Hunting Big Game at World's Fair
Fine Examples of Taxidermist's Skill
By EMILY GRANT HUTCHINGS
How would you enjoy stalking a
nerd of moose in the forests of Minne
sota? How would you like a contest
with a brown bear, or a wild cat?
What would you think of a hunt for
nippopotamus and giraffe in the wilds
3f Africa? All these big game thrills
are to be had, by a man who is blessed
with a vivid imagination, in the Palace
of Forestry, Fish and Game, at the
world s fair.
There are two kinds of hunters—
those who kill game for the pure love
of killing it, and those who regard the
slaughter as a necessary evil and the
one disagreeable part of hunting. The
latter class may find the keenest en
joyment in this mimic game preserve,
where all varieties of wild animals and
fowls are brought together. To the
instinctive sportsman the exhibits in
this building may serve as reminders
of his own triumphs with the gun.
Indeed, this astonishing collection of
stuffed and mounted animals is of uni
versal interest, if one may judge by
the crowds that are at all times as
serabled around the exhibits. Men
who never handled a gun. gentle ladies
and timid children are among the
most interested of the spectators.
These once terrible but now harmless
creatures appeal to us as a living
menagerie behind secure iron bars
does. Yet the animals in the game
display possess one advantage over
those in the cage. They are quite as
saie, end they are in their natural
setting.
One of the most popular groups is
the bear’s raid on a honey tree. The
mother bear, holding tight to the hoi
low trunk with her sharp claws, is de
fying the swarm of angry bees wtr'Ie
she drops the sections of rich comb
down to her expectant cubs. The situ
ation is one that appeals to every
child. For some unexplained reasor
the bear is the first animal to invade
the nursery. He is on the second page
of the “A B C book. The boy who
wishes to frighten his little sister in
variably plays he is a bear, and the
bugaboo that gets bad children is sure
to be a bear. The place that honey
occupies in the childish mind is too
well established to be questioned.
Another exhibit that both delights
and perplexes the little people is that
of the state of Washington. For vari
ety of game this section is unsur
passed. There is everything from the
wool seal, that lives under the water,
to the eagle that lives above the
clouds. There are deer, moose, bears
and wolves: but the astonishing part
of the display is the procession of
small bears around the outer edge of
the booth. It is a procession that
never gets any farther, for each bear
occupies exactly the same spot on
which he stood at the opening of the
exposition. They are all erect on their
haunches, and each one carries an
electric light bulb. One smail boy
whose father is in the habit of going
for an annual bear hunt in the north
west remarked to his mother afier he
had contemplated the Washington sec
tion for some minutes:
‘■Mamma, I think papa ought to go
out there next time. The bears carry
lanterns so that you can see them at
warded off the attack with the butt of
his gun, and has succeeded in warding
it off since the opening of the exposi
tion, is another favorite with the boys
in the Palace of Forestry, Fish and
Game. He is a splendid, sinewy fron
tiersman. in buckskin hunting clothes,
and his face betrays no terror as he
looks into the angry eyes of his ad
versary. This is a display of bravery
that would go to the heart of any bov.
The most realistic of all the exhibits
is that of Minnesota, a section in the
northeast corner of the building.
Who ever heard of hunting zebras in
England? But then England extends
all over the globe. This part of the
British big game exhibit came from
Africa.
In the same section are the long,
drawn-out necks and amusing little
heads of the giraffe and his mate, and
between them the head of the hippo
potamus that would be the ugliest
brute on earth if it were not for the
wart hog close at hand. Around the
corner are various kinds of antelope
and deer that are named according to
SPECIMEN OF MOOSE.
In Minnesota Exhibition Forestry, Fish and Game.
There is real earth, planted with rea'
trtes and underbrush, and the walls of
the booth are covered with a painted
forest scene that carries out the illu
sion that the perfectly mounted ani
mals are actually in their native
woods.
