;
Til 13 fLLUSTHATED UliK
.Ininmry
Will
Hong KongRichest
Colony of the World
this notwithstanding thcro nro less than
C.000 white pcoplo hcru and about 210,00"
Chinese, Including some of the loughem
elements of this part of tho world.
Tho head of tho colonial government Is
Sir Henry A. Make, formerly governor of
Jamaica. He was appointed by the queen
(Copyright, 10 d. by Frank fl. Carpenter.) along streets which nro so shaded that you three years ngo, and will remain hero dur
HONO KONO, Dee. 13, l'JOO. (Sp lal Cor- can climb tho hills and keep out of tho rays lug her pleasure. Ho receives a salary of
rcspmidonco of Tho lluo.) - I loin: Kong Is tho of tho huh. $32,000 per annum, nud has his house rent
little CIiIiicho giant of John Hull's colonial Tho population of Hong Kong Is about and other perquisites. He Is practical!
crcatlot'H. If Cucle Sam can do an well with 2.10,000, of whom less than 15,000 nro whites, supreme, although there Is u legislative
tho Philippines In- will hnvo the greatest tho remainder being Chinese. There are council, n governor's council nnd a number
empire of the far east, ami will control tho 3,201) Kuropeaus and Americans, not count- of other olllelals. All olllces are held onl
trade of tho western I'acllle. This rocky lug the Portuguese, 2,203 Portuguese. 1.3IS at tho pleasure of the queen. The leglsla
llttlo Island Is so small that you can walk Fast Indians and 272 Hurnslnns. There are tlvo council can bo dissolved by her, and
around it In a day. It Is only eleven miles 2,371 llrltlsh, 223 Americans, 3CG Hermans, she hns tho right to change any appoint
long ami on the average about three miles lis French, 105 Spanish and 1C3 Jews. The merit.
wide. When John Hull got It It was so Chinese quarter Is down near the water, al Tho laws are made by tho lcglslalho
barren that weeds would not grow upon It. though u great part of It surrounds tho council, nnd they are enforced by the pollen
It was Infested by pirates, ami Its only In- Fnglish business sections, and you And Chi- nnd tho courts. There nro 000 policemen
habitants were a few llshermeu, who lived neso merchants anil factories everywhere, of whom 15G are Ftiropcnns, 3.50 Imllnn
In huts on tho shores. The Chinese laughed Just beyond the postofllee Is one of the Sikhs nnd 100 Chinese. There Is a suprcm
as they gave It away. This was less than most densely populated parts of tin- world, court, a police court nnd a marine magis
sixty yenrs ago. Now llong Kong Is one Thcro are 1150.000 people living and doing trnto's court, all of which have plenty t
of the chief ports of the world. The llrit- business there on nn nrea smaller than a do.
Ish empire has only three which surpass It. 100-ncro farm. Thcro are more than a Mnny of tho Chlneso who come here nr.
Might million tons of shipping enter lt thousand to tho ncro, or 250 to n vlllago lot. had characters, and Hong Kong has as bold
harbor every year, and Us nuuual trade They are Chinese, nnd ns busy Chinese its thieves as nny part of the world. In our
tti'ountfl to 250.000,000 gold dollars Fifty you will find nnywhero In Asln. They do country tho criminal classes are careful
inousanii t'innr:io vessels visit it every everyunng unuer mo sun. Homo or mom to jUCp nwny from the court rooms. Tho
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twelve months, ami It has great steamers hnvo largo mores. Snmo have rice fncto- otllor llny two Chlneso thieves entered the lia8 niso subsidiary coins Imported fr..m an
connecting It with North Amerlcn. Aus- rles. Somo nro silversmiths, others nro chof hall of Justice In Victoria while the Ftiglnnd' the most beautiful of these Is th bel
tralla nnd Furope nnd all parts of the I'a bankers, nnd there nro laborers of every C0Url wnH ln HCHBlon. One; of them had n r..Ccnt n'lecc a little disc of silver worth dro
Ml.rl tirilli tnmi nnrl u-nmnn . . . ... . . .. . ..
tmportaui niuai station, Hong Kong
being the licudquul tel a of the Cliltm squa
droll.
sort, both men nnd Women. ladder, whlrh ho tilneed under thn cluck. 01 .,. 1.,' ....1.1 In tlie harbor are mauililleonl dll' duiks.
