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0 TIITC OMAHA DAILY 15EE: FKIDAY, APHIL 19, 1901 The omaiia Daily Bee E. KOSEWATKH, ED1TOII. PUBLISHED EVI3KY MOIlNINQ. TEIt.MS 01'' 8UB8CIUPTI0N. Dally Ueo (without Sunday), Ono Ycur..J6.00 Dally J I to und Hunduy, Unu Veur W Illustrated Bee, Onu Year Hundny Ueo, One year i f.W Halurday Ute, One Year J-W Twentieth Century Farmer, Ono Year... l.W OFFICES: Omaha: Tho Ueo Building. South Omuhu: City Hall ilulldlng, Twcn-ty-ntth ana .M Streets. Council bin lis: lu Pearl Street. Chlcugoi low Unity Building. Now lork; Tetnplu Court Washington: Wl Fojrtcenth Street. COUIIESI'OXUENCE. Communications rulatltiK to news and edi torial matter tihould uu addressed: Omana live, Eoilorlul Department. BUSINESS LETTEKS. Business letterH and remittances should bo addressed: The lieo i'ubllalnng Com pany, omaha. UEM1TTANCES. ltemlt by dratt, express or postal order, payauio to 'iho ileu 1'uollBhlntf compuny. only i'-cent stamps accepteu in payment ot mull accouiUB. 1-uraoliui eheCKS, except on Olnaha or Eastern exchanges, nul accepted. TtlE JJEli 1'UULlSlllNU UOMi'ArtX. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nobiuwku, Douglas County, ss.: Ucurgu il. Tzscliuck, sicretury of 'iho ueo I'ubiUnmg company, being duly swoin, nays that thu uctuui number of full una cumpleto copies of The JJully, Morning, Evening and Hunday Ueo printed during tn month of March, lvOl, was as follows: i 1!j,imo n ao,:ino 2 'm,h-m is au.two 3 ,.u7,hio is au.sao 4 uu.hwt :o au.auu 5 UU.tfSU 21 uo.iuo 6 JJII.IUO 22 20,310 7 as.uio 23 aw.ano 8 a7,:to 24 ao.iHo 0 27,510 25 1111,430 io 2h,2o.i 20 ssu.ikmi 11 27,(120 27 20,:iao 12 27,1100 2$ 112,440 13 27.0IM) 20 110,720 U 27.0SO 30 20,140 15 28,150 31 110,020 16 28.120 . Total S07.B75 Less unsold and returned copies.... 12,807 Net total sales 8H4.078 Net dully averuge 28,534 OEO. U. T55SC1IUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to beforo mo this 1st day of April, A. D. 1001. M. U WPNGATH. Notary Public. Woman's Chili ChortiH Now will tlioso niniglity hlll-posturs lie good? People nro bcKlnnliiK to see Put Crowe fiKiiln. Wontlor If tills la merely tbe effect of spring weather': Tlio mull who Is forced to buy ?11 liny Ih looking longingly for the time when the grass sluill grow a little longer. Onnilin will entertain many visitors tills Hiimmer. In antidilution It should take steps to make Itself presentable. The Bee seconds the motion for a first-class fireproof hotel for Omaha. Put It down on the enterprise program. It has been at least two days since a railroad was absorbed. If the former rate Is to be kept up the builders must hustle material Is getting short. The deadlock over the stenographers to the supreme court commissioners lias finally been broken iind the deadlock season may be considered nt an end. The government had settled Its hat trimming case. The majority of citi zens, however, will not know their fate until the bills come in the first of the mouth. Authorities In the Iron trade predict tlio managers of the new steel combine will follow the practice of the Standard Oil company. If that Is true, Independ ent concerns can easily sec their finish. Prince Bismarck, In a public address, accuses the (Jerman emperor with talc lug a zigzag course. Many another man lias done the same thing, but they are generally all right again the next morn ing. The Hawaiian government Is short of fundH. Tlio legislature has not yet passed a revenue law, but can be de pended on to act as soon as nothing remains with which to pay their own salaries. One of the first fruits of over-speculation Is seen In the wreckage of the Lemurs bank, whose vice president aud manager has disappeared, leaving word that the assets of the Institution have beeu dissipated In stock-Jobbing. Now is the time to put the bin lies on. The Kansas professor who attracted attention by avowing In a public speech that men never love has been dropped from tho faculty of the state uormal school. He may not revise his opinions, but will certainly concede that some Kansas men have good memories. A bill has been signed by the governor of Missouri niaklug a state appropriation of $1,000,000 for thu Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. Louis lu 1IH)3, Coin pare .Missouri's liberality with tho $100, DOO appropriation begridglngly mado the Omaha exposition by tho Nebraska legislature. . Indentions point to the abandonment by Kansas City of Its annual Priests of Pallas parade because of InsulUcieut Ouauelal support. . Kansas City's In terest in tho carnival seems to have fallen so low that Is Is Impossible to se cure n meeting of the directors for lack of a quorum. As-Stir-Hen Is lu good shapo beside tho Kamivnl Krew on the Kaw. The young duke of Manchester must have enlarged Ideas of tho Income of newspaper men. The, trial of a case ugalnst him showed that the duke bor rowed $."t,000 at '.") per cent Interest and promised to pay It out of his salary ns a correspondent of a New York paper. Mauy a better nuwspaper utau Is unablo to hypothecate his salary for a now spring suit, Iown republicans will start tho ball rolling In tho Hawkeyo stnto at their ttntu convention called for August 17, As Iowa has a complete state ticket to Meet this year, this will not leave too much time before election. Tho ten dency, however, Is toward short cam paigns for 1001, as a, reaction from the long drawn period of politics lu last t'cur's presidential contest TJW HniTlSU HVDUKT. , Tho British. Parliament renssemlilcd yesterday anil the budget for the en suing year was presented In the House of Commons by the chancellor of ex chequer. The statement of the finan cial condition of the government shows that theie was a net dellclt last year of more than .'L'OTi.OOO.OOO, while the estimate of expenditures for the coin ing year Is ? 