Nebraska Newspapers

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CIIUISTJIAS STOUII3S.
CHRISTMAS I'OIOMS.
CHIUST.MAS I'ICTIJUES.
CIHttSTMAS HISTORY.
CHRISTMAS ITIKSKNTS.
CHRISTMAS SPORTS.
CHIUST.MAS MUSIC.
OliRISTMAS GOWN'S.
IN ADDITION TO
THE NEWS AND AU , THE NEWS.
THE OMAIIA SUNDAY BE& .
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS NUM15KR.
Thitt London foj , ' must Imvo lifted
iMioiij-li to let the oartluitiiiko get
through.
The exposition hand Is
wagon n-innr-
Those \Yho don't want to cllinl )
In \ lll do well to get out of the path.
One tiling at a tlnio. The exposition
first. The union depot next. The beet
stijrar factory will receive attention in
due order.
Tlie earthquake reported from ICiif-
land la very likely to reaeh Spain soon
after the chip Is dislodged from Uncle
Sam's shoulder.
In view of ( lie recent decision that
pugilists as such have no standing in
court , an Inquiry Is sn 'ested as to
where they do have standing.
Up to date the great I'.ryan organ of
reform has not said a word aliont the
fusion senator-elect who openly Imasts
that he paid ? ( ! 00 of his own money to
procure ills election.
Mexican silver dollars have gone up to
r l cents on the American market , but
their prospects of equalling the. Ameri
can silver dollar in value have been
Indetlnltely postponed.
The liberal subscription of a single
railroad to the exposition stock is be
coming very lonely in its continued iso
lation from Its fellows who ought to
lie with It at the head of the list.
If no gun or Injudicious olllclal mouth
goes off half cocked , there Is every pros
pect that the Spanish dlllleully may yet
be settled peaceably , as all International
controversies tthuiild be settled in an
enlightened age.
Tile last addition to the grand army
of tax-eaters is to be a state Inspector
of dairies , not so much to Improve the
quality of the butter and cheese as to
provide butler and cheese for somebody
who Is out of a Job.
There are none so blind as those who
will not see. The sllverltes who don't
want to see the return of prosperity
under the McKinley regime are sure to
1m the last people In the country to
admit that times are Improving.
A presidential proclamation announc
ing to the world the holding of a Trans-
Mississippi Exposition at Omaha in 1SS ! )
and extending to foreign nations an , In
vitation to participate would be a handsome -
some ( Mirlstmas present for the people
of tills city and state.
\Ve know there is balm in Gllead
when the rounders of the Third ward
democracy set to work to purify politics
nnd improve political morals while the
chief Income of their club Is derived
from the rake-on * of the poker pots
. played for on lt.s premises.
Senator Allen's party may lie In n
hopeless minority In congress , but Sena
tor Allen Is getting about all the fun
out of Jhe situation that is possible to
bo had. It Is a poor Issue of the Con
gressional Record In which the senior
Nebraska senator's name Is not a con-
Kplcuous llgure.
Reliable statistics compiled by the.
secretary of the Stall" Dairymen's asso
ciation are to thu etVect that the num.
ber of milch cows In Nebraska Increased -
creased from 18I0 ( ! ) In 18'J ' , " to r : Ull)7 )
In 181)11. ) Is U anything strange , then ,
that the total vote of Nebraska In the
election of 181W Is unprecedented In
the history of the ututo ?
TOO MAXr"IIUMKS , "
It Is the common pi act Ice In all stall
Institutions to magnify the Importance
of their work and exaggerate the mini
ber of attendants or Inmates , In ordei
to Impivss the legislature with the. no
cesslty of making the largest possible
appropriations for maintenance and ex
paiiHlon. Occasionally there Is an ex
upptlon to tills practice , but Instances
are very ranIn nearly every Instltn
lion tile estimates are purposely In
llatod on the pretext that they are sun
to lie cut down. The rule seems to In
to ask for everything In sight and then
take nil that can be gotten. This sys
temiille padding of estimates Is respon
sible for extravagance and imnoeossarj
outlays of public funds for needless en
largements of buildings and the re
construction of buildings that would
serve their purposes for years.
Another cosily feature of our pecnllat
system of state Institutions Is the pro
miscuous establishment of new asylums
and homes for all sorts of Imaginary
dependents which grow from year to
year and In-come a permanent burden
upon the taxpayers. Wo have homes
for the friendless , and homes for the
feeble-minded , and homes for fallen
women , all of which originated In ( lie
desire of certain able-bodied benevolent
people to provide homes and salaries
for themselves. In every Instance the
legislature Is Importuned on behalf of
suffering humanity to vote only a small
sum to set the ball a-rolllng and assur
ances are given that the new institu
tion will bo almost , If not wholly , self-
supporting. What the oldest and
wealthiest states have done In this di
rection Is always cited , when In fact
these stales have vast incomes independ
ent of direct taxation. Pennsylvania , for
example , levies no direct state tax at all ,
but derives snlllcieiit Income for all
state purposes from taxes on corpora
tions. New York is In almost the same
position , and so are Massachusetts and
Illinois. Hut those facts are never
taken into consideration when some
benevolent schemer wants this state to
establish another homo.
