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Evening star., 1901-03-19

If. MIR. Pingree of Detroit threatens to re-
turn to politics every time something is
done that does not please him, it Is not
likely he will get much repose.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Lord Roberts has to keep asking the Lon
don people to hold their peace and assur-
ing them that he will tell them when 1t
is time to cheer.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Ii Hung Chang's sympathies are so er-
ratio that 1t is suspected that Chinese CIV
ilization has been forehanded as usual,
and discovered germ of which we are in
ignorance,
Evening star., 1901-03-19

1t Is no wonder that the Nebraska legis-
lature founders when 1t thinks 1t knows
more about how politics ought to be run
than Mr.. Hanna does.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Mr.. Carnegie may object to dying rich.
But he has made too many friends to per-
init him through any possible reverse of
fate to die poor.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Arthur p. Germans return to politics is
characterized by the vim which distin-
guishes man who gets back to work
after q vacation.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Sam Jones is looming up strong in To-
ledo politics again. Mr.. Jones is one of
the men who play best on the home dia-
mOnd,
Evening star., 1901-03-19

The Hawaiian legislature is considering
bill to provide Queen Lilfuokalani with
q pension of $4,000 a year 1t is difficult
TO see what Queen Lii has done for her
country to deserve SO much
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Considering the layishness with which
his journalistic brethren of all denomina-
tions have commented on and advertised
his paper. Mr.. Bryan ought to have more
than $4,000 subscribers.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Cuba's aversion to a little dependence on
this country looks like an old-fashioned at
tack of Spanish pride.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

The weather powers did much better by
st. Patricks day than they did by inau-
guration day.
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soc. each.

Boys Percale Negligee Shirts, in
neat patterns, collars to match; sizes
IL to 1874.
Soc. each.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

Mems Muslin Night Shirts, with
neat colored trimmings; sizes IA to
I9.
soc. each.
r To the left of entrance Mems De-
partment.
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.aranteed Sewing uacfines, slo.5o to $4,000.

standard Patterns for Easter Ready, lOc. to 25c.
"Standard' Fashion Sheets for Easter-Free.
atteu Deparm -Futn
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Boys Furnishing
Denartmlent.

Boys Soft Madras Shirts, with
soft collar attached, blue and white,
red and white, lilac and white; sizes
II to II.
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Infants
, Outer Wear.
Dainty Long and Short Coats of
cream novelty cloths, soft cashmere,
Bedford cord, more or less elabo-
rately trimmed with ribbons, silk
braid, featherstitching, etc.
Handmade Caps of French null !;
also Silk Innings in dainty colors
for wear under thin caps.
Infants Spring-weight Long Clcaks made M
cream Bedford cord, turnover collar finished with
broad rufhe; collar and rufie trimmed with s,lk
Rsald RsnS and narrow ribbon. 81 or to S12oo
EACH. ...........-.--........- p<.SS " YlO.OO
Infants Spring weight Short Goats made of Red
ford cord and novelty cloth in various STYLES; COL
lars and capes trimmed with narrow riht.o,
,aa silk braid raid and featherstitch Saoo SIooo
Infants French Handmade Null Caps clcse-at-
ting, trimmings of fine tucks lace and swiss .nser-
tions, featherstitching and hem ,-c +o
stitching; broad ties. Each..... ~ " ?5.oO
Infants Hand made silk Cap Ianihss, -.
white. pink and blue. Each. ooC.
Second noor.
Evening star., 1901-03-19
Japamese Feather busters.

We also offer q lot of japanese Adjustable
Feather busters which come in three parts so
that they may be folded up when not in use Just
the busters for pictures hanging on the wall and
for ceilings, ETC.
IOc. each.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

OIn order to avoid delays. on ac-
count of personal absence, letters to
THE STAR should not be addressed
To any Individual connected with the
Office, but simply to THE STAR. or to
the Editorial Business Depart
ments. according to tenor or purpose.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

First floor.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

We also offer one lot of Sweeping Day Outfits
consisting # l best quality 25c. broom. haf-cov-
cred japanned dustpau, with steel edge to prevent
bending; 1 wire drawn dustpan brush and / long
handled feather duster for pictures, ETC., at
SOC. per outfit.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

ATU UDyeCUS TOr EaSGer U1TGS,
Exhibiting Paris, Berlin and Vienna Novelties, French
Bisque Ornaments, French Gilt Photo Frames, Hand
Painted Miniatures Ivory and Sterling Silver,
Bric=a=Brac Sterling Silver and Gold Articles, and
other beautiful specimens of our selection and mpor
tations designed especially for Easter Gifts.
Evening star., 1901-03-19

partnlent.
Evening star., 1901-03-19
SWeepir1g Day Outfits.

