IN THE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS I
Thursday, Fiibiuary 10,
Washluxtl'ii, lob. 15. 'J'lio nmmtii
today iukkiI lit tlm couMldiirniloii of thu
joint slnloliimil 1111 nnil (or nn hour
Hml n Imtl Unloned to h speech by Dirk
In mipport ot tlm bill nn inputted from
(tin ciiiiiiiillti'ii nn terrllorlen,
Tlm bill prohibiting llntiiimiitbiirlrKil
wearing ol tlm Insignia i tlm (I. A. It.
nnil other soldier orntilcut lonrt was
panned.
Hill with pncnud entithlUhlliK light,
house and fog nlgnnln on Capo 1 1 inch
Inlirixik Island, William oiiiiiI nnil
Cp Hjnuirnr, Orim sound, In Alaska.
Washington, l'.b. 16. "Morning
hour" prevailed In Hut hntisu today
until after 5 o'clock. Tint net result
ws tint passago ot it bill to IniircnHii to
:il),()()() n jr'r tlm l-Vdnrnl npprnprla
tlnil to Mtitb iitMln nnil territory tor thai
ilpport of agricultural experiment
station mill n bill repenllug tlm prenent
'law granting American register ti for
eign bl"i w reeked mnl repaired on tlm
American coast III tlm discretion ol tlm
secretary 1 1 tlm department ol Com
merce, mnl Ijibor, mul requiring it npn
'Ul ml nl emigre to grant such regis
ter. Tim fwtturti ol Win ily wa tlm at
tmpt ul 1'ityim, chairman ol tlm wnyii
mnl mean Miiniiiltl to get bio bill
(or tlm consolidation ol rtinliiifm col lee
tlon district. A tnrloii opiKitllloti
developed mnl by it roll call it largo ma
jority voted agaluit considering tlm
bill. Auttlu, when tlm experiment Mu
tton bill i-anm up, tlm dohatit reverted
Into tlm 1'ityiin bill, mnl It wa m ttli
dllflcultv that tl could b brought to
mi cud.
An indirect compliment mi hi to
litigwnrtli by a vutn to adjourn today
until Monday, although nothing wilt
appear In tlm retord ol II itirHHHi.
WodtmscUy. February 14.
WVdiiwNliiy, IVb. M. At it Ihw
iiilnuttx nllnr ll o'clock today Ihnr-eualn
mil It filial Iwtllol on tlm anbtldy ship
ping bill, willed wa jmhio! by ft vot
ol H to 27. All tlm vol lor tlm bill
were, by Itepnhllcan touator, and nvo
ltepilblleaii imalr voted with tlm
Demarcat In opMltlou. Trwy ncm
llorkrtt, Ixolllver, Lit l-'ulltitts, tJjMxiner
ml Witnmr. Tlm vntn nn tlm bill wa
preceded ny action on a number ol
mtiMHlniwit". mnl Ihf by mi entire day
ol debato. Mmiy luiHirlmil amend
mmita wern accepted, but only In onn
emo wa it modification agreed to that
mm not In aroordaitcti with tlm wlr-he
ol tlm manager ol tlm bill. Tlm exrep
lion w on mi mnvniliiiPiit offered by
Kpooner eliminating tlm priivUInn 'v
Ihk ball py to iimmlHir ol tlm intval
rtwnrva who Imvn MrvMii tban six
month.
Wlmn tlm nblppInK bill t ill
wt ol tlm utittt'hood bill wa limdn
llm UHllnUlmd liuliirn.
Vlilntoti, I'fb. H. Allor h-iii.
IiiK itlKHMt tlm rntlru dity In dclmtn on
tbo (ortllUntlon bill, tlmt iimuru wit
aMl liy tlm houio toly.
TumiMy, Frbruary 13.
