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COLUMBUS. NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 19. 1902.,
WHOLE NUMBER 1,662.
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MR. FRYE'S BILL
IT It DECLARED BY SOME AS UN
CONSTITUTIONAL
I
fOMKER FAVORS THE MEASURI
Ohis SCatMman Admits Preference foi
Discriminating Duties, but is Will
Ing te Vote with the Majority Oth
or Washington Matters.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 15.
Throughout the session of the senate
yesterday the ship subsidy bill wae
under consideration. The measure
was discussed by Messrs. Foraker ol
Ohio, McLaurln of Mississippi and
Harris of Kansas.
Mr. Foraker supported the bill, al
though he admitted that he would
" kave preferred to build up the Amer
ican merchant marine by the levying
. of ' discriminating duties. He was
.willing, however, to defer to the judg
ement of the majority that the pending
measure embodied the better plan.
Both Mr. Mcl-aurin and Mr. Harris
opposed the measure on the ground
that, in their judgment, it was not
constitutional. They maintained that
It was class legislation, which amount
ed to little short of robbery of the
people for the benefit of a few ship
owners. Mr. Harris made the point
that the United States now was pay
ing more to the American line for the
carrying of ocean mails than was paid
to foreign ships for greater service.
Mr. Foraker said that while he had
to vote for the bill, he was not en
tirely satisfied with it. Ever since he
had studied the question he had been
of the opinion that the most equitable
and suitable way to rehabilitate the
merchant marine of the United States
would be to inaugurate the policy of
discriminating duties under which the
fathers of the country made our mer
chant marine the pride of the coun
try. The senator in charge of the bill
(Mr. Frye) bad stated clearly the ob
jections to the adoption of the plan
of discrimination duties, twenty-one
treaties being an absolute bar to that
policy.
Referring to the purported purchase
of foreign steamship lines, Mr. For
aker. said by some it had been men
tioned as if It were a crime. The
fact was that if any offense detriment
al to the country had been committed
It had been committed by the senate
itseir.
As to the relative cost of building
and operating ships under the Amer
ican flag, Mr. Foraker said the pre
ponderance of the evidence was
against the proposition that the ves
sels could be built or operated In this
country as cheaply as abroad.
Mr. Foraker asserted that the Amer
ican line had made no money by car
rying the mails under the postal sub
sidy act and did not care for a re
newal of its contract.
The proposed legislation was such
as would enable the United States to
build ships and fly the flag of the mer
chant marine in every port of the
world.
Mr. McLaurin of Mississippi follow
ed Mr. Foraker. m He was opposed, he
said, not only to the bill, but to the
principles It represents. Whatever is
given by the government as a subsidy.
Mr. McLaurin charged, would be sim
ply a contribution to the dividends
of those engaged in shipping, instead
f for the purpose of encouraging
ship building in this country. He said
there had been no. decadence in ship
building in the United States, as re
ports tended to show that ship build
ing was experiencing a boom it had
not experienced in years.
ASKS FRENCH FOR WAR SHIPS.
.Paris Press Advocates Cambon's Idea
of -Strong Representation.
PARIS. March 15. The Echo de
Paris, commenting on the adoption of
the resolution by the United States
congress inviting France to participate
in the inauguration of the Rocham
beau monument at Washington May
24, says:
"M. Cambon, the French ambassa
dor at Washington, has strongly urged
the French government to send a war
ship to represent France at the cere
mony. We hope the ministers of war
and of the navy also will be represent
ed by high officials. There is no doubt
that it is an excellent opportunity, on
the morrow of Prince Henry's visit,
to make the exercises, at the Franco
American manifestation of sympathy
with Rochambeau. imposing in char
acter and invest them with solemnity
and grandeur."
Mrs. Conger in Pekin Society.
PEK1N, March 15. Mrs. Conger,
wife of the United States minister
here, assisted by the ladies of the
American legation and of the mis
sions, entertained at tiffin today elev
en princesses and ladies of the court.
This departure from the exclusiveness
of the Chinese court is quite unprece
dented. The dowager empress sent
her greetings and expressed the hope
that the kindly relations established
will remain unbroken.
Boers Break Through Cordon.
HEILBRON, Orange River Colony,
.-'Tuesday. March 11.: Commandant
Mentz, with the Heilbron command
of Boers, broke through the Heilbron-
Wolve Hoek blockhouse line at Got
tenburg last night The Boers had
been pursued for several days. So
'far as knowa only one Boer was kill
ed. The BrKJak columns, during the
course of tfce pursuit of Commandanl
Mestz, picked up scattered parties oi
Ifty men.
M'KINLEY MONUMENT FUND. I
Now in Excess' of Nineteen Hundred
Dollars.
OMAHA. Neb., March 15. The Mc
Kinley Memorial fund in the state of
Nebraska at this time shows a total
in excess of $1,900 contributed by the
residents of the state.
In many of the other states the work
has been practically completed and in
only a few of the states has the
amount been less than the estimate
of the managers of the fund. The or
iginal amount expected from Nebraska
was $5,000. and it will require some ef
fort on the part of those who admired
the late president to place the state
in the position it should occupy in
the movement looking to the construc
tion of a monument to his memory.
The amounts received by the treas
urer of the state association since the
last publication of the condition of
the fund is as follows:
Previously reported .- ..$1,512.02.
lloward Kennedy. Jr.. for Mis
Ellen A. Bracken and C. E. Heus-
tis 1M
J. Fisher, postmaster. Hastings... 14.2.1
C. J. Thomas, postmaster. Harvard 32.SI
F. C. Hendee. Mllfonl nubile
schools M.i
Samuel B. Hill, postmaster. Ash-
laml 12.G5
C. F. Manderson for
C. D. Alexander, postmaster,
Tamora w
W. H. Hamilton, postmaster.
Oxallala 1-K
J. M. Eemls ($i"). M. C. Peters
(.1 .
Cornelius Shea, postmaster. Hub
bard ." 3-30
Employes of E. E. Bruce & Co..
Omaha 9-J
H. J. McOwen, for school district
Xo. 21. Blaine county 24
D. H. Kirschner. Bennington 6.C0
John Lrftt. postmaster. Benedict... .C9
E. I. Rouse, public schools. Weep
ing Water 6.00
F. Js Polak. Prague 1-50
W. T. Bottonfleld. Nuckolls county
schools 1.46
N. V. Hurlan. Eagle City. Alaska.. 10.00
M. R. Snodgrass. Wayne public
schools 4.00
L. D. Richards, for school district
Xo. 75. Dodge county .46
A. B. Wood, postmaster, Gring... 1.50
D. A. Mathews, postmaster, Crof-
ton 2.20
Ross L. Hammond, postmaster,
Fremont 10.00
William Rogers, postmaster. Sew
ard 30.SC
Governor Savage for
E. E. Trabert. Mllfonl TO
C J. Vincent, postmaster. Alvo.. 1.81
Iu Bradley. Ruby CO
Alvo public schools l.!S
J. S. Ray. Xaponee 1.00
J. 8. Ray for Xaponee public
schools 1.15
Peter RaJmussen. Xaponee .r0
J. H. Rlckell. postmaster. Juniata. 2.00
X. H. Jones, for Juniata public
schools 3.12
C. G Pearse. for Omaha public
schools 173.00
Total $1,904.40
To Stop Illegal Fishing.
LINCOLN. Neb., March 15. Chief
Game Warden Simpkins has been no
tified that persons in various commu
nities are preparing to begin illegal
fishing within the next few days. The
open season begins April 1 and all per
sons caught fishing before that time
will be prosecuted. "We have several
of the persons spotted and if we don't
seize their fishing apparatus we will
catch them when they begin to use
it," said Mr. Simpkins. "During the
winter there was comparatively little
violation of the law and we hope there
will be no necessity for prosecution
during the remaining days of the
month."
Insane Man Escapes.
GENEVA. Neb., March 15. Notice
was sent to the sheriff that F. A.
Strickland, who was paroled from the
Lincoln asylum a few weeks ago, had
become dangerous. Deputy Sheriff
Owens went to the family home and
brought him to town. During the
night he escaped and walked back to
his home, about twelve miles, where
he was recaptured at an early hour
next morning by Sheriff Dinneen.
