Dr. Louis L. Seaman Talks About
the Great Chinese States
man Just Deceased.
WAS A VERITABLE GIANT IN STATURE.
Hli Nether Hint.*, However, From
Want of l'»« in Ordinury Exercise,
Were L'ndev eloped and Thin—An
Incident that Won Old Li’s
Friendship.
New York, Nov. 9.—One of the
most intimate friends of Li Hung
Chang in this country is Hr. Louis L.
Seaman, of this city. Dr. Seaman,
who was formally a surgeon in the
United States army, serving in Porto
Hico and the Philippines, spent con
siderable time in China during the
war of 1899. So close lid the army
surgeon approach the distinguished
Chinaman, owing to a friendship be
tween the doctor's father and Karl
Li that at one time he was invited to
accept of the hospitality of the vice
roy’s palace "for a year.”
Speaking of the earl’s last illness,
Dr. Seaman said:
“When I said good bye to Earl Li,
last March, I did not expect that he
was so soon to leave his people. He
was a very old man and had been a
sufferer from stomach trouble—dys
pesia and indigestion—all his life.
This was principally because he took
little or no exercise. In China it is
against the dignity of a man to be
Been walking, and about all the ' ;allc
ing Li did was to and from his sedan
chair. I tried to argue him into the
idea that, for the sake of his health,
he must take walks or other exer
cise, but in this respect he could not
be reformed.
“I do not believe that Li would
have died had Dr. Mark been in at
tendance as usual. Dr. Mark is an
exceedingly able physician. But at
the time of Li’s death he was away
with Prince Chuan, who went to Ger
many to apologize to the Germans.
Li, when left alone, rarely took any
care of himself, and it was only by
constant vigilance on the part of Dr.
Mark that he was kept alive to the
ripe old age that he was permitted to
attain.
“In stature Li Hung Chang was a
veritable giant. His physique was
splendid, all except his legs, which
were undeveloped and thin for want
of exercise
“The incident which brought us to
gether closer than ever before when
we were discussing the rights of the
United States to the Philippines, Li
arguing that, by right, the islands be
longed to China, finally he said
that he wanted to know what right
the United .States had more than any
other robber to enter the islands. I
answered him briefly, calling his at
tention the efforts of Russia, England,
Germany, France and Italy to split
China, and said:
“ ‘I should think, your excellency,
you had enough bad eggs in your own
basket without wishing for another
country that is steeped in war.’ The
nnrw'jr he liked, and from that, mo
ment he became even more than ever
a charming host.”
OLE EARL LI’S SUCCESSOR.
Yaan Shi Kai Surceedfi LI Hum ( hang as
Viceroy of tli© Province of
Washington, Nov. 9.—Yuan Shi Kai,
■who succeeds Li Hung Chang as vice
roy of Chi Li, is the best appoint
ment that could have been made from
all China, according to Mr. Rockhili,
the special commissioner of the Unit
ed States to Pekin. He is about 45
years of age, and came originally
from the province of Hunan, where
he began his public career as a mili
tary officer. He has made minister
to Corea, and for many years ably
defended Chinese interests in that
troubled country. As governor of
Shan Tung he showed surprising abil
ity in tranquilizing that dangerous
province, while his gift for diplomacy
was exercised fully in preventing fric
tion between the turbulent population
of the peninsula and the Germans,
when the latter were steadily en
croaching from their original hold
ings at Kiao Chow on the north
coast. As a military man, Yuan
showed his ability by the organiza
tion of what is undoubtedly the best
military force in China, and they were
his troops that occupied Pekin last
September when the foreign forces
were withdrawn. They are thorough
ly disciplined and well officered, and
considering Chinese conservatism,
they form a magnificent display of
Yuan’s ability.
Wang Wen Shao, who is made dep
uty viceroy of Chi Li, is also a man
of marked ability. Fortunately, he
always has been friendly to foreign
ideas, and is not a reactionist. He
was one of the grahd secretaries of
state, and is at present one of the
two ministers appointed to form the
new Chinese foreign office, which will
replace the tsunar li vamen
STARTLING REVELATIONS
Flagrnnt Ylolutlnna of tho Intiratate Com
xuerce And Antl-Tniiit Lawi
by Railroada.
Chicago, Nov. 9.—Evidence of fla
grant violations of the interstate
commerce and the anti-trust laws by
railroads east and west of Chicago was
adduced at yesterday’s session of the
interstate commence commission.
Traffic managers of lines in the cen
tral freight association and the west
ern trunk line committee admitted
that export rates on grain and grain
products are constantly cut, and that
officials of the roads meet at stated
periods and agree upon rates, which
are then promulgated by the individ
ual lines interested.
The principal witness of the day
was Traffic Manager George J. Gram
mar of the Lake Shore road, and his
recitation of the conditions of affairs
relative to grain, east bound, aroused
the deepest int erest of the commission.
In the opinion of the commission
the condition shown by the evidence
is the strongest argument that could
be adduced for the passage of a bill
by congress giving the commission the
power to make rates, after a thor
ough investigation upon complaint,
and also the power to punish violators
of the commission’s rulings.
Traffic Manager Grammer, under ex
amination by Commissioner Prouty,
admitted tha-t the export rates on
grain and grain products are con
stantly cut, that the tariffs werer sel
dom maintained, that the export rates
were always secret, that little grain
had been moving as domestic grain,
that an association existed, the mem
bers of which met at reghlar periods
and in violation of the anti-trust law,
agreed upon rates and percentages
and kept a record of the same.
When asked why the roads did not
publish their export rates the same as
domestic rates, he replied that if they
did the press of the country would
charge that the railroads were favor
ing foreigncountries and foreign mar
kets at the expense of the home mar
kets and home producers.
WT. B. Biddle, freight traffic manager
of the Santa Fe, admitted that rates
of export grain to the seaboard had
not been maintained, and that a large
percentage of the grain moved was
moved as export grain.
J. T. Hudson, traffic manager of the
Illinois Central, and several prom
inent mill owners testified regarding
the discrepancy between grain and
flour rates, claiming that the rail
roads had practically closed the Euro
pean markets to American flour.
It transpired during the investiga
tion that the commission ts interested
in the preparation of a measure
which is to be a modification of the
Cullom bill, and which will be intro
duced at the next session of con
gress. It was also asserted that the
evidence taken by the commission
here and in New York city will be
given to congress in the form of a
report and petition for the remedial
legislation sought.
GROSS CRIMINAL NEGLECT,
Awful Chnrgct Preferred A^uiII*t :
Attendants at Dunn ins In
sane Asylum.
Chicago, TCov. 9.—Stroup evidence to
show that Mrs. Kate Green and Miss
May Shay, attendants at Dunning, had
neglected and underfed seven insane
women committed to their care at dif
ferent times during the last two years
was presented to the county civil '
service commission at a hearing of
the charges against the two women
yesterday.
Testimony was given to show that
two of the patients died last Septem
ber, immediately after a long course
of underfeeding and neglect. Other
testimony detailed the cases of five
women who, during 1900, had been
removed by the physician from the
same ward, at that time presided over
by Mrs. Green, in order that they
might be placed where they would
be properly nourished. One of these
patients, it was claimed, had died of
scurvy, which she contracted in the
institution on account of neglect. The
trial will be continued to-day.
USED THE MAILS TO DEFRAUD,
Operations of a Marriage Bureau
Suspended hy the Arrest of
the Alleged Conductors.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 9.—Charles
Miller and Mrs. N. C. Collins, who
were indicted by the federal grand
jury for alleged use of the United
States mail and in the operation of
various schemes to defraud, were
brought to trial in the United States
district court yesterday. The princi
pal scheme alleged to have been
worked was a matrimonial bureau.
In the indictment Mrs. Collins is
named also under the aliases of
Grace Arnold and Grace Allison, while
Miller's other names are given as John
E Morton and M. M. Ross.
The district attorney said that the
evidence would show that the couple
have conducted their postal marriage
bureau in California, Cleveland and
St. Louis.
France Has Scored a Complete Tri
umph by Her Prompt Ac
tion with Turkey.
TURKEY YIELDS TO ENTIRE DEMANDS.
A> Soon na tlieSnltan lattnea an Irade
Ratifying; tlie Decision the French
Squadron Will be Withdrawn
From Tiirltiah Water- at Mlty
lene.
Paris, Nov. 9.—France has scored a
complete triumph in the Turkish dis
pute. The foreign office, Friday
morning, received advices announcing
that the sultan has yielded to the en
tire demands formulated by the
French government, and only the
question of form regarding the en
gagements remains to be settled. This
may be done within the next 24 hours,
or, it is expected, at the latest, in two
or three days. Then Admiral Caillard
will relinquish his occupation of the
island of Hitylene.
An official note w'as issued at 1 p.
m., Friday, to the effect that the
porte had decided to yield to all the
demands of France, and that as soon
as the sultan has issued an irade rati
fying the decision, the French squad
ron will leave Mitylene.
President Loubet presided at the
cabinet council. The foreign minis
ter. M Delcasse. arum need that the
porte had just advised him that it had
decided to give satisfaction in the
case of the various French demands,
to which M. Delcasse replied that so
soon as the sultan’s order regarding
the porte’s decision was communi
cated to him, Admiral Caillard’s
squadron would leave the island of
Mitylene.
The Tempts prints a dispatch from
Constantinople w’hich says that the
Sultan, in accepting the French de
mands, firstly authorizes the working
of the French schools, hitherto unrec
ognized; second, he recognizes, offi
cially, the existence of the religious
and hospitable institutions already
founded, and accords them customs
immunity and exemption from cer
tain taxes, and. thirdly, he authorizes
the reconstruction of me schools and
hospitable institutions destroyed at
the time of the Armenian troubles of
which a detailed list is attached to
the French note.
Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish foreign
minister, has announced that the rec
ognition of the Chaldean patrkireh,
tie nan fled by France, already nas
been accorded.
UNCLE SAM IS WILLIN’.
Especially ns tlie Action of France
Will Establish a Very Handy
Precedent.
Washington, Kov. 9.—The answer of
the United States to the French re
specting France’s movement in Turk
ish waters is understood to have been
conveyed already by Secretary Hay
to M. , Margerie, the French charge
here, and to have consisted of a
statement that the United States gov
ernment is not concerned immediately
in the republic’s doings, in view of
the French statement that it was not
proposed to affect our trade interests
unfavorably.
It is surmised, also, that our gov
ernment is not dissatisfied at the es
tablishment by France of a precedent
for the collection of indemnities from
Turkey.
THE SULTAN’S CRUISER
The Cramps Have llefinn Laying' the
Keel Blocks For the New
Turkish Cruiser.
Philadelphia, Nov. 9.—The work of
laying the keelblocks for the con
struction of a new fighting cruiser
for the Turkish government has been
begun at the Cramps’ ship yard. A
contract was entered into several
months ago, and under its terms the
cruiser is to be finished in 18 months.
The new war vessel will go up along
side the cruiser Colorado which the
firm is building for the United States
government. It will be of 3,200 tons
displacement.
HE FLEECED THE UNWARY.
Alexander Seaman I'nder Arrest in
Siew York for Stock Swin
dling Operations.
New York, Nov. 9.—Alexander Sear
man is in prison here charged with a
series of alleged swindling stock op
erations under the name of M. F.
Phillips. The police say Seaman ad
vertised himself as a member of the
stock exchange and secured a num
ber of out-of-town accounts. No re
turn was ever made, and several of
the customers wrote to the detective
bureau complaining. Seaman waa
caught when he called at a branch
post office for mail. It is said that
Seaman served a year in King’s coun
ty penitentiary for passing worthless
checks in Brooklyn in 1898.
The Bloilern Hotel.
“Mr. Dash," said the waiter, “a man just
lifted a silver spoon from the table.”
“Call the police!” roared the clerk. “The
man is a thief.”
“But he is one of our regular guests.”
“Ah, then he is doubtless a kleptomaniac.
Yon needn’t mention it, George.”
“And he pays !f5 per day on the Ameri
can plan.”
“He does? Why, the gentleman is a sou
venir collector, liow dare you cast reflec
tions on his character?”—Chicago News.
The First Ironelatl.
According to records recently discovered,
the first ironclad was built in the sixteenth
century, but as it proved unmanageable was
soon abandoned. In the present century
people are trying this medicine and that one
in the hope of finding relief from ailments
of the stomach, liver and bowels. There is
only one medicine that will cure indiges
tion, dyspepsia, flatulency, biliousness and
malaria, fever and ague, and that is Hostet
ler's Stomach Bitters. Try it and you will
be convinced.
Hecalla Famoua Caros.
Small doses of fine, dry sand are the lat
est freak “remedy” for dyspepsia. Some
how this specific recalls the remark of a
distinguished American that six feet of
gravel is the only cure for hay fever.—Nor
folk Kefieator.
To Core a Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggist s ref und money- if it fails to cure. 35c.
Nothing is so dangerous a foe to ambi
tion as the flattery of inferiors.—Town Top
ics.
Explosions of Coughing are stopped by
Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Don't wait for opportunity *o call on you.
Go and meet it half way.—Chicago Daily
News.
When a man confesses his ignorance he
is apt to boast of it.—Chicago Daily News.
The man who never smiles is the center
of gravity.—Philadelphia Record.
A figurehead does not necessarily have a
good head for figures.—Ram's Horn.
You had better contract your expendi
tures than stretch your conscience.—Ram’s
Horn.
A man will admit that he is prejudiced,
but never quite as much as the other fellow.
—Washington (la.) Democrat.
