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from Jamaica and others of the West Indies
Islands, and We can supply much from Co.
| lombia ITSELF We have large number of
IDLE people who would seek work of you,
and the employment of these would take
away part of our revolutionary forces.
1t would render the Government secure, and
would gradually make Colombia the richest
and most important of the South Ameri-
can States"
But the Isthmus Of Panama is thinly
populated, Is 1t not?" said l.
NO. 1t has more inhabitants than most
people think" replied Senor Silva. THE
lsthmus of Panama belongs to a Province
which has an area four times big as
Massachusetts. There parts of it which
have great natural resources. and. together
with the rest of Colombia. 1t will furnish
an enormous field for American capital
Suppose the Panama canal is chosen.
Will Americans have any special advantages
in Colombia -
Il should think so.'' replied the Colombian
Minister. The canal would bring our cOun-
tries closer together. 1t would cement the
friendly relations which now obtain between
US. and we should naturally favor American
capital and American immigration
Il suppose YOU know continued Senor
Silva. that Colombia is empire in its
natural resources. 1t is of great size. You
OI
York into 1t and have space to spare. The
most of the land IS high and healthful, and
We have vast areas which will raise coffee.
sugar, cocoa and other crops. We have
some of the best grazing lands of the world.
and the Cauva Valley might easily be made
the garden of tine universe. The valley lies
between the mountains not far below PAN
ara. extending. roughly speaking, north
ana Forih II has an area as great as Texas
and its climate is well suited TO your people.
The canal VII develop it.
You know something of our minerals
My country has already produced more than
500 tGo.Up worth of the precious metals
and we now stand fourth among the great
Toid-produCing countries. We are led only |
ny the United States. Australia and South |
Africa. Large amounts of American cap
.t"l are already invested in Colombia and i
II YOU complete this canal we shall prob |
ally be partners in the development of the |
richest parts of all South America
FRANK G. CARPENTER /
tconyr!rht. 1S62. by F. G. Caipencr)
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come in. We raise a very fine coffee. as
good as can be raised in any part of the
world. ard ii brings high orices.
The mineral resources of Nicaragua are
great" continued Scnor CoIea I'VE have
some very rich gold mines and we are now
building railroads to open up the mineral
parts of the country. We have also large
areas fitted for cattle raising. There are
now hundreds CT thousands of cattle rpon
these lands, hut there might he millions.
We export many hides. and of late have
been exporting meat TO Cuba and others of
TIE Wet Indir telands.
our people realize that the canal would
Ieaoht them. They believe it will double
:h2 value "t their la-Gs and Greatly in
crease the prosperity OF The country. We
have no dou6t but that it will eventually
be built through our territory
! E"3 an interview on his same sub
ioc' with Senor Carlos Mart'n.z silva. the
Minister from Colombia. who left WASH
iG-tCn some weeks ago. He told mo nat
Colombia was very anxious that the canal
:; ou!d he built and that it was will ~ 10
s!ye any concessions which woui lead to
thc choice 81 the Panama route SAID he:
We feel that canal will eventually go
through the isthmus of Panama, and that
If YOUR country dors not make ii some
o-hc~ parties will. What we want is to see
the Uait-d States buy cut the Frcnch. and
we believe that You will find it 10 your in
tegtst II do -.
Believes the Advantages Are
the Panama Route.
Suppose the United States does that
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
Consecrated His Life to
Memory of Dead Love.

From that day William Fisher. the rich
and gallant beau of Sleepy Hollow, became
a recluse. He consecrated his life to the
memory of his dead love. His father died
a few years afterward, and years ago ms
mother passed away. When they carried
her hodv out of the front door her son
closed that door forever. He boarded up all
the front windows of the house. He locked
up the empty rooms and threw the key
away.
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
When William Fisher Was
the Village Beau.

The story he told was practically the
same, word for word. which had already
learned from some of the old villagers.
Forty-five years ago William Fisher was
the beau of Sleepy Hollow. He was Is
years old then, and it is easy to imagine
how good looking he must have been with
his fierce black eyes and his hooked nose
and dark mustache, which he bit when he
got angry-after the manner of the sturdy
Dutchman that he was. William Fisher
was then considered the biggest matrt-
monial catch In all that part of the Hudson
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
Nicaragua All Ready
for the United States.

