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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
NOTHING FROM GEN. LEE.
His Family Think He VIII Leave Cuba
for Washington To-Day.

No message from Consul-General Fitz-
hugh Lee was received yesteica, C.
day before and his son. Mr.. FitlhLS II
Lee, Jr. said last night that the family
felt some little uneasiness regarding his
safety. as they were sure he would be
among the very last 10 leave the island.
General Lees family think that he will
most hkely leave Havana to-day. They
do not think that he will stop at Key
West. unless he IS put in command OF
troops and ordered 10 return TO the island.
but are rather OF the opinion that he will
20 straight through 10 Washington
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
OPPOSITION TO ARMISTIcE


MADRID. via Paris April s--Ihe main
opposition 20 the armistiee N cutA whien
was suggested by the Queen Regent ara
the Minister for the Colonies. Senior
Moret. came from the Ministers Of Wsr
ana Marine, General correa and Admiral
Bermato.
n senor segasta. the Premier. had not
yielded they would have resixnsc and g
a critical junctprs spain would have beee
deprived OF the heads Of the two princiDul
d~partsnsnfs. and. if WA fezred. n ~pu11
hxve been Impossible 90 raplace three NM
fsters IN view OF the present temper o.
the army and navy.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
Steamers Withdrawn.

NEW YORK. April S-R A. c. Smith,
Of the Ward Line Steamship Company,
returned from Washington to-day. To a
reporter he said that all the Ward Line
steamers were withdrawn from service
to-day
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
WEATHER FORECAST.

WASHINGTON. ID. c., April S-Fore-
cast for Saturday:
Virginia-Fair and warmer. southerly
winds.
North Carolina. South Carolina and
Georgia-Fair and warmer, variable
winds, becoming southerly.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
Atlanta Selected.

ATLANTA. GA. April S.-Generai Gra-
-, ,sc-nr,arecr of the Department Of
.ba Calf tonight wired the War De-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
RANGE OF THERMOMETERS.

The thermometer ranged as follows at
The Times office yesterday:
At A. NJ. As: u NJ. 81; 2. NJ. 50:
6P. NJ. 81; 9 p. NJ. IS; y NJ, I5 Average
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09
Several ConSulS Have AL
ready Come Home.
HYATT AT KINGSTON.
Many Natives Fleeing to Avoid Being
Drafted Into Spain's Army.
THE BRITISH ARE REINFORCING

In the Adjacent Islands Steamer
Line Of the Plant System VIII BE
Discontinued for the Present
After the Return of the Oil
Vcttc from Havana Next
Sunday-KeCugc
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-09

Continued on Seventh Pass1
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
A New Advertising Dodge.

\ new advertising dodge has Just been
adopted by leading theatrical compa-
ny in New York with considerable sue
cess. II consists of sending checks TO
thousands of theater goers, filled in for
an amount considered. on the basis os
a flattering income computation sufii-
cient't pay for two minutes Of the re-
cipients' time. The checks are perfect
ly good. and the letters accompanying
them read as follows: Dear Sir-As-
suming that your income is $l5.o00 a
year and that YOU appreciate the fact
that time is money we inclose our
check for cents i'm payment for two
minutes of your time at that rate to
be employed i'm carefully reading a brief
and honest statement of a few of the
many original. new and novel applause
winning features to be found I'm the
three act musical farce. To be produced
for the first time in New York on Mon
day evening" Then follow some ex-
tremely complimentary remarks about
the piece.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
PAGES
9 to II.
The CataCOmbs
Now Lighted
By Electricity.

