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Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
SLOW FREIGHT HOLDS TRADE
Dun Says Railways Are Too Busy with Fuel
to Garry Ordinary Goods
METALS SHOW STRONGER THAN LAST YEAR
More orders for steel Rails Are Al
ready Placed Than Mills
Daring All Preceding
Twelve Months.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2a-R. @. Dun & Co.'S
Weekly Review Of Trade tomorrow will
say.
Heavy transactions IN merchandise are
reported, but there is much complaint re-
garding the slow movement Of freight. The
Dy the precedence given fuel over all other
goods.
Notwithstanding the extensive increase in
transporting facilities during the past year
some roads have been compelled to decline
c~onsignments, and In many cases where a
was provided.
Earnings thus far available for January
surpaEs last year = by 5 per cent. II is
conspicuous In practically every section OF
the country that, despite high prices. buy
Ing Is liberal and Of the better qualities OF
goods, while dealings as a rule are on more
Demand for building materials 4 un-
usually brisk for the season, and prices Of
lumber In the south have advanced.
Fuel Famine stTI Serious.
Although fortunate sections are receiving
a better supply OF fuel the situation is still
serious, and many pig iron furnaces have
been added to the idle list. AS producers
have sold their capacity for sometime,
the part of the sellers to secure contracts.
Hence prices OF pig iron are steady and
new transactions light.
AS to the demand for finished products
requirements are still pressing In every
equipment. both structural and rolling
stock, and II Is stated that orders have
been placed for ae many tons OF steel rails
as were produced in the full year 1892. Steel
for buildings, bridges and ships finds a
ready market, and Implement makers are
becoming more active. New orders for
merchant steel are lisht. but old contracts
are still numerous.
New England producers OF boots and
shoes are actively engaged on seasonable
lines, and there is enough business on hand
to keep most plants in operation two
months at least. New business comes for
ward rather slowly. and there are few sup
Elementary orders for spring lines. Trade
in leather Is better. domestic shoe manu-
facturers operating on a more liberal scale,
while export sales OF sole are increasing.
Cotton situation Grows stronger.
As to cotton goods the situation grows
steadily stronger. demands for immediate
needs prevent accumulation Of supplies
and leaving an increasing number OF or
ders untitled. A few opening advances in
quotations are recorded, while a quiet cur
ress. orders for print cloths at less than
3hc are rejected and wide goods are also
firmly held. Export Ouying has practically
ceased.
With the exception OF a rev OF the finest
grades wooden goods for the fall OF 1903 are
now fully opened.
Firmness has characterized the course OF
the leading staples, an abundant demand
being I'm evidence. while available supplies
are restricted by traffic conditions.
Failures for the week number 25 In the
in Canada, compared with Is a year ago.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
FAMINE MAKES CANNIBALS
New Guiena Blacks XIII and Eat
white Men on the
Island.

VICTORIA, B. C., Jan. 23.-The steamer
Miowara, which arrived tonight brings
news Of the murder OF several white men
by the natives Of New Guiena. A drouth
has been experienced for some time and it
is thought hat on account of shortage OF
food the natives have resorted to canni-
balism.
Reports OF murders have been received
from many places. One tells Of the killing
Of two European prospectors who were
eaten by the blacks. and a Dutch con-
stable is also reported killed and eaten.
Several blacks were also, murdered. Many
Of the natives have no feed and are sub
sistlng on roots and herbs.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
Tailor Shops Resume work.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23.-The big tailor shops
which have been shut down since the be-
ginning of the ockout of special order
tailors a week ago resumed opera
tions today under police protection. Union
men, numbers of the United Garment
Workers union. replaced the 200 locked out
women and men in the shops of NJ. Born
e. Co, where the trouble originated. The
opening OF the shops was accomplished
without any disturbance.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
TUG SAILS AROUND THE HORN
PeriIouA Voyage of Thirteen Thou
sand Miles f. Undertaken by
Small Vessel.

