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The independent., 1904-01-21
Some Late Bargains

183-acre farm, 21a miles from Red
Cloud, Webster county; 100 acres
choice river bottom land, SO acres up
land, but almost level--50 acres or
this in winter wheat. acres of young
ash timber This farm rents for one
third and two-fifths of crop delivered
and $40 per year for the pasture land.
100 acres good alfalfa land and 5 acres
now in alfalfa. II sold by March Z
will make price 1888 per acre. This
farm rents without improvements at
same figure as other land in the
neighborhood, thus avoiding the ex-
pense of keeping UP buildings. This
land is worth $40 per acre, but must
be sold to raise money. No land
joining this can be bought for any
thing like this money.
320-acre farm in Dodge county, 3-4
miles from the beet sugar factory at
Leavitt, miles from North Bend, 8
miles from Ames and 10 miles from
Fremont on the Platte Valley. c10
acres under plow, balance in hay
land; 7-room house, barn for 8 horses.
granary, 2 good wells and wind mills.
grove. This is surely bargain at
S55 per acre. Land in that vicinity
rents readily for beet growing at s5
per acre cash rent. This price Ia
made for spot cash, but loan could be
made for nearly one-half of the pur-
chase price. Owner is interested In
mining and lives in Montana for this
reason he offers this splendid farm so
cheap.
For sale or trade: Two fine trot-
ting stations; two splendid draft
stations; one team of high bred driy-
ing mares; buggy and harness; one
team of standard bred gedings; one
span of mules; residence property in
Richhill, Mo.
We have the best paying business
block in Lincoln to trade for good
farm land with some cash. Weber &
Farris, Lincoln, Neb.
The independent., 1904-01-21

street. Some even say that the old
schemes can never be worked on the
public again. So many hundred thou
sand families have been ruined that
new generation will have to come up
before the old game can again be
played, and the general information
and universal education of the masses
will be such that the crop of mullet
heads will even then be SO small that
altogether new schemes must be in
vented to deceive One such scheme is
already in sight. 1t is called Coop
eration," and is to be brought about
by inducing wage-workers to pur-
chase stock in the great corporations
and trusts. The innocent Carol d.
Wright is the apostle of this new
Scheme,-T
The independent., 1904-01-21
SPECIAL MARKET LETTER
FROM NYE & BUCHANAN CO., LIVE
STOCK COMMISSION MER-
CHANTS, SO. OMAHA,
NEB.

Cattle: This week opened with
steers 10c lower, feeders weaker and
cows and heifefs possibly a shade
stronger than last weeks close. Tues
day slow and weak and Wednesday
another slice of 10c to 15c was taken
oil. Receipts have been very heavy in
Chicago. Hold your cattle back; they
Will be needed later.
We quote good corn-fed steers at
$500 to s4.75. fair short-fei s3.75 to
$40. Choice feeders $3.40 10 s3.65.
choice yearling steers $3.40 to $3.50.
others $500 to $3.50. Good fat cows
and hoifers $500 To $3.50. Common
cows s2.25 to $500. Gamers $3.50 10
S2.50. Steer stock calves 1915 10
$40, hcifers 81 less, veal sa.75 10
1915. Bulls s2.G5 10 $3.50.
Sheep: Market 20c 10 soc lower this
week. Killers: lambs s5.25 te ST. GO.
yearllngs st.E0 10 $i75 wctLers 81 to
A.25, ewes s2.T5 10 $3.50. Practically
no feeders ON the market.
Hogs. Market iluctuatlng. Range,
Sa.f5 To $3.50.
The independent., 1904-01-21
New York Stock Exchange

New York, Jan. Is, 1904 Editorial
Correspondence. 1.-The Wall street
section of New York is a very quiet
place these days. Numerous signs ap-
pear all along the streets OF "Onlces
to Rent Lofts to Rent" Lofts"
in the language of the cliff dweliers.
means large room used for mercan-
tile purposes. They seem to have a
good many more such places than they
can make use of at present. Accept
ing the invitation of friend | made
visit To the stock exchange. There
seemed to be more messenger bows on
the floor than holders of seats. al
though seat in the exchange was
sold last summer for $50. 900. The bulls
and bears are very tame lot these
days, All the lambs have been
sheared and good many of them
have had their hides taken of so
that they will never again grow an
other fleece for shearing. Nearly one
half OF the members were sitting
around on the little circular seats
about the various posts during the
whole session. doing nothing. One
little crowd got at business for few
minutes only and howled shook their
high lifted hands and bid for some
stock and then tho whole crowd began
TO play horse, They chased one
long-nosod. hald.headel member an
over the room. pinned pieces OF paper
on hls back, knocked bis hat of ey-
cry time he put II on aud showed him
hlther and thithef, However, even
that dtd not last long aud the whole
performance became SO dull that ID
was not worth looking at. 50 we lctt
before the close.
~ Ia the belief of many ~ the heat
informed m"n here that a long season
OF dullneas VIII relgn supreme In Wall
The independent., 1904-01-21
LEADING THE WORLD
AS q Leader in the interpretation Of Law
The Independent II as Far Ahead Of
Eastern Dailies as it 10 In
Economics
Economics

New York, Jan. l9, l904.-( Editorial
Correspondence THE New York
Times of this date has just taken the
position that The Independent took
weeks ago concerning the action of the
president in regard to the recognition
OF Panama and the making of treaty
with self-appointed committee there
called a "Junta.' The Independent
denounced the attempt to make the
action of the president coincide with
international law, as hypocrisy. DR..
Theodore S. Woolsey, professor of in
ternational law al Yale, takes exactly
the same position that The Indepen-
dent took when the presidents erratic
action was first made known. A care
fully prepared article by Prof. Wool
sey in the Green Bag, law publica-
tlon, may be summarized as follows:
L. The hasty recognition Of a new
state in Panama was not in accord
ance with the law of nations.
z To justify 1t by the treaty OF
1916 requires a new and forced con-
struction of that instrument.
3. To prevent Colombias coercion
OF Panama is an act of war;
4. The man in the streets" YER
dict, that our smart politics served Co
lombia right, disregards law, sets a
dangerous precedent, detracts from
the national dignity, and may injure
our influence and trade amongst the
Latin-American states.
5. Our duty was and is to let Co
lombia recover Panama il she can;
our policy, to use her troubles to get
favorable canal action from the right
full sovereign.
9. Our recognition, if persisted in,
makes of Panama treaty-making
agent, but for ourselves only.
{. The canal treaty, negotiated and
ratified by the Junta, with no consti-
tutional authority or other authoriza-
tion, is of doubtful validity, and the
defect will need to be subsequently
cured.
This Panama treaty has just been
favorably reported by the committee
on foreign affairs back to the senate
with amendments. This is little
parliamentary trick by which the SEN
ate hopes to rectify the errors which
the president committed through his
strenuosity The amendments are of
no consequence whatever, but the
treaty will now have to be sent back
to Panama and by that time there
may be semblance of a government
there with which it will not appear ri
diculous to make a treaty. The ques-
tion constantly impresses itself upon
the minds of conservative men: as
1t safe to trust the destinies of this
nation to the hands of man who is
governed by. sudden impulses?" The
statement that Roosevelt would not
dared to have taken such action if CO.
lombia had been strong nation is a
slander on the man. 1t is probable
that he would have taken the action
sooner and with more zest had Colom-
bia been the equal of France or Ger
many.-T.
The independent., 1904-01-21

Ter of Lincoln as chairman and j. NJ
Teegarden of Cass as secretary. The
Lincoln News says that Governor
Mickey welcomed the officials and in
his address to them spoke of the nee
essity of placing a fair cash value
upon all property and then to take
one-fifth Of the valuation for assess
ment purposes as provided by law. He
spoke of the practice of some asses
sors of valuing land worth $40 an acre
at 30 or $6 and said this should be
stopped But His Holiness failed to
assure them that a railroad capitalized
and paying good interest upon $780,,
600 would be assessed by his board
at anywhere near $4,000 a mile.
An association under the pretentious
title of "The Nebraska Society of La
Dor and Industry has been in session
in Lincoln this week. Most of it's
time has been taken up with passing
resolutions denouncing graft" (after
"a too pointed reference to the Diet
rich trial was blue-pencilledD favoring
old age pensions for all persons over
the age of sixty years, who have been
citizens of the United States for 20
years and have never been guilty OF
felony and heartily commencing
Governor Mickey for vetoing S. f.
81, the exemption and garnishment
law.
Lincoln has had a busy week with
the various meetings of the amalga-
mated associations of farmers live
stock breeders. nurserymen, college
professors and politicians.
The republican state committee was
in session Wednesday discussing plans
for the coming state convention. The
News says: &C. Fl. Morrill, of Lincoln
has entered the race for national COM
mitteeman. Mr.. Morrill's qualfica-
tions and republicanism are so well
known that it is expected he will be
named" No doubt of his 'qualltica-
TONS And he's versatile, too, being
equally at home, whether furnishing
pint bottles for election purposes or
dominating populist board of uni
versity regents.
The independent., 1904-01-21
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

