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St " 1 mm hamilton back" Insurance "Yellow Dosr' Operator! Returns From Europe. GOES TO ALBANY AT .ONCE i r McCall* Want Him to Tell AM ? Legislative Agent Who Got 81,347,3S'i From New York Lift* and Accounted For Onlr a Fraction of It Arrives Unexpectedly From Exile. . Albany, N. Y. ? ' Judge" Andrew Hamilton, the legislative agent of the j.\ew xorK i_.uf auu uma m^umuw companies, returned to this country unexpectedly. He came to this city al. v most at once. He spent the evening with his family, refusing to see any one save his immediate relatives. The "judge"' reached Albany with his son-in-law, .Tames C. Brady, a sou of Anthony N. Brady. They were met by a carriage at the station' and driven rapidly to the Hamilton home in Thurlow Terrace. Early in the evenius inquirers were told that Mr. Hamilton was not at home, aud while his family knew that he was expected they did not know his whereabouts. Later a member of the family made a formal statement in explanation as follows: "Mr. Hamilton arrived home to-night , with his son-in-law. He desires to pass jr' J this evening with his family, aud will not rnaKe any sraiemem iui- iuiuiu.-cif tion to-night." Much commeut was mnde here that the "judge" should come back immediately preceding the active opposition to the insurance reforms. Arrangements are being made, it is believed, by which the New York Life will bring suit against Hamilton, forestalling necessity for action by the State. Ex-Jndge Keene, of counsel for *" \ the company, was closeted with the Attorney-Geueral for a long time. Neither would talk about the visit. lyikv i_-1. New York City. ? "They murdered poor M^Call, but they will have the battle of their lives when they draw their stilettos on Hamilton." Thus spoke a frieud of Judge" Andrew Hamilton, who met the former legislative agent of the New York Life when he lauded from the Deutschland, of the Hamburg-American Line, after an absence of several months abroad. This declaration was made after Hamilton had spoken freely to his friend. It may be taken as an indication of the "judge's" mental attitude, and fur nishes a reason tor ins raturn ai tuis time when the air is full of talk about criminal prosecution of tliose connected with the insurance scandals. Han.ilton's arrival in this city was wholly unexpected by insurance oCicers. Even the heads of the New York Life, who might be cxpected to have some knowledge of his movements, expressed themselves a" greatly surprised when told that.the "judge" was really back from France. Members of the Fowler Committee, through whose efforts John C. McOall. son of the late president of the New York Life, was sent to Paris, and brought back a statement from Hamilton purporting to explain his relations with John A. McCall and the affairs of the company, were equally slow to take the news of his return seriously \mtil undeniable - proof was furnished. The McCalls now wish him to tell all. -"Judge" Hamilton sailed from Genoa on February 24. He had come from Nice and the Mediterranean route was most convenient. He wrote his name ou the passenger list "H. A. Milton," and the abbreviation served to keep his Identity secret most of the way over. For the {Irst two days he remained in his stateroom. After that he mingled freely with the other passengers and frequently discussed insurance matters when the subject was broached. "Judge" Hamilton's return revives interest in the testimony before the Armstrong Committee, in wmcn nis relations with the New York Life unci other insurance companies were fully explained. John A. McCall admitted without qualification that Hamilton Lad received enormous sums of money, which were used to prevent the passage of laws which would have injured the business of the companies had they gone into the statute books. Between 1892 and 1904. $1,347,382.41 of the New York Life's money passed through the hands of Hamilton. Of this amount $283,383 has not been accounted for. The Fowler report, which was presented to the New York Life February 8, holds Hamilton individually responsible for $793,904. According to the report the Albany bureau of taxation and legislation presided over by Hamilton got $705,577 of this amount. The "Lome office annex account'' got $235.000, which John A. McCall personally refunded. In his statement which he sent from France by John C. MeCall. Hamilton admitted he had spent $720,550 from 1899 to 1905. This statement, which was put in evidence before the Armstrong Ckmiinittee on December 27. showed that Hamilton had received for himself $160,050. in the shape of retainers and percentages allowed to him under the private arrangement with Mr. McCall. This did not include $90.000 which he received from the New York Life for having forced the State to return taxes paid before it was decided that the premium tax law was not retroactive. Suicide Bccause of a Gray Hair. Because she found a gray hair in her head and believed that she would become gray very soon Mrs. William Thomas, of Elanor, Pa., committed suicide by takiug poison. Mrs. Thomas had declared that she would never live to be grayheaded. The woman leaves a husband and