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STATEMENT OP CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
(Joorgo U. Tischuck, secretary of Tho Hoo
Publishing Company, being duly swbrn.
says that th actual number of full and
completo copies of Tho Dally. Morning,
Evening and Bunday Ueo printed during
tho month of December, 1901, was as fol
lows:
1 30.10O
2 30.0UB
3 ao.aau ,
4 iio.aio
c ao.tr.o
c... .no.aio
7 ,,UO,UI)0
8...., aiv'too
0 ,...:to,:isq
10 ao.no
i i....o,iHO
12.. 1. ao,r,(M
13... 30,1m
11 a,5art-
is ao,:ioo
17 30,000
18 30,800
19 30.BM0
20 30,440
21 30,700
22 30,010
23 80,480
24 30,i8O
23 30,140
20 :io,noo
27. '....'. 30,070
28 ; 30,510
29 30,000
30 30,440
3i: .30.4S0
18 30,100 ,
Total ..; .i 043,255
188 unsold and returned copies.... 10,008
Net total sales 033,137
Net dally average.,., 30,101
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presonco nnd sworn to
licforo me this 3lst lny of December, -A. D.
LW1. II. U. HUNOATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
Twp Jtflnsns City men have flfscovtrlfd
a way t"o bent tho pool room. A llttjo
uervo anil 11 jialf of revolvers turned tlio
trick. '
Wltji n membership hi the United
Statu Ciolf UHHOclutloii, Omaha can
complacently let tho tight between the
warring base bull leagues rage.
"King" Phillips of the corn' pit lins
been dethroned ugalu. Ivlugs are made
and unmade on the Uoard of tfrnilo with
ns great facility as presidents In South
America.
Pretty sodn the taxpayers will havo
sized up right the self-constituted cham
pions who nro always hot for retrench
ment beforo election and steadfastly op
posed to It after election. '
Tho new board of Ak-Sar-Bcn gov
ernors, Is made up of superb material,
that Justifies tho prediction 'that the1
pageantry of 1002 will bo inprc Impos
ing than It ever has been.
An Illinois man Is trying to prove that
ho Is nllvo In order to secure his share
of an estate. Ills wife may next bo
called on to prove him dead to secure 'a
dividend on his life Insurance.
Tho chief point about tho now chl6f of
Tammuny hall Unit disturbs the slum
bers of Mr. llryau and his admirers is
whether ho will hold tho organization
steadfast to tho Kansas City platform.
V'
Sir Thomas Llpton has commissioned!
Flfo to design his now cup challenger,
Shamrock III. Sir Thomas may think
tho third time is tho charm, but bo is
warned that there Is a "Ring" around
that cup.
Itcmcmber that Omaha is not tho only
city that tluds itself compelled to
grnpplo with a school system grown
top-heavy. Tho rpstrlctlon or abolition
of tho fads is tho order of the day
everywhere.
Iowa has a surplus of" $780,000 In Its
stnto treasury. Such 'a surplus .is a'
groat incentive to wasteful npproprla
tlons, but tho Iowa legislatures have
established a reputation for keeping
Within bounds..
Now that tho forty days following the
decision of tlio Itcdcll enso by tho su
premo court have expired, tho opinion
of tho attorney general as to tho pros
pects of seating .a., uow governor-
appointed commission Is In order.
Tho transmission of tho Lincoln laud
olUco from father to son would Indicate
that It Is a hereditary olllco and that the
vcnnnnls have an indefeasible and In-
lestructlble rlght.to tho perpetual enjoy
went of Its perquisites and emoluments.
Attorney Van Dusen has followed In
tho footsteps of Superintendent Grceno
of tho Lincoln Insane asylum. Ho Is
hard pressed by bis friends to become a
candidate for governor, but is not will
ing to allow his nnmo to bo used until
Governor Savago gets out of his way.
Tlio duko of .Manchester settled the
breach of promise suit brought against
him becnuso ho did not wish to have his
lovo letters made public. It would cer
talnly havo been embarrassing had tho
letters to tho castaway proven more
irdent than those written to his wife
.
Aud now the famous exclamation
called forth on tho field of battle by tho
brilliant charge of tho gallaiit First No
braska has been corrupted Into. "There
goes tho First Nebraska after the
ouoniy. All hades cannot stop them.'
Tho next step In tho psoccss of cxpurga
tton will make it ''All sheol cannot stop
Uieiu." Yy uot stick to tho original?
TltR DKPAtlTMtKT OF CVStMfttHk.
Nearly every civilized nation on the
glOlK. "whether tho machinery of gov-
eminent Is entrusted to n ministry np-1
pointed by the monarch or held responsi-,
ble to ti parliament, boasts a depart
ment of commerce. This Is true of
KuhsIii, France, Germany, Austria and
Italy. In Great Hrltnln tho depart
ment of commerce is known as the
Board of Trade with a cabinet olllceer
at tho bead, Whoso title Is president of
tlio Hoard of Trmle.-In the United Stntcs
the functions pertaining to the ministry
'of commerce In foreign countries have
devolved upon the secretary of the In
terior nnd the secretary of the treasury.
It has been apparent for many years
that tho expanding coimnerpc of tho
Unltetrstnte's1, Its gigantic strides In the
manufacturing nnd mining industries
and tho vast Incronso In the Army of
labor would not only Justify, Ink compel
the establishment of n department of
commerce and Industry.
As. a mutter of fact, the Department
of tho Interior, crcntcd In 1811), has been
tho dumping ground of all the odds and
ends that could not welt bo dovetailed
intp tho other departments; thus the
Department of tho Interior, which origi
nally was ctonflni'd to tho supervision of
the laud olllco'and tho ranuagumcnt of
Indian affairs, has not only included
among its powers tho patent o'illce, the
bureau of railways, the labor bureau,
tho geological survey, tho bureau of edu
cation and the bureau of agriculture,
but It also was given control of tho
bureau of pensions, which ought really
to bo under the direction of the War
department.
The bureau of agriculture was en
larged Into n Department of Agriculture
twelve years ago and Its functions were
extended over the weather service nnd
the bureau of nnlmnl Industry, together
with half a dozen other minor branches
of tho public servico more or less co
related. iV bill to establish a Department of
Commerco was under consideration by
tho United States senate two years ago
and its features havo slnco been dis
cussed by tho press, and generally ap
proved by commercial bodies through
out tho country. It has not only re
ceived tho approval of commercial
"bodies, but also of tho preatnjlirty con
ventions nnu nas ueen reconiiuenocu uy
President Itoosovclt, In .his mcssago to
ongrcss. -, ;.
In view of tho nlmost universal de
mand, It seems passing strango that op
position should havo been raised to the
bill reported'by Senator Nelson of Min
nesota for tho crentlon of a Department
of .Commerce. Tho most strenuous op
position was raided by Senator Teller of
Colorado, who insists that In his Judg
ment, based on his experience us a for
mer secretary of the Interior, there Is no
urgent necessity for this new- depart
ment Senator Teller, however, over
looks tho fact that within tho twenty
years which havo elapsed slnco he held
that office the commerco of, this country
has been enormously increased and the
work of tho Interior department has
grown out of all proportion to that
which should legitimately como under
Its control and management.
Benjamin Harrison, in a contribution
on tho functions of government, pub
lished four years ago, has this to say:
'Tho Interior department Is now, in the
variety and Importance of the business
committed to it, one of the greatest of
tho exccutlvo departments and only a
strong and versatile man can conduct It
successfully. Tho sccretnry must pass
finally upon questions relating to depart
ment law, pension law, mining law, tho
approval of Indian treaties and many
other questions' calling for legal knowl
edge, if the Judgment of tho sccretnry
is to bo of any, Value." , . ,
Tho ncwD'epiirttu6ht of'Commerc is
not merely exnectod to relievo tho secre
tary of the Interior of n very consider
able portion of the, complex duties now
devolving upon him, but will also re
lieve the -secretary of the treasury and
tho secretary of state of much work
that does not properly belong to their
respective departments. Among those
are tlio bureau of immigration, the
bureau of statistics, the bureau of for
eign exports .and statistics and- the
consular bureau, which should be un
der tho direction of the secretary of
commerce. .
Tho Department of Commerco may be
expected to, opeu up entirely new bu
rcaus for work that has been Imperative
In view of tho necessity of finding for
eign markets for American products.
SXT1SUU1S1IMENT OF WKLLINUTOy.
Tho election iiy the Maryland leglsla
turo of Arthur Puo Gorman to represeut
thut stuto in tho United States senate
as tlio successor to George L. Wellington
on tho first ballot without n sluglo vote
recorded for the outgoing senator Is a
significant mark of speedy political
retribution. When Wellington was pro
moted from tho lower houso of congress
ns itho first republican to bo sent to the
senate from Maryland slnco tho recon
struct Ion period, no man seemed to have
beforo him a brighter prospect for public
usefulness. ' Wise and. prudent lender
ship might havo converted Maryland
permanently to the republican column
nnd Maryland republicans were ready to
accept tho leadership of their now
senator.
It Is hardly putting it too strongly to
say thut fow men with like opportune
ties havo succeeded us well ns Senator
Wellington lu destroying tlio entire fab
rlc of his political popularity. He might
havo failed to shlno ns an orator or as a
constructive statesman without forfeit
ing tho support of his constituents. Ho
might havo quarreled with tho president
over matters of patronage and disagreed
with his colleagues on questions of policy
without losing his position in the party
councils. Tho fatal step was taken
however, when Senator Wellington, In
the very hour of the nation's grief, over
tho dastardly assault upon their chief
executive, publicly expressed himself ns
absolutely indifferent to tho assusslua
THE OMAHA DAILY
(Ion of President McKlnley, brazenly In
sulting every sentiment of humanity.
Tho extinguishment of Wellington
would not even merit passing uotlco ex
cept for the pointed lesson It conveys.
No pub,llc man can commit the grave
offense chnrged against him and retain
the respect, much less the confidence, of
any portion of the American people.
AO CUKAl'-JOUS MAHKKT HOUSE.
ccordlng to published interviews, the
members of the council who have Just
returned from n tour of Inspection of
castcrd market houses will recommend
the erection of a. market bouse In the
center of one of our widest stroets In
preference to a- block or squaro between
two streets. If they are correctly.
(noted they express the opinion that a
$10,000 market house will answer the
purpose. ,
With all duo respect to tho council-
manic Inspectors, Tho Beo Ventures to
express the opinion that no chenp-Johu
market house will bo satisfactory to the
peoplo of Omaha. A $10,000 market
house simply moons a wooden shed that
would disfigure the streets and endanger
adjacent property.
While It Is true that the city of Cleve
land Is disfigured by Just such n. struc
ture as a central market, It Is also truo
that tho Cleveland shuck was erected
(orty-llvo years' ago, when that city had
a population of less than 40,000 people.
It has been enlarged, repaired, patched
and rcpatched, but for many years has
been, considered an Intolerable nuisance.
The Washington mnrket house Is a mag
nificent brick structure; It Is erected on
a plot of ground adjacent to the public
thoroughfare and represents an expendi
ture of not less than $250,000.
Tho modern market house, like all
other public buildings, is built of stone,
brick and Iron, with steel girders nnd
covered by a shed Iron or slato roof.
No other stylo of market houso will bo
satisfactory to Omaha. Wo may be
gin with a section, but tho section that
wo build must bo erected in conformity
to a plan that eventually will glvo us a
modern structure.
Tho only advantago in erecting a mar
ket house In tho middle of a wldo thor
oughfare Is In tho saving of the cost of
ground space. A street ICO to 200 feet
wide would readily admit of' tho con
structlod of a market bouse' without
seriously interfering with travel and
trnfllc, but a street of less width would
havo to bo widened by the donation,
purchase or condemnation of adjacent
property.
While It is truo that In somo cities
market houses forty feet wldo are In
existence, yet they are ridiculously out
of proportion nnd "so Inconvenient nnd
Inaccessible as to be almost worthless
for market purposos. Tho market house
In Charleston, S. C, which Is built on
this plan, is about COO feet In length;
It is a rickety, ramshackle affuir. It is
renlly a long shanty, with negroes sit
ting on each sldo selling tobacco, garden
und dairy produce, semi-tropical fruit
and herbs.
The demands of Omaha will hardly be
met by tho reproduction of tho market
houso at Charleston.
IT IS VI' TO THE COUNCIL.
The council is about to commenco a
series of sessions as a board of equaliza
tion. Its function under tho law Is to
review tho work of tho Board oft I.c
vlew and as far as posslblo to equalize
tho tax burdens.
It Is an opcu secret that tho work of
tho Board of Boview was not satisfac
tory to tho grout majority of tho tax
payers and especially to tho committee
appointed by tho Ileal Kstate exchange,
through which remonstrances were
mnde against tho llagraut favoritism
shown by tho board to tho frauchlsed
corporations. Tho extremely low yahm
tlons placed upon these properties shifts
the burden from tho concerns that aro
enjoying special privileges from the
commuulty to tho shoulders of the mid
dle and poorer clnss of taxpayers who
havo no pull with tho assessor. It Is up
to tho council to readjust tho assess
ments aud rectify, as far us possible, tho
Injustice done by tho Board of Review.
Nobody wants tho frnnchlscd corpora
tions to pay more than their fair propor
tion of the taxes for raising the funds
uecessnry to meet tho expense of
municipal government, but there Is no
vulld reason why they should bo allowed
to escape with less than their Just pro
portion. Their incomes aro chiefly de
rived from tho public through natural
monopolies created by public necessities,
and the peoplo therefore hnve n rjght
to insist that they shall share, In com
mon with all other classes of property
owners, their Just proportion of tho bur
den created for the maintenance of lire
and police protection, wnter, gas, clec
trie lighting, draiuago aud other ex
penses Incidental to tho nmungemeut of
a city of Omuhn'B pretensions and popu
latlou.
Nebraska populist papers do not an
pear to havo vitality enough to stand
two succtfsslvo election frosts. During
tho last two weeks four prominent na
pers of that fulth havo suspended nub
licatlon nnd two hnvo been converted
ntos republican organs. These suddei
collupses on tho loss of onfclal ndvertls
ing putronago nro a powerful tribute tt
tho mauy republican papers which stood
staunchly by tho faith during tho year
tho party was out of power.
Nebraska has Just mude u momentous
discovery lu. tho field of wireless teleg
ruphy. An Inventor nt Tekumah has
perfected a device which will convej
tho humuu voice from one room to n
other without metal connection, but that
does not signify that' tho train d
patcher will bo ablo to movo trains
from his bedroom instead of from tho
rallroud switch tower.
Commissioner O'Keeffo hns laid out an
official program for himself which will
commend hlul to nil taxpaylng citizens
Tho new commissioner declares that ho
would huvo every mnu employed by the
JiEE: WEDNESDAY,
county do na Honest day's work nnd
rocolvo an honest day's pay, Just tho
same as tho meu who toll In tho pack
ing houses and for other corporations.
Let him commence by weeding out sine
cures and superfluous hangers-on who
nro carried on tho county pay roll and
If his efforts nro supported by a ma
jority of the board the taxpayers mny
look for substantial relief.
Captain Uobson hns not resigned
from the navy, but has merely obtained
n year's leave of absence, "with n view
to devoting bis tlmo to money-making
on tho lecture platform. Hobsou should
bo compelled to reslun and so should
every other army or nnvy oiiicer who
seeks notoriety und public applause by
making an exhibition of himself nt so
much per capita. If these men prefer
tho excitement of tho stago to tho mo
notonous routine of service In the army
or navy, they should be giveu a per
manent lenjo of ubsence.