(Readers of The Independent will
pardon the brevity of this department
this week. Mr.. Tibbles' rambles among
the cliff-dwellers' of Gotham and his
visit to that milion-dollar Christian
science church account for it i'm part:
and the increasing work at this end of
the line with the Old Guard of Pop-
ulism accounts for the other part.
There is, however, little news of a
really vital nature to relate--but
plenty of scandals, murders. prize
nights and society gossip. p.-Associate
Editor.)
Speaking of the Industrial crisis in
Japan. Gaylord Wiltshire has II all
measured by the socialist yard-stlck
as an inevitable" result of the COM
petitive system--hut populists have n
vindication of their theories In that
since Japan went to the gold standard
she has been on the down-grade to-
ward the crisis.
The united mine workers I'm session
nj Indianapolis adopted resolution
"Wednesday calling for an appeal Ia
The legislatures of the various states
asking that laws be enacted compeIl-
ing the railroads 10 pay half cent a
ton ON all coal carried out OF tho
state. the operators to pay a cent a
ton on all coal mined and The min.
ers to pay one'half of one per cent
OF their wages Into fund 10 bo nkcd
To build and maintain national home
Tor aged aud crippled miners.
The county assessors OF Nebraska
met at Lincoln "Wednesday and or
KanlAed permanently with j. II. C. NIL
The independent., 1904-01-21

The electric cars in New York shoot
hither and thither, overhead, on the
surface, underground, flying in every
direction, loaded down with passen-
gers. These cars remind one OF fishes
darting through the waters or spar
rows ying through the air. There
must be many thousands OF electric
cars, all filled with suffering, half
suffocated people, every one under
great nervous pressure and intensely
eager to reach some destination. There
is no stopping. Night and day, with
out cessation, the cars filled with peo-
pie, pressed together as sardines in a
box, dart hither and thither like
Weavers' shuttles. They are weaving
an invisible web of commerce, the
warp of which stretches to all parts
OF the world and the finished product
-plutocracy.
Missouri is the state where a SUI
preme. court stands always as a bull
Wark between the boodlers ana the
penitentiary, and as the German
Cleveland wing of the democratic par
ty expects to buy the nomination and
state or two in the north to win
the election, St. Louis was the place
chosen as the safest for such opera
tions.
Senator Hanna says that he has
written 1000 letters in each of which
he has declared that he is not a can
didate for the presidency and yet the
people will not believe him. There is
nothing strange about that. His pub
lie career has been such that IL he
should even swear to statement e.
600 times the people would not be-
lieve him.
The presidents of the seventeen
transcontinental lines of railroads.
roads that share in the trans-conti-
mental freight and passenger traffic
assembled at the Waldorf-Astoria last
week with Perry Heath in attendance
The object of the meeting was to make
plans to secure the nomination of
Hanna. And yet they say that the
government ownership of railroads
would bring them into politics. The
railroads are for Hanna, the banks
are for Hanna, the whole of Wall
street is for Hanna.-T.
The independent., 1904-01-21
A Splendid Showing.

The annual statement of the Secur-
ity Mutual Life Insurance Co. of this
city made at the close of business
December 81 shows a splendid growth
and an unusually good financial con-
dition. Every Nebraskan should be
interested in this company. 1t prom
ises to be the leading financial
strength in this locality within a few
years. Its policies of insurance are
the most liberal and equitable III ey-
cry way for the holders. All losses
are paid Immediately upon receipt of
proof of death without any discount
or quibbling over technicalities. Ey-
cry citizen of this state interested In
life insurance should investigate the
policies and liberal terms of the Sc
curity Mutual Life. The detailed
statement of the financial condition
December 81 follows. No company
can make a better showing.
EnHER AGGIssrCs
The independent., 1904-01-21
Notes From New York

Tammany is for Cleveland. Murphy
will take German only when Murphy
is at last convinced that he can't get
Cleveland
The independent., 1904-01-21
s5s,661.o2

This statement shows that the COM
pany has for each dollar of liability
$1.36 Of assets.
The independent., 1904-01-21

The county assessors of Nebraska
met at Lincoln "Wednesday and or
EanlAed permanently with J. II. G. NIL
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07
Use Fists too Freely.

On August Both Geo. Mack was
arrested in this city for using abusive
language and was brought before
Justice Henningsen for hearing but as
there were some extenuating circum-
stances the matter was compromised
and the case was dismissed. He
grievance seemed to grow with the
passing of time and the next day his
added to his abusive language a
fstic exhibition and was again arrested
and fined S25 and costs.
Yesterday, on an application from
Judge Geschwind of Sleepy Eye, Sher-
if Julius went to that city and served
papers on John Mem asters for assault
on the person of E.. W. LaGow. He
was taken to the telephone and pleaded
guilty to Judge Remington of this
city to the charge, who let him down
with a fine of $40 and costs.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07
FIRST OF HOME OPERAS
Uuited Societies Will Try Thespian
Entertainment.

The people of this city are to be
treated to a home talent production
at the opera house on the evsning of
September 18th that will warrant the
prediction of an excellent time. It is
to be under the auspices of the ST..
Elizabeth society and the Caecillian
Verein of the Catholic church, and is
to consist of vocal and instrumental
production and the conclusion will be
a play, in which the members of both
societies will take part; it is called,
'sDer Sonntag's jaeger
The members of these societies have
spent sometime in the prepar alton OF
this entertainment and it is fair to pre-
sumo that it will surpass anything
thatthey have placed before the people.
Their play last year was one of the
best that have been given by the home
talent, and the attendance was good.
Next week we will give the entire pro.
gram and a complete synopsis of the
evenings entertainment.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07
CONVENIENT GUIDEPOSTS
Names on Mail Boxes Help to Locate
Farmers.

Aside from the purpose for which the
mail boxes were intended there is this
advantage to be gained from them:
They are a great convenience to people
who are not familiar with the country
and are seeking to locate some parti-
cular person, and especially to the
book agent and other peddlers, and
then, too if a person has particularly
fine place people in driving by are al
ways DESTROYS of knowing who the per-
son is who lives there.
The man should be personally iden-
titled with the place he farms. Even if
there is no business to transact, the
passerby takes an interest in this place
or that, as he sees its natural beauty,
improvements, manner of farming and
keeping up the premises and he GER
tainly likes to knowwho this one is and
who that one is. He may meet the far
mer in the future, see his name in
print, Or hear it mentioned, and it will
increase interest in both the farm and
the farmer to be able to associate the
| two.
| As the paint wears off the mail box
and the owner S. name becomes too din
to read, it should be renewed with
/ plain black letters. Whether the far
mer lives on a mail route or not, il
would be a nice thing to put a sigr
giving the name of the owner.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07
JOHNSON WILL RECEIVE.
Democratic Nominee For Governor
will Hold Leyee.

The many friends and admirers OF
John A. Johnson, who so recently has
had honor thrust upon him by his
friends in the democratic party, in the
shape of the nomination for the Office
of governor of the great state ofMinne-
sofa, will go in a body to ST. Peter
tomorrow evening, under the care of
F. W. johnson of this city, brother of
the nominee, and there will offer their
congratulations to the young man who
will attempt to reduce the vote for
Dunn to an extent sufficient to allow
him to sit in the seat that is to be
vacated by Van SAINT.
This tribute to the worth of their
candidate is something that few men
in like position are given to see. II
is not unlike the receptions that
Mckinley held on his front porch,
which did more to elect him than any
of the campaign tours that he made,
and if Mr.. johnson would follow the
same tactics he might succeed in his
undertaking. He is a man that all
who meet must admire, and this ex.
cursion will carry men of all parties
who will be glad to pay their respects
to man who dares to enter the felC
in race against a republican, in g
republican year, in hopelessly re
publican state.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07

Insure with The Mutual Life Insurance
Company of New York. A. r. Redmann,
District Agent, New UIm. Mimi. So
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07
BOOST IN LIGHT RATES.
New Rating Goes into Effect First of
September.

Adolph Wagner, superintendent, of
the city lighting and water station has
issued the following new rates for the
users of electricity.
Meter rates for light, 10 cents per
], 600 watt-hours.
Meter rates for power, 6 cents per
LOCO Watt-hours.
Rent for use of meter ten cents per
month.
Minimum monthly charge for current
service, fifty cents.
On monthly statements of between
$1,000 and $4,000 a discount of five per
cent.
On monthly statements over $4,000,
discount of ten per cent.
You will notice that the rate per
1000 watt-hours for light service has
been increased from s cents to 10
cents. There has been added monthly
charge of 10 cents for rent for the
meter.
The minimum monthly charge of
fifty cents, means that if your meter
shows that you did not use fifty cents
worth of current in any one month, the
charge for that month will be fifty
cents. While if you use more than
fifty cents worth, the charge will be
whatever the meter shows. This small
a dvanoo IN no +oc Gill lo,,-,o A. ,4
OF electric lighting and power SO low
that you will no doubt find it to your
| advantage to continue the use Of the
same
New Ulm has been furnishing light
to It's consumers at a rate so much
below the cheapest in the state that to
carry on the business meant a con-
tinual deficiency in the funds necessary
for that branch of the business of the
city. Even with the raise in price the
| light is cheaper than other cities in
the state, and the necessity for this
raise should not work to the detriment
of the plant, for there is not user Of
the light who has not seen that the
price for the accommodation they
have had has not been in the least
adequate. Many times the readings
on the meter did not pay for the
trouble of reading it. We look to see
the change work to the betterment O.
the system and a reduction of the
deficiency that has annually occurred
at the plant.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07
GOLDEN GATE.

Ellsworth Cutting and Wayne Werr-
ing returned to the university Wednes-
day morning.
Mrs. Roy Palmer spent the latter
part of the week with friends in this
vicinity.
Mrs. E. MARITIME spent several days
with relatives here.
Robert Kirkconnell has gone to ST.
Paul where he expects to attend col
lege of law the coming year.
John Cutting attended to business
at St. Paul last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Smith of Chicago, are
here visiting with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Werring were
Gottlieb Keltm was at Morgan on
business Friday.
Sheriff Julius was seen in our vicini-
ty one day last week.
Frank Ibberson returned Friday
from a weeks stay at the Gilillan
farm.
Charles and Hugh Robertson went
to Minneapolis Friday and will take
up work at the state university.
Elmer Mo, VIM. Bingham, Hans
Jensen, F. Blunt and Rudolph Jensen
spent Sunday with friends here.
Blanche Huntress of Fairfax, is here
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Eugene
Grimes.
Harry Robertson. Sam Shepard and
Chester Johnson attended the dance
here Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Case spent Saturday
at the home of George MARITIME.
Several of the young men of this
vicinity have arranged to give dance
at the hall Saturday evening Sept. Is.
Music will be furnished by the Great
N. w. Orchestra.
Miss Flossie Cutting expects to enter
the high school at Sleepy Eye the com
ing year.
Miss Emma Peterson returned on
Monday from a pleasant visit with
Tracy friends.
The dance given by the North West.
ern Orchestra of Sleepy Eye Saturday
evening was fairly we'll attended. A
very enjoyable time was had by all.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-09-07
Her Certificate Renewed.

The state teachers examining board,
last week issued a list of applicants
who have been granted professional
certificates emitting them to teach in
Minnesota. Fifty-three were granted
original certificates on their pres
entation of diplomas from accredited
colleges, and forty-four received re-
newals of certificates they already
hold, having acquired them either by
examination or because they were
graduates of an accredited college.
Miss Minnie A. Silverson of this city,
was granted a renewal.