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,p CAPITAL CITY COURIER, SATURAY, NOVEMBER 19, 189? i ctfim $200,000,00. American i Exchange National $ Bank. LtLkriM AOsrau PrMrfi font. Vtos I'rvsWUnl , Bnmhsm. CastilM-. 1). O. Wins, Ami.Oi Mint fMbte IW Lincoln, : Nebraska Capital, CO UN illTIClMWJCZ. HOW HC NEGOTIATED CERTAIN CONCESSIONS FROM CHINA. Tim Count Conremrn with n :orrriinil nt in 111 i:tnrlinrr In llm OleUlM Kmplri How He lllnrit Willi nmlllrllMtd llm 1'rlinn .1llnliitir, (B)ocIaI Corrrmtnndeiire. WAflillNOTON, Nov. 17. Count Eu gene Mltklowlc is 1111 interesting cliur nclr. Few men within tho past few years lmvo occupied inoro of general public nttctilloii, mul fow inun two per- ! $250,000 Ofi'cm ami Dhftttint John 11. Wrlulit, ITm. T. K. Hiindem, V.-l J. II. McOlny, Cashier. r K Johnnon, H I' Lull. Thin Cochran. K H HUor, T W lowi'ry, V I. Iinylon General Hanking Niislncss Transacted Collection n Specialty. German National Bank LINCOLN Nltll. Capital Surplus $too,oob.oo 20,000.00 foicpji Nochmcr, President, Herman II. Schabcrg, Vice l'rcl. Chns. R. Wnltc, Caihlcr, O.J. Wilcox, Ast. Cashier The First National Bank 0 and Tenth Sts. Capital, $400,000 Surplus, $100,000 Li r" uuWk - k IP ' OVFWKHS: if. s. nAiiwoon. iymmmu. CIM.S. A. UANNA, Vta-IVMfclcnt. F.M.COOK, Ciuhttr. 0.8. LWl'tNCOTT.An'l OiViter. It. I). AllUiKll, A't Ctuhltr. O.W.MofltlKH, II.J.WAI.HH, Vrosluent Vlco-l'rus'U H. O. Outo Al.T, UnMilcr. (HPITHL V NATION) NATIONAL BANK ttpfa $300,000. LINCOLN, NEBR Lombard InvebtmentoCo FARM AMD GIT Y LOAN J -AT tMVt IIATICH- "Monty furnUlictl promptly on ap proved security. 'E.C.JONES, Manager. 1130 O Street, Lincoln, Neb, REM.- ESTATE LOANS 1 On farms In tern Nobraikn nnd Improved proporty In Lincoln for a term of your. 1 .- ' . : Lowest Current Rates r. c. a j. Moore. mOIIAUDH ULOCK, Corner ItlH A O Street, Llnoslu. Real Estate and Loans 'B.nratn,lnHilwthorjle Havelock, t ir .!.. ni university rmtu ami nil parte or the city t low rate 'W.M.ONR. lSM0 8t.,room4 t EAWittft Park COUNT N1TK1KWICZ. sonnily moro popular in Washington. Several years ago tho count conceived tho idoa of going into Hint compara tively unknown country of tho "heiithon Chlnoo" mul of obtaining certain vnlu able concessions for Ainoricnri capitalists. It novor appears to lmvo utruok nny oihor progressive- mid nggresslvoAinori can Unit this was tho greatest field proba bly in tho, world for investment. Hero was 11 country with 400,000,000 inhabit ants mul mi area bo (Treat that oven tho United States would lw comparatively lost if placed in ono cornor. With nil this population and with nil this terri tory tliero was but ono telegraph and ono railroad, not a xinglo telephone, no loiter carrier system, no government mint, mid, what was still more surpris liiR. 110 Bystem of governmental revenue. Tho count detei mined topeuutrate the barriers which had 1kcii laised nliout tho Chiiiesuoiupiro priueially bylhit ish capital mid Hritish enterprise. Tho greatest difficulty encountered by tho count in pushing his scheme waa really in America, lie ilrst had to over come tho natural prejudice in this coun try against foreigners. His scheme ilo was so far away, nud at tho same time so glgautio in its conception nud tho re sults it promised, that many American capitalists who were approached wero startled by its very magnitude. Tho first man to take hold of these Chinese concessions was no less a man than tho prominent banker, Wharton Darker, of Philadelphia. Later tho gigantic dual had for its supimrtors sucli men ns Colo nel Elliott F. 8hop.ird mid tho Chinese minister nt Washington. So far tho count lias been unnblo to produce these Chinese concessions hud deliver them over to his associates in tho enterprise. But ho lias by no means despaired of accomplishing this result. In fact ho said today that bo regarded this as thoVork of his life, nnd would