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Bisbee daily review., 1906-02-18
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-21

United States probably likewise holds
as regards him self. | append figures of
the wages paid. so that the congress can
judge the matter for itself. Later | shall
confer on the subject with certain repre-
sentative labor men here in the United
states. as well as going over with Mr..
the zone and at home: and l may then
communicate my findings to the canal
committees of the two houses.
Chinese and Other Labor.
OF the 1900 or 10000 day Iaborers
employed on the canal a few hundred
are Spaniards. These do excellent
work Their foreman told me that
they did twice well as the West
Indian laborers. They keep healthy
and no difficulty is experienced with
them in any way. Some Italian labor
ers are also employed in connection
with the drilling. AS might be ex-
pected. with labor as high priced as
at present in the United States. il has
any ordinary laborers from the United
States. The American wage workers
on the isthmus are the highly paid
skilled mechanics of the types men
being made to secure Italians. and es-
pecially to procure more Spaniards.
suits that have come from their en-
ployment and their numbers will be
Increased far as possible. 1t has
not proved possible. however. to get
needed for the work. and from present
appearances we shall in the main have
to rely, for the ordinary unskilled
work, partly upon colored laborers
from the West Indies. partly upon
Chinese labor. 1t certainly ought to
be unnecessary to point out that the
American workingman in the United
states has no concern whatever in the
question to whether the rough work
on the isthmus, which is performed by
aliens w any event is done by aliens
with black skin
or by aliens from another country
with a yellow skin. Our business is
to dig the canal as efficiently and as
quickly as possible; provided always
that nothing is done that is inhumane /
to any laborers. and nothing that in I
terferes with the wages of or lowers /
The standard of living of our own !
workmen. Having in view this prin- |
,iple. l have arranged to try several /
thousand Chinese laborers. This is de- /
SRA BILE both because we must try to
ind out what laborers are most effi
,ient. and. furthermore. because we
.hnu< 49, isave ourselves at the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-21

til every possible future contingency had
been met would have caused wholly I'M
warranted delay. The right course to
been followed Every reasonable prepara-
ton was made in advance, the hysienic
conditions in especial being made as
other hand there has been NO timid i re
fusal TO push forward the work because
of inability to anticipate every possible
emergency, for, OF course. many defects
can only be shown by the working Of the
system in actual practice.
lnasmuch as so many both OF the white
and colored employees have brought their
families with them, schools have been
established, the school service being I'M
der Mr.. O'Connor For the white pupils
white American teachers are employed;
for the colored pupils there are also some
white American teachers, one Spanish
teacher, and one colored American teach
er. most of them being colored teachers
from Jamaica, Barbados and st. Lucia.
The schoolrooms were good. and il was
a pleasant thing to see the pride that the
teachers were taking in their work and
their pupils.
Care of Employees.
Next in importance to the problem of
sanitation, and indeed now OF equal i'm
portance, is the problem of securing and
caring for the mechanics, laborers and
other employees who actually do the work
on the canal and the railroad. This great
task has been under the control of Mr..
Jackson Smith. and on the whole has
some 5000 white employees and some
10000 colored employees on the isthmus.
went over the different places where
the different kinds OF employees were
workingl | think I saw representatives
of every type both at their work and in
their homes; and / conversed with prob
ably couple of hundred of them all
told choosing them at random from
every class and including those who came
especially to present certain grievances
olmost invariably expressed far greater
content and satisfaction with the con-
dtions than did those who called 10
make complaint
Nearly 5000 of the white employees had
come from the United States. No man
can see these young, vigorous men
energetically doing their duty without
a thrill OF pride in them as Americans.
They represent on the average a high
class. Doubtless to congress the wages
paid them will seem high. but as a mat
ter of fact the only general complaint
which l found had any real basis among
the complaints made to me upon the
isthmus was that. owing TO the peculiar
the cost of living. and the
distance from home. the wages We're
really not as high as they should be. In
fact, almost every man ! spoke TO felt
that he ought TO be receiving more
money-a view. however. which the aver
age man who stays at home in the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-21

