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while the deluge of arriving material was
at its height, the commercial business of
the road increased nearly so per cent over
the year before; and at the moment when
we thought affairs could get no worse, two
cases of bubonic plague at La Boca re-
suited in two consecutive quarantines at
that place. completely tying up that outlet
for sixty days. Furthermore, the personnel
of the Panama railroad as acquired had not
been educated on modern lines, and there
fore was completely paralyZed when con-
fronted with the onerous conditions caused
by this congestion. 1t was necessary, con-
sequently. to begin at once the construc-
ton of new wharves equipped with modern
mechanical appliances, and of large ter
minal yards at both ends of the road; of ex-
tensive warehouses; of suitable machine
shops and of a modern coal hoisting plant,
which will reduce the cost of handling
coal from ship to engines from s1.30 to
about IL cents per ton.
I'VE have also purchased new and more
powerful locomotives, larger cars for both
passenger and freight services, and heavy
steel rails for relaying the road, and have
strengthened the bridges to enable them
to carry the heavier equipment. We have
reorganized the personnel of tn road. put
ting into the higher positions experienced,
aggressive, up-to-date men, with the result
that with the old eauipment and facilities
they have cleared UP during the last thirty
days an accumulation of over 1900 tons
of commercial freight. With the advent
of our increased dock facilities, terminal
yards now nearly complete, ana new power
and equipment now arriving, the road Will
be In n position to handle efficiently and
economically a vastly larger volume Of
business than heretofore.
Supplies and Material Bought.
While all this necessary work was in
progress. the task of purchasing, forward
Ing and distributing the enormous quantity
of materials and supplies of all kinds was
receiving our constant and most careful at
tention. The purchases included not only
| the items entering into the permanent plant,
but also those required TOR the preliminary
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box cars-40 ton. u caboose cars, 10 re-
frigerator cars, passenger coaches "a To-
comotiyes, wrecking cranes, locomotive
crane. L pile driver, track scales-I0O ton;
1 modern coal hosting plant, ! cantilever
crane for coal hosting plant
Distribution of Material.
'In regard to all equipment purchases,
both for the canal and the railroad, It
should be stated that the gauge OF the
Panama railroad being wider than the
standard gauge in the United States made
it impossible to use secondhand rolling
stock of any kind; all locomotives and cars
had, therefore, to be built to order After
the supplies reached the isthmus we had
TO contend not only with the lack of termi-
nal facilities and mechanical appliances al
ready mentioned, but also with an made
quate equipment with which to distribute
II to its destination or the force to handle
1t. These obstacles have been largely sur
mounted. The elimination of yellow fever
and the establishment of better systems OF
housing and feeding the employees have
enabled US to recruit our working forces
till those assigned to the material and sup
ply division now number over twenty -one
hundred men.
Il have so far, gentlemen. endeavored to
give you an idea of the difficulties which
we have had to encounter and overcome in
order to make the isthmus place fit TO
work in. and TO collect the tools with which
to work. So far actual excavation and
dredging are concerned, we have not eh-
deavored to accomplish much. AS a gen
eral principle in which think you will ali
concur. II is inadvisable to attempt to run
a railroad before the tracks are laid.
Excavation in Progress.
I'VE are now working. however. six steam
shoveis In Culebra cut. which is the larg-
est single factor In the construction of the
canal. and have removed approximately
one million cubic yards of material BY
This work we are accomplishing two ehingss
Continued on Fourteenth Raoa) =
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work. To give you an idea of the magnI-
tude OF these purchases l will read for you
the principal items: Sixty-one steam SHOW
els, LOO nat cars, IL rapid unloaders, 81
unloading piows, IL earth spreaders ;2I
