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r xt r? it to rT? g in r vv ry u r A Weekly Resume of the Really Vital News by the Editor w "The war Is over." The Associated press dispatches from Manila under date of October 12 settle the matter. They , are as follows: . "Lieutenant Velasquez and tMrty men of the con stabulary were attacked recently by five hundred head hunters of Nueva Viscaya and, lost two men, after kill ing fifty-three and wounding large numbers of the head hunters. The I enemy were armed with rifles and bo les." "Eight ladrones have just been sentenced here to be hanged and two to twenty-five years' imprisonment by Judge H. H. Sweeney. These men were captured in Bulucan and other provinces of Luzon adjacent to Ma nila." The execution of three mur derers in New York occupied two or three columns r day in the dailies a week or two ago, but for Filipinos one line to each man hung is deemed sur ficient. The atrocities in Macedonia are as awful as anything in all history. Nothing has been done to stop them. The ioiiowmg is a passage irom me correspondence Oi George Lynch, who is fin the around: "Durine the past few weeks I have daily witnessed the hardships, sufferings and miseries of the helpless iugitives neemg irom me par ban ties or tne xurKs. i nave seen men,- women and children of all ages mi rnccliner from Macedonia to the frontier and safety, some endeavoring to save a little of their scant fortunes, bowed under the burdens of house hold goods, others drivkig a few cattle, Vrnt the maioritv having nothing be ing glad to save their lives. Many nave been compelled to leave ageo relatives, many mothers were com pelled to abandon their children in their wild flight from midnight sur prise by the Turks. In all my experi ence in four vars I have not seen such misery as existed among the refugees Eying irom tne i utks. Never was therfi a better opportunity for srener us Americans to relieve sufferings." There is a srreat Uuibar in Russia It was supposed that there was abo"t $400,000,000 of gold in the czar's war chest. All the estimatesrmade. of the gold in the world has accounted for that much locked up there. A recent Investigation has revealed the fact that there is less than $150,000,000 there. The rest of it has been spent in buildinsr the Siberian railroad and bribing Chinese mandenns. The management of the daily press during these fall months of campaign ing has been along tne old lines. Any thing to keep the minds of the people from the questions that are pressing lor settlement, something had to be done to keep the people from invest! gating the panicky conditions every where appearing. The thing that was decided upon 'as a war between Rus sia and Japan. The Independent spotted it as a fae and did not even mention it in lest week's issue. All the dispatches at this writing say that .11 mere was notning in it. The isthmian canal is becoming a very live issue again. When congress convenes there, will be some lively times over it. It is now boldly charged that the $50,000,000 appropri ated to get a right of way via Pana ma was all pure boodle. Forty mil- . lions were to be given to Wall strpet and French hoodlers and'ten million to Colombian politicians. The Colom bia chaps: were dissatisfied with, the distribution of the boodle and Viewed the fat into the fire. Under law the president, now should order wor to be immediately begun on the Nirar,- -a?"a route. ,AH the treaties could b signed up in ten days and wor1r could V- beenn immedif tely. B"t nothing of ''the kind will be done. The railroads don't want any canal. The revenues of the government con tinue to decline at a ranid rate. jst a' The Independent said thev wonld when the boom was over. The gov ernment will soon want soma of that monev that Shaw has handed over to the banks. What will the roor bankers do then? , If they undertake to call in theft loans, we will have worse than '93 over again. Disastrous floods such as were nv er 'mown at this season of the year 1n all the history of the co"nrv con tinue to ocenr in various prtn of the evntrv. This week New Yori' and Nw Jersey were visited wi?h a downpour that, broe all nre,vio"s rec ord. The losses ran far up in tne . mil Hons. Patterson. N. J.. wa? the worst pnfforer, a lare part of the citv being flooded and work-in many large T'TT r TiTT?r t i n n vv r.r, iv 4? manufacturing plants stopped. There is much suffering among the wage workers, who are never further than thirty days from famine. The banks, or by one, continue to close their doors. Not a week passes with less than the bankruptcy of from two to six. The great dailies keep very quiet about Jhe matter. The last one reported was in Fergus Falls, Minn. 'The Southern Pacific railroad is to follow the example of the New York Central and curtail expenses by laying on employes. The Harriman line is preparing, according to an authorita tive report received in Chicago, to re duce its vforce by 1,200 men immediate ly The chief cuts will be made in the shops, but there will be economiz ing all along the line. There will soon be 100,000 railroad men out of work. That means that they will cease to buy goods, the merchants will find it impossible to sell, they will stop or ders on the eastern mills, and thou sands more will become idle. That is the way the thing has worked for two hundred years. A boom and a col lapse. .In all that, time the' majority of tne people nave learned nothing. The mission of the great dailies has been to intensify the ignorance. ; If the doctrines of imperialism had not degenerated the people, it would have been' impossible for any gov ernor or commarder of state militia to have instituted