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-The comparatively
small naval tug Fortune, sister tug OF
Leyden, that was wrecked on Wednesday
OF Block island. is now on the way around
Cape Horn, from Culebra. w. l., TO Bremen
ton navy yard. state Of Washington, a dis
lance OF more than 13. 900 miles.
Only once before has a small tug boat
attempted the feat Of rounding the Horn.
Fortunes gross tonnage amounts to only
37s. From stem to stern the boat meas
ures but 1877 feet, with a beam OF 26 feet,
II has. however, strong engines, which
represent a horse power of 34s. 1t is rs
veara old.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
Criminal

It was a strange sight. The angry citi-
zen was dragging the driver Of a coal cart
by a rope around the victims neck TO the
nearest telegraph pole.
What's this?' inquired the burly po-
liceman on the beat.
This man unloaded three tons Of coal at
my house just 10 and" @
well, well!' @
"And the villain left two pieces lying in
the gutter
Go ahead; string him up for such GRIM
inal negligence. baltimore Herald.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
GAMBLERS ARE INDICTED
New York Grand Jury Moves to Break
In Canning Joints In that
City.

NEW YORK, Jan. 2S,-District Attorney
Jerome admitted this afternoon that the
grand Jury had found indictments against
some OF the alleged keepers or managers
OF gambling houses In this city.
Several men whose names have been
mentioned are said to nave left the city
pending Developments.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
BANK PAYS SMALL DIVIDEND
Colorado Institution owes s177,71s
and VIII Distribute Twenty
Cents on Dollar.

sILvERToN. Colo, Jan. 2S.-The re-
cciver of the Bank OF Silverton, which
closed on January 2. because of the suicide
OF James H.. Robin, president Of the bank
and principal owner, today made a report.
The total liabilities are put at S177, us, in
GLIDING deposits OF 1851, 71S. The creditors.
it is said, will receive between 20 and 20
cents on the dollar.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
Liberty is of short Duration.

BILLINGS. Mont. Jan. 23.-John Kirby,
one of the alleged robbers of the Bridger
bank, was released as the result Of habeas
corpus proceedings. No sooner had the
Judge ordered the prisoner discharged than
Kirby made a dash for the door. He was
not quick enough for Sheriff Hubbard, who
flung himself upon the fleeing man and
again placed him under arrest. Kirby will
be taken to Red Lodge to stand trial.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
Inspector Ordered TO New York.

chief inspector in the local Chinese
imm!gra ton bureau, has been ordered 20
proceed 20 Washington. Il Is probable that
he will be assigned to the New York ONCE.
The successor OF Dunn at this port will be
Charles Meahan. at present In charge of
the immigration Office In Boston, Meahan
IL expected TO arrive here within the next
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
EnnernI fnr LuIInn RnInh.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The funeral serv-
ices over the remains of Julian Ralph, the
writer and newspaper man, were held to-
day at Christ church. The members Of
Mr.. Ralph's family and men and women
prominent in the artistic newspaper world
were present. The interment and addi-
tional services will be held at Redbank,
y. J.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
zoRN JURY UNABLE TO AGREE
fenced Nor Acquitted on
Murder Charge.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. 23.-The jury in the
case Of DR.. Lewis zorn, the dentist tried
here for murder in the first degree for hav-
ing shot and killed Albert Sechrest, his
tenant, disagreed this afternoon and were
discharged,
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
A Missouri Epitaph.

Correspondent William Z. Curtis reports
the following epitaph on a tombstone in
Davies county. Missouri:
John Cup he dallied by the way
Until he'd had his fill,
And then he slept upon the track
The railroad paid the bill.
oh, pity Johr misguided John,
Too bad the corks he'd pull.
But pity. also, Johns poor wife,
Poor girl. her Cup was full.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
Dan Patch HIshIy valued.

MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 2.-M. w. Savage,
recent purchaser and present owner OF Dan
Patch. the famous PAGER. has insured the
horse for SIP 600.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
Spring TRADE AGAIN EXPANDs

Bradstreet Reports Further ExPaR-
sion in spring Orders.
NEW YORK. Jan. 8.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say:
Previously existing favorable conditions
still rule. Spring trade shows further eN-
p~Ansion. particularly in dry goods. such
as linens, wash fabrics. underwear and
hosiery. Clothing, shoes. hardware and
hardwood lumber are active and the volume
OF shipments OF spring goods ~ MI orders
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
FORECAST OF THE WEATHER
snow IN for Today Every
where Except in
and Kansas.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2s.-Forecast:

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Forecast:
For Nebraska and Kansas-Fair Saturday
and Sunday; colder Sunday.
For Iowa-Snow Saturday. rising tenn
perature. Sunday, snow or rain; fresh
southeast winds, increasing.
For MissOuri-Snow or rain Saturday.
Sunday, probably rain and warmer.
For Ilinois-Snow in north, rain south
portion Saturday; rain or snow; fresh east
winds. becoming variable.
For North ~DakOta-Snow or rain and
colder Saturday. Sunday. fair.
For South ~Dakota-Snow Saturday; rising
temperature in east portion. Sunday, fair
and colder.
Local Record.
OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU,
OMAHA, Jan. 23-OfiCial record of tenn
perature and precipitation compared with
the corresponding day OF the last thee
years:
Maximum temperature... Is e 81 o.
Minimum temperature. 10 p p p
Mean temperature. ........ x 20 20 ~
Precipitation .............. % ~ % "
Record Of temperature and precipitation
at Omaha for this day and since March l.,
1902:
Normal temperature ...........--.... l6
Total excess since March 1, 1902 ...,.....3l
Normal precipitation. 20. ....,........, .O2 inch
deficiency Tor the day.............., .O2 inch
Total rainfall since March L.. %. IS Inches
deficiency for cor. period, 1902. 6.2 Inches
Deficiency for cor. period, 1901. .2l inch
Reports from stations al 7 p. NJ.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24

TOLEDO Jan. 2s.-George II. Ketcham.
owner OF Cresceus. has purchased The Con-
queror. a stallion with a trotting record OF
2.l2ik. He paid 5000 for the morse.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
WEEKLY BAXK cLEARINGs.
summary of business TRANSACTED by
the Associated Banks.

NEW YORK. Jan. 23.-The following
table, compiled by Bradstreet. shows the
bank clearings at the principal cities for
the week ended January p. with the per-
centage of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
CANADA.

Totals. Canada. Ia 4s,lSO,s2N no.,
tho included In totals because containing
other items than cleaTings
SNot included In totals because OF no
comparison for last year.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
with the BowIers.

The Krug Park Juniors beat the Council
Bluffs bowling team on the Western alleys
last night. Score:
ERIrC PARK JUNIORS.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24

T indicates trace OF precipitation
Local Forecast OniciaL
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
THREE 0 N ARE CRUSHED

week and he will then assume charge Of
the once.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24

CARACAS, Venezuela, Jan. 23.-1O a. M
Up to this hour no news has been re-
ceived here tending to confirm the report
that the German wArship Panther had en-
tered Lake Maracaibo and that the Vene-
zueland cruiser Miranda had surrendered
to IL. The rumor is believed to be with
out foundation.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
Captured Ship Visits La Guayra.

LA GUAYRA, Jan. 23.-The former Vene-
zuelan gunboat Restaurador, now in the
possession Of the Germans. arrived here at
2 this afternoon from Puerto CabeIlo and
Rnchored near the shore. It's presence
caused great popular indignation. At 3
several rife shots were heard in the dis
lance. Shortly afterward Restaurador left
its anchorage and moved TO a position out
side the harbor under the protection Of the
British cruiser Tribune.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24

Minister Bowen's policy is one Of patient
waiting. He has not yet received an an
sWer TO his initial proposition to the allies
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
REPORTS FORT SlLENCED
German Commodore Says BE Has Destroyed
Venszuslan Stronghold
RARAcAIso DISPATCH DENIES THIS STORY
says san Carlos g. stIu In Republics
Hands. Though Bombardment Pro-
Eresses Two Days After
ships Claimed victory.

commander Of the German feet IN Vene-
zuelan waters oficially reported the bonn
bardment Of Fort San Carlos from Mara
caibo. under date Of January 81, as follows.
on the 18th inst. while Panther was
passing the MaracaibO bar. Il was uneN-
pectedly attacked by Fort San Carlos.
which opened a heavy fire. To this Panther
replied and a cannOnade was exchanged
for half an hour. Owing to the difficulties
Of navigation Panther then desisted.
In order TO exact an immediate punish
ment for this attack. the more so as the
Venezuelan government proclaimed Il a
victory, ] bombarded the fort with Nineta
on the 21st inst. and destroyed It..
The Foreign Office has not received any
representations from Secretary Hay rela-
tive to the bombardment.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
German Report Confirmed.

