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(Copyright 1909, tr Frank G. Ca pen o ..)
EKING. China. (Sn c'al Ccrrcx-
pondenco of The Lci.)-8 aid
with me bea!de the great tower
above the Rate of Chlen Men
r-;,. f;l and look down upon tha homo
of Uncle Sum in Peking. Wo
are In the center of the wail which penar-
ati the Chinese from the Tartar cities
and In the ery heart of the Chlne?e carl
tat The Legation city Ilea rlsnt below us
We are sixty feet above It and high owr ,n
i n i m prl
the vast mass of low-tlled buildings which ' lne nBl ano lne BmoKe- V "now
form the two sister cities. Turning to tha the h1,,tor- ot tnat " wh toT
south, we look over bu.lnes Peking with wek" ,ha 1,VM of the Americans and Euro
Its thousand of Chinese .tores and beyond Pean" hun by wer oni
It can see the Temple of Heaven and
Apiculture, where th. little emperor gel.
t h on hi. v.llcw kn.,. nr. fnr
h&6eonle It l th.r ih,. h -.tri .
and tre he start, the Lnrlna nWlnL T;
l.V, 1 " "P Pl"WlD,f
the nation.
Now let us turn to the north. We are
facing the huge Tartar city. It. residence.
rA lmo hld.M I. . A . m
are aimoat nwaen -in a rorest of low
.L?."' a . te,mplM, Bhow "1 h,r nd
emnernr llvaa mnA Ih.p. 1. . . 1
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tailed eunuchs he to now .,.?! In. I'ht
Lout!. 1 hta T f
n, r, Vi n-h ""7""' " ",nl "l Washington? That Is what the Legation mey close the iron gate, which shut off empress dowager did, and had a mutiny
,K"on I"""" bump, up cUy ,n Peklng. Tn, rectangle I have the wall back of the legation from it. ex- which then occurrfS mong the aoldlers on
th. whit a "m k 1 adJln described Is made up of many walled com- tension around the city. A sergeant and the Yangtse not been promptly put down
Fnrhirt ten ".t- "kl k , , ,! "" pounds. Each legation has Its own com- thr n,en always on guard; two of by a very wlae governor there might have
th. , imr..i i .1. .1- ,Ke.C.l"teLu Pound or grounda. and each set of ground. ee remain In the guardhouse, and re- been a civil war, which would have wiped
me imperial city. It Is there that the baby " . ,. .t.... Ueve each other fmm v.irh tn t.K ,.t oil th. fnrk,npr in n, i,.rir it
at th. guardhouse beside u. couTd ch upon them. Th. city Is cut up by ""- the whole city. Th.y have artillery British to protect them. Since then gun
ng his rlfU Sent a ba into ,h. nacdami.cd streets which croa. one an- " the wall, and a great storehouse of boat, have been sent to the langtse from
and" the south TL LTl, other at right angles, and going throuxh EWder and 0ther "on Inside It. f hH'"-- th..W"' .bf P
marine
by llftlni
palaces,
"
lead, to them, is not 7.000 feet from where
we are standing. See how the yellow tiles
of the palace roof blaze under the aun
. nA h. ..,.. .1 . . .
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out agalnat the blue aky. That road Just
below us, which hugs the American lega-
tlon. goes on to the palaces. It 1. th. chief
mith r lh. nff..;.!. ,.n ,h.l.
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.'..J l . ' ' in. iiiupi nkift Uliucr Unci.
Sam's walls a part of th. distance.
Vlir.
Now turn your .ye. to the foreign city
which extends along this wall to th. Hat-
. '"i '. nu iv. ml hiuu biicci wuicn runs
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from that gate until It Is parallel with the
palace entrance before ua. It is pei haps
a mile lung and half a mile wide, forming
a rectangle In the very luart of official
and business Peking. Th a massive wall.
OS high as a four-story houa. and ao w IJ
that fifty soldiers could march abreast
upon Its paved highway. Is the southern
boundary. An open space several hundred
feet broad, which was cut away afar th:
siege and cleared of all Chine, buildings,
lie. between it and Hat-a-tmn street on the
east, and there La another wide space alon j
Uuveruor Jskaiaa'i lirgcoas.
