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long rome traces These carried really
enormous loads and We're a great assist
ance to those troops whose own trans
port was limited.
..rrhe province Of Chilli was rich in
ponies and mules, many of the latter being
splendid animals, equal to our own, eS-
pecially for packers, as they were snort
coupled with big barrels, in fact, ideal
pack mules.
Use of the Camel.
Near Pekin was obtained also a large
number of camels, Of the two-humped or
Bactrian breed These ungainly brutes
carried 500 pounds apiece and were the
cheapest transport in China. They ate
all kinds Of refuse forage that a mule
would not touch and thrived upon it. The
saddle was simplicity itself consisting of
two narrow wooden bars, running at right
angles to the ribs and connected by few
pieces of old rope thrown loosely across
the animals back; these eQualized the pres
sure of the load on the ribs. The cargo
was simply tied together and hung on
each side One man cared for SIX animals;
he led the first by long cord, passed
through the gristle OF the nose; the other
five were tied to their leaders in the same
manner the cord being m-lde fast to the
saddle. The last camel carried e bell sus-
pended from his neck and shaped like
section of stovepipe; As long ~ the bell
was intact without looking around. We
employee number of these beasts to haul
in coal from the mines to our camp at
Pekin They only made about two and
one-half miles an hour. but as this pace.
like that of the British pack train, was
regulated by their ccolie drivers, who
walked, 1 don't know II it Is natural or
not, but think it is They have nasty
tempers and are prone to kick and bite,
many being muzzled. Having tried them,
I do not think much of them as a saddle
animal, the motion being similar to that
of one of the Philippine coasting steamers
in a typhoon.
although our wagons did splendid serv-
ice and held up well under heavy loads and
over rough roads, we were at times embar-
raised by the fact that spare parts were
not interchangeable on all the wagons. We
had three different kinds of escort wagons.
all differing slightly. and think this Is
mistake. These wagons should be built to
standard specifications. no matter who Is
the maker. thus all parts would be inter-
changeable. a prime necessity in cam
paign.
Dress Equipment.
"An the foreigners were very partial to
fair leather equipments. and the British
ana Germans kept theirs in a beautiful
condition.
1.-The Japs marched with but little equip
ment-that is, the weight was not great
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but they seemed to have all they wanted.
The British troops also were lightly load
ed, but both of these nations had a coolie
for every fighting man, or about that pro-
portion. The Russians carried little-a
rough blanket in a roll, the ends of which
were tied together and stuck in their soup
cans. wooden water bottle and a can
vas haversack completed their outfits. The
French and Italians had very heavy packs.
The Germans We're heavily loaded, seemed
to have a belt and pouch for everything
from a pair of boots to a meerSchaum pipe.
l only saw them marching on the roads, but
feel certain that K they went into action
they would either have to strip and run
the risk of losing their packs or else de-
velop powers of endurance that men Of no
other nation possess.
I'm the matter of dress our men are very
sensibly clothed in comparison with the
others, especially in the matter of foot and
headgear. Our blue flannel shirts excited
admiration.
The Japs limped in heavy, stiff brogans,
which they wore apparently for the same
reason a plantation negro wears shoes on
Sunday-for show-as they moved around
barefoot or In straw sandals with ease and
comfort. Their summer uniform was OF
coarse white drill, made very tight fitting,
extremely SO; they seemed ready TO burst
at every seam. Their winter uniform was
of coarse wooden cloth, varying IN color and
trimmings according to organization, and
most spectacular in these combinations
Indeed. all the armies except the American
reveled in color and gold lace on their
winter uniforms and although ii is striking
it's nuisance and requires much labor and
care to keep 1t presentable.
American Superiority.
Altogether the American force was bet
ter fed. both in quantity and quality of the
ration. better clothed, and for the winter
especially so, and had the best transporta-
ton, newspaper correspondents. to the con-
trary Notwithstanding. Where the Ameri-
cans fell down in the eyes of the foreigners
was In military appearance. Our men were
slouchy in dress and rambled about clothed
or half clothed or dressed any old way
that their fancy dictated; but this was
true OF our officers also. 1 am sorry to say.
We seemed to lack proper pride in our
personal appearance. The foreigners Thought
this go-as-you-please manner was due to
lax discipline, whereas IT'S national char
acteristic, though a bad one and one easy
OF correction II the proper means be adopt
ed. Let the officer appear neat and uni
formly clothed at all times, and the enlist
ed man will quickly follow. This particular
feature has been rampant in our army since
'98 and does not seem to improve at all.
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Concord Going to Alaskan waters.

