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Free press., 1907-07-13
LIFE INSURANCE A SACRED
TRUST.
Responsibilities of Officers and Di.
rectorS.

Evidently President Kingsley of the
New York Life Insurance company
has learned the great lesson of the
times with respect to the responsible
ity and duty of directors of corpora
tions. Speaking to the new board of
trustees, on the occasion of his eiec-
ton to the presidency, he emphasized
the fact that life insurance is more
than a private business, that life in
surance trustees are public servants,
charged at once with the obligations
of public service and with the respon-
sibilities that attach to going busi-
ness which at the same time must be
administered as a trust
He also realizes that similar respon-
sibilities rest upon the officers of the
company. Il understand" he says,
your anxiety in selecting the men
who are day by day to carry this bur-
den for you, who are to discharge this
trust in your behalf, who are to ad-
minister for the benefit of the people
involved the multitudinous and exact
ing details to which it is impossible
for you to give personal attention. My
long connection with the New York
Life-covering nearly twenty years
my service in about every branch of
the company's working organization,
gives me, as I believe, a profound ap-
probation, not merely of the heavy
burden you have placed on my shoul-
ders, but of the standards of efficiency,
the standards of faith, the standards
of integrity, which must be main
serves you and the policyholders in
this high Office
Best of all, perhaps, he feels that
words are cheap, and that the public
will be satisfied with nothing short of
performance. my thanks, therefore" :"
he continues, ''for an honor which out
ranks any distinction within the reach
of my ambition, cannot be expressed
in words; they must be read out of
the record I make day by day."
Free press., 1907-07-13
ONLY FOR INDIAN MAIDS.
Another Beauty Contest in Which
Whites Are Barred.

Collinsville, l. T., July 8. = The
executive committee of the CONNER
cial Club has decided to hold anoth-
er beauty contest early in October.
in which only the duly enrolled citi-'
zens Of the five civilized tribes may
enter. The rules will provide that
Indian girls between the ages of 16
and 25 years may enter the contest,
and applies to the five tribes in the
Indian Territory.
The recent contest. which permit
ted both Indian and white women Of
the Usage. Creek and Cherokee ma
tions to take part, mas caused con-
siderable adverse comment, and the
committee decided TO allow only real
Indian maidens to enter the coming
show in October
The Chickasaw Indian girls are
noted for their beauty, and many de-
clare that this contest will bring out
several hundred fair maids from the
southern half of the Indian Terri
tory. The date has not been agreed
upon, but it is understood that it will
be pulled off during the autumnal
fair which will be held from October
% to November 2, inclusive.
Free press., 1907-07-13
SPANISH WAR VETERANS.
National Encampment cf the Army OF
the Philippines to be Held in
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo.-The national
oncampment of the Army OF the
Philippines is to be held in Kansas
City, August IS. II. Is and 16. Plans
to entertain the delegates and Wis
itors are being made by the members
OF the Louis A. Craig camp. The an,
nual reunion of the Twentieth Kan
sas regiment is to be held in conjunc-
ton with the encampment Because
of the central location of Kansas
City the attendance is expected to
be unusually large.
Lieutenant General Arthur Nc
Arthur, L. s. A, who is commander
in-chief OF the society, viii attend
this encampment," Il G. Harris, ad-
jutant of the camp here, said Wednes-
day. Among Others who viii attend
are Brigadfer General Frederick c.
Funston and Colonel Wilder s. Met
calf of the Twentieth Kansas; Brig
adler General Irving Hale of Denver
and Brigadier General Charles King
Free press., 1907-07-13
A SUCCESSOR TO scHMITz.
Attorney Langdon Picks a Banker
for the Place.


