r'7ffCLE SAM IJV CHIJVA.
Hotesthe Fortes at Canton Were
TaKen in 1856.
This IB not the first time that Am
erican marines and bluejackets have
encountered the hostile forces of
China. In 1856 , when China was Just
on the eve of her war with England ,
Commander A. H. Foote , afterward
destined to play an important part in
the civil war , lay off Canton In the
loop of war Portsmouth. , The city
and the surrounding country was in a
disturbed state , and he had gone to
Canton to protect the American resi
dents and their business interests.
Then , as now , all China rang with
ihe cry of "drive out the foreign dev
ils , " and the government of Pekin was
backing the movement in an under
hand way , while professing to be
friendly. Canton was defended by
lour big forts. They were masonry
affairs with walls eight feet thick and
mounted 176 guns. In these forts was
a garrison of 6,000 men. One day one
of the forts fired on the Portsmouth.
Commander Foote demanded an
apology from the Chinese governor ,
ut all apology or explanation was
curtly refused. Then Foote got an
gry. Having been reinforced by two
ed on with dash and determination ,
and by 4 o'clock that afternoon the
Stars and Stripes flew over the second
fort. This fort mounted forty-one
guns and commanded the third fort.
The guns were at once turned upon
the third fort , which surrendered.
While the forces were landing a
six-gun battery near the shore had
been giving trouble ; so while the main
body went for tne fort a small detach
ment of marines carried the annoying
battery with a rush and spiked its
guns. The sailors and marines had
been fighting for two days now , and
were pretty well tired out , but the
fourth and last fort remained to be
taken , and so , about daylight on the
morning of November 22 , the Ameri
cans advanced to the great walls over
which the dragon flag was still flyi-ng.
and which frowned in the early light
with thirty-eight guns of heavy cali
bre.
bre.This
This fort was captured as gallantly
as the others had been , in the face of
tremendous odds. The guns of the
forts were spiked and the works un
dermined and blown up. Having read
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other warships , the San Jacinto and
the Levant , Commander Foote decid
ed to take matters Into his own hands.
On November 20 , after his ultimatum
Lad been treated with silent contempt ,
Foote ordered his ships to open on the
'forts. Under cover of a furious bom
bardment he landed 287 marines and
proceeded to storm the defenses. .He
lad with his landing party four ho
witzers. The water was so shallow
that the boats1 could not approach
close to the land , but the men jumped
into the water and waded ashore , drag-
Sing their howitzers after them.
They then made a detour through
the rice fields so as to take the first
-fort in the rear. This fort mounted
fifty-three guns of heavy calibre , and
had a large garrison , but the Yankees
charged it with great fury and car
ried it at the point of the bayonet.
Fifty of the defenders were killed and
the rest fled in a panic. As soon as the
American flag was seen flying from
the first fort , a second fort across the
river opened on the captured works.
The Americans turned the guns of the
fort they had taken against the fort
across the river , and soon silenced
it An army came out from the city
to try to recapture the fort occupied
by the Americans , but was driven back
with loss.
The next day an attack was1 made
on the fort which had been silenced
temporarily the day before. The fort
was lively enough now , and the land
ing party , which this day was com
posed of detachments from all three
of the ships , was met by a heavy fire
from this defense , and from the two
other forts still occupied by the Chi
nese. A heavy shot plumped into one
of the San Jacinto's boats , killing
three men and wounding seven , and
another shot sunk the launch of the
Portsmouth. But the Americans press-
i
the Chinese this little lecture on the
danger of firing on the American flag ,
the sailors and marines returned to
their ships. The American loss was
twelve killed and twenty-eight wound
ed. Over 400 of the Chinese were
killed1 and a largs number wounded ;
just how many will never be known.
\Vard Wouldn't "Kotow. "
After the defeat of the British at
Taku in 1859 , the French and English
envoys went back to Shanghai to
catch their breath and talk over mat
ters. The Chinese government had
told the envoys that if they wanted to
come to Pekin they must travel by
way to the Pehtang river , a small
stream ten miles north of Taku. Mr.
