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Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
ChIna,a RRIIrond Ern.

| here referred to the new railroads
which China has projected and asked him
II their construction would be pushed. He
replied; I'VE intend to build new rail-
roads just as fast as we can. We need
them and the imperial government realizes
that fact. and will do all It can to aid
In the construction. The first roads to be
built will be trunk lines, connecting the
chief centers Of population. We must nave
them on political grounds, as we'll as for
business development. Railroads are a mil
itary necessity to the new civilization, and
to China's holding the place she should
have In the far east and the world. We
need a strong central government, and to
that end must be able to send troops from
one part of the empire TO another by rail
on telegraphic notice. After we have onoe
built our trunk lines. branch lines and
feeders will rapidly follow. The traffic
will be large, and the roads will soon be-
como profitable. AS soon as our people
realize that money can be made from
railroad enterprises there will be no trouble
in raising the capital necessary to carry
them on. So far they are a now thing to
us, and as we are a conservative people,
we are cautious about embarking in them
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Inside the Hou.er.

In these houses are the usual primitive
belongings OF a rude and simple people.
One or more large wooden mortars, In
which is pounded out the rice or corn: big.
heavy, d0uble-headed p~estles, which give
the women arms like q feminine Hercules;
earthen water jars, tin cans galore, mug
zls-loadiDg shotguns. splendid maohetos.
the one thing whose quality is above re-
proach; fishnet and lines, deer and ALI
gator hides. heron plumes and feathers, a
few plates, cups and other utensils; some
pictures OF the Madonna thanking he
cigarette girls; a bench or two and a
rough table, wooden sandals. strings over
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

D II was at Sheng Kung Paos home that
! met him. This Is in a section of Shang-
hal where the land Is so valuable that one
has to almost plate It with silver to buy
Il. Sheng's establishment consists of a
half dozen great buildings, any one cf
which would be a mansion IN Washington
or Chicago. It's grounds cover more than
ten acres and are surrounded by walls 80
high that you cannot see over them. Wide
drives lead through the lawns and the
whole is kept like a park. One OF ;he
buildings, devoted TO Sheng's business CT
fees. Is as large as that Of a government
department. Among the others are resi-
dences. occupied by Sheng and his wife
and his relatives and servants. All are
beautifully furnished and some have a
great framework In front OF them, over
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

i~nvaluable In the teachIhS OF V'".,
and in making q place for the smaii
savings of the people. With a stable gov
eminent such institutions will be very pop
ular. and they would enormously increase
our national wealth. They would make us
the richest people Of the world for our
savings depositors would be millions IN
number. ] should like to see Industrial
banks. such as the Japanese have estan-
ushed in China, and shall probably have
agricultural banks"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

The conversation opened with the dis
cussion of the Hanyang steel works, which
l told his excellency l had Just visited,
l asked him how they were doing.
He replied that they were steadily in
creasing In efficiency and in their ability
to turn out modern rails, structural steel
and other such materials. He said that
the company had already exported pig
iron to America, and that It could, IL
IT would, now sell Iron there In competi-
ton with the United States steel trust at a
profit. He said that the day would come
when China would produce all It's own
steel. and that every province would even
tually nave it's own factories and foundries,
ShenE expects much from Japan as a pur-
chaser Of Chinese iron and steel, and he
considers our Pacific coast a legitimate
tributary of the industrial China Of the
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

%N @ -
Pierpont Morgan Of China, and l might
say the Rockefeller as we'll. Sheng is
worth his tens Of millions. Like PIER
pont Morgan, he started life rich, and,
ike him. he has multiplied his inherited
fortune MANIFOLD. All his life he has been
the organizer OF great enterprises and tc-
day his financial fingers are mixed up in
every profitable undertaking on this side
the globe. He owns railroads, factories
mines and steamships. He has n steel
plant coo miles up the Yangtz" Kiang,
which is capitalized at Sl5, 100000 and has
mountains Of iron and great beds of coal
not far away. II was Sheng who had much
10 do with organizing the telegraph Cor
China. 1t was he who built the railroad
from Hankow to Picking and he got the
concession for the Americans to construct
a road from Canton to Hankow.
Sheng Kung Pao is one of the leading
officials Of This empire. He succeeded Ii
Hung Chang rs the government minister
OF m and he Is now the vice min
lister OF the Imperial Board OF ~Communica-
tons, We IS also a chief owner of the
China Merchants Steamship company and
is largely interested in the Chinese M
perial bank, He is by all odds the best
financial authority among the celestiels
and his Ideas as to the present conditions
are of great value.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

flattering title. II that stout pathfinder
had been obliged 20 crawl on IND
and knees for a quarter OF a mile
with alligators pattering along In the mud
close behind him perhaps school children
would now have another idea of the great
water he brought TO the notice of the
modern world. No doubt he had troubles
enough OF his own. But 1 believe l would
rather ave had to blaze the way through
the indian and the mosquitoes across the
Isthmus than to go through what I did.
This is what actually took place within
the sound OF the blasting on Culebra hill,
where Uncle Sam Is fast bringing TO a
reality the dream OF centuries,
The Cemieto river is one of those little
streams which run down from the CONT
mental divide into the sea all along the
shores Of the narrow strip which We are
bent on cutting In twain, It rises In one
of the last spur OF the Tsragua noun
tains, where those high peaks begin &c
taper down toward the pass where Culebra
has so long stood sentinel.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

The only government bank We
have Is the Hu Pu bank, which
has its headquarters I'm Picking.
and branches scattered here and
there over the country"
"will China ever have a ma
tional banking system, such as
Japan or the United States?'
Eyes, l think so, although 1t
viii probably be some time be-
fore II can be established. 1t is
n Of the crying needs Of the
empire, ana would be OF enor-
nous good. not only to the gov
eminent, but to all industries"
"yvnl you ever have postal
savings banksy"
mot soon. But | should
like to see them established and
they are bound to come. They are
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Advantage of the Mud.

&c of the Mud.
In most cases this sedinentary deposit
Is not sandy, as the soil of the country is
unusually deficient In siliclous material.
II consists largely OF the fine silt produced
by the erosion of red and blue clay, and
it Is one of the most treacherous and the
stiekiest beach foundations to be found
anywhere. Happily It is not what a purely
sandy sediment might be, almost bottom
less and shifting. II packs down at the
bottom, and that fact is what Colonel
Goethals is relying on for some of his
most important work at the Pacific en-
trance to the canal. But the packing is
at tho bottom and not on top, as 1 found
to my great discomfort.
For it was in this mud at the mouth of
Camioto that there befell me a more dis
agreeable and possibly dangerous expert
ence than ever caught me in Central Asia,
Although the little river is not more than
twenty-five miles long it spreads out half
a mile wide where 1t rushes from the hills
into the Bay of Panama. 1t has been
building up a sort Of delta on which a few
trees lift their heads above the soft muck
about their roots, while It has also lined
its sides for a few miles with layers of the
fine silt in which the mangrove has taken
ASA1 NNA1 NRAAAkANNNAN ~
This mangrove, by the way, is a valu-
able timber, rich In p~yroligneous acid and
tannin, and one variety furnishes good tim.
Der, Locally It is used for the most highly
priced firewood, being as inflammable as
pine, as well as for distilling pitch for the
canoes and sailboats, 1t Is also largely
used to convert into charcoal, for which
Panama supplies a heavy demand.
These mangrove jungles are partly in.
undated by the tides, which are some
times extraordinary high on this coast
Owing to the narrow funnel shaped val
leys Of these little mountain rivers the
force OF the tide as IL is compressed int
the channels is tremendous. Immens'
waves are often produced, travelling up
stream with astonishing velocity and
force resistless save TO the rocky ram
parts Of the cordiilera which jut out int
the streams and send long spurs into tn,
ocean.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
LonR Wait on the TIIe.

