THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. OCTOBER 3. 1904.
NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA
COUNCIL
FAIRBANKS - MEETING EARLY
Arrirei in 'the City at 7:50 A. M.
Eemaini Forty Minute.
SaaSSBaVjBsassm.
SPLAKS IN THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL PARK
lias Estenslve Pror" r
at for His Short Tim la the
State, l
Dri Molar.
Thoes who desire to bear Senator Fair
bank, th republican nomine for vice
president. rralc In Council Bluffs on the
morning cf Tuesday. October 11. will have
to take an tarly breakfast. Senator Fair
banks' Iowa itinerary bring him to Coun
cil Bluffs at 7.50 a. m. and he will leave
at 8:30 a. m., thug giving him only a forty
minute stopover In this city. According
to present arrangements, a platform will
be erected In the park of the Illinois Cen
tral depot and from this Senator Fairbanks
will speak.
Senator Fairbanks la booked to address
a meeting- in the AuJitorlum at Omaha
Monday night. October 10. and will spend
the night aero Mi the river. From Council
Bluffs the special train hearing the vies
presidential candidate and party will leave
over the Illinois Central as far as Water
loo, where It will be changed to the Great
Western and proceed to Ie Moines. Be
tween Council Bluffs and Pes Moines,
where the senator will address a repub
lican meeting, he will make short speeches
from the platform of his train at Logan.
Dunlap. IVrlson. Rockwell City. Fort
Podge. Webster City. Iowa Falls, Waterloo
and Marahalltown. Wednesday. October 12.
rlll also be spent In Iowa and on the fol
lowing day Senator Fairbanks will go to
Illinois.:
Ernest E. Hart of this city, national
committeeman from Iowa, will Join the
Fairbanks party here and accompany It
during the tour through this state. The
meeting at the Illinois Central depot Tues
day morning will be under auspices of the
Roosevelt Republican club of Pottawat
tamie county, of which Hon. Spencer
Smith Is president. Pesplte the early hour
It la expected there will be a large turn
out and that the vice presidential candi
date will -be given an enthusiastic greet
in. . , ;
FIRST Or REVIVAL MEETINGS
Evangelist Williams Gives Oat a Few
, ' . Rales.
"Women will not be permitted to wear
hats at any of . these services and any
woman not wishing to comply with this
regulation will have to stay away." This
was one of the opening statements of
Bvangellst WlKlama at 4he meeting yester
day afternoon which marked the beginning
of the series of revival services to be he'.d
during aia month In the large temporary
tabernacle at the corner of First avenue
and Seventh streets. In making this
order Mr. - Williams said that If women
wece content to remove their hats when
they went to the theater they certainly
should not object to doing tho same In
house of worship. "We cannot be both
ered handing around cards notifying you
women to taka your hats off, so this regu
lation may as well be thoroughly under-
Ucxl first a last, tio mn , want to be
placed dlrect'.y back 6t a Targ specimen,
of female headgear wnlch effectively
screens his view of the choir and speaker,
therefore all haU must be removed during
the services."
. Another opening statement from the
evangelist had particular reference to the
financial end of the meetings. The mony
to meet the obligations incurred by the
Pastors' association had to be forthcom
ing and contributions would be taken up
at each meeting. He hoped, he said, that
no one, would bo careless enough to forget
and leave his pocketbook at home. In a
r m m mr inn mill hflitnr m .
aentlal as praying.
The afternoon meeting attracted a gath
ering of about l.OuO persons, among the
number being several babies in their
mothers'' arms, who proved somewhat of a
distracting quantity and the ushers were
. kept busy asking the mothers to either
keep their babies quiet or take them out.
Tho evening meeting was attended by a
congregation which completely filled the
large structure, which has been tastefully
decorated with bunting and religious ban
ners for the meeting. The structure, how
ever, is devoid of any flooring and the
ground,' although bearing a light covering
of sawdust yesterday was more or less
damp. - Th seats are crude benches con
structed of upland timber and are far
'from comfortable. A number of white
ware badly marred by the rosin
aoxed from the planks, of which
. soma of the benches are made.
Both meetings yesterday were opened
with a pleasing song- service by a choir
of about 100 voices under the direction
of Chorister Hicks. In the afternoon Evan
gelist Williams told of his trip to Palestine
and In the evening delivered the first of a
series of addresses on the Bible.
