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Hatilng ( "oiniitiny , being duly nvorn. iv that the
uctunt number of full and complete copies of The
Duly , Morning. Kvpiilntr nnd sundny H < > P prlnK-il
ilurlnt ? the montli of December , U97 , was ns fol
low n ;
1 . 21.227 17 21.197
2 . 21,378 is. ! . . ; 2ir.n
3 . JUKI 19 21,03 :
4 . : . JI.B'iT SO 212.W
5 . 2tf.S2 21 2I.3S1
( ! . 21,353 82 21,725
7 . 21 , CCS 13 21,217
8 . 21,310 21 21,211
0 . 21.303 ! 5 ( m'rn'Ktinly ) 10 Kir
10 .1 . 21,203 20 21UOT
11 . 21,143 2i 21.10
12 . 21,020 28 2I.33C
13 . K2I7 29 21.081 !
II . 21,3(2 ( 30 21,016
13 . 21.677 31 21,533
1C . 21 , SCt
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Net dally nverriKo . 21133
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Tin.lloriilni ; ! < < noli ! liy ili-nlrr * anil
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nlilc the iiiniilirr \Vorlil-Iluriilil
dallies , moraine : and eveiiliiKT , sold l y
dt-ali'rn and iicwxIiovN.
Ill Ni w York City Hie process oClurn-
nt ; Hits rascals In Is solus on intsrrlly.
Prospct't or annjhur war In tlio Yellow
SKI outfit to tfvo yellow journalism a
llttlo boom.
Row mucli lonst'i- art > the exposition
InilUllnsk to lt ) > exposed to the risk of a
conllairratlon ?
The exposition biiiltler.s arc still fa-
voreil Ij' ) thfveatlier elerk , but there Is
no tolling Avhat a day may brlns forth.
Now York custom house ofllclals linva
abolislietl the farewell kiss. ICurojican
travel will not bis as popular as hereto
fore.
The troubles of the Spanish sovern-
uient multiply. Last year it had the
( Itiliau witr on its hands and now It alsn
has Opiicrnl Weyler in trie same unuoin-
fortublu position.
Althoutf i Major McKlnloy wna elected
president on a platform Unit save no
proml.se about opening the mints It will
be recalled that none of the mints have
closed recently.
A. Pacific slope paper hits the nail on
the head when it declares that If this
country will redeem Its waste and arid
lands It will have quite enoutfi to do
without annexing the waste and arid
lands of other countries.
The Chinese emperor was badly frltf.it-
oned by that eclipse of the sun , but he
has not lost his wits , as shown by tlr.-
fuct that he has tijjiiln called LI Huns
Chans from re > tliement as chief coun
selor of the empire.
This year the American laboring men
will attend to their work and go on
drawing fair wages and not trouble
themselves tibout the demands of the
Kllver bnlllonalre. The lesson learned
the past year has been valuable.
A Salt I/ake alchemist claims to be
able to convert antimony Into gold , As
bis process requires a beat of . " > , ( X)0 ) de
grees , which Is blgher than the llior-
momctcr goe.s tsvon In Arizona , he has
not turned out a largo amount of the
precious metal.
Judge Keysor has not said a word for
two weeks , but when he does speak the
police board organ may hear something
about the freedom of the press to hold
up people without being subject to the
penalties Imposed on Individuals guilty
of the same practices.
Trade reports from New Orleans In-
dlcato that that city has recovered al
most wholly from the disastrous effects
of the yellow fever plague of lust fall.
The movement of cotton Is brisk and
KoutluTii trade In general Is good. Hut
for thu paralysis of biiHlnes.s due to the
f ver epidemic this south would have
bad the past year one of the most pros
perous on record.
Dr. Nansen IR quoted us predicting
failure of the project of .sending relief
to the miners in Alaska on sledges drawn
ly reindeer imported from Norway , lie
rwys the deer will starve buforo they get
to the minors. H certainly looks like u
foolhardy venture , but the rumors of
danger to thu miners luiyo been so per-
tilstcnt that the government cannot well
ul'fonl to tlo nothing for them. Thu rein
deer route will be given a fair trial.
A nwi.fl't , Ot'TI.OOK.
Rperolnrj" Uage could do notnlng belter
for the country than to ln > plr , conll
dciico. As a practical man of nffnirs ,
viewing the conditions from UK > utand-
polnt of business experience , the 5ccro-
tnry of the treasury tells the country
that the outlook for prosperity is most
encouraging. Ills words of promise have
i In them nothing doubtful or equivocal.
They are In the spirit of a genuine and
judicious optimism. He sees thing-i
as they are nnd forms logical conclu
sions. Men.Hiirlng Avlth practical judg
ment what was accomplK-diett In the last
year for the advancement of the general
prosperity and for the progress of the
country toward the goal of llnanclal In
dependence , Mr. Uago looks to the future
with serene and unquestioning conli-
dence. He sees In the great trade bal
ance In favor of the I'nlted States a
fact that has placed this nation already
In the position of a creditor country. Ho
recognizes In the fact that we have been
nblo to take care of the ecurltles that
Kmopo has sent back to us , without the
least financial disturbance , a degree of
llnanclal powerand Independence unprec
edented in our history. Ho rccogni/.os
lu the accmnulatlon of capital , as shown
In the Increase of bank deposits , not an
Indication of business unhealthtulness ,
but rather an assurance ol ? llnanclal
Mtrcngtli and resourcefulness. It Is a
superficial view , says Secretary Gage ,
to assume that merchants and manufac
turers lack confidence and that the coun
try's general trade Is threatened with
*
shrinkage. Therels simply natural cau
tion on the part of capital , after the ex
perience of the last few years , but this
nuiht In the course give way to the at
tractions that are ottering for Investment
and to the inducements which an Inevit
able prosperity hold out.
No capitalist , no business man , who
has confidence in the practical and con
servative judgment of Secretary Oago
can read his opinion oC the outlook for
thu country In a business way without
deriving from it great encouragement ,
lie considers the situation in a way so
entirely business-like and logical that it
Is almost impossible1 not ! to feel that his
optimism Is fully warranted and that h'.s '
cheerful forecast Is certain to be verified.
