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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

The linnkow-Peklng road will start at
the former city and run north through
Iorngan, Sin-yang. slntHln and Wei
stu 10 kni-fong-fu. Here Il meets the
iioanE-llo more than mile wide, and
a bridge longer than that at ST. Louis
viii De necessary. There viii be an en-
Eineorlns difficulty In getting good foun-
datlons Tor the piers. The soil IL allu-
vial 20 great depths, ArtcHlan wells TAIL
to show hardpan until 200 feet below
the surface. The river may rise 30 aud,
u u said, 40 feet above rs ordinary
level 30 that the structure viii have to
h. very high and strong.
StrnteElcnlly tho Hank, w-Peling
road viii be Of tho greatest value. IL
VIII carry a large army from one place
10 another within Is hours and will con-
meet Peklng and Tien-tsln with the out
or world during the winter season, when
az present they are icebound and prnc-
ucllly Isolated, II will be counter
balance 20 the Shun-hai-kwan railway,
which, when extended. will make Pc
King Two days distant from the Russian
rails across siberia,
II II be controlled by Russia, Il win be
perpetual menace TO British interests
In tho Yang-tse valley, the richest and
most valuable part Of the Chinese en-
plre, II controlled by England. Il viii
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The Oriental Octopus Which, Under the
Inspiration of the Dowager Empress,
Has Entangled Many Statesmen
In Its Strong Tentacles,

Canton OF Kowioon westward along the
si-kinng. 1900 miles to the Burmese
frontier. and thence northwnrd into
stechuoh. The nrft work has begun
upon the Cnnton.pokinE line. ana II u
fair 10 presume that M three viii be
under construction Ia the next y
months Lest any adventurous Amer.
can thinks the Chiaese railways are n
Food nold Tor him 20 enter. the price
paid 10 railway employees are append
Cd They are a. follows In folA per
MONTH Railway telegraph operators.
$50. linemen. ~ locomotive engineers.
~; assistants, 30. brnkcmcn. ~ fire-
men. Is. iaborers and section hands.
81; yardmaatern $751; mhchiniata. $40.
machlnlstf assistants. ~.
How many concessions Russia has OBJ
tnincd or extoricd from China r. un-
known Muacovito Statesmen have the
oriental genius for keeping n secret.
and their achievements IN pcklng are
known only IN part 10 the outside world.
Count casslni. the great Russian cm-
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place IL also on the road which Russia
will build TO Port Arthur. Thus the car
viii have the hcnein u Chinaa own
progressive action as well as u the
iabors Of IL diplomats and engineers.
How much work has been done BY the
Russians In the past year has not yet
been made public. Russian iieht draft
steamers now run from Amur into the
sungari. reaching Tel Td IIar on one
branch Of that great river and Khut0n
on the other. There are also Russian
farrlEonH or 90 called engineering
camps nj all Of the cities named In
Manchurla, 20 that this part of Russia'a
programme has been carried out 10 the
letter. In 1901 the Trauaslberian road
win be finished. and az or before that
time u viii undoubtedly be possible 10
step into a train nj 81 Petersburg and
step out NJ pcklng.
The innkow.i'eklnr railway. over
which the Bear and the hun are now
growing 30 vigorously. presents no Sc
tious difficulties TO the engineer. II
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Fort Sumter Memento

In General corbln'a Office At the va.
department IN a section Of the nAss'an
from which iioated the stars and t'np''
over Fort sumter when the garrison
stationed there struck Its colors' AVN
II. 1851. ana left the fort IN possess'os,
Of the confcderateu. The stan vas =,
yellow pine, and the piece In ueneia'
corbin's office IN about one foot luhs
and nearly the same size In diameter
II II bound with n brass hoop hair az
inch wide to prevent splitting anu
whore II In cracked the wood looks new,
and u years time has not made any
ravageE on II,
Major Robert Anderson was IN com
mand Ut the famous fort when u ru,'
rendered and'with his own hands hlu,'
ed down the colors, but four years lh,''.
after he had won hiA spurs and ranh,a
as u major general, he raised the hes
on the same stan from which he Ial
lowered Il four years earlier A,vl
the ceremonies attending the nag rNi,'
ink were concluded the stan was alv'a.
ed into sections and one piece sem 70
the war department. where II has slh''
remained.
