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PANAMA MADE CLEAR.
WB T PBBSIDBST ITEST.
Building a Great Fresh Water Lake
85 Feet Above the Sea Level.
fFWn Tb<" Tr:bun» Bureau.]
w .. ni . E ton. Nov. 11.-When President Roose
ve t^ompletes his v,», to the Isthmus of Pan
!;. h e will have -njo! Ed the distinction of
\Shk overseen th- preliminary preparations
. Z*ri\ of the most BSsrveHstM feats of en
2 faring ever done by the hand of man and
r of the most wonderful artificial changes
!TT hv ,xa-. geography ever wrought on the globe
Ac kings of Egypt who saw the completion of
L. pyramids that their predecessors had begun
.-dynasties long before their reigns never
looked upon half the task that President Roose
ve't will see all rJar.red and well on the way to
,i. CC cc sful5 ful accomp!ishrr.ent when lie inspects the
.a"pendous ditch at CulebraJ The Colossus of
■bodes th- hanging gardens of Babylon, the
Chinese wall and any other of the many ancient
e'-hievements that writers have described from
the dim 6£?s of the past to the present would
look weak ar.d small when compared with the
Gfttur. Lake, which American engineers are
bnJldta* on the isthmus that now connects the
t^o Americas. Think of a great sheet of fresh
witter measuring 110 square miles and large,
BBsaadi to float or fight all the navies of th "
world, with room to spare, to be made where now
■i* Isgea, swamps and awagu mountains! Think
o* carrying the largest battleships ever built up
awiJtiloas higher than many modern "sky
•a-iperm." and conv<»y!nET them mile after mil«
■Jobs an artificial watercourse 500 feet wide.
en-3 then dropping them over precipices without
fv?n «cra*chir.g the:r r^'nt. Into another ocean!
Trrs- are but a hint of the. things that are to
t» don* qn the canal strip, and the man who is
to see that they are MM and done right is now
en hi? way to the scene of what will be re
prOefl b" history as his greatest work.
LIKE NICARAGUA.
•WTr-n th" advocates of the Nicaragua route.
rrfrr making their fight •'. Congresa they point
ed to the Lak* of Nicaragua as their chief asset.
*Tmi will fsv» millions by digging your canal
there." they said to the statesmen who were to
d<v;o* the question, for there are miles of
jsjvtgab'e water already at your service. If
m g-o by way of Panama you will have to dig
£ irl » v^rr in^h of the distance from ocean to
rear. "
They were wrong. They never dreamed that
President Roosevelt"* engineers would duplicate
in a prar-tlcal way the Nicaragua lake In Pan
eme. But it is exactly what the engineers are
preparing to do. nd when Mr. Roosevelt makes
ty s peered triTi to the canal zone, a few years
fcfTiec h« will sail his battleship through Gatun
T^k* for nearly a third of the way from the At
itr.'A'- to thp Pacific across the bisected isthmus.
Perhaps wh»n he s;oes again he will atari from
lie other side by way of change and do what
rs tr.«n has yet don» in all history— sail from
Par.£.:r.a to <~<Mori. When the tjme comes to
cpfn the ranai. whether President Roosevelt is
in thf White House or not. the men at the helm
c! thinpi> ran do no more graceful act than in
rire him to be on the ship that n.akes the initial
trip. I* th« invitation Is extended, as It will un
fl<jnW»dly bf If he is still In the land of the liv
irjf. U- will just as surely accept. The "ditch"
1* t» e'J Intents and pur; - th» "Roosevelt
rs.r.ti." and he will have b»«r-r,m* a different
man if h* is not fa^pr to p«p ill*, waters of the
o^ean ciasp their briny hands for the benefit of
huii*«- progress.
MAGNIFICENT FTGrRES.
The Taral •Commission has just issued a ooni
r>rph»>r.siv« 6e«crlptiv« pamphlet for the benefit
of contrariors who ■ ay wish to bid upon the
various sections of tli* work. These are to b»
■without doubt th* largest cojuraets ever off&rfd.
