'JHE OMAHA DALLY BEE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1902.
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Btato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
Georgo B. Tzschuck, eccrotary of Tho Beo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
completo coplen of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evonlng and Sunday Bco printed during
the month of December, 1301, was as fol
lows: 1 ItO.lOO 17 BO.OOO
2 no.ounv is no.ituo
3 :io,.to -)9 :o,8o
4 :io,;uo so :io,44o
c :io,-irto 21 uo,70
e n,:tio 22 30,010
7 HM.UIHI 23 .10,480
8 :jo,:ioo 24 :to,4H
9 :to,:t:to '2." :so,-m
10 110,-1-10 26 u,buo
11 :io,4so 27 :in,7o
12 .10,500 2S Ko.aio
13 :io,ino 29 ao.ono
14 30,no no :io,no
is :jo,:hm) 31 uo,4ua
l U,4UO
Total oi:i,ur.
Less unsold and returne'd copies.... 10,OlH
Net total sales 0:UI,1K7
Net dally average.... .10,101
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JS01. M. B. HUNGATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
The collapse of tho Asphalt trust Is
bound to create distrust In nil trust se
curities. Tills Is the time for the horoscope man
who prides himself ou his powers of
prediction to get In his work.
Tho man who took lemon extract In
largo quantities on tho last day of the
old year has sworn off and will stick
to It-
Governor Savage should find tho at
mosphere cooler In Louisiana this lino
January than he would at homo here In
Nebraska.
Omaha has no complaint to make of
tho year that has' passed and Is expect
ing as much, if not more, from the
present; one.
A Chicago robber was kicked sense
less by a woman when ho stooped to
pick up hor nockethook Those Chlcugo
feet wero not designed in vuiu.
It Is to be noted that Suite Treasurer
Stuefcr Is negotiating bis bond pur
chases nowadays direct with the author
ities of tho counties Issuing 01 f.uudlug
them.
A purty of California, scientists Is pre
paring, to excavuto u uuuibcr of largo
shell mounds ou tho coast. The project
Is all right, but, duu't bet ou whut is
under thorn.
Dr. Loob of Chlcngois rapidly becom
ing the Nlkohi Teslu of tho medical fra
ternity. Ills dally bulletins of wouder
rul discoveries nto us Interesting us u
Jules Verue novel.
An llinols man, bus n Vilblo, which he
asserts Is 3-18 yearn old. Plenty of men
in Chicago could keep ono that long,
If their life Wi proi'Cvl, and never
Have. 11 thumb mark lu it.
There Is nothliig small about Omaha.
With nearly SOO acres, of park ground
nnd $100,000 or pail; bonds outstanding,
.wo are still talking of laying out ex
tenslvo additions to tho park system.
A. shipment of SOO carloads of Amer
ican agricultural machinery is now nt
Philadelphia, tlestlued fur Itusslu. This
does not look as though tho little tilt
over sugar had ruluod thu -American
triulu' In Ktpjslit. ' ''
All tjift Imd rallwny wrecks would not
bo avoided iiy doublu.-truek systems, but
tho tlouble.track miiUes the ilnnger of
wrecks I'm leas Imminent. Tho'double
truck, must b" '"' every ' Important
artery of rnllwuy Unfile.
Tho family -of, tho into Frank I'cnvey,
tho ehjvutor Kiii), will bo able to keep
the waive nwny hum their front porch.
Mr. 1,'eavoy'H life was Insured for
S1,:S7H,(K)0 aud by the time thu estate) is
settled a respectable balanco will bo
found on hand for distribution to the
heirs.
The reorganized IJmilngtou railroad
has paid $10,000 Into tho state treasury
for the prlvllego of Incorporating under
tho laws of Nebraska. If tho Hurling
ton could only bo Induced to Incorporate
oncq a mouth with ft like deposit lu the
state treasury nobody would seriously
object.
A Kentucky Inventor nsscrta ho hns
discovered 11 system', by which not only
telegraphy signals can bo transmitted
without wires, . but the sound of the hu
man voice can be Intelligibly conveyed
In tho sumo manner. When tho inven
tion Is In good working order It may bo
possible to hear from tho back dls-
trlcts lu Kentucky In something less
than two.wceks after ejection,
PAitDuy or EX-Tiir.AsunKn dartlkt.
On tho 13th dny of July last Governor
Snvngo ordered tho release of Joseph
8. Hartley, serving a twenty-year sen
tence lu tho penitentiary for embezzle
ment of state funds, ou a sixty-day pa
role. In Justification of this act Gov
ernor Savage gavo to the press the fol
lowing statement:
I have given Hartley a sixty-day furlough,
but whether that tlmo will be extended
remains to be seen. 1 havo Imposed ;omo
pretty hard requirements upon Hartley and
I shall lmposo some still harder ones. If
he does what I ask him to do, I will let
him out pt tho penitentiary. But If, ho does
not, then ho will have to go back. I do
not care to say Just now what theso re
quirements will be, but I am confident they
wilt meet tho approval of the peoplo of
tho state
Tho impression naturally created by
this declaration, which Governor Sav
nge repented from tlmo to time to al
lay the storm of Indignation, was that
as a condition of the parole he hud ex
acted a pledge from Uurtloy to turn
Into the stnto treasury a largo putt of
tho embezzled money, nnywhero from
$100,000 to $200,000. Hartley himself
persistently denied that any conditions
whatever had becnmposcd upon, him.
