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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1900.
ASKED FOR A REFUGE
Kruger Applied for Asylum In
American Consulate. -
HOLUS MISSION TO THE TRANSVAAL
'Boer President "Wanted to Remain
la Lenrenoo Marqxxes Office "Un
til He Could Leave Africa.
LONDON, Aug. 14. President Kramer
addressed a formal application to the
United States to grant him a sanctuary
In case Hie necessity for It arose. This
occurred, according: to Secretary Reitz,
the day Lord Roberts entered Pretoria.
The details of the event have been
related to a reporter of the Associated
Press by F. "W. TJnger, -who has just re
turned from the Transvaal, and who
secured the Information from Secretary
Sells and others. After quoting the
Secretary as saying' President Kruger
would never take to the mountains, on
account of his age, but -would retreat
down the line, finally escaping to Portu
guese territory, Mr. Unger says that the
day the British entered Pretoria Presi
dent Kruger sent for TV. Stanley Hollis,
the Amenican Consul at Lourenco Mar
ques, and Mr. Hollis was taken to Mach
ododorp In a. special car. President
Kruger asked iiim If his Government
would grant him (President Kruger) an
asylum In the Lourenco Marques consu
late until he (Mr. Kruger), made other
arrangements for his departure. Presi
dent Kruger expressed fears concerning
his treatment by the Portuguese Gov
ernment, and wished to guard a way of
escape. Mr. Hollis asked for time to
consult with his Government, and Presi
dent Kruger assured him he would re
ceive a week's notice before putting the
plan Into execution.
In consequence of this visit to the
Transvaal, and the transmission of Pres
ident Krugers request to "Washington,
Mr. Hollis received instructions from
Secretary Hay not to leave Portuguese
territory again. He was thus compelled
to neglect the interests of the British
prisoners at Nooit Gedacht, where there
was great suffering.
Mr. Unger In conclusion said: "I make
this explanation In justice to Mr. Hollis,
whose action has been misunderstood In
America and Great Britain."
Mr. Unger did not know whether the
State Department eventually gave a spe
cific answer to President Kruger's re
quest.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. It is said at
the State Department that no formal ap
plication ever has come from Consul Hol
lis for a sanctuary in the American Con
sulate for President Kruger, and that the
instructions sent to the Consul to con
line his energies to his consular duties
was not a result of any discussion of an
asylum for the Boer President, as the
department was not aware that .Mr. Hol
lis had visited the President
PURSUIT OF DEWET.
Steyn
Prisoner In the Boer Gen
eral's Camp.
LONDON, Aug. 14. Lord Roberts re
ports to the War Office, under date of
Pretoria, August IS, as follows:
'Kitchener reports from Schoolplaats,
eight miles east of Ventersdorp, that De
wet blew up three of his wagons. Six
British prisoners who escaped from De
wet's camp state that President Steyn is
confined in camp under surveillance, and
that Dewet was forced to abandon his
ammunition and SO horses. They also con
firm the report that Methuen capturea
one of Dewet's guns and shelled the main
convoy effectively. Ian Hamilton tele
graphed that he hopes to be at Blaauw
bank today with his main body. Mahon's
mounted troops are pushing on to the
westward."
Another report from Lord Roberts of
the same date says:
"Methuen and Kitchener, still follow
ing Dewet and Steyn, yesterday reached
Moddcrsfonteln, 10 miles east of Venters
dorp. Methuen is in touch with Xewet's
rear guard.
"Smith-Dorlen reports that the Shrop
shire Regiment recently marched 43 miles
In 30 hours, and the City of London Im
perial Volunteers 30 miles in 10 hours,
hoping to prevent Dewet from crossing
the Krugersdorp-Potchefstroom Railway.
"Buller's occupation of Ermalo Is hav
ing a good effect.
"A Field Cornet and 2S2 burghers of the
Standerton commando surrendered yester
day to Clorj'."
THE PRETORIA PLOT.
May Tarn Ont to Hove Been a Small
Affair.
NEW YORK. Aug. 14. A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says:
No more particulars hava been pub
lished concerning the Pretoria plot to kid
nap Lord Roberts, and It is now believed
that it will turn out to be rather a trivial
affair The mere fact, as curtly an
nounced by the Commander-in-Chief, that
all persons concerned have already been
arrested, would seem to indicate that the
conspiracy QoUjld nothae had very wide
ramifications. The probability is that it
was a wild scheme, got up by a knot of
adventurers in Pretoria, without consul
tation with any influential Boer leaders.
