Panama vs Nicaragua Boute Report of the Isthmian Ca Commission. ? Washington, Jan. 20.-Thepresic sent to Conrgess, with a message s ply Of transmittal, the supplemei report of the isthmian canal corni sion, in which it is unanimously ommended that the offer of the i Panama Canal Company, te sell all its rights, property and unf?nis work to the United States for $ 000,000, be accepted. The senate dered the report printed in the C gressional Record and also as a dc ment.. The report gives in full the c respondence which has passed tween the commission and the Pana Canal Company at Paris, which eludes a cablegram from the pu dent of the'board, dated January 9, follows : " "The new. Panama Canal Comp* declares that it is ready to accept the totality, without exception to property and. rights on the isthm the amount of $40,000,000, the at* offer to remain in force up to Mai 4 1903." The report states that the"totalit mentioned in this message inclue fifty-six parcels of land, amounting 3Q,000 acres, which cover nearly the ground required for the actual cc struction of. the canal. It also i eludes 2,431 buildings'.usedfor office quarters, hospitals, store houses, ? e also an immense amount of machine] consistingg of floating plant, tu< 'dr?dges, locomotives, cars, etc. also includes all exa?avation work i compiished upon the. main canal lir amounting .to 36,700,000 cubic yare The value of. the work already do is estimated at $22,895,028, less co Mngencies .estimated at $4,579,0C makins: au 'aggregate of $27,44,0c The offer also embraces all of ? existing 77,000 shares of the Panar Railroad and Canal Company, exce JU 100 shares held by individuals Europe and the United State Agianst this property are mortgaj bonds amona ting to $3,439,000. < this amount the Canal Company ow' $871,000. It also holds in the trea ury $1,064,000 subject to slae or ca collation, leaving in the hands of tl public $1,504,000. These bonds be; 41-2 per cent interest. There a also outsanding $996,000 6 per cei sinking fund bonds. The transf also will incl ade the passenger ar freight steamers of 2,000 tons ead The railroad company owns an und *vided interest in the islands of Nao Culebra, Perico and Flamence, in tl Bay of Panama, the Pacific TVfa Steamship Company being the joii owner. Besides its right' of wa: terminals, wharves and consideraba areas cf land, it owns nearly the who! of the town of Colon, the houses thei being constructed under lease; Summing up the commission finds th value of the property to be as follows Excavation work done, $27,474,032 Panama Railroad stock at par, $6,S86, 300: maps, drawing, etc, $2,000, (XX Total. $36,360,333. Add 10 per cent to cover commis sions, $3,639,668. Total, $40,000,000. The estimated cost of constructin the Nicaragua Canal is $45,630,70 more than the cost of completing th Panama CanaL The estimated annus cost of maintenance and operation i $1,300,000 greater at Nicaragua tba] at Panama. The Panama route wouli be 139.6 miles shorter than the Nica ragua route, from sea to sea, with few er locks and less curvature, both ii degrees and .miles. The estimate? time for a deep duraft vessel to pres throngh the Nicaragua Canal wa: "placed at 30 hours, as against 12 hour for Panama, these estimtes being th< time of actual navigation and not in eluding delays for winds, currents o: darkness. If the passsage were mad< without interruption about a da] could be saved by the Nicaragua ove: the Panama route by ordinary steamer? handling commerce between our Paci fie ports and all Atlantic ports, anc about two days by steamers of th? same class trading between our Guli ports and North Pacific ports. The time advantage of the Nicaragua rout? would be less in the case of fast, high powered steamers, the use of which is increasing. Between Atlantic ports and the west coast of South America the Panama route has the advantage of about two days, and between Guli ports and the west coast of South America the Panama route has the ad? vantage of about one day. The trade o? the western coast of South Ameri? ca is a very important one, which has . hitherto been in European hands. The oiler received i"rom the new Pana? ma Canal Company to convey all its property, including all its interest in thee Panama Railroad to the United Staes. will make the estimated cost of the two canals as follows: Nicaragua, $189,864,062: Panama, $134,23$,35a The transfer would give title to all the hv:c\ now held by both the Pana . ma Canal Company and the Panama Railroad Company, which covers near? ly all lands required for the construc? tion of the canal. The land held by private parties at Nicaragua must be acquired .and its acquisition may prove expensive. Tte advantages of the two canal route- have been restated according to