The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1903-07-30

good deal OF time last week trying to
fine some way in which they could
crawl out of the scrape they got into
when they undertook to interfere with
the internal affairs of Russia. it is
LOW said that they asked Mr.. Riddle
who is now charge de affairs at st.
Petersburg, to politely inquire of the
Russian secretary of state If the petl-
ton concerning the Kishinef affair
would be received, and the Russian
government replied in the negative.
The said petition will be filed away
in the archives Of state at washing
ton.
Mrs. Harriet Stanwood Blaine. wife
of James G.. Blaine, died at the old
family homestead at Augusta, Me-,
July Is, at the age of rs years. She
was a factor in the political career OF
the great statesman and an affection
ate wife and a dutiful and loving
mother.
According to the New York Com
mercial which has made a careful
compilation, the loss in stocks since
last September has been over 81 900,
100000. 1t says that the losses have
been confined mostly to wealthy CAPT
talists whose fortunes have been
greatly decreased while the general
public has suffered but slightly. This
situation explains why the capital
iSts' Of Wall street are demanulEg the
issue Of more paper money. 1t is not
long since these same chaps were all
declaring that they had secured a
stable currency on a gold basis" Now
they don't seem to be at all pleased
with their work.
There was great excitement On the
New York stock exchange all the
week and many stories were afloat to
account for the tumble in stocks. One
was to the effect that Rockefeller was
fighting Morgan. When an Associate
press reporter went to Uncle Russell
Sage and inquired about t, Uncle
Russell smiled gentle smile and re-
piled: ct is foolish to declare that
Rockefeller and Morgan are waging a
fnancia. war-they do not make
money out Of each other" That is
the truth about the matter. Both
of these financial magnates prey upon
the public and not on each other; both
are engaged in the same sort Of pir-
acy, and in the present state OF ignor-
ance among the people there is room
for them both. Their galleons con-
stantly come home ladened with the
wealth gathered from the seas of
ignorance, just as the Spanish gall
Icons came back after their raids on
the supplemented Incas. We all
iards. Some time in the future the
same fate awaits such pirates as Nor
gan and Rockefeller.
Among those hard hit by the re-
cent fall in stocks is Schwab. 1t is
now said that he is out Of steel alto
gether and has gone to the mountains
of Colorado to recuperate Both he
and Mrs. Schwab have taken the mat
ter so hard that they are about nerv-
GUS wrecks. This is another illustra-
tion of the warnings given by The In
dependent. The worship of Mammon
is sure to end in misery.
The latest news is to the effect that
the Colombian congress will refuse to
ratify the isthmian canal treaty. and
1t is claimed that the two states of
Panama and Cauca are preparing to
get up revolution, set up new re-
public and then make treaty so the
canal can be built. The readers OF
The Independent will remember what
has been published in its columns
about an isthmian canal and the
trans continental railroads
The Georgia legislat re has voted
to continue child slavery in the cot
ton mills. More than half of the cot
ton mills Of the south are owned by
New England worshippers of Nam
mon. The shrewd Yankees were able
to fool these southerners by startins