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Show of bonds and other Issue poraliou fraud. Labor IIFTYIMMSof the P1tor'1 following convention ot adopted at the Chicago the Independence purty: We. Independent American the Independence . representing .tutu and two terrltor forty-fou- r convention In national met have of a nominate, absolutely Independent for other political parties, candidate of in president and based Is United .States. Our ctlon upon a determination to wrPt,llLh hands duct of public affairs from trUKSier of selfish Interests, political the Kov nnd corrupt bonne ami make un ernment. us the founders Intended, : common good. the for agency nutlonal of uncKiimpld tuifiierlntc prosperity Hwlpromlnc. ft buHtneH blow wan dealt to logltlmate of by tho unmolested piactlce financiering. dishonest watering anti Multitudes of defenseless Investors, men and thousands of honest business are payun army of Idle workingmen Year by year, fosing tho penalty. tered by wasteful and reckless governmental extrnvaganeo by tho manipulation of trusts and by a Hvlnff creating tariff, tho cost of Duy by mounts higher and higher. tho government control of day tho the from people away further drifts unci more firmly Into tho grip of machine politic ians and party bosses. Tho Republican and Democratic parties are not only responsible for these conditions, but are committed to their continuance. Prodigal of Indniinite are so barren of preferpromises, they ence that to ft new purty of Indepenfor dent voters the country must look und the establishment of a new policy n return to genuine popular govern- ANNIVERSARY OF ITS LAYING W!LL OCCUP IN AUGUST Lower City, a small, partially deserted village In Canaan, a delightful old town bordering Connecticut upon Massachusetts, says a writer In the New York Herald. Years before ihls was a prosperous locality, a large Iron ore furnace having been operated here until about became .unprofitable 1890, when It and was abandoned. On the Fourth of July I arranged with a neighbor to hitch up his horse with mine to a wagon, and with my wife, Mr. J. B. and bis wife and two children, and Mr. M., w t drove to Torilngton, Conn., a distance of about 14 miles, where my fathei web then living. We arrived in Torrington about ten o'clock In the morning, and remalnec there until late. that evening. Some time between 10 and 11 oclock that evening we started for home. There was a full moon and cloudless sky, and the distinctness with which we could see the road and surrounding objects was so unusual as to be commented upon. Wo drove along without incident, going up over Goshen Hills, and on through Cornwall Hollow, until nearing home we had passed the house where iny employer, Mr. Yale, lived. Beyond his house the road ran along at the right of quite a smooth meadow, lying between tho road and a small chestnut grove, about 200 feet away. The road was up grade and sandy here, aud I, who was drivThe time, ing, let the horses walk. as near as we could afterward estimate It, was about halt an hour after midnight. We were Joking and laughing,' when suddenly Mrs. II., who sat beside my wife upon the back seat with her two children between them, called my wife's attention to an object which had apparently Just come out of the chestnut grove and was slowly coming across the meadow toward the road. My wife looked and exclaimed that some one was coming toward us out of the weeds. We all looked In the direction Indicated, but could see nothing. I Btopped the horses and we all continued to look, when we saw some one apparently coming around the end ol the wall to a pair of bars opening into the road. The moon was still shining saw brightly, and we all distinctly what looked like some one with a sheet thrown over his head. The object stepped up to the bars, and, deliberately letting down the next to the top bar, came through the opening made, and after putting the bar up again came out Into the road and walked along toward us. It came along the road perhaps a hundred feet, or until it reached a point midway, when It stopped. I had in mind an occurrence which happened about a week before this, when an Irresponsible man of the neighborhood had severely frightened my wife and sister, who was staying with us while I was away at night, and believing that the same man might be trying to frighten us, I ex-- , I know who it Is. claimed: It is H. S. (naming the man I suspected), and I'll teach him not to try to frightI handed the en people around here. lines to Mr. M. and seized my whip, a rawhide with a buckskin cracker at the end, and jumped out of the wagon and started back toward the object In the road. Mr. B. followed, but cautiously kept about ten feet behind me. As I got within about six feet of this object, which was standing upright In the middle of the road, I raised, my