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WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IN
THE FRENCH ENGINEERS
Ditch Actually Excavated Across
the Isthmus, but It Is Too
Shallow for Use.
ALL WORK PRELIM IX AR V
Except the Great Culebra Cut,
Which Is an Extensive and
Costly Undertaking.
BARGAIN AT $50,000,000
Canal, Railway Machinery and
Concession Secured Cheap
by the United States.
From the Journal's Staff Correspondent.
PANAMA. R. P., Dec. 2S. lW Whn the
French, under the leadership of Ferdinand
De Lessps. began the work of cutting a
canal across the Isthmus thHr intentions
Were undoubtedly honest. That the whole
enterprise should have been converted Into
a heyday and a harvest for the moat con
scienceless lot of grafters that ever infested
execution of a great project is due to a
process of evolution. The mistake of too
much hata was made in the beginning, to
develop afterwards into a cue of which the
thieves were not plow to avail themselves;
but at that same beginning there was done
Some most excellent work. This work will
not have to be done over again, and It
greatly sim.. .es the task the United States
is now called upon to perform, and at the
same time gives to the Panama route for an
lnterocanic canal almost Inestimable ad
vantages over any other projected or agi
tated. This work except that on the great Cule
bra cut. where much of great advantage
has been accomplished Is of a preliminary
character. Thieves did infest the whole
undertaking, but, in spite of their industry,
the money of France held out long enough
to enable the foundation to be laid for a
completed canal. It Is that foundation
which constitutes the one-flfth part of the
whole work which is deemed to have been
actually done. That one-flfth part Is of a
varied nature. The Panama Canal Com
pany, with De Lesseps at Its head, achieved
most gigantically when It subjugated the
route of the canal. That it did this there
I - no doubt.
When It came upon the scene the line it
was proposed the canal should follow had
been untouched by shovels or dredge and
uncleared. Fourteen years of Inactivity
have enabled the jungle to once more en
croach upon that line; but France paid the
bill in blood and treasure for the first over
turning of the soil. Reaching from one si le
of the isthmus to the other there Is a ditch
actually excavated. It Is not deep enough
for any practical use, nor Is it as wide
present commercial demands require the
Vnited States to make It: but It is there.
Its presen- attests the fact that the im
mense sums lirst ir.-d V l-ar the jungle
and make an unobstructed path across the
narrow neck of land will not again have to
be expended. Neither will men by the thou
fands he called upon to lay down their
lives in the effort to remove. the thick layer
of decaying vegetable mold which covers
all this tropical area.
NATURE OF THE WORK DONE.
That work has been done, and the excava
tion was carried d ep enough by the French
to now enable the I'nited States to begin at
once the work of digging- In comparatively
Folld soil, where, as Surgeon Major Ouy L.
Edle. I. S. A., explained in the interview i
which formed the body of one of my recent
1- tters. there Is relatively little menace to
health or life. Further: From Colon to
Bohio, fourteen miles, and from La Roc a
n- rthward for about three miles, the canal
channel is now actually dredged. Neither of
th--se present channels Is of any commercial
consequence. The flow of the tides, which
are unrestricted, and the currents of the
Mir.di and Gatun rivers on the northern
side, and the Rio Grande river on this I
side, have carried into the chanueis deposita
of silt that make them now almost lmpassa
bie. The banks are once more overgrown
with the dense vegetation common to the j
country, and tne cnSnnflS are too narrow,
even If they were deep enough, to prevent
the passage of a ship. A rowboat may go
up frorr. the La Boca end, at low tide, as
far SS the excavation was carried, and at
high tide a heavy launch might make the
trip. On the Colon side there are plaVes
where not ev n a rowboat can navigate; a
launch will ground when only two or three
miles from the entrance have been covered,
and the way is open to Bohio only for the
lightest draft ca tmas.
These channels do exist, however, and
when we take hold and begin work, it will be !
p r-slble for our dredges to start from oppo
site ends and literally eat their way toward 1
each other, deepening and widening as they
go. There is no clearing to be done on either
of these sections. The dredges need only go
behind Cristobal Colon Point on the north,
and to La Boca on the south, and their shov
els and scoops may at once begin actual op
erations. This is an immense advantage, as
is the fact that Cristobal Colon Point was
built by the French. There was as great a
bit of extravagance as was anything the
French did; but it stands where It Is abso
lutely protecting the northern end of the
canal. It is not long enough, nor is there
room enough between it and the mouth of
the canal to provide adequate anchoring
grounds. Its extension for several hundred
feet Into the bay will bei a simple task, how
ever, and once the dredges start, they can
easily widen and deepen the anchoring basin,
as indeed they must do before they can
properly approach the canal itself.
