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FIRE CAUSES HEAVY LOSS.
Great Lumber Yards In Ashland, Wis.,.
Are Burned Damage Esti-
mated at $1,OOO,OOO

Ashland, Wis.,, Aug. GA million
dollars is, the loss occasioned by Sat-
urday afternoons fire. The property
destroyed includes about 100000 feet
of lumber on Barker e. Stewards
docks and 100000 on the keystone
docks. The east and west keystone
tramways were also destroyed, all
of the Barker & Stewards tramways
except one, and the warehouse and
about two-thirds of the Lime, Salt
and Cement company's dock.
The fire started on the east tram
way of Barker & Stewards yard,
shortly before one o'clock. BY 1880
it had leaped over to the Keystone
docks and big fires started simultane-
ously on the east and west Keystone
tramways and on the lime, salt and
cement dock. Efforts were made to
save the Keystone and Barker & Stew
art mills. Four hundred pounds of dy-
Mantle were used on the West Key
stone tramway, blowing up the lum-
Der, and several hundred men worked
like beavers throwing the lumber piles
in the bay. Fortunately the wind
was partially of shore, otherwise both
mills would have gone up in smoke
and probably part Of the city of Ash
land. The lumber on the Barker &
Stewart dock belonged to the Hines
Lumber company, of Chicago, and
w. H. Gilbert, of Ashland. All of the
Keystone Lumber company's output
was sold to the Hines Lumber COM
pany Friday. The loss to the Ashland
Salt and Cement company is about
$4,000. About $4,000 worth of mer-
chandise was in the warehouse where
their dock was burned.
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cepting English sovereignty when Sir
Theophilus Shepstone offered it in the
name of the English nation, so were
they again divided, though to less ex-
tent, when it came to the breaking of
the ties that bound them to the coun-
try under whose laws they had lived
for some four years. A few of the
burghers remained loyal to Englandto
the last, and of these there were some
who assisted in the burying of the Eng
fish flag on the day that marked the
end of English rule in the little repub-
lie until Lord Roberts and the greatest
army England ever sent abroad should
restore that rule.
But in the little party that assisted
in the opening of the grave, and the
hosting of the long buried flag upon
a staff no burghers were to be seen.
Those still living were fighting in the
ranks of the Boer army, or had at least
.renounced their loyalty to England.
The Englishmen who had assisted in
burying the flag had scattered to the
four corners of the earth, or had passed
from earth entirely. But number of
them still resided in different parts of
South Africa, some were serving in
Lord Roberts army, others were in
Natal, in Cape Colony, in the Free State
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Beers to England to return to them
their independence, for they soon tired
of English rule. Neither of these
Populations was received with favor
by the British colonial office; their re-
quest for independence was denied, and
the British flag continued to wave over
the government buildings at Pretoria.
Then a revolutionary movement was
formed which resulted in the disaster
to the English at Majuba hill. A large
meeting of Beers was called, at which
Paul Kruger, M. W. Pretorius and
PETER J. Joubert were elected q
triumvirate to carry on an indie
pendent government. At this meeting
each Boer, holding in his hand stone,
took an oath that he would shed the
last drop of his blood, if need be, for
his country. The stones were cast into
one great heap, over which monu-
ment was erected q few years after.
ward.
On December is, 1880, the four-co1or
flag of the Transvaal was raised over
the temporary capital at Heidelberg,
and then followed the war which ended
at Majuba hill, and resulted in the
signing of the convention of August 2,
1881, granting independence in internal
affairs to the Beers, and the burial Of
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are to make him ~''s 0"'S'
self agreeable. This the British are
doing this year as never before. j.:
There are eight young attaches of
the legation in Newport. They are
all handsome fellows, of good fam
lilies, active in sports. clever riders,
polo players, yachtsmen. They are
the life of the place. Even. in Newport
there is considerable scarcity of young
mem from Monday until Friday of
each week, and the presence of eight
handsome chaps of guaranteed social
standing would be welcome, even if
they were not of the most fashionable
nationality. But, being English, they
carry all before them. -:
They are expected to make Ameri-
can marriages. The places are eager
~ sought for younger sons for that
reason. So many English diplomats
have welded American wives, and the
chance of doing this is so much greater
now than ever before, that there is just
a suspicion that eight is greater
number of attaches than the legation
actually needs for international bust
ness.
I wouldn't wonder if some of these
men get rather small salaries, though
of course the ambassador himself and
his first secretary are remarkably well
paid. OWEN 1ANGpoN.
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FAMOUS SCHOLAR DEAD.
Close of the Life OF Prof. Joseph
Emerson, of Bel0it College,
A Noted Hellenist.

Beloit, Wis.,, Aug. 6.-Prof. Joseph
Emerson, the famous Hellenist of
Beloit college, died at his residence
in this city at four o'clock Saturday
afternoon. General debility and old
age were the causes. While he had
fingered at the point of death for a
number of days the final summons
came as a surprise.
(Prof. Emerson was born in Norfolk.
Conn.,. May q, 1921, Of the most stalwart
New England stock. He was educated at
Phillips academy. Andover. Conn.,. and at
Yale college, graduating from that institu-
ton with the class Of 1S41. Among many
distinguished classmates were judge
Learned, Dr. w: L. Eustis, Judge Birds
eye and Donald Mitchell He came to Be-
lott in 1S48, very soon after President Cha
pin had been Installed at the head of the
school. and he had ever since been mower
In the college and in the community. He
was one of the most famous of America 8
great scholars. He twice travelled abroad
studying Greek literature and art.l
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"ueu ne was noun
mated for lieutenant governor with
Grover Cleveland at the head of the
ticket. Cleveland's promotion to the
presidency made Hill governor. He.
was one of the strongest the state has
ever had. His enemies called, him q
peanut politician" but they had to
admit his ability; he has outlived the
nickname.
He seldom stays long in New York.
He lives near Albany, in ''Wolfert's
RooAt," fine house built by Emmett,
the singer and actor, famous for his
Dutch lullabies. Emmett went off by
drink; his house was sold.
Hill has no small vices; he doesn't
drink, smoke, swear. He is always dig
nifed. He is not disting uished in APP
pearance. Though a looking man,
he looks like good many other fine
looking bald men. Roosevelt, Reed or
Croker are much. easier to identify in q
crowd " -.
There's nothing new in Tammany's
opposition to Hill. He is the leader of
the old-fashioned democrats up the
state, whom Tammany has usually
hated. Tammany was opposed to Til
den; it was opposed to Robinson; it
was opposed to Cleveland. In former
years there have generally been demo-
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ADVANCE OF THE ALLIES.
American and British Troops Are
Delayed IN MAKING - ! start ~
"s'5j "a fors:pekln<ss s 49, s:sgrt ::

London, Aug. .6-The American and
British forces begun the advance on
Peking last Thursday, according to q
dispatch dated August from Tientsin
to the Daily Express. The correspond
ent continues: - = - ~ >5E@,@ =
,''The main body Of allies" continues the
correspondent. marched July 30. Gen.
Chanee was delayed by difficulties of dis
einbarkation. Gen. Dorward (the British
cpmmander) had no such obstacles, and his
delay Is inexplicable.
THE other foreign troops are now half
way to Lola. The force includes 10000
japanese. under Gen. Yamachuchi, and 49,
o00 Russians The British force totals 5000
and the other foreign troops are 1000. We
are weak in artillery.
t"On August "a strong force Of Chinese
from the native, city attacked Tientsin. BY
q series of brilliant charges our troops
drove the enemy from their positions. The
native city is still defiant, and the allies are
unwilling to march troops through its
streets, as this would mean an immense
slaughter. When the Chinese saw 80 large
body of troops marching westward they
apparently believed they. would have an
easy victory over those who were left"
A dispatch to the Morning Post
from 'Chefoo, dated July 80, says: s.'
"The Russians at Tientsin refuse to al
low the Americans to put up telephone
wires on the railroad poles, and they claim
the railroad, which English engineers are
ready to work. The situation is critical.
The river is full Of railroad sleepers. Hun
dreds of dead bodies of Chinese, some de-
capitated, are floating in the stream
A message to the same paper from
correspondent in Picking, dated July
%, says:
1.-THE women have borne all the horrors
with marvellous fortitude, and even with
cheerfulness. The Chinese wanted peace
when the arsenals at Tientsin were cap
tured, and the negotiations bade fair to be
successful. Unfortunately, Ii Ping Heng
and Kang Yu arrived here at the critical
moment and overthrow the peace party.
Food has been short, but not terribly So,
though we have had to be very careful
Paris, Aug. 6.-The Shanghai CORE
spondent of the Temps, telegraphing
Sunday, says: The number of allies
leaving Tientsin is no better known
here than are the facts as to the
march itself; but it is rumored that
the advance guard had been re-
pulsed.
Shanghai, Aug. 6.-The report that
Ii Hung Chang had committed sui
eide is without foundation. He is
only in very Respondent state.
The Japanese consul here has re-
ceived message from Picking saying
that Gen. Tung Fuh Slang has
stopped all provisions going to the
legations.
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Ten, Is years
ago, society was not ready to receive
the Goulds, Edith Kingdom, ex-actress,
waited. Presently she felt that she
must have princely home, where she
might make the first steps toward rec
ignition. She chose Lakewood. The
Goulds there built pleasure palace at
a cost of about million dollars. This
will now be abandoned; or, rather, oc.
casionally used as winter residence.
1t was not waste; it has served it's pur.
pose. Georgian court, it is called. 1t
was the famous theatricals there last
winter that placed Mrs. Gould securely
upon society footing. Society must
be amused; society wants to be Gin"
everything that is going on. Mrs.
Gould amused society. You see the re.
suit.
Don't suppose that she wouldn't have
been free to build palace at Newport
at any time she wished to spend the
money. There is land enough for sale,
But there are people, rich people, who
have gone to Newport before Newport
was ready to receive them, who have
built or bought fine houses, and set.
tied down to life as lonely as can be
imagined. They see no one, know nc
one.
Or put it another way: There are
more dollars invested in Newport cot;
tages than the entire value of the city
of 1900 souls probably twice as much
money, though the assessors are gen..
erous to the cottagers. But how many
ofthese are really Gin it?'' Perhaps a
hundred families, in varying degrees.
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The name fits the bubbling fellow so
admirably. For that matter, the re-
publican party will never name for
the same Office Mr.. Woodruff, of whom
it is so natural to speak of as "Tiny
Tim." Yet both Sulzer and Woodruff
are able men in their way.
Tammany's leaders-Tweed, Kelly,
Croker-have been silent men; so are
the subleaders, Carroll, Freedman,
Delmour. Van Wyck is almost dumb.
Tammany has always needed orators.
Grady was the first in recent days;
he of the ''silver tongue" He hurt
himself for party purposes by too fe-
rocious opposition to Grover Cleve-
land, whom Tammany had to accept
as its candidate. Bourloe Cochran was
the next, and an. ineffably greater. He
quarreled with Croker. Keller is his
successor. He has been training him
self as an orator for ten years, to my
certain knowledge, and he will be
heard to good advantage this year. !
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RESURGAM.

The birth of the British flag in the
Transvaal occurred on April IL, 1877,
when Shepstone declared the republic
a possession of the British empire, and
President Burgers retired from the
presidency under protest. Az have
said there was at that time 4 divided
sentiment among the burghers as to
the wisdom of such q course. The
struggling little republic had been hav-
ing 9 hard struggle to maintain life.
Native chiefs were waging unrelentless
war upon the settlers, and the govern
ment was practically helpless because
OF a lack Of funds to prosecute war
against the tribes. They lacked mill:
tary organization, among themselves,
Or the money with which to pay either
their own troops or those they might
have been able to secure from the out
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THERE is no more interesting
charaotor in Chinese history

T>HERE is no more interesting
character in Chinese history
than Hung Siu-tseun; nor
are there any more dramatic incidents
in the history of the Celestial empire
than those connected with the Tai
ping rebellion. Hung Siu-tseun was
the leader and organizer Of the Tai
ping rebellion, and the story of the
causes that led him to set himself up
as the emperor of China are like q,
chapter from romance.
Had the leaders of Hung Stu
tseun's rebellion had the training
and ability to establish a staple
government; had his greed and av-
arice not run away with his bet
ter principles, or had he had the
same support in overthrowing the
reigning dynasty that the imperial
government had in suppressing the re-
oellion, China would in all probability
have to-day been a Christian instead
OF pagan nation.
