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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06

to know the facts, would seem to in.
dictate that but little additional dam
age to anybody could be accomplished
through the publication Of the report.
GOVERNMENT HOLDS TRUMP
CARDS.
Commenting on the question of the
constitutiOnality Of the amendment If
it should become law, in that it in
terferes with state rights, a prominent
Government official remarked that in
any event the packers could be forced
to terms. They are very anxious over
their great foreign meat trade and
this Is largely dependent upon Govern.
ment inspection Of carcasses. Abroad
the Government inspection tag is
looked upon as guarantee, and with
out it foreign meat trade would suffer
inestimably. Should the packers re-
fuse to allow the Government to in
spect food for home consumption, the
Government could in Its turn refuse
to inspect meats for export.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06
NELL REPORT PUBLISHED.

After some consideration of the wis
dom Of publishing the Neill report and
yielding to the public clamor of all
sections Of the country for knowl-
edge Of it's contents, the President
sent message to Congress transmit
ting it for the consideration Of the
national legislature. The story as
told by the Neill report shows revolt
ing conditions in a number Of the
packing houses and in many cases
upholds all Of the stories told in the
Sinclair novel. The Neill committee
did not consider afidavits Of wit
nesses to any great extent in arriv-
ing at is conclusions, but paid more
attention rather to conditions as wit
messed by the three members Of the
committee. The message of President
Roosevelt that submitted the report
characterized the conditions found by
the investigators as "revolting" and
urged immediate legislation Gin the
interests Of health and decency." He
not only recommends the passage Of
the so-called Beveridge amendment to
the agricultural appropriation bill but
threatens to destroy the foreign bust
ness Of the packers should congress
fail to provide for federal inspection
Of meats at all stages of preparation.
In the event Of such failure, the Presi-
dent says that he will be compelled
to order that inspection labels and
certificates on canned products shall
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT.
MISCELLANEOUS.

VALUABLE SCARF PINS absolutely protected
by our patented thief proof Simplex Pin Guard"
Ask dealer or send rs cents to-day for gold plated
sample II. Rypinski, ll2 West 1O5th StreeSkNew
York
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06

sufficient appropriation for foreign in
spection, a number Of large packing
house concerns voluntarily offered to
defray the cost involved.
CONSUMER PAYS COST ANYWAY.
1t is stated that, of course, the pack
ing house people, otherwise the beef
trust, will pass the cost of the inspec-
ton along to the consumer; but as 1t
will only amount to about or cents
a head on each carcass the increase
will not be appreciable in the individ-
ual beef steak, at least it ought not to
be, but the combination Of packers,
dealers, wholesalers, retailers, etc.,
will doubtless make an excuse for put
ting up meat at least a cent pound,
and thus make an investment of many
hundred per cent. off the amount
which they pay for the Government
inspection.
HOW THE TROUBLE BEGAN.
Some time ago Upton Sinclair pub
lished 1.-THE Jungle" 1t was a novel
and horrible. 1t showed that the in
spection service at the Chicago pack
ing houses was wholly inadequate. 1t
was proved that the Government in
spectors passed on the conditions of
the careasses when the animals were
killed; but after that there were no
inspections and the conditions We're
Incredibly revolving. PresiG mt Roose-
welt read the book and is stated to
have been outraged at the statements
made. Were they true or were they
exaggerated? He made some inquiries
and found that the statements were all
well founded. Then he was genuinely
angry Secretary Wilson sent com
mission out to look into the condition
of affairs, but the President was ap-
.parently not satisfied with the Govern
ment commission, SO he sent his close
personal friend, Mr.. j.. B. Reynolds, a
prominent social worker and man Of
means, and Mr.. Charles P. Neill, the
United States Commissioner of Labor.
on a purely personal inspection tour.
The expenses Of the two investigators
were paid by the Government, but the
men received no salaries and the in
quiry was, in way, unofficial.
There has never yet been any writ
ten report made public from these two
investigators; likely there will not be;
but the President knows all they
found out, and the packers know 1t
too. Both the President and the
packers were Mortified; the reasons
were different. The story around the
Capitol regarding this investigation
runs something like this: The packers
said, IF this sort of story gets out
it will ruin our business abroad" The
President remarked in effect, IF I'll
that / know gets out, it will ruin
your business at home too"
"Now," said the packers, make any
sort of an inspection law you want,
pass it and we will stand for it, and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06

