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20TH CENTURY BEGINS JAM /, 1901

nunciation the birth and circumcision
of Christ. He took the vernal equinox,
March rs, in the year Of Rome. 1913, as
the beginning of the year / OF the
Christian era. 1T seemed more natural
however, to the people to begin the
Christian era with the birth of Christ,
so Christmas day was celebrated as the
beginning of the Christian era, and
later this became shifted in use to the
1st OF January following, or nine
months and seven days later than
Dionysius fixed 1t. There it still stands
in spite of conflicting opinions as to
the exact date of Christ's birth. The
Christian era then dates from January
l of the 753d year from the foundation
of Rome. AS Chambers encyclopedia
expresses it, 1.-The years are denonli-
mated as years current from the mid
night between the 31st of December
and LIST of January Immediately subse-
quent to the birth of Christ, as Dion
ysius Exiguus determined that event"
The year 754 of Rome is sometimes
given as the date Of the beginning of
the Christian era. This is the true date,
according to our present chronology,
since it allows for the changes that
have been made in the calendar from
time to time to correct earlier errors.
The historical and usually quoted date
for the beginning of the year l Of the
Christian era remains, however, 1853
from the foundation Of Rome.
Dionysius, the sixth century monk,
had the honor of naming the centuries
and since his scheme has been accepted
by all Christendom we have but to
learn what it is to avoid the errors of
those who prefer to accept their own
imperfect reasoning to the evidence
of history. Dionysius might have
numbered the first year 0, but he adopt
ed the more rational way Of calling it
the year /. This being so the last
year of the first century is necessarily
| the year 100, and the last year Of the
nineteenth century must be the year
| 1900. There is no escape from this
| conclusion after we once learn how the
| centuries were named and the begin
| ming Of the Christian era fixed, and this
! is an historical fact on which writer's
on chronology speak with different de-
grees of clearness and fullness, but in
entire harmony as to the basic fact.
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More Troubles.

rOT content with letting McKin-
M ley worry along with what
troubles he has on his hands
as the accumulation Of three years of
his administration, Samuel Dickey,
chairman of the national prohibition
committee, sails into him on another
count and charges him with being Il
wine bibbler. Unfortunately, Dickey's
memory recalls a speech of Mckin-
ley's delivered twenty-five years ago
in which he said: Keep this fearful
liquor traffic under the ban of the
law
With this as a text, Dickey de-
nounces him for not prohibiting the
sale of liquors in army canteens and
follows up his attack by saying:
This man who sings hymns so
earnestly and collects the rents of sa-
loon properties so regularly, who drinks
intoxicants so def1antly, who had on
his campaign committee, with his ap-
proval and probably at his request
the president of the whiskey trust;
who lunches with q bishop and a
brewer as his guests, who hobnobs
with liquor dealers and turns his back
upon hospitable Methodist homes that
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90 ETWEEN the devil and the deep
sea is the position of Judge Eb-
ersole of the Clay county, Ken
lucky. circuit court. 1t is his unfor-
tunate duty to sit in judgment on the
feudists who have been shooting things
up pretty generally in the Blue Grass
state. If he enters Clay county he is
threate tened with assassination, and if
he fails to do his duty as a judge he
will be removed. He is a marked
man and in earlier days was a mem
Der of a faction in Clay county and
administered justice with shotgun.
His ancient enemies have notified him
that it is time to strike a balance
Such a condition of affairs is a dis
honor to the state. 1t shows that an
archy is the normal condition in these
mountain districts, and the present
crisis gives Kentucky an opportunity
to wipe out or repress these bands of
rOff1ians
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From the Philadelphia Press. @
When distinguished preachers, puoiic
speakers and teachers suggest that
80 years make a century, how can we
blame untutored laymen for insisting
that the nineteenth century closes with
the ending Of the year 1899? We rec
ognize that there Is d hopeless division
on this question among those who inn
agine that they can fix the date OF the
Christian era and divine Christian
chronology by reasoning the matter
out instead of ascertaining by investi-
cation in what way this matter of re-
cording time was established in the
first place. A few years ago an En-
glish debating society after vainly
trying to settle by discussion pro and
con the true beginning of the next GEN.
fury, appealed to Sir George Airy, the
late astronomer royal of Great Britain.
He replied all too briefly that "a very
little consideration will suffice to show
that the first day of the twentieth CEN
tury will be January /, 1901
Sir George Airy is clearly wrong in
one respect. This question is not to be
settled by consideration but by investi-
cation. If DR.. Wadsworth will look
lHtO any Work OIL CnTONCloSy III MS
library, or, if Mr.. Wanamaker will
consult any one OF the many excellent
encyclopedias in his book department
each will find that there is no disagree
ment among those whose investigations
entitle them to speak with authority
as to the fact that the Christian era
began with the year /, and as 100 years
are required for a full century, each
century must close with year divisi-
BILE by 100. The second century began
therefore with the year 10l, and the
twentieth century will begin with the
year 1901, and not 1900.
Dionysius Exiguus,an obscure Roman
abbot who lived in the sixth century,
A. D., is the author of the chrono-
logical scheme which dates events
from before and after the birth OF
Christ. His system was not proposed
until 527 A. D., and, like all other
chronological schemes. it reckons back
ward for all events which occurred be-
fore its conception His idea was to
mark the period of the divine incarna-
tion as the beginning Of the Christian
era, and to include in year / the an
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Maher and Mccoy Matched.

