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Gainesville daily sun., 1909-07-08

Taking up President Taft's plea for
greater division OF political senti-
ment and affiliation In the South, Gov.
ernor Gilchrist said: Instead OF dis
cussing the race question as II exists
in the South. will invite your atten-
ton 10 il as it now exists in neutral
far Western States.
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tives of foreign powers have established
their summer embassies and legations on
the north shore. Newport and Lenox
have lured some of them with the magnet
of lavish entertaining, but there has not
been season when some of the diplo
matte establishments were not set up at
Manchester and vicinity, and some years
practically every European envoy or
charge d'affaires has gone there
For some years past most OF the diplo-
mats have been seeking the New England
resorts in the face of the fact that the
President was at Oyster Bay-contiguous
to satisfactory summer country" AL
ready there have been leased for the sum-
mer of 1909 at Manchester cottages to be
occupied by the Italian and Austro. Hun
garlan embassies, and this example will
find many followers, including probably
the Brazilian ambassador who was last
season a neighbor OF Secretary Meyer.
The presence of the diplomats has operat-
ed as an influence to attract leaders of
residential society in Washington, includ-
Ing the Boardmans, the Letters and 9TH
ers. 1t is not merely that the diplomats
are factors socially. but these students of
having lived in all parts of the
world, are supposed to be pretty good
judges of the relative merits of watering
places and thus become vacationist lead
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ers in whose footsteps it is pretty safe to
follow.
The credit for discovering" the north
shore in so far as the partia!ity of the
diplomats is concerned belongs to the
former Spanish minister to the United
States, the Duke de ARGOS, and his Ameri-
can wife, who was, prior to her marriage,
Miss LoWrey of Washington. The Span
ish legation was transferred to Manches-
ter for several summers in succession
and gradually the brother diplomats OF
the Spanish grandee took to following
his example and there grew up the nu-
cleus of that community which now
makes this neck of the woods the under
study Of Washington. The credit for In
ducing the Tafts to select the north
shore as a refuge during the summer OF
1909 belongs to Miss Mabel Boardman,
Mrs. Tafts close friend. The Board
mans have had a summer home at Man
chester for some years past and are more
than enthusiastic regarding the climate
and the scenic attractions. Miss Board
man accompanied Mrs. Taft when she
made the spring househunting tour OF
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the north shore that resulted in the Sc
lection of the Robert Evans cottage at
Woodbury. point within the town limits
of Beverly.
The social center of this whole pleasure
zone Is the famous Essex County Club
at Manchester. where President Taft, will
play golf. He will spend some time on
the links of the Montserrat Club. which
is located only two miles from his summer
home on Salem bay, but for the most part
he will indulge in the Scotch game OF
which he is SO fond at the Essex County
Club, which is some seven miles distant
Here are to be found not only golf links,
that rank among the finest in the country,
but tennis courts. etc. to say nothing of
quaint old clubhouse which is daily a
mecca for the summer residents or the
north shore.
Should President Taft continue during
the summer the afternoon horseback
rides which have been feature of his
daily program in Washington, he will
have an objective in the clubhouse of the
Myopia Hunt Club. an organization OF
cross country riders of which Representa-
tive Nicholas Longworth is a member,
and which has it's headquarters some SIX
miles from the Taft cottage. Incidentally
it may be mentioned that the stable at
Taft's summer home has accOmmoda-
tions for ten horses and a number OF car
riages, but it is expected that this space
will be reapportioned in order to provide
storage room IOr the sewn d iiioloA 60
which the Tafts will maintain. together
with the emergency repair shop which
Head Chauffeur Abel Long conducts as
an essential adjunct of the Tart garage.
The Taft family has Its own private
bathing beach on the little estate at
Woodbury. Point. but it is expected that
for the most part they will journey TO
Manchester when desirous Of plunge in
the surf in order to enjoy the beach
bearing the name of Masconomo and Ia
RATS. If they come at IL o'clock any fine
morning, may find an assemblage that
will remind them of the "Wednesday and
Saturday afternoon gatherings on the
new Potomac driye-the esplanade which
President Taft has lately fostered in
Washington. 1t has been for years an an
accepted custom for the dlpionlats am anu
other summer residents of the north
shore to spend the interval between IL
and 1 o'clock on the singing beach,the
gathering being about equally diviaea . nu-
merically between spectators and bathers
and at this time the official gossip OK
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The Presidents secretaries and the force
of clerks, messengers and telegraphers
from the White House will have working
and living quarters in the town of Bev
erly, the local board of trade having
turned over its offices to the visitors for
the former purpose. Here. also, the Sc
cret service operatives detailed to guard
the President will have their base Of op
erations. For all that Beverly is much
nearer Boston than oyster Bay was to
New York city, the secret service men do
not anticipate that they will have many
problems to face In protecting the Pres
ident from harm or annoyance. his will
be due largely to the fact that the Taft
cottage is situated on a peninsula and Is
consequently surrounded by water on
three sides. The only approach by land.
