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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.:
Goorgo U. Tzschuck, secretary of 'lho Ilea
Publlsnlng Company, bolng duly sworn,
fays that th actual number of full and
comploto copies of Tho Dally. Morning.
Evening ana Sunday Ueo printed during
the month of December, 18ul. was as fol
lows:
1 .TJO.IOO
2 00,008
3 uo,aao
4 ao.aio
6 U0,4C0
6 uo.aio
7...., a,uw
s ao,noo
9...... ao.aao
10 :t0,440
11 U0.4HO
12 30,500
13 ao,4so
H ao.nao
is ao.aoo
17 30,000
18 30,300
19 30,880
20 80,440
21 30,700
22 30,010
2J 30,480
H 30,480
25 30,440
20 30,000
27....'. ao,7o
28. 30,510
29 BO.USO
10 30,440
11 30,420
le ao,4oo
Total 03,8SB
Less unsold and returned copies.... icons
Net total sales 033.10T
Not dally average 30,101
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M01. M. B. HUNGATE.
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Kentucky people nro afraid to kick on
tho weather. It Is nil they can do to
stnnd on both feet
Prlnco Henry mny not visit Omnhn,
but the good King Ak-Snr-lien will give
turn-good taste of royalty Just tho same.
Unless thnt warm wave hurries 'up
the groundhog will And himself
snowed In when he Is due for his first
nppcarnucc.
Moral of tho Pittsburg Jail break
prison wardens should bo chosen from
tho unmarried nien who havo no wives
susceptible to bandits' charms.
Lincoln councilman nro discussing; the
question of n heating plant service for
their city. It Is to be feored, however,
that interest In this project will cool off
as tho temperature warms up.
Reports' from South Africa are to the
effect thnt the American broncho is
proving an acceptable cavalry horse.
He ought to have a tendency to eluvato'
tho cavalry arm of tho service.
Tho retirement of Rear Admiral Crom
well from active duty In the navy will
take out of the service tho only naval
officer of high rank who eutercd the
naval academy from Nebraska.
Chicago contractors havo stepped to
tho front with an offer to build tho
isthmian canal. Chicago men are
nvorso to having anything big pass by
them without nu effort to hitch on.
When tho wires begin to go under
ground they must not stop with telo
phono and electric lighting wires. The
overhead telegraph wires nro Just as
unsightly and almost as dangerous as
the others.
Vienna has at Inst discarded the
horse car for rapid transit and adopted
the electric system. If tho people of
that city persist In their Innovations
they mny possibly get nheud of the
procession In tho next fifty yenrs.
A Wisconsin woman announces that
bUd Is going to IiOiulou to denounce
King Edward at tho coronation cere
monies. Having announced her Intention
-in advance it is more than likely that
alio will not get' a front seat at the cere
mony,
Knconrnged by tho success of tho
puckers in securing speclul rates tho
wholesale dry, goods men havo com
bined to bring pressure to beur upon
tho railroads. Hig shippers are rapidly
learning what bait to uso to hook spe
clnj, favors..
Congressmen should remember that
tho big. cuttle companies cun well afford
to havo men on baud to prescut their
slda of tho land leusiug question, while
tho thousands of small owners cannot
afford to keep a lobby at Washington.
Tholr rights are entitled to considera
tion just tho same.
General Miles has followed Admiral
Schley in announcing thnt ho has
political ambitious and Is out of politics
Tho democrats who havo been seeking
to mako an issue out of these two men
' must go back to tho domain of legiti
mate politics, oven If tho stock on hand
Is a llttlo threadbare
Ten wholesulo Jobbers in dry goods
In
the Missouri valley havo entered into
an arrangement for Joint shipment
all their merchandise from the eastern
markets with a vlow to securing mora
fayorublo concessions from tho truiis
portatlou companies. This Is porhaps
the first instance on record whero
Omaha, Kansas City nnd St Joseph
merchants havo joined hands for niu
tual atvanuga.
nr.vr.At, ofwah taxes.
Tho unnulfimttH rrcommcndntlou of
the committee of wnytj nnd menus of
the house of representatives for tho re
peal of tho Internal revenue war tnxos
will be hailed with geiiernl satisfaction
by the people of all sections. The par
tial repeal of war taxes by the Inst con
gress was n source of popular gratifica
tion. The abolition of the stamp duties
on telegraph messages, express pack
ages, bank checks and other commer
cial pnper removed the most offensive
feature of tho war tax.
While no form of taxation Is popular,
stamp duties and special taxes levied
upon various Industries for the purpose
of raising Internal revenue nro by nil
odds the most unpopular. By wiping
out all of the other forms of Internal
revenue taxes that had been devised to
meet the demand upon tho nntlonnl
treasury caused by tho enormous draft
of the Spanish-American war congress
will remove the last vestige of tho self
imposed burdeil of the people of tho
United States, assumed for the libera
tion of Cuba from the Spanish yoke.
An early repeal of tho war taxes had
been pledged by tho national republican
convention that nominated McKlnley
nnd Roosevelt and the redemption of
that pledgo earlier than tho country had
anticipated will redound to tho credit
of tho republican party. Such an
achievement would, however, hnvo been
impossible but for the marvelous pros
perity of tho country nnd tho colossal
Industrial expansion experienced since
the close of the Spanish-American war.