island. covered at more or less shallow
depths with vegetable accumulations
or. mold. which affords sustenance and
strength to many varieties of low
lying tropical plants. One-half of the
surface of the island is covered with
water at high tide. the average height
of the land being ~ feet above low
tide. The slight unduiations furnish
shallow natural reservoirs or fresh
water breeding places for every varie-
ty of mosquito. and the ground tends
to be lowest in the middle. When the
town was originally built no attempt
was made to fill the low ground. either
in the streets or on the building sites.
so that the entire surface was prac-
fieailV ana gmfre. when the uuag
mire became impossible certain of the
streets were crudelv improved BY fill
ing especially bad mud holes with soft
rock or other material In September.
1905, systematic effort begun to
formulate a general plan for the prop
er sanitation Of the city; in February
last temporary relief measures We're
taken. while in July the prosecution OF
the work was begun in good earnest.
The results are already visible in the
sewering, draining, guttering and pay
ing of the streets. Some four months
will be required before the work of
sewerage and street improvement will
be completed. but the progress already
made is very marked. bitches have
been dug through the town. connecting
the salt water on both sides. and into
these the ponds. which have served as
drained These bitches have answered
their purpose. for they are probably
the chief cause of the astonishing
of mosquitoes. More bitches
of the kind are being constructed
Unjust Criticism.
Care and forethought have been exer-
cised by the commission, and nothing has
more credit upon them than
their refusal either to go ahead too fast
or to be deferred by the fear OF criticism !
from not going ahead fast enough. IL is
curious to note the fact that many of |
the most severe critics of the commission |
criticise them for precisely opposite rea-
sons, some complaining bitterly that the |
work is not in more advanced condl-
ton. while the others complain that II has |
been rushed with such haste that there |
mas been insufficient preparation for the L
hygiene and comfort of the employees. /
AS a matter of fact neither criticism is
lust. 1t would have been impossible to
20 quicker than the commission has
gone for such quickness would have
meant insufficient preparation On the I
,ther hand to -afnss r. -" ANYTHING IN
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-21
THE WORK IS BEING PUSHED
Perfection Of Sanitary Conditions
in Canal Zone Has Taken
Much Time.
He Found But Little Ground for Com
-oe-u flutes Statements of
6ome Writers "Slsn-
derefs and Liars" - Approves of
Type and Route of Canal.

The following is the text of President
Roosevelt's special message to congress
on the subject of the Panama canal:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives:
In the month of November l visited the
qsthmus of Panama, going over the
also visited the cities of Panama and
Colon, which are not in the zone or
under the United States flag, but as to
which the United States government,
certain sanitary purposes. | chose the
month OF November for my visit partly
because 1T is the rafnest month of the
year, the month in which the work goes
forward at the greatest disadvantage
and one of the two months which the
medical department of the French Canal
company found most unhealthy.
Following the Introduction to the mes
sage the president gives resume of his
programme during the days he was on
the isthmus and then says:
: At the outset / wish to pay tribute
to the amount of work done by the
French Canal company under very diff
cult circumstances. Many of the build
fngs they put up We're excellent and
are still in use, though, naturally, the
houses are now getting out of repair and
are being used dwellings only until
other houses can be built and much of
the work they did in the Culebra cut.
and some of the work they did in dig
ging has been of direct and real benefit.
This country has never made a better
Investment than the $40. 100000 which It
paid to the French company for work
and betterments. including especially the
Panama railroad.
An inspection on the ground at the
height of the rainy season served to con-
vince me of the wisdom of congress in
refusing to adopt either high-level or
a sea-level canal. There seems to be a
universal agreement among all people
competent to judge that the Panama
route. the one actually chosen, is much
superior to both the Nicaragua and
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-21

