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TKHMS OF SUllSCrtlPTION.
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fhlc.mo Oillco : 3IJ Chamber of Cnmmeies.
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money orders to bo minis payable to the ewer
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lo aoeoiiiiniiiliito every IIIIH-
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INSIST O.V 1IAV1M3 TIII3 I1I3K.
PAKTIUS MAVI > G I.-OH THK S
I'nrlli-H leaving llii- pity for
< 1i < < Hiniiiiicr < * iiit fiiivc Thu
llco Hi-nt to Un-iii ri-KiiInrly
liy iiotUyliiK Tlu lli-c liUMl-
IIONN olllo ; In IIITNIIII or by
mull. 'I'lnnildrcNi irlll liu
< lin n KIM ! us ofti'ii as ilctlrcil.
Tim iK'w Klnoosu coinbinalioii ounlit tc
stick If any trust will.
No doubt exists Unit the people ol
Oiiiiilisi really want a nuw
depot.
Tlu events of tills week will decide
; wlietlier Yale's colors tlmll be inerelj
blue or bluer.
Don't be a dead weight on this coin
niunlly. If you can't pull ahead , ai
least keep even with the procession.
The next best tiling to being present
at the London festivities is to read UK
accounts of them printed in The llco.
It would be a tame tariff debate when ,
the free traders did not spring their old
frce-niw-material gag upon the public.
One redeeming feature about the Al
fretl Austin case Is that In nil hninai
probability he will not he writing verse ,
nt any other diamond jubilee.
Summer limy have been backward
about coming , but it cannot be accusei
of being backward about notifying us
of ItH presence , now that It has arrived
The propos-'d TrausmlssissippI Mid
way bids fair to make good Its title U
deathless fame even against the prloi
claims of that feature of the World' ;
fair.
The current of 1SSS ) conventions I )
decidedly turned this way and a ful
Howl of thi'.se events may conlldenlly hi
expected to roll in upou Omaha in dm
time.
The olllclal program for the dlamoni
Jubilee extends over only a week , bu
the jubilee hysteria will take twice tlia
period to become harmle.ss and evauos
cent.
The Japanese minister \Vashiugtoi
must at least be credited with looking
after .Iapiueso : Interests In Amerlci
with u praiseworthy and Avntuhfu
Tlie Fourth of July still serves verj
well as a healthful outlet for Amerlcai
loyally and patriotism. The Unllei
Status will never care for u iiiieeu'i
Jubilee ,
In their fight the creamery men Keen
to luivo the better of tin ; butterlne nianii
factnrers BO far , notwithstanding ih
commonly prevailing notion that butter
Ino Is stronger than butter.
Thu powerw are apparently negotlatlni
n settlement between Turkey and lirew
on the old principle of charging the van
< pilshiil the greatest possible indemnlt ;
man Unit the trallle will bear.
In the course of a Jubilee eulogy late ! ;
delivered the speaker declared that on
of the first lessons taught In England i
that of independence. Everybody know
who Imparted Instruction In that lln
iMinelhlng over I'M years ago.
Council Hluffs Is entirely at one will
Omaha In all matters pertaining to th
Tniimmlshlssliipl Exposition and th
Jienrly cu-operatlon of our Iowa neljd
will bo uf Incalculable aid to th
of Ihu great ciitorpilsc.
Tliw now ( Jlilf railroad will bu la openi
fl'/n ttilA week over a continuous lln
twin KIIIIWIM ( illy to Tort Arthur wit
nil Mm witillijTii KII | H rompleted. Th
ruHtia in dl f lli nuw n > l "ii" l ' " '
tcil \ run Into ( imiihii before the sun
M-r M cinlMl. II In in l i ln'l"1' ' ! Hifl
( < , rf-fH/.iiM , In IhU Ulruutluii will b
.Yo tn.rixn.-K rrw.v voLtrv YRT.
Sensntlonnl roiwrts Imvp come from
Washington recently to the effect that
thr > niJniinlstrntlon had settled upon n
policy In regard to Cuba nnd that the
now minister to Spain would he clmrgcd
with making certain definite proposals
to the Spanish government looking to a
speedy settlement of the ( Milinn conlllet.
Trustworthy advices , however , say that
there Is nothing In these reports , that
while the president has been giving this
subject earnest nud caieful consider
ation , he hns not yet formulated any
distinct policy respecting ( 'vili ) ; or the
suggest Ions or demnnds which will be
iiiiule with n view to ending the war In
that Island. The only matter as to
which .1 decision has boon reached ap
pears to be that of demanding repa
ration for the death of Dr. Kulz , It be
ing understood that .Minister Woodford
will bo Instructed to press the claim
for ample Indemnity to the family of
llulon the ground of his unjust In
carceration. It has been stated that the
Spanish government Is prepared to pay
an Indemnity of $10,000 If the United
States made no formal demand , but as
110 such proposal has been made by the
Spanish government the statement wna
probably the Invention of the news
paper eonespondeiit who sent It. The
Ilnl/ case seems to make an absolutely
valid claim for reparation , hut it will
be extraordinary If the Spanish govern
ment shall concede it without a pro
longed diplomatic controversy.