1t was certain that ~ boatman would
be venturing out in that gale. The tide
would not be out s-ain at least for five
hours. II was then 4 o'clock in the after
noon. The moon would not rise until 10
o'clock. / must stay on that perch untl
nearly midnight and then wade through
the mud II ! could wade al all. for sew
eral hundred yards, towing the boat. / did
not dare to try TO strike the boat lust
when the tide had ebbed enough for me
to get at il, as then the aligators swarm,
going out OF the swamp with the tide.
II is not cold in this latitude and alti-
tude at any time, but 1 was cold with that
drenching and then as soon as tha wind
had dried my clothes It began TO rain and
! got pelted for two hours. Fearing tina
I might fall asleep l fastened myself 10
the tree with my gunstrap, I became terri
bly, drowsy and once did actually doze
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

with that instructive mechanical intuition
which is almost instantaneous with those
who have roughed II in dangerous places,
1 had thrown my gun into my armpit and
grasped, the paddle with the left hand, and
as the boat went over threw myself Into
the water and Immediately turned over,
throwing the free arm over the bottom Of
the boat Then. fighting the tossing waves
with every breath, l slid along the boat
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
ChIna,s New Bnnku.

Your excellency is connected with the
Imperial Bank Of China? rs that a govern
ment bank?'
No. 1t is a commercial institution. with
headquarters at Shanghai and branches at
Hankow and Picking. II has a capital OF
500, 900 taels, over half OF which is paid In.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Tete-a.rete win a MiIionalre.

We had but a short time to wait. His
excellency came I'm through a side door and
as DIR, Ferguson presented me he reached
out his hand and shook mine in American
fashion. He used the right hand, giving
me a strong grip with his long yellow fin
gers. As he did so he looked me straight
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
New EducatIon.

Your excellency was among the origi-
majors OF the new education? You estab-
lisned the Nan Yang college at Shanghai
and the Chinese university at Tientsin.
Has modern education come to stay?'
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

as pure as the famed iron Of Sweden and is
much more easily won. The coal he is
now using makes fine coke, and China
has been exporting coke to Japan. His
eXcellency believes that China has all the
materials to make 1t a great manufacturing
country and that It's people are naturally
fitted to be the chief Industrial nation Of
Asia.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26
Foreign Capital for China.

Your excellency was among the first
to advise the government that II should
secure foreign capital for building Its rail-
roads, were you not?
Yes. But that policy became unpopular.
The cry of China for the Chinese, and for
the Chinese only was raised, and for
awhile our people were inclined to bu.ld
everything with their own money and to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

camieto. however, has kept a clear chan
mel through this ooze about Its mouth, and
this fact has made the place a good nat
ural harbor and caused the aggregation OF
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

Dec. 1O.-If Balboa had
received the same treatment
from the Pacific ocean that
fell to my lot on the last day
of October / fear the king of
oceans would wear a less
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

long ago have saved us our $40O, oOo,OO job
and have cut the isthmus all to pieces by
itself. All the little rivers along the coast
have brought down as much soil as the
clay and the rank growth allowed, and In
consequence their mouths are fun of mud.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

future.
X him as to
his iron mines. He
replied h the
supply of ore is al
most -lnexhaustible
and is finer than
that of most parts
OF the world. 1t IL
Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-26

q, 1903, by Frank G.. Carpenter)
IANGHAI, lgO9.-(Special Core
spondence Of The Bee)-G have
just returned from an interview
with one OF the richest and
ablest men of all Asia. l re-
fer TO sheng Kung Pao, the .
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ALONG HEIRS NOW
GET THEIR SHARES

