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EXPORT OF HAVANA TOBACCO.
A statement by the War Department
tOr the Past Year.

The War Department gave out today
statement that Will especially interest to-
baceo dealers. The statement gives the to-
tai amount Of leaf tobacco. cigars. cigs-
rettes. and cut tobacco exported from the
port OF Havana for the year 1899.
To the United States there was exported
of leaf tobacco during the year named 10
2G3. $50 pounds valued at s., 150.S5g, and TO
other countries !, $50. o12 pounds, valued at
SS97. 75S: making the total exports Of leaf
tobacco for the year 1857. sos pounds val
ued at $S.64S.Il5.
To the United states there was also e$-
ported in 1899 153. 36l. S23 cigars. valued IT
SIZE. $50: and TO other countries I5.o-i.'ts
cigars valued at s.. 9j6. See making The to-
tai exports Of cigars FOR the year 226-2S6.-
$50 cigars. valued ar 81 COS 623.
TO the United States there was exported
in the same year S.5S0.359 packages Of ci-
garettes. of the value OF sSI02S; and &c
other countries S.I4S.3 500 packages of thJ
value OF S235 154; making the total export.
Of cigarettes To- the year II ,52s SIS pack
ages. valued at $500, lS2.
To the United States there vas also eX-
ported I2t. ass pounds OF cut tobacco o. thC
value OF SJ0165 in the same year; and q
other countries 2O5.5S9 pounds Of the vain,
of S113,6I7: making the total exports Of cu
! tobacco 40S 034 pounds valued at Sl63,SO3
Total value OF all exports OF tobacco dur
| ing the year $50. sos. sS2-
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What will strike the outside public as
the most Interesting certainly. the most
disgraceful- phase Of the Kentucky en-
broglio is the fact thar Mr.. William s.
Taylor neither while Governor de facto
nor since his deposition by the Legisla-
ture has made or caused TO be maids the
slightest move toward the apprehension
and punishment of Governor GoebeIs as.
sassin. on the contrary, he has shielded
him The wOuld-be murderer. unless he
has been spirited away, is sun concealed
in the building where Taylor has his Office
and from which he fired his cowardly shot,
and there he has been protected by State
troops acting under Taylor's orders.
II is a wonderful spectacle and one wen
calculated to explain 30 Northern obseTv-
ers why the decent people of the South
are Democrats. Sooner or later we sup
pose. the assassin viii be arrested and
brought TO trial. Then IL viii be strange
indeed il the man Taylor is not called
upon to state his connection with the case
and explain his conduct in shielding the
criminal from whose dastardly act he had
the most to gain. on much less evidence
men have been prosecuted as accessories
before and after the fact Of murder and
principaIs in the second degree
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MAY STRIKE ANY MINUTE.
Great Northern Railway Employee
Prepared to Go out.

Great Northern Railway Employees
Prepared To Go out.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. The indications
are that the lOng-expeCted strike on the
Great Northern Railroad will now take
place within a few hours. Eight thousand
men are ready to go out at moments
notice. That the company is aware OF this
Is shown by the fact thar its agents in
Chicago. Milwaukee, and other large cities
have for some time been gathering men
to take the places Of strikers. II is said
there are 500 men ready in Chicago, 2C0
m Milwaukee and an equal number in
some other places.
The employees know this. 100, but hey
are none the less determined 10 strike.
They promise TO give the newcomers a
warm reception when they arrive In
Chicago between 300 and 900 men are
lodged ut the Wyoming Hotel. wait
taken place on the Great Northern Road.
Some Of these are former railway men,
| but many others are entirely green.
I Few. Il any. have an idea why they are
| brought together. and the hotel men re-
| fuse TO say anything about IL. But local
railway employees have been watching the
| hotel for several days, and the departure
/ OF the uaen viii be known in Minneapolis
| as soon as they start. The Great Northern
| has arranged foT a train, which is ready %
/ start at any moment 10 convey the men
north.
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NV sTREET LFGIsLATIoN
An Amendment tn the Rhode Island
AVenue Improvement Act.