on the fourth side. is through a gateway
and up a drive. a view OF which can be
commanded at all times from the house.
Moreover the cottage. although located
only about hundred yards from the troll
ley line. is so well screened by trees that
occupants of the porches Will not be sub
jected to the stares of the curious passing
public.
The Taft summer home is a frame
structure two and half stories in height.
On the first floor there is living room.
library, dining room, breakfast room. out
ler's pantry kitchen and servants dining
room On the second floor are six cham
bers in the main portion of the house and
sleeping quarters for the servants over
the kitchen and servants dining room.
On the third floor are several guest cham
bers. large portion of the rooms have
a view OF the ocean and there are num-
ber of open fireplaces In the principal
apartments. Small boats Will he able To
tie up at the Presidents private dock.
but the presidential yachts Mayflower and
Dolphin will, by reason of the shallow
water at the private dock. use the anchor
age Of the Jubilee Yacht Club. OF which
the President was recently made an hon
orary member, and transit between the
anchored vessels and the private dock
WALDRON FAWCETT.
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In addition there is often natural in
filtration of seven hundred and fifty gall
Ions minute, and over and above this
streams are likely TO be encountered
which will take the total of water any
where from two to three thousand gall
Ions per minute.
I'm building tunnels in this Swiss Sec
tion it has been the experience often to
encounter hot springs. and these are
source of great concern to the engineers,
fer they often mean to encounter some
six hundred gallons of water per min
ute which is throwing off heat of any
where from 104 to III degrees Fahren-
heit.
At any instance, at the most unexpected
time there are likely to burst into the
cuttings springs of such enormous power
and of such heat that the entire mountain
seems to be heated liquid mass. 1t is
nearly impossible for the workmen'to go
ahead with their work But to abandon
1t is to lose all that the incorporators
have put in. and in the crisis there Is
nearly always some adroit engineer to
rise to the occasion with some suggestion
to save a proposition that has become
well-nah helpless.
The tunnel which is being taken through
the Lotschberg under conditions OF such
extreme peril follows in general outline
the Simplon. Like the greater structure,
ii is egg-shaped. about six yards high and
four and one-haif broad.
There is great deal Of sentiment about
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has been manifestly a misnomer The
nickname summer White House." often
applied to Sycamore Hill. was doubtless
consistent enough, but II required vivid
imagination to mentally picture the Long
Island village as substitute for Wash
ington. Theodore Roosevelt was there. to
be sure. with his family and business
staff, but there was no official colony
made up of diplomats, cabinet officers
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finally brought together. and the plans
of the engineers were vindicated in the
fact that they fitted almost to hair
breadth, it was workmen who had
started from Switzerland on the one
hand and Italy on the other who greet
ed each other. and cheered at the tri-
umphal completion Of their work.
In respect to Swiss imports Genoa.
Marseille and Switzerland Will still
further benefit when the Berne spur is
at last completed.
The Berne spur will make the fifth
Alpine tunnel and in its construction all
that has been learned of the art of tun-
mel building by the previous expert
ments is being utilized. In fact. with
out the knowledge that has been gain
ed it would not have been possible to
go ahead in the face Of all the obstacles
that have been encountered.
Not until 1912 or 1913 will the work
be completed, but the great home OF
republica nism in Europe will be q per-
manent gamer by one OF the most noted
of engineering triumphs.
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HOSE engineering
difficulties whose
conquering SEEM
ed such a marvel
lous feature Of
the boring OF the
Simplon tunnel
are made to look
insignificant by
the obstacles that
are being en-
countered In run
ming from the
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ON the North Shore"

I'M the North Shore"
Where the Executive,
the Diplomats and Society
Spend the Summer The
Presidents Home at Bever-
ly, Mass. = Splendid Roads,
Famous Bathing Beaches and
Fine Golf Links Make 1t an
Ideal Place-The Boardmans
and Other Washingtonians
Have Summer Homes There
The Essex Country Club
The Taft Home and It's Com
forts.
