Tit 13 Illustrated hem
July 15, 1000.
Minister CongerIowa
People in China
kt'iiy of Des .Moines. General Ankeny
startol Conger In his political career by set
ting tho pins which elected him county
supervisor In Mndlscn county beforo he wnr
elected treasurer nt tho county. Genernl
Ankeny's daughter Is dead.
Itonniiille Miirrlnue,
Tho marriage of Mr. Conger and MIhs Pike
wiih rctnantlc. The friendship, attachment
DKS MOINKH, July 12. "Wo have been yearn of age. Being born und having ulwayH
wiutvImi' nlionl tdn I'ekln situation for lived In Knnx riiiintv. IIIImoIh. lin formed mi
um.ka ." hi.1,1 Mrs. Idn It. Cnnenr. widow of excellent ntdiilon nf lown land. Soon after nnd '"Vo Hs origin In college life. Uoth
the brother of Minister H. II. Conger; "oven his marrlago ho bought land In Madison attended Lombard university and were class,
longer than tho people generally have. This county, Iowa. Madlnon county Is lin- ,nlltl'3 nml sweethearts In college. The war
was on account of tho letters wo recolved mediately southwest of Polk county, In toolt tho young man away, but the attach-
from our relatives In I'ekln. Tho minister which Des Moines, the capital of the state, ' "3" formed won not broken and wu?
repeatedly cautioned his family from glv was and Is located. Ills farm was half a consummated by marriage. A son and
Ing to tho public Information conveyed In mllu south of the town of Dexter, which then daughter wro born to this couple. I he sen
his letters, especially of a political char- had COO population and has grown a little Iorentus died. The daughter Is a remark
acter, and the people have not known how along with time. Conger farmed for live Wy brilliant young woman of a mathonut
much we have worried over the Hltuatlon, years, then he went Into the banking busl- teal tun. of mind, be ng one of the most tx
which did not appear to them grave unt.l ess In Dexter. Ilo was successful. Ho per accountants In the wtMt Shu returned
about three weeks ago In u letter which took In a partner named (J. (!. l'lcrco, who with "r nu.ther In November, fipent the
wo have St wed" M.,!..tor cSior lo the father of the young girl with tho winter hero and returned to Chh.a with her
iik iibont liol.nr nlarmwl. and tho facts In the Mongers In I'ekln. lie also esiai.usne.i n " -
olllclal messagu which was given out at " "t Stuart.
Washington (his week havu been known, to Ills llrst step in politics was in 1878. Ills
Homo extent, to us for n lo.m time. I hop.! huccoks was phenomenal. He was llrst
nualiist reason. Almost all tho news of elteted treasurer of Mudls-on county.
mum u whleli Ix nil wo have hud for a wus then elected treasurer of tho slate. He
ruary.
Mr. Conger was a member of the Mnonle
lodge. He Joined It while n soldier. The
,, incidents that led up to this step were eon
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v.iicuig to nun oi inu goon oi me onur
Ho was taken sick with typhoid while lm
month -In capable of being eonnirued as served h state treasu.er between 1882 and " , , t wn4 urnlr 11k , t , rchin V or.lers
good news. The remainder of the DtM 1885. Ho was elected as congressman fro...
Mo.nes relative,, of the minister and ..Is the Seventh dU.riet In 188.-, and held ,... JJ 'M
it t fililpi, t.iri.n tirtnu. .
family are more sanguine than 1 a....1
IHOII OFFICIAL'S HOUSE IN I'KKIN
Tin, Des Mo I ii is relatives lire: Mrs. Ida President Hani'., made hi... minister to
and a comrade volunteered to remain with
him. Food became n problem and the com-
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1 1. monger, miss Aiinii uiikl'i, 'iuBiwi .111 1 uci'nni in inn ui'uw., mi mi, ra(lL, VHtt.,i (no nearest town to obtain pro
Mrs. Ida Conger; Kdwln C. Williams, de Janlero until he was removed by Presl- VHonH There (, iunaged to secure -0
nephew of Minister Congor; Mrs. L. A. dent Cleveland, but as soon as President Mc , ,,,,, from tho rlcluMt ,0rchnnt l the
Conger, aunt of thu mlnlHter; Wlllard C. Kinky wiih elected he was selected to take j,,a(;u (1(,SI,ut M3 niue unlf r.n, up- n proving
I'lerce, Charles 11. l'lcrco and Loron Pierce, tho I'ekln ...Isicn, leaving Tho.nns ('. Daw- llm(f(!f a .m!IS0. conger there nnd then
nephow of Minister Cougar and brothers ot son, llrst secretary of the llrazlllan legation, VoVlU M0 would Join the order and after be
MIhb Mary Conger I'lerce, who hns been u In charge of our relations with Brazil until 11K Hclll l(, u iltWptnl and recovering by
member of tho minister's party In I'ekln 0 u.gor's place emit! be lilted there. This H,,cci.,i dispensation tcok tho three degree
since last February; Miss Kllzaboth Con
ger, Miss Hazel Conger, Miss U.nm.i Conger,
Dr. Alice C. Hunter, MIbs lrono Courtney,
Miss Lillian Courtney and Mrs. Will Nel
son, couslni. of Minister Conger.