such a condition of military rule as has been exhibited in Colorado. It was along the line of government by force that the republi cans had adopted as a national pol icy. The result is just what a) ways roiiows such undertakings. First, the courts were invaded by armed sol diers and their orders defied. Next corruption among the military. About hair or tne Higher officers are at pres ent under arrest charged with bood ling. The foul smell of the affair has reached as far as Europe. The nresi dent-has had to take notice of the conditions and has sent a recmest' to the republican governor to withdraw naif of the militia. The expense has been about $2,000 a day, which the people win have to pay in addition to their already exorbitant taxes. Re publicans rule ou; in Colorado, but the vote 'er straight kind seem to think that they must have it. Building has almost come to a standstill in tne east- and to a verv great degree in the west. The dailies try to make it appear that it is all on account of the labor oreanizations. Such statements are constantly made, and multitudes of unthinking readers tane it an tor tfte truth. But that is not the truth at all. Labor roubles can scarcely be taken into account when the real cause of the cessation of building operations is understood. Like the distress in the cattle districts the trusts are a the bottom of the trouble. The lumber trust, the steel trust, the tin trust, the electric snnnlv trust, have raised prices of everything mar goes into the construction of a building to such a figure that the peo ple cannot afford to build. That is the truth about the matter. Mr; Steffens has been writinsr some articles for the magazines concerning the corruption in the cities. What may be "expected of the "business men' in the way of reform mav he judged from his report of interviews witn sucn men in Chicago. He says: "I spent one whole forenoon canine- or. the presidents of banks, great busi ness men and financiers interested . in public utility companies. With all the evidence I had had in other places that these men are the chief sources of corruption, I was unprepared for the sensation of that day. Thosi finan cial leaders of Chicago were 'mad.' All but one of them became so en raged as they talked that they could not behave decently. They rose up P"rple in the face and cursed reform. They said l had hurt business." These business men" of which we have lieard so much during the last few vears are like the bankers who assem bled in Lincoln dnrinz this week Thev discuss thiners only to find how much money there is in it for them. "Prof it" is 4he only standpoint from which they view anything. Whether it is peace, war, relieion, politics, or gov ernment, "profit" is what thev plan for. If The Independent had not heretofore made several remarks on he worship of Mammon, it would he appropriate to append them here. The supreme court of. the state . of Missouri has- sustained the proceed- ings wherein EdiJrr Shepherd was fined $500 for criticising a decision of the court after the case was closed. tu r j ...i..it j i . uctiomu Liiiniocu nan uenti wi Dv the whole population to indicate that the court was corrupt and the fine of me eauor was paid by a public sub scription. There is one satisfaction in this case. These iudees were not: "an pointed for life," as the federal judges are and there will be an election in the near future when the people can get rid of them. In the federal courts- there is no remedy against an unjust judge except by an impractical plan of impeaenment. Rosewater.talkii of "populist decen eracy" and declares the populist vote has dwindled down to a mere corpor als guard.- At the last election in Omaha the populists polled on their straight candidate who was on no other ticket almost exactly twice as many votes as they ever before polled m mat city. That don't, look much like "degeneracy" and . "dwindling down." 1 The case of the ship building trust nas disclosed to the public the mora rottenness and vulgar, low down stealing that goes along with "oro moting." It was a dirty conspiracy to Bieai me money or a confiding public mrougn lying publications called a prospectus." Schwab. Morgan and the whole gang are proved to be just common, every-day thieves. When the steel trust gets into a receiver's hands more damnable things will be discov ered. No wonder that steel common is down to 12 and na man has nnv nn dence In any proposition with which morgan is connected. The United States government pur chased another million ounces of n. ver - for Philippine coinage and the price went up to over 60 cents an ounce, the highest price for many years. When that commission was sent over to Europe to establish hi-' metaiusm at the ratio of 32 to 1, The iiiuepenaem said tnat it could be eas ily done. It will not be long before i ii i . . Buver win be worth 64 ceats an ounce, a perfect demonstration of the truth of the arguments of populists during the last two presidential cam paigns. The service of the Nickel Plate road to New York city and Boston is un surpassed. Three fast express trains. in each direction, daily. These trains ars composed of modern first-class dav ccaches, elegant vestibuled sleeping cars between Chicago, New York and tfeston and other eastern points. Su perior dinng car service, meals heino- served on American club plan, ranging m price irom $ cents to $1.00; also service a la carte. Passeneers can travel comfortably and economically wa me micKei fiate. see that your iicnet reads tnat wav. r.hinam m, ticket office. Ill Adams street. Denot La Salle street and Van Buren street on the elevated loop. , Sept 24, Oct. 1815. Governor Bates of Massachusetts