Minister Woodford will probably re
ceive his final Instructions during the
pteseiit week and will depart at once
for Madrid. It Is to bo presumed that
he will be authorized to submit to the
Spanish government some proposition
relative to Cuban affairs , but It is hardly
probable that there will be anything
presented In the nature of an ultu-
matnm , as reports from Washington
have stated , it Is not to be doubted
that the administration is very anxious
o do something for the pacillcatlon of
'uba , but there has been nothing to In-
licate that the president contemplates
my radical change of policy In respect
to this matter , at least fur the present.
It is quite possible , however , that the
Cuban situation may assume a new and
ilghly Interesting phase within the next
sixty days.
tMi'ituvi : nn : T/M/.V
With this revival of business and the
noticeable improvement of both passen
ger and freight trallle on the railroads
it should soon become incumbent on
this managers of the railroads serving
Omaha and Nebraska to revise their
ichednles. of train service in the dtiec-
tion of more liberal accommodation of
the public. No one asks or expects an
immediate return to the prodigality and
extravagance that characterized the
boom times when special trains were
run In and out of. empty townsltcs and
freight hauled often at an absolute pe
cuniary loss. 15ut since the financial
depression beginning in 1S ! > I5 western
roads have been steadily cutting out
trains that they thought could be spared
temporarily and reducing service to the
minimum consistent with the acceptance
of all business offered. For some time
they have been operated at the low
water mark so far as the number and
character of trains are concerned ,
greatly to the inconvenience if not detri
ment of their patrons.
I'hi ! time seems to be approaching
when it cannot be considered any
thing unreasonable for our people
to demand of the railroads a
gradual expansion of accommoda
tions for travel and transportation
in Nebraska and surroundng states.
This Is no more than natural when It
Is taken Into consideration that thu
movement for Improved train service is
making headway in other parts of the
west. Kansas City , for example , Is just
rejoicing in thu success of its efforts
to secure more direct and effective mall
connections east and west by the addi
tion of two now special mail trains tu
be put on by the Santa Fts July 1 , from
which great advantages are expected to
all cities and towns along the route.
Kansas City boasts that the recent re
vision of the Missouri Pacific train
schedule In its favor was the result ol
the activity of its business men and an
nounces still further impri-vemeiitK likely
to lu > made In the near future th.it will
put It lu better condition to compete
with other commercial centers on eiiual
foot ing.
It' tlie railroads centering In Kansas
Uity can be Induced to make change *
and additions lu the public interest tlicri
is no good reason why , upon proper rep
resentntloii from shippers and patrons
the different railroads centering In
Omaha should not bo persuaded to make
similar concessions. The prompt anil
expeditious delivery of the malls ami
the opportunities for country merchant *
and buyers to make quick trips to tin
city without unnecessary waste of tinu
are all-important factors In building 111
the business of a community , A Unit
energetic work along this line ought
to bring valuable results.
T.IXMM AIIKN
A remarkable law will go Into efrpcl
In I'eniisylvaula on July 1. It provldu.-
for levying a tax of three cents a dnj
upon every alien male employed In tin
state , employers being required to de
duct from thu pay of such labjrms tin
amount of the tax and turn It over t <
the county tieasnrers. All employer.-
hiring aliens must make quarterly re
ports to thu county commissioners , fail
nro to do which Is punishable by heav.\
lines. The Philadelphia Amerlcai
thinks this law wisn and neci'ssary
rendered so by the large numluis o
aliens who have crowded the mine :
and workshops of Pennsylvania to tin
exclusion of American workmen. 1
suggests that ono effect of thu law wll
bu to enhance the valuu of cltl/.t-iislil ;
In thu eytv ; of all newcomers and un
doubtedly In this respect Its op'ratloi
will be good , slnco It is cert'ilnly du
lrahlu Unit all who com. ) to this countr ;
from foreign lands to live and laho
shall become citizens. lint Is such le
Islatlon In accurd with republican prln
clplesV Is It consistent with our pul'tl
cal system uud with the spirit und pur
i
pose of free Institutions ? Wo nppivhoud
that It would hf r.ithrr dllhVult to Justify
It by these tests. Of course nil thu alien
has to do lu order f < > avoid the tax lit
to declare his Intention to become n citi
zen , but do we want citizens by com
pulsion ? There is a good denl to be said
In erltlclMii of tliLs Pennsylvania law.
Secretary Sherman 1ms been placed In
a rather awkward position by his action
favorable to Hawaiian annexation , In
view of his past record and utterances
In regard to territorial acquisition by
the Knlted States. While In congress
Mr. Sherman was an earnest and stead
fast opponent of all schemes of terrl-
orlal acquisition , Hawaiian annexation
Deluded , nud In his book , published
> nly about two years ago , he avows In
inmlstakable terms his opposition to
errltorlal aggrandizement , giving cogent
easons for this position. This well
cnown attitude of Mr. Sherman was ae-
epted by those opposed to the nnncxa-
Ion of the Hawaiian islands as nn as-
Kiiranco that his InllUence In the admln-
stratlon would be exerted to defeat the
scheme and believing that his counsel
voiild have controlling weight with the
U'osldont In this matter the nntl-aiinexa-
lonists felt that there was no danger of
he advocates and plotters of annexation
vlnulng over the administration to their
cause. It was a very great .surprise nnd
i deep disappointment , therefore , when
this coulhlonee In Secretary Sherman
was rudely shattered by the announce-
nent that he had negotiated a treaty
for annexing Hawaii.
