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T HURRY UP UN CANAL 1 i i Is Urgent Appeal of Presi- i dent Roosevelt, OELAY GROWS IRRITATING j Sea Level Waterway is Favored, But President Wants It Open at the j p-?i:?i. ? j CdniCSl ^ ( Moment. President Roosevelt is urging in i >? N j the strongest terms the necessity for j a plan for the construction of the J Panama cahal which may be accom- j plished in the shortest possible time, j In his recent remarks to the con- j suiting board of engineers of the Panama canal commission he said things regarded of the utmost importance in that connection. His remarks i have just been transcribed and transmitted to the board In Washington anfl General Davis, its chairman, has been authorized to make them public. ' CN8 The president said, among other ( things: ' *What I am about to say must be in the light of Suggestion, , not as direction. I have named you i because, in my judgment, you are es- | pecially fitted to serve as advisors j 1 in planning the greatest engineering j work the world has yet seen, and I ' i expect you to advise me, not what you think I want to heart, but what j , " you think I ought, to hear. "There are two or three considerations which I trust you will steadily keep before your minds in coming to ( a conclusion as to the proper type j of*-canal. I hope that ultimately it will prove possible to build a sea level canal?such a canal would undoubtedly be best in the end if feasible, and I feel that one of the chief advantages of the Panama. route is "that ultimately a sea level canal will be a possibility. But while paying due heed to the ideal perfectibility 01 the scheme from an engineering standpoint, remember the need of having a plan which shall provide for the immediate building of a canal on the safi est terms and in the shortest possible time. If to build a sea level canal will but slightly increase the risk, then, of course, it is prererable. ; "But if to adopt the plan of a sea4 level means to incur hazard and brings on delay, then it is not preferable. If the advantages and disadvantages are closely balanced I expect you to say so. I desire also to know whether if you recommend a high level multi-lock canal, it will b*> possible after it is completed to turn it into or substitute for it in time a sea level canal without interrupting , the traffic upon it. Two of the prime considerations to be kept steadily in mind are: . "1. The utmost practicable speed of construction. "2. Practical certainty that the plan proposed will be feasible and that it can be carried out with the minimum risk. "The quantity of work and the amount of work should be minimized 1 so far as possible. "The delay in transit of the vessels owing to additional locks wilt be of small consequence when com- : pared with shortening the time for \the construction of the canal or diminishing the risks in its construction. In short I desire your best judgment on all the various questions to be considered in choosing * among the various plans for a comparatively high multi-lock canal for a lower level with fewer locks and for a sea level canal. "Finally, I urge upon you the necessity of as great expedition in coming to a decision as is compatible ] with thoroughness in considering the constructionv" 1 < USED FUNDS OF THE STATE. Indiana State Auditor Fired by Order ^ of Governor Hanley. < Alleging that David E. Sherrlck, auditor of the state of Indiana, is guilty "of a plain and inexcusable * violation of the law and a gross be- f trayal of pu'blic trust," in that he ^ invested funds belonging to the state * in private affairs to the extent of f about $145,COO, Governor Hanley has issued an executive order in which he 1 n takes cognizance of a vacancy in the office and has appointed Warren Big- j T ler of Wabash as Sherrick's succes- j f * sor. j 1 JUDGE ALLEGED MOONSHINER. ! Justice 0f the Peace Haled Before ! ' Court ar.d Bound Over. I Charged with operating an illicit | still. W. E. Minor, a prominent farm- , } er and justice of the peace of Han- j t cock county, Ga.,was arraigned Thurs- 1 ! day before United States Commis- j sioner Erwin at Macon and was held ' under a bond of $200 to await the ac- ; ticn of the federal grand jury. j c 4 VALUE OF COAST LINE. Raised Assessment Made by Georgia Attorney General Virtually Sustained by Tax Arbitrators. The Atlantic Cojs1 Line Railroad company must pay taxes on $2,010,C96 more than the amount at which it returned its toial property in Georgia for taxation. This was the conclusion reached by the arbitrators at a meeting in Atlanta Thursday, when they made their report to the comptroller general. Comptroller General wrignt is naturally very much elated over the repor: for it sustains his assessment almost in toto. The Atlantic Coast Line returned its physical property at $8,165,342 and its franchises at $2,464,570, making a total of $10,629,812. The company has about 6S8 miles of railroad in Geoigia. Owing to its increased earnings and the remarkable financial showing made, Comptroller General Wright rejected tibis return and assessed the road's physical property at $9,269,402, and its franchises at $3,3$S,100, making a total of $12,657,502, or an in crease of $2,027,590 over the company's returns. The hoard of arbitration made several important changes in these figures without materially affecting the general result. The arbitrators reduced the valuation of the Coast Line's physical property to $9,126,038, which was about $143,000 less than the comptroller general's assessment, but what is regarded as more important, it increased the valuation of the company's franchises to $3,514,570, or nearly $130,000 more than the assessment made by Comptroller General Wright. As the valuation of franchises is regarded just now about the most important feature of corporation returns and assessments, it ;s believed this action of the arbitration board will have no small weight. As will be seen from the foregoing figures the total valuation of the Atlantic Coast Line's property in Georgia has been fixed by the board of arbitration at $12,640,603, an increase of $1,010,696 over the company's returns, and only $16,894 less than the assessment made by Comptroller General Wright. The arbitrators who made this award were Railroad Commissioner Joseph M. Brown, representing the state; C. P. Goodyear of Brunswick, representing the Atlantic Coast Line, and Judge Richard Johnson of Jones county, umpire. , Colonel Gcod}7ear dissented from the award, holding that the assessment of 1904 was the maximum valuation which should be placed upon this property. Commissioner Brown, on the other hand, held out for an an assessment even in excess of the amount fixed by the comptroller general, contending that the increase should be made on account of the company's sworn statement before the United States court as to the value of its property. On this occasion, Third Vice President T. M. Emerson made affidavits that the Coast Line's property in Georgia would cost to replace it $17,600,750, and that th!^ did not include, the value of the franchise. With this wide disagreement between the two arbitrators, the matter was practically in the hands of the umpire, Judge Johnson. The assessment made by the arbitration board on the Coast Line's property amounts to a total of $18,923 -per mile. Judge Johnson, who was umpire in this case, is also the umpire in the Southern railway arbitration, which will come up in the course of a few days. Trainload of Louisiana Refugees. A special train from Tallulah and Lake Providence, La., bearing 177 deported refugees, passed through Chattanooga Wednesday afternoon. They were not allowed, to leave the cars, but will stop at points further north, where there is no quarantine. REVELRY IN NEW ORLEANS. iity Has Great Festival to Help Out Yellow Fever Fund. The yellow fever situation at New )rleans Saturday showed little hange. The people of the city took l holiday and joined hands in makng a brilliant success of the Diamond estival, arranged to help swell the und for fighting yellow fever. A multitude gathered at Athletic :ark, where the festival was held, rhe program was formally opened vith a telegram to Mayor Behrman rom President Roosevelt, which was eceived with universal enthusiasm. .ma. a a \ / a i i aoo r o MUSSIAa INAVrtL LUOOLg. According to Official Statistics Sum ?s Placed at $113,000,000. A St. Petersburg special says: The lussian losses in ships at Port Arhar, Vladivostok and the Sea of Jayjtu. according to official statistics uiblished Sunday morning, amount o one hundred and thirteen million [oliars. J / / TO CAMPAIGN FUND | New York Life Contributed the Sum cf S43.CC0, Ufraid of dfmohrats ; Company Claim That Assets