davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-03-20
RARE RELICS
Looted From Chinese
Forbidden City
In Hands Of San Francisco
Customs Appraiser.

san Francisco, March 20,-Ten jade
tablets upon which. almost 200 years
ago, the hand of Chinese workman en-
gravcd, by order of his imperial mas
ter, an acknowledgement of the wis
dom, power and goodness of Shun Che,
the founder of the Tartar Dynasty III
China, are locked in the safe ol The
customs appraiser. John 7. Dare,
awaiting authority from Washington
10 return them to the Emperor CT
China, or his representative. The
stones are one foot in length, six inches
wide, and nearly an inch thlc-,
Through holes, drilled across their
width, cords are passed to hold them
together and when taken by the Gus
toms Inspector from n private soldier
returning from service In China, they
were wrapped in claborateiy embroid-
cred yellow sim. 1t Is believed that
they were taken as loot from the i'm
peria, apartment in the forbidden city.
Recognizing their value 10 the Chinese
ruler descendant of the Emperor whose
deeds they commemorate. the customs
authorities have notified the secretary
OF the treasury and await notification
AS To the arrangements he may have
made with Tie department of state
Tor the return Of the tablets.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-03-20

the Comet school house Friday.
Mr. Ward Daily has an attack Of the
mumps
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-03-20
NATURE FORGIVES.
NERVOUS DEBILITY, WEAK NERVES, DESpONDENCY
EXHAUSTION, AND SLEEPLESSNESS CURED
BY DR.. CREENE'S NERYURA.

bodies and steady
at feeling
mental exerion There only dulness
power to work read study diminished The thoughts wander and there
inability fix the with
there extremely and irritable sensation
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Great Wealth of Frozen Alaska

NUMERICAL Alaska in 1901" is the
title Of a monograph just issued
by the Treasury bureau of statis-
tics. In It are presented some
striking figures about this (until
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

the Yukon. and by ZONE the possibility
Of the successful production OF wheat and
oats is strongly supported.
The grasses for the support OF cattle are
abundant, and the experiment with live
stock thus far justify the belief thai this
feature OF the food requirements of Alaska
may be furnished by the development of
stock farms In the southern sections. In
the north vast areas are covered with a
moss similar TO that upon which the REIN
deer thrives in other parts of the Arctic
regions, and in view of this fact the in
PRODUCTION Of reindeer from Siberia was
begun a few years since and has proved
extremely successful, about 5000 now being
distributed through northwest Alaska, and
the experiment has advanced sufficiently
to justify the confident belief that the rein
deer will within a few years prove an i'm
portant feature in furnishing both the
transportation and food supply Of northern
and northwestern Alaska.
The gross area Of Alaska is, according
to the 1900 census, $50, 804. The governor
OF Alaska in a recent report states that
this is equal to the combined area of the
twenty states Of Maine, New Hampshire.
Vermont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Con-
n%eetieut, New York, New Jersey, PennsyI-
vania, Delaware. Maryland. Virginia, West
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and
Tennessee.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

800 invested were promised and were paid
punctually up to the last week. Fetzer said
he had a system Of playing the races that
could not be beaten and the success of the
early investors convinced the doubling
ones that his system was all right. The
information Of the SNAP" spread rapidly
and Fetzer's business increased accordingly.
No one thought that dividends of 26O per
cent were improbable when they read of
the long shots that won races on the Chi
cago tracks.
Fetzer attributes the downfall of his
business to the rainy weather and said he
had been unsuccessful in picking mud
ders." His system Of betting, which was to
make everyone rich by the end of the sum-
mer, went to pieces with each succeeding
thunder shower, and the circular contained
the doleful information that the company
mad lost its OWL capital as we'll as the
money intrusted to it. A large number of
those who contributed their money are not
willing to accept this announcement as cor
rect and they are making efforts to get
Fetzer into trouble for violating the postal
regulations.
The clients of the concern in Appleton
included a number of we'll known business
men and people Of all classes. They lost
from 40 to 5000 each. A poor widow who
mad put in all her savings is now penniless
ana was obliged to seek aid from the city
authorities. 1t is said the victims have no
means Of redress.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

casion she should appear in the uniform of
a general in the Royal Horse Guards, dark
blue with gold facings, epaulettes and the
other insignia Of rank, but her majesty
vetoed the proposition and wore the simpler
costume OF a white amazon riding habit,
with the regulation tall, black hat.
The death of Victoria left Wilhelmina the
only reigning woman sovereign in commaud
of an army. The present queen consort of
England, Alexandra, was at one time a
superb horsewoman and displayed a deep
interest in military affairs, but Of recent
years sine mas not been seen on horseback,
to the great regret of the loyal Tommy At
kinses.
Though there are innumerable woman
colonels, only two women in the world
may wear the three-cornered chapeau and
the four stars and stripes of an admiral.
These are the Dowager Empress Dagmar of
Russia and the Queen Olga of Greece, who
owe their honors to the late car. The
Empress Dagmar is an admiral in the Rus
sian navy, while Queen Olga is attached
to the Russian Mediterranean squadron.
The latter, who is passionately fond of the
sea, uses her yacht as often as other women
call Tor their carriages, and she has also
passed the necessary examination to secure
a sailing masters certificate. She often
commands the royal Greek yacht, Am
phitrite, and she is certainly better equip
ped for the rank of admiral than many
OF her sister sovereigns are qualified for
their military duties.
While 1t is said that the American
women are of all their sex the most pro-
gressive and the most e~xacting in the mat
ter OF having their abilities in all direc-
lions publicly acknowledged, there is but
ma nm l.. Il IL 60.
and hers is a sort Of courtesy rank. This
Is Miss Mamie G. Morris, lieutenant colonel
and aide to Governor Gambler of Georgia.
Miss, or rather Lieutenant Colonel Morris
halls from Chattanooga, and her appoint
ment dates from a formal visit made to that
town by the chief executive of Tennessee's
sister state, during which Miss Morris did
much to make 1t pleasant for the governor
and his stan.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

100000 more furs. chiefly seal furs.
Probably 1000, 900 OF American capital is
invested In Alaskan Industries and bust
ness enterprises, including transportation
systems. In the salmon fisheries alone the
companies engaged have a capitalization of
$22, 900, 900, and the value OF their plants,
including vessels. is given at $12, 900, 900. In
the mining industries there are large in
vestments, the great quartz mill at Jupeau
being the largest quartz stamp mill in the
world, while several other quartz mills rep
resent large investments. With the inflow
OF capital, the development OF transporta-
ton systems, and the gold discoveries. has
come the building up OF towns and the de-
velopment Of cities with modern convent
ences OF life.
Agricultural possibilities In Alaska have,
until within a recent period, been con-
sidered OF but slight Importance. As the
country was explored. however. and its
conditions Of climate and soil studied, its
natural products observed and experiments
made with various classes Of agricultural
productions. II became apparent that the
agricultural possibilities OF the country, and
especially OF the south and southeast.
where the Innate is modified by the Japan
current, were Of considerable Importance
In view Of the practicability OF furnishing
at least a part OF the food supply Of the
population which the varied resources of
Alaska seem likely to sustain and make
permanent. These observations and ex-
periments lead those who have participated
In them to the belief that vegetables in
great variety can be produced all along
the southern coast and in the valley OF
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

fourth infantry; the queen regent of the
Netherlands, the Fifteenth Westphallan in
fantry; the grand duchess of Baden, the
Fourth regiment of the Grenadier Guards,
and the dowager queen, Marguerite of Italy,
a Hessian Tagen (rife) regiment.
Perhaps Of all this list none is destined
to more general popularity among the
soldiery than the duchess of Connaught.
Educated under the eye of her father, the
famous Prince Frederiche Charles, the
Red Prince" of the Franco-German war,
she has the military spirit strong within
her. From childhood che has been a fear
less rider, and now sits her horse with
grace and dignity, as one born to the sad
die. Already one Of the most active, ear
nest and prominent Of the women colonies,
when her husband, the duke Of Connaught,
becomes commander-in-chief Of the British
army, he will find in his wife a helpmeet
whose sympathies lie entirely and undi-
videdly with his work, and Tommy Atkins
Will have in the wife of his commanding
general a true and never-failing friend.
While the prince consort of the Neither
lands, the duke of Mecklenburg- schwerin, Is
merely a lieutenant in the German infan-
try, his royal wife, Queen Wilhelmina. COM
mahuo OhO VI Inc crack cavalry CORDS, q
present from the kaiser on her 18th birth
day, when she assembled the throne of Hol-
land. What with a military husband and a
regiment quite her own the young queen
takes an intense interest in her army.
While at one of her country residences
previous to her illness she received word
that a regiment was approaching on a prac-
tice march. Immediately she called for her
horse, mounted and galloped down the road
to meet the dusty, travel-stained troops.
Saluting the colonel she placed herself at
the head Of the column and led 1t past her
husband and Queen Emma, personally Civ
Ing the word Of command for the salute.
At another time she reviewed her army
when fully 10000 soldiers of all arms were
present, and as their young queen rode on
to the field she evoked an almost frenzied
enthusiasm among both soldiery and peo-
pie. 1t was at first decided that on this oc-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