oortnlnly succeed before ho died. Tho count claims that it Is simply a battlo between English and American ontor- priso und capital, mid that, ns a natural ized American, ho is determined to boo ,tho thing brought to a successful con clusion. After many mouths of work tho count finally sailed for China, backed not only by American capital, but with tho letters of introduction which guar anteed to him nn introduction mid an andlonco with Li Hung Chang, tho primo minister of tho Chinese empiro and tho sovonth prince, the uuclo of tho emperor Tho count's remarkable ex perience in China reads liko a fairy tale, and is best told in His own woras. in describing it lie said: "On my arrival nt Shanghai I was in formed that shortly a Hteamor sent by tho Viceroy Li Hung Chang would "bo luggngo nud noilted my way uptotha pilule iiilnlhtor of tho Cliluecu viupitr, mul whnt with ptesents of costly silks and diamonds at the end of a two mouths' trip I foulid that my cxK)ti?ea had reached the etioimoiis sum of twenty live thousand odd dollais, "A siirill foitune, you might sty, nnd in truth It was, but In reality it was but tin' beginning. There has already been ppent on these Chinese concessions cer tainly not less than f.200,000, and It will takeasiinichmort) to secure them. What will they bo woi thV No mnn can tell. Mil lions certainly, but how many? It takes olio's lui'iitli away In very truth when ho thinks of the possibility. Just think of the value today of tho entire railro.id Bvstom of the United States, tho tele graph leaching Into every hole and cor ner of tho land, and tho telephone sys tem now In neai ly every city of any nl.e. Their value is billions of dolhus not millions. Such must ultimately 1h the value of the same kind of property in China, whero there aro JOO.OOO.O'K) j people, ami wnoio uiuru i mi iir'u iuiu times the size of the United States. "Every Chlur.mmi is on the make, I don't care how small ho Is officially, or how young he is in years, each and every ono of them is after tho mighty dollar. It matters not whether it is mi Ameiieau dollar or n British sovereign or a Chlueii) lael, It is nil the same to tho pigtail gentry of the eiupiio. It is A very raio thing Indeed for n foielgnor to secure nn iindlenco with tho prime min ister of China; in fact it was oven moro difficult than securing 1111 audience Vith JmiiL'i G. lllaino when ho was secretary of state, and that, you know, was ro gin (led as ono of tho most difficult things in Washington. "I had avery iudeilti.foideaof Chinoso customs, nnd had iiss-cnied, with my Aineiicnu ideas, that being presented to the priluo minister coupled with it n presentation to his immediate family, lint I was doomed to disappointment. On my wny from Shnnghni to Peking I had iieard ngionl deal about tho won derful beauty of tho wives of Li Hung Chang, and had looked forward to tho pleasure of meeting them. Hut during my entire interview with tho minister I never set eyes on anything In the shape It was nlthiso with light, and thoro cer tainly mint lmvo Iwen seernl thousand laiileins, for candle power is tho only light iifeii in China. It may seem in credible that a nation of 100,000,000, no much older thau ours, mid with such vatt natural lvsoiirees, should in tho Nineteenth century bo practically with out uiilioads, without n telegraph, with out a telephone, without nny iostnl serv ice nnd without nny governmental mint, lint It is still moro incredible that they should bo without anything in tho way of light nt night other than candle power. Hut tho effect of this Is certainly as pleaiiug as anything I have seen either in America or in Europe. The light of every candle shone through somo gayly colored Iiitttei n, and over tho wholo sceno there vm that hoft radiance whicii nei ther gas nor olectiiclty can produce "However woof America may attempt to beltttlo tho Chinaman, there is little jtisllllcnltou for It. Tmo It is ho is far behind us in ninny ways, but ho has abilities peculiarly his own, and what ever ho does attempt ho succeeds In. There is n gi eat deal of what wo call redtnnoin this country in eveiy thing official in China. Yon can get somo idea of the formality of things when I tell you that before I 1 cached the august ptescucoof Li Hung Chang 1 was pro seated in turn to soven different officials, oncli higher than tho ono who presented me. Filially I lc'iched tho prlino min ister. By that time I was very much Winked up, nnd scarcely ablo to m iko a good presentation of my case through tho interpreter. But any nervousness that 1 may lmvo felt was doubtless over come by the rich presents I brought, and whicii wero placed nt Li Hung Chang's feot with great ceremony. "My instructions had Iwen to walk up t tho foot of tho throno, bend my kneo nud bow low. I did this mid remained thoro until eommnnded to rlso. Stand ing before tho primo minister I stated my enso with nil tho oloquonco of which I wns capable, nnd tho fact thatlwai finally successful justifies mo in part In saying that eloquenco won the day. Be fore 1 left LI Hung Chang had promiheil me all I asked for, nud moro. Return ing from China I brought with mo of ficial grants of concessions moro vain HI I IU.J HliLkUjHr2ftSHkjF SPECIAL SALE -OF ROCKERS Commencing Monday, Nov. 14th and continuing for one week. 50 UplioHtorei! Rockers nt $2 on 50 " " a 50 to " " " 3 00 4 " " " 3 89 This Is only one hnlfof their orig inal nlne. Come early and get first choice. Remember this price will only he geod for one week. Rudge & Morris Co. 1118 to 1122 N Street, pALTv 1892 BfeFORE BUYING YOUR Carpots of Chinese womnnhood, notwithstanding I ablo perhaps than any ono hnd over ob- tho fact that ho has somo twenty odd wlvei, each and every ono of them with ns much curiosity ns any American wom an that over lived. "I mentioned they had but ono rail road in nil China, and that, too, but twelve miles in length. There is noth- 3nV-KwP" $vuil hNfe v1"iilMvv'-' - ISfHftkl vvi IHawis6s'''2Ji3Mi Si Wm ,( NIWl i H Uff MHHHn tnined. That thoynro not now being put to practical use is duo only to tho fact that English capital, through its American agents, has Interfered nnd temporarily prostrated my plans. In the end, however, I am confident that Americ.91 genius nnd enterprise and capital will win tho day oven ngainst British gold nnd British cunning." Waivtek Wei.uian. and Curtains See our JLeire Lire. A. M. DAVIS & SON, 1112 O STR66T, IJtgFSpecial Inducements to Cash Buyers. ramatic Reader Teacher of Elocution. U 1ITJNO CTTANO. ing, thorofore, in tho way of rnpld transit there. You oithor lmvo to go by boat orridoin 11 wagon train. Both aro ex tieinoly slow, nnd nn ordinary journey occupies two or throo days. Tho nrls tocracy of China nud all visitors who como with proper credentials nro cnrrled nlout tho streets in litters. When I reached Pekhig thoy took mo to a hotel and gave mo a Hiuuptiious apartment in which tho predominating colors wero red and yellow. Tho houso was built of bamboo, the ceilings wero low, but I must confess that everything about it was woll built, nnd tho effect on the wholo could not help but bo plenslng. I lmvo heard it "said that Chinamen know nothing of Uio,,harmony of color, bat my experience is that' thoy usually got an effect whicii is pleasing oven to the nrtistio oyo. "I shnll novor forgot 505 HllACK nuiLDINO. lvw fe'CbRN, D. t. S. Room 35 and 26, Burr Block, ril X TfcTTV PHOTOGRAPHER Hri nt Brest ox- 8nne replscod liU 111) InitrumrnU ,;Uti W -with a now Oelle- yer, direct from Undon, and U now hotter reiMutKl ilian over to Uo lino work, from a Mokoi up to me tit e. b. -m.'Suiiteya. "SttMo. ttr4t atreet. 