WaiblnnUin. Ffl. 1.1. Tlm lortltlr.
lion apprdpiiatiuu bill Imld tlm Alton
tlon ol tlm lnwmo todity, rml wa tlm
text lor iiiui'b liNttwl itrKtiitmnt, llrt
ovtir tin. lax nmtlHxl ol oxpi'iiilltuio ol
imblk" inotmy mnl wnd vnr tlm k
twtlon ol tlm Jirop-H""! IK'.OWl.OOO
naval itatlou lor tlm riilllpplutHi.
WanliliiKton, I'uli. 1.1. Hfimtor Kb
kin tiMlay IntriMliinil bin bill (or mil
way rtilo riiulallnii. Tlm iHwtMir pro.
UIihi Hint wlmimvtT any ratti, laro or
iliarK catalilUhtMl by any (tiuiinon car
rinr idiall lm uuiil mul uurwiiKjiiablit,
tlm liitoriitaln t'omuivrco roumilmlon
nlmll Imvn jKiwtr, alltr rompUInt mid
lifitrlim, to innkn mi ordtr ntpilrliiK
cucb rl to bo modUM, va Inr rut almll
bo ntHt'iHwry In order to nouovo tlm -rraaounblmitMHi
mid iinbtwliilniwi. Tlm
orditr bIihII tnko ullet't on mid nllnr n
tlato to bo Kcltlr.l not Iw ttian 30
dity alltT imrvlco iikh tlm citrrlur, mul
almll t'ontlnim In 'fttot lor oim yi-ar tin
Iom rwitralimd or t mildo by lawful
orilar or dttiriHi ol court, or unli'iHt rc
vokwl or inndlflod by it nupplt-inontary
rdir ol tlm comuilfiiloii, wblcb mny bo
iimdo upon nppllotllon or nltttr notli-o
to tbo ourlcr dulitudmit In tlio procwd.
Bt'imtor fiilton today oHprwl mi
ninundumnt to tlm mindry civil bill up
proprbttliiK $100,000 lor protwtliiK mid
prworvhiK work ilnno on tlm Jotty itt
tbo inoutb ol tlm Coluiiililn rlvur. Mr.
I'ulton bit coiiuludiHl, alter ruwtl
conftironcoH with Clmlnunn llurtqn, ol
Spnnltli Trmla arowlnR.
WitBliliiKton, Feb. 18. Tiwileol the
Unltuil HtatoD with Hpitla mid 1'ortiiKal
ninoiintml In tbo lineal year 11)05 to
over $54,000,000, nivordlriK ton report
loaned by tbo department ol Conunerco
nud Ijibor. 01 thin, $15,000,000 was
liiiporlB nml $10,000,000 exports. Ol
tlm Import, $0,500,000 wnu from Tort
tial mul $8,500,000 from Hmln. Ol
tlm oxportH, $2,000,000 went to Portu
Kal nnil $17,000,000 to Bpnln. Importa
from rortiiRnl hitvo reatly IiiitorbchI
during the lint lew yearn, whllo tho
oxporta to that country have duollued.
Wilt Act On Excluilon Law.
WnahlnKton. Fob. 14. Ohlneao er
(ilutilou k'Klslrttlon whh ouo ot tho Biib
jitita 1Iboubboc1 today by tho pronldent.
lleprcBuntntlvo Porklni, ol Now York,
told tho proBiduut that tho matter noon
would ho taken up hy tho committee
nnd that ho had no doubt that action
would ho takun. Ho Bald it would he
tho effort of tho commlttpo to satisfy
tho objections now moilo by tho ChU
iiooo, without admitting to this country
Ohiuoio coolloa.
thn lioimo coiiimllleit, ami lliu mumto
litnilnrn, tlinl the only poMlhln way ol
KiittliiK nn itpproprlutlou tbl dmihIoii
lor tlm uioulli of tlm Columbia In by mi
jtuiimdiimiit to tlm miudry civil bill.
Tliuru In nbxoliibdy no hope of piihhlnn
a wpiclal bill, nor In tlmro any hopo of
pullliiK throiiKh an niiiitrKi'imy river nnd
harbor bill lo provide lor a llmltixl
liuiiibitr ol dinirvini' nrolcctii. nn whm a I
one Hum coiituinpbitixl.
