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The Washington times., 1903-05-31
CHINESE MINISTER IS
GUARDING HIS NUMBER
Purposes to Be on Hand When the
President Shouts "Next" on Re :
ception List.

= The new Chinese minister. Sir Chen
tung LANG Cheng has postponed max
ing plans for the summer until after the
return of the President. The diplomatist
has not been officially received by the
President, but the ceremony viii prob
ably take place within a few days after
the Presidents return.
AS the members of the Diplomatic
Corps take precedence in the order o.
their official reception by the Prcsi-
dent, each new diplomatist is de5rous
OF presenting his credentials with as
little delay as practicable. The Chinese
minister is now carried on the diplo-
matte list at the foot of the dlplo
matists of that grade. and holds the
same official status as the Turkish min
lister. who is appointed" ministe:. but
rot yet officially, recognized.
Should Sir Chentung leave Washing
ton for the summer without presenting
his credentials TO the President. there
would exist the possibility OF some
other nation or nations gaining prece-
denee over China in case their present
representatives were succeeded by new
diplomatists.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
THE NoRTHERNMosr RAILROAD.

This sketch map shows the route of
the Ofoten Railroad, opened for
through traffic in November last be-
tween Lulea, on the Gulf of Bothnia, and
Victoria Haven, at the head of Ofoten
Fiord, on the Atlantic Coast. The road
penetrates about one hundred miles
north of the Arctic Circle, and is the
most northern railroad In the world. It's
total length is about two hundred and
fifty miles. The eastern part, between
Lulea and the famous iron mines at
Gellivare, forty-four miles north of the
Arctic Circle, has been in operation for
over fifteen years. 1t has now been e1-
tended to the Atlantic. to facilitate ship
ments OF iron ore. Lulea, on a narrow
arm of the Baltic. is closed by ice for
seven or eight months every year. At
Victoria Haven, however. there is not
only deep water for the largest vessels,
but, like all the Atlantic ports OF Nor
way, it is ice-free the year around, SO
that ore may be forwarded in every
month to the blast furnaces of England
and Germany.
The mines at Ge1livare yielded 800, 600
tons of ore in 1899, 00O. 600 tons in
1900 and the quantity is expected to be
largely augmented now that there are
better facilities for getting the mineral
out of the country. These Swedish ores
are regarded as among the best steel
ores in the world; but they are difficult
to reduce, on account Of the phosphorus
in them, and, as Sweden has no coal
with which TO smelt them, she sells most
Of the ore to England and Germany =
Bulletin of the American Geographical
Society
The Washington times., 1903-05-31

century, has been relegated to oblivion,
along with similar practices and ideas
Rulers are no longer above the law, but
amenable thereto, if not de jure" at
any rate de facto," and they are thor
oughly made to feel, and themselves
realize, that in spite of the scepter with
which they are invested, they are, after
all, but men and women just like the
rest of the people.
With perhaps a couple of exceptions,
the home life of the now reigning mon
archs of Europe is a pattern to their peo-
pie, while their personal behavior is
singuiarly free from reproach, a circum-
stance attributable not alone to princi-
pie and to excellence of character, but
likewise to the knowledge that each
throne is envroned by the fiereest glare
of publicity, and that the slightest faux
pas on the part of it's occupant Will lead
to popular outcry and condemnation.
Take, for instance, the present En-
peror and Empress of Germany, the
King of Denmark, the Gar and Czarina
of Russia, the King and Queen of
Greece, of Italy, of Portugal, of Sweden
and of Wurttemberg. the Queen of tie
Netherlands, the young King of Spain,
with his mother and sisters, old Empe-
ror Francis Joseph. and King Edward
and Queen Alexandra, as we'll as the
King and Queen of Roumania-all these
are we'll behaved, estimable, conven-
tional people, according to the best
American standards. and if King Leo
pold of Belgium has achieved for himself
somewhat unenviable name in connec-
| ton with certain indiscretions his peo-
pie are able to close their eyes thereto
partly because he invariably seeks his
amusements of a questionable nature
abroad, and likewise Tor the reason that
he has done so much to improve and de-
velop the trade and industry OF his
country.
The rulers of the present day have
been far more strictly brought up than
most of the sons of the miiiionaires and
multi millionaires in this country; they
have been taught TO believe that their
first duty is to their people, and that
| this obligation has to be fulfilled at the
sacrifice of no matter how much personal
comfort and convenience. and have like
wise been instilled with the belief that
they owe it to their dynasty and TO the
nation to lead a private life that Is
above reproach. In fact, except wher
engaged in presiding at some state func-
Ition, which necessitates certain amour
of ceremony and pomp, they will Of
found by Americans to be charming, IN
affected, kindly hearted people, whose
friendship is to be priced
Ex-ATTACHE.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
ALASKA'S NEW CAPITAL.
Juneau Is Now a Modern City in All
Respects.

