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The Great Canal.
Unless some unforeseen complica-
tion shall arise the actual construc-
tion Of the Nicaragua canal will begin

Unless some unforeseen compllca-
tion shall arise the actual construc-.
tion Of the Nicaragua canal will begin
soon.
There seems to be no doubt.of the
ratification of the new Hay-Pauncefote
treaty. The canal commission has
agreed unanimously that the Nicara-
qua route should be adopted and a
great majority Of both houses OF con-
gress is In. favor Of the construc ton OF
an zisthmian canal under the sole own
Eership and control of our government:
Strong railroad interests are arrayed
against this great project. The rail
road Gazette, which sympathizes with
them. endeavors to setsup q scarecrow
on the proposed canal pathway. The
Gazette says that If we commit the
government to the construction OF the
canal we must be prepared for Two.
results:
.sFirst, If the provisions of the.
treaty areas stated, we must be pre-
pared to take care OF a new and remote
part of our coast line, and that means.
that we must greatly strengthen our
navy. Second, We must be prepared
for the effects upon industry and trade
which will follow from locking up a.
great sum Of money where st can pro-
gduce no return for many years to.
come; hundreds of mill lions of dollars.
cannot be spent in unproductiye work
and leave no effect behind. The case:
is not at all comparable with the:
recent financing of enormous concerns
in this country. There energy. as rep
resented By labor and material and
money, has not been poured into #un-5
productive work. =
SIhe motives that inspire this at
tempt to deter the movement for the
construction Of The canal are under
stood and will have little effect.
The reasons in favor of this great
enterprise are so strong, the benefits.
sto our commerce that would surely
come from it would be so4certain and
SO immense that its accompls lshment.
cannot be prevented OF seriously
delayed.
Its natural that the canal should
be opposed by the trans ntlnental-
railroads and their affiliations, but
they. cannot; stay it. sG.s5s.....
The Nicaragua canal will he built.
sIt. viii be begun in the early future:
and pushed forward as rapidly as
possible. Atlanta Journal.
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AMBITIOUS TERRITORIES.

H all the applicants for admission to.
the union shall have their way at the
session Of congress now about TO open
the union will soon be composed
wholly Of full fedged states.
New Mexico. Arizona, Oklahoma
and even Indian Territory are all seek
ing statehood. It seems likely that
the first three will get it from the.
fifty seventh congress.
These territories makesa strong case.
in suppoft:of their claim.
The leastspepulous Of them has many
more people and much more property
than several of our states could show
when they were admitted more than
twice the popula atien that Nevada, mas,
now after enjoying statehood nearly ~
years.
The census Of 1900 gave New Mexico.
1876, 319 population, Arizona l22r63l,
sOklahoma 308,383 and Indian Terri
tory 932, COO Every one Of these teri
tories has grown since June, 1900; and
Oklahoma now claims to have $4,000
people. s,,ss.75 5,
s Among our present states Vermont
has 343. OM population, Delaware l84,,-s
OOo, North Dakota 319, 600, Montana,
43. 600, Wyoming $1,000, Idaho l6l, ,-
OO0; Utah 26, 749 and Nevada AZ, 335.
All Of the terri tories named have.
rich natural resources, large areas and
prospects Of rapid and substantial
development.
They have ceased to be the scenes
of disorders and turbulence they once
were and are now well-ordered com
NUM- ties. .;.,3.s5.
IN the admission Of every state that
has come into the union during the:
past so years partisan politi con-
sideratio ions have played a big part and
politics will probably have much TO
claims of our present territories are
treated. But they offer many good
reasons why they should be admitted
to Tie union and those reasons should
be considered fairl tlanta. Journal.
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IRE HlrpAyNeEF0IE
TREATY BEFORE SENATE.
II abroqates clayton-BuIwer
Treaty---Guarantees Neutrality
Of Isthmian Canal.

Washington, Dec. .5.-The new Hay
.Pauncefote treaty, proy1dilng lot Inc i
construction of canal across the
lIsthmus Of Panama, which was sent
TO The senate yesterday is as foIloWs:,
The United States of America and
sh;s majesty. Edward VII, Of the Uni
ted Kingdom Of Great Britain aud Ire
land, and the British Domlnlons be-.
sYond the seas, king and emperor or
India, being desirous to facl 1ftate tne
Econsstr uction Of "a canal connect the
sAflantic and Pacific oceans, by what.
ever route may be considered expedlent
and TO that end to remove any obJec-
sfion which may arise out OF the con-
Sventiion of The 10th Of April, 1885,
commonly called the Clayton-BulWer
treaty, the construction of such canal
S1urnrder the auspices of the government
sof the United States without impair
si1,,, sinp the general principle ofSneutral75
ia lion established in article 8 of that
convention. have for that purpose ap-
pointed as their plenipotentla
;Thes president Of the United States,
.JohnsHay, secretary OF state ofsstne.
zJJnied States of America and his.
.Irr1raai;esty. Edward V.H sof the United.
sKSiingdom Of Great Britain and Ireland
and Of the British Dominions beyond
the seas, king and emperor Of India,
HE right: Of Hon. Lord Pa1ncefote,
e.. 20. sB., g. his majesty's
ambassador Extraordinary and plenipo-.
ten1itiasiry to the United States:
81 Who, having commune to each,
other their full powers which were
found to be In due and proper. form,
have. agreed upon the following
articles;
ARTICLE
The high contracting parties agree,
that The present treaty shall supersedet
the aforementioned convention OF the
18th Of April, 1886.
ARTICLE
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Case of Miss Stone.

The persistent reports that MISS
Stone and her companion, Nine.
Tsilka, are dead are sufficient to cause.
serious alarm and to lead to the ques-'
tion Has this government done all 1T.
should have done for these unfortu-
nate women? They we're captured on
September 6. three months ago, and
t3does not seem that they would have.
been held and properly cared for 50,
long BY men who were cruel and
desperate enough to kidnap them;
The brigands would be taking unusual
chances IN coming forward to restore.
their captives and to receive their
ransom. The man who advertises.
that he will pay for the return OF
stolen goods, and no questions
asked, sometimes has policeman
son hand to ask the questions.
The brigands might have feared that:
they would fall into the hands ofsthes
law and may have acted upon the.
plan OF the thief who drops his plum.
.der5whens too closely pursued bythe,
police The capture of these women
was an enterprise Offering many
chances Of failure, involving the rals-
ing of money for their ransom, sue
|cessfnl communication with their
friends, and theassurance OF immunity
from prosecution In view of the long
lapse of time, It seems like hoping
against:a certainty to feel that the
missionaries are alive.
Dr.. Haskell chief agent lnBulgarla.
for the American board Of foreign
missions, cabled The New York World.
Sunday that there was reason to fear
that Miss Stone and Nine. TsilkaI
were dead. H the captiVes are dead
the fact would account for the
determined insistence on the, part OF
the brigands that the ransom money
should be paid before the captiyes are.
surrendered to u.s.
It would account, also, for the
brigands' stubborn refusal to give.
safe conduct to; one Of our representa-.
T tiyyes Ito see Miss Stone and Mrs.
Fssilka in order to certify to US that.
they are alive before we pay over the
ransom money.
Jt:would appear that it was really
on this point, and not on the conten-5
;tiion that the sum offered by US was:
! insufficient, that negotiations for the
surrender Of the captires) were broken
off recently s#:...,..s -.
Besides, the ,brigand Ids timated that,
they would delay giying1p the prison
Iers until spring, although it us the1rl
first interest to close the matter as
quickly as possible.
These considerations necessarily:
weigh With Us in view of The reports.
nov prevalent Chat the two women.
are dead Moreover, we have some
confirmation of the grave news, and
we are sending .men.to learn the facts.
Heretofore DE. Haskell has stontly=
held to the belief that the mission
aries were safe. There are 50 many
sr1,nmors and they are so conflicting
that the public will be able to only
guess at the truth until official IN
formation is received. Constitution.
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The high cont acting parties agree
that The present treaty shall supeTsedes
the aforementioned convention of the;
10th Of April, 1850.
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aClGS fl1lGft1.

