The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-07-14
News Of the Week

NEWS VI lllt VcUA
Diaz has been reelected president
of Mexico. but as that thing has been
happening regularly for about thirty
years it causes no surprise. Mexico
is the only Spanish-American coun-
try that has been able to establish q
stable government 1t is to be hoped
that some of the other South Ameri-
can republics can reach that stage OF
development in the near future.
a great strike of the workers in the
packing houses is on which Involves,
all told, nearly fifty thousand. Inc
price of meat has already advanced IN
the cities and the business at the STOCK
yards at Omaha and elsewhere is at
standstill. IL the strike continues
long. the consumers OF meat in the
cities will suffer from high prices and
scarcity, but out here in Nebraska
we will kiff-and dress our own steers
and hogs, Just as we did years ago be-
fore there was any meat trust.
!. The only rhyme that the newspA-
ner poets have SO far found for Fair
banks is slim shanks' and 1T fits
his physique exactly. They have
found two for another vice presiden-
tial candidate, "scribbles,' WHICH hts
his occupation and another, "nibbles,
which don't fit anything. AS for Davis,
he is too old to write rhymes about.
The Chicago Chronicle, which has
been a gold standard democratic pa
per and persistent fighter for all that
Wall street ever wanted, has now
turned over and will be from this on
a straight-out republican organ. 1t
don't have to change it's principles IN
the least.
There has been much discussion in
Lincoln during the week among demo-
Gratis about fusion" When they talk
on the subject, they look like a prima
donna when she is nearing the end OF
dashing phrase and realizes that she
has not breath enough to finish it.
The nomination of ex-senator Davis
81 years old, who is the father-in-lav
Of the rantankerous, railroad, republl
can Senator Elkins from the same
state, shows how much the delegates
to the ST. Louis convention had to d.
with the nominations. Probably no
one in twenty of them knew that Their
was such a man in existence. Blu
Davis is worth between thirty and for
ty millions.
The Guatemalian ant, imported b
the agricultural department and lie
loose in the Texas cotton fields, ha
entered into an irrepressible cOnf1it
with the boil weevil that destroyed las
year more than $50,O00,000 worth {
cotton. From the last report it az
pears that the nest of them brougf
from Guatemala by the entomologist
has cleared one plantation of &C
acres of the weevil and is moving O
to find other fields to conquer.
Golden Rule Jones, mayor of Toled
is dead While somewhat cratic, ne,
ertheless he was great character ar
powerful force in the field of reforr
when Iuey get Davis lHLO the vi
presidential chair there will be nj
lot OF old dodgers in the senate char
Der. There will be Senator Pettu
who is SO; Senator Morgan, 80; Sen
tor Hoar, rs; Senator Platt, II; Sen
tor Cullom, rs; Senator Depew, Z
Senator Hawley, Is; Senator Frye, z
Senator Allison, IA, and Senator Pre-
tor, r.
The Japanese war goes fiercely {
In. the north the Russians have be
constantly forced back and the t
armies at last accounts stood faci
each other ready for battle. TIL,
are rumors that the Japanese suffer
severe losses in front of Port Arth
losing thousands of men by the
plosion of mines, but they have !
been confirmed
= N