Monday, February 12.
WnnhltiKloii, Fib. 'i. The nenate
bnlay adoptml a Joint rrnolutioii ro
poitiil by Tlllmnii from tbo m-untn
t'oiiiiulttmi on Intorntato romiimrco,
which direct tlm lulcrntato Comuiiircn
couimbinlou to iiiventlKnto Dm cbnrxu of
ilUcrliulnntloii mid couibliinllou in n.
xlralut ol tinde nindn aKitlunt tlm rail
ronil. It Han it Joint rcnolutiou, and
tnunt be pnaaod by tho boimo mid
bIkhimI by tlm prcnlilfiit before It !
come t'ffi ctlvo. Tlm adoption ol the
renoiutioii wan preceded by a npeecb by
Tllluimi, In which hr practically
chanted tlmt tlm adinlulntrntlou wan
not prordluK In kh fnith to Miure
railroad l.vbdatlon, brcmiro he wa not
mllnlli-d with the prenldent'n advlourn.
Aiiioiik th run bn ini'iitlnntsl Hccrctnr)'
ItiHit mid Keuator Knox.
ImIko nlto itMiko at luiiKtb on tlm
railroad iiietton. Ho dellvenil a
cnrulolly prepared npeech, In which
he took a pofltiou lor Kovutinnciitnl
ri'uulatlou ol rati, hut ndviaod tho ul
moat cmitlou kaIiiiI toi radicnl action,
lie cxprHcd the opinion that tlm kIv
IiiK ol reltate wa practically tlm only
evil iixUtliiK in eouiiecllou with tho
railroad nyntomi ol the country.
VahlnKlon. Feb. 12. Tlm homo
today had oporl with tlm bill prnidinK
lor the whlppitiK-pont (or wilelteatera
In tint Dmtrlvt ol Columbia, and tlmti
laid It on tlm tabe, effectively dinpo.
IiiK ol it, by a TOtn ol 15.1 to 00.
A new Kvid wa drdirnted to tlm
meiiHiry ol Lincoln, by Speaker Cannon
In opening tlm bonne, mid the birth,
day ot tbo martyred preldeiit wa re
membered III the prayer ol the chap
lain.
Pacific Coait Protests.
U'aalilliut.ill. I'li. 111. KllVlmi fill.
" " "'". " ...... ,-
ixxilllon from I'mcIHc coaat Intereat ha
dflVelojM'.l til tlm CilRhman bill prnvid
Iiik lor new HiIiIiik leKulatlon (or
Alaka. Tho bonne commlttto on tor
.If. . I mm ivniatilMf Itii. llu, litll milt
MMlll.ni l .. v.. .. '. ..." ..... ......
today alx I'aclfic count enator and a
number ol repritentatlvc appeanl Ih-
.. 11 aiul m.VinI tliat tint Iienrinif tie
kept open until parllc luteriM.tifl can
HmcIi Hero iroui tlm coi to no nearu
In opoitiou to it.
Tlm tirlnnltiil fuilnl n( ntiliuitlfiii Ih
that tlm 111 1 1 Ktve lo tlm department nl
t !tttitit..rf. Mini Tjiltfir tmuer to tnaki.
miltrtblc rcKtilNlloni. It I" clalmeil
the department would Ut aioliito In
thin umll.-r mnl Hint tinv I'lmiu'i'd ill
the exIttliiK rivulations would work
hnrdidilp, II not ruin, to tlm Million
flublnt? ludiittrie.
Why No StAlue of Lal'aycllo''
Waahlnutou. Feb. 16. The attention
nl Kunntnrv ltfMit lis Iwcil rallwl to the
delay in rompletliiK tlm lronx xtatuo
ol General l.nlnyctlo at rati, mr
whloli a lare um oi money wa raiieu
I., ili.t ,minilrv. In Inkil tbo IllftPl! ol the
plaiter cant pIbcih! on the jumIiwIbI dur-
In tlm oxpooltlou ol li'uu. it ib nn
terntiMKl that Mr. Ititot ban nlaitetl an
liiVMttlirallnii. Tlm Diiutjhtern of- the
American Itevoliitlon are lntvicatliiK
themiHilvtHi In the matter.
