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The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
TEA
1t is charm; but pray,
what is charm? 1t is some
thing that makes you know
you are strong!
He Knew a Hog.

P. D. Armour, the first, never both
cred himself over the selection of
Christmas presents for men in his en-
ploy. His invariable expression OF
good will was Il suit of clothes, and
some of his men had new suits every
Christmas. One year he asked all the
men in the Office of one branch of his
business to order suits and send the
bills to him. Most of them contented
themselves with good business
clothes, but one young man decided to
adorn himself sumptuously at Mr.. Ar
mour's expense. He ordered himself Il
frockcoat, waistcoat and trousers that
set his employer back near a hundred
dollars. Mr.. Armour paid the bill and
then he sent for the brash Solomon in
all his glory.
Il have decided to dispense with
your services" he said. You have ev-
identity misjudged me. ] should think
you would have known that I've been
in the packing business too long not
to know hog when see one. Wash
ington Post.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
CUTICURA SOAP
The Worlds Greatest Skin Soap-The
Standard of Every Nation OF
the Earth.

Millions OF the worlds best people
use Cuticura Soap, assisted by Cut-
cura Ointment. the purest and sweet
est of emoient skin cures. for preserv-
ing, purifying and beautifying the
skin, for cleansing the scalp Of crusts.
scales and dandruff, and the stopping
Of falling hair, for softening. whiten-
ing and soothing red, rough and sore
hands. for baby rashes. itchings ana
chatngs, and many sanative, antisep'
tic purposes which readily suggest
themselves to women. especially
mothers. as well as for all the pur-
poses of the toilet. bath and nursery.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Once a paymaster general of the
navy, always paymaster general, is
the decision of Attorney General
Moody, and the line officers have lost
in their fight against the former head
of the pay corps, A. S. Kenny, now
treasurer of the Panama Canal Com
mission.
At the request of the Wyoming dele
cation in Congress the House Indian
affairs committee has agreed to insert
an item of $40, 900 in the Indian appro-
priation bill for extending the water
works system at the Shoshone Indian
School, Wyoming.
Representative Mondell of Wyoming,
who has been seriously ill with pleu-
risy, was thought to be convalescent,
but later suffered a relapse and was
again confined to his bed. 1t is feared
by his physician that he will not be
able to resume his duties for several
weeks.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, by stipulation of counsel, post
poned to February the hearing of ar
gumelss in the case of w. r. Hearst
of New York against the anthracite
coal carrying railroads. The argu-
mcnts had been scheduled to take
place January 5th.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
A FAIR CANVASS
PROMISED BY STATE BOARD
Statement Issued by Colorado Canvass
ing Board-WiIi Be Guided Solely
by the Law.

Denver, Dec. 31.-The members OF
the State Board of Canvassers. with
the exception of Governor Peabody
yesterday issued a statement explain
ing their position in the gubernatorial
controversy and election contests that
they have dealt with. Governor Pea
body, being a contestant, did not at
tach his name to the statement:
The statement:
Denver, Colo, Dec. 80, 1904.
1.-The attitude of the State Board OF
Canvassers, of which we are members
as to the gubernatorial controversy
having been misrepresented and our
motives questioned, we feel that 1t is
Just and proper that the public should
be advised as to our real position
Our duties have been defined by the
courts of the state, and in the perform
ance of such duties we have been
guided solely by the law. The action
of the State Board of canvassers was
taken without reference to any bearing
it might have on the gubernatorial
contest The majority of the joint ses-
sion of the Senate and the House OF
Representatives would have been over
whelmingly Republican, regardless of
our action.
Supreme Court to-day and urge that
its finings and order be accepted as
final by the Legislature.
I'VE desire to say that there is no
conspiracy on the part of this board,
or any of its members, to overthrow
the will of the people, or attempt to do
SO, but, on the contrary, we hold and
advise whoever the recount of the bal
lots, under such rules as the Supreme
Court may prescribe, in the city and
county of Denver, shows to be elected,
is entitled to the Office of governor,
and we believe that all good citizens
will acquiesce in the result.
whoever may be seated as gov
ernor, we desire that the result be ac-
complished by honest methods and
that the will of the people be supreme.
JAMES COWIE,
Secretary of State.
"WHITNEY NEWTON,
State Treasurer.
JOHN A. HOLMBERG,
Auditor of State.
IN. C. MILLER,
Attorney General"
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
VIII h.sack Paper Trust.

