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VOIj. XXXIX. NO. 4.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF
THE WORLD.
K Comprehensive Review of the Important
Hapjnlngs of the Past Week Presented
in a Condensed Form Which Is Most
Likely to Prove of Interest to Our Many
Readers.
Sir Thomas Lip ton is making arrange
ments lor the building of Shamrock III.
Geo. II. Phillips, the former "corn
king," went broke in the Chicago
board of trade.
One man was killed and another se
verely injured by falling rock in a
Montana mine tunnel.
Discussion has been had in the house
regarding the opening of soldiers'
homes to ex-Confederate veterans.
A Beaumont. Tex., bank president is
under arrest for forging $29,000 worth
of notes and $9,000 worth of stock. -
The Chicago night schools, with
45,00 students and 200 teachers, have
been forced to clo.se for lack of funds
Prince Henry, of Prussia, 'after visit
ing the United States, will go to Eng
land to attend the coronation of King
Edward.
Mrs. Nation tried to enter another
joint in Topeka with the intention of
smashing the furniture, but was pre
vented by the owners.
It is claimed that Russia, before the
death of Li Hung Chang, secured a con
cession of territory at Nan Hui, south
east of Shan Hai, near the Yangtse
capes.
Owing to the large number of mis
takes recently, the Clearing House
Association, of New York, has made a
rule fining each bank $1 for each "mis
sent" check.
A slight earthquake waa felt at Sara
toga a few days ago.
Two men were killed by accidental
asphyxiation in New York.
A bill has been reported to the house
to make more sure of the gold standard.
Fire in an Indian Territory coal mine
was the cause of 14 men losing their
lives.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, will leave
that country on February 13 for a visit
to the United States.
Chicago board of trade has sent a pe
tition to congress asking for the reopen
ing of the Schley case.
Bad forest fires are burning in Colo
rado near Buffalo Park and in the
mountains south of Cheyenne moun
tain. Elaliorate preparations are being
made for the fitting celebration of the
pontifical silver jubilee of Pope Leo
XIII.
A petition with 24,000 signers has
been presented to the king protesting
against the sale of the Danish West
Indies.
Emperor William, of Germany, will
have his yacht, being built in this
country, christened "Alice," in honor
of Miss Roosevelt.
The Cherokee, Choctaw and Chicka
saw nations, in the Indian Territory,
have petitioned congress for territorial
government instead of tribal rule. "
A family of seven perished in a Buf
falo fire.
There are 900 cases of smallpox in
London.
Croker has retired from the leader
ship of Tammany.
Mitchell may secure modifications of
the Philippine tariff.
An extra session of the Minnesota
legislature has been called.
The Cheyenne Indian troubles in
Montana have been quieted.
Wireless telegraphy i9 likely to have
a bad effect on the Pacific cable project.
A $10,049,000 contract has been let
for paving and sewering the city of
Havana.
The senate has been asked to appro
priate $400,000 for a naval experi
mental plant.
The Union Pacific will spend $25,
000,000 on the improvement of it9
Western lines this year.
A prominent Canadian has brought
action against federal officers for false
arrest and imprisonment.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, al
though in very poor health, declares he
will not resign his seat in congress.
Owing to recent disturbances, notices
have been posted in St. Petersburg
entering instant obedience to any or
ders by the police.
January 29 will be generally observed
as a holiday, that date being the late
president's birthday. Governors are
issuing proclamations accordingly.
Russia Is determined to hold onto
Manchuria.
Governor Shaw will succeed Secre
tary Gage January 25.
The British coal ship Clenogle. on
the way from Scotland to Cape Town,
was burned at sea. The crew was
rescued.
It is said that an exchange of ma.
chines between automobilists has
more fine points than even a horse
trade.
Paris officers suppressed a special
number of the newspaper Assiette Au
Beurre. which depicted British atro
cities in the Transvaal; cartoons objectionable.
HAS NOT SHOWN HER HAND.
New Policy of Chinese Empress Not Appar
ent tier Advisors Thoroughly Impressed.
Pekin, Jan. 16. The first week of
the rehabilitation of the Forbidden
City and of the court's resumption of
authority at the capital has been
period of interest to all classes of Chi
nese and foreigners, but the work has
hardly sufficed to furnish proof from
which deductions regarding the policy
of the Empress Dowaker under the
new condition can be drawn. That
she governs as absolutely as befor,
and that she recognizes that foreign
interests and opinions must be respect
ed is apparent.
Two powers are gaining ascendancy
in the council of the Dowager Em
press. The first of these is Yuan Shi
Kal, who is pro-foreign to the extent
of appreciating the strength of foreign
nations and the necessity for China's
adoption of the instruments by which
sucbr strength was1 attained. The sec
ond power is Yung Lu, the Imperial
Treasurer, who is the most influential
among the advisers of the Empress
Dowager, who is bitterly hostile to
foreigners, but who is temporarily im
pressed with the advisability of con
ciliating them. Tuan Shi Kai, the
Governor of Chi Li Province, having
10,000 or 12,000 of the best troops in
China in and about the capital, is the
personage the Empress Dowager must
consider.
It has not yet appeared that the
modernization of the court is more
than skin deep. All the old .methods
of corruption and intrigue for office
the purchase of favors and bribery to
secure audiences, have been resumed
with a vigor indicating that official
dom is trying to make up for lost
time.
Two edicts, which are largely the
result of the insistance of the French
Minister at Pekin, were issued today.
The first in strong terms admonishes
all officials to protect and maintain
the rights of native Christians, and
forbids discrimination against Chris
tians. The second edict dismisses
from office a numbe of officials for
complicity in the Boxer movement.
HAS MADE A RECORD.
Thomas E. Parker, of Astoria, Oregon, has
Saved 16 People in Last Three Years.
Astoria, Jan. 13. Thomas E. Par
ker, night clerk at the Parker House,
in this city, is gaining quite a repu
tation as a life-saver. During the
past three years he has been success
ful in rescuing sixteen people who
had fallen into the river. The hotel
is located directly on the water front,
and many " times during the daik
nights of winter, persons have fallen
overboard, either from the wharf or
the railroad tre3tle. Mr. Parker has
had several narrow escapes from
drowning while rescuing others, and
has never received any reward for
his work. In the majority of cases
the ones rescued even neglected to
tell him their names or thank him.
CHINA THANKS UNITED STATES.
For Protecting Forbidden City Duriug Box
er Tronbles.
Washington, Jan. 15. Mr. Wu, the
Chinese minister, today handed Secre
tary Hay the following edict, trans
mitted to him by Wei Wu Pu, at Pe
kin, in a cablegram dated January
11, 1901:
"By order of her imperial majesty,
the empress dowager, we submit the
following edict:
"During the disturbances caused by
the Boxers last year, the American
commanding officers issued strict or
ders to their troops to exert strenu
ous efforts to protect the buildings
within the forbidden city. This was
an act of friendship worthy of imita
tion, for which we feel exceedingly
gratified and grateful. We therefore
Instruct Wu Ting Fang to convey our
expression of thanks through the sec
retary of state to his excellency, the
president of the United States. Re
spect this."
Filipinos Buy a Ship.
Tacoma, -Jan. 15. The Manila
Times reports that the'British ship
Celeste Borrill has been purchased at
auction at Hong Kong by Filipinos,
and will hereafter fly the American
flag. The Celeste Borrill sailed from
Manila several months ago for Port
Townsend and Tacoma. While oft the
Formosan coast she encountered a se
vere typhoon, which threatened her
destruction. When the storm abated
she managed to reach Hong Kong.
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EXTEND THE E0AD
COLUMBIA SOUTHERN WILL
BUILD IOO MILES THIS YEAR.
