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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-02-02
FEBRUARY 2, 1905.
All Sorts OF Monopolies

Editor Independent: He who owns
or controls the source Of anything VIII
to that extent own or control those
who need that thing. For example an
thracite coal Is almost necessity to
many people. The Reading railroad
and its allies own all the anthracite
coal lanas-not only those In use but
those not in use. Therefore Mr.. Baer
and his friends to a certain extent
own the pocketbOokS OF those who
must have anthracite coal. He said
recently they would advance the price
ten cents q ton a month for i've
months. In fact the only limit to the
price is the quantity they choose to
mine. They need not mine any. They
have today a legal right to shut down.
They have under the present law,
right to refuse to mine any coal and
to arrest as a trespasser anyone VINO
comes on their land to mine coal. Any
system -yhich permits even in theory
such tyranny as this is wrong. Sup
pose we had a theory that the presi-
dent of the United States had the pow
er to arbitrarily burn cities and kill
the inhabitants, would we be content
with the answer, HE is a good man,
he will never do it," or would we say
such tyranny can not be right even
in theory. 1t is too dangerous and
must be abolished.
repeat, they who control the sour
ces of things can levy tribute upon
those who must have those things. All
wealth comes from the earth. We as
creatures of this planet must neces-
sarily find all our needs and luxuries-
everything we use or enjoy is supplied
from the earth Mans labor is, of
course, Inc other factor in the creation
of ...ings we use and enjoy, but the
raw material, whether it be wood OF
iron or wool or food, all raw material
comes from the earth.
The earth is the great repository OF
all mans needs. They who control
the use of the earth necessarily, to the
same degree, control and may exact
tribute from those who live upon the
earth. The almost unimaginable for
tunes which few men possess today
prove by their vast proportiOns thai
they are not and can not be the fruit
of any mans effort, either by brain OF
body, or both. For example, Mr.. Rookie
Teller is not and can not be 80 mucf
ADLER than the mass of men as MS for
tune is greater Mr.. Rockefeller, IL
the few years Of his life time, coult
not by mere ability md industry amas'
his fortune. There must be secre
agencies at work, night and day. di
verting the wealth of the country int
channels which lead to him. Thes
agencies are various forms of monop
oly-monopoly to varying degrees. Il
the case of his railroads and oil we'll
it is monopoly in the use Of tn
earth without adequate compensation
from him. In the case of his bank
it is law-given monopoly in tn
creation and use of a circulating me
dunn. And in the case of the Stee
trust, it is monopoly in the use Q
the earth (mines) and monopoly il
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-02-02

a Pleasure to Endorse Pe-ru-n0.
Rev. Chas. Leander, pastor First Spir-
itual Society of San Francisco, writes
from BIZ Turk street, San francisco,
CAL, as follows:
ait is with pleasure that l give my
endorsement of Peruna. MY cxper.
fence has been very satisfactory from
its use, and do firmly believe that e
Is the best known remedy for cdfarrh
in al its different forms. "---Chas'
Leander.
No other physician In the world mas
received such volume of enthusiastic
letters Of thanks as DR.. Hartman 1or
Peruna.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-02-02

chinery and NJ radical change in the
ideas of men. Therefore, though the
single tax is not my idea of the last
or best word on the subject, which !
think will ave to be one against the
title itself and the power OF govern
ment-still as it seems the lext pos
sible step in the right direction, l am
single taxer for the present.
C. E. S. WOOD.
Portland, Ore.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-02-02

The new banking law that is being
quietly pushed through congress will
greatly decrease the volume Of legal
tender money made by the government
out of something, and enormously in
crease that of hocus pocus made by
bankers out of nothing. Bankers are
now collecting from 1 per cent year
to per cent day as interest on over
5000 900 900 of this stuff, and it's use
is the sole cause Of commercial panics
and of most periods of disastrous bust
ness depression. "The Hocus Pocus
Money Book" tells all about this and
shows that sounder. safer and juster
system can easily be substituted for It.
Send Immediately to Albert Griffin,
topeka. Kansas, Csc for one copy, or
81 90 for five.
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Portland, Ore.

