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0 THE OMAHA DAILY PEE: WEDNESDAY, JArAHT , lDOil. The UMAiiA Daily Bee. K. HOSEWATEK, EDITOlt. PUBLISHED EVERY MOUNINO. TEHMB OF SUUSCIUPTION. Dally Ilea (without Sunday), Onn Year.1fi.00 Dally Heo and Hundny, Olio Year 8.00 Illui.tri.fori Il..n iinx Your 2.W tiundnv Ufa. (Jim Year ".W day Buturday lieu, One Year,, l.M Twentieth Century Kurmer, Ono Year.. l.W DELIVERED UY OAItMEn. Dally Ilco (without Sunday), per copy... 2c Daily llco (without Sunday), per weok...l-c Dally He (including Hiliday), per wcek.l.c Sunday Dee, oer opy M livening lite (without Sunday), per week. 10c Evening Deo (Including Sunday), per week ......loo Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should bo oddrcsMd to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha-The Ilto Hulldlng. Houth Omalin City Hall Building. Twenty-fifth nnd M streets Council Dliirrs-10 I'enrl Street. . Chlcago-nny Unity Uulldlng. New York Temple Court. Washlngton-Gor Fourteenth Strcot. CORRESPONDENCE. Commtuilcatlons relating to news and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha lice, Editorial Department. I1USINEH3 LETTERS. 'Ilurilnci-s letters and remittances should bo addressed. Tho Hoo Publishing Compan, Omaha. REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft, express or postal order, payablo to The lieu Publishing Company, only '.'cent stamp accepted in payment of mull accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eantern exchange!), not accepted. THE UEI2 I'UMDISUINO COMl'ANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION 'State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George) 11. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Ileo Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the nctuul number of full nnd completo copies of Tho Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday lice printed during llio month of December, rm, was as ioi- lows: 1 no, too 2 no.oiir, 3 :to,:i:io 4 :io,:tio s no, ino c :to,:tio 7": ao,j! s no.aoo 9.,, ;to,:t:to 10 no, i in IV. .....no.iHo 12 ao.r.oo 13 :to, ino 11 :to,r,:to 15 :to,:too 17.. JS.. 13.. 20.. 21.. ....no.ooo ....:io,:to ,...:io,mso ,...:tn,i io ..,.:io,7oo 22 y..:io,oio 23 f...:io, tso 21 :to,tso 25 no, iio 20 no.rwo 27... 2S,.. '.V. . . so. . . 31... ....:to,07o ....ito.r.io ....no.ii.'o ....no, i in ......to, io is :io, kio Total Less unsold and returned copies . i:iAT.r. . 10, OHM Not total sales. .n:t:t,i.-.7 . ao.ioi Net dally nvernge. ai:o. n. t.schuck. Subscribed In my presonco and sworn to neroro mo tnis sist .lay or December, a. d. 1W1. M. II. H UNGATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. Happy Xew Year. Samo to you, sir. Now, nil at once turn over. Wonder If Maclay could be Induced to swear off. Two years more yet for the leap year girl to wait. The year 1002 ought to be an easy ono for rhyuisters. . Figures talk when tho nchrovements of one year aro placed for comparison beside those of previous years. The battleship Missouri lias taken to water, The other Mlssourlans, how- over, will still have to bo shown. Tho United States possesses two-llfths i cf all the railway mileage in the world and still there Is room lor more. It Is useless lo attempt to drown tho old year's sorrows on the advent of the new. They multiply under the drench ing process like niostjultoes on a hot summer day. Evidence Is accumulating that affairs mv assuming their natural condition In China. The latest proof of this Is the report of a mashacru of missionaries and uatlvo couvurts. Tho Pan-Anierlcan conference Is work ing away on an arbitration scheme. No action is expected until Chile and Ar. gentlno fully make up their minds whether they desire to scrimmage. Anyono having a few warships, either now or second-hand, can llud a market for them by addressing tho governments of Chile or Argentine. Lack of them Is delnying tho gamo In South Amurlca ' Tho commltteo which is planning a model city for exhlbltlbn at the St. Louis exposition Is In session In Now York Up to tho present Richard Croker hup not been called In to offer suggestions What promises to perplex Secretary of the Treasury Shaw iU8t s how to tako care of the smpbw. None of his democratic predecessors In the Treasury department were troubled very much tlmt way. An organization lias Just beei. formed with tho object of promoting boxing bouts In common parlance prize lights In this city. Omaha can get along fairiv well without entertainments of this kind during tho new year: Thu United States starts out the ymr lOOii with the balaneO on the right sh) of the ledger. Thu people aro satlstled with thu operating crew of thu country aud tliosu who are working for a change uro likely to receive scant encourage ment. Study Tho lice's statistical panorama f "tho growth and progress of Omaha . for the past year. It Is an Interesting nnd instructive exhibit. Copies of thu paper sent to your friends will bu tho1 most convincing messenger of the city's substantial prosperity. A Klondike miner lias at Inst returned who Is willing to admit tlmt whllo ho , has n few good claims, the country Is not tho laud of gold ho was originally led . to bellove. But ho will probably offer to let. a row confidential friends In on -those