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(Copyright. 1909. by Frnk O. Carpenter.)
EKINQ, 1909. (Special Corro-
P apondrnc of The Bee.) Come
I with me thla bright Sunday
murning ana iiKf m iook ki iiie
new capital of the new Chlnciiv
empire. We are In the gan
glionic nerve center of one of the areateet
movement of hlntory. Old China, with
itSxvaet population of one-fourth of thd
whole human race, la being reborn and
Peking la throbbing with the young blood
of the new civilisation. From It are trick
ling the stream which are starting these
mighty province Into action. They are
dally Increasing in volume, and promise
to form a tidal wave which will engulf
the whole world. Peking Js the fountain
of the revolution, and It ,l already spout
ing sky high.
014 Peking;.
. Let u sit In Its spray with the steam
whistle of the railway car dinning our
ears, and the new electric plant turning
the silvery drops Into diamonds, while wo
think of the pant and try to realise where
we are. We shall have to shut our eyes
and turn our minds back Into the axes.
We are on a spot where men were living
under a municipal government five cen
turies before Romulus and Remus were
sucking at the teats of the wolf to grow
up and found Rome. There was a town
here when the great pyramid was building
nd when the Israelites worked , under
their taskmasters In the valley of the
Nile. That town fell Into ruins and was
rebuilt and destroyed again. Eleven.
Fraternal
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to their distant homes ana g:ve to others.
OmahA'a rncrnitiulKllltv. Imra lu innarcnt
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less selfish ones, the Omaha Eagles have
spent four months of Herculean effort and
energy in the preparation. And Incidentally
they will have spent fcW.OOO In something
more tangible than human effort.
If anybody wants to know where this ow out tlle Bamo lcheme. Pennsylvanians
money goes, let him view one of the down- ln Omaha aro already plannlnK towardlthls
down streets during the festival, streets en(, H(, Brc ohloane. Callfornlans. Wyo
lllumlnated as the streets of Omaha have In n)f pt.01,lp andi ln fact N,.braMn((.
not yet been. On to the depot where the T1 It.cept;o of the vHtors will begin
visitors will ft their first glimpse of the th, moment tly land at the depots. Corn
city these lines of Incandescent bulb, will mUteM w, be there tQ mpet them F w
be .tretched and over the Intersections JudlKn wl appolnt a r,ceptlon committee
great .trlng. of light, colored ln the huos of cltte.ng. u. F. VVeBti orie pf the E ,
ji vii v ui ui win ue inter i v intra 10 iurni
tht most brilliant spectacle. And then co-
mingled with the varied-colored light will
wav banners and pennants of red, white
and b(u. These will flutter to the breezes
and present a pretty picture during the
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So elaborate Is the seal of all this deco- The ,,,.in ltl to csccrt the delcKatea dl
ratlon that professional decorator (rw,,cy ta Ulp Fourteenth street enuance
many of the larger citie. of the country of lh? Ard:toilum, where the ,emral In-
hava come to Omaha and are taking orders fonra,u,n bureau will l established and
from various firms and business men t wnr,., ,nc. may pp. th),!r h,art3S ,,ote,
adorn iheir places of business f.r this o-ta- or b(lurJ,n(f ,Jlut. Hddr ,Kmrm am, hfin-10
slon. Not cnly. therefore, are the Kaile, g t acrMulc,i. No ..,, woman or C:llM
putting up a vast scheme of Illumination ,,0 alluw(1 t fl-e) f, H ,
...u -tw , ,.,, uui ...... nro ului,
a gitat deal of It on their own account.
