Nebraska Newspapers

    THE O’NEILL FRONTIER
D. H. CRONIN. Publish*!'.
rNEILL, NEBRASKA
Nlnetv per rent of the coinage by
the United States In the fiscal year of
1908 consisted of gold eagles, a coin
which probably not one in a hundred
people sees as often as once a year,
Altogether the coinage of the country
comprised 37 different varieties, seven
of which were for the Phillprdne is
lands in pesos and centavos, and one
of which of the same denomination
was for account of the Mexican gov
ernment. The number of pennies
turnedoout averaged a little less than
one for each inhabitant. The total
coinage for continental United States
WHS *215,714,862. This has been one
of the most active years in the history
of national minting. Of this amount
*179,238,837 were In gold and *16,532,
477 In sliver, or about the ratio of one
•f silver to 12 of gold.
Two bronze tablets in memory of
President McKinley are soon to be
placed In Brandywine Park driveway,
In Wilmington, Del. One of them Is
to be commemorative of a little-known
Incident In the career of the slain chief
magistrate, representing a scene In
which McKinley, as a corporal In the
Union army In the civil war, was the
leading character. While a savage bat
tle was raging Corporal McKinley
made his way to the front and served
the men on the firing line with water,
and a picture of the scene Is bow to be
perpetuated In bronze.
A collection of anecdotes of musical
celebrities Just published at Lelpslc
contains this one under the head of
Anton Rubinstein; When the great
pianist was making his tour of the
United States he sat one day In a lall
road train looking out upon the scen
ery. Suddenly a man sitting across
the aisle spat over Rubinstein's head
out of the open window. The master
drew back and gazed In nstonlshinent
and anger at the vulgar American,
who smiled nnd said, soothingly:
"Don’t worry; I know my distance."
The number of physicians In France
has nearly doubled In ten years. There
are now 20,000 and nearly 2,000 are
turned out every year by the medical
schools. Fees have decreased alurm
Ingly because of this competition, and
because of the diminution of disease
due to hygienic precautions. In some
districts tn Paris u franc Is all that Is
paid for a doctor's cull.
Panama hats are made from the Im
mature, unexpanded leaves of the
•tenders screw pine, which Is a native
of Central America and Colombia. Aft
er they receive a special treatment to
remove the soft parts of the leaf the
fiber is soaked to render it pliable. The
weaving Is then done under water. The
hats most valued are those made of
one single leaf.
By way of adding a new, picturesque
touch to Its beautiful Druid Hill park,
Baltimore's park board has directed a
newly engaged shepherd to attire him
self, when on duty, In real Scotch kilts.
The b..ard has appointed Peter Mac
kenzie, of New York, to watch over the
sheep In Druid Hill and has sent an
order to Edinburgh for a supply of
kilts. _ _
Charolles, a small town 30 miles from
Macon, In France, has recently been
visited by a shower of sulphur. The
roofs, gardens, Helds, vlneyurds, rivers
and ponds were covered with a yel
low dust, and for some time the peas- |
ants In the Helds were troubled by u J
sulphurous biting odor which made
breathing difficult.
Excavations carried out In the sacred
precincts of Olympia, Greece, near the
great altar of Zeus, have resulted In the
discovery of Interesting remains of the
neolithic period, Including house ves
sels and Implements. Thus It Is be
lieved to be evident that Olympia was
a place of human habitation more than
1.000 years before Christ.
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Under tho omnibus public buildings
bill, the "pork barrel," which was
passed by congress at the close of its
recent sessloyi, the supervising archi
tect has Just undertaken the construc
tion of 400 federal buildings. For this
■work he has $34000,000. In addition to
these there are about 100 unfinished
projects left from other years.
Of the 66,332,800 ncres area of Colo
rado. 26,848,772 acres are under govern
ment reservation control—forests, 15,
748.772 acres: coal, 9,800,000 ncres, and
for Indians 300 acres. The state owns
approximately 1.400.000 acres, and there
are 2,651,228 ncres of open government
land subject to entry.
Reports on the last season's work
received from the 25 branches of the
T. M. C. A. on the Pennsylvania rail
road. show a paid membership of
aomethlng over 10,000, the largest
branch being at Philadelphia with 1,
*26 members. The total attendance for
the season was 682.723.
The up-to-date butcher shop Is now
provided with an electric meat saw,
and the old hand saw is relegated to
the Junk pile. In Its place Is a smnll
bandsaw, driven by an electric motor,
which severs all bones in a neat and
expeditious manner.