Additional Capital Stock for One Million
Dollars For Branches to Ashwood and
Prineville Also Extension of Main Line
From Shaniko to Bend in Southern Ore
gon Engineers Now in the' Field.
Portland, Jan. 15. E. E. Lytle,
May Enright and E. R. Deyoe have
filed articles of incorporation of the
Columbia Southern Railway Exten
sion Company. The object is to
build an extension of the Columbia
Southern Railway from Shaniko to
E. E. LYTLE.
President Lytle, of the Columbia Southern railroad, which is about
extend its line 100 miles further south into central Oregon, was born
Pennsylvania in 1861. He learned the railroad business with the
Pennsylvania railroad, and came to -Oregon in 1889. He was agent for the
O. R. & N. Co. at Touchet, Hood River and The Dalles until 1897, when
he took a leading part in organization of the Columbia Southern Tall
road company, and he has been at the head of that corporation ever
since. Seventy miles of toad are now under operation, and it is the most
profitable line in Oregon, considering the mileage.
Bend, a distance of about 100 miles,
with branches to Ashwood and Prine
ville. The amount of the capital
stock authorized is $1,000,000.
The extension will consist of, first.
a line from the present terminus of
the Columbia Southern at Shaniko in
a general southerly direction, cross
ing Trout Creek and Crooked River,
to a point on the Deschutes River,
at or near Bend postoffice in Crook
County; second, a branch up Trout
Creek, via the Oregon King mine, to
a point at or near Ashwood postoffice;
third, a branch lip the valley of Crook
ed River to Prineville.
Engineers Now in Field.
The incorporators are officers of the
Columbia Southern Company, Mr. Ly
tle being president. Miss Enright
secretary, and Mr. Deyoe auditor of
the old corporation. The whole pro
perty will be practically one line
from Biggs to Bend. The route has
been reconnoitered, but the definite
location has not yet been .made. This
work is now in progress, engi
neers having been in the field for
some days.
TEN WERE KILLED.
Explosion in a Coal Mine Leaves None to
Tell the Tale.
South McAlister, I. T., Jan IS.
Ten miners lost their lives in the ex
plosion yesterday evening in mine No.
9 of the Milby & Dow Mining Com
pany at Dow, I. T.
The ten men who lost their lives
were the only persons in the pit, and
none were left to tell the story. All
the bodies were recovered, and as
none was burned, the conclusion is
that death was due to afterdamp. Th
explosion did not injure the shaft,
which is a new one, and the fire that
followed was put out. before it did
much damage. The sound of the ex
plosion was heard plainly above
ground, and rescuers were at work
promptly. The explosion occurred at
a depth of 240 feet. The condition of
the mine indicated that the men
might have made their escape. The
bodies were found within a compara
tively small raidus. Most of the vic
tims were men of families.
More Men Needed in the Navy.
St. Louis, Jan. 16. Rear-Admiral
Crowninshield. Chief of the Bureau
of Navigation, who was before the
House naval committee today, point
ed out the urgent necessity for an in
crease of men and officers in order
properly to man the new ships. He
advocated an increase of the enlisted
force of at least 3000. and discussed
with the committee plans to increase
the number of cadets at the academy.
President E. E. Lytle says the fil
ing of these incorporation articles
means the building of the extension
at once. Construction will be begun
as soon as the weather-in that region
is suitable, and the 'line will be put
through to completion this year unless
some unexpected oDstaeie snail oe
found. It is said, not to be a difficult
country to build in. ,
Great Resources of Territory. J
For a year or two work has been In
progress toward opening the agricul
tural, timber and mineral resources
of the region to be penetrated by the
proposed extension of .the Columbia
Southern. Irrigation companies have
been in the field and -have extensive
reclamation projects -rnder way,
Lumbermen from Wisconsin, Minne
sota, Michigan and Iowa have acquir
ed large tracts of pine timber along
the Deschutes in CrooK County, and
are ready to erect saw mills the min-
ute there shall be transportation for
the product. Three Eastern com
panies own 44,000 acres covered with
yellow pine, all accessible from the
proposed extension. Mining develop-
iment in the vicinity of Ashwood, a
new town on Trout Creek, has reach
ed a stage that demands transporta
tion facilities.
