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preventing any foreigner from entering
his province. either to aid In establish
ing the plant or to inspect Il after 1t
wac set up.
An adequate conception OF ChInas
possibilities IN general may be obtained
only by n survey Of rs climatic. geo
graphic and geologic features by which
we find that Il can Doe roughly divided
into three zones, with different TEN.
peratures, soils and productions. North
Of the Honng-Ho. or Great Yellow
river. there lies the northern or cold
zone, with climate adapted 10 the
harder cereals. South OF this river In
It's general course lies the central zone
producing rice and wheat, also cotton,
tea bamboo, orange and sugar cane,
The southern zone has a hotter climate
and supports a tropical vegetation
along the coast.
While there is an unequal distribu-
ton OF minerals throughout the empire,
yet an unbrOken metalliferous chain
extends from the northeast province OF
Manohuria TO The province OF Hunnan
In the far southwest. To begin with
Manchuria: Its mountains have long
been known 90 be rich IN the most val
liable minerals particularly In copper,
lead and iron. In the valley Of the Mo-
no, a tributary Of the Amur, a great
deal Of gold has been obtained by wash
ing with most primitive appliances the
placers resembling IN many respects
the original deposits discovered In the
Island OF Santo Domingo By Columbus.
A small company which was organ
ICED a few years ago exported gold to
the amount Of fl,tOOO0O, but the late
war Interrupted the working OF the
placers and In the present disturbed
condition OF the country II may not be
resumed very soon. or silver there is
not much evidence In the empire,
though IL has been found In Manchurla,
and q company was formed FOR work
ing mines According to a recent con
suar report, the export Of gold from
China IN a single year amounted to
ssh. 700 haikwan taels, or SG3i653O.
while of silver for the same period
t,Gn. 800 haikwan tacls, or TO The amount
Of St,2lASO0, was imported.
II Is mainly In the production Of coal
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the mountains. which the people dig
out and burn like frewood II Is true
that they have plenty Of wood also. but
they DO not burn IT, because these
stones burn better and cost less"
II Is no longer true that wood is
plentiful in China, but Il is fact that
the Chinese have learned the art OF us.
ing coal IN a most economical way.
Anthracite Is powdered and mixed with
wet clay, sawdust or manure in the
proportion Of about seven parts to one.
rolled In balls and dried in the sun, and
with these coaldust balls and a bit OF
charcoal the very poor cook their meals
and warm themselves at trlning ex-
pense When within reach Of coal
mine, the poor people obtain their fuel
gratis, but Il has been estimated that
the cost of transportation averages /
tael per ton for every ten miles. or five
or six times lis original cost for mining.
which Is not over Il or 10 cents per ton.
So It viii be seen that the question Of
developing the many mines OF China is
interdependent with that OF trans.
portation.
There Is one common article OF do
nestle use In Chlnas subterranean
treasure house which should not be
overlooked, since It has proved profta.
bic both for home consumption and eS-
port This article Is salt, a govern
ment monopoly from which Is derived
an annual revenue Of nearly 1900 coo
taels. THE salt wells Of China" SAYS
the United States consul general at
Shanghai, ARE found IN Szechuan. Yum.
nan and shansl The ingenuity which.
loo years ago, bored through solid
rock to the depth Of from 1000 to 5000
feet attests scientific skin that may
sim Interest The salt wells IN the
szpchuan- Yang-tse region are estimat-
ed az more than 200 IN number and BY
some as high as 5000 They avera &c
about six inches In diameter and vary
IN depth from 100 to 5000 feet. though
there Is one well reported to be $500
feet deep"
The YanR-tse, that great river which
rivals the Amazon In volume and the
Missouri In the turbld character OF It's
waters, drains vast region rich In
minerals Of every kind, including iron.
lead, silver coal, copper. tin. mercury
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Tnr KING or spAr,,s rurOR.

In Madrid there has been a good ora
Of talk over the rise and fan OF Colono
Cirujeda, late professor TO his lu'sl.
majesty King Alfonso XIII. Ciru'n
who was only q volunteer captain y
Cuba. distinguished himself IN "
guerrilla warfare and, after having .
into ambush and killed the celebrate.
Antonio Maceo, was promoted 70 "
rank Of colonel On returning 70 spaI
-Clrujeda was received rs a hero ~
the queen regent appointed him as n y.
itary instructor OF the klng. AZ y.
colonel was n poor man and hao
large family, this seemed a great suOn
OF luck for him, Unfortunately ne ~ .s
no courtler, and his manners-or ".
want OF them-soon gave ohense'
treated his pupil like an ordinary
cruit, 80 MS 10 make him thoroOs"'
efficient soldier. "A
This OF course, did not do at ell en'
the king both hated and feared . ..,.
