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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

The ideal short trip FOR toufisis
h 90 20 10 the u. +. navy yard ard
battleahips. The Puget Sound navy
yard b. the largest on the Facibe
coast. Fast steamers leave pier
at and 10 a. M 10. q 80 ana
$50 y. M Fafe, round trip, bag.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07
Law and Gospel of Money In Elections
Proved By Insurance Contributions

HENRY eEoRoe JRa ANALYSES THE REVELATIONS MADE IN
NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY MOUNTAINOUS
GOVERNMENT owNERHslP OF RAILWAYS AND ELimiNA.
TON or TARIFF AS REMEDIES FoR DOMINATION ny
MONEY POWER
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

vote Illegally through fraudulent
proxies. and asks for inspectors
qualified 20 prevent this.
WEATHER FoREcAsT--8hoa.
srst Cooler Sunday, Bhousrai
Light West Wiads.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07
me CUSTOMERS VIEW

The best store in the city for
f1sf1's hats. shirts. neckwear, gloves.
uftdarwear. etc. at +. ". Brooks a
Co.'S, 1881 "a Ave. -"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

MONTREAL. Oct 7.--secret serv-
ice men left this morning with Gay
nor and Greene for tho United
alAlnE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

She wants 20 be an actress.
And travel Ger the land
She'd change her mind right snon
you bet.
After a one night stand.
THE TOPOGRAPHY CLASS
O: What Is a Cency Islands
A. n H. a body % amusement en-
terprises SURROUNDED BY barkers
O. What are the highest noun.
tains In America
A. They're al pretty steep. espss
eiaily the White mountains How
ever. Mt Vernon. Ind. is fairly rea-
sonabie.
O: What Is an earthquake
A.: An edition Of Shakespeare. |
suppose
O.. what Is a coast llne7
A The Philadelphia. Baltimore
& Washington railroad.
O: What Is an lsthmus2
A.: Cut it out You know cant
lisp.
q. II the earth flat at the poles
A.. Wait. Ill run and ask Peary
@: What Is the proportion Of
land TO watsr On the earth's sur
face?
A.: Hew can / tell unless 1t
Fains7
q: Through what countries does
the equator pass
A.: Ask It's general passenger
agent.
@: Has Chicago any latitude
A: Yes. Too much.
q: Part Of what kingdom Is
Iieligolandg
A.: never. never swear.
O.: Where is Pharaoh buriedg
A.: Not at Saratoga. ". "
O.: How Il Broadway bounded >
A.: On the south by the battery.
on the east hy the Bowery. on the
west BY New Jersey and on the
north-say. isn't Harlem up that
way somewhere
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

She wants 20 BE an actress.
And travel Ger the land
Shed change her mind right snan.
you bet.
After a one night stand.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

.ss tfEs=F ssgfrrf NANNY -
6eif IN Il Thoroughly cleared. fenced
and In large hsgring fruit trees
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

= ROsTOFF, Oct. IA mail 4
= train bound for Viadiyostok 4
= was derailed today. and q ,
> people were killed and 30 In 4
= iured. 4
44444 4sA4sx
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

Blast are not air tight, do not save
the escaping gases and do not give
80. 81, ssst
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07
THE TOPOGRAPHY Class.

O; What IS a Ceney island
A: n il a body % amusement en-
terprises surrounded BY bankers.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

O. What are the highest noun
tains In America
A. They're al pretty steep. eepe-
cially the White mountains. How.
ever. Nj. Vernon. Ind. is fairly RIA
sonabie.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-10-07

O.: What IL an earthquake
A.: An edition Of Shakespeare.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-04-27

YOU mean. That thorn OF extortlOn
has been pressing into our Nebraska
flesh for thirty years.
Eyes, and every year the greedy
corporations put their thumbs on 1T
and press it in a little deeper"
Eyes, I see, Mr.. Buyer. You've got
the correct view. The trouble between
you and me is the extortionate rate
sheet. The railroad will is the con-
trolling power, and it's rate-sheet is
the law that shuts us out of your mar
ket."
THAT'S it. You are shut out by the
rate sheet. Your business as fruit
producers is practically paralyzed.
Your orchards are worthless because
of the extortionate local rate that
keeps you out of the Nebraska mar
ket. When the good Lord made your
country down there in Richardson
county he made it right. He gave you
the fruit soil, the fruit climate, and
your fruit raisers did the rest. You
planted your orchards. You expert
mented and studied till you learned
how to raise fruit in Nebraska. You
brought the industry up to the point
of success so far as production is con-
cerned You did all this and were
encouraged all the while in your
splendid work with the thought that
the short-grass country Of northwest
ern Nebraska would be an outlet for
your product. 1t is the only market
which you have, and now you are shut
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-04-27

