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must pursue fugitives.
Continued from Firnt Pape.
call employment of large addi
tional forces, besides those which are now
in China.
Surmises as to whether the United
States, Great Britain and Japan will also
share therein or leave the burden to Rus
sia. Fiance, and. above all, to Germany,
till the papers to-day. The German gov
ernment adheres to the view that per
f, t harmony prevails among the Powers
regarding immediate action in China. A
number of the opposition papers express
dissatisfaction with the ignoring of the
Reichstag, and the whole of the Emperor’s
China policy, declaring it tar exceeds the
limits laid down by Count von Buelow,
the minister of foreign affairs, in tiis
jreular to the ruling princes of Ger
many on July 11.
At Emperor William’s dinner to Field
Marshal Count von Waldersee last even
ing at Wilhelm shoe he, the China situation
in its various bearings was thoroughly
discussed, between His Majesty and Count
von Waldersee, Prince Muenster-Duenen
burg. Dr. Lucanus, the Chief of the Em
peror's civil cabinet. Admiral Diederiche
and Colonial Chief Steubel participated.
Herr von Brandt, a former minister fo
China, in the missionary organ Christ
liche Welt, puts the largest amount of
blame for the Chinese outbreak on the
missionaries, citing a mass of evidence
in support of his assertions. He soys:
“Two-third® of the work of the legations
and consulates in China had been occa
sioned by the complaints, demands and
claims of missionaries.”
The press to-day publish s articles on
the subject of the birthday of Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria. The Militair
Wochenblatt calls attention to the fact
that the Austrians and Germans for the
first time since 1564 fight together in
China. A majority of the papers praise
Austria as ihe “steadfast and unlmpeach
ab e ally of Germany.”
From a number of letters published in
the papers it appears that the situation
in Samoa is rather unsatisfactory. The
governor, because, it is claimed, he was
doing justice to Tanu and his party, was
severely blamed by the Mataafa party.
Ceaseless dissensions followed, though
hardly any actual hostilities occurred.
BATON FOR VON WALDERSEE.
Presentation Made by Emperor Wil
liam—\Y liut lie Said and Von
Waldersee’e Reply.
Cassel, Prussia, Aug. 18.—In the throne
room of the palace here at noon to-day,
in the presence of Field Marshal Count
von Waldersee and his staff, Emperor
William presented the Count with a field
marshal’s baton and made an appropriate
speeJh, to which Von Waldersee replied.
A dinner followed, and His Majesty toast
ed the Austrian Emperor.
The Emperor began his speech by con
gratulating the officers upon having been
chosen as the staff to co-operate in the
campaign in China under the leadership
end direction of “our tried and trusted
field marshal.” His Majesty continued:
“My Dear von Waldersee: I congratu
late you that I am to-day again able to
greet you as the head of the united
troops of the civilized world. It is of
great significance that your appointment
from the outset secured the support and
approval of the Emperor of all the Rus
sian, the mighty ruler, who makes his
power felt throughout the continent of
Asia. This again shows how closely unit
ed are the old traditions in the arms of
the two empires. I hail with joy
the fact that ai His Majesty’s sugges
tion the whole of the civilized world,
without distinction and spontaneously in
trusted to Your Excellency the command
of i!.< troops. As Prussian officers, we
can be gratefully filled wiih pride at the
task assigned to you, inasmuch as it ex
presses unanimous appreciation of our
military work and system and the train
ing and leadership of our general offi
cers.”
Then, presenting the baton to the field
marshal, with a few felicitous exhorta
tions expressive of hope that Count von
Waldersee might be destined to perform
the task set him, whether tedious, rapid
or sanguinary, or of whatever kind, in a
manner that all would desire, the Em
peror concluded:
“In the Interest of our people I wish our
common expedition may turn into a firm
guarantee of mutual appreciation and mu
tual peace for the European Powers, so
that what the Czar attempted last >ear
in another field and what we failed to do
in peace may now perhaps be attained
with weapons in our hands.”
Count von Waldersee, replying, said that
as long as he had strength to hold the
baton an order for a retreat should never
pass his lips.
At the dinner which followed, after
toasting Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria, the seventieth anniversary of vvnose
birth occurred to-day. Emperor William
proposed the following toast: “Health to
our noble ally and the true friend of our
land, whom we all honor from the bottom
of our hearts.”
THE ATTACK ON THE CAPITA!*.
Japanese General Wired His Gov
ernment llie Report.
Tokio, Aug. 18.—Gen. Yamaguchi wires
from Pekin, under date of Aug. 16, as fol
lows:
"The allies attacked Pekin early yester
day, opening with artillery on the east
ern side. The wall was obstinately held
by the enemy. The Japanese and Rus
sians were on the northward of the Tung
Chow canal. The Americans and British
were on the south side.
"At nightfall the Japanese blew up the
two eastern gates of the Tartar city and
entered. In the meantime the Americans
and British entered the Chinese city by
the Tung Pien gates. Detachments of
each force were sent towards the lega
tions.
The parties met near the legations and
opened communication. All the ministers
and their staffs were found safe. The
Japanese loss was over 100 killed, includ
ing three officers. The losses of the al
lies have not been ascertained. Four hun
dred Chinese were killed.”
CAPTIHKD HAI CHENG.
The ( hine.r I.ost 400 of Their Men
anil Pour Gun*.
London, Aug. 18.—While awaiting de
tails of the taking of Pekin, the papers
here again comment on the superior offi
cial intelligence of the authorities at
Washington, the St. James Gazette say
ing: •
"The relief of the legations may now be
accepted without reservation.”
The Westminster Gazette attributes the
celerity of the American reports to the
fact that the Americans are erecting Held
wires and have a staff officer assigned
for the express purjiose of sending news.