.CHESTER. MINN., where Gov-
ernor Johnson bad been alrug-
gltng for life at the hospital of
tha Dra. Mayo, had lesa than
7,000 Inhabitant. In th year 1.100,
relate, th. Springfield Republi-
I
Gossip and Stories About Noted People
IB.
can. It I. about alxty miles south of St- operation, a day, and they often only atop
Paul and, in ordinary . peach, a physician tor lack of bed. in which t. plae. th. pa
or aurgeon located Jn auch a place would Uent. after operation.."
be called a "country doctor." Possibly Th. Dr.. Mayo are th. aona ot Dr. WU- 1
many person. In th. eaat have wondered Ham Mayo, an English aurgeon who served
why th. governor should hav. gone to In th. United State, army and who settled
auch a .mall town for hi. operation, and In Rochester after hi. retirement from
it may be worth while to enlighten them, army life. The, fact. ar. .ufficlant in
Her to a cas illustrating the fact that It terest to plao In the record of Governor
la U3t nao.asary for talented surgeons to Johnson's caa. atnc they demonstrate that
locat In large' ell!.. If they ar. great th. governor of Mlnneaota haa had th. very
enough to draw paUent. to them, no mat- be.t of professional attendance and care,
ter how far they may b. from th. center, notwlth. landing that a amall and remote
Of population. The Dra Mayo, William J. community haa been the plae where he
and Charle. II., brother stand very high want tor treatment.
In their profession. Th. elder ha. th. de- 4
gr of LL. D. from th. Unlveralty of Witty gtatesmea.
Toronto and th University of. and an W,t danrou"- Th a.-'nato of Araer
F. U. C. S. (from Edlnburg). He haa alao lcan PubUo abound with th. wreck.
b.n th. pre.ldeut of th. American Medical of man who hav P'"1 t" P01 of b.
aaaociatlou. Th. younger ha. an A. M from ln humorous, Th. disposition to mak.
Noi thw.at.rn unlveralty and ha. ben pr..l- n -ualenc lauh bQ to count-
dent of th. Minnesota Stat. Medical aaeo- ,eM P11Uc' ambition., observes the At
elation. Thl. I. doing very well for "coun-'Int or'lan- When th RPrMenta
try doctors." who hav. never practiced Uv Cuah,nn enta- congre.. h. mad. a
except la their lltU. horn, town of Roche.. ?pcb hicn J"1" " But
ter, Minn. Th.y ..tablUhad their own h. WM br?Uht r""" th4t to manir
ho.pltal. and liay th.y draw patLn.. frm ,p'f 0t Df ?? m"y
. , ,,J . ul,.. .... nU captivating to th. r for the Urn
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on of .xcllent .landing, who visited the
Mayo ..tabliahment a few years ago,
quuttd as saying cvnoerning them.
On. of th. reaaon. of their great auo- Ml c or blimorlag th. lo.t um th.
ces. in keeping themaelve. alw.y. up to- prU)l of th, AmariciB toga,
date 1. thatlhey alway. hav. from their ln uk, mann ,. .Frival." John
earliest college days made It a point to n. th. wit of congreea, ran for th.
spend three month, of .very year abroad united Statea acnat h. .uff.red an igno
or traveling ln thl. country, visiting th. nilnou. defeat.
principal mcd.cal center, to get new Idea. Tom Corwlit waa another man who b
and keep themaelve thoroughly up t. th. cam th victim of hi. own Damaa.
Umea. In thla 'way, while they hav. do cua blada, and who eummerlaed hi. .x
medlcal echoul attached to their hospital, perinc. In th. tera observation that to
they constantly review th work of other SUoced In politic It wa. necessary to be
and ao stimulate their own afforu. They "aa olmn aa an a." Proctor Knott, by
alway a have fifteen or twenty aurgeona hi famou Duluth ipeKk, made an inter
attending their operation to lines their national reputation, but for the remainder
aork. and to the they extend the most of hi. life wa. pursued by the avenging
court.-ou. trtatmnu These men hav. com- Names is. Tom Reed failed to aecur. the
pl.tely .wept away the common Idea that republican nomlna.ion for president of th
a medical man with great talent, haa th. United State, becaua. hla tongue waa never
beat f.eld for them In a large city, and they lacking ln retort which produced a ripple
i.matn tn Kocheaier by prefer en oe. Th. of mirth. Abraham Lincoln found hla lov.
rtaauti of thla preference, aa explained by of anecdote Ua of a help than of a hind
one of thaa. men, la that they believe tanca when he wa. called to the helm of
they can do more and baiter work when affair.
relieved from all the obllgatlona and con- Statesmanship la something serious. Th.
Vau.tatiun. which would be required of Immortal masterpiece of eloquence contain
"them In a big elty, to ay nothing cf th au auggeailone ef humor. Th apostrophe,
uc.al duties which would be incumbent of Edmund Burk th. philippic ot Demo,
upon them. A. It to now. they begin their then th. .plendld oratory of Clcero-ar
operating at I W In th morning and con- all profoundly aolema.
Unu. tbto until about U o'clock or later. And when It come to tb. men who are
and th. afternoon to dt voted to looking to represent ua In th. aualer. and august
avr th rulU of .lamination, mad. of forum, of nalamanhlp or la th grav.