On tho ovo of tho assembling of the
republican stato convention, August 28,
Governor Savago admitted that no con
ditions had been Imposed upon Bartloy,
but that ho had confidently expected
him to maka restitution of a largo part
of tho stolen funds, In which expecta
tion ho hud been grlovously disap
pointed.
In the face of this explanation and
notwithstanding the personal appeal
made on behalf of Hurtley by Governor
Savago from thu convention platform,
tho delegates, by a vote of 008 .to 108,
udoptcd the following resolution:
Tho republicans of Nebraska disclaim tor
tho party any sympathy with custodians of
public moneys found guilty of tho betrayal
of tacreil trusts. Without Impugning tho
motives of the govornor In any case, wo
deprecato any exercise of exocutlvo clem
ency tending to creato tho falso Impres
sion that tho republican party Is disposed
to condono the willful embezzlement of pub
lic funds under any circumstances, and wo
request tho lmmediato recall of the parolo
of Joseph Bartloy.
Tho prompt revocation of tho parolo
was Interpreted as an admission on the
purt of the governor that Its Issue was
a mistake. And now Govornor Savage
has been persuaded that ho rnndo a
mistake when he revoked the parolo nnd
has Issued nu unconditional pardon to
tho stato treasury wrecker.
The labored plea put forth by the
governor to justify his course will not
chango public sentiment so tersely .ex
pressed by the republican state conven
tion. Nothing hns happened since
Hartley was returned to prison to make
executive clemency any more Justltl
able now than It was four months ago.
The pctltious gotten up and circulated
by Bartley's paid attorneys and signed
for tho most part by his bondsmen and
bcncflcInrlcB were on fllo with Gov
ernor Poynter and Governor Dietrich,
both' of whom positively declined ',to be
persuaded to accede to the appeal.
It was publicly charged and can be
proved that a largo sum, said to have
been over $30,000, was held out us an
Inducement to secure Hartley's purdou
from Governor Poyutcr. It Is a matter
of notoriety also that money hns 'been
freely spent to creuto sentiment In tho
interest of , the liberation of. Hartley,
while at the same tlmo threats of Im
pending exposure of parties said to have
been Implicated lu Bartley's liuanelul
deals wero frequently and persistently
sent out of the penitentiary greenhouse.
It is u matter of notoriety also that
stato money borrowed from Hartley bus
been paid buck to him since he has been
In tho penitentiary, but not one dollar
of It hns yet reached tho state treasury.
In tho face of these facts,, the palaver
of Governor Savago about the travesty
of justice lu the completion nnd sentence
of Hartley and his laudation of Hartley
us tho savior of tho state's business In
terests by propplug up tottering banks
with money lawlessly taken from the
stuto treasury for his own private gulu,
will scarcely touch tho chord of populnr
sympathy. Tho persuasive powers that
have induced Governor Snvugo to look
upon Hartley us a martyr to the public
wclfuro uud victim of Judicial tyrauny
will not reach the grout body of tho
people who wero pillaged and plundered
by Hartley nutl his confederates. Tho
common people will liiKlt itpnutnskluK
what was so pointedly asked lit the re
publican stato convention,' If a man
who steals more than $500,000 of pub
lic money Is entitled to u purdou after
serving only one-fourth of Ills sentence,
why should not the poor man who steals
a horse worth only a few dollars enjoy
tho same favor'
The tinlversnl verdict of thu people of
Nebraska, excepting those who have
been directly or Indirectly mixed up
with Hartley and his benollolnrlcN; will
be u decided disapproval of the Hartley
pardon. Fortunately for tho republican
party,' this llugrant ubuso of executive
clemeucy cunnot bo justly laid at Its
door Tho party, through Its chosen
representatives, lias expressed Itself pos
itively uud without reserve ugalust
Hartley's liberation and cannot rightly
bo held responsible for public ollloluls
who set up their Individual Judgment
above that of the rank and lllo whoso
will they are expected to curry out.
A manifesto has been Issued by tho
president of tho Nebraska Press associa
tion calling attention to t'ho nlleged ruling
of the Postottlco department excluding
from the mulls uuwspupers whoso sub
scription has not beon prepaid aud point
ing out that this ruling is sure to prove
ruinous to a largo number of Nobraskn
newspapers. As n mutter of fact, no
such order has been Issued by the Post
otllco department nnd the third assistant
postmaster general gives assurance that
no such ruling was ever contemplated.
It wus n falso alarm, doubtless gotton
up by parties who' uro Interested in give
away publications circulated promiscu
ously through tho malls' at 1 cent a
pound, wlUi ta wlo pbject of euabllug
their owners to sell advertising space on
fictitious circulation.
MERCKlt HAS TUB FLOOR,
Congressman Mercer still has tho floor
for an explanation of his inexcusable
conduct In connection with tho bill to es
tablish a quartermaster's supply depot
at Omaha. Tho bill was originally
draw.n by Assistant Secretary of War
Mclklejohn, lu compliance with the ex
pressed wishes of the wholesale dealers
and manufacturers of Omaha. It was
Introduced In the seuato In the mouth of
February, 1000, and referred to tho com
mittee on military affairs. Tho bill,
was recommended by tho Treasury de
partment nnd reported favorably by
Senator Carter from tho committee on
military affairs ou Mny 31, 1000, with
tho following explanation, which ap
pears In Its report, No. 1001:
The changes that are now being made In
the old postofneo building In tho city of
Omaha will not materially Interfere with
Its proposed uso as a quartermaster's do
pot. 80 far as your committee has any
direct information, tho addition to tho now
postofllco building will bo commenced within
a few months and will give, with Its com
pletion, a floor space suitable for a city of
300,000 peoplo. The building is advantage
ously located and It la bolloved that tho
occupancy of certain floors by tho Depart
ment of tho Missouri tor its headquarters
would cahanco the sorrlco and provide an
occupant for the new postofflco In every
way desirable.