dump cars, II hosting engines. 100 locomo-
yves, 1000 tons of steel rails, 125 COO cross
ties, 1000 pieces Of piling IA air com
pressing machines. cranes, 152 rock drills
oV'oooo rect lumber approximately
dipper dredges, $4,000 pounds blasting
powder, olI,5C0 pounds dynamite 1000 coo
paving brick, 3,J00,000 building brick, JOO.-
ooo square feet roofing tile. $4,000 barrels
cement approximately, 3 steel water tanks
ships.
The approximate total cost of our pur-
chases was about $4,000, coo 1t should be
porne in mind that at the time when or
ders for most of these items were placed
the industries of the United States were
crowded with domestic business, and were
unabie, consequently to make prompt de-
Hveries. 1t should be borne in mind, also,
that after machinery had been manufac-
tured here and set up. it had to be taken
apart, shipped two thousand miles over
steamship lines already taxed to their full
capacity. and on arrival on the isthmus
had to be again set up before ready for
use. Then, too. OH account OF many re-
ports as to the prevalence of yellow fever
on the isthmus. 1t was very difficult at a
critical time for concerns furnishing ma
ter'al to get steamers to take 1t there be-
cause of fear that their crews might be-
come infected and their vessels might be
quarantined when they wished TO return to
the United States. Finally, the steamers
o. the United Fruit line from New Orleans,
which had been carrying a considerable
amount of the freight going TO the isthmus.
were put out of service on account of yell
low fever in that city
ITO the various causes of delay men
ticned is to be added the requirements of
law that all bids for materials used in gov
ernment work shall be advertised for. This
compels a delay in all cases of from ten to
thirty days.
I. "FurtherGnore, in addition to the Dur-
chases for the canal, the following have
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last year G49 Of them have been repaired,
fffty-eight new buildings have been erected
and seven more are in course of construc-
tion two new hotels three stories high and
containing from fity-five to sixty rooms
each, have been completed, and authority
has been granted for eight others por-
tion of which are under construction at the
present time. Work is in progress also on
cottages for married employees and on bach
elor quarters. In this work or construction
2.40) men are employed, and additional car
penters are being sent out with every
steamer. This work is being pressed iof-
ward with the utmost vigor.
I'D In regard to food supplies. This
was the most serious problem that con-
fronted US. If we couldn't feed the men,
We couldn't build the canal. Owing TO the
fact that the natives never look beyond
their present necessities, no surplus 1ooo
supply ever accumulates. This normal con-
dition of no surplus was greatly intensified
by the almost total failure of the crops Tor
the two preceding years. by the ABANDON
ment by agricultural laborers OF their farms
back in the hills for work on the canal
where they received higher pay for shorter
hours, and by quarantine against the port
OF Panama on account of bubonic plague.
which prevented the arrival of food stun
from neighboring provinces.
I'VE were thus brought face to face with
the problem of feeding 1900 men, with
/ base of supplies 1000 miles away.
we Immediately arranged to open local
SloIeS at every lIlpoi tdiit idOol
camp, to provide mess houses, and to fur
nlsh food, both cooked and uncooked, to all
employees at cost. We cabled orders TO
have our steamers equipped with refriger-
ating plants; we arranged for the erection
of a temporary cold storage plant at Colon;
and We purchased refrigerator cars for i'm
mediate shipment to the isthnus, thus es-
tsblishing line of refrigeration from the
markets of the United States to the COM
missary stations of the isthmus. We also
pu, u,chased from Individual lcssees the
| equipment In existing hotels and assumed
| their management ourselves. Ths net re-
suit of these efforts Is that today we are
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WORK ON THE CANAL
Full Plant to Be in Operation
by July l.
PRELIMIN AIRY TASKS
MUCH IN THE WAY OF PREPARA-
TIoN NECESSARY.
Chairman Shonts Addresses the Ameri-
can Hardware Manufacturers
Association.
PRELIMIN AIRY TASKS

Theodore 2. Shonts. the chairman OF the
isthmian canal commission was the prinCi-
pal speaker at a joint meeting of the
American Hardware Manufacturers Asso-
citation and the National Hardware Asso-
citation at the New Willard Hotel last night
There was a large attendance of members
of both associations, by whom Mr.. Shonts
was given a hearty reception as he entered
the hall.
President julius c. Birge of St Louis
called the asse mblage to order and Vice
President Henry T. Lupton of Pittsburg
introduced Mr. Shonts. After his address
Clifford Pinchot, the chief of the forestry
Evening star., 1905-11-10
Mems Half Hose.

Our Mems Half Hose busi-
ness is enormous. It's moth
ing for US to sell 100 dozen
pairs of a certain lot In one
day. Biggest value at ev-
cry price is responsible for
this condition. Prices range
from 1212c. pair up to $3.50
pair for the finest imported
silk.
Evening star., 1905-11-10

obtain abundant supply of wholesome
food cooked and uncooked, at reasonable
prices. The silver men-by which | mean
the common laborers-are being fed for 80
cents per day. and the gold employes-by
which | mean those Of the higher class-at
90 cents per day, and 1t is good food IN
place of bad. There may be dispute about
the blessing of tainted money, but there
meat.
But in addition to these fundamental
tasks of improving the health condltlons
on the isthmus and providing Tor the phys-
ical comfort and well being of all classes
of employees. another essential preliminary
TO actual canal building has been receiving
our earnest attention. | refer TO the en-
largement and improvement of our faclll-
ties for receiving and distributing the I'M
mense quantities of materials and supplies
which will enter into the construction OF
the canal as well as into the work REFER
red to.
Panama Railway Improvement.
..The only really valuable instrument es-
sential to canal building acquired by our
government In it's purchase from the
French was the Panama railroad. But this
instrument like all the others whose wrecks
cover the isthmus. had been neglected and
it's equipment allowed to become obsolete
If the docks, wharves, warehouses, ter
minal yards, locomotives and cars of the
Panama railroad had been In good repair
which they were not, they still would have
been entirely inadequate to properly care
for and handle the small commercial busi-
ness the road was transacting. The exist
Ing facilities, poor as they were. were rem
dered less efficient by the entire absence of
any mechanical appliances on the docks
to assist in receiving or discharging the
steamers cargoes. The negro laborer was
the only power employed; he was at once
the only hoisting machine and the only
travelling crane In use. Imagine, then, the
congestion which necessarily ensued when
the accumulated orders in the states began
to arrive In large quantities on both sides
cf the isthmus. TO aEgrAvate the situation,
Evening star., 1905-11-10
s Suits and OVerCOats at

THE OVERCOATS COM
PRISE the long swagger style, the
box-length style, REFERS lined with
red flannel, in addition to every style
of juvenile overcoat, fashioned OF
blue or Oxford frieze or cheviot.
Nowhere will you find equal over
coats for less than 5000.
Evening star., 1905-11-10
Boys OvercOats at S5.95.

This is very special offering, as
they're easily worth $500 to $50.
The style is the new Tourist, full
length, double-breasted, belt back;
made of fancy or blue and Oxford
frieze A better looking or more
comfortable or serviceable overcoat
you cannot buy GE OE
for your your boy at 10.V0
Evening star., 1905-11-10

In three rich shades OF tan;
full outseam; spear back;
smart glove for either walking
or driving-perfect in ht-pos-
tive $I.5o value. @n OM
Our leader at ~ Il sWV
Evening star., 1905-11-10
Mems
Underwear.

Any sort you want is here
If it is good, from the wool
ffeeced at soc. the garment
up to the pure silk at $25
the suit. At 81 we show the
biggest and best line of un-
derwear hereabout. Few
stores will do better at
$1.50.
Evening star., 1905-11-10

