THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, APEIL 10, 1904
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Cockran Says House is
Losing Casta
HE CRITiCiSES ROOSEVELT
Recent Pension Order Held to
Be a Usurpation of Power.
SPEECH CAUSES. GREAT STIR
President Finds Warm Supporters in
Leading Republican Members
Cushman Joins Democrats in the
Vote to Table Matter.
WASHINGTON, April 9. The recent ex
ecutive order of the President relating to
age as evidence of pensionable disability
today furnished the text for an Impas
sioned appeal by W, Bqurke Cockran
(Dem., N. Y.) to the members of the
House to uphold the dignity of that body
by refusing to submit to what he alleged
to be the usurpation of the legislative
authority of Congress by the Executive.
In anticipation of Cockran's .speech al
znost every seat on the floor was occupied
and the galleries were filled to overflow
ing. Cockran held his audience through
out, and his remarks frequently were
punctuated filth loud applause from both
sides of the chamber. He characterized
the President's interpretation of the law
as "a hollow mockery and a play of
words," and said that this was known by
the man who wrote- it, as well as by the
order itself. He declared that Congress,
on account of Its pusillanimous failure to
do its duty to Itself, had lost caste, so
much so that the newspapers of the
country outside of "Washington now print
only a paragraph or two of its proceed
ings. The action of the President, he said,
had been justified by the Secretary of
tHo Interior by the precedent of President
Cleveland, "but if that be so, then in God's
name let us condemn that act of Cleve
land's as vehemently as the act of any
Bepubllcan President." The disposition to
justify everything "because Mr. Cleveland
did it," he said, was the highest compli
ment that could be paid to a man by
Congress, but the confidence which Mr.
Cleveland enjoys, he asserted, only adds
to the danger of the act and does not
lessen It
Warm Supporters of the Order.
The President and Secretary of the In
terior found warm supporters in Dalzell
(Pa.), Grosvenor (O.), Gibson (Mont), Cal
derhead (Kan.), Lacey (la.), and Hepburn
(la.) The first-named maintained that It
made no difference how many millions
of dollars were Involved in the President's
order, because the Secretary of the In
terior distributed the money voted by Con
gress pursuant to the ruK;s of evidence
established by the Pension Bureau.
Grosvenor believed the country and the
old soldiers would approve the order, and
tljat the money necessary, for putting it
Into effect would be included In the forth
coming deficiency bill.
The debate occurred on a resolution In
troduced by Cockran directing the com
mittee on Judiciary to investigate the re
cent pension order. It had been reported
from the committee on rules, with a rec
ommendation that It lie on the table, and
this was adopted by the narrow majority
of three votes, the speaker having his
vote recorded in the affirmative. Three
Republicans, Cushman (Wash.), Littlefleld
(Me.) and McCall Mass.) voted wlth the
Democrats against tabling the resolution.
When Cockran began speaking he was
warmly applauded, and he at once com
manded the closest attention of members
of both sides of the House. He said the
resolution was offered solely to vindicate
the dignity of the House. He did not he
said, question the propriety of paying lib
eral pensions to Federal soldiers, but he
declared that the basis of these payments
should be the laws of Congress, "and not
any self-constituted authority."
Power Left to the House.
If, he said, the President's order is
recognized by the House, "what frag
ment of power is there left to the
Houso?" By one stroke of the pen, he
declared, the President had appropri
ated $6,000,000, and ho said it was a
matter with which Congress muse deal
if it has any regard for its own power
or if it be animated by a shadow of loy
alty for the Constitution which created
it He vigorously asserted that "we are
here at the parting of the ways," and
inquired, "if this order be tolerated
without protest by the House, what
power is there that the executive or
der cannot usurp? What fragment of
control -over the country's purse cannot
it have?"
Continuing, he said that this pretense
of interpretation of the law is but a
hollow mockery and play of words, and
added: "It is known by the man who
wrote it as shown by the order Itself."
After attacking what he declared to
be the President's usurpation of power
of Interpretation in which he said that
the order should not bo retroactive,
Cockran appealed to members on both
sides of the Houso to "consider the
enormity of this proposal," which he
said affected the liberty and safety of
the Government In his opinion, the
steady decline in the dignity of the
House had attracted much attention.
In sarcastic vein he declared that the
President allowed Congress the priv
ilege of declaring war, and he was
loudly applauded by the Democrats
when he added, "but the President
makes war when he chooses."
If this condition were hopeless, he said,
amid more Democratic applause, "If we
cannot rescue ourselves from the degra
dation and decrepitude in which we seem
to be hurrying, then we better leave the
condition to be lamented rather than
to be discussed."
Tears, he said, belonged to women for
conditions which were helpless, while dis
cussion belonged to men. The dignity
and power of the House, he maintained,
were within the control of its own mem
bers, "and," he said, "It needs but loyalty
on our part to restore us not merely to
an Important, but to a dominant posi
tion." Says Congress Has Lost Caste.
The Congress, he declared, had so lost
caste that today there was not a paper
outside of Washington that gave more
than one or two paragraphs about its pro
ceedings. He demanded to know, "Why
lias this decline come upon us? Why has
this decreptitude overtaken us?"
Continuing, he inquired if it were pos
sible that the House must confess now
that Its last entrenchment has been made
"by a subordinate executive officer," and
said the contempt which had been ex
tended to the House and the violation
of its rights constituted the measure of
respect attention and submission which
it deserved. Amid an outburst of Demo
cratic applause he declared that when the
House shall stand on its rights, "the
greater will be the security of liberty
and the wider the progress of humanity."
He then flayed the members for per
mitting the Senate to grow up at the ex
pense of the House, by persistently as
serting Its rights. He charged that the
House had been remiss in its duty in
not asserting its rights.
He received vociferous applause from
both sides of the chamber when he de
clared notwithstanding Speaker Cannon's
utterances that public opinion must come
to the rescue of Congress, "the public
opinion of the United States is here. We
are its agonts, its creation."
Raising his voice to a high pitch, he
said that the House "is the sanctuary
of our constitutional temple We are
the priests to whom it is Intrusted, and,
he added, pointing his linger at the
Speaker, "you, sir, are the high priest
responsible for the method in which that
trust shall be discharged."
He referred to attempts made by Eng
land to usurp the legislative authority,
and declared that the President's order
was the usurpation of power, "not by ap
propriation, but by Interpretation," which
he attributed to the pusillanimous failure
or Congress to do lt9 duty to itself. Con
gress had control of the purse, and If It
would exercise that control, ho insisted,
every privilege that belonged to it would
come back. Ho dwelt at length on the
Inalienable right of the House to originate
revenue bills and urged the menfbers to
assert that right He attacked the rules
of the House, and said that if the mem
bers were not to be trusted "wo ought to
be abolished."
Attacks Rules of the House.
Ho further attacked the rules of the
House, which, he said, forced members
to rise and discuss questions having no
reference to the bill under consideration,
"thus reducing the whole proceeding to
the level of opera bouffe." Reverting to
the President's order. Cockran con
tended that the Secretary of the Interior
Justified the action upon the precedent of
President Cleveland.
"Well, sir," he said, pacing up and
down tne center aisle, "If that be so, then
in God's name, let us condemn that act
of Mr. Cleveland's as well as the act of
any Republican President The disposi
tion to Justify almost everything by
pleading 'that Mr. Cleveland did it' is
the highest of compliments that can be
paid to a man by any Congress in our
political history.'"
Continuing, he said: "You. tell ns Mr.
Cleveland did it and therefore it must
be regular. If this act was committed
by Mr. Cleveland, the confidence which he
enjoys adds to its danger and does not
lessen it"
He closed, amid a storm of applause, by
appealing to both sides of the House to
unite on a declaration of rights "beyond
which the aggression of the Senate or of
the Executive shall not go."
As Cockran took his scat he was sud
rounded by members from both parties,
who warmly congratulated him, and it
was some time before order was restored.
Dalzell (Pa.), replying to Cockran, said
he could cite countless Instances where
the Houso again and again had asserted
its right against the claims of the Sen
ate, and always successfully. It had,
he said, taken Cockran 11 years to dis
cover that there was an Invasion of the
prerogatives of the House.