The following dispatch has been received
B-t the Russian war office In St. Petersburg
from Gen. Alexleff:
"Port Arthur, Aug. 13.—Gen. Fleischer,
with a force of all arms, captured Hal
Cheng. Aug. 12, after three days’ light
ing The Chinese loss was PS) men and
four guns Five hundred Chlncee re
treated with eight guns."
THIS SUS THEY FOIGHT.
Allies Mel Wllh Obstinate Resist*
since From Chinese.
Shanghai. Aug. 18, 10:20 a. in.—The gen
ual attuck on Pekin began Aug. 16 in the
morning. The enemy obstinately resist
ed.
The same evening th* Japanese demol
ished the Chan Lang and Tong Chi gates
and entered (lie capital. The other armies
entered by the Tong Quien gate. They
sent detachments at once to the legations,
where the ministers were found sate.
SHANGHAI SAYS EASY.
Dispatch From There Leaves Ont the
Fight!iik Phase.
London, Aug. 18.—The second edition of
the Daily Telegraph publishes a special
dispatch from Shanghai, which says:
“The allies entered Pekin unopposed
and met with a friendly reception from
Prince Ching. All the hostile elements
have already escaped from the city. The
imperial c.ur left for Shen Si cn Aug. 11,
with the Manchust The Kausu trc'ops
have gone southwest with the object of
draw ing off the alii* sand preventing them
from following up the court.”
Indiana at ihe foo.
She Arrived With n Battalion of the
Fifteenth Infantry.
Washington, Aug. 18.-The following ca
blegram was ieceived a: the war depart
ment this morning from Brig. Gen. Barry
of Gen. Chaffee’s staff:
“Ch<‘ Foo —Adjutant General. Wa'hing
ton.—Taku, Aug. 17.—Indiana transport
arrived on the 16th. All are well. Will go
to front. Pekin taken 15th. Legations
safe. Barry.”
The Indiana catried a b.tttaion of the
Fifteenth Infantry, which had trans
ferred from the Sumner at Nagasaki.
COMING TO MAKE SPEECHES.
Said That Conger Will Aid the Re
publican Candidate*.
Chicago, Aug. 18.—The Times-Herald
to-morrow will say:
“Minister Conger will be home from
China before election, if he can get here,
and will make a few speeches for Mc-
Kinley and Roosevelt. That he can get
here in time is not yet certain, but the
effort to procure his presence is being
made.
“Secretary Heath of the National Com
mittee, says he is unable to promise
speeches by Minister Conger, but he has
hopes. It is assumed that he will speak
at least once in lowa, probably at Des
Moines, his heme city.”
NEW ORLEANS ARRIVED.
Cruiser Carried American Foree to
the Port of Shanghai.
Washington, Aug. 18.—The cruiser New’
Orleans has arrived at Wu Sung, the port
of Shanghai. She has on b ard 300 men.
including forty marines. It is understood
that the British force landed to-day and
that it will he followed by French and
German landing parti s. It is not expect
ed that the Americans will land a party.
PRESBYTERIANS KILLED.
N'evrd Received by the Hoard off For
eign Mission*.
New York, Aug 18.—The Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions in this city re
ceived the following cablegiam to-day:
“Che Fco Definite new’s, via Tien Tsin.
missionaries Paoting Fu all killed.”
It was thought that the Presbyterian
m ssionari s at Paoting Fu number three,
and that altogether thtre were ten foreign
missionaries at that place.
IOWA'S CONGRATULATIONS
Wore Cabled by the Governor to
Minister Conger.
Des Moines, la., Aug. 18.—Gov. Shaw
to-night dabled Minister Conger as fol
lows: “All lowa congratulates. After
prolonged anxiety great rejoicing by
state, nation and all Christendom.
“Shaw.”
VON ROSTHORN WOUNDED.
tnstrlnn Acting Mlnislfr Wan Hurt
ty the Chinese.
Vienna, Aug. 18.—The Austrian foreign
office has received a dispatch announcing
that the Austrian acting minister at Pe
kin, Dr. Von Rosthorn, is slightly
wounded.
FRENCH Will, CAN'D.
Bine Jackets Will Follow the Ei
niiiitlc of the English.
Shanghai, Aug. 18.—In consequence of
the landing of British troops, the French
have arranged to land 150 bluejackets at
their concession.
Oootinotv Confirms Report.
Washington, Aug. 18.—A dispatch from
Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai has
been received at the stale department
confirming previous reports of the en
trance of the allied armies into Pekin,
and the safety of the legetioners.
London Ail vised.
London, Aug. 18.—Admiral Bruce tele
graphs to the admiralty: "Pekin captured
Aug. 15. Legations safe."
AWARDS ANNOUNCED.
Ceremony at the Exposition Was
lery Imposing.
Paris, Aug I.—The ceremony of officially
announcing the awards made to the ex
hibitors at the Paris exposition took place
this afternoon. It was not less magnifi
cent in is pomp than the ceremony at
tending the formal oieiing of the expo
silicn.
The announcement of the awards oc
curred in the Salle des Fetes. This hail,
which itself is one of the most beautiful
exhibits, was extravagantly decorate!,
though following the same geierai orna
meniation as on the opnlng day.
Fully 15,000 persons attended the exer
cises, which began at 3 o'clock. President
X ouhot. who was escorted by the cabinet
minister*. P esidrd. and all official Parts,
inoiudirg •I e diplomatic corps and the
for.l.n c mmlssioner , was pres-nt. A
feature which gave additional animation
to the spectacle was the entry of each
commission and its staff, including the
uniformed guards, bearing the flag of
their respective countries.
GOV. MOINT NOT SIRPHISED.