Chile Dispute Unsettled.
SANTIAGO. DE CHILE, March 14.
It is officially announced that no
direct settlement of the boundary dis
pute between Chile and Argentine has
been arrived at, but if a proposition
on the subject is made Chile will not
refuse to consider it
New Incorporation.
LINCOLN. Neb.. March 15. Articles
of incorporation of the Butte Land
and Trust company of Butte. Boyd
county, were recorded In the secretary
of state's office. The capital stock of
the company is $60,000.
Killed by Kick of Horse.
NEBRASKA CITY. Neb.. March 15.
John O'Brien, a young farmer -six
miles northeast of this city on the
Iowa side of the river, was kicked on
the head by a horse and died almost
immediately.
New National Bank at Sidney.
SIDNEY. Neb., March 15. The
First National bank of Sidney was
organized nere witn z.juu canita! i
stock. John W. Harper was elected
president.
Sues on Wages Dispute.
FREMONT. Neb., March 15. Jo
seph Cain brought suit in the district
court against the Standard Cattle
company to recover $1,997.70 for
wages.
Platte Water Irrigation.
OMAHA. Neb.. March 15. The State
Board of Irrigation has overruled a
motion for rehearing of the case of !
Nicholas McCabe against Maude Hin
man. from Lincoln county. McCabe
sued for the revocation of a permit i
granted Maude Hinnian for the use of
water from the Platte river for irri
gation purposes. It was shown that
the ditch was discontinued after sev
eral years' use and on this ground the
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WATCH FOR HENRY
KAISER GOE8 OUT IN WAR SHIP
TO GREET HIM.
HAS A TALK BEFORE LANDING
Emperor Tries to Land on Helgoland,
but High Seas Prevent and He Goes
to Weser A Transfer of Henry to
the Kaiser's Ship.
BERLIN, March 14. Emperor Wil
liam, on board the battleship Wil
helm II. and accompanied by two or
three other warships, may meet the
North German Lloyd steamer Deutsch
land at sea and tranship Prince Henry
to the German war vessel. This re
port has reached the American em
bassy here.
The membersof Emperor Willi amis.
suite, however, declare these arrange
ments to bo uncertain. It is thought
that the emperor wishes to have the
first long talk with Prince Henry and
that this can be most comfortably ob
tained before the latter lands.
Emperor William's squadron an
chored in the Weser, having circum
navigated the island of Helgoland in
an attempt to land. His embarkation
was prevented by the high seas. Em
peror William has received the famous
harbor engineer, Herr Franzfus, and
has discussed with him a project to
deepen the channel of the Weser.
Herr Weigland, general director of
the North German Lloyd line of
steamships, who arrived from New
York yesterday, has been invited by
the emperor to meet him at Bremer
baven today and accompany him to
Bremen. It is presumed that his ma
jesty desires to learn the result of the
recent steamship negotiations at New
York, as this was the topic talked
over between the emperor, Herr Wei
gand and Herr Ballin, general director
of the Hamburg-American line, before
the steamship men went to the United
States. m
Herr Weigland, in an interview pub
lished in Bremen says that the ship
ping agreement in no way impinges
upon the importance of the German
companies, but that it will benefit both
German lines, laying a solid basis for
constant freight and passenger rates.
Herr Weigland added that the agree
ment was as yet provisional, but would
be published in a definite form. He
said he was thoroughly satisfied with
the result of the negotiations. The
emigrant traffic of the North German
Lloyd company to New York is so
heavy that it has compelled this com
pany to charter the steamer Batavia
from the Hamburg-American line to
take twenty-five emigrants to New
York next Saturday.
JAPAN PREPARING FOR FIGHT.
Opinion that War in Orient is Surely
Coming.
SEATTLE. Wash., March 14. Cap
tain F. H. Smith, a well known Eng
lishman, who arrived here on Tosa
Maru from Japan, declares that war
between that country and Russia is
soon to come.
