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THE MORNING OEEGONIAN. MONDAY. DECEMBER 23, 1901. THEY DECIDED TOO LATE PAXAMA CAXAL MIGHT OXCE HAVE BEEN SOLD TO US. Depevr Says if the Company Had Offered It for 940,000,000, AVe "Would Have Bought It. LONDON, Dec. 22. Senator Chauncey M. Depew, In an interview -with a repre sentative of the Associated Press, said today that had M. Hutin, ex-presldent of the Panama Canal Company, offered to sell the canal for $40,000,000 Instead of ex pecting the United States to dicker about the price, the United States would prob ably have bought the prAperty. The Sen ator also said he believed the decision reached yesterday by the Panama Canal Company had come too late. BAT7DIX STATUE UXVEILED. Ceremonies by the Government, Fol lowed by a. Demonstration. PARIS, Dec 22. President Loubet in augurated today in the Faubourg St. An tolne, a statue to the memory of Deputy Charles Baudin, a representative of the people, who was killed, on the barricade of the Faubourg St. Antolne, December Z, 1S51, the day following the coup d'etat of Louis Napoleon. Baudin was mem orable for the reply he gave to the work man who refused to defend the barri cade. To this man J3audin said: "You will see how a representative of the peo ple can die for 25 francs a day." He then mounted the barricade. The soldiers fired a volley and Baudin fell dead. There was considerable apprehension of disturbances at today's inauguration, ow ing to the insistence of the Nationalist President of the Municipal Council of Paris, M. Dausset. that ho be permitted to deliver a speech at the Inauguration, although he was not included in the offi cial list of speakers. The ceremony has already been once postponed on account of the attitude of M. Dausset The So cialists planned a counter demonstration to the unveiling today. They gathered in the Faubourg, wearing red flowers In their buttonholes as a party emblem. Owing to the strong precautions taken by the police, however, no serious dis turbances occurred, although M. Dausset and some of his colleagues of the Munici pal Council had a narrow escape from rough handling. There were several slight conflicts between Nationalists and Socialists. All the French Ministers were present at the unveiling of the statue. Presi dent Loubet, M. Fallieres. President of the Senate; Paul Deschanel, President of the Chamber of Deputies, and M. Wal-deck-Rousseau, the Premier, made speeches in which they eulogized the resistance offered by Baudin and his col leagues to the coup d'etat, holding them up as an example for the future. President Loubet said he desired to as sociate himself publicly with the glori fication t of this victim of de votion to the Republic against which the executive had commit ted such an odious outrage. He said he himself had accepted conscientious en gagements before the national assembly which he would never violate and that any Caesarian enterprise would fail in the face of the vigilance of the govern ment and the union of Republicans. This reply elicited cheers from the as semblage and cries of "vlve Loubet," and "vlve la republlque." The official party was driving away when M. Dausset, surrounded by his friends, approached the statue and de livered a short oration, in which he de clared that he took over the statue In the name of the City of Paris. His words were drowned by outcries from the Socialists. M Dausset had to be escort ed by the police back to the town hall. He progressed amid shouts and counter shouts of "down with Dausset," "down with the Nationalists," while the Nation alists sang the "Carmagnole." Many persons were arrested but were subse quently released. THE MAXCHl'niAX TltEATY. ChlncKc Plenipotentiaries Xot as Easy as the Late Earl I.I. PEKIN, Dec 22. The first discussion of the Manchurlan treaty between Paul Lessar, the Russian Minister, and the Chinese plenipotentiaries. Prince Ching and "Wang Wen Shao, occurred here yes terday. Prince Ching and Wang Shao displayed much less compliance with the Russian policy than did the late Li Hung Chang. They urged the following sub stantial modifications: First The stipulation of an early date for the withdrawal of all Russian troops from Manchuria except the railway guard, the number of which should be limited. Second They opposed the paragraph restraining China from Increasing the number of her troops in Manchuria with out consulting Russia, contending that China must be at liberty to maintain whatever force is necessary in Man churia to preserve order there. Third They require that an early date ze fixed for returning tne Niu Chwang Shan Hal Kwan Railway