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EVIDENCE TO BE HELD BACK.
j-nOSEC l TIOX CLAIMS TO KNOW
WHO SHOT GOEBEL.
Will Nol Let the Evidence C ome Oat
on the Trial of Power* Who Wn*
Indicted Only a* nn Acce*ory.
I*ro*ecMt lon Will Rest the Latter
p ar ( of ttffi* Week—Nome off the De
fendant* Will Not Go on the Wit
ness Stand.
Georgetown, Ky., July 22.—The Powers
murder conspiracy trial will be resumed
to-morrow.
U is said to-night that the prosecution
U ili not ailow any of its evidence as to
v o fired the shot that killed Goebel to
iowe out on this trial.
Powers is Indicted only as an accessory
before the fact, and all of the evidence os
to the identity of the assassin is appar
ently to be held in reserve for the trial
cf Jim Howard, Berry Howard and others
indie re-3 both as principals and accesso
ries.
Ti - prosecution may close its direct
t etimony the latter part of the week.
The lawyers for the defense decline to
pa* whet hr r the defendant will be put on
the stand. It is understood that neither
Tcu’sey. Davis. Combs nor Whitaker,
who me in jail here charged with being
a , e s ries, w ill be allowed by their attor
i eys to testify in the Powers case.
Hubert Noaks will resume the stand to
nnircw. He was as.ted by t v e and fense to
produce in court the muster rolls cf the
mili ary company which he organized at
t o request of Caleb Powers, and which
he sa>* Powers directed should be made
up. cf mounta n desperadoes. The defense
miy offer proof to show that the ccm
piny was not composed of men of the
. haracter Noaks a 1 g. s ihey wer a.
STBAMEK ST. GEORGE ASHORE.
Hut ?lie Pulled Off With the Aid of
Life Suviog Crews.
Cape Henry. Va., July 22.—The weather
bureau official at Hatteras, N. C., reports
an unknown steamship stranded this
morning on Outer Diamond Shoal. She.
appears to be a large tramp steamer and
presumably was bound north. Crewe of
the Cape Hatteras and Creed's Hill life
saving stations have gone to her assis
tant and full details will be sent when
they return.
The ship is too far off shore for any
reliable details to be given until boats
return. The weather is clear but smoky,
winds light southwest, and sea smooth.
The weather bureau official at Hatteras.
N. C., telegraphs that the steamship re
ported ashore on Diamond Shoal this
morning was the German ship St. George,
Capt. KnutsfeJdt, with iron ore from Cuba
to Chester. Pa. The steamship after be
ing aground about five hours, was suc
cessfully floated, without damage, with
the assistance of the crews of the Cape
Hatteras and Creed's Hill life saving sta
tions and i9 now on her way to her des
tination.
The St. George is a large tramp steam
er of 1,600 tons burden and carries a crew
of 28 men. She passed the village of Hat
teras early this morning and after sight
ing land turned and shaped her course
around Diamond Shoal. The weather was
smoky at the time and the captain states
that owing to this fact he was a little
off his course and fetched up on the outer
Diamond. The ship struck the shoal at
low water with a smooth sea which en
abled her to hold her position until high
tide, when she was able to haul off In
deep water.
WILL SOON START CAMPAIGN.
Democrats Are Preparing to Give
Active Work.
Chicago, July 22.—The Democratic Na
tional Committee will commence active
preliminary campaign work In earnest
this week. Senator James K. Jones,
chalrma nof the National Committee, is
expected to reach here to-morrow, and
will immediately assume direction of the
preliminary work.
Ex-Gov. Slone of Missouri arrived here
to-day and Daniel Campau of Michigan
is scheduled to reach Chicago to-morrow.
Chairman Johnson of the Executive Com
mittee is in Kansas, but will return Wed
nesday night to jolni in the work.
The locating of the national headquar
ters will be the first mailer to be disposed
of. and as the rooms facing on the Wa
bash avenue side of the Auditorium build
ing have practically been decided upon,
this will not take up much time.
Chairman Jones Is expected to make
known his list of committees before the
end of the week, when the organization
of the office force for headquarters will
be taken up.
w AGE WORKERS T AKE ACTION.
Their Attitude Annulment on Tno
Disputed Point*.
Pittsburg, July 22.—8 y a large majority
vote of the Amalgamated Association
members, they will insist on the Republic
Iron and Steel Company signing the scale
for the new base rate of $3.50 per ton for
puddling.
The American Tin Plate Workers have
Noted to give discretionary powers to
their committee, and it is probable the tin
plate scale .will be soon adjusted.
two votes, the result of which Is
made known to-night, were made neces
e.irv, because the Wage Committees, after
threp different conferences with the man
ufacturers, failed to carry their point for
the Indianapolis scales and asked for dis
cretionary powers. The tin plate workers
agree to leave all with the committee.
The bar iron lodges, on the contrary,
refuse to grant power to the committee
to change the base rate, but give au
thority to change the foot notes where
necessary. Over 15.000 men are interested
in the settlement of this scale.
TO niilNG THE BODIES HACK.
Drnrl Vlrrnc* of the Uoiicnn Wnr to
Re Interred nt Home.
Houston, Tex., July 22 —Col. J. W. geni
i' of the quartermaster's department. U.
p A., has gone to Mexico to disinter and
' ring back for burial in the San Antonio
governmi nt ermetery the bone* of Ameri
;n soldiers wlo fell in the battle cf
u " r Vista, fought near Baltillo, Mex.,
\ r ”*46. b tween the Americans under Gen
bar> Taylor and the Mexicans under
b*' ta Anna. The remains of abcut 71)5
Ainerirar s f'e where the/ were bur ed on
’he battlefield, but an W railroad will go
f M’ianly across this g/>ot and this has
the American government to act.
looks like a deadlock.