Although that war Involved an outlay
of over $500,000,000, there Is a surplus
In tho United States treasury of over
$174,000,000 nt the disposal of cougrcss.
The effect of tho repeal ot the war tax
cannot fnll to be salutary and very far
renchlng. Whllo the estlmnted reduc
tion In internal revenue receipts will
reach $77,000,000 per annum, there will
still be nmplo menus at tho disposal of
the government to meet ull legitimate
expenses It may be called upon to make.
One of tho inevitable effects of tho re
peal of tho war tax will bo the cessa
tion of all agitation for tariff revision
excepting whero tho .tariff promotes ex
tortion In the Interest of Industrial
monopolies without conferring nuj ben
efit upon their patrons. For tho tlrao
being, und perhaps for many years to
come, tho revision of tho wnr tax will
also dispose of any scheme of reciprocity
that would place Cuban, sugar and to
bacco on the freo list It goes without
saying that the unanimous report In
favor of the repeal of the wnr tnx by
tho committee of ways and menus In
sures the passage of the bill which tho
committee Is about to report to tile
houso without a contest
Tho predictions made by the. oppo
nents of tills measure that the bill will
encounter serious opposition In tho sen
ate Is, however, not likely to materialize.
Without definite Information on the sub
ject we feel safe in the prediction that
a very decisive majority of tho somite
will concur with tho houso In favor of
the repeal of tho war tax, and whllo
there may be soma sparring before tho
final passage of tho bill, its enactment
into law Is almost a foregone con
clusion.
HUVM FOR A F)V MOBE,
While congress Is wrestling with bills
designed to restrict Immigration from
Europe Denver papers aro urging the
employment of special Immigration
agents to be dispatched across tho "At
lantic. In Quest of Immigrants who could
bo induced to locate in Colorado and
help its people develop tho agricultural
and mineral resources ot that state. In
calling attention to the proposed Im
portation of Germans from Nebraska to
cultivate the sugar beot fields near
Greeley, the Denver Republican asks:
Why Bhould not pooplo interested la se
curing additional settlers for Colorado
lands send agents to Germany and Induce
immigration from that country to this
state? Industrial and business conditions
In Germany are depressed and many per
sons havo boen thrown out ot employment.
It should, theretoro, not bo difficult to In
duce many excellent German pooplo to Im
migrate to tho United Statoa and to make
their homes in Colorado. There is room
here for thousands-, and they could ncqulro
BUgar beot land under terms and conditions
that would enable thein to become perma
n'ent settlers and acquire homes of their
own in a little while.
This, is a matter which soems to have
been moro or less neglected by immigration
agents and others who aro Interested in
Inducing immigration to Colorado,
Doubtless but little Is known in Germany
concerning the conditions that prevail in
this state. Thoro is, therefore, need ot
agents to go to the old country and lay be
fore tho people who may be thinking about
removing to the United States the advan
tages ot this state, especially in the matter
of raising sugar beets. The people ot
Grocley could well afford to turn their at
tentlou to this matter and so could those
who aro Interested In the development ot
tho Arkansas, tho San Luis and other Buch
MJlleys.
What Is truo of Colorado applies with
equal force to every state and territory
west of tho Mlsso.url. There Is still
room for millions of thrifty men nnd
women who nro willing to labor and
help to redeem nnd build up that vast
region.
AN OIUKOT LKSHUN FOR OMAHA.
Tho Board of Education of Chicago
hns by tho unnnitnous vote of Its mem
bers ndopted a plan of rotronchraent In
the expenditures for the maintenance
of tho public schools that can furnish
an object lessou for Omaha, Tho most
radical chunges uro effected in tho re
vision of the salary roll ami tho aboil
tlon nnd curtailment of the klndergar
teus and fads. Tho salaries of teachers
who havo served over Boven years are
cut by 0 per cent; high school teachers
and all employes of tho board receiving
more than $1,000 aro scaled by a 0 per
cent cut; Germuu Is dropped -as a regu
lnr study in the schools and rc-estab
llshed as a special department; kludor
gartens aro to bu closed next Juno
drawing, singing, domestic seletnit and
so-called fads aro to bo greatly reduced
principals who havo reached tho mnxl
mum of the salary schedule will bo cut
5 par cent and the payment of $20
month to cadets will be discontinued;
In the music (leparjmt'iit tho suporvlcor
nnd nil but four teachers will bo dis
pensed with after .June. It Is estlmnted
thnt 2,r00 tenchers will be nffectcd by
tho snlnry reductions.
In explanation of Its action the Chi
cago school hoard makes this declnrn
tlou: The amount nvallablo tor educational
purposes for the year 1902 Is quite Inade
quate tor the needs ot tho schools on tho
lasts on which they have been condtiated
In tho past. Wo have endeavored to make
tho apportionments to tho various funds,
and our recommendations relative to tho
expenditures for this year, in Buch a man
ner that the school children, who nro our
charges and should havo our first and con
stant consideration, shall not suffer by
reason of tho decreased rovenue.