Until recently the Grand Duchess VIC
toria Militia of Hesse shared military honors
and popularity with the empress. Perhaps
the most enthusiastic of all the lady
colonels, she commanded by title the noted
One Hundred and Seventeenth infantry
regiment. Nor did she allow the acting
colonel to rob her Of her duties and privi-
leges. She was seen almost daily on the
parade ground when her regiment was at
work, on which occasions she wore the I'M
dress uniform Of the German army colonel,
dark blue coat. red collars and cuffs edged
with blue, and a heavy skirt, a peaked cap
with red band, sword belt and knotted
cpaulettes. At parade and reviews she
headed her men in all the glory and pomp
of full dress uniform, her helmet topped
with plumes and strapped under her chin,
a tasseled belt, and, among the medals and
jeweled decorations which covered her
breast, cleaned conspicuously the order Of
the Red Eagle.
1t was at the kaiser parade in Hamburg
that she reached the pinnacle of her fame.
for on that occasion his majesty sent his
personal a~djutant to escort her into the i'm
perial presence, where she was publicly
congratulated on the magnificent appear
ance Of her command. Then came her
divorce from her husband, and In keeping
with his policy Of distributing military
honors the kaiser signined his disapproval
OF her conduct by depriving her Of her
regimentals and her monographs and arms
were removed from the regiments epau.
lettes.
But the withdrawal Of royal favor has
not taken away her popularity. She is not
only a magnificent rider, but an accom-
plished whip. and her appearance at the
Frankfort races on Sunday afternoons in
variably causes a demonstration. Recently
she drove out to the course. preceded by a
couple of outriders. and handling the reins
with consummate skill over a matched team
of hve grays. two leaders and three at the
poles. On the box at her side sat her sis
ter the crown princess OF Roumania. The
latter presented a daintily feminine picture
In her summer fnery, but the duchess sat
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

dividends from their Investments
In the AL Fetzer company, an alleged get
r~ieh-quick concern which operated in horse
racing pools, received circulars the other
day announcing that the company had
failed and their money was gone. Heavy
rains were said to have broken the sure
thing combination by which the company
was to win fortunes from bookmakers ON
race tracks.
The amounts lost by the credulous in
yestors In Fetzer's rosy scheme, which. e.
was declared, could not lose" reach into
the hundreds of thousands, reports the Chi
cage Record-Herald. The towns that suf-
Tered the worst were Hammond, Ind. and
Appleton, Wis. 1t was reported that the
people OF the latter town had suffered 10
the extent of 5 $4,000 and dozens of small
cities are believed to have Jared almost as
IA
Fetzers operations have been under the
surveillance OF the postal authorities. hut
ne managed his affairs so shrewdly thai
the government inspectors have been un-
able to prove fraud up to the present time.
Formal complaints have been lodged with
the postmaster at Hammond since the is
suing OF the final circular and an investi-
cation has been begun.
Fetzer conducted a large part OF his
business through the mails. He adver-
Used extensively in the newspapers and
iouhd many who were willing to "play the
game Dividends OF IS a week for each
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

erect in true military pose, which accen-
tuated her strong, rather masculine face.
Other women Of royal blood who have
been honored thus by the kaiser are the
Empress Alexandria of Russia, who is
colonel of Germany's Second Regiment Of
Dragons; the hereditary princess of Sake
Meinengen, who m the Second
Grenadiers; the crown princess Of Greece,
the emperor's sister, who has an infantry
regiment, and Princess Louise, duchess Of
Connaught, Who has the Dragon regi-
ment, known as won Arnim, No. H." The
queen Of Wurtemburg is colonel Of the
Uhlan regiment. "Konig Wilhelm l." the
Princess Vera of Wurtemburg, who was a
Russian grand duchess, the Uhlans "Konig
Karl" the Princess Charles Of Prussia,
the Twelfth Regiment of Dragons; the
Princess Albert Of Prussia, the Twenty
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