The visitor 10 Italy complains o.
modern steam tEss on the Grand canal
in Venice and the new tangled IDEAS
of cleanliness In the streets OF Naples
and the new quarters in Rome, but the
height Of the prosaic seems 10 have
been reached with the illumination OF
the catacombs by electric lights. No
more dim distances. in which one must
take care not to be lost: no more monk
guides holding lighted tapers: no more
darkness, mystery and imagination.
This being the feast OF st. Cecilia. the
catacombs of ST. Calxtus.. where the
Roman virgin was buried in III A. d..
were today for the first time all glow
ing and glaring with thousands of cleo
trio globes illuminating even the most
remote corners and giving to the whole
mundane rather than mystic air
These catacombs are outside the Por-
In San Sebastiano. on the magnificent
Appian way. that the Romans called the
Queen road, and near the world re-
nowned tomb of Cecilia Matella. ST.
Cecilia is not the only prominent mar
tyr of the early Christian era whose
name is connected with this burial
place. for the remains lie there OF sew
eral popes of the third century. as wit
ness the original tombs of st. Autherus.
st. Fabian, st. Lucius, st. Cornelius
and St Euthychianus. who all sat in
the chair of St Peter
Thousands of Romans and foreigners
have today visited this sacred spot.
The crowd itself formed a picturesque
view. as from below one looked up at
the pilgrims descending and ascending
the long, steep flight of stairs or ct the
long professions of cowled monks and
black robed nuns. showing in vivid
contrast To groups of students of the
German college in their scarlet gowns,
a garb that causes them to be called
i'm fun "the little cardinals" The cor
ridors responded in echoes to their
chants at the different altars. while
there was "A subdued hum from the less
devout sightseer. What would be un-
perceived by the visitor. IL be were not
preinformed is that the five miles of
corridors and chapels are not on the
same level, but form three different
floors one under the other The most
interesting spot is where st. Ceciliss
tomb was found. and where also stands
a copy of the statue of the saint, de-
signed by Maderno. representing her
after her martyrdom Next stands a
most interesting marble tablet, the in
scription on which was originally
pagan one dedicated to Marcus Au-
relius The Christians utilized the tab
let by turning il and writing on the
back a new epitaph To Pope ST. Da-
masus.
Bones and skeletons OF the ancient
martyrs are found all along the walls
i'm three rows, one above the other.
The lower room is the more disturbed.
as almost every one tries to take some
thing away as a sacred relic. But the
electric light on these bones turns the
! catacombs into a museum.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
The Juryman Was Sleepy.

4 curious cause for adieefHiHg -eeart
is the sleepiness of a juryman yet
such is the reason which the London
Times gives for an adjournment before
the usual hour on the afternoon of the
sixth day of the trial of matrimonial
action in the probate. divorce and ad-
miralty division of the high court OF
justice Mr.. Cook. q. c.. was addressing
the jury in behalf of one of the ladies
who had been allowed To intervene in
order To defend their own regulations.
The atmosphere in the courtroom was
very close and oppressive and doubt
less acted as a soporific. for the report
of the proceedings. after giving por-
tion of Mr. Cooks address. terminates
abruptly. saying. THE learned COUNSEL
speech was here broken off. as unfortu
nately one of the jurymen became over
come with sleep" Such an occurrence
can hardly be regarded as compliment
airy to counsel or encouraging To his
client yet Mr. Cook won his case. all
the same.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
What particular route do you favor

What particular route do you favor
for the great canalY
Il should say that i'm the east the
best route. for safety, would be the one
farthest from the Canadian line. In
the west | am disposed TO favor the
route which reaches the Mississippi
most directly from Chicago"
do you think the system Will ever
extend west of the Mississippi?"
Not in your day or mine. IL may fol-
low the course of some one Of the rivers
of Iowa for a short distance. But out in
our direction the rise is too abrupt, ana
the locks would have TO be too close to-
sether. AS To the Missouri river, 1t is
quite impossible for navigation. Some
of our people talk at times of making II
available for barges. but that is vain
dream.
by the way, the condition of the
Mississippi alarms me-" said the sem
ator. "The jetty system is proving
failure, and It is demonstrated very
clearly that the levees are raising the
bed OF the river. ] was in New Or
leans on the day of the highest water
during the last overflow. They told
me that the levees which protect the
city OF New Orleans were three timTs
as high as they used TO be; but the
river was brmmiDg, and | saw the
water trickling in over the floor OF a
house at the end of the levee, so that
they had TO get sandbags and protect
il from without. ! could not undertake
TO propose or approve any new scheme
Of Improvement for the river but GER
tainly the present system is failure.
Mr. Thurston has eminent authority
FOR his advocacy of the canal system
John c. Calhoun in 1Si5 presided over
! a waterways convention which declared
| that the project of connecting the
! Mississippi river with the lakes OF the
north by a canal. and this with the At
; lantic ocean. is measure worthy of
the enlightened consideration OF con-
/ gress." Grant approved the canal prof.
/ cct. So did Arthur. President Monroe
/ in one o. his messages to congress, SAID
| OF the general scheme of waterways:
| when we consider the vast extent OF
| territory in the United states. the great
| amount and value of it's productions.
! the connection OF its ports and other
| circumstances on which their prosperl-
~ and happiness depend, we cannot
| fail TO entertain a high sense of the ad-
vantage To be derived from the facility
which may be afforded i'm the inter-
course between them by means of good
roads and canals. Never cid a country
Of such vast extent offer equal induce
ments TO Improvement OF this kind nor
over were consequences of such magni-
tudc involved in them"
Tho consequence" at the present
time Mr.. Thurston estimates at $50
100000 to SiOO, 100000 a year-that is.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