The Navy Department has ordered the
gunboat Concord. now on the Asiatic sta
ton, to proceed to this country for duty
In Alaska. She will assist in the strict en-
forcement Of the liquor laws in the gold
country. and also will extend all proper
aid to the numerous geological surveying
parties In that territory.
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DRIVING OUT MONKS AND NUNS.
CarmelIte Convent in City of Mexico
Broken Tn,

CarmelIte Convent In City of Mexico
Broken Up.
A dispatch from Mexico City yesterday
says: The breaking up of the convent Of
the Carmelite nuns in this city is believed
to be the beginning Of movement all over
the country to drive out monks and nuns
living In communities in disobedience to the
reform laws. There is much agitation Of
the matter in religious circles, but the lib
eral party newspapers commend the firm
action of the government.
Efforts are making to get the dispersed
Carmelite nuns to return to their homes
in various states, but they, evidently be-
lieving they remain here and reunite
refuse all offers to be sent home free of
cost. The government has apparently
taken this action to show that 1t will not
tolerate any violation of the reform laws
enacted during the anti-clerical regime of
President Juarez
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Japan Leases Land in COrea.

A dispatch from Yokohama says: Ac-
cording to advices from Seoul. the Corean
government has leased to Japan 45O acres
of land to form a settlement at Ma-San-
Pho. The land in question was formerly
eaxiously sought by Russia.
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Leaped Into Niagara.

A dispatch from Niagara Falls. N. T.,
last night says: This afternoon at 4:30
o'clock an old man. who appears to have
been William Gardhouse of Brampton On
tario. committed suicide by leaping into
the river a few feet from Prospect Point
and a minute later his body plunged over
the American falls to the ice and rocks be-
Low.
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SAW THE sUN.> ECLIPSE.
in spite of Clouds. Got
InpOrtanI Results.


A dispatch L, the New York Herald from
Sumatra dated May i. via Paris. May 49,
says: The weather was splendid part of
this morning, but the sky was cloudy dur
ing the who'll duration Of the total solar
eclipse.
No Instruments could be operated except
the polariscope and X-ray apparatus. Of
six auxiliary stations established on ada
cent islands within thirty miles. three
showed a clear eclipse.
Shadow bands were not seen. The corona
was invisible here. The darkness was less
than had been anticipated. The duration
OF the total eclipse fell short OF the time
predicted.
The X-ray plates have already been de-
veIoped. but show no Coronal effect.
DAVID p. TODD,
Professor Of Astronomy al Amherst College.
The Dutch expedition observing the total
eclipse OF the sun at karangsaso, Sumatra,
teIesraphs to AmsJ erdan.
During the eclipse the sun was partially
obSCured by clouds. Successful photographs
were taken of the corona with different re-
tractors and of the specJra OF the corona
and chrOmosphere with TWO spectrographs.
on the other hand the photographs with
the prismatic camera and measurements
for the polarization Of light and heat radia-
tion of the corona have not succeeded
At Port Louis, Mauritius the total
eclipse of the sun was well observed at
the Royal Alfred Observatory there.
A dispatch says: The partial eclipse was
partly lost through a cloud and the first
contact was entirely lost. The last three
contacts were well observed. The party
included twenty-five observers.
Fifty-two photographs Of the corona
Were obtained with the photo-heiograph of
the Mauritius Observatory. the Greenwich
rT4rtss ami he TE a
other smaller cameras. Forty-one photo
graphs Were taken of the partial phase and
eighteen photographs of the spectrum.
The corona OF the expected mini
mum type, but seemed fainter, .yeIlower,
more diffuse and less definite than in the
eclipse Of last May.
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Improvements Already Made.

