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The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-04-18
A DEATH DEALING DITCH
Men Dying Like Sheep Along the
Panama Canal.
The Progress OF the Work Briefly
Outlined.
It's Completion Is Very Doubtful,

"Our $40. 900. 600 has been spent Ia estat
fishing homes for the engineers and work
ing men along the route OF the Panamt
ship canel." said Captain James Wiltbank
who has been for more than a year engaged
In dredging operations on the canal, and
who has ust returned home after q tough
tussle with the dreaded swamp fever.
"Plenty OF money there, then, Cap
tain?n
"Oh, plenty. There is only one thing
more common than cash, and that Is death.
Men die like the leaves In autumn. Only
the Italians appear to live. TIT dead are
disposed Of without ceremony. a shallow
grave; no prayers; and all 10 n q moment
forgotten. There are now - eco men III
work on the canal; mostly Z goes from
Jamaica and the French West Indiep.
These nerroes are brought a. r in droyei
as fast as those az work die, and / yer-
ture 10 say that net two
tkirds of the 10 600 laboierB now
az work will be alive a year from
nov. II Is dreadful. Five thousand died
during the past three monthg, but the large
nay tempts men TO brave all the danger.
The company appears 10 have m uDlim-
tied supply OF money, and payg of every
two weeks"
what progress has been made in the
four years2n
"Woll. two miles aud n half of the canal
proper has been aug out. originally TINS
section was dredged to q depth OF fourteen
feet, but 10 now only six feet deep Ia the
soft swamp lands pressed dowa by
the weight of the dirt thrown ont
on either side, filling In the canal
from underneath. A great deal Of work has
however, been done with the great steam
shovels In l~eveling the high lands through
which the canal Is to pass, aud dredging
will soon be started In these sections. Work
Is now progressing upon the only lorge
mountain which bars the way Of the cana
from ocean to ocean. This mountain is 100
feet high and nine miles in circumference,
and Is to be cut down with steam plows
aud carted away. The company has been
compelled t spend 500. 0C0.000, as / said,
to locate homes through the swamps from
which rs a basis the work OF digging out
the canal can be carried on. The work
necessi'ated the building OF railroad
branches into the swamps, and the making
OF solid foundations with stone and gravel
hundreds OF feet wide and mile. in extent.
Laborers get So a day. aud skilled mechan-
les and bosses from 500 to $3.50 q month"
"Will the canal ever be finished2n
mot, l think, unless the swamp sections
are constructed with piling, and that would
cos. no large an amount OF money that the
scheme could not possibly pay. But the
company appears to have sl the cash neces.
snry 10 carry on the Observation-Disclosures
Record,
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The Trade In Nuts,

10 would surprise many people not en-
| gagged in trade to know what a variety oil
com modities that appear valueless are i'm
portsnt articles on commerce. To the aY-
erage boy and girl there Is scarcely any
thing OF so little worth-eXcept to afford q
days fun-as nuts, and yet hundreds oil
thousands of dollars are annually invested
in them. ~
During the recent years tho trade in for
eign and domestic nuts has developed won.
derfully. New York city has become the
most important center OF the trade, the
extent Of which indicates that people
have either secured patent stomschs,
or thot indigestion has lost it's ter
rorB. Wholessls dealers in nuts can now
as certainly count on q profitable trade in
the winter season as can cRndy'maker5 1T
Christmas times-and all the boys aud girls
know how certain that is.
Africa used to supply us With pes-nuts,
sending them by ship.losds, but our south.
ern states have so successfully cultivated
this popular nut that we are now indepsnd.
ent. The states that furnish the bulk OF the
supply are Virginia, North Carolina and
Tennessee. During the present season the
crop of Virginia vas 100000 bushels; OF
Tennessee, $50, 600 bushels: aud OF North
Carolina, 120,0 0 bushels.
The nut probably most popular after the
peanut is the pecan. The Texas pecan is
tsItCldlly III utuloh0s WhiAu u oN lNoAo
ago several barrels of pecans supplied the
demand abundantly, car loads and in
voices of 100 or 200 barrels ars not uncom-
mon at this time.
o! the other nuts the hickory Is the
most popular. While, In many localities,
especially In the eastern STATES, they are
becoming scarce. they are sufficiently
plentiful In the western states TO ship to
New York half a dozen car loads a week
when demanded.
That delicious nut. the chestnut, is be-
coming less plentiful every ycsr, and there
Is much difficulty in obtaining them sound
in large quantities. Their great popularity
will probably prevent teeir total disappear
ance, for they are already beng successfully
cultivated, and il is expected that in q few
years the cultivated nut will be equal in
quality to the hish-priced Italian chestnuls.
Black walnuts aud butterruts are re-
gerded az too rich and oily for table use.
The American hazel nuts are not an in-
portant article OF commerce, the hlbert
largely takiHg their place. Only q few
English hazel nuts find their way to the
American market. 1t is stated that grow
ers IN California contemplate introduc NJ a
number Of varieties Of nuts native to Spain
and Italy.
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PERsONAL

