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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23

sorbed the smoke and opened his mouth again.
when the pipe-bearer withdrew as he had come.
This occurred score OF times al Ieas', anu ne
a muscle did the Vceroy move. except just 70
open the corner of his mouth wide enough 10 ad-
nit the pipe-stem 80,
Three or four attendants did nothing. and did
II we'll simply listening TO the conversation. whiie
saw in the background that another had opened
a window an inch. and was listening from OUTSIDE
These attendants are always present az oihcIai
Interviews extraordinary such hablt may
seems to u.s. and the natural result Is that most
of the foreign representatives. each nave one
Yamen in their pay and that there are Few Sc
crets which money will not buy. AFTER lelt
Chung Tang met a facetious ACQUAINTANCE, WIN
inquired where ! had been Talking with the
Viceroy | replied. Oh he said, I'll get all you
said 10 him for "A couple Of dollars tomorrow
His personal appearance Is, says one VINO
met him in London the other day "as is wei
known distinctly imposing. /, Is not merely on
account of his height. we'll over SIX feet, without
tho additional advantage given BY the COTTON
sole OF the Chinese boot. that he would be deemed
a man out of the common. His attitudes are org
niGed and natural The hand. concealed as ne
generally keeps Ii In the loose sleeves OF ms
Jacket. except when he takes It out to admire the
very brilliant diamond ring he wears on the iirst
finger of his left hand, is we'll formed ana WIN
much prehensile power. ana above an tnl,lSs
worthy of note Is the fact that the nails not only
Of the great Vlceroy but Of all the members OF
his staff are cut short as our own Tnat iittls
practical reform may be the commencement oi
far more important measures. and II Is AT least
some evidence that one section Of Chinese society
has broken with tradition. During an interview
the Viceroy smokes. his pipe being replenShed py
a silent attendant, and sometimes ne varies II
with a long cigarette In n holder. | believe ne
times the length of an interview by the NUMBER OF
pipes he has TO take. ard that sign OF dismissal
Is his stopping smoking. The Nlceroys eye Is
larger and rounder than most Of his countryhen
and Is consequently more like Europeans us
hue Is as nearly as possible the hazel or many
English men and women, and tho CLEAN in 1t Is
most genial and at times almost merry. AIthoush
he does not speak English. rumOr says tnat ne
has some slight knowledge of IT. SUFFICIENT, az
least to distinguish between the negative ana the
affirmative. but in his own tongue ne talks WIN
extraordinary clearness and emphasis. The WORDS
are strange TO one who Is not Sinologue. but
the tone Is extraordinarily like the English; In
fact a listener behind screen could not tell the
difference between Ii speaking Chinese and an
Englishman declaiming unmeaning sounds with
the requisite fiuency.'
Ii Is very rich; worth. it has been said. not less
than S5O000OO0. The sources Of this fortune
have been much discussed. and there are those
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
THE ENGLISH BATTLE-SHIP BETTER.
COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE CARNoT AND THE
RENOwN-A NAVAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY.

COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE cARNoT AND THE
RENOWN-A NAVAL EMPLOYMENT AGENCY
The French naval officer look upon the battleship
Carnot as a Iamcntabc failure. notwithstanding
the fact that she developed a speed on her trial OF
nearly seventeen and half knots with 1900 horse
mower 1t Is stated that when loaded down TO her
normal draught her armor belt VIII be almost
down TO the water line instead OF being two and a
half feet above it, calculated by her designers.
on the other hand. the French officers speak In
the highest terms of the new English battle-ship
Renown which, il is asserted. with lO1B horse
power. under natural draught. made speed OF l7o
knots This really makes her the swiftest OF the
English battle-ships. Her armor Is also high
enough out OF the water to make her a satisfactory
war vessel 1t is avowed by the British Admiralty
that a ship sheathed with wood and copper; as the
Renown H. Is always superior even under inc most
favorable circumstances, TO snip Win an IRON
bottom however good may be the paint USED Tor
protection. ,,,,
The Castaways' Club, association OF English
naval officers who have resigned their COMMISSIONS
for private reasons has formed the Navy Employ
ment Agency which has for Its object the inding
marines OF the Royal Navy who of unqucs-
tionable character 1t also brings employers or
labor In touch with means OF hndinB men emin-
emily qualified for situations Of trust. Although Il
small fee is charged 10 each man when employ
ment il secured for him. the agency may be said
TO be entirely philanthropic. for the fees really
cover actual Office expenses only.
