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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
WONDERFUL EGGS.
Easter Souvenirs of the Czarina and
Dowager Empress.
New York PreSS)


Easter is celebrated in Russia with
great ceremony, and the custom of Civ
ing elaborate Easter eggs has been car
ried to extravaganza by the wealthy
and ariStOcratic people in St. Peters
burg: but no other Russian women
have such collections OF Easter eggs as
the young czsrina and the dOWager
empress.
1t has, for many generations. been
a court custom for the reigning ear
TO give his wife at Easter time an egg
containing some handsome gift. usual
~ a souvenir Of some particular event,
and the present car and his father.
Alexander III, have always observed
the old custom. The two expresses
have. with considerable misgivings. il
is said, allowed their Easter egg cOllec-
tiOnS to go to Paris and be placed on
exhibition in the Russian section Of
the exposition. and the French dramat-
ic temperament is deeply stirred and
moved by this testimony to the init
mate and cordial relations between the
two nations. From the Easter eggs
are being Matched fraternal sentiments
and touching enthusiasm with regular
incubator expedition and dispatch
Many of the eggs are exceedingly in
ICTtSlIuS d DBJEtlS OF dfA.
The first received by the present
cZarina was given to her in the year
of her coronation. It is a large golden
egg. enameled in rose color, and con
tains tiny and perfect model Of the
state carriage in which the young bride
rode TO the Moscow cathedral on her
wedding day. The coach is of gold.
cushioned in red enamel and hung with
tiny silver curtains which can b.
drawn on gold wires The imperial
crown in beautiful diamonds ornaments
the panels,
The last Easter egg added to the
cZarina'S collection was presented this
year. and inClOSes a splendid jewelei
heart set in rare. many COlOTed gems
and surrounded by twenty-five tiny
miniatures. portraits of the members
OF the Russian royal family
Among the collection Of the dOwager
empress is one egg that commentaries
family storm and a royal problem
Nicholas II. the present car. when
boy, had, as all the world knew. a most
irrational and vehement love affair
Society was shocked. the heir appa-
rents fond parents were distressed.
and altogether there was a very inter
eSting exhibition of the tempest that
Cupid can, upon occasion. stir up I'm
royal family. Nicholas was hurTieily
sent around the world 10 complete his
education. and, as usual. time and alb
Sence reduced the royal heart to IFS
normal condition, but the empress
gTieved greatly over the separation
from her son, and on Easter Of that
year the car gave her an egg. inside
of which was a model Of the shin m
which her rebelliOuS lad was sailing
away from heart ENHANCEMENT
goldsmith Of famous skill had spent
ten months making the ship. which was
Of solid gold, mounted on a beryl stone.
and was complete and accurate IN
every detail, down to the smallest ca
bic.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
Cutting Down Maiorities.

Already since the election Of 1896 the
Massachusetts, Democrats have sealed
down the Republican majority from I73, 900
10 $1,000. and gained two congressman,
and IN Boston a majority Of 1900 for Nc
kinley has been turned 10 500 for the
Democratic majority. The gentlemen
from Boston have good reason. there
fore. to believe that the ledven is working
nicely and that further gains for Bryan
anti-1mperlalism VIII be made in Massa-
chusetts and other eastern states at the
approaching election.
II was Mr.. McNary and Mr. Cunniff and
their colleagues who kept the party or
ganizatiCn intact starting from nothing
ard successfully thwarting the plans of
the anti-Bryan Democrats in the east to
have delegates of the single standard per
suasiOn elected to the national conven-
ton. With the party organization in their
hands. they are in a position to know
the sentiment in the east among Demo-
Gratis and new converts are for Bryan.
They predict that he will get a larger vote
in the east than was the case four years
aFO, and If the west does its part on the
silver issue. the nominee of the Kansas
City convention will be. in their opinion,
the next president Of the United States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18

