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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24
WILL REDUCE IMMIGRATION.
Increase of Deck Space VIII Cut
Down Influx of Aliens.

Analysis Of the effect of the new immi-
grafton bin by government experts shows
that the increase Of deck space now made
mandatory on steamship companies will
reduce the volume of immigration by 80
per cent This is based on the theory that
the restriction will greatly advance pas
senger rates for immigrants
The advocates of the educational test
claimed that that restriction would re-
duce the volume of immigration by .
per cent. That test having been ADAM
dohed. it is now found that the space
restriction will produce an even greater
reduction of immigration. The deck space
now is fourteen and one-quarteT feet per
head. Under the new law il VIII be eight
teen feet Last year the 175 steamers
bringing immigrants to the United States
carried 254a2 passengers. The new act
viii limit the number By the same ships
to Z3.769.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24

1t is an interesting and enlightening ar
ticle, written by an eloquent member cf
the Senate and reprinted from a magazine.
which appeared I'm a New York paper last
Sunday, and furnishes to the old Wash
ingtonian. whose memory goes back a half
century food for thought and some irrita-
ton that his idols of twenty-five years
back are pulled down and trampIed in
the dust
The chief criticism TO be made regarding
this distinguished author is that he does
not know his Washington, and he has not
read up" To compare the prices of
ante-belum days with the standards ac-
cepted to-day is manifestly unjust, as un-
just as II would be TO compare them with
the beginning Of the last century With
the civil war the country went through
the pangs Of a great birth. and the United
States Of 1865 was widely separated from
the United States of 1860 At that period
slaves were still held and all manner Of
things were cheaper. with the exception
Of wearing apparel, most Of which was i'm
ported from Europe.
But there was much lavish hospitality;
the members Of the House and Senate en-
teFtalned more generally than they do to-
day, and more lavishly, 10 verify this one
has only 10 consult the chronicles Of the
period, but even then our sOlons felt the
pinch Of poverty. The places this article
refers 10 as being "a none too pleasant
quarter of the city" ana extremely UE-
fashionable part OF the city were then
the center Of town, which clustered about
the Capitol THE modest boarding
houses referred 10 were al that time the
best the Capital afforded. and most OF
them would compare more than favOrably
with the boarding houses Of to-day, for
that was the time Of abundance and
plenty-game and vegetables at ones door,
If slaves were not en-
ployed, service was cheap.
Webster lived in what was then the
most palatial residence IN town, the house
OF ". w. Corcoran, 10 keep up which he
used not only his own salary. but Dor
rowed saagnihcently from his friends. OF
course, he kept an inexhausuble side
board, and his expenses IN other direc-
tons were great, but no greater than
many OF his colleagues Stephen 4.
Douglas. with his beautiful wife, who
was the belle Of her day, occupied what
was until recently the residence Of the
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-02-24
ROOSEVELT AS BOOK LOVER
Prof. Maurice Francis Egan Tells
of His Literary Tastes.
Doesn't Like Preaching Novel, but
Enjoys stories That Reflect
Phases of Real Life.

The phrase applied TO President Roose-
welt by "a friend and adHrirer-''a man OF
I letters in love with Iife''-seems very apt
when one hears him talk about books,
writes Maurice Francis Egan. IN the
Rosary Magazine. The President was
brought up among good books. and his
children are brought up among good
books-and these books arc not all new.
Accent has been put ON the fact that
he is an omnivorous reader. but this ac-
cent is in the wrong place: he reads care
fully only the important things. He seems
to read by paragraphs. not by sentences.
and be manages 20 consume the essence
of every good thing printed in the maya
zines ana 10 make it fit into q place in
life
Any important book you may mention
has been or viii be- read by the Presi-
dent IF he has not read the book which
YOU consider worth reading, he whips out
his pencil and takes the title at once.
There is no pretensc OF pedantry about
him.
a preaching novel ne cannot endure.
lie likes a story that reflects life, as. for
instance. John FOxs Little Shepherd Of
Kingdom Come. Hamln Garland's cap
tain OF the Gray Horse Troop" Mark
Twain's Tom Sawyer" or perhaps.
though not so whole EeaFtedly' Jack Lon
dou's Sea WOLF, and Bret iiarte' s
earlier tales lie has no reserves about
n.fa,-a -Tnarer.c erriu11o-iraI stories nor
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1907-04-26

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ARRAIGNs STANDARD OIL.
Interstate Commerce Commissions
Report to Congress.

