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Shot a Horned Rabbit. Herbert Johnson and John Greenwood, living at McPaul, while hunting on a bar in the Mississippi River, shot a horned rabbit. The rabbit had the appearance of an ordinary cottontail, but in the middle of its head it had a horn five inches in length. The horn was ? about as big around at its base as a dime and tapered down to a sharp point. In color and substance the horn resembled the horn of a sheep. ?Sidney Correspondence St. Paul Pioneer Press. [men admire I *, pretty face, a good figure, but sooner or later learn that the healthy, happy, contented woman is most of all to be admired. \ Women troubled with fainting spells, irregularities, nervous irritability, backache, the "blues," and those dreadful dragging sensations, cannot hope to be happy or popular, and advancement in either home, ! business or social life is impossible, f The cause of these troubles, however, yields quickly to Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound made 1 from native roots and herbs. It acta at once upon the organ afflicted and the nerve centers, dispelling effec IS tually all those distressing toms. No other medicine in the co indorsement or has such a record of Lydia E. Pinkham's\ [ Miss Emma Runtzler, of S31 Stati ; "For a lone; time I was trqubled 1 drain all my strength away. I hi irritable, and all worn out. Chancinj of a case similar to mine cured 1 Compound, I decided to try it and I c benefit received. I am entirely well , Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable remedy for all forms of Female Coi ! Displacements, Inflammation and ( paring for childbirth and the Changt Mrs. Pinkham's Stand in ? Women suffering from any form | promptly c:mmunicat? with Mrs. Pi: is free and always helpful. W. L. DOU $3.00 AND $3.50 SH W. L DOUGLAS $4.00 6ILT EDGE SHOES CANNOT BE f SHOES FOR EVERYBODY A1 Men's Shoes, 85 to SI.50. Boys' Shoes, SI Shoes, 94 to 91.50. Misses' <& Children's S W.L.Douglas shoes are recognized byexp to be the best in style, fit and wear produced part of the shoe and every detail of the mal and watched over by skilled shoemakers, time or cost. If I could take you into mj Brockton," Mass., and show you how carefi shoes are made, you would then understan wear longer, and are of greater value than a W. L. X>onela? name and price is stamped oa the t prices and inferior shoes. Take No Suhstltu fait Color Kytleit uxed excluiivelv- Catalog mailed Si There is not an American mercantile house in Montevideo or in all Uruguay. Garfield Tea is for those who desire an ideal laxative; it is simple, pure, mild and potent; it regulates the liver and kidneys, overcomes constipation and brings Good Health. It is guaranteed under tne Pure Food and Drugs Law. The Local Paper. The local village paper is a necessity. Nothing ran take its place. It advocates and stands as the exponent of improved conditions as no other paper can that receives only the incidental happenings sent in by a local correspondent. The city has its own local affairs to attend to 1 and it seeks to give only enough vicinity neVs to catch subscribers in adjacent towns. The local paper, your paper, stands as an advocate I or your interests, uetause wucil in your interest is the interest of the paper. The business men, keenminded, wide awake, understands this, for in their advertising they use the local paper, that which reaches their constituency, and is kept and read by them. What becomes of the average daily paper? It is read or carelessly looked through, and then thrown away. What becomes of the weekly paper, the home paper? It is read and re-read, and then taken home to the family, where it is perused by its every member, and discussed and, yes, criticised. Few daily papers are given that distinction. Get a daily paper for the telegraph news, but get the best. In these days of rapid communication lortro /nHoc iccno tho hocf nflnATQ because they can afford to do so, and the better papers are as easily obtainable as the smaller papers of the small cities. Make the local paper your paper. Send in all littie matters of news you know, and remember that it is your local paper that seeks to be a member of the large family in your community. The average age of persons arfested in New York City during 1906 was twenty-three years. A FRIENDLY GROCER Dropped a Valuable Hint about Coffee. "For about eight years," writes a Mich, woman, "I suffered from nervousness?part of the time down in bed with nervous prostration. "Sometimes I would set numb and it would be almost impossible for me to speak for a spell. At others, I would