claims on tho ground floor. Tho Greek Indians nro dlssntlsiled with tho plan for allotment of their. lands. Possibly tho Indlnns would bo Batlsllcd If tho government would nmko an appropriation for a hired man for each Indian who would relievo thtf na tlyo of tho bunion of working tho laud. THE XEW YEAU. The march of time Is continuous nnd uninterrupted. The Instiint tlmt murks ,1... l r j. .1... me ciwmu ill .me .vein ii'iuius nv i iv- i glutting of another. Hut we note tho progress of time by days, weeks, months ain! years and we count tho years as gregnto the sum of $7,(KK,000, approxl milestones along tho path of life. "The mutely fid per cent of tho duty collected past wo know; the future Is mystery." So said the sage. Whether or not the ear that begins today will bring us good or HI, prosperity or misfortune, we cannot ioresoe, yet u is welcomed uuii general hope or improvement nmi betterment, as well as a general purpose to Improve. It Is a time for making plans, projects and resolutions some practical nnd attainable, others fanciful and doomed to failure. It is a time, also, for retrospection anu lntrosiectlon , . ... . .... . ., , ...... m.L ui u.m ...ue num.,.. nu...u good results, it may ename us to in the future" avoid tho mistakes of the past and to correct those follies which have operated to our disadvantage and Injury. It Is a common observation that the resolutions made at the begin- nlug of the year aro for the most part speedily broken, yet if only it small pro portion of them are kept there is cood done not alone to the Individuals, but to society. May It not bo said, there- fore, tlmt every New Year contributes something to moral and social Improve- mem.' u would ue very iiis.couraging ... . . i 1 to think otherwise. The year 11)011 begins with every 1 promise of a continuance of prosperity for the American people. There is no cloud . upon our Horizon, no danger mrcniens us. e are warranted, mere- .. ... ..... . fore, in looking hopefully aud conll- denlly to the future. The Heo wishes 'or all Its patrons a happy and prosper- oils New Year .YD T11UU11LE WITH OIUIMAM'. Tho reports'! hat have gone out from Washington Indicating a feeling of ap prehension there of a disturbance of irienuiy reunions netween i.ernmuy anil .. . .. ... . . .. .. .... the United SiMt... umwlnir nut of the ITorls of Germany to collect a debt from Venezuela, an; shown to be en- thelv trroundless. The Gorman foreign olllce has promptly given out a state- ment that tho assurance kIvoii bv thu governnient regarding Its plans In rola- ' I in to Venezuela are ent relv satisfae- m to cm.iiuu aic iimiu saiisiac v to our government and that (lor- many, which maintains diplomatic rein- tlons with Venezuela, still hopes to col- eet her claims peaceably. The (Jer- man foreign ollice also reiterated the ihu.l linn M.nf If .l..w iw.f ...... I.,...,l,l.. UV..(Uilllll(l llllll, IV IIULll IIWL LWIII.III llllll. I territorial aeoulsltlou In Venezuela. which ought to dlsnol coninleteLv anv loubt that may have existed on that point; l There Is not the l.M.st ronsnn. fli..r... fore, to fear any dllilculty or nilsunder- standing between this country and Oer- many In regard lo the Venezuela Incl- dent. The German government has shown the greatest desire to avoid nny- thing tlmt might be oblectionnble to the United States Its manifestation of so- Ilcitt.de in this respect being marked. If not Indeed i,ultc unparalleled. No stronger evidence could be wished than has been given by Germany pf her ear nest desire to maintain the cordial re latlons which exist between thu two countries and our government and peo plo fully appreciate this. We shall not become involved in tills I mutter for the obvious mason that It is none of our business. We do not under- ake (o protect nny of the republics of this hemisphere In the refusal to pay .1...... i...,. i i. i ii.u.L ji.nt ..unin ..in. . l. in ..it that In this c-iso the claim Is lust tutu in inis c.iso tue cmiin is just, tliomrh the Venezuelan irovernnient seeks to avoid payment by alleging that the debt Is duo to citizens of Germany and not to the government. Tlmt is a pretext, however, which is not to be seriously considered. -Germany may collect her debt In nny way tlmt ac cords with thu usages of civilized mi tlons provided she respects the Monroe doctrine and this she intends to do. SUn All TO THE FUOXT. It Is now strongly Indicated that tho reassembling of congress next yvook ivjll be the signal for a spirited controversy In the senate over the Philippine and Cuban tariff situations, with sugar oc copying tho foreground lu the discus sion. Tho Philippine tariff bill passed by tho house does not deal with the staple products of the islands that are mado tin: subject of an appeal from the commission for reduced (little. A move ment Is said to be on foot to get thu senate to reduce the duty on Phlllppino sugar by one-half, or establish the equiv alent of an entire removal of the pres ent duty. A number of republican sena tors Wel that some concessions should bo given to these new possessions, in nr.W t.i Hllmnlnfo tlio liiilustrloH thorn - " " ...... w . nnJ thus inuko American rule -moro palatable. It Is therefore probable that tho recommendations of tho Taft com- mission lu this direction, which have tho , ....I i Iu..,i. m t ..... ........... c.l.inu.1, .1... tw... nmiid attention In the senate. KnStern "gur Interests, it appears, tako It for gntert that on sugar coining from the Phunnliu.u timnitir.inv .intiou win iwi i-... rtuceu 0nt,hlf. lu .