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SECURE A FREE
In the Fertile Wheat Fields of
Western Canada
To the Editor The emigration of
well-to-do farmers from tho United
States to tho Canadian Northwest has
assumed such proportions that organ
ized efforts aro now being made by
interested persons and corporations to
fitom tho tide The efforts are being
initiated chiefly by railway and real
estate Interests in the states from
which the bulk of tho emigration takes
place Tho movement of population
has taken from numerous states thou
sands of persons whose presence
along railways in these states made
business for the transportation com
panies Tho movement has also be
come so widely known that It has pre
vented the settlement of vacant lands
along those lines parties who might
have located there being attracted to
the free and more fertile lands of Can
ada The result of the movement has
been that the railway companies not
only see the vacant lands along their
lines remain vacant but they also see
hundreds of substantial farmers who
have helped provide business for theso
railways move away and so cease their
contributions The farmers have
moved to Canada because they wero
convinced that it would be to their
financial interest to do so In moving
they have been Inconsiderate enough
to place their own financial interests
before those of the financial interests
of the railway corporatfons
In addition to the railway corpora
tions real estate dealers are working
to stem the flow of emigrants Of
course every emigrant who goes to
Canada means the loss of commissions
on land deals by real estate dealers
Now a person has but to know what
the interests are that are trying to
stop the flow to know what motive is
influencing their course The emigra
tion means financial loss to railway
corporations and to real estate men
Theso interests therefore are not di
recting their opposition efforts out of
any love for the departing emigrants
or out of any high patriotic motives
either They are doing so purely from
selfish interests It is a matter of dol
lars and cents with them They are so
patriotic they are so consumed by
love for their fellowcItizens that they
want to prevent these fellow citizens
going to Canada and getting free
farms of the best wheat land in the
world and instead they want to make
them stay on high priced farms in the
United States where they will con
tinue to pour money Into the pockets
of these railways and real estate men
One of the methods employed by
these interests to stem the tide is tha
distribution of matter to newspapers
painting Canada in the darkest colors
These articles emanate chiefly from a
bureau in St Louis They are sent
out at frequent intervals for simul
taneous publication A writer is em
ployed at a high salary to prepare tho
matter
Moreover statements absolutely at
variance -with the truth have lately
been published broadcast These ap
pear chiefly in what purport to be let
ters from persons who are alleged to
have gone to Canada and become dis
gusted with it Only a few of such
have been published and they contain
statements that are absurd in their
falsity Whether the parties whose
names appear in connection with these
letters have ever been in Canada and
if so their history while there is to
be thoroughly looked Into The dis
covery of their motive like the dis
covery of tho motive of the interests
who are engineering the opposition
may prove illumining In the mean
time however it may be pointed out
that only a few of such letters have
appeared but since 1897 over 87000
American settlers have gone to the
Canadian West Can any reasonable
person suppose for a moment that if
Canada was one quarter as bad as rep
resented in these letters the 87000
Americns now there would remain in
the country or if tho Canadian West
had not proved the truth of all that
was claimed for it the papers of every
state in the American Northwest
would not be filled with letters saying
so Imagine 87000 aggressive Amer
icans deceived and not making short
shift of their deceivers The fact is
the 87000 are well satisfied and are
encouraging their friends to follow
them
Anyone who sees any of these dis
paraging letters should remember that
It is railway and real estate interests
who have from purely selfish reasons
organized a campaign to stem the
flow to Canada If Canada were half
as bad as represented there would be
no need of such an organization The
fact thaLsuch exists is of itself a mag
nificent tribute to Canada Finally it
should not be forgotten that the letters