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prevent further encroachmenis by Ger
many westward from kiao.Cnou
through shangtung or BY Russia sou'n-
ward from Siberia.
II viii be OF almost equal value COM
merciaIly. II will create markets IN
Honan. shangtung. Chih-ll and shanh.
IL will deal fatal blow to the hkin or
Chinese octrol, which has almost stran-
eied trade In many parts Of the EN-
plrr. II will weaken II not ruin the
power OF the nnUforpign mandarina OF
Honan ana the white LILY and Elder
Brother societies Of the river provinces.
II win make she northern winter OF
Peking and It's surrounding districts as
favorable to trade MS II Is now I'M
favorable.
While the British government pre-
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

They build strong piers Of cut granite.
dovetallcd and often iron boited from 20
TO 90 feet apart and two feet higher than
tho highest frcshct The roadhed Il then
aupcrlmpoacd IN hure monollths. hvc 10
nix feet thick. six 90 ten wide and as
long as the distance between plcr cen.
tera. The enormous weight OF these
blocks holds the piers In place no mat
tor how powerful the rushing food. AZ
Polam IL the most famous bridge Of this
class. The blocks are 90 feet long and
feet square IN cross section II has
been In use i've centuries NJ least and
seems as strong today az when II was
FIRST buiii
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girls 80 from the German provinces to
Berlin every year
The average number OF horses killed
In spanish bullnghts In one year ex-
'eeds 1000 while from 1000 To /. 200 bulls
are nacrIhced
America has $500 100000 worth OF dla-
monds
Germany Imports s26,OoO,OOO worth Of
poultry a year,
Carlyle, Goethe and Sir Walter Scott
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valley Of that stream 10 Canton and 10
Kowloon. the suburb OF HongkonE The
English have displayed remarkable en-
erry and forethought and have COM
plcte surveys for n road from Eiongkong
10 Canton and partially complete sur.
vcyH for ita continuation from Canton
90 Woo Chau and sketch surveys from
Woo Chau Sin Chau 10 sEcching and
10 Ming Hen. which lies south OF Yum
nan Foo and nearly 900 miles west ~
HonEkonF n this road Ia finished. Il
will rcyoluilonize the Immense trade
between India and China. The running
time from Calcutta TO lIonTkonR at 20
miles an hour would be but three days.
whereas the time consumed By the mail
steamers In two weeks This part OF
China. at which both England and
France are directing their political and
commercial eyes, n remarkably rich and
also undcvolopcd. In minerals and lum.
ber Yunnan and azechucn are undoubt-
cdiy the richest portions OF the empire.
Under the Chinese system II Il imposai-
bic TO exploit their resources. 10 that
they nre no further advanced today
than they were In tho time ~ Marco
Polo. n a. much. but u IN known that
they possess vast deposits Of coal. tin.
silver. gold. Iron. copper. rublca and
Jade. Many OF the tribes Of yunnan np-
pear TO be the remnants of races which
were conquered by the Hlndooa 20 the
west and by the Chinese TO the north
and east and driven M last resort
into these inaccessible mountain dis
trictH They are strong. vigorous and
industrious men ana under proper ad-
ministratoru are efficient workmen.
From Burma on the west TO Hong
kong on the east tho sentiment Of the
people IL much more friendly toward
Great Britain than toward France. The
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miles TO sell them. A fcw days later
they returned 90 their Ola home. having
escaped from pasture ana travelled the
entire distance without driver or horder.
In Mexico the family NJ dead duel
st can claim support from the person
who KILLED him.
II Is said that about 10000 servant
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placed the Bible above all other books
as an inspirer OF the Intellect and cree
ator Of a lofty and brilliant style,
The British revenue from spirits Is
little In excess OF 500 900.
The annual export OF goldfish from
Newfoundland Is about 100000 hun
dredwelght.
II is interesting 10 recall the fact that
Anthony Trollope, the novelist. was one
OF the firat Englishmen 10 speak In fa-
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yor Of the United States annexlng Cuba.
