8 OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BEE , October 20 , 1899.
China and the
Philippines
( Continued from Seventh Page. )
no largo a river that the biggest ocean
HtcamBhlps can go Inland to Hankow. At
Ilnnkow there arc thrco cities close together
which Imvo an aggregate population of about
3,000,000 , and the country all about Is thickly
noltlcil. The distance from Hankow to
I'okliiK IB In the neighborhood ot COO miles.
The country swarms with people , and the
road connecting the two must bo very profit
able. At Hankow there are extensive rall-
rrad shops. There arc rolling mills ,
foundries and machine shops which Imvo
altogether cost inllllonn of dollars. The
Hlmiw cover , I should ny. at leant twonty-
llvo acres , and In them much of the material
for the railroad Is bolng miulo. The work Is
Homowlmt under the direction of Chang Chi
Tung , although moro directly under Shcng.
It Is a great undertaking and will bo pushed
forward to completion. "
"How about the concession which was
granted to the late Calvin S. Drlco to build
n railroad In China ? "
"Tho work Is going on , " replied the min
ister. "I got the concession with the em-
puror'a sanction , and the company expects
to carry out the building of the road just ns
kola with all kinds of goods nnd materially
Idjuro the laboring classes of the rest of
the world. Ho reel led :
"I think not. Wo Chinese are hard work-
era nnd money muikcrs , but wo are alco
me nay slenders. The reason why wo 11 vo
BO cheaply I rufor to the lower Glasses-
Is because wo have to do go. If wo ever
bccomo the great manufacturing nation tlut
you predict , and I think wo will , It will be
to manufacture goods for ourselves. As wo
muko mrru money our wants will Increase ,
\Vu will spend more , wages will go up
and you will 11 ml that your Ms market Is on
the ether slilo of the world and not hero.
"You must remember , also , " the minister
continued , "that wo have an enormous popu
hitlon. Wo un > numbered by the hundreds
of millions , mid big bodies unovo slowly. The
Chlnusu are espoclally consorvatlvo. They
do not fhango quickly , and It will bo u Ions
tlini ) boforu Hiich n condition nn you nntlcl
palo ccmes. "
"Hut has not China clmnged since Its war
with Japan ? "
"Yes , coiiiowlmt BO , " was the reply , "You
can too It when you go back to It. The pcopla
nro beginning to realise the enormous mnr-
liot and their possibilities outsldo their ov\n
country. Tlu y are changing moro at the te i-
portf. The government appreciates the situ
ation bolter than It has ever dotio nnd I look
for moro rapid changes In the future. "
"How about the emperor ? Docs ho realise
the extent of the woild cutsldo of China ? "
"Yea , " replied the Chinese minister. "Ho
IB well posted upon foreign affairs nnd knows
a great deal about this country and Kuropo ,
I have mot him a mimbur of times and ho
always asks many questions as to foreign
affairs , Ho Is very Intelligent , but has iievor
been strong and Is mther delicate than
otherwise. "
"What is LI Hung Chang doing ? "
"Li Hung Chang Is living In Pekln , " said
the minister. "Ho has the cilice of grand
secretariat nnd as uch ho holds a very high
place in the government. Ho Is very cloeo
to the empress dowager and la often con.
suited no to foreign affairs by the emperor
and hta cabinet. LI Hung Chang is a man of
wonderful ability and ho will always boone
ono of much Influence. "
"What nro China's relations with Japan at
present ? ' '
"They are very friendly , " replied the min
ister.
"But Is there any possibility of a union
between the Japanese and Chinese ? Japan
to Poking , Is there not , your excellency ? " I
asked.
"Yes , " replied the Chinese minister. I de
voted acvoral yearn to furthering that en-
torprlsp , and that without material success ,
ban 40,000,000 people and China has about
500,000,000. If you could combine , organize
nnd arm these 540,000,000 you might bo n
Horlniis menace to the rest of the world. "
"I have hoard that possibility mentioned
before , " replied the minister. "It Is hardly
a possibility when you know the Chinese.
Our people are not naturally a conquering
nation. Wo are not greedy for territory and
wo have no ambition to enter Into wars of
conquest. Wo nro naturally peaceful and 1
believe that our progress Is to bo along the
lines of peace. I believe the day will come
when wo will bo a power among the nations ,
but It will bo as an industrial , social and
financial power , not as a military one. I
don't mean that wo will not bo nblo to de
fend ourselves , for I think that wo can hold
our own against the world. What I do mean
Is that such wars no wo have will bo de
fensive rather than offensive. "
In closing f asked the minister for photo-
THI3 CHINESE LEGATION AT WASHINGTON.
soon as it can. The surveyors are at work. I
I think , and arrangements nro being made
for pushing the enterprise. It has been re
tarded considerably by the death of Senator
Ilrlco. "
"Just where will this road go , your excellency -
collency ? "
"It will extend from Hankow to Canton ,
connecting three two centers and passing
through ono of the moat thickly populated
parts of China. Canton has 2,000,000 or
moro people , and there are cities all along
the line of the road. "
( Jliliic-MC Clu'iip Iitiltor Not nmijiorouK.
I bore referred to the enormous population
of China and the skill of the Chinese In
manufacturing and their use ot modern ma
chinery , nnd asked his excellency whether
ho did not think the day would come when
the factories of China would Hand the mar-
graphs of hlmsolf and his legation and ho
very kindly gave m those which nro used
In the Illustration of this letter. The two
pictures ot the legation were made by the
minister himself with a small snap-shot
camera and the photograph of the minister
\\na taken with the same camera by ono of
his secretaries.
FHANK O. CARPENTER.
