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Insurance "Yellow Dosr' Operator!
Returns From Europe.
GOES TO ALBANY AT .ONCE i
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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.
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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
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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. \
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Three Newspapers Indicted Under a e
Tress Muzzling Statute. - g
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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.
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DANCERS FALL INTO FLAMES. s
Fire Starts Under Floor. Which Collapses,
and 16 cf Merry Party Perish. 1
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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
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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
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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.
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Negro Lynched in Mississippi. ^
A negro convicted of carrying a pistol
was lynched on general principles
at r oresi, .uiss. a
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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
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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.
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"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.
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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.
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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."
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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
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\
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
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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. J"7.'
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