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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-19
lsTHMIAN COMMISSION.
A Preliminary Report VIII lie Mads to
Congress In December.

A Preliminary Report wii lie Mads to
cesEre.. In December.
Washington. Oct. ~ The Isthmian
canal commission is at work on its re.
port but IL is evident that IL win hnd IL
impossible TO do more than submit
preliminary statement TO congress when
the session begins This report viii pre-.
sent facts and figures referring 10 both
the Panama canal and the Nicaragua
route, A vote has no yet been taken by
the commission as TO which IL viii rec.
ommend. nor viii decision be reached
until further information has been TO
oeived regarding both projects.
NJ. Hutin. president Of the PanAma
Canal company. has arrived in Wash.
ington and paid his respects 10 the COM
mission He came 20 Washington in
compliance with the request Of Rear
Admiral Walker and will stay here until
he can be spared. when he viii return
% Paris He will come back 10 Wash.
ington during the session Of congress.
Notwithstanding the commission has
not taken vote as b route. it Is appar.
out from the trend Of its investigation
that il fnvors the Nicaragua waterway.
Because Of the dimensions and displace-
ment of modern steamships il has been
determined that canal 30 feet deep
would be too small, and the commission
estimates on a canal which shall be IS
feet In depth ana have minimum
width Of 100 feet On the 30 foot canal
the majority OF the first Walker com.
mission estimated the cost at about
si2j. 100000 The increase in depth
and will NECESSARILY make the projected
canal more expensive. Borings are
being made 20 ascertain II the increased
excavation necessary viii require the
removal Of rock or soft dirt.
Advocates Of the Nicaragua canal are
getting considerable comfort out OF
the fact that the examina tion Of the
route recommended by the first Walker
commission has, except in few in
stances. shown its entire practicability.
The engineering parties sent out by
the Isthmian commission have gone
over every foot Of the route. They hAv,
recommended that the sites Of several
locks be slightly changed, and the com
mission will adopt their recommenda
tions.
The general impression seems 10 be
however, that the commission VIII fAVol
the Walker route, provided the boring
being made fora larger canal should
not show that the cost would be exces
ave.
Mr.. Lampse, secretary Of the PanAmi
Canal company, who Is in the city. sale
that that company was prepared 10 NEE
any OF the conditions which might b,
laid down by the Isthmian commission
aud was ready aud willing 20 conform
10 any ot its recommendation. Il wa
matter Of impossibility. however, fol
the Panama Canal company to outlin,
its conrse Of action. as everything woulC
depend upon the results that would b
reached by the commission.
lie declared there are no obstacles
which engineering skill cannot over
come In making the Panama canal nc
oeptable 10 the Isthmian commission
and that a canal Of 80 feet in depth
with minimum width Of 200 feet. Is per
fectly feasible at the Panama route.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-19

Victoria, b. O., Oct. iS.-The steam.
ship Empress Of Japan brings news that
the typhoon nc the close Of September
was felt over the entire japanese group.
A vast amount Of property ashore and
afoat was destroyed and there was heavy
loss Of life. Hundreds Of houses were
blown down, flooded or otherwise do
stroyed At Toxic three lives were lost.
Two hundred fishermen were blown out
TO sea and all believed TO have perished.
The number OF vessels wrecked vert
mostly junks and small sohoouers.
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NO ACTION TAKEN.
oniolals Of the Miners Union Waiting for
Further Developments.

Hazleton Pa Oct. lS. Officials Of the
United Mine Workers have not made
move toward declaring the strike Of
the anthracite mine workers on. Prcsi.
dent Mitchell still refuses TO talk on the
action Of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal aud Iron company aud Lehigh Val.
ley Coal company in acceding 70 the De.
mAnds Of the Mine Workers couvon.
tiou. Although Mr. Mitchell has in no
wise indicated what he will do. it Is
practically certain that after a number
Of companies have posted notices acced.
ing 90 the demands Of the men the strike
will be officially declared Off az those
collieries
A meeting Of the mine workers will
be held here TO arrange for demonstra.
ton next week in celebration OF the
strikers victory.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-19

Washington, Oct is.--Formor cabinet
officer aud senator, John sherman, Is
dangerously III at his residence in this
city. The attack has taken the form OF
general collapse in part due to general
debility incident 10 old ara.
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Died Of smallpox.

