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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Wars of the World.

The war which has most conspicuously
engaged public attention during the year
has been the Boer 1t has now
sumed the form of guerilla warfare, and
the new year opens with serious losses
inflicted upon British arms. In addition
to the South African struggle there has
been the customary number of revolu-
lions in Central America, and more
less sanguinary conflict between Venezue-
Ia 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
desultory warfare with strolling bands of
natives continues. The list of casualties.
including killed and wounded, for the
year is as follows: Abyssinia, 1000; South
Africa, 5,ST7; Arabia, 5,144; Venezuela, g.
5S3; Colombia, 2,5SS; China, ], 604; Africa.
1,261; Philippines 96S; Mexico, 421; Corea.
315; Sumatra, 2S3; Java. IS: Albania, 81:
Bulgaria, A; Macedonia, "a The total
losses for the year are 27,6S1, COM
pared with 1873, SIS in 1900.
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Embezzlements of 1901.

The record of embezzling. forgery, de-
faulting, and bank wreckage for 1901
shows small decrease as compared with
that of 1900. The total is 81, OS5, 569 as COM
pared with $4.660134 in 1900 The state-
ment of dishonesty by months is fol-
lows: January, $345. 1856; February, s75. 500;
March, s413, 136: April, s5o7, 1855; May, $685.
074; June, SIS, 600; July, S179, BOG; August,
$197, S92; September, s121, 400; October, $685.
232; November, $45s, 75S; December, $780,
800
The losses are distributed as follows
Stolen by public officials. 1886, 945; from
banks, S1,513, 1876; by agents, S227, 700; for
gerieS. 1854, 900; from loan associations,
s266.315; by postmasters. SIS. 136; nliscel-
laneous stealings, 81. DOS. 977.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
LYNcHINGs IN 1901.
Executions Due to Popular Excitement
Show Increase.

Executions Due to Popular Excitement
Show Increase.
The Iynchings reported in 1900 showed
increase OF eight over those of 1899
year increase in brutality as well
in number-the record standing 101
in 1899. lis in 1900 and 1a5 in 1901 The fol-
lowing table showing the number or
lynchings in the last seventeen years
may be of value to those engaged in the
study of this branch of criminology: 1885,
1890, III; 1881, 1872: 1882, 2s5: 1883. 200: 1894.
100; 1885, III; 1896, 81; 1897, Ice; 1898, 127,
1899, JOY; 800, us; 1901, i35.
The lynchings in the various states
and territories were as follows: Ala
bama. Is; Arkansas. 5; California, g.; Col
orado, o; Connecticut, 0; Delaware, o;
Florida, z; Georgia, IA; Idaho, 1; Illinois,
o: Indiana, /: Iowa, o; Kansas, 2; Ken
lucky, Z; Louisiana, Is; Maine, o; Mary
land, o; Massachusetts,, o; Michigan, o;
Minnesota, o, Mississippi 16; Missouri, 6;
Montana, 4; Nebraska, o; New Jersey, o;
New Hampshire, o; New York. o; Nevada,
o; North Carolina, 1; North Dakota, O;
Ohio. 0; Oregon, o; Pennsylvania, o.;
Rhode Island, o; South Carolina, 8; South
Dakota, o; Tennessee, II; Texas. IL; Yer
mont, o; Virginia, 2; West Virginia, 2;
Wisconsin,: Washington. o: Wyoming.
0; Arizona, L; District Of Columbia, o.;
New Mexico. O.; Utah, 0; Indian Territory,
L: Oklahoma, 2; Alaska, o.
OF these 1ynchings 121 occurred in the
South and IA in the North OF the total
NUMBER 1Of were negroes, 70 WHITES, L III
dian and 1 Chinaman. The alleged crimes
for which they were 1ynched were as
follows: Murder, SO; criminal assault, 49,;
theft, II; murderous assault, 8: attempted
criminal assault, s; cattle and horse
stealing, Z; completely in murder, 6; quar-
rel over profit sharing, 5; arson, 4; sus-
pected murder, 8; suspected criminal as
sault, L; murder and criminal assault. /;
train wrecking, 1; alleged theft, /; keep
ing a gambling house, 1; suspected of
killing cattle, L; resisting arrest, 1; in
l fir1cr xxrhi fA hI1 a
forcing a white boy to commit crime, 1.
Besides these. were 1ynched because of
race prejudice, for unknown reasons,
and there was case of mistaken iden-
tity.
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Strikes Only Slightly Disturbing.

factor in the Industrial world. May 20 the
machinists in some of the largest plants
in the country struck for nine-hour day
without reduction in wages. About TO-
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 a strike of iron, steel and tin
workers was ordered in some of the mills
of the United States Steel corporation to
compel the adoption of the union scale.
Growing out of the strike was that or
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.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
American Trust United Box, Board and
Paper, United States Shipbulding and the
Northern Securities companies.
CHIEF SPORTING EVENTS.
Americans Uniformly Successful Over
Their Foreign Opponents.

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
toms Shamrock II, Sept % and Oct.
and 4: the defeat of 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. z. and the decision of the internal
tfona1 committee at Paris, May 81, 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
was the undisputed football champion.
while in the west the honors were divid-
ed between Wisconsin and Michigan. In
horse racing the feature of the season
was the trotting of mile in 2:02A by
Cresceus at Columbus, o., Aug.
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DISASTERS OF THE YEAR.
Record Is Long, and the Number of
Deaths Involved Excessive.

Jacksonville, Fla. was the scene of the
most disastrous fire of the year in Amer
lea. The greater part of the city was
laid in ashes May 3, causing a total loss
of about S11,e0O, 900. Another serious
fire was that in Montreal. JAM o. The
loss was s2,500,oeo- Twenty-eight lives
were lost by the burning of the Rochester
On. VI orphan asylum Jan. s; nineteen
persons We're killed in a furniture-house
fire in Philadelphia, Oct. %. and 100
more were lost in a great oil fire at
Baku, Russia, Feb. s.
Tornadoes, cyclones and floods were
fortunately few in number compared to
other years The worst disaster of this
sort was storm and flood in the Elk
horn valley of West Virginia June %.
Between fifty and sixty lives lost
and property to the value of about 81, Co.,
900 was destroyed.
The following a list of the most
prominent disasters in 1901:
In January 10 were killed by an explo-
sion at Lei-Tung, China; by fire at
Mikala, Austria. 20 by panic at Tokyo,
Japan; 120 by blizzard in south Russia !;
so by the capsizing of barge off the
coast of Madagascar; 400 by storm on
the coast of Japan; 40 by an explosion
at Hang Chow. China; 10 by a boiler ex-
plosion at Reckiinghauser. Bohemia; and
So by a hurricane at Trondjhem Nor
| way.
In February 81 persons persisted in a
mine accident at Durango. Mexico; 392
| by a storm the coast of China; 6 by
/ an explosion at Guilford, England: by
railroad accident in New South Wales;
| 60 by mine accident in Cumberland, B.
c., and at Hermosillo. Mexico; q by
| fire at Tokyo, Japan. 40 by storm at
| Odessa, Russia; by fire at Birmingham,
| England; and % by a mine accident at
| kemmerer, Wyo.
| In March so persons were killed by an
| explosion in China: by explosion in
| Spain; so by railroad accident at Wa
| lovo. Russia: Ii by a mine accident al
| Yabori Japan: 10 by mine accident a,
GilSenkirche, Prussia; s by cyclone in
Texas. 10 by a cyclone in Arkansas; II
| avalanche at Lake Como; 20 by flood ir
Bolivia; Is by bursting of a dam at Bo-
logna, Italy; by a railroad accident in
| New South Wales; Is by cyclone at Biz
| mfngham, Ala, and 6 by mine acct
| dent in Fayette Co. Ala
In April 20 lost their lives by a mine ac
| cident in the Transvaal: by a hotel fir.
| at St Mary's. w. Va. IL by cyclone III
the Canary Islands: % by explosion a
Griesheim. Germany. Is by a mine acct
dent at Hornu, Belgium: 20 by SNOW
slide in Alaska; 1 by a railroad acct
dent in Pekin: by fire at St Jean
don. South Africa, and Is by the fall O
| a church in Albania.
In May IS persisted by fire at Amreeli
India: 100 by ferryboat disa ster on tn
Dnieper River; by fire in Chicago: b.
an avalanche in Alaska, $50 by boile
explosion in China; by an avalanche il
Switzerland. by mine accident Il
Fairmont. W. Va: Is by avalanche a
Avacenza. Italy: IS by fire Sohendor1
Bohemia; "A by floods In Tennessee; Z
nx ~ exPlosfon a. Cars Town: a ~
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LARGE SUMS GIVEN AWAY.
Liberal Donations Made to Charitab BILE
and Educational Institutions.

and Educational Institutions.
The year 1899 was record-breaker in
donations and requests made education
al institutions, libraries and art museums.
charities, churches and religious enter
prises. and to towns and cities for the
public benefit and entertainment, the
total reaching the colossal sum of $79-
749 $50. while the year 1900 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
an amount which may properly be called
colossal" The world has never before
known such generosity as this in a sin
for education. art culture. religion and
humanity
OF the total amount stated above there
has been given to educational institu-
tions the prince1y of $6S $50 961 to
charities. 22.217. 40; to churches. $685.
4S9; to museums and art galleries, ILL.,
49, 112: and to libraries, SIS. sSS, 1872
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 $s0.o00. o00- Mr.. Carnegie
| founded scores of libraries throughout the
| Scotch universities and offered the same
| sum to the United States for the cause
/ of higher education In the west DIR.
d. X Pearsons of Chicago continued
| his liberal giving to the smaller colleges
| The total contributions made for IL
4 hrar1ea during the year outside Of those
\ mnd& ~ ME. CAxn1Eio Mmo{1n<4 a. 24114z
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Events of Importance That Have
Marked the Past Twelve Months.

Two events overshadowed all others in
the first year of the new century One
was the assassination of William McIA1n-
lev president of the United States, and
the other the death of Queen Victoria,
bringing to a close the longest and IN
many respects the most remarkable
reign in British history Each of the two
great English-speaking nations OF the
world was thus called upon to mourn
for its highest representative of author
ity and to face what at one time might
have been a serious crisis in its AFFAIRS;
but in neither case was there even the
semblance 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 l9Ol
finds each country as tranquil and secure
as it was twelve months ago.
In the United States the affairs of
greatest Importance before the public,
aside from the murder Of the president,
were the new Hay-Pauncefote canal
treaty, the Schley inquiry, the Supreme
court decisions in the insular cases, the
forna ton of the United States Steel cor
poration and other gigantic combinations
of capital the panic in the New York
stock market, and the princely gifts to
educational institutions by Andrew Car
negie John D. Rockefeller, D. x Pear
sons and others
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Suicide ON the Increa.e.

Suicide continues to increase in the
United States The total number report
ed for the year 1901 is 7.245, compared
total $3.50 were males and 1885 females.
which curiously shows the same proper
ton of nearly five males to one femaIa
for several years past. Physicians,
usual, head the list among professional
men, the record standing: Physicians, SO:
attorneys, 10; clergymen. 10; bankers. 6;
journalists, 6; college professors.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Legal EXECUTION. in 1901.

The number of legal executions in 1901
was lis, compared with 119 in 1900. 131
in 1S99 100 in 1898, 127 in 1897, 122 in 1896.
1872 in 1895, 132 in 1894 126 in 1893, and 107
in 1892.
There were 50 hanged in the South and
Sc in the North, of whom II were negroes
and AZ whites. The crimes for which they
were executed were: Murder, 107; GRIM
inaI assault, 8; attempted criminal as
sault, 1; and train robbery, 1.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Our Insular Problems.

Considerable progress toward the settle
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
pacitication. On the 4th of July civil
government established with Will
liam H. Taft the first civil governor
At the time the military authority
IN the islands was transferred from
Gen. Arthur Macarthur to Gen. A. r.
Chaffee. Opposition to United States rule
1t not entirely at end. In Samar
oolomen attacked a detachment of the 9th
Infantry Oct IS. killing ten and wounding
six Other less disastrous en-
counters have occurred
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In che stock Market.

In May a stock panic took place in New
York as a 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 unheard-of
price of 81 900 share. While many lost
heavily because of the slump in the VAL
ues of other securities, there were no
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 1 and closed Nov. 2. It
was a financial failure, due in part to the
assassina ton of the President, but in
other respects 1T was a success The to-
tai attendance was .295. 0z3- Stockholders
were about s.. 100000 out Of pocket AT
Charleston, 8. c., the South Carolina, In
terstate and West Indian Exposition be-
gan Dec. 2, to run throughout the winter.
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BUSINESS CONSOLIDATION
Increasing Tendency Shown to Form
Combinations of Capital.

