The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1904-06-22
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For several months, Prof. Wiley,
chemist Of the Agricultural Depart
ment, has been conducting experiments
to determine what effect personalities
used In foods and beverages have upon
the human system. All Of the twelve
young men composing the drug squad
ron" show Ill effects from eating the
drugs used as representatives.. One or
two Of the men are on the verge Of a
breakdown, but the identity of men,
bers Of the poison squad" is conceal
ed. The results Of the experiments
show some Of the preservatives are
deadly, causing Inflammation Of the -
gestive organs. This experiment tends
to explain away the poison mysteries
following the eating Of canned goods.
Results of these experiments will be
made public In a short time, but pend
ing the publication Of the report by
Secretary Wilson Prof. Wiley will not
discuss the subject. All the food was
prepared in the most appetizing and
hygienic fashion. AT first poison was
put into the food without the squad
knowing which dish was doctored. The
effect upon the mind of the squad
whose stomachs finally began to rebel
at the best of food, even that unpois-
oned, caused a change in the method
and the poison was administered in
capsules.
Senator Joseph Benson Foraker, OF
Ohio, In a speech on the pension order
fixing 62 years as the age when a sol
der may be considered disabled, said
that it was a right ruling, and that
men who reached that age were dis
abled. OF course, he meant We're dis
abled for manual labor, as a number
Of Senators called attention to the
fact that if the idea was followed it
would leave the Senate almost with
out a quorum. The following Sena-
tors have passed the ed milestone:
Morgan, 80; Pettus. 80; Berry, 62; Per
kins, Ga; Bard, 60; Teller, rs; Patter-
son, CD; Platt Conn, 76; Hawley, II;
Bacon. Ga; Cullom, IA; Allison. "a;
Blackburn, 65; McCreary, IS; McEn-
cry, 66; Hale, 81; Frye, y; German,
So; Hoar, IT; Burrows, 81; Alger, 6S;
Money, "a; Cockrell, SO; Clark (Mont.),
Gibson, 70; Willard, 81; Stewart, 10;
Gallinger, 81; Dryden, "a; Plat On.
w., II; Depew, II; Mitchell, 6S; Quay,
10; Aldrich, 62; Bate, 67; Proctor, ~;
ENaefar (yIyoc \ ny. INll-;o. 90
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A warning has been sent out from
Washington to prospective home-seek-
ers who may be interested in the irri-
CATION plans of the government An
organized gang of swindlers Is at
work in the West, and less actively in
the East. In cunningly worded adj
vertisements they assert that they
have inside information as to the plans
Of the government engineers, and
promise to place settlers on the best
of the lands which the government
from fifty to two hundred dollars. The
fact Is that they have no information
that will not be given by the Interior
Department to any inquirer. When
the proper time comes for throwing
the lands open to homestead entries
the Secretary of the Interior will an
nounce the fact through the press.
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Government ownership of all wire
less telegraph stations at points where
over-the-sea communication is posi-
BILE has been decreed by the cabinet,
and the Navy Department is putting
the order into effect One result will
be that Marconi will be forced to move
his stations to Canadian soil. In place
of the Marconi station on the Nan
tucket lightship the department will
establish its own plant. using a modi-
ication of the Slaby-Arco system in its
| eight stations. The government will
make no charge on messages to and
from ships at sea.
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, tells this
story on himself: II reached a certain
small town during a campaign said
he, and found that the proprietor of
the hotel where l usually stopped was
in jail. He had gone there of his
own accord rather than pay a judg-
ment which he considered unjust. He
asked the sheriff to let him out for
two hours to hear his old friend Dolli-
yer speak. The sheriff agreed, and
sent an order for the release of the
prisoner for two hours for that pur-
pose. Then he CONSIDERABLY added at