Legation
INTERPRETERS. AMERICAN LEOATION.
the whole northern boundary. During the
Eoxer uprising this foreign quarter was
surrounded by Chlma.- houaea from which
the. natives ahot at the birbarlans w.thln;
and on the northen boundary, opposite
where we are standing, between thB h.ng
Ileli legation and the Imperial city, was the
Ilanlln library, one of the largest In the
world, with Its tens of thoiiaanda of vol
umea. It contained library treasure, of
vast vaiue; out me nineao nei n on ura
i ... ... I. ,l. . u o .. A.f.nA.r.
attempting to drive away the defendera
saved by the troops marching on to Peking.
t the close the power, determined that
houl nev8r hanPen
n1 ' wa that resolution which created
th "atlon of
Army mma sen.
What would you think of a great armed
rair.n rillwt with a mm ii nit Inn nmrrted bv
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,oldlr and .urrounded by walU, In ths
very heart of London, Paris, Berlin or
lfl own
thn American legation are at least twelve
aJ1 ot " ot
the other, are so wide that tfce soldiers
. , . . ,
them one ride, everywhere between theao
high walls. The entrance to he com-
Pun are through great doora which are
l,arr.H .rr nlo-htfall anrl in frnnt of ffajn
,
door a soldier .lands guard. Some of th.
entrance, are beautifully ornamented with
huge marble lion, on pedestals. The sol-
rfl,.r ...oll .t.nri htMn th. linn, op
-r;.: .:v -r :
just u iojuv i in. 1 1 1. win ui.i.u. ...
after uniform as h. walk, through th
treta. The greatest nations of Europe
... .... ...
hava their renreaenlatlvea here, and th.
tidier, of each legation hav. their own
driss. On. sees the Cossack in his fur cap.
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1UIIK mill a lid iiiun wiuin, uie Bfjuneav in
.. .. . r-,...,; nftlcr iook,. .houirh
khaki, the French officer looking a. though
. . .......
legation the barc-knee! Highlanders wno
"
murrh to the sound of th. bagpipe, aa
they go through the streets. In ail, there
ale morc uan LS00 soldier, and officer.
In charg. of this camp. They are trid
men and ready to shoot at command. Each
legation has quarter, for It. soldier, aivl
each haa Ita own ammunition and guna, as
well aa stores of food in case of a siege,
In the scheme of defense of this little
patient, by their assistant.. When th.
day'a work la over they can go horn, and
go to bed and be frah and ready for the
next day'a work, and they certainly do
an enormoua amount of work, enough to
kill th beat of aurgeona In a large city,
their average being about ten major
being, ware serious handicap to upward
.., . .lm, .
progreu, and h. caad almost .nllrely to
xercia. a talent In which he waa little
ahort of peerless. Th. propensity of Sun-
hi a uuuul i. aijo wiia auvui - ' ' - - - - - - n --- - - - - - -
at Peking
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PEKING.
world city Unci Sam baa, perhaps, the
luusi Important pumuon. Uhe aoiuiara Ol
Ilia aevernl legations have tnelr own piacea.
wmuu uiey are 10 taKa charse of la caae
0f ntge. There la a secret scheme of de-
fcnse. and this Is diacusaed from week to
week by the commander, who meet and
give their views as to what should be done
.,.,,,,, ,ki. .-I.. j. ..,. , .
reblUon th, ,en,or coramander woul(1 be
, . , , .
....... w..-
would report to him aa aid.
I'nele Sana UoiUa tka Key.
As It is now, the United (States marines
have the most strategic position, and prac
tically hold the key to the defense. It la
uuly to guard the great waT at th.
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the .ectlor, running from the middle of th.
8.OUth WU" t0 th Chlen Men at whl"
u.rman. guara me remaanuig section
of that wall running to the Hata-men
gate. Each ha. it. own auardhouxe. and
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Our marine, march up and down this wall
day and night. As darkneas approaches,
Our marines are not allowed to talk
h" W dUt bUt tand,n here blda
them, wo can easily see how they com-
1 a Dies nave been mfina whfrh riv th
ra ofBrn lnt ,n the le!
'anfe 01 'T r .H A,' ' '
cities from to ill. Tchtas
1 lar irom me gate Ot CillOH
Man - and wlfh tha hio. n..inM
" "d ' table- our mailnM
na'e ,. fc n. their mercy. They
, n n" ny Bu,,d,n" ot the palace and
wrc i.u.eiil ueparimania.
They eouid ...ny send
balls Into the Tern-
pie of Hven: and with red hot .hot
thv Ann M In ru mU-
t. ' . . ' 7 ' "'" ,"JU,-W
lne whole city to aahea.
