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THE DEMOCRAT. It. II. ADAMS, l'ublisher. CAPE GIRARDEAU. MfssorRt. Mrs. Agnes Hitt, of Indianapolis, tvas, on the 4th, elected president of the Woman's Relief corps at St Paul, Minn. Ma j. Tiiaiwf.us S. Claresox, of Omaha, Neb., was, on the 4th, chosen commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Re public for the ensuing year. The public debt statement, issued on the 1st, showed a r;et increase in the public debt, less cash in the treas ury, during August, of 812,342.083. Net cash in the treasury, S24;i,34G,400. The American steamship Laurada, said to be a Cuban filibuster, and er roneously reported wrecked by treach ery off the Jamaica coast, cleared from Port Antonio for Philadelphia on the night of the 2d. The Utah commission, on the 1st, Eubiuitted to the secretary of the in terior its annual report, detailing its work from July, J895, to January 1, iWrt, the date Utah was admitted to the Union as a state. On the 1st Secretary of the Interior David R. Francis bade farewell to St. Louis and departed by the fast mail train for Washington, there to assume the duties of his new office in the cabinet of President Cleveland. The Pennsylvania board of pardons, on the 4th, recommended a pardon in the case of John Beardsley, ex-city treasurer of Philadelphia, who was sentenced on July 1, 1MM, to 1! years' imprisonment for euibezzlment of city funds. Vermont held her state election on the 1st. The entire republican state ticket was elected by majorities rang ing in the neighborhood of 40,000, or 10,000 greater than any majority ever recorded in the state. The ticket is headed by Josiah Grout, of Derby, for governor. Kate Field's will has been found and probated in Washington city. Miss Field died some mouths ago in Honolulu. The will directs that in case of death her body be brought to this country and cremated, the ashes to be deposited at Mt. Auburn, Cam bridge, Muss. Among the distinguished callers on Maj. and Mrs. McKinley, at Canton, O., on the 11th, were Mr. and Mrs. R. P. liland, of Missouri. The time spent at the McKinley home by Mr. and Mrs. Bland was apparently very agreeable to both the callers and to Maj. and Mrs. McKinley. Gen. John M. Palmer, of Illinois, was nominated by acclamation, on the 8d, as the candidate of the sound money democratic convention at In dianapolis, Ind., for president. Gen. Simon B. Ruckser, of Kentucky, was also unanimously chosen as vice-presidential nominee. The eighteenth annual Toronto (Ont.) industrial exhibition was inau gurated, on the 1st, the opening cere monies being performed by Hon. A. S. Hardin, premier of Ontario. The exhibition will last for two weeks and promises to exceed in every respect all former exhibitions. Advices -received by the Spanish government from Manila, on the 4th, stated that a'force of 500 Philippine rebels had been defeated and routed by the Spanish troops at Raceore. Fourteen of the rebels were killed aud 13 taken prisoners. The insurgents were led by German settlers. The treasury official statement, is sued on the 2d, showed that for Au gust the deficit was 810,139.580 aud for the fiscal year to date S-'3,108,7.;9. The receipts for August were S'J3,SG2,0i)G, or $3,000,000 less than for August, lfc'JS. The expenditures for August were $35, 701,070, or 83,000,000 more than for August, 1895. Li Hung Chang, his suite and the government's representative, Maj. Gen. Ruger, arrived at Philadelphia from New York over the Pennsylvania railroad, on the 3d, on a special train of six cars. He was met by a reception committee of prominent citizens and greeted by assembled thousands on the sidewalks. Returns from all but three cities and towns in the state of Vermont five the following vote for governor: Grout (rep.), 63,270; Jackson (dem.), 14.87S; Rattell (pop.), 630; Whittemore (pro.), 523. Grouts plurality, 38,392, majority over all, 37,239. The same cities and towns in 1892 gave Fuller (rep.) a majority over all of 17,800. The two children of Assistant Post master Danielly, of Chadron, Neb., aged respectively four years and four teen months, were suffocated by a fire in the family home on the 3d. They were dead when found, the parents narrowly escaping tho same fate. Physicians worked for hours with Mrs. Danielly before restoring her to con sciousness. By previous arrangement Earl Li Hung Chang, on the 2d, received a limited number of representatives of the press in his apartments at the Waldorf hotel, New York city. The newspaper men were presented