Reuben Whoe’er, who bore the dis
tinction of being the first white
man born in Illinois, died at bis
home in Ashlev, Jib, last week, aged
84.
A newspaper correspondent, who
succeeded under official escort in
visiting Port Arthur, which is clos
ed to civilians, declares that only
about MO per cent of the actual pop
ulation remains, ft is also stated
by the same authority that the au
thorities have mitigated war condi
tions by fixing the price of food
stuffs.
'I hrec poisons peri>1)0(1 in a fire
in Chicago which dost roved the Al
hambra Theatre hotel. William
Fisher and Frank Beckman of t'in
einnati and an unknown woman
wi re the victims. Fullv fifty occu
pants wore carried down the lad
ders by firemen. The three bodies
wore found in a room on the top
Hour. From the remains the two
men apparently had attempted to
assist the woman to escape, but had
been overcome by the smoke.
The official report of the French
government relating to the Paris
exposition of 1 !*<mi. which has just
been issued, show.- that this country
earned off the honors at that expo
sition. The awards accorded to ex
hibitors of the Fnited Stales wore
2,37!) j Forman. l.!)S3; Front Brit
ain, I .si;:,; lhis-iii. 1,754; Hungary,
1 oil : Japan. 1.307; Austria. >75;
and a number of smaller nations of
lesser importance. This countn’s
awards comprised 221 grand prizes.
gold medals, 7.5 silver, 52!)
bronze and 311 honorable men
tions.
Secretary lLtv lias been informed
that Edwin Morgan will not bo
granted an exequatur bv the Rus>ian
government authorizing him to act
as Fnited Static consul at Dalny.
Mr. Morgan is now on his wa\ from
Washington to hi- post, lie will
sail from San Francisco and touch
at Yokohama, at which point the
stab department will he aide U> ad
| vi-e him a month hence what course
to pursue. This d< cision on the
* part of the Hu-dan government was
not altogether unexpected, lmt it is
nevertheless the subject of grace
consideration by the state depart
ment. officials.
The Louisiana crop post commis
sion, recently appointed to take
steps to prevent the spread of the
boll weevil into that state, has is
sued a set of ruies one of which is
thiit no cotton seed or other pro
ducts which sire believed to convey
the weevil is flowed to bo shipped
from %-xas either into or through
that state. The inevitable result is
thiit iill rail shipments of cotton
seed, seed cotton, hulls, oats, hay
straw or anything else likely to
transmit the infection, must go
north out of Texas. This will send
a great majority of the shipments
through the Texarkana gateway, to
> Memphis.
The state department at Wash
ington received a cablegram on tlio
21 at from Minister Powell, dated
San Domingo, stating that the Unit
ed States eruiser Columbia and the
training ship Hartford bombarded
Duarte. A shell fired by the insur
gents struck the upper deck of the
('Ivde liner steamer New York while
Die wm discharging cargo. The
American eruiser Newark then
tbelled the camp of the insurgents,
and subsequently she and the Co
lumbia lalutofi 400 marines. The
Americans had a sharp skirmish
with the insurgents, the fighting
lasting tln-ee hours. The rebels
were driven from their position
and took to the woods. The ma
rines captured some of the insur
gents’ artillery. The Americans
suffered no injuries. Under same
date a cablegram says that a
decisive battle took place between
the government troops and the in
surgents, resulting in a crushing
defeat for the latter.
A supply of whisky taken to Col
fa\, 111., to be used at a political
celebration was forcibly seized by a
crowd of women and emptied into
the street.
The "rand jury at Chicago, after
spending some time investigating
the responsibility for the great loss
of life in the Iroquoise theater fire,
exonerates Mayor Harrison and
finds an indictment against \V. J.
Davis, manager of the house, charg
ing manslaughter. Thomas Noo
nan and J. E. Cummings, attaches
of the theater, were al~o indicted
for manslaughter.
Aews from the scat of war in
the far casr indicate that both Ja
pan and Russia are taking their
time in preparing for the campaign
on land in Manchuria. Members
of tin* American navy and armv
who will accompany the belliger
ants for the purpose of making ob
servations diirer in opinion as to
how long the war will last. Col. E.
IT. Crowder, one of these officer?,
thinks the contest will last at least
two years.
Lon Maxlow of Oklahoma, who
recently announced his desire to en
list a company of rough riders fur
the mikado'.- service, says he lias re
ceived hundreds <>f letters from all
sections of the I’nion in which the
writers express their desire to light
the Russians. The only wav such a
movement could lie carried out
would be for each individual to pro
cc< d to some foreign point and ro
om ha rk, as this country has pro
claimed neutrality between the war
ring powers.
Mr. Loomis, as-istant secretary of
Ante, will go to San Domingo to
make a personal investigation of
conditions there. He will return
with definite and reliable Informa
tion on which the government can
base any action it may determine
upon. American interests in San
Domingo have stiHVred at the hand
of Loth the ruling government and
the insurgents, and Mr. Loomis' re
port will detc rmine the course of
the Washington government in se
curing peace on the islands.
A special correspondent of th.
