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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1902.
ALL FAYOR PANAMA
Isthmian Canal Commission's
Supplemental Report.
PLACED IN HANDS OF CONGRESS
President's Commission Accompany
ing Document Wai Simply One of
Transmittal Comparison "With
Xlcaragroa Valae ef "Woclr.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. The President
today sent to Congress, -with a message
simply of transmittal, the supplemental
report of the Isthmian Canal Commission
In which It Is unanimously recommended
that the offer of the new Panama Canal
Company to sell all of Its rights, prop
erty and unfinished work to the United
States for $40,000,000 be accepted. The
Senate ordered the report printed in the
Congressional Record, and also as a doc
ument After quoting the correspond
ence which passed between the commls
bloii and the officers 'of the Panama Canal
Company in Paris, the report says:
"The totality, without exception, of Its
property and rights on the Isthmus,"
mentioned In the cablegram of January
9, includes the following classes of prop
erty: First Lands Not Built On There are
56 parcels of land to which the title rests
in the canal company, amounting to
about 30.000 acres, which, with the lands
belonging to the railroad company, cover
nearl yall of the ground required for the
actual construction of the canal.
Second Buildings There are scheduled
21 buildings, divided among 47 sub-classifications,
used for offices, quarters, store
houses, hospitals, shops, stables and mis
cellaneous purposes. Among them, are
two large permanent buildings in Pana
ma, one used as the headquarters resi
dence, and the other as the general office;
large general hospitals at Colon and Pan
ama, and several important buildings at
Colon. These buildings are furnished.
Third Plant There is an immense
amount of machinery, consisting of float
ing plant (tugs), launches, dredges, etc
Varne of the "Work Done.
Fourth "Work Done The excavation
already accomplished upon the main
canal, which will be of value in the plan
recommended by the commission, was
carefully computed and was found to be
35.389,965 cubic yards. A temporary di
version of the Panama Railroad has been
made at the Culebra cut, which must
also be considered. Using the same clas
sification for materials and the same unit
prices as In the other estimates with the
20 per cent added for contingencies, the
value of the work done is found to be:
Value of excavation $21,020.86
Chagres diversion 178.U6
Gatum diversion 1,346,456
Railroad diversion (four miles).. 300.000
Total 522,S95,01S
Contingencies, 20 per cent.... 5 4,579,005
Aggregate 527,474,053
FifthPanama Rallroad-Of the existing
70.OD0 shares, the Panama Railroad Com
pany will transfer to the United States
all but about 1100 shares. These latter are
held by a few individuals residing In var
ious parts of the United States and in
Europe. At par, the value of the 68,863
shares to be transferred to the United
States by the canal company is 56.8S6.300.
Against this property are mortgage bonds
to the amount of 53,439.000. Of this amount
the company owns 587,000, which it has
pledged as collateral for its debts to the
Panama Canal Company, named below,
and It also holds In its treasury 51,064,000
subject to sale or cancellation, leaving
outstanding in the hands of the public
$1,501,000. The bonds bear AM per cent
Interest. There are also outstanding
53S6.O0O 6 per cent sinking fund subsidr
bonds, but this liability is an amoritlza
tlon of the annual payment of 5225,000 d
to the Colombian Government and Its
concession for the period ending Novem
ber L 1&0L The railroad company owes
59S6.918 to- the Panama Canal Company,
mainly on account of the construtclon or
the pier at Loback.
Its Total Liabilities.
Its total liabilities therefore are
52.490.91S, not counting the sink
ing fund subsidy bonds, for which
the Colombian Government has received
the benefit, and for which it should make
allowance to the United States In the ne
gotiations for treaty rights. Its cash as
sets January 15, 1902, were 5438,569. It
owns three passenger and freight steam
ers of American registry of approxi
mately 2000 tons each. For the past year,
it has operated a line of chartered steam
ers of American registry between San.
Francisco and Panama. These steamers
on the Atlantic and Pacific constitute the
Panama Railroad & Steamship Com
pany. The railroad company owns an un
divided half interest In the islands of
Naos.. Culebra, Perlco and Flamenco, in
the Bay of Panama, the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company being the joint own
ers. Besides Its right of way, terminals,
wharves and considerable areas of land,
It owns nearly the whole of the town of
Colon, the houses there being constructed
under lease. The railroad company has no
operation contracts which cannot be ter
minated In 90 days. The work of con
structing the canal will largely Increase
the business of the railroad, and enable
It to pay off its liabilities in a very few
years. After the completion of the canal,
Its commercial profits will probably cease,
but It will have a vaue Incidental to
Dperatlng local.
