided most of the orphan asylums.
, * free hospitals and the poor houses of
the country. In China, the h ind of pitv
oßen goes into the pocket of plenty to
relieve cases of suffering that never ap
peal to the American. He forlunalcly
never hears and shudders at the leper's
ory of “Unclean! unclean!’’
Conservative us my people are, it Is
Pasy to under*turn! that they are content
to keep on, duy after day, at their ac
customed tqsks with no impatience at
their monotony. They are devoid of any
craving for excitement. Working venr in
mid year out. v ichokt e*n a weekly rest
such as that taken by Sunday observers
the world over, they se-idom seem to real
ize the need or the charm of social re
laxation. When they do come together
for mutual entertainment the company is
always small. A social ''function,” with
its crush of people, of the kind so com
mon in this country, would never ap
peal to a Chinaman as entertaining or
relaxing. The Chinese of the upper
classes frequently entertain their friends
at more or less elaborate banquets, but
at the ordinary dinner party covers are
laid for only eipht people. Conservation
can then be srenerul. As an after dinner
bit, private, theatricals are in order, and
professionaj juKslers and comedians are
frequently ca-Lled in to amuse the guests.
Similar affairs would be dubbed ''stag”
parties in America, for they are invaria
bly characterized by the absence of wo
men. The la Iter entertain each other
in thoir own apartments, as gayly and as
pretentiously as they please, but men
'are never their guests. A woman may
be the mistress of her husband’s house,
but she is never the dispenser of his hos
pitality.
Social entertainments In China never re
volve around dancing or alhietlo contests,
as they so frequently do in this country.
Our ideas about the impropriety of the
two sexes mingling socially would effectu
ally prevent dancing from becoming a
form of entertainment. Athletic sports
have not found favor in our eyes, but
games of chance have a strong hold on
the popular heart. In the tea houses and
cafes, where the club life of Chinese men
is centered, gambling flourishes in many
forms. It is discouraged by the govern
ment. but there is as little hope of pluck
ing the gaming Interest from the Chi
nese heart as there is of suppressing the
trading spirit In the Jewish breast. It is
those little ripples of gambling excite
ment that keep the Chinaman’s life from
stagnating. Cards, dice, chess, domi
noes, all serve to satisfy his passion.
“Fan-tan,” which Is a game of purest
chance, absolutely Independent In Its re
sults of any skill on the part of the
player, is a special favorite, which, for
popularity among the sporting element,
may be compared to the American game
of poker.
Some of the most striking differences be
tween the social customs of China and
the United States are apparent in the
various rites and ceremonies connected
with the great events of morriage, birth
and death. Among my people the choice
of a partner for life Is always left to tbe
parents of the bridal pair. They have
the interest and welfare of their children
at heart and act with the judgment and
wisdom that r>nly mature years can bring.
The engagement Is usually made when the
young people are In their early teens—in
many cases when they are much younger.
Matrimonial alllandes between friendly
families are the most common.
In some sections of the country the as
sistance of a professional match-maker
is called in when marriage is desired for
a ehild of Ihe house, especially if no suit
able alliance with a friend's child is pos
sible. The role of marriage broker is
played by women of the middle class. They
go from house to house, working up the
trade by telling of the eliglbles in differ
ent families. When consulted, their first
instruction always is; "Give me a paper
on which is written the day and hour of
your child's birth.” Chinese women gen
erally are superstitious, and as the mar
riages are always negotiated by women,
it Is natural that superstitious practice
should he connected with their solemniza
tion. With this scrap of paper the parent
goes to a fortune teller and has the horo
scope of her child cast in conjunction with
those of possible partners for him. If
there appears to be anything In the fate
or fortune of the two young people that
would be inconsistent with their mutual
happiness, negotiations are dropped at
once. It is only fair to say that these for
tune-tellers often hit the truth so accu
rately that the people's faith In them
might almost eeem to be Justified
The superstitious sometimes go to the
Joss house also and ask advice of the idol.
This is done by shaking a bamboo case,
which contains bamboo slips numbered
consecutively and corresponding to the
numbered pages of a hook in which are
collected the sayings of the Idol. On shak
ing the ease one of the slips falls out and
Its number Indicates Ihe page on which
will be found the euylng of the Idol ap
plicable In this case. The keeper of the
temple will write It down, so that the In
quirer may bear It home, and say to his
ftimlly: "To-daY I went to the temple
and asked If this girl will make a good
wife for my son, and this Is the reply
that the Joss made me."