two children. Denounces Rate Legislation. Senator Foraker denounced rate legislation as nroh.ihlv iinrnnstitntionnl and guardedly attacked President Roosevelt for Lis attitude. Bounty on Herring Exports. The Newfoundland Government annouueed that it would offer a bounty cn herring exports. i Boraxed Codfish E/empt. Senator Lodge succeeded in exempting codfish from the restrictions of the House Pure Food bill. News of the Hour. The present populatioi of AustriaHungary : s 4t>,000.0(K'. Slot machines with gambling devices have been suppressed in Spaiu. A New York skyscraper with a tower nearly 594 feet tall was planned. The Chines? in this couutry sent back to China $25,000.000 every year, and their people are really beginning to like this money and desire more of it. They say the trustees of the Carnegie Hero Fund caunoi spend their income for lack of suitable heroism to reward. j DIES C1F0RE CLASSMATES 1 Student is Shockci to Teath by Elec- j tricity at Union College. I noliliiii; Tart of an Apparatn* Il? I Receive* 3300 Volt Cnrreut arrt Fall* Unconscious. Schenectady. X. Y.?Before the eyes of bis classmates, who were watching an experiment iu which he had volunteered to help, Paul Waite, a junior and a student of the electrical eng'i.eering course in Union College, was killed by electricity in the laboratory of the college. The class of which Waite was a member was gathered in the laboratory at 2 o'clock in the afternoon for the usual lecture, and the instructor, in illustrating his remarks with experiments. felted one of tho students to 1 help him. Waite stepped forward and ' helped rig up the apparatus, which was j connected with the nigh tension electric service of .he college. The students were watching the electrical apparatus curiously, when tho lecturer asked Waite to throw open the ' switch. As he did so his body came in < contact with an exposed portion of the apparatus and 2300 volts passed 1 through his oody. Waits fell to the i floor unconscious, while the students i rushed forward to save Lira. The lec- 1 turer ran out of the room and sum- < moned medical assistance, bringing ] Dr. Herbert L. Towne. the physical : director, once to the laboratory. Re- f suscitauon was attempted, and for two s hours the physician and students took turns in working over Waite. He died two hours after receiving the electrical shock. The college has been thrown into mourning as a result of the young man's death. Waite was a prominent moer of the Chi Psi fraternity and' was also one of the best athletes in the college. His home was in Fort Edware.. his tather being one of the wealthiest men of that town. Word of the young man's death was sent to his parents, aad it was learned here i.'.at his mother became hysterical. Waite had been hom? the day before r~d l.ad left his parents in a happy frame of miua. Before entering tlie laboratory he had arranged s; take part in an athl?tie ti?.:rnament, and he had looked forward to winning champioushir honors. It was with a laugh that he stepped forward to help fix up the apparatus with which the instructor was to illustrate his lecture. The minds of all in the room were concentrated on the experiment which was to be made, and I - -- J.I t. ~ c I , Wiere "was no muugui ui i When Waite suddenly fell to the floor | the students were unable to realize that anything serious had happened. Most of those who rushed forward to help the fallen man thought that he had fainted, and when it was realized fhat Waite had been killed before tlieir eyes < many "tears were shed. HELD FOR PRINTING HANGING. \ t Three Newspapers Indicted Under a e Tress Muzzling Statute. - g c St. PauK Minn.?Charged with violat- g ing the State law prohibiting the pub- I E lishing of details of a hanging, three J leading newspapers of this city bave been indicted by the Grand Jury. ^ The indictments are based on what j, is known as the John Day Smith law. ^ passed in 1880, which forbids the publi/ial-inn r>f am- mnro tlmn n mprp StjltP ment of the fact that a convict was on t! the day in question executed according a to law. It expressly prohibits the Sher- _ iff from allowing any newspaper re- ^ porter or representative to witness an c execution. No attempt has been made n to enforce the law until recently, when g Governor Johnson set the date for the a execution of William Williams. He r then cautioned Sheriff Mieseu to obey n the law strictly. c The newspaper men were excluded. ? but all of the three papers contained a ^ detailed account of the hanging that day. It is probable that the case will R be taken to the Supreme Court to test Q its constitutionality. t) The indictments are against the cor- f porations. and not the reporters who r wrote the stories. d DANCERS FALL INTO FLAMES. s Fire Starts Under Floor. Which Collapses, and 16 cf Merry Party Perish. 1 v Florence. Italy.?During a family D dance at Fucecchio. a quautity of straw v beneath the room in which the dancing t was going on caught fire. The floor of the room collapsed and the dancers fell c into the flames. ?t?*foon /inmcBS hnvp hppn rppnvpred. n VWJ/.'VW - g Some persons were Injured by jump- v ing from a wiudow. " a ii U. S. Leads in Coal Mining. c According to raports .received at the a Department of Commerce and Labor, c coal aud coke exports from the United s States in 1005 aggregated $31,215,028 a in value, as compared with a little t more than $11,000,000 in 1S95. The d United States now holds third rank a amoug the nations as an exporter of s coal, but first rauk as producer. f c Balfour Returned to Parliament. n A. J. Balfour, the former British v Premier, was returned lo Parliament u for the City of London by a majority of 11.340 over Thomas Gibson Bowles. ? Mr. Balfour is in poor health. d Negro Lynched in Mississippi. ^ A negro convicted of carrying a pistol was lynched on general principles at r oresi, .uiss. a C Thirty British Warships at Gibraltar, j. Thirty British warships gathered at t Gibraltar, six miles from Algeciras. . t Probing New York Banks. The Senate Finance Committee, Albany. N. Y., reported a bill for in-! i vestigation of the State Banking De- i partment by Alton B. Parker and t Charles Andrews, former Chief Judges ( of the Court of Appeals. c ?: c lierthe Claiche Pleads Guilty. Berthe Claiche, on trial in New York City for the murder of Emil Gendrouj pleaded guilty to manslaughter jn the j. tirst degree; the plea was accepted and' ( .sentence was postponed. ' ? Labor World. The soft coal miners, it was said, might secede from the union if their demands were unsettled. 1 One hundred Shamokin (Pa.) union painters, paperhangers and decorators demand an increase in wages of twenty' ^ ptr cent., else they will go on strike. The San Francisco Building Trades I Council has announced that its mem- i bers will not work on any buildings r contracted for by unfair New York firms. ' t t The National Association of Erectors * of Structural Steel and Iron Works met * Saw York City. GOAL AND OIL INQUIRY j Investigation by the Interstate Commerce Commission Approved. PRESIDENTCRITICISES CONGRESS In a Mesiago Call* Action Hasty and Inefficient ? Asks More Law and Money ? Fears Probing Will lCesult In Iinnaonity to Offenders?lias Signed Keiolutlon Reluctantly. Washington, D. C.?President Roosevent sent a message to Congress announcing that he had signed the Tillman-Gillespie resolution calling on the Interstate Commerce Commission to investigate railroad- monopolies in oil and coal, and incidentally gave Congress a piece of news officially that will attract wide attention. In his message Mr. Roosevelt said: "I have signed the joint resolution instructing the Interstate Commerce Commission to make examinations into :he subject of railroad discriminations ind monopolies in coal and oil, and i eport on the same from time to time.' [ have' signed it with hesitation, because in the form in which it was 'i passed it achieves very little, and may icliieve nothing, and it is highly unde- ' iirable that a resolution of this kind < shnll become law in such form as to jive the impression of insincerity?that 1 s. of pretending to do something which eally is not done?but after much ' lesitation I concluded to sign the reso- < ution because its defects can be reme- ' lioH hv lucislnHnn whirli I herebv ask ^ 'or. It must be understood that uness this subsequent legislation is ' granted the present resolution must be * nainly, and may be entirely, inopera:ive. , , "Before specifying what this legisla;iou is I wish to call attention to one >r two preliminary facts. In the first )lace, a part of the investigation reluested by the House of llepresenta;ives in the resolution adopted Febru- < iry 15, 1905, relating, to the oil indus- 1 :ry, and a further part having to do < vlth the anthracite coal industry, have , )een for some time under investigation j )y the Department of Commerce and j l>abor. These investigations, I am in- ] 'ormed, are approaching completion. { ind before Congpess adjourns I shall iubmit to you the preliminary reports , if these investigations. Until these *r eports are completed the Interstate , Commerce Commission could not en- | leavor to carry out so much of the ( esolution of Congress as refers to { he ground already covered without unnlng the risk of seeing the two j nvestigations conflict ana tuererore ender each other more or less nugaory. "In the second place, I call your atention to the fact that if an invesigation of the nature proposed in his joint resolution is thoroughly and ffectively conducted it will result in riving immunity from criminal proseution to all persons who are called, worn and constrained by compulsory rocess of law to testify as witnesses; hough, of course, such immunity from rosecution is not given to those from rhora statements or information merev, in contradistinction to sworn testinony, are obtained. * j "This is not at all to say that such avestigatious should not be undernkf?n. Piihlinitv can bv itself often I ccompllsh extraordinary results for ood; and the court of public judgment ( aay secure such, resulrs where the \ ourts of law are powerless. There are aany cases where an investigation, ecuring complete publicity about f buses and giving Congress the mate- ^ ial on which to proceed in the enact- 1 aent of laws, is more useful than a * riminal prosecution can possibly be. ? tut it should. not be