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JANUARY 21. lf04.
ST, LOUIS DEAD Will It
BURIED WITHOUT RIOT
Striking "Cabbies" Will Not Be
Permitted to Interfere in Any
Way with Funerals.
AND HARBORS
CAUSE A LIVELY TUT
IS
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ÄYH0USES BE OPENED
X' itional Hoards of Trade in a Bit
ter Wrangle Over a Com
mittee's Report.
Aldermen May Be Compelled to
Revise the Drastic Closure
Ordinance.
MILITIA MAY BE CALLED
FLECTION OF OFFICERS
SITE FOR A MEMORIAL
THE TXPIAWVPOLTS JOUHNWL, Tn( RI)VY,
lives
CHICAGO
DEMANDING
ST. IUIS. Jan. 26. Pursuant to an or- J
Ö9T Issued at a meeting held late last night
by the Inter- i;rotherhod of Team
sters. 800 hack and carriage drivers went
on a strike to-day to force th. ir Ar mands
fur fl2.5u a week pay, a twelve-hour day,
2S cents an hour for overtime and recog
nition of the union. A small proportion
of this number are men working in St.
Lo j i u.-
The strike is directed against the St.
uis I.i
elation.
1 l'nd
I the
A si
ft1 In
ts the
stand
witn
ed, "es t n
declare
how
td Is that
lf the null! ;.L aas to be cal
Representatives of the
that the strike mai;.ur- m
nce no violence. William
ever, buefness agent of the
opose to eonduct whatever
will be during the strike."
said: "There will be no
m Chicago troubles here and
t man caupht violating his
m the strike committee will
funerals
Mr. K.y
rpetitiot
the first
ftl jf r ;
Governor Iockery talked with Chief of
Police Kiely over the telephone to-day in
regard to the situation. The Governor
urged the ch.ef to take every precaution
to protect funrral pro. essions from Inter
ference. "I have given espcial ordert to
the police captains to watch funeral pr -cessions,"
said the chief, "and to prevent
trouble at all costs. There will be no half
way meaau.es and no half-way treatment
Oft those who should attempt to interfere."
Nearly l.OOO Men Idle.
CHICAGO. Ja. 20.-Nearly 1,000 men
ware thrown out of employment in South
Chicago to-night by the closing down of
the Iroquois Furnace Company's plant. No
notice was given the men and no time was
SOt for reopening. Two hundred Ital
and Austrian laborers employed by the
company made a disturbance when their
wages were not paid them at the office, and
the police were sent for. At the office of
the company no explanation was given for
the shutdown.
Tbaska for John Mitchell.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 30. At the conven
tion of the Boot and Bhoeworkers Interna
tional Union to-day President Tubin was
directed to send a telegram to President
John Mitchell at Indianapolis, thanking the
United Mine Workers for their support of
the union stamps on boots and shoes.'
Increase in Wage.
CHICAGO, Jan. 30. An agreement was
reached to-day between boxmakers and
sawyers and the box manufacturers under
which 2,000 workmen in Chicago will re
ceive a a per cent, increase in wages.
FIRE ROÜTCTÖRS AND
ACTRESSESJÜT OF BED
Few Had Time to Dre, but Some
Women Dunned Their The
atrical Robes.
SCARE IN CHICAGO HOTEL
CHICAGO. Jan. 30.-IM-fortune of Chi
cago theatrical people during the last few
Weeks was again in evidence at a tire in
the Grand Palace Hotel. Indiana and Clark
Streets, early to-day, nearly 200 members of
theatrical troops being driven in the str ts
by the names. It was with difficulty that
a panic was averted and the frightened
man and women assisted from the structure
In safety.
The fire originated on the ' second floor,
supposedly from crossed electrical wires
and was carried quickly up the elevator
shet by a draught to the top floor. Jo
seph Northtrop. a guest of the hotel, MM
the smoke In the shaft and ran down stairs
tn ths rear of the building to notify the
night clerk. The clerk immediately start- 1
awakening the guests and Northrop stepp. i
into the JjAvutor. ml through
the smqjftand flames and help, d
the guests on the top floor.
The halls W'-re soon filled with excited
'men and women. The cooler guests w
compelled to force them back from the
windows and fire escapes toward which a
rush was being made. A number of women
Were preparing to Jump from the windows
When policemen arrived and aided the work
of restraint and rescue. The women were
led to a rear stairway, down which they
escaped through the smoke that was pour
ing upward from the lower I Miss
Louise Mitchell, who had been hemmed in
oy the flames, was rescued by the firemen
and taken down a Are escap- .