bat NIGHT Foster disappeared, and
with him SCENT money and jeMelTy that
belonged fos his bride. Her brother
broke open the man 's trunk and there
fonnd letters and pho otographs of Capt;
Freedand, off: Sumter, S. c.,
who had grown chill ldren.
sentsa detective, who easily learned of
Freeland, record there. For eighteen
wears he was IN the service Of the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad. more than
hhlf Of the time holding the responsi-
ble position road master of the
FlorenceC soIumbia division. He was
Suddenly dismissed ffron=ttlhe road five
years ago No explanation was given
forSthis .act,
He had eoasiderab money and with
sc went intosEhe china and glassware
business SinsSumter. and also became
President OF the Quicker & Bultman
GompanY,sqne OF the biggest concerns
~ that ss
SUDDENLY he went away from Sumter,
sand then was declared that ne had
borrowed exensirely from friends and
banks and that much OF the collateral
he had given Tor those loans could not
Be realized ON. His wife and children
were left without means.
All tracasof him was lost until he
sent bonds 4opay off some Of his cred
itoFs, and ,Nhen, a year ago. his wife
died BE returned to the funeral. He
was arrested then by some creditors,
but vas not convicted. kass
YaE .WIC,KES FAMILY.
Van Wyek Miekes, prominent resi-
sdenS of brooklyn, died about a year
=aeo. His wife's death occurred only a
few months before. He left two chill
dren, daughter. and son who was
secretary for Clinton u. RcssiteF, his
relative. then President of the Brook
lyn Rapid Transit Company These
children inherited a fortune from their
Sather.
The son went abroad last summer
and returned In the autumn, about
the time Foster is said to have made
the VOYAGE. Mrs William Il. Rosslter,
of No. 80 Seventh avenue. Brooklyn,
said last night that Mr. Wlckes was
IN Mexico, having gone there a feN
weeks ago. Mrs. Rossiter said, how
ever, that Mr.. Wickes's sister, who
was married recently, was Mrs.
LOOMS. and was living in this State.
She declared she had never beard O
any such affair as that related OF Eos
ter and his bride, and insisted tha
the latter must be another Mis-:
Wickes than her relative.
At the Hotel Savoy it was said NJ
Caps. and Mrs. Nelson Foster hae
been there.
dispatches from South Carolina sa.
the man has been located, but that NJ
attempt will be made to arrest him, al
the sole purpose of the investigation i
to obtain a divorce.
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The admission to the Charleston Ex-
position on Monday were 22,000.
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Sharkey has challenged Jefries
and Dave Sullivan has challenged
Young Corbett. e5
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-21
ATKINSON GETS BELT ROAD.
Atlanta FInaneIer Pays 100000 For
Birmingham Property.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Oct. 19.-It was
stated with authority in this city yes
terday that the Birmingham Belt railroad
has been sold TO H NJ. Atkinson and asso-
ciates for 5000 and that the papers
evtdencing the transfer will pass in the
the next day or so. II is further stated
that this deal has no connection with the
prospective coming TO this city of the
Seaboard Air Line. The present deal is
said TO be an entirely separate matter.
Mr.. Atkinson was seen yesterday after
noon In this city. He said that he could
make no definite statement at the present
time with regard to the sale. 1t is. how
ever. understood that Mr.. Atkinson and
associates are also the parties who
bought large block OF property in this
city adjacent 10 the Birmingham belt a
few days ago, and that the purchase Of
the Birmingham belt is by the same par
ties.
The rumor that the Seaboard Air Line
IS coming TO the city over the East and
West Railroad OF Alabama has been re-
vived. but there Is nothing OF an especial
Is tangible, nature In this direction. In
deed. II IS stated that the purchase OF
the Birmingham belt-b by Atkinson ana as
sociates Is IN the interests OF the Biz
ningham Railway, Light and Power COM
pany. which Mr.. Atkinson led In organic
ing some time ago.
IL IS understood that the Birmingham
belt viii formally pass into the hands OF
Atkinson and associates in the next few
davs and that then one may hear some
thing OF the efforts of the Seaboard Air
Line or the Illinois Central in lhelr pro-
ject TO come 70 this city.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-21
TAX COLLECTOR ENJ0INED.