Portland Will Be Benefited.
Portland trade field will be greatly
extended by the construction of the
proposed extension. A considerable
part of Lake and Klamath Counties
which now have their commercial re
lations with San Francisco wifl fin I
it easier to reach Portland after the
road to Bend shall have been com
pleted. A wider extent of country
will be drained this way, and its rap
id development will amount to open
ing a new empire at our door. Fur
ther extensions of this railroad are
contemplated, one prong to go to
Lakeview and another to Burns.
Those may come next year. Then in
terior Oregon will be fairly supplied
with transportation lines that will
tend to bind Oregon together rather
than tear it in parts.
DANISH ISLAND PLANTERS.
Say Sugar Trade Will Be Ruined if the Sale
Is Not Consummated.
St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. 11.
The following cablegram signed by a
large number of the residents of the
Danish West Indies, was sent from the
Danish Island of St. Croix to tke Min
ister of Finance and the Rigsdag at
Copenhagen January 3:
"Confirming the memorial to his
majesty, King Christian, June, 1900,
the undersigned planters, representing
38,000 acres out of a total of 50,000
acres, and merchants and other rep
resentatives of the Danish West In
dies assert that if the American mar
ket is not secured by the sale of the
islands, the sugar industry here will
suffer severely and will have to cease
in the near future, the prices for sugar
now ruling being below the cost Of
producing that article."
Subsequent signatures .secured to
this message raised the ratio of rep
resentation to nine-tenth of the total
acreage under cultivation.
Philadelphia Returns to Panama.
Colon, Colombia, Jan. 15. The Unit
ed States cruiser Philadelphia re
turned to Panama yesterday from La
Tabias, whither she conveyed the
commissioners who purposed to ar
range an exchange of prisoners be
tween the Colombian government and
the "Liberals. An exchange of fifty
eight prisoners was finally agreed up
on, to take place on the island of Ta
boga, in the gulf of Panama, ten miles
south of Panama.
NEWS OF THE STATE
TEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL
PARTS OF. OREGON.
Commercial and Financial Happenings of Im.
pertance -A Brief Review of the Growth
and Improvements of the Many Industries
Throughout Our Thriving Commonwealth
Latest Market Report,
Philomath is to have an opera house.
Total tax levy for JoseDhine eountv
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uaa oeen nxea at i'i mills.
Hop growers around Salem refuse to
sell their crops for less than 12 cents
per pound.
A local company has been organized
for the purpose of boring for oil near
Monmouth.
The 1901 assessment roll of the state
shows an increase in property valua
tions ot $4,000,000.
Pendleton's city council has , dis
missed the chief of police and city re
corder for corruption.
Active operations will be commenced
at Baker City in the near future of the
beautifying of the city parks.
The new Catholic church at Hills-
boro, with a seating capacity of 1,000,
has been formally dedicated.
The Uncle Sam Mining and Milling
Company, of Blue river, is making ex
tensive repairs to its property.
Calapooia school district is consider
ing means for raising money with which
to erect a new school building.
The public schools and churches of
Coquille City have been closed on ac
count fo the number of cases of small
pox in the city.
The Badger Mining Company, of
Susanville, expects to install a reduc
tion plant on its property in the near
future. The plant will involve an out
lay of $100,000.
The county court of Coos county has
appropriated $1,000 to be expended on
the Alleghany-Elkton wagon road, and
this makes the building of the road
an assured fact.
Navigation on the Yamhill river has
been closed to Lafayette.
A fine body of cinnabar has been
discovered in Josephine county.
The Clatsop county tax levy for
1901 has been fixed at 31 mills.