, ' 1 72 n;iun 111 uiu. - w
MiiniU nt I.imv I'r n. Ho held It there while the other climbed up ,mm. , ,i Mcil, In which not only English, but American
I mil surprised nt tho work done by nnd took the clock off the wall. One of Hong Kong Is the center of the llrltlsh and other men-of-war are laid up for ru
women. Human meat Is tho cheapest meat tho policemen asked the men what they tl()St;i gPrvlco for China. The pnstollle. pairs. The rates for such work on foreign
In Hong Kong and human niusclo tho ehenp- were doing. They replied: "Wuticheo if) ,, queens mad In the very center i: vessels is exorbitantly high, tho expense
est muscle This town hns been mndo out mnkeo fix." The policemen thought they t,u ,.tiy. There are mall boxes at the often running Into the hundreds of thou-
of tho muscle of tho Chinese. They nre hnd been ordered to tnko the clock nway corners' of tho streets and colled Ions and sauds of dollars.
the pack nnlmnls, tho beasts of burden, the for repairs and did not object. Sinee then deliveries are regularly made. There are Tlie foreigners live well In this part of
drays of tho city. All the building ntone neither clock nor Chinese have been found, private mall boxes In the nlllce, which are t"0 world. Many of them make a deal of
and bricks, nil tho clny, mortnr nnd sand This Is tho next thing to stealing a redhot u.ntnl for ?H a year in nivalin- Fvery money and nil hpetid a great deal. Victoria
for putting up the big houses on tho hills stove, n thing that I doubt not the Chinese i,ox ,0,irr 'has t provid. himself with la n town of clubs. There Is a cricket club,
aro carried up In bnskets by women nnd could do If thoy knew tho virtue of nsbes- two stout hags mm Led .11 1..1I1 sides with " kali club, a polo club, a golf club, a
glrla. I oee long processions of this kind tos gloves. ns nnme in Fngli-h and (imi.se These hockey club, a rllle club and a yachting
going nil day long from tho boats up the Tll0 court8 0f Hong Kon'g have their own hags are for the coolies who ,m sent vluU. Tho Portuguese have their ussoolu-
mountnlns. Fvery woinnn has a polo on hei rrvipq f T,rM.....inr... ti...v imvn rnniiinr nfn.r 11 ...i i.. 1. . . !.. now. n .ve his Hon. tho (ieriuntia have a club and tho
shoulders with a basket fastened to each
end of It and the baskets aro filled with
bricks or stones. Sho cnrrled from fifty
to n hundred pounds nt a load, nud her
wages aro 10 cents n day.
It makes one feel like a king to travel
nbout Hong Kong. You get so much for
your money. I nm hauled about In Jin
rlkshns for 2'j cents n trip and for in
cents I enn have a man pulling mo through
tho streets for an hour. I am frequontl
carried about In a chnlr on tho haro shoul
dors of two big Chinese. Tho regular charg.
Is nbout 5 cents gold for fifteen minutes, hut
by tho lnw tho chnrgo Is 25 cents for three
hours, nnd you can have a chair all day
for $1. Tho men wnnt more when thoy
pull up tho steep hills, nnd tho generoti
Hong Kong residents sometimes ndd 2 Ms
cents for good measure. There Is a regular
chargo for boat trips In the harbor and tin
coolies on the street work for 2V6 cents nn
hour, or 17 cents of our money, n day.
Klli'ttirli'N anil CIiIiicnc iieni l.nlior.
Hong Kmg la fast becoming n manufa.'
Hiring center nnd Its condition In this re
gard Is an example of what might ho done
in tho Philippines with Chinese Immigra
tion. Ordinary labor In China costs from
THF dt FUNOlt s IKHI- VI IHIMi 1()M.
Fnglish have clubs of every kind. Uvea the
women have clubs. They have their tennis
courts and pavilions, in which they peri
odically go to carve up their neighbors.
Hong Kong has its annual races, its re
gattas, its athletic exhibitions and Its
swimming mut.iiis. It has an amateur
dramatlc club, which gives regular por
forimineia ln tho city hall, and It has two
large Chinese tlienteis.
It has big hotels, unu of which has 150
rooms. It has gas and electric lights. It
has good water works. It has churches,
colleges and schools. It has three dully
newspapers published In Fnglish and four
dully papers published In Chinese. It guts
its cables dally from nil parts of the world,
nnd It Is on the whole as live and up-to-date
a colony ns ran be found on the Light
ning Fxpress of Mi.dern Progress, which is
pushing its way through tho dead 1 1 vlli.a
Hons of the far east.
FHANK C. CAIlPFNTFIt.
Reflections of a Bachelor
Fvery time a woman Hatters a man she
dots it hi. he will Hatter her.