Many of the newspaper writer's of
to-day have compared the present
reign of anarchy in China, and the
causes for it,with that which attended
the TAPPING rebellion. While the eff
feet upon China may be much the
same the causes of the two convul-
sions are entirely different. The i'm
mediate cause of the TAPPING rebel
lion was not hatred of the foreigners;
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side. Taxes were levied, but never paid,
and there seemed no prospect of any
assistance excepting from England.
, A new generation had arisen since
the days of the persecution of the
Dutch settlers by the English in Cape
Colony and Natal, and this generation
looked with envious eyes upon the Sc
curity which England was giving her
subjects in these colonies. So it was
that when Sir Shepstone arrived at
Pretoria, clothed with almost unlimit-
ed power, he was given cordial well
come by. the younger element and tho
establishment of English rule was
hailed as. a rescue from the continued
persecution of the natives who had
learned to respect English arms.
The events leading up to the death
of the English flag in the Transvaal
were first the populations sent by tho
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the British flag in the Transvaal for
nearly 20 years.
BERNHARD BRISTOL.
HOW CHINESE USE THE B1BLl
y That Astonished the Mission-
ary Society.

"'What becomes of all the Bibles
that go to China?' used to be stand.
ing puzzle to the missionaries" re-
marked Chicago preacher as he dis.
cussed the Boxers.
"A few years ago." he continued.
there went up great cry for mis-
sionelly Bibles in the Flowery king.
dom. The Bible society was extreme
ly gratified. The demand was unprece-
dented and thousands of dollars were
spent in sending them nice red moroc-
co Testaments.
''This sort of thing went on for
long time, but the number of native
converts did not increase accordingly.
The missionaries Investigated. What
do you suppose they discovered?"
THAT they used the Bibles for gum
wadding?"
mo. They made frecrackers of
'em. Practically all the nicely printed
Bibles that we were sending over there
were rolled up in nice little rolls,
page at time, and made into fire.
crackers. The Chinese make firecrack-
ers at home, for an incredibly low
price, and the paper that they were
getting free cut considerable figure
with them. But it taught US celestial
lesson, as might say
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ton. What Big John is in training for
is the office of mayor of New York,
with it's 100000 souls. incidentally
he might be nominated for governor
instead, if it will suit the plans better.
Keller is AZ years old; six feet three
inches tall; weighs ESQ pounds; Us
a widower; is handsome; is fine
speaker; was raised in Kentucky;
was educated in Yale, where he pulled
in a boat crew that was lambasted by
Harvard the worst on record.
Keller went to New York and tried
reporting. One of his difficulties was
an appetite beftting his frame.
II used to go to Smiths restaurant
for pork and BEANS" he once told me.
"Smith and Brown both charged ten
cents plate, but Smith gave few
more beans to the p.ateful than
Brown"
Of course Keller plays poker. Once
he got $3.50 for writing handbook on
the game. Going home with the money
in his pocket, he fell in with some fell
Lows, and "sat into" game. Before
dawn he had lost the $3.50. I have told
this an,ecdote before, but as Keller
is now a national character, it will
bear repeating. If not, here's new
story:
AS president of the New York Press
club, Mr.. Keller had to listen to the
appeals of impecunious journalists
from other towns; or men who wished
to be considered journalists. Though
one of the most charitable of men, he
refused to be imposed upon.
mo; can't do anything for you,"
once heard him say to a beery-looking
applicant.
'But, Mr.. Keller" said the man, II
must live somehow"
Big, John looked the man over crit
ically and slowly shook his head.
II don't see the necessity" he said.
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HUNG SIU.T9EUN.
Leader Of the TAPPING Rebellion in China.

the native converts to Christianity
were not the oppressed but the OPP
pressors. True, the Christianity was
not the same kind that is hohored in
western lands, but it was Christianity
as Hung Siu-tseun understood it, and
both recognized God as the Divine
power and Christ as His Son.
Hung Siu-tseun was the son of a
well-to-do farmer living near Canton.
He was born. in 1913, and received. such
education as was possible in China at
that time, and in time became a
school-teacher. It was while attend
ing the examination at Canton in
1888 that he purchased a series of
tracts from venerable Chinese
named LANG Allah, convert to Chris
tianity. When. Siu-tseun discovered
that the tracts advocated Christianity
he threw them aside, as he was firm
believer in the doctrines of Confucius.