The fact that the meat consumption
entered vitality into every home,
coupled with the terrible charges,
made not only in the Jungle" but
through many other credible sources,
has aroused state of public senti-
ment which is akin to revolutionary.
On the whole. in the face of an in
tensely suspicious public, an aroused
Congress and determined President,
the beef trust is now up against the
fight of its life. While the President
intended to use his private report as a
club to force legislation, and to with
hold it's publication unless 1t was
found necessary to bring the packers
to terms, the overwhelming current
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06
LADIES APPAREL.

SHIRT WAIST HOLDER EXTRAORDINARY
keeps waist down all around: no pins or hooks ta
and ask for white or black. Felix Corset Co., 13l
PRINCE st., New York.
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Signals on Rural MaiE-B0xes.

The Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General has issueu an order providing
that after July next, rural delivery
carriers, when making their trips, will
visit and examine only those boxes for
which they have mail for delivery and
those on which the signals are dis
played to indicate that there is mail
for dispatch.
Those patrons who are now main.
tanning mail boxes on which there are
no signals will be required to procure
some sort of device which will serve
as a signal to carriers.
BY this new arrangement it is ex-
pected that the delivery and collection
of mail along rural free delivery
routes will be greatly facilitated.
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packing house, but follows the animal
through all departments until it
reaches the can or the cooler.
There is some antagonism presented
to the bill in the House, on the
grounds of constitutionallity and other
excuses, but If any actual opposition
should develop it will mean a thor
ough hearing in committee on both
sides Of the question and it is pre-
sumed that this is about the last thing
the packers actually desire.
Seldom, If ever, has the public been
more aroused over any public question.
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not be used hereafter" Without these
labels the products will be excluded
from European markets.
One on the Professor.

UUC ON VIC TIUIESSOIs
Prof. Barrett Wendell, of Harvard,
lightened with an anecdote an English
lecture.
"There was a certain instructor" he
said, "who was always impressing up
on his students the need of perspicuity.
"A young man came to him one day
to get back an essay that had been
submitted.
GA very good essay said the in
structor, as he returned the paper,
but Mr. Smith, you should ute al
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06

In the Bank of England there are
ingots of silver that have been there
since the SEVENTEEN century.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-07-06

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TIL q first days Of nr. Klnes Great Nerve Re
storer Send for FREE 4200 trial bottle and treatise
Dr. K II. KLINE, Ltd eSl Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18
'QLD W FLING MASTER
 .tsa
CAPT. F. c. SMITH, OF NEW BED
 FORD, MASS, A VETERAN.
Has Enc!rcled the Globe Three Times During His Career-Aided in Pro- ducing 29, 900 Barrels of Oil
 Never Shipwrecked.

BoSton.-One of the veterans of the sea, who is living in retirement at his home in New Bedford, is Capt Francis Cottle Smith, who only short time since celebrated the ninetieth anniver- sary of his birth.
 In a way, Capt. Smith is a remark able man. He has seen four score years and ten, and yet to-day he is as hale and hearty as many another 30 years his junior. His only infirmity is ' slight trouble with his eyes.
 He is a Vineyarder by birth, and first saw the light of day in Chilmark, March 16, 1S16.
 At the age of 16 he went to sea in the old ship Java, out of New Bedford. and in less than nine months the vessel was back in port with 1000 barrels of oil.
 His promotion was rapid, and when in 1899, just after his. twenty-third birthday, he was given command of the ship Heroine of Fairhaven, he started in on record which stamps him as one of the most successful com manders of the old school.
 He is the oldest master mariner in New Ee1ford, and with the death of Capt. Charles Grant, of Nantucket, which occurred March Is, he is the old ct whaling master in the world, and boasts of the longest term of service of any man who ever trod the deck of whaleship.
 Other successful voyages were in the Eliza Adams and the James Allen. i While master of the James Allen in 1S48, cruising in the Arctic ocean, he made landing on Herald island, the first white man to step foot on that rocky formation in the far north. fa Another voyage made by this veteran of the sea was in the ship John and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18

