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6 THE OMAHA DAILY BED: TUESDAY. SEPTEMI.EK 13, 1P0S. STUFF WITH PiSrvY. LABEL Compounds of Liquor Seek Courts' Aid Against Pare Food Law. DECISION IN ILLINOIS COMES SOON Barrel of Varloni Mlstares More or Less Harmful Already la Posses sion , ( the ',. (iovtrn-meat. .(From Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Sept. . M.-(8pe: ial.) "Within a few days It l expected the ques tion of the right of rectifier to-compound alcohol, caramel, esentlal oil and other Ingredients and to label the mixture "whisky" will again be passed Upon. . Not long ago Judge Thompson of the United Btates court of southern Ohio decided em phatically against the compounders and they brought ' a Cass exactly similar In Illinois, The Judge In the latter case la fcow considering the testimony brief "and other document and his decision la looked for almost any day. - ' .'. "The United' States now' owns 100 barrels of Imitation vinegar., which was seised In Kansas City before it" reachet Its deatlna Uon 4 Oklahoma. The stuff was -made of a smr.ll .quantity of alcohol mixed with wiLter, acetlo acid,' a few other drugs and a, quantity of coloring matter. It was made In Chicago to Imitate cider vinegar and -was Intended to be aold as such. It waa seised and confiscated under the pure food and drug act and the court upheld the seizure after a fight. Just a little while ago an enterprising firm of money-makers In Ohio succeeded In com bining the washings of a pumice heap from winery with a few coal tar products, a little alcohol and a few acids. About 2,000 barrela were filled with this stuff and were marked' "Port," "Sherry." "Claret", and a number of other names frequently applied to wines and shipped to New Orleans, There one of Dr. Wiley's, inspectors seised .the stuff. Naturally the owners showed fight. But the chemical division of the Depart ment of" Agriculture '.'had the dots on them" and they 'leased up. The United States of America holds title to that sea pf boose and unless the owners give bond to.ahlp and dispose of the lot out of the jurisdiction of the United States it will oil be dumped Into the sewerage system of. New Orleans. If they 'put up the 'bond the Inhabitants of Mexico or one of the South American' re publics will have enough material to. start a full-fledged revolution, for a gallon of the mixture would certainly induce a digger Indian to take to the warpath. These Incidents indicates that the pure food act is working. It will, of. course, be attacked until upheld by the United States supreme court' But It Is certainly acting aa a purgative upon the manufacturing estab lishments of the country which have In the past shown little consideration for the stomachs of their patrons. ... Leaders and Laaadrles. ' Loan sharks and laundries will come In for a great deal of attention during the next session of congress, if ' present plans are carried out. It la the common belief In Washington that fully 1 per cent of the salaries and wages paid to Uncle Sam's employes in the national capital finds Its ymtmv (ntn Ih. unnb.l. . l- l . " " i wis iuan companies and money lenders. Clerks who are house keepers, In many Instances, pay t per cent a month for the privilege of sitting at the tables, eating from the dishes and sleep ing In the beds for which they: once paid ttie regular price and subsequently mort gaged. " Unmarried men and women' with no "collateral," pay anywhere rrbm i to 10 per cent per month for loans ranging from IS to too,- and they generally die or resign before . they succeed in .''getting square," although cases are recorded where principal and legitimate interest has been paid five timea over. There are a score or more former offl clala located in handsome offices, who live well, own autos or horses and never do, a licit of . work. They don't have to. On leaving his office in the Interior de partment one of these thrifty gentlemen had a bank account of about ' $2,000. He stsrted in to live upon that and has never made less than 150 per cent on that orig- llUT "I GLADS im Y i :'. & .. - --f r '"'iiiiiir ritiftiin For she cannot help it Women are often cross, irritable, hysteric, and declare they are driven to distrac tion at the slightest provocation. Men cannot understand why this should be so. To them it is a nrys tery because in nine times out ol ten this condition U caused by a serious feminine