the findings of the former report. There bas been no change in the views of the commission with reference to any of the conclusions then reach ed. bu: the new proposition submitted by the new Panama Canal Company make- a reduction of nearly seventy milli * dollars in the cost of a canal aer ? * the Isthmus of Panama, ac? cording Do the estimates contained in the for:?: T report. The retort concludes as follows: "After considering the changed con? ditions that now exist, and all the fae's and circumstances upon which its present judgment must be based, the commission is of the opinion that "the practicable and feasible route" for an isthmian canal, to be "under the control, management and ownership of the United Skates,'' is that known as the Panama route." Tho report is signed by the entire commission. The State department win now pro? ceed to arrange a protocol with Minis? ter Silva engaging Colombia to ap? prove the transfer of the franchise of the Panama Company, ;and _ to make any desirable extensions of time, both in the allowance for the completion'of the canal and in the life of the lease. LECTURED THE SON OF HEAVEN. Ministers of Foreign Powers Re? ceived as Representatives of a Sovereign Equal in Rank to Chinese Emperor. Peking, Jan. 23.-The ministers of the foreign powers here have attained the goal which has been their aim since intercourse between China and the powers began. They have been received as representatives of sover? eigns equal in rank to the Chinese emperor. The audiences yesterday between the emperor and the ministers were held in the innermost large hall of the Forbidden City. The emperor sat on a dais behind a table. There were four princes at the back of his chair and a dozen officials at each side. The dowager empress was concealed by a screen, according to the stories of the attendants, and remained invis? ible. The emperor was silent throughout the audiences and remained stolid and impassive. Formerly the empe? ror replied to the ministers in Manhcu, and the princes interpreted what he said. Today he appeared as ah automaton, and the secretaries of the foreign ministers who were present, report that he looked weaker, less intellectual and more childish than prior to the siege of the legations. Sir Ernest. Satow, the British repre? sentative, made the following address: "My august sovereign has charged me to express to your majesty his sincere desire to see the independence and the integrity of the Chinese empire maintained intact and that the prosperity of .the Chinese people may be hastened by the removal of ob? stacles to the free exchange of commo dies, by the extension of manufac? tures and by the utilization of the re? sources of the soil. .'If under the enlightened rule of your majesty, the barriers which in the past hindered the free and mutually advantageous intercourse of . China with the rest of the world be completely removed and her domestic institutions wisely regulated, it is cer? tain that China, advancing along the path of progress,' will attain to a height of prosperity unknowu in the past." The ministers of the foreign powers entered the Forbidden City at the main gate, leaving their military es? corts outside. At the second gate they entered yellow chairs, like those furnished for the princes and secre? taries. They walked through the inner courts of the Forbidden City and their cortege retired from the city by the east gate. 3SHA32&BLE CUBE CF CBC2T. A LITTLE BOY'S LIFE SAVED. I have a few words to say regarding Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It saved my little boy's life and I feel that I can? not praise it enoagh. I bought a bottle of it from A E Steere of Goodwin, S D, and when I got home with it the poor baby could hardly breathe. I gave the medicine as directed every ten minutes until he 4ithrew up" and then I thought sure he was going to choke to death. We had to pull the phlegm out of his mouth in great long strings. I am positive that if I had not got that bottle of cough med? icine, my boy would not be on earth to day.-Joel Demont, Inwood, Iowa. For sale by Dr A J China. DUN'S WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. New York, Jan. 24.