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Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21

now smiling the odor 81 blood on the
tainted air and slowly wonderinglyI
drawing near the stricken leader as
though to ask what allied him. Obe-
dent and docile the Indian ponies stood
with dropping heads, hidden under
the shelterof the steep banks. Nearer.
and nearer came the big black animals,
bulky, stupid, fatuous; the foremost
lowered a huge head to sniff at the
blood oozing from the shoulder Of the
dying bull, then two more shots puffed
out from the ravine, the huge head
tossed suddenly in air, and the un-
gainly brute started and staggered,
whirled about and darted few yards
away, then plunged on its knees, and
sthe, next moment, startled at some
sight the soldier watchers could not
see, the black band was seized with
sudden panic and darted like mad into
the depths of the watercourse, dis
appeared one moment from sight, then,
suddenly reappearing, came laboring
up the hither side, straight for the
crest on which they lay, dozen black,
bounding, painting beasts laundering
over the ground, followed by half
dozen darting Indian ponies, each with
his 1.-the rider scurrying in pursuit.
"Out of the way, men! Don't fre!"
shouted Dean. And, scrambling back
toward their horses, the. lieutenant
and his men drew away from the front
of the charging herd, invisible as yet
to the halted troop and to the occu-
pants of the ambulance, whose eager
heads could be seen poked out at the
side doors of the leading vehicle, as
though watching for the cause of the
sudden halt.
:. And then a thing happened that at
least one man saw and fortunately
remembered later. Bryan, the trum-
peter, with jabbing heels and Tapping
arms, was tearing back toward. the
troop at the moment at the top speed
of his gray charger, already SO near
that he was shouting to the sergeant
in the lead. BY this time, too, that vet
eran trooper, with the quick sense of
duty that seemed to inspire the war
time sergeant, had jumped his little
column front into line' to meet the
unseen danger; so that now, with car
bines advanced, some thirty blue jack
cts were aligned in the loose fighting
order of the prairies in front of the
foremost wagon. The sight of the dis
tant officer and men tumbling hur-
riedly to one side, out of the way pre-
shmably of some swiftly-coming peril,
acted like magic on the line. Carbines
were quickly brought to ready, the
gun locks cracking in chorus as the
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21

darins. The dismal failure of the plans
of the Boxers and the subsequent in
yasion of China by the troops of the
allied powers have placed Prince Tuan's
head in jeopardy and may lead to a
complete reorganization of Chinese
methods of government. go
Inasmuch as but very few are familiar
with aChina's governmental system as
it has existed for hundreds of years,
anoutline of it's various branches should
prove of interesct to every student of
history as well as to all observers of
current events. K i 4s.: ..E L. -
Under the ancient Chinese censti-
tuition the absolute control of the en-
pire is entrusted, nominaly at least,
to the emperor, who is the supremeleg-
islator of the nation, commander in
chief of the army and navy, chief civil
administrator Of the empire, lord chief
justice, owner of all of the land COM
prised within the limits of the coun-
try, archpriest and erything else
worth mentioning. His official title is
''Tien-Si,' signifying Son of Heaven -
theoretically he rules over the whole
of the earth, and, according to trust
worthy reports, there are millions of
Cinnamon who devoutly believe that
all the nations Of the world acknowl-
edge their emperor as chief lord. An
anomaly it seems almost that in spite
of the wide powers possessed by the
Son Of Heaven" he is liable to be re
moved by popular vote on the appear
ance Of any great scourge, such as q
prolonged famine or drought or q se-
we're vista ationof the plague.
The .tKenng -ki-c chu'' is body: which
corresponds to the cabinets of west.
ern powers. tt is composed Of the
leading statesmen and politicians OF
the empire, and its members visit the
imperial palace every morning to con-
| fer with the emperor. The cabinet il
controlled by an executive body, the
-ko, 3 composed Of ministers noted
for their sagacity, or vyickedness.
Other governmental departments are
the tTsung-li-yamen, e which is the
chinese foreign Office, and the t.L fan
Yuen. !" or colonial office. which looks
after the rights OF foreigners dwell
Ing "a China and governs the provinces
and tributary states ofs Mongolia and
Tibet. ss5sst
The 'Han-1i,,, = 81 Sacred College 81
Learned Men, is an interesting body
composed of the empires hest schol-
arr, and to be elected to . member.
ship IN it IL sconsidere IS great honor.
The college controls the boards q
works, ceremony revenue, 81 ilitary
[sahd naval afairs, Office punishment,
Eetc. Incide dentall5 &c Il also examinel
.candidates for nice IL their literary,
al.tiatic md scientific & attainments. s.
s from iizne memorial the Chi
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21

to keep their places the local officials
rob the day laborers and b1ibe the
district authorities. The district au-
thorities rob the merchants and
bribe the provincial officials. The
latter extort money from the land
owners and hand over a part of the
spoils to the mandarins. And that
dignitary EFFORTS contributions from
everybody in sight and sends fair
percentage to Peking to Propitiate
the imperial authority there.
In many sections Of China highway
robbery is countenanced by the au-
thorities. The police are given a tip
not to catch members of certain
gangs of highwaymen, and an officer
who neglects to take such q hint
finds himself without a job. High
waymen not so protected are treated
with incredible cruelty--surely a
pointed lesson that it is unwise to en-
gage in robbery without dividing the
spoils with the so-called guardians OF
the peace IT, =
Nothing but political earthquake
can correct the abuses so family out
lined here; and certainly no one who
has the true interests Of the Chinese
at heart would argue against the in
PRODUCTION of reforms. Should the
present occupation of Peking by the
troops of Europe and America lead to
a reorganization Of affairs in China,
the Boxer massacres, terrible as they
were, would prove q blessing to civ
ilization, not too dearly bought with
the blood Of scores Of noble men and
women. And in this work Of reforma-
tion our own government should take
leading part, one to which our chill
dren could point with pride and the
emancipated slaves Of China with
deepest gratitude. 81. &.
5aS s#s af G. w. WEIPPIERT.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21
Snored in the Wrong Key.

A weary congressman who could 'ssnorc
upon the flint occupied room adjoining
a German musicians.
''You will have to give me another room,
], guess" said the congressman to the hotel
clerk.
Whats the matter? Aren't you comfort
able where you are?"
"Well, not exactly. That German musi-
well. Last night he footed away on his
clarinet SO that thought never would 60
to sleep. After had caught a few winks
was awakened by pounding at my door.
What's the matter?' / asked. OF you
please said the German, dot you would
schnore of der same key. You vas go from
B fiat to G, and it spoils der moosic.' '"-Buf.
falo Enquirer. ......
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21
An Awful Gossip.

DO you know. Tommy. think
mamma is an awful gossip, s said Bob.
why, Bob, you oughtn't to say
such q thing as that about mamma =
'..But it is true, for every single
thing DO that amt good she goes
right of and tells papa. Z Philadel-
phia Times. sfs}
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21
Tran.-siherian Railroad,

The Trans Siberian railroad viii sbe
completed at the present rate of work
ing s. about two ear, the cost prob
ably consid derably exceeding the orig.
inal estimate q sof m .5oo. .o0o.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21
Inteilirent Stage Drivers.

A New York visitor returned recently
from Newport full of admiration for the in.
telligence Of the stage drivers who undertake
to show strangers the sights Of the town. He
was driving about in one of the vehicles de.
voted to the entertainment Of those who un-
dertake to see the sights of the town mex.
pensively. The driver stopped before one of
Smith, Jones' villa" said the driver, as he
turned to the passengers, and the lady in
the red hat by the corner of the piazza Is
the younger Miss Smith, Jones. whose en-.
gagement to Mr.. Brown was announced yes.
terday," The New York visitor had never
before met stage drivers SO anxious to have
their patrons enjoy themselves.-N. Y. Sun.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21
I m Odious { "a napaIriao,n lIII ; I,,

Mad Isn't Miss Autumn aging
rapidly IS
Marjorie Yes, ind deed. She win
soon have as many wrinkles as her
French bulldog Judge
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21

Past master Of political arts. Ell rs thera
any hikhcr decree ~ Oh, yss. most ~
ron know. 0stroit Journal
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21
Those Loving Girls.