refractory convicts. The prisoners were confined in underground cav. erns, shafts and chambers of an aban- doned copper mine. You may to-day travel down tortuous path to these one-time prison cells. where. 70 feet below the surface. manacled prisoners were crowded at night; their feet fastened with heavy iron bars, chains about their necks attached to beams above. The caves reeked with filth; contagious levers were incessant. The keeper was allowed to punish by fog ging. putting on shackles and letters. the treadmill. solitary confinement and putting in the stocks. double and treble sets of irons. hanging by the heels. and other methods that seem far removed from criminalist views of the present.
 But let us turn from the horrors and inhumanities of the past to the work for betterment In the work of prison reform in the United States four great organizations have done much to hasten progress: The Phil adelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons. fermed in TIT; the Boston Prison Discipline So- ciety, organized in 1924; the Prison Association of New York: the Ma. tional Prison Association of America. And: as Dr. Wines says. yeoman serv- ice has been rendered by individuals.
 Barrows, in summing up the most important indications of progress in penology in the past century. gives the following points: CD The higher standard of prison construction and administration; (2) the improved personnel in prison management; (3) the recognition of labor as a dis ciplinary and reformatory agent; co substitution of productive for unpro- ductive labor. and to a small degree for unrequited labor: t5) an improve ment in prison dietaries: ts) newer and better systems of classification; CD the substitution of reformatory for a retributory system; tsD proba- ton or conditional release for first offenders. with friendly surveillance; Cs) the parole system: (l0l the Ber- tillon system for Identification of prisoners; GID the new attention given to the study of the criminal, his environment and history: (12) separation of accidental from habitual criminals: (1s) the abandonment of transportation; t1D the humane treatment of the criminal insane: C15J the new emphasis laid upon pre- ventive instead of punitive, or mere Iy corrective, neasures-
 CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18

Cwoman Who Founded and Is Dean of
 Law College at Washington
 training, she, at the age of 21. entered into matrimonial and business part nership with Gen. R. D. Mussey. who died a year later. Mrs. Mussey's legal career covers a period of 8 years She is a member of the bar of the supreme court of the United States. attorney for several foreign legations and counsel fDr a number of national. patriotic and labor organizations. She was one of the founders as well as attorney for the American Red Cross society. and has served as president of the Legion of Loyal Women.
 She has always been busy. Legisla- ticn for the betterment of woman's conditions in the District of Columbia has constantly received Der ardent sup port Among the laws which she has helped to obtain are the bills giving mothers the same right to their chill dren as fathers: and married women the right to transact business and to control their own earnings
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18
SHELTERED KING PHILIP.
Interesting Group of Trees at Med field, Mass, Under Which In-
 dians Feasted in 1878.

Boston.-On February 21, 1s76, 230 years ago, the town of Medfeld was burned by the Indians. The town at that time was small frontier settle ment having been set of from Dedham 26 years previous.
 King Philip and his dusky warriors had been waging war for several months against the English settlers of eastern Massachusetts, and had al- ready attacked them at Swanzey and other towns of Plymouth colony. July IA, 1875, four or five settlers were killed in Mendon. ..
 The rest of the inhabitants fled to Medfield which then became the outer most settlement in the Massachusetts colony.
 During the summer of 1875, many other towns were visited by the h.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18
CREEK COUNCIL HOUSE !
HISTORIC STRUCTURE MAY BE-
 COME COURT BUILDING.
Citizens Likely to Buy Hall of Justice ct okmulgee, I. T., Where Indian Grimes Were Judged and
 Criminals Executed,