Nortbwost Graduates at Annapolis.
Whnhlnuloii, Feb. H. ItnlelKh F.
IIiikIu, I'ortlaud; Frmlerlek N. rer
klnn, Salem; Carroll O. Omvim, 8po
kaui.-, Itmidolph P. rVudder, North
Vnklmii! Itnliert 1.. (lllorillll'V. Mo.
bow, mul Veatal P. Collin, Holm, Krnd-
nated Iroui the AnnaiH)ll ftavai acad
emy yoatorday.
Last Hearing on Yakima Land.
Wanhluxton, Feb. M. Und Com
mlBHlouer ltoa today had a llual hear
Inif on bin fluht (or the annrnval ot the
statu Carey act selection of 55,000 uorea
In the Yakima valley, llm care will
probably ho decided In a fow days.
Lighthouse Tor Resurrection Day.
WashliiKtmi, Feb. 14. Senator Piles
Imlau Inlr.wliir.v1 a till I imtlinrlzInD tint
construction of a lihthouHO at the en
trance of Itcaitrrectlon bay, Alaska, to
cost $25,000.
Railroads on tbo Islands.
Washington, Feb. H. Tho bid of
Bolomon A Co,, Cornelius Vandorhilt,
J, O. White A Co., all of New York;
Thomas F. Hwlft, Detroit, with whom
In aeioclated tho International llankiuK
corporation; II. 11. Wilson and lleldel
bach, Icketheliner A Co,, has been ac
cepted hy tho Philippine government
for the concessionary contracts or
grants for tho construction, inainto
nanco and operation ol milroadB In tho
Islands of Negros, Panay and Cebu.
Their bid provides for full government
guatauteo authorised hy congress.
Roservo Policy Llvo Issue,
Washington, Feb. 13. Senator Hoy
bum's threo hour spcooh In denuncia
tion ol President Kooaovolt'a loroat ro
sorvo policy will probably have tho
effect of making forest rcsorves a llvo
Issuo which must ha met and disposed
of by congress at tho present bobbIou.
Tho speech of tho Idaho eonator was a
full and complete argument on the bIiIo
of tho opposition; It was Bovoro In Its
arraignments; It was cauatlo In Its
criticisms.
LIKE ROUOH WDEH8.
Pennsylvania Provides Body of Picked
Men Against Time of 8trlko,
Philadelphia, Feb. 1.1. Wlmn tho
great coal ntrlko comes on April 1 the
minors will find tliuinmilvuH confronted
by a new kind of foo.
There will bo no Plnkertonn to "In
llniiio the pntnionn of tlm workers."
No militia or private guardn of any
kind will bo on duty, nor will tlm mili
tia be called out. The duty of protect
ing life and property will bo confided
Ui the ntate constabulary, an organiza
tion without a parallel in the United
Htaten. Tho nearest approach to It In
the body of men known an the "Texan
Hangers," famed principally In dime
novel, hut the statu constabulary ban
greater powers than tho rangers, and
far more work to do.
At tho lant nennlon of tint lglslatur,
authority for tbo organisation of tho
force wan given out, and now tho men
have been selected, drilled and are
ready for work. Tho Btiporlutendimt
ol tho force, which now numbers 240
men, but tan bo over fourfold that
number if tlm governor decides an
emergency exist, Is John U. (Jroomo,
a (orumr militiaman, who raw service
nn a i-oiumfioned olllcer during the
tipnulnh-Aumricau war.
Superintendent (Jroomo sternly din
reganied all tho premuro that wai
brought to U-ar iiimjm him by politb
ciann, and not only did ho declare that
not one appointment would be made
to oblige a dealer In patronage, but ho
kept bin word.