At present, the force of Uncle Sam Is
les. than that of aome other nation.. We
hav. only 150 marines, while th. British,
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t. ...... , ....
Japane'"'' Germans and trench have
many more. The total foreign force in
norm tnina ts over ,. but a large part
i. , i.,t . .,,., .
or it la stationed at Tientsin and else-
where. The north China foreign troops
are 13 Austrian.. 150 Americana 20 Bel-
ns ,nd over Br,tlsh. In addition to
15oo Indian Sikhs. The French hav. al.
most 1,200. and the Japaneae aa many,
Th.r. are 730 Oermans. K0 Italians. 113
Russian, and 29 Dutch.
Within the last few months the Rus-
sians have withdrawn some of their
reaponalbllltles of th. aupreme command
of public affairs. It to not tb. Jester whom
w. ar. prone to choose.
For seasoning purposes it to well enough
to employ the salt of Attica if w. can do
ao In moderation, but w. cannot acquire
the reputation for wit without making up
our mind, to tak. the consequence..
Half 111 Backbone Gob.
After on of the rarest and moat difficult
operation, known to surgery, James Tour,
nigh, IT, lie. on an air mattress In the
Hahnemann hospital, Philadelphia, with a
half of hla spinal vertebrae cut away, and
his spinal cord covered only by the thla
layer of akin which Ilea directly over th
backbone.
Th. man wa given up a tn a hopele.
condition when he wa taken to th hos
pital with a broken back, caused by a fall
from th fourth story of a building. His
vertebra wa scattered. From th waist
down h waa paralysed.
It waa thought that he would eventually
die, and th operation waa ordered aa a
last slim chanoa. Th. complete auccesa of
th operation 1. regarded aa a aurglcal tri
umph, Inasmuch a the bony framework
which throw a caalng about the delicate
organism of th. spinal chord was cut away
without Injury to th cord.
Mr. Harriwiaaitua Ike West.
"Th. death of E. H. Harrlman to re
garded aa a personal bereavement by a
large majority of th people who live west
ot the Missouri," aald W. W. Rlter. of Salt
Lake City, Utah, chairman of the board of
regenta of the Unlveralty ot Utah, and a
prominent banker, quoted by the Washing
ton Poat.
W don't know what th successors of
Mr. Harrlman may do for the west, but
w do know that it waa Edward H. Har
rlman who took hold ot the railroad ot
the west when they were little more than
Junk and transformed them Into the mag
nificent system of railways that exist to
day, lit, mora than any otner man, has
been Instrumental in developing th woat
through tb wonderful arteries of a com
merce that he constructed and improved.
He waa a man of high character person
ally and of th moat comprahanaiva view.
He could ace far Into the future, and it
waa thla remarkable foresight that made
him th. peer ot all railway men. Though
an eastern man, Harrlman waa far ln ad
vance of hla aaaoclate. ln th. eaat when
It cm to comprehending th futur of tb
country. New England always haa been
narrow-minded ln It railroad lnureata,
Railroad condition tn New England could
not exist Is th. nut, aud Harrlman knew
It. Not long age on of Harrlman'. fellow
director, of one of th. Important tranaoun
tin. ntal road, told m aa iaotdeat that
Illustrate. ILarrliuaa'. acvun, Tha rail
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER
Holds Post of Honor in Chinese Capital
V;
MARINE ON GUARD AT (iATR OF
AMERICAN LEGATION. PEKING.
guards from Peking, and the Japanese
have decreased their force by one-half.
Some of the diplomats think that this la
only a play to the Chinese gallerica. They
want to make the natives believe that
they are anxious to remove their guard
from Peking, a consummation which the
Chinese devoutly wish. The withdrawals
mean nothing, however, as both Ruaalana
and Japanese have large forces In their
respective spheres in Manchuria, ana
could put thousands of troopa Into Peking
by means of the railroad ou a couple
days' notice.
?
Will the Guards be Removed?
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Indeed, the general opinion here la that
'UarU w!" eniu b8 "mvd-
ut that the time Is not yet ripe. Many
f the ministers say they will aend their
wlve, ul a.ttgnUr. away from PMag
as soon a. the guard, are ordered to leave
Just now Chlna llke a mUlpoad. and the
wnoIe world ls applauding the ease with
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Wmll UOU CIIJI iUI WB IUl OH UIH
throne. Nevertheless the country was on
the edge of a rebellion at the tim tha
that time our missionaries on the YanKtse
KlanK called for 8unbat. bu' Vncle Sam
had none in sight, and we had to ask the
uicic. x uuucidibiiu mat uui irgauuii i
con.lder the Peking guards
a necessity, but Uncle Sam will do wisely
to ko "uretV ur by maintaining our
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marines in nina ror some years lo come.