THE GREAT CL'LEBRA CUT.
On the Culebra-Emperador cut. where the
backbone of the Isthmus the Cordilleras
mountains Is to be broken, the hardest
and heaviest ;art of the work has been
done. This cutting aggregates eight miles
In length, but except at Culebra It Is not
an eapeclully noteworthy piece of work.
There at Culebra It assumes a magnitude
which Is appalling. The engineers who pro
jected the canal chose a depressed point
In these mountains, where th extreme
altitude was only 3K3 feet, as the proper
plan to pierce the obstruction. Regin
ning at the summit the French companies
have been biting away at the mountain
for years, until now the range is pierced
with a gigantic eut more than 0) feet
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deep, bringing the altitude on the lottom
of the work down to less than ltt fest,
and leaving only about 100 feel still to be
excaated. This has been the work of more
than a scot- ! . ir. for it has pro
gressed almost without Interruption during
tho trials and tribulations of the French
companies. More than i.vi.m übte me
ters of earth remain to be taken out be
fore the Culebra eut can be said to be com
plete; but this gigantic undertaking is sim
plified by the fact that the French have at
inlebra a plant steam excavators, .lump
ing cars, locomotive and trackage which,
with careful overhauling and modern ad
ditions, ceo he utilized In proan uttng the
undertaking. The ..nly objection to what
the French have done at that point Is an
enjineerlng one the slopes Sr. poSBSWrhat
too precipitate to Justify belief in the abso
lute seen-ity of the work when It shall
have en completed
The other great preliminary task pe r
firmed br th French companies was in
providing a railway feeder for the entire
canal work, and in actually construct
the canals to .livert the flow of the Mindi
and Gatun rivers. The latter Is of little
account in its present condition, for it runs
through such low land that its has been
almost entirely filled with silt and will have
to be almost entirely wholly redredged. The
Unm of It exists, however, flowing from a
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DECK OF A GREAT RUSSIAN WARSHIP.
Photograph Taken by Senator Beveridge During His Recent Trip through Russia.
Fmm a
TESTIFIES AT
POSTAMIUD TRIAL
She Was A. W. Machen's Chief
Clerk, and Was Trusted with
Much of His Work.
MET DR. AND MRS. LORENZ
But She Xever Heard Them Speak
of the Groff Letter Box
Fasteners.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-In the trial of
August W. Machen, the Groff brothers and
Dr. anel Mrs. George B. Lorenz, charged
with conspiracy to defraud the govern
ment, the prosecution introduced a number
of witnesses to prove the relations of Ma
chen with the Lorenzes and the Groff broth
ers. One of those, Ina Liebhardt. Machen's
former stenographer and chief clerk, testi
tled to visits of Dr. and Mrs. Lorenz to
Machen at his office, but declared, on cross
examination, that during: the several con
versations she was present she heard noth
ing said about letter-box fasteners.
Asked by Mr. Taggart to state under
what circum.-tauees she had placed an In
dorsement on a certain letter which was
handed her, she replied that she could not
recall the particular case, but that she was
In the habit of "briefing" letters. She was
shown a number of press copies of letters
to Groff Brothers and identified Machen's
signature attached tht.-eto.
The question of the admissibility of cer
tain government widens again was raised
by counsel for the defense. Mr. Taggart
stated that the evidence was intended to
show direct Intercourse betwe-en Samuel A.
Groff and Machen with respect to the
fastener. It was admitted, subject to a for
mal objection by the defense, which will
be urged to-morrow.
Continuing her testimony. Miss Liebhardt
said she- had seen Dr. Lorenz in Machen's
office several tlnms. She also had se. a Mrs.
Lorenz in Machen's office once. On cross
examination by Mr. Douglass Miss Lieb
hardt testified that Mrs. Or. Lorenz came
into Machen's office with Henry Latenz and
the latter's wife, and that she had never
seen her before or since. She was present,
she said, during all of the conversation, and
that nothing was said about fasteners. ' It
was a friendly call." she said. She- also
testified that upon all the occasions of Dr.
Lorenz's culls upon Machen in his office she
was present and heard nothing said re
garding letter-box fasteners.
