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has narrow gauge railroad made of tanner
lean rails laid on ties of California redwood.
with locomotives that came from the United
States. 1t mas dyndmite plant with an
American manager, and the diamond mines
themselves in charge of an American.
The same is true of the gold mines. The
Rand Is not unlike parts of Nevada and the
prospecting is done with American diamond
drills, which the miners say are lighter than
the English drills and more easily worked.
Much of the ore is dug down with Ameri-
picks loaded upon cars with Ameri-
can shOyels. and carried through the tun-
nels over American rails. The timbering
is done with carpenter tools from New
England the American saw and the Ameri-
can AK being everywhere found
Our Trade Increasing.
What troubles the English and Germans is
the steady gain in American trade. We. are
increasing our exports at the rate of 30 per
cent and upward year. In one year We
gained sa00.000 in machinery and type
writer's $4,000 in household goods, and
more than half million dollars in iron. We
are now shipping more -four than ever.
sending it direct from New York and San
Francisco to Cape Town and Durham. The
-four goes in bags of 2CO pounds or barrels
of 1876 pounds, but bags are preferred
We sell patent medicines in South Africa.
Any drug store there will give you our liver
pills. favorite soaps. refined castor oils and
our best known patent medlCineS. we sell
electrical goods typewriterS, cash registers
and musical instruments such as the phono-
graph and graphophone. There is big de-
mand for wire fencing and for galvanized
iron sheets for roofing and building. This
material is used all over South Africa, and
it is now supplied chiefly by the Belgians
and the English
New African Railroads.
The new railroads of Africa are taking
,no
being built here and there all over the
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Is a market for corn planters, harrows. cui-
tivators, plows, reapers and mowers,
threshers and all sorts of farm machinery.
American wagons are considered the best,
and they sell well everywhere The South
Africans are using our locomotives on the
railroads, and have recently bought lot
of steel cars. They like our foodstuffs and
buy American -four and canned meats.
NJ Ich of the American canned stuff goes to
South Africa under English brands. Four
million pounds of timed meats were re-
Gently shipped from New York to London.
They were rebranded Shamrock. an English
trade mark. and sent out to Natal
America in the Gold Mines
l am told that American goods are found
throughout the gold region. They are used
in Kimberley. the diamond mining center.
and have made their way right into the
mines themselves. Much of the mining ter
yftory there was opened up by American
mining engineers. and these engineers early
began the Importation of American goods.
Kimberley has Ice plants from Chicago. 1t
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.
MISCELLANEOUS

MISCELLANEOUS.
Absorbent Combs Kato Med Co
Artistic Toilet Co Natl Asson Of State
Brahens Club Dairy and Food Deps
Columbian Correspon- Natl Funeral Benefit
dence Inst Assn
Congressional Correspon- W N Storage Co
dence School Union Coat Go f2
Curtis Agency u S Counterfeit Detectop
Historical and BenevolcDtU Information Bursae
society Washington Gazette
Howard Pub Co
FOREIGN LIST.
Anderson, Mrs Ysruuie ManthopuIo Nfcol.
Bendhetrn, Miss Sophie Nicoio. Cusato
Bono, 2 Oehl John
Galpin, w Profit. VIM
GuileaBi Guisippi DIR Presso r q
Halpern. Maks Ramus, Lieut. Carl
Hopkins, Mrs Ritz Guiseppi CD
Rowland, Cyrus Ryan Charlie
Hughes. Miss Martha A Slater, W (2
Lantorfo, Alexander Smith Avery
Ierquel, VIM Sander. Giovanni
Iurgf, Bianch Turner, Mrs Aida
Mandan Scum Wiggant Miss
Macona, Georgon
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continent and we are selling them loco
motives. bridges and heavy machinery.
The South African states would rather
patronize the English, but they are
opening up new countries and they wan.
their orders filled Immediately. The Amer
lean can do this in one-third the time pro-
posed by the British contractors and gen
elally at much lower rate. This was the
case with the Uganda railway, which runs
from Mombasa, on the coast little bit
above Zanzibar. into the interior as tar
as Lake Victoria Nyanza. That road is
now completed, and it has twenty-seven
American bridges upon it. 1t took the
British contractors two years to put up
eight bridges, and the company Was in
despair as to the twenty-seven remaining
They asked the American Bridge Company
to bid upon it. 1t did so, offering to con-
plete the whole within seven months after
the foundations wefe ready. The contract
was accepted and the job was done on time.
The bridges were built in Philadelphia and
shipped in tramp steamers to Mombasa.
American engineers superintendent the work
and East Indian coolies performed the hard
labor The Uganda railroad is partially
operated by American locomotives.
The Soudan Railroads.
a number of railroads are to be built in
the SoudaD, that wide strip of country
which runs across Africa between the Sa-
hara and the Congo valley The Egyptian
railway is to be extended south from khar-
toum, and English and American. capitalists
are now having a railway surveyed from
Khartoum to Ads Ababa, the capital of
Abyssinia. If this is built 1t will be fol-
lowed by a road connecting it with the
French line at Harar, making continuous
road from Khartoum to Jibouti, the
Red sea. Other sections have been planned
along the Cape to Cairo road. and the Ger
mans are building line from the coast
opposite Zanzibar which will connect with
that road somewhere in the vicinity Of
Lake Tanganyika. The French propose to
continue the line which now runs from AL
giers and Constantine to the oass of Bisk-
ra, south to Lake Tschad or Timbuktu
across the Desert of Sahara, and there are
several lines either planned or in construc-
tion from the Gulf of Guinea into the In
terror. The Belgians have some new rail-
road projects along the Congo, the road
which has been built to Stanley Pool, hav-
ing been great success. Indeed, Africa
offers a promising field for the sale Of
American railway materials, and the steel
trust and our bridge companies should keep
their eyes on it.
Our Goods in West Africa
We sell comparatively few goods in West
Africa owing to the fact that we have no
direct steamship connection. The southern
and central parts of that continent are as
near the United States as Europe. and
steamers from New York and our southern
ports should make regular sailipgs to Cape
Town. the Congo and the Gulf of Guinea
At present most of the shipping is done by
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THE KIMBERLY DIAMOND MINES AMERICAN MACHINERY.