The secretary of the treasury does an
Invaluable service to the country in giv
ing out such expressions as that to which
reference Is here made.
A I'HOH/.KJI IX TAXATION.
A measure of radical reform in the
matter of assessment and taxation of
telegraph , telephone and express compa
nies doing business In Towa Is em
bodied In what was known as the Che
shire bill In the last legislature , which
provides for assessment of these cor
porations on the total market value of
their slock and apportioning' to the sev
eral counties HITIIIS proportionate to the
amount of business done or length of
line operated. This measure will be
earnestly urged upon the legislature
which meets next week. It Is an assess
ment plan differing from other plans in
use in that note is taken of all th-e busi
ness done in all the states Instead of
simply , regarding thu value of the visi
ble property In Iowa. In principle It is
a form of taxation of the business and
not the property.
Opposition to this measure was suc
cessful In the last legislature , because
some members said it was too radical
and others feared that by Insisting upon
it oilier more important reforms in the
matter of assessment and taxation could
not bo got into the new Iowa code. It
will have a better show in the coming
legislature. Thu belief Is general ,
whether It has any foundation or not ,
that telegraph , telephone and express
companies doing business in the western
states escape taxation more easily than
other companies , and that through some
such measure as this It would be possi
bles to compel them to bear their just
share of the burdens of government.
Some of thu opposition to this meas
ure came from those who feared that If
thu principle was adopted with reference -
once to the three kinds of businesses
mentioned It would , lie gradually ex
tended 'to others and ultimately a sys
tem would be built up approaching the
income tax principle of raising revenue.
There is this difference , that in the cnso
of these companies doing an Interstate
business and having rights and fran
chises given by the status ordinary rules
of competition do not apply nnd they
lie In a degree public monopolies.Vit1i
tills distinction clearly made there Is lit
tle danger arising from adoption of the
principle , and unless some reforms are
made In the matter of assessing the
property of these companies still more
radical measures arc sure to bu at
tempted.
CUMMIHSION JIKPOHT.
Thu report of thu monetary commis
sion contains a large amount of Informa
tion that will bu useful to Ihosc who
ire Interested In the currency question.
It gives a clear cUatemuut of thu different
forms of currency , with the legislation
molding for them , nnd presents a brief ,
[ hough adequate , "story of the staiul-
ird. " All this the general rentier will
Ind Instructive. In Its discussion of the
currency problem wo do not find any
thing essentially now and perhaps there
s nothing new to be said on the subject.
I'ho .report makes the familiar asser
tions that our currency system Is defec
tive and unsafe , that the standard of
value Is not firmly enough fixed , that
the large amount of government demand
obligations Is a menace and that the cur
rency Is hot sutlleiontly elastic.
Tim commission recommends an ex
plicit leglslativu definition of thu gold
standard and a pledge that It will bu
maintained ; also a requirement that all
) bllgatlons , public and private , unle.s. i
otherwise stipulated In the contract ,
shall be payable In conformity with that
itandard. There Is no doubt that this
ought to ho done , but it Is needless to
say that with a majority of silver men
In the senate. It will not be done by this
congress. It Is also recommended , of
our.se , that the outstanding note Issues
of the government bo gradually retired
mil this is really thu central point of thu
commission's plan of currency revision.
The process of 'retirement suggested
would cover a period of ten years , at thu
end of which time the legal tender qual
ity of any notejj then outstanding'would
cease. This 13 inoits cousurvutlvo than
the recommendation of tlus s uretnry of
the treasury In rtgnrd to retiring th
leg.il tender notw , but It will not dimin
ish the opposition to the withdrawal oi
that form of our enriviicy and the plac
Ing In the bands of the banks a moiiop
ely of the paper inonekv of the country
The commission-uses the trite argument
that the greenbacks arc an extremelj
costly form of money , but what assur
ance can there be that If they were ellm
Inatcd and the people made dopi-ndon
on. banknotes the latter would not cost
the people more than the greenbacks'
In regard to changes In the natlona
banking system some of the recommen
datlons are sound and It Is quite po.sl
bio will bo adopted by congress , par
tlcularly the one for permitting tin
organization of national banks with a
capital stock of .S'J..OOO In places of ' 1,000
population or less.
The commission has worked faithfully
and earnestly to find a solution of the
currency problem and the conclusions
reached merit careful consideration. The
members of the commission are men of
high ability and there can be no doubt
of their patriotic desire that the coun
try shall have a perfectly sound and
stable monetary system which will com
mand complete confidence at home and
abroad n system firmly based on the
standard of the civilized world.
VOIAOK 11UAIID Dtil'llAVlTY.
Ten days ago the comparative sub
scription lists of The Kvoiilng Itee with
the lists of the Morning \Vorld-lIeralt1
and Evening World-Herald lii Omaha
anil South Omaha were published. In
the face of the fact that these published
lists show that thu carrier delivery cir
culation of The Evening lice alone ex
ceeds by more than -1,000 the carrier
delivery circulation of the Kvenlng
World-Herald , and by more than 'J00
thu combined circulation of the MornIng -
Ing and Evening World-Herald , the
dominant majority ef the polled commis
sion , viz : Robert K. Leu llordman ,
Dr. John D. Peabody and J.