to the viceroy by Mr. Edward B. Drew, com missioner of royal taxes in China. The viceroy's medical adviser. Dr. Mark, acted as interpreter. Judge Thomas, assistant attorney general of the post office department, slr-ided, on the 1st, that "it is unlaw ful to send an ordinary letter by ex press or otherwise outside of the mails unless it be inclosed in a gov ernment stamped envelope. It is also unlawful to inclose a letter in an ex press package unless it pertains wholly' to the contents of the package." SEPTEMBER 1896. Sun. Mon. Tue. Wed. Thur. Frf. Sat 4 J 4 6 8 75 22 29 10 11 12 41 13 -)20 il 28 16 17 J8 25 19 23 30 24 26 J; 27 TTT-t'TTTTTlrt'TTTTTTTTTVt CUE RENT TOPICS. THE MWS IN BEEP. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Char. F. Warbcrtos, proprietor of the Philadelphia Evening Telegraph, was found dead in his room in Atlan tic City, N. J., on the 1st. Mr. War burton was 61 years of age, and had been afflicted with heart trouble for some time. Secretary Hoke Ssiith, on the 1st, took formal leave of the heads of bu reaus and other employes of the inte rior department. Mrs. Charlotte Smith, president of the Woman's Rescue league of the United States, has taken up her quar ters in New York city, and intends to dismount every wheelwoman in Gotham if she can. Secretary Carlisle said, on the 1st, that President Cleveland would write a letter indorsing the nominees of the Indianapolis convention. Acting Comptroller Bowers has de cided that a man transferred from the volunteer service to the regular army is not entitled to veteran bounty. Daniel Si-raker, president of the Mohawk River bank, died in Fonda, N. Y., on the 1st, of pneumonia, aged 98. Mr. Spraker had been president of the bank since its establishment, over fort- years ago, and was probably the oldest bank president in the United States. The entire main bnildingof the pic turesque Kentucky institute for feeble-minded children, at Frankfort, was destro3-ed by lire, on the 1st, rendering homeless 200 feeble-minded children and destroying S0,000 worth of prop erty. The Banca, Bulcse, located in Brook lyn, and operated by Pietro Gallo & Son, is clostd, the proprietors having left the place. When the building was opened, on the 1st, it was found that the safe was open, but empty. It was asserted by Italians that the deposits amounted to 550,000. The resignation of Hoke Smith as secretary of the interior went into effect ou the 1st inst. Assistant Sec retary Reynolds assumed charge of the department pending the arrival of Gov. Francis. Mrs. George Knopf was arrested in Council Bluffs, la., on the 1st, charged with usiucr the mails for fraudulent purposes.and held for the grand jury. She advertised for a husband and suc ceeded in getting the better of a mat rimonial adventurer who married her thinking her to be rich. The battle ships Ramilies and Tra falgar, flagships of the British Med iterranean squadron, and 12 other British w arships left Malta, on the 1st, for the Levant. An explosion in the nitroglycerine house of the California Powder Co., at Pinole, Cal.. on the 1st, wrecked the building and caused the death of 12 workmen, eight Chinese and four white men. Rt. Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, British secretary of state for the colo nies, was a passenger on the steamer Teutonic, which arrived at New Y'ork, on the 2d, from Liverpool. His visit will be a brief one, as he intends re turning home in about a fortnight. The steamer Laurada, the Cuban fil ibuster, which recently lauded at Navassa and transferred her men aud arms to the tug Dauntless, and later arrived at Port Antonio, Jamaica, has been grounded. It is suspected that her mishap was the result of foul play. A special dispatch from Rome, on the 2d, said it was rumored there that King Humbert will announce his ab dication after the marriage of the prince of Naples, the heir apparent, to Princess Helene of Montenegro. A Dif patch from Lowell observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz., to Harvard observa tory, on the 2d, announced the re-discovery, by Dr. Lee, of the companion to Sirius in position angle 219 degrees and distance 5.9. This companion was first seen in 1859. A dispatch to the London Times from St. Petersburg says that the tour of the czar throughout western Eu rope will not be changed on account of the death of the Russian minister of foreign affairs, Prince Lobanoff-Ros-tovsky. The gold Democratic national con Tention which met at Indianapolis, on the 2d, held two short sessions and, after effecting permanent organiza tion, adjourned until the 3d. The turret battleships Navarin and Imperator Alexander IL, the torpedo cruiser Pocadnik and two torpedo boat destroyers, all belonging to the Rus sian Cronstadt squadron, have been sent to the Mediterranean. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderwlt, on the 2d, denied the published report that her husband's condition was precari ous. Is the democratic state convention at Concord, N. H-, on the 2d, a resolu tion indorsing the administration of President Cleveland was rejected over whelmingly on a rising vote, only 01 rising in the affirmative. Ex-Gov. Francis, of Missouri, took the oath of office as secretary of the interior in Secretary Carlisle's office, on the 3d, and immediately entered upon the discharge of his new duties. The National encampment of tlia Grand Army of the Republic, in session at St. Paul, Minn., otj the 3d, selected Buffalo, N. Y., as the place of holding the next general encampment. There was practically no opposition. The steamer Rosedale, with. ISO pas sengers on board, was struck, in the East river off Broome street, New Y'ork city, on the 3d, by a Twenty-third-street ferryboat, and sank in about five minutes. The Rosedale was on her way to Bridgeport at the time. All the passengers, it is said, were picked up by passing craft. Ditrixg the exercises at the Audi torium at St. Paul, Minn., on the 3d, Col. Thomas G. Lawler, of Eockford, 111., the past commander-in-chief of the G. A. li.. was presented with a gold watch and lonir gold neck chain as a token of the esteem and love felt for him by the grand army throughout the country. The national committee of the na tional democratic party held a meet ing immediatelv after the Indianapolis convention had adjourned. It was de cided to have an executive committee of nine to manage the campaign, and W. D. Bynum was selected for chair man of the executive committee. Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, who was sentenced to be publicly degraded and confined for life in a fortress, after having been convicted by a court-martial of selling plans of French fortifi cations, etc., to a foreign government, has escaped from the Isle du Grand Salut, on an American schooner. After almost three months, during which the officers have worked every clew, four of the men who robled George Kolb, a wealthy farmer, last June, have been landed in jail at Tus cola, 111. Peter Rauce, a watchman at the prospect Hill coal mines, Yincennes. Ind.. fell down the slmft, a distance ol 350 feet, aud was crushed into a hor rible mass, not a whole bone being left in his body. Last June Mrs. Pauline Suceo, a Pittsburgh (Pa.) widow, had $2,000. She advertised for a position as a housekeeper, but got a husband in stead. Now she has neither husband nor money. The Edgar Thomson steel works, ol Carnegie's, at Pittsburgh, Pa., have been closed down indefinitely. The action was a general surprise, as it was not even suspected. Otis Burling a me, living near La Porte, Ind., marketed eight quarts of strawberries in that city on the 3d. They were picked from vines that bore a good crop in the regular season, and this second crop is equally as good as the first. He sold them readily at 25 cents a quart. Rev. T. F. Reeser, pastor of the Lutheran church at Hollidaysburg, Pa., and John 1). Love, a well-known merchant, were drowned, on the night of the 3d, in the Juniata river, five miles below Hollidaysburg where they had gone fishing. II. II. Thorpe, sole owner of the cit izen's bank of Salina, O., tiled a deed of assignment for the benefit of cred itors on the 4th. The assets are esti mated at 820,000, with liabilities about the same. Depositors, it is saic3-., will be paid in full. The Northwestern Millers' asool tion, also known as the Flour trust, has gone to the wall. It was organ ized a year ago to maintain a uniform price of flour and do away with com petition. The Columbus (O.) Central Street Railway Co. has gone into the hands of Geo. H. Worthington, of Cleveland, as receiver. The company is capital ized at $1,500,000, and is bonded fof that amount. Sikgel, Eisemas & Co.'s leather man ufactory at Newark, N. J., was burned on the 4th. Loss, S50,000; insurance, $30,000. I ATE NEWS ITEMS. Dr. Ge oi.ce Pihavn G ode, assif.tar secretary of the Smithsonian institu tion, and in charge of the National museum in Washington city, died of iiiumonia, on the 7th, at his resi ier.ee ou Lanier Heights, a suburb of '.Vashingtou. He represented the