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Show KKWS SUMMARY. speed record of eighty miles tn boar was recently established on the L'uioo Pacific. In Uerlio it is rumored that Emperor William has iostrueted the Kiel acht club to challenge for thn American A new cop. The president baa designated E. W: Bloomlngdale of New York as a member of the William McKinley memorial association.' ( Captain Tilley, commandant at Ti-- t tills American Samoa, baa been suspended, pending inquiry into charges against him. A newiocomotira is being built In 8n Francisco, which has the engi-seecab in front of the engine, where an unobstructed view of tbe track is possible. Th election for all officers in Cuba except president will be held December 21st, next, and that for president will' take place February 24th, Cuba's cation al holiday. Professor George Edgar Vincent of the University of Chicago ia mentioned moat prominently in New York for university to president pf.,Columbi succeed 8etb Low. Phil Sheridan, only eon of General Phil. 8heridan, ia reported to be seriously ill with typhod fever, at tbe West Point Military academy, . He is in tbe cadet hospital. The imports of specie last week at New York were 160,151 gold and 1133,-77- 9 silver, The exports of silver from that port to all eonntriei aggregates 1081,470 and $7000 in gold. The United Frnit company has made public its report of operations for the fiscal year. The report shows a shrink 55,921 as age in the total Income of con pared with last year. The anniversary of the beginning of .the great Chicago fire thirty yeafo ago Wednesday was commemorated at a banquet given by the Marqnette club at the auditorium in Chicago Sailora were enlisted in the United 8talea naval service daring the year to the number of 9890, making the total den in service, 18,825. From this number there were 3158 desertions The spinners at Fall riverhave voted THE WHITE HOUSE TOO SMALL 15he 'Wcclily Panorama PAS0trS f'PklVATt- - pom QlWGfiOOM Lori K.itcbntr'-- t Demand-t-. is evident that the British War oC. is confronted with a disconcerting problem. Tbe official announcement has been made that Lord Kitchener has a' ked for 25 0)0 more seasoned and mounted men to crush the Boers and the disaffected Cape Dutch. The commander-ln-chialso demands the plenary power to hang rebels, traitors and murderers without refer-t- b tbe boms- - government- - According to bis recent proclamation all Boers found with aims after SaptXK may be included under this category. Tbe idpa of allowing Lord K.tchener to bang prisoners of war is repugnant to tbs British people, as it is to the rest of tbe civilized world, yet it is believed that his demands art in tha nature of an ultimatum to the War office, Goaded by tbe humiliation of recent defeata be threatens to resign unless be ia allowed to crush the Boer 'by bis own methods. It ef rs A Folding Xmbrella. Elms Etta Morrison, a Florida girl, has been granted a patent on a folding umbrella, intended principally for cyclers use. When an ordinary umbrella Is attached to tbs head of a wheel it Is either too far forward to afford much protection or else Ilea In n slanting position. In tbs new umbrella tbls fault Is overcome by the double angle formed in tbe Tbe family of President Roosevelt is tbe largest that has ever occupied the White House at Washington. As the bouse has only fire bedrooms the Roosevelts with tbelr six children and several servants are said to be suffering great inconvenience. How these people are going to be that their delegate to the textile coun- accommodated in a house which only cil shall insist that only a unanimous contains five bedrooms, a sitting room, room and a parlor. Is one of vote shall bring about a strike. Tbit means that the spinnersoppose a strike tbe mysteries which confront Colonel ..Theodore Bingham, U, 8. A. English capitalists are concocting a He, by the way, also acta as master to consolidate number of a plan large of. ceremonies at the Presidents pub-li- e tbe weaker oil wells at Beaumont, receptions. 'Tex, They do not purchase gushers The White House was tbe first pubbat prefer wells that respond freely as lic building erected in Washington, . pumpers." and its first cost was paid by tbe states floods Tbe of Monday, following sup- of Maryland and Virginia' President posed volcanic aetion In the Pacific, Washington selected the sle. A prize of 1509 for the design was destroyed a large quantity of flour and other merchandise stored at San Juan awarded to a young Irish architect del Norte, Nicaragua, as well as much named James Hoban, who modeled bis design after the castle of the duke of export timber. v Leinster, near Dublin. ' The Indian bureau officials estimate Tbe corner stone was laid on Oct that the number of cases bf smallpox IS, 1792, and although the mansion on tbe reservations throughout tbs was not completed. President John weal is between- - lOO und -- 150. Aboul Adams and his family took possession five deaths have been reported during in 1800. In 1814 daring tbe British invasion the past week. j White House was almost gutted the A royal decree Issued in Madrid orfire and was only saved from total by taxes ders tbe payment in gold of all destruction by a thunder storm. or interest upon bonds, shares of diviThe work of restoration was not dends, and on redemption by compan- completed until 1818. The building ies who are to pay tbelr shareholders Is 170 feet long by 86 feet wide, and and bondbolders in gold. the private grounds contain 20 acres. Resolutions against tbe reckless .ad- It consists of a rustic, basement, two mittance of undesirable lmmlgradta to stories and an attic. Having the peculiar characteristics the United States were adopted Saturof a public office, which is at the aame of a attended the at meeting day large Merchants and Manufacturers Board time the home of a private famly, the wear and tear open Its household beof Trade of New York, longings are almost incredible, and - The total of British exports and im- each year has brought borne material ports during tbe past yearia the great- change In the decorations. The govest volume of business ever transacted ernment has spent nearly 12,500,000 In by any country in the world, and repairs on the building. At the present time the first of the amounts to nearly 980,000,000 increase ' state apartments ia tbe east room over tbe preceding year. parlor which is decoratPresident Wheeler of California uni- -' the innations white and gold. Ful length pored the recommended board to has versity traits of President and Mrs. Washing- of regents the appointment of George W. Sbaw. Ph. D., an assistant profes- panels along the east .side, and eight sor of agricultural chemistry, inebarge large mirrors, with three chandeliers - of the beet-sugof cut glass, add greatly tq the magindustry, Venezuela ia said to bep1anning an- nificence of the room. From the east other invasion of Colombia. Troops loom a wide corridor leads Into the are being organized at Maracaibo un- state parlors. The first of these, caBed the green der the command of General Viceota is used as a music room, and Is room, VenezG, Sanchez, commanding the furnished tastefully In pale green uelan garrison at that city, plush. Next the green room it the n John C. Williams, a blue room, an elliptical room in the newspaper correspondent of Washing- center of the suite. Theblue room ton, baa been appointed secretary to is the official audience room, where the United States delegates to tbe the President receives foreign miniscongress of American republics to meet ters on their presentation of credent tlals, and other distinguished guests; in the City of Mexico betober 21st. on such occasions, at public recepof the Republi- and The annual banquet tion and often at less formal gathercan club of Massachusetts will be aban- ings, the presidential party stands la doned thia fall out of respect to the line at tbe upper end of the room. West of the blue room is the red memory of President McKinley. The " late' president had Intended being pres-en-t room. Which, being the family drawing atthe dinner and deliver an ad- room, seems more home like than the other parlors, with Its flowering plants, dress. haded lamps and Though wood More of the The employees red is the dominant color, it is used comPlate Tin American of tbe plant only in subdued tones. pany, at Gas City, lod., have voluntar-il- y Beyond a screen partition Is the withdrawn from the Amalgamated family stairway; on the right is the Association of Iron, Steel and private dining room, handsomely furand returned tbeir charter to nished in carved mahogany, and at the tbe association. end of the corridor. Is the entrance to a. On the left is the Touching the naval .academy,. Ad- the miral Crowiosblelds