The new canal convention differs from the Colombian convention in giving the United States absolute sovereignty over the canal strip and doing away with joint tribunals and divided responsibility. The first five articles of the new convention, dealing with the question of cession and sovereignty are as follows:

Terms of the

New Treaty.

Article I-The United States guarantees and will maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama.

Article II-The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of the zone of land and land under water for the construction, maintenance, operation. sanitation and protection of said canal of the width of ten miles, extending to the distance of five miles on each side of the central line of the route of the canal to be constructed; the said zone beginning in the Caribbean Sea three marine miles from mean low water mark, and extending to and across the Isthmus of Panama into the Pacific Ocean to a distance of three marine miles from mean low water mark, with the proviso that the cities of Panama and Colon and the harbors adjacant to said cities, which are included within the boundaries of the zone above described, shall not be included within this grant. The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of any other lands and waters outside of the zone above described which may be necessary and convenient for the construction and maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said canal or any auxiliary canals or their works necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said enterprise. The Republic of Panama further grants to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of all islands within the limits of the zone above described, and in addition thereto the group of small islands in the Bay of Panama, named Perico, Naos, Culebra and Flamenco.

Article III.-The Republic of Panama grants to the United States all the rights, power and authority within the zone mentioned and described in Article II of this agreement, and within the limits of all auxiliary lands and waters mentioned and described in said Article II, which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located, to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any sovereign rights, power and authority.

Article IV-As rights subsidiary to the above grants, the Republic of Panama grants in perpetuity to the United States the right to use the rivers, streams, lakes and other bodies of water within its limits for navigation, the supply of water or water power or other purposes, so far as the use of the said rivers, streams, lakes and bodies of water and the waters thereof may be necessary and convenient for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation and protection of the said canal.

Article V-The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity a monopoly for the construction, maintenance and operation of any system of communication by means of canal or railroad across its territory between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.

The cities of Panama and Colon retain their municipal autonomy under the Republic of Panama, so long as they maintain public order and sanitary conditions to the satisfaction of the United States. Failure to do this gives the United States, according to the treaty, the right to force strict compliance with the wishes of this government in this direction, and the United States can even use foree to compel obedience to its rules as to public order and public health in these cities. The canal is to be neutral and open on equal terms to all nations of the world. In outlining the terms of the treaty in his message to Congress of December 7, President Roosevelt said: "By it our interests are better safeguarded than in the treaty with Colombia which was ratified by the Senate at its last session. It is better in its terms than the treaties offered to us by the republics of Nicaragua anu Costa Rica.

The President's Synopsis. "By the provisions of the treaty the United States guarantees and will maintain the independence of the Republic of Panama. There is granted to the United States in perpetuity the use, occupation and control of a strip ten miles wide and extending three nautical miles into the sea at either terminal, with all lands lying outside of the zone necessary for the construction of the canal or for its auxiliary works, and with the islands in the Bay of Panama. The cities of Panama and Colon are not embraced in the canal zone, but the United States assumes their sanitation and, in case of need, the maintenance of order therein; the United States enjoys within the granted limits all the rights, power and authority which it would possess were it the sovereign of the territory, to the exclusion of the exercise of Sovereign rights by the republic.

"All railroad and canal property rights belonging to Panama and needed for the canal pass to the United States, including any property of the respective companies in the cities of Panama and Colon; the works. property and personnel of the canal and railways are exempted from taxation, as well in the cities of Panama and Colon as in the canal zone and its dependencies. Free immigration of the personnel and importation of supplies for the construction and operation of the canal are granted. "Provision is made for the use of military force and the building of fortifications by the United States for the protection of the transit. In other details, particularly as to the acquisition of the interests of the New Panama Canal Company and the Panama Railway by the United States, and the condemnation of private property for the uses of the canal, the stipulations of the Hay-Herran treaty are closely followed, while the compensation to be given for these enlarged grants remains the same, being $10,000,000, payable on exchange of ratifications, and, beginning nine years from that date, an annual payment of $250,000 during the life of the convention."

RECORD OF FAST TRIPS OF STEAMSHIPS.

The time of steamships arriving at or departing from New-York is taken at the Sandy Hock Lightship, where the ocean voyage practically ends and begins.

Cunard Line-Lucania, New-York to Queenstown, October, 1894 5 d., 8 h., 38 m.; average hourly speed, 22.01 knots. Queenstown to New-York, September, 1894 (short route), 5 d.. 7 h., 23 m., average hourly speed, 21.81 knots.