There will be no meetings today or
Tuesday, which will be devoted to the
organisation of a "sunbeam" choir.
X. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 2M. Night. FK7.
Artiest aa Dt teste Delayed.
The Board of County Supervisors will
convene today In adjourned session, but no
anion ai mis urns can oe taaea on the
U.rriutii.Dntl.witl.mU aaw
ditch schema Under the amended law a:i
interested persons are granted a hearing
before the board before the latter can take
any action In ordering the work. A neces
sary preliminary to this hearing is the
sending of notices by the county auditor
to ail persons Interested directly or In
directly In the ditches. Such notices must
be sent to not only the property owners,
. but all tenants and even mortgagees.
Chairman Baker expects to bring up at
this session the matter of painting the
county court house and secure definite ac
tion by the board. At the September ses
sion the board agreed that. the work should
be done this year and Chairman Baker la
oVeirous that it be ne longer delayed. The
cost. Jt Is estimated, will be In the neigh
borhood -of 11.000.
Plumbing and heating. Blxby Bon.
Settee ta All Gersaaaa.
The committee has arranged with Wil
liams, the Photographer, to photograph ouf
society la a group at Manawa, October C.
All come prepared to get a picture. ,as w
may never all be together again.
BOEXKE BOTSEN. Chairman.
laborer totrrlr Baraea.
Mat CUne. a laborer employed with the
ballasting gang on the Burlington railroad,
was brought to the Women's Christian as
sociation hospital in this city yesterday
afternoon from Hlaton. suffering from se
vere burns. Clins, while assisting In load
LEWIS CUTLER
MORTICIAK.
B Pearl It.. Council Bluffs. 'Phone tT.
BLUFFS
ing a car with hot ballast composed of
burned gumbo, lost his footing snd fell Into
the car. Before he could be eatrlcated he
was seriously burned about the face. hand.
gs and breast. While his condition last
evening was reported to be critical the
attending physician gave hopes that the
man would recover.
Reverts Aasloaslr Awaited.
Reports of the beads of the several mu
nicipal departments, which will be sub
mitted to the city council at Its regular
monthly session tonight will mark the
close of the first half of the fiscal year.
It will be several days, however, before
City Auditor Smith will be able to make
any statement showing the balances In the
various funds. This statement Is being
looked for with considerable interest, as
several of the funds are said to be In a
badly crippled condition and, under the
law, cannot be drawn upon for an amount
exceeding the appropriation made for each
particular fund at the beginning of the
fiscal year. The general fund, which Is
constantly reinforced from the police fund.
Is said to be In a fairly healthy condition,
but the streets and alleys, bridge and con
tingent funds are reponed to have but
very small balances with which to keep
things going for the next six months.
The police fund Is entlrc'y separate from
the appropriation made fov the mainte
nance of the police department, which ex
pense Is paid out of the general fund. It
consists of all fines and forfeitures re
ceived In the police and superior courts.
More Meaey for School.
County Sure"1ntendent McManus has
about completed his annual report of the
schools of Pottawattamie county to the
state superintendent. It will show a larger
expenditure the last year for school houses
and appliances, a slight Increase In the
salaries paid teachers and a gain in en
rollment and attendance as compared with
the year before.
The report will also show that of the
18.000 children of school age In th coun
try districts less than 100 failed to comply
with the compulsory attendance law. This
number, however, the county superintend
ent believes will be less this coming year,
as the amended law enables school boards
to keep a closer check on children who fall
to attend school the required number of
months each year.
MISOR MESTIOS.
Davis sells drugs.
Leffert's glasses fit.
Stockert sells carpets.
Duncan sells the best school shoes.
Open Sundiy. Tucker's B'Wsy studio.
For rent, (-room house, 73 Sixth ave.
Duncan does the best repairing 3 Main st.
Western Iowa college fall term now open.
Night school tonight. Western la. College
Night school opens Monday night at
Western Iowa college.
School paints, brushes and papers. Alex
ander s Art Store. 133 Broadway.
Mr. and Mrs. P. Maer of Klrkman. Ia.,
are guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Evers.
Missouri oak dry cordwood 16 cord deliv
ered. Wm. Welch, lk N. Main St. Tel. U8.