An enormous moose stalks along,
followed by two others almost as large
as himself. Hungry foxes snarl and
show their keen white teeth. The
hawk is poised so perfectly among ihe
dense foliage that he seems to be
actually flying, and the badgers thrust
their comical little faces out of th«ir
earth holes, just as the hunter has
often seen them in the forests of the
north.
Both Colorado and New York have
interesting collections of game ani
mals and birds, mounted to look like
“the real thing,” and the unique Can
ada pavilion that is surmounted by a
turreted bridge composed of 3,000 vari
eties of Canadian wood is simply alive
with stuffed animals. The beautiful
snow-white bears and the musk ox.
with his stately consort, are the most
attractive of the Canadian animals.
England, which is supposed to have
nothing but birds and relatively small
game, displays the most amazing lot
of animals. There is the handsome
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In Palace of Forestry, Fish and Game.
night when they can’t see you. It is
ever so much safer than hunting by
daylight.”
The hunter who was caught in the
act of being pounced upon by a terri
ble bear, and was possessed of such
courage and presence of mind that hr
striped zebra that never was believed
to be anywhere but in the circus and
on the last page of the “A B C” book
but that now is being crossed with the
horse to produce the zebrula, an ani
mal that Is as strong as the mule and
possessed of vastly more endurance.
the number of kinks in their horns,
the koodoo having three and the duik
erbuck none at all.
An Awkward Situation.
George Borgfeldt, head of a whole
>ale bric-a-brac firm, has had man^
an experience with his five hundred
employes, some of which are amusing
It is the custom of the house the'
each buyer lunch with the especial
salesman who has him in charge,
the expense of the house.
One day Mr. Borgfeldt called an ex
pert but always overdrawn and hard
up salesman to him.
“Shaefer,” said he, “when was it you
took Mr. So-and-so out to lunch? J
see you have us charged up with a
lunch for him.”
Yesterday," replied the salesman
readily.
“What time?”
"In the middle of the day,” asserted
the salesman without hesitation.
Mr. Borgfeldt shook his head uncom
prehendingly.
"That is remarkably strange.” de
clared he. “because it was yesterday in
the middle of the day that I took him
out to lunch myself.”—Philadelphia
Ledger.
The New Fall Hat.
“I can easily tell whether a woman
has her new fall hat on without look
ing at her head,” remarked a young
man to his companion as they walke 1
down Chestnut street. “You can tell
her by the way she glances into the
shop windows in which she can see
her reflection.
“It is always amusing to me to
watch the women on the street at the
first of the season. Those who have
not yet purchased their new bonnets
walk along without regard for the win
dows unless there is some display
which attracts their attention. But it
seems as though the mirror at home
i isn't sufficient for the ones who have
just donned their new headgear.
Every possible means of reflection is
utilized by them.
“Oh, no, I don't say it’s vanity; it’s
only a matter of getting used to their
altered appearance.” — Philadelphia
Press.
The Political Aspect.
Mark Smith, former congressman
from Kentucky, was telling the story
of a Kansas senator who appeared in
Washington with a long beard, theD
suddenly cut it off.
“If you must know,” said the senator
upon being asked, “why, it was like
this. I was in the Senate one day,
working away, when two pages came
up behind me.
“ ‘He’s from Kansas,’ whispered one
“ ‘No,’ said the other, ‘I’m not so
sure.’
‘“We’ll prove it,’ declared the flrsl
page. Til go up behind him and givt
him a good, hard kick. If a jack fab
bit don’t jump out of his beard then
you win.’
“I’l leave it to anybody,” concluded
the senator, “if it wasn’t time to cul
off the beard.”
Longevity in Virginia.
“Mine is the prize state for longevi
ty,” said a Virginian who was regis
tered at a Chestnut street hotel. “I
caD produce a list of nineteen former
citizens and slaves of my state whose
years when they died aggregated 2,241
years. Of the nineteen persons named
the youngest when he died was 110
years old. Two lived to be 130, one
to be 126, two to be 121, one to be 116,
two 115, three 114, one 113, two 112,
two 111, one 110, one 120, and one, a
negro, lived to the ripe old age of 136
years. Of the nineteen persons on’y
six were negroes; all the others were
whites.