But would it not take some time to
prepare for work upon the Ncaraguan
Canal? You would have to build railroads
and put up towns. would you not?'
Not at ALL" replied Senior Corea- "There
are towns and cities now along the route of
the canal Lake Nicaragua has many thriv-
ing settlements upon its banks, and the
country about it is rich in plantations and
grazing lands. We could easily feed all the
workmen needed, and we have water and
railroad communications which would put
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PANAMA VS. NICARAGUA INTERVIEWS
WITH CENTRAL AMERICAN DIP[ 0MA IS

His
and C
Republic % thmb % fTatCL
SAYS CanalW Sc m lie Discusses the Nicaragua
How Americans Are migrating to Make Fortune
in Cocmnut and Mines
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
Easy to Get Laborers
From West Indies.

Yes. There will be no trouble in getting
good workmen. You can bring them over
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25

your supplies just where you want them.
We have now one of the most progressive
rulers of this hemisphere. General Jose Sam
tos Zelaya. He was educated in Europe and
has Travelled widely. He is very broad in
his views, and he realizes that the canal
will greatly help our country and people.
He will do all that he can to aid your Gov
ernment, and will grant all necessary con-
cessions. A. first 1t was proposed to create
a neutral zone of three miles on each side
of the canal. This or anything else that is
necessary will be given, although by our
Constitution we cannot sell the land to
foreign power. We can, however. lease 1t
in perpetuity, and this means the same
thing
How about the health conditions along
the line of the canal, Senior Corea?" said l.
"Can our people live ard work there?'
Certainly they can replied the Minister.
IT have gone over the reports of your
gineers and surveying parties. They state
that Nicaragua is the healthiest of all trop
ical countries, and not to be considered in
the same class as Panama. Surgeon Brad
ford, who went over the route with sixty
surveyors and 40 Jamaicans and natives in
1887 says that he did not have one case of
serious Illness in his whole party.
Country Free From Malaria
and Yellow Fever.
He was there in the rainy season and
was doing actual work along the line now
proposed. Admiral Walker reports that he
had $50 men with him while he was making
his surveys through the swamps, and that
he had less sickness and malaria than he
would have had had he been running a
survey in Virginia at the same season of
the year. / can give you similar quotations
from every traveller and engineer who has
been over the route. We are entirely free
from the yellow fever and from malaria
in any dangerous FORM
rs Nicaragua such country that Amer
leans could prosper in it?''
II think so, without doubt" was the re-
ply "A fit answer to that question is that
many Americans are now doing We
have been having quite an immigration
from your country. Three hundred and
fifteen young Americans came in last
month, and l get at least fifty letters
week inquiring about the canal and the
chances for securing land near it. Already
a number of plantations have been set out
by Americans who expect to make fortunes
there in raising bananas, pineapples, cocoa
nuts and rubber"
What are the opportunities for such
men?"
They are very great II they can only
wait a while for their crops to come into
bearing. In ruboer it takes about seven
years to raise the trees, but after that
time they pay very well. / am interested
in a plantation which has 5000 trees. They
are now five years old, and will produce
rubber about 1904. The trees cost but a tri-
fle to plant and care for. We grow the
sprouts in nurseries and have the Indians
set them out at 25 cents per task. A task
means the setting out of a certain number
of trees. The Indians may do it in three
hours, four hours or eight hours, but he is
paid by the task without regard to time
After the trees are once set out they re-
eI1 Asul nun uopuslle elllU lnG eAIso
ready for cropping"
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Opportunities for Making
Money in Cocoanuts and Ba,

There are good opportunities for making
money in cocoanuts and bananas and also
in coffee. About one-third of our coffee es-
tates are now in the hands of the Germans,
but IL the United States builds this canal
We expect to see many American planters
The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25

