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strike. Only slightly Disturbing.

factor in the industrial world. May 20 the
machiniStS in some of the largest plants
in the country struck for a nine-hour day
without reduction in wages About 90
600 men went out. In several cases they
were successful. but in others their places
were filled with other men, On the 18th
of July strike of iron. steel and tin
workers ordered in some of the mills
of the United States Steel corporation to
compel the adoption the union scale
Seyeuty-fiVe thousand were effected.
Growing out of the strike was that
dered by President Shaffer of the Anal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers. in August This ended in Sep
TENDER in failure. Strikes involving riots
and loss of life occurred in Albany, N
Y; in the Telluride mines, in Colorado;
among the teamsters in San Francisco
and the miners in Kentucky.
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Two events overshadowed all others IN
the first year of the new century one
was the assassination of William MckIn-
lev president of the United States and
the other the death of Queen Victoria
bringing to close the longest and in
many respects the most remarkable
reign in British history. Each of the two
great EngIish-speak king nations of the
world was thus called upon to mourn
for its highest representative of author-
fty and to face what at one time might
have been a serious crisis in its affairs;
but in neither case was there even the
sembIance Of political Industrial dis
turbance or of governmental instability
Theodore Roosevelt became president and
Edward VII. king precisely in the manner
prescribed by law and the close of 1901
finds each country tranquil and secure
as it was twelve months ago
the United States the affairs OF
greatest Importance before the public,
aside from the murder Of the president,
the Hay-Pauncefote canal
treaty. the SchIey inquiry, the Supreme
court decisions in the insuIar cases, the
forrna ton of the United States Steel cor
poratton and other gigantic combina lions
of capital. the panic in the New York
stock market and the princeIy gifts to
educational institutions by Andrew Car
hegie. John d Rockefeller. D. X Pear
and others.
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Embezzlement. of 1901,

The record of embezzliug, forgery, de-
faulting, and bank wreckage for 1901
shows a small decrease as compared with
that of 1900 The total IL 81. 0S5. 500, com
pared with s.. $50, 134 in 1900 The state
ment of dishonesty by months is fol-
lows: January, s345. 1S6; February. SIS, Soc;
o74; June, $50, 600; July, S179. 3O6: August,
1882; Septem Der. S121. 200; October, $685..
232; November S45s,75S; December, $780,
800
The losses are distributed follows:
Stolen by public officials. $685., 945. from
banks, s1,513, 496; by agents, 1927, 200; for
geries, 1854. coo; from loan assocfa tions.
s266,315; by postmasters. SIS, 1876; mis1el-
1aneous stea1ings, 81, COS. 977.
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wars of the world.

The war which has most conspicGously
ensa ged public attention during the year
has been the Boer 1t has now
summed the form of guerilla warfare. and
the new year opens with serious losses
inflicted upon British arms In addition
the South African struggle there has
been the customary number of revolu-.
lions in Central America. and a more or
less Sanguinary conflict between Nenezue
la and Colombia The pending trouble
between Argentina and Chile may be set
tied by arbitration The Chinese has
been closed by treaty In the Philippines
desuItory warfare with strolling bands of
natives continues The list of casualties.
including killed and wounded for the
year is follows: Abyssinia. 1000. South
Africa, 5,377; Arabia. 5.144: Venezuela. g.
5S3; Colombia, 2,5SS: China. 1,6e4: Africa
1,261; Philippines. 96S; Mexico, 421: Corea.
315, Sumatra, 2S3, Java, 60: Albania. 81.
Bulgaria, n: Macedonia. "a The total
losses for the year %, 6S1, COM
pared with 133. SIS in 1900.
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FIRE LOSSES WERE GREAT.
Year Has Been Very Hard the In
surance mIanieS.


