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W IFE MURDERER ACQUITTED.
<onn Cornnller Applauded by
, rliw cl iiiid Hnk*i Speech <o Jnrora.
I‘ane. April 27.—Count Comuller. after
Jays' trial for the murder of his
jfr xov. 17, by shooting her three times
E , ie wa s leaving the house of a law
yer M. l-e*roux, an admirer of the Coun
jes-- before her marriage, was aoqultted
to-tl iy. amidst the applause of those in
,onrt. The Count made a speech, tn
whs h he thanked the jurors in the name
of |,h three children.
T I IH fountess Cornulier was a woman of
unu<U a* beauty and 31 years of age. She
as ‘ „ daughter of Count Vianney and
married Count Charles Cornulier, who is
j-\fis of age, 14 years ago. The eldest
„f their three children is 13 years. The
marriage proved unhappy, and on the ad
i£, 0 f her father, the Countess separated
from her husband four years ago. Last.
nc was given a decree by which she
obtained possession of her children. The
,-otini discovered that the Countess De
cent Iv visited M. Leroux, who
js .id to have acted as the
legal adviser of the Countess.
The Count on Nov. 17, secreted himself
CII the Stairway of M. Leroux's home, af
,er h iving ascertained that his wife had
en ten l the house, and when she came
(|onn the stair without a word, he tired
Ilt her three times with a revolver, each
shot taking effect. She died In an ambu
without regaining consciousness.
Tie Count surrendered himself to the po
ll,, saying: “I did it. I am her hus
band.”
He was the first to give assistance to
his wife after she fell and asked that a
priest be-sent for.
ELLIOTT KILLED 11V MORPHINE.
His < ompany Prints the Tammany
Times of New York.
fv, w York, April 27.—John M. Elliott,
a membir of the Elliott Press, a print
ing company of this city, died of mor
phine poisoning in an up town drug store
early this morning. A stranger had
brought him into the store and for hours
alter the death the police were investi
gating the case. This afternoon Emil P.
_Migot. a Maiden Lane diamond setter,
voluntarily told the officers that he was
the man who was with Elliott. He says
be spent several hours last night with
him and that Elliott drank a good deal
Towards midnight Elliott got him to
buy some morphine for him at a drug
store and this he took while Augot was
not watching him. Elliott was well
known in political circles, his company
printing the Tammany Times. The
drug clerk who sold the morphine was
arrested.
NEW ORLEANS IN BIG LUCK.
Illinois Central to Have Four Steam
ers n \\ eek to Liverpool.
Chicago, April 27.—Details of a contract
which will give the Illinois Central Rail
mad additional ocean tonnage at New
Orleans and greatly increase the import
ance of that city as a seaport were
agreed upon to-day. The contract is be
tween the Illinois Central and the Ley
land Line of Liverpool, and by its terms
the latter company agrees to provide four
steamers per week out of New Orleans
for Liverpool and other European ports
The Illinois Oentral will provide tonnage
from points along its route.
THH POPE TO THE JOURNALISTS.
Regrets Lack of Christian Spirit
anil Hopes for n Change.
London, April 28.—A special dispatch
from Rome says tho Pope in receiving a
deputation of French and Belgian jour
nalists, spoke at length upon the anti-
Christian spirit prevailing in many coun
tries against which he hoped Christian
journalists would effectively battle. He
profoundly regretted, His Holiness said,
that many papers, conspicuous for their
Intellectual strength, were so dissociated
from religious ideas and he prayed' they
would awaken to their' responsibility to
Cod and humanity in this respect.
THE OHIO HIVER FALLING.
Hot Expected to Go Below Danger
Line Until Monday.
Cincinnati, April 27.—After remaining
Stationary at 59.7 feet for twenty hours,
the Ohio river began falling here at 3
o’clock this afternoon, and at 7 o'clock the
stage was 59.5 feet. The weather bureau
estimated that the water fall will go to
feet to-morrow morning, and get below
the danger line on Monday. While floods
In seven different years had higher water
than was registered this year, the present
™ >orl the highest that was ever known
this late in the season. The high records
have heretofore been in February.
PRESIDENT JORDAN JUSTIFIED.
Stanford University Connell Upholds
Him In Ron Mutter.
Stanford University, Cal., April 27—The
1 niversity council has Issued a statement,
egned by 37 heads of departments and
associate professors, declaring that after
fully investigating the matter, the con
eluskm has been reached that In the dls
tmssai 0 f p ro f_ Ross no question of acad
eme freedom was Involved and that Pres
him' 1 Jordan was justified in dismissing
FATAL FIRE in CINCINNATI.
* "Or.story Ilulldlng Destroyed and
Two Suffocated.
Cincinnati, April 27—Fire to-night de
ployed the four-story building at 108
P'oadway and resulted In the death of
' Metzger and Lena Metz, who were
I im,| suffocated on the fourth floor. The
* 011 ttle building Is estimated at 110,000.
Italy's Art Exposition Opened,
nice. April 27.—The International Art
*xposition was opened to-day by the
" u* A hi'us at. who arrived in a state
. * f ‘ 'Propelled by gorgeously <*m*turned
'"•>llers. Among the exhibitors ore
1 s. Sargent and Priivoo Troubetzkoy.
Cardinal Ranmolla Resigns.
