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COLDS AND PNEUMONIA
This Changeabie Weather Resp0n.
sible For Many Cases.

The changeable weather OF the past few weeks
is responsible for many colds and Of pneu-
menia. Physicians fearful that the grip cpl
d. mic Of last winter will visit the country again
and they advise all to be extremely careful e.
pecially does this advice apply to parents. who
should to 1t that their little ones not al
lowed to run down. Only persons with weakened
vitality bodies filled with impurities taken
down by pneumonia and grip.
OF course, II you have a cold, and weaken the
system by the Of poisons contained In the
baIsams Of this, syrups Of that. and other
called cough you have robbed your body Of
fighting power and the pneumonia and grip germ
gets hold.
That 10 why many people have
their health permanently injured by the grip-be-
cause the symptoms of the cold were stopped while
the deadly drugs paralyzed the nerves and weaken
ed the body. fhe Impurities remain and poison
the system and there Is not vitality enough left TO
get over 1t.
This 10 important for you to know. and the
knowledge will be Of benefit to you, aside from
shy advertising value this article has for Father
Johns Medicine, which contains no opium. NOR
phine or other poisonous drugs.
Father Johns Medicine, ave have said hefore.
builds you 10 1T the same time Ii cnres the cold
and grip. Won should begin taking II right siong
and give It to the children. 1t gives them
strength to Asht OF and escape coatassus ~
esae
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
The Hustling American First.

A striking Instance Of the aggressIyeness
of the American business man is shown in
a consular report just received at the
State Department from Richard T. Greaner,
the American commercial agent at vladi-
vostock, Siberia. Every winter auctions
are held in Siberia of different kinds of
furs and buyers congregate there from for
eign countries. An American buyer from
New York came via Irkutsk early in the
season, and visited the whole sea coast. He
purchased nearly all Of the sables and
thereby got ahead of the English and Rus
sian buyers The Russian merchants ar
rived on the first steamer but they could
get only q small number at auction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
MUCH MONEY WASTED
Excessive Cost Of Building
the Snez Canal.
BRIDES AND FHEFTS
WATERWAY COULD BE DUPLI-
GATED FOR oNE-THIRD EXPENSE.
Every Step of the Work Was Attended
by orruption-Receipts
and Passengers.
BRIDES AND FHEFTS
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star and
Chicago Record Herald
ON THE RED SEA, January II, 1904.
We were very sorry to leave Cairo. Its
destinations are difficult to resist. An Old
proverb says that HE who once drinks OF
the water of the Nile VIII long for it ever
more" We had a most delightful time
there under ideal cond tens. The hotel was
as comfortable any one could wish; the
climate was perfect, the members OF the
American colony are very hosp.table, and
from the British officials l received many
attentions and favors. for which I am truly
grateful.
/ am quite sure that the officials of our
government at Washington. although most
of them usually very obliging, would
never take so much trouble to furnish a
foreign newspaper reporter with the in
formation as those in Egypt have done for
me. Unpublished reports. both of conf
Dental and public character. were placed
at my service, and if they Id not contain
complete and satisfactory information
somebody was sent out to look il up. But
1 nave met with the same experience wher-
ever have BEEN from one end of the earth
to the other. / have found the officials of
foreign governments always ready and will
ing to furnish inform ton on every legiti-
Iittc topit, dHd tiliIh, DIS d RUE, lHey ldlh
more freely and go into affairs more fully
with stranger than with their own local
newspaper men.
Perhaps 1t may be due to sympathy; per-
haps they assume that a stranger within
their gates is entitled to a little closer at
tention than home folks, and should be ac-
curately Informed about people and things;
and furthermore. there is an inclination
on the part of all gentlemen, as l have dis
covered, to be obiigng. Let me express my
appreciation of the kindness I have met
with among all grades of officials in all the
countries of Europe and elsewhere, for
without their assistance and information
they have given me my task could not be
performed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
Irrelevant Personalities.
Little Prospect of Treaty.

In a report to tha State Department, Con-
sui General Guenther states that Mining
Councillor Gotheim, member of the Ger
man parliament, at recent public meeting
of the Frankfort Association for CONNER
cial Treaties. stated that there Is a little
possibility of treaty between Germany
and the United States.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
Panama Canal Should Pay.