derangement. , A remedy is necessary which acta directly upon the organs afllicted, re-. storing a healthy normal condition to the feminine system, which will quickly dispel all hysterical, nervous and irritable conditions. Such is LYDIA ELFINiUlAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND The following letter serves to prove this fact. Mrs. Maf.ie Copenhaver, 815 So. Slst St, lu sons, Kans., writes: " For Uvo j cars I suffered from tho worst forma of feminine iHs, until I at almost ilrivrn frantic Kothing but morphine would relieve me. Lydia K. Pinkbam's . Vegetable Compound brought me lmalth and happtnets and made vam a well woman." FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Coiupound, made from roots end nerha, has leen the standard renwdy for female ills, and has positive ly t urr d thousand of women who have lieen tioubled with dUplnoement,infiarr.niation, ulcera tion, tlbroid tumors, irregularities, . periodic pain, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indices-, tkn,dizzines9,ornervouspro6trauon, -Vhy don't you try it T . , Sirs. lMnkhatu Imiti all sick women to write her for advice, fche bsvs rulded thousands to liealUa. Address, LvujOf Mm, inal Investment- In any . year of the ten I that h baa been "In business" for blm-1 self. .'. ,.-, New the municipal authorities propose to get after1 the usurers. They can do noth ing until authorised to do more by con gress, but will try bard to get that au thority. I Isrt k Clothes. Tears ago the "bloody shirt" was fre quently waived by oversealotis patriotic orators. Last winter Congressman J. Hampton Moore waved a bunch of rags, spotlessly clean, which forty-eight hours previously had been a shirt He painted a ghastly word picture of the tortures to which linen wearing apparel Is subjected when consigned to a Washington laundry. The commissioners made- an Investigation and found that more arid than aoap was usd In some of the cleansing establish ments, snd they prepared a bill which la still pending which-Is designed to provide .washing regulations which. In turn, will extend the. lire of shirts, collars and lin gerie." If this thing goes on .Washington will soon become New Utopia. We already have our dogs officially muisled. The pro prietor of an eating house who lets a fly drop Into the butter Is liable to a fine of )10 and the garbage man who leaves the top of his wagon open may spend ten days In jail for his crime.' The milk dealer wo neglects to pour out all the water after rinsing his cans stares a penitentiary sen tence In the face, and the Interstate Com merce commission la .preparing, a code which will make the "punishment fit the crime" In the- ease of electric railroads when they frill to furnish a seat for a fare. It Is a misdemeanor to own a rooster which crows before 6:30 a. m., a high crime to spit on tho aidewalk and almost a felony If you serve a free lunch and leave a hand ful of forks In a glass of dirty water avail able . for your customers while helping themselves to the cold . beans, the sauer kraut or. the pickles. These questions are attracting almost as much attention .in Washington Just now aa the speeches of Mcstrs. Taft and Brynn. . federal Enployei to Vote. The lepubllcan national and congressional committees di not propose that tho voter,: employed In' the departments here shall be deprived of the privilege of casting their votf s In tho coming election because 'of any lack of effort on the part of tho politi cal niAnagers. .Somewhere between 8,0(0 and 10,000 voters are employed In the depart ments of Washington who have the right of . suff rago In., practically every slate of the union. Some. of them, of course,' are too far away from their hemes to think. of proceeding to their' k-gal tetldences Just for the sake of casting a vote.'' But all of the northern, middle western and east ern men who desire to do so will have facilities afforded thtm by which they' can exercise the right of franchise. For this purpose a committee has been . organised which Is taking ' preliminary atepa toward securing every poaslble i facility for these voters. The railroads have been asked to give special rates and while not evincing any emphatic dlsposltldn to comply with this request, it Is more than possible that satisfactory terms will be made before .the middle of October. There are, of Course, a great many employes occupying minor places In the departments lth small