-., . l" v.uua lliero IS greater Ulicer- talnty, sU fur lis can bo gathered from Washington nhvleos. There lu km Id to bo a couslW.jU, grollI, 0f senators, some of wlionVli. ' . . Vv ui nnnu muuucn in their own stab- wi,0 ure wming to glvu tho Cuban cat., ,m,,.ra nil,, It Is nllegotf that th.so ucuntora niain- personal attacks ujion President Itoose- long-mooted questlou mat nas vexcu nu taln that Uio existing tnrltt Ui,nlim Velt hu Is mightily mistaken.' Tho inanity ever since tho days of ''shlnplaBter'' Cuban sugar is so high .t0 prov.d0 a friends of thu president will lend no 2! wholly artinciai stiniuius, tuo l)(!et sugar Industry and that wltUS0,U0 cou. cession to Gtibu there would hU t)L, nj tho protection on our domestic ln,lf,try that was healthful. This view, l8 needless to say, Is uqt approved by th. who aro eugaged lu tho homo Industry and they will combat It vigorously, though whether effectively or not Is. problematical. Thu newest suggestion in tho matter is thu payment of a bouuty to thu Cuban sugar growers and this Is B'ltd to bu gathering headway, It Is estimated tlmt n bounty of from nno.tlilitl to one-half n cent it pound wou!d meet the complaint of the Cubitus ... ., .. .1... I. f .1... (illll SlUISiy llicm, Jii uiu minis ui inv Imports during the past year n bounty of one-half a cent a pound would ag lust year on Cuban sugar. It seems Improbable, however, that congress will ndopt this novel suggestion for Diking money out of tho national treasury nnd giving H as a noumy to uiu augur Hru- urs of another country. Svv York paper remarks that there 4ms never been it time when so many ruinojs connecting the sugar Industry with efforts to lnlluenec-natlounl leglsla- tlon have been current nnd it Is very plain that the sugar uuestlon la to occupy ... ... ...... ... .... .,, iuiui..cia ... u.. '" of. congress, witn tno cniiuccs, as now indicated, strongly favorable to concos- slons to the sugar of both Cuba and the l'hlllpplnes, though osslbly not to the extent urged by the more radical ad- vocates of such a policy. A compromise of views Is what may be expected, lXTEUXATlUNAh UAZhlXQ Tho scheme of n. bank that will be absolutely International In Its scopo is by no means a new proposition, but it Is ono that has not received a great deal 1.1...... si.... MM.rt n.i4.. I .no Kiwiti I oi loudwuiu.. uu i.au discussed In the congress in session at the City of Mexico and Uio question Is . . .. . .1 , .(.., , I or sticn importance inai u nas oivmeu the congress in regard to it. inere is urgeu in regain to uiu projio- union mm mine it mib-nt imu uuuciiuiu ... .. ...... ...i.ii . i . . .. i . . i. . i i .t ..... i results and probably would have a good elTgct In ctiltlvutlng llnanclal aud com luerclal relations between tho United States and the southern countries, still n few years trolley lines will carry passen on the other hand it would possibly gers between Now York and ashlngtoif create llnanclal complications of n more or less troublesome nature. It Is not dllllcult to conceive of conditions, In tho operations of such an Institution as is I I ...... I., I I llI'fllHlM.H.. I. II. I W.l.l.ll l.'.lLl...U..r- I ' " ""'-"H. imriicumny m uio event oi us '"'"'K controlled oy an international ar rangenient, as eomciiuuaieu. " '"""lastly deslrablo that there 1,u il "nnuclnl Institution through ihcii exciianges couiu oo enecieu oe- tween American aim noiun ivineriean i . i ... i... I merewiiiis wnuuui inning iu k uiu roundabout way of Loudon. J lint Ino- ct'HH ,H not onI' dilatory, but It is ulso costly. There Is no good reason why It should lie continued except time ior i.. . i . . . t a- rm. . i ""' "ol" 11 18 "veii.ent. mu - SOOIlCr It IS gOUOIl Till 01 UIO llOUCr IIUIl It ought to Do possible for Ainericau en tcrprlse to do away witn it at un cany dute. i neio is a project unit jnuuii.ert 10 uu SUCCesstUl to establish banks In tile Orient and the expediency of doing this appears to be uiiiiuestionable. We can- "t lnucmo our trade in the lar east .t nav ug capita. .. t at quarter t tllt! woim ,s 1,1 1,11 UIUCS ,lvau' ,llu for (,UI" uicrclmnts doing business there.. That is a sclt-evident proposition, U l finally clear that wo must have llnaucUrt Institutions In tho countries south of us, Just as our coiumotclal rivals have such Institutions there. In other Vords, If wo expect to win our share of the business of any part of tho , . . , . . . . world we must bo prepared to contest for it on tho same lines anil by the same policies that aro employed by other nn- ... . ...... a ... 