Since the unification of the Wesley
Brotherhood and the Brotherhood of
8t. Paul in the Methodist church, which
brought 1.500 societies together, the
membership, which was 150,000 at the
time of the union, has taken a rapid
stride forward.
According to a report from Paris
the largest submarine yet built will
shortly be launched at Sherbourg. The
■vessel will be 208 reel long, with 625
tons displacement, and she will be de
velop a mean speed of 15 knots.
Since the establishment the depart
ment of agriculture cost the United
States more than $200,000,000. It has
given employment at different times to
58.000 experts and professors, and is
sued 17,675 publications.
The government of India has appro
priated over $1,000,000 for use In the
Vnlted Provinces In the way of loans
to farmers to enable them to sink wells
and Improve embankments for Irriga
tion purposes.
A young woman who applied at
Southwark. T.ondon. for an award un
der the workmen's compensation act
for the loss of three fingers or. hot
right hand, ohtalned the sum of $24.
Because of the lichens which grow
abundantly on the stone paved streets
Sn Marteria, making them slippery. It
Is possible to use sleighs tho year
around.
John Conners, a farmer near Beulah.
Kan., makes a nice little stake ev»rv
■3year selling eornhusks, which are used
"to wrap hot tamales.
The output of goM In the Transvaal
In 19(17 aggregated $133,360,192, against
egtl9.618.E07 In 1906.
The Australian governiricnt will erect
’*ve wireless stations along its coast
EBERHARD INDICTED
IN FIRST DEGREE
Murderer of Aunt Confesses to
Slaying Her for Her
Money.
Hackensack, N. J., Aug. 3.—Gus Eb
erhard. the New Jersey grocery clerk
who shot and killed hlB aunt, Mrs.
Ottllle Eberhard, on a lonely country
road here and then robbed her body of
her life's savings, was indicted for mur
der In the first degree.
Miss Ottllle Eberhard, who was also
shot and wounded by her cousin, and
Chief of Police Dunn were the only
witnesses before the Bergen county
grand Jury which found the Indictment.
Miss Eberhard and her mother reached
this country from Vienna only two days
before the tragedy. Chief Dunn testified
that Eberhard confessed to him.
DIRKSEN TAKES CHANCE
ON LYNCHING STUNT
Lincoln, Neb., Aug .3.—Hans Dlrksen
gas taken back to the county Jail of
Boyd county today by order of District
Judge Frost, notwithstanding the pro
testations of the prosecuting attorney
from Butte that If Hans showed up
there he would be lynched. Dlrksen
said he was willing to risk It, and the
court declared that as It would be his
funeral and as he had a right under
the law to be put In the Jail of bis own
county, he must go back.
Dlrksen lives near Gross and Is
charged with having been the seducer
of his 16-year-old stepdaughter, now a
mother. The county attorney had him
brought to the penitentiary for safe
keeping, But he sued out a writ of
habeas corpus. That official told the
court that seven men had warned him
not to let Dlrksen be brought back,
as he would be lynched, while his wife
wanted him kept In some place more
substantial than the 16x20 frame Jail
because If he got out he would come
and kill them. The testimony developed
that Dlrksen had offered the Jailer $100
to let him escape, and promised to lilt
the pike for Canada.
JUDGE MAKES A
WRITTEN DEMAND
FOR OWN ARREST
Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 3.—Judge \V. H.
England Is haying a hard time of It
getting arrested. The Judge Is a lead
ing Insurance man, who was assaulted
by City Clerk Pratt, who weighs about
a third as much, following a debate
over the Issuance of a saloon license.
The encounter furnished the news
papers with large scare heads and the
town with a diversion, and after think
ing It over a couple of days the deputy
city attorney swore out a warrant.
That warrant reposes In Chief Cooper’s
desk, and the papers have been won
dering why It hasn't been served.
Yesterday Judge England called on
Mayor Brown nnd served a written de
mand that the warrant be either served
or the officer who doesn't serve It be
discharged for dereliction of duty. He
insists It is being held to Intimidate
him, while the chief suys his only rea
so nls to give the belligerents a chance
to keep on their good behavior.
INDIANS TERRORIZE
CITIZENS OF KILGORE
WHILE ON SPREE
Valentine, Neb., Aug. 3.—A party of
Sioux Indians, who have been giving
an exhibition of war dances at the lit
tle town of Kilgore, near here, se
cured whisky last night and made an
attack on the landlord of the hotel
named Herschel, beating him badly.
They then secured rocks and smashed
every window In the hotel and tore
things up generally.
Inhabitants of the town were ter
rorized and being unable to cope with
the Indians barricaded themselves In
their homes and allowed the redskins
to make a night of It. The Indians
left In the early morning.
KILLED BY EATING
TWO QUARTS BAKED
BEANS AT A MEAL
Greenwich, Conn., Aug. 3.—John
Yates. an Englishman, In the employ of
Dr. George Edge, of Round Hill, died
In the Greenwich General hospital ns
the result of eating two quarts of
baked beans at one sitting.
On Sunday the Edge household had
baked beans for dinner and Yates
ate a whole potful, two quarts. Shortly
afterward he was taken violently 111.
Dr. J. A. Clark was called and
found that the man’s stomach and ab
domen had distended to an enormous
size. He had him taken Immediately
to the hospital, where It was discov
ered that he was suffering from a
stoppage of the Intestines. An opera
tion was performed, but the man died
shortly afterward.
TAR HYPNOTIST WHO
STEALS ANOTHER’S WIFE
Washington. Aug. 3.—F. E. Bliss, Jr.,
a member of the contracting firm of
Bliss & Albrecht, paper rulers, was
coated from head to foot with hardened
tar last night and is under the treat
ment of several physicians.
Henr>* C. Cole, Charles Marthison and
James L. White, prominent as brokers
and business men. who admit applying
the tar and regret they did not make
a better Job of it, were arrested after
the news of the affair came out through
Bliss’ physicians.
Bliss Is 35 years of a„'e, suave, hand
some. a fine conversationalist and
boasts of his powers as a hypnotist.
On -.al occasions Bliss and Mrs.
Marthison have been seen together at
the theater and other public places.
Marthison on Wednesday saw them to
gether and a quarrel with his wife oc
curred.
Mrs. Marthison said she had been
under Bliss’ hypnotic Influence for some
time and was unable to control herself
when he was near. She said she got
Instructions from him by mental tele
pe.’h” _ _
P'tINCE JOACHIM TO
MARRY AN ACTRESS.
RECENTLY DIVORCED
Berlin, Aug. 3.—The Boersett Courier
says the obstacles to t^e divorce of
Baron Ldebenberg from -5- wife, for
merly Marie Sulzer, an actress, whom
Prince Joachim wished to marry, hav
ing been overcome, the decree was pro
nounced a few days ago at Budapest,
Prince Joachim thereupon hastened to
fulfill h!s promise to marry the woman.
The satins have been put up at Zurich.
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
CALLED A “SPORT”
State Superintendent Refuses
to Give Professor DeBolt
a Certificate.
Wlnslde, Neb., July 30.—Charged
with being a "sport," having "played
cards on Sunday” and other like
"crimes,” Professor V. W. DeBolt. su
perintendent of the Winslde schools,
has been denied a certificate and prob
ably will have to give up the position.
Slate Superintendent McBrien Is the
power that refuses to give Professor
DeBolt his "paper” and the professor
will be obliged to seek redress in the
courts, which he proposes to do.
It Is DeBolt's claim that McBrien
Is persecuting him because of the for
mer's activity in defeating one of the
latter’s pet candidates.
Public sentiment Is with DeBolt and
the feeling toward McBrien Is bitter.
The difficulty places the Wlnslde
school board In a hole. While they are
confident that McBrien is trying to
"get” DeBolt for personal reasons, the
state superintendent's ruling is law
and before the mutter can be settled In
the courts school will begin. Another
superintendent will have to be obtained
and at this late day there are few good
ones available. To secure the services
of another throws DeBolt out, and they
are loath to do that.
FRISKY DIVORCEE
GIVES OLD FARMER
CHASE FOR MONEY
Lincoln, Neb., July 30.—In order to
escape the claim his young wife Is
seeking to enforce for alimony, Edward
B. Kellogg, of College View, aged and
wealthy, declares to district court that
his marriage at Glenwood. Ia., on Jan
uary 10, 1908, was no marriage at all.
The reasons assigned are that the wo
man had been divorced but three months
before from Thomas Dingwall, and the
fact that they went to Iowa to escape
Nebraska's “legal prohibition against
divorcees marrying Inside of six
months, he insists to be unavailing be
cause the Iowa law says that "in
every case where a divorce Is decreed,
neither party shall marry again within
a year unless permission to do so Is
granted by the court in such decree.”
