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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
FORTY MILLIONS
FOR THE CANAL
Approximate Price Pan
anna Company Will
Ask for Property.

PARIS, Dec. 2S.-M. Lampre, secretary
general of the Panama Canal Company.
sailed for New York to-day on the French
line steamer L'Aquitaine from Havre. He
will confer on his arrival in the United
States with a number of the Panama
Companys American representatives and
oVertures for the sale Of the canal prop
erty to the United States will then be
renewed.
In view Of the doubt existing In the
United States regarding the price the
Panama Canal Company's representatives
intend to ask for the property, your cor
respondent made inquiries from the best
source of information on that subject and
is enabled to say that the price will be
approximately 100000 900.
This figure cannot yet be given as the
exact one, because the company has not
yet come to definite decision, but it
will not be appreciably higher. The 18th
mian Commissions full report is now in
possession of the Panama Company and
it's valuations will be studied in detail.
The report of the directors of the Panama
Company, cabled December q, said;
"We offer to accept as the basis and
principal of departure of fresh negOtia-
tions the figures and declarations main
tanned in the Isthmian Commission defini-
tive report"
The estimates come to by such eminent
men are not thought to be open to ques-
ton, though possibly a few items are sus-
ceptible to reconsideration and a few
matters may remain to be decided, such
as a valuation Of the companys stock Of
supplies but none of these is calculated
to modify the gross figure to any extent.
The company does not intend to give the
slightest ground for any further misun-
derstanding and believes the definitive
price put forward will now be acceptable
With NJ. Lampre in America it will not
be necessary for the mandatory who Is
empowered to submit the definitive price
to depart from France until later, when
the Vaccinations are under WaY
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
WILL TRY TO SECURE
RELEASE OF MISS STONE
Two American Representatives Leave
Salonica to Meet Her Brigand
Cantora

CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 2S.-W w.
Peet, treasurer of the Missionary Society
in Constantinople, and NJ. GargiuIo, drag
oman Of the United States legation, who
left here December II to meet the bri-
gands who hold Miss Stone captive, have
started from Salonica for the interior. No
news Of their movements is to be ex-
pected for some days. The Government,
on representations made by the legation,
has sent instructions to the provincial au-
thorities to render the United States ne
gotiators for the release of Miss Stone
every assistance in their power.
Spencer Eddy, United States Charge
d'Affaires, attended a selamlik Thursday.
He was cordially received by the Sultan.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

TN ORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec.
ID 2S-Passengers who have arrived
r. here from La Guayra say that
President Castro of Venezuela
wished to send troops from Car
acas to Valencia to operate against the
revolutionists, but that the German au-
thorities refused to permit the use of the
line unless there was a guarantee against
damage from battle with insurgents. The
railroad officials appealed to the German
Minister to support them. Several notes
passed between the Minister and Presi-
dent Castro, and then followed an inter-
view which was not satisfactory. 1t is
said that the railroad officials finally or
dered the dismounting of the locomotives,
while the, German Minister departed to
La Guayra to go on board the German
cruiser Fake.
The railroad stations, 1t is reported, are
occupied by Venezuelan troops
According to the latest advices the Ven
ezuelan revolutionists recently in Colom-
bian territory have crossed the frontier
and are now in Guajira peninsula and in
Tachira. They are under the command
Of Generals Pablo Penalosa and Rangel
Garbiras. The latest news shows that
there are extensive uprisings against
President Castro in the States of Cara
bobo and Bermudez. 1t is reported that
Governor Sarria has revolted and has
established an autonomy in Guayana.
The Venezuelan gunboat Restaurador
arrived here yesterday. She reported that
the British steamship Ban Righ, which,
it is said, has on board a large quantity
Of arms and ammunition for the revolu-
tionists, was at Martinique when she left,
The Restaurador left this port last night
to continue scouting duty.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN'S
POSITION STRENGTHENED
Lord Rosebery Rejects Offer Looking
to the Restoration of Lib
eral UNITY

LONDON, Dec. 28.-It is asserted upon
apparently good authority that the Lib
eraI 1eader, Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-
man, has written a letter to Lord Rose
berry in the hope of restoring unity among
the Liberals, but Lord Rosebery de-
clines to join his fortunes to those Of the
party in the present circumstances.
Should this statement prove to be correct
It viii be considered a further proof of
the sincerity Of Sir Henry's efforts for
party union and will give him a new
claim TO the loyalty Of the Liberals and
thus strengthen his position as leader
and the effectiveness of the opposition
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
The Marietta at San Juan.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The gunboat
Marietta, which arrived at San Juan, P.
R., yesterday, will join the North Allan
tic squadron at Culebra Island The
Machias has been until recently the gun
boat with the squadron, but has now
come north, and the Marietta will take
her place during the evolutions in West
Indian waters.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Will Be Buried with Military II,

