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-jjgsynw m rijyi--asv! "- tHPffn?iwTy,'"r""'irv' "" T TSKf visjr- 8"3C-, -rf r-TT "nrir5r9f,',r"7-Ts,i.' THE MORNING OBEGONTAN, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1901. HITCHCOCK ON RESERVES "WHAT HB HAS TO SAY OF FOREST LANDS IX HIS REPORT. Things Xeceimary to Give the Public Fall Benefit Lien-Land Selections. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. The recent In structions issued by the Secretary of the Interior, denning the manner In which forest reserves are herealter to be con trolled and managed, and -which "will "work radical changes in the system that has prevailed ever since 1S97, have caused widespread comment throughout the West, fcr the most part favorable. It Is there fore of some Interest to Know "what th secretary has to say on the reserve prop osition in Ills annual report, recently made public. The following extracts briefly set fcrth his views on this Important ques tion: To Get Full Benefit of Reaervea. "To give to the people of the West the full benefits -which the forest reserves are capable of yielding, two things are neces sary. "First The demand for more reserves should be met by the careful extension of the reserved area In accordance with the results of careful study on the ground. "Second There should be a thoroughly practical and efficient administration of the reserves and the resources they con tain. In order to secure practical treat ment and better protection for the forest reserves, and, above all, to bring about prompter and more effective use of their resources for the good of the people, the administration of them, while it remains in the Interior Department, will be care fully supervised and conducted by the secretary himself. "Forestry Is a business which cannot proceed without skilled men with a prac tical knowledge of the best ways of handling and protecting forests. As with lumbering, its success depends on work In the field, and especially upon intimate knowledge of local conditions and require ments. It is of the first importance to employ in the forest service men of high local reputation for character, ability and knowledge of the woods, in addition to Euch practical trained experts as may be available. Men thoroughly versed in lum bering and woodcraft are essential. Time for Practical Forestry. "The time for the introduction of prac tical forestry on the forest reserves has Italy come. States and private owners of forest lands are already co-operating with the Government for better handling of their holdings to the extent of more than 5,000,000 acres. Some of the forest reserves are cot less favorably situated for prac tical forestry than the best of" these lands, and it is of the first Importance both to the Interests of the forest and to the interests of the West to give the reserves the best practical treatment without delay. It was found necessary about two years ago to apply to the Agricultural Depart ment for working plans for conservative lumbering on the reserves and for re- I pcrts upon all subjects requiring special knowledge of forestry except the map ping of the forests, now thoroughly well down by the geological survey. "The key note of the administration of the forest reserves should be to increase the value of the reserves to the public and to perpetuate their forests by wise use. The utility of the reserves to -the agricultural, mining, grazing, and lum- ter.ng Interests of the regions in which they Le is so great, so generally recog nized, and so rapidly on the Increase that to give them any form of management but the best available Is a most serious blsw o the prosperity of the West. Work manlike administration of the forest re- sen es means protection through them to a.1 the Interests which depend upon them. forestry, dealing as it does with a : source of wealth produced by the soil, is properly an agricultural subject. The presence of properly trained foresters In the Agricultural Department, as well -as the nature of the subject Itself, makes the L.tlmate transfer. If found to be practlca- tlc of the administration of the forest re serves to that department essential to the best interests, both of the reserves and cf the people who use them. Lien Land Selections. "In my previous annual report I re- rcwed my recommendations for further modifications of the act of June 4, 1S97, crmitting the selection of lands in lieu (of those relinquished in forest reserves. I set forth in that report illustrations of the abuses