1 tlons. e ueea to understand nil lira t'"11'. " 11111 u st'e, 1101 lo ,1UVU HU1"- ltly thought of in tho past, tlmt there ' 1,0 wniunem m.sniess aim tnat in order to obtain the trade of anv conn- try wo have to apply business principles, 1 This Is the Idea that is comprehended in t,us Hhemo to establish American banks ... .1... ! .... I I. I , ......1 I...... 1,1 u,u ritul ,n " i'i"--ui mcu, wlilcii u carneu out win uavo goou re- ullltJ The redoubtable Webster Davis Is try ing to resurrect himself Into notoriety I iv 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ! r 1 1 1 1- hlmsnlf In most. Invlillnns up(m uri.sldeut Koorfevelt and nredletlng tlmt he will be renominated prcdiuini, linn uc win oc renominated tor tnu presiuency and neieuied. ine worst thing ho says about the president l. "While In WnsbliiL'ton. I was on even footing with Mr. Hoosuvelt. Uo was llko myself, an assistant secrctarx in thu cabinet." Tho wonderful Mr. Uavls need, however, have no com punctlons on that score. Ho will never be on even footing with Mr. Hoosuvelt again, because, while tho president lias been going steadily upward, Webster Davis has beeti going steadily down- ward In the estimation of all those whoso esteem Is worth lmvlng. lfm.li ttniin..!- nf Vow Yr.rlf lmu lie.m Hugh Homier of Now lark 1ms been chosen as the new chief of tho Manila tire donnrtineiit. Homier 1ms u renuta- tkm l(J u )lre nKi,tel. BOCOud to no man , t, W(,rl(1 If ,10 wn trnl tho mn. . . --- ...... I ntWIU lt Tliril (ill I I 1 II 11 ri H I II HI IIK I llt'V ,mve l)ct! lu tho ,mblt of rum,nt. nt ..... limmlw.h of American soldiers ho ..,, .,,.,. iu.ii. ).. i..nr nuiiii tim 1in.11.,.n..nt In the world Idepaitment In tin, woiltl. Tho failure of the asphalt trust I explained that It fell short or the as- snmntlon on which it wns built, namely, i, 1Ti1.nl n rwiiniiloto iiioiimmlv nn tin. llH,.halt paving business of the country. . ... i . . i T IO monopoly meory jh i uiu uuma ui tho most of tho trusts and It is enually liiiiiln to move with mnii.v others a rone of sand instead of a foundation rock. If Webster Davis thinks ho can'nmko fimitnl for tho cause of the Doers by COiiuteuanco to Mr. Davis and thoso of i,il class without regard to whether or not they aro jwslng as tho cliamplons of thu oppressed Hours. lie roe. I the jfhaile, ' Chicago Hecord-llorald. Tho peoplo of Cuba hissed Gome; the Vir day. Really, Is It worth while being n,N any more? , ' , ; , "I'll in Hrlvntc I.lfe, htngton Post. Hon. Lyman a a eo will now proceed to enjoy the rci, 'emolument which come to tho statesman In prlvato life. Tho c.xam pIm of Hon. John O. Carlisle nnd Hon. 1mns "rackett need bid fair to be gen v..,n., .u.iuniu Dolnir Uultr Well, Thmik Vim. New York Sun. Iowa seems to bo doing fairly well. This latest nddltlon to Its Increasing influence In tho nation's councils Is received with ten- enu satisfaction, east and west. Timber Further West. Chicago Inter-Oceun. Tlinrn la n tielttr It. Vflli.nfllta Hint it President n00sevelt wants to touch the pal pltntlng heart of tho great west he need not confine' his touching altogether to Iowa. A C,110SP Mneetnoie. chienen Post Thousands of Chlunao troons are com manded to kneel along tho line of railway ft"d ,0 tho Rat0 ot tuo forbidden City as tho court approaches and enters Pckln. N-CC(j wo miirvc, at tho t)0Tcrs ,, Ulolr' barbarities when such debasing ceremonies as this aro ordered? (Ir.-nt .11 1 ii dn IMniiKrcr. lnillfinntmlla .Im.rnnl. 'il0n u ja remembered that every man bellovea his own method tho best, It Is not surprising to read that the civil commis sion in tho Philippines bullcvcs In civil government, whllo General Chaffee sees In tho military tho host authority to handle the Filipinos. l)f,rt'ii llrlllliuit llni.li. MtmipntinllM .Innrnnl. General Dcwet seems to have lost none v . ot hl8 cum,lllK nn,i encrKy aa n partisan loader. Ills completo overthrow and capture of n Drltlsh column of 400 men on Christmas Inn.tt,.. .....1. ..... nn n . ...... n . . m.Md b". w.m mo i.ui.iu. u. iu f.""j rZXZ Z .uo" C0R!,C8 Enncd through skillful adaptation of ..... . noer jactics I'riiKrrss of tin Trolley. New York Tribune. It Is now practically nssured that within tween New "lork and Dostou and between ' an avrrnc0 . . . , twenty miles nn hour and at moderate tares. What a nation ot travellers within Ihnlr nwn hnrilnra Amnrlpfina lip -- w .. .,...b.a ................. . (.rent .Xri.iiiin.'i.t Met-deil. New York Evening Post. It Is tlmo that nil who bellovo In keeping tho United Stutes freo from tho heavy mili tary burdens which now hnndlcnp tho great nations of Europe, raornlly as well as finan cially and Industrially, should make them- scives nearu. i ncro is no uviuenco mui uio Am.irlpnn nrnnln n whnln ilnalrn mivthlm- moro than n strictly defenslvo navy, nnd ,,., ,.. , Pnnn ,lovnn,i nm,ti T1)ls cm,lry nH novcr performed n greater service to tho world thun by "moiiBin.ui.g u uuuuy io Kei. m....u uiriiL ill nuiiiiuiiin 'I'AAWI. tlllU'llll.l I HIAS ... liiipirt- Stiitr, Iluffnlo Express. Patterning after tho state of Now York nnt'n.tini. Vnolt rt flhlr. hn. on.ianrl In lin (lraftca nntict wUeh haa for Its object tho nbolltlon of nil tuxes on renl and personal- property ror state purposes, i is o w ,h; wVnH 0f (Jovcruor bdoll. AN readv tho receipts from corporation taxes nml from inneritanco taxes nnd tho llko are almost equal to tho largo expenuiture or "'1;i,;'anUh'?sorb,0 nffmlSo wfl! 'Zr mZSL'ZXS will br,U(, lh0HO reccpts up to enough to pay tho full cost of tho state government out side of the canal tax which tho constitution requires shall be levied each year. If It Is found that enough cau be realized from umrpn . ...... .Xttto . nay fcaimj tnx t00i then an amendment to tho constitution may bo proposed which win . l... I -1 .1 n An. numv otlllffllt' wIMl i" " - all stato taxes on real and personal prop er tiv Governor Nash has mado n study of tho Now York laws on this subject. In tho bill which ho has had drafted by his secretary ...... ... nK.nni.,r.l of tnto ho has Incorporated tho prmlpa features of tho New York corporation tax . n.m uMe. tll0 nubllclty fett. turea of H. Mttlclleld bill now In congress . . . ... .l tl,, ,n,... anu ucamcs nu nuum duiiiu w. ...... u ""--u unu. ... . seen how such n bill will be received by tho corporations will oppose It. Equally, of course, tho owners of real property which now bcars tuu burden ot taxation will wel strong, but tho welfare of the people should h0 ,lrBt yn8lucreu- 11 UU1U"' ul tlon'can bo imoll lu wholo or port from ,,, .,,, nnd transferred to othor Inter- ests without working nn lnjustlco (and the exnerlenco of New York snows tnat una can bo done) then It Is tho duty oOUio Ohio leglSlaltirO IO mane una maun f- pie. They will find It a popular move. HACK TO Flit ST l'HINCII'I.HN. Solomons of the flileiiKO llciicli SHUe n Fctv Problem. Chlcogo Ilecord-Uerald. if is cratlfvlnc to know thnt tho men on tMG bench are showing a disposition to come down from thulr lofty Judicial eyries to settle somo of the everyday problems tnat vex mo uuiu.uui. ...o. 1 nreo imporiuiu uiuiu.i .......... ....v superficial thinker ns trivial Threo Important decisions touching wnat nBtlnn hu, .vhlcll ro of far-reaching imnnrt. bavo been handed down by Chicago Judges during tho week. Ono of theso was to the effect that tho sum of $23 is enough for a newly married couplo to go to nouso- I ... . 1 m n. howehoW necessities may bo bought oa the "installment plan." This was a case in which the young wifo brought suit for divorce agaimn tho young" roan for mm- support, alleging that his salary was In- I , .,,1 n.nmntlv ..llort Vin Z'8aTnry was ample and dented tho petl- tIoIli Another decision was to tho effect that la Judgo need not resist the soporific effects ?L f?TT fZZl COUIIBCI 1.1 .1 lunoii.., .....w , ,v a nnn ..,., tho attorneys aro throw iuc rhotorlo at each other without lnvali dntlng tho verdict of the court. In short the Judicial nap, WJ particularly tiresome. Is not to be regarded na I. Irlnl "orrD . trlal- Tim ihir.i rienuinn. or oDlnlon. sottles tlon psed up to Judge Dunno, nnd nlthouKh it was not the particular issuo on trial, its prompt settlement ty tne jurist marHs long stride In progressive Jurisprudence The defendant hnd drawn J 100 from a brow ery nud after adding 75 to It he declared himself possessed of "quite a bank roil, Tho court strenuously demurred and In formed the defendant that It was only "pocket roll." This is tho first tlmo that tho lino he tweon a bank roll and n pocket roll has been legally drawn. wnne tno line somewhat Indistinct, It la very plain X'.ia $175, even though It bo la U bills, Is toot I in the eyes ot the law, a "wad" of bill New Year Haltl.noro New Year's day hns become a sciul-re- llglous festival. Tho custom of watching out tho old nnd watching In tho new year Is, more general and Interesting than It used to be. Fifty years, ogo but n single nomination observed this, custom, and few outside of the participants wero aware that anything out of the common was In progress. Tho celebration began after New ear s day had dawned nnd was almost en' rely social, It lias of late years grown n the religious mind that tho observance f . New ctr Is not only proper, but that tho watch service Is peculiarly appropriate, Many denominations have adopted thc.cus- om. Man makes the nrbltrary division of line comprised in n year, but it is com- putcd In nccordnnco with tho physical laws ordained by the Creator, nnd Its conclusion nd the Immcdlato succession ot another car glvo a most excellent opportunity for religious reflections. man can look back over a year and re- call all tho salient features of his career urlng that time. Ho rnn pcrculve what acts, words or courso of conduct Old him good or harm or conferred blessings on oth- ers, or .tho revorsc. An Intelligent person can generally gaugo In this way tho success or non-success due to his own nets, As a rulo that which has hampered him or In- Jured others has been 'a violation In somo ay of Cod's ordinances. There ura cases, perbnps, whero success In llfo haa nothing to do with religion, but In n majority of In- :COXOMV IX GOVEHXMEXT IVOIUC. Wiirxlilp roiiNtriKjIlon In Xnty Yiir.ln nml liy 1'rlvnl.' I'Mrin. Sclentlllc American, rojmlnr delusions dlo hard, and ono of the most pernicious nnd persistent ot theso Is the belief that warship construction when done by the government Is poorly dona and costs moro than it does at prlvato yards. Thero was a time, It Is true, when tho nnvy yards could not competo with prlvato firms, but that was n day when tho ynrds were overriden by political Inllucnco nnd en- umbered with lazy Incompetents, who wed their positions to "pull" With the politicians, Thanks to the trenchant re forms instituted and carried through, largely by tho efforts of tho present chief constructor, Hear Admiral Howies, our navy ynrds havo been entirely emancipated from politics and thu organization, plant, discipline