Captain Clark, commander of Oregon
during the war, Is to represent the
United States at the coronation of King
Edward. In tho midst of admirals, vice
admirals and high dignitaries of other
navies Captain Clark may be forced to
bring up tho tail end bf tho coronation
procession, but tho ussemblcd throng
will huvo to look hurd to search out it
better typo of the lighting man of the
sea.
By the lust census the south hns In
creased In population a greater per cent
than any other section of tho country.
with all Its great nutural resources, the
south had been almost stagnant until
ten years ago and It Is gratifying to seo
that the reports of Its waking up are
verified by the figures. A healthy
rlvary between tho various parts of tho
country Is a good thing for all.
A Uew York man has presumed to
make up a list of men nnd women whom
ho classes ns tho "rcnl thing" In Atner
lcuu society. As over three-fourths of
tho peoplo mentioned live lu New York,
and even tho list lu tho metropolis Is
nbbrevluted, the New York man will
havo a hard tlmo of it convincing Amer
ican society that his dictum ends It
Judging, by tho profuso effusions of
tho Independent newspaper which parts
Its name lu tho middle, John L. Web
ster's nnmo Is spelled Daniel. But
what hud Daniel to do with tho Declara
tion of Independence? Ho was simply
tho advunco agent for a Babylonian me
nagerie.
Tho now1 cxocutlvo committee of tho
Commercial club has an opportunity to
strlko out on new lines that will glvo
the club prestige by advancing the com
mercial interests of Omaha. Concentra
tion of energy will accomplish mora
than a, scattering fire.
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Staggering: the Taxpayer.
1 Kansas City Star.
An Englishman with a talent for figures
estimates tbat' the war In South Africa has
cost Areata UrlUIn tho wolght In gold of
tho ontlro Doer nrruy and tho fighting Is
still going 'on.
'Where, the Jndlclnry Scatters.
r -Washington Post.
Tho Indiana supremo court has decldod
that the man who rides on a railroad pass
must abide by tho conditions imposed upon
Its back. ThU is a proposition upon which
judges appear; to scatter. ."widely,
Gotham Looking Vv.
New York' World.
This Is Indeed a caso where chango Is al
most certain to mean Improvement. With
corruption stopped la tho city government
and Crokerlam ended In tho control of
Tammany tho outlook Is Indeed hopeful.
Get Dnir, Please.
New York Tribune
Dlsttirbln'e' rumors como from 'the; west
sayfng tha't'h-Bchcrao Is'bli 1 Tf dot' t(5 corner
the egg markbt. Dut tho modest, unassum
ing, industrious hen may baffle tho plotters.
Who can corner tho diligent matrons of the
nests?
Hot Air Irritant.
Chicago Chronicle. .
When England and Germany got educated
up to tho point of disregarding tho stump
speeches which politicians make In Itbcr
country reflecting on tho other country
they,wlll reach tho.lovel of Araprlcan clvllli
zatlon. No speech ever made by an Ameri
can orator, la or out of congress was re
garded as provoktng cause for International
hostilities. .
Outuut'of Mineral Wealth.
Philadelphia, Record.
Tho valuo of mineral products of the
United States for 1900, according to tho re
port of the geological survey, was $1,067,-
603,606. Of this vaBt sum moro than one-
half was the outturn of Iron and coal, their,
combined value having been $566,000,000. f
Tho value of gold produced was $79,171,000;
of silver, $35,741,140. Tetroleum and cop
per added heavily to tho aggregate value.
The gain over tho preceding year, 1899, was
$95,702,712, 'nearly 10 per cent.
Selection of Canal Ilontc.
.Indianapolis Journal.
It Is worthy ot noto thnt not until within'
a row days past has it been proposea to
leavo tho selection and determination ot a
routo to tho president of the United States.
That Ib what should be done. In addition
to tho fact that it Is clearly an executive
duty, placing It In tho hands of the presi
dent would remove tho question from the
arena of congressional discussion that Is
more or less heated and placo It In tho
way of an Intelligent decision based on
careful Investigation and full Information
obtained from exports of tho highest au
thority. By nil means let the selection of
the route, the decision betweon tho Nica
ragua and tho Panama routes, bo loft to the
president, with whom It properly belongs.
Steps After the Unnttalnnhle,
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
No ono can contemplate tho restless and
Incessant movement of bcIoiico without
wondering If the ultlmato truth will over
bo' reached. Every century now Is Btrewn
with the wreckago ot scientific hypotheses
and theories which did servico In their day,
and thero can never, It would seem, be any
guaranteo that the human mind can say ot
this, that or tho other, "Thero is no more
to learn." With somo such thought In his
brain Huxley wrote: "It is the customary
fate o( new truths to begin as heresies and
end as superstitions," Tho new discoveries
or hypotheses of our scientists, therefore,
aro likely to be endless, and every step for
ward must be apparently a step after the
unattainable It tho goal bo the Illumination
ol the final mystery ot llf
JAiNUAKl" 15, 1002.