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Ii HUNG CHANG.
HIS CHARACTER AND CAREER.
TIVE GREAT CHINAMAN WHO is SOON TO
ARRIVE IN NETWORK

,- coRpoN's MoNUMENT-TIE SCHOLAR TURNED
SOLDIER AND THE SOLDIER TURNED
sTATEsMAN-THE TAPPING WAR
GORDON At SOO-CHOW
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Gus atrocity came perilously near upsetting the
Ching dynasty. Only the strong hand Of 1t in
the Imperial province saved 1t. And he was
much troubled to know how to stralghten out
affairs. lie made his home at Tien-Tsn. rather
than al Picking In order to be free from the con-
ventiOnalites and the intrigues of the Forbid
den City. He set himself diligently to work to
introduce as many foreign improvements as
possible without actually yielding TO foreign in
fluence. lie improved the school system, intro
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-23
INDEp SHORE OFFICIALS ORDERS

When = steamer arrives IN port the three chiee
d:visiors- sailing engineers and stewlrI's -pass
respectively under the Jurisdiction Of three shore
officials. whose Offices arc the dock The sailing
department becomes responsible To the marine
SUI crintendent, the engineers TO the s,perutenL-
ing engineer. and the stewards 10 the port STEM.
ard During the voyage stock has oeen taken II
stores required and acquisitions now m do.
l,lrese are either passed rendered, cut down.
T.us the vessel. while in port has no direct ain.
munication with the companys office, the dock
suTernLnCents acting az intcrmedia, ies W,rn
stores are sent TO the ship they are sddrcsscL 20
the department for which they are In .n,i,i The
mort steward controls the direct purchflng OF pre-
Visions "nd Is supposed 10 buy In the cheapest and
best market. The marine superintendent and su.
perintending engineer furnish the other materials
cry Wien received, the chief steward sends them
back In such action he IL always upheld by the
ing depas .ment and the slowing of II Is performed
by boss stevedore. II the cargo arrives in damaged
condition the officer on duty will not allow II
aboard and II any part Of the cargo he improperly
slowed he protests 10 the dock suporin. cndent
After the stevedores have completed The loading
OF the shin an inspection OF cargo Is made oy one
OF the officers The boss stevedore Il always care.
fu TO prevent slovenly methods on The part uf his
men being aware that the blame will finally rest
The granting of liberty Is thus arranged: The
executive oitcer may grant leave OF absence 80
officers only six hours-for any longer time they
must apply the Marine Superintendent TIE
granting liberty 10 his subordinates. but he must
obtain his leave from the experimenting en-.
gineer. The chief steward has similar powers az
regards Ills stewards and StewOrdcsses. but for
himself must obtain the sanction OF the port stew
ard. No leave or absence extends beyond twenty
four hours previous TO the hour OF sailing This
left short handed as II enables the officers 10 MI
the places OF men who fail TO return. and. In tho
sober up for duty They are confined TO their
hunks to prevent them from again going ashore
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GORDON AT SOO-CHOW.
The cities that contended for the fame OF Ho-
,,sr's nativity were no more numerous than the
s.,ss that are assigned TO the birth Of Ii Hung
.Csspe. The years 1873 1925 and 1898 have been
FAMED each by would-be infallible authority.
. o,e native record names Jen-Woo. the second
ear Of the Emperor Taou-Kwang. Ii himself
.rce remarked-indeed many times, with medi-
,stiye satisfaction-that he was born in the
same year with General Grant That year was
,so2 and as II exactly tallies with the native
record lust quoted. may we'll be accepted as the
true date. The place of his birth is less uncer-
tain II Is the village of Hwei-Ling, in the
o-ovince IF Ngan-Wei in the Yang-Tse valley,
and not far from the famous former capital Of
The Empire, Nankia
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terror Of his name that the rebels fed before
the coming Of his army. without striking blow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06
Yellow Mixing Bowls.

from in the advocacy Of bill for the
better protection of the youth of the
state from the temptations of the liquor
traffic, the wine rooms and similar in
situations.