have built up a big business in Algeria.
When they took possession of that country
in 1880 their annual exports to it were only
a million and half dollars They are now
more than fifty million dollars every year.
The French are colonizing the country,
building roads and railroads, opening up
its wheat fields and making it one of the
great food supply points of the republic.
Our exports to Algeria are now worth
about a million dollars annually. They are
made up of tools of all kinds. including
reapers and mowers. threshers and portable
engines.
1t is the same in Tunisia. which also be-
longs to France. We annually sell 1925. 600
worth of agricultural machinery to that
country, and also quantities of tobacco,
pork, corn and petroleum. The Tunisians
use American saws and carpenter tools and
all sorts of American hardware
The Egyptian Market.
The biggest market of this part of the
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ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following IL a list of advertised letters
naming In the Washington I'd. c. Post-9fdce Sat
urriay, December S, 1903.
10 obtain any of these letters tho applicant
Should call for Advertised Letters"
II not called for within two ~ weeks they viii
be sent to the Dead Letter Office
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Colombian Soldiers Expelled.

AS we were nearing Colon the U. s. 8.
Nashville met us and signaled to our cap
tain to land every one of us quickly. Nine
teen boats were lowered and We were soon
in them. fully equipped for heavy march
ing. The Nashvilles steamf launch towed
US ashore and we relieved eleven marines
and thirty-seven bluejackets. They deserve
sle cial mention for their bravery and the
creditable way they protected the Ameri-
can interests. We soon faced 500 ColQm-
bian soldiers, whom our officers ordered to
go aboard steamer and Leave the city.
They hesitated, but when one of us dis
charged gun accidently they soon faced
about and marched double-quick time AMI
boarded steamer that took them away.
This was all very exciting5 but 1t didn't
last very long. -
1t began to rain hard soon after and we
passed the night In large cotton shed,
with our guns in our hands Next morning
We marched back to the nineteen small
boats and were towed back to the ship
For time we kept our leggins. belts and
notice. The Atlanta soon arrived and peace
reigned once more.
Life at Colon.
1t rains about four times day. Our mail
ia put into big bag and 1t is given to the
FIRST steamer that is going to the states
direct to New Orleans or New York. where
It Is mailed. am glad to be in the service.
have seen many strange sights. and I
have never regretted the day that enlisted
TO be "a Little Boy In Blue" Soon this
letter will be put into the ships mail bag.
and as ] finish writing can hear marine
singing. I'm be There, Mary, Dear" others
are playing cards. others reading and writ
ashore and have hot time"
DRUMMER JOHN SWAIL, Jr..
Company B. Marine Battalion.
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world. however. is Egypt. That country is
controlled by England. although nominally
under the sultan, and the United States is
now getting fair share of it's trade The
building of the Atbara bridge was a great
object lesson to the English engineers, and
much of our machinery is now being used
The new railroads have 200 American cars
and quite number of American engines
Egypt Is largely lighted with American
petroleum, it takes thousands of pairs of
American shoes and q small amount of
American cotton. There Is, however, no
American house In Egypt. and such bust
ness as is done is through foreign i'm
porters. FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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The Reaction.

