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Mr RAT thn rhalnnan of the JudiciaryCommittee of tho Housetlvw has written n letter narliiK that to thebest of liLa ability ho will press H pro-

posed Amendment to thoConstltutloiiKivlnitCongress full power to enact uniform laws-

on the of marriage and divorceSuch nn Amendment In rakIng possible

national laws on marriage and divorcewould meet only ono of tho demands of

divorce reformers that Is uni-

formity But whnt would be that uni-

formity The leKlelatlon of the Stateson tho subject Indicates unmistakablythat It would permit divorce nml recognizevarious eauces as sufllclent for the legal

dlMolutlon of a marriage contract Inother words tho national laws would boIn the direction of free divorce aa It U

calledTho only State In the Union which has

no divorce lew Is South Carolina Thoonly State which makes adultery alone acause for divorce Is New York It Is ob-

vious therefore that the vastly preponder-ating sentiment of this country Is In favorof free divorce and that Now York

und South Carolina now alone outside of

thai current would be into It bynational legislation

Vo Miall not now discuss the subjectbrought up by the proposition of Mr KAY

contenting ourselvf with merely iwlntingout this obvious consequence of tho Conbtilutional Amendment ho favors

The Price We P y

Tho HayPnuncefoti Treaty was tothe Senate on February 8 1900 It wasratified by tho Senate on December 20utter amendment radically changing Itscharacter Nearly eleven months elapsedbetween tho date of the proposition andthe late of action thereupon by the Senate-as a of the treatymaking power

The principal fact of the present situationI that the amendments to the HayPauncofote Treaty now go to tho Ilritlsh Govern-ment carrying with them a propositionauthorized by tho Senate and embodied-In a formal convention to nbrognto bymutual consent the Claytonliulwer Treatyof isso

Tills fact changes absolutely the ofthe old treaty In every respectof technical existence It Ins been heldby many of tho foremost statesmen of time

United Stntta that time ClnytonUulwerTreaty ago lost Its vitality both bythe termination of the conditions to meetwhich it was originally negotiated andHlao by repeated and flagrant violations ofIts terms by the other party Only a fewyears ago tho Senate Committee on For-eign ItiIatlons reported unanimously thatthe had become

letter both In law and In goodand that tide Government was no

longer bound by Its ancient Mlpulatlon-sIp to one year ago no such action on ourpart ns would revive the obsolete compactor recognize its validity was easily conceivnble to time American mind Formalnotion of abrogation to Great Britain wasnil that was required to bury decently thedead ClaytonBulwer Treaty

Tho Inconceivable happened when SecHAT voluntarily und on his own

responsibility proposed to the Britishinvorninent a new convention recognizing

find reviving tin old When tho fatuityof that proceeding was pointed out theapologists of Mr HAYS amazing policydefiantly responded that the vitality ofthe CliiytonHulwcr Trenty was no longera pertinent Flnce by the very actif Secretary HAYS to which American

sentiment so Imlicnnntly objected tho oldtreaty was iovvH and recognised

In a degree they wore tight The subse-quent recognition of tlm ClnytonIiulwer-Treaty by tho United States Senate thedelay wcesurHy resulting to time canalontcrprisn Itself time complientlntis arisingfrom the inoouMstont provMon of a con-

vention patched up by way of coiiiprninhotho chance of future misundpr tanillniand cntangl int iit are nil put of the pricewe pay for diplomatic folly of a xlncln-Individ iml The Sennto has lone theit could do under circumstances tolofomi the canal arid the country from thecoiiMxnitnctM nf Mr liArs cleplorablo

project For tlxi evils hat tummy eiuuoIs responsible For the evils wo

have ivscnjioil lot us thank Heaven andpay nntmi a cheerfully as possible

The Imniwlhto consequence is that untilEngland makes reply to the fonniil rvqiiratof this linvvrnmcnt to abrogate the ClaytonIlulwer Treaty by mutual consent to inssupersission wo tire precluded from takingany other MOI to clear envoy the now ac-knowlodgoil restrictions of the old treatyupon our Independence of action KenIf the llrltith iovernment requires elevenmonths in which to make up mindwhether to accept or reject tl Senateamendments the delay will bo no greaterthan our linn been In with tlmtreaty which Lord signedat Mr HAYB InvlUtlon met FebruaryMeanwhile since we are thus committedany movement to dl pc o of the ClaytonBulwer Treaty by joint resolution of Confrress or by the passage of a canal billpractically abrogating the same wouldhe an affront to a power and anofTenco against our and goodfaith too grow to be considered for anInstant as among the things possible

Wo must likewise be prepared to findEngland loss disposed to release us onsuch advantageous might havebeen obtained by a year ogo Uhe had gone about the business In the onllnary fashion Further negotiations for asettlement will bo conducted on tho otherRids with a Miarpcr regard to tho mainchance than ever That Is ono of the In-evitable consequences of the IlltimedtUcker of altruUm which lUumltmted Secre

hATS recent diplomatic performanceGovernment will drive n good abargain for Itself as the conditions permitMil eJwuld no more cherish Illwill