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nit.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-02-02

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Neb.
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prior to June,
1901. My rheu-
matte pain 8
are all gone.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

@IVILIzATION and the picture
4 postcard travel westward. There
~ are those who wish the latter
commodity, at all events, had
omitted Minneapolis from it's itinerary,
for the advent Of this modern form Of
souvenir has caused the mail man to
think unutterable things.
teUncle Sam don't give his employees
much time to play ball when on duty.
said a Minneapolis mail carrier to
the Journal man, and since the
folks have gone crazy on this picture
fad, my work has come pretty near the
real thing, I can assure you. just
glance at this little lot, and think what
It means in time alone. 1t ism It weight
one kicks at, and faint bulk either,
but it's fussing around delivering hun
dred little nonsensical whims at hum
dred places, and no acknowled dgment at
all.
ttsee this piles" and he held up a
bunch Of cards between finger and
thumb. nThat lot is for the next two
streets, and it will take me half an
hour to get through thems Well, it s
pot to be done somehow, I reckon. So
long, and again he becomes the i'm
perturbable official with a thought for
nothing save, his work.
Now that the picture postcard has
become an indispensable addition te
pleasure tours and thousand Other
institutions, and has invaded our own
city and state as successfully as it has
overrun Europe, it IS worth while to es
innate it fairly.
The picture card originated IN Eu
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

bac kthru Wyoming and eventually into
the Hole-in- the Wall, where they were
temporarily safe. During the chase two
sheriffs were killed and half dozen
men wounded. But when the bandit
hunters finally finished their work and
closed the books on the Wilcox robbers,
two Of them were dead, a third was IN
the Wyoming prison (and is yet there),
two had fed to Klondyke, where they
have remained, afraid to return to the
states, and the last man, Harvey Logan,
was the only one Of the six who was at
liberty. It cost the Union Pacific $780,
600 to break up this band.
Despite the fact that the bandit hunt
ers have had no actual work Of this
kind to do for nearly five years, they
are maintained at the highest point of
efficiency, and often, when the Over
land Limited is speeding across the
great red desert in central Wyoming
the bandit hunters canabe seen from the
car window, speeding their horses and
keeping them in training for the time
when they will be called upon to hunt
to the death any set Of train robbers
who may hold up Union Pacific train
And in turn, this gang Of bandit
hunters is hated by 'sbad' men OF
the mountains with an unspeakable
hatred.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
9sl SSssS5l
d

Last Chance on tn side next to town.
A man with dollar cd git enough rot
gut in thar to put i'm on the bum for
week; eff 'e had SIS he cd get enough
diseases to keep him in tn hospital
'crost tn road a year, an be lucky to
git out then. A soldier couldn't go
down town on payday an come back
with any money; eff he didn't spend
it for dope or liker he'd be feeced
out N it by the horn gamblers, SO
he might ez well have a spree on it.
'Taint 80 bad everywhere, but thar
much tn same thing about every army
post nowadays, since tn canteen wua
-
9TH misdirected efforts av thin
good people t. benefit tn poor sowljer
bhoys' w'ud be amusin' If twas not
pathetic" said Biddy. " IT'S nice
people they are, wild good homes an
all; but phwat they don't know about
soldiers w'ud be lib raj eddicashun.
'Sarjint, DEAR sez wan iv thin to me,
tits givin' little tay party tonight
to tn dear sowljer bhoys we are, an
will yees come an bring yer friendsf
Misthress Finley, our state secretary,
will make most intherestin' address,
tellin' av all tn good work we're afther
doin'' f'r tn sowljers, an tn turribl'
temtashuns av tn demon, rum. Thin
we'll have coffee an cake an ice
crane, an real sociable tonne. Plaze
be shure an come, sarjint, dear, an
bring some av tn dear sowljer bhoys
with yees.'
$50, by way av doin my duty to tn
ladies, OF takes Mieky O'Flynn an
Jerry Flaherty an we puts on our glad
rags an goes to tn tay party. Twas
sumshus an grand. A young Teddy
that y'ud draw tn skirts av her away
from touchin' tn loikes av me on th'
strate was settin' behind a little table
with chany cups an saucers an tay
set an lemons; an she says, smilin
loike, an condescendin': 'Will ys
have wan lump or two Jumps, Mr.. sar-
jint,- sn' will yees take a slice av
lemon in yours9'
"'An' shure, Miss, says Oh, If tn
tip av your pretty finger kisses tn edge
av tn cup twill be too swate for tn
loikes av me to drink, an she looks at
me surprised, an says, 'Oh, you
naughty man; it's all alike yees are
"'Sure, Miss, says Oi, 'th' man that
wouldn' It like the loike av yees would
be no sowljer at all, at ALL whin, all
av a suddint, she looks like somebody d
stuck stick av ice down her back, an
turns away to talk to little dude av q
pracher. He didn't have no shoulders
an Oh sud twist the neck av i'm with
wan hand. But she c'udn' It see me nc
more at all, at all.
CAT last we makes a getaway, and
hikes straight f',r Paddy Murphy's ba,
to wash tn taste av ut out av oul
mouths. An by tn same token, there
was bully mill pulled off at Murphy
. that same night betwane Spider Kell,
: an Reddy Sullivan for twinty dollar
, q side, an twas all over whin we git
there. Oh don't want to shirk no duty
: but tn next tonne Oh sees that Grove
7 comm Biddy ducks, an some othe
: man can howld tn bag. They's mic
people; but Oh IN not in their class a
all, at ALL"
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
E4ss4TsNSS S,7)
kr SEE they do be talkin' av ray
sthorin' th' canteen, said
II Biddy Doyle to Kintuck,