A question designed to secure from the
witie-ss a statement as to who was in
charge- of the original matter of looking
into the subject of supplies, brought au ob
jection from the government, which w is
sustained, the court remarking that the
miss thai would be admitted at the proi r
time.
Harris Atkinson. Mrs. Irene Shaffer nnd
B. A. Smith, of Washington, were intro
duced as witnesses to prove the identity of
Dr. and Mrs. lorenz as the persons se ;i
with Mr. Machen and William Sapp. of To
ledo, O., and Charles Boss, of Washington,
teatifleel to the signatures of Machen and
the Lorenzes.
James E. Bell, superintendent of the
Washington city post office, testified that
the Groff fastener had been adopted with
out any report on it having been submitted
by him. although it would have been his
duty to make such repetrt, as the fastener
was" tried the first time in this city.
John F. Clark, a letter carrier, described
the failure of the fastener to work at a test
made In 1M In his city, at which Machen
und Samuel A. Groff were present, which,
he said, caused Machen to remark to Groff
at that time that llflli SS the fastener would
work without sticking he would not recom
mend Its adoption.
During the day Justice Prltchard showed
a disposition In arguments on admissibility
of evidence not o tob rate unnecessary de
lays In the progress of the case.
COLLEGE LOVE-MAKING
A PRIVILEGED AFFAIR
Judge Wood Rules Faculty Cannot
Withhold Diploma Because
Students Made Love.
ST. LOUIS. Mo., Jan. lS.-Judge Wood in
the Circuit Court to-day held that a medi
cal college had no jurisdiction over the
heart affairs of Its students ami could not
legally withhold a diploma from one of
them who had fallen in love before the
time set. for his graduation. The decision
was on the application for a writ of manda
mus to compel the Barnes Medical College
to issue a diploma to Onus York, of Musko
gee, I. T., class of 1903, who enteren! the
college in October 1W0. It was alleged as a
reason for withholding: the diploma that
York fell in love with young woman with
whom he afterward quarreled, and that
she. through revenge, told of their love af
fair to the college faculty. This was be
fore York's class was to graduate, and he
was expelleel and a diploma refused. The
writ of mandamus w;is granted.
CRITICISM OF A WOMAN
LEADS TO FRENCH DUEL
Jean Stern Thrice Wounds the De
fanier of His W ife, a Well
Know n Count
PARIS. Jan. K A duel was fought to-day
between Jean Stern, a well-known sports
man, and Count Robert de Montcsquiou
Fezenac. the poet and writ r. who delivered
a series of lectures to society women In N v
York last year. The dispute that led to the
encounter grew out of public criticism by
the count of Mrm Stern. The count re
ceived three sword wounds, but he was not
seriously injure.!
i oban Import liicrenning.
HAVANA. Jan. IS. The Cuban tn-.isiiry
officials inform the- Associated Press that
the imports from the United Stubs hive
largely increased lately, though not nrarly
enough to offset the loss of revenue
caused by the adoption of reciprocity. It
is considered rtaln. however, that the
i settlement of the Cuban tariff questions
ia a, l - . a . .
wui resun in a mucn greater increase.
INA LIEBHAROT, INDIANA
INDIANAPOLIS, TUESDAY
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STATUS OF THE FAR EAST
NEGOTIATION
BY
Japan Now Demanding a Neutral
Zone on Manchuria's Side
of Korea.
KOREAN'S NOT ALARMED
Their Independence Is Not Affect
ed by the Dispute Between
Japan and Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. IS. The Asso
ciated Press correspondent, on high author
ity, is able to give the following as the
present status of the negotiations "oetween
Russia and Japan: Russia recognizes Ja
pan's prominence In Korea and Japan rec
ognizes Russia's special position In Man
churia. There are two main questions still
at issue the Russian demand for a neutral
zone on the Korean side of the Yalu river
which Japan met with a proposal for the
similar neutral strip on the Manchurian
side. Japan also asks for certain guaran
tees covering Manchuria which Russia thug
far has declined to grant. It Is pointed out,
however, that the assurances given a few
days ago by Russia regarding open ports
in Manchuria and respect for treaty rights
is a concession on this point.
That the two countries are not so far apart
may be fairly inferred from the following
statement made by Mr. Kurino. the Japan
ese minister, to the Associated Press corre
spondent: "War would now only be disas
trous to both countries. Owing to the geo
graphieal situation an armed conflict would
result in a great drain of the men and treas
ur s of both Japan and Russia without be
in decisive. Besides, I believe it would not
be vrtM while to go to war on the iues
tions in dispute.''