Money Matter Can Cut No Figure.
Concerning the pension order, Dalzell
maintained that it did not make any dif
ference how many millions were Involved
by the order. Congress, he said, turned
over to the Secretary of the Interior a
lump sum for pensions, based upon the
Secretary's estimates, and to be distrib
uted under the law and pursuant to the
rules of evidence established by the Pen
sion Bureau. Therefore, he argued, the
matter of money involved cut no figure
in the resolution under discussion.
The President and Secretary of the. In
terior found another defender in Grosve
nor (O.), who said that they had ren
dered a sensible and comprehensive defi
nition of the terms of the law relating
to the degree of ability to perform man
ual labor. He declared he believed the
country approves of the ordor and also
that the soldiers of the country will ap
prove it and he also expressed the belief
that when the deficiency bill Is reported It
will contain an appropriation which will
be approved by a majority of the House
to meet the additional Increases In the
costs of pensions under the President's
construction of the law.
After remarks by Calderhead (Kan.) and
Hepburn (la.), Dalzell moved the previous
question, which was adopted. The vote
then recurred on the recommendation that
the Cockran resolution He on the table.
The motion to lay on the table was car
ried, ayes 102, noes 100, the Speaker re
cording his vote.
Williams, in commenting on the vote,
said it was so close he would ask a re
capitulation. The clerk thereupon read
the names of the members voting for and
against the proposition. The recapitula
tion resulted in the Republicans securing
one extra vote, the corrected vote stand
ing, ayes, 103; noes, 100.
The House then adjourned until tomor
row, when eulogies will be delivered upon
the lives of the late Representatives Burke
and Foederer, of Pennsylvania.
President Makes Three Nominations.
WASHINGTON. April 9. The President
today sent to the Senate the following
nominations:
Judge of the Second Circuit of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii, J. N. Kepoiki, of Ha
waii. ConsulrGeneral, James R, Parsons, Jr.,
New York, at Mexico, Mexico.
United States Attorney, Noah B. K.
Pettlnglll, District of Porto Rico.
Philippine Revenue Measures.
MANDL.A, April 9. The drafting of the
proposed measures to secure internal reve
nue have been completed and published.
The measures are opposed weakly by the
distilling and tobacco growing Interests
in the islands.
Forestry-Control Bill Postponed,
WASHINGTON, April 9. The Senate
committee on public lands has agreed to
postpone until the next session of Con
gress the bill to transfer control of the
forest reserves from the Interior Depart
ment to the forestry division of the Agri
cultural Department
American Philosophical Society.
PHILADELPHIA, April 9. The Ameri
can Philosophical Society held the final
session of its general meeting today. Pro
fessor Marion D. Larned, of the Univer
sity of Pennsylvania, delivered an ad
dress on the results of the American
ethnographical survey and Sydney George
Fisher, of this city, described the effect
of the American Revolution upon the
English colonial system.
Other papers read were: 'The Estab
lishment of Game Refugees in the Ameri
can Forest Reserves," by Alden Samp
son, of Haverford, Pa., and "The Regu
lations of Color Signals in Marine Serv
ice." by Dr. Charles A. Oliver, of this
city.
Confesses He Killed Wife and Child.
DENVER, April 9. A, D. Galbralth,
formerly manager of the Topeka mine in
Russell Gulch, Gllpla County, in jail here
on the charge of misappropriating the
company's funds, this afternoon confessed
to having murdered his wife and little
son in his cabin in Russell Gulch on
March 9. A dispatch from Central City
says the cabin has been entered and the
two bodies found In bed, with the bed
clothing spread over them, giving the
bed the appearance of being freshly made
up. Both had been shot la the head.
TERMS IT POLITICS
Spooner Takes Up Democratic
Cry for Postal Inquiry.
HIGH PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT
None Can Say He Will Have Those
Who Try to Evade the Law in Any
Position-Payne's Services
Also Commended.
WASHINGTON, April 9. In the Senate
today Spooner replied to the Democratic
strictures on the conduct of the Post
office Department and also traversed
quite an extensive political field. He de
fended the course of the Postmaster
General. in connection with ,the Irregulari
ties In his department, and charged that
the effort on the part of the Democratic
Senators to secure a Congressional in
quiry were in the interest of party poli
tics. Ho also defended the President against
the charge of violating- the law which,
ho said, had been made by the Demo
crats, declaring 'that in nothing was the
President so much distinguished as In his,
determination to enforce the law. No
progress was made on tho postoffice bill.
The conference report on the Indian
appropriation bill was partially read, "but
further consideration was postponed on
the suggestion that the conferees had in
serted provisions that had not been
passed by either House.
The bill for the aid of the Portland Ex
position and the Philippine coastwise
shipping bill were passed finally by ac
cepting the House amendments. Other
bills were passed as follows?
Donating lots at The Dalles, Or., to
the Oregon Historical Society, and ap
propriating ?20,000 to supply a' deficiency
In the contingent fund of the Senate.
The conference report on the Indian ap
propriation bill was taken up and read.
The consideration of the report was not
completed, owing to a request from Money
for delay.
The postoffice appropriation bill was
taken up and Lodge made a statement
covering the facts relating to cancelling
machines in the Postoffice Department
Referring to Bristow's report Dodge
said it might be Inferred from It that a
large part of the fund for machines had
been corruptly used, but this was not
true, as the expenditure was for addi
tional machines.
Again Talks on Chinese Exclusion.
Lodge then yielded to Patterson- to make
an addition to his speech of yesterday on
the Chinese exclusion act He made espe
cial reply to the contention of other Sen
ators that the treaty with China of ISM
had had the effect of repealing the trea
ties of 1S6S and 1SS0, and laid down the
general proposition that no treaty entered
Into for mere temporary purposes coula
be held to abrogate permanent treaties.
Ho again declared that unless there was
new legislation the country would be
without prohibitive legislation after De
cember 7 next
Consideration of the postoffice bill was
then resumed and Spooner addressed the
Senate.
He expressed the opinion that much
had been said concerning the Postoffice
Department for partisan purposes, and
expressed surprise that Simmons, for ex
ample, should have said the Postoffice
Department inquiry was "reluctantly be
gun." "What we say here goes into the per
manent record," said Spooner. "If we
cast reflections upon any person or offi
cial of the Government they are there
for all time. We are supposed to speak
from a high standard."
No Hesitancy in Exposing Fraud.
Continuing, he read from the President's
report on the investigation to show that
there had been no hesitancy on the part
of the officials of the Postoffice Depart
ment to -undertake the Investigation, and
declared there had been nothing in the
record of the department to impeach the
fidelity of the Postmaster-General. He
said that Mr. Payne had not been a can
didate for the position, nor had It been
sought for him, although It was the llfo
ambition of Mr. Payne to become Postmaster-General.
Spooner paid the highest tribute to Mr.
Payne, who, he said, had been unjustly
maligned more than any other official In
a number of years.
Spooner referred to tho record of
Charles Emory Smith, and commended
his services to the Government as one of
self-sacriflce. Spooner said that tho
Comptroller of the Treasury, Mr. Trace
well, had been subjected to adverse
criticism, and that official he believed to
be an honest upright and Incorruptible
official and an able lawyer.
Spooner put into the record a letter
from the President to Mr. Payne com
mending him for the work he had done
in connection with the postoffico Investi
gation. Speaking of the charges of cor
ruption, Spooner advanced the Idea that
there -was much less of it now than in
former years. He did not believe, for
example, that a credit mobiller scandal
would be possible in the Congress of
today. He defended tho Senate for Its
failure to adopt the Penrose resolution,
and announced his conviction that the
demand for an Inquiry was not uneolored
by political interest ' .
Spooner said there had been no charges
except those made by Mr. Brlstow, and
that Mr. Brlstow had made no charnes
that had not been investigated. He eald
It would have been impossible to make an
investigation In the time fixed by the res
olution ana suggesiea mat aiay 1 was
fired by the Carmack resolution with a
view to Its effect on the Presidential
campaign. Ho centended that an Inves
tigation to be effective must be without
time limit
Roosevelt Is Fearless.
