The independent., 1903-10-08
fee in his place. All that Miles said
about that bill is coming true.


about that bill is coming true.
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Senator Hanna is making about as
big fool of himself in his speeches as
any ward politician ever did. He is
accusing Tom Johnson of being indi-
rectiy responsible for the murder OF
Mckinley, becaus, Johnson advocates
some things which Hanna calls So
cialism, and the socialists caused the
death Of Mckinley, he says.
George Fred Williams refused even
to attend the Massachusetts demo-
cratic state convention. The Boston
papers speak of his absence in the fOlS
lowing way: "The session of today
lacked the exciting features of former
year. There was missing the pictur-
escueness and fire lent by George Fred
j Williams and his train of moral
Bacchants who formed the Massachus-
sets corps of the army of Bryanism.'
The czar of Russia and the emperor
! OF Austria have been holding con-
sEltation over the horrible state of af-
! fairs in Macedonia. 1t appears that
/, the settlement of the trouble there
have. by the other powers, been dele-
gated to them. Some sharp orders
we're sent to the sultan through the
Russian and Austrian ministers at
ConstaEtinople. The sultan is accused
OF needless and barbarous cruelties
and the two governments say that it is
their dlty to come to the assistance OF
the victims. We may therefore look
for something to be done. The agents
OF the Red Cross say that thousands of
women and children are starving to
death in the mountains and many hum
dreds Of wounded have no medical at
tention whatever.
Fifteen new indictments have been
handed in during the week OF post
office officials at Washington. That
Hanna-Heath business demoralized
the whole department.
A lot of sco1ndrels demanded $50
600 from the Northern Pacific road,
setting time for its payment and
threatening that if 1t were not paid
tC, blow mp the trains and bridges with
dynamite Of course the money was
not paid, and one day after. the time
set these scOundrels actually did place
dynamite on the track eight miles west
Of Helena, Mont. The front part Of
the engine was destroyed, but no lives
were lost. That road owes a duty to
the public to hunt the wretches down.
II it costs 100000. AS business pro-
position for the road. the expenditure
Of that ro1vo1 nv ovyay mr. hn
good Investment
Two of the ''civilizers" that we sent
to the Philippines, George Forman,
chief inspector, and C. J.. Johnston.
constabulary supply officer, being
charged with boodling, robbed a safe
of $4,000, captured ship and fed.
Finding that their ship needed coal.
they pirated native vessel and took
what coal they needed from it. Where
they have gone to nobody knows.
The war department has now an Off
cial censor in the person of Col. Henry
Alexander Greene. Colonel Greene
formerly performed the same duties
in the Philippines. Imperialism con-
tinues to advance step by step. Vote
'er straight.
The shrinkage in the value of steel
stock from the price it sold at last
year to the present time is $402 242S.-
f6S. or just about so per cent. Car
negie holds a first MORTGAGE on the
whole concern of 1901 .059 900, which is
probably all that it is really worth.
Carnegie don't care. fig whether steel