published are brimful of falsehoods
and that 87000 satisfied Americans in
the Canadian West constitute a living
proof that such is the case
The Canadian Government agent
whose name appears in advertisement
elsewhere in this paper is authorized
to give all information as to rates and
available lands in Western Canada
An ounce of dialect is worth a
pound of royalties
The practice of fencing has been re
vived among Japanese noblemen
PITQ PerninentT enreu So fltsornerroasnesa after
l first day use of Dr Klines GreatNervelttator
er genii for FKEE S200 trial bottle and treatise
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Where theres so much puff there
must be some buyer
Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity together with the superior
quality of Defiance Starch makes it
next to impossible to sell any other
brand
Let your first efforts be not for
wealth but for independence Lyttoa
wMnmmrmit nfnnw owe
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THAT SMUGGLING
INVESTIGATION OF CASES
THE GRAND JURY
More Coal Miners Strike
BY
PH0M1HEHT OFFICIALSIHVOLVEP
The Grand Jury Comec Into Court and
Asks for Information What Judge
Holt Had Prepared and Presented
in Written Form
SAN JUAN Porto Rico The grand
jury is investigating the so called
smuggling cases in which officers of
the United States navy and other
prominent men are involved notwith
standing the instructions which it is
stated District Attorney Pettingill
has received from the department of
justice at Washington not to present
information to the grand jury this
term The press and the natives have
practically demanded an investigation
Inasmuch as at the last term a native
named Iticardo Amado was sentenced
to a years confinement in the peni
tentiary and a fine of 500 for having
contraband liquor in his possession
On Tuesday the grand jury came in
court and asked for informtaion The
foreman saidr
It has come to our knowledge that
certain cases of smuggling have oc
curred We have asked the district
attorney about the matter and he re
fused to bring up the matter alleging
that he had received certain instruc
tions We now ask the judge if we
have a right to information in spite
of tho district attorneys refusal
Judge Holt had prepared a written
charge the reading of which caused
a sensation He said in part
When you were empanelled at the
beginning of the term you swore that
you would make a diligent inquiry
into and a true presentation of such
maters given to you or which might
otherwise come to your knowledge
touching violations of the statutes of
the United States and that you would
make no presentment through envy
hatred favor affection or reward or
through hope thereof You could not
if you desired escape from the obliga
tion of your oath by heeding instruc
tions of any one The Honored presi
dent of the United States could par
don but he could not interfere If
you believe that anyone has given in
structions tending to prevent the full
est investigation into the commission
of a crime in the United States and
the returning of an indictment if the
evidence so warrants then 3011 should
be inspired by an additional deter
mination to do your duty The court
has knowledge of the instructions to
which the district attorney alludes It
is proper to say that it is my opin
ion that there has been no intention
of encroaching upon your sworn duty
of the judicial domain
The testimony submitted last De
cember regarding the smuggling cases
pointed to a dozen prominent officials
of the navy army and insular govern
ment and citizens being implicated in
the charges
FINE CATTLE ARE CREMATED
Stock Was En Route to Omaha to Be
Sold at Auction
ENID Old Thirty two head of
fine registered red polled cattle were
burned to death in a car on the Rock
Island road Monday The cattle were
shipped from Hennessey Old by J
H Van Buren and consisted of one
or two bulls a few cows and the bal
ance young stock When about two
miles from Enid the straw in the car
caught fire and by the time the train
reached this cily it was a mass of
flames The cattle died in the car
none being saved This shipment
was bound to Omaha where the cattle
were to have been sold at a stock
sale and the loss will reach several
thousand dollars
Accepts Directorship of Census
BOSTON S N D North of this
city lias derided to accept the direc
torship of the United States census
bureau the position recently offered
him by President Roosevelt The
matter was left to the executive com
mittee of the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers to which organi