'! "me. April 27—The Patrla states that
uial Uampolla has resigned the of
„ papal secretary of state and that
, 11 '*• succeeded by Cardinal Ferrata,
‘ ' : of thl ' congregation of Indulgencea
ami sacred relics.
Grain Elevator Destroyed.
1 U'hso, April 27—The grain elevator
'*, ''[l •’>' John J. Hudenoch at Rockwell
el Weal Madison streets was cornplete
, '’""nyed by (Ire to-night. The loss
I*o 000 ** ,n< * will approximate
•" ** lork Can Accept ornegle's
Lift.
f ' ; ,,y N V , April 27.—Gov. Odell has
■ ill', I*"’ 1 *"’ 1,111 which authorise* New York
l " *-pi me t&.iw.lMMi gift of Andrew
* ''gm f or , library system.
Orad and Injured at Urlesbelan.
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* , **' ••*>•'* o#v#nt*#n
t f , t*Wiy Injured m tit* fiNMilt
* uinj firm h+t# t
FaMllcel I'uel Use* Maided.
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A PATRIARCH LAID TO RE*T.
NVnycross Pa>. Tribute to the Vir
tues of Rev. \V. H. Thomas.
Way-cross, Ga., April 27—The funeral
of Rev. W. H. Thomas took place this
morning at Trinity Church, of which de
ceased was a prominent official member.
The largest concourse of people gathered
together in long years to honor the dead
assembled to pay the last tribute of re
spect to this grand old patriarch, who may
well, be (Jailed the father of Waycross.
Jnsl before 11 o’clock the remains were
borne from the family residence on
Church street to the church. The pall
bearers were C. C. Buchan
an, John A. Lott, Val L
Stanton, Joel Lott, William IT. Bradley,
John W. Adams, R. P. Bird and I>. B.
Sweat.
The following ministers were present,
and acted as honorary escort, being first
in the procession: Revs. T. M. Christian,
w. H. Scruggs, R. A. Brown, M. C. Aus
tin, J. C. Barnett and W. T. MeMlchael.
Loving friends had sent in a profusion
of beautiful flowers, which covered tho
casket in which the mortal remains of
the good man rested.
Among the contributions sent in was a
bouquet of ripened wheat tied with a bit
of black ribbon. It was very appropri
ate, having been sent by probably the
oldest lady in the city, Mrs. M. E. Wright.
The engraved plate on the casket bore
the inscription, "At Rest.”
At the chbrch the procession was met
by the Masonic fraternity, which attend
ed in a body. “The Haven ot Rest,” a
favorite song of the deceased, was sung
by a quarette.
Rev. W. 11. Scruggs, Rev. T.
M. Christian. Rev. W. T . McMichoel
and Rev. J. M. Glenn participated in the
services. Rev. Mr. Glenn sang one of Un
cle Thomas’ famous songs, the words of
which are said to bp his own composition.
It is entitled, "Wren the World’s On
Fire,” and during his long life the old
man had often made the welkin ring with
this and other songs peculiarly his own,
among them “The Happy Sailor,” “Won
drous Love,” etc.
Mr. Glenn preached a short sermon, In
which he paid a high tribute to the dead.
He clqged with the beautiful thought that
t’he now sainted man had just begun to
live both in the city of gold over yonder
and his influence in this city and section.
He prayed that the old patriarch’s mantle
might fall upon his boys.
Hon. Leon A. Wilson spoke beautifully
of Uncle Thomas a a citizen, recounting
the fact that the streets of Waycross
many of them, and the lovely oak trees,
are monuments of his faithfulness in the
early days of the town, as he assisted in
laying off the streets and setting out the
trees some thirty years ago. He said
doubtless the good man had already
struck hands with Dr. Lott, Dr. Will
iams, Mr. Bailey, Henry Williams and
others who had gone from here to the
Golden City, and said he if we are faith
ful, one of these days we shall meet him
and we shall know Uncle Thomas, for
“when the mists have rolled away we shall
know as we are known.”
Rev. T. M. Christian spoke of him as
a minister. Said he: “If goodness is
greatness, a giant has fallen; no better
life was ever lived in Waycross.”
Mr. C. C. Buchanan spoke of his of
ficial life, characterizing him as one of the
most faithful, untiring stewards he ever
saw. Col. J. B. K. Smith spoke of him
as a member of the Masonic fraternity.
Short talks, eulogizing the dead were
made by V. L. Stanton, Rev. W. T. Mc-
Michaei, Mrs. Georgia Jones, R. P. Bird,
Mrs. M. C. Austin, M. L. Goodyear,
George H. Thomas and Rev. W. H.
Scruggs.
Mr. Thomas is a son of the deceased,
and lives in Albany. He is 60 years of age,
and his reference to his father was touch
ing and pathetic.
After those present had viewed the re
mains, the solemn line of march was tak
en up to Lott Cemetery, where the body
was laid to rest. The services at the grave
were conducted by the Masons. The burial
service of the church was read by Rev.
R. A. Brown.
A BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION.
Several llusines* J ’limine* An
nounced nt AVayeross.
Waycross, Ga., April 27.—Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas H. Morton celebrated the for
mer's 70th birthday to-day at their home
in the southern part of the city. A beauti
ful repast was spread, and the assem
blage of relatives and friends heartily en
joyed the occasion. Mr. and Mrs. Morton
have ten children, eight sons and two
daughters, 16 grand children and one great
grand child.