KOREAN INDEPENDENCE
HAS NOT BEEN PERILED
PARIS. Jan. 18. Prince Mln Yeung
Tohan, the Korean minister. In an inter
view to-dny. snid, concerning the proposed
Russian-Japanese Z'nes of influence in
Kotta: "The Various' plans of Russia and
Japan do not affec t us seriously, so Ions as
our independence is not touched. This in
dependence that the powers throughout the
worlel have recognized during the last
twenty years by concluding treaties, and
which China, our former suzereign, has
heretofore recognized. Is not now menaced
and there is no proposition looking to the
annexation of Korea, nnd not even for a
protectorate. Our governmental autonomy
is respected amid all the controversies, and
Um final agreement which I believe will be
arrived at will not overcome the autonomy
of our people. We have no hostility to for
eigners, sis is evid nt from our granting the
Japanese a concession for a railroad from
Seoul to Puoen, and to Americans a conces
sion to operate electric tramways. The
match of modern improvements has not
been fast, but it is going slowly and surely
ahead."
Asked If Korea would address the powers,
giving her interpretation of the Russo
Japanese accord touching Korea, If it is
arrived at, the minister said it was possible
and even prrbable. since Korea, above all,
desired It to be clearly understood that an
accord giving spheres of foreign activity
would leave Korean autonomy and sov
ereignty undiminished.
LEGATION COMMANDER
TO JOIN ALENIEFF'S STAFF
PEKING. Jan. 18. The commandant c"
the Russian legation here has been ordered
"TcontTnted önpagb 6, cölTT.)
GIRL'S STRANGE STORY
OF ALLEGED HYPNOTISM
Lost Memory After Tall Man
Spoke to Her and Was Taken
to Peoria.
KIDNAPING IX ILLINOIS
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
URRANA, 111., Jan. IS. Ruby Browne,
the thirteen-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. (leorge S. Browne, returned to her
home in Champaign from Peoria to-day
and relates a strange story of alleged hyp
notism. She claims lhat while walking
along the strebet in Champaign Friday
morning she was approached by two tall
men. one of whom said something to her
which she did not understand. She asserts
that that Is all she knew until she found
herself In a strange depot. She inquired of
the station agent where she was, and was
told that she was in the I'nion Depot at
Peoria. She was badly frightened, but ran
to the home of her sister, Mrs. William
Perham, who lives In that city. Arriving
there she fell in a faint, and it was some
time before she could be revived. She then
told her strange story to the police, who
examined the station agent and the' con
ductor of the train. Roth gave descriptions
of the two men. who. they claimed, had
charge of the S'irl. which tallied with those
given by the Kirl herself. The station agent
stated that the two men had gone out of
tiie door before the pr left. Mrs. Browne,
the mother of the girl, was notified and
went to Peoria Friday evening, where she
found her daughter in a very nervous state.
No motive of the seeming kidnaping can
be discovered.
'FATAL BOILER explosion.
NKWHKHN. N. C. Jan. IS. Seven people,
all col i 1. were kille'd instantly to-day by
the explosion of a boiler in the sawmill
owned by S. E. Sullivan, in Jame-s City,
near here. The mill was demolished and
all tin machinery practically de-stroyed. All
I d i 1 g ept Mury Small were employe
of the miLL
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AUTHORITY
MORNING, JANUARY
WOMEN
RESCUED FROM A
FLAT AT
Flames Were Shooting Up the
Elevator Shaft and Occupants
Became Panic-Stricken.
SOME WANTED TO JUMP
But Firemen and Policemen Saved
Them with Ladders Brave
Hotel Porter.
Special to the Inllanarolls Journal.
MARION, Ind.. Jan. 18. Fire broke out
at 8 o'clock to-niffht in the Colonial, an
aristocratic four-story flat, in which 100
persons live, and the wildest excitement
prevailed before the tenants could be re
moved safely to the ground. Frantic
women ran to the windows with intentions
of jumping to the grouud, and it was only
by the assnranee of the shouting crowd lie
low that there was no immediate langer
that they remained In their rooms until
ilremen and policemen rescued them with
ladders.
