r say
NEWS OF THE WEEK
III a Coii(l(!iisi!(l Form lor
llnsy Iieailcrs.
Our
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A HosuiiKrbf tho Lost Important but
Not Lou Interesting Evonts
of llio Pail Woak.
Tim statu treasurer i(
ousted (roiu iilllco.
Kiuimih will In)
Htnriuy times urn
Moiocco conference.
(IXpCUtctl In (ho
Tint en i, it I commission Iiiin called (or
lililit for supplying labor.
A mvro colony from I'liirlrin In to bo
vstabllshcd In Houthorn lilnlio.
A bomb wiiii thrown nt t lit nultnn ol
Turkey, lint lio was not lnjurt'il.
Another Imtcli o( Indictments linn
been ruturiuil against Milwaukee graft
trw. Georgetown, I milium, near the Ken
tucky lino, linn, been washed nway liy
n cloudburst.
Homit Russian ilufntiHcn linvu Iteen
captured liy thu Jnpn nose, tnguthur with
several guns.
A murderer soutcni'fd to hit hanged
"INI years ago hint Itoou found nllvu In
tint IIIIiioIh peiilcnllitry.
A storm Imi tifit nvitr Mlilwity Is.
' 1:11X1, iioMroyiug tint inllllitty cnni
innliit.ilnt.il by tlm United Htutett.
It ii ntltl that In tlm jKNtcu terms to
lio tlomniidcd liy Jnpnii I a provlnlon
itgnlrut iloiihlu tracking therHiherlnu
railway. Rintnlnu papers tli-clnrit tlint
tlm acceptance n( thla would Im cone
menial milulilit.
Japanese Kitltltuiii In Mniicitihurlii
nrti strongly fortified.
Chairman Shunts mid Chief Kngliicor
Elevens nrti (in their way to thu Isthmus.
Tin' Russian gnrrlslon nt Vladivostok
nxiMTlH nn titlark liy Imnl nntl nun any
tlint).
Huron Koittiirn, Japanese peflco en
voy, Imit arrived In Foattlu nntl started
on mint to Washington.
L'liinnwIII litttlnt on Mnnrhtirlit living
-returned to hoi whi'ii tlm wnr lit over,
no ninttcr.how It ttrniliiiitiit.
A clnudhtirit near Jitplln, Mliwourl,
CrtiiiHil grt damage to frin. Tint
llMH will IIM( 150,000. One limn
,tns dtowiicd.
A majority ol tlin naval board of eon-
Klrortlon I tun incotiiHHHwIwI tltnt no
tour w rk bt thiw om Uh c.ulintr Knit
I'miu'looi, and it Itmt Uwm Jaksu out of
mMtlAlon.
After ImlMK on lrlktt for 10ft tiny,
lurlK Mhirlt tliiitt 111 pt-tple wnr
killed it ml -UK! Injured, tho Chicago
teamsters linvu Ntirrcinlorod nntl will
seek employment wlitttu thuy ran.
0 Iff or. I riuahot, United Ktittttt fortit
itiiHirliIlcnilcnt, has it tit r ttil went for n
tour of fori'it reserves. Ilo will bit
joined Intur by Htrrotary Wilson, who
will nccoinpitny lit ii on ft part of the
Joiirmty.
Norway will ask the United Htatea
(or recognition.
Travel to tho bits In nntl Clark fair
tiirprliw Knstoru railroads.
Rumor nro think In St. Petersburg
of pints to tlttthrttim tlm rr.
Newark, N. J., offtirn it Ixtttnty on
jkntlii wltltii Infest shade trews
Wltle say. other NtwttrH limy be
ettllwl Into tlm pMtico conference.
Iloth Norway it ml Sweden nrti pre
IKirliiK for wnr while trying to kittt
,pmnu.
Thf nt In it urtml ItiortHiito ol Iminli;rii
lion to tlm Unitml HtitWw from Norwuy
-unit Hvttiltin.
Itrltlrb cotton innmifrtotnritrH hnvo
foiiililtml to promoto tlm growth of
t'otton In tlm lilitnil K)nm-HiiIoiia of
(iriitt llrltnlu.
l'rt'Hldfiit ItooMuvult Hitya hy linn tlono
liin part In lirliiKitiK tlm wnrrliiK mi
tlonn tot'lhtir uml will not uiitlillu In
tlm pfitftt eonft'rmico.