Coricana. Tex. Oct. is.-Dr. vii.
liam Pannell reports the death Of Aaron
Allen, a i2-year-old negro, from small.
pox near Rice, in this county. The ne.
gro came from Waller county a short
time ago with gang Of cotton pickers
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-19

Belin, Oct. lS.- Persistent reports,
said 70 DO based ON semiOfficiAl informa
ton. are current that Prince Hohen
lohes resignation Of the imperial chan
cellorship is pending.
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-Four Hundred laid on.

Joliet. Ills. Oct. ls.-rhe night shift
Of men at the Rookdale plant Of the
American Steel and Wire company has
been laid on indefinitely. About 400
men are affected.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-19

sOuth MoAlsster. l. T.. Oct. ia-Ju-
hus Lester. aged7 years. only son Of
Dr. and Mrs.. J. N. Lester. died here Of
scarlet fever.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-19

Bossemor, Oct lS.-The Colby mine
here has been shut down aud 800 mon
thrown ont Of employment
The Dunn s Tobin mines near Crystal
y - sss-- ala.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-10-19

New York. Oct. IS Sir Thomas Lip
tons challenge for the American cup
has been accepted by the New York
yacht club
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Lorenzo Marques. Oct. is.-Kruger
has postponed his departure for Europe
until Oct 90 He will land at Mar.
settles.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
AT THE THEATRES.

. The appearance of Francis Wilson at
the Columbia mex; week has been widely
heralded as one OF the most important
events Of the present theatrical season.
Unusual interest is attached TO the
engagement on account Of the announce
ment that a performance of Erminie is
to be given by this excellent comic opera
organization. Mr.. Wilson originally
brought Erminie into notice fifteen years
ago at the Casino, New YORK, and it is
now regarded as comic opera classic.
It is as much identified with Mr.. Wilson
as Rip Van Wrinkle is with Joseph
Jefferson. In addition to Mr.. Wilson in
his original role of Cadeaux, we are to
have Pauline Hall as Ermiule and Jennie
WeathersbY as the Princess. These two
artists were also in the original produc-
tion of this famous opera, aLd the
present revival under such favorable
conditions has met with tremendous
success wherever it has been presented.
Other important members OF the organ
izalion are Miss Lulu Glaser, so long
identified with the Wilson successes,
and William Frederick, who for a
number Of years also figured as an inn
portant member OF this combination.
Other familiar names include Josephine
Knapp, A, NJ. Holbrook, Peter Lang
Robert Broderick, c. II. Bowers, Bessie
Howard, and Martha Stein. It was
clever stroke of business on the part OF
the local management to secure the
Wilson company, particularly for a
representation of Erminie, which has
made so many fortunes in the
last decade, for comedians as we'll as
impresarios, There is sure to be an
enormous interest manifested in this
engagement,
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Refuse to Receive the Beers.

The refusal oil the District Com
missioners to receive the Boer
Peace delegates on their arrival at
the Capital, was to be expected,
since they are the appointees oil
that English tool, President Nc
Kinley.
We remember the first public re-
ception which we attended in this
country in 1851, when Louis Kos
suth. though not occupying any
official position, as do the Boer En-
voys, was joyouslv received and
rendered a magnificent reception
by the Mayor of Washington. the
President, and Congress. Times
have changed, liberty is no more
esteemed, nor does it possess any
value in the eyes of official Amer.
lea, since Mckinley has introduced
his imperialistic policy, II it had
not been for Congressman Sulzer,
the Stalwart Germau-American
Representative in Congress, who
personally raised nearly all the
funds, and perfected the organiza-
ton OF the reception committee,
there would have been no welcome
extended to these gallant, patriotic
representatives OF a people whose
fight for liberty has never been
equalled in all history,
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
The Roer Peace Envoys.