Then there are the Item of budges. i,0-,j,. is about tr.em and tney are in the
banners, music and entertainment to add )a::ris of friend.
to this, the expense of decoration, print- . ,,ie f thete delegations are going 'o
lng and maintenance for four months of ,;r"r;sf the natives on their arrival. Fo
th headquarters bureau and the con- Nuance, the Alaskan will have their
ventlon committee and manuemLnt. Kh.uI raux dos teams and will travel lit
The comfort, pleasure and convenience thl, pil.nlthe fut-hloii froi.i the depot up
Of the visitor will be the first con- .luou.,h the business section of the city
slderatlon of this convention so far as the tu thj Auditorium and be seen frequently
local committee Is concfrned. Rooming or. the sheets In the same style and par
and feeding thl army of aO.Ow) will be tho ictla.ly n tl.e b g paiade. The Loulsvlll
greatest problem, but the solution Is v.. 1 or., ari blinking a hl: float, which will
Imple and sum. John J. P.yder, secretary ba (I I d with southern bell.s and courtly
of the convention committer In charge of giiitlomen and bedtcktd with the aromatlo
the bureau, with Ms corps of assistants, mint tl at the dear old colonels of the Ljue
has devised a card system that defies ass s..t.e so fondly dot upon. Mexico
criticism ln the matter of providing v. ill have iu:ne typical cenors and senoritus
quarters for the delegates. Of Voursj In iriud In the native attire of the little
the first place the hotels will receive all ,epul 1 c to the south and the men fro.n
the patronage their facilities will aceom- Honolulu are nolng to wear some charao-n-odate.
Then what? This: by means of :t Istlc drcsj.
this card system every private ho-ueln ' Muny of the delegates will come In spe-
the city that wishes to tske room.rs f.r r,,, ,!aln!. Klom ,he , .lc;fl0 coast ail Uia
that period is on record with the price, t a.,fonlIun8 ui travi, , a tr,in thal ,
It expect, to charge and the delete, when lo . nr, from Pjn cltco amJ
he arrives, may signify what price he ,,.,. Uo, AllBl., OVr tlie SnnU F
wishes to pay and be aligned to a place fiUm Kew 0rk.anil eon,p, a ,a
in a minute or two. These prlvste hon.es cUjteJ , lr- a from
iv iiuumru viuiuinrc 10 intir prices.
But In addition to this Colonel Ryder ha
bad a system of correspondence all eiver
the Cnlted States by w'htolt he obtains th
natnea and number of persons coming to
the Convention and In many cas-s lie has
obtained from these delerat a orders for
rooms so that by bending them the little
maps of O'aaha he l got out. .liow log
streets ai:d slret car lines. (hey may
know before coming J1'! wln-rt tliev are to
go ard w hich car line to lake. Tl ey may
Imply board tht-lr ear at the depot mi
anival and go dliecily to their boarding
pls.es.
Then In addition to this an arrangement
has been mne w her -by local t, lends may
find any delegate they wish by anotner
card Index. "John Jo: . KHlaniaioo.
assigned to 101 North' Harrison "I'eol,
telephone 4-"&." This Is the scheme a:.l it
la so simple that no time will be lost ln
accommodating the demand.
Fraternal societies ar.d slate organiza
tion are coming to the Id of th Kavles
nobly ln the matter of entertainment. For
Insienre the Woodmen of the World will
throw open certain portions of their large
bulldin to th visiting Kagles who ar
Woodmen and other order will do like-
wis. Fraternal hall In all part of th
city will be employed by th respectlv
erdr for th reception and alarialnment
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hundred and twenty years before Christ,
It place was taken by the city of Chi;
and, during the days of Nebuchadncizsr,
It was the capital of the state of Yen,
At the time of the crusade. It was the
chief city of the Kin Tartars and today
vestiges of the Kins are still to be seen.
Walls of Peking;.
The wall of Peking! What a wonder
they are! Those which now surround
the city were constructed by an emperor
who reigned sevanty-three year before
Columbus tried to find a nsw way to
China and discovered our world. There
are about twenty-five miles of them; and
they are so high that they can be seen
for a long distance outsldo Peking. Tlitv
are a tall as a four-story house and as
wide at the top as a country road. Tou
could drive five wagon loads of . hay
abreast upon their tops without crowding,
and, throughout they are as solid as atone.
They consist of two walls, of gray brick
of twenty or thirty pounds each, laid in
mortar, which has outlasted the centuries.
