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I. EXTRADITION ILLEGAL iJOYER AND HAYWOOD MAKE THIS CLAIM IN IDAHO. HABEAS CORPUS WRIT GRANTED. ts Will be Carried to Supreme Court of United States The Writ . Is Madj Returnable on March 1, 1906. ! Boise, Idah6, Feb, 2C The supremo court Issued a writ of habeas corpus In the cases of Moyer, Haywood and Pettlbone,' accused of the murder of Ex-Governor Steunenborg. The writ is made returnable March 1, at which time a return will be made and & time set for hearing. The application for a writ of habeas corpus is based upon the extradition . statute of the United States. That is the real point, though many violations of the constitution of the state and the constitution of the United States are ..alleged, The exradltlon statute pro vides, tor the extradition of persons ;wbo, having committed an offense In one state, flee from its jurisdiction into that of another. It Is claimed there is no provision whatever, under which men can be extradited for con lil o'an offense in another, and the de fense in this case is proceeding on that theory. It is the Intention to carry the, point to the United States su preme court on a writ of error, if the state supreme court refuses to re lease the prisoners on the writ It is not expected by the defense that the state court will release them, but It Is desired to save the point.. It. is stated by the defense that It antlcl- pates the state would re-arrest the men If they were released and pro ceed to trial with them, but the de fense will save this point throughout the record, Mr. Richardson giving it as his belief that the supreme court at Washington will holl the extradi tion was illegal. Under the laws of Idaho an acces sory before the fact Is made a princi pal and the prosecution claims there -can be no doubt that the men can be held. It is admitted by attorneys gen erally that the point Is a nice one. la tbla case the state has charged the men with killing the victim of the explosion, and on that charge they were extradited. If they should be "released at any time before trial it would be another question to deter mine their status. The state would immediately re-arrest them, but it Is said there is no precedent by which the right or lack of right to do so be determined, it is further claim- ed on behalf of the state that this point cannot be successfully raised now, since the defense has no knowl- edge ot what the state will offer to prove at the trial. In this connec- tlon, It Is pointed out that' it is claim- v eo Dy me state mat sume ur an w .. . i iL-i ... i tbese men were In this state at dif- ferent times with Harry urcnara, ana that it may be the intention of tho state to prove that they conspired to -commit the crime. GERMANY ADOPTS BILL. Berlin. Feb. 24. Chancellor Van Buelow opened the debate in the reich- stag on the government's proposal to extend reciprocal tariff rates to the United States until June 30, 1807. The -chancellor said he placed a high value on good political relations between Germany and the United States, which were a blessing to both lands, but It would be deceptive to believe that he would buy political friendship by the sacrifice of Germany's economic in terests. The grounds of the govern ment's proposal were that a tariff war, which might only be resorted to in ease of necessity, would damage not only Germany's shipping Interests, but other interests as well. The chan eel lor Informed the reicbstag that Germany's negotiations had not al ways progressed smoothly and had ex tended over long periods. DEMANDS ARE FORMULATED. w Winers Transmit the Document to the . Operator's Committee. New York, Feb. 26. The full scale committee, of the United Mine Work--era of America, including thirty-six members, among them President John Mitchell District Presidents Fay, Mcholls and Dettrey. District Secre taries Gallagher, Dempsey and Hart ' leln and the executive boards of hard coal districts 1, 7 and 9 met in this -city to consider the demands the an thracite miners are to make to the committee of operators appointed at the recent conference in this city. The miners' committee of seven have been busy on these plans for the past week and presented them to Presi dent Mitchell for approval. ; , No Changes Are Expected. St Petersburg, Feb. 20. The re ports abroad that Premier Wltte had resigned and that his resignation had beon accepted by Emperor Nicholas .are discredited here. No further changes in the cabinet are expected t preoent ' SUSAN B. ANTHONY ILL. NOTED 8UFFRAGIST HAS A LYTIC ATTACK. PAR New York, Feb. 24.-tWhl!e making preparations to come to New York to attend a banquet and reception In honor of her eighty-sixth birthday Miss SuBan B. Anthony, the noted suf fragist, was seized, with a stroke ot paralysis at her . home In Rochester and lies In a critical condition, al though hopes are entertained for her recovery. For months the suffragists of, New York, particularly those connected with the Interurban Political Equality League, had been actively engaged In making arrangements for a grea,t ova tion to the suffrage leader. It was decided to make the affair as notable as possible and pa a result there were gathered in the Hotel Astor a large number of the local leaders, as well a many national officers and orators Three hundred and eighty women were present at this, the largest ban quet of club women ever held In New York, and it was not. until Miss Mary G. Hay made the announcement that the news of Miss Anthony's Illness be came knOwn. " In a telegram received by Miss Hay the news came of Miss Anthony's ill ness and although the report was Optimistic Miss Hay herself declares sbe is very doubtful if Miss Anthony wjll recover. Oil Used to Calm the Waves. Philadelphia, Feb. 27. The Ameri can line steamship Noordland arrived here from Liverpool and Queenstown four days late. The steamer encount ered a succession of heavy gales and several times during the voyage had to lav to for hours. Oil was frequent ly used with good effect to calm the sea. Bill Hits Plpe-Llnej. Washington, Feb, 24. Congressman Rhlnock of Kentucky introduced a bill In the house to make oil pipe-lines common carriers and place them un- der all the restraint of the interstate commerce law. NEW YORK INSURANCE COMMIT TEE MAKES REPORT. CONTAINS 319 PRINTED PAGES. No Substantial Amplification tf the Department 8eem Necessary, Ac cording to tl-.i Recent Committee Report , ' New York, Feb. 24. The commlt- tee appointed at the last session of the New York Legislature to Invest!