The herald., 1895-07-07

sided at the banquet of the American So
ciety. He is becoming FgIeat favorite
IN London and was one of the few Amer
leans at the garden party at the Duchess
Of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha at Clarence house on
Wednesday last.
There is much dissatisfaction at the
careless manner in which the mails are
dispatched to the United States. The
North Geiman-Lloyd company advertised
a steamer to sail last Sunday and notified
the postoffice authorities TO that effect,
but without giving notice to anyone or
changing tho advertisement the com pany
withdrew the steamer entirely. and in
consequence the mails waited at South.
ampton for several days.
Archibald Ross Colquhoun, the we'll
known explorer and first governor of
Mashonaland. has Just returned from q
several months mission to Nicaragua,
where he thoroughly inspected the Mica
ragua canal route and visited the Panama
canal. He was present at Managua. Mic
aragua, during the British occupation of
Corinto.
In an interview with a reporter of the
Associated Press Colquhoun, who is pre-
pairing an important work dealing with
the whole question of the Nicaragua canal,
said he regretted his inability to fully
discuss the latter before the appearance
OF his book, but he gave certain particu-
odO PiOPoSCu Sahals nShoQ
If the scheme was practicable. Colquhoun
emphatically replied:
Undoubtedly it is practicable. l feel
certain OF that, but there are many points
OF engineering Importance requiring full
discussion. The Am erican commission
is composed of men of the highest blity,
and will, | believe issue an impartial re-
port, not in any way based on party
lines. l had long conversation with
Colonel Ludlow and other members of the
commission, and also with Commander
A. u. Menocal, late chief engineer of the
Nicaragua Canal company, who mas been
working on the scheme for twenty years,
and who, IN fact. is it's originator. The
project is, from an engineering point of
total length from Greytown on the At
lantic to Briton on the Pacific. 12A miles
will be unimpeded navigation on the
river San Juan and Lake Nicaragua; IL
miles will be through artificial basins,
making the total distance 142H miles in
which ships can travel with little or no
restriction. There will be only 26A miles
OF actual digging to be done.
1.-The climate of Nicaragua is immense
ly superior to that of Panama. and far
from suffering / have been benefited in
health from visiting it. I found the
climate quite pleasant and mere baga-
telle to the weather l experienced in
OF A1rlCu.
From what / have seen of Nicaragua
and in a heightened visit to the United
States [ am more than ever convinced of
the Importance to the United States of
this project. and feel s.. re that iJ is only
under the auspices Of the United States
government that the enterprise can be
carried through as it should be.
The canal, in my opinion, Will be
universally greater in i'm portance than
the Suez canal and largely revolutionize
the shlpplng routes OF the world. For
the United States the canal will not only
have the effect of developing the trade Of
the Pacific slope and Southern states, but
Will more especially open up the magn:-
1cent lands of the Mississippi at present
lost to the commerct OF the world"
Mr.. and Mrs. George n. Curzon are do
lhg all in their power to make Congress-
man 'Bertie" Adams, of Philudelphia
visit here a social success.
Congressman Harry Miner of New
York, who is here on theatrical bust
ness, says that he is almost tempted to
wish he had been elected to parliament
instead of congress, in order that he
might bring out some legislation that
would teach London bafbers lesson as
to the value of time. Mr.. Miner adds that
he has been great sufferer on account of
thesway in which London BARRIERS meas
ure time. The other day the New York
congressman got into barbsr's chair and
the barber promptly gave his face coat
OF Iather. Then the man disappeared
into another room. For halfsan hour, Mr..
Miner ssys,h e'sat there, and in the Htean-