Would j Have Been Damaged Under Pari j ker?Same Thing Was Cone ! in Bryan Campaigns. j George W. Perkins, member of th? j firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., ana ! first vice president of the New York | Life Insurance company, was the star i witness at Friday's session, in New , YoUv of the special legislative cora! mittee probing life insurance com! panies' methods and his testimony was replete with revelations in the development of finance as applied by insurance companies. The climax came when Mr. Perkins was asked concerning an entry of $48,702 in a ledger marked "Ordered paid by the president." Mr. Randolph, treasurer of the New York Life, who had been on the stand eari lier in the day, had been sharply ! questioned as to the purport of this I on + rv Hiit hp was unable to eynlain it. He thought no one except the' president could. Mr. Perkins had been called to testify as to some other transactions and, after a recess, he j was asked to produce the check. It j was made out payable to J. P. Mor! gan & Co. and Mr. Perkins frankly I stated it was a contribution to the | national republican campaign convenf tion and had been paid to Cornelius ! Bliss. Mr. Perkins said: I "This payment was made after ! very careful deliberation. It must j not be considered an ordinary conj tribution to the campaign fund. It was paid because we felt that the assets of the New York Life Insurance company would be jeopardized by a democrat." Mr. Perkins said contributions were also made in-1900 and in 1896. As an illustration, witness said the first contribution was made in 1896 by President MJcCall. who is a democrat. "He contributed to the McKinley campaign fund and voted for McKinley because he felt it was in the interests of the policy holders." This bomb caused a murmur of conversation about the room which I had become packed with spectators. I Standing room was at a premium, and every one bent forward to catch the testimony. This was hardly necessary because Mr. Perkins spoke distinctly in a very audible voice. He paced the small platform upon which the witness' chair is placed, just before the committee's rostrum, and accompanied his explanations with earnest gestures, oftentimes suggesting questions to the counsel. Pursuing the rheok inauirv fur | - v. ?O - T. i ther, Mr. Hughes brought out that this expenditure was never brought to the attention of the finance committee, terming it a "purely executive action." It was charged against cash on the books of the Haijover bank office or financial department. The witness did not know against what account the other contributions were made, but he would furnish data. "What other contributions to political campaign funds have been made by the New York Life?" "None, to my knowledge." Mr. Hughes asked Mr. Perkins to explain how on the books in the syndicate action by which $300,000 in bonds was sold on December 31, 1901, and bought back January 2, 1902, there was shown on the debit side of the account $160,COO and on the credit side $800,000, and Mr. Perkins replied: "I am. glad that you brought that j matter up. In that transaction we I asked for $5,000,000 of bonds and ! only got $4,000,000. We made up our minds to sell the $300,000 of this sum I and our books, therefore, only showed $3,200,000. GRADY TALKED IN HIS SLEEP. Consequently Wife No. 1 Discovered That He Was a Bigamist. John Grady, a longshoreman, who earns $12 a week, was arrested in New York Monday, charged with bigamy. It was found, according to the complaint of his first wife, that he was maintaining a second establishment near his old home. A few nights ago the longshoreman talked in His sleep. Early next morning Mrs. Grady went o | a sleuthing tour which resulted in her finding the second household. FILIPINO OUTLAW MEETS DEATH On Being Surrounded, Felizarbo Jumped from a High Cliff. A Manila dispatch says: Felizarbo, chief of the outlaws in the province of Cavite. who for a long time have made trouble* for the authorities, was surrounded Sunday near the Eatangas border and jumped over a cliff. He was killed by the fall and nis death, it is believed, will end the disturbances. / | TO TALK QUARANTINE. i j Formal Call Issued for a Meeting Tn Chattanooga of Governors and Commercial Representatives. The formal can lor a conference of 'southern representatives to L?) held in Chattanooga