Few of the guests had tune to dress, but
A number of the women had thought of
their theatrical wardrobs and stood shiv
ering In the lower halls of the building
holding some gaudy decoration of gauss
and tinsel. The tire was extinguished
outchly after the guests had been taki n
from the building.
The building Is a part of the h J. Dickey
state. It is a six-story building, well j. di
vided with fire escapes. The damage to
the structure was about fSj.M.t. This is the
Second fire in the building in the last two
weeks. Tha tirst tiro started from a light- d
Cigarette thrown on the hall carpet on the
third floor.
Almost all the guests at the hotel are
members of theatrical companies stranded
In Chicago.
CHILDREN WILL VIEW
CITIZEN T KMX'S BODY
It Will I je in State in a Mortuary
Chapel Till the Funeral
Hour To-Day.
NEW YOIIK. Jan. 20 The body of
George Francis Train, who died i j hs
terday, haa been removed from the Mills
Hotel to a mortuary chapel, where it will
lie In stats until ths funeral hour to-morrow.
Thousands of children, In whom Mr.
Train dispUy.-d remarkable leierest, are
expected to take a farewell view of the
remains. The funeral will be private and
the Interment will be made tn Green a
tei y
Of his once considerable fortune Mr.
Train retain. 1 nothing persoi except
the Interest he had in 3.00s lots he once
owned In Omaha. Protracted litigation has
taken place about them, and srill, it Is
SSJd. be continued by his daugl
11 lloud Forfeited.
NEW YOKK. Jan. 3f.-When the cases
Of A S. Rosenthal. Martin L. hen and
Charles C. Brown, charg. d with
to defraud ths government by the Imp r
tstion of silks under Invoices. i ailed
for trial to-day In the I'nltei svit ..
nit Court, Rosenthal failed to a j. pear.
Jadg Thomas ordered his $80.100 bail bond
forfeited. thuKh K senl
bat nis client was III in I.urope and would
return in two weeks.
Tarnet PssMttoe In PsjMMJ Hm-.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 3
The Navy De
p- nt I advised th at tl
K-'.tuk Ore go i i i W -Alia
to-day fit. i .
rt practi m They v. i! I be jt;
days by t..-
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in tar
i a few
h.
tl. now on their u iy
Mrs.
Bade t
stin s famous Pancake Flour,
u the three ertL uLak of lire:
srUat, corn and rice.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. At to-day s ses-si-.n
of the N". tional Board of Trade reso
hetkMBS were adopted favoring the adoption
of a standing committee of seven to be
known as the committee of conference
with the Department of Commerce and La
bor, urging liberal appropriation by Con
gress to bring the new department to a j
full measure of efficiency, and declaring
that ft would be unwise for the National
Board of Trade to become pn incorporated
body at this time. A resolution was adopt
ed favoring a national incorporation law
and recommending the passage of the
I'almer bill now before Congress, with
some amendments.
A resolution favoring currency reform
legislation. Identical In form with that
adopted by the board one year ago, was
adopted unanimously. The committee on
merchant marine presented a resolution
favoring the appointment of a committee
to investigate and report to Congress on
the condition of the American merchant
marine with a view of Its encouragement
by national aid. A resolution favoring con
sular reform legislation was adopted.
The report of the committee on rivers
and harbors presented by George Ander
son, of Pittsburg, caused considerable feel
ing. Improvements of the Ohio river, it
Was urjr d. should be prosecuted without
demy until continuous and unobstructed
navigation shall be secured from its head
waters. The item was approved.
v resolution that the Chicago drainage
canal be increased in sise by the United
M lies for navigation to the gulf was re
committed, opposition developing from
Cleveland, New York and Boston delegates,
who broadly Intimated that Chicago should
build her own canal. Resolutions for a
i : p ship canal and for the improve
ment of Philadelphia harbor also were re
committeu. Mr. Hitchcock, of Scranton, Pa,, tluro
u on moved to recommit the whole report.
Mr. Anderson, chairman of the committee,
made the declaration that if the report
was recommitted he was not sure there
would be another meeting of the national
board. A hot dlscucsion followed. but
finally, in the interest of harmony, Mr.
Hitchcock withdrew- his motion to recom
mit, sad that of Mr. Wise, of New York,
adopting the report of the committee in so
far as it had been adopted by clauses by
the board, and recommitting the other sec
tions, which had been voted down, was
carried.
These officers were elected: President, J.
J. Sullivan, Cleveland; first vice president,
C. S. Hamlin. Boston; second vice presi
d. nt, George H. Johnson. Milwaukee: treas
urer. William R. Tucker, Philadelphia. C.
