r- POWERS JTJBY DISAGREES.
famous Kentucky Political Prisoner
to Have Fifth Trial..
The Jury trying Caleb Tower at
Beorgctown. ICy., on the charge of com
plicity In the murder of Governor Wll
llum Goeliel, was dls:t:i:Wcd liy Jude
Morris. The Jury stood ten for ncquIN
tal and two for conviction. One of th
lurors who held out for conviction wan
willing to come over to the neqtilttnl
llde, but the remaining Juror refused
to change his decision.
The charge was complicity In th
murder of Governor Goebcl, 1899. Four
trials have been held 1900, life lui-
MODERN CROESUS,
EPIDEMIC OF GRIP IS
SWEEPING COUNTRY
SAFE now.
HhlLlllUH IO I1IUIILUI
AMONG THE NATIONS
William E. Curtta Says Croesas
Wat Pauper Beside Oar
Uncle Sam.
Tens of Thou sands of Cases of This
Pestiferous Disease Are Being;
' Reported.
FIGURES SHOW BIG GROWTH.
SUFFERERS IN MANY CITIES.
Per Capita Wealth in 1870 Was
Business in Many Places Is Disor
ganized on Account Prostrations
from This Ailment.
8770.83; in 1907 It Was
81,310.11.
I AffCDIPA 10 DIPUCCT
U to
CALEB POWERS.
prispnment; 1!K2, life Imprisonment ;
J903, death penalty; 1008, no verdict.
Immediately following the discharge
of the Jury In the Power case, after
a disagreement had been reported, at
torneys for the accused sent n tele
gram to Governor WIlsou asking execu
tive clemency. A petition was started
In Georgetown asking the Governor to
pardon Powers. Similar petitions will
be circulated throughout the United
8tates. r
MARTIAL' LAW AT MUNCIE.
Street Car Strike Necessitates Use
of National Guard.
Because of the "riots following the
street car strike at Munele, Ind., Gov
ernor Hanly Issued u proclamation de
claring that city to be under martial
law. The proclamation says that Mun
ele and its Immediate environs is In a
state of riot and Insurrection against
the laws of the State, and suspends
civil law. Quorternmster General
Powell was sent to Munele with troops,
and carried the proclamation In person.
With the proclamation was n letter to
General McKco advising him of the
step that had been taken and ordering
him to take commaud of the city of
Munele and the surrounding district.
Soldiers were at once put on patrol
duty, guarding the car lines. With
their arrival the Union Traction Com
pany announced It was ready to begin
running all regular cars.
"Shoot to kill," was the order given
to the troops when they were put on
cars with strike-breakers.
In the troublous times since tho
strike started scores have been Injured,
some seriously, and considerable prop
erty damage has been done. Several
cars were demolished and shot at by
strike sympathizers. Governor Hanly
has declared he will protect property
and preserve peace, and also endeavor
to get employes and company officials
V together In an effort to settle their dif
ferences, which arise over low wages
and long hours.
raw
.J,
Figures compiled by officials of the
Southern Pacific show that in I'.MMl the
Pacific lines of the system had 1,198 lo
comotives and 20,148 freight cars, an in
crease in motive power of 10 per cent
and in freight cars of 20 per cent.
State Legislatures do not possess auto
cratic powers over the railroads within
their borders, according to a decision of
the Supreme Court of Arkansas, and
though the constitutionality of their acts
may not be directly challengeable, still
they are subject to a review of the courts
as to their reasonableness and Justice.
That officials of railroads cannot be
held responsible In any crimiual semie for
wrecks that may happen upon their lines,
even though the cause may be traced in
directly to their failure to provide ade
quate safeguards, is the essence of the In
Ktructions given to the jury by Justice
Kellogg at New York in ordering the ac
quittal of Vice President and General
Manager Smith of the New York Central
railroad. Mr. Smith had been on trial for
manslaughter in connection with the
4 wreck at Woodlawn on Feb. 10, in which
twenty-three persona lost Ihelr liven. This
ease has attracted attention throughout
the country as the first In which a seriour
attempts was made to hold a high official
of a railroad responsible for the acts of
subordinates.
