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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
THE GROWTH OF NATIONS.
Germany Leads All Europe, Russia
Excepted. in Population.

The Census Office has recently received,
through the courtesy of the State Depart
ment. a consular report on the population
of the German Empire and it's changes
during the past century That population
is now about Sc. 0900O0. larger than that Of
any other country in Europe, except Rus
STA, which has in Europe alone over 106.-
0O0. 900. or nearly twice as many as Ger
many.
About a century ago. in 1881. the whole
German Empire had a population Of
about 26oo0.000. and at the close Of the
Napoleonic wars in 1915. Germany. though
somewhat reduced in size, had a popUIa-
ton of something more than 5e,Go9 900.
IN lSi5. since which date the area has
remained almost constant, Germany had
"a. 0oo0 go: in 1855, 100000, in 1855 1909,
600, and in 1900, about 55509.O00. an increase
during the century of about 80 900, 600.
Since 1871, when the modern German
Empire was organ lied. the population of
Germany has increased about % per cent.
a growth extremely rapid for an old
country. and for one sending out large
and steady streams Of emigrants
Germans feel d natural pride in the
rapid growth Of their population com
pared with that of their rival across the
Rhine. In 1915 France had about &c. 0p9.-
90 Inhabitants and Germany 81 09e.
Now France has about IS co., 600, or only
two-thirdS the number in Germany
The provisional results Of the census
of Vienna, taken December y, 1900. have
Just been announced and according to a
report from the Consul General at Wen
ma, show a population Of 1.6S5,5G3, or near
y 61.T0 less than there were in Chicago,
when the recent census of that city was
taken These figures show Vienna to
rank next after London, Paris and Ber-
lin among the European capitals. while in
this country only New York and Chicago
are larger. During the past ten years
Vienna has increased H-9 per cent, or
slightly faster than the average for the
whole United States Few large cities
in this country do not show larg,- rate
Of the two American cities larger than
Vienna. Greater New York Increased in
ten years 51-S per cent and Chicago 81
per cent
In common with most large cities the
population residing in the central districts
Of Vienna Is slowly decreasing and the
most rapid growth is in the outskirts Of
the city.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
CHANGING THE RoADBED.
The Baltimore and Ohio Making I'M
prOEements in maryland

ROCKVILLE. Nd. March ia CORPS
OF civil engineers Of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad is now at work between
Boyds and DickeTson- this county. sur
veying for a new roadbed to eliminate
the eight or ten sharp curves between
these two points, and also 10 get an
easier grade for heavy trains. A double
track is proba bile between Gaithersburg
and Point OF Rocks. a distance Of twenty
two miles. Several large bridges viii
have to he built. il is said One is to be
constructed over Big Monocacy. which
viii be at least . thousand feet long
The March jury term of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery county Will begin
at this place on Monday An unusual
thing in connection with the jury of this
term is that not one OF the panel drawn
has been excused The docket shows the
following cases Criminals. Is, recOgni-
Zances, -; appeals, p; trials, I03; foreign
trials ,, Judicials, a. appearances. o..
The Great Falls Power Company. it is
announced, Will proceed at once To utiI-
ize Tn" water At the Great Falls this
county, Cor the production OF Electricity.
This work VIII HecessiJate an expenditure
Of $2.Vlh,W'J- MeSSrS- Crosby aud L.efb.
who are identified with the electric rail-
WAY interests III the District Of Column
bia and this county. control The stock
Of che power company. and II is thought
here that the roads Will be operated by
the power furnished by the company
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
MAKE DRUMMERs PAY LICENSE.
Denmark and Brazil Impose "a Tax
iPon Commercial Travellers.

Consul General Guenther writes to the
Department of State from Frankfort, that
the Danish Consul at Gothenburg. Swe-
den. has published the following rules for
obtaining Il commercial license in Den
mark
The following certificates have to be
produced: Either certificate Of the com
petent authority with reference to the
d0micfs" of the commercial traveller. in
which 1t must also be stated whether the
applicant travels on his own account or
for others fif the latter is the case. what
firms he represents. or Il declaration ny
the firm for which he travels. made before
a notary public and legalized by the com
petent consul. If the applicant travels on
his own account he has to make the dec
laraliou himself before d notary"
The license fee For commercial travIcrs
in Denmark, adds AIR GueuJher. is 81 ~
for the first firm aud S2I.44 for every add
tioneI one, good for one year In Sweden.
the regulations are less strict. AIr. Gu=u-
Their says The license fee, however. is
higher 50 for thirty days There is no
restriction as 10 the number of firms rep
TeceET-d- In both countries import duties
have to be paid on samples but under
established regulations these charges are
RENTED when the agent leaves the couu-
Jry-
Vice Consul General Lowrie reports
from Rio de- JaueirC that commercial
travellers In Brazil are required by State
and town laws 20 take out licenses for the
imposed for failure To comply with the
regulations, and the police are authorized
70 arrest any such traveller found win ,.rF
the requisite permit
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
FEE IN A NEWSPAPER OFFICE.
Three Boston Advertiser Employees
Meet Death in the Flames.