New York. Nov. 2.-The match between
Peter Maher and Kid Mccoy. scheduled
to take place at Coney Island on NGA 30.
was clinched last night. AS guarantee
of good faith Maher and Mccoy have each
posted $1,000 with Jimmy Wakely to in
sure their appearance in the ring. Accord
ing to the articles of agreement signed by
the principals. they will fight IS rounds
at catch weights for purse OF $50, GOO
The winner will receive sl7,500. Maher
will begin training Saturday at Chester
Mccoy viii receive his preparations for
the battle at William Muldoon's farm al
White Plains.
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~ HE Boston Herald had made the

~ HE Boston Herald had made the
discovery that Mckinley is a
Weakened president and not
the strong executive needed by the
country when brought face to face with
a national crisis. 1t has taken the east
ern journal a long time to recognise
a. fact which was patent from the be
ginning OF Mckinley's administration
1t was never intended by the party
bosses that Mckinley should be any
thing else but their compliant tool and
he has fully met all the expectations.
While this has satisfied Hanna, the
real head Of the administra ton, it has
driven from public life republican
statesmen like Reed and alienated
others. The betrayal Of the civil SER
vice has been SO fragrant that. take it
all in all, the Herald says that a dem
ocratic victory would be a blessing in
disguise.
Mckinley had the opportunity which
comes to few men, chance to immor-
talize his name and write it high Gu
the nations roll of honor. He
sauirmed and wobbled at the crisis OF
the Spanish war and had to be kicked
into it, His ambition for a second term
is the result of Hanna's insatiate appe-
| tite for public spoils.
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by force and force alone. Whenever
territory has been gained by conquest,
and an allen race forced into unwill-
ing allegiance, there is weak link in
the imperial chain. Whenever, as is
possible England meets with great
military disaster, the conglomerate
empire will break into as many frag-
ments as did ancient Rome. Ireland,
Africa, India and French Canada
would seize the first opportunity to
throw off a calling yoke and to re-
venge years of real and fancied
wrongs. Eternal success is the price
of English imperialism.
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EAGER FOR the BATTLE
CONTINUED from Page One.)

