Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1889, Page 14

THE BISMARCK OF ALL CHINA How the Great Viceroy Looks, Acts and Talks. A VISIT WITH LI HUNG CHANG e is Mad Account of the at A Exclusion rica on of the Chinese Threatens o Retaliate and An Interesting Man. Jrighted 18590y Frank G, Carpenter China, No ial pondence of Tie Bre|—1 had a1 Hung Chang, Hung Ch It TinNTel (Spe have just nber 25, 1538 iuteres interview the s the He Bismarck he ranks of the Kuropean iy the premier of is the chief secre General the China, and in \tost ol with the gr nutions. thic tar o0 affuirs fow years hus been th inds is tica or vernment, and medium of nati mperia during the past communi and the who was commander- during the China od in the cation between foreign ms celestials, 1t was he fore n, which which resu n-chicf of the great Taiping ten million lives and overthrow of the reb It was he who set tled the difieulties with Russia in 1831, and it is he who is called in to advise tne emperor when uny crisis takes place in the affaies of the Li Hung Chang carried on all TIONS WITHE MITKIEWI0Z the charter to the Wharton syndicate, which fell through by indiscretion and bad eharacter 1t was he who introdueed the telegraph into China about n year wnd it s he who 1 in his power to have China atopt railvonds and develope its ma terial Li Hung Chang 18 viee roy of Chili, the northern province of China, which includes Poking and Tientsin, and which has @ population of 5,000,000, or e many Great Britain, Over these people the vicoroy has more power than hus the queen of England, He intendent of the northern trade of China, and it is said that the money he receives yearly amounts to over three millions of dollars, imperial rein cost natic T and granted Barker Mitkiewicr NEGOT ra Is now oing resourees arly as as is also super oL comes, in tho f and Li Hung pted scholars of A NOTED SC place Chang. In China ofiic from seholarshup, one of the most China, He has passed three public examinations, which means having heen three times one of 200 0f the successful out of 15,000 compet- ftors, and at the last one he reccived the Nighest dege He is a fellow of the Han lin college, the most le ied body of China, and he I oan important man in the Chinese government that when he wished to retire from the oflice about six years ago to mourn on the account of the death of his mother, the empress refused to give him more than 100 days for grief. She then re- called him to his post on the ground that he was a to Chma. He now liv here at Tien Sin, and his residences makes this point almost as important in the ey the nations as Peking itself. A THIP THEOUGH TIENTSIN, Tientsin is a city of nearly onc million The foreign settloment where the ding Prench and Enelish merchants do their business, and where the consuls have their residences, is three miles from the native city. It is here that the ships land, here that the fokeign hotels are located. Between the two citics is o series of Chine: villages so closely joined as to form a third city, and it was through the narrow stree of these that 1 was carried by four chair bearers in uniform on my way to my ap pointment with the viceroy. No one walks if he be a foreigner, through the strects of China. They are too narrow, and the crowd is too dense and too dirty. In paying cere- monial visits one must go in state, and [ had onc of the Chinese ofticials of our consulate at Tientsin riding in front of my chair on a white Mongotian pony. He had a big, round black cap upon his head, with its brim ty upwards, and a gorgeous red tassel covering its crown. His powerful body was covered with a rich blue silk gown, down the bacl of which hung his tong, thick, blacic cue. His legs were clad m_pentaloons of wadded silk, and great fat boots with white soles an inch thick covered his feot and ankles as he rode. RIDE IN A SEDAN CHAIR. My is necessity s s of ned chair was a fine sedan covered with a rich navy blue cloth and lined with silk of a delicate blue, It was swung between poles about twenty-five feot long, and the four men who carried it walked in couples, two in front und two vehind Letween the shafts, ana supported it by great burs of teak wood, which, resting on ‘the shoulders of the men, were fustened o the shafts and thus en’ abled the men to move in single tile. It took us half an nour to make the journey between the two eitics. We were often stopped by long lines of wheelbarrows loaded with mer- chandise push i pulled by coolies. The weather was bitterly cold and [ shiv 1 a heavy overcoat and under a thic which was wrapped around my knee many of these coolics were bave to the v and 1 passed o begar, who, as naked as Adam n the Garden of Eden, was erying and shivering under a piece of coffee sacking which ke had thrown about his bare skin. We crossed a stream, pussing thousands of inrikshas and going all the while through he most crowded of narrow streets, and at 1ast cume 1o u high wall, on the outside of which about two score of ponics were stand ing ticd. USHERED BEFORE THE