IVAYHOM the kaiser loves he Hrst
" makes colonel"
- This parody on an ancient saw
Hk3at aptly describes the present policy
OK the German emperor In dispens-
ing royal favors among women. Time was
when a post Of honor in the imperial house,
hold or a jeweled order was the feminine
badge Of royal favor. Today 1t is a COM
mission In the German army, with It's gilt
tering accompaniment Of full uniform. The
command may be honorary only, but It car
ries with 1t not only the insignia. OF i'm
perial preference, but certain privileges in
which a woman OF military ancestry fairly
revels.
The kaiser is no faddist. His most trivial
moves In affairs Of state, II followed to
their source, lead eventually to the foun-
tain head OF his administrative policy-the
army first. last and always. SO 1t is not
improbable that there Is method In his APP
pointment OF women to military posts.
Since the day Of Joan OF Arc the sight of a
woman a-horseback in the full panoply of
war has been sufficient to rouse enthusiasm
In the most phlegmatic solldery and to stir
the latent loyalty of peaceful citizenship.
At the very head of the military women
stands the empress herself. No more popu-
lar ofticer, no more dashing soldier is there
In all the German army than Augusta Vic
toria, and familiar as is her appearance at
the head Of the famous Pasewak Curaissiers,
she never fails to receive an ovation at
the hands Of the loyal Berliners. When
she leads her regiment in review before her
war lord, the kaiser. she wears the snowy
regimental uniform Of white with red fac
ings, the scarf Of the Order Of Hohen-
zollern, and the famous three-cornered hat,
with large, dropping heron's plumes.
Neither is her majesty satisfied to appear
on parade only. She is at heart a real SOL
der, accompanies her regiment to the an
nual parades, watches Its drills, frequently
visits the men In their barracks and calls
upon the officers In the regimental casino,
there to discuss affairs, large and small,
connected with her command.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

~ COMMERCIAL Alaska In 1901" is the
title OF a monograph just issued
- by the Treasury bureau of stalls
LHkA4x tics. In II are presented some
- striking figures about this (until
recently little explored and little understood
territory Of the United States. BY reason
OF the application OF modern systems of
travel and transportation. Alaska is now as
accessible as Arizona. Three days OF travel
by modern ocean steamers from Seattle
among the islands and along the coast
which forms the southeastern extension Of
Alaska lands the traveller at Skagway;
twelve hours by rail over the mountains
carries him TO the headwaters OF the Yu-
kon. where comfortable and well-equipped
river steamers carry him TO the gold field
Of central Alaska or down the Yukon river,
which is navigable for more than 1000
miles at this season Of the year. From the
mouth OF the Yukon another comparatively
short trip by steamer carries him to Cape
Nome-the latest and greatest Of the gold
fields OF Alaska.
Gold. hsh and furs are. according to this
monograph, the principal industries OF
Alaska at the present time. and they send
to the United States SIS. 600. 900 worth of
their products. 5000. 900 Of gold. $4,000, 900
OF nsh, chiefly salmon. and the remainder
furs.
The total value OF the products OF
Alaska brought to the United States since
its purchase is according to the best esti-
mates that the bureau OF statistics is able
to make) about $3.50. 000. 900. Of which $50,
100000 is precious metals. $50. 900. 900 prod
ucts of the fisheries. chiefly salmon. and s5.-
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Preacher Who PLAYS

Rev: Martin B. Bird. pastor Of Hope Con-
sregational church, st. Louis, both breaches
ana gives solos to his congregation, PLAYING
on the cornet. ~
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
In ArchbishOp's Name

Shureh property in the name of Arch
plsnoP freeman of Chicago, who recently
died Is value at S45. 200. ZOO.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17
Plucked for Thousands

hundreds Of people living in Chi
cago and the smaller cities Of
Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin,
who had been drawing wonderful
Dividends from thair inunrtMnnAn
Omaha daily bee., 1902-08-17

HON the kaiser loves he irst
makes colonel"
This parody on an ancient saw
aptly describes the present policy
of the Carman amnaror a. dAa-a
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-16

