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RESIDENT Tnft's word of hopo that
tlio Pannma canal may bo opened for
trnirtc two years earlier than tbe time
r tentatively set by Chief Engineer
George W. Oocthals sccniH to have re
directed tho attention of the people
to tho marvelous (word used advis
edly) progress of tho Isthmian ven
turo since tho time when It was An
ally definitely determined that n wa
terway was to bo opened through
Panama and not through Its sister
aragua.
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Of tho Independence
of Panama, an "over
night proceeding"
which made It possi
ble for tho United
States to enter Into a
treaty with tho twolvo
bour old republic
which would allow op
erations to begin at
once. Colombia has
not yet forgiven us
for giving the Pana
mans recognition. Mr.
Roosevelt said that If
Panama had contin
ued under the rule
of Colombia tho canal
still would 'bo a
dream, for the Colom
bians simply tempor
ized with us and act
ed as if they thoucht
that ,in seeking tho
strip of land for
canal purposes, the United States had malevolent
territorial designs toward all Central and South
America.
No one bad any conception that progress on
tho canal would bo as rapid as It has proved to
be. Much more time was spent In talking prior
to the beginning of operations than has been spent;
einco in digging. Now that It Is long In the past,
tho country is perhaps forgetful, but it may be
of interest to remember that for many weary
months the congress of tho United States gave
Itself over to debate, discussions and even bick
erings upon tho relative values of two routes for
the waterway, tho Nlcaraugan route and the Pan
ama route.
Senator Morgan of Alabama, who died a few
years ago, was an advocate of the Nlcaraugan
route. Ho was an old man at the time that be
undertook to voice sentiment and argument on
behalf of tbe more northern waterway. He
worked night and day, studying the questions In
volved from every possible viowpoint and the long
Bpeeches which ho made on tbe matter in hand
were written almost entirely by his own band.
He was indefatigable in labor, and what be did
on behalf of tho Nlcaraugan route and on behalf
, of the waterway scheme generally is best told
In the words of Senator Jonathan P. Dolllver of
Iowa. 'Dolllver, like Morgan, Is dead. The Iowan
was in favor of tho Panama route, while the
Alabaman was in favor of tbe Nlcaraugan route
Tho two men wcro opposed to each other polit
ically, but they were personal friends. When bit
ter disappointment came to Morgan in the final
defeat of tho Nlcaraugan project, Dolllver roso in
his seat and paid this tribute to his aged col
league: "He stands hero In his old age, one of the his
toric figures connected with this canal contro
versy. He may not bo the man who besan the
discussion, but for nearly a generation he 1ms
kept it up. No man has ever oxhlbltod within our
Imowlcdge any such marvelous industry, energy
and Bagnclty as ho has put into tho argument for
tho Nlcaraugan canal. Day and night ho has la
bored, not with the assistance of others, but per
sonally, often with Ills own pen writing the
speeches which have become tho chief part of
the agitatlonwhlch has resulted In unifying public
sentiment in tbe United States in favor of tho
canal.
"I regret more than I can say that ho was dis
appointed in his own personal ambltton In respect
to the route that Anally was chosen,, but that
does not prevent me from adding that long after
the little controversies of this hour are forgotten,
his name will be connected In Immortal reputa
tion with the Isthmian canal, wherever It is built.'
Few people probably have forgotten the first
attempts of President Roosevelt and Secretary of
War Taft to secure tho service of a civilian engi
neer who would stick at his jfoat until the Pannmn
canal was dug. Three great engineers, one after
another, resigned their positions as englneers-ln-chief.
It is perhaps useless to discuss tho causes which
led to the resignations of the civilian engineers.
All sorts of stories were told, from the fear of
yellow feyer to Inability to maintain dlsclpllno In
the working forces. It Is probable that one engi
neer's ears tingled for n long time with the re
buke which was given him by Secretary if War
Taft, who li now the president of the United
States. It was one of the severest
scorings ever given a public official.
Probably the country does not
know the inside history connected with tho final
employment of army engineers to build the Pan
ama canal. The engineer corps of tho army at
tho outset thought that it should bo given chargo
of the canal work, but influential civilians brought
pressure to bear on the administration on behalf
of engineers in civil life. It was said by certain
civilians of prominence that tho army was not
accustomed to handling great business proposi
tions and that no army engineer ever had done
a work of anything like the roagnltudo of the one
proposed. There were all sorts of attempts to
belittle tho engineering work of the army.