. Maude II I only had my life to i've over {
ara sS
Clara (interruptin Why. thought
that's what you were doing.
What do yon mean e
ssI heard You tell the census man you
would BE q your next birt Chicago
Evening News. zsssssss
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21

evils - -. -. 80 -" =. - =, -
80" r,,.. =, 1,,7,on n p..erv.t,or.
80. . ~ .'''1"
While the fire warden law applies to-
does not ABBY to indians on their resere
vations; with the view, therefore, to hav-
Ing some reg9aonss s. sxa aaopse4 dae wnsa.
ne!p Preyent 1 u =, n, a
vatlons, y1siteu ~ aSnlats .on , " lae az.
y part oI.Deeemoer iast; - ana nag satis. se
tactGry lh!erXleWs, MIIn tme ttsa @ u
sne ene IN th ss
er Of Indian affairs. with the result that
tne laiter lssueu Ies aMu AgtIuc,
uons, IN iorm ot detter .o lne 4niteo 11n..
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-21

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p. m. the skies were overcast. Only
here and there twinkling star was
visible, and only where some trooper
struck a light for his pipe could q
hand be seen in front Of the face. The
ambulance mules that had kept their
steady jog during the late afternoon
and the long cleaning that followed
still seemed able to maintain the gait,
and even the big, numbering wagon at
the rear came briskly on under the tug
OF it's triple span, but in the intense
darkness the guides at the head Of the
column kept losing the road, and the
humping OF the wagons would reveal
the fact, and halt would be ordered,
men would dismount and 60 bending
and crouching and feeling their way
over the almost barren surface, hunt
ing among the sage brush for the dou-
ble furrow of the trail. Matches in
Vulnerable were consumed, and min
utes Of valuable time, and the quarter
master waxed fretful and impatient,
and swore that his mules could find
their way where the troopers couldn't
and finally, after the trail had been lost
and found half dozen times, old
Brooks was badgered into telling
Dean to l.ts the ambulance take. the
lead. The driver shirked at once. 81
There's no tellin' where we1l fetch
up," " said he. hose mules can't zee
the trail man can {. Take their
harness OF and turn 'em loose, an q
suppose they can find their way to
the post, but sure as you turn them
loose when they We got sonethin On
'em, or behind 'e1n, and tho doggone
scussedness Of the creatures will
prompt them to smash thing {, q
rTo b Continued.
The age-herald., 1900-12-31
STATE CAPIToLs.

From the New York Sun.
 The cornerstone of million-doliar State capitol for Arkansas was laid recently at Little Rock. A few days ago a contract was given out at Jackson, Miss, for the building there of a new State capitol at total cost of nearly a million. The pres ent capitol and grounds at Jackson are of the estimated value of $400, 000 and the Little Rock capitol and grounds of the value of only $25O,OOO.
 Many of the older settled States have capitals which were built many years ago and were designed to meet conditions which nearly every State has since outgrown. The capitol of Alabama at Montgomery repre- sents investment of only $50.000, that of of Louisiana at Baton Rouge S250, GOO, the grounds being included in this estimate; that of Kentucky at Frankfort, the scene of the Goebel shooting, $500,000 grounds in- cluded, and that of Maryland at Annapo- lis, $300,O00. There has been a general ten- dency to replace the old buildings by new and more costly structures, as is being done in Arkansas and Mississippi. Thus in Sacramento, the capital of California, the new building and grounds represent a total expenditure of $S,OOOOO0. Austin, Tex, has a $2,5O0.O00 capital. Pennsylvania has at Harrisburg a $2,5O0,OO0 capitol The little State of Rhode Island has at Providence a $S,OO0,OQO capitol and the Iowa State capi- tol at Des Moines represents total in vestment of $3,5O0,OO0. The Illinois capitol at Springfield represents a total investment of $4,500O00, and the Nebraska capitol at Lincoln represents a cost of $750,000. The Wisconsin capitol in the small town of Madison represents an investment of $l,- OO0, GOO, and Michigan has at Lansing a $1,500,000 capitol.
 In the smaller cities of the country there are to be found usually the most expensive capitols, a circumstance which has given rise to the expression "the smaller the capital town, the more expensive the capi- tol building" Colorado has g, ,500, 900 caf- itol, and Washington has completed one at Olympia costing $, 900, 900.
The age-herald., 1900-12-31
MRS. BEcKWITH DIVORCED.