Several thoimaud men were exam
ined before the itiota wan ullvd, and
tlmro arn now on the llntn fully 500
(unlilied men, who can bo called iijkjii
II an emergency arlten.
Ono requirement wan insisted upon:
Kvry man bad to be an American, bo
tweeu tlm ages of 21 and 40, and be a
good borremaii. Although It wnn not
a ri'ijuinlto that troopern should have
ncen military service, yet It wan found
that thono who hnd been in the regular
army or the Pennsylvania National
gourd bent answered tho tests, and
practically all of tlrone chosen have
Ihhjii noldler, real or "tin."
PACKINO FOR EXPORT.
American Goods Sent to Orient Said
to Arrive In Dad Shape.
Washington, Feb. 13. As a result of
the work of snclnl agents sent to the
Orient to Investigate trade regulations
with tliomi countries, a valuable, object
lewon in tho way of packing goods for
export Is now furnished by the bureau
of manufactured of the department of
Commerce and 1-abor.
Heavy losses have been sustained and
thn growth of exports retarded as tho
result of Insecure packing on tho part
of American exporters. Numerous
photographs have been received show
ing piles of boxes on the wharves in
China, where the Hritlsh and Gurman
boxen are secure, while many of thoen
of American make are smashed and tho
goods Injured or destroyed. The wood
ured (or Imxes In this country Is gen
erally too'light In weight and not prop
erly held together.
One of the Hugllsh lioxcs on exhibi
tion is made of hard wood, (even
elghtliH of an inch in thickness, with
double ends, and 1 1 mil with tin made
to tlm exact inside measurements of
the box. Inside this tin lining heavy
wrapping paper Is placed, In which are
packed the bundles of different articles
well wrapped and properly marked.
Tho tin lining Is soldered bo as to bo
water tight, while tho boxes aro held
together by steel bauds.
American piece goods reach China In
machine-pressed bales bound with
ropes. Other countries use Iron bands
with buckles or locks on the ends.
Tlm ropes are tireless for protection,
mid as a result there are largo losses on
damaged American bales. Some Amer
ican mills use metal bands, but they
are the exceptions. Chinamen com
plain that Americans do not comply
with orders as to labels, etc., and the
lark of uniformity causes great losses.
The Cl.lneso purchase goods as a result
of labels of which they have a know
ledge. A chango of the label In any
respect causes a loss to the merchant.
Old Treaty With Prussia.
Washington, Feb. 13. Considerable
interest attaches, in view ot tho termi
nation of tho trade agreement with
Germany, on tho first of March, to the
fact that tlmro Is still in existenco a
treatv of neaco and amity mado In 1828
between the United States and Prusslaj
wuicn contains n most mvomi iianun
clause under which It Is contended
that tho United Statea has the right to
demand tho application of the German
minimum tariff rates to its Imports, as
has been accorded various European
countries,
Makos Demand on Porte.
Constantinople, Feb. 13. Tho
Tnrko-Peralan frontier dlsputo remains
unsettled. Tho Persian ambassador
haa demanded of tho Porto tho evacua
tion of lahldjan by Turkish troops and
compensation for tho depredations by
tho Turkish cavalry. It la belloved
that tho Turkish commlaalon which
luiB arrived at tho dlaputod territory
will recommend to tho Porto the Im
mediate withdrawal of tho Turkish
troops.
Piano Factory Burned.
Now York, Feb. 13. Firo storting In
the liromullor piano factory, at Tenth
avenue and Flfty-flrat streot tonight,
caused damage- ostlmatod at $500,000.
Tho blaxa spread bo rapidly that for a
tlmo several tonementa which adjoin
tho piano factory on Tenth avenue and
rifty-flrat atroet were threatened.
NEWS OF THE WEEK
ii a Condensed Form for Our
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
K Resume of tho Less Important but
Not Lost Interesting Evonti
of the Past Weok.
Alexander, of Kijultable fa mo, Is ser
iously 111.
