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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09

The opening Of the reconstructed
T~ehuantepec Railway, with deep water
harbors and modern docks at Coat
~zacoalcos on the Atlantic and Salina
Cruz on the Pacific, will be the occasion
Of jubilation by the Mexicans; and as a
rival of the Panama Railroad and a COM
petitor of the Isthmian canal when
completed Americans will find the rates
and the traffic development of the new
road an interesting study.
The history of no transportation prob
lem on this continent is more fascinating
than the evolution Of the scheme, which
originated with CoRTEZ in 1918, to utilize
the lsthinus of Tehuantepec as a high
way of The harbor of the
Indian town which he named Vera Cruz
was shallow and periodically swept by
gales. A survey Of the coast convinced
him that Coatzacoalcos, further to the
south, afforded better anchorage. There
he built a fort and founded a colony.
Later he got a concession from CHARLES
V. and laid out a Cdmino del rev, or
wagon road, from C~oatzacoalcos to Salina
Cruz on the Pacific. This short cut
between oceans was used by Spain for
military and trade purposes during three
centuries. The argonauts who went to
California by way Of ~Tehuantepec we're
carried over the road in coaches in ls4s.
Seven years earlier Don JOSE DE GARAY
had obtained a charter from SANTA
ANNA, the dictator, to dredge the
Coatzacoalcos River and build a broad
highway across the Tsthmus, which
HUMBOLDT had called the bridge of the
worlds commerce" GARAY did nothing
with his charter, and allowed it to lapse
on June 80, ls45.
After an interval Of thirty-three years
President D1Az, a native of the Isthmian
province Of Oaxaca, revived the project
and a contract was made with EDWARD
LEARNEDof New York for an i%nteroceanic
railroad to be built in three years and
four months; but the enterprise sue
cumbed to the claims Of the long estab-
Iished Panama Railway. T~hirty-ive
kilometres were completed. Strong in
his faith, President DIAz obtained au-
thority from the Mexican Congress to
make the construction of the Isthmian
railroad a national enterprise; but not
until 1895, after Dolphin SANCHEZ and
EDWARD MACMURDo had lost their
charters, was the road completed by an
Anglo American syndicate and opened
for traffic. Without good harbors and
docking facilities at Coatzacoaloos and
Salina Cruz, however, the National Te-
huantepec Railway had no future. 1t
deteriorated and became a bad asset to
the Mexican Government.
The indefatigable DIAz then made,
through his Minister of Public Works,
a contract with Sir WEETMAN PEARSON,
the English contractor, TO restore and
~standardize the railroad, dredge the
termini harbors and construct a system
of breakwaters and docks. The work
is now almost completed. AS the highest
grade Of the road is only sO0.55 feet and
the rails are heavy and the track well
ballasted, the promise of a fast freight
service seems plausible. The design was
to have a depth of thirty to forty feet
in the channel at Coatzacoalcos at low
tide, and thirty at Salina Cruz on the
Pacific side, which is not as much ex-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Latest News From kansn. and oklabom,

From The Kansas CRv Jouruoi.
The fact that the superintendent ~ schools At
Dover, In Klnghsher county. Okla has become
infected with the auto craze Is likely 10 lose hin
his Job. He has the only "gasolene wagon In 'hr
town, and the farmers whose teams have h""n
frightened by II arc daily petitlonlnC the school
board not TO renew his contract.
The town OF Cleveland. Okla, i oycrTIr VIII
rats, and so far no Pied Piper has appeared - go
II relief. None OF the means OF eItemilnat!oh
which have been tried so far has proven effective
Many people are said TO be so in fear Of being o!''tn
by the rodents that members Of the family tai'
turns sleeping and standing on guard
While Charley Elliott and Clyde Scott were chop
ping wood on Nj. Elliott's farm cast OF town Satu'
day. Clyde Scott cut a cash In his new oycral'
about an inch and a half Ions.
John Sweeney lost his pocketbook containing
$3.50 at Augusta, Kan, a few days aGo. and the
merchants all locked their stores and jo!nsd IN The
search. The purse was hnslly picked up h. = mta
who wasn't looking for II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Ised.ONer Tea Leayes.