salaries to whom a Joutney costing $10 or more would prove a great hardship. These men- will doubtless be provided with tickets which will enable them to go homo with out cost. The great difficulty arises, how ever, from the fact that it is Impossible for the department to. spare all voters at one time, so that at the best not more than, two-thirds of chose who are entitled to vote will be able to get away. '. Democrat Has Doafcts. There Is a vat difference . between the methods of conducting :r the campaign adopted by the two great' political parties this yesr, at least so far as the 'Washing ton, end of It la concerned.. The democrats are employing .the brass bund policy and are doing all the shouting up to the present time. They are apparently Jubilant, cocky and confident, and every man who returns from a trip across the Maryland or Vir ginia line comes back with glittering stories of the glowing .prospects of Bryan and Kern. The republicans, on the other hand, while more actively engaged In sawing wood, so to apeak, are apparently content to permit their opponents to enjoy the muslo of their wind Instrument without ttemptlng to start up a counter attraction In political melody. But occasionally there appears on. the scene some one who has no reason to govern bis conduct by the wishes of either , of the managers of . the great political partlea. Among these Is that fine old confederate veteran, CoWnel Hunter of Virginia, who was on the staff of General Gordon . during the civil war. - Colonel Hunter haa Just returned from Toledo, O., where he took part In the ceremonies In cident to the dedication of a monument to commemorate the deeds of the Ameri cans In the war of 181 near Toledo. Col onel Hunter Is an old-time southern demo crat and he does not hesitate to aay that he will support Bryan In, 190S, just as he did In 1900 and 108. "But," he added this evening, "I failed to find, that deep-seated Bryan aentlment among the republicans of the west which I had been led to believe was apparent In every crossroads town in the state of Ohio. I do not believe that Mr. Bryan has the ghost of a chance to carry the Buckeye state any more than I think Taft will carry Virginia.. I shall vote for Bryan and I hope for his election, but during my trip through the west I failed to gain any encouragement and I am by no means enthusiastic when I express the hope that the Nebraskan wlU be elected to the presidency." FOUR MEN SHOT IN AFFRAY Discharge of St. Louie Saleamaa. Starts General Fight at Froatbara, Mi. FROBTBURGi' Md., Sept. lt.-The dis charge of one of a osen salesmen, who have been working this territory for a St. Louis stove house, led late last night to the wounding of four men, two of whom are very seriously hurt. I. W. Campbell, said to be of St. Louis, was the salesman discharged by the superintendent of the crew, B. S. Brooks. Campbell, following the quarrel with Brooks, begin shooting. Charles Martin received a bullet In the chest and Joseph Bruno, a bystander,' one In the abdomen. Both are In a critical con dition Campbell ahot Constable Bartolon, who arrested him. In the back. Inflicting a flesh wound, and -was himself shot In the log end hand by the officer. QUIET DAY ON MESABA RANGE Abaeace of Wise and I'rosaeet of Rata Esessrss People la . Fir Swept Healoa. DULVTH. Minn.. Sept. W. Clouda and an absence of wind gave the Mesaba range a day of quiet today and the ' forest fires ceased to be s menace In every locality. No rain has fallen and the situation will be serious until moisture puts an end to the smouldering fires. ' . ' Orand Marals, on the north shore of Lake Superior, Is considered sate, owing to the bavk-flres around the little town. Under orders from General C Q. An drews, state fire warden. Chief John T. Black of the local fire department sent forty men to the scene of the worst forest fire above Grand Marais thla morning ea board ta Uovtlt Une steamer America. L cm 3i) no la) TPS (611 (1 Ml A3 WHY 2 C 1 I 2 C The fact is, however, avo have decided to sell every buggy or carriage in our shop in the shortest possible time. In order to do this we will offer tho biggest bar gains in vehicles ever ottered in the city. Remember 1st. We've been hero 20 years; we are well and favorably known and the variety and quality of our goods are known for 300 miles. Remember 2d. When we say this. We mean just what we say. Every buggy, every set of harness is going to be sold regardless of cost. ' 'Liz i -' ." '.