San Francisco, July 9. District
Attorney Langdon has decided, it is
said, to advocate the selection of w.
j. Lebreton to succeed Eugene F.
Sehmitz as soon as the latter is SEN
fenced by Judge Dunno.
Mr.. LeBreton is a banker and phil
anthropist. He has been active in
previous non-partisan political move
ments.
Mayor Schmitz yesterday sent
formal demand upon Auditor Horton
for his full salary for the month of
June and for the $500 contingent
fund allowed the mayors Office for
July. The letter contained a warn
ing against paying these or any 9th
er sums upon the order of James l..
Gallagher. the acting mayor.
The auditor was notified that he.
with his bondsmen. would be held
personally responsible. Auditor Hor-
ton has decided that his only safe
course is to refuse to pass maporiai
demands unless they bear the sig
natures of both Schmitz and Cal
lagher.
Free press., 1907-07-13
Ignored Nebraska Law.

Lincoln, Neb. = Attorney Gener
al Thompson Friday evening, in
the supreme court enjoined the five
express companies doing business in
the state from seeking to evade the
provisions of the law reducing ex-
press rates 25 per cent. The new
law went into effect Friday. Thus
far all of the companies have ignored
it, in that they have filed no sched-
ules with the state railway commits
sion, indicating compliance with the
enactment. The companies are SUBJ
ject to penalties at the discretion Of
the commission
Free press., 1907-07-13
THE BEST HE COULD GET.
Amateur Gardener Could Not Under
stand Why Seeds Did Not Sprout.

The woes of the amateur gardener
are very amusing to others, but de-
cidedly real to the man who has
spoiled a suit of clothes, bIistered his
hands and lost his temper in his ef-
forts to make things grow.
A young man, recently married,
early in the spring secured sub
urban place, mainly with the idea of
fresh, homegrown vegetables Every
evening he would hurry through his
supper and rush out to his garden,
where he displayed more energy than
skill. But, alas! When many little
green things began to break the
ground in his neighbors' gardens, his
own remained as bare as the Sahara.
1T certainly has got me beat" he
confded to a friend at his Office one
day. Il can't understand why not a
blessed thing has come up. 1 planted
peas and corn and tomatoes"
Perhaps the seed were reflective,
the friend suggested.
Il hardly think it was that" the
gardener replied, "fo- 1 got the very
best-paid Is cents can for them"
Free press., 1907-07-13
DENVER GRAND JURYs DRAG
REACHES ST. LOUIS.
A MILLIONAIRE is AMONG THEM
Notified by District Attorney, All
But One Woman, and L. M. Rum
hey, Who Are Out of the City, Give
Bond to Appear. -i.

st. Louis, July SIT is announced
today that L. NJ. Ramsey, Of 4378
Westmin-place, millionaire president
of the l.. NJ. Rumsey Manufacturing
Company, and seven other promin-
ent ST. Louis people are under indict-
ment by the federal grand jury IN
Denver for alleged participation IN
the fraudulent entry of extensive coal
lands in Colorado and Montana.
The others indicted included Frank
T. Fay, promoter; Charles H
Dodge and his wife, Mrs. Anna
Dodge; William Baer. an attorney;
Charles F. Heberbeck and his wife,
Magdalene Haberbeck, and Gus Hab-
erbeck
District Attorney Blodgett notified
each of those indicted to appear and
give bond before United States Com
missioner Morsey for their appear
ance for trial in Denver at the next
sitting of the federal district court
there
The charge under which indict-
ments were brought alleges they
participated in the fraudulent entry
of land. thereby defrauding the gov
ernment out of a large amount of
money.
All those indicted, with the excep-
tion of l. NJ Rumsey and Mrs. Mag
dalena Haberbeck, appeared before
Commissioner Morsey and gave the
bonds required by the indictment.
Mrs Haberbeck is out of the city.
At the Office of the j. NJ. Rumsey
Manufacturing Company it was stat
ed that Mr.. Rumsey is out of the
city, and it was not known where he
is. He left st. Louis ten days ago
for a business trip in the West, and
his firm has received no tidings from
him in nearly q week, although re-
peated efforts have been made TO 10
cate him. 1t was said he should be
in Phillipsburg, Mont, but that he
had left there several days ago.
Free press., 1907-07-13
COULDN'T KEEP 1T.
Kept 1t Hid from the Children.