matter had TO be carried TO cor-+ 81,
not settled till after two wears q nc was
ton, when the BaldenSDergao1t AJga-
found 500 in debt TO the eS( We're
rms decision affected one larrs lI.LL!ent
only Ihe BaldenSpergers ref17SSd 9plary
and this apiary was sold Al - 70 pay.
Jerusalem for about Sl25 b;1on in
dlfhc1lt part of the work was =, = Iha
the goods to the buyer, which H. tssuver
were pound 10 DO The buyer the olffFF...d!S
ana a large number of vamels ana Ii-tClals
drivers went TO the place where ~ 1y-a.-lel
stood, expecting to take it ava. iiary
as the bottom boards of the bi,-ss' Out,
pened to be unlocked, the bees - nap
hives We're touched, swarmed 0rr " a lus
everybody had to retreat This NJ and
much, and a compromise was ~. 100
one-half the amount demanded bzi~-7 1Clel,
and the bees remained in The bsS al,
their original owners. 'OS o,
The bee .raisers had To contend ~.
enemies which, at times. nearly MN -e1
their industry. Large yellow hornets -----l
in such numbers that they prevent. = u me
bees from working and DESTROYED r,- ~, i-s
tudeS of them SparrOWs. swallow anu,
bee-eaters did great deal of rnfSrbji---e-
Badgers during one winter 6+s+----.
fifteen hives. Rats do not eat tho b,,-'.771
but destroy the bees Two kinds Of T.,-5
do much harm There is also q 5a. So -S
tive moth. called "death-head ~ ~. r.
which appears in the fall and er-z-s -
the bees. One of these moths takes o ~
spoonful of honey at a time a So
colony, from 30 600 TO 5000 bees. Min s-5t-,s
the instruderS to death. When the b-s
are being carried from one place IN szs
other an camelS, the BedOuins. 6- v-=+
Arabs, occasionally steal the cam-IS
There is always one queen i'm each bi,-.
never more. except in cases where ~
"Old mother" has become too old and -rC
bees clip Ter wings; IN that case She ana
her daughter remain in one hive Dr. ~
said that she does not live long I'm tbasa
circumstances and soon dies of iagT.--s,-
A queen is good for about three wears
when she is replaced by a Young ors'
raised in a small box specially ureps~-F
for the purpose
A good market is found for all rb.
honey made. 1t is sent to Germzrr
Switzerland. England and a little n
France The export duty is I per cen,
The average yield a hive is about Ia
pounds of honey. The working months
are April, May, June and July After
October nothing is taken from the bees
They are then allowed all the honey they
have-twenty-fiv or thirty pounds a hive
to live upon. In January the keenars
begin TO feed them some stimulating
food.
Natives all over the country raise
honey after their crude methods. as they
always have done. but they neither pr6-
duce nor sell much, and since they can
not remove the honey without destroying
the bees, their business is not profitable
The .'extractOrS'' which the Baden
sDergers use contribute largely TO their
success.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
HORDES OF BOXERS
APPROACH C0REA

Washington, July 1S.-The secretary
of state has received a dispatch from
Mr.. Allen. the American minister in
Corea, saying that the Boxers on Satur-
day. July Il, destroyed a Catholic mis-
sion three miles from the COrean boun-
dairy and fifty miles from the American
mines.
It is believed in the state department
that the American mines referred to
are certain gold mining concessions in
the province of Ping Yam. the most
northern province of COrea, and one
which abuts on Manchuria.
While the dispatch is not explicit, it
is thought that the disturbance oc-
Cured on the Manchurian side of the
border, and, therefore, more than fifty
miles from the nearest American set
Element.
1t probably means an extension of the
nos thern Boxer movement and pOrtends
additional trouble for Russia in keep
ing open her lines of communication
in Manchuria and northward from
Port Arthur.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
WI GIVES ADVICE
TO THE POWERS