This being the case he says they are
not now and never have been man and
wife.
As there is a pot of money Involved,
the case Is likely to be fought to the
supreme court. If so, the long-mooted
but never decided question of whether
a marriage In Iowa following a Ne
braska divorce Is valid may be an
swered. if Kellogg Is right, It means a
lot of marriages are Illegal and will end
a flourishing industry for Council
Bluffs, Glenwood and other Iowa coast
points. Kellogg claims to be a resi
dent of Lake county, South Dakota, but
the court held that he is mistaken and
that his wife’s claim that he ran off to
escape her seems well founded.
ANOTHER VICTIM
ADDED TO LIST IN
LINCOLN FLOODS
Lincoln, Neb., July 30.—Mrs. Francis
A. Schuster’s name has been added to
the list of eight victims by the flood of
three weeks ago, Mrs. Schuster gave
up her life to save her three little chil
dren. The family lived In an iso
lated section of the bottoms in North
Lincoln. On the morning of July 6 the
family were cut off from land by the
big Salt creek flood.
Schuster hitched up hts team and
putting the family in his wagon, start
ed for safety. The horses stepped off
Into a hole and, their harness becoming
entangled, both were drowned. Schus
ter waded and swam for succor, leaving
his wife and the children In the wagon
box. Every boat In the city was busy
on the west bottoms, and the shy old
German, unable to speak English,
pleaded and begged In vain for help un
til late In the afternoon a party went
after the family.
For ten hours the four were be
leaguered In the wagon bed. The wa
ters rose so high at times that the
mother was compelled to hold up a
child In each arm, while the other stood
upon the wagon seat. Several times
they were able to hold on only with the
greatest difficulty, with the big waves
beating upon them.
The woman was in such a state of
collapse when rescued that her name
was included among the list of dead.
She revived, but the cold and exposure
brought disease In their train and she
died yesterday.
LITTLE RED CALF TOYS
WITH TRAIN SCHEDULE
New Cumberland, Pa., July 30.—Al
though small, red and wobbly legged,
a calf owned by Daniel Folk, whose
farm adjoins this place, has thrust It
self upon the attention of the Balti
more office of the Northern Central
railway, which passes the Folk farm
between this place and New Market.
The calf went the limit by holding up
the southern express, one of the fast
est trains between Harrisburg and
Washington, for seven minutes.
The small annoyer trotted playfully I
along the track for more than a mile,
kicking tip its heels and shaking Its
head at th- coal thrown from the ten
der by the fireman, In hts efforts tq
"shoo" it off. Sam Wise, engineer on
the York work train, lost ten minutes
on account of the same “old calf," and
Charles Witmer, operator at HR tower,
has offered to buy the animal from Mr
Folk.
One of the astonishing feats the call
performs Is crossing the Yellow
Breeches creek bridge at full speed
without making a misstep.
HARRIMAN STARTS ON
VACATION IN THE WILDS
New York, July 30.—E. H. Harrtmar
will leave this week on a trip through
the west. He will take a vacation In
the wilds of Oregon, camping and
roughing it for a part of the time and
on his return to New Y’ork, within the
next two months, he will have in
spected several departments of th«
Union Pacific properties.
TO INITIATE “U. C. T.”
NEOPHYTES BY PHONE
1,000 MILES AWAY
Denver. Colo., July 30.—Manley J.
Hemmena, supreme councilor of the
United Commercial Travelers, will sit
In his home at Green Bay, Wis., to In
itiate 50 candidates of the Pikes Peak
council over the long distance tele
phone wires. It has been arranged to
place the members of the order In
' charge of all connections along the
line to insure secrecy.
STARKY ALIVE
AND IN CUSTODY;
WIFE WILL RECOVER
Shoots Wife and Defies Officers,
But Walks in and Sur
renders Himself.
St. Paul. Neb., July 29.—Oliver C.
Starkey did not blow out his brain*,
nor was his body found beside the rail
road track near St. Libory, as report
ed. The fact that a dead man was
found near the railroad tracks In the
vicinity of Grand Island is believed to
have given rise to the story that he
blew out his brains. Starkey gave
him himse'/ up to Sheriff W. C. Alex
ander in this city today.
"I don’t know why I shot my wife;
I can't explain it. I was beside myself
with anger. ,Of course I am sorry I
did it.”
