The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-09-24

all the world was aroused. One dis
patch, after saying that the butcher
les by the Turks had resulted in the
death of $4,000 innocent people, tells
OF battle III which which q whole whole Turkish
regiment was annihilated. more than
500 of them being killed outright.
Whether Bulgaria will declare war is
rot yet settled.
The Consolidated Lake Superior
company will be thrown into
the hands of receiver next Monday.
The press dispatch says: There will
remain for the stockholders nothing
Of the $30,0OO,000 expended in the
operations of the Consolidated. Vice
President Sanborn would make no
statement tonight beyond saying he
had heard of no foreclosure being
made today. The directors are equal
ly reticent' That $30,000,000 will
come from the pockets of some thou
sands of middle class people who will
suffer great hardships. 1t is clean
stealing and nothing else. And yet
the thieves will be honored, for it has
made them rich. Being rich gives a
man social standing and position in
the church. Much more of the same
thing is to follow soon. What will
the result of it all be?
The tory government of England is
in ruins. Four members of the cabi-
ret have resigned and one or two
rortance as to be really part of the
government, have also sent in their
designations. What fall there has
been since these men were dominating
everything and denouncing every man
in the kingdom, like their imitators in
this country, as being disloyal and
traitors. The Imperialism of the Sal
isbury cabinet wrecked the finances
Of the nation and enormously in
crease taxes, but they also destroyed,
as here, the high ideals of liberty and
equal rights among men. The war on
the Beers has damaged England more
than It did the South African farmers,
Just as the war on the first little re-
public in Asia has damaged us more
than it did the Filipinos. Every one
knows that this nation stands on the
verge of an opening chasm, whose
depth cannot be determined by any
knowledge that we now have. The
true reason why a cabinet in England
goes to pieces is never announced.
Something else ID always invented to
cover the criminality ana mistakes Of
the government. Imperialism and a
needless costly war was what wrecked
the Joe Chamberlain game. The end
Of Imperialism will be the same in
this country.
The dailies are filled with pictures
of the broken, dilapidated, entailed
castles of the Duke of Roxzurghe. for
whom Miss Goelet paid s4,000000.
Americans will have to raise 400 600
bales of cotton at present prices or
the equivalent in corn, wheat, cattle
or hogs and send it over to England
to pay for that little appendage to an
American heiress. Get at it and save
your crops and send over your share.
The Nebraska state university re-
gents have decided to locate the west
ern experimental sub-station at North
Platte. $4,000 was appropriated by
the last legislature for this purpose
and work on the equipment of the sta
ton will begin in the spring.
A dispatch from Wilmington, Del,
under date of September Is, says:
Miss Huidah 5. Todd, postmaster al
Greenwood, Del, whose removal from
Office by the postmaster general be-
cause she was obnoxious to United
States Senator Alice, attracted the at
tention of the entire country, has Civ
en- up the disputed Office to Jacob L.
Houseman, who was appointed her
successor.
A Washington dispatch of Septem-
Der Is says: Secretary Moody's atten-
ton has been called to the fact that
| no monument marks the grave of John
Paul Jones in Paris. In the event that
the remains of the distinguished naval
hero can be found, Secretary Moody
| will order warship to France to bring
them home.