The financial resources of tho Omaha
schools' would call for retrenchment
more emphntlcnlly than thoso of, Chi
cago. Tho Chicago school board has no
overlap, but Is simply limited in Its in
come, within which it Is obliged to keep
unifer tho lnw. Tho Omaha board Is al
ways overdrawn on Its funds nnd con
stantly Issues Its warrants against tho
next year's Income. Its recent effort to
retrench wns a matter of absolute
necessity nnd Its policy for tho future
should bo to hold down tho brakes until
it has wiped out nil overdrafts.
A CttBDlTAOLE SH0W1N0.
In January, 1001, thcro was a deficit ot
$47,826 In the general fund. This January
thoro Is a balance ot $12,603 in the same
fund a difference ot over $60,000.
In January, 1901, thero was. a deficit of
$19,128 In tho curb, gutter and paving fund.
This January thore Is a deficit of $5,631 a
dlffercnco ot $13,600.
In Jnnuary, 1901, thero was a deficit ot
$38,167 in the sinking fund. TIiIb January
thero is a deficit ot $24,233 a. dlffercnco of
almost $14,000.
In January, 1901, thcro was a deficit of
$0,148 In tho Judgment fund. This January
thero is n balance in tho same (una ot
2,001 (i dlffercnco of over $8,000.
In January, 1901, thcro was an overlap
ot $9,792 In the Btreet cleaning nnd sweep
ing fund. This January there is a balance
ot $613 in tho same fund a dlffercnco of
over $10,000.
In January, 1901, thero were deficits in
tho other funds ot $16,161 and balances of
$9,232. This January thore aro deficits ot
$9,923 nnd balances of $7,062 a dlffercnco
of over $4,000.
All ot tho above differences amount to
over $110,000. World-Herald.
This Is certainly a creditable showing.
It flatly contradicts the Ill-defined but
oft-repeated charges of misappropria
tion of funds nnd wnsteful extravagance
by tho mayor and council. It affords
concluslvo proof that; tho present admin
istration has not only endeavored to
keep within bounds and sought to pre
vent overlaps but has managed to re
duce mnterlally deficits by which It wns
confronted at tho beginning ot tho fiscal
year.
If the figures of tho World-Herald
above cited aro correct tho city is In
better condition financially by $110,000
than It was a year ago. That striking
fact should also go far .toward disillu
sioning tho class of citizens and tax
payers who havo been led to bellcvo
that the, city Is In tho hands of wreck
ers and robbers who lose no opportunity
for looting tho treasury for the promo
tion of political ends and tho building up
of u political machine at the expenso of
tho taxpayers.
Tho creditable exhibit of municipal
financiering should not, however, deter
the mayor and council from endeavoring
to do still better. Thcro Is abundant
room for tho pruning knife, which
should bo applied wherever it can be
without crippling tho public servico or
endangering tho public safety.
Tho railroad employos and tho man
agers are taking n commendable course
in settling their differences over wages.
Announcements have been made re
cently of tho signing of numerous agree
ments for tho coming year, nnd the case
with which the settlements uro mnde
Indicates that both sides aro lncllued
to bo reasonable. Not only tho par
ties, directly Involved, but tho eutlro
couutry, loses by labor troubles, and
tho pity is that all laborers and em
ployers could not bo as wise.
The manngors of the St. Louis fair aro
Jubilant over the prospect that th6 Ken
tucky legislature will appropriate ut
leust $100,000 for the exposition and it
is said some Kentucklaus will not be
satisfied with spending less than
$500,000. Kentucky was never part of
tho Louisiana purchase, but if It Is will
ing to tax Itself -for tho St Louis show
nobody outsldu of Kentucky will havo
u right to object.
Tho combination of Illinois and In
ilhuin coal mines has fallen through be
cause tho Illinois men wanted too much
for their property. As the promoters
ouly Intended to capitalize tho new
concern nt $150,000,000, which Is twlco
tho value of tho properties, they could
not ufford to pay any fancy prices.
There Are Other.
Boston Transcript.
Degorra, Prlnco Henry Is hot to be the
"only pebblo on the beach." Messrs, Red
mond and Devlin are coming to this coun
try, too.
Census of Humane People.
Baltlmoro American.
Anyone who wanted to toko a fairly ac
curate census ot tho real Christians In tho
city had only to note yesterday morning
the pavements that boro a trail ot ashes or
sawdust. In the houses upon such pave
ments dwelt thoso who Joyed their fellow-
men.
A I'ew Doubters Left,
Snn Francisco Call,
It Is said tho demand for tho printed tes
tlmony given in tho Henley hearing at
Washington has been so great that tho gov
eminent will havo to lasuo a second edi
tlon, bo It seems that a great many people
In this country aro still in doubt which
ido to shout for.
Kerning the Wheels MovIiik.
Philadelphia Record.
The railway companies ot the United
States nro not only keeping oven step with
present prosperity, but aro making heavy
drafts on ' forthcoming prosperity. The
proposition to expend somo $300,000,000 In
extensions and Improved equipment within
the next two or three years will necessi
tate very heavy Issues of bonds. This will
keep lh wheels moving In many Industries
If tho Investing public shall Inko tho bonds,
It will also lead tho wny to f tirthor ex
pansion. Should tho lncrcnso of business
keep p.tco with tho outturn ot bonds every
thing will go on merrily. Dut thcro's tho
rub.