The improvements which have just been
completed are even more extensive than
those under way. The size of the main
gun shop has been increased by an ad-
dition of 200 feet to It's south end and sixty
feet on the north end. A new tool shop of
enormous size is just being moved into,
while new store house for completed gun
carriages stretches for more than 800 feet
along the western side of the yard A gas
plant has just been put into operation,
where gas Is made from oil, and conveyed
in pipes to all Of the FORCES, to be used in
stead of coal. A torpedo-testing tank is in
place in a new building The model basin,
which is considered one of the new fea-
lures Of the yard is also handsomely
housed in an immense long building on
the east. Perhaps the most interesting
recent addition to the navy yard plant is
the new cartridge shell factory which has
been established in the old copper rolling
mill Here brass shells made for one
Founders and up.
All of the many long shop buildings are
equipped with new electric cranes, which
slide noiselessy along an immense track
over the heads of the workmen, available
for lifting the heaviest gun from any part
of the floor space. An extensive electric
conduit system is being laid In the yard,
after which the driveWayS are to be re-
paved with vitrified brick These improve
ments will be finished at the end Of the
year, when the condition of the Washing
ton navy yard will be perfect in equip
ment and sufficient in size to maintain the
ordnance of the greatest navy in the world.
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But the Americans arms We're always
clean and in good order and he can shoot
and take care Of himself better than his
more neatly dressed brothers-in-arms. and
he was animated by a spirit Of humanity
and regard for the rights of others that
was in marked contrast to the actions or
these same presumably disciplined troops
After all, these things are the true test of
true discipline, and not perfect alignment
and polished buttons. But both could 60
hand in hand.
International Antiquities.
Regarding the feeling existing among
the fractions Of this cosmopolitan force 1t
was amusing and instructive to see the
cordial dislikes and hatred of the different
nations for each other. OF course all otti-
cial relations were nice and automatically
cordial, but that sort of intercourse means
nothing. The true feeling came out
in the intercourse or. rather, lack of
intercourse. of the different forces. The
Jap was smiling and polite to all and in
evidence In all the camps, especially the
British and American. The Russian tiocked
by himself and did not even seem to care
for his friend. the French. The British and
American troops were always together and
constantly in each others camps. The
German kept to himself, and the French
also, except when he was in the Russian
camps. None of them were visitors 10 any
extent in the Engllsh-speaking camps lex
cept the Japs), nor were they welcomed by
the troops when they did come. The Brit
ish were. in fact. the only real friends we
had, and the only ones who were willing
to help If we needed il, and. Of course,
we returned with interest their courtesy
and kindness. The Jap was pleasant and
smiling. and that was ALL he just simply
smiles. He smiled on the Russian as he
smiled on the American, and IL he had any
thoughts he kept them private somewhere
in his little round head.
Pretended Pension Examiners Caught.
The officials of the pension bureau have
been notified that Samuel North OF Kansas
City, Kan, who has been operating as a
pretended special examiner of the pension
bureau and representing to coiored persons
that he would cause their pension claims to
be allowed, has been convicted in the
United States district court at Topeka.
Kan, and sentenced to eighteen months
Imprisonment in the penitentiary at Leav-
enworth.
Mack E. johnson of New Orleans, La.
convicted in the United States district court
at that place. charged with having imper-
sonated q special examiner of the pension
bureau and collecting various small sums
of money for his alleged services in that
connection. has been sentenced to sixty
days imprisonment In the parish prison.
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Royal Headache Tablets, harmless
and quick cure. doses, 1oc.
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Twelve-yard patterns OF best 81 qua
Satin Foulards for only $500. Nearly
price-the actual value being S12. Choice
ell the prettlest designs and scarce shat
Take elevator to second floor.
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Long handle Ironing Wax. each.
Best Mendinc Cotton. spool. .....
MOhair Shoe Laces, pair. ...
Gold-eye Needles. paper. 5000.
Sweet Toilet Soap, cake
Black Mourning Pins, box. ....
Princess Hair Pins paper
Silk Trimming Braid. yard 800
Best Sperm Machine Oil. bottle.
Linen Corset Laces, each. 800.
Heavy Mohair Shoe Laces. pair
Long handle Stocking Darners, ca
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THE Russians used two-wheel cart.
considerably larger than those Of the Japs,
with f1aring sides and ends; it was very
roomy and commodious and strong They
were drawn by shaggy Manchurian ponies
of great strength and stamina They
moved much faster than the Jap carts,
which were always led. They carried as
much as 600 pounds over good roads, and
for short hauls, but 500 was the average.
This cart seemed to me to- be extremely
serviceable, strong, handy and fairly light
and well constructed. -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-03-13
SHIPPERS GET NO CUTS.
New System of Railway Grouping
for Freight Rates Is Being
Forcibly Felt.
RALF-DozEA MEN HOLD THE REIHS.
In "the Community of Ownership tho
Advisory Board Is the Power That
Makes the Tariff and the Machinery
Works as Smoothly as If There Were
Only One Great Railway System.