Washington. July 1.-THE news of
the fall of Tien Tsin was conveyed to
the Chinese minister early today. He
was deeply interested. but 'evlnced lit
tie surprise at this outcome. as he had
looked upon the result as inevitable.
When seen today he was nduced to
answer the following direct question:
BASED on your knowledge OF the sit
uatiOn and familiarity with Chinese
character and affairs. how would you
advise that the present situation be
metz"
The minister pondered for a time and
then said:
The first essential in dealing with
the present situation is to maintain
calm in the midst OF the present fever
ish excitement and to avoid a hasty
conclusion based upon a multitude of
conflicting reports.
ITO be sure, il appears that fighting
has occurred at Tine Tsin. But MANY
of the most vital features Of this affair
are lacking. There is nothing to show
the steps taken by the viceroy or the
Tao TIA TO maintain order and prevent
blooGshed.
1T is clear that Tien Tsin is cut off
from Pekin. SO that at most this can
be but a local demonstration and not
one attributable TO the government of
China.
1.-THE question is how to meet the &C
tual occurrences in China. The f<st
suggestion is TO send great bodies of
troops, and on that my position makes
it impossible for me to express an opin-
ion But this much at least seems
plain-that with an armed force there
should 60 also a civil officer or Of
ficers, men of the very highest ability
and intelligence That v-ould q fort q p,
opportunity to learn whether there was
any need of fighting The purposes and
the policy on each side could be made
plain, and there could be an intelligent
understanding Of each other before a
recourse to bloodshed."
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some machinery by which it is conf
IDENTIFY predicted absolutely authentic
news as to the fate of our minister and
the other foreigners at Pekfn viii be
ascertained. Through what channel
the administration expects to receive
this all-important news is not known,
but a final statement of the Situation
in Pekin IS daily and hourly expected.
Extra Session Possible.
The advices received from Pekin
probably viii be a determining factor
in blazing the future course OF this
government. If Minister CongeT has
been murdered. an extra session Of
congress seems inevitable.
II is Secretary Roots opinion that
between 10000 and $1,000 troops in all
could be spared for service in China
These reinf0rcements are to be rushed
through at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Most if not all Of them, it is
believed, can be landed by the end of
August or early in September.
One cabinet officer said that beyond
those soldiers already destined for Chi
ma from the Philippines no further
troops from the islands would be with
drawn unless the situation became
much more ominOuS.
More marines wanted
In figuring the number of additional
marines available, Secretary Long
summoned to the cabinet meeting Gen
eral Haywood, who commands the ma
rine corps, and who is familiar with
every detail of that branch of the SER
vice. He explained that under the eX-
listing law the full strength of the
marine corps is 5000 But the enlist
ments at the present time aggregate
only about 5.G00 This makes an addi-
tional 600 marines who can be brought
into the service without congressional
action.
No order for recruiting these men is
necessary as the recruiting stations are
now in operation, but in the presence
of the cabinet Secretary Long directed
endeaVOrs to complete the recruiting
of the additional 1000 marines.
1t was decided also that the battalion
of marines, 600 in number, who were to
have left for the far east at the end of
this month, should go forward on next
Sunday, in command of Major Ran
dolph Dickens.
a cablegram from Admiral Remey
calling for some additional information
upon which to act. was formulated at
the cabinet meeting and dispatched at
once.
Another meeting of the cabinet may
be held tomorrow. 1t is the present
purpose of the president to return to
Canton Thursday evening unless his
presence here is deemed necessary at
that time.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
Working For Moral Effect.

In conversation with Mr.. McNary and
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Cunniff last evening they
make known to The Herald their unqUal-
flied opinion that Bryan would be elected
by. a handsome majority. While not ex-
pecting to carry the New England states
for the Democratic standard bearer. they
expect to cut down the Republican ma
jority in those states to incOnSiderable
figures compared with what was MCkin-
ley'S vote IN 1896. The Democrats of those
states, for the moral effect it will have
on the states further west. will ratify the
platform adopted at the Kansas City con-
ventiOn and reduce the erstWhile ire
mendous majorities of the gold standard
and expansion party.
Citizens of foreign birth and wage-earn-
ers who have been thrown out of en-
plOyment by the operation of the trusts
will, by the thousands. vote this fall for
the first time for the Democratic nominee
for president, all because of their convic-
ton that the Republican party is designed
to benefit the classes at the expense of the
masses
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
THOUSANDS IN DANGER.
Fate of Foreigners in Hands of Two
Viceroys.