* <>nare**| oiiol Situation In Fifth
Alnhnvnn District.
Pirmingbom, Ala., July 22.—The latest
f ’.xi . s fiom the Fifth Alabama district
1 J ate a deadlock In the Congressional
I "nvention. Willis Brewer, the present
r: ( uihei of Congress from that district,
'Uid c. W. Thompson have almost equal
while J. F. Heflin and T. L.
dg*r will probably hold the balance of
P°wi* AH counties j n district
Il i ve n <# acted, but enough hove selected
II to make a deadlock almost a
wrtafnty.
Hon. L. E, t lilttemlcn Demi.
Burlington. Vt., Ju\y 22 -Hon. L. E.
' dttenden. register of the treasury dur
• k the Lincoln administration, died here
w*-d*y. Ho was 77 years old.
ONLY one AMERICAN VICTORY.
Conclusion of Amateur Champion
whip Contests at Pari*.
Paris, July 22.—The world’s amateur
championship contests in connection with
the Paris exposition came to a conclusi n
to- ay at the grounds of the racing club
in the Bols de Boulogne. The weather was
cooler tl an it was iast week, though ihc
sun shone brightly.
Comparatively few Americans attended,
owing to the* fact that only three or lour
of their coun rymen were announced to
compete in ihc events, for the most part
handicaps, in which the Americans had
received too sever? treatment to tempt
them to <xhaust themselves in running
losing races.
Six even s were decided. The Americans
competed in three and won one. their only
success for the day.
Thirty entries were received for the 200
metres flat race, which followed, but only
eight went to the starting post, two out
of thirteen Americans alone running. Two
trial heats resulted, in which William J.
Holland, 1 nlversity of Georgetown, and
Walter B. Tewkesbury, University of
Pennsylvania, with Pritchard of the Eng
lish team, and Rowley of New South
Wales, qualifying. The final heat gave
America her only victory of the day, and
was the occasion of a magnificent tussle
between Tewkesbury, Pritchard anf!
Rowley. All three left the mark to
gether, and dash\l up the track with Hol
land close behind. At first Pritchard led,
hut Tewkesbury quickly got abreast of
him, and the two then ran neck and
neck to the finish Tewkesbury beating
Pritchard on the tape by six inches. Row
ley was a good third. Time 22 1-5 seconds.
BELIEVES THEM .MURDERED.
Robert* Knows Chinese Too Well to
Think Otherwise.
Chicago, July 22.—John P. Roberts of
Shanghai, an American civil engineer,
who has spent thirty-eight years in China
ar.d who left Shanghai last May, passed
through Chicago to-day on his way to
New York to visit his old home.
"Knowing the Chinese as I do,” said
Mr Roberts, ‘T have little doubt but that
all the foreigners in Pekin were murdered
long ago. The government is weak and
the mob undoubtedly got the upper hand.
I know too much of what Chinese mobs
have done in the past to doubt that they
murdered the foreigners.
"An army of 40,000 regular troops is all
♦ hat is necessary to‘take Pekin,” he con
tinued. "The stories to the effect that the
Chinese have an army of 950,000 men aye
ridiculous. There are not more than. 20,-
000 drilled troops in China. The rest are
poorly organized and poorly armed. If
<hev had modern arms they would not
know how to use- them, and* they do not
constitute an effective fighting force.”
STAMPEDE TO NEW DIGGINGS.
Several C'n*itnltie* Are Reported
From the Gold Field*.
Victoria, B. C., July 22.—The steamer
Bristol has arrived from St. Michaels, af
ter a passage of nine and a half days.
The passengers report new discoveries in
Tanana. Urek creek claims are giving
from 25 to 10 cents to the pan. A stam
pede to the diggings Is expected.
On June 15 a cave-in of the bank of
the Yukon buried a boat’s crew, which is
believed to number from three to five.
Three were recoveredfbut none have been
identified.
On July 20, a boat containing five pas
sengers drifted out to sea from the mouth
of the Yukon and they are believed to
have been lost.
Four bodies cf miners, drowned from
the capsizing of boats, have been picked
up on the Yukon flats.
COL. BRYAN ATTENDED CHURCH.
r>
He May Go to Northern Nebraska on
a Short Trip.
Lincoln, Neb., July 22.—William J. Bry
an to-day followed his usual Sunday pro
gramme of attending church with his
family, occupying a pew in the First Con
gregational Church in the absence of his
pastor from the First Presbyterian. '
The remainder of the day was spent in
driving and entertaining friends and
neighbors at his city home. It is barely
possible Mr. Bryan may make a short
trip with his brother-in-law, T. S. Allen,
to the northwestern part of ihe state to
irerrow evening, returning Wednesday or
Thursday, but no decision will be reached
until to-morrow. The visit, if it is made,
will be by night train with no speeches,
and will Ijpve no political significance.
Mr. Bryan is making good progress on
his speech of acceptance.
PROMINENT MAN MURDERED.
Alex Donelaon Shot Down ly an Un
known A****ln.
Nashville, Tenn., July 22.—Near the
Confederate Soldiers’ Home at the Herm
itage last night. Alex Donelson, one of the
best known men in Davidson county, was
assassinated by some unknown person.
Donelson was en-route home!' ami was
going through a lane when lie was shot
and killed. Persons at the Soldiers’ Home
heard the shots, and going to the lane
found Donaldson’s dead body.
.Stone latter* Make Agreement.
