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Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
TROPICAL LABOR
 FOR iSTHMIAN CANAL
George s. Morrison Puts the Cost of It
 at $14O,OOO,OO0.

New York, December 2S.-Gecrge s. Morrison. of the Isthmian Canal com mission. delivered an address berorc the American Geographical Society last night on the Panama Canal" lie said that the distance between Colon and Panama Bay was fOrty-one miles, and that the most feasible route for the canal was by way of Lake Bahia, twelve miles long, leaving practically fourteen miles of canal on each side or it. The level of the lake being higher than that of the ocean would mdHe necessary a series of locks on each side, he said, and the greatest piece of ex cavation would come at the Culebra Cut, on the Panama side.
 The total excavation for the entire canal he estimated at 53,0OO,000 cubic yards, the magnitude Of the work be- ing about twelve times that involved in constructing the Great Pyramid. The cost of the canal he puts at S140,- 900, 900, including the payment of s40, 900, 900 to the French company. The time of passage for q ship after the canal was completed he estimated at four hours and a half
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29

ton from the normal tariffs in the fu- ture- The great general business that is going on in the territories traversed by the big western lines will keep traffic heavy enough for a long time to prevent rate demoraliza tion
 The consumptive demand everywhere has increased to such a great extent that it will tax the facilities of the roads to furnish supplies to meet the requirements, to say nothing of handi- ing the products of the various ser,- tions. The western country is full Of grain which has not started to move to any great extent and, even if it should start at once in Q large volume. it would require months to market it.
 Officials believe that. if the present good foreign demand for our cereals continue, corn will soon make it's aD- pearance at shipping points in Iarg, quantities, but the prompt shipment O it is another question. It is feared that they will have an experience. similar to that Of the eastern lines. when they attempted to get cars to rush hard coal to western terminals. They could Eot find cars enough To relieve the situation at all
 So far the weather has been favor able from a railroad standpoint. as few snow blockades have interrupted the movement of traffic. but, if wfnte,. should set in in earnest, compositions would no doubt occur very quickly. At St. Paul and Minneapolis there is a condition similar to that which occur red at the Pittsburg gateway only a fortnight or so ago. The terminal connections there are inadequate to re- ceiye the business, and. as a conse- quence, the blockade is assuming seri- ous proportions.
 All through the northwest the move ment is abnormally heavy in every di- rection. Grain is moving freely ana live stock, especially in the Buriing- tons territory, is the heaviest on rec ord for this season of the year. In .ne southwest, business is rapidly gaining. The California fruit traffic of the Santa F'e is getting to be heavy and viii keep the line busy coming east until Narcn.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
PEACE OFFERING
 CHARGED WITH DEATH
Chicago Man Dies From Drinking
 Poisoned Wine.

Chicago. December 2S.-Poisoned, it is charged. by means of a bottle of wine given as a Christmas present, Richard Cummings, fifty years oi age, died to- day at the home of Mrs. Lizzie Shana- han. where he is boarding. William Moniak. his wife, and a fourteen-year- old daughter are arrested on suspicion of having poisoned Cummings. A bit ter quarrel is said to have taken place bteween Cummings and Mrs. Shana- han on one side and the Moniaks on the other The wine, according to the story told by the police was given to Mrs. Shanahan by Mary Moniak on behalf of her parents as a peace offering. Mrs. Shanahan drank some of it and it is said suffered from severe pains after ward. She offered some to a niece, who complained that it tasted bitter. Cummings drank the remainder and died twenty-four hours later.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
ALLIED POWERS
 HOLDING OUT
Unwilling to Agree Upon Terms
 of Settlement
Insisting Upon an Arbitration by the United States-In the Meantime There Is New Uprising in Vene- Zuela.

Washington. December 2S-The Vene- zueIan government is now in possess ion of the complete notes of Great Britain and Germany containing the various reservations made by these governments before a decision is reach ed on the issues between Venezuela and the European governments having claims against her, should be referred to The Hague tribunal for arbitration The United States has acted as inter- mediary in the steps leading up to ac- ceptance of arbitration and now turns ever to the Venezuelan government, the formal work of completing a basis for full hearing before The Hague The notes were transmitted to ne Venezuelan government through United States Minister Bowen at Caracas. Nc new features of the situation have been received here today.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
FEW CHANGES IN OFFICE.