This Eort of thing bad its effect, although it is
probablo that it was with considerable reluctance
that the administration disappointed the proper
ambition of army engineers to be assigned to
the work of canal building. When three civilian
engineers, one after another, bad given over the
work, President Roosevelt and Secretary of War
Taft concluded that the time had come to give
the army a chance. In effect the president told
the secretary that no nnny officer would desert
his post, even by tho resignation route, for dis
cipline and Inculcated will to do his duty would
keep him at tho digging until it was finished, or
until failure had come. Moreover, it was known
that no army officer -would flee in the face of
yellow fever or in fear of death from any cause.
Colonel George W. doethals of tho West Point
class of 1880 was selected by the secretary of war
to take up tho work that the civilian engineers
had dropped. Colonel Qoethals Is still at it and
success hns marked every stop of tho way. Tho
colonel chose at the outset as two chief assistants,
Lieutenant Colonels David D. Halliard and William
L. Slbert, who graduated from the military acad
emy In the class of 1684. Since that time other
army officers have been detailed In addition to tbe
three who were first assigned, threo who are still
working and who hope to be present' when the
first ship poke3 Its prow Into tho completed canal
Colonel Georgo W. Gocthals Is a tall, slender
man with a firmly knit figure and snow whlto
hair. He has a face remarkably youthful and
neither the climate, tho hard work nor tho anxi
eties of the isthmian life have touched his vigor.
Ho is a sort of court of last resort in tho Isthmus.
He travels from place to place on certain days
and establishes headquarters for the hearing of
complaints. He brings hard, common sense to
bear on all kinds of matters, from the settling of
a family row to controversies as to seniority in
rank of somo of the civilian superintendents. La
borer can go to him with complaints of bad
food and bo sure of a hearing, and also bo sure
that any kind of a wrong will be righted. Ho is
a sort of a shepherd of the flock, a father of a
family of 43,000 children.
Colonel Galllard, who is the engineer in charge
of tho central division of the work, and Colonel
William L. Slbert, englnor in charge of the At
lantic division, aa has been said, were classmates
at West Point. Galllard's first name is David.
When ho and Slbert entered the military academy
as "plebes" they took a great liking to each other.
They were chums and confidants all through their
cadet course, Slbert is a big man, physically,
and the cadeta nicknamed him Goliath. Galllard
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alwayB was called David and so tho military acad
emy held a friendly David and Goliath, thoroby
establishing a better record for amity and friend
llness than that contnlned In tho Scriptures.
When tho army engineers went to Panama to
take charge of tho work they knew that in order
to make progress with tho digging they must havo
a contented family of laborers. They also knew
that they must maintain dlsclpllno. In the army
discipline Is maintained as a matter of course,
tho men who enlist knowing that thoy miut sub
mit themselves without question to tho proper
orders of their superiors.
The men who work on tho Isthmus of Pan
ama are mostly civilians, and Colonel Gocthals
and his assistants knew that they would resent
anything like army disciplinary methods, even
though thoy wero intended for their benefit and
would soon prove their worth. Gocthals is a
most tactful man. With his assistants, he secured
army discipline on tho Isthmus without allowing
tho civilians even to appreciate that gradually
thoy wcro coming under tho guldanco of rules
laid down for men who wear tho uniform of tho
service. The nrmy officers worked at first in -a
suggestive way. Men wcro directed to "try" cer
tain things and see how they camo out.
Trial was made and then other suggestions
wcro mado and Anally the big working force
found that it was living a regular, healthful life
with time for regulated recreation, and that It
was possible to get pleasure out of existence by
other mcnnB than by drinking it In. Sugges
tion rather than command made a dlsclollned
force out of tho forty-odd thousand laborers.
There probably Is not a hoalthier place on tho
face of the earth today than tho canal strip of
tho Isthmus of Panama.
Colonel William C. Gorgas of the medical de
partment of the United Stntos army Is the head
of tho department of sanitation on the Isthmus
Under his direction dlseaso virtually has been
killed and fenr Itself has been set nt deflanco.
A large part of tho food for the Isthmus Is
purchased In the United Stntos and It is shipped
under the most favorable conditions. A paper
cnlled "Tho Canal Record" Is published at fre
quent Intervals and Us last pago Is dovoted to
a list of the food which can bo obtained nt the
commissary department, with tho prices afllxed
Living on the isthmus Is Just ns cheap If not
cheaper than It Is in this country and tbe food
Is of the highest possible quality. Many of the
civilian employes constituting clerical and engl
ncorlng forcoB havo taken their families to Pan
ama. They havo flno quarters and they buy thel
food virtually at cost price.