found the conditions perfect In but one
case did ! find them really bad. In this
case, affecting settlement of unmar-
bad indeed but the buildings were ali
inherited from the French company and
were being used temporarily while other
ton; and right near the defective water
closet new and excellent closet with q
good sewer pipe was in process OF con-
struction and nearly finished Neverthe-
less this did not excuse the fact that the
bad condition had been allowed to pre-
vail. Temporary accommodations, even
II only such as soldiers use when camped
in the field, should have been provided
Orders to this effect We're issued / APP
pend the report of DIR. Gorgas on the in
cident. | was struck however by the
every other where a complaint was made
which proved to have any Justification
whatever. 1t appeared that steps had al
ready been taken to remedy the evil
complained of, and that the trouble was
mainly due to the extreme difficulty. and
often impossibility, of providing in every
numbers of employees. Generally the pro-
vision is made in advance, but 1t is not
possible that this should always be the
case; when ii is not there ensues a
period OF time during which the condi-
tons are unsatisfactory, until remedy
can be provided but ! never found
case where the remedy was not being
provided speedily possible.
improvements IN NltieS
The sanitation work in the cities of
Panama and Colon has been just
important in the zone itself, and in
many respects much more difficult, be-
cause il was necessary to deal with
the already existing population. which
naturally had scant sympathy with
revolutionary changes. the value of
which they were for a long time not
q BILE to perceive. In Colon the popula
ton consists largely of colored labor
crs who. having come over from the
West Indies to work on the canal.
abandon the work and either take to
the brush or lie idle in Colon. itself;
thus peopling Colon with the least de-
sirable among the imported laborers.
for the good and steady men of course
continue at the work. Yet astoriish-
ing progress has been made in both
cities In Panama 80 per cent of the
streets that re to be paved at all are
already paved with an excellent brick
pavement laid in heavy concrete. a few
of the streets being still in process of
paving. The sewer and water services
in the city are of the most modern hy-
gienic type, some of the service hav-
ing just been completed.
In Colon the conditions are peculiar
and it is as regards Colon that most of
the very bitter complaint has been
made. Colon is built on a low coral
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
LAYS RUIN TO A CORPORATION
Cleveland Man Says Wife Marriee
Him as Part of Conspiracy
Made bv IL

Special to The Herald.
CLEVELAND, April 2S.-"They got
the woman to marry me to find out my
business secrets" said Peter Milloy,
electrician, to Judge Strirnple today.
Milloy, in resisting an application for
alimony by his wife. aged 20, charged
that wealthy corporation in the cleo
trio business ruined him.
MY wife told me that this concern
was financing her divorce case" said
he.
Mrs. Milloy had her husband arrested
about three months ago, charged with
choking her. In police court he was
discharged.
"She told me before marriage" said
Milloy, that she would come into a
fortune of $250,000 on July TO-"
Judge Strimple ordered him to pay
81 q day to his wife. AS she was leav-
ing the court room he rushed after
her.
Here's your dollar" he yelled. in
terrupting the proceedings in another
case.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
SENATE MAY CUT
SALARIES DEEP
CANAL OFFICIALS PAY TO BE
PRUNEO
Probable Candidates for Government
Jobs Decreased by Committee.
Expected Shonts viii
Resign
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 2S.--In con-
sidering suggested legislation for the
government, of the canal zone, the sen-
ate committee on inter-oceanic canals
today discussed the question of SAL
aries of canal commissioners and in
cidentally the nominations pending.
1t was argued that the salary Of the
chairman was too high, and several
senators favored reporting a resolu-
tion fixing the compensation of var
ious canal officials at considerably less
than they are now receiving.
In the event the salary of the chair
man is decreas ased, 1t is expected Theo-
dore P. Shonts, the present chairman,
will resign. He now receives 100000
annually. The chief engineer, John F..
Stevens, received the same amount, but
it is the intention of the committee not
to disturb his compensation.
Governor Magoon of the canal zone
is member of the canal commission,
q member of the executive committee
and minister to Panama. The commit
tee is said to be a unit against one
man holding so many positions.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
OCC|DENTALS
ARE VICTORIOUS
DEFEAT THE POMONA BOYS AT
CLAREMONT
Highanders Give Clever Exhibi-
tion Despite Numerous Errors
Which Marked the Diamond
Contest