Sixth Maps, drawings and records. The
value of the maps, drawings and records
in Paris, on the isthmus or elsewhere, all
of which are to be transferred to the
United States, is placed at 52,000,000. Sum
ming up the foregoing items, the total
value of the property is found to be:
Kxcavation done 527,474.033
Panama Railroad stock at par.... 6,SS6,SO0
Maps, drawing and records 2,000,000
Total
..536,360,333
To which a6d 10 per cent to cover
commissions 5 3,639,Ut
Total 540.000.000
The last Item is Intended to cover any
buildings, machinery, railroad stations,
additional excavation to date of purchase
and other assets which may be of value
to the United States and have not been
included in the other items.
Compared "With Xlcaragma.
The estimate of construction of the
Nicaragua Canal Is 545,630,704 more than
the cost of completing the Panama Canal.
The estimated cost of maintaining and
operation Is 51.300,000 greater at Nicaragua
than at Panama. The Panama route
would bo 134.6 miles shorter than the
Nicaragua route from sea to sea, with
fewer locks and less curvature, both in
degrees and miles. The estimated time
for a deep-draft vessel to pass through
the Nicaragua Canal was placed at 33
hours, as against 12 hours for Panama,
these estimates being the time of actual
navigation and not including delays for
winds, currents or darkness. If the pass
age were made without interruption,
about a day could be saved by the Nlca
raguan over the Panama route by ordi
nary steamers handling commerce between
our Pacific ports and Atlantic ports, and
about two days by steamers of the same
class, trading between our Gulf ports and
North Pacific ports. The time advantage
of the Nicaragua route would be less in
the case of the fast, high-powered steam
ers, the use of which Is increasing. Be
tween Atlantic ports and the west coast
of South America, the Panama route has
the advantage of about two days, and
between Gulf ports and the west coast
of South America, the Panama route has
the advantage of about one day. The
trade of the western coast of South
America is a very Important one, which
has hitherto been in European hands-.
The Panama route Is an old highway of
commerce, along: which no considerable
industrial development is likely to occur.
During the construction of a canal on the
Nicaragua route, business relations will
be established with Costa Rica and Nica
ragua which would likely continue. Coast
ing conditions- indicate hygienic advan
tages at Nicaragua, although equally ef
fective sanitary measures must be taken
in both cases. The offer recelve'd from the
Nicaragua Canal Company to convey all
its property. Including all its- interest In
the Panama Railroad, to the United
States, will make the estimated cost of the
two canals as follows:
Nicaragua 9,664,062
Panama 1S4.233.S5S
Transfer would give title to all the land
now held by both the Panama Canal Com
pany and the Panama Railroad Company,
which Includes nearly all the land needed
for the construction of the canal. The
land held by private parties at Nicaragua
must be acquired, and Its acquisition may
prove expensive.
Aa to Title to Panama.
The question whether' the new Panama
Canal Company can make to a purchaser
a valid title to the properly formerly be
longing to the old company. Its predeces
sor, has been considered and answered in
former reports of the commission, but, in
view of its Importance in connection with
REPRESENTATIVES OF
Captala diaries Edward Clark,
U. S. 7i.
Captain Charles E. Clark, commander of
the United States battle-ship Oregon during
"the Spanish-American "War, who will rep
resent the Navy at the coronation, cam
prominently before the public whn he took
the Oregon around the Horn at the out
break of hostilities on a thrilling 13.000-xnlle
trip, and reached Santiago in time to take
active part in tho demollshment of Cer
vera's fleet. He was born in Vermont in
1815; was appointed to Annapolis in 1860,
and was assigned to duty on the steam sloop
Osslpee at the beginning of the Civil War.