The army was on Its metal when It was put In
charge of the Panama canal building. Thus far
admittedly, Its work has been nothing short o'
wonderful In nil lines of Isthmian endeavor V
may be that President Taft's prophecy will n"
come true and that tho canal will not bo openr
until 1015, but It should be remembered tlint t'
latter date is the one set for tho opening h
Colonel George W. Goethals, he englner-ln-chlr
It Is probablo, however, that he hopes to sen tl
procession of ships, with the old Oregon lerr"
pats into the great waterway on some da; with
tbe next two years.
WOODEN INDIANS ARE GONE
Noble Red Men That Once Guarded
Chicago Cigar Stores Have
Vanished From City.
Chicago. What has become of tho
tvnoden Indian? Whoro Is the army of
braves thnt onco peopled Chicago
Btreots, bespeaking tho prcBcnco of
cluar stores?
Tlmo wns when no cigar store wnB
complete unless tho noble red man
stood on gunrd at tho curb or lurked
near tho doorway. Soinottim-H ho ap
peared In war paint, tomahawk In hand
and looked, with Rcom written In bin
deep aot eyes, upon all pnlo faces who
linked wlt.iout stopping to invest In
a 10-cent cigar; uomcttmcH thcro wnH
supplication in tho copper-colored
vlsago with its high cheek bones
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One of the Vanishing Race.
Hiippllcntlon in tho faco and n bundlo
of cigars tied up with n ribbon in tho
.outstretched linnd. And hero nnd
thcro among tho warriors nnd mippll
cants n buxom Iudlnn maiden wns to
bo seen.
Now they havo vnnlshcd from tho
downtown BtrectB nnd nro disappear
ing from tho outskirts of town. "Flat
hond," "Sitting Hull," "Hattlo Tom."
"Chief Hollow Horn Rear," Comancho,
Apache and Seminole, Crow, Digger
and Sioux all allko aro banished.
It is like tho paDsing of many an
other picturesque Institution that
decorated tho landscapo of other days
tho doleful Bilk tiled cabbies that
tho taxis have nearly crowded out,
and the meandering boy bootblack,
whoso occupation has been absorbed
by numerous "shine parlors."
Sovoral weeks ago a research party
discovered a badly dilapidated speci
men of tho American aborigine hewn
from pine In front of a Fifth avenuo
tobacconist's shops. "Dig Chief" look
ed as if he had indulged in too much
Are water and had tried to escapo a
street car. One arm was broken off
abovo tho elbow. Ravages of time
and weathor had placed the sem
blance of a wide grin on the' Immobile
countenance. Tho warptng wood left
a great gash across the mouth and
cheeks, bo the face suggested tbe dis
figurement of "the man who laughs."
It was uncanny, for no one ever
taw a regular Indian laugh, so 'tis
said.
One member of the research part7
gazed on this deplorable flguro and
gave voice to lamentation that crys
tallized itself thus:
"Lo, the poor Indian! His solid leg
kind
(b busted in front and split up behind.
His club (proud slgnB never learned
to sway)
Ib gone. The arm that held It broke
away.
Whatever hopo was kindled in bis
soul of wood
To tomahawk some passerby from
where he stood,
The chance Is past. His UmbB from
trees
Havo gone to kindle other fires than
theso."
Well, that damaged old savago
chief, stoical to tho last, stood silent
iy nor moved a muscle during this
massacro of pootlc Justice. Rut tho
next day ho was gone from tho old
familiar haunt. The Junk pllo had
claimed him.
HIS HORSE KNEW THE TRICKS
How a Nebraska Farmer Identified
a Stolen Animal to the Court's
Satisfaction.
Omaha, Nob. A Nebraska farmer
.turned his trick horso Into tho pas
turo one night, and tho animal was
'stolen before morning. A week later,
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Did a Few Tricks.
while walking along tho streets of
Omaha, he recognized the horse,
which proved tho case of his owner in
court, by shaking hands with his
right foot, kneeling and prancing on
his hind feet. Tho court adjourned to
the street to witness the performance
and after turning the horse over to
his owner, sent the man who wai
Jrivlng him to Jail,
HOW ROBERT ROQER8, MINISTER
OP THE INTERIOR, IN WINNIPEG
ADDRESS, ISSUES WELCOME
OF AMERICANS TO WEST-
ERN CANADA.
