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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, an.'.
Uoorgo I), Tzschuck, secretary ofcTho Boo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
lays that th actual number or full and
completo copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening nnd Sunday Deo printed during
.tho month of December, 19ol, was as fol
lows: 1 no.ioo n ,.:io,oou
2 :i(,oii. is :iu,.iuo
3 :to,:t:ii u :io,mho
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12 no.noo 28 no.nio
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IS :jo,:io() si ao.iao
13 HO, KIU
Total .....oiaj.-r.
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,008
I Net total sales ii:i:i,inr
i Net dally uvcrago no, 1 01
GEO. 13. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my jirosenco anil sworn to
before mo this 31st Juy of December, A. D.
1901. M. 1J. UUNQATE.
(Seal.) i Notary Public.
It Is reported Hint puckers luivo a
corner on eggs. .Now Is tlic time for nil
patriotic hens togot busy.
v As n prellmlnnry to the cllmlnntlou of
partisan politics from thu bunch, It
might bo suggested tluit the Hur asso
ciation eliminate partisan politics from
Its meetings. 1
South Onmlm continues to pull off
prize lights right uloiig apparently with
out apprehension of Interference by tho
law olllcers. Hero Is n chnuco for our
conscientious county nttorue-3'.
A bill has been Introduced In the sen
ate to creato a new cabinet position to
bo known as. minister of commerce.
(Should it become u. law, states with fa
vorlto sons will do well to keep nu eye
on Iowa. ' .
Thoso warring local baso ball -magnates
stand lu danger of copying pugi
listic methods too closely. A little more
busluess and a little less hot nv would
keep tho enthusiasm for the gumo
stirred up Just, as well.
It sho"uld not bo forgotten that no ono
Bet up u howl for the poor school chil
dren when, tho salaries of all the grade
teachers were cut a month nil round
to give Superintendent Pearse an In
crease of $000 n year when he wns al
ready overpaid.
An American syndicate Is seeking n
concession to build a trolley lino from
Cairo, Kg,vpt, to Mecca, and ono from
Damascus to tho samo plncc. If the
present rage keeps up' the entlro world
will soon bo kept busy dodging Amer
ican trojley cars.
Tho chief of the weather bureau wants
meteorology taught In tho public schools.
How line It would bo If tho small boy
were educated up to tho point where hu
could tell to n certainty on Saturday
whether It would bo good lishlng
weather on Sunday
The order of the commissioner of In
dlnu affairs that all Sioux Indians must
work If they would receive nnythlng
from the government excepts the
squaws while applying to nil able
bodied bucks. This is shuttering Indian
traditions with a vengeance.
A trust company Is being organized
to loan money to farmers on grain ware
house receipts. This might have been
a good thing a few years ago, but just
nt present the western farmer Is not
looking for some place to borrow'
money-he has money fo loan.
Tho surest way to rovlvo a healthy
activity In Omaha real estate Js by hold
ing tho tax rate within reasonable lim
its. And the tnx rnte ennuot bo held
within reasonable limits unless tho ex
penses of county, city and school gov
ernment ore held down by a policy of
itrlct economy,
Tho solicitude for the, school children
manifested by our hysterical contem
poraries seems to bo chjoily solicltudo
for tlm high-priced favorite nnd fad
dists who havo been grnfted onto tho
school pny roll. Tho school bonrd's plan
ot retrenchment does not affect tho chil
dren except possibly sojnr as thu school
year may bo shortened two w,eoks.
It Is n little strange, but nevertheless
a fact, that In China women aro as
Jlttlo considered us lu any country'ln
tho world lu tho framing of tho bill of
.rights, nud no" effort Is or has been made
to Improvo their civic, condition. Yet
China Is ruled absolutely by it woman.
Hero would nppear to bo a good Held
for tho woman suffragist agitators to
nut lu bouio work.. " , v
tub nr.viwnx caxal, nii.h.
Tho passage by the hotlsc of repre
sentatives of tlm, Iflcnragutt canal bill
formulnted by Congressman Hepburn
by a practically unanimous vote Is a
distinct triumph for Iowa's distin
guished representative. As tho fore
most champion of tho Nicaragua canal
lu tho lower house of congress Mr.
llopbum lias exhibited, admirable tact
nnd splendid leadership In carrying- this
momentous measure through the hoiise
without amendment and without pro
tracted debate.
The mere fact thnt the Hepburn bill
lins passed the house without n division
and with but two dissenting votes
nffords, however, no assurance of Its
fltnil enactment lu Its present form.
Two year's ago Mr. Hepburn forced a
bill through the house with but thirty
six dissenting votes, and yet it was
stalled in the senate and, failed to reach
the stage for final passage before the
adjournment of the last congress.
If It be true that a well-organized
lobby lu the Interest of the Panama
canal is how Industriously nt work to
defeat the Nicaragua cnnnl project, Its
strength wns cither masked on the
llunl passage of tho bill or must hnve
been absurdly exaggerated. If It bo
true that the rnllronds engaged In trans
continental tratllc are hostile to the
Nlcaruguu t'nnal or any other Isthmian
canal, their strength certainly was not
represented by tho two votes cast In the
house against the Until passage of the
bill nor by tho 110 votes cast In 'favor
of the nineudment thnt would hnve em
powered tho president to decide whether
the Nicaragua or the I'uniinin route
should be given tho preference.