The trouble with Nebraska is that It
has exceeded the limit of "homes"
which it can afford to support respecta
bly. Instead of Increasing their num
ber or enlarging their accommodations ,
the coming legislature should abolish
or consolidate two or three of them
even If by so doing it throws some
political dependent out of n homo with
salary attachment.
TIII :
According to the arrangement of the
house ways and means committee for
tarilf hearings , the sugar .schedule will
be taken up on December . ' ! 0. There is
a great deal of interest felt regarding
what the committee shall dntormlno to
do with tlds schedule , as the future con
dition of the sugar industry in this
country will very largely depend upon
the treatment it receives In the new
tariff law.
There is at present a nearly universal
interest In the sugar industry. In every
sugar-growing country there Is more
or less solicitude respecting the future
of the industry. Tills Is very marked h
Germany , where , according to a repor
to the State department from the Amerl
can consul at Frankfort , the sugar pro
dueers are preparing to organi/.e i
gigantic trust for their self-protection
should the government fail to give then
the relief they ask. Hi appears that tin
law enacted some months ago increas
ing ( he export bounty lias failed tc
accomplish what was expected of 1
and those who askeil ! for the law an ,
now appealing to the government tt
rescue the sugar-producing Interests
from Its consequences. Instead of limit
Ing production the act has had tin
opposite effect , while the Increase o
the export bounty , has also reduced tlii
price of sugar In foreign markets am
the German producer receives no more
than he did before the increase , whili
the government It/ses heavily. The
British government lias been impellei
to appoint a commission to Investigate
the condition of the sugar Industry it
its West India colonies , which is rep
resented to bo on the verge of ruin
Sugar production In Franco nnd Austrh
has been growing less profitable foi
several years. .Still there lias been a
large increase In production , particular ! }
of beet sugar , the annual supply of
which lias nearly doubled in the last fif
teen years , the world's product for IS ! ) . " )
having been nearly . " , ( X)0X)0 ( ) tons.
In view of the general condition of the
sugar Industry , it is obviously of very
great Importance that in framing a new
tariff law the sugar interest In the
United States shall be safeguarded
tipilnst disaster. Tlie nu ar schedule
of tlio present tat'ilV was a conec.s.-iou
to tlio trust. It was not innilc with refer
ence to the Interests or welfare of Amer
ican snjrar growers. It lias not biMteliteil
the producers , but It hns been of very
Kreat advantage to the sujrar/relinliif :
monopoly. Vll : t the trust will endeavor
to have done with this schedule It is ln-
po.sslliie to say. It would probably be
well satlslli'd to have it retained , but It
Is entirely safe to say that the ways and
means committee will not continue It.
The serious question is , AVhal Is the bout
policy to puisne , giving due considera
tion to the Interests of both cotrsiimers
and producers ? There I.s not a reasona
ble doubt that with propur encourage
input the production of beet sujar in the
I'nlted States can in a few , years be
made to supply the home demand. The
American people now pay for foreign
HUBar about $ l < ) n.XMnoo ( ) a year. If we
can in time produce stilllclent sniiir tut
our own wants and distribute amen ; , '
our own people tin- money that now
noes abroad to pay for this neci's-wry ,
the wisdom and expediency of \\u\\\g \ \ \ \ \ so
will hardly be questioned. The benefits
to be derived from building up this Industry -
dustry are apparent , but It cannot liu
built up without government encourage
ment and there are but two effective
ways In which this can be extended.
One Is by placing a protective duty on
suKiir and the other Is to pay n direct
bounty on its production. One of these
plans , It Is safe to ahsume , the ways
and means committee will adopt , and
In view of thu fact that a duty would
h'lvo both revenue and1 protection It Is
more than probable that , n duty will bo
preferred to n bounty. No schedule of
the new tariff bill will require more
careful consideration than the sugar
schedule , since all classes ot the people
are Interested In It.
The senate committee on foreign rela
tions lm agreed to report a resolution
acknowledging the Independence of
the republic of ( "ulia. There ap
peared , to bo reason to hope
that the committee would take a
conservative position , that It would not
recommend to congress action which
might aggravate the situation and fur
nish Spain a reason to believe that this
government Is in fact hostile to that
country. If the resolution agreed upon
by the senate committee should pass con
gress It would certainly bo regarded by
Spain as notice of the readiness of the
United States to actively espouse the
Cuban cause. Acknowledging the Inde
pendence of a people engaged In Insur
rection is a serious matter. It Is a very
different thing from recogui/.lng thorn as
bolligcients. It Is hold by some authori
ties on international law to be an act of
aggression which makes the nation
granting the recognition a party to the
wrr. This for the reason tbat.lt presup
poses the accomplishment of the objects
of the revolutionists , an arbitrary as
sumption so long as the struggle endures.
