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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
THE NEW YORK CANALS.
for Their Improve EnEi-
neer Adams and Superintendent AIdrIdge.

neer Adams ana superintendent hiuFiaBo.
From the Engineering Record.
For many years II has been evident that the State
canals would need improvement. and the state Engi'
neers have asked for appropriations to make surveys
and examinations of these works. The records CON
corning them are nearly worthless. The reason for
this state OF Affairs is simply that the State Legisla-
ture has refused to appropriate enough money TO
condu ct the work OF the Engineers onice properly.
the money that was granted being sufficient merely
to pay the engineering expenses for such construc'
tion and repairs a. appeared manifestly needed.
1t is evident that with such useless material as n
basis for estimates. and only twelve days In which TO
work. II would be impracticable to form a DEFINITE
estimate OF the cost of improving the State canals.
Yet that was the task the State Engineer was re-
quested to perform by the Constitutional Convention
of 1894. The estimate under these conditions was
Sll, 1913. 900, and 1t was then assumed. as had been
done pre- viously, that the excavated material could
be used In raising the banks, thereby naking a CON
siderable saving in cost. 1t will be noticed that the
Engineers rough figures were even then 62.573,0 900
more than the 81. 900. 900 which the Legislature-not
the State Engineer or superintendent OF Public
Works-subsequently fixed as the amount the people
were TO be asked to vote.
This sum of %. 00O. 900. only ~ per cent. Of the
sum which the inadequate public records led the
State Engineer to consider necessary. was duly voted
by the people. AS soon as the first bonds were sold
and the money available. over two hundred engineers
were put at work to determine the condition Of the
canals, and others were added as they could be OBJ
tanned. 1t 10 because this engineering Investigation
was imperstively necessary that the engineering ex.
penses have been SO high for the amount OF work
done. Examinations and reconstruction OF structures
seyenty years old naturally call for comparatively
large engineering expenses, and these occur early In
the work. when they seem at nrst thought to unin.
formed people to be out Of all proportion to the total
expenditures.
eoon a,,ar the enoinearA' reporta baRan To reach thu
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

who Wishes q thing sufficiently is bound TO
bring It 10 pass; and surely anybody about to
receive the charge Of an angry bull should be
DO ablo TO wish sufficiently that It would cease
from it's Immediate demonstration and go
about other business. Whatever the bull
might do. thore seems TO DO no question that IL
would contribute TO the peace Of mind OF the
ratiocinatinG bipcd in tho case II he could think
Of something else. We do not care to obtrudo
suggestions. but II occurs to us that n don't
worry adept, finding himself In such q situa-
tion. might think of a rainbow or a water lily.
To do that would be to afford a fine Illustration
Of what the mentlculturists call transferenco Of
thought.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
The peculiarly feminine type of woman is dis
nppenrinu- N(nnenDoI Tfunss

Tho peculiarly feminine type of woman Is dis
appearing Minneapolis Times.
Pity the sorrows of a poor young man. This is
tho voice that trembled yesterday as 1t asked:
rs not beauty, after all, merely an illusion ~
A beart.broaking history is thus revealed in two
sentences. First the luckless youth shakes his
fist at his reflection In tho glass, pulls his
cravat awry, rains wrath upon the pre-.
ferrcd and handsome one, resolves to de-
vote himself to celibaoy and good works, begins
to think that he abominates good looks in men
and beauty in women, and swears to himself
thet only homely folks have good hearts. Now
you see him building a wide philosophy out of o
single case. A woman has had the impudence
to send him about his business. Shall he expire.
and unavengodi Not much. Women are not
feminine any more, he s%putters. They are
losing the qualities which once endeared them
most to men. Tomorrow this young man, q
really gifted person, whose name, SHENsToNE
SNIPE, 10 a poem In itself, will try to demonstrate
that marriage is q decadent institution. But IL
the weather continues cold and there is good
skating, within ten days he will be signing for q
young woman, who, he will admit, belongs to
the peculiarly feminine type. and possesses the
Elusive but agreeable gift of beauty. SHE
STONE SNIPE has the soul of a poet. Ho will re-
cover.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
From The Nep Orleans Times democrat.

Now names for old things. remarked o
gentleman yesterday, are the order of tho day.
There are from time to time heavy ~rainfalls in
this country which in the old time were character
lied as downpours.' or something Of that kind.
Now. however, we hear of 'cloudbursts' every
where. Every time n mill creek oycrfiows or q
to n 'cloudburst.' People have been dying from
stoppage of tho hearts action since the begin.
ming of mortality, and yet it is but recently that
term is now produced by a hot wave;' all SICK
ness that the doctors cannot understand is at
tributed to 'Brights disease and living cheaply
in summer 10 called going into the country
The nomenclature is different. but the old things
are the same"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

The 10 miles of probable new road, not in.
cluded in the above, is distributed as followss
North Carolina, 10; Ohio. 10; Oklahoma Terri.
tory, IL; Tennessee, IL, and West Virginia, Q
miles.
1t is interesting to make comparisons with
previous years. According to Poor's Manual,
which appears about six months after the close
OF the calendar year, and is therefore in posi-
ton to gather up practically all tho construc.
ton of the year, the new building for 1896 was
1896. ~ miles, or about so miles more than the
total estimate here given for 1897. In 1893.
which is the low.water mark in railroad con-
struction, the mileage was 800. 25. Poor puts
the new construction in 1921 at 2.283.97 miles;
in 1893 at :. 7s0.02 miles; in 1892 at 4,5si.O1
miles: in 1891 at 4,62O.4l miles, and in 1880 at
5.656.7 miles.
The figures so far received indicate that Cali
fOrnia heads the list with 1893 miles of new road,
while Alabama. Georgia. Louisiana, Michigan.
Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Texas have each
more than 100 miles to their credit.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

From out of Tammany Hall there should
at once arise a notification to Mayor VAN
WICK that the last way in which he may bo
permitted by the organization to copy the late
reform Mayor is in the exhibition OF a peppery
temper, such as the new Mayor was guilty OF
yesterday in the presence OF some members Of
the School Board. Because the Mayor is free
from the stain of tobacco does not give him the
privilege of being cross and crotchety in the
performance of his duties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05
India,s Veil watched Outposts.


Prom The London Daily Nelcs.
An oraksai sepoy. serving in the Fortieth Pathans,
who are q~uartered at Rawal Pindi. received a letter
from a relation. a tribesman now fighting our troops.
The envelope bore the poStmark. headquarters
Field Post ONCE. Madam" In the letter was told
the latest news from the front, and the possibility Of
a settlement was discussed. Evidently the writer
had posted It In the camp itself. No doubt he had
hidden his rife behind a rock and walked boldly In
among us with some eggs to sell. and seat his news
to his friend under the nose OF the general onlcer
commanding,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

TTOW NC oVuNtV UuFtTIH.
The young girl out alone In the evening has become
very nun" rous Of late In New Zealand cities, and the
Government has drafted a bill for the appointment OF
"discreet women" as inspectors, with extensive pow.
ers TO stop and interrogate the girl who is ont at a
late hour. She is also authorized to escort her home
and see her safely deposited ON the parental bosom,
or. n the late girl Is a very hard case, TO take her to an
establishment specially provided and leave her In
charge OF the matron pending inquiry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

Less Thnn 1905 MILES or rev ROAD In IN
Untted stntes.
From The Railroad Gasette.

From the Railroad Gazette,
Reports received by the Railroad Gasette up
to the time of going TO pross indicate that the
building OF new railroads in 1897 was a little
less than for tho year before and n few miles
more than tho total reported for 1895, though
still far short of that in 1890 and earlier years.
Official reports from tho various companies
show q total mileage built during the year. not
including second track and sidings. Of 1,6O4.17
miles. To this must be added 223.75 miles,
which the nows columns of tho Rdi,road
GdHcte show to DO completed by tho close
Of the year, giving us 1.S27.o2 miles pretty
accurately verified. There aro q number of
roads on which 1t is known that grading has
been completed and track laying is In progress.
The exact amount OF track laying, however, -
IL impossible Mt this time to state, but IL is esti.
mated to be not less than 10 miles. This makes
the total probable railroad building during
1897, 1887. % miles, of which all but 333.7B
miles Is official. or course. reports from roads
not yet hoard from will somewhat modify these
results. We give below the official and csti-
mated mileage by states, emitting, however,
the 40 miles, which has probably been COM
pleted, but of which We have no definite record.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

Indignation at the conduct of thd Bush.
nell boilers against the reelection Of
Senator HANNA is not confined to Ohio. That
feeling in the Buckeye State ought to be strong
enough to reGlect him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

" our friends ,rho favor rs Nth mdnuscripfsJ for
publication utah TO hare rejected articles returned,
tAtp must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

From the Sc. Louis Globe. Democrat.
After training the hand to write 1893 instead OF
1897 it might DO well to practice a little on f" Hawaii.
u. s. A."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-05

/ found Mexico a land of sunshine and su r
passing verdure. -WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
How strange.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21

language should be so plain, he said, that
no one could fail to understand it's mean
ing. The whole world a week ago believ-
ed THIS Government would take such a
step. The belief had since been spread
,iiat we intend to put upon the Cubans OBJ
hSatDns they could not and would not as
sumo. Mr.. Berry said that after he heard
senator Proctors speech on Cuba, he
tberry) remarked to Mr.. Vest of Mis-
souri,: THAT speech means war;" Mr.
Berry added that the Proctor speech
touched the hearts of the American peo-
pie from one end of the land to the other
,lf we fail to respond" he continued. 1--WE
will be regarded as sneaks and towards"
The speech of Senator Berry was ap-
plauded, which moved Senator Cockrell
to demand silence from the galleries and
an enforcement of rules. Accordingly the
presiding officer impressiyely informed the
immense concourse Of people present that
they would have to observe the dignity Of
the Senate or the galleries would be clear
cd.
Senator Daniel of Virginia followed Mr..
Berry. Mr.. Daniel said that he had been
an advocate Of peace, but the time for
war seemed now at hand. 1--WE stand up
on the edge of war. This nation is one
with the sword in its hand. and if the
word that now kesitates upon the lips be
spoken and the command Forward be
given. upon some proud day the Stars and
Stripes will be waving over MORO Castle
and Cabanas prison.
Mr.. Daniel said lie was content neither
With the House resolution nor with the
Senate committees resolution, and served
what he termed warning to the country
that If the resolutions reported by the
Foreign Relations Committee We're
adopted" it would mean that American
guns would be turned in the faces Of Max
imo Gomez and his liberty-loving follow
ers. Senator Daniels speech was bitter
arrangement of the President. He openly
charged that the President meant to use
the forces Of the army and navy to sup
press the insurgents.
The sharp criticism Of the Presidents
action and message induced a heated col
lonuy between Senators Daniel and Gray.
Senator Gray said the insinuation was
false and that the Senator from Virginia
(18anieD was the only one i'll the United
States who would dare to make such Il
charge against the President. A sensa-
ton followed this charge. Senator Daniel
proceeded in a sensational manner. He
said: Il speak plainly. We do not speak
Spanish in this chamber and then stab our
brother under the fifth rib. am glad to
get into the open air Of the discussion per-
nitted in free country"
There was great indignation among rad
ical Senators who were convinced that
war was inevitable at the lack of vigor
in the resolutions passed by the House,
and particularly i'll the omission Of the
clause compelling Spain to at once with
draw from Cuba.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
r;s1;inG Statistics.

.:s+;cs completed by George NJ.
fse S'a', +hr United States fish commits
gr'.' u. Int more people earn a liveli-
~ Sow his t industry along Lake Mich
bid l. si Green bay than on any of the
:la a ,.1, IL lakes, 2,2s0 persons being en-
de: ; !. +fe business. Lake Erie comes
sa;'. IN 45S. There are seventy-hve
Is: WIN oncaccd in the business on Lake
G% '.,,, with total valuation of $780,
s;- i,S;s amount is pext to Lake Erie In
w r. Tbo total amount of money put
r'| business in Green bay and Lake
20 , :.s Is g915.3S1. This amount in
l.-.7. mo boats, outfits, shore property
t. ! :, .nraratus. The report also shows
i,l o. ;rcroase in the catch Of fish for the
MY f,oI In Lake Michigan there were
'..a5 5- rarnds Of bass caught, valued at
. ~. herring, 22,113,092, valued at
,'e 40, nerch, 3,052, $50, valued at $685.
J. .:@ ike and pike perch, $4,000, valued
", * ,. Us. sturgeon. 128,492, valued at
!. -, ~, 'front.' 9,301 $50, valued at $685.
y. r.titpish, 4,174,S 500, valued at $124,-
n n This makes the total catch last year
y !. % $3.50 .594 pounds, with total
,., If &T24, 5y6.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
UPhOLDS THE MINE THEORY.
Lee Believes Spanish Officials Blew Up
the Batt1esIiD Maine.