under the existing law. "Those abuses still exist and are the "chief obstacle to the extension of the fcrest reserve system. The enactment of legislation along the lines recommended by this department is, In my Judgment, absolutely essential to correct the abuses in regard to such lieu selections, and 1 earnestly recommend that such legisla tion be passed. "An Idea of the present extent of Heu- 5anJ selections may re had from the shewing made by the commissioner in his report that there had been submitted by Individuals, firms and corporations un der and since the act of June 4, 1897, 4&1 selections, embracing 92,509.10 acres, and that there were relinquished to the United States under said act during the past fiscal year and which will serve as a basis for - other lieu selections 332,770.07 acres. The greatest number of relinquish ments have been made In the States of California and Oregon. Sheep-Grnilns In Forest Reserves. The localities covered by many of these Iforest reserves embrace areas that in- lude the ranges over which large num bers of sheep for years past have grazed. land the woolgrowlng interests of those j sections have, insisted that any curtall- lcnt oi ineir grazing privilege would De imical, If not destructive, to that Indus- Itry. "On the other hand, those engaged In agricultural pursuits purely and who are directly Interested In the conservation of the water supply for purposes of Irriga- Itlcn, which Is the primary purpose for fhich these reservations are created, have Icontcnded with equal energy that sheep razing in these reserves destroys the for est rover, and so hardens the soil that the lciUng snows and the rainfall nass off in a flood, thus preventing the conserva- It.on of the water supply and defeating le purpose for which said reserves were :reated. With these contending Interests clamoring before the Department for rec ognition and each insisting on the abso lute correctness of Its theory, the Depart- aent has had no little embarrassment in determining upon a policy that would je lair to both of them. 'I recognize fully the vast interests In- rolved in the woolgrowlng industry, but aso recognize that the paramount ques tion before the people of the West today. specially tnose in the arid regions, is jow to properly conserve and protect the rater supply so as to furnish a sufficient imount to answer all the demands for Irrigating purposes, and the best solution that has yet been offered to that Droblem Is the creation, the efficient patrolling ma me proper administration of forest reserves. Policy Adopted. 'Under these circumstances T liv idopted the policy of permitting sheep to ;raie in inai portion oi certain reserves tfhere It Is shown, after careful examinn- lon, that such grazing Is In- no wav In surious to or preventive of the conserva tion cf the water supply, and that nollrv ft Is my purpose to continue. 'Such a policy. In my judgment, will iffcrd all the encouragement to the wool- rowing industry that It can reasonably sk In this connection from this denart- lent, and is not Inconsistent with those past interests dependent upon irrigation. vmen aemana consideration at my lands." active in Batangas Province, Brigadier General Bell, with a battalion of the Fifth Infantry, will leave here today to assume command of the troops in Batan gas. Recently, the insurgents killed a mer chant in the town of Batangas, terrorized the people living in the outskirts of the town, and escaped after a running fight with a small detachment of the Eighth Infantry. The operation performed on Governor Taft this afternoon was successful. He expects to start for Washington December 10, to recuperate and confer with Secre tary Root. POLITICAL GOSSIP. The President Does Not Coddle the' Hanna Organization. Special to Chicago Chronicle. Washington. President Roosevelt Is looking sharply after his political fences in anticipation of the National campaign of 1904. He has already entered into im portant political alliances that will yield him several state delegations to the next National convention. By turning down Senator Burton's candidate for District Attorney of Kansas the President won the aupport of the moet powerful and in fluential Republican faction In that Btate. Later In . refusing to accept candidates presented to him by Internal Revenue Commissioner Yerkes and Senator Deboe, to succeed the Kentucky Collector of In ternal Revenue who was removed under charges he created a new dominant ma chine with Representatives Vincent Bore lng as its