Chicago, July 22.—After months of idle
ness thirty cut stone contractors, many
of them members of the Building Con
tractors’ Council, have entered into nn
agreement with the officers of the Stone
Cutters’ Union to resume work and to
submit all differences which may arise
to a permanent arbitration committee of
ten. The agreement takes away from the
business agents of the Stone Cutters’
Union a large part of their power.
Five Killed in a Collision.
Belfast, July 22.-In a collision last
evening outside Belfast Lough between
(be local passenger steamers Dromedary
and Alligator, five passengers were killed
and more than fifty more or less serious
ly Injured, in many cases the amputa
tion of legs being There were
600 passengers on board the two vessels
and terrible scenes followed the collision.
It is feared that some others have Deen
drowned.
Three Young Women Drowned.
Nashville, Tenn., July 22.—News reaeh
ed here from Hamburg. Hardin county,
of the drowning near there of three young
women. Misses Cora and Ruby Townsend
and Pear! Flock. They were wading in
Owl Creek, when one of them stepped
from a shelving rock into deep water.
The others responded to her cries and us
none could swim the three perished to
gether.
JUDGE R. r. TRIPPB IS DEAD.
Raid to He Ln*t Surviving; Member off
Confederate CoagrcM.
Atlanta, Ga.. July Robert
Pleasant Trippe. believed to be the last
surviving member of the Confederate Con
gress and at one time a Judge of the Su
preme Court of Georgia, died here to
night. _
llnll Gnme*.
Kansas City—Kansas City, 3; Indian
apolis. 5. „
A, Chicago— Chicago, o; ( jevelaml,
<Hxieen innings; called on account of
! darkness.
At Detroit—Detroit, 6; Minneapolis, 4
•At Milwaukee—Milwaukee, 6; Buffalo, 7.
THE MQKNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 23. 1900.
OUR TRANSPORT SERVICE.
KOHEIIiN GOVERNMENTS MOW GUT
TING POINTS FROM IS.
Our Trnn.pnrt Flret Now Nural.fr,
Twenty-live and Some off the Ship*
Are the Must Complete off Their
Class in the World—\A hy Perry
Heath Succeeded Gen. Dick.
Washington, July 22.—50 efficient has
become the transport service of the United
States government that England, Ger
many, Russia, France and Japan have of
ficially applied to the war department for
the plans upon which our transport sys
tem is based. It ‘will be recalled that
during the early stages of the Spanish
War. the army transport system was se
verely criticised for its inefficiency and
general lack of system. The experience
obtained by the war department during
that war proved a great benefit to our
army and navy, and to-day all the great
nations of Europe recognize that the
United States has the best and strongest
transport system in existence, and the
European Powers above mentioned con
template adopting our system as far as
practicable.
Gen. Ludington, quartermaster general
of the army, who is directly in charge of
this system, discusses the subject with
great pride and points to the fact that
within the past two years-, astonishing
progress has been made in organizing and
bringing the transport service up to its
present high standard. He admits that
at the outbreak of the Spanish War, the
present generation of United States army
officers had but little, if any. practical
experience in connection with a large and
well-equipped transport service. There
had been previously no occasion for the
establishment of such a service and nat
urally under heavy pressure and exci.e
ment, coupled with a lack of experience
on the subject, some mistakes were un
avoidable. Now the government has un
der its control a fleet of from
twenty to twenty-five modern trans
ports, fitted up with all modern
conveniences for the transportation of
troop® including ample quarters for the
men, the best facilities for taking care
of the sick and wounded, and every rea
sonable provision for food and other sup
plies required in a long journey at sea.
Those transports are all named for gen
erals in the army who have won dis
tinction. The four largest transports,
with a carrying capacity each of from
seventeen hundred to two thousand men
are named for Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
and Meade. The other ships have a ca
pacity of from seven hundred to eleven or
twelve hundred men and they are named
in the same manner.
The trasport system is under the direct
supervision of the War Department, and
its work has been so thorough and so sat
isfactory as to command the admiration
of the civilized world all of which is in
evidence of the.progressive and adaptable
nature of American institutions.
Hanna lla* Them Guessing?.
That part of Washington which Us in
terested in Republican politics has not
yet been able to discover what is the sig
nificance of Chairmaq Hanna's switch
from Gen. Charles Dick to First Assis
tant Postmaster General Heath for the
Secretaryship of the National Committee.
‘‘Before the change was made it was sug
gested that the relations between the two
Ohians were of the closest and most cor
dial character, but the intimation is very
strong that the Congressman from the
Garfield, JYade and Giddlngs District has
lost favor with the Chairman of the Na
tloal Committee and that hereafter he will
be a going and not a coming man in Ohio
as well as National politics. Dick and
Heath have been great rivals for
Ihe favor of President McKinley and
Chairman Hanna and apparently the first
assistant postmaster general has won a
complete victory over the Imperturbable
Dick. The friends of the former Secre
tary of the National Committee are at
tributing hie loss of the secretaryship to
his selection to run the campign in Ohio,
but it is notorious here that, but for his
hope of restoration to favor. Dick would
absolutely refuse to have anything to do
to assist the President in his campaign
for re-election. Dick’s downfall is said
by some to be due to the fact that ever
since be has been Secretary of the Com
mittee, the law firm of which he is a
member has been doing a thriving busi
ness here in Washington, making a
specialty of contests for the House of
Representatives or before the National
Committee. Prior to the Philadelphia
Convention there was a scramble
among contestants and contestces to have
the members of General Dick’s firm ar
gue their casese before the National Com
mittee. Protests, it Is said, were made
to President McKinley and upon his per
sonal insistence the change in the secre
taryship was decided upon.
VANCOUVER A SUPPLY POINT.
England Will Sll| Stuff FronA There
to the Orient.