A decision recently rendered by the In
terstate commerce commission has an Im
portant bearing ou the effort which elec
tric traction liuea hare beea making for
some time to force the steam roads to give
them recognition in the sale of through
tickets and the routing of through freight.
In the expectation that Industrial con
ditions will be much more favorable for
the prosecution of large undertaking In
which labor constitutes an essential part,
the New York Central has decided to
pueh to completion its termiaal improve
ment and extension work with great
vigor.
The notice served by President Melle
f the New York, New Haven and llart
railroad that all joint rates on
through freight to and from New Kngland
prints would be canceled on the Heading,
" Jersey Central and Baltimore and Ohio
lines on and after Dec. 17, has started a
mmerclul war that nmy extend far. This
irxans that the Pennsylvania is to be fav
ored with the New Haien buslnexa. Al
ready the Jersey Central lias called upon
the Interstate Commerce Commission for
. help and the New Haven officials have,
been summoned before that tribunal of
trade. Mellcn's men say that the Jersey
eUentrol is slow in handling the freight.
As a rule, the averoee newsnaner
reader does not like statistics, but here
are some figures that everybody should
read, because they mean so much. They
measure our greatness as a nation and
our prosperity as a people, and al
though they are so stupendous that the
human mind almost refuses to conmre-
bend them, thy carry a lesson that ev
ery citizen unu every scnooi Doy nnouiu
learn. Uncle Sara Is richer than any
other nation that exists or ever has
existed. Croesus, King of Lydla, whose
name has been a synonym far wealth
for ages, was a pauper compared to
him.
From the renorts of the bureau of
statistics, the census bureau, the Treas
ury-and Agricultural Department Wil
liam B. Ourtls, the Washington corre
spodont, has compiled a few significant
Ogures showing the material develop
ment of the United States within the
last thirty-seven years. He has select
ed the year 1870 as a basis of compari
son, because that was the beginning of
a new era In American commerce and
Industry that followed the Civil War.
Although the nanlc of '73 arrested the
growth of the country for a time, the
present period of development began
then.
The population of the country in 1870
was 88,558,371, or 12.74 to the square
suite ; the population on the 30tb of June,
1007. according to the estimates of the
census bureau, was 83,503,303, or 28.23
per square mile.
The tangible wealth of the country, the
true valuation of real and personal prop
erty, according to the census of 1870, was
130,008,518,000, while in 1007 It Is est!
mated at more than three times that
amount, or 1107,104,211,917.
As far back as 18.riO the nee ratilrii
wealth of the United States was esti
mated at 1307.00. In 1S70 it had more
than doubled and was estimated at
$770.83. In 1007 It had almost doubled
again, and has reached the sum of $1,
610.11 per capita, which proves that we
are the richest people that ever exlstod.
In other words, if the real and personal
property belonging to the Inhabitants of
the United States could he mubIIv dU.
trlbuted among them, each man, woman
ana cuna living on the 30th of June last
would have been entitled to $1,310.11.
In 1870 the deposits In national banks
for the whole United States amounted to
$542,201,503, while on the 80th of Sep
tember last they were $4,322,880,141.
In 1870 the deposits in savings banks
were $549,874,858, while on the 80lh of
September, 1907, they were $3,090,073,
W45. Taking the two together and Including
all the banks national, State, private
and savlngi the deposits have Increased
eightfold during the last thirty-seven
years from $1,002,135,921 in 1870 to
$8,23,288,886 In 1007.
The bank clearings for the entire coun
try are not given for 1870. The earliest
available figures are for 1890, when the
total for the United States was $58,845,-
zv,nu, winch lias Increased to $157,
749,328,013 for the last fiscal year.
The national bank circulation In 1870
was 4288.048,081, while on Dec. 14 last
It was $075,231,805.