B. Murray, of Cincinnati, was chosen a
memUr of the council.
During the afternoon the delegates were
received at the White House by the Presi
e :u. The presentations were made by
etary Cortelyou, of the Department of
Commerce and Labor.
GRAND RAPIDS BOODLER
GUILTY OFJIIE TAKING
Alderman Ellen Convicted on Evi
dence Furnished by Lant K.
Salsbury.
MAY BE SENT TO PRISON
GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Jan. 2A.-"Gullty
as charged, with recommendation to the
court for mercy," is the verdict rendered
by the Superior Court to-day In the case
against Alderman Jacob P. Ellen, of the
First ward, charged with having accepted
a bribe of !5o from ex-City Attorney Lant
K. Salsbury in the Lake Michigan water
canal scandal. The jury was out a littlo
less than two hours.
This is the first trial completed of the
twenty-five that grew out of the recent
confession of Salsbury. although eight of
the officials implicated have already pleaded
guilty. Respondent Ellen was remanded to
the custody of the sheriff until Saturday
morning for sentence.
The penalty under the statute is a prison
sentence of not more than ten years nor
loss than one year, or a fine of not more
than $5.000 and Jail sentence or not less
than one year.
The next case is that of Alderman James
). MeCool, of the First ward, charged with
acc-pting a bribe of $3&0 from Salsbury.
The McCooJ case Is set for trial to-morrow
morning.
adets May Be Helnstated.
SPRINGFIELD, O.. Jan. 30. The three
cadets dismissed from the Annapolis Naval
Academy for hazing will, in all probability,
be reinstated. Commandant Brouson hav
ing agreed to the introduction of a bill in
I 'ongress for the purpose. One of the cadets
is Joseph UUle. jr., of this city. The
news has Just been communclated to the
boy's father by Senator J. B. Foraker.
EXPERTS CONDEMN NEW
M 0FJBTII6 BLOOD
Much Testimony at the Bechtel
Murder Trial Therefore Is
Ruled Out.
OPEXIXG OF THE DEFENSE
ALT.ENTOWN, Pa.. Jan. 20 The battle
of the experts on the blood In the Bechtel
trial came to an end this evening, and to
morrow every member of the Bechtel fam
ily will be placed on the witness stand In
an eudeavor to prove that the aged mother
Is not guilty of being an accessory after
the fact in killing of her wayward daugh
ter Mabel.
Th-v defense called six experts to-day and
each declared that the biologi. al or Hordt t
t.-t. the new method for determining the
difference between human and animal blood
was not a standard one and that it was
unreliable. One of the principal witnesses
against the Bordet test admitted that he
had never made a test by that method.
This caused Judge Trexler th Instruct the
jury to pay no attention to r.y testimony
iven relative to the Bordet theory by a
witness who Is not fully conversant with
the principles of tho test. A man Ignorant
of a subject is not quulitied to testify
against it as pn expert, he said, and you
might as well call anybody, even savages,
to testify that they knew nothing at all
about the biological test.
The experts called to-day testified that
only one of the many articles taken from
the Bechtel home contained human blood
and that was on th uuder vest worn by
the Kirl when she was dead.
IJefore the defense opened its case to-day
the court was asked to Instinct the jury
to render a verdict of not guilt, because
not sufficient evidence had been presented
v old Mrs. Bechtel. but the court decided
that the trial should proceed. Judge Trex
1 r adding that he did not wish at this
time to pass upon the merits of the evidence
pr. seut. !
Attorney Schaadt. in opining ths case for
the defense, said he would prove that all
ht iir.s wer. i ither from tobaOSO Jutot
r from Thomas Bechtel's dog. He said
it would also be shown that no member
f the Bechtel family had a hand In the
killing of Mabel, and that she was mur
dered awuy Irwin home.
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PRINCE HENRY OP PRUSSIA
PRINCE HENRY TALKS TO
TROOPS BOUND FOR AFRICA
Tells Them Germany Expects
Everv Bullet to Kill a Re
hellions Black Man.
WILL EMBARK TO-DAY
BERLIN, Jan. 20. It is expected at Wil
helmhaven that Emperor William will be
present at the departure of the German ex
pedition to Southwest Africa, which sails to
morrow. Irince Henry of Prussia reviewed the de
parting battalion to-day. In exhorting the
men to be faithful to their Hag and country
the prince said: "Germany expects every
bullet to do its duty." Personally, said
Prince Henry, he envied the troops the op
portunity of seeing active service.