Ward , the American minister , decided
that he would try to reach the Chinese
capital by the route indicated. He
sailed to the mouth of the Pehtang
and there disembarked with his suite
on July 20. He was met by a Chines *
official , who bundled the Americans
into rude country carts and escorted
them to the Peiho river above Tien-
Tsin. There boats were awaiting
them and they proceeded by way of
the river to a point twelve miles be
low the capital. Here they were again
ordered to get into carts , and in this
undignified manner were taken into
Pekin. Mr. Ward was now treated
with a show of consideration and was
told that he would be allowed to pre
sent his credentials to the emperor if
he would perform the "kotow. " He
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IEr * 35he Warriors of A hantee
Are Fighting England.
There is probably no other savage
race who are capable of putting up
auch a stiff fight as are the people of
Ashantee. now at war with England.
They are born warriors and love their
country with a savage kind of pa
triotism. Besides , they would not
dare refuse to fight. Refusal would
mean not only disgrace , but instant
death. The power of their picturesque
monarch is unquestioned. Should the
.czar of all the Russias even think of
doing what King Prempeh does and
thinks nothing of doing , there would
be a vacancy at the Winter palace. The
sultan of Turkey is a novice In tyran
ny as compared with the black king of
Ashantee. If his breakfast does not
happen to agree with him , the cook is
liable to lose her head literally. If one
of his subjects should even happen to
look at one of his wives , the said sub
ject would be conducted by a subordi
nate to some shady grove or to the
rear of the woodshed and he would
never return. Should any of his war
riors refuse to fight well , there is no
telling where the gore-shedding pro
clivities of the monarch with the plug
hat would stop ! Whenever a king of
Ashantee dies a guard of 2,000 of his
subjects are slaughtered to conduct
him to the other world. It is said that
as many as 10,000 people have been
slain on such occasions. Every time
there is a national festival there are
human sacrifices. In fact , blood-let
ting seems to be one of the principal
occupations of royalty in Ashantee.
Back of the town of Coomasie there
is a place called by travelers the Grove
of Skulls , where the bones of victims
are thrown.
The king of Ashantee is opposed to
progress. He does net want any roads
in his domain. When the English cut
their way inland from the gold coast
they left a fine road behind them. With
several pistols pointed at his head , the
king agreed to keep this road in repair
and not allow it to be overgrown , but
he knew that the rainy season was at
hand and that the English would have
to hurry back to the coast. The road
was never touched.
The system of human sacrifices prac
ticed in Ashantee is founded on a wild
idea of filial duty , for it is believed
that the rank of dead relatives in the
next world will be measured by the
number of descendants sent after them
from this. There are two periods ,
called "The Great Adai" and "The
Little Adai , " succeeding each other at
intervals of eighteen and twenty-four
days after the death of some member
of the royal house , at which human
victims are immolated to a monstrous
extent.
On the Great Adai the king visits the
graves of the royal dead at Bantama ,
where their skeletons , held together
by links of gold , sit in grim mockery
of state.
was given to understand that , as the
emperor of China was the ruler of the
whole world , he would have to appear
before him as an envoy from one of
the outlying parts of his majesty's
domain , the rame being the United
States. The "kotow" consists of an
elaborate ceremony of crawling on
one's hands and knees into the pres
ence of the "descendant of the sun"
and knocking one's head several times
on the floor after a prescribed man
ner. Mr. Ward objected , but the Chi
nese authorities were obdurate , and ,
after arguing the matter for awhile ,
the American envoy was obliged to
return to the mouth of the Pehtang
river and exchange ratifications of
the treaty there.
Senator Hanna's Face.