in the eighth; Curley was cautioned for
''muffing" in a clinch. Near the end of
the round Curley put straight lefts on
the face and sent his right on the jaw
in breakaway.
In the ninth round, Curley put his
left to Georges eye and landed triple
chopping blow on the chest, neck and
right on body, left and right on face
and right on wind. Curley was eau
toned again, for "muffing."
Curley opened the; tenth with a right
to the ribs and left chop on the ear.
Dixon put hard left on the stomach.
which made Curley vince. Dixon land
ed several light body blows and Curley
put hard right on the eye. s....
Dixon failed to land in the 18th until
the bell rang and was evidently willing
to let Curley tire himself out by con-
tinuous leading. Curley landed right
jolt on the body.
George opened the 18th with a sting
ing left swing on the ear. Several light
exchanges followed and in close quar-
tiers George planted right on the body
and hooked his left to the head, drop
ping Curley to the floor. The English
man struggled to regain his feet, but
the bell saved him after three seconds,
Curley came up groggy In the 18th
and Dixon fought to finish him, but
Curley improved fast. He put left to
Dixon's face and body and right over
the heart and was in good condition
at the bell.
In the 14th Curley put straight left
to Dixons face and George put two
rights to the jaw.
Curley opened the 18th with left to
the face and Dixou jabbed left to Cur
ley's eye. which was swollen from Cur
ley's fall in the 18th. Dixon landed a
hard left on the stomach that seemed
to cause Curley great pain. s....5.
The exchanges in the 10th were light.
! Curley struck Dixon from a cl.nch, but
| Immediately apologized.
| The 18th, 18th and 18th rounds were
! tame. Both men were tired, Curley
more SO than Dixon.
| Curley made an effort in the goth, get
| ting his left to the body and though
Dixon kept going to his man his efforts
| were ineffective.
Dixon had a shade the better of the
| 21st, but Curley put a left hook to the
| jaw that woke Dixon up.
Curley began the 22d with right dive
to Dixon's body Dixon looked angry,
but his expression did not scare the
Briton, who blocked and guarded clev-
erly. He chopped left to Dixon's face
and George sent right to the body.
In the 23d Curle~ got his right over tc
| Dixon's jaw hard. but after this effort
his defense weakened. AT the close OF
the round Dixon landed blow in thu
| wind that made Curley vomit as h
| went to his corner.
-"He's taking; look out for him
George" said O'Rourke as they came
up for the oath. Dixon forced the fight
| ing but was ineffective. Curley put {
left to the body at the close.
In the final round Dixon cut loose ant
swung for the head. Curley met hin
s.~1,I M T1,Ny, t1Na,
slugged without regard to science. Cur
ley went to the ropes but fought hi
way out again and at the bell they wert
mixing it up.
Referee Whites decision in favor O.
Dixon met with approval.
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he may stretch his legs beneath the
mahogany Of a Cincinnati distiller;
who snubs his church and forms an al
lance with a disreputable saloon boss
this is the man a distinguished cler-
gyman tells us would rather please
God than any other being in the uni
verse"
And in addition to all this the presi-
dent was seen to drink, by actual
count, four glasses Of wine at the Chi
cago banquet.
Mr. Dickey may be a fanatic, but
he has, inadvertently perhaps, sized
up certain salient features of McKin-
ley's character and his political meth
DDS,
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. RoFEssoR BOOKER I. WASH

~ ROFESSOR BOOKER T. WASH
w INGTON in a recent article eff
fectually disposes Of the vis-
ionary scheme proposed by Bishop Tur-
ner that Wholesale deportation of the
negroes Is the only solution Of the
problem. The exodus of II 100000 ne
groes, even If they wanted to go, is an
impossiblity.
That in some respects the present con-
dition is worse than when the negro
was in the bonds Of slavery, Professor
Booker admits. A hard-headed negro
himself, he sees that the only hope for
the future is industrial education for
the black race in the South, an educa-
ton that will reproduce in some re-
spects the training and discipline of
slavery days.
Booker is neither an optimist or a
radical, and the work of his school in
Alabama shows that his theory is
founded on common sense.
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~HE lack of attention which has
been bestowed upon Vice
President Hobart during his re-

~HE lack of attention which has
been bestowed upon Vice
President Hobart during his re-
cent illness shows how the Office has
fallen in public estimation during the
last half century. It was planned to
be the second office within the gift of
the people; one of the richest politi-
cal prizes the electorate could bestow.
And at first it was so in fact. Emil
nent statesmen in the early days of
the republic occupied the vice presi-
Dental chair and their influence was
widely felt in national affairs.
Now all the glory of the office has
departed and the vice president is
simply the presiding officer of the SEN
ate who arouses a passing interest as
a remote presidential possibility. That
such is a fact was shown by the lack
Of interest exhibited in Mr.. Hobart's
long illness. A few short paragraphs
were all the public demanded or re-
ceived until it was feared he was near
deaths door, Had the patient been the
president or d leading statesman or
politician, hourly bulletins, even, would
not have satisfied the people. 1t is
pathetic evidence that great office
has fallen into almost contempt.
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Current Comment.
What Mr.. Mckinley Omitted.

From the Buffalo Times.
One of the frequent remarks made by
Mr.. Mckinley on his late stamping tour
was to the effect that the revenues of
this country are now abundant. He did
not go on to explain that this is because
of the stamp tax which was levied to
provide revenues to carry on the war.
This tax is paid by the commoners. while
the corporations in the main escape. In
his Swing around the circle" Mr. Nc
Kinley omitted from his speeches many
points of special interest to the people.
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Heavy Betting.