The Reichstag to-day approved the final
reading of the bills providing supplement. u y
funds to suppress the uprising. One odd re
sult of the stories of massacre and descrip
tions of the country is that an increased
number of applications from would-be im
migrants to German Southwest Africa has
been made to the colonial societies.
ACCUSED OF BEHEADING
HER EiGHJ-YEAR-OLD SON
Arrest of a Mother Who Was
Found in Bed Singing Softly
to Her Young Baby.
SUPPOSED TO BE INSANE
PATERSON, N. J.. Jan. 20 Mrs. Arthur
Oswald was arrested to-day on the charge
of murdering her eight-year-old son at her
home In Oakland. She Is believed to bo in
Sane. The tragedy was discovered by the
woman's husband when he returned home
late last night. As he entered the diniag
room he was horrliled to see the headless
body of his eight-year-old son lying on the
floor. The head lay near the boy's feet.
Near by lay the body of his pet dog. which
also had been beheaded. Oswald found his
wife lying in bed with her young baby in
her arms. She was singing softly to the
Infant. Near the bed her two other chil
dren lay sleeping in a crib. The woman did
not recognize her husband nor seem to un
derstand what was said to her.
Killed Her Babes and Herself.
NEW YORK, Jan. JO. Mrs. Louisa Ellon
was found mortally injured by a pistol shot
at her home to-day, dying soon after. Her
two young children were found dead, both
having been shot in the abdomen. It Is be
lieved that the woman first shot her chil
dren and then herself.
Katnl Lamp KxuIomIob.
PITTSBURG. Jan. 20. The explosion of a
lamp in the Hope Mission building. Second
avenue, to-day, caused the death of James
Roiligo. six years old, the fatal burning of
his mother, Mrs. Mary Bodigo, and the se
rious burning of his three-year-old sister.
IS WILLING TO
IEUBEJS HOLDINGS
Makes a Tentative Offer to Ship
building Bondholders to Give
Up His Securities.
TENDER NOT ACCEPTED
NEW YORK. Jnn. 30. Charles M. Schwab
has made to, the first mortgage bondholders
who are pressing the action for a permanent
receivership for the United States Shipbuild
ing Company what is tantamount, says the
Times, to an offer releasing his hold on the
Bethlehem Steel company property.
The offer came as the result of a long se
ries of conferences which wound up in a
meeting of three hours' duration in Mr.
Schwab's office. It wus not accepted, how
ever, nor did the conditions under which it
was discussed later by William Nelson
Cromwell, counsel for the Sheldon reorgani
zation company, and Samuel Uriteimyer. at
the former's residence, admit cf what minht
be called a definite proposition for the reor
ganization of the Shiphuilding company.
The conference. It is understood, had to do
with a tentative plan by which the second
mortgage bonds to the extent of $10,000.000,
whi h Mr. Schwab hoi. is ns the purchase
price of his Bethlehem properties, and the
I16.ÜD0.Ü00 of general first mortgage bonds on
the entire- Shiphuilding company, would be
placed on an equal basis. This, it is under
stood. Is not and will not be acceptable to
the four first mortgage bondholders b eklng
the Coaklhl suit, who believe th it. despite
the fact that Mr. Schwab's bonds are a first
mortK i. on the Bethlehem plant by reason
of th. terms of the deal Incorporating it as
one of the constituent properties Of the
Shipbuilding combination, their holdings and
the holdings of every tirst mortgage bond
holder ought to go ahead of the Schwab
bonds In any settlement.
TWO INVENTORS DEAD.
One Patented Farm Machinery and
the Other a Deadly Rille.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Jan. 20. Mayor J.
M. May. inventor of farm machinery, is
dead. He was ninety years of age and once
owned a large area of land which is now
a portion of this city. He later met with
reverses and died In poverty.
BEKl.IN. Jan. &. Baron Von Männlich
er, uiveuiur of the Maunucuer rifle, b u
SCHWAB
CHICAGO. Jan. 20 It Is probable that
the City Council next Monday night will
again consider and revise the new theater
ordinance. A meeting between the theater
managers and a special committee of alder
men will be held later in the week, at
which the managers will announce what
Is physicially possible for them to accom
plish in making their theaters safe, and
atthe same time reopen for the rest of
the theatrical season. There is a general
f ling among the aldermen that the es
st ritial demands for theaters before they
are allowed to open their doors Is somewhat
too stringent and modilications may be
Seeds at the regular Council meeting next
Monday. At the same time there are many
aldermen who are strongly of opinion that
no theater should reopen for business until
it has been made absolutely safe. It is
likely that there will be a strong fight In
the Council before any action looking to
further relief of theaters Is made.