in opening his campaign enunciated a great truth in almost his first sen tence. He said that the opposition to the republicans was composed of, and made its appeal to .the discontented The man who, when prodded up in a street car under the imperative order to "move forward" after having paid me ma price ic a seat and is still contented." is the verv enrt chap that votes the republican ticket cown in Massachusetts. The fellows who want what they pay for and when they don't get it "kick" are the "dia. contented" who go after the corpora tions and the reoublira sharp stick whenever thev cet a chance. Mayor Low of New York rltv fa a candidate on the fusion ticket for re election. Like most candidates he ceta very populistic while the campaign is on. There are four naneis in ha Qi . r i LAy cw derman's chamber which have inscrip tions of them. Two of these inscrip tions which are somewhat nlut and money-worshiping in their na- 11A Via .mvI.. .1 ' uc van oiuerea erasea and the following DOOUlistie PWnHnle rm In their places: "Equal and exact ins- tice to all men of whateer station or position. Jefferson." "Our should hold an equal and impartial iianu. wasnineton." . .Populist Leaven is Wo king Editor Independent: The nenri'a party has muc' to he since the Denver conference .i!iM,i, set the leaven to working in the dor mant meal. The conferences heinc held in several states since Show that new life is? revived in . the many that were only, waiting for a leading Hoses to urge the hosts on to a marching victory. . Now. that a Moses has been found, let us all prepare to follow and do all in our power to educate the unthink ing to awake from their slumbers and try to be following Joshuas, it is simply gratifying to read of so many efforts being put forth in so many ways in an off year to arouse the peo ple to see the folly of working so hard and the other fellow reaping the fruits of their toil. The national "ederatlon for major ity rule is a step to light the path for all who will open their eyes and look. Had the grangers in their early his tory advocated the education of politi cal rule by the majority of the vot ers, this nation might be as prosperous ar the green bay tree, and lessons now so hard to learn by the pre'sent genera- uuq, niigni nave gone into mstory as one of the noble acts of our fathers. But why mourn tue past? The thing to do is ponder (not dream) and work, work, work! MATILDA MAGLEY. Green Ridge, Mo. (In a private note to the editor, Mrs. Magley expresses ken satisfac tion at the success of the recent state conference at Chillicothe, Mo. Prior to the death of Mr. Magley, both he and his wife were earnest, effective workers for the cause of populism; but since that time Mrs. Magley has been obliged to manace the home ,iarm, a task somewhat too severe for her physical strength, as well as men tally wearing upon her, so that she is unable to take as active a nart as formerly in the cause of humanity, al- mougn rne is as loyai a populist as ever. Ed. Ind.) Pushing The Independent PUSHING THE INDEPENDNTa .. Editor Independent: Enclosed find one dollar for which please send The Independent for five months to the en closed list of addresses. I am making presents of the subscriptions to the mst two n:.mes. I think the Henry George Edition will be the means of bringing a good manv, subscribers. . JOSEPH STINSON. Colorado "Springs, Colo. 6000 SEIISE Th Socialists of North Dakota II at Shown Good Sons la tht Followlag Resolutions Adopted unanimously at Fareo T,o- cal No. 1, Fargo, N. D., October 1, 1903. Whereas. Socialism stands for rn- upciouvu, uu-uutitiLiuii means oroin- erhood, and as Germanyhas produced the highest type of scientific social ists, and under great provocation these eminent leaders, by practice and nre- cept, have always taught that war and . violence should be discountenanced. and the recent election In that onnntrv demonstrates,, if any proof were need-' ed, that it is better to rely on educa ti6n, the justice of our cause and the inherent sense of rieht implanted in man, than to try to overthrow injus tice and oppression by force, thus re lying on the old adace that, "truth Is mighty and will "prevail, and though crushed to,earth will rise again," and, Whereas, The lately enacted military law has rattled some of our editors. causing them to print articles of doubtful interpretation, and while we believe that it is the duty of everv lust and liberty-loving citizen to thorough ly expose and unsparingly condemn all wrongs and oppressions, yet we are ' convinced that any attempt to remove the abuses of capitalism by force is unwise, and all violent methods are nsugated by capitalists, their tools or persons of weak -and unbalanced minds, and, therefore, be it itesoived. That we believe that our socialist papers should strongly em phasize that socialist nhilosonhv is unalterably opposed to war and vio lence, that we will suffer the wrongs of capitalism until the people peaceably remove the same by the ballot, and we roundly condemn anv effort t n remove same by force, and, further, Kesolved. That we. brand as unsafe any editor or teacher who by ,word, implication or otherwise attempts to teach violence, and believe such ner- son is either lacking in the knowledge o; scientinc socialism, or is knowingly doing the dirtv work of ca and, Resolved. That a conv of th ee res olutions be sent through our state secretary; to the socialist press, re questing publication. A. BASSETT. State Secretary, Socialist Tarty. Fargo,- N. D. Pope Pi x X. on October 3' issued his first encylical. which com mem nr. ated Pope Leo XIII. Plumbing: and Heating' J.C.COX ik North 14th 5trt, Lincoln, Neb.