Spooner said it would have been impos
sible for the Senate to make as complete
an investigation as Mr. Brlstow had made
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taining the best blood-purifying,
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effecting the most radical and per
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the whole system is true only of
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Hood's Sersaparllla promises to
cure and keeps the promise
under the President's direction. "And I
think," he said, "that whatever our
friends on the other side of the chamber
may find to say of the President, the
great mass of tho people will agree with
me that from the beginning he has
shown that he will not tolerate wrong
doing in any official, high or low."
He charged the Democrat in both
houses of Congress with having adopted
as a party slogan the declaration that
"Roosevelt must be beaten?"
"Why? Because they say he is a law
unto himself, a Czar unsafe, unsound, a
lawmaker, a lawbreaker, and the like,
whllo the candidate on the other side Is
safe and sound, calm and judicial. Do
you have to have some one to testify
that he is a Democrat? He has It now
from Mr. Cleveland, whose Democracy
itself Is questioned."
What evidence, Spooner asked, had Gor
man that the President Is a Czar?
He would hate to believe that Mr. Gorman
meant to charge that the Republican
Senators had abdicated their functions as
Senators, but that he had shown that
disposition by charging that they are
blindly obeying some outside behest to ad
journ Congress at an early date. As for
himself, he would admit ho desired to ad
journ. He wanted to get away not only
because he believed the work of the ses
sion had been practically completed, but
because he thought the Democratic mem
bers ought to be allowed to get away and
consult the people, with tho end in view
of having "the two wings of the Demo
cratic party flap together so that they
can select as a candidate some calm,
silent man who can be held up in North
Carolina as a trust-buster and In Wall
street as a man entirely devoted to the
business Interests."
Gorman Playing for Campaign Funds
Speaking of Gorman's reference to J. J.
Hill and the bill for the amendment of
the interstate commerce law, Spooner said
he agreed with Gorman that Hill was the
"greatest transportation mind in tho
country' He expressed the opinion that
Gorman's position in that connection 'was
"intended to touch the pocketbooks of Mr.
Hill's coterie of financiers when tho ne
cessities arise, as they will, but I venture
the prediction that Mr. Hill and his asso
ciates will not press with tumultuous
haste to the support of the Senator until
assured that he has a solid Democratic
party behind him in the support of that
measure." Spooner defended tho Presi
dent against Gorman's charge of violation
of tho interstate commerce law, and also
against the charge of a violation of law
in connection with the old-age pension
order. Referring to the pension matter he
said that "so far from violating the law
It had ameliorated a violation of the law
In 1S93, when there was a Democratic
President"
He would not admit in response to a
question from Overman, that the pending
campaign had influenced the old-age or
der. He defended the President against
tho charge of violating the law, saying
that "whatever else the President of the
United States has demonstrated, he has
shown -unfaltering devotion to the law.
It lias always been his doctrine that the
Executive should enforce the law and that
If the law is not right it should be re
pealed." He wondered, he said, that Gorman had
not attacked tho President's record In
connection with the anthracite coal strike.
He dwelt on the beneficial result of this
Interference and added:
"I suppose your calm, neutral, judicial
minded President would have taken ref
uge behind the Constitution and would
have done nothing. Not so, thank God,
with Theodore Roosevelt But for the
President's action every cltv in the coun
try would have been the scene of violence
and rioting."
Roosevelt Enforces the Law.
The prosecution of the Northern Securi
ties also was referred to, because, said
Spooner, the President had registered an
oath in Heaven to enforce the law, not
withstanding that he might make enemies
in doing so. On motion of Mitchell, the
Senate concurred In the House amend
ments to tho permanent Exposition bill,
which had the effect of passing the meas
ure. It appropriates $473,000 for the Expo
sition. Other bills were passed as fol
lows: Providing for the care of lnsano
people in Alaska; authorizing the Com
missioner of the General land Office to
transmit original papers to be used as
evidence: amending the law of 1S93 relat
ing to the protection of American seamen
in securing employment.
