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THE MOB NINO NEWS
. • Incorporated 14*1
J H ESTILL. President.
SHIP SUBSIDY BILL
V rREFmCUIS OVER THE
>r*OOM:l HII.E l> THE SENATE.
*<r FRYE OPENS DISCUSSION.
WII% ornoinißS omoixd he hive.
AMKHinI *MIP*.
Anl , ~ an ship* tarried l.nat Vcnr
l.ui ! I’or t en*, of Amrrlritu Ka
rt, no* Import*, and <lif I'wltcd
Pnltl anoo.nno n Ur to For
,trorl, IHswdvlintngrs file
Vm. rlcan *hti. Kweomuer.
u ,-.an. Dec. 4.— The prognmin* of
•r - v* Sender* for a bualne*:, session j
, i rr. up Ir. earnest to-duy and ml
, . r ,.ogres? was made
. subsidy bill waa mode the un
< business of the Senate, tastes!
Spooner Philippine m-asure. and
- -ten of ft was opened by Mr.
j Maine, chairmen of the Com
, , Commerce, from which the
. it was reported.
■t on presented the credentials of j
Premise Polltvor, who • *p
i t<. sue. eed the late St-nalor .Mm
„ar of lowa. The oath of olh-e
, irin.tstered to Mr. Dolliver hy Tiea
, . - ( ro tern Frye.
, >i.i penned to encourage the hoW
, u. Interstate ami West Indian ex
in Ghatlesion. 6 C . In ISOI. It
.v 125“000 and admits exhtbl's
ittf o{ duty.
spooner Hill Sidetracked.
Hie unfinished business—known as
, - oner Philippine bill-was laid before '
. —rate at 2 o'clock. Mr Frye, having
. . tl ty yiel.le.l the navel to Senator
, i s-rt. moved that the Senate proceed
, oil* deration of the sh'p subsidy
Mr Jones of Arkansas demamhst
.he \eis and navi upon the motion. It
„ e,i u to N. as follows:
y, , Aldrich. Allison, Baker. Bard,
e, carter, t'l.irk. Chi bom. Dolll
- 1 K'o • Forajter. Foster, Flye, fill
l ff h>. Hanna. Hansbrougti, Haw- |
I Hoar. K an. lx*lg\ SlcOomee. Mc
, .nit Mt-.Ml.lan. Mason. Nelson. Pen
, perkife. Platt of Connecticut, l'latt
t New leak. Quarles. B<‘tt, Sewell.
. eoiri, Thurston. Wot more, "el- ,
\ . Bacon, Berry. Butler. Clay, Cock- ■
< 4ber*on. Harrte. Heltfekl. Jones j
e' >- .ideas, Kenney, land?ay Morgan.
• <r*w Pettus SuHivan. Telteferro.
1 • Tillman. Vest, Wellington 30-
- r • t . | ■ i•. ■ Ben ite
He -- that with u tioundless sea coast.
■lei and unapproachable natural
4tphu!lderi> the equal of any
1 'lt .arid the greatest exports In the
p nnd every other argument tn our
tbs United states had permitted
inm.erelaj rivals to seise the paih
>., -of ti>mmerce and hold them pruc
' vto t! exclusion of ibis country,
tiurrli'un Milp* tarry l.ittle-
I, -: year of all the enormous export*
' i :mp rfs of the I nltod (Mates only *
I rut waa earrled In American bot
t .s Last year. Mr Frye sal. l, the
i l .i.-l B;ate pall to foreign nations.
• I :p illy Grent Britain and Oerminy.
•) a dev for doing carrying trade
ik for this country.
or solid," Mr. Frye declared, "ha*
i red upon a fierce comnieictnl war
st. i it la to be a long and strenuous con
r ■ Hi n I.alien Is seeking the advan-
I*. -of Its rlvsls !n this conttlct snd Is
! " i forward t>> gain th.it mlvsnfage
of the foreign nation* are looking
' n tnepeial advantages In the East
! s-m France, Great Britain, Italy and
-any are par ing in aggregate of I*.-
t‘■ itt per year In silbsldtaa for the car-
-.hip* of the I2.istern trade.”
Illsadvantagea American* Jlnisiunlrr
He pointed out that under present con
;i i oar a ehs Pntted Slates from
i W lr cent. more, principally In
i ar.d food, to operate Its skips lhan
l‘ sis Great Britain, and about *0 per
.ei more than It cost* Norway, and yet
r I'nlied States Is forced to compete
' ter such a handicap, with the en
raged and proto-ted ships of foreign
rnttles He maintained timt export
r..:r,ties were ImpraollealJle and that In
' matter of discriminating duties the
• 1 Slates would encouter no lees than
t- rty-one different treaties These would
! . to he abrogated If dt*crlmlnaUn
■ .'* are enforced. The abrogation of
-*e treaties would te an offense to every
"O' Involved Mr. Frye explained how
-br'-dy psvrnent was regulated
Mr. t lay’s Inquiry.
.1/ of t,s.gu. ..-*cil if U wc.e
true that c. 21-kie>t nhi j would
t-iw under the bill 0f .000 a year
Fr>e replied tltei the smounf <t"l wn
-u li * vessel would be about 122 •*>
. t of tar eon I cOtie umptlon and
I.erslste.l Mr. Cley. "Is not the
t amount of the subsidy of the 21-knot
*.'“l o*i par y. ar under this hll’f*
lv admitted that It was
I ui.'ivistund." said Mr. Clay, "that
l i t* and 12-knot ships which carry
' - ... r!. ulturnl products of the c.unity
f i receive more than ono-thlrl the
ty of the fast r*seeng.-r ve sets
< >rry no agrl-ukoral products
ai i was showing," responded Mr.
"Hi it the low speed vessels w> r -
' one. which received the actual bene
tiom the and not the fart
1 ■. r.g*r ships.”
Senate, nt 3:5.1 p. m.. held s brief
u'ive session, after which It nI
-2 • irned
' u t > an tub hu moral.
t karleston Exposition Hill the First
of the Hi'iralon.
Wa-ilngton. Dec, 4-To Senator Ttll
t ■rt b-;ongs the rrerllt of securing the
• • tge of the first bill of the session In
1 - Aenase. It was the bill making the
>t. r ,i-:.ai for the Charleston ’Exposl*
-t before ihe ship üb*ldy bill was
up. Senator Tillman was observed
' li sting freely around the chamber.
lers.ng earnestly with certain Keptib
-1 n .< l ators. who mlglil have been In
-1 to Intertiose an objection !■> the
-I'.llst.. lus-.ige of the bill. He re
-1 to hlr desk with a smile ot satle
' U on his face and presented 4h>- bill
Immediate consideration. He briefly
lined the provisions of Ihe bill nnd
’ object to he obtained Hl* explsna
wss entirely satisfactory. *o the
' .sure pasred wHhoul a dissenting vote,
a tlon of the Senate to-day ought lo
•’'* .onsidrrable influence upon she
nhers of the House when Ihe bill
•'* before that body. H will surely
• ngthco the hand of Hepreacntatlve
Sairannal] illafiuiuj ?S[cto&
F.lltott *n<l ht friends in urpr; t.g it bfot
the Ap(ixt'riatlun CommittiM
U#prem i:rttlv© lesit'.rn*-: |>ix>pos<rs to x
-•rt hit* Influer.o* tn Hoim> In behalf
of the p+fitMK* of the Nil In him Col.