Judge Robinson issued an order yes
terdav morning for the distribution Of
the Chun Along estate. This includes
the $43,6l9.S5 paid into court, and the
other securities not enumerated but
amounting to a considerably larger
sum.
The order of distribution provides
that one-third of the estate is to go
to the widow, Mrs. Julia Along, and
the remaining two-thirds is to be div
ided equally among the other fifteen
heirs. as follows: Emmaline NJ. Ma
COON, Toney c. Along, Nancy L. Nc
Stocker, Mary c. Along, Julia Il.
tombstone, Marie K. Humphreys, Alice
L. Hutchinson, Bessie r. Burns, Hen
rietta p. Whiting, Carrie B. Riggs,
Helen G. Henshall, Albert T. Along,
Martha P. Dougherty, Malaine B.
Brewster and A. Henry Along. The
amount each receives in excess of
$1,000 is subject to the deduction OF
an inheritance tax of two per cent.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
FIRST JUDICIAL CIECUIT, TER
RITORY OF HAWAII.

At Chambers = No. 4191 = In Probate.
In the matter of the Estate of An
dreas Wissmann, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of
B. Won Damn, of the City and County of
Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, alleging
that Andreas Wissmann of Waipahu, in
said Territory, died intestate at said
Waipahu, on the 10Th day of August,
A. D.. 1909, leaving property within the
jurisdiction of this court necessary to
be administered upon, and praying that
Letters of Administration issue to him.
1t is ordered that Monday, the 18th
day of October, A. D. 1909, at o. clock
a. M, be and hereby is appointed for
hearing said petition in the courtroom
of this court in the Judiciary building
in the City and County eff Honolulu, at
which time and place all persons con-
cerned may appear and show cause, if
any they have, why the same should
not be granted.
Dated Honolulu, September 9, 1909.
BY order of the Court.
j. A. THOMPSON,
Clerk.
H. E. Cooper, Attorney for Petitioner.
S452-Sept. 10. II, "a; Oct. l
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HORSE INSURANCE IN sAxoNY.

Carl Hurst, Consul at Plauen, writes
concerning the new system of horse In
surance introduced in Saxony:
The existing livestock insurance
companies in Saxony are not patronized
by farmers to the same degree as other
lines of insurance. Among the chief
difficulties with which such insurance
has to contend are found the high
premiums demanded, and as a conse-
quene most people have held aloof from
securing protection of this sort.
Several prlyate insurance companies
for horses alone have already been or
gained here and have paid well. With
this experience as a basis, state au
thorities have worked out plan, which
has been sanctioned by the Saxon gov
eminent, for the Introduction of a
soliped insurance. As horses are the
principal animals considered, the new
insurance is generally termed horse in
surance. All horses, asses and their
crossbreeds over half year old may
now be insured. Written request for
such insurance must set forth the total
value of insurable stock of the same
kind of animals belonging to the appli-
cant.
1.-The FIVE classes into which this in
surance is divided and the rate of
premiums on the insured value for each
class are as follows: % For animals
used solely in farming, and also for
| foals, y per cent; (2) for such ami
mails as are, in addition, used for in
| dustrial purposes, for driving and rid
| ing for private use, and for breeding,
per cent; ~ for animals used in
bakeries, butcher shops and like trades,
hotels, woodyards, mills, express com
| panies and livery stables, per cent;
| a. for animals used in building, brew
cries, factories and mines, per cent
| 90 for those used in heavy carting,
briekyards and guarries, > per cent.
90 Animals for which insurance is
asked will be valued and classified by a
| special committee. State and MUM
cipal authorities will issue public sum
mons to those interested in the various
! districts in order to facilitate the de-
velopment of small insurance societies
throughout the country, which viii in
turn be affiliated with larger concern
| through government mediation and SUI
| pervision. consular Report.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Meat Company, Limited