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HIS year the fa-
nous vacation COM
munity on the
North Shore" of
Massachusetts will
be in literal truth
the summer capi.
tai" Of the United
States. For some
years past the
term summer cap
ital," as applied to
Oyster Bay, l.. l.,
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TN May, 1908, an Avalanche
! Overwhelmed One Section
and Took Thirty Lives-Then
Came an Explosion Tearing
a Hole in the Roof and Dump
ing the River Kauder Into
the Hole Where the Work
men Were-Sixty Gave Up
Their Lives Encountering
of Springs, Especially Hot
Ones, Is Adding Increasing
Perils to the Task.
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the determination to put through the
Berne spur at any cost. for switzerland
deserves we'll of those who have been IN
stalling the great system of tunnels that
is expected to do so much for the COM
merce of France.
1t must be remembered that at the in
ception of the Simplon tunnel French en-
thusiasm was only moderate. The mis-
fortunes that attended the unfortunate
effort of Ferdinand dtl Lesseps to dupli-
cate on Panama his successful canal at
SueZ cost French investors untold sums
of money, and 1t was generally thought
that the Simplon tunnel going under the
pass which Napoleon carried over the
Alps, and which made him famous. would
prove chimerical and never go to compile
ton.
But the making of the st. Gothard
piercement forced a change in the
French attitude.
That route, 1t is figured, diverted
eight eight million dollars worth Of
traffic every year from the st. Cents
route. Some OF this the new tunnel. the
Simplon. is undoubtedly restoring.
But when France at the beginning Of
the project hesitated, Switzerla nd
showed every confidence and every
eagerness to help. and 1t must not be
forgotten that among those who took
leading part in the work were many
Swiss engineers and hundreds OF work
men.
When the two parts Of the tunnel were
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touch with Berne, a great help would
have been afforded to the region Of that
town.
At first sight the project did not seem
to be one of staggering difficulties, espec-
tally with the success of the Simplon tun-
mel in mind. The Simplon tunnel is twelve
and half miles long. st Gothard is nine
and three-quarter miles, Mount Denis
seven and half miles. The latter is
about the length required for the spur
from the Simplon to Berne
1t was decided to make use of the line
that detaches itself from the Berne-
Interlaken line at the station Of Spiez,
on the Thun-lake and continue it to
Fruitisen. From there the new line passes
on the right Of the Engstilegmbach,
crossing in diagonal direction the
kunderground valley, and continuing
down to Bunderbach.
Further II goes through the gallery OF
Miftholz. and comes out on the high plain
of Kaudersteg.
The part that presented the trouble was
when the engineers sought to tunnel
through the Lotschberg the seven-mils
piercement.
The expectation OF those In charge Of
the work had been to see 1t completed
by 1911, thereby making between Berne
and the Siplplon tunnel the ideal entrance
to Switzerland.
The inauguration of the work justified
their optimism. From the first day, Octo-
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crash. and now the workmen have been
intimidated to a point where they will
only go ahead slowly for fear of en-
countering similar experiences at other
points.
II is this fear Of the unexpected that
makes an operation of this kind so diff
ficult. 1t Is never possible to tell what
malign force of nature may next be en-
countered.
All such work has to be done by hy-
dranlc pressure, this alone meaning the
Introduction Of Q large volume of water.
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together by veritable network Of the
finest roads on the American continent
broad. smooth. perfectly drained
highWays-shaded most of the way
which are alike admirable for horse
back riding. four-in-hand driving and
motoring. The automobile finds in this
far-flung residence district it's deal
sphere of influence. For instance. the
country seat of Secretary of the Navy
Meyer is located some six miles from
the Taft cottage at Beverly, but
with the magnificent roads intervening
the head of the Navy Department can
answer summons from his chief in
short order
these superb New England roads Is
understood to have been one Of the
most potent arguments that swayei
the Tafts In their selection Of the
Moth Shore as summer playgroun !.