have severe bilious attacks, and my heart would flutter painfully when I would walk fast or sweep. "I have taken enough medicine to start a small drug store, without any ^ benefit. One evening our grocer was asking Husband how I was and he urged that I quit coffee and use Postum, so he brought home a pkg. and I made it according to directions and we were both delighted with it. "So we quit coffee altogether and used only Postum. I began to get better in a month's time and look like another person, the color came back to my cheeks, I began to sleep well, oy appetite was good and I commenced to take on flesh and become interested in everything about the house. "Finally I was able to do all my own work without the least sign of my old trouble. I am so thankful for the little book, 'The Road to Wellville.' It has done me so much good. I haven't taken medicine of any kind for six months and don't need any. "A friend of ours who did not like Postum as she made it, liked mine, and wnen sne learueu lu uun it mug enough, l.er's was as good as mine. It's easy if you follow directions." N^je given by Postum Company, Battle Creek, Mich. Read the little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. "There's a reason." TJie Creditors Scored. Judge?"You admit having taken the prosecutor's pocketbook containing the bank notes and unpaid bills?" Prisoner?"Yes, but I took part of the money and paid the bills."? Stray Stories. Still Behind the Times. New York City transportation facilities are as inadequate as they were before the subways were built, although these underground highways carried 45,000,000 passengers in 1906. MISS EMMA RUNTZLER untry has received such unqualified cures of female ills as has 3 Vegetable Compound f e St., Schenectady, N. Y., writes:? S tvith a weakness which seemed to I id dull headaches, was nervous, I f to read one of your advertisements oy Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable annot express my gratitude for the L and feel like a new person." ] Compound is the most successful ? nplaints, Weak Back. Falling and Jlceration, and is invaluable in pre; of Life. g Invitation to Women of female weakness are invited to akham, at Lynn, Mass. Her advice GLAS/~>, ACO BEST IN K&z. Stf UHO THE WORLD ^ iQUALLEO AT MW PRICE. r ALL PRICES: El. O' 1 to 81.25. Women's M ihoeg, S2.25 to S1.00. >ert judges of footwear .A in this couutry. Each Ja :ing is looked after without regard to ' larse factories at illy W. L. Douglas w&?3/flfibwii|ffi. d why they hold their shape, fit better, ny other makes. >ottom% which protects the wearer against high ' * ?V>? Ka?? ?hr>x? rl?*lpr* ^PPTwhtrf. ree. W. li! MOUGJLA9. Brockton.Maas. Improvement of the Harbor of Havan A Cuban newspaper states that the announcement that an American syndicate about to be formed would put an end to the lighterage annoyances in Havana by the construction of a great pier for the landing of their ships, has been hailed with the greatest delight by all who are interested in simplifying transportation facilities in and out of -the harbor, and that importers and exporters are unanimous in the opinion that such an improvement would do more for the prosperity of Havana and the whole island than any other improvement. The journal adds that in many cases it costs more to send and receive freight to and from the ships in Havana Bay than it does for the sea freightage to and from New York. ?United States Consular Reports. CURED OF GRAVEL. Not a Single Stone Has Formed Since j Using Doan's Kidney Pills. J. D. Daughtrey, music publisher, | of Suffolk, Va., says: "During two or i three years that I had | kidney trouble I 1 / . $$[ Passed about 2% pounds of gravel and I sandy sediment In the v passed a stone since using Doan's Kidney Pills, howevei;, and l^^^l^^^that was three years ^^a^^^^^ago. I used to suffer the most acute agony during a gravel attack, and had the other usual symptoms of kidney troubles ? lassitude, headache, pain ia the back, urinary disorders, rheumatic pain, etc. I have a box con taming 14 gravel stones tnat i passed, but that is not one-quarter of the whole number. I consider Doan's Kidney Pills a fine kidney tonic." Sold by all dealers. 