BOSTON, March 1G-The marble and
brick building in Washington Street, ad-
joining the Globe" Building. occupied by
the Boston Advertiser" was Quilted by
fire last night. and at least three en-
pIoyes lost their lives.
The dead are Walter LUscomb, com
positor; Judson Crafts, compositor;
James Richardson, proofreader
The blaze started in the basement and
quickly extended 10 the roof cutting of
the escape OF all the compositions and ed
itoriaI force except half a dozen who had
early warning. The others went down q
hre-escape to the roof OF a four-story
building next south, and 50 to the street
The whole interior of the building was
raging furnace before the hremeu could
get their ladders up, owing to the mar
rowuess of the street and the trolley
wires, and it is feared that more than
three men We're suf0cated by the dense
smoke or killed by the fire
The loss will be practically complete
The Advertiser viii be issued from the
office of the Globe today
The IRE was detected by d messenger
as ne went through the hall Of the build
ing 10 deliver copy He notified the edi-
tors and he was told 10 ring in an alarm
he had hardly done 50 before the ffa mes
burst forth
Night Editor Blair. OF the Advertiser.
says he thin ks the fire started in the
basement and ran up the elevator shaft
TO the fifth floor where it spread cut.
The HTemen at work on the roof rel Ort
two bodies in the composing room. but
they cannot be reached because Of the
flames The engineer is also missing.
Four tremen at least we're badly hurt.
and several OF the Advertiser men sus-
tanned injuries by jumping
Managing Editor Underwood tt inks the
presses escaped the fire and If 50 the loss
viii not be as heavy rs expected.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
{ REGULATION Statement.
Our Retreat From China.

The Administration Is IL evident fear Of
trouble in China. and has ordered Gen
eral Chafree TO take his troops and evac-
Uate the Empire as quickly as possible
leaving only a legation guard OF I59 men.
This abandonment in advance of any
guaranty from China that the United
States Will be indemniied for losses to
American citizens and for the cost Of the
executive war, in ordinary circumstances
would appear TO be inexcusable It Is
possible however. that the Government
may have information of d private char
acter. indicating 50 strong probability
of strife among the European Powers,
as to make il prudent for Us To keep out
OF the way.
The situation at Tientsin, where the
British and Russian troops confront each
other in hostile array Is sufficiently ON
nous True. the affair may be settled
OF compromised without bloodshed. but
a chance shot . movement misunderstood
on the opposite side, an order misinter-
preted. might precipItate a war to make
The world trembIe- The Anglo Russian
difference At Ticrtsia is not the only
dark cloud on the Chinese horizon. 1t
does not longer seem probable that any
attempt viii be made 70 interfere with
Russia's programme in Manchuria ex-
cept in case Japan should care 10 assume
such a responsibility alone. OF course
II the British and Russians at TienJsin
should come To blows. a very different
situation would AZ once develop. other
wise the danger Of var doubtless VIII
he postponed awhile until the Powers. es-
peci4lIy Germany and France. file their
respective territorial demands. and then
we shall see a diplomatic struggle the
outcome OF which it would be impossible
TO predict. In any event, this country viii
try very hard TO keep out of the difficulty.
and unless It come before the end Of
April oJr remaining troops viii BE- Oh the
ocean bound for Manila, and the cut and
ScuttIe viii be complete
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
STATUES UNDER THE SEA.
Works of GreeI. Art Lost in First
Century. 4. ID.