“While I am in the humor I will tell
another one. There is, or was, a few
years ago. standing on the banks of
Neabsco creek, Virginia, a tombstone
carrying probably the oldest monu
mental inscription in the United
States. The date is 1608, and it is
thought that the deceased was one of
John Smith’s men. This is the in
scription: ‘Here lies ye body of Lieut.
William Herris, who died May ye 16th,
1608; aged 65 years; by birth a Brit
on; a good soldier; a good husband
and neighbor.’ ’’—Philadelphia Press.
Some Household Requirements.
We pray thee, O yankee Ingenuity,
to give us: A window shade that rolls
up straight, a window shade roller
that stops winding when the tassel
reaches the pole, a window sash that
doesn’t rattle when the wind blow’s, a
rug that won’t turn up at the edges, a
Rilver service that will not tarnish,
door hinges that won’t creak, door
locks with spring latches which yield
to their keeper without the constant
assistance of soap, a bunch of keys
that will not rust, milk bottles that
will clean themselves, garbage pails
that will defy white wings and the
porter, steam heaters that won’t stink,
gas tips that won’t clog and fish tail,
a griddle that won’t smoke, a clock
that keeps time.
Anti-Clericalism in France.
Anti-clericalism has, gone so far in
France that it is proposed to revive
the declericalized calendar of the
Revolution.
French Physician-Statesmen.
j If the French republic should evei
be sick it will not be for want of doc
tors to look after its health. Aboul
one-third of the chamber of deputies
and half the senate is composed ol
practicers of the healing art. The
various ministries have plenty of
physicians. The recent appointment
of Dr. Gastinel to the ministry of pub
lic instruction brings their number up
to sixty. The ministry of the inter
ior has no fewer than four physicians.
The ministry of public instruction has
two, the ministry of foreign affairs
has four, the ministry of finance has
six, and the ministry of public works
seven. But the record is held by the
department of posts and telegraphs
for Mr. Berard, the under secretary,
has at th$ disposal of his department
no fewer than twenty-seven male doc
tors, two surgeons and five women
doctors.
Canadian Army Officers" Pay.
Lieutenants in the Canadian army
are to receive hereafter $2 a day, cap
tains $3, majors $4, colonels $5.
GEORGE L. WATSON DEAD,
Heart Disease Carries Off Famous
Scotch Yacht Designer.
George Lennox Watson, yacht de
signer, who has for some time past
been ill, died at bis residence in
GlatgaS', Scotland, Nov. 12. Heart
disease was the cause.
In the death of George L Watson,
the yachting world has lost from its
ranks one of the most prominent sup
porters of the sport and the world of
naval architecture one of its leading
members. Mr. Watson was almost as
well known in America as in Europe,
and the results of his labors as a de
signer of both racing and cruising
craft are quite as familiar to American
yachtsmen as to • hose abroad. His
efforts to design a vessel that would
win the America’s ’-xp made him a
conspicuous figure this side of the At
lantic, and though his failures in the
Thistle, in the Valkyries and the
Shamrock II. are matters of well
remembered yachting history, his
productions in this line invariably
frightened the defenders of the old
trophy, and thus the New York Yacht
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club, together with the millions of our
patriotic citizens only breathed with
freedom when his vessels were de
feated in the last races of their inter
national matches.
MORGAN A LIBERAL GIVER.
Philanthropic Societies Helped by Him
in Secret.
Although J. Pierpont Morgan is
i credited with gifts to philanthropic
enterprises which reach $1,000,000 a
year, his name does not appear on
any of the ten buildings in the city
which were built with his money. The
greatest secrecy surrounds his charit
1 able work, which is much more ex
! tensive than is generally supposed. As
a matter of fact, Mr. Morgan is well
up toward the head of the great giv
ers of the world. One of his chief
philanthropies is keeping boys off the
street. As vestryman in St. George’s
j church in Stuyvesant square, Man
hattan, he has organized a club lor
this purpose, and out of the club has
grown the New York Trade school, as
well as a smaller trade school con
nected with the church. Mr. Morgan
endowed the first club with $500,000.
