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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-07-16
cooperative Land .Buyinp

Land spectators have long since
learned that they can buy land for less
dollars per acre when taken in large
bodies; farmers and home-seekers are
just beginning to find this out. In the
last few weeks several parties of land
buyers from Iowa have gone together
and bought large tracts along the Re-
publican river; when a contract was
made for the purchase of the land.
they divided it UP to suit themselves
and had deeds made accordingly.
The following tracts offer an excel
lent opportunity for several home
seekers to go together and buy either
OF these tracts, or all of them. 1t will
enable them to get some good land
very cheap.
The first is tract oi 2,115 acres.
nearly all fenced; 1,050 acres under
high state of cultivation, LOO acres of
very best alfalfa land; some timber;
the Republican river runs through this
land; wells and wind mills, tanks.
cisterns, etc. Three sets of improve
ments; two miles from McCook, Much
OF this is good hay land. Price, SIS
per acre. This piece is known as
No 1926.
Another track of 1850 acres decided
land and $40 acres of schoo, land
leased; 1,400 acres of alfalfa land
some now growing; 400 acres in Gull
tivation; nearly all fenced; good inn
provements; 600 acres of good hay
land, now ready to NOW. This ranch
is in the Republican valley, Is miles
from McCook aed> between two rail-
road stations. Price complete $4,000.
This is No. 1927.
Also an 800-acre tract, nearly all
fenced; 700 acres alfalfa AMI sugar
beet land; 200 acres cultivated: nice
grove, plenty Of hay land. This would
make two or more splendid farms;
two sets of improvements; two and
half miles from town. Price, $500.
This is No. 1923.
1t should be remembered that the
sugar beet factories at Grand Island,
Ames and Norfolk last year made
thorough tests of that soil for sugar
beet raising, which proved successful.
There is a large acreage of sugar
beets in Red Willow county this year
and the prospects are bright for SUI
gar beet factory at McCook in the
near future. This together with the
alfalfa industry insures a bright flu
lure for Red Willow and surrounding
counties; and values are sure to dou-
BILE in few years.
For full information regarding the
above land or any other land along
the Republican river write to Weber
e. Farris, Lincoln. Neb
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Send an order to the Farmers Gro
Gerry Co. for one Of their combination
orders of groceries. Hundreds of our
readers have found their combination
bargains exactly as represented and
entirely satisfactory. Mention The
INDEPENDENT
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but most Of the endo wneTtS are con-
ditional, and for that reason the per-
petuation of fixed condition seems to
be the animating desire. Memorial
Libraries are also numerous, and such
institutions are supposed to have a
great fashioning power over the hui
man mind Does it not seem wrong
to give the dead such privileges of
governing and fashioning human life?
If there is such thing as fitness of
things, can we expect that church
ruled by dead men can give much life
to the world? Can we expect an in
stitution of learning to develop new
forms of life when the course has been
marked out by the dead? We think
not; the rule Of dead men has proved
failure in the past, and we have no
reason to suppose anything better in
the future Let the living rule the
world, and develop as far as possible
all its hidden mysteries. To travel in
the ruts marked out by the dead does
not seem to be a rational method. 1t
is founded no doubt upon the super
stitions of the past, and cannot exist
when science is applied to the affairs
of government.
ROBERT H. DEBECK.
Woodfords, Me.
TO SOLVE THE RACE PROBLEM.
When Henry George had completed
his great work, Progress and Poverty,
he wrote this dedication: ITO those
vita yoicoru that
spring from the unequal distribution
of wealth and privilege, feel the pos
sibility of a higher social state, and
would strive for it's attainment.
Unlike most reformers Mr.. George
first pointed out an evil and in the
same connection showed us the rem
edy. The evil is the unjust appropria-
ton of land, by the few. The remedy
is it's restoration to the real owners
not the few, but all!
When this is done as it surely will
be done, most of the evils which vex
snd hinder real progress will grad
ually disappear.
We of the south are confronted by a
race problem, not easy of adjustment,
yet we realize that the adoption into
practice of the single tax idea would
go far in the direction of settlement
of this and much else that needs dras-
tic treatment.
Once rid of the apparent need for
protective tariffs we should find
much that is now a FRACTIONAL cause
of war between civilized or partially
civilized peoples removed. Free trade
would make us better acquainted and
more disposed to trade than to fight.
School houses are better than battle
ships, and cheaper.
Everything is possible to people
wise enough to take the first step, to
act justly to restore that which is
not justly possessed.
The land belongs to the people.
Who shall gainsay it?
WILLIAM RILEY BOYD.
Atlanta. Ga.
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The Philosophy of Freedom
An Open FForun for Single Takers

Charity balls the boat. Single tax
would stop the leak.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
Personal Mention.