From he 81. Louis Giobc-Domocrdt.
There are some men. " said a health Of
fcer, who buy from hotels all their used
tea leaves. These they dry and put on the
market again as fresh tea.
A a matter of fact. there is still n good
deal of very strong tea plus a good deal
of tannin-in these used leaves. They make
as black and bitter a brew as the greatest
tea fend would want to drink. But such a
brew IL unwholesome, for the peroenta ge
OF tannin in it is much larger than in an Or
binary cup of tea.
Used tea leaves are very easily made to
resemble fresh ones, They are dried on hot
iron plates. the heat Of which curls them
up nicely. giving them a very natural APP
~pearance.
"A cup of this second table tea refreshes
mouth is drawn up as il you had been sucking
alum
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Fiery Uptown Youth.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-rSfr: II seems to
be a reg ular practice among the boys In the Ninetles
and the Hundreds TO build hres In the streets and
then to kick them all over, sending burning embers
and sparks over everything.
Only yesterday a little girls dress caught nre
from these flying SPARKS, and II was due 10 the
prompt action OF a psssor by that II was eItln.
guished before Injury resulted.
Is there not a city ordinance against this bon.
nre business This practice is too dangerous to
be allowed TO continue. A prompt and efficient
remedy would be 10 nne the chlld's parents 81 for
each offence. il would soon cease,
NEW YORK. April S. FREDERIC DOUGLAS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09

was not TO be expected on the part
the Monte Cristo Of Pittsburg and AN
Reekie, the man who had cornered the
philanthropy of a world.
Uncle Remus" might we'll be nervous
about the designs Of his visitor, too.
Suppose he had come to reduce "Brer
Rabbit" to phonetic dialect, or to pre-
sent the Harris family with a block Of
Steel stock!
But no, it was not as bad as that
ANDREW CARNEGIE had only come to
pronounce him a genius, and to tell him
that he had filed the world with sun
shine. Lord, Lord, he had heard that
before 80 many times, and from SO many
great men! Hes just like common
folks" said the grateful author when
the ordeal was over. 1t was an expert
nee for "Uncle Remus" and a great
day for the Laird. And when the young
women of Atlanta at the laying of the
library cornerstone sang, Andy, Oh,
Andy! You dandy; you dandy" the
great mans cup of happiness was full.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Rad hammered Policeman.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUH-Str: In a crowded
surface car the other day ! noticed a policeman
monopolizlng a seat while a number OF ladies were
holding on to straps In front OF him.
Why should an of,cer OF the law. who pass no
fare, keep his seat, especially when ladies are
standing1 ANTI MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP.
NEW YORK. Aprll T.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09

Uncle JoE's cumming up that "if a ma
jority of the people demand immediate
general revision they will elect a majority
OF the members OF the House in favor of
immediate general revision" is a proposition
that ought to be satisfactory to all interests,
since none can dispute it. But the Speaker
reminds us Of DR.. HoLMEs's katydid.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Veteran OF Three Wars.

CATER Kendnck of Wakeneld, the veteran NJ
three wars. is celebrating to-day. He Is 81 and
deserves TO be regarded as q grand army by hlmseIf.
He organized In person three campaigns:
/. To night all the hres In wakeneld, by Home
Protective Association.
?. To tight the English sparrows.
3 To drive out the gypsy moths, by hiring tho
children 10 kin them.
Its about time for a KendrIck banquet In Wake .
neld.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09

Erom d, Hnnttord inns

From ne Hartford Times.
Senator Stone OF Missouri made 4 characteristic
speech on the railroad rate bill. While he seemed
TO attack the Administration rather viciouSly, It
was dlricult 10 tell from what he said what his own
position Is, or whether he really has taken one.
He seems destined to continue to wear his old title
~ "Gum Sine Pill "
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Too Many Professors in Scotland.

From the GLASGOW ENntno Times.
Al a meeting Of Inverness Free Presbyterr IN.
day the Rev. Murdo Mackenzie, Inverness. said ~
he were to speak his mind he would say there were
too many professors In Scotland. tApplnuscI
Too many professors had been the uin Of the Free
Church There would not have been so many
hercules 10 the land were II not that there were so
many professors. He was afraid the Free Church
was falling by having 40 many professors.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09

n our friends uho fator US tcita~ manuscripts for
publication irish to haSa reJerted articles returned "ev
nun IN nj cases send stamps for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09

Published BY The Sun Printing and Publishing
Association at ITO Nassau street, In the Borough OF
Manhattan, New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Satisfactory Conditions.