Washington.-The Interstate Com
mcrce Commission sent to Congress
report of the Investigations made by
1t under the Tillman-Gillespie resolu-
tions concerning the relations of COM
mon carriers by rail to the produc-
ton and distribution of oil. The re-
port covers the distribution of petro-
leum and its products east of the Mis-
sissippi river. and, incidentally, the
Kansas and Texas fields.
In it's report the commission says:
1.-The Standard Oil Company largely
monopolizes the handling of petroleum
from the mouth of the well until it is
sold to the retailer, and sometimes to
the consumer, and, under ordinary cir
cumstances, its margin of profit is
very large.
THE ruin Of its competitors has
been a distinct part of the policy of
the Standard Oil Company in the past,
Systematically and persistently pur-
sued.
when competition was destroyed
1t advanced or restored former prices.
The Standard has sold different grades
Of oil at different prices from the same
barrel. 1t Las paid employees of inde-
pendent oil companies for information
as to the business of those competi-
tors, and has paid employees of indus
trial companies to secure the adoption
of it's oil in preference Of that Of its
competitors. 1t has followed every
barrel of independent oil to destina-
ton. Its agents are instructed to Sc
cure customers, at any sacrifice. 1t
has tanpered with the oil inspectors
Of different states.
The Standard buys advertising
space in many newspapers, which it
fills, not with advertisements, but
with reading matter, prepared by
agents kept for that purpose, and paid
for at advertising rates, as ordinary
news. The assumption Is that this
literature furnishes many of the ideas
touching the great benefits conferred
upon the public by the Standard Oil
Company.
"The evidence shows little basis for
the contention that the enormous divi-
dends OF the Standard Oil Company
are the legitimate result Of its econom-
les. Except for its pipe lines, the
Standard has but little legitimate ad-
vantage over the independent refiner."
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
Expert Ocean Mail sorters.

One of the most interesting perform
ances of modern times is the handling
of the mails in great ocean steam
ships. Some of the men become SO
expert at sorting that they work al
most automatically, many Of them be-
ing able to put their finger on any
particular town marked on the rack
blindfolded. On an ordinary western
trip they carry on an average about
250,000 letters and some 10000 regis
tered packets. The latter have all to
be written up in detail in their books
during the voyage, and this takes
more time than the actual sorting. The
officials do not always manage to fin
ish the work by the time they reach
port, and when such is the case they
accompany what is left to the general
post office and complete the job there.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
Van WYK GUILTY
VERDICT OF JURY IN MURDER
TRIAL AT STERLING.
MRS. VAN WYK is ACQUITTED

Life Sentence Recommended by the
Jury-second Time the Case Was
Before Jury-Both Were Found
Guilty on Previous Trial.
Denver. - A Republican special
from Sterling, Colorado, Monday, says:
Before a crowded court room this
morning Gerrit Van Wyk was found
guilty of the murder in the first de-
gree of Gerritje j. Hast, and Mrs. Van
Wyk, charged jointly with her hus-
band with the commission Of the
crime, was declared not guilty by the
jury and discharged. The penalty was
fixed at life Imprisonment for Van
Wyk.
This is the second time that jury
In the District Court has found Van
Wyk guilty of the killing of the girl
found foully murdered in her cabin a
little more than a year ago, the first
trial at Wray before Judge John I.
Mullins, resulting in a verdict of
guilty for both defendants.
The reading of the verdict was re-
ceived sullenly by Van Wyk and with
some show of temper. AS the jury was
being polled Van Wyk muttered:
"The jury are liars" and he kept
talking in an undertone and would
have made more of a demonstration
had it not been for his counsel, who
restrained him. AS the jury was pass
ing out of the box Van Wyk turned to
one Of them and said:
you don't dare to look me in the
eye and say that"
Mrs. Van Wyk received the verdict
with absolutely no show Of emotion,
and for all that her face showed the
verdict was of little concern to her.
Following the announcement made by
the foreman of the jury Attorney Mum
son for the defense asked for ten days
in which to make a motion for new
trial, which was grained.
H. ]. Weir, one of the jurors, was
informed that his mother was i'll in
Denver, and he left tonight for that
place. The mother of Weir has been
seriously i'll for several days, but the
court decided that it would be best
not to inform him of the fact until
after the case had been disposed Of.
The mother is still alive.
When the court opened this morn
ing the room was filled with eager
spectators who came to learn the re-
suit of the deliberations.
Van Wyk was taken back to jail and
the wife was discharged.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
CHILD LABOR LAW,
Occasions Lively Discussion In United
States Senate.