Recently affairs came to a climax ~
urn muir Ndiutt aHh wv NO. ats
appear before his instructor. Much ~
pleased, Colonel clrujeda set on "
search for his pupil Being ~,
by the queen. he inquired Oh "a
where the little king was, ~
learned that his majesty had u ~,
sent to the country to play ~, Ivy.
Clrujeda unable 20 hide his lnu's ~,
ton. exclaimed, ut seems that n.y. ,ns
want TO make shepherd OF 70. ~ ~.
instead OF a soldier" The next uay "a. y
rujeda learned from the minister 2, -, :.
that he was dismissed from DIS w, !,
military instructor TO the King, sns n
was transferred to small ga'''''
Andalusla.
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5000. 900. 900 metric tons IS contained
within an area OF not over $50 square
miles. A recognized expert, the Baron
Won Richtofen, In 1910 called this prov
ince OF Shansi one Of the most re-
markabla coal and iron regions IN ex.
lstence. Abiding to Professor Danas
assertion that the state OF Pennsylva-
MA then led the world with its 10000
square miles OF coal land, or about half
It's total area, Baron Won Riohtofen
claimed that the coal area of Shonsi
was by far greater than that OF the
American state and could produce In
anthracite coal alone the enormous
amount OF $4,000, 100000 tons. And this
was 30 years ago, before the real posi-.
hilities Of China were understood A
mining engineer, Mr. ~ +. Drake. who
has more recently inspected the vast
fields Of Shansi reports the coal beds
OF Tse-chau IN that province IN many
Instances from % to % feet thick on the
average Of good, workable anthracite
Tho methods employed In mining this
coal Of shansl are those In vogue all
over China. and are the most primitive
conceivable No explosives are used
In getting It out and no steam ls used
In hosting II 10 the surface, no matter
how deep the shaft About 300 pounds
are holstod from the mlno at a time by
means OF rude wooden windIass, and
the loads are drawn 10 the shaft along
the horizontal galleries by men crawl
Ing on all fours. The total output Of
the Shans mines is not over $4,000
tons per annum. and II is taken 10 mar
ket IN small carts drawn by oxen or on
pack animals, over trails paved with
stone into which deep ruts have been
worn b. the trahic of centuries
Shansi. by the way lies directly in
land about 300 miles from the coast OF
shanrtung where at Kiaochau. the
Germans have a naval base and port OF
supply which they seized three years
ago II was their declared intention,
when they later secured a concession
for railways. to penetrate the country
In the direction Of Shansi thus tap
ping China's richest provinces; for
shangtung itself, which they aim 10
control and doubtless will control Is
considered well endowed by nature.
having large deposits Of biuminous
and anthracite coal a. well as ordl-
nary iron ore and very fne black oxide
u iron The merchants Of Chefu.
which IL IN the northeast part Of
shangtung, say in their report on the
provinces resources. There are val
liable gold and coal mines here, and q
only concessions could be obtained TO
work these the result would be boon
to commerce generally"
The only mines as yet connected with
the coast and a market by railroad are
those OF Tongshan and Kalping In the
province OF pe-chl-li, which have been
quite successfully worked. There are
ancient mines In the hills 10 the west
ward OF Picking where manual labor is
exclusively employed There the hu-
man traction animals draw the coal on,
In little carts attached TO their necks,
donkey fashion. The coal Is then trans
ported 70 Picking and Tien-tsln on the
backs Of camels
Il Is worthy Of note that while there
IL an abundance OF coal In China and
while It costs but a few cents per ton
20 get II out, people living within a
few miles OF mines, which have been
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handled carelessly by persons who took
on their feathers for nllllners aud used
arsenic 10 preserve them.
The laborers on the sewage farms
near Berlin have 10 work II hours a
day and receive Sll a month, besides
field produce. Their dwellings are said
TO be In a frlghtful condition In some
cases a single room is occupied by four
20 five married couples.
A. r, Fowler, the ARMIES forger,"
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tlenose whales. After a week the PEG.
pie were glad to be rid Of them at any
price, and only $3.50 was realized for the
lot.
There Is now a very well established
carrier pigeon service from Londcn to
Belgium under the auspices Of the
Chatelet club. The result Of a recent
trial Of birds liberated In London and
homing to Chatelet was that out OF 900
birds released one-half reached Chate.
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LITTLE NUGGETS OF KNOWLEDGE.

