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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-25

at s o'clock in the evening the follow
ing program will be rendered:
Salutatory-Adolph T. Johnson.
Song-W ennerberg chorus.
Glass History-Joseph L. Larson.
Clarinet Solo-Oscar Purn.
Oration-Edward G. Carlson.
Glass Poem-Josephine Mirfield. /
Oration-J Richard Olson
Prophecy-Nettie E. Myers.
Glass Sons-Class of '06.
Elect Officers.
At a meeting of the Students union
held yesterday afternoon, Otto e. Pc
terson was elected president; J. V.
Benson, vice president; Emil Bergren,
secretary, and B. vi. Beausang. treas
urer. E. w. Carlson resigned his posi-
tiCn of editor-in-chief of the Augustana
Observer and George Fahlund was
elected to fill the vacancy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-25
Jimmy Gardner stors o'keefe.

indianapolis, Ind, May 25.-Jimmy
Gardner had the easiest time in his
1ugilistic career defeating Jack
O'Keefe in the fifth round of their 10
round contest last night Jimmy was
as lively as a cricket and hit Jack al
will. while the Chicagoan was unusual
ly slow.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-25
a Moutain of ,6oId

Could not bring as much happiness TO
Mrs. Lucia Wilke, of Caroline, Wis, as
did one 25c box of Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, when it completely cured a run
ming sore on her leg, which had tor
tured her 90 long years. Greatest an
tiseptic healer of piles. wounds and
sores. Csc at HartZ & Ullemeyer's
drug store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-25

ron the right to favoritism by his
showings during the past two weeks
of training, when he met and outboxed
and outfought many Of the best little
fellows on the coast, and was so Sc
we're with them that he was forced to
take on boxers in the heavyweight di-
vision
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-25

Corset Sale of Wonderful Power
TOMORROW we begin annual sale. Every
notable achievement that worthy with persist
nteigeny directed effort No great successful bust
happen. The public confidence and support
this of grand has
been by continuous planning and diligence the end that
the shall be very useful helpful and pleasing in
the excellence merchandise and efficient
the people In addition the mentioned below,
included this sale such makes the K. g. the
F. p and Fe.fs Good Sense Waists that will be dis
play for your inspection.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-05-25
Licensed to Wed.

It's folly to suffer from that horrible
plague of the night-itching piles.
Doan's Ointment cures quickly and per
manently. At any drug store, 80 cents
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23
OHIO MAN HEAD OF G. A. r.
Archbishop Ireland Chosen Chaplain
Nebraskan SURGEON General

The following officers were elected
at the meeting of the Grand Army of
the Republic at the reunion held in
Minneapolis last week:
Commander in chief-R. B. Brown,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
Senior vice communicative Arm
strong, indianapolis.
Junior vice commander-E. B. Fem
ton, Detroit
Chaplain in chief-Archbishop John
Ireland, st. Paul.
Surgeon general-W. H. Johnson,
Lincoln, Neb.
All other officers are staff appoint
ments and will be announced later by
the new commander in chief. The
strongest opponents of Mr. Brown for
the honor of being commander in chief
were c. c. Burton of Missouri. Cap
tain p. Fl. Coney of Kansas Both
withdrew when it was seen that the
election of Mr.. Brown was certainty.
Several candidates were nominated
for senior and Junior vice command
ers, but later all withdrew in favor of
Armstrong and Fenton and both were
chosen unanimously. Archbishop Ire-
land had no rivals for the position
of chaplain in chief
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23
CROPS AND PROSPERITY
Chicago News)

As an index to the nations pros
perity the government crop report
just issued is fully up to the most
sanguine expectations with which it
has been awaited. 1t holds out the
promise of the largest wheat crop in
the history of the country and of an
enormous yield in other grains. 1t is
estimated that the wheat production
will aggregate 768,668,000 bushels, as
against a total yield of 693,000,000 for
the year preceding, while the output
of corn will be in the neighborhood
of 1855 100000 bushels. Not only has
the acreage devoted to wheat been
greatly increased, but there has been
an increase in the average yield to
the acre
While the huge crops and the pros
pect of market conditions which
should bring good prices for them
PROMISE CoAlinudnce OI our great
prosperity, indications of a flourishing
business life are to be found in oth~r
branches of industry. AS result of
present conditions and in anticipation
of still further improvement there has
been a period of tremendous industrial
activity all along the line. Iron and
steel mills are unable to meet the
market demand, which is still streng-
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23
Democrats Select Lincoln

State Chairman T. S. Allen has
been authorized to make Lincoln
democratic Headquarters for the COM
ing campaign. The headquarters will
be at the Lincoln hotel Mr.. Allen
will open rooms at the hotel immed-
lately but the active work of the cam
paign will not be commenced before
September Is. Mr. Allen denies the
report that he is or has been an at
torney for a railroad company. His
law partner. A. R. Talbot, is attorney
for the Missouri Pacific, but Mr.. Allen
denies that he has ever occupied such
a position.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

If you have not already got riding
harrow, buy one. The harrow is one
of the most valuable tools on the
farm and the one that is most neg
lected. No work on the farm yields
larger returns than that expended in
perfecting seed bed before sowing
and planting.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23
The Nebraska Independent

A condition of falling prices existed
at that time and all one had to do
was to hold on to money and let
prices fall, and the power of his mon
ey to command other things in ex-
chage was daily increasing. Under
such conditions the idle holder of idle
money was absorbing the results of
the toiler's toll.
Ten years ago the creditors class
of the world were absorbing the
wealth of the world into the obliga-
lions they held against the nations.
states and individuals calling for
money in payment of principle and
interest. Under the condition then
existing enterprise was the unerring
road to bankruptcy and ruin.
Ten years ago the gold monomet-
alist voted for restricted money
supply, limiting supply to the current
product of the gold mines which was
at that time at practically its lowest
point Such action was due to ignor-
ance as such conduct on the part of
any enlightened individual would be
madness. But the gods saved us from
our own folly by revealing to man the
cheap cyanide process of extracting
the metal from the rock thus render
ing hitherto worthless deposits
veritable bonanzas and in short per-
iod doubling the worlds output of the
metal. The production of gold under
the cheapened process continues with
prospects of an increasing supply for
an infinite time to come, assuring man
kind of being on the favorable side
of the one condition that has marked
the advent and decline of civilization
since the gold was mined out of the
mountains of Armenia near by the
Garden of Eden at the time when the
mind of man runneth not to the con
trary, but whose tunnels and excava-
tions are still found
Today the idle holder of idle mon
ey finds his wealth diminishing be-
cause under rising prices it's power
to command other things in exchange
is growing a little less every day.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23
spared to meet the demands of our
readers by giving them the best.

Send us list of names and ad.
dresses to whom we may send sample
copies of The Independent. You can
help yourself and help us by so doing.
We will appreciate it.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

The publishers OF The Independent
want agents everywhere to canvass
for subscriptions and sell Mr.. Berges
new book, 1.-THE FREE PASS BRl-
Berry SYSTEM" See advertisement
of book elsewhere in this paper We
receive hundreds of orders through
the mails. It is the only book writ
ten upon subject In which the peo-
pie are just now vitality interested.
The people everywhere will want the
book Ex-Governor Larabee of Iowa
ordered ten books before same were
off the press. We receive orders from
all parts of the country. This book
is seller. All you have to do is to
tell about it. You can make 500 per
month. Write at once for terms.
THE INDEPENDENT, Lincoln, Neb.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

OSnoI uses IoI Tie metal Is Gull
cerned, so long as it remains coin.
Gold cannot be made into money
until the value of money exceeds that
of the metal gold, because in being
made into coin the metal must die
that money may live. If the value Of
gold in other forms exceeds that of
money the money will go to the melt
ing pot. All of the gold that is now
in use as money is in it's present form
because it is more profitable to it's
owners in that form than any other.
Gold ceases to be money and assumes
other forms to the extent that profit
may be made by the change. The
stock of gold on hand in the form of
money in the world is sufficient to
last the world for other than money
purposes, in the arts and manufact-
urers, at the present rate Of consump-
ton for about a century. Therefore,
if for any reason its money uses
were discontinued it would become
very cheap, that is, it's power to com
mand other things in exchange would
become very small, because the pres
ent exchange power of a commodity
of which the stock on hand could not
be used up for century or more
must fall very low.
If the price of gold should fall very
low the metal would necessarily go
into utilitarian forms and practically
cease to be used as articles of per-
sonal adornment which use is, in
large measure, the result of vulgar
minds boasting of their wealth.
Perhaps upon no question has the
average man exhibited such gross
ignorance as upon the subject of value
in connection with the metal gold and
with the gold coin. On this subject
the great mass of men seem to be
confused. The confusion that exists
proceeds from preconceived opinions
which en- lumber the pathway of the
mind and prevents this subject from
being dealt with the freedom that
other subjects are considered. Bon
amy Price of England in his work on
the principles of currency, written in
a1yno Ctatnnnnnt that
In England at that time was fifteen
times as cheap as it was during the
reign of Henry VIII, and he quoted
prices at both periods to prove his
assertion. In the early period, how
ever, when gold was dearer, we find
in the list of commodities priced hui
man beings as slaves, while in the
latter period since gold has so greatly
cheapened, the human commodity, the
slave, has disappeared from the
market.
The value of all the gold in exist
ence in the form of money and bullion
is now about thirty-four per cent less
than it was ten years ago, that is,
an ounce. or any number of ounces OF
gold. will command in exchange now
thirty-four per cent less of things in
general than ten years ago. There
fore. all obligations calling for money
In oold standard countries can now
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23
Largest Woman in World is Dead

Huntington, w. Va-Annie Davis,
aged 80, the largest woman in the
world, died suddenly on Friday at her
home near here. She weighed 720
pounds The coffin which had to be
made, was five feet wide and three
feet deep.
A sister, two years younger, weighs
500 pounds.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

Our purpose is to make The hide
pendent weekly visitor into more
thar one hundred thousand homes in
the state. In order to do this the
paper must represent merit in each
department. No expense will be
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

In railway earnings over last year
The report that the western states
are so literally supplied with money
as not to require any large withdrawal
of funds from the east for crop-mov-
ing purposes is typical feature of a
general condition in which prices are
high, business is brisk and money
abundant.
For another year at least the ma
| ton seems to be safe from disastrous
reverses. While we are enjoying the
prospect we shall be unwise if we do
not recognize that these conditions
cannot endure forever and that they
involve problems peculiarly difficult
and delicate. Over-production, spec
ulation and general extravaganza are
very real dangers which frequently
follow in the train of such periods of
opulence as we now enjoy. In proper
ton as we adopt safeguards against
them we shall escape the worst of
the evils of adversely which are to be
expected when the nation enters upon
a period of lean years
Subscribe for The Independent.
Nebraska lands are good property
Now is the time to SOW winter
wheat.
The newspaper is the organ of pub
lie intelligence
Send in a club of new subscribers
under our campaign offer.
The Independent will contain inter-
esting reading during the campaign
Subscribe for it now.
The agriculture department. of The
Independent is worth many times the
subscription price of the paper.
Harrow every afternoon the ground
plowed in the forenoon if you would
preserve moisture in the ground.
Next to alfalfa winter wheat is our
surest crop if the seeding is properly
done at the right time. The time is
during the next five weeks. The
earlier the better
The moral function in man is but
partial in the individual, but is com
plete in the state. An enlightened
public opinion is the supreme power
to right the wrongs of the state and
the nation.
The subscription season is now
opening and the prospect for The In
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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

Next to alfalfa winter wheat is our
surest crop if the seeding is properly
done at the right time The time is
during the next five weeks. The
earlier the better.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

Harrow every afternoon the ground
plowed in the forenoon if you would
preserve moisture in the ground.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

The moral function in man is but
partial in the individual, but is com
plete in the state. An enlightened
public opinion is the supreme power
to right the wrongs of the state and
the nation.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-08-23

The agriculture department of The
Independent is worth many times the
subscription price of the paper.
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Subscribe for The Independent.

Send in a club of new subscribers
under our campaign offer.
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The Independent will contain inter
esting reading during the campaign
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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-12-13
IRR|G ON F A RMING


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The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-28
pRYAN,s sOMERsAULT.

MIR. Bryan has Topped clear back to
the starting point. Now he assures
us, In all seriousness, that he never
meant to convey the idea that he was
In favor of government ownership of
railroads at all He was simply talk.
ing in his Madison Square speech,
and II didn't count, He Is no more In IA.
vor of government ownership of rail.
roads, he says, than President Roose-
welt He is In favorof regulation and
II regulation is found to be impossible
then he would favor government own.
ership. But the people, he says, will
never force the issue
We were, then, simply being used
as subjects Of experiment by the peer
less leader. He thought he would cast
out that government ownership hook
and, II the whole country jumped at
II, then he could become president
easily and claim the honor. A few of
the radicals began hollering for the
idea, but ninety nine out OF a hundred
at once saw the impossibility of the
plan and said SO. Then Mr.. Bryan,
always foxy began to hedge. At frs
he told us he hadn't meant 1t as
political proposition, but that 1t was
merely his opinion. Now he says he
has been misrepresented and that he
is against government ownership, for
the time being ut least
Mr. Bryan has left himself in a de-
cidedly embarrassing position by thu
somersault,
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-28
THE RACE RIOTS.

The race riots at Atlanta have
brought to a climax long series of
assaults and lynchings in that city and
the immediate vicinity. A number of
assaults upon white women have been
made by negroes there during the past
six months and the large number that
were made on Saturday called into &C.
ton the spirit of revenge among
whites. The riot spread until ten
were dead. Many innocent negroes
were beaten and injured in the race
war.
The Atlanta affair was one Of many
similar events that have taken place
in the south. All of them point to the
seriousness of the race problem.
The blacks were to blame for caus-
ing that riot and that slaughter.
While 1t is true that many innocent
ones suffered, 1t is equally true that
II the blacks who committed the as.
saults had obeyed the laws in the
first place, there would have been no
riot. Apparently the negroes of the
south have their fate in their own
hands, So long as they are willing to
live as they ought, they are not mis-
treated. And when the whites are out
ragged until patience ceases to be a
virtue, blood is drawn from the race,
regardless of individuals. What treat
ment the colored race shall receive, is
evidently a matter for the race, itself,
to decide.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-28

partial in trials held before him, and
the man has yet to say that he has not
received justice at the hands OF Judge
Boyd If he will do his duty as Judge
OF the Ninth district, protect the weak
against the encroachments of the
strong and vicious, then the same kind
Of conduct Is TO be expected OF him
when he does business for the whole
Third district in the halls OF congress.
The first time Judge Boyd was elected
In this district in 1900, he carried Il
by majority OF POI, 900 more than
Mckinley. In that year he received
400 more in Antelope county than did
the rest OF the state ticket. Four
years later he was reelected by 1717
and carried his home county by ma
jority of $50. All of which demon.
strates that Judge Boyd Is most popu.
lar where he is best known, and there
he received the biggest vote. II is
believed that this year he will carry
the district by even a larger majority
than he did the last time he ran for
Judge.
Democrats estimate that they will
only have from 1000 to 1000 votes to
overcome in order to elect democrat
ic congressman from this district this
fall. They have already started an
active campaign. Republicans, there
fore, must stand to their guns and
work II the district is to be held in the
column that. does things.
Judge Boyd will be in harmony with
the administration, and II this district
is to accomplish anything in the way
Of national legislation, 1t must be rep
resented in the majority in congress.
Judge Boyd's neighbors are his loyal
friends. If he will stand by his neigh
bors and work for them, he will stand
by his district and work for that. The
fight. is not won. The republican par
.ty has lead of probably 1000 votes,
but the vote must be gotten out.
Judge Boyd has always done his
duty. When the democratic papers of
the state were insinuating that he was
afraid to summon a grand jury, Judge
Boyd proved his steel by instantly
summoning that body and then by in.
structing them to probe every detail
of evidence that they could possibly
procure.
Judge Boyd Is man of action. He
is best liked where he is best known.
He is in harmony with the administra-
ton. He knows the law. He is fair.
He will work hard for this districts
interests and he deserves to be elect
ed.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-28

Old time republican senators are
to give La Toilette a pretty
warm reception when congress con-
venes this year. He has taken it upon
himself to go into the home states Of
many of his colleagues and, at their
very doors, tell the people why those
senators should not be returned to Of
flee. La Toilette was pretty strongly
hazed when he first went to Washing
ton. Old time senators would vote
down any measure that he presented,
when they could, and when it was a
measure that needed passing, they
would allow some one else to slip in
and get the glory. When La Toilette
spoke, the senate chamber was desert
ed, The Wisconsin senator remarked
that the time would come when these
senators wouldn't have any senate
seats to desert, and followed this
threat up with vicious attacks upon
many of them in other states than his
own. The result is that he is in line
for a red hot time when he gets back
to Washington.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-28

ty this fall, because he deserves 1t.
A farmer who has lived in Madison
county almost since water first started
to run in the Elkhorn, he has earned
his living by the toll of his hands and
the sweat Of his brow out of the soil
of this county. He knows the needs
of the farmers, being a farmer. He
knows the need of good roads, having
to drive over roads. And he knows
the needs of the townspeople because
he is big enough and broad enough to
appreciate the points of view of all.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-09-28

pendent paper which formerly had
democratic tendencies, is supporting
Cummins. Those who oppose Cum
Minis declare that he is political hog
in trying to get three terms as the
states governor, while Cummins fore
es declare that he was forced to run
against his will because he was the
only man who would uphold the inter
ests of the 'peepul' The boilers de-
clare that Cummins Is insincere in his
proclamations about running as q
matter of principle because he sacri-
feed his stand on the tariff for the
sake of his nomination, and is run
ming on stand pat platform which he
formerly declared was a robbery plat.
form. Cummins, in his opening
speech declares that he has not re-
tracted any of his former ideas on the
tariff, but that he Is still in favor of
reducing tariffs as have, in the past
nine years, been found too high. He
has always been a defender of pro-
lection, he says. His opponents point
out that in this statement he both re-
iterates his views that protection is
many times robbery and at the same
time declares himself to be a cordial
defender of the protective tariff sys-
TEN. He is for It and against 1t at
the same time. He declares, they
charge, though not in so many words,
IL am in favor of the things that are
good; | am against the things that
are bad" Cummins is anxious to get
into the governors chair once more,
they say, in order that he may become
a United States senator, and he does
not deny that he is ambitious. And so
the fight goes on in all its intensity,
Cummins protesting his sincerity and
his enemies pointing out that he Is
simply an office seeker, ready to COM
promise what he terms as his princi-
pies. The boiling wing of the party
feels that Cummins is not republican
at heart and that this is justification
for the bolt. 1t is hardly possible that
Cummins can be beaten in republican
Iowa, but it is probable that his ma
jority will be reduced by the faction
al fight.