leader. Borelng will be for Roosevelt in 1904. The President is charged by influential leaders of his own party with endeavoring to secure for himself the support of Mis souri's Republican organization through National Committeeman Richard Kerens. By deciding the conflict between Secretory of the Interior Hitchcock and Kerens over the distribution of Missouri patronage in favor of the committeeman, as It Is con ceded he will decide, the President will win Mr. Kerens' friendship and support. A story has been current for several days that there Is a distinct understanding be tween the President and Mr. Kerens on this score. Secretary Hitchcock's friends believe It to be true and are anticipating Mr. Hitchcock's withdrawal from the Cabinet within the next 30 days as a con sequence. The recent rebellion of Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, against the domination of Senator Quay, Is believed to.be the re sult of Senator Quay's Implied promise to support the President for a second term in 1904. Stone expected to be a candidate for President, and believed he would receive Quay's support. He learned through friends In Washington that there was an open alliance between Quay and the President soon after Quay's visit to the White House last Wednesday., Immedi ately he proceeded to smash Quay's "'ip per" organization In Pittsburg. He at tacked Quay's most sensitive spot when he removed the "ripper" recorder of Pittsburg. That recorder's appointment was practically the price of Quay's re election to the Senate. Governor Stone's friends say frankly that In cutting loose from Quay and the, Pennsylvania machine the Governor Is getting In line for the next National cam paign, believing that President Roosevelt meantime will have so completely disor ganized his party that a second Presi dential term for him will be out of the question. The President has created practically a new deal In New York by ignoring Piatt and taking up Governor Odell and Mayor elect Low. He is perfectly confident that he will receive the support of New York In spite of Piatt. Roosevelt has revolutionized the political machines of the Southern states, destroy ing Hanna's McKInley . organizations wherever they appeared to be formidable and putting men of his own selection in command-by making them distributers of Federal patronage. He deposed Hawley, the National committeeman of Texas. He turned down the old-line Republicans of North and South Carolina and installed Democrats with Republican leanings In their places. He is prepared to deal In the same manner with other Republican organizations of the South. From the very outset of his career as President Colonel Roosevelt has played politics assiduously and without Intermis sion. He seems to appreciate that he must rid himself of the menace of the old McKlnlev machine, controlled by Han na and a certain element in the National committee. He has not hesitated to use forceful means wherever he has deemed them advisable, and though his enemies have been multiplying as a consequence he has made hundreds of friends. In one .respect the President has been extremely politic, and that Is in his treat ment of United States Senators. He has been careful to avoid even an appearance of antagonizing most Republican Senators. Some of them he has treated with con tempt, evidently believing that they could do him no harm. But for the most part the Senators have received cordial and kindly treatment. The Kevr York Fire. NEW YORK. Nov. 29. The fire which started yesterday afternoon in the lum ber yards of William E. Uptegrove & Bros., at the foot of Bast Tenth and Eleventh street, burned last night, and this morning the firemen were still fight ing the flames in different parts of the large yards. The fire on the Standard Oil property, however, was extinguished late In the night. The loss was estimated today at 5750.000. Chief Croker, of the fire department, said today that before the rear wall of the Uptegrove factory fell on the Stand ard Oil Company's premises, he had In spected the latter building, and found 15 barrels, of naphtha and gasoline stored there. This, said Chief Croker. was a violation of the law, which forbids the storing of more than one barrel of an ex plosive In any one building within the city limits. Employes of the Standard Oil Company denied the truth of Chief Crok er's statement. MARKET IS ACTIVE The Bancroft Estate. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. According to the Herald, more than $500,000 is to be distributed among the heirs of George Bancroft, the historian, who died ' in Washington, D. C, January 17, 1891. A peculiar feature of the will executed in 1877 was the tying up of the bulk of his fortune, which now amounts to $614, 42S, until November 1, 1900. The referee finds that $68,000 is now sufficient to pay the Income to the annuitants. This leaves almost ?55O;000 for Immediate dis tribution. This will be as follows: One fourth to the estate of John C. Bancroft; one-fourth to Sarah Woolongher, one fourth to Susan Carroll and one-twelfth each to Wilder Dwlght Bancroft, Pauline Bancroft, Flach and Esther Bancroft, children of John C. Bancroft. Insurgent Activity. MANILA, Nov. 23. The Insurgents are Mass for Boers and Filipinos. NEW YORK. Nov. 29.-Rev. Joseph Mendl, of the Roman Catholic Church of tne immaculate Conception, at Montclalr, N. J., celebrated high mass on Thanks giving for the souls of the Boers lost In battle against the British, and also for the native Filipinos who died fighting for their Independence. Although It was bit terly cold, there was an attendance of several hundred. Father Mendl was as sisted by two priests from Newark Fathers Sampson and Charuzzl. Father Mendl has received a large number of letters from persons in Montclalr, New ark, New York and Brpoklyn Indorsing his position and congratulating him on his determination to celebrate the mass. Arffnlns the Helstand Case. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The argu ments in the Helstand hemp inquiry were begun today before the speciat investi gating committee of the Senate. Judge Mackey argued for Major Hawkes and Attorney Needham for Colonel TTinfanH Each side wag limited ft e hour and a half 4 RAILROAD EQJUPMENT IK STRONG DEMAND. Woolen Mills Have More Orders Than They Can Fill Large Ex ports of Wheat. , NEW YORK, Nov. 29. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade tomorrow will say: A general advance In the price of pig iron Indicates that record-breaking activity at fur naces falls to produce accumulation of sup plies. Steel mills are seeking material urgent ly, and Bessemer pig for prompt delivery at Pittsburg is not available below $16 50. Large sales of forge and foundry Iron are reported at further advances, and Southern Iron In the Chicago market Is also higher. Buying of railway supplies Is the most urgent feature, rails, cars, engines, structural mate rial for bridges end shop equipments all being wanted much earlier than they can be deliv ered. In general lines the movement Is scarce ly less active, and at present the business for 1002 appears limited by facilities, but It Is probable that the producing capacity will be greatly enlcrged. The feature among the minor metals was the sharp advance In tin to much the highest point of the year, because of delayed arrivals. In marked contrast to the rise In tin was a sharp decline In silver to the lowest price since early In 1698. Shoe shops at the East are fully employed, while "Western producers were never before so extensh-ely engaged. Recent buying of cotton goods for China has stimulated the export movement, and for the year thus far the value shows an Increase over any preceding year. Asia and South America are the leading customers. Conditions are even more favorable at woolen mills, one concern refusing a large order for delivery In February. Heavy-weight goods are very active with retailers and jobbers. "Wheat also held flrmly, closing the week 3c above the price a year ago, which 1b most sat isfactory. In view of the vast Increase In yield. Receipts at the interior are liberal, 0,280,443 bushels, against 3.001.70S last year, but the. gain In foreign buying Is still the feature, ex ports from all ports of the United States In Ave days aggregating 3,075,810 bushels, com pared with 2,830070 a year ago. Failures for the week numbered 182 In the "United States, against 178 last year, and 25 In Canada, against 21 last year. Judge Thomas, sitting In the Circuit Court in Brooklyn today, decided In favor of the ruling of the Treasury Department at Washington in the case of Thomas Boden, of Philadelphia. The decision pro hibits Boden, a supposed consumptive, from remaining in the country. Unless the case Is appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals. Boden will be deported one week from tomorrow. The case has to do with the right of consumptives to land here" as immigrants. A GREAT OPERATOR. BRADSTREET'S REVIEW. Strength in Corn and Oats Has Sus tained "Wheat Pricesc NEW YORK, Nov. 