If all the omens are favotable to the
marriage, tin- engagement take* plant It
Is usually effected by the parents of the
hoy sending elaborate presents through
tha matchmakers to the girl's parents.
Some time before the. marriage, a Mill
larger supply of gifts, usually in the form
of Jewels, ornaments and cakes, is dis
patched lo the bride's home. Marriage
Itself is delayed until the age of puberty,
so the engagement is often of several
years' duration.
The wedding festivities usually last
Ihree days. On Ihe day previous to Ihe
marriage, the girl's parents send her dow
ry to the home of lire bridegroom. If site
is rich, il will consist of a great variety
of costly articles, Including household fur
niture, clothing and precious Jewelry.
Jbarly on ibe day of the wedding the par
THE NEW WOMAN ~
Is riaking* Her Appearance in All
Parts of the Land.
l. Mrs. Cl.ira Makemer. housekeeper for th
CL. Florence Crittenden Anchorage Mission of Uhi
entro writes from :*.02 <’* limit street, Chlcag#
/f “ Benina is the betd tonic I have ever known
’or general debiaty—a sure cure for liver com-
plaint, and a never-faihng for cases
f |m i, irregularities and w ftk nerves common to
[[few jth sex. and have found it most satisfactory.*’
(g- t, 1 can’t praise it enough. 1 aperit a great deal
*Bf of mone\ on doctors, bul did mo
/ V I"|" ' * u,Ul * 1 t° >' ou an,i tried your Pe
u rn ' *he coming of what Ifl known the “now
La woman” in our country is not greeted by every
\ MD a if she wet• a great blessing. But there
is another new woman whom everybody Is glad
‘A- jOgUfft.-■ i t see Every day some invalid woman la ox
••:iib-'■ Plaining “I have been made anew woman by
ALji: Dr Hartman’s home treatment ” After years
or hitter disappointment nnd suffering
jf- have found medical relief at last. The mort
new women we havo of this kind the better it
a ?/* 4 ■ will Ik* for the future of our country. It is only
'//■/■ * 'i* neces tpry to s>'nd name, address, symptoms, dtfr*
\\ y ration of sft*kne-s and treatment already ro
y/MKfuK * A /rectlons for one montli'n tivatnw nt will l>e
VfSM L fif promptly forwarded. The intidiclues can be ob
q \|N-u j- f /_ tallied at the nh, t druc (orb. Aililre** Dr
H l ? I li llai t iu*i n, < lii intxiH, Olito, for n fre- eopf
r 1 ’ 7 4>l •‘iienlth nnd Remit y” n book written e*-
b |>e<*i<ill> for women, trill ting of ilineanea
ents of the bridegroom send a bridal chair
to bring the bride to their home. It is
usually a very gorgeous aetlau chair which
has been rented for the day. Musicians
accompany it and the match-makers fol
low. bringing more presents. Arrived at
the homo of the bride, there is usually nt
this juncture a long pauoo in tin* proce- d
ings. The bride is in tears, nnd tnuk -a
great show of reluctance at tin* thought of
leaving her home and her parent;'. Fre
quently. six or seven hours pass before
will consent to let her maids adorn
her in the bridal robes and head-dress
sent her by the bridegroom’s parents.
Slowly her finery is donned '.he red dress
with its glittering gilt ornaments, tlie
long red veil, the. elaborate headdress
with its strings of pearlH hanging over
her face. With her hair no longer dress *<l
in childhood's fashion, but arranged in
the coiffure peculiar to a married woman,
she bids her family a tearful farewfll. At
last she grt? into her chair and is borne
away from her old home. Her brothers
follow her in sedan chairs to the house of
the bridegroom. The bridegroom, in gor
geous dress, comes out to meet her. He
bows, he opens the door of her chair. One
of her maids comes up and carries her
on her back into the house. There, the
bridegroom lifts her veil and sees for the
first time the face of his bride.
No priest conducts the ceremony which
unites them. Together they kneel be
fore the shrine of their ancestors, and
burn incense nnd candles. Humbly they
make salutation to the bridegroom’s par
ent* and receive their blessing. It is as if
the father said to his boy: T h ive brought
you up carefully. 1 have found you a
wife. Now. you are a man. Be good and
be happy.” There Is no exchange of
words on the part of the young people.
They would not be so bold
After the ceremony, the feasting begins.