Tht fovi'rnor of Alnlmmn hits cullctl
nut tlm pntto cnvitlry to priivunt tlm
lynchliiK of n iit-Kro contlntsl In tho
'Undiin, MiiroiiKO county, Jul I.
IttiMilit Ih iimkliiK nrrniiKuumnta to
tlotiblu truck tho Klhurlnn rail way.
.Japan linn Hitci'i'iilttd In rnlnliiK tlm
ImttlrHlilp lluyan, mink ut l'ort Arthur,
'l'ivo KuhhIhii vtuHido mti huM to bo In
'Miuih Hhiipn (hut tlivy can t'ltttily bo put
Into iioiiiiuIhhIoii,
Kinf Onciir miyH bo tIoiH4iot favor n
forolhlo union with Norway.
A Hcvoro wind Htorui him wiped out
tlm town of Aimwa, WIbcoiihIii.
A. All tulegraph oporntora on thu North
jru 1'itcllic rullwity uru ready to go on
Strike.
Thu Union pnssiingur depot nt Itttln
Villi), Kentucky, has boe;f burnexl.
Loss, filQOOO.
A HoHton man haa boon arrested In
Kiiigatou, Jamaica, for taking photo
rnplia of thu fortlllcatlous.
Wltto snya that whllo bo favora
Veacu with Japan, Im will not agree.
to It nt nuv turuiH that may bo offered.
UniiHinilly heavy riiliiHtorniB nro ro
liojtcd In various parts of Germany.
'Jtumenao (lanmgo has boon tlono to
vropa.
WANT A LONG CONTRACT.
Only Tormi on Which Jnpnnoio
Will
Work on OnnnL
Hcitttlti, July IH, .liipniiciio labor
contrntlorH will nut ngrt'o to tlm IhIIi
inlitn coiiiiiiIhhIoii'h pronntinino of ox
pitilnmntliiK Hlth tlm labor of illffurunl
coiuitrlcH, A recent illnpntch from
WimhliiKloii mi)'m tlm commlHitloii liux
iIitIiIihI to hi-ciiri) 2,000 liiliororti of illf.
furi'iil mitlonitlltlt'ri uiulur a noo-thiv
c.ont met, with tlm hint In vlow of rn-
iiuwIiik tlm conlritcl for ntiuh lahoruiM
nn wcto fouuil HittUfmitory.
lilt) iUi'itllou bf cinployliiK JapnnuHu
Inborn on tint Ihtliinim wiin Urn I titknu
up with tint coinnilf'liin uml Hucrutnry
Tnfl hy tlm Orit'iitnl . rntllriK compnny,
ol Hwiltln. Thin In tlm mont Imporlanl
labor oontriivtliiK linn In tlm North
went.
Vint I'rtiitliliiut (1. T. Takaliiin'il nnlil
today thai bU coinpitny would not
nuri'n to miuh n projMinal. "Thcro In no
iiioiiny in Niiiii a nliort conlrnct," Im
coiitlniiiMl. "If wo could uul n four-
yen r or ii llvr.ycnr vontritrt, Jajinuenu
Inlioterit could Im nupplled. An It In
tlii) lalK)ri)rN would linvu to bo brounlit
from Jupnu ami retiirncd to thulr
lioineH nftor tint work wiih eoiiiiiliitcil.
To collect 2.000 men, carry tlifin to
tlm lithmtiN nntl thou ruttiru them to
their hoinim after n M)0-diiy contract
Imd Im-cii coitiplitlotl In not pritctlcnhlii.
"Our protomil to ttiipidy Jnpnneiri)
labor Iiiih been befortt thu comiiilnniou
nntl W'nnhluKton olllcInU for noiiiu tliun.
V hnvo not been notlM that n n
(iiperimental contrnct iiilbt bit mnibt
ami 1 tin not think wu would accept n
contrnct II offered ono."
Tlm Oriental Trading compnny pio
onel to provide ltd own foremen,
uh(KxiiiiK men nccuntomed to ill reel Inn
rallronil uml itlmilnr roniitructloii work,
MINERS IN TERROR.
Appeal to Qovornmant for Protection
Against Outlawt.