Il rom .l-e E.tlilIfLrikIltlI ITt~~-J
Prof William Nickerson Bates. of the
chair Of Greek ana Greek Archaeology Of
the University OF PENNSYLVANIA has inst
received from Athens the first authentic
information Of the hpuiuS of Greek stat
Ues under the sea off the island OF Anti
cythera last month. I'm speaking of The
data received 10y him. Prof Bates said
nc discovery or these statues Is the
most lmpoTta' that has been made in
the Held or q lent Greek art il many
years. The statues We're found ut th.
bottom Of the sea in POO feet OF water
10y party Of sponge divers Il IS SIP
posed tIat Roman ship carrying a load
OF art treasures from Athens 10 Rome
during the first century. a D, fOundery,
at this point Ia fact the anchor OF .hc
snip was recovered
Greek students are of the opiniou
that this Is the Identical ship mentioned
by Lucian. who has recOunted the loss
OF number of valuable paintings and
statues on vessel that foundered AT this
point OF Cape Malta during great storm.
The loss was regarded rs national ca
l8mity, and numerous efforts We're made
by the Romans To locate the wreck. but
without avail
Great difficulty has been experienced in
bringing the statues To the surface The
hrsu lot taken to Athens consisted of many
fragments of hronze statues, including
several feet with sandals and straps at
TaChed- There were also two arms. bro
ken off below the elbow. one Of bronze.
evidently belonging to the statue OF Il
u piece Of drapfry.
The next lot was of more Importance
and consisted of three small bronze stat
ueS, forty-fiVe cenUimsTers high, two of
them representing young men. the other a
draped figure Of a pTiesJess- These are all
we'll preserved, ana evidently date from
the fifth century, 3. G, the time of Phid-
las. The most important and striking of
all the statues 50 far recovered is a
bronze. larger than life size
This statue is the largest ancient Greek
statue now in existence It was broken
into a number of fragments when found
but they We're all preserved. and the
statue has been restored. II Is a standing
figure or Il young man with mis- right hand
extended in front of him and bent for
ward His left hand hangs at his side
without touching IT.
The divers say that there still remain
at the bottom of the sea numerous large
fragments of statues too heavy for them
to bring up with their primitive apparatus
The Greek Government now proposes 10
take charge of the work, and has sent to
France for diving bells"
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
MORE BIBLICAL PAPYRI.
Extracts From ST. John and st Mark
Containing Interesting Facts.


Rev DR.. William G Wiuslow Vice
President OF the Egyptian Exploration
Fund here, Is authority for the statement
that IN addition TO the papyrus of ST
Matthews Gospel sent to the University
Of Pennsylvania and that Of St Paul's
EFiste 10 the Romans, presented 10 Har-
ar, two other extremely interesting
pdpErI are yet to be assigned one IS
that of ST. John, which contains eighteen
verses of The first chapter and fourteen
verses OF chapter ZE- In the first part
God, which taketh away the sin of the
world" aud We have found the Mes
siah-" in chapter Xxx IS the m-mOTs Ole
story of Mary at the Sepulchre- This
pap.-rlrs OF St John in book rolm contain
ed about nifty pages. according 10 Or.
Wiuslpw, and only the outer leaves are
preserved. lie says that the document
is better written than the st Matthew
papyrus. and is in harmony With the IA
nous text OF Westcott and Hort. The
papyrus is dated 2ub A d. or a little
later. and is pronounced 20 he only a lit
tie later than the ST Matthew text The
confirmation Of the text Of The present
version Is absolute
DR.. WiusIow says that the papyrus OF
II. Mark. although bat a fragment il
most precious containing in the few
yers-s Of chapters and " specific facts
of tie Jesus. The manuscript resembles
thu. famous COdeX AleNaudriuuS now in
the British Museum, and agrees with our
standard version. It's age Is between 4e9
and 500 4. d.
Other papETl sent 10 EnIHue! PIMA not Vet
announced include historical table OF
ernperors from Augustus 10 Decius, a gen
uine I o. L" as such document is now
termed for u loan, dun in the year 81
when the attorney is instructed TO -'wor-
ry'' the debtor until he pays up; and a
rnanumission paper for a slave. DR.. Win
slow saws that the soil @ Egypt abOunds
in Tanvri but the increasing agricultural
operations and the great dam which will
aord an Immense area win mean the de-
strIction OF tens OF thousands OF these
historic papers.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
rortnre in the Philippines.


