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Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-24
Powers tO Decide.

Washington, Aug. 22.-Ihc application
of the Chinese vlceroys Is IN effect II re-
quest that the Chinese sovcreigns shall not
be made prisoners OF war 1t Is said that
the powers are authorized under the rules
and provisions OF international law to ac-
ccde To this request or not as they deem
best. The request Is not one OF right, but
It's granting is dependent entirely upon
What the powers may consider best Tor
tier own interests.
1t is an established principle OF inter
national law that members Of the enemy )
| royal family, his chief ministers OF state
and his chief diplomatic agents are liable
To capture, even though they may not be
actually engaged in hostile operations
Their position makes them so important te
the enemy in the conduct OF his war tina,
| they can not be treated as ordinary non
e,mbatants.
In tnc present case there is well
grounded belief that the sovereigns. Is
peeially the empress dowager, have beer
Instrumental in directing hostile move
ncuts, and Minister Conger's advices hay,
stated that the imperial forces were be
-ieging the legations.
Earl Ii Hung Chang has signited hi
intentions Of leaving Shanghai for Pekii
as soon IA he receives the reply Of the pow
era 10 his request yesterday Tor peace.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-24
LIS prOposni Rejected.

Washington, Aug. 22-lhe cabinet to-
day decided to reject the latest appeal from
Ii Hung Chang ior cessation oi hostili-
ties. The reply VIII bic communicated at
once to- the Chinese government with Il
statement Of the reasons Of the action OF
tits government. The rejection is based
on non compliance OF the Chinese govern
nent with the specific provisions OF the
declaration Of the United States under date
OF August II.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-24

Shanghai, Aug. 22.-1he foreign officials
here learn thai the telegraph from tientsin
has been cut The position OF the allies
is uncertain and large body OF Chinese
Hoops hns taken the field.
Ilentsin, Thursday. Aug. l7.-About
1000 Chinese troops, which are reported to
have been at Sung Liu Ching, left today
for PieI.apg, and 1000 more Chinese troops
have zone toward Tuur Chow
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-24

London, Aug. 22.-Divers paragraphs AS
family continue III be received ut the
treaty ports and are thence faithfully
transmitted To the European capitals
Those representing tho court as having
lea, fekin are oi exclusive Chinese origin
According To them their majesties are
well ON their way 10 sian Flu, about 10
miles inland Fighting VAS going on at
fekin saturday, according To one report,
hut according to dispatch received by
the admiralty from Rear Admiral Bruce
the allies entered the sacred city Of Pekiu
Friday.
II the Chinese government is at Sian Flu
there Is no means Of getting at them, ac-
eord,ng 10 military men, without pro-
longed campaign and with an army as
Of communication. Adviccs from the pro-
sincial capitals show ,...,t the attitude of
the southern mandarins has been friendly
slnec the allies reached rekin. Some OF
the magistrates have been issuing proela-
nations commanding tho Chinese la at.
tend TO business and TO a,oid sclition, and
acknow hedging that the invasion of the
foreigners is justified.
t."Ncr""r ut shan Tuas Dead.
Shanghai, Aug, a,-Suan Shih kai,
the governor Of shan lung. Is dead.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-24

A. the r~ait II an .x.haaxw II cahle
ksans hsswrva the powers eonce1ning AZ
ia,r. at shanghai. sn agvv~n.a, has ts~n
reached by ~hieh all tho admiral. Of tho
SEVERAL powers represented at Shanghai
viii act cusea.rvasly in a survey. or watch.
isgs 81 the Chine-r Nanxsse fiees. INSTEAD
q having this duty performed entirely by
the british admiral at Shanghai This
Ch,n~-e fanxs.- fs~t consists Of foar
cruisers and several torpedo hea,. and de-
ssrvysrs A many Transports AZ. cur.
f.,ax troops II the various powers 10
china. u has b~~n deemed n~-~eary 10
s~ that the Chinese war-hips did M, al.
tack the unprotected Transports
The British commander ha. been cxeeu,.
ing the watch alone. ba, under the new
arrangement all will share in this rc.pon.
sahality. The United State. cruiser Ne~
rssAns - or viii be at Shanghai within
Tue nat day o. two. and abe will psrtici
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-08-24

pate with the other foreign ships here in
this duty.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
SMALL BUT VERY STRONG.
wing Power of the Dainty Little
Humming Bird Almost
Passes Belief.

