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Show the skill of the englneera v. v, . eat bottom level of the canal wilAe only 68 feet above the ocean th" r8ld-- ble part of Us length runa thro,16h the ts! more valley of tlitraigbt throughout and will SJlare river a stream entire length Its ,D tt dr k,if of S tut 1 7n-a distance of about forty-oileaDd tremeniius Senol connecting the Atlantic ets mUi,t be provlded to ocean It the v cailsillg s deiitructlou. (f?ra dug. and Ldr the canal Is S,hamrWl11 be bullt accord' fifteen will require It tngiy at Bplete of $145,000,- - waters. This dam storing the ind an expenditure will transform An army of at least Chagres into a vast a money. lake, the boun- on will be employed r pa ? btdl bave been 4 Uborers accurately established and which will extend thlr-eejob. from miles to Obispo, where the jrst Idea of the great French j,. canal a leaves the river, leer, De LeseP8- - was t0 di Lak an area of covering the across isthmus, more than twenty-onH...U wel canal square miles. Uk- The capacity of the dam will be somesmall boy might cut a ditch M le But became ap-it i sn. ' thing like 2im,000.onu cubic two ponds. yards. , later on that such a plan would dSil- A two reasons. A 1 for Mammoth Reservoir, be feasible, S'BOI is a continua-nfth- e Another dam will be built at Alha-juelutain chain, which )reeB si on the upper Chagres nine miles great Cordilleran system, from the cana1, of concete masonry, forming a reservoir with a surface IM area of ten square miles and a cao sor pacity of 1,10,000,000 cubic yards. It will not only help to store the flood mi waters of the Chagres In the wet seaLoiii son, but will do some very useful !!!? work. Acting as a feeder to the sumI Ob Vr mit level of the canal. It will supply the great ditch with water In the dry in season, through the medium of an aqueduct, and will furnish hydraulic power for operating the huge locks. The locks will he worked by electricity obtained from this water power, and by the same means the canal will be Illuminated throughout its entire length with electric lights. In this way the Chagres will be transformed from an element of danger into a useful friend and helper. No trouble is feared from volcanoes, inasmuch as there are none within 200 miles. The harbors at Colon and Panama are excellent and need no further excavation or protection, though On the Chagrea River. basins will be built at each end of (jiilong the middle of the isthmus, the canal for the convenient Ingress to cut through It down to the and egress of ships. Each of these td of the ocean would be a moat basins will be 150 yards wide and yards long, and will be provided mi and costly task. Also, the to with mooring facilities and wharves river, which is addicted connected with the terminal stations redie floods, would cause no end of of the Panama railroad. Tbe railroad die. runs alongside of the big ditch clear vwdingly, the canal was carried r the mountain range, through a across the isthmus, greatly facilitating raient pass, and arrangements the work. For much of its length the banka of the canal will be faced with Bade for locks, in which, by with water, vessels passing masonry. Tbe canal when finished will aci?h will be lifted to the necessary Uon. It was a merchantmen and war commodate matter simple of the vessels largest size, and the only eight locks in all being .red. If It be understood that tbe time of transit from ocean to ocean it of the great ditch presents in will be less than a day. The benefits liddle part a high summit, from it will bring to the commerce of the cl it slopes gradually toward the world will be, of course, incalculable. ion either side, with four locks on Reason of His Fear. iiiope, the idea will be perfectly Is a little town up on the "There r. Vow. the canal is already practlc-finishe- d coast that bears the name of Ocosta." Southand navigable for nearly remarked Jere T. Burke of the in 'res miles from the Atlantic end ern Pacific law department while flfor live and a half milea from tbe a reminiscent mood yesterday afternoon. It lies just back of