San Francisco, July 17.-Rev. S. 1.
Woodbridge, Presbyterian mission
airy who has been at Chin Kang on the
Yang Use river for the past fifteen
years, arrived on the Coptic from
Shanghai with his wife and six chill
dren on furlough. He expects to re-
turn to China when the present trOu-
bleS are over.
The whole city, as we'll as all other
cities and towns along the Yang Use,
was greatly excited and on the verge
of an uprising when Woodbridge left
Chin kang on June %. In fact, a day
had been fixed for the destruction of all
property owned by the foreigners, and
the murder of the foreigners them
selves and Mr.. Woodbridge believes
that by this time a terrible fate has
met those foreigners who failed to heed
his warning and fly from the impending
maSSacres.
1T would be difficult to estimate the
number of foreigners along the Yang
Use river" said Mr.. Woodbridge
There are literally thousands of mis-
siOnarieS in the great valley, and be-
yOnd further into the Interior Nearly
every one of them has a family, and /
hope the missionaries have at least
sent their families to Shanghai.
Just before l left Chin Kang / tel
egraphed to 200 Presbyterian mission
aries to wait no longer but get down
( TO Shanghai as quickly as possible.
THE fate of all The Yang Use coun-
try hangs on the words of two vice
roys. One of them is Chen Chih Tung
at Hankow, the other is Liu Kun Yih
at Marking. If these men waver, an
uprising of terrible proportions will re-
suit among the millions in that thick
~ populated portion of the en- pire'
Among the other persons who ar
rived on the COptic coming direct from
Tien Tsin, were the Rev. Robert Colt
man, Presbyterian minister, and wife
( of Denver, and w. L. Ireland and A
Mathez, mining engineers. Rev. and
Mrs. COltman left behind them in Pc
kin, to share the awful fate of foreign
ers, a son and his wife with their six
children.
The aged couple left Pekin May 8.
Minister COnger dined with them and
their son the night before they left.
They were at Tien Tsin the night of
the first raid by the Boxers. Next
they left by armored train with scarce
~ more than twenty minutes in which
to get ready. This was one of the last
trains to leave the beSieged civ
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
BEES AND BLACKMAII.
They Go Hand in Hand in the HOLY
Land.
New York Press.)