Lane county court has fixed the 1901
Ux levy, for that .county at 24 mjUs--
The Oregon State Livestock associ
ation met at Salem and elected offi
cers. Polk county's treasurer has issued
call for warrants issued prior to
October 6, 1899. j
Captain Walter Lyon has resigned
his position as captain of Company K,
Fourth regiment, O. N. G.
The new flouring mill at Wasco has
started. Power is furnished by elec
tricity obtained from a plant on White
river.
The early closing movement on the
part of Eugene grocers has gone into
effect and the stores now close at
P. m.
The entire debt against Pacific col
lege, at Newberg, has been paid off,
and the institution is in a prosperous
condition.
A proposition made by citizens of
Astoria to the can factory of that
place has been accepted and the plant
will be enlarged and run for fifteen
years.
Portland Markets.
Wheat Walla Walla, 59 60c; blue-
stem, 61c; valley, 5960c.
Barley Feed, $1717.50; brewing,
$17.5018 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $11.10; gray,
95c$l.
Flour Best grades, $2.703.30 per
barrel; graham, $2.50.
Millstuffs Bran, $17 per ton; mid
dlings, $20; shorts, $18; chops, $17.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $56 per
ton.
Mutton Lambs, 33Vc, gross;
dressed, 6c per pound; sheep, weth
ers, 33c, gross; dressed, 6 6c
per pound; ewes, 343c, gross;
dressed, 66c per pound.
Hogs Gross, 5c; dressed, 66c
per pound.
Veal 89c per pound.
Beef Gross, cows, 3c; steers,
3V&4c; dressed, 37c per pound.
Butter Creamery, 2527c per
pound; dairy, 1820e; store, 12
15c.
Eggs 2022Vc for cold storage:
22 25c for Eastern; 28 30c for fresh
Oregon.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.503;
hens, $3.504; 89c per pound;
springs, 910c per pound, $2.50 3 per
dozen; ducks, $56 for young; geese,
$6.507.50 per dozen; turkeys, live,
ll12c; dressed, 1314c per pound.
Cheese Full cream, twins, 13
13c; Young America, 1415c.
Potatoes Best Burbanks, 85c 11.10
per cental; ordinary, 70 80c.
Hops 810c per pound.
Wool Valley, 11 14c; Eastern Or
egon, 812c; mohair, 2121c per
pound.
Senator Clark bought 66 paintings
in Vienna for $320,000.
Three children of Jacque Mondry,
aged 10, 7 and 3 years, were burned to
death in their home at Buffalo, N. V.
The mother and a two-days-old baby
were rescued.
The First National Bank of New
York has declared a semi-annual divi
dend of 10 per cent on its increased
capital stock of $10,000,000. This
makes a total of $21,310,000 which the
bank has distributed among its stock
holders since 1883.
HOMESICKNESS IN MANILA.
As a Cure, aa American News Service Will
Be Established.
Manila, Jan. 14. Medical authori
ties here assert that a considerable
portion of the breaking down among
American residents of the Philippine
Islands is due to homesickness.
Newspapers of Manila are urging the
United States Philippine Commission
to make an appropriation for a daily
cabled news service from the United
States, thus bringing Americans here
in closer touch with their home life
A majority of the local papers, sever
al Army officres, civil officials and
others, have promised subscriptions
to help meet the cable tolls for a
three months' news service of 100
words a day. An amount sufficient
to cover the tolls for 70 words a day
has already been subscribed. It Is
hoped that this news service can be
begun January 15. It will be devoted
to American news exclusively. The
Government has offered to send news
bulletins free to all points on the
military wires.
Commissioner Bernard Moses, head
of the Department of . Public Instruc
tion for the islands, has delivered an
address to the teachers of Manila, in
which he particularly urged the con
tinued instruction of Filipino children
in English. He said the members
of the wealthy farmer classes were
making a great mistake in sending
their children to Spanish schools, as
the consequent neglect in English in
struction would Injure their position
and standing in the Islands, which
would Inevitably and indissolubly
become a portion of the American na
tion.