VICEROY, This wall surrounded the Yamen, or the ubernatorial residence of the great viceroy. We passed through o great gate and ¢ in 1was full of the servants wundarins, We stopped for e pair of large double doc upon wh re pisinted two hideous figures which 1 was told were the gols of war, A moment later wo were conducted past these into another court where was another retinue of luckoys all i pigstails and all gorgeous uniforms. Here my chair was set down for & mowent, and the Chinese official from the legation took my card, u strip of red paper avout eight inches long and three nches wide, upon which were painted in black the two Chinese characters, which indicated the trauslation of my name. A moment later 1 was conducted into an ante-room, where the secretary of the viceroy, Mr. Lob Feng Luh, ‘who had arrunged the interview for me, re- ceived me. A REMINDER OF HOME, The crowd in the ante room and that in which I was received, mado me think of the white house at the beginmng of w new ad. ministration. There were hundreds of yel Jow-faced. almond-eyed men, who looked” us thougls they might be office scekers in the ante room, and the fow who sat in the re- ception room were evidently dignitaries of high degree. They wore long black sik gowns linod with sable and other fine furs, -nd thelr hats were _decorated with the by tons of high runk. One had a great p cock feather in his cap like that worn oy the Chinese minister at Washington, an snothier was o mandarin of the red button. The room itsell was o shackley looking affair about twenty foct square, and its walls were covered with a cheap paper pasted over bare boards. A wide divan covered with red cloth, which in China means pros perity, ran around it, and upon this were placed little tables about two feet square and about six inches high, The mandarins seated themselves one on each side of these tables and thus we sat in couples about the room. The servants bmu(hl in tea and we sipped the choicost of Chinese liquid while we waited. The Innn‘lnnuu smoke pipes, and each had a ser- yant beside him to fill his pipe for him when it became empty, and to light it when it went out. Now and then a new arrival would be ushered in, and then all would arise, bow two or three times, shake their own hands, which is the mode of salutation in China, and smile all over their fat, yellow fuces. A LEARNED PRIVATE SECRETARY. Mr. Loh Feng Lub, the viceroy's secre- “gary, and also one of the great men of Tient- “pin, speaks English perfectly, aud 1 fiud him THIE b e mueh ng an lewed and yrma ph nthe sponk n a man of broad reading and tion. He discussed with m ing some_ phases of the Sp phy, told me how far he theories of Huxiey and Darwin, ing of the lutter, said he ik the survival of the fittest, but ot ir gin of species, He soemed ased whea | told hin I bad read Confuscius, and he dad decided opinions Imerson and Carlyle He was | connected with the Chinese ondon, and is ulso At Berlin, was panied me 1 viceroy and v We v sugh Tdon't know how many rooms aud narrow passazes, There are, | am told, mar n a hundre in the vamon, ried ¢ al precede hoiding high above his head 1 smed old and not 1 furnished, and the #@om into which re at Inst led with a brussels carpet which looked as though Washington cption room had foreigr s end there was window at w divan, which had o ta and [ suppose when he re he pros and a red eal 180. The house us us he ¢ [ very w we ' we a U mighf by g house. roserved for fo chairs and lounges a raiged platf the back and furnis red with red silk also covered with red that here it is the viceroy A FREEZING RECEPTION was no fire in the room, and cold made it seem almost barn-like, The viceroy, himself, who scomed to fill the whole Of it with nis august presence, was not warmer than his surroundings, and his tall frame clad ina long wown withi a short seal skiu cloak, in the long sleeves of which his hands were clasped together as he saluted e in stately upon my presentation, was rather productive of chilliness, A cold iver ran down my back as he motioned me o one seat, and took another about fifteen feet distant on the other side of the room The seeretary st between us, and we con versed throtgh him, our words almost frecz ing they ricocheited through M. Loh from one to the othe NOT AN 1t does not tuke 10 show the person t have od with I sits There the LDINARY MAN wore than two sentences vho talks with Li Hung Chang that he is in the presence of no ordinary m His words come ont quick und sharp, asks the most direct of questions in t which show that he ex pects au_answer, and while he demands all kinds of information from you, he gives you just about what he pleases in return iis figure is a most impressive one, well formed, e stands six feef, two in his stock and his long silk gown makes him like w giunt with his hat, wiich he rsat ali times, adds to his stature. His vs ure broad but slightly stooping. in his sixty-seventh year his step s and_his ouly sicus of age are in of his hair und whiskers, His complexion shows few wrinkles, twinkling almond-eyes lo: out black spectacles. He shaves his Il Chinamen, and his long cue is as white us the driven snow. His sparce moustache and his thin whiskers are also gray, but his fuce is tuin and he has nothing of the round fat appearance of the Chiu men of America, Still, he is a pure Chir mian, with no Tarter blood in bis veins, and lie comes from one of the old aristocratic families of the country TIE AME AN fourRaGe.”’ His first words to me were about General Harrison. He wanted to know if 1 knew him and 1 told him 1 did. He then asked to his profession and as to how he stood in it. He was cspecially solicitous as to Presi- dent Hurrison's views on the Chinese ques tion, and he requested me to tell the Ameri- can people through my pen that he did not ut ILapprove of the exelusion of the Chinese the United States, Said he “The | s of thie exclusion act is en oly contrary to the spirit of the treaty re- lations between the two countries. [t is an outrage and I hope it will be repealed, and [ wish you totell the American people for me that if it is not repealed, [ propose to adviso our government to exclude the Americans from China, and 1 think it will be no more than right if we doso. You may amplify this a8 much as you please and 1 trust that you will put it in s0 strong a_hght that the American people will do justice to our na, He ings, look W shoule Still springy, the gray yellow and his 1gh se were the words of the secretary of foreign affairs of the Chinese empire.” I write them here not more than one-half hour after they were uttered. 1 donot think it necessary to amphfy them and it seems to me that they arc strong enough in the words of the viceroy himsel MITKIEWICZ NO The conversation next and the viceroy asked me if 1 knew Mr. Wharton Barker and as to what was his pro fession. 1 told him that I was not personally cquainted with him. but 1 knew him to be a banker of high standing and great wealth He then asked as 1o Count Mitkiewicz, and upon my saying that I had met the gentle man and had reported his story of the grant ing of the charter, to the New' York World, he replied that he did not like Mitkiewicz, and that *“he was no gentlemun.” The scheme, however, | understand, founding an American bank with the powers spoken of in the Mitk tion, is by no means dead. It will probably be revived azain with the Russian count left out, and I happen to know that the viceroy is very anxious that Mr. Wharton Barker should come to China, and also that Mr. Barker has significd sci intentions of so domg at no distant date. The viceroy is anxious that American capital should be brought here. He was disappointed when the other seheme fell through and he would like nothing vetter than to see it put on asound footing und to redeem himselt us baving been the part of an enterprise which failed. Iu our conversation 1o such talk as this. | to whether the s retorted by asking questions which made structing diplomatic answers to them which should not implicate myself nor my friends and 1 wished a dozen times that 1 liad neve mentioned the subject. The faet, however, that the scheme is not dropped still stands. THE KAILEOADS OF CHINA, Tasked the viceroy as to what he thought of the future of railvays in China .m:l sffcet upon the country and th He replied “Before half a_ century has passed Ching will be covered with vailways as with 4 net Its immense minerai resources will be de t will huve rolling mills and fur nuces in many parts of the country, and it is not impossible that it may do the wmanufuc- turing for the world. It seems to me that the most serious question which menaces the working people of your country and 1 lies here. The Chinese have shoy selves to be as skillful and as intelligent as any people in rld. They will work {and they can live cheaper’ than your ble, und when our country is opeh to s turned its attention to supplying the markets of the world, I believe it cun supply them better and cheaper than youcan. This is a question that you will have to face.” 1 think 80, too, your excellenc, “Then 1 wondér,” replied the “that you wisk to have China come into competition with you, Do you not consider us dangerous competitor ,"' 1 replied, “we But if the time ever comes when Chinese labor thus work- ing in Chinese comes into competition with American labor we will build u wall of pro tection about the United States 80 high that none of your products ean come in,’* DRINKS AND A SMOKE ‘The viceroy then usked me as to my tour and as to my newspaper correspondence. He asked me why I travelled, and it secmed 10 surprise him when 1 replied that it was for the purpose of making moncy out of my letters and of improving my mind by mex ing such distinguished men s himself, and by being able to write intelligently of them thereafter to the American people. At this moment & servant in livery brought us three bubbling giasses of champayn and drink ing this together, the interview was over. “Phe viceroy offerea me s long finger-nailed hand, pushing far out of his fur cuff as hodid 80, e