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The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10
4 New Shin for Miller.

KEY WEST, Fla, June s.-Commander
j. II, Miller, whose ship Merrimac was
sunk across the entrance to Santiago
harbor To pen the Spanish fleet, has
been assigned 10 the command of tho
Pompcy.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10
VOTED DOWN THE INCOME TAX
MIR. M"rGan's Proposition to Enforce IN.
Old Law Defeated by Three Votes.

WA~snINGroN. June G.--Mr. Morgan
offered an amendment in the Senate
to-day requesting the secretary of the
treasury to proceed with the collection
OF taxes under the provisions of the in
come tax law OF 1894. not directly re-
pealcd by the Dingley bill. The amend.
ment was rejected by a vote Of IS to 80
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10
The Judge Publishers Ask for Receivers

New YORK, June s.-The board of
directors Of the Arkell Publishing
company and OF the Judge Publishing
company of New YorlS have decided I O
GO into voluntary liquidation, and have
applied for tcmporary)receivers.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-06-10
Italian Cruiser Bound for Cuba.

GIBRALTAR, June s.-The first-class
armorcd Italian cruiser Carlo Alberto,
bount Er Cuba, has arrived ls.re.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

disturbed by the presence of men in
those grim solitudes. In the early
morning Wreaths Of dust went spinning
around before the breeze, as if some
desert sands had arisen and had Just
begun to envelop the great expanse.
The last case known Of any one perish
ing Oh the plains was in 1890, when two
Americans and one Mexican, a sheep
herder, attempted to make their way
from Pecos City to Amarillo in mid
summer, and, being poorly provisioned
with water and losing the trail as we'll,
soon died Of thirst, as we'll as their
horses. peculiar feature Of this ac-
cident was that although coyotes and
buzzards had picked the bones of the
Americans clean, the body of the Mex
lean had baked and dried in the sun
and was practically intact, owing to the
fact that the diet Of the Mexicans on
the border is always composed in great
part Of chile and red pepper, substances
apparently not appreciated by either
the buzzards Or the coyotes.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25
Iudia'S Scourge OF Snakes.

Snakes are one of the scourges of IN
aia. Thousands Of people die yearly
from their bite. In the last 20 years
the number Of deaths attributed to
this cause has reached the enormous
total Of 433,2S9. Snakes appear to be
much more deadly enemy of men
than wild animals. In the same period
wild animals have only killed 64,2S4
persons. On an average in India TO-
900 people perish yearly by snakes and
wild animals. The number of deaths
in recent years has shown a marked
increase. In 1876 the number was 21,-
266, in 1896 it had risen to 24,335.
Bengal is the most dangerous province
to live in, for the Bengalese snakes are
responsible for half the deaths from
snake bite. The loss of cattle has
also been very great. Since 1875 about
100000 have been destroyed. Wild
animals are responsible for nine-tenths
of the cattle killed. In 1896, for in
stance, 7,143 animals died from snake
bite, but 1887 were killed by wild
beasts.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

ern Capital" which has remained the
imperial city to the present day, but
whicn, rumor says, is destined to be
shortly evacuated in favor Of Si-gnan-
fu. because of the inroads of Russia.
The first appearance Of the city is dis
appointing. Nothing meets the eye but
suggestion of battlementB with loop
holed walls, which, as they are ap-
preached, take form as grim gate with
a wonderful superstructure.
The first impression caused by the
exterior of the city Is one Of magnih-
cence. Everything is on so big scale.
The walls are fully thirty feet high,
and the highest roof Of the attendant
gateway twice as much. They extend
as far as the eye can reach on both
sides, their total length being twenty
one miles, and they are twenty-five feet
wide at the base.
Pekin comprises three separate cities,
each hemmod in by its wall, each dis
tinct from the others. These are the
Chinese City. the Manchu, or Tartar
City, and the innermost, or Purple For
hidden City, two and quarter miles
in circuit, constituting the imperial
demesne of the Emperor and his court
The walls between the Chinese and
Nanchu cities are even stronger than
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25
WEDDINGS IN NJ ACRI LAND.

The Maoris Of New Zealand are not
in the strictest sense aborigines. they
are a people with a distinct PERSONAL
ity and are, as race, beautiful. IN
til sixty years ago to be Maori was
to be canribal; infanticide Of girl
babies was and is common; age was
and is revered. Slavery and polygamy
are more or less common. Women
have fourishing rights in Maoriland
Often they have little voice in their
choice Of husband-a first husband
but they may and do often change him,
trade him or exchange him without
the slightest loss of reputation. Court
ship does not often precede marriage
and is at most brief. Yet the Maoris
have their love tales, beautiful and
poetical in sentiment. Divorce Is as
simple as the marriage rites, which are
conspicuous by their absence. When
a husband and wife wish to separate
the man simple turns his wife out Of
doors, and there are no legal difiicul.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