The humming bird as the Irishman
played the fiddle--by main strength
the frigate bird relies on his skill in
taking advantage of every varying
current of air, and the skeleton, of the
one indicates great muscular power,
while that of the other shows its alb
sence. No other bird has such pro-
portionately great muscles as the
humming bird, says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly, the keel of the sternum
or breastbone from which these mus
cles arise runs from one end of the
body to the other, while at the same
time it projects downward like the
keel of a modern racing yacht. These
muscles drive at the rate of several
hundred strokes y minute a pair of
small, rigid wings, the outermost
bones of which arc very long, while
the innermost are very short, feat
ure calculated to give. the greatest
amount of motion at the tip of the
wing with the least movement of the
bones of the'upper arm, TO which the
driving muscles are attached. An
other peculiar feature. is that the
outermost feathers. the fight feath-
ers or primaries, arc long and strong,
while the innermost, those attached
TO the forearm, are few and weak; so
far as fight is concerned, the bird
could dispense with these secondaries
and not feel their loss. Finally the
heart, which we look upon as the boil
er that supplies steam for this ma
chinery, is large and powerful, as is
necessary for such bigh-pressure
engine as the little humming bird.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
AS A JAP WROTE ENGLISH.
Specimen of the Queer Language as
Exemplihed by an In
censed Writer.

The following letter, written by a
young Japanese student to one of the
members of a Washington club in
which he is n waiter. is an excellent
example of English as "she" is written
by the orientals who seek to master
"her:"
"Sir: The spirit of pride and the
esteem of homer which characterize
our countrymen oblige me to write
few words to you regardless of the
penalty for the obtrusive intrusion
upon your precious attention.
To-day | went at the club to get
my wages, and met wit hthe steward
Mr. John at the entrance. He stepped
back few PAGES. and checking nv
way, ordered me to leave with many
repetitions of abominable oaths which
man of some honor can't restrain
his passion from revolt on such a yio-
lent shower of curse.
Anger was beyond my control, and
involuntarily I returned my share of
compliments; upon which he natched
the potato masher and was brutal
enough to give me two severe blows
on my person and inflicting quite
painful injury,
Through all this affair was never
offensive; when l went there to de-
mand the money to which / am en-
titled he unjustly enjoined me to get
out; that is an unreasonable move
ment, and cannot fail to hul~.a mans
feelings.
What? without being satisfied with
that insult made my blood boil and
the veins burst with successive on
slaught of ignominious swear. NY re-
turning was completely excusable, for
to be Indifferent to such an ignoble
treatment denotes the one is a stran-
ger to the sense of honor; and so he
ought to have realized it with
nbashed submission. And what again Z?
the tongue, the countenance that was
not capable enough to wreak his saw
age fury, and then resorted to the
final step of violence as though was
mass of clay insensible to disgrace
and pain.
Il could not reconcile to forgive him
for such a cruel assault. and would
have avenged the injury with the same
weapon he welded to my full gratifi-
cation, ii otherwise bystander med
died in and forced my highly strung
nerves to ordinary coolness.
However, have no thought to let
his brutality hide from the eye of the
right and just. and so l have taken
some trouble to write these lines, and
ask you please to glance over it at
once. Very respectfully, your obedient
servant, j. ~"
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
Saturdays Injured.
" and cos

Joe Easton the Buchtel College foot
ball player who was injured In Satur-
days game has recovered and will he
ready for the next contest.
Captain J. Il. Powell of the Mt.
Union team who was slightly injured
and left the game on account of a
recent illness was confined to his room
at the Windsor hotel until Sunday, He
has returned to Alliance.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
YOUNG MAN
Charged With Stealing a
Horse and Buggy.
Claimed He Purchased Rig For $5--
Police Court News.

VIM. Brubecker, aged II, residing in
North Springfield township, was given
a hearing in police court Monday morn
ing on charges Of intoxication and
stealing horse and buggy, Saturday
night.
The rig, owned by Emil G. Hauser,
of 1922 South High ST., was hitched
to a post in front of Kesler's restau,
rant on North Howard ST., at 1920
Saturday night, while the owner and
a friend went inside the restaurant to
get lunch. When they came outside
the rig was gone. The police were no.
titled and an effort made to recover the
property and apprehend the thief.
Early Sunday morning Mr.. Hauser
met Brubecker on Exchange st. Mr..
Hauser asked him where he got the
rig and the young man replied that he
had purchased it of a stranger for So
a couple Of hours previous.
Hauser asked Brubecker to accom-.
pany him to police headquarters and
explain matters. Brubecker was then
locked up on charges of suspicion and
intoxication.
Monday morning he pleaded not
guilty and told substantially the same
story that he gave TO Hauser. Mayor
Young fined Brubecker S15 and costs
and sentenced him to 80 days in the
works.
Leo Clough and Frank Nest arrest
ed Sunday afternoon by officer Ed,
wards, and charged with disorderly
conduct. pleaded guilty. The first
named was fined $5 and costs and the
other So and costs.
Edward d. Putt was arrested at 2
pm. Sunday by Officer Outlet, charged
with disorderly conduct. He pleaded
guilty, and was fined SO and costs.
Patrick Harlem, Mike McCann and
VIM. Mcclure each pleaded guilty to
intoxication charges. McGuire was
fined S. and costs and the other two
~ and costs.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22

PERSONAL AND IMpERSONAL.

The prince of Wales recently said of
President Loubet, of France: 81 like
him much better than | did NJ. Faure.
M. Loubet has the air of being a good
citizen, which he ought to be; NJ. Faure
put on the airs of a sovereign, which he
was not"
William A. Clark. the copper king,
recently had himself photographed in
the costume of one of the ancient kings
of Ulster, from whom he descended.
No copies of the picture have, however,
been made public.
English actresses have often seen a
good bit of the world as members of
touring companies. Gertrude Hen
riques, of Daniel Frohman's organiza-
ton, payed in South Africa for a whole
season. This was before the war;
the British-Boer war.
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, the
leader of the English opposition, is
said to be able to sleep in a standing
posture as well as he can lying down.
The duke of Devonshire once said to
him: You are like a policeman, Ban
herman; you can always sleep standing
up"
Mrs. Fanny Bullock Workman, a
daughter of ex-Gov. Bullock, of Massa-
chusetts, is gaining a reputation as a
woman explorer and mountain climb
er. She has just completed bicycle
tour of the Indian jungle country and
last year made record in climbing
among the Hima,ayas.
Miss Helen Chaddick. of England,
has been astonishing both the whites
and blacks in Central Africa by her five
months journey, all alone, save for her
back attendants into the far interior.
Miss Chaddick has courage, indepen-
dence and money, all of which are es-
sential for successful journey by a
white woman in regions where the
means of transportation are still prim-
itive.
The sounding board of plate glass,
which will be the most original feature
in the new Chickering hall in Boston,
is the invention of woman Mrs Will
liam f. Apthorp, the wife of we'll
known musical critic in Boston. The
board will consist of glass plates sep
arated by metal bars and will be cov-
cred with felt and backed up by heavy
pianking, Mrs. Apthorp has patented
her invention.
Senator'S Foraker and Spooner are
considered by many the best debaters
among the republicans in the senate.
Mr. Foraker is quick, always ready
with an answer, and very good in
speeches of ten or fifteen minutes. Mr..
Sponer is deliberate, always gives pre-
vious notice when he intends to speak.
and brings to bear his great ability as
lawyer. Mr.. Foraker is the most rap.
Id speaker in the senate
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
LUTHER LEAGUE
Active lnArransing For Reformation
Day--0Ct. 81.

The Luther League of the Trinity
Lutheran church is making active
preparations to appropriately observe
Reformation Day, Wednesday, Oct.
81, the anniversary OF Martin Luther
mailing hs famous 95 theses to the
door Of Castle church, at Wittenburg,
which occurred Oct 81, 1917.
The following program has been ar
ranged for Wednesday evening:
Hymn, No. 1o7, Augsburg Songs.
Psalm 46, responsively, Mr.. Thomas
Grant and Miss Jennie @. Carlson,
Prayer, Rev. @. e. Keller.
Address, "The Corrupt State of the
Church at the Beginning of the Six,
teenth Century" Rev. J. N. Nyvan.
Hymn No. SO, "My Church"
Address, Reformation Day, 1917"
i. r. Otis, Esq.
Hymn No. SS, Elm Feste Burg"
Prayer, closing with the Lords Pray,
er in which all shall join, Rev, j. II.
Zlnn.
The program will commence prompt
ly st 1880 and will be followed by a
social session.
The following officers will have
charge of the meeting:
Chairman Of the meeting, Mr.. Chas.
Benson; pianist, Miss Grace Feudner;
chairman of reception committee, Mr..
Clark Albright; chairman of the
social committee, Mrs. A. w. Krause;
chairman Of decorating committee,
Mr.. Ben Motz.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
WON BACK LOST FORTUNE.
covered the Estate Left by
His Father.