After one of the fastest college dia-
mond contests ever played in Southern
California the Occidental team yester-
day defeated the Pomona nine by a
score of 81 on the Claremont campus.
The Occidental aggregation proved
that they are capable of fast fielding.
and yesterdays exhibition wos prob
ably the best which the Highlanders
have given during the past few years.
A member of the Stanford team who
witnessed the contest said that the
Presbyterian team compared favorably
with the Cardinals
The game was started with a rush,
and Spaulding of the Occidentals. after
lining out two-bagger, scored in the
first inning on Beals drive to Moor
man.
Occidental scored again in the fifth
on a hit by Spaulding and a wild throw
to first, which allowed b. Merrill to
take second and put Spaulding over the
plate. A pretty unassisted double by
Fhfoor;nan retired Merrill and Beal, and
Irwin retired the side by striking out.
Occidental scored in the eighth on an
error, a steal and a hit.
The score:
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
FUN WITH THE SODA CLERK
Man Has 1t Proving That There's No
Corrosive Sublimate In
Llthia Tablets
IN Tho HeruJd

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-A Respondent
looking man rolled into Times Square
drug store yesterday afternoon and
calling for a glass of water pulled from
q pocket a small bottle, extracting a
tablet which he dropped into the glass.
Holding the water ON a level with his
eyes, he looked thoughtfully as the
tablet slowly dissolved. Then, with a
sigh, he turned to the young soda
clerk, who was watching him mar
rowly.
ITS a hard life," he remarked
gloomily; "we'd best be out of it,
Whats that you put in the glass?"
asked the boy nervously.
'Now, Willie" answered the other,
you're a sweet young thing, all right,
but I'd advise you to go back to the
patchouli department for more"
The boy reached over to examine the
potion the man was arranging.
None o. that" growled the discon-
solate one. "That's corrosive subli-
mate and it's my finish, see"
Then he raised the glass and drank
it's contents.
The boy jumped over the counter
and ran out, yelling. He brought back
policeman and crowd.
whats all this?" demanded the po-
liceman.
"Oh, just the mere trifle Of the fin
ish of man who's tired" answered
the rolling one indifferently.
The policeman stuck his hand into
the mans pocket and brought forth a
bottle labled:
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
DUFFY SEES THE PLAY
But as II is Chinese He Has Trouble
Bringing It to

Bringing 1t to
Court
Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, April 2S.-The Chinese
Melpomene, which is the Tragic Muse,
and the majesty of American law, as
represented by Ireland, wrestled In the
Center street court before Magistrate
Wahle whose name tells his Teutonic
extraction. Melpomene won on points.
Patrick Duffy, known in the Eldridge
street police station as one OF the most
eloquent and aesthetic members or the
force, was called to the stand in the
Sunday closing case against John cav
anaugh, manager of the Chinese
theater.
what was the nature of the per-
formance?" asked Magistrate Wahle.
"The nature of the performance wuz
noise. 1t wuz somethin' turrible. You
see these black rings under me eyes?
OF couldn't slape fer three nights"
"Was it a comedy?"
ut wuz not There wuz no fun in
the house"
"Was it a tragedy"
"It wuz the awfullest tragedy that
iver happened"
well, did the principal die as the
victim of fate after an enthralling hght
against adverse circumstances"
"Most all died at one time or mother.
Every now an thin a fat Chink 'ud
die O. the cramps"
"Maybe it was an oratorio?" sug-
gested Magistrate Wahle delicately.
'It might "a bin"
perhaps q cantata?"
"Oi have not the Chinese tongue.
They might "a bin callin' everybody all
the names, or they might "a bin askin'
each other out to a saloon fer a
schooner o. beer. Be the looks o. their
faces OF think they wuz cussin'. can
tata? guess it was cancan."
"What kind of musical Instruments
did they use?"
eyer honor, they used no musical in
strumints at all. They bought out a
junk shop, an each feller had two
pieces O. junk which he slambanged
together an hollered. But the haythin
| injiyed it, but iv'ry man to his likes,
says OH
"Officer Duffy" called out Magistrate
Wahle in a mock passion of anger, do
| you mean to say, sir, that you arrested
Mr.. Cavanaugh here without knowing
what you arrested him for? Were there
any violations-that's what this court
wants to know-were there any viola
| tions?"
We'll, yer honor, OF pinched him in
| the first place because the cap'n tould
me to. An in the second place it wuz
safe. Be the way the Chinks talked
an cut up on the stage there must
"a bin a hundred violations"
| Nevertheless Cavanaugh was dis
charged.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
Y. M. C. A. METE0RS ARE
BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS
DEFEAT TURNER'S IN FINAL GAM
OF SERIES
Dutton and Faithful Throw Baskets
for Vctors - Maroons Conquer
Whittiers