The f.frure* are simply stunnir.g In their magni
tude, end eftpr one rca.ds over the items and
»t"p« to Tliink for a sate or two the tre
!n*r.d r >u'= ( haract^r of the job that the Canal
r omriii<-?ion has In and begins to dawn upon
\Y." brain. For instance, the contractors who
more th» f-arih will ac expected to dig out about
F4.S3E/>Ofi cubjc >a.rd« of material which is now
'• the way of th<» phips that are to pass through
\h* canal; mor* than 3,f'00.000 cubic yards of
mrirret* are called for in thft construction of the
'aw and lock.---; more than I . •■'"'■'• cubic yards of
brtck will bf built into the walls, and the giant
fat*-*, which v.i 1 .! b<-' raised and lowered to fill or
"Tr:piy th* locks, will he made of more than 85,
tmcf.c, pounds of steel. Much of the material
&mt is to be dug out of the canal route will be
lumped into the dams that are to make the
Oa'.un Lak*. n^ar Thp Atlantic, and the Sosa
Ijai* 1 . near the Pa/:lfi< . Were they not planning
tat the Oatun I^l^o. with its 110 broad miles of
Kcrface. the Posa pond would be considered well
v.orth bracing about, for when it is done it will
rave £n ar^a ««f more than eight square miles—
«JbH« large enough/ in fact, to support several
F'tod siz^-d summer or winter resorts upon its
fhTt-r. Bat whf-n we become familiar vith
large Csiircs we aj-e so likely to despise small
ones that liule Sosa L--ik«, formed by damming
•up the P.io Orand", is almost forgotten.
AX INLAND -A.
<ia.tun I^ake will be made by stopping the
Chagres River with an Immense dam, reaching
from ih<* r.alun bills, V.'^fi feet westward to
anotikwrhill, and thence some : l'iki feel further
lo thp high ground which ill form the penna
!:*Tit hank of the inland sea. Were there noth
ing <>lse io be done at Panama beside the build
*!ig of this dam, a mile and a half long and
bilf a mile thick at its bottom, l'n<l<* Sam would
t* justified in doing som« handshaking with
himself wh^n it was finisli^J. Tlip great regu
lating works which aie to take care of the water
"hat Is Ftoifd in the Gatun l^ike will be built
in tie hii! which lir-s nearly midway of the huge
wall The«e will consist of a system of gaf-s
constructed or. foundations of concrete. T1..
?atp«, \,y the way. nr*> to l.« th^- exact counter
parts -I* those Us"d in i!;« «T)i<ar;o Drainage
Canal, although they will }>*■ much larger and
etrenser brra-jse O ' th^ greater l^u'.k of ■rater
they are to control. At the Oaii:n lo' k^, as at
the other points along the. canal where gaw-s are
to be planted ard manipulated, ali the machin
*ry will b» in duplicate. Only one system of
-v.:s will be usH at A me. so i:.ai if it bo
"rr'F ceceesary to make repairs 5n the works
a complete overhauling may be made without
■v»ociem'« Interruption 1o traffic! The oommls
rt«n. in raWng for bids, quotes t he act of Con-
BJ^ creating , }i ,. ,. Kk - f carja!> and
»»JB!tt the summit of the level of water in he
aS-Sw' tO be cl « l ">-«ve feet above the
?* lfvrl r ' f «*? Soai Lake will be
£?"5 U " X a '" >v " " h< * > e^l of the Pad fie.
«t -he s,/ oha »"' 1l1 l «« to be GOO f^t W ide
»£&!"* &rA ls Jo iH - r - *<*» M ™
*■"" v. Th<: t p at \ha Oai-;,j 1^:;,
To-day, fair and colder.
To-morrow, fair; i..,n l.». „.. •„,;.
MAP OF THE PANAMA CANAL ROUTE, SHOWING GATUN LAKE, THE IMMENSE body or WATER TO
BE CREATED BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC AND THE PACIFIC, LOOKING SOUTH.
PRESIDENT ENJOYS TRIP.
11 1 th Mrs. Roosevelt Spends Much
Time on Deck of the Louisiana.
Washington. Nov. 11.— According to wireless
messages received to-day at the white House
from the battleship Louisiana, President Roose
velt and party are experiencing: line weather and
greatly enjoying the trip.
One message received overnight was sent from
the r>a.tT?e?viij> on Saturday, and was a.« follows:
"At S p. m. latitude 25:27 north, longitude 74.
"Weather fine."
This would indicate that at that hour th*
squadron was about one hundred and fifty miles
east of Jacksonville.
Another message, pirked up at 4:,"R a. m. on
Sunday by the station at Dry Tortugas, Florida,
read as follows:
"Weather excellent. Everything going well.
Louisiana and convoys steaming southward in
column. Th* President and Mr.". Roosevelt are
greatly enjoying: the trip, spending a great deal
of time on deck."
Secretary Loeb said to-night that the Presi
dent had not been heard from since the message
that was picked up this morning. He expects
no further communication until to-morrow.
[By T>ii»;cr.,r>!. to The Tribune i . .
Hew Orleans, Nov. 11.— The local station of
th© wireless telegraph had several ships and sta
tions in communication with the battleship
Louisiana, with President Roosevelt on board,
to-day. At 5:15 o'clock this morning the wire
less operator aboard the Louisiana reported to
th» local station that everything was in first
e!a.s«« condition.