From ne Washington S'df
My invention will increase your incor' D. MAJ
ions" said the mechanical genius.
Il don't want my income Increased, sn'"'Iea
MI, Dustin Stax. IT is exactly right IS g. j. Fs
enough to buy everything / want and SINAI Tough
% Assp, gKAna jude. from being ,i19uisitLIe.-A-~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Immediate Annlinntlon-

Knicker-I see they are to open a day and nirb,
bank.
Mrs. Knieker-How lovely, then you can give
me Itx1oA a. many cheokA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
A Carnegie Proposal.

Father Can you support her In the manner 10
which she is accustomed
suitor-Yes, Sir, II you will raise an sQuslAmount.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
Insanity In Great Britain.

From The Westmfn stsr Rertctr,
Taking the year 1852 as q starting point ana aoi.nI
the fact that pauper lunatic asylumS had been then
some years In operation as curative hospitals FOR
the treatment OF mental diseases, we md thai
between the years 1862 and 1901 the insane nsary
trebled their numbers To put II in another way,
they seem 10 have Increased In proportion 10 'h'
numbers annually discharged from The as}!lnlN
either as cured, improved or uncured The mum
bers OF registered insane in the United Kingdom,
as ON ciAlly recorded, were:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09

ASK any young man his ideal Of q home for him.
self and a girlish bride. and he responds quickly:
oh, a little house with vines over the porch. easy
chairs, u hammock and lots OF oonlight."-B
more sam.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-09
CO.,. ..55.525

TU'uTb''" ''"''''''' 'Oo,o-o IVVT |T
This shows, In even figures, an annual increase
the rate Of $500 for the whole period an inrTe''
OF about ioi.Soo lunatics In the United Kingdom ~
the course Of The last forty.two year.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
VALUABLE LAND is
TO BE RECLAIMED
Question of Strengthening Course of
Big Sioux River Being Astated
in Brookinqs County.

Brookings S. D., July 21.-Brooktnss
county is agitating the question of re-
claiming land valued at $50 900 which is
now practically worthless by reason OF
frequent foundations by the Big Sioux
river
In straight line from where the
river enters TO where it leaves the
county it Is only twelve miles YET in
TINS distance the course of the river is
nearly three times that. because of
numerous bends in the stream There
are about twenty curves which could
be Strengthened by cutting bitches OF
not more than twenty. and in some
places four rods in length. and the
course OF the stream shortened some
tfteen miles thereby. The bitches
would have to BE aug only deep enough
TO catch high water ut first when the
current would soon enlarge them su.-
iiciently to carry the whole stream, as
the soil along the river Is generally
loose
According to scientific tests water
VIII ioW three times as fast through
straight channel as g curved one
twice as long. and this means that the
strengthening of the course here by the
river would carry in its channel the
ordinary volume of water thus doing
away with the annual June Hoods on
the hOttomS
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
CROPS AND THEN POLITICS.
The Order Of Things in Clay County
r Where Harvest Will Be Bio.

Vermillion, S. D., July 26.-From now
on for a few weeks the farmer of Clay
county will be a busy man, and the
politicians who are bobbing up for the
better steer clear of him. After the
big harvest Of small grain is safely
stored away it will then be time to APP
oroach the rural resident to see how he
feels about this or that candidate.
Clay county is about ready to harvest
one of the biggest crops in her his
:ory. Winter wheat is being cut; some
Of it has already been threshed. The
average will be from twenty to twenty
five bushels per acre, and the quality
Is OF the very best. The farmer with
spring wheat will have to be content
with less, but has learned a lesson and
next fall will be thinking about seed
winter wheat. Oats are exceptionally
fine. some farmers claiming that their
sixty-five bushels. There has been no
black rust and only here and there has
red rust got into the fields. The season
for small grain has been ideal, and the
farmers are naturally jubilant.
Corn is little backward this year,
owing to unusually cool weather dur
Ing June. But with hot weather from
this time. on there is little doubt but
that it will mature In good shape and
finish far ahead Of frost. Prospects
are certainly bright.
The fruit crop in Clay county this
year is the largest ever known. Straw
berries. raspberries and currants were
an exceptionally large yield. and the
growers have made good money. The
demand was strong enough at all times
to bring good price. Apples are being
marketed three weeks earlier this year
at fine figure. Plums are growing
nicely. The trees are loaded. and in
many instances growers have had to
prop up the limbs to keep them from
breaking OF under their heavy load.
The fruit grower in Clay county is GER
'tainly a winner this year.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
HAIL PLAYS HAVOC.
Six Thousand Panes Of Glass Broken
in Sioux Falls Greenhouses
Crops Not Qananed