An Amendment to the Rhode i-t.ahh
Aveaue Improvements Act.
The House Committee on the District o.
Columbia has presented a favorable report
on joint resolution the purpose Of which
is to amend the act to extend Rhode Island
Avenue by adding to the sixth section
thereof the following proyiso, namely.
Provided, That no appeal by any in
terested party from any decision OF The
Supreme Court Of the District OF colum-
bia confirming said assessment or assess
ments shall delay or prevent the payneat
of said awards in respect to the property
condemned
The House District Committee reported
several bills during the last session OF the
Fifty-ffth Congress which were enacted
into law. and in all except that for the
extension Of Rhode Island Avenue simi-
lar provision was Incorporated, and IL was
an inadveTtance that such provision WaS
not incorporated in the bill for the extern
sion OF Rhode Island Avenue - the time
70 was passed
The committee says that the proposed
amendment is wise and practical In the
absence OF IT, any interested party has the
power by appeal 10 suspend all the pro-
ceedngs taken under the act, when con-
| frmed by the court. for an indeSnile pc
| riOd, and may affect this as well upon a
| mere technical exception TO the proceed
1 ings as upon one made in good Iaith and
/ meritOriOus. and may eXerciss this power
/ Of appeal In a way that is oppressive and
/ unfair 10 other parties in interest who dc
/ not desire to appeal and who are satisfied
! with the proceedings as confirmed by the
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OF inhabitants and without the use OF
bludgeOns or firearms.
This condition of turbulence has brought
into public notice an individual TO whom
Mark Twain would need no Introduction.
The gentleman in question is the editor
of the Crawford newspaper. His journal
BIAS surprised the angered people of Gran
ford Dy the leading editorial which was
printed IN its latest issue. II was a long
and solemn expression Of opinion, and IL
urged upon The Township Committee.
which UNDERSTOOD the sewer enterprise
that mas caused the var IN Crawford, the
immediate and pressing necessity for the
appointment Of an official fool killer. this
new functionaTy 20 be under The direction
Of the local authorities
The mOssback element in Crawford is
now discussing the proposed new official
lar Into the night and the question of
whether the community ought 90 be put
TO this extra expense IS being grayely de-
bated. The Crawford wiseacres are tax
ing the matter almost as seriously as did
their prototypes, who heard in speech
less amazement the expressed desire Of
uddnhead Wilson TO become part own
er OF troublesome dog in order that hC
might k,II his half
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all in evidence. An analysis OF the little
note would almost be a resume OF Rus
kin's entire set of convict ons on subjects
social and religious
First we have the expression OF the au-
thor's aversion to what is deprecatingly
called running IN debit Too often the
process Is Literal run. like th.t of a man
who starts to go down a hill too fast and be
GENES unable to stop himsal. Ruskin had
onalyzed this course Of acton and its mo-
lives. and recognized severai facts not con-
sidered by the average debtor In the first
place. there is often a sort Of sopnistry
about borrowing The 2 Dtor says to him
self. Il know l 10 nCS need this. but it
would be so comfortable TO have it and II
is Just the same as paid for" That par
takes of self-deception, trait upon which
RusEin was particularly severe Again.
the borrower often shows a disregard both
Of the convenience Of his creditor and OF
! the uncertainty OF human life. When
man founders so deep into debt that he
cannot get out. somebody has to suffer IN
[ some instances Il Is the creditor. in others
! the family of the debtor. There are nu-
] merous cases. OF course. in which borrow
1 ing is justifis bic: bat Rusiin. as usual. in
( dulged in a little hyperbole. He could bet
/ ter understand stealing the necessaries OF
life thau running into debt for Injuries.
Again. We have here his detestation Of
( improvidence cIoaked + piety. He could
endure secular transgrec sions better than
( those Of he church. r. this his intuition
MAS true. The fraalIy irrehgious wrong
Dstf no moi
I whu pleads the needs OF his church as an
excuse for his own deIinquencies. hiding
his iucapacity behind show Of godliness-
for such man. again Ruskn had no
mercy. He believed that real religion could
do without trappings. and that church
should plead the necessity Of these as an
excuse FOR Indebtedness was to him the
last refinement Of impertnence.
Next We find his keen estheuc Dercep-
tions in the denunciatiOu Of Iron
churches" and his prejudice. founded more
,r less on reverence for traditional and
beautiful ohservances. in the fling az the
Evangelical sect. Finally. We have che ir
ritable protest Of busy quick-witted. anC
sensitive man, against the dunderheadec
folly of appealing 10 him for aid for q
cause with which he VAS not in sympathy
, II is evident that the petitioners Belongs
TO tha, large class Of persons who vii
not take the trouble To inform themselve
on any subject unless forced to do so
would. as he pointedly suggests. have beel
perfec easy 10 discover whether th
author Of Sesame and Lilies" and -
81 Crown Of Wild Olives" would he likel
p 10 help in the building Of an iron chapel
b for this particular body Of believers bu
5 , apparently they waited ONLY to discove
, . that the author in question was wealth
p and generous. The whole letter rs no
20 only good index TO the nature and view
e OF the writer. but. to the intelligent reader
4 a fairly good indication OF the characte
e OF his correspondents
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a Mnrning IRON, HopoIuIu.

