V\
l&Jifc of "Bojecr Leader ,
She is said to bo a most nmWtloua
'woman ' , who hates the dqwagcr em
press as only powerful women rivals
can. She Is the chlot advisor or her
husband , amj has urged him on In UU
MRS. KINO SHO TSAY.
fanatical warfare on the Christians
and foiolgners. She may L-3 the next
"Old Woman of China. "
Capt. Healy Insane.
Captain Michael Healy , of the Unltoil
States revenue cutter service , in com
mand , of the handsome cutter Hugh
McCulloch , was brought to Port Townsend -
send , Wash. , the other clay In that ves
sel from the . .north hopelessly Insane
and dangerous to himself and those
with whom ho comes in contact. Ho
is in the marine hospital there now
In a straight JackL
et , having become
so violent.that this
was the only means
of restraining him.
Captain Michael
Healy Is 63 years of
ago , and has fol
lowed the sea over
since his sixteenth
'year. ' 'Ho ' entered
the service of the
United States gov-
. . eminent In Mafcn ,
Capt. Healy ,
tinned on active
duty therein over since , except for nn
interim of , four years , from Juno , 1896 ,
to May , 1900 , during whldh tlmo ho
was suspended on half pay.
"Progress of "Russia.
Official statistics 'published by the
Russian government show the remark
able progress made by the Czar's do-
mlnlonsfdurlng recent years. During
1899 the capital of now companies or
ganized amounted to 358,351,812 rubles ,
or $187,000,000 , against 250,237,000 ru
bles in 1898 129.303,000 in 1895 , and
63,415.000 in 1890. During the last
hundred years companies with a capi
tal of 2,383,000,000 rubles have been
organized , of which companies repre
senting 1,200,000,000 rubles , or more
than half were formed In the last five
ycaiB. Recent Industrial Incorpora
tions In the United States have shown
that capital stock is not a true test of
i rn\vth huf It nri linnnnna + lmf + li
Russian companies earned good-sized
-5 - dividends , on tholr capital , which can
' not contain much water. Thus , In
I/ / , 1899 tlio average dlvldqnd "paid was
11.53 per cent , or 618.QOO.OOO. rubles , on
1,023,060,000 rubles of capital.
I/icc Admiral Seymour.
Vice Admiral Sir Edward Hobart
Seymour , K. C. B. . Is ono of the most
VICE AD.MIRAL , SEYMOUR.
prominent figures in the Chinese trou-
- seniority ho became , accord-
it custom , commander of the
l forces at the time of the
outbreak , and the leader of the force
which attempted the relief of the lega
tions.
Col. "Dickman.
fn Lleut.-Col. Joseph P. Dlckman of
the 26th U. S. Infantry , Maj.-Gon. Chaf-
fee secures for his staff one of the best
officers In the U. S. army. Col. Dlck-
; nan , previous io his appointment as
najor and later lieutenant colonel in
ho 26th , was captain In the 8th cav-
ilry. Ho Is n native of Ohio and
ivas appoliVed to West Point from
Dayton. As a stu
dent In the mili
tary school ho dis
played marked ca
pacity , was very
popular , and was
graduated well up
In the class of 1831.
Having been rear
ed on a farm , and
being an expert I
rider , his bout was
the cavalry
toward Col. Dlckman.
branch of the serv
ice , to which ho was assigned. Before
hostilities broke out between the Unit
ed States and Spain Dlckman served In
the went , and down on the Texas bor
der where , In 1893 , with 20 men , ho
succeeded In rounding up two notori
ous revolutionary leaders on Baluarto
creek , In Texan. This ho did after a
long and hazardous night march , sur
rounding a house full of desperate
characters and taking his men without
firing n shot.
Andrcc's Fate.