Tho bill passed tho senate nnd was, on
Juno 2, 1000, referred by tho speaker to
the commlttco on public buildings, of
which Mr. Mercer was chairman. This
reference wus made by Speaker Jlcnder
s6n, because ho hud taken It for grunted
that Mr. Mercer, as a representative of
Omaha, would report tho bill back with
out deluy. But Mr. Mercer put tho bill
lu his pocket nnd kept It there, nnd
never even submitted It to his commit
tee fot consideration.
When tho Fifty-sixth congress recon
vened In December the bill wus still In
tho pocket of Mr. Mercer. In splto of
all tho efforts to get him to report It
back, he declined to do so and through
this deliberate treachery to tho Interests
of his constituency tho bill failed to re-
icelve consideration before tho flnnl ad
journment of congress, on March 4, 1001.
Mr. fiercer pretends that this Is a mat
ter that does uot merit his serious con
sideration. If ho Is sincere, why did
ho introduco practically the same bill
through tho present session and why
docs he pretend now to favor the bill?
Mr. Mercer cnuuot truthfully say that
the passage of U10 bill, cither In Juno or
In December of the year 1000, could havo
Influenced tho Wnr department with rc
gard to army headquarters. Tho de
partment had completed all arrange
ments to remove tho headquarters from
The Beo building In May, 1900, and was
established In tho old postotllce building
by Juno 30. If Mr. Mercer had any
fear In Juno that the army headquarters
would remain one month longer In The
Beo building, why did ho not report tho
bill lu December, 1000? Why did ho
not report It back In January 1001, or In
February, seven or eight months after
tho army headquarters hud been re
moved to tho present locution?
Did Mr. Mercer kill this measure, so
Important to tho Interest of this com
munity nnd section, becnuse ho feared
that John M. Thurston would get credit
for its introduction or becnuse he feared
that tho editor of The, lice would get
credit for helping to expedite Its passage
through the senate?
VHODLUMS OF TUB NEW rtAll.
The second year of the ceutury pre
sents souio momentous problems for
solution to tho national legislature.
With tho Impending retirement of tho
urmy of occupation from Cuba and the
gradual pacltlcatlou of the Filipinos,
tho untried policy of Insular civil gov
ernment will tax the ablest statesman
ship at the helm of tho nation.
All experiments hitherto attempted In
organizing civil government for annexed
territory havo been made with popula
tions living In and ndupted to the torn
pcruto zone. Tho new possessions In
tropical regions, peopled by native races
whose modes of living nnd faculties for
Industry are nt variance with the cus
toms prevailing among tho muss of
Americans, will require different treat
ment In many respects from that ac
corded to tho Inhabitants of tho domain
embraced lu the original Louisiana pur
chase, Texas or Cnllfornlu.
Another dlllleult problem confronting
tho nation is tho readjustment of the
national revenue laws to tho changed
conditions that havo followed the re
establishment of peace uud the exten
sion of commercial activity Into the
world's markets. Whllo tho army nnd
navy will from now ou draw more
heavily upon tho national treasury tlmn
during the ninny years preceding tho
into war with Spnlu, tho war taxes have
yielded a largo surplus above the actual
needs. Whllo tho last congress made a
material reduction lu theso wnr taxes
by the abolltlqu of the. stamp duties,
there Is still room for further reduc
tion without running tho risk of u do
licit. One of the most serious problems to
bo solved will bo tho supervision uud
control of gigantic combinations among
public carriers and corporations en
gaged In extensive industrial enterprises
geuerully classed us trusts. Itecogulz
lug these vast aggregations of concen
trated capital as the natural outgrowth
of tho now eru of centralization lu nil
departments of trado aud Industry, tho
questlou is how far they shall be per
mitted to trench upon 'public rights nnd
menace tho safety of our entire tlnau
clal fabric by speculatlvo operations
thut, unless checked, must sooner or
Inter preclpltuto panics that will carry
Into wreck nnd ruin millions of people.
Tho marvelous strides now being mado
lu tho domain of science nnd Invention
by which new and undreamed-of econ
omies are to be effected in production
and tho modes of fabrication and com
munication nro to be revolutionized will
havo to bo reckoned with as a factor In
shaping tho now policies of, tlio law
makers. In dealing with tho business
interests of tho country the government
while In duty bound to protect the peo
plo against tho grasping nnd over
renchlug forces of monopoly cannot with
snfety undertake to block the progres
sive elements of the age.