Mr. F. M. Hawkins has bought the in
terest of Mr. J. E. Wadley. president of
the Satilla Manufacturing Company, and
on May 1, he will take charge of the con
cern as general manager. Mr. Hawkins
has been auditor of the Waycross Air Line
Railroad for years. His place will be fill
ed there by Mr. W. J. Swain, at pres
ent secretary and traesurer of the Satilla
Manufacturing Company.
The real estate firms of Knight & Wil
liams and F. P. Persham & Son were
consolidated to-day. The new firm will
be known as Perham, Knight. & Williams.
J. A. Jones & Son announce their in
tention of closing out their retail dry
goods business in Waycross and going
into the exclusive wholesale business, in
connection with their pants factory, soon
to he put to work. A stock company
with a capital of SIO,OOO, is being organ
ized, and will be chartered as the Jones
Manufacturing Company.
A deal is on foot by which the Wad
ley Lumber Company at Ambrose, on the
Waycross Air Line Railroad, is (o be sold
to Macon capitalists. There Is one mill
in operation now, and another one about
ready to go up. The Wadley company
owns a tract of timber containing 25,000
acres adjacent to the mill.
Preparatory services will begin under
the Jones-Broughton Auditorium to-mor
row morning. Rev. T. M. Christian will
preach in the morning and Rev. W. H.
Scruggs at night. Revs. Jones and
Broughton will come Thursday next.
GLYNN YVILL EXHIBIT.
Preparing to Make an Excellent
jHumlng nt the Fnlr.
Brunswick, Ga., April 27.—-It is safe to
say that Glynn county will have an ex
cellent exhibit at the State Fair at Ba
vannnah. A well organized number of
Brunawickigns, with Dr. W. B. Bur
roughs In the lead. Is already collecting
up exhibits, and this county will make
a creditable showing.
MnJ. Huger Accepts Nexv Position.
Knoxville. April 27,-Maj. F. G. Huger
of till* city ha* accepted the position of
general •upcrln<*nde*it of construction of
the Pittsburg. Mr Keeaport and OontieU*-
vllle Railway. He ha* been for many
yeni* superintendent of the Knoxville di
vision of the Houthern Railway.
It I ali op Warren A. < nil ler.
Krunswlck, April 27.-BlhOp Warren A.
Candler of the Houthern Methodist
Church will preach at the First Methodist
Church her# tht# morning and to-night.
Thl* Is lhe Itisx vl**( of Bishop Candler
tu Itrutiah k, and he will be h-ard by
bundled'
( Iti*nl keeper's Alleged Shortage.
Ksehvtlie. T*#tn . April Tt -The amount
of alley 1 snot lag.' of W. NV. 10. book
koeper of tin* Klret No I ton* I Hank, wno
AtMiNtrsied la.< July, wa autom
,|y wao diert'*.*d for the
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THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. APRIL 28. 1901.
NEBRASKA’S HILLS ABLAZE.
Flame* I.lckinit Up the Prairie Gras*
Oxer a Larne District.
Hyannls, Neb., April 27—For the last
three days the sand hills of this section
of the state have been a seething mass
of (Ire. About noon Thursday lightning
set fire to the range In several places. It
first got under headway in Spring and
Buckboard valleys, and one head of the
fire tvas driven to the Burlington road,
three miles east of Whitman. A change
of tho wind at this time carried it south
into the best cattle district of Grant and
McPherson counties. A section branch
continued nearly thirty miles In a wester
ly course and has not yet been put out.
Another branch of the fire swept the
Brown, Lee and Big creek valleys. All
the ranchmen have been unable thus far
to check the flames. A district of about
lUO miles in length and from ten to forty
in width has been totally swept, of hay,
and the prairie grass that for a month to
come would serve as the only feed for
cattle. It is impossible to estimate the
damage that has been done. Many
ranchmen have no feed left for their cat
tle. and it is thought a heavy loss of
stock will be the consequence.
THE KLONDIKE CLEAN-UP.
The Ontpnt Estimated at *2.1.000,000.
Stampede* Noxv on.
Victoria, B. C., April 27—The steamer
Amur brings news of the Klondike clean
up now in progress. Sluicing is in full
operation, the thaw having given plenty
of water. The output is estimated at not
less than $25,000,000. Many experts say it
will reach $30,000,000. Stampeders are still
rushing to Montana creek, which is more
staked than any Klondike creek. There
is also a stampede to Gold river. Ore go
ing as high as $50,000 to the ton has been
found on Twelve-Mile inlet, near Ketchi
kan.
The Dominion gambling house, one of
Klondike's largest' resorts, has closed,
owing to the loss of $40,000 oil April 13,
following a bad week.
The Amur passed the wrecked barge
Colorado, which is lying on Manauense
reef, in Wrangel narrows. Her bow is
lifted up on the reef and her stern is
almost submerged at high tide. Her car
go can be saved.
ORLANDO TO HAVE AN EXHIBIT.
A Pinery and Orange Grove to He
Placed at Buffalo.