No man has any respect tor his brother-
3 to 10 cents a dnv nnd skilled labor ranges
from IS to 22 cents per day. The wages terms of sitting, their fees aro all llxed by mnstir's ban nnd also a ticket of wood or "'-Iliw ""less he is married himself.
CUIUS TUUltt I P THF Mill N'TAINS n higher than this nt Hong Kong, hut law, nnd they nro, I nm told, reasonable. nictnl bearing Ills master's name in Fug- Tla' ""'' ll'ilt ls "li0 'ailing in love
HCK OF IIONO KONO H,llt ,ow enough to make a good bargain i.'Iiihhccn ,,f the Colony ,lB 1111,1 Chinese. Without this ticket ho ,lfU!r 11 s M la "'Ing shot ln the
for manufacturing. ' cannot get the mall. Tho local postage stomach,
elllo nud Indian oceans. You may count There nro already three largo sugar re- Hong Kong la a free port nnd the gov- rntL,s uro uml., to , C(,nt of ()Ur ,llonoy ,)Cr T10 most useless husband in tho world !
llfty ocean steamers nt anchor at one time fine rim here. They use the raw sugar ornment hns to raise its revenues chleily half ounce, i he 1 hi. f lllclals in the post- a woman is worth sitting up nights and
In lta harbor, uud It is poi'lmps tho busloBt froin n,,, Philippines nnd refine It for tho by stamps and by tnxlng Its citizens. There mco nri 2kSi,. although the Chlneso sewing buttons on for.
port of the world. markets of tho far east. Thcro ls a big aro stamps upon everything. You pay $: nro tj10 cashiers ami handle the money. .tB of men spend a lot of time wonder
Just nuw there Is a big North Uorinun rpi, fnf (ory. which consumes a qunntlty on overy contract, $2 on every deed nnd $2. Tts ,g B0 , ,hp lmniSi tho ciiimse clerks j,,.. wi,v it is women always want to know
Lloyd steamer nt tho docks loading for Fu- f Philippine hemp, nnd there nre rice fnc- In stamps If you make your will. Fvery l)0,I)B tll0 1)eHt accountants. ,1.,. ....'v f ..vm vt IiIiilt
rope, uno 01 mo ciuuuii imui am .u.v ,0ries, ceirint woria, glass inciories, maicu uun. y..., " " - " : Hong Kong is defended by a gnrrison of v ,... k,v ... ..,,, ,,,iv.i .. i
an argument by using some word that she
doesn't know tho meaning of.
ie. unu ui uiu uirii-H, ren t in. worKH, K'as iiicnn ten, iiiiiiwn - - - - llong Kong is defended by a garrison of
Salgou and Slngapuro, on Us way to factories and several engineering works, bank must pay 1 per cent per milium on ,)rlUsh snIdicrs. The city iiud Island has
rselllea, and a P. nnd O., carrying tho A )mn(r lnm fitted out with tho best of tho average amount of Its bank nolo clrcu- ordtnnry times, about l.noo men ami
m a M 111... .kliik 1 . 1 i I h fl.....ln rtf nil tttttilrt mill 1A lf1P OOtlt '
for
Marseilles
Fnglish mulls, left today for Shanghai. .;nKllsh machinery, Is In operation and latlon. Honda of nil kinds pay 10 per cent i)joro m)w qu (u.t.mmt t wap :rhoru
Hong Kong has live llncu of steamerB con- tlll,ro ,H u rK0 Cotton mill with 50,000 tnxca, nnd every broker's nolo pays ..u nro thrtl0 L.(llnp(,nk,H t garrison artillery, a
neeting u wuu vnucouver, oeiunu, nm- Hpnd0B. .Much of tlie cotton useci is ui. nutuui mu ,u .. j.... corps of engineers and a battalion of In-
hind and San Francisco, and It will Boon lprU.d from Chlnn, some from India and for their licenses, bllllnrd tables must pay fnl Thu,.0 ,s (lU() ,, V0u.,.r L.0rps
hnvo one to Sun Ulego. There uro many Bnlno fron, tho Unltcd States. The Chi- ICO each, nud every pawnbroker must give consstlI1(, ()t a i)a,tl.ry ()f ,Kht Held artll-
Hhlpa which go regularly from hero to Ma- mB0 nnko 80np n,, dyestuffs. They have ?350 annually to the city If ho would do machine irun comnanies. an In-
nlla, and two lines which visit Manila on rc nll8i 1)oan curil factories, tooth pow- business. fnntry company, an engineer company and nl,ni1 llmt bllu "8 ""lil"K left to live for.