-R. G. Dun & Co's. Weekly Review of Trade tomor? row will say: Little of a novel nature has deveolped in the business or finan? cial situation during the past week. Conditions of the preceding week were accentuated as a rule, active manufac? turing plants becoming still more bus? ily engaged while the downward ten? dency of prices was not checked. Re? tail trade is of immense volume, and jobbers have immense spring orders to fill. Western cities send the most sat? isfactory returns, but nearly all sec? tions are enjoying wholesome activity, even the south showing evidence of improvement. Wages were voluntarily advanced at a number of manufactur? ing plants, hours reduced at others. There were few labor controversies w-hile skilled workmen are in greater demand than supply. Conditions in the iron and steel in? dustry are shown by record-breaknig production at many plants and rapid increase of facilities at others. When orders for rails cannot be taken be? cause deilvery is desired before the last quarter of the year, it would seem that new figures of output were assur? ed for 1902. Structural mills are equally well occupied, having con? tracts for. office buildings, factories, track elevation, bridges and other con? structive work. Textile markets are quiet, although reports of the jobbing trade are most favorable except at some southern points. Cotton mills are busy as a rule, bat uncertainty as to the future of the raw material tends to unsettled prices. Specialties have been put on the market with a fair degree of suc? cess. Heavy goods for China are in better inquiry, although the views of sellers are still above prices offered. Home buying of fine yarn goods in? creases. Print cloths are nominally 3 cents and scarce for near delivery. Hesitation is general in the markets for staple products. There is no longer the rcekless bouyancy so con? spicuous a short time ago. '.Disaster to one prominent operator had a calm? ing influence, and in the case of corn the insignificant exports cannot well be entirely ignored. Cotton is not receiving the support anticipated, reports of exhausted stocks on plntations being refuted by undiminished reciepts. Failures for the week number 301 in the United States against 300 last year. A Profitable Investment. was troubled for about seven years with my stomach and in bed half my time," say? E Demick, Somerville. Ind. "I spent about ?1,000 and never could get anything to help me until I tried Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. I have taken a few bot? tles and am entirely well." Yon don't live by what you eat, but by what you digest and assimilate. If your stomach doesn't digest your food you are really starving. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure does the stomach'?, work by digesting the food. You don't have to diet. Eat all you want. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures a'l stomach trou? bles. J S Hughson & Co. I TWENTY-ONE KILLED. IA Terribie Mine Disaster at Lost Creek, Iowa. Oskaloosa, Ia., Jan. 24. -As the result of a terrible mine disaster at Lost Creek this afternoon 21 dead are in an improvised morgue, and eight are in a temporary hospital. The explosion occurred at the noon hour and is what is known as a "dost" explosion. The miners had just fired their usual noon shots, one of which proved to be a fizzle. The burning powder ignited the gas and the explo? sion followed. Smoke and debris were blown out of the shaft 200 feet high. Part of the top works was torn away and the fans and cages -were par? tially wrecked. This made the work of rescue very slow and it was 3 o'clock before volunteer parties dared to venture into the east entrance, where the explosion occurred. When they found their way in a horrbile sight greeted them. The dead and in? jured were terribly burned and muti? lated, some of them almost beyond recognition. Fire which at first was feared would prove destructive to the entire mine had broken out and this added terror to the spectacle. The flames were finally controlled and after several of the rescue party had succumbed to the fumes all the dead were found and carried to the top of the shaft. At the time of the explo? sion more than 100 men were in the mines, but all of these, except those in the east entry, escaped with only siight injury. The total property damage will be about $10,000. It was nearly dark tonight when the last of the dead was taken out, and the scenes of anguish among the families of the men were most pitiful. Nearly all of the men were married and leave families in poor circum? stances. The. mine is owned by the Lost Creek Fuel company of this city and has been in operation about one year. Danish West India Islands Bought. it is Said That $5,000,000 Was the Price Paid. "Washington, Jan. 24.