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S -v Tuesday, January 6, 1903. 10 THE . .. J Jf..."0-iV"'' - ""T THE RECORD OF 1902. A Resume of the Important Events of the Year that has Just Ended. In the year just closed the greatest event was the settlement of the Boer War, followed by the voting of Brit ish millions for the rehabilitation of South Africa; the largest interna tional incident was the work of The Hague tribunal in deciding the "Pious Fund" dispute between the United States and ITexico; the most stupendous financial operation was 3Ir. Morgan's steamship combine, em bracing 141 steamers of 1,100,000 ton nage; the most remarkable condition was the continued increase of Amer ican prosperity in spite of the un paralleled coal strike, which was in itself a breaker of all previous rec ords. v More prominent and spectacular seemed the American invasion of European industries and markets, but in reality the domestic showing of American progress was the most dazzling in the whole history of the world. We must go far back to find ground for a proper contrast. Our national debt reached in 18G5 its maximum of $2,381,530,214.96; at the end of 1902 it had been reduced to almost $900,000,000, the figures for the fiscal year ending July 1, 1902, be ing $931,070,340, a decrease of more than $56,000,000 over the year pre- ceding. All other nations increased their debts during the year; our debt came down more than a million dol lars a week, and that, too, against the largest expenditures of any Gov ernment. During the year the im- , pons mcrcaseu anu uio exports ue ' creased, showing a trade-balance loss of nearly two hundred millions, and yet in spite of that there has been during the past two years an increase of over $1,300,000,000 in deposits in the national banks, while the deposits in savings and State institutions have shown similar growth. Crops, - mining, manufactures and transpor tation interests all reached their highest totals. In the Governments of the world few changes were made. The royal deaths included Marie Henrietta, Queen of the Belgians; King Albert, of Saxony, and the Sultan of Zanzi bar. Edward VII, by the grace of modern surgery, defied superstition and had a coronation. The Marquis of. Salisbury resigned the Premier ship to his nephew, Arthur J. Bal four, who continues the Government which has been nicknamed "Hotel Ce cil'' because so many members of the Cecil family are in its snuggest berths. After peace came to South TRIED TO CONCEAL IT. It's the old story of "murder will out" only in this case there's no crime. A woman feels rundown, has backache or dyspepsia and thinks it's nothing and tries to hide it until she finally breaks down. Don't deceive yourself. Take Electric Bitters at once. It has a reputation for curing Stomach, Liver and Kidney troubles and will revivify your whole system. The worst forms of those maladies will quickly yield to the curative power of Electric Bitters. Only 50c, and guaranteed by all druggists. Africa trouble broke forth anew in Ireland. Russia strengthened its hold on Manchuria and pushed its railroad projects. Germany strug gled with its new tariff and suffered from industrial depression. France continued its movement against the church orders. Japan advanced. China dallied in the payments of its war indemnities, and Minister Wu was recalled from Washington. The peace of Asia ended the year in bet ter shape than was expected. There were the usual insurrections in South America, with Venezuela as a storm centre, and the troubles are still hov ering. In the Unitt d States the Re publicans suffered a few losses in the November elections, but not enough to destroy their majority in the new House of Representatives, which ma jority will be about thirty. Cuba be gan its experience in free govern ment. Marconi's wireless telegraphy, in the popular sense, was the greatest scientific achievement. The flying machine, despite the best Santos-Du-mont and others could do, failed to make a convincing success. Art, mu sic and the drama were all barren of masterpieces. The outpouring of new books was the largest on record, but none of the "best sellers" reached the figures of the previous year. The deaths in art and literature included Emile Zola, Frank R. Stockton, George Alfred Henty, George Doug las Brown, Edward Eggleston, Wil liam Allen Butler, Jean de Bloch, El bridge S. Brooks, Horace E. Scudder, Aubrey de Vere, John Appleton Brown, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Dunn English, Junius Henry Brown, Francis Bret Harte, Amos J. Cum mings, Paul Leicester Ford, Edward Lawrence Godkin, Jean J. Benjamin Constant, Madame Durand ("Henri Greville"), Dr. George H. Hepworth, Mrs. Hector ("Mrs. Alexander"), J. J. Tissot, Mrs. Elizabeth Stoddard, Thomas Nast, the cartoonist, and last but not least, Frank Norris. Old-time ministrelsy went out in the deaths, very close together, of Billy West, Billy Emerson and Neil Bry ant. The death of the year that elicited the most comment, not only because of the man himself but also because of his will and his bequests to edu cation, was that of Cecil John Rhodes. Other deaths included the Marquis of Dufferin, Sir Ellis Ash-mead-Bartlett, Charles L. Tiffany, Rev. Dr. Newman Hall, Bishop J. A. Latane, Henry G. Marquand, John P. Altgeld,- Noah Davis, the Earl of Kimberly, General Wade Hampton, General Elbert L. Viele, J. Sterling Morton, Potter Palmer, Admiral William T. Sampson, Lord Pauncefote, John Henry Barrows, Dean Hoffman, Bishop Whipple, William Lidderdale (formerly Gov ernor of the Bank of England), John W. Mackay, Cardinal Ledochowski, Dr. Charles Kendall Adams, Chief Rabbi Jacob Joseph, Senator James McMillan, Major J. W. Powell, Rear Admirals Jouett and Selfridge, Pro fessor Rudolph Virchow, Judge Hor ace Gray, George Hoadley, John C. Bullitt, Samuel D. Babcock, Herr Krupp, Theodore F. Seward, origi nator of the "Don't Worry" clubs, and Thomas B. Reed. It was a year of magnificent giv ing. Mr. Carnegie continued his generosity. The colleges received more students and more millions than ever before. The most impor tant educational movements were to ward the shortening of the college term and the reopening of the ques tion of co-education. Football flour ished: its fatalities for the year were 13 against 6 in 1901; its seriously injured 85 against 75 in 1901. In general sports the year was more in teresting than notable. Doctor Lorenz toured the country and amazed surgeon and layman alike by his marvelous operations in cases of hip disease. Peary return ed safely from a new attempt to lo cate the Pole. Doctor Loeb made new studies of the origin of life. Many pressing problems were ad vanced but not settled. Among these is the inter-ocean canal. The need of a more elastic currency "has not been met, although generally re cognized. The great subway in New York is stilly under way. The trust question is before Congress. Oklahoma, New Mexico and Arizona are knocking for admission to State hood. The elimination of the color ed vote in the South is coming be fore the courts. The churches have thrived, but they have not ad vanced much toward a union. The Coal Commission is at work on a defi nite program of peace -and arbitra tion which may do more for the bet ter relations of labor and capital than a half-century of legislation has been able to accomplish. Finally, the figure that looms most conspicuously on the horizon for the moment is Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, and the nation that looks largest in the affairs of the world is the United States. Saturday Evening Post. 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