and a consider able reduction of the indemnity claimed by the Russians for repairing and main taining the railway. Fourth The Chinese plenipotentiaries oppose giving Russia a monopoly of fu ture mining concessions in Manchuria. Prince Ching has received a long tele gram from Chan Chi Tung, Viceroy of Hankow, exhorting him to maintain the sovereignty of China and Manchuria. CORONATION' ROBES. Earl Marshal's Latest Order Credited Much Consternation. LONDON, Dec 22. The Earl Marshal's order changing the peeresses' coronation robes, while eenerally commended, has created no little consternation among those who had already ordered these costly garments. It appears that the change was due to the personal action of King Edward, who had been approached on the subject by many ladles of the court They declared their robes were not becoming, besides entirely hiding the gorgeous gowns which were to be worn. The new robes favored by the royalty have a long train and a small miniver cape, while the skirt is looped back and caught up with bows, so as to show the white under-dress, which is edged with miniver. Though the change doubtless suits most of them, It has put several peeresBes and court dressmakers In a quandary, for work on many of the robes had already commenced. An Interesting story is in circulation to the effect that Queen Alexandra will be attended at the corohatlon by four Duch esses, dressed In cloth of gold and wear ing their robe and coronets. Those se lected are said to be the Duchesses of Marlborough, Montrose, Southerland and Portland. TURKS THREATEN AMERICANS. Must Renounce Naturalization or Be Expelled. CONSTANTINOPLE. Dec 22. The au '""thoritles at Beureut Syria, have notified naturalized American citizens that they must renounce their naturalization with in 15 days, otherwise they will be expelled from Turkey. Spencer Eddy, First Secre tary of Legation at Constantinople, has made an energetic protest in the matter. He has written the Turkish authorities demanding the withdrawal of the meas ure The incident may become serious, owing to the absence of a naturalization treaty. Boers Plan a Summer Campaign. LONDON, Dec. 23. Telegrams from South Africa still refer to the probable decision of the Boers to surrender, but a dispatch to the Daily News from "Volks- rust today declares the Boers are deter-J mined to continue the war, and that their recent conferences have been with the ob ject of planning a Summer campaign. A dispatch to the Dally Mail from Sydney anounces that Joseph Chamberlain, thed Colonial Secretary, has telegraphed to the Right Hon. T. Barton, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, to the effect that the British Government would be glad of 1000 men for service in South Africa. This will be the first federal con tingent to go to South Africa, Premier Barton having previously declined to of fer men unless the Government asked for them. Attacked by Thibetans. CHRISTIANIA, Dec. 23. Dr. Sven An ders Hedln, the Swedish traveller (who recently reached Ladakah, Cashmere, from exploring the Gobi Desert and Thibet), has wired his greetings to King Oscar, and at the same time informed him that his party was attacked by 500 Thibetan soldiers during the course or his Journey, and that all his collections, and almost the whole of his caravan was lost but that his valuable notes were saved. King Oscar hon replied by tele graph to Dr. Hedln, sending his thanks and his greetings. Queen Alexandra Indisposed. LONDON, Dec. 23. The court circular announces that the Journey of King Ed ward and Queen Alexandra to Sandrlng ham (where they were to spend Christ mas) has been postponed In consequence of a slight Indisposition of Queen Alex andra. It Is understood Her (Majesty's in disposition is not serious. Kind Edward lunched today with the Prince and Prin cess of Wales at York House. Unique Present to Klnj; and Queen. LONDON. Dec. 23. The Royal Academy has prepared a unique present for Their Majesties In honor of the accession to tne throne. The 70 members of the Academy have each painted a water color of uni form size; these pictures are now being privately exhibited at Burlington House prior to their presentation to Their Ma jesties. Abolish Flour and Bread Duties. ROME, Dec. 23. Tho Chamber of Depu ties has adopted parts of the financial proposals bill, which was made a question of confidence by a vote of 184 to SS. This bill Includes the gradual abolition of the duty on flour and bread, a question which has been before Parliament for several years. Consul Long; Takes It Back. LONDON. Dec. 23. A dispatch to the Standard from Rome 6ays that the Ital ian Foreign Offlce has been Informed that tho ConBul-G-eneral of the United States to Cairo, Egypt John G. Long, has with drawn his charge that the Italians have, encouraged slave trading in the Italian colony of Eritrea. England Cannot Afford It. LONDON, Dec 23. The Marqul3 of Londondery. Postmaster-General, reply ing to a memorial from the London Chamber of Commerce, says that the present condition of the nation's finances precludes the laying of underground tele graph lines to the provinces. Recognized a Sheik's Independence. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec 23. It is re ported from Basra, Asiatic Turkey, that the commander of a British gunboat has removed the Turkish flag from the resi dence of Mabarouk, the Sheik of Kowyte, and replaced It by Mabarouk's own flag, in token of his independence. Boers Burned a Native Alive. LONDON. Dec 23. The War Offlce has Issued another long dispatch received from Lord Kitchener, detailing the murders of natiyes by the Boers. One case Is given of a wagon driver who was captured from a British convoy In the end of 1900, and burned alive Agreement Over Tripoli. VIENNA. Dec. 22. The Allgemeine Zel tung asserts that France and Italy have concluded a formal treaty which enables Italy to declare a formal protectorate over Tripoli. A Present to the Nation. LONDON. Dec. 22. The Prince of Wales presided at a meeting of the Governors of the Imperial Institute yesterday. It was decided to present the Institute to tho nation. New Maritime Law for Russia. ST. PETERSBURG, Dec, 23. The Czar has charged the Grand Duke Alexander MIchaelovltch to form a committee to draft a law regarding maritime trade and navigation. The Budapest Riots. LONDON, Dec. 23.-A dispatch to the Times from Vienna says that during the riots at Budapest Saturday, over loo shots were fired and 200 persons were arrested. Dnke and Duchess of Hesse Divorced DARMSTfDT, Dec 22. The Superior Court has pronounced the separation of the Duke and Duchess of Hesse GOVERNOR CRANE'S ANSWER He Sent It to the President, hut "Will Not Say What It Is. SPRINGFIELD Mass., Dec. 22. The doubt In regard to Governor Crane's at titude toward President Roosevelt's ten der of the offlce of Secretary of the Treas ury must be cleared up from Washing ton. The Governor himself has nothing to say. It Is learned at Dalton that he has despatched hi decision to the Pres ident by a special messenger, who should reach his destination Monday. What the Governor has said to the President is left wholly to Inference and no information can be obtained here Heltfeld Presents Idaho Resolutions. WASHINGTON, Dec 22. Senator Helt feld presented to the Senate a number of resolutions of the Idaho Legislature. One of them favors an appropriation for the construction of a canal around The Dalles-Celllo rapids of the Columbia River. Another favors the re-enactment of the Chinese exclusion aqt while a third protests against the so-called Grout oleomargarine bill. A branch Soldiers' Home at Fort Sherman is asked for bv one of these petitions. A matter of pure sentiment shines forth In the last petition, asking that two Krupp field guns, cap tured at the battle oT Santa Ana, In the Philippines, by tho First Idaho vol unteers, be presented to the State of Idaho. "Will Not Interfere With the Cnnal. WASHINGTON, Dec 22. The Admin istration Is not concerned over the state ment of a Managua dispatch that the German Government, under certain con cessions to a steamship company, claims the exclusive right to navigate the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua, which forms a part of the proposed isthmian canal. This alleged claim, it is under stood, will not embarrass pending legis lation for the construction of the canal, as its settlement Is a question with which the Nicaragua Government and the com pany claiming the concession will have to deal. Secretary Long's Intentions. WASHINGTON. Dec. 22. Secretary Long's attention has been called again tonight to reports that he contemplated resigning from the Cabinet He again authorized an emphatic s'tatement that such was not the case He said there was not a word of truth in the report and that he had not tho slightest inten tion of resigning. When you feel bad, take Hood's Sarsa parllliu It win make you decidedly better. BOGUS RAILROAD TICKETS FORGERS OPERATED SUCCESSFUL LY AT KANSAS CITY. Losses of the "Western Lines Will Amount to Thousnnds of Dol larsOther Crime News. KANSAS CITY, Mo.. Dec. 22.-A gang of forgers of railroad tickets has been operating In Kansas City successfully dur ing the last few weeks, acording to H. C. Townsend, of St Louis, general passen ger agent of the Missouri Pacific Rail road, who has been in the city Investigat ing the fraud with the aid of George H. Foote, secretary of the local passenger bureau, and J. A. Stewart, general South western passenger agent of the Rock Isl and. Mr. Townsend said of the frauds: "The losses of the Western railroads PRESIDENT OF LOUISIANA $' - WKM i'fisKPSBV jiIBvBVvSbi 9e9HSVKTBHBvX1 jBwBmBySbwjb. iiic Ikur33&w9HbBwBv1 BBk9BSSaBBbBV&VK SliS fzti riaJ4jPSiixSiwiJyj'BR:Sll D 1VID ROWLAND FRANCIS. David Rowland TrancK vho, as President of the Louisiana Purchase Kxposl tlon. broke ground far the 1003 World's Fair. Is a man of executive ability and of distinguished attainments. H held the offlce of Governor of Missouri from 18Sa to 1S93, and wai Secretary of the Interior in President Cleveland's Cabinet, succeeding Hoke Smith in lSDO. Re Is the head of Francis Bros., a large St. Louis firm of craln merchants, and has large Interests in corporations. In 1S00 lie affiliated himself with the Gold Democracy. will amount to thousands of dollars. There have been three classes of forgeries. Some days ago Mr. Foote discovered that a bogus perforating stamp had been used to Imitate the stamp that Is used to mark the tickets at tho Union depot The for gers tried In Chicago to buy a stamp ex actly like the one that Is used at the Kansas City Union depot to stamp re turn ticket coupons, but the manufactur ers suspected something -wrong and re fused to sell It The forgers were not baliled. They bought a stamp that is used in banks for perforating checks, changed the dies from 'paid to 'K. C. U. D.,' and have used It on many forged tickets. "The second class of forgeries Included conductor's train checks. The bogus ones are fairly good Imitations of the genu ine ones, but they have smooth edges in stead of perforations. Wholesale frauds have been committed by using forged livestock contracts, which are exchangea for tickets. We have no means of know ing how many bogus livestock contracts and conductor's train checks have been used. I know that hundreds of fraudu lent contracts were .printed here In Kan sas City.. We have evidence to show that a Kansas City ticket broker knows some thing about the forgeries. We have en gaged an additional force of detectives, and hereafter oonductors will watch care fully for forgeries. The Missouri Pacific has suffered severe losses, but our road Is only one of many that has been de frauded." Dozens of the forged tickets have, it Is said, been secured by the railway officials. SULLIVAN FOUND GUILTY. Fine' of $2000 Imposed on the Chi cago Lawyer. CHICAGO. Dec. 22. The jury In the case of Lawyer Alexander Sullivan, on trial be fore Judge Abner Smith for conspiracy to abet a fugitive from justice, came Into court today with a verdict of guilty. As punishment, the jury Imposed a fine ot 52009. This carries with It no prison sen tence. State's Attorney Barnes demanded that Sullivan be taken to jail, but the court declined to enforce this demand and Sullivan was permitted to leave the courtroom with his attorneys. Sullivan's counsel entered a motion for a new trial, which Judge Smith will act upon tomor row. Should this motion be overruled, Judgment for $3000 will be entered against the attorney. The charges against Sullivan were an outgrowth of jury-brlblng scandals Involv ing the Chicago courts. Ex-Balllff James J. Lynch, the principal prosecuting wit ness In the trial of Sullivan, was Indicted for jury-bnblng in December 1S9S. At this time Alexander Sullivan was the general counsel for the West Chicago Street Rail way Company. Indictments charging bribery at other times were found against Lynch. He fled to Canada, but was in duced to return October 1. He declared that Sullivan had Induced him to bribe jurors. Ho told' his story to the grand jury and Indictments for conspiracy to as sist and persuade a fugitive from justice to get without the Jurisdiction of the court and assisting and persuading the fugitive to remain without the jurisdic tion of the court were voted against Al exander Sullivan, Frederick St John, W. Maher and Frank P. Murray. Separate trials were granted on motion of Maher, and Sullivan was the first selected to make answer In court to the allegations In the Indictment. He was arraigned be fore Judge Abner Smith. The trial lasted four weeks and two days. TRIAL OF THE HIGGINSES. Montana Officials Acquitted of the First Churgc of Assault. MISSOULA, Mont. Dec. 22. Lieutenant Governor Hlgglns and his brother, Arthur, the State Game Warden, last night were acquitted of the charge of assault in the third degree preferred by Theodore