- gate life insurance made its report The report is extremely voluminous, extending over 319 printed pages. It embraces a long review of the testl- . .. rnonj tanen oy tne committee as to remedial legislation. In addition tnere is a chapter devoted to the state insurance department, in which the committee declares that it would seem that the superintendent of the depart- ment has had ample power to ascer tain the transactions of Insurance companies, but that the supervision by the department has not proved a sufficient protection against extrava gance and maladministration. Many Instances are given of reports made on the affairs of the Mutual Life Company, the New York Life Insur ance Company and the Equitable Life Assurance Company, in which nothing was brought out to show the condl tlon developed In the testimony given before the committee. No substan tlal amplification of the powers of the department seems necessary, accord ing to' the committee, which holds that most of the rvlls which have been dis closed by the Investigation would have been Impossible had there been a vigorous performance of the duties already laid upon the Insurance de partment. The ' remedial legislation recom mended by the committee provides for the safe-guarding of the rights of policy holders In mutual companies in the election of directors, recommends that the stock companies be' given au thority to retire their stock and be come mutual companies, tut that such mutuallzatlon shall not be com pulsory; various regulations are urged to prevent unwise operations; the sale qf prohibited securities within five years is advocated; a recommen dation for the limiting ot new buclness to $150,000,000 a year Is made; the committee favors the prohibition of contributions by insurance companies tnr nolltical purposes; lobbying is condemned, and the wisdom of eco nomical management Is urged, but the committee does not .deem it advis able that the legislature shall attempt to prescribe" the expenditures of in surance companies. ' , Further recommendations are made on the valuation of policies, surrend er, values, i-arplus, forms of policies and publicity of all facts pertaining to a company'! business. An amend ment to the penal code is recommend ed to provide that the person receiv ing a rebate should be equally guilty with the one who gives it. 1 SUGGEST LEGISLATION UT ART BEFORE APPEARANCE. Painter's Effective , Rebuke to Hie Over-Dainty Pupil. , An old pupil of Conture tell how the master came Into hla school room one day when the model wag In excep tlonally good condition, the light espe cially fine and the circumstances ot the seance altogether auspicious. As he entered one of the students got up and went to the tub ot water in the corner, leaving all the rest burled In their work. ,"What are you going to Jo?" asked Conture roughly. The student showed his hands, which bad some paint on them, and replied that he was going to wash them. Conture dabbed his thumb In some paint on the palette of the nearest student and made a smear on the dainty pupil's forehead. "You had better wash your facu, too," he said. The face washing was the last act of the students when' they had finished their work for the day. The dainty pupil took the hint to heart, apologized and sat down at his easel, without visiting the tub If he had not done so he would nevei have entered the school again. TEA DEADLY FOE OF TYPHOID lolling of the Drink Has a Germlclda,' Effect. It Is said on the high authority of an American medical Journal that, al though the Chinese people live In t germ-saturated soil, they are singular- ly free from typhoid fever and other diseases of which water Is the me dlum of communication. This condl lion is attributed the universal cus tom of copious tea drinking. The tea Itself Is not held to be th; safeguard against the disease, but the boiling of the drink has a germicidal which produces sanitary advan- tages. And if tea produces any ill results they are not to be considerel beside these advantages. The tea leaf is described as form ing one of the most Innocent and at tractive flavorings possible for hot drinks, and the boiled drink Is the foe to the deadly germ. The Old Brother's, Message. One of the venerable brethren of the Blllville Circuit delivered this mes sage recently: "It's no use to strug- (tie. if vou've made nn vmir mind tn avail yourself of your prlvelege of fall- in' from grace, in the belief that you'll git up agin, an' shake the dust off, and start over ag'in. 