4 -. ~eS'iiI III ii-- N-lit4 Skin '-'i-'-
teor Infantry. stationed IL the Philippines
has ss--f-r.,, - ,-s-v- -, ,-ri-,,r F+-a-- Tn his
-6-i-@ i'"iS'- t4iE -N'i '--t-ils' ,''- N-I''77-'
Daily Herald" in which he describes the
cheerful and effective Wy i'm which m
.-.,r-
INNS - are il'H1t73 10 Ken Wa
they know by our military officers The
Ietter-yyriJ-r'S COMPANY is en- the. Isiar.,I Of
t,,-- -, .---. 49, 49,
''i'-'N' "--TI9 1--e I--Sii gems nav 2IrH
making more or less trouble. Sergeant
RILEY describes a little o,rpost expedition.
4.-,,,, d. ...,-..-. a.. -t.s-t 800. --...-.- -
u " iiN'' !" al '1~ INC
IpI-cNiHS
..,--
go ' : ''' 81 - -, -'->' H. '-''--7
- S'r'- 'i4lis Pe'1',H' oiJt Il shortly
-. - -tii't oe'l-.N oL. =
IL -'i''-.l1llit l-it q, ie9-- Aii1 another
-''- -'H - a97e-i-Hif1 ana put on TIE fdEh
- f''I-Ai,- Inc pTcsidente e'~.iei some Gie7-
l-..l' '-T " soon holhe an" gwen me water
bacl. beneath a tau- Of water. and rIInnin. a
stream into hi mouth. man knead=ns his sJom-
ID - 80 IN - ms u , = 5- rs "a
fellow soon begged mercy and made a fulI con-
lesson lie admitted he was an active captain
FORE ~ tie tn ~. ~, IN ..,--rr ar
sworn i,.~ssrectes The 20 ce were then rounded
up, l'-eIher WITH other officials. and confined in
mud If fn.,,rs. 1i' .,!n,,ss5 ~ III, "a -
back n gle mountains. he pre-idente va a,Eed
FOR more information aud had 20 take second
+f,ff -5g IL, ~ ~ - -. ~ -,
ne -eur q messenger into ,ha mountains 20 sam
the insurgents
4Ih'i.s ,1r iIe7iaehte i'F guide We started
,..T...=--- - ..s----- Il 9----.-tr -
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
De Wet sim TnyieIdfnE.

The story circulated a few days ago. u
he effect that General De Vet was hast
euing northward 70 join Commandment
General B0tha IN negotiating terms OF
surrender with Lord Kitchener and Sir
Alfred Miner. appears TO have been with
out much foundation II IS fact that
bet Wet is moving north. but with no
such peaceful purpose in mind On the
contrary. he IS now said 10 repudiate the
peace negotiations and half-erazed with
fatigue, exposure. and worry. 70 swear
that he viii fight on TO the death.
The latest adyices received in London
from Lord Kitchener are absolutely 81
lent as to the conference with the Boer
leaders. The presumption, therefore. IS
that negotiations have been suspended OF
1T least are no farther advanced than
they were a week ago. In the meantime
Sir Michael Hicks Beach seems to be
holding back the budget until he can
know the result OF the effort al Pretoria
10 end the war The Government will
be able 10 ask less thar otherwise II
would Tor military expenses. were sub
Stantial success 10 attend the attempt Of
Kitchener and Miner In general way
IL may be said that the outlook ir South
africa. though by no means indicative of
an Immediate return of peace and good
''~I'' - Hot d5 DAG as Il might be.
Should Botha and the other TrausvssI
commanders submit that would leave Da
ct the only officer of much Importance
stiA IA the field and with probably NOT
more Jnan three or four hundred Frae
Staters under his command Even with
TINS small force, he might do a good
deal OF damage before he could be round
81 up and bagged; but Botha-s ratireroeot
from the hopeless struggle very likely
would be nearly tantamouut TO a general
grounding Of arms.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16

building with stand-pipes and all the ap-
paratus necessary to extinguish a fire. il
is certainly practicable to do the same
thing with hotel Human life IS consid-
erahly more valuable than office furni-
tUre- or even than money and papers; at
least, that has been the tradition for a
good many generations In practical life
it viii often be found that where money
is in question the fact that the death Of
a human being is imminent will not re-
ceive much attention. but it Is not popu-
Tar 10 acknowledge that such a state OF
things exists Therefore. for the credit
Of the country. let the owners Of thicNiy
populated tenements provide them with
fir=-escapes. and let the owners Of hotels
be At least as careful for the safety of
their sleeping guests as the owners Of
Office buildings are for the property Of
their tenants
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
DISPLEASES TIE AUSTRIANs.
American Exports Competing With
Their Factories and Fields.