Washington. - Senator Beveridge
Monday resumed his speech in behalf
Of the measure prohibiting interstate
commerce in articles which are the
product Of child labor. Mr.. Beveridge
stated that three-fourths Of the cotton
factories Of the South were opposing
the bill, that the railroads Of the
South were opposing 1t and that the
coal mine operators Of the South were
opposing 1t. He said he would set
forth evidence Of these conditions in
the form Of afiidavjts.
Senator Tillman acknowledged the
great evil Of child labor in his state.
but he believed the question one for
state rather than federal control. Add
Ing to the difficulty in his state. he
said, was the northern millionaire.
who invested his money in cotton mills
and then influenced the Legislature
against child labor laws.
"The senator is to a certain extent
right" interrupted Senator Gallinger.
There is northern money In South
Carolina and God help South Carolina
II there was not northern money
there"
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
COLORADO CADETS.
Six Colorado Boys to Be Sent to An.
napolis.

Washington.-A full half dozen Col.
orado boys will be taken into the Ma.
val Academy at Annapolis this year to
be made into officers for the United
States navy. This is the largest num-
ber that has ever entered from Colo
rado in a single year, and 1t is partly
due to the fact that Senator Patterson
and Congressman Brooks each find
themselves with two places to fill ow-
ing to failures Of candidates last year.
Senator Patterson's two principal
candidates in the coming examina.
tions are A. T. Stewart, Jr., Of Pueblo,
and James Inglis Glendenning of Den.
yer.
Congressman Brooks has designated
Arthur d. Connor of Colorado Springs
and Harrison Teller of New Windsor
as principal candidates in the exami.
nation, with various alternates scat.
tered througout the state who will
qualify In case principals fail.
Congressman Bonynge announced
that he would designate midshipmen
candidates as follows:
Frank G. Hoddick, Denver, princi.
pal; Frank Dana Bartlett, Yuma, first
alternate; Charles Graham, Fort Col.
Inns, second alternate.
Senator Teller also finds himself
with an Annapolis vacancy to fill. He
Is at present engaged In the selection
Of his principal and alternates. The
successful candidate will enter the
academy In June.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
HEALTH and SPIRITS
Are Restored by Or. Williams Pink
Pills in Gases of Debility and
Dependency.

General debility is caused by men,
tai or physical overwork with imper-
feet assimilation of nourisnment, or
by some acute disease from which
the vital forces have been prostrated
and the entire organism weakened SO
as not to easily rally. To restore
health 1t is necessary that the blood
should be purified and made new.
The case of Mrs. z. NJ. Spears, of
80 Mt. Pleasant street, Athol, Mass.
is a common one and is given here in
order that others may be benefited by
her experience. She says: 81 had been
sick for a year from indigestion and
general debility brought on by over
work and worry. l mad tried many
remedies, but found no relief. suf-
fered from swelling OF the limbs, loss
of appetite and dizzy spells. which be-
came So severe towards night, that I
sometimes tainted away. was bill
ious and my hands and arms would
go to sleep for an hour or two at a
time. was so sleepy all the time
that could hardly keep awake. l
had frequent cramps In my limbs and
severe pains at the base OF my head
and in my back. My blood was i'm
poverished. was afraid to give up
and go to bed fearing that l would
never get we'll.
"About this time DR.. Williams
Pink Pills were recommended to me
by friend In South Vernon. Vt. I
felt better soon after beginning the
treatment and continued until was
entirely cured. I consider DR.. VIII
liams' Pink Pills grand medicine
for weak women"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold
by all druggists. or sent, postpaid, on
receipt of price so cents per box, si1
boxes $3.50. by the DR.. Williams Medi'
cine Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
Inspection for tuberculosis.