White Star Line-Oceanic, New-York to Queenstown, August 27-September 2, 5 d., 18 h., 25 m.; average hourly speed, 20.28 knots. Teutonic, Queenstown to New-York, August, 1891. 5 d.. 16 h., 31 m.; average hourly speed 20.349.

North German Lloyd Line--Kronprinz Wilhelm. New-York to Plymouth, November, 1901, 5 d.. 8 h., 18 m.; average hourly speed, 23.21 knots. Kronprinz Wilhelm, Cherbourg to New-York, September 10-16, 1902, 5 d., 11 h.. 57 m.; average hourly speed. 23.19 knots. Kronprinz Wilhelm, New-York to Plymouth, June 3-9, 1902 (long route), averaged 23.47 knots an hour, erroneously stated that she had beaten the Deutschland's speed record.

Hamburg-American Line-Deutschland, New-York to Plymouth, September, 1900, 5 d., 7 h.. 38 m.; average hourly speed, 23.33 knots: best average hourly speed, July. 1901 (long route), 23.51 knots. Cherbourg to New-York, Sept., 1903, 5 d., 11 h.,

54 m.; average hourly speed, 23.15 knots; best average hourly speed, August, 1901 (long route), 23 07 knots. On this voyage the Deutschland in twenty-four hours covered 601 knots, the greatest distance ever covered by any steamship in one day.

St.

American Line-St. Louis, New-York to Southampton, September, 1897, 6 d., 10 h., 14 m.; average hourly speed, 19.91 knots. Pau!, Southampton to New-York, August, 1896, 6 d., 31 m.; average hourly speed, 21.08 knots French Line-La Lorraine, New-York to Havre, October, 1902, 6 d., 11 h.; average hourly speed, 20.50 knots. Havre to New-York, March, 1902, 6 d., 4 h.; average hourly speed 21.06 knots.

New-York and Cuba (Ward Line)-Morro Castle, New-York to Havana, December, 1900, 3 d., 37 m.; average hourly speed, 15.43 knots. Havana to New-York, June, 1901, 2 d., 13 h., 41 m.; average hourly speed, 19.01 knots,

HEIGHT OF FAMOUS MOUNTAINS.

The height of few mountains has been ascertained with surveying instruments. Those which any one actually ascends are usually measured by the barometer, which is not infallible, and which at different times may give dissimilar results. The elevation of other mountains, which no explorer has yet climbed, is estimated by persons who scrutinized them from adjacent peaks. Here, again, equally good authorities disagree. Besides, in some instances-Ararat and Sinai, for instance-modern geographers cannot with certainty identify mountains of great historic interest. In a table like the following, therefore, it is impossible to do more than cicsely approximate the real facts. But Longmans, Green & Co.'s Gazetteer, which nas been used. in. the main, is probably as safe a standard as can be found, although at the time when the last edition came out (1895) Fitzgerald had not ascended Aconcagua, the Duke of the Abruzzi had not visited Mount St. Elias, and Mount McKinley, now believed to be the loftiest peak in North America, had not even been discovered:

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition will be opened on April 30, 1904, and will be closed not later than December 1, 1904. The first stake for the location of the Exposition buildings was driven on September 3, 1901. Ground was first broken by President David R. Francis on December 20, 1901, and on September 30, 1902, space was allotted for buildings and exhibits. The fair was dedicated on April 30, May 1 and May 2, 1903, President Roosevelt and ex-President Cleveland del.vering addresses, and many ceremonies being arranged for. Forty-six foreign countries and colon.es will send exhibits, and most of the States and Territories of the United States have erected buildings. There are to be fifteen exhibits departments, comprising 144 groups and 808 classes. The United States Government has erected a building at a cost of $450,000 and has appropriated $800,000 for the arrangement of exhibits. In all the national government has given in aid of the Exposition: for general fund, $5,000,000; government building, $450,000; exhibits, $800,000; Indian exhibit, $40,000; life saving station, $8,000; act authorizing World's Fair, $10,000; Alaska exhibit, $50,000; Philippine Islands exhibit, to be paid from the insular treasury, $600,000; Agricultural College exhibit, $100,000; Bureau of Plant Industry exhibit, $5,000. Total, $7,063,000. Up to July 15, 1903, the States and Territories had appropriated $4,482,500. New York voted $350,000 for building and exhibits: Pennsylvania, $300,000; Illinois, $262,000; Kansas, $175,000; Indiana and Colorado. $150,000 each; California, $130,000; Iowa, $125,000; Connecticut, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New-Jersey and Wisconsin, $100,000 each; Missouri, $1,000,000. Following is a list of the officers of the Exposition:

OFFICERS OF THE EXPOSITION COMPANY.