"The Russian occupation of Man
churia is the cause of the trouble,"
said Captain Smith, "and the Japanese
are spoiling for a chance to whip
some one. They are making all prep
arations for the 'scrap that must come
before long. When it does come Eng
land will be forced to help the mi
kado's army and the war may involve
nil Europe. In the meantime the Rus
sians are pushing' work on the rail
road across Manchuria and to this the,
Japanese have no objections. Russia,
however, must defend the road against
the attack of the natives. Some 16,
000 coolies are now employed in the
work."
Hard-Ups Must Keep Out.
WASHINGTON. March 14. The;
navy department has been advised of
the issuance by Captain Sebree, the
naval commander at Tutuila, Samoa,,
of an order refusing admission to that
island of indigent persons. It is said
to be the result of a predicament in,
which the commandant recently found
himself of having prisoners on his
hands and no proper facilities for im
prisonment, and that the order is de-.
signed to keep out of the island all
persons who are likely specimens for'
arrest.
Chinese Pay Indemnity.
PEKIN, March 14. The Bankers
Commission today accepted the Febru-.
ary installment (amounting to 1,820,-.
000 taels) of the Chinese indemnity.,
greatly to the satisfaction of the min-;
isters of the powers.
The Great Strike Off.
BOSTON. March 14. Through the.
united efforts of representatives of the
great mercantile bodies, seconded by:
the chief executives of the city and
state, in conference with the recog-.
nized leaders of organized labor, the"
great general strike of freight handlers,
and kindred trades represented in the"
Allied Freight Transportation council
was broken last night. Fully 20,000",
men who have been idle four day8;
will go to work at once.
Protocols Are Agreed On.
WASHINGTON. March 14. The.
amendments to the protocols between
the United States en one side and Nic-.
aragua and Costa Rica on the other
have been substantially agreed upon.
The new. protocols yet require signa-,
ture, but the fact that they have ad
vanced to this point probably is the,
reason for Senator Morgan's state
ment to the effect that working ar
rangements had been completed be
tweea the countries.
BRYAN IN WASHINGTON.
Holds Informal Reception All Day at
the-Capitol.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 14.
William J. Bryan arrived in Washing
ton yesterday from New York, en
route to Harrisburg, Pr. The fusion
members of the Nebraska delegation
In congress took breakfast with him,
and later he visited the capitol.
At the capitol Mr. Bryan appeared
in the members' corridor of the house
of representatives and immediately
was surrounded by a large crowd of
representatives, who gave him hearty
welcome. For most of the day quite
a number of republicans were present
ed to him.
The informal reception to Mr. Bry
an lasted some time and during its
continuance Speaker Henderson came
from his private office and Represent
ative Littlefleld of Maine temporarily
vacated the chair of the, house, in
committee of the whole, in order to
join in the greeting. When Repre
sentative Grosvencr of Ohio shook
hands with the Nebraska man there
was an exchange of good-natured
badinage on presidential candidacies.
Representative Swanson of Virginia
raised a laugh, when, referring to the
republican controversy on Cuban reci
procity, he said Mr. Grosvenor had
been infused with 20 per cent of de
mocracy." Mr. Bryan took lunch at
the house wing.
HARRIMAN GETS GRAND ISLAND.
Union Pacific Instead of Burlington
Gets the Road.
ST. JOSEPH, March 14. The St.
Joseph & Grand Island railway, the
connecting link between this city and
the Union Pacific overland route, has
been absorbed by the latter road.
There has been marked activity in the
St. Joseph & Grand Island stocks in
New York for the past month and at
a late hour last night it was learned
that a majority of the stock of the
road had passed into the hands of the
Harriman interests. The road was
formerly a part of the Union Pacific,
but upon the reorganization of the
latter road the Grand Island became
an independent system and has since
remained so. The absorption of the
Grand Island by the Harriman inter
ests will give the Union Pacific a di
rect entrance into St. Joseph over its
own tracks, thereby giving this city
another direct route to the Pacific
coast.
Up to a short time ago it was
thought the Burlington bad acquired
possession of the road.
Dietrich Works a Canal Deal.