Mr. Sherman has learned of this feei
ng and has attempted to justify his
change of position , a rent deference Is
luo to the opinions and the judgment
) f this distinguished statesman , but
the reasons he offers for now favoring
the acquisition of Hawaiian territory
ire far from being convincing. He
gives as the principal one the relation
letween Japan and Hawaii , saying that
the treaty between the two countries
s most favorable to Japan. AVhat bual-
less is it of the United States if the
Hawaiian government lias ihado a
treaty witli Japan that particularly
avers the latter country ? Hawaii Is an
ndependent republic and may do us it
pleases if. establishing treaty relations
with other countries. If the Hawaiian
government is dissa1islled witli this
treaty there is undoubtedly a way pro
vided to abrogate it. but Secretary Slier-
man proposes that this shall be done by
umexlug Hawaii to the United States.
He Is quoted as saying : ' . 'The annex-
ition treaty which I have signed be
tween the United States nnd the Islands
ibrogates this Japanese treaty and
makes it necessary for Japan to make
further arrangements with us. " If this
fs so wo are inviting a con tile t with
Tapan which we would Had it extremely
dltllcult to justify and in which Japan
would probably have the sympathy of
the world. Undoubtedly that country
will insist , and rightfully so , upon th.1
recognition of her treaty rights. Are we
prepared to reject such n demand at
this risk not only of a war with Ja.Mnu ,
lint also of losing the respect and con
fidence of the world ? Secretary Sher
man says that present conditions aiv
such that the annexation oC the Ha
waiian islands must be regarded as a
necessity. "Not only from a diplomatic
point of view , but from the standpoint
of common sense and patriotism. "
Neither he nor the president , In their
eomiminien'tioiis to congress , have
shown that there is any such necessity ,
nor can it be shown. The professed ap
prehension Unit if this country iloi\s nor
annex the islands Japan or some other
maritime country will is utterly base
less. No ICuropi-an power has Indicated
a desire to possess these Islands and it
is needless to say that Japan would not
attempt to take them against the will of
the United State ? , because that country
knows perfectly well that such an at
tempt would be faille.
The truth is that the Hawaiian
islands are as secure now against for
eign aggression as they have been at
any time during the hist lifty years and
they will continue to be so long as the
United States says that no foreign power
shall interfere with those Islands.
With the every-day citizen of Omaha
the question of police reorganization Ls a
plain business proposition. Ho has been
paying taxes for police protection and
not getting more than half his money's
worth. Ho does not care particularly
how many uniformed policemen walk up
and down the streets or wliaf their creed
or politics. What ho wants Is the main
tenance of law and order and the secur
ity of life and property. Ho wants the
police force directed by a competent
chief who has had experience , not only
In handling criminals , but also In en
forcing discipline over a body of men.
Ho wants u.dilef who has had experi
ence , not with one class of criminals
only , but with all classes of criminals.
He wants finally a chief who will at
tend to police business and leave politics
to the politicians. Tills is business pure
and simple.
The proposed dissolution of the min
ing stock exchange Unit was started In
Chicago at the height of the recent gold
excitement In Colorado alllrms the
speculative character of the mining
stock boom out of which it grow.
Making money out of the operation of
paying mini's and making money on
tlie turn of worthless mining slocks thai
represent nothing but shares in experi
mental holes In Ihu ground are two dif
ferent things. There Is probably more
actual gold mining lu Colorado now
than at any time In Us previous his
lory , but the ardor to get rich off of
mining stock speculation has cooled off
to such an extent that them l.s not
enough of this kind of business In this
part of the country to pay thu expenses
of a respectable mining stock exchange.
When people talk about the necessity
of returning to thu goud olil-fnsliloneil
obxorvaneu ofthe , Fourth of July to in
still true patriotism In the present gen
eration they are talking pure tommy-
rot. Wo could no moio return to Uie. old-
obsuivnuco of the Fuurth o ;
July If we want ml to thnn we could re
duce the nnl ij o the thirteen original
colonies. AVe might as well nsk people
to travel horsplmck of yore and
eschew railway trains ns n mark of
patriotism. TJi ; good modern observ
ance of the Fourth of .Inly Is "I'on ' us
and we can put "all the patriotism wo
can muster npAo | { that without Incon
venience.
lown state iusMutlons Seoul to bo en
joying n pecii'jluv , streak of bad luck , the
burning of Urnlibrary , of the state uni
versity seemingly marking Its culmina
tion. The loss of the building can be
made good , but the loss of many of the
books must be Irreparable for the reiiMin
that nn money can replace them. All
the great Institutions of higher educa
tion , however , are being provided With
new modern library equipment , and wo
may therefore expect to see the Uni
versity of Iowa replace its burned build
ing with a magnificent new library fully
equal to the demands of Its students and
touching force.
The comity board of Huffalo county
has refused to honor the roqulslllon of
the county agricultural society for n
special tax levy for Its benefit and thus
precipitated the question whether or not
under the statute this tax levy Is man
datory when prescribed conditions are
fulfilled. If as seems probable tlie courts
are called on to give nil authoritative
Interpretation of the law , it will clear
the atmosphere on this matter which
has been the source of contention In so
many counties In the state.
The delay of the charter decision
should not be permitted to delay the
preliminary proceedings for repaying
timl other street improvements. Thu
petitions now out should be completed
without Interruption , so that the author
ities may be In position to act so soon
as they are enabled to sell the Improve
ment bonds already voted and let the
contracts in time to have tlu work fin
ished during the present season.