From the financial statements of the Suez
Company members of our Panama COM
mission and senators and representatives
of our Congress, who are discussing the
subject. can obtain a great deal of useful
information. If the Suez canal had been
honestly and economically built its stock
would pay 80 per cent dividends Although
the Panama canal will cost three or four
times as much because of Typographical
conditions and cannot expect more than
fourth as much traffic its earnings
ought to pay its expenses at the start
The receipts from the start and the traffic
they represent will be of interest in this
connection.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
Movements Of Naval Vessels.

The Navy Department has directed tho
commandant of the Boston navy yard to
place the gunboat Marietta in commission.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Lawrence.
which has just been detached from the
coast squadron, has arrived at Pensacola.
The monitor Monterey has arrived at
Canton.
The battle ship Iowa has left Tompkins-
Vile for Hampton Roads: the cruiser Hart
ford has left Port Liberte for Monte
Christie. and the gunbOat Don Juan de Aus
tria has left Suez for Port Said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
BUTLER WAS NOT PRESENT
When the Lighting Bill Passed St
Louis House.

FULTON, Mo-, February flames Gro
min, formerly member of the house of
delegates. was the first witness today In
the trial OF Edward Butler, charged with
bribery. He eerrohorated the testimony OF
four witnesses for the defense who testified
that Butler was not present In the house OF
delegates on the night OF the passage OF
the bill. At the request of Circuit Attorney
Folk. court adjourned until o'clock his
afternoon. to enable the prA secuti0n to Sc
cure the attendance Of other witnesses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04

Assistant Clerk to District Committee
The House today adopted a resolution
providing for the appointment OF an as
sistant clerk to the committee on the Dis
trlct Of Columbia for the remainder OF the
session The compensation Ii to be at the
rate Of Sc a day, payable from the con-
tinRerk fund of the HOUSE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04

The dredges used on the canal are mon
strous great machines which dip up the
loose sand buckets from the bottom of the
ditch and elevate it to height of about
fifty feet. SO that 1t runs down through long
pipes upon the desert behind the banks.
ayers how to handle the sand. which they
say behaves very differently from rock.
clay and other earth. and has peculiar ways
of its own. The wash from the passing
it cannot be prevented. and the best that
can be done Is to keep them down to a
speed of four miles an hour for large ships
and six miles an hour for smaller ones. and
then repair the damage by dredging, which
with its enormous earnings the company,
Of course. Is able to do. There are twenty
dredges at work. half of them widening the
channel and assisting the building Of stone
embankments. The others are doing repair
work. .t-
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Nominations Confirmed.

The Senate yesterday afternoon confirmed
the following nominations:
John Todd Hill. Connecticut consul at
San Juan del Norte. Nicaragua; a number
of postmasters, and Charles Lewiston mar
shall for the western district of Wisconsin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04
THE EIGHT-HOUR BILL
SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION BEFORE
HOUSE COMMITTEE.
Irrelevant Personalities INDUCED in
Further Hearings to Be Had
on Measure.

The eight-hou bill was the subject OF DIS
cussion today in the House committee on
labor. Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation of Labor, stated
briefly that he does not believe it is neces-
sary for the proponents to enter into an
extended argument for the bill.
Judge J. K. McCammon, representing
iron steel and shipbuilding interests, de-
MED that the bill under consideration Is
substantially the same as the bills three
times reported to the House. He said that
under this bill it would be impossible for
contractor to construct government SHIPS
under an eight-hour law and ships for COM
mercial purposes under a ten-hour law.
Mr. Gompers criticised Judge Mccain
mon for his statement that the bill is not
substantially the same as those already re-
ported in previous congresses and his fall
ure to say that the bill, if anything, is
modification of former measures.
Resented by Judge McCammon.
Mr.. Gompers referred to Judge Mccain
mon as Judge Cannon, and this was re-
sented by him.
ITO whom do you refer?' he asked.
ITO you. SIR answered Mr.. Gompers.
"You did not use my name"
We'll" said Mr.. Gompers, 'yeu did not
ALL"
II referred to you as "a gentleman I
should think that would be enough said
Judge McCammon.
loauy and said he did not propose to enter
into such an irrelevant discussion at this
time. He continued, saying that Judge
McCammen's charge that the bill Is I'M
American or vicious lnduStrlaiiy IS Wholly
unfounded.
Daniel Davenport of Bridgeport, Conn,
representing private association OF manu-
facturers, formed for the purpose OF pre-
venting boycotts, stated that inns ansocia GA,
ton is strongly opposed to the bill. and
the iaborerS of the country are opposed 10
a law which would deprive them of max
ing up time if time should have been lost
through illness or other reasons. Mr. Dave
EXPORT said the se-called representatives of
the laboring men are no more representative
of them than light is Of darkness.
Mr.. Gompers said the character of Mr..
Davenport's clientele can be estlnateo py
the fact that he refused to bring any of 1t
before the committee as witnesses
Irrelevant Personalities.
While Mr. Gempefs was arraigning Mr..
Davenport's private association" Judge
Goebel Ohio said he believed that the per-
sonalities were Irrelevant. The hearing of
Mr. Davenport was made a special order
for next Thursday.
Representative Spalding said that former
hearings had been taken up largely by
ERIN nations and recrinltnatlons, and that
he did not want to give UP his time to such
personalities.
E. F. DuBrul of Cincinnati, of the
National Metal Trades Association, asked
for half day to present evidence against
the bill. He was given February IS.
Herman Schulteis, representing the
knights of Labor, also will be given a
hearing February 10.
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Don Juan de Austria at Suez