50 cents a box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Explicit. "Expert legal testimony," says a well known member of the New York Bar, "can easily be made a twoedged weapon in court. "A clever and capable mining engineer was obliged to take the stand 23 an expert in a suit in Nevada a couple of years ago. The case involved large issues. ' The examination was conducted hv a vnime and smart attorney, wfao patronized the expert with all the authority of half a dozen years of practice. "One of his questions related to the form in which the ore was found, a form generally known as 'kidney lumps.' " 'Now, sir,' said the attorney, 'how large are these lumps? You say that they are oblong in shape. Are they as long as my head?' " 'Yes,' replied the expert, 'but not nearly so thick.' "?Harper's Weekly. A Fighting State. Whenever you scratch Kansas history you find a fight. No territory of equal size has had so much war over er> rrnanv* rlifForpnt railSPS. Her StOTV in Indian fighting, gambler fighting, outlaw fighting, town-site fighting and political fighting is not approached by any other portion of thte West.?Outing Magazine. Trade in the Transvaal. A movement is said to be on foot in Natal, South Africa, in favor of complete union with the Transvaal, by which Natal would secure the Transvaal's trade and the Transvaal its own harbor. Wanted: Expert Stenographer. There are 110 fewer than 208 different characters in the Abyssinian alphabet.?Indianapolis News. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S VIEWS CM THE HEMPS Says He Will Not Deviate From Course He is Pursuing. HAS NO PLAN FOR VALUATION Statement From White House?Old Stock is Safe?Future Overcapitalization is Opposed, But Present Water Not Squeezed Out. Washington, D. C.?President Roosevelt has at last made his long expected statement in response to appeals to speak "a reassuring word," : _ IVa : J. _:ii ~ m we uupc tucii- it win. put au eau to the prevailing uncertainty in financial and railway affairs which many people declare to'be due to radical legislation ena&ed and proposed by the national Government and individual States. In a measure the statement is to the effect that the President sees no necessity at this time to make any public declaration as to his future course for the reason that he adheres to all that he has said in the past and is "more firmly :han ever convinced that these beliefs are wise and that the policy I recommended in my messages at the opening of each of the last regular sessions of Congress must be carried DUt." The statement, if it may properly !>e called that, was in the form of a letter which the President wrote and mailed to the president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, who headed a delegation of that association which called on Mr. Roosevelt ind requested him to make a speech .'n Springfield, 111., that would explain his future attitude toward railroads and other corporate interests. The letter contained a declination of the association's invitation to visit Springfield, the reason given being that the President could not make any speech that would contain anything new as to his policies. With the letter the President sent copies DC His speecne3 ana ms messages 10 Congress, the passages in these expressing his well known views in regard to Government supervision of railways and interstate corporations being marked. The passages so designated are intended to convey that the President adheres to what is contained in them as strongly as he did when these statements were written or spoken. The President has received a great number of requests for a statement by him or a speech to be made by him in connection with the railway situation. He has given these requests the utmost weight and most careful consideration. After fully looking into the matter the President informed his advisers that he had come to the conclusion that there was nothing which he had to say at this moment on the railway situation; that he did not deem it either wise or proper to say anything with a view to any immediate situation in Wall Street, and that as he should Dnly give expression to the definite and settled policy to be carried out wholly without regard to the exigencies of the moment, and as his views on the policy in question were already a matter of record, it did not seem necessary'at this time to repeat them. To the different men, friendly and unfriendly, who have visited him or written to him, he has answered verbally or in writing that his words and acts spoke for themselves and needed no explanation,whatever and that he should not in his future course deviate one hand's breath from the course he has pursued in the past and is now pursuing. The statement was made from an authoritative source that "even a most cursory examination of what the President has repeatedly said in speech and in message will show the utter nonsense of supposing the Government has the slightest intention to take any action which would invalidate the safety and stability of the railway securities now issued, the whole legislative programme of the President having been proclaimed again and,again as one to insure the future against the mistakes and delinquencies of the past. The President holds that every executive action taken under his administration,whether by the Department of Justice or by the Interstate Commerce Commission, has furnished its own ample justification." It was pointed out in administrative circles that the President has made no references in his speeches or messages to the question of the physical valuation or uailroads. His position on this question, it was said, is that the roads themselves will work out this Droblem as an item of bookkeeping and reference was made to the fact that two roads, the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern, already have submitted figures as to their physical valuation.. It can be stated on authority that the President again will ask Congrass, at its next session, for power to deal with the question of overcapitalization of railroads. A siny ilar request was made at the last session, but favorable action wa3 not taken upon it. In his letter to Mr. Smith, the President inclosed copies of the speech he made at Raleigh, N. CM October 19, 1905, and the one he delivered before a delegation of railway employes in this city on November 14, 1905, together with his last Trust Head Pleads Guilty. A. Holbrook, recently indicted b? the Federal Grand Jury at Chicago as the chief ftromotor of an unlawful combination in school and church furniture in restraint of trade, entered a plea of guilty before Judge Landis in the United States Court. First White Child in Chicago. Alexander Beaubien, said to be the first white child born in Chicago, died after a long illness. Beaubien was born in Fort" Dearborn on January 2S, 1822. Prominent People. John D. Rockefeller is the latesi convert to Federal regulation of railroads. Sir Edward Elgar, the most noted of English musicians, is again in this country. President Eliot, of Harvard, celehia cpvpntv-third birthday or shipboard, bound to Bermuda for ? holiday. The Prince of Monaco is agaii afloat on science bent. This time h( I has sailed to Spitzbergen, to prose cute his investigations as to the cur I rejjts of the upper air. messages to Congress at the foej ning of the first and second ssssi of the last Congress. The Presid cnnnliirtos liis lpifor to ??Tr. Smith follows: "You will see la the two speec and the two messages that I h said about all that I would say i spoke now. As I said to your hi the other day, I have already pressed again and again my carefi thought out beliefs. I am more fn ly than ever convinced that these liefs are wise and that the polic recommended in my messages at opening of each of the last regu sessions of Congress must be carr out. Just at the moment I do not that I have much to add to wha have already said, and I think t what has occurred since I wrote two messages in question merely lustrates in striking fashion the sirabillty of the course I therein c lined." To summarize the statement ma! clear the following four points: First?That the President intei to adhere rigidly to his original pli f/NT* flin r% f tli/i mUTIQ C^PTY! P711 railroads, regardless of the adve criticism which his course has p voked in some quarters. Second?That he is not hostile railroads, but, on the other ha wishes to do all in his power to sa guard the stability of the securil now in the hands of investors J give a square deal to all. Third?That he has no idea of forcing a physical valuation of railroads, believing that the corpo tions themselves will compile 1 figures. Fourth?That he has not abi doned his purpose to deal with i matter of over-capitalization of ri roads, and will take up that subj again with the next session of G gress. HUGHES MAKES HIS APPEAI Defends the Public Utilities Bill ii Speech at Utica. Utica, N. Y.?While his enemies Albany are planning his defeat, G ernor Hughes took an active hand the fight by making a notable spe< at Utica. In it he appealed to 1 people of the State to save the Put Utilities bill from the amendme suggested by the public service c porations. The speech was made before 1 Utica Chamber of Commerce at 1 annual banquet of that organizati The Governor replied to the critics the Utilities bill with a warning tl the will of the people cannot be p manently disregarded. He demai ed a free hand for the proposed St Public Service Commission in re] lating the corporations of this Stat Declaring that Federal regulat: is not State regulation, and that F eral powers and State powers are (n <-1) fCar-on t- anhorpa Vlfi i CI tlOCU ILX 1XIUVIVUV jected to a general court review the administrative acta of the p posed Public Service Commission, the ground that it is not in acco ance with the theory of our Gove ment that an attempt should be mj to convert the Appellate Court 1; an administrative board. GALUSHA A. GROW DEAD, Ex-Speaker of National House?