rrem the Chicago Tribune.
Mistress OF the House-'sYour hands look
"a II you never washed them"
Eaton Jog,slong-'T don't. ma'am- Ten o
he best years Q. my life worked In soau
&ctory."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-18
HAzING OF CADETS
AGAIN IN FULL SWING
Dullards of Upper Glasses Cypress
New Men.

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Sept. 1S.-The in
vestigation into the hazing OF MidsniD-
man Richard s. Galloway has given Lffi-
cial recognition 10 the fact, which is
commonly known here. that hazing is
still going on in full force at the Naval
Academy. The midshipmen themselves
deny that there is any hazing whatever.
but that is simply because they have
changed the name of the practice TO
running" As a matter OF fac; hszing
in an extremely severe form is going ON
and it has driven several fourth class
men TO the hospital. The abuse con-
sists chiefly OF the use OF insulting and
profsne language TO the under clsssmen,
and compelling them by threats to I'M
dergo continuous physical exercise until
exhausted. 1t is this latter practice
which is sending the boys TO sick quar-
tiers.
The hazers are about fifteen midship-
men of the three upper classes. who are
deficient In studies and compelled 20
forego the regular holiday. So strong Is
academic custom that this handful of
the dull men of the upper classes are
hazing the 3i5 youths who compose the
entering class. The officers are trying
TO stir the youngsters TO manly resist
ance TO such an imposition.
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OYSTER COMMISSION
MAY FAVOR CHANGES

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. ls.-The Leg
lative oyster commission. appointed es-
pecially to make an investigation TO De
termine whether the Baylor survey
should be broken. returned yesterday,
after spending three weeks on the East
ern Shore and on the oyster waters OF
the State. The commission will make
full report to the next Legislature. but
the members are reticent as to what
recommendation VIII probably be made.
It is pretty certain. however. that the
commission will recommend that the
Baylor survey be broken.
One OF the members OF the commits
sion made a remark that while there
are 100000 acres Of land where oysters
might be cultivated. only $4,000 acres
are productive. and he intimated that the
other oyster-raising territory ought to
be brought into use Two members of
the commission. DR.. s. Wilkins Mat
thews. OF Accomac. and Mr. Bryant. OF
HenrtcO, were defeated for renomins-
ton while they were on the cruise.
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NAVY PAYMASTER PUTS
HIS LIFE BEFORE GOLD
Sees $4,000 Lost From Over
turned Launch.

JERSEY CITY. Sept. 1S.-Paymaster
William II Doherty. OF the cruiser Chi
eago. together With crew OF five men.
narrowly escaped drowning during ;he
height OF the gale through the founder
ing OF steam launch in which they
were endeavor.ng TO reach the Chicago.
then lying OF ST. George, Staten ISLAND
Incidentally. s27 600. which the paymas-
ter had with him TO pay of the tars.
went overheard
When just abreast ST. George Light
house a monster wave lifted the launch,
hurled & over backward. and threw the
crew SPRAYING INFO the water. The men
struck OUT for their lives The treasure
was abandoned. But It was buOyed as
regulations required. The rule obliges
paymasters TO attach dragged buoy
10 all money pouches
The fate OF The launch was observed
from the lighthouse and from the cruz
ser. and two tenders put out TO the res
eue-that OF the cruiser went after the
money. he lighthouse tender Daisy
steamed FOR the men. All were rescued
in an exhausted condition and carried TO
the Chicago
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AUSTRIAN EMPEROR
TAKES A FIRM STAND
Forbids Commands in Hungarian
Tongue.