in November was ! issued Saturday, s'gnei by twelve governors and tlie officials of s:he chamber of commerce of ten cities. The call, after jeciiing the prosperity and business growth of this section, its wonderful business and magnificent prosperity, sa ys: "la the atump: that has been made by various cities, towns and communities in the south to protect themselves from tie dread ravages of the yellow fever, the most strenuous and at times the most unreasonable, unnecessary and burdensome measures have been adopted, measures that not only tended to cripple and destroy business and commerce, but which reflected on the very instincts of our common humanity and became a reproach to civilization itself. "It is evident, therefore, that seme uniform system of quarantine should be adopted that will allay the apprehensions of the people and minimize the dangers resulting from an outbreak of this disease. This is necessary if we should save our land from the demoralizing and brutalizing tendencies of a panic inspired quarantine. "Again there are coming in*) the United States at the present time a larger number of foreign immigrant than ever before in our country's history. Among these are great masses who are wholly undesirable and whom it will be impossible to assimilate with- our/institutions. There is apparently a desire or tendency to y> rr morr nf those nn ''Ipcir-a Mp im Ui UAUU/ VI U4-V*v,w? migrants into the south. "The south will welcome desiraDle immigrants from any and all lands, but it has already racial problems of suc^i gravity that no others should be invited until proper safeguards are provided in advan.ce of their coming. "For the foregoing reasons, therefore, the undersigned, having only the interests and welfare of the south at heart, hereby u-ae this, our call for a southern conference on immigration and quarantine to be held in Chattanooga, Tenn., November 9 and 10, 1905, and we designate the persons as those expected to compose and participate in this conference: "Governors of the southern states; members of congress; commissioners of agriculture; mayors of cities, one representative from national, state or city boards of health; one representative from each railroad system, preferably the general immigration agent; the editor, publisher or proprietor of newspapers and not more than five representatives from each commercial organization in tbe south. "All parties thus designated may consider themselves fully authorized under this call to aid m iunnenng its object and are requested to cooperate with us in making the same what it should be in the south. "John I. Cox, Governor of Tennessee; N. C. Blanchard. Governor of Louisiana; Edwin Warfield, Governor of Maryland; William D. Eawson, Governor of West Virginia; A. J. Montague, Governor of Virginia; N. B. Broward, Governor of Florida; Jas. K. Varcfaman, Governor of Mississippi; William W. Folk, Governor of Missouri; J. C. W. Beckham, Governor of Kentucky; D. C. Hey ward, Governor of South Carolina; S. W. T. Lanham, Governor of Texas; Joseph M. Terrell, Governor of Georgia." ) "LOST" NEGRO IS FOUND. i Chicken Thief Chased and Killed by a Posse of Boys. A negro was found where he had been killed near Daleville, Ala., a few days ago. The dead man was identified as one who had entered a chicken roost, and was pursued by a posse of boys. When they returned home they reported having lost him near the place where the body was found, j It is alleged that two of these boys have fled the country. ANOTHER GRAFTER IN GRIEF. Clerk in Public Health and Mann* Hospital Service a Thief. At Washington Monday, Secret Ser?1 a/1 To moo TXT PnvH Vice UUlt'BI'S aiicsicu \J tr . uu_, u, a clerk In the public health and marine hospital service for manipulating vouchers pertaining to the business of the office by which he is said to have secured in the last two years $20,000. When confronted with the charge, Boyd confessed. Boyd is about 40 years of age and married, his wife at present being in Europe. MISTRIAL FOR MARO POTTER. I Jury Could Reach No Agreement in I Embezzlement Case. After being out three days, the i jury in the case of Maro S. Potter, the former cashier of the bank of Davisboro, Ga., who w3s indicted and placed on trial in Sandersville for the embezzlement of $27,000, reported Monday morning to the court its inability to reach an agreement and a