okmulgee, Ind. T.-In the event that Okmulgee becomes county seat under statehood the citizens of the county are more than likely to buy the old Creek council house for court building.
 The council house is one of the his toric buildings in the Indian terri tory. It is made of a very fine grade of sandstone called cotton rock and is situated in yard shaded by ma pie trees quarters of century old. The building itself is two stor- ies high, square in form, with the conventional bell tower on its top. A small marble tablet near the north front door bears the inscription: "Muskogee National Capitol. Erected A. D. 1878. Building Committee James McHenry, W. F. Brown and John Mcintosh"
 The council house was not only the seat of the Creek legislature, but it served the Indians as hall of jus tice for the trial of their prisoners Beneath the cluster of trees on the shady side of the walk many pris. oner has been executed within the past 28 years. These executions were always solemn affairs. The prisoner, after dignified farewell to his fam fly and friends, Ntook his stand with his back to the tree and calmly awaited the shot from the lighthouse mans pistol, which was to put out his life.
 Sometimes, however, the executions took place in the small cemetery on the hill beyond the present Frisco tracks. The last Creek execution oc- cured there in July. 1898. The vic tim was a young Uitche who had com mitted his third horsetheft. There was large crowd in Okmulgee that day. The young Indian was taken to the cemetery on horseback. When the prisoner with his escort arrived the men had just finished digging the grave. A few songs were sung, 8 prayer was offered up in which the victim joined and the Indian sheriff, Berryhill, stepped from the crowd Colts revolver in hand, to do his duty When the fatal shot was fired the
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18


 dians, the buildings burned and the settlers either killed of carried into captivity.
 The allied colonies of Massachusetts, Plymouth and Connecticut raised a force of more than 1000 men and de- feated Philip at his swamp stronghold in Rhode Island, December IS, 1875. More than 1000 Indians and 100 whites were slain in this fight. .;
 Philip escaped and the Indian forces were cut up into small bands, which preyed on isolated settlements and farm houses. Medfield, Lancaster, Weymouth, Groton, Warwick, Sudbury and other towns were attacked during February and March, 1876. AS soon as the settlers of Medfeld realized the full extent of their peril they fired the one cannon which the town possessed as signal to the set tiers in Dedham. On the second dis charge of this "grate gune" panic seems to have seized the Indians, and they fled across the old North bridge. The bridge was set on fire to hinder pursuit. On hill west of the town and in full view of its outraged settlers the Indians roasted an OK and enjoyed a savage feast.
 This spot is marked by a clump of "Impello'' or Swamp Hornbeam" trees, which tradition says were stand. L. 4 sl-z rYNl- trees have been known for at least two centuries as the King Philip" trees.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18

hope for reform in a goodiy per cent. of men under their care. the reforma- tive aspect of prison life should loom large. Formerly the idea of punish ment dominated. To-day the pris- oner is deprived of opportunities for self-indulgence. but is given what he needs for self-development He is not punished for what he has been; he is to prove by labor. study and good behavior what he may be"
 It was in 1777 the Englishmsn. John Howard. made his famous report on prisons. calling attention to the fact t.at young and old. innocent and guilty, were shut up together and in idleness. Very soon England set to work at reforms in prison conditions. and has since continued at the task Experience in the world at large has shown that stringent laws and severe punishments do not lessen crime. At one time there was a score of crimes in England which meant death if the person were caught: to-day the only capital ofenses are murder and trez-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18
R. K. Time Table.
WEST MAIN sTREET sT.TIoy