These two walls are parallel, and within
thorn has been packed a mass of stone and
earth, which the ages have cemented to
granite.
Theso walls were first erected almost 600
years ago. They have been kept In good
order from that time to this, and the
Chinese are repalrlns thm today. While
they were building their electric llBht
plant and laying the tracks for their rail
roads, they re-erected the great gato of
Chlen Men, which was badly Injured at
Order of
of the Eagle members or those lodges.
There they may go at any time and find
a lodge home with friends of their own
aoclety to mingle with. This very feature
1 calculated to do more than any other
one thing, outside the bond of Eagledom
Itself, to cement the friendship of the local
and out-of-town people and make the
visit of the strangers delightful.
Then certain state oreanlzations will fol-
and thse reception, committees w ill meet
fin rj Im nm tni train o nd than ihurn !
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O. 13. Kip.lnger, chairman of the commlt-
t.e on music. He will have bands enough
to meet every train and escort every con
tingent of Eaglt from the depots to the
h he , nmons Btrang,rSi but Bn ,n
be compelled lo feel that the warmth of
L -ti ; liiil d Iphia will send a special tin
tail I g ih' i.rund officers ar.d others and
w s. ri Pennsylvania will send another
or.c; I os'cn will send a big one: specials
aru dw- f'on Nov. York, Colorado, Wyo
n iui;. tho i'aclfic noilhwedt, Linclr.nait
anil oiber loin s. 1 utfi lo is or .mlrlntx the
Nc. Yo. k f.p cial. The Cincinnati t aln
w ill make. a "s in -around-the-clrc e"
ii u , cotnii.K ijik- way and returning an
il nr.
Vsii San Prancitco, or California. spo
c al will bring Tneod re H. Hell, pait fciaul
worthy pre idint, and Jolin 8. Pairy, can
didate for grand noithj jin fident, snj a
rouxi g dele:;atio'.i to br.ck lil'ii, with the
cctt'Liattd San I'tunc.hio i:i!u .tii!a to siig
for hi, ii. Tiicac uiinstti.is. l.uid-- . ally, w'.h
hold forth In a h; pjl'Mi nonet it at the
Auditorium Monday ni'U p.eetuinR t'n
opening f toe giaud atiie. Tueii, 6 p
tember li
bucicn c imes to capture the r.evr rrand
aerie. And wjien B is on arrives you'd s!t
UP k,,a -" here. . otin
Hulllvan, the "Big "L"n." he will be
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Hub of erudition. Old John Is goiug t,i
Disk a noise like a man fighting for
something.
"I'm (or Boston," writ John lu a lv-
the omaiia
Old China is Changing- With
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the time of the siege. Right next the
station, this massive structure of red, blue
and gold has gone up, and It now forms a
part of the old wall. It Is of brick and
wood beautifully carved. Its roofs being
upheld by many red pillars. It cost, I am
told, F00,C00 In gold. It Is on the lines
of th wall, and in perfect harmony with
them. It shows how the old and the new
are going hand In hand.
PekliuMnlOOn.
But come with me to the top of the wall
and take a look at Peking as it lies out
here on the northern edge of the Great
Plain f China in this year of our Lord,
1509. Those hills at the back fade away
into the mountains of Mongolia, and the
level lands In front stretch on and on to
the Yellow river, and thence Cown to the
Yangtse Klang. We can e villages here
and there spotting the Mndscape. The
country Is swarming with prople and there
are tens of millions within a day's ll.le by
train. The soli surrounding us is Rome of
the best In the world, and for ages it has
supported a vast population.
Now drop your eyes to the city Itself.
These walls dlvldf it Into two great di-vl-lons,
forming two separate cities. The
cue at the north Is a mighty rectangle,
perhaps thirteen miles round. It contains
the Tartar rlty, in which are the great
government buildings, the foreign lega
tions and also the Forbidden City, where,
suriounded by thousands of eunuchs, the
emperor lives. You can make out his
home by following the lines of those temple-like
gates which rise high over the
Eagles an
ter to Colonel Ryder, "and I'm going to
land with my good right on the Jaw of
the town that tries to put Boston out."