WASHINGTON, March 14. The
Post tomorrow will say that Senator
Dietrich of Nebraska proposes a new
plan in connection with the Panama
offer whereby the $40,000,000 offer
shall be withheld until it is shown
that the canal can be constructed for
$200,000,000, the estimated cost If
when completed it shall have cost the
government $160.000,000,. the addition
al $40,000,000 shall be paid to the
Panama company. If, on the other
hand, the canal costs $250,000,000,
then the company will forfeit the
amount of consideration it asks from
the United States.
Will Be Easy in Ecuador.
WASHINGTON, March 14. The Ec
uadorean minister, Senor Cardo, called
at the state department today and
had a long conversation with Dr. Hill,
the acting secretary of state, respect
ing the several questions that have
arisen of late connected with the de
velopment of American interests in
Ecuador. It is understood that these
arc matters of small consequence and
are likely to be easy of adjustment,
though some time may be occupied in
so doing. The United States govern
ment has been assured that there will
be no denial of justice to Americans
in Ecuador.
Appellate Court Bill.
DES MOINES, la., March 13. The
committee on judiciary of the house
has reported favorably the Temple
appellate court bill. This provides
for the election of three judges, to
lie elected at the next general election
after the taking effect of the act, one
for a term of two years, one for four
yeers and one for six years, and all
subsequent terms to be for six years.
The court would have jurisdiction in
all civil cases where the amount does
not exceed $3,000.
Rhodes Loses Strength.
CAPETOWN, March 14. Cecil
Rhodes passed a restless night, which
has appreciably told on his strength.
Filipino the Only Farmer.
WASHINGTON, March 14. David
r. Barrows was before the senate com
mittee on Philippines and was sub
jected to a series of interrogatives
by the members. Mr. Barrows said
that a majority of the adult Christian
ized element in the islands "could read
and rite. In the provinces he had
visited Mr. Barrows said that the ara
ble land that could be brought under
rice or sugar culture is very generally
occupied and claimed.
Methuen Released by Boers.
LONDON. March 14. The war sec
retary, Mr. Brodrick, announced in the
House of Commons that he understood
General Methuen, who was captured,
severely wounded, by General Delarey
March 10, had been released and was
expected to arrive at Klerksdorp,
southwestern Transvaal, today. Mr.
Brodrick added that the exchange of
General Methuen for Commandant
Kritzinger had not been contemplated.
HEPBURN'S BILL
SENATE COMMITTEE RECOM
MEND NICARAGUAN ROUTE.
MILLARD OPPOSES THE ACTION
The Nebraskan, Hanna, Kittredge and
Pritchard Form the Minority Meas
ure Retains House Character Re
mit of a Conference.
WASHINGTON, March 13. The sen
ate committee on isthmian canals has
decided, by a vote of 7 to 4, to report
the Hepburn bill, providing for the
construction of an Isthmian canal via
the Nicaraguan route.
he action of the committee was
at a called meeting in. the after-
J:Soand came after-a. brief-report by
Senator Morgan, chairman of the com
mittee, detailing the result of a con
ference with Secretary Hay as to the
status of diplomatic negotiations with
the Central American republics con
cerning the canal. He stated that the
secretary had told him that there are
no negotiations in- progress between
the United States and Colombia con
cerning the Panama route, and that
the new minister from Colombia had
not even presented bis credentials, but
that on the other hand the representa
tives of this country and those of Nic
aragua and Costa Rica had been in
consultation and had agreed upon
practically all the points to be covered
in concession treaties, nothing really
being left in that connection but to put
the agreements in writing.
He said the governments of those
two countries had manifested a dis
position to make all the concessions
the United States could ask to aid in
the construction of a canal, and that
among these concessions is one for
perpetual right of way.
When the recitation of the report
had been completed Senator Hanna
suggested that probably the Colombian
minister had been detained by unto
ward circumstances, and proposed that
action by the committee should be de
layed until an opportunity could be
had to ascertain Colombia's position.
This suggestion brought' a strong
protest from the friends of the Nicara
gua route, and Senator Mtichell moved
to report the Hepburn bill as it passed
the house. Mr. Kittredge moved to
amend by postponing action to next
Monday voted down, 4 to 7. Senator
Mitchell's motion was carried by the
same vote reversed. Some of the mem
bers of the committee were absent, but
as their positions were understood
their votes were counted.
