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NEW CHECKING SYSTEM.
Plan to Fix Responsibility for Dam
aged Custom House Packages.

A ruling of consequence to transporta-
ton companies handling merchandise in
bond from incoming steamships at New
York for points in the United States and
Canada has been made by the Treasury
Department. Hereafter packages Of mer-
chandise intended for shipment and that
may be damaged. at the request of the
transportation company which is to make
the shipment, may be checked in the
presence Of a customs officer, the party
rendering the shipment and a representa-
tive of the carrier to ascertain the short
age, if any.
Checking up the damaged packages
before shipment will enable the officials
to place the responsibility where il be-
longs.
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the right of way of the Orient road, OF
which he is vice president and one OF
the largest stockholders.
The Zooluaga ranch. which Is second
only In area to the TerraZas. lies west OF
Chihuahua, with headquarters at a place
called Bustilos.
The western coast of Mexico abounds
in mahogany, ebony, lignum vitae and
other valuable cabinet and dye woods.
which have been inaccessible until now
because of lack of transportation, and
the completion of the Orient line will
make 1t possible to develop that source
of wealth. The road passes through near
ly $50 miles of short and long leaf pine
distributed through Mexico for railway
ties, telegraph and telephone poles, min
ing timber and building material, which
is very scarce throughout all Mexico and
sells for a high price upon the timberleSs
plateaus.
In Texas a new and extensive area for
cotton planting has been opened, and on
the western slope of the Sierra Madre
coffee and sugar can be grown. with all
kinds Of tropical fruits and staples.
No railroad in existence has larger
variety of agricultural. forestry, pastoral,
horticultural and mineral resources scat
tered along its right of way, from the
cornfields of Kansas to the fisheries of
the Gulf of California, which, by the way.
are unsurpassed. but have never been
worked on account of lack of market.
Topolobampo may never be great ship
ping port for Asia and Central and South
America, some of the people interested
in this new road have predicted. The COM
merce of San Francisco. Portland and
Seattle is not likely to be transferred to
that port. but the Orient railway will
open up more difference sources of wealth
than any road that has been constructed
since the first track was laid across the
continent.
No Wall Street Aid.
1t will be unique for another reason.
It has been built without the aid of a
dollar from Wall street. Thus far 1t has
cost about SooOOO.O 900, which has been
raised by the sale of stock and by subs-
dies from the federal government of Mex
leo and the states. counties and towns
through which it passes. The general gov
eminent has contributed $3,555.00O. the
state of Chihuahua 100000 and the state
of Sinaloa $2OO.OOO. Nearly every county
in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas through
which 1t passes has voted bonus. and
more than 1000 people have purchased
stock.
The average cost Of construction thus
far has been only $24,OO6 per mile, and
the funded debt is only $39. So, 500. Upon
the completion of the road will carry
obligations to the extent of $4,000 mile
III DOnQS, SlOOO III preferred StOch anu
$12, 800 per mile in common stock.
The president and protector is A. E.
Stillwell of Kansas City, who built the
Kansas City. Pittsbur.. and Gulf rail-
road The vice president and general
manager is E. Dickinson. who for thirty
years was with the Union Pacific and
thirteen years it's general manager. The
other vice presidents are Mr.. Creel, j. T.
Odel and George Croker of New York
and ]. S. Braithwaite of London.
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DISTRICT COURT UPHELD.
Supreme Court Decision in the
Starkweather Case.