He was in the battle of Mobile Bay with
Farragut's fleet, "and participated in other
important engagements. Captain Clark
served in various positions previous to 1890,
when he was given command of the coast
monitor Monterey. "When the war with
Spain broke out he was tent to San Fran
cisco to take charge of the Oregon, and
his subsequent career ae commander of
that vessel Is well known. Captain Clark
Is one of the few commanders -who were
conspicuous in the Santiago ' and -other
Spanish-American "War naial engagements.
b ho ha e not already been signally honored
by promotion.
the present, the results of the Invest!- I
gallons made will be again presented.
The new company, in addition to Its canal
property acquired under a concession
from the Colombian Government, owns
nearly all of the shares of the Panama
Railroad Company. By purchasing these.
1 It obtained, control of the concessions un
der which the road had been built. Tho
latter concession will continue In force
until 1966. The canal concession Is to run
99 years from the day on which the canal
shall be opened to public service, and the
date for this in the concession, accord
ing to Its latest extension, is October
31, 1910. When these periods expire the
different properties are to belong abso
lutely to Colombia, without compensation,
and the government Is under no obligation
to extend either concession. The canal
company is absolutely prohibited to cede
or mortgage Its rights under any consid
eration whatever to any nation or foreign
government, under penalty of forfeiture.
The contract with the railroad company
contains a like prohibition, and declares
further that the paln of forfeiture will
be Incurred by the mere act of attempt
ing to cede or transfer its privilege to a
foreign government, and such an act is
declared absolutely null and of no value
or effect.
"IVclved by Colombia.
But for the purpose of permitting the
new Panama Canal Company to enter
upon the negotiations which have result
ed In the present offer. Colombia has
waived these prohibitions, and has au
thorized the company to treat directly
with the United States with a view to
the use and occupation of the territory
of the former for canal purposes If our
Government should select the Panama
route for an Isthmian canal.
After the old company failed, a liquidat
or was appointed by the French court to
take charge of its property and affairs.
"When the new company was formed he
was authorized to contribute to it the
rights, privileges, plans, documents, plant
and unfinished work In his hands and un
der his control, and in consideration of
this grant he was to receive GO per cent
of the net profits of the enterprise after
deducting all expenses, charges, stipu
lated dividends to be distributed by him
among parties In Interest The Interest
of the old company is still under the pro
tection of the liquidator, and he must be
a party to any arrangement that may be
entered into for a sale and conveyance
of the property, and as he derives his
authority from the tribunal that appoint
ed -him, his action requires the approval
and confirmation of the court
The pa-
pers before the commission show that
the liquidator has agreed to the proposi
tion, and that he is acting under judicial
authority.
A deed to the property executed by the
canal company and the liquidator requires
the approval of the Government of Co
lombia, because of the prohibition already
referred to in the concessions, and for the
further reason that the Tepubllc owns 50,
000 shares of 100 francs each of the stock
of the company fully paid, of which it
cannot be deprived without its consent
Such a transaction of title thus approved
would give to the United States the same
right title and interest In the premises
that the new Panama Canal Company
now has. but it would not be sufficient
The existing concessions thus purchased
would be Valuable only because their
ownership by the United States would
remove the obstacles in the way of ne
gotiations between the two governments
for the occupation of Colombian terri
tory by the United States for canal pur
poses; but these concessions are unsat
isfactory and insufficient and a new ar
rangement must be made if an Isthmian
canal Is to be constructed by our Gov
ernment across tho Isthmus of Panama.
United States Mast Have More.
The grant must be set fcr a term of
years, but In perpetuity, and a strip of
territory from ocean to ocean of. suffi
cient widthmust be placed undcrlhe, con
trol of the United States, ppon this atrip
tfie United States must have the right to
enforce 'police regulations, preserve order,
protect property rights and exercise uch
other powers as are necessary. The 'busi
ness relations between the United States
and the canal company and the Colom
bian Government must also be settled, and
the consideration to be paid by the United
States for the privileges and rights to
be exercised in the future must be agreed
upon, free from all embarrassment with
reference to past transactions. The com
mission has no power to enter upon nego
tiations for the arrangement of these
matters; they belong to the treaty-making
power, but the acceptance of the terms
offered by the new Panama Canal Com
pany should be conditioned upon their sat
isfactory adjustment
The advantages of the two canal routes
have been restated according to the find
ings of tho former report. There has been
no change in the views of the commis
sion with reference to any of these con
clusions then reached, but the .new prop
osition submitted by the new Panama
Canal Company makes a reduction Of
nearly $70,000,000 in the cost of a canal
across the Isthmus of Panama, according
to the estimates contained In the former
report. There is, however, one Important
matter which cannot enter Into Its deter
mination, but which may in the end con
trol the action of the United States. The
reference is made to the disposition of the
government whoso territory is necessary
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Brigadier-General James H". "Wil
son, TJ. S. A., Retired.