lhose already passed, being fifty feet
high and propogtionately broad. Along
the top Of such portions as have not
fallen into decay is promenade cone
thirty feet wide, and over one of the
sateWays is the famous observatory
where the Chinese have succeeded in
taking variety of astronomical OBJ
serVatlons with the aid Of most &C.
centric collection Of apparatus.
The best view of Pekin is obtained
from the summit OF the King Shang. or
Prospect Hill, in the center of the
Manchu city. This mound Is $50 feet
nigh and accommodates five different
buddhist temples. The general aspect
OF the official quarter can be seen from
the avenue close to the observatory
where are placed the officers Of the six
boards, as we'll as the great examina-
ton halls, where some thousands Of
students are every year examined for
the degree Of mandarin.
The European portion OF the capital,
where are the various consulatcs and
legations. Is situated in the inner city,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

where the buildings are ranged on an
ill-made roadway running along the
banks Of canal. There are no pave
ments and the roads are so uneven as
to make walking extremely difficult.
The aspect of the Manchu city is
tolerably animated. The main streets
are wide and the buildings low The
shops are for the most part gaily
decked and signs with flying arches
across the pathway are frequent. The
aspect of the public buildings Is, how
ever, like that Of the walls, tumble
down, and their exterior outlined, like
every other place in this city of corrup-
ton. with filth. And the people are
we'll accorded to their surroundings.
1t is indeed doubtful whether, except
ing in Canton, dirtier set of human
beings exists. And there are more
than a million OF them, all exhibiting a
great contempt for the white man.
which they do not hesitate to show, al
ways provided there is only one or two
of him in sight.
On account of it's extreme antiquity,
Pekin is interesting. But as Il show
place, Pekin is disappointing.
In the struggle of Europe for COM
mercial supremacy in China the
wealthy city of Shanghai will play a
leading part. 1t stands at the mouth Of
the Yang-tse-K Kiang, the valley of
which for three thousand miles inland
Is the richest territory in China. The
illimitable commercial possibilities Of
the Yang-tse Kiang have been little
more than tapped. They have yet to be
developed, and the present reconstruc-
tion Of affairs may lead to this.
Shanghai has long been the center Of
commercial interests on the coast Of
China. 1t is the metropolis of the far
East. It's harbor teens with merchant
ships, sometimes 800 at a time, mostly
British. Stately buildings along the
uuays are the branches of British
commercial houses. There are French
and German compounds, but the Brit
ish settlement prcdominates,
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

.arium, at Inwood -on-the- Hudson to
produce Miss Gerard In court on next
Tuesday In order that her discharge
from the institution may be obtained.
The petition sets forth that Eliza
beth S. Ordway, otherwise known as
Bettina Gerard, is unlawfully restrain
ed OF her liberty by Sister Mary, and
that she is not detained under the or
der Of any court.
Miss Gerard, Mr.. Hummel says, was
IN May, 1898, a patient at Bellevue,
where she WAS admitted when suffer
ing from a severe attack OF nervous
prostration. She applied, when she
had recovered, to her brother, Goodwin
OrdWay, who is the executor Of the
will Of her father, Gen. Albert OrdWay
Of Washington, for assistance to go to
some country place to recupeEate, but
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

getting for the nonce national jeal-
ousiea, minE'a as freely as the consular
students al the club, and all seem to
bear UP hrayely in face Of the impend-
ing str2in upon their nerves.
Prince NuDE, the emperor's uncle, in
a shoyl time announces that the re-
cites are thrown away, white kid
gloves are pnt on, aud, headed by the
ministers, the entire body emerge into
the open air, whence. through q pas
age between lines Of blue tents, they
proceed to the audience chamber, a
yellow tiled building with courtyard
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

he requested her to become voluntarily
patient of St. Saviour's sanitarium,
which she refused to do. She saw her
brother on July 80 and again begged
him to send her to the country, when
he again urged her to go to the sani-
tariun. and said that he would pay for
her board there, and that when she
was restored to health she could re
sumo her vocation as an actress. Up
on these representations, she says, she
went to the sanitarium, and upon her
arrival there commitment was shown
to her, signed by Justice Stover, COM
mitting her to the institution for a
year. Miss Gerard denies that she is
an inebriate or that she has ever been
one, and AYERS that she is perfectly
able to manage her affairs. She is
not, she says, dangerous to herself or
others by reason Of periodical drunk
enness induced by alcoholic stimulants.
On the contrary, she AYERS she has
been for many years an actress of
national repute and has been playing
star parts. She has opportunities of
obtaining similar engagements for the
present theatrical season, and says she
has never been arrested for intoxica-
ton. Her petition states further that
at the time the commitment was issued
she was not brought face to face with
her accusers or arraigned before JUS
tice Stover. Her counsel says that she
never was made aware she was held
in the sanitarium under commitment
until she evinced desire to recover
her liberty Having been there nearly
three months, she asked to be dis
charged, but was informed by the su-
perioress that, as she had been COM
mitted for twelve months, she could
not be released until that term had
expired. The sisters are very anxious
to hold her. She claims that they are
actuated only by greed, as they are be-
ing we'll paid.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25
GREAT "STAkED PLA!NS.'
Vast Changes Wrought During tho Past
Sixteen Years.