tom, together with any gravel you may
have thrown In originally. The work
of separating the shot from the gravel
after the earth has been washed away
is very easy"
Substitute PARTICLES OF gold for the
leaden globules. and I'm a wild. noun
famous country. with its everlasting
snow line where the thermometer gently
ranges from 20 TO 65 degrees below zero.
the men i'm tho Klondike region have
been doing just what has been de-
scribed.
The miners have no other appliances
but the pan and the water Cmcited
icc) of the creeks in this new III Do
rado. But the extra ordinary yield OF
sold TO the pan there has been star
Ting. I'm the creek beds they have pick
cd up chunks OF solid gold as large as
"a mans hand-simple nuggets worth
81. 600 or more.
IN the language OF miners. the earth
from which gold b. extracted la .alled
dirt" Any earth which Yields 10 cents
or gold o. lac pan d. known a. pay
dirt :, cents ~ ths pan j. good aud
~ cents i- n.h a miner working in
dirt that runs o to 10 cents 90 the pan
earns from f250 to $50 O. day, rs he
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

is able 10 wash about 40 panfuls a day.
the number depending on the character
OF the dirt IN Klondikc the lowest
yield To the pan reported Is 80 cents.
This would give the miner not less than
SO "a day for his work. Some panfuls
have yielded 500 i'm precious metal. The
gold that remains i'm the pan after the
earth has been washed away is called
dust" Some Of IL Is AZ fine as the
finest sand. some of IL I'm grains the size
of a pinhead and some as large as a
pea or the end OF your little finger. bu;
II Is all known as dust" Lumps the
size ~ hazelnut or "A walnut and
larger are called nuggets
The gold itself is the measure of tho
days or the months or the seasons
profit An ounce OF u r. worth $50
about The mining campa. At the mints
~ is triile less. All stores are pro-
viued with gold scales and the miners
dust is accepted as so much coin of the
realm. As much ~ can be held un the
largest blade or q penknife is worth
tioH =, tO 5. Co. E1u tii1 1mili quantity
b. often oniN the YIELD of " ~ AZ pans
That g. if miner ssn save in one pan
iui of dirt thr tenth ol q dollar be ~
making fair wages.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
Modern Methods
OF Placer Mining.

"All you need is a pan and plenty OF
water. Any sort of a Hat vessel from
a soup plate to "a dishpan will answer
the purpose The miners pan is shap-
ed Like a cake pan with a nat bottom.
When prospector starts out. he takes
one made of copper. Gather with your
hands or a pick or n shovel n quart Of
this mixture Of soil Just described and
put IL in the pan. Fin the pan nearly
full OF water. The earth will he soften
Ci into mud. Add more water. Then
soft mud viii run ont over tha top uf
tho pan. Contiuuc the operation. and
in 70 ot ,, miuutss TIE earth has run
oh ana 90 mat you have ieft iu The
psu is the shot which being heavier
tnan tho earth. has sunk To- the bot
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