the Battleship Maine.
The testimony taken before the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations in con-
necton with the Investigation into the re-
lations between the United States and Cuba
was made public Thursday. It constitutes
q book Of about 600 pages and includes not
only the testimony taken since the disas-
ter to the Maine but also much that was
taken before and running back for q year
Or more.
The statement which contains the
greatest current interest is that made by
Consul General Lee, on the 18th instant.
In this statement Gen. Lee said that he
was informed on good authority that the
Spaniards had placed two rows Of torpe-
does just at the mouth Of the Havana
harbor by MORO Castle within the last
two months, or subsequent to the Maine
disaster, and that the switchboard is in
q room in the castle. He said, however,
thSt he had no information of the placing
of any. torpedoes before the Maine was
destroyed, and none In regard to the pur-
chase abroad by the Spanish authorities.
'Have you any reason to suppose that
the harbor was mined before the blowing
up Of the Maire?' asked Senator Frye.
mo, sir; I had no reason to suspect
anything Of that sort up to that time"
He then went on to say that Gen. Ney-
ler's letter to Santos GuZman had led
him to believe that mines might have
been placed there previous to the Maine
incident, and he said that this supposition
was strengthened by telegram from
Gen. Weyler of which he had cognizance.
Jpon the whole he thought the Weyler
letter thc Lame letter. was a correct
copy of the genuine letter.
The telegram to which he referred was
addressed to Eva Camel, noted Spanish
woman and an adnlirer Of Weyler's and
to Senior Guzman, and it read as follows:
Grave circumstances cause me to ask
you to destroy the last letter of Feb. II"
Gen. Lee said TINT this telegram had
never before been published and he found
in it strong confrmatory evidence Of the
genuineness Of the Weyler letter.
With reference to the responsibility for
the destruction of the Maine, Gen. Lee
said: II am satisfied the explosion was
from the outside. | cabled the state de-
partment q few days after the board as
sembled that it was almost certain that
the explosion was from the exterior. l
have always had an idea about the Maine
that, of course, it was not blown up by
any private individual or by any private
citizen, but it was blown up by some Of
the officers who had charge of the mines
and electrical wires and torpedoes in the
arsenal there, who thoroughly understood
their business, for it was done remarka-
biy we'll"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
WEYLER'S LETTER.
oButcl1erU Intin,a tes What He Would
Do to an American Ship.

Butcher" Intimates What He Would
Do to an American Ship.
The letter referred to By Consul General
Lee in his testimony before the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations as show
ing that Gen. Weyler was probably cog
INFANT of the fact that submarine mines
had been laid in the harbor Of Havana,
and that probably it was the explosion Of
one of these by Spanish officials that caus-
ed the Maine disaster, bears the date of
Jan. s. 1888, and was written to His
Excellency Don Francisco de los Santos
Guzman" at Havana. The part pointed
to as referring to the existence of sub
marine mines in the Havana harbor is as
follows:
By the way, have read these days
that the Americans are bordering about
sending one Of their war ships to that
city During my command In Cuba they
did not even dare to dream about 1t.
They knew the terrible punishment
that awaited them.
l had Havana harbor we'll prepared
for such an emergency. | rapidly IL
ished the work that Martinez Campos
carelessy abandoned.
If the insult is made hope that there
will be Spanish hand to punish 1t az
terribly sS 1t dG4srvAA
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
les for $4,000.

