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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
GREAT RAIL WAY LINES
Three Projects Inviting Enter
prise of the World.
THE PAN-AMERICAN ROAD
Cape to Cairo and the Siberian
Routes.
CONSTRUCTION IN CHINA
Predicted That It Will Average 1000
Miles a Year for Next Twenty
Five Years
BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS
Special Correspondence The Star and the Chicago
Record Herald.

BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence OF The Star and the Chicago
Record-H Herald
STEAMER ST. LOUIS, June 6. 1906.
The great railway projects now inviting
the enterprise OF the world are those
which are intended to unite the three
American continents, span the continent
of Africa from Cairo to the Cape, and
carry out comprehensive plan which has
been proposed for China. It is interesting
to compare the longitudinal lines through
Africa and America with the Great Sibe-
rian railway.
The Siberian railway is 6.677 miles long
and cost 1892. 300.0 900, not including the
rolling stock, which represents an addi-
tional investment of S47.160 900, and boats.
docks and other facilities for river and
lake transportation en- route, which rep
resent an expenditure of $5.100,O00. The
entire original expenditure therefore
reaches a total Of s244,560.0O0, without
counting an enormous sum which has been
expended since in rebuilding and repairing
the track, replacing bridges and masonry,
and $15,320, 900 which was disbursed for
colonization purposes by the Russian gov
eminent.
The Cape to Cairo railroad, which I de-
scribed In letter the other day. will be
$500 miles long, and the estimates of the
engineers are that 1t Will cost average
of $4,000 mile, not including equipment
"a total of S325, 100000.
The proposed Three Americas railway,
as Hinton r. Helper, the original agitator
has always called it, will be much longer
than either the African or the Siberian
roads, although a considerable part has
already been built. The distance from
New York to BuenoS Ayres, following ex-
listing lines and the routes surveyed by
the intercontinental railway commission
Is 10,433 miles, of which 5.129 miles Is
already built and in operation, leaving a
gap or 5,314 miles to be constructed at an
average estimated cost of $4,000 a mile
or total of s212,560.0 00 This Is accord
ing to the calculations made by the engi-
neers of the intercontinental railway COM
mission, who in 1S94-6 made a preliminary
survey from the northern boundary Of
Guatemala to the northern boundary of
the Argentine Republic. From Buenos
Ayres to the Straits of Magellan is about
1900 miles. so that you may estimate the
Arenas at something like 1900 miles
Divisions of the Road.
From the City of Mexico to Buenos Ayres
7,444 miles
From Panama to Buenos Ayres. 5,621
miles
From San Francisco to Puenta Arenas
Straits of Magellan, by sea is 6,191 miles.
From Salina Cruz. the terminus of the
Tehuantepec railway on the Pacific ocean,
to Puenta Arenas by sea is 1910 miles.
From Panama to Puenta Arenas is 2,902
miles.
From San Francisco to Valparaiso by
sea is $40 miles
From San Francisco to Panama by sea
is 1853 miles.
The distance by land from New York
to Puenta Arenas in the Straits of Ma
gellan may be divided as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-01
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Railways in China.

The following railways are already COM
pleted and in operation in China:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
BIG FIRE AT BRoCKToN.

Brockton. Mass, Jan 1.-The total loss caused by the lire which de stroyed the main portion of the City block. at the corner.of Main and Ward streets in this city, early to-day. was estimated this forenoon at nearly $3O0, 900. The section of the structure containing the city theater, being pro tected by a thick party wall. was saved, but heavy damage was caused to the auditorium of the theater by water. The Field block, adjoining the burned building, also suffered severely from fire on the roof and from water in the interior. Aided by engines from Boston. Taunton. Stoughton and Avon, the firemen finally brought the flames under control shortly after 3 o'clock, but the heat in the ruins was so in tense that the all-Out had not been sounded several hours later. Four firemen were overcome by smoke dur ing the progress of the fire, but quick ly revived when taken into the open air. No one was injured.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
TsAID WIFE ELoPED.
Waterbury Man Called on Hartford
 Police to Arrest Her.

Hartford, Jan William Broader of Waterbury called on the Hartford police last night, carrying 5-years-Old child in his arms, and told the captain that his wife had eloped with an old lover several days ago, taking his child with her, and that he had just sue ceeded in finding his child. He asked that his wife and her lover be arrested. He said they were in house on Park N,teet.
 lthe police inyestigated the story and fo,Y i inc mans wife. She was stop pink with sick woman friend on Park street and was acting as q nurse. she. denied to the police the story told 4sy her husband and said that. she bsgd left him few 6ays ago becf,se hetdrank and abused her. The maI called at the police station later and said that he and his wife fixed ie np all right' about the child and that he was going to take it home with him today. He said he was a team ster and worked in Naugatuck.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
DRANK TO TIME !
Thirsty chicagoans Packed th. Many Drinking Places to the
 Number of 10000.

