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PANAMA CM TREATY
COLOMBIA REJECTS PROPOSAL OF
UNITED STATES
Original Concessions Will Expire In 1904, and
That Government Figures on Delaying Hat
ters Until Then
Washington Tlio cabinet meeting
lust Wednesday was devoted almost
exclusively to the consideration of the
status of the reciprocity treaty with
Cuba and the canal treaty with Colom
bia. The hitches that have occurred
in the negotiations were discussed, as
were also the prospects of settlement.
Secretary Hay, while- presenting the
subject of the canal negotiations, was
not able to report that any progress
had been made. Inrfact.it appears
the negotiations have come to a dead
stop and, while no such thing as an
ultimatum has passed, the precise
situation may bo described in the
statement that tho Colombian min
ister here, Concha, has distinctly in
formed tho stato department that he
cannot in behalf of his government,
accept the last proposition of the
United States as a basis for a canal
treaty. Tho state department has
already let it be known -that it has
come to the end of its concessions, so
the chances of a renewal of the nego
tiations in the near fulture are not
verv bright.
This stato of affairs will stimulate
the negotiations with Nicaragua and
Costa Rica for the alternate route, but
it now. appears that the diplomatic
representatives of those countries are
not disposed to allow themselves to be
used to coerce Colombia and therefore
are desirous of remaining in the back
ground until it shall be clearly estab
lished that no treaty can be made be
tweemCoIombia and the United States.
One of ihe statements of fact in con
nection with the Panama route which
has boen brought to the attention of
the state department is that the origi
nal canal concessions will expire in
1004, and it has been suggested that
the Colombian government has that
Jaet in mind and is disposed to refrain
from making a treaty now in the ex
pectation that the franchise will lapse
and it thus will be in a position to
build the canal itself, or to sell a new
concession. Sucli a course would raise
a very serious question between the
Colombian government, the Panama
Canal company, the French government
and the government of the United
States as to whether a supplementary
decree extending the concession ten
years from 1904 was valid.
POLE CAN BE WON
So Says Lieutenant Peary of Arctic
Fame
Lieutenant Eobert E. Peary, the
Arctic explorer, delivered an address
before the National Geographical
s'ocietly at Washington on the subject
of Arctic exploration.
After discussing the Arctic explora
tions of the past, Mr. Peary, speaking
of the future, said: "In spite of the
amount of work which has been done
in the north polar regions duriug the
past few years the work is not com
plete. The archipelago of Franz Josef
Land, has, it is true, been delimited
and its northern terminus removed
from the field of uncertainty. The
lands north of the North American
archipelago and west of Ellsmere land
have also been delimited as to their
northern coasts. The northern ter
minus of the Greenland archipelago
has been rounded, and America holds
the record for the most northerly land
inthe world, the northern.'point.of.the
largest of the North polar land groups.
But there are still several gaps to be
filled before north polar work can be
considered as finished.
"The head of tho Smith sound gate
way to the polo is the central point
from which to close this work. It is
the point from which can be reuchod
and determined that stretch of still
unknown coast on the eastern shore of
Greenland, reaching from Cape Bis
marck to Cape Parish; the point
from which cun be' reached and deter
mined the interior ramifications of the
great fjiord systems of Northern Green
land ; the point from which can be
reached and determined the gsp in
the coast line on the west coast of
Grinnel land between Aldrich's
farthest and Svredrup's farthest; the
point from which tho practically un
known land along the eastern side of
Kennedy and Robeson channels can be
reached, and tho point from which the
pole itself can and will bo reached.
"It may soeni to indicate over confi
dence to state boldly;that the pole can
beMeached ; and yet it is a fact, even
though tho etruggle for it has been
going on unsuccessfully for yearn and
vears. Each time we have come a
little nearer, each time we have learn
ud a little more, and I say to you that
it is not an impossibility; that it can
be done, that it is no more difficult
than many of tho great projects which
we see being pushed to completion
every day, and which requiro monev,
presistence, hard work and some abil
ity to bring to full fruition.