provided for by iw without a clear understanding that f t may be an alternative instead of an * dditional remedy; that is, that to carry * n the investigation may sferve as a bar * d the successful prosecution of the of- 8 enses disclosed. The official body diected by Congress to make the inves- 8 Igation must, of course, carry out its e irection, and therefore the /Hrection fl hould not be given without full appre- * iation of what it means. c "But the direction contained in the s oint resolution which I have signed 1 rill remain almost inoperative unless 8 aoney is provided to carry out the in- T estigations in question, and unless 1 be commission in carrying them out 3 authorized to administer oaths and e cmpel the attendance of witnesses. ? "I accordingly recommend to Con ress the serious consideration of just irhat they wish the commission to do, nd how far they wish it to go, having r a View the possible incompatibility of ' onducting an Investigation like this nd of also proceeding criminally in a ourt of law; and, furthermore, that a c ufficient sura, say $50,000, be at once { dded to the current appropriation for c he commission, so as to enable It to o the work indicated in- a thorough j nd complete manner, rrhile at the c ame time the power is explicitly con- ^ erred upon it to administer oaths and r ompel the attendance of witnesses in aaking the investigation in question, jrhicti covers work quite apart from its jisuai uuties." d The general tone of the message will ^ e considered by Congress as- a slap { rom the Executive, and will go frr to f isturb the relations between the two ranches of the Government. Read between the lines the message s taken by many legislators to mean hat urged on by the action of Congress t nd the charges of inactivity in prose- t ution of great monopolies, the Admin- s stration is contemplating a prosecu- r ion of the Standard Oil Company and t he wal combinations. c All Quiet in Santo Domingo. A cablegram received at the State j jeparrmenr, wasningion, u. u., irom ts agent in Santo Domingo states that he few remaining insurrectos at Monti , Jristi have surrendered to the Governor and that all is now Quiet and tran[ull in the republic. i Princess Ena Converted. ) Princess Ena, King Alfonso's future ?< >ride, was received into the Catholic Jhurch in the royal palace of Miramar, 1 it San Sebastian, Spain. 1 Sporting Brevities. Pennsylvania defea ed Sfale at bas- ] ietball. Nellcote Tess, a Blenheim spaniel, von the cup for the dc-1 oitcb at the Washington (D. C.) dog show. Automobllists in New ,:ersey have j jrepared statistics showing that iheir f nachii.es do little damage to the < oads. ^ Dates for the golf tournaments for j he coming season have already been t isslgned by the Metropolitan Golf As- ( iociation. . j PRAIRIE FIRE IN TEXAS Billows of Flame Devastate! 830,000 Acres of Land. Mqro Than 1000 Head of Otllo linrned and Four Unorganized Texas Couutlcf* Laid Waste. Lubbock, Texas.?The most destructive prairie fire ever known in the Southwest swept over four large counties northwest of here. It destroyed the grass on more than 800,000 acres of land in Hockley, Lamb, Gochran andBailey counties, burned more than 1000 head of cattle to death and destroyed many ranch buildings. These four counties are unorganized, and there are no towns .within their, borders. They are devoted wholly to ranch interests. The fire started in the northern part of Hockley County Ave days ago and was swept south and west by the high March wind that was blowing. The grass was dry and of great height and it afforded fuel for the flames that caused the conflagration to become one of the grandest spectacles ever witnessed in this region. The fire raced with the wind across the breadth of two counties, covering x distance of fifty miles in a few hours. This broad wall of flame then swept south and west, extending its path of iestruction for a distance of more than LOO miles and laying everything in that broad scope of country waste. Women and children who occupied ranch houses lying in the path of the incoming flames were rescued and carried to places of safety on fleet-footed horses. It is estimated that the losses caused by the fire aggregated more than $1,JOO.OOO. MREATENS THE POWDER TRUST Bill For Government Plant May Wipe Out DuPont Contracts. Washington, D<* C. ? The Powder rrust, known as the DuPont Syndicate, ivill lose its valuable contracts with the jiovernment for making smokeless jowder if a bill introduced in the House by Chairman Hull, of the Miliary Affairs Committee, becomes a law. [t appropriates $200,000 for the con struction of Government factories in Evliich the four or five million dollars' ivorth of smokeless powder, used anlually by the army and navy, will hereifter be manufactured. It is thought he bill .will pass, as it has the approval )f the President, the Secretary of War md of the Navy. It is said the Government can make ts own powder for about one-half what t now pays the trust. If this statenent is correct, the Government will* save in a single year on its powder bill hree or four tfmes the cost of the pro)osed Government powder plant. The introduction of the Hull bill was lue to an expose of the working of the Powder Trust made in the House by Representative Graff, of Illinois, showng that the four great powder manu'acturlug concerns of the country?the DuPont, the Lafland & Rand, the Intermtional and the California, which conititute the DuPont Syndicate?always )ut in identical bids in answer to the government's advertisement for sup jlying powder. tEFUSE TO PRINT LYING LABELS Chicago Lithographers Offer Co-operation to Illinois Pure Food Commission. " Chicago.?Chicago lithographers are joing to take up the pure food crujade. Jnless certain manufacturers order la>els for their food products which tell he truth, it was said that the lithographers would not print them. This was promised by a committee rom the Federation of Labor, which called at the office of the Illinois Pure rood Commission. The committee.was leaded by Charles D. Wheeler, who laid: "What we think is that the commission ought to go after the manufactures. Half of the time the dealer sells in adulterated .article without knowingvhat is in it Then he gets arrested md fined and has to pay the bill.. I yinpathize with the small dealer. It s the big manufacturer who is responible for this glucose mixture colored vith aniline dye that goe3 under the tame of jam that we are after." Assistant Commissioner Patterson aid he favored the plan or the lithorraohers. INDIANAPOLIS CITY THEATRE. ["omlinson Hall to Be Remodelled For Use of Anti-Syndicate Attractions. Indianapolis, Ind.?Mayor Bookwalt>r is arranging to give independent beatrical' attractions a place in tliis ity where they may appear. For more than a year the syndicate las controlled all the theatres in this :ity, and many attractions have not >een brought here because of the bar ilaced upon them by the syndicate. It is' the plan of Mayor Bookwalter 0 convert Tomllnson Hall, owned by he city, into a theatre, where indepentent attractions may appear. The inerior of the building is to be reniod- 1 died and every appointment necessary 'or a first-class theatre added. Cut Old U. S. Clerk's Pay. The Committee on Appropriations of h* House, Washington, has incorpor- i ited in the Judicial Appropriation bill ; 1 proviso that every Government clerk oore than sixty-five years old, no mater what his salary is, must be cut lown to $1000 a year. i TWO RUN DOWN BY TRAIN. Double .Tragedy at Erie Railroad Crossing Near Corning, N. Y. Corning, N. Y.?John Wood, of Troy, > Pa., and Miss Rose Maddox, of this ;ity, were instantly killed by a tvain ! it tiie Centreville crossing of the Erie Railroad here late at night. The bodes "were brought to the local station, 1 vhere they were identified early next lay. i The victims were driving across the 1 xacks when their carriage was struck l )y an east-bound passenger train. CHICAGO SALOON TAX $1000. increase Adds $3.1300.000 to Treasury and 1000 Men to Police. Chicago.?By a vote of 40 to 28 the 3ity Council adopted the ordinance j txing the saloon license at $1000 per ] innuin. "I shall sign the ordinance just as ;oon as it is presented to me," said Mayor Dunne. "It is as good as a law ight now. The vote of the Council idds $3,500,000 to the annual revenues )f the city, and insures an increase of be police force by 1000 men." : JfA \ . Great Intellect Not BrqtiMtbed. Paul Meurice, who was buried th other day at Paris, was Victor Hugo': executor and the guardian of his onl] surviving daughter, Adele Hugo. Shi is an old lady of seventy-five, weal in her mind, who lives in a small coun try house not far from Paris, under thi care of two nurses. She has no notioi of her wealth?thanks to the royaltiei on her father's works she is immense ly wealthy?and works hard writing plays which she Imagines are produee< iD Paris and in the provinces. Nov and again she Is brought into Pari! and taken to a matinee at one of th< theatres. There she sits in a cornel of the stage box, believing that th< play she is watching is one of hei own and bowing when the audienc< applauds. SI?ti That Failed* "If you don't see what,you want ask for it," is a sign displayed ovei a grocer's counter. And when a mai went in and asked payment of a bil that had been running six months h< was shown out through the front door He is now of opinion that grocers an not consistent.?Washington Star. The Imperial canal in China is th? longest in the world. People now demand the right t( know exactly what they eat. To he told by maker or retailer thai the food is "pure" is not satisfactory. Candy may contain "pure" white claj or "pure" dye^ and yet be very harm ful. Syrups may contain "pure" glu cose and yet be quite digestible auc even beneficial. Tomato catsup maj contain a small amount of salicylic 01 boracic acid as a necessary preserva tive, which may agree with one and be harmful to another. Wheat flour may contain a portion 01 corn flour and really be Improved Olive oil may be made of cotton see<3 oil. Butter may contain beef suet and yet be nutritious. The person who buys and eats musl protect himself and family, and he has ji right to. and now demands, a law under which he can make intellicenl selection of food. Mauy pure food bills have been introduced and some passed by State legislatures; many have beeu offered to. Congress, .but all tlius far seem objectionable. It has seemed difficult for politicians to formulate a satisfactory bill thai would.protectithe common >people and yet avoid harm to honest makers and prevent endless trouble to retailers. No government commission or officer has the right to fix "food standards" to define what the people shall and shall not eat, for what agrees with one may not agree with another and such act would deprive the common citizen of hl8 personal liberty. The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd.*, perhaps the largest makers ol mmnn Paa/Ih flin rrrn ill /I V* o /\ tin f. lucpaicu Luuuo JII iuc tvyiiu, ua*c uaiurally a close knowledge of the needs of the people aud the details of the business of the purveyors,'(the retail grocer) and, guided by this experience have prepared a bill for submission to Congress which is intended to accomplish the desired ends, and inasmuch ns a citizen of the U. S. has a right to food protection even when he enters another ?State it is deemed proper that the gov't take control of this matter and provide a national law to govern all the States. A copy of the bill is herewith reproduced. Sec. 1 governs the njaker whether tho food is put up'in small packages sealed, or in barrels, boxed or otherwise. . Sec. 2 governs the retailer, who may open a barrel and sell the food iu small quautities. When he puts the goods into a paper bag he must also enclose a printed copy of the statement of the maker which was affixed to the original pkg. and inasmuch as the retailer cannot undertake to guarantee the statement of ingredients he must publish the statement of the makers and add his own name and address as a guarantee of his selling the food as it is represented to him which relieves the retailer of responsibility of the trutu or me statement ana turows u upon the maker, where it properly belongs. The remaining sections explain themselves. The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., for example, have from the beginning of its existence printed on the outside of each and every pkg. of Postum and GrapeNuts food a truthful and exact statement of what the contents were made of in order that the consumer might know precisely what he or she was eating. A person desiring to buy, for iustauce, strictly pure fruit jelly and willing to pay the price has a right to expect not only an equivalent for the cost but a further right to certainty as to what he eats. Or he may be willing to buy at less cost a jelly made part of fruit juices, sugar and a portion of glucose. But he must be supplied with.truthful information of the ingredients and be permitted to use his personal liberty to select his own food accurately. The people have allowed the slow murder of infants and adults, by tricky makers of food, drink and drugs to go on about long enough. Duty to oneself, family and nation demands that every man and woman join in an organized movement to clear our people from this blight You may not be able to go personally to Washington to impress your Congressman, but you can, in a most effective way tell him by letter how you desire him to represent you. Remember the Congressman is -in Congress to represent the people from his district and if a goodly uumber of citizens express their views to him, he secures a very sure guide to duty. Remember also that the safety of the people is assured by insisting that the will of the people be carried out, and not the machinations of the few for selfish interests. This pure food legislation is a pure movement of the people for public protection. It will be opposed only by those who fatten their pockets by deceiving and injuring the people. Therefore, if your Representative in Congress evades his patriotic duty hold him to strict accountability and if uecessary demand. equitable aua uonesc service. This Is a very different condition than wlien a faction demands class legislation of tbe Congressman. Several years ago the butter interests of the country demanded legislation to kill the oleomargarine industry and by power of organization forced class legislation really unworthy of a free people. Work people wanted beef suet butter because it was cheap and better tbau much unclean milk butter, but the laity interests organized and forced the legislation. Tbe law should have provided that pkgs. of oleomargarine bear the statement of ingredients aud then let people who desire purchase it for just what It is, and not try to kill it by a heavy tax. Manufacturers sometimes try to force measures in their \ \ Aches Make Man's Hair Vanish. ? Rodney GIfford, of Mentonne, Minn., s has a -wood furnace in the basement fi r of his house, and, as he burns a good o 2 deal of wood. large quantities of ashee n : accumulate in the cellar. He noticed ji - that his face and eyes smarted a good ? ? deal from the dust. He worked bare- f< i headed, and at last felt a smarting on k 3 his head, where the dust hod worked w - into his hair, and, taking out his hand? kerchief to wipe the dust and sweat t< 1 away, he wiped every particle of hair ti r off his head. The dust of the ashes n 3 had combined with his perspiration to a i form a strong lye, which had eaten si r Into the roots of the hair and caused it g ; to loosen and fall away as soon as he c: r touched it. The effect was the same i on his beard, mustache, eyelashes and eyebrows, and the man was as bald' ^ as a billiard ball as soon as he rubbed his head and face. . ' Where Twlna Are the Faahlon. ll : Omaha, Neb., has tlfe, distinction of n J haying a larger percentage of twins a born than in any other city in the I< i West. In 1894 the births were 1835. s; * In this number there were twenty- a i seven pairs of twins and one assort- v ment of triplets. r i j The total length of railways in Ja-1 | pan is now over 4500 miles. ' H } own interests but contrary to the in- G terests of the people and the labor trust ti is always jipHva tn nnsl* thrniich hills n drafted in the interest of that trust but t] ' directly contrary to the interests of the b " people as a whole. Witness the anti- ti " injunction bill by which labor unions e 1 seek to tie the hands of our courts and t! prevent the issue of any order to re- a strain.the members of that trust from b ' attacking men or destroying property. ,tl * Such a bill is perhaps the most infam- c , ous insult to our courts and the com mon people ever laid before Congress s and the Representatives in Congress ti must be held to a strict accountability [ for their acts relating thereto. But p t when bills come before Congress that t< : are drawn in the interest of all the c i people they should receive the active a r personal support of the people and the c ; representatives be instructed by the p citizens. The Senators also should be r< written to and instructed. If. there- ei fore, you will remember your prlvilepe it > and duty yor will at once?now?write u [ to your Congressman and Senator on tl this pure food .bill. Clip .and enclose ft the copy herewith presented and ask -r ; tbem to make a business of following ? - it through the committee considering it. Urge its being brought to a vote ? and requesting that they vote for it t ' Some oppressively intelligent and J( ' carpinar critics may say this is simply tl ; an advertisement for Postum and ~ I TEXT OF TUBE ] If it meets approval cut it out, sign nai ; resentative in Congress. Buy two or more, ! Keep one for reference and send the oth< i your State. Ask one or two friends to dc s Food will be good. 0 !" A Bl i TO REQUIRE MANUFACTUI FOODS FOR INTERSTATE, SAID FOODS AND PRIN1 CONTAINED IN SI EACH.PACKAGI Be it enacted by the Senate and Hon ' States of America in Congress assembled, tlon engaged in the manufacture, prepa human consumption, shall print in plain vi 1 or for them shipped from any State or Tei ! complete and accurate statement of all the in common use to describe said ingrediei that said statement is made by the author oy, toe masers 01 sucn iouu, auu. uie uauit shall be affixed thereto; all printed in ph known as eight point, and in the English lc Sec. 2. That the covering of each and ' pared.or compounded foods shipped from of Columbia, when the food in said packag ing supplied by or for the makers and re-cc upon its face or within its enclosure an a gredients and name of the makers which ing of said food as supplied by or for the n as the statement of the makers was printe the name and address of the person, firm food. Sec. 3, Thai it 3hall be unlawful for an fully and maliciously remove, alter, oblite gredients appearing on packages of food, i and any person or persons who shall violat demeanor, and upon conviction shall be fii nor more than five hundred dollars, or imj more than six months, or both, in the disci See. 4, That the Bureau of Chemistry o procure, or cause to be procured from retai analyzed or examined, chemically, microsc manufactured, prepared or compounded f broken packages in the District of Columl tiiav in Ti'lilnh tliov shall hnvf | UllilTL iuau iiity. iu ii uawm v ? WMM>. . , otherwise produced, or from a foreign cou eign country. The Secretary of Agricultur ulations for carrying out the provisions of employ such chemists, inspectors, clerks, I be necessary to carry out the provisions o tiou of the results of the examinations ai And any manufacturer, producer or dealer plication and tender and full payment of t cles of food to any person duly authorize! receive the same, shall be ?uilty of a misde lined not exceeding one hundred dollars hundred days, or both. Section 5, That any person, firm or corp and two of this Act shall be guilty of a mi: he fined not exceeding two hundred dolla subsequent offense not exceeding three h exceeding one year, or both, in the discretic Sec. U, That any person, firm, or corpors maliciously change or add to the Ingrediei or incorrect analysis, with the purpose of si fine or imprisonment under this Act. shall 1 conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less year, or both. Sec. 7, That it shall be the duty of evei retary of Agriculture shall report any viola to he commenced and prosecuted without such case provided. Sec. 8, That this Act shall not be co: wholly internal in any State, nor with the < several States. Sec. 9, Tliat all acts or parts of acts ii repealed. Sec. 10, That this Act shali be in forc< day of October, nineteen hundred and six. The uudersigned respectfully requests i and Senators from bis State to support this Signed City J > . i- r. Break Old Ja;i After Wr4Unxt< A", lecturer^who . recently returned! rom a trip_to.Germany tells a story] f a marriage: "custom -Which she witessed there. A -woman was throwing ags, etc., out of her house on to the obbled'street. This was the signal . ar the neighbors to bring along baaets of old bottles, tins and earthenrare to keep up the din. The explanation -was that there -wae ) be a marriage of one of the daugh?rs from that house the following V lorning, and as the bride's father had greed to replace all the broken utenlls with new articles an easy way of etting rid of cracked and damaged rockery was adopted. HobbT of Norway'i New Uaera. Queen Maud of Norway has her hobies, like most other European royals lea. Among the many things she has ollected at various times are miscelmeous ornaments and useful articles iad? ?? ivory, of which she is a great dmirer. She has also for years colKited ivory tusjrs, the spoils of royal porting expeditions an over tne worm, nd these will doubtless be added to rhenher brotner, the Prince of Walesr, eturus from his Indian tour. The Augustinlan Order was estao? shed In the tenth century. LAW /yyr irape-Nuts. It is true that these aticles are spoken of here in a public lanner, but they are used as illus^ rations of ,a manufacturer seeking y example, prioting on each pkg. &' rntbful, exact statement of ingredlnts, to shame other makers into doing lie fair thing by the common people, nd establishing an era of pure food, A ut that procedure has not yet forced I fA lUSt? WUV auuiiri air iiiiu uclcm? %<r hange their methods hence this efDrt to arouse public sentiment and how a way out of the present eondiion of fraud, deceit and harm. The undersigned is payine to the' ubiishers of America about 220,000.00 ) print this announcement In practially all of the great papers and mag* zines, In the Conduct of what b0 booses to term,- "an educational camflign," esteemed to be of greater di- ' ict value to the peonle than the stablishment of many libraries. That i held to be a worthy method Of sing money for the public good. Tell ie people facts, show them a way to> elp themselves and rely upon thenar ) act intelligently and effectively^ The reader will be freely forglyen If . e entirely forgets the reference to ostura and (irnpe:JNuts, li ne win uui. )in the pure' food movement and da lings. C. W. TOST, f .v.... f j-ood BrLt'. ne and address and send to your Reppublications from which you cut this.. jr to one of the U. S. Senators from the same and the chances for Pure w ' : ? ILL *ERS AND SHIPPERS 0? SHIPMENT TO LABEL b ;THE INGREDIENTS JCH FOODS ON 2 THEREOF. ' ise of Representatives of the United , That every person, firm or corpora- ? . - v [J ration or compounding or iooa iur lew on each package thereof made by. rritory, or the District of Columbia, ? ingredients thereof, defined by word? its, together with the announcement ity of, and guaranteed to be accurate > and comyieie address of the makers lin type of a size not less than that inguage. every package of manufactured, preaDy State, Territory or the District e shall have be>en taken from a coverivered by or for the sellers, shall bear, ccurate copy of the statement of in? appeared upon the package or ' ?ver? lakers thereof, printed like manner d, and such statement shall also bear I ur curpuiauuii iuat u-wiucu \ . ^ y person or persons to purposely, "wilrate or destroy such statement of inis provided in the preceding sections, e this section shall be guilty of a misled not less than one hundred dollars prisoned not less than one month nor etion of the court. i ? the Department of Agriculture shall il dealers, and analyze, or cause to be - / lopically, or otherwise, samples of all/ oods offered for sale in original, un- j aia, in any Territory, or in any State! Vl s been respectively manufactured oc I ntry, or intended for export to a fore shall make necessary rules and regthis Act, and is hereby authorized to* aborers, and other employes, as may; C this Act and to make such publicald anaylsis as he may deem proper.' who shall refuse to supply, upon aphe selling price samples of such artii by the Secretary of Agriculture to meanor, and upon conviction shall be i, or imprisoned not exceeding one . oration who shall violate sections one sdemeanor, and upon conviction siiall rs for the iirst offense and for each undred dollars or be imprisoned not >n of the court. itinn fvlinchall n-ilfnlliT niirnnoolr nts of any food, make false charges, objecting the makers of such foods to be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon thousaud dollars nor less than three than thirty days nor more than ona y district attorney to whom the Sec- . v ition of this Act to cause proceedings ^ delay for the tines and penalties in nstrued to interfere with commerce ?xercise of their police powers by the iconsistent with this Act are hereby, ; and effect from and after the hrst ?j the Representatives from his district measure. 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