President, David R. Francis; first vice-president, Corwin H. Spencer; second vicepresident, Samuel M. Kennard; third vice-president, Daniel M. Houser; fourth vicepresident, Cyrus P.. Walbridge; fifth vice-president, Seth W. Cobb; sixth vice-president, Charles H. Huttig; seventh vice-president, August Gehner; eighth vice-president, Pierre Chouteau; treasurer, William H. Thompson; secretary, Walter B. Stevens; general counsel, Franklin Ferris.

EXECUTIVE DIVISIONS.

Division of Exhibits: Director, Frederick J. V. Skiff. Education, Howard J. Rogers, chief. Art, Halsey C. Ives, chief; Charles M. Kurtz, assistant chief. Liberal Arts, John A. Ockerson, chief. Manufactures and Varied Industries, Milan H. Hulbert, chief. Machinery, Thomas M. Moore, chief; David P. Jones, consulting engineer. Electricity, W. E. Goldsborough, chief; Thomas A. Edison, honorory chief consulting engineer. Transportation, Willard A. Smith, chief; A. C. Baker, assistant chief. Agriculture, Frederick W. Taylor, chief. Horticulture, Frederick W. Taylor, chief. Forestry. Tarleton H. Bean, chief. Mines and Metallurgy, J. A. Holmes, chief; David T. Day, honorory chief. Fish and Game, Tarleton H. Bean, chief. Anthropology and Ethnology, W. J. McGee, chief. Social Economy, Howard J. Rogers, chief. Physical Culture, James E. Sullivan, chief. Live Stock, F. D. Coburn, chief; Charles F. Mills, secretary. Director of International Congresses, Howard J. Rogers. Music, George D. Markham, chief.

Division of Works.-Director, Isaac S. Taylor.

Commission of Architects.-Isaac S. Taylor, chairman; Frederick Widmann, Robert N. Walsh, C. D. Boiselier, Howard Walker, Thomas R. Kimball, Henry Van Brunt, Frank M. Howe, William S. Eames, Thomas C. Young, John M. Carrère, Thomas Hastings, George D. Barnett, John F. Haynes, Thomas P. Barnett, Theodore C. Link, Cass Gilbert. Chief of Design, E. L. Masqueray, Chief Draughtsman, W. H. H. Weatherwax. Chief Building Engineer, Philip J. Markmann. Chief Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, Henry Rustin. Chief Landscape Architect, George E. Kessler. Chlef Civil Engineer, R. H. Phillips.

Advisory Committee of Sculptors.-J. Q. A. Ward, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, Daniel C. French; Chief of Sculpture, Karl T. F. Bitter.

Department of Mural and Decorative Painting.-Louis J. Millet, chief.
Medical Department.-Director, Leonidas H. Laidley.

Jefferson Guard.-Commandant, Lieutenant-Colonel Edward A. Godwin, 7th
United States Cavalry.
NATIONAL COMMISSION.

(U. S. Commissioners appointed by the President of the United States.) Thomas H. Carter, Montana, president; Martin H. Glynn, New-York, vicepresident; John M. Thurston, Nebraska; William Lindsay, Kentucky: George W. McBride, Oregon; Frederick A. Betts, Connecticut; John M. Allen, Mississippi; John F. Miller, Indiana; Philip D. Scott, Arkansas. Joseph Flory, St. Louis, secretary.

United States Officials in Charge of Government Exhibits.-J. H. Brigham, chairman, Department of Agriculture; William H. Michael, Department of State: Walter C. Hills, Treasury Department; Colonel J. B. Brownlow, Postoffice Department; Frank Strong, Department of Justice; Edward M. Dawson, Department of the Interior; B._F. Peters, Navy Department; John C. Scofield, War Department; G. W. Hanger, Bureau of Labor Statistics; W. de C. Ravenel, U. S. Fish Commission; Williams C. Fox, Bureau of American Republics. W. V. Cox, secretary; W. M. Geddes, disbursing officer.