FHlou wtH have o vtiMihie heutenani.
for. nithonrh Mr L#atimr not 11c
ur ooMpleiiouvly in h* > nrvrr*
a utid Hit induMriomi
w>rker it. oomnUttee ami in iart-u>-
h'*rt mik** with r*tht mrnibrnt that i *
liv# rf rp*. i.fr llir valur in <li
tWr*oilon w.im <1 amount rut <*ft |it in
H for pxtm upj ly of firod for
th© farmer*.
fIHIHF I* THR HOrSE.
%rmy Orgnnlnll<m Hill to fir Coii
"ldprrd 'I -<! y.
Wa*hinfton. I >#m 4 - T!if> trifinn ofth*
H>u*© to-day bri©.'. Th© real w.rk
will bek'iti to-m*)rrow. whn tl**
''ill tak** up th* oon>Ul©ration of th© army
orfnlaatlon bill. whk*h Mr Hull. chir
rrun .tf t!* c ?©*■> cm Military Af
falrj. r©j>ortt*l 10-dav He ©Tpiaincd th©
urgent n©c©**lty tor imni©iltar© action.
Tho objes-tjon to tho rw©arlnr in of Mr.
Cannon of lowa, th© fiipcmaor of B©na
i*r DoiUver. which w.h ral©d by Mr
i;ai.*y of T©xns ' • *t©rJay. w.ui r©n>'*©'l
• " Mm I* i • w •*.-•
oi • i *■iPutUiN from Gov. Hhaw, and he
took Ui© oath.
l*hr©* 11.1.s wer© pantad nnd©r h© call
of committ©©, th© moat important N injf
on© to provii© for th© detail of n<H to
10U r*tlr©il army oftn*r* ami 90D
non-rtimmlsniftnth! offl©n a© military In-,
atructnra In th© publl. ©o-hooU .f !uch
• lti- • at* adojM a ifyntrm of milltar>' in
truction. Th© oth**r© w©r© "to pr©\©nt
th- failure of mi.iiarv Jirvtic©.” and lo
I'wiiiz* an I. ** of yj[p.afi> in bi'iida by
Frlnua county. Arlsoiiii.
Tl© i©tlm**i<! n of Mr. P©vri©. of Cal-
Ifornim, who ! now .* member of th©
4>o*rd of General Appr war lM
h©for© the 11.U5C-
The .p©*k©r announced th© appoint
ment of Mr Dav.a of Florida a* a mem
ber of ttv Gommltt©© on Merchant Ma
rin© and FUh©ri©.-
Mr Hull of lowa, chairman of th© Mili
tary Affairs (’ommift©©. repotted th©
army reorganization btU. Th© voiunt©ar*
under th© prepend law. h said mu©*
muatcroil out July 1 and ©very on© must
fel th© imperative n©©d of provldlit* for
anew army He asked tmanmtou* ©>n
-*©nt that tli© bill be tak©n up to-morrow'
.Mr. 6ulzer obieett-d
A resolution pnnkiinf for memorial
©xerrls©-* in th* H.ll of Representative©
r*n th© occasion of th© c©l©brTaton of th©
crntennial u rmivorsary of th© founding
of th© govefnm-nt at Washlncton, Dec
12. was dopti*l
At I .ia p. m ti* Htjuac adjourned.
ADVANCED RATES IN APRIL
Freight un Bttwmlnoite I ,i* 1 to He
But lip fas l-er Oat by Ptsa
s> liflnin Kallrnad.
rhllttdelphtM. Dec. 4 -The Record to
morrow will sav:
"Probably r.o more evidence
of the intcreal* secured by the Fennayt
v ante Railroad in the Baltimore am)
Ohio. Cheeapeake and Ohio end Norfolk
jnd Western Railroad®, and what It aig
uille* both in making and maintaining of
rate*. Is the fact that It Is the purpose
o advance the tidewater rretght rase*
.n bituminous coal 10 per cent. In April
1301.
"The Pennsylvania, Ba’.'lmorc A- Ohio.
Chesapeake & Ohio and Norfolk St
Western Railroads. control the en
tire output <>f bituminous ,-oal
to tide, and the harmonious relaHona
existing between them by reason of th*
Inter, i ts had In each by the Pennsylvania
Kaliroad. permits of a concert of action
In advancing freight rate*, eat*- dally *>n
bituminous coal, and the mainurxt; e of
such advance, that under other circum
stances waa scarcely possible
"Supply ir.d demand and the fact that
the bituminous coal producers have ad
vanced th< price of that commodity are
.<•- !gr*d a- among the reason* for the
pro pored advance in th* freight rates Bi
tuminous shiiqa-rs ixintend that the pres
ent freight rates i higher than thev
have been for year*, amt lhai th— trudo
ts In no condition to admit of still fur
ther Increase in freight*.”
THEY DETECT A COOLNESS.
<irrmn I’aper* I'iu.f faeli %4lth the
l-r-ald-nt'a M.-ewtn-.
Berlin. Dec 4,-Many of the paper*
believe they delect in H>* J-reaiden
nieesaee a cooler tone toward Ciermany
than toward Kogland end I rene®. Ihe
Vossisehe ZeltUli, *ay*:
'Tli* tone tn which rre*ld-nt McKinley
uprak* of the r'-l.ition of t.re United
tttn c end Germany i* etrlkingly cool,
j. j, p.ot (t he Ignored t it America'* r<-
latlou* -.tt.l Fra-ice and Great Britnir.
a.o
while. :t> Ji>*aUing of rclatlonu witu
G~r(ry. l.’-.e PreiUiet't or.ly ay* that
ei wit; prevail*. Buch a differeiiee can
not or tvithout d.-elgli,”
The Berliner JJeoeete Na lot tlien.
al Anrciger otvl other*. *j>esk eltntlurly.
MAY DECIDE IN A FEW DAYS.
Dm- Prrl*l*lai l<* th- '*4*l **■-
tion 11-mo.nl I’raolieaily All In
llnml 41044.
Washlnaton. I>e.'. 4—Hear Admiral Kn
dlcotl. chief if the Bureau of Yard* and
Dork*, returned lo Washington I hi* mom
injr from a vielt lo Pori Itoj.l, and
Charlreton. He rcpor'it Ihe work at
Charleston comideted end al Bort Ito>*i
neatly to. Rracllcalljr ail the dat* col
lected by the Port Roya: to*rd I* al hand
or will b* In ti day or two. and u l -*•
(u'Clrd tint the decision of ih<- hoard a*
to the location of lh- naval a!ai|nn wllj
lie rendered within a few day*.
shot 4.411 KH.I.Kt> TUO 4TK\.
l.eorae Wkrelrr M* Two Men In
Hl* ator- In *ll>Hma.
Selma. Ala.. Dec. 4 —New* ha.- been re
ceived In thia city of a double killing In
Wheeler'* Btor-. a. email *ettlem-nt In
Jjowndea ceunty.
(ieorge Wheeler hot and Instantly kill
ed t Waldrop and Calvin Harri*. ho:h
whl't- men.
Waldrop had le-n farming on share*
for Wbe-ler nd went to hi* '. to
have a .ettlement. Some dlapot. arov
over money matter* and M heeler slot
and ItiKtantlv killed Waldrop. Harris waa
n the store at the lime, and Whetier
*ay* Hnrrl* attempted to reach a Wiu
cheater rifle, whi. h 4*-aa laying on a coun
ter, when ho ahot him dead.
French Opera at *t-4 Orlean*.
New orlean*. Dec. 4—The FYarwh o|wr
troupe opened M* aeaaon to-night, slnr
tng "Le Hu* we twin." The artl*ta aeore.l
hit* and the flnaivclal aueccaa of th* en
terprisa la aasured.
SAVANNAH. GA.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMKEK 5, V.H»\
GEORGIA’S GORDON
ELOQIEmY 4DDRESEO THE
EKIt TUIuHX IMM UTIU \L COS
YFNTIOX.
SOUTH FOR A BROAD POLICY.
hki.ix; \tf,4 \\ i:i.< 11% uov.
mimri) t\ m;ii\i r or state.
Ilrpurt of fit© Com mitt r© on Oruan-
UaUnn—l'aiifra H©ml li> l*r-l©nt
Al<l riunn <>r 'I Ulan© I nUrihll)
uiiti M. V. lti'harlß. liMlualrial
Atnt of Honthrrn ( nl.
Il*ni|ililll of Ailantn \lm* n *i©i%ftt
©r—l>©l‘i|(it*a liiiui MlnirnKua
anal.
N* w >rlc©n9. D©©. 4 Th© {Southern In
duMrial op©r.©ii li©re tu-dy
wMh a fln uit©ndam| >T- u*nt If. H
Harttrovc culled h© convention to orti©r
and Ui©ho(> ITavld -sum or>*'n©*l the*
proc©©Ulngs "tth prayif.
Gov. W. W. H ird *l©llv©r©U th© ad
dp ©a of welcome in b©ha,f tf th© ai.it©.
Th© roll nil of nt.it©>- a i.iil©ol ©ui
among oth©T. who t©t>ond©l a. r* Gen.
John H. Gordon of G©r|. i. Hin m T<l < *
©a> fronouuc©d h© ©loqm-nt vr
heard h©r© H© ©ud in reaatd to |© Itioa.
adverting to tli© aubject through indirect
rferenca to th© motto of th© convtn
tion.
*No p<'liri''. no w© tlonollnn. but bud;
n©s* ’* that h**- wintM to aay t! if what
ever th© p©op © of th** South had b©©n in
favor of tn the past th©y w* r© no linger
In fa\Mr of a narrow or contra ted tn
tlona l policy.
At th© conclusion of G?cv Gordon'* ad
rroaulent Aidorman of Tula! I*n4-
voridiy th©n r©ad hi pttf>*r;
Th© r*t>ori of th Comin;tt4?e mi Organ
taanou w.i ak©n iri It nam and the >t>-
Jccta of the ainii'iatlon to jipunota tu
inouauial dt-wupmeiU of the South; to
ba oma an ag©iey for g.ith**rlng r l fh.s
w©minaring data r©garling the r**©ourrai
of th* flouth; to all in and
mam (airing commcr* ial trgmilz.it ‘.oris or
tMiiin*-©© clul>9 tht'rtienout the Suth. and
m ganerai, to b-tym** the iruiiuni tor
stimulating the pocdl© of the SHith -rn
aui?© into groat* r effort© for ni.muf.i>-
turjric their raw matcri**a on their owni
aoll. and s*t*k to Interest capital to
Invoi in th© South and © 'our.ig© ©t
tl©rfc to cvwn© nnv't.g i5.
Jn addition to providing for ol!l:©r,
conimittein and m'©tingH. th© report ©m
power*M the ••stabilplim*in of o bup m
or lyceum as .< leiwuato inient. The
mnttei waa laid t>v©r until Thur day.
M V HI Is! i. land nd industrial
agent of th© rn iiallfr.iy. r** a
paper on “The Duty of th© Cltlaen."
The night ©©salon *f th© Industrial (’on*
v© tion waa giv©n ov©r to th© reading of
poeer* on th© Nicaraguan rami. Lx-
Mayor C. ILauretta of Mobil©. YV A
Hempnill of Atlanta and Sidney Story of
N©w orl-ans wore th© ©i-*ok©t*
Mr Story, as chn rmiti of th rocnmlt
te© on Nicaragua Can *I, prej , *ute*l i m©-
morlal to th© Senate of the Fnited Btatem,
urging the early building of tl* canal.
Th© following tel©grnm waa ordered
a©nt to Jh niitor Morgan:
• Th© Sou;n©rn Induatrial Gem*©ntion.
n©w in ©©-slon in thin city. and r©, ta me t*
©©fKi you th© ivirmwi gr©©?lng* of th©
body, th© gret *t of It* kind ©ver a*©m
blnl on thH t'or.tinont. on the |riapA t
M th© ©arly crowning with ©u crsH of th©
y©ar of laU>r >ou hav© glvtii to the Nic
aragua an ©nt©ri>rifM* that na* Ju't
r©oiv©4 th© unanimou* indora©m©ni of
thia oarrmblv
•*N F. Thompson. S©rr©tary.*‘
Th# Gaorgia d#l#gation rriv*<t on th©
privat© *©r Alabama to-ia>. headed *>:*
Gen. John R Oordon ll* .uiquar r©r© tvt-r©
oieti<d n*. St. <*harl© Hotel. Th© dele
gaiion Im coinpoffd >f Gen. Gord<*. W A
lbmphlll. J. B. S Thoni|n*-*n, William
T.iwaoft Pe©i L. H. Be k. T B. Nall.
Joaaph Jacobs of Attorn*. !-Mw|n Brobson
mid C. W. Darning of Brunswick
STILL CAUSING A STIR.