A lllft In the Cloud.
Uoston Transcript,
It's an 111 wind that blows nobody good.
Kvcn tho New York explosion mnkes a
boom for tho glass Industry, which happily
doos exist, to somo extent, outsldo tho pro
tected trust, gottlng tho trust's prices,
though compelled to sharo its good things
with its labor, very strongly organized.
Tito Kinds of Hanking.
Washington Post.
Senator Hoar haB not traveled much In
tho far west, elso ho would know that tho
faro banking buqtncss thero Is regarded ns
ovcry bit ns honorable as the banking busi
ness where tho cashier bundles up tho de
posits of'hls depositors, hires a lawyer nnd
then throws himself upon tho sympathy of
the community.
Nut
Iliiylnic Wntcrcil Stni'k.
Minneapolis Times.
Repeated rumors afford somo foundation
for tho bcllot that tho two great telegraph
compnnles nro seriously pondering tho ad
visability of offering their lines nnd plants
to tho governm6nt. It would not bo a bad
bargain for tho companies, provided they
could got tholr price, ns they would baso
that price, of course, upon tho present earn
ing powers of their properties, and that
would bo about flvo times the amount It
would cost tho government to dupllcato
tho lines and plants.
An Absurdity on Its Face.
Indianapolis News.
Tho Idea that the average man with an
absolute monopoly under hla control will
deal moro liberally and fairly with tho pub
lic than will the ono who knows that If ho
doos not deal -fairly a rich and powerful
rival will la absurd on its fnce. What the
people need today 1b moro competition, not
less. And in tho case of railroads they
want honest nnd open management, fair
and equal rates to all, no more rebates and
secret agreements nnd somo authority that
will supcrvlso tho business of Interstate
commerce and compel obedience to the reg
ulations it may see fit to make.
Magnate Contradict ThcniselTes.
San Francisco Chronicle.
President Hill of tho Great Northorn
pooh-poohs tho benefits ot competition.
Other' railroad magnates when they set
their minds on pooling express tho same
opinion. And yet thoso men, whon they are
obliged to answer tho argument that gov
ernment control of railroads might prove
beneficial to tho country, invariably an
swer that it Is tho strong competition of
tho groat systems In the United States
which has produced tho alleged marked su
periority ot American railroad facilities
over those of other countries, notably thoso
In which government ownership Is tho rule.
Plain Duty Shirked.
Chicago Post
Our two-llmod venerated lcador, Mr.
Dryan, mado an unmanly evasion when he
declined to kiss tho school teachers at a
Pennsylvania Institution of learning be
causo his wlfoi "reads tho papers." A pub
lic man bos. public responsibilities, and
Dryan Is not usually a man to run away
from duty. It Is moro thap llkoly that he
caught sight of tho tuachers beforo he read
their petition, and his courage failed htm,
for thero are times when tho stoutest heart
will quail. Dut at. such times tho lights
may bo extinguished, while tho victim' goes
to his doom in 'tho dark. Undor the
friendly cover "of darkness much ot tiie
pain of duty may be ameliorated.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP.
Remedy for Wanton Ahnse of Cor
porate Power.
Portland Oregonlan.
The recent report of tho Interstate
Commerce commission is a frank confes.
slon on tho part ot Its members that the
great railroad managers ot tho country
treat tho Interstate! commerce law with
contempt; that they disobey tho law; that
the great railroad managers nnd their fa
vored shippers aro utterly without business
honor and good faith In their attitude to
the laws of the United States which at
tempt to deal with their traffic. The cbm
mlsBlon makes no suggestion of legislative
reform which would bo likely to prove ef
fective; It seems to speak In tho accents 6f
despair rather than of hopo of tho future,
and tho keynote of tho last two reports of
the Interstate Commerce commission has
been a tale of discrimination add other In
justice on the part of tho railroads which
It Is powerless to prevent. The commis
sion annually finds that the railways gouge
the peoplo at non-competltlvo points (and
defy the orders ot. the commission to dis
continue their unjust squeezing" of tho
shipper. The commission points out that
whenever it Is nccersary to resort to the
trick to thwart the exerclso of Its author
ity or intercession, tho railway companies
ralso rates without changing them by
changing tho classification of tho commpdl-
ties to be affected.
Doth In England and in this country the
method of public control under private own
ership has boen fairly tried and found
wanting. After fifty years of attempted
government control In England and four
teen years under the commission system In
this country, the railways really con
trol the government. In both England
and America the railway companies have
boen able to maintain exorbitant rates,
both freight and passenger, and freight
rates are so ndUisted In favor of the long
haul for Imported goods ns to discriminate
Injuriously against local producers. And
In both England nnd the United States tho
political power of tho railways is nblo to
defeat gonuine reform or rollef. This sit
uation cannot forever contlnuo without a
revolutionary solution, wlch Is likely to
como at no distant day In England and tho
United States In tho form of general pub
lic ownership of railways. Whether thl3
solution comes soon or late, It will depend
on tho future administration of tho great
railway managers of tho country. If they
continue to glvo causo for such sovere In
dictment as they hnvo recently obtained
from the Interstate Commerce commission,
tho general public ownership of railways
will como beforo the end of the century.
