The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-11-19

the interior says while the struggle is of the outs against the ins. the ins are few and the outs are in reality the great body of the people who never have had q share in the power or the spoils of Central American Government. The spoils. under, tke friendship of the Americans and their prospective occu- patton of the country for many years. 1t is believed, will amount to an enormous sum, of which the liberal leaders, with the great body of people behind them, want their share. That part of the country that furnishes the soldiers is determined that if MT. Taft cannot assure 1t a fair election in which it's party .s certain to win, 1t will show it's power in the field. The gentleman referred to stated that the whole country is seething with the revolutionary feeling, which sooner or later is sure to give the administration at Washington considerable trouble.
 Practically steamship men cannot understand why so many blunders in the handling of trans-isthmian freight are made by the Canal Commission. They expected a great improvement when the Americans took hold of the Panama Railroad. but conditions were never so bad as now. They refer es- pecially to the lack of dock facilities at Colon. Much was promised in the way Of increased dockage, which was sadly needed. but the Commission has monopolised the only good dock and built nothing that is of service. The new wharf at Cristobal is . failure. It Is so poorly built that 1t is not re- garded safe for a steamship to make fast to it. Mir. Shopts. on his return to Washington. Is reported to have given out statement that 1t would soon be ready for use and that 1t had twenty-seven feet of water. It has less than twenty. The Preston, a small fruiter drawing twenty-two feet. tried to go alongside recently and ran aground. Little or no dredging is be- ing done and the harbor of Colon is fast getting into an unsafe condition.
 It is pointed out that there are miles of the canal left completed by the French available for docks. which are sadly needed, but which in spite of promises are not built. The space available for freight is so small that cargoes are piled on top of one another and thus badly mixed when reshipped across the Isthmus. Shippers complain of many lost bales, boxes and pack ages. They say they are getting CLdlfnS ITOLl dli tnC 0ootu ALlCEiGaAA ports in every mail One merchant ayers that a scarcity of food threat ems some of the Pacific coast towns owing to the mix-up of freight at this port. It is hinted that a man who un- derstands handling and forwarding sea going freight would be an acceptable addition to the expert railroad men sent down here by the Canal Commits sion.
 Governor Magoon says one of the first things he saw on the isthmus was a lot of snow shovels. A few days later he came across a string of sleigh bells. He wiped the precipitation from his face. looked up at the banana trees to make sure he was not dreaming and wanted to know what fellow in Washington had sent such things to this country. What on earth are they for?" he demanded. Do they thinl; up there that the canal runs through a snow bank and we go about on runners?"
 The storekeeper smiled, and explain ed that the shovels and bells were brought to Panama by the French, who thought they might be useful here. as they were in building the Suez Ca- nal. where sand was removed by one and mules wore the other.
 Soon after the Governor made a more gruesome find. for which the French also were responsible. It was a lot of fine marble tombstones, ready for immediate use. He kept still about the discovery until the next day, when Colonel Cook was walking with him near the st re house. Come and have a tombstone on me-" said the Govern or as he entered the door. All right" replied the Colonel, following; "rd rather have 1t on you than on my self"
 Former Chief Engineer Wallace took the same view in respect to the cof- fins he brought down Nere with him when he was appointed. They were for himself and wife and were very elaborate and heavy. One of the clerks in the administration building said he sold MT. Wallace's casket for the ship ment of the remains of MT. Grifnth, the superintendent of the local electric light plant, and added: The fact that Mr.. Wallace brought it with him when he came shows he did not expect to stay here"
 The last number on tho program of the Government band at its Sunday concert was a selection composed by the leader and thus announced: NO. 6, dedicated to the people; title, "A Grand Surprise"
 In commenting on the efforts of the local people to amuse Americans and make them feel at home the editor of paper writes: The company intends to have the grounds so arranged that all classes of athletic sports, bull fights cts, may be held there after the style of the best athletic parks in the States"