I raped on the decrepit door and the tot
! tering nails shook loose. 1t was one of those
picturesque little Dutch doors such as are
to be seen only in paintings of the old mas
ters. door which swings open in two por-
tions. the lower of wood and the upper of
small panes of glass.
No answer came from within. I raped
again and again until the shady little bower
echoed. and then at last. came Il voice as
from the tomb.
What do you WANT"
Sleepy Hollow Hermit as
He Appears at Home.
1t was strange, wild voice-a voice full
of fear and seemingly of terror. In a few
moments. after loud moaning and grcan-
ing. a strange apparition appeared among
the shadows Of the little hovel into which
l was peering through the lattice top of the
Dutch door. 1t seemed scarcely human, this
tall. gaunt specter, wild eyed and dis
heveled. He raised a bony hand to his
forehead, and thus shading his eyes from
the light. crept forward and pulled the anti
quated latch string. The easement swung
in on its one creaking hinge, and the Her
nit of Sleepy Hollow supported himself
upon the lower portion of the door with two
bony, yellow hands
What do you want?" he asked abruptly.
His great towering figure. although now
bent and decrepit. seemed strangely out of
proportion to his surroundings. He is some
thing more than feet 6 tall. His face is
thin. clear cut and hawk-lke. with its
hooked nose. high cheek bones and deep
set dark eyes On his chin is stubble of
white beard and a fringe of snowy hair
hangs over his neck and about his temples
On the top of his head he wears a queer
fashioning which at first mistook for
a turban, but which is intended to be
wig, and which he wove in birds nest man
ner, out of his long gray beard. About
his legs and arms and trunk he had tied
flour sacks. and such constituted his only
clothing. His lips were thin and his mouth
toothless.
well. what do you want?" he asked
again, this time angrily. He plainly showed
that he was out of humor at being dis
turbed.
When at last / had succeeded in making
him understand that 1 wished to do him no
HARM and that there was no one with me
to seize and take him away, the hermit
opened the other half of his door. and 1
crossed the untrodden threshold and
stepped into one of his two rooms.
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EXCURSIONS.

Visiting members OF the G.. A. r. have
been quick to show their appreciation of
the efforts made to insure them an enjoy
able time, and the special trips which the
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Com
pany has been giving this week have been
enjoyed by hundreds. These excursions to
Old Point. Norfolk, Newport News and the
battlefields of Virginia will continue
throughout the week, a steamer leaving the
wharf. foot of 7th street, at $50 pm each
evening. Tickets for the round trip are
sold at greatly reduced rates.
Friday an extra special excursion will be
to Yorktown and Old Point, the steamer
leaving the wharf at the usual time and
arriving at Yorktown at about o'clock
Saturday morning. Ample time will be
given in which to inspect the historic bat
tlef1eld, and the afternoon will be spent at
Fort Monroe, reached after a delightful
sail across Hampton Roads, the scene of
the famous encounter between the Monitor
and Merrimac. The fort and other points
Of interest at Old Point can be carefully
seen, as the steamer will not start on the
return trip until pm. Washington will be
reached at Sunday morning.
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DIED.