VIENNA. Sept 1s-Emperor Francis
Joseph, vino returned yesterday from the
army rnaneuyers. has issued an i'm
portant army order, emphaticaIIy de-
claring he Will never consent to the de-
mands of the Hungarian party who in
sist on the use Of their own language by
onlcers in giving commands to the Hun
garian section of the forces.
Dealing with this question, which pre-
cipitated the political crisis. the EN-
peror after praislng the harmonious
cooperation of all the troops which
took part in the maneuvers, said:
Il am bound and determined 70 up
hold the army's present we'll tried regu-
lations. Certain sided efforts. cal
culated 10 undermine the sterling struc-
ture OF The army, must have II borne
home that I will never give up the rights
and prerogatiyes which are guaranteed
10 me as the supreme commander.
United and undivided as ii is. so shall
my army remain
The order caused an immense sensa
ton In Austria and Hungary Hitherto
the Emperor has been regarded as the
most silent monarch in Europe Never
before, even in the gravest constitutional
conflicts. has he used such language as
contained in this army order. 1t is taken
elsewhere as being the beginning of a
conflict between the throne and the
Hungarian parliament. the end of which
cannot be foreseen.
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NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD TOLD BRIEFLY FOR BUSY READERS
SOLDIERS TREATED TO
81 GALLONS OF CIDER

NlDDLETOWN. Md. Sept. 1s.-The
Fourth Battery. United States Field Ar
tillery. who marched from FCrt Myer
to attend the unwilling OF the New Jer-
sey monument at Antietam. were treated
TO barrel OF new cider when they
reached the War Correspondents monu
men, at Gapland the summer home Of
George Alfred Townsend. on South
Mountain. Wednesday morning The
cider, thirty-one gallons. was made es
pecially for the soldiers by order of
Mr. Townsend. The 120 men drank every
drop OF It. On the way TO Gapland the
battery became lost in the mountain
roa6r near Catoctin. and had TO ford the
Catoctin Creek, near where IL empties
into The Potomac. The six guns. weigh
ing $500 pounds each, took the ford at
= 80 degree angle.
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ALDERMEN TURN DOWN
MaCk'S PAVING TRUST

FREDERICK. Nd. Sept ls.-The
board OF aldermen. at a special meeting
last night. awarded a contract for paw
ing South Market Street to ]. L. Fritchey
& Son, OF Lancaster. Their bid WAS
$2.l square yard for porter brick. and
Sl.S5 lineai foot for granite curling
The boards action occasioned -ruch
comment, as Contractor John ]. Con-
nor, OF Philadelphia, offered to lay The
Mack brick for $40 square yard and the
granite curbing for $3.50 a lineaI foo.
Fritehey Son wanted 1925 for laying
the Mack brick They have seventy
days in which to complete the work.
and Conner offered to do the work in
nifty days. Under previous contracts
with the city they have received $40 a
day for each day in which they compIet-
ed the work ahead OF the contract time
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ALASKAN MINER MAKES
CHARGES OF CRUELTY

PORTLAND Ore, Sept 17.-If reports
be true. thirty prospectors are dying OF
cold and starvation at East Cape. Beh-
ring Sea. Ole Johnson. a Dane. mem
Der Of the Danish ship Maenaense. just
arrived at Seattle from Alaska. made
formal charges yesterday against the
captain of the ship for having abandon
ed Dane named Nelson. and twenty
nine others on the icy shores of East
Cape.
He has also written TO the Secretary
OF State. giving full details of the cap
tain's terrible deed. and asking for a
relief ship TO be sent at once to the res
cue of the suffering men
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STRONG ELEVEN FOR
GETTYSBUR G COLLEGE

GETTYSBURG. Pa, Sept 1S.-The
members of the Gettysburg College foot
ball squad, which numbers over thirty
men. have been practicing hard during
the past ten days The team this year
will be heavier than that of last year.
DR.. Oglesby, of Chester former Uni
versity OF Pennsylvania player, who has
been secured as coach. has had the men
practicing falling on the ball. and on
following punts down the field. but as
yet there has been no lineup.
The line this year should De especially
strong with Bower and Bike for center:
Hin. Bonner. Rice. and Swartz for
guards and tackles, and Bartholomew
and StOrpick as end material. Captain
James viii again play fullbaek, with
Sieber and Sieber as halfbaek cands-
dates. kaufman should make very ac-
eeptable quarterback. Manager Walter
Sprenkle has succeeded in arranging a
frst-class schedule Of games. including
one with Princeton
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PATHS NEXT FAREWELL
ASSURED BY $4,000