II. Gregory , have decreed under
oath that the Dally World-Herald ,
a fictitious name used to repre
sent the arbitrary and * lawless
combination ! oC papers published under
the name of Morning World-Herald
and Evening World-Herald , have the
largest bona. fide circulation of any
newspaper published In tills county. A
more shameless perversion of the facts
and the law and a more reckliMS viola
tion of the oath that binds each mem
ber of the police board to act Impartially
and without partisan prejudice in the
discharge of their duties could not well
be imagined. And yet two of tiese )
men have heretofore enjoyed a fair
reputation for integrity and honor. How
these , men can unblushlngly lend them
selves to such n piece of dishonest jug
glery passes our comprehension. They
certainly must realize that their brazen
debauchery of truth and justice must
deprive them of every vestige of pop
ular respect and' ' confidence , nnd affords
the most convincing proof that the so-
called nonpartisan reform police board
Is a monumental fraud. Instead of
being nonpartisan and impartial It is
a rank partisan machine , operated in
total disregard of law or 'equity for promoting
meting the schemes of political heelers
and levying tribute upon the liquor in
terest to feed nn unscrupulous partisan
organ. ( In making itself a party to de
ception and fraud the dominant majority
of tiie board has said In so many words
that It will tolerate lawlessness , provid
ing that it contributes toward the sup
port of the Ilurdmaii gang and" their
organ.
With such an example before thorn
what is to IK > expected from the police
force ? Do figs grow from thistles ?
When a policeman knows that an oatli
has no binding force upon a police com
missioner why should bu have any re
gard for the oath of a policeman ? If
Jie men who keep disorderly resort ; ?
can buy immunity from the law by sub
mitting to being plucked by the police
commissioners' organ , why should a
policeman have compunctious about ac
cepting tips from the keepers of gam
bling houses and worse places ? The
inevitable tendency of the perversion
of law and justice on the part of the
) ollco board must be to destroy what
little moral stamina there is left In the
force that is expected under its direc
tion to maintain law and order and
suppress vice and crime. Fortunately
for tills community the police commis
sion Is not clothed with absolute
power , nor Is it above all law In car
rying on the affairs entrusted to It.
I'll ere is still a power that can curb lt
usurpation and compel It to act within
the bounds which the lawmakers have
defined for It.
Up to this day no member of the
Hoard of Education has yet shown any
llsposltlon to ascertain by personal in-
pilry how the Income of thu school
ward can bu increased so as to enable
the board to erect a $10,000 school
house each year. Had The Hoe made
nn offer to show how the board could
turn mi honest penny In a school lot
real estate deal , twenty-four hours
would not have elapsed before some on-
erprlslng member would have applied
for the information.
The exposition buildings should not
pinaln exposed to the Imminent danger
if being destroyed by lire for want of
water. Some action should bu taken
o secure fire protection either by con-
leetlng the water mains and hydrants
hat have been placed on the ground : )
with the water works mains or by the
lequlsltlon of a steam fir ; > engine that
can : be kept In readiness at all times to
suppress a fire.
The Heu Is still waiting for some mom-
> er of thu Hoard of Education to call
for the prize package which contains
he Information that will enablu the
ward to add $10,000 to the school fund
annually without Involving thu board
In the expenditure of ono dollar or re
quiring It to scale anybody's wages or
decrease thu number of Its employes.
Why cannot thu city contract for
Welsbach lamps for thu principal thor
oughfares and for ordinary gas lights
for the side streets and mihiirhnn lo
calities ? Inasmuch as the United Gas
concern owns the gas works as well as
the Wtlsbaih psjtiiWs there ought to b
no dllllctilty In jurtjtigiiig contract * fo
both kinds of
During the comfif&yoar Omaha shouh
have the best llglltil tlloroughfrtrtM o
any city In the jwjst. Five dollar. * s
year more for a lamp that has three o
four limes the candle-power of the ordl
nary gas lanipsMiJnild not bo In tht
way of contracting for the best.
A Cliioli nt Until Kiidn.
New Y rk Tribune.
The Mo3lorranNn-wis ! once a French lake
tt Isn't anybody' * like at present. Hut con
sldcrlng the eratrnj.qireal .Urltain has of tli
Suez canal and th ivay lo which she la In
crcaalng her strength at Gibraltar It Is ap
parcntly vcrgli.R toward that condition nsnin
It does not matter so much who occupies tli
bottle as who drives In the stopper.
for Silver. IlunUen for t ! lil.
New York Mull anil Kxprttw.
Colorado , the homo of Ucltord , Teller ntit
other eminent wecpiiiB mourners U the tomb
of frco coinage , clcocs the year with a no
gold production of about $22,000,000 , or per
Imps $2.000,000 moro Mian that of any othc
atato In the union. The complicity ot the
Centennial etato In the crime of 1873 Is of the
flrst degree acid eighteen- karats fine.
In ItnlHvny Construction.
I'lillailclphln. Times.
While the railways already In operation
carried moro frelfiht and passengers during
the year Just closing than In either cf the twt
years preceding , the. business revival startei
too late 'In the season to Induce capitalists
to put any cccU'ldcrablo amount of money It
now railway constructions. 'Low ' water mark
In railway building was roacho.1 In 1895 , when
only 1,803 miles of now track were laid , nm
the Increase over thls > record in 1897 was only
sixty-mo miles , the now track lor 'the ' year
amounting to but 1,864 miles. In olcvct
states otld territories not a inllo of nor
track was laid and In five others the nen
track 'was limited to from a half mileto > a
inllo and a quarter In cuch ,
I'hlliiCVlrililu llccord.
Tariffs ! ! gunners seem to have acquired the
habit ot making targets of foreign gunboats
The firing on 'tho 'Uancroft ' at Smyrna has
been followed by two similar attacks made
In rapid succession upon Greek gunboats a
1'revesa , on the Gtdf cf lAmbrncla. It Is
asserted that the assault upon the Grcel
vessels Is to bo construed ns a notice from
the Turkish government ot the closure o
the Ambractan gulf to navigation. The
Turks should he careful to conflno their
rude ir.cthrds of intimating their purposes
to the 8llpa of poor , tMssplrltcd Greece ; an
other power might resent such discourteous
notification by knocking a tow Turkish forts
Into smithereens.
1 Spoil * la Clilnn.
iLoutsvllIo Courier-Journal.