He Said He Had Expected tlie Con
viction of Powers.
Indianapolis, Ind.. Aug. 18.—Gov. Mount
said this afternoon, when told of the ver
dict In the Powers case a< Georgetown,
that he was not surprised and had ex
pected conviction. Asked as to what he
would now do If anoiher request is made
for the extradition of Charles Finley, he
refused to say detlnttely. “I will settle
those matters as they come before me,"
was his only reply.
Raised the Run ran tine,
New Orleans, Aug. 18.—The Board of
Health to-day raised the quarantine
against Tumjw. Fla.
Farmer President Dead.
Caracas, Veneiuela, Aug. 18.-Former
President Andueza Palaclo t deal
THE MORNING NEWB: SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 190(1
TRIAL OF CORDIA.
He Admitted Implication in the Kid
napping Scheme.
Pretoria, Aug. 18.—The trial of Lieut.
Cordua of the Staats Artillery, charged
with being concerned in the plot to kid
nap Gen. Lord Roberts, w*as continued to
day. The prisoner admitted his implica
tion, but declared that he was perided
to join the conspiracy by a man fiamed
Gano, who was the originator of the plot
and who professed to have been in the
British Secret Service, but wanted to as
sist the Boers.
The prosecution tried to connect Com
mandant General Botha with the affair.
Cordua admitted that at a suggestion of
Gano, he and Gano started out with the
object of visiting Botha, but were captur
ed and sent back. The evidence, though
inconclusive.*appeared to show that Cor
dua had some communication with Botha,
although Cordua denied it. Several wit
nesses testified that Cordua had been
drinking heavily of late.
THREE DAYS’ MEAT M'PPI/Y.
Short Rations Seemed to Be in Store
at .Inlinnneshnrjff.
Capetown. Aug. 18.—The United States
consul, Mr. James G. Stowe, says that
when he left Johannesburg there was only
three days’ meat supply ahead, and other
food was scant, all the transport facilities
being required to feed the army. Besides
this, the rolling stock was worn, and the
resumption of mining, therefore, is im
possible at present.
REPORT OF BOER SUCCESS.
Claimed De Wet Defeated British
Captnred 4,000.
New York, Aug. 18.—A special cable
dispatch to the Journal from Delagoa bay
says that, according to Boer reports there,
Gen. DeWet has turned on the British,
defeated them and captured 4,000 men.
Honre Lost 12 Killed.
London, Aug. 18.—Lord Roberts reports
ihat Col. Hoare. w’ho was besieged at
Elands river and has just been relieved by
Lord Kitchener, lost twelve men killed
and fifty-eight wounded, including Lieu
tenant Colonel de Lisle.
Captured Barge..
Lorenzo Marquez, Aug. 18 —The Portu
guese gunboat Ei Liberal recently discov
ered two barges loaded with war muni
tions, towed by a steam launch on the
Temper river, and captured their owners.
The destination of the barges is unknown.
A7,EL. FREEMAN HEAD.
tv ns Drowned Willie Bathing at the
Outing Club Near Macon.
Macon, Ga., Aug. 18.—Azel R. Freeman,
one of the most prominent young men of
Macon, was drowned at the Outing Club,
a popular resort for Macon society, this
afternoon at 6 o'clock.
He was swimming out to a float with
Miss Courtney Chestney, when attacked
with cramp. He sank before aid could
reach him. His body was recovered to
night at 9 o’clock from 20 feet of water by
Lieutenant Walter Clark of the police
force. The city is in gloom.
Mr. Freeman was well known in Savan
nah, where he had friends and relatives.
Mr. George C. Freeman, cashier of the
Citizens Bank of Savannah, was his un
cle.
FOl'R DEATHS AT CHICAGO.
There Were Also Fifteen Prostra
tions From Hent.
Chicago, Aug. 13.—The hot wave came
down upon Chicago again to-day and sent
the mercury up to 93 in the shade at 3
p m. There were four deaths and fif
teen prostrations. The dead are: Edward
Colson, police officer, Thomas Embrltt,
Mrs. Ida Fisher, Patrick O'Malley.
The weather bureau says the hot spell
will certainly last until Wednesday and
“perhaps longer."
A Great Forest Fire.
Encampment, Wyo„ Aug. 18.—A forest
fire near here has burned over a terri
tory eight by ten miles in extent, and
now' threatens the towns of Battle and
Ramber. Two thousand sheep belonging
to Frederick Geddes of Saratoga are dead,
and the Mexican herder is missing, and
is believed to have perished.
Stricken With Apoplexy.
Chicago. Aug. 18.—Walter Shoemaker,
former president of the Illinois Club and
held of the lumber firm of Walter Shoe
maker & Cos., was stricken with airoplexy
at the Glenview Golf Club this afternoon
and died within a few minutes. H t was
61 years old.
Left to Get linen tin.
St. Louis. Aug. 18.—Ira C. Young of the
law firm of Martin, Furlong & Young has
started for Portland, Ore., to bring to this
city Roland Quentin, arrested on a charge
of embezzling $20,000 from the Eagle Boat
Store Company of St. Louis. Quentin
had been a fugitive since last fall.
- s-
- TO GET RICH HVICK.
Attention Called to Novel Plana Pre
sented In New fork.
From the Chicago Tribune.
"It's easier fo get rich quick now than
it ever has been," said the Colonel. “Peo
ple who doubt it don't read the want col
umns of the New York papers. It makes
me fairly sick when I read of the oppor
tunities offered to the ambitious youth
of the present generation and then think
of the long years and the hard work I
put In accumulating my own modest for
• • News
tune.
"Don't talk to me about the good old
times. It's easier now to become a Young
Napoleon of France than it was then to
get a Job as errand boy il a hardware
store. Just pick up the Sunday morning
edition of any one of the big New York
papers and see for yourself.
"You remember the old-fashioned pre
scription for the making of millionaire?
First, be born upon a farm; if possible
of poor but honest parents. Work hard
all elay until 7 o'clock In the harvest
fields. Then come in, and. after pre
tending to go to bed, get up when the
rest of the family has retired, light the
etuh end of a candle, and lie on the
floor until 3 o'clock In the morning study
ing the higher mathematics. At the age
of 14 walk to New York, with a paper
collar, a square of gingerbread, and 35
cents tied up in a red handkerchief. At
tract the attention of a great merchant
by your frank and open countenance, and
get a Job to sweep out hla store at a
salary of *SO a year. Then spend most
of your time in picking up stray pins,
which might otherwise have been wast
ed, and In rolling up odd ends of string
Into neat little balls. After fifteen or
twenty yearn the great merchant will
notice these evidence* of thrift, and.
overcome, with Joy. will make you his
son-in-law. partner and heir.
"Now, observe the modem method and
note the contrast. We will take it for
granted that our young man has started
In life with or has saved 11,000. He ride*
to New York In a Pullman car and spends
a nickel for a Sunday paper Turning to
(he want column* the first thing that
meets hi* eye I" •his:
EXTRAORDINARY - IMFOOO,OOO RE
turn guaranteed responsible party back
ing new power enterprise for very small
amount. Address XYE 819. —— office.
-"There, you zee, our young man iz *l
ready able to Bit Into a poker game with
Senator Clark of Montana on equal terms.
Nor is there any speculation about the
plan. His $100,000,000 is absolutely ’guar
anteed.’ He can’t lose.
“But perhaps the youth who has gone
to New York to seek his fortune Is more
modest in his aspirations. The idea of
owning $100,000,000 may terrify him. Per
haps he would like to start In on an in
come of SI,OOO a year. The opportunity
is open for him. Two or three inches
further down the same want column is
this announcement:
DOUBLE YOUR MONEY-SoO.OnO OR
less amounts can be doubled annually,
without risk, in an honorable, legitimate
business. Apply room 3?, Broadw-ay;
best references given and required.
“There he is again, you see, drawing
his little thousand n year without par
ticle of risk, and, best of all, in a busi
ness that is perfectly ’honorable and le
gitimate.’ Y'ou notice, though, that only
young men with the best references are
allowed to take advantage of this oppor
tunity; so our friend had better bring
with him a letter from the pastor and an
other from Uncle Silas, who runs the
postoffice drug store. Nobody can ’ ’ me
these New York business men foi ing
careful about who they take in wdth them.
Otherwise they might get swindled.
“Of course, our young man, whom we
will call Reuben for short, having put his
money into this ‘honorable and legitimate
business, without risk,' will not be tempt
ed by the somewhat alluring speculative
proposition which follow’s it:
100 PER CENT. A YEAR-100 TER
cent, per annum can be made in legitimate*
Wall street operation, which will at once
commend itself to the intelligent Investor;
in strict confidence. W. F. M., Box
office.
“Talk about philanthropy. Some of the
advertisers in these New’ York ’want ad.’
columns are simply running over with
the milk of human ktndness. They know
how hard it is for an experienced young
man to get an investment which Is both
profitable and safe, and they are willing
to put themselves to no end of incon
venience in order to make things easy for
him. What, for instance, could exceed
the self-sacrifice of the humanitarian who
is responsible for the following.
TO INVESTORS. I AM NOT PARTlC
ularly in need of money, but will pay 8
per cent, for use of it any time; SI,OOO to
$13.00n for six months, a year, or longer.
“This advertiser is probably a retired
capitalist, who likes to see young men
gat along in th world and is willing to
help them. When plenty of money can
be borrowed at 4 a do per cent, it easy
to see that he Is no. a sordid money
grabber, who does everything on a purely
s Wish business basis. Plainly ho is one
of the philanthropists who have gained fo-
New York its reputation as* the- financial
center of the country. Rolling in wealth
himself, he is pained to see younger men
Using their capital in foolish Inves m nts.
By simply placing it in his hands they
will be removed from the danger of all
such temptations in the future.
“Perhaps after going along quietly for
eight or tt n years, doubling hi?- money
annually, Reuben will feel like taking a
little speculative flyer. Then if he has
sav< and the paper wh'ch put him cn the
road to riches he can take his choice of
the following attractive offers:
GREAT CHANGE—TELEGRAPH Op
erator on the inside has an opp rtunlty to
make S3O 000 in thirty days with $2,50)
cash, no chance of loss; no risk* taken.
OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFETIME—
SISO 000 wanted in gold mine: $10,000,000 in
sight; production over $7,000,000; absolute
seeuri'y.
FOR CONSERVATIVE INVESTORS-
Part interest in football patent: no tube;
fills by kicking; always stay# tight.
IN V ESTM EN T OPPORTI t NIT Y
Great< st investment opportunity r.ow be
fore the public; 60 per cent, per annum
dividend guaranteed.
“Reuben will be heard to please, indeed,
if he can find nothing in that list to suit
him. The deal, with the telegraph opera
>or might possibly involve a short term
in the penitentiary, and there is always
a possibility that even a gold mine with
$10,000,000 In sight will turn out to be salt
ed. but he ought not to ktek at the foot
ball patent, and !f he still insists on stay
ing on the safe and conservative side there
is always the last proposition, with Its
modest little 60 p r cent, dividends to fall
back on.