zation Mr North felt that he owed
prior allegiance and they have re-
JACKSON Cal Nearly 1000 min- j
ers of this district struck Monday for
shorter hours and the recognition of
their union So far only two mines
are closed down but several others
will be compelled to closed down to
night or tomorrow Should the min
ers win out it is believed that many
properties will be permanently closed
Grants Friend Passes Away
INDIANAPOLIS A S Mount died
Tuesday aged 80 He was born in
1822 in Clermont county Ohio In a
neighboring house the same year U
S Grant was born The elder Mount
and the elder Granf were both tan
ners and the two boys after being
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BECK GIVES UP HIS POST
Resigns Appointment as Assistant At
torney General
WASHINGTON Assistant Attorney
General James M Beck tendered his
resignation to President Roosevelt be
fore the presidents departure for the
west At the same time Mr Beck
took occasion to express his pride and
gratification at having been privileg
ed to serve under the presidents ad
ministration and that of his predeces
sor In accepting the resignation the
president wrote
WHITE HOUSE March 31 1903
My Dear Mr Beck I regret to re
ceive your resignation as assistant at
torney general which is accepted to
take effect on April 30 next as indi
cated
I appreciate your expression of the
satisfaction you have taken in your
public service It is a pleasure to me
to say that you have performed your
duties with marked ability and I here
by extend my best wishes for your
continued success in your professional
work and for your health and pros
perity THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT SPARES LIONS
Refuses to Fire a Single Shot During
Stay in Yellowstone Park
CINNABAR Mont President
Roosevelt broke camp Tuesday and
is slowly working his way to Major
Pitchers headquarters at Fort Yellow
stone He will remain there one day
and then start for Norris where the
geysers are There is much snow be
tween the fort and Norris and the en
gineer corps is at work opening the
road
Word was received from the presi
dent that he is in the best of health
and thoroughly enjoying his outing
In addition to horseback riding he
takes long walks over the mountain
trails Notwithstanding reports to the
contrary the president has not fired
a shot at a mountain lion and has no
intention of doing so It is estimated
that there are 500 of these animals in
the park which are killing large quan
tities of deer and elk A determined
effort is being made to exterminate
them
FORMER PUBLISHER IS DEAD
H Kilbourne Succumbs to Stroke of
Paralysis
WASHINGTON D C II Kil
bourne formerly chief clerk of the
interior department and one of the
most widely known citizens of Wash
ington died here Tuesday of paraly
sis aged 72
Years ago he was arrested and de
tained by order of the house of repre
sentatives for refusing to produce the
books of his firm in connection with
an investigation of a real estate pool
and his case attracted national atten
tion Later he received a judgment
of 33000 for false imprisonment He
was at one time publisher of the Na
tional Republican and the Critic He
was a native of Rochester N Y and
was one of the early California pio
neers
SENDS PRESENT TO POPE LEO
Presidents Gift is Sent by a Special
Messenger
BALTIMORE Md President
Roosevelt has sent to Cardinal Gib
bons and his eminence has forwarded
by special messenger to Jope Leo
XIII a gift to be presented to the holy
lather on the celebration of his jubi
lee
The gift consists of ten handsomely
bound volumes containing all the mes
sages and official documents of the
presidents of the United States from
Washington to Roosevelt The gift
was entrusted by Cardinal Gibbons to
a clergyman who sailed from New
York to Naples Tuesday on the steam
er Liguria Autograph letters from
the president and Cardinal Gibbons to
his holiness accompany the gift
PLOT DEATH TO SERVIAN KING
Dissatisfied Subjects Plan to Slay a
Monarch
VIENNA The rumors of a plot
I against the life of King Alexander of
Servia received apparent confirmation
leased him from his obligations as
j in 1rivale dlsiaUhes at Bmla
secretary
Pest according to which an attack on
the kings life was plauned for Sun
day The plot was discovered and
fifty persons suspected of complicity
were arrested
Semi official reports from Belgrade
declare that these rumors are false
but it is thought here that King Alex- j
anders recent coup detat was has
tened by the discovery ofthe alleged
plot