Captain IL. p. Hughes. Texas passenger
AGENT OF the Gould lines, is a guest OF the
Windsor
Mr.. J. ID. Adams has accepted the posi-
ton OF deputy, under Mr.. A. j. Houston,
clerk OF the Federal court.
Mr.. l.. s. Banks is lying seriously i'll a
his residence on Caruih street, and IL no
expected to survive many hours.
Captain B. M. Temple, formerly chief
engineer OF the Cult, Colorado & Santa Fe
road arrived in the city yesterday, on a
visit to the sick bed OF his assistant, Mr.. l..
s. Bank who is not expected to live.
Miss Mamie Ross. the accomplished
daughter of Captain A.. J. Ross, Of this city
who will graduate this term ut Wards Sem
mary, Nashville. Tennessee, has carried of
the second hono.s OF her class in which
there were number OF compositions. Dsl.
las is proud OF her pupils both at hons and
abroad.
At the st. George: Fillmore Fowler. Colo.
RADIO City; J B Haynie, w Northcut,
Rice; John Snyder. Hutchins; DR.. Fereu.
son, st Louis; r Denmsn, Brooklyn, New
York; w s + Watkins, Longview: d Il
Ashcraft, Sulphur Springs: re Sands, Nev
Brauufels; J II Nuckleray, Terrell; ] ID
MucklerAy. Kaufman; J s Turner, Sher.
man; u + Chilean, Waco; ID A Phillips and
wife, Galveston: T NJ Elliott. Minden, La;
Miss Tishie Coffey. Decatur; II ID Ramsey,
Fort Worth; @ A Addison. Chicago; Frank
Thomas. Mckinney: J N Berryman. Texas;
WIN Galloway. st. Paul: II Martin. Mexico;
II Is sallen, Honey Grove; Alvs Gordon,
q sin.sville; + Durkre. Cieburne: ] w
Rainsy. San Angela; Geo A T rec. Louis.
VILE, Kentucky; Henry Gillian, New Or
leans; G b Sires. Emporis, Kansas; r II
Sabln, Colorado City: J NJ Smith Chloride,
New Mexico; J NJ Byers, Workman.
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C0UNTRY'S CAPITAL.
An or Day Ia the Sessions OF Both
Houses.
Some Remarkable Testimony by Sea
man NOrOs OF Jeanette Fame.
Miscellaneous Washington News Notes
SPECIAL SUMMARY.

WAsnIsoToN. April i~7.-[special THE
Washington Guards. OF Galveston, have
nshed Secretary OF War Lincoln for mus
kets TO be used at tho Inter -itate drill, Mr.,
Lincoln will give tho request due attention
The river aud haroor committee OF tho
house to-day began hearing applications
for harbor appropriations tor tho Texas
coast. Mr.. Stewart was heard In behalf 0i
Sabine Pass. Tno harbors will come In
their order till they are all heard from.
The pension bill was managed by Mr..
Hancock In the house to-day. MIR. Han
cock, as chairman OF the subcommittee,
reported the bill to the committee on ap'
propiiations.
The prerident to-day issued commissions
10 postmasters: j, NJ. Singleton, Et Pearl,
Orange coanty. and @. W. Hamilton, nt
Grapevine, Dallas county. He approved
the bond OF Postmaster =. l.. PoWell, at
Angus, Navarro county,
1.-THE tariff Is renewed tomorrow Mr..
Wellborn will speak. IL Is undeiatood he
will specially discuss the feature
OF incidental protection. His eil0rt 10 looked
forward 10 wish interest, ns he IS known as
the maker of few speeches. The chances
are the tariff will be stGvod Off tn Tuesday
MS there are other important matters pTess.
inn
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A Royal ~Spendthrtft.

The mother of the sultan is dead. IL has
happened e more than one woman 10 be
the wife or mother OF an emperor. But This
m has had the remarkable experience
of being the mother Of three rulers and the
wife Of q fourth, and that, too, In a country
where the ruler is the most absolute despot
in the world. For twenty years she has
been before the Turkish public ss a
splendid fgure-head on state occa
sions and for twenty years behind
the scenes abe has seen or had a part
in . succession Of horrors that no one but
pericnced and lived. Ter family was oil
good rank, and when very young che be-
came he first or principal wife OF the
great sultan Mahmoud III. After NAH
moud's death, Abdul Az'z, the eldest OF her
three sons, came TO the throne, and then
the succession in Turkish royal houses being
not from father to son, but from eldest
folio we'd by Murad Effendi, her second son,
ard later by Abdul Hammed, her third,
who now occupies the throne.
Abdul Aziz never troubled himself with
anything more onerous than the duties OF
re narem. He was hardly the bean ideal
OF q sultan a. regarded breadth. but in one
point he was truly royal. He could spend
more money in less time thar any sultan
that had ever sat on a throne. HIS fa'her,
Mahmoud, has worried along in his person
nj and household expenses on S5,O.OoO q
year. But there was nothing so mean as
the, about Abdul Aziz. The fast year
Of his reign his civil list was over
$40. 600 600, and even tnen he
could not keep out Of debt.
He did not spend IL all; he could not. Bot
what was left over he resolved into q pri'
yate fund. which he sailed down beside him
In the palace against a rainy day. Aside
from these personal expenditures. out o.
the public funds he built palaces all along
the BoephoIus. bought some million stands
Of i'm proved arms in America tor bis sol
diers. built aud equipped q large fleet Of
unwieldy rams and ~gunbosts. and planned
no end Of mosques and maguihcent public
buildings.
He had a dry way Of calling for his treas.
nrer after breakfast and fslling him that he
expected a certain sum o. mbuey By n'o1.
ard II be did not have the money ov that
tine be voul1 have the treasurer himself-
which vsss crest ince ative 20 acti "a Bot
III lie I'D ..-s "--4' .s3 - .h--l
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treasurers personally, the Office seemed "a
90 out OF fashion. The grandeur we8 too
lonesome, and the courliers 10 whom u was
proifsred one and all declined. Suicide,
they said, was Just M quick and
had not half the worry. IL was at
this juncture that the sultan hit
upon a foreigner, and Englisbman, for the
Office, who Ia turn, having hit upon a plan
for filling II. accepted the place with great
complacency. Up to this time Turkey had
! never had a national debt. This man no
gotiated loan with France, which 30 de-
lighted the sultan that he wantti TO cut oil
the heads Of all the former tressurers yet
alive, because they had not made him think
OF II before. And so matters went en-
smoothly for awhile, till nj length u time
O ,me when nothing more could be boi-
rJwed on national credit, the country was
exhausted, and worse than all, the army
was unpaid and fast becoming
mutinous. The ministry were somfwhat
IN n box. II they veDtured to speak to
the sultan they we're sure OF Icing hanged
II they did not and things Wen as u y
were, they knew that he sold! ers wol Il
rlse and Kill them anyhow. They 1 nd neir
choice and they took 1t. IL was do ermin ed
10 strike al the sultan himstlf. whether
the Sultan Abdul AziZ was really murdf red
or simply died by his " hand was, pei
haps, only known to tho mother OF the
sultan who hal just died. She always o..
serted that lac committed suicide but in
the face OF later facts, there 10 no one 10
Turkey but believes that he fell by the
banda Of his ministers. His removil
Brought the present sultan, his younger
brother, to the throne, ana the ministers
have led comparatively peaceful lives 60
.Con6tantlnople Letter TO London rele-
nrnph.
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Another Mystery.

Sr. LOUIS, April 17.-Another mysteriou:
Disappearance has occurred hers, which IL
attracting considerable attention. Miss
Cora Weber, aged fifteen, o. Atcbison,
Kansas, left the convent OF
tho Visitation, corner OF Gas.
avenue aud Nineteenth streets early
yeAtsrday morning and has not since been
seen or heard =of. She left q letter ad.
dressed 10 her mother, in which she
saya she was going to drown her
self. az che cannot help stealing, and
she doss not want TO disgrace her
parents aud friends. IL seems che had
broken one otthe strict rules Of the convent,
aud hid been punished for it.. This caused
her great humiliation, aud IL is poo
sible she may have drowned herself,
but the general theory ia she has
simply run away. Her parents were tele-
grsphed yesterday, and they arrived here
to-day. Her father has consulted with the
police and every effort Is being made 10
find the missing girl. IL is believed she
has carried on a clandestine correspon-
dence with g young man here and IL may
be she has run OFF with him.
LATEg.-The girl was found between 0
and IL O'Clock tonight at the
house of L. II. Leggelt, 1855
Washington street, where she had
engaged as a servant. She. was taken
cha &C OF by her parents, who will take her
back home. She said she was dissatisfied
at tie convent and wished to earn her own
living,
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U,elcssne,s of binder, on iior.c,.