This he did 80 yearH ago.
The hearing organ OF animals 10 not
always located In the head. In some
grasshoppers Il iu In the fore legs ana
appears on the wings Of many insects.
no hrm IN the texture OF a genuine
hank OF England note that burning can
hardly destroy IL. The authorities have
In little glazed frame the remains OF
note which waa In the great nre In
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Chicago, Though completely oharred
ana black, tho note was sufficiently
legible 10 establish It's gonulneness and
be caahed.
In 20 eentera IN Turkey American
missionaries are oaripg for more than
1000 orphans.
Some elephants draw 10 tons, lit ten
hundredwelght and carry on their backs
three tons,
The Wholesale grocery trade Is pass
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ing in Montreal into the hands OF Wv
French Canadian houses. 40.
Every dormnn soldier carries w,
ounce religious book with the resi- "
his personal equipment, q,
The Minneapolis mills now make ~,
900, 900 barrels OF Hour year ana COM
sumo 10000, 900 bushels Of wheat.
Hay II M plentiful this year IN s.".
parts Of western Connecticut that
offered for sale at " ton.
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tCopyfight i"Al
The railway " 90 essential n part of
our civilization tina, II Is difncult 10 un.
derHtani why the Chinese. ~ wise In
most respects, have been % bitterly op.
posed 20 IT, introduction into their
country. Tho ftst that was built there
was In 1876. II was constructed between
hhanahai and wusung BY a British nrm
and was u miles long. II did a splon-
did business and paid about n per cent
per annum, but 70 excited 10 much an
tlpathy and tendency toward rioting
that the Chinese government bought IL
up from It's owners. sent the rolling
stock Into storage and allowed the mob
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bassador. who IA now NJ Washington.
obtained n series OF valuable concea-
nlonr two years ago Among these were
the rights 10 build and 10 control rail-
ways running through Manchuria and
parts Of Mongolia ~ ~ 10 connect the
TfansAlheflan railway with pcilng. with
klrin Moukdcn and Port Arthur, and
from Tal T'al liar 60 Klrin ana Vladi-
voatok. A. the Siberian road IL now
advanced beyond Lake iiaikaland and
II constructed northward from vladl-
voHtok 10 the head ~ steamboat navi.
cation on the oHsuri river. tho value
o. the grants and the ease with which
Russia win be able 10 control the dea-
TIMES ~ Manchuria and northern chi.
nn proper may be easily estimated No
matter what attitude China may take
AZ tho inHtlgntion 81 Great britain. II
cannot undo much of what has been
done.
N. a. the fufthost. n Elvoa Great
nrlinin all tho railroad concessions
south o. rekinE or even south N the
great wall and the great palisado. n has
tied Mnnchurla and eastern Mongolia
M forever They are almost na much
Russian provinces todayaa 10 tho Crlmea
or circnnrla, There Il already n rail-
way running from Tion.tnln north.
eastward into Lino-TunT which last 40.
vemher was ga miles long ANA ~ now
hnii 20 be 30 It, terminus nt that time
was the city Of chung Hons So. while
now Il IL near TO the famous military
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hard upon this route In order 10 fore
stall the French, who now have a con.
cesslon from their territory Of Tonqun
IN into funnan and also into the Prov
ince Of Kwang 81.
a branch road from the British line
nt Nunnan Foo could be built 10 the
headwaters Of the West river, scarcely
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queens kindness of heart; she knows
that the villagers and farmers of the
Campagna could not be prevented
from expressing in a more or less cost
ly and elaborate form their feelings OF
loyalty; and she knows also that such
excursions must be preceded, attended
and followed by certain police precau-
tions, which are not always calculat-
ed TO foster the feeling of freedom and
deliverance from state life.