Now that tho Hepburn" bill has gone
to tho sonnto for ratification tho rcnl
opposition to the Nicaragua canal may
be expected to manifest itself In various
ways. The senate is a deliberative
body that will not allow a measure- of
this magnitude and Importance to be
rushed through even by so impetuous
and indefatigable a chnniplon as Sen
ator Morgan, who will doubtless' exert
nil his persuasive powers nnd parlia
mentary tactics to have the bill re
ported back favorably from tho com
mittee nt the earliest day and subjected
to' the critical scrutiny of tho full sen
ate with tho least friction.
Quito apart from any Intrigue that
may bo set on foot by the opponents of
the, Isthmian canal, the conditions under
which tho Hepburn bill has passed the
house this your differ very materially
from tho conditions under which It
passed the house two yeard ago, or even
tho conditions that prevailed when It
wns Introduced nt the beginning of tho
session of the present congress n De
cember. Two yours ngo the lssuo hnd
crystnlllzed dowuincrely to n question
whether the Isthmian canal by the
Nicaragua routo should bo constructed,
owned and operated by tho government,
or should bo built' by a private corpora
tion subsidized by the government In
cidentally, nlso, the question of fortify
ing the cnnnl nud the modlllcatlon of
tho then existing treaty between preat
Brltnlu and- the United States wns still
open. 1
At the beginning of, tho present ses
sion It wns understood thnt tho ldwcst
tqisct price at which the Panama 'canal
could bo ncqulred wns $109,000,000, and
tho deductions nnd conclusions, of Ad
mlrnl Walker and his nsssoclutcs on tho
Isthmian commission wero on that basis.
In other words, ns between tho two
routes, with the Panama canal esti
mated at $109,000,000 and tho estimated
cost of Its completion, tho commission
reached tho conclusion thnt tho differ
ence between tho cost of the Nlcnragua
nnd the Panama, canals could not be
considered as uu Important factor. Hut
now that n definite proposition bus
been submitted by tho Panama Canal
company to transfer nil Its right of
way, privileges und properties lu the
Panama canal for ? lCT.OOO.OOO, the, differ
enco lu tho Opst of tho two, enterprises
Is very striking.
A reduction lu the estimated cost of
the Panama canal by $09,000,000 is well
worthy of n consideration from n busi
ness standpoint nnd tho senate will
doubtless weigh carefully nil tho ad
vantages nnd drawbacks of x thu two
routes beforo a llunl decision is renched.
a a a niANvtscu laror regime.
More than ordinary Interest attaches
to tho new city government thnt has
Just been Installed lu San' Francisco
with tho successful labor candldatu for
mayor at ltshead. Mayor Schmltz has
Hjgnallzed his Inauguration by the up
polntnicnt for tho hcnds)f the most
Important departments of tho principal
lnbor leaders who wero actlvo li assist
ing his election. As commissioner of
public works he has named thu presl
dent of thu teamsters! union; as tiro
commissioner, a member of tho bridge
builders' nnd pile drivers' union; us
police commissioner, tho nttorney for
the sailors' union nud labor council; us
school director, a member of tho or
chestrn musicians' organlzntlonijiind us
park commissioner, an artist.
While there Is nothing In the previous
occupations of nny of thesu nppolntees
that necessarily dlsquallfles them from
serving lu a public capacity, tho sue
cess of the labor administration will de,
pond upop. thu ability of tho new do
purtment heads to adjust themselves to
the duties that devolve upon them
Under tho ordinary rule of party govern
ment olllclal appointments hnvo been
given to persons apparently equally In
congruous to tho places, so that the Sim
Francisco labor regime Is nt no special
disadvantage as compared with other
cities. At tho samu tlmu men more
or Joes. Identltled with tho work of po
lltlual orgnnlzatlons are, ns n rule, mora
familiar with public affairs ami consu
quently bettor ablo to drselnirgo public
duties than thoso who havo had no ex
perience whatever outside of their own
personal .occupations or private bus!
ness Institutions.
If the labor leaders of San Francisco
enn bo made to reallzo fully the re
sponslblllty thnt rests upon thorn and
to npprcclnto ho fact that their clevn-
tlon to power In the municipal govern
ment places them nnd their unions on
hrobatloti beforo the public, they may
'fti n e Iti fiitmtfvntwi ci ml rtwinf ntTftrt
expectation. In tho interval the oyes
of all who are Interested In the progress
of municipal government' lu this country
will be focused upon the San Francisco
experiment.
P?.im.Vbat cezsvs roreau.
It now seems quite probable that the
proioktal to make the national census
bureau n permanent branch of the pub
lic service will be carried through to
successful completion during the pres
ent session of congress. This step hns
been persistently urged for many years
by statisticians nud polltlcnl scientists
who depend lnrgely upon the census for
matcrluls lu connection with their work.
These students nud scholors have been
outspoken in calling, attention to the
Inherent weakness c;f: Intermittent ef
forts at keeping record of. social, eco
nomic and Industrial progress, that are
necessarily continuous.
In the earlier decades of the republic
the need of permanent machinery for
the collection of census dntn was not
marked, both becauso tho population
nud resources of tho couutry wero still
coniparntlvely smnll nnd tho scope of
the census inquiries much more
restricted. With tho enumeration of
1SS0, taken under tho late General
Frances A. Walker, the demand for bet
ter facilities became of real urgency and
this urgency grew more pressing with
the succession of 181)0 nud 1000. The
census still In process of completion
has been unquestionably expedited and
Improved by reason of the careful di
gestion of plans lu ndvnnco nnd the
early start secured lu the organization
of the staff.
