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The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-20
SOME FIGURES AS TO DRAINAGE
Smaes on Cost Of Work. Time Required to Complete It, and
and Amount and Cost of Work Done to Date by the
aaa .@ 60: @., PeOple'S Dred6e Everglades "'

plantation. Since his resignation no canals In
the district have been completed, with tho excep-
ton OF the canals cut by himself and BY Capt.
Menge south Of Lake Okeechobee. Other canals
that were cut have never been finished and were
not designed even as drainage canals They are
simply blind pockets leading into marsh, with
out any outlet. a.ts;g tals, n ..ss4s,
These are the credentials OF the man who
makes q report to the Drainage Commission. He
is not day. llaborer who has received the
"acc0lade' Of the Times Union editor and risen an
engineer; he 10 not a lawyer or orator (of excep-
tiOnal ability, doubtless) who has no practical In
formation; he IL not a man who has ever contra
dcted himself; he 10 not one OF those who cit In
an ONCE and manufacturer figures to suit those
who employ them, as was done by Mr.. ChOate In
his work for the literary bureau Of the anti
drainage crowd; he Is not an editor Of a news
paper who knows nothing at all about It but who
makes the bald assertion that It will cost ten mil
lion dollars to drain the Everglades sS NJ F
Capt. Rose speaks with more authority than any
one has spoken since the lamented death Of ]. M.
Kramer. and there never was more enthusiastic
advocate Of drainage than Col. Kramer, who wrote
In the same strain that the Trustees are talking
now. Here IS Capt Roses report to the Drain
age Commissioners, II Ia printed In full, In spite
OF Its length because Of the valuable information
It contains and OF the great Importance that full
knowledge that the Trustees have all the inf0rma-
tiOn necessary or even advisable Is to the people
who Will be called on to endorse their plans at
the coming election: t, ,- s,.t
aa Tallahassee, Fla, Oct, |. 1906
Governor N. b. Broward. n. Gns .halta gsise = ~
chairman Board OF Drainage Commissioners.
sop. h5ji4 eQie 3rj ss Tallahassee Ella a s
Slr:--In compliance with the request OF the
Board OF Drainage Commissioners. as expressed
In your letter OF September 7th requesting me
to furnish detailed statement Of: esi8e F1
I 1st. The t.Water Shed" tributary to Lake
OkeechOhee supplying the Okeechobee Basin. ~
End. The estimated rain fall occurring In this
district effs Be8Nas yr aeYaa s5 43ssle1 a9, vs., Y
Bird. The estimated evaporation and absorption
OF the rain fall, and "run on necessary to be- re-
moved in order to lower Lake Okeechobee and al,
The sun. (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1906-10-20

O. IGURES taken from the ambient atmos
nm phere, or drawn by system OF imagtna'
III tive pipe lines from the pure ozone, or
ing on and appertaining to the cost OF
draining the Everglades a1 yi.05 gtnt,b, ~ 9Gs
John Beard, lawyer, Statesman, politician ana
debating society orator, who skins lightly over
the surface of things, but who has never been
known as practical mechanician or man OK al
fairs, says twill cost, ten million dollars,
Mr.. Van Duzor who, by, one stroke OF the pen
welded In the powerful fist OF the editor OF the
Times Union, was raised from day laborer IN
charge of the pay rolls on canal cutting project
that never cut any drainage canals, to the rank OF
engineer and possessor Of expert and scientino
knowledge, was able to get hold OF brand OF mop
which, when Incorporated into his system, MADE
1t possible for him to evolve the. information
pleasing to those who paid him to give 1t, SAYS
THAT 1T WOULD, TAKE % YEARS and millions
OF money to dig one canal. y9al N H.s
Mr.. v. p Kellar, who differs from the other two
gentlemen mentioned, in that he is AN ENGl-
NEER, and HAS SOME experience, got mixed on
his dates at the hearing OF the case brought by
the Wisner Land Co. against the Trustees ana
testified one day that a canal rs miles wide would
not be sufficient to lower Lake Okeechobee; Dw
the next day testified, In answer to interrogato-
RES that II a machine which HE is THE INVEN-
TOR, were used, canals 25 feet wide and y lePt
deep could be cut at the rate OF five miles per DAY
at daily cost Of operation of the machine not ex'
ceeding 5000. ee slia @ ai @ So Hsi ~
There is no question whatever about the pract-
cabfiity Of lowering Lake Okeechobee, PHO.
vlDED ENOUGH CANALS ARE CUT, and Mr..
Keller gave testimony so much at variance that
he has put himself out Of the running. J'i
This leaves no one possessing technical knowf
edge or practical experience, who has given, ng'
ures TO THE OPPOSITION as TO the alleged enop
nous cost Of digging the canal ~
p, For some months the opposition led by the
llmes-U Union has been repeatedly and ponqerous,,
" asking the question How much Will IL COST
ana has persisted with tiresome insistence tnat
the Trustees didn't know what they were ABOUT;
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
MITCHELL'S STATEMENT
 THERE WOULD BE STRIKE
QUITE NATURAL FOR HIM TO
 SAY so AT THIS TIME.