A visit or private presentation TO
Queen Margherita is a delightful eXpe-
rience, indeed. Arriving at the OUR
inal palace at the hour named in your
card, you are shown into a waiting
room, simply but tastefully ornament
ed with rare specimens of tapestries
and china, and one of the gentlemen
in waiting welcomes you, and con-
verses with you until the door of her
majesty's Cabinet de Reception" is
opened. This reception room strikes
the visitor more for the magnificent
view which it commands through its
six great windows. opening on a ter
race, than for any display of snowy
decoration. Dense masses of ever
greens occupy the foreground, while
the Janiculum and the Monte Mario
shut the horizon beyond the roofs and
the domes Of the city, with st. Peters
and the Vatican towering between the
two hills. AS / have remarked in a
previous paper, there is certain fas
cination for thoughtful minds in gaz
ing at these two palaces, the Quirinal
and the Vatican, facing each other
much more amiably than the respec-
tive situation of their tenants would
lead us to believe. Perhaps it is one
Of the good characteristics Of the Ital
ian nation TO make difficult positions
bearable by mutual kindness and toll
Grafton. The queen speaks the four
great European languages to perfec
ton, and as she keeps herself au cour-
ant with modern literature and with
the contents of the latest literary or
scientific magazines, her conversation
is delightfully."- easy and full of in
terest No stranger of distinction
leaves Rome without carrying away
with him an ideal remembrance of this
lady, equally perfect as a wife. as
mother, as a queen. Italians do not
make as much of Christmas as the An
glo-Saxons do. Until late years gifts
were made or exchanged at the Be
fania Epiphany, Christmas eve being
celebrated only by family gathering
and a souper. maigre. But the queen
follows and has made popular the An
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MIRACLE.

F. F. Pope has recently had mir
aculous escape from death in an Alas
ka canyon Mr.. Pope, whose home is
at Mclean, H.. was employed by Unit
ed States army officers as a packer for
the government relief expedition.
few weeks ago, with party Of six
soldiers from Baldes. he attempted TO
float down the Law River, a tributary
of the Copper River, on a log raft.
The next day they entered a box can
yon. The raft was dashed to pieces in
the rapids, but Pope succeeded IN
reaching the ledge on the right, which
was only wide enough for foothold.
He remained in this perilous position
for three days without food or sleep
before he attempted to escape. Snatch
ing some twigs from a clump Of bushes
that grew on the ledge he dashed them
together with his suspenders, and with
this frail support began the ascent OF
the cliff, climbing a few feet, then bal
ancing himself and hanging the ladder
on projections above him. In a little
more than an hour he had dragged
himself to the top. His companions
also escaped death by reaching the op
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MARGHERITA. QUEEN OF ITALY

put together In the routine life of
King Humbert and Queen Margherita
there are two distinct yearly periods.
the state" period, which is spent in
Rome, from the opening of parliament.
about the 18th of November, to its
closing by the end OF June; and the
home" period. which is passed mostly
in the Villa Reale at MonZa This
second period would fall within the
range of the royal holidays which
are being described in the Companion,
but alas! | am afraid that in the pres
ent state Of Europe, in the face Of so
many social and political problems
which claim solution, anxious care
must harass the good king, even on the
ice fields of the Gran Paradise, or in
the silent wilderness of the forests of
Valdieri, and that the name of holi-
days must be taken only in a compar
alive sense, in opposition to city life.
The long term Of city or official life is
made lighter TO our sovereigns by their
music The king is very proud of his
shooting grounds of Castel Porziano
and Castel Fusano. to which he rides
or drives about once week.
These two farms, adjoining each 9TH
er, and enclosed all around either by a
wall or by wire nettings, cover an area
Of about thirty thousand acres, and
extend. from the chain Of hills of De-
elmo to the seashore. Their oak and
pine forests are stocked with wild boar,
deer. stag and pheasants, while the
downs along the coast afford excellent
there is also a herd of fifty or sixty
American elks, which are allowed 70
live and multiply unmolested The
gamekeepers and the other officers live
near the castle, in coy little village,
where there are an infirmary, an at
tending physician. a school, church,
and a small convent of Capuchin friars.
The game shot by the king and by the
gentlemen who are occasionally invit-
ed to take share in the royal sport.
is sent. as rule, to hospitals and
charitable institutions. It may be OBJ
served that the section of this farm
now called Tore Palermo was once the
property of Pliny the Younger, who de-
scribes it infinitely in the seventeenth
epistle Of the second book Excava-
lions carried on among the ruins Of
Pliny's Laurentinum by Baron des Ne
TO in 1777-7S, and by Prince Sfgismon
do Chigi in 1873 80 led to the discovery
oP tWa
statues. columns, capitals, bas-relisfs.