Stephen B. Lovejoy, on the other
hand, is a Hennepin county member
who is a little distracted by the fleet
ing chimeras Of reform politics $50
called. Republican to the core, long
tried in the councils of the party, sur
veyor general for years, he constitutes,
perhaps, us good a sample of the true
blue Republican as could be found in
the ranks Of the legislature. which will
begin its work shortly after the first of
the year.
Less connection will, perhaps, be
caused by John Sederberg, of the Thir-
ty-fifth district, than by any other men,
Der of the coming house. His influence,
however, should not be reckoned by
the amount Of noise he makes. Mr..
Sederberg has the advantage of a term
in the house, is blessed with a calm,
judicial mind, and is not easily swayed
from a well-considered purpose by the
counter currents of political passion.
Mr. Sederberg was born in Sweden, but
has been located at Cambridge, as q
farmer and lumberDlan, since 1866.
One Of the Oldest members Of the
coming legislature will be Benton Sew
erance, of Nicollet county. Thirty
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while Rice, the present twentieth, Is
1892 short Goodhue the present TWEEN
ty-frst, has 3,109 over the allotment
Wabasha county, the twenty second
Is short 1882, and Washington county
now district twenty-three, is 1,742 short
Dakota county is short 1914
1t will thus be seen that only four
Of the districts formed in the southern
part of the stae have any population In
| excess OF the senatorial ratio, and only
one OF these comprises two counties
the excess in that case being trivial.
st. Paul, on the basis Of population.
is entitled to five senators. one more
than at present, and ten representa-
tives, the same as now.
Hennepln county, now six districts,
is entitled to seven under the new
ratio, and fourteen representatives
one less than at present
Anoka and Isanti counties, which
now constitute one district, are SO far
short of the ratio that Sherburne NAV
be added without reaching the figure
required.
Carver and Scott, at present separate
districts, when Joined only exceed the
ratio by 1908 population
Wright county is short only 1.5O6. al
though at present it is Joined to mart
of Sherburne Stearns county has 10
766 more population than required, and
yet it has been Joined with Benton
In the past.
Benton, Morrison and Mile Laos.
only exceed by 1900 the ratio, and this
Is easily cut down, as the two wards
of st. Cloud. which are in Benton coun-
ty have population very close to 1000.
leaving the preponderance compare i've
ly slight. This may be made up in the
other house.
Aitkin, Crow Wing, Cass, Hubbard.
Itasca, and Kanabec counties combine
to give popula ton of 1882 Just a
trifie over the ratio.
Norman, Becker and Beltrami coun-
ties lack 500 of the ratio.
Marshall, Kittson and Roseau coun.
Ties, under the census, lack 5000 of the
ratio, but since then additions have
been made to Pnseau and the terri
tory, too, is rapidly settling.
st. Louis, Cook and Lake counties
have the population for three senators,
although they have but one new. OF
this population, $4,000 is In Duluth. SO
that the Third district would properIv
consist Of the remainder of St Louis
county and the other two counties
Polk county Is far over the ratio.
10, $50.
Chisagog Pine and Carlton counties
with a total efsi2g, 237 would make =
district ssfnpper portion of the
st. croixs aRnaoiIFa#sr part Of the ST.
Louis valleys.
Todd and Wadena counties are short
6.7ls. but their interests are much akin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06

law was declared invalid on a tech
nicality which Mr. Feig and other adj
vocates of the law in this state think
they will be able to obviate in the
draft of BILL
The question in Illinois was purely
technical. and it is thought that the
elimination of single clause, entirely
apart from the general wording of the
new law, will suffice to bring 1t within
the requirements of the constitution
Of the state Of Minnesota. Mr. Feig
is enthusiastic In his advocacy of the
new bill, and will make AN enthusiast
tic campaign in it's interest.
st. Paul is peculiarly interested in
that law, inasmuch as within a few
weeks the title to a vast area of prop
erty in the city limits has been ques-
toned by an Ohio claimant, who bases
his rights upon the original acquisi-
ton Of the property by Capt. Dayton,
in whose honor the east end of the
city was named Dayton's bluff With
the adoption of the new system, the
state would stand behind every trans
fer. The present functiontof the title
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06

Paul and Minneapolis have 20 out Of 81
senators, an absolute majority, while
they have but $4,000 population out of
million and half. They have also
80 Of ia representatives.
Hennepin and Ramsey counties have
together ten senators and twenty-six
representatives. On a reapportionment
On the present size of both houses, they
would be entitled to larger representa-
ton.