Orlando, Fla., April 27—It is the pur
pose of several of the enterprising citi
zens of this place to make a special Or
lando exhibit at the Pan-American ex
position this summer. The orange end
pineapple growers will combine. It is the
present plan to secure the necessary
ground within the exposition enclosure
upon which to plant a miniature orange
grove and pinery, thus giving visitors an
object lesson in the production of these
fruits. It will hardly be practicable to
place on exhibition any considerable
quantity of oranges, at the
season of the year when the exposition
will be at its hight.
From present indications there will be
pineapples galore throughout the summer
months, and the pineapple men propose
to astonish the crowds by the quantity
as well as the quality of the fruit they
will place there.
If these plans are carried out Orlando
will be able to give to the tropical coun
tries. where the pineapple is supposed to
be most at home, an object lesson which
will surprise them.
GOMI'EHS SAYS IT’S USELESS.
Thinks Federation of Labor Suffi
cient for All Purpose*.
Washington, April 27—President Gom
pers of the American Federation of La
bor to-day gave out the following state
ment, referring to the Pittsburg project
for the organization of a Central Labor
Council:
‘‘it seems to me that it is useless to at
tempt the formation of anew general or
ganization of labor, for, as a matter of
fact, never in the history of labor has
there been such a union of forces of the
workers as there is to-day, under the
banner of the American Federation of La
bor. Anything that the organized work
ers can do can be done most effectually
through the already equipped American
Federation of Labor. It is simply a ques
tion whether the members and organiza
tions will it so.”
TO CLOSE UP EVERYTHING.
Sam Jones Expected to Flo*e Su
x-annah'* Saloon* at # p. 111.
Brunswick, April 27—The victory of the
Law and Order League in having an
ordinance passed closing up the saloons
at 9 p. m., has encouraged the organi
zation to greater reforms, and it will
make a fight to close up the clubs, the
illegal whisky sellers, and in fact every
thing that has the least tinge of wicked
ness about it. A prominent member of
the League said to-day that Sam Jones
would return to this city after he gets
through whipping out the whisky men
in Savannah. He further stated that
there was no doubt about his closing up
the saloons there at 9 o’clock the same
as he had in Brunswick.
WAS DEH’EHMINKD TO DIE.
Dc*perate Woman Drank Carbolic
Acid and Used Revolver.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 27—A special
to the Sentinel from Misshawka, Ind.,
says Mrs. John Myers, the handsome
y oft rig wife of one of Misshawka’s lead
ing citizens, this morning drank carbolic
acid. The action of the caustic fluid
proved too slow, so she sent four 32-calibre
bullets Into her left breast. All grazed
her heart, and shattered the ribs and
emerged at her back. She opened her
dress and corsage, and after firing the
shots, she calmly buttoned her clothing
to hide the bleeding wounds. She is bare
ly alive to-night.
ANOTHER SEABOARD MOVE.
George Gould Said to He nehlnd the
Nexv Atlanta Hoad.
Birmingham. Ala., April 27—It was an
nounced in railroad circles here to-d*y
that the Birmingham and Atlanta Rail
road, which 1* to be built at once, is to
be the connecting link between the Sea
board Air Line In the East and the 'Fris
co system In the West. It I* believed that
George J- Gould la Interested in the
deal, but that money wll l lie provided by
individual* In New York who own large
stock* of Seaboard Air Line.
Ilepuhllean* Dio* at I’lrtahnrg.
PKtstrurg, Pa.. April 27—Tho fifteenth
annual dinner of the Amerhus Republi
can Club, commemorating the birth of
iicii U. K Grant, was held to night *i
Iho Hotel H henley. Attorney General
Knox presid'd, and Senator Fairbanks of
Indiana mad* the principal speech. lie
eulogis'd the Republican patty and Ha
pollcteg. _
||uf•> Eire !••* Heavy Hama**.
Huatofl. Aped B FI re early lltln morn
ing (n a tdg frslglil n*d at toa FM cyborg
division of lbs Hu*'on *r and Mams Hall.
*v.xL lasted 'sear tbs bl‘l Fitchburg •>*■
~( aid IMP 4#'a ge Tbs good* rtoiefl
■ l, rf<r ase I W.e, leather, sugar and il
, >„■ ,* ot|*nnt* To* tVMu tatrlwt
ha l*rnad until daylight, r
IN THE FORBIDDEN CITY.
THE GOHGEOUS COLORING OF PAL
ACES AND TEMPLES.
Scintillating Pile* of Red, Green.
nnd Gold Against n Cerulean Sky.
Fntllty of the Cniiicru’* Repro
duction*—Where Emperor* ot Old
Recelxed Bearer* of Tribute—Ori
ental Magnificence of the Chief
Throne-Room of To-dny—Mortal
Monotony of Unvarying Architec
ture—The Jcnious Eye of Guardian
Eunuch*.
Sydney Adamson In the Evening Post.
Pekin, March 20—1 remember a para
graph by Zangwlll in which he accuses
the camera of being an inveterate liar.
He goes or. to explain how a photograph
represented his workday den with its dis
order and dust os a fine-looking place
to which he was a stranger. But tho
camera is not merely untruthful In a
flattering sense; it can suppress the facts
even the most important of them. The
full gorgeousness of Chinese palaces and
temples lies in their blaze of contrasting
yet harmonious colors. The very look
of o place is changed when tho cold,
unconvincing gray of a photograph pre
sents but the dry bones of form. It Is
only through the medium of photographic
leprQduction that the American iveople
know anything of those places famous in
Chinese history which have recently had
so many lenses snapped at them. To our
eyes, used to the scintillating piles of
red, blue, green, and gold against a ceru
lean sky, and lit by the sun, the photo
giaphs look like their dull gray ghosts
turned to stone.
