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NICARAGUA CANAL.
WILL BE CONTROLLED BY THIS
GOVERNMENT
No Matter What the Attitude of
the Greater Republic of Gem
trail America May BE.

WASHINGTON, Aug. mo matter
what the attitude of the Greater Re
public of Central America may be, it is
the intention of the Administration to
recommend Government control of the
Nicaragua Canal when Congress as
sembles next December
This was made plain at a conference
at the State Department participated
in by Assistant Secretaries Adee and
Cridler, Senator Morgan, former. Sena-
tor Miller and Merry, the recently ap-
pointed Minister to Nicaragua, Saliva
dor and Costa RIGA, regarding the COM
plicatiOrs which have grown out of the
refusal of the Government of Nicara-
qua and Salvador to receive Mr.. Merry.
1t has been practically decided that
Mr.. Merry shall go to Costa RIGA and
the headquarters of the Legation shall
be transferred to that country from
Nicaragua. No steps will be taken to
make the transfer. however, until the
Governments OF Nicaragua and Saliva
dor have again been heard from
The Administration believes there is
no necessity of entering even into a
new convention with Nicaragua with a
view to securing authority for the con-
struction for a water way. The pro-
gramme it win follow will be based
upon the provisions of the convention
now in force, as well as the concession
which was granted to an American
company by the Nicaraguan Govern
ment for the construction of the canal.
This concession will not expire for three
years.
Acting in accordance with instruc-
tons given by the State Department,
Minister Baker is watching every move
of the opponents of the canal in Mica
ragua and making reports thereon to
the State Department, so that in case
of necessity prompt action may be
taken by the authorities.
The Walker Commission, which has
been holding meetings at the State De-
partment. Will make preliminary re-
port to Congress at the BEGINNING of
the session, setting forth it's estimate
Should this report show that the cost
would not be greater than 100000 900,
the President will probably have some
thing to say in his first annual mes
sage in regard to the advisability of
the passage of a bill by Congress guar
anteeing the construction of the canal
under Government control
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FILLED WITH
BICYCLE RIDERS.
Professionals and Amateurs From
All Over the Country Will
Attend the Big Meet.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 1.-The Wis
iting wheelmen- to the big l.. A. W.
meet were astir early this morning and
were soon in complete possession of the
asphalt streets, suburban roads and
park drives. AS the days set apart for
racing approach the registration of Wis
itors indicates that the meet of 1897
far exceeds that of any previous year
When the registration ceased last night
more members had registered than dur
ing all the days of last years meet. At
{ o'clock this morning the doors of the
headquarters We're opened and the work
of registration continued. The arrivals
to-day were even far in excess of yes
terday They were met by reception
committees from the local leagues at
the depots, who greeted the visitors.
EX-Chairman Howard E. Raymond
of the Racing Board was one of the
first to arrive and was soon in confer
ence with last years Chairman, George
Gideon Albert Mott of Baltimore, the
present Chairman, held a consultation
with Thomas Hare, Chairman of the
Executive Committee of the meet, and
A. B. Powell. Official Handicapped for
this district. The list of entries was
carefully gone over and the record of
each man in the amateur ranks exam
ined. By tonight nearly all of the
racing men will be in town. The As
bury Park races yesterday detained
most of them, but Bald, Kiser John
son. Cooper, Sanger, Butler, Mertens,
Stevens, Hamilton and many others,
amateurs as well as professionals, are
expected tomorrow morning.
The major portion will locate near
the track at Willow Grove, fourteen
miles from Philadelphia. and spend to-
morrow in preparation for the trials of
Friday and Saturday.
The meet was formally opened this
morning with a run to Andora Nursery
and return. a distance of about ten
miles, through one of the most beauti-
full sections of the city. This afternoon
the visitors were given a run out Ian
caster Pike, past the country homes of
many of Philadelphia s wealthiest cit
liens.
The wheelwomen from other cities
are being looked after by a ladies' aux
Hilary committee. Headquarters have
been secured in the odd Fellows Tenn
pie, where every care is being given the
fair riders Tomorrow night a recep-
ton and lunch will be given at Bel
mont Mansion, in Paramount Park, in
their honor.
The Indianapolis contingent are spar
ing no effort to make sure of next years
meet \ delegation. with Mayor Tag
CART and Postmaster Sahm at its head.
has headquarters at the Hotel Walton,
and il is open night and day.
So far the visitor who has travelled
the farthest to attend the meet is G..
H. Clapp. He came all the way from
johannesburg. the capital city of the
South African Republic.
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PARKER NOT KILLED.
DISASTROUS FIRE.
Seven Firemen and Two Workmen
Seriously Burned.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. A fire
which broke out at II o'clock to-day
in the big chemical works of d. Jayne &c
Sons. at Bermuda and Tucket streets,
Frankfort, which are operated by the
Barrett Manufacturing Company, i'm
porters and distillers of coal tar and
manufacturers of roofing, did damage
amounting to 100000 before it was
gotten under control.
The fire originated in the big distill-
ing hoAse, and is supposed to have been
caused by the explosion of distilled oil.
The stilling house and the valuable
machinery were totally destroyed.
Other buildings located near the burned
structure were badly damaged by the
flames.
Seven firemen and two worlNmen
were seriously burned by an explosion.
which occurred shortly after the fire
broke out Assistant Engineer Charles
McDagh had all of his clothing burned
off, and is probably fatally injured.
Others who We're seriously burned about
the face and body are John NeWling,
Granville Welsh, Samuel Cook Jacob
Lannard, John Muir, Amos Knaught,
Robert Clarrick and Robert Gray. Sew
en- other fremen are badly burned about
the hands.
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THE METEOR WON.
Emperor Williams Yacht Finishes
First for the Squadron Cup.