Edwin H. Price, manager of "Mr. Blue
beaid, Jr," at the Iroquois inquest tc-day
showed up the work of Chicago building
Inspectors in bad light compared with in
spectors of other cities. Manager Price said
he frequently has seen Inspectors examin
ing exits in other places during the prog
ress of performances, but never at the
Iroquois. The manager's evidence was de
signed to exonerate Klaw & Erlanger from
all responsibility for the fire, and to lay
the blame on the theater management.
Athur E. Hull, leader of the Iroquois Me
morial Asosclation. announces that he will
Offer the site of the Iroquois Theater for
the erection of a memorial to the victims
of the fire. Mr. Hull refuses to say who
authorized him to make th offer, but he
declares it is one of the foremost surgeons
of the city. The heirs to the estate of which
the s-ite is a part have agreed to convey
it, with all leaseholds, to the association,
Mr. Hull says.
TO SELL VERDI'S HOUSE.
Creditors of Italian Marquis Insist
on the Action.
ROME, Jan. 20. The house in which Ver
di was born, which is situated at Busseto,
near Palma, is to be sold soon at public
auction. The house is the property of the
Marquis Pallaviclno. who was once very
wealthy, but who is now in reduced cir
cumstances. The creditors of the marquis
insist upon the sale.
Before building his villa at Santa Agata.
also Busseto. where he lived until his
death. Verdi asked th marquis to allow
him to purchase the house where he was
born, but the marquis being at that time
ereelttiy. courteously declined to sell. A
movement has been started to have the
government purchase the birthplace of the
great Italian composer.
TROLLE! CAR JUMPS ICY
TRACK AHO TURNS OVER
Plunges Down a Twenty-Foot Em
bankment and Five Persons
Are Badlv Hurt.
TEN OTHERS INJURED
PITTSBURG. Jan. 20.-Of the thirty pas
sengers aboard a trolley car which ran
away in Rankin to-night, five were seri
ously hurt and ten others badly bruised
and shocked. The seriously Injured are:
Simon Callahan, of Braddock, head
crushed and legs broken, will die; Edward
Frazer, Braddock, ekull fractured, condi
tion critical; P. S. Starkle. Wilkinsburg,
head and body cut, critical; Joseph Scae
felt, Wilkinsburg, head cut and legs
broken, serious; Miss Mary McNutt, Wil
merdiig. face and body cut, serious.
The car was on the Bwlstdtlt and Brad
dock division of the Pittsburg Hallway
Company, and while descending a steep
grade got beyond control by reason of Icy
tracks. After running about thirty yards
it Jumped a curve and plunged over a
twenty-foot embankment, turned com
pletely over and lodged in a snow bank.
Mntnrmnn (.round Inder Wheels.
ST. LOUIS. Jan. 20. A suburban line
strt-et car. running at full speed, struck a
curve at Union boulevard and Bircher road
to-day. throwing Motorman Michael God
frey under the wheels and killing him in
stantly, and Injuring five others.
Fonr Men Inj n red ly nn Kxplnston.
YOUNGSTOWN, O.. Jan. 20. The prema
ture explosion of dynamite used in pre
paring the right of way for the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad at Eowellville resulted
In the serious If not fatal injury of four
men and the slight injury of four others
this afternoon.
DECISIVE CONTEST IS
EXPECTED JT SANTIAGO
Seven Hundred Dominican Troops
Marching on the Stronghold
of Gen. Jiminez.
PLAN FOR PROTECTORATE
NJbW YORK. Jan. 20. Seven hundred
government soldiers are oa the march to
Siintlaso, the rebel stronghold, says a Her
ald dispatch from Puerta Plata, Santo Do
mingo. It is heUiVed this battle will be the
most important of the Jiminez revolution.
The rebels are firmly intrenched in their
camp and it Is presumed they will make
a desperate resistance.
Ik tails of the recapture of Puerto Plata
a few days ngo by the government forces
show, according to the Herald's corre
spondent, that the commander of nn Amer
ican war VeSSel in the harbor practically
managed the battle and that a fighting
xone, de-mark. -el by the commaiule-rs of the
Unite-el Statesand British warships, was ac
cepted by the contending forces. Presielent
Morales's troops promptly r i . c ted the
ord.-r to cease- tiring, although (Jen. Jimi
nez'a forces, when routed, ran through the
streets and continued to fire in all direc
tions. An American force composed of eight men
with the stars and stripes went to the
firing line and demand d a suspension of
hostilities. The commanelor of the United
States warship then lauded a ferce f loe
nun and arranged for the surrender of
the fort.