Some time ago J. c. Russell, Bad
River (S. d. merchant. and Thomas
Jones. a stockman discovered the petri-
fled skeleton of some huge prehistoric
animal which i'm life must have meas
ured at least 30 feet in length. shaped
much like a crocodile. save that it's hind
legs were at least six feet in length
and its fore legs somewhat shorter Its
feet must have been over is inches long
and nearly as wide.
The head had. unfortunately. become
exposed TO the action of the elements
and was entirely crumbled away. a
description of the fossil and a few OF
the petrihed bones were sent To the
Smithsonian institution for classifica-
tion. and i'm due time MIR Russell re-
ceived a letter from that institution in
forming him that his strange find was
one OF the dinosaur family. n gigantic
reptile that existed i'm great numbers
during The ulesoZoic era.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

possibly two-hfths OF the present cost
Of running the whole government.
The Hennepin canal project received
serious consideration several times at
the hands OF congress More than ten
years ago the state OF Illinois offered
TO the government the $4,000, 900 state
canal between Lake Michigan and the
Illinois river on condition that IL should
be widened and connected by way of
the Illinois river with the Mississippi.
The distance from Hennepin 10 the
Mississippi by the proposed canal was
6i miles. while by way of the mouth of
the Illinois the same point on the Mis-
sissippi was 46s miles away. But con-
gress. after having elaborate surveys
ana estimates made. let the project 60
by default. one point of difference was
the choice OF a western terminus for
the canal and that difference would
arise again. Three routes were propos-
ed. The cheapest and most satisfactory
from an engineering view point. was
the Marais d'Osier or Meredosia route.
terminating at Albany, seven miles
above Rock Island. Another route ter
minated at Watertown, II miles above
Albany, and the third at Rock Island.
General Newton and Secretary Endicott
favored the Rock Island route. largely
on account of the arsenal there and the
consequent Importance of the canal in
time OF war. The local interests repre-
sented by the three termini supplicated
congress for years, and their failure to
agree no doubt had much TO do with the
defeat of the canal bill
GEORGE GRANTHAM Balm.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
REVIVING A GREAT CANAL PROJECT.

had been for so long a time the solicitor
for a great railroad. But / said to them
that for that very reason | knew where
OF j spoke. The worst enemy OF the
stockholders OF a railroad today is the
traffic manager. Even under pooling
and traffic agreements he pursues the
cutthroat policy which has proved SO
ruinous To railroad properties. His only
object is to get business"
! asked the senator il he did not be-
lieve cities like St. Louis would suffer
from the diversion of traffic to Chicago.
II think not" he said. 1T would
simply make the railroads running east
from 81. Louis reduce their rates TO
point where they could hold the busi-
ness. IL would be a little hard on the
railroads, perhaps, but 1t would not
hurt st. Louis"
asked the senator why the water
route by way of the Mississippi and the
gulf did not keep down rates on export
products.
Because the business naturally fol-
lows the east and west route and al
ways will" he said. mo considerable
part of our exports ever has gone or
ever will go by way of the gulf. No.
the natural and accustomed route is to
the Atlantic scaboard."
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

! line surveyed n year ago by govern
ment commission.
The use of this canal would be the
cheapening of transportation rates on
the farm and range products of the
west TO points of consumption and ex-
port i'm the east and on the manufac-
lures and imports OF the east to the
western states.
There is no doubt in my mind" said
the senator i'm conversation with me u
few days ago. that the government
has got To undertake some day a
scheme OF internal improvements which
will give work TO the unemployed.
There is no considerable number of men
out of work now-that is OF those who
want employment-but during the three
years of depression l have no doubt
there was an average of million men
out OF employment Labor leaders at
times estimated the number at 100000
and at 100000. ! believe it would have
been better for the great mass OF the
people If the government had found
employment for these men. The COM
munity had to support them in some
way. Every idle man is a tax on the
man who is working. And lack of work
creates discomfort. which stirs up a
revolutionary feeling.
THE scheme Of improvements. l
think, Will take the form Of n system OF
waterways which Will cheaper trans
portation and keep the rates of the raul
roads down TO a reasonable figure. The
canals OF New York have done Won
derrul work in the regulation of trans
portation rates in that state. When the
Hcnnepin canal project was last dis.
cussed it was shown that on roads run
ming east from Chicago in competition
with the water routes the freight rates
were only one-half the rates on roads
running northwest which had no water
competition. OF course the enormous
traffic of the east bound roads account
ed FOR this i'm part. but the lakes ana
canals were responsible for much of it,
The experience of the lake carriers
has shown that water rates can be
cheapened greatly by using the largest
carriers. Therefore | say that If the
government undertakes the construction
Of a canal between the Mississippi and
the great lakes. il ought to make a COM
plete job Of it by affording a channel
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
Where Socialists Invest.