ROME, Oct ia petition was filed
this morning before Judge Henry OF the
superior court asking for an injunction
of the county officials to prevent them
from collecting the tax founded upon the
rate recently adopted by the county COM
missioners Mr. Waiter Harper, editor
of The Rome Times, appears as the ap-
plicant for the Injunction. w.
Some days ago the county commission
ers assessed a levy for Floyd county at
1856 on the thousand, while the tax rate
of the state is S5.44. The petitioner AYERS
that this levy by tAe county authorities
is Illegal and cannot of right be enforced,
for the reason that the supreme court has
decided a county cannot. make it's levy
more than so per cent of the state assess
ment without the Recommendation, of the
grand jury, but that they may go as high
as 100 per cent with this recommendation.
The Times, It is said, will ask for a per-
petual injunction against AK Collector
Vandiver and Tax Receiver Crozier to
prevent them from receiving this illegal
tax from the citizens of Floyd county.
The filing of this injunction is the cause
of much interest among the people of this
county, and the result will be watched
with eager anticipation. The case will
probably be set for trial some day next
week
HANKS FOUNDRY COMPANY.
J.sD. Hanks. M. p. Whitehead, w. w.
Smith. A. H. Rogers and Ed Brown filed
a petition today in the superior court to
be Incorporated and known as the Hanks
Foundry company. The capital Is $4,000.
divided into. shares of 800 each and with
the privilege of increasing the amount to
$50, 900. The new enterprise will engage
in the manufacture of stoves hollow ware,
CRATES. etc. They will employ a large
number of hands and pay good wages.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-21
MISS STONE MAY BE SLAIN.

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Rev. r. Wardlaw
Thompson, a director of the collegiate and
theological institute at Sofia, cables the
following from Samanov, Bulgaria, to the
Journal and Advertiser, the details con-
corning Miss Stone, the kidnapped mission
airy:
.''Headquarters of Miss Stone .captors is
a thicl1ly wooded mountain top near the
boundary line of Turkey and Bulgaria.
Miss Stone has only light summer cloth.
ing and cotton dress. The brigands re-
fused to, allow her to keep her baggage,
Int let her have Bible. The leader Of
the band is the notorious Boucho, from
the Bulgarian town of Dabnitza.
I'VE sent word to Constantinople point
ing out that being private individuals, we
cannot prevent the government from
pressing the brigands, also that the ran
som is too princely. No such sum was
ever heretofore demanded. The rejoinder
has not yet been received.
Usually brigands ask about thousand
pounds and then agree for half.
Twenty thousand Turkish pounds
means two horse loads OF gold, and that
IS more gold than there is now in Bull
garia Besides, the brigands demand pay
ment in Turkish gold, for which it would
be necessary to send to Constantinople. /
should not give the brigands the ransom
until Miss Stone is safely delivered to us,
as they might murder her after receiving
the money. The more desperate brigands
murder after ransom in Order to seal the
lips forever. We have three theological
institute students who were captured In
the Stone party. One tells pathetically
how he was robbed Of money intended to
pay for his tuition
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-21
BURN COTTON BALES
TO- FIND RESISTANCE
ROUND AND SQUARE BALES WILL
BE PLACED IN A BUILDING
AND FIRED.