Investigation shows that tho Indem
nity of $18,000,000 to be paid by China
to tho United States Is lnrgely lu excess
of tho amount necessary to pay tho
claims of citizens who suffered loss In
the uprising nnd of the expenses of the
relief expedition. If this is true what
must bo the condition In the case of
other countries, tho amouut demnuded
by tho United Stutes being confessedly
tho most modest of any? History will
doubtless write this as one of the
greutest pieces of International highway
robbery, and civilization should bo
ushamed of Itself,
The new Germun meat Inspection bill
Is not likely" to become effective for
some time. Just ut present Germany Is
meat hungry, with no other place ex
cept the United tutcs lu a position to
supply the deinund. Whllo the bill Is
pending tho ugrurlan can bo satislled
uud lu tho nieuntlmo tho Gcrmuu la
borer secures his meat at a reasonable
price.
Gcronlmo, tho Apache chief, Is to be
released from conlluemeut, according to
nu order of the War department Tho
books ut Washington muy show that tho
qld chief Is lu conlluemeut, but the fucts
are that ho has been enjoying moro lib
erties than most men who have to earn
their own living.
Liberal offers of market grounds con
tinue to pour In upon tho council, but
the question Is, Where Is tho money to
come from to pny for tho grounds nnd
what advantage would the market
grounds bo to the city unless It can
build a market houso within u reason
able time?
Problem ot the New Year.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
Does tho Inventor who telephones without
wire do his talking through hU hat?
A Slight Misapprehension,
Baltimore American.
Some Iowa newspapers seem to fcol that
the capital of the United States Is to bo
located In their midst.
Vnicnrle of Fate.
Chicago Ilccord-IIerald.
Tho world's greatest steeple climber was
fatally Injured at last by falling from a
wagon. Fato continues to havo Ironical
moods.
Some Ncedn of the Dupes.
Philadelphia Record.
The asphalt calamity has now reached.
In tho ordinary course, default and a re
celvershlp. What tho duped shareholders
want Is full explanation and an accounting.
A Jnb nt the PH.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
Omaha Is bragging of a successful theat
rical performance byr deaf and dumb actors.
There would bo' more successful theatrical
performances generally If there wero deaf
and blind audiences.
Itoom (or More I.enrya.
Brooklyn Eagle,
Captain Lcary married ono of the natives
of Guam, spanked tho clerical cranks, In
troduced hons, mado tho sailors learn tho
"Star Spangled Banner," and never de
manded an Investigation or called his fel
low officers by HI names'. There might bo
more Captain Learys to tho national ad
vantage. Shall Wt Heed the Protest?
Springfield Republican.
Tho demonstration of the Inhabitants of
ot tho Danish West Indies against being
sold to the United States Is worthy of the
observation of our government. When
President Grant set out to buy those Islands
he sought the consent of tho Inhabitants.
Tho precedent is not a bad ono. The peoplo
there have some rights which both Den
mark and the United States should hoed.
Probation Before CltUenehlp.
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho proposition to Increase tho probation
beforo naturalization to moro than flva
years Is ono of doubtful propriety. With
tho requirement that tho applicant shall bo
able to read and-wrlto and show a fair
knowledge ot our fcr.-a of gmicment, ttvc
years la tons enough. Indeed, It might bo
made sho'ter If a thorough txamlnatiuo
should iU-1033 the Intelligence ot the ap
plicant relative to eur Institutions. At tho
buiuo time, no foreigners should be per
mitted to vote, as Is authorized In this and
several western states after a short period
of rcsldcnco nnd previous to completo nat
uralization Npno but United States citi
zens should vote.
FA 11.11 LAM) VAI.UKS.
Hott mill Why It Increases mill Will
Continue to Advniioi.
Detroit Frco Press.
Tbero are Increasing evidences that real
estato investments In the country aro of
Increasing value. Tbero are reasoua for
this that will contlnuo and grow more po
tent with time. It baa dawnod upon the
Intelligence of tho American people thai,
the abundance of our surplus lands to
rapidly dwindling, The ability of Undo
Sam to glvo every man a farm Is termi
nated and tho time Is not far distant whon
he will havo' none beyond tho holdings re
quired tor his own use. Another fact af
fecting values In this lino Is that popula
tion Is rapidly gaining upon food produc
tion. This is true In the United States, and
to a larger extent In tho old world. The
necessary result la that farming becomes
moro profitable and tho land on which to
conduct It moro valuable.
When machinery was Introduced In the
"boundless" west the Immediate result was
to depreciate farmB In the east and to drive
young men from tho country to the city.
Tbero was a congestion of labor In these
centers and much of the trouble It hoe on
countered Is the result ot this causo. But
tho west has tilled up. Skill and Ingenuity
have dono about all possible In tho output
ot agricultural machinery. This again puts
tho east on a basis ot profitable production.
Its farmB aro advancing In value and many
of those' that were abandoned during tho
western boom aro being reclaimed. Tho
most pressing demand for help is now in
the country and a vast amount went to
waste during tho last season becauso the
labor required lu harvesting was not to be
bad. Now there is a tide setting In toward
the country. The Income of the farmer is
practically assured and the demands upon
his products are bound to increeae with
each year. The means ot communication
are greatly Improved, new and paying
crope, such as beet sugar and northern
tobacco, are being raised; the farmer Is
now In touch with the world, and tho out
look far Uu wm sever brighter,
Railroad Construction
Chicago
Whllo, of course, tho record of railroad
construction for 1901 is not complete, It
Is so nearly complete that wo may accept
tho estimate of the Railway Age as correct
for all purposes of comparison. That cs-
tltnate Is 6,057 miles and It exceeds the
rocord since 1890, when 5,377'mllcs of track
were laid.
It has often beon the subject ot remark
that railroad construction In tho United
States has proceeded In waves. This
movement can be traced from tho first,
Tho rocord begins with 1832, when 229 miles
ot road were In operation, of which 131
miles wero constructed that year. Con-
tlnuous Incrcaso followed until 4C5 miles
of track were laid In 1835. Thero was a
drop to 175 miles tho following year and
recovery was not complete until 1810, when
51S miles of track wero laid.
Tho next year wo camo to tho rest of
the second wave, with 717 miles. Rapid
decline to 159 miles Is noted In 1843, fol
lowed by nn advanco which was contlnu-
otts, except for a falling off In 1848, until
tho crest of the third wavo was reached,
wlth a construction of 2,452 miles In 1853.
Then followed a decrease, from which, how-
ever, c&mo a swift recovery to 3.4G2 miles
In 1856. An almost continuous dccllno took
placo to C60 miles In 1861, After that, with
two or threo breaks of no great Importance,
thoro was progress to tho crest of an-
other wave, with 7,379 miles of track laid
ln 1871.
This was followed by a dccllno to 1,711
miles in 1875. Tho succeeding wavo reached
Its highest, with a construction of 11,569
miles, in 1882. Thero was a rapid dcollne
to 3,023 miles In 1885, followed by a still
moro rapid advanco to 12,876 miles In 1887.
That year's construction has not been
equaled In any two years slnco. Tho near-
est approach was 5,377 miles In 1890, or
7,500 milcu less than tho construction for
1887. Prom tho maximum of that year thero
was a dccllno to 1,650 miles in 1895. Slnco
then thoro hao been recovery, but it
has bocn slow as compared with tho
boom movements of tho past. It Is
DONATIONS OF THK YEAH.
Colossal (51 ft tn Kilncntlnn, Art, I.l
brnrlrn nnd Clinrltlcn.
Chicago Tribune
Two years ago tho Trlbuno noted with
great satisfaction that tho year 1S99 was a
record-breaker In donations and bequests
to educational Institutions, libraries, nrt
museums, charities and religious enter
prises of various kinds, tho total amounting
to "the colossal Bum" of 170,749,956. Lost
year It expressed moderate satisfaction be
causo 1900 was "a close second," tho total
amounting to $02,401,304. Today tho
Trlbuno has oxtromo satisfaction In an
nouncing that 1901 goes for beyond 1899,
the total of tho good work reaching tho ex
traordinary sum of $123,888,732, with tho
possibility that Mr. Carnegie or some other
philanthropic millionaire may mako it a
round $125,000,000 within tho next eighteen
hours.
Of this huge sum $68,850,961 has bocn
given to colleges, universities, academies,
seminaries and Institutes; $22,217,470 to
charities of various kinds; $15,388,700 to
libraries; $11,133,112 to museums and art
galleries, and $6,298,489 to churches. The
latter sum, of course, docs not Include
tho ordinary church offerings, but only
specified sums left by will or presented out
right. More tnan nan or mis great sum
has been given by threo persons, as follows:
Andrew Carnegie, $42,888,500; Jane L.
Stanford, $30,000,000; and John D. Rocke
feller, $2,889,750; In tho detailed list there ,
are twenty-eight gifts ranging from $o00,
000 to $30,000,000, for various purposes, and
fifty-one gifts to colloges, ranging from
$100,000 to $30,000,000.
Mr. Andrew Carnegie has been quite for
tunato In getting rid of somo of thoso mil
lions which he docs not wish found In his
possosslon nt tho last. Ho has como much
nearer avortlng "tho disgrace" this year
than ho did last. Ills favorite work of
founding libraries has been largely In
creased, for whereas in 1899 ho sot up thirty-four
libraries at a cost of $3,503,600, and
nineteen in 1900 nt a cost of $685,000,, this
year ho hns planted 109 at a cost of $12,
885,600, making for tho threo years 162
libraries In various parts of the country.
Thus far fourteen states and territories
have escaped him, but undoubtedly he will
And them out and supply their needs. This
done, ho must find other outlets for his
money, nnd this he Is evidently beginning to
do, as ho has already offered $10,000,-000,
which probably will bo Increased, to tho
goneral government for a national univer
sity, and It Is intimated on good authority
that a million each to Valo and Columbia
colleges may como as Now Year's gifts
to thoso Institutions. It Is noticeable, also
that ho Is beginning to contribute to charl
tlos. Evidently ho Is determined not to die
disgraced.
As to tho ultlmato consequences of this
wholosalo and Indiscriminate giving to edu
cational institutions, some Important ques
tions may yet bo raised nnd Indeed somo
thoughtful persons aro nlready doubting
tho wisdom of such glftB. But this does
not detract from tho philanthropic spirit
displayed by many wealthy men. It is
pleaHnnt to note their liberality, and to com
pare this munificent sum or $13,8HN,i,sz
given away with tho comparatively email
sum ot $4,085,569 taken by tho embezzlers
In 1901.
lMUlHOXAIi NOTES.
Kansas mndo formal protest ngalntt bap
tizing tho battleship Missouri with wine,
and Kansas did not really want tho wine,
either.
The December assessment for Philadelphia
shows 842,890 citizens entitled to vote, this
being an increaso of 8,801 over tho assess
ment In 1900.
A New York legislator proposes a cen
sorship for both plays and actors. If It
will weed o'ut the misfits In both classes
It will fill a long-felt want.