S e A NP A P down the hall of the yamen. Our interview lusted fully half an hour, and after the ice was thawed it was a most pleasant one, His excellency smoked duriug the whole of inter- view, and 1 was furnished with Turkish cigarette. The viceroy smoked a pipe which had a stew at least four feet long, and which wiks held 10 his 1ips and Lighted by & servant. It was & water pipe, and the smoke was drawn through the water with a bubbling sound as we talked. About ten whifts con- sumed the tobacco in the bowl, and then the servant had o slip out the metal bowl, blow out the tobacco, refill the pipe, relight it and put it back into the viceroy's lips. It was & curious proceeding, and it seemed a lazy one. A WONDERFUL WEDDING, Al Ticntsin is just uow exvited over the NTLEMAN turned to railways of nowever, there was asked the viceroy us 18 on again, but he a hundred and one my head boil in con ( | erint IMATHHA DAILY BEE: anehter, It three days t of the years t the yamen as am told that the marriaee of Li flune Chane's danght took place this week, and wedding was the greatest ove 1 saw some of the flowers 1 passed throt it wedding hree rooms. Some of the pr of jade, pearls and pre cious stones, and there was a great amount of silks and ve 1.i Hung Chang ndent of trade for northorn China,and all of the great merchants made prosents to the bride. ‘The manner of sending th sents was the case of small th ) carts, The t silk, which means gifts the larg pieces s were covered with red 1ck in Ching, and & num ber of presents were sent by each person. the d b & that tho bride would select the one which pleased her most, and which, according to etiguette, ought to be the least valuable of the lot. The Chinese at this wedding showed their GREAT LOVE FOR FONEIGN THINGS, The, bought out the entire effects Irench store in the foreign scttlement, and one of the noblemen ook a fancy o o big figured, old-fashioned brussels rpet of o pattern common o Atiericaa gencration o, I‘h'wvm'y t had been in the store for years! d nc the foreigners would buy it The Chinaman’s eyes lighted up ns he took in its gorgeous ires. He said, "I want that for tne viceroy's danghter.’' He of course, charged & good round price for it, and it auly appeared at the wedding, The bride was dressed in red, and her head, 1t 1s said, was so heavily decked with jewels HHY 1t had to be supported by others during n t of the ceremony. She is twenty three years old and is said to be rath pretty. of a 1 A LITTLE FAMILY SPAT. the Chinese gossip just as do their Ameri can sisters, and the story now afloat in the hirh ci hers i that the countess Li Hung Chang, the viceroy's wife, was de cidedly opposed to the wedding. . 1t is suid that she read the voiceroy a curtain lecture in choico Chinese when he announced to her that he was about to give his daughter to Mr. Chang Pei-Lun, and said that the groom was twenty years older than the bride, and that he had no rank. The trath of it is that'the groom had a high posi tion some years ago, but he was disgraced on the account of his dealings with the nch Chinese war, and his rank was taken from him. T'o continue the gossip, it s said that the vieeroy replied to the countess thut his new son-in law had really great powers of mind, that he would be given anotner oftice, and that he would eventually be even a ater man than himself. responded the el she dictates to the vice iires him, ** he will have to himself for t 1 N0W 1o Ching than my husband. n the wordas of a fairy stor were married and 1t is to be hoped live happy ever afterwards.” PRANK G CAUPENTER - Homecles: Chicago Times. Turned out in the somber twili Out in the bitter cold, And the pitiless sleet s it sweeps the strect Is piereing her garments old, And the babe on hior breast is cryin And her little ones, elust'ring “round In a vague affright at the falling night, Are clutching her tattercd gown, countess, who, oy, really ud- be the emperor greater man in , “they ¥ will ht, For the rent was not forthcoming, And how could the landlord wait; And what did he know of her want and As carly she toiled and lute He couldn’t be losing his mone Lt’s only the way of the world ! And why should Lie caref she crouches there *Mid the storm king's wrath unfurled ¢ woe She has sewed in the dawning sunrise, She has stitcied in the gath rinie gloom, And her eyes had grown dim and her fingers thin As she work But the And the mouths wi And the fatherly he In the graveyard o ma t lay u the hill, So she stands in the deep'ning darkness And ber tived and aching head 15 throbbing with pain and the sad refrain Of her children’s cry for bread. And she sees the laughing maidens Ride past in their vobes of fur, And the city is bright with its mansions to- night, But there’s never a home for her. HONEY FOR THE LADIES. The most stylish Parisian opera cloaks are now lined with crmine. me of the news and cuffs of watercd sil French toilets are frequently made up with Greck draperics. Yashion-makers prophesy that silk will be cly used for summer cloaks. It is now the custom to muke danciug sicirts just long cnough to touch the foor ut the back. The revers evening gow day wear. Cloth boots and shoes are again in fashion but they ure not as clegant as those of kid or plain satin. . 1 ys have revers effectively or rather NS are not so lapels, on Directoire wide as those for ing cloaks of in very fal for eve caded v vorite matel ics is )Ll patterns. Bous are no fashionable in Paris The fur collar made of suble or some other choice fur hus taken its place. Slecves are worn 1n an almost infinite va ricty of patterns, though they all give u somewhat high-shouldered effcct to the wearer, A new trimmir which appears on the foot empi gowns is composed of en very narvow full-pinked ruches set one the other, of It abov Combinatins of tw sistently nsed thin c tractive und novel the present season is oy tion, Greek draperies on_ many toitets are arustically dis) ed over “sheath” foundation skirt that is furnished at the back with a v sinall cushion-bustle and two steel springs but slightly arched. Beads ave still worn in_ profusion that would delight the untutored “squuw. This v there 1s a rage for gold and silver tin ronght mto rich passementerie of u much lighter and more * delicate description thau that of previous ye A magniticent bail dress recently secn is of ry green satin, with long court train b old-ror tin, above which are wes of silver, gold, and whito The front of the s| cmbroidery Iver-gray that is so toilets this winter suitable garniture fabrics are nd mu e gow ¢ to such combina- mo) ol t per- cat elegant French | embroidery. solid with the samc The popular tone of much seen in rich dress could not have a more than silver galloon enriehied with —cut stecl uud fine-cut bronze beads, interwoven with silver tinsel threads that shine like the metal itself, Hodices are still way rounding, or very juunty, with cuta. sharp-pointed frouts, shorter sides, and sharp points at the back setone above auother and shaped to lure a little, Collars a la_militaire are sull m high vogue, especially at the back; for a front the collar very usually turns withi a natty revers which is braided,” velvet-faced, or olherwise decorated to mateh the trimmings on other portions of the gown. Redingote tea gowns grow in popular fay and their great simplicity of styles them very effective. There are’ pretty rectotre effects in the dress, which, however, are likely to deteriorate later on and become vague and complex ; but the styic us Low pears is clear, graceful and artistically ca ried out. Itis thal of & warm, fiuely fitting open-front long coat or rediagote put on over acool, delicato undergown, this of lace,chiu silk, accordeon-plaited foulard, crepe, or em- broidered net. ‘Che redingote way be in vel vet, pompadour brocade, uioire 81 corded silk of @ rich hue, or of finest India cloth ele- gantly braided or embroidered. e An Absolute Cure® The ORIGINAL ABIETINE OINTMENT is only put up in large two ounce tin boxes, aud is an absolute cure for old sores, burns, wounds, chapped hands, and all skin erup- tions. Wil positively cure all kinds of piles. BRIGINAT ABIETINE OINT- Sold by Goodman Drug Co., at 25 cents per box—by wail 50 cents. —~— Mr. Richurd Mansfleld, baviug strained his voice . *Prince Kurl," 18 koing to play ichard 11L" He s an adveniurous, bit undoubtealy clever, young man. The tragic narts of Gloster are probably fur beyond im, but be is likely to give an interesting performance, us he'is apt 10 use his brulus, | MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE SUNDAY JANUARY INCIDENTS OF T]l| ALTAR, Pleasant and Dhtnfl ble Bxperi- ences of Matrimonia] Candidates. ITEMS. Ventures in the Great Lo teery Which Have Not All Blanks— Wise and Foolish Con nubial Escapades, Drawn w Nhe ading. Mury Miss daughter of distinguished few days ngo, d Republican, in the cathedval at Boston by Wilhlams and sev ymen. The ovent wience, including notable members of Boston socicty, and the part of the ca- thedral set apart for the spectators by u hedge of hemlock and cedur boughs was filled long before the tima for the cere mony. Lvery place Wl for dec- ovation was well filicd with tropical plants, flowers and vines. The cathe- dval organist played a number of pieces during the interim previous to the - vival of the hridal party. many of them areanged especially for the oceasion. The arrival inadvance of the bridal party on which most popular interest was centered, was that of Miss Mary Anderson, She wore a rich white gown of colored silk, cut in walking style and a Gainsborough nat, also of some soft white material to mateh her dress. She we bunch of lilies of the valley e neckand noornaments, The bride gown was aheavy trained one of white sating garnished with o handsome val- ene lace and lilies of the valley. She wore no jewels nor any ornament save the pure white Nowers, of which she carvied a large bouguet, Her tulle veil was bordered with rare valencien. nes, the same which trimmed the hridal veil of the first Miss Barrett when she heeame B Von Rocder, Miss Fdith