Vancouver, B. C.. July 22.—A special
from Ottawa says the Dominion govern
ment has received a cable from the war
office in London stating that Vancouver
is to be made a supply point for British
troops in China. Ammunition will be ship
ped from the arsenals in England, but all
available rations are to be purchased ♦'
Vancouver. The Dominion government
has been asked to make arrangements
as soon as possible for the transportation
from Halifax to Vancouver of a large
number of troops and munitions of war
destined for the Orient, but the precise
number of troops to be sent through is not
stated.
Telegraph on the Y ukon.
Seattle, Wash., July 22.—The steamer
Excelsior arrived to-day from Copper
river and Cook Inlet. She sailed from
Tyoonook, Cook Inlet, July 16, and Port
Valdes. At Port Valdea she landed Lieut.
Burnell, U. S. A., who Is to superintend
the construction of the military telegraph
line which the government is building
from ?ort Valdes to Eagle Clry, on the
American Yukon.
A Coni Miner Killed.
Decatur, 111.. July 22 John Eden, a coal
miner, was shot and killed by his broth
er-ln-law Edward Martin to-day at Nian
tic. Eden was drunk and was abusing his
family. Mart'n attempted to quiet him
and the quarrel which resulted in E len’s
and atb followed. Mar In gave hlmelf up.
Found n Suicide'* Body.
Detroit, Mich.. July 2\—Two b.ys to
day found the body of Francis M. Coles,
of Cblumbus, 0., In a vacant lot on Wood
ward avenue, with a bullet fired by him
self in his head.
—The Fr ncess Sophie Bamba Dhuleep
Singh, only daughter of ih° late Mahara
jah of I aho e, i< in New Ycrk, en e
fr- m India to England. She Is ac rompati
led only by a m id. ’lhe Pri -cess was ed
ucated in Etgatd and has lived for sev
eral years there. Fh<* i< a sister of Prince
Dhuleep Sirgh, whose marriage to Lady
Anne Coventry, thlid daughter of the
Earl of Coventry, in January. 1898. was
marked by considerable opposition on the
part of Lady Anne’s father, which was
mainly overcome by the Intervention of
thA Prince of Wales. The Princes* Boph‘e
is a young woman about 26 y ars old, tall
and t lender
I —Dr. George K. Morrison, the Pekin
correspond nt of the London Time<, has
lived In the C lestlal City for nearly thte
years In 1862, when only 20 v*ar old,
I he crossed Australia on foot,
THE t NBRIRAKI.E JAPANESE.
A Secret Service Agent'* Experience*
Slio*v Tliem to Be Rejom! Corrup
tion.
From the London Mail.
I am In the Russian Secret Service in
Japan.
Do not expect from me. however, a
deflate pronouncement on the question of
whether there is shortly to be u war be
tween Russia and Japan, for, to be frank.
I know nothing of the relations that ex
ist between the cabinets of Tokio and St.
Petersburg.
I never in all my experience found my
self in a country where there was eo lit
tle chance for exercising my profession
as in Japan. In all other places Vrhere
1 have resided it was comparatively easy
for us to get secrets from corrupt gov
ernment officials—very seldom, however,
of high rank—or * through Russian
spooking the language of the country per
fectly, and seeming in all respects like
natives.
For the former method China is un
doubtedly the best country in the world,
and even a newspaper correspondent can
sometimes obtain valuable Information by
the judicious use of money.
For the latter method England is best,
containing, gs it does, such a large pro
portion of foreigners, and being £o unsus
plcous.
In Japan, however, it Is practically im
possible to buy the officials, on c omit
of their contempt for the foreigner—a rel
ic of pre-Rrsto atic-n days—and their in
tense devotion to their country, and it
is equally impossible, of course, sor any
one not a Japanese to pass himself off as
such.
The practical incorruptibility of the of
ficial# is certainly wonderful, considering
how very wretchedly they are paid. Tfie
O’ ly way, in fact, to set informali n of a
Japanese military or naval authority is to
get hold of him when he is living—as he
often is—far beyond his means in some
European capital, where a paternal gov
ernment has sent him to study—say, the
art of fortification—to lead him deeper
into difficulties, o fleece him. and then to
threaten him with exposure and dishon
or. or to dangle b fore his eyes the gol
den bait. Even then, however, it is tun,
to one that he* commits suicide sooner
than betray his trust. 1 know at Fast
two prominent military men who were
caught in this way, but who were not
able, after all. to give any very valuable
information Their Russian captors al-
Icwed them to return h r me on Go under,
s anding that if they did not send them,
within a certain time, tlie plans of an im
portant battery they would be exposed.
Both men were dead before the time
came.
But on other occasions the Russians
have been more successful, and they now
possess almost all the Japanee mill-ary
secrets worth knowing.
Coming to my own experience®. I ob
tained a position in Japan, which did not
interfere with my real work, and were
there some years ago with a number of
Introductions from Japanese abroad to
Japanese at home. I am worry to sav
that these introductions did me no good
whatever, and I strongly suspect that the
Oriental hands which wrote them sent at
the same time epistles of a very different
tenor by post. In other words, the per
sons I was introduced to were warned
against me. This suspicion made me keep
quiet for several months, and earn a name
for myself as a more or less harmless lu
natic, with a hobby for Japanese art. This
ceriainly gave me a good start, but when
I began to look around me to see how the
land lay T found that the secrets of the
Island empire were guarded like am ogre’s
gold. In the first place, the people are
one* and all the most suspicious and the
readiest to impute bad intentions that ever
I have met. 1 resided for some time near
a fortifieel post, and every policeman I
passed bored holes in me w r ith his eyes.
1 struck up an acquaintance at one. time
w’ieh an old military man. who was al
most crazy on the subject of old china, but
for some reason or other he dropped me.
I think It w*a* because, relying on my inti
macy with hkn, I had wandered just by
accident into the vicinity of nn important
battery. I fell into hands of the ma
rines. however, and they persisted in
keeping me a prisoner until a naval offi
cer to whom they telephoned had come
from his po?t three miles away. I was
explaining to the officer's satisfaction, I
hope, how' I came to he there, when I
suddenly heard a sharp click in the thick
underwood close by.
1 got off scot free, however, as I ha ripen
ed to have had no incriminating sketches.
I w r as very' near obtaining some valuable
plan* from an employe of the war office,
however—all owing to his tremendous van
ity. I had little difficulty in getting him
to promise after a while to snow the plans,
but a good deal to keep him to his prom
ise.
At length he brought me into the plane
where the document lay, and while he w.is
going through various files of parchment
I strolled leisurely across the room to ex
amine n number of photographs hung on
the wall. They were all snapshot* of for
eigners taken in the most natural manner
possible. The first represented a tall, full
bearded man paying hi* kuruma at the
step* of the Grand Hotel. Yokohama. The
second w r as undoubtedly that of Herr
one. of our agents, who had been several
years In Japan. How strange that th .v
should have hung his photograph there!
And then a sddden terror seized me, and I
swept my eye down the long line of pic
tures. The last one was my own.
It represented me standing near Ihe bat
tery. explaining how T got there to the af
fable Japanese officer, and must have been
taken by a photographer hidden in the
underwood. A* I was gazing on it as if
fascinated, the young officer stepped to
ward me with the plan in his hand; but
a a soon as I turned hi 9 quick eye noticed
the change in my appearance, and in a
second he had grasped all. It looked as
if it would be rtrurder at first, for a Japa
nese is awful when angry; but. drawing
my revolver, and keeping a safe distance —
for my opponent had only a sword—l
pointed out to my dear friend the suspic
ions that w'ould be thrown on him even If
he killed me. and I am glad to say that lie
listened to reason, and allowed me to de
part unharmed.
Amulet*.
From the London Mall.
It is Ihe desire of every Chinaman’s
heart to possess a pair of magic bracelets.
Arm rings or bracelets are thought a greit
deal of in the Celestial empire, the cus
tom of wearing them having been handed
down from time immemorial. Usually
roafle of Jade stone, the Chinese arm ring
of to-day is one of invariable shape. It
looks like a large martingale.
The Chinese word for Jade is ngook-seu.
and for Jade arm ring or bracelet. ngOvik
ak. The custom in China is to place the
bracelet on a young man * arm Just Hi
fore the hand stops growing. A tight fit
Is usually secured, and once placed the
amulet arm ring is worn throughout life.
At death, if the bracelet has proved a
lucky one, and If there Is a son whom it
will fit, the bon*** in the old man’s hand
arc broken and the bracelet removed.
Many are the marvelous tales told by the
Chinese of the wonderful qualities the.-e
amulet* possess. TJiere is a tradition that
a certain Chinese Emperor, who was
stricken will paralysis, wore upon hi*
forearm a magic bracelet, which kept life
In that member for many months, and
allowed him to make known his desires
and decrees by writing. At last when
death claimed the Emperor something
even more wonrboful took place. Dead
three days and lying in state, hi* body
wa* being viewed by the priests. The ad
visability of removing the bracelet was,
being considered, w hen the hand Van lift
ed up and gave a slgrwd which they In
terpreted to mean the bracelet should go
with Its owner to the tomb.
Among other wonderful properties a
good amulet is said to act a6 a fairly re
liable barometer.
CAT AND DOG DIFFERENTIATED.
The I n*ettlect ( ontroversy n* to
Which I* the Superior %nlnial.
From the London Spectator.
It is time that the controversy concern
ing the superiority of cat or doj should
be discussed on some more general ground
then that of British feeling or human
egotism. The case is prejudiced, if we
are to weigh the cat’s merit* on practical
grounds, for the cat is essentially dra
matic; or, if we are to estimate her char
acter from the western point of view, for
the cat is an Oriental; or, finally, if *we
are to consider the moral qualities of the
cat solely In relation to the desires of
the human being. In all such cases the
vulgar estimate of the cat would be the
true one; and, according to the vulgar es
timate, the cat is a domestic, comfortable
animal, usually found ufled up like an
ammonite, essentially selfish, essentially
cruel, and. apart from these two draw
backs, essentially feminine. "The cat is
selfish and the dog is faithful.” This
sums up the judgment founded on wilful
denseness and gross egotism. In respect
to what is the dog faithful and the cat
sr.fifh? The judgment rests on this—that
the human being is a very little portion
of the cat’s world, but Is the all-absorbing
object of the dog. Here, plainly, Greek
meets Greek; and we had better let the
accusation of egotism alone.
It is commonly said that cats are de
voted to places, and not to persons. We
have never found this true; but. if it if*
the case, it not improbably results front
the fact that many people arc devoted to
kittens, and net to cats. Then the cat’s
devotion is transferred to the scene of
her romances, the corners where she has
lain in ambush, the place where she has
secretly viewed the movements of her foe
or of her prey, the place where she has
experienced the surprising fend absorbing
Joys of her kittens. The truth is that the
scope of a cat’s emotion and experiences
too nearly resembles our own. We prefer
the devotee. It i {hue this general scope
pf life that chiefly differcs between dif
ferent taces of animals. The moral qual
ities differ from individual to Individual.
The dog s conscience takes a somewhat
higher rank titan the cat’s, for the chlff
part of his moral code he accepts a* a law
given by a higher being. He shows a de
sire for moral approbation when he has
behaved well; he is depressed by moral
disapprobation quite apart from the fear
of the whip. But a rat defies the external
code of it dare, and covets admiration
rather than moral approbation.
Esthetic, sensitiveness seems more de
veloped In the cat than in the dog. The
keenness of a dog’s intelligence, combined
with the inferiority of nature that lies be
hind it, makes the employment of the
senses almosi entirely utilitarian. Among
esthetic sensibilities ths enjoyment of mu
sic is the keenest and most common, and
the perceptioti of color perhaps the rarest.
Neither the cat nor the dog can compare
of course in musical susceptibility with
the parrot, who is shaken by storms of
emotion; but we have known a cat show
very marked pleasure in a whistled tting.
It is common to find dogs who "sing" fol
lowing. to some rough extent, high or low
notes of music; but one doubts if such
imitation is conscious, or based at all on
enjoyment. The dog appears depressed,
with lowered head and tail, or uncomfort
ably excited, and a kind of thrill precedes
the sounds. On the other hand, both
cats and dogs appears to be unconscious
of the sounds* they utter until experience
or definite teaching has shown them the
result. Facts seem 10 point to the conclu
sion that the voice is not purposely pro
duced; and, that though sounds may give
warning or guidance to other animals, the
utterance is dependent on physical im
pulse. When the Impulse is imitative, it
may depend ultimately on such sensation
as is felt by some people in Ihe throat
when a Bourdon stop is on the organ, and
by most people when, they hear, for in
stance, the cheering of a large crowd. If
this i.s so, we are on the wrong tack in
comparing the sounds of animals, varied
and specified though they are, to lan
guage, and should rather compare them
to weeping and laughter, which provoke
an imitative response, or even to the
sounds of a man who has early become
dumb through deafness. For In such cashes
It is not purpose, but efficient cause, that
must be the subject of inquiry.
With regard to color, both cats and dogs
appear to have little esthetic perception.
We have heard of a dog appearing to pre
fer scarlet to blue, but it is difficult to
eliminate the effect of association in deal
ing with n single instance. Cats, however,
seem to show a doflnte esthetic percep
tion of texture—esthetic, for it is not or
dinary bodily comfort which rules. They
may like to slop on velvet, but they revel,
waking, in the feeling of crackling psi>er
or texture of stiff silks. And there i* a
well-authenticated story of a cat which
go*** into the garden to lick the under
sides of foxglove leaves, and cannot be
kept from trying with his tongue the tex
ture of flannelette. But the keenest es
thetic pleasure for a cat lies in the region
of emell. The dog uses smell merely as
a medium of information, bill the eat rev
els in it. She will linger near a tree
trunk, smelling each separate aromatic
leaf for the pure pleasure of it, not, like
ft dog. to trace friend, foe or prey. If the
window' of a close room Is opened, the cat
leans out, smellink the air. New dresses
are smelt-, partly perhaps for future rec
ognition, but also apparently for pleas
ure. A strong smell, above all a spirit
uous emeii, is not only disagreeable, but
absolutely painful. Lavender water mav
please a tiger, but it will put a cat to
flight.
This apaprent power of esthetic enjoy
ment in the cast is counterbalanced in the
dog by a quality we are wont to rank
highly, yet not without a haunting mis
giving. The dog has a rudimentary sense
of humor. It is the commonest thing in
the world to see a petted dog try to
laugh off a scolding. If he Is encouraged,
if his fooling is successful, he will repeal it
again and again with growing <*xaggera
tion, will roll with wide mouth and ab
surd contortions or fly at one’s face to
lick it. On the other hand, he will rec
ognize that teasing i.s a humorous* proceed
ing, and, when he begins to get bored,
will try to stop It humorously.
Now the cat Is solemnity incarnate. To
punish it is to cause instant offense, to
tease it is to outrage its dignity. The bet
ter bred a eat is, the more easily is it of
fended. But the "sense of the ridiculous”
is. after all, a gross quality; and the hu
mor of one age seems vulgarity to the
next. A cat is never vulgar. The old Kgyp
tionaa said that a cat reasoned like n
man, and the root of the matter i.s there.
In the dog there Is a quicker intelligence,
a greater adaptability, and omre facility
in planning. But a dog cannot, us a cat,
onn, determine its own end and purpose,
and lice its own life. He I*. afior all, the
kinsman of Brer Fox; but the cat is a
scion of royalty.
—Thp Rajah of lvapurthalu, the Sikh
cl lef who Is atjout to revisit London, Ih
very popular with Englishmen. He Is an
athlete and a warrior, and his territory
in the Punjab brings him IIOOGO a year.
His house stood true to Ihe Quern during
the mutiny.
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THE FORBIDDEN LAND.
Tlie l>nl Inina Decree* ItclicHnun
Liberty in Tibet and Throw* Open
Hi* 4 nunlrj .
Ex-Attache, in Pittsburg Dispatch.
At a moment when all China is in the
throes of an insurrectionary movement,
which is principally directed against the
foreignewr-and which has for its avowed
object the exclusion of the white races
from Chinese territory, there comes from
the Roman Catholic Bishop Btet. Vicar
Apostolic of Ttbetl the news that the
Grand Lama has issued nn edict pro
claiming religious liberty in thci "Forbid
den Land” and 4hat he has repealed the
strict laws prescribing death to any white
man who entered his dominions without
permission or who attempted to engage
in missionary wogk.
That this totally unexpected of
intelligence should arrive at ihis precise
Juncture will appear less astonishing
when it is explained that Tibet, although
nominally a vassal of China, has always
maintained a specie* of more or less open
resistance to the wishes of the Tekln
government so much so that it was suffi
cient for the Chinese authorities to de
sire a thing in order to insure the Grand
Lama doing precisely the contrary.
Hence it is in keeping with 4he past his
tory of the "Forbidden Land” thar a*
soon ns ever the Tibetans learned that
the Chinese had resolved to drive the
foreigners out of Chinn 4hnt they them
selves should at once decide to throw
their doors wide open to the strangers.
All Dread the White Alan.
Exclusion of Ihe white race is the
natural instinct of all duskv-hued na
tion*. alike in Asia and In Africa. China,
Japan, Korea, the numerous independent
states of Central Asia, as well as Arabia.
Morocco. Tunis. Abyssinia, were all closed
to the foreigners in the early part of the
present century, and whereas to-day a
man can travel from one end of Afi i a to
the other without firing ti shot In self-de
fense. it was impossible one hundred
years ago to venture Into the interior of
the Dark Continent without courting cer
tain death at ihe hand* of the natives,
who were firmly resolved to keep the
stranger from setting foot on their terri
tory.
Little hy little the barriers thus raise 1
against the white races have been re
moved, and one by one every country has
abandoned its policy of exclusion. Since
the Emperor of Korea some fifteen years
ago opened his ports to foreign commerce
and sanctioned intercourse between his
people and the outer world. Tibet has been
to nil Intents and purposes, the only land
of the universe that kept It* doors closed.
It is therefore a subject for congratula
tion that Ihe closing year of the century
which has witnessed the throwing open
to Western civilization of wo jminy Asi
atic and African countries should have
been signalized by the removal of the
barriers of the last remaining nation that
hail preserved its roll "undeflled” by the
presence of the “foreign devils.”
Another Gateway to Dhlnn.
Inasmuch as the ln*urrwtion is spread
ing throughout the VV* stein and Southern
portions of the Empire, where foreigners
and native converts are being tortured
and massacred in every direction, the es
tablishment of friendly relations between
the Grand Lama c;f Tibet and the foreign
Powers will prove of Inestimable value
to the latter. For tfie "Forbidden Land,’’
I* s’e and of formh g as hitherto nn Impene
trable barrier against access to China
from British India, and fr< m the Russian
possessions in C ntral Asa. will on the
con tray serve a a means off Invadirt* the
Empire from a point which the Chinese
have alwa\s regarded as absolutely se
cure against all foreign attack.
■lndeed, one may be tempted to believe
that Ihe Grand Lama has h en prompted
in establish friendly relations with the
great Powers by some Idea of forming
an offensive and defensive alliance with
them against China. For the Tibetans
have from time immemorial hated the
Chinese even more bitterly than the
white races, have tolerated the presence
of Chinese trad erg only und r certain
stringent restrictions, and are naturally
at ihe pres nt moment alarmed lest th**
upheaval which Is taking place in China
should result in an armed irruption of the
insurgent hordes across the Tibrtan fron
ier, ovei who ming th<m by force of num
lers and drsLoy ng their cherished inde
p ndcnce.
Called uron to choose between the peril
rf a Chinese invasion on the one hand
and the abandonment of the traditional
policy of exclusion on the other. the
Grand Lama, who is menially and physi
cally a strong man, has selected the lat
ter alternative and may be said to have
thrown in his lot with clvlllzatl n In lieu
of with barbarism.
The .Huered City.
So little is known about Tibet, the only
three white men who have ever penetrated
the metropolitan province of Lhassa,
namely, the Englishman Manning, in 1811,
and the French mi*aionarle* Hue and
Gabet, In 1844, having been seized and de
ported as soon as discovered, that a few
brief notes respecting this mysterious la ml
may he of timely interest. True, there
are a few Protestant ond Roman Catholic
missions in Tibet, as Is indicated by the
presence of a Vicar Apostolic of the Pope
on Tiber soil. But these mission* are es
tablished in those portions of Tibet that
are near the northern and southern fron
tier* beyond the immediate power of the
Grand Iximo and remote from the seat of
the Tibetan government at Lhassu. In the
same way Mr. Rockhil), now Assistant
Secretary of Stale at Washington, the
Russian explorer Prjfval*ky. Prince Henri
of Orleans and his companion, M. Bonva
lot, who have penetrated Tibet from the
north, from the south and from the east,
have each one of them been obliged to
confine their exploration* to the outer
fringe, If I may be permitted to use the
expression, of the "Forbidden Land,” and
were driven back as soon as ever they
turned their steps In the direction of the
sacred city of Lhossa.
In fact, the only definite information
which the outer world possesses of Ihe
“Forbidden LaiiV’ ha* been obtn r,l by the
P.rltlsh Indian government, which has em
ployed carefully trained native agents nnfl
official* to map out #>nd describe countries
inaccessible and closed to white explor
ers.
Dr II nHr Information.
One of the most successful of these na
tive agent* i* a man named Sara! 4'hnn
dra Das, a member of the Educational
Department, at Calcutta, who, thanks to
hi* knowledge of he Tibetan language
and tq his friendship with one of the
Lamas, whom he met at some Bud
dhist shrine In Northern India, was able
not Wdy to enter the metropolitan prov
ince of Lhassa, l>ut even to penetrate the
fUely City itself, and to pay, hia respects
to the Grand Lama, or ruler of Tibet.
Chandra Das in hts official report to the
Indian government at Calcutta, and
which is contained among the state rec
ords of the latter, gives a wonderfully
picturesque description of the ap
proaches to Lhassa, whlob, he declares.