The latest tidings from Honolulu present
test Tor 4 strong sermon on procrastina-
ton. The Hawaiian city. terrified by the
progress Of the plague sought 70 stop It's
ravages by the use of fire. The result has
been connagration costing half million
dollars, nearly i've thousand homeless PEG
pie. three thousand Of whom are in
quarantine as plague suspects. and a gen
eral feeling Of CONSERVATION that must ar
rest the enterprising spirit Of the city.
HcnoluIu's authorities may have met the
invasion Of bubonio pestilenee with all the
determined ingenuity and sanitary corree-
uves at their command. But there is
prevailing impression that more rigid
watchfulness at the beginning might, and
perhaps would have prevented the disaster
which the city has recently sustained.
Al any rate. the distress of the Pacific
island municipality il a warning to the Of
ncials at every port of The United States.
II the authorities at Honolulu. whose bust
ness 10 is. were powerless TO stamp out the
scourge at its inception and did use an OF
/ the energy OF which they were capable. the
: admonition is one that must arouse even
q
proved that they were unintenuonally
! careless OF actually delinquent
While there is "a commendable alertness
I n high sanitary circles. there has also
1 seen a tendency in certain quarters 10 de-
. spisa the bubonic scourge. This. presuma-
/ bly,. is due TO- an exaggerated feeling OF Sc
I curity. founded upon a purely erroneous
! notion that. for some reason or other,
America IS iuyulner1ble Hawaii may have
| entertained a similar idea until very re-
Gently believing that her improved state
Of civilization and her isolation reduced
the chance OF a plague outbreak to the
most insignificant minimum II this wa!
her belief. her silly faith has had its pen.
atty for neglect.
When a germ 50 inimioal TO humanity 3
exhibiting its power o. destruction ia sev
eral parts or the world al the same time
no wise nation viii feel so safe as 10 ig
more the possibilities of the situation
There is reasonable certainty that tn
employment OF adequate safeguards VII
prevent he bubonic malady from enJerini
American portals. 4 rigid quarantine. IN
der Federal auspices IL necessary. an
against every spot where the disease ha
appeared will do more for the protection
OF the American people than a Mississippi
full OF experimental lymph or trainloads @
drugs and medicines after the barrier
have been passed by the pestilence. II
( better TO pc overcautious than careless
D Oyercautiousness can do no particula
b harm. while neglect may expose the entir
r country To attack by foe which caunC
5 be fought with warships OF battalions q
5 infantry.
Every despatch from the stricken local
r tiles where the terrible disease has game
D a foothold is a warning to be forearmet
D The proper time to fight the plague is be
D fore it gets in. The proper kind OF can
y paigu viii keep it cut.
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THE GROWING IRON INDUSTRY.
Wonderful Increase in the Exports
of Mineral.