Hunting His Brothers Remains
BUTTE Mont A special to the
Miner from Columbia Falls Mont
says A H Eagan superintendent of
the Illinois Central has arrived there
and is organizing a party to go into
the mountains and search for tthe re
mains of his brother formerly super-
reared together were put to work in intendent of the Great Northern who
their fathers respective yards They j became lost and is believed to have
were always greal friends and visited I perished in the region about Belton
each other in after years - j while hunting deer last December
THE MERGER CASE
RAILROAD CONTROL WILL NOT
BE CHANGED BY COURTS
SO DECLARES JAMES J HILL
Mr Schiff Harrimans Financial Sup
porter Sees Men Harassing Inno
cent Corporations Which May Con
trol Policy of Other Companies
NEW YORK James J Hill presi
dent of the Northern Securities com
pany said on Monday
We will have our appeal papers
ready in a day or two We expect
to win But even though the United
States supreme court should compel
the Northern Securities company to
give back the stock to the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific com
panies the control would still be the
same
J P Morgan was in conference at
his office with President J J Hill of
the Northern Securities company and
E H Harriman of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific roads The con
ference was reported to have some
bearing on the decision on the North
ern Securities case
Other prominent financiers and rail
road men who visited Mr Morgan in
the course of the day included P A
B Widener Thomas F Ryan George
F Baker H B Hollins President
Spencer of the Southern Railway and
President Thomas of the Lehigh Val
ley Mr Hill made several visits to
Mr Morgans office
A representative of the Morgan
firm denied that there had been any
thing like a formal discussion of the
financial situation of that of the North
ern Securities decision had been talk
ed about save in a casual way
Jacob H Schiff of the banking firm
of Kmhii Loeb Co members of the
Harriman syndicate and a director of
the Northern Securities company the
Baltimore Ohio and Union Pacific
railroads in an interview in the Even
ing Post on the Northern Securities
case said
The result of the decision if it be
confirmed upon appeal must necessar
ily be far reaching The decision
practically establishes this That any
thing done which will put it in the
power of any company to restrain in
dustry and trade is illegal even if
the very reverse of such restraint is
intended as has no doubt been the
bona fide purpose of the corporators
of the Northern Securities company
Thus as a logical consequence the
power the Pennsylvania possesses to
influence the Baltimore Ohio and
other corporate managements all the
power the New York Central possess
es to direct the Lake Shore Michigan
Central and the Nickel Plate manage
ments or the New York New Haven
Hartfords influence over the New
England road even if such power or
influence actually exercised is bene
ficial to the public is illegal
This is the danger in the situation
which has now been created Not
that I believe the government will at
present go any further but as it is
almost any one for tile purpose of
blackmail or sinister purposes has it
henceforth in his power to open fire
and harass most of the large railroads
and industrial corporations
With all this 1
do not feel par
ticularly pessimistic We shall no
doubt for some time find a great un
willingness to embark in new affairs
but this is no misfortune for pro
motion has been carried too far and
in this respect perhaps the Northern
Securities decision may prove a bless
ing n disguise
GRAIN BOYCOTT CONDEMNED
Illinois State Commission Orders Rail
road to Give Cars
SPRINGFIELD 111 -The State
Board of Railroad and Warehouse
commissioners has ordered the Illinois
Central to equitably distribute grain
cars in future
In passing on the case brought by
D H Curry against the railroad the
commission say it is led to believe
that an understanding existed between
the Curry company and the Illinois
Grain Dealers association not to
handle the grain of the Farmers Ele
vator company at Mason City and
that Curry was willing to agree to
anything to prevent the competing
companies at Mason City from mar
keting their grain
Hundreds Blown to Bits
HONG KONG An explosion has oc
curred at the Canton arsenal powder
factory Fifteen hundred persons are
reported to have been killed
Morley Lands Land Bill
LONDON The Right Hon John
Morley speaking at Montrose Mon
day referred to the Irish land bill