Cheyenne. Wyo., December 28.-Early in January the newly elected state. county and city officers will take charge of their offices. With few eX- captions the old officers succeed them selves and will reappoiat the old assist ants. Governor Richards will retain Wallace C. Bond, who has been pri- Vate secretary fer four years. Secre- tary of State Chatterton will probably retain k. P. Fuller as chief clerk. State Treasurer Abbott will be sue ceeded by H. c Hay; Deputy Sheldon will be retained. State Auditor Le Roy Grant will retain F. J. Niswander. who has served as deputy for eight consecutive years.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29

Chicago. December 2S.-Reports of an easy car situation in the east or west are received with doubt by officials or western roads who are likely to De the
 best informed, and those who are in close touch with the general railway situation.
 Whatever betterment has been er-
 fected they believe is not sufficient to
 be entitled to serious consideration
 There is not an important road in the
 west that has enough cars to handle
 the enormous tonnage that IS offered
 The past week has not produced any
 particular change in the railroad situa-
 ton. The great volume of westboun1
 freight is being maintained and in some respects it is greater than here tOfCre reported One feature of tine.
 tonnage moving in this direction is the large shipments of all kinds of ma chinery, designed for mills and small manufacturing plants which are spring ing up in many localities throughout the country.
 This is considered by railroad men one of the best indications of abundant and permanent prosperity. It means d continuation of the big business of the railroads, and reflects a further growth of industry in the far west These new industrial plants have suffered
 materially, owing to the inability or the railroads to make prompt delivery or operating equipment. which was order ! ed many months ago. The roads. however, have not been entirely to blame for the delayed shipments, as [, | Is a we'll known fact that the manu- | facturers of small machinery and en- zines have long been behind with then | orders.
 Judging from the vast amount Of available freight, the gross earnings or i the principal lines will continue tu show gains, but net results will ce, pend upon the re-establishment of no-.
 nal tariffs and the strict maintenance | of the same. The roads have been taught Q severe lesson in the way Of
 rate cutting and tariff demoralIzatfon. | but if rates are restored, there will probably be but little if any devia-
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29

Est innate.
 A statement recently published by the bulletin of tha American Iron and Steel assCcia ton indicates that of the l5,37S. .354 tons Of pig iron produced in the United States in 1SO1 G,S)3,SSS tons were produced by tho Unitel States Steel corporation. and 9,074,576 tons b. Independent companies.
 This phenomenal growth in tae pro- auction If iron and steel in thc United States placed the United States 5ov- eral years ago at the head of the worlds list of iron producing nations, but has now made its production great CT than the combined production or the United Kingdom and Germany. those cour tries being by far the largest iron producers 0: the world, aside from the United States. The total pig iron production of Germany in 1901 WIS 7,S56,1z9 metric tons and that Of the United Kingdom, 7.928,647 long tons, making the combined production of these two countries in 1901 15.G03O00 long tons. which is slightly less than the 1901 produC ton Of the United States. The figures showing the pro- duo ton of these two countries covering the first half of 1902, which have just been received by the bureau of statis- tics. fully justify the statement that the production in the United States ia 1902 VII also exceed the combined pro auction of England and Germany.
 The fcr7wing table shows the pro- ductilr c; pig iron in tine United States and tine United Kingdom. begInuiag with 1886:
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
TO EXCLUDE sIDEsHows.

St. Louis, December 2S.-COlin NJ Seiph, representative-elect to the legis- lature from the district in which the worlds fair site is located. will intro duce in the assembly. soon after it meets, bill making it illegal to con- ducr any amusement enterprise within 2.OOO feet of any county state or na- tloanl fair grounds in Missouri. The purpose is to prevent outside parties from establishing sideshows on the Catlin track, adjoining the worlds fair grounds.
 The Catiin tract has been leased to Xavier Pene of Marseilles, France. for S4S0,0OO the site to be used for the es- tablishment of an amusement resort.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
NEW LEAGUE LAUNCHED.