The time has been when tho leading
mon of both parties dreaded tho assumption
of so enormous an enterprise bb the own
orshlpand oporatlon of tho railways, but
It is become a choice ot evils at least, and
successful public ownership In Uelglum.
Pr.issla, Australia and Austria has con
vinced ub that tho financial burden la not
difficult to sustain. Tho political objection
to a vast lncrense of government employes
Is worthy of very serlouB consideration, but
these employes would .not bo tho people's
masters, but tho peoplo's servants, who
could bo got rid of when Incompetent or
corrupt, whllo tho present railway oligarchy
are the people's masters, since they are
non-removable by tho people. Oeneral pub
lic ownership of railways Is not without
very serious objections, but the ablest
thinkers on this subject believe that these
objections art fully offset by. the unjust
discriminations and other impositions In
cident to private ownership. The railway
magnates hayo abused their power and op
portunity at tho expense ot the masses of
the peoplo too long and too wantonly much
longer to escape revolutionary legislation.
OTIIICH l,.M THAN OVUM.
A Vicuna newspaper publishes nn ac
count ot the Industrial crisis In ltussln, nnd
declares that It Is steadily assuming larger
dimensions. For a long lime It wns con
fined to tho metal Industry, hut now it
extends to other branches nnd especially
to tho textllo Industry.. On nil sides, It
says, thcro arn coniptaintn ot bad business,
nnd speedy help is demanded of tho gov
ernment, ns othcrwlso tho crlsjn promises
to Involve consequences which might provo
disastrous to tho whole economic nnd
financial situation ot ltussln. Tho ma
jority ot Itussslnn manufacturers nro firmly
convinced that Russian Industry Is Insuf
ficiently protected, and that tho ouly rem
edy for present troubles lies In an lncrcaso
of tho Import duties. There Is, however,
says tho reporter, no probability that tho
government will depart from their system
of moderate protectionism, which they re
gard ns necessary for the development- of
tho national activity, and which they are
endeavoring to Introduce in all the treaties
they conclude Tho optimism of tho gov
ernment with regard to an eventual Im
provement in tho situation Is not .shared in
Interested circles, whero the conviction
prevails that tho pending crisis will not
provo to bo a temporary affair, but that It
Is connected with tho general economic
situation, nnd thnt it will become increas
ingly acuto It no remedial measures aro
taken.
Between tho years 1S96 and 1001 about
10,000 foreigners took out naturalisation
papers In Franco. According to tho cen
sus Just completed, the total number of
foreigners now resident in tho country is
1,037,778, compared with 1,02?,491 In 1896.,
Tho Increase, therefore, of 444,613 In tho
total population stneo tho .last censua Is
not duo, to any appreciable degree, to Im
portation. Tho Paris Temps,, commenting
upon theso figures, eayB that they would
bo satisfactory If tho lncrcaso were ac
companied by a parallel Influx ot foreign
Immigrants to whom naturalization had'
been granted.' Dut, It ndda, thoro seems
to be an effort to dlscoursgo both na
tionalization and Immigration. Undor tho
pressuro of certain demands foreign labor
Is moro and moro hunted out ot Franco.
Thero aro people who, not content with
limiting It by special clauses, would sub
ject it to prohlbltlvo taxes. This Is, no
doubt, nn Ingenious method to Induce n
fresh Increase of wages, remarks tho
Temps, but it does not appear to bo a way
of Increasing tho number of consumers.
An IncreaBo in tho numbor of. Frenchmen
would bo wolcomo, but over-production in
all departments has becomo so rlfo as a
consequenco of protectionist tariffs, and
tho securing of fresh markets abroad has
become bo difficult, that tho broadening ot
the homo market becomes a vital quostlon.
According to a letter in the London Times
from a Constantinople correspondent, the
Bultan has begun to exhibit a BUdden
anxiety for tho complotlon of tho Dagdad
railway, now thnt tho German conces
sionaries aro showing a rather lukewarm
nttltudo toward tho project. Tho latter
aro not nltogothor assured with regard to
tho substantiality of tho Turkish securi
ties for tho production of more than $5,
000,000 annually. The tithes of tho region,
which tho Turks offer, they regard as alto
gether Insufficient. The Turks nrguo that
,tho rallwoy will lncreaso production; but
tho Germans reply that they have not to
deal with remote possibilities, but with
actual facts, and In entering into a con
tention for bo vast nn operation, tho finan
cial basis must bo mado absolutely secure.
This is rendered all tho more .imperative
because tho sultan insists on having a line
of moro than ordinary strength, over which,
trains may run at tho highest rates of
spocd, 120 kilometres per hour. The aul
tan's piesent eagerness Is ascribed to two
causes, first, tho cessation of pressuro upon
him which has had tho effect of making
him anxious, while secondly, recent In
cidents at Koweyt have shown him that, In
tho affalra of that region of the Persian
gulf, his sovereignty la not the dominant
factor, and this discovery disquiets him.