report Indorses state d ning room, lately remodeled, the superintendent's recommendation where the decorations sre in yellow: haimoniss w th the lavishly-gilde- d that no cadet be under 15 or over 18 andtable ornaments be years of age; that the course shall The eastern 3uoo-to- n portion of the upper a practice four years, and that Boor is devoted to the executive ofbe provided. ship fices. end o the central corridor -- ar forms the lobby, are the telegraph apartment where carried on. Tbe to tbe left of iwb heart talk regarding the changes room and a la which five years have wrought in their the rou ine wort careers. Five years sgo President small room In f Roosevelt wa out of business, both southeast corner is used by the Pi as civil service commissioner and as a dents private secretary, while member of the police board of New York. large room adjoining is the offle-thPresident Adjoining the F. Leonard Wood was then only an asdents office is the room where t sistant surgeon In the regular army ret raeeilrg- - are held, hambwvtf The ad-of captain the i.k frescoed and furnished, and contain the McKinley administration ing a number of private portraits Dr. woked wonders for both men. The private apartments, which an Wind was selected as the president's Shut off frtfin the official wing by t and this gave Lira a promiscreen door at the tight of the publk pfeblcian, nence he might not have secured after stairway, are reached by a long corr) 0f faithful Service In an obscure dor. , The firet one is the library, i Theodore Roosevelt, after j.ition. beautiful oval room, which serves s of a caropx'ga, was ap-tfamily sitting room, and, with It pointed assistant secretary of the books and pictures, is tbe cheerte When the war broke out Roose- and most home-lik- e of all the apart Te( hinu-el- f sonceived the idea of Next isthe Presidents yoom MnlfInt Rough Rlder regiment, but which still retains its choM Wood th0 colone, Ingtead of grandeur of canopied bed and crlmsot taklng tha pUc0 WBweir. satin hangings. The bedrooms on the d brJadler eneralnorth are usually set apart for guest, governor genarmy eguar although the northweat room was H Cub4 Clevrftl I,., f0"" ,tta copied by President and Mrs. land during their first residence. ordl,f r? C0"rM be Ueuten,a It ha. long been seen that the tbe Fnlt,ed ent White House I. entirely Inadequate?1 the ow prerf I,euteMBt to the social, domestic and - bules d and United nit of the it was States, necessltles which sre enjoined on the Perfectly natural that the two men should put tn a little time in th during President Rooeevelta ness with which Providence times. e r-- pf he , oe-l- T,d preme ,mr ' T. 1 Howrdeff and Wood. j Previous 'to his departure f6r Cuba Governor General Wood bat recently. a long interview with President Roose Not all of their conversatlo waa official, but on the contrary then i authority for saying that the tw men bad a little heart t I ! Tokyo it City of Tlecuurt, all the lands in tha world, none eterts the peculiar fascination of lt pan. Others have equal beauty of scenery, greater grandeur, more noble works of art, more interesting of society. But none possess an Of Ja-ve- ed mi Eccentric Moitof Huruh of the Head. well-know- bric-a-bra- conte-vxtorie- Ts equal fascination. No one who baa been in the real Japan which lies outside the treaty ports and the foreign hotels and railways, ever could or ever would forget his experience. No one, If he could, would ever fail to return. The great secret of this charm lies with the people themselves. They have made a fine art of personal relations. Tbelr acts are those of good taste and good humor. Two cities of about the same size and relative imNo portance are Paris and Tokyo. two could show a greatar contrast in splri, says David Rtan Jordan in IIu Both are, in a sense manltarlan. cities of pleasuie, Tokyo is a city of continuous Jovonene, little pleasures drawn frorfi simple tb'g-i- , which leave no sting and draw nothing from future happiness. Paris is feverish and feels tbe difference in the morning and the hard, fierce lust and cruel deed which go with the for pleasure that draws on the future for tbe Joys of the present No one who catches the spirit of Paris can tall to miss tbe underlying sadness, the pity of it nlL. The spirit of Tokyo not of all Tokyo, but of its life as a w hols Is at trash as the song of birds, as sweet as