ALIEN, aged th!rty-f:ur 'C years i''-' 1'o
o oseeh % Rep s
gania avenue southeast. Thursday afternoon,
| Hill cemetery. buckingham. Va. papers please
copy) p
| BRUCE. October 7, 1902, MINERVA. beloved wife
Funeral from Fifteenth Street Presbyterian Church
Friday, October 10; Friends Of family are In
vited Rochester, N. Y, papers please copy)
CAMERON The death in Psil ;d Te On
late of the Sd Pennsy lvania Cavalry and late
adjnta N general Of the G. a. r., member Of
il s. q FEdry Post ostSn5 S
CHARLES F. KEEFER. Adjutant.
8:45 pm, JOSEPH HAMACHER. aged sixty
Funeral from his late residence, 112l 9th street
northWest Thnrsday ,x October At Pm
papers please copyJ =
FREDERICA RoEMMELE. daughter of Freder-
lea and the late Alexander McKericher. in the
southwest Friday, october 10. at O'Clock ss
pm.
MoRELAND. On Tuesday, October !; 1902 ,n a,
Gussie Moreland, aged eleven months ana nSs
Funeral from parents residence, Good Hope Park.
b. G., Thursday, October o, at o'clock pm.
Friends invited.
POWERS On Wednesday, October 8, 1902, at
4:1O an, Mrs. JULIA POWERS. $3.50 49,.
Funeral from her sisters residence Oh 10Th sreet
northeast, Friday morning. October 10, nj
$3.50.
SMITH. On Tuesday, October T.. 1902, at his res
1dence. 1917 10th street northwest, DAVID E
Funeral Wednesday October 8. at 8 pm.
sTINEMETZ On Tuesday, October J. 1902. at
4:35 pm, BENJAMIN 81. ST1NEMETZ, In the
seventy second year Of his age.
Funeral services Friday, October TO- 2:3o Pm, at
St. Paul's NJ e. Church, 10Th and X streets
WEINHEIMER. On Tuesday, October z. 1907,
CHARLES J. WEINHEIMER. late lieutenant
3Sth Volunteer Infantry, beloved husband OF
Bertye Weinheimer (nee Xander).
Funeral services Thursday, October 8, at p. m,
at his late residence, 900 Florida avenue In
terment at Arlington.
In Memoriam.
HAA1ER. In loving but sad remembrance Of our
devoted mother, JANE HAMER, who died two
years ago today, October 8, 1900.
Loved in life, in death remembered
BY HER LOVING DAUGHTERS HATTIE. AND
N. J. ADAMS.
STRICKHART. In loving remembrance of our
dear father, CHARLES STRICkHART, who
departed this life eighteen years ago today,
the 9Th of October, 1884
Gone, but not forgotten
BY HIS CHILDREN.
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mediation In her neighborhood for over q
hundred strangers. 1t will be recalled that
when this representative OF the hospitality
OF the capital visits her former home at
Sterling each fall she is literally the guest
Of the town. so continuous are the atten-
lions showered upon her.
Miss Elizabeth Washington and Mr.. Yer.
non Goldsborough Owen were married at
noon today at Garfield Memorial Church.
The ushers were Messrs. Walter Plummer
and Claude Owen. The bride was escorted
by her cousin, Mr.. James Edmunds Miss
Washington is the daughter of the late
thornton A. Washington of San Antonio,
Iexas, who was great-nephew of Gen.
George Washington. Mr.. Owen Is the son
or Thomas j. Owen of Gaithersburg. Md,
ana the couple viii make that place their
home.
Mrs. Morgan Johnson of Hartford. Conn.,,
Is visiting her cousin, Mrs. James T. Hos
kins.
Judge c. NJ. Tompkins of 1872 street
northeast has as guests Eli c. Thompkins
northeast has as guests Ell C. Tompkins
Burlington, Kan; Mrs. Elizabeth Hyatt OF
Peekskill, n. Y: Mrs. Sarah Hyatt of New
York city. Mrs. Nettie NJ. Agor of Baldwin
place New York, and Mr.. and Mrs. z. &.
Bowman of Birmingham, Ala.
Judge ]. NJ. Kifer and wife of Seattle.
Wash; Rev. Edward l.. Kennedy of War
..
Harry r. Perry of lbs 7th street north
east
Colonel j. W. Lisenby of Springfield Mo-.
Is visiting in the city. and is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah Collins, 201o Wyom-
ing avenue.
Mrs. James H. Spencer of Lincoln, Neb,
and Miss Dacie Sunderlin of Ionia, Mich,
are the guests of Mrs. Sarah Kidd Spen-
Ger, 500 18th street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus C. Dickinson, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Stage Mr.. and Mrs John
w. Thompson and Mr.. Hanson, all OF Strait
ford. Conn, are stopping at 1129 14th street
northwest.
Miss Mary Dolan and Miss Mollie O'NeilI
have returned from an extended tour
through New England states.
Miss Roosevelt was In Boston yesterday
in attendance at the wedding of Miss Jack
son and Mr. Robert Hallowell She was the
observed of all, and was prettiIy dressed in
robins egg blue and white applique and
wore a big boa of white feathers Her hat
was a dark blue soft beaver, with black
plumes.
Miss Agnes Duncan Of Petersburg w,
Va. is visiting Mrs. R. A. Johnston on l
street.
Miss Gertrude Dolan and Miss Margaret
Cochran have just returned from an ex.
tended tour through the south.
Mrs. Kramer. widow of Major Adam
Kramer, is visiting Mrs. Carter, 1910 21st
street
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Many Strangers Visit the Largest Ex-
listing Office of It's Kind