Gray's vide end. Thus one may start in a Harbor and Ls the largest town in that u! from Colon, on the east side of neighborhood. However, that does not bthmus, and travel comfortably nter for more than a dozen miles. mean much. 1 visited Ocosta a little 1 was In town p next fifteen miles are partly dug. while back, and while ectt er fresh-Dreve- Pcc . two-flfth- Z n e ( 3 rC : 1,-0- Eight relays of carrier pigeons cara message from St. Louis to Bosa distance of 1,200 miles, In an sir line in exactly eight days. . In the tennis doubles championship St London, England, the Doherty brothers beat 8. H. Smith and Frank ried ton, ( American League Notes. men are to be given trials by Presiy ,l0lniea 18 battln well for dent Grlllo. Chicago Dick Cooley has made but one error in forty-fou- r games. Dundon, of Chicago, made but six misplays In fifty games. Western Association. Kid'' Farney is the latest addition to the Sedalla pitching staff. Tbe Topeka Club has released third baseman Chub Hood, laid up with an injury. "Rip" Reagan, two years ago Joplin's star twlrler, is doing great work In the Southern league. President Shively has released Umpire Werner and appointed & man named Guild as his successor. Big Allen Niclell, the second best hitter iu the League last year, has been released by Sedalla. At Wichita. June 21, pitcher GeUr-lnshut Oklahoma out, 1 to 0, with three hits in thirteen Innings. Sedalla has a new pitcher by tha name of Teasdale. He is touted as a wonder. President Shively found him. Hite, Guthrie's new pitcher, ls the tallest mania the league. He stands six feet and five inches in his stocking feet. The Sedalia Club has released the college pitcher, Northcutt, and has signed pitcher Page and second base-maLee Gramley. Jimmy Williams has made four in fifty games ,and but one in twenty games.Billy l.m,h has not yet come to leveland s terms. His salary was cut only about , Crawford and Hickman have again swapped pohitions, Crawford going back to Itetroit's first base. Terry Turner, of the Clevelands, has twice bad nine assists, once twice seven and seven times six.eight, Pat Hynes is batting and pitching so well for Minneapolis that his recall by St. Iiuis is a foregone conclusion. Lajole says the "spit ball should he abolished. Thats what Umpire Dwyer said to Larry a couple of seasons ago. Lajole'g fielding average of .980 per cent Is the most remarkable performance of the season, that of George Davis. .970, being eiose up. Stone has batted safely for St. iu twenty-sigames out of thirty. He has made five doubles, eight triples and three home runs. Frank Owen on July 1 won a double-heade- r Western League. for the White Sox. holding St. Henltne la putting up a good fielding Louis to seven hits, Including two game at Omaha, but la not hitting the ball. doubles, In eighteen Innings. All of the Western League teams, National League News. with the exception of Sioux City and condition. Chicago fans have finally forgotten Denver, are in a patched-uFred Pfeffer. Johnny Evers did It. Umpire Carrathers has quit It is Fred Mitchell has thus far perform- said that he has secured a job in ed in five different positions for which there is more money without tbe incidental worry. Brooklyn. Sioux City and Denver are the only Maloney, turned down by three major league clubs, has been averag- two clubs not crippled. The other teams all have men playing out of ing three steals to a game lately. There is not a man of the entire their regular positions. InCincinnati sextette of pitchers who Oscar Warden, a has a record of consecutive wins this dian, who claims to have been a memseason. ber of the Carlisle Indian team, wants Donlln hit safely In thirteen games a job pitching for Omaha. in succession on the Western trip and Pitcher Schaub, of Denver, who led made twenty-eigh- t hits, making fif- the Iowa League last season, ls touted teen hits in six games. as one of the finds of the year in Del Howard has been batting so Western League company. well that Manager Fred Clarke is Kostal, of the Sioux City Club, wbo mis-Pla- y - x n p full-blood- fill-he- 5 V vv f seeking to find a permanent place for him on the Pittsburg team. Not a Cincinnati player has played through every one of the championhave ship games to date. Nearly all been benched at different times. I bavq Cy Young No. 2" says: such control that the batter are not afraid and I dont get the benefit of the breaks that come when a batter jumps away from the plate." field for Clancy now is playing right covthe Fittsburgs, while Howard is to be Howard is said base. first ering better on the Infield than the outfield,hlle Clancy shines In either depart- n 1 ',.; i f ' r" 'Z , ' 'a.