"The man who has the proper party,
the proper equipment and the proper
experience, and can start fresh from
the northern coast of Grinnell Land,
with the earliest returning light of
February, will hold within his grasp
the last geographical prize that the
earth has to offer, a prize that ranks
with the prize which Columbus won ;
and will.wiu for himself and his coun
trymen a fame that will last as long
as human lifo exists upon the globe.
Granted this, shall we let others win
the prize from us?
"Within the past five years the
United States leaped to tho front
among the nations. Our industrial
development and wealth startle the
world today. Our influence in diplo
macy was never so great. Our men
of scienec hold the attention of Europe.
Our battleships show the highest per
centage of effectiveness. Our yachts
win race after race from the highust
foreign talent. If there are other
foreign prizes to be secured or any
races to be won, shall we be untruo to
our Anglo-Saxon heritage and birth
right of love of f, conquest and adven
ture and let someone else capture the
trophies, or shall we win them our
selves? "The north pole is the biggest prize
the world has to offer; the rape for it
is the greatest race on earth. The
winning of tho international yacht
race is for todav only; the winning of
the po'6 is for all time.
"It should and must be won by
American dollars, American energy
and American ability."
CALIFORNIA PRUNES IN DEMAND
Bad Weather Spoiled the French Prune
Crop
Mr. Paul Mason, u California fruit
grower, who recently returned from a
tour of France, made the following
statement as to the failure of this
year's French prune crop:
This year's prune crop was ruined
earlv in the season by unfavorable
weather and later by severe hail
storms. I made a special trip to the
south of France for the purpose of
studying the prune crop. I went tn
the district of Agen in the Department
of Lot et Garonne first. That district
is to Franse what the Santa Clara val
ley is to California the center of the
prune industry. I talked with the
growers thero and examined their
orchards. While I was there one of
the storms I mentioned occurred, and
1 saw the trees denuded of thoir fruit
I talked prunes all over France and
met many of ' the large dealers.
found tho conditions described to apply
generally to that country. The Cali
fornia exhibit at the Paris Exposition
was a great advertisement for our fruit
It made the dealers acquainted with
it. I saw a great deal of California
fruit in France, and, strange ta it may
seem, the French dealers buy it gladly
and pay high prices for it.
THE UNLUCKY TEXAS
Battleship Has a Narrow Escape From
Being Blown Up
Hampton, Va. Tho battleship Texas
had a narrow escape from being blown
up Sunday afternoon. She left the
Portsmouth navy yard and went out to
the Capes, where gun practice was
had. Two of the large turret guns ex
ploded, filling the gun room with
glycerine and water, but the magnifi
cent work of the gunners saved the
vessel from serious damage, as well as
the lives of those on board her. The
ship returned to Old Point and a
special inspection, board is making an
examination of the injury.
Washington A report from the com-
niandor;ofthe Texas, touching on the
accident on board that vessel while at
target practice, states that one of the
hydraulic cyliners, which returns the
gun to battery, was cracked because it
had been filled with water when the
gun was discharged. The ordnance
officers expected that this will not
delaythe ship long.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Golmer Ham, aged 78, has been
found guilty of the murder of William
Lyons of Nnrtonville, 111., a year aw.
The verdict fixed the penalty at
twenty-five years in the penitentiary.
It is rumored that the Indian gov
ernment's project for a wholesale in
oculation for the plague in the Punjab
has been brought to a standstill. Owing
to a mischance, the inhabitants of a
village near Cujeral were inoculated
with a poisonous serum, resulting in
many deaths.
The Dowager Empress of China has
decided to appoint Prince Chun to be
tho principal representative of China
at the St. Louis Exposition.
Lord Reay, chairman of the London
School Board since 1807, and president
of the Institute of International Law,
has been appointed first president of
the British Academy.
Deputy Police Commissioner Piper
of New York has decided to send some
captains and mounted pol'co to the
West Point Military Academy .for
special instructions in horsemanship.
3 A portrait of President Lincoln will
be placed in the Mississippi Hall of
Fame. The picture was furnished by
Robert T. Lincoln of Chicago in re
sponse to a request, and will be placed
alongside that of Robert E. Lee.