LONDON. Jan. 21.-In a dispatch from
Willemstad. Curacao, the Daily Mail says;
ION Wednesday the German gunboat Pan
Their, which was insecurity anchored off
San Carlos. moved in close to the Castillo
battery, which fired one shot as a warning.
Panther disregarded the hint. Another
shot was fired from the Castillo battery.
Thereupon Panther opened fire and con-
tinued the cannonade for half an hour.
when it retired. Vineta Immediately began
a heavy bombardment of the fort. seriously
damaging 1t and the houses in the vicinity"
Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-24
venezuela Claims Position.

MARACAIBo, Jan. 23.-At 2 p. m. today
Fort San Carlos was in the possession OF
the government forces and the lombard
ment by the German warships was still
going on.
There has been no material change in the
situation. The gunboat Panther was the
only vessel TO come inside the bar.
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courses OF the larger rivers have been
traced, and also some of the tributaries;
and the courses OF some smaller tributaries
have been inferred from the lay OF the
land.
But while most Of the territory Of Panama
Is uninhabited except by scattered bands
Of Indians, there are few small areas of
treeless upland country. particularly along
the Pacific @ past north of the city Of Panama,
where a considerable number of settle
ments are found and agriculture is fol-
lowed. The towns and hamlets are scat
tered over these upland regions or dotted
along the coasts, particularly on the inlets,
or planted in the interior along some of
the waterways within easy reach Of the sea
or along the line OF the Isthmian railroad,
between the cities of Panama and Colon,
where the population is most dense.
The positions Of many Of these towns are
indicated on the map. There are many
more, mostly little hamlets of only n few
dozen inhabitants.
sufficient number are shown here to
Indicate the distribution of the populatio
Mule paths connect many of the settle
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ments that are near one another, but
others that stand little way in the interior
have only one outlet--and that is water
way to the sea.
Panama is supposed to have about 26O. GOO
inhabitants; but no census has ever been
taken, and these figures are based only
upon an official estimate by the Colombian
Government. The difficulties of travel
and the ill famed climate have made the
Isthmus 80 unattraotive to residents from
foreign lands that they have added little
to our knowledge Of the people and country
except in the neighborhood Of the railroad.
One OF the most recent books, written by
a physician who was for two years In the
service of the Panama Canal Company, b
entirely given to the region between
Panama and Colon. The writer apparently
saw no other part Of the country.
Some OF the towns shown on the map are
we'll worth mentioning. David is the
capital OF Chiriqui province, and stands
| within twelve miles Of the Pacific on a
grassy plain, fanked on the north by the
superb cone of Chiriqui.
Not far away is Bugaba. near where were
discovered old graves full of gold orna-
ments, which, in 1850, gave the Chiriqu
! district temporary renoWn az new f.
Dorado. One grave in about twenty OF
twenty-five contain ed gold or copper OBJ
jects, chiefly figures of animals, partiou'
larly frogs, that were evidently worn as
amulets by the natives. Some 800 golo
seekers we're attracted to the spot, and ex
hausted the supply after treasures wortf
about 500 900 had been unearthed.
Nata is one OF the Oldest settlements r
America, dating from 1912, some time be
fore the name of Mexico was known ir
Europe.
| The city OF Panama owes all it's celebrity
| to it's vital position at the narrowest part o
| the Isthmus. It,has fourished or declined
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impenetrable clay, fifteen or twenty feet
below the surface of the ground. The
company was working the claim on fifty
per cent. lay--a more generous allowance
than the young owners would have made
had they anticipated the value Of their
property.
Other bench claims have turned out
large amount of gold this season, and the
owners of benches are holding their prop
erty high.
Gold is not the only metal that lie attract
ing the attention Of well informed mining
men. Tin, Of which our supply comes
largely from Wales, has been found in large
quantities near Cape York. ninety miles
northwest OF Nome. These deposits were
not regarded very seriously when the first
reports were brought out, but subsequent
developments convinced even the most
sceptical that there was whole lot in the
tin prospects of Alaska.
A New York company. in which Charles
Parmelee is largely interested, has been
doing a good business in mining tin at Cape