out. The kind providence that made
Richardson county for fruit, and Gus
ter county for cattle, intended that
our cattle raisers here should buy
their fruit of you, because you were
near to us. But the plans of that
kind providence have been set aside
by another over-ruling power that
seems to be able to defy the laws of
nature, of both God and man. This
power has decreed that your fruit
shall not get into the cattle country
of northwestern Nebraska over local
rate that will interfere with the more
profitable long haul shipments of
fruit from Michigan and New York"
"Then do you mean to tell me, Mr..
Buyer, that you are actually getting
your apples from New York state
and from Michigan, and that the APP
pies from these states reach Custer
county at as low rate as Richard
son county apples must pay for a
third of the distance?"
"sure! And that's the very thing,
Mr.. Seller, that prevents you and I
from doing business. You are shut
out by the rate-sheet. You see, if the
railroads let you into this country at
reasonable rate for the short haul
between you and us, that would in
terfere with the long haul business;
and the plan of the railroad rate
makers is to protect the long haul
business with a high local rate"
"But is there no law to protect us?"
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TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS.

When / first announced that | would
publish The Tribune, had no thought
of buying The Independent. However,
The Independent will be precisely
the same kind of a paper that in
tended to make The Tribune. It
will be the same paper except that
the name will be different. have not
yet had time to examine the list to
see how many old subscribers to The
Independent subscribed to The Trib-
une. All such who paid, however, will
be credited as paid to The Independ-
ent. If this will pay for The lnde-
pendent longer ahead than you wish
and you will make it known to me the
money will be returned.
GEORGE w. BERGE.
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ONE DOLLAR YEAR

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Change of Address Subscribers request
Ing change of address must give the OLD as
well as the NEW address.
Advertising rates furnished upon applica-
tlon Address all communications, and make
alldrafts, money orders etc. payable to
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-04-27
A TELEPHONE TALK.
An Illustrated Story of Rank Rate
Discrimination.

Hello, central!" Give me Bill
Buyer, the fruit man at Broken Bow.
Hello, Buyer! Is that your"
Eyes, who is that?"
"This is Seller, the fruit man at
Falls City,"
"Oh, yes. recognize your voice.
What is it, Mr.. Seller?"
Its this, Mr.. Buyer. I want to
talk business to YOU"
Eyes. All right. Go ahead. AL
ways ready to talk business"
well, I am a fruit producer down
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1905-04-27
here in Richardson county"


"And you represent community
of consumers up there at Broken
Bow"
Eyes"
Nov, I'd like to make an arrange
ment with you to handle our fruit
next season."
Don't believe you can do that, Mr..
Seller We can't do business with
you people down there"
Whats the matter? Amt our fruit
good enough for you?"
Sure! Your fruits all right, but
We'll, what's the trouble, them"
'Fraid we won't give you square
DEAL as Teddy says?"
"Oh, you're square enough, and
your fruits all right,-just what our
people want up here; but
But what?" What is the matter?
Here we are, Nebraska fruit produ-
GERS. There you are, Nebraska con-
sumers. Our fruit is nearer to you
than any other. You admit it is of
good quality, just what your people
want. We guarantee to give you
good quality, good measure, and a
square deal in every way. And yet
you say we can't do business with
you. What is it that's between u.s."
"a law"
"A law? Is there some law that
prohibits a community of producers
from selling their products to a neigh
boring community of consumers in
this slater"
Eyes, there is. And that's just
where the trouble is between you
and us. There's a law"
What! A law here in Nebraska
that prevents Nebraska producer
from selling his product to Nebras-
ka consumer"
eyes, there is such a law"
II don't believe it."
mo, you don't believe
mo, I don't believe it! Why, the
very idea is preposterous. It is alb
surd to suggest, or even think of such
thing. Say, Buyer, I'm paying for
this phone and the bill is running agin
me by the minute; and I'm trying to
be square with you; and why don't
you talk square to me? What do you
mean by saying that there is law
that prohibits the apple raisers of
Richardson county from selling their
apples to the cattle raisers Of Custer
county?"
Il mean just what I say. There
is such a law in force right here in
Nebraska, and it's been in force from
the time that you planted your first
apple trees years ago down there in
Richardson county. There is"
wait a minute! Waite a minute,
Mr.. Buyer, till get my pencil out.
l want to take down the page and sec
tion where that law is. I want to
see it. If there is such law as that
in our Nebraska statutes, it's a dis
grace to the state. It's an outrage
on every citizen! Why, say, Buyer,
a legislator who would vote for such
a law as that ought to be tarred-and-
feathered. He ought to be lynched!
In what section of the statutes is that
law"
The law that speak of is not in
the statutes. 1t is in the railroad
tariff sheets.
"But the railroad tariff sheet is not
the law, is it,"
beg your pardon, Mr. Seller, but
1t is. The railroad will is the power
that makes law in Nebraska, and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02

WEST END ITEMS.



E. F. Schroeder of Caldwell park
has gone to work at the Roseland
mine in the car loading department.
Mrs. Waggoner of What Cheer is
visiting at tho home of her parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Job Hyde of Phillips
town.
Evangelists Crossley and Hunter
will hold a childrens meeting at the
West End Presbyterian church Tues
day at p. m. All West End children
and their mothers are urged to attend.
i The monthly teachers meeting of
the West End Presbyterian Sabbath
school will meet tonight at the home
of Miss Nellie Meek on Randolph
street in North Gravestown.
Last Friday being the fifty-eighth
birthday anniversary of Mrs. Job Hyde
of Phillipstown, large number Of her
friends gathered at her home in hon.
or of the occasion. A goodly number
OF presents were given as marks of
the esteem in which she is held. A
very enjoyable evening was passed in
a social way.
Rev. G. Withrow preached at the
Phillipstown school house yesterday in
the absence of the pastor, Rev. ]. E.
Cummings.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
TAKEN TO PENITENTIARY.
Two Sigournoy Men Found Guilty o
Robbery,

Sigourney, May /. - Especially =
Pug" or Harry Lash and Sanford
Fair received sentence from Hon. w.
G. Clements Friday and that night
we're started for the penitentiary at
Fit. Madison. They were indicted for
stealing goods from the north side
hardware store one night when the
building was closed and in custody of
the county sheriff. while litigation was
pending in the federal court When
arraigned they plead not guilty and
said they were broke. The court ap.
pointed Brown & Wilcoxsen to defend
the miscreants at the expense of the
county. Their trial was assigned for
1870 o'clock last Monday. At the
hour for trial they appeared and plead
guilty to the charge. Time for pro.
nouncing sentence was set for the fol.
lowing Friday. At the hour of pro.
nouncing sentence the court room was
crowded. The prisoners had nothing
to say and took the verdict of the
court without any expression Of feel
iIgs. They were given seven years
at hard labor in the penitentiary at Ft
Madison. The attorneys for the plain.
tiffs moved an arrest of judgment and
set forth that the indictment claimed
the goods to be tho property of J. w
Phillips & Son, when in fact they were
tt, properly of different parties. That
sale had been effected between j.
w. Phillips & Son and party named
Bosserman. That the purchaser had
charge Of the keys of the place all the
time The federal court allowed the
former proprietor to make the sale
and ordered United States Marshal
Tristan to give purchasers posses
sion. The court he'd that the matter
of ownership was only necessary sc
far as to be able to identify. The
motion was overruled and the prison
ers started for FIT. Madison late last
night.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
HOSTILE TO THE END.
Pulaski Woman Tells Bloomfield JUS
tice of Fight With Relative.

Bloomfield, April 29.-(speciaD =
Eyes, hit her and I'll hit her again, .
asserted Mrs. Ben Stober of near Pu-
laski, when arraigned before Justice
Kelsey, charged with having struck
her sister-in-law, Mrs Lulu Sauer,
who also resides near Pulaski
AS the result of brisk skirmish be-
tween the two women in which the de-
PENDANT fought her with her
fists and the plaintiff defended her
rights by the use of her teeth, Mrs
Lulu Sauer filed information before
Justice Kelsey on Thursday charging
Mrs. Ben Stober with assault and bat
terry. Mrs. Stober was arrested and
arraigned before Justice Kelsey and
pleaded guilty to the charge, saying,
Eyes, l hit her and III hit her again.
She was fined $500 and costs, making
a sum total of $S.75.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
TRADE is IRREGULAR.

Industry and Outdoor Construction,
However, Is Active.
New York, May Bradstreet's
weekly report of Saturday. says:
Irregularity still characterizes the
distributive trade, while industry is
unprecedented volume. The weather
has been rather too cool for the best
of crop preparation or termination
Labor is well employed, and with the
one conspicuous exception of Chicago,
where the Transfers strike affects
trade and shipments, disputes are be-
low the average for May l.
Railway earnings are good and bank
clearings this week, owing to the hol-
days are smaller than last weeks, but
heavily exceed a year ago. Collections
generally are rather tardy, especially
at the south.
Crop conditions, though the season is
backward, promise well as regards
cereals. A heavy wheat yield is in pros
pect. Trade reports from portions of
the northwest are favorable.
Building is active the country over,
far distant points uniting in reports of
iron and steel are in good demand
particularly at the west. Raw mater
ials, except coke, which is easier, are
in active sale and movement.
Shoes have sold better than a year
ago, and the movement the country
over, is larger. Hides are stronger,
while leather tends UP because of high
raw materials.
Wheat, including flour, exports are
100000 bushels, against 1.O11,0O0 this
week last year; July l to date $685.
900, against 21,724,0o0 last year.
| Corn exports 1,SS6,000 bushels
against 10000 bushels year ago;
July 1 to date. 67,263,000 bushels,
against 4s,935,O00 in 1904.
Dun's Review for last week says:
| Business broadens in a wholesome
manner and the most encouraging in
dication regarding the future is the
scarcity of labor disputes. These con-
| troversies are usually most numerous
in May, but this year no serious trou-
Bile is threatened,and one beneficient re-
suit is the expanding activity in the
| building trades.
Jobbers have experienced good spring
| trade and manufacturers are now re-
| ceiving large contracts for fall ship
ments, while retail sales are of salts
/ factory volume, except at a few points
| where the Indictment weather has tenn
porarily retarded distribution
| Activity at the interior is evidenced
| Ey increased transfers thither of silver
dollars and subsidiary silver by the
| treasury, crop prospects being wei
maintained despite excessive cold ii
a few sections.
| Railway traffic continues very heavy
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
cuRIos FOUND AT EDDYvlLLE.
Interesting Old Papers Found Willis
Tearing Down CoWIey House.

Eddyville, May 1. - (SpeciaD-
The workmen who have been at
work tearing down the old hotel build
ing known as the Cowley house came
across a number of old papers in the
walls of the building Saturday that
are of considerable interest. The pa
pers consisted of two copies of the
Saturday Evening Post, published in
Philadelphia. Pa, dated June 10 and
September II, 1852; one copy of the
initial number of the Iowa Christian
4-1nalist, published at Burlington, in
July 1851 and giving the minutes Of
the Denmark Association of Congrega-
tional churches, held at Denmark. Ia,
in June 1851; one copy of the Western
Medico- Chirurgical Journay Vo. 12,No.
Z, dated October 1852; and a report OF
the Eddyville public school in 1847.
The district was then known as Co
lumbia No. 5. The papers were iii
good state of preservation and ths
school report, which was made out in
ink, could still be p.ainly read. Mr..
Cowley states that he will not build
a new hotel on the sit, of the old one,
but will leave the lot vacant.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
REPORT is FAVORABLE.
Expert Thinks Well Of Proposed Grin
nell interurban.

Grinnell, May 1.-The long awaited
report of the Arnold companys engi-
neerins expert, J. c. Nicely of Chicago,
on the proposed Grinnell-Belle PLANE
interurban was received here yester
day and considered at a meeting of
the stockholders of the Grinnell Inter
urban Railway company last night.
The report is wholly satisfactory to
the directors.
The following facts have been
cleaned from Mr.. Neely's report: The
length of the proposed road from this
city to Belle PLANE would be approx
mately thirty miles, to which would
have to be added two miles of sidings
and turn-outs. 1t would run through
a rich farming community with limited
railroad facilities. There are no seri-
Gus engineering difficulties, though the
country is quite billy in places.
The total population of townships
adjacent to the proposed line is 1856
according to a recent canvass. The
cities show a gain since the census of
1900 but many of the country districts
show a considerable loss, which is per-
haps the most discouraging feature Of
the report. Grinnells population is
lege with $50. The estimated tributary
population for the road is 1926. This
would give population of 495 per
mile Of road as against 531 in 1900.
This is somewhat small as 700 is
usually regarded as the minimum pop
ulation for such road. The freight
traffic, however, is so large as to more
than balance this up.
The outgoing freight of townships
| through which the road would run, av-
erages 1886 car loads per square mile
per year and the incoming freight 2.64
car. loads, which is very large. The pro-
posed line might at maximum secure
the entire freight business of Chester,
Sheridan and Madison townships in
| Poweshiek county, one-half the traffic
of Highland, Columbia, Richmond and
Salt Creek townships in Benton county
and one-third Of that of Malcom and
Bear Creek in this county.
| There would be a saving of twenty
miles to Chicago which would cause
much of the freight and passenger bus.
mess now tributary to the G. R. & P
to go over the inter-urban to Belle
PLANE. ut will furnish link" says
the report, "of what will eventually
be an electric air line between Des
Moines and Cedar Rapids at which
points similar systems are now in sue
cessful operation. An extension of the
Colfax-Des Moines road to Grinnel
and road to Belle PLANE to Vinton
both of which are contemplated, would
be other links in the chain.''
| A full report is made in regard tc
the financial aspect of the proposition
which it is not thought will present
any insurmountable obstacles.
From now on the managers of the
road will concern themselves with the
financing of the proposition, and it is
understood that within the next two OF
three weeks representatives Of several
prominent capitalists will visit this
city to examine the proposition There
is also little work to be doas in add
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02

the earnings for April thus far exceed
ing the same period last year by 10
per cent, while foreign commerce at
this port for last week shows gain OF
$3,s34,447 in value of merchandise, i'm
ported and an increase of $1,947 $50 In
exports compared with 1904. Mercan-
tile collections show further improve
ment and money remains abundant
and easy.
Current conditions and prospects for
the future are both extremely satisfac-
tory in the iron and steel industry.
Two lines of distribution are particu-
larly overwhelmed with business
railway equipment and structural
steel.
Eastern boot and shoe manufacture
ers are still very busy and some will
have little time for taking of inven-
tories before commencing work on fall
goods Textile industries continue to
make encouraging progress.
Failures this week are 204 in the
United States, against 2O2 last year.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
Real Estate Transfers.
Furnished by Lowenberg & Co..

Furnished by Lowenberg & Co.. 107
South Court
Roemer G. A. to Arthur T. Rowley
lot 10, Roemer End add. Ottumwa
$3.50.
Hammond ]. G. and wife to F. w
Darner, lot 103 Robinson 4th add. OF
tumwa, 5000.
Hammond J. A. and wife to F. W
Darner, lot "A, A. e. Hammond End
add. Ottumwa, S1.00 and exchange.
Bates, ]. W. and wife to C. D. Sharp
lots 19-2O-21, blk. 20, Eldon, 500.
Smith Carrie A. to M. D. Parker lot
10, Williams Park add. Ottumwa
$3.50.
Bennett John and wife to VIM. H
and Clara NJ Hall. lot 10, collars 3r6
add. Ottumwa, $3.50.
City Savings bank to Kate Hender-
shott, lot 4, Kellogg & Bentley sub
Ottumwa, $500.
Haw George Jr. and wife to Nellie
DUNCAN, GO. c. ID part lot 80, Hin
sey & Hedrick add. Ottumwa, SIS.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-02
w. S. STONE IN AGENCY.
Chief of the 3. of e. Spent Sunday
With Relatives.

Agency, May Wv. S. Stone, chief
of the Brotherhood Of Engineers spent
Sunday with friends here.
H. R. Goodwin, of Abba was an over
Sunday visitor with friends here
Geo. c. Peck has returned from a
ten days trip in Virginia.
Daniel Foster. who has been visit
ing friends at Marysville, Mo-, has re-
turned home.
The Ashland schools will close We'd
nesday and will give an entertainment
Wednesday evening.
w. H. Reynolds, who has been sick
for some time, is no better
E. Johnson, who had a paralytic
stroke some time ago, is slowly recov-
ering
The Odd Fellows have painted and
repapered their hail.
Fred Miller is visiting friends in Illi-
nois.
Mrs. Evan Thomas is sick.
Mrs. E. A. Rifle, who has been sick
for ten days, is getting better.