'Some o' the dust will git In the grain of your gar ments, and stick there; some of the strength you needed for the Journey will be gone, and you'll no more be the same as you was. What you want to do is to make the struggle land you high and guard against glttin' dizzy when ou reach the hilltop!" Chi cago American. . Legend of Indian Lake. One of the features of Jeypore In India Is the wonderful Sambur salt lake, concerning which there Is a cu rious legend. The Btory runs that an old fakir long 'ago told one of the rajahs that, if he wanted to be rich, he should ride a horse as far as he could go, without once looking back, and the land as far as he could travel would become a field of silver, always provided he did not turn. He rode for thirty miles and then, curlousity over coming him, he looked back, with the result that, Instead of the promised field of stiver he found a lake of salt Ruled Through Superstition. Queen Nlawingi, a dusky central African potentate, now decrepit and discredited, ii said to have been the last ruler of Mpororo. She once po ssessed much Influence, partly due to superstitious fear. She claimed the power of intercourse with the spirit world, and surrounded herself with much mystery. She lived completely hidden in a hut, from which she was supposed never to emerge. When ap proached for any purpose, the replies to questions were given in a high, squeaky voice, intended to be accept ed as the voices of spirits. Relics of Extinct Birds. Funk island, off the coast of New toundland, used to afford shelter every year at breeding time to countless numbers of natatory birds, among them being the white booby (aula bas- sana). These birds have met with the Bame fate as the great auk.' They are extinct. Now their eggs are great rarities, and would fetch large sums but there are none In the market Some specimens are on view at the Smithsonian Inst' (u tlon and at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; they range in value from $500 to $750 apiece. Too Late With His Offer. Mrs. White, a widow who lives in Natick, Mass., tells of an old deacon who had recently lost his wife. Com ing to her one day, he said: "Han nah, something told me to come here and BBk you to be my wife. I think It must have been the Lord." "Oh no," the widow replied quickly, "L couldn't have been the Lord, deacon, for he got here before you, and told me not to have you." Thief Remembered Companions. Almerlgos Tetenolre, aa old French thief, had a band of 600 men under hlra and owned two castles in Limou sin and Auvergne and bequeathed a fortune In . the following terms; "1 give and bequeath 1,600 francs ($300) to St, George s chapel for such repairs as it may need ; to my sweet girl, wno hut so loyally loved me; 2,500 francs ($5IM), and tho surplus I give to my companions. Let them scramble for It and may the devil seize the hind most!" Gold From Hydrant, When Mrs. Robert Slater, of Spring Valley, Nev., opened the faucet in her kitchen the other morning soma small gold nuggets fell out Into the water. When the snow melts there will be an exploration of the ground through which the stream passes, and perhaps a 'rush." . Honor John Ericsson. , The Swedish-American residents of Chicago are planning a John Ericsson day for March 9, celebrating the vic tory of Ericsson's MonUor over the Merrimac in the civil war. People now demand the right to know exactly what they eat To be told by maker or retailer that the food is "pare" is not satisfactory. Candy may contain "pure" white clay or "pure" dyes and yet be very harmful. Syrups may contain "pure" glucose and yet be quite digestible and even beneficial. Tomato catsup may contain a small amount of salicylic or boraclc acid as a necessary preserva tive, which may agree with one and be harmful to another. Wheat flour may contain a portion of corn flour and really be improved, Olive oil may be made of cotton seed oil. Butter may contain beef suet and vet be nutritious. The person who buys -and eats must protect himself and family, and he has a right to, and now demands, a law under which he can make intelligent selection of food. Many pure food bills have been In troduced and some passed by State leg- W hm Congress, but all thus far seem objec tionable. It has seemed difficult for politicians to formulate a satisfactory bill that would protect the common people and yet avoid harm to honest makers and prevent endless trouble to retailers. No gov't commission or officer has the right to fix "food standards," to define what the people shall and shall not eat, for what agrees with one may not agree with another, and such act would deprive the common citizen of his personal liberty. , The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., perhaps the largest makers of prepared foods in the world, have naturally a close knowledge of the needs of the people and the details of the business of the purveyors (the re- tall grocer), and, guided by this expe y ence have prepared a bill tor submis sion to Congress which Is Intended to accomplish the deslre.d ends, and Inas much as a citizen of' the U. S. has a right to food protection even when he enters another State, it is deemed proper that the gov't take control of this matter and provide a national law to govern all the states. A copy of the bill is herewith reproduced. Sec. 1 governs the maker whether the food is put up in small packages sealed, or in barrels, boxes or other wise. Sec. 2 governs the retailer who may open a barrel and sell the food In small quantities. When he puts the goods into a paper bag he must also Inclose a printed copy of the statement of the maker which was affixed to the original pkg., and inasmuch as the retailer cannot undertake to guarantee the statement of ingredients he must publish the statement of the makers and add his own name and address as I guarantee of his selling the food as it is represented to him, which relieves the retailer of responsibility of the truth of the statement and throws it upon the maker, where It, properly be longs. The remaining sections explain them selves, The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., for ex ample, have from the