The Red Cloud chief., 1903-12-11

tfVJl IIIf illIslIII ia,
who lately succeeded to
the direction Of the depart.
IlSl E51I ment of practical Chinese.
G-Gp at London University. va
caht Dy .lr. George Browns rcsigna.
tloii. was political adviser to General
Hazelee during the occupation of Pc.
KIN 10y the allied forces. Sir Walter-a
iharVeIlouSly fluent speaker of Chinese
was omc years Chinese Secretary to
Tue British Legation at Pekin. and af-
terward tonSul.Gcneral in Korea,
ohH incident in Sir Walters Chinese
career has very seldom been touched
upon. II was he who took the Chinese
forts OF Shan-liai.Kwan when garri.
soned by 5000 men, and without firing
u shot. Sir Walter and a gunboat were
despatched from Taku to reconnoitre
tue coast Ia the north of pehtapg.
Going on shore with an officer and
eighteen men, Sir Walter sent uD his
card TO the Chinese General with Il re-
quest for an interview. This was
granted. The Allied Forces will be
here, all around the forts. tomorrow"
said Sir Walter TO the Chinese General.
Are you not of the opinion that much
bloodsbcd would he saved by n surren-
der, rs, of course. you know the forts
are bound 10 be taken? Nothing can
save you. 1t is really the only course
10 "a bloodshed."
The Chinese General debated n
while. and on the question of the ad.
visibility of surrender being again
put to him, answered Yes. certainly.
but when and to whom" "TO me.
and there is no time like the present"
replied Sir Walter promptly. other.
wise ! shall be compelled to open fire
on the forts The usual preliminaries
were then gone through. Sir Walter
placed the British flag over the forts,
sent the gunboat back to Taku to re-
port, and utilizing a disused signal box
at the railway station as a blockhouse
dotted his scntries about and himself
turned in for the night.
Toward morning the Russian troops
arrived and the Russian officer, not re-
alizing the situation, was about to take
advantage of his early arrival. 81
shall occupy the station" he said, land
proceed to attack the forts" "The forts
are taken, and the station is in my &C.
c%upancy.' replied the Englishman.
"iou will see that the British flag is
flying over both. You can put your
men somewhere over there" indicat-
Ing a space in the distance outside Brit
foh tnfnannn rh;. thn D,.,;a- omaa
did. The joke was that the Russians
wanted the railway and that only.
Thus We're the forts Of Shan.Hai.
Kwan taken by the scholarly gentle
man who has succeeded Mr.. George
Brown at London University.-M. A. L.
MAN AND BEAR ON A LOG.
Conductor Dave Houston, Of the
Southern Pacific Railroad, who is tax.
Ing n ten days vacation at Seaside.
had a thrilling experience with a big
bear which he will not soon forget. He
only told Il few of the incidents, as he
desired to keep 1t quiet, but the story
leaked out. Conductor Houston is q
great fisherman, and never lets an OPP
portunity slip to cast the line. He had
hardly got settled at the seaside when
he went u on the Necanicum River
to have a fish all by himself. He made
his way through the brush until he
came to n log, one end of which pro.
jected out into the creek. That's the
very place." thought the conductor,
and. adjusting his line and pole. he
crept out on the log, where he found
himself comfortably perched above the
cool water Of Necanicum Creek. Hous.
ton lighted his tried and trusty pipe
and then east his line. He fished and
smoked perhaps an hour without get.
ting a bite. %af -
Suddenly there was a movement III
the bushes back OF him, and then he
felt the log he was sitting OH tremblc
Instinctiyely the conductor turned
around. when to his amazement he
gazed into the face of a black bear
The latter seemed to be sizing him ur
and estimating how much of a meaI
the conductor would make. and
whether he would scrap" when II
came to the point. For the conducto,
there seemed no escape. The bear sal
complacently on the shore end Of the
log, and it was not possible for Con
ductor Houston to get past the mon
ster. The bear held him there for sew
eral hours before n hunter came alonc
and killed the animal. The beai
weighed 30 pounds when dressed
Conductor Houston now has a few
more gray hairs in his head as the re
suit of his experience.-Mornlng Ore
gOnian.