There Is no necessity to bandy words
with ex-Queen Lil on the annexation
treaty. The United States cannot recog
nize that the ox-queen has any sovereign
rights In the affair nnd there are sutli-
cleat good reasons why the proposed an
nexation should be rejected without ref
erence to tlie st'atus of ox.Quecn Lll oi
lier friends anil supporters.
Members of congress often change
their minds upon important pending
measures after having had : in oppor
tunity to go hoiiio and consult with
their constituents. Perhaps postponing
the conslderatlon"of the Hawaiian an
nexation treajy over tlie extra session
recess may have'some such effect on
some of our ij jaors.
A Mode < "f Hcliillnlloii.
. " Detroit'Free 1'reiH.
The tone oC.Ltlluo'ijalanrs protest Indicates
that the ex-queen .la'convinced ' that the time
has arrived for the gamhvich islands to send
missionaries ttf'trfis Unjtod States.
Glulie-Democnit.
The sound money democrats of Michigan
cast. GS7 ! ) votes for Palmer last year nnil
30729 votes for their utate ticket in April.
Kentucky's old-fashioned democrats expect to
do oven better in November.
.IiiNl iin It Should He.
lioston Globe.
It seems to be clearly established by Judge
Hradley's decisions in the case of corre
spondents Shrlver nnd Edwards that news
paper men arc not to be punished in court
for refusal to betray confidence and trust.
This is emphatically ns it should be.
ClileiiKrii'M Marvelous Illvcr.
Chicago Chronicle ,
Probably there is no other city In the
world but Chicago where a railroad bridge
over a river would be uo imperfectly guarded
that a train could run Into the open draw
and fall In the river. Perhaps , too , this is
the only river not sufficiently liquid to en
gulf tlio passengers in a watery grave.
Protection for Cotton.
NPVT Orleans Times-Democrat.
The 20 per cent cotton duty represents the
difference between the wages paid American
and fellaheen labor , and one of thu first
principles In every democratic tariff utter
ance has been against degradation of Amer
ican labor nnd the reduction of American
wages to the standard of slavery or semi-
slavery.
CoiK'iTiil "K ItrlllllnUoii.
IMillailt'lplilu IXNlger.
Tlie United States can take an effective
hand in the game of retaliation If other
nations insist on playing it. That scema to
bu the puiport of Secrctnry Wilson's utter
ances on the subject of the discrimination
by several foreign nations against American
food products. Wovrnt foreign markets ,
but wo can do without them. Foreign na-
tlonn want our markets nnd they cannot
do without tl'.era at least , not without far
moro Inconvenience than will lie compen-
aitrd by any advantage they can gain by
discriminating against us. Wu can stand
retaliation rather longer than they can.
I.01V Itllll'N Mil (111- I,1UN. .
Kprlnsfli'lil Ilrpulillcnn.
Freight rntfH nn the great lakes have
reached the lowest point ever known. The
charge for transporting a bushel of wheat
from ntituth to I few York nnd loading It
upon a Rtcamer at the latter port la now
about 0 cents , 9 ? Hardly one-half of the rate
pcvallliiK : a fi'V 'years ago. The seuison
rate for ore fr/im the head of the lakfw to
Lake Rrlo jjortif'fA ht > w only Gi cents , against
$1.03 biEt ycnf. A 'chief cause nt the de
cline Is the cir'fpph'tag ' of the channels and
ivje of lilr > i 'uT'laVger tonnage than was
possible formc'r'Ty'.j ' ' Vcsoela of 5,000 tonn
are now becoming ctjmmou , where previously
u 2,000 ton ship wca rarely seen.
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COI.OHnfi , \vn.i < in : Tiirciirc.
Cimtriinlril Htntir .Movliin for an ISx-
hllill ' ' Hl" l < loii ,
Of course CphsWlp cbdUld bo well repre-
iiantcil 3t tlia Trunsn-.l5.-iefiippl ! Exposition
to bu held In flmalia next yt-ir. About till-1
there can Lu ; IQ micellon In the mind of
any Intelligent/UmzVn of thin Hate.
It Li well tiMpn hir thu r.iatu-r now , al
though there would eecm to be ample time
Inhlch to prepare a proper exhibit. The
exhibit fchould consist of a complete repre
sentation of the projucts anil Industries of
the stale. There fhoulrl lo no aim to give
undue pron'lne.ncti to any ono linluKry. It
thould iBllur be the object to ehpw how
c mplelc Coloi.'do la In itself and consequently
quently hew little dcpuiclent upon other
imrui of the union.
C > Inrado should easily take the lead ol
all other ttateu if the variety of Its re
sources were alone considered. Ita Indus
trial development is not us great aa many
other me-nbers of the unlou , but one objeci
of tha exhibit would be to ahow llio Indus-
trlel oppc'i'tunltlia existing here and the
openings for the investment ff capital. It
1 1 hop d that the ftnte ea a whole and ever }
community in It will recognize the Im-
iviftance of making a proper thowlug a ;
Omaha when the expedition U opened. In
'U-drr ' that tlila may bo done the work ol
preparation should not be Uo long dr-
\\s.\s STOCK vvuns t , v\v.
StntiiN of Suit In 1'ri-voiil I'liCoriTMiciit
of Alnvliiiitin Unto * .
Knnjuis flty .tournnl.