Special Dispatch to the Standard.
San Francisco. Nov. 2.--The largest bet
yet made on the Sharkey-Jeffries fight
was placed at Corbetts pool room to-
day Hank Harris, who manages the
San Francisco baseball team, bet $4,000
against $1,000 on Jeffries. Jerry Drscoll,
the bookmaker at the Oakland race track,
took the Sharkey end of the wager. 1t is
said Driscoll was merely executing n com
mission for an Eastern syndicate. There
were dozens Of other smaller bets made
at the same odds Corbett thinks the
men will enter the ring at 10 to 6.
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house will have to sail very

~HE republicans of the next
house will have to sail very
close to the wind in order to re-
tain their control of affairs. In the
Fifty-fifth congress the republicans had
majority of fifty over all, but in the
congress which meets in December it
is less than ten, and should the popu-
lists and silver republicans unite with
the democrats it will need but the de-
lection of five republican votes to
block their measures. With imperial
ism and the gold standard as open is
sues to be settled by the next con-
gress, it will need the ablest manage
ment on the part of republican lead
ers to keep their members whipped
into line.
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NegIecting the Main Chance.

From the Kansas City Star.
While legislators are filling the statute
books with laws against the trusts and
courts are pilng up decisions upholding
these laws, the great original breeder or
trusts the protective tariff system, con-
tinues to be the main source of their
power. the chief incentive for their Or
ganization and the principal obstacle in
the way of their demolition
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Obstacles in Eneland's Path.

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
1t may be set down as a certainty that
when Great Britain undertakes to convert
the Independent republic of the Orange
Free State into a British province other
European powers having large interests
in Africa will insist on having something
to say about it. That probably is what
the Dutch Afrikanders are calculating on
1t also explains why Great Britain is
making such formidable military and ma
val preparat tons.
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As Sounding Brass,

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Mr.. Hanna is sufficiently frank in his
defense of the trusts. With the head of
the republican party approving the great
combinations, what will an antitrust
plank in the next republican platform
amount to?
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Not an Encouraging Condition.

From the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
1t is remarkable, and it is very sad
that the two most enlightened and pro-
gressive nations of the earth. who have
been looked to for examples of the high
est moral development and who were ex-
pected to be first in carrying out the ideas
of the peace conference are both engaged
in needless war for nothing more than an
expansion of territory.
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HE dispatch Of regiment of
Canadians to assist England in
fighting her battles in South
Africa has aroused storm of protest
among the French Canadians in the
province of Quebec, protest which Is
voice in fervid rhetoric by several
Quebec newspapers. Wild talk OF Sc
cession and of raising the French trl-
color has appeared and Laurier has
come in for his share of denuncia-
ton. or course all this sort of talk
is folly, but it shows that the i'm
mense empire which England has built
up all over the world is held together
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From the Philadelphia Times.
Meanwhile. one of the most reliable
lines of battle for the British is hardly
represented by the cable line.
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< The Standard has branch Offices at
Butte, Missoula and Great Falls, where
advertising rates will be furnished on ap-
plication.
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From the Philadelphia Bulletin.
1t is not so much the heavy plays as the
light ones that keep the stage from be-
ing elevated.
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are entitled to self-government But
our object now is merely to call atten-
ton to the fact that we have war OF
conquest on and a good big one at that.
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~ HE enthusiastic farewell given
Sir Thomas Upton by New

Workers of all sorts and con-
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Americans admiration for true
sportsman. No man ever came across
the water in the attempt to lift the
Americas cup who has proved himself
such keen rival or so rood a loser.
That one failure does not dsnnay him
shows that he is man of the right
sort. And Lipton's distinction stands
out all the brighter in comparison with
some of the other fellows who have
come over here on the same useless
nueSt
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revolutionize the entire leather business
of the country. Ali We contend IS that,
so far as we have gone, We have been
large enough to accommodate the imme-
dIate demands of the local strap leather
trade, and If We find that our new process
is as successful with the finer grades OF
leather as it has been with the eoarser
kinds, then, of course. We will enlarge.
There is the great advantage We lave
over the old process By the tanbark
method praeticed for hundreds Of years.
il takes about six months to turn out a
piece of leather. whereas by Mr.. Martins
method it requires only about fourteen
days This seems almost beyond belief
and the oId-timers will probably doubtfuIly
shake their heads, but nearly every new
invention changing time-honored customs
has had it's knockers
Il am told" continued Mr.. Hulett, that
IL we can save cents a foot in the price
of leather straps IL will be sufficient TO at
tract the big manufacturers in that line
to the place where they can get that ad-
vantage That We can save this amount.
and more too am confident"
Mr.. HuIett said that another point IN
the new process favor was that leather
made by it did not show any bad effects
from contact with lime He said it had
not been decided where the new Plant
would be erected, but probably in the
neighborhood of the large packing houses
The present quarters will be vacated just
as soon as a new site is selected and a
suitable building erected