mistrial was declared. ISHORT ON COFFINS f [ ? I I I Fever Victims in Lceville; Buried Only in Sheets. ???? ! SITUATION DEPLORABLE i 1 Little Town Entirely Cut Off From Outside World?New Orleans .. Official Report for Thursday. A New Orleans special says: Some idea of the deplorable condition that prevailed at Leeville, La., before relief doctors and nurses reached the scene was given Thursday in an interview with a man from that yellow fever stricken town who had been there throughout the .epidemic. The arrival was Manuel Encalade, who said it was impossible to picture the full horror of the situation before help was forthcoming. Communication was cut off with the city, the food supply ran low, the medicines kept in the town store *wefe exj hausted, it was impossible to get cofI fins for the dead and many of thoss l who escaped attack packed their belongings and fled to other points. At first the lumber intended for a new house was used to make boxes to inter the dead, but when this gave out bodies were simply wrapped in shrouds and buried. ! "Vf ? ITt-vno 1 o rla l-?r/"mcrVi + o lief nf IAIXl xuuv/aiauv ui vu^uu w vthirty-six who had died in the setj tlement up to September 5 and sal'J it was not improbable that numbers of those who fled to isolated settlements along the coast had also succumbed. Mr. Encalade said that since the physicians and nurses had * arrived, the situation had steadily improved and that the end cf the epidemic was probably near at hand because there was little mere material upon which it could feed. Dr. Brady returned to New Orleans Thursday night from a tour of inspection of the Barrataria country and Leeville. He reports that conditions at Leeville are pitiable, that I of seven babies born there since the fever broke out, all have died, eittUf of yellow fever 6r of lack of nutriment, because their mothers could mot feed them. He says the people seem to be dazed, and there is danger of an outbreak of scurvy because of lack of necessary food. A carload of food was sent on by New Orleans merchants. The fever has practically been eradicated from the lower Barrataria country, though there is considerable in the upper district. There was nothing new in the situation at New Orleans beyond the increase in number of new cases and deaths. There were really seven yellow fever deaths, but one of them does not appear on the record. It 5s the case of an Italian who, in the delirium of his fever, secured a revolver and blew his brains out The official report Thursday was as follows: New cases 49, total to date 2,462, deaths 6t total 329, new foci 15, cases under treatment 316, discharged 1,817. In the country, the sifuation at Talhilah is improving undpr the management of Drs. Cassaignac and Von Esdorf. Other country reports were: Patterson. 20 cases, 2 deaths; Kenner, 8 cases, 2 deaths; St. Rose, 2 cases, Bajrataria 2 cases; Clarke Cheniere 1 death; Sarpy, 2 cases; Berwick 1 death; Houma 3 cases; Tallulah. 26 cases, no deaths. Mississippi?Gulfport 1 case in subj urbs; Mississippi City, 1 case; Vicksburg two cases. The marine hospital service rej ports that there have been 106 case* I all told in the Gulfport territory, of | of which only 13 are now under treatj inent. Four Cases at Pensacola. I j Two deaths and four new cases, is j the report officially announced Thursi day night at board of health head' I quarters in Pensacola. NEW CABLE TO THE ORIENT. Amerrca Will Soon Be Linked by Wire to China and Japan. Through American enterprise the way has been won to connect the western continent by direct submarine tr> 1 oerro rkhir> Unco ylmHi tiSc omniras nf M|/U4V AAUXsasJ T? 1WU WW V4. China and Japan. Clarence H. Miackey, president of the Commercial Pacific Cable company, at New York, Thursday, made the announcement that his company had secured the necessary concessions to enter Yokohama, Japan, and Shanghai, China. STATE AUDITOR BEHIND BARS. .ndiana Official Not Only Fired, f?ut is Locked Up. A special from Indianapolis says: David E. Sherrick, ex-auditor of the state, was arraigned in the police courc Friday morning, charged with [ embezzlement of the state's funds. Ho waived examination and was j bound over to the grand jury under j heavy bond. J * * ;' v . -'V; , NICHOLAS HAS ENOUGH. Russian Ruler is Now Willing to Make Any Old Concession for a Lasting Peace. rm A St. Petersburg special says: fmnoLftr VioVir?'