Companies.
The year has been especially hard
the fire insurance companies because it
has come Immediately after another year
of disaster. Losses heavy in 1860.
many companies were forced to quit the
business, and those that held on did SO in
the belief that the worst had been passed
BILE. Instead of that the losses for the
year in the United States $4,000. 600
greater than in 1900
The result has been a number of rein
surances, retirements and amalga nations
of companies unprecedented since the
year of the Chicago fire. when many
companies were ruined. Fourteen stock
companies and eight mutua1s have re-
tired absolutely from the field, beside
great number of small mutual and as
companies Scores of other
companies have retired from the West,
the South or both, have materially re-
strIcted their writings in the sections of
the country where they had suffered
most
a result business men needing large
amounts O Insurance have been unable
to get it. and a horde of wildcat COM
panies and irresponsible LlOydS have been
started, to prey upon the necessities of
the people
1852 OS4, IA. against $3.50. OBS. 900 in 1900
SIS, 6ss, 600 1899
Life insurance has closed the most pros
porous year IN its history The people
have been prosperous and have been in
veStfEg their money literally In endoW-
ment policies and ordinary life policies
for the benefit of their families 1t is be-
lfeved that the total of business
written during the year by the legal re-
serve companies will 81, 500 OOO, 600, and
that their insurance in force will amount
81 500, 900, COO One company alone has
written $500, Oo0 0O0-
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Loss of life by Epidemies.

The loss of life by epidemic diseases
has fallen off considerably a compared
with 1900 The ravages of the plague have
increased. the number of victims In 1901
being little $4,000, compared
with 10000 in 1900 Cholera. however, has
greatly decreased in fatality. it's victims
in 1901 being about 5000. compa red
with about 10000 in 1900. The total
deaths in 1900 owing to the Indian famine
reached the large of about $40, 600.
1t is difficult to make any accurate list
of statistics of this kind but, roughly
estimated, the cholera and plague last
year claimed about 43 600 victims. No re-
turns have been made of the fatalities by
famine in India and Russia
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LARGE SUMS GIVEN AWAY.
Liberal Donations Made to CharItabI e
and educational InstItutfons.


The year 1859 was a record-brea ker in
donations and bequests made educa ton
al institutions, libraries and art ms
charities. churches and religious enter
prises, and to towns and cities for the
public benefit and entertainment, the
total reaching the colossal of STD
749. 956 while the year 1900 a close sec
ond, the total being $50. 461. 304- Both these
years must now give way TO 1901. which
is the record-breaker of the centuries
The total of its gifts reaches S123 SIS. 1872.
amount which may properly be called
colossal The world has never before
gle year The century has opened well
for education. art culture, religion and
humanity
OF the total amount stated above there
has been given to educational institu-
lions the T3rincely sum of S6S 50.S61- to
charities, 81, 2I7.47o; to churches, Sc, 298.-
4s9: to museums and art galleries. ST.
Andrew Carnegie. John D Rockefeller.
J p Morgan, Jane L. Stanford and
others contributed sums running up into
the millions. The greatest single contri-
button was that of Mrs Stanford. who
gave the Stanford university property to
the value of So, coo, COO Mr. Carnegie
founded scores of libraries throughout the
United States gave S10eoe.ooo to the
Scotch universities and offered the same
of higher education In the west DIT
d X Pearsons of Chicago continued
his liberal giving TO the smaller colleges
The total contributions made for IL
brarfes during the year outside of those
made by Mr. Carnegie amount to S2-3z4.-
go Including his the total Is the extra
ordinary of s15.zsz. ZOO
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suIciae on the increase.

Suicide continues to increase in the
United States The total number report
ed for the year 1901 is 7,245, s-eompared
with s, 75o in 1900 and 5340 in 1899. or this
total $3.50 were males and 1895 females,
which cur1ous1y shows the propor-
ton of nearly five males female
Tor several years past Physicians, as
usual, head the list among professional
men, the record standing: Physicians, %;
attorneys, 10; cIergymen. 10: bankers. 6:
journalists, 6; college professors. 1.
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The number of legal executions I'm 1861
was us, as compared with 1fe in 1900. 13f
in 1899, 100 in 1898, 1z7 in 1897. 122 1896.
132 in 1885, 132 in 1894. 126 In 1893. and 107
in 1892.
There were 81 hanged in the South and
SO in the North, of whom II were negroes
and Al whites The crimes for which they
were executed Were: Murder, 107: GRIM
ina1 assault, 3; attempted criminal
sault, I; and train robbery, l.
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RothschiId. Baron wilhelm von head of
the great banking house, jan %
Rummel, Franz. pianist. in Germany
Stainer, William. bishop of Oxford, April
Tanner DR. Charles X D. Irish states
man, Sept 4
Verdi. Giuseppe composer. Jan p.
Victoria. Queen. jan ~
Yonge, Charlotte NJ, author. March "a
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CHIEF SPORTING EVENTS.
Americans Uniformiy Succession over
Their EoreIEn OPPonent e.

Sporting events of Importance included
the races for the Americas cup resulting
in another victory for the American
Yacht the Columbia over Sir Thomas Lip
tons Shamrock IL. Sept. Is and Oct 3
and 4. the defeat of an English team of
trapShooterS by Americans at Hendon.
England in June: the winning of the
worlds Sculling championship by George
Towns of Australia at Rat Portage. Ont
Sept. 4 the decision of the interna-
tionaI committee Paris. May q, that
the next Olympian games are to take
place in Chicago in 1904 Pittsburg won
the championship in the National Base
ball league and Chicago was first in the
American league In the east Harvard
the undisputed football champion.
while in the west the honoIS were divid-
ed between Wisconsin and Michigan In
horse racing the feature of the season
was the ting of a mile in 2.0s4 by
Cresceus Columbus. o.. Aug p
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BUSINESS CONSOLIDATION
Increasing Tendency Shown to Form
Combinations Capital.

The feature of the Industrial situation
of the year was the continue ton of the
tendency to form great combinations of
capital trusts In the first eight
months the aggregate capital of the new
corporations organized was 81 467, 355, 600
against 81, $50 CSC. eco for the same pc
Rod in 1900 The most gigantic of the
combinations effected was that known as
the United States Steel corporation, hay-
ing capital of s1,10o, Oo0, 600 Its chief
organizer was ]. Pierpont Morgan The
companies entering the trust the
Carnegie, Federal. American Steel and
Wire National Tube. American Bridge,
National, American Sheet Steel, Ameri-
can Tlnp1ate. American Steel Hoop, Lake
Superior Consolidated iron mines and the
Shelby Steel Tube Some of the other
combinations brought about were the Al
disclaimers. AnaIEamated Copper, Ann
erfcan Can. american Locomotive Amer
lean PIo,.. Consolidated Tobacco. North
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I'm the stock market.

In May a stock panic took place in New
York as result of the efforts of oppos-
ing interests to get control OF the North
ern Pacific railroad The stock was cor
nered and forced up to the nfeard-of
price of 81, 900 share While many lost
heavily because of the slump in the val
ues of other securities. there were
serious failures and the effect outside of
speculative circles was exceedingly slight
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Pan-American Exposition.

The Pan-American Exposition opened
at Buffalo May and closed Nov g 1t
was financial failure, due in part to the
assassination of the President. but in
other respects it was success The to-
tai attendance was 8, 0z3. Stockholders
were about 50, 0o0,O0o out of pocket. AT
Charleston, g. c.. the South Carolina In
terstate and West Indian Exposition be-
gan Dec 2, to run throughout the winter.
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Most Notable Invention.

In the way of inventions the most not
able achievement of the year was the
successful attempt OF Marconi to signal
across the Atlantic ocean by means OF
wireless telegraphy- The test was made
Dec IL between a point the CornwaII
coast and St Johns, N. F.. and the letter
So was repeatedly sent and received
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Chicago stock yard Receints.

Nineteen hundred and one in the live
stock trade has been one of the greatest
years In Chicagoss history The combined
receipts OF all kinds of live stock during
the year reached 16. PSI. 600 head valued at
$751; ZOO. both being the largest rec
ord, with the valuation over so. 100000
greater than ever before
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Rooseve1t Becomes President.

Theodore Roosevelt assumed the office
Of president Sept II. the day which
Mckinley died, taking the oath of office
IN Buffalo One of his first public
nouncenents that the policy of his
predecessor would be faithfully ex-
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sch1ey-sampson Controversy.


The SchIey-Sampson controversy as to
which commander entitled to the
feet at Santiago reached its elimination
in July when the third volume of Edgar
Navy was published In this book the
conduct of Winfield s. Schley com
sured in the severest terms terms The author
declared that the admiral guilty of
coed to Santiago when ordered to do so
and that the Brooklyn's famous loop
was the result of his cowardice-
AS the historian was connected with
the navy department as an eEnploye Ad-
rniral Schley could not overlook the
charges and on the 22d of July wrote a
letter to Secretary Long asking for an in
vestigation- His request was complied
with and court of three. with Admiral
Dewey president, listened to the testi-
mony and the arguments of counsel from
Sept 20 until Nov T. when the court took
the case under advisenent.
Dec II verdict was announced It
was in two parts. the first signed by all
the members of the court and the second
by Admiral Dewey alone Rear-Admira1s
BenI-am and Ramsay, comprising a ma
jorfty of the court, condemned Admiral
Schley in general terms, but Admiral
Dewey in minority report declared
Schley was entitled to the credit for the
victory of Santiago
Secretary Long approved the majority
finding and declared that the opinion
added by Admiral Dewey was not proper
President Roosevelt ordered the fnfme-
date discharge from the employ of the
navy department of Mac1ay and the or
der was carried into effect
Isthmian Canal Treaty Signed
The outlook for the building of 18TH
milan canal in the near future became
much more promising when Nov Is
Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay
signed a treaty behalf of their
respective governments This agreement
superseded the old Clayton-Bu1wer treaty
and did not contain the objectiona bic
features of the document which
amended by the United States senate
to be unacceptable to Great Britain It's
most salient feature was the implied
right of this country to fortfy the canal
whenever it is built The agreement was
laid before the senate and was ratified
by that body Dec 16 by a vote of y to g.
The canal commission appointed to inveS
tiEate two available routes-the Mic
aragua and the Panama-repOrted in
favor of the former, and a bill authoriz-
ing the building of a ship canal at Mic
aragua once introduced in the
house of Representatives Late in Decem-
Der it reported from Paris that the
French Panama company was willing to
sell its property and rights for $40 600, 600,
and it is. therefore, possible that the
claims of the Panama route will receive
serious considerat ton at the hands of
congress.
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Our Insu1ar Problems.

ment of the insular problems was made
The greater portion of the Philippine
islands had been brought under complete
control early in the year and the capture
of Aguinaldo by Gen Funston March %
did a great deal to hasten the work of
pacffication- On the 4th of July civil
government established with Will
liam H. Taft the first civil governor
At the same time the military authority
in the islands was transferred from
Gen Arthur Macarthur to Cen A r.
Chaffee- Opposition to United States rule
it not entirely at an end In Samar
boIomen attacked detachment of the 9th
infantry Oct. 49, killing ten and wounding
six men. Other less disastrous en-
counters have occu red.
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The year POLITICALLY.

Politically, the year in the United
Etates a rather eventfuI one Will
lam Mckinley began his second term as
president OF the United States the 4th
of March, when he was inaugurated
with Theodore Roosevelt vice-presi-
dent In September he stricken
down by assassin and Mr. Roosevelt
became the chief executive No other
changes took place at the time, but in
December the ostmaster-general. Charles
e Smith, and the secretary of the treas
ury. Lyman J. Gage. resigned Henry g.
Payne of Milwaukee was chosen to sue
coed the former and Leslie NJ Shaw,
governor of Iowa, the latter.
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American Trust United Box. Board and
Paper. United States ShipbuIdfng and the
Northern Securities companies
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in Auburn prison on the morning O
Oct %
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work of 5eth Congress.

Among the important laws enacted at
the second session of the 56th congress
were these: Reorganfzing the army on
the basis of a force of from 900 to
900 mon; materially reducing the war
revenue taxes; increasing the member
ship of the house of representatives from
357 to 3S6 by reapportioning the
gressional districts; abolishing the army
canteen- The river and harbor bill, the
Nicaragua canal bill and the ship sub
sfdy bill were measures that failed to
pass.
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Trade with New Possessions.

Under decision of the United States
Supreme court rendered Dec it was
held that the Philippines became domes-
tic territory Immediately upon the rati-
fication of the treaty of peace and that
in the absence of legislation by congress
duties levied upon the products of the
islands were illegal 1t was further held
that the right of congress to pass laws
for the regul alton of the islands was un-
restricted. coming from the constitution
itself In substance it was held the col
lection of duties on products coming from
Porto Rico between the time the treaty
of Paris went into effect and the date
when the Foraker tarln act became
law illegal; that the island of Porto
Rico is territory appurtenant and be
longing to the United States but not a
part of the United States within the rev.
enue clause of the constitution, and that
the Foraker act is constitutional
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Relations with Cuba.