Seattle, Wash. December 2S.-At a meeting of the men who are financially interested in the Seattle baseball team that is to be member of the Pacific coast league, final arrangements were completed and it may now be said that the new league has been fairly launch cd. Harry Harris of San Francisco and Parke Wilson Of Los Angeles were lat the meeting. Articles Of incorpora- tion were filed. Work on the new grounds will be started by the first of January. At least 8, 1000 will be ex- pended in the construction of tho new park At the meeting last Tuesday V Parke Wilson was signed to manage and captain the new team. The first meeting of the new coast league was held in San Francisco.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29

recting Frank w. Walton, receiver or the Standard CO. to show cause why the order signed Dec. g, permitting him to finish and sell uncompleted ma chimes, should not be modified.
 Application for the rule was made by Edwin B. Williamson, and was made returna ble tomorrow morning.
 Receiver Walton was appointed tc take charge of the Standard Type writer Co.'S affairs. as the result of the proceedings brought by the Federal Trust Co.,, to foreclose two mortgages. amounting to S750,0O0
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
COAL MINERS
 WILL DEMAND
A Share of the Increased Profits of the
 Operators

Springfield. H., December 2S.-W. D. Ryan, secretary treasurer of United Mine Workers union of Illinois ;n a statement today says that the miners of the United States will make de- mand for a material increase in wages in the national convention at Indian apolis January 19
 Mir. Ryan says the operators are re- ceiving d larger price fer coal than ever before, and cannot make the ex- cuse that the mines are not paying ex- penses.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
THE PATHFIHDER'S
 WIDOW DEAD
Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont at the
 Age of seventy-Three.

Los Angeles, Gala. December ES.- Mrs. Jesse Benton Fremont, widow O: General Fremont. died last night at her home in this city. aged 7S years. Mrs. Fremont was taken i'll on Christmas morning. She grew rapidly worse and soon launched into unconsciousness from which she never rallied. For the past three years, the aged widow of the Pathfinder" had been extremely feeble as result of fall in which sle sui fered dislocation of the hip. Mrs Fremont was the daughter of Thomar A. Benton. thirty years a member O. the United States senate.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
NEBRASKA FARMERS TO UNITE
Nesting Next Month to Organize in
 Order to Secure More Profits.

Lincoln. Neb., December 28.-A call has been issued tonight for q meeting rext month oi representatives of vlri- GUS county farmers cooperative asso- citations for the purpose of forming a state organization to act with similar associations in Kansas and Oklahoma.
 Members maintain that it is solely in the nature of protective organization and will give the farmer the benefit of the middlemens profits. The plan is to build elevators and fight the grain dealers association. The grain rais- CTS contend that the dealers have been taking too much.
 The railroads have joined with the elevator men, and one object of the all liance is to make terms with some one railroad to the gulf, which will set all the business. It is hoped, in this way, the railroads and eastern operators will be forced to terms.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
ANOTHER REVOLUTION.
This Time It Happens in One of tke
 Mediterranean States.

London, December 2S.-The Times publishes a dispatch from Tangier dated December 2, in which the cor respondent says: 1T got away from Fez just in time. The rebels are re- ported marching on Fez. which is in capable of defense for more than a few days. The population will remain loyal SO long as the sultan can protect and feed them. A few days siege means starvation. The sultan's troops were disastrously routed; the remnant fled to Fez, abandoning everything"
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
United

lowed for sanitary preparations. in Clud.ng the building of sewers and the bringing of pure water from the noun tains for drinking. The IaDorers, he said. should be West Indians for the most part. with white oVerseers. lie recommended that complete military possession be taken of the region in which the work was to be prosecuted. and that this country control it abso- lutely during the time the work was n progress.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
REVOLUTloN REsrMEs.

Willemstad. Curacao. December 2S- The Venezuelan revolutionists have re- sumed active hostilities against Presi- dent Castro. There occurred yesterday morning lively engagement between ECO revolutlonists under General Riera and government forces at Curacayo in the vicinity of CCro. Details of the en- gage ment are lacking but it is known here that the revolutionists had artii- ley. General Riera retained his posi- ton. An armistice between the gov crnment and the revolutionists has just expired
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
FRENCH MINING SCHEME.