In 1887 Siu-tseun was taken sick and
he took to his bed prepared to die, as
be claimed to have had visions fore
telling his disease and end. In short
time he lost all strength and command
over his body and became uncon-
scious of what was taking place
around him, but he said his soul was
acted upon by peculiar energy, and
he claimed to have seen and remem-
bered things of very extraordinary
nature.
When he first closed his eyes he
claimed that he saw dragon, tiger
and cock enter the room; a great
number of men playing upon instru-
ments then approached, bearing a
beautiful sedan chair, in which they
invited him to be seated. In this he
was carried away to beautiful pal
ace wherein a multitude of fine men
and women saluted him with express
sions of joy. Here an old woman con-
Quoted him from the sedan chair and
conducted him to river, where she
upbraided him for keeping company
with dirty people and then washed
him clean in the waters of the river.
From the river he entered a room
filed with old and virtuous men.
These men opened his body and took
out his heart and other organs, and
replaced them with new ones. Then
the wound closed without leaving a
scar. He was then conducted to an
other room, even more splendid than
those he had been in and in which an
aged man sat upon the highest place.
When he saw Siu-tseun he began cry
ing and said: "All human beings in
the world are produced and sustained
by me; they eat my food and wear my
clothing, but not one among them has
a heart to venerate me. and what is
worse they take my gifts and there
with worship demons. Do thou not
initiate them"
The old man then gave him sword
with which to destroy the demons, a
seal to overcome the evil spirits, and
. sweet, yellow fruit to eat. Then he
was led to a spot from which he could
observe the world below, and he saw
the horrible depravity and vice Of the
inhabitants. .l
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NEW YORK in the ARENA :F'. 2
Of NATIONAL POLITICS

cratic organizations in New York city
like the Irving Hall, or the State De.
mocracy-to work with the county
leaders. Now there is no local oppo-
sition, and the Tammany tail comes
near wagging the dog. = .'.>
The men who have opposed Tam
many-Abram S. Hewitt, Edward
Cooper, Smith Ely, William R. Grace
their names are known the country
over. But they are all either dead or
very old, and Tammany has it all it's
own way in the city. And it is cipher
at national conventions because it
won't pull with the country democrats,
who are usually much better poiti-
clans.
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There are differ
ences between the
men. Sulzer is
rich; Keller is
poor, Sulzer is
smart; Keller is,
solid. Sulzer is ef-
fervescent; Kel-4
Ter is placid, usu-'
ally.
No political par
ty will ever name
for vice president
a man who is sell
dom spoken of by
any other name
than "Selt. zer."
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and in Rhodesia. To those whom it
was possible to reach hasty summons
was sent, and q number of them re-
sponded. These men opened the grave
they had dug 20 years before, and from
it took the flag they had buried, and
over which they had erected a head
stone bearing the one-word prophecy,
''Resurgam."
There was more on the headstone
than the prophecy, the entire inscrip-
ton being as follows: =" : .-t
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it, as Conkling did,
as Reed and Hoad-
ly have done. At
Kansas City; he
was a big figure.
Hill is not a
magnetic man. He
succeeds by. intel
lect. He can con-
vince better than
he can cajole. A
great leader some
times needs both
methods.
Hill was an I'M
b e ar d-Of man
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port. She is there
for a few days
only. It is an ex-
pertinent; an ex-
pertinent sure to
succeed, for she is
the guest of Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish.
RS. uld
makes no false
moves; she leaves
nothing to chance.
She never loses her
head, like Croker;
never slips back
ward. in the race.
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nearly Kill g. man
used to the eli
mate of Great
Britain to stay in
Washington all
summer. Besides,
there is nothing
particularly to do
there, winter or
ummer,tha.tcould'
not be done as well
by mail or tele-
graph. Disguise
the fact as one
will, the main du-
ties of a diplomat
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Dig OOuA AC4ACAs
of Tammany. Kei-
Ter is an absolute
ly new man in ma
'tional pol i I'll c S,
but is likely to be
heard of in fu-
ture. To be put
forward. as a vice.
presidential posi-
bility on his first
trip as a delegate
was something OF
a compliment. OF
course he had no
thought. of get