During tho course of a reply to an
nddrcsB preBontcd to Hon. Robert Rog
ers, tho newly appointed Minister of
tho Interior of Canada at a banquet
given at Winnipeg In his honor that
gentlomnn spoko on Immigration, The
tono of lils remarks wnB that ho Intend
ed to pursuo an uggrcattlvo and for
ward policy In tho matter of Immigra
tion. In part, ho said:
"Tho most important branch per
haps of that department (Interior) ia
that of Immigration.
"If there Is anything moro than an
other wo want hero It Ib a greater pop
ulation, nnd it shnll bo my duty to pre
sent to tho peoplo in all parts of tho
world whero desirable emigrants aro
to bo found the advantages and tho
great possibilities of this country. Wo
linvo received In tho past a reasonably
largo Immigration from south of tho
International boundary, and In this
connection let mo say Just a word for
our American cousins who have found
happy homes amongst us, nnd those
whom wo hopo to welcome in greater
numbers in tho years to como. Thcro
aro hundreds of thousands of them in
our prnlrlo provinces, hnppy In tho en
joyment of n freedom ub grcnt as they
ever knew, and all contributing in a
material way townrds tho development
of Canada. Wo aro not blind to their
value no settlors. They como better
equipped with scientific farming
knowlcdgo than most of our emi
grants, and constltuto without doubt
the wealthiest class of emigrants any
now country hns over known. As
head of tho Immigration department it
will bo my prlvllego to offer them a
wclcomo hearty and sinccro, and to
so contribute to their welfnro that un
der tho protecting folds of tho Union
Jack thoy will enjoy ns great a degree
of liberty and happiness ns under the
Stars and Stripes. Tho Rordcn gov
ernment cherishes nothing but tho
klndllcRt feelings for tho peoplo of tho
great republic to tho south, and will
do all In its power to increase, the
bonds of kinship and neighborly good
feeling that has so long existed.
(Hear, hoar.)
"While we adopt a vigorous emi
gration policy In that country, wo will
also adopt tho samo vigorous policy in
other parts of tho world. We will go
to England, Ireland and Scotland, and
every other country Irrespective of
race, creed or nationality, where we
can And suitable and desirable emi
grants for this great .country. I think
much good work can be done in those
countries, and especially perhaps at
the present time in England, Ireland
and Scotland. Now, then, it will be
my duty to stir up that policy In tho
most vigorous manner possible."
Was In Real Trouble.
A passenger who escaped uninjured
from a serious railway smash, seeing
a follow-travelor searching anxiously
among the wreckago with a lantern,
offered to nst-ist in tho search, and,
thinking the old man had lost his
wlfo, asked in sympathetic tonos:
"What part of the train was sho In?"
Raising his lantern and glaring at the
kindly disposed passenger, the old
man shouted with indignant distinct
ness that triumphed over physical In
firmity: "Sho, sir! shol I am look
ing for my teeth!"
Love Note.
Peoplo may sneer all they please at
what is called puppy love; but any
body who has ever had a puppy, and
noted tho wag of its tall and tbe look
in its eyes. as it wriggles forth its pro
testations of undying affection, can
hardly deny Ub actual sincerity.
Judge's Library.
Important to Mothers. .
Examine carefully every oottle ot
CASTORIA, a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that It
TtflDM tflA
SlgnaturoofC,
In Ubo For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castor!,
Takes More Than That.
"Truth lies at tho bottom of a
well."
"Yes, and unllko most wells, you
can't ralso It by hot air." Baltimore
American.
I bellevo that tho borders of our
minds aro ever shifting, and thnt many
minds can flow into one another, as
It were, and crcato or reveal a slnglo
mind. W. B. Yeats.
Diphtheria, Quinsy and Tonsllitlu begin
with sore throat. How much better to
cure a sore throat in u day or two than to
bo in bed for week with Diphtheria.
Juxt keep Ha ml ins Wizard Oil in the
I house.
Wbnt has become of tho old-fashioned
politician who used to Imagine he
was destiny's only Bon Toledo
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Dr. Plcrco's Plcasnnt Pellets cure con
stipation. Constipation in the cause of
many diseases. Lure the cause and yog
cure the disease. Easy to take.
His Bearing:
"Is he a man of military bearing?"
"Well, he likes to 'soldier.'"
Urn. Whmow'a Soothing Byrap for Cnttdren
eetblnv, Motlrns tlie i?uuiR, reduces iDnummaT
Joa, miUju paJn. euro wind colic, SSo bottle.
When an opttmlst loses bis job ke
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