whip up over my head, and with all the force at my command, I brought the lash directly down upon Its head and Bhoulders. To my great amazement, there was no resistance to my whip until It reached the ground, and the object before me seemed to sink out of sight Into the ground. I had never believed In ghosts, and always ridiculed ghost stories, and I had had no fear or thought of the supernatural at this time, but this sudden disappearance In the bright moonlight of what I had believed without doubt was a miscreant bent on frightening people sent a most startling sensation over me. I stared at the vacant road before me, which I could see plainly for some distance, to where a turn hid It from view. I looked upon both sides of the road, which the moon lit up with almost daylight clearness. There were no bushes or trees behind which anything could hide nearer than the chestnut grove referred to, beyond the meadow. Mr. B. came up beside me. We both looked search-Ingl- y around and then at each other. The mysterious object had absolutely vanished. with astonishAlmost speechless ment we returned to the wagon. Everyone in the wagon saw the object as It came along the road, covered apparently by a sheet, which, as It walked, kept flapping at the sides as one with a sheet over his head walking and swinging his arms might appear. Unable to solve the mystery, we drove home. We told our experience to the neighbors, but no one was able the explain the apparition, or suggest a plausible theory. Nothing of the kind had ever been seen there before, or has been seen since, so far as we know. There Is no tradition which will throw any light upon It except Mrs. B. told the next day that she beard that some time in the past a man had been murdered In that chestnut grove. two-seate- d mm tuiumi nmms WJUUJUY ' ' r : . : v v;:t ' ?JL ; v v . . - of ixuwmi i !5 if ; w v.M-- ftevVV:5 'I'X- 4; apw-'.-- 1 ,- '- , W1 - v ( - FAYING OUf " . THU ' fUHjT Just 60 years ago next August, on the seventeenth day o( the month, the first .telegraphic message across the Atlantlo via the new cable was sent from England to America. The me. sage was of 90 words, from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan. It took 67 minutes to transmit. It was the first tangible proof that one of the greatest attempts of man In the field of science had succeeded. When a little company of men, un der the leadership of Cyrus W. Field, began to organize for the purpose of bringing the old world and the new within speaking distance of each other by means of a protected thread of wire across the Atlantic, they were hooted at as madmen. Capitalists who Invested their money in the scheme were thought by their friends to have become bereft of reason. Few Intag' Ined the feat possible. By formal agreement, on September 29, 1856, the Atlantic Telegraph company was organized. Its object was to lay, or cause to be laid, a submarine cable across the Atlantic.' Among those prominent In the forming of the company were Peter Cooper, Chandler White, Moses Taylor, Marshall O. Roberts and Cyrus W. Field. The first step In the program wan to be the laying of a cable across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, from Cape Ray Cove to Cape North. The first trial was disastrous, because of a furious storm, but In the following year the Newlaid. cable was successfully foundland was to be the western terminus. Assistance was obtained from the and United States, Newfoundland The United English governments.. States frigate Niagara, which was detailed to assist In submerging the cable, went (o England April 24, 1857. The colling of the cable in Liverpool occupied three weeks. A strand of seven copper wires composing the conductor, occupied the center. There was a gutta percha insulation, a cov- ering of specially prepared hemp, and then the outer covering of Iron wire, for protecting the cable. Five large cones were arranged in the hold of the Niagara, round which the cable was colled. The length carried made a total of 1,264 miles. The remainder was carried by the English ship Agamemnon, 1,700 nautical miles being required between the temlnl at Newfoundland and Ireland. Speand complicated cially constructed apparatus was designed for paying out, and, If need be, winding In the cable. Nature seemed to favor the project, for extending along the bed of the ocean, exactly between the two points to be connected, Is a great pleateau, like an immense prairie, stretching over an extent of 1,400 miles from east to west, with an average depth of about two miles. As It approaches the Newfoundland coast It Is entirely free from the effects of icebergs which ground on shallow bottoms. In every other part, the Atlantic Is characterized by abrupt declivities and mountain heights. Another advantage was found In the deposit of Infusoria, covering the The material bottom In abundance. showed a tendency to unite with the Iron wire protecting the cable, thus forming a concrete mass, making In effect a bed of down for the cable to rest upon. The landing of the cable In Dolus bay was successfully accomplished on the 6th of August, 1857. Never before bad such a mass of people assembled on the shores of that bay. They came from , miles around from their huts on the steep hillsides and the mountain passes, from the storied scenes In the Interior, and the of KIl!a-.