No man in public life has been so
mercilessly caricatured by artist and
libeled by camera. The caricaturist ,
of course , is never expected to convey
a true likeness , although he Invariably
seeks to preserve a semblance of a
man's features and expressions , how
ever distorted they may be. In Sena
tor Hanna's case , however , he seems
entirely at sea. This impression is
forced upon one by studying the man
at close range. The caricaturist may
perhaps be pardoned for not coming
nearer the truth , when the fact ls |
taken into consideration that even the
photographer usually fails to catch the
details of the senator's facial charac
teristics. There is an indescribable
something about the man that defies
reproduction. His is a remarkable
face in many respects , full of light and
shade , expressive to the extent of be
ing almost panoramic , ever changing
with his own mood or the moods of
those about him. It is a rugged face ,
such as you see on those actors who
change their plastic features at will in
giving imitations of famous men. And
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yet at times it seems to be as un
fathomable as the face of the very
Sphinx. Small wonder that the artisl
fails to retain its elusive characteris
tics. Philadelphia Record.
COLL&GE GI'RL. ' S HOJtO'RS
Another clever girl who has beeri
winning honors in university circles is
Miss Mary Frances McClure , who has
just been awarded a scholarship at
Bryn Mawr college by Cornell univer
sity. Miss McClure was born in Phila
delphia and received her preliminary
education in the
public schools. She
has not only dis
tinguished herself
in a scholastic way ,
but socially she has
been very popular
with the students
at Cornell.
During her fresh
man year she was
second vice-presi-
Miss McClure. dent of her class ,
serving as president of the girls and
second vice-president of the entire
class. This year she has been a mem
ber of the "athletic council" for the
women of the university , manager oi
basket-ball , and president of the dra
matic club. Miss McClure's most re
cent honor is her election to the hon
orary scientific fraternity of Sigma
Psi.
2)O1/3Z , EJVGIJVE.
Two complete locomotives coupled
together is the new type of railway
engine for steep grades just finished
and shipped by the Baldwin locomotive
works to the St. Cloud River railway
a part of the Southern Pacific system
in California. It is a mountain-climb-
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A MOUNTAIN ENGINE ,
ing motor which will pull 125 tons oi
freight , aside from the heavy cars , up
a 7 per cent grade , which is a rise oi
369 feet to the mile , to say nothing &
lifting its own enormous weight ol
161,400 pounds. Bars connect the two
engines and render them practically
one.
Glenn's Kccentrlcities.
John Glean of Urbana , Ohio , died
the other day , after having made a
record for eccentric vows. Because his
father bought what he thought was
a better suit for his brother than for
him , he vowed that he would not wear
a coat for twenty years. Another time
he took offense at some trifling thing
and vowed he would not leave his
house for twenty years , and for
twenty years he was a voluntary pris
oner.
OUR CALENDAR ,
Items of General Interest Told in
Paragraphs ,
COMPLETE NEWS SUMMARY.
Iteccml or Happenings of JMurli or IJttlo
Importuned from All 1'arts of the Clv-
111/ud World I'rh-cs of farm Product *
lit \Ve.sturu Markets.
The Minnesota republicans named
Samuel Vansant of Winona for gov
ernor.
Milwaukee's electric parade was
cheered as the crowning spectacle of
the carnival.
Thielen resigned as Prussian minis
ter of'public works.
Hayti adopted the gold standard.
Germany plans a colonial army.
Sidney Lucas won mile handicap.
Senator Hanna denies having had an
$800 diamond stiul stok-n from him in
Philadelphia.
Bricklayers and Stonemasons' union
at Chicago signs a three years' agree
ment with the Masons and Builders'
association and chooses arbitration
board.
Four persons die and many others
suffer injury from intense heat iu Chi
cago.
Winnebago Indian reservation build
ings in Iowa were blown down during
a windstorm.
Forest fires do considerable damage
in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Thursday was the hottest June day
in New York in four years.
Congressman Sulzer and Richard
Croker go to see Bryan about the vice-
presidential nomination.