The news recived from Batangas
Province is cheerful. The expedition
to Loboo, in Batangas, has been t.
complete success. The columns under
Colonels Wint and wens nave aes-
troyed a large number of barracks and
hamlets, and enough rations to keep
20,000 Filipinos for six months. There
was not a single American casualty
during the entire expedition. The
enemy fled before the Americans,
meany of them were killed and sev
eral surrendered.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
Large Force of Rebels Lay Down Their Arms
in Batangas.
Manila, Jan. 16. The full surrender
of the forces of Colonel Marisigan,
(who with Major ,obrera and rene
gade priest named Castillo, gave them
selves up unconditionally January 10
to General Bell, who is conducting the
campaign against the insurgents in
Batangas Province), occurred yester
day at Taal. The insurgents created
a surprise by bringing in 60 more ri
fles than the authority of Marisigan
could command in the district which
he controlled. The Filipinos who sur
rendered included three Lieutenat
Colonels, one Major, five Captains and
tweleve Lieutenants. They gave up
219 rifles and one cannon.
All the insurgents who surrenderee
did so unconditionally. General Bell
ordered the men released. Marisigan
says he can call on many more men
to surrender during the next few days,
and also obtain possession of a num
ber of additional rifles. General Bell
says the surrender pacifies for the
time being all the eastern part ot jua
tangas. Struck Oil in Colorado.
Debuaue. Colo.. Jan. 16. Oil is flow
ing at the rate of 10 barrels a day
from a well here that has reached a
depth of only 615 feet. The oil is 11
luminant, with paraffin base.
A HITCH AT PEKIN.
Demands Presented by the French Minister
to China.
Pekin. Jan. 13. The French Min
ister, M. Beau, refuses to present his
credentials until China fulfills certain
demands of the French Government.
The joint audience of the foreign and
new Chinese Ministers, which had
been arranged, had been postponed
because of M. Beau s action. His
colleagues are discussing whether to
support him or not. A repitition of
the Turkish incident is considered
possible.
The Dowager Empress today follow
ed up her friendly advances by send
ing verbal messages to several of the
Ministers, thanking them for the care
they had taken of the palace and ex
pressing pleasure at the reception ac
corded by the foreigners on the occa
sion of their Majesties' entry into
Pekin.
The report of the arrest of General
Tung Fuh Slang, whose decapitation
has been ordered by the Dowager Em
press, is IncorrecL The Tartar Gener
al, who is Governor of Kwan Su, was
afraid to execute the orders he re
ceived, owing to Tung Fu Slang's in
fluence among the Mohammedans,
who dominate the Province. The Gov
ernor feared that the arest of Tung
Fuh Siang would incite the Moham
medans to rebellion.
Boer Laager Surprised.
Pretoria, Jan. 14. The British
forces have surprised and captured
a Boer laager 20 miles northwest of
Ermelo. Forty-two Boers were taken,
including Major Wolmerans.
Crave Anxiety for the- Condor.
Victoria, B. C, Jan 14. There is
grave anxiety for the sloop of war
Condor, which left Esqulmalt Decem
ber 2 for Honolulu. Advices dated
Honolulu, January 3, say the vessel
had not then reached the port. On
the evening of the day she left the
big storm occurred, causing tne
wreck of the Matteawan. If no news
is received of her by the Moana, due
due from Honolulu January 22, H. M.
S. Phaeton will be sent out to look
for her.
SENAT0ES CHOSEN
GORMAN, FORAKER AND MC
CREARY ARE ELECTED.
Houses Voted Separately, but Will Meet in
Joint Session to Ratify Action Demo
crats Were Solid in the Maryland Legis
latureThey Also Elect State Treas
urer, Annapolis, Md., Jan. 15. Ex-United
States Senator Arthur Pue Gorman
was yesterday elected to occupy the
place in the Senate which he lost in
the general elections four years ago.
and regained in November last. He
received every Democratic vote in
both branches of the General Assemb
ly. Gorman will take his seat in
March, 1903, when Seator George L.
Wellington will retire.
Senator Foraker Re-Elected.
Columbus, O., Jan. 15. The House
and Senate of the Ohio Legislature
balloted separately yesterday for Unit
ed States Senator. Senator Joseph B.
Foraker, caucus nominee of the Re
publicans ,was reelected over Hon.
Charles W. Baker, of Cincinnati, the
Democratic nominee.
Election in Kentucky.
Frankfort, Ky., Jan. 15. James B.
McCreary was formally elected Senat
or by the two houses of the Legisla
ture yesterday in separate session.
The votes will be ratified in joint ses
sion today.
INCREASE IN POPULATION.
Percentage in Different Parts of the Country
in the Last Decade.
Washington, Jan. 15. The director
of the census announced today the
percentage of increase of population
in different parts of the country, show
ing for the last decade a rapid de
crease from previous rate of growth
of population in the west, a less
marked but decided decrease in the
north, and a slight increase in the
south. For the first time in the his
tory of this country, the population
of the south has increased somewhat
more rapidly than that of the north.
The east, geographically, is included
in the term north. The rate for the
growth in the north,, west and south
is xar more nearly tne same than it .
ever has been. The official announce
ment divides the country as follows:
West, from the Pacific to the eastern
boundary of Montana, Wyoming, Col
orado and New Mexico; north and
south, the respective sides of a line
formed by the Ohio and Potomac riv
ers and the southern boundaries of
Missouri and Kansas. The per cent
of increase from, 1860 to 1880 was 61.9
in the north, 48.4 in the south and
185.6 in the west, while in the last
twenty years, 1880-1900, it was 48.7 in
the north, 48.5 south and 131.5 west.
Prior to the civil war, the northern
states nearly doubled in population
with each twenty years, while in the
southern states the increase of popu
lation was only about two-thirds as
great. Since 1860, the rate of growth
in both parts of the country has been
much less, but while the rate of
growth in the north has decreased
steadily, that in the south during the
twenty years from 1860 to 1880 has
been slightly less. During the last
twenty years there has been no sub
stantial differences in the rate of
growth of these two sections. The per
cent of increase of growth of these
regions during each of the
last two ten-year periods fol
lows: 1880-1890, north, 24.8; south,
20.1; west, 71.3. 1890-1900, north, 19;
south, 2.4; west, 31.9.
If the comparison is limited to the
states east of the Mississippi river,
classing Minnesota and Louisiana
with the western states, the result is
slightly different. It would show the
increase to be: 1880-1890, north, 20.1;
south, 16; 1890-1900, north, 19.9;
south, 17.7. When the trans-Mississippi
states are omitted, the rate of
growth in the north is slightly greater
than that in the south, but the present
difference between the two sections
in this respent is about half what it
was between 1880 and 1890. and less
than one-seventh of what it was be
tween 1850 and 1860.
$275,000 Grain Elevator Fire.
Chicago, Jan. 15. A loss estimated
at nearly $275,000 was caused by a
fire that broke out at 1:45 o'clock this
morning in the plant of the J. F.
Well branch of the American Malting
Company. The fire started in the
elevator, a great structure 150 feet
high, which was filled with barley
almost to Its capacity. The building
was destroyed -and the contents are
almost a total loss. Just south of
the malting company's plant are the
Panhandle freight yards, and at the
outset of the fire there was serious
menace to a vast amount of rolling
stock. As it was, several freight cars
were destroyed.
The Barcelona Strike.
Barcelona, Jan. 16. The metal
workers here at a meeting decided to
continue the strike, which is consider
ed not unlikely to last for six months.
The .metal masters have addressed a
memorial to the Senators and Depu
ties, making a final appeal to the met
al workers. The masters say the fac
tories will be opened tomorrow on a
basis of ten hours a day and offer to
consider the strikers' just claims.
But if the strikes and riots contiue
they will close their factories.