Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-08

lie Gets nm rieetrie shock nj the
Power House.

JUN Aulhys hAlh was lhlliuk ~ wv
tine and the visitors dnmpnnrd their
SIR blouses and gold lace ftmewbnt IN
Tue Journey 10 the Cataract house,
where rooms had b1cn engaged.
Immediately upon arriving here III
sat for dentist aud had his teeth Cx-
amlue1. Tho rhiu was q great ditAu.
p0lntment, ne the vlcefoy was very
doairous Of visiting the American falls
Ia the afternoon. Thofo was NO cessa.
ton Ia the dUwnpDuf OF rain until after
O'Clock, when tue tun struggled
through the clouds. Carriages weru
quickly summoned and the visitors
spent two hours iu inspecting the won.
dufs OF Niagara.
Atthe electric nower house OF tho
Niagara Falls Power company, the
distinguished visitor had hia first ex-
psfience with American electricity,
tue fotult being ~ startling ~ II wsa
unexpected. With his usual
curiosity and desire 10 make
pofsoEal investigation VI tho
mtchinery before him, he pokod ~
. switchboard with his walking-stick.
rnu metal iorule closed the ciTcuit 10.
slahily anu L'S stick was violently
thrown from hts grasp. He was natu.
rally much ant0uifhnd at the II ict Of
the stlok's contact with thu switch.
board, but fortunately he tullcted no
damage beyond good scare. However,
he decided that he had oeuu enough aud
went 10 Mis- to0ms, whore be remained
until bedtime.
Lsst night HI and his party hal their
nfst experience Ia m American sleep.
Ing car Tue meal, which was 80.
peciAlly prepared by The Pennsylvania
railroad dining'cat people, was quite
elaborate. rhe menu card was dec.
Grated with thr American anu Chi.
nete lafs iniertv igej aud facsimile
Of hn autograph Of Earl ii, done Ia
yellow.
Alter eating a rather hearty supper
ii sent Tor George w. Boyd, assistant
general passenger agent OF the Ptnuayl.
vahis company, who pilotod tho tr.in
over tue lines Of bic lmusny, and
spen; about two houfs QUESTIONING him
abJut railroads. Ho had a map Of the
United States before him, and once, he
bianchod on 10 the War OF tue Rsbe-
Hon, askiu Y the names VI the eiaies
that stceded from the Union. Liasked
particularly about tue battles la which
Grant participated, ana hil OF them
were Indicate on ths map, Tor HE
ben,h. lilo dweli long GU this sub
Jeet, ami maTveltd that although the
southern forces tuccredcd ia spptoach.
lng quite o.tas TO Washington they
were never htls TO capture thAt la.
potthnt point. Tue story OF the A..
sassinatlbn OF Lincoln also Interested
him greatly. Hu inquired whut be.
ca 30 OF Booth anu whoto Lincoln "
hurled, aud then qurTlsd; I'D not tho
Ainorlcsn peupirnresurd Lincolh ~ a
very goog manf'
Tne deep in,ofesi no shows IN rail-.
r1nd maltcfn cOnyInoes those VIM pald
a little attention 10 the 81 titot that bic
object In visiting tnis city is TO study
American combustion And manage
mrnt, with viow 10 the adopiiO OF
some Of tho features In u ptopossd
general extension Of the Chinese rail-.
ROAD eystem.
In TACT, tho vlceroy intimaied ,oday
that he 10 negotiating with an Aniufi.
oal civil engineer, who, N he accepts
the offer made him, will 20 to China
IN the near future and take charge Of
the railway exclusion scheme now be.
ing outlined. Ii says there are only
about 200 miles OF sinrle.lraclg ralltohl
IN China at present. Dolly ihtcs trains
are run each day, and there Is no traffic
nl nigh, the system being 80 crude
and the liability to accident constant
mrnnce,
IL slept during the night In a bed
made especially for him with n noit,
dowby m It reta more than a foot thick,
Ho derlafel when he arose this morn.
lug that BIO had rested better than IN
MOTEL bed. Tho preparation OF his tot.
lot occupied no hour, nnd he then ate
some pirda'nest soup aud drank cup
OF tea, Al $3.50 he was ready TO receive
visllofs.
At Rochester General Passenger
Agent George A. Daniels OF the New
York Central and II, ID. Weuke boarded
tho tram. AZ soon ~ III Awols these
people were received. lilo induced IN
his usual cToss-questioning for nearly
three hour. He asked Mr.. Daniels his
ago and salary, aud Inquired how
much President Depew received, ana
was astoniehe1 TO learn that his salary
IL equal 10 the salary Oi the President
Of the United Slater. The earl said
that II he had some money no would
invest ia American railway etto1s.
lie said ne was too poor anu could not
raise $4,000. This statement from the
man popularity REGARDED rs tho Richest
man In tho world caused u smile.
The run TO this point was without
abeoial incident. General Manager !.
NJ. Touhey Of tho New YORK Central
was at the station TO meet the party
anu after III paused long enough 10
ask him his age aud salary the pro.
c..aion HtAflsd for the hotel. All ware
Intensely interested In Ta-P0.Tu, the
Chinese for "1he great falls" aui
some Of tho party summoned carriages
almost Immediately and started out Ia
the rain 10 SEQ the uightg.
III IL not an ahslAlneL He drinks u
small quantity OF 0larot and Chinese
wine. His associates declare that he
oannot understand English at all. lie
has learned tho words "how do you
do?D and always greg.s his vlsitors
with this sentence.
Ono OF tho party aaii today, Ia OK.
planning the monetary condition OF the
Chinese Empire, that 10 order TO raise
funds o. ray the internally NJ nearly
5000, 900, 900 to Japan, III Hung has
nypOthecaled tno customs revenues al
the poria on the coasl where import
duties are collected, AMI that hu In.
crease 10 tne cuHtomi chnTgeH wonll
probably follow. rhis was tne only
way 10 raise the money, 10 u would
not he pOhtio 10 obtain It ny incrsRsing
the taxes. Oniy email portion Of the
population "a aware VI the fact that
there was q war with Japan and that
the Chiaese forces were defeated. Tho
I.yvtny AZ Al taW Wnulu la tina rnauua M