GENERAL SHATTER GROWING WORSE.
Doctors Give Up Hope of Recovery from
* Pneumonia.
Bakersfiold. Cal.". Nov. 11.— With the doctors hav
big given up hope, Major General William R.
Shaft^r. V. S. A. (retired), to-night is making: a
heroic struggle against death nt the ranch of Cap
tain William H. McKittrlck. his son-in-law, twenty
miles from Bakfrf=rVi>i For fix days th*» veteran
hap been confined to bed, but not until Friday was
it known to the tending physicians that acute
prpumonia was sapping •:.>■ life of the patient.
Dr. Hertsstein. of San Francisco, arrived t!>is
morning, and after ;t consultation decided that his
efforts would be of no avail, and returned to San
Franfisco. a supply <■"■ oxygen, medicine and a
trained nurse were ordered from Knn Francisco.
Thes« arrived to-night.
During the day General Shatter grf-w worse grad
ually, and this cvenins his condition was alarm
ingly critical. Messages of sympathy from friends
in all part* of the United States have been pour
ing into Bakersfield all day.
OBJECT TO WORD "REVOLT."
Members of Confederate Camp Have Inscrip
tion Removed Which Contains It.
| B • Telegraj I I
New Orleans, Nov. 11. -Willian Bwtnton'a
tribute to the Army of Northern Virginia, in his
history of the Army of the Potomac, whi
.1 the walls of Memorial Hall "ii a tablet
for the last twenty-live years, will b« removed
hi the nexl few day? by the custodian, because
members of Camp No. I. of iho Army of
Northern Virginia, object to the use <>r the word
"revolt." which Swlnton employs In referring
to thr civil War. The further reason Is jrivm
■ hr>t Mr. Bwinton ■ ■•" a "Yankee." The tribute
bad i"-<-n ordered placed In tablet form on the
■ •; . Army of Northern Virginia in
Hetaii I py, but thin urder hai
tided.
ANOTHER THEATRICAL TRUST?
Tale of a Huge Combination Comes from
the Windy West.
Chicago! Nov. 12.— "The. Tribune' to-day will say:
"The most eteanti: theatrical combination in the
r.-orl.J. of which the bigsfest syndicate now in exist;
*-n.v? will be but a part. Is In process of formation
Jn Chicago. The new combination Is to liir-l!i<i« thr-e
hundred and fifty of the must ■.!•..•■ —
in the L'niU d Stat* will be represei'ted in every
city from New York to S;m Frahcl&co ar.il from
}> trtland to New Orleans, will dictate matters of
bookings, tours of ill bis companies, and. In a
word, do the theatrical business of the United
States, if not at tin world
''Although tho combination Mil! i-; i:i the process
of formation, the following intrrrpts are ■'"' as
those to v.-- Into it: Klaw '& Krlanger. Daniel
Frohman. Charles Frohman, Al llaymsn, Nixon
& Zimmerman; Rich I Harris, Orpheum Circuit
It is estimated by some of the managers who < x
nH ., U) 3 , lotfl in new combination thnt the prop^
prtlef controlled hy the corporation «r« worth
far In exceem of I5O.O00.O». to Present
i.lmtis -> n»w corporal ion will i<■ formed, probably
End-r" "til" laws of Illinois. 1,, capital stock will
V." placed eom-where between fOn.itQ.mo ;m<i
PARSONS TO TAKE CHARGE OF CANVASS.
Herbert Parsons will return '" this ''"' to-«iay
and take charge of the canvass for New York
County It i* thought probable that Timothy i.
Woo.Jr.iff will return to-day for a brief stay.
William B. Hearst has planned to start for his
« vV..-'nM home oii Wednesday for .i lone rest,
-ri'.- strain of the recent campaign bis mad-: this
plan necessary.
NEW-YORK, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 12. 1906 -TWELVE PAOTIff — ■ - lM ,
EXPECTS EKIE STRIKE.
HANNAHAN SO DECLARES.
Trouble Might He Aver ten if Roads
Join in Concessions.
Th*> corridors of tho Broadway <"r-ntra! Tl'it^!
wei-A filled all yesterday with members of tiv
various r.Ttlroad committees of firemen, engineers
and others who bnv» mi'l^ demands or are to
liiakf demands on the railroad companies.
Th^sp committees had several conferences
among themselves during; th* 1 day to prepare
their s<-hpdulos.
Grand Chief Hannahan of the Brotherhood of
Railroad Firemen was away from the hotel th
greater part of the day. When seen last nigh*.
aft^r his return, he said that he was pretty con
fident that th» general vote which is being polled
along the Erie system on the question of a
strike of the firemen would result in thf> com
mittee being sustained by an overwhelming
vote, which would mean a vote for a strike. He
continued:
As far as this end of the line is concerned,
my observations lead me to the confident belief
that trr> vote for a strike will be unanimous.