Heatlltt, July IH. Miner opomtliiK
on tlm creek n near Fulrbutikit, Alnskit,
bavo npiMstltil to thu United HtntcN
Kcvorniimut for protection from ouU
law d who nro terrorising that dlntrlct.
(lentirnl Conntnurtt WillUnnt, In corn
iiiatul of tlm Di'puilmout of tho Col inn
bin, linn Itcvu InatructMl by thu War
department to Invention!!', nntl If coiull
tlona nro na bad nn tho inlnnrii claim,
troopn will I mi ituhetl Into tint Tnnnnn
country. Thu telegraph linen Into
t-itirlmukM nro ilowu mitt (ieneral v 1 1 -llnui'
liiVttitlKittioti ii likely to Imi tie
Inyetl for ixtvernt ilayit. In tlm menu
Hum n large Abinkn community In ter
rorlifd, for tlm Nltuntion In even woritc
tb nn timt which exlntol nl Kkngway
during tint "Hmpy Hiitith" ilay.
TolegnMUili' ntlvlrett from tlm North
ttitiimi that bitld-tlt mid the Ixtldtf t of
riililiorltit nro lHNHiilng m fnxiuent that
nn nttark on Htiim of tho Iwtrikn la
ftwred by tlm loiuerit. Tlm miim owneia
nro nfmld to either brim; tbeir dtint
Into tonn ..r kwp It nt their camp.
The oallnw Hie hold i iik up tttroiiK pork
irwiUN nmi rtrttlrit( ni enitttn art mi
nuitieroiiH that tituy Iuavh IttoxtuiH ex-jM-ctetl.
The miner in tho I iiinun country
bavo but it fow wcoka In which to inuke
thulr annual cleanup mid tho depreda
tions of tlmoutlnWN threaten the yeitr'it
buslueitit. Tho dlntrlct about FnirbaukH
has bail n reuiarknbU winter and thu
cleanup would be thu lienvlent In tho
ciiinp'ii hlatory If tlm uilnera nro able
to work. Kenrof lonlng everything by
robin? ry la holding back thu Mprlnu
clean-up.
Independence for Corea,
Honolulu, July IH. Coremts bent
bavo rntsod n fund to rend Hov. 1'. T.
You, n Oirwtn MethiMlist minister, to
WHuhlugtou to seo President Koosevolt
for tlm purHisii of asking tlint efforts
Im maiht by tlm I'nlted Htntrs In tlm
fortbcoiniug imgotiittious to bring nboul
nn HKreeiiieut by wbieb thu Corcou na
tion will btHtium liitlepouiltiut within
SO ytwrs if it shows lltnetm (or solf-
goveriiumnt. Ituv. Mr. ton will so
licit tlm H"od ollh'tts of President Kintce
volt to nsk .la pun to grant imlepouil-
unco as thu United Htn'.vs did Culm.
Off Tor the North Pole.
Now York, July 18, Thu I loose veil,
In which Captain Hubert It. l'miry
hopes to reach tlm north polo, started
on her long voyagu today. Captain
I'eary anil n patty of guests wero on
lxmnl nt tlm start, nntl remained with
the ship on her trip down thu bay, but
they luit her at thu narrows, returning
to thu city on u navy tug. Captain
l'enry slnrted tonight by rail for 8yd
nuy, Capu Hrvtou, where ho will Join
thu ship.
Captain King In Olackmar't Place
lliiltlmori), July IH. Hy tlm death of
(Ieneral lllnckmar, Captain John It,
King, of thla city, senior vice com
mander In chief, becomes, under tho
laws of tho (1, A. it., acting command-
ur-iu-chluf, and will oontiuuo huuIi un
til thu next National uncaiuiunont.
Captain King In pension agent for
Maryland, Dlntrlct of Co umbla. Vlr-
glnla mnl West Virginia, mid has mi
oilli'o In Washington.
Rlpa Fruit Can Do Carried,
Hncraiuento, Cnl., July IH. Harold
Powell, of tho United Htatea Depart
ment of Agriculture, says ho baa
demonstrated coiiulusivoly Hint rlito
fruit, well refrigerated before, shipment
will nrrlvo sound under ordinary rail
road refrigeration, oven after bulng
from 10 to IH daya on thu way.