There are no fire escapes on the build
ing and only frw of the people had been
taken down the elevator before the flames
reached the sir.it't and made farther stSpe
in this way impossible. The only stair
way leading to the outside from the upper
floors winds down around the elevator and
the flames also prevented escape by this
route.
The blaze originated In the basement of
the Hlatt & Lenfesty grocery, which occu
pied a portldn of the first floor. The flames
soon burst through the floor and shot up
the elevator shaft, which Is directly back
of the storeroom. The frightened elevator
boy left his post, but Albert McCarty, a
porter in a local hotel, rushed into the
building and ran the elevator until forced to
ieave It. He succeeded In removing thirty
persons. Firemen extended their ladders to
the roof and other tenants, mostly women,
who had fainted, were carried to the
street. Frank (Jrafferuacker and wife were
slightly burned about he face anel head
in attempting to pass down the stairway.
The entire tire department was called out
and succeeded In extinguishing the Hemel
before the fire did any damage to the
upper stories.
The loss on the grocery stock and the
damage to the building will reach about
$5.000. Insured. R. J. Spencer owns the
building, which was recently erected.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN,
I0TED JITBH" OEAO
Famous Traveler, Author, Promo
ter and Jack of All Pro
fessions. SELF - WRITTEN SKETCH
NEW YORK. Jan. 18. George Francis
Train died to-night from heart disease at
Mills Hotel No. 1. where he has lived for
some years.
Following is a terse sketch of "Citizen"
Train, written by himself in 1902: H"in
3-24- 29. Orphaned New Orleans, HL (Fa
ther, mother and three sisters yellow fe
ver. Came North alone, four years old,
to grandmother, Waltham. Mass. Support
ed self since boyhood. Farmer till 14. Gro
cer boy, Oambridiceport. two years. Ship
ping clerk, 16. Manager. 1. Partner Tram
A CO., (income. I10.0U0.) Unstun. iu.
000.) Established G. F. T. & Co., Mel
bourne, Australia, '53. Agent Barings. Dun
can X Sherman. White Star Dine (Income,
196,000). Started 40 clippers to California.
'4:. Flying Cloud. Sovereign of the Seas,
Staffordshire. Built D. & Ci. W R. R.
connecting Erie with Ohio and Mississippi,
400 miles. Pioneered first street railway,
Europe, America, Australia. (England
Birkenhead. Darlington, Staffordshire, Lon
don '6eo. Built first Paeillc Railway (I.
P.). '62-'69. through first trust Credit Mo
0O0.000. (Fifteen jails, without a
bilier. Otvus 5.000 lots. Omaha. worth
$;)i00o.000. (Fifteen jails, without a
crUnei. Train Villa, built at Newport. '6S.
Daughter's house. 15? Madison avenue, '60.
Organized French Commune. Marseilles,
lague du Midi, October. '70. while on re
turn trip around the world in eighty-days.
Jules Verne, two years later, wrote this up
in fiction. Cornered lawyers, doctors,
clericals, by quoting three columns of Bible
to release WoodhaU Olafiin from Beecher,
Now lunatic by law. through six
courts. Now living In Mills palace, $3
against $2.oii0 a week. at Train Villa.
(Daughter always has room for me in coun
try.! Played Carnegie forty years ahead.
Three generations living off Credit
Moblller. Author dosen books out of print
(vide Who's Who, Alibone. Appleton's Cy
clopedia). Four times around the world.
First, two years. Second, eighty days. '".
Third, sixty-seven and a half days. '90.
Fourth, sixty days, shortest record. '92.
Through Psychie Telepathy, am doubling
afce. itoventy-Iuur years young."
BURNING
MARION
19, 1901 TWELVE PAGES.
J)
Branded fot the Next Campaign.
MUST STAND
ON THE OLD PLATFORM
W. J. Bryan Says Kansas City Dec
larations Must Be Reiterated
at St. Louis.
DOLLAR DINNER SPEECH
LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 18. A formal wel
come to William J. Bryan on his return
from Europe, taking the form of a "dollar
elinner," was held to-night and was attendee!
by nearly 700 Democrats. His speech, which
was extended, was given close attention and
heartily applauded, his declaration that the
Kansas City platform was sound In every
phink and must be reiterated, together with
his demand that the nominees of the St.
Iouis Convention be in accord with that
platform, bringing out the demonstration e)f
the evening.