Block ley. Blockley was one of the trio whom the two state officials waylaid and se verely thrashed about a week ago. Wit nesses' version of the affair did not differ materially from the story already pub- 1 llshed. During the hearing last night the attorney for the plaintiff had occasion to bring the name of Mrs. Hlgglns, mother of the Lieutenant-Governor, Into the case. Tho Lieutenant-Governor, white with wrath. Jumped to his feet and shaking his fist dramatically at the opposing coun sel, called him "a dirty, piratical and pettifogging lawyer," and said "if the court will not stop you from using my mother's name in this case, I will do It myself." The courtroom was crowded to suffocation and 'the verdict was received with applause. One more charge yet re mains against the belligerent officials, that of assault In the second degree, preferred by Charles Booth, another victim. A Cold-BIooded aiurder. NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 22. John E. Seay, aged 27, second miller, employed by the Noblesvllle Milling Company here, was murdered in cold blood by an assas sin early today. He was resting on a stairway near a window, when an un known person flrcd a load of buckshot through the glass, the entire contents of the weapon entering Seay's head. Wil liam Fodrea, aged 23, son of ex-County Recorder Fodrea, was arrested soon af ter tho tragedy, on the charge of having PURCHASE EXPOSITION. committed the crime. He strenuously protests his innocence. It is said both Seay and Fodrea were In love with the same girl. . Shot a Brutal Son-In-Latv. PITTSBURG, Dec. 22. John W. Moore, an old soldier, shot and killed his son-In-law, Thomas Mawhlnny, at the latter's home In Bellevue, today. Mrs. Mawhlnny told her father that her husband had abused her and called her vile names. Today Moore went to Mawhlnny's home, called him to the door and without any parley shot him In the neck. Moore gave himself up, remirklng that Mawhlnny had driven his first wife to suicide, but he could not do the same with his daugh ter, for he had killed him. Hoj-s' Experience "With IIIfrhiTnyxnan EAU CLAIRE, Wis.. Dec. 22. Seybreth and Bonell, boys aged 13 and 15 years, respectively, who had been in the woods for Christmas greens, returned exhausted tonight and said that a highwayman had assaulted and robbed them. The man had, they asserted, strapped them togeth er, put gags Jn their mouths, locked thent in an abandoned Summer-house and sot the house on lire. The boys freed them selves after a desperate struggle and es caped. Both were severely Injured. Neprro Resisted Arrest. SPARKS, Ga.. Dec. 22. In attempting to arrest Henry Porter; a negro gambler, about midnight, M. J. Klnard was shot in the right hand and arm. and J. L. Klrby, who went to assist Klnard, was killed. Then Klnard picked up his pis tol with his left hand and shot the negro three times. The negro, fell, but escaped to a nearby swamp, wounded. About 100 men have been scouring the country nil day. A lynching may result Culmination of Political Feud. ST. LOUIS, Dec. 22. John J. Ryan, a well-known local political character, was shot 3t a late hour tonight while stand ing on a prominent city corner. Ry.in was seriously Injured, a bullet entering the abdomen. The shooting Is supposed to have been the culmination of a politi cal feud that began In a hotly-contested ward fight several months ago. Killed Her Dronkcn Hnshnnd. COLUMBIA, S. C, Dec. 22. Near Varn vllle, a Mrs. Phillips killed her husband, John Phillips, who. In a drunken condi tion, had attempted to take her life and that of her son. Phillips flred at the woman, who fled into the yard, where b1h seized an ax. killing him Instantly. Tho Coroner's jury exonerated Mrs. Phillips. County Trcnsnrcr'K Office Ilohhed. ATWOOD, Kan., Dec. 22. The safe Jr. the County Treasurer's offlce was blown open early today and $1500 taken. Offi cers were on the scene In a few minutes, but the cracksmen had escaped. , Chapelle Home AkuIii. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 22. Archbishop Chapelle, who returned home late last night, was met by a league committee of laymen and priests, headed by Mayor Capdevllle, and escorted to the new house presented him by the diocese. Today there was a formal reception and speeches were made by the Mayor and Associate Justice O. O. Provosty, In which a cardinal's hat for the archbishop was predicted. The archbishop, In reply, said he could not discuss his mission, but assured his people that he would rather be archbishop of New Orleans than Em peror of Russia. A Good Cough Medicine. From the Gazette, Toowoomba, Australia. I find Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Is an excellent medicine. I have been suffer ing from a severe cough for the last two months, and It has effected a cure. I have great pleasure In recommending It W. C. Wockner. This Is the opinion of one of our. oldest and most-respected residents and has been voluntarily given in good faith, that othcrs.may try the remedy and be benefited, as was Mr. Wockner. This l remedy is sold by all druggists. COAL SHIP IS ON FIRE BURNING CARGO IN THE C. F. SAR GENT AT SAX FRANCISCO. The Vessel Was Run on the Mud Flats and Scuttled Long Voy age of the Narcissus Ended. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 22. The Amer ican ship C. F. Sargent, which arrived hero last Thursday, and was to have docked tomorrow, was discovered to be on Are about noon today. The vessel was anchored off the Harrison-street wharf, when smoke was seen issuing from the hold, which contained 2400 tons of coal. A signal of distress was shown, and very soon relief crews from the United States steamer Albatross and the transport SIo cum were on board, doing their utmost to save the Sargent Then the state tug Governor Markham arrived on the scene. Holes were cut In tho deck, and through these streams of water were poured into the Sargent until It seemed she would set tle down. At one time six feet of water was in the hold, but still the Are kept on, and finally about 9 P. M. It was decided to run her on to the mud flats and scuttle her. The Sargent left Seattle November IS, and a week later was compelled to put Into Clallam Bay leaking. At that time tho coal cargo was in good order, but, nevertheless, Captain Melville decided to cross Puget Sound and dock at Esquimau, B. C, for repairs. This was done, and after a thorough overhauling the Sar gent sailed again for San Francisco. De cember 13. She made a good run down the coast The C. F. Sargent In 1S75 was a speedy American clipper, and was named after her builder. She came around the Horn, and In recent years was purchased by George E. Plumber, of this city. The fire Is attributed to spontaneous combustion. Weeks Off the Horn. SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 22. The long overdue Italian ship Narcissus, Captain Alsaldl. arrived yesterday after a trip of 192 days from Genoa, bringing a general cargo that Included a large quantity of Italian marble. The great delay of the vessel took place off the Horn, where for several weeks the ship was almost sta tionary, owing to calms and contrary winds. For some days the Narclreus has been on the overdue list, and reinsurance has reached 20 per cent Domestic and Foreign Ports. ASTORIA. Dec 22. Left up at 10:20 A. M. British ship Ananias. Condition of the bar at 5 P. M., obscured. Wind south. Weather foggy. New York, Dec. 22. Arrived Mlnnohaha. from London; Celtic, from Liverpool and Queenstown. San Francisco. Dec. 22. Sailed Steamer Umatilla, for Puget Sound; barkentlno Cheha 11s. for Astoria: barkentlne Gleaner, for "Wll lapa Harbor; schooner John A., for Astoria; schooner Mary E. Rush, for Coos Bay; steamer Mackinaw, for T&coma. Arrived Steamer Charles Nelson, from Anacortes; schooner Jen nie Wand, from Coos Bay; steamer Sequoia, from Gray's Harbor. Tacoma. Dec. 22. Arrived Steamer South Portland, for San Francisco: bark Cambrian Chieftain, from Valparaiso. Sailed Bark Owee nee, for Queenstown for orders. Hoqulam. Arrived December 20 Schooner Maweema, from San Francisco for Aberdeen; schooner Allen A, from San Francisco; steam er San Pedro, from San Francisco for Aberdeen. Sailed Schooner Halcyon, from Aberdeen for San Francisco. Bremen. Dec 22. Arrived Steamer Kaiser Wllhelm der Grosse, from New York, via Plymouth and Cherbourg. Queenstown. Dec. 22. Sailed Steamer Urn brla, from Liverpool, for New York. Antwerp. Dec. 22 Arrived Friesland. from New York. Sailed Zealandla, for New York. SUGAR IMPORTS. Hlgrhest Record Made In the Year About to End. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. Sugar Imports into the United States in the calendar year 1901 will exceed those of any preceding year by about 250,000,000 pounds, and the cost will be greater than any preceding year except 1S93, when prices were unusu ally high. The total importations of sugar In the year about to end will, according to the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, ag gregate 4.670.000.000 pounds, and the cost about $115,000,000. The highest record of sugar importations in any preceding year were. In quantity, those of 1S9. 