A few days ago I paid a second visit
to t hi 1 Forbidden City und examined
some of its features with closer attention
than was possible during the triumphal
march on the 28th of August. In all. there
are five throne-rooms, not counting the
entirely dilapidated one on .op of me
Wu-Men. It, however, in its dusty
grandeur, is one of the greatest of them
alt. Sitting in front of this great pillared
bull, surrounded by the prince and his
immediate body-guard, and looking down
(from the magnificent altitude of the
gate, the Emperor of old received the
tribute-bearers from far Thibet, Mongolia,
of the States that border India on the
east.
Far From the Son of Heaven.
The court was lined with soldiers, and
the ambassadors from tributary States
were not permitted nearer to the Sons
of Heaven than several hundred feet
from the base of the great edifice on
which his Imperial Majesty sat. Here
they laid their gifts upon the stones and
bowed to the earth before the awful
presence. For years the great hall seems
to have been neglected. The throne is
crumbling into dust. Pigeons live In the
painted recesses of its gorgeous roof.
Great holes are cut in the rotten wood
work, and masses of tiles are overthrown
by the shells that burst there on the
15th of August.
Within the Wu-Men (which is built
in the center of the southern wall of the
Forbidden City) Is a large rectangular
stone courtyard with a curving artificial
watercourse, which serves os an excuse
for many elaborate marble bridges. The
pavements of these bridges are great
marble slabs with dragons carved in low
relief. Guarding the northern gateway
of this court are two green lions on
pedestals. The gate itself is within a
pillared hsltwav where stands of spears
indicate the- former presence of a guard.
Across the next courtyard, raised upon
a very high foundation and approached
by marble stairways, is the largest and
most elaborate throne-room in the Sacred
City. The marble stairways are very
rich, and in no other architecture have I
seen anything even remotely resembling
them. Each stairway is enclosed by a
marble rail on both sides. The marble
steps reach from the outer rail not more
than a yard inward on each side of the
stairway. The center Is a huge, flat,
monolith alab beautifully carved w'th
dragon designs. The exquisite .work both
in design and execution impresses even
the careless visitor. Thus each stairway
instead of the steps reaching from one
side rail to the other, as they do in most
European approaches, is really cut in
two by the large panel-shaped slab which
occupies the greater space in the center,
leaving only two narrow step-ways next
to the outer rails. These stairways, which
lead up to a stone platform in front of
tta bulldlngv run parallel with each
other. The intervening spaces are levelled
at intervals, and on these places magni
ficent bronze urns are placed.
Eye-Like Spot* of Gulil Amid Gloom.
On the platform itself are other urns,
and on each side are a bronze stork
and a tortoise facing the south, the tor
toise behind the stork. Entering the great
painted hall, one sees the throne stand
ing squarely in the center, facing the
south, directly opposite the great door
way. The dais, or more properly speak
ing in this case, the platform on which
the throne sits, is about four feet high,
surrounded by a carved rail and led up
to by little flights of steps from the
front and the two sides. On graceful
stands between the stairways are beauti
ful cloisonne vases. On the platform it
self are other cloisonne ornaments, some
of them column-shaped with a spiral
dragon winding up the stem.
The throne is richly emblazoned with
gilded carving, which is a mass of in
tertwined dragons. As usual in all the
large temples and palaces, the great roof
with its enormous beams is upheld by
huge round pillars. They all present a
plain, smooth surface covered with red
lacquer, save two, those Immediately on
the right and left of the throne, which
have carved spiral dragons and are rich
ly gilded. The dragons’ heads are almost
where the pillars Join the first heavy
beams, and In them the eyes are paint
ed. The great beams that bind the pil
lars and uphold the roof are literally
covered with intricate designs of glitter
ing Oriental pattern In pale green, dark
green, a blue that is almost purple, dull
red, and gold. Wriggling golden dragons
chase each other over the beams, where
eye-like spots of gold amid the gloom
make a firmament of glittering stars.
Mysterious doorways, richly ornamented,
lead to hidden chambers In the walls
toward the rising and the setting sun.
The effect of this Interior 1s rich, bizarre,
rococo. And yet It Is but the frame, the
fimvrata setting for those barbarous
ceremonials, so full of pomp and gor
geous servility.
Practically, a line drawn from south
to north through the center of the For
bidden City would divide every throne
room and touch every throne. After cross
ing another courtyard the next throne
room entered 1* a small square building
In It* present condition It Is t>are nnd
uninteresting, The throne Is only an ex
aggerated chair The dal* Is low. On the
floor are several large charcoal braziers
covered with a high bell-shaped wire
work guard, exactly like a meat safe.
The room haa no pillars, the roof being
borne by the four walla.