Railroad Betterments
Deoldedly 'the fentu'ro of
year will bo the enormous expenditures of
tho great railway systems In extending
their lints and terminals, Improving their
roadbeds by laying heavier rails, straight
ening curves, building, bridges, reducing
their grades and thus providing for larger
tralnloads and economics In operations. An
nouncements of their determination to do
this wero mado by several great trunk
lines last week, but they have been com
ing "not as slnglo spies, hut in bat
talions" for many months. So much of this
has been done sines tho "groat period of re
organization, beginning about 1894, that one
would think tho railroads wero entitled to
rest awhllo and follow the example of tho
Ilrltlsh lines by distributing their extra
proflts to the stockholders who havo for
years been seeing their money sunk Into
tho betterment of old lines and the acquisi
tion of now ones. On tho contrary, It tho
work has been any moro than begun, it Is
certainly hardly under full headway as yet,
Judging from tho statements put out last
week.
Tho latest announcements aro , those of
tho nalttmoro & Ohio, tho Atchison and tho
Union Pnclflc. Friday an authorized report
was' mado that tho Baltlmoro & Ohio would
appropriate $50,000,000 this year to exten
sions and betterments, supplemental to the
50,000,000 devoted to tho same purpose
during the past two years. It will bo re
membered that $25,000,000 was put aside for
betterments two years ago, tbat sum being
regarded aa almost unprecedented at tho
time. Later $15,000,000 and then $10,000,
000 moro was added to tho outlay. Tho last
$50,000,000 just announced moons $100,000,
000 to bo 'spent In threo years on ono of tho
great trunk llnps.
Tho $50,000,000 freshly appropriated by
tho Dalttmoro & Ohio seems a very heavy
outlay, and yet this sum Is exceeded by the
Pennsylvania appropriation of $100,000,000
to bo spent on Its lines In 1902, largoly on
terminal's In Now York. Tho Pennsylvania
has for years been making enormous out
lays in this way, and by reason of Its con
trol of tho Baltlmoro & Ohio this policy has
been extended to that system. Doth lines
last week, It may bo added, raised tho
wages' ot all their employes.
Last Saturday tho Union raclflc system,
a corporation which holds almost exactly n
thousand millions In securities, gavo It out
that its expenditures for 19 would bo be
tween $25,000,000 and $30,000,000 In improve
ments. It was only a short time ago that
the Southern Pacific, which Is largely con
trollod by tho Union Pacific, authorized, tho
statement that it would make Improve-
ments Involving $50,000,000 to $60,000,000 tor
ASIEIIICA'S MIJIKnAIi WEALTH.
Output of Nature's Storehouse Passe
the Billion Mark.
St. Louis Qlobe-Domocrat.
The final figures of the country's aggre
gate mineral production are somowhat Blow
In coming- to hand, but wo nro getting them.
Thoso for tho year 1900 havo Just been fur
nished and they make a very favarabla
showing. In that year for the first tlmo
In tho annals of the United States the coun
try's mineral output passed the $1,000,000,
000 mark. This fact was seen several
months ago to bo probable, but the final
and revised figures, which are now1 made
public from Washington, give the actual
output officially. Tho proclso figures aro
$1,067,003,606. As there was a gain in sev
eral of the Items In 1901, the figures for the
year Just ended will undoubtedly, when
they are compiled nnd revised Im tho ag
gregate 'ten or twclvo months hence, make
a very encouraging exhibit.
An Increase in tho United Btates gold pro
duction was made In 1900 over 1889, and a
gain In 1901 over 1900 has been scored.
Thcro haB been a slight increase, too, In
sliver. But tho precious metals are far
from being at tho head ot the list ot tho
country's, mineral products. The coal pro
duction of tho country In 1900, for example,
was $307,000,000, sb compared with $79,000.-
000 f6r gold and $36,000,000 for silver. In
1900, for the first time, the coaj product ot
the Unltod States passed tho mark for tho
British Islands and this country took tho
first placo among- the coal producing locali
ties ot the world. Coal and Iron In 1900
accounted for more than half ot the total
of the country's aggregate metallic product,
or $560,000,000. '
Ot course, In aggregate mineral produc
tion no other country In tho world makes
any closo approach to tho United States.
Moreover, tho. growth, In thor output of tho
United Stages , Is greater than Is scored by
any. other' country. Apparently there Is
no limit to tho possibilities In the way ot
the production ot tho metals In this country,
The United States has aga'ln takon the lead
In gold output, nnd will probably hold It,
until tho South African mines aro opened
to their full capacity, which cannot be
until after tho war In tbat section Is ended
finally and permanently. Colorado and
Alaska are the fields in whlph tho United
States stands a chance to make Its greatest
gains in gold output In tho near future, but:
tfils Is only one, and not the most Important,
"ot, the great avenues ofT mineral wealth
production of .tho country. '
riSHSONAL NOTES.
It Ib up to King Edward to beat Emperor
Kwang Su's modest little $4,200,000 demon
stration. The king of Sweden la regarded as one of
tho most learned men In Europe. King
Oscae can speak and write perfectly In seven
different languages.
Govornorjclect Montague of Virginia will
bo tho orator at tho celebration of General
Leo's birthday dt Atlanta, Oa., on January
19, under the auspices of tho Virginia so
cloty of that city.
Isaac Smyth of Chicago has Invented a
flying machine .which la to bo ontorod
against the aerial contrivances of M Santos-
Dumont nnd other aeronauts in tho contest
for tho $200,000 prize offered by tho St,
Louis exposition.
General Otis, commander of tho Depart
ment of the Lakes, will not bo transferred
to San Francisco, but will remain at his
present post of duty until March 27, wnen
ho will reach tho ago limit and will bo re
tired from active duty.
Baron Schwegel of Austria Is coming to
Amorlca to study the industrial system ot
this country and the methods of "trust." or
ganizations ot capital. Ho Is a member of
the Austrian parliament and a leader of
tho German party In that body.
August Glsslcr, governor of tho Island of
Cocos, a Costa Itlcan possession, Is visiting
in Chicago. Tho Island la famous In con
nection with tho operations of tho bucca
neers of the Spanish main and tho reputed
hiding placo for millions of their Ill-gotten
treasure. Mr. Olesler has held bis office
since 1897.
A sumptuouB breakfast was provided at
tho Foruker wedding In Washington and
various cabinet peoplo ato hardly anything
that morning. Thp president and Mrs.
Itoosovclt, with tho cabinet party, occupied
a ceparate tablo, and had been seated but a
minute when Mr. Roosevelt saw at a dis
tance someone with whom ho wished to talk.
Ha at once went to this person, and as otl
quctto required that thoso seated with hlra
should also abandon their meal nil arose
and left the breakfast untasted. The presi
dent did not como back, so the others went
away hungry.
Louisville. Courier-Journal. 1
this buslnesi (big year, so tho expenditures of these two
great systems descrvo to rank with thoso ot
tho Baltlmoro & Ohio.
Tho Atchison, it has been said, is to Issue
$30,000,000 ot bonds very soon, $13,000,000
of the proceeds to he spent on equipment,
tho remainder on new lines and botter
mcnts. Tho St. Paul, a road which has for
years been devoting millions to tho work
of strengthening and Improving Its lines,
published last week its Intention to make
tho outlay for 1002 $8,000,000 moro. The
'New York Central, tho Oould roads, the
Loulsvlllo & Nashvlllo and dozens of other
gfeat trunk lines are and havo been pur
suing an exactly similar policy, and so far
as 1902 Is concerned thcro aro no Indica
tions of a let up anywhero In this mighty
task of development. Nearly all these
havo also Increased wages. The purchases
of equipment alone during 1901 amounted
to $200,000,000 for alt tho railroads In the
United States, and tho car foundries, loco
motlvo works, b'ridgo building companies
nnd" rail mills havo a larger accumulation
of orders on hand pow. than ever before,
which lnsuro general business activity for
tho entlro year.
Tho general effect of theso vast expen
ditures will tond to the continuance of tho
prevailing prosperity nnd they also Indicate
that the transportation Industry, which is
our largest business Interest, Is preparing
to work xnore cheaply and on a larger scale
than ever. If another panlo should como,
thero is not likely to be any repetition of
tho bankruptcies that followed tho collapse
of 1893. (Jranting that thero may bo a great
reduction ot trafflo It can bo handled so
cheaply and so economically that there is
not only bo likelihood ot tho suspension ot
Interest on floating debts and leans, but it
Is Improbable that tho present dividends
will bo cut. Tho roads havo been moat
conservative In the declarations already
mado and, though tho genoral policy has
been that of Increase, tho margin ot safety
has boon kept very large.' .
Tho only conclusion to bo drawn -from
the plain statement of facts heroin pre
sented Is that another panlo has been made
a remoter contingency than evor beforo.
Speculation has been running high beyond
a doubt, but tho great banking and rail
road Interests have boon so conservative
that ths danger has been enormously re
duced and America has been strengthened
wonderfully for tho struggle over the
world's markets that soems Imminent. The
general advance of wages has come be
cause the business is proniame ana can
'only be continued as long as there Is re-
muneratlon for invested capital,
BITS Or WASHINGTON LIFE.
Etchings of People anal Brents at the
National Capital.
Writing about receptions In Washington
In general and tho president's function on
Now Yeac's day in particular Congressman
Scott of Kansas says: "A man simply got
Into the lino nnd followed his leader until
ho reached the door of the reception room
passing for tho last twenty feet ot tho way
through a double file ot secret servico men,
who looked, him over unobtrusively but
keenly, to noto whethor his hand was
wrapped In a handkerchief or there was
anything elso ot a suspicious nature about
him and then he pronounced his name to
Cqloncl Bingham, who repeated It to the
president. It the caller was a stranger the
president shook hands quickly, said 'I am
glad to seo you' and passed him on down
tho line, If the callcn was a mere ac
quaintance, tho. presldont said, 'I am de-
Hght-ed to eto youVhow are you today7' and
shook his hand a little longer. If tho caller
happened to be a rather familiar friend the
president would swing his arm, giving tho
outstretched hand ot the visitor a smack
that could be heard across the room, and
said, Heo, old man; I am do-llghted to
see you de-lighted! de-lighted! How are
you today? Flno day, Isn't It 7' In othor
words, this now president of ours con go
through tho"most conventional function In
the most unconventional way and corns out
of It with tho most unconventional excla
mation ot gratification and delight."
Regardtnghe first lady ot the land the
Washington correspondent of the Cleveland
Leader writes: "Mrs. Roosevelt is proving
herself to be ono of tho most charming
mistresses the Wbtto Houso has ever had.
