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RBOUT $40,000,000
To be Expended by an Amer
ican Syndicate, Sililding
fl RAILROAD IN CHINA.
Road 900 Miles Long Provinc
es 300.000.000 People,
New York, Sept. 20 —Regard
ing the proposed new railroad
to be constructed bv an Atneii
can syndicate from Jliiuk'jw t“
Hong Kong, China, a distance
of 900 miles, ex-Senator Calvin
8. Brice says :
“The American syndicate be
lievts that it has fair data foi
estimating pretty closely the
cost of the work. It has now on
hand on the propeity apart of
of its engineering forces ; is
sending as rapidly' as it can be
equipped a corps ol engineers
and other officials, who will
make the survey, beginning at
Hanxow and extending to the
city of Canton, and thence to
Hong Kong, and a.so beginning
at the Southern end and coming
North, making an independent
line for the purpose cf securing
as good location and grades, and
as favorable a construction a#
possible. 1 hat work, it is esti
mated, will consume six months
and will probably' furnish us a
basis for making further cal s
upon the syndicate.
“The character of the syndi
cate may best be shown by a
glance at the list of names.
There are in it seven represen
tatives of the Vanderbilt inter
ests and three of the Standard
Oil Company, John D Rocke
feller, William Rockefeller and
the president of one of our larg
est banks; also presidents of
several of our large trust com
panies; Levi P. Morton, Geo.
T. Bliss and the officials of the
Carnegie Steel Company. The
new Federal company will prob
ably also take an interest in the
syndicate.
The contract of the syndicate
is absolute, and subject to no
slips or casualties, as the whole
ground work has been done,
and money to a large amount
expended, and will be
expended. As fast as more mon
ey is needed it will be paid in.
“The cost of the road is esti
mated at a minimum of £-1,000,-
000 and a maximum of £8,000,-
000 pounds or from about $20,-
000,000 to $40,000,000. Our
best opinion is that it will cost
between $30,000,000 to $40,000,-
000, according to the standard
adopted and the amount of ex
tra expenditure required. The
syndicate will undoubtedly con
trol the road for a period of four
or five years, during which it is
subject to negotiations which
may change its character.
The provinces through which
the road will pass are the most
populous in China, having a
population of 300,000,000. Two
ot the provinces through which
it passes have a population
greater than that of the United
States.” |
la addition to the information
given by Mr. Brice, it miy be
mentionel that the American
railway' will, by having its
northern terminal at Hankow,
create a direct line from Peking
to Hong Kong by means of the
new road which is to be built by
Belgian. France capital, and con
cerning which so much has been
said in connection with the
recent Anglo Russian troubles
in China It will be remembered
■ that the charge was made that
Russia was furnishing all tbei
money sos the road and wa
using the Belgians simply ps a
tigu rehead.
'l'ho road runs through what
is called the English sphere of
infiuer.ee. It was also hinted
yesterday by chose in close touch
with the affairs of the American
syndicate that it was not im
probable that the latter might
own the proposed road from
Tien-Tsin to Hankow in the
end.
ST LO'JIS, MO. AND RETURN
On account of the Grand United
Order of Old Fellow." (eu’ored,)
St- Louis, Mo., October 4-10, 1898
the Southern railway will sell
round trip tickets at tl « very low
rale of $16.85. lickels on sale
October 2, 3 and 4th with final
limit returning October 13th,
1898.
that your ticket readea via
the Southern railway. Finest trains
quickest time.
J. N. Harr:som, C. T. A.
PHfINNY GRAFTS.
Our h“arte go out »o the poor
remarked the observer of men and
things, largely because our hearts
can go out without getting cur feet
wet.— Detroit Journal.
“And may I—n ay I tsk your
father’s consent, dear Miss Jane?'
“Pop's gone to war, but that
d'm’t make no difference —you’d
have to ask maw anyway.”—Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
“Ht —And she gavejtne one of
these sweet little curls she wears
Now will you believe she loves
me?”