Packing Plant Is Destroyod,
Columbus, 0 July 18, Tho plant
of thu Columbus Packing company on
thu South Hide, wiih destroyed by tiro
today. lxRd, 185,000. The lira la
boliovod to hnvo boon of incendiary
origin.
INNOCENCE
Williamson Dunlcs Enlorliiij Plot
to Suborn Perjury.
KNEW GESNER LOANED MONEY
Oron Exnmlnillon by District Atlor-
(toy Henoy Orlnpi Out Tlili
Fact from Wltnoii.
I'ortlnml, July 18. After tint conn
imi for tho defend!) plncea Htvoral wlt
neiteN on tho ntitnd tbltt niornlng to
mIiow that tlm timber claim of Marlon
It. Hlgg", ono of tlm (lufentliiutN in tlm
trial of ItuprcKuutativo Wlllinmtiou and
Dr. (Ii-Mimr, whn vnluabli) for tlinlxT,
all of tlm ovldenco will hnvo been laid
lmforo tlm Jury, liy ruftiHlrig to permit
tlm ile fen ho to placo on the Mtmul a long
list of wituefNCN to iirovo thu good char
acter of tltu three dufendau(N,Jiidgj Do
lliiven Nliortenixl thu trial nntl for tho
next few diiyN thu couitrooiu will Imi
ringing with tlm voIccn of thu attorneys
making their argument to thu Jury.
Veatcrtlay morning Ituprcaciilatlvo
Williamson took tlm stnntlju bis own
behalf mnl declared to thu jury that ho
wna Innocent of tho charge of conspir
ing to cnusit curtain npplicauti for gov
ernment tlmlM.tr lainl to commit perjury,
lie was Inclined to bo combntivu under
crons-oiamiiiHtlon but District Attorney
iieney, apparently liml no iltftiro to
prectt thu witness to thu )lnt where lit
would lorn his tcmMjr. During tlm di
rect anil redirect uxamlnntion, Itvitrv-
dilative Williamson frequently turned
lull upon thu jury and ilulivured his
evidence nt vnrlons times directly
at tlm 12 men who will later pnsi judg
ment iiiMin him. Naturnlly bis testi
mony wna tlm frnturo of tint day, mid
whllo bu maili) n gtKid wltnefs for him
jrnlf, Mr. Iieney nevertheless got nil
missions from lilm Hint tended to show
Hint bu knew that (ivrniur was making
loans to entryinen.
TO TAKE VLADIVOSTOK.
Japanese Hope to Capture Fortress
Before Envoys Reach America.
Toklo, July IH. Judging from tho
activity nt present licing displayed nt
tlm Nnvy department, it renins certain
thu Investment of Vladivostok can Imj
tupi-ctcd Itcforo tlm end of this week.
All nrrmtgemeuts nru known to linvu
leeu complt'ted, nntl It is reported, evi
dently tiHin thu best authority, that
Adinlrnl Togo's entire llea will sail
from H.iwImi lmforo nightfall. In addi
tion, an army ol Invasion, which was
landed from traiistortN In Peter tlm
Orwtt Iwy very nMitly, Is already
movinic to romploltf thu investment by
Intnl. KiiireJiine , IM) octMii-Koing
foreign fteMinerN Imvo U'cn placml mi-
tier tlm JnMHies(t ling, bid fit with run
munition mid stipplius, mid will arcom
p.iny Togo's llect.
It Is tint hope of tho Jnpnnese gov
ernment that Vladivostok will be taken
before the pence envoys bind on United
Htntca soil. Witli this object in view,
nothing Is to lo left undone to umko
tho cnmpaigu, as planned, brief mid
eminently successful.
HEAT IS KILLING.
Temperature In Metropolis of United
States Causes Prostration!.
Now York, July IH. After a resplto
of one (lay. thu hot wave tlint swept
over New York Inst week, causing scoics
of deaths mnl hundreds of casus of pros
trations, returned today with renewed
intensity, tlm temperature luting by fur
tlm highest of the tHNittun.
The highest M)lnt reached was nt 4
o'clock in tlm afternoon, when tlm
woAtlmr bureau thermometer touched
US degree. In the streets, however,
the bent was much greater, snmo thur
mnmotunt recording us high ns 10H.