Llobe-Democrat, who is supposed to
be «lose lo the Washington adminis
tration, states that the members of
the isthmian canal commission have
been selected. The commission is to
lie composed of seven members. It
is understood to be quite certain
that former Senator -Tames K.
Jones of Arkansas, former Gov.
Sayers of 'Texas, I sham Randolph of
Chicago, who was the chief engi
neer of the Chicago drainage canal,
and former Senator Harris of Kan
sas, all of whom have been named
prominently in connection with ap
pointments to tli<* new commission,
are not among the selections of the
president.
I
Fear is frit in London that Eng
land, France and Germany may be
drawn into the far esatern trouble.
Russia’s hatred and distrust of ling
land are reciprocated by the latter,
and so comparatively trilling an in
cident as the British expedition
into Thibet is being expanded into
an importance that may lead to a
clash. Even though plunged into a
war that for the present is going
against her over her encroachments
on Chinese territory, Russia still
looks with envious eyes at the Brit
ish East India possession and
frowns at the advance which Great
Britain is making into Thibet. Be
sides, England is the avowed friend
of Japan. Russian ofllcials on the
continent are openly discussing the
possibility of war with England,
and on her own part England is
displaying an activity that bespeaks
a growing fear that she will he
forced into the conflict. Dispatch
es from all of the great capitals are
filled with references to the growing
possibility of a spread of the con
flict.
* FONDNESS FOR ANIMALS.
Unusually Friendly Relations Between
Chinese and the Brute World.
A notable trait of Chinese char
actor and one fostered, if not gen
erated, by Buddhistic teaching, is
an undemonstrated fondness for
animals, or, I might rather say. a
passive admission of their right to
considerate treatment. Strange
ly enough, says Life and Sport in
China, animals both wild and do
mesticatod, ap]>car to comprehend
this sentiment; for while greatly
scared at the approach of a Ku
ropean, they usually take but lit
1 le heed of 1 he presence of the Chi
nose.
is a common riling to see a
well-dressed Chinaman saunter
ing along ho Id in ug up a bent stick,
to which a bird is attached by a
string some four feet or so in
length, so that the little creature
can make short flights to the lim
its of its tether and return again
to its perch, gayly chirping and
singing the while. Another strol
ler will he carrying a wicker bird
cage on the hand, bent back and
raised to the shoulder, much as a
waiter carries dishes. The cage
contains a Tientsin lark or other
celebrated songster. On arriving
at the sjiot he will place the cage
on the ground, and. retiring to a
short dist mice, whistle t o the bird,
which will shortly burst into song
to t he evident delight of hot h own
er and bystander.
Outside of one of the gateways
is a kind of bazar, where birds
of many different kinds were ex
posed for sale, not in cages, but
quite tame, and, quietly sit t ing on
perches; parrots, larks. Java spar
rows, etc., some of them t ied by t la*
leg. but not all. Here, too, were
to be seen wicker baskets, much
r» scudding orange crates, full of
common sparrows, representing a
regular supply for a regular de
mand. Benevolent old Chinamen,
flaneurs and literati, would visit
this bazar in the afternoon with
the sole object of buying t hese lit
tle birds for a few cash each, and
then letting them fly away, it
beatific smile betraying the salve
to their inward feelings generat
ed by the knowledge of the merit
acquired; any miseries inflicted on
the sparrows by capture and con
finement counting for nothing in
the balance against tin* good work i
accomplished by their purchase
and release.
JAUt, AS MbDlClINb.
Used as Remedy for Many Complaints
by Chinese Physicians.
Everythin}; in China of any rar
ity is <juite certain to he dragged
into the pharmacopoeia of the
Chinese physician. Jade is one ex
ception to the rule, says I'rof. Her
bert A. 11iles, in tin* Nineteenth
Century. It may lx* swallowed as
a powder, or in little pieces the
size of hemp seed, for various
stomachic complaints; even pock
marks and scars may he obliter
ated by being daily nibbed with a
piece of pure jade. It is also con
sidered to be of a very moist na
ture, and we read of an imperial
favorite of t In* eight h cent ury who
was cured of excessive thirst by
holding a tish shaped jade in her
mouth. And so when the tomb of
the great commander, Ts’aoTs’ao,
third century, A. I >., was opened
200 years after his death, among
the usual objects found in such cir
cumstances was a large silver
bowl full of water. That the wa
ter had not dried up was account
ed for by the presence in the bowl
of a jade boy three feet in height.
Jade is chiefly brought from the
K’un-lun, or Koulgun, range, be
tween the Desert of (Jobi and Thi
bet; from Ivhoton or Ilchi in Yar
kand. and from Lan-t’ien on the
Helurtagh mountains, still fur
ther to the west. This Lan-t’ien
has been confused by tin* Chinese
writers with another Lan-t’ien, in
the Province of Khen-Se, near the
city of Hsi an, whither the Chinese
court tied in August, 1900, upon
tin4 relief of Peking. In the tenth
century A. !>., the latter was ac
tually known as the Jade Hills
district, though it does not appear
that any jade lias ever been found
there.
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