Barrett, the you rsister of the bride was maid of honor aud the bride- maids were Miss Blanche Grifling sister of the groom. Miss Brewer. Miss Fair- child and Miss Ruth Burnett, sister of Francess Hodgson Burnett. They wo gowns of white erepe de chene. Each bore in her hand a bouquet of ved roses, while their veils of tulle were canght to the hair with a slender wreath of forget-me-nots, The muid of honor sarried, instead of the bouquet of the splendid red “American heauty™ vo one of the most dainty and no “less ¢ gant yellow-pink Cathcrine Mern; The Anderson-Rarrett ph Anderson, b Anderson, the tragedi Gertrude Bavrett, Lawrence Barre wore ma Springtic Jos second the actor, od Roman Catholic Archbishop John ( cral assistant cler attracted o lavg many of the mor nnes Miss Phelps' Boston Advertiser: Rev. Ward and his wife, nee Miss tuart Phelps, ave spending the winter Hampton, Va.. where Mr, Ward is the Indians and colored stu- Herbert Ilizabeth ' more than o nine days” wonder in - Boston and el where, and much interest has been manifested by readersof Miss Phelps’ stories in regard to her unexpected r murriage has be; oys the f the Gormon empero Mise and eyes, She was born four years old by her father consul to Copen that time she mained avroad. In 1883 her ither died, and after his death. in any with her mother, she tra at denl, and last year. at a it Baden Baden, met It was a case of at s nineteen hair wi vith dark plexion, a n rown and charmir n this city iners wheu was { he | [ ond t rles ¥ American Denmark Sinc v rand the fivst she CONNUBIALITIES, thy, thouch e telke of Buda-Pesth, H recoiving a4 divory event by foundin A who ntric, b ngary, was <o please 1 thit o celebrated a charitable institut have been “constant lovers for forty years? were married the other day Columbus, Ind. The g nty uand the bride eleven years youngor Miss Christina Martius, aced thirty scven was given a verdict for £,000 against William J. Havvison, u wealthy brickmaker, aged sixty-six, of Cleveland, O. She asked for 80,000 for breach of prommise. 1t has been decided in the courts that a Boston man can mistress £20,000 and his wife #1500, is that the wife takes all, do any weeping over his ile Massachusetts leave his The de and she prave, cither A Buffalo suitor in way hoitic girl got rid of an undesirable wunigue way. He proposed on from church Sunday evening, and the fair creatu who is young to marry,” said tyes,” but added that she would ot marvey him il he had gained the consent of her father, e youne man dis | the next day that the young lady's ed several yoars L and the disip ted lover Las ¢ ated to Bl oo f. dames Corkery, principal of the Park sel 1L South Amboy, N. J A himself liable to prosceation s Boertha ) years « liis pupils, on November 11, 1587, mony, which was catied a *lairy took piace in the pre of the schoo Mr. Coricers made up his i whether he will let 1 W stand when o of sixte Sren i Lone of The co ind nan is suid to have really mar ricd a ¢ nder the impression that he was marrying her sister. His comrtship of th other vl was brief, and the sisters so ciosely resembled each other that he was accepted before he discove take. He has never coufessed s, that he made this odd crror. but the ¢ho lost a good husband because of it insists that she ought to be in her sister's shoes. L AL Flanagan and Miss Emma Mur- re married at Quebee by @ Protestan under a license sizned oy the lieutenant governor, A few days afterwards the bride was mduced to leave her husband by relatives, who assured her that the mar- riage was invalid. 1t is claimed that und the French law, which governs such cases in this provinee, the marriage of Catholies by a Protestant clergyman is not binding or An appeal will probably be taken to the highest British tribunal - IPPERMINT Jo phy wi elergymun r DROPS, The prince of Wales is growing gray. He may dye before his mother. John L. Sullivan and submit their qurrel to I this weather shall hang on 1 the next ice ercan erop will be endang ¥ Amorican patriots mistaken the federal pay-roll Jake Kilrain should bitration, h longer . appear to have for the roil of course, Inail her books Miss Phelps has 1deatized her young lover who went to the war and who died of fever shortly after entering the service. The Deople wi Mirely devoted to other, and his sudden death was ashock from which he has suffered continu- ously, One book, dwelling entively on their plain meeting and pirting, wis so personal that the family bought up the entire edition rather than have itap- pear. It is said that the book would have had a larger sale than ““Gates i Miss Phelps bhecame a writer for th Independent shortly alter her lover's death, and the editor, Dr. Ward, was o great admirer of her sto 1t is said that her story of *“Juck™ 50 deep an impression upon him it v while meditating upon 1t he was knocked down in the st t by a wagon and seriously injured. As soon as h could be moved from the hospital he went to Gloueester, Mass companicd by his son. and there the latter met Miss Phelps, who at the time