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medals, precious marbles and two thou
sand pounds of lead. King Victor
Emmanuel made another search IN
1874 and laid bare the forum of the vii
lage called Vicus Augustanus Lauren
tium. which Pliny mentions as adjoin-
ing his estate. In the center of the
square stood the pedestal Of a statue
raised by the villagers to a local bene-
factor named Aelius Liberals. who is
described as postmaster Of the harbOr
OF Rome. and superintendent of the
fleet of post boats. for the official cor
dependence with the provinces beyond
the sea.
Queen Margherita's love for music is
great source OF enjoyment, both to
herself and to those whom she priv
liegeS with an invitation TO the court
special performances. Foreigners are
not aware of the fact that Rome is
great musical center in the modern,
not in the old Italian, sense Of the
word. The Royal Academy OF Music,
called Di Santa Cecilia, stands at the
head Of the movement, under the di-
rect Inspiration Of the queen. The four
leading orchestral performers have or
gained themselves into a "Quartetto
della Regina" the queens quartette.
This quartette, at her special request,
played for her every week during the
winter of 1895 the compositions of
Beethoven, commencing with the pro-
auctions of his early youth, and con-
tinuing on TO his great symphonies.
Every performance of Sgambati s
Quintuor or Pinelli's Societa Orches-
trale Romano is graced by the presence
of her majesty. Whenever illustriOus
maestri accept the hospitality OF the
Royal Academy of Music and give
recital We are sure to see Queen
Margherita give the sign OF applause
from her seat, or from the balcony l
was present at the Paderewski con-
certs, for instance. and it was evident
that the queen was deriving exquisite
pleasure from them. She did not try,
to be sure, to check or to conceal her
feelings in the Anglo-SaYon style. Pad
erewski was at once invited to court
and on his leaving Rome the insignia
Of knight commander OF one of the
royal orders were conferred on him by
the minister of public instruction, who,
by the way, is an enthusiastic must
clan himself One thing l can not
understand is why her majesty never
leaves Rome for short excursions dur
ing the eight months of official life, but
l think this seeming indifference TO
the points Of attraction and curiosity
around Rome is probably due to the
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From Santiago via London.

A member of the house of commons
who had two nephews who are engin-
GERS in the American navy is receiving
from the fleets a correspondence which
would awake the envy of many news
papers. Their descriptions illustrate
the readiness and efficiency OF the Am
erican navy. One of HIS correspond
ents relates that In one of the bonn
bardments of MORO Castle one of the
guns OF one of the American battle
ships was put out OF action by shell
from the forts. Immediately all the
chief engineers were summoned from
the whole fleet by signal and were
brought aboard the ship to give ad-
vice as TO the gun. They all looked
at the gun and examined its damaged
machinery, and the result of their COM
bined wits was that in half an hour the
gun was back in action as sound as
eyer.-London Chronicle.
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Er-Gov. Matthews Paralyzed.

lafayette. Ind-EX-GOv Claude
Mattaews vas stricken with paralysis
III Nalarry's grove. Mr.. Matthews
was Intending The old settlers meet
ing. and had just concluded his adj
t.ras, when stricken. He is speechle5s
Physicians from Elmdale and WingaIe
are attendance. and his condition
Is considered dangerous Soon after
dinner the governor began his address
easy manner. when he was noticed to
stoD and waver FOR an instant. Placing
llis a3nd to his head he turned about
20 i friend on the platform and said
IN / rather frightened manner: I
feel cry weak and queerly." He then
staggered for a moment and was about
to sink to the floor when several u
those present rushed TO his aid, aud
catching him in their arms carried him
off the platform and stretched him At
full .ength or the ground While ne
eouli apparently understand questions
put ~ him he could not reply. He
simply shook his head as if he com
pretended what was said. Late to-
night the doctors think he is gradual"
growing worse and anticipate a fatal
ending. His wife will probably arrive
in the morning from their home in
Vermilion county