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People Talked About Ittt Admiral Train Gomel of Cuba. New Post For Edwarda ? Nra. Carnefie at Home W. W. Kuasell. WHEN Hear Admiral Charles J. Train aud his sou, Lieu tenant Charles It. Train, went hunting pheasants in Ibe vicinity of Nankiu. capital of the province of Kiangsi, in China, they lit tle thought that one of their shots would he heard around the world, but it chanced that a native woman was peppered with a charge intended for birds, and the incident almost caused interna tional complica tions. Lieutenant Train was seized and detained by a mob of Chinese who were angered RE AH ADMIRAL C. J. TRAIN. by the accident, and, though he was afterward released and an apology was made by the governor of Nankin to the Americans, the incident, has not tended to increase good feeling toward Ameri cans in China. Coming at the time when the boycott against American goods is in progress and when the nnti foreigu feeling has resulted in the mur der of missionaries, the accident la re garded as doubly unfortunate. Admiral Train is commander in chief of the Asiatic squadron. He is a native of Massachusetts and graduated from the Naval academy in 1.SU4. He com manded the auxiliary cruiser l'rairie in the Spanish war and later the Puri tan and Massachusetts and is regarded as one of the scientists of the navy. The wounding of Chinese by hunt ers about Nankin as well as at various other places along the Chinese coast Is a common thing, and it is said that some Chinese make a practice of get ting in front of tine bird shot. If they nre hit the matter is usually squared by the payment of a small sunt. The visit to the t'nited States of Senor Jose Miguel Gomez, candidate of the Liberal party for president of Cuba, has attracted especial attention because of the peculiar conditions un der which he came to this country. He is governor of the province of Santa Clara and in May last was nominated for president by the Liberals. ' In the elections for boards of registry in Sep tember the Moderates, whose candi date for president is the present exec utive. General Pal obtained such sweeping majori ties that their suc cess in the election for president was considered a fore go ue conclusion. General Gomez un der these circum stances decided to retire from the field. He avers. JOssE MIGUEL GOMEZ. however, that his opponents have re sorteil to fraud and coercion in order to win and that 80 per cent of the Cubans are really in favor of his election as president. He resolved to pay a visit to the I'nited States in order to obtain rest. Senor Gomez is a man of about fifty years of age and is a native of Santa Clara province. lie is of medium height, stocky figure and has dark hair and mustache. He participated in two revolutions, reaching the rank of major in the first and that of major general in the second. He was a delegate to the Cuban constitutional convention and was one of the commissioners sent to Washington to advise as to a prac ticable method of dissolving the Cubuu revolutionary army. There is talk In Washington of the creation of a new cabinet officer to take charge of matters now handled by the bureau of insular affairs. This is a branch of the government that has come into being and grown to impor tance since the BpnnlBh wur. and It is thought by many that the problema arising In connection with the administration of Porto Itico. tin wail, the Fhillp plnea and the ca nal zone of the iathmua of Pana ma ore of an tit - olent magnitude and moment to de COLONEL CLARENCE R. EDWAKD8. ft - I mund the Bole attention of h member 1 of the cabinet. Hitherto a (treat deal | of responsibility In tlds eonneetion has devolved on Judge Tnft as secretary of war. Ills right hand man Is Colonel Clarence It. Kd wards, the present chief of the bureau of Insular uffalrs, who, It Is said, will become the new secretary It another cabinet otlice Is created. Colonel Kdwards Is a graduate of West Point and saw hard lighting In the Philippines. When he was a lieutenant he had charge of the battalion which for many months was plaeisl as a guard uroutid the temporary tomb of 'inrfleld, and a story Is told that at the lieutenant's suggestion und under Ills supervision a weird and extraordinary thing was done nt that tomb. Plenty of evidence was furnished of Intentions to get the remains of (Inrfleld and hold them for a ransom. The lieutenant nt last suggested that Garfield's remains be removed secretly, so that even If the would be thieves got access to the tomb they would lie foiled. Ills fntlier and two or three other ettlaens of Cleveland who were friends of Gar field approved the plan, and one nitrht they took the casket from the tempo rary sarcophagus aud placed it in a vault. Then another casket was filled with a sutficieut amouut of earth to give it weight, aud that one was plac ed iu the temporary tiarfield tomb. Thousands of |s-rsous for more than a year visited that tomb uud gazed sor rowfully upon the sarcophagus, which, it is said, contained nothing but an ? arlh tilled casket, tlarliekl's remains were removed to the.r permanent abid ing place, as everybody supposed, from the temporary tomb, whereas they were in fact taken from uuuther vault. There la a story that Andrew Carne gie was disappointed in love as a young man. At any rate, the great steelmaker did uot marry until late iu life, and when he did wed be secured a helpmeet worth waiting for u long time. When he married Miss Louise Whitfield iu 1SN7 he presented her us a wedding gift a house aud $110,000 a year. He was then fifty uud his bride i.bout twenty years his Junior. Even before her marriage to the laird of 8kl bo she was well known for her interest In charity aud has been it great help to her husbuud in dis pensing his large wealth In ways where it would do the most good. Mr. and Mrs. Carnegie do not care much for fashionable so ciety or the allure ments which attract the smart sets of New York and Lon don, but they tal:e much pleasure in MRS. ANDREW CARNEGIE. entertaining their chosen friends at Skibo or in the reeeutly completed mansion 011 Fifth avenue. She enjoys golf and other open air diversions as much as her husband does, they fre quently play billiards together, and both are now very much wrapped up In the training of their little eleven year-old daughter Margaret. This small maiden had the distinction