COWES, Aug. Ain the race to-day
for the Royal Yacht Squadron prize of
tl00 over the Queens course, the Duke
of AbruZzi's Bona led over the line,
with the Emperor's Meteor second and
Charles Days Aurora third In the
beat to eastward the Bona held the
lead. The Prince of Wales yacht Brit
ANNA did not start.
The first round of the course was fin
ished as follows: Meteor 1:10:3O, Au-
rora 1:22:15, Bona 1:333 90. The Meteor
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LIEUT.. MOORE DEAD.
Was One of the Last Survivors of
the War of 1912.

NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Lieutenant
Michael Moore, one of the last sur
vivors of the soldiers of the war of 1872,
is dead in Brooklyn aged 81. He en-
listed as a drummer boy in 1872 and
was with his regiment at the capture
of Fort George in 1913.
Immediately at the conclusion of the
war he re-enlisted in the regular army
and became a private in the Second
Regiment of Infantry. In 1896 he was
a member of Governor Cass expedition
to negotiate a treaty of peace with the
Indians. Thereafter he shared in the
dangers of Indian fighting in the West
for many years.
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Fatal Railway Accident.

RATION On. NJ. Aug. 4.-While pas
senger train No. on the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe, north bound, was
running from Las Vegas at high rate
of speed, the driving rod on the right
side of the locomotive broke, and strip
ped the rig off before the train could
be brought TO a standstil. Engineer
Underwood was knocked from his seat
and shockingly injured. Fireman Cras.
Bankston, who jumped, was instantly
killed
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AMERICAN BICYCLES.
Germany Attempting to Prevent
Their Importation and Sale.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Consul
General Dekay at Berlin writes to the
State Department at some length con-
corning the efforts that are being made
in Germany to prevent the Importation
and sale Of American bicycles in that
country.
Several schemes have been devised
and the probabilities are that increased
tariff rates will be adopted TO carry out
the desires of the Germans.
Mr.. Dekay also suggests that some
international plan should be adopted to
protect American bicycle trade marks
in Germany
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FEDERAL LABOR LAW.
An Arrest Made for Violation of
the Federal Statute.

PEORIA QlL), Aug. Nv. B. Per-
ham, Grand Secretary and Treasurer of
the Order of Railway photographers of
America, has been arrested on charge
of violating the Federal statute for
bidding the importation of alien labor
under contract.
w. 3. Reese. who recently resigned
a clerkship in the general offices, is the
complainant in the case, and A. S.
Mcclellan is the man who, it is claim
ed. was imported to take his place Mr.
Perham was taken before United
States Commissioner Howe and gave
bonds in the sum of $500 for his APP
pearance at the hearing, which was
continued for ten days.
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Northern Pacific Railway.

BUTTE (Mont), Aug. 4-Private in
formation received here from the East
says President Underwood of the 500
line is to succeed Winters as the head
of the Northern Pacific. The fact that
Underwood is a close friend of James
J. Hill of the Great Northern Indicates
that the latter will have the say in
the management Of the Northern Pa
ciffc at least, and that the relations
between it and the Great Northern will
be most friendly
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NEW BORAx REFINERY.
z. M. Smith Will Establish a Big
Plant Near New York.

