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Mayor McClollan of Now York re
fused to sign tho public utllltloB bill
passed by tho Now York legislature
on the ground that It violated homo
rulo.
Govornor Cummins of Iowa may
become a candldato to succood Son
ator Allison at next year's primary
oloctiou. -
Tho Denver, Colo., News says;
"Tho fodoVal inquisition now in pro
gross in Denver involves sbmo of
tho largest corporations in Ameri
ca, and that indictments wlllvbo re
turned againBt mon who are rated
as multi-millionairos and captains of
industry, known as woll in Wall
Street as in Colorado, is the latest
development In connection with the
probing of the grand jury. No less
than 120 secret service men now
make their headquarters in Denver,
this small army of government
sleuths having rented a large por
tion of the fifth floor of an office
building, from where they are
spreading the net that is tightening
about victims In high places. L,
0. Whoelorin tho service of tho de
partment of justlco at Washington,
is, in charge of tho secret service
mon and ho expresses the belief
that there -will bo some startling
revelations ,in the near future."
is claimed the Union Typewriter
company fixed tho price at which tho
companies wore to sell typewriters
and supplies, and also the price the
companies were to pay for old ma
chines in exchange for new ones. It
is claimed tho companies reported
oach day to the Union Typewriter
company and shared in the distribu
tion of tho profits. These alleged
acts are declared' to be in violation
of the Arkansas anti-trust act."
Mr. Bryan spoke to a largo number
of people May 30 at Norfolk, Va.
The millionaires under indictment
lor tioodling at San Francisco,'-were
required to ' give bonds aggregating
$910,000.
An Associated Press dispatch un
dor date of May 31, Milwaukee, fol
lows: "Definite stops were taken to
night toward promoting the candi
dacy of Senator IaFollotte for the
presidential nomination at a meeting
of 160 of his supporters in the club
rooms of tho Plankinton house. Res
olutions wore adopted declaring Sen
ator LaFollette tho strongest and
most logical candidate for the presi
dency and statin? that work should
be started at once towards securing!
.LaFollette delegations from other
states."
, The Michigan state senato has
passed a resolution demanding tiiat
Mr. Roosevelt be a candidate for
what it calls a "second elective"
term.
The Associated Press carries from
Shanghai this cablegram: "The
famine which has prevailed for
many weeks, causing hundreds of
deaths and great suffering has been
broken. The crops are still thin,
but tho hot weather of the nnsfc
month has been favorable to a good
yield. American gifts have supplied
milk regularly to 1,006 babies at
the Hbu Chou Fu temple while two
hundred more have been nourished
occasionally. The children are left
with their parents or relatives, as
the Chinese dread foreign orphan
ages. What is left of the gifts will
be turned over to the Red Cross so
ciety to relieve individual cases of
need and to grapple with the next
crisis."
Tho funeral of Mrs. McKinley took
place at Canton, May 29. President
Roosevelt attended.
Thomas D. Jordan, former comp
troller of the Equitable Life Insur
ance company, has been indicted for
perjury and forgery.
Tho Arkansas Gazette of Little
Rock, prints this item: "Anti-trust
suits were filed yesterday in the cir
cuit court by Prosecuting Attorney
Rho'ton against -ttie Smith-Premier
Typewriter company and the Rem
ington Typewriter company. Both
companies are New York corpora
tions, maintaining agencies in Ar
kansas. The companies are alleged
to have been in a pool or trust con
trolled by the Union Typewriter
company of Now J'rsey. Bach com
pany is sued ror ?1,000,000. It is
it!Bu uie companies were engaged
uuBiuuBH iii Ancansas on March 25
105, and each succeeding day to the
l oi uie sun, except Sundays. It
In the stato court at Austin, Tex.,
Juno 1, a jury of farmers returned a
verdict of guilty against the Waters
Pierce Oil Co. (part of the trust),
and assessed fines aggregating $1,
600,000, also barring it from Texas.