$
Lfe , fh. Barrack.,
Before I write of the civil branch
of
Uncle S&m'fl Chln&aa hiima I vrnnM Ilka in
,..M vn h, . .,... ,,. , r. !..,
Thcy have their quarters In the low one-
. ...
iory buHrlingii which form the walU of
eu - j
mi vnu vi i lie iriiuu vuniyuuiiu,
the officer beinir Quartet-erf in ti...,n,v
structure. In the northeastern corner. The
barrack, have .eparate buildinga for mesa
oarrac-Ka nave aeDaraie ouiiamaa ror mean
-
rooms, store rooms, kitchens and a gym-
nas.um. They have reading rcoma, and, on
the whole, the bova have a falrlv -m,t
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time. Thev have twn di-i la w.rv Hav mA
two "hikes" every week of ten miles or e
to kh-n thorn In training .Th.v i..v. rfuiiv
parades, except Saturdays and Sundays
and there la a arhonl f..r the i1.m-....m,.,i-
aioned officers. The men take part in field
aoorta with the other ltKatlon Kuards. awl
each May they have a yearly me.t in tlu
British legation compound, at which the
soldiers of all the legations take part. In
road king had dropped Into a director's
meeting and Inquired what had been done.
He was told that a large number of cars
had geen contracted for.
" 'What' the capacity? asked Harrl
man. " "Fifteen to twenty tons," he was told.
" 'Might aa well make kindling wood of
them right now," aald Harrlman. 'They
will never be of any aervice In the west.
You want cars of 40-ton capacity; nothing
leaa will do ln that country.' "
Strennowa Llfeof the Kal.er.
The recent manoeuvers of the German
army must huv. made enormoua demand
on the vitality and strength of the kaiser,
but he haa shown that he ia well able
to bear them, reports the New York Sun.
It la not every man, officer or private, who
could atay up till I o'clock in the morning,
a. th. kalaer (sometimes did. discussing
the details of the next day'a operations
and then Has again at 4 o'clock to start
out 011 a long day' work In the saddle.
The explanation Is to be found chiefly
no doubt in the natural strength of the
kaiser' constitution, but in. the next place
tn hla moderation In eating and drinking.
He enjoys a breakfast of the solid Eng
lish kind, with tea and a dish of meat or
fish, the latter being hla favorite. Tha
ordinary German'a cup of coffee and a
roll or two would never enable him to get
through the mental and physical labor of
the entire forenoon until lunch at 1 o'clock.
Perhaps the majority of men In Ger
many, and certainly in the capital, where
men'a nerves are most sorely tried, eat
little In the early part of the day and most
heartily in the evening. It I. otherwise
with the kaiser, who eats heartily at
breakfaat and lunch, but very little in the
"venlng. In Germany this la considered
a sign of good health and solid nerves.
One of the things that contribute to the
kaiser's good appetite ls hla moderation In
smoking. Three or four light cigars, and
these only w hen traveling, and half a dozen
cigarettes of Turkish tobacco form hla
customary daily dole.
Familiarity,
A novelist who Uvea near Indianapolis
onee engaged an Individual whj claimed
to bt a gardener. That his claim was with
out basis of fact was soon made evident to
the employer, for the man proved well nig'i
useless so useless in fact that it became
necessary to discharge him.
The man took the dlsmli, al with such
Jaunty Indifference that the noveliat was
romewhat nettled. "You seem rather
pleased than otherwise." aaid he to th.
man.
"Oh. I ain't worryin'," waa th. prompt
response.
"Indeed' Perhaps you won't do so well
as you think. May I vefitur. to inquire
what you have in view?"
"Well," anawcred the gardener, "If the
worst come, to the worst, I may take up
writing books. Sence l'v been her I've
found out It don't tak ech an awfully
bright man a I ud to think It did."
Llpplocotfe Magaalaa,
17, 1900.
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HOME OF
the last event of thl. kind our men cap
lured flrat place and were given the cham
pionship banner, which waa ent to th.
head of the marine corpa at Washington.
The sporta were running. Jumping, putting
the ahot and the tug-of-war. The troopa
also play base ball, and they now and then
go out to Tung Chow to play a native team,
which ls considered the best in China, hav
ing been trained by American school teach
ers. some of th. men ride horseback, using
Chinese ponies, and Uncle Sam haa an ad
ditional compound which la devoted to
stables. It waa in this compoupd that Gen
eral Law ton's old war horse lived. He
waa brought here from Manila at the time
of the siege and waa afterward kept aa a
pensioner, being fed and exercised, but not
allowed to work, the old horae went where
he pleased, climbing now and then the wide
pathway which leads to Uis wall of the Tar
tar city and feeding on the graaa which
grows In the cracka of the brlcka at ita
top. Within the paat few months the old
steed's eyes have been failing and a few
weeks ago he became blind. Th. other day
he walked too close to the edge of the wall
and fell over and was killed.