China , which was a nation thousands c
years before the birth of 'Christ ' , and which
the German emperor says Is an 'artichoke , 1o
be eaten by Europe bit by bit , contains abou
one-fourth of the globe'a population , thus
distributed :
Square .miles. Population
China ( proper 1.MC.OCO ISO.WW.OOO
Coroa 113,000 8,000,0)0
Manchuria I 330,000 12.CXW.OX )
Mongolia \ , SX,0001,000,00 )
Thibet KXI.COO G.030.0W
Kuku-nor iiiul Tsui-
dan 120.000 ] : J0fr'X )
Kiishgarla. , 2S9.COO 1,009,000
KunBarlu 120,00t > SCO.OCO
ICulja ' UO.OCO IJO.OOu
Total 4.M7.000 331,000,000
It Is evidently not quantity .but quality
that dlstingulshej b " ' 0611 artichokes and
empires. -
Trmflvll fiorrluv ill r < > rin.
I'lillndelpHIa Lodger.
Labor Commissioner Wright tells the sen
ate , officially , that If'tbo last census hai ;
been taken by anforcowroklns on clvl
service principles nearly ? ] 0,000,000 might
have been saved from Its cost. OH the other
hand , Pension Commissioner Evans declares ,
also officially , that" the "civil service law does
not accomplish the results expected of It
and that lie could dispense with at least 100
ot the clerks In his office without affecting
the efficiency of the force. The statements
appear to be antagonistic. In reality they
arc not. IJoth are arguments for civil service
reform. True civil service principles would
not retain Commissioner Evan's superfluous
clerks , nor would the spoilsmen who are now
trying to defeat the civil service law reduce
his force. They would dismiss ono set of
clerks , but would Immediately Install an
other , and , If possible- larger one. If Mr.
Evans thought ho was presenting- argu
ment for the repeal of a law which has been
proved to bo just and wholesome ho showed
a lamentable confusion of Ideas.
A Soolnl Function In
AtclilECIl GlnVc.
Miss Dorothy Pozzleman gave cmo of the
most delightful whist parties of 'the ' season
yesterday. There were seven tables , and
the refreshments consisted of the usual Bluff
sorvc < l on such occasions. Among the
guests were Miss Alice Bllmsor , who holds a
record of having attended every whist party
last season and this ; Mrs. John Lludennan ,
who Is alwaj-s bummlns around when she
oughit 'to bo at homo attending to household
duties ; Miss Marguerite Hilling , who loafs
nt people's hou.SEs so much that several hiw-
Ixinds 3iavo prlvateiy threatened to thror > -
her out ; Mrs. Jim. Slaugh , who hasi sick
ening liablt of "falling in love" with other
women ; MIra Martha , Pink , who thinks she
Is so pretty thail she- will marry well , no
difference 'whotihcr she knows anything or
not ; Mlsj Edith Wyandorfer , the old maid ,
who Irles to create the Impression that she
Is a very devout ctiurch worker , but who la
such an awful grosip nnd so dlsagreeablo
Lteit no man will have anything ito do with
lier ; Miss Jane Ilanfoley , ivhcao parents are
too poor to support her In Idleness , and who
ought to go to work. And 'there ' wore others ,
Sin nil Till I. . I
New Yorlc Sun ,
Mr. Albion W. Small , described as "head
professor of sociology at the University of
Milcago , " has returned to Cook county
'from , a five months' trip abroad. " Wo had
not mlascd him.
As befits a professor of "sociology" or
sclollstlcs , Prof. Small Is full of obserra-
lens which ho bestows freely upon his less
gifted fellow citizens. One of these' observa-
lena Is t'.iat "American diplomacy has made
is the laughing stock of Europe. "
Did the head professor of "sociology" or
sclollstlcs lrirjon : to hear anybody In Europe
aligning at the Monroe doctrine , the rcasser-
lon of whk'.i Is the moat Important recent
vork : ot American diplomacy ? With tin-
proper length of oars ono may hear much ;
and fiiirely nobody'ca'n hear moro than a
professor of "sociology" or scbllstlm.
"Our country , " continues tlio great Small ,
'Is regarded by Eurhpo muc ) as la Kansas
jy the New York papers ; still , I am proud tea
> a a citizen of this -country. "
Very nl-Jo of Small.i but can the country
say conscientiously tint It U proud of the
> rofessor oC "HocloloKy1' or oclollstlcs ? Amer
ce n "sociology" oritmclollstlcs IMS made It-
clf tbo laughing stdcltiof alt men ot sen.io.
i uV KlntMiuliil Anomaly.
I'hlludclplila Tlnn-s.
Ono of tbo unexplained anomallra of the
oriel of nuance la' found In the fact that in
lie country that loads" the world In Its gold
iroductlon a great' party should bo agitating
or the free coinage of Oliver at a ratio cer-
aln to drive Its gold to trie countries which
produce loss gold , Iml have the goad Kcnte
o try to keep what , they have at homo aud
u circulation.
Of the $210.000,000 of gold produced In Iho
year just closed the sliaro cf tlia United
Hates will reach $61,500,000 , or'a trlliu more
ha one-fourth cf the total. South Africa
omes second on the list , with about $53,000-
000 ; Australia third , with $51.000,000 , and
Uissla fourth , with $25,000,000 , T'.io total
; old product of the world la 20 per cent more
ban In 189G , and with a Klondike just opened
up the proapocU are that the Increase In 1S3S
vlll bo still greater.
That the leading gold-producing country of
ho world should lave : a largo body of citizens
ntent cci driving gold out of circulation by
an unlimited'Issuo of10cent silver dollars
a e.xpialcablo only on the theory that there
a moro financial Ignorance _ to the square
nlla In this country than lu'any oilier with
utiy claim to bo civilized.
l.OOKIVU 1 OIIUAHt ) .
l , i-nlx
Tlirniiuliiitil tlipVorli1 ,
8t Lull. * ClKilt Dctrh > rot
Seldom In the world s history Imvo to in-iny
oporli-iiiaklng events been impcndtaR In dif
ferent parts of the enrth at tbo beginning
of n jear as appear lo bo In sight at thp
present moment. The most Important of
there , because- promises to directly Involve
the largest number ot nations Is the coming
dismemberment , or threatened dismember
ment , of China , tbo division between Her-
n.any , Russia nnd Krarce on one side nnd
nrglrrid and Japan on the other which It
foreshadows , and the mighty conflict between
these nml perhaps other countries which It
promises to cause. In another part of Asia ,
at the frontier of India , England's troubles ,
which have aroused a great deal of concern
In that coratry are still In. . the artito Ugo ,
with the dunces that the uprising will
sprC'id. The work of the partitioning of
Africa , which Is still actively tinder way be
tween several of the large European nations ,
I0'ind'fl : ; ! advance up the Nile , the general
Egjptlaiv quwtlcn , the 'Boer republic's diffi
culties and other unsolved and more or ICM
pressing problems threaten to preclpitHe a
convulsion on ( bit continent.
