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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
EDUCATIONAL.

AUGUSTANA Observation-Disclosures de-
partment. A thorough business train
ing given for entry into commercial
life. Terms reasonable. Apply to Au-
gustana college.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

WE MAKE a SPECIALITY Of loaninG
money on household goods, horses.
wagons, etc, without removal and in
n quiet way. Call on us for quick
. loans. Fidelity Loan company, room
So. Mitchell & Lynde block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
INSURANCE.

INSURANCE on dwellings and house
hold furniture 4 specially. g. r
Chamberlin.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
UPHOI.STERING.

100000 ~c-~~c~~-~~o~~~~~~~~~~
and Furniture Re
pairing of all kinds. Hair and moss
mattresses made to order and reno
waited First class work at lowest
prices T.. G.. Eklund, 1900 Third ave-
nue.. Phone west 79G-I4
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
FLORISTS.


HENRY GAETHJE - Proprietor Chip
piannOCH nursery. Cut flowers and
designs of all kinds. City store, 1907
Second avenue. Telephone ITO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

PLEASANT +. COX - Real estate and
insurance. Loans speciality. Best
fire companies represented. Your pat
rOnage solicited. Phone west 1O6-N.
Office, at court house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
ART DECORATION.

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PARDON q SON Artistic interior
decoration. Finest line of late papers
carried and skilled workmen employ
ed. Moderate prices. All Seven
teenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
HEATING AND PLUMBING.

CHANNON, DUFVA & co. - Heating
and plumbing along scientific lines;
careful and skillful workmen. Prompt
attention. ia West Seventeenth st.
Phone llt2.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR RENT-Small store in the rear of
Rock Island house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
CLAIRVOYANT.


MRS. MARY YATES-Business medium,
hours, l to 10 y. m. Residence, 7O5
Fourth avenue. Take the Blue line
west. Phone west 724-X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
DETECTIVE.

DETECTIVE work in all its branches.
For particulars address Lock Box 225,
Rock Island. I'LL.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
MASSAGE.

! A. MAUZY has returned and is pre-
pared to give massage and vibrating
treatments at home or at your resi-
dence. 9O2 Twentieth street Old
phone west 720-X; new phone 1878.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

EWERT & RICHTER - Express and
Storage company. having unequaled
facilities for moving, s. Oring. packing
and shipping household goods. and
can quote reduced freight rates to
Pacific coast and other points. Write
or call. Office and warehouse. 1922
326 East Fourth street, Davenport,
Iowa. Telephone SOS.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
BARGAIN NO. {

4 lot 50X14O, near 14th avenue and 32nd
street; perfectly level; convent
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR SALE-Cheap, nice level lots. ASHES,
corner Twenty seventh street and Eigh-
teenth avenue, facing Long View
street car track. Also for sale or trade
one acre lot. with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur-
chaser. Inquire of f.. Thorn, 6lO
Twenty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
FOR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

FOR RENT-Omce room at rear of Rocl
Island house.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

GEORGE II. SIDWELL & Co Com
mission merchants. Grain, hay and
provisions. Members of the Chicago
board of trade and Chicago stock eX-
change. Established - years. No.
542 and 543 Rialto building. Long dis
tance phone. Harrison 2G66.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

y GOSSAMER covering of beauty and
fairness bestowed by Satin Skin Pow
der; - cents.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

II. j. TOHER x Co Brokers, Daven-
port. Stocks, grains. provisions. cot
ton Private wire to New York and
Chicago. Offices, 100 Main street. Tel
ephone 401.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
Observation-Disclosures.

JACKSON, HURST & STAFFORD-At-
torneys-at-law Office in Rock Island
National bank building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

HAYES X CLEAN ELAND-The pioneer
agency. old tim" and fire tested com
panieS. Fire lightning. plate glass.
tornado, accident, life. or almost any
form of risk. Ground floor office 2IO
to 21S Eighteenth street
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR SALE - Good four-roOm house;
city water; $1.250; $500 down, balance
ON time to suit purchaser: lot COX
ll"l2 near Elm street car line. See
Marcellus Wilson, 1411 Forty-second
street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR SALE-Thirty of the finest level
water, air, and drainage; two blocks
from car lines, south of Aiken and
west of Seventeenth street Also a
new cottage in same locality. Easy
terms. e. W. Robinson. Old phone
759-k.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

WANTED-Boy to learn barber trad,
at 500 Ninth street. q. Kruger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
LODGE DIRECTORY.
Masonic.