Dewet is endeavoring to make his way
across the country to the south ot
Johannesburg, but his road is barred by
-Smlth-Dorrlen in front, while both Lord
Kitchener and Lord Methuen are attack
ing him from the rear.
The retreat of General Carrlngton from
Zeerust to Mafeking would seem to show
that the hold of the British on the "West
Transvaal is still very insecure. General
Carrlngton appears to have tustalned a
check, and to have been compelled to re
tire In order to wait till further rein
forcements reach him from Rhodesia.
POISON ON THE STAGE.
Death of Mine. Neniethy, an Opera
Slnsrer, at Bnda Pent.
LONDON, Aug. 14. "While performing
Monday evening at the Royal Opera
House, Euda Pest, the well-known opera
singer. Mme. Nemethy. according to a
dispatch from Vienna to the Dally Ex
press, drank a virulent poison instead of
colored water, supposed to be used on the
stage. Mme. Nemethy fell before the hor
rified audience and died an hour later, j
How poison came to be substituted for the
colored water has not yet been ascer
tained, but it is believed, the correspon
dent" asserts, that Mme. Nemethy waa
quite ignorant of the deadly nature of the
drink.
Canadians Homeward Bound.
LONDON, Aug. 14. One hundred Can
adians, who were invalided from South
Africa, and had been recuperating at
Shorn Cliffc, arrived in London this
morning, and took train for Liverpool,
-whence they will sail for home. They
were greeted all along the route with
ovations. Thousands cf London residents
turned out to welcome them upon their
arrival, and gave them a tremendous
send-off as thoy marched through the
city, The detachment belonged to a
Canadian regiment of Strathcona Horse.
Bnron RnsneU's Funeral.
LONDON. Aug. 14 The funeral ser
vices of Baron Russell, of Killowen.
Lord Chief Justice of England, took
place at Brampton Oratory this morning
In the presence of a large congregation.
Father Matthew Russell, a brother of
the deceased Chief Justice, celebrated
low mass. At the conclusion of the
cervices a hearse, bearing the plain oak
coffin, and six coaches containing the
principal mourners, proceeded by road
for Epsom, where the Interment will take
place.
Submitted to France.
PARIS, Aug. It A special dispatch to
the Temps says the tribes of the Louat
Oasis, of North Africa, have submitted to
the French authority without resistance,
and that General Sarvlere has occupied
Abrar, the principal city of that region.
BRYANISM IH PHILIPPINES.
Insurrection Strengthened hy
the
Democratic Platform.
MANILA, Sunday, Aug. 12. Reports
from the Vlsaya Islands show that
there has been increased activity among
the insurgents there during the last six
weeks. The American losses In the Isl
and of Panay last month were greater
than In any month slnco January last.
General Mojica, In Ley to and General
Lucban in Samar are harassing the gar
risons, shooting into the towns during
tho night and ambushing small parties,
firing and then retreating upon the larg
er bodies. The rebels possess an ample
supply of ammunition and are organized
to a considerable degree.
The Americans have garrisoned three
towns on Samar Island, two of which
shelter a tenth of the original inhabi
tants, who suffer from the continual
"sniping" of the rebels from the sur
rounding hills. The third is without any
native inhabitants, the rebel outposts a
mile away, preventing their return to
their homes. General Lucban punished
the islanders who have any relations
with the Americans. Cebu is likewise
disturbed.
Barring those who have taken the oath
of allegiance to the United States the
rebels are imprisoned in Manila.
The banks, under Government pres
sure, have restored the exchange rate
of two Mexican silver dollars to one gold
American dollar. General MaoArthur
has ordered the acceptance of American
money for all public dues at the above
rate.
Newspapers containing the National
Democratic platform have arrived. The
reference- therein to Philippine Inde
pendence and to a protectorate tend to
strengthen the extreme antl-Amerlcan
element in its Increasing attitude of de
lay and obstruction. It is believed that
radical steps for a settlement here will
be impossible before the election.
The Philippine Commission, It is now
announced, will make all future civil
service appointments.
Several minor engagements occurred
last week in Luzon. The rebels used
smokeless powder, which they must nec
essarily have obtained by filibustering;
A RED CROSS NURSE.
Miss Marsraret Livingston Chanler
Gives Up the Pleasures of Society.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. The Journal and
Advertiser prints the following:
Miss Margaret Livingston Chanler has
gone to China to assist In the hospital
relief work incident to hostilities there.
This young -woman, member of one of
New York's oldest families, who a few
years ago relinquished the pleasures of
society to hecome a nurse of the Red
Cross Society, will now have experience
In her third war.
Miss Chanler is on board the United
States hospital ship Relief. This vessel
has just left Nagasaki, Japan, and is now
cruising with the American warships off
Taku, China, within easy reach of the al
lied forces advancing on Pekin. She goes
to China as a Red Cross nurse, although
more directly under command of the
United States Army than of the relief so
ciety. Since she was attached to the
Regular Army Relief Corps by General
Miles in Porto Rico, she has held semi
official positions under this Government.
Miss Chanler is a great-great-granddaughter
of the original John Jacob As
tor, "and a niece of Mrs. William Astor.
Her brother is William Astor Chanler, the
Congressman, explorer and soldier.
Among her cousins are Mrs. Orme Wil
son, Colonel de Lacey Kane and F. Ma
rlon Crawford.
En Route to China.
LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Aug. 14.
Two companies of the First Infantry, C
and D, under command of Captain Getty,
left Fort Leavenworth at 7 o'clock this
evening for San Francisco, whence they
will start for China.
End of the Walking Delegate.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. That the board of
walking delegates would go out of exist
ence after a life of 15 years was an
nounced at the first regular meeting of
the United Council of the Building Trades
of New York and vicinity last night The
board will wind up Its affairs this week,
it was further announced, and next week
the delegates to the United Council will
organize a board of representatives to
take its place. The United Council repre
sents nearly 40,000 workmen.
The board of walking delegates has con
ducted about 1000 strikes in Man
hattan Borough, and has been a
potent factor in labor movements
in this country. Numerous unions
in the Building Trades Council de
cline to join the new organization, the
United Council. .They will affiliate with
the National Building Trades Council.
A Xesroes' Bank.
CHICAGO, Aug. 14. Members of the
American Protective League, the asso
ciation of colored men formed about a
year ago and which held its first Nation
al convention at Indianapolis July 31 to
August 3 last, met last night at Olivet
Church, for the purpose of establishing
financial headquarters in Chicago. The
intention Is to get together a strong
financial institution by taxing all mem
bers a cent a week apiece and ultimately
to form a National Bank for the further
ance of undertakings beneficial to the
race. Headquarters of the league are in
Providence, R. I., but the financial center
Is to be in Chicago. At present there are
something like 60,000 members. During
the week regular offices will be estab
lished in this city and by next January
it is hoped affairs will have progressed
sufficiently to admit of the National
Bank being started here.
Punished for Hazing
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Forty cadets at
the West Point Academy have been sen
tenced to the most severe punishment
ever Inflicted in the course ot discipline
at tho Institution. The penalties include
shortening of furloughs, details to de
tested guard duty in the area and con
finement to barracks limits for long terms,
which will prevent participation in "hops"
and make attendance at football games
out of tho question. The punishments
wore Inflicted because the guilt ones had
greeted Tactical Officer Lindsay with "Si
lence" when he entered the mess hall.
This was because ho had reported the
1903 class for hazing a plebe, and it Is this
class that will suffer.
Charles R. "Worth Is Missing.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Charles R.
Worth, son of a well-to-do Standard Oil
official, is missing and his parents fear
he has met with foul play. The family's
Summer homo Is at Chadwlck, N. J.
Worth was last seen on Wednesday. In
Atlantic City. N. J., where he was about
to take a train for this city. He wore
valuable jewelry and had considerable
money with him. A general alarm has
been sent out from police headquarters
and a systematic search Is being made
for him throughout the East. Worth 1
33 years "Did.
Fits and Sharkey Matched.
NEW YORK. Aug. 14. Bob Fitssim
mons and Tom Sharkey met this after
noon and agreed to fight August 25 be
fore the Coney Island Club for a purse
of S25.000. Charley White is to be referee.
PHILIPPINE VETERANS
GENERAL FRAJTOIS V. GREENE!
WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT.
General Owen Summers Is Second
Vice-President A Constitution
Adopted Parade at Denver.
DENVER, Aug. 14. Today's celebration
of the Society of the Army of the Phil
ippines, the organization of which will
be perfected at the veterans' reunion,
which is being held here, began with a
parade, in which the Grand Army of the
Republic, Confederate Veterans, Spanish
American War Veterans, Army of the
Philippines and the National Guard ot
Colorado took part. The members of the
Army of the Philippines, of whom there
were about 1000 in line, wore khaki uni
forms, campaign hats and legglns. Thou
sands of spectators crowded the side
walks along the Una of march, and
cheered the veterans. Generals Francis
V. Greene, Owen Summers and Irving
Hale received especially hearty greet
ings. "
At 11 o'clock a reception in honor of
the veterans was given by Governor and
Mrs. Thomas, at their residence.
fPhe business meeting was resumed
PRESIDENT OF THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES
GENERAL FRANCIS V. GREENE
at noon. Upon motion of the chairman,
General Greene, It was voted to send to
General MacArthur, in the Philippines,
the following message:
"Your former comrades in the Army of
the Philippines, assembled In Denver on
the anniversary of the capture of Manila,
send your their loving greetings and best
wishes for your continued success, health
and safe return."
A constitution was adopted. The name
of the society is to be the National As
sociation of the Army of the Philip
pines. The annual meeting is to be held
August 13. The discussion of political
topics at any meeting is forbidden. The
membership clause provides that any
honorably discharged officer or man who
served in the Philippine campaign,
whether in the Army or Navy, or is now
so serving, or the son of any such man,
shall be eligible to membership, thus
perpetuating the association from gener
ation to generation.
The following officers were elected:
President General Francis V. Greene,
New York.
First vice-president General Irving
Hale. Colorado.
Second vice-president General Owen
Summers, Oregon. '
Third vice-president Lieutenant J. H.
Lippincott, United States Army.
Fourth vice-president Colonel William
H. Boyle, United States Army.
Fifth vice-president Major Grant, of
Utah.
Sixth vice-president Captain Donald
McCrall. of Iowa.
Corresponding secretary Major David
Falrchlld.
Recording secretary B. F. Stapleton,
Colorado.
Treasurer Captain P. James Cosgrove,
Nebraska.
Chaplain Captain Hunter, of the Tenth
Pennsylvania,
It was decided to hold the next annual
meeting at Salt Lake City.
PERSIA'S TURQUOIS MINES.
Supply the World's Markets With
the Valuable Blue Stone.
Brooklyn Eagle.
About 35 miles from NIshapour, In the
Khorassan.. are the celebrated turquols
mines of Persia, the only mines In the
world producing this fashionable stone.
They are situated, says the Scientific
American, in a mountainous region 5000
or 6000 feet above sea level, and employ
perhaps 1500 persons. The concession is
about 40 square miles in extent, including
a few villages, the turquols, salt and oth
er mines.
This tract Is exploited by a local chief
and banker In partnership, who pay an
annual rental of 14,000 tomaus, or $14,000.
The lessees work only three mines, the
Reish, the Zaki and the All Merzai, and
sublet 12 others. On approaching from
Nishapour one ascends gradually among
low hills -until within 1000 feet of the sum
mit range. All of the mines are on the
southern face of this last eminence. The
slope Is deeply cut by ravines, and to go
from one mine to another necessitates
some hard climbing.
The underground mines are opened in
the solid rock by picks and by blasting.
There are also khaki (earth) mines or sur
face diggings in the debris of the mines,
or in the detritus of the rocks washed
down by the rains, and extending a mile
on so over the plain from the foot of the
mountain. In former times the mines ap
pear to have been well worked. Remains
of vertical shafts for lighting and ventila
tion are to be seen, while entrance was
evidently had by means of galleries run
ning in on the side of the mountain.
When the Safanlan dynasty came to an
end. about the first quarter of the last
ceitury, the villagers began to farm the
mines, and in order to save time and la
bor, cut away the supports In the mines
wherever a gem was found, so that many,
the Malakl, Zaki and Mlrza Ahmedl
among them, caved In. The ancient Zaki
mine was ot considerable depth. The bot
tom of the present working Is 120 feet b2
neath the sin-face, but as yet no signs of
the old mine appear. Several attempts
along this line have been. made. Owing,
however, to lack of funds or energy, they
were abandoned. About 100 miners are
employed at the three mines mentioned,
receiving from 2 to 3 krans per day. (A
kran equals 10 cents.) The Reish is the
only mine in full operation. If entire lack
of methods and rational work can be so
termed, the lessees only desiring to re
coup their outlay. It produces the great
er part of the world's supply of turquols,
having a weekly output of over 5400. A
cove. 36 feet across, serves for the en
trance of this mine, from which a shaft
of about 15 feet In diameter descends.
The manner of working is primitive in
the extreme Two men sitting at the
opening of the shaft, their backs "braced
against the cave wall, turn an old wooden
wheel with their feet. From the wheel
depends a small sheepskin bag, capablo
of holdintr nerhans a neck. A third man
receives the full bag, empties and reat- J
taches it to the rope. The wheel is sud
denly released and the bag drops to a
depth of 40 feet, where other workmen
on a narrow ledge repeat the process, the
total depth of the mine helng from SO to
SO feet.
The miners descend to their work a por
tion of the distance through a diagonal
tunnel piercing the shaft.. From this
point they scramble down the rough
shaft On a narrow shelf of rock near
the mouth of the cave workmen break
the fragments of rock with small ham
mers. The stones when found are put
aside to be sent to Meshed in the rough
state. The debris from the mine Is sifted
oyer by boys perched oh other ledges.
eThe mine Is very productive, but the
stones are not of first-class quality.
Many mine openings are mere burrows,
barely large enough to admit a man.
Such is the case with the Abdar Rezai,
which formerly produced the finest stones
in the world, of deep sky blue color and
unfading luster. Some years ago It caved
In, and now few first-class stones are
found. The work In the Khaki mines is
usually done by women and children, who
simply dig up and look over the earth.
They find, perhaps, half a dozen turquols
a day. Even the poorest stones are prized
by the Orientals, who wear them set in
tiny rings. Motley green spotted stones
with but a thin coating of enamel, some
times cracked and showing the brown in
side core, will now be purchased by the
Arabs. "Defective flat gems are utilized
by inscribing upon them words or mot
toes in gold In such a way as to hld
their Imperfections. Every species of
stone finds a sale, the smallest being
Used in ornamental brass work and for
decorating pipes.
Gold stones could probably still be dis
covered if systematic mining were car
ried" on. The soil seems to be full of. tur
quols in different stages of development,
from a cream-colored, chalky substance,
which is said to possess medicinal quali
ties and is eaten by the natives, through
intermediate forms of hard chalk to the
variously shaded green and blue gems.
The approach to the mines is literally
strewn with fragments of the stones, and
the walls and ceilings of the galleries
are seamed with turquols composition,
but, being of bad color and full of flaws,
it Is valueless. Some stones may seem
to be of good quality, but they soon fade
or white spots appear. These spots can
be seen, at first, only with a glass. In
time they increase in size, and finally
spread across the stone.
If a faded turquols be dampened, its
color is temporarily restored. The na
tives utilize this quality by carrying a
stone in their mouths and deftly slipping
it into their hands to display it. Deal
ers In Meshed guard against such decep
tions by retaining a stone a few days
before purchasing, fas the turquols is the
most treacherous of jewels.
High prices are now paid for stones in
Meshed. Indeed, good gems can bo
bought more cheaply at Tiflis or Constan
tinople. Some few years ago five tur
quols of cerulean blue, perfect shape,,
good size and flawless, could be bought
for a dollar or so in Meshed, but at pres
ent, as soon as cut they are exported di
rect to Moscow to supply Russian nobles
or are sold to wealthy Persians. Those
sold at Teheran by pilgrims returning
from Meshed are of very ordinary qual
ity. A CoatumnI Protest.
London Daily Mall.
A statement has appeared in some news
papers that the real reason, why the Irish
and some of the Radical members do
not appear at the Speaker's levees and
at court festivities is that they are un
willing to don court uniforms.
Inquiries at Westminster show that ihls
view is a mistake. The absentation from
all court festivities is regarded by the
Irish Nationalists as a necessary and in
evitable part of their protest against the
refusal of home rule, and until the day
when, according to their formula, the
Queen, Lords and Commons of Ireland
are a reality, their assistance at court
functions is Impossible.
So strongly is this felt that those Na
tionalist members who have broken
through the rule have been strongly con
demned, and it Is even said that Mr.
Carew will not be again elected because
he went to the levee of the Duke of York
and to the Queen's garden party. The
elder Mr. Curran, who also went. to the
Queen's garden party, only escapes re
jection by his constituents by departing
to his home in New South Wales, and
so taking the matter out of the hands of
the constituency.
The abstentions from the Speaker's
levees began in 18S0, when relations be
came so strained in the House of Com
mons between the government of Mr.
Gladstone, the Irish party and the Speak
er. This tension was for a time rather
aggravated In the days of Speaker Peel.
Many Irish members are not only not
hostile to Mr. Gully, but are even on
terms of personal and private friendship
with him, but the habit of attending'
levees was given up once, and has never
been resumed.
Found n Burled City.
New York Tribune.
A peasant of Sorico, Italy, preparing
to build a stable, found recently In the
course of his excavations the traces of
a massive wall. He went on and dis
covered the remains of a passage, a well
and a limekiln. The foundations of the
wall were made of blocks of finely
wrought granite. In a corner of this
old building was a tablet of white marble
with a Latin inscription, from which it
appeared that the building was erected
12 centuries ago. Near it two coins of
the same epoch were found. Archaeolo
gists affirm that the remains are those
of the .famous tower of Ilonlo, a Roman
city.
Italian Banker Is Mtsnincr.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. The detective
bureau Is looking for Antonio Pesce, a
banker, with offices In this city. He
has mysteriously disappeared. Scores ot
excited Italian depositors have thronged
Pesce's offices, and it is reported to tho
police that the banker has gone to Italy,
taking with him $16,000.
Dally Treasury Statement.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. Today's state,
ment of the Treasury balances In the
general fund, exclusive o the $150,000,000
gold reserve in the division of redemp
tion, shows:
Available cash balance ....H42,578,S40
Gold
i 73,373,134
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAIRMAN HANNA ANNOUNCES THE
LIST OF MEMBERS.
Roosevelt Gives Up His Tour of the
Pacific Coast The President's
Visit to Chicago.
NEW YORK, Aug. 14. Senator Hanna,
chairman of the Republican National
Committee, today announced the mem
bers of the advisory committee ot the
National committee:
Senator Thomas C. Piatt, Senator
Chauncey M. Denew and William L.
Strong, of New York; Samuel J. Waln
wright and W. W. Gibbs. of Pennsyl
vania; Mj-ron Herrlck and Bishop B. W.
Melnett, of Ohio; Alexander Revell, S. B.
Raymond and Cyrus Field Adams, of Illi
nois; Edward Rosewater. of Nebraska;
George von L. Meyer and William B.
Plunkett, .of Massachusetts; Charles F.
Brooks, of Cincinnati; Senator Nelson
W. Aldrich, ot Rhode Island; Thomas
Lowery and M. V. Grover. of Minnesota;
H. H. Hanna, of Indianapolis; J. A. Gary,
of Maryland; Dr. Ernest Lyon, of Mary
land; Irving M. Scott, of California; W.
M. Barbour and John Kean, of New Jer
sey; W. B. Clark and E. O. Stannard, of
Missouri; W. L. Stratton, of Colorado;.
John L. Wilson, of Washington; Charles
F. Pfister, of Wisconsin; William Living
ston and Justice C. S. Stern, ot Michigan;
D. W. Mulvane, of Kansas, and E. E.
Hart, of Iowa.
Additional appointments will be made.
Senator Hanna today decided to onen
the Republican campaign in New Jersey
himself. He will make a speech at As
bury Park next Tuesday.
WILL NOT VISIT OREGON.
Roosevelt Abandons His Pacific
Coast Tour.
CHICAGO. Aug. 14. President McKin
ley will arrive here Saturday, August 25,
and return the following Thursday. Ho
is expected to confer with the National
Republican Committee relative to the
campaign. From Chicago the President
will return to Canton. While in this city
he will make two speeches at least. One
will be at the G. A. R. encampment.
Governor .Roosevelt will also be here La-1
bor Day and speak to the worklngmen.
Governor Roosevelt's itinerary is made
up and will be given out by Henry C.
Payne tomorrow. Ho" will not visit the
Pacific Coast
Mr. Stevenson will reach Chicago to
morrow morning from Mlnnetonka Beach
and will address the Order of United
"Irishmen at Sunnyslde Park, Wednes
day. He will address- the students at
Dixon, 111.. University, Thursday night.
In response to the recent appeal signed
by Mr. Bryan, Mr. Stevenson and Mr.
Hearst, a large number of applications
have been received for membership in
the National Association oi Democratic
Clubs.
Senator Jones, chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, today ap
pointed D. C. Dunbar, National commit
teeman from Utah, to be a member of
the press committee, vice Norman E.
IMack, of New York, recently trans
ferred to the executive committee.
SENATOR BUTLER'S POSITION.
He Is for Bryan and the Populist
Nominee for Vlcer-President.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 15. The Inde
pendent, a local Populist paper, today
telegraphed Chairman Butler, of the Pop
ulist National Committee, for a denial of
the report that he would take the stump
for McKlnley. The following telegram
was received In reply:
"Raleigh, N. a, Aug. 14. Report un
qualifiedly false. I am for Bryan and
the People's party nominee for Vice
President. I am in favor jot tho commit
tee nominating a candidate August 27. I
am not a Democrat, I am not a Repub
lican I am a Populist. I was not for
Stevenson in 1S92, and am not for him
now. MARION BUTLER, Chairman."