In 1870 we had only $25,000,000 silver
and gold coin. To-day we have $1,233,
W6,86, of which $750,005,800 is gold
aid the remainder silver. '
The Interest-bearing debt of the United
oiates nas oeen reduced from $2,040,455,
T22. or $00.46 Der canita nf nnnnlatlnn
la 1870 to $800,003,010, or S 10.26 ner
capita. In 1907. The annual interest
caarges on the public debt have been re
duced from $118,784,000. or S3 nee rv.
It of population, to $21,028,914, or 25
cents per capita or population.
Notwithstanding the reduction In w
taxes since 1870. the ordina
f the government have Increased from
$305,059,834 in that year to $003,140,434
In 1907, and the ordinary expenditures
have Increased from $104,421,507 to
0M.422,oKW. This does not include the
receipts or expenses of the postal service
: which Is almost sejf-sustalning. Last
year the receipts from postage were $183,
685,005 and the expenses $101,214,387,
leavlag a deficit of $7,029,387 to be paid
,eut of the treasury.
I The tetal revenues of the government
la 107 were $81.725,330 and the total
, expeases $819,840,150.
I The increase in the pension roil has
been enormous. The total in 1870 was
828.344.202. and in 11)07 It i. siinnno.
CI 4. The cost of the army in 1870 was
sai.outi.oio, and in 1UOT $122,570,405.
The cast of the navy during the same pe-
rioa nas increased rrom 921,780,230
$97,128,409.
I The imports of merchandise In 1870
amounted to $435,958,408, and our ex-
1 ports were $302,771,708 that year, while
la 1907 the Imrjorts were. I1.4.U M1 491
!snd the exports $1,880,851,078. In 1870
1 the exports per csplti of population were
u. i, ana, notwitbetanding the enormous
increase m population, tne per capita
1 1907 was 121.00.
The foreign commerce of the United
States for the calendar year of 1907 has
been larger than In any previous year
the history of the country, both la 1
in
m-
ports ana exports, and our trade w
. every grand division of the world la In
vith
i ex
cess of any previous year. The Import
during the eleven months ending Nov. 30
exceeded $1,330,000,000, while the export
were worth Il.TlU.OOO.OOO. If the
crease has continued durlne TWemhnr
in
the
total of exports will reach nearly two
mi nous or dollars. The exports for I
. Veuiber were the (argent for anv aln
month on record and reached $204,444,
wto, which was nearly seven millions
dnv. Our einnrta to Pnrnrva war tl
MO
000,000 more than In 1900, when th
ey
were larger than for any other year,
exports to North American rnuntrlea
Our
alse
gained $40,000,000. Our exnorta to R
South
Aaierlca gained $7,000,000, to Asia $
000.000 and to Porto Rico, ths Ilawal
Ml.
Man
Islands and the Philippines mere than
ten minions. "
The internal commerce for the year
was greater than ever before. On the
Great Lakes and on the railroads the
movement of natural products was beyond
all comparison. There was a gain of 15
per cent in the amount of iron ore ship
ped, a gain of 25 per cent In coal and a
similar gain in corn, wheat, live stock and
every other Important article, while the
freight charges averaged lower than for
any prevtais year.
The increase in exports occurs chiefly
In manufactured articles. The figures of
agricultural exports remain about the
same as in 1000, when they were the
largest on record.
The year 1907 has been a record break
er In every respect, and there Is no reason
or excuse for a financial depression.
The government treasury was never In
better sbspe. The report of the United
States treasurer for June 30, 1870, show
ed' an available cash balance of $150,000,-
000 in the treasury at Washington; the
report for December 14, 1907, shows an
available cash balance of $259,702,309,
without counting $240,284,455 deposited
in national banks and subject to the call
of the department. This makes a total
available balance of $500,040,764.
Secretary Wilson In his recent annual
report showed us that the crops of the
farmers of the United States for the year
1007 was beyond all comparison and had
a farmvalue of $7,412,000,000 an In
crease of C7 per cent In eight years.
In 1870 the value of the farm animals
In the United States was $1,554,900,149.
In 1907 they are worth $4,423,097,853.
In 1870 our farmers had 25,484,100
neat cattle ; In 1907 they have 72,533,000.
In 1870 they had 8,248,800 horses ; in
1907 they have 10,740,583.