The alMotute similarity of every f'hlneae
palace building In or near Pekin Is so
striking that were one suddenly removed
blindfolded from one nnd deposited in
another and the bandage removed, It
would he impoaaible at once to realise
that one's location had been < hanged
They are ao very twln-llko that one
would have to take a peep over (he walls
at the aurroundlng landscape. The aame
gray brl< k gable walla, the same carved
fretwork dome and windows <a queod
rtel and gold, (he same green blue red
and gold -deeoffit ed bearn# the r* me yal
ti/w< lt.*d roof Silting uowerds Ot the
> ornate with the tulle grtAtis or <ks
In s row alt! big • j|4y
spin g m goMig Iguuiuug wut Iwi m
monster, the same behorned head at each
end of the roof-crest—is there a terrible
punishment which must fall upon the
heHd of any architect who might be
possessed of an original idea? Perhaps
the design Is considered to be of divine
origin, the last word in architecture,
which mortals can only slavishly imitate.
Certainly there is nothing in existence
so monstrously monotohus. Those appal
ling Bloomsbury red brick boxes, which,
fcheek by Jovdl, rnakte an eighteenth
century Loudon Street, or those dreary
rows of brownstone houses to the right
and left of Fifth Avenue, below the
Plaza in New York, are minor artistic
crimes. They were admittedly built for
utility. But here we have the alpha and
omega of Chinese architectural expres
sion. Through changing dynasties and
succeeding centuries the Chinese archi
tectural ideal seems to have remained
as fixed us the stars, as unaltered as
heaven. There is no evidence of growth.
It seems to have arrived In its fulness,
to have been accepted as finality, and
ever afterwards to have been slavishly
imitated.
Pualhnmona Pearls of TlionKht.
To describe each throne-room would be
as monotonus as to visit them. One is
more gorgeous, another is less. The clock
room is Interesting above the others,
not for any novel architectural features,
simply because it Is the outcome of
a quaint imperial custom, and has the
flavor of Orientalism in Us solemn adap
tation to a half-reßgloua idea. At the
back and on each side of the throne,
surrounding the dais and forming three
sides of a square, are rows of locked
cabinets, each on its own stand. During
his lifetime, when the Emperor conceives
a wish or is seized with some inspiration,
he writes it and, saying never a word,
looks it away In a cabinet. Not until his
death are these pearls of thought re
vealed to tho amazed court. They ore
treated as sacred, the wishes of the
dead. The reason for the enormous clocks,
out of all proportion to the room, is not
apparent. Perhaps tho imperial mind
could better consider mundane matters
with this solemn reminder of man's mor
tality chiming out the ever-fleeting mo
ments.
To the west from tho great enclosure
of the imperial audience chambers, across
a walled alleyway, are the separate
buildings In which the Emperor and the
Empress Dowager lived for part of the
year. In the rooms where Kwang Su is
said to have spent his hours are certain
evidence of his taste for matters foreign.
There is the usual plethora of clocks;
clocks plain and clocks ornamental, glid
ed and bestudded with cheap Imita
tion diamonds, clocks with processions of
allegorical figures, clocks as lighthouses
or monumental bull—ngs; clocks on
wheels like toy trains, which suggest an
ahsurd picture of tho heir, apparent
trundling them about the floor for his
Celestial Highness's amusement, while
court attendants play bad Chinese music
on the several European pianos which
stand in adjoining rooms. There are
great shelves of Chinese yellow-covered
paper volumns in one of the rooms. Not
far off is a tiny chamber with a window
seat, where but one person could sit
cross-legged, and in % this the great man
is said to have studied and developed
those tendencies to reform which have
shaken the complacent kingdom to Its
core.
Where the Imperial Head In Laid.
The rooms are similar to those in the
houses of many princes—the floors of
square bricks, papered walls, handsome
carved doorways of twining boughs. The
lower windows are glass, while the upper
parts are opaque paper. The bed is not a
separate piece of furniture standing alone
In the room, but is built against the outer
wait and enclosed by an inner wall, which,
but for the open space over the bed, is
really the wall of the room. It Is exactly
like the beds in Scotch cottages and simi
lar to the built-U) bed® of Holland. The
Dutch beds, however, were built very
high, as high as the breast of a man
standing, but the Chinese bed* are barely
as high as the modern brass bedsteads
of to-day.
Across a beautiful courtyard with ever
green trees, finely carved griffins, and
handsome bronzes are the apartments of
the Empress Dowager. The woodwork is
superb. Enormous cupboard* of almost
black hardwood stand about the rooms.
They are exquisitely proportioned, mas
sive, rich, and Imposing. I have seen
nothing finer in Chinese art than these
pieces of furniture, covered as they are
with the most perfect carving. The de
signs are chaste and powerful. There is
no cheap, discordant coloring or tawdry
brasswork; nothing but the strong rich
color of the dark wood and the perfectly
whole. The portals between
rooms, which have no doors, are richly
enclosed, with heavy wood-carving in the
same dark tone. Out of the bulk of a
heavy tree-trunk the cunning artist has
made a bower of twining stems, of blos
soms and drooping fruit. Standing on
tables and sills is a strange medley of
the finest porcelain and poorest rubbish.
Excellent pieces of Aling ware stood
side by side with cheap Japanese vases
which one might buy in n New York
ten-cent store. It was a striking proof
that outside of things Chinese, this
strange people have little understanding
and less judgment.
In the Sacred City there are endless
side buildings, inner compounds, store
houses, and secret chambers that few.
perhaps none, have yet seen. It is a city
In reality as well as In name, and after
a year's residence one would yet And
corners to explore and fresh secrets to
discover. The old eunuch* who follewed
us jealously from room to room, and
watched our straying fingers with angry
eyes, could lead ua to rooms where Jade
and treasures are stored. For the loss of
the Imperial possessions the price may
be their heads, and who can blame n man
for watching finger* which In looting
might steal his very life?