I'el.ln I, Id DcllulilN Mrn. Conner.
Mrs. Conger, wife of tho mln'.Hter, an 1
her daughter, Laura, visited Dos Moines
friends lust winter. While hero Mrs. Con
ger exhibited a ring with which she hud
been priHe.ited by tho empress of China.
She was delighted by tho I'ekln life. When
sl.u returned to China she took with her
Minister Conger's niece, MIsh Mary I'lerce,
aged nbout 22 yonrs, and whoso threo broth
em aro bitslni'HB men In Des Moines. Laura
Conger, daughter ot tho minister, nnd the
only child, Is ubout 1!8 years ot age. Shu
married, eight years ago, a wealthy young
man named (leorgo Lendrum. He Inherited
his money and was unable to consorvo It.
Mrs. Lendrum Ilnally secured a divorce nnd
her maiden name. Lendrum onlltfted In tho
war iw a member ot tho Korty-nlnth Iowa,
got iib far as Florida and died within ten
days.
In the Conger party at I'ekln thoro wore,
when tho last letters were received here, the
following: Minister Edwin 11. Conger, Mrs.
Conger, their daughter, Laura Conger; Min
ister Conger's niece, Miss Mary I'lerce, all
ot Des Moines; Mrs. Morgan S. Woodward
and daughter, tone Woodward, of Hvuuston,
111., who were formerly residents of Des
Mo.nes and next-door neighbors of Minister
and Mrs. Conger. Second Secretary W. H.
Ilalnbrldgo of the legation was u resident
of Council muffs. Ills wife was with htm.
F. 1). Cheshire, Interpreter, was a former
resident of Iowa, but for twenty oyn.ru has
resided In I'ekln as Interpreter for the
American legation. Miss lsabelle l'al.ie ot
Chicago accompanied thu Woodwards as
Fionch companion. Miss Mary Condll
Smith, tlster-ln-law of (lovumor (leneral
Wood of Cuba, Is said to have been a gue.sl
of the Congers nt I'ekln. II. (1. Squiers, lint
secretary of the legation, was a resident ot
New York. Ills wife and three children aro
with him. Three of his children are at
tending school in this country, two daughters
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V I) Cheshire
11 O Kqulers, Minister R H QuiKer
AMKHICAN LKG-ATION AT I'KKIN
K llalnbillRe
the Iloxers Hlruck nfttr leaving tholr home,
the prjvlncu ot Shantung, was Chou-tlng-fu,
a large city lying at thu foot of the moun
tains near the western boundary of l'el
CM1I. Cheng-tlng-fu is nn old city nnd has
one of the llnest nncient temples to be found
In China, with an Immense bronze Huddhn,
over sixty feet high. Tho Catholics hore
have a large mission, claiming over 30,000
converts, and a lino cathedral. When tho
Iloxers nttemptod to loot It, a pitched battle
orcurred with the native Chrlrtlans, In
which the iloxers were beaten with a loss
of seventy killed. Tho Catholics cla'm a
niU'loii comets, all told, In China. Advanc
ing ir rthcast about fifty miles, thu Iloxers
reached I'nng-tlng-fu, the capital of the
province, which lies nbout eighty miles
southwest of I'ekln, and almost 100 miles
duo west of Tien Tsln, with which It U con
nected by river. I'nng-tlng-fu was the
present terminus of the Luhan railroad,
being built by the llelglan syndicate from
I'ekln southwest to Hnn-kow, a dUtanco of
about 800 miles. At l'ang-tlng-fu tho Ilox
ers Ignored the presence of a Luge body
of American missionaries), but attacked the
party of Belgian engineers engaged on the
road, and pursued them when thoy attempted
to cflcapc down tho river to Tien Tsln,
Anally cutting oft nnd killing several of the
party.
A Day of Dread
Why do women cling to Monday f-r wash
ing day? Where a housekeeper Is also a
mald-of-all-work there U some reason fo.
It, as Sunday has usually, by comparison,
been with her a day of rest, nnd she U bet
ter prepared for hard work. Hut where
she has maids Sunday Is with them a
fatiguing day, for bctddea the dinner and
tea they prepare they go to church and go
to walk and are off to see their friends and
making a gala day of It; In fact, they are
too tired out when tho next morning comes
for such hard work as washing and It would
not bo remarkable If the work were done
poorly.
If the tasks of sonio other day of the week
were transferred to Monday perhaps. It
wculd be u good change one might try It
as nn experiment. If, for Instance, tho halls
and sleeping rooms were swept and dusted
leaving tho parlors nnd other rooms of that
sort to bo nttonded to, as before, on Friday
so ns to bo fresh for Sunday, It would divide
a heavy task as well as be of benefit other
wise; or elso all the silver and brasses
could ho scoured, or tho closets and tho re
common, they enn nlwnys compare their
neighbors,
Half the time when you hear a man call
ing another man a "hog," It is only be
cause the second man lia got what the
llrst man would get If he could.
When you nro eating n dinner that a
woman has cooked she expects you to
spend half the time It takes to eat It In
talking about how good It Is.
SHORT AXI) PITHY STORIES
Hill, Stovenson, Towno, Davis and Jones
in Nebraska.
SOME THINGS SAID ABOUT THEM
In Now York City with relatives and a son transioi was made abaut three years ago, t mko hl.n a master Mnson In one night, frigerators cleared and cleaned. Then the
In Harvard. Mlnlnter Conger has visited Des Moines but He has been a loyal Mason during tho thirty- clothes could bo picked up, sorted, put to
Minister Conger's salary Is $13,000 a year, ()M(,,, sniCu lis appointment. eight years Hint havo Intervened. HOak and Tuesday given to tho wash with
that of his llrst secretary. Mr Hqulew. lf M,nU,or conger Is dead Kdwln Ankeny much lnoro strellgtu of wl and muscle.
$2,or,0, tha of Second Secretary Ilalnbrldgo Coll(.ur of U)a AllKl.u.S( CaLi ,H thu olllMt 1 n, ,u,"k " -,,,,,M; Tho fact ls, tho wash is such a disagree
$1,800 and Hint of Interpreter Cheshire ma conger living and to him will descend Among tho Iowa people In China in tho ablc alTalr that both lnlstrof8 nnd mad are
R00O. tfu, family traditions and honor. There will mlrslinary Held are tho following: cagor t0 g(;l lt out o tU() way anJ eVen
Coimer StnrlM im a Kit r hut. he no wealth. In his business and olllco-hold- 'At I'ekln Miss Ada Haven, Dr. Virginia thl(J coul(1 ho mcjed Uy an outdoor wash
Mrs. Conger was Miss Sarah J. l'ike of Ing Mr. Conger U generally leputed to have C- Murdock, Mrs. Mary I'orter Oumwell, all il0UB0 or laundry with fire nnd holler. Then,
(lalesburg, ill. She und tho minister were gathered about $100,000 nt one time. This of Davenport; Hev. and Mrs. W. C. Lang- wnoro tno nieans permit the hire of a wash
married Juno 21, 180S. Mr. Conger was has been dlfslpated to the four winds not don, tho latter being a niece of C. 1). Miller orWoman weekly, lt need never bo known In
then n struggling lawyer, n graduate of by dissipation, for Minister Conger was of Des Moines. tno nouso tbat'thcro ls such a thing as
Albany law school and Lombard university, uhvayo an abstainer, but by unfortunate In- At Tien TbIu In addition to Consul J. W. washing day at all, and whore the means do
a veteran of tho war, Into which he went In vestment. The California Conger Is a Kagsdalc, wifo and child, who are credited not permit of tho extra help, still a great
1802 as a private and from which he came nephew rf Minister Conger, whose brother to California, but who are really Iowans part of tho dlsagrceableness In tho steam and
a major live years afterward, and 2.'i married the daughter of General It. V. An- and have relatives In De3 Moines, among the smell of suds Is taken away from tho
whom ls II. G. Hngsdale, ex-state printer, consciousness by being taken out of the
1 rmammm r - - -t-i ' t - 7 . t t
v'
Is tho following: MU-s Frances I). Wilson house
of Corning, In charge of tho Woman's Train
ing school.
At Joo Chow Miss Lydla A. Wilkinson of
Diagonal, formerly of Jelfers n; Miss Mabel
Allen of F.nrly, Mrs. Susan Tippett, a widow,
of Slcux City; Thomas Owen and Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Mnln.
Not Up to Date
Chicago l'ost: "Isn't that young man who
was with you on the bench rather forward
and presuming?" asked the fond mother.
"Forward and uresumlnc!" reneated the
At Ynngste Miss Kate Osbom ot Union summer-resort beauty scornfully. "Why, he
Mills. 8,i't even up-to-date."
At Nanking Itev. G. A. Stuart, a brother "Hut 1 thought I heard him ask you for a
of Rev. T. McK. Stuart if Des Moines, for- kiss," persisted tho fond mother,
merly of Council IllulTs; Mr. and Mrs. Frank "That's Just It," returned the beauty.