The taking of testimony in tlio stock
yards CASO having been completed , It Is
now possible to follow the llnrs of con
tention in the suit with tome degree of nc-
curncy and Intelligence. At the stait ort It
nay be said that thn litigation Involves
legal points that have not yet been paused
upon by the cOurtR , at least to the rxtent
of covering the precise conditions presented
here. The contention of the utock varito
company Is that It Is entitled to earn fair
Interest upon the amount of Its outstanding
stock nnd the present value of the property
logardlofs of how that stock may have been
In.rard or how much actual money went into
the Invratmcnt. The right of the state In
io back of conditions ta they existed nt
Iho time the legislature issumcd control of
the stock yards buslncM nnd made the In
stitution a quasi-public ono lu disputed. It
has been the effort of the company to show
that its plant , good will and business Is
worth today even moro thnn the amount of
outstanding Mock , nnd the court will be
asked to decree that Interest may bo earned
upon thla value independent of the manner
lu which It may have been created.
Krom the company's standpoint , It In of
no two for the state to show that much of
the ouu-tanding stock was issued in the
form of gifts and pioflt dividend. ' . Kvcn
If all the stock had been Issued lu such
a manner it could not be asnalled su long
aa legal form had been observed. The glfta
were necessary to the development of the
company's buslne- . ' , 11 maintains , and there
fore they represent an nctual Investment
now standing lu what might be called the
good will of the enterprise. In short. It In
the contention of the coinpiuy that In inicli
n suit ns this the Mate cannot go back of
the present property values , tangible and
Intangible , nnd the .stocks that have been
Issued as their representative.
On the other hand , the state la renting
upon Its ability to show that the great values
claimed by the stock yarda company nnd
the stocks outstanding are fictitious , 'n the
sense that tlu-y were created nnd ufe main
tained by the exorbitant charges which
the company has been privilege ! to oxaci ,
nnd that they neither represent n llgltlmato
investment nor are entitled to be considered
in figuring what reasonable returns might
be. If tluiie Intangible values , cre.itO'l by
exorbitant charges , are to be considered In
( Htlmatlng the Interest-earning limit cf the
plant , says the state , then It la obvious that
it forms an endless chain that can ncvc" be
broken by law. While it is admitted that
the stock of the company Is worth In the
market its full par value. It is claimed that
this value is maintained by the Immoderate
charges nnd la not due to the value and
good will uf the plant as an ordinary busi
ness enterprise.
AVe have said that this case presents
sevcr.il points that hav never been passed
upon by higher courts. While this Is true
H Is also true that some of the most Im
portant is.'Mifs Involved have been parsed
upon very recently. Along the contention
that no Inquiry can be made into the man
ner In which n stockholder secured ho !
stock , Associate Justice Urewer said In
the now famous Nebraska railroad caw :
"In condemnation proceedings no inquiry
Is permitted as to how the owncra have
acquired the property , provided only that
It be legally held by them. If a farm be
longs to an individual , nnd the public seeks
to take It , it must pay Its value , and is
not permitted to diminish the price by prov
ing the owner acquired the mean , ' } of pur
chase by immoral or disreputable practices.
He may have made his fortune dealing. In
fllavcy , na n lobbyist , or In any other way
obnoxicus to public weal , but If he has ac
quired n legal tltlo to the property he is
protected In its poaseaMon , and cannot be
disturbed until the receipt of its actual
cash value. No Inquiry is open ae to
whether the owner has received gifts from
state or individuals , or whether he has , as
owner , managed the property well or 111 ,
or so as to acquire , a large fortune there
from. It Is enough that he owns the prop
erty Ins the legal title : and , so owning ,
he must be paid the nctual value of that
property. * * * The value of property cannot
be destroyed by legislation depriving the
owner of adequate compensation. "
if Justice Brewer bus enunciated a rule of
law that will stand , It would seem that every
stockholder In the stock yards company is
entitled to Interest upon the face of hlfl
stock , regardless of whether it was Issued as
a gift or in the form of profit dividends.
In the United States circuit court of ap
peals , silting in New York , a decision waa
last week handed down that seems to bear
out the contention of the stock yards people
that they have a right to estimate the good
will or intangible quality of their property
In determining Its value. The court held
that such a value is susceptible of proof and
that It may at Units exceed the value of the
real property many times over. In this con
nection It Is the contention of the state that
cutting down rates I\KS not Impair the good
will ot the stock yards. It will in no man
ner decrease Its business or Injure it In the
estimation of its patrons , though it is con
sented that It will decrease its profits.
Thus , hurriedly , are sketched the main
features of a rase that Is certain to go to
the supreme court of the United States. It
Is Important as Involving the relative rights
of the people and corporations nnd bids fair
to determine much more clearly than has
over been done before the length to which
a legislature may go In controlling corporate
Institutions. _
KM lM2ItltI\S AS TIIUTII TKM.RIt.
lie FliulN tlu > Country OnoiAllllrOcl
liy Drouthov a ( Jnrili-ii of liili-n.
Under date of Orleans , Neb. . Juno 12 , Kll
Perkins writes as follows to the Now York
Sun :
*
"Tho east can prepare to rejoice. You
would rejolco now If you could see the won
derful crop of corn and grain which Is now
waving over a drouth legion which has missed
'
crops for two or three years.
"Copious rains have como all < over the far
west , from San Antonio up through the
Texas I'anhandlo and on through Kansas
and Nebraska to Dakota. Western Nebraska
and Kansas are soaked with water clear up
to tlm Colorado border and the people are
wild with joy.