beginning of its existence printed on the outside of each and every pkg. of Postum and Grape- Nuts food a truthful and exact state ment of what the contents were made of in order that the consumer might know precisely what he or she was eating. A person desiring to buy, for Instance, strictly pure fruit jelly and willing to pay the price has a right to expect not only an equivalent for the cost, but a further right to a certainty as to what be eats. Or be may be will ing to buy at less cost a jelly made part of fruit juices, sugar and a por tion of glucose. But he must be sup- piled with truthful information or the ingredients and be permitted to use his personal liberty to select his own food accurately. The people have allowed the slow murder of infants and atiulta by tricky makers of food, drink and drugs to go on about long enough. Duty to oneself, lamiiy and nation demands that every man and woman Join In an organized movement to clear our people from this blight. You may not be able to go personally to Washington to Impress your Congressmen, but you can, in a most effective way tell him by letter how you desire him to represent you. Remember the Congressman is in Congress to represent the people from his district and if a goodly number of citizens express their views to him, he ecures a very sure guide to duty. Re member also that the safety of the people Is assured by insisting that the will of the people be carried out, and not the machinations of the few for eelflsh Interests. , - This pure food legislation is a pure movement of the people for public pro tection. .It will be opposed only, by those who fatten their pockets by de ceiving and injuring the people. There fore, if your Representative In Con gress evades his patriotic duty hold him to strict accountability, and if necessafy demand equitable and hon est service. This is a very different condition than when a faction demands class legislation of the Congressman. Several years ago the butter interests of the country demanded legislation to kill the oleomargarine industry and by power of organization forced class leg islation really unworthy of a free peo ple. Work people wanted beef suet butter because It was cheap and better than much unclean milk butter, but tk dairy interests organized and forced the legislation. The law should have provided that pkgs. of oleomargarine bear the statement of Ingredients and then let people who desire pwchsM U i Bernard Shaw, Vegstarlan, ' Some one, offered to etnJ'G. Bern ard Shaw a box of game, but he re plied that he would rathur die than live at the price of bloodshed. So the anxious donor offered flowers, "Sure ly you must be fond of flowers Mr. Shaw?" "So I am of children," he replied, "bjit I don't cut off their heads and stick them In pots about? the room." The only enemy of will power Is won't power. " . .. The bitter dregs of truth are to bo found at the bottom of the cup. for Just what It 13, and not try to kill it by a heavy tax. Manufacturers some- times try to force measures Jn their own Interests, but contrary to the in terests of the; people and the labor trust is always active to push through bills drafted In the interest of that trust but directly contrary to the In terests of the people as a whole. Wit ness the anti-injunction bill by which labor unions seek to tie the hands of our courts and prevent the issue or any order to restrain the members of that trust from attacking men or de stroying property. Such a bill is per haps the most Infamous Insult to our courts and the common people ever laid before Congress and the Represen tatives in Congress must be held to a strict accountability for their acts re lating thereto. But when bills come before Congress that are drawn in the Interests of all the people they should receive the active personal support of the people and the representatives be instructed by the citizens. The Sena tors also should be written to and in structed. If, therefore, you will re member your privilege and duty you will at once now write to your Con gressman and Senator on this pure food bill. Clip and enclose the copy herewith presented and ask them to make a business of following it through the committee considering It. Urge its-being brought to a vote and re questing that they vote for it. Some oppressively intelligent and Text of Pure Food Bill. If It meets approval cut It out, sign name and address and send to your representative in congress. Buy two or more publications from which you cut this. Keep one for reference and send the other to one or the u. S, senatora from your State. Ask one or two friends to do the same and the chances for Pure Food will be good. A TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS TERSTATE SHIPMENT TO LABEL iSAID FOODS AND PRINT j THE INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN SUCB FOODS ON EACH PACKAGE THEREOF.. A Be It enacted by the Senate and States of America In Congress assembled. That every person, firm or corpora tion engaged in the manufacture, preparation or compounding of food for human consumption, shall print in plain view on each package thereof made by or for them shipped from any State or Territory, or the District of Colum bia, a complete and accurate statement by words In common use to describe announcement that said statement Is made by the authority of, and guaran teed to be accurate by, the makers of such food, and the name and completo address of the makers shall be affixed thereto; all printed In plain type of a size not less than that known as eight point, and in the English language. Sec. 3, That the covering ofeach and every package of manufactured, prepared or compounded foods shipped' from any State, Territory or tho District of Columbia, when