SUEZ. Egypt, February 4.-The United
States gunboat Don Juan de Austria. on
her way from the Philippine Islands to the
Alden.
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During the last year all of the vessels
passing through the canal were of the mer-
chant marine with the exception of ninety
seven men-of-war, fifty-six military trans
ports and nine pleasure yachts. The fol-
lowing nations were represented:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-04

The Atlantic Coast Line railroad has es-
tablished department of pensions AL
oficers and employees seventy years Of age
will be retired. Thoae who have been ten
years in the service prior to retirement will
be pensioned.
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Through the Suez Canal.

We went down to Port Said on the rail-
way, journey of six hours, with an ex-
cellent luncheon on dining car and ar
rived at the canal city about dark, to dis
cover that our steamer was to be detained
twenty-four hours because the mail boat
from Brindisi had been compelled to put
into the harbor of Corfu to escape a hurri-
cane.
The big India steamers that come out
from London stop at Gibraltar Marselle
Genoa, Naples and Malta for passengers
and freight. The mails for India and tina
far east leave London. Paris and Berlin ten
days later, and are carried by a special
train to Brindsl the port of southern Italy.
on the Adriatic sea. where they are placed
aboard a small. fast steamer and overtake
the big boat at Port Said. Hence, while
it is twenty-three days by steamer from
London to Bombay, 1t is only thirteen days
by mail.
1t took US fifteen hours to go through the
Suez canal. The voyage has been made in
less than twelve hours by small vessels,
but big steamers with a heavy displace.
ment of water are compelled to move more
slowly for fear of washing the banks. The
canal is eighty-seven miles long. and about
half way enters Lake Timsa, or the Lake
OF the Crocodiles. TO which the Red sea
formerly extended. That is crossed in
about two hours and a half. After a few
miles more of canal the steamer enters the
Bitter lakes which are the ancient Gulf
OF Heraeopolis. The channel in both lakes
is marked by buoys and has been dredged
to a depth of twenty Eight feet.
The ordinary width of the canal at the
water line Is 32S feet; at the base, Y feet,
but where there are deep cuttings 1t mar
rows to 100 feet. The mean depth from
end to end is 26 feet. In places it has been
dredged out for channel Of 80 feet. and II
| is the intention Of the company to deepen
| 1t to that minimum the entire distance. be-
cause 1t Is already too shallow for some of
| the big battle ships and passenger steam-
ers which are NOW going back and forth
! between Europe and the far east The
slope of the banks at the water line Is one
| inch In FIVE and there are about twelve
miles Of masonry at points where the sand
| is loose and easily disturbed. These re-
tanning walls are being extended every
year. and some time it Is expected that
they will inclose the canal nearly the ell
tire distance.
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average surface of the desert above tide
water is eighteen feet, That made it neces-
sary only to dig a ditch averaging forty
four feet deep and 3sS feet wide for forty
Two miles directly ntr1hs and south: then
for twenty-fv miles TO he east and then
twenty miles to the south again. There
was comparatively little rock work and no
swamps or soft ground, Compared with
the difficulties presented by the Panama
canal the Suez canal was as easy of con-
struction as a prairie railway.
The ca pital stock of the company Is $40
coo GOO The total receipts for 1902 were
$21. 800 go .e5. from the following sources:
Steamship tolls i! 30 0o,15l IS
Passenger Fees ....-.tf.. 4o4'a ~ OK
Sailing vessels. 49,. 10 $40 W
Pilot fees. "a. l2S.2n
An barage fees. ........-tl 49,. 19.054 a5
The remaining income was derived from
the earnings of temporary deposits in
banks, from the railway between Port Said
and Ismalia from the sale of fresh water
to passing steamers. from the rental of
lands and buildings belonging to the cor
poration and to other minor sources.
The expenditures for the year 1902 were
as follows:
Administration ...-....-........... $Sf4, 4S s6
operating i.504,2Sz "a
interest on bonds. 3,06f .0to rs
Sinking fund. Observation-Disclosures. 1,e60,000 90
coupons consolidated ..-...-. 800 900 ~
Capital social. ........-............ 6.0a0 90
Net pront ....,- iZS5f Jus rs
Total $2l ,3bD, So2 10
This leaves the expenses of operating the
canal and the fixed charges "a So, SiS.07
annually
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were represented:

The largest patron of the canal company
is the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship
Company of England which sent through
213 steamers last year. The Ocean Steam
ship Company, also British concern,
which runs to Australia and the East In
dies, sent Las vessels. the Hansa Company
l6o, the Messageries iMaritmes 1856 the
North German Lloyd g5 and the Clan Line
of freighters, 80. NV Of
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This leaves the expenses of operating the
canal and the fixed charges 81 S35, SiS.0 OF
11x- ~
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OF the above 9S.06S were ordinary pas
sengers; e.499 We're pilgrims to Mecca. and
the following military forces from the ma
lions named:
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Passengers Carried.

The total number of passengers carried
through each year since the canal was
opened were as follows: .-~-i
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Beauty
Facial
Massage.

She will also give advice the correct use Of
her various dscoy cries.
S. Kann, Sons & Co.. Nine, Yale's Washington
agents. are giving the tickets. good for the best
reserved seats to Nine. Yale's lecture, free with
all purchase made in Nine. fae's goods between
now and the day of lecture, amounting to Iac. or
over
All tickets left over after Saturday, February
49, may be had free and without purchase by
calling at S. kana, Sons & Co. for them. As the
best seats viii be given the purchasers. all are
advised to make purchase of one more Of
Nine. Yale's valuable remedies and secure q
Oh oice Of seats Tickets are now ready.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-05

Sc efectu6 anoche en- la Catedral
ohciando el r. P. Min, q las media
dc la noche.
Contrayentes, la distinguida sefIorita
Juana Carrasquillo y Diaz. de Huma-
Gao y Mr.. Shon Nc KY de los Estados
Jnidos.
Lucia la novia I'M maenitico trage
blanco y la simbolica corona de azaha-
res era muy artistica.
Fueron padrinos la seflora dof1a
Ramona Vega viuda de Goenaga y
don Eugenio Fiol.
Luego de eftctuada la ceremonial Sc
dirigieron los con trayentes Sd mora
da, Ell la Gale de San Francisco, don
de Sc celebraba 10 fiesta de bodas OBJ
sequiando los concurrcntes con va
riados dulces, licores y champaf1a.
La deSposada es parienta mu} GER
cana de nuestro amigo el comandante
del puesto de policia jnsular de San
turce, sefIor Lopez Diaz.
Eterna ventura deseamos a los fell
ces conyuges que ven realizados sus
suefios de amor.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-05
FL oStadO actual de Chile

Recientemente ha alberto sus sesio-
mes el congreso nacional chileno el
Presidente Riesco en- su mensaie, des-
pues de declarar que Chile cultiva re-
laciones amistosas con todos los paises
del mundo, presenta el estado del mo-
vimiento comercial durante ell 1ltimo
aflo, que arroja estas cifras: S34S mi
llones, orc por importation y expor-
taci6n, 6 sea $28 millones mas que el
a1lo anterior, por exportacion, $rI mi
Homes mas que el ano anterior por i'm
portacion.
Los derechos de aduana han produ-
cido mas $2S millones por importation
y mas de $40 millones por exportaci6n.
Ell presupuesto de 1905 esta calcula-
do Ell SI2o millones de ingresos y Ger
ca de sos 100 mil, de gastos.
Ell fondo de conversion asciende
$22.97o mil, orc, fuera de dos milones
que han sido pagados, de acuerdo con
el fallo del Tribunal arbitral de Lau-
sana.
Ell balance de la deuda externa
arroja un saldo en- contra de dos mi
Homes y medic de libras esterlinas que
sera pagado prorto
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-05
Conferencia
EN- LA ESCUELA LINCOLN