-Mf Years in Office. Scranton, Pa.?Galusha A. Gr< who was in his eighty-fourth ye died of the diseases incident to age at his home in Glenwood, S quehanna County, Pa. He had bi ailing for three years. One of three nieces, who live in Binghs ton, N. Y., was with him at the U Mrs. W. P. Kellogg, another nie lives in Syracuse, N. Y. A bachelor, the people of Susq hanna County held Mr. Grow in fection almost filial. A man of highest honor, Mr. Grow after 1< years of public service, left an est or oniy ?ou,vuu. Galueha Aaron Grow was born Connecticut. His widowed mot took her six children to Susquehai County when he was eleven years ( The greatest public service of ] Grow was as the "father" of Homestead act, through which me ure many million acres of West farm lands were opened up to set ment by homesteaders, an act wh has been credited with doing m than any other one thing for the velopment of the great West. MAINE'S ICE CROP. Nearly 800,000 Tons Harvested E ing the Past Winter. Gardiner, Me.?Although defii figures of the Maine ice crop for past winter have not been compil careful estimates place the amouni the harvest at between 700,000 i 800,000 tons. Of this amount 4( 000 was harvested on the Kenne River, nearly 100,000 on the Pen * ~ V> All OqH SCOt 3.11(1 LUC Uttiauuc uuuouu shipped from smaller streams i ponds. Contrary to the expectations at opening of the season, the harvesi ice in Maine was not a record bre er, as the steady cold weather i mitted the cutting of a bigger crop the Hudson River than had b looked for, and it was Dound unnei sary to work the Maine ice fields the greatest capacity. The larj crop ever taken in Maine was IS90, when the total harvest by vafce individuals and compai amounted to 2,991,300 tons.' General's Daughter Convicted. General Leontieff's daughter, tiana, was sentenced to four ye solitary confinement in a Swiss pri for killing Charles Miller, a Frei man, whom she mistooK at mtssi en for Russia's former Foreign J ister Durnovo. Killed Saving a Girl. Charles L. Stanley, a commer traveler, was killed at St. Jos< Mo., by Wesley Christopher. Ct topher is alleged to have assaultf young woman in an alley. W Stanley heard the girl's screams ran to her rescue and was shot in heart. Christopher was arrested. Bishop Granberry Dead. Bishop John C. Granberry, of Methodist Episcopal Church So died suddenly at his home in j land, Vz. Major Salmon Convicted. Major Harvey W. Salmon, on [ the owners of the private ban! Salmon & Salmon, of Warsaw, which failed at Clinton on June . 1905, with liabilities of $1,000, was convicted and sentenced to t years in the penitentiary for ret " ing deposits when the bank was ii 1 vent. i Wealthy William Dunlap Marri 1 William Dunlap, of New York ( J the wealthy hat manufacturer, - Miss Lavender Jane Byera, a foi - manicure operator, were marrie . Milwaukee. t 5 DUES TO E, H. iii as hes President Says He Never Asked a-v? Him tn Raise Fimri if I ? ?? Ddy exllly Gives Out Letters in Which He Clrir m acterized Statement as a "Delifcorate and Wilful Untruth." y I the New York City.?Precipitated by see the publication of a stolen letter ,t I written by E. H. Harriman to Sidney hat Webster, in which Mr. Harriman said 'k? President Roo3eveIt had invited him de. to Washington and had asked him to >ut- raise a large sum of money In the campaign of 1904, a controversy was kes begun between the President and the railroad owner which bids fair to beads come historic ancl has astounded the ln? nation. 0 The financial centres of the counrse try were shaken by the publication. T0* Men of the highest position and greatest affairs dared not express an ?? opinion of the probable result of the Harriman confessions. 7T* In this letter Mr. Harriman said ? that in the campaign of 1904, at the request, of Mr. Roosevelt, he raised a fund of $200,000, which was used to turn 50,000 votes to the Republican party in New York State. Of r^" this he gave $50,000. He raised the fund, he declared, on the assurance that Mr. Roosevelt would appoint Chauncey M. Depew as Ambassador ..e to Paris, but afterward Mr. Roose" velt refused to carry out the agreement, and so Mr. Depew was again 0 sent to the Senate. Mr. Roosevelt, in reply, immediate ly gave out a letter which he wrote i. last fall to Representative James S. Sherman, Chairman of the Republii a can Congressional Committee. Mr. Sherman had sought a contribution from Mr. Harriman, and Mr. Harriat man had said he would not give it ov- citing as his reasons the statements in given in the letter to Mr. Webster< Jch Mr. Roosevelt, in his letter, said: the "Any such statement la a deliberate >lic and willful untruth?by rights it Qt3 should be characterized by an eveD or" shorter and more ugly word." Correspondence that passed bethe tween Mr. Harriman and Mr. Roosethe velt in 1904 was included in the leton ter to Mr. Sherman. In one letter ?