In Europe the political elements arc also
la a condition cf perturbation. Krancla
Joseph ties suspended the constitution , and
will levy taxes , disburse moneys , conduct
the admlnUtiatlon without the sanction of
the Parliament , and play the role of absolute
mcn-irch until Jucio SOnext providing a re
bellion powerful enough to upset hU au
thority , like that which drove out Ills pre
decessor In 1S48 , does not Intervene. Tlio
rebellion may not occur In that time , but It
Is certain that the race fetido In the polyglot
Omplro which caused the deadlock In the
Austrian Parllamer.it are Increasing In In
tensity , and portend , In the opinion of many
Intelligent Austrian publicists , a general
collapse of the empire. The frail thread
which binds Norway to Sweden , which dtta
monarchy Is a far looser league th.-n eve-
the AtMtro-Hunnarlan cc-.illtlon has boon
since 1SG7 , threatens to cither bo cut o
tightened 'fy ' civil war. There Is a growing
tension between Prussia nnd the eouthcn
states ot the German empire , which , how
ever , the kaiser's theatrical foreign potlcj
may temporarily relieve. Franco's comliij
general election for members of theChainbe
of Deputies excltea among many republican
fears ot a Uonnpartlat or llourbon reaction
and the shadow of the nvan on horseback be
gln.s to Ooom abo\o the horizon. Spain Is In
serious etralts on account of her vast am
vain expenditure ot llfo and money In th
Cuban ccnlllct , and a. possibleCarllst or re
pubHciin rising , or both , Is cciasta-atly In th
minds of Spanish statesmen. . , while the Cretan
question Is coming up In as menacing a
shape as It took a year ago , when It prc
clpltated thowar - between Greece am
Turkey.
On the American continent the Issues o
world Interest arc the Attitude of the Unltei
States toward tbo Spanlsh-Ctibtti conflict an
t'lio question of Hawaii. Ilecognltlon ot th
belligerency of the insurgents seems to b
Impending In the flrst rase and annexation I
certain In the second. Alaska Is about to b
opened to devolcijmc.nt and the gold dls
covorles In that region and In the Klondlk
locality promises lo Immediately and Im
mensely Increase the world's stock of tha
metal , and to exercise an even more potcn
Influence on the world's financial Ideas nm
on International trade than the gold dis
coverles In California and Australia half
century nso caused. The federative idea I
Central America Is likely to extend and t
find more practical and permanent expre.s
slon In the coming twelve months than I
has thus far assumed , while down In th
southern Pacific the experiment In constltu
tlon framing on the United States model bj
Australia Is likely to virtually add at an carlj
day another mamo to the roll of nations
Not slnco Bonaparte's overthrow In 1815 , ex
cept In 1848 , when Franco's expulsion of the
citizen king started a wave of revolution
from St. George's channel to the Black sea
when tbo cession of 'California ' and New Mexico
to the United States advanced the country' !
southwesterly boundary to the Pacific , am
when the gold dlscoverlca In California began
to double the world's money stock of tfca
metal , has so many events ot universal Im
portance been foreshadowed at the opening
Jays of any year as arooar to be Impendluf
today.
K.YI'OItT liKCOItll.
Vnnkcc 1'usli it ml Kiiteriirl.se J'cr-
inr.it > . * IIi Knrlli.
Hasten ( llobe.
It Is not too much to say .that . the year
just going out has been the moat remark
able In our lilstory aa to gains In foreign
trade.
Is the Yankee manufacturer yet to over
shadow the earth ? It would appear so , as
3ne looks over the figures of exports for 1837.
In the flrst ten months our Increase In
lomestlc exports , as compared with the same
months o 180G , was moro than 10 per cent ,
or $79,250,000. The ratio of gain In manu-
'acturcs exported was , In fact , greater than
n agrlcultuio a most remarkable aud grati
fying achievement.
Even more astonishing have 'been our gains
n pytinrts nf Irnninil Rfnol Tunmifaofurrva
covering a great variety of goods , from a
.j'pewrltlng machine to a locomotive. In
he ten months under consideration this class
of exports amounted In value to $51,333,000 ,
iiid showed an Increase over the same 'period
ot 1890 cf 32 per cent.
As for Iron and steel In their crude forms
ind In manufactured articles of great bulk
our exports are indeed astonishing. Ton
'ears ago the exports of Iron and steel were
ilC.000,000. They crept up to $30,000,000 In
1803 , to $11,000,000 at the end of the Hscal
year 1S9C , and at the end of the fiscal year
n Juno of the outgoing year they were $57-
000,000. They are still growing. Our cx-
> ort of steel rails has made a commotion In
he world's markets. .As . for pig Iron , from
laving but an export of $143,000 worth In
887 wo Jiavo mounted to an export of $2,552-
000 during the last year , or a gain of 380 per
cent.
cent.Many astonishing figures of Increased ex
ports In various lines might be cited. They
nay bo found In detail In the elaborate docu-
noats published by the chief of the bureau
of statistics. And what Is all the moro
gratifying Is tlio fact that these Increasing
exports are not accidental , except 'possibly '
n this year's export ot cereals , but may bo
eckoned as permanent facts In our future
udustrlal career.
Ilarrlng too -much tariff tinkering nnd a
narrow , selfish Bplrlt in our general foreign
) ollcy , our trade a-broad must go on Increas-
ng , lining our -workshops , enriching our
reasury , and removing discontent and nils-
rust among the producing classes generally.
HIJCOC.MIMCS Till.MClV . Kl.VO.
Corn 'Holdx tin-'I liroiunnd the World
IM ItH OyKtrr.
Cleveland leader.
Tbo Now York Journal of Commerce
rowna corn as the king of American cereal
reps , and declares that It la now ahead of
vheat In all rcspocts but cue tlio volume
xported.
Tha/i / U true , too. The corn crop occupies
2,000,000 acres and. tho1 yleli averages about
,000,000,000 but'hels ; whllo only 34.000,000
crcs are devoted to wheat rals'li.g , and the
leld of that crop Is about 450,000.000 bushelo
' .i the average. Of course wheat brings moro
> er bushel , tut the average nelllng value of
ho corr.- crop U $000,000,001) ) , whllo that of
, -hcat U only $300,000,000. During the alx
cars from and Including 1890 'to 1S9. > tlio
ivcrago exports of wheat and flour were
values ! at $157,000,000 a year , while , these of
ccrn were only valued at $60,000.000. This
ear , liowover , a change la taking place. For |
ho first r.'lnn mtutha of 1897 the exports of
4icat and flour were valued at $95,000,000 ,
whllo thces of corn reached the total of
i47,000,000 , nnd the exports ot wheat and
cur for a Tart of this year have been ox-
ceptlcnally largo.
Corn Is likely to become moro Important aa
a. crop from year to ysar. Not only Is IM
otHumptlon In 'Hie L\ilted States enormous ,
loth uti a human tool and for hogs and cattle ,
nit there Is now a promise that parts ot the
orn plant , which liuvo heretofore been din-
carded as cf no utility can bo made to yield
revenue equal to If not In C.XCCHS of what
lie farmer rccnlvc-s for the grain. Indeed
; has been estimated that the com crop may ,
with the help of science , bo made 40 yield
tut farmer $10 an acre where It yields but
11 now.
Tlio American farmer has been nympathlzed
Ith for years , and there hao been good cause
or xympathy , but there are po 6lt/llltlcs la
grlculturo In ttils country that wore cot
reamed of , perhapa , a dozou years
TII1M III.US IX IWMTIIMi AMl'.IUCA
of 'U'nr Ili-ttvpon Tnnln Hlcrt
nndloiirniuut. .
NRW YORK , Jan. 3.A. . dispatch to the
HcMld from IMnama saya The trouble be
tween Ooota Hlca And Nicaragua has taken n
now p'xifp , according to advices from hr
Herald's correspondent In Managua. Tiio
Costa lllcan oonaul nt .MatiagiM lum been BCII-
Ic-nced to flvo ywrs Imprisonment and has
filed. The Costa lllc.in consul , Scnor Kdu.irdo
llcrocho , was arrested In that city on Sep
tember 17 of last year and linprlroned. The
clmrgo against hlmwis complicity In n revo
lutionary movement against 1'rcsldetil Zelaya ,
Senor Hcrecho's oxcquateur was cancelled at
Iho tlmo of hla arrest.
Sencr iHcrecho was In prison for several
weeks dcsplto the representation made by
the Costn Ulrnn jtovernmenl to Nicaragua to
tttcuro his release. Cosla Hlca demntidotl
that proofs ngalnct Its consul be produced ,
but Hio demand went unheeded , though
finally ho was release on ball. Considerable
friction between the two governments was
caused and this was followed by the Inter
change ot several sharp notes. There were
reports that both Nicaragua and Costa Hlca
were quietly preparing for war. and HICPO ro-
porla were not altogether unfounded.
Finally , despite protrs's from Costa Him , the
trl.il ot Consul llcrocho by coiirt-nmrtlal
began. President Zelaya swop ! os-ldo Ccnta
Idea's demands and a few tla >
ago the court-martial passed set
tcnce. This sentence was kept secre
until yesterday. Senor Herecho 1
some way learned of this sentence about
week ago , and Immediately let * Nicaragua
though there wan a report that he would b
pardoned. It Is supposed that he has gen
to Coat'i KIra and will lay the case befor
the president.
This has aroused a now friction ho'.wcc
the government and the- end came as befor
told. War , It U believed In many qu.ir
torswill bo the result. In the meantlm
Nicaragua Is threatened from another source
Uollovlng tha't ' war between tint gcvcrnnuu
end Costa Hlca Is probable , Nicaragua * ! exile
In Costa Hlca nro going to Salvador tr
to Induce 1'resldont Gutierrez to aid thei
against Nicaragua. Salvador , ( however , I
In great danger of a revolution , so Presldm
Gutierrez In the present case Is an iinknow
quantity. An outbreak In Salvador Is ex
peeled d.illy. The HoraUYi corresponded
In San Salvador telegraphs that Iho slttHtlo
financially n < nd politically could not bo worse
\VKATIIKIL IS OIIIU.V l.V I.Y I , ASIC A
Tlu-rnimiu'tcr 'HniiKrs from Fifty t
Seventy lUliuvITU ,
SEATTLE , Jan. 3. The Klondlkers tin
have arrived hero on the steamer Coron
from Skagway and Talya say t'lo wc-athe
Is extremely cold , the thermometer rangln
from 50 to 70 below. The Ice along th
river Is piled u .j ns high as .fifteen . feet am
only the best climbers can get over It. Th
mounted i3olce ! , with sixteen horses one
twenty tons of provisions , were met at Dei
net Lake , on the way down to Illg Salmot
where Major Walsh Is awaitingthem. .
The town council of Skagway has adoptci
a set of resolutions protesting against th
abolishment cf the sub-port of Talya. T.i
reroutlc ! < is set forth that the- duty collcctci
slnco the establishment of the port amotintei
to $50,000 < uid that tlio revenue to be dt
rived during the next twelve months wl
probably exceed $20,000. I'ecplo are pou :
Ing Into Skagway and Talya on ever
steamer. Hotels nnd lodging houses ar
taxed to their full aiixicity. The trails acres
the mountains are not In good condition a
present , owing to raw and warm weather eli
li e coast and deep snows on the summit.
Tbo estimates ot the amount of golt
brought down on the Corona differ wldelj
They range all the way from $100.000 t
$500,000. Dr. Vanzamlt of Poora ! , 111. , an
party of eight are eald to have $80,000.
nin.vci.vr : ( ; oi. PHOM ici.o.vnncr.
Ln.Mt Steamier Snlil to HaveCnrrloil i
'Million ' DoIlm-K Worth.
SAN FRANCISCO , Jan. 3. A Chronlcl
special from Port Townsend , Wash. , says
There was $027,050 In gold nuggets In th
steamer Corona , which has Just arrived Iron
Alaska. The gold waa carefully guarded o
the beat by iiic watchmen day and night
Many ot the nuggets weighed as high a
fifteen ounces. A man named J. Davidson
who tays ho lulls from Cripple Creek , Cole ,
has a nugget which he says weighs flfteci
and one-half ounces. Ouo oC the drawer
In Captain Carroll's room was ( lacked wltl
nuggets of all sb.es. The correspondent hai
the ort'ortunlty of seeing this woaltti througl
the kindness of Cantata Carroll. In addltioi
to this amount there was considerably more
carefully tied up In sacks , distributed among
the returning Klondlkers. A careful cstl
mate made of drafts and gold dust shows
there was about $1,200,000 In wealth aboan
the Corona.
F. Harmon McConoell of San Francisco
was one of the returning passengers. He
verified the estimates given that over $1,000-
000 was brought out by the miners. In his
opinion that is a conservative estimate.
JWAGMISXTS OF ' 7.
SlntlMtlcN of ' .SiilcJiIi-H ,
Wlll'K , 1/yilC'llIllfiM , KlIlllCZZlt'lllUlltN.
ClilenBO Tribune.
' During the year 1897 there have been C.COO
suicides In the United States , ngalnst 0,520
for the previous year an increase of 80.
There haa been a more favorable showing as
to murders , however , the number showing
a decrease from 10,052 In 189f to 9,520 In
1897 , In aplto of holdups and burglaries In
Chicago.
The embezzlements In the United States In
creased from $9,405,921 to $11,248,081 In 1897 ,
whllo the donations to educational nnd char-
table purposes remained nearly stationary.
The aggregate of the latter for the year was
$33,612,814. of which $10,203,450 w&s for col-
cges , $14,785,620 for charities , $5,023,738 for
churches , and $1,218,000 for museums and
inbllc galleries.
The losses of llfo by epidemics and famine
reported throughout the world in 1897 have
aggregated 222,902. Of these It Is estimated
that 40,000 succumbed to the plague In India
and 150,000 from famine , the result of Wey-
er'a concentration policy In Cuba. Some of
ho estimates of American consuls In Cuba
ilace the Ices of life from starvation In the
stand at a etlll higher figure.
The destruction of llfo by battle through
out the world shows a decrease In 1897 as
compared with 1890 , the number for the
ormer being 103.451 , against 129,080 for the
alter. As might bo expected , Cuba was the
voret sufferer , the sacrifice there being 21,303 ;
n Africa , 18,203 ; Ilrazll , 10,859 ; China
5,000 ; Turkey and Greece ( In Turko-
Greclan war ) , 11,839 ; Philippine Islands.
,750 , and In Iho campaigning In India ,
.024.
The statistics of lynchlngs In the United
States Indicate that this reprehensible crime
continues to flourish In splto of the woll-
neant efforts in some part of the country
o stamp It out. The whole number of
ynchlngs for the year amounted to ICO ,
gainst 131 in 1806. Of those occurring dur-
npr the last year , 146 were In ( ho south
nd twenty In the northern states , 122 of
ho victims being negroes , thirty-nine whiles
nd flvo Indians ,
T.I3T 'l'IIH.11 PHiU'it JT ( ) | T.
\llliTlrilllM ( llfiidy to 'll ' -
< | < -lllHli tlio
< 'iiiiiiulMNiir.v Depart me u I.
Ban Kiunclpco ArKonnut.
We read in the dally papers that the
holesalo 'provision ' houses In San iFranelsco
lave been Invited lo make bids for provisions
for the Ilusslan military posts on the Pacific ;
that the "mercantile 'community ' Is consider
ably uxcltrd In cense < | UC'iico ; " that "tnu
prices of rannei good * and flour are rising ; "
that "Dodge , Sweeney & Co. have been In
vited ( .0 bid on 1,200 tons of groceries ; " that
"an order had been received for several ship
loads of flour for the IIHO of 'Russian ' gar
risons ; " .that . "agents of the czar have or
dered 10,000 tonn of barreled beef from Chicago
cage for delivery at Vladivostok. "
The Arfioi-aut Is aware that many appar
ently xano Individuals look with scorn en
every American who does not want to Inter-
fern In every row that la going on In every
quarter of the globe. 'None ' the less , U
may bo permitted to remark that thu gentlemen -
men who wish us to Intervcno with force of
arms and prevent 'Kuropo ' from gobbling up
China are not nearly so xenslhlo as those
traders In Kan Francisco who advocate non
intervention , and who will have an oppor
tunity In case of war to dlsposo of canned
meats , groceries , canned fruits , flour , mess
pork and canned beef to the combatants for
a touslderatloo. .
I. AM > OTIIIWttlSK.
It Is still believed to be literally Imp that
the rowers Interested lr the partition ot
China are lee ntrong to flfilit.
Si-ntor William II Hate of To-ncssro
tcfia-i llfo * f an iimUrclerk on n ntcntnbo.it.
HP owes his posltlm entirely to his own
energy ami persistence- .
Theodore S. IMrvIn of CdVir Itaplds , la. ,
has went his whole llfw collecting books on
Mssanry and now has a library of about
30,000 volumcs-tald to bo the- best In tin
world.
