The independent., 1903-06-11
AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
What The Dyspeptic Saw in His Morning
Paper as He Grumbied Over His
Health Food

Health Food
Friday Morning, June 5.-Millers
national federation in session at De-
troit adopt resolutions demanding
reciprocity, especially with Canada:
recognizing right of laborers to Or
ganize but denying right of labor or
ganizations to compel individuals to
join or that only union men shall be
employed, S. T. Ballard OF Louisville.
KY, made a bitter attack on labor
unions and urged employers associa-
tions in every town. Millers claim
they are not prosperous.
Dispatch from Monaster, Europear
Turkey, gives Cetails of slaughter OF
inhabitants Of Smerdash village,
south of Lake Presba, May 81, by
Bashi-Bazouks (Turks) Three hum
dred houses burned and 200 persons
killed-mostly women and children.
Novoe Vremya, leading Russian pa
per, in signed leading article headed
Russia and America" resents Ameri,
can criticisms of the Kischineff hor-
ror, Says the Americans are carried .
away by the successes of their ne :
imperialistic policy" and refers to
Secretary hays stubborn anglophil
ISM" The editor of the Syromiatni-
koff suggests that the Russian foreign
Office should publish in English a
sketch of Russo-American relation,
since the time of Catherine and seni
the book to 5000 American newspa-
pers for review, averring that Ameri-
can school histories contain nothing
to show Russia's uniform friendship
ha Tnst ;,,
of need.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Lord
Spencer, Lord Ripon, Lord Tweed
mouth and other liberal leaders are
out with letters denouncing Joey
Chamberlain's imre -ial zollverein pro-
posals as merely yelled protection. The
London Daily News says Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach, Mr.. Goschen, Duke of |
Devonshire, Chancellor Ritchie, Lord
Landsdowne and Lord Selborne' are all /
against Chamberlain scheme
Acting Secretary of Agriculture
Moore is taking steps to enforce the |
pure food law against foreign i'm
porters.
AT Argentine, Kas., 4,500 people are
homeless and in need of food and |
clothing. Supplies should be sent to |
the mayor, DR.. G. E. Chopper.
TDrouth and forest fires afflict the |
east while the west is flooded. Forest |
fires are raging near Glens Falls, |
Saratoga and Plattsburg, N. Y: Mon
treal, Canada; Long Island, N. Y; /
Mt. Holly, N j.; Moulton, Me-; ST. /
John, N. B.; Halifax, N. s.; Burling-
ton, VT; and Manchester, N. H. The
loss is almost incalculable.
Western trunk lines have decided to
abolish the bridge arbitrary" at
Omaha, June Is. This will let Iowa
coal into Omaha SIS car cheaper;
live stock, 81; packinghouse products
into Iowa, $S car cheaper; and mer-
chandise cents hundred weight
cheaper.
High water at st. Louis threatens
great damage. Situation improving at
Kansas City.
Ohio republican convention alleged
to be ''love feast" with Mark Hanna
rs Cupid. Myrcn Herrick gets his re-
ward for carrying lot of past due
paper. The ticket is as follows:
Governor, Myron T. Herrick; lieut.
gov, Warren G. Harding; auditor, w.
d. Guilbert; treasurer, w. S. McKin-
non; attorney general, Wade H. Ell
lis; judge of sup eme court, A. N.
Summers; school commissioner E. A.
Jones; member of board of public
works, George H. Watkins. Guilber::
is the only "third-termer." The plat
form, aside from "taffy" for Roose-
welt Hanna, Foraker, ct al, asks for I
removal of the double liability OF
improvement of the
Ohio river; extension of labor laws:
better roads; a bigger navy; favors !
stimulating local bank circulation"
and lauds protection"
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Chicago & Northwest ]
ern Railway company was held Thurs ]
day at Chicago The annual state
ment submitted to the stockholders {
showed gross earnings for the year OF !
s50,041 ,11S with operating expenses,
taxes, interest, ETC., amounting to $45,-
246,314. The surplus for the year {
over all charges Gland incomes not in =
rlr1dpd1 was S51q50 Prior to the g