The unwritten law that a President OF
the United States shall not journey be-
yond the confines of the republic barred
them from Murray Bay. Canada. where
the President and his three brothers
and. indeed. the entire Taft clan-have
been wont to rendezvous for sixteen
years past. However. the North Shore.
with it's fine golf links. its famous
bathing beaches. and, last of all, ITS
splendid roads. seemed to promise an
roads, 1t may be added. offer a continu-
Gus panorama of natures most brilliant
tints. This whole district is thickly
populated with summer residents. There
are no vast stretches OF unimproved
land such as one is wont to expect ut
a seashore resort. and. on the other
hand, there are few vast estates. The
whole country side is cut up into hold
ings of few acres each. and each of
these tracts has had the benefit of con-
centrated landscape gardening that
has brought 1t to the highest state OF
cultivation.
The Manchester-Beverly district OF Mas
sachusetts has always seemed to possess
a peculiar facination for Yankee official
dom on vacation bent. Daniel Webster,
James Russell Lowell, DIR. Edward Ever
EFT Hale and other prominent men have
had their summer homes there, and
Charles Sumner, when he visited this
neighborhood for the first time. declared
the place to be more attractive than
Biarritz, the famous European resort of
royalty. However. the tremendous vogue
that the north shore has attained In the
past dozen years has been due primarily
to the preference manifested by the diplo-
mats. OF course, not all the representa-
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and the other indispensables of a pseudo
capital.
X
The vacation season OF 1860 will find all
this changed. however. A common me cca
is to be the objective of the presidential
household; most of the diplomats, several
cabinet officers, a fair representation of the
congressional contingent and sprinkling
OF the leaders of fashionable residential
: society at Washington. 1t will be the
first time in the history Of the republic
that SO large proportion of the guiders
of its destiny have gathered in one To-
cality during the heated term for pro-
longed interval of rest and recreation.
Moreover. the distance of this summer
capital from the District of Columbia
brings about a counterpart of the condi
tionS when the late President Mckinley
had his summer headquarters at Canton,
Ohio. Quite contrast from the days OF
Jefferson and Madison and Monroe when
the chief executive, If he sought seclusion,
found 1t In Virginia, only few hours
journey from the seat of government.
The summer capital of 1909 is COM
munity OF magnificent distances. even as
Washington enjoys that same distinction.
It's locale is not merely one town, but a
chain of~suburban communities strung
out along the North Shore and merging
into one another to form a continuous
sedSnoTe playground tndL Is liHkeu Dy
steam and trolley roads and by a pro-
tected water highway to Boston. some
score of miles away. Ordinarily Man.
chester-by-the-Sea Is the most conspicu-
Gus member of this sisterhood of cottage
colonies. Manchester is to the North
Shore much what Dupont Circle is to fash
ionable Washington-the hub and center
Of the favored district. This season. how
ever, Manchester must divide honors with
the neighboring town of Beverly. Mass,
for 1t is at this latter place that President
Taft has leased summer home, with the
privilege Of extending his lease from one
to three years.
y
In this same vacation belt are Bey-
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The toll of life in boring this spur
which takes the road through the rocky
Lotschberg, has been appalling. Ave
lanches have arisen to bury workmen in
their ruins, rivers have opened holes and
fallen into the tunnel. drowning those at
work there. Minor accidents have daily
added 10 the number of the killed and
wounded. and at the present time moth
ing more than the resolve of those in
charge of the operation is keeping them
TO their gigantic task.
The perforation of the Lotschberg was
an afterthought of the great Simplon
operation. After the tunnel was opened,
1t was seen that II II could be put in
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ber 10. 1905. until May. 1908. not single
serious interruption was encountered,
everything going along in most perfect
shape.
The first blow to the prospects came in
the form of an avalanche in the closing
days Of May.
There was no warning of its arrival.
The mysterious forces of nature that con-
vulsed to bring death to thirty workmen
gave no advance indication, but suddenly
near Groppenstein there came a crash
and uproar. and when rescue parties be-
gan their investigations they found not
only dead and manned bodies on all
sides, but they found the works almost
completely ruined. and a fresh start was
necessary.
Only two months later, July q. 1908,
came the next visitation. The boring
had gone to the distance OF more than
two miles when an explosion occurred.
One of its terrible results was that
2 great hole was torn in the roof OF
yards square through which fell the
waters Of the river. completely engulf-
ing the whole operation and drowning
sixty workmen.
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Trout for British Colonies.