Already sho has won a placo In tho hearts
of .everybody who has attended any of the
functions at tho historic mansion. Sho Is
tho personification of graclousness and has
a manner that Is most captivating. Al
though her distinguished husband Is a royal
host, she easily 'excels him In the happy
way she has ot greeting guests.
"At tho diplomatic reception laBt Tuesday
her winning personality so impressed Itself
upon tho thousands who attended that It
seemed to bo the chief topic of discussion
during tho evening. Mrs. Roosevolt's man
ner of greeting tho guests is very much
llko tho lato president's, Mr. McKlnley
had a way of shaking one's hand and ex.
pressing his pleasuro at meeting him and
smiling so sincerely that every guests felt
that his welcome was the warmest tbat
could havo been given.
"Mrs. Roosevelt, whllo she docs not shake
hands the presldont does that makes her
guests feel perfectly at homo and tbat It
was more of n pleasuro to her to meet them
than for tbem to accept her hospitality."
But one American woman courtesled to
President Roosevelt on the occasion of the
recont diplomatic reception. Mrs. Clover,
daughter ot W. A. Clark, tho millionaire
senator from Montana, executed a bended
knee bow before tho chief executive ot the
nation, which was so olaborate and pro
longed that It delayed for tho better part
of a minute the line of guests waiting to be
presented to Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Courtesies are common at diplomatic re
ceptions, however. Th greater number
ot the ladles connected with tbo foreign
embassies and legations 'bring their court
manners with' tbem, just as they wear their
court clothes. They greet tho president of
the Unltod States as It he were a ruler
born by right But American women
proffer their hands to the president and
bow perhaps a little lower than If they
wero mocting an acquaintance on the
street. Mrs. Clover, who has resided much
abroad nnd mingled In European society,
attained her proficiency In making a
courtesy whllo across tho water.
Tuesday ot. last week, writes a corre
spondent of tho St, Louis Globe-Democrat,
tbo, senate adjourned early because tho at
tendance was small and a large number ot
senators were in attendanco at tho mar
riage ot a popular army officer. Tho ses
sion, In fact, lasted1 but nine minutes. An
agreement fqr adjournment was mado just
beforo the senate was called to order and
the plans (h more than ono outsider were
upset. JJaJor rruden, ono ot the secre
taries to the president, arrived at tho capltol
with bis big, leather-bound portfolio con
taining the nominations of nearly GOO ap
pointees. He. did not have time to present
them because of tho early adjournment. Ho
carried them back to the White House with
him. On Wednesday, the day following, the
senatn did n6t conveno until after 2 o'clock,
because of the wedding of Miss Foraker,
daughtor of the senior senator from Ohio,
When It did, meet nothing but morning busi
ness was disposed of. This has been char
acteristic ot tfct1 work 'of the senate Wnce
the Christmas holidays. Apparently tho
senators have boen seeking delay and bars
been loth Jo enter upon tho serious, business
of tho session. The slightest pretext has
boen seized upon for adjournment or post
ponement of public business. Senators Al
lison and Aldrlctv havo born absent from tho
capital during the week. This IS tho reason
why no business has been transacted. Not
a senator will .admit It. .Not, ono but re
alizes that It Is truo., Every attempt at
committee meeting, every step toward a
conference, every proposition for putting
tho scnato machinery Unto heavy service
has been met with the query: "What docs
Allison think of It?" or "What does Aldrlch
sayt" In this way Is their leadership es
koowledged. Thero Is naught of tbo cle
ment of a "boss" about either ot, tho digni
fied old senators. Senator Allison Is the
qulotest and tbo most mild-mannered man
In the senate. Even his tread across ths
msrble floor Is ns silent as that el a i-
He never orders or commands, Apparently
be does not seek to control. Yet not a movo
Is mado nor a decision reached without a
suggestion from the chairman of the ap
propriations committee. .Ills-, decisions are
not arbitrary. A dissenting nod or tho
single sontence, "I think perhaps it would
bo woll to do so nnd so," suffices. It any
thing, Aldrich Is a man of fewer words.
On tho democratic, sldo, If there Ib leader
ship, no ono has discovered It. As In past
sessions, Senator Cockrell of Missouri per
haps Indicates closest what tbo conservative
element In tho minority thinks ot a mcasuro
or a policy, but his Is not leadership. The
senator himself would resent a suggestion
of bis responsibility for some of his col
leagues. Senator Tillman would perhaps bo
tho mouthpiece for what the more radical
and erratic elements In tbo minority might
proposo to do. Yot Tillman In most things
represonts only himself. In tho present
-session a new element, composed of Sen
ators Bailey and Holtfeld and some ot the
other younger men has to be reckoned
with. No real leadership In the minority
Is expoctcd until the return to tho senate
of Gorman of Maryland. While In tho senate
beforo he mado up bis mind what he would
do and announced It. Usually It turned
out to bo what tho minority did.
INHERITANCE TAXES VALID.
Iatts la Several States Withstand All
Jadlclal Tests.
Chtcngo Chronicle.
Tho supremo court of tho United States
has rendered nnothcr decision sustaining
tho prlnclplo of taxing Inheritances., Tho
case which was decldod nroso under tho
New York law, which furnished the modol
for tho Illinois law on tho samo subject.