OAKLAND, Aug If. NJ Smith, the
borax king, will establish a Million
dollar borax refinery near New York,
to employ 200 men. The Dingley tariff
bill placed duty of $50 a ton upon
imported borax, giving Mr.. Smith an
opportunity to compete in New York
with boraX imported from Turkey and
South America. The new refinery will
be the principal one operated by Mr.
Smith. The borax will be shipped from
Southern California in a raw state. 1t
is uncertain whether or not the Ala
media refinery will be closed.
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IN BRITISH TERRITORY.


WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-Incited by
newspaper publications recently tend
ing to throw doubts upon the ownership
of the Klondyke gold fields, some of the
big Government officials who We're nat
urally expected to deal witt the que5-
ton if it comes to a practical issue have
been quietly looking into the matter,
with view to preparing themselves for
any controversy that might arise.
Their views are in substance that
there can be no valid objection ad-
yanced to the title of Great Britain to
this territory. a careful examination
of all the reliable charts and maps
made far enough back in date to be
free from suspicion of influence by the
recent heavy gold finds have convinced
dyke fields, as defined by the latest re-
porte, are concerned, there can be no
question but that they lie east of the
list meridian, which defines the
boundary line. and so are within Brit
lsh territory by about thirty-five miles
at least. AS for the meridian itself, it
is said that it has been so closely To-
Gated by the surveys of the Canadians
and our own coast surveys that there
is not at any point a difference of more
than 100 feet in the claimed boundary,
which, of course. would not affect any
controversy that might grow out of the
line.
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STREET DUEL AT CHICAGO.
An Actor and Cabman Fight
With RevoIvers.

CHICAGO, Aug. Alexander T.
James, who claims to be a vaudeville
actor, and f. j. Curtis, cabman,
fought a duel with revolvers at short
range in Wabash avenue early this
morning.
James received shot in the forehead
and Curtis was wounded in the side
The trouble was the outcome of a
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GRAIN FOR EXPORT.
Beginning to Arrive at Galveston
in Lively Style.

GALVESTON (Tex.), Aug 4.-Grain
for export is beginning to arrive here in
lively style. One hundred and sixty
five cars have come in during the past
twenty -four hours. Three vessels with
engagements of 100000 bushels will
leave here before Saturday night. and
a large amount Of grain is due to ar
rive within the next six weeks The
continued appreciation IN the price of
wheat makes it difficult for buyers 10
secure as large amounts for export as
they WISH but the average amount to
reach here from now on is expected
to be not less than 100 cars daily.
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Bryan at Mammoth Hot Springs

MAMMOTH HOT SPRINGS (Wyo),
Aug. At was o'clock before w j.
Bryan and party reached here. His
coming having been announced, fully
200 tourists awaited their arrival Col
oneI Young, Military superintendent of
the park, and S. S. Huntley of the
Transportation Company, rode up to
Norris to meet him. This evening all
army officers and their wives here
called upon Mr.. Bryan, wife and Miss
WEIGH
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ENORMOUS CORN CROP.
Rain Comes Just in Time to In
sure an Abundant Yield.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The drought was
broken this morning, the rainfall vary
ing from half an inch to an inch and
a half Along the Burlington lines it
was heaviest, where it was needed
most.
Reports received at the general offices
say the rain came just in time to save
the corn crop. While some corn had
been slightly damaged, the indications
now point to an enormous crop. The
rain was worth many thousands of dol
lars.
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Terrific Storm in Iowa.

OTTAWA Qa), Aug. 4.-This city
was the center of terrific thunder and
hail storms last night. The Rock Is
land passenger train, Chicago bound,
was stopped by the storm. Hailstones
of such quantities and size rolled on
the track in the cuts that the train was
brought to a stop. Every window in
the train was broken. Crops We're cut
To nin1pS
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be a credit to any team. 1t was not
until the eleventh inning that the home
team was able to claim the victory. At
tendance, l 400. Score: Brooklyn ,,
hits y, errors 1 Washington /, hits 6,
errors 3. Batteries-Dunn and Grim;
Mercer and Farrell. Umpire-Emslie.
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INDIANS GREATLY EXCITED.
Uprising Feared Over the Reported
Killing of Their Chief.