Mr. Bryan was introduced by the toast-ma.-ter
as "Monsigneur Bryan," a distin
guished foreign envoy, who had ome to
study political methods in the western
world. Mr. Bryan spoke on "The Moral Is
sue." Here are sentences from his speech:
"Is it strange that money is used to carry
elections? if a party make-s certain classes
rich by law. will it not naturally turn to
those classes for contributions during the
campaign? If Congress votes millions of
elollars annually to tariff barons, money
magnates and monopolists, is it not natural
that aldermen should traffic in the small
legislation of a city council? And if officials
high and low use the government as If It
were a private asset, is it surprising that
many individuals who are without official
position, yield to the temptation to sell
the only political influence they have,
namely, the ballot? What is th remedy?
There Is but one remedy an appeal to the
moral sense of the country an avakening
of public conscience.
"The Kansas City platform is sound In
every plank and the first act of the next
Democratic convention should be to re
affirm it in its entirety, and Its next act
should be the addition of new planks in
harmony with it and covering such new
questions as demand consideration.
"Then, the convention should select can
didates who believe in the platform can
didates whose Democracy will not be an
issue in the campaign, and whose fidelity
to Democratic principles would not be
doubted at the election. And then the
committee should announce that it will
tu ither ask nor receive contributions from
taoee who are entrenc hed behind the bul
warks whleh we are attacking-."
HANNA SLATE IN OHIO IS
SAIO TO jAVE BEEN FIXEO
"Big Four" Will Be Herrick, Nash,
Dick and Cox, the Latter
of Cincinnati.
FORAKER NOW AT WORK
CINCINNATI, Jan. IS. The offleial an
nouncement here to-nipht by George B.
Cox. the Republican leader in Hamilton
county, that he was a candidate for dele
Rate at large frm Ohio to the Republican
national convention at Chicago next June
caused much excitement because it was
recognized as the completion of what is
known as the "Hanna slate." The other
three on the "Hanna slate" for delegates
at large are said to be Governor Herrick.
former Governor Nash and Congressman
Diek. who is chairman of the State com
mittee. Besides over M delegates in the
next Republican State convention from
Hamilton county. It is claimed by the
friends of Mr. '" that he has received as
surance of more than enough delegates
from other counties to secure his election
and that the announcement Is made In re
sponse to letters from other counties. It
is said that Senator Foraker. who is now
in Ohio in the interest of delegates at large,
and district delegates for President Roose
velt will name four others for delegates
at large in opposition to Derrick, Nash,
Cox and Dick, and that what is known
as the "administration slate" will be
headed by Senator Fmaker.
ALIMONY FOR MRS. U'ICKES
Court Grants 1 Icr $9,000 Ter Year
in Lieu of Dower Interest.
CHICAGO, Jan. 18. A decree by Judge
Kavanagh to-day gives Mrs. Edna P.
Wieke s, who was divorced last we k fron
Thomas H. Wiekes, .vice president of the
Pullman Company. $9.000 permanent ali
mony in lieu of any dowager right or Inter
est in property that her divorced husband
may acquire in the future. Mrs. Wiekes re leases
all right tu any property of Vice
rrcsiü. V.
OM ES
PRICE 2
EMPEROR OF
SAHARA, WANTS OFFICERS
Will Invite President Roosevelt to
Xame Ro.ugh Riders for
Commissions.
ARABS AND SAHARANS
Will Compose His Body Guard,
but He Desires Americans to
Command Them.
DONDON. Jan. 1R.-The development of
Jacques Lebaudy's "Empire of Sahara" ie
about to take a turn which will be of some
interest to the United States. M. Lebaudy
has decided to draw the officers and non
commissioned officers for two battalions of
Imperial life guards from Great Britain and
the United States, and in pursuance of this
idea he will submit to President Roosevelt
an invitation to name any officers of his for
mer Rough Riders whom he can personally
recommend for commissions.
Colonel George Ooruraud, Thomas A. Edi
son's representative In England for many
years, who as governor general of Sahara is
organizing a military establishment for M.
Lebaudy, said to-day to the Associated
Press: "The invitation to recommend officers
will be submitted to President Roosevelt la
a few days. Whether the President will
consider It proper to accept the Invitation or
not, the Emperor wishes to pay him this
compliment. The imperial life guards will
consist of two battalions. The first will be
officered exclusively by Americans, prefer
ably from Rough Riders, and the second by
retired officers and noncommissioned officers
of the Seventeenth English Lancers and the
Royal Horse Artillery. These battalions will
constitute the Emperor's personal body
guard. The troopers will be composed of
Arabs and native Saharans, who are among
the finest riders In the world.