The Boer commission comes to
the United States to appeal to our
Government and the American
people in behalf OF the re. establish
ment Of peace in South Africa. 1t
is to be feared that it will receive
little substantial assistance either
from the President or Congress.
Resolutions Of sympathy have
been suppressed in both branches
Of Congress, although our policy
in the past has invariably been to
express sympathy with nations
struggling for independence and
the right OF self goyernment. This
change is due to our new policy OF
imperialism and the fact that our
own Government is engaged IN a
war OF conquest in the Far East
The BoeT commission will make
its appeal ito the American people
as a whole, not to one or the other
OF the American political parties. "
This is the proper course. Both
Republicans and Democrats can
sympathize with the Beers not be-
cause there is any political advan-
tage to be derived from it. but be-
cause the Beers are fighting for an
American principle-self govern
ment and national independence.
That principle is still dear to the
maj oritY OF Americans, although
the present Administration seems
to regard it as obsolete, and for
this reason will probably not use
its good offices in behalf Of the gal
LIANT little republics ofSouth Africa.
It may be only too willing to ac-
cept Lord Salisbury's declaration
in regard to Intervention as pre-
cluding even friendly mediation.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
DIR. Crafts Objects.

The report OF Secretary Root,
Gen. Corbin, and other army Off
cisls on the army canteen, sent to
the House Military Committee,
has called out reply which was
filed with the Military Committee
by Rev, WILDER F. Crafts. OF the
Reform Bureau, and Mrs. Mar
garet Dye Ellis, legislative super
intendent of the w. c. T. u. 1t
says, in part:
"The Administration yesterday
for the first time came out openly
in favor Of army liquor selling on
its merits. Hitherto the plea has
been that the Administration could
not suppress canteens because the
law oil Congress was ambiguous.
Both Secretary Root and President
Mckinley recently said that If
Congress would speak in plain
terms they would enforce the law.
This attitude has now been
abandoned, and the Secretary Of
War, whose acts and words the
courts declare are to be taken as
those Of the President. has come
out in open advocacy Of liquor
selling canteens. Secretary Root,
apparently oblivious Of the new
anti-canteen developments in the
British and French armies, said
Yesterday, in an official communi
cation to Congress: i think the
enactment of this bill would be in
furious to the temperance, morals,
and discipline Of the enlisted men
Of the army
"Gen. Corbin, in declaring that
prohibition cannot be made effec-
tive in the army, forgets the sue
cess Of railroads in securing abb
stinenee, and his reference to ben
etlts OF canteens in Manila is par
ticularly unfortunate Tor his case
in view oil the conclusive testimony
as to the unparalleled drunkenness
and insanity ot our soldiers there,
1--WE are charitablY seeking
sume creditable excuse for Gen.
Corbin's statement that profess
sional temperance reiormers and |
aggressive saloon interests are
working together to suppress the
in the face Of the fact that
The liquor papers have unani-
nously opposed the ti-canteen
aw."
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Mr.. Hoar,s Antique idea.

Senator Hoar says he is Sick OF
hearing people say that since this
wretched imperialistic business we
bave become a first rate world
power" His opinion is that "the
United States came out Of the war
of 1872 a first class power and has
been a first class power ever since.
There is much in history to JUS
tify this decidedly un-Republican
view OF the senior Senator from
Massachusetts, though junior in
present popularity with his party.
For instance, Napoleon III. must
have mistaken US for a first class
power when on a hint from Wash
ington that a Mexican empire
propped on French bayonets was
not agreeable to us he withdrew
the bayonets and left Macmillan
to his fate.
For another instance, the BRUSH
Government that agreed about
twenty i've years ago to arbitrate
the Alabama claims and paid US
SIS, ,ooo, 900 under the Geneva
award must have fancied we were
a first class power. And more re-
Gently. in the Venezuelan episode,
there was lplenty OF evidence that
Lord Salisbury had no idea oi
treating us as a second class nation.
Mr.. Hoar's idea that the United
States was a world power before
it went on an imperial excursion
into Asia is little antique on the
Republican side Of the country. II
was in fashion in the Lincoln and
Grant periods. Perhaps it will be
fashionable again next fall.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Army Canteen Temperance Agent