The United States Supreme Court has
affirmed the action of the Court OF
Appeals. of the District of Columbia in
the case of George B. Steakweather
against H. w. T Jenner, J. ID. Croissan;
John 0. johnson and others.
The complainant and appellant. George
B. Starkweather, the owner of num-
Der of certificates or shares in an un-
incorporated land syndicate known as
Crescent Heights. in the District of CO.
lumbia. filed a bill in equity in the SUI
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undertake this business and are building
steel barges to be towed to San Francisco.
With the completion of the Panama canal
and the completion of the railway to
Kansas City this deposit of coal will have
immense Importance, because it will fur
nish return cargoes for both ships and
cars which bring eastern merchandise
to the Pacific.
chihuahua Mineral Belt.
The new road passes through the
mineral belt OF Chihuahua, which is one
of the richest in the world. and within
thirty miles of Batopias, where the late
Gov. Shepherd developed one of the most
important silver deposits ever known.
There are several other mines of great
value which at present cannot be profit
ably worked because there Is no means of
transporting the ore to smelters. The
dumps at the mouths of some of these
mines have hundreds OF thousands of tons
of silver ore that will run from S11 to $14
per ton, but was absolutely worthless as
long as the burro trains furnish the only
means of transportation.
Not only silver but copper and gold in
unlimited quantities can be produced for
$50 miles on both sides of the railway.
which will make development possible.
Immense deposits of iron ore lie nearby,
also. which has been worthless for the
reason stated until now. In anticipation
of these developments. which Will begin
as soon as the railway is built. the Amer
lean Smelling Company has invested near
ly 81 100000 in smelter at Chihuahua.
The mineral district through which the
railway runs in Mexico already produces
nearly ten million dollars of treasure
each year without transportation facili-
ties, and it is left to the imagination to
estimate the possibilities of the future.
San Angelo. in Texas. is the headquar-
tiers of the largest wool industry in the
country which has been increasing very
rapidly both in the number of the sheep
and in the quality of the wool. The cat
tie industry is also very important In
Texas, and is still more important across
the borders of Mexico, where the road
runs through the two largest and most
famous ranches in the world, one of them
belonging to Don Louis Terrazas. who
has several million acres in pasturage
and brands between seventy-five thou
sand and one hundred thousand calves
every spring. 1t is no uncommon thing
for him to ship $4,000 head of cattle to
market at one time.
Mexico's Richest Man.
He is not only the largest individual
land owner in the world and the largest
cattle owner in the world, but the richest
man in Mexico and one of the richest
men in America. The daughter of Don
Louis Terrazas is the wife of Don En-
rioue C. Creel, recently ambassador to the
United States and now Governor of Chi
huahua Mr.. Creel also has very large
land, cattle and mining interests along
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-01

Benjamin Sigrist typewriter dealer,
died in Lynchburg, Va. Mr. Sigrist was
thirty years old and a native of Cleve-
land, Ohio.
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RICH COUNTRY OPEN
Marvellous Resources Along
New "Orient" Railway.
WALL STREET is IGNORED
Builders Ask No Aid of Eastern
Financial Center.
NOW NEARING COMPLETION
Forms Shortest Route to the Pacific
by Many Hundreds of
Miles.
NOW NEARING COMPLETION
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.

BY WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Written for The Star and the Chicago Record
Herald.
A new transcontinental railway is be-
ing quietly built between Kansas City
and Topolobampo, Mexico, about which
We see very little in the newspapers 1t
is already three-fourths completed and
two-thirds of the distance is In opera
ton 1t will be the shortest line between
the Missouri river and the Pacific ocean.
SIS miles shorter than the Union Pacific,
and 700 miles shorter than the Burlington
or Rock Island route, which are the
shortest lines at present
The new Kansas City, Mexico and
Orient railroad, as it is called, starting
from Kansas City, passes through the
southeastern corner of Kansas, touching
Emporia, Wichita and Anthony, divides
Oklahoma almost in half, bisects the
western section of Texas. crosses the Rio
Grande at Preside del Norte, and then
runs via Chihuahua to the port of Topo-
lobampo which is near the mouth of the
Gulf of California, a short distance above
Mazatlan.
Topolobampo has the most advanta-
geouS and convenient harbor on the Pa
cifc coast of Mexico, and. indeed, 1t is
the only one that is we'll protected. All
of the other harbors are open to the west
ern gales, and sometimes steamers are
not able to discharge or receive cargoes
on account of the weather. At Topolo-
bampo vessels can lie up against dock
entirely protected on all sides. Some
years ago an American company started
a socialiStic colony at that point, but 1t
expired after a brief existence with dis
astrous results to those who participated
in the movement
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contract was let yesterday for the
erection of the new Cabell Street Baptist
Church in Lynchburg. Va, the cost of
which will approximate $31. 900.
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Opens Up New Country.