A nugget Weighing IFS, ounces was
found recently in the Urel gold mines
az ursk, In the government Of Oren.
berg
A complete set Of Mafekng siege
postage stamps has been sold at a Lon
don auction for $3.50 and two sets Of
Mafeldng paper money FOR Slio
Prince Arthur OF Connaught, having
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let 200 miles distant, within l5 minutes
Of each other.
In those parts Of Armenia where the
massacres took place three years AGO
turkish soldiers stlll infest the villages
and force the impoverished natives 10
support them. ~
hereafter bells that can be heard a
distance OF 800 feet must be attached "a
an private scav-nger wagons in Chloa.
60 and these bells must be rune con.
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worked for centuries, cannot anord 10
make use OF coal as fuel because lhe
cost Of transportation IL so great This
shows how necessary are railways ana
steamboats, 90 the succesaful working
OF mines. OF whatever character and
at the same time It Il an eloquent com
mentary on Chinese methods. The
mines are the magnets that VIII draw
the railroads to the interior OF China
and It viii not be long before the CON
cessIons obtained BY various countries
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LADY CARRINeTON'S
JOKE ON THE pREvlrs

The approaching completion b,
Australian federation recalls an NJ a,.' Ae
ing story Of It's earlier days w u" ainG''
Darlington was governor Of Nan ~" s Loid
Wales The premiers Of the Any,, south
colonies had gathered in sydnoy ,',a1
were to hold their first meetlns y, and
eminent House under the M ~ GOV.
Lord Darlington. ''''n'y Of
one Of their number. who r..
remarkable for his personal s,, was not
and has now passed out of ,a,,., on.
life, thought he would steal a m ,,o.aI
on the others by securing prIys "'s'e (.
terylew with Lord Carrlne,o, 's'e u
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who Is serving a sentence in the South
Carolina penitentlary and who was for.
merly a preacher l. writing a book en-
titled From Pulpit to Penltentiary. +"
He writes with a pen tied to the stump
Of his arm below the elbow.
At Thurso, In Calthness.shire. the ex-
IRENE northeastern part OF Scotland. by
what was considered fortunate train
Of circumstances the people drove
ashore at one time no less than los bot
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passed through Eton. has entered the
Royal Military college at sandhurst as
a gentleman cadet
Tourists travelling In Italy are warm
ed against eating small birds served
with polenta or otherwise. A number
OF cases OF poisoning after eating such
birds led az last 10 investigations.
which showed that the birds had been
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tInuously while the wagons are 70 ~, =, ooi
Ice, which may be between suh'''
sunrise. ...tus
A Belgian has designed an app 'soss
for rncing automaton figures .,sles
stage on bicycles, consisting Oh y. ,he
chains carried BY pulleys unui' .ois
tracks. the latter having cent? vita
through which connection Is .l'1 20 he
the bicycle, power being appi'e'
chains 10 drive the figures.
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made this proposition. MY desr 10 " a
win get me ten minutes conve... XVI
with his lordship / Will give Won . w. ,,.u
and 10 shlllIngs' A''
Give me the 10 shilungs was >,
reply and come this way"
Opening door the lady led tbo u.
into the library whore Lord Carr,s,'s
was at work, and introduced the yIs,,,.
thus:
Bob, dear, here is q gentleman v,.
Is so anxious to see you that he hs'
given me half sovereign 20 bring hl-
IN" "''"
OF course, the pretty housemsd VA,
Lady Darlington who had a liking n.
Joke and also FOR plain print drsss.,
in the mornings Of sydneys warm d,,,
It was a terrible shock 20 the vIsI,,,
Australian premier and De was vs-,
plano during the subsequent confer,
ence.
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Native effort toward the development
Of mines In China has not been wholly
lacking, and there are proofs that for
many centuries the mineral deposits
have been scratched over in rude
way. In fact. coal was in use IN China
when other countries hardly knew Of
It's existence. Six hundred years ago
the famous Venetian traveller Marco
Polo, said; IAN over the country OF Ca
thay-as be- called China--there is a
kind OF black stone existing in beds In
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~ a
vance Of The
official meeuS,
on presonuns
himself at Gov,
eminent Hous
at an carly hour
he encounterds
remarkably A.
tractiye lookIsr
young woman
and asked II
Lord Carrlngto5
was at home
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-31
WOMAN DOCTORS CRIME.
Resisted Arrest and FATALLY Wound
ed a Member of the Con-
stables Posse.