The vote for the Hepburn bill stood:
Yeas Morgan, Mitchell, Hawley,
Piatt of New York, Harris, Turner,
Foster of Louisiana.
Nays Hanna, Pritchard, Millard,
Kittredge.
The Hepburn bill authorizes the
president to acquire territory for right
of way for a canal from Costa Rica
and Nicaragua, directs the construc
tion of a canal of sufficient capacity to
accommodate the largest ships from
Greytown on the Atlantic via Lake
Nicaragua to Brito on the Pacific, un
der the supervision of the secretary of
war, authorizes surveys of the harbors
at the two ends of the route, guaran
tees the use of the canal to vessels of
Costa Rica and Nicaragua, and appro
priates $10,000,000 for beginning the
work.
ALTGELD'8 CAREER CLOSES.
Seized with Fatal Illness at Close of
Address for Boers.
JOLIET, 111., March 13. Former
Governor John P. Altgeld died in room
58. Hotel Munroe, yesterday at 7:09
o'clock. He had been unconscious
since midnight.
Mr. Altgeld was the principal speak
er at a pro-Boer mass meeting the pre
vious night in the Joliet theater. Just
at the close of his speech a sudden diz
ziness seized him and he was assisted
from the stage. The meeting proceed
ed, the audience not realizing what had
happened. Mr. Altgeld was taken to
the door of the theater, where several
vomiting spells seized him. This con
tinued for nearly an hour and was sc
pronounced he could not be removed
to the hotel.
Physicians were hastily summoned
and Mr. Altgeld was carried to the
hotel across the street. He retained
consciousness and urged the newspaper
men to keep the affair quiet for fear
of alarming his wife. Shortly before
midnight he became unconscious. He
remained in this condition until death.
Survivors of Old Kearsarge.
WASHINGTON, March 13. Senator
Millard's ill giving medals to the sur
vivors of the old Kearsarge was"favor
ably reported from the committee on
naval affairs. Daniel B. Sargent of
Omaha, who is one of the few surviv
ing officers of that historic vessel,
says in a letter to Senator Millard that
on the day of the battle, June 10, 1861,
there were between 164 and 170 men
on board the vessel, including the offi
cers and crew.
Httran Land Receivership.
WASHINGTON. March 13. At a
conference of the South Dakota dele
gation it was decided to recommend
Harvey J. Rice for receiver of the
Huron land office. No action was taken
upon the registership. C. W. Blake
and A. W. Wilmarth are candidates
for the registership. Partisans ol
these candidates, however, are becom
ing so bitter that t may be necessary
for the delegation to comp-'cmise on a
xaaa outside the Huron 4 trict.
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I HHI I M HI I M H Mill!!
Hoa. John H. Rgan of Palestine,
Tex., is now pronounced out of danger
by his physicians.
The wife of former Senator Peffer
of Kansas died at Washington after
an illness of several weeks.
Word has been received that the Re
formed church mission school for
girls at Zendia, Japan has been burn
ed to tine ground. The loss is about
$5,000.
Throughout the Chickasaw nation a
general rain has fallen, soaking the
ground. Never in the history of the
Indian Territory was rain more, badly
needed.
Cornelius Van Ness, an octogenar
ian millionaire of Port Jervis, has
been baptized in the river Jordan in
the holy land. He made a special trip
for the purpose.
'Ed BatsoBrwho is-charged with the
murder of six members of the Earl
family at Welch, La., was brought to
New Orleans from Spikard, Mo., where
he was captured.
Arthur and Benjamin Lockridge,
twins, 5 months old, died at their home
in Kansas City, Kan., from the effects
of four drops of laudanum, which was
given by their father.
General Chakir Pasha, brother of
the grand vizier, who was recently
arrested by order of the sultan, and
the officers taken with him into custo
dy, have been liberated.
Marconi has gone to Ottawa. Can
ada, where he will arrange with the
Canadian government for the equip
ment of his station there. He leaves
next week for Sydney, Australia.
It is officially denied that Maude
Gonne, the Irish agitator, has aroused
the English colony in Paris by rev
olutionary speeches to a point where
they asked the government to squelch
her.