Dr. Luelta Shaw-Dean, homeopathic phy
sician. Office 1117 Fourth street. 'Phone 40.
Mrs. Julius Keellne and son John left
yesterday for a visit to the St. Iouls ex
position. Traoey Garrett Is home from a visit to
his old home In Burlington, la., and the St.
Louis exposition.
John J. Frainey of this city will give a
Shakespearean recital before the officers
at Fort Crook Wednesday evening, October
IX
Miss Mamie Kelley left last evening for
Ft Louis, where ahe will be the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Fltxgerald while visiting
the exposition.
D. R. Witter of 330 Eleventh avenue, the
veteran letter carrier, who has been spend
ing his vacation visiting in Kansas City,
arrived home yesterday.
The old Plnney home, removed from the
Carnegie library site to a lot on Willow
avenue by the purchaaer, Charles Paschel,
will be occupied by Rev. W. S. Barnes as
the parsonage of the First Presbyterian
church.
J. F. Thompson, publisher of the Dsily
Standard of Eureka, CaL, Is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Crock well. Mr.
Thompson was formerly a resident of this
state and was at one time a member of
the Iowa general assembly.
Sheriff Canning received word yesterday
that Peter Knecht. Indicted by the grand
Jury at the September term, 1903. was
under arrest at Washington, la. Knecht
was Indicted on a charge of breaking and
entering. Sheriff Canning- will go aflec
him this morning.
The district court Jury In th fruit tree
case of C I. Rafter against B. Wilson
brought In a sealed verdict Saturday night
which is said to be for the defendant.
Judge Macy went to Harlan to spend Sun
day with his family, but will return In
time to reconvene court this morning.
The marriage of Miss Florence Anderson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hi -Anderson.
1411 Falrmount avenue, to Walter Harper
of Parkvllle, Mo., will take place Wednes
day evening at the First Baptist church.
Mr. Harper was formerly connected with
the freight department of the Burlington
in this city. ,
William Boyne of No. 1 engine house Is
suffering from a sprained back, received
Friday night while responding to th call
to the Platner home on Glen avenue. Boyne
failed to get a good grip on the pole lead
ing from the al-pilg room to the engine
room and he slid to the first floor wlta
considerable force.
D. W. Balr of Avoca has submitted a
proposition to the executive committee of
the Commercial club to remove his wood
work factory to Council Bluffs. The plant
manufactures physicians cabinets, sec
tional bookcases and similar articles of
furniture. Mr. Balr is Impressed with ths
superior shipping facilities which this city,
offers.
Charles E. Walters, former assistant
cashier of the Commercial National bank
of this city, which position he resigned to
accept the office of treasurer of the Fair
mont Creamery company of Fairmont.
Neb., has decided to sever his connection
with the latter company and with his fam
ily will return to make his home again
In Council Bluffa
Night school tonight. Western la. College
Among the indictments returned bv tna
recent grand Jury was one against F. R.
Beaman, state manager for the Equitable
Home association of St. Louis. He is
charged with conducting a building and
loan business In Iowa without a certificate
from the auditor of state. A previous
grand Jury returned Indictments against
Beaman and his aslstunt. 8. P. Hughes,
but the latter was discharged en a techni.
cality. To prevent a similar occurrence in
Meaman'a case, a new Indictment was
sought by the county sttorney. Beaman
has furnished a bond in (5uu for his appear
ance. It all read abeam Reeptea.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la., Oct. I. (Special )
The Rock Island shops at this place that
have been closed or running on short time
for the last few weeks will open up again
tomorrow with a full force of men. This
will affect about sue men who have been
out of work about half the time for the
last three months and will be received with
Joy. Car Superintendent Phelps, who has
had charge here for the last few years,
has resigned and will go to the Pacific
Slates Telephone company at Ban Fran
cisco. Peter Lowe will go to the Clover
Leaf to take charge of the tool department
after tea rears' service In Cedar Rapids
In th same capacity. 8. J. Klnkead. who
has been night foreman In the round bouse,
has left for Burlington, where he win
have charge of the round house.
Baslaeee Ctaaase at Miaaaarl Valley.
MISSOURI VALLET, la.. Oct. J- (Spe
cial.) The general slur for many years
owsod and operated at this place by 8. B.