And men do say that John has dealt
some hard blows in his day.
While John L. Sullivan will head the
Bostonlans, Big Tim Sullivan, the Tam
many congressman, will head the New
York delegation, which will make a fight
for the lino convention. It will be liig
John against Big Tim and the fur will
certainly fly when these mighty gladiators
get under full headway ln the forum of
oratory.
bait Lake and Sioux City are the othe'r
cities after the 1910 grand aerie. Salt Lake
probably will have the assistance of the
Callfornlans and will repay them by bo?et
Ing for Parry for grand worthy pres dent.
Sioux City will count on the support of the
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wall which surround It. His palaces are
hue one-rtory structure with throne
rooms and other great halls. The roofs
aro of yellow tiles, a color which Is re
terved for his majesty alone.
No one but the emperor and his house
hold live in the Forbidden City. Outside
It Is a space known as the Imp.'rlil cliy,
which la largely occupied by the officials
and princes, and still farther out Is tho
vast collection of low gray houses where
the Manchus and Chinese live. A large
proportion of this city Is Manchti.
The other city, on the south of the wall.
Is known as the Chinese city. This has
the chief business streets of Peking. It
has thousands of stores and the chief
Chinese banks. It is the place In which
the most of the commercial business Is
done, although there are many shops In
the Tartar city as well.
Looking over the Chinese city, as we
stand on the wall, we can see some greut
temples with circular roofs of blue tlla
at lis extreme southern end. Those on our
left belong to the Temple of Heaven,
where, on a great circular altar of the
purest white marble, the emperor kneels
and prays for his people. The little baby
moi'.arch Is too young to kneel now, and
until he grows blfiger, the nation will be
prayed for by pioxy.
Just opposite the Temple of Heaven, on
the other side of the wide roadway, is
the Temple of Agriculture, where his
majesty starts the spring plowing for the
nation, and away up at the north, outside
the walls, Is a temple devoted to Old
Mother Earth. This temple Is square,
All -Embracing: Body of Altruistic Men
middle west, but will be handicapped by
the fact that the convention ia held in
Omaha this year.
New Orleans expects to get ln it bid for
the convention in 19111 and it will have tho
entire south behind It.
The ffght for grand worthy president .
promises to be a lively one. John S. Parry
of San Franclsoo Is conceded to be a
strong candidate, but will have to contend
with the fact that another Callfornlan,
Vrheodore H. Bell, has only Just laid down
the reins of that high office. Grand
Worthy Vice President Frank E. Herlng
of South Bend, Ind., Is after the supreme
office and Is going to make a great run
for It. Another factor against Parry Is
that San Francisco wants the convention
next year and if it urges this claim Parry
will certainly suffer. It I likely, how
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Thomas Howard. Third How Captain Harry Jones, Hay Parks, Theodore Werner, Jaiue Lhu, Matt Leonard, William Bouruea.
O Neiil, Conductor Fred Everett.
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while the others are round. The Chinese
school readers of the old civilization state
that the earth has four corners, and hence
the shape of the temple.
I.eft-atlun City.
Now. let us look at foreign Peking.' Tt
lies right under us, in the very heart of
the capital, hugging the wall between the
Tartar and Chinese cities. It front the
avenue along which the emperor goes in
his cart on hi way to his prayers at the
Temple of Heaven, and the northwest
corner of It adjoin the imperial city
Itself. By all rights, tt should be th
most valuable property In Peking, and
the ground upon which It stands 1 worth
millions. The city Is, I judge, about a
half mile long and perhaps two-third a
wide. It 1 walled on the aouth by the
great structure which Yung Lo built, and
on the other three sides by wall which
have been put up since the siege. Inside
those walls are the homes of the foreign
legations. The most of them are mansions
of brick and stone, built European fashion,
each collection of buildings being sur
rounded by a wall of its' own.