29. Bradstreefs to morrow will say: From now on retail, rather than wholesale, demand will attract most attention. Colder weather and snow would, however, benefit Northwestern trade and Industry, though the open weather prevailing has enabled more than ordinarily complete farming preparations and extensive building activity. Accompanying llw Improved tone in trade, there has been a broadening and deepening of speculation In leading food staples, and, all In all, there is a rather more cheerful feeling prevailing. No sign of the usual seasonable quieting down in the demand for Iron and steel is ap parent, and buyers are as eager as ever to ob tain supplies. The car shortage and the con gestion of freight In the Pittsburg district has been accentuated by the switchmen's strike, and the trouble there, if anything, is aggra vated; a number of furnaces are banked, and several mills are Idle for lack of supplies. Fin ished products, bars, sheets and structural ma terial are all active, and there has even been an Improvement In plates. Foundry Iron Is 50 cents higher at Chicago, and 75 cents to $1 per ton above the ruling rates must be paid for prompt delivery on pig Iron and billets at Pittsburg. The big steel Interests are reported as having plenty of cars, but not enough mo tive power offered. Bradstreefs Halifax report says that large sales of Cape Breton steel have been made In the United States. The strength of the coarser grains, corn and oats, has been the sustaining feature to wheat, which might otherwise have receded on large Northwestern receipts and a heavy Increase In the visible supply. A resume of the world's cereal food supply shows a shrinkage there of 1,056,000 bushels as compared with last year. Provisions are showing exceptional strength, due to short covering and reported heavy buy ing by packers. Hog receipts are large but their weights are light, and this accounts for the relatively greater advance In lard. "Wheat, Including flour, exports for the week aggregate 5,117,478 bushels, against 5,518,030 bushels last week and 2.408.S80 bushels In this week last year. "Wheat exports, July 1 trf date (22 weeks), aggregate 127,810,860 bushels, against 76,742,093 bushels last year. Business failures in the United States for the -week number 189. against 213 last week, 184 In the same week last year, 177 In 1809, 212 In 189S and 250 In 1697. Failures in Canada for the week number 26, against 22 last week, 2S in the same week a year ago, and 25 In 1809. ;v Bank Clearings. NEW YORK, Nov. 29. The following table, compiled by Bradstreet, shows the. bank clear ings at the principal cities for the week ended November 28, with the percentage of lncreaso and decrease, as compared with the corre sponding week last year: Clearings. Inc. Dec. New York $1,203,346,020 7.4 .... Chicago 135,075,000 10.0 Boston 103.663,000 12.2 Philadelphia 03,001,000 15.6 St. Louts 41.000.000 40.0 .... nitSDUrg 3U.U3H.000 21.4 Baltimore 16,816,000 Bah Francisco 24.355,261 42.7 .... Cincinnati .... 10,438.000 20.3 Kansas City ..-: 15,978.000 10.9 .... Minneapolis 14.420,000 38.2 .... Cleveland 11,639,000 40.0 .... New Orleans 12,603,000 .... 12.6 Detroit 11,854.000 70.6 .... Louisville 6,814,000 2.6 .... Indianapolis 7,586,000 27.2 .... Providence 5,892.000 4.3 .... Omaha 5,468,000 .... 2.0 Milwaukee 6,636.000 0.7 .... Buffalo 5,130,000 18.0 St. Paul 5.101.000 10.0 .... 8avannah 3.822.000 .... 31.2 Denver 3,832,000 1.3 St. Joseph 4,218,000 36.7 .... Richmond 3.771.000 19.4 .... Memphis 3,972.000 5.3 .... Seattle 3,603,820 08.6 .... Washington 2.574.000 20.4 .... Hartford 2.149.000 44.2 .... Los Angeles 3.146,000 44.3 .... Salt Lake 3.650,000 20.1 .... Toledo 2.016.000 18.4 .... Portland. Or 2,173,853 7.5 .... Rochester 1,894,000 6.4 .... Peoria 2.448.000 26.3 Fort Worth 2.530.000 36.0 .... Atlanta 2,175,000 6.0 .... Norfolk 1,139,000 Des Moines 1,433,000 23.0 .... New Haven 1.322.000 11.1 .... Springfield; Mass.... 1,178.000 5.8 Augusta 1.215,000 .... 18.0 Nashville 1,733,000 .... .... Worcester 1,100,000 2.0 .... Grand Rapids 1,138,000 23.0 Sioux City 1,323,000 0.6 Dayton. 0 1.015,000 1.8 .... Syracuse 1.001.000 22.6 .... Scranton 1,263,000 00.3 .... Portland. Me 1,185.000 25.5 ... Spokane 1.0S8.021 10.2 .... Tacoma 1,306.072 12 0 Evansvllle 801,000 4.5 .." Wilmington. Del 805.000 10.6 ..'. 2ave5Eort 778.000 40.7 .... Fall River .' 705,000 ..... 14 3 Birmingham 1.176,000 35.3 ... Topeka .. 1.007.000 33.3 Macon : 582.000, .... 12.7 Little Rock sai.ooo an Helena Knoxvllle Lowell Wichita Akron New Bedford .... Lexington Springfield. 