German l*r©a OI ©appointed by Em
peror William’s Itrtciftnl to
Rerrhe Prellent Kru©r.
Berlin. Dec. 4.—The pr©ss <r>tinu# \o
make a stir rcgarilr.g Mr Kruger scrd
disappointment deepens at Emperor Will
iam’s refusal to r#o©lv# him. K#vertl;-
brnt many Journals admit th© poUM< ul i•-
cessity lor the Kaiser's act
According to th*- Frankfurter Zeitur.g.
Emperor William not only informed Mr.
Kruger that he waa unabie to receive him,
but expressed th# wish that (he Boer
%taics:na:i would avoid Berlin at presen’
Dispatch#* trom (i/lagrn.- *i#fc-;ri4>r Mr.
Kruger e* very weary. He keeps h i
room for :©st and to uiMbli to resist the
Ocrinsn ©old
The croS'l tha* demonstrated lafore th#
British consulate in Cologne tried to t©ar
down tlie sign.
CLEMSON HOME
Qcarl-t i>rr In Hi— lolir*. ,ud
*mnll|i<*x HrcnUß biy In the
hlal- lnMn. 4-yliMu.
Columbia. 8. C.. Dec. 4.—The Clem(>n
Agricultural and Mc hanic.il Utdl-*e wa*
emptli-d of it* flv hundred cadi-t* thl*
mr-mln* i 1 iwtve b,-*-n *<•(* horn* In
deflniialy heenue— of the ap|K-arancc of a
cae- of *carl-t fev-r In Ilm coll-*c.
Sfjjnllpo* haa invaded the Si iir In.anc
Aeylum where there arc about i thous
and patient*. For two year* every pre
-a.Mlun haa h— u taken to keep Lh* die
eaee out of ihe Institute.
APIUOPIIIATHIA BILL BK HIT.
The CntnmlM— l *p-cte a bier.
niton of Hill T-<la4.
WaahlMtton. I-c. 4.—The (Vanmltie* on
Appropriation* Of the Ilotiee to day com
pleted the legislative, executive md Judi
cial appropriation bill Ti e commute'- -*•
pert* to be aloe to obtain con* hi era tion
for itTe bill to-tnorrow. The bill , ,irr|. .
f.‘i.4lW!'%. l-’ing l.oil lee* than Ihe -*•
Umate*. and IS,l*i more thnn * car
ried bv Ihe prea-nt law The whole num
ber of (wlarlc* provided for in the b ll
i TSC !e* than Ihe number eetlmatwl for
and an increaa, of 1* over tnat carried
In the preeent law
Will Ceatnl Hnrn-14'e Rl—Hob.
Birmingham. Ala . D-c. 4-A prominent
Republican and a close perwinal friend rf
Mr N. B Hp-ar*. Mated to-day that fir
Sp-ar* would coute.' the election of Con
gressman John L. Burnett In th* Seventh
district.
EXPEDITION NOT EFFECTIVL
i Marar Kvaiiril l*r a|—rtir*-© Mh
tlurtn* and Itornt)-lhrer Hoi -
©re Etrfntpd nt T*l Hiiif.
Lor.d in. Di 4—A *p© el dispatch
from Nan Kow Paa, dated Nov 3). nay*
th Ka ran expedition Waa Intffootlv#.
li© t'hhi©-© evading all aftoenpta to ©n
• igo them. Th© town? ©n route #©r© oc
• iipleil unoptH>a#d and soen© tolls of -kin©
;ud aiivcr were levied. Th© **,vir> cap
tir©d the baggage of th© r©tr©,ting Cha
rt* ; - fore© at Sw©n llwa Fu, killed thirty
*#f it:- guards inf ©©cur'd 2h*n‘ taels
Three mandarine, who "rv tnNUgatora
cf tho maseacro of converts at T*l Ming
ird twenty-thres Boxer- w©r© executed,
but ttw* OermaiiH generally Ignored evi
deti • t*f anti-foreign activity
Thor© arv* tontlnuou© di*tur b*nc© In th©
inti r;or where th** dispatch add*, a b.id
Imre *ton hoc been mad© by th* ©xcee
*lvc withdr.i" l f*r#ipn tn" p and th©
comp!.iotii4*‘ of th© allies Th© mission
aries anticipate a taorudmeence of the
outrage#
Fnifed States AmUawwad'or Choat© had
a long <*onv©restton to-dev with Secretary
~f Seat© f<r Foralgn Affair*, th© Marqu,©
of Lulled owite. In which the proposed al
ten *tlv©- and am©ndin#nte in S©cr©tArv
H, recent note and th© no?©* of fh©
other Power* w©r* fully dlacuated N<dh
i:;g definite w arrived at. Ljonl Lan*
down© ©bowed <h© moat friendly spirit
Mr. ('boats i© notify ng Secretary Hy of
1.-r l Unofvwnai \daw * Further con
sult*k>na will follow shortly.
( IIIM.M, REni hARS AT UIAO CHOI’
Two IlrtAchaients of Troope Prom
Tien Tin 'rnt tn Eagag# Tham.
B#r.ln. Dec 4 A dhpatch from Field
Mar>hal Court von AVaiders##, dated P©
kiu. Monday. Dec. 3. a#y * conaiderabl©
| force of Chinees p-gula** ha# taken up a
| i>tt!on at Bang Chou, ninety-live kll >
i stjuthw.ird of Tien T©ln. and that
tu -t ichment* of troopa from Tien
Ts:n, commintl©! hy t'ol. Ijohr? i, ‘’h#lH and
Maj. Filkenhayn. ure prK*©#ding against
I th#.-© Chineses.
1r Mu mm von Schwa rtxeniM ©ln. th©
! German inltmter to China, cahle* that
!h© ha received a conciliatory dispatch
! from Yuan Bid Kal. th© military gov
-1 ■ riHii of th#* pu/vlr* ** of Shin 1 ung. a
fiumiia full responsibility for the safety
if Hialiop A lexer, who ts about to pro
. .-.i to Trl Nan Fu, to confer with Yuan
Khl Kai.
A TIKN V9IW fUBTORT.
Germans Aald t Ha## I#*©t Tvrenty
i**n West of ••** Ting Fn.
6 ding ha;. Dec 4 —lt ta reported in Tl©i
Teln that th© Germane toet twenty killed
hiil man' wour©Vd west of Pao Ting I u
where they were attacked by twenty-five
nundred Box era.
mtIPPCD OF HANK AYD TITLE#.
Urn. Tnng Ta llslana Wgl *© i'er
ntlttrd to Itctaln Comma ad.