Tho concessionaries of tho railway aro
firm about tho guarantee nnd tho security
to bo given for it, and no ono sccmB" to
know what, if any, rovenues aro nvallablo
for that security. Thoy might bo obtained
from tho increased customs duties which
tho new commercial treaties will bring;
but the powers will not concludo tho
treaties until thoy havo obtained satis
faction of their recent demands concerning
raining regulations, custom house abuses,
and various admlnlstratlvo abuses.
Tho French customs department has Just
published a roport for 1900, which throws
iinht nn iho cilrorl commercial rc-
uiutu & v" -
suits of tho recent International exhibition
at Paris. Fltty-nlno countries rorwaraeo
their merchandise (food and drinks not
mi,Mrt m ih valuo of 250.000.000 francs,
but tho sales amounted to only 7,500,000
francs. The United States sold to tho valuo
of 1,657,000 francs, out of 29,000.000 francs;'
Germany, 1.510,000 francs out of . 23,000,000
francs; England, 905,000 frnncs out ot 20,-
000,00 francs; Italy, 389,000 irnncs oui oi
c nnn nna (mnra- Russia. 352.000 frnncfl out
of' 22,000,000 francs; Dolglum, 255,000 francs
out of 19,000,000 francs; Austria, isb.ujw
francs out of 23,000,000 francs, and Hungary,
160,000 francs out of 42,000,000 francs. Cus
toms duty to tho amount of 778,000 francs
had to bo paid on theso sales, nearly half
of which consisted ot machinery, artistic
objects figuring for only 55,)00 francs.
Taking tho general imports for '.ho year
1900, tho foreign morcnanrnso at uio ex
hibition represented only 4.18 per cent, and
the salcB only 0.16 por cent. "Tho vari
ous amusements offered to tho public
remarks tho Messager de Tarls, "may havo
been manifold, but. tho capital oxpended
. , rl ho.n rtrnritnlnri
has been enorinuuo, nn . y.
by all those who, remembering tho exhibi
tions of 1867, 1878 ana issv. jusuy umiu
talned that that of 1900 would not bo suc
cessful." The commercial British labor and statis
tical department of tho Doard of Trade has
...... Ha iiatmi nnnunl return as to
pasiengers who loft tho United Kingdom
for places out or Europe, mo B"' uk'"
Ing with month ending Dccembor 31, nnd
for the twolvo months ending on the snmo
dato.
Thus It appears that for the United
States, Hrltlsh North America, Austral
i r.n nt ftnnri Hone and Natal, and
other places, persons of Drltlsh origin left
laBt month to tho number or 1,311, ogainsi
in mnn. Inrolunnm 4 AM. aealnst 4.321.
and of nationality not distinguished, 428,
against 322, making a total of 12,523, as
against 11,404 in 1900. For me twelve monxns
rwflmhflr 31 last, riersons of Drltlsh
,iir. ion fnr the nlaces' mentioned to
the number of 172,140, as against 168,825
In 1900; forolgncrs, 124,233, as against 124,
722, and of nationality not distinguished,
6,475, as against B.oii; a toiai oi aus,8, as
compared witn zus.ooi in iuw.
CrnwllliK Out ot the Muck.
Nuw York Tribune.
Democrats In congress, laying their beads
together in caucus, refuso to reaffirm tho
Kansas City platform, giving token that
thoy are tired of tho Dryantzing which has
been imposed on their party In recent
years. They seem to think It wants a new
spring suit of principles of latest cut and
pattern, and If the tailors were not such
botches an outfit ot the kind might Improvo
Its appearance, though;, there Is no cer
talnty that It would reform its character.
I'OMTIHAI. DltlFT.
Tho common council of Syracuse, N. Y.,
tins voted lo buy sixty voting machines for
$500 nplcco (a bo used In tho city in next
full's election.
Tho expenses of the city ot liondon this
yenr nmoifnt 'to $80,000,000 nnd thoso of tho
city of Now York, ns provided for In tho
budget, to $97,000,000.
Mrs. II. M. Smith ot Mound City, III., Is a
candldato for tho republican nomination of
state suporlntondent-of publa Instruction.
No woman has ovor held that offlco In Illi
nois. Twenty years a'go Secretary John I). Long
was govornor of Massachusetts, Senator
Cullom govornor of Illinois, Charles Foster
governor of Ohio, General Lew Wnllaco ter
ritorial governor ot Now Mexico, John C.
Fremont territorial governor of Arizona,
John P. St. John, afterward temperance
candldato for ptesldont, governor of Kan
sas and John S. Pllsbury ot Minnesota.
Tho question of assessing railroad and
other corporate properly on like terms with
real estate and personal property threat
ens to split tho republican party in Wis
consin. Governor La 'Follette Insists on
equal taxation of all property. Tho op
posing faction wants tho governor to go
slow. According to reports, tho peoplo ot
tho st'ato are with the governor In his de
termination to make all property bear an
equal sharo ot the Increasing burdens of
taxation.'