It is report, d lu re, says a Herald dis
patch from St. Thomas. D. W. I., that the
Dominican minister of foreign affairs, ac
companies! by a delegate, has left Santo
Domingo for Washington to att-mpt to
make arrangements with the United States
to establish a protectorate over the Repub
lic of Santo Domingo.
Lee Turner Acquitted.
M1DDLE8BORO. Ky.. Jan. 30.-Lee Tur
ner, proprietor of the "quarter house." who
was charged with killing Deputy Sheriff
Charles Cecil in a famous battle, was ac
quitted by the- Jury to-day.
To have delicious, brown cakes for
breakfast, mix cold water with Mrs.
Austin's Pancake Flour. Ail arecera sell ll
Always fresh and crisp.
Most nourishing for invalids.
Most sustaining for workers.
Most convenient for luncheons.
Most economical for every use.
national Biscuit company
Panama Canal Is Not
Task for
(CONCLUDED FROM FTRST PAGE.)
easeway furuishing water power sufficient
for the operatiou of the double set of locks
that will be built in the dam), a smaller
easeway around the locks at Pedro Miguel,
and a spillway far over on the ties ten
side of Lake Bohlo. This spilway will be a
mile long, and when the flow of the Chagres
becomes greater than the capacity of the
lake the water will reach over the top of
the spillway, down into the Pena Bianca
Fwamp, and. flowing over the surface of the
swamp, discharge into the Caribbean sea,
far to the westward of the present mouth
of the Chagres river.
HOW WE HAVE3 CHANGED PLANS.
With these accommodations for torrents In
the Chagres that problem will be effectually
solved, and, with the completion of the
Culebra cut, the middle section of the canal
(the summit level) will be created as soon as
the water from the Chagres can fill Lake
Bohlo. This lake, stretching from Bohio to
Pedro Miguel, will be twenty-two miles
long. Its sides; east and west, will be
fermed by natural hills, while on the south
it will be controlled by the Pedro Miguel
locks. At no point along the route to be
followed by ships in passing from ocean to
ocean will its depth be le-sj? than thirty-five
feet, so that vessels will have practically
cl.-ar sailing ove r its entire length. The only
place where serious difficult will be encoun
tered In navigation will be through the nar
row mountain defile of the Culebra cut.
In creatine this lake the Americans will
accomplish their greatest work of simplifi
cation, for they will, by abolishing the Bas
t llspo-I'aralso nnd Parnlso-Pedro Miguel
levels, as projected by the French, entirely
obviate the necessity of constructing, at
enormous cost, the auxiliary canal to tap
the Chagres river at Alhejuela, and of stor
age reservoirs to furnish water for those
levels through the dry seasem. Instead of
those levels will be only the one of Lake Bo-
hio. into which the natural and extraordi
nary currents of the Chngres can discharge
without restriction, to lose themselves
through the case and spillways when they
become too great for the capacity of the
lake.
Another immense advantage secured by
the creation of this lake will be th- submer
sion of virtually all the fever-breeding spots
on the isthmian interior between Colon and
Panama, for with the lake in existence the
canal will touch Infectious country only on
the sea-level sections, in neither of which it
Is expected ships will ever have to tarry.
THE LOCKS OF BOHIO.
For these enormously valuable ad
vantages we pay an engineering fee of only
one minor problem. That deals with the
locks to be built In the Bohio dam. As
presently planned the level of Iakc Bohlo
will be seventy-five feet above the level of
the Chagres, or the sea, at the dam. This
means that to pass from the sea level sec
tion on the north to the surface of the
lake, or vice versa, shlp3 will have to be
elevated or lowered seventy-five feet. To
accomplish this it is proposed to have two
a tl of two locks each, so that vessels may
simultaneously pass in either direction,
the lift In each single lock of ach eet be
ing thirty-seven and one-half feet
The engineers of the United States army
who are stationed here say and I accept
their statements, for they have made an
intimate study of the entire prolect that
locks have- never been constructed and suc
cessfully operated to lift v--. is ; f th. size
of those th;it will use the canal so great a
distance. Whether we can do what others
have never before done In this particular
respect remains to be determined when our
engineers actually tackle the project with
a view to sedving its every phase along
lines of entire practicability. Should it be
found, however, that locks to lift these
ships thirty-seven and one-half feet cannot
be successfully constructed, there will be
an easy way out of the difficulty.