ARDMORE q. To, Aug. 4.-Horace
Gibson, a stockman just in from near
the Indian reservation reports the kio-
wa and Comanche Indians putting on
war paint and says an uprising of In
dams is feared. Gibson says the In
dams are IL greatly stirred up over the
reported killing of their chief, Quanah
Parker by outlaws, and will not be
pacified. 1t is unsafe, he says, for
whites to enter the reservation. There
are between 5000 and 10000 Indians
on this reservation, but they are poor
ly armed, so far as known. There is
believed to be about one gun to every
thirty Indians.
PARKER NOT KILLED.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. "A dispatch
received from Fort Sill, I. T., denies
positively the story of the killing of
Chief Quanah Parker by a gang of
outlaws, who raided the reservation,
which is said to have aroused the war
spirit among the Kiowas and Co.
manches. Fort Sill reports that Chief
Parker was one of several Indians who
had trouble with outlaws, and adds
that the reported killing originated in
the fact that Running Antelope, a
Comanche, was thrown from his horse
and hurt in the scrimmage.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-To-day's
statement of the condition of the Treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
$231 ,302, 521; gold reserve, $40, 100, 439.
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.'Dah ain much use o sufferin' in
silence said Uncle Eben. Seems like
if dis worP picks out anybody fob er
victim, it ain gwinter be saterfied
till he hollers. "-Washington Star.
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present gold fields of the Klondyke,
which are clearly in British territory,
because they are we'll east of the 141st
meridian, which is the recognized
boundary to the north"
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quarrel over a woman. Neither of the
duelists was seriously injured. although
a dozen shots were exchanged.
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The WkLLA WAlLA
SAILS NORTH.
An Exciting Scene When the Vessel
Left the Wharf.
At Least a Third Of Her Passengers Bound
for KIondyke.

The Sacramento River Steamer
Thomas Dwyer to be Sent to
Alaska to Ply on the Yukon Be-
tween ST. Miehaels and Dawson
City-The Cleveland to Sail
From Seattle for Alaska To-day
With Two Hundred Gold Seek
eFS.
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We have concluded that the real light
hearted people are those who can't sing
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-18

New York and Florida Limited.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-18
IN SEARCH OF A WIFE.
Cautious Sutton States His Requirements
In a Letter of Inquiry.

OhOGAOuS SbdCSs his Requirements
In Letter of Inquiry.
A prominent attorney preserves the
following document as one Of the chief
curios of his office. 1t bears recent
date and was written from one of the
Missouri river towns. The young wom-
an referred to is the presiding genius of
the kitchen i'll the lawyers home:
DEAR SIR got acquainted with
Miss - through our corresponding
with each other. She wants to marry
me. Should she suit | will not marry
her for three or four months yet. Please
find out through your wife and let me
know by return mail if she is worthy of
good husband.
''Is her character good? How about
her honesty and integrity? Does she
seem to like children? Is she neat and
clean? Is she tasty about her dress? Is
she gay or frivolous, or what you call
sullen? Is she wasteful in her cooking?
Is she strong and healthy? Can she hear
and talk good? Is she homely or pretty?
Is she smart? To make it short, would
she make good man a good wife?
81 am a cooper by trade, a widower
with five children, and need woman
that's a good cook and to look after my
children. She has been working for
your wife three weeks. You ought to
know her pretty good by this time
Anything you may say she won't know
if it isn't good. unless you tell her your
self
sis she stylish? Has she begun to
break or show edge? Is. she steady and
does she know how to please? You can
do me great favor if you take five
minutes Of your valuable time to an
swer these few questions, Please write
at once. want to know quick. Your
obedient servant st. Louis Republic.
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HOMILY ON NERVOUSNESS.
Some Practical Idc2+ T''*. Are Drawn by
Thinking LaJman.

