Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-03-15
NICARAGUA.
The Canal Project Discussed
b. School Children hftsr a Pre-
ssntzton By the Teachers.

the study q history and geography.
10 this manner both these studies are
made practical and brought up to
date.
In sone q the roOms the teachers
read from the daily papers the tele-
graphic. foreign and domestic news
The children write papers On the cur
rent topics presented.
Following are tao unoorreeted
papers from the aftb grade, Lincoln
school, J. {. Hall. principal:
LENA MEsTYRE IL YEARS.
The Nicaragua Country IS not rich
enough u pay for the building Of the
canal.
50 the country that pays for the
canal will have a right 20 collect a
toll from every vessel passing through
il and let the ships Of their enemies
pass through.
United states would like 70 do this,
but England does not appear to want
United States to have it In United
States congress this year Senator
Morgan in his bill said he thought
that the country that paid for 1t
would have the right 70 " 1t. AS
soon as Senator Morgan had said this
Mr IRodrlgnez minister Of the Greater
Republic Of Nicaragua whom Pres
Cleveland received some time ago said
! that Nicaragua would not let any
such thing be done and Nicaragua
would not let IT go on II there was not
new arrangements made. The Senators
are very angry they say England has
told them 10 say this
The Canal question will not be
acted on this congress 80 the senators
will have the treaty wOrded 50 that
England cannot say any thing about
IL England all ready has. one Of the
short water ways to Asia called the
Suez canal which brings her In a
good sum OF money and she would
like TO have the profits Of the Nicara-
qua and with her great naYies
might be very dangerous TO US
EDDY }. wNANs AGE 10 YEARS.
The people have long been talking
about having a canal because of the
long voyage around Care Horn.
They built a railroad acrost the
isthmus Of Panama.
Travellers leave their ship Oh one
side, take the railroad acrost the
isthmus, and take another ship on the
other side, and continue their iorney.
Cape Horn is not on the main land
OF South America bat on a group OF
islands called TERRA Del Fuego which
means land OF smoke and fire.
These islands are separated from
the main land by the straight OF
Magellan.
After the invention Of steam, steam
ships 90 through the straight OF Ma
eellan because OF the fogs and storms
around the Horn as 1t is called by the
sailors Is much
Sail.ships can not go through the
straight Of Magellan because there is
not wind enough to keep them a sail
So the people thought they would
build a canal 50 that ships would not
have to take the long voyage down the
Atlantic coast aud up the Pacific
coast
Count Ferdenand de Lesseps who
built the Suez canal started a canal
%acrost the narrowest part OF the 18TH
mus.
The canal which is called the Pan
ama canal was started n 1852 and wal
said 70 be done in 1888 and not latel
than 1889
The money which was subscribed
, came not from rich people who would
feal its lose very little but from poo
! people who gave their savings which
, they had saved for their old age
i, Count Ferdenand de Lesseps and
: the other men found out that Il
would take too much money so pu'
half OF II In their pockets and tn
other half buying the French news
papers not TO let 1t be known but 4
tell the people 70 keep on subscribing
money but he was soon found out an
the merchants had 20 run away I
save their lives Count FerdenAna d