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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
A Centennial Celebration.

The people of Fayette, Ohio, recent
~ showed their appreciation of the
favor conferred on them in having in
their community fine old lady who
has rounded out the full measure OF
her hundred years. The centennial of
Mrs. Amelia Dubois was celebrated
by hundreds of people who met to do
her honor. The public schools were
closed, that the children might join
in the celebration. In charge of their
teachers, they marched to the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Dubois and escorted
them to the opera house, where an in
teresting program, in which many
prominent people of the neighborhood
took part, was carried out.
One pleasing feature was the pres
entation by the children of quantity
of flowers the money for which had
been collected among themselves.
The interest shown in the occasion
by the people of Fayette and surround
ing towns is evidence Of the high
esteem in which this remarkable old
lady is held. Every faculty of her
mind is alert and responsive, and her
brown eyes still retain their attract.
i've sparkle. She is an accomplished
needlewoman, and still spends much
time in preparing dainty gifts for her
friends. Mr.. Dubois, to whom Mrs
Dubois was married sixty-one years
ago. is no less remarkable than his
wife. The unusually healthy and &C
tive old age of this fine couple is a
testimony to the value Of their simple
natural, peaceful life of activity. Com
.menting upon this, the Fayette Review
says:
zones relation to the ALL are SC
simnie that it is not necessary for
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
EIGHT HOUR LAW
IN PANAMA CANAL

the additional question of whether
the provisions of the act apply to the
hours of labor of mechanics and Ia
borers employed in the construction,
maintenance and operation of the
Panama railroad and steamship line,
the attorney general decides in the
negative.
AS to whether the eight hour law
applies to that class of employees
whose services are necessary before
and after the regular hours of work,
such as engineers who must get up
steam in the morning before the regu-
lar hours begin and clean machinery
before the days work is done, the
attorney general says:
at is believed that giving to the
words the meaning which is ordi-
narly accepted for them and having
in mind that the act should not be ex-
tended beyond it's plain terms the
commission will have no difficulty in
determining in each case as it arises
whether the employe is a laborer or
mechanic or whether his duties are
such as to warrant some other desig-
nation of his employment"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
A sIauohterhouse Victim.

The papers recently reported the
death at Cripple Creek, Colo, OF a
woman who, three years ago, while
visiting the slaughterhouse OF the Ar
mour Packing company in Chicago,
was completely paralyzed on one side
as a result of the shock produced by
the sight of the terrible tragedies
which are constantly being enacted IN
that great killing establishment. This
victim of slaughterhouse horrors is
only one of many thousands who meet
their death through the slaughter
houses every year. 1t may not be
said, indeed, that the death can be
traced so directly and Immediately to
the slaughterhouse as in this case, but
the multitudes of men and women
who die of equity disorders, rheuma-
tism and other maladies resulting
from uric-acid poisoning might enjoy
many years of life were it not for the
deadly dose of uric acid and other poi
sons derived from The products OF the
aughterhouse-meat eaters disor-
ders, among which must be included
trichina and tapeworm, tuberculosis
and possibly cancer as well as those
which have been traced directly to
uric. acid.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

Washington, June 10. - Attorney
General Moody has written a letter
to the secretary of war giving his
views on the general subject OF peon-
age, which it is intended will assist
the executive committee of the IS
thmian canal commission in making
it's contracts for the furnishing OF Ia
Dor in digging the canal, to avoid
a condition of involuntary servitude
under the authority of the United
States. The attorney general quotes
section one of the thirteenth amend
ment to the constitution, which inhib-
it's slavery or involuntary servitude,
and then says that wherever the jur-
isdiction of the United States ex-
tends there the prohibitions of this
article accompany it. In the course
of his discussion of the subject Mr..
Moody says:
at is stated that the commission
proposes to import Oriental aliens I'M
der contract to perform labor on the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