Shields was sold recently to R. T. Colter,
who Is also the proprietor of the Miller ho
tel. Mr. Colter a ill manae; both enter
prise. The Bee Want Ads Art tfe Best Business
Booster
HAWKETE NATIONAL GUARD
Governor Cummin. Taking 8tep to Improva
Its Efficiency ted Popularity.
STATE CENSUS TO BE TAKEN NEXT YEAR
Work Will Be Dane by Assessors
liirr Dlreetlea af Eseeattve
Ceeaell Aeeeaats af Cas
Itcl Cosaaslsslom.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
DE MOINES. Oct. . tSpeclal.) Import
ant changes are about to be made In the
regulations for the Iowa National Guard.
It Is understood that Governor Cummins
has made a special study of the matter
of Improvement of the guard and Is es
pecially desirous of bringing the organi
sation up to the standard which will make
It In fact an auxiliary of the regular army.
Early in his administration he gave It out
that he would personally attend every en-
l campme.nt and desired that every member
of his military staff should be a working
and active force in the guard. He has
become deeply interested In the work of
the guard, and anything be can do to Im
prove It will be' done.
It is understood that one of the changes
of Importance will be to remove the dis
tance limit in regard to the location of
members of the companies. There will be
encouragement to the farmer boys living
near the towns In which the companies are
located. The rules at present limit mem
bership In companies to persons In the cor
poration or within a mile of the corpora
tion limits. This limit will be removed
and thus encouragement will be given to
the farmer boys. Then there will be a
rule made that In case the reports show
that during any period on which reports
are required, the attendance at drill was
below & per cent of the company strength,
the company will be mustered out. There
will also be reform In regard to pay at
encampments, and the hard and fast rule
that where a guardsman Is called away
from camp before it Is over he cannot re
ceive pay, will be abandoned, so that on
reasonable showing of necessity a guards
man may be excused. In regard to examin
ations there will be some modification, prob
ably abolishing the inflexible requirement
of an examination before a commission Is
Issued and allowing a commission to be re
Issued or one for a lower grade without
examination. Then there will be a pro
vision for pay allowance where an officer
Is ordered before a military board for ex
amination. All these changes are In the direction of
reforming the regulations to secure better
work in the Iowa National Guard. These
reforms. If they are promulgated, with the
new drill regulations to conform to the
regular army, are expected to give the lows
guardsmen renewed Interest in their work
the coming winter.
Iowa Ceasas Scbedales.
The state executive council will meet In
about ten days for the purpose of approv
ing the schedules for the Iowa census of
16. The law providing for this census
placed it under control of the council and
clothed that body with large discretion In
the matter of determining what facts shall
be elicited. There will be an enumeration
as complete as possible and all material
facts will be recorded, and there will be a
census of agriculture. It is because of this
Utter that many have been solicitous for
the maturing of the Iowa crops. It is the
record of Iowa crops for this year that will
go into the state census, and every acre ol
grain or vegetables or grass or fruit will
be recorded, with yield and value.. But
there is no provision for any direct gather
ing of statistics of manufactures, and the
council must get this from the office of the
labor commissioner. The dairy products
which will be enumerated will be those of
the farms alone. All facts in regard to
horticulture will be gathered. The value
of horticultural products, Including vege
tables, flowers and forestry. Is but little
understood and an effort will be made to
have these schedules complete. Another
thing contemplated Is a more complete
tabulation of results than ever before, and
careful analysis of all the facts gathered.
In the past the census statistics have not
been digested as they should have been, and
It is planned to do this before they are
published.
Assessors Will De the WWrk.
The work of taking the census will be
done by the assessors who do the regular
assessing the first of the year, with such
additional assistance as may be necessary
that the work be not delayed too long. As
this is to be the first state census of the
century the people will want that it should
be done right. The schedules will be printed
and sent out to county auditors the first
of the year. The printing will greatly re
duce the stock of paper of the state, as the
books will be voluminous.
Capitol Cesaaslssloa Aeeeaats.
The state of Iowa has provision for an
expert accountant who goes over the books
annually in every office and checks up to
see if the accounts have been kept right.
It was through this office that the dis
crepancy was disclosed a tew years ago
of H.OOG or SS.OOu in one department, because
the accounting was wrong. The investiga
tion is not so much to find big discrepancies
ss it is to see that the work is regularly
done in accordance with the law. C. C.
Hear of Armstrong has been doing the work
for the past two years. He is new at work
I in the office of the state auditor, the office
hating more accounts than any other, and
greater complications.
Mr. Heer has Just finished the checking
over of the accounts of the Capitol com
mission, the first time that this commis
sion has been subject to any checking of
its accounts. He states that the accounts
were exceptionally complete and the com
mission has records which show Just when
and where every item of expense was In
curred, and tlixse vouchers go into detail,
so that one may know not on Is. the char
acter of the work done, but the identical
spot where It was done, by whom and how
many hours were consumed, t It was also
found that the expenses of the commis
sion, considering the magnitude of the work
undertaken, have been exceptionally small,
and ths commissioners have not drawn
anything like ail of the salary or per diem
to which they are entitled.
There was much criticism of the Twenty
ninth general assembly for limiting the per
diem of the members to only fouw a year,
when similar boards engaged in construc
tion work on a large seal are usually paid
much larger sums, but the Iowa capltol
commissioners have never drawn even this
much In compensation. The old Capitol
commission which built the capltol up to
the point a her ft was stopped eighteen
years ago was much praised for Its econ
omy, but It was always an expensive board
as compared with this one. Mr. Heer re
ports that in going over the bills he found
that the present commission has also a
wonderful record for getting thing cheap,
even beating the Board of Control in some
cases in driving good bargains, and that is
saying a good deal.
Resabllraa flab at Mlaeearl Valley.
MISSOLR1 VALLET, la.. Oct. J.-(Spe-cll
) At a recent meeting of more than
10 republican voters In the city countil
rooms the Missouri Valley Roosevelt aud
Fairbanks club was organised aadhe fol
losing officers were elected; President, A.
O. Brown, vice president, A. B. Hosbrook;
secretary, A. N. Brown; treasurer. George
A. Kellogg. An nddress was delivered by
the president. The next meeting will be
held on Flday evening. October 7.
Car of risk fee Blae Lake.
ON AW A. la., Oct. X (Special O. R.
Norton, deputy game warden and fish eom
missloner of Onawa, today received from
George A. Lincoln, state fish commissioner,
a carload of fish for the purpose of stock
ing Blue lake, near Onawa. There were
J0.COO fish In the car, mostly bass, crspple.
perch and other game fish. There were
about 300 pickerel, mostly big fellows, and
a few catSah. The fish were loaded yes
terday at Sabula, Jackson county, Iowa,
and were taken from the Mississippi river.
They arrived In good condition, with few
dead ones, and were 1 Immediately trans
ferred by teams Into Blue lake. The
wagons were driven out Into deep water
and the fish liberated. They soon disap
peared In the waters of the lake.
Blue lake has been celebrated for many
years as a fishing resort, and the fishing
there has been especially good this season.
With proper care In returning the small
fish caught back Into the lake there ought
to be a large Increase tn a few years.
Drop Coed seat lea.
CEDAR RAPIDS, la.. Oct. 1 (Speclal.)
The management of Coe college has begun
a movement for the separation of the sexes
In that college. For years the school has
been run on a coeducational plan, but this
year there will be a new president. Dr.
McCormlck having gone to accept the presl.
dency of the Western university of Penn.
sylvanla, and the new management may
make the change. The first step looking to
this end was taken last week, when the
opening exercises of the college were con
ducted In two separate places, one for the
girls and one for the boys. Instead of all
together In the college chape! as formerly.
Farmers' Coaveatloa at Uists.
LOGAN, la., Oct. I. (Special.) A farm
ers' convention and horticultural exhibit
will be held at Logan, the county seat of
Harrison county, on Saturday, October 15.
Fifty-six prises have been offered by Lo
can business men for the best exhibits of
fruit, vegetables, poultry and horses. There
will also be free concerts at the opera
house, each lasting; an hour and a half.
A. B. Case of Logan will make a ten-minute
talk on small fruits and E. L. Perkins
of Little Sioux will tell how he raises 200
bushels of corn to the acre.
Maw Foaad Dead la Boxcar.
GLENWOOD. Ia.. Oct. 2. (Special.)