William E. Amin, a special agest
in charge of the river mail route SER
vice of the Denver division, is dead at
Phoenix, .Ariz., of typhoid fever, aged
torty-seven years.
Joseph Jefferson, the distinguished
actor, will appear at Palm Beach,
Fla, in a new role as president Of the
Electric Light and Power company
which has been organized with a cap
ttal of $4,000.
Cardinal Gibbons has accepted an
Invitation to attend the inaugural cere-
monies Of the st. Louis exposition,
and will offer the opening prayer on
the occasion, as he did at the worlds
tar at Chicago.
Dean R. Wood, at present United
States vice consul at Madrid, has been
appointed United States consul at
Ceiba, Honduras, to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of Virgil c. Rey-
uolds of Kentucky.
Charles L. Fish, the Oldest attorney
in Cleveland, Ohio, and a practitioner
at the bar up to three years ago, died
of pneumonia, aged eighty-ave years.
He had practiced since 1865 and was
well known as a maritime expert.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
HAVOC OF A STORM.
Heavy Damage Afioat and Ashore
Along Southern Atlantic.

Along Southern Atlantic.
Newport News, Va, April 1. ~
Heavy. damage ashore and afloat was
wrought by wind and water during the
storm which has ragged the past
twenty-four hours. The storm cul-
minated yesterday in a veritable gale.
The tide reached q danger point
within two feet of level of the floors
of the piers and threatened to bring
great disaster to the property along
the water front.
The two-masted schooner William
B. Hall, bound up the James river to
Norfolk with $4,000 brick, sank at her
anchorage. The captain and crew,
the, latter negroes, were exposed
to the storm in a small open boat for
two hours and were rescued, almost
frozen, by the Chesapeake & Ohio tug
Alice. Two deaths have been re-
ported.
The four-masted coal schooner
Charles L. Davenport went ashore at
Old Point Comfort. She will be a
total loss. The crew landed safely.
Storm Plays Havoc.
Norfolk, Va, April 1. The north
east storm that swept down the At
lantic coast Sunday and yesterday
morning played havoc among the
small shipping and tied UP coastwise
trade almost entirely. The high tide
here prevailing in the river flooded the
streets in the lower sections OF this
city and for a time trafac was sus-
pended.
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JEALOUSY MAKES NM FURIOUS
THROWS INTERLoPER OUT AND
FIGHTS HIM DOWN Two
FLIGHTS.
IS SHOT DEAD BY .WlfI's FRIEND
BULLET PASSES CLEAR THROUGH
HIS BODY, KILLING HIM
INSTANTLY.

New York, April 1. - Filled with
jealous anger at finding another mar
being entertained by his wife yester'
day afternoon William j. Peppler OF
East 10th street, threw the visitor
out into the hall, fought him from the
third floor to the front door Of the
apartment house in which he lived.
with his wife screaming and weeping
at their heels, and was there shot
dead by the man who he thought had
wronged him.
. This man was William Earl Dob
son, q cashier in a stock brokers' Of
flee. He fed and the police have sent
out a general alarm for him. Peppler
was twenty-six years old and a clerk.
He had not been married long.
A policeman, summoned by the
cries of the other tenants of the
house, who were alarmed by the
shooting, rushed into the building, and
in the hall stumbled over the dead
body of Peppler on which his wife
was lying unconscious. Pepper had
been shot in the side, the bullet pass
ing clear through the body.
After being revived Mrs. Peppler
Eaid that she and Dobson were to:
Eether when her husband returned
Unexpectedly from work, and a fight
followed, resulting in Dobson being
thrown out of the roo and pursued
down stairs by her husband. In the
lower hall the men clinched again and
Dobson fired one shot. After that the
woman remembered nothing. Dobson
is said to be a married mar with p
wife and two children living some
where in North Carolina.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
COTTON MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Organized Textile Labor Begins Its
#f' Bio Fight.