4W if I tt-rn i H l!m I MmmL w . - at r(fif4 BLJiwKibrTr L MM-JWa u aw i ' .JPf 1 Open from 10 a. in. to 4 -MRSJ.TYN'ES&CO. OME-WADE miy 'Satices. (4t w-t Souee, ImUaJIot Hnuc awxTtHcMiuit, I i hlll .Bff TtAtm Wtmimimut eeTpiceWlt, CMU SaUtt, lion Radlth. Mlztd PttkUi. Etc. -- ---. ,-- THKHB BA.UQK8 ! .J0.l I .,.& a a.t ,.lu.Mm A a ily for family um Irotn old . DUtUDeXDrOMI Sretf 'trlea Weal India Yeolpee. and are ao- kaowledced to bo "Htandartl0 goiHl wherever taey are ueed. Addreu lAncaitor 1'. O., Lan aaaUr eouaty, Nebraska. PRXSKNTSO TO TUB VIUME JIINISTEB. placed at tay disposal. The vessel was such as is "used only by the royalty, and frdin this I was convinced that my lot ters of introduction to the Chinese offi cials wero of tho very best. I went unattended, and vascompeUed to rely : altogether upon aa iutorpreter whose rvioe I secured, in .Shanghai. But it eema that tho viceroy had issued nn or 4er that ny 'person was sacred, and thjs doubtlessly aCc'otints for the universal courtesy and attention I met with on erery lianA. , ,. , , . . "I do opt , doubt ot v? bat this atten Upn.waa very largely duo to the lavish xpendituro of money. It is a univer sal custom is China to pay tribute to verythlng and everybody, and in that country no official considers it a crime to accept a bribe. In fact they do not considor it as a bribe, bat rather as ono of their legitimate perquisites. I started in with the Chinamen who handled my my first super in China. Of conrso I had to eat with chopsticks, nud I do not doubt that my efforts to impress tho attendants who -wero constantly about mo with an idea that I was thoroughly accustomed to everything Chinoso accounted largely for tho many Biibdued smiles I noted on tho stolid couuteuancos of thoso who served mo, I cannot say that this sup per, or in fact nny other meal of which I partook 'whllo in China, hod that self satisfying result 'that good old fash ioned beefsteak and potatoes ha vo for mo in America. To uo perfectly frank, i wont hungry most of tho tiue, and that was my conuitiou on, tho night l was presented to LI Hung Chang, tho prime minister of China. "Shortly after dark a high official of tho government called upon mo, and tnrougli my interpreter informed me that my presence was demanded at the imperial mansion. I had on my drcbs coat, which made mo nil tho moro out of keeping with tho elaborate costumes of tho richly clad Chinamen about me. Flanked on either sfdo by one of these gayly drossod Chinamen, I marched out and found a litter carried by four sturdy natives. Tho Utter was jovered'with a canopy Upholstered in the richest of Chinese silk., On either side stood a swarthy Celestial, flaming torch in hand. As I approached tho men bearing the litter sank to their knees, so that I might step aboard. When I was comfortably seated the curtains wero drawn, the men rose, and tho procession wended its way slowly to tho houso of Li Hung Chang. There was no crowding about by the common people, as there is in America, for tho common pooplo of China are sub dued and disciplined liko an army of soldiers. Tliero is no gaping mob tliero. "I had heard that tho palace was a veiy lieautlful building, but I was not prepared for the sight that mot my gaze. "THE PICKLED WALNUTS." Haw un IcnnorliMt Hullrlird Somo Sub url.nn l'mln. Special Correapouduaco. Montclair, N. J., Nov. 17. Not long ngo I took n jaunt out through upper Montclnir in order to loosen my joints a bit. I was quito surprised to seo such beautiful villas on every hapd, nnd soon learned that this charming suburb is tho spot for tho man who delights in wind mills, reindeer, black swans and pea cocks. And I noticed also that every place bad n namo after tho English fashion. Even houses standing on fifty foot lots wero called Skyhnrst, Cloudvalo, tho Cedars, etc. Whilo musing upon tho nb mirdity of a ridiculous fashion I met a man. As ho bad on n loud checked suit nnd a Binglo barreled eyeglass I con cluded that ho must belong In that region. "Good morning," I Bald; "uo you Be long around hore'r" "Yes," ho replied. "I havo belonged around hero for something like six years, but I nm not going to belong around hero longer than tho time It will rcqutro to get to tho station after tho moment my lenso expires." "Don't you like tho place? It cortninly Beems very beautiful." "It is beautiful," replied my friend. "It is altogether too bouutiful for me. I want a lonely old fashioned placo. You sco these intensely English clothes nnd tho eyeglass?" "I do," I replied. "Well," bo continued, "I deteBt them, but I lmvo to wear them to match the placo in which 1 Hvo. I also htivo to cut tho horses tall for tno boiiio reason,. and I just long to got out of hore to get into a homely suit of United States clothing once more, and give tho horse's tall u chonco to grow long enough to brush tho files off tho small of his back." "Tho thing I don't liko nbout it," I re plied, "is this ridiculous custom of nam ing the places. Now what sense is there in calling a $5,000 house on n $200 lot 'Cotswold?'" "Do you know I antagonized every ono ubout hero by calling my place now what do you think I called it';" ;Plne Viow?'; I suggested. ".No; guess once more." "Hazelhurst? "I ventured to reply. "No; you nro wrong again, I did no: call it by (any pictnresquo, misleading name; I called it tho Picklod Walnuts. And I gave it this namo to burlesquo tho system of naming small places tit all." "And you say your neighbors didn't like it?" ,lThoy did not, bocauso I painted tho name on a stono nt tho gnto. And then, to gpt qycii with them, I called thostablo Blythcdalo Terrace, tho dog houso Nan ticou Lodge, and tho hennery tho Slip pery Llms." "And what did the people sayr' "I don't know what they did not say. I think thoy aro talking yet. And if thoy are -nb't thoy will be when thoy learn 'that I hayo called tho ramshackle house in which my coachmau lives Westminstor'hall. If you want to live out here youve got to bo English from head to foot, and wear a Binglo beveled eyeglass and white duck uppers and play criiiket. But I'll got out ns soon as I can,' and when I once moro get into a ton dollar suit of clothes, and grow n tall on tho horso, I'll apply for paper of American citizenship." Then ho passed on, trembling with emotion. I It. K. MUNKITTHICK. It Supplies a -Coi) felt VJLaijt YORLKRR'S NEW FUR STORE Recently opened In the new Y M. C. A. Building on N Street. Mr. Voelker Is pleased to announce that his buslnchs has steadily Increased since the first day he opened, that his trade is oi the very best character, and Is receiving the best of workmanship nnd standard values in Furs and Fur Goods of all kinds. Tailor-Made Fur Garments made on the premises fiom material all In stock, nnd guaranteed to be a perfect fit and satisfactory in eer particular. Why, then, send out of town for bhALbKIN saghues, Mums, cafes, cobjs, cloaks, etc., etc.? Repair Work of All Kinds You are lnlted to call and see my stock of goods, and get Information as. to tailor made order- and repair work. VOELKER, Y. M. C. A- Bldg. F. E. Practical Furrier For Pure Ice Cream and belicious Fresh Oysters ! -CALL at- Tlie Bon Ton Telephone) -C7. 12 Ol2 F Street. Geo. Meicftleirie, Propr. BHKERY (5 GONF'CTi'ONeRYS Coffee and Light Lunches nt nl Iour MILLER-Grocer Telephone 398. 143 S. 1 1th Street. has just received a lot of new Kabob Sweet Pickles, - - 25c qt. 'Importer! 'Chow Chow, - - 20c " Sweel Blossbm Peas, - - 25c can Fancy Queen Olives, - - 40c qt, Fancy Small Olives, - - 20c " H. X, Fall Cream Cheese, - 20c lb, Extra F'cy Sliced Pineapples, 20c can A FULL LINE OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 3T ORDER EARLY. J, 7VUL.L.BR. Sewing Machine and Gun Repairing ! We have just employed a skillful workman from the East, who Is fully compntee mke all repairs In the above lines T. J. THORP & CO., to make all rcpal 320 South Eleventh stree