"I have passed over this entire country.
They liavo already harvested 30,000,000
bushels of wheat In western Texas , and now
tlio reapers lu southern and western Kansas
nro running in wheat fields loaded with grain.
Kverywhoro , wheat , corn , oats nnd rye could
not look better. Good tlmrfl are corning
from the west to help McKinley In the east.
"For threa years western Kansas and Ne-
braaVa have lost their crops. Nebraska Blood
the drouth from Colorado to Lincoln for two
years , and then parted with her hogs and
cattle. Last year the had superb corn
again , but no hogs or cattle to feed It to.
Mllt of corn bins line the railroads. Corn
Irs uelllng for 12 cents a bushel and not a
hog In sight. Last year's crop la still In the
blna. They are walling for the pigs to grow.
Hy fall pigs will be here and then two crops
of corn will bo turned Into pork.
"The railroads which will profit by this
wondeiful crop are George Gould's Missouri
1'anifle , the Chicago , Burlington & Qulncy ,
Santa l''e , Hock Island and Union Pacific.
The St. Paul and Northwestern are tfluut
roads , and their crops In Dakota and Minnesota
seta look fine.
"Nabraska Is doubling her acreage of brel
and chicory. There Is ono chicory farm at
O'Neill , Neb. , covering 2,500 acres. The old
McKlnley bill put 2 cents a pound duty on
manufactured chicory and lot raw chicory
come In free. Th ! policy brought twenty-
Hoven { hirory factories from Kranco and
Belgium to America. The Wilson bill took
df that tnrilf aud the twenty-seven JIcKlnley
chicory factories closed down and our money
went to Kuropu for chicory again. The new
UliiKley bill puts 2V4 cents on the manufac
tured chicory , 1 cent on raw. ThU tariff
will bring back the factories again , and
chicory will take the place of much wheat
land In thta country.
"Tho free silver craze In Kansas and Ne-
bn .ka la wearing out. They all say that
Cleveland hard times , the stopping of fac
tories In thu east and bad crops In the went ,
drove them to ullvcrlsm. When they were
drowning they caught hold of anything.
"Tho prosperity which the big cropa will
bring to the wt will make the railroad * pay
dividends , net the iO.OOO Idle railroad men
west rf Iho Mississippi ti > work , make the
farmer rich and happy , nnd kill Ilryan'a
sllverlsm as prosperity once killed Weaver's
craze. "
ELI PEUKI.NS.
AXM'.X.VTIOX OOM.MUXT.
Buffalo Commercial ( rep. ) : The allrpeil
thrpntenlnfj attitude of Japmi Imrdly gccmii
sufftolMitvnmnt for making Hawaiian u-
npxatlon an exception to the wholesome rule-
laid down so explicitly by Secretary Sherman
Ites than two > enr.i ago. There fire unques
tionably other rrofotid for this radical clungc
of policy nud these reasons should bo frankly
nt.id ( tor pfbllc Information , uid enlighten
ment , lu-foro final judgment IB passed on
this Important question.
New York Commercial Advertiser ( rep. ) :
The United States does not want the Ha
waiian archipelago. There Is no place for It In
our federal system. There Is un loom for
It under our flag. lt population Is of the
most umlrslrnhta diararter. with Us Ion * < if
ihouKimta of Asiatic cool Irs , Its degraded
native elements and Its sprinkling ot cosmo
politan advetiturorn from every qiurtcr of
thn globe. Wo have quite enough olijectton-
ablu prnpltunil r our Inslitutlons now. with
out a-ldlng to thrlr muiihrr nnd onddllng
ourselves with another race problem.
Springfield ( Mns > s. ) Republican ( hid. ) : The
piTililput's Hawaiian iro.ity Is n painful
blunder. When the patient Is 111 with a
large aud staggering numher of diseases
does the experienced nnd wise physic-Inn seek
to encumber Mm with still another malady ?
Are wf > not si.niclcutly n 111 let oil already with
the tuberculosis of hard times , Iho nervous
prostration of n disordered money system ,
and the Bleep-killing bedlam nf civil unr In
neighboring Cuba to be spared at tills time
the Introduction Into our system of a wrig
gling mass of ail.000 Kanakas , 2l,000 ! Japanese
nud about 20,000 Chlurnc , who form the bulk
of the heathen population of the Hawaiian
Islands'
Philadelphia Ledger ( rrp. ) : With respect
to annexation , constituting , aa It dopy , a de
parture from our national policy. Invincible
rcasona cliould bo assigned before wo decide
to erect a new territory , nnd eventually n
new state , in a group of Islnndsi 2,000 nillra
away. The posieFslon of such territory will
Impovo upon the government new duties
and new and grave responsibilities ; nnd
whatever may be the boi.i IH to be con
ferred upon Hawaii by becoming mi Inte
gral part of thi > union , the effect of
the relation upon the United States Is the
crulelal question for Us to decide. The
only safe way to consider this matter Is
from the viewpoint of American Interests ,
American safety and American destiny.
In acquiring additional territory for the
icpublle the possibility of the fuuire state
hood ot this territory must not be Ignored.
Adopting the statement of Senator White of
Callfoinla nt > correct , there ave about S.OOO
Americans in Hawaii out ot a total popula
tion cf Hit,000. : The population of the
1'lnnd la of a motley character. The CM-
nese (15,000) ( ) nnd the Japanese (13,000) ( ) nearly
equal the native population , and how the
gicat Issues of thesulTiage and civil rights
are to be finally fettled In such a com
munity so as to bring them Into something
like harmony with the > civil nnd political
institution-i of the American stutca Is a
problem which lu certain to test the abllllj'
of the profuumlest stati'inuir.hlp.