- ey bleak const In the south. It was a great day for all. Five days the Niagara sailed, overcoming great "difficulties In the laying of the cable; then, on tho sixth day, when the Niagara had left the shore 300 miles behind, a mistaken order to put on brakes resulted In a strain which broke the cable. There was nothing to do but return to England. The Niagara sailed for New York tho following November. Of course a great cry was raised that the scheme had boon fairly tried once and failed, and that any further attempt to achieve this impossibility was madness and a criminal waste of the stockholders' money. But In the face of all this opposition, the little band of resolute men, led still by the Indomitable Cyrus V. Field, determined to make another attempt. They had learned by their experience many valuable lessons. One that It would be better for the two vessels carrying the cable to meet In midocean, make a splice, and then sail In opposite directions. Other lessons related to Improvements In the paying-ou- t machinery it was found impossible to wind In the cable after It was once out, as the very weight of the line was sufficient to break it The telegraph squadron arrived at Plymouth, England, June 3, and after an experimental trip of three days, having received a fresh supply of coal, started for mlducean on the 10th, the point of rendezvous having been decided. When the splice was finished, connecting the cable of the Niagara with that of the Agamemnon, the two vessels parted. A terrible storm came up soon afterward, and after 142 mile and 280 fathoms of cable had been paid out the line broke. It was only by good fortune that the vessels returned to land In safety. While the squadron was lying In the harbor of Queenstown, meetings were held by the board of directors In London, it was proposed to abandon the enterprise and sell the cable. When the news of this reached Mr. Field, be started In great haste for London. He remonstrated with the despondent, upheld the wavering, and finally, by his will and courage, obtained consent to make another attempt The vessels, accordingly, met again at the rendezvous, on July 28, and after making the splice with some ceremony, separated. Anxiety was keen, as a kink In the cable, or a hole running through the gutta percha through which not even a hair could be forced, would render all the work unavailing. On the 5th of August, 1858, the eastern end of the cable was landed In Trinity bay, Newfoundland, and the press of the country sounded loud praises In honor of the triumph. On the 17th of August, the famous mes sages were sent and received by cable between Victoria and Preslden' Buchanan. Concerning the message, one of the electricians on board the Niagara Is reported to have made the statement that It was cooked up for commer clal purposes, his ground being that the cable had ceased to test out long before reaching Newfoundland, and that on several occasions In paying It out accidents had occurred that bad destroyed the insulation of the cable. In 1865 another unsuccessful at tempt was made to lay an Atlantic cable. The first operative cable was not laid until 1866. A part of transcontinental cable his tory that possesses special local In terest is the landing of the French Atlantic cable at DuxburyM In the year 1869. This was the first cable to stretch actually from the shore of America to the shore of Europe. Whales In Portland Harbor. Two whales, one about 100 feet and the other about 75 feet In length, were seen Monday swimming about the harbor by several cottagers at Ever green Landing, Peaks Island. were monsters The peacefully romping about In the water aud when the steamer Pilgrim-camdown the harbor they swam some distance away, but remalued In view of the people all the time flapping their huge tails out of the water and spouting water. It was a sight not often seen in Portland harbor. Lewiston Journal. . Indias Vast Petroleum Deposits. The petroleum deposits of India, Including Burma, have scarcely been disturbed and the magnitude of the possible trade of India In petroleum and Its products can hardly be estimated. Burma produced 137,654,000 In 1903-0gallons and exported 63,796,000 gallons. all of It going to Indian ports. 