Some Practical Ide2+ 7''at Are Drawn by
Thinking Layman.
The most casual glance at the col
umns OF the newspapers betrays the
fact that nervous complaints. as re-
Gently asserted by tie medical profess
sion, are greatly on the increase. Com
parison will demonstrate that we Amer.
leans are becoming, if we are not al
ready, the most highly strung and nerv-
Gus people in the world
But nervousness, as expressed by va
rious well meaning citizens, seems to
be certain resentment against noise. |
am considering the point from the vail
tage or disadvantage OF layman. Is
mere noise the cause or simply the evil
dence Of nervousness? That's what I
want to know. TO be clearer, is mere
noise the creator Of nervousness. or is
the universal complaint of these noises
merely the evidence of growing nery
BUSINESS? Most Of the errors of reason
ing, believe, are from the confusion of
cause and effect
When a letter carrier suddenly and
unexpectedly pipes his thin, shrill whis-
tie up vibrant hallway and causes me
to start, it is easy and natural to say he
makes me nervous. And when an e1e
waited train, brakes down, approaches a
station, causing every wheel to scream
and shrek, it ''sets my teeth on edge, "
and the charge is instantly filed against
the railroad company of creating ne1v-
Gus disorders. Whereas, the facts are T
was nervous already, and the letter car
rier's shrill whistle only demonstrated
it, and if had not been a sufferer from
nervousness the elevated noises would
simply have had no effect upon nv
mind whatever. And if sat down and
wrote to the newspapers complaining
against all these manifold noises |
should only advertise my nervous con-
dition to the whole community.
am aware that | shall run counter
to the popular theory when I assert
that noises have nothing whatever to
do with nervousness. The nervous per
son will jump higher and quicker when
silently approached from the rear being
Unexpectedly confronted silently in the
dark, being suddenly touched by some
one till that moment unseen or unheard,
or even prove more nervous under con-
ditions of absolute silence 1t can be
easily demonstrated that a man who
can sleep like babe on the line of the
elevated road will be awakened It the
crow of chickens i'll the country, and
yet be unable to sleep at no sounds at
all The man who is disturbed by the
noises of the city is a nervous man who
would toss all night OH a sleepless couch
in the dead quiet of the country. The
only reason there is more nervousness is
because our mode of life creates nervous
ness. We drink more, smoke more, eat
more and go the pace generalIy-and
then lay it on to noises. New York
Herald
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Her Awful Ordeal.

MARY had dreadful experience on
her trip to Painesville?"
''How was that?''
"Why, she got something in her eye,
and it hurt her so that she asked nice
looking young man to look for it, and
he was so dreadfully nealsighted that
he got so close that his big mustache
tickled her nose, SO that in trying not
to snecze right in his face she burst four
buttons off fer new jacket "
"Dear me!" -Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-18
History or a watch Face.

Almost the last work of the Belgian
astronomer Houzeau deceased, was al
article in which, while arguing in IA
vor of a decimal division of time, he
pointed out the origin of the double set
of II hours represented ON our watch
and clock faces. The ancient inhabitants
of Mesopotamia chose the number II as
an arithmetical base because it has
four divisors-viz, 2, 3, and 6,
while 10 has only two divisors-viz,
2 and 5. They counted 10 hours in
the day and IL in the night, measuring
the day by the progress of the sun and
the night by the progress Of the stars
across the sky. This system, prevailing
over all others, has come down to us,
and so our watches bear on their faces
a souvenir of those ancient days when
the sun served for clock hand half of
the time and the stars the other half. -
Youths Companion
The Brunswick times. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 188?-1900, 1897-04-18

Short trains daily between Brunswick and
Everett, connecting with the "New York and
Florida Limited" at Everett. Train leaves
Brunswick 2:l0 p. M, arrives Everett 90 p
m. Returning, leaves Everett 20 p. m, ar.
rtves Brunswick 2 10 p. m.
Nos. IL and l4-"Cincinnau and Florida Linn
tied" solid vestibuled train running between
Cincinnati and Jacksonville, Fla, via Chattar
nooga, Atlanta and Everett, consisting OF bag
gage car, first and second class coaches and
drawing room sleeping cara Pullman Sleep
ing cars between st. Louis and Jacksonville,
via Birmingham, Atlanta and Everett
Pullman car connection with the st. Louis
sleeping car at Holly Springs for Kansas City,
Pullman sleeping cars between Atlanta and
Brunswick. This car ia placed In Union Pas
senger Station at Atlanta for the reception Of
passengers at 100 p. m, and on reaching Az
Ianta from Brunswick at 4:30 q. m. 10 held in
Union Depot until 80 -. m. for the comfort Of
passengers.
Nos. and 1o-Pullman drawing room Sleep
ing cars between Atlanta and Cincinnati.
Nos. and lH-Pullman 81 eping cars bor
tween Atlanta and Chattanooga.
Connections at Union Depot Atlanta for ali
points north, east and west.
W. h. GREEN, j. M. CULP,
Gen'l Superintendent, Traffic Manager,
Washington, d. O. Washington, D. @
W. A. TURK, s. H. HARDWICK,
Gen'l Pass. Agt Asst. Gen'l Pass. Aga
Washington, D. Q. Atlanta. Ga.