- ' In Old Quarter of Panama traded a wn l"t for deep cuts, such as 131 feet a certain fellow deal the Bhlo, 2 feet at San Pablo and 98 a horse. After closing tho horse the ' t Motnehln. At the twenty-mil- fellow that had acquired to a niai animal Kk.k the rises the mountain range hurriedly h l k8n' lr" Is the shop and asked the The Mat most serious obstacle a in 1.1m hurry. t shoe undertaking. hop'twor' smith seemed In no hurry, made ho horse of owner and the ptures of the Canal. of the snop. Aomgt is taken, however, of a or three trips outside road. '"'"ttUnt pass, ad above explained. looking nervously up the d Jobf he touch nf the ran t yon hurry that never remaining dlfllculiy was In "I lpfily been removed by cuts, one l0 ,he idacksmlth. ,rh has taken out a long slice of such a hurry In my life.' f' ' 1 blacksmith, did At he thirty-'Say.' declared fho milp the Pacific the horse?' toward slope steal this said and fnr the rest of the way you I didn't steal the horse, No. a I rinl comirded not 'I from far very !wu reassuringly. It extends out tr ' o tha Pa- - the owner ocean for. a little over three 1 I. m. , JjJK because the water wasnot deep afraid the other fellow m h near and -- me shore and a channel had (mL w dredited. dUrover the mistake demand the horse. lf of the entire length of the back tw tiftAl xiiantic 0)jOi on Indian Priest. id seven and a half miles .on the ahl to Father Albert Negnhnqtiet. . aide will be at sea level. The " trlp ,M9 "IfPes tip hliS and dawn which It will' ho nee- 1 0 lpf J-,Antlers and lower ships by ferred from tl sfi! will will hp ,10 lock Iwhs. b 1. his parlahloners pttlr ,0 aF boin. Of s3b cm-retIf. .. masonry for hold Vn,,"! 'h' while the water levo. I, 1, r lowered to ttfB give them the ulred up or down. Thanks to cause of he change. bh some e . J dl,,. 1 X Kh '! IrSrs Z SCe 2!?T& " was farmed out to Keokuk, will be retained by that team. It had been intended to release him In order to cut down expenses. Three l League. The latest releases In this league are: By Peoria, Fleming, Dorsey, Jones and Shaffer; by Cedar Rapids, Dahlquist. Pitcher Bridge, of Springfield, on June 19, made the season record of this league to date by striking out twelve Rork Island men In nine Innings. Pitcher John Fisher has foft the Peoria team. He claims he was forced to to plteh after sitting up all night in a The St. I.oula Club hus decided He will try to get his hold on to pitcher Charlie McFarland, smoking car. confidence release and no play Independent ball. has Burke as Manager so will Following Is the list of rceent enin either Egan or Brown, and Cedar Rapids, Charles take no chances on being caught gagement: By Kilml8ton, second base, late with East 8t. Loula. and Charles Smith, outfielder. from Sault Ste. Marie; by PeAssociation. American out fielder, from oria, IJndcnhaek, The Hooslers are making Newark, O.; Warren, third baseman, Frlel. Billy of bagman Kansas City, has late with Dubuque; Fisher, pitcher, Manager Irwin, of of Brown late with Indianapolis; by Dubuque, Chnrlt. fielder In signed Rusty Owens, late of Burlington; by ty. . the of Cedar Rapids, Duhlquist, pitcher. basemnn Moriarlty In stealer base best the Is ledo Cit Central League. the Association Umpire Klg'er has been offered a Craig, of Minneapolis, has I'll Watkins position in the American Association been uld to Indianapolis.when Thom-th- at s large Increase In salary and may staff hla having cut down accept. ts joined la team. The Springfield' Club expects to be believed to have