With a permnuont census burenu sov-
oral cognato brauches of departmental
work that havo to do with the collation
and presentation of statistics relating to
different ilelds of national activity now
carried ou In subordination to the
Treasury department, tho Interior de
partment, tho Agrlculturo department
and the Stntu department could be co
ordinated and enhanced lu elllclcncy,
while at tho same time saving effort at
present duplicated , between them.
Should a now; depnrtmeut of commerce
or Inddstry bo created, the census and
statistical buroniiB would naturally fall
within Its provlucc.
lteprcsontntlvo Hopkins, who has
charge of tho bill ns chairman of the
house committee on census, Is coulhWnt
that It will easily pass both houses and
become law at nu enrly dny. Should
this result bo brought nbout the Ameri
can people will have nt Its command
nu olllclal corns of exnert statisticians
who will keep them constantly informed
not only of the progress tho country Is
making, but of Its relative position In
tho commercial race of the world
powers; nud accurate Information, as
overyono knows, vis tho 'first requisite,
for intelligent competition.
VXCERTAlNTr OF THE LAW.
Ono point scored by Judge McIIugh In
his address ns president of tho Nebraska
Stnto Unr association will strike n sym
pathetic chord as much with laymen as
with members of tho legal profession.
It Is his protest against the uncertainty
of the law as laid down by the courts
and his plen for n more consistent in
herence to precedent.
Judge McIIugh fluds speelnl ground
for complaint In tins Nebrnskn reports.
"Nebraska is n young stat.e," ho says,
"und yet in the decisions of our supreme
court there will bo found 1150 cases de
cided by thnt tribunal which have been
expressly overruled. In addition to
these cases which hnvo becu In terms
overruled wo hnve a lurgo number of
othera wlileh have been distinguished
out of all semblance to their orlglunl
tenor. The process of overruling is still
going ou nnd every volume of Nebrnskn
reports contalnssojne decisions overrul
ing prior decisions of tho court."
While Nebraska Is by no means the
ouly offeudor lu this respect, thoro Is no
questlou but that tho uncertainty of tho
law In this stato has had much to do
with encouraging frivolous litigation
and discouraging litigants who have r6al
grievances to correct. While evuryone
Is presumed to know tho law, tho best
lawyers have ofteif had to confess that
they could not tell how a court, would
Jiold oven on points already itdjudlcnted.
Whether It Is better for n court to nd-
here to a ruling which It is convinced Is
wrong for tho sake of consistency, or
whether It should overrulo nnd reverso
Its former declslous with the snme free
dom that It passes upon new points
raised for tho first time Is subjectto
serious debate. Tlio time-tried udago
that n wise man changes his mind may
bo Just lis iippltcablo to tho courts of
last resort, but If tho change Is to follow
every change In thu personnel of the
bench nnd every swing of the political
pendulum in the make-up o'f its mem
bership, the hope for certainty In the
law will huvtj to bu abandoned,
Iloth bench nud bar can well ponder
'over this question.
No scliemo of economy nnd retrench
ment for the relief of the tiixpnyers enn
over bo put Into effect without trending
on some ono's toes. Tho tnxeaters al
ways dislike to be dislodged nud resort
to overy possible nieniiH to obstruct tho
use of thu pruning knife. Thu effort to
check extravngnnco nlso unmnsks tho
shnm reformer who constantly chum
pious the over-burdened tuxpayer until
the time for action arrives nnd then
deserts nnd ranges himself with tho tnx
absorbers nnd ngalnst the taxpayers.
If Police Judge Gordon will tako his
disputed back salary and call It quits,
tho taxpayers of Omaha 'would bo
money In jwckct within a very short
time. The loss of lines under Judgo
Gordon' system of poljco court admin
istration can eat up moro than what
would bo snved on his salary if tho city
won out ou Its contention, The taxpay-
ers could stnnd the payment of the back
palnry If they could get rid of Gordon
for good.
Purnguny 1ms stirred up another revo
lution. This country hns been painfully
quiet for n number of years. The Inst
leontllct there resulted In killing off such
n lnrge portion of thu mule population
that It has been necessary for n new
crop to mnturo before n wnr could be
lnunched. Such remedies nru drnstlc,,
but it might not bo n bad Idea to try
them on somu of tho other trouble seek
ing South American countries.
A prominent minister, who went tq
Manila on purpose to" Investigate the
subject, returns to say that city Is better
governed nnd vice is. under better re
straint there tlmu In nny city of the size
In tho United States. This does not
tally with the stories told by political
opponents of the, administrationbut It
l probably neurer the truth than tho
sensational reports 'circulated for po
litical effect.
While It Is enjoying our hospitality,
perhaps the Statu liar association might
bo Induced to point out' how the pro
posed new consolidated mtmlclpnl gov
ernment for Omaha, South Omaha nnd
suburbs under tho benevolent direction
of live self-sncrlllclug und public-spirited
guardians can bu called Into being with
out llrst changing the state constitution.
Several of tho largest ships of tho
North Atlantic squadron are to go to
Vehezuelnn wnters to watch the prog
ress of events. If American Interests,
lu common with thoso of other nations,
uro menaced by the unsettled condition
there, a good supply of Ajinerlcau blue
Jackets may be :i handy thing to hnvo
around.
So far as we havo been able to ascer
tain, that great reformer, Mllhyd Fill
more Funkhouser, has not yet produced
beforo tho grand Jury a scintilla of evi
dence to sustain his "w ell-dcllned rumor"
of systematic diversion of line money
extorted from the vicious classes. Tho
grand jury Is still In session.