Secretary Ricketts, of the government
printing office has put on an extra force Of
messengers and guides for this week He
says that he is determined that all who
wish to look over the big printery shall be
given chance. The immense building has
been deliberately decorated, and the differ
ent divisions have We'd with one another
In seeing who could decorate the most ex-
tensively. The result is that no public
building in the city has received as much
attention as has the interior of the G. P. O.
Many of the visitors have expressed them
selves as thoroughly delighted with the
welcome given them in the biggest printing
Office in the world.
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g. A. R. SOUVENIR EDITION

No better souvenir Of the great
g. A. r. encampment can be had
than The Evening Star from Monday,
October 6, to Saturday, October Ii,
inclusive. Complete edition, includ-
ing back numbers, mailed to any ad-
dress in the United States for Is
cents.
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On an Old Charge.

A colored boy named Eddie Winslow was
arrested on Pennsylvania avenue this
morning by Detective Muller and turned
over to the officers of the fourth precinct,
who want him to answer a charge of as
sault. 1t is alleged that he cut a boy
named Perry about ten days ago The
prisoner Is known as Duck Tomorrow
he will be given an opportunity to explain
the case in court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Eli Basket, young farmer living near
Atlees, in Hanover county, Va, killed his
young wife and then killed himself on ac-
count of jealousy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Colonel ]. W. Lisenby of Springfield Mo-.
Is visiting in the city. and is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. jeremiah Collins, 201o Wyom-
ing avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Mrs. James H. Spencer of Lincoln, Neb.,
and Miss Dacie Sunderln of Ionia Mich,
are the guests of Mrs. Sarah Kidd Spen-
Ger, 500 18th street
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Judge j. NJ Kifer and wife of Seattle.
Wash. Rev. Edward l.. Kennedy of War
renham, Pa, are visiting DR.. and Mrs.
Harry r. Perry of lbs 7th street north
east.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Miss Mary Dolan and Miss Mollie O'NeilI
have returned from an extended tour
through New England states
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvanus C. Dickinson, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Stage, Mr. and Mrs. John
w. Thompson and Mr.. Hanson. all OF Strait
ford, Conn, are stopping at 1129 14th street
northwest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Mrs. Fannye Stratton has returned from
New York to her home, lit Sd street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Miss Agnes Gibbons of street returned
on Monday from two months trip to Buff
falo, Niagara Falls, Detroit and Chicago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Miss Ida Cox and Miss Mary Wade Of
Ohio are the guests OF Mrs. Harry B. Dem
ham, 1906 @ street.
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Judge G. NJ Tompkins of 1872 street
northeast has as guests Eli c. Thompkins
northeast has as guests Eli c. Tompkins
Burlington, Kan; Mrs. Elizabeth Hyatt OF
Peekskill, N Y: Mrs. Sarah Hyatt OF New
York city, Mrs. Nettie NJ. Agor of Baldwin
place. New York, and Mr.. and Mrs. E. &.
Bowman of Birmingham, Ala.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Mrs. William Wisner White Of Cleveland,
Ohio, Is visiting DR.. and Mrs Rankin, Uni
versity Hill.
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Mr. Milton S. Cabell of Quincy, ILL.,, son
of the late Capt Samuel G. Cabell, is in
the city and is visiting his mother, Mrs.
Flora B. Cabell, on Capitol Hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-08

Miss Roosevelt was In Boston yesterday
in attendance at the wedding of Miss Jack
son and Mr.. Robert Hallowell. She was the
observed Of all, and was prettily dressed in
robins egg blue and white applique. and
wore big boa of white feathers. Her hat
was dark blue soft beaver, with black
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1902-06-25
SMALL BLAZE.
EMPTY BOXES CATCH FIRE AND
CREATE EXCITEMENT.

The central fire department was
called to Fifth and Broadway this
morning about s O'Clock to extinguish
a small blaze among some goods boxes
in the rear Of the Arcade store.
The boxes were stacked high, and
were burning briskly when the fire.
men arrived Little trouble was ex-
pcrienced in extinguishing the blaze,
and little damage resulted. The or
igin of the fire could not be learned.
but is supposed TO have started from
several small boys playing IN the rear
OF the building with matches.
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