Chicago, June 9.-After a confer
ence lasting for five hours between
the Employers Association and the
committee appointed last night by
the Transfers joint council with full
power to settle the strike all negotia-
tons were declared off at 9 o'clock
tonight and there is no probability OF
settlement. The union submitted
number of propositions which the
employers fatty refused to consider
at all. Chief among these was that
if the strike was declared off all the
police and deputy sheriffs who are
now protecting non-union men should
be withdrawn. The employers refus-
ed to consider such a proposition for
an instant, declaring that they would
maintain guards as long as there was
the slightest chance of violence.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

Washington, June 1O.-The opinion
of Attorney General Moody regarding
the application of the eight-hour law
on the isthmus of Panama was made
public. He holds that the act Of Aug
ust /, 1892, which limits and restricts
to eight hours the daily services OF
laborers and mechanics employed by
the government of the United States
or by any contractor or sub-contractor
upon the public works of the United
States applies to the employment OF
laborers and mechanics in the con-
struction of the Panama canal.
That act, however, the attorney
general holds, does not apply to the
office force of the isthmian canal COM
mission stationed on the isthmus Of
Panama, or to any of the employees of
the government who are not within
the ordinary meaning of the words
"laborers and mechanics" Also that
the scope of the act is not limited
by the territorial jurisdiction of con-
gress.
In answer to the request of the
secretary of war for an opinion on
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
LET ENTIRE NATION
DETERMINE COURSE

war, and even ventures to criticise
a royal measure, contrasting the in.
crease of the police power by the
ukase issued last Sunday with weak
ening of the administrative process
which the country had been led to ex-
pect.
The address urges the summoning
of a national assembly that the war
may become national or cease, and
concludes with solemn reminder of
the sovereign's duty to God and the
fatherland. and a prayer for action
before it is too late.
There is intense interest to learn
whether the emperor will receive the
bearers of so bold message, couch.
ed in terms such as have never been
used between the emperor and his
subjects. The address is buttressed
with a stream of petitions from indi-
vidual zemstvos and municipalities.
The doumas of nearly all the prin-
cipal cities have addressed the throne,
praying that the representatives of
the people be summoned at once.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
PERMITS NO SLAVE
LABOR ON THE CANAL

canal. The condition of such labor
ers is not necessarily one OF invol-
untary servitude, but it may be, and
in fact usually is, condition OF in
voluntary servitude limited In dura-
ton. This is clearly shown by an
examination of the relation OF the
laborer to his employer, which has
come to be described as coolieism
in the various parts of the world,
where it exists"
After describing by way of illustra-
ton the onerous conditions imposed
by the coolie laws prevailing In In
dia, the attorney general says that
he entertains no doubt that these con-
ditions are those of involuntary SER
vitude, and in conclusion says:
''In the employment of labor on the
canal the utmost care should be Ia
ken to exclude the conditions which
have been indicated as those of in
voluntary servitude or any other con-
ditions of like effect or tendency"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
Hothouse Plants.

The following abstract from the
Cincinnati Lancet-Clinic in regard to
one of the worst evils Of modern child
life is very timely:
"Refinement in matters of social
life proceeds hand in hand with re-
finement in other lines as civilization
advances. From the standpoint of the
physician and of the anthropologist,
it is a question whether the physical
side of mankind is improving or de-
generating.
The method of bringing up chill
dren. especially in the families OF the
well-to-do, is too often a serious men
ace to the child's health and develop
ment. Too much indoor life, too
much supervision, too little freedom
of motion and will is undoubtedly the
cause of the many weaklings seen in
the families of the wealthy. Such chill
dren have the characteristics of hot
house plants.
The remedy is, of course, to do away
with the surplus care and attention
bestowed on the child, to let the child
do more for itself, have more tree'
dom, more fresh air, more play with
other children. Foods and medicines
are only temporary helps for child
weakness.
Nature is its own best doctor, and
in the end can take care of dollhouse
children" if fond parents will only
give her the chance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
RAILROAD RATE LEGISLATION.