That is the only statement Starkey
has made. That is the only thing he
will say concerning the matter.
The shooting occurred in the eastern
edge of Howard county on the farm
where Starkey lived. Sheriff Alexan
der, who made an investigation of the
matter, says he knows none of the
facts, but he was surprised to learn in
the neighborhood of where the shooting
occurred that Starkey had friends,
while his wife had very few sympa
thizers. The trouble grew out of the
wife's visit to her son, whose custody
the court had awarded to the father,
Mrs. Lena Starkey will recover, the
physicians say, although her wounds
are of a dangerous character. The
greater part of the charge of shot en
tered her arm, and it was badly man
gled.
Mr. and Mrs. Starkey were divorced
by a Hull county court several months
ago. The court’s decree gave the
mother the custody of the daughter
and the father the custody of the son.
It also gave the right of the parents
to visit the children. Mrs. Starkey had
called at her ex-husband’s home to see
her Bon, and it is said that a quarrel
arose which made Starkey very angry;
that he was goaded into doing what he
did by what his ex-wife said and did,
and that he got a revolver. He was
going to use the revolver when his two
sisters and his mother took it away
from him. His mother ran with it and
threw it away into a clump of bushes.
The quarrel continued and he got the
shotgun and shot at his wife. There
is no telling what the extent of the
tragedy might have been had Starkey
had more ammunition. The shell he
used on his wife was the only shell on
the farm. After shooting his wife he
wei t to the home of his brother, got
his brother’s shotgun and left. He gave
out the word that he would never be
taken alive.
Sheriff Alexander went out to the
Starkey neighborhood and learned that
Starkey was in that vicinity; that he
would put up a fight and would never
be taken alive. Mr. Alexander came to
St. Paul for a warrant, but befoiu do
ing so he left word that he would be
batk this morning with help and with
a posse and that he would take Star
key, dead or alive. He advised the
man’s relatives to see him and urge on
him that he should give himself up.
Yesterday morning they came to
town with Starkey and Starkey went to
the office of the sheriff and surren
dered. He is now in jail here.
JAILER IS JAILED
WHILE HORSE THIEF
MAKES HIS ESCAPE
Bassett, Neb., July 29.—William Haz
zard, charged with horse stealing in
Gregory county, S. D., broke Jail here
Saturday night, where he was being
held awaiting requisition papers which
would take him back to the place where
hla crime was committed.
He was placed in a steel cage and
Jailer Maurice was instructed to sleep
in the corridors of the Jaii, as an at
tempted Jail delivery was feared. Yes
terday morning, however, Maurice was
locked in the cell bearing the marks of
hard usage, while Hazzard was gone.
Maurice says that during the night
he was awakened by an unusual noise
and found himself looking into the bar
rels of two gunp pointing from win
dows in the walls of the Jail. This act
was accompanied by the demand that
he release the prisoner, and when he
had unlocked the cell he was Jerked
in by Hazzard and roughly handled
and then locked inside. Sheriff Marsh
has suspicion as to who effected Haz
zard's release, and arrests will follow.
HARTINGTON WILL OBSERVE
25TH ANNIVERSARY
Hartington, Neb., July 29.—The
twenty-fifth anniversary of the found
ing of the town of Hartington cornea
on September 18 and will be appropri
ately celebrated.
MILLIGAN DECIDES TO
STAY AT HOME
Wakefield. Neb.. July 29.—J. D. Milli
gan, republican, Dixon county's repre
sentative in the legislature, will not be
a candidate for re-election.
TO REMOVE AN OLD
MISSIONARY LANDMARK
Walthill, Neb., July 29.—Preparations
are being made to tear down the old
Mission building located north and east
of Macey. It is a picturesque old ruin
which many would like to retain.
Two new business buildings are un
der consideration for this place and il
is possible that one of them will con
tain room tor a much needed hall tc
accommodate the local lodges.
reckless AUTOISTS
PLACED IN HOCK
Wayne, Neb., July 29.—To appeas*
public sentiment, persecution of care
less and reckless automobile drivers
will be begun. Albert Jones, whc
smashed up a farmer's wagon, is the
first to be arrested.
MRS. POTTER PALMER’S
SON IS MARRIED
Chicago, July 29.—Miss Pauline
Kohlsaat. daughter of H. P. Kohlsaat,
and Potter Palmer, son of Mrs. Potter
Palmer, were married here today at the
home of Mr. Kohlsaat. Only relatives
of the contracting parties were invited.
PEACE CONFERENCE
OPENS IN LONDON
London, July 29.—The 17th univer
sal peace conference organized by the
society of friends assembled here to
day. Over 100 societies in 16 different
countries are in attendance. King Bd
ward and Queen Alexandra received
i the delegates ut Buckingham palace
, at noon. The delegates presented an
j address., to which the king replied.
1 There are 391 railway passenger sta
tions within 12 miles of St. Paul’s Lon
don.
FIRST PLATFORM OF THE
INDEPENDENCE PARTY
Chicago, July 31.—The Independence
party adopted the following platform in
its first convention:
We independent American citizens rep
resenting the independence party In 44
states and two territories have met In na
tional convention to nominate, absolutely,
independent of all other political parties,
candidates for president and vice president
of the United States.
Our action is based upon a determination
to wrest the conductor public affairs from
the hands of selfish interests, political
tricksters and corrupt bosses, and make
the government, as the founders intended,
an agency for tho common good.
At a period of unexampled national pros
perity and promise, a staggering blow was
dealt to legitimate business by the unmo
lested practice of stock watering and dis
honest financiering.’Multitudes of defense
less investors, thousands of honest busi
ness men and an army of idle working
men are paying the penalty. Year by year,
fostered by wasteful and reckless govern
mental extravagance, by the manipulation
of trusts and by a privilege-creating tar
iff, the cost of living mounts higher and
higher. Day by day the control of the
government drifts further away from the
people and more firmly into the grip of
machine politicians and party bosses. The
republican and democratic parties are not
only responsible for these conditions, but
are committed to their indefinite continu
ance. Prodigal of promise they are so
barren of performance that to a new party
of independent voters the country must
look for the establishment of a new pol
icy and a return to genuine popular gov
ernment.
Our object Is not to introduce violent in
novations or startling new theories. We,
of the independnee party, look back as
Lincoln did to the declaration of inde
pendence as the fountain head of all po
litical inspiration. It is not our purpose to
attempt to revolutionize the American
system of government, but to restore the
action of the government to the principles
of Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln. It
is not our purpose' either to affect a radi
cal change in the American system of gov
ernment, but to conserve for th.e citizens
of the United States their privileges and
liberties won for them by the founders of
this government and to perpetuate the
principles and policies upon which the na
tion’s greatness has been built.
The independence party is, therefore, a
conservative force in American politics
devoted to the preservation of American
liberty and Independence, to honesty in
elections, to opportunity in business and
equality before the law'. Those who be
lieve in the independence party and w'ork
with It are convinced that a genuine de
mocracy should exist; that a true repub
lican form of government should continue;
that the power of government should be
conducted for the benefit of the whole
citizenship rather than for the benefit of
any particular class.
Labor.
We denounce the so-called labor planks
af the republican and democratic plat
forms as political buncombe and con
temptible clap trap unworthy of national
parties claiming to be serious and sin
cere. The republican declaration that “no
Injunction or temporarily restraining or
der should be issued without notice ex
cept where irreparable injury would re
sult from delay,” is empty verbiage, for
a showing of irreparable injury can al
ways be made and is always made In ex
parte affidavits.
The democratic declaration that “the in
junctions should not be issued in any case
In which injunctions should not issue if
no industrial dispute were Involved” is
meaningless and worthless.
Such Insincere and meaningless declara
tions place a low estimate upon the in
telligence of the average American work
ing man and exhibit either ignorance of or
indifference to the real interests of labor.
The Independence party condemns the
arbitrary use of the w’rit of injunction
and contempt proceedings as a violation
af the fundamental American right of
trial by Jury.
i-armers ana Laborers union.
From the foundation of our government
iown to 1872 the federal judiciary act pro
hibited the issue of any injunction with
out reasonable notice until after a hear
ing. We assert that in all actions grow
ing out of a dispute between employers
ind employes concerning terms or con
iitlons of employment, no Injunction
should be issued until after a trial upon
Its merits, that such trial should be had
before a jury and that in no case of al
leged contempt should any person be de
prived of liberty without a trial by Jury.
The independence party believes that the
distribution of wealth is as important as
the creation of wealth and indorses thos%
organisations among farmers and work
ers which tend to bring about a Just dis
tribution of wealth through good wages
for workers and good prices for farmers
and which protect the employer and the
consumers through equality of price for
labor and for product. We favor such leg
islation as will remove them from the op
erations of the anti-trust law.