Nestled in a nook on the foothills at
the base Of Juneau peak. that rises
nearly 1000 feet above it. is Alaska $
new capital. Juneau. 1t is in the center
of a charming picture. Viewed from a
distance il seems to be clinging TO the
sides Of the mountain. All around 1t are
mountains and across Gastineau chan
mel the hills and mountains of Douglass
Island shut out the sunlight from it's
streets long before the sunset hour.
The choice Of Juneau as the new capi-
tai was an excellent one. II is the CEN
ter and life of temperate Alaska. loug
established as town of commercial I'M
portance and strong political influence,
and its natural resources are steadily
Increasing its wealth. It has popula-
tion of about 2. 000 and 1t has we'll kept
streets. water. and electric light and
telephone systems; schools equal to
homes; Episcopal, Roman Catholic,
Greek, Methodist, and Presbyterian
churches; good markets. general stores
carrying large stocks, large docks. and
coal bunkers. five hotels, a chamber of
commerce and a Territorial club. This
ought to be sufficient TO satisfy most
any skeptic that the town is not perchcd
upon an iceberg and inhabited by Es-
cuimauX-
In fact. the usual Eastern conception
of Western witness and wooliness IS
not easy to find in any Alaska town
that l have seen Alaska social life and
society are by no means abstract
things of the ina gination. In an Eastern
State Juneau would be termed quite
a society CENTER" and future governors.
legislators, and United States officials
who make their homes in Alaska's CAPT
tai will not find It dull.
Society as it acteth" anywhere
fourishes also there like the green
spruce trees of the mountains that look
down upon its frailities. Feminine
hearts that in other chimes, not Alaskan.
have fiuttered with pleasure over fiattery
the "sterner ones" have given, and re-
belled at the calumnies of sister hearts.
Gutter and tremble with angered pride
again in this new land One hears there
the same little bits of gossip. plays with
the same miserable" partners at whist,
waltZes to those dreamy airs. Boston
Herald
The Washington times., 1903-05-31

European monarchs. in spite of all
that is written to the contrary. are
abreast of the times 1t is possible that
the system which they represent may.
from an American point of view, consti
tute an anachronism, and an objection
able survival of medieval days. But 1t
must be borne in mind that it has been
retained by the will of their people, who
are content to be ruled in this fashion,
and who demonstrate by their manifesto
tions of loyalty to the crown that they
prefer to have sovereign rather than
president in the role of the executive of
the nation True, one occasionally hears
still about 1.-The divine right of the an
ointed of the Lord" and of the latter
owing their scepter to the fact that they
were born, so to speak, on the steps of
the throne.
But these are. after all, mere figures
of speech which are regarded with indul
gence, much In the same light as the ex-
aggerations of poetical license, and it
may be safely asserted that there is not
a ruler today in Europe who is not in
debted for his maintenance in office as
the supreme head of the nation to the
will of the majority of his fellow-coun
trymen in the same degree as the Pres
ident of the United States.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
Satisfied With Their Rulers.

The Germans, who in point of science,
culture and intellect may be said as
whole to surpass every other race in
the Old World, have William II as their
Kaiser because he satisfies them. If he
did not, they would promptly send him
about his business as the Bavarians did
with King Louis I in 1913, when he was
given by his subjects the alternative
of behaving himself or stepping down
from the throne. Nicholas II is auto
crat of the Muscovite empire because
the vast bulk of the Russian nation is
satisfied to be governed in that manner
and is imbued with loyalty to the dy-
nasty, while the British, no matter
whether in England or the colonies,
submit to the rule of Edward VII be-
cause he has their suffrage, and if he
were not their King by virtue of de-
scent would be so by election.
1t is timely to call the attention of
the readers of The Times to this fact,
not only because several of the SOW
ereigns of the Old World as well as
mated their hopes of visiting the United
States shortly, in connection with the
St. Louis exhibition, but also for the
reason that the numerous memoirs re-
Gently published dealing with the court
life of the eighteenth century, and CT
the first sixty or seventy years of the
nineteenth, serve to impress upon the
minds of the people who peruse them the
difference between the monarchs therein
portrayed and those of today. The lat
ter are so much more in sympathy and
IN touch with their subjects, and so en-
tirely Notwithstanding to their own
lights. it is true-to the welfare of their
heges, that the pictures presented of
some of their by no means remote pred
ecessors on the throne-princes who
manifested more consideration for their
dogs, cattle, and game than for the
human beings beneath their sway-ap-
pear TO US in the light of almost incredi-
BILE extravaganzas.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31

where she had concealed herself
TO scape his brutality; this same
monarch who. after ascending the
throne, distributed the crown jew
els among his Infamous feminine
favorites, from whom they were re-
covered only with the utmost diff
Guilty by his successors; King William
", the most clownish of English SOW
ereigns, and who on one occasion at a
drawing room startled all those present
in the throne room by declaring in
loud tone of voice that the principal
lady-in- waiting of his sister in law, the
Duchess of Kent, ought to be whipped
on the backstairs in the presence of the
pages in waiting" King Miguel of Por-
tugal, father of the present Duke of
Braganza, who at Ievee struck one of
the most popular and gallant gen
erals, the Marquis of Villareal,
sudden blow with his fist in the
face. receiving in return. how
ever, a resounding box on the ears
from the hands of the veteran for which
the general would have been shot had
he not been liberated from prison by
the insurgents at Coimbra; the amusing
King Charles XIV of Sweden, elder
brother of the present King Oscar, and
a good-natured giant, who on one &C.
casion when the French minister at his
court-a diminutive, dried-up, weakened
old nobleman, intimated at a reception
that he had something confidential to
communicate to his majesty, coolly lift
ed the pompous little diplomat from the
ground, sat him on his knee, and then
exclaimed: Now, my little fellow. what
is it?' the envoy being so beside him
self with rage that he was only pre-
vented from asking for his passports
by his consciousness of the ridiculous
nature of the episode-thssS and many
more of their contemporary fellow
rulers that l could mention. belong
quite as much to a bygone age as Peter
the Great, who was wont when visiting
the court of Berlin, to be accompanied
not merely by his consort, but likewise
by an entire seraglio. the members oil
which bore the somewhat incongruous
title of maids of honor" despite a
number of them carrying babies whom
they proudly declared were the Off
spring of the autocrat
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
Some Royal Eccentricities.