It is not customary to niak« public in. advance,
when a poll Is to h* taken on the question of a
strike, but we thought it right and fair that
shippers and others whose Interests would be
affected should be prepared for v hat may hap
pen. We have done our best to pain our de
mands amicably, and were not looking for
trouble.
He said, further, that committees of the
trainmen and firemen have gone to Pittsburg to
ask for .hi advance in wages on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company's -lines west of Pitts
burg. The men employed on those lines were
paid very low wages, he declared.
"I have sent a representative to take charge of
affairs there for the firemen." he said, "and a
representative of the trainmen's brotherhood, I
understand, has also b*en sent. They will likely
make the demands at once."
Borne of the members of the Firemen's Broth
erhood said liia' th*> wages of the men on thf
Erie li!i pi; were reduced in I S T7 am! have no;
b*»«Mi brought up to the old figures since, it was
.. on good authority, that th*» narine engi
neers on ih'^ t'is^ and ferryboats >>f the Erie
Railroad Company have appointed a committee
to make demands for an advance of 420 a month.
Gratul Chief Stone, <>f the Brotherhood of
LjDComotive Engineers, and Assistant Qrand
("liief Hurtey were nt the Broadn-a 0 ntral
Hotel yesterday and att< a meeting of the
adjustment committee of the engineers r>f the
N^u- York Central and the >.'• H
ruiiilH. where demands wen formulated T c
engineers refei to the demands a^ "requesi
■■Thf men want a new agreement on these
roads Involving a shorter workday and. an In
crea c In wages," said Assistant Grand Master
Hurley, after the meeting. "We \.:l! wani both
and ili" nien, I may say, ":> all the lines aj
titled to an Increase In wages Li view •■'> th^
general tendency all over the country to Increase
• ;• ■
He said thai th< engineers ■■ • • • looking
for trouble, and he thought that Lhe companies
might meet the men half way. tl'hen the ques
tion waa pui to him If, in case thefi en on iho
Erie system'went "n strll union fire
men were put In their places, the engineers
would work with tin non-union men h< replied
thai the • ■ tract and w ould
live up to the contract. Thej would have their
own adjustment comn Ittees irrespective of the
<,i hei bra n lies of tin ■■•.!. a Id, and
We have had non-union engineers right ;
-;u 1. ■;..-:. all ih< unioi .
•
at man y in i i • ?ible. but
there are some the union would noi tali
The engineers ..: ■ ative, 1 -\- w consider
that the . are entitled to hirh in vi /.
«.f tlii in re ibi d cost of 1M
ili^ men In ot h< • a ■ o< a i •■■
of tl
■ ' !■■ Rallr i id, but s;:' :
■ . • d not ■ He fup
),,.s<v! those men would nn cm |f •;-. i,
■
Members of the adjustment ommlttess of sev
eral of the roads paid thai the time given for
the granting of the (icrnaini; of tho men on
forty-seven railroads running jinto Chicago from
tho West expired yesterday. The companies,
however, were entitled to thirty days' notice
before anything was done. The engineers; gen
erally, at the Broadway Central >il<! hot talk
strike. One of them said that if the companies
all granted a flat advance -' r 10 |.. - cent ;t
would be satisfactory.
RUMOR OF ASSASSINATION DENIED.
[xmdon, Nov. 11.— The Reuter tTalecram Company
baa received a dispatch from Radrld Faying; that
a persistent report circulated Hi Purls that Ki;!~
Alfonso had be n sssasst l.ii'd il Madrid is without
foundation.
BALLOON PASSES OVER MONT BLANC.
Aix-les-Balns, Nov. Jl.— T << balloon Milano.
which was urnt up from the Jlllan International
Rxposttlon, lias arrived here, after bavins; travelled
over Mont Blanc.
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TO REVIVE HIS PARTY.
./. O. BENNETT THE MAX.
Says He'll Reorganize Democratic
Committees — E. M. She par d Talks.
James O. Bennett, of Siiv^r Cre*k. Chautsuqua
County, a member of the Democratic State Com
mittee an«l a Hearst enthusiast, says that he Is
: to start In to-day to reorganize The roumy
committees up the state in the interest of the
regular Democratic organization-
Mi Bennett pays that so far as he knows the
Independence League ia dead, and th* Demo
cratic organization is the only refuse of the
men who hate corporations.