It is now reported that ex-Governor
Pattison of Pennsylvania is Mr. Bry
an's candidate for vice-president.
The Michigan Republican conven
tion is in a deadlock over the choice
for candidate for governor.
Wheat in the Northwest seriously
injured by drought. Minnesota will
have half a crop , South Dakota and
Montana even less , and North Dakota
practically none.
Edward Atkinson denounced war be
fore American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science.
Schooner Everett wrecked on St.
Lawrence Island ; five of crew of six
starved to death.
Burlington read will employ Crow
Indians to grade a section in Big Horn
region.
New York court decided ice trust
must produce books and officers must
testify.
President starts on his vacation Fri
day.
day.Czar's
Czar's manifesto provides for com
plete Russification of Finland by 1905.
Premier Saracco promised Italian
parliament to reform expenditures.
Donaldson Smith explored region be
tween Lake Rudolf and Nile Valley.
Prince of Wales officially opened
London's underground electric rail
way.
way.German
German experts will confer as to
regulations for meat inspection.
Louis Klopsch estimates mortality
through India famine at 2,000,000.
Russia military authorities study
ing means for invasion of India.
Norwegian report that Andree , polar
explorer , is safe.
Frederick A. Maxse , British admiral ,
died.
British chambers of commerce began
a war on sugar bounties.
Silas B. Cobb estate at Chicago
worth $5,257,593.
Bricklayers and Stone Masons'
union decides to desert the Building
Trades' council.
Dynamite explosion in Champion
mine , near Ishpcming , killed four men.
Lewis Amble was murdered and his
brother Samuel left unconscious by
robbers in a western suburb of Chi
cago.
Louis M. Stein , a South Bend ( Ind. )
merchant , is slugged and robbed of
$4,000 while waiting for a street car in
the heart of Chicago.
Chicago recruits for marines are said
to be destined for service in the war
with China.
During an address before American
Association for the Advancement ot
Science Edward Atkinson talked poli
tics , and his utterances were attacked
as seditious.-
Health Commissioner Jenkins of
New York. Croker's brother-in-law , is
accused of using his office for per
sonal profit.
Surplus for fiscal year , $75,000,000.
Schooner Alaskan and her 600 tons
of cargo a total loss at Cape Nome.
MuJ. WIlkliiMon Wounded.
Col. Carter left Klawassa. on the
morning of June 26 with the intention
of re-enforcing Capt. Hall at Bokwal
with 400 men , 200 carriers , a sevon-
poundtr and a Maxim. When half
a mile from Dompoassi ho was fired
upon heavily from the bush. Capt.
Ronpell and several men fell at the
first fire. The casing of the water
jacket split after half an hour's firing ,
and nine men. including Lieut. Ed
wards , who were working the seven-
pounder , were put out of action half
an hour later. Major Wilkinson was
shot
The casualties were six officers and
eighty-seven men. The enemy's loss
was fifty killed and many wounded.
It was estimated that the natives num
bered 10.000 , one-half of whom had
muskets.
I'lay tilth Dead Hlon'ri lionet.
The boys In the neighborhood
bounded by Broadway , Park avenue
and Seventh and Rutger streets. St.
Louis , are enjoying themselves during
the school vacation season with cur
ious playthings. "Shinny" is their
favorite pastime and the instruments
they employ in the game are portions
of the decomposed anatomies of what
were once , perchance , their ancestors.
A blackened , grinning skull serves
for the ball and a grisly thigh bone
or upper bone of the arm for a driving
stick. The playthings of the boys of
the neighborhood are the relics of past
and almost forgotten generations of
people whose bodies were buried in the
old St. Joseph's convent cemetery.
IlomeoiiathUU in Session.