and character of work turned out nvo been brought up to n standard that Is fully equal to that of tho best prlvato es tablishments. Tho nnvul constructors believe, and we fully ngreo with them, that tho tlmo has como when It would bo to tho nation's nd- antngo to bnvo a certain proportion of Its ships constructed In government yards, Tho plant r.nd tho working stnff at New brk and Doston havo been brought up to uch n state of efficiency that tho largest battleships could be constructed with economy and great efficiency, Tho high cost of "Texas," Maine" and other govcrnmcnt- bullt ships cannot he quoted against this. tatement, slnco thoso vessels wero built before tho yards wero reorganized and when tho plant was old and Inefficient. Tho construction of ships In government nrds would have a two-fold ndvuntage. It would stimulate prlvato builders to exhibit somo of that dispatch, which has recently been so conspicuously absent (somo ot our battleships aro a year and a half and our torpedo boats two nnd a half to three years behind their contract date) and It would be posslblo to keep tho well-trained navy yard forces continuously at work. Instead of hav ing to lllschnrgo a largo part of them when- ver routine repair work Is slack. Tho practice of building somo of tho war ships In government yards Is followed to advantage in the leading European navies. Wo should oaopt It here. I'DIISONAI. XOTI1S, Senator Clark Is reported to havo taken only ninety minutes In spending $300,000 for paintings In New York tho other day. "Chicago, thy namo Is mud," exclaims tho Tribune. "Chicago Is tho Ideal spot for thoso who would be entlroly happy," pipes tho Inter Ocean. Between theso extremes safety lies In boiling tho wntor. Mnrsden J. Terry, tho Vrovldence, IL I banker, owns the finest Shakespearean li brary In America. It cost him over 150,000, and Its collection was brought about through tho ransacking of all tho larger cities of this country nud Europe, Tho Connecticut savings banks In creased their deposits tho past year by Jti.r.00,000, bringing the total up to $103,- 000,000 In round numbors. Hut ot thla sum only $"G,000,000 belongs to depositors who have less than $1,000 each to tholr credit. Tho Hoston postolTIco officials and em ployes nro taking great credit to thom solves and finding much satisfaction in tho fact that thero was not a sluglo pleco ot mall remaining In tho oflico U) bo dollvcred after the carriers had startod out on their ast burdensomo trip on Christmas morn ing. , John I). Crlmmlns ot Now York City hns hnd conferred upon him by tho popo. In recognition of distinguished services to the Itornnn Cnthollc church, tho title of Knight Commander of tho Order of St. Oregory, tho Great of tho Civil Class. This Is ono of tho highest titles which cau bo given to a lay man. Mayor Jcromo Hewitt of Illnghamton, N. Y., Is doing such a thriving bufllnoss In mar rying couples oloplng from rennaylvnnla. that ho hns established two of his office employes, a man and a young woman, as permanont best man and bridesmaid re spectively so as to give futuro couples all tho comforts of a homo wedding. Captain William Campbell, said to be the last of' tho long lino of famous old Mis sissippi river steamboat masters between Now Orleans nnd Vlcksburg, died In Now Orleans on Sunday, December 22, In his seventy-second year. Ho began steamboat Ing at thirteen years of ago, and contlnuod In It until two weoka before his death. A family of flvo generations colebrated Christmas togother In Altoona, Penn. Tholr ages ranged from olghty-sovcn years down to ten mopths, The several ropresen tatlves of tho flvo generations nro; Mrs. Sarah A. McClelland, agod oighty-sovon years; her son, William McClelland, aged slxty-thrco years; his daughter, Mrs, Anna I'rlce, aged forty years; her daughter, Mrs. Carrie Snow, aged nineteen years, and Ilttlo Esther May Snow, her daughter, nged ton months. llo.iHPvelt Xnt nn Iinllnlnr, Detroit Free Press. Concede that tho president Is not always tho courtier. Admit that, becauso of his wonderful celerity in going to the meat ? a question and measuring Its merits, and uo cause of tho Impetuosity nf a nature that Is alwuys striving for results, ho does not stop to omploy'tho redundancy of diplomatic language. Th'b vital question is as to what ho does, not as to how ho docs It. Tho representative of tho supremo bench who wns offended wus atiklng something ho should hnvo been ashamed of, nnd General Miles, to nut It ns mildly as the truth will permit, was unpardonably rudo In' declining to wait for h prlvato lntorviow. as rcc quested by his superior officer. Thoro Is something refreshing in having a president who is not an Imitation. Thoughts American. stances thoo whovaro unsuccessful owe their falluro to a fllregurd of obvious prln- clples In which, religion Is more or less ft factor. For those who are Imbued with n sincere religious spirit this animal retrospection Is n great boon, nnd It Is likely to be all the more usefut nnd Impressive when accom- p.mled by solemn religious exercises teach- Ing where man's truo dependence lies. Tho resolutions mado on New Year's day or the day preceding form n perennial subject for Jest, but this should not deter serious pcr- sons from forming them. Whero everybody makes resolutions somo aro sure to break them. It should nlways bo borno In mind that countless thousands havo mado resolu- Hons and kept them, without deviation, Tho proportion of those who adhere to them is as large, perhaps, ns the proportion ot good to tho actually bad. Hut n man who breaks a resolution is not necessarily bad. He Is weak and vacillating, but If he has kept It even a short whllo ho has duno himself good by giving tono to his nature. Thu proper thing fcr him to do Is to keep on making it whenever ho breaks It, until he has developed strength enough to keep It permanently. New Year's day has Its temptations. They aro not as great now na formerly, but thoy nro still formidable. There aro those who break their resolutions on Now Year's day and never break them nt nny other time, Tho spirit Is willing, but tho flcBh Is weak. IlOt'.Ml AIIOIT XinV YOHIC. itlpj.le on the Ciirri'itt of Life In the Mctrniinlt-i. One of Ilrooklyn's unique characters, L. 0. lHnck, who died recently, was a man of wealth, coupled with nn umbltlon to shine as a patron of machine-made muslo. Tho hand organ nud the mimic box possessed nn Irresistible charm for him nnd their Ecntlmcntnl nnd ragtime strains wero an exhilarating cocktail to his soul. Ah n visitor entered his houjp somo secret con nection with tho door Started tho flattering strains of "Hnll to'the Chief," to tho ac companiment of which tho astonished guest was UBhored Into the reception room. Clocks of every sort sounded fitting music to tho pnsslng hours; In short, every pleco ot turulturo In tho houso seemod In soma way to bo conccted with n hidden orchestra. Mr. Hindi's death was untlmoly; u hand orgnn with n now nnd wonderful combina tion ot every orchestral Instrument that blares suddenly began a concert In front of his house. In his engerness to examine the new muslcnl marvel Mr. Illack tripped nnd fell down the long stnlrcaso, nnd hln llfo paid tho penalty of this final pursuit of his Ideal, Ileforo tho funeral extreme care was tnken to stlcnconll tho harmonicas nt the Iiouhc. For two days the sorvants Jabored diligently disconnecting wires nnd removing offending furniture. At last thoy rested from their labors and tho Inst sad hour ar. rived. Tho exercises wero conducted in the houso qnd as tho minister was conclud ing his panegyric qn tho departed n belated mourner entered nnd was shown to the ono empty sent, -a chair In an obsauro corner. Silently tho late comer tiptoed to the chair nnd quietly sank Into Its depth. Instantly there poaled forth a loud chord nnd then without Interruption there came forth tho loud, strident notes of "Thoro'll Ilo a Hot Tlmo In tho Old Town Tonight." All offtfrtn to silence the music wero futile! In notes thnt drowned tho minister and were plainly nudlblo for blocks tho music continued, and not until tho Inst strain had died away was tho minister ablo to con cludo his remarks. A rcmnrkablo decision was rendered tho other day by Justlco William J. Gaynor. At tho election ot 1S99 Max Ilochstlm, who was a party wntcher at tho polls, was ar rested on a charge of having Interfered with a McCulIagh deputy when ho was attempt ing to nrrcst n man named nassott, whom' ho believed had no right to voto. Hochsttm was convicted, but Justice Gaynor granted him n certificate ot rcasonahln doubt, nnd wroto a long opinion, In which ho says: "I am unnhlo to sco this conviction othorwtso than n most Incredible mlscnrrlago of Justice. The trial, Instead ot showing this defendant to bo guilty of tho crlmo charged against him, seems to mo to show htm to bo guilty ot nothing, and to reveal tho com plaint against htm ns guilty of n criminal offonso of tho most gravo nnd dangerous character to tho community." Ho holds tho deputy was not acting In tho perform ance of his duty when tho alleged Interfer ence with him occurred, nnd declares that the right ot a citizen to voto cannot bo summarily denied; that tho proposition that tho government mny sond officers to tho polls, with or without warrants, to prevent citizens from voting on tho alleged ground that they havo no right to voto, endangers tho fredom of elections nnd means tho destruction of government, by tho people. A fnker, a bank official and n pollcomnn camo near creating a small riot on Wall street ono day last week, Tho faker ap peared In tho strcot about 2 o'clock In tho Afternoon with a band cart on which ho had a pllo of boxcaontaiulng smnll print ing machines that whon operated turn out what appears to bo new $1 bills, ' Ho hnd ono ot tho machines sot up on a box In tho front part of tho cart ready for operation, rclatro tho Now York Times. In tho machlno was a real dollar bill bo ex posed ns to catch tho oyo of thoiaBScrhy. Hesldo tho machine, as though fresh from tho diminutive press lay a cluster ot A HAPPY NEW Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R. S. Wilcox, Manager. confederate' money mixed with renl anil stage money. The wholo exhibit wns ex tromely nttrnetlvo and ns tho faker pushed his display tip lit front of tho (lallatln bank a crowd gathered before he had had time to properly adjust the cart for a slay. An the faker cleared his thro.it and be gan to shout out " 'Kre you nro! Chancn, to mnko nil tho money yn wants. Simple ns rolling oft a log Any child cau manipulate It. Make yourself money to bunt nnd nil for tho simple price ofv$l." Tho crowd had formed Into a twisting mob in Its endeav ors to get n glimpse of tho money-mnklng machine n tho man nt tho press tegn to turn out whut appeared to bo lino crisp now Jl hills from It. Tho crowd grew so largo that an official of tho Oallatln bank, who had been an noyed by tho clamor nnd noticed, moreover, that customers of tho bank had troublo to get la tho doors, looked up n policeman, who tried to disperse tho assemblage nnd get tho faker to move on. As tho police men stnrted Into tho crowd In nn enorgetle way somcono raised tho cry of pickpocket nnd Immrdlnto excitement nil along tho lino was tho result. Tho monoy-mnehlne man finnlly moved on', followed by tho crowd. Ho wns not allowed to station him rlclf lu front of nny other bank and tho last neen ot him ho was going down Ilroad street, still followed by tho crowd. OXH TIH'.HT TOIMU.U.S OVr.lt. Iteoelvcr Appointed for ti Wnlrr l.iHur.l Concern. Chicago Chronicle. Tho collapse of tho nntlonul nsphnlt trust, with n capitalization In stocks and bonds of $51,000,000, mid tho nppolntment of court rscelvcrs to take chnrgo of its affairs Is of Interest mnlnty as tho Inovitnhlo outcome of overcnpllnllzntlon nnd vicious methods combined. The nsphnlt trust, rightly or wrongly, has been regarded In the financial world ns an extremo oxamplo of trust manipula tion. It hns been charged that political methods in tho obtaining of profitable con tracts and the ruthless destruction of com petition' by unfair means havo ruled In tho trust, councils. Whether truo or not. It Is now nppnrent thnt not oven huge enrntnr power of tho combination could successfully carry tho unwieldy burden of capitalization, which seems to havo been Inflated far be yond the danger point. Tho Inability of tho asphalt trust to earn fixed charges on this enormous capitaliza tion Is very far from Indicating nny less ening in the volume of business or nnv dlsturbnnco of general nnd normal indus trial coudttlons. Tho only moral pointed by tho present court receivership Is that when trust promoters nro swayed by greed and not by sound business prlnclplos the end of their scheming Is K foregone con clusion, and In most cases In already In eight. It should ho romcmbcred that the organ ization now In straits was not engaged di rectly In tho asphalt business, but A-xIstod merely to hold tho securities of' subsidiary corporations, to collect nnd pay out divi dends. Tho subsidiary companies are ns prosperous ns over, If not more so. .Tho manipulation of trust eeourltlos gots n Jolt, but out of tho wreckago tho normal prosperity of tho asphalt business will doubtless emerge unharmed. SMII.KS roil T1IH NI3W YKAIl. Somervlllo Journal: When tho sausage man Joins tho golf club ho must expect to bo pestered with bad Jokes about tho links. Detroit Freo Press: He Thnt was a potir dinner and a worso play, but I didn't mind It with you. ....... She That's whero.you get tho best of mo. Philadelphia lleconl: Tommy-Pop. If I grow six feet In twenty years what will I grow In seventy years? Tommy's Futher You muy grow wlso enough not to nsk such fool questions. Chlcngo Tribune: "Is there any water In motals?" nsked tho Instructor of tho class In physics. "Ther seems to havo been, somo m cop per." responded tho young man with tho bad eyo. Baltimore American: Hospital Surgeon Why wasn't that man brought Immedi ately to tho hrspltnl7 Ambulance Driver It took an hour to curry out tho directions contained In. your book, "What to Do Hororn tho Doctur Comes," nnd meantime ho died. Chicago Nows: "Thero wns n girl nfound hero applying for a position." said tho ottlcf. boy. "Aren't you afraid sho will stop In your shoos7" "Hardly," smiled tho protty typewriter, "I wear 2'b and sho Is from New York." . Clnvoland Plain Doalor: "Thero Is a good deal of controversy Just now ovor tho exact words used by tho man who was kicked by a mule." "Well, what of It?" "My opinion' Is thnt If the mule wns In good condition tho man didn't say any thing." XEW YBAll ItKSOIATTIONH. Somervlllo Journal. IteHolved: That after January 1 N I'll conquer every evil habit, And If ono shows Its ugly head, Directly through tho heurt I'll stab it. Ilosolvcd: That lying is a vice All moralists allko decry It. i Henceforth I will not tell a Uo Unless I can inako something by it. IteHolved: Thut gosslplng's n. prime To bo condemned with censnro Icy. Hereafter 1 will tell no toluM Unless thoy'ro singularly spicy. Ilosolvcd: That robbery 'is sin.,. And so I will not rob my neighbor In nny way that might Involve A term In prison at hard labor. Ilesolvcd: That I, will go to church (Unless some other occupation Seems mom nttractlvo nt tho time), And so enhanco my reputation. rtosolved: In short, that I will bo A moral mini, as somo men view It, And when' tho path of virtue lures That I will zealously pursue HI YEAR TO ALL Tho hustle and confusion of Holi day shopping Is over nnd wo'U all bo glad of tho rest. i Today our store will be closed nil day. Thursday wo will bo ready to ontertaln all comers with best wishes and many reduced prices on broken lines and odd slr.es. Thank ing you all for past patronage, wu nro respectfully, i