Fort Collins, Colo.-Dr. George II.
Glover, veterinarian at the Colorado
State Agricultural College, who has
made an exhaustive investigation OF
tuberculosis, will soon issue state
ment advocating the passage OF a law
by the present session Of the Legisla-
ture providing for the inspection OF
cattle for tuberculosis. DR.. Glover
states that investigations held lead
him to believe there Is no longer any
doubt that consumption and Other dis.
eases are transmitted to the human
race from eating diseased meat and
from drinking milk from cows affected
with tuberculosis.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
Monarch Uses the Press.

In the course of the recent sojourn
of King George of Greece, in Paris. a
long article was published in news
paper in that city dealing with the
conditions in the island of Crete. The
article bore the signature of one of
the editors. but it has been learned
since that the signature was fictitious
and that its true author was the king.
King George is not the first monarch
to avail himself of an opportunity to
publish his views on pending ques-
ton of the day.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
CHINESE FAMINE.
One of the Worst Ever Known In That
Empire.

washington.-Ma reports from
American consular officers in China
which reached the State Department
to-day regarding the famine and re
sultant conditions further confirm the
stories of suffering and hardships.
Consul General Haines ut Nankine
says the famine is ten times worse
than anything known in that part OF
the Empire for forty years. The Chinese
officials. he says, upon information
given him by the viccroy, admit their
inability to cope with the situation.
The government is trying to help the
starving people to keep their cattle
and to this end is taking their oxen
and buffaloes in pawn for 2 taels each,
keeping them until next spring, when
1t will return them.
Consul Haines declares that what
ever aid may be extended by this gov
ernment in the present crisis will Ger.
tcinly do much to dispel the ill-feeling
aroused by the boycott, the exclusion
act, etc.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
Buffalo and Bull Fight.

Ell Paso.-Craving new sensations
and fresh horrors of the ring, followers
OF bull fighting were treated to bat
tie royal between North Dakota
buffalo and a vicious bull from Du-
range. Mexico, fighting stock. Sunday,
across the river at Juarez. For a half
an hour honors between the animals
were even and then the bull sulkily
retired to the side Of the ring and re.
fused to proceed with the fight. The
buffalo indicated he had enough and
did not press the advantage he was
gaining as the struggle drew toward
It's close. It was the largest crowd
that ever attended an event in the
arena of Juarez.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31

THERE are host of petty ailments
! which are the direct result of the
weather.
This is more true of the excessive
heat of summer and the intense cold
of winter, but is partly true of all
seasons of the year.
Whether it be cold or a couch,
catarrh of the head or bowl complaint,
whether the liver be affected or the
kidneys, the cause is very liable to
be the same.
The weather slightly deranges the
mucous membranes of the organs and
the result is some functional disease.
Peruna has become standby in
thousands of homes for minor all.
menfs of this sort.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
MAYOR OF SUNBURY
Says Pc -ru-na Is a Good
Medicine.

Hon. C. C. Brooks, Mayor Of Sun.
bury, Ohio. also Attorney for Farm
ers' Bank and Sunbury Building and
Loan Co., writes:
Il have the utmost confidence in
the virtue of Peruna. 1t Is a great
medicine. l have used it and l have
known many Of my friends who have
obtained beneficial results from its
use. cannot praise Peruna too
highIy."
Gilpin observer., 1907-01-31
Japs Get British Contract.

A Japanese shoe manufacturing
concern has secured a contract for
shoes for the British army in India.
1t is one Of the largest shoe contracts
ever placed.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01
GUARANTEED STOMACH REMEDY
Bowditch, Webster & Co., Augusta, Geo.
w. Dorr of WatervilIe, Me-, Will Re-
fund Money if Mi-o-na Fails to Cure.