Attorney General Moody has given
out the following statement regarding
the suit instituted at St. Paul Decem-
ber 9th by the federal government
against the paper manufacturing COM
panies:
ION the complaint of many newspa-
per publishers, last spring, that COM
bination in the restraint of commerce
existed among manufacturers of paper
to control the distribution and sale of
their products among the states of the
Union, the department of justice be-
gan an investigation of that subject
and to further the department In that
respect the attorney general appointed
+. B. Kellogg OF the ST. Paul bar and
j. NJ Beck of the New York bar as
special attorneys to collect the evil
dence and make a report thereon.
"These gentlemen, after an eXhaus-
tive examination of the matter, simul-
taneously with that conducted by the
department of justice, have reported
to the attorney general that in their
opinion the facts ascertained support
the complaint and justify, in the public
interests, the filing of a petition to en-
join the operations of the General Pa
per Company, a corporation OF Wiscon-
sin, which is the instrumentality
through which the alleged combination
to control the prices and distribution
of those products in the western
states is conducted. In this opinion
the department of justice concurs.
1.-THE attorney general to-day direct
ed that petition be filed against the
General Paper Company and the twen-
iy-four paper manufacturing companies
located in the states of Minnesota.
Wisconsin and Michigan, which it rep
resents, to have such combination de-
clared to be an unlawful restraint upon
interstate commerce and monopoly
"The petition will be filed in the
United States Circuit Court for the
district of Minnesota as soon as the
necessary papers can be prepared"
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
HABITS ct.AIN
Certain Habits Uneonsciously Formed
and Hard to Break.

An Ingenious philosopher estimates
sary t. break lifelong habit would.
if it could be transformed. lift
weight of many tons.
1t sometimes requires a higher de-
gree of heroism to break the chains
of pernicious habit than to lead
forlorn hope in a bloody battle. A
lady writes from an Indiana town:
From my earliest childhood | was
lover of coffee. Before | was out
of my teens l was miserable dys-
peptic. suffering terribly at times with
my stomach.
81 was convinced that 1t was coffee
that was causing the trouble and yet
! could not deny myself cup for
breakfact. At the age of Sc l was
in very POOR health, indeed. My sis
ter told me l was in danger of becom
ing coffee drunkard.
But 1 never could give up, drink
ing coffee for breakfast although it
kert u,e constantly i'll. until tried
Postum. / learned to make 1t prop
erly according to directions, and now
we can hardly do without Postum for
breakfast. and care nothing at all for
coffee.
81 am no longer troubled with dys-
persia, 60 not have spells of suffering
with my stomach that used to trouble
me sc when l drank coffee" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Greek.
Mich.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
little book, The Road to Wellville."
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
Peary Goinq North.

Lieutenant Robert e. Peary, who has
commanded four expeditions in quest
of the north pole, will make his next
dash for the pole in July of next sum-
mer This announcement was made
at a dinner rendered to Commander
Peary by William Berri at the Oxford
Club. Brooklyn. Commander Peary is
now having constructed a powerful
steam vessel with auxiliary sail
equipment and bow of such strength
and stability that Commander Peary
says he can use her as a batterng
ram to smash his way through the
huge ice foes.
The vessel will have a complete
wireless telegraph equipment and by
means of several relays the great ex-
plorer expects to be placed in constant
communication with New York.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
WILL OPEN BOXES.
Supreme Court Orders Every Ballot
Box in Cenver Examined.