THE NORTH TOO.
Dastardly Onlrage by Gang of Ne.
K roe* Mir* Up Connell** llle.
Connellsville, Pa., April 27.-The Con
nellavllle coke region la all stirred up to
night again over the dastardly deeds of a
gang of negroes who attacked Hiram Mc-
Millan, a white rnar., ;md his w.ie, in a
lonely house near Oliphant, and shot the
man twice, probably mortally wounding
him, and assaulted brutally the woman,
who also 1* in a serious condition from
the abuse.
McMillan's house sits back from the
highway, near the o!<l historic Oliphant
furnace. McMillan is about 40 years old.
bat hla wife Is quite a young woman and
the two were alone.
Suddenly right negroes, In the party
being two black women also, came from
hiding nnd attacked the house. The men
burst In the door, dragged Mrs. McMil
lan from her husband's arms and carried
her out behind an outbuilding, where the
six men assaulted ler. l>esvlng their
victim prostrate the men gave their at
tention lo the* franth ’Ufhand, who had
been engaged In battL With one! or more
of the men throughout this terrible or
deal. McMillan broke from hi* assail
ants, arid as he darted back Into his
tils house, the negroes, evidently think
ing that he was going for a gun or re
volver, drew a bead on hit it and a bul
let pierced his body Just below the heart.
McMillan fell at hi* do;r, but lie fore flee
ing the negrure shot at hla prostrate
body, another bullet lodging near the
kidneys.
Fur some time after the r. eg rue* had
fled, 4he husband lay it Ids dour bleed
ing end hla wife lay me onariuui tear
the outbuilding about fifty feet away Th*
woman 'SIS' to her oatiaos Aral. Mrs
McMillan gave the aJatm and Immediate
ly a pose* watt urgenlged U> hunt down
(lie negroes Turn isew did lost tune much
time In getting started over the Mils and
In a 1 oupts of haute <e*e* g< rue# Meeiey
Is sit one a t the aopposed a ess haute,
•ho thought he avoid elude th* wfiivetg
PERUNA ALWAYS WINS.
Some Remarkable Cures of Catarrh
of the Stomach and Neuralgia.
' V , ' n A. Fr o s
nanager Windsor- Clifton Hou&r 1
Chicago,lll^
Hon. E. A. Frost, manager of the
Wlndsor-Clifton House, corner of Mon
roe street nnd Wabash avenue, Chicago,
IU„ says In a recent letter to the Peruna
Medicine Cos., of Columbus, 0., the follow
ing words In praise of their catarrh rem
edy, Peruna:
The Pernnn Medicine Company, t'o-
In mil ii *, 0.l
Gentlemen—“ Before Inking Pe
runa I hud suffered for txTenty
jrnr. front mnlnrln to the extent
that I had rlironio neuralgia of the
stomach, nnd could not nit nut In
the night air without Buffering the
next day. I had tried many so
called remedies, but xvlth only par
tial and temporary relief. It tin*
been txvn years since I used I'rrumi,
but I niu *ntl*lled that my cure I*
romplete nuil permanent.”—Edxvln
A. Frost.
NOTHING In the world produce*
more disastrous aenema of the
nerve centers than neuralgia. Any
one who has ever had neuralgia will find
himself constantly liable to nervous
troubles. This is especially true if he
has been subject to taking much
quinine.
Pernna Increase* Nutrition.
Neuralgia is always an expression of
nerve weakness. Borne nerve center hns
been deprived of nutrition, and neuralgia
is the signal of distress which this nerve
center is able to make. Thus It is that
neuralgia depends on a want of nutri
tion of the nerve centers.
Peruna Increases the nutritive value
of the food, and does it by correcting the
digestive organs. After the digestive or
gana have been once put in good working
order by Peruna then the food is able to
properly nourish the body.
This Is how it happens that Perun
many old cases of neuralgia, which
have resisted all other forms of treatment.
Peruna is not a specific for neuralgia, but
It is a specific for catarrhal affection of
the digestive organs. There Is no remedy
In the world that is so sure to put the
digestive organs in good working order as
Peruna.
Peruna Strikes the Sonrce.
All diseases, Including neuralgia, that
depend on a want of proper nutrition are
curable by a course of Peruna. Peruna
strikes at the foundation of all chronic
diseases by Increasing the nutritive func-
by hiding in some bushes. He was hand
cuffed and brought under guard to the
Fayette county Jail, where h is now be
hind the bars. Bessie Wares and Lizzie
Jones, the two negro women Implicated
In the rioting were also locked up in
Untontown.
In the meantime the word had spread
throughout all Fayette county and a
great number of white men are now
scouring the foot hills of the Alleghen
ies in the hope of finding the other live
negroes.
Mrs. McMillan Is at her home and has
suffered severely from the brutal treat
ment she reoeived. Her friends and rela
tives swear vengeance swift and terri
ble on tho negroes if they can get them
from the officers.
Memorial Day at Go 11 man.
Quitman, Ga., A|rll 27.—Quitman ob
served Memorial Day In an appropriate
and Impressive manner. The exercise*
were held in the opera house, which was
packed with a mass of humanity. The
school children and veterans, headed by
the ladles of the Quitman Chapter Daugli.
ters of the Confederacy, formed at the
Court House, and promptly at 3 p. m.
marched to the opera house.