Organized Textile Labor Begins Its
Big Fight.
Lowell, Mass, April 1. - Organized
%textile> labor yesterday showed its
strength in the shutdown of the seven
largest cotton mills here, and not con-
tent with this, the textile council, the
delegate body CT the local unions, 0 n
sidered the advisability Of compelling
an even wider application of the shut
lown. order by bringing about a strike
IN the. Lawrence hosiery mill. This
hosiery mill was exempted from the
strike order last week, the knitters'
union being permitted to remain neu-
trail as it had shown that it had no
grievance either in wages or time
schedule. The council last night did
not find the proposition well received
and the outlook is not favorable for a
strike of the knittsrs. This incident
was the chief one of the first day of
the unprecedented shutdown of the
big cotton mills in Lowell.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
SUSPECTS MAILED.
Eighteen Men Arrested on a Charge
Of Assault With Intent to Kill.

Eahteen Men Arrested on a Charge
Of Assault With Intent to Kill.
Waterbury; Conn.,, April L. Eigh-
teen men placed under arrest on the
charge of assault with intent to kill
was the record of activity on the part
of the police yesterday in their efforts
to discover the authors of some Of the
outbreaks. of violence that have oc-
Cured since the beginning of the
strike of motormen and conductors OF
the Connecticut Railway and Lighting
company eleven weeks ago. The men
arrested are charged in the warrants
with assault on William T. Merner
and George Morrisette, on the night of
Feb. &c. with intent to kill. These
two men were the non-union employees
Of the trolley company who had
charge of q car which was attacked at
a lonely spot on the Waterville line.
Both men were assaulted and n was
beaten into fnsensibility and left, lying
on the rails. This occurred q little
more than a week prior to an attack
Of a similar nature on q car at Forest
Park when Policeman Paul Men.
delssohn was killed by a bullet from
a mob of masked men. While the ar
rests yesterday Ire nominally for the
assault of Feb. &c, the officials do not
deny that they hope from this action
to learn something that will clear up
the mystery Of Mendelssohn's death.
Col. L. F. Burpee, attorney for the
Connecticut Railroad and Lighting
company, said last night that he had
strong evidence against the men ar
rested for the Waterville assault, and
that he felt confident of tracing out
the murderer of Officer Mendelssohn.
Col. Burpee added that warrants for
twenty-five men have been issued,
and that he expected that the whole
number would be under arrest before
many hours.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
uNlrEs sEvE!fRsb ARTERY.
Marvellous Operation Is Performed BY,
French Surgeon

Marvellous Operation Is Performed by
French Surgeon
Paris, March 81. Some months,
ago the fashionable Hotel du Rhin
was the scene Of an attempted d
der, one of the c~ellarnlen. cutting an
others carotid artery. The case has
resulted in a marvellous cure, the sur
geon Of the hospital having succeededi
in uniting the severed ertery, The
victim appeared in coudtSthis week
and gave evidence against his assail-
ant, who was sentencedatoStwo years
imprisonment. Throat surgery 40
likely to be greatly assisted By the
new local anaesthetic SjjGst idiscovered
by DR.. Courtane, namely para amido
bensioc@ ether. It u bassay coluble In
water, but easily soluble In glycerine
or fatty matters. h siisnot 4 toxic.
this giving n q great adyantagssoy,esart
cocaine. b Il S@l s s#Sa
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
MAY Be EXCLUDED FROM MAILS.
PRESENT LAWS SEEM TO BE IN.
ADEQUATE 70 COVER s
THESE scHEMEs.
DO AN ENORMOUS BUSINESS
tonE CONCERN REcENEsTDA'LX
OVER TWO THOUSAND
LETTERS. SS

Washington. March 31.-Inspectors
Of the postofice department, working
under the direction Of. Acting Assis-
tant Attorney General C~hrsstiancy, are
investigating the methods Of several
firms Of racing tipsters andSHturf In
vestors that have been doing Q big
business all over the copntry, And
particularly in Neutrality-suspicious. the
opening of the spring meeting ct en-
nings.
Neither the department officials nor
District Attorney Beach, who has
been called into consultation with e
view to possible legal action In the he
District Of Columbia against the firms
under investigation, is optimistic with
regard to a possible
Exclusion From the Mails
of any Of the several concerns. 1t has
been stated at the department on
many occasions that the present lot
terry and fraud laws were entirely In
adequate to cover the selling of rae
ing tips or the, ordinary tuTfEinvest-
ment scheme.
The postoface department has al
ready on one or nor occasions given
it's attention to at least one OF the
firms now under investigation, but it
was found that the business was con-
Quoted in an apparently legal manners
and that there was no law which could
be interpreted to deny the usesof the
mails to them simp4k on account ddtt
the character Of NJ scheme. r. &
Gently, however, twas noticed \ aats
in the advertising matter sentSo1k5
by one of the firms q #ssS$
Practically Definite Guarantee
was given that the tips sold Q psttroAsI
were sure to win" and sHawas
thought possible, considering 4 9
necessarily uncertain natureS0ff The
business, that this allegedSssg1aran-
tee" might be construed under the
lay as s~ufacient ground Tor The issu-
ance Of fraudforder. MEssaChfistiancy
consulted with Distftcts Attorney
Beach several days ago andssaspostof-
flee inspector was put 7 sWorrkSSnQn the,
case: A cursory examinatioi& ssdevel-
open the astonishing fact that nearly
1000 letters were being received
daily at the Washington4u6tcesof one
of the firms alone,sand the onicials.
realizing the enormous proportions to
which the sale of racing tips had
grown, resolved to go assSdeerlys y
possible into the matter to discover,
first, whether the various companies
were conducting their businesssin an.
honest manner, and, second, whether
the nature of the business itself could
be held to be fraudulent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
OVATION TO GEN. BOOTH.
Distinguished People Honor Head o,
Salvation, Army.

Distinguished People Honor Head Of
Salvation Army.
London, April l. - London &C,
corded Gen. William Booth, COM
mander-in-chief of the Salvation
Army, a great welcome home at the
Albert hall last night. The immense
auditorium. was packed from the floor
to the roof. There was not a vacant
seat in the building, which has a
capacity of $500 persons, and in spite
Of the rainy night hundreds were
turned away from the door. The au-
dience included Lord Rothschild, Sir
Edward Clarke, Sir George Newnes,
Lady Pender, Lady Murray, seven
metropolitan mayors and mayoresses,
the Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, and .
number of other members of the
house Of commons, while two boxes
were filled with members of the stock
exchange. Ambassador Choate and
other guests of prominence who were
unable to attend sent messages of re-
gret.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
Resume ST the newS.
Notes From Abroad.

Notes From Abroad.
La Soufriere is in violent eruption.
The ex-crown princess of Saxony u
broken in health.
Peace has been declared between
the Uruguayan government and the
rebels.
Two of the students injured in the
Louis Kossuth birthday riots at Buda
pest died.
George Chapman, = Southwark.
Eng, saloonkeeper, who was charged
with the murder Of three women, was
sentenced to death.
The report that the British cruiser
Pallas has been seized by the Vene-
zuelan gunboat Restaurador at Trint
dad. is without foundation.
The Arbeiter Zeitung asserts that
the Austrial war minister has issued
a secret decree enjoining the military
commanders to use all their efforts to
arrest the spread Of the socialist pro
paganda in the army.
According to advices from Pekin.
Yung Lus' illness seems. to be Of a Sc.
rious nature and his recovery is doubt
full. The Japan Mail says his death
would be an event Of greater impor.
lance than the death of Ii Hung
Chang.
A panic took place at the review Of
Chang Chin Tung's modern drilled
soldiers and sailors in the province of
Yangtse, and a large number Of lives
were lost. The sham battle caused a
stampede and many children were
drowned in the river so that their pa
rents might escape the faster:
The message Of President Palma re
garding. the. amended. reciprocity
treaty was read in the Cuban senate.
The president considers that the
amendments made by the United
States senate should be adopted. He
explains that the exchange of ratifica-
ton must be made in Washington be-
fore March 81 or the treaty will lapse.
Twelve natives were killed and six
ty were wounded during rioting at
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The govern
ment building was entirely destroyed
and the police barracks were dam
aged. All the government records
were destroyed. The rioting had its
origin in the opposition to a new wa
ter ordinance, which reduced the wa
ter allowance per head and increased
the water rate.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
BATTLE IN DOMINGO.

Rebels Lose Five Killed and Govern.
ment Troops Lose 'Twenty-sevsn.
Cape Haitien, Haiti, April L. A
serious engagement took place Satur-
day between the Dominican govern
ment trops and the revolutionary
forces at Juan Calvo, near the town OF
Bajaben. The losses on the govern
ment side were twenty-seven killed
and forty-three wounded, while the
srevolutionists lost i've killed and
eleven wounded. The telegraph line
is interrupted beyond Cotui. It is ru-
mored here that the government
troops have surrounded the capital.
.santo Domingo, and that . battle q
Imminent.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
syRDlck. INQUEST CLOSED.
No Arrests viii BE Made and No War
rants viii BE Issued.

NO AffeeIe VIII 6e MACS n0 mo war
rants Will BE Issued.
Buffalo, N. Y, April 1. Justice
Murphy is to announce his findings in
the Burdicks inquest IN police scourt
today. No arrests will be made; no
warrants will be issued. The courts
findings will be interesting as . clos
ing commentary on the famous case.
The inquest was closed formally by
Judge Murphy yesterday after hear
ing the testimony Of Quinn and King,
the former bartender and cashier Of
the Hotel Roland In New York about
Pencils alleged statement to them
Of his willingness to kill n man
even IL he went to the gallows for It.
No other witnesses were called.
The Pencil inquest, which Judge
Murphy announced would begin yes
terday morning, was postponed In
definitely. The reason announced
was the absence. Of witnesses from
the city. S 65# S%
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Accidental Happenings.

The Marine Villa hotel at Cape May,
N. j.. owned by Mrs. John M. Rogers
bf Wilmington, Del, and valued at
100000. burned; insurance, 100000.
Asa and Charles Bigelow, aged four
and two years, we're burned to death
at Kansas City, the mother having
locked them in while she went to the
store.
Three women were instantly killed
and a fourth was probably fatally in
jured while walking from Pawtucket
to Philipsdale, R. l., on the tracks of
the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford railroad.
"A $4,000 fire at Pittsburg in the
eight-story brick building occupied by
the McElveen Furniture. company gut.
ted the three upper floors. On the up.
per floors many girls were employed
and a panic ensued. but all reached
the street in safety. .
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
From the Capital.

e. E. Clark Of Cedar Rapids, Iowa
is now mentioned for the head of the
bureau Of labor.
President Roosevelt has made ap
plication for membership in the Oyster
Bay board of trade.
Admiral Dewey is to review and in
spect the North Atlantic squadron,
which is of the Virginia capes, on its
return North from Southern waters
about April ~. r
The secret service division of the
treasury department has received q
new counterfeit silver certificate, Sc
ries 1899, check letter &C." Lyons reg
lister, Roberts treasurer.
A protest has been received from
Representative Steenerson against the
proposed location of the new land
Office at Cass. STEVENSON urges that
1t should be at Bemidji.
Gen. Greedy, chief signal officer,
finds difficulty in keeping civilian EN-
ployes' at work on the telegraph lines
in Alaska, owing to the gold finds in
the Tanana country, to which they
desert.
President Roosevelt has issued N
order extending to such large cities as
may be agreed upon the registration
system for laborers to the civil ser.
vice outside of Washington, where il
already has been established.
The number of immigrants has risen
from 1851 in January to 47,267 in
February. The country furnishing
most of these citizens is Austria-Huh'
gary with 1908. Italy is not far
behind with 1860; the Russian en-
pire, 6,670; England, 1,271; Ireland,
562, and Scotland, 81. From Asia
there came 1910, of which 1856 were
Japanese.
A naval court-martial at Cavite, P,
L., for the trial Of Lieutenant Com
mander Fidello S. Carter, found the
accused guilty and imposed the SEN
tence of dismissal. The charges were
based on the grounding of the Pisca'
taqua and tie allegation that he had
attempted to compel a warrant Off.
Ger to withdraw the charges against
him.
The state department received a ca.
blegram from Minister Bridgman at
La Paz announcing that Bolivia has
agreed to the Brazilian modus vi
vendi under which Brazil is to occupy
The Acre territory south of parallel 10
degrees 20 minutes, and in the event
of q failure to settle the controversy
within four months Bolivia will agree
TO the arbitration of the question.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04
LEAPEp 70 pEATH.
Two Firemen Are Crushed In Freight

Two Firemen Are Crushed In Freight
Wreck.
Akron, Ohio, April !. A double
head freight crashed into the caboose
Of another freight train on the Erie
railroad In q cut near Ashland early
yesterday, derailing fifteen cars and
killing r. Z. Self and w. II. Winnie Of
Gallon. hremen. while Nilfer Evans
and Albert Weis. engineers Of the
rear train. we're hurt, but not serious
II. The hremen and engineers all
jumped, but both Of the fremen. fell
under the train. were run over. It
is said the wreck was caused by az
operator displaying wrong signal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-04-04

A Philadelphia minister adviser
young women to marry a man
until they have thoroughly reformed
him. Why not make sure of him
FIRST and reform him later on?