TRIO LODGE, NO. 81. A. +. & A. M
u Meets in stated communication
w on the first Thursday OF each
AA month. Sam II. Davis. W. NJ. /;
~ William Il. Petit, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COUNCIL, NO. 20, r. &
s. M Meets in stated communica-
ton on the third Wednesday of each
month. II. NJ. Briggs, T. l. NJ; l.. c.
DauSherty, secretary.
ROCK ISLAND COMMANDERY NO. IS
X T.-Meets in stated conclave on
the second Monday of each month
II. A. J. Mcdonald, r. c.; r. G. Willer-
ton, recorder.
MASONIC BOARD OF CONTROL-H
ID. Mack, president; +. T. Myers, Sec
rotary.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
FOR Observation-Disclosures.

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FOR SALE-HouSehold furniture near.
ly new, cheap; leaving city; com,
quick for a bargain; 4ll5 Seventh av.
enup.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

HOME LAUNDRY - Family washings
only; work called for and delivered.
Miss 4. Couch, proprietor, 1918
Twelfth street; old phone west G52-L.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR SALE - Acre and town lots just
outside of city limits on bluff near
street car line, cheap on monthly pay
ments. Inquire of John II. Campbell,
1929 Seventeenth street Phone 1922
west.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

EVERY emplOye in the tri-cities mold
ing a steady position can get n loan
on their promise to pay on their plain
note. No endorscr, no inquiry of
friends, or employer. Loans on house
hold goods and other personal prop
erty. our plan is the fairest and most
convenient to borrowers. e. Berg
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
PATENTS,
HAIRDRESSING.


SCIENTIFIC FACIAL AND SCALP
Massage ShampOoing, Manicuring,
and all kinds of hair work done to
order. Ready-made hair goods for
sale. Chiropody a speciality for Ia
dies and gents. 1S27h Second ave-
nue., Rock Island. Mrs. ID. " Scholl
and daughter. New phone $500.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

COR SALE-Or trade. chicken farm of
seven acres. all fenced, and well
equipped with buildings ana resi-
dence; has city water, electric light.
and all ready for business: will sell
or trade buildings and lease ground
at 81 per month. II. X. Walker.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR RENT-Two furnished front rooms
for light housekeeping at 1928 Fourth
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
BARGAIN NO. 4.

a corner on 4th avenue. GOx14O: two
good houses. bringing in S31 per
month: will consider any reasonable
offer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
IAUNDRIES.

ROCK ISLAND STEAM LAUNDRY
RauerSfoid * Sexton, proprieturS.
Fine finish and quick service. 1914
Third avenue. Phone west 1923.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

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FOR SALE-Lot 40x150 feet, centrally
located, ON paved street. For partic-
ularS address Box 267, city.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

WANTED - Good carpenters at once.
Apply evenings to NJ Y. Archer, SO7
Twenty fourth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

WANTED-Draftsmen in demand. The
call for competent craftsmen is par
ticularly strong. TO any man Of abil-
ity and experience in this line we can
offer some very attractive positions
at 5000 to $4,000. With offices in II
cities we always have openings listed
for hundreds of capable men ana can
help young technical graduates to
positions in which they may gain eX-
perience and earn rapid advancement.
Write us today. stating experience
fully. HapEOodS Gnc.D Brain BrOk-
ers. 1913 Hartford building, Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

II. NJ. NCASKRIN - Attorney-at-la
Rock Island and Milan. Rock Island
office in BengstOn block. Milan office
on Main street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
BARGAIN NO. 5.

A fine corner lot, near 18th avenue, up
on hill; 47X123h; east front,
nice shade, level Observation-Disclosures $3.50
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
$4,000
BARGAIN NO. 3.

4 modern groom house. within walk
ing distance of business district; hot
water heat: stone foundations; COM
paratiVcly new; house and lot at
less than cost of the
house 1890. .. ....... Sd 200
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
FUEL.

EMPIRE COAL q COKE COMPANY
Wholesale and reail dealers in BIZ
luminous and anthracite coal Prompt
delivery service. Office 171S First
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

WANTED - To buy 500 stoves of all
kinds. also all the second hand goods
you have to sell or trade Household
goods sold on payments to suit the
buyer. New steel ranges exchanged
for your old cook stoves. Would like
to buy all tools. bicycles, harness, or
anything of value. VIII surprise you
in the price of three upright pianos ]
have for sale Terms to suit. Will
loan you money on diamonds at per
cent Money loaned on household
goods; small amounts on houses and
lots from $25 to $500 viii buy mort
cages and notes. The most reliable,
the most private, the cheapest the
quickest. the oldest all around bust
ness place in the country. Listen
100 watches, 20-year cases, Elgin and
Waltham movement, written Suaran-
tee, for $3.50 to $40. Don't forget
Jones pays the freight. 1923 Second
avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR RENT - Rooms. with or without
board, ut sos Twentieth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

WANTED - Men. to join the navy.
\ large number of Iowa men
have recently enlisted. y chance to
learn a trade. Board, lodging. medi-
cal attendance, and n $50 outfit OF
clothing free. Good pay, with oppor-
tunities to increase it Electricians.
clerks. maChinsts, fromCn, Carpen-
tiers, cooks. and men without trades,
but of good character, accepted. Can
or write t.. s. NaVv Recruiting Sta
ton, Whitaker building, corner Third
and Brady streets, DavcnpOrt; D"s
Moines, Dubuque, or Cedar Rapids,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
FOR SAIE,-FARNI LANDS,


FOR SALE-SOme choice Missouri farms
These farms are located in Macon and
Adair counties. Mo. j. l.. Powers. real
estate agent, 620 FOrty-ScCond street.
FOR SALE-One of the finest 160-acre
farms in Rock Island county; viii
take some good city property in trade
Reidy Bros, room 4, Mitchell * Lynde
building.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

to learn barber trade;
few weeks completes; 90 chairs con-
StantIy busy: licensed instructors: .
tools given, diplomas granted; wages
Saturdays; positions waiting: wonder
ful demand for graduates. Write for
catalogue. Moler Barber college Chi
cago, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
Real
Estate
Bargains
BARGAIN NO. 1.

\ good Groom house. on eth avenue,
near 22rd street; paving paid for; lot
fun depth; fine looking prop
erty in a fine location .......$ So, 25O
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
FOR RENT-ROOMS.

FOR RENT-UnfurniShe rooms Ut zo4o
Eifth-and-a-h avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR RENT-Three unfurnished rooms,
upstairs: sewer and water; at 426
| Forty third street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

WANTED-District manager for insur-
ance company. selling accident health
and life insurance, combination poIi-
CiCS; stock company: liberal agency
arrangement; perman cnt position Wal
ter w. Connel secretary SOC Women's
Temple Chicago.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09

FOR RENT-Fivc rooms, unfinished.
| down stairs, at 739 Fourteenth street.
| Inquire at same number.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
FOR sALE-CITY PROPERTY.