Among the gifts of Mr. Morgan are
$1,000,000 to Harvard college, $1,350,
000 for a private hospital in Stuyve
sant square, $500,000 for the Cathe
dral of St. John the Divine. $100,000
for the Young Men’s Christian asso
ciation, $500,000 for the Loomis Hos
pital for Consumptives. $100,000 for a
library in Holyoke, Mass., where his
father was born; $125,000 for preserv
ing the palisades, $350,000 for a new
parish house and rectory in Stuyve
i sant square, $500,000 for the collec
tion of porcelains and $1,000,000 for
the Tiffany gem collection for the
Metropolitan museum.
DIES WHILE SURF BATHING.
Miss Isadore Rush, Popular Actress,
Victim of Accident.
While bathing in the surf at Coro
| nada Beach, California, Miss Isadore
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Rush, leading lady in “Glittering
Gloria,’’ was caught by an immense
wave and carried into deep water. As
sistance was at once hurried to her,
but she was unconscious when
brought to shore. Every means pos
sible used to revive her were in vain.
Tricky Chinamen.
An English writer, commenting on
the rumor that Gen. Kuropatkin al
lowed horses and mules to graze
among the graves of honored Chinese
dead, declares that Chinese are not
likely to be much shocked at such a
circumstance. He says that the re
ligions of the orient, of course except
ing Mohammedanism, are mere rituals
without meaning—the dead husks of
forgotten faiths. He tells of a China
man whom he found burning counter
feit bank bills as a sacrifice to his
Joss. It was pointed out to him that
the sacrifice was useless, as the notes
were worthless. To this the China
man replied, with a knowing leer:
"Joss no savvy.”
Zangwill’s Explanation.
The old saying that “only lords,
Americans and fools travel first class
in England” wag being discussed at a
dinner in New York recently. Israel
Zangwlll, the well-known author, was
one of the party. “1 always travel
third class,” said Mr. Zangwill.
"Why?" someone asked. “Because
there Is no fourth olas* ”
GEN. LEW WALLACE FAILING.
Distinguished Soldier and Author
Thought to Be Nearing the End.
Members of the family, as well as
close friends, deny the statement that
his trouble is cancer of the stomach,
but the denials are couched in lan
guage so ambiguous as to leave little
doubt that this is the real trouble.
Gen. Wallace himself has apparently
given up hope of recovery and is
awaiting the end. Letters he has
written to friends within the past
month say this in so many words
and a few of the aged soldiers, com
rades in arms, who have called upon
him lately have received the same
word from his own lips.
Capt. McGrew of Washington, D
C.. was a called at the Wallace home
in this city a few weeks ago and to
the captain General Wallace said that
he did not expect to live through the
coming winter.
At the Wallace home it was learned
that while Gen. Wallace is not con
fined to his bed his strength is fail
ing rapidly. To the question, ‘‘Is
Gen. Wallace suffering from cancer
of the stomach?” no positive denial
was made.
All that was said was: “No, no; we
hope not. It seems to be merely an
aggravated case of chronic indiges
tion that has grown more severe in
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Gen. Lew Wallace.
the last few weeks. The general is.
very weak and takes little nourish
ment. but we can not think his trouble
is anything as serious as cancer."
LEARNED MUCH IN CHINA.
Celestials Taught New York Surgeon
Meaning of Contentment.
A New York surgeon, who has been
attached to a hospital in Soochow,
China, for some time, is home on a
brief visit. A friend asked him what
he had learned in China and the sur
geon replied: "Cheerfulness of mind
and stoical contentment. In New
York my chief trouble was trying to
forget that other men had more
money than I. No matter where I
turned it was to be brought face to
face with the ostentatious display of
riches, and I tell you it was mighty
hard to be cheerful in my poverty.