Much amusement has been created IN
Germany by the discovery that almost
the entire funds of the powerful So
Cialist and anarchist movement I'm the
dominions of Emperor William are in
vested FOR safety I'm Prussinn aud Ger
man government bonds. This fact has
been brought TO light through the puo-
lication of a financial report by the
leaders of the movement appealing for
subscriptions and complaining that
during the last year the expenses have
been SO heavy and the contributions
relatively SO small that the trcasurcrs
found themselves unable 20 invest the
same amount of money in government
bonds as i'm previous years.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

Some OF tho gold Is i'm such fine par
tiCles that IL floats like a peppery dust
and does not sink to the bottom under
any circumstances. \ considerable por-
ton of such floating gold runs over the
tcp Of the pan and is lost IL is estima-
ted that i'm the first placer mining in
California about one fourth of the gold
WAS thus tossed aside. To this day Chi
namen are engaged In panning the ref
use dirt of early miners. and they
make from $l.25 90 s. day i'm the oper-
alton. In Klondike. whore much of the
gold is very coarse. the miners lose
very little Of the precious metal by rca-
son of it's floating away Placer mining
vs. the simplest Of all processes for get
ting gold out Of the ground. but can be
carried on only where there is an ann
pie supply of water. All reports from
rtTU KtUurtttyr uErcr titt--isest- -..i4s-
LiIcs' are i'm the beds of creeks. and
that the farther down they got the
richer the dirt. until bedrock h. reached.
Nll this b. threadharc story to min-
cas- 81 the present. bat more "a to thDye
Hho worried aud struggled in
The days Dt OLD
The duYs of gold.
The days VI ~.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
Self Reliance.

Henry Ward Beecher used TO tell this
story of the way i'm which his teacher
of mathematics taught him to depend
upon himself:
II was sent to the blackboard and
went uncertain. full of whimpering.
That lesson must be learned, said
my teacher In a very quiet tone, but
with a terrible intensity All explana-
tions and excuses he trod underfoot
with utter scornfulness. i want that
problem: don't want any reasons
why YOU haven't il, he would say.
4 did study It two hours
That's nothing To me. I want the
lesson. You need not study IL at all. or
YOU may study IL ten hours, just to suit
yourself. | want the lesson.
'1t was tough for green boy. but IT
seasoned me. In less than month I
had the most intense sense of intel
lectual independence and courage to
defend my recitations.
"One day his cold. calm voice fell
upon me i'm the midst of a demonstra-
ton, MOI
Il hesitated. and then went back to
the beginning. and on reaching the
same point again No" uttered in a tone
of conviction. barred my progress.
THE next And ] sat down in red
confusion.
He too was stopped with Mo- but
went right on. finished, and as he sat
down was rewarded with Very Well
why, whimpered l. i recited it
just as he did. and you said. MOI
why didn't you say. Yes" and
stick to it? 1t is not enough To know
your lesson. You must know that you
know IL. You have learned nothing till
YOU are sure. II all the world says.
mo-" your business is to say, Yes"
and prove IT,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08
IA National Water Highway From
The Mississippi to the Atlantic.

things are not done in day. They
must be discussed by the people. What
must be done at first is TO appropriate
the money for complete survey of the
proposed route, with an estimate OF the
cost so that the people Will have some
thing concrete 10 consider"
do you think such a canal could be
made profitable?'
II have no doubt that IL could. But
suppose that IL did not prove directly
profitable. If We spend $500, 100000 on a
waterway system which will save the
people OF the whole country one-half OF
what they are paying for transporta-
ton il would be good investment If IL
never paid directly a cent"
j suggested that one-half the amount
paid for transportation by the people
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-01-08

pie is concerned we cannot stop 10 con-
slider how the interests of railroad
stockholders are affected New inven-
tions are constantly making manufac-
turing cheaper; but we can't stop to
take into account the man who owns
the old machinery, who may be ruined
by the new. Railroad interests would
suffer from the building Of "A great ship
canal but there must be i'm time a re-
organization of railroad properties i'm
this country. Almost every railroad in
the United States is overcapitalized
The average would probably he so per
cent. That is, the stocks and bonds of
the railroads represent 80 per cent more
than the actual cost OF the road. In
some cases they represent a great deal
more than that This is especially true