• In about half of the counties of the state."
said Mr. Bennett yesterday, "there is no Demo
cratic organization worthy of the name. Last
week I was in consultation with Ftate Chairman
Conner? and Charles F. Murphy, and they
seemed to think it was time to get the county
organizations on their feet and keep them going,
so that in another state campaign there will he.
no call for an Independent organization to do
the work of the Democratic party. I expect to
have the co-operation of the friends of Mr.
Hearst in no counties I visit, but my work will
be to reorganize the Democratic county om
mlttees."
Mr. BenrK-tt is tho same Mr. Rpiuiett whose
name appeared In sky» raper typf> In William J.
Conners'fl paper in Buffalo as one of rho prinri
pals In a plol to bribe the anti-Hearst men at
the Buffalo convention to throw over Hearst.
Mr. Bennett came out with a statfiiipnt saving
that the anti-Hearst men, backed by thp trusts,
had nppron<-he<i htm an.l offered him $15,000 to
work and vote against Hearst at the state con
vention. The story turned out to h« one of
il-..?-i 1 -..?-- narratives affected with weak back
Around the Iroquols Hotel he was pointed out as:
"That's thai feller Bennett. Didn't you rad
'Fingey' Conners's plant' about a $15,000 bri>>e
in to-night's 'Enquirer*? Bennett's tho feller
that waa offered 'he bribe."
If Mr. Rennet' does the reorpanizing of th*»
county committees he U pretty likely to leave
ji, arsi men on guard.
SHEPARD ON DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
Edward M. Shepard, one of the members of
the Albany conference, speaking last night of
the recent election and of the situation of the
Democratic party in the state, said:
I have read of the proposal to discipline Senator
MrCarreh by expelling him from i\\e Democratic
State Committee i^r Hie part that I<;ir " s County
rliyed In tho test election. The proposal ■ma to
■net to be singularly silly and fatuous. Naturally
pnourh the Senator -• ma to welcome It as a eon
rribtuion '„, the increase of his political power,
wl ■*.■!• ..,.-. t!> most of us already quite sutnclent
if 'we are iii future to have •■ sound, useful and
united Democratic party.
'■ 0 doubt Mr iji.-.-r-- warm supporters have
provocation: For, as against his \ote of about
106.000 i ri Brooklyn, other Democratic nomlneea for
mate offices li-'iv*' about 126,01 ■ The S).OOO i-itiz^ns
in that borough who generally voted the iH-mu
cratic ticket; hut gave Mr. Hushes about that
i umber of additional votes, t-kinjr a iik» lumber
f'n m Mr Hearst; thu.-^ gave :.li. Hughes about
;.'■, outiof hits '■" plurality.
* : ri,ja however, was only a part of tho rnVr-t of
the open collision between Mi . Heal ■■■■■.'i our or
eaoized Democracy. So widely ami emphatically
advertised was i!'< - rupture in Kings <"o'.;nty. ami
the probability th;it it represented only one detail
in the Intention of Mr. Hearsts managers to <iis
rubt the Democratic party throughout the state,
that the Instinct ol self-preservation induced very
rmnv thousand oldtime ar.d regular Democrats in
the country count lea to boll his nomination. Such
Democrats were, to their own minds, irregularly
'„,', for regularity and an efficient Democratic
tarty. It Is true, therefore; fis alleged to tho state
<(.mii>iu<e thai tlif Kinjrs County situation of and
by Itself „,.,. .■! n sufficient change I>l votes fIOITI
the i)?rnocr«tio to th< - Republican candidate for
Coveruor to" represent -much more than Mr.
Hughes's plurality, and so brought ahiv.it his elec-
But non< the los=. n«; I have said, the proposal
to dHclpllne Senator -Met arren is silly and futu<iuf.
Hi- eKectivt" blow. !»ci. ive though it was, was
i'self Blmply the result of a condition. And the
rendition Is one of party dlsorgnnlzatlon. 1 earn
. .'-.-■ hoi •■ that Mi ■ or McClellan. howe\-er excellent
m« "motives and however strong the temptatl in to
hlmrwiU not conclu«la that he can help this realty
nrofound disease by ■■.-■ oj' patronage,
i,nt" ... l»i ;!i clas3 appointmenl or Lawson
i'ur.l-. xv/.l be the precedent to follow.