Denver. Dec. 31.-The Supreme
Court yesterday passed upon Gov
erIior Adams application that all
the ballot boxes in the city of Denver
be examined along the same lines as
the boxes already opened by the
supreme Court.
The court orders the appointment of
two experts, one of whom shall be suG-
gested by each political party to en-
anime the contents of the boxes. The
court also will name referee to watch
the work of the experts on the bal
lots and to report his observations to
the court.
The court adds that the investiga-
tion will be continued into any and ev-
cry alleged violation of the order of
court issued prior to election, and into
the registration lists upon which it is
charged there are fictitious or fraudu-
lent names.
The court orders that the entire cost
of all this examination must be paid
by the parties to the suft-one-half
by each.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
LATEST WASHINGTON NEWS. AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
washineton's Smoke Nuisance.

Drastic action has been recon-
mended by the President looking 10 tne
suppression of the smoke nuisance IN
this city. A letter was sent by his dl-
rection to the district commissioners
November Goth inquiring II it were not
possible to proceed criminally against
the officers of an electric light COM
pany.
He denounced the violation OF the
smoke law by the company at the very
doors of the White House as an out
rage and urged that the managers OF
the company be arrested again ana
again. at short intervals, in an enor'
to abate the nuisance.
No response having been received
that was satisfactory, the President au-
thorized to-day the publication OF the
letter to the district commissioners. IL
follows:
1.-The President has again taken up
with his Cabinet the smoke nuisance,
so far as the public buildings are con-
cerned. He would like especially to
call your attention, however, to the
well-nigh intolerable manifestation OF
the nuisance by the electric light com
pany. Is it not possible to proceed
criminally against the managers OF
this company? If not, drastic legisla-
tion should be recommended.
ut is an outrage on the city that
such nuisance should be permitted
to exist right by the White House. AT
almost every hour of the day this
great chimney can be seen emitting
dense clouds of black smoke. 1t would
seem to be wise to go to the very limit
of the law and to arrest the head OF
the company, or those highest up IN
the company, again and again at the
shortest possible intervals. in order to
put stop to this nuisance, for the
conduct on their part amounts to
fragrant defiance of the law and of re-
spect for public opinion, and is fraught
with serious consequences to the city
OF Washington
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
Everybody's Share.

If the 1904 crops were equally di-
vided. every man. woman and child in
the United States would receive, ac-
cording TO the Indianapolis News, one
barrel of flour, 200 eggs. 140 quarts of
milk, more than half of which goes
into butter; one bushel of apples and
two and one-half bushels of other
fruits and berries, three bushels of po-
tatoes and two bushels of carrots.
beets, parsnips and turnips; eleven
head of cabbages and half as much let
tuce cucumbers and caulitlower; TWEEN
ty-eight bushels of corn, usually in the
shape of beef, pork and poultry, be
sides seventy pounds of cotton, six
pounds of wool for clothes and enough
leather for two pairs of shoes.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
Cotton Production.

The Census Bureau has just issued
a report giving the quantity of cotton
ginned in 737 counties up to December
18th last to have been 11.9S6,Gl4 run
ming bales, which is the equivalent of
11,S4S, ,113 commercial bales. The COM
mercial bales reported to the same per-
iod for 1908 amounted to S,747,669
In arriving at the number of COM
mercial bales, round bales are counted
as half bales.
The report to the same date last
year covered S12 counties, as against
1877 this year. The report for the pres
ent year covers the output of 29,657
ginneries, while 29,527 were included
in the report for 1903.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
Admires General stoessel.

London. Jan. 3.-General Stoessel's
defense of Port Arthur has excited the
admiration of Earl Roberts, comman-
der-in-chief of the British forces.
at has been a magnificent defense.
said the veteran fighter, enthusiastic
ally. What splendid fellow he is, to
be sure. How all the world must ad-
mire him."
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

A young woman who sued New
York street railway company for s5,-
900 damages because she fell while
attempting to get on car lost her
case in court. The papers say she is
very beautiful, but that must be a
mistake, as it took the jury only five
minutes to decide against her.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

liberty to repeat what l
first stated through our
Denver papers q b out t
Doan's Kidney Pills in
the summer of 1899, for
| have had no reason In
the interim to change my
opinion of that remedy. l
was subject to severe at
tacks of backache, al
ways aggravated II l sat
long at a desk. Doan's
Kidney Pills absolutely
stopped my backache. l
L sye never had a pain or
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
FiIipinos Learning English.