I > KltSO.\AI < AM ) OTIIItltWIStS.
If Barney Hnrnato'a death was due to worry
over his millions. It goes to prove anew that
one can get too much of n good thing.
The eight islands comprising the Hawaiian
group have an area of 7,000 square miles , a
population of 109,020 , a debt of $4,000,000
and the largest leper colony In the world.
There is something moro than mere co
incidence in the fact that the summer so
ciety exodus sets In at about the time when
the Cherry sistery are reported to lie
headed thlu way.
A grave objection to the annexation of
Hawaii is overlooked by opponents of the
treaty. It Is the one-string Kanaka fiddle.
This country has uu overproduction of one-
string Instruments.
Forty-live years ago thlfl spring Joseph
H. Choito was the salutatorian of his class
In Harvard , and hla son , Joseph II. Clioate ,
jr. , Is to be the cla.Ts poet In the same In
stitution on Juno 30.
Moees Fielding , nn Indian , who died In
Norwich , Conn. , recently , was a direct lineal
descendant of Chief Uncas of the Mohegan
tribe of Indians. Only three members of
this tribe now survive.
One branch of the Pennsylvania legislature
haa bijfii persuaded that it Is bad business
for municipalities to compete with existing
frnnchLsed cciporntions , and has passed a
bill compelling cities to purchase existing
electric light plants before erecting substi
tute plants of their own.
P. M. Arthur , chief ot the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers , who has been mak
ing a tour through the west , oays : "The
entire veU has the appearance of pros
perity. Much depends on the crops that
now promise so well. I hope the producers
may realize much from what they now seem
to have assured. There Is a growing con
fidence in the coming of better times , and
the people appear to bo willing to allow ma-
tera to work out In their natural way. It
takes time to recover from reverses. I take It
the whole west Is recovering , and I am .sure
the condition of the country is growing bet
ter in a healthy way. "
SH5XS OK IMI'KOVHMKXT.
Dr. 1)111111 ilVH ; IllH lllllllTNNloIlM < > (
I'r < > Hiiit ComlltloiiN.
( New York Sun. )
The indications of Improving business
conditions begin to bo recognized by the
most conservative observers as unmistak
able and they nro appearing In all parts of
the country simultaneously.
The more hopeful outlook Is practically
demonstrated in the more confident lone of
Wall street speculation. The Influences pro
ducing bear or bull markets there may seem
to be capricious nnd ephemeral at the mo
ment , but in the long run they nro indica
tive of business conditions actually pre
vailing. The stock market does not rise
steadily from a low level or descend stead
ily from u high to a low level , unleRs there
Is In such condltlona a KUfllcieul reason for
the change.
Simply from a study of the variations of
prices at the stock exchange the general
tendency of trade and Industry , whether
toward prosperity or downward to adversity ,
can bo pretty accurately measured for con-
sldcrablo periods of time in the past. Prices
are determined by something moro than the
howling and the bustling on the floor of
the stock hoard. The brokers are only
puppets moved about by forces operating
over a wide field , and reaching every de
partment of business and Industry ,
Governor Flower and other cool and com
petent observers who have travelled ro-
cuntly over the union have discovered evi
dences satisfying them that Improvement
has begun everywhere , slowly but actually.
The Increasing confldcneo In a speedy set
tlement of thu tariff question , not merely
for this congress , but also probably for a
long time to come. Is giving a spur to busl-
nrsf ) . which needs the hauls of such n set
tlement on which to build substantially.
Moreover , wo have now an administra
tion which depends for its justification on
substantial prosperity for the country. For
four years up to the 4th of last March
thu whole spirit and tone of the whltu
house was bearish. Everlhlng was wrong
with the republic , according to the Cleveland -
land administration , because the people
resented llx depressing influence. It was a
riund weight upon the country. That weight
having been removed , there begins to bo an
plastic upsprlnglng of every Industry which
promises to become a bound In due time.
Royal make * the food pure ,
wholesome and delicious ,
Absolutely Pure
KINO K > DIH CO. , MEW YORK.
TIIH VOST.V1. CO.NOIIKSS.
nf tlic .Mt < * * lon ronirrviitlrct
nnil 1 iiui or tn n I.
riilliilrlrhlH Ilfeonl.