That will be by carrying the summit
level of the Culebra cut. and along the
entire line of dry cutting, down a little
low.r. It is now proposed to excavate- at
Culebra until the keeol shall be fifty f.-t
above sea level, 'lids 1 vel nu-y. Ii neces
sary, be carried out until the summit level
will be not more' than thirty or thirty-five
feet above the sea. thereby reducing the
size of the lift In the locks from seventy
five to fifty-five or sixty feet, and solving
the lock problem as it now confronts the
engineers.
THE GREAT CUT AT CULEBRA.
The Culebra is by far the greatest under
taking on the entire route of the canal.
Its immensity can only be appreciated when
seen. Originally the summit of the depres
sion In the Cordilleras mountains where
the line of the canal crosses was 363 fe at
above the sea. To bring his summit level
down to fifty feet, according to present
plans, Is the undertaking before the Ameri
cans. The French have already cut It down to
about 160 feet, so that It remains for us to
excavate a further depression of 10 feet be
fore we shall have broken the Isthmian
backbone and made It possible for ships
to sail from ocean to ocean over a distance
of only forty-seven miles. In their busiest
days the French worked thousands of men
on this cut. They have there now a plan
of great magnitude, consisting of hundreds
of small locmot!ves for hauling trains
of dumping cars, of which there are thou
sands; construction railroads built on many
different levels on either side of the moun
tain which is to be cleft; steam shovels,
drills, loading apparatus, fully equipped ca
ble ways and all the other appliances of a
gigantic excavating undertaking.
The construction railroads run for miles
In different directions over the low-lying
country on either side of the mountain
range, and the dumpings have raised the
surface of the lanu many feet. In all
something like 60.u00.0OU cubic meters have
been removed by the French, leaving about
48.ouo,ou0 cubic meters, with the summit
level at fifty feet, to be excavated by us.
Just aow tbe French ar working uulv
a Difficult
American Engineers
about SOO men at the cut, taking out 7,000
cubic meters a month, and the work is
progressing with a hideous lack of alac
rity. DOWN TO SEA LEVEL AGAIN.
What wo shall be able to do at Culebra
can only be guessed at. Nobody supposes,
however, that wo will fail to complete this
portion of the tapk In about eight years, as
with the modern machinery we shall intro
duce the greater facility resulting from the
use of electricity, the possibility through
the use of electric lights of prosecuting the
undertaking with three shifts of men work
ing eight hours each, and the generally en
ergetic manner in which we will undoubted
ly grappel with the undertaking, we can
easily make greater progress than the
French ever dreamed of making.
From the deepest part of the Culebra cut,
through which the waters of Lake Bohio
will flow without restriction to Pedro Mi
guel, the southern extremity of the lake, is
a distance of only about two miles. At
Pedro Miguel will be another double set of
locks to lower or raise the ships. These
locks will have a lift of about fifty feet,
and that they can be constructed so that
their successful operation will never be a
matter of doubt is frely admitted.
From Pedro Miguel to Mlrartores will be
a short level the distance is less than two
miles necessitated by the excessive ticks
on the Pacltic side of the isthmus. Water
for this level will be furnished by overflow
frem Lake Bohio, but at the foot of the
Pedro Miguel locks the sea-level section
on the Pacific side actually begins. The
Pacific tide has an average flow of about
eighteen feet, ranging from fourteen to
twentv-two feet ordinarily, and reaching
twenty-six feet with the spring tides. It
becomes necessary, therefore, to Introduce
tldegates at Miratiores to simplify the tran
sit of ships and to protect the Pedro Miguel
dam and locks from the tidal action.
MERELY DIGGING.
The lift at Miraflores will not be more
than etghteen feet at high tide, and from
that point to the ocean there will be a
perfect sea-level section, which has only to
be dredged to the required width and depth
to be ready for commercial use. On this
sea-level section there is no engineering
problem except that of keeping the channel
open, the rush of the tides forming a silt
carrying current which will have to be
guarded against. This will be done by
constant dredging. Just as will the similar
condition on the northern end.
On this route, which has been entirely
traversed in the foregoing description, the
shortest radius of curvature will be about
6.500 feet, giving almost entire freedom In
the handling of ships along the entire line,
and reducing the problem of navigating the
canal to a minimum. Through Lake Bohio,
except In the Culebra cut. It will be possi
ble tor ships to sail practically at full
peed, while the great width of the canal
in the sea-level sections, and its fr.-edom
from obstructions, will make possible ne-ar-ly
full speed In those portions. By sub
merging the country between the Bohlo
dam and Culebra the work of excavation
over a good portion of the route- will be
largely done away with. The lak will
form a channel. It being necessary, inste ad
of cutting along the e ntire route, merely to
take off the top of the ground at such
places as present elevation will lnterf. re
with a depth of thirty-live fc-t of water
Drilling and blasting will have- to be done
under our management of the enterprise, as
now, at Culebra, but everywhere else the
excavation will be In soft mud or poll, so
that the work of making the- canal Itself Is
reduced to a simple question ef digging.