This city has Its own police and Its own
soldiers. Each legation has a company
or so to snard It, and one can see almost
every uniform known to Europe; as he
walks through the streets. Inside the
compounds aro burracks. and on some of
their walls the soldiers march up and
down. The whole Is more like an armed
camp than a city, and the minister live
(ike feudal lords In their castles, with their
retainers about them.
The legation city Is divided up by wide
ever, that the Callfornlans will soon, dis
cover the disadvantage of this dual aspira
tion and let go of one or the other, prob
ably the convention, ln time to eav Itself.
Incidentally the suggestion is made that
Jumping in with both claims is not bad
politics, for one will make good trading
stock.
Mere 1 a point that ought not be over
looked by Omaha people ln connection with
this convention: It is the best advertise
mentthat Is, the advertisement covers a
wider area and reaches directly a larger
number oflnterested persons that the city
has had ln recent years. This order Is
spread over the entire continent. It ha
1.900 aeries, with a total membership of
850,000. To the remotest corners of th
country the little map of Omaha with
their condensed story of the city and its
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streets. It Is lighted by electricity and Is
kept as clean as a pin. It represents the
great world outside China, and Is one of
the most striking parts of the Peking of
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Orderly Cltr
I knew the old Peking well. I visited it
when President Cleveland was still In hi
first term at the White House, and I saw
It again just before th Japan-China war.
At those time th streets were crowded;
there was no order whatever, and a
stranger could hardly make hi way
through. The streets were the sewer.
They were wide, miry and unpaved; and I
saw Chinese carts which were so stuck In
the mud that the silk-gowned mandarins
within them had to be carried out on th
back of coolie before they could reach
olid ground.
Today Peking is as well policed as New
York and Ch!carr.. The treet traffio is
better managed, and the vast mass of
yellow humanity is handled with but little
exhibition of force and with little noise.
The chief streets have policemen in the
middle of the roadway at every few feet,
and the endless streams of almond-eyed
mortals, which are always moving this way
and that, are not allowed to flow out of
their proper courses. Maintaining such
order Is far more difficult than In America,
for ythe traffic Is much more diverge. It. Is
composed of every sort of vehicle, from the
wheel-barrow, hauled by a donkey and
pushed by a man, to the carriage, with
coachman and footman In livery and re
tainers on horseback In front and behind.
It comprises hundreds of donkeys and
resources have gone. Into the hards of
thousands of people they have found thcln
way. And they tell a striking story, tell
It In pithy, pointed, pungent style, In such
a way as to stick in the mind of the man
who read It.
Sapulpa, Okl. Know where that Is? No.
Probably not three persons In Omaha ever
heard of the place. Well, that place has
heard of Omaha as the convention city,
of Omaha as the place where the Eagles'
convention Is to be held and that little
Isolated community down In the new state
of Oklahoma Is going to send i special
train of Its own to this convention.
Depend on it, no strar.ger who comes to
this convention will need to so awny with
out seeing all there Is to see In and about
Omaha, without getting a comprehensive
knowledge of tho Gate City to the west
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ponies loaded with goods; caravans ot
camels, ridden by red-faced Mongolians or
led along single file by ropes fastened to
sticks thrust through the thick flesh of
the animal's nose. There are Jlnrlklahas
without number, which have como her
tlnce the Poxer rebellion, and there are
men and women drtssed In silks and
cottons on foot. The people aro from all
parts of the Chinese empire. Half of them
cannot understand the lnrirunge of the .
others, but nevertheless theso policemen
keep perfect order, with their broonistlck
llke clubs.
Hew Streets of Peking-.
Within the last five years the streets of
Peking have been remade. The main
avenue have been divided up Into sldu
walka and roadways. Granite gutters now
run along on each side th main streets
and tree have been planted throughout the
whole city. The roadways have been
leveled and built up with macadam, so
tl at they are as solid as those of any street
In Japan. The material used wa stone
broken by hand Into bit of various slse.
