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TIITC OMAHA DAILY 15EE: FKIDAY, APHIL 19, 1901
The omaiia Daily Bee
E. KOSEWATKH, ED1TOII.
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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.