Smithsonian institution at the recent Columbian exposition, aud at the At lanta exposition last year. He was me author of several valuable and in teresting scicutilic works. Dr. Brown Goode was boru in New Albany, Ind., in l$:.l. Advices from Key West, Fla., ou the Glh, stated that great excitement had ueen caused by the receipt of a letter from Havana stating that the Spanish authorities were plotting to have the city burned. The story aroused great indignation, aud some hot heads had iuale threats against the Spanish con sul. The weekly statement of the asso ciated banks of New Y'ork city, issued ou the 5th, showed the following changes: Reserve, decrease, S0'i7,G50; loans, decrease, 82,720,100; specie, in crease, Sl,s:-l,2oo; legal tenders, de crease, $3,G74,t;oo, deposits, decrease, S4,!)G3,()00; circulation, iucrease, 1)24. UOO. Consul Steiner writes the depart ment of state from Munich that a sec ond exhibition of power and labor saving machines will be held there in iS'JS. American manufacturers are invited to participate. Noteworthy exhibits will be awarded "distinction' in the form of medals. Queen Victoria has signified her willingness to receive a petition pro testing against the traffic in opium aud sp.rituous liquors, to which docu ments are appended 7,000,000 signa tures collected by the woman's Chris tian Temperance union. The porte replied to the collective note from the embassies regarding the Armenian question, on tiie bth, throw ing ail the blame for tho recent riot ing upon the Armenians, whose mis deeds are fully recited. The embassies declined to discuss the reply. Tub conference of bishops which has been summoned by the archbishop of Canterbury to meet at Lambeth, England,. in July, 1SU7, will bring to gether about 250 bishops, including those of America connected with the Anglican communion. Eleven firemen were killed and many seriously injured by falling walls during the burning of Y'ore's opera house at Benton Harbor, Mich., early on the morning of the 6th. MISSOURI STATE NEWS. A Little Girl's Sad Drath. A team of frightened horses attached to a produce wagon, owned and driven by John Bartold, a SL Louis county farmer, ran away in St. Louis, the other morning, causing the almost in stant death of Bartold's 11-year-old daughter, Annie, who was thrown from the wagon and dragged almost a block by the reins becoming entangled about her. When she was picked up the breath had left her body. The team with the wagon, which was loaded with peaches, kept on in a mad gallop, defying all of Bartold's efforts to check them. They finally collided with a tree and were held there. Bar told rushed back to ascertain the con dition of his child, and when he found her cold in death with her little body bruised and mangled in a terrible man ner, he covered his face with his hands and wept piteously. State Auditing Committer. Under the law of 1895 Goi. Stone has appointed Senator T. K. Gash, of Clay county; Representatives Henry S. Julian, of Kansas City, and W. S. Odneal, of Mercer county, a com mittee to inspect and examine the books of the various state offices. This is what is known as the "auditing com mittee," and under the change of law made by the last general assembly, it goes to work three months earlier than usual. The change was made in order that the examination might be com pleted by the time the general assem bly convened. Heretofore the committee was ap pointed in December and the work of the committee was never completed until about time for the assembly ad journment sine die. A vast amount of work is involved in checking up the books of the state offices. Senator Gash and Mr. Julian are democrats, and Mr. Odneal is a repub lican. At the Old Jeise James Home While excavating in the rear of the old Jesse James home, in St Joseph, where the outlaw was killed in U.S2, workmen came upon the skeleton of a middle-aged man, who had been buried without coffin orany preparation what ever. A theory has gained credence that the body is a victim of Jesse James, possibly a member of the gang, whom he feared might prove traitor. A man, Edward Miller by name, mys teriously disappeared while a member of the gang, and it is the belief of friends that he was made way with by Jesse James. Itatlly Injured In a Kunawar. While returning from Midway church, in Monroe county, the other night, W. N. Dowell's horse became unmanageable and dashed into a cart in which Miss Belle McGee was riding. Both vehicles were demolished. Miss McGee sustained internal injuries that are