Major-Qeneral James H. "Wilson, who ha
been designated by the President to repre
sent the Army at King Edward's corona
tion, is a native of Southern Illinois, and
was born in 1837. He was graduated from
West Point in 1800t and was assigned to
the Engineer Corps. During the Bebelllon
he entered the volunteer service, and rc to
the rank of Major-Qeneral before reaching
tbo age of 27 years. He commanded a
cavalry division In the Army of the Poto
xnas in 1804; wa with Sherman In his
march from Atlanta to the sea, and capped
a brilliant career by capturing Jefferson
Davis. In 1SC0 he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Thirty-fifth Infantry,
which he resigned four years later to en
gage In railroad and engineering opera
tions. In May. 1893, he wan appointed
Major-General of volunteers, served during
the Spanish war, and was afterwards cent
to China with the relief expedition. Gen
eral "Wilson has since been retired with the
rank of Brigadier-General of the regular
Army.
for the construction and operation of an
Isthmian canal. It must be areumed by
the commission that Colombia would exer
cise the mme fairness and liberality If
the Panama route is determined on that
have been expected of Nicaragua and
Costa Rica, should the Nicaragua route
be preferred. The report concludes as fol
lows: "After considering the changed condi
tions that now exist, and all facts
and circumstances upon which Its present
judgment must be based, the commission
Is of the opinion that 'the most practical
and feasible route' for an Isthmian canal
to be 'under the control, management and
ownership of the United States, Is that
known as the Panama route."
The report Is signed by tho entire com
mission, as follows:
J. G. Walker. Rear-Admiral U. S. N.,
president of the commission.
Samuel Pasco.
Alfred Noble
George S. Morrison.
Peter S. Hains. Colonel United States
Corps of Engineers.
William H. Burr.
O. H. Ernest, Lieutenant-Colonel United
States Corps of Engineers.
Lewis M. HaupL
Emory R. Johnson.
The State Department will now proceed
to arrange a protocol with Mr. Sllva, en
gaging Colombia to approve the transfer
of the franchise of the Panama Com
pany, and to make any desirable exten
sions of time allowance for the completion
of the canal and In the life of the lease.
Metcalfe Saw the President.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-Colonel W. S.
Metcalfe, of Kansns snor tho ProMTi1-
today with Mr. Mulvane, the National
Committeeman of Kansas. Colonel Met
calfe says the charges against him of or
dering a Filipino killed are based on the
affidavit of a man who afterward with
drew It He branded the stories as un
true, and said there would be no difficulty
In showing this fact to the Senate, where
I his nomination as pension agent of Kan
sas is now pending.
Presidential Nominations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The President
today sent these nominations to the 6en-
ate:
! Register of land offlep TThnrliw Vltitr-
ston, Evanston, Wyo.
War Second Lieutenants, Infantry, Ed
ward H. "Andrew. William W. Bessel,
Joseph B. Caughey, Dewlt't W. Chamber-
lain, and Charles E. Reese. Second Lieu
tenant, cavalry. Christian Briand,
Postmaster Hugh Cramer, at Halley,
Idaho.
International Sajfar Conference.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 20. The International
Sugar Conference reassembled today. Tho
correspondent of the Associated Press
had good authority for saying the British
delegates definitely announced Great Brit
ain's intention to Impose a countervailing
duty on sugar unless the bounties were
withdrawn. The conference adjourned un
til Wednesday in order to allow the dele
gates time to communicate with their re
spective governments on this and on oth
er new developments which occurred dur
ing the recess.
PILES CURED WITHOUT THE KXIFE.
Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Xo Cure. No Pay. Druggists are authorised by
manufacturers of Paso Ointment to refund
money where it falls to cure any case of piles,
no matter of how long standing. Cures ordi
nary cases In six days; the worst cases in four
teen das. One application gives ease and rest.
Relieves itching Instantly. This I a new dis
covery and is the only pile remedy sold on a
positive guarantee, no cure no pay. Price. 60s.