Ten years ago Rev. William Ottinger,
then pastor ofthe Second Presbyterian
church of Germantown, was one of the
best-known clergymen in Philadelphia,
and was looked upon as one of the
wealthiest in the Presbyterian minis
try, With his wife, highly cultured
and educated woman, and his son,
William N. Ottinger, ten years of age,
he lived handsomely, almost luxurious
ly, in one OF the most aristocratic sec
tions OF Germantown, says the Chicago
Chronicle.
DR.. ottinger was popular among his
parishioners. and his death, coming
suddenly and unexpectedly, proved u
shock which, in its saddening effects,
was not merely confined TO the pretty
suburb in which his best efforts had
been eXerted.
A second shock came later when it
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
.TANTE BEMMCHEN."

One of the many special features of
Mrs. Marie Won Wegern's famous Ger
man.American opera burlesque,. which
will bee seen with the original cast,
costumes, etc, in this city at the Grand
opera house Tuesday, Oct. 23, is the
dashing chorus of New York Bohem-
ians, comedians, Journalists and ar
lists and their models, that never fail
to bring down the house, The com
pany consists of 10 comedians, and is
one of the best German assemblies
ever seen in the country, and the play
one of the best opera burlesques ever
produced. Its real strong point is the
Characterization of German.American
life and scenes in Bohemian quarters
of the metropolis, 1t Is full of genuine
fun, not lacking a strong melodramatic
element, and has received wherever II
was presented with unanimous sue.
cess.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22

sooner or later, will seriously mem
ace the supremacy of the American
horse, says Pearson's Magazine.
Russian trotting horses, so dear to
the heart of the fashionables in ST.
Petersburg, form distinctive class
similar to the trotters and PAGERS of
this country, and appear only in the
shafts of the lightest rubber-tired We
hicles and sleighs. These trotters are
bred for speed and not for staying
power; a glance reveals the cart
strain in The breeu, which comes out
particularly in the head, and legs
with their large hairy fetlocks. As
the norses are ratified at the highest
speed over the toughest ground, even
over cobblestone pavements, the big
fetlocks soon give under the strain,
so that after a year or two of fast
driving these trotters leave their dig
nified stables for the cab rank. Many
Russian trotters have done their mile
under 1920
These animals owe their origin as
a distinctive class to Count Orloff
Tchestmensky--he who, on behalf of
Catherine H., played the chief part
in strangling the unfortunate Peter
III. He did good service to Russia by
his stud operations, which resulted in
the fast and fashy trotters that are
named after him.
Count Orloff died in 1910 and his
stud, from which all the trotting
studs in Russia were formed, was aft
erward bought by the Russian govern
ment.
The Russian Trotting club is veal
thy institution, largely patronized by
the public. On Sundays crowds flock
to the trotting grounu of the Semen
ovsky, in ST. Petersburg. American
professionals are greatly in evidence,
but work under immense difficulties
owing to the bitter jealousy of Rus
sian trotting men. All the races are
run against time, and are therefore
very tame from spectacular point
of view, while so little excitement do
they cause that not a single paper
publishes the winners names.
When driving trotting horse in
sulky the driver usually sits on his
horses long tail, to keep him steady
in his gait. All the driving horses of
Russia, by the way, have long tails.
The coachman of an ordinary Russian
carriage takes no trouble to prevent
the reins from dropping about his
horses hind quarters. In spite of
this, however, the reins rarely become
entangled with the tail, and even If
they should do so the horses never
kick. This striking fact is an elo-
quent answer to those who uphold
the cruel practice of docking horse.
on the grounds that otherwise he is
liable to flap mis- tail over the reins.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
BARTENDERs
Elected Permanent Off,
GERS Sunday.
Twenty-Five Members, Cleveland
Union Present-Banquet Served.