Tho city Is preparing to increase its
llro-llghtlng force and Improve Its equip
ment In response to tho demand of thu
Insurance rate makers. What are the
insurance men lug, however, in re
sponse to the demands for better rates
ou Omaha lire risks? One good turtf de
serves another.
Iowa democrats are struggling over
tho membership of stnto bourds which
under tho law are required to coutalu
men of at least two parties. Unless
matters Improve In thnt state It may bo
necessary to Import democrats to make
up the minority representation.
Information CJrutla.
.' Philadelphia ledger.
Ohio may as ;yell vbo Informed that tho
rest of tho country dies not precisely know
what Its big '.Political row Is about, and
doesn't cxtrcroj cafe.
I'alrly Good lr.
Washington Post.
It Is urged that Nebraska's stato treas
urer, who was pardoned last week, look
only $350,000 nnd had served four years nnd
a nair. uowncast that would bo considered
fairly good pay.
I.nokliitr for ii Moaes,
St. Paul Globo (dom.)
Democrats all over tho country nro look
ing to their leaders to kIvo somo slcns nt
life. They continue to look to thftt minor
ity in congress to KlVO eomo better neennnt
of ltsolf than It gavo In tho brief perlod-
bCforo thO holidays. If tho domoernlln
party 1b not to go out of business It lu tlmo
tnai us enter representatives should offer
tho masses of their party somo promlao-ot
leadership In the Immedlato future.
Eleelrlo J.IkMn nt Cut Hutca. '
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho electric Ught company supplying
Fort Wayno under a contract running until
July, 1904, bus offered the city council to
enter Into a new contract under which tho
presont not cost of each lamp, which is J80
after deducting the taxes, will bo reduced
to $63,01 per lairjp. Ono Item ot reduction
in tho cost Is the transfer to tho city of
2 per cent of tho gross receipts of tho com
pany. Evidently tho lighting contract la
Fort Wayno Is a vnluablo ono la the esti
mation of tho company.
Ilrltlah I.ohkph In Smith Afrlen.
Army nnd Nuvy Journal.
In spite of all that has been said nbout
tho heaviness of British IbsseB In tho South
African war, It appeurs that they havo not
been nbnormally great oftor all. Trust
worthy Information as to this subject Is
given In n Illuo Hook just issued from tho
British war oftlco detailing these josses
from tho outbreak qf hostilities up to and
Including tho month of, Novembor, 1901. Ac
cording to tho figures presented '451 British
ofllcors and 4,611 enlisted nion havo boon
killed In action since hostilities bogan, 149
olllcers and 1,690 men havo died of wounds,
I C officers and 97 men havo died In captivity,
' 9AO nfflnnro nn.l 1fl K1 vvinn hav. .11.
UUI .ViUl'f ...V. ..I. , VI Ui U1D-
caso nnd 19 ofilcors and 501 mon hnvolled
as tho result of nqcldcnts. Hero Ib a death
list of IS, 348 and of tho victims 893 were
ofilcors. To tho showing should bo added
tho following casualties: Missing nnd pris
oners not accounted for, 7 officers nnd 521
men; sent home as Invalids, 2,612 officers
and 60,262 men. "
Th- I'lKlit-IIuur I.nvr.
American Inventor.
Tho International Association of Ma
chinists is attempting to secure an eight
hour working day In all the machine shops
In tho country, tho cbango to tako effect on
Mav 20: 1902. '
Tho law at present applies In a com
pulsory manner only to work performed di
rectly under government control. It Is the
dealro of the association and, In fact, of all
tho labor organisations to havo this law In
cludo tho operations of all sub-contractors
who are doing work or furnishing material
for tho government. Particularly Is It do
sired to Include all the shipbuilding corpo
rations and all tho steel Companies which
are furnishing material for tho navy. As
tho eight-hour law Is generally esteemed a
matter of simple Justice to tho working
men, nnd as it has been proved many times
that men working eight hours per day for
good wages do more work and do It bettor
than thoso who' work longer hours at a less
nrlce. It Is n mattor of general satisfaction
Lthat President rtoosevelt should have
r - . . . - m . . .
promised his attention to lurmenng ins
extent ot the law.
Tho International Association of Ma
chlnlBts la to bo congratulated and It Is to
bo fervently hoped that tho president's
recommendation will bavo an effect on con-grew-
when tho next bill Is introduced and
succeed In making It vM9 tDe tte
I'OMTICAI, IJHirT. f
Clncltinntlnns nro raising a. fund for tho
defenso of Caleb Powers, tho victim of
Cnntwcll jtutlco In Kentucky.
John M. Harlan of Kentucky Is the rank
ing Justice of tho Bupromo court of thu
United States In seniority of service. He
was appointed in 1S77.
Senator Piatt has decided to give up hU
purpose of suing McClure's Magazine for
libel. Somo elegant front pago stuff Is
fhus denied to tho newspaper.
uick Crokcr Is said to be packing up
preparatory to his return to Wantage. Not
a sob of icgret is heard. Tho feeling Is a
hearty "speed to parting guest."
Montaguo Lcsslor, tho young republican
of New York City, who defeated Terry
Belmont for a seat In congress, Is n lawyer
of decided ability and n vote getter of un
usual strength for n novice.
Mayjr Low of Now York started th
wheels of reform by requiring eight hours'
work a day In tho offices, and by prohibit
ing smoking during working hours. This
Is n low down trick on polltlcnl hams.