The government schools on the
American plan have been in existence
in the Philippines for only three and
one.half years. but to-day over 3OO,OoO
Filipinos can write and converse more
or less intelligently in the English Ian
Suage.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

A corps of motorists is planned for
the German army. Judging from the
record already established by motor
lists. they ought to be invincible in
warfare.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

We can't help hoping that the
iruculent Turk won't go to war with
us Just because the consul at Alexan-
dretta got disgruntled during the Gel.
ebration of the anniversary of the sui
tan's accession to the throne and
hauled down the American flag above
mis- consulate.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Think of the collection of 1.179,713
printed books and pamphlets in the
congressional library at Washington.
How many lifetimes it would take to
read them through!
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

An English duke announces his in
tenti,ll to become identified with the
chicken-raising business, but as long
as he conducts himself properly there
will be no serious objection among
poultrymen generally.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Nine. Rejane. the frisky French ac-
iress, declares that American soci-
ETY. women are the best dressed in
the world" But in some cases, either
the goods or the money seem to give
out before the shoulders are covered.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

A dispatch from South America says
no revolutions are going on there at
this time. 1t is midsummer in South
America and the people probably are
trying their best to keep cool.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Here is that old. old question again
as to how it is that the women dupe
men so easily, not only in money af-
fairs, but in about everything else.
The conundrum is as old as Adam. So
is the answer.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

The young men report that the flow
ers that bloom in the spring, tra-la!
don't interest the girls now a bit.
What they want is the roses that
bloom in the hothouse.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Thomas w. Lawson and Col Greene
might both be able to make up their
losses II they would build a fence
around themselves and charge admis.
sion.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

The ST. Louis GlobeDemocrat is
our authority for the statement that
women are easier to wake than men.
But it's mighty hard to put their sus
picions to sleep.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Whenever rich, American girl
makes up her mind that she wants
one there seems to be an earl. or a
marquis or duke or something left
somewhere.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

One of the most thoughtful suicides
on record is that of the Kentucky man
who paid all his debts before taking
his life.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

The Bidwells, however, with their
s5,000000 operation in connection
with the bank of England, still hold
the record by a small margin.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

The difference between charity anu
-nform is that charity occasionally be-
gins at home.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

What satisfaction would it bring to
a bald-headed man if he could grow
another crop of hair? People would
only say that he was wearing a wig.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Prof. Alexander Graham Bell thinks
he has solved the aerial navigation
problem. 1t is to be hoped that he
has at least provided himself with a
feather bed upon which to fall
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

King Peter of Servia announces
that he is in favor of arbitration. AL
most anybody would, in Peters place,
be an enthusiast on the subject.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

In Chicago they are now kidnapping
chorus girls. These homes for the
aged have got to be filled up some
how.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

s16.50 for a lock of Thackeray's
hair! Many a young man cherishes
n lock of hair that he wouldn't sell
for double that.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

If there is another Andrew Carne-
gle. probably he feels flattered. too. to
think that anyone could borrow ST.
250,000 on his name.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

The Ambid cxtrious society has been
organized in London for the purpose
Of encouraging people to use both
hands with equal facility. All the
pickpockets ought to join.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

II n girl is only attractive enough,
she gets all the more invitations when
she doesn't know how to skate.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

The new Servian cabinet lasted just
one day. If it was so soon to be done
for, we wonder what it was begun for
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

OF course, Mr.. Lawson hopes that
there haven't been any members of
the New York yacht club caught in
the stock market this week.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Some men," observes the New
York Evening Mail" ARE honest only
when they swear" Honest?
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

II the law of supply and demand is
still working there should also be a
sharp decline in lambs wool on Wall
street.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Victims of kleptomania should take
care to have a good social position or
they are likely to be mistaken for
shoplifters and treated accordingly.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

When a fellow has money to burn,
there are a lot of others who believe
In spontaneous combustion.
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

The celluloid back comb of Chi
cago young woman exploded the other
day. What red hair she must have,
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06
THREE YEARS AFTER.

Eugene f. Lario. of 751 Twentieth
nyenue. ticket seller in the Union Sta
t,on Denyer. Col, says: You are at
The Springfield herald., 1905-01-06

Foster MiIburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price 20
cents per box.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-14
new RULE is AID.
Recent Decision Assists Greatly
In Securing Pensions

A recent ruling of the United States
! pension bureau that common law wife
of deceased soldier shall be consider
ed the lawful widow of the soldier and
as such is entitled to a pension, was
secured through the efforts of the adj
jutant generals office for Minnesota
In report just Issued for the biennial
period Of 1903-1904, Adjt. Gen. E. D.
Libbey, says that the ruling brought
about through the representations Of
his department, simplifies the prosecu-
ton of widows claims, because it has
frequently occurred that it is impossi-
bile to find marriage record or after
the lapse of many years, to furnish the
testimony of those who witnessed the
marriage.
The ruling also provides that in the
case of soldier having an undivorced
wife living, or a claimant having an
undivoreed husband living, at the time
of the marriage of the soldier to the
claimant, the claimant shall still be
held to be the lawful widow Of the SOL
der if such undfvorced wife or hus-
band died before the soldier died, and
it is shown that the soldier and the
claimant lived together after the re-
moval of the barrier to marriage
This ruling has resulted in many
abandoned claims being reopened and
allowed, and has been of benefit to
hundreds Of widows in this state whose
marriage records have been unavail-
able. There are a great many widow
claimants whose claims are still pend
ing and would be granted were the
fact of the ruling generally known, the
adjutant general says.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-14
RID LAW OF ERROR
Sanitary Board Would Remedy
the Krostue Act

The state live stock sanitary board
yesterday decided to ask for legislation
remedying the Krostue act, passed at
the last session of the legislature. The
act provided that the state should par
tally reimburse owners of cattle in
fected by tuberculosis and of glandered
horses ordered killed by the state board.
The law was found to contain a tech
meal error, and last April, acting on
the advice Of the attorney general.
State Auditor S. G.. Iverson refused to
make further payments under the act.
AT the quarterly meeting of the live
stock board, held yesterday at the state
capitol, it was unanimously decided to
present to the legislature draft of
bill which will cure the defects in the
krostue act. The bill will provide that
the state shall pay three fourths of the
value of the slaughtered animal, not
to exceed $35 head for cattle and SIS
head for horses. Robert Jamison.
attorney for the board, will draft the
Dill for presentation to the legislature
and no opposition is expected, although
breeders of pure blood stock may at
tempt to secure an increase in the
amount to be paid by the state to own
ers of thoroughbred stock killed under
the terms of the act.
Delegations from the st. Paul and
Minneapolis Retail Dairymen's associa-
lions conferred with the sanitary board
yesterday as to legislation desired to
protect their business from the compe-
tltlon of small dealers who are not sub
ject to state inspection
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-01-14
DEATH WINS RACE
Man Dies While Being Hurried
to Hospital

Charles Lofquist, 678 Lawson street,
a photographer, died suddenly in the
central station patrol wagon yesterday
noon while being hurried to the city
hospital, An autopsy held last night
at the county mOrgue showed death to
have resulted from pneumonia.
Thursday night Lofquist, who had
been drinking heavily all evening met
a friend, John Hedin, who, seeing the
mans condition, asked him to spend
the night in his room, 228 East Seventh
street Lofquist accepted the invita-
ton, but was sick all night and kept
many of the occupants of the hotel
awake the greater part of the night
coughing.
Yesterday noon he became so i'll that
Hedin telephoned to the police station.
saying the man was suffering from de-
lirium tremenS, but when Lofquist was
brought to the station Police Surgeon
Moore declared him to be dangerously
i'll and ordered him taken to the city
hospital.
Before the man had been taken two
blocks he began to sink rapidly, and
although the patrol horses were urged
to mad gallop the entire distance,
died before the hospital was reached.
Lofquist was thirty-five years old
and had lived for some time at 678
Lawson street. He was unmarried and
last summer ran a small photograph
gallery at Arcade and East Seventh.
He had not worked since then.
The remains will be kept at the
morgue until the mans relatives are
heard from.