thought to be fatal, and Dowell was rendered unconscious from a blow on the head. Her father Caused Her Di-ath. Mattie Hunt, who was shot by her drunken father at Columbia, died from her wounds. Her father, John Hunt, who was arrested tlu day after the shooting, received his preliminary hearing, aud was committed to the county jail in default of $2,000 bail, tie claims the shooting was accidental. Charged With Horse Stealing. Sheriff John F. Bay, of Shannon county, arrested Jim Barnes in Rey nolds county and Sam Herran in Shan non county. A dispatch sent from liir-h Tree says they are both horso tnieves, and the last of a gang whose operations extended from Reynold county to Douglas county. Her Money Worries Her. Mrs. Mary A. n.igue, of Sedalia, aged 65, who was left a competency by the death of her husband, John II. Hogue, a wholesale grocer, lias lost her reason. She labors under the hal lucination that she is a prisoner, and that an effort is being made to rob her of her money. Louisiana Bells Her Hondo. The Louisiana school bonds, amonnt ! ing to S10.000, which for the past three months have been seekinga purchaser, have been taken by R. H. Goodman, cashier of the Bank of Louisiana, at par. The bonds are for 10 and 20 years, with interest at six per cent. ! Mlssourt Corn. j Corn-cutting has progressed rapidly, i and in some soutlkern counties tiie i work is completed. Late corn is still suffering from a drought in some lo calities, but in general is doing very well. The larger part of the crop is now safe from frost. Earthquake Shock. A decided earthquake shock was felt at Fredericktown at 10:55 the other night. There was a movement, fol lowed by a tremor of the earth, lasing several seconds, and accompanied by a rumbling sound. A Girl's Awful Heath. Annie Fry, aged 11. No. 2S18 Easton avenue, St. Louis, died from the effects of burns. The wind blew her dress oe to the burner of the gasoline stove, and in an instant she was envel oped in flames. Secretary for the Fortieth Time. At the eightieth annual meetiDg ol the Missouri conference of the M. E. church, sonth, held at Hannibal, Rev. John D. Vincil, of St. Louis, was elected secretary for the fortieth time. Followed His Daughter. Benjamin M. Briggs, aged, 86, an old resident of Hannibal, died recently. His daughter. Miss Jennie Brigcs, died at the same hour the day before. Death Came Suddenly. Mrs. Baumhoff, wife of Mr. George Baumhoff, superintendent of the Lin dell street railway system, St. Louis, died suddenly a few nights ago. Coles New Courthouse. The laying of the corner stone of the new $6O,0C0 county courthouse at Jefferson City took place in the pres ence of a large crowd. A MIDNIGHT HORROR. Kearly a, Score of Fireman Burled Under, rallies Walls Eleven of Theni Crashed to Death and a umber of Others Se riously Injured Fears of a Further Col lapse Deter the Bravest from Attempts at Kescue. Benton Harbor. Mich., Sept. 7. Y'ore's opera bouse and adjoiniug buildings were burned early yesterday morning, causing the death of 11 fire men aud injury to a number of others, and entailing a loss of 05,000. The Killed. Frank Watson, married, St. Joseph. Edward H. Gauge, married, St. Jo seph. Arthur C. Hill, married, St, Joseph. Frauk Seaver, married, St. Joseph. John Hoffman, married, Benton Harbor. Thomas Kidd, single, Benton Har bor. Frank Woodley, married, Benton Harbor. Scott Rice, Benton Harbor. WiU Matten, married, Benton Uar bor. Louis Hoffman, single, Benton Har bor. The Seriously Injured Arel Ex-Fire Chief John A. Crawford, Bcutun Harbor; burned and overcome by heat and 6inoke. Frank Paget, of St. Joseph; legs mashed by failing brick. Will Freuud, of Sc. Joseph; cut about the head and burned. Jack McCoruiiek, Benton Harbor; legs broken and internally injured. Several others were injured by fall ing walls, but will recover. Shortly after midnight. Yore's opera house, a large four-story brick struc ture, was discovered to be on tire. The flames had gained much headway be fore the alarm was given, and when the city fire department arrived the building was a mass of flames. The St. Joseph fire engines wens sent for and arrived soon after. The fire con tinued to gain ou then., aud was spreading to other buildings when the hook aud ladder companies went to the rear of the building hoping to be able to direct a stream into the mass of flames from a second-story window. Hardly had they arrivetl there, when the wall, with a mighty crash came down before them, burying 15 men un der the red hot bricks. Other portions