Sioux Falls. S D.. July 27-Sioux
Falls was, shortly after midnight last
night visited by a severe hailstorm
ana an aggregate of nearly 5000 panes
of glass broken in two Sioux Fails
greenhouses.
The hail fell straight down. o. ex-
tensiNe damage to glass in residences
and other buildings would have been
done. The hailstones We're the biggest
which ever fell in Sioux Falls. many
being as large around as silver dollars
Heavy rains fell throughout this SEQ
ton this afternoon.
1t was believed that the hailstor,n
mad done great damage to the crops
In this part of South Dakota, but re-
ports today prove no damage was done
outside of Sioux Falls, no other part
OF Mlnnehaha or northern Lincoln
counties having had hail
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
MOTHER AND CHILDREN KILLED
Were Run Down by Rock Island Pas
senqer on q Trestle.

Watertown. S. D.. July 26.-Mrs. Gust
y. Berndt and two daughters. Ida aged
9 and Ella aged 4, We're instantly killed
yesterday afternoon by passenger
train on the Rock Island tracks on a
trestle about one mile north of White.
The bodies of the woman and the chill
dren were thrown by the engine Il dis
tance of fifty feet down the steep en-
banklnent in q body of water by the
track, but n travelling man on the train
plunged into the water and brought
them out.
Mrs. Berndt and the two children
were carrying dinner to Mr.. Rerndt
who works on a farm north of White
Unnoticed by her mother, the little 4
year old girl ran up on the track and
out on the trestle a distance of 800 feet
in advance of the parent. The SOUND
OF the approaching train brought tc
mind the absence of the baby, and the
mother, frantic over the impending dis
aster. accompanied by the older girl,
rushed after the baby but despite all
efforts of the engineer to stop the train
it crashed onward and the tree luckless
victims We're instantly killed.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
EDITORS WILL SEE CANADA.
South Dakota Pencil Pushers to Take
Trip THROUGH the Dominion

Trip Through the Dominion.
Sioux Falls. S. D.. July 2S.-For some
time the members of the South Dakota
Press association have been in doubt
as TO what part of the continent they
would visit this year on their annual
trip, but Il tour through the British
northwest possessions now has been
definitely determined upon.
John T. Cogan. secretary of the press
association. and George Schlosser, of
this city. departed for ST. Paul last
evening. where they today discussed
with Inspector General White, of the
Canadian government railway Depart
ment. the proposed tour Of the South
Dakota editors through the British
northwest. The Canadian government
some time ago extended to the south
Dakota editors an invitation to make
"a trip to the Alberta country, and this
invitation now has been accepted
The Inspector general announces that
the party will be taken through to the
Pacific coast if the editors so desire.
From St. Paul Messrs. Cogan and
Schlosser will proceed to Duluth, where
they will meet the officials OF a line OF
boats over which the South Dakota
editors will make. u portion of their
journey.
Prior to his departure for ST. Paul
Secretary cogan stated that the APP
preaching journey undoubtedly will
prove one of the most enjoyable ever
made by the pencil pushers OF South
Dakota
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
THE RISE AND FALL OF A MINE.
Visit Of Early Day Prospector Brings
Back Romance Of the Hills.