I earnestly hop© tiiat a " shallow schemes of coali
ii i mdsdsvlce an;l makffUlft md recouciliatinn
■v n >p "bandoneii; and that Democrats ■..ill in-
Btild'reftJs 10 build up their party: Kirst. by defi
nitely romniUtlns « to aislnoere, non-Uwnaßoglc.
nr-iciN-al programme on the ines of its own true
.... !iosti!ity to rjip<irti privilt-ce. equality
..' ri'i.i iealousy or monopoly (whether under lu'.v
r I- in i defiance of law), jealousy of th,- extension >-t
Governmental powers, ami jealousy: especially, of
inrre&ec of federal orcentral ■•....
fif u-,'e in', rpcjd powers; svfon.l. by n;ni. pr:
tlent-aKSrcsslvc promotion cf such doctrinea v.ith
outidoiSndeace upon the hirld. hollow, centre-of
,, 1 ' ... ...... tactics in which .Mr. Hearst U f..r from
• 'i-'k ' Mi-- only able am\ innncntial sinner, and.
ti ••• i venture to :uld. by running the politics of
i!i"b -it it nation, or this great Democratic party:
n.Vr«?methlng better and more fruitful, and cer
11.;',..l 1 .;',.. :":,;" Tmj and ta.-tlnß. than personal hatred
■'. -",1 i -n>' v.' -upon." of coptuirtely anil cohtempr— thai
is to -ay. by making poUUcs^wblchj rightly under
'-•'.o<i nJ practised; ra a tjome vocation, the an of
construction and building up, not the mere art of
'Viun so Incorrigibly optimistic as to hope tiiar
„„ i»re«) boos of slncera and patriotic I>etnocrat. < «
who latfly .spoused Mr. Hearst's cause, no )<•«->
ili-iii— do! iiai>s. even more, than the imp* bo.iy of
iii'irilly sincere and patriotic Democrats who op
nosed it.twill And •!■• iu ' al of .tl.-..' action, not
i\i'ijenni« Kearney. on the Band i.-ts of San Kran
]%.", but In Governor Ttlrfen. to whom* the work of
nunishtng public and powerful.' criminals *and ex
lerinlitatmg publl • i >ngd ins nere*sar>' anil usu
ful as M was. never dwarf i-ri ihi truly conatructive
itiil ere itlve work of government; or. if you please,
in Mr •JL«t^f° n< "' of whom p great adversary of
hl.i sa'ld tha' to his leglMlutlvf career \:<i* due a
real and material bettering of th« condition of life
tor every mail, woman and child irr ttiat kingdom
over which, us a tribune of the plain people, h«
rul*«l ao many yaara. • .»-- -t- _■ '_
ROBBED OF $BfiOo IX GEMS.
Mrs. Robert Den, of Syracuse, Re
ports Loss to Police.
[By Telegraph M Th» Tribune 1
Syracuse, Nov. 11. —Mrs. Robert D»»y. wtfa of
the senior member of the firm of D#y Bros.. !
wealthy drygoods merchant?, reported to the i
police to-day that she had been robbed of jew- j
elry valued at $>.<*!«>. The thieves entered the.
house between 8:30 and !:'.'** p. m. on Saturday,
while the family was at dinner and took the
jewel box from Mrs. Dey*s bedroom.
The most valuable article taken i? a diamond
necklace containing sixty-four stones, valued at
$3,000. Among the other jewel pieces missing
are a diamond brooch in the shape nf a five
pointed star. valued at §2C«^: a pear and diamond
brooch, an opal brooch set with eighteen dia
monds, and a sapphire necklace, containing
twenty-one stones, highly prized by Mrs. DS)
from the fact that the sapphires were collected
by h«r father. th« late William A Sweet.
On leaving his house after dinner at 7:"/*
o'clock last ni?ht. Mr. Dey noticed that th^ front
door was unlatched, but did not suspect any
thing wrong. Mr. Dey returned home about
10:3O o'clock, and soon after the family made
preparation for retiring, when the loss of th«
Jewels was first discovered. The diamond brooch
had he-n left on a dressing table, and. noticing:
it? absence. Mrs. T>y looked for the jewel box
and found it gone. A thorough search of the
room was made, and the box. with the lock
sprung, was found under the bed. minus its con
tents.
RVSSIAXS EXILE 104.
Punishment for Minor Political Of
fences — Officials Intim id a ted,
Odessa, Nov. 11.— According to advices re
ceived here from Ekaterinoslav and Kishim*ff.
104 men were to-day sent into exile for minor
political offences. Local governors are dismiss
ing officials for refusing to leave the ranks of
the Constitutional Democratic party, and are
promising promotion, with the alternative of
banishment, If the officials will attach them
selves to parties friendly to the government.
LCS ANGELES TO HAVE EXPOSITION.
Corporation Formed to Promote It — Planned
To Be Held in 1915.
[By Tr'.^straph to Th» Tribun». 1
Los Angeles. Nov. — If plans are carried out
Los Angeles v 111 hold the greatest International
exposition ever given, in l!>l-"». It will eclipse
the world's fair of Chicago, St. Louis and Paris.
ana are l^ing made on a scale that exceeds
any prevlous'effort. Prominent and wealthy men
of •„,,: Angeles and Its vicinity recently met nt the
Chamber of Commerce and formed a corpora
tion, capitalized at $•-!."•.< K*MHM>. as the first step.