The Senate then, at 5 P. M.. went into
executive session, and at 5:03 P. M. ad
journed. DECLARES TBOOPS WERE CRUEL
Exiled Colorado Miners Tell of Harsh
Treatment on the Train.
OURAY, Colo., April 9. A majority of
the union men who returned to Tellurlde
lost night, and were forcibly expelled
from the town by the troops under com
mand of Adjutant-General Sherman M.
Bell, arrived here late this afternoon.
They were taken from Tellurlde on a spe
cial train, only as far as Dallas Divide
on the boundary line of San Miguel
County, and -were forced to walk from
there. The exiles complain that they were
badly treated by the trooos, somo being
struck with the stocks of rifles and others
prodded with bayonets.
A telephone message received from
Ridgeway today by the local Miners'
Union states that Oscar Johnson Is lying
dangerously wounded at Dallas Divide,
and a physician has been sent to his as
sistance. H. C. Voss and Secretary-Treasurer
Stewart Forbes, of the Tellurlde
Union, two of the Imprisoned returning
extles who were Imprisoned by General
Bell, are said to be in a bad condition
from wounds Inflicted by the soldiers.
Michael Clooney, who went from hero to
escort the exiles to Tellurlde, is missing.
Tho local union has offered to raise 1000
men to preserve the peace at Tellurlde,
free of cost, but General" Bell rejected the
offer.
Beggars Live In Style.
CHICAGO, April 9. Living In a richly
furnished house on the West Side, a
family of beggars has been located, after
seven years search. The long hunt end
ed when Superintendent James Mlnnlck,
of the "West Side Bureau of Charities,
took into custody three small children of
Mrs. Missouri Bochm. Two hours later
five other children were arrested, and
Judge Brown, In the Juvenile Court, put
them in the care of court officers or sent
them to institutions.
In the family home the probation offi
cer found a piano, expensive rugs and
draperies and furniture of costly woods.
There were closets and chests filled with
clothing, and in the basement were bales
of clothing apparently prepared for sale.
"When the family was taken to court,
Mrs. Boehm was declared by Mlnnlck to
have been for ten years a beggar In Aus
tin, Oak Park and the West Side of
Chicago. Mlnnlck testified that she sent
out her children to beg, and In the last
four years more than 100 letters have been
written to the Bureau of Charities by
persons Interested in the pleas of the beg
ging children.
Militiamen Arrest Union Men.
TRINIDAD. Colo., April 9. James D.
Richlo, secretary-treasurer of the local
union at Broadhead; Robert Beverage,
president of the Broadhead Union, and
Librado Vlalpando, a Mexican, have been
brought from Aguilar by the troops and
placed in the County Jail. The first two
are charged with intimidating men who
wished to work. Vlalpando is charged
with having shot at a soldier.
Industrial Peace Again Assured.
CHICAGO, April 9. Industrial peace is
assured In the brick manufacturing busi
ness of Chicago for the coming 3-ear. An
agreement has been concluded between
the various yards and the Brickmakers'
Union, embracing about 2000 men, which
embodies the following provisions:
The closed shop, the union label to be
nlaeed on nil hrieks manufactured, last
.year's wage seal to continue another
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drugs. Thanklnp jon for my complete recov
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ferers, I am," Very truly yours,
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sent freo by mail, postpaid, by which
you may test its virtues for such dis
orders as kidney, bladder and uric acid
diseases, poor digestion, being obliged
to pas3 your water frequently night
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year, overtime to be paid at the rate of
time and a half; double pay for Sundays
and holidays; tho eight-hour day. The
business agent Is permitted to enter brick
yards at any time during working hours
to settle differences, grievances not so set
tled to be arbitrated, and all brick to be
hauled by union teamsters and under
union conditions. The agreement expires
May 1, 1905.
Boys Arrested for Big Robbery.
WATERBURY. Conn., April 9. Four
boys suspected of connection in the rob
bery in Lanesvllle, Conn., when 512,000
was stolen from tho home of Henry Da
vis, a recluse, wero arrested today. About
5S0OO was found In tneir possession. All
the boys are under 20 years of age. John
Turner, 15 years old,, arrested at New
Milford, charged with complicity In the
robbery. Is said to have made a full con-
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diseases and weaknesses peculiar to
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The Vice-President Independent Order
of Good Templars.