Oar Legation BalldluBS.
And now let me tell you about th. le
gation Itself. This ls the soul of Uncle
Sam's home and our troops are sent here
to guard It. The compound, of which the
barracks form the western end, contains
about ten acrea. It la surrounded on two
sidea by a brick wall twelve feet In height,
which the wall of the Tartar city adjoin,
at the south. It faces the roadway which
the Chinese used to call the "Street of the
Subject Nations," In their effort to make
the natives believe that all the foreign gov
ernments paid tribute to Peking. In this
compound there are five large buildings
which have been put up .inc. the selge.
is of two stories, built of gray brick faced
with stone, after a simple, but beautiful
style. They are the residences of our min
ister and his secretaries and the chancery
cf the legation. The minister's house is
the largest. It haa a wide veranda of .tone
and brick facing the compound, with a
double portico, upheld by stone pillars, at
the side. The ground floor rooms are all
large and well adapted to the entertain
ments of a live, social, diplomatic center,
such as the legation city to. They are beau
tifuliy furnished, containing many curios
and rare bits of art. collected by the min
ister. The hangings are largely embroid
eries, the floor coverings rare rugs from
Persia and Turkey. Againat one wall of
the large drawing room to what nVght be
called a dual throne, with a table between.
This conslsta of two Immense Chinese seats,
such as the highest mandarins use. It. 1.
Curious
r.rmia (oast Win. Rich Widow.
rt pal International romanc.
A 1 with a German count, an
I American widow and a peculiar
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Faust', for It. aettlng, waa un
folded in St. LouiB I.Ft week
the marriage of Count Llchard von Orost
low von Hastllg von Kutrow of Rlnslingen,
Bavaria, and Mrs. Louise J. Rasch of No.
4701 Nebraska avenue. The count (his whole
titles required two lines on the license),
became acquainted with Mra. Rasch when
someono trampled on her toes while ah.
watched the parade of the Veiled Prophet
and the courtship waa successfully culmin
ated over a dinner the came day at Tony
Faust's.
The count was a rchoolmate of th. pres
ent kalst-r and comes from a powerful Ger
man family, he dclaree. Some yeara ago
his grandfather died leaving $50,000 to him
on condition that he get married
To most men -It would have been easy,
but not so the count. He had traversed
the major portion of the civilised world
without falling a victim and tha proviso
appeared In the light of an Impossibility,
to him.
However, he made an attempt to fulfill
It and several weeks ago came to America
tn gaze at its beauties.
Friday, of last week, ho mood in front of
Tony Faust's looking at the floata and now
and then casting a ride lung glance at a
modiahly-gowned woman near him. Sud
denly he heard her give a little .cream a.
the crowd In front pushed back. The words
accompanying the scream were given with
a good Gorman accent and the count'a
mind u made up. The '0.0u0 wa. In hi.
pockets.
Introducing himself to Mra. R.tsch, he
Boon gained her consent to dine with him
at Tony Faust'e. So Impassioned waa th.
Germane' wooing that by the time the
third course waa served he waa inquiring
from the head waiter the location of th.
best jewelry .tor. In th. city-.
Count vm Grostlow Is 60 years old and
hia bride several yeara younger. Hhe la the
widow of Louis Rasch, who died four year,
ago, leaving her considerable property.
Speralatlow ua leaking Korta.ee.
No on-j in New York society. In the opin
ion of the New York American, will be at
all surprised If after a couple of month.
Mill Mary Harrlman, daughter of th. lat.
railroad magnate, becumaa lh. brid. of
Robert Walton Goelet.
It haa been admitted by relatives of Mis.
Harriman and of Mr. Goelet that had lh.
financial wtoard lived a few week, longer
there would have been an elaborat. wed
ding in the hill-top castle at Ardeiu And
now they admit alnoe a decent Interval
haa elapsed after th. burial of th. maater
of Arden that tb wedding aoon will occur
anyhow, only It m b. a quiet wedding.
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THE AMERICAN MINISTER, PEKING.
there that the minister sits with the silk
gowned officials and chats about matters
of state. The houses of the secretaries are
of fairly good slae, and the chancery build
ing has two stories, and la well equipped
with typewriters, file cases and th. other
necessaries of an up-to-date office. These
buildinga were planned and constructed by
Mr. Sidney Nealy, an American architect,
assigned to the work of the Treasury de
partment. They have coat, all told, about
1180,000, and they could not be built fur
twice that aum In Washington. Th y are
among the best building, ot Ui. legation
city.
