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was proved that no filch person si
H. L. Morey existed and that the
letter was forged for political effect.
Byrne and his aseoclatee were not
prosecuted."
Beverly, Mass., dispatches say that
Jn a conference between President
Taft and members of his cabinet, it
was decided to push the national in
corporation act, so that corporations
could get away from state control
and under federal authority exclusively.
George Cabot .Lodge, son of Sen
ator Lodge of 'Massachusetts, is dead.
Washington dlsnatches sav that
Whitelaw Reid, ambassador at the
court of St. James, and Henry White,
ambassador to France, will be retired.
garlan, said that with one hundred
other men he was brought to the
plant from New York. He said that
they were kept so close that they
did not oven know that the 3,B00
employes were on a strike.
Frances J. Henoy, who was de
feated for tho republican nomination
for district attorney in San Francisco
has been nominated by the democrats.
Tho Democratic League of south
ern California has adopted resolu
tions declaring for Governor Joseph
W. Folk as democratic presidential
nominee for 1912.
L. S. Glavis, chief of the division
of the general land office, in the
northwest, has presented to the presi
dent a report in which he charges
that certain officials of the interior
department have been unnecessarily
concerned in the expedition of what
are known as the Cunningham claims
to valuable coal lands in Alaska.
It is reported that former Senator
Blackburn of Kentucky has resigned
as Panama canal commissioner. Mr.
Blackburn has been filling tho place
of civil governor on the canal zone,
and has, it is said, made a splendid
record. It is probable that all the
officers of the canal commissioners
will be abolished, the work to be
placed in the hands of the governor
and chief engineer.
A negro ran amuck on the business
streets of Monroe, La., shooting at
every white man he met. He;, wound
ed twenty-nine people.
A mob of strikers attacked the
home of Stephen Hart, superinten
dent of the Carlisle, Indiana, coal
mines, and shot Hart's wife. She
will die.
Edward H. Harriman returned to
New York from his European trip.
He is in the doctor's care, but says
he is on the road to recovery.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
veagh has proposed a reduction in
tho size of paper money. National
bankers object to tho plan, saying
that for the sako of convenienco it
would be necessary to change tho
size of national bank bills.
More than two hundred children
in Brooklyn, N. Y., have been strick
en with what the doctors call a form
of Infantile paralysis.
An income tax convention will bo
held at Albany, N. Y September 4.
Ollie James of Kentucky, and Sen
ator Gore of Oklahoma will be
among the speakers.
Representative Bennett of New
York has written a letter to the sec
retary of war charging graft in tho
purchasing department of the isth
mian canal commission. He says ho
knows of one instance where the con
tract for cement was given to a firm
whose price was more than $G00,000
above that of the lowest bidder. Ho
demands an investigation.
Hubert Latham, a French aviator,
covered nearly 100 miles at Rheims,
August 2G. The flight was at the
rate of about 68 kilometres an
hour, as compared with 53 made
by Wright at Lemans and a fraction
under 50 made by Paulham.
An increase of two cents will be
made. in the fee for registration of
letters and packages.
An earthquake was felt at Siena,
Italy. Considerable damage was
done to property.
The food experts, in session at
Denver, took issue with the depart
ment of agriculture to the effect that
benzoate of soda, used as a preserva
tive in food products, is not harmful.
Mexico City dispatches say that
David E. Thompson, the American
ambassador, has purchased the Pan
American railroad for $10,000,000.
Mr. Thompson says that he is making
tho purchase for himself, and that
when the deal goes through he will
own $9,600,000 worth of the stock.
A Toledo, Ohio, dispatch carried
by the Associated Press says:
"Marquis de Villalobar, minister
from Spain, was entertained at a
banquet tonight at the culmination of
his visit to Toledo to attend the King
Wamba carnival. Luis Pastor, sec-
retary of the Spanish legation, was
a. j-.aurosse, wis., aispatcn carried aBO present. The attendance of Don
by the Associated Press says:
"Speechless for forty years, George
Purdy, an old soldier, living at Da
kota, a village near here, today be
came so enraged by attacks on the
Masonic order, of which he is a mem
ber, by John Beach,- head of an
unique religious organization known
as the 'Born Agains,' that he recov
ered his speech and denounced
Beach in vigorous language. He ac
companied this remarkable recovery
with, physical assaults on the Rev.
Mr. Beach and severely chastised
him."
District Attorney Jerome has an
nounced that he will be a candidate
for a third term, running by petition.
Charges of peonage have been pre
ferred against the Pressed Steel Car
company in Schoenville, Pa., whose
d,5Uu employes are on a strike. It
is. alleged that the company has used
force to corn-Del foreicrn laborers to
work.- Alexander Friedman, a Hun-1 distribution of liquors in clubs, make
Francisco Leon do la Barra, ambas
sador from Mexico, who had accept
ed an invitation, was prevented by
an unfortunate misunderstanding as
to precedence at table, which arose
from the fact that after he agreed to
come the Spanish minister received
a commission as the direct represent
ative of King Alfonso and as such
representative he was entitled to pre
cedence. Senor de la Barra, because
of his superior diplomatic rank, de
clined to concede tho point when the
matter was refered to him and to
avoid complications, cancelled his engagement."
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NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY
San Benito, Texas, is in the Very heart of the
Fertile Lower Rio Grande Valley, 19 miles
north of Brownsville on the wain line of the
ST. JOOVIS, UJIOlVA'tiVIIjIjE AXIP MEXICO XAIIjIVAY
The climate la Ideal, being scmiTarid
and healthful. The winters arc mild
and nleasant. the 8ummcr compara
tively cool, being tempered by constant
and refreshing breezes from tho Gulf
of Mexico.
Irrigation hero is necessary, but
when irrigated with the water from tho
San Benito has tho only gravity canal
in tho Lower Rio Grande Valley. Ne
pumps to break down. Tho canal Ik 437
miles long, averages 2C0 feet in width
and 20 feet in depth. Wo can store in
the basin of the main canal over 30,000
acre feet of water.
Storage anil gravity are the two mant
Rio Grande, this delta soil produces not necessary ceBdltfoB for fracccsHfttl Irrl-
onlv a trreater variety 01 nroaucis man "
that of any other section of tho United
States but products which excel In
quantity as well as quality.
We have twelve month of fproiTlas
season every year.
The products of the Lower Rio Grando
Valley lncludo sugar cane, cotton, corn,
alfalfa, sorghum and other forago
crops, as well as truck, and fruits. The
Lower Rio Grando Valley is the winter
garden of tho nation. The mild winter
A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch car
ried by the Associated Press says:
"The whole code of prohibition laws
passed by the legislature at the ses
sion which adjourned last night "was
signed by the governor today, includ
ing the Fuller bill, about wliich there
has been so much talk all over the
country. Others prevent. the use or
Tho soil at San Benito Is a rich allu- climate permits us to sret our oroductn
vial deposit, many feet in depth. on the market at tho time when they
Water in abundance and a constant bring the highest prices,
supply Is necessary for successful irrl- Como and seo San Benito. Write for
gation. This wo have at San Benito, illustrated booklet.
SAN JBJENITO JLANJ & WATJEIt COMPANY
San JBcnlt, Texas
AIjHA. IIEVIVOOD, JPrenldent and General Manager
it unlawful for foreign corporations
to break the temperance laws,
provide for impeachment of sheriffs
who refuse to obey the laws; make
it the duty of municipalities to fix
and enforce prohibition laws like
those in effect in the state; prevent
soft drink stands from using screens
or storing liquor of any kind and
prevent gambling by prohibiting
barred doors in any public places or
the use therein of electric bells,
dumb waiters or other like mach
ery. Tho fact that the bills were
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MEN WANTED
J2men ttft mo profit
average p.r fry
Selling "WEAR-EVER" Aluminum
Specialties
Half el these men had no previous ex
perience. Work made pleasant by our
175page Instruction Book. No door-to-door
canvassing. Let us show you what
others have done. Address
Tb Haatbrta CthUr Vitufti !., Detk tS, riltibarr, Pa.
Opportunity knocks but don't expect the door to be kicked la.
signed was sent by wire to sheriffs
over the state, who are already busy.
By the Fuller bill all places under
suspicion may be raided and liquors
found in them destroyed."