If your druggist don't keep it in stock send us
50c In stamps and we will forward same br
mall. Manufactured by Paris Med. Co.. St
LouIk. Mo., who also manufacture the celebrat
ed cold cure, LaxatUe Bromo-Quinlne Tablet.
DEBATE ON TARIFF TODAY
SEXATE "WILL TAKE UP THE PHIL
IPPINE QUESTION.
MeaiBrc Reported by Majority, and
Saestltate ef Minority Depart
ment of Commerce Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. Debate on the
Philippine tariff bill will begin In the
Senate tomorrow. On behalf of the ma
jority of the committee on Philippines.
Chairman Lodge today reported the
measure, and gave notice that he would
call it up at 2 o'clock tomorrow. Rawlins,
of Utah, acting for the minority of the
committee, offered a substitute for the
bill of the majority, and announced that
he would submit some remarks on It at
the conclusion of Lodge's statement in
support of the majority report.
During the greater part of the "day's
session the measure for the establish
ment of a department of commerce was
under consideration. An effort was made
by Nelson of Minnesota to secure a vote,
but the opposition to many of its pro
visions "became so strong that thp effort
had to be abandoned.
Proceeding: 1b Detail.
Lodge, In reporting the House bill to
"Waltela-iv Reld, Joarnallst and
Diplomat.
Whltelaw Reld, editor of the New York
Tribune, who will be the special Ambassa
dor of the United States, Is prominent as
a journalist and diplomat. He was born
near Xenia, O.. October 27, 1837; was
graduated from Miami University in 1850,
and almost immediately began a. political
and newspaper career. During the Civil
"War he was on the staff of General Rose
crans, and acted as war correspondent.
From 1S63 to I860 he was in Washington.
D. C, aa Librarian to the House of Repre
sentatives, and newspaper correspondent.
Mr. Reld acquired an interest in the Cin
cinnati Gazette, which he retained until
1S68, when he went to New York, and be
came associated with Horace Greeley and
the Tribune. After Greeley's death Mr.
Reld secured control of the paper, which
ho still has. Mr. Reld was Ambassador to
France under President Harrison, and can
didate for Vice-President when Mr. Harri
son ran tha second time. In 1807 he wok
President M6KInleys special ambassador to
the Queen's diamond jubilee, and in 160S
was one of the commissioners of the United
States to negotiate the treaty of Paris.
provide revenues temporarily for the
Philippines, said: "This is a bill which,
fn the Judgment of the majority of the
committee. on Philippines, requires Imme
diate attention. It Is my desire to bring
it before the Senate from day to day un
til action upon It shall have been taken."
He hoped that those who were opposed
to the enactment of the bill would be
prepared to proceed promptly with its
consideration so that the time of the
Senate might not be wasted. The report
was ordered by a strict party vote. The
bill was amended as heretofore agreed
upon, being a reduction of 25 pen cent,
on goods coming from the Philippines to
the United States, with an additional re
duction of the export tax charged In the
Philippines on products sent out of the
ilslands to tho United States.
In presenting the bill. Lodge also pre
sented a written report showing the effect
of the different amendments made by the
committee. The report says the reduction
of th export duties would give to the pro
ducers in the Philippines a very substan
tial benefit The reduction of 25 per cent
added to the reduction of the export du
ties makes a net reduction of sugar, the
principle urtlcle of export, of about 35
per cent Tho report continues:
"In view of the demand for money for
public purposes In the Philippines and the
experimental character of our tariff re
ductions with those islands, a 25 per cent
reduction in our tariff rates Is as much
as it is prudent to make at this time in
a law which Is of necessity temporary,
to meet a pressing emergency.
"In section 3, line 8, your committee
purposes 'to Insert after the word 'vessels'
the Tsord 'foreign,' because, without this
amendment, American vessels coming
j rora he Philippines will be obliged to
pay the tonnage duties imposed upon for.
elgn vessels In the ports ol the United
States."
Rawlins of Utah, on behalf of the min
ority of the committee on Philippines,
offered a substitute for the measure pro
posed by Mr. Lodge. He gave notice that
upon the conclusion of the remarks of
Mr. Lodge tomorrow, he would submit
some statements in support of the substi
tute measure. It provides that there shall
be temporary free trade between the
United States and the islands; that the
United States shall continue to occupy
and govern the islands until a stable gov
ernment has been established, when the
President shall direct the withdrawal
from the Islands, the United States to
retain spch military and naval stations
as are deemed necessary. The Philippines
are declared to be foreign territory from
the passage of the act
A Resolution by Mitchell.