VIII Be Buried WITH Military aOnOrs
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-The body Of
Lieutenant Colonel w. B. Richards, Sew
enth Infantry, who died at Vancouver
Barracks about two weeks ago, will ar
rive here Monday at 1880 a. m. and Will
be removed to a vault at the Arlington
National Cemetery, where the interment
will be made with becoming military cere-
monies Tuesday afternoon at o'clock
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

mer, is under arrest In Del Rio, Tex He
is o. W. Coffelt, who some time ago for
fetted bond OF $1,000 in PaWnee County,
where he is awaiting trial on a charge OF
felOniOus assault The Sheriff Of Pawnee
County left for Texas to-day with a req
uisition for CoffeIt.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

Another Victim of Illuminating Gas.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-John ]. Kelly,
former member of the New Jersey AS
sembly from Bordentown, was found dead
in bed in Jersey City to-day. Death was
caused by inhaling illuminating gas.
Kelly was in good spirits last night and
his friends do not believe he committed
suicide. He was IS years old
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

VI - ~ - a -
ury Department,
graduate Of Co
lumbia College
and who served
three years at
West Point, has
the following to
say Of Peruna:
"Allow me to
express my graft
tude to you for
the benefit de-
rived from your
wonderful rem
edy. One short
m n Z n n a q
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Train Jumps Track and Kills Tramp.

ANADARKO, o. T., Dec. 2S.-Rock Isl
and freight train No. 1S5 jumped the
track twelve miles south Of Anadarko.
Frank Robinson, aged 26 years, a tramp
carpenter of Lincoln, Mo-, was killed and
three tramps were injured more or less
seriously. The wreck caught fire and an
emigrant car and five freight cars were
consumed.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Japan using Wireless Telegrf ,hY.

ST. PETERSBURG, Dec. 2S-The Jap
anese Minister at Seoul has notified the
Korean Government that Japan has be-
gun the erection Of wireless telegraphy
stations along the Korean coast.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
suppoged Aggaggin Captured.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Dec. pa man
suspected of being the assassin of s. c.
Montgomery, a Santa Fe detective, who
was killed at Winfield, Kans., last sum
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Appointed to a Responsible Place

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 2S-Of1cial notice
has been received in this city of the ap-
pointment Of John Gillie as superintend-
ent of all the mines of the Amalgamated
Copper Company. The position is a new
one.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
sCHLEY AND COUNSEL
HOLD A CONFERENCE
Ii Further Steps Be Taken They Will
Deal With Legal Phases Of the

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2S.-Admlral
Schley was Joined at his apartments in
the Richmond to-day by his counsel, Isa-
dor Raynor and Assistant Counsel
league, both of whom came over from
Baltimore at the admirals request in
order to consider what further steps, If
any, were to be taken in the Schley case
The conference closed at 2 o'clock and
Raynor returned to Baltimore. No state
ment was made as to the results, except
that such further steps as might be taken
would deal with legal rather than naval
phases Of the controversy.
Admiral and Mrs. Schley will leave In
about a week for a trip south, to be gone
about two weeks. He has not yet made
up his itinerary, but will do so next week
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Attempt to Wreck an Electric Car.

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio, Dec. 2S.-An
attempt to wreck a car on the Toledo,
Bowling Green and Southern Electric
Railway was made near here early to-
day. The car, with twenty passengers,
ran into a pile Of boards placed on the
track where it runs along deep gully
BY good fortune the car did not leavs
the track and calamity was thus avert
ed. A Deputy Sheriff and posse arrested
two men suspected Of the crime. This is
the second attempt Of the kind.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

TRENTON, N. j., Dec 2S.-The American
Mechanical Cashier Company, capital So, 0Oo-
600. to manufacture cash registers of all kinds
was incorporated here to-day.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