GILMAN, ILL.,. Aug. 2s.--Michael Ryan.
who. with others. accompanied Constable
John Milstead tonight to serve a warrant
for malpractice on Mrs. c. NJ. Wright,
was fatally shot by an unknown In
mate OF the woman's lying-in hospital
The victim of the malpractice was a
l6-year-old girl named Bessie Salter. The
town Is in a fever of excitement, mob
surrounds the house of Mrs. Wright with
threats to fire It, and the inmates have
not yet been ARRESTED
The death of Bessie Salter occurred
Friday. The body was taken to her home
during Friday night and was buried Sc
cretly in the cemetery Saturday by rel
atives
AS soon as the facts became known a
coroner's jury was summoned and the
coroner ordered the body examined.
A warrant was sworn out for the ar
rest of Mrs Wright. and a crowd of men
went with the constable TO serve II. They
knocked at the door, got no response,
and forced their way in Then the wo-
man fired out of the window. Ryan fell
As they departed three more shots were
fired after them. Dennis Carr was shot
in the leg.
As this dispatch Is closed the fire bell
is ringing. and IL is probable the crowd
has fired the hospital.
Dater--The hospital was not burned. An
outbuiding was fired, but owing to the
dampness the flames failed to reach the
main structure. After the failure the
majority of the crowd dispersed.
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The Stimulus
Of Pure Blood

That is What Is required by every or
gan ~ the badS for the proper perform
ancp az as functions
70 perleeis an the vital processes.
n prevents btlAousness. dyspepsia. con.
suPatou kidney complaint. rheumatism.
catarrh, nervousness. Weakness. falntness.
pimples hlotehes. ana all cutaueous erup-
tions.
Il IS assured ny taking Hoods sarsa-
pariiia which acts directly and peculiar
y 90 the blood.
This statement is Froved BY thousands
90 unsolicited testimonials
w r. Keeton. Woodstock. Ala. writes.
when began taking HOODS sarsaparilla
nay b.Nod was impure and I haa not been
foeliug Vel for some time WAS both
erred very much with thas tired feeling.
When I had taken the medicine a few
Gays began 60 feel better. and after TAX
tng two bottles felt Ike another nerson
That tired feeling was gone and / could
90 my work.
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EVANS FACTION DEFIANT.
Claims Majority and Says Fight VIII
Proceed

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, Aug. 2s.-The
Times will print the following dispatch
from Cleveland, Tenn:
Chairman Upton. Of the Evans state
committee was asked today what effect
Mr.. Hanna's letter would have. He re-
piled that II would have the same effect
as shaking red flag in the face OF an
angry bull.
rive do not recognize Mr.. Hanna as
our boss and we wear no mans collar,
said Mr.. Upton. Our committees meet
next Tuesday to organize for the fight and
IL there are any members on II who do
not want to fight they will be asked to
step behind a tree and let the battle pro-
coed.
No. the fight will proceed unless the
committees are bigger towards than l
think they are. II would he ridiculous
for the majority TO surrender to a minor
ity. Ours is the regular ticket and IL
Hanna does not know IT, II is because he
has refused to investigate or listen to any
one but Brownlow.'
Then you think there will be no COM
prSo%H1i SsTo certainly will no, b. unless
Hanna agrees to hear our side Of the case
and gives US fair trial. "
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William l.. at Erfurt. There viii be a
big review on the Tempelhof field, next
Saturday. Ii will be attended by the
king of Wurtemburg, the Grand Duke of
Hesse. Prince Henry of Prussia, the
Grand Duke of Oldenburg and many 9TH
er royalties. besides Gen. Ludlow, of the
United States army.
The German government has shown
great attention to number OF other
american officers, who, In addition TO
Gen. Ludlow, are here TO study German
naval and military institutions. notably
Capt. Mitchell of the ordnance depart
ment, who inspected the German method
of manufacturing smokeless powder and
Naval Constructor Woodward, who In
spected Kiel, Dantzic and other yards,
An exposition Of South and Central
American vegetable products has been
opened here, and VIII remain open until
September 20.
The papers here comment on the inter-
views and speeches in America Of Andrew
u. White. the United States ambassador
to Germany. on the subject of German
relations. The Kreuz Zeitung disputes
Mr.. Whites assertion that the excite
ment here regarding the Dinglcy tariff
has subsidized and that the latest Won
Holleben-Hay agreement is considered
here TO be important, pointing out that
all the important points at Issue are left
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LORD MIMIC IN KL0ND|kE
PEOPLE PETITION HIM ASKING RE-
FORMS IN GOVERNMENT.
Humboldt Arrives From Alaska
with I02 Passengers md 100000
in Goid--serious Accident to For
mer Clerk smart, of the Butler.