kContinued ca Fourteenth FA0el
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We print Handbils Quarter-Sheets, Half and Whole
Sheet posters Tags Tickets Pacards Society Cards. Min
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or canned. but canning is not con
s.dereI here: 10 is o.. dIcuIt 20 give
certain rules iHr Hut these three kinds
OF preserved fruits never spoil 81 made
af,er these rules.
10 uase good jell.cs the h0usekeeper
must have proper utensils. Jelly
glasses with metal covers cost hut lite
t.e. and the smaller size gives the best
satisfaction p.ut bottles fa- preserves
uul jam are better than Iar-er ones
An eight quart agate kettle au agate
spoon. Skinner o. wooden spoon. a
clipper holding "a ulut "a measuring cup.
"a fruit funnel and q pair az scales 10
weigh sugar ana Fruit are needed: also
"a chcesecioth jelly bag
Jelly cannot Dee made of strawberries
alone. as they lack ueetm Apples.
crab apples. cJrrauts and grapes have
the most So hv adding the juice from
amy oue OF those fruits TO the straw
berries Jelly can Dee made
The Jelly bag OF cheesecloth should
be wrm- out OF hot water when the
boiled fruiy is put into 10 90 drain.
AL fruits for jelly should Doe put into
be visible ak the top and then boiled
long enough 90 cook the fruit A few
minutes suffice for all except pears and
ounces Apples and ounces should
be washed and quartered without peel
ing or taking out che cores for jelly.
For preserves ounces should be peeled
and c0red.
When cooked. fruit, juice and all are
20 be put IN the jelly bag, hung Up and
left to drain all night. The clear juice
IS then measured, cup for cup OF juice
and sugar. which must have been dried
SO that it is hot IN the oven. Boil IL
twenty minutes over a gentle FIRE. tax
ing OF the scum as 10 rises without stir
ring. Have the jelly 81 ses standing
on wet cloths. each with spoon IN IT,
Fin and let the Jelly stand all night
and in the morning pour melted white
wax over the surface This keeps il
from moldlng Paste the name Of each
kind on the glass. cover and wrap In
dark blue paper. II Is better 70 have
the fruit under rather than over ripe.
Preserved ounces, pears and other
hard fruit should be pared. cored and
Quartered and put 10 boil with one
quarter OF q pound OF sugar 10 each
pint Of water. Boil until a straw will
pierce them. Take them out OF the strip
and add three-quarters more OF sugar
20 every pint Of strip and let II boil
well. skimming It. Add the fruit and
allow IL 10 boil ten minutes. This will
keep forever.
Jam OF any kind requires that the
fruit boil soft aud then be mashed and
returned TO the fire with its equal
weight OF sugar and allowed TO boil
fifteen minutes. Peaches and all kinds
OF plums. being soft, should be dropped
into boiling strip when wanted whole
or boiled and mashed first for jam.
Peaches. apricots and cherries are bet
ter Y few Of the pits are left in the
strip.
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How 10 Feed Young Children.

A child Of two years needs four
meals-the first az 1880, the second at
IL a. M, the third at ] 80 and the fourth
at $50 p. N. The first meal should
be OF milk, bread and butter and per
haps well cooked oatmeal or wheaton
food; the second meal, milk and bread
the third, meat Cbeef. mutton or chick
en- cut very fine or scraped). broth or in
stead baked potato, IL permitted, and
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HINTS ON PRESERVING.
How 10 Make Jams aad JeIIies out o,
Fruit.

How 10 Make jams aRd JeIIies out OF
Frutt.
Now is the season when fruit is
abundant, cheap and ia the best eondt
ton for making jams, preserves and
teliies. Preserves mean fruit that is
cooked with sugar, equal weight. and
LEFT whole or nearly so. Jams are
where the fruit is crushed and boiled
with sugar 10 a thick mass. Jelly is
where only the juice OF the fruit is
used. with an equal quantity of sugar
cup for cup full.
Blackberries, raspberries, plums,
greengages and peaches are best for
jam. Red currants. Concord grapes,
apples, crab apples and ounces make
the best jelly, while all the fruits can
be simply preserved, made into jam
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adOus lady being able without annoyance
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Anu YET the toLla[t WAS not deserted
/ FOR q low sound came 20 our ears
kind of drone Of misery and despair
which was indescrioahly melancholy.
Holmes paused irresolute. and then he
glanced back at The road which he had
just traversed A brougham was com
lug down e.. and there could DE no mis-
taking those gray horses.
"By jove. the doctor Is coming back
cried Holmes THAT settles IT, We are
bound % see what 10 means before he
comes.
He opened The door. and we stepped
into tho hail. The dronin~ sound swell
cd louder upon 0ur ears until &c became
one long. deep wall Of distress. 1T came
from upstairs. Holmes da~ted UP. and
/ followed him. He pushed open a
half closed door. aud we both stood ap-
p2lel at the sight before las.
A woman. Young and beautiful was
lying dead upon the bed. Her calm.
pale face. with dim, wide opened blue
eyes. looked upward from amid great
tauc'e of golden balr At the foot OF
the bed half sitting half kueelug. his
face buried in the clothes. was young
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The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-03-07
Dozen Squares Of WhaTVeS and Sheds Burn Entaifag
Loss of Five Million Dollars .--SuWeSant Docks
and Elevators Go Up In Flames
SHIPPING FACILITIES ARE BADLY CRIPPLED.