as a new great chapter in the Irish
revolution and a confession by the
government that its vaunted policy of
a resolute government in Ireland pur
sued for seventeen years was an ab
ject failure He did not suppose the
government had any more idea of
home rule now than six months ago
it had of the land bill
THE BLIND CHAPLAIN DEAD
Rev
William Henry Milburn Passes
Away in California
WASHINGTON D C Tho Rev 1
William Henry Milburn tho venerable
blind chaplain of the United States
eenato died in Sata Barbara Cal
Word to thin effect wis received here
Friday by Coloe D A Ransdell the
sergeant at arms of the senate
Mr Milburn accompanied by his
two nieces the Misses Timley left
Washington for thp Pacific coast about
a year ago The chaplain was in
broken health The change brought
no great improvement in his condi
tion and when congress met in De
comber ho forwarded his resignation
to Washington but tt was never act
ed upon The deceased was a native
of Philadelphia and was born in 1823
When he was 5 years Qf age a play
fellow accidentally struck him in the
left eye with a piece of glass For
two years he was confined to a dark
room under medical treatment and
when he came out one of his eyes was
entirely blind and little sight was left
in the other He however pursued
his studies at school and college for
about twenty years the bight grow
ing dimmer until gradually he became
totally blind
PASS A NEW LIBEL LAW
Certain Things Now Required of
Pennsylvania Newspapers i
HARRISBURG Pa The senate
passed finally the new libel law in-
troduced by Senator Gradder The I
bill requires that all newspapers pub-
lished in Pennsylvania shall print in
every issue on its editorial page the
names of its owner publisher and
managing editor and if owned by a
corporation the names of the officers
thereof In all civil actions which
may hereafter be brought against a
newspaper if it shall be shown that
the publication complained of result-
ed from negligence on the part of
such owner proprietors manager or
editor in the
Havana Citizens Are Overjoyed at Rec
iprocity
HAVANA Instructions were cabled
to Minister Quesada at Washington
btates congress will not fail to
i prove it Those here who recentlv
declared Cuba had no use for deferred
reciprocity re now pleased at the
outlook and the time is regarded as
opportune for closing a prominent
tieaty covering political relations
here This it is expected will be soon
accomplished
PASS PRIMARY ELECTION LAW
inations
LANSING Mich By a vole of 79
to 130 the lower house of the Michigan
legislature passed the Colby-Stone-Powell
primary election bill providing
for a direct vote on all nominations
including state officials
An interesting incident of the de-
Prominent Hawaiian Dies
HONOLULU via Pacific Cable to
the Associated Press J B Atherton
one of the
men in the
ter an extended illness aged 66
Statue of Frances E Wiliard
SPRINGFIELD 111 The house
Wednesday passed the bill appropriat
at Washington
BACKACHE
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Backache is a forerunner and
one of the most common symp
toms of kidney trouble and
womb displacement
READ MISS BOLLMANS EXPERIENCE
44 Some time ago I was in a very
weak condition my work made mo
nervous and my back ached frightfully
all the time and I had terrible head
iictics
My mother got a bottle of JLydla
B Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound for me and it seemed to
strengthen my back and help me at
once and I did not get so tired as
before I continued to take it and it
brought health and strength to me
and I want to thank you for tho
good it has done me Miss Kjltb
SollmAJ 142nd St Wales Ave
New York City 5000 forfeit If original of
above letter proving genuineness cannot ba produced
tydia E Pinkhams Vegetable
Compound cures because it 13
the greatest known remedy for
kidney and womb troubles
Every woman who is puzzled
about her condition should write
to Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass
and tell her all
Old Age at Ceylon
Centenarians aro fairly common
ascertainment of the j nowadays but it may be questioned
facts or in the publication thereof whether any country can boast of so
man as Celon which according to
compensatory damages mav be recov 1
- the recent census returns has no low
ered for to business and
injuries rep
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er than 145 inhabitants over 100 years
utation resulting from such publica 1 Qf age Seventy one of these are maleu
tion as well as damages for the phy 1 and seventy four females Of theso
sical and mental suffering endured bv forty three men and hfty two woma
the injured party or parties
Failure to carry out the provision
requiring the publication of the names
of those responsible for its publication
is punishable by a fine of not less
than 500 or more than S2000
PACKERS PAY THE PENALTY
claimed to be exactly 100 while t
highest age returned was 120
Wages of Rulers
Nicholas II czar of all the Russia
works about six hours a day in coz
nection with affairs of state his salary
for that time being in the neighbor
hood of 80 a minute The next best
paid ruler is Franz Josef of Austria
whose workday is good for about 35
Settle with State for Violation of the per minute just tiwee the sum Kaiser
Anti Trust Law Wilhelm draws for a stunt of similar
duration On the basis of a six hour
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KANSAS CIT1 Mo me five Mis I
day King Edward mnst get along on
soun packing companies which were about 15 per minute
fined 5000 each on March 20 for
lation of the anti trust law through Stones in the Butter
An extraordinary local fraud has
their
attorney Frank Hagerman of
b been brought to light at the Fintona
this city have m Ied to the state petty sessions County Tyrone A
supreme court a draft for 2713C in young woman named Rosa Galbraith
payment of fines and costs incident to was flne1 40s and costs for having
the action against them The firms i fraudulently prepared butter by
1 nS a number of large stone in the cen
fined are the Armour Packing com- ier 0f the rolls It was stated that
pany Cudahy Packing company Ham- this practice had been carried on in
mond Packing company Swilt Co lll district for months past and that
and Schwarzschild Sulzberger The n butter merchant had to pay a
claim of 4 11 made by a biscuit man-
payment was made before it was due nfactllrer because the stones con
as the offenders had thirty days from cealed in the butter had smashed the
March 20 in which to satisfy the machinery in his factory
ment
LOOK FOR NEW CUBAN TREAT
QUIT AND EAT
Some Coffee Tales
Show a woman an easy comforta
ble and healthful way to improve her
complexion and she is naturally in
terested
Pnffork its t
Monday to sign the amended
ity treaty in behalf of President Pal- lt directly cZ th the Tomach cases pro-
mf ducing slight and sometimes great-
The utmost satisfaction is expressed congestion of the liver and therefore-
at the completion of the treaty and the causing the bile to be absorbed into
opinion is general that the United the system instead of eoinc its nat
ural way The result is a sallow
muddy skin and a train of diseases of
tne different organs of the body
which in all too many cases develop
into chronic diseases
A lady speaking of how coffee af
fected her says I was very fond of
coffee but while drinking it was un
der the care of the doctor most of the
time for livfr trouble and was com
pelled to take blue mass a great deal
of the time My comnlesinn wc 101
and I had a pain in my side steadily
Provides for Direct Vote on All Nom- probably in the liver
When I concluded to auit cnfTeA
and take Postum Food Coffee I had
it made carefully and from the very
first cup we liked the taste of it bet
ter than any of the old coffee
In a short time the pain left my
side and my friends
began to
com
ment on the
change in my complexion
and general looks I have npvor
bate occurred when Representative anything equal to the good I got from
wane ot Aiiegan in declaring that mdWI1fa mis cnange
Congressman William Alden Smith fa
vors the passage of the Colby bill an
nounced that Smith is a candidate for
United States senator The announce
ment was heartily applauded
A young lawyer In PhilartoinMo
named whose life
was almost a
burden from
indigestion and Its train
of evils quit coffee some months airo
and began on Postum Food Coffee
He quickly recovered and is now well
strong and cheerful and naturally
loud in his praises of Postum
Another Wend an old gentleman
of seventy named whn fnr
richest and most influential suffered all one could suffer and live
Hawaiian islands died af from dyspepsia and who someHmo
ror weeks could eat
no bread or solid
food only a little weak
gruel
or mi k
quit coffee upon my recommendation
and took up Postum He began to t
better at once Now he can
eat
u rich
nastrv
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Kes aQd i
perfectly well
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of Frances E Wiliard in statuary hall Names given bv Po3fiT n
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