New York, March 9.--Some large
shippers of freight complain that it
is now useless to make the rounds of
the various railroad offices looking for
concessions on shipments from Chi
cago to Pacific coast points. This is
pointed to as one of the immediate
results of the bankers agreement for
the division of all the railroads of the
United States into groups, or commu-
nifty of ownersip. 1t means that the
advisory board of half a dozen men
now holds the reins, and whenever
rates need adjusting the orders en-
anate from this body or from the
bankers who appointed the commit
tee. There are no longer any long
wrangles of traffic officials. These men
are instructed to get together and
make such tariffs or such changes in
the rates as the bankers committee
think ought to be made. AS result
the machinery works as smoothly as
if there were only one great system
instead of many independent ones.
Some railroad authorities think the
increased revenue by reason of the
doouSiiHcnI ol Idle-cultiHS anu De-
cause of a few small advances in
tariffs will amount to $50,000,0o or
more year. According to one au-
thority, the losses to the railroads
annually for the payment of commits
sions used to run into the millions,
and, as rule, the general public did
not benefit correspondingly Again,
the community of ownership method
has reduced rivalry to a minimum,
nnd it has been possible to run fewer
trains and to make less eXtravagant
concessions in order to secure busi-
ness.
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A MOB IN SAN JUAN.
Soldiers Had to Rescue Superintendent of
Schools Armstrong from q RIotous
Crowd of Fifteen Hundred.

San Juan, p. r., March "a serious
riot occurred here yesterday. At six
O'Clock in the evening five artillery
men and a corporal of artillery, named
Hiscock, left their guard post and
charged across the plaza into street
in which a mob of people had assem-
bied. The soldiers fired volley into
thu cir, dispersed the mob and res
cued School Superintendent Arm
strong, who was besieged by the mob
in house situated about block
from the city center. For hours pre-
vious to the rescue of Superintendent
Armstrong the city had been over
run with riotous crowds of probably
l,5Oo persons who shouted Down
with the Americans" and other sim
liar cries. The excitement originated
in trivial school incident involving
Superintendent Armstrong and Illus
trating the eXcitable nature of the
Porto Ricans. The superintendent
reprimanded girl, ten years of age,
for disobedience and forcibly but
harmlessly marched her to front from
the rear of the school room. Her
dress caught in a desk and was torn
and the girl reported to her mother
that she had been kicked and abused.
This excited the girls mother and
sensational stories were circulated,
resulting in the formation of the mob
The teachers who have been ques.
toned on the subject have made state.
ments agreeing with those of Super.
intendent Armstrong, to the effect
that the girl was not harmed. 1t is
probable that four-fifths of those who
took part in the rioting did not know
why they were mobbing the Amer.
leans. The rioters mostly belonged to
the unemployed workmen of the pop
ulntion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-03-13
NEGROES make AN APPEAL.
National Council Cries Out Against
Disfranchisement and Con-
tract Labor System.
DEMAND JURY TRIAL FOR ACCUSED.
swift and Certain Punishment IL Desired
FOR All Criminals, But 'by Due Process
OF Law"-ImmedIate Repeal of All Pro-
Slavery Contract Laws Is Asked-Sys-
tenn of Slavery In South Carolina.

Washington, March 9.-The execu-
tive committee of the National Afro
American council, which has been
holding its third annual session here,
has given public expression on "sev-
eral questions" of vital Importance
to the race we represent" A circular
Issued says the disfranchisement of
American citizens is menace to the
permanence of the republic, and ap-
peal is made to congress to publish
the text of all disfranchisement state
laws, together with the approximate
number of citizens whose suffrage
rights are denied. The council prom
ises it will call on the colored people
everywhere to support the movement
to test the constitutionality of the
Louisiana Acknowledgement laws.
The council declares further that
the system of slavery practiced in
Anderson county, S. c., accidentally
disclosed at a murder trial, calls the
earnest attention of the public to the
alarming encroachments of the con-
tract system upon labor and liberty
Of American citizens, and demands
the immediate repeal of all pro-slavery
contract laws. Appeal is made for a
trial by jury for every person charged
with crime, for swift and certain pun
tshment of the guilty by due process
of law, which last, it is said, was sug-
gested by the burning alive of two
human beings during the past few
months"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-03-13
LITTLE FAITH N CHINESE.
Minister Conger, at Farewell Re.
eeption, Tells of His Waning
Respect for Mongolians.
MISSIONARIES MUST CHANGE TACTICS.
Assistance from Their Government No
Longer Practicible-MinisterC Conger Is
Not Enthusiastic Over the Mission Cause
and Says the Chinese WIN Not Appre-
ciate the Work In Their Behalf.

Pekin, March 9.-At the farewell re-
ception given yesterday to Minister
and Mrs. Conger by the American mis-
sionaries, DR.. Schiffeld referred to the
good will and interest of all American
ministers in the missions. He ex-
pressed the gratitude of the mission
aries to Mr.. Conger for his services
in giving them security, his kindly
feelings toward them and his appre-
citation of their work. Mr.. Conger
said he had never been enthusiastic
over the cause of the missions, but
he respected the work and devotion
of the missionaries, and intended to
testify to this when he returned to
the United States. Regarding the fu-
ture, he thought they would have
to modify their plans concerning as
sistance from their government. They
must rest content with what they had
secured in the past.
He was surprised by the almost uni
versal feelings of hope and determina-
ton on the part of the missionaries,
which were in contrast to his loss of
confidence in the Chinese as race.
He was impressed by the lack of ap-
probation by the Chinese of the eff
forts of their friends. He observed
that the countries most respected
were those which came with a strong
hand and strong policy. Some were
extremely bloodthirsty. but the ac-
tual facts required that punishment
be inflicted on those whom all recog-
nized as guilty.
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INDICTS DEALERS IN SLAVES.
Grand Jury at Anderson, S. C., Pictures
the Horrors of the Bondage System
in Existence There.

Anderson, S. c., March Given
tieth century methods of slavery
were publicly condemned in the state
court here yesterday. In a present
ment which pictured the horrors of
the bondage system, the grand jury
returned indictments against four of
the leading citizens of Anderson and
score of guards. So pleased was
Judge Benet, who first demanded an
investigation, that he declared that he
was profoundly grateful to jury
which had the backbone to break up
an iniquitous system of slavery,
which was showing tendency to
spread throughout the state. The
jury showed in it's report that negroes
had been bought and sold; that they
had been seized on the highway and
kidnapped and sent to the prison pens,
where they were bound and shackled
and warned that death would follow
any effort to escape.
Jud Fowler, brother-in-law of Unit
ed States Senator Earle, was the first
to institute the convict law lease sys-
tenn in this county. So we'll did the
farmers regard the plan that private
stockades were erected, and when con-
victs could not be obtained from the
penitentiary price was fixed on the
head of every negro who could be
"shanghaied and kidnapped" as Judge
Benet characterized it.