Poverty, of course, is only compara
tive. In China it is easy to be cheer
ful and poor, and no trouble at all to
| feel contented. Since making the i
1 intimate acquaintance of the Chinese
; 1 accept my lot in life with happy
! philosophy and indifference. I am
; not tormented by unreasoning ambi
tion and have forgotten the meaning
of envy."
FUNNY STORIES HURT TRADE.
Humorists Scare People from New
York’s Famous Hotel.
The managers of the St. Regis
hotel. New York, complain that news
paper humorists are scaring people
away from the house with their
stories of the enormous expense inci
dent to living in the new hostelry.
Among the funny paragraphs printed
are these: “Waiter, bring me a plate
of St. Regis ice cream, if it does not
cost more than $414.” “I regret that
we are all out of that, sir. The cheap
est thing is a chocolate eclaire, af
$500 per half portion.” "You can live
nicely at the Hotel St. Regis for $100,
000 a year. It is a caravansary whose
cachet will be so unmistakable that
none save those of the largest means
and the most unmistakable social
standing will care to be among its
patrons, so icy will be the reception
to others.”
PROMINENT IN MANY LINES.
Youthful British Statesman Has Had
Active Career.
William H. Grenfell, M. P., now
prominent as a tariff reformer, has
played many parts, though still quite
a young man. He is the beau ideal
of British athleticism, having distin
guished himself at cricket, as oars
man, as pedestrian, as mountain
climber and as hunter of big game.
He has climbed the Alps, shot in the
Rockies and the Himalayas, swam
twice across Niagara and was stroke
of a racing eight that crossed the
English channel. Politically, he has
boxed the compass, having begun as
private secretary to the late Sir Wil
liam Vernon Harcourt. Now he is
not only a tory, but an ardent adher
ent of Joseph Chamberlain.
Author Has Had Busy Life.
Charles Wagner, apostle of the sim
pie life and author of the book of that
name, is tall and large framed, with
urruly light hair and remarkably keen
and expressive eyes set in a face lined
and seamed and rugged with thc
stiess of time. His hands are still
more deeply and closely wrinkled, the
hands of a strong man, but a man to
whom life has not brought luxury and
ease and indulgence, but one to whom
the days and the day’s work have been
hard. The nervous, restless manner
betokens the incessant activity, the
unceasing expenditure of nerve force,
shown also in the sparkle of the
eyes, which seem to note and compre
hend the meaning of everything they
chance to fall upon.
Centenarian Still Votes.
Patrick Keerwin of Seward, West
moreland county, Pa., the oldest voter
in the United States, cast his twenty
first presidential ballot for Parker
and Davis. He is 107 years 8 months
and 1 day old and takes the same keen
interest in politics to-day as he did
fifty years years ago.
SAID TO BE OLDEST MASON,
New Hampshire Man Vigorous in His
Hundred and Third Year.
James Bellows McGregor, of Nortli
ville, N. H., who recently celebrated
his one hundred and third birthday, is
believed to be the oldest Mason in
the United States. Five generations
of his family joined in the celebra
tion. His one hundredth anniversary
was observed by 700 of the Masonic
fraternity. When above 90 Mr. Me*
Gregor painted the belfry of a church,
climbing to the top to finish the Job
His health is still excellent, his figure
erect, his appetite good and he eats
what he likes. He is a great drinker
of coffee, but never uses liquor or to
bacco. He makes his home with a
son and grandchild in the old house
where he was born. Not long ago he
walked to the village store with his
granddaughter, Alice McGregor, aged
22 years, and on returning home old
age and youth were obliged to ascend
a hill. When the summit had been
nearly reached the centenarian turned
laughingly and yet with a serious
meaning to his young companion, re
marking: "Am I walking too fast.for
you?”
COL. ANTHONY A BELIEVER.
Made Statement of Religious Creed on
His Deathbed.
Shortly before his death Col. D. R.
Anthony of Leavenworth said that if
an epitaph were to be put on his
tombstone it should give the date of
birth and death and this summary of
his life: “He helped make Kansas a
free state. He fought to save the
union. He published the Daily Times
for nearly forty years in the interest
of Leavenworth. He was no hypo
crite.” As he neared the end he called
one of the members of the family to
his bedside and dictated the follow
ing statement relative to his religious
ideas: "I die in full confidence of a
divine power who made and controls
the universe. Whatever was made by
that divine power is perfect and re
mains perfect. We should do unto
others as we would be done by. 1
■on’t believe God ever created a devil.
I don’t believe that a devil exists any
where except in the heart of a man
or beast.”
LEAVES THE PENSION OFFICE
Commissioner Ware’s Resignation Ac
cepted by the President.
Commissioner of Pensions Ware on
Nov. 14 tendered his resignation tc
the president and it was accepted
to take effect Jan. 1. For years it ha&
been definitely known that Mr. Ware
would retire from his office soon aftei
the fall elections and return to his
home in Kansas to resume his law
practice. It is believed that Commis
sioner Ware’s action was not due tc
any suggestion that the severance o»
his relations with the pension office
wonld be agreeable to the president
CALLED THE JUDGE’S BLUFF.
Lawyer Well Acquainted With the
Habits of His Honor.
Congressman Bankhead, of Ala
bama, has a weakness for gambling
stories. One that he tells is or a time
when a spasmodic attempt was being
made to drive gamesters out of Mo
bile. A witness was on the stand
testifying for the defense, it being
well known that the judge was a skill
ful poker player. The witness talked
of “going blind,” “raising,” “passing”
and so on, and finally his honor said
gravely: “Mr. Jackson, you are using
a good many of what I presume, are
technical terms. Will you be good
enough to explain some of them?”
The witness, with equal gravity, re
plied: “I shall be pleased to do so,
you honor, if you will kindly let me
have your poker deck for a few mo
ments.”
Regretted Voting So Soon.
Representative Dalton, of West
Virginia, says that on election day a
friend of his met a darky coming from
the polls at one of the precincts and
asked: “Well, Sam, what are they
voting for down there?” “Mars
Thomas,” answered the negro, “dfs
mornin’ dey wuz votin’ fer two dollars
an’ er half, but I don’t knows what
dey is votin’ fer'now. I ’spects dat I
voted too soon. Mars Thomas.”
“Wreckage” Worth Collecting.
Rev. William Richardson of Lewes,
England, died recently, leaving a will
on the margin of which he wrote.
“This is all twaddle. Only wreckage
of an estate.” As the “wreckage”
amounted to something over $87,000,
the estate must have been of fair pro
portions originally.
“Discovered” Gilbert and Sullivan.
It was the late John Hollingshead,
London’s famous theater manager,
who discovered the remarkable col
laborative possibilities of Gilbert and
Sullivan, the two men who may be
said to have founded and perfected
the school of comic opera.
Infant Prodigy “Made Good.”
Willy Hess, leader of the Boston
Symphony orchestra, began his musi
cal studies at 6 and at 10 was an in
fent prodigy touring Holland.
Bounty for Coolies.
The Chinese government is to re
ceive £300 a thousand for all the Chi
nese coolies shipped to South African
mines.
MUNROE ON STAND.
What Union Pacific Freight Manager
Says.
CHICAGO—At the Interstate Com
merce commission investigation of
the fight between the Texas Cattle
Raisers’ association and the south
western railways, John A. Munroe,
freight traffic manager of the Union
Pacific railroad, gave interesting testi
mony. He said:
“A heavy drain is experienced
where the railroads have to compete
with themselves on different lines of
traffic. Either corn in the com belt
must be carried to the cattle on west- *
ern ranges or the cattle carried to
the corn. Of course, we try to do
the former as much as possible, for
it cuts down the empty mileage of
our cars, Inasmuch as the cattle must
be brought eastward sooner or later,
but the low rates that have been
forced by competition make it so
much more profitable for the cattle
men to bring the cattle to the corn
that we find it pracaically impossible
to carry much corn west. In this
way we are competing with our own
low rate on cattle.”