A resolution offered by Mitchell provid
ing for the apolntment of a messenger
for the committee on coast defenses
brought Piatt of Connecticut to his feet
with a protest against the increase of the
clerical and official force of the Senate.
The resolution was referred to the com
mute on contingent expenses.
Mason made a personal statement deny--
ing a published statement that he was op
posing rural free delivery 6f malls. He
explained also In another answer to sim
ilar statements that he was In favor of
the re-enactment of the present Chinese
exclusion law, "unless some better and
fairer law can be enacted."
Frye reported the ship subsidy bill
agreed upon by the committee on com
merce. "Vest- gave notice of dissent and
also of an Intention to file a minority
report
The Democratic members of the com
merce committee were given permission to
file a minority report on tho shipping
bill.
The bill providing for the establishment
,of a department of commerce was
then called up by Nelson of Min
nesota,, who replied to the crit
icisms which had .been made against
the bill, particularly those which related
to the transfer of the bureaus from other
departments to the proposed department.
The departments principally affected by
the measure were those of the Treasury
and the Interior. The former, he said,
had on Its rolls 4414 employes In "Washing
ton, and the latter 4SS1, each having a
greater number of employes than all the
other departments combined. Many of
the bureaus of the Treasury and Inter
ior Departments, he said, really had no
relevancy to the general purpose of those
departments-.
Department of Commerce Bill Up.
In. conclusion. Nelson said the United
States needed the department to put Itself
on a parity with other nations of the
world, and the bill was needed, to put our
commercial and industrial development un
der Government control. Piatt of Con
necticut supported the pending measure
as a whole, but offered an amendment
striking from the bill the proposition to
transfer the Patent Office. It was ac
cepted by Nelson and agreed to by the
Senate. During consideration of the bill,
-the President's message transmitting the
supplemental report of the Isthmian Canal
Commission was received and referred to
the committee on inter-oceanic canals.
An amendment to the Department of
Commerce bill relating to the office in the
State Department to take the place ot
tho chief of statistical bureau, trans
ferred in the bill, was agreed to. After
a protracted discussion. Nelson requested
that a vote on the measure be taken at
2 o'clock tomorrow. Pettus objected.
Cockrell offered an amendment, which
was adopted, eliminating, from the bill the
proposition to .transfer to the new de
partment the Census Office. Quarles made
an argument In support of placing the
Census Office under the proposed depart
ment, and gave notice that he would
move a reconsideration of the vote by
which Cockrell's amendment was
adopted. Allison mado an extended
speech, dealing principally with the for
mation under the Department of Com
merce of a great bureau of statistics, as
had been: suggested by Quarles. The bill
then was laid aside and the Senate, on
motion of Teller, went into executive ses
sion. The House bill conferring upon Mrs. Mc
Kinley the mall franking privilege was
called up by Mason and passed. Cullom
introduced a. bill "to prevent the trans
portation of deleterious food and drinks,
and to provide for the appointment of
a dairy andfood commissioner."
Adjournment was at 5:35.
Postmanters Confirmed.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 20. The 'Senate in
executive session today confirmed tho fol
lowing postmasters:
Montana Alonzo H. Foster, Boulder;
Charles A. Burg, Livingston; Thomas W.
Jones, Deer Lodge: James E. Stephens,
Hamilton; James R. Powell, Virginia City;
John C. English, Anaconda.
Pennlon for Mm. McKlnlcy.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. The Senate
committee on pensions today ordered a
favorable report on Senator Hanna's 4)111
to grant a pension of 55000 a year to Mrs.
Ida Saxton McKlnley.
EXPLOSION AT MINE.
Three Mea Killed and an Many More
Badly Burned.
WALSENBURG, Colo.. Jan. 20. Three
men killed and three others badly burned
Is the result of a serious explosion, which
occurred today In one of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company's properties at PIc
tou, three miles from here. The killed
are:
PETER JOHNSON.
J. H. BREWER.
FRANK MARQUIS.