Phya AkharaJ, the new Siamcso minister,
who has just .arrived In Washington, was
educated at the Oxford university, Kng
lond. At the tlmo of his appointment ho
was assistant secretary ot state in Slam,
and this Is his first diplomatic office.
At the tlmo of his death tho lato Tuvls
de Chavannes was at work on a series ot
frescoes for the Pantheon. The painter
Cazln, who was Intrusted with tho com
pletion of tho work, died In his turn. Tho
frescoes are now to be finished by ono ot
Puvls de Chavanno's favorlto pupils.
Clarenco King, whose, death was noted a
day or two ago, was wldoly known as n
scientific writer and export geologist. By
his exposure of the "salting" of cortaln
tracts of land In California with diamonds
and rubtos In 1872 he saved the Rothschilds
a large sum and brought the conspirators
to Justice. He was a member of tho Na
tional Academy of Sclcnco and of many
Kuropcau societies. '
Tho will of Dr. Von Jlrusch, a professor
of pharmacology at Prague university, has
Just been opened. He has bequeathed nearly
$15,000 to the National museum of tbo city
on condition that all his belongings furnl
turo, clothes, plate, linen, library, manu
scripts and letters shall be packed Into
alr-tlght boxes and kept for 200 years. His
object Is to enlighten the people of the
twenty-second century aa to the manners
and Ublts of those of the twentieth,
Chronicle.
Interesting to note that tho years
of largest construction havo generally
fallen about two years before tho occur-
renco of our moro severe panics. The crest
ot the construction wave tamo in 1S35 be
fore the panic of 1837, In 1830 beforo tho
panlti of 18", In 1871 beforo tho panic ot
1873, In 1SS2 beforo tho minor panic of
1S84. There wero exceptions In 1841 and
1853, but a far moro notablo ono was that
of 1887, when the crest of tho grcatost wave
of nil was reached sis years beforo tho
panic ot 1893.
Tho dccllno went on pretty steadily from
tho phenomenal maximum tor tho six years
preceding tho panic of 1893 as well ns for
two years following It. Recovery since
has been so gradual as to suggest that
ths process of developing our railroad sys-
tern by waves has given placo to a moro
regular and systematic process.
Tho fact undoubtedly Is that tho con
struction of great trunk lines has ceased,
for tho present at any rate, and that the
development ot our system Is going on In
tho form of extensions, branches and con-
ncctlng links. This mode of development
docs not call for any nuch construction In
any ono year as wo witnessed In 1887.
It does not follow that wo shall bo any
tho less llablo to cxperlenco panics. Theso
result from Inflation and excessive Btrnln
0f credits, nnd theso things do not arlso
from any ono form of speculation or over-
confldenco In Investments. We havo been
having a vast deal of overcapitalization
n connection with the great industrial and
railroad consolidations. We havo been
having Just the kind of Inflation which Is
calculated to result in a panic at no very
distant day.
It would, therefore, bo most unwise to
Indulge ouch n senso of security becauso
of tho moro dollbcrato process of railway
development as will lnduco reckless ln-
vestmont In tho much-advertised sccurl-
tics, which would not bo for salo at all If
they wero such bonanzas s thoso who
offer them to tho public represent them
to be.
HITS OP WASHINGTON I.IKE.
Etching nf People nml Evrntu nt the
Nntlnnnl Cnpltnl.
"I want to tell you n funny story about
our roceptlon to Admiral Dowoy over in
Manila when ho camo Into tho city to do
somo shopping after tho battle of Manila
bay," said Mr. Russell Colegrovo of Ma
nila, rhlllpptno Islands, to a Washington
I'ost reporter. Mr. Colegrove, who Is traffic
manager ot tho Philippine. Transportation
and Construction company, now visiting
Washington, was one ot the first Amer
icans who arrived In tho rhlllpptncs aftor
tho United States took possession, entering
Manila whllo tho last Spanish ship de
stroyed by Admiral Dewey was still burn
ing. "Those first fow weeks In Manila," con
tinued Mr. Colegrovo, "thero wero only a
fow of us Americans about. Wo wore
congenial and wanted to be together, so
organized a club and rented a house for
headquarters. When Admiral Dewey got
ready to come to town wo woro stirred
with feelings of patriotism and wanted to
rccclvo him In a proper and fitting man-
nor nnd show that wo wero still Amer"
leans, In splto of being 8,000 miles from
homo.
"Tho most important question to solve
was whero to get a sultablo turnout with
which to 'drive him about. Some of us
kept'horses nnd carriages thoso little af
fairs ot tho natives and had experienced
drivers for the small ponies. Finally, by
using ono man's horses, another man's
carriage, and another man's harness, we
succeeded In getting together a pretty
swell-looking conveyance for tho Orient.
Tho next question was whero to get a
suitable costumo for the driver. It was
not difficult to find somo one who could
handle tho reins, but we wanted him
dressed In metropolitan stylo. From some
where we dug up a silk hat, and ono man
had a rather heavy long opera cont with
a long cape. ThlB was Just the thing, anfl
when that Filipino was finally rigged out
ho looked great. Tho driving of tho ad
miral went off all right until it enmo tlmo
to bring him around to tho club. Somo
ot us wero sitting upstairs In n window,
when ono fellow cried out: 'Look at that
driver coming!' Thoro came tho ad
miral's carriage. On tho scat was the
black drlvor, nnd ho literally didn't havo
on anything but that silk hat. It was an
awfully hot day, nnd ho had simply re
moved tho coat nnd his clothes. It was
tho funniest spectacle I over witnessed."