-The treaty of cession of the Danish West India isl-. ands from Denmark to the United States was signed at the state depart? ment today by Secretary Hay and Con? stantine Brun, the Danish minister. The treaty will be submitted to the senate for ratification immediately. Following the invariable rule in such cases, the state department officials decline to make public any of the details of the treat}', so that it is not possible to state positively the price to be paid, though this is believed to be in the neighborhod of $5,000,000. It is also is known that Denmark has abandoned the position she was in? clined to occupy toward the conserva? tion of tho political rights of the isl? and, and leaves the United States free hand to deal with them, without pledge of American citizenship or of free trade privileges. So it is as? sumed that the status of the Danish West India islands, politically and commercially, should the treaty be ratified, will be similar to that of Puerto Rico. The treaty itself does not contain any reference to a plebiscite, but the Danish government has given notice that before it ratifies the treaty, it will submit the question of cession to the people of the islands. *Not mach objection is expected here from these people, for the treaty is so framed that they are not called upon to sur? render their Danish allegiance and they may remian Danes in fact and ^in name while enjoying whatever advan? tages in a commercial way may result from a transfer of the islands to the United States. Children Especially Liable. Burns, bruises and cuts are extremely painful and if neglected often result in blood poisoning. Children are especially liable to such mishaps because not so careful. As a remedy DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled. Draws out the fire, stops the pain, soon heals the wound. Beware of counterfeits. Sure cure for piles. "DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve cured my baby of eczema after two physicians gave her up," writes James Mock, N Webster, Ind. ''The sores were so bad she soiled two to five dresses a day." J S Hughson & Co. -- i i - - A Little Book of Great Importance. Do you ever wish for a book that can be relied upon to answer correctly all the little questions and knotty problems that present themselves day by day-a book that will quickly decide all arguments on all subjects? The 1902 World Almanac and Encyclo? pedia, which is now ready, is eaxctly this kind of book. It takes the same position in the world of facts and figures as does the dictionary in the world of words. This.little volume contains over 600 pages of well-printed agate type, every line containing some fact that you will sooner or later want to look up. Tho Ysorld Almanac should occupy a prominent place in every progressive American household. The 1902 edition is more complete than ?ny of the former ones. It contains facts on many subjects that have recently been brought to the public notice and which every up-to-date person should have at his fingers' ends. Among the features of the 1902 Almaanc are: The millionaires of the United States-a list giviang the names of nearly 4,000 Americans who possses o\ er 61,000,000. The great American trusts: full partciulars of 163 leading industrial organizations. Organized labor, enlarged statistics of the strength of labor unions and the pres? ent condition of the labor movement. The Nicaragua Canal and the Hay Pauncefote treaties with ( i feat Britain. Progress of aerial navigation in 1901. Complete United States Census. Anarchist statistics of the United States and Europe, &c, &c, to the ex? tent of over 1,000 topics. The 1902 World Almanac and Ency? clopedia is on sale by all newsdealers throughout the country for 25 cents. When ordered by mail 10c. extra for postage must be inclosed to The World, New York. CAUSTIC GERSTER. Comment the Singer Made on a Kiss That Patti Received. While the rivalry between Patti and Gerster in San Francisco in 1S34 was at its height it was made known that General Crittenden, governor of Mis? souri, had given Tutti a kiss. There? upon Mme. Patti was interviewed, when she spoke as foilows: "I had just finished singing 'Heme, Sweet Home,' last Thursday evening When a nice looking old gentleman, who introduced himself as Governor Crittenden, began congratulating me. All of a sudden he leaned down, put his arms around me, drew me up to him and kissed me. He said. 'Mme. Patti. I may never see you again, but I cannot help it,' and before I knew it he was kissing me. When a gentle? man, and such a nice old gentleman, too, and a governor of a great state, kisses one so quick that one has not time to see and no time to object what can one do?" . . The following dialogue on the sub? ject between Mme. Gerster and a re? porter who had interviewed her was afterward published: Modest Reporter-I suppose. Mme. Gerster, you have heard about that kissing affair between Governor Crit? tenden and Patti? Mme. Gerster^-I have heard that Governor Crittenden kissed Patti be? fore she had time to resist but I don't see anything in that.to create so much fuss. Modest Reporter (interrogatively) You don't? Mme. Gerster-Certainly not There Is nothing wrong in a man kissing a woman old enough to be bis mother. Argonaut A Mediarral Psychologist. Professor Munsterberg