childrens prattle is, and it is good to be nnder its spelL Trtitnl Ruhr of China. Kwang-S- handle, the elbows being straightened by jointed braces to support the frame as rigidly as a straight stick. The lower portion of the handle Is in three telescoping sections, and at the lower end Is a steel clamping hand by which tae umbrella Is attached to tbe handle bar of the bicycle. The ribs of the umbrella top, as shown in the Illustration, fold In the middle, end there ta an Ingenious arrangement wliPicby tbe rider, by t tn-a c J, ; It - a j foM 1 li.io a t. , I iu,ij a and hung ea tha bicycle Dame. l-- American Citict Only. London, Glasgow, ManthiMer and many otbrr British cities rrguiats h signs, sky transpaif cries, elei signs and the size of lott-- i pennies-ibl- e in potters. Dover, England, requires a license for all street signs not contained within a wind.w. France and Belgium tax stieet signs. It is cities that permit only American themselves to be blotched all over with huge signs and cut up with immense fences to accommodate them. St. Louis trlc-fl.u- Globe-Democr- formerly known as Tsai-Tie- n, is the ninth Emperor of China LonJ and Short Men in HritUh of the Jrfanchu dynasty of Tsing, which 7 Marmet. overthrew the native dynasty of Ming These men belong to the guard of in 1644. He was bom in 1871, and at honor on the British war ship Ophlr. that time nobody supposed that there was the slightest chance of his succeeding to the throne. His predecesdied in 1875, and the sor, Tung-Ch- e, empress dowager and the Manchurian Princess held a meeting and selected Tsal-Tieson of Prince Chung, as successor to th throne. Prince Chung was tbe seventh brother of the Emperor Hien Fung. There Is no doubt waa made Emperor bethat Tsal-Tie- n cause of bis extreme youth, and the consequent fact that there would be A long minority during which the dowager empress would be nominal as well as actual - ruler. However, be was or choeen, and the name Kwang-Su- , Glorious. Successor, was given to him. His education was conducted by tbe supposedly wisest man of the empire and when be was fifteen years old he wae married to a bride chosen by the dowager empress. Immediately after bis marriage Kwang-S- u formally ascended the throne with much ceremony, but be has been a cipher In the affairs of tbe nation ever since, and on only very rare occasions has ever been allowed to receive the foreign ministers. The dowager empress Is the real ruler. Indianapolis News. u, n, The Duke dAbruzzl, who has won fame as an arctic explorer, will be In this country next winter, as he has been appointed second in command of the Italian cruiser Giovanni Bausan, Which Will cralsf in American water. c. A More eooentrie mode of burls than that adopted by the Turks far their honored dead could hardly k found; and one of tbe most curious sights In Constantinople is the interior of the Royal mausoleum wlthn tM precincts of the Valldes mosque s BtambouL In the outer chamber r about three dozen coffins, all incloset in oblong wooden receptacles higher and broader at one end than at tk other, and rising to a roof-lik- e ridge st the top. These boxes are draped ith eostly shawls and rich brocaded stuffs, the coffins of the princes being distinguished from those of the prin- by the white turban fixed at the head. The last resting place of a sultan is enclosed by a balustrade of walnut wood, ornamented with inlaid work in mother-of-pear- L Constantl- oople Correspondence, Veres tchagin, the Russian painter of la six f?ri Daco mbe, It M. war scenes, has returned from China, Sergeant four inches and Is a gymnastic inwhither he went for new material. He structor. will paint a series of pictures, which The little man is Lance Corporal will be exhibited in various capitals. to the It M. I L who Withers, Prof. Edward Guess, who has been professor --of geology In the University of Vienna for forty years, celebrated his seventieth birthday on August 20. , ' Abner McKinleys resemblance to tbe late president is so striking' that it is a shock to anyone wbo now sees him for the first time. belongs Curing a Kind. When King Edward, then Prince of Wales, arrived at Hombuig a year ago. he turned the scales at 225 pounds In twelve days he had reduced his weight fire pounds, and whun h:s cure was completed he we'ghed 228 p unds. On arriving at Homburg this year. the anvoreivn. welched nnnnAa ri, |