the food in said package shall have been taken, from a covering supplied by- or for the makers and re covered by or for tho sellers, shall bear upon its face or within Its enclosure an accurate copy of the statement of ingredients and name of the makers which appeared upon, 'the package or covering of said food as supplied by or for the makers thereof, printed in like manner as the statement of the makers was printed, and such, statement shall also bear the name and address of the person, firm or cor poration that re-covered such food. Sec. 3, That It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to purposely, wilfully and maliciously remove, alter, obliterate or destroy such statement of Ingredients appearing on packages of food, as provided In the preceding sections, and any person or persons who shall violate this section shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one month nor more than six months, or both, In the discretion of the court. - Sec. 4, That the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture shall procure, or cause to be procured from retail dealers, and analyze, or cause to bo analyzed or examined, chemically, microscopically, or otherwise, camples of all manufactured, prepared or compounded foods offered for sale In original, unbroken packages In the Distrlst of Columbia, In any Territory, or In any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or otherwise produced, or from a foreign country, or Intended for export to a foreign country. , The Secretary of Agriculture shall make necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and Is hereby authorized to employ such chemists, inspectors, clerks, labor ers, and other employees, as may be necessary to carry out 'the provisions of this Act and to make such publication of the results of the examinations and analysis as he may deem proper. And any manufacturer, producer or ' dealer who shall refuse to supply, upon application and tender and full pay ment of the sealing price samples of such articles of food to any person duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture to receive the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding ' one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one hundred days, or both. Sec. 5, That any person, firm or one and two of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic tion shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense ' and for each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, In the. discretion ot the court. Sec. C, That any person, firm, or corporation, who shall wilfully, purposely or maliciously change or add to the ingredients of any food, make false charges, or Incorrect analysis, with the purpose of subjecting the makers of such foods to fine or imprisonment under this Act, shall be guilty of a mis demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars nor less than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or Sec. 7, That It shall be the duty of Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act to cause pro-, ceedings to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines and penalties in such case provided. Sec. 8, That this Act shall not be wholly internal In any State, nor with by tie several States. Sec. 9, That a!l acts ot parts of acts repealed. " Sec. 10, That this Act shall be in force day of October, nineteen hundred and six. The undersigned respectfully requests trlct and Senator from his State to support this measure. Signed. .. City. Diet for Singers. Mme. Pattl believes that the pleas ures of the table are not for the sin ger. She follows a severe regimen of plainly cooked meat and toast. When she has to sing at night she dines off beef, potatoes and baked ap ples in the afternoon, fasting after that until she has sung. .' Manchester's Late'st Job. The Duke of Manchester has been appointed captain of the Yeoman' of the Guard by King Edward. - The po sition carries with it a salary of $G,000 a year. carping critic may say this Is simply an advertisement for Postum and Grape-Nuts. It is true that these ar ticles are spoken ot here in a publlo manner, but they are used as Illustra tions of a manufacturer seeking by example, printing oh each pkg. a truth ful, exact statement of ingredient., to shame pther makers Into doing 'the fair thing by the common people, anf establishing an era of pure food, but that procedure has not yet forced those who adulterate and deceive to change their methods, hence this effort to arouse public sentiment and show a way out of the present condition ot fraud, deceit and harm. The undersigned is paying to the publishers ot America about $20,000.00 to print this announcement in practi cally all of the great papers and maga zines, in the conduct of what ho chooses to term "an educational cam paign," esteemed to be of greater di rect value to the people than the estab lishment of many libraries. That it held to be a worthy method of using money for the public good. Tell the peonle facta, show them a wnv to help themselves and rely upon them to act intelligently and effectively. The reader will be (reely forgiven it he entirely forgets the reference to Postum and Grape-Nuts, if he will but join the pure food movement and flo thing. ' " C. W. POST. BILL AND SHIPPERS OF FOODS FOR IN. House of Representatives of the United of all the ingredients thereof, defined said Ingredients, together with tho corporation who shall violate sections both. , every district attorney to whom tha construed to interfere with commerce the exercise of their police powers . . 4 Inconsistent with this Act are hereby and effect from and after the first the Representatives from his dls- State. n 1 II 11 M dm VI T T IT LAW