In 1870 the wool clip was 152,000,000
pounds; in 1907 it was 298,015,130
pounds. ,
The wheat crop In 1870 was 235.884,-
700 bushels; in 1907 it was 735,200,970
bushels.
The corn crop In 1870 was 1,094.255,-
000 bushels; in 1907 It was 2,927,410,-
001 bushels.
In 1870 the cotton crop was 3,114,052
bales; in 1907 It was 13,510,982 bales.
The cotton mills of the United States
consumed 857,000 bales of cotton In 1870
and 4,027,000 bales in 1907.
In 1870 we exported 058,558,523
pounds ot cotton; In 1907 we exported
4,518,217,220 pounds.
The production af gold in 1870 was
$30,000,000; In 1907 it. was $90,000,000.
In laiO the production of silver was
$16,834,000; in 1907 it was $37,642,900.
In 1870 we produced 220,951,290 tens
of coal; In 1007 we produced 5,312,745,
812 tons.
In 1S70 we produced 1,055,179 tons ot
pig Iron ; in 1007 we produced 25,307,191
tons. v
In 1870 our furnaces had an output of
only 68,750 tons of steel ; In 1907 the out
put was 20,023,947 tons.
In 1870 we produced no tin plate at
all. That item did not appear In the
statistics until 1890, when a total of 2,
236,743 pounds Is reported. In 1007 we
produced 1,105,440,000 pounds.
In 1870 we had a copper output of 12,-
000 tens' in 1907 it reached 402,037 tons.
Ia 1870 we operated 52,922 miles of
railroad ; In 1907 we had 222,635 miles in
operation, and carried 815,774,118 pas
sengers and 210.050,795,006 tons of
freight. The statistics for freight and
passenger traffic do not go back ot 1390,
when the railroads ot the country carried
620,430,062 passengers and 79,102,985,-
125 tons of freight.
The average freight rate per mile In
1890 was 93 cents and in 1907 it was 77
cents per ton.
There were 0S4, i04 tons of shipping on
the great lakes In 1870, which has In
creased to 2,439,741 tons In 1907. The
amount ef freight passing through the
Sault Ste. Marie canal in 1870 was 090,
820 tons; in 1907 the total was 41,098,
324 tons.
In 1870 we had 23,492 postofficea In
the country ; lu 1900 we had 70,088. Since
that time, by the introduction of rural
tree delivery, the number has been reduc
ed to 02,059.
There Is no better thermometer of com
mercial and Industrial activity than the
Postofflce Department, for people do not
write letters when they have no business
to write about. The receipts of the de
partment in 1870 for postage stamps
amounted to $19,722,222; In 1907 ihey
had Increased to $107,932,783.
In 1880 there were 4,829 money order
offices In the United States. In 1907
there were 37,500. In 1880 7.240,537
domestic money orders were issued ; In
1907 the number was 62,009,733. Those
Issued in 1880 represented a value of
$100,352,818; those issued in 1907 repre
sented a value of $479,050,342.
In 1870 the pay roll of teachers in pub
lic schools was $37.S32.5(U. The pay roll
In 1907 was $177,502,981.
The number of students In the univer
sities and colleges ot the United States
In 1370 was 23,392. In 1S1I2 the total
bad Increased to 70,33555,305 mea and
15,530 women. In 1907 the attendance
was more than doubled, being 92,11(1 men
I and 84,243 women, a total of 126,404.
An epidemic of lu grippe seems to be
sweeping over the country, and tens of
tliotisnis of jKHiple are suffering frtin
the disease. Pittsburg reports the worst
visitation In Its history. The business
of the city Is disorganized on account
of flic l-w number of people who hnve
been liiidilctily forced to remain absent
from their places of employment,
rnctories and mills, ollices nnd stores,
are affected seriously.
There is a notable uniformity In the
rymptoms of the present epidemic,
which oppenrs to affect principally the
bronchial passages. Ilronchltls and
pneumonia are Its most common accom
paniments, and It aggravates fully 50
per cent of the tuberculosis cases. Those
most Injuriously affected nre persons
who before the attack were badly run
down in their general health. In their
vases pneumonia quickly develops,
while the heart, brain nnd Other or
gaus become affected.