The counties north of the Twin Cities,
and Washington in this case is counted
as a northern county, Lac Qui Parle,
which is south Of the Minnesota river,
being counted as a southern county
the northern counties have but 16 sem
RtorS and SO representatives on a popu-
lation of 559,555
On the basis of 81 senators and III
representatives, the same counties
would be thus represented, south, %
senator's; the cities, r. and the north,
20; the south, 46; representatives., the
cities 26, and the north AZ.
The G / o b has endeavored to ar
range a fair representation, without
regard to party convenience, but the
uneyenness of the population Of the
counties has made it advisable to add
three senatorial districts, making a
senate OIL 81.
If valuable for no other purpose, it
shows the gains made by the southern
portions of the state since the appor-
tionment of ten years ago. 1t has been
endeavored not to give the older por-
tons of the state more radical changes
than are evidently fair on their face,
while it has been assumed in critical
compiled lions in the northern part, that
half a loaf will be esteemed by the
residents of those counties as better
than no bread at ALL No attempt has
been made in the following table to
preserve the order of the present dis
tricts, as many of them have under
gone marked changes.
The larger house of the legislature Is
left at its present membership, la.
Houston county, which now consti-
tutes the first district, falls far short of
the population required for a senate
rial district, lacking 1868 Of the num-
Der for an allotment of fifty-four sena-
tors to the state.
Fillmore county, the present second
district, is admirably designed, being
only SEQ less in. population than the
allotment.
Mower county, the present third, is
short 1913; Freeborn, the fourth, short
S.021; Faribault, the fifth, short 5000.
while Martin and Watonwan together
the present sixth, lack 5,016 of the
requisite number.
The present seventh district is far
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insurance companies would be abol-
ished, and the state would stand spons-
Or for every deal. Real estate owners
would derive title from the state in
stead Of from any person, and the last
deed would be final. There would be
no digging up Of ancient Irregularities
with view to unsettling the entire
realty system of the country. One of
the first bills introduced, in all proba-
biiity. will be the bill for the Torrens
system Of land transfers.
John Boobar, who represented
Stearns county in the last house. but
who was not reelected this time, is a
candidate for one of the important
clerkships of the house at this session.
II. E. Gibbon. of Ottawa. LIE Sueur
county, is a candidate for sergeant-at-
arms Of the senate. Senator Lloyd,
who represents the Same district, is in
silent on Gibbons election He says
he has never gotten SO much as page
out of the organization of the senate,
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and he thinks it is now time that the
district was being recognized.
The latest candidate for postmistress
of the house is Mrs Matte ]. Clifford.
of st. Paul.
1t was announced by a local paper
mat the Ramsey county delegation was
TO meet at the Windsor yesterday at
2 O'Clock. The announcement was as
unauthorized as 1t was unsuccessful in
securing the presence of the local mem
bers.
Probably no member of the next
house of representatives will be more
conspicuous than w. T. Coe, of Min
neapol1s. Young as he isiethe agrees
siveness of Mr.. Coe has already left
It's Impress on local politics in no small
degree, and, from president of the
University Republican club, strictly a.
marching and not voting organiza-
tlon, the young man stepped into a
Prominent position in Tenth ward poll
ties ana thence intoys the legislature.
wen informed generally, graduate
OF the law department Of the state uni
versity, and gifted by nature with no
small eloQuence, Mr.. Coe promises TO
cut no small figure in the work of the
coming session Of the legislature.
Another Minneapolis member who
VIII be active in the ranks is s. Al.