cylinders" snyea writer in Our Dumb
Animals, Originated IN the pride OF per
sons who imagined their horses presented a
liner appearance when provided with these
tenselees appendices. Custom and ignor-
ance combined in perpotuating their use
SO that to day ninotetu.tgentleth OF cur
horses are disfigured by these worse than
useless contrivances, including multitude5
OF miserable. broken down animals en-.
plosod in the eeverer grades Of labor, and
which could not from sheer WEAKNESS and
ljiJ lessness, be induced TO SHY or run away,
by anything short OF Il bomb bursting in
cir nm 9dlate vicinity.
The unsoundness OF that logic which
insists horses are less frightened by objects
which are screened from their view by
binders, but which they can hear (such,
for instance, az locomotives) than when
they. can see just what he objec. IL, is
| proven wholly false by the experience OF all
| who have dispensed with binders on their
animals. 1t IL the unseen object which
most t~errities a horse. The animal who
will become uumanageable when made TO
face away from AN approaching train will
quietly stand its ground If allowed to face
| the object. l know this from personal ex-
perience with many restless horses.
"Blinders do not prevent horses from OBJ
serving each object in front, and upon each
side otthem, az they approach 1t while
travsling upon The road, and hence binders
can only serve to prevent objects overtaking
them from behind, which Is an end never
to BIO desired. | have frequently seen horses
shy 80 Violently as TO nearly overturn the
| vehicle on being passed from the rear by n
noislessly gliding bicycle, which fright would
have been avoided had the animal been uu'
blind sred, and thus aware OF the approach
Of the machine.
'B iaders also much diminish the beauty
OF u horse, the eye being one OF its finest
features. But the greatest objection OF all
Is the cruelty (snd injury as we'll resulting
tom their use. The vast mtiority o.
binders are made nearly flat, so That they
commonly press directly against the eye
lashes and eyes of the horse, which causes
pain to the animal, besides frequently des-
troying its sight.
"I strongly and earnestly wish there
could be legislation to compel all horse
| owners who insist on using binders, TO use
only heavily convexed ones, which shall
not press in the present cruel manner
against the eye.lashes and eyes"
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Jay Gould In Court.

NEW YORK, April 17.-Some time ago
Henry s. Major began suit against the Tex
Gs & Pacific railway company TO recover in.
terest on certain bonds which had been issued
by the company. Jay Gould, as president
OF the company, TO day filed an answer in
the United States clrGalt court. He AYERS
the bonds in question were issued ~
the direction of the stockholders, but does
not know whether the plaintiff purchased
any OF them. Tho earnings of the road for
tns past two years show a deficit OF
$s3, 20S. In consequence of this state
of affairs scrip wGs issued 10 the amount oil
$3.50. 900, and oil stockholders were notified
either publicly or privately to take up the
scrip in lieu OF interest. He asks the com.
nlaint BE- dismissed.
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Tho First Families in Cattle.

While our export Of grain 10 not all that
can be desired, prophets Of evil may under
stand that the increase OF III American
herds of cattle Is such as TO absorb the sur
plus grain and supply meat TO the world,
There are over 81 900 head OF full. bloodeu
Jersey cattle in the United States, whereas
we had none whatever o little more than
thirty years ago. some Of these cattle are
bringing sums OF non that make the tu-
lip craze In Holland some hundred Of years
ago insignificant. The greatest COW on this
continent Is Mary Ann, OF st. Lambert's,
which made 40 pounds of butter In 24S cor .
secutive days. All this fine Jersey butter
is worth 80 cents q pound.
There have been imported into America
or bred here $500 Jersey bulls and 1900
COWS. A bull called Stoke Pogis ", be-
longing to Ssbley & Miller, at franklin.
Pepnsylvanis, could not be bought a
month ago for $40. 1000. The same gentle
man paid $12, 500 to A. b Darling for the
bull Michael Angelo, when he was Elk
weeks old. Under the name OF Jerseys are
included cattle from Alderny and Serk. The
price has greatly gone up In those islands
on account Of fancy herding both in Eng
land and Americs. Some other American
fanciers buy Holsteins, the Polled Angus
breed OF Scotland, the Gallowsys and the
Herefords. Most OF our exprtss company
kings are ca~ttle-herders. ard the forwarding
oil these animals by express involves quite
q little item OF money.-fGa'h.
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MERCHANTS EXCHANGE MEETING.
The new directory Of the Dallas Mef-
chants exchange at It's first meeting, held
Yesterday morning. TRANSACTED a lot Of reg
ular business and appointed q committee OF
three to look after the renting OF the spare
rooms in the new building. Mr. Open
heimer, the president, was nsmed a. ole OF
uhalrman with " t. appoint
the other two. Mr., G. A. Kirg was elected
| secretary of the exchange, vice Mr.. W. X.
Wheelook, and Mr.. PaEl Fu.st was re-
elected treasurer. Tue new bulldog now
being erected at the corner OF Commerce
aud Lamar streets is progressing rapidly
and will be completed on or before the l5'h
Of July. The election Of MesGs Kin ~
Furst as secretary and trea- VI er & yes gem
aral satisfartiOn.
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CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

The trial of Frank James was begun at
Huntsville, Alabama, yesterday morning.
would not swear to the identity Of James.
The Tennessee delegation 10 Chicago
will stand IL tor Arthur, 3 for Blaine, l for
Logan, 1 for Edmunds, and 2 doubtful.
Mr.. Watterson declines to represent tho
Kentucky democracy in the national con.
y~ention.
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THE EXECUTIVE SESSION.

WAsHIgGros, April E.-TPress. 1.-The
senate held a briei exec utive session to-
day and the resolntio n recommending Ia
the president that Collector Wecker, OF
Key West, be removed on account OF active
sympathy with the Cuban insurgents, wss
taken up. The recommendation had been
referred TO the senate committee on COM
merce and was reported back fayorably.
Objection was maue IN its Immediate con-
sideration, and the subject went over.
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Additional Political Points.

CLEVELAND, April 1.-THE sixteenth
Ohio district republicans this afternoon
elected E. l.. Ly barger of Coshocton and
II. @. Vanvorhis of Janesvilla delegates 10
the Chicago convention. Lybarger Is for
Sherman and Van Vorhis for Blaine, An
effort to instruct the delegates for Blaine
fsiiad
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Congestion of the Lungs, Indammatit

Congestion OF the Lungs, Inflammation
OF the Throat, and difficulty of breathing,
f'equsutly result from n severe cold. The
RENE lial properties c,mbinei in DR.. Jayne's
Exppc'orsnt, ore especially designed TO
break up leverish and inflsmmatory tenden.
cies, remove construction oil the throat, and
by bringing about a free expectoration, pro-
mote natural respiration, and a speedy
cure. A reputation maintained for forty
years, affords 10 all a guarantee OF the prac-
iical merit of the remedy.
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ANTiDoTE TO
TIE FEELs LINE A NEW MAN

EtE EEI l.fhEs a NEW MAN.
ton, W years, and bavc tried ten different
kinds of pills. and TUFTS are the first
that have done me my good. They have
Cleaned me ont nicely. Ny appetite Is
splendid, food digcsts readily, and 1 now
have natural passages. I feel like q nov
man. W.D. EDWARDS, Palmyra, q.
Sold everywh-re, aJc. Oficc,4 Murray s t.,N.Y.
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Practical elocution, dramatic action and
orAtory taught. A lady graduate in lead
irg academies Of Europe and America,
VINO has made histrionic exercises a speci-
aliy Is willing 10 give instructors at her
home 10 n limited number Of pupils. Her
c0n.se prepares persons Tor the stage, tn
puirit. the bar. and the rostrum or for q
HIGHER sociai place. For terms and full PAR
ti,nlsrs. address "Elocutioaist," boz $50.
Dallas Texas.
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Investigations HAYS made II plain
that there IL no place 90 high that IL conld
become n sanctuary for a thief or public
rohber.
lSignedl BgsIAnIs HARMS BREWSTER,
Attorney General.
The secretary OF the navy issued to-day,
In accordance With n resolution recently
adopted by both houses Of congress, y pro.
clamntion offering s25. 900 reward for the
discovery and fescue by any nrivate person
or vessel, ofthe Afc.lo signal service parry
oil Lieutenant GTeely.
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Ponds Extract, for all pain, etc. Where
other preparations rave secured p temper
airy popularity the Extract has keJt the
even tenor of its wsy.
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AGREED TO REPORT FAvORABLY.

WASHINGTON, April 17.-[PresJ.l-rbe
house committee on commerce have agreed
TO favotably report the bill providing for
the appointment Of a Missouri river com.
mission.
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Awomsn who comoeis sssi po'r HUSBAND
70 carry up col thr 2 iisres q dsy rom q
CELLAR NAV be coasif@rsd sn.f'. bit We
s~-s- ~ sz-s.-- nh 3--tyr.
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Out in Ohio thieves cstcn young ladies
and steal their beck hair. " men will
never be entirely safe in this country until
the department OF agriculture succeeds in
rsisinga tree that will grow hair sEi'ci,es
on one side and bangs and frizHs on the
stssr.