The addresa by lion. W. Q. Brantley
was a masterly one.
—“A friend of mine,” says a correspon
dent of the Bydney (Australia) Bulletin,
"noticed near hi* camp a trap-door spider
run In front of him and pop Into Ua hole,
pulling the 'lid' down a* It disappeared.
The lid seemed *o neat und perfect a
circle that the man stooped to examine
It, and found, to hi* astonishment, that
It was a sixpence. There was nothing hut
silk thread covering the top of the rioln,
but underneath mud ami allk thread were
coated oti and shaper) convex taa usual.)
The eolti had probably been swept out
bf the tent with rubbish.” **y* R, I.
Uncock, commenting on this In N#tur#.
■Prince Mooserl, a nephew of the King
of Hloeit, 1* now serving In the engineer
ing work* of Ik* Northeastern Railway
Company, <J#te#h*sd. England, In order to
get a thorough knowledge of locomotive#
fur use Hi hie own couniry.
—it C. Treat of M’asMngtun, Ps , bee
uffned to give W <M> to But* e t'leefc (N <‘|
A'ad'tnr II vital fileude of Ihr inert! utioa
wilt raise MMM' to the end that a ivuouv
building may h# afoctsd U reptaco isw
pel net raMuuUy,
tion of the digestive organs.
The ease of neuralgia narrated by Hon.
K. A .Frost as above is a splendid illus
tration.
Doctors Surprised.
N. E. Bunker, Newman, Cal., writes:
“I was sick for nine years with one of
the worst cases of catarrh of the stomach
possible. All that time I did not have a
natural taste in my mouth. Could not
eat, barely kept life in me by nibbling—
could eat nothing of any substance, only
soft foods, and little of that. I got as
low us 108 pounds. The first cause was
la grippe. By accident I Used Peruna;
began it last February. I have now been
wed six or seven months—entirely well.
Am heavier than for thirty years. Doc
tors are surprised as are all my friends.
I have advertised Peruna extensively in
many parts of the stale, personally; many
are helped. 'I am very thankful.”—N. E.
Bunker. .
••\ever Felt Better."
Mrs. T. E. Freeh writes from Excell,
Tenn., as follows:
“Having been afflicted with catarrh and
stomach trouble for seven years I tried
four different doctors. They only relieved
me for a little while. I gave up all hope
of being cured, having been reduced to
130 pounds. X was so weak I could
scarcely get out of the room. I was in
duced to try Peruna. and to my great
surprise lam now entirely well. My
weight Is now 188 pounds, and I never felt
better in my life. I shall always praise
Dr. Hartman and his remedies.”—Mrs. T.
Freeh.
If you do not derive prompt and satis
factory results from the use of Peruna.
write at once to Dr. 8. B. Hartman,
Columbus, Ohio, giving a full statement
of your case, and he will be pleased to
give you his valuable advice gratis.
NKWS FROM TALLAHUSBE.
DrLanil linn R Krtv Ki-rlillirr Fac
tory With n Capital of SIOO,OOO.
Tallahassee, Fla., April 27.—DeDand has
anew corporation, the K. O. Painter Fer
tilizer ComiMtny, for whlc*h letter* patent
were issued here to-day. The capital
stock Is SIOO,OOO, and the company will
manufacture fertilizer, deal in merchan
dise and Import fertilizer material.
Jim McArthur robbed his colored chum
a few nights ago and escaped. He was
captured and brought back by Sheriff
Hawkins of Uve Oak. At a trial before
Judge Whitfield McArihur was given
sixty days.
Capt. R. B. Lutterloh has given Gilmore
& Davis a contract to build another
dwelling house on Duval street.
The eighty-second anniversary of Odd
Fellowship in America will be celebrated
by the order here on Tuesday night, and
lion. M. S. Dowden of Polk county will
deliver an addreaa.
Slrrel (nr Plant Mortjtuiced.
Indianapolis, Ind., April 27.—A special
to the Sentinel from Kvansvtlle saya:
A mortgage on the city street car plant
was Hied here to-day for $1,000,000 by the
Now York Trust Company.
—Johnny (to the minister on a visit)—
"My father Buys he never heard such a
ntupld sermon as you delivered last Sun
day. Ho tokt mother so.’* The Minister
—"Did lw? And wnut did mother say?**
Johnny—"Hhe said it didn't begin to b
at stupid as your talk when you came
here on a vlsil.**—Boston Transcript.
—Apropos of Home of the Recant Rook
P.ays. Miss Matinee—"DM you know
that Welwier’s Dictionary is to lv drain*
Hllicl neat winter ?* Miss **rHh|ue—
"What an unusual treat. Of coo nut It
may prove a bit wordy, Mil, at least. It
will contain plot, actkMi, and originality I’’
e.
—By a curious thauc*. <leoge, tin
I second son of the King of Danmark, iwi
reigned lot a longer le'tol over llmw*
. ihi.ii his father lias Ms native king*
i goat. *l*oi*. naving lan. it Kt**a of
. tile If vile me la Ms* ch : Ml, wMls Kitg
i .'briarlan did not aaamf Ilia t|nwa -rrf I*
’ a.* *tr **‘fr later.
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