We referred a short time ago to the opin
ion of Prof. Woolsoy of Yale college , an
eminent authority on International law ,
who said that we cannot recognize
Cuban Independence , for that would bs >
In violation of fact. He said that it
would be a war measure on our part , a
wrong as great as recognition of south
ern independence by any European
[ tower would have been at any lime dur
ing our civil war. If this view is correct ,
obviously Spain would be Justified In re
garding the passage by congress of the
Cameron resolution as a cause of war
and there can be very little doubt that
It would be so regarded.
Hut how would U comport with the
dignity ot lids nation to acknowledge
lie independence of what does not exist ?
There is no "republic of Culm. " The
uvsldont of the United States and the
secretary of state have so officially do-
hired. Tho-annual message of the prosl-
lent says : "If Spain has not yet re-ostab-
islied her authority , neither have the
nsurgents yet made good their title to
10 regarded as an independent state.
Indeed , as the contest has gone on , ( lie
irotense that civil government exists on
he Island , except so far as Spain Is able
o maintain it , lias been practically aban-
loned. " Again the president said in
cIVrence to the contention that the Inde-
icndcnce of the insurgents should be
oeognl/.cd : "Hut imperfect and1 re
stricted as the Spanish government of
he Island may be , no other exists there
unless the will oC the military o'licer '
n temporary command of a particular
llstrict can lie dignified as a species of
government. " Secretary Olney , In his
eport , also said that the Cubans had no
form of government. It is true that
nero than a year ago they designated a
cat of government , elected a president
uid other olliclals and thus created a
government on .paper , but it has never
been established anywhere. It is there
fore manifestly absurd. If not something
wet so , to talk of a Cuban republic as if
it were a fact a political entity capable
of establishing and maintaining relations
with the rest of the world. The unwar
ranted assumption of the Cameron reso
lution is a direct Impeachment of the
statements of the president and secre
tary of slate regarding the status of the
Cuban insurgents.
It Is to be hoped thai congress will not
be as eager as the senate committee to
commit the country in favor of an ac
knowledgment of Cuban Independence
but there is reason to apprehend that the
heedless spirit of jingoism will prevail
and that the nation will ho placed in a
false position before ( lie-world and one
which may be productive of graver com
plications than are now apparent.
Ahl , SI'KAK AT OXCK.
We have- always admired the adaman
tine self-assurance of the World-Herald.
When The Hoe declared that if the
Hryan organ wanted to read out of the
party all ( lie democrats who have ac
cepted Rosewater's money for campaign
work a list of names might be furn ! . hcd
that would make Its hair stand on end
for a month , that sheet very coolly calls
upon The Hee to furnish the list. Wo
want to assure our amiable contempo
rary that the publication of that list
might be very embarrassing to men high
and low in popocrntle councils. If , how
ever , the call is made in food faith The
Hoe would suggest that Inquiry be made
of R. L. Metcalfo or II. C. Miller , and ,
if they do not want to disclose all they
know , a man by the name of William
.Timnings Hryan might assist them to re
fresh their memories.
We would caution the Hryan organ
that If it persists in pursuing this sub
ject it might vacate what there Is left
to the active membership of the Jack-
sonlan chili.
According to the annual report of the
Intel-stale Commerce commission the
free pass abuse has become so notorious
Unit It calls for IUAV legislation aimed
it Its repression. The present law pro
hibits the Issue of free railroad pauses
except to railway employes and ban
stringent provisions against discrimina
tion In passenger rales to inllnence
trallle of any kind. The present law ,
however , seems to bo without ro.wlis
chletly because no determined effort lias
been madu to enforce It and railroad
men have persuaded themselves that It
was not Intended to be enforced. The
free pass abuses can bu reached If con
gress really wants to put a stop to
ihein.
Tlie unexpected often happens. Hut
ho expected happens much more often.
riu > charge that City Engineer Howell
uid tried to procure an income from
lie water works company for Solon L.
Wiley was altogether unexpected. Hut
t was to have been expected that a
eltlvtons" committee without authority to
compel the attendance of witnesses or
nuke them testify under oath would
prove n dlsnal failure. Tlu > only way
City EiiKltittttrJIowoH can got u vindica
tion U tlmv\i li' an Investigation by the
council. Tnjd'.body ' IH not only able to
command the nttondaueo of witnesses ,
but also ttV'etfocute Its findings. The
publicity wfileli has been given to this
chatgo no longer concerns the city en
gineer uloiiv , jiut concerns the mayor
and council , ! who are charged with the
.supervision < jtt\\\ \ \ \ the departments of city
government ; . , . \Vhother Mr. Unwell sees
lit to ask for n'n otllclal Inquiry or not ,
the duty q ( ho council to take the
Initiative Is clear. It cannot nfford to
lot the mayor , rest without rellcctlon
upon Its elh't
It Is to be regretted that owing to the
lack of organisation In the Transmis-
slsslppl directory the certificate nnd
nmoiidod articles of Incorporation de
manded by the secretary of the treas
ury have been so long delayed as to
cause unfavorable comment at the de
partment at Washington. Under the
present admirable organization It Is not
likely that any more Injurious mistakes
and delays will occur.