of Mineral.
No feature OF the marvellous growth CT
our foreign commerce is more striking
than that relating to exports OF iron and
steel. The total foreign commerce OF the
United States in the year just ended has
Tor the FIRST time crossed the twO-billiOn-
,i:2ll>s line and the total exports OF manu-
features Of iron and steel have for the
first time crossed the one-hundrcd million
dollar line
In the calenda. year 1890 the total ex-
ports OF iron and steel amounted 10 S21,-
600 600 and in 1889 they were $f0j. 0S9. So
Meantime the importations OF manUfac-
lures OF iron and steel have decreased with
nearly equal rapidity, the imrortations Of
1890 being SIi.5i4.1f0 and those Of 1855,
SIS. 10. 2eG
One especially striking feature Of this
rapid growth In our expectations OF manu-
I features Of iron and steel is the fact that
European countries are taking LARGELY from
us in these lines. In builders hardware,
1 FOR instance. the United Kingdom took
nearly 50 900 000 worth in the year just
/ ended, Germany more than 81, 100000 in
I value. France $685. So. and other Europe
/ an countries 1856. S35. OF sewing ma
! were 81 2Sj sos in 1899 against $780,. go last
/ year: TO Germany SS46 034. against $685.
! 4OI ia the preceding year; 10 France. Sl09
/ 269. against $50. IL in the preceding year,
I and 10 other European countries. $235, 1852,
against $l6l229 in 1888
/ For new and Ingenious machinery the
/ world seems now 20 be hooking 10 the
/ United States. Exports Of electrical ma
/ chinery- increased from Ss15, 453 in 1891 &c
I S2.523. GA in 1898. and S3.143.336 in 1888;
/ Woodworking machinery. from about 81
/ 00G 600 in 1897 TO nearly s. 600 600 an 1888;
/ railway engines from $1,000, 900 in 1897 e
/ nearly s.. GOO 600 in 1893; typewriting ma
chimes. from 81 500 sl6 IN 1897 10 S2.ss6.J6,
i'm 1888. while such lines OF machinery as
/ cash registers laundry machinery. print
| ing presses. shoe manufacturing machin-
| err. and FIRE and stationary engines al5c
! show marked growth
The total exports OF iron and steel lOl
I 1859. was S23.112.Sl4, in 1899 the total va.
81. SIS. 645. The imports amounted in 1S9.
I 20 only ET- -Qg TOC
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The election o. the Demoosti0 ticket. however.
must b. performed Jt london. where he Govern
or has ordered the Legislature to meet Right oT
wrong in that cNertiou of authority. Toe Legs
iaJure j. adjourned. subject COB tue GuFcruurs Do
rcction for iys assembly View YORK sun
This is absurd. Governor Taylor had no
right to adjourn the Kentucky Legisla-
ture. and therefore il is not adjourned
The Governor sole power in the prem
ises is given in the State Constitution
thus:
The first GeucEal Assembly. and tur members
OF which shall Boz elected under the constitution
shall meet ON the first Tuesday after the hrsl
Monday in January. l-|i, AMI thereafter .Nt
General Assembly shall meet on the -ane day
every second year. and lis sessions shall De held
at the seat OF government except lu case OF war.
msti0n Of the Governor assemble i0r tHe time bee
ing elsewhere
The Legislature not being en- session.
may be assembled" by the Governor at
some place other than the State Capital. in
case Of war. insurrection, or pestilsnee. %
but once in session &c cannot be adjourn
ed unless the two houses disagree as "a
the time OF adjournment. and this they
have not done. Mr. Taylor when Cover
nor. had the same authority over the Leg
isIature that President Mckinley has owes
Congress. In certain circumstances twher
the Senate and House disagree as TO the
time-not otherwise the President may
/ adjourn Congress. Imagine him doing 81
tomorrow and surrounding the Capitol witt
Federal troops, charged To prevent the en-
trance Of Senators and Representatives
I and Won have the Frankfort situation in
nutshell
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY >, 1900.
rayIor,s Demand for Recognition


It seems to have been an amazing COLI
bination Of ignorance and impotence that
led Mr.. William s. Taylor to address the
President yesterday and to demand rec
IGNITION. and Federal assistance in his ei-
fort to overthrow the Legislature and
courts Of the State OF Kentucky. One
would think that Taylor must have been
unaware OF Mr.. McKinley's inability to in
1ade Kentucky vi h troops save at the re
quest of the General Assembly which nc
has tried to dispense. but which legally Is
suU in session. But, in reality. TayioF
and his legal advisers. Ex-Governor Brad
ley and W. c. 2. Breckenridge knew this
as well as anybody The impudeuce OF the
thing comes in by way Of their Joint as
sumption that President Mckinley cares
as little for the Constitution OF the United
States as they do for that Of the State OF
Kenucky. and would not hesitate TO vio-
late il il thereby the interests OF the Han
ma machine would be advanced. Fortu-
nately there is no reason for believing that
there will be Federal interference.
Taylor has the State Capitol. Executive
Once and Governor Mansion under his
control and fortified. His power and al.
thority do not extend over another foot o.
Kentucky soil. The State repositories vii
not recognize his orders. and the wardei
Of the penitentiary snaps his fingers at IN
pretended Governor when the latter under
takes to pardon and release a convict
on the other hand Governor Goebel
recognized and supported by the LegisIst
IRE and State judiciary. His authority i
respected from one end of the Common
wealth To- the other save where Taylor
rsnditu are encamped and entrenched. W
ere hot st all worried over the chance o
Federal Interference in such circumstance
and there is no occa sion Tor doubt that tn
regular authorities will be quickly able &
disperse the body Of assassins upon whic
Taylor SIN relies 20 protect him from ar
rest and punishment The decent senU
meut OF Kentucky is soIidIy arrayed benin
Governor Gocbel the Legislature and ID
courts. Consequently we may be conhdeI
shat short work viii be made Of the insw
gents
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HONEST BEFORE HE DIED.
A Contractor Restores stolen Money
to Cleveland. Ohio.

CLEVELAND. Ohio. Feb. Louis Fs-
her. contractor. died in this city
Wednesday, and yesterday it was learned
that he had paid S954.O7 10 the city, which
he admitted ne had illegally taken in col
fusion with a clerk in the city auditors
office. Fahey. before dying. said he used
to have lots OF trouble getting his esti-
mates through the auditors Office. One
day he WAS introduced to a certain clerk
Thereafter his vouchers we're rushed
through as soon as presented. The latter
wanted to borrow money one day, and he
gave it 10 him.
Soon afterward, Fahey said, he received
a check which was larger than the esti-
mate passed by the city engineer. He
went to the clerk, and said a mistake had
been made The clerk laughed, told him
that sort OF thing was often DONE" and
ended by asking fer half the amount over
paid Thereafter that sort OF Thing Weni
on until Fahey had received S954.09 more
than his estimates should have called for
the clerk always demanding his 50 per
cent Fahey said on his deathbed that hi:
conscience had troubled him ever since
and he long ago determined 20 make resti-
tuition. Fahey did nOt-diyulge the clerk
name
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PEEF BOARD EXPENSES.
Secretary Sage Makes n Report 4,
the senate on the natter.


the senate ON the A.atter.
Secretary Gage. in response to the re-
quest OF the Senate for an itemized state
ment OF the expenditures from the ma
tional defence fund OF S5O.0cO 900 appIo-
prlated before The outbreak Of the war
with Spain. has sent to Congress a sched-
ulc giving the amounts drawn on approved
vouchers by the Beef Board which inves T.
gated the conduct OF the Army Supp :
Corps during the war, and finally found
that everything WAS admirable. and ttat no
just ground existed for cOmpiaiEt
The board, Il appears managed 10 spend
Sf05If4Si OF which considerably more
than half went 20 the members themselves
The largest single item was that Of Sl2
500 for compensation Of the member
Brig Cen John VI. Wilson Chief Of Ea-
} sineers. received s.. 900 as compensation
for six months service, his pay and alloa-
ances as bTigadier general, amounting 10
I 5000 continuing well.
} Besides compensation, the members OF
/ the board are also charged with drawing
: over $1,000 as per diem expenses. and
throughout the schedules their travelling
I expenses" expenses" carriage hi e.
and room rent" appear with such fire.
queucy as TO make an expensive aggregate
/ One OF the most remarkable items is that
/ ~ the Public Printer for Slo.Jl-S7, iog
printing fifty copies Of report" This re-
{ port has never been made pubic II was
printed day by day as the investigat ioi.
proceeded. and contained all the testimony
I and documents What became Of the u-ry
! copies that cost 1878 each is a mystery.
/ One OF the items Is a special trails a.
| S4,430, 10 which was added Pullman cars.
! etc." -, 2S3-22- The members in order 10
| avoid spilling ink on this train. took along
| new fountain pens. cost, 212. Most OF the
| expeditureg have the flavor OF encouraging
| the members 10 get al the truth Ct the
I war scandals regardless OF such expenses
/ as would contribute to their comfort and
cause them 10 look al things IN the bcs
/ light
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Iudiap Territory Troubles.

From the St. Louis Globe DcmocIaL)
Lack q schools is but one of the evils that
burden the Indian Territory The ownership,
possession. leasing, and division ct Lands together
with questions relating to pay for Improvements,
arc in confusion. with no legal machinery Ca dis
pose Of urgent suits without Years of DELAY Town
sites cannot be properly selected Trade and agri-
culture are at a heavy disadvantage. Crime has
an under license No law exists Tor the care Of
the insane. The Territory is without Delegate
in Congress 70 present its needs. Remnants %
five different kinds Of government found within
its limits. that while. in tie practical sense.
IL Is not governed at all it is governed too much
il a confusing, incoherent i3shiOa-
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Russian nIiteracy.

From The New York Telegram.)
The illteracv Of Russia exceeds that OF any other
country claiming to have a civilized government.
The Humanitarian states that in 10000 vii
lagos Of the vast empire there is not school, aud
70 is estimated that not 70 per cent Of the popuia
ton OF the empire has acquired even the Uudimeuts
OF a common school education. IL has beer fig
ured out that II the Gar would disbaud 100 OOG
men Of the vast army he would thereby save
money enough to provide school for each OF
these villages. IL is not surprising that ths
Gar should desire to reach some arrangement
parfiaIlV disaTnl.