7 ment. book for I aclependenee. Our object Is not to Introduce violent Innovations or sturtltng new theories. We of the Independence party look back, us Lincoln did, to the Declaration of Inch penitence ns the fountainhead of all political Inspiration. It Is not our purpose to attempt to revolutionize tho American system of government, but to restore the nrtlon of the government to tho principles of Washington und Jefferson and Lincoln. It Is not our purpose either to effect a radical change In the American system of government, but to conserve for the citizens of the United States their privilege and liberties won for them by the founders of this government, and to perpetuate the principles und policies upon which the nations greut-nee- s has been built. The Independence party Is, therefore, a conservative force In American politics. devoted to the preservation of Ainerleun liberty and independence, to honesty In elections, to opportunity In business, and eciuullty before the law. Those who believe In the Independence party ffnd work with It are convinced that ft genuine democracy should exist; that a true republican form of government should continue; that the power of government should rest with the majority of the people, and that the government should be conducted for the benefit of the whole citizenship, rather than for the special advantages ot any particular class. Of First Importance. As of first Importance, In order to restore the power of government to the people, to make their will supreme In the primaries. In the elections, and In the control of public officials after they have been elected, we declare for direct nominations, the Initiative and referendum, and the right of recall. It Is Idle to cry out against the evil of bosslsm while we perpetuate a system under which the boss is Inevitable. The destruction of an Individual boss Is of little value. The people tn their politics must establish a system which will eliminate not only an objectionable boss, but the system of bosslsm. Representative government Is made a mockery by the system of modern party conventions dominated by bosses and controlled by cliques. We demand the natural remedy of direct nominations, by which the not only elect, but. which Is farpeople more important, select their representatives. The Referendum. We believe In the principle of the Initiative and referendum and we particularly demand that no franchise grant go Into operation until the terms and conditions have been approved by popular vote In the locality Interested. The Recall. We demand for the people the right to recall public officials from the public service. The power to make officials resides In the people, and in them also should reside the power to unmake and remove from office any official who demonstrates his unfitness or betrays the public trust. Corrupt Practices at Fleet Iona. Of next Importance In destroying the power of selfish special interests and the corrupt political bosses whom they control Is to wrest from their hand the main weapon, the corruption fund. We derrmnd severe and effective legislation against all forms of corruption at elections and advocate prohibiting the use of any money at elections except for literature and the necessary meetings, traveling expenses of candidates. Ridding for votes, the Republican and Democratic candidates are making an about publicity of contributions, outcry both the although and Republican Democrat Ic parties have for years consistently blocked every effort to pass a corrupt practices acL Publicity of contributions Is and should b required, hut th the ue E k7'ttlr ?iJmportance contribution v are believe that the dishonest putuse of money in the past, whether contrlb- his h.yJnohil'!i"al8 r ,,y eorporations, responsible for the corruption which has undermined our system of popular government. Demand foe Rrononiy, donumd honest conduct of public " business-lik- e and economical administration of public affairs, and we condemn the gross extravagance of TUieoft a,i.m nlstration and Its Increase In appropriations Unnecessary appropriations necessary taxes. and unne?essS?v whether direct or Indirect the paid by people nnd add the ever! Increasing cost of living. Overcapitalisation We condemn the evil of Vnpltal-JxatioModern industrial the corporation puny a necessity, but overennit'iii.rfim in corporatlon.V. as harfSr'.'Vm". 2! ,a.8 .8 individual. lp,8on vJ.n,a2 Compelling the dividends upon great sums Ih,nUt of never been Invested. up, watered stock not justified hC thf property, and overcapltalizntion vent th better wage the ilc service and the lower hn 51: should result from American invenVhJl genius, and that wide which is replying competition. The collapse sty ors. closes Imnk! desfrnvV connY' and engenders panics. m?- .I2 dence party advocates pnn' necessity for sounder busln!.P m2.1y tions nnd improved nubile P2iPon,L VlT thp enactment of laws state to prevent watering of o!kJ dishonest eiaim to Have Checked ' Conspiracy for Revolt. lnIJ0inhrTh BVernnu'nt aord. newspapers of Lisbon, discovered and frustrated a whb! spread Republican plot for an Ing scheduled for Tuesday lastuprtsV anniversary of the abortive revolt Juiy 28, which was suppressed bv ex- Premier Franco. This follows a largo number announcement of mystertoua firing the few Alfonso Costa nnd dlno Nachado, the Republican n,krnn lenders are among thoso under susplcton. n. nTr ' SI ic 1 v'1"; In the summer of 1894 I was living In what was called Huntsville, or I labor denounce the Demo-PlLTof the Republican and Dhit forms a political buncombe w The form, of cor. ;j order Should be Issued without notice, whora irrepiirublo Injury wuuld result front delay. Is empty verbiage, nJopy for a showing of Irreparable cun always be made and Is ulways affidavits. made tn expnrte declaration that In The Democratic In any Junction should not lie Issued ease Jn which Injunction hmi1d tH)t Issue If no Industrial dlHiiiaewerelt, less. meaningless Hiid worth volved doi SOUTH-flOUNSuch Insincere and meaningless estimate upon the No. 61 For Psyson. Sauixquls place ft low average workingLos Angeles Intelligence of the or, or No. W For Payooo, 'XopiU"' man and exhibit either iKooruMce or ests Intel reul Indifference to, the NOKToiij JTo " l aThe Independence party No. OS For Provo, PLOmv. Inof wrlt the arbitrary use of the proceed ing as junction ftnd.contempt Ameri6t For Provo. Suit ,H violation of the fundamental li intsrmsdiate can fight of trial by Jury. . Pslatlsl trains am point The Currency. Swoon Salt T.tko and ths HscieT c? H UTAH COUNTY is In L The Independence party Isdeclares InherIssue money to that the right and. It favors H. BUBTsait. Distrlot p,, ?!". J. ent In the government, central governN. Rxtshnsn, Depot the establishment of uwhich mental bank through Into the money general cirso issued shall be put ' culation. The Tariff. We demand a revision of the tariff, but by not by the friends of the tarttf, anff declare tho friends of the people, duties of tariff reduction for a gradual the rights with Just consideration for estabnntl of of ttie consuming pjbllc should be no lished Industry. There trusts which Arrival and departure of train, from protection for oppressive sell cheaply abroad andtotake advantage 7 For SprlngvUle, Provo, kit v. No. compecrush of the tariff at home n4 11 point Mt ftnd west tition. raise prices, control production No. 20 For spring villa iroiro S liw amlall points east and and limit work nnd wages. we,t , , No. The Railroads. Eureka, Mammoth and sii verCltv to be must open The railroads kept For Eureka, Mammoth nnd Every No. 88 verCity all upon exactly equal terms. nnd BJ form of rebate and discrimination busiConnections made In 0Kdn Union dewt railroad rates Is a crime against deSlUralnsof Southern Racillo out. Ve andUr must be ness und stamped mand adequate rnilrond facilities and OFFERS CHOICE OF advocate a bill empowering shippers, in time of need, to compel tailrouda to and FAST THROUGH cars for sufficient freight provide fl1 passenger traffic and other rallrond fa-to cilities, through summary appeal of AND THREE DISTINCT SCENIC BOCTB the courts. We favor the creation an Interstate commerce court, whose Pulman Palace and ordinary Sleep!,, a,, J sole function It shall be to revlow Omaha, Kansas Uty, bt. Uuu w the or- Denver, speedily and enforce summarily without Chicago change. ders of the Interstate comerce commisFree Reclining Chair'Car,; Pereontl, Tho Interstate commerce comsion. ducted a perfect Ihnui, 7' inito Excursion; mission should have the power vioe. tiate Investigation Into the reasonableFor rate, folder, eto , Inquire of ness of rates and practices, and no In1L T. Matts zas,Tlck Am, crease In rates should be put into efor write I. A. BENTON, invesfect until opportunity for 'such O. A. P. D., Sait LnluQtj, The Interstate tigation Is afforded. commerce commission should proceed at once with a physical valuation ot railroads engaged in interstate com 1 clnr-utio- D ' S Am,-N- o. . 1 f I -- k JivESg!05 v S-- For sii-"- 5i -- DR. N. C. merce. The Trusts. We believe that legitimate organization in business designed to secure an economy of operation and increased production are beneficial wherever the public participates in the advantages which result. We denounce all combinations for restraint of trade and for the establishment of monopoly In all products of labor, and declare that such combinations are not combinations for production, but for extortion, and that activity in this direction Is not industry, but robbery. In cases of Infractions of the antitrust laws of the interstate commerce act, we believe In the enforcement of a prison penalty against the guilty and responsible individuals controlling the management of the offending corporations, rather than a fine Imposed upon stockholders. Public Ownership. We advocate the extension of the principle of public ownership of publio utilities, Including railroads, as rapidly as municipal, state or national government shall demonatrate ability to conduct public utilities for the public benefit. National Resources. We rejoice In the adoption by both the Democratic and Republican platforms of the demand of the Independence party for Improved waterways and the Mississippi inland deep waterways project, to complete a. ahlp channel from the gulf to the great lakes. We favor the extension of this system to the tributaries of the Mississippi, by means of which thirty states shall be served and twenty thousand miles added to the coast line of the United States. The reclamation of arid lands should be continued and the irrigation programme now contemplated by the government extended nnd steps taken for the conservation of the country's natural resources, which should be guarded not only against devastation and waste, but against falling Into the control of monopoly. The abuse growing out ef the administration of our forest preserves must be corrected And provision should he tnndo for fre from the public lands outside grazing of forest reservations. In behalf the people residing In arid portions of our western states we protest vigor-of ously against the policy of the Federal government In selling the exclusive use of water and electric power derived from public works to private corporations, thua creating a monopoly and subjecting citizens living In those sections to exorbitant charges for light and power and diverting primarily started for public enterprises, benefit, In I" Pha,nnel8 corPrate greed and oppression, and we demand that no more exclusive contracts be made. Turks Clamoring for Removal of High Officials of Old Regime. Constantinople. Now that the first over rejoicings the constitution granted to Turkey by the sultan last week are at an end, the people are beginning to discuss the future. Already they are clamoring against the high officials who were responsible for the abuses and Injustices of old regime. Public opinion In the demanding a clean sweep, especially of the palace officials. The situation la calm. The sultan broke Into tears at the Thnrsday. at which it was decided to grant a constitution. Only once has the sultan been In-hImself t0 ctwit0 Sh?W.demonstrators large In of the palace. On this occasionfront his at an I)on window aldeby lion Kid: h PP"!- - insomuch as I have labored since aiPe8B ? to the throne for the prosperUy of the father land rnnAa.nd J now my witness that my greatest object Is the salvation and prosperity of my subjects, who are to me as my own children." Central Pacific Settles Indebtedness to Uncle 8am. Wa8hlngton.-Act- lng of the Treasury Collldgo onSecretary TuesdayRail'-reafrom the Central Pacific l company 12.939.661, In payment liquidation "of?, ?o?a!t deXdesJ io Mari; t0 thp government 8l2 7ir r d 838 waa J SPALDING le to ProvtVhl Make, regular call to Spenlth Thursday. . Office at World .del 111 VETERINARY PHYSICIAN AND SVRGEON Office at Palace Drw Store, Both Phenes. se; Forh tvm Drug him I 4 ire i aer HORSE INFIRMARY 1 At the old Oraa Lewi, corner, on Sprite ville road, Spanish Fork, Utah. X Spans. Bono Spavins and Pipe of Fettali ttnml or no pay. X Crippled and lame honttJ specialty,' X All animtli exuninedimd charge. Look well to your bertet' teeth, ir from them come many diteiic. Lm ml let live it my motto, J. A BROT) tin aiei Io :t ids re. '.owi "Hoi :ild ien roil rood oied seres of land hifij I beu reclaimed to cultlntiMi r I irrigation in that Bute darif Thousands of I the past 10 year. Tbonimii M mors will be reclaimed wltw A the next 10 year.. Tb!inM II an opening tor many theittw I j of homes .01 iilil de, tot, ae, e d er mil ven Have You Investigated IDAHO! It has been truthfully termed I uge rod :e Land of Opportunities A Land of Homes C The Oregon Short Line IUiilroAd will be pleased to gendaccriptiviBii' ter regarding Idaho's resource. S. Spe"J-t- D. E. Bur ley, G P. A- - or D. ncer, A. G. P. A., Salt Lake City. U' Me I i :et! --re a! In m Spanish Go-Operat- Fork u IjS .eln, ir on; ive rib ?e le Institution,- - spr e (tet I Dealers la i General flic Merchandisei O and TU rth Flour, Grain Produce. e i io Ik i it Kaaofaoturers of Harness, k Boots 'at 'd !e Shoes. ad r e illo Lh JOHN JONES, Supt sole Spanish Fork "th rtb t Ot, I The Best Bargain in r tad ing matter money un buy it jour It keep you posted doing of ths community. rj 'le1 iter till! 4 ' Ut This Paper tru; Io will tell you ths thing you1 to know In an entertaining Wj will give you ell the Dw y m it o th Iw1 per. community; its every prove a pleaeure; it than full value tot a.ked for 'Ye t J d. IlCti ni j, 'ft, dl |