President Loubet of France will sail
for a visit to Russia on the battle
ship Massena from Dunkirk on May
17. He will be accompanied by M.
Delcasse, the minister of foreign af
fairs. Mayor Wells of St. Louis is collect
ing all official souvenirs, photographs,
etc., of Prince Henry's visit to that
city, which he will place in the ar
chives of the Missouri Historical so
ciety. Judge E. M. Coffin of Lincoln, Neb.,
read his report before the delegates
of the national mutual insurance com
panies, in session in St. Paul. Judge
Coffin is the legal adviser of the as
sociation. The British-American company has
recently raised $30,000 by giving first
mortgages on its stock, to be used in
developing the 800 acres owned by it
in Pennington and Lawrence counties,
South Dakota.
The memorial window in the Angel-
Ican church at The Hague, presented
by the mayor of New York, as a tes
timonial to the work of the peace con
ference, was unveiled by United States
Minister Newell.
According to General Manager
Shields of the Dominion Coal company
of Montreal, the company has found
deposits near Butler lake which are
thought to contain at least 1,000,000,
000 tons of soft coal.
A deal has been closed by the Black
Hills Copper company for the Horn
blend camp property of the Benedict
company. This body of ore Is the
largest of low grade free-milling ore
outside of Homestake.
At the national convention of the
Knights of Columbus at New Haver..
Conn., a committee of five was ap
pointed to revise the scale of rates,
and provide for a level premium for
all members over 60 years of age.
Eugene Clements, a negro, was
hanged in the county prison at Phil
a delphia for the murder of John
Coates, a colored waiter. On rebru
ary 22 of last year Clements shot and
killed Coates through jealousy of Mrs.
Clements.
Voltaire Randall, who died in Wash
ington, D. C, the other day at the
age of 74, was a conspicuous figure
in that city during civil war times
and aided in ferreting out and bring
ing to justice the conspirators impli
cated in the assassination of President
Lincoln.
The officials of the department of
justice will make every effort to se
cure the extradition from Canada of
Gaynor and Green, who are charged
with complicity in the .Savannah
frauds for which Captain Oberlin M.
Carter was sent to the penitentiary.
After a week's trial, replete with
sensations, Miss Loretta Roberts,
daughter of a wealthy farmer, has
been given a verdict of $13,250
against County Auditor James E. Star
key of Zanesville, O., for breach of
promise.
The National Congress of French
Miners has adopted a resolution de
claring that all miners must secure
an eight-hour day immediately, inaug
urating a general strike if necessary,
without further negotiations with the
government.
The one hundredth anniversary of
the incorporation of the city of Cin
cinnati was observed with appropriate
ceremonies. A battery from Fort
Thomas fired a salute and in the after
noon addresses were made by the i
mayor and other city officials.
A trust comprising forty-one bur
lesque theaters in the principal cities
of the country has been formed at
Cleveland, Ohio. It is said that all
burlesque theatrical organizations
will be controlled by the new 'com-1
bine.
At the English cabinet meeting ft
was decided that the time had not j
yet arrived for enforcing the drastic
clauses of the crimes act, For tha;
present, therefore, there will be bo '
proclamation of the United Irish
leagse.
PLANNED FOR LARGEST SHIPS.
Leeks of Stcaracaa Caal ta Acnm
date Blct YmmIs AlMt.
The federal statute under which
the isthmian canal commission was
created required that body to make
examinations and devise plans for a
canal of sufficient navigable depth
and of the requisite dimensions to
accommodate the largest - vessels
afloat.
As a rule, merchant ships are long
er than naval vessels, while the lat
ter class have relatively much the
greater beam or width. The longest
vessel now afloat is the Oceanic of the
White Star line: it has a length of
practically 704 feet. It is quite pro
able that within a comparatively short
time longer vessels will be built, but
it would manifestly be impracticable
for the commission to take into con
sideration the possible development
of ship design for an indefinite future
period.
It was. then, necessary to consider
those jressels at present afloat whose
dimensions are the largest yet used,
and design the canal and its works
so as to afford a reasonable margin
beyond those limits, but not so great
as to involve excessive cost. To meet
these conditions the locks were de
signed to give a clear length of 740
feet and a clear width of 84 feet. The
greatest beam or breadth of warship
at present is practically 77 feet. The
locks, therefore, meet the require
ments of the law and give some room
for developments beyond the maxi
mum limits of size already attained.
