The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1896-09-10
II HUNG VISITS NIAGARA
HAS HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE ON A
SLEEPING CAR
Asks Every Prominent OmciaI His
Age and Salary-CIaims He
Cannot Raise $4,000.

es and gold lace somewhat in the jour
ney to the Cataract house, where
rooms had been engaged. Immediately
on arriving here, Ii sat for a dentist
and had his teeth examined. The rain
was a great disappointment, as the
viceroy was very desirous of visiting
the American falls in the afternoon.
There was no cessation in the down
pour of rain until after o'clock, when
the sun struggled through the clouds.
Carriages were quickly summoned, and
the visitors spent two hours inspecting
the wonders of Niagara.
AT the electric power house of the
Niagara Falls Power company the dis
tinguished visitor had his first expert
ence with electricity, the result being
as startling as it was unexpected.
With his usual curiosity and desire to
make personal investigation of the ma
chinery before him. he poked at
switchboard with his walking stick.
The metal ferule closed the circuit in
stantly and LIS stick was violently
| thrown from his grasp. He was n It
urally much astonished a the effect
| of the sticks contact with the switch
| board, but fortunately he suffered no
| damage beyond good scare. How
ever, 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 American sleeping
| cars. Their meal was especially pre-
| pared by the Pennsylvania railroad
| dining car people. and was quite "lab-
| crate. The menu card was decorated
with the American and Chinese flags
intertwined, and a fac simile Of the
| l, 81 7 In, oil low
After eating a rather hearty supper,
Ii sent for George w. Boyd, assistant
general passenger agent of the Penn
sylvania company who piloted the
train over the line of his company, and
spent two hours questioning him about
| railroads. He had a map of the Unit
| ed States before him. and once he
| branched off to the war of the reDall-
ion, asking the names of the states
that seeded from the union
Ii asked particularly about the bat
ties which Grant participated in, and
all of them were indicated on the
maps for his benefit. He dwelt long
on this subject and marveled that, 3l-
though the southern forces succeeded
in approaching quite close to Wash
ington, they were never able to capture
that important point. The story of
the assassination of Lincoln also in
terested him greatly He inquired
what became of Booth and where Lin
coin is buried, and then queried: do
not the Americans regard Lincoln as a
very good MANI
Real Object Of LIS visit.
The deep interest he shows in all
road matters convinces those who paid
little attention to the subject that his
object of visiting this country is tc
| study American construction and man
agement, with the view of adoption Of
some of the features in a proposed gen
eral extension of the China railway
system. In fact the viceroy intimatet
today that he is negotiating for th'
service of an American civil engineer
who, if he accepts the offer made MIN
will go to China in the near future an'
take charge of the railway extension
scheme now being outlined. Ii say
there are only about 200 miles of sin
gle track railroad in China at present
only three trains are run each day
and there is no traffic at night, h
system being crude and the liabilit,
to accident constant menace. J.
slept during the night in a bed mad
especially for him. He declared whei
he arose this morning that he h;
| rested better than in hotel bed tn
preparation of his toilet occupied al
hour. and he then ate some birdsnes
| SOUP and drank a cup of tea. AT : =
| ne was ready to receive visitors.
At his request no effort has bee
made at fast running, an even spec
of about 80 miles an hour being oil
tanned. Even on the train the carr
bodyguard slept outside the door of hi
stateroon.
In the morning Canandaigua wa
reached. Here the train left the Penr
sylyania and connected with the Ne'
York Central and connecting lines
Niagara. The only change was tn
substitution of a locomotive OF the ia
ter company and a new train crew
Il At Rochester General PassenSt
Agent George Daniels of the New for
, Central and E. d. Weeks boarded II
y train. AS soon as Ii awoke these PEI
ple were received. He INDUCED in h
usual cross-questioning for near
three hours. He asked Mr. Daniels u
age and salary, and was astonished
learn that mis- salary is equal to Il
salary of the president OF the UNIT
100 states. The earl said that if he hs
some money he would invest in Anne
icen railway stocks. He declared
pa | was too poor anu ScNiN ANN
n. 200 This statement, from the mi
-. nopularly regarded as the richest mi
OF in the world caused smile.
The run to this point was witho
"a. snec,al incident. General Manas
Touey of the New York Central was
the station to meet the party ana
. fer Lii paused long enough TO ask II
his age and salary the processi
y started for the hotel. All were
4 tensely interested in ta-po-tu, the 9
Is. nese for the great falls, and some
Il the party summoned carriages
S started out in the rain to see the sign
~ Ii is not an abstainer. He drinks
q small. quantity of claret ana Chin'
s. wine His associates declare that
~ can not understand English at al.
III has learned the words How 90 )
do?" and always greets his Visit
rv. with this sentence.
one of the party said today IN
planning the monetary condiuon OF
M Chinese empire. that In order 10 ID
funds to pay the indemnity oil nea
5000. 900. 900 to Japan. Ii Hung Cn'
cO, has hypothecated the customs re