IOc. each.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
lnE News CONDENSED

contract has been let for the erec-
ton of big oil refinery plant at Fort
Arthur, Tex.
The VI. ;. government has under con-
sideration device for the prevention
of shipwrecks.
The Mexican orange growers are
rapidly learning advantageous methods
in vogue in California and Will doubt
less soon become active competitors.
Owing to the shortness of pasture
lands in Montana there is wholesale
exodus of cattle and cattlemen to the
new fields in Alaska and elsewhere.
The first number of The Commoner,
the weekly paper published by Will
liam j. Bryan, was issued on the 23d'
1t is neat appearing sheet, typo
graphically.
The estate of the late Philip ID. Ar
mour, according to petition for let
ters testamentary filed in probate
court, at Chicago, on the 18th, is val
ued at SIS, ZOO, 900,
About 81 200, 900 worth of copper
! property changed hands in the Idaho
district on the Goth. y syndicate headed
by Capt. l.. A. Hall, one of the largest
lumbermen of Michigan, were the pur-
/ chasers.
Chas. Cunningham of Hanford, Cal,
! is working on substitute for coal and
wood-straw cornstallls, damaged hay,
weeds, sawdust and other refuse will
be pressed into bricks and used for
fuel by his scheme.
Montreal, Que, was swept by very
destructive fire on the morning of the
oath The property loss is placed at
from So, 500, 900 TO SO, 900, 600. The hand
some and costly board of trade build
ing, together with many other smaller
buildings, are among the ruins.
The stockholders OF the Wolverine
Sugar company, at Benton Han Dor, will
hold a meeting Feb for the purpose
of taking action regarding the DISPOSE
ton of the plant, which is valued at
$500, 900. The company has had two
Improbable seasons, owing to bad
weather.
The supreme court of Missouri on
the 21st sustained a motion to quash
the alternative writ of custer, in the
st. Louis Consolidated Street railway
case, instituted 10y the attorney-gen
eral on the ground Of illegal comb
nation in violation of the antitrust
laws. This makes the consolidation
legal
Without the slightest warning two
and half tons of chlorate of potash
exploded during fire at the Walker
Vile Match Co. s warehouse, at Walker
Vile, Ont, on the evening of the 25th,
causing the death of two firemen, one
mem Der of the hook and ladder com
pany and serious injury to more than
dozen other people. The fire is sup
posed to have been caused by spontan'
eous combustion among the matches
A desperate attempt was made or
the night of the 2lst by train robbers
to hold up the Union Pacific overland
express near kearney, Neb. large
pile of rock was placed on the track t.
wreck the train, which was reported
to have large amount of money or
board. The robbers secreted them
selves behind hill near the track. A
pedestrian was severely beaten and
robbed by the gang, but got away
from them and ran TO Kearney anc
gave the alarm in time TO prevent {
,yraply
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
CONGRESSIONAL Nore5.