of tho wall were weakeuiug, and the rescue of the im prisoned firemen was deterred some time, as it was expected every moment the remainder of the wall would fall. Finally some of the crowd rusned into the muss to rescue the shrieking aud struggling men. Frauk Watson, of St. Joseph, was the first man reached, but he was dead, and his body was a mass of broken bones and mangled ilesh. The search continued until five o'clock, when the last victim, Arthur Hill, was removed. They were car ried to offices and private houses, where doctors from both cities were in waiting to render aid. Some of them died en route aud others died while their wounds were cared for. The dead were taken to the city hall, which was turned into a tempo rary morgue. Some of the uieu were so badly mangled that identity was only had by letters and papers in their pockets. As the bleeding forms were carried through the streets they were followed by throngs of awe stricken men and women eager to learn whether the victims were friends or relatives. After the falling of tho rear wall, which took with it the lives of at least 11 men, the roof and other walls soon collapsed, one of the side walls fell upon a two-story briek building, owned by William Friek, aud com pletely demolished it and ruined the contents of shoes. The fire had not been confined alone to the opera house, but had crept' across the alley, and soon the rear of two store buildings were a seething mass of flames. These, however, were checked before they reached the main part of the buildiugs. The lire was under coutrol at five o'clock, and the search for more bodies was begun aud coutinued all day. Last night the fire men, exhausted, gave up the search until to-day. The loss, as far as can be ascertained, is: Patrick Yore, opera house block, 40,000; insurance, Slt,- 000. The occupants of the several build ings will lose several hundred dollars. The origin of the tire is unknown, but Guy Prescott, who stated that he knew how the tire started, but was not going to give any one away, was ar rested and will be brought before the coroner'a jury. The wardrobe of the Katie Putnam company, which gave a performance for the benefit of the firemen in the evening, was also burned, as was the wardrobe of the Mexican Troubadours, who are spend ing their vacation here. Several of the dead firemen have large families. The funerals will be all held together to-morrow, and will be under the auspices of the firemen and fraternal societies, of which the deceased were members. Wholesale Jail Delivery. Huktington, W. Va., Sept, 7. By the aid of chisels, secured iu some un known way, John Love, who was awaiting trial for murder, escaped from the jail iu this eity Saturday night, accompanied by five other crim inals. The alarm was given by other prisoners, and posses started in pur suit, but as yet without success. There were 13-prisoners in the jail. N EARING THE GOAL. The Bicjcle itelas I nshlnc Forward Over Heavy Koads. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. ft In the face of a storm and over roads into which the tires sank over the rim, the hardy young athletes to whom was en trusted the Journal-Examiner pack, brought it thiough from Erie last night, reaching this city at 7:10 a. m. The Buffalo section, Erie to Roches ter, 175 miles, was rnn in jnst 17 hours. The run from Buffalo to Rochester, 79 miles, was made at the rate of 14 mile an hoax. LI AT NIAGARA FALLS. The Great Chines Statesman Impressed by the Cataract. Interested In auke Eoterprlse and Dellehted with American Hallways Marrow Escape from In Jury by Contact with a Dynamo. Xiaoara Falls. N. Y.. Sept 7. LE Hung Chang and party arrived in this- cityat 11:45 oclock yesteruay morn ing, accompanied by the United States, army officers who arc escorting the party about the country. They came direct from Washington in a hand somely appointed Pullman vestibuled. train of seven coaches. All night and. yesterday morning a drizzling rain fell, and when the party arrived it was coming down in torrents. The viceroy and the army officers occupied the last . car, and about five minutes after the stop Maj.-Gen. Thomas Ruger stepped out on the platform, followed by the other officers, Li making his appear ance last. He was gowned in his gor geous jellow jacket and wore the fa mous peacock feather in his hat. His appearance was the signal for a burst of applause from the crowd of folly 4,000, gathered to see him and which., the police had much difficulty in keep ing in order. After being assisteddown the steps he: walked to the carriage, 25 feet distant, leaningon thearms of JIaj.-Gen. Ruger and Mayor Arthur Schoellkopf, of this, city. The carriage was entered by the three, and Li Fing Luh, the -viceroy's official secretary and interpreter. Tho army officers with the party be sides Maj.-Gen. Ruger were: Lieut. A. S. Cummiugs, Maj. George W. Davis, and Capt. E. C. Mills. Other notables of the party were Edward B. Drew, secretary of the Chinese embassy, who - isou thespeeialof his imperial Chinese ' majesty to accompany Ambassador LI Hung Chang; Mi Chung, of the Chi nese embassy at Washington; LoFcng Lu, official sacretary; Dr. Mark, med ical adviser; Dr. Irwin, Lord Li, Sr.. Lord Li, Jr. ; George H. Daniels, J. M. Toucey and others. Upon arrival at the Cataract house, which was headquarters, the party retired to their rooms, the whole sec ond lloor of the hotel having been re served for them. All of the suite ate the meal prepared by the regular staff, but Li had his in a private dining-room, his food being as usual prepared and served by his own servants. About 3:30 o'clock the start was made to see the falls. The rain had ceased and the sun was shining brightly. Thousands of people filled the hotel cor ridors, verandas and the street out side. The falls reached, the viceroy watched them for a short time, his face beariug a curious expression. He turned to his interpreter and addressed, him. The latter said: "His excellency is very much de lighted and greatly impressed." Next the party were driven to the-, powerhouse of the Cataract Construc tion Co., where they saw the monster-5.00O-horse power dynamos running by the energy of the Niagara river. Li spoke through his interpcter in glowing terms of Amerieau enterprise,, and said the sight was the most inter esting he had seen on his travels. He inquired the cost of the work and the-, revenue and other things. The party then returned to the ho tel. The interpreter said Li marvelled much at the American railways, say ing they were the greatest he had ever seen. Asked if Li would, upon his re turn to China have the English engin eers, who are building a railroad in that country, adopt tie American sys tem, he said he certainly would. This, important announcement was received with much enthusiasm by the many prominent men in hearing distance. At the powerhouse Li held out hia cane toward one of the rapidly revolv ing dynamos, and it was hit by a pro jection and knocked out of his hand like a flash. He was startled, but said nothing. He came near being badly injured by the occurrence. The party remained in this city last, night and crossed the river at eight o'clock this morning. They were es corted from here by Sir 11. G. Golly da Lothbinere, ex-prime minister of tjue bec. and at present a member of the Laurier cabinet, and Sir W. C Parma lee, Chinese agent of Canada. The Canadian Pacific has sent a special train of six cars to take tho party through Canada from Niagara Falls ou to Vancouver. Yesterday afternoon the mayor and a few prominent citizens were received, informally in Li Hung Chang's roonu. "IN WAYS THAT ARE DARK And Tricks That Are Tain the Heathen. Chinee Is Peculiar. Niagara Falls. N. Y'., Sept. 7. It" all reports be true one of the biggest Chinese smuggling schemes on record has just come to light. According to the reports there has been all summer a systematic smuggling of Chinamen from St. Catharines, Ont., to Chip pewa, Ont., from where the celestials were rowed across to the American side at a point between Schlosser dock., in this city, and LaSalle. From there they have been taken under cover of darkness to a Tonawanda laundry and after being kept there for some time, have been liberated, one by one, some of them going to Buffalo, and some to Rochester and other cities. The game has been a very clever one and only came to the ears of the Chi nese inspectors here by accident. It is thought arrests will follow in a day or two. The smuggler is thought to be a white man. The Great Chinaman Takes ills Leave of Amerloa and Americans. Washington, Sept. a. Li nung Chang's parting tribute to the Ameri can people was given to the United. Associated Presses yesterday evening for dissemination. He said: "The three foremost men in history have been Napoleon, the Chinese Em peror Yao, and Washington. Napo leon created an empire which was speedily destroyed; Yao created an empire, and then proceeded himself to rule over it; Washington built up a great nation and then stepped csida,. leavino- others to jrovern."