It Is reported that Senator Boverldgc, who
was vory much disappointed when ho failed
to land on tho committee on foreign rela
tions, mado a protest to Senator Piatt and
others of tho managing combine of tho son
nte. An attempt was mndo to mollify htm
by tolling him that ho had been placed on
tho poHtofflco committee, so that ho could
watch Senator 'Mason nnd keep him from
pulling tho wool over tho eyes of the rest
of tho senators regarding postal matters.
Mr. Bcvorldgo Is eald to have refused to
be, flattered by this ovldonco of tho con
fldenco In which his associates In tho sen
ato held him. and drawing himself up to
his full, height answered:
'"I am a United States sonator and not a
policeman."
Representative Dalzell was discovered
pacing up and down tho' ways and means
commlttco room 0110 dny beforo tho ro
cess. "What's tho mattor?" asked Representa
tive McClellan. "You seem to bo norvous."
"I am nervous;" replied Mr. Dalzell, "I'm
going to speak ou this Phlllpplno tariff bill.
I ulways have atago fright for hours beforo
a speech."
"And that reminds me." ho continued.
"Years ago President McKlnloy and I woro
wnlttng at a hotel to be driven to a hall,
whero wo wero both announced to speak.
Mr. McKlnlcy eat calmly smoking his cigar,
whllo I was pacing up and down Just as I
am now.
" 'Major,' I said, 'don't you ovor get
nervous beforo speaking? You aro as cool
as a cucumber, and I'm 3 norvous as tbo
valedictorian of a young woman's semi
nary.' ,
" 'My dear Dalzell,' ho replied, 'tbo dlf
forenco between us Is this; You have got
your speech In your head and I'vo got mlno
In my pocket.' '
Theso aro tho days when tbo stationery
room of tho fcaiato docs a rushing busi
ness, reports the Washington Post. Sta
tionery, In tho senatorial definition of tho
word, means all sorts of nlco things that
are avallablo for Christmas presents, from
pretty leather pocketbooks that can bo
bought for a dollar to silk chain purses
that aro worth fifty times an much. Each
senator, as well as each representative, Is
allowed $125 a year for stationery, and If
he chooses to spcrid tils money In pretty
knick-knacks Instead of prosaic paper and
pens and pencils, ho has a perfect right
to do so.
The most popular article in the station
ery room Is a book entitled "Olrls I Have
Met." There are pages upon which can
bo recorded tbo names of tho most accom
plished, the most religious, tbo wickedest,
tbo handsomest, tho most graceful, tbo
prettiest, tho tallest, tbo shortest, and, In
fact, tho fiamo ot any girl who excels la
somo particular. And, last of all, comes
a spaco for tho narao of "Tho Only One."
Within tho book aro pages where tho tlmo
and placo of meeting tho aforesaid girls
cau bo written down with appropriate com
ment. Tho book is so popular with tho sena
tors that tho supply has already given
out. Tho romarkablo fact is that ali of tho
books havo been token by married men.
The division of Insular affairs of tho War
department has Issued a statement showing
tho salaries paid to chief Insular nnd colon
ial officials of principal governments of tho
world, as compared with tho nalarlcs paid
by tho United Statte to similar officials In
tho Philippines. Tho governor of tho Phil
ippines rccolves $20,000, which Is lees than
Is paid to any similar official, wMh tho ex
ception ot tho governors ot South Australia
and West Australia, each of whom recolvts
tho samo; tho governor of tho Straits Set
tlements, who receives," $16,900, and the
govornor of tho Federated Malay states,
who recelvee but $6,000, Tho governor ot
Java, which country has a population of
34,000,000. receives $160,000; tho governor bf
India, $83,350; tho governor of Burraah.
$33,000; tho governor of Now South Wales
and New Zealand, $35,000 each; tho gov
ornor of Ceylon, $26,600, and tho governois
of Malta, Mauritius, Queensland, Victoria
nnd Hong Kong, $25,000 each.
Tho population of tho Philippines Is stated
at 10,000,000 and that of Hurmnh at tho Bamo
figure, and Is exceeded by no othor of tho
countries named except Java.
Tho salaries of tho othor officials of thi
Philippine government aro stated as follows:
Heads of department, $13,500; commis
sioners, $3,000; executive secretary, $7,500;
treasurer, $6,000; auditor. $6,000; suprorae
Judge, $7,000; other Judges, $5,000; chlof of
forestry bureau, $3,500, provincial governors,
$2,000. Theso salaries aro compared with
similar salaries paid In other colonial gov
ernments, and, whllo In somo instances art
higher, In 'tho majority ot Instances nr
lower, considering tho grcnter rcfpoaslhll-
mcs involved.
A SMASIIEU MONOPOLY.
Bottom Drnpn Out of the Copper Tank
nml Spill tlm Water,
Philadelphia Tresa.
Coppor dropped to ,13 cents a pound last
week. This moans nothing to tho avcrago
man, but It means millions to tho specula
tors who havo tried to hold' It up at from
17 to 18 cents a pound.
It was n big "trust," with $155,000,000 of
"capital" and most of tho big mines, but no
trust yot is as big as nil tho world, and
as long as It Is not, a smash Is as certain
as If a slcglo mlno or firm tried to pool tho
product and advanco tho price.