The well known yell of the victorious
Meteors was heard above the wild
cheering of the basketball fans who
filled the Turner gymnasium, 1345 South
Figueroa street, to its doors last night.
After the Turner's had run up score
of 8 to 0 in the early part of the first
half, the Meteors awakened and by the
repeated basket throwing of Faithful
and Dutton, soon passed their op-
ponents, winning the game in sensa-
tional style by the score of 27 to IL, and
also capturing the championship pen
nant of Southern California.
The Y. M. c.. A. Maroons were III
championship form, defeating the Whit
tier team by the score of SO to "a.
The feature of this game was the fine
pass work and accurate basket throw
ing of Looms, Now and Stanley
Mitchell The local Y. M. c. A. won
first and second place.
The match game between the Rushers
and Whittier Pirates was won by the
Rushers by the score of 16 to 5.
Summary:
Eirct paYna.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
TOWN IN MAD DOG CASE
Claims Husband of Woman Victim
Has Money in Bank and De-
mands He Reimburse
Special to The Herald.

Special to Ihe Herald.
GREAT HARRINGTON, April 2S.-
Because Antonio Pezzi considered that
he had turned a clever business stroke
when he allowed the town of Sheffield
to help defray the expenses of his wife
at the Pasteur institute after she had
been severely bitten by a mad dog some
weeks ago, he could not keep it to him
SELF but went about informing every
body that he had bank account and
making so much noise about it that
the town officials conducted an inyesti-
CATION. discovered $500 in a Great Bar
rington bank and on Saturday brought
suit against him for S125.T5.
Mrs. Pezzi was one of the most seri-
ously injured of all those who were
bitten by maddened dogs in this Sec
tion late in January, and owing to her
supposed poverty her case excited con-
siderable attention and sympathy par
ticularly among the wealthy residents
Steps were taken to raise a fund for
the purpose of securing the best treat
ment possible, and when all the money
was in it was discovered that there
still lacked over $125 of enough to pro-
vide for her.
The contention is that in accepting
the towns money for her maintenance
Mrs. ePezzi becomes town charge, the
statutes forbidding the extension of
town charity to anyone possessed of
real estate or a bank account.
Pezzi has taken no steps to fight the
case as yet, but it was given out that
he would make preparations to do so
today, he maintaining that neither he
nor Mrs. Pezzi asked for the towns
assistance, that it was rendered volun-
tarily and without their acquiescence,
and that Furthermore the bank account
belongs to him and not his wife. The
writ is returnable on Thursday in the
Great harrington court.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
LEXINGTON RESULTS

BY Associated Press.
LEXINGTON, April 2S.-Results:
Five and a half furlongs-The En-
glishman won, Noel second, Builoba
third. Time, 1907 3-5
Four and a half furlongs-Beau
Brummel won, Tierney second, Dan
Bradley third. Time, 81 As.
Five and half furlongs-Clifton
Forge won, Precious Stone second,
Bensonhurst third. Time. 1907 2-5.
Six furlongs-Robin Hood won, Fox
meade second. Au Revoir third. Time,
1:13 2-5.
Five furiongs-Boxara won, Budhill
second, Charles Gilbert third Time,
100 3-5.
Mile and slxteenth-Miss Doyle
won, Elliott second, Reticent third.
Time, 1:46 As.
Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-29
ROUGH RIDERS WILL APPEAR
Champion Busters to Exhibit Wild
West Prowess at Fiesta

Another wild west show is scheduled
to occur at Fiesta park, May and 6,
when o. l.. Grimsley and his band of
rough riders will participate in what is
promised to be a real exhibition of the
border sport.
Grimsley won the championship of
the west at the tournament held in
Denver two years ago, and in company
with some of the riders who competed
with him is travelling about the country
giving exhibitions of the prowess that
reigns supreme on the plains.
1t is said that the horses which APP
pear in the show are among the rough
est bronchos In the country, and not
of the sort which has characterized
many OF the "broncho bustings" held In
Los Angeles.