NEW YORK, Sept 1s.-The last OBJ
stacle 70 the forthcoming tour or Nine.
Adellne Patti. under the direction OF
Robert Grau, was removed yesterday by
the deposit with Messrs. Rotnschild. OF
London. through August Belmont & CO.,
OF New York. the sum OF $40 900 as per
contract.
This sum secures Nine. Patti the pay
ment for the last eight concerts OF her
tour, and thus makes absolutely certain
the return TO America for her farewell
tour OF the great songstress.
Nine. Patti sails for New York on the
steamship Etruria. October "a, after Civ
ing her farewell concert at Liverpool
the hight before. The first concert will
be Liyen at Carnegie Hall. November ?.
while the matinee viii be given Novem-
Der T. at the same place.
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MIDDIES' TEAM WILL
ADOPT YALE TACTICS

ANNAPOLIS. Nd, Sept. 1S-Coaeh
Barr Chamberlain. of Yale. has arrived
here TO assist in coaching the Naval
Academy football team this season.
Charles K. Gould. who will be head
coach, is not expected until the end OF
the month. This is the first time for
several years that Yale coaches have
been employed. and il goes TO show that
the navy athletic authorities have not
been entirely satisfied with the Prince
ton style OF playing the game which has
been taught here for the last few years.
lales football tactics will be taught
instead this year. The squad Of sixty
midshipmen Of the new fourth class.
which started out to practice. has dwin-
died down TO about twenty five now. as
some Of the men who came out had no
football ginger al all Others dropped
out after the first days work.
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COAL BARON BAER HAS
TO FIGHT RUMORS NOW

NEW YORK. Sept 1s.-Rumor says L.
f. Loree, president of the Baltimore and
Ohio. will be elected a director of the
Philadelphia and Reading. eventually 10
succeed George F. Baer as the head of
the latter company Mr.. Baer has just
returned from his vacation spent In
Europe.
Charles S. Mellen. president of the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company. did
not tender his resignation to the direc-
tors. who held meeting in the late
afternoon 1t was said that at this
meeting the figures or the Forthcoming
annual report were discussed in a gem
eral way and no official business was
transacted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-18
KENT CRICKETERS PLAY
IN PHILADELPHIA TODAY

PHILADELPHIA. Sept 1S-The Kent
County cricket team will begin its first
American game today against the
Colts OF Philadelphia. The match will
be played on the grounds Z: the Ger
man town c. c. Play Will start today
at y O'Clock, and on other days al II
o'clock. and will continue until Sis D. m
II has been decided that the match
against New York Will be played at
Staten Island September 80 and October
I. An effort was made TO have this game
played earlier. but e was the wish cf
the Ke Il team that no game be played
between the Colts match and The
Gentlemen OF Philadelphia game. which
viii be PLAYED next week.
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WHITE BEsTs BEEBE.

LANCASTER. sept. 1S.-The opening
J how OF the Lancaster Athletic Club g
season last night drew about a thousand
people. the attraction being feather
weight bouts. In the wind-up. JOHNNY
White. OF Philadelphia, pat IL all Or
|'KId" Beebe. OF the same city. The
[olored boy got busy al the sound of
he gong and kept up the gait until Tho
nd. Beebe. however, with badly cut
4 ar put W the gamest kind Of q fight
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-18
ARMY OFFICER ENDS LIFE
SOON AFTER HONEYMOON

LEAVENWORTH. Kan. Sept. IS
Second Lieut.. L. NJ. Mitchell. aged TWEEN
ty-two, Of the Twentieth Infantry. killed
himself in his quarters last night by
shooting himself through the heart
Mrs. Mitchell. bride of short time.
was visiting friends in the city when the
tragedy occurred. II was she who dis
covered the dead body OF her husband
when she returned home Hard study
is supposed to have deranged Mitchen's
mind
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KEENE'S INJUNCTION
TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION

James R Keene viii sell part OF his
stable OF thoroughbreds at public aue-
ton tomorrow. AmorZ The Iot cata-
logued are the past winners Injunction
and Dolly SDanker.
This sale was ordered by Mr. Keene
so hat he would have room for sixty
i've yearlinRs now in course OF training
al mis- New Jersey farm. BrOokdale.
Many OF the horses that viii 90 under
the hammer are young horses OF high
class
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A NEw PIeEoN REcORp.

/ BIRDsBoRO. Pa. Sept. iS-David II.
Eealrd. Of Hamburg. has received word
pom W. A. Witcraft OF Cambridge.
PHO, that d hOming pigeon secured from
pr. beaiTd has lowered the worlds
'ecord on 1,O0O-Inile fly The bird.
4 ith several Others, was liberated al
Wichita. Kan, and arrived at Cambridge
y i've days. two hours and thiry min
s tss. thus breaking the worlds record