Notice is hereby given that Metropol-
itan Meat Company, Limited, an Hawai-
ian corporation, has been dissolved by
order of D. L. Conkling, Treasurer OF
the Territory of Hawaii, made on the
Sth day Of September, 1909. All cred
itors of the said Metropolitan Meat
Company, Limited, are therefore hereby
notified to present their claims, If any
exist, to the undersigned trustee of the
said Metropolitan Meat Company, Linn
tied, at the bank of Bishop & Company
at the corner of Merchant and Kaahu-
manu- Streets in Honolulu, Island of
Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, within nine
ty days from the 10th day of September,
1909, (Which date is the date Of the first
publication of this notice.; otherwise
such claims, if any, shall be forever
barred
Dated at said Honolulu. the 10th day
of September, 1909
A. w. T. BOTTOMLEY.
Trustee of said Metropolitan Meat
Company, Limited.
s452-Sept. 10, II, "a, Oct 1, s, 1909
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BY Authority
Honolulu, T. H., September II, 1909.
RESOLUTION.

BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of
Supervisors of the City and County of
Honolulu. Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of Two Thousand 1920 .001
Dollars be and is hereby appropriated
out Of the General Fund for the paw
ment of claims for advertising for the
period ending December 81, 1909.
Presented by Supervisor Daniel Logan,
The foregoing Resolution was, at a
Regular Adjourned Meeting of the
Board of Supervisors of the City and
County of Honolulu, held Oh Friday.
September II, 1909, ordered passed to
print on the following vote of the said
Board:
Ayes: AHA, Aylett, Cox, Kane, Lo-
gan, Mcclellan, Quinn. Total Z.
Noes: None.
D. KALAUOKALANI, JR.,
Clerk, City and County of Honolulu.
s461--sept. 81, %, %, "a, 25
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OAHU RAILWAY.
TIME TABLE
OUTWARD,

For Waianae, Waialua, Kahuk> and
Way stations-*e:15 a. m, 1920 D. m.
For Pearl City, Eva Mill and Way
Stations-t7:30 a. M, #9:15 q. m.
*11:15 a. M, *2:15 p. m, 1920 p. m,
N5:15 p. M, 1880 p m, I'll p. m.
For Wahiawa-*9:15 a. m, and ISIS
p. m.
INWARD.
Arrive Honolulu from Kahuku, Wal
alua and Waianae 1876 q. m, $3.50
p. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Eva Mil and
Pearl City-t7:46 a. m, 1886 a. m,
*10:3s a. m, *1:40 p. m, *4:31 p. m,
5:31 p. M, 1870 p. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Wahiawa-
1886 a. m. and 1881 p. m.
The Haleiwa Limited, a two-hour
train (only frst-class tickets honored),
leaves Honolulu every Sunday at 1923
a. m; returning, arrives in Honolulu
at 1910 p. m. The Limited stops only
at Pearl City and Waianae.
*Daily. Tex. Sunday. +Sunday Only.
G. P. DENISON, F. c. SMITH,
Superintendent. G. P. & 7. A.
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Proposals for rental Of Storehouse.
Office Depot Quartermaster, Honolulu,
Sept. 20, 1909. Sealed proposals, in
triplicate, will be received at this office
until 10 a. M, Sept. %, 1909, for the
rental of one two story brick building
for use as Subsistence Storehouse and
Office. For further information apply
to the undersigned. NJ. n. FALLS,
Capt. @. M, U. S. A.
s461-sept. 81, %, %, "a, 81, %
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Recorded Sept. s, 1909.