Board of Lady Managers-(Appointed by the United States Government Commission).-Pres.dent, ; vice-presidents, first, Mrs. Edward L. Bookwalter, Springfield, Ohio; second, Mrs. Finis P. Ernest, Denver, Col.; third, Mrs. Helen Boice-Huns.cker, Philadelphia, Pa.; fourth, Miss Anna L. Dawes, Pittsfield, Mass.; fifth, Mrs. Belle L. Everest, Atchison, Kan.; sixth, Mrs. M. H. De Young, San Francisco, Cal.; seventh, Mrs. Fannie L. Porter, Atlanta, Ga.; eighth, Mrs. Daniel Manning, Washington, D. C. Secretary, Mrs. Frederick M. Hanger, Little Rock, Ark. Treasurer, Mrs. William H. Coleman, Indianapolis, Ind. Miss Helen M. Gould, New-York City; Mrs. Louise E. Frost, Winona, Minn.; Mrs. John M. Holcombe, Hartford, Conn.; Mrs. W. E. Andrews, Hastings, Neb.; Mrs. Jennie Gilmore Knott, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Margaret P. Daly, Anaconda, Mont.; Mrs. Mary Phelps Montgomery, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. John Miller Horton, Buffalo. N Y.; Mrs. A. L. Von Mayhoff, New-York City; Mrs. James Edmund Sullivan, Providence, R. I.; Mrs. Annie McLean Moores, Mount Pleasant, Tex.; Miss Lavinia Egan, Shreveport, La.

Chairmen of State Commissions.-Alabama, E. L. Russell, president, Mobile; Arizona, A. J. Doran, Prescott; Arkansas, George R. Belding, Hot Springs; Callfornia, J. A. Filcher, San Francisco; Colorado, James H. Peabody, Denver; Connecticut, Frank L. Wilcox, president, Berlin; Georgia, William H. Venable, Atlanta; Hawaii, W. G. Irwin, Honolulu; Illinois, H. M. Dunlap, Savoy; Indiana, Newton W. Gilbert, Fort Wayne: Indian Territory, F. C. Hubbard, Muscogee: Iowa, William Larrabee, Clermont; Kansas, John C. Carpenter, Chanute; Kentucky, A. Y. Ford, Louisville; Louisiana, William W. Heard, Baton Rouge; Maine, Louis B. Goodal, Sanford; Maryland, L. Victor Baughman, Frederick; Massachusetts, George Harris, Amherst; Michigan, Fred B. Smith, Detroit; Minnesota, Conde Hamlin, St. Paul; Mississippi, A. H. Longino, Jackson: Missouri, M. T. Davis, Aurora; Montana, Lee Mantle, Butte; Nebraska, G. W. Wattles, Omaha; Nevada, John Sparks, Carson City; New-Hampshire, Albert B. Woodworth; New-Jersey, Foster M. Voorhees, Elizabeth; New-Mexico, Charles A. Spiess, Las Vegas; NewYork, Edward H. Harriman, New-York; North Dakota, Frank White, Bismarck; Ohio, William F. Burdell, Columbus; Oklahoma, Joseph Meibergen, Enid; Oregon, Jefferson Meyers, Portland; Pennsylvania, S. W. Pennypacker, Harrisburg; Philippine Islands, W. P. Wilson, Commissioner General, Philadelphia; Porto Rico, Gustavo Preston, Boston: Rhode Island, Robert B. Treat, Providence; South Carolina, D. C. Hayward, Columbia; South Dakota, S. W. Russell Deadwood; Tennessee, James B. Frazier, Nashville; Texas, John H. Kirby, Houston; Utah, Heber M. Wells, Salt Lake City; Virginia, G. W. Koiner, Richmond; Washington, A. L. Black, Fairhaven; West Virginia, N. E. Whitaker, Wheeling; Wisconsin. W. D. Hoard, Fort Atchinson; Wyoming, Robert Homer, Laramie City.

THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND.

Organized in 1877; incorporated in 1888. Its object is to send children of the NewYork poor into the country for a summer vacation of two weeks. Hospitable country people receive them, not as boarders, but give them food and lodging and freedom of the country grounds. The fund is dependent upon voluntary contributions. lowing table shows the condition of the work from the beginning:

Number of

ch ldren
sent for

two weeks.

The fol

Total number of beneficiaries.

Year.

6.511 54