Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-13
FEW BONDS OFFERED.
Secretary Gage Able to Purchase
But s7.0OO.OOO Under His
Recent Offer.
Expresses Himself. However. as
Well Satisfied-.Will Aid
Crop Movement.
Attorney General Knox Gives an
Opinion In Case Of Judge
Humphreys.
Attorney General Knox Gives an

Washington, Sept. 13.-Secretary Gage
announced at the close of business yes
terday that he had purchased under his
offer of Sept. 10, about S7,OO0,O0O worth
of long term bonds Attic the offers of
bonds did not enable the treasury to re-
lieve the money stringency in New
York to the full amount of $4,000, 600
promised in his offer of last Tuesday,
Mr.. Gage expressed himself as gratited
statement:
The average mean price on the mar
ket from Sept. i to Sept. 10 for United
States 2 per cents was 1885. This bond
at that price yielded the investor 1.65
per cent per annum interest on his
money. In the bonds accepted by the
treasury yesterday the price paid yields
to the government Within the merest
fraction of rate of interest equal to
that realized by the investor on the new
2 per cents bought in the open market
Attorney General Knox has prepared
his report to the president on the hear
ing of the charges against Judge Abram
S. Humphreys Of the United States
court in Hawaii. Mr.. Knox not only
recommends that Judge Humphreys be
not removed but asserts that none OF
the charges has been sustained by ade-
quate proof and that the judge should
be entirely absolved from all blame.
The charges were preferred by the bar
association of Hawaii and recited that
Judge Humphreys was engaged N the
publication of d partisan newspaper;
that he took part in bitter political con.
troversies; that he used his position on
the bench to further personal and polit-
ical ends; that he was harsh and tyran-
nical in his treatment of members of
the bar; and that he has brought his
office into particular disrepute and
made it on object of suspicion.
In his recommendation to the presi-
5 dent, Attorney General Knox scores the
members of the bar who subscribed to
the charges. saying that their engage
ment in hostile altitude to an upright
and just judge reflects little credit on
themselves.
Vice Consul General Murphy at
Frankfort forwards TO the state depart
ment the following relating to the value
of sugar as food:
Two scientists have recently reached
different conclusions in regard to the
alimentary value of sugar. In recent
years experts have shown an inclination
to recommend with great warmth sugar
as an article of food. Now, however, an
entirely different view of the matter is
taken by Dr. Won Bunge in an article
published in the Journal for Biology
no ~ Tha In
sumption of Sugar and It's Danger
This investigator concludes from the
we'll known fact that children who eat
sugar are pale and have bad teeth, that
sugar, owing to the fact that il does moi
contain enough iron and lime. and that
1t is substituted for other food contain
ing these materials. has an injurious
effect and it's use should not be recon-
mended.
For this reason Dr. Won Bunge ad.
yocates an increase of the sugar tax
Another important physiologist Pro
lessor Lepine, in Lyons. takes diamet.
rically opposite position. and show:
from Or. Bunge's own tables that there
is little lime and iron in any of our food
His conclusion is that an increased con
sumption of sugar could not, for the
lSdsOlS dQN diiCSil ny LII. Won
have deleterious effect. He, moreover
calls attention to the fact that il
France, where, owing to its high price
sugar 10 really an article of luxury. ant
where. accordingly only one-third a.
much PEI head of population is used a
in England, the people in general do no
seem to enjoy better health than tn
English and Americans. The only ba,
result of the large consumption of suga
in these countries appears to be an in
creased demand fer the services of den
fists, but even in this respect the Eng
lish and Americans are probably littl
worse off than other civilized nations.
Professor Lepine declares that, from
the standpoint Of a hygienist, he woul
rejoice TO see his fellow countrymen in
crease their consumption Of sugar thre
or four fold and that he would not hav
the slightest anxiety in regard to tn
Consequences