John Sherhy, aged 40 years, a laborer, was
found dead tn a box car at the Burlington
depot at 1:30 this morning. Sheehy, with
several companions, had consumed a keg
of beer during the night. There Is a story
of a fall from the car door, but no ex
ternal Injuries can be discovered. His com
panions claim that no row occurred, that
all were more or less Intoxicated and that
his fall was entirely accidental. Coroner
Whltnell wss notified.
Makes Reeord for Assessor.
ONAWA. Is,, Oct. 1 (EpeciaL) Samuel
Barcus of Sherman township, who lives
near Blencoe. holds the record as a town
ship assessor for Monona county, and per
haps for Iowa. Mr. Barcus came to
Monona county In ISM. " In 16S he was
elected assessor of the township and has
served in that capacity every year since,
except three. He was offered the position
this year, but declined,' as he is over 70
years old.
WEBSTER HOUSE "MUST GO
Landmark of Washlagioa Gives Way
Before Work of Balldlasj
Isaprovesaeat.
WASHINGTON. Oct. l-BUll another old
landmark Is to go.' This tuns Jt is to be the
old home of Daniel Webster.
. For many yeara the police court of the
district has occupied the eld church build
ing at Sixth and D streets. Just to the east
of It, in D street, and fronting Louisiana
avenue, stands the old Webster home,
which since the death of its occupant has
been used as a law building. The district
government needs the ground, congress has
appropriated the money, the property has
been condemned snd within a few days the
.d Webster home will be a mess of ruins.
In a room on the second floor of the
house now to be demolished Webster pre
pared his famous speech of March 7, which
be himself described ss "the most Import
ant effort of my life."
When Webster became for the second
time secretary of state he was In great
financial distress. The sdded dignity of his
new office made matters worse. It necessi
tated greater expense. He entertained gen
erously, even Isvishly. Great men from
home and abroad' sat at his table.
Until recently the octagon-shaped dining
room stood aa Jt did In the days of Its il
lustrious owner. Its stained glass windows
looking out on a falr-slxed yard, where a
linden tree spread Its branches over a
fountain long since dry and half burled
under the rubbish of years. Webster often
had a table placed In the shade by the side
of the fountain, and there with his books
and papers did some of his most Important
work. . '
IMMIGRATION SHOWS DECREASE
la pKe of Low Rates Set So Many
People Casse to This Coaatry
This Tear.
WASHINGTON. Oct. t-In spite of th
ocean rate war durlr.g the last few
weeks of the fiscal year ending June SO
there was a decrease In Immigration in
1904 of 44.174 over the previous year.
The commissioner general of immigration,
Mr. Sargent, points out that while there
has been a decrease in immigrants from
other countries, those coming from England
rose In number from X.I1 in lWt to li.SX
In 104. This is regarded as showing a
trend of a better element of immigrants
coming to this country.
The total of all immigrations for the last,
year was 812,170, against aS7,4 for IK.
The country sending the greatest number
of Immigrants wss Italy for both year,
that country. Including Sicily and Sar
dinia, contributing 30. In lKt and 1S0.19C
In 1K04, a decrease this year of 17,23$. Austria-Hungary
followed Italy closely with
206.AU fer 103 and 177.1i for 104.
The total Immigration from Europe in
1902 was U4.M7. against 767. SB1 ln 1S04. a de
crease of 46.S74. Asia In 1M3 sent over
, and 24UM ln Uu4. a decrease of 1.7X
PREDICTS GAIN IN INDIANA
CsireHBtas Heaseaway Bays ths
tale Will Be More Strongly
Repabllraa.
WASHINGTON. Oct. .-Representative
D. A. Hemenway of Indiana, who
will probably succeed Charles Warren Fair
banks la the senate, predicts that ths re
publicans will carry Indiana by K.000.
Representative Overs tree t, Mr. Hemen
way says. Is ln no danger of losing bis
seat and that the republicans are likely
y gain too congreaaloaal dinirlcto In the
stste bow filled by xlobinsoa and Melrs.
democrat
TIDEWAY THROUGH PANAMA
Young Man from Chicago Makes DiscoTory
that Will 8va Million!.
PLAN TO DIVERT CHAGRES RIVER
Sarveyors to Bo Pot to Work at Oaee
to Determine Practicability of
Bch esse Saves Cassbersosse
System of Locks.
0
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2 Spclal.-Mem-bers
of the Panama Canal commission are
delighted with the report that comes from
Chicago that Qeorg Ehle and a party
of young college men who have been on an
engineering tour ln Panama have discov
ered such geographical conditions on the
Isthmus ss to warrant the iseiief that the
Charres river can be diverted so as to
make a tidewater canal possible. The
great difficulty in constructing a water
way between the two oceans has been thst
of locks. The French engineers who hsd
chsrse of the work tried for fifteen years
to devise some means by which the treach
erous river could be diverted to the Fa
cine. But owing to apparently irJMT
mountable obstacles ln the way of moun
tains they abandoned the plan of build
ing a tidewater canal and In their draw-ii-X'
provided for a series of locks, the
estimated cost of which approximates 2M.
090000. The Ehle plan, as It Is already
designated, seems to' have the approval
of Chief Engineer Wallace and lis suc
cess meas a saving of at least tJ0,O0u.0O0 to
the canal fund. But the most significant
result will be the material reductl'ft In the
time required to complete the grest ditch
If. as now seems likely, the expensive and
Cumbersome lock system can be eliminated
from the plan.
Reaire Tlene of Traaslt.
The elimination of the locks will also
materially reduce the time required for the
transit of vessels from ocean to ocean.
It will be recalled that one of the strongest
arguments made by the advocates of the
Nicaragua route, and especially the abl
presentation of that route by Senator Mor
gan, was that the northern way could be
constructed so as to avoid the expensive
operation of looking after vessels from one
level to another. The discoveries of the
Ehle party therefore seem to have de
prived the advocates of the Nicaragua
route of their strongest argument. It Is
the Intention of the -commission to follow
up the report of Mr. Ehle's party by a
thorough survey, and work upon this sur
vey will begin Immediately.
Chief Engineer Wallace does not share
the fears expressed by so many persons as
to the difficulties of securing labor for the
canal. Nor does Mr. Wallace think It will
be necessary for the commission to ex
pend a single dollar in payment of the
fares of foreign Isbor. He does not re
gard the labor problem as at all strioua,
but on the contrary declares that tn his
opinion enough Immigrants will drift In
from the United States and foreign counT
tries to supply the demand for the 10.000
men who will be needed.
In this connect! dS the medical department
of the commission is contemplating the
erection of buildings for hospital purposes
of such character as will be needed by
the War department as soon as the con
trol of the canal shall be turned over to
that branch of the federal government.
From reports received up to the present
time the Indications are that there will
be far less sickness along the canal sone
than was anticipated. The most approved
sanitary device will be adopted and the
utmost care will be taken of the health
of the laborers by the authorities. It Is
apparent now that the enormous loss of
life which was remarked during the re
gime of the French company might have
been avoided If one-half of the precautions
had been taken by that corporation which
have already been placed in operation by
the American authorities.
Trie pest la Teapot Hsahed.
The Gurr.ey case Is closed. Another dip
lomatic tempest ln a teapot has been
stilled. The Judge who fined the rapid dip
lomat has apologized to the governor of
the commonwealth of Massachusetts. The
governor has apologised on behalf of his
state to the . State department and ths
State department ln turn has apologized
to the British ambassador.
Mr. Guraey, however, has still to settlo
with the Foreign office In London. He
made a blunder, and a diplomatic blunder
Is on a par with an undiplomatic crime.
Mr. Gurney't usefulness as a member of
the diplomatic corps In Washington, at
least. Is ended. Ha will without doubt
be ordered back to England. The general
opinion ln diplomatic circles Is that the
young man will be given an indefinite leav
of absence and that his name will eventu
ally be stricken from the British diplomatic
list. It Is quite likely that for years to
come the village solons ln all the hamlets
In western Massachusetts will point with
pride to the fact that 'Squire Phelps of
the court of Lee In their state Is th only
peace Justice who ever had the temerity to
enforce th law against the representative
of a foreign power. There have been in
stances where gay young diplomats hsve
run counter to the municipal regulations
ofi the capital and have fallen Into the
hands of the police. But In every case
these little affairs have been hushed up.