We indorse the eight-hour work day,
favor its application to all government em
ployes and demand the enactment of laws
requiring that all work done for the gov
ernment, whether federal or state, and
whether done directly or indirectly
through contractors or subcontractors,
Bhall be done on an eight-hour basis.
We favor the enactment of a law con
demning as illegal any combination or
conspiracy to blacklist employes.
We demand protection for workmen
through enforced use of standard safety
appliances and provisions of hygienic
conditions in the operation of factories,
railways, mills, mines and all industrial
undertakings.
We advocate state and federal Inspec
tion of railways to secure a greater safety
for railway employes and for the travel
ing public.
We call for the enactment of stringent
laws fixing employers’ liabilities and a
rigid prohibition f child labor through
co-operation between the state govern
ments and the national government.
We condemn the manufacture and sale
of prison made goods in the open market
in competition with free labor manufac
tured goods. We demand that convicts
shall be employed direct by the different
states in the manufacture of products for
use in state institutions and in making
good roads, and in no case shall convicts
be hired out to contractors, or sub-con
tractors.
We favor the creation of a department
of labor, including mines and mining, the
head of which shall be a member of th<*
president’s cabinet.
The great abuses of grain inspection by
which the producers are plundered de
mand Immediate and vigorous correction.
To that end we favor federal inspection
under a strict civil service law.
Financial Policy.
The independence party declares that the
right to issue money is inherent in the
government and it favors the establish
ment of a central governmental bank
through which the money so issued shall
be put into general circulation.
Tho Railroads.
The railroad must be kept open to all on
exactly equal terms. Every form of re
bate and discrimination in railroad rates
is a crime against business and must be
stamped out. We demand adequate rail
road facilities and advocate a bill em
powering shippers in time of need to com
pel railroads to provide sufficient cars for
freight and passenger traffic and other'
railroad facilities through summary ap
peal to the courts. We favor the creation
of an Interstate commerce court whose
eole function it shall be to review speed
ily and enforce summarily the orders of
the Interstate Commerce commission. The
Interstate Commerce commission should
have the power to initiate Investigation
Into the reasonableness of rates and prae^
tices, and no increase in rates should be
put into effect until opportunity for such
investigation Is afforded. The Interstate
Commerce commission should proceed at
once with physical valuation of railroads
engaged in interstate commerce.
Trusts.
We believe that legitimate organizations
in business designed to secure an economy
of operation and increased production are
beneficial wherever the public participates,
in the advantages which result.
We denounce all combinations for re
straint of trade and for the establishment
of monopoly in all products of labor and
declare that such combinations are not
combinations for production, but for ex
tortion, and that activity in this direction
is not industry, but robbery. In cases of*
infractions of the anti-trust laws or the
interstate commerce act we belleye in tho
enforcement of a prison penalty against
the responsible individuals controlling the
management of the offending corporations
rather than a fine imposed on the stock
holders.
Public Ownership.
We advocate the extension of the princi
ple of public ownership of public tt'llitles,.
including railroads, as rapidly as tounlci
paJ, state or national governments shall
demonstrate ability to conduct public
utilities for the public benefit. We favor
specifically government ownership of the
telegraph, such as prevails In every other
civilized country of the world, and de
mand as an Immediate measure that the
government shall purchase and operate^
the telegraphs !n connection with the pos
tal service.
Parcels Post.
The parcels post system should be rap
idly and widely extended, and govern
ment postal savings banks should be es
tablished where the people’s deposits
would bo secure, the money to be loaned
to the people of the locality of the several
banks and at a rate of Interest to be fixed
by the government.
Good Roads.
We favor the immediate development of'
a national system of good roads, including
nationa* <dd to the states in the construc
tion and maintenance of post roads.
Postal Censorship.
We favor a court review of the censor
ship and arbitrary rulings of the postoffice
department.
Dealing In Futures.
We advocate such legislation, both state
and national, as will suppress the bucket
shop and prohibit the fictitious selling ut
farm products for future delivery.
National Health Bureau.
We favor the creation of a national de
partment of public health, to be presided:
over by a member of the medical profes
sion, this department to exercise such,
authority over matters of public health*
hygiene and sanitation which come prop
erly within the jurisdiction of the national
government and does not interfere withe
the rights of states or municipalities.
Asiatic Exclusion.