- Doctors anticipate your needs and buy now. 10 different buggy styles to select frorri. ' I j You'll save' $50 to $100 on a Stanhope. ISusinOSS Ellen Can save $40 to $75 on high grade Runabouts, Concords or Business r" " "yi Buggies. Don't delay. v ezziiz:zz, v ::::J: ::. .:. j -Ki Stockmen Easy riding Side Spring Concords, Ranch Wagons. You'll save $50 to $75 l ' j on a handmade job by buying at once. . . . , .' r ' ' i Formers can well afford a first-class vehicle as our price is as low as the ordinary cheap i " buggy. Buy now if you want a bargain. , . "::':;.TTrr, GrOCerS, (Butchers Business wagons for all kinds of use. You'll never buy a r..iu' - i wagon lower, an at once. i . ' ; REftlEftlBER We are oaring $15,000 worth of high grade vehicles, and $2,500.00 r l worth of harness and the "PRICE" does the rest. 2 Sole S tcirtS soon as you read this start after us. " f i. , - J' . . u k Y , Jul IM JXJ D) CARRIAGE CO. 18TH AND HARNEY STREETS, OMAHA, NEBRASKA. 1 ' a i DEMAND FOR SHORT COURSE Movement for Agricultural College Extension to Be Systematized. TAFT CERTAIN TO WIN IN IOWA Goveraor Cannulas gays Ills Omra. Antbltloa la Not Above Suc cess of Part? In State. tFrom a Start Correspondent.) DE8 MOINDS. Sept. 14. (Speclal.)-The movement for agricultural college extension by and through the ahort-course system la to. be taken lu charge by an association and It will be systematized and the state be districted ao as to secure the greatest value (or the time and expenditure. Tho districting of the atate Is to be so arranged that each one of the short course sessions will be accessible to farm students from St. least a half dosen counties, so that not more than fifteen or twenty of the sessions will be needed for the entire state. This short course work, which Is In effect tak ing the best of the work of the Agricultural college to the doora of the farmers all over the state, has become so popular in recent years that the demand Is far beyond the. capacity of the college or the state to supply. Usually about a dozen of these short courses are provided for, but the de mand Is for thirty or forty each year and the demand Is growing, no the work will be systematized so that the work will be of greater value to the state. The state association formed here the last week has Judge Horace E. Deemer of Red Oak as the president; J. II. Trewln, Cedar Rapids, the vice president; secretary. Sen ator W. B. Seeley of Mount Pleasant. On the executive committee are O. V. Dun ham, Manchester; C. 12. Arney, Albion; Fred McCullough. Belle Flalne; A. E. Well. Spencer; 8. R. Haines, Storm Lake. Work la fehort Coarse. Senator Seeley and Judge Deemer have been enthusiastic in promoting the Agri cultural college work and extension and at the last session of the legislature they did all they could to have the state establish agricultural high schools- The persons In terested have formed the new Iowa Short Course association, and conferences will be held each year, probably a' the ti;ne of the state fair, and the work be outlined tor the next season. Prof. Curtlss of the State college la as sociated with the men In charge of tins work and the college will assist In every way. It la planned to have the state col lege ship a carload of live stock to each of the meetings of the short course snd thus to provide the students with the very best animals for judging. The suggestion of Secretary James Wil son at tbe time of the statu fair that an agricultures courts bo established at the State Normal school, so that students In. tending to teach may learn something about the teaching of the rudiments of ag riculture has not met with much favor by thoso who are Interested In the extension work. Weema Gets Pnrd.s. Governor Cummins goes east tomorrow on a short trip to rest and get himself ready for the national campaign, in which he will take part. 