PARIS, Dec. 28.-A cry of alarm is
sounded in the French press regarding the
treatment received by French merchant
ships in Pacific ports of the United
States.
1t is claimed that local institutions
have, in defiance of the Franco-American
treaty of 1858, fnterfered between captains
and crews, ignoring the authority of the
French Consul, which is alone valid, and
thereby provoking wholesale desertions.
NJ. Schwob, editor of the Petit Phare, a
shipping organ published in Nantes, says
he has received a document which leaves
no doubt on the subject Eight captains
of French vessels of heavy tonnage sent
a complaint a month ago to the French
Consul General in San Francisco and a
similar communication was sent to the
editor of Phare by French captains at
Portland and Astoria.
These documents claim that the regU-
lar trade has been disorganized by local
sailors home for holding French seamen
for ransom, and that the authorities re-
fuse to put stop to these proceedings,
hence cases of desertton are becoming
more numerous.
Sixteen French ships on the Columbia
River at the time of writing were, in con-
sequence, far short of their strength. 1t
is further pointed out that the French
naval reserves are also being depleted by
desertion of these seanien.
No change in the situation has been
brought about by the protests sent to the
French Consul General in San Francisco.
One of the captains was arrested on COM
plant of deserter and, had to find bail
to the amount of $500. In another case
vessel belonging in Nantes was seized and
kept under arrest three days on complaint
of an imprisoned seaman.
The Phare declares that in view Of the
inertia or helplessness Of the French dip
lomatic representatives on the spot 1t is
proposed by a group of ship-owners to
request the Ministry of Marine to send
warship out to the Western coast of the
United States for the protection of French
mercantile interests.
PORTLAND, Or, Dec. &C. Henri
Liable, the French consular agent, when
seen regarding the reported denunciation
by the French captains in port, to-day
said:
''I feel that have used my utmost en-
deavors to protect the interests of my
countrymen. 1 did not know the captains
had written to the Consul General in San
Francisco denouncing me. cannot say
anything further for publication until L
have investigated the matter"
The French Consul General Henry
Dallemagne, last night emphatically de-
MED that he had received any complaint
against c. Henri Liable, the French con-
sular agent in Portland. He said that no
French captains had sent communica-
ton to him denouncing Labbe's conduct.
The Consul General expressed the great
est faith In Liable, and declared that had
he himself been there he could not have
done better under the circumstances. The
Consul General said that the consular
agent in Portland had done the best, con-
sidering the conditions that he was called
upon to meet.
The Consul General admitted that the
conditions surrounding navigation on the
Pacific Coast were not altogether salts
factory, but refused to enter into further
q Ssinra for r11hlica tinr
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Medical Examiner U. S. Treasury.

Dr. Llewellyn Jordan. Medical Examiner
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
Berlin E mba SIS a dor
Goes Aboard a
Warship.
His Interview With
President Unsat-
isfactory.

Special cable to The Cali and New York Her
aid. Copyright, 1901, by the Herald Pub
fishing Company
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29
FRENCH MARINERS
HAVE GRIEVANCE
Allege Unfair Treatment
in Ports on This
Coast.
Claim That Local Officials
Wink at "Shanghaing"
Operations.

Special cable to The Call and New York Her
aid. Copyright 1901. by -ae Herald Pub
HshinS Company.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

. DION, Dec. 2S.-Barranquilla pa
pers dated December "a, which
4 came to hand this morning, con-
tain further details of the battle
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-29

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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17
rl,o nnrmaid Question.

An embarrassing moment occulteu
Of one of the annual meetings OF the
Committee GO of the Church of England
Temperance Society over VIM wnie" T rhe
late bishop of London presided. Inc
report of the ladies' committee !n1''e,. ,,on
read which. among other Information
oontained the statement that during
the last year much attention was palu
=, -, harmaids." A very audible litter ran
ronnd the meeting. which was changed
70 undisguised laughter as the follow.
inc words were read: This mas II
r,env cases. led to their being visited Il
their homes" So loud was the merrl
mont of the clergy that the CHAIRMAN
fearful of more alarming amolgu'''es
,ose and smilingly observed; perhaps
Gentlemen. we may take the report "
readr'-London Chronicle.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17

IN sentence, Russia is huge larh'
comprising seventh Of the lana =, sur If
foce of the globe and twenty-siXth OIL
its total area. 1t has half dozen men men
TO manage it-according to the pom ~.
- one of the six-and the people are
divided into 100000 of men ana
T- We of the more or less comfortable
more or less educated class and lls'-
900 600 of citizens, the mass OF "non
form the dullest, rudest, least amDi'
t,ous peasantry in Europe. If one tr%N.
oils over Russia to spy out the iahu' L,
NAV go for days across it from IVES v,'s,,
90 cast without breaking the conu hu
ous view of fat disk, whose only va
, r,etv lies between its farmed haln i,.
ond its waste fairness, Its squat snrin i
. % ,nr unkempt villages and its SAND
districts wooded with thin nircn
ororgreens. Everywhere It Is new
.. e 49, ond uptidy.-Harper's Magazin
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1..st battle in Great Britain.