The American Institute of Home
opathy began its annual session at
Washington , D. C. The feature of
the convention will be the dedi
cation and presentation to the
government of the statue of Dr. Hah-
nemann on the east side of Scott cir
cle on Thursday afternoon. President
McXinley will attend the dedicatory
exercises , and addresses will be de
livered by Attorney-General Gngga
and others. The same evening the
president will give a reception to mem
bers of the convention at the White
House. President Walton in his an
nual address today earnestly advo
cated uniformity of medical laws in
every state in the union.
Tra\HITS' Council Mcctini ; *
The thirteenth annual session of the
supreme council of the Order of Uni
ted Commercial Travelers convened
at Columbus , Ohio , Friday. The coun
cil met in secret session , being called
to order by Supreme Conductor W. L.
Day of Concordhi , Mich. The report
cf the secretary showed a total mem
bership on Jan. 1 , 1900 , of 14,000 , a net
gain of J.270 for the year. The treas
urer reported a balance of S72.000 in
the funds of the organization , against
a balance of $10,000 at the close of the
previous year. The amount in the
widows and orphans' fund was re
ported to bo $17.000.
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Illinois Prohibitionists' Ticket.
The Prohibitionist state convention
of Illinois nominated the following
ticket : Governor. J. G. Cunningham ,
Urbana ; lieutenant-governor , John A.
Henderson , Sparta ; secretary of state ,
B. J. Radford , Eureka ; auditor , James
A. Stone , Bradfordston ; attorney gen
eral , Frank S. Regan , Rockford ; treas
urer , H. S. Parmalee , Chicago ; trus
tees state university , Geoige Bloomer ,
Elvira S. Stewart and Mrs. Mary
Smith ; electors at large , W. P. Throg-
morton and H. M. Bannen.
At the state convention held in
Springfield Wednesday and Thursdaiy ,
the Democrats of Illinois nominated
the following : J
I'oliro Chiefs Confer.
Fifty chiefs of police of Illinois gatj
ered at Peoria "Wednesday for a col
ference. Chief Kipley of Chicago w.
among the number. A parade occ
pied the morning , while there was a
excursion to Chillicothe in the aftel
noon. The business session was he ]
on the boat. Its object was a discuj
sion of a bill to present to the leglsl : ]
ture providing for a metropolitan p < |
lice force to be uniform throughoij
the state , and for arrangements for tJ
coming state convention. A banqud
fallowed. At night the visitors weil
entertained with another excursioj
and a dance.
Kills Ills Stondauzhter.
A terrible tragedy occurred at Ma
shall , near Poplar Bluff , Mo. Willia
Woodward , a farmer , shot and kille. ;
his stepdaughter , and in turn wa
clubbed to death by neighbors. Afte
shooting his stepdaughter Woodwan
shot himself through the breast witJJ
his Winchester , inflicting what woul
have proved a fatal wound , but the
man was still living when fifteen mea
entered his house and with club- > beat
his head almost to jelly. Woodward
shot his stepdaughter because she
caused his arrest on a criminal charge.
Monsoon I5urst. in India.
Private telegrams received at Man
chester , England , from Calcutta say
that the monsoon has burst , and
there is abundant rain. The famine
situation is unaltered. The governor
of Bombay wires that there were 10-
277 deaths from cholera out of 15.479
cases during the week ended June 16.
IJoth May Issue IJonds.
The supreme court in the Indian
apolis school bond case , decided by a
vote of 3 to 2 that in Indiana the civil
city and the school city are separate
corporations , and that each may incur
indebtedness up to 2 per cent of the
assessed value of property in its con
fines. The validity of millions of dollars
lars in bonds hinged on the decision.
Had the court held an opposite view ,
a vast amount of bonds would have
been worthless , as the constitution
specifies that such bonds in excess of
the 2 per cent limit are void.
Lone Man Holds Up Passongora on B. &
M. Exproaa Near York.
PROBABLY DONE BY PROPESSIONAL
I'll Hum n I'orter 1'orceil to ( So Atitmd and
Wuk Hlerpern to Accommodate tlin
Koblter In IIIn KoundH tliirtlncton
Ituute OfTorit 800O Unnurii. !
YORK. Neb. , June 30. The westbound -
bound Burlington train No.11. . which
passed through here Wednesday , was
robbed between this place and Brad-
sha\v. At what point the robber got
on the train is unknown. It is gener
ally supposed that he boarded the
train either at this place or at Sow-
ard. He commenced his work of goIng -
Ing through two Pullman cars at this
place and. owing to the limited time
ho worked , he overlooked passengers
and thousands of dollars that ho could
have secured had he taken more tlrms
and done his work more systematically
and thoroughly.
His pals , two men driving a team ,
were waiting for him one mile west
of Bradshaw , where the robber pulled
the air brakes , jumped off , joined his
pals and drove south , with only $7t
in cash , the proceeds of his fifteen
minutes' work.
The engineer saw the team and two
men and at Aurora news of the rob
bery was wired into Superintendent
BignelPs office at Lincoln , who came
here on a special train , bringing with
him railroad detectives and blood
hounds. The hounds at once struck
the right scent and were leading their
owner a fast pace south and east to
Henderson and last accounts are that
they are hot on the trail leading south
of Henderson to the Blue river , where
it is believed the robbers will be found
and captured.
Woes of the Sniiill Hoy.
OMAHA , June SO. The small boy
and his firecrackers and other instru
ments of torture are supposed to lie
off of the earth until G o'clock on the
evening until July ? . Policemen wl'l
be after all violators of the fireworks
and firecracker ordinances until th.it
evening , when the ordinance will be
suspended until Fourth of July at mid
night. Mayor Moorcs has instructed
the chief of police to prevent Fourth
of July celebrations from continuing
throughout the entire summer.
A number of runaways that wop *
caused by firecrackers and fireworks
have already been reported and many
complaints have been lodged with the
mayor and the police department
Every effort will be niado to protect
the city of Omaha from an untimely-
fusillade of cap pistols and Roman
candles.
Train Crow Fight Trumps.
SUPERIOR , Neb. , June :50. :
was a pitched battle Thursday morning
at Hubbell , Neb. , between the crew of
Burlington freight train No. 6 ! { and
six tramps. The tramps attempted to
get aboard the train when a brakeman
forced them off. The brakeman was
hit in the back of Mie head by a brick
and rendered unconscious for some
time. The rest of the crew then joined
in the fight and two of the tramps
were beaten into unconsciousness ,
while the conductor , Ed Davidson ,
rushed into the caboose and secure- !
a revolver , which he emptied at them
He was a poor shot and did not hit any
of them.
Storm DOCK Damage a.t Auburn.
AUBURN , Neb. , June 30. Another
heavy storm has visted this counity.
the hail doing considerable damage
in some places. For some distance
the storm followed the path made by
the storm of June 16 , but extended
farther east. Commissioner Connpr.
Connpr.st
st
Iks
lir-
circulated a story that the plaintiff
had converted property of another to
his own use and by this story becom
i g knoun his position in a Norfolk
creamery was taken from him
Lightning Strjke U Fatal.
CRETE , Neb. . June 30. A very se
vere thunder storm visited Crete and
vicinity Wednesday afternoon. Mrs.
Isley , who lives about five miles west
of Crete , while out working in th"
harvest field was struck by lightning
and instantly Killed. Two of her ' -nil
dren. who were with her in the field
and a farm hand were knocked down
by the same lightning strote.
Old Settler * ' Picnic.
NORTH LOUP , Neb. . June 30. The
annual picnic of the old settlers of
Valley county was held at the hem
of A. M. Stewart on the east side of
North Loup River. A large number of
the original settlers were in attoni-
ance.
Ilorcler Thrown From Horse.
GREELEV , Neb. . June 30. James
Fuller , a herder for Will Reed , was
thrown from a horse and had his arm
broken above the elbow. His shoul
der was also badly bruised.