ORGANIZED

At a meeting at the Drill Shed last
night, the LOngshoremen's Union cleo
ted permanent officers. The vote for
president resulted in a tie between H.
MOssman and d. X. KaeO, each receiv-
ing So votes out of the total of 100
present Mossman withdraw his name
and Kaeo was chosen unanimously.
The other officers chosen were vice
president, William Olepau; secretary,
Fred Kauahi; assistant secretary, John
Wise; treasurer, NJ. Nika.
MOssman made a stirring address in
which he said that the welfare of the
natives demanded that such an organ
izatiOn be effected. The Japanese lab
or belonged properly to the plantations
but the Japs had invaded the stevedOre
business and, in consequence, were
slowly forcing the Hawaiian out of
that line of work. He said that the
japanese worked for less wages than
the Hawaiian but the Hawaiian spent
all of his money in these islands where
as the Japanese took as much as pos
sible of his own, back to Japan.
A committee consisting of H. Moss
man, chairman, and John Wise, Fred
Kauahi, William Olepau, Captain HOli,
and Paul K. Hipa was appointed by
the president to draft a constitution
and bylaws. The next meeting of the
Union will be held at the Pacific Mail
dock at noon Saturday when the report
of the committee will be received.
After that meeting, there will be a
regular one at the Drill Shed the even
ing of January %.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-16
HUGE WAVES.

Some time ago experiments were car
ried out at Santander, on the north
coast of Spain to determine, if posi-
bic, the exact height of the crests of sea
waves during a heavy gale. In several
cases they were found TO rise as high
as AZ feet and allowing the same depth
between the waves, it would make "a
feet from crest to base. The length
from crest to crest of waves of this
height was about 3S6 feet. From obser-
vatiOns made in the South Atlantic
during a very severe storm it was es-
timated that the crests Of the waves
reached a height of so feet, and the
length from crest to crest was quite
400 feet
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-16
sHIPBITILDING INDusTRY.

The Japanese (says the latest report
of the British Consul at NagasakD are
making rapid progress in their ship
building industry. No expense is being
spared to render the Mitsu Bitsu Ship
building and Engineering Works tho
roughly up to date in every respect. It
is being equipped with tools and appli-
ances of the latest and most labor-sav-
ing description. In the machine shop
alone eight steam hammers, ranging
from seven tons to half a hundred
weight, have been installed within the
year. To encourage the young hands
of the machine shops to evince an in
terest in their work, technical training
school for the accommodation of $50
bows has been erected.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-16
RAPID TRANSIT EXTENSION.

The Rapid Transit Company yester-
day closed a contract with James Nc
kee for the extension of the road from
Alexander street to Waikiki road The
extension starting at the corner Of
Wilder avenue and Alexander street
will run makai on Alexander street to
Beretania street thence Waikiki to
McCully street and makai on that
street through to the Waikiki road
intersectng it opposite Kalia road. The
extension viii be $500 feet part of
which, through the undeveloped part
of McCully street viii have to be filed
and graded to street level The ma
terial for this viii be obtained from
Ashley & Paris quarry on the Met
calf road. The work is to be com
pleted in three months. The bent rails
for curves and switches are being pre-
pared i'm the company's shops. The
necessary electrical supplies are now
on their way here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-16
DEPARTING
WednesdaN. lam

Wednesday, January Is.
Am. sChr. A. b. Johnson, Siegelhoist,
for the Sound in ballast at 4 p. m.
Thursday, January Is.
Am. schr. Aloha, Fry, for Port
Townsend in ballast at a, m.
Am, ship Reuce WhitmOre for Port
Townsend in afternoon
British ship, Langdale Hunter, for
San Francisco with general cargo at
noon.
Schr. Ada, for Hanalei and Kalihiwai
at p, m.
Stmr. Ike Au Hou, Mosher, for Hama
pepe and Eleele at p. m.
Stmr. Iwalani, Greene for Maxwell
Waimea and Kekaha, mail and pas
sengers only for Koloa at p. m.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-01-16
LNIELLLGENGE.
ARRIVING


Wednesday January l5
Ger ship Agnes, Hgmke, 1853 days
from Hamburg at $3.50 p. mn,
Am. ship Title j.. Starbuck Curtis,
J., days from San Francisco at a p. M.
Schr Ada, from Hanalei, Kalihiwai
and <oolau ports at @ a. m.
Schr Kawailani. from Koolau ports
at $3.50 p. M.
Thursday January 10.
SChr Charles Levi Woodbury. Harris,
from HilO at a. m.
Thursday January 16.
$. S. Hawaiian, Banfeld, from San
Francisco, probably arrive i'm after
noon.
$. S. Hyades, from San Francisco,
probably arrive i'm afternoon.
Friday. January Il.
Stmr. w. G.. Hail. S. Thompson, from
Lahaina, Maalaea, Kona and Kau
ports, due i'm morning.