The relations to exist between the
United States and Cuba were determined
least tempora ri1y. by the adoption of
the Plat resolutions by congress in June
Briefly. these provide that the govern
ment~ of the island shall retain its indie
pendence of all foreign coun tries, that
the United States may Intervene to pre-
serve such independence. that the acts
of the United States during the period of
military occupancy shall be ratified, that
sanitary plans for the prevention of cpl
denies shall be carried out and that this
country shall be permitted to buy lease
naval or coaling stations at points to be
agreed upon
On the 21st of February the constitution
agreed by the members of the
Cuban convention was signed by the
members of that body 1t is based large
ly upon that of the United States Dec
81 Gen. Tomaso Estrada Palma was
elected the first president of Cuba
Free trade between Porto Rico and the
United States went into effect July Is. the
anniversary of the landing of the Ameri-
troops the island in 1889 Civil
government under the provisions of the
Foraker act was established in May. 1900.
and the first governor was Charles H
Allen He succeeded this year by
William H Hunt
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Presiaent A1cKin.er-s Murder.

The facts in the assassination of PreSi-
dent William Mckinley still too
wildly remembered to require extended
mention He had entered upon his sec
ond term under the most favorable aus
pieces Everything pertaining to the fu
ttIre seemed bright with promise when,
without moments warning. he was shot
down by anarchist The fatal bullet
was fired by Leon CzolgoSz while the
president was receiving the public in the
nipple of Music at the Pan-American
exposition Buffalo the afternoon of
Friday. Sept g. He fingered until early
on the morning of the 18th of the same
month, when he passed away with the
words t.Sod's will. ours. be done
The grief of the people deep and
sincere as it widespread kilograms
OF coincidence came from all parts of the
civilized world and from persons In all
stations of life.
The assassin was speedily tried. con-
vfcted and the sentence OF death execu-
ted CzoEgosz died In the electric chair
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Foreign
Abdurrahman- ameer. Oct l.
Allan, Andrew. steamship owner. June
81
Audran. Edmond. composer. Aug 49,
Besant, Sir Walter author. June g.
BrogIie, Due de, statesman. Jan 49,
Buchanan, Robert w. poet June g.
Conquest. George playwright May a.
Crispi, Francesca statesman Aug IL
D'OyIy. Carte, producer of light operas.
April B.
Errazuriz. FEDERICO, president of Chile.
July H.
ExEnlpress Frederick. Aug s.
Gourko. field marshal. Jan p
Greena away. Kate, artist. Nov g.
HALL Rifat Pasha. grand vizer of Tur-
key. Nov O.
Henderson. John shipbuiIder. July p
HohenIohe. Prince Won, German states
man. July 3
Hoshl Toru. japanese statesman. June
n
Kruger. Mrs Paul, July FL
Ii Hung Chang. Chinese statesman.
Milan l.. ex-king of servia. Feb H.
Murat Prince Joachim Napoleon. Oct 21-
NordenskJoId. Baron Adolf Erik. expIor-
Orleans. Prince Henry of. explorer.
ormsrod. Miss Eleanor a. scientist.
PretorIus nIartinsas vessel. first presi-
dent of the TransvaaI republic May
The Washington times., 1902-02-11
A DIsinterested suItor.

Four hundred men have proposed mar
riage to Mrs. Ethel Costello. a pretty
young widow of Kalamazoo, Mich. since
she became heiress to fortune of $500, 900
ten days ago. and proposals are still COM
Ing in by every mail.
Among the aspirants for the widows
hand is Ernest C. Robb, prominent fur
merchant of Winnipeg. Robb's letter,
which is apparently written in good faith
explains that after hearing of Mrs Co.'S
tello's good fortune, he felt immediatel,
drawn" toward her and has never ceased
thinking of her. He says he cannot re
frain from penning a few brief lines tell
Ing of my admiration and love-" The let
ter then continues:
First of all. l wish to impress upon
you the fact that l am not fortune
hunter. but a man who is seeking the
companionship of dear woman like your
self. have money, as l am fur dealer,
and in the past few years have made my
fortune. II you will only take my word
you will see how honestly sincere am To
make the matter plain. | wish to marry
you, and If you have faith in my words,
send me $50 as a guarantee. and will i'm
mediately come to you. l am no fake
gentleman, but a sure one."-Toronto
Mail and Express"