Defendant appealed tho case.
IN HIS HONOR
Mr. W. D. Nesbit, the well, known
newspaper poet, tells this story upon
himself: "I was born," he says, "in
the good old town of Xenia. A good
many distinguished persons have
been born there at one time and an
othor, by the way. But we all love
Xenia. What is more, we cherish
the Idea that Xenia loves us that
she cherishes the memory of her
sons. We always like to see the old
nelgnbors, too. Any one who has
come from Xenia likes to see the
Xenia folks. I don't know of anv
way you can please me better than
to let mo settle down with one of the
old neighbors and talk over things
who has died and what ho died of,
and who married who, and how we
wouldn't have thought they would,
and what real estate has changed
nanas, ana an mat. wen, the other
day one of my neighbors camo in' t
dropped everything and settled down
to talk with him, and I could see he
had a good piece of news up his
sleeve.
" 'Nesbit,' said he, with the pleas
antest kind of a look on his face,
you remember that little old house
on Main street where you were
oornr
"When ho said that, it brought up
a vision of that house as clear as
the reality. I saw the queer little
windows, the nice, friendly ddor, the
,yard, the lilacs everything.
" Yes, Bill I said with, emotion.
I remember very well.'-
" 'Well he said, 'the folks have
gone and put a tablet on that old
house.'
"At first I. couldn't speak. I had
all I could do to keep the -tears from
coming. The folks hadn't lost sight
of me, then! They knew what I had
been doing. A tablet was, I admit
ted to myself, somewhat beyond my
deserts, but but there il was. When
I could speak I said:
" 'And what does the 'tablet say,
Bill, old man?'
"Bill looked away out of tho win
dow. , .
"'Main street. said ha soft.lv
J Reader Magazine. ' N
INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Tho New York Referendum league
has issued an interesting little cir
cular of tho proposed reform:
The Initiative The power of the
people to directly secure legislation.
A certain percentage of tho voters,
can, by petition, compel the submit
ting of any new or pending legisla
tion to all voters.
The Referendum The power of
the people to ratify or reject legis
lation at the polls. Upon demand of
a certain number of voters in the
district or political divisions affect
ed, any measure passed by the law
making body must be submitted to
a direct vote of the whole people.
The following claims are based up
on twenty years experience in Switz
erland, four years in South Dakota
and Oregon and in many municipali
ties; It will render resort to Itself sel
dom and, possibly, never necessary,,
-because questionable legislation is
less likely to be attempted or haz
arded. Reduce public abuses to a mini
mum, because its mere existence,
and not necessarily its exercise, will
act as a deterrent. ,
Simplify laws, rendering them less
likely to be misunderstood, because
legislators will use the simplest lan
guage possible, lest their measures
be referred and vetoed.
Encounter no sound nor tenable
objection, because it has, in exper
ience, stood every test.
Obviate the necessity for "third
party," or independent movements,
because It can better, promote meas
ures and effect reforms.
'Open the shortest road to desir
able reforms, because local option,
by its means, Js easily secured.
Abolish profligacy, public plunder
ing, and politica .as a business, be
cause the people" can employ pre
ventive means.
Suppress corruption and vicious
lobby, because bribe givers will not
take the chances involved.
End machine politics and boss
rule, because legislators will be di
rectly responsible to the people.
Enlist the support f patriotic and
good men of all parties, because
"government of the people, by the
people and for the people is what
all such men desire. -
Promote the study of public Ques
tions, because voters will feel that
they are directly concerned in law
making.
Elevate the tone of legislative
bodies, because high minded men
will displace the sordid grafters. .
Finally, make the United States,
in every sense, the most anlfinrUri
country in the world, because it will
I r.firrpp.f tho mrllo t-,vt.ni, i
ideal civilization.
ping on Mr. Dabney and rendering
him unconscious. ,
Mr. Dabney's remarkable story, is
borne out by the fact that a quanr -tity
of intoxicants hadA disappeared -and
Mr. Dabney was unconscious
when found this morning. Charles
ton Gazette.
ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
Dillon .Wallace, the Labrador ex
plorer, has written an article on "the
pleasures of starving." Will ' Mr.
Roosevelt kindly inform us whal
kind of a faker Mr. Wallace -is
Washington Post.
The Joys of June
A Time for Making tho Stomach
Happy Witli Green Vegetables, ,
Fresh Fruits and Wliolc-
somo Cereals
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A 200-POUND MOUSE
Following close upon the killing
of a ninety-pound rat, at Glen Jean,
by an enterprising citizen of that
town, comes the news of a 200-pound
mouse, seen by Hallowell Dabney, at
Smithers, during the night.
The mouse, as described by Mr.
Dabney, was a pale gray color, with
mauve trimmings, its eyes of sky
blue with borders .of vermillion, and
Its ears a sunburnt yellow, striped
with fiddler's green.
Yesterday a wagon left the local
wholesale house with a quantity of
whisky and, beer for a saloon at
Smithers, but broke down on the
way, and Mr. Dabney was left to
watch the Toad until a new wagon
came this morning. Mr, Dabney
says he first saw the enormous
mouse shortly after 9 o'clock com
ing down a mulberry tree backward
The enormous size -of the rodent
frightened him, l and he remained
quiet while it consumed a quan
tity of tho whisky and beer. In the
midst of its feast it became fright
ened at-a passing K. and M. train
and ran back toward the creek, step-
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For those who mix brains with-,
their eating, June is the time f or
dropping the heavy nitrogenous
foods that are eaten during the win-.-ter
months. That the system wel--conies
this change from the heavy N
dietary of the winter, -when the body
s"eems to crave foods that are rich
in carbohydrates, is one of the beau
tiful dispensations of Nature. The
person who refuses to live in har-
mony with natural law and contin
ues on a diet that is suited only to
the needs of cold weather, must suf
fer the consequences in impaired di
gestion, bilious liver and sluggish l
kidneys.
Persons addicted to the "meat
habit" and who imagine that the
eating of meat two or three times a
day is necessary to conserving their,., "
strength will be surprised to learn;
how easily they can cut down their
meat ration ' and at the same
time keep up the maximum of ,"
strength and activity. By tho f
proper selection of diet it is
possible to get greater muscular
and mental power with much
less tax upon the liver and digestive
functions than it is possible to get
from a meat diet. It is merely a
question of knowing how. Shred
ded Wheat, for instance,' Is much
richer in nitrogenous material than
beef and so easily digested that the
system after a few days experiences
a delightful rebound from a pro
longed winter diet.
One of the most- healthful and de
licious combinations for the summer
is Shredded Wheat Biscuit and
strawberries in fnnt. vrm n
know "the joys of June" until you
have treated your stomach to this
combination of the best and purest
cereal food made and the most
luscious berry that grows. It is so
simple and so easily prepared that it
Solves in a happy and healthful way
the June and July problems of the
housekeeper. Simply heat a Shred
ded Wheat Biscuit in the oven until
it is crisp, then crush in the top with
the bowl of a teaspoon. Fill -the
hollow of this Biscuit "basket" with,
strawberries prepared as for the 'or
dinary short-cake, then serve with
cream and sugar; It will be found
much more nourishing and whole
some than the soggy white flour
dough that Is used in ordinary short
xu ,The Prous shreds of the Bis-
iSi $ake,Up the fruit uIce holding
the delicious aroma of the berry..
Many persons who can not eat straw
berries alone without distress can
eat this delicious combination with- '
out the slightest discomfort. Shred-,
ded Wheat is equally - palatable "and
wholesome with raspberries or other
fresh fruits that are- plentiful 'ill
summer.
Shredded Wheat products are'
manufactured hv hn ATof..ni a
Company at Niagara Falls, N; Yi
xwu Biuuer BQUS tjiem.
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