Testifying before the Senate Com
mittee at Washington, Interstate
Commerce Commissioner Prouty said
in discussing the proposition to give
to that Commission the power to regu'
late railway rates:
II think the railways should make
their own rates. l think they should
be allowed to develop their own busi'
ness. I have never advocated any
law, and I am not now in favor OF
any law, which would put the rate
making power into the hands OF any
commission or any court. While 1t
may be necessary to do that some
time, while that is done In some
states at the present time, while 1t Is
done in some countries, am opposed
to it, The railway rate Is
property. 1t is all the property that
the railway has got. The rest OF Its
property is not good for anything I'M
less it can charge a rate. Now 1t has
always seemed to me that when
rate was fixed, If that rate was an I'M
reasonable rate, 1t deprives the rail-
road company of its property pro
tanto. 1t is not necessary that you
should confiscate the property OF
railroad; it is not necessary that you
should say that it shall not earn three
per cent or four per cent When
you put in rate that is inherently
unreasonable, you have deprived that
company of its rights, of its property,
and the Circuit Court Of the United
States has jurisdiction under the four
teenth amendment to restrain that.
have looked at these cases
q great many times, and l can only
come to the conclusion that rail-
road company is entitled to charge
fair and reasonable rate, and If any
order of commission, if any statute
of state legislature takes away that
rate, the fourteenth amendment pro-
tects the railway company
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
To Prolonu Life.

The British Medical Journal recent
ly devoted eight pages to discussion
OF the best means for the prolonga-
ton of life. The greater part OF thn
space was occupied by lecture re-
Gently delivered by Sir Herman Web
err, D. D., F. R. c. p, before the Royal
College Of Physicians of London, and
the main points of his advice were as
follows:
Moderation in eating, drinking and
physical indulgence.
Pure air out of the house and with
in.
The keeping of every organ OF the
body as far as possible in constant
working order.
Regular exercise every day in all
weathers; supplemented in many
cases by breathing movements, and
by walking and climbing tours.
Going to bed early and rising early,
restricting the time Of sleep to six
or seven hours. eve question the
wisdom of this teaching. Most people
require eight hours sleep; some,
more) y
Daily baths or ablutions according
to individual conditions, cold or warm,
or warm followed by cold.
Regular work and mental occupa'
ton.
Cultivation of placidity, cheerful
ness and hopefulness of mind.
Employment of the great power OIL
the mind in controlling passions and
nervous fear.
STRENGTHENING the will in carrying
out whatever is useful, and in check
ing the craving for stimulants, ano'
dimes and other injurious agencies.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
TOO MUCH:
DEMAND TURNED DOWN

The teamsters also demanded that
if the strike be called off the business
houses refuse to receive from or de-
liver to the express companies any
merchandise. This proposition which
was a virtual demand that the boy
cotted business houses assist the
teamsters in their boycott against the
express companies, was also promptly
declined by the employers.
Another demand by the teamsters
was that all strikers be given posi-
tions before any new non-union men
are hired. This was also refused.
There were a number of other de-
mands made by the teamsters which
might have received favorable consid-
Grafton but the parties were SO FAR
apart on the chief demands made by
the union that there was no use TAX
ing them up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

Since the attention of the Chicago
authorities was so forcibly called to
the conditions present in the peniten-
tiary other states have been investi-
eating.
The rapid growth of tuberculosis
among prisoners in the Joliet, ILL.,, pen
itentiary, attended by marked IN
crease in the prison death rate, has
aroused the officials to action. An IN
vestigation and reform is to be insti-
tuted by the State Board of Health.
The members of this board do not
deny that under the present conditions
all efforts to combat the disease are
hopeless. Better general sanitary con-
ditions must be established or 1t Will
be impossible to prevent the spread OF
tuberculosis to all the present prison
ers and to all who may be so unfortu-
nate as to be sentenced later.
This is another instance of the state
forcing its citizens to live under con-
ditions which mean almost sure death.
1t is surprising in this day OF enllght-
enment that the state should allow It's
citizens to live, voluntarily, in unsani-
tary homes. Yet it does. The resi-
dents of the slum and tenement dis
tricts are dying from faulty santa
ton and bad hygiene. But more the
state forces some others to spend
from one to ten years in a dark cell
from which they so often come, strick-
en- by the great white plague
wrecks of their former selves and a
continual expense to the community.
With the message of prevention
and cure" of consumption in every
paper let the state not forget its pris-
oners who must silently suffer what
ever fate is decreed for them.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
"Fashionv Notes.