Chicago, Jan. 1-Never was a new years day received with such deuge of libations as greeted 1906 in Chi4 cago last night. Every down town restaurant was crowded to the last available corner and at l2 o'clock more than 10000 persons by actual count drank to Father Time.
 Probably twice twenty thousand people unable to get into the already filled restaurants, strolled about the down town streets, blowing horns, ringing COW bells and shouting.
 A slight improvement in the amount of noise was noted in one quarter. Fewer whistles were blown, the de crease being apprecable in the down town quarter of the city.
 A still more marked improvement was noted in the decrease ofsathe number of revolvers fired. PracFgal- Ny none was discharged down wn land few in the residence sectionsg {, In most of the cafes and reStau- sraints, which by virtue of price iand patiyonage, are socially excluslve.sBniy wintks were served. and in two or thretS, of the most exclusive smaltI for tunes represented the income fronf the tablfs
 The one o'clock closing law was ye- mcmbered. but only in jest. The. res taurants sas rule were closed KS early as nine o'clock to all except to the holders of tickets to the tables re- served months in advance, but to t1ose lucky persons the bar knew no Closing. The restaurateurs rigidly en- forced the exclusion of the common public. not even the police being ad- mitted after l a. m.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
Jumped From a Fourth Story.
WITH HIM
The Father Was Killed, While the Daughter Was Only Shocked Fire in Brockton Caused
 Loss of $3OO,OOO Out
 side Help Called For.

New York, Jan 1.-Panic stricken by fire in the apartment underneath his own, Frederick Lemken clasped his 3-year-old daughter in his arms and jumped from the fourth story window of a tenement house in Jersey City to- day and was killed. Edith, his daugh- ter, was only shocked by the fall, but her fathers sacrifice was unnecessary, for when he. made the jump the fire men were calling on him to wait until they could spread the life net, but Lemken paid no attention to the warn ing. His skull was fractured by the fall. The fire caused only slight dam age.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
NEW YEARS DAY
Was Observed With Brilliancy al the Nations Capitol To-Day
 Day in Other Places.

Washington, Jan New Years day at the nations capital was observed to- day with all its traditional brilliancy, and another was added to the long line of. receptions at the White House, where the president and Mrs ROose- welt received people of all classes who filed past till their numbers mounted into the thousands.
 The day dawned bright and crisp and a heavy frost was melted away in the early morning by a flood of sun shine. By o'clock the long line of citizens who were to be received after the representatives of the sovereigns of the world and the various officials of the American government haG passed down the receiving line, began forming in front of the White House gates and by II o'clock the column stretched along the front of the state, war and navy building. and gave promise of one of the largest receptions in the history of the White House.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
Resignation Sent In Sat-
 urday Night. IT WAS ACCEPTED.
Trustee: Will Make an Official An nouncement of Retirement To- morrow-McCall to Leave
 Town and Take a
 Long Rest.

New York, Jan. Lit was made known last night on excellent authPr- l ity that John A. Mccall resigned pn Saturday the presidency of the New York Life Insurance company, says Nf5day's Times, and that his resigna- ton Wnsx reluctantly accepted by the trustees of>the company. Official an, nouncement ofs~x the resignation had been planned bys the trustees to lDe made next TuesdaN when the annual statement of the company also became public property. Mir Mccall at his home last night would not affirm the report of his resignation. None of tkfe trustees of the New York; life, Wfho could be reached, would talk 'abPut MT Mccall or the companys affairs1 Mir McCall's resignation, accorfhng to the information which reaches the Times, was presented to full m7et- ling of the trustees, held Saturqay morning. The resignation was ia writing. z In his letter MT Mccall said that, after long. and careful consideration. he had felt 1t best to take such suep. In the months which the insurance controversy has affected the Few
 York Life, he said. his peace of mind ',had suffered from continuous ms 1. Understanding and misrepresentation '3 If his actions and distortion of facts rpsnd misquotation of his utterances by 1, The newspapers. He was not in good e-health now, and he felt that 1t would i be best for himself and for the com pany if he resigned the presidency.
 Protests were made by several of
 the trustees against receiving the
 resignation. It was made plain to
 these trustees. however, that Mir Me
 Call would abide by his resignation,
 and it was then accepted with appro
 priate expressions of regret.
 All of the trustees present were
 pledged to secrecy until Tuesda'
 next, when the annual financial state
 ment of the company will be mar !
 public. This statement is to be even
 more favorable to the company than
 might be expected
 Mr Mccall, it is understood, intends
 to leave town after Tuesday next to
 take long rest, 1t is not improbable
 that he will ], to Europe for a while.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
New Year. Birth Noisy at New Yerl

New Years Birth Noisy at New xOrk.
 NEW YORK, Jan. 1.-The advent of the new year was the occasion early this morning of the usual noisy dem. onstrations throughout the city of New York. The fact that New Years eve fell on Sunday did not dampen the en- thusiasm of the tens of thousands of people who paraded the streets blow. ing great tin horns, ringing bells of all descriptions and finally resorting to all sorts of methods for the production of noise. On the uptown streets many merrymakers in carnival spirit indulg. ed in confetti battles. Small feather dusters were jabbed good naturedly into the faces of passersby. Every. where there was . spirit of revelry, and the new years welcome was as noisy as New Workers knew how ts make it.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
WILL THEY STRIl
Printers on the Anxious Seat aFew Days This is a Holida
 in Most Offices.