News comes from Fort William , On
tario , that some Indians who were
hunting on the cast coast of HndHor
Bay last spring found n largo quan
tlty of wreckage , the bodies of two
mon and a dying man , whoso language
they could not understand. Fron
tholr description of the wreckage thcr
can bo no doubt It was the remnants
of a balloon. The Hudson Bay oillclals
are convinced that the victims are An-
dreo's paity and have sent out men ,
guided by the same Indians , to find
and bring back such evidence as will
Identify them , a task which will bo
easy , as the Indians assort that theio
were hooks and papers strewn about ,
which , singularly enough , they did not
bring back with them. Thcro Is some
piospect now that the fate of Andrco
and his companions may bo definitely
known , and that the papers , If they
still remain , may give Important de
tails of this tragedy in "tho far , far
North. "
Mrs. Palmer's Gems.
Mrs. Potter Palmer , who Is at pres
ent In Paris , has been made the victim
of a robbery , the $17,000 diamond necklace -
, lace which attracted so much atten
tion during the world's fair being
among the treasures made away with.
Thp theft was committed whllo she was
MRS. POTTER PALMER.
States and was purchased In Paris
absent from her apartments In the
Champs Elyuees , and although the
Paris police have boon notified , no
trace of the missing gems have been
found. The missing necklace was con
sidered one of the finest In the Unltod
about ten years ago. It Is described
as containing In the center ono large
diamond of exceptional purity , whllo
two smaller gems net as guards on
each side. Over a score of smaller diamonds
mends compose the remainder of the
sparkling string.
City Supplies
Poughkeepsle , N. Y. , has gone Into
the dairy buslneaa. The city has
bought a farm three miles beyond the
city limits and has
there established
the headquarters of
the city milk de
partment. T li o
work Is under the
charge of a trained
nurse , Miss Ruth
Jones. She gets up
every morning at 5
o'clock and superIntends -
Intends the milkIng -
Ing of the cows.
She sees In the first _ . , ,
Ruth Joncs'
place that each of '
the milkmen care
fully washes his hands before ho be
gins work. Then each cow Is covered
with a sheet in ordei to prevent duster
or hair from falling Into the pall. Be
fore being used the sheets are sprin
kled with disinfectants. The milk Is
put up In clean glass bottles , and after
bc'ng ' sterilized is sent in to the city
milk depots , where It Is sold at the
rate of a cent a bottle.
Would JVof Marry * JVobltt.
Among the many fair onca who resort -
sort to Newport this season none will
bo moro nought after than Mica May
Goclot , the 20-year-old daughter of the
famoiiB merchant of Now York , recent
ly deceased. Her debut In society will
bo made at Ochre Court , the palatial
summer home of the Qoolcts , and thos *
who hav6 had the pleasure of her ac
quaintance unite In pronouncing her
the loveliest of the debutantes of many
yonis past. She has just refused the
MAY GOBLET ,
hand of a , German , nobleman who
wanted to marry her , She says an
Amoilcan Is good enough.
Liscum's Successor.
Lloutonant Colonel C. A. CoolIdge -
Idgo , who has
boon assigned to
the command of
the Ninth United
States Infantry ,
now In. China ,
vlc3 Colonel Lls
cum , who was
killed at Tien-
Tsln , has been an
officer for thirty-
six years In the
In the
Lieut. Coolldgo. Ho served
Seventh Infantry ,
civil war , In various wais with the In
dians , and In the war with Spain.
Upon his return from Cuba ho was as
signed with the Seventh at Fort Bra
dy , was later transferred to Fort Sher
idan , and was then sent to the Phil
ippines , where ho joined the Ninth.
He Is a brave soldier and bears scars
cf severe wounds. Mrs. Coolldeo Is at
piesent living at Fort Sheridan.
Woman As Coroner.
Miss Lillian E. Hall , of Wlnfleld ,
Kan. , la probably
the only woman In
the world to hold
the office of core
ner. She entered
upon the dis
charge of her du
ties last week
Miss Hall was ap
pointed to fill the
vacancy caused
by the death of
Miss Hall
'
Cowley County's
coroner by Governor Stanley. The only
experlenco she ever had In the cor
oner's office was that of stenographer.
She Is.26 years old and Is ono of the
most popular young women of Win-
field. Her education has been limited
to the common schools of Cowley
County. i , ,
K.i-tcs Soar to Sac Life.