Whllo the heat was intense, tho nit
was stirred by light breeze, and thu
general suffering was somewhat miti
gated by tlm ahsouro of thu excessive
humidity that prevailed last week. It
was largely owing to this that only two
cases of death directly resulting from
hunt weru reported.
Nothing to Investigate.
Caracas, July 18. Vuiitzue!una were
very much surprised on receiving tlm
iiowh Hint riesitieni uoosuvult nail ap
pointed Judge Calhoun n special com
missioner to Venezuela to Investigate
thu claims of America. Tlm Constitu
tion, tlm government organ, says: "If
tlm claims of Americana or others ux
luted, they would bavo been already
heard before competent authorities. It
may bo tlm president icintires Infor
mation regarding the case of tlm New
York A llitrinudez Asbpalt company,
which Ih still pending."
Rapid Transit for London,
London, July 18. A bulky blueliook
tonight contains tlm report of thu royal
commission on locomotlvo transport in
London. Thu advisory board of engin
eers recommends thu construction of
two main avenues through Loudon, 110
feet wide mid between four mid tlVo
nillea long, carrying four lines of twin
ways on tlm surface and four lines of
railways below tho aurfneu. It la rati
mated that tho cost of construction will
bu X12,U00,O00.
Assistant Engineer of Oanal,
Ban Antonio, Tex., July 18, Jackson
Smith, formurly itasseugur agent of tho
National railroad of Mexico, baa been
npi'ointeil assletunt to Chief Ktiglneer
Btcvons, of thu Panama canal, accord
ing to a telegram received hero tonight.
NEW TRIAL DENIED.
Judge Do Haven Donloi Motion In
Mitchell Gate.
Portland, July 10. "Tho motion In
arrcsl of Judgment will bo denied.
"Tho motion for n new trial will bo
denied.
"Is tlm defendant In court?"
Honator John II. Mitchell was not In
court when JudgelJiilInvon pronounced
tho words iuoled from bis decision in
answer to tho motions mndo last week
by hla nttonmya. Honator Mitchell
was represented by Judge Uonnett and
ex-Heiiator Thurston, and whllo Judge
Da Haven did not say tlint ho would
hnvo rendered Judgment um tlm
senator, had bo been in court, it in" be
lieved from thu fact that ho asked If
"the defendant was In court," that Im
would have tlono so. Hcnator Thurs
ton, when Judgo Do Haven put his
uuery, rose and stated that bo wished
further time in which to draw up a bill
of exceptions, and ho was given until a
week from Monday morning to present
tb cm.
This means another ten days before
Honator Mitchell will have Judgment
pronounced upon him, Tho senator's
counse' informed thu court that by to
morrow they would bavo their bill of
exceptions ready and in the hands of
United States District Attorney Hency,
so that Im might In turn have bis
answer ready by the tlmo tlint tho casu
will agnlu bu taken up by tho court.
Juilgo Du Haven seemed willing to
gram mo delay, mm ns theru wna no
objection from Mr. Iieney, His Honor
set Monday, July 31, as tlm day for re
ceiving tlm exceptions.
BIOQ8 TESTIFIES FOR DEFENSE.
Vigorously Denies Any Thought
Perpetrating Fraud.
of
Portland, July 10. Thla coming
week, unices ttomo unforeseen accident
should occur, will seo thu end of the
ltepresentatlvo Williamson, Dr. Van
(leaner and Marion It. Weirs trial.
Yesterday Marlon lllggs, who la the
United Htatea land commissioner, took
the stand in his own behalf, and when
Judge Do Haven adjourned court until
Monday morning, ho had passed through
tho bands of thu district attorney. On
thu whole, he made a fair witness for
himself, and tho two defendants charg
ed jointly with him In tho alleged con
spiracy. Under tho skillful bamla of
Attorney Wilson, lliggs told a plausible
story, but District Attorney Henev,
during the course of nn extremely rigid
cross exnminntion, tangled thu witnessa
up several times.
Prom the ttegiuningof his testimony
to the end, Itigga contended that ho
was Innocent of any wrongdoing, and
bo denied Imving any part in the alien
ed conspiracy of suborning entryinen to
commit rjury.
DIES AT BOISE.
Commander-in-Chief of Q. A. R. Was
Touring Northwest.
llolse, Idaho, July 10. General W.
W. lllnckmar, commander-lii chief of
tlm Grand Army of thu Kepublic, died
nt 6 o'clock thla evening of intestinal
nephfltiB. His wife wna with him
during bis illness. Tho body will be
embalmed and taken to tho homo of
the family In Poston.
Tho general arrived hero on tho 10th
on n tour, during which ho intended to
visit Grand Army posts throughout tho
Northwest. Ho was III when lie arriv
ed mid gradually failed. Tho serious
item of Ills condition was kept from the
public at tho request of his wife.
General lllarkmar was horn July 25,
18-U, at llrlfto, Pn. Ho enlisted in
tlm Fifteenth Pennsylvania cAvnlry and
sultseiiueutly Joined the First West
Virginia. Iloeurved with distinction
throughout thu war and at Five Forks
was promoted on thu fluid by General
Custer to the rank of captain. Through
the three administrations of Governors
Img, Talbott and Itico lio wna judge
advocate general of Massachusetts. At
the lust National encampment of tint
Grand Army of tho Republic ho was
elected commandor-ln-oliiuf.
Costly Dirt In New York.
New York, July 17. From tho ex
empt tux list, as published today in
the City Record, some idea of the value
of eaith in that part of tlm globo cov
er in t by Now York City may be gath
ered. Tlm totul estimated value of
real property which pays no taxes is
morn that $1 000 000,000, and it Is
safe to say that tho real worth of tho
property is more than 2,000,000,000.
Adding to this more than $ 5,000,000,
000 of real estate which wna taxed, tho
actual value of thu city la morotban
(7,000,000,000.
Rain Ruins Indiana Whoat.
Indianapolis, Intl., July 17. Itoports
to the News from all counties of Indi
ana bIiow that continuous rains have
prevented almost entirely the threshing
of wheat in this statu so far. Two
weeks ago Indianiana apparently bad
tho greatest yield of wheat in many
years, but since harvest thoru has been
rain practically all tho time,, ItetuniB
so far indicate n yield of SO bushels to
tho acre, Thu Indiana corn crop will
bu tremendous.
Canal Laborers Leaving,
Panama, July 17. Owing to dila
tory methods of paying laborers, a gen
eral exodus of workmen Is taking placo
nmong employes of tho canal. Reports
from Unlebm iniilcatu that, becuuso
they cannot got paid, laborers nro jiult-
ting In scores, and have taken to tho
woods of bananas and other tropical .
fruit to ward off starvation.
COLLEGE HONORS
Can you guess who will get It?
GREAT RU88IAN WATERWAY.
Cxar'm Government Planning for Jlal-tlc-lllnck
Hea Hlilp Cunnl.
The recent appointment of a com
mission to examine tho question of
constructing a canal to unlto tho Ilal-
tlc and Itlack Kens revives Interest
In this tremendous project, which Is
no less than digging a canal equal In
length to most of tho so-called canals
on Mara. It la by nil odds the greatest
canal scheme of modern times, and
while It presents illlllcultles, such as
passing Urn Cataracts of the Dnieper
Itivcr, which hnvo a total fall of 107
feet. It Is not considered by any means
Impracticable,
Whllo tho canal Is primarily a strate
gic work, for Itussla has a large fleet
In tho Itlack Ken which Is rusting
from Inertia, It Is Just as important
commercially, for, as no other agency
UOITK OF l'llOl-Oatlt CANAL.
could, It will open up trade In the in
terior of the Taar's Kuropean domains,
mid by Its tolls bo not only self-supporting
but a source of rerenue to the
government.
I.onutit Canal In World.
From Itiga, on the Baltic, to Kher
son, at the entrance to tho lilaclc Sea,
Is only S00 miles In a straight line,
but tho canal, as mapped by Mr.
Huckteschell, who, It is said, will pos
sibly bo Intrusted with Its building,
will bo almost twice as long, or be
tween 1.410 and 1,-lUS miles, according
to the route selected. When completed
It will Iks the longest canal In the
world, but lu M'lte of these supcrla-
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tlves, Its cost will, comparatively
speaking, not bo groat. An American
syndicate lias offered to construct the
work for $o 15.000,000, or for about
three-tlfths the bid mndo by a Russian
syndicate.