FOR SALE-Lot 4Ox15O feet. centrally |,
located, ON paved street For partic- |
ularS address Box 26T, city.
FOR SALE-Two-story six-room house
IN fair condition, on Eighth street;
lot 60X170: for 81 900; bargain. Beech |
err Bros, 15131a Second avenue.
FOR SALE = A. seven-room house. in
good repair, with city water, paving
paid 50-foot front, nice shade, for
$4,000. Apply at Beecher Bros.
FOR SALE-Corner lot on Fourteenth
and-a-half street and Ninth avenue;
it is 4SX105, with new cement walks:
will make price right H. *. Walker
FOR SALE = A house with two nice
rooms, with summer kitchen; city
neighborhood: $500. easy terms.
Beecher Bros. 1513E Second avenue.
FOR SALE - Acre and town lots just
outside Of city limits on bluff near
street car line. cheap on monthly pay
ments. Inquire of John II. Campbell,
1929 Seventeenth street. Phone 1922
FOR SALE - Good four-room house;
| city water; $125O; $500 down, balance
| on time to suit purchaser: lot COX
| 1l3l&; near Elm street car line. See
| Marcellus Wilson, 14l7 Forty-second
| street.
FOR SALE-A 5-room house with attic
| plaStered. three years old. city water
| cement walk; $l,600; small cash pay
| ment; balance on time to suit pur-
chaser. Beecher Bros, 1513Ia Second
| avenue.
| FOR SALE A new seven room house.
| with modern conVcniences, central
| location; is accommodating roomers;
| is Il well-built dwelling; for $4,000;
terms easy. See Beecher Bros 1913 Il
| Second avenue.
FOR SALE-At less than it cost is
| months ago, nice southwest corner
| lot, Thirty-eighth street and Efficient h
avenue, one block from Elm street
car me For particulars address
| m. s. care Argus.
FOR sALE--yery desirable home, be
tween Eighteenth ana Nineteenth
| streets on Sixth avenue; has furnace
bath. gas. with 50-foOt lot, and very
nice shade; excellent location; price
&,50O. II. X. Walker.
FOR SALE-Choicc lots in the beauti-
| full Pleasant View addition to East
. Moline, at reasonable figure on easy
| terms To suit purchaser. Apply Il
Tomlinson X Convill. 1924 Fourth av-
enue. Rock Island Both phones.
: FOR SALE-Thirty of the finest IeveI
lots south of Eighteenth avenue; good
water air and drainage; two blocks
from car lines, south of Aiken and
. west of Seventeenth street. Also &
new cottage in same locality. Easy
terms. L. W. Robinson. Old phone
759k.
FOR SALE-Or trade. chicken farm 81
seven acres. all fenced, and wei
g equipped with buildings ana resi-
dence: has city water, electric light
and all ready for business: Will sci
: or trade buildings and lease groun,
at 50 per month. II. X. Walker
FOR SALE-Cheap. nice level lots, 4Sx125
corner Twenty seventh street and Eigh
= teenth avenue, facing Long View
= street car track. Also for sale or trade
one acre lot. with new seven
room house. Terms to please pur
: chaser. Inquire of T.. Thorn, 6l
Twenty-eighth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-07-09
BARGAIN NO. 2.

An elegant 7-room 2-story house, in
good neiEhborhood in east part of
town; hardwood floors and solid oak
finish down stairs; electric and gas
lights, hot water heat. laundry, with
Cemeuted floor; bath; almost new
you will be interested in
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-07
WE ARE WASTING OUR FOREST.
Over Three Times as Much Timber
Used as the Forests Produce.

Every person in the United States
according to a Washington dispatch.
Is using over six times as much wood
as he would use IL he were in Europe.
The country as a whole consumes eV-
cry year between three and four times
more wood than all Of the forests OF
the United States grow in the mean
time. The average acre Of forest lays
up a store of only ten cubic feet an
nually, whereas 1t ought to be laying
up at least 30 cubic feet in order to
furnish the products taken out OF 1t.
Since 1880 more than 70O,0OO.OOO,OOO
feet Of timber have been cut for lum-'
Der alone, including S0,000,OOO,OOO feet
OF coniferous timber in excess OF the
total coniferous stumpage estimate OF
the census Of 1880.
These are some Of the remarkable
statements made in Circular 81 OF the
Forest Service which deals with the
timber supply Of the United States
and reviews the stumpage estimates
made by all the important authorities.
A study of the circular must lead di-
rectly to the conclusion that the rate
at which forest products in the United
States have been and are being con-
sumed is far too lavish and that only
one result can follow unless steps are
promptly taken to prevent waste In
use and to increase the growth rate
Of every acre of forest in the United
States. This result Is a timber fam
Inc. This country Is today In the
same position with regard to forest
resources as was Germany $50 years
ago. During this period Of $50 years
such German states as Saxony and
Prussia, particularly the latter, have
applied a policy Of government controi
and regulations which has Immensely
increased the productivity Of their for
est. The same policy will achieve
even better results in the United
States, because we have the advan-
tage of all lessons which Europe
has learned and paid for in the course
of a century of theory and practice.
Lest it might be assumed that the
rapid and gaining depletion of Amer1-
can forest resources is sufficiently ac-
counted for by the increase of popu-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-07