or one ruler, the last Duke and Mar
grave of Anspach. a nephew of Fred
erick the Great. it is related that being
seated one day at the window of his pal
ace with his infamous English faYorite,
Lady Craven, the latter, catching sight
of a chimney sweep at work on the roof
OF lofty house nearby, remarked that
IT would be amusing to see the man
fall, whereupon the duke sent for a
musket, and taking a steady aim at the
sweep, fired. The man rolled off the
roof on to the cobble stones below. a
corpse, the curiosity of Lady Craven be-
ing thus satisfied, and when the duke
afterward driving out with her was be-
sought by the mans widow with her two
little children for assistance on the
ground that her husband had been their
only support. and that his death had left
them destitute. the duke. who died in
London in the early part of the last cen
fury. ordered five fiorins-that is TO say,
about S2-to be given TO her on the ex-
plicit understanding that it was an act
of royal charity on his part, and not by
way Of compensation for the loss of her
husband, as he, the duke. had a right
10 do what he wished with his people
These sentiments were likewise enter
tanned by the Elector of Hess, who, it
may be remembered, sold his subjects
like cattle 10 King George III, of, Great
Britain, for service in this country un-
der the English flag in the American war
Of independence.
Frederick VII of Denmark, the imme-
date predecessor of the present King.
and who died in 1863. was in the habit
OF occasionally appearing on the bal
cony of his palace at Copenhagen TO re-
ceive the acclamations of his people
One evening when they felt more than
usually loyal, they continued cheering
him after he had gone inside and taken
his seat at the card table. The noise
disturbed him, and accordingly he called
one of his aides-de-camp and angrily di-
rected him to 90 at once and TO order
the palace guard Ito dispense the mol
at the point OF the bayonet." The off
Ger tremblingly drew the Kings atten-
ton TO the fact that the people had
merely gathered to cheer their sovereign
and to manifest their loyal devotion tc
his person, whereupon Frederick replied
"Oh, well, then. let the guards use the
butt end of their rifles ipstead for the
purpose" This King was celebrated fol
ter divorcing two wives of royal brit
married Partisan modiste whom h
created Countess Banner
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
MANY VOICES RAISED
IN SYMPATHY FOR JEWS
Meeting at Columbia Theater Friday
Promises te Be Well Attended.

The committee which is arranging the
mass meeting to be held in the Column
bia Theater next Friday afternoon tn
express sympathy for the prosecuted
Jews in Bessarabia, Russia, has re-
ceived many acceptances from prorni-
nent Washingtonians invited to speak
at the meeting
Thomas W. Smith, president of the
Board of Trade; the Rev. d. J. Stat
ford. pastor Of st. Patrick's Church; the
Rev. Teunis S. Hamiin, pastor of the
Church Of the Covenant; Bishop satter-
lee, the Rev. Randolph H. McKim, pas
tor of the Church of the Epiphany: DR..
Kent and r. Ross Perry are among the
men who have consented to speak at
the meeting.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
FROHMAN PLANS FEAT.

PARIS, May 30.-Charles Frohman will
on June 8 transport the entire produc-
mirable Crichton,' to Paris by special
trains and special boats to give a single
performance at the Renaissance Theater.
The company and scenery viii be taken
back to London in time to give per-
fOrmanCe the following night.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
LOANS FOR PORTO RICO.

SAN JUAN. P. R. May 30.-The Ban
co Agricola has obtained from Paris
brokers loan of s., o0O. 900 to be used
for the relief of the farmers OF Porto
Rico. Luca Amadeo arrived in New
York today to close a $500 600 loan for
similar purposes.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
ToRPEDoES GO OFF.

CHERBoURG, May 3o.-Lightning ex-
ploded three submarine torpedoes at the
west entrance to the harbor throwing UP
a huge column of water and causing a
panic among the vessels at anchor. The
Fuerst Bismarck. from Hamburg to
New York, has just entered the harbor.
hut was not Injured
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
AMBASSADORS IN ROME
SEEM To Be UNLUCKY
Mr.. Meyers Auto Accident Followed by
One to Sir Francis BERTHE.

ROME. May 30.--The automobile ac-
oident in which Mr. Meyer, the Amer
lean ambassador, figured on Thursday
vas followed yesterday by a similar &C
cident to Sir Francis BERTHE. the British
ambassador.
While he was returning TO Rome from
Albano the engine of his automobile ex-
pioded and he and his chauffeur were
hurled several yards. They were shaken
and scratched
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
ST. PETERSBURG EN- FETE.

ST. PETERSBURG. May 3O.-The cele-
bration of the bicentenary of the founda-
ton of st. Petersburg was begun with
salutes and a procession, in which the
Troitski Bridge was opened in the pres
ence of the Car and Czarina.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
CONFIRMS SHIPS LOSS.