The results nccompltahrd by the t'nlvcr-al
Postal congnm , the final session of which
on Tuisdnj last was devoted to the foinifll
adoption of the revised general treaty that
will govern the management of the 1'nlvcrs.nl
Postal union , were Important , though no
radical Innovations were adopted liy ( he d > Ir-
gates. Tinrntry of Korea Into the Poainl
union can scarcely bo regaidcd ns a inometi-
toua event ; but it we a step In Uie dl re
tlon of the rompirtlon of the "world j osi '
nystem. The Chinese empire hn\lug > 1o
dared Its purpose to observe the regulations
of the union n soon as the org.inuatl n ft
Its service shall permit , and the Or.ingp Frrr
state having expressed the hope that It will
soon be able to come In , the prospwiB seem
favorable for tlm early rrnliznttuu of H pos
tal fiystcm which shall be universal In the
literal souse of the \\ord ,
A materl.ll reduction of the Interim diary
traiiHlt ratis for postal matter charged by
countries like Belgium , over whose lines a
large proportion of the mulls between run
tlncutnl Kurope and Hi eat Britain amimor -
Ica are carried ; the decrease from 10 MMI'O
to 4 rents of the penally colleellldo fur un
prepaid postal cards , and the Inclusion of
typewritten elrculais when sent In quan- \
Urn of twenty or more In the same rlrns with ,
printed circulars thise are the changes
made In the regulations which me ot gen
eral Intel est. The proposal to adopt a unl
vewal International postige stamp WISH rrlo
gated to n future eongntui , although the proj
ect to secure uniformity nf color In the
stomps used In the International mails seems
to be In line with that proposal. While the
changes made In the general postal trraly
wcro coiMervalive enough , they mark prog
ress. The Postal congress Hc-oni" ! to have
flelecte-d tor Its rule of action the motto :
"Without haste , but without rest. "
OltSUIIVATIOVS.
I'uelc : Hneou Kneli ynltuon. It Ii inM. pro
duces about IO.MHt.wO oggs.
Kgliert And they don't cadilo nKmt It ,
either.
riueliinntl C'ommorrlul : Ixivo ! a Imllurl-
nut Ion which makes otherwise fane men be-
lli'Villiit they i-au set up InniM-Uretlng on
11 gas stove nud n cnnary bird.
HrocUlyn I.lfo : The Komi MotherHvery -
boily pays lie \ ? mieli n pii-tly lialiy ! I nm
nun tinsioct xvnn rlnht when he said that
"heaven lies uliout UM In our Infancy. "
The t'uolp ( unfoollngly--But hiHhouM
have added , "So does everybody else. "
Tndlnunpolls Jourun ! : "Kvor notice , " nski" !
the hoarder who think * he Is Bnri'iistio , ' 'wlmt
n chilly reerptlon : i man gels when he walks
In on a pair of lovei-H ? "
"It serins to HIP , " Kiild the Cheerful Mint ,
"Dipt It would lip bettor form for him to
walk in on n pair of feet. "
Chicago Post : "You PPPUI lo havetnkcn
quite a fancy to Miss Uarues. "
"Yes. She's a very strong girl. "
"Strong ! What has that to do witti It ? "
"Shu's the right kind of a girl to take outer
or a tandem. I never was fond of work my
self. "
Petrnlt .Tounril : "Trouble. " repented the
hosier * In speaking of It afterward , "you
don't know whnl trouble Is until you try to
give such u function. You lie awake nights
to make up the list of those whom you won't
Invlti ) nnd even thpn there will bo painful
omissions. It Is PO provoking to please Forno-
liody you really m anted to hurl. "
Tiip following UIIPH from n nwoot r of
Missouri art coinmotiilcil by UH * WiishlU Post
a Ionic for theIHICI InurtMito of Kii
Lltt'e Willie , from the m'rror ' ,
Licked the mercury all off ,
Thinking- tils childish error.
It would euro the whooplnc cough.
At the funeral. Willie's mother
Smartly s.il'l to Mrs. llrowii :
" 'Twns a uhllly day for Willlo
When the mercury went down. "
A IIO.STO.V 11101,1,1 : .
Soniprvllle Journal.
She mastered all the points of etiquette with
great facility ;
In . .iurnlnito play whist she showed ro-
nmrkable ability ;
Shu understand ! ) the liariv , and plays Iho
violin delightfully ;
A discord 1C It'n not the Wnjrner kind
annoys her frightfully.
Slio sings , nnd paints , nnd rides to hound ? ,
and dance" * very prultlly ;
She speaks the French of Paris , and ulio
talks ln < German wittily ;
All modern ways to clmrin young mon , In
fact , have be-on tllsclmx-d to In-r ;
Hut she can't bake n pot of beans so no ono
has proposed to her.
in a .liiiuily .Snllor Suit In
ii Joy. Our varloly of Ilicnn
fmu1) ' ( vnritii'iilM for tin * III-
< ! < fl'llOTVH COIltlllllM Illllliy
jiovcllli-H In iniili-rlnlH nnil
Irl in in I ii K Oiat < " " " "t < "
1n > found rlMC'ivliiTi' .
An 4li TvaniMT wi'u < li r
iiplirouitlifN I Im IViiHliulilo
.SuIlM iinIn Krt' lr l < ! -
iiiunil , anil Ilicm- urn iiiiltu
IIH pi- ( ( > In jinlliTii UN din
< ; loli HiiltN , wlillu modi
Jl'MM l'lll"l | VO.
Ill C'llllOr Ulllll , llOTVI'VIT ,
our prlooM ur < < IIH IIMV IIH
nny DIM' wln wmlH real
ly uooil rlollifN iirril li | ie
lo pay. AVe ilo not mult"
tint "oliriip" HiirlH ( liat
x.-rvo only ( o Ni-ll autl do
not liolil toirrtlirr.
Kvfrytlilnu ; a. man or lioy
> ranH lo ivfar IH lirrn anil
of ( lit- l > i' > it.
Wn laKn nlock July 1 neil
-nit n I tii ulraii nj many
aililn nail oniln Hint linvii
u of u m u I ii foil dnrliiK tlio
lant f < < tv inonlliH , anil to ilu
no malic ii HirHal iirlor
'I'hn In-ft for. Ihu prlue uf
tlie imorcHt ,