Bhaoghal, Dec. 4—An imperial edict
rives Gen. Tung Fu Hsiang of Ida rank
.ad tit It u, but pertPGf him to retain com.
iToamf of the troop© H© ban been ordered
!. disbond ni#n end to withdraw to
r . province of K.m Ru with th© r©matn
.J©r Tli© edict deprecate© hi© .gnoranc©
:.,,d rougnnesa in < testing with foreign af
t •©. but H Is not regarded a© a serious
import.
v recrudiwcence of tti© siutharn rebel
l,.,n i-* reported The "triads'' er© raid to
I. uniting fresh auppH©* of immuultl<ai
und :*•>© o ar©l pi*pailng outbreaks In
th© provineea of Kwang Tung ai*f Kivang
Native papers ©sprees th# b#H©f that
i ha court prepni.ng to return to Pekin.
hit e l©ra hav© b©©n i#©u©*l to send
the rjr© trioute. instead of •* k i©ling It to
Kian Fu.
M.%V HR DlXAl’lTtTfcil.
Predicted 4 ate of Pri**t Tuan and
Grit. Tun* In Ifßlan*.
I-onden. Dec. S—" Native p*4wr re
|g>rt." say* b- Sliangha! corrc*|ion<ieni
of the Time.-. that tlie court tie* d
elded to Issue an edict ord-rin* th- d
• apltatlin of IT!rice Toon and Gen Tun*
Fu llslang."
lr Morrison, wiring lo th® Time* Mon
day from I’ekln, say*:
"evidence ha* lwn proha-cd pnrvlns
that Cept. Wait* Jonee wa* murd*red
after four day*' Inhuman torture eight
march.-* I—yot.d Ka grtn
•ivy *!t.m-n that !he custom* rev
enue l being remitted to Bl*n Fu I* erro
nmri. The only money remitted to the
coui i has beau l.i provincial silver coti
t:lD-Utiota to t!o central govenu-ient."
MJ DKF.'VITR CUCUTIOSI.
41 r fouaer tatl.tlr'l With the Pro
ceed Inam, Ihmrttr.
Pektn, Dec. 4.—As waa expected, the
m.atlnx of (lw for'lgn envoy* 10-day did
not result in any deflnlt* conclusion ow
ing to the fact that not all of tho govem
m-nta have notified their representative*
u* to the form of Ihe preliminary note to
th- Chines- plenipotentiaries.
Mr. Conger. h United State# minister,
aoat after (lx- meeting: "Apparently It
Is tho desire of oil lo errivo at a ealls
f.,, tory conclusion. 1, believe the n-xt
m*-ellng Will be the last, but will not bo
railed until ev.-ry minister h rei-elved
detlnlie Inatru-'tlon* covering all eentin
ge e-.,*. pereor illy I "in *atllled with
tlie result# of the prweedtng* of to-duy."
TO BF. IBUAPITATRI.
Tana Wen HiaaW Paraded I atlrr
strong Guard al ITen T'sln.
Tier. Tfto. Mondny. Dec *.- T*n* Wen
Hun nan. th* atMhor of the otMntxes upon
the I’ao Ting Uu mkutUmarle*. arrived t0,13y
,l 3 y ard was pat.i.lci through tho Victoria
road in a ' art timler a irong German
glial l pr.-viou* to ltng tao.ded over
the pruviaionu, govrmncot fot d~. aplla
tlen.
\n ( ■■ ti ruin I lon of story.
Berlin. Dec. 4—A foreign office official,
referring to-day to the r*|a>rt from Tien
T*in that th ■ German* had lo*t twenty
killed and many wounded In an engage
ment wit of IMo Ting Fu. eald that no
confirmation of the rumor had been re
ceived and that It wa* not credited in of
ficial circle*.
Gave Satisfactory Seeurauee*.
Shanghai. Dec. 4 —The Yang-tee vice
roy*. *1:0 are master* of the l!U*toi.
gave Vice Admiral Seymour *uttafaclory
astnirame* of th-lr future policy, on the
o'ca*ion of hU recent visit to these offl
‘ls
FRENCHMAN’S FANCY
C*E\ MEHCint TF.I.M HOW FIW
FM.IdMi I ill I II IIF l\\ %DRfl.
BRITISH NAVY POWERFUL. BUT
(.tlK%r It It I I 4I N Hi© M\ H 111 %© I 9
to in in - h:\iied. a
TramuiHl Wat Mitm* Thnf lh*-
Vtrltlali Irmt I *nll lot Perform
W liat Uin I-. |r <*tr>l f ft |irlll*l
Pr , aii*r 'aitl t tlnvr F.\pr©©rl
Frsr©—<©n Merrier Finally Hiilnl
Out of Order %tnl>l tUr I l*er nl
tlir tiovarnnient.
Paris, !>©© 4 G©n Merrier raised a
deep sen ©a Hon in #h© Herat© today dur
ing th© tiate- .*n the naval bill b\ point
ing out th© ©*•>.© by which g.nirland mini
tw Inva led H© d©m.d©d that in** g.v
©ftimeiit tvMmduee into th© plant* for
mobilisation at tit© army the navy meth
ods for th© rapid ©miarkation and A
larkaUon of an expeditionary com* The
preelilent. M Kallleres. Inf©rv©n©*l and • ir
ina that auch pr>t©>ai© ©r* out of o
der.
Gen Meroter ©aid "In view of th© i©'s
albHlty of war with Great Britain, the
us© of the army * not ©uftl lently i ik©n
Into account The times r© not th©
same ax they wv<* a hundml years .*•*
t(t©am, the navy, th*- t.*i gruph and tin*
railroad hove rendered th© problem of th©
Itivaeion of Engitnd much ©aster of aolu
tlon Moreover. Fkigland herself is n
longer th© fitnux Thr Transvaal war h©©
stiown that in© British army, although
| brave. t* not equal t th* task which
heigland expected It to i*©rform The
British navy la powerful, but It has many
coa*t# to defend
Fra U 4- Euklsiiil'i Fqcinl.
"France, therefore. ;s numerically
let>giaiid a ••'l'ml at certain point* and i©
! even her euperler in th© Instrumenti* of
dttructlon History furnishes many m
[stances mutiny 1 th© fctoglisti navy
at th© itwunant of butth A l and tog in
Kigland Is. therefor©, not tieyond resU
| action.
This is not only my optnlon. bur th**t
j also *kf high naval tilth ©ra Tlk* British
•rernler recently •*xpres©4-d slgnihant
fears, and. if th© principle of i.mdtnit l.i
adnuu***!. fti# tmact ioal means of ♦ ,\c % u
Mon may be discus.** |.
I vantur© 'tj think that th© work 1
p-p©r©d while! commanding an army
cori's could ©rvc as a binds for such a
which would not I© ©■xpeiudv©.*'
I>©ill©l ilia s*h©ni©.
At this pHni protestm were raised and
M Falllert-s atk©d Gen. M*nl©r not !•
rmer into th© details of the s 'heme.