In Philadelphia an epidemic of grippe
is sweeping the city and whole fami
lies nre prostrated by It. Pneumonia in
many cases Is followed close upon Its
heels, and last week many jiersons died
of that disease. Doctors are scarcely
able to keep up with the demands made
uin them. Baltimore, too, Is experi
encing tin unusunl amount of sickness.
Other cities where grippe has made
Its appearance are Boston, Chicago, Cin
cinnati, Cleveland, Denver, Milwaukee
and New York, and reports from these
places Indicate that the health authori
ties fear that the outbreak Is only at
the beginning. Health Commissioner
Kvuns, of Chicago, has Issued a warn
ing to the people, urging thein to get
plenty of fresh nlr and to exercise In
the open as much as possible. Chicago
knows the danger of grippe, for It has
btvu frequently visited by the disease.
sin 1890 that city bud 100,000 grippe suf
ferers and 112 deaths directly resulted.
In 1899 over 300 persous died from the
disease, and since the first appearance
of the malady the city has puid a
tribute of 2,208 lives.
In New York, where the' disease Is
now gaining a strong foothold, sixty
eight deaths resulted last week and
there nre many cases scattered ' about
the city.
Boston Is the worst sufferer on the
Atlantic seaboard. There are nearly
100,000 cases there and sixty deaths
have resulted. Cincinnati, has 2,000
cases and the disease seems to be epi
demic In form.
The open winter Is held responsible
for the spread of the disease. Where it
originated no one seems to know. It
trnvels with wonderful rapidity. In
18K9, when the grippe appeared In viru
lent form all over the country, It was
tracked back to Europe and thence to
Hong Kong In China. Tho germs of
the present epidemic may have come
from the same source.
A battle between Tommy Burns and
Itoche was arranged to take place In Dub
lin on St. Patrick's day.
The Washington State- football eleven
defeated thot of St. Louis university by
the score of 11 to 0, at Spokane, Wash.
The Coney Island Jockey Club an
nounced that improvements in its plant
now under way will cost at least $100,000.
There will be half n dozen Smiths in
the major leagues next season, the Amer
icans having four players of this name
and the Nationals two.
Elmer Collins, the Lynn bicycle rider,
continues to add to his already enviable
record in Paris, and is hailed by the
Frenchmen as the coming world's cham
pion. Cincinnati has asked for waivers on
seventeen' men. Provided all these play
ersare turned back to the minora, the
next manager of the Beds sfill will have
twenty-two athletes to aid him in captur
ing a second division berth.
Tommy Ityan believes that the best
fighters of to-day are to be found In the
middleweight ranks. He has a poor opin
ion of the "heavies," they falling far be
low the standard of scrappers like Jef
fries, Sharkey. Corbett, McCoy and Flta-
siinmons In their active ring days.
The baseball critics seem inclined to
the belief that tire Bostons got all the
best of the big deal with New York. The
lWan Eaters, it would seem, should occu
py a higher place in the race than they
have held for the past few years.
Hawkins, the intercollegiate champion,
nmy be barred from representing the
American team at the Olympic games.
Haxkina if not an American citizen. He
was bom In Australia and comes under
the same ruling as that which affects Con
Leahy and Dennis Murray, the two Irish
athletes who wanted to represent Amer
Ica. In order "that they my be kept in
active training for the Olympic games in
England next summer, a movement is on
foot that has for its object a visit of the
best of the Canadian athletes to New
York and Boston, where indoor meets
would he held. If the scheme pans out,
Tom Flanagan, John Flanngau's brother,
will have charge of the party.
The New Orleans baseball club will
erect a $.'M),(H)0 steel stand.
A Greek, bound to fatherland, took
wrong train out ot Chicaga and went to
San Francisco.
MINERS ENTOMBED FOR WEEKS.