Dr. F. W. F. Rlehl of Alamcda. Cal. ,
has designed a klto which , he claims ,
will save many human beings from
perishing at sea and prove invaluable
aids to the life-saving crews along oui
coasts. Dr. Riehl served as an ofll-
cer In the German army during two
wars and Is highly recommended both
by his government and the officers
with whom he was associated. He has
been In this country a number of
years. He claims to have got hln kite
flying Idea from reading the great
storm scene In. Dickens' "David Cop-
DR. RIEHL AND KITE ,
perfiold. " The graphic description ol
the drowning of Ham and Steorfonn ,
whllo the multitude stood helplessly
by , so Impjessed the doctor that he
wondered If kites could not be used
In such a terrible eniergency. To
wonder with him was to try , as ho
has done successfully on moro than
one occasion In both Germany and
America. A few days ago he gave an
exhibition at the ocean beach at Ala-
meda. After swimming out through
the surf about -100 yards fto lay mo
tionless on his back and let the Klto
tow him ushoro again.
v "Bars "Railroad Men.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
notified certain classes of Its employes
that It does not wish them to be can
didates for political olfices. One rea
son given for this order Is that a man
cannot do satisfactorily the work no
is hired to do If ho Is at the same
tlmo running for office. Another rea
son given Is that It men in the employ
of a load aio In pursuit of offices the
public will bo led to believe the rail
road is promoting their candidacy for
Its own selfish purposes , and will take
a dlsllkn to that road.
.A
. _ . . , .
\7iceroy Li
Any European statesman who , at a
critical moment in the affairs of his
country began to raise a private army
without making It clear that it was
for the good of the government , would
speedily find himself in serious trou
ble. Not so with LI Hung Chanc , how
ever.
ever.For
For some time China's greatest
statesman has been busily raising and
equipping a large force of soldiers ,
whom ho will pay and perhaps direct
himself , and no one knows whether
his intention Is good or evil.
Probably this Is the first time in his
tory that a statesman of nearly four
score has set himself the arduous task
of recruiting an army for personal use.
LI Hung Chang , however , Is an old
hand at this particular species of ef
fort. It Is understood he keeps among
his private papers a voluminous list
of fighting men who are attached by
interest and affection to his person ,
and when he starts to raise his army
these people form the nucleus of his
force.
One thing may bo taken for granted.
LI Hung Chang's private army will bo
composed of bravo men , admirably
equipped and well led.
Since ho was a young man the
statesman hag lalscd several private
armies. Although ho is not a glftea
military commander himself ho knows
almost Instinctively a capable general
when ho moots one , and lucky has It
been for China that he possesses this
capability. Ho can obtain excellent
soldiers , moreover. The men who en
list under Li's banner know that their
pay Is sure , and that their food will
not be stinted. They also know that
If they happen to do anything notable
and worthy their employer is sure to
be generous in rewards.
From his earliest years , as a man
Interested In military matters , LI
Hung Chang has been a persistent ad
vocate of modern armaments. If his
advice had been carried out before the
war with Japan China would not have
been struck down so easily. It Is be
lieved that LI , out of hlb vast wealth ,
has accumulated a great store of mod
ern weapons for his private army , and
it is unlikely to bo deficient In trans
port , commissariat , or even in medi
cal service. His force Is certain to bo
stiffened by drilled men who have been
on his books for years , and who have
probably been out In his service be
fore. Every big official of the Impe-
plclon of what they were about reach
ing official ears in China. They have
kept in touch with the consular and
the diplomatic set vice and with the
bureau of information in Toklo , where
the reports of the agents are arranged
for ready reference. So Japan knows
China , and other nations do not.
A New Wood.
W. D. Woods , a leading agriculturist
of South Carolina , has been making
some interesting experiments with the
China-berry tree , which ho describes
In a letter to the Charleston News and
Courier. He Is enthusiastic over Its
value for railroad ties , insldo house
work , furniture , and mothproof chests
and clobets , because of Its "durability ,
peculiar fieedom from the attacks of
Insects , and the great beauty of the
wood when polished , " Ho declares it
next In value to the black walnut , and
worth from 560 to ? 75 per 1,000 feet ;
that It will grow on any land that has
drainage ; that the whole cost of plant
ing and caring for a crop of them will
not exceed the cost of ono cotton crop
on the same land , and when the trees
arc remo\ed "the land will be worth
two or three times as much for agri
cultural purposes es before. " A hun-
died acres , ho says , will produce In
ten years from 50,000 to 00,000 trees ,
"of sufficient value to make a snug
fortune. " The News and Courier ,
which says "they are aafer than peach
trees , and pay better , on thp whole ,
than pecans , " urges the South Carolina
lina groweis to try thorn.