It is well known that ships drawing
as much as thirty-two feet in sea
water have entered or passed from
New York harbor as well as some oth
er ports, and there is no reason to
believe that the limit of draught has
yet been reached. It was, therefore,
decided that the least navigable depth
in the canal should be thirty-five feet,
and that limit has been carefully ob
served throughout its entire length.
In the harbor entrances at the cx
tremeties of the canal, says William
H. Burr in Scribaer's. this depth or
thirty-five feet Is provided at mean
low tide.
WHEN IS A MAN TOO OLD?
A Few Notables Who Oceapy the. Froai
Beaches.
It is frequently stated that-no old
men arc wanted nowadays. The World
gets letters by the score from those
who say they have been shoved aside
to make room for younger men. says
the New York World.
It seems, however, that, despite his
sixty-six years, Lyman J. Gage, about
to retire from the Treasury Depart
ment, has had four good jobs offered
him with salaries attached ranging
from $25,000 to $50,000.
Useless old men are not wanted
these days. Useful old men are. Mr.
Gage has made a lifelong specialty of
banking. Banking has changed great
ly since he first went into the busi
ness, but he has kept abreast of the
changes.' In fact, in some instances,
it was he who made the changes.
Mr. Gage is only one instance. There
are hundreds of other men past the
threescore mark filling positions of
highest importance and filling them
well. Chauncey Depew. John Wana
maker. John D. Rockefeller, Andrew
Carnegie. George F. Hoar. Hiram
Maxim. Bishop Potter and Levi P.
Morton are all past iixty some of
them past seventy and yet they are
among the most useful and active men
in the country.
How old a man is depends largely
on himself. If an old man is not
wanted in a position he has occupied
for years it is not because of his years
or his gray hairs. It is because he
has lost interest and ambition, because
he has made no effort to keep up
to the times, because he has grown
careless or has sacrificed his health
to indulgence or ignorance.
Useful men are always in demand,
wt matter when they are born.
Kecord Staaip Year.
The year 1902 will be a memorable
one to philatelists, and will beat all
previous record?. Tluy have already
started with the new Edward VII".
stamps. A few months will see the
new Spanish postal issue, which will
be printed after the coronation of Al
fonso XIII.. in May. America is print
ing fresh, stamps in honor of Mr.
Roosevelt, and Germany announces an
important new stamp for the coming
year. Switzerland is planning a
stamp Russia will celebrate the sec
ond centenary of the building of St.
Petersburg by a fresh issue. Finally,
it is hoped by all ardent philatelists
that a limited number of new stamps
will be printed this year in honor of
the coronation, says the London News.
A collector protests against the state
ment that the philatelists "hope for"
a limited number of stamps printed in
honor of the coronation. Special and
unnecessary issues are, he says, de
tested by the serious collector, a face
which raises our opinion of the fra
ternity considerably. He says: "It U
one of the charms of specializing in
the stamps of Great Britain that this
country has been kept singularly free
from limited issues, which are sup
posed to possess a fictitious value."
To Reclaim the Zoyder Zee.
The Dutch have always been credit
ed with wonderful persistence in fight
ing the sea and reclaiming the land
which forms their kingdom, though in
this work they have had the assistance
of the big rivers that flow through
their territory. The subject of Dutch
warfare against the ocean has been re
vived of late by the proposal to re
claim the Zuyder Zee. The idea of
converting the whole of this inland sea
into land, it is stated, has been re
nounced, but an area of 800 square
miles has been marked out for rescue,
the cost of the scheme being set down
at nearly $80,000,000. The soil of Hol
land is really deriveu from the debris
worn by the rivers Rhine Meuse and
Scheldt from France. Switzerland and
Germany. What has been done else
where in Holland will no doubt be ac
complished in time in the case of the
Zuyder Zee.
A man's views on the excise question
sound somewhat different at home with
iis w,fe listening from what they are
i in a aowntawn narroam. .ew xora
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