Paris, December 24.-The police Of this city have seized the papers os Jean de Ia Mar. manager of the I<Io.i.
 dike Mining company. He is suspected of irregular proceedings. The company is a Paris concern, and all the parties interested are Frenchmen. Three a. rests have been made. M. de Ia Mar asserts that the mines are being worS- ed and that they yield S12,OOO a month.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29

Montgomery, president; capital stock, $l0O,0 property near Walnut Grove. EtoWah county.
 DeSOta Coal Mining & Developing CO capitalization, $250.0 incorpora tors. B. C. Stevens, Clayton, Mo-, Charles T. Robinson, Sheffield. Ala. and Hume Jones, Birmingham; properties near DeSota Ala.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
MUST SERVE ANOTHER YEAR.

Lincoln, Neb., December 2s.-A cleri- cal error in the communication of Rev. Rowland r. Hills, bigamist, will pre- vent his getting his liberty until April, 1904. "A mistake of one year was made in calculations. It is probable Gov. Savage will not shorten the sentence. Hills had arranged to marry his second wife at Blair. when released. He was pardoned yesterday on the supposition that his term ended in April, 1903.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
SIXTY LIVES LOST.

Victoria, E. C., December 2S-News was brought by the steamer Tartar which arrived today of a disaster in the Malacca straits, as a result of which sixty lives were lost. The steamer Runsang had collision with the steamer Kiangyan and the Kiangyan was sunk.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
DETROIT FREIGHT JAM.

Detroit, December 2S.-There is small relief from the freight congestion on the roads centering in Detroit All the manufacturers are complaining of the delay in shipping out the finished pro duct, and in the receipt Of the raw ma terial. One case is that of the Detroit Salt company.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
RAIN DELAYS OPERATIONs.

Tamaqua. Pa, December 2S.-All the coilieries of the Lehigh Coal and Navi- gation company in the Panther Creek valley were to have begun working ten hours today. but owing to the heavy rains all were idle and are expected to remain so for several days. While none of the mines are drowned cut. the pumps are being worked to thei, fullest check.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
RUSSIAN MINE FIRE.

St Petersburg. December 2S.-Fir> has occurred in a coal mine at Bach nut. A hundred miners were under ground when the. fire started. twenty were rescued and it is feared the others succumbed.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
NO NATIONAL CHURCH.

Rome. December ES.-The Tribune -ays the pope has ordered the arch bishop of Manila to excommunicate all pereons who endeavor to promote the creation of a national church in the PhilipDines
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
S1O.OOC sAWMILL DESTROYED

Middle town, N. Y, December O. The manufacturing pant consisting of saw and turning mill. belonging to As sem3lyman-elect J. F.. Simpson of Su!- livdn county was totally destroyed by fire Sunday. The loss is Sl0,0cO. The property destroyed included besides much machinery, a large amount of lumber.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29

ing The water in the lowe. lifts is considerable and is still pouring in in great quantity This is attributed to the present condition of the surface. which is soft and quickly absorbs the downpour. Difficulty is also expected from the car famine this week.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
TO RELIEVE COAL FAMINE.
Reading Issues an Order Intended to
 Stop Operations of Speculators

Pottsville, Pa, December 2S.-In or der that larger coal supply may De secured for Philadelphia and New York the Philadelphia & Reading Coal G Iron Co. today placed a restrictive order.
 No family will be allowed to purchase mere than one ton at time. EmpIOyee are limited to one ton month. 1t is hoped to shut out speculators.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
PROJECTED ROAD TO LANDER.

Casper, Wyo.. December 2S-A local paper says it has it from reliable source that eastern capitalists are now considering proposition to build an electric railroad from Casper to Lam der, via the Salt Creek oil fields oi the Pennsylvania company and the Popo- Agie oil fields of the English syndi- cates. It is said surveys will be made in the spring
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
THE ROMAN vIEW.

London, December 2S.--A dispatch to the Central News from Rome says 1t has been semi-ohiCially announced that under special agreements the blockade of the Venezuelan coast by the allies will continue during the ar bitra ton of issues.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
MANITOBA LAND SALES.
United States Capital Secures Large
 Tract and Will Send Settlers.