A Moroccan gunboat has fired on n
French steamer.
It In now said that John I). Itocko
feller in in Kurope.
There Is a movement for congress to
demand reform In tbo Congo state.
Pat Crowe has la-en aco,uitted of kid
naping and will now bo tried for car
robbery,
John A. McCall Is slightly Improved,
but his physicians say he cannot stand
many sinking spells.
Exports of American agricultural ma
chinery to Ituesla this spring will
amount to fully $25,00,000.
Tho governor of West Virginia may
call a special ession of tbo legislature
to consider tho railroad rato problem.
The senato committee on territories
ban agreed on a bill prohibiting gamb
ling in ail territories, including Alaska.
Tho Iowa house has parsed a bill
prohibiting tho (Uncharge of revolvers,
firecrackers and other explosives on
July 4.
Tho Philadelphia A Heading Coal
company expects by April 1 to have
enough coal on hand to last until next
September.
There are rumors ot mediation in the
Moroeoun dispute.
Great Ilrltain may estallsh a national
system of old age ;ensIons.
The Slrandard Oil company is soon
to be proeocutcd under the trust law.
Tho Austrian government will crush
llungnrian liberty and a rebellion Ib
sure to follow.
The United States government baa
refused concessions to Germany to get
tarlfl redactions.
The Virginia legislature is consider
ing a 2-cctit a mile bill, the house hav
ing already pass it.
Tbo government investigation of tho
Valencia disaster tends to show cow
ardice on the part of the "rescuing"
fleet.
Kvery large colliery in the anthracite
dlttrict is accumulating a large reserve
ot coal in anticipation ot a strike on
April 1.
Should serious troulo occur in China
the government is almost sure to call
for volunteers and the natlonl guard of
Oregon, Washington and California
will likely have tho first show. Pres
ent plans of tho government contem
plate placing 33,000 troops in tho
Philippines, and as our standing army
is only a trltlo over 00,000, including
artillery, volunteers almost have to be
asked for.
A snow storm has again blocked rail
road tralllc in the East.
Ambassador White Is ready to solvo
tho Moroccan question.
The government Is Investigating the
wreck ot the steamer aIoncla.
China is sending troops into Man
churia to replace tho Japanese being
withdrawn.
Attorney General Hadley, of Mis
souri, has a clear caso against tho
Standard Oil.
i
John A. McCall, ox-president of the
New York Life Insurance company, is
near death's door.
Helnxe, tho Montana copper king,
has transferred his mines to the Amal
gamated Copper company.
Chicago police havo been ordered to
see that no boy or girl under 18 years
of age goes to a public dance unattend
od by parents,
Government riprap work coating
$500,000 is threaetned with destruction
by tho action ot tho Missouri rivor near
sltlon to change its channel.
Mario Ware MoKinley eaye sho can
reach her huaband at any time.
Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin,
ha ldiirVed a schema to sell tho coal
lands of the Choctaw and Chickasaw
Indians for $2,000,000, when tlioy aro
really worth $5,000,000, and under tho
terms at which tho land Is now leased
It will bring tho Indiana $105,000,000.
Morocco conferees atlll hopo for a
settlement.
Aryan has reglsned as trustee of a
college which aakod money from Car
negie, i
Tho 'Pennsylvania legislature hae or
dorod an inquiry into coal mining by
railroads. :
Tlio Illo Grando Southern railroad JoH
$100,000 by flro In ita roundhouse at
Rldgway, Colorado. '
Senator Dubois, ot Idaho, declares
polygamy is the greatest menaco to
American civilisation.
The president has pardoned Miner
Meriwether. Jr., sentenced to dismissal
i from Annapolla for hazing.