Tlx* parents of the bride entertain one
day, those of the bridegroom two or three
—men and women being feasted in sep
arate apartments. If there Ws not room
for it 11 in the house, the bridegroom and
his friends lx*4ake themselves to ft restau
rant or hotel. On the morning of the
third day, the bride is carried home to
her parents in her bridal'chair. She re
turns to her husband tli.it same evening,
but after a month she may visit her par
ents as often as desire nnd convenience
dictate. On the third day the bride’s
parents entertain the bridegroom at a
grand banqu-t.
Engagements once contracted are sel
dom broken. A broken ngagement Is apt
to be interpreted ns a reflection on the
character of the girl, end the latter is
hence very loth to have it broken. Mar
riage is a permanent institution In China.
Even the promise of marriage is held, so
saered that many a girl whose fiance has
died before the marriage day has vowed
never to marry. Her wish is usually re
spected, especially if the family of her
betrothed Is rich. In that case she sa\;s,
“F will become a widow,” nnd goes to
the family of her deceased bridegroom
and lives with them os a daughter. Tf
they are not wealthy, they may not care,
to be burdened with her support, but
she soys then, “I will serve you.” and
then devotes her life to them in memory
of the man who might have been her
husband. A widow who has children very
seldom, if ever, remarries, but continues
to live in the family of her late husband,
rearing his children to perpetuate the fam
ily name. If she in childless, she con
sults the wishes of her mother-in-law.
and may feel at liberty to go and marry
again.
The day when ft Chinese woman brings
into the world her first-born son is the
crowning day of her life. Because a son
is legally and morally bound to support
his parents old age, whereas ft daugh
ter becomes, on her marriage day, a
member of another family, male children
are more desired by the Chinese than are
female children. In Canton, the' parents
announce a son’s birth by sending to their
friends a bottle of ginger wine. The cus
tom has Its origin in the fact that ginger
is much used by a woman In her lying
in period. In acknowledgment of the an
nouncement. the friends send the child
costly presents expressive of their wishes
for longevity and happiness.
Death is met in Ch na wlih o great wail
of protest. The dead man's house is till
ed rvith the sound of noisy weeping al
most before the l>o<ly I- < old. I is a
piteous sight to sen his children throwing
themselves prostrate on the ground, hear
ing their breasts and teirlng their hair.
They will neither -it on chairs nor lie on
couches. They discard their silken robes
and don white garments mode of the
coarsest hemp. They fast and pray and
keep watch over the dead body. Until
the burial takes place priests recite pray
ers at regular Intervals, and the children
of the deceased weep over the corpse at
stated times. It in not customary for
friends to send flowers, hut beautiful
satin scrolls Instead, on which the virtu'i
of the dead man are set forth. On a cer
tain day these scrolls are hung up. hun
dreds of them perhaps, and incense
burned.
The funeral frequently does not occur
until two or three weeks after death, but
the body lies ail this time in state in Its
handsome Rich Chinese are very
particular about the good quality of the
wood for their coffins, often having them
made year* before there is any probabili
ty of their being needed. It is well known
that some distinguished high officials are
In Ihe habit of carrying their coffins
around with them In their travels.
The funeral cortege is usually very Im
posing. Frlnede arc present in their most
official dress, and a note of mourning
added to their splendor by the dark upper
coat donned for the occasion. Relatives
are clad In Ihe coarsest white, and every
body else wears a hand of white about the
body. The coffin Is borne on the shoul
der# of men. the rank of the deceased be
ing Indicated somewhat by the number.
He must have been low In the social scale
whose pall ! lx>rne by only two healers,
Bight is the^ usual number, and 'thirty-two
the number when the deceased has been
high In official circles, in the funeral
train, Taoist, and Buddhist priests always
occupy a prominent place. Although the
Uhlac** aa a nation are fn lowers o"
Confucius, they have feeling that th&
whole truth can be known to none, and
believe it 1 1.• * part of wisdom to insure
the future on all sides. Priests of theft#*
two t-eciH are i< oidinglv always called
in to say prayers for the dead, even
though the deceased may have had no
laith in Heir teachings. Rich families
also have in their funeral procession peo
ple carrying sedan chairs, horses and fur
niture made of paper. These things are
burned after the burial, the Idea being
that the dead man shad not want for any
of his customary comforts In another
world. There arc certaaln coolie** in th
procession also, carrying memorial tab
lets which chronicle the offices and honors
of the dead man, one for every office.
After the funeral these are brought l>aek
to the dead man’s house and placed in the
hall of his ancestral home. 'Mourning
music, made by the doleful beat of drums
and tiie shrill plaint of pipes and but eft
Jh also a part of (tie procession, which \
often so long as to take an hour to pass
a given point.