A New Orleans special Of
the 26,h says:
Fire involving millions Of dol
lars loss in physical property,
and that strikes a serious, if tenn
porary, blow at the immense ex-
port trade Of New Orleans, swept
the river front tonight and wiped
out the vast freight terminals of
the Illinois Central, known as the
Stuyvesant docks. Nearly a doz-
en- squares of modern wharves
and freight sheds, two magnifi-
cent grain elevators, hundreds of
loaded cars and vast quantities
of freight, including 10000 bales
Of cotton, were destroyed. TO-
gether with a large number of
small residences. The fire was
still raging furiously at midnight, j,
at which time it had almost
reached the upper end of the Il
hnois Central property. 1t has
not been determined whether
there has been any loss of life.
The ocean going shipping seems
to have escaped serious damage.
A number of firemen and en-
ployes of the docks were injured.
Actual estimates of the losses are
impossible tonight, though they
may exceed So, 100000.
The Stuyvesant docks extend
ed from Louisiana Avenue almost
to Napoleon Avenue, a distance
of twelve squares. The wharves
between these two points were
covered with miles Of trackage,
and steel and iron sheds ran The
whole distance. The two grain
elevators were of the most mod
ern construction, the upper one
having a capacity of a million
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-03-07
DR.. A. J, MILLER
Goes to Sheffield as Pastor Of
The Baptist Church.

DR.. A. }. Miller, VINO, tor four
years was the aOle and faithful
pastor Of the First Baptist church
i'm this city, has accepted d call
from Sheffield, Ala, and VIII
leave soon with his family to en-
ter upon his duties.
During his stay ip Columbus
Or. Miller has made many warm
friends out Of, as Well as in, the
church, and they an regret his
determination to leave He is a
consecrated Christian gentleman
and the church and people of
Sheffield are to be congratulated
upon securing him for a citizen
as well as pastor
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-03-07
Beavers to Dam Columbus

Applications fer charter mem
bers are pouring in, and Organ
izer 7. P. Patterson reports the
progress far better than his
expectations.
Several new applications have
been received in the past
two days. Mr.. Patterson says
those who have signed are taking
a great interest in the work, and
that by the time the Dam is ready
to organize next week, there will
be a very large membership.
The charter list will be open
only a few days longer.
The Columbus commercial. (Columbus, Miss.) 1893-1922, 1905-03-07
bushels.
FREIGHT IN STORAGE.

Thousands of bales of cotton.
several hundred thousand pack
ages of sugar, great quantities
of cottonseed oil and oil cake,
lumber and every conceivable
variety of freight filled the ware
houses and sheds Practically
all the export business handled
by the Illinois Central was put
aboard ships at the docks. The
docks and improvements have
been under construction for ten
years, elaborate extensions and
immense investments having
been made after the constitution
al convention of 1898 made it
possible for the road permanently
at this point.
The fire was discovered shortly
after Z o'clock. 1t was said to,
have resulted from a Journal that
had not been sufficiently oiled.
The whole plant was equipped
with gigantic water tanks and
fire extinguishing apparatus, but
the blaze, small at the beginning
almost instantaneously got be-
yond control, communicating
through the conveyers to the
lower elevator and some of 5ne>
sheds. The response of the IRE
department was prompt, but ow,--
ing to the fact that the terminals
were inaccessible owing to fences
and tracks, the engines found
difficulty in reaching the flames.
In half an hour the fire coversdl
two squares, the lower elevator
was practically consumed and it
was sweeping with irresistible.
fury both up and down the river.