A deep roadbed was dug and the larger
pieces fitted In like mosaic. Then the
smaller bits were laid tosother In ihe samu
way on top, layer after layer beh-.K placed
until the right level was reached. A fteam
roller then cruBhed the stones fine -and the
roads thus made are perfectly firm.
The Pcklns streets are clean. When . X
was last here they were covered with filth.
The city had no sanitary convenience snd
one had to pick his way everywhere. The
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and Its splendid resources. For the Kaglea,
aided by the commercial bodies and the
citizen of Omnha, have seen to th!t; they
have made such a complete and systematlo
plan of entertainment as to preclude tha
possibility of oversight ln this respect
And here It should be ald that a special
plan contemplates the entertainment of
tha women who come with their husband,
brothera, father or fiiencjs. Throughout
the period of their visit they will bo looked
after with earnest solicitude. Sunday pi e
cedinff the opening of the convention It Is
proposed to placo automobiles at the com
mand of the women and give them a full
slsht of the city and Its environs. The i
Eagles will have reverent respect for the
rellsious proclivities of everybody and
therefore refrain from business activity on
Sunday, but they are of the opinion that
It will be generally agreeable to enjoy auto
tiacs on that day.
Crelghton hall. Fifteenth and Harney
streets, has been secured as women' head
quarters. It will be thelr's exclusively. On
the day of the grand parade, when the
thousands of visitors asm-mbled from so
many points of the compass will march
through the principal downtown st-et, the
women will view the p-ocession from the
window s of their ow n Ir iid:uarte: s.
The crand officers of the order are to
arrive one week before the convention be
gins, which, oiutht to bring them hire by
Tuesday of till v.irl;. Most of them will
come on tiie Philadelphia special, but those
who live In the west will s.arcely core to
go to the Pennsylvania metropolis to g 't
that ride. These aie the grand worthy
officers:
Grand Worthy President Hei narJ J.
Monaghan Philadelphia.
Grand Worthy Vice President Frank B.
Heiina, South lictid. Ind.
Grand V'orthy Chaplain John A. Cllne.
Cleveland.
Grand Worthy Secretary Conrad tl.
Mann, Milwaukee.
Grand Worthy Treasurer Flnley McTtaa,
Helena. Mont.
Orand Worthv Conductor Charles K.
McDonald. Buffalo.
Orand Inside Guard Robert L. Arm
strong. Fort Worth. Tex.
Orand Trustees Msrtln Gray. Xew Ha
ven; William T. Garlnnd Boston: Henry
J. Lee, Seattle; W. C. McKlnney. Sasinaw.
Secretary Ryder of, the convention com
mittee, who 1b also j resident of the No
braska aerie, 1 anxious that this point b
brought out so as to dear up s I it of r-n-fuslon
about this convention: Tlur av
two conventions, the national and tlis
tate, to he held. The state cm ventlon. or
aerie, will be held Monday and Tu-rdv,
September 111 and H. while the Brand a-r!o,
or national convention, will b celled to
order Tuesday, September li, at 11 s. m.
Colonel Ryder will preside at the state
aerie and George F. West will open the
national meeting. Mayor Dahlnian will
make the address of welcome and Hev,
Robert L. Wheeler, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of South Omaha nnd
a member of the order, will Invoke d vine
blessing. The national fathering will t
held at the Auditorium und the state at
Benson, where the Eagles have a splendid
ball of their own.
Your old friend. King Ak-Rar-lien, In not
going to overlook any bets with the Eagles.
With hi customary hospitality he i going
to take a very large part In showing tliem
a royal time. Th fourteenth seien of this
ancient dynasty will be near tho end of
Ms reign and he will because of that fact
do everything ln his power to win the
heart of hi new friends. He will giv
them free rein In hi imperial city and
thy can do anything they want to except
usurp hi throne. In hi royal court, oth
erwise known a the den, he will show
them "tha time of their lives," or he will
miss hi guess. For Samson and tha beard
f governor have certainly got th finist
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