?c acflin nnnPars* be D1UL>^1VI AHVilViUW ? - :M fore the world as a promoter of universal peace. No sooner is the Russian-Japanese war over and even before the peace treaty has been ratified, than his majesty issues invitations to a second peace conference . ^ at The Hague. It is officially announced that the "Russian government proposes to aodress the foreign powers with a view to the holding of a second peace conference at The Hague," but it is , M known that negotiations preceding this announcement that the govern- * ment "proposed to address the powers" were entered into esplxdally . with the United States and wbre conducted with the greatest secrecy, there being not the slightest inkling that Russia contemplated anything of the kind. The faef thflt President Roosevelt' * <11 is reported as being entirely in sympathy with the proposed conference and that he is said to believe that , to the initiator of the first Hague conference should belong the honor ;l||j of convoking the second, and readily and even gladly acceded to the Russian proposal, is clear -proof that the conference has already been called yjg| and that Roosevelt relinquished his part in it to the emperor. RAPS STATE HEALTH BOARD. vf Atlanta Council Approves Action of /.y.'JB Mayor ands City Board. Indorsement of all thet has been -^41 done by the city board of health and Mayor Woodward, and condemnation ; of the state board of health's atti- \|18 tude toward Atlanta were the theme -:|a| of resolutions offered by Councilman Bagley and adopted by the Atlanta city council Monday afternoon. The resolutions term the action of the state board of health as unwar- ,,|M ranted and uncalled for, and as the i'Mm source of irremediable injury to the city of Atlanta. , They assert that the city, by its altitude and climate is immune from yellow fever and has been so reeog- -Js-'. nized by the highest authority in the -Jm world, the United States fever ex- ; pens, it is iurtner assenea tnat . these advantages are of immense ma- "^3 terial value to the city and that sn* >v|jH has a right to the enjoyment of them, |3 * without interference from the state ,-jS board of health. .] The resolutions were- unanimously -'pM adopted without debate. 5 WILL SIN NO MORE. Morton to Cut Out Gifts by Equitable to Campaign Funds. At New York Monday, Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life < Assurance Society, said that hereaf- JjM ter the Equitable Society will refuse ' ^ to contribute to political campaign . ,'J Mr. Morton was '.sked if the con- ' distributions of the New York Life Insurance company to the McKinley and ' ' Roosevelt campaign funds had been .'||9 equaled by> that of the Equitable. "As to that," he answered, "I can- V.JS not say. I am only concerned with t the future of the Equitable, not with rMt its past." .> "Will it be the policy of the Equitable in the future," he was asked, ^ "to defray part of the campaign ex- dSj penses of presidential candidates or /Jj other seeders for public office?" "Not any more," replied Mr. Mor- |jj Snow Falls in Colorado. Several inches of snow fell at Cripple Creek, Col., Monday. The fall was -jlB preceded by a high wind that blew down several buildings. Land Withdrawn from Entry. The secretary of the interior has- ;5e? ordered the withdrawal from ea- . try of 300,000 acres of land in the Roswell, N. ML, land district on account of the Carlsbad Irrigation proj- ;-;|l INSURANCE PROBE BEGINS. Legislative investigation of Equitable Society Is Inaugurated. < .%% The affairs of the Equitable Assurance society and the Mutual Life Insurance company held the attention at New York Thursday of the legislative life investigation committee. Nothing new was developed in regard to the Equitable Society other 'M 'than the statement drawn from one of the officers that the society docs " Vfj not know ihe present whereabouts of T. D. Jordon, former comptroller. NEGROES WOULD-BE ASSASSINS. Sheriff and Deputy in Florida Have a V?!DSC V/ail ivr L-ivto. An attempt was made to assassinate Sheriff AVyatt and Chief Eeputy Joiner of Manatee county, FIa.f Sunday night- near Braidentown. The officers were riding along the road when a party of negroes fired uponthem from ambush. Neither was hit. The officers returned the fire, killing one negro. The others escaped, but a pcsse started in pursuit. * ,yJ1