vast Changes wrought During the IasI
Sixteen Years.
The vast changes that have been
made out on the great "Staked Plains
the past sixteen years are phenomenal.
That large eXpansa OF unbroken prairie
derived it's name from the Mexicans
and Indians, who called it "Llano Esta-
calo" long before the advent OF the
Americans. The scarcity OF water dur
ing the summer months rendered it a
dangerous matter to attempt the jour
ney across them, and it is known that
many caravans of Mexlcans in early
days making their way from the Rio
Grande river into New Mexico persisted
among their sandy wastes.
For many years after the country on
every side had been in measure set
tied up, the plains were looked upon as
a sort of forbidden region, the epitome
Of everything that was inhOspitable in
nature and totally useless for supply
ing any Of the wants Of man. Those
adventurous individuals who Yentured
far into its dangerous depths reported
it a treeless, silent waste, without a
sign of life, except the buZzards that
circled high in the heavens, or the
coyote that hurried across the trail and
disappeared like flash among the sage
brush and tall grass that lined the
banks Of the dry arrOycs. Huge whirl-
winds would appear to block the way
for time, and then hurry off, as if
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25
India's Electric Tree.

A German authority on forestry an
nounces the discovery, in the .primevA
forests of India, of tree with most
curious and inexplicable characteris-
tics. The leaves of this tree are so
highly electrical that whoever touches
one of them receives severe electric
shock. Even upon the magnetic needle
this tree, to which the name Philota-
cea electrica has been given, has 4
strong influence, causing magnetic va
riations at distance of about seventy
feet. The electrical strength of the
tree varies according to the time of day.
1t is strongest at noon, but disappears
almost entirely at midnight. It's cleo
tricity also disappears in wet weather.
Birds never nest or perch upon it's
branches, nor have any insects eve.
been seen upon it.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

Tho foreign settlement Ia governed
by a municipal council, which consists
chiefly of British merchants. They are
elected by the 5000 European residents,
bu. control total population Of $780,
coo. within their jurisdiction. The
council has been the means Of greatly
improving the sanitary condition Of the
city. The organization carried on re-
minds one Of the municipal work in an
English city.
There are municipal gas and water
supplies, electric light, gardens, public
parks, public markets, drill hall and
ell-organiZed police service. Hospl-
tails have been provided fer the treat
ment of infectious diseases. Shanghai
was pioneer in the matter OF electric
lighting. Arc lamps were introduced
in 1882, long before the light had been
used in many towns in England. Now
it is proposed to construct electric
tramways. One should not forget to
mention that there is an efficient fire
brigade, and that the business-like
municipality has its own workshops
for making drain pipes and other SAN
itary appliances.
The municipal council Of Shanghai is
altogether a remarkable organization,
which does much to preserve good or
der, protect public health and generally
promote the well-being Of g strangely
mixed community of over quarter OF
a million. Shanghai is by no means
the biggest port in China in point OF
population, but it's trade is enormously
ahead Of the others. and thus the Or
ganization which the municipal coun-
ell enforces is Of the utmost ifnpor-
tance. The excellent state in which
Shanghai finds itself only shows what
Western methods can do for Eastern
civilization.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