C0MPAIIIS0N OP TIIE POULTRY AND WHEAT PRODUCT.
fiini nn 1 1 iimmjiuBMMLg.liu.siu
'ilm jH)Ultry and egg producta arc shown by tho heavy circles, and Uio
wheat product by tho light circle. All Htate circle are drawn to on
scale. Tho figures pointed within the circles indicate million of dollars. No
circle In given for lens than half a million dollars. Tlio census of 1000, from
which Uith tho foregoing chart were drawn, report a total poultry and
egg product of f2O,(KX,0OO, aa stated on the larger of tbo two great circle
above. Tlm wheat product la given as $37O,fXlO.O00. An export value of
$141,000,000 leaven tho home consumption $229,000,000, n stated on tho
smaller of the two great circle above. Therefore tho National poultry and
egg bill la nlmoat one-fourth greater than tlio wheat bill. Tho egg bill' la
about fi per cent greater than Urn poultry bill. Franklin Korbes, In Success
Mngnr.lno.
POOH-BAH OF PANAMA.
Cpl. Rhnnfnn, Who la 1t Control
tba Slonirrrla ot All Htallona.
dipt. Goorgo K. Hhantonof Chug-
water, Wyo., chief of police for tho
lnthrnuR, marshal of tho Circuit Courts
of Panamn, marshal of the Supreme
Court of tho canal tone, warden of the
canal rone prison nnd coroner thla 1
the man, or, at leant, these arc his ti
tle at present A giant of a man U
Hhnnton. a laughing, rccklcxs, fearless
giant, with n boyish face and pleasing
smile, but with n hand of iron and a
determination that known no law ex
cept the one that get for him what
bo wan put there to get ioace through
out the canal zone.
Facing a situation unprecedented In
history and dealing with a clans of
men who enre nothing for laws a more
statute, Shanton baa cast aside all
precedent and molded rule and made
punishment to suit the occasion. He
1 now In charge of a force of 140 black
CAJT. GEOKGE X. BHA.TTOX.
policemen and 40 white one, nud. what
ever elso may bo aald of tho cnn.il touo,
it 1 reputed to be free of crime and
to Shanton belong tho credit. Hut with
the beginning of real work on the canal
hi dutliM will bo many times lncroatuHl.
Fifty thousand men will be at work
there then twice aa many us now
kucIi n gathering of adventurora na tbo
world haa never twforo seen. From nil
the earth tho offscourings will bo sifted
Into Panama. A'strlp of land 10 miles
wide nnd 40 long will hold the scum of
creation, tbo criminals of every land.
Ten thousand of them will be white, it
U estimated -white of akin, If not of
heart and tho remaining 40,000 will be
made up of tho black and mongrel of
nil nations. It will be a daredevil
clnsa, Just as it was in the old days,
when the French were on tho Isthmus
Just a It was when Suox was being
constructed Just us auch place, where
money la plentiful and tho civilization
nnd prenuninbjy tho law distant, al
ways draw such men.
And up and down among these, from
ono cpd of tho zone to tho other, will
ride Shanton on his rnmous black
broncho, "Whisky rete." "Whisky
Pete" is almost as noted on the Isth
mus now a Is hi master. He la of
tho fighting, biting outlaw" kind.
Uutll Shanton got him he know no
band as a master's, and even now he la
as much an outlaw as ever to all but
the llongh Illdcr captain. Shanton
turned him In a roping contest at Den
ver, won n thousand dollar prize by It,
nnd afterward bought the pony, which
no ono elno would have. "Whisky
Pete" haa followed his master since
thou through all his wanderings and
they have been ninny. He saw a lot of
tho world under Simmon when tho
Wyoming man posed as "Klug Qf tlio
Cowboys" for Iluffalo 1J111; he was
In Cuba whou his master eloped with
Margaret Lo Mar, a southern beauty,
who now reigns in tbo Shanton home
on the isthmus, and tinally he is tho
ofllclal mount of tlio Hough Illdcr man
of many titles In tho canal zone, Shan
ton weigh over -"00 pounds and stands
0 feet 4.
Shanton is tlio court of last resort
for the men under him nnd for all
who break tho law on the Isthmus.