"It is proposed, besides the formation of
the battalions of life guards, to organize
a Sahara constabulary which will police
the country somewhat along the lines of
the Canadian Northwest mounted police.
This constabulary will be composed wholly
of American negroes, but whether under
white or colored officers, has not yet been
decided. The management of the enUre
force will be In the hands of a retired
British army officer, who has been select
ed a man wdth an unsurpassed war record.
Extensive farm lands will be also located
on which such officers and men of the con
stabulary can obtain homestead rights if
they choose, at the end of the period of in
listment. "We purpose also to encourage the emi
gration of the American negroes to the new
empire, selecting only approved settlers,
who will be chosen by thoroughly reliable
agents scattered throughout the United
States. Personally. I believe this scheme
will secure the support of the American
negroes to an extent to which no other
emigration plan has ever attained. It will
not involve the taking of them to a pur.
ly negro colony, hut will settle them in a
new and prosperous land with mixed white
and black population."
COURT SAVES "SHORTS"
FROM MORE SQUEEZIXG
Declines to Interfere with Ex
change Disciplining Members
for Breaking Contracts.
ST. LOUIS. Mo.. Jan R--Orders were is
sued In the Circuit Court to-day by Judges
Sale, Woods and Ryan In several of the al
leged wheat corner cases, granting tempo
rary injunctions until the cases can be- fur
ther heard sn far as margins dVposit. d in
the banks are concerned. The Judges, how
ever, declined to grant injunction? restrain
ing the Merchants' Exchange from disciplin
ing Its members hy suspension or expulsion
for failure to carry out their contracts.
The parties bringing tie suit. Oeing the
"Shorts" who declined to pay 'jr - n as the
settling pHoe, were the C. H. Albers Com
mission Company. Jehn Thyson Commission
Company, C. F. Orth wein Commission Com
pany and the Huschman-Muelb-r Commis
sion Company. Bonds were flxe'd at lln.OOO
for the Aibers company, $10,000 for the
Huschman-Mueller company and pi.i for
the Thyson company. Bond In the .rthweln
case was not tixeel, hs no order waj handed
down In the court where that case Is pend
ing. HISTORIC CASTLE BURNS;
LADY BURRELL ESCAPES
LONDON. Jan. IK. A large portion of the
historic Knepp castle at Horsham. Bangt,
was destroyed by t re last night. Sir Mer
rick and Lady Hum 11. who Is a daughter
of Walter Win. ins. of Baltimore. Md., hud
narrow escapes. The cat-tie contained a
number of valuable Van Oycks and Hol
bviiis. only a lew of which were saved.
JACQUES
CENTS
i on railway tvaivr
) FIVE CENTS.
THROUGH
mm
THE FIRST SESSION OF
THE GREATGONVENTIQN
President Mitchell Reads Annual
Message. Crowded with Reo
omniendations.
SCALE XOT MEXTIOXED
Makes a Careful Review of the
Strikes at Present Existing
in Six States.
BASIS OF RUX-OF-MIXE
To-Days Work Will Open with
Appointment of Committees
by the President.
Opening without a hitch of any kind, ths
fifteenth annual convention of the Untttd
Mine Workers of America In Tomllnson Hall
Is we 11 begun. With the promptitude charac
teristic of their organization, the one thou
sand attending delegates and miners from nil
parts of the country filled the floor space,
the forward boxes and the galleries directly
overlooking the platform wnen the conven
tion was rapped to order on the minute of 10
o'clock by President John Mitchell.
From the moment his gavel fell until the
close of the day's session, the introductory
exercises and preliminary affairs of the con
vention passed off with a smoothness and
rapidly which betokened that the rugged
miners are here for business and that they
know how to transact It according to par
liamentary rules of order. Never has an an
nual meeting of the miners begun so sus
piciously and pleasantly as the present one.
Said John Mitchell last night: "I do not be
lieve that any former convention that we
have held ever atarteei off so nlcelj- and rap
idly as the one of to-day. Laat year we
spent the entire first day In getting the pre
liminary routine aside and did not get to the
officers' reports until the second day. I do
not remember a convention in which we got
through the three officers reports on the
first day."
When the convention was called to order
at 10 o'clock yesterday Mayor John W.