'One of the cases which he desired to dispose of, but has been un able to do ao, Is that of the application for pkrole of George Weems, the young man who has now served fifteen years In the penitentiary for the alleged killing of a man In Des Moines. The governor became convinced a year ago that he has the right to parole the man and also that there are grave doubts cs to whether he waa guilty of the crime. He placed the matter before the parole board for examination and that board has recommended that the parole be granted. At the same time the board asked that It be permitted to secure further testi mony testimony which. If It can be se cured, will show almost conclusively that Weems was wrongly convicted. In order to permit the board to make this further Investigation and secure the testimony if It Is in existence, the governor has consented to permit the board to continue Investiga tion for a short time only. That Weems will be released from prison Is certain, but his friends also desire that the record show he was Innocent. Taft to. Get Iowa. The students of politics now generally agree that the action taken by tho legisla ture on last Thursday assurea the electoral vote of Iowa to Secretary Taft. and that If the prompt action for a harmony basis had not been taken the deadlock would have endangered the national ticket and made certain the election of three or four demo cratic congressmen from Iowa. "The deadlock which now exists," said the governor in his formal statement to the republican caucus, "has become a mat ter of grave party concern. I hae hitherto yielded unhesitatingly to the majority In order that the party welfare might be pro. moted. I am now willing to yield to the minority to aerure party peace and har- VAKEFIELD'S BLACKBERRY BALSAM is and has been for 61 years the most prompt and reliable curs for Diarrhoea, Dysentery and Cholera Infantum. As these diseases often corns in the night, every home should be prepared to check them without delay by having Wakefield Blackberry Balsam en hand. It r.everfaiis. Ail druggists tll lU Full sue bottle 9&s mony. Far above my own ambitions I put republican success, and republican success Is now seriously menaced. I want our party to win In the campaign now In progress, and no matter how unjust the action of the minority seems to be, I cannot allow my own views and my own Interests to stand In the way of complete party victory. I want to do everything that I can to com poae the differences between the members of our party, so we can enter the campaign in a spirit of fellowship and with deter mination to win. Therefore, for the reasons I have given you and because Iowa Is en titled to full representation. In the next congress, I ask you to assent to the pro posal, which those who have refused to abide by the caucus have made, both In their signed statement and in the written explanation of their votes, namely, to ad journ to a time at which the result of the senatorial primary may be known." The republican state committee Is now confident that this generous action In im mediately bringing the session to un eno as soon us It had accomplished that for which it had been called has paved the way to such party harmony In Iowa that the old-time republican majority will be given in the fall. School Report Delayed. The . report of the school law revision commWfclon, which should have been com pleted by the first of September, Is not done und Prof. Unlton of Iowa City, one i.t the members of the commission, is sick snd Attorney Hallty of this city, who is another member of the commission, has been forbidden by his physician from doing any work. Attorney Springer Is ti.e other member and he Is busy with his law prac tice. The report, therefore, will not bj out lor some days yet. It was the Intention to finish It by Sep tember 1, biicause the two lawyer members had to begin their law work at that time and Prof. Bolton his work In the S:ate university then. Mr. Bailey finished his part of the report and the other two did a considerable of their part. State Super intendent Riggz has looked over that part of the report whii'h is completed and there will bo no delay In getting all the copy of the report to the printer as soon as com pleted. The report is for the next legisla tion ajid there is ample time, except that the members of the commission will have to devote their time quite extensively to other lines of work from this time on. Wesleyan lias Uoout. President Srhell of Iowa Wesli-yan unl Vciclty T.