Gan Merrier replied tha* th# -• h*m©
cotild be hel l over the head of Kmc-and
like The sword of Ixamorlen.' and h© pro
lOMed a resolution that tho Berost© shou! !
invite Hi*, government to coniplrt- Im
medAatel:.* prepiratitm# for th© mohll xi
tlon of the army and navy bv prepaid.g
everythltig necessary to embark and dis
embark a© rapidly as posaible an ©x;v
dittontfr
Protests were rale#d frjpm va rlous
l*©n* tie© and M le lan©©*tn, Minister *f
Marin©, followed th© Preetdent's ruling,
that th© motion was out of od©r In Th
present detsat©. hy d©*'laring, mnld che* r.
that ti© government could noi possibly
accept It.
CUBA'S CONSTITUTION.
Tbr©# t m|*l#t© < unulltiitinn* V*r©
iriihHi for th© (#nld©nillofi
of thr (On'©ntlon.
Ha van#. Dt 4 Th© Cuban ConaH*
tutlonal ConxMiUott rviunvd its #©<Mum
to-d ny. Thr## comptaft# constitution#
wer# auhmltted by Gen Rtv#r. B#nor d©-
qiMn*la aial tU colored livn Moruu P#-
ip#ctlv#ly.
On. Htv©ra'a |>ro|iO!i©<l ©nnatifiition
provld©# for a |>r##!l©i4. a *©n.t©. a
housH rf r#pr©##ntatlv*. a nv©rn >r foi
#a#:h of th# six provliH ©n. a lextolatlvo
lHaly for ©#' h province and on# m©tnl>rr
of th# houiw of r©pr©*©matlv©f for ©very
3C.<XO intiabltiint#, with alertlou by |op
iil#r voi©.
Hh ach#m# rilled al©* fr lh© ©l©rtlon
of thr©© electors In ©ach muntcipal •!!-♦
tilft. who## duty 1 shalh >© t>* •;©?t i
IcqUlattv# l>oly of ©l©v©n for th# proving©
In wnicti tn©y r©#UJ. This Icxlslath
body rhal! #lcc( th© gov©rrwr and fo.ir
rn#nicr# of th 3tn*l. Finally, the six
toftMuturc* shall tn©#i and choos© G#
pr©tdci)t, who niu©' l© a liXlive Cuban.
Caud'.o:t#K tor betiSUnUl honor/4 milet
hnv© freomw of st Iras* V/J a y#r
G© R.v©ra plan in to * xv* th© powc
v©ht#d in tb© ©ntra! grov#rnm©nt. sn*i th#
onv©ui ' vlriualL dlv'to' * R* If lo un
Htatrs xovcmmcnl st yesterday's *cr*t
leraioti.
ts*no* I>© Quaandw'a propooal would •*♦•-
trails© th*
n ,. nAl „ ,it .i hous© of r©ir©p* ntwtivcs
~|,wtud Yy th© (wopl#. *ufTirt*r*- if-inn r#
sirlclti to ©disAtbuml quallticatlons.
G#n Morun offered for .u*jr*vs. th©
roostltiAtion *# th© ! ? filt©A Hut©s. with
tb# ©x ©ption th#* u.von© wii" foment
in th# war might be lio©©s> pr©skl#m. H©
pix>f saqil 4#nv#s th© qu©#t;**n of an army
and navy to l> d© i I©*l by Conxr©##
S© ©r Y.n viis off©i ©d • H.iuw pr.. Ulum;
■that a Judicial body hiKh©i than tb© Au
pr©fne Ooisrt should b© ©l©ct©d bv popu*ar
vote, and providing that any offl dal r©
nvvd from offl4-q snould have tb© ri#t!it
of appeal to this l*>dy.
6#nor submitt#d s K#n**ral
cutkMiai •w’hrtn*
tK’RDLH XTllele % mm.itv.
Ko |l©xr#lo|irti©wl© In th© Minnie %f
--f#lr #t Tt*•#•#• till#.
ThomaKX'lU©. O# P©*' 4 Th#r© hav©
l##n no <l#v©lo|>m©nt h©r© to-day In lh©
Himvn* murder ca#f Various rumor#
h#v© besn In circulation, but non© •*■
h© traced to n aut liGlv# soar©© Th©
foronet'p Jury held another sewalofi but
adjourned over until t*> rrunrow without
tnakinx ttp Ita v©r 11 *t. Th© au h •rlt!©-
seem to be working on certain clews or
•usplclona. but they have not taken th©
public Wt thrlr confldenc#.
tl©MlMtln t I'nrtrsf.
Wash in* ton D* 4 Representative
guiser of New York to-day Introduced a
r©tfouilon In th© Hwto© r© itln that (%on
xrss protests. In th© nam© of humanity
•nd civilisation. s*sln*t th# continuum©
of th© Boar war. and urging h* British
government to adopt th- arbitration to
stop th# "awful at roc U laa" lo Buuth Af
rloa.
BRUNSWICK HARBOR ITEM.
ItHer aail llsrlair (iinimltlfft
Iu • f lm- Ht-crlpt of 4 apt* 4*ll
- I sum© t *
Washington. Iv. 4 Th© River and
Harbor Committee in th** House, which
is etn; tn w -rkit a out in executive
session D * dlflb t tf.-m- of the |v©r
Mild Itarbct bid to )•© |m -el this s* s *l* It,
reidicti th© Brui*wl k harbor Item to
day, but wa unable to proceed with It,
because t- t * *lmates of ('apt. Gillette
have not yet been re vived
S'* t.u a can b© learned, the commit
•e© ts *• mi it in favor of continuing th©
work of giving limit ©;* k deep water,
which up to now ha been in charge of
C*l Go>> iyear Kit there I* som* do*dt
as to the wr\ In w hi h *1 will Im- don.
Pol Goody*.i t.. i ndttiK on ffer to
continue the work, which has > fni l©#n
d**n© hi him through #|M* ial leglglation,
aisi th© . otnii.itte© is divided l**#we#n this
metlnsl anti placing the harbor in th©
hards of the arms engineers.
Th© hull, at ton* i*r.- trial th© committee
will act favora v upon th© loiter plan
aw aoon as Cap! Gldette s estimate is b*’
for© thfni Pol G<H<d\er had a claim
for Iruroiwd widths which he has se
cured under hi© fotliter cmtra'*ts and th©
sentiment of the unmitte# seems t> b©
In favor of leaving him this claim.
Senator t lay's Mill
H i ator Clmv Intr.siu . t th© fot fe wlng
Mil* In th© Henatc t.*-dv
A bill to place 4i th© fre© list all ar-
Ui hto( merchandM© and wares lantroibl
u> lomUifisUuna or trusth
A bill to r#iM> i<* ' luimants cotton tax
ll'egrally iolb*ct©d Thia Mil was tntro
•i . 4-1 by t'ongit tnian Maddox In th©
House last se*:Mi
Al>s a bid •* pension at the rat# of $7&
P# month Mt Julia Crenshaw, widow
of ('apt. Frank <*r#nslaiw, who dl#*l from
wounds re elved tn the Philippines.