Stockwell, of the district which com
prises the outlying wards about Min
nehaha Falls. Mr.. Stockwen is in
sympathy with the single tax, with
woman suffrage, possibly, ANA generally
with all the new movements which
have sprung up within the last decade
or SO. He is allied with those forces
which are strongest in the promotion
Of what is known as straight-laced leg
isiation, and viii, no doubt, be heard
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-06

afternoon with male friend and fin
ally anchored at the Central Garden
theater on East Seventh street. The
TREND went back to Minneapolis where
Crampton lives and informed her thai
BIZ was having a high old time in
st. Paul. Mrs. Champion drove over
10 81 Paul with fast horse and cut
ter and with the assistance of Iienf
Pothen and Sergt. Ross found her hlls-
nand at the Seventh street resort men
toned. She was particularly interested
IN securing couple of diamond rings
which her husband, she said, had TAX
en- from her before leaving Minneapo-
lis. Champion was taken to the CEN
trial station at 2:30 yesterday morning
and charged with being drunk. One
OF the rings was found in his. posses
sion and the other had been put up
with bartender as security for loan
OF $40. Sergt. Ross was induced to
give the bartender talk and at 4
o'clock yesterday morning recovered
the ring and turned it over to the wo-
man. Champion paid a fine of $40 in
the police court and the revolver which
was found in his pocket when arrested
was cOnf1Sc9ta6
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a majority of the votes in the legisla-
ture, and the members interested are
frank In their avowals that the pros
pect Of the combine is for success. Four
districts against three, and those three
having minority of the legislative
representation, the only question left
for solution is as to whether or not the
law makers are going to be able to eff
feet competent combination of the
successful four.
It is claimed that the four who have
been mentioned have accomplished the
organization Of a mutually protective
and defensive combination, which is not
only to defeat Jones, but is to play
havoc with the aspirations of other
candidates for the position.
If these four should succeed in per-
fecting combination of full force and
effect. it would determine the fate of
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sion to add to the popularity which he
achieved during the last. He has been
frequently honored by his fellow eiti-
zens, but in no position of public trust
has ne manifested a deeper interest
than in that Of the legislative body
and he is looked to as the exemplifica-
ton of the business legislator. He is
not easily moved by passion, being a
stern, practical. man Of affairs, and
that the people of his district are pleas
ed with his actions in the past is in
dorsed by their election of him to the
legislature for another term.
Tie Kasson Republican says that II
w. r. Merriam should be appointed to
the cabinet and Senator Davis to the
supreme bench, Congressman Tawney
would succeed Davis, and Sam r. Van
SAINT would take Tawney's place.
The lie Sueur News and the Anoka
Union do not take kindly to the guber-
Material candidacy of Albert Berg. 1t
Is now two years nearly before cleo
ton, and Mr.. Berg has two papers de-
cidedly against him.
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in excess Of the allotted population.
Mobiles, Murray and Rock counties
exceeding it by 665. This leaves Pipe
stone to be otherwise provided for,
which the G 10 b has done by uniting
in with Lincoln and Lyon counties,
making a district within $500 of the al
lotted population Jackson and Cotton
wood counties as at present constitut-
ing the eighth district, lack 6,648 of
the full quota, while Brown and Red
wood, the present ninth, exceed the
quota 2,423.
Blue Earth, now the tenth, has 1886
more than the required number for
a senator.
Waseca, Steele and Dodge counties
now constitute the eleventh, twelfth
and thirteenth districts, although their
population in the aggregate is less
than $4,000, or enough for one and a
half senators. AT the same time the
surrounding counties are all so large
that the addition of one of them would
meet with serious opposition on ac-
count of the inevitable excess of popu-
lation. The G o b joins Steele and
Dodge, which would mean a loss of a
senator by one or the other of them.
Olmsted county, the present four
teenth district, is short 6,843, while Wi
the required population.
Yellow Medicine which is at present
combined with Lincoln and Lyon coun-
ties, the G | o has attached to Lac
qui Parle, which makes a district 1871
less than the basis Of senatorial appor-
tionment.
Nicollet and Sibley counties, each
now with senator and representa-
tive, have between them only 1876
more population than the senatorial ra-
ito, and the G l o has joined them
in one senatorial district with two rep
resenta tives.
LIE Sueur county, the present nine
teenth, is SPA short in population,
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plum will go to any one rather than
the Todd county man. Todd county,
they argue, had the position four years
ago, and the theory Of the opposition
is that the doctrine of equitable dis
tribution should be more strictly OBJ
served.
1t was whispered about the corridors
OF the hotels yesterday that a combine
had been effected, the object of which
was to defeat Jones. In 1t were sup
posed to be four Of the tentative candi-
dates for speaker. Underleak, Shell,
Grondahl and Feig. Feig counts upon
the support Of the Seventh district.
Shell upon the Second Grondahl upon
the Third and Underleak upon the
First. These four districts constitute