"It's time there was talk Of that"
said Harris, the quartermaster' clerk.
"For four years the morals Of the army
have been interfered with by a lot Of
well-meaning men and good hearted
women, but a pretty mess they's made
Of it. Last year nearly 1000 men
skipped 'over the hill, and that g
about the same number it has been
ever since those people were allowed
to interfere between the soldier and
his officers. There are about $4,000
men in the army, enlisted for three
years, and since recruiting is continu-
Gus performance, discharges ought to be
the same, and about one-third Of these
men should be discharged each year.
That would be about $4,000 men. More
than 33 per cent Of that number chose
the road 'over the hill' last year. It
has been the same ever since these out
siders got busy in army affairs. These
very people who work off the SUM
ming racket on the army are the kind
whose moral sense is not shocked at
desertion. They are the kind Of peo-
pie who will give the glad hand to a
deserter in civil life, and patronize de-
cent soldiers with their coffee-cake and
lemonade picnics. A little more can
xeen and shome rule for the army, and
q little less Of this college settlement ,
business, would put stop to excessive
desertions. 7 don It know what we are
coming to in the army, nowadays; but
I do know that no country can have a
good army that allows such percent
age of desertions as that.'
'tThe sroad over tn hill is all right
enough in some cases, Harris,' said
Kintuck. "We-all knows thar's cases
th' cap n can't deal with, when the
road over tn hill settles the business
quick an satisfactory. Thar wuz that
air dirty little piker, Martelli: He
wuzn't It worth tn powder 'twould Nv
took to kill him. He wuz dirty an
lazy an shiftless. Thar wuz graybacks
In his blankets, an he wuz allus bor-
rvin' from any man at W 'ud loan him
a dollar. You remember tn night
Biddy took him out behind tn CORA, ,
fur you-un got pair Nv shoes out n his
things. Now, I don't counsel no man
to 90 over tn hill; but wuz sure glad
when that onery cuss skipped out. It's
q lot easier to git rid Nv that sort IN
that way than any other.'
& Twas little argument he needed,
Kintuck," said >Biddy Doyle. "He was
open to reason, an Oh talked to i'm
confdenshul. :You know you re an
Oitalyan an dago,' sez Oh; it's a
disgrace to O company yees are, ye
sway-backed, timber jointed, knock.
kneed, hammer-toed omadhoun; an tn
sooner yees take tie pass away from
here tn sooner twill be healthy atmos
phere in tn neighborhood.'
:: "'Oi'm not no Oitalyan nor nc
dago,' sez he, unreasonable; tits yer
self that's an orangeman an blag
gard, an Oill prove ut -
"sProve ut with yer hands, then
loike tn man yees are not, sez Oi, ray
movin' my blouse.
"He took off lis blouse, an come a
mac. rampageous. Twas tn first toim'
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