C Kaui and VT to Yong zee She tr
of, D; R P 1886, kul 21187, Kunawai,
Honolulu, Oahu. $3.50. B BIT, p 35S.
Dated Sept Z, 1909.
Liki Beniamina and VT to Church
of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints tr
of, D; pcs land, LaiemaIoo, Koolau-
loa, Oahu. 5000. B ar, p 800. Dat
ed Sept 2, 1909.
Priscilla S Clarke and hsb Or F. to
Trent Trust Co Ltd, NJ; lots 81 and
So, bldgs, rents, etc, King st tract,
Honolulu, Oahu. $3.50. B 325, p Is.
Dated Sept 4, 1909.
Samuel Parker by atty to William
II McInerny, D; lot 3, gr 1917 of
subdiv Boardman tract, Lunalilo st,
Honolulu, Oahu. $500. B BIT, p 362.
Dated Sept Z, 1909.
Susumu Yamamoto by atty to G II
Wears, Option; to purchase for $4,000,
por R PAST, Front st, Hilo, Hawaii.
$40. B 321, p 4s9. Dated Sept 2,
1909.
Virginia E Lynch to Elizabeth Som
merfeld, D; int in real property, Po-
hakunui, etc, Waiehu and Waikiki,
Maui. 81, etc. B ST, p 357. Dated
Sept 3, 1909.
Waldemar H Rogers and VT to
Young Mems Saws Socy Ltd, M;
subdiv 2. ap 1, R P 2162, kul 1920,
Kalua, Waikiki, Maui, $3.50. B 325,
16. Dated Sept 4, 1909. :.
Hugh M Coke and VT to H P Bald
win. D; R P 2S0s, kul 1883, Nahiku,
Hama, Maui. $3.50. 3 317, p 361.
Dated Sept 4, 1909.
Recorded September 8, 1909.
K Matsumoto to T Morita, D; por
lot of subdiv Machado King st prop
erty, King st, Honolulu, Oahu. $1,000.
B 81, 1854 Dated Sept. 8, 1909.
Henry Waterhouse Trust Co, Ltd, to
Fidelity Insurance Co, Ltd, Par Rel;
lots 10, u, Is and Is, block 30, Kaimuki
Tract, Honolulu Oahu. 81. B 322, p
1872. Dated Sept. Z, 1909.
Fidelity Insurance Co, Ltd, to James
7 Leach, D; lots 10, Il, Is and 16,
block 30, Kaimuki Tract, Honolulu,
Oahu. $500. B 317, 367. Dated Sept.
I, 1909.
Samuel Parker by Atty to William
subdiv Boardman lots, Kapiolani st,
Honolulu, Oahu. $4,000. B 317, 36S.
Dated Sept. 8, 1909.
B Kaoao {k) to All Hook, l.; r P
$500, Nahiku, Koolauloa, Oahu. 10
yrs at $50 per Vt. B 325, p So. Dated
Aug 10, 1909.
] Rubinstein to Charles W Booth, Par
Rel; go land Kaalawai, Honolulu,
Oahu. 81. 322, P 1S4. Dated Sept.
s, 1909.
Charles W Booth and VT to l Rubin.
stein, Addn Chge; remaining lands, etc
in mtge, in lib 237, fol IS, Honolulu
| and Koolaupoko, Oahu. 81, etc. B 322,
p 1S5. Dated Sept. 5, 1909
c K Al and VT to zee zap, D; por
kul 3S7, Kaumakapili, Honolulu, Oahu.
800. B 81, 369. Dated Sept 8, 1909
William Pfotenhauer by Attys to No
| tiee, Notice; applcn for reg title of por
ap l, R P COG, kul 610, Nuuanu, ave,
Honolulu, Oahu. B 81, p 49l. Dated
Sept 8, 1909.
/ First Am Saws & TT Co of Haw. Ltd
to William Kinney, Rel; lots 345, 352
353 and 354, grs ATS and 4176; lots 80
and 1913, part - A. lot A, or 4253 and
part CA lots 81 and %, or 4255
mtges on parts &C, - lots 81 and 81, q
| 4172, and lot 43, Olaa Resrvtn, Puma
| Hawaii. $4,000. B 800, p 1873. Dated
Sept 5, 1909.
John Sniffen to TT of ] H Raymond
ct al, d; 1-12 int in por or s35, Kaeo
| HOnuaula. Maui. $25. B 3I7, o 365
| Dated Sept s 1909