Oar I.esatlOM at Peklaa.
Th. new minister to China, will find a
good ataff awaiting him at Peking, and
will be able to do much for the United
Statea. The China ot today la buainesa
throughout, and In connection with the new
nation which la coming Into being there
will be vaat opportunities fur American
money and American bralua. In thla he will
hav. the assistance of th. first secretary
ot the legation, Mr. Henry It, Fletcher,
who ha. been In China for several years,
and haa repeatedly acted as charge d'af
faires. He was a rough rider during the
Cuban war and served In our legation In
Portugal before he came to China.
The new minister will have connected
with him quit, a force who understand
the Chinese. At the head of this branch of
the legation is Dr. C. D. Tenney, the
Chinese secretary, wno has been In tha
diplomatic service for many years having
been closely associated in an educational
and advisory capacity with LI Hung Chang
and Yuan Shih Kal before he carao hen.
Dr. Tenney graduated with high honors
at Bowduin college and shortly after he
came to China and was a tutor in Li
hung Chang', family. He was soon made
nrealdent of th Tientsin university, and
aa such had much to do with th training
of the most progressive of the young
Chinese btricials. He was at the head of
that college while Yuan Shih Kal was
'viceroy of Chihli and aided the latter In
his plans for the reorganization of the new
schools of China. Dr. Tenney haa traveled
through a great part of north China and
Mongolia, establishing schools, and has
written several text books In Chinese,
which are now largely uaad. About two
years ago he was sent by the Chinese gov
ernment to take forty or fifty Chinese boya
of high class to the Uadlng collejea of
America and England and to superintend
their education there. It waa while acting
In that capacity that he was appointed first
Chinese secretary, to take the p:ace of IJr.
E. T. Williams, who la now our ooneul gen
eral at Tientsin.
and Romantic Capers
Th. original plan were that Mlaa Harrl
man ahould become Mra. Goelet before the
snow whitened th. forest of her father'
great estate. That meant some time during
thla month or early next month. Mr. and
Mrs. Harrlman and the other children of
the family were to have gone to the town
house and turned over th. Arden place to
the bride and bridegroom for their honey
moon. 1
That waa on. of the reasons why hun
dreds of workmen were rushing to comple
tion the great stone caatle even while Mr.
Harrlman lay dangerously 111. It was his
wish that the wedding be performed "on
time," a. hi railroad mind had it.
Hla death, of course, changed tha plan,
or, rather, postponed them. But the young
people' friend learn tha delay will not b
long, and most likely tha honeymoon will
b. spent a. was originally planned.
All society ha known, or "felt." rather,
that young Goelet and Mis. Harrlman
were engaged for quite a while. Mr. Goelet
ha. been constant in hi. devotion, and he
and Mlaa Mary have been very much to
gether for mora than a year, both here
,and abroad.
Society haa amiled It approval upon th
match. Th Harrimana, of courae, ar
among the wealthiest of American famlllea;
the Goeleta are among th bluest of the
blue bloods And tjiey'rr not por, either.
Y'oung Mr. Goelet' mother was a Warren.
When her husband died a few yeara ago
he left her and "Bobby" a fortune then
estimated at MO.OUU.OOO. Jjut it to more than
that now, because It la in New York real
estate, which naturally has enhanced ln
value.
Thla will be th second Harrlman girl
who - patriotically united hcraelf and her
fortune to a young American and hla for
tune. Mlsa Mary'a sister, Cornelia, to th
wife of Robert Livingston Garry.
Th. Harrimana, though, were alway
staunchly American and wonderfully sensi
ble. Both girls hav chosen wisely and
well, and no doubt Mis Carol, the third
and last daughter, will do exactly the same
when she to a little older.
Germaa ClrlaWos Black..
A profound sensation haa been caused
throughout Germany, report a Chicago
Tribune dispatch, by official revelation
that thousands of German girl, frequently
of good family, hav been carrying on
clandestine correspondence of a highly
atnoroua nature with negro nalivea ln the
kalser'a African coionlea.
Th. acandal attained auch proportion
that a government nawapaper, th North
German Gaaett, felt called upon to lasu
formal warning to parent god taachara.
Th warning hag been consplcuoualy re
produced thl week In practically .vary
newspaper In th. emplra, and th hop to
hrtahd that It will bar th dlr4 af
fect of pr.vautlng th. fath.ruxed't romantU
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The eeeond Chinese secretary Is Mr. W.
R. Peck, a graduate of Perkley university.
He was born in China, but was appointed
from California. He speaks and write, th.