Three Men Buried a Thousand Feet
Underground in Nevada,
One morning early in December a
sudden crash of timbers, a muffled
clatter of rock and cloud of dust told
the engineer of the Alpha mine, near
Ely, New, that the rive men he had
Just sent down In the cage were burled.
He gave the alarm and a thousand
men, euger to be of service, gathered
about the shaft. Supt. Gallagher care
fully picked the men he wanted, notl
iled others that he iMight call upon
them laier and at once begun efforts to
communicate with the rutomlKHl men,
hoping winie might have escaped death.
Before nightfall he learned that two
Greeks were 'caught in the euve-ln aud
burled alive, but that the three Ameri
cans, Bradley, Brown and McDonald,
were In no Immediate danger. A six-
Inch pipe ruus from the mouth of the
shaft to the bottom and by removing
the cap from Its base the Imprisoned
men managed to talk with Gallagher.
They told him they had a little food
and water enough for two or throe
days.
With rubber devices Gallagher passed
food and liquids down the pliie and
was soon able to supply the men. He
started a drift toward them and at
first It seemed probable that he would
reach them in a week. Before that
time the unforeseen happened and (the
rescuers were eoniiielled to make new
plans. It was then announced that ten
days would be sufficient to get to the
miners, but fresh accidents licyond the
pale of prevention delayed the work
ers. Now Gallagher declines to make
predictions and simply says that le
will continue his effort as long as he
has strength to direct It. The men
can be saved, he declares, and he will
save thorn.
The entombod miners spend their
long days far more cheerfully than
might be expected In such circum
stances. To safeguard them In case
the rescue party. Is delayed Supt. Gal
lagher bus supplied them with enough
provisions to last three weeks. They
receive cooked food, eggs, milk, and
tobacco by means of u six-Inch pipo
running down the shaft. They have
connected tho mine telephone with an
electric cable, and are able to talk dully
With their families and friends. They
are well supplied with news, and have
shown much interest in the GoUltieid
crisis. They hnve plenty of light and
room to move about, so that if they
can endure the long delay they can
wait for rescue with confidence aud
comparative comfort. ' f
The rescue party Itself has dangers
to face. A cave-In below the tenip.J
rnry platform of timbers iqion which it
Is working might precipitate It bun
dreds of feet. Each man works with
a roi alsjut his waist, so that If all
suddenly find themselves without any
tooting they can be hauled to safety.
Xnrlwl Maklnir of Alcohol.
The renort of the commissioner of inter
nal revenue shows that siuce the passage
of the fre,e denatured oiconoi tun oniy ten
mills have been set no for turning out
this product, notwithstanding the fact
tlmt the Treasurv Dcuartmenc has sent
out pamphlets instructing the farmers
how to manufacture the spirits. While
the distilleries are permitted to use any
mnterial whatever In nroduciin: this spirit,
the product so fnr has been mainly from
corn. It is said that in Germany there
are about 70,000 farm distilleries produc
ing Industrial alcohol, which is sold t
consumers for about 27 cents a gallon.
while in this country tne average price in
Wrrel lota is 30 cents a gallon.
Mill Owner Cautions,
The prevailing sentiment amonc New
England manufacturers seems to be one
of decided conservatism, and while it is
thought that trade conditions will improve
somewhat during liMkS. no full revival is
looked for until after the presidential
election. It is estimated that from 200,
(MIO to 250,000 employes of New England
Industries will be on a short-time basis
during the first part of the coining year
This is partially due to the arrangement
now being made by cotton manufacturers
to curtail the output 25 per cent from
Christmas to March 1.
BUT IT WAS SCARY FOB AWHILE.
THREE MEN BURIED
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T
FACTS ABOUT : : : f
: THE CENSUS.
Though we are still getting bulletins
and reports based on the census of 1900,
the time has come to begin active prepara
tions for the enumeratinn of 1910. Bills
have been introduced covering the niaisj
feutures of the nexj; census, and nn ap
propriation of $14,0X),000 will be asked.
It is nearly five years since a perma
nent census office was established. The
maintenance of a sort of skeleton organ
ization should make for economy, system
aud superior efficiency during the next
census and the tabulation and publica
tion of its results. It Is proposed to re
strict the inquiries to population, agricul
ture, manufacturing, mines and quarries.