II. G. StockdeH and L. G. Fletcher, two
Atlanta underwriters, will go to Phila-
delphia next month to witness a test Of
the burning of round and square cotton
bales, to ascertain which has the better
fire resisting qualities.
For years the merits of the two bales
of cotton, roundlap and square, have been
a heated topic of debate among under
writer's and cotton men, and the South
eastern Tariff Association two months ago
appointed a committee to make a test
and recommend whether the roundlap or
the square should have the better rate.
Some months ago the National Fire Pro-
lection Association, body of well-known
insurance men, appointed a similar COM
mittee and as southern member named
Mr.. Stockdell. who is president of the
Southeastern Tariff Association.
Mr.. Fletcher is chairman of the S. E.
A. special committee on cotton bales, and
recently it was decided to have both
committees meet in conjunction and have
the test in Philadelphia.
A test of this sort possesses many pyro-
technical features and is expensive, cost,
ing upwards of IS, 0o0 Both styles of cot
ton bales are gathered together under
frame roof and the whole thing is fired.
When the blaze dies out, the underwriters
can tell which kind of bale resisted the fire
most successfully. The exact date Of the
test has not been decided upon, but 1t will
be in the middle of next month
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-21
BrIqand Makes Another Demand.

NEW YORK, Oct. BINARY Haskell.
daughter of DR.. Henry c. Haskell of the
Saniakov mission, cables to The Journal
and Advertiser from Samakov the follow
ing details concerning the receipt of the
communication from Miss Stone now held
in captivity by the bandits:
Into my hands at the dead of night
brigand delivered the only communion
ton received from Miss Stone since her
death-like captivity. My father and the
whole family had long been asleep when
a bandit bearing a letter knocked re-
peatedly at my bedroom window. Reply
ing to the question. What do you want?'
the brigand handed a letter through the
half-opened window, concealing his face
urged him for information. He showed
me an enormous revolver saying
" If you look In my face or make any
trouble VIII blow your brains upon the
opposite WALL .a
'He then directed me to give the Letter
Immediately to Mr.. Haskell. saying If the
contents should be disclosed to any except
those mentioned, my father and his fam
fly would be put to, death. Again warn
ing me to look upon his face under the
penalty of being shot. the wen-dressed
brigand departed The letter. was adj
dressed to my Iather. Upon the envelope
were the words To be delivered at once
tore open the envelope and found a let
ter for Treasurer Peet and one for my.
father, asking him to deliver the letter.
/ opened the letter because; 1t was black
mailing epistle, similar to those sent to
other members of the mission demanding
that money be placed at certain remote
places on fixed dates under penalty of
death. Both letters were written in Bull
garian."
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1901-10-21
ODELIA DISS DEBAR
KISSED BY CROWD
LONDON POLICE FEAR WOMAN
AND HUSBAND MAY BE Mo55ED
NJ CROWD CAN GET TO THEM.

LONDON, Oct 1S.-Today's feature in
the trial of Theodore Jackson and Laura
Jackson (Ann Odelia Diss- Debar) on
charges of immortality and fraud was the
shrewdness the woman defendant dis
played In cross examining the witnesses.
She was very theatrical and became so
violent once that II seemed as II she
would have to be removed from the court
This outbreak was caused by the impu-
tation of a witness regarding the chasti-
~. OF Mrs. jackson. -
The examination of the mother Of Daisy
Adams. one Of the alleged victims OF the
Jacksons, developed the presence at
Brighton OF a sect Of. Christian Spirit
ualists. remarkable in it's way as the
theocratic unity. The officers were enti-
tied king Solomon. empress Of the uni
verse, King Beriacha."
Mrs. jackson used this sect to secure
introductions to her victims.
After a girl named Laura Faulkner tes-
tilted to Jaokson's attempts at outrage
the case was adjourned until November
Z, when another week or more probably
Will be taken up with the police court tes-
timony.
Mrs. Jackson remarked. upon hearing
that she and her husband were remanded,
THAT suits US precisely" and the crowd
present Kissed the pair heartily as they
were led out Of the court room.
Crowds OF people outside the police
court waited patiently but in vain for a
chance of hooting the prisoners. The po-
lice are taking special precautions. fear
ing that the prisoners might be lynched
If the mob ever got hold of them.
The ,Jacksons VIII spend the interim In
Holloway, TAIL