What Shauton says "goes"; there Is
no apieal and uo going behind the
returns. If a man commit a crime
ho Is hemmed In by the sea ou two
stdea, and Shanton's black policemen
watch all outgoing vessels. On the
other two Hides the pos8lbk refugee,
faces a wilderness from out of which
meu do not return except when they
go Into It well prepared to face Its
dauxera and seldom then. Up and
down the short and narrow zone riden
Shanton on "Whisky Pete,' ana tho
black patrol keep a lookout always.
So what Is your poor criminal to do?
Why, "Come In and face tho music,'
says Shanton. And In be usually
corn, either of hi own accord or by
force, and when he come he gets such
mercy, or such lack of It, as Sban
ton'a report paint him deserving. 'This
strong arm system has had it effect
and crime are few on the Isthmus to
day, whero murder, replno and robbery
ran riot In tlm old regimo of tho
French.
There have been only two mnrdeni
on the JsUirnu since Shanton became
czar. Hut when work on the canal
wa progrelng under tlio French, tbo
number of murders each night wa ap
palling, and seldom or never was any
body punished. Itobberle and crimen
of every character were so frequent
then that they scarcely attracted at
tention, and It was expected that a
like reign would bo assumed by tbo
lawless of tho earth when tho Ameri
cans took hold. Utlcn Globe.
THE DREAMER.
At LmM She Fonnd that 117 Dream
Cum In Her.
Heater Caplln never could remem
ber when her dream first came to her.
It must have begun when alio was a
child, for the bouse her dream housa
wna clear nnd distinct among her
earliest memories.
It was an old gray gabled place with
a snow-drop bush beside the door
step and cottago rosea over the back
porch, and a row of bbtckheart cherry
tree behind. Year by year she had,
seen the cherries white with bloom,
and watched tho tiny pluk blossom
of the snowdrop change to Ivory ber
ries, nnd caught tlio morning fra
grance of the roses; year by year sho
bad seen liappy face at the windows
and children running In and out.
The face changed, for people cams
a ml went In the house, but always
thero were happy eye and always
there was the gay laughter of children
down tlio wind.
All through her lonely childhood
Hester had lived in tho house. She
never had played much with other1
cldldren her mother did not approve
of It. As she grow older her mother's
exacting invalidism claimed nil her
time, and after her mother died thero
wns atlll a crippled father whoso tem
per was worse twisted than his hands.
Through all the prisoned year sho
worked with cheerful patience, sura
tlmt somo tlmo her hour would come.
Hut it was so long In coming! 8ha
could not Invito neighbors tn for It
annoyed her father; aho could not
leave him to go to other place, aho
could not even tnko n Sunday school
class aho who loved girls so! Sho
could only waylay tho doctor some
times and send a little soup or Jelly to
hi patients, or give a few (lowers to
somebody or write a note now and
then. 8ho never guessed how could
eho? that her dream had already
'come true" In her own heart.
Ono day completo discouragement
fell upon her. The years stretched out
before her gray and empty, and the
house had vanished; It had all been
a mirage and ahe a foolish dreamer.
Why had God let her dream eo If aha
was always to bo denied?
Then there was a atop upon tho
stair, and Hester started. It wns a
neighbor's daughter, ono of hor fow
visitors; the girl drew a long breath
as sho looked about tbo small, plain
room.
"I had to come, Mlas Hester," aho
said. "I can't tell you why I don't
know all tho why myself, oidy that
when I got bothered and tangled up I
always want to run here. Your room
looks like anybody's, yet -when I am la
it I always feel aa If I wero in soma
large, beautiful place, whero peopla
learned the way of peace. Why, Miss
Hester I"
For Into Hester's face had corns
the light of a great Joy, Youth's Com
panion. lit -Wllllnirneaa.
ne (laying down his paper) Well, I
begin to think It's truo that great rlchea
do not bring happiness.
She And yet I havo no doubt yoo
would be glad' to experiment with gtld
ed inUary a HttU If yon had tho means
ot enjoying It Cleveland Plain Dealer,