Don't wear thin-soled shoes at any
season of the year. One may take
cold from chilling of the feet as the
result of wearing thin-soled shoes in
walking over a cold pavement, even
when the pavement is perfectly dry.
Don't adjust the clothing to suit the
season of the year only, but adapt it
to the weather conditions of each par
ticular day.
Don't wear high-heeled shoes, nor
pointed shoes, nor narrow-soled shoes.
nor tight shoes, nor low shoes. Don't
wear slippers, except in the house.
Shoes must have broad, reasonably
thick soles, plenty of room for the
toes, low heels. Rubber heels are
great comfort.
Don't support the clothing by bands
tight about the waist
Don't construct the limbs by means
of elastic bands to support the stock
ings. Support all clothing from the
shoulders, not by bands, but by a
properly constructed waist free from
bones, on the union" plan.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

AsSembiynan 1ighe'S letter should
be read by every brain worker leading
q strenuous life.
Hon. John Tighe, No. 90 Remsen St.,
Cohoes, N. Y, Member of Assembly
from the Fourth district, Albany
county, N. Y, writes as follows:
''Peruna has my hearty Endorsement
as a restorative tonic of superior merit.
At times when have been completely
broken down from excess of work, so
that my faculties seemed actually at a
standstill, Peruna has acted as a heal
ing restorer, starting the machinery Of
mind and body afresh with new life
and energy.
II recommend it to a man tired in
mind and body as tonic superior to
anything know of and well worthy
serious consideration. ~. Tighe.
Excess of work SO common in our
country causes impaired nerves, leading
to catarrh and catarrhal nervousness
a disease that is responsible for half Of
all nervous troubles.
Peruna cures this trouble because 1t
cures catarrh wherever located.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving a
full statement of your case, and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DIR. Hartman; President OF
| The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
Changed Its Mind.


AS mamma was preparing her boy
for breakfast she said: "How many
cakes can Eugene eat for his break
fast this morning."
81 can eat four, Mamma"
Seated at the table, his appetite
seemed to have materially diminished,
for he ate only one of the cakes.
Mamma thought you were going to
eat four cakes this morning. What Is
the matter?"
WELL" said the five-year-old, my
stomach changed it's mind"
1t occurs to us that the wise mans
stomach often changes it's mind" as
in this case, but too often that much
abused organ is so pressed upon as to
be convinced against its will, though
of the same opinion still, and, yield
ing to the demands of an abnormal
appetite, finds itself wishing the real
man had been master over the lust OF
the flesh.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
Rejected Candidates.

II is reported that at a recent ex.
animation of candidates for admission
to the Naval academy at Annapolis
only eleven out of twenty-five were
found sufficiently sound physically to
be admitted. The whole twenty-five
passed the mental examination, but
fourteen Of them were unable to pre-
sent the necessary physical require
mnts. This fact is a fair index OF the
rate at which the physical decadence
of the American people is progress
ing. Insanity. idiocy and epilepsy are
all increasing at very rapid rate
three hundred per cent within the past
fifty years.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

repulsed. On the same day Japan.
csc force which advanced to Shahot-
so, nine miles east Of Changtu, dis
lodged the Russians holding the terri
tory in the vicinity and occupied
neighboring eminence.
A portion of the Japanese cavalry
drove northward the Russians who
held Chichiatzu, fifteen miles north of
Kwangping and Machiatun, seven
miles east of Chichiatzu, and occupied
the surrounding territory.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
A Wholesome Medicine.