frederick ". HossfeId. the United
States Consul at Trieste, writes TO the
state Department that a strong element
II Austria views with great dispIeaSuTe
the increasing exports Of American com
moultes to that country These com
modiCeS, says Consul HCssfeld, come
INTO direct competition with the products
Of the Austrian soil or workshop The
representatives OF the Austrian iron and
steel industry have repeatedly demauucf
the imposition Of higher import duties
upon our iron and steel ware, AID the
owners Of olive groves have combined
with the reineTs OF edible oils TO demand
a material Increase IN the duty on all
oils which are used as substitutes Eor
olive oil There Is no doubt that the sole
aim OF the latter movement is to pro-
hibIt entirely the importation Of Amcri-
can cottouseed oil
Recently. the Austrian Butchers and
Packers Association appealed TO the va
rious chambers of commerce in the En-
pire to join them in petitioning the Minis
tiers of Agriculture and Commerce to pro
htbit the importation OF American meat.
The association claims that no necessity
whatever exists for thu importation of
foreign meat stuff and that Austrian
cattle breeding and trade are being great
~ harmed by such Importation All the
chambers have promised their co-opera-
ton in the proposed movement. with the
exception OF that Of klagenfurt- This
body declare that it IS not in favor OF
prOhjhitiVe measures. on account OF the
repTisals that would follow II fayOrS.
however, more thorough examination
of all meats imported, declaring Ameri-
can methods Of inspection too superficial
10 satisfy the European consumer
There is certainly every Indication that
the new tariff laws Of the Monarchy VIII
be formed with a special view to pro
hlbitlnS the importation Of American
products. unless the manufacturers. as
wen rs the iaboring classes. enter q de
ci1ed protest against such a policy
the former from fear of American retail
alton; the latter because of the rise in
the cost of uecessaries of life which
would inevitably follow.
Austria buys from us much more than
she sells 10 us. and that IS perhaps the
reason why a ma j0riJy of her eCOno-
mists do not fear American retaliation
3roHiaitioniStS in Trieste point to the
fact that the total value o. merchan-
disc exported from this port 20 the United
States in the year 1899 was only S.'Z.61
while direct imports from the United
States during the same year amounted
to Sl.8l6, 800
.-Of course. it is the agrarian element
that has started, and is constantly FUR
nishing fuel for, this agitation. Pubilc
opinion. As far at least as II IS at pres
ent expressed IS certainly on the side
of the prohibitiouists, who ! must be
remembered, are p weit-0TSt - 90 ana
active body. while their oDpOL1tEJs, how
ever numerous. are scattered and slow
to move II may therefore not be fully
realized that there Is another side 10 TINS
question until it comes I'D Tor maj
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
DELAY IN THE APPOINTMENTS.
Interior Department Places Not to
Be Filled Until DeeemI,er

Very few applications for appointments
II the Interior Department have thus Tar
been filed with the Secretary of the Int
rior It was stated that the President vii
have about three hundred places in The In
terror Department to dispose Of early next
winter The commissions of that many
indian agents, pension agents. and Land
Office commissions VIII expire ana under
the law they mast be reappointed.
The Offices referred to were filed soon
after President McHinley-s first inau.ll-
ration, bat the Attorney General decided
that the four-year term did not begin IN
I'll after the appOintee WAS confirmed bv
the Senate, hence il IS that the pension
agents. Indian agents. and Land Gf7ca
commissioners Will not be disturbed llnrf
after the meeting Of Congress next De
CeTnber, although they were appointed
during the recess
II IS not unlikely that many changes viii
be made in the personnel OF these Offices
ana many applicants who failed 10 BE- oro-
Ficed Tor four years ago viii now he taken
care Of
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-16
THE CONCESSIONS LIMITED.
Certain Senators May Block An:
Yielding 10 England.

Greater concessions than those eInbod-
led III the amendments to the Hay-Paun-
cefote Treaty made during the last ses-
sion cannot be expected from the Senate
In fact, they Will not be g:anted- If the
treaty as amended be submitted great
difficulty viii be experienced in again Sc
curing ratification.
4 Senator who IS an authority on the
subject of Isthnian Canal legislation
made the above statement '-Twc-thirds
OF Lightweight. the whole number Of
Senators" he continued. is "fifty-nine.
which number is required to raIify- Even
if the Republicans can hold their ranks
together. which in itself VIII be difficult,
il viii BE- necessary to secure six Demo-
cratS- votes to obtain the majority re-
quired by the Constitution
Senator Morgan will surely cast his
vote for any proposition that advances
the construction OF the canal and Sena-
tors Pettus and McLaurin would probably
be willing to cast their votes with him.
Three votes remain To be gotten. and
where these viii come from ! do not
know.