Is at least sixty miles distant from the lat
itude and longitude assigned to it on the
standard maps and chart*. It stands in
a level plain surrounded on all sides by
a lofty and Inaccessible range of moun
tains, the four defiles through which cou
stiuiling the only approaches to tne city
are strongly defended by tarts*
The city is described as encircled witb
a girdle of foliage formed by .century-old
trees, from the midst of which arises the
lofty white houses terminating in flac
roofs surrounded by turret*, the numer
ous temples with (heir gilt canopies, and
the Pcxala, crowned by the magnificent
palace of the Grand Lama, and all unit
ing to constitute a majestic and impos
ing spectacle. The Potala or palace of
the Grand Lama is situated on a rocky
eminence, rising like an fcdnnd from tho
Plain, and it is on the lofty terrace oi\
the palace that the Grand Lama, gave
audience to Chandra Das, who thus de
scribes the event:
Tlie lira ml l.nma.
"The great altar, resembling an Orien
tal and supported by lion* carved
in wood, on which His Holiness, h child of
eight, sat. was covered with silk scarfs of
great value. A yellow klnkoh of mitrs
hat crowned the Grand Lama * head and
a yellow' mantle Ids shoulders, and ho
sat eross-lev'ged, with the palm* of his
hands Joined together to b’ess us. In my
turn I received His Holiness’ benediction
and surveyed his divine fore. The
princely child possessed a really bright
and fair complexion with rosy cheeks. His
eye* were large and penetrating. Th*s
cut of his face was remarkably Aryan,
though somewhat marred by the obllquo
•yes. The thinness of his person wot
probably owing 10 the fatigues of the
ceremonies of his court and the ascet'o
observances since taking the vows of
monkhood. I pitied his exalted position,
for who know* that he will not be forced
to undergo another transmigration before
reaching his twentieth year?”
The Grand Lama’s supremacy, both
spiritual and temporal, I* acknowledged
all over Tibet, his position being not
unlike that of the Pope in the Middle
Age*. He Is believed to be Buddha’s
Vicereeejw incarnate on earth to uphold
Buddhism and to protect Tibet, and !*
supposed never to die, though at time*
being displeased with the sense of mor
tals he retires to the so-called Gah-Dan,
the Mansion of Joy. o reappear In the
person of the new' Grnnfl Lama.
His prime minister and principal execu
tive officer hears he title of Desi. and 1*
is the Deisl who, like the Grand Vizier in
Mohammedan countries, usually exercise®
the powers tof regency during the minor
ity of the Grand Lama.
Whom the l.nnin Govern*.
The Dal Umn’B government extend®
over a |x>pulation of about 6,000,000. includ
ing the Inmates of tl# great monasteries,
20.000 mo*kH alone occupying the build
ings* around hi* palace at Lhasna. His
standing army does not exceed 6,000 troops,
armed with long matchlocks of <?hlnes
make, bows and arrows, long knives and
spears.
But ft I* estimated that if call to arm®
were made the Grand Lama could easily
music r a force of 800,000 hardy fighting
men. highlanders all of them, and fear
lo*s not only by nature, but likewise in
the belief of the divine attribute* of the
Dai Lama and the conviction that death
while fighting in his behalf insures blls®
in the world hereafter. Armed European
fuFhion. led hy white officers and, Imbued
with the fiercest kind of hatred for the
Chinese, they would prove invaluable al
lies to the great Powers In the event of
any necessity of attacking China fr*<in
what is now its most vulnerable point,
namely, f*nm the southeast. The country
abounds In ponies*, mules, donkeys. nnJ
yaks, which could he easily utilized .for
transport services, while in every part off
the country there are flock® of sheep and
goats, which would constitute invaluable
supplies lor the commissariat service of
any huropran force Invading China via
Tibet.
It would take too long to attempt to
giv* within the limits of a mere newspaper
article any more extended description cf
the "Forbidden Lind.’’ The above notei,
however, will enable the readers of the
Dispatch to form an Idea of the Import
ance of the nw's off the owning up of Ti
bet and the effect which It is likely to ex
ercise upon Ihe present embroglio in Chi
na.
FAT MEN OF THE OLDEN TIME.
AA lint They Dflcl to lleduce Weight
Altont A. D. 200.
From the London Globe.
We know from ancient history that som®
of the greatest men of the old world wer®
f4, but it Is news to hear that they wer®
troubled In their minds on that account.
Banting is generally supposed to be an in
vention of the present century, but that
this Ih not the case is shown by the treat
ment by Galen on the foods best adapted
for preventing or reducing obesity, which
has now been edited for the first time
in the original Greek by a German
acholor.
From an Interesting account supplied
by a. wrker In the Lancet, we learn that
the treatise In question, which was wrlt
icn somewhere in rhe second century, A.
D., was discovered in 1840 and purchased
by the Blhliotheque Nationale. The man
uscript was frequently referred to by an
cient authors, and there seems no reason
to douha that It is really the work of th®
famous physician. Be Thai as it may, it
is noteworthy that the treatise is a scien
tific anticipation of the Banting system
which became popular about the middle
of this century. Galen deprecates the use
of drugs and says that the proper way
to reduce fat Is by dieting. He recom
mends eating let ks, onions, mustard and
nasturtiums among green herbs and
fishes which haunt rocks and birds fre
quenting mountains, saying that aquatic
birds are fat producers. One of his meet
curious hints Is that vinegar or brine ar®
food for the fnt and herein he anticipate®
the "mixed pickles,” which are c<*iftld
ered on the continent to be a purely Eng
lish invention. Borne of the recommenda
tions read very comically nowadays, hut.
all of them are full of common sense, and
it seems extraordinary 4 hat so much
knowledge should be lost to the world
for so many years. There Is nothing ne-w
under the sun. not even the present craze
for a slim figure, and Galen’s treatise
shows iih that after all people 1 of 1.700
years ago were men o l like pazaiong with
ourselves.
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