“But the New York philanthropists do
not etop even here. If by a miracle Reu
ben should find himself with a lot of bo
gus securities on his hands there is sti 1
no reason why he should despair. There
are rlenty of open-hand* and and klnd
hearied Gotham financiers ready and
waiting to protect him against possibility
of loss. Read this ‘want ad.’ which is
printed immediately below* the offer of
gold mine securities:
WANTED. TO PURCHASE WORTH
less bonds; highest prices; don’t lose hope.
WANTED. MAKE YOUR MONEY
save your salary; SIOO invested by my
plan earns more in 30 days than a me
chanic earns in 60.
WANTED, HAVE A BUSINESS PRO
position worth $ 0 00) and want to meet
party wdth SS,OtX) to handle and control it.
WANTED, FINANCIAL BACKER
for brilliant and beautiful young woman
in high-class business enterprise.
“I trust these f< w examples will make
It clear why New York holds its suprem
acy as the financial center of the coun
try. An ambitious youth, who is starting
out to seek his fortune, would certainly
be foolish to come to Chicago or any
other city when the philanthropists of
the metropolis are so eager to put him
In the way of making millions."
WOMEN SCOLDED FROM I*l I,PIT.
Syracuse Girls Scores! for Wearing
Diaphanous Gosvns.
From the New York World.
Syracuse. Aug. 18—The shirt-waist man
is not alone in his troubles. The summer
girl is with him. In Syracuse she is b Ing
publicly rebuked for wearing transparent
sleeves and yokes in her summer gowns,
it w as the recent prolonged het wave that
developed the fashion of building the
neck, shoulders and sleeves of wash
dresses out of the thinnest of material.
This was comfortable for the wearer, but
it made the streets and ears look like a
saturnalia of women in low-cut evening
gown®, the neck and arms showing
through the net. lsee or chiffon covering.
The Rev. William F Dougherty of St.
Vincent de Paul’* Church, noticed this,
and las) Sunday at the conclusion of his
morning sermon he administered a rebuke
to the feminine members of his congre
gation who wore the diaphanous gowns
with open-work tops and sleeves. He said
he had been surprised and shock* and at the
sight of women and g'rls, many of shorn
he knew personal y. wearing light dress
material in public as thin 4s a veil. The
custom, he said, was no doubt comforta
ble during the excessive h at, but li was
a fashion bordering on indecency and
should not be worn by any woman.
—The Prince of Wales, while abroad
this summer, will, it Is said, always go
armed as well as guarded by the usual de
tectives. Since the recent attack upon his
life the Prince has awakened to the ne
cessity of renewed precaution, and. as he
is a flrit-rnte pistol shot, an encounier
with a would-be assassin would not now
he ao one-sided as has hitherto been the
case.
—A Man ac.—"He admitted to me—" the
unlmpcai hoble witness spoke wllh an evi
dent reluctance, which made his testimony
all the more convincing—"that his 3-year
old son was no brighter thin anybody
else's kid." And then two stalwart m u
lons of the law grabbed the defendant and
held him fust, while the gray-halrcd
judge made out his commitment to the
usyitmi.—Hatiier's Bazar.
—“lt la said that Oom Paul is trying to
make terms for himself." ‘Totter on he
will make terms for the lecture bureaus
and the magazine editors."—Cleveland
l’UPn Dealer,
CZAR GREETS DR. TALMAGE.
WELCOMED DIGHK AY MINISTER
AT HIS SI MKII PALACE.
CVu versaflon With tlie Haler of All
the Russia* Touched on Inter
national Topic* Revival off a
Friendship Formed In IM>2 When
Dr. Talmngc W ent on a Mission of
Hread—He Giles an Estimate off
Russia's Ruler.
Copyright, 19<X>, tiie Christian Herald, New
York.
Excepting my interview with all the
imperial family, eight years ago, when I
came here with I)r. Klopsch of New’
York, on a mission of bread in time of
famine, this visit has been the most in
teresting of my life. My family have
been as royally received as myself. Be
fore leaving London. I was told that the
Russian Emperor wdshed to see me gain,
but I did not know’ until a few hours be
fore presentation that my wife and daugh
ters would be invited to appear at court.
This reception is a revival of the friend
ship formed in 1892, which friendship has
been strengthened by tokens of regard
and kindly communications again and
again.
I found the Emperor strong and well,
looking not a day older than w hen I met
him before.* He said:
“I was 24 when you were here the other
time; 1 am now' 32.”
The cares of empire have not put one
wrinkle on his face, although lie has
passed since I saw him from being Crown
Prince to the throne. He is five feet ten
inches in stature, is a blonde, of fair eom
jlexion, and has blue eyes. He is all ani
mation, perfectly natural and without any
assumption of manner. Kindness and
good cheer nre dominant in his make-up.
He is personally at peace with all the
world, notwithstanding that the Chinese,
have declared war against Russia, and
this country is always ready to defend
itself.
The Emperor is the impersonation of
the principles adopted at his suggestion
at The Hague. He by no means consid
ers his movement at that time a failure,
but thinks, ns most of us do, that the
good results of that convention will yet
be felt. He said to me:
* “Mow many imponai t things have hap
pened since we met! My father, whom
you saw on the tlit one, is gone. My moth
er has passed through thn a great sor
row’s since you were here; the loss of my
father, the loss of my brother, and din
ing the last year the los-s of her mother,
the Queen of Denmark. But she endures
all, and is well, apd wished to see you,
but in her own palace. Since w e last m *t,
he Spanish-American war has occurred!”
He laughed heartily at the "fact, that in
one battle the only loss of life was that
of a mule.
When I remarked that our war with
Sjvain had raised anew crop of heroes,
lie replied: “Yes!” And then h* easily call
ed over the names < ff some of those, who,
on s a and land, distinguished themselves
in that conflict.
Speaking of the ship-load of broadsc tiffs,
sent on the steamship Lfo by the Chris
tian Herald for the alleviation of the fam
ine in Russia, in 1892, he said:
“How kind that was in you Americans
to send that help at a time when many
of my poor countrymen so sorely needed
it. It was a gteit mc-r.y enl we. can
never forßet it.”
When I referred to the cordiality be
tween our nations, and the fact that I
had talked with his father about the in
terest that Russia had taken In Ameri
can affairs during our Civil War, he
said:
“Oh. yes; my father told mo all about
our Russian fleets in tlie harbors of Nt w*
York and San Francisco, to keep off your
for< ign enemies.”
The Emperor expressed much interest
in our coming presidential election, but
for which candidate he indicated a pref
erence, I do not say. It would not be
courteous to answer all the questions that
have showered upon me from America
and Europe concerning this interview. Ho
remembered the royal present sent by
himself and the one by his father through
Count Oantaeuzene, the Russian Minis
ter at Washington, who telegraphed me
to Brooklyn that he had a presentation
to make mo from his Emperor, but it must
be on Russian soil. and so I was to ap
pear, and did appear on a Russian war
ship in Philadelphia harbor to receive
the gift. t • *4*
Everything promises for the present
Emperor a long and happy reign, for he
is admired of all classes, and is of a tem
perament that will not take on the wor
ries of responsible place. After we had
expressed each for the other all gQSd
wishes I retired, feeling that I had been
in the presence of a splendid man, and
one who, by nature and education was
well-fitted to reign over a vast empire.
At the close of this interview, we were
conducted by officers of the court Info
the room of the Empress. She talked with
the ladles of my family as she would
with sistere. She is very beautiful; her
cheeks are aglow with health, and she
has suavity in every posture and word.
She is taller than the Emperor. She ex
presses her opinion without reserve. Ev
idently this royal marriage was a love
mutch, and not a marital alliance for po
litical and international ends. The Em
press has three daughters, but no son.
We heard their frolic and laughter in
other rooms. The land that had an Em
press Catherine the first, and an Empress
Catherine the second, can never have an
other Empress, for the law now demands
that a men and not a woman must gov
ern Russia. Hence, with great interest
this nation watches the imperial cradle.
If there be no sou in this family, then
Michael, the brother of the present Em
peror will Inherit the throne.
When the present Empress was being In
structed by a priest in regard to the ie
llgion of th ar Greek Church, which sh*
was expected to adopt, she got tired of nls
instructions one day, and told the priest
that she knew a much about the religion
of the Greek Church as he did. Under
this affront, the priest retired, declaring
that she would have seven daughters, nut
never a son. The great masees of the
people have heard of this prophecy; and,
accustomed to believe w'hat the priest say,
they are depressed by it. May this proph
ecy prove anew illustration of the truth,
long ago established, that ministers of
religion sometimes make mistakes as well
as other people!
But there was another pleasure to
come. Before we left the dining-hall in
the palace of Peterhof, we received an in
vitation from the Dowager Empress lo
visit her in her palace. A more delighted
group than my family were you cannot
imagine, for I had so often related to them
how extraordinary a woman for gracious
ness and chsrm the former Empress of
Russia was. We had to wait but a short
time wh€n the Dowager Empress entered
the room. Although she had gone
through so many bereavements, she look
ed exactly as when I saw her eight years
ago. She made loving inquiry concerning
her brother, the Crown Prime of Den
mark. who had sent her a message by us.
She .was full of reminiscence. She said:
"Do you remember the hand-full q/ flow
ers 1 plucked from tihs arch, and sent
them to your family? You stood there; ami
I. with my smaller children, stood here.
How well I remember that day, but oh,
what changes!”
Then her eyes filled with tears and her
voice trembled. Though she is the daugh
ter of a king, and was the wife of an err
leror. and Hi the sister of the King of
Greece and Is the mother of an emieror,
her manners are os unaffected as those
of any tody we ever saw. ohe laughed
and Joked with the lacUep and asked fa
miliar questions and Interested us all as
we hv* never been Interested. She in
vited us to dome, the day after, to her
Anna* •. end ata the Queen of Greece, who
THE MINISTER'S BUSY WIFE.
Peruna a Prompt and Permanent
Cure for Nervousness.
Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty, Galesburg, 111.
Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty, reoenty super
intendent of the W. C. T. U. headquar
ters ai Galesburg, 111., was for ten years
one of the leading women there. For
four years she was manager of the Hope
Cottage Home for children at Harvey,
111. Her husband, when living, was
first president of the Nebraska Wes
leyan University, at Lincoln, Neb., and
for twenty years was a member of the
Central Illinois ‘onforen<‘c, and was the
conference secretary.
In a letter written from 401 Sixty
seventh street, W.. Chicago, 111., Mrs.
Fleharty says the following in regard
to Peruna:
“Having lived a very active life as wife
and working partner of a busy minister,
my health failed me a few yearn ago. I
is now visiting Russia, and who had re
ceived me at Athens years ago. but our
plans would not allow It.
The imperial Ferriage that bad met us
at the train returned us, and the repre
sentative of our American embassy ac
companied us to Bt. Petersburg, find we
felt that we all had passed a day of ab
sorbing interest, which we will probaly
never again experience; and w*e could not
help praying that the royal personages
whom we had seen might, on leaving
thrones on earth, take thrones in heaven.
T. De Witt Talma ge.
WHIT IK A MAY WORTH ff
An Estimate off It ns Gathered From
Ills Obituary.
From the New York Press.
Mr. Huntington’? bard times in Sacra
mento, where he woe his own maker, his
own Providence, his own god, educated
him in a self-dependence that lifted him
above the. gospel according to the modern
church. He cared nothing for a preacher.
For friend he preferred a hard rase
like Dorsheimer. But to have lived near
ly eighty years, to have started wit'hout
a dollar, to have died W’orth $27,000,000, to
have died suddenly and without pain,
leaving his house in order, and to have
received at the hands of our leading edi
tors from three columns to a page of “de
mortuis nil nisi bonum”—to have accom
plished so much is not to have lived in
vain.
Perhaps the best estimate of the aver
age man is to be found in his obituary—
not what is* said of him. but how much.
Blessed few men of to-day are worth u
column. Those worth a page may be
counted on the fingers of one hand. The
most conspicuous man in the world to-day
is the Prince of Wales, personally popu
lar and about to step on the throne of
England and India—with possibilities In
China. McKinley, ex-officio, is worth
a page. Cleveland and Harrison, two
living ex-Presidents. ore worth a couple
of column* apiece, having had their euy
and day. We have lost Interest in them.
Lord Salisbury will cut up well, but no;
to the extent of a page. Nobody in
France is worth more than column.
The murdered King of Italy got a big
show* because of his tragic taking off.
Had he died a natural death in bed a
column would have finished him.
My old friend Mr. J. Plcrpont Morgan,
the leading financier of the world, would
be worth three or four columns. He has
done things. Mr. Richard Croker will
get a splendid send-off. Any obituary
fiend could write pages about the Tam
many boss. Platt will not be the most
neglected dead man when he shuffle® off.
Things to the extent of two columns or
more will be said of the easy boss. We
haven’t u general or admiral worth more
ihan a column. The leader off the bar
may not get more than half a column.
The most prominent physician or sur
geon is worth little more. Mark Hanna,
were he to step off suddenly, would cut
up well for the space %vriter. He has
mode an impression. John Hay has ex
hibited a quantity and quality of brain®
that Americans like. He is worth half
a page, being the ablest statesman of
this generation.
Mr. Huntington bad everything on earth
that he wanted except a son and daugh
ter. What a strange perversity of fate
it was that built him of heroic propor
tions with the air of an ambassador
and the head off a god. filled his coffers
with million*, gave him a disposition of
love and gentleness, yet allowed him no
offspring! In his home he was the most
pacific creature you ever saw. The crows’
feet around the corners of his eyes were
the result not of care but philosophy.
He had the capacity off Ben Butler Cor
blowing worry off his finger tips and
forgetting the burdens of life. There was
always a dignified greeting for the strang
er and a cordial welcome for the friend.
But the old man whs lonely. He had no
second childhood. He had no children >r
grandchildren to gladk n his declining
years.
What will become of Huntington’s mill
ions? What will become of the millions
of Russell Sage, also without hope of pos
terity, going down to the cold grave
with not h eon or daughter to soften the
sting off approaching dissolution? Sage
is a man of negative character, caring
nothing of mankind, but loving himself
and his dollars. Hie loan tickets are hi*
children, so he may not miss posterity
of flesh and blood. Huntington was posi
tive and magnetic. You could not remain
In his presence ten minutes without feel
ing the glow of his nature. Huntington
was 79. Sage was 84 two weeks ago. One
loved power, the other loves money.
Mr. Huntington’* hobby was negro edu
cation, and the colored race will live long
before it finds another so useful friend.
Still, he did not do so much for the blacks
h* did the Provincial Council of Mary
land, which, before the Revolution, passed
an act requiring that all who hired sltfves
should sign an agreement with the owner
that they should be fed on terrapin not
less than twice a week. Terrapin at this
day are worth $75 a dozen, Shade* off
Ward, Bayard and Gibson, arise!
Mr. Huntington believed in himself
first, then in the Institutions he directed.
Any means to an end was his rule of
life. He didn’t see the slightest harm in
buying whole Legislatures and courts. He
was the most daring lobbyist that ever
haunted the halls of Congress. At Con
gress investigating committees he laugh
ed. He wound them around hi* fingers
Just as John A. Morris used to k>. The
question remains, Who will lobby the old
man through the pearly gates?
—Senator Vest is spending his vacation
quietly In his own state at Sweet Springs.
“I’ve tried vacations from Florida to
Alaska,” he says, “but I And the be*t
place is home.”
—Great actors nowadays have tfialr own
private cars, and even peripatetic trage
dians me km long journeys on iht sleepers.
•—Boston Transcript.
lost my husband about the same time,
and gradually I seemed to lose health
and spirit. My daughter is a confirmed
invalid, and we both felt great need o£
an invlgorator.
••One of my neighbor* ndvised mo
to try rerunn. A bottle ws* imme
diately seenred and a great rhnngw
took pi nee In my daughter’*, n* well
an in in> own health. Onr appetites
improved very Rreatly, the iligfNtlon
seemed mneli helped, and reatfnl
sleep neon Improved ns, so that wet
seemed like new women.
“I would not be without Peruna for
ten times its cost, and cannot speak ?a
too high terms of its value as a medicine
of wonderful curative properties.”
Mrs. Anna B. Fleharty.
Nervous prostration always gives fair
warning of Its approach, and can be
easily warded off by ihe proper treat
ment. Floating brown specks before
the eye*, mental confusion, fits of ner
vous headache, sleeplessness, flashes of
heat, chilly sensations, palpitation, irri
tability, despondency; any of thesg
symptoms or all of them should ba
promptly met by the use of Peruna.
Peruna never fails to prevent nervous
proatration if taken in time. Peruna la
the most prompt and permanent cure
for all case* of nervous prostration
known to the medical profession.
“Summer Catarrh,” a book written by
I>r. Hartman on the subject of the ner
vous disturbance* peculiar to summer,
sent free to any address by The* Perun3
Medicine Cos., Columbus, O.