An otllclal proclamation Issued In the
name of the president of the United
States and duly sealed and attested by
the secretary of state , giving olilclal
Information as to the party affiliation
of President Cleveland , seems to be the
only resource remaining that might re
move the doubt from those senatorial
minds that are disputing whether Mr.
Cleveland Is a republican , populist or
democrat.
Warden Leldlgh volunteers to con
duct the state penitentiary on an appro
priation of _ ' , " cents per day for each
convict with the addition of the amount
realized from the prison labor. The
present warden seems to have assured
himself that lie is to be his own suc
cessor. Some of the numerous appli
cants for the job may Intimate that
thu warden is altogether u trille too
previous.
Christmas and the time surrounding
it ought to be , by every analogy , a
period of peace on earth and good will
to men. To this end It is hoped that
tli.e soothing influences ot the season may
have their effect upon senatorial war
riors during the holiday recess and
likewise upon rural communities
throughout the land which are preparing
to march en masse upon Cuba.
A great deal of newspaper fun has
been poked at Ambassador Hayard for
his alleged tendency to toady to Hritish
patronage. "Without letting policy de
generate Into servility , however , It may
be doubted'whether it will always be
considered detrimental to American in
terests to s nd 'a minister abroad who
shall be popular1 with the government
to which he is accredited.
It will require' the best and most un
remitting effort ; ! of every otllcor and
the hearty .support of every citizen and
well wisher , oil Omaha to bring the ex
position to perfection In the eighteen
mouths between1 now and the day sot
for opening , tliq gates. Few people ,
even among those In charge , have any
adequate idea of the vast amount'
work to bo done.
Undoubtedly the supreme court de
cision restraining the auditor from issu
ing unauthorized sugar bounty warrants
will be used by newspapers hostile to
the bounty ns a means to deceive the
ignorant , but the fact Is that the decision
in no way affects ( lie validity of the
present bounty law nor detracts from
the expediency of keeping it In force.
Travelers have begun to arrive at
American ports who have seen Maceo
alive since the date of his most recent
and most shocking death. Patriots
from those shores who go wildly to
avenge him may yet be welcomed by
Maceo in person with bloody hands to
an inhospitahlu trocha.
A Jlarlii-il .Man.
Clilcut-o Tlmes-JIeraM.
Wo earnestly advlso Dr. Zertuclm to In
sure his llfo In favor of some praiseworthy
charity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The Si-nntorliil AVnr HIIKH. *
Clilcnso Heeord.
It some ot those enlightened senators were
ca willing to declare war with their votes
as they arc with their mouths , this nation
would bo cmhrollctl with half the powers
of Europe. _
HlKI'Vc.s of HitT
Dofton llerulil.
The trusta generally secure the biggest
lawyers. The cigarette combination la ve
hemently defemlcil ) iy Joseph ID. Choatc ,
whllo the railroad trust commands the logic
of Edward J. I'hclps. Small wonder that
thcso organized monopolies manage to flour
ish In the face of adverse legislation.
A 1'liiniiclal MoHiilc.
InJIanapallii Journal ,
SenatorPcffer wants a commission of five
appointed to Investigate and report on the
establishment of a permanent monetary sys
tem , said commission to consist of one na
tional democrat , one republican , one demo
crat and ono populist , these to elect the
fifth person , of recognized learning on
finance. A monetary system devised ' liy
such n commission would be a fine- piece of
mosaic.
Imvn nnil I InIXpiis
Davriipurt Democrat.
Editor Itosowatcr of The Omaha IJeo has
bcui made chairman of thu department of
publicity , and ICdHor Hitchcock of the
World-Herald takes charge of the de
partment of inroniqtion. This means that
nothing will Wf kept from the public eye
which can aUJ-aet attention to Omaha'H
International exposition. When the literary
bureau gcle Intu aptlvc > circulation the Democrat -
crat dralrea to lie placed on the list. Iowa
proplo arc golpt ; tn the "big chow by the
teiu cf thousands and they want to know all
about it.
1'OI'OUUA.TIC I
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Himthw .Slato'oCvirKliiln WIIH Stolen
Post.
According to the ofllclal returns Ilryan
carried Virginia by the oafe plurality of
20.627 and a majority of 1&.03S. According
to the Sound Money and Honest Election
League of Virginia there were 20,000 repub
lican ballots In the Second , 'Fourth and Fifth
congressional districts alone which wcro re
jected on ono pretext or another. The
Icaguo has the nllhlavlts of 18,000 men In
the.io dlntrlcta who wcro prevented from
casting their ballots by the Interference of
challengers or by the unjust ruling ! ) of the
boards of election.
The league U a practical body , HO It will
not attempt to dispute Vlrglnla'o vote In
the electoral college , but It will contest the
eats of the silver congressmen In the tlireo
districts. There can bo little doubt as to
the l&iuo of auch contmta. They will result
In the unseating of the Hryanltes , as they
uliould , and , moreover , they will establlab.
the right of McKltdoy to the elcclornt vote
of Virginia ,
Ono ward In Illchmomt affords n striking
Instance of how Virginia was carried for the
npostlo of silver. Ot the 3.ROO legal voters
In Jackson wnrd only 900 were nllo-.vod to
cast their ballots. The remaining 2.000 wcro
kept from doing so by the most remarkable
election devices. To begin with , \vhltc
voters Invariably took the head ot the line
anil held It HO long as tltoro was n white
voter In sight. Then the catechising of
colored voters began. They were nslted If
they had been naturalized , or If their grand
fathers had been. They wcro told that they
could only vote In the precincts wlicro they
were horn or on the production nf naturali
zation papers. They were disannulled ho-
eauao they could not give HIP tianu1 of an
orthodox minister who baptized tlvm. Some
times they wcro Informed ' that they were
marked dead on the poll Imnks and could
only be restored on the presentation of a
physician's certificate or a guaranty front an
undertaker. Any excuse , no matter how
trivial or absurd , was considered sufflcloiu
on which to base a denial of the mffrngo tea
a negro. If one finally Van the gauntlet and
presented his ballot ho was used to block
the line and delay the voting until white
voters ramo along.
The disclosures made by the Honest Elec
tion league explains why Virginia , with a
population of l.fir.ii.flSO In 1S90. cast only
2fifi.OI8 votes last November , whllo Wiscon
sin , with n population of l.CSO.SSO , cast IS7-
411. If the votes counted but not cast tn
Virginia were deducted from the above fig-
urea the discrepancy would bo even moro
marked. Virginia , like Tennessee. Is only
held In the Hryan column this year by fraud.
HI-JUT SI ; SAH i.viisTuv. ;
ltriiNtiii'N K\miiilc roiniiu-iuU-il In
IIMVII mill Mlimi-NDln.
Minneapolis Juiirnnl.
Efforts are to be made during the comlnj
of the Iowa legislature to yscuro the
of an net granting a bounty to home-
manufactured beet sugar. It Is argued In
favor of a bounty for an Industry admlttedlj
very profitable , tliat the machinery for a bcul
o-.ntar factory Is very cosily nnd can be
operated but a short part of the year , while
the li.2ne.1to to result accrue In great decree
to all surrounding fnrmerp and in a lo.wi
vay to the entire nation , in keeping at home
money that has ? before been sent abroad for
ctiio or beet tnig.ir. H Is not claimed that
the Industry lo In any EOIIFO experimental
except P3 far as the willingness of the farm
ers to so cc-operato ns to raise a profitable
crop In largo enough quantity miy bo re
garded as doubtful.
In a recent letter to the DCS Molncs Regis
ter A. C. Meyer. who Is a
well known beet tnigar expert ,
opens the ball for the Iowa campaign and
Clvcs mme Interesting facts ns to the Indus
try In general. The manufacture of beet
ougar was begun 100 ycarc ago In I'russli
and Franco , In both by the crown , which rcc-
rgnlzc ; ! the- Importance of the trade. At
that time beets produced lint fi per cent of
encpharlne , while now they regularly pro
duce from 13 to 1(1 ( , nnd I'rof. Meyer claims
to have rewiltri of'21 per cent by croysliig of
French and German seed.
Experiments made In sugar beet culture
by the experimental stations of Iowa. .Min
nesota nnd other western states have for
years universally given the best results ,
while the two great Nebraska factories nt
Grand Island and Norfolk , where conditions
of soil and humidity are not eo favorable
ns In either Iowa , Minnesota or South Da
kota , nre very successful. The average
yield of sugar brets In Nebraska Is fifteen
tons nn acre- , but It Is believed that Iowa
and Minnesota , with less fear from drouth ,
would produce a larger average through a
series of ye.-.rs. The price paid at the fac
tory Is $4 to $5 a ton If the beets show 1
or 2 per cent more- sugar than the minimum
requirements. Fifteen tons at $1 n ton
would produce $ CO for an acre's growth.
The cent , which Is larger than In most crops
grown In this section , Is figured nt $2S an
acre , leaving a net result of $32. That beats
wheat and corn badly.