Customer—“By the way, Mr. Yolker,
there was a chicken in one of those eggs.’’
Dealer—"So? Chickens are two shillings
a pound, you know. 1 suppose you are will
ing to do the right thing?”—Boston Tran
script.
“My dear, this is my friend Smiggins, of
whom you have heard me speak.” “I’m
glad to meet you, Mr. Smiggins. You can
hardly appreciate what a convenience your
acquaintance is to my husband when he
stays out later than he should.”—Indianap
olis News.
Wherein It Failed.—“Why didn’t the
tenor sing to-night? He has such a sympa
thetic voice.” “Well, the reason he didn’t
sing was that his voice wasn’t sympathetic
enough to touch the manager for a week’s
salary overdue.” — Philadelphia Evening
Bulletin.
Poet—“I was pleased to see my poem in
your paper. Is there any money—” Ed
itor—“Oil, no; we sha’n’t charge you any
thing this time. It is your first offense, you
know. If, however, it is repeated, we can
not let you off again so easily.”—Boston
Transcript.
One of the latest apocryphal stories on
the yacht race is that about the lady who,
on hearing that the Shamrock was beaten
on time allowance, said it was “horrid of
the Americans to take advantage of the
difference between their time and ours.”—
Glasgow Evening Times.
«bi4S”r“ltriitkS'Vla“l!“d'*dt^><
Tins company always offers lowest r»r
and the service is efficient. Careful H8
tention is given to the wants of all fir^
and second class passengers by uniformed
colored attendants. The di>”*«" «_
colored attendants. The dinine car
of the Nickel Plate Road is above critioi«Ce
and enables the traveler to obtain**^
at from thirty-five (3o) cents to *1 ml,!
no higher. T uut
The Pullman service is the usual hi„k
grade standard. Semi-weekly transconth
nental tourist cars ply between Atlantic
and Pacific Coasts. Confer with nearest
agent of the Nickel Plate Road rest
Hard to Identify.
“That is Jimmy’s hair,” said the Foot
ball Player, laying out his trophies after
the game, “and this is Billy’s nose, and this
is Tom’s ear, and this eyebrow belongs to
young Rusher, but I can’t identify this
finger to save me.”—Baltimore'American.
Don't Pay for Another’s Dinner.
“Order what you want; pay for what you
order,” is the unique way in which the
Lackawanna Railroad is advertising its new
dining-car service. The aptness of the
phrase is apparent when it is understood
that the traveler may order from the most
complete menu, and yet pay for nothing he
does not want. In addition, low-priced club
meals are served individually from 35 cents
to $1.00, so that table d’hote and a la
carte features are virtually combined. All
through trains to Buffalo, Chicago and St
Louis are equipped with dining-cars, and
the service is admitted to be second to none
in the world.
Only Half the Battle.
Brown—Are you anything of a linguist?
Jones—Well, I can read and understand
French, German, golf, yacht, baseball, and
football; but I can't talk ’em.—Detroit Free
Press.
■‘Strawt Show Which Way the Wind
Blows,”
and the constantly increasing demand for
and steady growth in popularity of St.
Jacobs Oil among all classes of people in
every part of the civilized world, show con
clusively what remedy the people use for
their Rheumatism and bodily aches and
pains. Facts speak louder than words, and
the fact remains undisputed that the sale
of St. Jacobs Oil is greater than all other
remedies for outward application com
bined. It acts like magic, cures where
everything else fails, conquers pain.
Martyr to Love,
Pearl—But are you sure that he loves
•or?
Ruby—Loves her? Why, he actually let
her sketch him in crayon; and she has only
'alien a two-weeks’ course, too.—Chicago
Daily News.
Boat for the Bowels.
No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until your
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without a gripe or pain, produce
easy, natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes, every tablet has C. C. C.
stamped on it. Beware of imitations.
Grimes—“Funny that when a person be
comes overheated lie is likely to catch cold.’’
Hurris—“And when a man takes cold he
is apt to be feverish.”—Boston Transcript.
We promise that should yon use PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES and be dissatis
fied from any cause whatever, to refund
10c. for every package.
Monroe Drug Co., Unionville, Mo.
Children are becoming better, and par
ents are becoming more sensible.-—Atchison
Globe.
Piso’s Cure is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections of the throat and
lungs.—Wm. O. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind.,
Feb. 10. 1900.
A third person always tells.—Atchison
Globe.
Mrs. Kate Berg, Secretary Ladies’ Aux
iliary of Knights of Pythias, No. 58, Com
mercial Hotel, Minneapolis, Minn., After
Five Years Suffering Was Cured by Lydia
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