This was the battle Of Culoden moor,
li,' ~ 174e 20. S.. 1t was fought
apr lain about i've miles from lnver-
on q scotland. 1t was the last attempt
ne NC .ha mart of the Stuarts to get pos
Oh lne Of Of the throne of Great Britain.
Th,s attempt was made by Charles E ~
,,. n,. stuart c'Bonnie Prince Charlie },
grandson of James Il. He d Ie',l,,.,.
a 80 EngIish in the battle of Falkirk
wv, .ne n a second battle. at Culloden' was
S Jul defeated by the Duke Of Cum
harland. He wandered as a tuglt i've u, !,
the highlands for FIVE months nnall:
succeeded in getting ont Of the cOwl
trv and died in Rome Jan. 80 1862
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transmitted to the driving wheel by
means of a train of gears contained IN
the casing surrounding the crank axle.
The steering is accomplished by means
Of rack and pinion attached to the
handle bar and steering post respective
~ a turn of the handle bar short as
lance in either direction rotating the
most and pulling the steering wheel
around by actuating the two roos
which lead from the post to the steer
ing head. The handle bar also serves
as rest for the back, and in case o.
an accident the rider would be thrown
clear of the wheel. as there is nothin'
70 obstruct his legs or body. The ma
! chine is also made in tricycle. form
S With a short shaft supporting two sma
- wheels at the rear of the steering an
/ driving wheel.
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.o,thIv hastile. Mount Carroll is high'
hut the iail is several pegs higher
Around the town winds the NauKa-
,-,sa River. One may step aside from
= main street and look down sheer
descent of several hundred feet ih'o .ns
law stream. One Of the streets enueu
at the brink OF this steep bank.
c,+v fathers thought it would De
crood idea TO blockade the avenue ny
erectinq town building on The euse
Of the Jagged palisade 1t would not
oDlv serve to keep careless peopie
from pitching over the brink, out coulu
no utilized as a jail in which trlNiai
Offenders could be held. A.,
1t so happened, however tna1 ~. ~
structure was made to block up .n
Premises of a citizen. The big DoA-nAe
pTair presented broadside to 'ne
oi+ivon,s front door. 1t was so near
: thot an imprisoned tobacco hend eOulu
from an omen window expectoraie over
on the stoop floor. Inc Town va "a,
> threatened with damage suit II II u,u
o NOT take the thing away forth"ltn
= r,bera was only one thing to 40 anu
that was 70 move thS -,
N nrecipice and set it on stills. a Aoou
S sftv feet below is a rocky ledge hiteei
Foot vide A framework of props wa
ry set on this ledge, and this was SUI
tie mounted by the window grated boz DO,
NJ From one of the windows 10 tne nuuu
tut waukarusa is a dOwnlook capable :
Is annalling the heart Of the most nay
- ened hobo in the land. 1t is Coz
slant fear that the high who's Mnl.
len have habit of prevailing in Moul
ers Carroll will move the structure ITO
ats ito equilibrium and topple it over IN
.rly tho abvss. The fimsy contrivance'
'ad' nm there on pegs. looks as though
the single blast of old boreas would uhs'
ne II or still worse, a twlster Jake
sell nm and whiri it off the earth.
as n The unique excuse for jan anu
Dtic- terrifying location has served , Tue ~
bnt veil Until the expected taxes pa
how and the shaky box tumoles oown
- oliff no observing rambling Rutus
risk being shut up in it for SIN
said night
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OLDEST JAIL IN ILLINOIS.
Give the Carroll County bast'e
r Wide Berth.

Give the Carroll County Bast'e
Wide Berth. -
No hobo who has ever VISITED 'ne
town of Mount Carroll, ILL.,, has been
known to venture within a mile oil II
again. This fact is owing to the loea-
ton rather than the condition OF tne
town Jail. once a tramp catches sign 's,
Of Il he would no sooner linger within ,.l.
its shadow than would crow ngn'
upon a made-up figure in a corn neiu-
indeed. the contrivance is made 70
serve the purpose Of tramp scare.
The wandering Willie who for single
night has lodged in the Mount Carro ..
Sail has carried away with him sum
cient terrors to keep him out OF ,ne
county during the remainder OF ms
wandering life. 1t comes nearer Oein eur
a calaboose in the clouds tnan any
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FOR HIS HONOR