was writ- ing “An Old Maid's Puradise.” The aequaintance grew. young Ward pro- posed and was reiccted, with the under standing, however, that should she at any time relent she would send for him The summer passed pleasantly at Glou cester, and-Mr. Herbert Ward, finding himself rejected, was becoming con- soled b, ffair of the heart with a much younger maiden from Roxbury, and had gone to New York on a brief business visit, when a quite unexpected recall came from Miss Phelps. He re- turned to Gloucester und the nuptial kuot was privately ticd at the college in the preseice of but one or two fricnds. ge Law of Quebec, The peculine char- wzo law of the Prov- mes Lo notice just now ies. made that that As The Marri Chicago Tribune: acter of the mar ince of Quebe Emma J. Murphy to annul her murringe with John A, Flan- agan, after n honeymoon of three « only., Both parties to the mavriage are Roman Catholies and the coremony w, performed by the Rev. Mr. Love, Presbyterian clergyman, the 5d of Jan uary. The bride now claims to be the vietim of o clandestine marviage, and that neither the law which prevails in this province nor in the Roman Catholiv ~ church ean recognize valid @ marringe between Roman Cathol leb od a Protestant clergyman. The lu governing marviage” in Quebee is o French law, which was guarantecd by England to Canada when the country was ceded after the conguest, and at- tempt is now being made to have the Irench ccclesiastical law prevail here as well as Prench civil law. Miss Mur- phy not only asks in this action to have the marriage annulled, though she has lived with Flannigan s his wife, but applies for an order to the officiating clergyman to place in his registry op- posite the eniry of the ceremony the devision of the court to the effect that the marriage is null and of no effect; and this despite the fact that the reyv- erend gentleman was authorized to form the marriage cevemony by speci marringe license, signed by the lieu- tenant governor, and issued by the reg- ular ()lhu*rJ]m(mllvd for that purpose. The Catholic church will make a test case of this with o view to legislation prohibiting the issue of givil murriage licenses 10 members of that church, An American Baroness, sw York World: Clemens I von Zedlitz und Neukirch is the nwume of the handsome young Gevman bavon who on the second day of February will lead a wealthy \qmg American hoiress —Miss Cornelia C. Roosevelt—to the altar. The fyoung baron was in the special torm of the supreme court of New York, before Judge O'Brien. He was being sued by the guardians of his flance, and, strange to say, he it was who suggested the suit. The baron isa very handsome young {fellow of thirty, six fe two inches in height, a typical German blonde, and a lLieutenaut of the Fifteenth vegiment of the Holstein Uhlans. He issaid to be one of the handsomest men in Germany, At present he is u member of the Ger- in an action of two by riher N fame. When a gl slawms r's face shie Las co it of court. It does not seem to have ocenrred 1o M Lesseps to offer a chromo with every pound of Panama canal shures. ‘Ihe drov in the price of whisky is having anatural effcet. Wild men_are running looso inv ious parts of Kentuck In any places strawberries are now within reach of the poorest man, but at pres ent prices it is grand larceny for him to take them. News comes from Boston that Prof. James Russell Lowell is soon 1o issue a new book and that Prof. John L. Sullivan is drunk again, Tramps will be glad to hear that Dr., Pas. teur, of Paris, has written to Mr. Bagley, of Virginia, that'the bite of a healthy dojr 1s harinless. The weathes tributed in € the front door in a ainly been guilty of con ems to_be curiously a. A Georgia | that there now sixty-four enty-four ounties in that s Oh, postian, to-morrow rning 1 wething very important to suy to u U you just be a little slow as not to deliver his newspaper tiil noor They have not amended the marriage ritual in Chicago to read *ull divorce o you part,”” but it m to be necessary, be is understood all around. Among those who do not_expect to be in vited to the inauguration bult at Wushington fecling i8 growing more and more de- cided th such valls are wicked frivolities. A French scientist_claims that he can make gold by combining copper and silver. But that's no trick at all. The copper trust is colning unllions of gold out of copper alone. Detectives are no good,” said who was reading @ nowspaper, *Why not? asked his father, 1L says here there are o numver of congressmen at large, If the de tective were any good, they would run ‘em in Tommy, An insurance company has been formed at Hartford to pay the losses in case of bur- ary. An insurance company whose success Tuust depend upon the vigilance of policemen and detectives wilt bankrups itseif within cause of higher education in this country is looking up. Iifty male students of Joiins Hopiins university arc playing n eitizens with Booth and Barret, and jual number of young lady students in orth Dakota university have the mumps. The following Philadelphia dry ¢ “Your adv. in tiis we horse run offl Pl simples of those rarve fal from ‘auld Seotia, 1 prefer vinks and blues, Let'the goods be ginghams, batistes, dainty cambries, chamb and vis, | am not acquainted with your firm, e dust yourselves and oblige a westorn girl. Dr. J.E. McGrew, One of the Most Successfal SPECIALISTS In the Treatment of all Chronic, Spe- cial and Private Diseases. and all weakness LOSS OF MANHOOD, &id otuity o e Sexunl Orgaus, absolutely’ cired. PRIVATE DISEASES, &.:2 i, SKIN DISEASES, i:renaes s, complexion, and a perfect skin, CONSULTATION FREE: Send stamp for reply. Office--Bushman Douglas Sts. The postal was received by a 1s house the other day K's I’ress LIRUN a son o corres atment by ndence log&, 16th and maha, Neo b S0 NL: N s Alnu': as” +FOR SALE+ HE GREAT SACRIFICE SALE A HARDY & CO., THE 99c STORE 1200 1 Commences tomorrow the loosen un Sale history of NOUT purse WE WANT wean hed s at I at ain in Unde +accompli Corset Cove Corset price Drawers, at 15¢ t Drawers, at 85, 15e, 5, Skirts, at 2ac, l Infant’s tone and nively t 1 House Fuenishin Best m I'ihs vy Water 1 st Paper Pails -foot Step Ladders, 7 v Pails, d5c. Clothes Pins st Clothes tent Folding St Polding Cover it Robes iminc 1 Bars ting ARNAM tl Wt sold i dos ST the their O and if prices will do it our ob, 1 s " th forey the hest Greatest OMAHA, NEB. Mid-Winter Reduction business, Everything goes: and_procure some of the great LEAN OUT our stock of Ladies ot will soon S0 vid at ey that sold at double the 00 at sold at twice the money. that are worth double, h value, musling lock stitehed loss han facto worth 25, worth $1 Skivt Boards 9 Tables Sthe. TINWARE. 0. worth &2, Heavy 10 quart Dish Pans 1e. Best Galvanized W, Heavy 1N Stew Best Colled The Patent usually ut $oe. ey s, Coal Hods at 1 FFirc Shovels at wort e and IPots 10e1 sh Bas ans 100, | e 200, worth nickle handles, o ins 100, 2¢, He 1o 25 twice the mon t sgetable Press 2 I8¢ to 45e. h 85, e GLASSWARE. Heavy 1ot Tmitation Cut Glass S Cut Glass Tumble Fine Crystal Vinegar Four picee Glass m»!'- At prices that are 1 Goblets o Wi 19e. ROC great loss to wth T dishes h 10e, worth worth $1, TKERY. w, worth 95e. 0, TO - MORROW, MONDAY We give free with every purchase of 81 or over, liandsome ITRERE!) Tomorrow,Monday Bearin Mind—this Gie It Sale commences silver one of these d trays. I £Lepuoyy ‘moisowo J tomorrow. and lusts all next week, H. HARDY & CO Te 99c Store, 1209 Farnam-st PAID UP CAPITAL, $300,000 SURPLUS $40.000. AMERICAN LCAN AND TRUST COMPANY, DEPARTMENT: UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK BUILDING. \ [} “[, Interest on deposits, compounded semi-annualiy, Savings Certiflcatos with Interest coupons attached. DEBENTURE BONDS In Denominations of $200, $300, 85600, and $1000, based upon First Mortgage Real Estate Securities o deposited with, and bonds certified by the Union Trust Company of New York. Drafts drawn on the principal citles of Europe. A. C. POWELL., casHien. 0. M. CARTER, Pres. & J. BROWN, ALVIN SAUNDERS, The HUSSEY & DAY COMPANY Sanitary Plumbing! Steam and Hot Water Heating! Gas and Electric Chandeliers! Art Metal Work, Stable Fittings, Fountains, Vases, Etc. LARG & Woe make o spec Prompt attention. s reasonable ¢ ('u‘ oxperience. at FINEST SHHOWROONMS ty of vepair work on IPlumbing, ( Skillful mechanies, s fivstclass worlk will itors to our showrooms alwiys weleome, DIRECTORS: D. D. COOLEY, V.-Pres. PHILIP POTTER, Sec. €. S. MONTGOMERY. i. FRED ROGERS. WEST OF C#ICAGO ws or Heating Appar- Personal supervision, und charges allow. 24 Twenty-flve years' practi- THE HUSS]:.Y & DAY COMPANY 409-411 South [5th Street DEWEY & STONE, FURNITURE A magnificent display of in the furniture maker LOMBARD INVESTMENTC eve S I Boston, Mass.; Kansas City, Mo. Capital & Su plus, $1,500,000 This comy is preparod proved city Noupp! Loans clo to furnish 1monoy nl favin propesty 10ns sent jwity [OF Appro d and padd for without de JOHN W, GISI, M a9 South 1ith Street, First Nition Cared by SPANISHS WESTENN REMKDY ( TANDARD HORTHAND CHUOL. G EOIRIC n i, Neb. AUGHT, ey Block, Omal TO LOAN, On City and Farm ¥ has openod sn Omaha »m.‘-uw prowmptly on im Circulars fro YPEWRITING HOROUGHLY @, % I-I "B. IREY. Prooert CASH ON HAND. ot Mortguge Paper Bought. venzer Block, opp. P. 0. rything useful and ornamenta art, at reasonable prices . D Spimneydio OMAHA DISPENSARY. NERVOUS, CHRONIO 80d PIOVATE DISEASES of MEN and WoME sfully troated, YOUNG MEN 4 of youthful follios oF indis- e ety 1 Soctty, Kidnoy I 01 riiury or enre. Chirges MIDDLE-AGED MEN sty roublod with to At often g from L off o1 Moniory. I e whonuble, esp here Lons of U froguent ovacus ompniied by @ slight uing of the Tound, i B will appeir, or e color wil b of @ ih Wi wgain ehanging Lo dnrk or (rph 1 e Y ion who dio 0f (i i s the w 4 cont staip “Young Man's Friend; or Guids to Wedlock,'” FIREE T0 ALL. ADDRESS DR. SPINNEY & CO., N, E. Cor, 16th & Douglas 8ts.; or Natlonal Dis pensary, corner 1:th and Maln, Kansws City, Mo WEAK E eutToriug from the W A A T st et