Southern Indiana, known as tho Blue
Jackot region, and southern illlftols, known
as Egypt, havo long been democrat lo nnd
for a very slmplo reason, In tho onrly dnys
of western ' Immigration thero wcro two
streams from the cast to beyond the Alo
ghanlcs, and as travel was by coach nnd
wagon the nowcomers formed small colon
lcs. Southern Indiana was largoly popu
lated by the descendants of Virginians and
southern Illinois by Kentucklans. North
ern Indiana was settled by tho descendants
of New England Immigrants.
Ono of tho municipal departments of tho
city of Doston Is the music department, es
tablished by ordlnanco on April 23, 1808. It
Is composed ot five commissioners known
as tho muslo trustees. The hoard has
chargo ot tho .selection ot public muslo
gjvon cither indoors or In the opon air, for
parades, concerts, public celebrations and
other purposes, under the authority of the
city council, except 'entertainments for chil
dren on tho Fourth of July. It makes tho
contracts and expends all moneys to bo
paid from tho treasury for 'music.
Congressman Fitzgerald of New York is
poking fun at the Indian commissioners'
order prescribing tho stylo of haircut and
tho color of paint to bo used by Indians.
Mr. Fitzgerald says he wants moro infor
mation. "I want to find out whother an In
dian must wear a plug hat, white shirt, hla
hair pompadour nnd patent leather shoes
boforo ho can secure rations," said Mr.
Fitzgerald. "I don't think the latest order
specifies whether the Indian must refor to
his clothing as 'pants,' 'breeches' or 'troua.
era.' Congress must Bottle that question."
Tho trend of democratic sentiment In in
fluential localities Is reflected by tho or
ganization ot Tllden clubs. Chicago has
soveral, all In a flourishing condition. The
Tllden Idea is taking root In Now York and
Us supporters are pushing It vigorously.
The Democratic club ot Brooklyn an
nounces a banquet for February 15, tho
anniversary of the birth ot tho Sage of
Gramercy Park, at which several eminent
democrats of the old school wilt deliver ad
dresses. The democracy of today and the
democracy ot Tllden aro as far apart as
tho poles, but somo of the faithful hopo to
bring them together.
IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION.
If . ' I I M ,
Urn Possibilities Pictured In Glowing
Terns.
Minneapolis Journa).
A brief examination of the statistics ot
public lands is sufficient to indicato the
Importance "of tho proposed plans for na
tional Irrigation.
Tho total area ot tho publlo land, states
and territories, is 1,884,021,760 acres. Of
this enormous total about 1,050,000,000, or
considerably more than half, still belong
to the national government, as resorved
or unrcseryed publlo land tho latter
classification including over 900,000,000
acres.
Dut. leaving out of consideration the
367,000,000 acrea of Alaska, the greater
part of theso remaining lands are moun
tainous or arid. No ono knows -what pro
portion of theso 500,000,000 acres equal to
ten times tho total area ot Minnesota Is
so situated that It can ever bo Irrigated.
But it Is well known that large areas of
the so-called desert lands can bo made
more fruitful than tho ralnbelt lands it
means are provided to bring to them the
water that is available. Every aero of
loiyl thus redeemed Is so much land added
to the national domain, In effect.
As tho land resources of the United
States and their steady appropriation by
settlers all through the nineteenth cen
tury were one ot the chief sources ot pub
llo prosperity, stimulating the lncrcaso ot
population and the demand for manufac
tures far beyond tho demand of a settled
community. It. Is ot the utmost Importance
that the opportunity for easily obtaining
hgmesteads be maintained, as long as pos
sible. It only ioo, 000,000 acres ot land can
ultimately be redeemed by national Irriga
tion the effect will do more .than equiva
lent to the opening to settlement of a
naturally watered area twice as largo as
Minnesota. The settlement and develop
ment of such a region means a large In
crease in population, an Immense addition
to national wealth and a very Important
contribution to tho continuation to which
Americans havo becomo accustomed.
A Pretty Good Time
to Blip into one of those( Heavy Top Coats of ours.
There is no telling Mow long this spell of weather
will last, and if you would like the comfort these
great coats of ours can furnish at at greatly re
duced price the chance awaits you. r
SUITS, OVERCOATS, ULSTERS and EXTRA TROU
SERB All have a price inducement. , " - - I
"No ClothihR Fits Like Ours.' )
We are showing the first Spring Hats of the
season they are wonders for beauty and style
2.50 to .4.00.
Store Closes at 9 p. m. Saturdays.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers'
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
THMXIHAI'H OH 'H'l.niMIO.NR f
Will the I, niter Itrplnre the I'ni-iiirr
In llnltrnnil Nervier f
Now York Huu,
It has been reported frequently during,
tho last six moritlis that the telephone wni
soon to supersede the felrgrnph upon one
or more of tho largo railroads In this
country, but tho first dcflnilo announce
ment of tho change was mado nn Monday
nnd Is to the effect that, within a short
time, tho entlro system of tho Illinois
Central llallroad company will bo equipped
with telephones, nnd that tho telegraph
keys and sounders will be removed. Con
tracts for the Installation of the telephones
hnvo been awarded, nnd when tho work Is
completed over 5,000 miles of track will bo
covered by tho new service. ..
