Zelaya, José Santos, General, 23. Politics: Probable Democratic Presidential can- Politics: Rebellious Republicanism and Demo- Population changes and religious beliefs, 335. Porto Rico, Governmental reforms for, 279. Post Office: Need for reform in, 13; Postal rates, Prehistoric man restored, 357. Presidency of the United States: One term to Roosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, with Queen Maud of Primaries, Direct, in the United States, 597; Roosevelt, Theodore (bust), 406. Roosevelt, Theodore, in Egypt, 517, 542; at Schiller, von, Johann Friedrich, 231. Prince Rupert, British Columbia, 475. Progress of the World Department, 3, 131, 259, Prosperity here and abroad, 19. Prussia's anti-Polish policy, Result of, 242. Public business, Inefficiency in, 530. Public service commissions, New, 657. Pulaski and Kosciusko, statues of, unveiled in Pulpit, Open-air, of Grace Church, New York, Railroad investment values, Real key to, 340. Railroading, Intensive, 205. Railroads and labor troubles, 19, 400-401. Railway bonds, American, bought by Europe, 660. Rainsford, W. S. Getting together for missions, Record of Current Events, 32, 160, 289, 418, 543, Religious beliefs and population changes, 335. Remington, Frederic, Interpreter of the West, Republican outlook in general, 526. Republican party, Harmonizing the factions in, 259. Review of the year's events and activities, 3-7. Tyler, John, President, 51. Ure, Alexander, 175. Vail, President, of American Telephone Co., 20. Vertrees, John J., 276. Waldo, Rhinelander, 307. 394. Roosevelt, Theodore, leaving Africa, 406; home Rossiter, William S. Population changes and re- Rostand's Chantecler, 481. Rubber securities, Inflation of, 660. Rubber, Ceylon, and Kansas corn, 660. Russia, Financial condition of, 60. Russia, Special problems of, 157. Saunders, William Flewellyn. The waterways Savings banks, postal and others, 371-373. Sex question, Education on, 115. Shaw, William B. The men who are governing Sherman anti-trust law, Business combinations Smoke prevention in cities, 200. Socialist gains in the German election, 92. South Africa, The Dutch and the English lan- South Africa, United States of, 8. Progress and prospects of, 576. Trade with United States, 239. South polar exploration, 151, 277, 746. Spain, greater, The prospects of, 607. Spain's economic revival, 325. Speare, Charles F. Intensive railroading, 205. Standard Oil case before the Supreme Court, 528. Statecraft, Modern, weighed in the balance, 90. 169. Stead, W. T. King Edward in England's time Stead, W. T. Edward VII. of England as man Stead, W. T. Character sketch of King George V. Sumner, William Graham, Yale's greatest eco- Tabb. Father (John Bannister), and his lyrics, Taft and Roosevelt as Presidents, a German view, Taft, President, Annual message to Congress of Tariff and the Republican party, 524. Tariff board. Proposed Congressional appropria- Tariff relations with France, 287; with Ger- many, 156, 287; with Canada, 407-408; 535. Tchaikovski, Acquittal of, in Russia, 415. Telegraphy, Wireless, on moving trains, 354. Telephone and telegraph merger, 20. Theater, Real reform of the, 622. Tobacco Company, American, Case before the Su- Trade balance, Our waning, 401. Travel, ocean, An alleged danger of, 745. Trolley cars without rails, 353. Trusts, and how to manage them, 144. Trusts-Do they make high prices? 343. Tuberculosis campaign in New York State and Turkey, Change of cabinet in, 157. Turkey, The, 106. (The most interesting fact connected with the new King of Belgium is his happy family life. His wife, Elizabeth, is one of the daughters of the late Duke Karl Theodor, of Bavaria, famous all over the continent for his skill as an oculist. She is known as one of the most accomplished royal ladies of Europe. They have two bright boys, Prince Leopold, aged nine; Prince Karl, aged seven, and one daughter, Prince Marie-José, who is just four.) The Past made gains during the past year, it is true that other forms of communication have also made progress, to the obvious benefit of the In the stately procession of the phoning is of earlier date, the use of the wireyears, 1909 has won historical less at sea has recently had such memorable Discovery distinctions which must fix its life-saving demonstrations as to make the date upon many a future page. The new year very important in that field of invenyear, indeed, promises also to make a brave tion, and to justify the announcement last record; but we may well note some things month of the award to Mr. Marconi of a that stand accredited to the vanishing twelve- Nobel Prize. While communication by month. Man's knowledge of his own planet wireless messages and by aerial flight has has made much increase, and his conquest over the forces of nature has advanced with strides. It is not so long ago (1822 and 1823) that Congress was seriously debating the question of appropriating money for an expedition to prove Captain Symmes' theory that the earth was hollow, was inhabited on the inside, and could be entered at the North Pole. Within half a century books have been written to prove that the Garden of Eden was at the "furthest north." For centuries brave navigators and men of science have been pushing toward that coveted and mystic point of mathematical theory where time is not and where all directions are south. Commander Peary's courage and persistence took him to the Pole last April, and the value and meaning of his achievement will but grow clearer as the years advance. It was in the beginning of this past year, also, that Lieutenant Shackleton, of the British Navy, made his discoveries in the Antarctic regions, and approached nearer than any of his predecessors to the South Pole. In many other less striking ways geographical knowledge has made advances during the past year. Communication Very notable has been the year's and dirigibles, dating from the year 1909, WILLIAM MARCONI have taken on a thoroughly practical impor- (Who with Prof. Ferdinand Braun, of Strasburg, is tance. While wireless telegraphing and tele winner of the Nobel Prize for Physics) Copyright, 1909, by THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY |