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Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-29
ROT.

The shortage in the worlds wheat
crop this year Is estimated at the
enormous figure Of one billion bush.
els and the rye crop at three hundred
and twenty-five million bushels. As
this shortage is all i'll foreign coun-
tries and the United States hns been
blessed with a good crop, American
wheat is III great demand for export.
The starving people Of India and
other countries must ue fed from the
overlooking %GrPnRries OF America.
This must explain the phenomenal
rise III wheat that has taken place i'll
the last two weeks. That il Is not due
"a the election Of Mckinley or the
passage OF the Dugley tariff bill
none but those who claim partisan
advantage from the works Of Proyi-
deuce will deny. The Republican
party is no more responsible for the
drouth III India than it ID for the
nse in wheat. Tho latter is directly
traceable TO the former and depends
entirely upon II. Suppose the con
ditions we're reversed and this coun
try instead Of India was suffering
from Il wheat famine. would the Re-
publican party assume the RESPONSE
bility for the destitution that would
prevail throughout the length and
breadth of the land AZ cheerfulIy as il
now claims the credit OF raising the
price OF wheat to the dollar mark?
No sane man can believe for a mo.
mcnt that the answer would be IN the
affirmative. Yet, there is AZ much
reason to hold it responsible for the
II As the other. God III His infinite
wisdom controls the seasons and
brings forth b~ountitul harvests or
smites the earth with famine. Polit-
zeal parties and policies have no
more to do with it than they have
with the cbb and flow OF the tides.
How senselcss it is then for the
Republican press to claim the credit
for this long waited prosperity to the
American farmer. Drunk with the
victory they achieved last year
through intimidation and corruption
they lay claim To every good thing in
sight, but coldly turn their backs on
the distress prevailing in the coal min.
ing regions where men, women and
children are ckIng out a miserable
existence because 81 tine graRping
and grinding power 81 mOnOpOliea
fastened upon the country through
Republican Legislation. T
look in vain for the raise in wages
promised these coal miners 10y the
passage 81 the Diugicy thrift hill I'M
der the speciOus pretense that a duty
Of 30 cents per ton on coal would in
crcaf q the miners daily rage. They
see the coal barOns pocket this duty
whilo the miners and his wife and
children are driven almost to starva,
ton and still burn incense on the nj.
lar Of protection. They sec the SUI,
gar trust and other gigantic aggrcga-
lions Of capital swallowing up the
earnings Of the people and deny nj
responsibility iur the Legislation that
maze these things possible in a free
country but howl in ~frenzics OF delight
over mn act Of Providence that gives
. A. III 4
market Tor his surplus crops. God
pity the Republican editors il they
display such idiocy in the conduct oI
their private affairs.
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SENATOR STEW ARTS REFurA-
TON.

The Silver-knight watchman Of
the 10Th says Senator Stewart was
much perturbed by inquiries cou-
corning his purported interviews IN
the New York Times and spent au al.
ternoon in making denials- The TO-
lowing is what the Senator said on
the subject:
Il have had no conversation with a
reporter or anybody else from which
any inference can be drawn. much
less any statement made. 10 the effect
that | have changed my views with
regard to the unlimited coinage Of
silver by the United States lndepen-
IDENTIFY Of any other nation. aud st the
ratio OF Is 10 l. l recognize the fact
that there Is a temporary boom III this
country, founded on short crops and
famine i'll other countries. aud which
will make times better until our COM
petliors have good crops again. But
never have intimsted an opinion
that there Is a possibility OF ccutin-
uei good times. while the effort is be-
Ing made 10y the money powers TO
substitute gold money tor the silver
money nov in circulation.
while that process continues gold
will appreciate aud the general trend
Of prices viii be a declining one. |
do not predicate any hope OF contin-
ued prosperity in this rountr' by con-
tinuei distress elsewhere. Tie ;tste-
ment in the New York Tines that
Senator Stewart. Of Nevada. is one o.
| the latest converts TO Commercial on
huism. and that he is a bull on
everything except silver, Is a total
misrepresentation 81 my position or
anything | have said. On the con-
trary, | am a bull on silver. and be-
Geve the temporary relief that the
American people are enjoying by
reason OF good crops and famine
elsewhere, will enable them to assert
their independence in lS9S and 1890.
| do not believe that they will be in
the abject condition that they vert in
1896, which enabled the gold combi
nation through fraud. intimidation.
and bribery to achieve a victory.
1T seems almost Providential that
relief should come while the battle is
on. which Will give the people a de-
gree Of independence to fight the
enemies OF civilization who are labor
ing TO enslave the human ace by
contraction. falling prices and pow.
erty. This relief did not come by or.
der OF the gold syndicate. They
nev ordered anything to make it
easier for the people. but Providence
has made :: La.! .o7 other nations ia
order to give the American people an
OPT ortunity to free the people from
the bondage OF gold contraction.
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The Jnps and Hawaii.

Tue steamer Mariposa arrived in San
Francisco on the Goth from Sidney,
via Honolulu with the following Ha-
waiian advices:
The Hawaiian Government has not
yet received an answer from Japan re-
gardinG the offer to refer the im.
migration trouble to arbitration.
There is no change in the situation
here.
The Hawaiian Star, commenting
upon the admission OF a Japanese
that in case Of trouble all the Japan
| csc in Honolulu were to meet at a
rendezvou says: III we look up the
Japanese correspondence and the ar
ticles i'll the Japanese press there Is
found frequent allusion to an uprs-
ing i'll the islands. 1t Is one OF the
excuses for the presence or the Nan
iva in III waters. Should
such Il rising take place il would he
very easy for the japanese govern
ment To repudlate II II unsuccessful
and it would be very easy to reap adj
yantageS were it successful. This
idea OF a probable rising is yer pres
ent in the japanese minds III the em'
pire, and there is good aso to be
lieve that it is present among japan
csc minds here.
Tho American ship Commodore
Captain Davidson. left Honolulu tol
New York on August 10Th with
cargo OF sugar valued at SlSG.20o
This will be the largest cargo OF su
gar To he carried around the horn Thu
season during which thirteen vessels
carrying s4,33l.si0 worth OF suga,
have been despatched to New York.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1897-08-29

An exchange says: AT last the
goldbugs have found a weak place in
Bryan's amor, aud they are wild with
delight. Someone has started the
story that he sleeps in a silk night
shirt. The servilo md venile press
lost no time in giving this Astounding
piece OK news to the world, and they
are harping on II day after day, No
particulars are given, Pnd until these
papers recover from their paroxysms
OF delight, 1t will be impossible To
iearn more about the night shirt.
whether 1t is trimmed with gold or
silver, buttoned behind or in front.
branded with "w. !. IN on the r;gh,
side or the loft side, arc still ma,,s,s
OK mystery. When the sight eb;rt ia
WRsheo or whether Is Ia worn witbon,
washing il unknown. Whether Tho
shirt is a delicate sky blue, goldbuv
yellow or silver gray, has no. go
been made public. But this ipfor
nation will doubtless come IN time
and then another great economical
question will DO settled. Great ia th,
discovercr OF that night shirti II,
will be placed at the right hand o.
Hanna, and given a cinch on nm,
good thing that may DO left on tn,
political pie counter, and night ehir
arguments will take th,
lead in tho coming campaign in III,
Uuited Statoe, 10 the exclusion o
every other isaue.
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..srARvE AND uE DAMNED

TNcdu the iOLON ny AtOth luC pcu VI
an Illinois clergyman and then Won
der il you can why he coal miners
arc engaged in a life and death strug-
gle with the coal barons for a raise in
wages. Read it and see il you can
discover any evidences Of that great
wave Of prosperity hat was to follow
tic fostering upon THO country OF
the British financial system. Read it
in the light Of the increased duty on
coal under the Dingley bill and say,
IL you can, that protection benefits
the laboring man.. Ponder it all who
love their country and see il the seeds
OF revolution, carnage and misery are
not hidden under the specious pre-
lenses OF the advocates OF a system
that brushes the manhood. yea the
very life, ont Of the laboring classes
OF this country. Study it all who
love their fellow man and register a
Tow that a system that brings the Ia
boring classes OF this country to such
extremes Of wretchedness shall be
wiped out forever when next Amer-
a freemen are marshalled at the
ballot box -Starve and be damned
says the coal baron to the request Of
this man Of God:
Having heard the walls OF hunger
a. long as my patience could endure,
my mind naturally difted into the
consideration Of a remedy. With a
few friends l visited the Office OF the
coal company, and there attempted to
convince the superintendent that the
miners did not deserve TO be locked
ont because they protested against a
further reduction Of ten per cent in
wages at a time when they were re-
ceiving an average Of only 81 cents a
day. as shown by the statistics OF H.
liDois. ] begged him. in the name OF
STARVING WOMEN and GILL
DREN, to submit the matter to arbi-
tratioD, His brow wrinkled and his
list chDched as he sLgrily replied
'STARVE AND BE DAMNED-
When l look back On the revolving
scenes OF my visit, it occurred to me
that l had seer or read or heard that
awful command every minute l had
spent in Braidwood. / read it in the
relief store; / heard it i'll the pitiful
story OF the Italian; it came to my
ear In the means Of the barefooted
women and the sobs and signs Of the
little children. / read il in the scald-
ins tears OF the little English girl; /
saw it in the anxious look OF the
weeping mother a. she stood over her
dying children. l read it on the al
tar OF every destitute home. heard
1t In the PRAYER Of the colored woman
asking God to give her back To slay-
cry; l saw it detied when the miners
cut the meat from the dead horse and
FED 1t to their starving children. !
saw it executed when the twin bows
OF the miner Moran died OF starvation
/ looked down the ehaft OF the coal
company and l am sure that away
down in the murky hooks and sub
terranean ~caverns, among the poison
ous gaseo where human life is cheap
md the sun never shines. / heard the
demons OF the corporations kissing to
labor, 'STARVE AND BE
DAMNED heard it all the way
home. can hear it yet. There will
never be a night 30 dark nor a sleep
90 deep that l will not hear that com.
mandc coming up from the eruptions
OF hell, "STARVE AND BE
DAMNED
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A Household N.c,..,ix

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Tho Western Union Telegraph
Company Is putting up n lot OF new
poles In town.
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WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.
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Nor@

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Moro skin Is required. more care taken,
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-09
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

f. NonderVeehen, violin VirtuOso, of
Scranton, rendered several selections
and ObligatOs at the morning service
of the First Presbyterian church in
this city on Sunday.
Misses Katie Powderly and Mary
Moran, of Scranton, are visiting Miss
Tessie Powderly, of Terrace street
McLaughlin's dancing class will give
a social in the Burke building tomor-
row evening. 1t will be the first pub
lie social of the class.
Louis Brauer, of North Church street.
is suffering from the effects of a fall
from his wagon on Saturday. He in
jured his side, but is somewhat i'm
proved.
Mr., and Mrs. John Reil, of Scranton,
spent Sundarv with relatives in this
city.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Toolan, of Cot
tage street, are spending the week in
Scranton.
Mrs. c. w. Hine, of this city. has
received a check for $1,000, that being
the amount of insurance carried by
her late husband in the Shield of Honor.
The families on Wayne street and
the East Side will soon be supplied
with water direct from No. pond.
The Crystal Lake Water company are
laying pipes for this purpose.
On motion of Attorney j. Z. Burr
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-09
LAID AT REST.

The funeral of Mrs Margaret Can
non, who, for sixty years had been
resident of Carbondale, was largely
attended at st. Rose church on sun
day afternoon. Rev. r. +. Coffey oflic-
lated. The pall-bearers were: AM
thony O'Horo, Anthony Hennigan, Will
liam Walker, James Gurrell, Of Scran-
ton: Thomas Flannery, Bryan O'Byrne,
John Farrell and Michael Lotus.
Among the number of friends from out
of town present were Thomas OMalley
and family, Daniel Cannon, r. J.Walsh,
j. Lacey, William O'Hara, John Hem
nigan, William Gurrell, John Walsh
and John Kelly, all of Scranton; the
Misses Maria, Mary ana Belinda
Walsh, Mrs. Curran, Maria OHora,
Sarah Walsh, Annie McFadden, Mrs.
Thomas Rooney, Mrs. John Boyle, of
Scranton, and Miss Maggie Russell of
Wilkes Barre. Her surviving children
are: Mrs. Thomas O'Mallcy and Dam
iel Cannon, of Scranton; Mrs. Mar
garet Myers and Thomas Cannon, of
this city. Mrs. Cannon had lived for
many years at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Myers, where she died.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-09
TAYLOR.

Mr.. Patrick Mulherin, one of Taylors
most prominent business mcn,was slight
ly injured ON Sunday evening about $50
o'clock. The accident happened i'm front
or the pOstOftiCc on Main street, Mr.
Mulhcrin and another gentleman were
driving from pittston and a Scranton
Traction company car was approaching
In the opposite direction. when the horse
suddenly became fractions and ran
against telephone pole. Mr.. Mulhcrn
tell forward and was injured about the
body The wagon was n wreck and both
men were thrown from the vehicle Mr..
MulhCrin was removed to his residence
on Main street by several gentlemen who
were standing by at the time. Dr. j. l..
Griltths was summoned and found that
his injuries were not as serious as first
thought
Professor d. r. Jones spent the Sab
bath with friends i'm Latin.
David T. Harris, of Union street, has
been appointed street commissioner by
the borough council in place of Benja-
min Llcwcllyn, who has resigned that
position.
Evan Davis James Heffcr Joseph Fair
clough and William Master were on
hunting expedition to the Beach yes
terduy.
VI. NJ. Williams is having flag stone
sidewalks erected on his Main street
property.
J I' tlI'tlpIS anu committee OF tne
Price Library association are requested
to De- present at the meeting this even
ing as business of importance demands
their presence.
The new dwelling of John r. Necley,
on South Main street, is nearly complet-
ed
The Independent Social club will con-
duct their regular weekly social this
evening in Wchcrs rink.
Found--A light colorcd hound owner
can have the same by paying expense.
jackson Davenport.
J. ID. Athcrton, of South Main street,
Is having his residence beautihed with
paint.
Daniel Thomas and daughter, Mrs
David Grimths. have returned from a
few days visit with relatives in the
Beech
Tho Welsh Congregational church will
hold their pay night social as usual this
week All are invited
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-09
CAR DOOR TO SAVE TWO LIVES.
A Mute Witness for the Defense in a
Murder Trial.

Beaver, Pa, Nov. S-A door from a
freight car will play an important part
in the trial Of young Charles Smith and
George Leslie, who are i'm the Beaver
Jail awaiting trial for the murder Of
Charles Cover. The murder of Cover
occurred on a train at Falston. Smith
and Leslie were supposed to have been
on the train with Cover, and were ar
rested for the murder. Both stoutly
maintained their innocence, and said
the car in which they had takcusspas- Sc
sage was switched off at Beaver FAILS,
while the car containing Cover. they
said. went on to Fallston. They describ-
ed the car as having Il door with a hole
cut through it and were able to give a
minute description of the door and the
aperture.
Impressed with the truthfulness of their
story, John Smith, OF McKoesport. the
father of one of the accused boys, set out
n search for the car with the cut door
He Travelled many miles over various rail-
roads on the lookout for the car that
could corTobOratc his sons denial and
guilt. Finally he located it in Chicago.
He found the door cut in precisely the
manner described by the accused boys.
and. under the circumstance, he easily
prevailed on the railroad company own
ing the car to let him have the door He
brought it to his home in McKeesport,
and will have it in court when the trial
of the two boys is called.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-09
VICTIM OF HYPNOTISM.
While in n Trance Daniel Wright
Jumped from o High Widow-- The
Easy Subject Was II Professional
Eicfin

Philadelphia Nov. S.-An interesting
psychological problem is now occupying
the attention Of the Pennsylvania hos
pItal physicians in the case of Daniel
Wright, of No. 2l9 Vine street, VINO
jumped from the third-story window of
his residence yesterday morning, and
broke three of his ribs. The patient
claims that the dangerous leap was taxi
IN while he was in a hypnotic trancH.
and tells a remarkable story of the in
tlucnces which affected his mind, making
hum irresponsible for his act.
According to Wrights account, he was
once associated with Professor Carpen-
ter, the hypnotist who is now in Boston,
as q subject, and they travelled the Coun-
'ry together, giving exhibitions. The
MbinCt claims he was easily influenced
y the Professors will power, and could
go induced to do almost anything when
- "a trance. with every exhibition his
Tn will power became weaker, and he
dG many strange things at his assoc
Ciatcs command. At a performance Civ
cr at one of the local theatres some
years ago, Wright jumped from the bal
cony to the orchestra at Carpenters bid
ding, but was not injured by the fan
AZ the time of President GarficldS as
sasSination by Guitoau, n DIR. Beard,
Who is now dead, conducted a series Of
experiments to demonstrate n theory
that Guitcau might have been acting
under hypnotic influence when the crime
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TRmUNE-.rUnsDAY MORNING.

was committed. Wright asserts that
Dr. Beard used him as a subject in one
experiment; hypnotized him, made him
believe that he was i'm a burning house
from which the only means of escape
was through "A window, and made him
jump through n glass door of a boorcase
under the impression that 1t was the
window.
Six years ago Wright gave up the busi-
ness, and has since made his living as a
painter. but he claims that the hypnotic
influence is still upon him at times,
and that It has not only weakened his
memory, but has led him to do strange
things. lie remembers nothing of the
circumstances Immediately preceding his
jump yesterday morning. lie had no
dream, but became conscious Just as he
left the window, and felt n sensation
such as might he experienced in tumbling
over the brink Of n prccipce. OF course
he landed on the pavement before he had
time to indulge I'm any reflection. There
he was picked up by couple of pedes-
trians and sent to the hospital, where
It was found that I'm addition to the
three fractured ribs. the only injury he
sustained was fractured toe. His con-
dition is not dangerous.
Physicians to whom the story related
by Wright was repeated last night. said
that while he was a rare case similar
ones have been noted in medical annals,
and that no doubt he was still subject
to the effects of the hypnotic power tor
mcrly exercised upon his will.