A brother of Superintendent Phlpps, of
the mine, was one of those badly burned.
The fire in the mine has been extin
guished, and the company's property was
not extensively damaged.
Head-On Train Collision.
COOLIDGE, Kan., Jan. 20. Passenger
trains Nos. 6 and 7, of the Santa Fe Road,
came together 15 miles east of here In a
head-on collision this morning. One re
port says four cars are burned and no
one injured, while another version is that
the east-bound train, is entirely destroyed
and many dead.
CHICAGO, Jan. 20. Official advices re
ceived at the general offices of the Santa
Fe Road state that no one was Injured in
the collision between Nos. 6 and 7, which
occurred Just west of Coolldge, Kan.
Three cars, the express, smoker and chair
car, were burned and traffic was delayed
for three hours. The collision was due
to a blinding snow-storm.
HEAVY SNOW IN KANSAS.
It "Will Be of Great Benefit to "Wheat
Xo Damage to Stoclc.
TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. 20. A damp,
heavy snow began falling in this section
at an eirly hour today. It is snowing
harder In the northern portion of the
state tonight than in any other part of
the state, and extends as far north as
Falrbury, Neb. Practically no wind ac
companied the snow, and the tempera
ture has been moderate all day. No
drifts have resulted, but the snow Is wet
and packs down solidly.
The beneficial effect of the snow upon
the wheat Is Incalculable. Wheat was be
ginning to show the effects of the dry
weither. While at no time In any great
danger, It needed moisture and now it
has moisture In great abundance. The
snow could not have come at a more op
portune time for benefiting wheat. No
damage to stock Is reported.
At Omaha.
OMAHA, Jan. 20. A heavy damp snow
began falling at midnight There Ik no
wind, and thesnow will furnish moisture
for the wheat
AGREE TO ACCEPT RANSOM
Brigands "Will Reelnse MIhh Stone
for Amount Raised.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Jan. 20. United
States Minister John G. Lelshroan says
the brigands who abducted 'Miss Ellen M.
Stone and Mmc. Tsllka, September 3, have
agreed to accept the amount of ransom
raised by subscription. The place of pay
ment 13 now the only question unsettled.
"Will Protcut to rower.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 20. Dr. Leyds. the Eu
ropean representative of the Transvaal,
has addressed a protest to the powers
against the execution of the Boer Com
mandant Scheepers, whose death sentence
was confirmed by Lord Kitchener.
Mayor Still Dcflei Arrest.
SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 20. Mr. Beat
ty, secretnry of the State Board of
Health, stated this afternoon that Dr.
Condon, City Health Officer of Ogden,
had advised him that the City Attorney
of Ogden had so far refused to issue a
warrant for the arrest of Mayor Glass.
man, whom the City Physician tried to
have arrested for violating the quarantine
laws, because the Mayor held that many
cases of pronounced smallpox were other
diseases, and that a smallpox scare was
being developed without foundation, and
ordered the patient released. The mem
bers oi the State Board of Health were
summoned to Ogden, and decided that the
case in question was smallpox In. a mild
form. The City Physician tried to have
the Mayor arrested at once. The Mayor
said he was not subject to arrest The
City Attorney is of the opinion that the
laws are inadequate and do not cover a
case of quarantine violation by the Mayor.
The health authorities at Ogden have is
sued orders barring Mayor Glassmar's
children from the public schools for the'
present
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England's Iron and Steel Trade.
NEW YORK. Jan. 20. One of the fea
Duo fs Gaiarrh tasy by Oi
m
The projections ot tissue on each side of the head are not tho ears
that is, the real ears. "What Tve usually call th ears are only contri
vances te catch sound waves and conduct them to tho real mechanisnv
of hearing further inside the head. The internal ears, tho real ears, are
curtained off from the outside air by the ear drums, and yet it is neces
sary to have air in the middle ears to conduct sounds to the structures
that impress their vibrations on the brain. This air for the middle ear
comes warm from the throat through little passages called the ' eustach
ian tubes." The blood-heated noseband throat warm this air and free
it of all dust and irritants before it reaches such delicate structures as
are most concerned in the sense of hearing.