The Orient, as it is Familiarity known,
runs through an entirely new country tor
distance Of 1859 miles, and. instead of
paralleling established roads. it will Gre SIS
several important lines with which its
management can doubtless make traffic
arrangements of mutual value At EN-
poria it crosses the Missouri Pacific; at
Wichita and at Anthony it crosses the
Santa Fe; the Fort Worth and Denver
at Chilicathe: the Texas and Pacific at
Sweetwater; branch of the Santa Fe at
San Angelo and the Southern Pacific at
Pisano Summit. In Mexico II crosses the
Mexican Central at Chihuahua; at San
Bias the new Hartman road which runs
south from Arizona. parallel with the
Pacific, and the Chihuahua and Pacific at
Mniaca.
More than thirty new towns, with popu-
lations of 1000 to 900, have sprung up
along the tracks in Oklahoma. All of
them are agricultural settlements, and
the population are practical farmers. In
Texas a. many more new towns have
started upon the virgin soil. Where few
years ago was open prairie. of doubtful
agricultural probabilities. with here and
there ranch house and herd of cattle,
are now fields of wheat. corn and cotton,
incIosed by fences with farmhouses,
barns and shade trees on every quarter
section. No part of the country has ever
been settled so rapidly or by a better class
of homesteaderS than have taken up
farms along the line OF the Orient road in
Oklahoma. They brought money with
them. Very little human driftwood lodged
along the right of way. This fact will be
demonstrated when the census enumera-
tors report upon the development of
section of about 10000 acres between
Wichita. Kansas and Sweetwater Tex,
which is already under pillow and is sup
porting thirty-two enterprising towns
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Found Splendid Pass.

When Mr.. Stillwell, the protector and
president, sent NJ. P. Paret. the chief en-
gineer. who was formerly with the Penn
sylvania and the Lehigh Valley COM
panies, to find a way over the mountains
he told him that the grade must not be
more than IA per cent and that he would
allow only forty miles of the distance for
a cog railroad. When Mr.. Paret returned
he assured Mr.. Stillwell that the noun
tains could be crossed at grade not
over : per cent, and he has actually fin
ished his track at maximum of by per
grade of any railway that crosses the
great backbone of the continent. 1
per cent grade would have been consid-
cred reasonable.
Some of the most difficult sections of
the road have been completed and trains
are now in operation over the pass, 8. 152
feet above sea level. in the state Of Chi
huahua.
In Kansas the Orient taps the Usage
bituminous coal fields: at the Rio Grande
II crosses a basin of 100000 acres of
bituminous coal, and upon the western
slope OF the Sierra Madre $50 miles from
Topoiobampo, are deposits of pure an
thracite running 50 per cent fuel matter,
with no trace of phosphorus or sulphur
| The deposit Is believed to cover between
| 100000 and 100000 acres and the veins
will average thirty-one feet thick. This
| anthracite coal can be delivered from
Topolobampo at San Francisco for 81 a
ton. 1t Is estimated, which will make an
/ immense difference with the cost of man.
i ufacturing as well as household expenses
in that city, where coal from British CO.
lumbia now costs $40 and s12 ton. AL
ready companies are being organized to
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30
START PENSION FUND.
Philadelphians Will Aid Survivors
of City EMPLOYEES.

Philadelphia. Dec 29,-By a gift of
s5G.OG0 to-day. Rodman Wanamaker made
the largest contribution thus far received
for the relief of the families of those
who perished in the Bodine street FIRE,
and at the same time laid the founda-
tion for a permanent fund with which
to pension the survivors OF all city en-
pioyes who lose their lives in the per-
Torrance OF their duty.
Mr. Wanamakers offer. received by
select and common councils as they sat
in joint special session. TO provide some
such protection for the bereft proved
10 be the inspiration for an ordinance
in which the gift is accepted and SlOOC60
more is pledged by the city as its share
in the fund
In his letter, Mr.. WanamalSer pointed
out that such a pension system should be
established az once. so that faithful en-
ployes might be shown that the city and
It's citizens are not unmindful of their
seIf-sacridcing loyalty, and that they
may have assurance that should misfor-
tune befail them, their families will be
cared for.
A committee of FIVE members from each
chamber was appointed 20 draft an ordi-
nance In accordance with Mr.. Wana-
makers suggestion. and later in the
day. that committee. in conference with
Mayor Reyburn, in his Office, framed a
bill which will carry the S1000e0 appro-
priation and provide for a permanent re-
liNf association.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30
WEEKS TO SUCCEED
HILL Is REPORT
Activity Needed in Repub-
lican National Committee.
HITCHCOCK IS HANDICAPPED
General Not Able To Give
Time to Party Affairs and Acting
Chairman Is Not Well known
Among WOrkerS-Orga nIEatfon to
BE Strengthened Immediately.