At Armourdalo, Kan., Ernest Damns
and Charles W. Tucker, packing-house
employes, fought a pistol duel over
Mabel Randall, a waitress. Damns
was mortally wounded, but before he
died he shot Tucker twice, fatally
wounding him. Tucker is still alive.
The Inevitable.
"Do as I tell you," Tommy's mamma
cried. "It's about time you realised
the futility of struggling against th
inevitable. Do you know what that
means?"
VYes'm," replied Tommy. "It means
there's no use o' your washln' my
hands an' face 'cause they'll only get
dirty again."
ECCENTRIC METHODS.
Why Alexandre Doniaa Did Not Suc
ceed na a Publisher,
The Mousquotolre, a Furlslan Jour
nal founded by Alexandra Dumas,
grew and flourished for a short time
and then been mo extinct. It was car
ried on during a brilliant existence
with an astonishing disregard of busi
ness methods commonly in vogue. Ira
Btaff was the largest and most varied
ever known. Persons would walk into
the oHice, propose working for the pa
per and find themselves at once ac
cepted. "What will you allow me?" a new
mun would usk.
"Whatever you like, my boy," Du
mas would return. "By the way," he
would explain to every new aspirant,
"we must understand one thing'. 1
mean you to be handsomely paid. You
must have 1,000 francs a n;ontb, and
if you should want a month's pay lu
udvance now, don't scruple to ask fur
IJ'
Everybody was dazzled, and Dumas
himself more than all the rest No
business enterprise, however, could ex
ist on such a basis, and the Journal be
gan to languish. Then a man named
Boule proposed taking the speculation
out of Dumas' hands. lie offered the
great man 100 francs a day, which
meant more than $7,000 a year. ,
"Here," said Boule, Is a checkbook
full of those little tinted leaves you are
so fond of. Every morning you have
only to write your name at the foot of
one, scud it Into the office and touch
your 100 francs.
Dumas loved money, and bis face
beamed with delight "But suppose."
said he, "that some day I Aould waut
300 or 400 francs?"
"Well, all you have to do Is to senf
In three or four of yoUr checks. Noth
ing is more simple."
The book lay on the author's desk, a
delightful and ready resource. Did a
creditor call? A slip of paper, and he
was paid. A poor woman was a hour to
be turned out Into the street A few
more slips, uud she was relieved. At
the end of the week nothing was left
of the book but the cover. Theii Boule
changed his mode of procedure.
Youth's Companion.
The Sum Golden Cities.
The "Seven Golden Cities," one of
the most popular legends of the latter
part of the dark ages, were said to be
situated on an island west of the Afri
can coast. The Island Is represented
as abounding in gold, with magnificent
houses and temples, "the high towers
of which shown at a great distance."
The legend alfeo refutes that at the
time of the conquest' of Spain nud
Portugal by the Moors, when the In
habitants Bed In every direction to es
cape slavery, seven bishops, followed
by a groat number of people, took to
ships and put boldly out on the high
seas. After tossing about for some
time they landed on an unknown Is
land, the famous spot which in after
years became the seat of the "Seven
Golden Cities."
"This Island," Ileylyn says, "was ex
actly In midocean." After all had
landed safely the wise old bishops
burned the ships to prevent their fol
lowers from deserting and founded the
cities which have become so famous
In song nnd !tory. This mysterious Is
land was often sought by the early
navigators. Those who went In search
of It and never returned were popular
ly believed to have been detained by
Its Inhabitants.
The Old Lady and the Incabator.
An old lady visiting an eshlbltlou
went to see some incubators which
were on show and, complaining of the
expense of keeping fowls, said that If
they were cheaper she would buy an
egg hatching machine. After she bad
asked various questions the gentleman
In attendance proceeded to show her
the drawers In which were deposited
the eggs in different stages. On these
the old lady looked In astonishment.
"What!" she exclaimed Indignantly.
"Do xou use eggs?" "Certainly," was
the attendant's astonished answer.
"Well," said she, "I consider it a per
fect swindle to pick the pockets of
honest, hardworking folks by selling
them those frauds! Why, anybody can
batch chickens with eggsl I can do It
myself "London Globe.