Army Canteen a Temperance Agent
Secretary Root has sent to the
House Committee on Military
Affairs an exhaustive collection Of
opinions on the question OF the
"armv canteen," gathered by Ad-
jutant General Corbin from every
branch of the military service.
The inquiry was made because
oil the introduction OF bill to pro-
hibit the sale of or dealing in beer
or any Intoxicating liquor upon
any military premises.
Secretary Root, in the course OF
a brief endorsement, says he thinks
"the enactment Of this bill would
be injurious to the temperance,
morals and discipline oil the en-
listed men in the army"
Adjutant General Corbin, in an
elaborate opinion, says: "In the
face Of the testimony of the men
who are in direct contact with the
system, and oIexpert investigation,
it is safe to presume that the pro-
hibition oil the sale of beer in the
post exchange means an increase
OF whisky drinking and drunken
ness and the consequent necessity
for medical treatment, an increase
OF the horrors Of delirium tremens
and insanity, an increased number
Of court martials and punishments
and Of desertions, to the scandal
OF the service, no less than a de-
crease Of discipline and health, to
ssy nothing of its effects upon sur
rounding communities"
In conclusion the Adjutant Gen
eral says: THE wonder oil it all is
that the professional temperance
reiormers are in this respect allied
with the aggressive saloon inter-
ests in their efforts to secure legis-
lation to destroy the canteen."
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Smoke Ar.inst the Canteen.

The question Of abolishing the
army canteen was brought up be-
fore the House Committee on Mil
itary affairs last Tuesday, when
Mrs. Ellen Foster was heard in
favor OF making this abolition a
feature of the pending army bill or
Of an independent measure before
the present session OF Congress
closed. She spoke OF the intense
sentiment aroused throughout the
country, particularly at large re-
ligious assemblages, and OF the
feeling among the mothers who
furnished their boys for the army.
While co7cediug that the cln-
teen might keep few hardened
soldiers from visiting viler haunts,
yet she maintained that its chief
end was in giving the young re-
cruits, boys from the homes, and
Sabbath schools, their first intro
duction to liquor. Mrs. Foster
declared that the votes OF the moral
element OF the community would
be directed against those who
failed to remedy the canteen evil.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
sixths and Eighths.

The subcommittee having in
charge the consideration Of the
question Of the abolition Of sixth
and eighth beer packages, has
made favorable report to the full
Committee. The matter rests here,
however, as the full Committee
has not authorized favorable re-
port to the Senate. The measure
is being opposed by Senator Mel
son, OF Minnesota, who claims that
the bill will severely affect the
business Of the small brewer.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

he certainly would be in position
70 fix the brewers business.
"The brewers, it seems to me,
are the tools again in advocating
this piece OF legislation. They
can have their Pure Beer bill, but
YOU can bet that the distillers don't
need a Pure Whisky bill"
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

HENRY EICKHoFF, a prominent
young lawyer from San Francisco,
and son OF Hon. Anthony Eickhoff
oil New York, called to pay bis re-
spects to the Editor OF the SENTI-
MEL this week. Mr.. Eickhoff has
not been in the East since 1876
We would like to be present when
our old friend welcomes his son
after so long an absence.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

NORTH GERMAN LLOYD
Regular
sTEAMSHIPCOMM OMMUNICATION
Between
Baltimore and Bremen
The following steamers O 1 the North
German Lloyd, first class IN all their
appointments of 900 to 2, 500 tons, run
regularly asiollows:
FROM BALTIMORE.
II. II. Meier
Tuesday, May I, pm
Hanover
Wednesday, May ?, pm
Roland
Wednesday, May I6, pm
Rhein
Wednesday, May as, pm
Frankfurt
Wednesday May 80. pm
HHXeier
Wednesday, June s, pm
Hanover
Wednesday June 49, pm.
WittekInd
Wednesday, June 20. pm.
Roland
Wednesday June AZ, pm
Rhein
Wednesday, July 4, pm.
Frankfurt
Wednesday, July II. pm
II. II. Meier
Wednesday, July IS. pm
And thereafter weekly
Rates Of Cabin Passage.
Baltimore to Bremen before April I,
upwards.
Round Trip $780, so and upwards
WAR TAX EXTRA.
RaFeS 0f Steerage Passage.
EiOHl DSlllulOre TO Bremen $27
INCLUDING WARTAx
From Bremen to Baltimore
S34
Round trip tickets from Baltimore to
Bremen and return,
$61
For freight and passage, apply to the
General Agents,
A. SCHUMACHER &CO.
No. South Gay St..
Baltimore, ND.
Orto
EDWARD F.. DROOP & SONS
GAS Penna. Ave,
Washington. ID. q.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
History Repeating Itself.
Listen to the voice Of Eimu I'D
Burke in 1877 declaring:

burke IN L777 declaring.
We may call the effect of our victory
peace. or obedience, or what we will;
but the war is not ended; the hostile
mind continues in full vigor, and it con-
tinues under a worse form; ifyour peace
be nothing but a sullen pause from arms
if their quiet be nothing but the medita.
ton Of revenge, where smtten pride
smarting from its wounds testers into
new rancor,
Is not the parallel perfect with
the conditions at present existing
in the Philippines, where we are
simultaneously at war, and not at
war; where peace exists and bat
ties are fought daily7
Hear again the voice Of the past,
from the same lips:
1t is to show how deep their crime
and how heavy their punishment will
be, who shall at any time resist a distant
power actually disposing Of their prop.
erty, without their voice or consent to
the disposition.
America is not subdued, Not one
unattached village which was originally
adverse has yet submitted
from love or terror, You have the
ground you encamp on; and you have
no more. The cantonments of your
troops and your domiuions are exactly
OF the same extent. You spread devas.
tation, hut you do not enlarge the sphere
OF authority. But IN case the
sword should do all that the sword can
do, the success OF your arms and the
defeat Of your policy will be one and the
same thing.
OF what avail are "markets" to
be opened up, il those who should
trade in them are dead or reduced
to destitutioD2
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
Deer Park Hotel

Deer Park, Wd.-BIost Dskghft4I
Sumner Resort Of the dHEgheHisJ.
Swept by mountain breezes, 7, 800 feet
ABOVE sea level. Absolutely free from
malaria, hay fever and mosquitoes. On
Main Line Of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
Hotel and Cottages. Every modern
convenience. Rooms en- suite with bath.
Electric Lights, Elevator, Turkish
Baths. two large Swimming Pools, Coll
Links, Tennis Courts, Bowling Alleys,
Magnificent Drives, Complete Livery
Service. Annapolis Naval Academv
Band. Delightful Cottages furnished
for housekeeping il desired) ready tor
occupancy June Ist Hotel open from
June 23d 20 September 3oth.
For rates and information address w
z Burwell, Manager, B. & -. Building,
Baltimore, Md, until June 10th. After
that time, Deer Park, Garrett County,
Md
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19

CONGRESSMAN MCCLELLAN, Of
New York, is to be congratulated
for keeping up the agitation for a
reduction OF the beer tax. His bill
recently introduced calls for the
specific reduction OF the tax on
beer alone.
Washington sentinel., 1900-05-19
n NNUAL SUPPLIES FOR

n NNUAL SUPPLIES FOR
Athe Omitted States Marine Corps.
Headquarters United States Marine
Corps, Quartermaster's Office, Wash.
ington, -. c., April 80, 1900. Sealed
proposals, in duplicate, will be received
at this Office until II O'Clock noon on
MAY 29, 1860. and then be publicly
opened, for furnishing military supplies
to be delivered at Philadelphia, Pa, and
Washington, ID. c. Sealed Proposals.
in duplicate, will also be received at this
Office until II o'clock noon on NAV %.
1900, and then be publicly opened for
furnishing ice and stationery al Wash.
ington, d. c Laundry work, fuel and
forage at Annapolis, Md; rations,
laundry work, fuel and forage at Ports
mouth, N. H., Boston, Mass, Newport.
r l., Brooklyn, N Y, Philadelphia,
Pa, League Island, Pa, Washington,
ID. c" Norfolk, Va, Port Royal, S. c.,
Pensacola, Fla, Mare Island, Cal, and
Bremerton, Wash. Blank proposals,
specifications and other information can
be obtained upon application to the
Commanding Officer, Marine Barracks,
at the stations uamed. Standard samples
can be examined az this office; at ITO
South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa
at Marine Barracks, Boston, Mass.
Brooklyn, N. Y. and Mare Island, Cal.
All bids accepted and contracts awarded
subject to an appropriation by Congress
10 meet the expense. This office
reserves the right 10 reject any and all |
bids and 10 waive defects. Bids from
or regular dealers only |
gill be considered. +. l.. DENNY, |
colonel, QuartermastCr, U. S. Marine
Corps. 4