Mr. Munroe was questioned close
ly regarding the existing rates and
the profits to the company by Com
missioner Prouty during the after
noon session. “Our rates are fixed
by the applying of common commer
cial and traffic rates to the particular
.commodity in question,” said the wit
ness. “The complaint is that the ex
tortionate and excessive rates have
been charged and all sorts of abuse
practiced, but the fact that men are
at this cattle raising and shipping
business year in and year out and
still seem to hawe money for the pur
pose of carrying it on is some indi
cation that conditions are not unbear
able. As far as these rates being ex
tortionate is concerned, I can say that
in most cases they are not even com
pensatory.”
Further questioning brought out the
statement that the rate on iive stock
, from Cheyenne to Omaha is 29 cents
for 100 pounds and that on a solid
train for forty cars the company
would receive $2.40o. Munroe further
stated that live stock was handled at
a lower profit to the railroad company
than nearly any other kind of freight.
“Do you consider $2,400 too little
for one train, operated by one en
gine and crew, from Cheyenne to
Omaha?’’ asked Commissioner Prouty.
“We never have a solid stock train
of that size, but if we did we might
afford to handle them at that rate.”
“But,” objected Mr. Prouty, “what
difference does it make whether the
train is composed of ten cars of cat
tle and the remainder some other
kind of freight, which you state your
self is more profitable?”
Mr. Munroe then went into a tecn
nical explanation of the problems in
volved in the handling of live stock,
but the commission was not satisfied,
and he was on the stand the greater
part of the day.
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JAP LOAN OVERSUBSCRIBED.
Tokio Uneasy About the Russian
Second Squadron.
LONDON—The subscription list for
the new Japanese loan will be closed
at noon today, being already covered
several times, though it is understood
that applications have not been so
great as for the prvious issues.
Judging from Tokio dispatches and
statements by Japanese here the
question of the second Pacific squad
ron is giving rise to some uneasiness
in Japan. This is probably due to the
lack of news from Port Arthur. A
dispatch in a morning paper this
morning from Japan comments strong
ly on alleged breaqhes of neutrality on
the part of France and Germany in
giving the squadron coaling facilities
and also contends that it will be ut
terly at variance with Suez canal
regulations for the ships of the
squadron to be permitted to take
sufficient coal and provisions at Port
Said to cary them to the nearest port.
The article suggests that Great Brit
ain will interfere to prevent the
granting of such facilities.
The Russian winter has begun
with some severity. The river Neva
is beginning to freeze and the port
of Cronstadt is frozen over. The last
Russian steamer from Archangel ar
rived at Dundee on Monday, six days
overdue owing to the terrible weather
that is raging in the higher latitudes
of Europe.
.McKinley Fund is Raised.
CHICAGO — Announcement was
made Friday of the completion of the
fund of $600,000 for the erection of a
national manument to the late Presi
dent McKinley. Alexander H. Revell.
chairman of the Illinois state auxiliary
of the McKinley National Memorial
association, in a report submitted to
the state committee, stated that $50.
000, the proportion allotted to Illinois,
had been raised. In New York next
Tuesday the national trustees of the
association will meet and adopt a plaD
for the monument.
Want to Remain in Country.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.—Depositions are
being taken by the local officers of the
British and Boer soldiers at the
world's fair. According to the immi
grant laws of the United States, these
men must return to their respective
countries at the expiration of the
world’s fair, as they were brought
here by contract for purposes of ex
hibition. About 400 members of the
troupe are involved. In order to re
main in this country, as they have ex
pressed a desire., they will be compell
ed to file new applications.
Hard to Find Satisfactory Word.
LONDON—Great Britain has not
accepted the modifications of the
North sea convention proposed by
Russia. The draft of the convention,
which has now had an interesting
career, is in London and proposals and
counter proposals on the subject of
the wording continue to be exchanged
between the British foreign office and
the Russian embassy. A satisfactory
conclusion of these exchanges is anti
cipated shortly, though it probably
will be next week before the conven
tion is actually signed.
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