4,399,749, 07S pounds; while In value, the figures of 1S93 made the highest record, 5123.0S3.217. The estimate of the Bureau of Statistics for the calendar year 1901 Is based upon the actual figures of Importations from foreign countries for 10 months ending with October, to which are added the actual figures of sugar shipped from Ha waii to the United States. To these are added estimates for November and Decem ber, both from foreign countries and Ha waii, and for the full year from Porto Rico, this method of obtaining the Ha waiian and Porto Rlcan figures being necessary by reason of the fact that com merce with those Islands la no longer In cluded in the statistics of the foreign com merce of the United States. This shows an Increase of about 30 per cent In the sugar Importations Into the United States In the decade, the figures for 1S91 being 3,679,759.854 pounds against 4,672,000,000 in 1901, the actual increase in the decade thus being In round terms 1,000,000,000 pounds. The enormous quantity can perhaps be better realized when it is stated that ac cepting the average carload at 60.000 pounds, the sugar Importations of 1901 would be sufficient to load 78,000 cars. In addition to this enormous figure of 4,670,000.000 pounds Imported, the sugar pro duction In the United States for the year is presumably about 600,000,000 pounds, this having been about the annual average during recent years. Of this 4,500,000,000 pounds of sugar Im ported Into the United States In 1901, more than 4.000,000.000, or fully 85 per cent. Is cane sugar from the tropics. The re mainder Is chiefly beet sugar, chiefly from Germany and Austria-Hungary. In the 10 months ending with October the Importa tions of beet sugar amounted to about 550, 000,000 pounds, out of a total importation of mors than 4.000.000.000 pounds. or the more than 4.000,000,000 pounds of cane sugar imported during the year, about 30 per cent comes from Cuba, about 15 per cent from the East Indies, and the re mainder chiefly from the West Indies and Central and South American countries. The following table shows the total sugar Importations, quantity and value, by calendar years from 1891 to 1901. No vember and December 1901 being estimat ed: Year Pounds. Value. 1891 3.679.7S9.354 5109.613,854 1892 3.612.726.335 106.211.573 1893 3.810.070.163 123.0S3.217 1894 4.092.960.497 109.034.314 1SS5 3.579.824.754 69.767.S2S 1S96 4.10S.194.901 96.214.403 1S97 4.101.211.595 81.729,142 1S9S 3.427.260,146 77.934.097 1SS9 4.399.749.07S 10S.124.919 1S0O 4,057,029,255 103,742,493 1901 (est) 4,670.000.000 115.000.C00 Including 300.000,000 pounds, valued at $12,000,000, estimated Imports from Hawaii from June 15 to December 3L FORAKER AT CINCINNATI. He Will Not Visit Columbus Until After the Legislature Convenes. CINCINNATI. O., Dec. 22. Senator For aker arrived here today from Washington to spend the holidays. He said he would not visit Columbus, at least until after the Legislature convenes, January 6. As Senator Forakera successor Is to be elect ed January 15, the Joint Republican Sen atorial caucus will be held during the econd week of next month. While there j is no opposition to .his re-election, the WOODARD, Twenty Per THIS WEEK ON U CELEBRATE" ClITGIi America's Finest Product in All Desirable Designs. W00DARD,CLARKE&C0. fight continues between his friends and those of Senator Hanna for the control of both branches. Senator Foraker was not inclined to discuss the contest, but he Insisted thnt any one had a right to be candidate for any position, and that he, the same as others, had a right to sup port his friends. THE BERLIN BOURSE, Market Speculating: on the Cloe of the Boer War. BERLIN, Dec. 22. The-Bourse has al ready begun to assume Its holiday as pect, dealers being Inclined to close their engagements before the , holidays. The volume of business during the la3t week, excepting transactions In government funds, was extremely light. The public shows i strong disinclination for all speculative securities, but an increased appetite, however, for fixed Interest-bear-f-rs, in which during the week there were large transactions. The flotation of sev eral municipal laws also revealed enor mous demands, while the Issue of a num ber of loans after the new year animates thts department and gives strength to bank shares. Much Interest has been shown here in the forthcoming Vienna loan for the mu nicipalization of the street railways of Vienna, which has just been announced. The Deutsche Bank and other banks have taken allotments in this Vienna, loan amounting to 285,000,000 crowns. It has also been announced that the German Government is negotiating a loan of 100, 000.000 marks for next March, with the option of increasing the amount. Tho German market has