The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-09-07

Hotel Bed-iiRs Made All Offer 10 All
American Engineer TO Extend Railways
In China.
NIAGARA FALLS. n, Y, Sept. g.
The special train bearing Ii Hung
Chang, and his party. arrived here at
noon to-day. Rain was falling at the
time and the visitors dampened their
silk blouses and gold lace somewhat in
the journey TO the Cataract house..
where rooms had been engaged.
Immediately upon arriving here Ii
sat for q dentist and had his teeth OK
amined.
The rain was n great disappOint-
nent as the vlceroy was very desIrious
OF visiting the American falls In the nt-
ternoon. There was no cessation OF the
downpour OF rain until shortly aIter )
O'Clock. k.when the sun struggled through
the clouds. Carriages were quickly
summoned and the visitors spent two
hours In Inspecting the wonders OF
Niagara.
At the electric power house OF the
Niagara Falls Power Company. the
distinguished visitor had his first cx-
per!ence with American electricity, the
result being as startling Us II was un-
expected. With his usual curiosity and
desire 10 make personal investigation
OF the machinery before him. he poked
at a switchboard with his walking
stick. The metal ferruIe closed cir
cult Instantly and LIS stick was vlo-
ieutly' thrown from his grasp. He was
naturally much astonIshcd at the ef-
feet OF the sticks contact with the
switchboard, but fortunately ha suffer-
ed no damage beyond n good scare.
However, he decided that he had seen
enough. and went TO his rooms, where
he remained until bed time
Last night Ii and his party passed
their first night in an American sleep
ing car. Before this novelty they ate
dinner In q dining car. This meal.
which was especially prepared by the
Pennsylvania railroad dining car peo-
pie. was quite elaborate. The menu
card was decorated with the Chinese
flags IntcrtwIned and a fac-simile OF
the autograph OF Earl Ii. done in yell
low.
PumpS n Railroad Man.
After eating A rather hearty supper,
L! sent for George ". Boyd. assistant
general passenger agent OF the Penn
sylvania railroad company, who pilot
ed the train over the lines OF his CONF
pany. and spent about two hours qucs-
tlOninS him about railroads. He had
map OF the United States before him.,
and once he branched off to the war OF
the rebellion. asking the names OF the
states that seeded from the union. Ii
asked particularly about the battles In
which Grant participated, and all OF
them were indicated on the map FOR
his benefit. He dwelt long on this sub
jcct. and marvelled that although the
southern forces succeeded in approach
they were never able to cap
ture that important point. The
story OF the assassination OF Lincoln
also interested him greatly. He inQuir-
ed what became OF Booth and where
Lincoln Is buried. and then Gueried:
DO not the American people regard
Lincoln as very goOG MANI"
The deep Interest he shows In rail-
road matters convInceS those who have
paid attention TO the subject that his
principal object In visiting this cOun-
try Is 10 study American progress and
management With the view OF the fu-
ture In proposed general extension OF
roads in China. in fact the viceroy In
timatcd to-day that he Is negotiating
for the services OF an American civil
engineer. who. II he accepts the offer
made him. will SO 10 China in the near
future and take charge OF the railway
extension schcme now being outlined.
IL says there are about 200 miles OF sin
gle track railroad in China at present.
Only three trains are run each day and
there Is 10 traffic at night, the system
being SO crude and the liability 10 ac-
cldcnt a constant menace.
l.! slept during the night In bed
made specially for him with soft
downy mattress more than foot thick.
lie declared when he arose this morn
ing that he rested better than In u no.
tel bed.
The preparation OF his toilet consum-
cd an hour, and then he ate some birds
nest soup, and drank cup OF tea. At
$50 lsc was ready 70 receive visitors.
At his request no effort has been made
at fast running. an even speed OF about
thirty miles an hour being maintained
Even on the train the earl'a body guard
slept outside the door OF his Statcroum
Contrary to his usual custom, he took
n morning slesta, sleeping soundly from
: o'clock until 9. At a. m. Cannntlla-
qua was reached. Here the train left
the Pennsylvania line and passed onto
the tracks OF the New York Central, the
connecting line to Niagara Falls.
Opens nc Question Bor Again.
The only change was the substltu-
ton OF a locomotive OF the latter COM
pany, and 4 new train crew. At Roch-
ester. General Passenger Agent George
Fl. Daniels, OF the New York Central
and EdsOn J. Weeks. his chief assist
ant. boarded the train. As soon as IL
nwokc these gentlemen were present.
cd 10 him and then he settled himself
comfortably In his arm chair In the oh.
servatiOn compartment OF his car and
with MIR. Boyd and Mr.. Daniels on ell
trar side and Interpreter Marks at his
elbow. lndulged In his favoritC past
time OF sS-QuestloninE FOR nearly
three hours. After ascertaIninE. Mr..
Daniels age and salary. he inquired
how much President Dcpcw received.
and was astonlshed to learn that his
salary iS equal to TINT or the President
OF the United States. III said that II he
had some money he would invest II In
American railway stocks. He declared
he was too poor and could not raise
$4,000" This statement from the man
pOpularly regarded as the richest pcr-
son In the world, caused q smile.
suiiIrnn's Cannon LAW wife Dead.
NEW YORK Sent 6-AnnIa lu