This was even true when a policeman ar
rested a South American minister for In
decent conduct ln the most fashionable
part of Washington. The policeman was
dismissed. The minister was recalled. And
subsequently the policeman was called to
the State department by Mr. Blaine, who
found a position for him, commended him
for his action and that policeman is still
In the State department. Secretary Gur
ney committed a breach of the state law
of Massachusetts when he speeded his au
tomobile beyond the limit. He committed
a diplomatic crime when he so far forgot
himself as to publicly question the light
of the Judge to fine him. Perhaps the
Judge erred, but be Is already forgiven.
Gurney, however, will probably never be
forz'.ven or If be Is it will be at th end
of a very long vacation.
Eslelle Reel's Iteport.
Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent of In
dian schools, discusses In the report just
made to the commissioner of Indian af
fairs a number of questions which have
been uppermost ln the minds of educators
of the Indian since the government assumed j
a guardianship over the red man. Miss
Reel, who was formerly state superintend
ent of public Instruction of Wyoming and a
very successful teacher, is an enthusiast
for Indian education along natural lines.
Raised midst the wild scenes of the west
snd having an Intimate personaly knowl
edge of the red brother, she speaks ss one ;
with authority. "The love of home and
the warm reciprocal affection existing be
ta een parents snd children are among the
strongest characteristics of the Indian na
ture," says Miss Reel in discussing the
first steps ln Indian education. "It Is not
strange, therefore," continues the super
intendent, "that when a pupil gets back
to his people be should be snxlous to
please them and that the Impulse to re
turn to the old Ufa and live ss they do
should be strong upon him. Greater ef
forts are being made to guard against
this by training them In habits of selfgson
trol and self-dependence and to live up to
the standard set and ths Instructions Im
parted at school, so that as returned stu
dents they may become Industrious, self
supporting men and women with th
strength, to withstand lb desa j,ull of
reservation life an1 the ab!ty to uplift th
old Indian."
For many years or np until the McKlnlev
administration, educators, particularly of
th east. Insisted upon the reservation
boarding school with practi'-al lessons In
manual training and husbandry as the sal
vation of the Indian. Boarding schools
were established and while they continue
as certain facters ln the education of the
red man. practical educators like Miss Re-1
and others that have come out of the west,
are contending for the day schnj Instruc
tion. Miss r.eti says that It Is the initial
snd most Important dement In the educa
tion of the Indian. "The day school
stands In th same relation to the Indian
children as the rural common school does
to the white children and It Is recom
mended that they be established within
easy distance of every Indian settlement.
This," ln the opinion of Miss P.erl. "would
meet the objection frequently made by
Indian parents to their children being sent
to a distant boarding school."
The practical Instruction which the In
dian Is now receiving on the rorvatlon
ln the way of agriculture, stock raiMr.g
and dairying, ln horticulture and truck
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farming gives promise of dolrg a world o
good for the war-Is of the government. I
Is lrtcr-stlng In this connection to citi
th fact that the Chllocco Airrlcultura
school In Oklahoma, th Indians at th
school ralsd last year bushels of po
tatoes. &.7G pounds of cabbage. 700 torn
I cf hav, bushels of oats and R.S0)
I bushels cf wheat. At the Rice Stati"t
j boanilng school In Arizona the full
I Uor1 Apaches rnled a lanre smount o
j garden product, wa'.ernx 1 ns. onions, cab
ba;e. The year past, according to Mls
j Pee-1, has be-n a splendid year of advancs
j ment and she sees In the future the Indlar
I a self-surportor In the community.
'Roosevelt Itteada tharrh Dedleatloa.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2.-PreslJ--nt Roose.
! vrlt t'xlay sttondv1 th dedication of th4
' new church edifice of Mount Pleasant Con-
rrecatiopAl church. He was accompanied
by District Commissioner Henry L. West
who Is a member of th church. The ser
mon was rreached by Rev. George D. Bar
ker Stevens, professor of systematic the
ology In the Tale divinity school, of whlcfc
the pastor of the church. Rev. M. Rost
Fish burn. Is a graduate.
100,402,300
Bottles Sold In 1003
and of this three-fifths was
used in homes. A significant
sho wing; proving the waning:
popularity of the sideboard
decanter and promoting the
cause of
Greatest Attraction if too (ail
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