York, and small shipment has been made.
Another company is talking about putting
in a tin smelter.
AS for, placer gold. good reports hay, have
continued to come Ia AZ n season fro nnhir eo,o nd
Royal, Port Clarence and the Kougarok.
Nome is good town. In 1000 the saloons
were the places where more business was
transacted than anywhere else. They
| were common meeting places for men COM
| ing in from the creeks who had business
with one another, and appointments were
| frequently made for the Hunter" the
! Horseshoe, the "Second-Class, the aEldo-
RADIO" and other places like them. Drinks
were rs cents each-half as much as the
wear beforehand gambling was the prin-
cipal occupation within the town limits
| Now all open gambling is stopped. Judge
Moore of the Federal Court says, moreover
that surreptitious games OF chance have got
The whole town Ia as unlike the Nome OF
1893 and 1900 as possible. Prices are uni
| form--higher than in the States, OF course
| but established on a strict market basis
| Sober men walk the streets in passing from
place to place about their business, Old
| prosrectors say the town Is too good, and
that at amt no reel mining camp any
There is a city government not more cor
| r,Ipt than that of New York when Tammany
| is in: there is q we'll organized fire depart
ment the streets are lighted by elect ricity
| water is brought in pipes TO every house
| mail is delivered free by uniformed car
| riors. II is a go-as-you-please town, So
| cially. for many Of the conNentionalities ol
more highly organized society are lacking
but the town Is run very much like ,lny towr
| Of 10 900 inhabitants in the States
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shouldered, long coat model, trimmed
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also gray and brown mixed zibeline
long-skirted coats, blousing back and
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marsh fevers and the population rapidly
disappeared.
A new port was founded. therefore, which
was called Colon In honor Of Columbus,
who discovered the bay. 1t became known
also as Aspinwall, from the name Of one Of
the chief promoters Of the Isthmian railroad.
This name, in late years, has been very
little used.
After Colon was burned in the revolution
Of 1885 it was rebuilt on larger plan and
on better drained ground, but II is still a
very unhealthful place.
The late George g. Morrison, the civil
engineer, in his address In December last
before the American Geographical Society,
said that the death rate on the Isthmus
could be greatly diminished. He attributed
the unhealthful climate to the fact that no
systematic sanitary work has ever been
undertaken.
There is an abundance Of excellent water
In the mountain streams, but no village or
city has a water supply. There Is no sewer
The women wash soiled clothes in the
streams and the people get their water
from the same streams. Nearly every
disease may be found there, and the filth
of centuries is kept under some OF the houses
He said that before the United States
could begin work on the completion Of the
canal thorough sanitary improvements
should be made. With sanitary control
and discipline exercised by the United
States the greatest difficulties that have
hitherto beset the Isthmus Of Panma would
be removed.
The condti ons Of the Isthmus would be
no worse than that Of other damp tropical
countries. The hills along the line Of the
canal would furnish sites for gardens and
residences He thought 1t was not impos-
sible that in time, this region. which has been
regarded as one Of the worlds pestholes,
| might become favorite winter resort
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according to the routes followed by inter-
national trade.
The work on the De Lesseps canal gave
1t period of great prosperity, but 1t has
Ian ngushed In recent years. 1t is no wonder
that the people Of Panama and Colon were
cut to the quick by the way in which the
Colombian Government has tritled with
their interests; for they can have enduring
prosperity only by the carrying out OF the
canal enterprise.
Under the old regime Of Spain the only line
OF communication between the two oceans
was one simple mule path crossing the 18TH
mus from Panama to Porto Bello on the
Atlantic side. Porto Bello harbor is COM
modious and deep, but the Notifications Of
the old seaport are now overgrown with
forest vegetation and the place has become
an obscure hamlet occupied by few hun
tired negroes who do little trade with Colon =,
Colombia and Jamaica.
The deadly Chagres fever ragged 20 there
that the port was practically abandoned
and Chagres became the Atlantic terminus
of the Isthmian route from Panama. But
Chagres soon won fame as hotbed Of
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