begun buying Eng- IISIl consols heavily, apcUt&tlurarujn 4ho- early close of tho South African war. The same arguments have caused enor mous German purchases of Kaffirs in London, especially In the German group of mines. Foreign railroads showed active trad ing during the last week, the Transvaal Railroad leading. Canadians were neg lected, however, in spite of the latest re port of earnings. Germans have lately been buying American shares In London In large amounts. The situation In the coal and iron markets continues to be unfavorable. The money market showed higher rate until yesterday, when rates became a little easier. The abundince of money, however, continues unabated. LONDON MORE CHEERFUL. Year-End Revival on the Stock Ex change. LONDON, Dec. 22. Tho stock market generally was more cheerful during the last week, chiefly owing to the growing belief here and on the Continent thnt the war in South Africa is really winding up at last. Speculators drew additional encouragement from the better outlook In the United States, the revival of con fidence in France and the belief that tho worst of the German crisis Is past. Home rails were considerably strength ened on the announcement of the policy of thu Northeastern Railway to Amer icanize Its traffic department, as a result oi which the railway hopes to secure material economies, both In freight and passenger haulage. It Is also understood that other railway lines will probably Im itate this policy. At the same time the railway outlook for the coming year is not very promising. Competent critics declare that the railways a're steadily ruining rural England by their excessive agricultural freight rates. This same pol icy. It Is pointed out, Is largely respon sible for the depression In English In dustrial centers. While the programme of the railway companies, up to date, seems to be to make up for the dimin ished volume of traffic by charging high er freight rates on what remains, it Is argued, therefore, that a radical change of policy towards their customers, as well as a mechanical reorganization, are necessary to put home rails upon a basis of permanent prosperity. For the present, however, the Stock Exchange is enjoying tho year-end revival to the utmost. Pro moters of mining securities are carefully nourishing a boom, but It Is said that a considerable undercurrent of realizing by outsiders, In feat of some sudden reverse In South Africa, may check the welcome rise. The closing money market of the year Is without serious Inconvenience. The market is unable to shake Itself clear of the Bank of England. It borrowed 300, CQ0 last week, and will probably take 400,000 this week. It Is true that large government disbursements of supply and i Dark Hair Do you want it ? 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Silver continues quiet. The improvement of the early part of tha week was checked by the dumping of a larg amount of American metal on tho market. PLAN IS FEASIBLE. John Mitchell's Views of the Capital Labor Commission. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 22. John Mitch ell, president of the United Mlneworkera of America, who has Just returned from the East, where he attended the arbi tration meetllng called by the National Civic Federation In New York, said: "I regard that meeting as the greatest step toward harmonizing labor .and capi tal that has ever been taken In America. There Is no doubt In my mind as to. tha feasibility of the plan, and I have no doubt that It will bear fruit. When such men as Senator Hanna and Mr. Schwab meet the labor leaders of the country In. an effort to bring about means for a compromise it shows a good feeling on the part of capital for labor." Asked his opinion on the present shorU age of coal throughout the country, Mr. Mitchell EuUa: - - "Tho shortage Is largely in fact, al-J most entirely due to the lack of means for transporting the coal from the mines. It Is impossibly to get care. The great activity In other branches of Industry this Fall ha6 taken the cars In other lines of work. As soon as a sufficient number of cars can be regularly secured, coal will be plentiful." Inventor Marconi's Plans. ST. JOHN'S, N. F., Dec. 22. Mr. Mar coni today received a second cablegram from the Canadian Minister of Finance, Mr. Fielding, Inquiring when the Inventor would leave for Canada, In order to ar range that some official of the Canadian Government might meet him at Sydney. N. S. Marconi expects to reach Ottawa next Sunday and remain there about ono week. Coated Paper Plant Destroyed. HAMILTON, O., Dec. 22. 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