Those bids wotj made n year ngo on
tho favorite route mentioned. Since
then, however, a scheme has been pro
parad by a llolglnn engineer, Coiutc
Gustavo Dofosse, in which J. King &
Co., of liontlon, nro Interested. The
details of this proposal hnvo not yet
been innde public, but they nru said
to apply to a waterway about 400 miles
shorter nnd having n uniform depth of
'.!S fcot mid n breadth on tho surface
of '-'OS feet, nnd at bottom of 11-i
feet. It this plan is followed, the
engineer states the canal can bo com
pleted In nbout six years. With a
speed of eight knots, tho passage
would occupy nbout flvo days.
Tho original plan, which, In view
of tho rapidly increasing slzo of ves
sels, Is moro nccoimnodntlng, was for
n waterway U1W feet deep, HO feot
wide nt bottom and 200 feot wldo at
surface, inciuuea in tuts pian is a
broad, well-paved roadway, built nt
the side of tho canal for Its whole
longth. As Russia Is not famed for Its
food roads, this Improvement will b
THE FINAL AWARD.
Chicago Tribune.
of almost as much importance ns tho
canal lUelf.
Apart from the extensive works to
be built at the cafjtrncts and tho actual
digging of only twelve mllca through
a country presenting no great dlfllculty
to the operation, tho canal building
will very largely bo tho simple work
of dredging a deep channel In the
rivers nnd the existing canal and tho
widening of the latter.
No one familiar with Russia's hu
miliating position on the Illnck Sea
need be told that the subject Is an old
ono and a recognized necessity, for
while the Tsar has been permitted to
build a powerful fleet of warships on
the Itlack Ba, treaties and conven
tions extending bsclc almost a cen
tury, or slnco 1S09, have closed tho
gates of thd Dardanelles upon them.
Tho Itlack Hen fleet, which consist
of about IM ships, has been "locked"
in tho Itlack Sea principally through
lirltlsh action, although Russia la a.
party tb most of the treaties, recognis
ing the fact that It la somo consolation
to know that no other force, not even
a lirltlsh fleet, may pass through tho
stralta, "tho key to tho Tsar's home,"
as Napoleon described It.
During tho last year, however, Rus
sia haa felt the need of her caged
fleet, which, If It could have been
dispatched to the Far Kast at an op
portune time, might have changed tho
history of th war. At present tho
Itlack Sea fleet can only he used to
menace the "sick man of tho KasL"
whom most of the powers do not de
sire disturbed, for fear of the awful
contention for th "remains" If the
Turk were driven out of Europe.
While Great Itrltaln Is distributing
her fleets baa always made duo allow
ance for the Ineffective character of
the Itlack Sea fleet, and consequently
has been ablo to curtail the size ot
her Mediterranean squadron, there la
a general Impression that Russia
would by means characteristic be ablo
to send her Itlack Sea fleet past tho
Dardanelles If n European war were
forced upon her and made such a
coup desirable.
Tho canal from the Haltlc to tho
Itlack Sea would bring St. Petersburg
3,000 miles nearer the Far Kast, anil
what la more to tho point, would
bring It so much nearer Egypt and
India. It Is no secret that notwlth-
RUSSIA.
JJATVM,
standing thu disastrous outcome of tho
war In tho Par Hast, Russia will strike
for an outlet on tho Indian Ocean.
Tho lirltlsh have beon guarding thd
northorn boundary of India for years.
In anticipation of any Russian move
mont on tho frontier. A quarter of a
century ago the Russians were at tho
"gate of India," within a few mile
of Herat. There they still are, but
It Is beyond belief to think they ura
content to stay there.
Norfolk Habbtt Wnrrcm.
Tho great headquarters of tho nat
ural warren of Kuglaud Is In Norfolk,
and moro especially In tho neighbor
hood of Thetford. There for mllo after
mile rabbits nro tho main "crop" of
tho country, nnd a paying one, for tho
only labor Involved Is that of catch
lug them. You can walk for miles and
seo nothing but rabbit warrens on or
cry sldo. Tho woods and parks nro
warrens, and so aro tho heaths. Tho
only houses In sight aro warreners'
cottages, and Instead of plowmon at
work, or men sowing corn, or shep
herds and their collies, tho only work
men vislblo nro all wurreuera. Lon
don Country Gentleman.
For overy menu man
least tw moro are born.
who dies at