pf Harvard, whose specialty is psychology, relies to some extent on the point of a good story in enforcing his positions in ab? stract demonstration. He has one on the association of ideas that will illus? trate. A mediaeval magician-more ac? curately called "fakir" nowadays-an? nounced that he bad invented and had for sale a magic pot If certain rather common stones were mired and placed in the pot with a certain portion of water, and the whole shaken diligently, for an hour, the stones would turn to gold provided that during the hour the operator should not think of a hippo? potamus. The fakir sold a great many .for fabulous sums, and not one of the purchasers ever demanded a return of the money. The fakir knew his busi? ness. He was in advance of his age in psychology, in his skill in permanently fixing in his customer's minds the as? sociation of that old pot and a hippo? potamus.-Boston Herald. ITALIAN VIOLINS. The First "Strad" Sent to London Conld Find Xo Purchaser. Italian violins have not always held the supremacy they now enjoy, it was not indeed till the beginning of the nineteenth century that they came into vogue to any extent outside their na? tive land. Previously Jacob Steiner (1621-Soi was the favorite maker, and his high model had been almost exclu? sively copied by his fellow Germans and the different makers in France and England. When the elder Corvetto. who had been a merchant before enter? ing the musical profession, came to London, in 173S, he brought with him some instruments by Stradivari. The result of this endeavor to introduce Italian work into England fills one with pathetic wonder. It is almost beyond belief. As he could not get as much as ?5 ($2o) for a violoncello he was obliged to send the instrument back to Italy for a bad speculation. Five pounds for a "Strad." and not a single purchaser to be found! This incident in itself furnishes suQ cient testimony to the slavish following of the great German maker and tin strong prejudice cf the violinists o? ] that period in favor of the high model It is indeed the players who are mosi to blame for the slew adoption of the flat model, for the creator must make '. what is necessitated by the demand: ; but the eighteenth century fiddlers, at any rate in England. France and Ger many, seem for the most part to bav< 1 been content that their violins shouU' j possess a small sweet tone, never real izing the lack of power and sonoritjv * Connoisseur. A Model Child. Dickie-Pa. wer . \ou a gooder boy'n i me when you wer.- as little as me? Father-Yes. indeed. Dickie. I was 1 always a very good boy. hut somehow ; or other I had a great many serious ; and painful misunderstandings with . my parents.-Detroit Free Press. The Boy Who Wins the Day. When two boys start out in life, one " with o copy of "'Winning His Way" in his pocket and the other with a piece " of natural elementary hustle in his : head, the latter usually comes in first ' at the post.-Washington Times. Persona who nm Hy wish to become angels should make a start in that di- ] rection while they are yet mortals:- 1 National Magazine The rural letter carriers are already agitating for the increase of their : salaries, just as the city carriers have been doing for so long. A bill was j introduced in Congress yesterday to raise their pay from the present rate of ?C)00 to 6(S0? for the fiscal year, $6(50 4 for the second and $720 for the third. : A pay of ?(i0 month for the rural : population will make the places eager- 4 ly sought after, and will be an effec? tive step on the road to the St500 salary which Chairman Loud predicts will eventually he tin1 pay of all letter 4 carriers. Courier-Journal. A CUBE FOP^LTOBAGOr W C Williamson of Amherst. Va, says : ^ "For more than a year I suffered from lumbago. I finally tried Chamberlain's | Pain Balm and it gave entire relief, which j all other remedies had failed to do." Sold | t by Dr A J China. | Whiting. All whitings aro made from chalk. The more common preparations some? times contain considerable gritty met? ter, which scratches highly polished surfaces. These coarse particles rnc:y be removed in this manner: Mix the whiting with water to a paste and then add water until it is very thin. Strain through cheesecloth and let the strain? ed mixture settle. Pour off the water and dry the whiting. A Financis.1 View. Eustacia-I knew that man was a physician by the way in which he shook hands-his tender, delicate, con? siderate touch. Edgar-Yes. of course: that's his five dollar touch.-Detroit Free Press. A Mean Man. "He is the most inconsiderate man. I understand." "How?" "He refuses to give his wife any grounds on which to get a divorce with alimony."-Chicago Post. Sweeping:. 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