To-day is the day on which thu scale of prices of the Typogra union goes into effect, but as the where trouble was expected to Jethld are closed there were no developments in the strike line. All the papers in the city wilt sign the new contract and give Hhe men an eight hour day. The majority of the printing shops will do the same, but couple of them are as yet unwilling to concede to tfie new demand. The Waterbury Prialt- ing Co on Bank street, ownedI and managed by Eugene C.sAdt, is one of the large concerns where. frouole Is expected. The shop has always; been an open one and has not been running under union prices. but 1t is said that recently all of MT Adt's men joined the union and if the proprietor does rot agree to the new scale they will go out Mir Adt will not talk on the matter, but it is pretty sure that he will not grant the demands as he IS said to be strongly opposed to them.
 The Price shop on Bank street is also closed to-day and although the shop is now under the Typographical scale it is ruomred that the owner sdoes not care to grant the eight hour day. He refuses to discuss the mat ter.
 At the Paper Box factory the men will work nine hours, but will receive time and half for the extra hour.
 The other shops of importance will grant the requests and no trouble IS expected in more than one or two places. The matter of signing a coll tract is not being pressed as the men do not care about 1t as long as they get the time and pay they are asking for.
 Although some of the men wanted to take action to-day, others on ac' count of it being holiday voted to put it off until tomorrow.
 There was a meeting of the Typo graphical union yesterday and it was voted not to give out any news i'll re, gard to the situation. Anyone so do ing if discovered will be heavily fined
 Manager Hammond, speaking fo. the Commercial Printing shop. said this afternoon his place would be an open shop with the union scale. This concern is working to-day.
 At the meeting of the Typographi' cal union yesterday new officers were elected, but none of the members would state who they were. Whst their reason is for keeping such a thing unknown is not apparent.
 Thus summing ap. there is only ont shop of importance to be heard from and 1t will be interesting to watcf how affairs will turn out at the Wafef bury Printing Co tomorrow.
 The fight of Big Six started to day in New York.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
TERROR AT BARCELONA.
Paris Alarmed over War Scare Re-
 gardfn9 Morocco Controversy.

Paris Alarmed Over War Scare Re-
 garding Morocco Controversy.
 PARIS, Jan. LA dispatch from Barcelona says that the city is ter srorized by a band of anarchists, and bomb outrages entailing loss of life occur at regular intervals The efforts of the government to prevent these has been intellectual. Wealthy inhab. itants of the city are fleeing, and the theaters, cafes and other places of amusement are deserted owing to fear of the anarchists.
 Despite the improvement in the re lations of France and Germany, occa. stoned by the submission of the Mo rocco controversy to conference, there is a distinct revir< of war ru. mors, and a considerable element of the people and number of journals are maintaining that war between France ana Germany is inevita ble. Some of these reports are taking an exaggerated form, but they all tend to stimulate public apprehension. Dispatches from Belgium say the atl. thorities there are adopting precau. tionary measures, anticipating that [ conflict would reach Belgian soil. Mes. sages from. Switzerland say that the German reserves have been summoned, and other dispatches graphically de scribe the activity of French and Ger man forces along the frontier and their extensive works and defenses.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
sTRIKE IN PROVIDENCE.

Providence, R. l.. Jan LA strike of the union compositors of tse local book and job printers shops, about forty-five in number. occurred today because their demand for an eight-hour day was refused. The strike Affected several of the larger printing estab- lishments in this city, Prsssmen and other members of thA Typographical trades are not affect y the strike.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
Killed win chri.tmas Giu

STAMFORD. Conn, Jan. Dean French, the sixteen-year-old sol )f Dr. A. D. French of this place, accrental- ly shot himself to death nea. here. and his body was found late st night about half a mile from his home. Young French received a gin for Christmas land started out to gSe it q trial. In eIImbing over a stone fence he stumbItd. exploding the gun. and the chargel blew away part of hs right hand and lentered his side. Though terribly 1ounded. the boy ! Ean . f,eht arafhst death. After b, Ding . bsndkercA4ef around his hand start ed to <z1 SI to his hOmel IT pulled hims>l l1I1 kx the ground for q uf DO feet TT b strength gave hf and >mn~&~@e rs Ds.e Fer ! "a . 1xnn1 x Ian L. The i1
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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
ut CU-Uperdu Congregational