Winnipeg, Man, December 22.-Tne Saskatchewan Valley Land company has put through lately two large trans fers- William Pearson &, Co. purchased 10000 acres in the Lost Mountain Lake district at $5 an acre.
 The next sale was one of 60,0O0 acres to an American colonization company, which will send in actual settlers to oc- cupy these lands. The sale was made through the St. Paul office of this com pany, and the price paid was in the vicinity of s3OOOO0. or s an acre. This is one O. the record sales, and shows the interest which is being taken by American capitalists in western Can ada
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
TYPEWRITER LITIGATION.
Maine Corporation Claims to Be Stand.
 ard Co.'s Selling Agent.

Newark, N. J., December 23.-On the claim that it has a 10-year contract to act as the Standard Typewriter Co.'S sole selling agent in the United States and foreign countries the F. s. Webster O., a Maine corporation, doing Dusi- ness in New York and Boston, obtained
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
ICE-PREsIDENT WITH THEM.

Willemstad Island oi Curacao, De- coInber 2S.-News has reached here from an authoritative source in Cara cas that Vicente Gomez the first vice president cf the republic intends to casry out bold strategic stroke aga'nst President Caste
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
NEW FoUNDLAND GALES.

St. Johns, ". F., December 2S.-An- other furious gale has been raging here for the past thirty-six hours and has caused much damage along the coast line. 1t is feared that shipping will suffer considerably.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
SWITZERLAND REFUSES.
Latest Bulletins on the Crown Princess
 Scandal.

Geneva, December 2S.-The newspa- pers here allege that the Swiss gov ernment has refused the request of the German legation to expel the crown princess Of SaXony from Switzerland.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
M. GIRoN's ADMISSION.

Brussels, December 2S.-The Petit Bleu has published Nj. Giron's own story of his relations with the crown princess of Saxony in which he admits the paternity of her sixth child.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
GAR SITUATION SHOWS
 LITTLE IMPROVEMENT
Start Of the Grain Movement Will
 Cause a Congestion

There Are Not Cars Enough to Relieve the Suation If Snow Blockades Should Interrupt Traffic. Condi- tons Will Prove Unbearable. How Industrial Plants Suffer by the Shortage Fruit Shipments From the Southwest Will Further Increase the Complication Other Demands From the West
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
BUSINESS IN PIG IRON
 THE YEARS STATISTICS
Present in This Exhibit Evidence Of
 the General Activity

The Production Was Two Million Tons Greater Than That of the Year Before, and More Than Double That of Six Years Ago - Table Showing the Production and Importations During the Last Thirty Years Also the Produc ion in the United States and the United Kingdom for the Last Six Years.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
SIBERIAN DISTURBANCE

St. Petersburg, December 2S.-An earthquake shock which lasted twenty three seconds was felt to-day at Bigsk ia government Temsk
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
A sIcILIAN EARTHQUAKE.

Rome, December 2S.-A severe earth quake shock was experienced in Syra- cuse, Sicily. this evening. IL was pre- ceded by subterranean rumblings.
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
SIX MINES DISABLED.

Mahanoy City. Pa, December 2S.
 Because Of the heavy rain and thaw oi Sunday. six of the Philadelphia and Reading collieries in this vicinity could not resume operations Monday morn
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
ALABAMA COAL DEVELOPMENT

Number of Companies Have Been Or
 ganiZed for Operations in 1903.
 Birmingham. Ala, December 2S.-Vir- gin coal fields in Alabama are to be oe- veloped. Several companies have been organized already. The following arc among the latest
 MidVale Mining Co.,, A. Amerina
Arizona republican., 1902-12-29
WEATHER TO-DAY.

Washington, December 2S.-For coast for ArizOna-Fair Monday and Tues day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-28

methods which, until recently, were
considered too expensive for a crop so
easily grown. 1t Is because OF the
ease with which certain crops are
grown that farmers are tempted to
neglect or overwork the fundamental
principle of agriculture. Planting corn
on a turned under clover sod, thor
oughly preparing the soil and giving
the field surface culture during the
summer, as long as it was possible to
work in the field. has, in several in
stances within the knowledge of the
writer, increased the yield three fold,
which surely was profitable. There
has been some objection to surface
culture expressed by those whose soil
Is light, perhaps sandy, but the plan
is just as necessary on light as on
heavy soil: perhaps the increase will
not be so great, but it will be sufficient
to warrant the work 1t is one of the
proven principles of modern agricult-
ure that can not be ignored with I'M
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