lev had hung close to the Sugar-pole
all day. but when the close had come
and gone without his having anything
to do with the Sugar skyrockets, he
dropped out of his fellow-brokers'
minds. Wall street has no use for
any but the "doer" The poet and
the mooner would be no more secure
from interruption in the center OF
the Sahara than in Wall street be-
tween ten and three o'clock. Some
sage has said that the human mind'
like the well-bucket, can carry only
it's fill. The Wall street mind always
has it's fill to budding dollars. In con-
sequence, there is never room for
those other interests that enter the
normal mind
Friday, the 18th of November. drift
ed over Manhattan island in a drear
drizzle of marrow chilling haze, which
lust missed being rain-one of those
New York days that give hesitating
suicide renewed courage to cut the
mortal coil. BY ten o'clock 1t had set
tied down on the stock exchange and
it's surrounding infernos with clam
miness that damped the spirits OF the
most rampant bulls. No class in the
world is so susceptible to atmospheric
conditions as stock gamblers. Many
a stout-hearted one has been known
to postpone the Inauguration Of long
planned coup merely because the air
filled his blood with the dank chill OF
superstition. Because Of the expected
Sugar pyrotechnics, stock exchange
members had gathered early; the
brokers' offices were overcrowded be-
fore ten; the morning papers, not
only in New York but in Boston. Phil
adelphia and other centers, were fill
ed with stories of the big rise that
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-07

lation, 1t Is pointed out in the circular
that the increase in population since
1880 Is barely more than half the in
crease in lumber cut In the same pc
riod. The areas supplying timber
have already reached and passed their
maximum production-the northeast
ern states in 1870 and the lake states
in 1890. Today the southern states,
which cut yellow pine amounting to
one third the total annual lumber cut
Of the country, are undoubtedly near
their maximums. The Pacific states
will soon take the ascendency. The
state of Washington within few
years has come to the front and now
ranks first Of all individual states in
volume of cut.
At present but ne-fifth Of the total
forest area Of the United States is
embraced in national forests. The re-
manning four-fifths have already pass
ed or are most likely to pass into pri-
vate hands. The average age Of the
trees felled for lumber this year Is
not less than $50 years. In other
words II he is to secure a second crop
Of trees of the same size, the lumber
man or private forest owner must
wait, say, at least one hundred years
for the second crop to grow. AS a
rule, such long time investments as
this waiting would involve do not COM
mend themselves to business men who
are accustomed to quick return. But
the states and the nation can look
much further ahead. The larger, then,
the area Of national and state control
over woodlands. the greater Is the
likelihood that the forests Of the coun-
try will be kept permanently produc-
tive.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-05-07

America will not insist upon further
payments. President Roosevelt, Sec
retary Root and other officials Of the
administration believe that the indem-
nifty demanded of China was greater
than was warranted by the conditions.
The amount already paid to the Uni
ted States by China Is regarded as
nearly, IL not quite enough to indem-
Nifty this government for all the ex-
pense It was put to by the Boxer up
rising. These expenses include the
cost Of the expedition sent to China,
and the indemnification Of American
citizens for damages due to the re-
bellion. The president is inclined to
regard further payments as "blood
money" and he does not believe that
America ought to profit financially
from a misfortune of the Chinese en-
pire.
All the expenses of this government
incident to the Boxer revolution
amounted to about s7,000,000 or ss,-
100000. II the full amount awarded
to the United States Is paid, this coun-
try would net about $16.000,000 or
$17,000,000 out of the revolution.
When the amount Of the indemnity
was decided upon It was thought that
an enormous sum in damages would
be demanded by American citizens,
who suffered injuries in person or
property during the uprising. The
claims filed have been comparatively
insignificant, aggregating only about
100000. The sum together with
the cost of the American military ex-
pedition, which has been placed by
experts at about S7000,000 in round
figures, constituted the total expense
of this government In the Boxer re-
bellion.
In the belief of the American OFF,
cials, that Is all which should be ex-
acted from China. 1t Is not unlikely,
therefore that In the near future an
announcement will be made by the
United States that 1t will accept no
more money from China on account
Of the Boxer uprising. An effort is
being made by European powers to
induce the United States to insist up
on full payment, on the ground that
the payment is in the nature of les
son to China, which she ought to
learn to the fullest extent. That, how
ever, is not the present view Of this
government. It is quite likely, there
fore, that as soon as China shall have
paid the exact amount expended by
the United States. she will be notified
that no more money will be received
on account of the Boxer indemnity