Holtzman came forward and on behalf of
the city, welcomed the miners to Indian
apolis. In doing so he expressed his views
on organized labor in a firm and clean-cut
manner. At the close of Mayor Holtzmans
address Edward P. Barry, president of
the Central Labor Union of this city, rep
resenting that body of fifteen thousand
wage workers, briefly but heartily wel
comed the delegates. In answer to the ad
dresses of welcome President Mitchell re
plied in a few words in which he vouched
for the statement that the convention would
commend Itself to the people of Indian
apolis, and related the advantages accru
ing to the city as a result of labor con
vention and headquarters coming here.
Then began the routine business of the con
vention. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED.
President Mitchell appointed the com
mittee on rules and order of business and
then called for the report of the auditing
committee, which consumed the remainder
of the morning session and made an hour's
inroad into the afternoon session At its
conclusion the committee on rules and
order of business reported back and the
remainder of the day was spent in hearing
the annual reports of President John Mitch
ell, Vice President Thomas L. Lewis and
Secretary William B. Wilson.
The report of committee on rules and
order of business was adopted by the con
vention and outlines the plan by which
the body will proceed with its business, an
follows:
The reports of officers.
The report of the different committee,
which will be appointed to-day.
(a) Auditing committee.
(b) Resolutions committee,
to Constitutional committee,
td) Transportation committee.
Report of the delegates to the convention
of the American Federation of Labor.
The report of the tellers.
Report of the committee on officers' re
ports. Peport of the grievance committee.
Report of the scale committee.
New business before the convention.
Two changes were recommended In the
report of the oommlttee on rules and order
of business. The committee recommended
that the convention adjourn each day at
5:30 o'olock and that any delegate who
violates the rules of order be expelled from
the convention and reported to the na
tional secretary. By a motion adopted
unanimously, the adjournment time was
curtailed thirty minutes, while by a close
vote the latter clause was laid "upon ths
table. A motion was also made by Dele
gate Lackey that the convention seat all
locals lh good standing who had paid up
their dues within the past month.
The convention will reconvene this morn
ing at s o'clock. The day's work before the
body consists of the appointment of com.
mlttees at the outset b President Mitchell,
after which the amended report of ths
credentials committee and the report of ths
telleis will be heard. Opportunity will then
be given prominent men from other organ
izations of worklngmen who are in
the city to address the delegates. Henry
Fisher, df Louisville, president of the
Tobacco Workers' Union, and O. P. Smith,
general organizer of the American Feder
ation of Labor, are among those who will
6peak to-day.
PEACE BETWEEN LABOR
AND CAPITAL THE PLEA
Speedy Settlement of Trouble
Sense of Convention Details
of Great Gathering.
Wh-n the convention was called to order
yesterday morninK Tomllnson Hall present
eu In every appointment the appearance of
a typical American convention. Under the
direction of the committee from the Central
Labor Union which had in charge the prep
arations and reception of the convention,
the hall was heavily bcorated In huge
AJMStean Mag and star-spangled folds of
bunting. The ensemble of miners, whs
:,i.d as much at ease and at home as it
their dally vocation were that of attending
conventions rather than toiling in the depths
of the earth, presented a sight that is seen
but SSMM a year In America. Some of thsflti
smoked '.h h pipes, some th r cigars, Out
all followed the proceedings
lion with k enept uppncl.it. n
form were John Mit- h ... S-
II P Barn ;,"d Mayor H-dtz:
On being Introduced by l'r I
Mayor lloltzn.an was greeted
of vigorous applause. He sp
ten mr i.t- .-. - . ma m r rt
there should be- no animosity b
and labT. They cannot 1 of
other If both are honest In the
"There should be a fair i
the net earnings, the r- t-'M
bined efforv pi both The i
ai ls n n the tlieo:v that la
to Just enough of the net eai
body and seiul together Is nt
est man nor a KHd citizen,
hand, the ltorer who xect
ployer. by force or otherwis
he is entitled ut of the
made by th.it want efforts
r, n ! his duties as en Am
lu other word- both should
f;iir iti lim w ith in h oi
f the eonven-
n the plat
star Wilson,
I lent Mitchell
witn a round
ike for ab' :t
I behev. that
tve. . n capital
- ! to each
istrlbutlon of
ef th asm
mployer who
-or In entitled
nings to keep
Ith r in hoii
On the other
from the em
e. more than
I t i .i ' : I ! j S
CONTINUED uN PAUL I CoL- j