You may ask why it is that Mi-o-na
stomach tablets are sold by Bowditch,
Webster & Co., Augusta, Geo. w. DOrr
Wateryillc, Me, under guarantee to
refund the money unless they cure.
when 10 other trea tment for stomach
troubles is sold in this manner.
The answer is simple and conclusive.
Other medicines for stomach troubles
merely digest the food, while Mi-o-na
strengthens the whole digestive sys-
TEN so that it soon becomes able to
care for all the food that is eaten.
If you do not use your arm or leg for
a month the muscles become flabby
and weak and you have to resort to
artificial help. 1t is the same way with
the stomach muscles. If they are not
used, they become so weak that it Is
necessary to continue using a digestive
with the food you eat.
On the other hand, when you use
Mi-o-na. your stomach soon grows so
strong that you can give up the use OF
medicine.
Mi-o-na costs soc. box and does
more real good than a dozen boxes OF
ordinary digestive tablets. The proof
of this is shown in the fact that
guarantee. absolute and unqualified. Is
given by Bowditch. Webster & Co.
Augusta. Geo. W. DOrr, Waterville. Me,
with every box of Mi-o-na.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01
OFFERS
From All Sides to Grip
Piled Sawyer Pub. Co.
Manager Terry Rushing Work
Of Resuming Business.
Storehouse Will Be Used Till New
Building Is Ready.

The ruins of the Sawyer Publishing
COS building were still smoking Thurs
day, and Il large crowd of curious ones
cam" and went The big Scott press
was tnCruStcd with ice. and it was inn
Eos siblc to tell how great was the dam
age to it, Owing to the fact that the
press rested on a brick foundation
built especially for it. it did not fall
through the floor. as it would have
done under other circumstances.
The ruins made Il lonesome sight. In
the ruins We're found many of the
rings Of the kind which are given away
by the Sawyer Publishing Co. as pre-
miums. and few were the youngsters
yesterday who did not display on their
fingers one or more of the rings.
The work Of starting up progressed
rs rapidly as was possible under the
circumstances. The stOrehOuse east of
tho building which was burned, was
being cleared out preparatory to re-
cunning business and the office safe.
containing over $4,000 in money and
postage stamps, was removed from the
ruins to the new headquarters.
q. Fred Terry, manager of the COM
Dany. was the recipient Of a large num-
Der of kilograms of coincidence from his
business associates throughout the
country. Many of them were offers of
assistance from other publishing con-
Germs The use OF about everything
was freely rendered, from a font Of
type to a printing press. G. II. Hall.
representing the American Type Foun-
dry, arrived on the afternoon train and
was in consultation with Mr.. Terry
concerning the purchase of new sup
lies to, take the place of those de-
stroyed.
Can help you? Three webs at your
disposal" wired William Green Of
New York, one of the biggest publish
ers in America. Another telegram Of a
friendly character was humorous in
the midst of calamity. 1t read: LET
this comfort you: 1t might be worse.
Ashes insure brighter things. (Signed)
jim"
The business which is now known as
the Sawyer Publishing CO. was started
about IS years ago by George Fred
Terry in the Masonic building on Com
inon street small back room was Of
flee. counting room. mailing room, and
al! other departments combined.
Mi. Terry had purchased the Fire
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-02-01

occurred yesterday morning in the
Senate when Senator Deasy of Han
cock moved to take from the table and
then to indefinitely postpone action on
Senator Staples order requesting OF
the supreme judicial court an opinion
on the constitutionality of the act
granting tax rebates to three Maine
railroads. A stcnographic report Of
the debate will be found elsewhere in
these columns.
The committee on legal affairs was
to have heard the arguments on the bill
presented by Bion II. Preston Of Cher
ryfield 10 abolish the office of State
binder and substitute therefor a sys-
TEN of competitive bids. The indica-
tions Were that the bill was going to
be shelyed by default at first, for no one
appeared for it, while there were sew
eral on hand to oppose it, but at last
Senator Staples appeared and stated
that Mr. Preston was unable to be
present and requested a continuance
The hearing was continued until
Thursday, Feb. :.