It would appear that legislation providing
for tbo taxation ot Inheritances nnd be
quests has boen sustained under nil tho
judicial tests that aro likely to bo applied.
The state laws nnd the fodoral law placing
taxes on tho transfer of property descend
ing by will or under tho general laws regu
lating Inheritances aro valid In all respects.
They aro based on a valid prlnclplo of taxa
tion and tho details ot the various acts aro
not repulsive to the federal or stato consti
tutions. If heirs and legatees and their attorneys
would understand once for all tho prlnclplo
on which Inheritance laws are based tboy
would save tlmo, trouble and exponso In
contesting the tax. All contests have been
based on tbo ground that' tho tax is une
qual, lacks uniformity of falls In somo
other respect to conform with the rules un
der which property Is taxed. The entire
matter Is very plain.
The Inheritance tax is not a tax on the
property that Is transferred by will or op
eration of law. It js iln the nature of an
excise or a llcenso tax. It is an Impost on
tho right to bequeath property by will and
on the" right to Inherit, proportynpt ra tax
oh tho property Itself. 1 ' "'
It Is' on this understanding tbat tbl
courts, federal and' state, have sustained
the validity of all the laws on the subject.
They will not take the back track from
theso numerous decisions, all In the tame
lino.
LAUGHING OAS.
Philadelphia Press: "Now. here," said
tho salesman, 'Is a very flno umbrella.
The handle, you will observe, Is especially
attractive."
"That's Just what I want to avoid. Evory
umbrella 1 over owned ns been entirely
too attractive."
Chicago Tribune: "Can't you look a llt
tlo pleasantcrT" asked the nhotographor.
"I wish I could," replied tho man Id the
chair, with a ghastly smile, "but I Just
happened to remember that I came away
from home In a hurry this morning nnd
left four gas Jets burning In the base
ment." Chicago Tribune: "Another sign of pros
perity, remarked the optimist, "Is that
moro persons wero married last year than
ever before,"
. "Huh!" snarled the other man. "There
were moro persons living on the earth last
year than ever before."
Judge: Mrs. Newly-wed (weening) A vtl-lalnous-looklngj
tramp-tried to kiss mo this
afternoon, Jack. .
Mr. Newlywed Heavens! Those wretches
will do anything to get Into jail for tho
winter, won't they?
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "That embezzl
ing cashier had boen speculating In cot
ton." "It's strange that ho should have had
trouble In getting boll.V
Yonkers Statesman: Bill Your friend
Crlmsonbe&k reminds me of tho moon.
Jill Because he's out lata nights?
"No; becauso he appears to bo bright
est when he's full."
GRANDMA'S COUIITINO DAYS.,
James' Darton Adams In Denver Post.
Young folks don't do thetr coiirtln' now
the way they used to, do whon I
Was or tho ptoper courtln' ago nn' plumper
than a apple pie;
The boys lire slangy. In their, talk, the gals
too for'nrd-llke'nil bold, ' , ,
An' seem to look too' lightly on the sweet
est story over told.
They lot their tongues do nil' the talk
without tho, help p' ipvln' oydn.
Their keerlesa bosoms never feel the
sacrednsas o' I o vera' sighs;
Jest spend the evenln' sparkln' hours In
laughln' nn In crackfn' Jokes
That surely 'd bin, out o" nlnco among tho
good ol'-fashlOned folks.
In them ol' days I speak about whenever
nwi a young man 'd como 4
With nerious Intentions he' would sort o'
make himself to hum "
An' bo as social as ho eould onttl tho
chapter had bin read
An' lam'ly prayers offered up an' pa an'
ma had gone to bed.
Then him nnr her he'd? como to court 'd
set before tho ol' fireplace
A poppln' corn or mobbo make some taffy,
ns might be tho case,
An' there they'd set nn' cat away, an' even
ut 11 hlnt'o' love
They both 'd blush as' red as them red
pepper pods that hung above.
They'd loso n heap o' bnshfulness, of
course, ns matters moved nlonr.
Qlt so'b thoy'd let their voices Jlne In
slngln' Bomu ol' incetln' song.
An' mobbo git a Hqueczln hands from
honornblo p'lnt of view
When they'd bid stlddy company for 'long
about a month or two,
An' whon they'd reach tho klssln' stage
when he would'aHJils hat totgo ,
'Twas evidence their BOUl-lia.dfut an'
melted In each nthet-.eo
They seemed like tlley was 'onlyrorie, nn'
heart was pnkln' up to heart
In golden chain o' honest lovo thut nuthln'
less 'n death could' pari.
- t j
The giddy -youngster now-a-dayn that takes
a notion to a miss
About the second time ho comes to see the
pal 'II want a klRR,
An' like iih not sho'll'shot her eyes an'
purMo her lips an' let it go, ,
An' Where's tho ncreilnes In slch a kits
as that, I'd llko to know?
Give mo tho good ol! courtln ways that
was In iitylu when pa", iin' mo
Hot thero bforo tli.ol' fireplace, nn' got
to lovln' graiuJlv.
Fur lovo that's built up .thdt-a-way "ain't
wishy-washy, not n bit
It's stuck to us. for flfty years an' shows
no signs o' aUppIn' ylt.