Opinion of One of the Anthracite 0per-
 ntors on the Matter--noes Not Believe
 There Will be Strlke--One in the
 Hard Coal Fields Now Would be of
 Short Duration.
 New York, Feb. 21.-"It is the na- tural thing for Mitchell to say at this time, said an anthracite operator to- day, in regard to the statement from the president of the United Mine Work CTS, that as far as he knew there would be strike. 'The miners committee is at work drafting demands, behind which they must make show of standing firm. I do not believe, how ever, that there will be a strike in the anthracite districts. Perhaps MT. Mitchell is speaking of a bituminous strike, which Is far more likely to oc- cur. It Is possible that the leaders may get the anthracite miners out on a strike to attempt to force their de- Tnands; but a strike In the anthracite fields will be of short duration"
 The long delay of the miners com mittee in presenting it's demands is thought by the operators to be due to the difficult position of the committee in having to satisfy all parties among the mine workers. "The miners" said an operator to-day, are not willing to strike for the alleged eight-hour cause of the breakers, and they realize that to demand a ten per cent increase in wages is useless, while they are not anxious to endanger the high rate they are now obtaining. On the other hand, the outside men, I understand, are pressing MT. Mitchell and the other leaders,"
 Pittsburg, Feb. 21.-President Mitch ell left this city for New York at 10;l5 tonight. Before boarding his train he said: "A strike in the bituminous fileds Is inevitable"
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RAPPRoACHMENT.
New British Premier Expresses Hearty
 Friendship for Russia.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 21.-A hearty ex- pression of friendship with wish for closer relations between Russia and Great Britain, put forth in a letter written by Premier Campbell Banner man to the London correspondent of the Novo Vremya, was published in that paper this morning, and was re- ceived in the best spirit in St. Peters burg The sincereity and sympathy of the British premier, who is regarded as not being a maker of vain phrases, is recognized, and the letter is consider ed to be a long step towards better understanding, though no definite re- suit of the long pending negotiations is expected in the immediate future. The settlement of the questions in dispute between Great Britain and Russia, as foreign officer remarked, is matter not of months but of years of diplo- macy.
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HULL V1.r''D PREPARE
 FOR TROUBLE IN ORIENT
CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY AF- FAIRS COMMITTEE URGES
 THE NECESSITY.

Declares Any Nation Not Ready to De-
 fend Its Position in China Might as
 We'll Haul Down Its Flag and Quit
 the Pacific--Charges Minister Rock
 hill With Indiscretion in Indicating
 to Chinese OffcIaIs That United
 States Intended Returning the 2O,-
 100000 Pounds Sterling Boxer In-
 demnity.
 Washington, Feb. 21.-Chairman Hull of the military affairs committee, in presenting the army appropriation bill to the house to-day urged the neces- sity of complete preparedness as to our army and navy for trouble in the Orient. He declared that any nation not prepared to defend its position in China might as well haul down its flag and quit the Pacific. Incidentally, MT. Hull pronounced Minister Rockhill at Pekin guilty of indiscretion in indicat- ing to Chinese officials that the United States intended returning the 2O,000,000 pounds sterling Boxer indemnity Statements of this kind, he said would Ibe taken by the Chinese as an indica- ton that the United States was afraid rather than liberal. The money, he thought should be used by this country to build battleships.
 MT. Hull secuted the idea that Japan was interested in stirring up trouble in China to injure the United States. Japan's interests in China, he said were Identical with those of the United States, and preservation of peace there was the only manner in which they could be maintained.
 Speeches of tariff, immigration and the Payne customs house bill consum- ed the balance of the day. MT. Hop kins (KyD uncovered many methods of inducing immigration to the United States, much of which he declared to be decidedly undesirable. Mr. Shep- lard (Tex.) urged ttariff reform to ob- viate retaliatory tariffs by other na- tions, MT. Powers (Me.) spoke against the abolishment of customs houses as matter of economy, and MT. Macon (Ga.) answered his arguments.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
MIR. CASTRO ENCOURAGED
NON-AUTION OF UNITED STATES
 AND FRANCE.

Provides Him With Further Nerve to
 Carry on His War Against Foreign
 ers-Has Given Orders to Prepare
 Documents for Legal Proceedings
 Against Two British Companies
 Another Example of His Dictatorship.
 Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Feb. 21.-A well informed official of Caracas in a letter received here to-day says that President Castro, encouraged in his war against foreigners by the fact that the United States and France have taken no action against Venezuela has given orders to prepare the documents to institutee legal proceedings against the La Guaira Harbor corporation and the La Guaira-C Caracas railroad. These companies are both owned by British subjects and are largely capitalized. The writer of the letter referred to adds that they probably will suffer the same fate as the asphalt and other concerns.
 The Venezuelan government has created a monopoly of the manufacture of cigarettes, obliging all manufactur- CTS to join a trust, in which President Castro and his friends have acquired tile lions share.
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MAY HATE BEEN MURDER.
Finding of Body of Unknown Man at
 Seaside Park,

Bridgeport, Feb, N.-Mystery sur- rounds the finding of the body of an unidentified man on the beach at Sea- side park here early to-day. The body was discovered by Thomas F. Tobin, a saloonkeeper, who was raKing morn ing walk in the park about half-past eight. It was badly decomposed, and, from appearances, was probably the body of a seaman or longshoreman. The skull was cracked in two places, and this is taken as evidence that the man may have been victim of foul play. He was warmly dressed and wore the rough clothing of a sailor.
 It is believed that the body has been in the water fully month and that the man either fell or was thrown from a craft in the sound. Medical Examiner Downes examined the body at the norgue and pronounced death due to drowning. There were no distinguish able marks on the body or on the cloth ing
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DIVORCE LEGAL IN ENGLAND.
Decision in Case of Decree Granted
 in South DakOta.

London, Feb. 21.-The validity of d Dakota divorce in England was affirm ed to-day by Sir John Gorell Barnes, judge of the divorce court division of the high court of justice. The ques- tion was raised in the case of Mrs. Armytage, who petitioned the court to declare her marriage to Edward Ar mytage valid. She formerly was the wife of, Charles Gillig, an American living in London, and went to South Dakota, where she obtained divorce or the ground that the divorce which quently married MT. Armytage. MT. Gillig also remarried, but last year be gan proceedings to nullify his marriage on the ground that hte divroce which his first wife obtained in South Da- kota was not binding upon him and that consequently his second marriage was invalid, Justice Barnes has de- cided against MT. Gillig's contention.
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LOST RAGE TO LOCAL TEAM.
UngentIemanly Conduct of One of the
 Members at Hartford.

Hartford, Feb. H.--Collegiate honors went to Holy Cross in the fifth annual indoor athletic meet held at the arnl- ory here tonight by the Second divi- sion, Naval battalion, c. N, c. The events contested were the mile run, the mile relay race and the forty-yard dash. Holy Cross took the first two of these, willie her opponent, Trinity, took the dash. The interscholastic honors were won by the Springfield High school, nine points. New Haven was second with seven, and Holyoke third with six, The New Haven team would have won the cup, as the team took first place in the mile relay, but for the fact that the team was disqualified for ungentlemanly conduct on the part of the winner of the race, E. V. White, This gave first place to the Hartford team. In the wall-scaling contest and the tug-of-war, the Second division, Naval battalion, defeated the First di- vision team. The individual honors were won by J. F. O'Connell, repre- senting Company B, First regiment, c. N. G. His total was eighteen points.
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GEN GRosvENoR DEFEATED.
Loses Nomination for Congress in His
 District by Vote of 7s to 20.

Loses Nomination for Congress in His
 District by Vote of 7S to 20.
 Lancaster, O., Feb. 21.--Albert Doug- lass was nominated for representative in congress by the republican conven- ton of the Eleventh district to-day over General Charles H. Grosvenor, on the first ballot, by 7S to 20, General Grosvenor is now serving his twentieth year in congress.
 The man who defeated General Gros- venor is fifty-three years old and a lawyer at Chillicothe He was gradu- ated from Kenyon college in 1872 and from the Harvard Law school in 1874. He was a presidential elector-at- large and president of the Ohio electoral col lege in 1896, and was defeated for the republican nomination for governor in 1895. He is fine orator and has dom- mated the politics of Ross county for years.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
shinninr Ne,vs-

New York. Feb. 21.-Arrived: Steam- CTS Zealand Antwerp; Furnessia, Glas- gow.
 Sailed; Steamers Majestic, Liverpool; Statendam, Rotterdam via Boulogne.
 Naples, Feb. 1S.-Arrived: Steamers Brooklyn, New York, via Fayal; goth, Nord America, New York.
 Southampton, Feb. 21. Sailed: Steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. New York via Cherbourg.
 Brow Head. Feb. 21.-Steamer La Sa- voie, New York for Havre, in communf- cation by wireless telegraph.
 Brow Head. Feb. 21.-Stsamer Baltic. New York for Queenstown and Liver pool, reported by wireless telegraph, 100 miles west at $40 a. m.
 Antwerp, Feb. 20.-Arr1ved: Steamer Vaderland, New York via Dover.
 Cherbourg, Feb. 21.-5 D. m.-Sailed, Steamer Raised Wilhelm der Crosse (from Bremen and Southampton), New York.
 Liverpool, Feb. 21.-Teutonic, New York via Queenstown.
 Dover, Feb. 22-1;5$ a. m.-Arrived; Steamer Pretoria, New York for Ham- burg (and proeeeded).
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MAT REMOVE TAX ON COAL.
Considered by New British Chancellor
 of the Exchequer as Yicious.

London, Feb. 21-The British export tax on coal is apparently slated for re- moval in Chancellor of the Exchequer Asquith's forthcoming budget, Mir. As- quith informed a deputation to-day that while he declined to make any declara- tion in regard to taxation until he pre- sented the budget he considered the coal tax vicious and unnecessarily in furious to an important industry and adding when an opportunity offered the members of the deputation would find him anxious to remove it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
IN ROUGH SEAS.
Navy Department Hears Further News
 of Great Dry Dock.

Washington, Feb. 21.-Official news regarding the dry dock Dewey reached sthe navy department to-day in the fol- lowing cable dispatch from Command CT H. H. Hosley, commanding the G1a- cier:
 ''U. s. s. Glacier, at sea, per U. s. S.. Potomac, Las Palmas, Canaries:
 Bureau Navigation. Washington:
 Latitude 29 degrees 50 minutes north; longitude P degrees 40 minutes west on February 1T. Will coal at Grand Canary, Canary Islands. En- countered very bad weather latter part of voyage. Dock adrift twice. Have been proceeding cautiously. The Brutus towing machine damaged There is great necessity for extra part of en- zine
 The protected cruiser Tacoma will be ordered from Naples to the Canaries to carry to Commander Hosley the ad- ditional parts of the engine of the Brutus, of which he says in his dis patch there is great need.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
SHARK COMPLETES TESTS.
GasoIene as Emergency Fuel in Sub
 marines.

Newport, Feb. 21.-The torpedo boat Shark completed the tests to-day which have been made with her gaso- line engines over measured course running eight hours day for five days without stopping. The tests in which the torpedo boat Porpoise also partici- pated were ordered by the navy depart ment at Washington for the purpose Of ascertaining the feasibility of propel- ling torpedo boats by gasoline in the event that the electrical engines break down. Commander Albert Gleaves, of the torpedo station, said that he was not empowered to make public the de- tail sof the trial, but he stated that they were eminently satisfactory, and that a speed of not less than eight and one-half knots an hour had been oo- tained.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
BLACKBURN INDICTED.
Two True Bills Against Congressman
 from North Carolina.

Raleigh, N. C.. Feb. M.-A special from Asheville, N. C., says: The grand jury of the special term of the United States district court to-day returned two true bills against Congressman Spencer Blackburn.
 The bills of indictment charge the Eighteenth district representative with practising before the treasury depart ment and. receiving fees for such ser vice in violation of the laws.
 He is accused of receiving $500 from Ace Dinkins and $1OO from A. P. Davis. Each bill contains two counts.
 No action looking toward the arrest of Blackburn has been taken.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
JEROME GETS AFTER TEXANS
DISCONCERTING TO THOSE TES-
 FITTING FOR PATRICK.
Insists in Mild Manner Upon Answers to Apparently Insignificant Ques- tions That May Prove Important Experience With SchooImistress Who swore With a Solemnity That Shamed Even the Court.