Naval Constructor Hobson Is reported
nbout to nbandon tho navy for politics.
Tho captain has decided talent ns a vote
getter, but It behooves him to limit his
osculations to babies during cnmpnlgns.
Thero oro several states without debt,
but no American city, with tho slnglo ex
ception of Washington, tho local debt of
which is an obligation of congress. Stnto
dobls nro decreasing steadily; city debts
jiro Increasing,
Tho District ot Columbia Is not a source
of extensive profit, pecuniarily considered,
to the pcoplo of tho United States. The
gross revenues collected under authority of
congress nro less than $4,000,000 nnd tho
disbursements nearly $8,000900.
In West Virginia, tho only stato In tho
former solid south which has been unin
terruptedly under republican administration
for several years, tho coldred population
has. Increased not only nctually, .but rela
tively as well. West Virginia is tho only
stnto in tho, south which has hnd consecu
tively two republican governors.
Tho Agricultural depnrtmeut now re
quires a larger appropriation for Its ad
ministration than nny other dopnrtmcnt ex
cept tho Treasury. Tho estlmntes for 1902
aro: Treasury, $10,000,000; Agriculture,
J3.500.000; Interior, $4,900,000; Wnr, $2,200,
000; Postolllco, $1,150,000; Navy. $535,000;
Justice, $236,000, and Stato, $187,000.
Thcro hnvo been flvo cabinet officers
chosen from tho stato of Iown, and Gover
nor Shaw ns secretary of tho treasury will
bo tho sixth. His predecessors from Iowa
In tho president's cabinet wero Belknap,
appointed secrotary of war by President
Grant; McCrnry, appointed to tho somo
office by Mr. Hayes; Ktrkwood, appointed
secretary of tho Interior by President Onr-
flold; Postmaster General Hatton, appointed
by President Arthur, nnd Mr. VJlson, ap
pointed by President McKlnloy.
Thoro nro very fow only seven con
tested election ases In tho houso of repre
sentatives. Ono of tho contests begun by
Gunornl Walker, republican, for tho seat
from tho Ninth Virginia district, has been
terminated by the death of tho contestant
after nil tho testimony had been taken
nnd tho. briefs filed. Other contests nro In
tho Seventh Alabama, Third" Kentucky,
Twelfth Missouri, Third North Carolina,
Seventh North Carolina, Fourth Virginia
nnd Seventh Ohio (Columbus) districts. In
tho lost district tho sitting mcmbor had a
majority of only eighteen Votes.
lM-llSONAI. "NOTES.
Tho. Panama canal was "marked down"
Just In tlmo to get in among tho January
bargain jokoa.
Tho dowager empress of China Is giving
nlnrmlng Indications ot an intention to ap
pear as tho now woman.
President Charles S. Peck of tho Cleve
land Chamber of Commerce has presonted
n valuablo oil portrait lot tho Into President
McKlnloy to that organization.
On tho occasion of Itenr Admiral Schley's
forthcoming visit to Louisville, January 29
nnd 30, bo will bo ontcrtnlned by tho Board
of Trodo nnd tho Louisville and Do Molay
commanderlcs, Knights Templar. The first
named organization will hold n publlo re
ception in honor of tho admiral.
Dr. GeorgoiEltel bf Clnuhnssen, Carver
codnty, Minn., who has"Just taken his mcdl-
cal degrco at Berlin unlvorslty, has nlrcady
had diplomas from thA Universities' of Min
nesota, Oregon, California, Pennsylvania,
Washington, Idnho and Montana probably
the record In tho medical profession.
John O.WoolIey, tho prohibitionist lender,
has Just returned to Chicago oftor n seven
months' trip around Jho globo to study tho
condition of tho liquor traffic In foreign
lands. Ho addressed over ninety temper
onco meotlags and says that America la
furthest advanced In tho struggle for pro
hibition.
Padorewskl keops a valet whoso princi
pal occupation Is io nib tho great pianist's
Angora at stated times, to knead tho palms
of 'his hands and to crack his knuckles.
Ilpfnrn stennlncr nn a nifitform tn nlnv n
boIo he plunges his hands.ln hot wntor
and keeps them thero as long as tho pain
will lot him.
Tho annual appropriation for'tho ex
penses of the president's office, Including
tho president's salary, compensation for his'
clerks nud secretaries, tho furnishings of
the Whlto Houso nnd tho maintenance ot
tho grounds, Is leBs than $300,000 a year,
Tho ostlmate for 1902 Is $294,000. Tho ex
penses of tho legislative branch of tho
fedornl govornmcnt nro $5,300,000 n year
and of tho Department of Justlco $3,600,000.
Tho oxpenses.of tho District of Columbia,
paid for by tho, federal government, are
$7,000,000 a year.
A JUST IMIK8lnE,T.
Iiiivn of 1'nlr Play aClinrnotcrltlo of
tho Chief Executive
Dotrolt Frco Press (den.)
Such nowspapcrs as bavo been Industri
ously abusing tho president slnco ho said
that nil the sldo quarrels In connection with
the Schley caso should be dropped now hnvo
opportunity to rovlso their statements nnd
apologize for their errors. The most recent
executive action In connection with tho un
fortunato affair is ovidenco conclusive that
he had no Intention of working Injustice
toward any one. What ho did aim to sup
pressand public sentiment was with him
was the pttty quarrels and the disgusting
Intrigues which asserted themselves In tho
departments ot tho army and navy. They
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wurtt uuiuuruiitiub, may uruuKui iuu anient
fighting forces Into dlsroputo and they did
not bring a slnglo aid to the equitable set
tlement ot tho chief controversy.
