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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*. 9