111.... Blnghamton Chattanooga Kalamazoo Fargo Youngstown Springfield, O.. . Rockford Canton Jacksonville Sioux Falls Fremont Bloomlngton, III. Jack'-ollle, 111.. Columbus, O... , Galveston Houston Colorado Springs , Wheeling. W. Va Wllkesbarre Albany , 501.000 .... 2.5 566,000 31.3 432.000 .... 4.0 553.000 0.0 468.000 10.0 425.000 10.3 .... 307,000 12.4 . . . 431,000 10.3 .... 270,000 .... 28 3 381.000 20.1 . . 405,000 10.1 . . 40(t.OOO .... loo 562,000 .... .. 242.000 7.0 .... 455,000 45.8 .... 20S.O0O 35.4 .... 313 000 24.7 ... 232,000 48.7 . . 164.000 23.3 .... 109.000 44.2 .... J47.000 C3.3 .... 7.108.000 74.0 . . 7,388.000 .... 2 0 0.538.000 2 0 709.000 .... 3.0 632.000 705.000 " 4.670.O00 . 1.052.825.813 Totals U. S.. Outside N. Y f 650.478.884 CANADA Montreal $ 15.159,874 Toronto Winnipeg , Halifax Vancouver, B. C.. Hamilton St. John, N. B Victoria, B. C... Quebec 10.361,403 4.522,017 1.436.313 752.600 721,751 571.454 565,495 1.073.015 9.2 13.0 0.2 4.1 61.3 11.4 7.2 10.1 6,1 17.0 Totals $ 34.001.602 10.0 .... Decided Against. a Consumptive NSW YORK. Nov. 29. United States President Hill's Efficiency Among Practical Railroaders. St. Paul Pioneer Press. The annual report of the Great North ern Railway for the last fiscal year Is arousing considerable interest in Wall street traffic circles by reason of the phe nomenal showing made in economy of management. Notwithstanding a de crease of 2.8 cents per ton per mile in freight charges, President Hill reports an Increase In revenue per freight train mile of 12 cents per mile. The revenue per freight train mile for the Great Northern last year was ?3 38, which is said to be larger than that of any other important railway system In the country. The average rate charged per ton per mile has been steadily reduced being 9.8 cents per ton in 1895, 9.7 cents In 1895, 9.5 cents in 1S97, 9.3 cents In 1898, 9.1 cents in 1899, 8.99 cents in 1900 and 8.7 cents for 1901. Poor's Manual for 1900 gives the average for all railways in Northwestern States at 9.8 cents per ton per mile, for Southwestern States 10.2 cents, and for the Pacific States 10.3 cents which Is an average for the entire West of about 20 per cent above the Great Northern rate for the past year. On the other hand, the Great Northern's average revenue receipts per freight train mile traveled which is the standard by which profitable traffic management" is largely gauged breaks all records. The average for all railways in the United States In 1899 was ?1 72 per freight train mile, as compared with ?3 38 last year for the Great Northern. In the New England States the average is $1 97, in the Middle States, $1 60; In the Central Northern States, $1 53; In the South At lantic States, $1 64; in the Gulf and Mis sissippi States, $1 57; In the Southwestern States, 1 78; In the Northwestern States, ?2 74, and in the Pacific States, $2 61. In other words, J. J. Hill has succeeded in giving Wall-street railway magnates a record of railway economy which, re duced to practical financial results, shows a revenue per freight train mile 75 per cent larger than the average of Western railroads, over 100 per cent larger than the average of Eastern and Southern roads, and 90 per cent larger than the average of all American railroads. It would be difficult for a layman to point out the particular methods by which President Hill has brought about these financial results. Doubtless thou sands of details contribute to the total, and as a master of detail Mr. Hill per haps has no superior in the railway world. One of the features of the "Hill method" which has resulted In the high average revenue per freight train mile, however, Is his success In consolidating freight Into big trains; and .a feature in bringing about a low cost of operation is in avoid ing "empties." It seems that last i year the average Great Northern train hauled 40 loaded cars, which is the greatest rec ord ever achieved by any railway. Fore seeing the inevitable loss of traffic by reason of the partial failure of last year's wheat and flax crops In the Northwest, Mr. Hill reduced the cost of operation by increasing- the number of cars per train 37 per cent over the year before and reduced the mileage of empty cars 12 per cent under his already excellent rec ord in this direction. In addition to these economies, the Great Northern Increased Its earnings from traffic other than wheat, flax and iron ore by the large margin of 51,851, 729 52. So that while the shortage of