All this has been construed by tho press
as a direct attempt on the part ot tho
prcsldont to close ngalnst tho admiral the
avenues of uppoal or further action nlong
tho legitimate lines he has pursued in seek
ing his vindication.
It Is recognized by tho president that
Schley has tho right to go to the oncl of
tho struggle so long as he can show cause
for tho steps that ho would take. Con
vinced that much truth bearing upon tho
morlts of tho caso has not yet been brought
out, the commnnder-ln-chlof of tho army
and navy has granted an appeal. We fall
to see where thoro Is anything to com
promlco in a case whero tho accusations
forcing an Inquiry were so virulent, but
thero is tho prospect of fuller light and
the satisfaction of knowing that the presi
dent has no prejudices that aro not sub
ordinate to bis love of fair play.
OTIIEH IAM1S THAN OtlltS,
At n recent Annual meeting ot the
Canadian Bankers' association, held tn
Montreal, tho president, Mr. Clouston, gen
eral manager of tho Bank of Montreal, ex
plained tho present commercial nnd finan
cial condition ot Canada. During tho last
year tho bank circulation had expanded to
thou'xtcnt of $5,000,000 publlo deposits nndl
increased iu,iivv,vuu, nnu nnnxs lounu em
ployment for $11,000,000 moro loans. Fori
tho fiscal year ended Juno 30, tho Increase
In foreign trado over tho provloua year had
reached $5,000,000, although 1899-1900 had
been nn exceptional year. The whole
foreign trado for tho year nmounted to
$377,723,000, which Is nn advance of $146.
000,000, or 63 per cent, on tho trndo ot 1S96.
This chauge had taken plnco within only
flvo years.
Taking a wider rango to lllustratsu tho
thrift as well ns tho prosperity or the
people, Mr. Clouston stated that tho aver
age deposits n head ot tho wholo popula
tion In tho various Joint stock, govern
ment nnd savings banks of tho country had
steadily risen from $19 In 1S71. $27 In 1S81
and $40 In 1891, to $74 la 1901. He added
nlso: "Home trado has also greatly pros
pered. Manufacturing concerns, with fow
exceptions, havo been busily employed,
railway traffics havo been tho largest In
tho history of tho country, labor continues
scarce, nnd tho rato of wages rolatlvely
higher; mercantile failures aro fow in
number nnd not formidable in extent." In
speaking of tho census, ho said: "What,
nfter nil, Canada nocds Is quality rather
than quantity. Mcro numbers do not nec
essarily insure stnblllty, strength or pros
perity." Por tho pinch of poverty which tho work
ing classes of Paris nre fenllng Just now
nlthough with loss ncutcness thnn thoso ot
cither Berlin or Vienna two contributory
causes nro nsslgned, ono of which will ap
peal to Gothamltes nnd tho other to Chi
cagoans. Tho first of theso Is tho mean
spirit of provincial towns, which, Instead
of supporting their own pauper poor, nro
prono to supply them with third-class tick
ets nnd send them forth "to seek work in
Paris," br rather to saddlo them on the
taxpayers .of tho natlonat capital. The
second cause of distress has bon tho in
ovltoblo aftermath of tho exposition ot 1900.
Provlnclnl poor almost by tho hundreds of
thousands wero attracted to Paris, raising
not only slum rontB, but tho prlco of food,
particularly In tlio low anting houses.
t
Tho mllltnry observers of different Euro
'penn countries nro beginning to discuss tho
consequences of tho stationary or decreas
ing population of Franco. A writer In on
Austrian Journal, roferrlng to tho nltera
tlons which Franco was compelled to make
last November In tho ponco footing of Its
nrmy, polntB out that, ns lata as 1898, tho
numfcor of trained soldiers In Franco ex
ceeded tho corresponding total In Germany
by 140,000 men. It wns then calculated, ho
says, that It would tako Germany ten years
to mako up tho dlffcrcnco, as It proposed
nt that tlmo to Increase tho number of
recruits by 14,000 every yenr. Bit, In nd
dltlon to tho ordlnnry recruits, so mnny
supernumeraries offor themselves for en
listment In Germany thnt tho numerical
ndvnntngo In trnlned men which Franco
had ovor Germany threo years ngo will
hnvo disappeared In half tho contemplated
period. Tho writer lays particular stress
on tho facts that tho- number of recruits
prescribed by law in Franco enn no longer
bo reached, nnd that, last year, thoro was
n conBldernblo deflcloncy, so that, with all
the volunteers 25,882 in 1899 and re
enlisted soldiers 6,528 in 1899 it wns Im
possible, to formnll tho fourth battalions
for which credits wero voted, simply be
causo the men woro not forthcoming.
Thoro hnB been froqucnt speculation as to
tho actual amount of money expended upon
Russia's groat Siberian railroad, but pot
much of It hns had any foundation In offi
cial Information. According to tho Novostl
of Odessa, when work was begun upon tbo
line ten years ago, It was estimated that
tho total cost would be 350.OOO.o6o rubles.