©niMllpo* In llousion ( snsl).
R©|W©sef)tatlv l#wls has enlisted the
•ervh.■©• of the Hospital H©rvl©e
In an . fr. it t % nip out smallpox which
is now rating k Mich an al.uming extent
In Houston ©otinty. As oo#i as h© ar
rival in Washing!**). Mr I. wli called
upon fturgson General Wyman, of the
Marin© llrapitnl Brvlce, and ©xp!a!n©d
to him flrai th© terrible scourge was mak
ing >vn©t<l©rahl© healway In that •'ouniv
H- r©.|u#atetl that an experienced offlesr,
one Tsmlllar with tli© treatment of small
pqx oases I*© sent tt on©# to Houston, to
arsis' th© I*al autlmiitlea In #tanit*lng
out the dlsoae©
Gen M vman tt on*# detail©*! • ©vn
(>• **.* ph\s|c|ati to proceed a one© lo
tl*a! locality an*l ro-oj-*rat© with th© u
-thorltl©# In preventing th© further si*r©al
of the dtseaae. Mr L©wls save h** la Undc-
Ing anxiously f*r resume from Houston
for a' last reports the diKean© waa spread
ing rapidly, and had mod© Ita way Into
th# homes of some of the v©ry !©#• fami
lies. som© d)©tan*'© removed from where
smallpox might l>© expected to exist
HO \\ tv TO AWE VOitUHTE.
abandonutrsl *f ll© \ •••©! Wmn ts©
Only I nure© FonelM#.
Manila. Dec 4 -Two m©mt©ra of th©
g©vr of th© 1 ntt©d Htatwe auxiliary
©ruber Yosendt#. which r#*#ntly fmmder
©l durlna a typho*u. ofT th© leland of
Guam, hnv© arrived at <'vit© on board
the I'nlted iran#iort Ala'm. whk*h
Guam Nov. 2*l with 76 m.irlnea. who
bad b**©n transferred to Guvtt* from
Guam. Tin* men ar© Joln Barry, a twr
perwer. and Henry f'c4llg*ti a hospital np
prentlc#. A boacn fifty fM long and a
f©M thick, which wis r*iKi<'l over th#
Y<*©mlt#'s stern. snnpt>©d off when st
lemptw wer© md© to steer wHh It. Mean
time whst wa* left of the propeller was
Mlrr.nfr out of the w.xler ai.d the steamer
was <*owa*#ii!y settling lower ly th© head
No progress was |osihlc. and all on
board thought their lani niommis had
com©. Th© discipline wo- good on Imard.
After the Yoa#mtt© had drlft©<! shore
ward from her anchorage sb© pounded on
a rr t. Th© wiial shifted with extreme
suddenness and terrific fury and carried
th© v-ss*l out through #uch a narrow out
let In #h© liarbor that no on© understood
hotr sh* got thr.-ugh. Att#m|Ms of th©
ITnlted Htats roU'tr Justin to tow cb#
rut'©r w-r© )*©!#•* and th© Yosemß#
would Inevitably have stink Th# tw#
men said they believed there w.is mjida
dlfftoulty with tb© pump© In getting water
‘*ut of ih© forward ©ompurtmenl. hut tho
hoi# in the istttom was so big that th#
cruiser nun* have sunk, no matter what
had been done.
Bwveral marines who were at Aipma,
Gutm, during th© typlusm aald that
thn -quarters of the (own was under
water and that all the dwellings wer# d©-
•troyid. excerdlng (bos© having til# roofs.
Th# corrugated (non ioof# surmounting
the government buildings and r#aklt.rice*i
wr tor ih roo-t pin lifted tod4iy. The
marUn u k jilitJ about aisl aaaiat#<J wom-*u
a.r ! children to plar©s of safety.
In th# Judgment of naval officers th#
abandonment of th# Y##-mlt© was tb#
.ril> • <*u *• f* * .hi- tin feeling l© in.
thnt th Justin might twiv© stood by
longer, Im! that th# result wouhj have
been th# sam©
i>KT%mci> in < \i*k or iH.vrra.
It. If. Slay Held nt l*orf Bsrrlns by
(.tistiuiiflln trsi) ofH-er.
New Orleans. De- 4 Tl steamship
BtlllwstcT arrived here to-day from port
Barrios. Gu.it* mala. Her offl ©r* and a
numehr of th# crew wr© at one# taken
before a not#ry an*l ina I© uaf<*m©nta rel
ative to an out rax© upon n American cil
ia© n
Mr. R II May. who one# #©rv#d th#
government of Guatemala as tho contrac
tor f* r t 1. rtuatemala Northern Railroad,
w.i arr©at*d at lln* gvmgway of h#
stiHim* r and thrown in p Ison up >n th#
charge of attempting to leave th© repub
lic without having paid hie debts. Th#
animosity of th© ofTL’iato of th# llttlw re
public agxlnsf May is probably atlrfbuti
bb- 40 tb© fact that Mr. Kenner, th# Brit
ish umpire In th© arbitration of th# cas#
of H II May. an American ©Risen,
against tb© government of Goa>email, r©-
cfi tly rendered a Judgment In favor of
th© claimant to th© amount of $!#"•)
American gold, on a contract which M iv
had with th# government to operate and
Improve th© railroad.
Tho rttlllwuter arrived ;t Port Barrios.
Nov 9 Sir Miv tinder th© re*|Ulr©n©nta
of the hw mud© th© ntenaary arranx;*-
ments to leave the country. All papers
hud bean secured, together w th a pass
port from the commandant of Um isrt.
*\s May walked to h© gangplank an offi
cer of tb# army Informed him that or
ders had been Issued for hit d©e#ntlon.
May exhibited hi* papers, bin th© offlc#
wo© firm
Mr Fuqua, who was with Mr. May,
cam© as a pas©ng©r H# wdll go to
Washington and lay th# case before th#
State Department.
DA If .V #' A YKAft
S PF.NTM A ropy
WEEKLY LTJMi.h A-WKFK.fi A TEAK
CANAL CO! CLUSI3NS
rttr. tiTiiMi t\ < <>mmix*io!v rtvonx
thr \m iii %<ii . iiDt-rr..
• r*~
MOST PRACTICABLE ROUTE.
COST* 41..H1 IH.\ IM4 Ul 4 NlllTß,
HIT 441.1. C 4 411 iitl.ia
4• I mi. I•- of flip ( wt ■>( the IHITrr-.
