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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
PURE FOOD PROGRESS
Important Measures Passed to Prevent
AduIteration.

The arm of the state dairy and food
commission was strengthened by several
important measures. One by Senator
TOrson redrafts the laws creating the
commission, and increases its powers in
inspection of dairies and creameries. It
prohibits thickening Of cream and water
ing of butter, and compels SKINNED milk
sold by creameries to be pasteurized: Full
authority is given to correct improper con-
ditions in creameries and cheese factories,
and to withhold licenses from dealers
handling milk from filthy or diseased cows,
or kept in unsanitary places. Butter and
cheese substitutes are required to be la
be1ed.
Still more important. perhaps, is the
Budd bill prohibiting the adulteration Of
foods with materials injurious to health,
and also forbidding the labelling of adul-
! tertaed foods as pure. Another bill by
Mr.. Perley prohibits the use Of any chem
ical injurious to health used to conceal
evidence Of or prevent decay. The pure
vinegar law is brought up to date with an
act fixing a standard of purity, and re-
quiring the article labeled cider vinegar
to be really made from apple juice. This
was introduced by Senator Harrington.
Senator Buck secured the passage of a bill
requiring purity in sorghum or cane syrup:
! The Gillette bill for state inspection of all
vinegar was killed in the senate. d ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
NEW GAMEa7coDE
Comprehensive and Simple Act Super
sedes Old Laws. ~.

Comprehensive and Simple Act Super
sedes Old Laws.
Adequate protection for the game fish
birds and animals Of the state is very
near assured in the passage of the Nor
gan bill, which was finally disposed OF
yesterday. The old game laws were in
bad shape. Some had been proved de.
sfective and others unconstitutional by
the courts, and most were4very difficult
to understand The new code, the origi.
nal draft of which is the result Of a years
work by r. G. Hale, attorney for the
commission, is. couched in simple Ian.
guage and every precaution is taken tt
make it valid in every particular.
An important change is the one which
applies all the money received from Ii.
scenses to sustaining the work Of the de-
partment This will add $4,000 or $15, 90,
To- year to the. amount available. AS thu
standing appropriation IS continued al
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
TWO NEW JUDGES
Judges spooner and GrIndefand Owe Their
Titles to Action of the IeuIslatiIre,

Judges Spooner and Grindetand owe Their
= Titles to Action of the Legislature.
The northwestern section has two new
district Judges. The Bennett bill gave the
fourteenth district, comprising Norman.
Polk. Red Lake. Marshall, :Kittson and
Roseau counties, two judges instead of
one and the Simons bill made a like in
crease in the fifteenth district, compris-
ing .Aitkin, Cass, Grow Wing, Itasca, Hub
bard and Beltrani counties, with the liti-
gated county Of Clearwater. There was
plain need Of these increases, and soon af-
ter signing the bills, Governor Van SAINT
made the appointments, naming Andrew
Grindeland of Marshall for the fourteenth.
and M. A. Spooner, Of Bemidji, for the
fifteenth district.
The seventh district made q hard fight
for third judge and such g. bill passed
the house, but the senators from that dis
trict sat upon it hard. Representatives
Stark and Olson got a bill thru the house
for a new nineteenth district, comprising
Chisago, Pine and Kanabec, and this had
votes enough in the senate to pass it, but
could not get enough yesterday for a
suspension of the rules.
Bills to give additional judges to the
ninth and thirteenth districts did not get
yerv far ss.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
GROSS EARNINGS BILL
Another Proposition for Four Per Cent In.
49, crease Submitted

The per cent gros earnings bill will be
subhitted to the people in its simplest
form. 1t makes no change in the present
method of levying and collecting the tax,
except that the rate is increased to per
cent. Many other ideas were presented,
but were rejected, either because they
were impractical or because it was thought
best not to load the question up and risk
another defeat at the polls
The bill finally passed bears the name of
Harrison p. Fryberger Of Hennepin, but
differs radically from the one he hrst
submitted. His bill required the. COM
pantes to pay the cost of special improve
ments along their property. This feature
was rejected because its constitutionality
was doubted. The first bill was introduced
by L. III. johnson of Hennepin and it was
similar to the one rejected at the polls last
year. Later on.J. q. Shearer Of Hennepin,
after the introduction of the Fryberger
bill. prepared a simple measure almost
Identical with the one finally adopted and
introduced it together with MIR. Johnson.
The committees sent out the Fryberger
bill with an amendment which was prac-
tically a redraft, and very close to the
language Of the Shearer- johnson and Fry
berger. bills, with the special assessment
clause of the latter stricken out General
Wilson prepared a draft resigned to rea ch
all the earnings of the companies. and not
merely the earnings from operation. He
also employed the mileage basis Of de-
termining the earnings within the state
The senate committee adopted the house
bill without change, however. -.
No contest was made by the companies,
and the bill passed the house by
unanimous vote. Only five votes were re-
corded against it in the senate An i'm
portant reason why the bill was drawn in
such simple form was information which
came from the railroad offices to the effect
ha 1of i,,,+
increase in the rate, but would .pay: with
out going into court while they would
| fight any bill which: proposed change in
the system. >a',E.fs@E,. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
THE SPEAkERsHIP
Important Political Contest, Ending In
Victory for l.. w. Babcock.

Victory for l.. w. Babcock.
One Of the hottest speakership contests
In the history sof the state ended Jan. s.,
when the caucus Of republican members
ended in the selection of DR.. L. w. Bab-
cock Of Wadena. The struggle was re-
markable in several ways. It was the
first actual and open clash between the
two factions in the republican party of
Minnesota that were created when Gov
ernor Van SAINT declared war on the
Northern Securities merger. The VIC
tory Of the anti-administration forces
showed that when It came to machine
politics and manipulation they were still
great power in the state. It showed,
however, that even the antis had a; whole
some respect for the issues on which the
governor was elected. and recognized his
strength with the masses :of the people.
candidate pledged himself over and over
again to carry out the governors wishes,
and his followers in caucus made the
same pledge. -
This pledge was lived up to, as far as
the main questions were concerned. The
gross earnings bill was passed without
opposition, and a taxation amendment
pie.
There were symptoms Of hostility
to the administration, but the out
come of the session made the
governor stronger than before. There
were evidences that the organiza-
tion Of the house, in it's more important
committees, was inclined to give rail-
road interests the best OF it. The house
tho, paid little respect to the acts Of Its
committees. and the majority OF the
members showed themselves entirely free
from any interest but that Of the people
and the taxpayers. Their mistakes were
Of the head and not the heart.
All this proved that many members
supported DIR. Babcock for the nomination
who were not at all in sympathy with
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
TWO NEW BOARDS
Live. Stock Sanitary Board and osteo.
patt1Ic Examiners Created,

Two bills passed yesterday by the senate
add to the list Of state boards. One Gre
ates state live stock sanitary board,
which will relieve the state board of
health of ali the care Of preventing spread
of disease among animals. The board will
consist OF five members to be appointed
by the governor for fve-year terms, one
going out each year. Three are to be
practical stock breeders and two veteri-
narians. They are also to employ field
veterinarian, and are to have authority to
test and kill diseased animals and to work
with the local boards Of health. The bill
gives the city health officers power to in
spect and have killed animals in herds
which supply their cities with milk,
whether in the city limits or not
The osteopaths finally won their right
to recognition as a profession, and their
bill was passed providing for state board
Of examiners, five in number, who are to
examine and license applicants to practice
osteopathy in this state. This will enable
the better grade of osteopaths to bar out
the fakirs who have cast discredit on the
cult
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21

900, the department will have close to
$4,000 year, and can employ more SAL
|aried wardens
The gun license feature of the bill was
cut out, but the coupon system OF licenses
was retained. The big game license for
residents of the state is raised to ST..
With it goes five coupons, three for deer,
one for moose and one for caribou. The
holder of the license can ship the ami
mails with coupons attached to his own
county, but nowhere else. Nonresidents
still pay $25 for big game license, which
entities them to ship two deer, twenty-five
birds and fifty pounds Of fish out Of the
state. They can get small game license
for $10, which will entitle the holder to
ship the birds and the fish.
The Audubon society classification of
game birds Is introduced, in list, which
prohibits the killing Of song birds en-
tirely. Harmful birds, which are emu
merated, may be killed at any time, game
birds under restrictions, and other birds
may not be killed at all.
Another important change limits the
number of birds a. hunter NAV have in
his possession at one time. He is lin
tied to 100 ducks and SO birds of other
kinds
Fhe open season for quail is made fif-
Teen days later; rulning from Oct. Is to
Dec. l5. The open season for bass begins
May ~, TO permit fishing on May 80.
Spearing of pickerel, suckers, red horse
and bullheads for family use and with
out lights, is permitted from March Is
to April Is. Il
Guns and dogs may not be confiscated
by the wardens hereafter AS the bill
was amended in the house the only things
that may be seized are game, fish held
illegally, and fish nets.
Senator Morgan pushed this important
measure thru to final passage in the face
OF great obstacles in both houses. 81
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
+ EMPLOYEES, HOUSE AND SENATE
Work Expedited by Strong Desk Force
In Each Branch. sE.

Having presiding officers who were not
strong parliamentarians, the legislature
was fortunate in having trained desk
clerks on both sides Of the hall. Sam A.
Langum Of Preston served hts fifth win
ter as secretary of the senate, and "A. d.
sion. .t .ss-ss - sss
Things naturally ran smoothly at the
senate desk, where G. B. Wollan of Glen
wood, second assistant; was also an ex-
perienced and efficient man in legislative
work. Us. S
The house force kept business moving.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
A AntI.vaecInatlon Law.

The nti-vaccination campaign, waged
all winter by tn eorganized societies bore
little fruit In fact the "antis say the bill
finally passed was worse than nothing.
They had bills in both houses to prohibit
school boards from refusing children adj
mission to the schools for lack of success
full vaccination. In the senate DIR. Cole
amended 1t SO as to make a new bill, pro-
viding that on a physicians certificate
that q child was not in physical condition
to be vaccinated, he should not be ex-
cluded from the schools unless recently
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES
Separate Ballot for Amendments MayHeIp
Things. =.

The state is in very little better shape
to improve on the constitution. The sepa-
rate ballot for amendments will help, but
how much is hard to tell. The great need
is for campaign work by the party com
mittees. George r. Smiths educative
bill was defeated by a fear that it was
too cunbrous:> :'-' z2' > -
The senate slew in cold blood the Lord
bill, proposing to go back to- the former
method Of passing amendments, requiring
only majority of the votes cast
Experience shows it almost i'm
the constitution Under the pres
ent system, but opponents Of the Lord
bill argued that changes, must not
be made too easy. AS the amendment
would have to be passed by majority
vote Of all the people. it looked as tho
they should have been willing to submit it
to such a decision. .-' .r. -~-S.@ ~ - =
off as ever. The senate beat the Peterson
bill and the house the Armstrong measure,
each requiring a, two thirds vote. These
bills only called for submitting to the
people the question of whether a conven-
| ton should be called. After it is once
| started the process takes seven years, so
a, new constitution is a long way off.
Early in the season a bill was passed
resubmitting the amendment permitting
| loans from the permanent school fund to
school districts up to Is per cent of the
| assessed valuation
The second amendment that will be
! submitted is the one striking the words
grand juries in whole or in part, and sub
that future legislatures may do away with
firand juries in whole or in part, and sub
| stitute presentments by the county attor-
aneys. This was carried thru the senate
| in the face of hostile judiciary commit
| tee, but was favorably received in the
| house. Z
passed by the senate. One by General
Wilson struck the double liability section
out Of the constitution, and the other by
Senator Collister permitted certain kinds
Of special legislation.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
INVESTIGATED EVERYBODY .
House Engages In a House Cleaning OF
State offices.

Investigations were feature of the ses-
sion. After the house committee on pub
lie accounts had finished with the; capitol
commission, it made an examination OF
state officers, at the request of the Off
cials. The books of the state treasurer
and public examiner were gone over by
Wallace Hines, while the auditors
books were tackled by John Barry of Min
neapolis. Owing to limited time he did
not make full report to the committee,
which handed In its report last Saturday.
He picked a good many flaws In the aud.
itor's books, most of which were found to
be the fault OF some one else. A further
checking up by the public examiner was
recommended. To make up for these crit
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
ANTl-MEReER LEGISLATION
Gandrud Bill Against Consolidation the
i Chief Fruit Of the Session,

Important bills to reach legal problems
raised by the merger litigation were lost
I'M the last days. having been introduced
SO late and held UP SO long in committees
that they were not able to get out Of the
houses where they originated. They were
three In number, by Senator Wilson and
Mr.. Perley. One compelled foreign cor
porations. owning stock in Minnesota COM
panies to maintain an agent in the state
on whom service could be had, and another
required home corporations to hold their
stockholders meetings in the state. Sen
ator' Wilson made atfruitless attempt yes
terday to get these bills thru the senate.
The Gandrud bill, prepared by Attorney
General Douglas, will provide more strin-
gent restrictions on combinations. 1t pro-
hibits the control or power of control
Of parallel and competing lines from pass
ing to one individual or corporation in any
manner. .s@@,.zts. "-s:,-., d:
The omnibus bill carried $4,000 ad-
ditional for prosecuting merger litigation,
tho $25, 900 was asked for that purpose.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
CITY AND COUNTY

Important Bond and Salary Bills Put Thru
by the local Delegation.
Hennepin county affairs were among the
wearisomes tribulations OF the house. The
senators from this county got along har-
moniously. but the house members were
at loggerheads on nearly every PROPOSE
ton, and were not satisfied with their
opposition in delegation meetings The
kickers almost invariably carried their
troubles onto the nOor Of the house, which
made the house very tired. It was q
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-21
II Was = Costly Session.

The legislature broke all records for
spending money on itself. The populist
legislature of 1891 had held the belt up
to this time. 1t spent few hundred dol
lars less than 100000. The s15o,000 set
aside as usual at the beginning of this
session was not enough, and the omnibus
bill as first drawn carried $4,000 more,
but by the time the bill came in this was
seen to be too close a shave, 50 1t was
raised to $40, 900. making In all $17O, 600
appropriated. Very little Of this will be
turned back into the state treasury, and
the record will be broken by over IS, 900.
Most of this increase is chargeable to the
house, which had the largest number Of
employees on record.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-11
NOME HECK LAYER.
Rails Laid From Construction Train
Moving 500 Feet an Hour.

Rails Laid From Construction Train
Moving $500 Feet an Hour.
AT the rate of three and a half miles
a day a peculiar piece Of mechanism is
laying the tracks Of the Cincinnati
Richmond and Muneie railroad, says
tile Cincinnati Enquirer. This track
laying machine automatically and ac-
curately lifts the ties and rails into po-
sitlon, the most drudging labor III all
railroad construction. 1t also furnishes
tile motive power for Its own eonsIuc
ton train.
There were stretches Of roadbed over
which the construction train moved at
rate Of 1890 feet an hour. The ma
chine utilized was one which differs ii
many essentials from that which has
been used west Of the Mississippi river.
One OF its most interesting features Is
the manner In which the material is de-
liyered to the roadbed and the eompar-
atively few men required for the differ
ent operations, as the ties and rails are
lifted and moved from the cars on
which they are carried to the roadbed,
being connected and spiked while the
train is in motion.
An endless chain carrier puts the ties
in position, while a crane suspended
upon a steel truss lowers the rails in adj
vance Of the construction train.
The machine weighs fifty tons and
was made III Scranton, Pa It is the
only one of its kind in existence, and
its inventor, Mr. Hurley, who accom-
lpanies the machine, spent ten years In
lperfecting It and thousands Of dollars
on models before success crowned his
efforts Thework done upon the Cincin-
matt, Richmond and Muncie road dem
onstrated that force of about forty
competent men was all that are re-
quired to operate the machine 70 its
fullest capacity aud then when condI-
tons are favorable over three miles Of
track III a day Of ten hours could be
put down without difficulty, while an
average Of over two and one-haif miles
could be recorded The gearing on
which the material IS conveyed from
the platform through the machine can
be doubled The weight Of the rails
handled includes the heaviest used for
standard gauge construction, some Of
them averaging 400 tons to the mile
The track layer has also been operat-
ed successfully in the winter season on
days when the mercury was below the
zero point
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-11
PoPE's POEM ON DEATH.

Leo NH. Presented Copy to Each
Cardinal on His Last birthday.
Two days before, IN celebration Of his
ninety third birthday, Pope Leo XIII.
gave a reception to forty-two Of the
cardinals In his private library To
each Of them he presented a richly
bound pamphlet reviewing the chief
events DC his pontitieate and copies Of
a Latin poem he had just composed
1t was on death, and d translation Of Ii
follows
LE0's LAST PRAYER.
Leo, now sets thy sun, pale iii its dying
rays
Black night succeeds the day.
Black night for thee! wasted tiny frame
LIES flood sustains
No more thy shrunken veins.
Death casts his fatal dart; r0bed for the
grave, thy bones
Lie under the cold stones.
But my freed soul escapes her chains and
longs in flight
To reach the realms Of light.
That is the goal she seeks thither her
journey fares
Grant. Lord my anxious prayers.
That with the citizens Of heaven Gods
face and light
May ever thrill my sight;
That I may see thy face, heavens queen,
whose mother love
Has brought me home above
To thee. saved through the tangles Of a
perilous way
I lift my grateful lay
This is his last poetieal composition.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-11
Alcohol the Stock in Trade of All Liquid
Kidney Remedies.
KIDNEY WORT TABLETS
Are Free From Alcohol Read How They
Cured Mrs. Richardson Of Athol Mass.

advised my daughter to try your Kidney Wort
Tablets, as she has had trouble withher kidneYs.
Yours truly, MRS. ]. c. RICHARDSON.
II You are obliged to pass your water
frequently night and day, If you notice
smarting In passing, sediment in the
urine, headache, baekaehe, sleeplessness,
dizziness, nervousness, heart disturbance,
rheumatism, bloating, irrltability, worn
out feeling OF loss Of flesh, you may be
sure your kidneys are causing all the trou-
bic Unless the disease is stopped, as can
easily be done BY Kidney-Wort Tablets,
more serious symptoms win appear. Wo-
men who suffer from backaehes, head
aches, tired feelings, nervousness and gem
eral weakness, find Dr. Pettingill's Kid
ney-Wort Tablets a safe and sure specific.
Examine your water frequently for
signs OF disease eloudiness, high color or
sediment Let a small quantity stand y
hours and see If it is clear or not. ss
In both slight and severe cases Kidney
Wort Tablets can be relied on to effect a
rapid cure.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1903-07-11

Ing the large number Of gears involved
III driving this mechanism, the total
back lash IS So small that a star Of
known co-ordlnates Is brought near the
center Of the findings at once. George
n. saegmuller Is The inventor Of this
valuable instrument. lie planned It in
1855, and few years later be placed it
IN the great Denver telescope OF TWEEN
ty inches aperture. built IN Washing
ton.
The iightness Of this South African
telescope is remarkable. while at tfp
same time every part IS strong and
durable. The force necessary to move
the instrument IS about four pounds on
Q radius Of seven inches. The motions
AZ. also communicated to the eye end,
and it takes only a force Of about two
ounces to clamp and remove the tele-
scope either ia right ascension or dec
lination The fine hour circles can be
read from the floor, and the declInation
circle from the eye end OF the instru-
ment. This eye end is 50 arranged that
the speetograph and Photographic APP
paratus can be readily attached TIE
illumination II by means of incandes-
cent lamps and ID addition there - q
self adjusting OIL lamp i very conn
plicated measuring apparatus. called
the position micfometer accompanies
this instrument
Rev Father Goetz s u the cele-
brated Jesuit astronomer who went TO
South Africa some months ago 60 erect
an observatory At Bulawayo, Is pre-
pairing place Tor this great telescope
Observations viii begin at the earliest
day possible, and the reports win be.
Forwarded to Georgetown university
and be given to the world from Wash
ington.