'Tjbls has, however, been exceeded to an ex
traordinary extent, tho dlffcrcnco between
tbo estlmnted nnd the nctual cost up to
twolvo months ago being moro than 430,
000,000 ruhlel. That Is to say,- tho lino or
iginally ostlraatcd to cost 350,000,000 rubles
had nlrcady twelve months ngo cost no less
than 780,000,000 rubles. Tho publication of
theso flgurcB has attracted much nttentlou
and as much comment as Is possible or
rafo In Russia. Bnforo tbo Hue can posaI
bly bo put In regular practical working
order, It Is now estlmnted, tho total cost
will bo swelled to at least 1,000,000,000
rubles, or, roughly, $500,000,000 that Is,
nearly ibrco times tho nmount provided for
a decado ago..
Without any ostentation and almost with
out any official demonstration that could
nttract tho attention of correspondents
Ilussla has oponed n now port Jn tho far
east whloh It Intonds to mako ono ot tho
most Important cities of tho cmplro. This
Is the new city of Dalny, tho cdstcrn term
inus of tho Siberian railway. Alrt-ady 12,
000,000 rubles hojvo been expendod on th
town nnd Its. harbor works, undor tho di
rection st tho chief pnglncor nnd manager,
M. Valdemaf Sakharof, nnd 23,000,000 rubles
mor6 nro to bo snont on further Improve
ments, '
It Is learned thnt Dnlny, unllko othor
Russian ports In tho far eaBt, will bo nbso
lutely froe; No custom houso will bo es
tablished and tho harbor, systom Includes
tho lowest posslblo taxes In tho form of
tonnage, dock or warehouso charges, an nn
attraction to shipping. It Is bollovcd by
tho administration that the easojind cheap
ness of entrance for ships, cheap co'ollft
labor nnd tho Insignificant cost of moving
goods from ships to cars will contrlbuto to
this result.
Dalny, to which from St. Petersburg tho
Journoy may now bo mado In twonty-ono
days, will, according to Russian official
notices, .constltuto tbo great ob
jective point of Russia's eastern, policy
nn Ice-free harbor throughout tho yenr.
Tho area of deep water 1? sufficient to no
commodato all tbo shipping of China. Ves
sols drawing thirty feet can entor even at
low water without difficulty and without
requiring pilots. Thoy will thon havo tho
advantage of docks, protected by break
waters ngalnst tho roughest sea, wboro
their cargoes can bo transferred to cars
standing on tho wharves, nnd when tfio
railroad is completed shipped 6,000 miles to
St. Petersburg without further hundllng.
Two dry docks nro being built, ono for or
dinary ocean steamers, the other to occora
modnto the largest morchant vessels and
wnr ships afloat, Soventecn hundred work
men aro now employed on tho former,
which is considered most necessary, and
will bo tho first completed.
Cnnul IHrkIiik I'ntlinnlm,
Philadelphia nccord.
AlmoBt Invariably the estimates for groat
engineering undertakings, particularly thoio
Involving initial uncertainty, llko thocon
Btructlon ot railways and canals, fall far
short of tho final cost. The exporlenco o(
ths French promoters of the Panama canal
furnishes an lnstanco of this kind, Tho
Nlcnragua canal would be exceptional If It
should not cost twlco what tho eglneera
have guessed. For this reason the' offer to
selj the unfinished Panama work should be
cnrctully considered. Tho uncertainties of
cost In that undertaking havo been pretty
well eliminated. The digging that remains
to bo donn can be determined with great
nearness by the digging that has been done.
AMUHIGAX COAI, AND OU
Inprensrd 1'rndm'tlnu nnd Irmnnil
for Until.
Baltimore. American.
Last yenr nbout 300.000,000 tons of coal
wcrp produced In tho United States, n qiinu
tlty larger than "that mined in Great Brit
ain or In nny country In tho world; and,
great as was tho output of tho mines, tho
significant fact is' that nearly nil of It wns
consumed nt home, which means that In
dustrial progress In 'this country hns be
corao so great that last year practically nit
the coal not needed for ordinary uses w,
consumed in tho work of development along
various lines. Improved mnchlnory nnd tho
discovery of new fields havo increased tho
tmportnnco of tho coal question in this
country. We do not know how much coal
is In tho United States, but, at the present
rato of consumption,' or ovon nt n grenter
rate, it has been shown that there is enough
that can bo mined, without great expense,
to last moro than 100 years.
Companies nre being formed with capital
running up Into millions for mining for uto
nt homo and for shipping conl nbrond. Re
cently discoveries of new coal beds In Eng
land havo been made, but thero Is no evi
dence of anything of this sort on the con
tinent of Europe. In fact, our consuls for
months have been urging Americans to send
conl to Europe, and thoro Is hnrdly n, doubt
that this business will become In tho futuro
very Important. One difficulty has been to
secure suttabloi ships, nnd another has been
tho freight rates. U would scorn thnt n
fleet of lnrgo schooners might bo availed of
to send coal to such parts ns Genoa. Trieste
nnd to Hamburg nnd other ports In tho
north of Europe. Conl 1b now shipped In
sail vessels from Baltlmoro to B.in Fran
cisco. Tho Journoy is long, but tho differ
ence In rates on n cargo of 2,000 tons by
steamer and by sail vessel Is quite nn Item.
If tho industrial plnnts on the continent nre
to bo run In competition with thosn of older
countries foreign conl will bo needed, nnd
tho American product con probably com
pote successfully with that from any othor
country.
Tho great output In oil, especially in 'this
country, mny havo n hearing In tho wny of
competing with conl. Not a fow Industrial
plants ubo nil, nnd several of tho railroads
aro experimenting with tho lowor grades,
such as somo kinds found In California and
Tnxns. It Is n question thnt can bo decided
only by experiment. H Is worth noting thnt
In tho production of both conl nnd oil tho
United States Is now astonishing tho world,
nnd this Is particularly true of tho south.