CHERBoURG, May 3o.-The body of q
sailor belonging to the coasting steamer
Vile de Cherbourg. which, with ten
passengers, was due here from Havre
Monday, has been picked I'D OFF Cape
LIE Heve. thus confirming the fears that
the vessel had been wrecked
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
yATTMANN REACHES ROME.

ROME. May 30.-chapiain Edward j.
Vattmann. of the Twenty ninth United
states Infantry, has arrived here and
has had long interviews with the mem
bers of the Sacred College and promi-
nent officials of the Vatican about his
report on Philippine affairs.
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
Modern Monarchs More crcumspect.

In these modern days monarchs are
quite as much compelled to conform
themselves to the conventionaIities. the
proprieties. and the decencies of life as
the very humblest of their fellow citi-
zens. The "droit du seigneur,' which re-
manned in force in certain portions of
Germany until the middle of the last
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
TO REGULATE AUTOS.

PARIS, May 30.-In reply to an inter
pellation in the senate, Premier Combes
said automobilists constantly exceeded
the regulation speed, and promised to
appoint a commission 10 report on what
regulations of automobile traffic were
necessary
The Washington times., 1903-05-31
Indeceneies Of Crowned Heads.

King George " of England. who while
prince regent was wont TO invade in the
small hours OF the morning the apart
ments OF his morganatic wife. Mrs. Fitz-
herbert. with number OF equally bois-
terously drunken associates. and draw
ing his sword 10 prod Herewith beneath
beds, sofas, and tables in order TO as
certain where she had taken refuge. IN
til be had discovered the hiding place
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-11-05
Mother
Lost Reason After
LaGrippe.
Daughter Had Ere.
Quent Spasms.
DIR. Miles, Nervine Cured
Them Both.

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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-11-05
Mortgage Sale.

By vir;ure of mortgage deed ex,
ecuted to me on Sept. 26, 1899 by
M. Eddins and wife Lenora e.
Eddins of Wake County, N. c., ana
reg istered in book 155 page, 523 in
tho office of the Register of Deeds
for So County, l will offer for sale
for cash to the highest bidder at
tho court house door in the city OF
Raleigh, county and state aforesaid
on the 28th day Oct 1903, the fol
Lowing described real estate for the
purpose of sat styling sa d mortgage
deed al d notes attacaeG: One tract
Of land a6j,in1ng the lands OF
F. T. Whitley, E. W. Hood and
others, beginning at a point on
Little River, at tho mouth OF
Rocky Branch, thence mp the vari.
Gus courses Of said branch to a
point on the branch 100 feet up the
branch where a ridge path Or cart
way c.osscs he same, thence south
erly par Hell to So d path to a point
in the dividing line between K. w.
Hood and E w. Hood and A J
Novels heirs, thence with said lin
to Little River, thence up said
river to the Begin ing, conta ming
100 across more or less.
w. II. CHAMRLEE, SIR.
Mortgage.
This Goth day Sept. 1908.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1903-11-05

-Four Persons In Wagon with Caskes
Hurled TO Death.

Charlotte, n. G., Nov. l.-Fast
express train No. 80 on the South
ern Railway, that left Washington
last night at 1926 O'Clock, ran into a
funeral party six miles north OF
Concord this morning at O'Clock
and killed four people. The killed
were: John Key, benjamin Tippet,
Daniel Weaver, Lula Townsend.
They were stated in a farm
wagon, In which tho body of Mrs.
Kate Lewis was being taken to Il
country graveyard about three miles
from where the accident took place.
The wagon was drawn by a pair
Of young mules, not thoroughly
broken, al Il it Is the contention of
the engineer and fireman that the
animals became unmanageabie and
ran directly in font Of the engine,
which was moving at high rate of
sre d. phe pilot of the engine
struck the wagon on the front wheel
and the force Of the collision threw
the occupants in the air.