CITY MARSH AL OF Cl STE.It CITY.
Ilia Position l\ ns Yo Sinecure la For
mer l)a > m.
Custer City Correspondent of the Chicago
Record.
During his official career, City Marshal
Ross has seen some stirring times and
has had some interesting experiences. Tha
toughest person that ever lived at Custer
City was Benjamin Franklin Fowler, bet
ter known as “Fly-Specked Billy,” be
cause of the freckles on his face. Ha
gave Ross a good deal of trouble, but his
career was suddenly ended one night af
ter he had amused himself teaching ten
derfoots to dance. “Fly-Specked Billy,”
having a keen sense of humor, approach
ed a party of strangers who were visit
ing the city, and by firing hi* revolver
at their feet made them hop about until
they were tired. This innocent diversion
provoked an encounter with another prom
inent citizen who attempted to interfere
sind was killed. Public sentiment then
asserted Itself, and “Fly-Specked Billy”
was taught to dance at the end of a
rope by Mr. Ross and others.
Joe Peltz, the stage driver, told me an
Interesting siory of what occurred be
tween that eminent citizen and my friend
Rosa at a ball that waa given in Custer
while the town waa on ihe boom. Mr.
Rons, being city murshal, established
himself on a wide landing for the pur
pose of taking charge of the weapons
worn by the guests, and, as he knew
everybody and had their confidence, it
w’as no trouble for him to secure a bushel
or more revolvers as they passed upstairs
Into the ballroom. Finally “Fly-Specked
Billy” came along. Ross asked for his
revolver, telling him that he would not
need It In the ballroom, as everybody else
whs unarmed.
•Bill was naturally ugly,” said Mr.
Peltz as h* told the story, “an’ he had
been drlnkln’ some which made him cross
and contrary; so he says fo Ross, ways he:
I'm a bad man from the Sunny South,
and I don’t give up my gun to nobody/
Whereat Ross says: Tm a bad mam
from right here,’ and lets him have one
right under the ear. Billy fell like a bag
of outs, and lay on the landing as stiff
,is a wedge. Roms picked the guns and
knives off hi* person and kicked his car
< ass downstair*.
“Ross was never afraid of nobody,”
said Mr. Peltz. "Though he is a qu'*t
man and roo<ler in his ways, he has got
all the nerve that i* necessary. I seen
him do a little thing once which mighty
few men rotjld have done. I waa goim*
down the trail one day lu early times,
and meetln’ Rohr, he asked me if I’d seen
some parties In a wagon.
“ ‘Yes.’ says I, 'three of ’em.*
“ ‘Was they armed?’
“ ‘One was for sure. I didn’t noticO
the others.’
" ‘He’s 1 the man I'm after/ says Ross,
'and I’d like you to go along with me,
for they is three of 'em, and I may need
help. I want you to cover the other two,
while I take my man/
“ ‘Wa ll,’ said I. ‘I won’t be much help,
because I ain’t got no arm*/
“ ‘You can take my gun,' says Ross.
“ ‘What’ll you do?’ says T.
“ 'Oh, I’ll git along somehow,’ says Rossf
'l’ll take care of myself.’
*' ‘Bo we started on. and soon came up
to ’em, three men in wagon. Roes, ho
rode up and says kind of confidential like
to the one he wanted: ‘My friend,’ says
he, ’kin I have h few word* with you
in private?’ The man hesitated a mlnnlt,
but, seeing Ross was unarmed, he got
out of the wagon and him and Ross walk
ed up the trail a piece, talkin’ as quiet as
could be. I couldn’t hear W’hat they said,
but when they got around the bend from
the wagon, I seen Ross all at once make
a spring at him. He got a twist around
his arms, bent him over back, reached
down and drew the two guns from the
stranger’s belt. Then he let him go, back
ed up a few paces, and to'.d the stranger
to hold up his hands. The stranger wag
musain’ mad. He suttenly did use ome
hard language. That’s a faot. I never
seen a man talk worae In all my life, and
the cause of his grievance was that Ross
had took advantage of him and had got
his guns by a trick.
“After allowin’ him to talk on for a
while. Rons calmly called to me to dis
arm the other two. I told ’em to pa*a
over their guns. One said he hadn’t
none. The other began to pull a pistol
from bis holster, when I told him I’d pre
fer him to unbuckle his belt and let mi
have the whole contraption. He un
buckled. and threw the belt anfl the gun
on the ground.
“Ross then brought the other man, still
cussin', and told him to get into the wagon
and drive back to town. Him and ma,
we followed on horseback, coverin’ them
with our guns, and took ’em up to the
jail.”
“Who were they and what had they
done?”
“I never knew The eherlff of Deadwood
telegraphed to Ross to get ’em, and ha
come down after ’em a few days later.”
* Custer City is a very quiet town to-day
i-om pa red with what It used to be In olden
times. There are some good mines in tha
neighborhood. but most of the inhabitants
of the county are engaged In farming. The
valleys are fruitful, and will produce al
most anything that grows. The moun
tain* that surround the place are cover
ed with good gracing. It Is altogether the
most delightful spot in the Black Hills.
Boas still lives here, hale and hearty, and
hiiM m little cabin on the outskirts off tha
town In which he lives alone, for hi* wife
Ik dead and his daughter Is married. Hla
cabin is ornameted with upeolmena off ore
from the “Old Bill” mine, which ha
owns and i* trying to raise money to do
velop. A party of capitalists Is now in
vestigating the property, with a view off
buying it, and l hope that he will die a
rich man.
—Mr Amelia Folsom Young, one of the
wives off iliigltam Young, made her first
journey to Utah 45 years ago largely by
wagon* and ta now working upon a vol
ume of m moire off sarly Mormon time*.
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