"a wholesome medicine is Cheer
And Hope tonic strong;
He conouers all who conquers rear,
And shall his days prolong.
"a happy heart. a cheerful lip,
Contagious health bestow
AS honey-bees their sweetness sip
From fragrant flowers that blow.
Let cheerful thoughts prevail among
The sons of men Away,
And signs shall change to Loves swee
song,
And night to golden day"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
Jap shlpa speedlna south.

Manila, June TO- = Two japanese
ships have just passed the entrance
of Lingayen gulf and are speeding
southwark. Lingayen gulf is about
100 miles north Of Manila on the ives,
coast Of Luzon.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

! BLOT ON STATES GOOD NAME s
Unsanitary Condition in Prisons and Slum Dis s
tricts Crime.

anyone to transgress. Instinct, that
mysterious principle that protects and
preserves all creatures, would protect
us if we did not bury it under an av-
alanche of artificialities. Our falling
away from nature is what kills. Our
getting back to it will revivify, and
this principle of sticking to- nature is
what one sees so distinctly in these
grand old people"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
MOVEMENT OF LAND FORCES.
A Detachment of Russian Infantry
Attacked Machatun.

Toxic, June 10.-It is announced at
the headquarters of the imperial army
that detachment of Russian infan-
try, the strength of which was not
mentioned, attacked Machatun, two
miles north of Wei Yuen Pao, at an
early hour in the morning, but was
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
General Gomez Arrives.

Havana, Cuba. June 10. = General
Maxine Gomez arrived and was con-
veyed to his residence in the sub
urbs. He IL resting comfortably and
apparently is in somewhat better
health
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
Severe Riotino.

London, June 1.-THE Times st.
Petersburg correspondent reports
tsat there has been severe rioting at
Minsk, during which nearly 100 per
sons were shot.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

Storekeepers report that the extra
quantity, together with the superior
quality of Defiance Starch makes 1t
next to impossible to sell any other
brand.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

The people who have the hardest
times in this world are the ones who
hatch their griefs into sorrow.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

Somehow we dislike the advice
from poor example-it is dear if it
is free.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

If we could explain all we know we
wouldn't have to work so hard, and
incidentally we would find out that
we didn't know so much.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

st. Petersburg, June 10.-The voice
of the delegates of the zemsstvos and
of the municipalities demanding in no
uncertain tone the immediate conyo-
cation of a national assembly to pass
upon the question of peace, or war, to
heal internal strife, and to unite the
people for the regeneration of Russia,
will be heard in the address adopted
by the all-Russian zemstvo congress
at Moscow, which a deputation head
ed by Count Hayden and M. Shipoff
is bringing to present to the emper-
or.
The document bids fair to become
historic. The customary phrase of
respect at the opening and closing
are omitted and it is otherwise I'M
ceremonious, employing the direct
personal pronoun.
The address arraigns the bureau.
cracy and reminds the emperor that
his pledge to convoke a national as
sembly is slow of fulillment. 1t says
the country is on the verge of civil
New York. June IL. = Joseph H
Choate. the returning ambassador to
England, was welcomed home by a
banquet given by the Pilgrims, al
which Bishop Potter, president of the
society. presided. Many notaBles
were present. President Roosevelt
sent a note of regret.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16
Injunction Is Issued.

A stringent injunction has been is.
sued against the malignant activity OF
dyspepsia, amongst all people, by DR..
Caldwells Qaxatiye) Syrup Pepsin:
Do not fail to- invoke the powerful
aid of this great enemy of all stomach
and bowel disorder at the least sign
of trouble in any of your digestive or
gans. 1t will promptly and surely set
them right, and make you well. Try
it. Sold by all druggists at SOC and
S1.O0. Money back if 1t fails.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

nics are trouble
some. Clean neat,
willnot soil or In
5ure anything.
Try them once,
you will never Be
without them II
not kept by deal
ers, sent prepaid!
for soc. Harold
eoners, fse Dekss
Ave-, nroak iyn.h.t.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1905-06-16

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