Chinese, and is a valuable man.
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Uladrat Interpreter.
We have now In the legation five stu
dent interpreters. Thv.e are young men
who have passed the necessary examina
tions of our State department and hav.
been sent here to learn the Chinese lan
guage in order to fit them for our con
sular and diplomatic sarvic. in China. They
are bright young fellowa who hav re
ceived excellent education, at horn., and
who are now putting In good work her
under Chinese teacher.. In general, they
are directed by Dr. Tenney, who ua. them
to a limited extent at the chancery of th.
legation.
Kach of the boy. lias a little Chinese
house of his own, consisting of on. long,
low building which he" ha. furnished to
taste. They have a common mea.room
and a flrst-clasa Chinese cook, and they
live quite a. well aa they could at home.
They are hard students, and hav. created
a good Impression In the legation city.
The student Interpreters are N. T. John
son of Oklahoma, E. M. Gale of Michigan,
a graduate of Ann Arbor; II. O. Henry of
Rhode Island, who waa educated In Paris;
M. 8. Myers of Pennsylvania, a graduate
of Dickinson college, and J. P. Jameson of
Washington, who la also ot Dickinson.
Army aad Xavy
in addition to the abov. diplomatic fore
Uncle Sam haa here representatives of
both army and navy. I have already spoken
of th. marines. They are commanded by
Lieutenant Colonel Barnett ot Wisconsin,
who graduated at the naval academy In
1SS1, and who since then ha. served In our
navy all over the world. He waa at th.
battle of Santiago under Admiral Sampson,
and waa on the flagship out here two year,
ago. The Burgeon of th. legation la C. E.
Rlgga of Iowa, and the other officers of th.
marlnea are Captain Holcombe of Delaware
and Lleutenanta McConnel of Washington.
Vogel of Pennsylvania and Oeterman of
Ohio.
Th. army I. represented by the military
attache of the legation, Captain Jamea H.
Reevee, one of the most efficient officer,
of th. United Statea cavalry. Captain
Reevea has had service In the Philippine,
and In China before. He Is thoroughly up
on military affairs, and it la his business
to keep track of such thing. In China,
reporting) regularly upon them to the War
department at Washington.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
of Cupid
young women from continuing to mak
fool, of themselves.
Letter which have fallen Into th. hand
of th colonial authorltlea reveal that many
of th writer Initiated th correspondence
with a view to matrimony. A number
have described It as their life ambition to
become the brid. of a "black prlnc."
Countless girls have sent their photo
graphs to unknown savages on th. waste,
of Togoland and southwest Africa. The
North German Gasette states that the
wholesale display of photographs of whit,
girls tn the colonies I on. of th most de
plorable feature of th scandal. It 1.
pointed out that nothing mor. repulaly. Is
Imaginable than the sight of picture, of
German women hanging alongside those of
"black beauties" of doubtful origin and
abbreviated attire.
The recipient of the effusive attrac
tion ar mostly young natives 19 to fl year,
old. Their kinky heads Inevitably ar.
swelled by th. receipt of the tetter and
photograph from th European women
and they become correspondingly Intrac
table. Looms Are Busily at Work
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plied It, but it was not wanting. A an In
stance of th spirit that animate, th.
weaver, there might be told just In outline
their atrength to produce again th. beau
tiful fabric once famoua under tb. nam.
Cant.rbury mualln.
Tim. waa when no royal or nobl. trona
eeau was complete without three place, of
Cant.rbury muslin. Th. aucret of making
It had long been dead when Mia. Phlll
notta and Miaa Holme, and their assistant
reached a point where they felt abl to
undertake their new essay. Little of tb.
old fabric could be traced. At length they
found a piece of It In possession of th
mayor ot th city, treasured a a rello ot
Canterbury's eminence ln th weaving In
dustry. It wa a amall piece, but th.
mayor consented for th. benefit of tb.
cause and the further glory of Canterbury
to cut a bit off for th. weavers to .tudy.
Htudy It' they did, and It took th.m five
years to get the stitch. They built flv.
separata loom and destroyed them bfor
they evolved the right on a Whea thla
fabric waa achieved American women were
th. flr.t to aela upon It; at first an oc
casional visitor, then their friend at heme
wanted aome. How many of thetu know
th. atory of It production?
When th aecompliahmenla of mod era
women ar. reviewed the Institution of th.
Canterbury weavers may not be over
looked. Just lately, owing to th. growth of
th. Industry th.y hav. associated with
themaelve. ou. mare anaa. I mad. th.
nils at k. of asking for th. manager. )1.
ami forward and with eourtaey nly
equaled by It pr.mptltud. turatd m vr
to Miaa phUlpotta, U know feto
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