The great bulk of tho world's copper
comes from n dozen and a half of mlnos. '
Thero Is a fair but narrow profit for theni
at about 12 cents a pound. The beat of
them can turn out copper for 8 or 9 centn
a pound, tho poorer mines nt 10 or 11
cents. It looks ltko an easy Job to control
theso mines and mark tho price up to 17 or
18 cents. It looked easy to Mr. Secrotap
In 1889 and It looked easy to Mr. Lawsou
and his associates in 1899 In tho Amalga
mated Coppor company.
Both failed. As tho price rose from stop
to step moro mines camo into nlav. nnlv
two or threo mines can produce at a profit
on 10-cent copper. At 12 cents all tho big
mines can work. At 14 small mines came
In. By tho tlmo 18 cents is rea'rhnil thn
possible output Is nearly doubled.
In 1889 Mr. Sccrotan and bla snnmlatlnn
wero swamped by tbo old copper poured
out from all over tho world. This time
new mines sprang into existence and began
working tho world over. Tho "trust" kept
taking copper aa It' came. Bv lust Atii.it.t-
half a year's American product, was stored.
uy this December tho burden of carrying
thO COPDOr DrOVCd tOO bll? nml thn nrlrn
has dropped a quarter In a fortnight. The
noiuers ot copper "trust" stock aro out
about $60,000,000.
This is a blcccr fine than nnv lf.Mlninm
could Inflict, and It la Imposed by tho In
exorable working of economic law. No
power can keen any nrlco nbove thn nvnrnrn
created by tho freo haggling of tho market.
ino iiuuDcr trust Bmnshcd In trying to do
It. The Linseed Oil trust did thn nm
Now tho Coppor trust goes Its wav. Othnm
will follow. No trust is safe from (hi.
which advances prices, nnd tho wisest,
strongest thing about tho United States
Steel corporation is that this it docs not do.
POINTEIl IIK.MAIUCS.
l.!ir0v?kJyiV..I?i"5,0! sy-VV'nfs de mattor
wld yer llttln brudder?
Chfmmlc Why. do doctor sez ho's got a
ulster on his troat.
Detroit Freo Press: "How do you Ilko
your now eiderdown Jacket?"
"Fine. Tt makes mo feol llko a bird."
Philadelphia Press: Jira. Browne I didn't
know your son was nt college.
Mrs. Mnhiprop Oh. yea. he'd been them
two years. JIo's In tho sycamore class now.
Bultlmprn Sim: "What wo want." said
the First Patriot, "Is honest elections."
... i1, 8l".V,'v, tfa agreed thn Second Pa
triot. by, Heeler promised mo $50 for
my Influence In my ward, and now ho nays
ho never agreed to glvo 1110 moro than $10."
Philadelphia PreHs: , Mrs. Chollus Th
trouble with my huoband Is that ho can't
keep his oyen ofT tho women.
hlMr', lPl'rey You wrong him. I saw
him Pitting In a crowded car Inst night
nnd ho was protending to bo asleep. q
Boston TrniiHcrlpl: Hobblt-They nay tho
b(v Is the father of tho mun. you know.
alkklin ell, I gueso that's ko. You
HhouUI hour my boy. whan ho gets to telllnir
me howinuch moro ho knows about thlngn
Somervlllo Journal: DuwHUnSomo' pei)
plp ulwuys glvo 'Inappropriuto. prosmite.
UawHon-.1i.-H, - Somebody gave Hlinrpe.
tho ndyortlKlng solicitor, a bottlo of nerve
food Christmas.
Chicago Tribune: "This," tho salesman
Hiild. handing out another packoue, "Is iilso
nn excellent Biibstltutu for nnffee. It is
very wholesome. It inukrs rrtd blood."
"Haven't you something." nsked tho
young woman with tho' earrings, "that
makes bluo blood?"
Philadelphia Prcsa: "Your daughter,''
said tho principal of the ftiHhlonnbln Kiim
jnury, "stnnds wel In hr Htudles, but Hha
hicks the er-savolr vlvrn which our other
glrlH have."
"Wi ll," said Mrs. Nurltch, "buy hor nn
and rhurgo it up In your bill."
HKIl ENGAfJEMIJNT UAI.UNDAIl.
Chicago Post.
A flno engagement calendarthe first4 una
ever had
Adorned her desk but' recently, and made
her truu litnrt clad;
But when tho entries she had made I
chanced ono dny to boo.
Thero was a similarity that greatly puzzled
ine.
For January first she had a most surprising
whim,
And t utored on tho calendar no other word
than "Jim."
And for tho second day L found the entry
was tho same
Indeed, thu month was given to that noll-
tary name.
I Jumped to March, and,thro.os wolL-Juat
as I really feared
Tho samo threo letters, plainly traced, still
on tho piigo appeared;
In April, May and ulso June, In August
and July,
Throughout tho year. In writing tills, no
day hud she passed by.
She hluiihed when I demanded that she
ntraluhtwav let me know
Thu mean I ntr of tho ontrlea that confused
anu puzziea so,
"I'm not a fickle damsel, sir, nnd 00
dare." uho said.
"To enter thli engagement for the year
mat uva unrau.
"And he whoso name I've Jotted down Is
truo nnd good and bold.
His lovo has lanted full threo week and
never will grow cold.
Because of this devotion I've nuch confl
denco in him.
That my ongagoi-t for the year and
more-will bo to Im."
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