(). Garrett and Dr. Hugh Whelpton, for- "Here he's been devoted to me for the whole
merly students nt Drake university In Des week that l'vo been at this resort and he
Moines. asked me for a kiss Instead of calmly taking
At Chung King MUs Helm G.illuwuy of one. What fu.ttier ovidenco of his back
Mount Ayr. Hev. nnd Mrs. W. U. Manly, the wnrdness could be asked? Why, he doesn't
latter having been formerly connected with even know tho (inference betwion the ens
Cornell c llego at Mount Vernon. toms of the seashore nnd tho city."
At I'ang Chung Twin WycolT slaters,
MIfs Mary I'orter, Dr. Henr I'orter, Dr.
and Mrs. Arthur II. Smith.
At Tnku Miss Koweua Bird, sitter of Mrs.
J a liuti 1 ui ce ot North Dim Mnlnrw
Reflections of a Bachelor
CATHOLIC CATHKDHAL AT CHUNG TING FU
New York I'ress: A woman's Id tin of n
$ sKUitui doctor Is one that will tell her
In connection with tho aboiro nrtlclo wo every once In awhile that her soul Is wear
print a picture of the Catholic cathedral Ing out her body.
at Cheng-tlug-fu. At the beginning of the Women always can get along together,
present outbreak In Chlnu, tho llrst point because, If thoy haven't anything elso In
Webster DiivIn (JIvcm iin ii Hciinoii for
TiirnhiK IHm I'ollllciil Colli IIIn III-
Ii'iimc Sympathy for Hie
StriiKlliinr Af rlUmiiltTM.
The Uocrs are a brave people defending
their homes against foreign nggression. No
wonder American men look upo.i tho struggle
,vlth more than passing Interest. The United
Slates of South Africa ought to bo some
thing more than a dream.
Foreign Insurance companies are quite as
relentless In their attacks upon home com
petition, but the Hankers Reserve Life As
sociation goes right along writing the best
class of risks.
Dnvlil II. Hill.
"I say, Dave," said Judge Van Wyck to
ex-Governor Hill, when tho distinguished
New Yorker returned to Kansas City from
his Sabbath day Interview with our own
William J. Bryan, "what hit you tho hardest
In Nebraska nfter Bryan's stubborn
adherence to tho doctrine of 10 to 1."
"Tho complacency ot tho people of Ne
braska. Why, do you know, Judge, they
havo established In Omaha a Stipulated
Premium Life Insuranco Company, called tho
Bankers Reserve Life Association, that
writes more risks In a mouth In that state
than our three big companies combined? It
Is only threo years old, but lt Is a
phenomenon. This fact went up against mo
Just as hard as the 1C to 1 proposition."
Aillui In (I in ii 1) ii .
"Adlnl," piped up a falsetto voiced popu
list at tho Lincoln Ingathering of fusion
lenders Tuesday afternoon, "did you stop In
Omaha on your way here?"
"Cortnlnly, I never miss stopping In the
metropolis of Nebraska when I havo occasion
to pass near. I always get a new Idea there
from somebody. This tlmo n representative
of tho Bankers Reserve Life Association
took my eye and really lf I had not beon
so closo to the limit of age I bcllevo I
should havo taken one of those twenty-payment
policies ot his company. I never know
boforo what a stipulated premium meant. I
do now. It I had not been unanimously
nomlnnted for vice president I would havo
asked for an Agency Contract."
AVIiy Senator .Ioiii-n wiih Brief.
"Senntor Jones, tho Mark Hanna of tho
democratic pnrty," was tho felicitous In
troduction vouchsafed tho gentlcmnn from
Arkansas when ho faced tho yolllng, en
thusiasts of tho capital of Nebraska. The
senntor took It good-nnturedly, though he
had no bomicts to throw at Ohio's leader.
Perhaps ho would have spoken longer if
ho had not known that n speclol agent of
tho Bankers Reserve Life Association was
in Lincoln prcpnrlng for n campaign and
conferring with tho lending business men
who nro to be on Its ndvlsory board. Senator
Jones did not care to Interfero with any
thing In the wny of local enthusiasm.
i'lMvnc nml a Vl.(. Prt'NliltMley.
Charles A. Towno eamo to Lincoln to con
fer with the leaders of tho fufclon pnrty, nnd
to shoot off some pyrotechnics nt tho ratifica
tion meeting. And ho cnllcd nt tho Capitol.
If he hod asked Auditor Cornell for the
report of the recent examination of the
Bnnkers Reservo Life Association ho would
havo lenrned that Vlco President Latta of
that successful Nebraska corporation ls
temporarily nbsent. B, II, Robinson of
Omaha, tho president, would gladly welcome
the silvery, persunslvo volco of tho Duluth
statis.nnn Into tho Insuranco field, Ilo might
bo very useful In building up tho business
If he could abandon politics for a period.