Dietrich SrhWeer, a Milwaukee under
1acT was made the defendant in a S., eco
2nagc suit because he refused to bury
l1 Atg Of baby. Charles and Ernes-
t2e Finley are the compliments. They
2re the Body of the baby to Schweer to
'nT Jan. u. For several days the IN
@H&Ger called to collect the bill. In the
altime he kept the body at his estab-
s-m@nt and finally despairing of getting
Us money he brought the body back and
.3ce it in the Finley residence. Mr..
FINLEY had to take the body to cemetery
I'D put it in a vault until it could be
INV.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
,yos Culler Murdered?

rp c9rcncr's jury returned q verdict
4't ]. Cutler, agent at Glidden, was
.,,Iercl. but trainmen who have thor
,,tr Investigated the case say that it
y. Undoubtedly suicide, Cutler apparent
arranging all his plans so as to make it
,ro,r like a murder. CuEer was shot
,,t orcc and that just behind the right
a, and his hair was burned, indicating
m-the revolver was held at close range.
Fsras lying on the floor with his glasses
rael his revolver lying at his feet, one
tntcr being empty. The money draw
y VAS o8en and the change and tickets
ro,p scattered on the floor, but when the
t,sets were gathered together it was
trsl taat none was missing. If he was
nmi2rel robbery could not have been.
he motive. Since his death it has been
ssrel that he was a regular purchaser
.fm.rin;nO
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
State Items of Interest,

Il Marinettc, Hans JOhnson's 14-year-
laughter was fatally burned.
1t Oshkosh, Albert Graf, demcnted
c family troubles, cut his throat.
TN.iam Almond, Il young man from
ia. has disappeared from Racine,
here he was employed, and no trace Of
Il can be found.
Rev. II. w. Thompson, pastor of the
list u. E. Church at GAINESVILLE, has
UNtod Il call from the Peoples Chris
Gil Association of Fond du Lac.
The barn. outhouses and their contents,
@oGg.ag 10 Peter Larkey of North Lake,
aGacj The loss is $4,000. Children
aging with matches started the blaze, it
'@td.
Tie remains of an unknown young man
,@@ died recently in La Crosse have been
-a@t5tc,l by w. Z. Lindstrom of st. Paul
: A'$ sen, who ran away from home q
@c ago.
.&,,o0 Feldtman of Monroe was killed
= Tue cars near Dubuque, Iowa, while
.'@E to board train. He lived a few
.,,c.S' hut refused to reveal his identity,
'~'A was learned from companion.
42e barn of Fred Kapnenberg of the
!. -" a jackson was destroyed by fire.
:, S SAID that the fire originated from a
(.a'N rom q sawmill engine. Besides the
- Mteen head of cattle and seven
- were consumed by the flames.
a. mass meeting of farmers in
va; .,~',ASFI.!e it was decided to build
+, road from that village to the Rap
~ point within two miles of Racine.
- ,'s' sum Of money was subscribed.
> s.--'29,ygan may secure a second great
2~:- yt@yator. The announcement of the
,a, 49,, ''SI2tor project caused letter to be
Ge "a ~ James Mallmann, president of
a,,, -1I,@.'ah"ement Association, from a
o., sSIern grain company which is de-
a., es eS building a 1000, 0OO-bushel ele-
tr,o, II some lake city and is favora5ly
SaEsS>e0 with the advantages offered by
S-'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
Horses Taken with Rabies,

IT, Cute, State veterinarian, was sum-
-'~od to Brookdeld by the report that
mSe Gu 4 farm there had the rabies.
Raen he arrived the animal was dead. It
I'D suddenly gone mad and attacked the
sete and horses in the pasture.
S'yr& II al were bitten by the mad beast
*oFe tie farm hands could cast ropes
.&@@a il. The animal died about an hour
.'E ne was put under control. Rabies
~41S horses is rare and it is impossible
. account for the origin of the disease
-ci this animal contracted.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
Concession 30 Racine Carpenters.

lie Racine carpenters strike, which
Is I'll progress two weeks, has been sat
aFtorly settled. The bosses agreed to
-li2 cents per hour as a minimum
q -l}2 cents per hour as a maximum
C. nine hours to constitute days
TX. All other union men who have
ii cut have resumed work.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-04-21
eIscoNs1N's RECORD.
,-,uly TOLD IN READABLE
IA i" SHAPE.

...,o Figures on the Fishing
I''' ,s.rr-rhc Glidden Case of MUIR
lrau'" .,;o:ae-Pcculiar Lawsuit at
De- " ,oe-Racine Strikes Over.