pick-- i Ixmlsvllle He by the addition of pitchstrengthened star in outfielder Clay. ed up er Carney, of St. Paul, and Osteen, o exerrtse good but ran do everything I learn- - Indianapolis, on the base and Judgm Dick Cooley, has been released to that. lng to Ft. Wayne by John Ganxel. nf Grand the who Jumped wily Campbell, t Uague. la Rapids, who claimed prior rights to Colonel for the him from Springfield. He will cover organization. that of the sensation J and won twelve games second for the Champions. lie ha As soon as Wheeling ran find anDexterltea. since deserting the third baseman, Price will be other new two has Club The Toledo south- - sent to left field and Coffey will be Columbus a era. Deft He will Massillon pitcher named dropped from the salary list. paw, and Both probably go to Terre Haute. signed. been Schaefer. have short-hande- Harry A. Hyman. Of the American athletes who competed last week in the English championships only one, Hyman, proved a winner. Hyman is a Pennsylvania race derolleglan and In the feated Jupp, the English champion, by three yards In 0:22 Hyman's best distance, however, Is the quarter mile. 220-yar- d 3-- Trl-Btat- pitch-Gcye- WITH HART. Mike Schreck. This Cincinnati boxer has posted forfeit of $ .000 and announced his willingness to meet Marvin Hart, tho new champion, in a glove fight for the title. Hart undoubtedly will be willing to give Mike a chance at an early date, as he says he Is In the game head and heels and will box any one who might prove a drawing card. 1 Reno July 4 with Marvin Ilart, but were received while he was training for the fight with Mike Schreck at Ogden, Utah. Root is not seriously hurt, but claims his training Injuries caused his defeat at the bands of Hart C. K. G. Billings drove his mare Lou Dillon, the queen of trotters, a mile In 2:06 at the Glenvllle track, July 8, the fastest mile yet made on any track by any horse this year. Tbe mare jogged along as smoothly as clockwork, making the first quarter" in :33, tbe half in 1:04, the thretw quarters In 1:35, and tbe mile la 2:06. Manager Jim Coffroth, handler of big glove fights, has made a startling offer to Jimmy Britt and Battling Nelson, rival claimants of the lightweight He slated be championship title. would give the boys a purse of 820.000 ' for a battle to be decided at Colma, Cal., at a time to be mutually agreed upon and in a new big building that is said to be in process ' of building. Jack O'Brien, the Philadelphia fighter, sends word his twenty-roun- d contest with Jack (Twin") Sullivan at Dawson City the 4th of July result ed in a draw. O'Brien says Sullivan would not go on unless a draw was declared if both men were on their feet at the finish. He claims to have upset Sullivan eight times. A large crowd saw the battle, the receipts amounting to $20,000. J. Barton King of the Relmont Cricket club of Philadelphia broke tbe United States individual record for the largest number of runs scored in a cricket match. With th exception of the Intermission for lunch. King wag at bat from 11 a. m. until 5:30 p. m., when he was caught out, and In that time he scored 315 runs. Tbe best previous performance wak made by A. M. Wood, one of King's team mates, some years ago, when he scored 275 runs. Is the United States to have, a golf course and are the links to lie located at Island, adjacent to New York City? C. B. Macdonald, tbe former national amateur champion, has for two months or more been for quietly soliciting subscriptions sttrh a unique project. Ills Idea Is to get 100 men to subscribe $1,00(1 each, others to come in for lesser amounts, and buy a fine tract of land In Ing Island, where a splendid course and club house will be provided. One world's record was broken at the games of the Sbeepshead Bay Athlitic Club at New York. In lha seventy-fivyard dash for club members F. Engelbart covered tbe distance In 7 LS seconds. This beat the best previous record of 7 2 5 seconds, made several years ago, and held jointly by more than three of tho prominent sprinters. As only two timers officiated it is not likely that the record will