HOW MANY CHINESE?
Only Estimates Available, and They
Are Probably Exaggerated.
New York Times.
We have long been accustomed to re
gard the population of the Chinese Em
pire as enormously great, and the figures
used to express its extent have been such
as the ordinary mind cannot clearly
grasp. In a general way It has been put
down as 400,000,000, and the latest edition
of one of the most popular statistical
manuals gives the exact figures at 402,
680.000. These statements are necessarily of Chi
nese origin. That of itself justifies sus
picion as to their accuracy. In the first
place, the Chinese Government has no
well-organized means of ascertaining the
population of even the most developed
of the provinces, to say nothing of the
remoter and more primitive. In the next
place, It has no sufficient motive for un
dertaking the difficult task in a manner
to secure an approach to certainty. Fi
nally, the tendency of the average Chi
nese mind, and especially the official
mlndt is not toward scrupulous care In
the statement of facts. Of the value, need
or duty of truthfulness in the sense that
the word is used, and in the manner In
which the quality is looked on in the
Western world, the Chinese have but a
dim conception. If it occurred to them
that a hundred millions more or less
would Impress the Imagination of the for
eigner in a way favorable to the repu
tation of the Celestial Empire, they could
tiot understand why the hundred millions
should not be added or deducted, as tho
case might be. So at least since the ap-
snPfim nn& rv TlMlIla tvc? -n T-nIrt.. -
"The Middle Kingdom," the population
of China has been accepted at 400,000,000,
though that candid writer had nothing
better to say for this estimate than that
It must be taken until something bet
ter could be provided.
In the second of a series of most valua
ble and interesting articles in Harper's
Weekly under the title of "Some Chinese
Impressions," Mr. William Barclay Par
sons gives some cogent reasons for
thinking that the accepted figures of the
Chinese population are grossly exagger
ated. To begin with, during his own
quite extensive journeying through the
Provinces of Hupeh, Hu Nan and Kwang
Tung he saw no-evidence of the over
crowding which is represented to exist in
China. These provinces stretch from
north of: the Yangtse River to the China
Sea; at Canton, and include some of the
most populous parts of China. They are
credited with a population of some 82,
000.C00, or about one-fifth of the total for
the empire. Mr. Parsons says of them:
Taking the Provinces of Hupeh, Hu
Nan and Kwang Tung, along whose chief
trade routes, and consequently most
densely populated sections, my Journey
ma me, oi mese .tiupen is usuany credited
with something over SO.COO.COO. The only
large center of popu'ation of Hupeh is
Hankow, which, with Wu Chang and
TJan-Yang, cannot have more than 1,250,
000. and while there are several large
cities, with possibly from 50,000 to 100,000
people each, there Is no other very large
aggregation of people. Hu-Nan has an
area of 75,000 square miles, or just about
one and one-half times as much as the
State of New York. The former is cred
ited with Z2,0OO," and the latter with
about 6,000,000 people. My journev through
Hu-Nan is comparable with a trip from
New York to Buffalo alone the line of the
Erie Canal and the New York Central
Railroad. On the former there are but
two really large cities, Chan-Sha and
Slang-Tan, to offset New York. Albany,
Schenectady, Syracuse. Rochester, Buffa
lo and Intermediate points. It is impos
sible to see how there can be a relative
density per square mile of more than
two to one In favor of the Chinese Prov
ince. Kwang-Tung Is given 30.000.00& ap
proximately, on an. area of about 80.COJ
square miles. The northern part is moun
tainous and almost bare of people, and no
crowding is apparent until Canton is
anoroached. If the district of Canton, in
cluding Fat-Shan and the other places in j
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the vicinity, be credited with 5,000,OCO-a
most generous allowance there would re
main 25,000,000 to be made up by the small
er cities and villages. If these places
should average 2500 people each, thero
would then be needed 10,000. I am quite
sure that no such number can be found.
Mr. Parsons does not sum up his esti
mate of the population of these three
provinces, but If we allow to Hu Nan and
Kwang Tung, of which he gives the area,
an average population per square milo
twice as great as that of the State of
New York, with Its great mass In this
city, we find that the total for these two
provinces would be only 75 per cent of the
accepted figures. The probability Is
clearly. that this is far too much. Mr
Parsons quotes the report of a French
commission sent out by the Chamber ol
Commerce of Lyons to Investigate trade
conditions In the Provinces of Yu Nan
and .Sze Chuen, lying directly north of
Tonklng. They found that the population
could not be more than 60 per cent of the
usually reported figures, while the cus
toms authorities and the missionaries
put-It at from 30 per cent to 40 per cent.
In these circumstances, the opinion of
Mr. .Parsons that the total population of
China is probably not more than 200,000,
000, and may easily be less 'than that, is
entirely reasonable.
The Summer of the Henrt.
Frank L. Stanton.
For all the "Wintry flakes of frost it's Sum
mer time somewhere
Violets in the valleya, bird songs in the air;
The chilly -Rinds have only blown the lllys
lips apart
It's Summer in the world, my dear, and Sum
mer in the heart!
For all the gray skle3 glooming it's Summer
in the dells
In the merry song of reapers, in the tinkling
of the bells,
Tho sv.-eet south skies are brightening as with
Springtime's magic art
But the sweetest Summer, dearest, is the
Summer In the heart!
Still, still the birds are singing, and still tho
groves are green.
And still tho roses redden and the loyal lilies
lean;
Love fades not with the season; when Sum
mer days depart.
It's Summer still, my dearest, in the Eden or
the heart.
Lnvrs TVorlc Confusion.
New York Times.
Owing to the fact that certain mar
riages recently celebrated between
Frenchmen and English women in Eng
land have turned out to be no marriages
according to the French law, certain Lon
don journals would urgently impress up
on English women in France who are
purposing to enter Into matrimonial al
liances with Frenchmen the necessity ot
their looking for the strict compliance
with the French laws on the part of the
men. The London Law Journal says that
it seems almost Impossible to make Eng
lish women understand that it is not safe
to marry even a distinguished foreigner
without making proper Inquiries and tak
ing legal advice. A marriage with a for
eigner in England Is valid there If cele
brated In accordance with British law.
"But," adds the Law Journal, "It ought
by this time to be well known that the
marriage will not be recognized in France
unless the husband has complied with all
the formalities required by hia personal
and Internal Treatment for Every Humor,
law. The result of the invincible and la
sular Ignorance of the English is that far
too many English women find themselves
in the equivocal position of being wives
In their own country, but not In that of
their husbands." ,
A statement made by the Rev. Dr.
Noye3, chaplain to the British Embassy
In London, regarding mixed marriages, is
going the rounds of the British press.
In it the. doctor says:
"If a Frenchman takes an English wom
en to England to marry her, as Is con
stantly done, the marriage Is not legal
unless he has proved before yie French
Consul In London or some other town in
England that there Is no legal Impedi
ment to his marriage in France. No
clergyman In England should perform the
ceremony without seeing a certificate to
that effect, otherwise the marriage can
be set aside on return to France."
Dr. Noyes cites several cases which be
cause of the ignorance of French law, be
trayed by the woman at the time of her
marriage, ended disastrously, and these
cases, he adds, are far more common
than the general public suppose.
Anticipated European Cnstosns.
New York Press.
Many strange things have been said
about the Chinese anticipating certain
European customs and inventions, and it
Is a fact that for thousands of years the
Chinese medicos have employes massage,
a "kneading-stlck," with a sort of "V" at
one end of it. being commonly supplied to
patients that they can prod themselves
all over. The phrase, "A hair from the
dog that bit you," is illustrated In the
Flowery Kingdom, for all dog bites must
be bound up with fur from the animal
that Inflicted the wound.
Kerrell Pleaded Not Guilty.
MARYSVILLE, O.. Aug. 14. When
Rosslyn Ferrell arrived here this morning
hundreds of people were at the depot.
The prisoner was arraigned before Mayor
Hamilton, pleaded not guilty and waived
examination. He was held without bond
to await the action of the grand jury.
Matter of Home Manufacture.
Albany Democrat.
There are more men In Albany self
unmade than self-made.
The Old Household Medicine.
Perry Davis Pain-KIHer for cramps.
BOSTON'S BARBER- REGULATIONS
Board of Health Orders Sterilization
of All That Barbers Vse on
Customers.
4 A special dispatch from Boston, May 5.
1S00, to the N. Y. Sun gives as new reg
ulations of the Boston Board of Health
as to barber shops: "Mugs, shaving
brushes and razors shall be sterilized
after each separate use thereof. A sep
arate, clean towel shall be used for each
person. Material to stop the flow of
blood shall be used only in powdered
form, and applied on a towel. Powder
puffs are prohibited." Wherever Newbjo's
"Herpicide" is used on face or scalp after
shaving or halrcuttlng, there Is no dan
ger, as 4t Is antiseptic, and kill3 th
dandruff germ. "