The feature of the industrial situation
of the year was the continuation of the
tendency to form great combinations of
capital or trusts In the first eight
months the aggregate capital of the new
corporations organized was y, 49,, 355, 000
as against 81. s65, $4,000 for the same Pc
Rod in 1900. The most gigantic of the
combinations effected was that known as
the United States Steel corporation hav-
ing a capital of LOO. 100000 Its chief
organizer was J. Pierpont Morgan The
companies entering the trust were the
Carnegie, Federal. American Steel and
Wire, National Tube. American Bridge.
National American Sheet Steel, Amerf-
can Tinplate. American Steel Hoop. Lake
Superior Consolidated iron mines and the
shelby Steel Tube Some of the other
combfnations brought about were the Al
ne-ChalmeKnv Amalgamnfed COPPER, Ana
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RothschiId. Baron Wilhelm Won, head OF
the great banking house. jan Is
Rummel, Franz, pianist, in Germany
Stainer, William, bishop of Oxford, April
Tanner, Dr. Charles K D.. Irish states
man, Sept. Z.
Verdi, Giuseppe, composer, Jan. q.
Victoria, Queen. JAM 81
Yonge, Charlotte NJ, author. March "A
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
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 biography The test was made
Dec IL between point on the Cornwall
coast and ST. Johns, n. F., and the letter
..S'' was repeatedly sent and received
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18

Nineteen hundred and one in the Bve-
stock trade has been one of the greatest
years In Chicaso's history The combined
receipts of all kinds of live stock during
the year reached 16. 600 head. valued AZ
<z91, $4,000, both being the largest % reo-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1902-01-18
Work of seth Congress.

Among the important laws enacted at
the second session of the seth congress
were these: Reorganizing the army on
the basis of a force of from $4,000 to
100. eco men; materially reducing the war
revenue taxes; increasing the member
ship of the house of representatives from
s57 to $50 by reapportioning the con-
gressional districts: abolishing the army
canteen The river and harbor bill, the
Nicaragua canal bill and the ship sub
sidy bill were measures that failed to
pass
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Isthmian Canal Treaty Signed.

The outlook for the building of an 18TH
milan canal in the near future became
much more promising when Nov. Is
Lord Pauncefote and Secretary Hay
signed a new treaty on behalf of their
respective governments. This agreene mt
superseded the old Clayton-Bu1wer treaty
and did not contain the Objectionable
features of the> document which was so
amended by the United States senate as
to be unacceptable to Great Britain Its
most salient feature was the implied
right of this country to fortify the canal
whenever it is built. The agreement Yves
laid before the senate and was ratified
by that body Dec. 16 by vote of 70 to 6.
The canal commission appointed to inves-
tigdte the 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 was at once introduced in the
house of representatives Late in Decem-
Der it was reported from Paris that the
French Panama company was willing to
sell its property and rights for $40 COO,
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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The year Politically.

Politically, the year in the United
States was rather eventful one. Will
liam Mckinley began his second term s
president of the United States on the 4th
of March, when he inaugurated
with Theodore Roosevelt as Vice-presi-
dent In September he was stricken
down by assassin and Mr. Roosevelt
became the chief executive. No other
changes took place at the time, but in
December the pcstma ster-genera1. Charles
E. Smith. and the secretary of the treas
ury. Lyman J. Gage resigned Henry c.
Payne of Milwaukee was chosen to sue
coed the former and Leslie NJ. Shaw,
governor of Iowa, the latter.
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Roosevelt Becomes President.
schIey-sampson Controversy.

SchIey-Sampson Controversy.
The Schley-Sampson controversy as to
which commander was entitled to the
credit for the destruction of Cervera-s
fleet at Santiago reached its elimination
in July when the third volume of Edgar
s. Maclay's History of the United States
Navy was published. In this book the
mander of the flying squadron was CEN
sured in the severest terms. The author
declared that the admiral was guilty of
disobedience of orders in failing to pro-
coed to Santiago when ordered to do
and that the Brooklyn's famous loop"
was the result of his cowardice-
AS the historian was connected with
the navy department an employee Ad-
miral Schley could not overlook the
charges and on the 22d of July wrote
letter to Secretary Long asking for 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 Z. when the court took
the case under advisement.
Dec. 10 ne verdict was announced. 1t
was in two parts, the first signed by all
the members of the court and the second
by Admiral Dewey alone. Rear-Admirals
BenLam and Ramsay, comprising a ma
jority of the court, condemned Admiral
Schley in general terms, but Admiral
Dewey in a 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 inme-
date discharge from the employ of the
navy department of Maclay and the or
der was carried into effect.