An experience which many women have was
related by Mits Apnea Stebbings, of S31 East
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had Terr poor health for a year until life
looked dark end dreary to me. Had head
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broken and fitful. I longed for health. Tried
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taken occasionally keeps the system in perfect
condition, helping jt to throw off the disease
and consequences of exposure to dampness. I
am pleased to give it my endorsement."
"Favorite Prescription " makes weak
women strong, sick women well. Ac
cept no substitute for the medicine
which works wonders for weak women.
Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sentrf on receipt of 21 one
cent stamps for the paper-covered book,
or 31 stamps tor the cloth-bound. Ad-
J dress Pr, R, V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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and day, smarting or Irritation in passing-,
brick-dust or sediment in the
urine, headache, backache, lame back,
dizziness, sleeplessness, nervousness,
heart disturbance due to bad kidney
trouble, skin eruptions from bad blood,
neuralgia, rheumatism, diabetes, bloat
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of ambition, loss of flesh, sallow complexion,-or
Brlght's disease.
If your water, when allowed to re
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neys and bladder need immediate at
tention. Swamp-Root is the great discovery
of Dr. Kilmer, the eminent kidney and
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and severe cases. Doctors recommend
it to their patients and use it in their
own families, because they recognize in
Swamp-Root the greatest and most
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Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and
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prices fifty cents and one dollar. Re
member the name. Swamp-Root, Dr.
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fesslon, taking the officers to Brookfleld
Junction, where they found $1200 hidden
under a stone wall.
NEW CAPITAL OF PHILIPPINES
Taft Says It Will Be In Healthier Lo
cation Than Manila.
CHICAGO, April 9. Plans for the new
capital of the Philippines wero today made
known by Secretary of "War Taft. Secre
tary Taft said:
"The new capital will be about 155 miles
from Manila, on a plot of ground over
5000 feet above tho sea level, which will
make it far more healthy for Americans.
"It is to be to the Philippines what
Simla Is to India, and will be of great
benefit to the Islands. The climate Is
superb, the location good, and the new
opportunities for men with capital will be
very great."
Steel Production for Last Year.
PHILADELPHIA, April 9. The current
Issue of the Bulletin, the official organ of
the American Iron and Steel Association,
makes the following announcement con
cerning tho production of Bessemer steel
ingots and rails during the year 1903:
"The total production of Bessemer steel
ingots and castings In 1903 will be S.577.
22S groFs tons, against 9,13S,3C3 tons in
1802, a decrease of 561,135 tons, or over 6
per cent. The production of 1202 was much
the largest in our history. The produc
tion of all kinds of Bessemer steel rails
was 2.S13.5S3 gross tons, against a similar
production In 1902 of 2,876,393 tons. The
production In 1S03 was 62,710 tons less than
In 1902, when the maximum production
was reached."
New Clew In Mysterious Murder.
WEST NEWTON, Mass., April 9. After
a baffling search of nine days for the
murderer of Miss Mabel Pago, who was
stabbed to death in her father's house In
Weston on March 31, the state police ar
rested tonight Charles Ij. Tucker, a for
mer railroad employe, who had apparently
established an alibi as to his whereabouts
on the day of the tragedy.
Tucker will be arraigned Monday,
charged with the murder. The attentiqn
of the police was again turned to Tucker
yesterday, through the discovers, that
several of his statements by which he had
proved an alibi were false.
Biscuit-Factory Employes to Strike.
NEW YORK, April 9. A general
strike of the employes of the National
Biscuit Company's factory In this city
has been ordered because of alleged
discrimination against union men.
About 300 workmen attended the meet
ing at which the strike was decided
upon, but at least 1000 will be thrown
out of work.
More Spindles Are Idle.
FALL RIVER, Mass., April 9. The cot
ton goods curtailment movement in thl3
city extended today, and 15,000 operatives
nere idle. Tne total number of spindles
stopped is 1,569,SS3, more than half the
number of the Fall River cotton mills.
The majority of the mills will be Idle
I two days a week for an indefinite period.
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