The finance committee spent the en-
tire day on the Goth in agreeing upon
details of the revenue reduction bill.
The total reduction is sac, 600, 900. The
beer tax is reduced To Sl.50 The tax
on tobacco also has reduction of one
half of the war tax, leaving it at DC
pound. The present two cent stamp
on bank checks will be retained until
Jan. /, 1902, when it will be reduced To
one cent. The tax is removed from all
patent medicines, when the formulate
or ingredients are printed upon the
label or wrapper of the bottle. All Sc
cret compounds for medicinal or toilet
purposes are taxed the same as now.
There is reduction of one-half of the
tax on perfumes, pomades, and other
toilet articles The bank tax, which
is now equivalent TO 81 thousand of
capital, is reduced to 81 thousand of
capital and surplus. Stamps will not
be required upon notes, mortgage, or
other evidence of Indebtedness, but
will be continued upon deeds and other
certificates of transfer and evidences of
wealth. The inheritance tax is re-
duced one-half, and all requests to Ii
braries, educational and charitable in
situations are exempt
The President on the 95th trans
mitted to the senate report of the
secretary of war, inclosing the report
of the Taft Philippine commission. In
his message of transmittal the Presi-
dent says that the report includes not
L
only the reports of the commission, but
its act of legislation, and he earnestly
recommends legislation under which
the government of the islands may
have authority to assist in their peace
full industrial development in the di-
rections indicated by the secretary of
war.
A big petition signed by 5000 firms
and individuals engaged in various
kinds of work, plumbing, ventilating,
etc, throughout the United States,
was presented TO the house on the
26th. protesting against the letting OF
general contracts for interior work on
the public buildings. The petitioners
desire direct contracts made for each
class of work
AZ LilC cdDlncl meeting vi Inv ~-N'
Secretary Root read extracts from re-
cent reports from the Philippines Sec
rotary Root seemed to think that CON
ditions are decidedly improved, and
that prospects for speedy settlement
of existing troubles are bright.
The house has passed bill author
izing the treasurer to float a loan OF
So, 600. 900 in the L. 5 and Europe.
The funds thus raised will be loaned
by the government to planters in Porto
Rico TO relieve agricultural depression.
The senate on the 22d adopted con
current resolution providing that both
houses of congress assemble on We'd
nesday Feb ID, to- count the votes east
for President and Vice-President
The senate committee on Indian az
fairs ON the 22d made its report on tho
Indian bill The committee recon-
mendation for the total appropriation
was $3.50, 500.
1t is now quite evident that Presi
dent Mckinley will call a special ses
sion of congress to enact needed legis
lation for the Philippines and Cuba.
The senate by vote of - to 10 rati
fed the Spanish treaty on the 22d.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
slept at His Post.

Five persons dead and one severely
wounded. two engines and 10 loaded
cars wrecked il the result Of the mis-
take Of a train crew on the 2Sth between
Petroleum and Volcano Junction, w.
Va. on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
1t was the old story of the engineer
being asleep at his post and mistal<ing
the first section of passing train for
the second
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
Bacillus of Grip

my regard for you,' wrote Samuel
Johnson to Boswell, is greater than
have words to express; but l do not
choose to be always repeating it." The
Mexicans show themselves more de-
monstrative. On December 1st they
reafflrmed their affection and trust in
Porfirio Diaz by inaugurating him, for
the sixth time, president Of the Next
can republic.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
rhe Kaiser.s GIFT.

Ca the morning of the eth Emperor
William received from the hand of the
duke of Connaught his sword on his
appointment as field marshal of the
English army, in the presence of the
households of King Edward and the
dead queen, as well as number o.
British and German naval officers. II
was also the Kaiser's birthday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
TRANsvAAL WAR ITEMS.

The British army officers of the re-
mount department arrived at New
York on the CunarG steamer Etrurla
on the eth en- route for New Orleans,
where each will take command of
different steamship having on board
500 horses and mules which Col De
Burgh has been buying in Kansas for
remounts in South Africa. Altogether
about 50, 600 American animals have
been purchased for the British army in
Africa.
Gen. Kitchener is disposing great
forces semi-circularly, his extreme left
resting on the sea, TO circumvent the
Beers The columns move simultane-
ouslv, in touch with each other. The
greatest danger of the situation is the
possibility of Gen. DeWct's appearance
in Cape Colony. 1t is believed that
none of the Dutch resist his personal
call to arms.
A public collection is being made in
Hamburg, Germany, with a view of
presenting to Gen. De Wet sword of
honor. and providing fund for the re-
lief Of the suffering Boer women and
children.
The report that military train with
troops and stores on board was way
laid and captured at Slijpklijp on the
25th, has been confirmed by Lord
Kitchener.
While marching from Wonderfontein
10 Carolina, Smith Dorrien was en-
gagged by the Beers for five hours, los
ing one officers and Is men wounded.
The yeomanry captured during an
engagement at Lichtenburg on Jan. II
have all been released with the ex-
ception of one major and three men.
1t is reported that the Beers have
reached the Ondtshooru district where
they had slight sSirmish with the
defense forces.
In an engagement near Ventcrsdorp
on the 25th the British lost four and
had 80 wounded
Ex-President Kruger is now at Ut
recht, having arrived there on the 22d.
1t is now announced that the Eli
pinos want civil government Strange,
isn't it?
Much damage is being done to win
ter wheat throughout the state by the
freezing and thawing weather.
Great Britain's court will mourn the
death of Queen Victoria for one year,
and the coronation of King Edward
VII may not take place until 1902.
A dispatch from Paris, dated the
9sth. says that a heavy gale swept
over the channel on the eth, causing
the destruction of several small boats.
Sixty skaters, including many wo-
men and children, broke through the
ice on a large pond at Brooklyn, n. Y,
on the eth, aud in the wild struggle
for life two boys were drowned.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31

An Iowa dealer, through Chicago
firm, is shipping 3 ZOO cases OF eggs to
Cuoa.
As the result OF fire in hotel at
Kewanee. ILL.,, on the 2ist, three per-
sons were killed and two others were
injured.
The flag on the executive mansion
at Washington was placed at half
mast upon receipt of the news of the
death of Queen Victoria.
The Indiana senate on the 25th by a
vote of 81 to passed bill making
electrocution the mode of inhicting the
death penalty in Indiana.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31
GRAIN. ETC.

'Detroit-Hay No. Timothy, Sl2 30 per ton
Potatoes i53 per bu Live Poultry, spring
chickens Sc per n, fowls, 71Sc turkeys Sc;
ducks, &c Eggs. strictly fresh, lsc per dozen
Butter. best dairy Ia per d creamery 100
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1901-01-31

When Answering Advertisements Kindly
Mention This Paper.
The Conservative, 1901-01-31

LOre6C6 With rear Tor tho future. Among
lumbermen also there has appeared an
awakening as to the best policy to be
followed in the shrinkage of the tim
bered acreage.
This discussion has taken various
forms, but the newer policy is marked
by far sighted system of management
and the consolidation of properties into
tracts organized as large estates or as
corporations. They are based on the
belief it enhanced prices. Therefore
corporations and individuals are seeking
timber as an investment whose value is
destined to increase with the demand
and the reduction of the supply of lum-
ber. This policy has found place in the
management of timber lands owned by
railway corporations in the southwest
and the northwest.
A recent volume by A. Melard,
French official, on the lumber situation
in the worlds trade, sounds note of
warning at the astonishing rate at which
consumption is proceeding in the lead
ing countries. France, it is estimated,
consumes about 30 900 900 cubic meters
for firewood and about 5000. 900 meters
of lumber, nearly half of which latter
requirement has to be imported. Eng.
land, Germany and Belgium are in a
similar position, as in all these countries
the industries requiring lumber as
material of development are in most
flourishing condition. For the present
these deficiencies in lumber supply are
made up from Austria. Hungary, from
Sweden and Norway, from Finland.
from Russia, from Roumania, from
Bosnia Herzegovina and from the United
States and Canada. These deficiencies,
according to M. Melard, are made good
by the continued destruction of forests.
The world as whole, especially the
European and North American world in
the north temperate zone, is rapidly
exhausting it's capital investment instead
Of living on its yearly interest in the
lumber resources of these nations taken
as whole.
In all these possibilities the lumber
trade Of the United States has a more or
less immediate interest. That interest,
however, does not center in our ability
to compete with other countries in the
sale of manufactured lumber, but in the
capacity to foresee that in many respects
the United States has monopoly of the
best available timber resources in the
world. OF course Canada is now to
some extent a competitor, but to a
greater extent a source of raw materials
for our manufacturers. If such fore
sight prevails in our lumber-trade policy,
the United States will sooner or later
send less of her lumber and more wood
The Conservative, 1901-01-31