''We cannot keep Grape-Nuts food in
the house. 1t goes so fast l have to
hide it, because the children love it so.
1t is just the food 1 have been looking
for ever so long; something that / do
not have to stop to prepare and still is
nourishing."
Grape-Nuts is the most scientifically
made food on the market. It is per-
fectIy and completely cooked at the
factory and can be served at an in
stant's notice, either with rich cold
cream, or with hot milk if hot dish
is desired. When milk or water is
used, little sugar should be added.
but when ccld cream is used alone
the natural grape-sugar, which can be
seen glistening on the granules, is suf-
ficiently sweet TO satisfy the palate.
This grape-sugar is not poured over
the granules, as some people think,
but exudes from the granules in the
process of manufacture, when the
starch of the grains is changed from
starch to grape-sugar by the process
of manufacture This. in effect, is the
first act of digestion; therefore, Grape
Nuts food is pre-digested and is most
perfectly assimilated by the very
weakest stomach There's a Rea-
son"
Made at the pure food factories of
the Postum Co, Battle Greek. Mich
Read the little health classic, The
Road to Wellville, in pkgs.
Free press., 1907-07-13
The "Descendants" oruanize.

Norfolk, Va. = The order of the
signers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence,' was temporarily organ
lied at the jamestown exposition
Friday by the election of William
Shields Mexican of Washington, D. c..
president and Thomas J. Randolph of
Norfolk, secretary. The descend
ants" of which there were 200 in at
tendance, adjourned TO meet here
again in October, 1908, the anniver-
sary of the surrender of CORVALLIS,
and effect a permanent organization.
Free press., 1907-07-13
ALCOHOL IN MEDICINES.
seventy-Five Per Cent of Doctors
Prescriptions Call for 1t.

Now that the National Pure Food.
and Drugs law is in effect all patent
medicines in liquid form bear on the.
label statement of the percentage
of alcohol contained in them. The
average amount of alcohol is said to,
be about ten per cent, some have more
and some less, but that is about the
average Alcohol is everywhere rec
ognized as a chemical necessity for
the preservation of organic substance,
from deterioration, and from freez-
ing and it is also required to dissolve
substances not soluble in water.
But for the use of a small quantity
of alcohol in most ready-to-use medi-
cines those preparations which most
families keep constantly on hand
would likely be decayed or frozen
when their use became necessary.
Alcohol is an indispensable requi-
site in the fluid extracts and tinctures
which are exclusively used in filling
prescriptions written by physicians,
and these tinctures and extracts con-
tain from 90 to 80 per cent of alco-
hol More than rs per cent of all
the liquid medicines prescribed by
physicians contain alcohol in large
proportions.
Charles A. Rapelye, leading phar-
macist of Hartford, Conn, some time
ago examined % prescriptions repre-
senting a fair average of those writ
ten by physicians to be compounded,
and none being for specialties. The
average amount of alcohol in the
rI0I
of the % prescriptions FIVE contained
no alcohol, so that the average per-
centage of the remaining 20 which
did contain alcohol was nearly IS per
cent; or more than four times the
probable average alcoholic strength of
patent" medicines.
There is some difference of opinion
as to whether it is or is not desirable
as a stimulant in case of sickness,
but there is no difference of opinion
as to the necessity for its use as a SOL
vent and preservative in most cases..
The attention of the medical world
has recently been called to mani
festo issued by prominent London
physicians who, while deploring the
evils from the use of alcoholic ber--
erages,> are convinced "of the correct
ness of the opinion so long and gener-
ally held, that in disease alcohol is a.
rapid and trustworthy restorative
and that in many cases it may be-
truly described as life-preserving, ow--
ing to it's power to sustain cardiac and
nervous energy, while protecting the.
nitrogenous tissues. This manifesto.
which was published in The Lancet,
was issued and signed by T. J. Nc
Call Anderson, NJ. D., Regius Profess
sor of Medicine, University of GIas-
gov; Alfred B. Bars, William H
Bennett, K. C. v. c., F. R. C. s.;
James Crichton-Browne w E. Dixon
Dyce Duckworth, NJ. D., LID; Thorn
as r. Fraser, NJ. D., +. r. S.; T. r.
Glyn, w. R. Corners, NJ. c., F. R. s.;
w D. Halliburton, VI. D. LID, D. f
r. C. P, F. R. s., Professor of Physi-
o1ogy, Kings College London; Jona-
tnan Hutchingson; Edmung Owen.
LID, F. R. C. 6; P. H. Pye-Smitl,.
Fred T. Robert, NJ. D., B. Sc, F. R. C.
s.; Edgecombe yenning, F. R. C. S.
The Dyce Duckworth who signed
this manifesto was for many years
president of the Royal College of Ply
sicians, London.
Free press., 1907-07-13
MADE a NEW FAsHleN.
Good Joke played in Old Days ons
WouId-Be Fashionable.