IT. E. Huntlngton was chosen president. The
capitalization will !au-r be raised to $10l>.00l\00ft.
The .late was chosen as running as nearly
parallel with the completion of the Panama
Canal and the Owens River project as can be
estimated in advance.
TO EXCAVATE HESCULANEITM.
Plans of Professor Charles Waldstein Have
Been Accepted by the Italian Government.
Rome. Nov. 11.-Cl.arirs V.'aW. stein, professor of
tine arts in Kings Coiled Cambridge, will arrive
here soon for the purpose of competing an agree
ment with' ihe Italian Rovemmt-nt \o excavate the
ancient City of lerculaui ma. Th- professor's plans
have been accepted by the Italian government on
.■o.ditioa that tin- participation of roreij?n countries
hr- only und/r the torn, of private contributions
md that there be no official iiitorference.
Professor v. tdsteli has obtained the active co
operation ol Xin S Victor Emmanuel as president
of his organization; m «e!l hi tbai of Bmperor
Willian. Kins Edward and President Rooaevclt.
* Thr excavoUori of 'll^rcu'.aneum wlll.be a gigan
tic task. The work it dtsgtng up the ancient city
was heKun by King Charles 111 In tm, and it wan
continued under the direction ol the Italian gov
ernment In LShfi. Th'.s ex.-avation has always b^^n
attended with the greatest difficulty, as over the
ruins of the am ient city is the town of Resina.
with 2.\f<» inhabitants. •
FLAG WHICH BUTLER GOT.
Not the One Which Floated. Over New Or
leans City Hall. Says Banker of that City.
Ifly Telegraph M TBM Tribune.]
>; .- Orleans, Nov. 11.— The Confederate flag that
Boston UoM.s and Intends rt-turntnc to New .Or
l»ans nfver flouted over the City Hall and *.»<
never captured by Oeneral Butler, according la
the state tient of UeoTg« W. Young, vice-president
of the Canal Louisiana I'.ank awl Trust COmpanr,
r-. a i remembers when Admiral K.'iiuKut came up
the Mississli>}>! River and l:.%este»3 the city. Mr.
Young says the Sajj that General flutter got was
a silken *rarf made by New Orleans women in
uccret at the lienv- of a s;«tal leader. Th* I'nlon
commander sent 'for this woman «nd domaniled the
flajj. whl'-h eVerj i.ight reposed beneath her pillow,
and the emblem wa* delivered. to C*n«r<i! liuilar.
PRICE TTTHEE CENTS.
FORAKEROX THE VOTING
ini.tr electioxs snow.
The People Have Gone m Far as
Then Will Go Toward Radicalism.
Illy T»Rra;>h •« Th« Trt»-«ne 1
Cincinnati. X, • li. — -••■int.-> r r^ornkfr. In re
ply to-day to a request *hnt h* give Th» Tribune
his view* of th*» political situation throughout
th" country. In th" light of ''•■ recent »l»etlasßj|
-aid:
. "The results of the ejection spealc '"■ them
selves. We are to have a Republican House ■»*
Representative*, 'with a comfortable majority —
as much, in fact, as It ls good is have. This will
insuro such logrislatlon as the Republican party
may be disposed to favor, and. tn fact, 13 a guar
antee to || ■ counrry under which business con
ditions wltl cintlnu** prosperous".
"We not only -iv« a Republican House. but
in a srenoral way we have a Republican vl-tory
all alon? the line, and yet this general Repub
lican success is attended with some- weak spots
that amount to serious admonition. According
to present reports -v» have Democratic Gov
ernors rot N'ev.- Hampshire. Rhode Island and
Minnesota, with «c.ant majorities for the Repub
lican Governors elected in both lowa and Kan
pas, in each of which states we should have had
at least Jftrt.OOrt majority, while la New York the
{Wear of Hearst BMW seems to be. due to his ob
jectionable personality and Democratic defec
tion', for. according to the reports of to-day, th*
entire Democratic state ticket, with the excep
tion of Mr- Hearst, has been elected.
•While, therefore, we have the House of Rep
resentatives, we have it in connection with re
sults in other respects that should advise us
that we have reached the halfway point bo
tween 1904 and lf"'S. with only a Blight margin
of advantage This situation should not dis
courage Republican*, hut it will encourage Dem
ocrats. They are already claiming: that they
have made a wonderful gain, and so they- have.
as» compared with the results of ISO 4. and It is
ea«y for them to think that there Is a trend of
public sentiment In their favor.