The- start which the Industry has made
In Nebraska was due to the bounty provided
bv the McKinley bill. Under that bill for
eign sugar was admitted free and a bounty
of 2 cents a pound was paid to the pro
ducer of the domestic product , this bounty
to run for a period of fifteen years. It In
not unlikely that the new tariff of 1S37 will
rc-storo similar conditions. It would seem
that with such enormous profits In produc- I
tlon there ought to be no difficulty In ea- I
tabllshlng nn Industry of this kind with
out any bounty , nnd yet It should be under-
qtnml Ilinf Mm mnelilnprv nonlnil fnr Mm r rn _
ductlon of sugar Is expensive nnd that It
would reoulre at lenst $200,000 to provide
a plnnt largo enough for practical opera
tion. The Sugar trust Is not likely to In-
nugurate this Industry In this country In
opposition to business already established ,
pud the wisdom of the sugar bountv In the
tariff of ISflO hns been demonstrated In the
prompt response resulting in the establish
ment of the large factories now In operation
In Nebraska. It Is very probable that a
smaller bounty would produce the same re
sults , even with sugar on the free list. The
manufacturers In Nebraska , operating under
the present sugar tariff , although deprived
of the bountv. nre preparing to erect n third
factory nt Crrdron. Nn doubt a very mod
erate etlmuliiK to this business either from
national or state sources , would result In the
Inauguration of the Industry on n large scale
In this state , where there Is reason to bp-
Ilevo It would be more profitable on account
of the more favorable soil and climatic con
ditions , than In Nebraska.
IIOSTO.VS ursiMcss Mi-mums.
Simp ; I'nilllN AMMII-I > I | from u I'ulillc
IVinirlilsf.
Chicago Post.
That they manage municipal affairs better
In Boston than In any other large city in the
United States has long been admitted out
side of Tammany hall. And It Is to Boston
that wo naurally turn to watch the progress
of municipal ownership of public franchises ,
toward which there Is a decided movement In
all our cities.
Boston Is about completing a great street
railway subway to rolluvo the center of the
city of the congestion of trolley cars. Its
cost wll ! bo In the neighborhood of $7,000-
000 , and the work hns been prosecuted under
a transit commission , acting for the city of
Boston. Last Wednesday this commission
Irated the subway to the West End Street
Hallway company on terms that arc Interest
ing. Generally Etated they are for twenty
yi > ars on a basis of 4 % per cent Interest per
annum on $7,000,000 , or 4 % per cent of the
net cwit of ( he subway. If such net cost be
less than $7,000.000.
After the stictt railway company
the use of the cntlie Mibway It Is
to pay such additional compensation .as maybe
bo determined by A computation of thu num
ber of pnsMncs made by ttu > o r In and
through the subway In ease the amount
specified exceeds the . nuount determined by
n pcrcentngo of the net cost of construction.
The equipment of the subway. Including
tracks , elcctrlo light and power wires , pumps
nnd fans , la to be put tn by the lessee , and
It Is to keep the subway In Rood condition ,
The contract contains stringent provisions
ns tn lighting and ventilating the subwny
nnd keeping It clean , dry nnd In good order.
From the proceeds nf this contract the
city of Boston experts to pay the cost of tlio
uiln\ny In twenty year. ' . Thereafter It will
yield n substantial act InmMsm to the city
treasuiy.
Here Is nn example mil- city council might
ponder nnd Imitate with profit to the city , It
not to Individual aldermen.
IOWA IMIKSS COM.MIINT.
Cedar Kaplds Ilcpubllcan : The demo
cratic state central commtttoa ( excuse us ) ,
the popocratlc state central committee Is
planning to go Into the secret society busl-
nest * preparatory to the coming campaigns
of IS'.IS nnd 1SOO. They expect to form
clubs which will be known ns "The 1'ollilcal
union. " They will have constitutions and
by-lnwa , secret meetings , with grips nnd
mystic signs nnd other secret society char
acteristics , all for the proposition of 1G to 1
nnd other popocratlc vngurlcs. The whole
seliemo Is antagonistic to the American
principle , nnd will result In the utter dis
integration of the nllver party. ,
Davenport Republican : A meeting-has
been called for the 29th at Dos Molnes of nil
llu > people of Iowa who nro opposed to the
present mulct law and arc In favor of Its
appal. What the object of this call is Is
not apparent , on Its face. The people who
nro opposed to the present mulct law are
opposed to the best regulation of the liquor
trallle that the state has ever had , and yet
It Is scarcely proper to conclude- that the
meeting has been called to forward the In
terests of the brewers nnd liquor dealers.
The reason thnt such n conclusion would not
bo n fair ono Is thnt the people who are
engaged In the affair are known to bo phil
anthropic in their Intentions.
Dubuqtio Times : A great many Inquiries
nre coming to the Times from over- the state
nnd over the country na to the progress of
Senator Allhou towanl recovery froui his
Illnets , nnd also os to the truth of the report
thnt ho has been Invited by Mr. McKinley to
take the premiership of the coming ad
ministration. The Times is permitted to
say : First That the senator Is making iilow
but constant progress toward convalescence ,
but that his physician and friends do not
believe It will bo advisable for him to take
U ( > his public duties beforu the close of the
Christmas recess of congress. Second That
there Is absolutely no truth In the report that
he has been offered any petition In Mr. Mc
Kinley' cabinet , nnd that all rumors bnsed
upon suc-h assumed offer are wholly gratui
tous. This Is the flrat time In thirty-four
years that Senator Allison has had more
than n day or two invalldlsm , or been forced
to absent himself from his public duties , or
to deny himself to the calls , or to the neg
lect the communications of his friends. Ho
naturally chafes a good deal because of
these enforced requirements , but hopes con
fidently to be at Washington before the real
work of the session begins.
I'HIISOX.YL. AMI OTIltiHIVISR.
Mr. Watson , too , Is writing a book.
The man who seems to be making about
r.s little disturbance as anybody , at present ,
la Vice 1'reMdcnt Stevenson.
The handle Is missing from the Washington
cherry tree hatchet , recently discovered In
Boston , and the Savannah News supposes
that It "was used for firewood at Valley
Forge. "
The celebration ot the completion of n
quarter of a century of King Oscar's reign
will be signalized by a Scandinavian art
and Industrial exhibition at Stockholm next
summer.
The Now York "World says these who call
General Maceo "the greatest soldier with
African bloo.l In his velna" forget that Gen
eral Hannibal made , something of n record
In his day.
Senator Stewart threatens to make n three-
days' speech on the silver question , and If
the other senators could only bo compelled
to listen to It. the country would receive It
with equanimity.
The flro less of this country for November
was $5,211,800 , or less than halt the monthly
average. The total for eleven months ended
with November was $10t,203DOO , which Is a
falling off from recent years.
Boston is spending $7,000,000 on a subwny
over a mlle long , nnd has arranged to lease
It at the rate of 4 % per cent Interest on
that amount. The city obtains the money nt
3Vi per cent , nnd the margin will pay off the
principal in forty years.
California has developed n new gold Held
In the Mojnvo desert. California b.-autlfully
observes the ete.rnnl fltncsa of things by
growing wheat on her arable lands and
locating her gold mines only where they will
not bo in the way of agriculture.
H hns been discovered that a recent sut-
cldo In Paris who had long been known as
Louis Goupll was a woman who bad worn
male attlro for years without detection. She
was born in 1837 , and had long earned n
good living as a setter of precious stones.
A .Missouri conductor hurt his leg slightly
In an accident and was mentioned In the
papeia. Slnco then ho has had about COO
circulars from wooden and steel leg factories
which were anxious to pull his remaining leg
for a companion piece. It pays to bo ad
vertised.
King Leopold of Belgium has announced
his intention of visiting next spring , for
the first time , his possessions on the Congo.
Ho Is to be accompanied by Stanley , and
will preside at the opening of thu railroad
between Matavia and Lcopoldvllle. The
king has not visited Africa since his trip
along the east coast while still duke of
Brabant , prior to his accession to the
throne.
Todd Sloan , who closed the racing seaKon
as the first jockey of the year , Is hold in
the highest esteem In Kqkoino , ind. , where
ho Is known aa Todd Bouser. The whole
county has been familiar with his exploits
since ho was 3 years old , but his crowning
boyish achievement was performed at the
ago of 9 , when Jio rode a vicious horse that
no ono else in town had ever been able to
mount. i , i
The absolutely pure
ROYAL the most celebrated of all
the baking powders in the world cel
ebrated for its great
leavening strength and
purity. It makes your
cakes , biscuit , bread ,
etc. , healthful , it assures
you against alum and all
forms of adulteration
that go with the cheap
brands.
ROYAL BAKINQ KVWDIB CO. , NEW VORK.
OTIimt l.AMKS THAOlilt.l ,
Italy Is trying to encourage her shlpplnc
nn 1 shipbuilding enterprise * by an
rnt < ? nyntcm of bounties. According to a law
this year , If a shlpHilMcr builds a'
merchant vessel In an It.illan yard , the gov- , J
crnment will give him n construction bounty I
of 77 lire per ton ( grow tonnage ) If the hull \
be of Iron or ti-el , nnd 17.50 lire per ton It
the hull be of wood , To encourage the na-
llonil Iron nnd steel Industries , the govern
ment m.ikes tt n condition ot eligibility U
the whole bounty thnt throe-fourths of tin'
I material In the case of Iron or steel hulli
'shall ' tni ot national origin : otherwise Mil
I bounty will be irduecd by 10 per cent and
| there will be an additional reduction of 19
per cent If the machinery nnd boilers nr
of foreign cwistrucllui. : On machinery
and boilers constructed In Italy for use lu
navigation bounties are i warded on mn
chines nt the rate of 12.50 lire per horse
power , on boilers at the rate of O.CO lire
per quliilitl. So. r.Uo , there Is n construc
tion bounty of 11 lire per quintal on tin
auxiliary apparatus of vessels. So much
for the shipbuilders. The navigation boun
ties are equally munificent. They are too
complicated for brief description , but they
Include a bounty of SO'e.Mitlmes per toil of
gross tonnage per 1,000 miles navigated for
the IIrat three years of the ship's age. In
return for these favors the government ban
the right to requisition the vessels In case
of war , epidemics , or other extraordinary
circumstances , and steam vessels In leeelpt
of the bounties must carry , the letters nnd
parcels of royal mall free.