Mount Pleasant, Ia. December 30.-Jessie T. Beckwith, daughter of Robert T. Lin coin, of Chicago, is no longer the wife of Warren Beckwith, the baseball player of this city, according to statement made today before the Probate Court here in the hearing of the case of James c. Whit ford against Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln. The courtship, elopment and marriage of Miss Jessie Lincoln with Beckwith furnished so- ciety with plenty of gossip in 1S97 Beck with at that time was playing right half back on the Iowa Wesleyan foot ball team, and it was while Miss Jessie visiting here at the home of her grandfather, Sen ator Harlan, that she became acquainted with him.
 MT. Lincoln tried to break up the court ship without success. Later efforts were made in vain to place Beckwith in a re- sponsible place with the Pullman company in Chicago, of which MT Lincoln is presi- dent Then came quarrel and separation, and the young wife returned to her fath- CTS. Beckwith later enlisted as a private with Company F, Fiftieth Iowa Volun- teers,, and was sent to Jacksonville, Fla. While in camp he received news of the birth of daughter and, although he ob- tained a furlough no reconciliation with the wife followed. He was honorably dis charged when the regiment returned to Des Moines
 Meantime Mrs. Beckwith had applied for a divorce, which was granted. There is no record of the case in the courts here. Beckwith who lives at Creston and is em- ployed as a brakeman on the Burlington Railroad, says a divorce was granted on the grounds of desertion and non-support.
 The facts became known here when the case of Whitford against Lincoln was called in the Probate Court. It was an- nounced that Mrs. Robert T. Lincoln. who was wanted as a witness, was in New York caring for her daughter and grand daughter, the latter having scarlet fever and the family being quarantined. Whit ford, who is a nephew of the late Senator Harlan sues to secure $27, ,0O0 from the estate for services of twenty years. Mrs. Lincoln, daughter of the Senator, resists the claim.
The age-herald., 1900-12-31
Supt. of Education Abercrombie.

The name of John W. Abercrombie is frequently suggested as that of a good man for the presidency of the State University. No one doubts his ca pacity or value in the place named; but are not 100000 children-many of them barefoot boys and girls-more desery- ing of his experience and energy and enthusiasm than two or three hundred young men who are not limited in their choice to one school or college?
 In behalf of the barefoot boys and girls of the State The Age-Herald ob- jects to the proposed transfer Mr- Abercrombie is needed where he is, and it believes the people of the State are in a mood to tell the politicians to keep their hands off the office that MT. Abercrombie holds. He is a better Superintendent today than he was two years ago, and he will be a still better Superintendent of Education two years from now, for experience in office Is needed in order to know what the chill dren in the public schools of the State need, and what can be secured for them.
 The State cannot spare MT. Aber- crmbie-that is to say, the army of children in the State cannot; and the politicians should be told at once that there is one office in 1902 that they can the office that MT Abercrombie now fills. He must be reelected as long as he will serve, and the trustees of the University should look elsewhere.
The age-herald., 1900-12-31
THE sERNHARDT HAMLET.

William Winter in the New York Tribune.
 Sarah Bernhardt's presentation of Ham, let, which was disclosed last night at the Garden Theatre and which will be visible there until next Saturday night, can, with perfect propriety, be commended to the particular attention of persons who are in- terested in the study of freaks. The mel aucholy Dane has, first and last, been rath- CT roughly handled on the local stage, but a long remembrance of his sufferings does not recall a time when he was more com pletely and effectually cruciied than he is in the French play and by the French actress. The English stage has nothing to learn from Sarah Bernhardts Hamlet. The performance will perhaps profit financially by reason of public curl osity but Cto use one of the bard's own similes) there is no more of poetry in 1t than there is of milk in a male tiger. Technical acuteness and executive effi- ciency are apparent in abundance, but ac- tors who present Hamlet are expected-and not unreasonably - to reveal something more than the usual resources of histrionic experience and skill. Women may sometimes succeed in the presentment of rougish boys and futtering young caya- Hers; the tradition of Peg Wellington as Sir Harry yyildair still survives and old playgoers still remember with delight the admirable grace and charming swagger of Mrs. John Wood as Donna Hippolyta; but the great and serious creations of dramatic poetry never have been, and they never can be. adequately impersonated by fe- males. If the public that reads and studies Shakespeare (supposing such pub lie to exist, as once it did) will accept thls fantastic foreign image of Hamlet as true and right, then something Is rotten in the State of Denmark" and there Is no more to be said.
The age-herald., 1900-12-31
Omen Route to the Sea.

The Mobile Register, in discussing the appropriations for the Warrior, says that "Mr. Bankhead has positive assurance that the money will be ap- propriated on continuing contract for the entire work in the Tombigbee and Warrior river locks" It further says:
 'This work is of very great importance to Mobile as we'll as to. the mineral district of the State. Water communication at all seasons with the coal and iron fields of Alabama will make of Mobile the outport of all that district. What is more, the existence of a large river commerce in coal and iron will make necessary the further deepening of the ship channel. In matters of this sort the reason for the appropria- tion and the making of the improvement must be sufficient, and We have every hope that such a reason will be provided when the rivers are utilized. The comple- ton of a navigable channel to the coal fields will force the deepening of our ship channel to thirty-fve feet.
 The work on the rivers has been drag ging along for a great time and the locks have been in course of erection for a num- Der of years. They are scattered, however, and their usefulness has not been great. Now Congress will agree to complete the whole scheme, and we may confidently ex- pect to reap the advantage, and In a measure beyond our most extravagant dreams"
 The Register is greatly pleased with the outlook of both harbor and tribu. tary rivers. This district, on the other hand, is almost as much interested in the depth of water on the outer bar aud in the ship channel in Mobile bay as Mobile itself is, for there is no use barging to Mobile the products of this district unless ships can come there to get them. The appropriation of $4O0,000 for Mobile harbor is imme- diate, looking to a channel twenty three feet deep in Mobile bay. The Senate will, it is believed, add an ap. propriation for deepening the water on the outer bar. It certainly should do
The age-herald., 1900-12-31
Mileage of Railroads.

The summing-up period has arrived, and the Railway Age is in the field al ready with the figures of railway con struetion Of the dying year. The total for the year is 4,321 miles of new track, laid on 80 lines in A States and Territories. Last year 4,5SS miles were laid, and the slight loss is attri- buted to the high cost of rails.
 In the list of States Texas is easily the leader, having SIS miles to her credit. In Alabama 192 miles were laid on IS lines; in Georgia, 1O4 miles; in Mississippi, 125 miles; in Tennessee, ST miles. In the ten cotton States all told 1,S17 miles were laid, or nearly one-third of the years mileage. The South promises to be the chief seat of railroad building in the coming year. Altogether there are now ,155 miles in the country, every foot of which was laid in the century now nearly ended, and nearly all of it in the latter half of it.
The age-herald., 1900-12-31

pole to pole the first sun of the new cen tury would rise at the same moment.
 But unfortunately this is not So. and the consequence is that the line of dawn, as it sweeps around the earth, first touches the date line to the south of the equator and then gradually creeps up this line till It leaves it far to the north. So the first sun of the twentieth century will rise on the places along near the date line in the order of their position, from the south up- ward.
 Now, there is no land along this line from the Antarctic Circle to Antipodes Island. hence this tiny spot of earth will first see the twentieth century dawn. A few minutes later Bounty Island will see 1t. Then it will sweep along the northeast coast of North Island. New Zealand then over Venua Levu in the Fiji Islands. Next 1t will shine on the scattered coral islets of the Ellice group, and after travelling about nine degrees more to the north the light tide will touch the crossing of tine dawn line and date line at o'clock.
 Two hours and five minutes will have to pass before it reaches the banks of the Yarra. In six hours and twenty-five min utes it will gild the temples and palaces of Calcutta. In nine hours and fifty minutes 1t will be flowing over Lions Head and down the rugged sides of Table mountain.
 In twelve hours and twenty-five minutes it will have crossed Montmartre and touched the base of the Eiffel tower in Paris. Five minutes later it will have passed the cross of St. Pauls and be flow ing up Fleet street. In seventeen hours and twenty minutes from the time it crossed the dawn line it will be flowing round the feet of the Statue of Liberty, and in three hours more it will have reached the Golden Gate. Thence 1t will cross stretch of ocean unbroken by rock or islet back to the dawn line, and so will be accomplished the evening and morning of the first day of the twentieth century,