the wheat and flax crops cut down the earn ings $2,897,747 on these two commodities, the general trafflc-and; the increase In the ore business left the total freight earn ings at only $909,365 less than the big showing of 1900; and with an Increase of $304,434 90 from passenger traffic, and fur ther increases from mail, express and miscellaneous, the aggregate earnings of the fiscal year are within $500,000 of the company's highest record, that of 1900. The result was that after paying 7 per cent dividends on $98,682,950 of stock, there remained a surplus of $1,689,064 to appropriate to the fund for Improve ments. Such a record In a year of crop failure is what astounds Wall-street financiers and causes them to look with marked re spect upon what a few years ago they scoffed at as the "Hill methods." m The Intelligent Siberians. London Dally Telegraph. A St Petersburg dispatch received in Paris states that the arrival of a band of Russian petronomers at Tomsk, in Si beria, where they are about to establish an observatory, has caused an outburst of hostility among the peasants In the neigh borhood. The natives are convinced that the astronomers will gather the etars to gether in a bag and take them away, thus cau&ing drouths, since the rain, they be lieve, comes from the stars. Colonel Hoffman Atkinson Dead. NEW xORK, Nov. 29. Colonel Hoffman Atkinson Is dead In this city. At the outbreak of the Civil War he raised a company of the First West Virginia Cav alry. He was seriously wounded at Per ryvilJe and at Chlckamauga, commanding the Nineteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. In 1875 he was made Secretary of Legation at St Petersburg, resigning from the dip lomatic service In 1875 to enter commer cial life In this city. Negress Aged 160 Years. NEW YORK, N6v. 29. A dispatch to the Herald from Rio de Janeiro says Maria Lusia, a negress 160 years old. Is dead. She was the last representative of the slaves who were Imported directly from Africa. Of the 1557 towns In New England 101 man age their schools under the district system, fel of them being In Connecticut. $3.00 A YEAR CRJBNE MAGAZIN FOR. 25 CTS. A COPY THE AMERICAN "COMMERCIAL INVASION" OF EUROPE Y Frank A. Vanderlip, formerly Assistant Secretary of the xreasury. vicauy important suoject, treated in a striking and highly suggestive way by one of the best expert investi gators and men-of-affairs of the countrv. The series ,of articles is the result of a journey through Europe during the summer. In the course of this trip Mr. Vanderlip gathered a vast store of new facts and information . concerning the invasion of Europe by American industries and methods, and these facts, in addition to his previous thorough knowledge of the subject, are brought out in a peculiarly interesting and vital fashion in these papers. Mr. Vanderlip has not written as a statistician, but as a master in the art of presentation. His articles will be fully illustrated from most interesting material. WALTER A. WYCKOFF The author of "The Workers," will tell in several articles how Amer ican competition is affecting laborers in foreign countries, and how it is looked upon by them. These articles are, in a way, complementary to Mr. Vanderlip's, and present the human and personal side of the subject. Frank A. Vanderlip RICHARD HARDING DAVIS'S NEW NOVEL " Captain Mack lin," will begin during the year, andwill fulfill the great expectations aroused in Mr. Davis's readers by "Soldiers of For tune." It is the author's ripest and , .u,B v most imp0rtant work, and it has a special element of vividness in the fact that it deals with a life with which Mr. Davis has be come very familiar in the course of his own experiences. THE REMINISCENCES Of Ex-President Gilman, of Johns Hopkins University, are full of anec dote, character and personal flavor. SHORT STORIES AND SPECIAL ARTICLES By T. N. Page, R. H. Davis, G. W. Cable, Henry James, Edith Wharton, F. R. Stockton, John Fox, Jr., Fred erick Palmer, A. T. Quiller-Couch, Frederic Irland, J. L. Williams, Mrs. J. D. Cotes, F. J. Stimson, A. C. Smith, J. B. Connolly, and others. K F. HOPKINSON SMITH'S NEW SERIAL STORY ctThe Fortunes of Oliver Horn" 9BP&h which began in the November Scribner's will run through eleven numbers. This is Mr. Smith's long est and most am bitious novel, and in evqy respect as F' HPkinson smith to interest of plot and charm of nar rative his best. Each instalment will be illustrated by Walter Apple ton Clark. 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