stand, a the rules necessitate three timer for any record performance. The Vespers of Philadelphia could rot quite repeat on July 5 the victory they won on Independence day on tbe Thames, but they rowed a brilliant race and had the whole British rosing world gathered along the rotirse nervous until the Leanders finally met tbe last desperate spurt of the American boat and crossed the finish line a srant length in front. The lime wav 7:01. The Leanders took a lead of half a length early in the race and were ever beaded by the Phllsdek phlans. of Harry Gill of Toronto of 6,360J points, made In 1900. Miss May Sutton of California Is tennis champion of the woman Great Britain, the title coming to her when at Ixmdon, Eng., July 8, she de lan w' f'i fifty-roun- d e To-ah- e A BOUT 2-- Outfielder of the Detroit American League Club. I AFTER - d II , Sam-uelso- YANKEE RUNNER IS BEST. 4 a. 62, 62, 68, 63. Word has been received at Milwaukee of the death of Fete Dowling, the one time noted left hand pitcher, at La Granada, Ore., who was killed by being run over by a train. Fred Ross, who was knocked out by Jack Donnelly in the sixteenth round of a prize fight at Aberdeen, Wash., ls dead. His neck was dislocated and a blood clot gathered on the brain. Frank Go'ch, after defeating the Swedish champion, in a wrestling match, challenged Marvin Ilart for a finish fight for $5,000 side bet. Gotch will give up wrestling for fighting. Philadelphia Jaek O'Brien and Jack (Twin) Sullivan have been matched to engage in another twenty round bout at Skagway, Alaska, on August 8. They fought at Dawson City on the night of July 4. According to the present arrangements the Queen'a Westminster rifle team will visit the United States during next summer to compete for the Vincent shield. Afterwards the winner will hold it against a challenge. At the athletic sports at Birmingham, Eng., H. A. Hyman of Pennsylvania university beat the English record for the 300 yard run. Hymans time was 31 seconds. The previous seconds, was held by C. record, 31 D. Wood." At Newmarket, England, July 6, the Princess of Wales stakes were won by 8L Denis, ridden by Maher, the American Jockey. Exchequer was second, and Lancashire third. Nine horses started. Martin, American, rode Exchequer, At London, England, July 7, the Westminster volunteers won the Sir Howard Vincent shield, defeating the Seventh regiment team of New York by the narrow margin of ten points after the closest competition ever seen at Blsley. Secretary Holt of the Indianapolis Racing Association has announced that the harness meeting which was to have been held here the week of Aug. 8 had been abandoned because of the attitude of the authorities relative to bookmaking. Word was received from Manager Parker of the Corinthian football team of London, who Is now In New York, that the team would leave Liverpool on August 3 for Quebec. The tourists will bs strong, having five International players in the lineup. The Leanders, who defeated ' the Vespers of Philadelphia by a length, won the final heat In the contest for the Grand Challenge crp, defeating the Belgian crew by two and a half lengths In the splendid time of 6:56. This is only five seconds outside the record. Martin J. Sheridan of the New York Athletic Aasorlatlon, Is the American champion amateur athlete. He won the title on Brookline field at Boston July 8, when he made a total of 6,8204 points, which Incidentally breaks the record n o t ,:4'Wt1wn SMtii ' il L. Rlseley, feated Miss Douglas, the holder of the title, in a challenge match, 63, 64. Miss Sutton's win virtually makes her the world's champion and tops a career which is wonderful. Guy Vaughan, the youngster of 2J years, who drove an autoniobils 1,015 milea in twenty-fou- r hours, doLours ing 1,000 miles In twenty-thre- e thirty-thre- e minutes and twenty sec onda will be called upon shortly to defend his record, inasmuch as there are at least five people in the field who are anxious to secure this mark) Jaek Root has been forced to take to his bed. He claims his Injuries were not the result of Ills meeting in r ii |