We oppose Asiatic immigration which*
does not amalgamate with our population,
creates race issues and which reduces
wages and tends to lower the high stand
ard of living and high standards of mor
ality which the American citizen has es
tablished. We demand the passage of am
exclusion act which shall protect Ameri
can workingmen from competition with,
Asiatic cheap labor, and which shall pro
tect American civilization from the con
tamination of Asiatic conditions.
The Navy.
The independence party declares for
peace and against aggression, and will
promote the movement for the settlement
of International disputes by arbitration.
We believe, however, that a small navy
Is poor economy and that a strong navy is
the best protection in time of war and the
best preventive of war. We therefore fa
vor the speedy building of a navy suf
ficiently strong to protect at the same
time both the Atlantic and the Pacific
coasts of the United States.
Inland Waterways.
We rejoice in the adoption by both the
democratic and republican platforms or
the demand of the independence party for
improved natural waterways, the Missis
sippi inland deep waterways project, to.
complete a ship canal from the gulf to the
great lakes. We favor the extension of
this system to the tributaries of the Mis
sissippi, by means of which thirty state®
shall be served and 20,000 miles added to
the coast line of the United States. Tire
reclamation of arid lands should be con
tinued and the irrigation program now'
contemplated by the government extend
ed and steps taken for the conservation,
of the country's natural resource®, which,
should be guarded net only against dev
astation and waste, but against falling;
into the control of monopoly. The abuse®
growing out oX the administration of oui
forest preserves must be corrected and.
provision should be made for free grazing
of public lands outside of forest or other
reservations. In behalf of the people re
siding in arid portions of our western
states we protest vigorously against tha
policy of the federal government In sell
ing the exclusive use of water and elec
tric power derived from public works to
prlvate corporations, thus creating a mo
nopoly and subjecting citizens living lm
thoee sections to exorbitant charges for
Iight and power and diverting enterprises.
Into channels for corporate greed and op
pression, and we demand that no more
exclusive contracts be made.
Protection of American Citizens,
American citizens abroad, whether na
tive born or naturalized, and of whatever
race or creed, must be secured in the en
joyment of all rights and privileges un
der our treaties, and where such rights,
are withheld by any country on the
ground of race or religious faith step®
should be taken to secure the removal;
of ®uch unjust discrimination.
Election of Senators; Income Tax.
We advocate the popular election of
United Slates senators and of Judges,
both state and federal, and favor a grad
uated income tax and any constitutional
amendment necessary to these ends.
Equality of opportunity, the largest
measure of individual liberty consistent
with equal rights; the overthrow of the
rule of special Interests and the restora
tion of government by the majority exer
cised for the benefit of the whole com
munity—these are the purposes to which-,
the independence party is pledged, and we
Invite the co-operation of all patriotic and.
progressive citizens irrespective of party, *
who are In sympathy with these princi
ples and In favor of their practical en
forcement.
TO HELP PREACHER
WIN HIS BRIDE
Atlantic City, N. J., July 31.—The
deacons of the First Baptist church are
going to tiend a delegation of their
wives to LaCrosse, Wis., in an attempt
to prevail on the fiancee of Rev. John
W. Hoag, handsome young minister of
that place to marry him and come to
this city.
Rev. Mr. Hoag has been called to the
pulpit here by uanimous vote, but he
confided to church officials that he had
not been able to persuade the young
woman to leave her home and come
to Atlantic City. The delegation will
carry along a promise to set the young
couple up in housekeeping and will
ask that the wedding take place at
once so as to obtain the services of
the minister during the summer sea
son.
IOWA SPINSTER WEDS
A RICH WESTERNER
Spokane, Wash., July 31.—Miss Maggie
Bowls, spinster, of Iowa, and John Lee.
widower, who made a fortune in the Horse
Heaven country, southwest of Spokane,
were married at the home of the groom
at Prosser, Wash., July 22. The ceremony
was performed by Rev. W. W. Adams, of
Spokane. Supper was served on the lawn,
where a table 70 feet in length was
•reeled.
NINE AUTOMOBILISTS
PINCHED FOR SCORCHING
Des Moines, la., July 31.—Nine prom
inent citizens wlTose combined wealth
reached over *1,600,000 sat in the po
lice court this morning alongside of
Jags and drunks on charges of violating
the automobile ordinance by speeding
and failure to carry lights. They were
picked up by the police last night. All
pleaded not guilty End the trial was*
sat for a later data