Tho ndvantngo. ot tho .telephone tor rail
road messages Is said to. bo chiefly Its great
ease ot communication, V(th a telephone
nt every station on a llne-jand In each ot
tho several departments at 'headquarters,
Inquiries may be, mado and answered by
the officers nnd employes of tho company
with much less Joss ot time than by the
telegraph. Ues'jdos, .no Special qualifica
tions will be required on tha part of em
ployes to operate tho new system. Anyone
with a good ear shduld hsye, no difficulty
In receiving a, mtssago by telephone; and
Bhould ho fall to, catch any part of a sen
tence, business Is not llkoly, to suffer if hs
nsks to havo It repeated! Hie new service
Is bound lo, be vastly more economical, so
far as concerns tho else, of tho company'a
pay roll, than tho one now employed.
Hut although the telephoao may bo de
sirable for tho reasons named, Is It likely
to conduce to tho safety of passcngors? Ex
perienced railroaders will bo slow to be
lieve that, as regards accuracy of trans
mission, It will provo as trustworthy as ths
telegraph. Dy tho now system, orders to
trainmen and nil other messages of Im
portance must, of course, bo written out,
as formerly; but how many station men
will bo ablo to write legibly in longhand
ns fast ns tho dispatcher or any other em
ploye l likely to talk? Tho illegibility of
tho handwriting of telegraph operators has
always been a sourea of complaint, and
soveral of tho, worst railroad disasters In
tho United States have resulted from the
obscurity of orders hastily and poorly wrlt
ten. Dut telegraphers aro aFcustomod to
w.IIa -ftnlrlli. nnJ . I I ,,, a. ...
out" readable copy Is usually determined
beforo they aro Intrusted' with railroad
work. And how about tho Infallibility of
the telcphono for conveying distinctly the
sound ot tho human volco under all cir
cumstances? We must take it for granted that the
railroad company Intending to adopt the
telcphono upon Its lines has thoroughly In
vestigated tho conditions above referred
to, and also many others directly bearing
on tho substitution ot the new method.
LINKS TO A SMII.B.
Washington Star: "De average man dat
keeps talkln' all de time." said Undo Eben,
"would git tcrrlblo mnd If ho won Home
body else an' had to listen to. hlsso'f."
Phllmlelnhln. Prnn. "Wo nm k.
Kan tho chairman of tho cpmmltteo, "to
pnssngo of our bill by tho legislature."
"Well," remnrked ono who -was some
thing of (i lobbyist, "I know the" surest of
all ways if wo only hnvo sufllolent moans."
Chicago Tribune: "The troublo with
George,1' tho young wlfo's mother wns siy
Ine, "Is that ho Is too extravagant. When
ho wants, anything ho Just gets It. Ho
never considers tho expense."
"Oh, I nm suro, ho does, mnmmn," pro
tested tho young wife; "bflcauso I often
hear him say, 'd n tho cxpenscl' "
Boston Transcript: Dick I any, Harry,
I supposo you haven't a dollar you wnnt
to lend mo?
nfiSVV.5. uerKO. you-ve guessed right.
Dlckl With your, ability ito etwl Into tho
Illtlirn Vnll nllrllt In Ha wn.,h , ..lt. .
In money.
, Washington Star; "You ore his rival in
love.?"
"I am."
"Yet you profess friendship for him."
"I do. I havo boen his dentist for several
years, and I wouldn't, forego the fun of
Hxlng up his teeth for anything in tho
world.
Philadelphia Press: "I don't see why you
continue to doal with Sands?" said Mr.
Hnuskcep, "ho's tho most dishonest grocer
In the neighborhood."
"How can you say "such a thing?" ex
claimed, Mrs. Hauskeep. who Is growing
! stresslngly stout. "Ho weighed mo on
his scales the other dny nnd I only -weigh
151. I think ho's real gentlemanly."
Tlia..n T.ansn.lnti l,h..
... rt..ov., b. aim. UIIUCB HOW UO
you llko your now cook. Mrs. Brown?
Mrs. Brown Well. I'll toll you. Sho Is
a perfect fnlluro at cooking; but then, there
nfn nlti'nva pntnnAtiantlnnit ah
nmunuuij, in inn, uiut Cliw CUJI L ,C(lb nOr
own cooking-. It really Is quite a savins.
tiA4nVil I mr n n 1. t .
; uv niiuni j
IIISARD IT BI2FORK,
Washington Star.
The small boy with the papers went a-yell-
Ing down the street,
And ho hinted at sensations till our torror
was complete;
And ho ran into a man ot dignified and
portly style,
Who took him by the collar and addressed
him in this style:
"My youthful friend. I warn you, that en
deavor ns you will.
You cannot stir my feelings with a solitary
thrill,
For human nature always has been more
. or less at fault
Since Cain was brought to book' for the
original nHBault,
And thero .were controversies worse than
those wo'ra having now,, a
Since Achilles and his comrades had their
prehistoric row,'
And gossip wo havo had It, (and I, fear
'twill never stop),
Slnco Samson mot Delilah' in the lady-
barber shop.
And so It goes. Eaoh Incident that .seems
to move you so ,
Is but a 'repetition of what happened long
ago.
So I hopo you will excuse me, It I Interrupt
your roar,
To tell you very frankly that I're heard It
all boforo."