ter the academy, The Journal
printed his picture and short account
Of his life. Maybe you doubt it, but
those Indians got hold Of that paper.
in some manner and the boy had been
at West Point but a short time when he
was ordered to memorize the clipping
and recite it. He gets your paper and
when he saw the article made haste to
destroy it, having been informed of
the custom, but those fellows secured
copy Of the paper somewhere and
gave him the task. This is but one
Of the methods of mild hazing.
"The upper classmen have resource
full brains and are continually think
ing up new plans Of initiating new
cadets. For instance: I was waiting
for my son one day. I saw him COM
ing across the parade ground. Two
upper classmen were walking toward
him. I saw him look up, heard one
Of the upper classmen say something
to him and saw him suddenly drop
his eyes.
tWhen he came up to me, asked
him what had been said to him. He
did not want to talk about 1t, but final
ly admitted that he had looked up,
thinking one Of them was going to
speak to him, when he heard the gruff
order:
ts'Take your eyes off me, sir.
tBracing' is another Of the fav'
orite plaques Of the upper classmen
They meet plebe, stand him straight
and make him throw out his chest. The
chest Expansion Is not all Of the test
either. A man is made to straight
| en- until his neck muscles drop dowr
over his collar, distorting. his face se
that he would not be recognized in s
photograph. But this form Of hazins
, has great benefits. It certainly plays
an important part in Strengthening
plebe and after few tastes of tint
compulsory exercise he begins to carr.
himself erect all the time in order tha
there will be no occasion for repe
titions Of the test.
seI was at West Point when the mel
; were in summer camp. The restriction
there are not so exacthing as at bar
I racks and most Of the hazing is dom
! at the encampment. This is also tru
for the reason that new men enter tn
academy in June.
stOne common frolic Of the uppe
n classmen is to make the rounds o
a the tents during the night and give tn
e eplebes' oral examinations My so
o states that one night shortly otter h
9 and his mate had retired, head wa
: thrust into their tent and the question
r who occupies this tentY' asked.
"The boys thought they recognize
9 the voice Of a fellow-plebe ca
u him Jones-and replied 3Smith an
k Brown.
d Where are the mistersa' was tn
il query shot back.
The boys replied that the term wa
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
A "Plebe's" Father on West Point
The New Cadets Tribulations
7ribuLations

unknown in that tent. The torment.
ors were taken aback by this curt an
swer and replied:
well, you're the freshest "B. J.
plebes" we ever saw The term B. j.
means 'before June.'
"The questioners departed with this
retort. When the answer to their
question came from the next tent my
boy recognized the voice Of Jones as
the man who replied and then realized
that it was an upper classman who had
approached his tent. He has not been
compelled to pay the penalty for his
answer yet, but some day will be pun
ished for these things are not forgot
ten.
"But hazing is the most unimpor-
tant feature Of the wonderful institu-
tion-West Point. had heard Of the
wonders Of the great school from my
son g letters, but letters cannot describe
it adequately. 1t is, beyond doubt,
the most thoro school in the world and
marveled more than once at the won
derful things accomplished there"
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

rope, the first good samples coming
from France. The summer tours of
American pleasure seekers began to be
marked by the arrival by every mail
Of these pretty little reminders of our
friends in other climes, and few very
cheap cards were printed in New York
to cope with the demand for recipro-
cal courtesies, but were complete fail
ure.
England caught the idea, and young
American was the first to do any serious
work along the postcard line in Lon
don. Since tht time the cards have in.
creased in number and improved in
quality, until at the present day some
Of the finest specimens Of artistic work
are found on the diverse side Of a mail
ing card.
In every city, in almost every village
In America today, one can obtain post
card views Of local scenery and these
form the bulk Of the cards sent from
western points. In section so richly
endowed with natural beauty as Min
neapolis and its environs, it is not nee
essary to create line Of postcards de-
picting anything else but nature herself,
and these seem to stand as high as
ever in the public favor.
The writer first came across pic.
ture Of the Minnehaha Falls in an ob.
scure hamlet Of the Austrian Tyrol two
years ago. It had been sent from some
Minnesota town to school friend who
was spending the summer in that won
derland of mountain grandeur, the Ty
rolean Alps.
The making Of picture cards has
grown into an enormous business. u
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
The Local Picture Postcard Craze

London, where the craze for picture
cards Of popular actresses ran riot last
year more than 100000 photographs
Of one lady alone were sold.
The number Of twin city cards sent
out in year would hardly be credited.
Some of these cards are made direct
from Photographic negatives. This form
Of card Is now very popular side line
with amateurs, who are not unmindful
Of the saving Of time effected in doing
away with the troublesome mounting
process. A number Of these bromide
cards may be found on the counters Of
the department stores, and the price Is
so low that it must leave but little
margin to the manufacturer.
The best selling card in Minneapo-
lis is one of the Falls in winter. It is
remarkable, considering the number of
amateur and professional photographers
in the city, how few really good neg
atives Of this scene are in existence.
Half tone cuts are now made SO perfect
as to be almost as good as photos and
are, Of course, much cheaper.
Collections of postcards are now in
order and valuable prizes are given
by many firms for the most complete
albums. The cards are supposed to
have a greater value when they have
been through the mails; this is Ger,
tainly very interesting advance over
the common philatelic craze.
A conservative estimate places the
number of cards that will pass thru
the city mails during Christmas week
at 100000 These, if laid end to enc
In line, would stretch from the Journa
Office to the capitol at st. Paul
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26

into this train which is run near to the
threatened point and there sidetracked.
The operator climbs telegraph pole,
cuts in his little 'sbox relay and is
instantly in communication with the
superintendent, while the rangers get
out their ,thorobreds and patrol the dis
trict until the danger has past, or the
line is threatened at some other point.
tsBin Canada,' chief Of the secret
service department Of the road, orlg1-
mated the idea of bandit hunting de-
partment, and Tim Kelliher, has active
charge Of the band. Hi Davis is first
lieutenant. 49,.
It has been five years since the ban
dit hunters had hold-up, but it's eff
cheney is as great today as when the
last train robbery occurred on August
20, 1900, at Upton, Wyo., when Ben
Fitzpatrick, "Deaf CHARLIE and the no
torious Harvey Logan, alias Harvey
Currie, held up the Overland Limited,
blew the express safe, got all the money
in the car, and started for Hole-in-
the-Wall' at breakneck- speed.
The bandit hunters were 200 miles
away. but their special train with right
of-way over everything on the road
made the run to Upton in five hours
and fifteen minutes after its arrival the
trained fighters were in pursuit. The
bandits scattered, but were pursued
over hills and mountains, deserts and
plains. sfDeaf Charlie' was killed;
Fitzpatrick, desperately wounded, sur
rendered, and is still doing time in the
Wyoming penitentiary; Harvey Logan
was hunted for two years and finally
- n 10
broke Jail and is still at liberty, altho
the Union Pacific secret service depart.
ment is yet searching for him.
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Three weeks before the Upton hold
up, the bandit hunters were callec
away down into Kansas to hunt two
men who held up the occupants Of {
Pullman car at Hugo, Colo, on tht
night Of Aug. 4 1900. In that hold-uI
W. J. Fay, of Anaheim, CAL, resisted
the robbers and was ruthlessly killed.
: The bandit hunters were 600 mile
, away, but were rushed to the scene O
! the hold-up at fifty miles an hour. TIL
trail Of the outlaws was quickly take1
! up and followed over into Kansas
where, forty eight hours after the dealt
of Fay, the outlaws Jere rounded up i
a ranch house.
$ After desperate battle, in whic
a two Of the professional bandit hunter
d were badly wounded, the posse SUI
s ceeded in setting fire to the house j
d which the outlaws had taken refug.
J and then they stood back and waite
n for the James to drive the hunted me
b out.
It Just before the roof caved in, on
Of the outlaws leaped from a windo,
8; with a gun in either hand, attempted t
d shoot his way: to liberty. Before b
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-11-26
The Bandit Hunters of the West
EnpLoved by the Union Pacific Road

had taken three steps or fred single
shot, he fell dead with dozen bullets
thru him.
The second robber, seeing the fate of
his comrade, stepped to window, and
in sight of the hunters, shot himself
thru the head and fell backward into
the flames. A moment later the house
fell in. Neither Of these men were ever
identified. The railroad paid the rancher
for the destroyed property.
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The greatest piece Of work to the
credit of the bandit hunters, however,
was the hunting down Of the gang Of
robbers that held up the Pacific express
train at Wilcox, Wyo., on June 2, 1899.
There were six men in the gang, and
reward Of $4,000 for each, or $4,000
for the band, was offered.
The gang was chased northward thru
Wyoming and into Montana, then back
back thru Wyoming and eventually into
Colorado, thence into Utah, and again