100.000,000 In excess of that of last year. In order to meet the Increased expenditure nti addition Is made to the Income tax and a duty placed on sugar, that produced In the British West Indies not being excepted. It was expected Unit this 'departure. from British policy would-be mmkv.but It was' thought that' the colonial sugar would ' be exempted from the duty. Another departure Is made in 'the levy ing of an export duty on conl, which Is Justified not only as a revenue measure but also as a means of reducing the exportation of coal, which has raised the price of fuel and been somewhat embarrassing to British industries. Kor the reason that the consumption of beer has largely decreased no Increase Is made lu the tax, while the duties on wines, tea, spirits and tobacco are un changed. The new tnxntlon Is expected to yield $55,000,000 nnd In addition to this In crease of revenue the governnicut pro poses to borrow $:t00,000,000, the dellclt of last year, It Is presumed, to be paid out of tho latter sum. It Is a question, of course, whether the estimated rev enue Crom the Increased taxation, ex cept as to the Income tax, ciin be real ized, it Is quite probable that the tax on sugar will operate to reduce con sumption of that article, so that an estimate of revenue from this source based upon the amount of sugar con sumed last year may prove too large. Even as to tho Income tax realization of the expected revenue from the added tax will depend upon the degree of prosperity In the country during the ensuing year, and the promise of more prosperous conditions Is not favorable. British Industries aud commerce have for some time not been growing and there Is no apparent improvement In the outlook. The situation In the United Kingdom Is not quite so bad as that reported lu Germany, but It Is not of a nature to encourage expectation of any very large Increase In the rev enues of the government. It Is quite possible that the losses noted by the chancellor of the exchequer under ccr talu heads last yeur will bo Increased the coming year, while the yield from new taxation Is very likely to fall con siderably below the estimate, conserva tive though that may be. As to. the loan of $U00,000.000 which' It Is proposed to negotiate, doubtless a considerable part of It perhaps at least one-third will he placed lu the United States. It has beeu Intimated that the visit to England of n prominent Ameri can financier has something of this kind lu view and It Is by no means Im probable. English capitalists professed to be greatly aggrieved wiien the Brit ish government placed part of Its last loan in the United States,- but it is not likely that any such complaint would be heard In regard to placing a portion of the new lonu here, for the reason that It will probably not bo possible to place all of it with British capitalists. Financial conditions In England at present are not such as to admit of this. There would be no dllllculty, how ever, in floating one-third or more of the loan lu this country and there is reason to think Hint at least $100, 000,000 could be taken here without any appreciable effect upon the money mar ket. With our vast stock of gold wi can spare that amount without the least embarrassment In auy respect. THE ISJVHY OF DELAY, A dispatch from Peklu a few days ago stated that there was much adverse comment among the military people upon the conduct of the mlulsteis over the negotiations with the Chinese plenipo tentiaries. It was sulci that 'the dila tory tactics of the ministers have pre vented what might have been accom plished two months ago and even now the meetings are postponed for tlio most trivial causes. If one of tho ministers takes a notion to go 'a way for a day pr two nothing Is done by- the others until he returns. The Chinese minister nt Washington had a conference with tho secretary of state a few days ago regarding the progress of negotiations nt Peklu, In the course of which he Is reported to have expressed the opinion that the de lay In reaching a Until settlement of the matters lu controversy Is especially dis advantageous to China, which, In his Judgment, Is not responsible for tho failure to reach conclusions. "We have been accustomed to hear," Mr. Wu Is reported to have said, "Unit China was very slow, but In this case many mouths have gone, by without any delay attrib utable to China and yet without detluite prospects of bringing the negotiations to a close. This unsettled condltlou Is very Injurious to China, but It Is also an Injury which affects tho whole world. Take, for Instance, the cotton Industry of the south. The shipments to China are very large, but they have been fall ing oil' owing to the unsettled condition of affairs aud the trade Is seriously menaced. The same may be said of many other brunches of trade, ami, lu