A good deal Of interest has been ex-
cited among politicians here in a report
that administration leaders engaged in
the task OF adjusting Republican party af-
fairs for 1872 are anxious that a change
shall be made at the head OF the Repub-
lican National Committee. The name OF
Representative John ". Weeks. OF
Massachusetts, has been mentioned for
the place. Frank H. Hitchcock. Post
master General, is still chairman of the
national committee, although his active
connection with the organization ceased
when he entered the Cabinet. Former
Gov. Hill, of Maine. was designated as
acting chairman.
The proposal to place Mr. Weeks al
the head Of the Republican National Com
mittee, il is stated, is not inspired by
antagOnism toward either Mr.. Hitchcock
or Mr.. Hill The argument is made that
it is the duty of the leaders 10 select
for the Craftsmanship some one who will
be in position to give great deal of
time to party affairs. to the end that an
organization shall be perfected for active
WI n AZ tiit campaign OF 1ti1.
Hitchcock Il handicapped.
Mr.. Hitchcock, it is pointed out. is
handicapped in this regard by reason OF
his official position. On the other hand.
Mr.. Hill is not well known among party
workers. and is disinelined, it is said. 10
undertake the task of readjustment that
many leaders regard as imperative in
the present state Of party affairs.
The suggestion has been made here The
last day or so that a special meeting of
the Republican National Committee might
soon be held for the purpose Of electing
new chairman. II Is known that the
idea was submitted to President Taft
some weeks ago, but nothing came of il.
Must Perfect Organization.
Whatever the outcome of the discussion
now revolving around the national chair
manship it is certain that steps will be
taken TO perfect a skeleton organization
in preparation for the campaign of 1872
Friends of the President believe that the
recent elections make certain a bitter
hght over the Presidency two years
hence. and it is considered highly de-
sirable that steps shall at once be taken
20 form an organization which later may
be merged with the national committee.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30
INCREASED WAGES
FOR RAILROAD MEN
SeYenty-fiYe Thousand Get 10
Per Cent Advance.

Chicago. Dee 29-Fffty Western rail-
road systems tonight presented 1900
conductors and trainmen with a welcome
and not entirely unsolicited New Years
gift. in the form of a 10 per cent wage
increase.
The raise. which will cost the roads
upward OF $5,0O0Oo0 during 1911 and in
succeeding years, came at the end OF a
series of conferences between labor Off
eials and railroad representatives. and on
the heels of the 10 per cent Increase
granted the locomotive engineers, the day
before Christmas at a cost Of s4000,O ,OUO
annually. The agreement affects the Illi-
nois Central system and half-hundred
other systems between II and the Pacific
Coast Negotiations were begun on No
vember q. and conferences have been
held almost daily.
The Canadian Pacific's representatives
were also ready TO grant 10 per cent
increase, but its employees, seeing d pos
sibiliiy of even more favorable terms.
declined 10 accept the offer
The men affected by rne increase are
passenger and freight conductors. flag
men, and baggagemen.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30
HOXSEY, IN AERO,
SCARS OYER PEAK
Aviator Rises to Crest of
6,0OO-fO0t Mountain.

Los Angeles, Dec. 2.-Arch Hoxsey this
afternoon flew from the aviation field TO
Mount Wilson, nearly forty miles, circIed
in the air 4,C00 feet above the mountains
crest. and returned TO the field after an
absence OF two hours and a half. His
barograph showed that Hoxsey reached
an altitude of 1850 feet. 1t is estimated
that he Travelled 100 miles while in the
air. He sailed above many snow patches
on the peak The air currents in the
mountains made considerable trouble for
him. They were choppy, and there were
many eddies. Mount Wilson is about
GOO feet high
James Radley won the speed contests
again to-day, going eight and three
quarters miles in minutes, 50 3-5 seconds.
Glen Martin. OF Santa Ana. wrecked his
biplane while trying to land. He crashed
into barbed wire fence, but escaped in
jury himself.
Lieut. Vernon Boiler and several other
army officers. who are here to see the
flights. asserted that HOxsey's perform
ance pointed TO a neR way of transport
ing armies across mountain ranges.
Lieut. Boiler. who came here from Fort
Whipple. Ariz.. said that 1000 biplanes
could transport an army of 10000 men
across mountains as high as the Alps in
a day
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30
PLANS MADE FOR FLIGHT
ACROSS THE CANAL ZONE