S0AtshAAAAe1
 shamed Even the Court.
 New York, Feb. 21.--Although Albert T, Patrick did not appear in person be- fore Recorder Golf in general sessions this morning, as it had been expected he would, the hearing on the condemn ed lawyers application for a new trial Twas not without interest The wit nesses from Texas and the district at- torney of New York county, who is cross examining them, would hold the attention of even casual auditor in the court room who was unacquainted with the importance of the issue.
 Especially would such person be interested in the methods of the cross- examiner. If he were New Yorker he might rub his eyes and take another look to assure himself that this was really the William Travers Jerome to whose reelection he probably contrib uted. It is not merely that oratory is lacking; that is scarcely to be looked for In a cross examination. But the sarcasm, the personal interrogations which were so much in evidence on the stump, and which, if used in court, would surely provoke witness to his ultimate discomfiture-one is scarcely prepared to find them entirely dis carded.
 Instead, mild, polite insistence, a half-apologetic repetition of questions which seem almost insignificant And yet it is soon evident that, to the wit ness, these same questions are as diffi- cult of answer as that one which, night after night for weeks, in wording all ways the same, the district attorney on the stump asked of Charles F. Murphy without eliciting satisfactory reply.
 Robert Lee, who took the stand when court opened this morning, locked and unlocked his fingers, swallowed his Adams apple, curled one end of his straw-colored wisp of moustache and over and over again to such. simple questions as, Did you see Jones in July of that year?" was obliged to con- fess that he "disremembered. The ef- feet was disconcerting not only to Rob- ert Lee, but also to Patricks counsel, and when at last ex-Judge Olcott took the witness in hand he asked impa- tiently why any one from, Texas should be scared to death" of the quiet, suave questioner who had just sat down.
 Lee was not ready with an explana-
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whirled Around Shaft.

New Britain, Feb. 21.-Tony Preski, aged about thirty-tive or forty years, was fatally injured in the North & Judd factory this forenoon. Preski was about to start his wheel and seized the belt to draw himself up so that he could put it on the pulley. His weight light- ened the belt and he was whipped around the shafting.
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CURT ANSWER TO RUSSIA.
China Cannot Discuss Proposals for
 Concessions in Mongolia.

Pekin, Feb. 21.-Chinese accounts of the Russian negotiations state that the Chinese government has informed Min ister Pokotiloff that it could only deal with Manchurian questions resulting from the treaty of Portsmouth, and that proposals for concessions in Mon golia and Chinese Turkistan and rail- way and mining projects in Manchuria were separate matters. China has pre- Viously refused some of them.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
NAVAL CADETS RESIGN
One Man Each from the First, Third
 md Fourth Classes.

Annapolis, Md. Feb, 21.--It is an nounced at the naval academy that the resignations of Midshipmen Christopher A. Russell of Boston, of the first class; B. Maupin of Baltlmroe, Md, of the third class, and Edgar N. Caldwell of Glasgow, Ky, of the fourth class, have been accepted.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
Birching Suspended in British Navy.

London, Feb. 21.-Edward Robertson, the new financial secretary of the ad- miralty, announced in the house of commons to-day that punishment by birching had been suspended in the navy until further orders and that caning would be infiictable only by or- der of the captain of 8 ship.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
Chinese Attacks OF Catholic Missions.

Pekin. Feb. 21.-Meagre details have been received of attacks upon Catholic missions in several towns in the south east provinces. The bishop at Cheng- chowfu telegraphs that Christians are fleeing. The region is the center of a long-standing feud, and outbreaks are frequent,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
DRASTIC DIVORCE MEASURE
Rhode Island Legislator Would Prevent
 Any Decrees in That State.

Providence, Feb. 21.-A bill which provides for the repeal of the divorce laws of Rhode Island was introduced in the legislature to-day by Represent ative F. x. L. Ratty, of Central Falls. Should the bill be adopted 1t will be impossible for any person to securwe a divorce in this state. The measure was referred to the judiciary committee of the house of representatives
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
Another Earthquake Shock.

St. Thomas, D. W. l.. Feb. 21.-An- other very severe shock of earthquake was felt at noon to-day on the British West Indian island of St Lucia. Slight shocks have been felt there at frequent intervals since February 16
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-02-22
Significant Chinese Appointment.

London, Feb. 22.-According to the correspondent at Shanghai of the Morning Post, the taotai of Shanghai has been appointed governor of Pekin, high honor and significant in view of the recent conflict over the foreign courts at Shanghai,