The most common cause of deafness is a blocking up of the
eustachian tubes by extension of catarrh into them. While tho shutting
off of air from the throat causes hardness of hearing so far as external
sounds are concerned, It is apt to imprison certain other sounds made
by the circulation in the head or conducted along such hard structures as
communicate with the internal ear. These head noises or imprisoned
sounds are very perplexing and sometimes almost distracting, vexing
and annoying by day and preventing Bleep at night. These sounds are
varied as they are confusing. They are often likened to tho purring of
a cat, the roaring of a seasholl, the rumbling of machinery, the buzzing
of a bee or fly, the humming of a mosquito or of a humming bird, tho
tinkling of bells, the singing of a tea ket lo, the crackling of a wood fire,
the hissing of a snako or goose, the murmur of running water, the
soughing of the wind7etc.
Nine-tenths of the cases of deafness are due to catarrh, and nearly
all cases of progressive hardness jf hearing, especially if one can hear
better some times than at others and if troubled with head noises, are
caused by catarrh of the eustachian tubes, or where only one ear Is effect
ed with too little sound from the outside and too much from the inside
tho catarrh has gotten into one tube only.
An attorney and public speaker,who had been a catarrh sufferer for
years says:
"Every fall'L would catch a cold which would settle in my head and
throat and hang on all winter long and every winter it seomed to get a
little worse. I was continually clearing my throat and my voice became
effected to such an extent a3 to interfere with my public speaking.
ul tried troches and cheap cough cures and sometimes got relief, but
only for a short time, until this winter when I learned of the new catarrh,
cure, Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, through a newspaper advertisement.
Two fifty-cent boxes which I bought at my druggists, cleared my head
and throat in fine shape and to guard against a return of my old trouble
I keep a box of the tablets on hand and whenever I catch a little cold I
take a tablet or two and ward off any serious developments."
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets, acting on catarrh only through the blood,
will reach and cure catarrh in tho eustachian tubas a1? well as elsewhere,
and this is why so many who havo taken it fox nasal catarrh have been
surprised at being cured of their deaf ne33 and head noi3e3.
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets cure all kinds of catarrh of all parts of the
body. Acting through the blood, they reach every part alike. They are
sold at all drug stores tor 50 cants a
tures of England's foreign tride that for
some time past has been causing increased
concern to the commercial classes Is the
great increase of Imports of Iron and
steel relatively to exports, cables th
Tribune's London correspondent In the
last three years, exports of manufactured
Iron have fallen by nearly 3,000,000, while
Imports have mounted from 5,000,000 In
1S99 to 7.300.000 In IDOL This almost 50 per
cent increase brings the imports up to
nearly one-third of the value of exports,
and Induces a leading trade journal to
anticipate that In a few years Great Brit
ain will be buying more Iron and steel
than she sells.
THE DEATH ROLL. .
Daniel Sickles.
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Daniel Sickles,
cousin of General Daniel E. Sickles, Is
dead at his home in Brooklyn. He had
had a premonition of his approaching end
fcr several days. After dinner Saturday
evening he told his sister that he thought
he would die before morning, but as he
showed no symptoms of illness she did
not think there was any cause for anxiety.
Mr. Sickles lay down on the lounge while
his sister went to the upper part of the
houe. When she returned half an hour
later she found her brother dead. His
death was due to the exhaustion of ex
treme old age.
Daniel Sickles was born March 23, 1S15.
He had the distinction of being the old
est Mason in the state. While In the
South in 1S4S he became Interested in Ma
sonry, joining Lebanon Lodge in Savan
nah. Upon his return to this city In 1S49
he became an active member of the Su
preme Council of the Masonic order, oc
cupying the office of grand master of tho
state from 1S53 to 1SC0, In which year he
was made grand secretary-general H. E.
In 1SSG he became dean of the Supreme
Council. He devoted considerable time to
writing and publishing Masonic works.
Oil an Fnel for Fire Engines.
-NEW YORK. Jan. 20. The authorities
of tho London fire brigade are carrying
out extensive experiments with petroleum
as fuel Instead of coal, says a London
dispatch to the Tribune. The demonstra
tions made up to the present are favor
ably regarded.
No Trnth in Report of Uprlxlnp:.
LONDON, Jan. 20. The officials of the
Indian Office here declare there Is no
truth in the report from Odessa that a
native uprising has occurred at Nasribad.
which report alleged that the British
troops had been defeated in three en
gagements. fe
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