in front. The emperor Is seated be-
hind a small table, which is covered
with yellow silk, upon platform a
few feet higher than the floor of the
hall. The princes Of the blood stand
near him.
The Manchu King. tho ruler Of owe:
lGo,000, 900 people, looks more like
sickly youth than a man of twenty
eight. He is a poor. miserable, in
vertebrate creature, whose lack-lustre
eyes, hollow checks and general ap-
pearance Of Wearinoss furnish incon-
tYovortibla evidence Of his feehienesS
OF character, and no surprise is 1elt
that such Il weakling should be MADE
the willing tool of the ignorant and
prejudiced princes who surround HIM
Col. DENLY, the venerable American
minister and doyep Of the PelIin diplo-
matte corps. stands in the centre OF
the eight ministers, the English rep
rescntatiye being on his right and the
French minister on his left. The min
listers all bow simultaneously when
about fifteen feet from the throne, the
crowd of attaches behind indulging in
marionelte-like bobbing Of heads
which detracts considerably from the
dignity Of the occasion and gives rise
to smothered laughter on the part or
the younger dipl0matists.
Colonel Dcn1y reads a brief speech
Of c0ngratuiation Of less than two
minutes duration, which is interpreted
into Chinese by NJ. Popotf, Of the Rus
sian Legation, the senior interpreter
present Prince kung then advances
to the platform on the emperor's left
and. kneoling, renders the message into
Manchu (the language Of the court.
The emperor lazily acknowledges it
in a brief speech Of dozen sentences,
which are Dunctuated by apostrophic
"che, chc's" on the part of Prince
Kung. The latter translates the EN-
peror's speech into Mandarin, NJ. Pop
off re-translating it into French for
! the benefit Of the "barbarians." The
ministers and staffs then retire back
| wards in q necessarily awkward man
ner, and return to their respective lega-
| tionS, and the emperor once more with
draws into the most mysterious court
circle that the world contains.
The Celestial empire has in the
course Of its lengthy history known
three capitals in different parts Of its
extent. The first capital, which held
its own for q space OF over a thousand
years, was tho city OF Si-gnan-fu, the
present pital of the province Of Shen-
81. This was evacuated early in the
rule OF the Min dynasty in favor of
Nankin, on the Yang-tse-Kiang which
in the then turbulent condition of the
empire was deemed safer for the ready
means of escape it offered by means Of
it's network of water communications.
Nankin, which signifies Court Of the
South" remained the residence Of the
court until the fifteenth century, when
the series of risings which occurred in
the southern provinces caused another
fitting, this time to Pekin, the North
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25
Shocking.

After she had studied the French bill
Of fare for moment, Mrs. Porking-
ham of Chicago turned to the waiter
and asked Does 90 understand Een-
glese?' "Oh, yes, l talk it almost like
a native" he replied; 81 was born and
had no appetite.-Cleveland Leader.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

Mrs. Carrie Brown Of NeWburg, N
T., was the victim Of a strange acci-
dent a few days ago, in which she lost
the third finger of her left hand. While
attempting to alight from trolley car
she took hold of small brass rail
under a point Of which her wedding
ring caught. In an instant the ring
cut through Mrs. Browns finer at the
joint and completely amputated It.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25


Busy preparations are under way 9t
the American and other embassies at
Pekin for the annual audience with
his Imperial Majesty, Kuang Hsu, the
emperor OF China, which is to take
place within q fortnight. The occasion
Is always one or great moment in dip
lomatic circles of the empires capital,
and is particularly important this year
in view of the possible partition OF the
empire in the near future. In the
present contest for concessions which
the European ministers are conduct
Ing, an effort will be made by each to
make an impression on his Majesty
st the audience, so that the most gor-
geous pageant The empire has ever Wit
messed Is likely 10 be seen.
The audience Will probably not di1er
IN other respects FROM its usual lines.
Though once year only does Knang
Hsu deign TO shed the light Of his
COuntenance on the DalDaIidn' rep
resontatiyos OF foreign countries, he
rarely permits the interview to last
longer than ten minutes This is
doubtless duo 10 proper respect fCr
the comfort of the diplomatic corps.
They could not be expected to endure
with comfort a longer association
with the dazzln" ertulgence which
cmanatos from the presence Of the
son of Heaven" For this brief peri
Cd, however, weeks cf preparation are
necessary to perfect tho glory Of the
diplomatic uniforms for Tie eventful
day.
When the morning arrives there is
q great run on sedan chairs (it would
he deemed highly indecorous to travel
10 the palace in any other convey
ance), and frequently those used at
weddings are brought into rgqu!aitiOn
On the windows OF a bridal chair are
inscribed the characters "Shuang usi,"
and when these conyeEauces pass
through the streets cJus do1ab!e
amusement is created among the spec
tators, the mere Waggish Of whom,
with the pertinaCjty OF a London street
boy, inquire OF the occupant whes her
he expects to obtain a wife from tho
palace.
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The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

Jaggles-"How did the Spanlards
figure that the less of their squadron
was another glorious DAY for Spain?"
Waggles-"Because when the shiDs
went down they succeeded in hitting
the bottom."--Judge
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25
CALLS NUN A JAILER.
sErT!NA GERARD THE ACTRESS
SEEKS RELEASE.
Writ Of iInbeas Corpus Granted Aga;nst
Sister Mary, Of st. Saviour's at In
Physical Force.

pom the anpl.ca-
ton OF counsel fer
Bettina Gerard, the
actress, Justice Nc
Adams, in the Su-
preme Court Of
New York recently,
issued a writ of Ia.
beas corpus direct
ing Sister Mary,
the SUI eliorSss OF
St. SaviOur's sani-
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

My husband is plain spoken; he
calls a spade a spade" so does mine;
but l must decline to repeat what he
calls the lawn mower. r."-Chicago Rec
ord.
The Philipsburg mail., 1898-11-25

He-Mis3 Luckione was certainly
born with silver spoon in her mouth.
she--Well, it must have been table
spoOn or no one would have eotlcea
it.--New York World.