No such oil welts ns thoso In Texas havo
been found anywhere in tho world, nnd tho
Alnbnma nnd Tennessee coal fields nro sim
ply mines of wonlth. ' -
Tiuti:i? ai:s "of thu whst.
How Tlium Hnve Clinnunt Since (lie
Pioneer Unys. '
Century Mngnzlne.
Twenty-flvo years ngo potatoes wero so
high tn prlco In ccrtnln towns of tho
Rocky mountains thnt tho .morchnnts hand
ling them often reserved tho right to retain
tho peelings, which, In turn, wero sold for
planting purposes, tho eyes of tho potntocs
thus having n considerable 'commorclnl
vnlue, obviously In proportion to tho dls
tnnco from the nearest railroad or steam
boat lino. This situation could not forovor
endure. There must come a day when wo '
could nfford to ttjrow away our poolings
nnd throw them nwny cut thick and raro
lcssly. Equally true Is It that tho time Is
coming in America when we shall gather up
our potato peelings and cherish them. (Thcro
you havo tho thrco ages of tho west.
Another lnstanco of changed standards In
tho west may he seen In tho revolution as
to petty prices. Up to wonty .years no,
in most Rocky mountain communities, tho
quarter-dollar was tho smallest coin In
circulation. With tho railroads camo tho
dime, tho nickel and nt' last the ponny, but
thoy came to a west that was no moro.
I.IM3& TO A I.AL(ill.
Baltlmoro American: "Thero 1b nlways
room nt tho top," vnld tho Good Adviser.
"Indeed, yes," niiHWcrod tho Unfortunnto
Purson, "but the vlovntor Is not nlwnys
running."
New York Press: "I'm sorry, but I shall
hnvei to lnslut that your bond with tho
guaranty compuny no doubled."
"I I what In the mnttcr, slr7"
"Well, It hiiH Just come to my knowledgo
that your neighbors out in SuburbHiivillo
call you 'Honest John.' "
Philadelphia Press: "I think Dowct's tho
greatest Doer of them nil."
"Ho appears to bo even n greater boor."
"Door? Why?"
"Ho hasn't oven enough politeness to bow
to tho Inovltnblo."
Washington Stnr: "Do you think n mem
ber "Jif congress renlly enrns his salary?"
asked tho lnqulsltlvo person. '
"Of course, I do," answered tho nowly
elected statesman, j "You hnvo no Idea
what a lot of work It Is to convince your
constituents thnt you nro working."
Washington fltnr: "Things novnr seem
properly adjusted In this world," said tho
careless young- man.
"For Instnnco?"
"I have observed tlmo nnd again that
tho peoplo with tho most ejcpi'iisfve tnsleH
almost Invariably havo tho least money
to meet tlicm."
Brooklyn Life: He Ah. thoso days nt
our young lovo! You reinombcr thnt nft
rrnoon you promised to moot mo nnd didn't
come? How 1 ruvedl
Bho Just likd n man. And thoro wns I
suffering ugnnlcs trying on that dress you
liked so much.
Judgo: Miss Hmtth (to- Mr. Dearborn,
nbout to sing) MIkh Jones will play your
ucfompanlmentw, Mr. Dearborn.
Miss Jones (coyly) Oh, Mr. Dearborn
plnys his own accompaniments so beauti
fully 1 couldn't murder them for him.
Mr. Dearborn (gallantly) Oh, yes, you
cou Id I
Chicago Post: "Ho Is one it tho most
resourceful lnisy men I ever knew."
"Why do you sny that?"
"BeqaiiHc, Instead of writing out his good
resolutions, ho cut the pngo for January 1,
1901, from his old diary und panted It In
under
Chicago Tribune: "Haven't you your
latchkey?"' nskVd tho friend who had as
sisted Mr, Jugway to his front door.
"Y-yesh," responded Mr, Jngwny, with
somewhat Impeded utteranco, "but 1
u-can't (It It Into all theso keyholes!"
V1IHX FATIIKIl THIRD TO SKATK,
Joe'Cnno In .New York Sun. i
When father tcarclied tho nttla through
He brought us down to show
A pair of skates ho usud to ubo
Homo twenty years ubo.
He held them proudly by the straps,
And said with much elate.
"I guess I'll go down tow the pond
An' show yo how tew skato."
Bo father put his cowhides on,
And stnrted for the Ice;
Ho screwed the screws Into his heals
And strapped them tight nnd nlco.
"I'll show yew youngsters how tew cut
A pidgin wing thet's grcatl"
Iln cried, nnd then ho stnrted out
To show us how to skato.
Iln mndn a bold and rapid stroke,
His nrms spread parallel,
And thon his feet went In the air,
And with nn awful yoll
Ho foil kerplunk down on the tea
And cracked It far and'wldo;
And bruised himself from head to foot
Until ho nearly died.
We carried him Into the house,
And laid him on Ills bod.
"Plenso sen' fur good or Dr. Drown,"
My father faintly said.
Tlio doctor conw with pills and squills,
And looked both grent and wise;
And snld my father's caso was ono
Ot too much exercise.
Pa saw. a million stars, I guess,
And likewise nwhla err;
Iln let us pit thoso skntus nwuy
Without tho least demur.
They hang up In tho nttlo now,
Abandoned to their fatn;
And nncr since thnt fatal day
Has father tried to skate.
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