Steamship Humboldt, Capt Bonfeld, ar
rived from Alaska a, 1880 o'clock this
morning with l02 passengers and sloo'u"o
worth OF treasure. Her KlonNike pas
sengers report that Lord Mimic. COVER
nor general of Canada, reached Dawson
August 10 and after a visit OF five days
returned TO Skagway, where he took II.
NJ r.. C. Quadra, sailing August % from
Skagway for Victoria.
Lord Mimic was given reception De-
filing his station. This was followed oy
a monster petition on the part of the peo-
pie praying for certain reforms in gov
eminent He Is reported to have listened
to a recital OF their grievances against
the present administration Of the Yukon.
and particularly the kiondike. promising
that the matter would receive his earnest
attention. His lordship asked many
questions, stating that he came TO ne
I<iondike with the hopes OF thoroughly ac-
quainting himself with conditions there.
Lord and Lady Mimic, accompanied by
Commissioner ogilyie Crown Prosecui,oar
left for a trip through the golden mines,
but the party got but three or four miles
from Dawson when they encountered
such bad roads that II was decided 10
l.. c. Branson. formerly newspaper
man OF this city. returned on the Hum
boldt after an absence r9t about , Two
J. 8. Smart long clerk at the Butler
hotel, of this city. while alighting from
a train at White Horse. caught his right
leg beneath the wheels, crushing IL so
that the foot had to be amputated
The following passengers came on the
Humboldt:
j. e. Fletcher and wife, A. II. Smith. l.. Ed
gren. o. Larsen 4. Roces and wife. Mrs = H.
Martin and two children, ". 7. Folsom and wife
Mrs Daniels, Mrs. kronert J. Christian, r. He'll
man. d. W Hope. Miss Lucille Elliott. Mrs. r.
Hstton, II. r. Tillman, J. J. McDougai Peter La
vale J. H. sugget. Fred Guion, Mrs. Davis, Mrs
Doh. Mrs C. 4 Hihbsrd and son. j. NJ Genehe-
San, Harold sturris +. L. Forna. Vic Holm
Emile Quarre. II. NJ Libby. r. Flynn. Ole oeson
John Pearson. F. Kinds, p b. Nor,hrup, Mrs. A.
l.. Cheney. Sidney johnson. J. l.. Anderson. l.
Hoffman, I. u. Mallory Or. Michaols. w. Y. Nc
Carter, o l.. Collier A. johnson. r. s. Mcdonald
+. l.. Clark. John n. Taylor. L. G. Rrandson.
George Lachmer. H. L. Sehlasks. j. NJ Ryan, U.
NJ. Dickey. ". Ryan, J, Go@s, W. DAILY L. odin
+ Brady, r. Anderson. George Bryson. ]. "
Officer. William Vonrn. J. NJ. Evrrhardt, Mrs Nc
Grotty, John Manning. j. G. Williams, n. A. Els
worth and wife, william +. Jackson, Mrs. Capt
Green and two children Miss May Richardson. Miss
Fanny DAILY, Mrs Col. W. T.. Dou4heFty Miss
Amelia worden, Richard sweasey. William Rowers
T. Wallace. C. V. Thiel. W. II wills. Miss y.
wemmer Miss Mitchell. Mrs. Buchanan. H. Nc.
Donald and wife. o. ". Dunbar. A, Crawford. O.
r. Tisdalc. T. Haas. n S, Moore, J. N. Williams
and wife, W. g La1ier, W. q. strowhtdge. II
Strain, T. Johnston. A. Cheney.
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untouched by the latter, Including sur,,
The foreign office officials INFORMED ~
Associated Press correspondent thfs NJ
ternoon that they had not received snv
direct news from Picking since Thufs6sv
and expressed apprehension that the cnyp.
munications were interrupted They ssv
II depends entirely upon China whether
the war Will be continued.
Referring to the status OF the ChirHoo
ambassador here. a foreign Office ciYiciSi
said.
The ambassador II still rec~ived A TIA
foreign office. whenever he has anythinS
TO communicate. But the forcien o(Ic9
does not regard him ms qualined nov u
carry out serious political neectiationa,S
The foreign Office has no news frvu
Baron Won Ketteler's widow.
Count Won Solms, the imperial com~
missioner for volunteer sanitary work n
China, wrote TO J. n. Jackson. Secretary
OF the United States embassy here n.
Gently. thanking him for thu offer d
the American hospital ship Maine 10 AZ
commodate the German wounded and sjck
In China. In return Count won eolmS
tenders the use OF all the German sanl.
tary arrangements there to tho unito1
States army and navy.
DIR. Won Holleben, the German Ambasuet
dor 10 the United States, who arrived
here recently. has gone 70 Carlsbad.