•Without stopping to locate the. blame for it.
th« truth is that the Democrats the country over
have more confidence that the radical political
ideas of Bryan and Hearst are not unreasonable
and indefensible than they have ever before had
since, these men came Into public life at any
national election.
"Th« effect of this is not only to encouras»
and solidify the great majority of the Demo
crats, but also to attract away from us a good
many of our followers. Fortunately, we have
time enough before the Presidential election to
correct all this by pointing out the radical dif
ference between the Republican policies, which
Involve nothing more than reasonable regula
tion, and the crazy crusade which embraces gov
ernment ownership and almost everything els»
that is bad in character and destructive In pur
pose
'The. defeat of Mr. Hearst, being due to hia
personality, would seem to prevent his beins
made the Democratic candidate, as he undoubt
edly would have been had he been elected- But
Mr. Bryan is not much better off than Mr.
Hearst. Mr. Bryan, as an Individual, is free
enough from objection, but he represents every
thing that Mr. Hearst stood for. aa shown not
only by his own speeches in behalf of h's party,
but particularly as shown by his active support
of Mr. Hearst In his recent campaign.
"The people have gone as far In the direction
of radical populistic propositions as they will go.
Th» next swing of the pendulum will be back in
the other direction, and by the time 190S come*
around I do not think there will be much chance
for th" election, whatever chance there may be
for the nomination, of any Democrat who enter
tains the. views of either Mr. Hearst or Mr.
Bryan."
BOER RAIDERS BOLD.
Ferreira and Hi* Band Considered,
5 phi Robbers. Hozcerer.
i ripe Town. Nov. 11— Advices received here from
UstagtOß, on the Orange River, say that the Bot
raider Ferreira and his followers continue to in
timidate the farmers of that refclon and have capt
ured imm traders and a few other persons. Th »
raiders wore thirty miles north of TTplngton on Sat
urday, when they were reported eleven strong nad
accompanied by a number of armed natives.
Pretoria. Nov. 11.— Captain Srnuth. who com
manded a ■Bsa detachment In the late- war. «av«i
that -rr»:ra and his men are merely robbers and
that the stories of a Boer uprising ar* pure non
sense. Considering the mincer of n9"er-do-well<»
who have recently gone Into the German territory,
it Is surprising, the captain says, that similar ec
ourrences have not been reported before.
London. Nov. 11. Sir Tioma.i Fuller. Agent Gen
eral for Cape Town In London, attaches no Impor
tance to the Ferreira raid. II« believes the object
to he robbery and plunder, and says the country
where Ferreira and Ma m"n are operating Is sparse
'v populated and the farmhouses widely separated.
It Is not impossible, however, that Ferreira mar
obtain Home adherents and .'.» iom» mischief. Tha
rape Mounted Rifles, Sir Thomas declares, an.
accustomed to guerilla warfare, and will have no
difficulty in dealing with the situation.
REVOLUTIONARY WIDOW DEAD.
Vermont Woman Said To Be the Last Stir
vivor—Ninety-three Years Old.
Rutland. Vt.. Nov. 11.— Mrs. Esthar Sumner Da
non. said to ■ •• the last surviving widow of a
soldier of the Revolutionary War. died to-day at
her hot.-, In Plymouth Union, at the age of ninety-
Three years- 3lie was married in IS3». when she
was .•:tv-' V years old, to Noah Damon, who
was • .-a seventy-flve ye;irs old. Damon served
through the Revolutionary War. having enlisted in
ITTJ. T'pon his death, in Hal Mi widow received *
pension el Jl^ a month, and one year ago tills was
doubled.
The Vermont Chapter of tha Daughters of the
American Revolution have looked on Mrs. Damon
as a sort el ward, and have assisted in her support.
Tho last legislature made an appropriation of SBJB)
for her.
PA?nC AT THEATRE FIRE
A Number of Persons Injured at Evani
ville. Ind.
'By TiVKr»r h *"> T*» TTibun-1
Evansville. Ind.. Nov. U.— A Cro In th© Franklin
Street Theatre this afternoon caused a panic. SB
which women and children were trampled upon
an-l the doors at the only exit were torn from their
hlniseft In the mad rush. Vernon Ciamrr.el. oper
ator of a moving picture machine, was aeriottsly
inJured Miss Susan t>«» Forest had a leg and an
arm broken, and twenty other persons wer« iuu'aM
and otherwise hurt.
KILLED IN TRAIN COLLISION.
F,-.,t \\ r«a, Tes . Xov v \ '-'rtsee
. _„r trala : ' • . J» an
i -ttj . killing a areaaati
Wilkl;
■■ 1 three
M train crew. Nun* of in* aaaßßjHSjaaaj