fact, the commerce of all the commercial nations of Europe, as well as America. Is Injuriously affected by tlio present un certainty of conditions in the east. What wo need, nnd what the com mercial world needs, Is stability and some definite understaudlug of what conditions are to be." There Is both admonition aud rebuke in these observations of the Chluese mlulster. There. Is no good reason why the negotiations at Peklu should not be much farther advanced than they are and It Is not to bo doubted that were they in charge of practical men instead of diplomatists the matters In contro versy would by this time be very nearly if not quite settled. It is true that tho ministers are not altogether to blame for tho delay. To n very considerable extent the faujt Is with the foreign offices of the bcveral governments, which have Imposed restrictions upon their representatives at Pekln nt every step of the proceedings, even ns to relatively Inconsequential details, Instead of leav ing some things to their discretion. Our own government has not been faultless lu this respect, though less to blame for delay than some of the others, while It cannot be alleged of the American rep resentatives at Pekln that they have retarded negotiations by any neglect of duty. It Is not to be expected that the diplo matic gentlemen at Pekln will concern themselves about the practical consider ations at stake. The commercial side of the matter Is the last one likely to receive their attention. But it would seem to be well for their governments to reii'1"' them that this Is u very lm portaii side and should not be neglected. Tho merchants and manu facturers of the countries having trade with China, who are losing by the delay of negotiations, wnnt a settlement as soon as possible, so that trade with that empire may be resumed. The loss that has already been experienced by European and American exporters to China since the beginning of the trouble in that country amounts to a very large sum. It will equal the aggregate In demnity asked by the powers If n final settlement with China Is delayed many more months. DISTlllCT COUUT CLEUK LAW VALID The supreme court has added its final endorsement to the validity of Uio law limiting the fees to be held by tho clerk of the district court to $5,000 a year. The enactment of this law was brought about chiefly through the Instru mentality of The Bee and it lias u right to hall this decision of the court as ending Its long struggle for this reform. The general public will never appre ciate what obstacles and corrupt influ ences tho promoters of' this much needed legislation had to contend with and the dllllcultlcs which had to be surmounted lu order to secure legisla tive sanction to the bill. Even after the bill had run the gauntlet of the legislature the unscrupulous character of the opposition to it was manifested In bold attempts to Interfere with its enrollment aud later lu the mutilation of the records attesting Its duo passage through the necessary stages. After putting up such a stubborn light It was only natural for the In terested olllelals to carry the law Into the courts, under pretense that It was Invalid, with the expectation of restor ing the old order by securing a decision declaring it null and void. While the luw affects principally Douglas and Lancaster counties, it is grounded on the established principle that remunera tion of public otllccrs should be limited. A salary of $5,000 for tlic clerk of the district court lu Douglas county, leaving him still the highest-salaried oUicial lu the tjtato, Is certainly limply commensu rate witli the service. To be sure, It re duces his ability to contribute the largo sums to the campaign fund that formerly made the position it political gold mine, but If' hbuestly nnd economically admin istered it ought to relievo the taxpayers materially by turning into the treasury a substantial surplus over aud above all expenses. Much will depend on the manner In which the law is observed and whether Its spirit is lived up to. Inasmuch as the present Incumbent of the otllcc In this county was elected on tho distinct pledge that ho would recognize tlio validity of tho law, tho action of the supremo court will entail uo hardship upon 111 in. The rules laid down by the court of Spanish claims will be a sad disap pointment to the claim agents. In mak ing it Impossible for ageuts to contract for aud collect excessive fees the court will head off many claims which have little or no equity, but arc prosecuted as a long shot on account of the large contingent fee which the agent might otherwise exact. The rule will also protect legitimate claimants from tlio sharks who also prey upon this class of people. The further Investigation goes Into tho claims of 'the. various pretenders to tho Oudiiby k)dnaplng the more It confirms tho conclusions of the Omuha police and the lines upon which they have' been working. Thu temptation of a large reward may produce still further self confessed kidnapers, but the evidence in the case all points ono way, namely, that the perpetrator was none other than Pat Crowe, the original suspect. The treasury statement Is a complete auswer to the constantly reiterated charge that the adoption of the gold standard would place this country nt the mercy of Europe. The present hold ings of gold In the United States treas ury are larger than those of any country In the world and almost as large as any two others. Instead ot being at tho mercy of Europe the condition Is re versed. -Will lluyulty Syndicate f Baltimore American. J. Plerpont Morgan might do Europe a servlcs by syndicating her several thrones on tho "community of Interest" plan, and thus put u stop to their empirical competi tion. Where the Trum lMnclim. Indianapolis News, It Is said that 17,000 employes in the Fall Itlver district will bo thrown out of em ployment for a week or two. It Is one way tho trusts havo of keeping down expenses and ot maintaining prices. Sure to (it't tlio Vt'urat of It. Ilaltlmoro American. Tho government has lost tho hat-trim-mlng case. It might have known it would get the worst of it when It began to meddle with femlulne finery. There are some human rights too tacreil for otnclal interference, and a new spring hat Is ono of them. Mnrvi-loiiN StrldcD. Ban Kranclsco Chronicle. That tho Unite?! Stolen should have taken first placo in the list of exporting nations last year Is not no surprising as the fact that only a quarter of a century ago wo held the fourth position. In 1890 our ex ports twere only $815,999,603, against Great Oritaln's 1,2S2,474,000; in 1900 wo sent do mestic produce ot all kinds to forclgnors to tho amount of $1,453,013,659 while the United Kingdom only exported $M18,3tS, 000. The present year will probably In- crcaso tbo distance between ourselves and our nearest competitor. Counter Ctnlni Itnrrcil. Philadelphia Leadgcr. night being on the side of might, It would avail China nothing to bring In a counter bill of Indemnity for murder, plllago and other outrages perpetrated on her subjects by tho representatives of the powers. lint Air TnnU In Action. Washington Post. The developments In tho latest Ooobol conspiracy trial Indicate that they havo succeeded In rounding up a man who stood about tho streets and talked too much about something ho was not permitted to participate in. Thero are such men in every community. ' l'rnalon tlrnfter (Jeta Ilia Dne. Hartford Courant. Six years In tho penitentiary. That's tho sentence passed by tho United States circuit court nt Charleston, S. C, on Georgo P. McClay, pension shark. There wero four counts against him and he pleaded guilty on every ono of them. It would bo a great thing for tho country, the treasury, the old soldiers and tho honest pension attorneys It all the rascals of McClay's strlpo were lu tho penitentiary. We haven't a doubt that McClay highly disapproves of Commissioner Evans' administration of tho pension bureau. II HUH IT IltiCOKI) 1 CIIIXA. Admlnlatratlnn'a roller Commended liy the Opposition. Now York World. Mr. McKtnley's Chinese policy continues to bo in koeplng with the very noblest tra ditions ot tbo republic. It Is a pleasuro to write Us latest phase the other powers scheming for a "grab" ot $400,000,000; Mr. McKlnley's agent negotiating for a reduc tlon to $300,000,000 at most; and proposing to reduco tho claim ot tho United States, which has been put to "greater expense than any of tho other -powers except Japan, to $12,500,000 If tho powers will bring tho total down to $100,000,000. Tho Uoxer movement was tho direct re sult of tho greedy and Inexcusable aggrcs nlons of Britain, Iiussla, Germany and Japan. It did not culminate in an nttack on tho legations until after that bombardment of tbo Taku forts, In which tbe United States refused to take part because It was an act ot open aggressidn. Finally tho re lief forces occupied. Pekln. "What followed Is gradually becoming known. Dr. Seaman, a Now Yorker Just rcturaed from China, says: "Tho Chinese wero guilty of outrages upon the legations and foreigners. Yes, but theso havo been repaid With cruelties that mako one's blood, rise, atrocities that are unspeakable. In one of the 'punitive expe ditions' 12,000 people were slaughtered In one day, every ono innocent, every ono un armed. Hundreds of, miles of territory have been devastated' and th'o. people's homes ruined." Mr. Wu may well say that China's losses from the aggrosslons of tho powers slnco last summer aro at least double tho swollen bill of expenses which tho powers threaten to put In. Tho United States stands apart. So ad mirable has been our conduct from diplomacy down to poljco work that tho Chinese government ' Is begging General Chaffee to leave a fdrco of our soldiers In Pekln- becauso It fears that chaos and atrocity will succeed peace and friendli ness if tho soldiers of any other power are substituted for ours. Morally and materially we are gaining a great advantage In China. And that be cause we have In thls'fnstanco not sneered nt tho practices nail principles of our fath ers as "back nUmberl"' BHYAMIHH ANI1 JUBMOCH AC Y. ... Will the Uefen-dj Leader Termlt AVInurra to I.rndf St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bryan's "nttltudo and tho Immediate fu ture ot tho democracy aro taking up con siderable spaco In ticj newspapers of the country theso days. Thq Sprlngdpld Re publican, ono of tho papers which Is Just now exercised on theso points, In referring to Bryan's recent opposition to Itolla Wells in St. Louis, askB, What Is ho up to? It answers this query by saying: "It Is a fair presumption that Mr. Bryan has de termined to mako the stlffest possible war faro against the reorganization of the democratic party by tho Cleveland men." It Is inclined to think that Bryan "ha? no expectation of being nominated again, but doubtless ho Intends to havo some thing to .say as to. who shall bo nominated and as to. the principles tho next convention shall adopt." That paptr says that "an editorship Is a bad place for a candidate, but an editorship is not so bad a placo for naming candidates." , This guess that Bryan does not expect to bo nominated again may or may not be correct. From present Indications the names of several persons will be presented to tho noxt democratic national convention. Ono of theso will be Carter Harrison of Chicago. Another will bo Tom L. Johnson of Cleveland. Some of tho gold democratic papers are also mentioning cx-Govornor and ex-Secretary FrancU,pf Missouri In, this connection. Senator" Bailey of Texas the other day proposed Mayor Harrison for the second placo on tbei ticket In 1904. Mr. Harrison ls-of upreeldentlal ago, and ' un doubtedly he believes ho Is of presidential staturp. He has gained moro triumphs than Mr. Bryan had won at tho tlmo when he swept the convention of 1896. Ho has, In fact, gained more than Bryan over won. Harrison is a decidedly important person age. Tom Johnson la n picturesque and In teresting individual, and if ho carries out any one of tho many reforms which he pro poses he stands a chance to be a prominent flguro In his party three years hence. Both these men, whllo supporting Bryan In 1896 und 1900, aro against him on some points, and they are decidedly opposed to bringing up silver again in any canvass. Naturally they would bo less obnoxious to Bryan men than a stalwart Clevelandlto would be, and they would find more favor with tho Cleve land mon than a straight-out Bryanlto could command. But is It cafe to assumo that Bryan has given up all hopo of, getting tho candidacy for himself again? Ho Is young, ardent, ambitious aud self-confident. In getting tho nomination for a first terra ho broke some precedents. In sweeping the Kansas City convention for a .tecond nomination ho laid out a few moro parallels. Perhaps he believes ho can smash tho rest of tho similitudes and get a third candidacy. It must be remembered that ho has a hypnotic sway over his supporters such as no othor man, with two exceptions Douglas and Blaine has ever had slnco tho dayn of Clay, Ho thinks be in a man of destiny, and there aro teas of thousands of persona In the United States who share in this be lief. His reverse In' his first battle only mado him moro firmly resolved to havo a second ono. Ho himself declared after the election last November that principles were eternal ,and that if his courfo was right In 189G and 1900 it was right after those two defeats'. His attitude then and slnco shows that he Is not only as combattvo as ever, but gives Bomi ground for tho belief that he 'will endeavor to again lead the. combat. Mr, Bryan -was beaten In tho ro cent election in St. Louis. Ho also met with a reverse in Chicago, though not of such directness and dimensions as he did in this city. But let nobody mako the mis take of counting him out in the national contortions and contests ot his party lu 1904. He represents an element which hates the opposing faction of tho democracy harder than it does the republicans, and which, though deluded and defeated, stands for all that Is aggressive, intrepid and en thusiastic in tho democracy ot today. Progress of Portland Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote In the Amer ican Magazino of Useful and Kntertnlnlng Knowledgo In 1S3S: "The farmer who has left a good homo stead in New England to migrate to tho Mississippi valley or anywhere elso on this side of heaven, the fresh-chocked youth who has gone to find his grnvo In New Orleans, tho Yankees who have en listed for Texas what are theso but a motley group of April fools?" The great west was u blank to New Eng land In 1838. Oregon was still Jointly oc cupied by Great Brltalu nnd tho United States and thero wero mnny north nnd south of tho Mason and Dixon lino who dIJ not consider it worth saving for this couu try. California and Texas had not been won from Mexico. Tho Mississippi valley was practically n wilderness. Illinois made Its first appearance in census figures of growth in 1820, with nn Increase of 319.1 per cent In population In tho decade. Mis souri returned an Incrcnso of 219.3 per cent and Louisiana of 99.8 per cent. In 1820-30 Illinois Increased 185.4 per cent and In 1830-40 202.4 per cent. Missouri gained 111 per cent in 1820-30 and 173.2 per cent In 1830-40. Louisiana added 41.1 per cert In 1820-30 and 63.4 per cent In 1830-40. No othor section of tho west figured In tho pop ulation Increases until 1850, when Wiscon sin reported a gain of 886.9 per cent and Iowa ono of 315.8 per cent. For over fifty years tho growth of tho west has been tremendous. Tho tldo of Immigration first swept to tho states east of tho Mississippi, then over tho river to Nebraska, lown, Kansas and other states and Is pushing Its way over tho mountains to tho Pa cific coast, Tho opening of tho west, with Its vast areas ot fcrtilo land available; for pro duction on a largo scale, ended tho career of Now England ns an agricultural district. Hnlf of Now Eugland Maine, New Hamp shire and Vermont saw Its greatest In creases In population between 1790 and INVASION t.' CANADA. Commercial Continent Hint Are Des tined to Grinv Steadily. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Somo of our Canadian friends aro griev ing over tho Invasion of their country by steelmakers from tho United States. The Dominion Parliament, in order that Can ada should share, to a slight extent nt least, in tho expansion in tho steel man ufacturing Industry which is under way In tho United States, has offered bounties on iron and steel mado in Canada, tho rates, of course, to bo somewhat higher on tho product of the homo ores than on that of tho ores Imported. This induce ment is having some of the effect Intended, but a large part of tho money Is com ing to tho United States capitalists. Hero Is a development which was not foreseen, and as a consequence there Is a demand from some sections In Canada that tho bounties bo abolished. It Is fig ured that on tho present basis of Increase tho bounties will soon reach $1,000,000 a year. This is a big sum for tho treasury ot Canada to pay out in addition to meet ing Its other demands. What makes the sum seem Inordinately largo la tho cir cumstance that much of the money conies to tho United States. Americans havo in vested In Canadian manufactories on tho strength of this inducement, nnd they aro carrying off big profits. Canada is build ing up Its Iron and steel trade, but many of tho Canadians believe that so much ot tho benefits go to Americans that the do minion Itself cannot afford to stand the drain much longer. Of course this Incursion of American capital Into Canada was to havo been ex pected. Tho United States in recent years has becomo n creditor nation. It not only hns practically enough oapltnl to meet all homo demands, but there nro hundreds of millions of Hollars going outBlde of tho country every year for Investment. Most of tho grent enterprises In Mexico nro financed from this side of the Hlo Grando. Many of tho big Interests In Canada have for a long tlmo been braced up by con tributions from tho south side of tho In ternational boundary. Tho United States leads the world In Iron and steel produc tion. It is Just now reaching out to bring a large part of Europo Into industrial subjection. The American trade conquests which appear to bo frightening somo of the guileless persons in tliat region ought to havo been foreseen. Moreover, they are destined to increase rather than to di minish. l'KHSONAt. SiOTKS. President McKlnley's trip will tako him through 10,500 miles ot hurrahs. Over 10,000 peoplo contributed $40,000 to the memorial fund for tho lato Governor Wolcott of Massachusetts. It is not easy to carry off your weight In gold, us tho robbers on tho Kaiser Wll helm der Grosso appear to have discovered. Major General S. B. Young will bo tho guest of honor at tho dinner of tho Amerl cus club of Pltt3burg, on Grant's birth day, April 27. William J. Langson, secretary of tho Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce, has been re-elected to tho place, which he has filled for tho last thirty-six years. Ex-Governor Llewellyn Powers, tho now congressman from Maine, Is 62 years of ago and has been activo In politics slnco 1864. Ho owns 170,000 acres of timber land. Mrs. Arthur Bronson, who died In Italy tho other day, was a granddaughter of Joseph Rodman Drake, tho American poet, and a lifelong friend of tho Brownings, Joseph Chamberlain, according to London gossip, is inclined to bo superstitious, and tho latest fad of this sort attributed to him is the carrying of a rabbit's foot sent blm from America. Senator Foraker intends to spend tho fall In Porto Hlco and mako n thorough study of all its industries, classes ot population and its various social, educational and re ligious Institutions. A Chicago student dosed a number of applcB with red pepper and his fellow students ato them. Then tho victims turned on tho Joker nnd thrashed him within an inch ot his life. E. Z. Simmons, who a yenr ago gavo to Kenosha, Wis,, tho G. M. Simmons Memo rial library, at a cost of $100,000 and a sol dlors' monument, at u cost of $10,000, Is now building an emergency hospital for the city, at a cost of $30,000. Henry Mudge, gonornl manager of tho gieat Santa Fo railroad system, who now spends most of his time In Chicago, Is a nntlvo of Kansas, Ho ufced to carry water to a set tlon gang on tho old Kansas fc Southern many years ago for E0 conts a day. It Is said that ho now receives u salary of $50,000 per annum. Thero Is n Chicago society reporter who Is nothing if not frank. Of tho woman In tbe case, in announcing a recent engage ment, he wroto that she "had tho reputa tion until about three years ago of being the most beautiful girl in Kenwood. Ot lato years she has become somewhat too heavy to bear out this reputation." Colonel Illcbard T. Van Horn says tbo namo Oklahoma was first applied to that territory In a public document In tho bill he introduced In congress in 1869, for tho organization of a government for tho In dian Territory. Tho namo was suggested by Colonel Kllas S. Boudlnot, the famous Cherokee, who explained that It meunt "lied Man's Land." Great West Orcgonlan. 