The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-01-02
By MERRILL a. TEAGUE.

profitable cultivation and employment
Of the land he La Boca terminals OF the
road. three miles from Panuma. and
Immediately adjoining the Pacific term
mus CT the proposed canal, are another
proof OF this mans constructive ability.
These terminals, with plenty OF track
ago room. steel pier 900 feet long:
equipped with electric cranes and al
modern ppIances u for cargo handllns,
have revolutioniZed transisthmlan com
nlerce and added Immensely to the
value of the railroad property Under
tho direction Of this same genius much
OF the line Of the railroad has been
rebuilt with heavy rails. better curves
and <ewer of them, more suostantlal
bridges, imported cypress ties and cut
stone ballast. so that to-day In q physli'-5
cal sense, the property compares i y :, ora,
lily with the better examples OF raliroad
engine ering in the States.
Tho man who has done these things
and who by the simple exercise OF ms 4
natural talents has won the title OF
king of the; Isthmus,' Bis UNIQUE IN his
personality. Within two years Of eighty
years of age, he leads n life Of tlrcless
activity. With charac teristic Kentucky
brusqueness. he repels every suggestion
that the isthmus IS unhealthy, ana ae-
flies all tradition and all the cautions
az the medlcoes by refusing to use nets
in a land which is infested with germ
carrying mosquitoes. -,
THE sISTHMUS AS %SHALER$ SEES II.
.The isthmus is a health resort is his
con an ions nor can the fact that last
wear re lost three sisters by yellow fever,
the three dying within fewer than twenty
DAYS. change his opinion of the health
qualities of the isthmus A bachelor. ne
declares that "the worst woman Is bet
{bn hos ~. vet women are
almost entire strangers at his bungalow.
rambling, lowered structure. set down
in the midst of a cocoanut grove, on the
choicest part of the waterfront of Colon.
In this bungalow there is the atmosphere
OF a mans club-large readlng-rooms.
carefully arranged stack Of books and
periodicals., billiard and pool tables
shower boths. men servants and those
tther things which predominant In places
frenuented by men only,
| IIore Colonel Shnler confidently ex-
pect: to spend the next few years. -
nm 40 young to think about quitting
work" he says. When the United States
| shall have become firmly established on
| the isthmus and undertaken the man
|ngement OF the railroad. he may return
Ito the States to live upon his compe-
Itence. but Just now the Colonel-chiyal-4
rous genial, courteous with the old
school Southern type of courtesy, ana
Ibuovnntlv active-is carrying too much
Of the burden of tho now republic for
him 10 think Of laying liz down
PRESCOTT IN THE REVOLUTION.
When, en- the 4th Of november, Go 10
Torres was hesitating about accepting
! the sum OF $4,000 gold offered him II he
wonld take the Colombian troops that
| rad landed the day before NJ Colon
and sail back to Cartagena, It looked for
a time as though only the release or GEN.
c:aIs Tovar and Amnyn, who were helei
prisoners Of the republic at Panama,
would avert a clash between tne G ,,,
1 binns and the AmerlcanGmnrines, Torres
/ Insisted upon seeing and confSrlng with
! thc Two generals Tho officials Of the
new rcp,blic were 10th to grant his
| demand; Torres could not run tho risk
OF crossing the isthmus TO probable ar
| rest. 1t was then that Herbert q Fres-
| colt, assistant superintendent OF thc ran
| Panama, took charge OF this end OF the
| situatlon. He demanded that Tovar and
| kinayn be produced at the railroad sta
/ ton In this city, and his demand was
granted a,,os, -
| t; anSport them across the lsthmus, ana
| Prescott made himself personally re-
| turn 10 custody. Commander Hubbard.
| of The Nashville, had issued an order
| forbi,liing tho transportation Of armed
! men in either direction by tho railroad.
1 prescott did not propose to violate TINS
1 order but lie had to run the risk 0 {
/ Tuynr and Amaya trying to escape or Of
!. IN attempt being made TO rescue them.
i He was, therefore, justified when no
i agreed to let about twenty-five OF his
i friends, who wished to reach Colon, take
nn.saga on the train. That each one
! AZ these friends carried q revolver IN his
4 hin rocket was n fact Of which Pres
cotr was Officially ignorant; but so de-
termlmed is his own disposition that,
Mad lIoyar or Amaya tried to escape,
or had an attempt been made 70 rescue
i them, prescott knew his friends would
Not Sc see him outwltted. 1T happened that
4 lures succumbed to the temptation Of
A fcred IN 5000 before the special left
ltPiS ninnuumra, but the Incident shows that
i Prescott is not without resources, and
4 mat lie understands tho art Of doing
4 ythimgs In the right WAY
A 5 AnIApoR's 3t,I4IEF AID-Dl1-cAMlPE'.
i Next 10 COLONEL slialer. Mr.. Prescott Is
1 Tine most formidably prominent mar on
4 tie Istlmus, His position Is ono of.ex-
4 tre,no, Importance lie has lived long
i II Central American countries, although
/ aim a. young man; f,'pealss Spanish lke q
native, understands most intimately tbs