uOTo oqultdUly hSScsSou hS UotWccu
shippers, with lower basis of rates
generally. The Sherman anti. trust act
and the antitrust legislation enacted by
various state legislatures have had, it
seems to me, just the opposite effect to
that which was desired. These laws
have prevented combinations or actual
cancellations of property. Competition
has been 80 severe, and the outlook SO
cloudy that many manufacturers who
would have much preferred to have kept
their plants in their own families and
have handed them down to the next
generation, have been obliged to con-
solidate with their competitors.
While concentration of railroad owner.
ship is making rapid progress in the
East, the wave has not yet made much
impression west of the Mississippi. 1t
will undoubtedly come. and, while am
in favor of it, doubt if the western
country is yet quito prepared for it, and
advocate legalized pooling as a tempor-
ary substitute. With permission to con.
tract with each other for q division of
their tonnage or their earnings, there
will not be the pressure there is now for
joint ownership. The logical result of
unrestricted competition is the death of
competition or consolidation.
Prosperity.
Railroads are now generally prosper.
Gus, though there will not be much new
railroad built for some time owing to
the increase in the cost of material. It is
estimated that the increase in the cost
of supplies and material over that of a
year ago or more, amounts to about
$500 per mile in maintenance, or about
one third. American railroad labor is
the highest paid labor in the world. It
has had more constant and regular en-
ployment since the railroad business has
improved. There has been some in
crease in the wages paid, and if the
business continues as prosperous as it is
now, it is not unlikely there will be
demands made for further increase.
Labor and capital are now on parity
both organized, and will deal with each
other in respect to each others rights.
Both will be strong considerations,
neither one having the upper hand.
Owning Not Owing.
The general situation in the railroad
world is at present satisfactory. The
advance in the price of supplies, the
prospective demands of labor, and the
prohibition of combinations to maintain
reasonable charges, are the only three
things in the transportation business
today which are discouraging. The
general condition of the country is the
best we have ever experienced. The
The Conservative, 1901-01-31
TIMBER is GOING FAST.

A valuable report on the lumber trade
is now being prepared for public infor-
nation by the bureau of statistics,
The Conservative, 1901-01-31

tains a supply of 1880 900, ,OOO, 900 feet.
The states having the largest supply of
timber are as follows:
So. Miles.
Texas " ......... 900
Minnesota. ........ ..... ......... ....52,2OC
washington ............. ....... A,7OO
Arkansas ...... ........ ..............4 600
Montana. ....... ..."42,OOO
Georgia. .. ............ ... 42,UOO
Missouri. Observation-Disclosures. ..............41,O00 Al 600
We are cutting our timber at the rate
of about 10000 ,OOO, 900 feet year, and
if the same average is continued our
supply will last about sixty years. The
following tables show the estimated sup.
ply and the annual cut:
Total supply, IT. Annual cut, IT.
Southern states. 7OO,OOO,OOO,OOO 1O,OOO,OOo,oOO
Lake region .. 100000 900 600 $4,000. 900
Mountain states. 1OO,OOO,OOO,OOO 2,0OO,OOO,OOO
Pacific states. -. 1,OOO, ,OOO 100000 4,OOO,OOOOOO
In Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
last year the lumber cut amounted to
6 .153 ,940, 900 feet which was decided
falling off from the average during the
last ten years. The maximum was
reached in 1890. when the total lumber
cut was S,89S $685. feet, but it has
been growing less annually until it had
reached the minimum in 1893 with a
total of 6, 1853 1907 900 feet. The shingle
cut in the lake region has been falling
off in similar manner, the total in 1890
being 4.S2O, 1898 $50. which has fallen off
in ten years to 1851 ,4O7, 900.
Chicago and Cleveland are the great
lumber markets of the lakes. Last year
Chicago handled S7s,546,O 900 feet and
Cleveland S99. .704 900. If you add South
Chicago it will increase the total of the
Chicago district to 1856 1886, 900. Although
the general trade has fallen off consider
ably during the last four years it has
been increasing in Chicago.
The export of lumber is becoming a
very important feature of our foreign
commerce, having nearly doubled within
the last ten years. The total exports of
wood and manufactures of wood last
year were valued at $50, ,59s, ,416, most of
the lumber having been sent from the
Pacific coast to South America and the
Asiatic countries.
Owing to the activity Of the American
Forestry association the government has
at last inaugurated systematic forestry
policy. Sustained by public sentiment,
congress has passed laws to protect the
forest reserves by providing what
amounts to a self-supporting administra.
tion. By this departure the permanent
interests of communities dependent upon
the forests are protected, the enormous
waste that has been going on for many
wears is prevented and the commercial
The Conservative, 1901-01-31
Che Conservative.

which estimates that the standing tim.
ber in the United States now covers an
area Of 1 ,O94. .496 square miles and con-
tains supply of 2,SOO. .OOO, 900 900 feet.
The states having the largest supply of
timber are as follows: