The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-04-10
Fifty Years Progress.

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Of Darius, four times that of Rome, one
eighth bigger than Russia and contain
| ing 100000, 600 additional millions OF
people; it is sixteen times the size OF
! France, and three times the size OF the
| United States of America. AS showing
} the development of the empire since
! Queen Victoria assembled the throne, at
that time the population OF the United
Kingdom ENGLAND, Ireland, Scotland
and Walesl, was % 800 ,0O6; to-day 1t Is
s., 900 900, Notwithstanding that SO many
have left for other lands. The popula-
ton of the British American possessions
in 1887 was 1871 900; then they were,
with the exception of Quebec and On
tario, which were united), under sepa-
rate governments; now they are mem
bers of a confederacy known As the Do
minion Of Canada, with a population of
> 600 900, extending from ocean to ocean
system in the word, having more miles
of canals than any country in the world 4,
and enjoying system of government
embracing all the best features of the
monarchical and republican forms. In
all but name Canada Is a free country.
Its parliament is supreme and reflects
the will of the people. In 1887
the population Of the Australasian
colonies was 134 900; to-day it is 3, ia 600.
The colony of the Cape Of Good Hope
had then Il, $50 souls, it has now IT,
600. The railway system was then in
its infancy; now in the United Kingdom
alone there are p 900 miles of railway
constructed, and so great is the volume
of business that the system pays diyi-
dends of 4 per cent. Then England 8
standing army was 139, 900; now it is
1913 900, besides which there are 40, 900
militia volunteers, not to speak OF the
navy, then consisting of small ships,
now by far the most formidable of the
nayies of the world. At the commence
ment of the reign England had no ma
sional system of Education. The annual
arrests uf criminals then numbered
81, Us; last year the number was 20, 163.
a decrease of 20 per cent, although the
population had increased over 80 per
cent. The number of weekly news
papers distributed in the United King
dom was then 100000; it had now in
creased to 81, 600, 900. There were then
thirteen different crimes specified for
which the penalty was death, and in
one year there were 67l executions.
Now this penalty was inflicted for the
crime of murder, and there had been
only seventeen executions in one year.
In 1898 the number of letters and postal
cards carried by the mail was 1900 ,000,-
600, as against 81 ,00O, 600 in 1910. The
first steamer, the GreatWestern, crossed
the Atlantic to New York in 1898. The
first cable was laid between France and
England in 1850. The queen has sur
vived all the members of the house of
lords of the time she assembled the
throne, and all the members of her first
house of commons except Gladstone
and two or three others; ten prime
ministers and six speakers have taken
office during her reign. She bad sur
vived every member of her first privy
council. Her empire has a territory OF
fl ,354.39 square miles, and a population
of 3S2 ,6l2,4iS, and in the declining
years of her life, her ma jesty finds her
self more firmly than ever enthroned
in the affections OF her people, and
considering all things, it is not to be
wondered that her subjects sing with
renewed energy, in her Old age, God
Save the Queen"
Not every Scion is 4 true prophet
The prcsid Mt has gone for cruise
on the Dolphin for a few days.
Senate Bali ll3, authorizing the ia,
settlement, has become law.
-AssembIyman Halls Anti-Pass bill
passed the Assembly on Wednesday.
The Leader cannot square itsel
with Mr.. Starkweatncr on the token
system.
Chicago has gone back to the Demo
cratic column, and Superior has joined
the Starkweather column.
Mr.. Bryan called upon the presi
dent on Tuesday, and was cordially re
ceived by his victorious rival.
-Rumor has it that Dan Lamont, ex
secretary of war, is to be president o
the Northern Pacific railway.
The Red River of the North ha
overlooked It's banks and threatens t,
do great damage from Fargo to Win
nipeg.
The decision Of the Spanish auth
critics to treat General Ruiz Rivera a
a prisoner of war brings sigh of relic
TO all lovers Of the true and the brave.
Now Isaac will recall the contemp
with which he treated the prayers 0
the people across the Nemadji last sum
mer. They asked for water and h
gave them mud.
\VANTED-SENERAL FAITHFJL NE,
/ w or women to travel for responsible Is
I tahIi>hCd house in iSCesn>il. SALARY go
PAYABLE Sl5 weekly and expenses. PoSitO
permanent. Reference. Enclose self ad
star Building. Chicago.
The tea consumed yearly in Lopdol
is thirty three million pounds. Tn
, daily consumption of tea is nlnet,
thousand pounds, ofcoffee one hundred
, and twelve thousand pounds, and 0
, cocoa lightweight thousand pounds
And yet the Cockneys are credite,
with drinking considerable beer.
Six army officers are distributing
government relief To the sufferers iron
the flood around Memphis. Bye-the
10y. we notice that some of the senator
: strongly opposed the granting of relic
bv the nation to the sufferers in tn
Mississippi valley, claiming that ever
state should look after its own people
The Mississippi, however, being a nation