Old Camden, in his Remains, tells
q good story of a trick played by a
knight upon a would-be fashionable
shoemaker Sir Philip Calthrop
purged John brakes, the shoemaker
of Norwich in the time of King Henry
VIII, of the proud humor which our
people have to be of the gentlemen's- 3
cut This knight bought as much fine
French tawny cloth as should make
him gown, and sent it to the tailor's
to be, made. John brakes, shoe
maker, coming to this tailor's and see
ing the knights gown cloth lying
there, bid the tailor buy cloth of the
same price and pattern and make it
of the same fashion as the knights
Not long after the knight, coming in
to the tailor to be measured for his
gown, and perceiving the like cloth
lying there, asked whose it was
John brakes, the shoemaker, who
will have it made of the self-same
fashion that yours is made OF" Then
make mine as full of cuts as the
shears will make it," John brakes.
had no time to go for his gown till
Christmas day, when he meant to-
wear it. Perceiving the same to be
full of cuts, he began to swear at the
tailor. Il have done naught but what
you bid me-" Quoth the tailor, for
as Sir Philip Calthrop's garment is
even so have I made yours" 'BS my
latchet!" quoth John brakes, II will
never wear gentlemen's fashions
again!"-London T. P.'s Weekly.
Free press., 1907-07-13
Heat Wave in ozarks.

Springfield, Mo-, July S.-A terrific
heat wave has prevailed in the Or
ark country for the past forty-eight
hours and there has been much suf-
fering and some few prostrations,
though no fatalities have been re-
ported
Today thermometers registered
from so to sc degrees above zero in
different sections in the city, or
from to 10 degrees warmer than
was recorded at any time last sum
mer.
Free press., 1907-07-13
Harriman's New Order.

New York, A policy of in
forming the public of the details of all
accidents on the railroads composing
the Hartman system was put into ef-
feet Monday by order of E. H. Harri-
man, according to an official an
nouncement made by the Union Pact
fic Railroad company. 1t is stated
that Mr.. Hartman has ordered that
full reports shall be made and prompt
Iy given to the press concerning all
accidents On the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific systems and on the
Oregon lines
Free press., 1907-07-13
Why SHE WAS THANKFUL
Little One Had Reason to Approve
Fathers Choice.

OF the sisters of well-known New
York family one is married. She has
one little girl greatly petted by all the
aunts and Subject to much advice
from all of them. OF this last the lit
tie lady sometimes wearies. which
WEAKNESS on a certain occasion made
itself shown in the following reply
from her small ladyship:
Said one aunt: If you were my
child 1 should have you do thus and
thue' Said another aunt: Were you
my child / would do so and So The
remaining aunt made a similar re
mark.
The little lady thought it high time
to express her own feelings. But 1
have" she said, always been so
thankful that papa married the sister
he did!''
Free press., 1907-07-13

Appreciation day is the name of a
new festival in a New York high
school. 1t originated last year, when
one OF the girls in the cooking classes
suggested entertaining all their old
grammar-school teachers. The idea
appealed to the other girls, and the
teachers were invited to an entertain
ment by their former pupils. The girls
did all the pleasant things they could
think OF to make their guests happy,
on the theory that it is much better
to do a kind deed to a live teacher
than to say appreciative things over
the coffin of dead one.
Free press., 1907-07-13

Gen. Kuroki. in his recent visit, laid
a soft hand on the loud mouth which
proclaims war between this country
and Japan in the future. A transla-
ton of one of his utterances rings
clear amid the din of martial trum-
pets: The profession which l have
the misfortune to follow is noble only
because sometimes it is necessary to
establish conditions in which peace
may be maintained and in which the
arts of peace may flourish"
Free press., 1907-07-13
The PsycholoqicaI Moment.

The fact that Priam was closeted
with the adjuster did not prevent Cas-
sandra from dropping in TO say that
she had told him just how it would be.
She was all l saved" murmured
the burnt-out monarch, jerking his
thumb at the retiring prophecies.
Say no more rejoined the other.
We'll call the loss total, and if could
make it any more than that, old man,
I'd do it, under the circumstances.
This incident shows the value of
word spoken at the right time.-Puck.
His Wife: You needn't make any
excuses, John. It's all right; you're
Just in time to walk the baby for an
hour or two.-PUck-
Free press., 1907-07-13
scbritz,s Nerve Vet GOOD.

San Francisco.-Mayor Eugene
Schmitz, who is awaiting sentence un-
der conviction of extortion, in an in
terview Tuesday afternoon, authorized
the Associated Press to say that he
will be a candidate for reelection to q
fourth term.
Free press., 1907-07-13

When the queen of Spain wishes to
call her baby to her she does not say,
Alfonso Pho Cristino Eduardo Fran
cisco Guillermo Carlos Enrique Eu-
genio Fernando Antonio Venancio,
come here!' 1t would take too long
to use all the twelve names given to
him at his christening. 1t is probable
that she simply says, "Oo tootsie,
wootsie. darling little p'ecious sweeti-
hns, tome to our own loving momsie
womsie!"
Free press., 1907-07-13
peported the Mutineers.

Villafranche, France.-Troops and
gendarmes lining the route prevented
popular demonstration as GO men
of the mutinous 18th infantry marched
Wednesday to the wharf where they
embarked on cruisers for Sfax, Tunis.
So soon as the men weSe on board the
cruisers headed out to sea.
Free press., 1907-07-13

The secretary of agriculture points
out that general failure of the crops.
whatever the weather conditions may
be, is absolutely impossible, because
the agricultural interests of the coun-
try have become so diversified that
they cannot all go to pieces at once.
So cheer up
Free press., 1907-07-13

This latest census showing that
about one-fifth of all our women Of
more than 16 years are breadwinners
is interesting, but it is probably made
quate from any other than the census
takers standpoint. Nearly all women
are breadwinners in one way or an
other.
Free press., 1907-07-13

New Jersey has accepted the recon-
mendations of the recent uniform di-
vorce law congress, and its legislature
has passed law which conforms to
that framed by the unofficial repre-
sentatives of a score or more of states
last winter. AS the national congress
has no power over marriage and di-
vorce laws, this is the only way that
uniformity in legislation can be Sc
cured.
Free press., 1907-07-13

is there still growing tendency to
,Teibacy among college graduates, as
DR.. G. Stanley Hall insists, or is this
the prevalent state of things among
the young men and young women gen
orally, whether they are highly edu-
Gated or not? The statistics seem
to favor the latter horn of the di-
lemma
Free press., 1907-07-13
EuU Particulars Wanted.

When the nurse brought the cheer
ing news to Toperton recently that he
had just become the father Of tripletsr
he betrayed no particular satisfaction
Boys ?' he growlingly queried.
only one boy sir
Well said Toperton. go on; don't
keep me in suspense. One boy-what
are the others 2''-Sketchy Bits.
Free press., 1907-07-13
RockefeIIer starts for Chicago.

Pittsfield, Mass. = John D. Rock
efeller left Pittsfield Thursday night
for Chicago. where on Saturday
he will be inteTroga.ed in the feder-
al court regarding The affairs Of the
Standard OH company.
Free press., 1907-07-13

From England comes the news that
Lady Grosvenor is travelling about the
country as a gypsy to get material for
a book. The lady will no doubt learn
how to sell spawned mare with the
ability OF a genuine Romany.
Free press., 1907-07-13
Fleet win Go to Pacific.

Oakland, Calf. = Secretary of the
Navy Victor H. Metcalf, in an inter
view Thursday confirmed the report
that large part of the United States
navy will be seen in Pacific waters
next winter. Eighteen or twenty of
the largest battleships will come
around Cape Horn on a practice
cruise and will be seen in San Fran
cisco harbOr. >
Free press., 1907-07-13

Secretary Wilson would like to
check the growing manufacture and
use of absinthe in this country. He is
right. The American people should
nip in the bud the spread of absinthe
degeneracy
Free press., 1907-07-13
Parental Advice.

Father, l am thinking Of getting
married"
"All right, my son, but remember
that love is not everything. Take
care to select wife who will support
you in the style to which you have al
ways been accustomed, or you run the;
risk of being very unhappy and may
be of having to go to work yourself.
Free press., 1907-07-13

When you are rich and making
money wear old clothes, but when
you are hard up put on the best togs
you can get" Ancient and deceptive
counsel 1t is the way Becky Sharp
managed to cheat her creditors. The
honest and decent course is to dress
according to the pocket.
Free press., 1907-07-13
Busy at .he surnmer Capital.

Oyster Bay. N. Y-Celebration of
the Fourth made apparently little
difference in the transaction of gov
ernment business bv President
Roosevelt Thursday. The executive
staff went through the usual routine
work.
Free press., 1907-07-13
New Territories for France.

SAIGON, French Cochin China
Formal possession was taken Wednes-
day of the new territories at Battam-
berg, Siam. accruing to France IN
der the terms of the new French
Siamese treaty.
Free press., 1907-07-13
RaiIroad Attorney Drops Dead.

Edwardsville, III. = Charles n.
Travuus, general attorney for the
Wabash railroad in Illinois, dropped
dead in the yard of his home here
Tuesday morning of heart disease.
Free press., 1907-07-13
TWO BUILDINGS COLLAPSE.

Indianapolis, July s. = Two brick
buildings, three stories high, located
near the northwest corner of Me
ridian and Maryland streets, in the
center of the wholesale district, col
lapsed from some unknown cause
early this morning, causing loss Of
5000 600
Free press., 1907-07-13

Despite the completion of the Sim
pion tunnel and the invention of the
airship, Beyond the Alps Lies Italy
and Hitch Your Wagon to a Star"
continue to be called out by aspiring
young graduates about this time of the
year.
Free press., 1907-07-13
Pnesident IorGan 70 Lecture-

President Jordan, of Stanford uni
versity, Cal. is on his way to Aus
traIia and New Zealand, where he viii
lecture before the colleges Of the
Antipodes on the American university
systom
Free press., 1907-07-13

Four churches of Chicago are to es-
tnblish vacation schools. While the
croakers are croaking tunelessly
about the church not being in touch
with the people that organization con-
tinues to do much practical good with
out making fuss about it, says the
Chicago News.
Free press., 1907-07-13

comes from New York A man in
that city has a cross-eyed cat Unfor-
tunate animal! 1t can't catch more
than half the mice 1t sees.
Free press., 1907-07-13

That divine-right doctrine Of the
czar's makes things look gloomy for
the little czarowitz, who might like to
rule a large empire some day.