tuc udL0ttc'
Britishers are the first colonizing race
and the most resolute sportsmen In the
world SO that 1t was natural that British
colonial waters should have been the first
scenes of experiment i'm artificial propaga
tion of fish. Trout have been established
in the streams OF Kashmir. the Nilgheries
and Ceylon and Of New Zealand.
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So terrible was the damage wrought
that 1t was decided TO be absolutely out
Of question to go further at this point.
and the scene of the operation had to be
moved over from the north mouth to the
south mouth. near Goppenstein. Not less
than one years time was lost by this
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In this same vacation belt are Bev-
erly Farms, Pride's Crossing, Hamilton.
Magnolia and other similar summer
settlements. They are all drawn close
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Simplon a spur that will connect with
Berne and open a convenient means Of
entering Switzerland.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-07-14
Lo de "Arr0sal'
On sspassto atentado

Lee,nos en- "El Machete" que Sc pu.
blica en- Arecibo, la information ST.
gulente.
'Hemos sido sorprendidos de un nue.
vo atentado, parecido al incidente de
ns celebres profesores, ocurrido en-
Rio Grande y que va toda n isla CO.
noce.
Las primeras versiones tomadas de
muy buena fuente, son las sigllien-.
teS:
Ell prOtagOnista es un continental
empleado del GobiernO del cual nos
cuentan que hallandose por el campo
al pasar por el barrio e"Arrosal" de
esta juridicci0n, aprOvechando la au-.
sencia de don Miguel Sierra vecino de
dicho barrio, Sc introdujo en- su ca
sa lanzandose cOger una de sus hi.
JAS, senorita como de Is anos. Esta
sorprendida con la presencia del con
tinental, al verse agarrada, la empren.
dio a gritos, los cuales al ser oidos POI
el padre que Sc encOntraba cerca acr
dio enseguida. Pregunt6le al ameri-.
cano que trataba de ha:er y al querel
sacar este ell revolver el Sierra Sc le
abalanz6 encima, teniendo la feliz suer
te de desarmarlo, despues de una lu
cha empenada en- la cual, el america
no sufrio un rasgunO en- la nariz.
Intimid6le ell americana q que Sic
ira le entregara el revolver diciendol<
que lie iba a pegar dos tiros, lo
,ua' Sc neg5, viniendo al pueblo inme
diatamente y entregando ell revolver
al senor Fiscal, lie di6 cuenta de 10 ocu
rrido.
Supimos que a dicha hora sali6 una
pareja q investigar los hechos de Gu.
yo resultado no hemos tenido conoci
miento a'guno, perO h"mos alberto uns
investigation s fin de hacer p1blico
10 que ha ocurrido, pues estamos dis
puestos esclarecer todo, fin de
lue esta veZ no quede impune el cas-
tigo que ante los tribunales merezca
su autor, por Ell nuevO atentado con.
ira ell honor de Ia mujer puertorrique-
1a."
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-07-14
Teatro Municipal

Con la rebaja de precios iniciada el
lunes, contimlan las representaciones
de la compania de variedades en- que
figlrra el notable artista imitador Nj
nuto."
FL progranla de- esta noche es lnte-
resamt1SImo.
Minute Sc presentara EN- un nuevo
renero de imitaciones, ell de los macs
tros cehbres, Suppe, Planquette,
Strauss otros mas.
Hay tambien una parte Gle cinema
t0grafo, y um acto por el cuadro CO
mico.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-07-14
Ia function De aNOche

Ell notable transfor7nista Mimuto"
alcanzo amoche uno de sus mejores
trirnfos.
En- la imitaci0n de "ROsario Cue
rrero' escueh6 entusiaStas aplausos.
Anoche luci0 tambMn sus aptitudes
5e prestidigitador con Ia mas fran
ca aprobaci6n del p1blicO.
Ell cuadro c6mico trabaj6 CON igual
aceptaci6n, siendo muy celebradas las
simpaticas sefioras CabellO y Ferrery,
y los senores Casasi1s Bandera.
La parte de cinemat6grafo, muy
amena.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1909-07-14
Rina san6rieDta

Nm Ia tarde de aver, en- Naranjito, en-
las afueras de la poblaci6n, tuvieron
una rina Medardo Rivera y Ramon Ro-
sario, resultando este 1ltimo con siete
neridas que le intrio Rivera con un cor
taplunas. Las heridas no son de con-
sideraci6n.
Isl juez entiende en- el asunto.