of being kissed by King Edward not long ago when the British monarch visited Ski bo. She showed him all the wonders of her doll house. Although her father has so many millions, little Miss Mar garet is not permitted to spend much upon herself, and Mr. Carnegie is de termined that she shall not be spoiled. % William W. Kussell, who has been commissioned to extend the good of fices of the United States in the matter of the settlement of the difficulties be tween France and Venezuela, was ap pointed minister to the latter country to succeed llerbert W. Bowen. He is no stranger in Ven ezuela, as he was secretary of the American legation at Caracas for eight years, serving un der both Minister Loomls anil Minis ter Bowen. Not withstanding these two gentlemen left Venezuela u n d e r strained relations with the govern W. W. KL'dSEI.L. ment there, Mr. Russell managed to re tain liis popularity. He served as min ister to Colombia prior to bis promotion to tbe Vene.-.uelan mission. Mr. Russell in replying to the congratulations of friends in Washington when the news of his appointment was announced said: "I appreciate your good wishes, and I will try to do well in my new place. In new places we all with hard work may do well. Now and then, be fore unexpected and unprecedented crises, we may err, but the-e is no need for us to err greatly?to err, for in stance, as liid the new waitress of a friend of mine. "This waitress was willing, but inex perienced. The tirst day she prospered. The second day. having developed a good deal of faith In her. my friend gave a dinner party, and there she com mitted a tremendous solecism. She was, it seems, a little short of forks. After each course she should have tak en the soiled forks and washed and dried them In the pantry in a pan of hot water prepared for that purpose. "Hut, alas. Instead of adopting any such method as that tlie waitress, as she removed the plates after the fish course, said to the assembled guests in a loud, authoritative voice: " 'All keep yer forks!' " Charles G. Dawes, who is slated to succeed Leslie M. Shaw as secretary of the treasury, is only forty years of age. but he has already won fame as a financier and served the country in the important post of comptroller of the currency. President McKinley appoint ed him to this post in 1897, and he scrviil until the close of 1901, when he resigned to heroine n candidate for United States sen ntor from Illinois The scnatorship did not eotne Ids way, however, and since leaving the eoinp trol Icrsli ip Mr Dawes has been en guged in banking, li s predecessor as comptroller of the rurreney was.lamrs H. Iiekeis. Mr. Eckels Wil l only thrty-Uvo wnen lie look office, mill (iroyer Cleveland In currcd mucli criticism far appointing to so Important .1 p ' ? > y~>'v. ?; rt man rtut when Mr. Pawns tool; up tlie iin tics of the same put he wis only thlr ty-tbree. H' hn?l. however. givou much study to the subject of fiaauce, had written a book on the subject niul hud served 111 business posts which brought nut bis executive capacity and under (lauding of financial affairs. CHAKLE8 (}. DAWES. LAURIER'S ELOQUENCE. Vhr Canadian Premier Owe. Maek of III. Power to Ilia Silver Tonaue. Sir Wilfrid I.uurier is uiurli interest ed in the movement to protect the for esta of Canada and as premier of the Dominion extended an invitation to forestry associations of the United States to participate in the forestry conference at Ottawa. Even on such a comparatively prosaic subject as the preservation of trees Premier Laurier can be eloquent. Ue is not only an impassioned speaker, but he is itolished and scholarly in his style and ever ready with anecdote or illustration or apt retort. Some of his most eloquent efforts have been called forth by de butes in parliament touching upon a ? i I ' SIB WILFRID LACIIIF.R. problem ever present in Canada, the blending of the races and creeds and nationalities existing in the Dominion. He is a French Canadian himself, but his popularity is by no means confined to the people of French descent in the province of Quebec. Near where he was born in 1841, in the parish of St. Lin, Quebec, was a Scotch settlement. Sir Wilfrid was greatly influenced as a boy by these thrifty neighbors. It has been his most ardent desire to see descendants of English, Scotch, French and Irish dwelling together harmoniously in Canada and march ing forward to the highest achieve ments as a nation. He expressed these Ideas felicitously in a speech delivered not long ago when he said: "At the queen's jubilee I had the privilege of visiting one of those mar vels of Gothic architecture which the hand of genius, guided by an unerring faith, had made a harmonious whole, in which granite, marble, oak and oth er materials were blended. This ca thedral is the image of the nation I hope to see Canada become. As long as I live, as long as I have the power to labor in the service of my country, I shall repel the idea of changing the nature of its different elements. I want the marble to remain the marble; I want the granite to remain the gran ite; 1 want the oak to remain the oak. I want the sturdy Scotchman to re main the Scotchman: I want the brainy Englishman to remain the Englishman; 1 want the warm hearted Irishman to remain the Irishman. I want to take all these elements ..nd build a nation that will be foremost among the great powers of the world." CZARINA AND HER BOY. Anxious Time In Knnsln For the Em press?Her Interesting Family. It is the belief of many that in sur rendering to the party of freedom In Russia and proclaiming a constitution and parliament for that long oppressed realm the Emperor Nicholas II. saved his throne for his infant son, the Grand Duke Alexis. The ancient THE CZARTNA AN1) HF.lt INFANT HON, GRAND DIKE ALEXIS. House of tlie ItonuinofTs was iu gruve danger of coming to au end when the czar yielded and abandoned the ex treme autocratic claims he lius clung to so tenaciously through years of so cial and political unrest. The situation of the empress ami her boy lias been an unenviable one dur ing the Russian crisis. She never knew at what hour the czar and pos sibly she and her children is well would become the victims of bombs. It was reported at one time that the czarina had tied with the Grand Duke Alexis to the court of her brother at Darmstadt. 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