Opposition to tlio Workhouse.
There Is a movement In England
against the workhouse. Those who
oppose It say there is no reason for its
existence. They sny there are three
classes of dependent persons who do
not belong to it children who should
bo boarded out , Imbeciles who should
bo In asylums , and trampa or others
unwilling to work , who belong in
jails.
rial Chinese railway owes his p'juo '
to LI. It was through LI that thla
road was built ,
In the principal section of the Chi
nese army , known as "tho Eight Ban
ners , " the force forms a kind of her
edity profession , within which Inter
marriage Is compulsory. It Is gird
around by other hard and fast rules ,
LI HUNG CHANG'S BANQUETING HALL AT CANTON.
but it is safe to say that none of these
will trouble the soldier who fights un
der the wily octogenarian viceroy.
There Is no red tape about LI Hung
Chang's force , especially when ho In
tends serious business.
There are other viceroys who have
armies , but they are scarcely compar
able with the braves of LI Hung
Chang. For the most part they are un
disciplined and badly armed. As a
rule , the great viceroys keep a few
well armed and fairly dependable men.
These have Krupp guns and the new
est Mauser rifles , but the great proportion
tion of the viceregal armies are-scat
tered over large areas , and almost to
tally undrllled. Fourteen different
species of rifles have been counted
among viceregal troops , as well as .
bows and arrows. The rifles Include
a queer looking weapon , called the
glngal , which Is about ten feet long.
TRAIN ON THE CHINESE IMPERIAL RAILWAY. THIS ROAD WAS BUILT BY ADVICE OF LI HUNG CHANQ
Japan's Secret Service.
Here is a portrait of a man who has
done much to organize the superb se
cret service of Japan. He Is Gen. Ya-
tabc , and was educated in the United
States. An army of secret emissaries
has been at work for years , disguised
as Chinese priests , teachers In the uni
versities , students , as servants In great
houses , as wandoilng beggars , as mer
chants and manufacturers.and as mem
bers of many of the secret societies , In
cluding the now famous I-Ho-Tan , or
Boxers , Many of these agents have
been trained In the schools of Europe
GEN. YATABE.
and America , and have high degrees
from foreign universities. All work
under Get. Yatabe. They have studied
the secret service systems abroad , es
pecially in Germany and Franco , and
know how to collect Information to the
best advantage * As engineeis and
surveyors they have made accurate
maps of the country , such as China It
self does not possess , anfl they have
gathered cbmpleto data as to possible
suppling and routes for the military
and naval departments. They have
done all this without the slightest sus-
Shc "Didn't Sec George.
Chicago Is the home of the only cen
tenarian In the United States whc
never saw George Washington. Mlsa
Mary Yardley of No. 710 Monroe street
Is the distinguished woman , who has
passed her one hundred and fifth birth
day anniversary , and who solemnly de
clares that she never saw the first
president of the United States.
Miss Yardley was born In Philadel
phia Jan. 10 , 1795 , and she has there
fore enjoyed the distinction of living
In three centuries Once some one
started the story that when she was
3 years old her mother held her up so
that she could see George Washington
as ho passed In a parade , but Miss
Yardley sternly denies the statement.
MARY YARDLEY.
She Is a woman of great common
sense , and she says that In her early
days fho children were kept at homo
quite as much as they are In this cen
tury.
rrotectlon of IJInU In
A movement similar to that which
has resulted In the passage of laws for
the protection of birds In the United
States has risen In England , it Is pro
posed to pass a law which will pro
hibit the destruction of nil birds dur
ing the breeding season and their
eggs. The law at present seems to be
inadequate.