their wny to Austrulln. Tho faro to Manila (lor factories nnd cigar works. They nlso In addition to this tho government gets n lmll(1 Tiu, approaches to the harbor are When n girl ls going to propose to a man
la $30 gold, to San FranclHco $200 ami to (,() considerable bout building, furniture somothlng out of monopolies. It receives wol, f(),.Uned. the batteries consisting of rho begins by telling him how terribly tin-
Furopo J300 uud upwurd. making and glass blowing. $15,000 a month from Ub opium farms and Well constructed earthworks armed with tho happy It makes her feel to have a man
Tho world knows this port ns Hong Kong, ,,0,K Ko, is m, ,)f t, flnaucial centers less sums from other factories. With all atoat of brcechloadlng guns. Tho colony Is propose to her that she can't love,
nnd you frequently seo mention of tho city f fP ,.. it has half a dozen banks, this It Is easily able to meet Its expenses. ,
There la no sucli tiling. ..n l)f w..,u imv hirKe capital. The Ha revenuca are about ?3,noo,uou sliver overj
Tho experience of most every married
man Is that ho found his wife exactly where
he hadn't expected to Hail her.
It's never safe to make up to a girl till at
least sl mouths after she has made up her
of Hum: Kong. There la no sucli tiling. .... ... .vM,,. illlv., irK canltal.
Hong Kong Is merely tho name or tno Ho1(, ,.( , aI)(1 shanghai bunk has u paid year nnd its expenditures uro considoruniy
Inland nnd colony; the nunio of the city and (p capital of $10,000,000 nnd a reserve of less. Ha debt Is less than $2,000,000, nnd It
port la Victoria. It was so named when tho 512.ooO.Ono. It has about $S0.000.000 of de- pays an Interest rate of only 3'j per cent,
land was taken over by the Fnglish In 1843 p0H'tH 'd its stock Is quoted at 311 per And what kind of money do they uso In
In honor of Queen Victoria, who grnuted ll(,nt pri),nuni. The bank has recently this Fnglish colony? Pounds, shillings and
tho chnrtcr. Victoria Is a beautiful city and ,)stubllshcd brunches In the Philippine pence? No. They uso the silver dollnr.
u curious one. If you will Imagine moun- l3ands and Is doing on extensive business which Is worth Just as much ns the value
tnlns, 1,800 feet high, rising upward at an tlll,ri,. Another large bank Is the Char- of the silver It contains. Many of the
iu.glo of nbout forty-live degrees from u ((,rt,(l Hnnl ()f Inda, Austrulln and China, dollnrs nre mndo ln Mexico nnd ninny of
bill-locked harbor, you will have an Idea of am, ot,rs Uro tho Hank of China nnd theso In circulation have been plugged and
Ub alto. Tho city runs around tho shore Japal) tlu, National Hank of China, the sweated until they nro worth less than par
unil rises In torrnces up tho aides of tho A ',mnU , ,mnU ,,f indo-Chlnu nnd Nearly every dollnr that you get nt the
incuntnlns to u dlstnnco of 100 feet. Thus ,,,,, Ilnpi.a Hank of China. bank hns a black murk stamped upon It
fnr It Is aolldly built. Hcyond nre scattered victoria haB Its chamber of commerce or guaranteeing Its circulation by the last
residences of tho well-to-do Fnglish clear 8(,ck PXci,nngo whero tho locnl shares nre man who passed It. If you want clean
to tho top of tho penk. Uunning up through l)nUfiht nna gold. I seo Hint many of the Mexicans, that Is new dollars, the llong
.i... i,.,u.,u ..,i ,.vi muMmr to tho ureat hotel .i. -..i . i.a Mini fne.. Knnir nnd Shanghai hank will ehnrge you
llll liuiimo n HlllCKH IITO WUIIII !"l """" "- -" . ... .,.,l .
it... .w.nir vim wen iwn nincc iron irncas. .... mi... . i.m.. iu 711 nnr emit 11 tier ceni eua mi nu-iu. .