1S40; tho other half Massachusetts, Hhodo Island and Connecticut has been nt lis best slnco 1S40. Between 1790 nnd 1S00 Malno Increased G7.2 per cent, New Hamp shire 29.r. and Vermont SO.S. These nro their greatest gains in tho history of American census-taking. Sluco 1850 they havo been nlmost at a standstill. Maine's largest gain lu any ono decade was 7.7 per cent in 1850-60, New Hampshire's 9.3 In 1S90-1900 nnd Vermont's 4,9 In 1S60-70. Malno and New Hampshire reported Blight losses of population for tho decade ended) lu 1870 and Vermont's gains lr. 1S60, 18S0 and 1S90 wero Imperceptible. Massachu setts, Ithodo Island and Connecticut, the manufacturing states of Now England, aro growing ns steadily as such substantial western commonwealths as Illinois, Wis consin, Missouri and Iowa. Tho record Increases of population Blnco 1S50 hnvo been mndo lu tho west. In 1860 Minnesota was the banner stato with 2730.7 per cent, California second with 310.3 per cent and Oregon third with 291.7 per cent. In 1S70 Novnda took tho lead with 519 per cent, Dakota in 1SS0 with 731.5 per cent, Washington In 1S90 with 365.1 per cent: Idaho, of the strictly west ern states, led In 1900 with 91.7 per cent. In 1810 tho center of population In tho United States was sixteen miles Bouth of ClarkBburg, W. Vn., and In 1900 four and a halt miles west ot Columbus, lnd. Be tween 1810 and 1900 tho center of popula tion moved westward 299 miles. Tho longest march was eighty-one miles be tween 1S50 nnd 1S60, nnd tho smallest fif teen miles between 1890 nnd 1900. When tho manufacturing Interests ot what Ifi really tho west that part of tho country west of the Mississippi aro conducted on ns large u scalo as they aro on tho At lantic seaboard, tho geographical distri bution of population will bo moro even, nnd tho center of population will move to a point near tho geographical center of tho country. HITS OK WASHINGTON LII'K, Seenea nnd Im-lrieiitn Around the Nntlonnl Cnnltnl. Tho 'real estato rustler, as seen at short rango In the corn belt, is n mild and sedate individual compared with tho pusher of lol.i and plats nt Washington. Tho latter Is now camping on tho trail of tho new at torney general, Mr. Knox. Mr. Knox Is credited with an abundance of tho coin ot tho realm, and, having nearly a four-year lease of a cabinet position, tho real estato man desires to set him up housekeeping in a manner commensurate with his Influ ential post lu tho government. Armed with maps and photographs he lies in wait in the Judicial department for a chance to gel tho attorney's car and tell him how to mako himself comfortable. Nothing short of a $50,000 mansion will do, whllo $250,000 Is regarded tho proper figure to Introduce him into swell circles. Tho gen tleman from Pittsburg has been assured, should ho decline to buy, that ho can leasu a suitable palace for about $1,000 a month. This price Is considerably beyond tho sal ary of tho attorney general. But salaries ilo not count with tho real estate boomer. Ho banks on tho opportunities ot tho Job. Tho Department of Agriculture next year will vary the garden seed distribution with spvcrnl packages of trees. Authority tor this now departure was secured at a recent, session ot congress and an appropriation was mado In the budget for tho coming yenr. Tho garden seed distribution has been the subject of no cud of rldiculo and thero is uo doubt that a great deal of money Is wasted In that way, but it is nevertheless one of tho most popular features of our ratcrnal government, and members of con gress rccognlzo Its political Importanco to such an extent that no arguments can ln duco them to abolish or nbridgo it. Tho distribution of trees, however, Is Secre tary Wilson's own idea. Tho peoplo of this country havo been cutting down tho natural forests with so much recklessness that It has becomo ncccs Bary to start artificial onos. The division of forestry of tho Agricultural department has mado a survey at tho country nnd has ascertained tho particular trees which thrivo best and aro most useful In each lo cality. According to tho program for tho distribution of trees, next year a given number of seedlings will bo allotted to eacli member of tho houso of representatives, who will lo asked to furnish a list of con stituents to whom ho would like to havo thera sent. Tho Agricultural department will do tho rest. Tho seedlings will be grown in tho propagating houses and for warded to their destination, with specific Instrurtlons ns to how they should ,bo planted und cared for. In this way Mr. Wilson expects to start sovcral million now trees growing throughout this country every year. When Secretary Gago was on his way to tho Whlto House to attend cabinet meet ing tho other morning, relates the Boston Transcript, he was accosted by a man In tho garb ot a tourist. "Begging pour par don, sir!" said the stranger In a strong English accent, and at the soma tlmo point ing toward tho Washington monument, "could you tell mo what Is that stone needle?" Mr. Gage, who la always most courteous and delights to point out ob jects of Interest to travelers, replied in this caso with all appearanco of solemnity: "Yes, sir. That is a monument to a man named Washington Georgo Washington. Ho had something to do with tho early his tory of this country." To which tho Eng- A FINE THING Its a fine thing to not cbeapon, but rather to boo how much value can be put into a garment at a given price. Its not the common custom but its ours. Our spring suits at $10, 12.50, $15, $18, $20 and $25, aro values that it would bo hard to duplicate in the present mar ket. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Browning, King & Co. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. llshman solemnly replied: "Ileally, now!" and went on his way enlightened. Tho government's nwtl monumental pub lication is practically 'completed. It is tho official record of tho union nnd confederntu armies, and consists of 127 thick volumes, nn Index nboul to bo printed nnd an atlas of 178 plates, showing tunps of battlefields, routes of marches, plans of forts, etc. Volumes 112 and 113 nro left open for any additional matter it may bo decided to print, If thero Is any such, as the plan of the work originally contemplated 130 vol umes. Tho books fill five big mall sacks. The government sells single volumes or tho complete sets at tho cost to manufacture. Under the last act of distribution each senator, representative and delegate re ceives ono official set and two additional sets for disposal ns ho may see fit. Another addition to tho nrtlstlc adorn ment of tho national capital will soon be on vlow. A handsome monument of Jcun Bap tlste do Vlmeur, Comto do ltochnmbenu, U to bo erected in Washington and will sig nalize American gratitude to ono who ren dered tho young republic vital service In tho hour of Its peril. On March 3 congress passed a bill appropriating $7,500 to pur chase n replica of tho original statue by Fornand Hamar. This lino work of art was unveiled nt Vcndonie, Franco, Inst Jane. Tho replica will bo of bronze, about nltm feet high, and will represent Count Hoch nmbeau In tho net of ordering the French wing of tho allied army nt Yorktown to nttnek tho works of Lord Cornwnllls on tho morning of October 10, 1781. It will also bo tho work of Fcrnand Hnmar, tho deuf aud dumb French sculptor, who has been referred to ns "tho mon who speaks in bronze and marblo." An allegorical group In relief on tho ped estal will Indicate Franco (typified by n fo malo figure draped), grasping tho national standard and with sword extended defend ing and protecting tho caglo of America, which holds lu Its talons tho shield of tho original thirteen colonies, or states, blaz oned with tho Stars and Stripes. The ped estal will bo ot grnntto nnd tho figures ol bronze. Its height will bo seventeen fort. Tho total height of pedestal nnd ntnluo wilt bo twenty-six feet and its width at tho base twenty feet. niti:i:.v CHAFF. Boston Transcript: Mr. Mann You talk about fushlonahlo trimming for a bonnet I Why, anything you can stick on to a bonnet Is tho style. , Mrs. Maim Anything, dear, but what you have on hand. Chicago Tribune: "What Is the prlco of these glnvesV" "Two dollars." "You lmd somo InM week Just like them that you were selling for $1.99." "Sumo glove, mii'uni. That wan a special sale." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "That groat Italian tenor told tun ho had a mattress stuffed full of tho laurel wreaths that liava been given lilm." "A mattress full! Then ho ought to re tire on them." IndlanupnlU) Press: "If 1 wero you I would toko Mr. Thornton with a grain ot oalt," said Miss Frocks. "I'd bo willing to tako htm any way nt nil," replied Miss Swaybuck, who was much In love. Pittsburg Chronicle: "John," said tho long-suffering wife, us John began brushing his overcoat, "you're not going to bo out ugaln tonight, I hope." "I hope not," he replied, nbsently, "but there's every prospect of it. Tho cards havo been running protty bad for mo lately." Chicago Tribune: "This Idea of your tell ing mo I'm extravagant!" protested Mr. Chugwater. "when l'vo saved $r00 In tho last ten years on ono item alone, by a llttlo self-denlul!" "Whut Item Is that?" demanded Mrs. Chugwater. "Cutting down my llfo Insurance from $5,000 to $l,ono." Turn u the I.lKlit. Denver Post. Oh! Mr. Weather Bureau .Man, whntovef can bo nlllng you To hold tho golden weather back nnd glvo us but tbe dross7 Do you not know tho people nil indignantly nro nailing you With spikes of angry language to the llg ur.itlva cross? Havo pity, please, on sllmo-bedecked and shivering humanity,. And let the sunshine, rlpplo down In bright ami welcomo Mood, And dry tho bosom of tho earth and stop this runk profanity That'B showered without limit on tho Gol Darned Mud I TO MAItltY OH NOT TO MAIlltY. Ella Wheelor Wilcox In New York Jounml. Mother suys, "Bo In no hurry, Murrlago oft means euro und worry." Auntlo says, with manner grave, "Wife Is synonymo for slave." Father asks. In tones commanding, "How does Urudstrect rate Ills HtundlngT" Sister, crooning to her twins, Sighs, "With marriage care begins." Grandma, near life's closing days, Murmurs "Sweet uro girlhood's ways." Maud, twlco widowed ("sod and grass"), Looks at mo and moans "Alas!" They oro six, and I nm ono, Llfo for mo hus Just begun. They nro older, calmer, wiser, Ago should ayo bo youth's advisor. They must know and yet, dear mo, When lu Harry's eyes 1 seo All tho world of lovo there burning On my six advisers turning, I tnako answer, "Oh, but Harry Is not llko most men who marry. "Fato has offered mo a prlzn, Llfo with lovo means paradise "Life without It Is not worth All tho foolish Joys of earth." Ho In splto of all tboy nay 1 shall namo tho wedding day.