Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-09-07
Ii HUNG SHOCKED,
Monkeys with the Lightning and
Gets a Surprise.
HIS WALKING STICK SENT FLYING

Because He Went POkinS Around an Elec-
trical Switch-kcy = He Continues His
Champaign of Education" aud Wants to
Know. You Know. About Railway Sal
aries-Leaves " To-day and Will lnves-
tisate Things ir Canada.
Niagara Falls. N. Y. Sept. THE
| special train bea ing Ii Hung Chang
and his party arrived here at noon yes
| terday. 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 dentist
and had his teeth examined. The rain
was great disappointment. as the
viceroy was very DESTROYS of visiting
the American falls in the afternoon
There was no cessation in the down.
pour of rain until shortly after 3
O'Clock, when the sun struggled through
the clouds and the visitors spent two
hours in inspecting the wonders of
Niagara.
At the electric power house of the
Mia gara Falls Power company the dis
tinguished visitor had his first expert
| ence with American electricity, the re-
suit being an startling as it was unex-
pected. With his usual curiosity and
desire to make personal investigation
| of the machinery before him he poked
at switch board with his walking
stick. The metal ferrulc closed a cir
cult instantly and Lis stick was vio-
lently thrown from his grasp. He was
naturally much asstonished at the eff
feet of the sticks contact with the
switchboard, but fortunately he suf-
fered no damage beyond a good scare.
However, he decided that he had seen
enough and went to his rooms, where
he remained until bed time.
Studies the Map of the United States.
Saturday night Lii and his party
passed their first night in an American
sleeping car. After eating a rather
hearty supper Lii sent for George w
BOYD. assistant general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, who piloted the train over
the lines of his company. and spent
about two hours questioning him about
railroads. He had map of the Tn
tied States before him, and once he
branched off to the war of the re-
bel!ion, asking the names of the states
that seeded from the Union. Lii 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 subject.
Interested in the MARTYR President.
The story of the assassinat ton of Lin
coin also interested him greatly. He
inquired what became of Booth, and
where Lincoln is buried. and then que
rfed: DO not the American people re-
gard Lincoln as a very good MANI"
Inc deep interest he shows in railroad
matters convinces those who paid at
tention to the subject that his principal
object in visiting this country is to
study American railway construction
and management with a view to the
adoption of some of the features in a
proposed general extension of the Chi
nese railway system. In fact the vice.
roy intimated that he is negotiating for
the services of an American engineer
who, if he accepts the offer made him
will so to China in the near future and
take charge of the railway extension
scheme now being outlined. Ii saws
there are only about 200 miles of single
track railroad in China at present
Only three trains are run each day,
and there is no traffic at night