Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1898-10-26

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Ex-Queen Lii did not present a claim
before the Hawaiian commission for in
demnity or compensation for the hundreds
of thousands of acres of choice land in the
| Hawaiian Islands rormerly vested in the
royal family and which were seized by the
Dole Government She refrained from
presenting her claim to the commission be-
cause she was advised that the ruling
would be against her and that formal de-
| cision by the commission might have great
weight with the Congress OF the United
States, to whom she must finally appeal
for recognition in any event. The two
| Hawaiian members of the commission
were openly opposed TO her pretensions,
and Senator Morgan, one of the three
| American commissioners, is believed 10
| lean the same way. That would consti-
| tute p majority of the commission, re-
gardless of the attitude of Senator Gull
lom and Mr.. Hit. the other two Ameri-
cans. Believing the cards Ia be thus
| stacked against her, she concluded to ig'
| more the commission entirely and lay her
| claim before Congress direct. The Dole
people hold that she has no standing what
ever and no rights in the premises which
| this Government is hound to respect.
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The thirteenth annual report of Carroll
ID. Wright, commissioner of labor, will
make book of 1,200 pages, and some
months will probably elapse before copies
are ready for distribution. 1t has been
the policy of the bureau ever since Its es'
| tablishment to discuss each year some one
topic and to lay before the public such
statistical and other information gathered
by the bureau during a number of years
as relates to the one subject CHOSEN for
| investigation. This year the EJECT of the
use of machinery upon labor and cost of
production is the topic discussed. Previ'
Gus reports have covered such subjects
as industrial depressions, convict labor
and strikes and lockouts 1t has been
found necessary thus to specialize in the
annual reports in order 10 bring out facts
and figures sufficiently minute TO have any
statistical value.
The capitol guides meet queer people
| sometimes. One Of them was showing q
party of woll-dressed gentlemen and ladies
| around the building, and as they looked
prosperous and took great interest in his
| explanations of objects Of interest he laid
himself out to do a good job and make an
| impression-for revenue only. After they
had completed the tour of the great build
| ing the spokesman of the party, evidently
| a prosperous business man, said to the
| guide: You have been very kind to us,
You have shown us the Supreme Court,
| the rotunda, statuary hall, the Senate
| chamber and the hall of the House OF
| representatives, as well as many other
| things | never knew about. Now If you
will show us where Congress meets we
| will let you Off"
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The treasury tables show that during
the nine months ending Sept 30 exports
| from the United States exceeded imports
| by $393, ,955 900. The tota exports fol-
the nine months are 1869, lbs, 900 and the
total imports $475, iT3 900 The exports
for the period named are larger by nearly
| $l25, 100000 than for the corresponding
period OF 1897, which up to that time wfs
high-water mark. The imports, on the
contrary, are smaller for the last nine
months than 'iiey have been for any cor.
responding nine months for fifteen years
| Peru has not been heard from, hut 1t Is
| safe to say the official copy of the judg.
ment rendered by Justice Strong will re-
main In charge of the bank until he re-
ceives the full amount of his fee.
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The Chief Justice of Canada is appar
entity determined to take no chances on sc.
curing the fee which he earned for acting
as arbitrator in the case of Victor Me
Cord, the American citizen, against the
Government of Peru. He telegraphed the
State Department that he had formulated
his decision and placed ii in the keeping
of a Canadian bank. The telegram also
contained the information that Justice
Strong's fee was $1,000 The State De
partment took the hint at once, and hall
of that amount, the share of the United
States, was sent to the Chief Justice,
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The consular bureau issues bulletin de
voted entirely to the use of nuts as an
article of human food. The bulletin con
tains reports from consuls and consular
agents in France, Italy, Syria, Corea ano
other fruit-rasing and fruit-eating coun
tries. The bulletin leads up TO TIE mora
that we in the United States ,e all the
variety of the soils ard climatic conditions
necessary to produce every kind of nut
and that if proper attention were given t.
their cultivation the people would bt
greatly benefited thereby.
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Senator Thurston of Nebraska will re
tire from the Senate at the end Of hiI
present term in 1901. He announced
formally some time ago that he would moi
accept a reelection, thereby serving no
tice to all that there would be a free field
for his seat The chances are that he viii
become resident Of Chicago and establish
a great law firm there.
When Judge Day and William MeKin.
ley first met they were employed on op
posite sides of a case that involved less
than 500 This was thirty years ago, both
gentlemen having just come to Canton
Ohio. to practice law. The case was tried
In blacksmith shop In the southeast cor.
ner of Stark County, country justice OF
the peace presiding.
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A statement recently prepared by ex.
perts Of the Treasury Department fixe,
the cost Of the war up to Sept. at $120,.
000,G00 and estimates that the expenses
during the remainder of the caleUdar year
will aggregate about S115000,000 addi-
tionaI, or $235, 100000 in all.
Americans Whip Germans.
Officers Of the Empress Of Japan report
that shortly before they left Hong Kong,
there was a serious fight between Ameri
can and German sailors, in which the for