Of many footsteps. The men OF NC r
Vaigh township were not out tor VAIN
parade. They meant business.
terrific battering came at the uoors,
the one level with the yard attacked !
0rs+ The taller looked out from
small window in the old roof. II nau
been used for such purposes.
I'VE want Martini" cried a Voics'
land we know Terrence isn't mere.
Omen the door or throw out the Keys
~ can't do It," shouted the 1ailer.
wen fight it out! He's my blood
kin" ..o
With a great shout the assault on the
I. door began. The prisoners above tne
dunpeon were wild with terror. WhS'
would not mob doF
n "Menr' he cried, help me 10 Daril
cade this doorl The sherih VIII coi"e'
~ We must gain time"
= It took a good many minutes 10 pass
!, the barricade and to chop IN the heaVy
= door farther on. 1t took more to wrench
10 and chop and pull out the cell door' a
- -. eo,,,ro was crouched in the corner,
silent as death. A.,
l., mighty still, are your shrieked the
&C leader. Johnson Martins own COUSIN
IA ond the heir to the farm If he was
nd hung. "Come out here, you muruerei
M A dozen hands laid hold on w
crouching figure. 1t was dragged naul
u cd carried. forced up the stairs gu
vas INTO the yard. $50,
the "string him up! Here's rOp'
in Quick| o,. owfr
,so blood-curdling-rang out once agar
o,or again. The crowd fell back. OoS
10Th Cod What did this meanE
10 Thev stood the figure up and rais'
nem lanterns high over it a second u ="
q woman-a terror-stricken woman
,os+ with her brown haid unlooseneu' Id
10 ,ng over mans suit of clothes.
the A mighty shout, and in among I'M
dashed borsemen. the burly sheriff
~ ~, +ho haad He threw himself from
- ho.so no snatched the woman to
stub arms. -. so,
/ the Are We men ms ..Oe bar
49, ,rSank God. Martin is safe He Is
4 4ss r,rrderer. The negro tracked to b
r end Swamp to-uay 10 '-'e 4,,onov
AIRED old mans watch and money
# nm shame, go home"
liler." The crowd STUN 49, 49, linn +
into the house. and while he laws
ovarv fond epithet upon her, the
3 now While prisoner, in her attire knelt
Kissed the feet of the poor little
rning, Aisseu
ate to- erness l., hotter iail now, but
! your Inele +ho county have not yet
ed for better sheriff than the
A"e whose wife we'll nigh gave ner III
= his honor.-Buffalo Evening New
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so,,bta6 his faith in the Bible and in
bis dictum that 1.-The sun do move.
He was nearly ninety years Old anu
leaves a widow. who was MS 'ni'u
wife. os
The Rev. John Jacob Jasper was
known the world over by his declara-
ton that 1.-THE sun do move" Inns
ono sentence he has persistently useu
in his sermons for fifteen years. vi
sixty-two years he had preacheo lion
+he nulnit. He was a slave when ne
ers+ nropounded the gospel In the
sormon which made him famous he ue-
dared. 1.-THE earth is square and inl,
rnovable The sun rises in the eas'
and moves toward the west, ana tne,'
sets. The world is fat. Is anyoou1
ZINC 70 saw that the sun was stanulni
stiu before Josher told it to stanu sun
: n Won thing Josher would have aske'
t tho privilege to stop the sun II sne ma
r not heen moving? This morning Wne
: the sun rose it was over mere y
S said pointing to the East 40" coui
: +ho srp get from that side of the nous
Y ovar 70 this (pointing toward the Wes'
n ,,nlass II moved? The man VINO Sd!
Y, the sun does not move, does not rea
e. Tho Rihle." The Rev. Jasper was po'
in Fluvanna County, va, jury
1912 He was six feet two lnches Ia
#, and was remarkably well built :
nj his knowledge was self-acquireu.
r. Iectured throughout the country d
pit once he received an urgent requ'
IS from Henry Ward Beecher to ieclI
H. IN in Plymouth Church. and at other III. u.
ID received pressing invitations 10 pre'
-, IN the large churches Of Europe
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u,,,, Heaviest railroad Train.

locomotive Of the Pennsyiv ,ln,,t
railway recently drew train ABOUT
t ttr of a mile long, MADE .yao up
IN Co 1ooded coal cars, from Altoona
" % 1872 miles, in twelve
-, ~ The weight of the train behind
- ~ fender was 5,212 tons, the locomo'
five weighing 1O4 tons. This Is saiu -
have been the heaviest train evel
Moved a long distance by a single loco
motive.