Union Present--banquet served.
A very enthusiastic meeting Of the
local order Of the Hotel, Restaurant
Employees and Bartepders International
League of America, was held in Gen.
trail Labor Union hall Sunday after,
noon.
This local union was temporarily Or
ganized two weeks ago, and at Sun,
days meeting, Mr. J. A. Wintrode,
district organizer for the American
Federation Of Labor, instituted the
new union and installed the permanent
officers, who were elected as follows:
President, Mr.. Sandy Gilletly; vice
president, Mike Rabbit; recording
secretary, Charles Brown; financial
secretary, Mr.. Herman Fisher; chap
lain, Mr.. Sam Harris; inspector, Mr..
Frank Perrot; guide, Mr.. Adam An
derson.
twenty-five members of the Cleve-
land Bartenders' and Walters unions
We're present at the meeting and the
officers of the Forest City unions as
sisted in the installation services.
Short addresses were made by Mr..
Z Michael Goldsmith, president Of the
Cleveland Bartenders' union; Mr..
Fred b. Hobby. president Cleveland
Walters union; Mr.. Charles Tucker,
recording secretary of Cleveland Wait
ers; Messrs Plotts and Harry Rem
dali, of Cleveland. and p. II. O'Neil of
Akron.
Union cards were distributed and will
ne 1ound on nearly all or the DarS IN
the business portion of the city from
now on.
Th local order has charter mem
bership of A, and the union is con-
fident of more than doubling the mem,
bership in a few weeks. The next
meeting will be held Sunday after
noon, Nov. 4.
After the installation of officers the
meeting adjourned and the members
of the union and the Cleveland guests
repaired to John Koerbers cafe, where
a splendid banquet was awaiting
them. Every person present highly
praised Mr.. Koerber for the hospltable
manner IN which he entertained his
guests.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22

Many French medical men are aban-
doning the use of tobacco, owing large
ly to the government monopoly of
that commodity. According to the
physicians the cigars of the "Regie"
(those made at the government fac
tories) are so uniformly bad and the
tax on all other brands is so prohibi-
tive that the only sensible thing to do
is not to smoke at all.-Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
OUR DOCTORS BEST OF ALL.
This Country for Medical
Experts.

In recent lecture in London DR..
Osler is reported to have said that be-
fore many years the European med
ical student would be found spending
his year or two of postgraduate study
in the United States. If men gov
erned their actions by the logic of
facts, says the Philadelphia Medical
journal, we could not doubt the full
fillment of the prophecy. We certain
ly believe that, except for other pur-
poses than practical medical scien-
tific work, the American student can
do better now than to go abroad. Few
realize what tremendous progress has
recently been made in our clinics and
in many respects, how far superior
they are to foreign ones. In one de-
partment of medicine dentistry
American superiority is universally
admitted. AT the present rate of adj
vance it will become true of other
specialties.
In ophthalmology r. Is positively
ridiculous to think of an American
oculist learning anything of value
elsewhere than at home, and we wish
the European masters would come to
our own ophthalmic kindergartens.
Elk oriente lux has been the law of
science up to the present time, but
thesextreme west having been reached
h}Ae light of civilization there is
MQ1J ~ left but reflex or a reversal
nf{t# law, and in many things be-
mdSefmedicine the illustrations are
rhssltipging fast. Principles and the
ories are valueless except for realiza-
tion and translation into facts. We
may have been taught, we may still
be taught, the theoretic principles Of
our art, hut in their practical applica-
tion we are the better teachers, 1t ia
in no spirit Of boastfulness that we
speak, but to encourage our profession
to perfect the science, and especially
the art, the practice or the mechanics
of medicine-a work in which we are
exceptionally fitted to excel Here is
most legitimate field for patriotism.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
Uncle Sans Chinese Title,

The United States is known in China
as Nei-Kwo, or 'the beautiful coun-
try" though the Chinese masses to-day
always call an American Kwa Kee
Kwoh 8ui, which may be translated as
a ''countryman of the flower flag The
reason of this is that when first the
stars and stripes We're seen in Canton
harbor the natives flocked to the shore,
hailing it as the Kwa Kee Cheun, or
the flower fiagship."--Chicago Chron-
icle. a.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-22
pcserting porridge for Tea.

Statistics show that Scotland as
nation grows madder year by year, and
the local government reports now
bluntly tells us that our unpataiotic
desertion of porridge is one of the prin-
cipal causes Matters have, indeed,
come to sad pass when Scotland.
whose stalwart sons have advertised
by their appearance the virtues of por-
ridge in all parts of the globe, is now
stigmatized in government report as
a nation of Incorporate tea drinkers,
Glasgow News.