. mu " .... - VUIUU. Ill" Ullllllil.J t....... ... . - . - ... .11.. Ml In
These belong to tho Pcnk tramway, which ,)0V0 Tho HnK KoK hotel shnrcs Hong Kong money nre nt u disiount in
curries pnssengera up nnd down overy few of n fnC(J vn,uo of ,50 8oll for jUS. Th shanghai. Fven the bank notes or tne
jioments during the day. Hong Kong Ico compnny, fneo valuo $25, Hong Kong and Shnnghnl lmnk ure tuken at
li.iNliu-NH Mud ui' Victoria. ,8 worth $n0l nnd ono of tho chief of tho n discount by the Shanghai branch of this
Tho business end of Victoria Is at tho dock stocks aolls at a premium of 515 por same bank If 1';; " J,0' f s n 0 iVl At l n ln
foot of tho hills. Much of It la on land re- ccnt. Tho Insurnnco stocks nro all high. There Is n gr at en "P u
claimed fron, tho aca. Great atono docks 80vernl of them being quoted nt three times money. ' B"Bl,n ol s P
vail out the water nnd the mountnlu has their faco valuo. There Is a Uuon Sugar from 43 to 5fl 1 cpi s M'ld. and it not P
iifi.m nt ,wn t,. till in nnd form u foun- comnnnv on the list nnd half a dozen steam- nnd down, according to the rlso anil ra
, n.Miinn.,,,. iiulldlnus. The eon- tn nnmnnnles. Tho clnr stocks nro nil of silver, home L,n.nese ,,. . ..... "'
MIUIWII in " ' - 1 -
any
1 in ? 1
T . ... ............. ... ..... 1.1 1 v.,,i.ir Hmn . .i, ii, i.-r.,, VroR. Bhnwlnir thnt thotv one-third ounces nvoiruupuia
UailK UUUOII.K ' " " iii uiu ..tih .'.n -
that of tho Hong Kong nud Shanghai untiK. s a great deal or tiusiness.
Tho Hong Kong club cost $350,000 nnd tho 1 hnvo spent somo tlmo In
inn n u ----- .... iii
..11. I. I .. Mimnl'lll HIT Til' t'tl (Til I
trnl part of the city would do credit to I.on- nbovo par. nnd It Is tho sumo with .many s, yer ou k ,m .k ; "l-
New York. There is no; a . nor other s ocks. Ti10 m.11.. . ., :, , ,,,,,, nVolrdupols and worth
don or
nbout 70 cents.
Their copper coin Is the
tukes more thnn n thou-
Tho Hong Kong club cost 3,uuu nnu uiu 1 nnvo spent some mou. ... " ' " . f ,. dollars. Hong
Hong Kong hotel would be n big hotel nny- ,ho government of Hong Kong. The ce. 1. my FJ" d to
whore. Hack of these buildings aro many s as well managed ns nny In tho llrltlsh Kom, hns n mm n
lino residences. Thoy rlso out of tho treoa empire. Ufo and property nre suf nnd dollars and half dollars
w "r
Price $5.00
Sold only by
O. K. Scolleld Cloak &
Suit. Co.
AGAIN '
Wo t.ilk to ynii about our
First New Century Waist
We want you to know how wo come to offer it .it Hi.
luiee of $."1,110. The Hior.v is short. Tlie manor, i t in r
wishes to keep his skilled workmen busy during tin
"between season s" time. To do tills lie 1 uti b
prollt 011 waists to the 111 1 11 1 1 11 11 1 11 and In or.l. r t is.
nnantlties we are doing tin. same. Kcs.nt: . . . 11.
gel a st llsli. tine taffeta silk waist at a prn e U wir
til. 111 the making alone would eost v ou. Itenn iiiln r tin
waist are made id' a good taffeta silk, with 1 .. 1 t
it. instit. lilng and tiny tui'ks, ei nter pi. ill, eul't's 1 .p
sl.te llllisll.'.l ill Stlill S 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 W'l' llMV. II. 1 111 111
Ida. k, white, iirlse, m. dlimt red. daiU ml, light 1-1 e
tur'tuoise Idue. medium blue, navy, pink, dd n si
lu imtri.pe. yiilow, grayjuu and wqihI brown
ORDERS ARE COMING a cteZJ
ilaily Horn all points around ninaliii for th. se vv 1 si
advertised for tile llrst time last Sunday. Fv.rv 1 .r
illas. r Is Well iileas.d. lion't n . I want 1,1 git
one of these bargnius'.' If so, s. ud an order with , '
eiuiused State tile color and bust measure -the .-i.i s
run perl'ei t. If .i have an unusuall.v long arm gi.t
length of inside seam and a waist will be made m
about one week. If a particular shade ls wanted, en
1 lose sample showing shad.' and we will mutch as
near as possible. We guarantee satisfaction or money
leluiiileil. less express charges
Our closing sale of Winter t'lo.iks and Fall Suits
now In progress at half original prices and Furs at
deep cut prices.
151(1
Douglas
Street,
Omalia.
Fxcluslvo dealers In l.adi. s Fars and Keady-to-Voni
iiurmcniH
OK
SCONELD
CIOAK&SUITCO.
InlO
l)()lojS
.Street,
Omaha,