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our own precautionCompensation of somn ort will irobahlyI-

xi re iilrrd before wo got qttlto disen-tangled and wo bellrvn that Americansentiment will respond t nny reasonableproixHtIon that Involvn the stirruttier of American territory In Alaskaor elsnwhcre

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Whllo the military Investigation Intothe causa of tho death of exCndot Iloozat West Point has not been completedanti whllo a similar Inventlgatlon n comtnltteo of CongriHi U only beginningthn facts that have been HO far developedarn sufllcleiit for a fair und Intelligent pre-liminary Judgment of the cone All thatthn dead cadets friend have to say hasbcon heanl whIle the testimony of thecaileu M now taken nt Wct Point U clearlybut a repetition of what ht been takenpreviously

Booz died from tuberculosh of thethroat which hU parents allege set In

M the result of an enforced swallowingof a largo quantity of tabasco banco whothe young was attending the MilitaryAcademy tho doctors who attendedBooz at Ids homo were not willing todeclare before tho Court of Inquiry thattho Inflamed condition of hU throatnecessarily come from an Irritation suchas U described or even If It was socaused that It In turn gave rte to the af-

fection of tho throat from which Boozdied Tho allegations a to swallowingthe tabasco sauce and tho other chargesof 111 treatment ret solely upon the declara-tions of young Booz himself He nevermentioned the names of hU tormentorsThe cadct at tho Academy say unanimouslythat tho tabasco sauce which Booz swal-lowed WM only two or three drops andthat all tho member of hUcla4 were subjected to tho KIIIIO processBooz engaged In a fUt light some weeksbefore ho left tho Academy It peemsto have been a trivial affair very speedilyended and Booz made no complaints ofInjuries tram It at the time That Boozcame to hU death therefore from Injuriesreceived nt the Military Academy seemsvery doubtful and a verdict of nt least

not proven must lie rendered by fairminded people upon the charges made byhU parents against hU fellow students

On the other hand It U established thatthe first year of cadet lire at West Point Is

ono long period of bedevilment at thehands of upper classmen It Is some-thing which tho traditions of tho Academytho desires of tho upper classmen them-

selves and tho feeling of those In chargeof the cadets that all this Is needed to takotime conceit out of time boys nnd make themgood soldiers conspire to retain It isdescribed ns a very moderate kind ofharassment The cadets are required to

for various lengths of time In disnnd unnatural positions eat bowls-

of molasses swallow fcvo or three drops-of tabasco and other flery sauceson their bends In a tub partly tilledwater and subject themselves to otherpetty humiliations

Now experience proves that In an Institu-tion where this sort of thing Is a practice ItIs apt In many Instances to bo carried to abrutal and cruel extreme and oven to de-

generate Into downright outrnge It Is

frankly admitted by the authorities atWest Point that brutal forms of hazingwero In vogue there up to two years agowhen Col MILLS time present Superintend-ent of the Academy entered upon his termof offlce but It Is said that since that timeowing largely to Col MHLSIS severityonly moderate forms of hazing have pre-

vailed Of course tho Idea that pro-

ceedings of this nature are necessary forthe future wellbeing of the

Is ridiculous

nun the Constitution Follow theFlag

Time Immediate question rated In thetwo cases which hftvo been argued beforethe Supreme of tho United Statesnt Washington week is whether dutiescan be Imposed upon merchandise broughtinto ports of time United States from eitherPorto HIco or the Philippine Island JamII IOETZK Imported from Porto Hico Intotho port of New York some filler tobaccoupon which duty was accessed at 3S centsper pound The Board of General Ap-

praisers sustained the assessment of time

duty Imposed by the Collector and theUnited States Circuit Court afllrmed thedecision of time hoard and from the judg-

ment of the Circuit Court nn appeal wastaken to the Supremo Court In time othercase MAMTI PKICKE a United Statessoldier who had served In the Island ofLuzon brought In fourteen diamond ringswhich were seized in Chicago In May lait-

ns merchandise liable to duty and fraud-

ulently Imported Tho District Courtgave judgment of forfeiture to tho Government and this Judgment was removedInto the Supreme Court by writ of error

In the iootzo 010 It Is olalmed thatPorto Rico U not u foreign country andin the Pepls ease that the Island of LuzonIs n part of the territory of tho UnitedStates and therefore that time merchandl

n not dutiable under tho provision ofsoctlon s of Article 1 of the Federal Con

stitutloi which rends

lmll h e pourr Inlay And collect taint t ttn lo pay the

for the cnmmon ifffrc crrrral nflMre nfthiS Inlled but ill dultn imroiti tint ttctstii-fkM M uniform lfirruAoul LriltJ State

The specific question therefore beforetho Supreme Court What do the wordsfirnuflinul She Jmrr States mean In thoConstitutional requlremnt that nil dutiesImpiKts and exrlw shall ho uniformthroughout the United State And al-

though time argument on either side em-

braced a touch wider range amid muchtime was devoted to tho question whethertime Constitution follows time Hag so thatupon time acqiiition of now territory theInhabitants thereof forthwith become oitiTerms of the United States without any pro-vision In time treaty or without

action by tho still it Unecessary tho Supremo

Court to decide that question Thosecoses are proceedings in rem or againsttho thing In ono agalnU some tobaccound In the other ogolast fourteen ringsand a decision of tho narrower questionwhether the words throughout the UnitedStates throughout the domain ofthe or throughout tho Statesft the Union will dispose of the speclflolue now before the

The counsel for the of the goodscontend that tho cover the entiredomain of the States including-all outlying territories and aU countriesacquired by treaty or conquest anti that

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Onioos contend thatthe tern United Htateo as used In tho lm-

l osts section tnpant only tho territoryI comprised within the norornl States of tho

Inlon and win Intended only for theirprotection nnd not for the benefit of out-

side territory belonging to time nation antithat duties on thiwo Wands am uniformthroughout time United States because theyare uniformly tmposod at every port In

In support of thisview Mr Jnioos cites tho history of thisparticular section as traced by time Supremo Court In the recent caso of KNOW

TOV MOOIIK where the Court held

that of the title of uniformitywits to prevent a discriminationagainst one or more of tho several Statescomposing the United States In thatcase decided on May 14 last Mr Justloo-

WitliK In the opinion of the Court reviewstime origin and meaning of the expression

uniform throughout tho United Statesand says What tho Constitution com-

mands U tho Imposition of a tax by therule of geographical uniformity not thatIn order to levy such a tax objects mustbe selected which exist uniformly in th

StatesTho Knowlton case turned on the con-

struction of the legacy or Inheritance taxImposed by tho Revenue act of 1898 and hadnothing to do with duties on merchandisebut at the same time tho reasoning of theopinion and 1U manifest direction areIn favor of the position of tho AttorneyGeneral

Tho broader question as to whetherthe Constitution extends of Its own force

over acquired territory was practicallydecided eleven years ago by the Supreme

Court In the case of the Mormon Church

against the United States where Mr Jus-

tice BnAiiLKY In rendering the opinion-

of tho Court wed this languageThe ro of Con tfM Ihe Tmltoilw of

United Main 1 fn l and plenary it ln from

and Incidental to the right lo acquire the Territory

Itself and Store thu ilten by the Constitu-

tion lo make all ntfdlul rules and regulations te-

pectlng the Tmttory or olhu property belonelnr

to the Untied Slate II would bo absurd to tollthat the Inlled States Its power lo acquire territory

and no lo govern It when acquired The power

to acquire territory other than Ih territory northwest

ol the Ohio III er which belonged to the United States

at the adoption of the Constitution Is derived

time treatymftWntr power and the power lo

and on war The Incidents of these powers

are ot national sovereignty and belong lo all

Independent Oomnmtnts The power lo matte

acquisitions of territory by conquest by treaty and

cewlon Is an Inctdenl of national norerelgnly

And time Court then cited with approvaltho of tho American Insurance Com-

pany against CANTED when Chief JusticeMAHSHAIJ said

The Constitution confers absolutely on theernmenl of the Union the powers of making war

and of making treaties consequently that Oorern

menl posjeises the power of acquiring territory either

by conquest of by treatyThe usageof the worldls nation be not entirely

subdued to consider the holding of conquered terri-

tory as a mere military occupation until tin tate shall

r determined at the treaty of peace If It be cededby the treaty the acquisition Is confirmed and theceded territory becomes a part of the nation to which

It Is annexed either on the terms stipulated In thetreaty of cession or on such new master shallImpose

The AttorneyGeneral says that the doc-

trine of the extension of the Coastltuof own force was never heard of

It WM Invented by CAUIOUN u amenus of fastening slavery upon Califor-

nia and he quotes from the debatSenate In 1849 on the resolution to extondtho Constitution to California In thatdebate DANIEL WKHSTKR said

me say that In this general sense there U no

such thing as eitendlnf the Constitution The

Constitution Is extended orrr the United States and-

over nothing elue II cannot t extended over any-

thing except over the old States and the new States

that shaU come In hereafter when they do come

InThe Constitution what Is IIT We extend the

Constitution ot the United States by law to territory

What Is the Constltutlou of the United States Is

nut Us very first principle that all within Its Influence

and comprehension shall be represented In the legisl-

ature which It establishes with not only A right

ot debate and a tight to tote In both houses of Con-

gress but a right to partake In the choice of the Pres-

ident and VicePresident And can we ty law ex-

tend these rights or any of them to aTetritoTy ot the

Inlted States Kverybody wtU see that It la

Impracticable

And STEPHEN A DOUOJAJI saidI brMeve that the of extending the Consti-

tution It will be California a State of

this giving them two Senators and a Repre-

sentative In the CongreM of the United States

from our Constitution the UnitedStates like any other Independent sov-

ereignty has tho Inherent power to uc-

quirn territory by conquest or by treatyant moreover by specific written grantthis Government possesses this same powerwhich Inheres to It as an Independent sov-