The True Significance
Puck ; l-mughter Yes , Henry calls here
three nights every week , but I don't think
bo means anything by It. He says he don't
take any stock In matrimony , thinks a man
Is better off olnglo and Is exceedingly cold ,
apathetic and Inattentive to mo !
Father Grout Scott ! That shows ho
wants you the worst way ! He's a horse 1
dealer , you kn w
South Dakota's Heroine
of the Klondike
Rapid City , S. D. has n heroine whose name
is Miss Edith Howe. She Is n Black Hills
girl and all ot the Black Hills people pride
themselves In the young woman's achieve
ments. Miss Howe has Just returned from
the Klondike. It is doubtful if another
woman in the world has seen as much of that
cold and practically unknown country as
she.
Miss Howe left. Rapid City In August.
1898 , and reached Dawson City in February.
She knows a great deal about the Klondike.
She has been up and down the Yukon river
several times , both by steamer and by dog
team. The experience of her life was the
trip which she made nil nlono down the
river from Dawson City , In midwinter , with
her own dog team. The thermometer was
often CO degrees > below zero , and yet she
never experienced a moment's Inconvenience
from the cold. She was clad warmly In a
suit ot buckskin and In her sleeve she car
ried a silk handkerchief. She usually
walked In front of her dogs , and when she
felt her face tingling with the cold she
would rub the spot vigorously with the
handkerchief , which always brought back
the circulation of the blood. She made the
100 miles in fourteen drives , which was
considered unusually good. The nights she
spent at the road houses along the way.
Mlrs Howe always met with the most cordial
treatment wherever she wont alone and her
energy and pluck were the admiration of
everyone.
At one time she hired out to a dredging
company at White Ilorso as a correspondent.
She WOB to receive $3,000 a year and her
work was to write up descriptive articles
of the company's operations for n boom In
the papers of the states.
AVorlicil fur n Fnltc. <
After being with the company for some
tlmo she discovered that It was a fake and
she quit , being out her time. Purchasing
a dog team she wont to Dawson City , where
she became acquainted with a. woman , with
whom she formed n partnership In the laun
dry business. They secured the laundry
contract of the Canadian mounted police ,
which paid them $300 a month. They were
permitted to take In work from the civilians ,
which alflo brought In a good Income.
After getting the laundry 'business nicely
started Miss Howe was taken sick with
typhoid fever and her recovery being slow
she decided to return homo to the Black
Hills and so she started from Dawson on
September 21.
Miss IIowo Is in love with the frigid
northern country and she expects to return
to her laundry business as eocn as her
health will permit , which will bo s-mo time
next January. While Daweon City Is full
of sin and vice ot all descriptions and every
thing Is run on the wide-open plan. Miss
Howe says that the people , men and all ,
are the most .sociable lot that she ever saw.
Money there Is plenty and It Is freely spent.
When Miss Howe left Dawson last month
the 100 milch cows had formed a trust
and It took a whole silver dollar to buy a
quart. There was considerable sickness In
the city nnd every bit of the milk was fed
to the patients.
Miss IIowo speaks at length of the beauty
of the country around Dawson , the fer
tility of the soil , the luxuriant grass In the
MISS EDITH HOWE SOUTH DAKOTA'S HEROINE OK THE KLONDIKE.
summer , the lack ot files and mosquitoes
and the "numerousness" of a llttlo Insect
called in Dawson the "crumb bug. " Miss
IIowo says she found the llttlo bugs In
the laundry of the Canadian mounted police ,
where they eecmcd to thrive amazingly.
The New IlnivNon.
The new Dawson , built upon the- ruins of
the fire , Is a modern city , Miss llowc says.
Electricity lights up the long winter nights
nnd there Is actually one brick store build
ing , which was erected last summer. "But
Dawson Is dead for Dawson , " Miss Howe
says. The population last summer was about
12,000 , and now It Is only about C.OOO. Stam
pedes to other mining districts , especially
to the new camp of Capo Nome , have depop
ulated the city.
Miss IIowo states that the report sent out
several months ago about the discovery of a
big vertical of quartz ore near Atlln by the
Florman family was true. Robert Florman ,
wife and two daughters , Frankle and Flor
ence , formerly lived In Rapid City , too , and
Mr. Florman was very prominent In mining
affairs In the Black Hills for several years.
While prospecting for gold near Atlln one
of the Florman girls discovered a 400-foot
vein of quartz ore which was rich In free-
milling ror.k. It Just so happened that Wil
liam Partridge , the well known mining ex
pert , bettor known to the London ( Mining ex
change ae "Sailor Bill , " a name given him
while exporting the famous Klmberley diamond
mend mines In South Africa , was n friend
of the Flormans and he came to Atlln soon
after the discovery of the quartz vein was
made. Partridge bonded the ground immedi
ately for $200,000 and left for London , where
ho interested Lord Hamilton , who took up
the bond as soon as he had completed an
examination of the property. The recent de
velopment of the quartz vein has shown It
to be very rich in gold. The Flormans have
the money , which fact Is very gratifying to
their many friends in the Black Hills.
The big mining deal brought about the ac
quaintance of Miss Florence Florman with
Frank Baker , a rich mine owner of Dawson ,
nnd their marriage was consummated Just be
fore Miss Howe left Dawson for the Black
Hills. They are residing at Dawson.
The Klondike has a number of other Black
Hills people , both men and women. Mrs.
J. S. Gnntz of Rapid City went to Dawson
City with Miss Howe and she Is now doing
well in the millinery business and at the
same time she is holding down some fine
mining ground. Some of the Black Hills
people are having great luck , like Harry Ash
of Sturgla. who cleaned up $100,000 last sum
mer , bu * others are wishing themselves back
to the Black Hills.
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