* Mr. Roosevelt admitted a conference ^at with Mr. Harriman before the 1904 er* election and said: "If you remember, when you were down here you and I ate were so much interested in certain ^u" of the New Yo?-k political develope ments that I hardly, if at all, touched l?n on governmental matters." In one ea" of Mr. Harriman's letters he said e*" that it would show "the attitude of 0l)" the organization." or It was shown that Mr. Sherman r0" reported to Mr. Roosevelt that Mr. ?n Harriman had said he was willing to ra" let the Hearst men win the New York election of 1906, as. they were 'crooks" and he could buy them. Mr. Qt0 Harriman was also quoted as saying that he could buy State Legislatures, could buy Congress, and could buy the courts if necessary. Mr. Harriman in a statement said lQy that Mr. Roosevelt had suppressed a part of one of his letters, which would have shown that he went to vi' Washington at the request of the President to talk over the situation In New York. It was declared upon good authorjfia 'ty that the $200,000 fund which Mr. m_ Harriman raised for the 1904 camiat" paign was contributed by three indi" viduals besides himself. The names ' as given are J. P. Morgan, H. McK. ue_ Twombly, William K. Vanderbilt, Sr., and E. H. Harriman, $50,000 each. tll0 Senator Dep^w said he had heard >ne about the fund. at| Alton B. Parker, who, as the Democratic candidate for President in in 1904, had charged that big contriver butions had been made by financial ina interests to elect Mr. Roosevelt, dejld. manded an investigation of the whole Mr. subject. He said it would show the the reason for the campaign against >as- States' rights. em "I feel particularly fortunate that tie- I have been attacked within the past ich few days by both ex-Senator Burton, ore of Kansas, and Mr. E. H. Harriman," de- said Mr. Roosevelt when he directed that copies of his letters to Mr. Sherman be given to the press, and he ^ i 1 /\ oe V> a smiiea a leetn suumug said it. Mr. Burton has just been re!ur. leased from a term in prison. lt MAHONINGTOWN BANK FAILS. the ??? le(j Inconvertible Securities Explain Its t of Inability to Withstand a Run. Newcastle, Pa.?The Mahoningj??~ town Bank, Limited, failed to open 1)?c its doors after trying in vain to seot>" cure funds to relieve the demands of ?!| depositors which have extended over ancl the past two months. The immediate cause of the failure was inconvertible ta? paper and securities. c ?? About ?5000 was withdrawn by deaK" positora, and the directors of the )er" bank applied to the other Newcastle 1 on banks for aid. r na nn-rifl nf th/3 (iirPCtOTS " 1 lid dill u^ix 0.0 ouui ^ Vi. , ? t' refuse to pledge their private fort tunes as security for money advanced. ' . the Newcastle banks felt unable tc , assi3t them. The deposits amount aios t0 5^3,000, the assets less than $100,000. There is no charge of defalcation or crookedness. Montana Prohibits All Gambling Ts.. The Griffin gambling law, which : prohibits all games of chance, went jCb_ into effect in Montana, and for the lak- flrst time s^nce 1S63 faro, roulette, ,jin" poker, dice, card games of all kinds, and even slot machines, are forbidden in Montana. One Thousand Men Lyr.cn Negro. *nh* "Jim'' Williams, a negro, charged JP, ' with attacking Lillie Mizener, white sH near Colbert I. T., was lynched al ? - ?~u f lAArt nonnlp hpn Durant Dy a muu ui -lvw h Williams was hanged to an oil derrick and his body riddled with bullets. ' The girl positively identified Williams. Mayor Weaver's Term Ended. John Weaver's term as Mayor ol 3 1 Philadelphia ended, the local ma lsn" chine coming into control of the citj again. e 0? General Humphrey Reappointed. c of Announcement was made at thi Mo.f War Department, Washington, D. C. 21, that the President had reappointed 000, Brigadier-General Charles F. Humph hree rey as quartermaster-general of th< :eiv- army to succeed himself on the ex isol- piration of his present term. rk?n;<,ic h? Olpmonceau. 3 ed. f Premier Clemenceau sent a Ion: Sity, letter to the Figaro in reply to state and ments made in documents seized a mer the Nunciature and printed. He bit d In terly attacked M. Piou, president o the Liberal League. Off, Fl c> i?Famous cartoon drawn by Davenp< - ' WEALTH OF THIS NATION. Astonishing Increase Shown by a Late Census Report. Washington, D. C.?The total estimate of the valuation of the national wealth in 1904 was $107,104,192,410, according to a special report issued by the Census Bureau on wealth, debt and taxation which represents an increase in the four-year period from 1900 to 1904 of $18,586,885,635. This advance in national wealth has no parallel in the history of the United States except the decade from 1850 to 1860. In 1850, when the first estimates of the national v/ealth were made the figures were only $7,135,780,228. The most potent cause for the increase in the nation's wealth from 1900 to 1904, it is stated, was the reaction from the low priccs of the period of depression from 1S93 to 1896. The annual increase of wealth per family from 1890 to 1904 was $182. The various forms into which the nation's wealth is divided, with their . valuations are as follows: Real property and improvements taxed $55,510,228,057 Real property and improve ments exempt 6,831,244,570 Live stock 4,073,791.736 Farm implements and machinery .. 844,989,863 Manufacturing machinery, tools and implements 3,297.75i,lS0 Gold and silver coin and bullion 1.093,603.303 Railroads and their equipment 11.244,752,000 Street railways 2.219,986.000 Telegraph systems 227,400,000 Telephone systems .tso,o-hj,wu Pullman and private cars.... 123,000.000 Shipping and canals 846.489,804 Privately owned water works 275.000,000 Privately owned central electric light and power stations 562,851,105 Agricultural products 1,899.379.6,52 Manufactured products 7,409,291.668 Imported merchandise 495,543.6S5 Mining products 408.086,787 Clothing and personal adornments 2,500,000.000 Furniture, carriages and kindred property 5,750,000,000 The total public indebtedness of the continental United States in 1902 was $2,789,990,120, and the total per capita indebtedness was $35.50. The total indebtedness of the National Government for the same year was $925,011,637, and the per capita indebtedness was $11.27. The indebtedness of the United States Government is its gross indebtedness less cash in the treasury. The total indebtedness of continental United States in 1890 was $1,989,112,S42; that of the National Government was $851,912,752 and the per capitas were $31.76 and $13.60 respectiverly. In 1902 the annual interest charge on the public debt of continental United States is shown to be approximately ?>xio,iuo,ooo, ur an annual payment of $1.46 for each individual. In Great Britain the per capita indebtedness of all classes, national and local, was 3.93 times that of the United States; in France, 4.86, and in Italy, 2.25. The assessed valuation of^ property subject to ad valorum taxation has increased from 1850 to the present time, but it has not kept pace with the increase in the actual national wealth. The total assessed valuation of property in 1902 was $35,338,316,833, while in 1890 it was only $25,473,173,418. The estimated true value of all property in 1902 was $97,810,749,590, against $65,037,091,197 in 1890. The total levies of ad valorem taxes was in 1902 $724,736,539, and the tax rate per $100 of estimated true value $0.74. The net indebtedness of the country was slightly less at the close than at the beginning of the year. In the case of the National Government, States and Territories, and counties, the receipts exceeded the payments, and at the close of the year these governments had smaller net indebtedness than at the beginning. In the case of minor civil divisions, and luc lai^c cities, mc aii.uation was reversed and the payments for expenditures exceeded the revenue receipts, causing an increase in net indebtedness. REFERENDUM IN CLEVELAND. Council Will Sunibit the Traction Problem to the People. Cleveland. Ohio.?With only one dissenting vote, the City Council adopted the report of the spccial Street Railway Committee which has in charge Cleveland's traction problem. This report recommended that the , matter of franchises, low fare, and other issues involved be submitted ' to popular vote. ? No;vsy Paragraphs. Work on the Hawaiian defenses has been started. ; Some of the Philadelphia police ' men get only $i.7u a day. 3 Lord Curzon advocates a system of . life peerage for Great Britain. The savings banks of the country have $3,000,000,000 of deposits. King Alfonso dissolved parliament 5 and ordered the election of a new ! body. t To promote ambidexterity Canon - Lyttleton, master of Eton College, f England, prescribes writing with the left hand for students' offenses. K - i . " WGMJ . . *' ' ft - v f>, 'Mm JL ^ '" ?...,-.7&^' '< . Y>. ' '. , . ' /'l , 1 V/*/ * --" 1 i-iv" Sf^V it ' (1^ v.