The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK


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ence, single man toward a more
favorable view of Imperialism, but will
inject a bitterness into future discus
sions that will be detriment to the
whole nation.
The Independent has been telling
it's readers that Wall street would get
it in the neck this time while the
west would be all right. One of the
great dailies says: An interesting
sidelight upon the general financial
situation is furnished by marked
falling off in the demand for Office
space. In the financial district this
is admittedly the worst renting stu
alton for years. The season dates
from the first of May, and there are
now thousands of square feet for
which no tenants exist. The blossom
ing of ito rent signs on Broadway
graphically shows the real situation.
There are more of these this summer
than at any time within the last five
years. Conservative buildings, which
usually have no difficulty in attract
ing tenants, have been forced to make
a public exhibition or their present
vacancies. Many new structures are
from one third to one-nalf vacant.
One OF these, heavily mortgaged, is
running at loss of at least 100000
this year."
More people were killed or wounded
in celebrating Bunker Hill day in Bos-
ton than were killed and wounded in
the celebrated battle, as the result
of handling toy pistols and giant fire
crackers. The injured numbered 300.
Torpedoes placed upon the street car
tracks caused serious accident on
Huntington avenue tonight. A Brook
line car was lifted from the rails. The
Fourth of July will furnish more vic
tins than resulted from many OF the
battles in the great civil war. That is
an imperialists idea of patriotism. "
A London financier connected with
the Bank of England, says: "The gold
supply of the world has increased
$l.285, 100000 in ten years." That is
more money" than we pops ever
dreamed of when we were making the
fight against contraction. and it has
knocked out the calculations of both
parties to that contest. 1t seems that
Providence took hand in beating the
bondholders and contractionists. Just
at the time the bondholders and cou-
pom clippers thought they had the
world by the tail with a down hill
pull, something happened
The russian oppression In Finland
and Poland is producing the same sort
of heroism that the world has been
familiar with among the political pris-
oners in Siberia. The prison of Pau
rak is crowded with political offenders.
Recently a boy of fourteen named
Czarmobrody, young college student,
was arrested charged. with seditious
conduct. The hardships of prison life
proved too much for him and the in
dignation of his fellow prisoners knew
no bounds. One hundred of them re-
fused to eat until the lad was set at
liberty. For three days the authorities
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firm, released the boy.
When little Eckles, the reorganizer
gold bug, goes to St. Louis and casts |
his first vote for w. R. Hearst for
president, all the wooden injuns in
the city will smile. But he has got to
do 1t under the instructions of the
illinois democratic state convention.
illinois democratic politics when fully
explained should make wooden injun
give a war whoop
Now they say there is going to be
bolt in the Michigan republican con-
Vention and two republican tickets
will be put in the Seld there the same
rs In Wisconsin. II looks to The
independent as II the managers down
pm Wall street are fomenting these
republican bolts so as to make sure
hat they can elect Cleveland and get
,ome more bonds
The Northwestern railroad n fol-
owing the example OF all the other
'oads II Is reducing the number OF
rains, lengthening the run OF others