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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-08-23
MEXICAN CONTRACT LABOR
BARRED FROM TEXAS SOIL

Acting Attorney General Robb, in
his opinion. says: 1T is probable ex-
perience demonstrated that very few
skilled laborers were brought to this
country under the provisions of sec
ton of the act of 1885. For this
reason when the law came to be
amended in 1903 il was not deemed
necessary to limit the exception to its
operation To new Industries as was
the case in the original act. In other
words, congress, recognizing the vast
difference between skilled and un.
skilled labor, concluded that it might
with perfect safety permit skilled la
Dor TO be imported in all cases where
labor of like kind unemployed could
not be found in this country" But
no such exception was made in favor
of the importation OF unskilled labor.
Indeed, to rule otherwise would in eff.
feet, nullify the whole law.
Should Favor Home Labor.
THE act was designed and intended
for the protection and security of the
American laborer, whose welfare
every patriotic citizen is bound to pro-
mote. Laws designed for his benefit
should, If possible be so construed as
to effectuate rather than retard the OBJ
jects for which they are enacted.
1T is certainly not for the executive
department of the government to null
lily the will of congress because de-
clining or failing to give the words of
the act their natural and logical i'm
port. Especially is this true in a case
involving the welfare of such a very
large number of our own citizens.
Moreover it does not appear that
since the enactment of this law in
1885 it has ever before been contend
ed that unskilled alien contract labor
could legally be imported.
Orders Aliens Deported.
1.-The determination of the question
as to what is skilled and what is I'M
skilled labor within the meaning of
the law rests largely with you. | en-
terrain no doubt, however, that 'ordin-
airy hands, commonly employed in the
construction and maintenance of
tracks of railroads. are not skilled
laborers within the meaning of the i'm
migration act of March 3. 1903. Hav-
ing reached the conclusion that they
are not skilled laborers, it follows
from what ! have previously said that
such laborers may not be imported
into this country under contract in
any event"
Immediately on receipt of the opin.
ion, Acting Secretary Murray of
commerce and labor dismissed the ap.
peals of the aliens and ordered them
to be deported.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-08-23
Gen. Meroier In EnnIsnd.

Gen. Mercier, who has fed from
Paris to England, where he hasn't
been enthusiastically received, once
delivered in the French senate an
elaborate speech on the feasibility Of
invading England. .rs,>s-.:rr,,,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-08-23
COULD NOT KEEP UP.
Broken Down, Like Many Another
Woman, with Exhausting Kid
ney Troubles.

Mrs. A. Taylor, OF Wharton, N. j.,
says: IL had kidney trouble in its
most painful and severe form, and the
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08
HONOR FOR HERO
OF 0LDEN DAYS
Dedication of the Putnam Cot
tage at Greenwich, Conn.,,
the Past Week.
WAS INTERESTING EVENT
GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM SUP
POSED TO HAVE STAYED
THERE BEFORE HE MADE HIS
DAREDEVIL RIDE.
Publishers Press1

Greenwich. Conn, July THE ca.
reer and adventures of General Is,
rael Putnam, affectionately known as
odd Put" were vividly brought to
mind by the dedication the
past week in this place OF
the so-called Putnam Cottage
as a meeting place OF Putnam Hill
chapter, Daughters Of the American
Revolution. This old house has a his
tory antedating the Revolution. and
there is tradition that Putnam was
staying here at the time he made his
escape from the British by his cele-
brated ride on horseback down the
stone steps at Horseneck. That ride
has been the subject OF much contro-
versy, and some have even questioned
whether the doughty New England
general ever performed any such feat
as tradition has credited to him. How
ever that may be, the story of the ride
ut Horseneck Is perfectly in keeping
with other adventures of this hero,
and reckless daring was his leading
characteristic from boyhood to old age.
one of the EARLIEST adventures of
which we have record was his bold act
Of boarding in her den the old she
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08

est to admirers OF The soIuier OF long
ago. The adventure with the wolf is
supposed to have occurred during Put
mans early manhood, and he won his
first fame as a warrior in the French
and Indian war He was born in 171S
and therefore was about thirty-seven
years Of age when this war broke out
in 1755. 1t was in 175S that he was
captured by French and Indians and
came near being burned alive at the
stake by the latter. He was rescued by
gallant French officer from the red
warriors just as the flames were scar
ing his flesh and sent to Montreal for
exchange. He performed several acts
of courage and skill during the French
and Indian war that have since become
celebrated. He was tifty-seven years
Of age when the news Of the battle Of
Lexington came to him while he was
blowing a field Oh his farm at Pom
fret. Leaving the pillow in the furrow
and turning the oxen loose, he jumped
on his horse without stopping to don
his uniform and arrived at Cambridge
the next morning to proffer his serv-
ices in the struggle with the British.
1t was four years later, in 1779, that
he was stationed at Greenwich, en-
gagged in trying to prevent the British
from invading that part Of Connect
cut. Though nearing sixty and twice a
widower. he was still gallant to the
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08
DRINK WHILE YOU EAT
LATEST MEDICAL ADVICE
1t Is Excellent for the Digestion and
Neither Gastric Juice Nor Pepsin
Work Properly Unless Well Diluted
With Water.

How much water should we drink
and when should we drink it are Ques-
tons so simple that at first sight their
discussion seems superf1uous. One
would naturally answer, Drink all the
water you wish when you are thirsty"
but authorities say, Drink more than
you wish when you are not thirsty"
for they recommend that a gallon or so
be drunk between meals, which is
more water than we need and the very
time the system least demands it. Us
ually we experience thirst during or
directly after eating
Inasmuch as So per cent of the whole
body is water, which is, of course, be-
ing used up every moment, there is no
question that we should drink OF this
element copiously. but it Is a serious
question whether we should refrain
from water at meals-the time we par
ticularly desire it.
There is a class of persons, ever
growing more numerous. that believes
that whatever is is wrong. For the
natural and simple they would substi-
tute the artificial and complicated. To
drink water while or directly after eat
ing is natural instinct. Give a dog
his dinner, putting a bowl Of water
near it, and observe that he will first
eat all he can and then Immediately
drink. Wild animals look for a stream
after feeding. Cage birds will stop
pecking at seed to peck at water. Chill
dren have a perpetual thirst and I
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08
FORMER RICHMOND MAN
WRITES OF GEO. w. BARNES
A. B. Young, Now Living in Portland,
Ore, Gives His Appreciation of a
Companion of Former Days Who
has Passed to Great Beyond.

A. B. Young, a former Richmond
man, a pioneer in business affairs of
the city, now resident of Portland,
Ore, has written to the Palladium an
interesting letter relative to the late
Geo. w. Barnes. In part it follows:
Portland Ore, June 10, '06.
Editor Palladium-A copy of the
Palladium has just come into my
hands announcing the death of George
w. Barnes. Though of no blOOdkin
he at any rate was one who stood and
of whom I am now writing, as an
"adoptive father"
He did in effect fill that relation to
me, in the years and times when way
wardness ignored the behests and
prayers of my own father; than whom
no more indulgent to fault parent
ever grieved over the apparent, inevi-
table downward course of first born
favorite son.
He of whom I am now writing
could not have been tenderer-less
prone to recall unwelcome memories
of bad actions past, in the hope of
III lIlS luIulC' hlu
been his own son-even the apple
of his eye"
The George w. Barnes, of his day
and time, is a character so far back
ward in the calendar-so far in the
rear of the get rich quick genius
furnishing most of the studious, &C
curate writing of this day and time,
that anything like accurate" estimate
of that life is hardly-was hardly to
have been expected. He was descend
ed of ancestry noted for intelligence
and faithfulnesS and old fashioned in
tegrity. His father, born early enough
in the 18th century TO be old enough
to join the group of children, and par
ticipate with them in that prettiest
Flower Scene" in America, or any
other history, strewing flowers in the
pathway of the Father of his Count
ry'', when riding from Trenton, New
Jersey to be inaugurated First Presi-
dent" of his country.
That father was no ordinary man,
from whom the father 1 am trying, in
my feeble way to write about inherit
ed many noble traits and no faults,
<or that father had none to transmit.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08

book says and inheritance in Heaven
is vouchsafed the peace makers" had
lost one of their ablest, sincerest, in
defatigable cOmpOers.
And too, | feel positive, that one
of the faithfulest dispensers of the
the milk of human kindness, has gone
to that undiscovered country from
whose bourne no traveller returns.
And, | can conceive too, that they
might have concluded such well ment-
ed eulOgium as l feel that this weak
attempt of mine may just as APPLY and
truthfully be concluded:
An honest I'm lies here at rest,
AS e'er God with his image blest.
The friend of man, the friend of truth;
The support of age, the guide of
youth,
Few minds like his with knowledge
formed,
Few hearts like his with virtue
warmed.
If there's a world beyond he lives in
bliss,
If there's none he made the best of
this"
l remain very sincerely and respect
fully. a. B. Young.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08

The mother, whose sanity form,
seems now, in my minds eye, standing
Just beyond the river, on the other
shore" manifesting her Notification of
the facts asserted in my last preced-
ing sentence.
From her too, her favOrte boy,
doubly So from the accidental loss of
the fingers of his chubby little right
hand by a sharp Ratchet cut, when, oh
such a little fellow.
One thing I've often heard that
''grown-up-little-fell relate shows
the fibre of that mothers heart, more
than pages and pages of other words,
tho true, could.
From the time of that loss his
mother had sought to create in him
fear of a gun, lest by accident in the
Handling" Of one, injury might enSue
to the other, still perfect hand. And
you know, for you've heard him tell
many a time and oft, how thoroughly
we'll she succeeded. For, beside his
impossible touching of fire-arm off
ly to go off, he had to shut his eyes, or
get beyond its purview.
Sustaing himself in such way as to
make life long friends of his employ
ers, from his st. Louis business posi-
ton he went, in the early days of
40 to California, along with the
worlds rush thitherwards.
If the days of valley Forge" tried
mems souls, the days of 40 across the
Isthmus via Chagris river tried mems
bottom to the center. Few men have
returned, beside taking a fair compile
ment of the new Ell Dorados golden
sands, who could say as could the
father | am writing about, truthfully:
4 never played a card for money nor
drank a drop of liquor"
His business was in the practical
sense, his religion. No member"
ever more faithfully than he, respect
ed, and obeyed his professions.
Customers, men and women, would,
| from George" hear anew perhaps for
the oozenth time, some annecdote
some bon mot and get new pleas
ure new inspiration perhaps, just
listening there in the old store" to
his smiling, laughing, congenial, re-
citals.
| \ time there was too, and it lasted
through many campaigns, when the
candidate whom George W. Barnes,
was for" could pretty nearly count
/ his election sure" For if he was for
man. he was for him, and worked
| for him. But, and that's something
! you all that are still this side the
shores of time can not only be thank,
full but proud of-never, never would
! he lower himself or deprecate the
chances OF his man" by STOPPING to
/ tricllery on subterfuge of any sort
If this obituary had transpired
when David P. Holloway was editor
and Benjamin w. Davis co-Owner and
associate editor Of the Richmond Pal
! ladium, in it's columns would have ap-
peared, you may rest assured, in ad,
dition to the feiDt effort of mine, some
such tribute as that, as a citizen his
/ loss was the more to be mourned for
that his counsel, his advice, but above
all his example to young, especially,
young men, would be regretfully miss
ed and that if they of which the good
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08


fair sex and on the night of Feb. &c
had ridden to ball with Miss Sarah
Bush of Cos Cob. one of the prettiest
girls of those parts, on horseback be-
hind him, according to the custom Of
those days. He had returned to his
dquarters-maintaine by the D. A.
II. to have been the Putnam cottage
and was shaving himself when he saw
in his mirror party Of redcoats COM
ing down the road. Lathered and half
he seized his coat and jumped
on his horse, galloping toward the Con-
gregational meeting house, where his
men were drawn up.
AS they were too few In number to
offer efrectual resistance to the ap-
preaching British. he babe them dis
perse and started OFF toward Stamford
for re-enforcements. The British were
almost upon him as he reached Puts
HILL" steep declivity in which were
stone steps, partly natural. partly cut
In the rock for convenience of pedes-
trians. According to the tradition, he
turned his horse toward these steps
when he saw the redcoats behind him
and went down the hill at a gallop,
the British being too astonished and
too umorous to follow. A bullet
pierced his hat. but he turned in his
saddle as he reached the foot Of the
hill and shouted, IN hang We TO the
nearest tree when I get ye" He thus
ESCAPED to Stamford gathered Teen
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08

have seen babies that, unlike young
Oliver, have refused to eat more when
denied water after every few mouth
fuls
1t is especially important that babies
be given what water they wish and at
the time they wish it, which Is usually
at table.
The thinner food Is the more easily
and thoroughly is it digested; in fact,
it cannot be digested until it has been
made liquid by the gastric and intesti-
nal juices. Indigestion Is caused often
by food that has not been sufficiently
moistened by the digestive secretions.
There are sound physiological rea-
sons for our craving water with meals.
Water is the solvent that constitutes
95 per cent of the gastric juice. Now,
when one eats a hearty meal and does
not drink, the amount of water in the
stomach is not sufficient thoroughly to
moisten the great quantity of food,
and this makes digestion difficult. On
the other hand, when enough water Is
ingested with the food the latter is
well moistened and broken up, the d.
gestible particles being then readily
acted on by the gastric juice and after
ward absorbed. Again, when the par
TALLY digested food (chyme) passes into
the intestnes it is most important that
it be very moist, particularly as water
is constantly absorbed from the chyle
in the large intestine. Bad cases of
constipation are caused by dry chyle
remaining in the intestines, where it
sets up an Inflammation that some
times proves fatal, dry faces, Of
course, resisting peristaltic action. The
excrement of persons suffering from
constipation is always dry and hard
and is potent cause of appendicitis.
The idea that water drinking at
meals unduly dilutes the gastric juice
is nonsensical, water being not so pal
atable that one is apt to drink more
than his digestive functions require.
AS a matter of fact water generally
facilitates the digestion of albuminous
substances. In this connection DR.. A.
jacob in his work ON Infant Diet"
page 81, says:
In experiments upon digestion Of
albumen with gastric juice obtained.
from the stomach of animals it was no
ticed that after certain time the proc
ess began to slacken, but was renewed
merely by the addition of water. The
gastric juice became saturated with
the substance it had dissolved and
ceased to act upon what remained I'M
til it had been diluted. In the living
stomach this dilution is of even greater
Importance, for 1t permits Of the i'm
mediate absorption of the substances
soluble in water and which do not re-
quire the specific action of the gastric
juice" Neither the gastric juice nor
pepsin has any true digestive action
unless they be largely diluted with wa
ter.
1t goes without saying that it Is not
the food that is ingested, but that
which is digested, that does good, and
this principle holds good with water,
which Is practically a food. Now,
when one resists the perfectly natural
desire to drink while eating he may be
not thirsty several hours afterward,
but he is advised nevertheless to force
himself to drink at that time. But II
he drinks then, the water, having no
food to mix with it, will go through
him, as it were-that Is, it will do no
good.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08
WILL EXAMINE
ALL JUVENILES
New System of the Court for :
Children at Indiana
polls.
ARE NO PHYSICIANS FEES
THE NEED OF SUCH ExAMINAp
TIONS-LONG STEP TOWARD
BETTERMENT OF CHILDREN.

Indianapolis, July 6. (Spl)-A sys-
tenn of physical examination for GER
tain of the children who are daily
brought into the Juvenile Court on
the charge of delinquency or for petty
misdemeanors, has been established
in Indianapolis. The physicians are
to serve without compensation.
For the present examinations will
be made only on one day of each
children whose condition and actions
indicate that their delinquency is
caused by their physical condition
will be examined.
A case which illustrates the need for
physical examinations, as a part of
the preliminary investigations made
in every case before it is brought to
trial, was related by an officer OF the
court. A boy was constantly in
trouble at school and elsewhere with
his playmates. Several times, in the
course of year, he was charged with
Assault anu BdtLeIy Ou SOME OLueI
child. He was dull in the school
room and unable, apparently to com.
pete 1t ,cessfully with the other prpils
in the room. ~.
Nervous and Deaf.
When he was brought into the Juve-
nile Court charged with delinquency
and incorrigibility a physical exam
ination made by physician revealed
the fact that he was suffering from an
affection OF the throat which had in
turn affected his nervous system. In
addition to this he was almost deaf.
The throat trouble had resulted in the
boy being classed as mean" and
"scrappy" and always inviting trouble
while the deafness made it impossible
for him t. rear in the school room and
he fell behind in his work and was
classed as dull.
Proper medical treatment soon
brought the boy around to a normal
and healthy condition He left off
his almost daily scraps" with the
other boys and became one of the best
pupils in his room.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-08

forcements, returned and whipped the
enemy.
In 1900 Putnam Hill chapter dedi-
Gated near this flight of steps a mon
ument to commemorate this episode.
And now the cottage from which,
az some historians claim, Putnam made
his escape on that historic morning, is
to be preserved and maintained az q
center of patriotic interest
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-21

with comrades, arose at 6 Sunday
morning, and crossed the track was
assaulted by a tall man, light coat,
wore a cap, too dark to further de-
scribe, was cut on throat with razor,
not robbed; assailant ran; he bled
freely, returned to car, and crawled
into bunk did not awake anyone, be-
cause he was stranger Was found
at $3.50, weak from loss of blood, had
been drinking in Chicago several days,
did not attempt suicide.
Other witnesses were examined care
fully and the general trend of testi-
mony seemed to indicate an attempt
ed suicide, though little evidence was
discovered.
The patient was removed to Herrick,
where he is improving rapidly and
doubtless will recover.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-21
TAKES ISSUE WITH METCALF
Frisco School Board Says Secretary
Made Measurements.

San Francisco, Dec. 20.-According
to an interview given to the press by
Secretary Leffingwell of the board OF
education, Secretary Metcalf made
some erroneous statements in his re-
port on the Japanese question.
Mr.. Leffingwell said: "The report
made by Secretary Metcalf, as ex.
plotted before congress, contains
many assertions and differences which
are surprising, to say the least, since
they are in error, and are therefore
unfair, as they are applied to the
members of the board of education.
When Secretary Metcalf reached this
city on his mission for President
Roosevelt and the object OF his visit
was made known, the board of educa'
ton did all in its power to equip him
with the facts surrounding the new or
der made in regard to the schooling
Of Japanese pupils. When Secretary
Metcalf asserts that the Japanese and
Korean Exclusion league directed the
board of education to enter the ruling
concerning the Japanese pupils, he
utters that which we say is an error,
The members of the board of educa'
tion were specially careful to ex'
plain the origin of the matter to Sec
rotary Metcalf. The board acted upon
its own initiative and merely proceed
ed to enforce state law"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-21
MADAME GOULD VICTOR IOUS
Former Countess Defeats Creditors In
Suit over Counts Debts.

Paris, DLc. 20.-Madame Gould, tn
former Countess de Castellane, has
been victorious in the suits brought
by creditors and money lenders
against her with the object of making
her Jointly responsible with the count
for the latter's debts. Thirteen of the
fifteen cases were dismissed by the
court with costs against the plaintiffs
Only in the cases of two art deal
ers did the court express the opinion
that Nine. Gould should be held re
sponsible, 'as the objects purchased
in these instances for the most part
are still in her possession. There are
still three cases to be passed upon
In dismissing the thirteen suits the
court held that the plaintiffs had
failed to prove that the debts were
contracted for the common benefit OF
the count and countess. The latter
the court declared, had more than full
filled the obligations under her mar
rage contract. During her welded
life she had retained nothing for her
self, her entire revenue being col
lected by her husband and employed
according to his own admission, either
for the household expenses or for the
payment Of his personal debts.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1906-12-21
CASE IN COURT FOURTEEN YEARS
Omaha Attorneys Seek to Recover
Fees From Creighton Estate.

Lincoln, Dec. 20.-A case which has
been before the courts for fourteen
years 5 now before the supreme court
for rehearing. 1t is that in which eX'
Attorney General Smyth and General
Gown of Omaha seek to recover
about $1,000 for attorneys fees from
the estate of Joseph Creighton. The
attorneys were retained by Bishop
Scannell of Omaha to secure the pro
batting of the will of Mr.. Creighton
when his daughter tried to break It,
The question which the court must de.
eide is whether Bishop Scannell will
have to pay the full fees or whether
all of the devisees will be required to
pay the fees, the will being sustained
and declared valid. The ravages OIL
the Missouri river have caused tie
estate to depreciate greatly in value
durigg the time that the case has been
in the courts, and the attorneys say
that about all they will get out of it
will be the settlement of an interest
ing point of law.