Panama, Dec. 29,-Civn Engineer Ha-
ney is gathering data on the isthmus
preparatory to reporting relative to Cliff
ford Harmon's aer0plane fight. which
he proposes to make in the Canal Zone
in March. He is consulting with the en-
gineers of the Panama Railroad and the
canal. and examining maps to locate an
isle Of safety and the best locations for
signal stations. The heliograph will play
an important part in the flight Mr.
Haney saws there are no extraordinary
difficulties for an aviator 10 overcome.
The Belgian Minister to Central Amer
lea arrived at Panama to-day. He will
present his credentials tomorrow.
The national assembly closed its ses-
sion tonight A ten-day special session
will be held in January.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30
ALUM AND ALCOHOL JOKE
PREVENTS WALKING TEST
Prescription Injuries Capt RusseHS Feet and
SpOiLs Navy Physical Feat

Capt Robert L. Russell, Judge Ad-
vocate General of the navy, is confined
to his home with a pair of very sore
feet. but when he is able 10 be about
there is likely to be trouble FOR that
obliging friend who prescribed an easy
means Of making the ffty-miie physical
test prescribed by navy regulations an
agreeable one.
For a man OF Capt Russelrs build. a
fifty-mile walk is not a joke. Il has
been whispered about that he hoped the
new. regulations. recently changed, might
do away with the necessity for his taking
the walk, and so waited until the last
moment In this he was disappointed,
as the new regulations viii not apply
until next year.
With only a few DAYS remaining for
the test walk Capt. Russell heard of
several patent means for helping navy
walkers"
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30
HERALD NEWS SUMMARY


Pages.
1-Diaz Holds Out Olive Branch.
Weeks to Succeed Hill as Chairman
Railroad Men Get Wage Increase.
Famous BOOkshOp to Go.
Very Dry New Year. Says sylvester.
Baroness HengelmuIler Seriously IL
Portugal Has Another Revolt.
2-Tragedies Of Day Cost Three Lives.
Thousands Detained by Fire.
5-Friend Of Lincoln Is Dead
Alexandria Bank Closes Doors.
-Poetry Cause Of Unrest.
Change in Treasury Lunch Hour
5-Washlngton Society News.
Cornell Students Give Play.
6-EditOrials
Hints for Bargain Hunters.
The Deputy Avenger," a Serial.
S-News Of the Sporting World.
9-Robin, III. Is Under Arrest.
Sixteen Dead in Explosion
T-Commercial and Financial.
12-Street-cleaning Plans Progressing.
Meridian Hill Park Can Be Bought.
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30

By the simple application of a little
alum and alcohol to the feet" a friend
with trend for practical jokes told him.
the feet become hardened so that il is
the rarest pleasure to walk and walk.
When you have Travelled fifty miles YOU
want to start right over again and walk
another fifty miles. Alum and alcohol
are the walkers delight"
Capt Russell obtained the alum and the
alcohol He applied them to the pedal ex-
tremities and as a result has been unable
to walk at all for a week The effect of
the hardening process has been so unfor-
tunate that it has required the aid of
Capt Russeil's physician to get his feet
and hands into normal condition. He was
not at his office In the Navy Department
Yesterday, but is getting along well. al
though he is not yet able to leave his
room.
Hereafter naval officers viii fight shy Of
such a combination as alum and alco-
hol"
The Washington herald., 1910-12-30

With the closing OF the year there
passes from existence the "Old Curiosity
Shop" known to tourists all over the
world, that has stood for over thirty-five
years near the corner of First street
and Pennsylvania avenue.
II is known to members OF the British
House Of Commons who visited the old
bookstore when here as members OF the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery of Lon
don. and who bought souvenirs for their
friends, ransacked every nook and corner
of the old building, and carried home with
them 10 their friends the information
that the historic old building OF Dickens
in London was outdone by the odd tre;As-
ure house Of Washington
Piled high with the accumulations of
years, heaped in confusing disorder on
four floors Of the old brick building.
books, prints, oil paintings, statues, and
bric-a-brac. coated with dust, its contents
as TO location and kind known only 20
its genial old proprietor. this historic old
landmark has received and entertained a
host of visitors, curiosity hunters. and
book lovers, from ali parts Of the world.
Senator'S. Representatives. Cabinet men,
bers. and judges OF all the courts
have been numbered among the patrons
OF the old bookstore. and many of them
became warm friends OF the CHEEKY. ge-
nial, and fun-loying old proprietor.
James Guild In his eighty-fourth year
and stricken with almost total blindness.
Mr.. Guild tells many a story OF his ac-
quaintanCe with such men as James G.
Blaine. Judge Macarthur. Speaker Reed.
Senator Ingalls,, Senator Spooner. and
other public men back as far as Judah
Benjamin and jefferson Davis. His col
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