Deadwood, S. D., July 26.-One Of
the old romances of the Black Hills
has been revived in the last few days
during the visit of Robert O'Dwyer
now we'll known real estate agent of
Chicago, but formerly prospector in
this country.
1t was in the spring of 10 that
O'Dwyer and his partner, Henry Mahn-
Ike, made one Of the most sensational
strikes in the history of the country
They had been prospecting all Of the
winter, but had run across nothing and
all they had to show for their winter
OF work were empty pockets and UNI
satisfied appetites. Finally they sue
ceeded in getting together enough grut
to last them during trip to Central
City, then one of the liveliest towns il
The country, and. tired and discour-
aged. they started out. When only a
few miles from Custer they made Gang
and silently prepared their evening
meal. While sitting on the ground
O'Dwyer began to pick with his ham,
mer at a huge boulder, and was STAR
tied with establishment when the frag.
ments of rock which he broke of
showed free gold in abundance. He
yelled at his partner, who had begun
to prospect farther down the creek.
but Mahnke paid no attention to him,
and finally 0'Dwyer filed his hat with
the SHINING specimens ana TOOK them
down to where Mahnke was, and the
latter turned pale when he saw the
richness before him.
They staked out their claim immedi-
ately, and when the specimens were
shown there was great rush to that
section. and the mine. soon became
known as one of the richest claims ir
the Hills They finally bonded it for
s175,O00. and received $4,000 down, but
II failed to nan ont as II was eXpected.
and the owners abandoned it eventual
ly, but it had it's day. during which
it was ranked as the richest mine ir
the Hills.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
DIES BY OWN ACT.

Tries to Burn Down Jail, and Dies
from Suffocation.
Bridgewater, S. D.. July 2G-Lee
olmstead. young man who has had
charge of a pool hall at this place. be-
came drunk and disorderly Sunday
night and was lodged in the city Jail.
At the hour Of $3.50 o'clock in the
morning flames We're discovered Issuing
from the building, and it was with the
greatest difficulty that Night Watch
man George Miller rescued the pris-
oner, who had fallen unconscious from
the effects of the heat and smoke. Med
ical assistance was summoned, but it
was OF no avail. the victim dying in
short time. Before death the deceased
stated that he had only himself to
blame. admittin" that he set the fire
by rolling the bed Quilts into bundle
and placing them in corner of the
cell. with the idea of burning a hole
out The remains will be shipped to
Kalamazoo, Mich, the home of his
mother.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
EXPLOSION MAY PROVE FA1Al.

Deadwood, S. D., July 27.-Henry
Nicokli. miner. lies at the hospital
Mt the point of death as result Of try
Ing to pick the powder out of a missed
hole. The force of the resulting explo-
sion was such as to drive the point of
the pick through his chest between the
second and third ribs. It missed the
heart by only half an inch. His eye
sight is completely gone, and his re-
covery is deemed impossible. Two 9TH
er men who were working with him re-
CeiVed only slight injuries
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
DEATH FOOLED HIM.
Millionaire Belts %ntended Wife" Al
ready Had a Husband.

Millionaire Belts "Intended Wife" Al
ready Had a Husband.
life of Alfred Belt. the South African null
ti-millionaire who died in London last
week has been explained. ).
Elizabeth Bennett, in whose favor Mr..
Belt took out insurance policies. is the
wife OF a mining engineer who worked for
him in South Africa in the early sos.
Mr.. Belt was intimate with the Bennett
family. and the friendship remained I'M
broken until his death. He had the high
EST respect and admira ton for Mrs Ben
nett, whose son and daughter he wished
to educate regardless of expenses.
When the policies were taken out Mr.
Bennett was dangerously Ill. and it is sur
missed that the expectation that he would
not recover induced Mr.. Belt to refer to
Mrs. Bennett as my intended wife,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
CUTTING WHEAT FOR FODDER.
Grain Is Being Cut Green, as There Is
No Way to Market It.

Rapid City. S. D., July 25.-One Of
the best proofs of the business that
will fall to the lot of the railroads
building west from the Missouri river
is the fact that i'll the country north
east Of here wheat that would go fifty
bushels to the acre is being cut green
for fodder because there is no way
to market it. The yield Of grain in
that section this year is immense. The
corn is equal to Nebraska corn; oats
will easily average 100 bushels to the
acre. and other small grains are yield
ing in proportion. Sheep men are we'll
satisfied with the grade and clip of
their wool. most of Which is being
marketed for from 231a to "a cents,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-08-03
KICK PROVED FATAL.
Huron Drayman Dies from Injuries Re.
cejved Two DAYS Previous.

Huron, s. d., July 25.-Fred Boss. ST..
aged &c years. formerly n resident Of
Cedar Rapids Ia. died Saturday as the
result Of injuries received two days be-
fore by being kicked by 4 horse. He
was among the earlier settlers of this
city. and for several years was a prom
inent member of the local fire depart
ment and was also a leading spirit in
the Modern Woodmen organization, be-
ing active venerable counsel at the time
of his death.