Mrs. Hosing , widow of the last twstm.istcr
of Chicago , has received a letter of con-
ilolcwrn from the Nr-waboys" association of
Uratul Hiplde , .Vllch. , and MJT.I that she prizes
It ns highly as any letter she has received.
A Chicago witness testified that he drank
seventy-two bottles of wetss beer In ono
afternoon and did tiot think U was Intoxicat
ing. It would be Interesting l know how
many tie would have to drink In order to bo
certain aboue It.
A'ftcr gravely reflecting for n tew momenta
Jasoph Jeffcrjon replied as follows to a Cin
cinnati bore who asked him when nn actor
ought to retire : "Well , count lag the tlmo
for getting out of coatumo and the sUnvncrn
of hackmcn , I think nn actor should retire
U about 11:45. : "
Governor Plngrco of Michigan says that
the newspapers have done him n great dc.il
of harm recently ! ci a matter of business.
Accordlrg to his statement he hail n pluw-
phato mine In Venezuela that ho was going to
buy for $80.000. The papers took tlio matter
up and the owners at once doubled their
price.
John Campbell , proprietor of a hotel nt
Warren. 0. , rnjoys the distinction of 'being
a double cousin of President McKlnley. His
father and Mr. McKlnley'a grandmother were
brother and sister , ho ! mother and the presi
dent's father having been cousins. Not only
that , Mr. OjnipbeH bears a remarkable per-
Bo * > il likeness to the nation's chief magis
trate.
In Pomona , Colo. , there died the other day
a man who was torn In New York City in
1812 , but went west In 1S31 and knew IXuiIol
Iloono. He was William Ulake , and was a
lieutenant under Fremmt on the first expe
dition to Callrurnla. Ho often told of his
participation In the flrst planting of the Hagen
on Pike's Peak. He made several fortunes ,
but left only a few thousand dollars.
Governor Uushncll of Ohio gave n iwrdon.
to Hnlph WIntoMglll , a llfo prisoner , oa
Christmas day. which was promptly rcfuocd.
Wlutcrsglll Is now 70 years old -and his
served twenty years. In declining the par-
ilrn he said the state had unfitted him for
llfo and that he did not care to go lack Im
lib old age to a world that had .forgotten him
a-ud preferred that the state should continue
to tare tor him to the end.
LAST Vn.VU'S t.'AtJS.
Clovolind Plain Dealer " '
: "The sultan's
wrestli'i- coining to this country , "
'llu's u Mussulman , 01' course- . "
lli-ooklyn Life : "Darllns ! " bo cried , nnd
threw himself at her feet. The haughty
diimscl s.livered , us In apprehension. "That
ow Princeton tackle ! " she muttered , striv
ing to bu calm.
Detroit Journal : "A woman may con
sider bcrsolf tiK-tful " '
, ri'iimrked the ob
server of men and things"when she Is alilo
la wind a innn around her lingers without
breaking 'him all up. "
Detroit Frco Press : "You live by butch-
cry , " declared the mtinufiicturcr ot pills to
the surgeon.
"And you by pillage , " came the quick
response.
Chicago Tribune : "Mrs. Gnswcll , your
daughter's visit to Kuropo seems to have
made her quite : i polished young woman. "
"I shDUld say HO. My land ! You ought
to hear 'hor 'I shall ' "
say , bo very pleased.
Washington Star : "Ho doesn't seem to
amount to much In thu comnlunlty ? "
"No. He's so unimportant that nobody
ever sends him a calendar. "
Cincinnati Hnqultor : "False-hearted
beauty. " IIP sobblngly shrieked , " 1 shall
never love again ! "
"No ? " asked the heartless one.
"No. I shall start In now and try to save
money.
Philadelphia nullclln. "I wish to estab
lish a tine private library. What book is
the best to start on ? "
"I would advise a pocketbook. "
Memphis Appeal : "Jones thinks a great
deal of me. "
"So ? 1 didn't know you were such
friends "
"We're not ; I owe him money. "
Cleveland Plain Dealer : "No , I never hear
anything about the broad that mother used
to bake. "
"Why not ? "
"I married a partner In a wholesale bakery
and he never talks shop nt the table. "
Indianapolis Journal : The Youthful Kn-
IhiiHliiHt I have Just heard that two people ,
who have lived with each other In the
bonds of matrimony for u long time , conrl
to look much alike. Isn't It beautiful to
think of ?
The Savage Hacholor I don't see anything ;
beautiful In the thought of IIA-O people grudt
tinllv tfl.klllir nil : L Innlt nf nhrnnln u/rtrrv
AVHUXVIII3.r WI2.WTO I'.VH.
J. V. nm In Northwestern Miller.
"Jnco on a time It matters not when ,
i'hero was much discontent , nnd many wlsa
men
Said the not distant future In pr iihctlo
fight
Would see mighty evlla triumphant o'er
right.
Pheru nag llttlo to call for prediction BO
dire ,
Save tlio ono lonesome fact that men did
aspire.
To get nil they could and keep what they
ot ,
Whether feeble and helpless should sufferer
or not.
"rom ijmlplt nnd platform nnd well Informed
press
Vero Issued appeals for relief of distress ;
Vhllo victims of sweat shops sought pity
for woe.
And thousands of Idlers had nowhcrn to go ;
' "rom morning till night and from night until
morn ,
'hroufrhout a fair land fresh troubles were
born ,
n city and hamlet. In palace and oot.
No plac ? could be found whcro depression
was not.
rho poverty-stricken with hunger mada
mad ,
Vould seek consolation where others were
Klad.
Vhen asked a crumb at the wealthiest door
Vere told that too many had been thuro
before ;
Thtw hunger made brg'jjam and beggnrn
nude crime ,
Vhon two loaves of bread could be bought !
for a dime ,
r.Hmid came at last of this hopeless con
dition ,
aw faith lo.st In sight , hope end In fruition ,
t waa not solemn pleading * , for pleadings
were vain ,
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