-us In Pes M"i"-, SMtnrdHy on his way to Anus to deliver an address and painted a glowing picture of the prospects of Iowa Wesley an for the coming year. He has assurances that the freshman class this year will bo larger than ever before hi the history of the Institution. While in this city be was the guetrt of Gardner Cowlt-v. stealing. It Is alleged he took the horse from a hitching rack at Hopkins Monday night and rode to Clearfield, where he dis posed of the animal to a liveryman, Charles Rlggen, for $35. Rlggen soon became sus picious and notified the sheriff. Steffer in the meantime 1 ad left town, but was lo cated at Kent,' where Rlggen later arrested him, acting under sheriff's orders. He was then turned over to the sheriff of Nod away county, Missouri, where the alleged theft took place. Alleged llomethlef Arrested. CRESTON. la., S pt. H (dptclal.)-John 3teffcrs. hailing from Kansas, wus yester day arrested at Kent, charged wltu hirs FATAL. QUARREL OVKR UNIONISM Blatthetv Skele of Blarshalltown Dead and Kdward Henry In Jail. MARSHALLTOWN, la., Sept. 14. During an altercation over the merits of unionism early thlo morning Kdward Henry, a union carpenter, 37 years old, la alleged to hav struck Matthew Skele, a plumber, as a result of which Skele difd at 2 o'clock this aftei noon. Skclu's skull waa fractured from a point over the right eye to the base. He never regained ccnsclousnr-ss. Mrs. Edith Basker, who witnessed tho assault by the moonlight, says the men were quarreling because Skele had with drawn from the union, snd had been taken to tank by Henry. Mrs. liasker says she aw Henry strike Ske-le, leave the premiums and t lion return and help Mrs. blule carry the man Into the house, Henry says he simply pushed Skele over and did not strike him. Tho coroner's Jury found that Skcle's death was caused by a blow at Henry's hamU and recommended holding him to the grand Jury. Henry Is In Jail. Flfty-thlrd regiment. Iowa National Guard, has resigned. It Is ssid that his resigna tion, which is to take effect January 1, 1909, la handed in because of the stress of busi ness which prevents Colonel Dows from giving the regiment the attention '.hat required. Colonel Dows was colonel of tl.o Forty-ninth regiment of Iowa .volunteers, which saw service In Cuba during the Spanish-American war. .';. ix Suicide at Marshalltown. MAH8HALLTOWN, la., Sept. H (Spe cial.) Mrs. Harry Norton, a well-known young woman of Belle Plaine, committed suicide by hanging In an outbuilding near her home. It Is presumed that brooding over ill health caused her to kill herseir. Mrs. Norton was soon to go to a hospital for a severe operation. I'haaae on Iowa Central. MARSHALLTOWN, la.. Sept. li-(Spe- clal.) J. J. Brummell of Argenta, Ark., who for eight years has been an engineer on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific, was today appointed traveling engineer for the Iowa Central. Mr. Brummell has charge of the eastern ard Illinois divisions of the line. His headquarters will be at Monmouth. 111. Coloael Dows Resign.. MARSHALLTOWN, la., Sept. 14-(Spe-clal.) Colonel William u. Dow. ut the TO IMPROVE COUNTRY LIFE Commission Appointed by President Organises and la Ready (or Work. WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.-The commis sion on country life, which President Roose velt appointed a month ago. Is fully organ ized and will liol'd Its first meeting prob ably within a week In this city. Prof. L. H. Bailey, head of the New York state of Agriculture, has accepted the president's appointment as chairman. . ., .. Every part of the country Is represented. Dr. Kenyon L. Butterfield, president of tho Massachusetts Agricultural college, repre sents the east; Henry Wallace of Dts Moines, la., the west, and Waller K. Pag, the magazine editor, who comts from North Carolina, the south. The president in a letter to Prof. Bailey outlined the general lines which the com mission will follow to gather all available Information on the present condition of country life; recommend means of supply ing such deficiencies as are found to ex ist, spd finally to suggest methods of or ganized permanent effort In further In- ' vestlgatlon and actual work which will re sult in making life on the farm more at tractive and profltablo . .. SPECIAL WEATHER FORECASTS Storms on Bath Coasts Should Pro dsct Rain In North Central States Moon. WASHINGTON. Sept. It -The weather bureau this afternoon Issued a special . forecast as follows: .., , The first well defined disturbance of the ptreent season Is approaching the' North Pacific costt, and a West ' Indian storm Is advancing toward our southeastern coast. This combination should produro abundant rains In the drouth stricken dis tricts of the north central states before the close of the present week. 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