She—“Oh, she must Those curls
cost her $1,78 each,” —Cincinnati
Enquirer
Little mary was discovered om
day by her mother, vigorously ap
olying the oil can to the kitteiT'
mouth. On bting reproved she re
plied. “Why, mamma, kitty
squeaks so awfu ly when I pull
her tail,”—Tit-Bits,
Smith—-“ Great time we had at
the club last night, ah?”
Jones—“ You bet! Did you get
home all right?”
Sm th—“No; I was arrested be
fore I got there, and spent the
night in a stationhouse.”
Jones —“Lucky dog! I reached
home. —Life.”
Mrs. Hoyle,— “What was that
you were talking in your sleep last
night about standing pat? Isn’t
that something about card play
ing?”
Mr. Hoyle—“ Standing Pat? Oh I
no. Pat is our office boy, and I
was talking ab< ut not being able
tn stand his impudence much lon
ger”
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FKiS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific process*?
known to the Califurkia fia Sun*
Co. only, and we wish to impresa upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As th*
genuiue Syrup of Figs is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthies*
imitations manufactured by other par
ties, The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Si'Rup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and flip satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advance of all otjier laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
effects, pUs«>C rppiember the name of
the Company ~■
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO,
SAN FRANCISCO, O|»L
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An exchange Ventures the opin
ion th:»t Hobson would not give
one Arnold, kiss for 15 of the
Schley department clerk kisses.
000
According to a New York cor
respondent Admiral Dewey owes
to Theodore Roosevelt his assign
ment to the Eastern squadron.
The admiral himself is quoted as
authority for this statement.
o o o
The late Admiral Kirkland’s
opinion ol newspaper men was
summed up while he Iwas in Sun
Francisco in this way; “If you are
caught taking pictures anywhere
in ihe t avy yard you’ll be am sl
ed, hut I suppose you’ll take
them anyhow,”
000
A strai ge cage of hereditary
suicide is recorded by Plot.
Brouardel. A French f irmer liv
ing near Etampes hanged himself
He left seven s< nsahd four (laugh
ers, ten of whom committed
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suicide after ’they had married
ind most cf theit childien also
took their own Hyes,
000
They could not possibly be a
whi-er ci’y than Cadiz unless it
were built of snow. As you near
tWd'coast you see in front of you
a white mass which appears to be
floating upon the water, just as
you are,
o o o
The hat wh ch Maj-Gen. M heel
er will probably wear in his cam
paigning is one which he has worn
for the past fifteen years It is a
soft black bat which, when he
takes it off, he generally puts io
Lis p< cket.
000
Few people are aware that Priuce
Bismarck was of Jewish decent.
He derived his Jewish blood from
his mother, whose father—Anis
tasius Von Menken, one of the
bureaucrats of Frederick the
Great—was.of Hebrew parentage,
000
The marquis of Normandy has
converted his ancestral English
home into a school for boys, him
self taking the petition of princip
al. He charges $2.Q00 each for bis
pupils, among whom are a number
of yourg peers and other heirs to
British titles.
'o » o
The oldest living railroid con
ductor is Edward Miller, who is
still in active service on the West
chester division of the Pennsylva
nia railroad, H J was born «n 1824,
and has been punching tickets in
the “presence of passengers” tor
fifty-one years.
000
A return ot the number of deaths
from starvation in London in 1897
was issued the other day. The East
End furnished the largest number
of cases: the northeastern district
coming second. ‘ The figures re
spectively were 13 and 10 cases,
out of a total of 4 L
000
A doctor states that tight, nn
ventilatde hats are one of the shies
causes of baldness.
000
There are close upon 2,000 000
married couples in France' who
have no chiidran and as many more
with only one child
000
The rate at which Zulus can
travel in an emergency is astonish
ing. Some will cover as much as
fifty miles in six hours. Eight miles
an hour is an or linary pace.
000
The prosfeute of tile hop crop in
England this year are repnr'ed as
very gloomv, aid it is es'lniatod
♦hat the yield will be only about
me-half that 'f hs r year.
Says the Merriwether Vindi
cator ; Let the talk about “cardi
nal” matters and other such
stuff cease and everybody go
along and vote for Candler for
governor. Thai’s our ticket.”
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