-M. l*ri.|M..nl i iimm I*rr.li4rt
*-■" 4.r.-®.l> lNi.-rr.ir* In th#
l*r|r-l —. nltr.t Hla.pe In 14# Rnr
<*r©ai*-r lit- •• •fl i. .| by tb* ('anat
1'" Ln*|ir-h tt ln.r* \-©!>! la
HullH t'nnal.
Washington. He© 4 The report of th©
Isthm.an ( anal Cocnmissi- 1.,
by the President <o Congress to-day glv*-*
s* ttM* iisuniimous ©oncitisl'Wi of that
h*>!' that "th© too©* practicable and f©a*.
lb> route for an Isthmian ©ansil, under
th© ontrol. ni.rvtg-m©t4t and ownership
of tl*© I'nlted States, is that kieywi* sa
tlx© Nlearagun rout© **
The commission eatimatrs th# cost of
[this rout© at UII.MO.W This estimate ta
; much in ©xe#*o any heretofor© mad©.
n! Is due to increased dimensions and
other feature* rot licretofor# consul ©rad.
Th© eommis- rm also estimates th© ©oai
lof a nanrl by th# Panama mute at J 142.-
jfl.’TS acrqrdirtg to on© rout©, or rw.*
JH.Ui# acnmlliii to another rout#. As
I'M we©n the Nicaragua and Panama
roivt© th# commission inm* up a num
ber of advantage favorable to th# for
mer It states also that under the ©otic—■
•lon given by the government of Co|om*
Hia to th© Panama t'anal Company had
government ta not free to gtant the
necessary rights to sh© T’nite*! Htat#s #x.
©ept upon ©ocidttlons mads by th# com
pany. Along the Nicaragua root# it was
found ttvtf th© abort aection of partlallv
constructed canal ts perhaps In as good
shape 10-dav aa It was when th# work
was mopped The huildmgs. how—,
are rotten and the dredges, loata, eta ,
are worthless.
V •sited I*r©w4dnf felsys.
Th# commission v!#l:©d
laya anl other l©alirg ofti. Inis of Nica
ragua and tound tlmrn gr©tly Interested
in h project. The iv upitlon of th#lr
t#rrlt*ry bv th© Pnllad Ktotew for canal
pur |o*o* did not seem to b© regarded AS
a serious oh#ta©l#. provided the sover
eignty c*f 4h© republic was
Along the Panama roui© the ounmlMlm
found a large for* # of workmen
upon the canal line, about 2.000 In num
ber, acordtng to the Panama company.
The ©anal had b##! opened to soma •
tent at both ends. No value should ha
given to th# plan* now on lh# Isthmus.
usta Klrs'a l*r#ait©Ml.
A visit was also mad© to President Igl#-
•kas of t’osta Rb a n*l his cabinet, and a
s'rcmg sentiment foutwi to exist for an
American ©anal along the Nicaragua
uiigs. Trips wer# nlao made along the
Darien rout© Tli© o mnd*iovi luivtng In
mind the tncreasln* six# of sen*foing
! vJtoM-ls. It was determined to fix upon a
depth **f thlrsy-tlve feet at mean low
water and a bottom width of ICO fees,
w 4 #*h som© Incrtats of dimensions, at ©ar
taln pints. The*© dimensions are larger
than thus# pmpo*© ! for *nv ptevloua ca
nal scheme A width of 1W feet wiy al
j low all hut th© very largest ships to pass
; ©aoh other In th# canal, while th# locks
ar© of a dimension to permit #v#n th#
latgest ships afloat to be inuneu'ered.
Th© stae of locks i 74h feet length. *4
! f© t width. h|the dear, with a depth of
thtrty-flve f©et.
Thr Mcßrsins float#.
Th# NFarsicu© rout# adopt#d follows
; essentially th© lines laid down by fha
Nicaragua Cat ml Oomnliilon In Its re
port of \mn \m ft begins near Grey-
I town .m th# Atlantic side, follows tha
San Jusn river, enters Lake Nicaragua
.ind terminates at Brito on the Pacific
Mid# Th# distance from ocean to ocaan
Ih about m mMw Plana arw glvrn for
the great harbors required at Groyiown
and Hiito. Tli© fit out difficult engineer
ing work is th# ‘kwn across th# Ban
| Juan river to reguioke th# waters of tha
laa© on whose construction hinges large-
J ly th© tlm© required to build th canal,
i The commission says ©lgtu year* woula
probably t># a reasonable ©stlmat© for th#
tlm# of building R At leant two y#srs
will *# consumed In preparatory work
and opening a harbor at Greytown, sa
that If work on th# dam should b# ©stn
menced tmmrlUtely (hereafter, th# (Ima
required for completing th# #ut!r# woik
will bo about ten years
lal.iustf* VMhiulltisl.
Th© commission then submits tns lol
luwtnf estimitsd cost of & cans! on tho
Nicaragua rout*
KniUui dlflslon tfrom Giv>bwa
to IWsk Han i srios dam) . N..-I St.tMKLW
, Middle division (from Boca Ban
I (*arkw dam to l®.i I®nJas 35,42r.g00
I w©s* rn division (from I*a l-a*
jas to Brito) * M.4P.C10
Total
Eighty-nlm- miles of r.vllrad I 7 . <BO.OOO
Total i llCr.ll7.ong
Engineering, poll©#, sanitation
and general contingencies
Aggregate 1J0.540.000
This estimate provides for a double *ys
• lo k
woukl reduce th© cost fll.C' ‘i- Narrow
ing the bottom one-third will permit a fur
ther reduction of 04.. This would
(•ring the estimated cost down to $143,012,-
000.
Concerning the Panama route th© com
mission says Its natural attraction Ucm
In th© combination of a very narrow Isth
mu# with a low summit. Th# estimated
cost of construction tMala 11D.415.W1,
while the engineering, poilc#. ©anUatlon
ard general cof*4ituc*nci## •w#H th# ag
: gregat# to $112,342,570.
j Thl* ©etlmat© Is capable of reduction
!to slls M 1.215 If Hngl© looks and a narrow
; not ton* are adopted. An alternative ##-
I iiin.© \p eulunltted. baaed on having tha
I Alhaju. to dam built to Impound th#
waters of th# l'p*>r (Thagre#. This ea
tttnnt# Is |ljC,s7h.3W-
Ti© ommiMioti reports that th# vain#
ih# French work already done to eatl
mated *4 8.5t4.4e3.
H is estimated that the tonnage that
wuuld us© th© canal will amount to 7.08k
-027 tons in 15kg.
I nnal'i l.rral U.nrlll..
The report **ye: ”A connrl with
r:<n-<n>-. ihe i'nited fltelr* will derive
from th- canal far irnwler benefit*, both
.-omm-rciuliy an*l *nituifriaHsf Th* canal
otc-e opern-l, mir trade with the weat
ronM oi South America wilt raplfliy hi
(ConttnueJ on Fifth Par*.)