Dcm lenuS 10 create IetlHS OI
 ste. He urged as a remedy that 'students be required to devote at least half of the day to learning T trade.
 T believe the social disorders which are prevalent in this country today arise from the fact that our systcnll of education is all wrong" he said.
 We are training one faculty oIiiy and sacrificing the others. The rem edy Is to be found in half time school where the student will be kept half day at his books and taught some trade during the other half.
 'The half time school system would arouse a wholesome feeling of respect for fellow workers and would tend to break down this feeling of caste.
 Many prominent employers have told me the poorest recommendation a young man can bring them is his college diploma. The fault lies ipf the fact that too much attention iS paid to theory. while practical work tl)r- thing most needed in the battle3 the world, is almost koG looked. Give the boy but give him also | plying that educatio
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
DOUBLE DROWNING.

Bodies of Man and Woman Who
 Skating Found Early To1
 Wakefield. Mass. Jan. 4 ing of the bodies of Johrl RitcflV aged 21, of Stoneham. and Grll Holden. aged 19, of this city. in baN Quannapowitt to-day. disclosed double drowning which occurred du1 ing the night. Ritche\and Mss H( en went to the laA ta skate l2 ening. Their falye /,o re1I their respective 2oges, dv night caused se .nthg the lake to-da1s/
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
JURY SAYS GUILTY.
Manning c. Palmer, 75 Years of Age,
 Misappropriated Bank Frnds.

MlsdppIulHIdbtu fSdhh TFARAo.
 Auburn. N. r., Jan. 1.-The jury In the case of Manning c. Palmer. who was charged with misappr0priating funds of the American Exchange Ma tional' bank of Syracuse, returned Il verdict of guilty to-day. The jury was out since Saturday night. Mir Palmer was tried on seventy counts and was found guilty on all but ten. He was sentenced to five years in Auburn prison and was remanded to he custody of the United States mar -. hal pes.lIng an appeal of th3s sase.
 Syracuse. \. Y., Jan. 1-1 g c. .'slmer. who is a years q was president of the Amer. &b;tb ,pge | National bank of this Sv en., ts fas
 nEen in charge - snk
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01

' waiting t5n the City hall steps this morning when the door opened, as some supposed they would. On the l contrary they were rather slow in | showing up. so that the retiring off 1 cials had lots of time to pick up any 1 thing that belonged to them and re move it before the new men stepped | into their shoes Mayor Elton was on l deck early with his accustomed smile | | and appeared anxious to turn over the 1 | keys of the city to his successor. but l | he had Song wait, for Mir Thoms went | | to Atlantf City Friday and didn't re- turn untiythis afternoon. In the mean time Mayor Elton paced the deck and wished everybody he met happy new year.
 | City Clerk Sandland was on hand early and was sworn in by Mir Reeves, the retiring assistant city clerk. MT Sandllnd's first official act was to ad- minister the oath of office to MT Reeves, who just stepped across the way and took charge of the office Of collector aof taxes, replacing Mir Hunt who had his personal effects packed | up and extended the hand of friend ship to his successor. MT Sandland in | formed a Democrat reporter that there will be no change in the working force 1 in the office. The clerks are not there today. but he explained their absence by stating that he told them Saturday | that there wouldn't be much doing to- day and that they could have q day | off
 The first big bouquet to arrive was signed, For Sheriff M. J. Smith, from Friends It was set on the table in the mayors office and wafaanN object of uuchsa4tention during the day. V r sheriff Smith was sworn in by T Clerk Brett. He was met very eae
 antly by MT Rigney, who offefe4A him any assistance he might be sble M rem der him in connection with his duties. NIT Smith expressed his appreciatio4@ for this manifestation of good will an with the air of man who felt sV
 of his footing donned the insignia
 office and, entered upon the dutie
 his new charge
 | Michael D. Russell held his ha
 before Justice Brett and swore tQI form the duties of the office of troller to the best of his kR0f and ability. Mr Go0dricl Russell at the doorway a2
 a cordial greeting. Mir
 dueed his assistanh "
 troller's ofiis
 turned
 sors.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01

Philadelphia, renty-four of the one hug firms in this city si5 ht witk the union \e eia hour wo1
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
TWENTY IGN.

INV ENI dN.
 Philadelphia, renty-four of the one hug firms in this city si5 ht witN
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01
srEANf. f.ARRrvEi|

New YorK. Jan 1.-The Louis arrived to-day from ton and Cherbourg. after { stormy passage In which was often under reduced sr west and northwest Eals( with an enormous westl mencIng on Chriztmnn
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-01-01

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