The choice of a burying ground is con*
shirred a matter of great importance itii
China. A class of people who havft great
influence there are the “Geomancers,’*
whose function it is to decide whether a
place is lu ky for a burying-ground* or
for building a house. Rich, people spiftd
n great deal of time and money in- going
nlKJiit selecting burial places for their
dead. Sometimes they spend years in
their search. When a lucky |H&ce is found*
the Geomancer may say, “If you bury
your father here you will be rich, your*
self before you die,” It is commonly be
lieved that any good luck in the life of m
person comes as a reward for burying hift
parents or grandparents- in the right .spot.
It sometimes happens- that the parents die
before the lucky spot is found, and in
that case a little house is hastily con
structed and the body given a temrx>rary
testing place there. No greater crime is
known in China than that of desecrating!
a graveyard. Beeautye graves are found!
every were in China, tjio first railroad
built there had to follow* a circuitous route
In order to avoid them. It It* better
when the people are poor for railroad* to
pay tehro to move their graves. If the peo
ple are rich, and money is no considera
tion, it is wiser to change the route of w
railroad than to rouse the wrath of the
people.
The graves of the dead ate carefully
tended by the living. Every year, at
about Eastern time, men of all classes
over the empire ask leave to go and visit
their graves. They take with them vo
tive candles and firr-crackcra, meat end
wine. A libation of wine is poured on the
ground, and the spirit of the dead reats
satisfied.
There are several public festivals dur
ing the year, when the Chinese Join hand#
in general rejoicing. They bunch their
holidays together and take a month off
about New Year’s time. The shops ora
closed then and the strecin given over to
carnival sights. Housee aro gayly dec
orated. people are clad in holiday attire f
and there is an overabundance of eating,
drinking, gambling, juggling and drum
lH*ting. Elaborate displays of fireworks
are a feature of th<a? festive month.
Strange power of custom! To the minds
of most men, what has been la sufficients
reason for what shall be. And yet in the
course of centuries the most deeply-rooted
customs have been known to change. But
it* China the power of precedent is strong.
A FIGHT IN THE AIH.
Combat Between a I'bhliauk ami
n Henliuwk.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Easton, Md„ July B.—Judge William IL
Martin, Judge Frederick Stump, Gen. Jo
seph B. Biah and Mr. William H. Adkina
recently wltneeeed a singular and one
sided combat in the air between a henhttwM
and flshhawk.
The observers were yachting on tha
Tred Avon liver in Judge Martin's steam
launch. Away off in the distance and
Lite ur in the air they saw a large hen
liawlk pursued by Ids hereditary enemies,
the crews, which were annoying him con
siderably without hurting him much. On*
of the party observed a fishhatrk perched
high up in a dfead tree, above his'ncat.
where his sharp eyes could take in a wida
scope of horizon. After a while he evi
dently saw the combat in the air, and tig
soon as he recognized there was a hen
hawk to be punished— perhaps the very
hawk which.last season or this,had robbed
the fishhawk's nest of Its young, as it also
had devaluated crows' nests—the fishhawle
left his perch and on swift wing proceed
ed to the scene of combat. He drove oft tha
crows ar.d took charge of the battle against
the henhawk himself. His plan of oper
ations was to rise high In the air above
his enemy, iiolse. as when making ready
to dive for a fish, and then plunge down
heavily on the henhawk. strike him on
the body with his claws and then rise for
another blow. The object of the fishhawle
was evidently to force the henhawk into
ihe water and drown it. Every time h*
struck he forced him nearer the surface
of the river. The henhawk, understand
ing his foes tactics, made strenuoue ef
forts to gain the nearby shore where h
could hide. |
The observer# In the boat watched the
light with intense Interest. After several
blows from the flshhawk Ihe other bird
appeared much distressed, but when the
fishliawk rose for the final blow, which
would have submerged the henhawk, tile
latter managed to reach the shore and dis
appeared in the bushes.
All I it'ds ate enemies of the hawk h*.
cause It robs their nests of their young.
All. however, ate not brave enough to
light him. Robins, patrldgea and dove#
will die before they will fight. A single
t row will not tit in k a huwk; few er than
four in I bunch will not. Blackbirds, Jay#
and catbirds are also hereditary enemies
of hawks, tint none of them will fight him
single handed. Another hawk will never
come to the assistance of ona attacked.
Bparrow# will covey, singlo out a crow,
*e| W rate him from hia flock and a docen
of them will fight him to hi# death. This
h-—-a crow* steal r-'-wt' eg#-
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