De 9 4 10 de aver mailana Sc verif-
CO en- la Escuela de verano estableci-
da en- el edificio llamado "Escuela de
Lincoln, y cargo del Professor don
Jose Infante Saavedra, una conferen-
cia por el reputado doctor don Fran
cisco del Valie Atiles, quien disert6
acerca de la "relacion entire ciertas en-
fermedades y algunos insectos."
Ell local estaba lleno de conCurren-
tes, y lbs alumnos prestarcn mucha
atencion a las frases del conferen-
ciante
En- la proxima semana Sc efectuara
otra conferencia cargo del doctor
Goenaga, en- la siguiente otra por el
doctor don Rafael del Valle, y la I'll
TINA por el doctor M. Quevedo Baez.
Con motive del entusiasmo que Sc
produjo en- ell pdblico que asisti6 4 la
conferencia referida, fue acuerdo fun
dar un Kindergarten en- dicha escue1a
a cargo de la estudiosa y simpatica
seflorita Minina del Vale la que sera
auxiliada por las bellas distinguidas
1ovenes sefloritas Isabel Blandino, Pc
pita Gatell, Camelin Schira, Emma
Bosch Gatell, y Maria Monserrat.
MuchoS alumnos deseamos las la
boriosas profesoras del future Kin
dergarten.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-05
RumOreS de matrim0nio regiO

Ell "American" de Nueva York,
publica en- su edicion del "a del pasa-
do Julio, TN despacho fechado Ell dfa
anterior en- Paris, con la firrna del mar
ques de Castellane, concebido en- estos
terminos:
."Hay negociaciones entabladas en-
tre Madrid y Berlin con objeto de con-
certar Ell enlace entire la pequef1a hiia
del Emperador Guillermo y e1 joven
Rey de Espafa. La princesa alema-
na Sc convertira al catoljcisno as
cendera al trono de Carlos V.
Los manipuladeres de este asunto
son los cardenales Wives y Tuto y su
amigo Merry del Val. Ell Emperador
aleman Sc esforzara en- que Sc haga
una MISUNDERSTANDING en- su pro-
We ,ho-en el arreglo que est4n gestio-
nando Francia y Espafla con respecto
a Marruecos. cuyo efecto en- el ira
tado Sc insergara una clausula cedien-
do AleInania un pueSto Ell el Attain
tiCo.
Sc recordara que la guerra franco
alemana de 1879 Sc origino por las pre-
tensiones de IN Hohengollcrn al trono
de Espafla. Por tanlo Ell enhance que
Sc presenta. es.a lleno de importantes
.consecuencias para Francia.
Ell Emperador Guillermo tiene so-
lsmente una hija, la princesa Victoria
Luisa, nacida en- 1892, siendo la sep
TINA y Ultima en- el 6rden de su pro-
genie.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-05

Aver fal1eci6 en- esta capital ell Sc
for don Alvaro de Lazaro y Costa,
persona distinguida y de grandes me-
recimientos.
El entierro del cadaver tuvo efecto
esta mafiana 4 las o, con una concu-
rrencia tan distinguida como nume-
rosa.
La Redaccion del BoLETIN MERcAN-
TIL envfa ell testimonio de su pesame
a la familia desconsolada, que llora en-
los presentes instantes la desaparicion
de uno de sus principales miembros.
Pertenecia ell sefiOr de Lazaro Cos
ia a una distinguida y honorable fa-
milia, y gozaba por sus virtudes civil
cas-, por sus valiosas prendas persona
les, grandes y merecidas simpatias en-
tire todas las clases sociales de San
Juan.
Descanse en- paz.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1904-08-05
E.s fs ING mosensEko
y HSsn Eetsrsburgo"
SON CARBONEROS

Dicen los telegramas procedentes de
Suez que los buques auxiliares de que
rra "San Petersburgo" y "Smolensk"
ilevan un cargamento de carbon, y es-
to da motive a pensar 81 esperaran la
escuadra rusa del Baltico; pero otros
despachos, con mas acierto, aseguran
que la mission de los buques rusos es
tan solo vigilar la travesfa de los bar
COS FOR ell mar Rojo y evitar Ell con-
trabando de guerra que muchos bar
cos de distintas nacionalidades y par
ticularmente ingleses. transportan a!
Jap6n.