New York Press.1
Bee raising by Christians in the HOLY
Land is attended with as much blackmail
as if the investor were running a gamb-
ling house in New York. The sheiks of
the village nearest to the apiarv have To
be seen, otherwise the bees will be
| stolen A tenth OF all the honey pro
duced must be given to various persons in
authority 70 prevent people from takins,
the hives BY counting every window
door and hole as hive. 80 hives can he
run up to 1900 and a tax of 10 cents q hive
levied Selah Merrill the American con-
SUI IN Jerusalem. tells the state deparr-
ment that half a century ago a Swiss
family named BaldenSperger settled in
Artas, a small village seven miles south
OF Jerusalem. The father always had
been interested in bee raising and began
to keep some bees in native hives-that is
long terra Gotta Jars What ne actiiaTly
accomplished in this line was of little ar-
count, except TO awaken in his FIVE sons
an interest in this business. which. thanks
to their enthusiasm and perseverance. has
become a success.
The Baldensperger boys needed instruc-
ton, but books were dear and communi-
cation with Europe infreQuent: and il was
not till the year 1880 that a real start was
effected In 1881 they adopted the plan of
transporting their bees from one locality
TO another. From the region of Ramleh
they carried them twelve miles to Yafa
TO give them the benefit of the orange
blossoms there. Women carried the hives
on their heads all the way, each woman
carrying one hive. They had a rich
harvest of orange blossom honey in April
and in other places two crops each from
cactus and acacia blossoms They also
started another apiary. and from other
localities got crops OF honey from lemon
blossoms and from wild thyme. The next
year they had good crops OF honey. the
fifty hives at Nafa alone yielding $500
pounds in less than one month.
1t was not long before this industry be-
gan TO attract the attention OF the gov
eminent, and at first a tax of a little less
than 10 cents hive was imposed; but this
soon increased by an ingenious device
whereby the officials not only counted
the actual hives, bUJ every door, window
and hole in which they could see any bees
moving was reckcned as a ''hive" Tho
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this report. signed by our highest of
fclals. and containing inherent evil
dence Of accuracy"
The appointment Of Iii Hung Chang
as VicerOy of Chi ii is considered by
Minister WI as one of the most i'm
Dortant developments in the entire sit
uation. Chi Ii is the great province
IN which Pekin is located and is the
very heart of the Boxer movement, so
that the great viceroy now assumes
suprNe power at the point Of greatest
danger. Minister WI is satisfied that
il ii Hung Chang had been at Pekin
there would have been no such out
break as has occurred, as the viceroy
is a stern military man who believes in
nipping such movements in the bud.
The state department officials are
anxious to accept Wu's message as ac-
curate. but there are some clouds of
doubt about it. The question naturally
arises. as it has many times III the
past two weeks. if the Chinese govern
ment can communicate in this way
with it's representatives abroad, why
can it not permit the foreign ministers
represented to be under its protection
also to communicate with their govern
ments?
In answer to another question as to
what purpose would be served by a
misrepresentation of facts in this fash
ion, it is pointed out that one result
desired by the Chinese would be the
D. preservation of Tien Tsin, and another
would be the abatement of the popular
resentment against the Chinese, tenn
porarily at least.
Ii Hung Chang will replace as vice
roy of the great province of Chi III a
man who has been VIGOROUSLY anti
foreign in his sentiments and actions.
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when the Chinese put a shell through
the MOnocacy. that was firing upon the
American flag, and it became neces-
Sary to resent.
In the harbOr of Taku there are
fifty foreign men of war prepared to
act in concert against the Chinese.
With the torpedo boats a signal line
is maintained that keeps all the vessels
cOgniZant of the movement ashore. The
wires in the interior, however, are all
down and it is as difficult to get news
there as it is here"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-18
OVATION FOR ROOSEVELT.
Governor Speaks of China at st.
Paul.

raul.
St Paul, Mimi, July 17.-Gov-
ernor Roosevelt addressed most
enthusiastic crowd in the Auditorium
in this city tonight Thousands of per
sons Surged about the streets. unabIe
to gain entrance. When the party en-
tered the hall the governor was given
a great ovation.
In the course of a bitter denunciation
Of the Democratic opposition to the
administration Philippine policy, Gov
ernor Roosevelt said
In China we see at this moment the
awful tragedy that is following Just ex-
actly such a move as that which the
so-called neutrality-suspicious. have cham
ploned in the public eye The Boxers
in China are the precise analogues and
representatives of the Aguinaldan reb-
els in the Philippines
Had we adopted the policy of Scut-
tie in the Philippines. the policy which
our political opponents now champion.
the streets of Manila would have wit
messed such scenes as those of the
streets of Pekin. To allow the Filipino
rebels to establish their own so-called
government and then to protect them
against other civilized nations. would
be exactly as if we now sided with the
Boxers in China. demanded for them
the liberty to butcher their neighbOrs.
allowed them 70 establish their own
independent government and then
agreed to protect them from the wrath
of civilized mankind a more wicked
absurdity than the Kansas City policy
for dealing with the Philippines was
never enunCiated by the representatives
of a political party
Governor Roosevelt concluded his
peroration at exactly $50 o'clock, when
the audience arose en- masse and over
1900 voices shook the air for about five
minutes.
carriage was waiting at the door
The governor entered at once, was
driven to the station, and at 11:25 m
was flying eastward on his Journey
home, with the fixed purpose of making
a speech nowhere while en- route.
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Henderson Says go Slow"

Iacoma, Wash, July 17-ColoneI D.
B. Henderson. speaker of the national
mousse OF representatives is in Tacoma
he said: We must wait until fuII
information from China is received.
we have heard that our minister has
-oeen maSsacred and Americans nave
oeen killed. but ii would be wrong
without definite information to infame
Inc country and plunge it into a war.
The necessity for an extra session of
congress is not yet apparent"