Within the lake will be ample room i r
ships to anchor elurlng storms, se'curing all
the advantage of a prot. t, d harbor, and
th- lake itself will make it possible by
dredging In future years to bring the
waterway along its entire routs dewri to
tho sea level, should that be deemed ad
visable, without Interfering with its com
mercial usage.
It Is. as I said in the beginning, a project
free from any grave engine-e-ring eliffleulties.
The French, had th-y been san- and set
tled in their plans and honest In their ex
ecution, should have, completed it a de
cade ago. That we can complete It and
open it to commerce in less than a decade
seems e-ntire-ly reasonable; that w. will do
so is implicitly believed by everybody on
the ibthmus.
MERRILL A. TEAGUE.
NEGROES TERRORIZED.
Their Children Fired on and Their
Churches Burned.
STEPHENS. Ala., Jan. 20.-Negroes liv
ing near Bigbee. Washington county, are
terrorized by actions attributed to a self
styled Dalton gang. Several months ago
a turpentine still and sawmill were burn.-d
and negroes were suspected.
The children of Daniel Grimes, a negro,
were fired on from the bushes last week.
The same night Grimes's house was fired
Into. A notice was serveu em him to leave
within five days on penalty of death. The
pame night two negro churches were
burned; als a barn and contents belonging
to Joseph Anderson, a white- farm--r.
Arrival of IssltliSOBl'S Body.
NEW YORK. Jan. 3ö.-Th- body 'of John
Smithson. 4he founder of the Smithsonian
Institution at Washington, who died t:i Genoa
In 1X2. arrived to-night on the SteeSH r
Prlncesp Irene. The body was sccornpunS d
by Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, of the
Smithsonian Institution, and Mrs. Bell, who
went to Itsly for this purpose- The- l
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REPLIESJÖ tl EDITOR
Father Martin's Counsel Deelare9
He Did Not Hire Spadoni to
Fight Americanism.
CASE TO BE DISMISSED
ROME. Jan. 20. Counsel for Father Mar
tin, general secretary of the Society of
Jesus, have presented to the courts a
counter statement in the Spadoni case.
Editor Spadoni caused a summons to be Is
sued against Father Martin last month for
the purpose of obtaining compensation
with costs, alleged to be due the editor
for work done by agreement with Fath r
Martin in a propaganda against the Ameri
canization of the Catholic Church In the
United States.
The statement of Father Martin declaree
the contentions of Spadoni to be libelous1
and untrue, and says the truth of the mat
ter Is that in the end of November, 1SÖS,
Father Martin receive'd Signor Spadoni.
who suggested the idea of fighting ths
Americanization of the church. The gen
eral of the society praised this idea in
ge neral, but added that he could not par
ticipate in the work and advised 8iftner
Bpedonl to wait for the Pope s eplnion in
the matter. This part of the counter state
nient Is believed to allude to the encyc lical
on the subj.-et .f Ame ricanism which was
issued shortly afterward.
Father Mat t in g o.-a on to say he did not
see Sigiior Spadoni again, although the
latter ahked for .-moth, r Interview by let
tST, which request was declined by letter.
Th. se le-tters are In the SSSsWaaton of the
oottrt. Father kfaurttn concludes by asking
that SlKnor Spadoni be condemned to pay
oosts. The ras.- probably will b' discusse4
publicly on 1-. K 6.
SCHOOL CODE BILL.
Radical Measure Introduced in the
Ohio Legislature.
COLUMBUS, O.. Jan. 30.-The enactment
of a school code is one of the Important
tasks confronting the present Ohl-- .1
A - mbly. Tin- Iii t ..f s.ial !. Mils
which have been prepared w ts introduced
to-lay by B preve ntative Trendway. of
1. v. land. The measure- originated with the
Cleveland Chamber of Commerce.
It provide board of five memb rx la
each city and village to b u.ted at large.
The supertnteod nt of srh . t i m the
board, will have; a life tenure, conditioned
on good behavior, and will have the power
to appoint and remove teachers. Th- busi
ness affairs of the schools will be in charge
of a director, to be elected in each city or
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