WEST MAIN STREET STATION. FOR BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK-6:2S. TAT. 11.06 a. m.; 109. 2:40. G,07 p. m.: Sundays. 5sO D. m. FOR ANS0NIA AND NEW HAVEN -6:2s. Iit, 1106 a. m.: loo. 2:i0. GOT D. m.: Sundays. 500 D. m. FOR wATERTOwN-64I. SEA. 11:i4 a. m.: 1:25. 3:59. 5:12. 8:1a, T05. a01 p. m.: Sundays. 1000 a. m.: s:19 D. m.
 FOR THOMAsToN. ToRRINGToy AND wINSTED-S2g. 1O:5s a. m.: 121. 3:55. 700. s;5s ?. m.: Sundays. 9s55 q. m.: s:14 D. m. FOR HARTFORD. wILTIMAS. TIC. WORCESTER. PROVIDENCE PUTNAM AND BOSTON-a45. ss35 a. m.: 12:15. 3:15. Is34 (to Hart. ford onlyl D. m.
 FOR DANBURY-ss30 a. m.: 205. 100 ?. m-
 FOR POCGHKEEPsTE-ss30 a. m.; 2505 D. m.
 SUNDAY TRAINS. FOR BRISTOI@(connectIng with third rail trainsl-s:30. 10N5 a. m: 200. sos. 700 ?. m
 BANh clhkki STATION. FOR BRIDGEPORT AND NEW YORK-Gs35. 1.55. 11:10 a. m-:I.15. 2sle. 4;35. SIS p. m.: Sundays T15. $50 ito Bridgeport a. m.: 105. 5:1O D. m.
 FOR AxsoSIA AND NEW HAVEN -i0O except Monday. .Gs35. TSs. 11.10 . m: 1:15. 2si9. 4.10. 42s s:I5. T50 ?. m: Sundays. 1fn. T1s SEQ .. m: 1 f6. $40. [: 5O D. m. FOR wATERTOwN-s0O. GAS. ssa 11.lz a. m-: 123. 351. 5:Io. s.r2 T1e. sso. 11D D. m: Sundays. s1o. e.5s a. m: s11 ?. m FOR THOMASTON. TORRINGTOy AND wINsTED-s27. 105s .. m: 1.1a. 3Ss. s5ss s4 D. m: Sundays. pf3 a. m: SIS D. m
 DUBLIN STREET STATION. FOR MERIDEN AND MIDDLE TOwN-1os5O a- m-: $40 D. m- O. N- SHEPARD. r. c COLEY. Cen supt .As't Cen Pso At
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 Gle Is One of the Oldest Whaling Masters Living at Presently
 Edward. He was large owner in this vessel, and when he returned on De- cember 10, 1858, with valuable cargo he little dreamed that most of it, to- gether with the ship, would go up in flames
 Fortunately the bone had been re- moved to a store house. but the oil was stored on a wharf at the foot of North street, the same wharf where the John and Edward made her berth. On August "A, 1859, occurred the greatest conflagration ever known in the city of New Bedford and the John and Edward and nearly every thing Capt. Smith owned went up in James.
 He then tried his hand at steamboat ing for short time. taking command of steamer Mt. Vernon, which piled be- tween New York and Washington, D. C., but he didn't take kindly to this sort of sea life. and In 1864 he was again found in command of a whale ship. this time master of the ship Will liam Thompson, one of the largest ves- sells in the whaling feet
 While cruising in the Kamchatka sea the following year, he was overhauled by the confederate cruiser Shenandoah. the ship and her cargo burned, while he anG his crew were held as prison CTS on the cruiser. His ship was de- stroyed on June 21. some time after the civil war had ended.
 He was brought down to San Fran elsco with other whalemen who had suffered similar loss, and, returning home, was given command of the ship Janus December of the same year.
 This was his last voyage. and leav- ing the Janus at Honolulu he returned east and took up his residence on the Vineyard At one time he was ex- tensively engaged in real estate trans actions at Cottage City. and for nine years during his residence on the is- land he was sheriff of Dukes county.
 Capt Smith was never shipwrecked, but he has had his share of losses.
 He has sailed around the world three times. around Cape Horn il times. around Cape of Good Hope seven times, whaled it in four of the five oceans on the globe. and during his long service t a sailor has helped in the capture of z9.0C0 barrels of oil. 10 say nothing of the whalebone taken when cruising in northern waters.
 As a disciplinarian he had few equals in the service. one illustration of which he proudly boasts of to-day. While in command of the Gov Nor ton. from New York for San Francisco. he encountered a heavy gale of Cape Horn. so disabling the Morton that he was compelled to put in at Montevideo for repairs. and lay in that port four months before the work was com pleted. andsyet in all that time he did not lose a nan Other ships in port continually lost members of their crews
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-18
A SILENT, UNSEEN FOE.

The most insidious disease that mankind has to fear is that which at- tacks the kidneys. It comes on 90 si. lently, gains ground 90 rapidly, is so destructive, tGat thousands are lost who might have been saved in the be ginning.
 Signs of kidney trouble come either through the back or from the bladder; in backache, or some irregularity of the urine.
 Pain in the back, duh and heavy, or sharp and acute, tells you of sick kidneys and warns you of the danger of dropsy, diabetes or Bright's dis ease.
 Too frequent passages os urine, thin. pale and foamy urine, or thick. red, fl-smelling urine, fnl! of sediment and scanty or painful of passage. tell you of serious trouble in the kidneys.
 Don't neglect the early kidney troubles. Cure them while they are easy to cure. and 1t will save life of suffering Use remedy for the kid neys only-Doan's Kidney P,Ils. It will quickly right the kidneys and bladder. and drive away the aches and pains.