ereignty When new territories areto time United States tho Inhabitantsof can at become citizens of the UnitedStates If It be so provided In time languageof time treaty of cession but In the abbcnco of such proviso tho alien subjectscan never bo admitted to citizenship untiltime sovereign people of this country bynet of Congress shall confer upon tho new-

comers time rights and privileges of

Harlequin In LansingThe lion POTATO PiNonEE Is upending

his lost days as Governor of Michigan withwagall Wassail for others of coursenot for himself Ills altruism Us

lint his methods of attemptedare a little queer for such a friend of manand virtue He called a special session ofthe legislature for time purpose of pushingthrough It porno of his favorite bills fortime Increased taxation of railroad corpo-rations Tho Legislature scents to ho Infar from a genial temper as to the Pin

schemes In vain has the Governormentioned the decanter that ornamentshis table Ho allures neither the mindsnor tho throats of tho legislators Theywill not think with him and they will notdrink with It must be admitted thathe Is not very subtle In his efforts to exertnn Influence

Tuesday night he gave a dinner In theHall of Keprwentatlves Tho use of thatroom was granted to hint by a majority-of two votex tho Senate having previouslyrefused to let him have Its hall for his feastAs n specimen of the purity of Pixonnnstaste nnd tho urbanity of his mannershis Invitation to the Senate is here

Pardon me for not tending your honorable bodyan Inrttatloa for my titUs spread tonight Unfort-unately the Inrttattont hare been delayed and Ihave been unable to deliver them to you personaUr-as yet but will do so this afternoon I tried to getthe bert there Is especially the wines I attended

of the most elaborate banQuets ever glue it thtwhit less than a year ago President

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By a vote of 23 to 8 the Senato refutedto receive time Invitation and sent It back toPOTATO Time Supreme Court of the Statesnubbed him unanimously Not a SupremeCourt Judge WM at the dinner Onlythree State Senators came A majority-of the Legislature was able to stay awayIn spite of the Governors promises as tothe glories of his bill of faro and wine list

of the persons In whoso honor thowas to bo given wero avoidably

absent but PINORRK found others whowere not too proud to eat and drink withhim and they were three hours on thoroad between oysters and cigars ThoGovernor was toasted M the Great Com-moner whatever that may be and thetruest best and ablest fighter for equalrights the State of Michigan ever hasknown or ever will know Ho replied Ina speech the dlginlty of which may bJudged from those words

I thought Id Invite you with the old Supremebut as usual they Issued another Injunctionyou to pray for the pool hypocrites the poor

fellows who are afraid of the ears

He said that at he had supposed theSupreme Court was to participate In thodinner ho had arranged to hold It In Lan-sing on their own dunghill thinking thatthey would have the courage toattend lie also flow newspapers-and society In general

PINOHEE has long mouthed and struttedas a reformer and some simple souls havebelieved In him By a continuous process-of selfexposure more vivid than ever

his official career ho hasundeceived most of the credulous Wedare say the Springfield Republican stillreveres him humbugs must stand by oneanother But PINOHEK seems to be at theend of his political rope He has re-

nounced the Republican party and variousDemocratic journals are warning him not totry to break Into tho Democratlo partyAnd so another harlequinade Is ended

Roger WolcottROGER WOLCOTT of Massachusetts who

died yesterday left a memory to be enviedBorn of the best old Puritan blood he keptnil Its traditions untarnished and undlmlnIshed He was an earnest student at Har-vard where ho was the orator of his classand where he afterward became an In-

structor In the Boston Common Counciland In the Massachusetts House ofreaentatives he came to bo

rising man Something of the firm-ness of his way of looking at thingswas shown in his loyalty to his party In1884 when the pressure of the social Influ-ence of Boston was tremendous In the op-

posite direction-Mr WOLCOTT made the office of Lieu

tenantOovernor Important by the distinc-tion with which he filled It and as Governor-he was respected and admired by the en-

tire Commonwealth of MassachusettsHandsome dignified cultivated courteous he added to his exterior advantagespatience industry high ability and the dosire to do his best for tIme Stats Hegradually perfected himself In tho art ofpublic speaking He was more than equal tothe tasks of his office He left it with therespect of all and It seemed that both lilaacknowledged fitness and his popularitywould call him In time to play an Importantpart In national affairs

Tills promise of a great career Is brokenby death but HOOEH WOLCOTT will be re-

membered as a man of many noble andattractive qualities who would have gainedgreater fame If his life lund been spared

Cows were the first street oommUrloneriIn Boston but that Is now less pastoralthin New York census

that Xsw York had 4MS cows orcow to every 711 Inhabitants whereas

but 4M cows or one cow to every 1131Inhabitants Chicago has A brighter stationIn tlio milky wsy Sho has nearly 20000 cowone co to every 89 Inhabitants lint the realBooiKills or Cowtown Is Peoria which tinsnearly 14000 cows a bo sr to every four in-

habitants Peoria U proud to bo called theCow City

U Is said that PBrnonHw will foundnewspaper after hU plson lu the Senate knowhim no more We had supposed that howas to b the Ihlll pInes correspondentof Col BRTINS Commoner

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From Oe Atlanta JournalRiPreeldent Clereland today In an excluslri-

Intwlew for the Journal break the majettlo silencewhich lor tout years be has maintained

TUB BRKAKLNO or MAJESTIC BILEVCB

Prose Journals KttluilttlnttrtltuWhat of the futurer I aekedWith a sincere return to Its nMUrae doctrines

said Mr Clereland with deep emotion the oldtime-Tlctorlei ol the DemociaUc party will certainly be won

THE V01CR rOoSt vmsFrom a Lincoln IHIfalrH to Tim SufMr Dr n said LnUI Mr Clereland sets forth spe-

cifically what hecontlders the first principles 1

mocracy comment Is unntceseary-

Mince Iles Mabies Great Pie SchoolsFrom tnt nUitttA Vattv Journal

Does mince pie hold Its own Why are there nomince pie school NEW YonK MJv-

llleu your aborIginal appetite we bate In theold State of Maine In the present year of grace onthe eve vt the twentieth century lust as mincepies as em provoked a nightmares t lilt couchof TUB SUNS editor To be sure the counterfeit

may be found In restaurants and boardinghotels In the Pine Tree State but theot nbc pie makers who hare played

their part on lifes stare and passed off Into naturestiring room hate been folioed by SUCCCSMUS In

way worth the honor they InheritWe mayhatenar we hate diet reformers In New

England but they sCent the genuine mince pie cultabout as ouch as a quarter put In circulation-In Kalamatoo would the permanence and solid-ity of our naUonal monetary system Eirry farmbouse from Klttery to Fort Kent Is a mince pie schoolwith a collets annex and a board of trustees Andthis ls that happy lime of yeai wlen degrees are beingconferred In Urn numbers U the editor of THStm will lake a trip lo may depend onIns that tbe making mine pies the kindYuelkamotber je4tUtnfl the affles ssi aior

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recent disasters to limo llrltUli trunpn etC aI fulllliiifint of the rophecle tlicii unmade re

to be seen but It Is nn ojifii cccrul lliatKltclirrior nomination over time lienili

of many mon of lortcr rrrvlcn nnd wlilorexperIence has caused profound dlnMttlsfaction throuili time higher ranks of the llritlshArmy

Ills appointment was made by Lordand contrary to the opinion of

and Is said to have had a gooddeal to do with the manner of the latterexit trout time Horse Guards In Whitehalltime headquarters of tho Comriiand rlnChief of the llritlsh Anny It I iitifortuiintfor Lord Kltohener hlru lf that In additionto tho jealousies that have created nmoncthose be has Hiiporsidcd he Is nut personallypopular with time rank and tilt of the iirmywhich Lord Roberts In a hluli degreeHe has proved on moro than one occasionnotably at Paardeber thst he can net onthe maxim of old Marshal IVlls or whowhen hu Was Informed of the French lossesat the assault on tho Malakhoff before

said that cannot be mad without breaking

In his determination to bring the struggleto an end he U unsparing of men anImalarid means Were he able to accomplishhis end thoroughly as he did at Caardeberg by one stroke even if costly in bloodthe sacrifice would soon bo forgotten In thesatisfaction that the war was over at lastbut the apparently unending character of theconflict the continuous drain of human andntiimal life which li going on every day re-

ducing the efficiency of the force under hiscommand and undermining It morale givespoint to the predictions of thoso In Englandand South Africa who knew they had u basisfor what they said

The situation now In such that a turn ofthe scale may put British Huvereiicnty InSouth Africa In greater Jeopardy tItan It lianbeen at any time since the of thuwar All may taiii to depend on thedecision of time Afrikanders In them Capo Colony

th y rise and Join time Intruders nnddestroy the communication of time Hrltlharmy with the bases of supply In time Southwhile those with Uelagoa Hay and NatalInterrupted by tho hoots acting from the

time position of Lord Kitchenerand his unity would be perilous In tIme ex-

treme A great deal depends on the events-of the next few days and on whether time CapeColony Dutch resolve to continue In the nttl-tudet of neutrality which time races of themhave maintained since the beginning of the

fJfJfOIMTOV FOR TIIK 460OOO

Only 1 Per Cent From Tropical Countries Fig-

ures for Ten YearsWASHINGTON Dec SJ early half a

million people from other parts of the worldhave come Into tho United States during tIme

year IWO seeking permanent homes Thodotnlls of Immigration during the tonmonths ending with October gathered bythe Immigration Bureau nnd publishedby the liureau of Statistics Indicate that theImmigration for tho calendar year will reachabout 4 PO Of thU number more thanIOOMIO come from anotheririoom from Italy and nearly another idoonofrom time United Kingdomfurnishes more than iOOOO of which numlinr40000 sure from Ireland Of the 4001100 Irnm-lgrHnts fully 450000 from Europe

about 4000 titan 1 percentcomo from the tropics

The of man in hU migratIonsto select a colder thom that toh has accustomed Is distlnetly percepti-ble In of our Immigration-

The following table shows time Immigra-tion Into tho States and tho numberfrom the tropics In each year from ito to1800niMioruTiox INTO THE tisireoFlital Ytar-tain

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And Without Intending to He Too FrankShe Told Him So

From the iltridcn JournalFudge Ileflelflngcr was one of the most

popular football players that ever pro-

duced ho Is at hishome in Minneapolis and In In t tieJuelila father a hoe manufacturer-of that city

Title s told of a New York girl whovisited Minneapolis At a dinner she foundherself heated a bigyoung man whosw name li had riot raiikht

wns big looked muscular and did nottoueh wine sites divined that athletics wouldLP likely to

Do you play football she asked ac-cordingly

Not now he answered with some embarruimment apparently bbs thought him

slut have played she queried en-couragingly

Yes come he repliedYou look us If you play very well

These WeMern turn out some verytine players she continued a trifle patron

in the worldl he respondedem hntlcnlly

Oh hardly that Of course dontwith time Ynlo And Harvard

She thought It a trifle of him tohi Vslern collctes above nlo nnd

Harvard you ever scent one of thesite continued

Ven I MWII Yale and Harvard play

I npr mls n game If I can It tiegirl rattled on limit I dont enjoy them ns

ever see himlooked thoughtful fora moment No

lie answereddont know what youve rnle ed

If you really care fur football you ought tosee play

afraid I never shall said the youngOman regretfully

not a real en-thu la t or hed hnw more Interest In thexiibject the girl thought to mind ivn

to begin on nomo other topic amini across time table accosted bmg broadyoung nun l e lde her

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Pnrelin Ulalement Thai Tfc T Are Weakfreillge of llrlllih Klunt

a term forinnrlr emrtorrd Inchiefly lo dnaorlb polltloal ferment

U iis il by Kngllsh reporters and corre-ppondents whi h re been iioted lucre In

pulillshed cable despatche within a day ortwo to nlmniclerUo a movement set afootby SIr Alfred Hlckmnn M I looking Mthin d preostliin of AniTlnAii brlilgn bullllnilwith the supporting tho waning prcs-tlgn of engigml In that Impor

branch olimnerclnl activity IlrlmlI-cally ilnvn time Americans have hen takingtradn ailing title from their Englishbrethren them lioen spasmodlo outbursts on th pert of Ilrltlahers whose busi-

ness lifts milTer d but they liuvn hen di-

rected chiefly to Inducing time llrltlsh lor-ernment to favor home Industry ratherforeign Sir Alfredman ha esttyed the equivocal task nf down-ing American competitors of llrilUh brIdgebuilders by efforts to convince tlio Ilrithli-publlo that the work of thn Americans is ofloss sfililn quality than that of their Anglican

arid therefor to be slummed Thto stalIn at him and pity him on

tills sIde 1 checked by recognition of hUformer claims to respectful attention aa areputable masker

Sir Alfred U a steel manufacturer of Wolverhampton and was formerly President ofthe llritlsh Iron Trtda Association Inrecent published Interviews In the Englishpress he has asserted that much of Ironand iteel exported from this country Is ofInferior quality and that Americanbuiltbridges are faulty In construction He hagone so far M to supply statistics to the For-eign OfQce In which according to the cablereports he showed that twenty bridges Inthis country collapse each year and on titleshowing he baaed a recommendation thatInspection of Americanbuilt bridges bemade most rigid He made his remarksappertain particularly to recent work ofAmerican engineers In Burmah Ugandaand time Soudan Contrasting English andAmerican bridge builders he said that thoKngllth expected bridges to while Ameri-cans considered th it duty performed If thuyput up bridges to answer a required purposefor the least cost clinching hU observationwith tho epigram that time English did notbelieve in economy at time expense of kta-blllty

Mr Charles Macdonald VlcePresldcntof the American Bridge Company in whichare comprised now the chief companion ofthe United States engaged In brIdge buildingread the reports of Sir Alfred Hlckmansagitation and when a SUN reporter calledupon limit corrected a few of the Implications ofSir Alfreds remarks Mr Mncdonald linedirection especially of thai railway depart-ment of time American llrldge Companys-buslneH Ileferrlng tn Sir Alfred Hlckmansdeclarations Mr Mncdonidd sild-

Wo now building several bridges InUganda for tho IlrltUh Government Thesebridges were designed by English engineersand are to bo constructed under their super-vision As these engineers are reiognlzedas among the first In the world It Is lo be pre-sumed that they knew what they were aboutIn awarding the contracts to us and further-more that they were abundantly able toprotect British lnterestsln the inspection ofthe work as It passes through our handsThIs in not by any means our fIrst experienceIn competition with the English In IBMwn constructed the bridge InNew South Wales upon plans which wereapproved by Sir BenjamIn licker the engineer-of the great Forth bridge In Scotland Quitorecently we completed time Atbnm bridge InEgypt under the Inspection of English en-gineers in an unprecodentedly short space oftime thereby greatly facilitating the Kitchener campaign

We are now constructing bridges In Cubaand Cost Rica for the eminent firm of En-glish engineers IJveey Son A Hendersonand have just furnished plans for a bridgein New South Wales which have been ac-cepted and upon which work will proceedpromptly I am surprised that a man ofthe experience of Sir Alfred Hick man shouldhave expressed himself as he hits been re-ported regarding this character of Ameri-can bridge work It Is to be hoped for thesake of his reputation that the cabled

aro IncorrectAmerican bridge builders haves secured

contracts for bridges in the past and expectto continue to do no for the simple reasonthat they can execute time work In accordanon with the highest standard requiredanywhere In the world at a lest cost thantheir competitors and In very much timeOur methods are open to the rigidInvestigation and wn nrn prepared to assumethe responsibility of the results

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Opening the Caspian to tIme MediterraneanTime Volga Is the largest river In Europe

and tho Caspian Into which It emi ties Is thelargest Inland body of water In tho worldbut neither has a natural connection withthe ocean Freight from time Caspian maygo all the way either to the Arctic Ocean or tothe Ilaltlo by means of canals that connectthe Volga with navigable rivers flowingeither Into time northern or the eastern seasbut In order to reach the ocean from theCaspian by either of those two canal routesIt necessary to cross the whole of Russiafrom its southeastern corner and the routesare very long roundabout and thereforeexpensive-

1ooplo who have followed the progressof time Industrial development of Russia hovelong wondered why the Caspian has notlong ago beon connected with the BlackSuit This union might he effected dig

a canal between the Volga andtime lower lon at the point where they very

for the high hills thatome hundreds of miles

If It had n for of hula Itprnbnbln that the canal wouldhave been In operation years agoIt Is now proponed to this canal Time

distance IH miles the plans havebeen the enlmated Is aboutIM ifiiiii The effect of this canal uponwill b farreaching It will KVPcentral A and northern Persia watercommunications to theocean without Involving a Journey northward of front 7m to iowo It will

Tim canal will be certain to an Important diversion of Rimlati trade to thisI lac rannU now connect time

the andof freight hunts make the journey everyyear between the river soilof and much of tithe freight U drawnfrom the country tributary to time lower

much nearer timelllaclf Sea than the Haltlp Thecanal will therefore tend to rnakn time MarkSon Important th

tents Among those who contribute to It nay benamed Pro Woodrow Wilson who begins a aborthistory of the UrUted states under the title Colonies

lllehl of Way Pouitney lllieloir the lice CyrusT Ilrady Dooth Tatklnrton W W Jacnta andHenry B Fuller Thai poems by CtuulottaBlsalXh Well Robinson FranoU enPalmer and Thin W Lvdloir and other eontritutoni by lamllUi M will aaunlamBUJ writers

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hood hind boon Invited to witness the inn nf-

twi guns especially constrm led n hulldestroyer In plnre lleni ea general Jollification was organted to nvomit to time Joy of time grnp grower over iiinrsuccess In vanquUtilng their most tlremimlenemy tho hall

Two louis cannons were dlaplnved In earnplace almost Identical In htiH hut dHlvritiir-In the mariner of tiring Each gun It of tinelmixi of an Invertod erie thn opening at

I moiilil Ulng wide IsUIHIII n tripod Ibreo feet high 1 Itself

u feet o high above tho tripod Itis mado of thin boiler Iron

At Its bi o I a forcxl breech whldia forged Iron block In time centre of this liloe-kI nn six inches lonu uiiil nliuiitsize of a d nnniltn cartridge In whichIs placed a metallic cartridgeeighty grants of powder

a cork antI stamped like an ordinaryminers blest It a n li-

on a lever attached to time base of the forgotiron holder Is loudAs soon aa the lanyard Is Damn Is visi-ble at time mouth gun followed Imme-diately by a wroath nf smoke A shrill whist

Immediately timeof the cannon heard for fourteenseconds At n distance this Ismuch louder than near time gun During thefinite a few drop of rain tell

I Interviewed front twenty to thirty larrswine growers ln t summer were nilemnhatlo In their belief In thenf fighting with gunpowder They

weather were sawclouds forming they prepared for n

the clouds were moving rapidly theirdirection was changed or time movement weestopped by the lIne were torn aiunrler

into shined and n fellof rein soon followed In localities wheretreat lotres front unto been Incurredevery Mimmer time cannon wen lt eil lastsummer anti no hall foil Two nr three nilleidistant where no cannon were llreil mIte allwiis destructive One cannon neatly

acres of minI The expenseof equipping a Muotlng statIon Is t4S

nf a gun for 00 Hhntf tact In-

cluding labor 15 S-OOr Paul Csznneuve one nf the tenet dls-

tlngul hed sclentlts of Franfo HI the ques-tion Is In the domain nf experimentand that nothing Is proven

RIVKIl AXn HAIUIOR

Appropriation for Improvement of New YorkHarbor Total Amount 2JO21OOOW-

ASHINOTOX Deo JZ The Rivers land

Harbors Appropriation bill inc been cornpleted by thus House RIvers and blurboris Commltteo and will be reported afterthe holidays According to a Matcmcntprepared by time committee the bill willcarry a total of t2I i MO In direct approprlnthesis of which Il0022sno is under contractsfor work costing J3714Z702

Toward the improvement of New Yorkharbor 1300000 Is appropriated for lluttermilk channel under contract for llVmuOO-

DOIII is appropriated for River andHell late 70nouo for time Hudson Riverttnoooo for the Harlem River 75ooo forthe Pasxnlo River under contracts aggregat-ing J22IOOO J250CW for them Itarltnn River

for Raritan anti liooiwo for KillVon Kohl and Arthur Kill under contractsaggregating JJOOum

fur luulinr 50000 and for ErieIlasln and lllnck harbor 1200000 Is ap-propriated under a contract for 1014943

HoMon hhrhor tdoooofi l aiiprnprlatndtoward tIme stew project for n waterchannel contract for which aro author-ized within a limit of ll0oooo

For tutu Nuntucket harbor of refuge Hoono for a harbor of refuge at Sandy Flay

from Philadelphiato the mouth of DelawareHay fooouuo tt appropriated under contractsaggregating I240onno

For the James River Va I2SOOOO ls spFor Savtnnnh harbor ft new

project for deepening the channel Is uto ro t HnOOuoo For Oalyeston

harbor isooooo Is under contracts for arid SIOooofor whip channel conditional upon

the lls lsslppl Rlverl3 r000lsnpprnprl ti rtunder contrnrtu nggreiriting 17000000 Forthe Missouri River 340000

VCOJfE ACCOVXT OF

Earnings Per Mile 7770ToifS 44OOO-OOOOther StatistIc

WAsnixoioN Deo 21 The preliminaryreport on the Income account of rallwa s-

In the United States for time year endingJune no Ittoo prepared by time statisticianto time Interstate Commerce Commissioncontains returns of operating railway com-panies representing HK40 oa miles of line

Time gross earnings of the railways includedIn this report were 14 0C7304 or 7774tier mile of line Of thote earnings tOfl

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Time total deductions from Income wereIJMUlojO Ibis Item Includes Internet no-bundt rents fur leased lino taxes 4300lflSnod other charges to Income 1 lit amount ofdividends declared HW40oi47 whichIs-27V53M than In time amount de-

clared time corresponding roads for 18931 bo resulting theof tho roads by this preliminary r wport was 7032340 In

It should bo understood that the amount ofdividends stilted does not Incliidn the divi-dends paid to stockholder com-panies mileage of which Is operated

or some form of

AltlU3IET FOR A 31IT AT SEATTLE

Immense loiS and Silver Output fromTributary Iteglon

WASHINGTON Deo 21 The effort of Sen-

ator Foster to secure the establishment ofa branch of tho United States Mint at SeattleWash hints called forth an Interesting statemcnt from Director of the Mint Robertsof the of and silver In tIme mineralregion naturally t time proponedmint the tiknnOregon and Washington Included in theestimate which glv w the output ton last yearIn Una ounces ns follows

llritlsh Columbia snjsli t 41Yukon 774 S 2SOOOOAlaska M410S 140110-oreron llijjoWashIngton SJI5S J68PJ4

These totals of IMStPS of gold sod SMI917 of silver tire valued at I40U7JU and14708100 respectively

V0VXV4VA CASES CO OVER

Investigation of lark and MaitaoU Cre4ethis Stay Not Made

WAsnisoTxJN Deo 21 The Senate Cornmlttce on Contingent Erpenses todayby u tie vote failed to ferder a fav iable report on time nf the Privi

arid Committee for authorityto conduct an Into rre-dnntlais of W A Clark and Martin Muclnniswho wore appointed the

and Governor of Mon-tana to fill Site vacancy In the Senate

Clark s As thin MontanaLegislature meet In Januaryend probably elect a Senator to fill the exl tInc as well as a ucce or to SenatorCarter an of the credentialsnow on file will bo of doubtful utility

It C me AllTe From Tlrtlnta and Its FeathereAre Pare WitH

WAsnisoTON Dec 2lPresldent McKlnleyhas received a gift of a turkey for his Christ-mas dinner The Thanksgiving turkey cameas usual from Island but latercontribution 1s U A Taylor and T 9

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