Some Interesting particulars concerning
the development ot Japanese commercl.il
navigation have been printed In Vienna.
During the war with Ohlna the Japanese
government collected n large ilect ot steam
ships for transport service , and these vra-
fccls are now to be applied to trading pur
poses. One new line has been opened be
tween Japan and Australia , both of them
holtig under the management of the Japa
nese Mall Steamship company , while n third
will ply between N'llg.ita nnd Vladivostok ,
and a fourth betwewi Hakodate and Korso-
lioff , the two latter being In private hand * ,
The fallings of all four will be monthly.
The opening of several other lines Is In
contemplation. In connection with them
navigation companies are In course of for
mation , with capitals varying from 1.000,000
lo 10.000.000 yen. The execution ot these
projects Is delayed only by the dllnculty of
getting together tlu < capital required for
native enterprise , ns the government Is not
yet In a position to afford the subsidies
It Is authorized to grant. Meanwhile , the
construction of docks Is being pushed
actively. The Nagasaki docks , owned by cue v
of the Japanese companies , are undergoing ; >
Important extension , and three new steam-
era are on the blocks. The Yokohama. Dock
company is also opening a large new dock.
Many plans for the construction of new-
harbors are under consideration. One of
them , which Is likely to bo carried out
soon , la for Osaka , the so-called Manchester
of Japan. It will cost nbout 3,000,000 yen.
* _ * f
The Automobile club of Prance has Just '
Issued the program of n competition which
Is likely to bo of far more practical utility
than the Paris-Marseille ! ) motor carriage
race. The competition which Is to begin
on the 1st of July next year , and will bn
open to all motor cars , whether French or
foreign , Is to be organized with a view to the
creation of regular motor c.ir services for the
conveyance of passengers In towns , the con
veyance of passengers and luggage from rail
way stations to outlying localities , and for
the delivery of goods. The motor cars to bo
admitted to thia competition must bo ca
pable of carrying nt least ten passengers
with thirty kilogrammes of luggage eneh.
The motor cars for the delivery of gooda
must bo able to carry at least one ton. The
competition will last six days , during which
each motor car will have to accomplish twlco
th following program : A journey of forty
kilometres , with a stoppage every kilometre ,
a Journey of fifty kilometres , with a stop
page every five kilometres , nnd n Journey
of sixty kilometres , with n stoppage e\ery
ten kilometres. Some of the slopping places
will be purposely nxcd on steep hills and nt
other Inconveulciit &pots.
*
An officer of the Turkish navy has told
tho.Constantinople correspondent of a Lon
don newspaper that all the defences of the
liosphorus nro perfectly well known to
the Russian naval commanders. Ho s.iya
Christmas
AND W10 WOULD AKIC Ol'It
KUIKXDS NOT TO I'UT OFF TllKIIl
PURCHASES TO TI1H LAST MIN-
UT13.'K WANT TIMK KOU .Sl'ir ( !
ALTICKAT1ONS AS MAY HIO DHSIlt-
A1JLM , KOH AVH TKY ON KVKKY
SUIT AND AJ/I'KU IK NKOK.SKAKY ,
JUST AS Til 1-3 CUSTOM TAILOU
DOES , EXCEl'TINO THAT 1110
TAKES TWO WHEKS AND WI3
TAKE TWO MINUTES.
OUIl KIWNISIIINO DEI'AUTME.NT
AND THE ATTHACTIVE CHIL
DREN'S DEPAUTMENT I5OTII I'UE-
SENT .MANY NOVELTIES .Sl'ITAltLI'J '
KOU HOLIDAY GIKTS.
A WALK TIIUOUOII THE STOItE
WILL IJE IIHLH'TI , IN A SUCOES-
TION IK YOU AKE WONDEU1NU
WHAT TO ( JIVE TO SOME MAN OH
HOY.
WE HOPE THAT VISITORS WILL
ALWAYS FEEL PEUFEOTLY At
HOME IN LOOKINf ! AllOUT IJEltK
WITHOUT ANY FEELING OK AN
OHLIUATION TO 1JLJY.
OPEN EVENINGS.
S.V , Cor.
15th and
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