All sorts of suggestions have been made
for particular and " additional Inquiries,
but while the utility of some of them is
undoubted, limitation is deemed necessary
iu the interest of accuracy, speed' and
economy.
To complete the work of enumeration
In a shorter period than usual, It is pro
posed to employ tWi.OOO enumerators in
stead of 45,000, the uuiuber employed in
1900. Thirty-five hundred clerks and 330
supervisors will be required, and an effort
is to be made to secure high-class men
for the various lu-anches of the work. A
census generally brings a scramble for
"patronage," each member of Congress ex
pecling to nominate a certain number of
clerks and to use "pull" where the appli
i ant's qualifications are not up to the
standard. This time it Is proposed to dis
regard political affiliations and to hold ex
aminations for clerical positions (of the
non-competitive kiml) under the direction
of t' civil service commission. It is
further provided that the director may
give preference to persons of previous ex
perience aud good records in census work.
While these tests do not err on the hide
of strictness, the spoilsmen of the old
school are expected to find them too dras
t'e so that a fight against feutures proui-
iinr efficiency is not improbable. Tho
supervisors are to be appointed by the
President and paid fair salaries. They
will in turn nominate the enumerators,
the appointment of such nominees being
left to the director. Chicago Uei-ord-Her-uld.
William Crosby, a publisher of Bos
ton, who died the other day at the age of
uu mice refused noeius that were
' 1
J offered by Longfellow.
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STEAM PIPE-ffVv. D
WATER p;?z 4- L I fp
VSZD TO SLflD t-xT jj 1j '
CAVED TRON WlSf I I
PrroJOTTmlps I IA,.,, ,.. J
hfr) THEWAdHMGTOtt
mMBERATWOomYjJMi COMPARED WITH SH AIT
lEVELmEmjyrm. krltf WHICH NEIfARE . .
AXEEIUOMSZD Ki J SURIED VS
IN A NEVADA MINE.
Oirous mine, Nevada, and dia
grams showing plight of thrse
miners.
OIL WONDER OF THE WORLD.
Indian Territory Has a Great
Wealth Producer in Glenn Pool.
Nothing in the history of oil discos
erles in the United States equals the
record of the, Glenn pool, near Tulsa,
I. T. There are in operation 1,118
wells, which produce a dally average
of 107,700 barrels, and in slxteea
months have sent to market 25,000,000
barrels. Land which in December,
1900, was worth $20 per acre now
brings $2,500 per acre. Three good
sized towns have been built from ths
reflex prosperity of the pools. Glenn
pool Is one of the wonders of the world
to men In the business of petroleum,
and men have come from all over the
world to see It Glenn pool Is not only
the most productive pool in the world,
but it is the largest In area. Up to
this time the proven territory covers
some 14,000 acres. Rigs are still going
up, and whenever the people In ths
business think they have the lines pret
ty well defined along comes a well
away off from production, which ex
rt'nds the limits of the pool by from
one to three miles. So nobody knows
anything about the limits of the pool
except that up to this time 14,000 acres
have been proven up.
Millions of dollars have been spent
In the development of the pool and)
millions of dollars have been mude out
of It. The pipe lines and the equip
ment run Into money as rapidly as wa
ter runs down hill. It costs $5,000 to
drill and equip a well. Then It costs
soinethlng for the lease and something
for the tankage. To drill aud "equip
each 80-acre lease takes close to $100,.
000 In real money. But the pool gives
it ull back again. A real good well will
pay for Itself In five or ten days
TOLD IN A FEW L. J3.
The Hussion war departn"-,p has or
dered the formation ot a uiiiiiury auto
luuLile corps, to be based on the German
model.
Pierre Jules Cesar Jansscn, the cele
brated French scientist and director ot
the Men boa observatory, ie dead in Paris.
He was born in 1K24.
V. H. Williams, member of the board)
of review of Columbus, Ohio, died of a
stroke ot paralysis. He was one of ths
best known Democratic politicians la
( Ohio.