^ssr^ . /.> r^^wp )rt for the New York Evening MaiL PADTTUTTAH AO TOTC HITTA?' * . iviuuaiivu ui iuxu liaiivn* The United States Increased Nearlj 1 8,000,000 in Six Years. Washington, D. C.?There are now nearly 8,000,000 more people in the Continental United States than there . were six years ago, according to an' estimate based upon the figures compiled by the Census Bureau in a special report issued recently. According to its estimates the population of the Continental United States in 1906 was 83,941,510, an increase over 1900 of 7,946,935. v . The population of tfie United States, inclusive of Alaska and the insular possessions, in 1906 was 93,182,240. The growth in population , in the Continental United States from 1905 to 1906 was 1,367,315. Computed on the basis of the esti- mate the density of population of the Continental United States in 1906 was twenty-eight persons per square mile, as compared with twenty-six in 1900. The five leading cities and their estimated population in 1906 are as follows: New York ..4,113,043 Chicago 2,049,185vtfKj Philadelphia 1,441,735 St. Louis ; 649,320 Boston 602.278 The report presents the population returns for 1905 of the fourteen States making an inter decennial enumeration, together with the esti mated population of these States for 1904 and 1906 and of the remaining. States and Territories for 1904, 1905 and 1906. ' The States which took a census in 1905 are Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Moocor?HTieaHc T\T f n noont o .Mow Tar. sey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In Michigan the census is taken in the years ending with a "4." The population returned for these States was 26,263,877, an increase since 1900 of 1,901,572 or 7.8 per cent. For the , remaining States r.nd Territories the population for 1905, as determined by the method of estimating adopted by the bureau, was 56,283,053, an increase orer 1900 of 4,374,040, or 8.4 per cent. The population of the fourteen States making an enumeration, if estimated in the same manner/ would be 26,204,762, a difference of only 0.2 per cent, from the actual re- ; turns. \ The rapid growth of urban popula- 'v~ tion is noteworthy. The total estimated population of incorporated places having 8000 or more inhabitants, exclusive of San-Francisco and Los Angeles, is 2S,466,624 for 1906, an increase over 1900 of 3,912,188, or 15.9 per cent., while the estimated population of the United States exclusive of these cities showed an increase of 4,480,008, or only 8.8 per V,CilL. j The eiglity-eight cities with an estimated population of 50,000 or more in 1906 had a total estimated population of 19,771,167, an increase of 2,766,863, or 16.3 per cent, over that reported at the Twelfth Census. HEW TRUSTS IN GERMANY.. ' Glue, Braid, X-Ray, Canned Goods and Other Combinations Formed. Washington, D. C.?The American Consuls in Germany announce the formation of the following trusts: Glue trust, with a central bureau in Berlin for the sale of all glue made in Germany. Braid, trimmings and woolen gooda trust, to regulate prices. X-ray manufacturers, organized i for a ten per cent, increase. Canned goods' combine, in order to ' compensate for the steadily rising cost of the raw materials which they use. Artificial silk manufacturers keej. up with the procession. "Scarcely a day passes but the German newspapers report a new trust, syndicate or fusion of some i line of manufacturing in Germany," reports Consul-General RichardGuenther, of Frankfort, Germany. CARNEGIE LIBRARY REFUSED. Detroit Decides Against Acceptance ?Republicans Carry Michigan. Detroit, Mich.?The count of votes cast in this city shows that the proposition to accept $750,000 from Andrew Carnegie for a library was defeated by fewer than 100 votes. The majority of the Republican State ticket is large. The proposition to amend the Constitution so as to permit the teaching of mechanical trades to convicts in the State prisons carried by a small majority. The Field of Labor. The strike of building trades at '< Seattle has ended. The Miners' Union at Butte. Mont., j hace accepted the proffered wage } scale. In England, France, Belgium and , Austria 942,000 miners are organ- t ized. Street cars are running again at j Butte. Mont., the company having I advaifted wages. 1 More men stopped work in the St. ^ Louis brewery strike, bringing the i number of strikers up to 2700. I ] , i*.: .... -" ;-ii:,*kaffi-ftrtflifflftft