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Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
.BECKE MEYER SAYS
100 IN p" JACKPOT"
WITH MOUTHS AcAPE, FARMERS
HEAR or 100000 "RAKE-oFF"
FOR LEGISLATORS.
HANDLED FROM "INsIDE"
Three-Fourths Of Legislature lie Be-
Ileved to BE involved In Scan
dal-oame Was "Follow
Leader"

Springfield, Illinois. - Representa-
tive H. ]. C. Beckemeyer, a poor
country lawyer, told the Sangamon
county grand jury all he knew about
Illinois 100000 jackpot, making per
haps the most remarkable revelation
of legislative corruption ever made
known.
The lines which he opened for the
astounded farmer jury will, In the
end, it is believed, lead to the impli-
cation of three-fourths of the states
lawmakers. That means over $50
men.
No such story has ever been mar
rated in a grand jury room. The jury
of farmers, men who had dug their
money out Of the soil by the sweat OF
their brows, heard Of a huge fund
gathered for decades to corrupt the
legislature and buy the legislature
boot, baggage and soul.
The fund was conservativeIy esti-
mated at 100000 on an average, vary
ing with the needs and emergencies
of each session. Some sessions, prob
ably, it ran as high as $1,000,000.
Their first sensation gave way to
establishment when it was made plain
that not even a majority of those who
got a share knew the source of the
fund.
Where the fund came from, when
the custom started, who rugged and
handled it, Beckemeyer did not know
positively. That was for the few men
on the inside. Political pawns like
Beckemeyer were not let in on the
secret. They voted as they knew 9TH
ers did, like dummies They knew
the fund was there, that they would
get their share.
The herd sat in the legislature and
played game of folow-the-leader.
They we're like the sheep that follow
the bellwether of the flock, knowing
by instinct and experience they would
be provided for when supper time
came.
The chairman Of the committee
ruled. He could keep a bill in the
committee or report it as he saw fit.
He ruled by nod of the head. The
chairman evaded, side-stepped and
promised until the last hours of the
session and the moment for the gen.
eral slaughter, the wholesale slaugh-
ter of undesirable" bills, had arrived.
1t was for the herd to know the
committee chairman had reported the
bill and that no hostile gavel was
raised against it. That was the sig
nal.
The committee chairmanships, all
that amounted to anything, were held
by the inside ring. They ruled and
none questioned their right.
The game of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS has
gone on through all the years. Occa-
sionally a real man broke into the
legislature and fought bravely, hardly
knowing what he fought. But the
blows did not make as much as a dent
in the armor of the system. Influences
at home and elsewhere would be
brought to bear on the belligerent.
Usually he succumbed. If not, he
could do little harm. He was in q
small, pitiful minority. Then he was
marked for slaughter at the next cleo
ton and invariably was slaughtered.
The Jackpot" the young country
lawyer said, came to be regarded al
most as a legitimate institution.
Every one knew about it. The Jack
pot" was time-honored, older than the
proud domed state capitol.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
FEED CHILDREN
On Properly Selected Food. II Pays
Big Dividends.

If parents will give Just little In
telligent thought to the feeding OF
their children the difference in the
health of the little folks will pay,
many times over, for the small trouble.
A mother writes saying: Our chill
dren are all so much better and
stronger than they ever were hefore
we made a change In the charactfh OF
the food. We have quit using ia
toes three times a day with ZEE
and so much meat
Now we give the little folks son 70.
fruit, either fresh stewed. or canned
some Grape-Nuts with cream, occaA
sionally some soft boiled eggs, and
some Postum for breakfast and sup
per. Then for dinner they have some
meat and vegetables.
1T would be hard to realize the,
change In the children, they have,
grown SO sturdy and strong, and we
attribute this change to the food ele-
ments that, understand, exist in
Grape-Nuts and Postum.
"A short time ago my baby was
teething and had a great deal of stom-
ach and bowel trouble. Nothing
seemed to agree with him until / tried
Grape-Nuts softened and mixed with
rich milk, and he improved rapidly and
got sturdy and we'll"
Read "The Road to Wellville, found
IN pkgs There's a reason"
Ever resd the nbove letter. A new
one appears from time 20 time. They
ure genuine, true, and full Of human
interest
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Temporary Injunction Is Issued By Judge
Dryer at Hannibal, On Petition BY
Government, Which Alleges Anti
Trust Law Violation.
RAILROADS ALLOWED MOVE
TO DISSOLVE INJUNCTION

Hannibal. Mo.-Judge David P. Dyer
OF the United States circuit court for
the eastern district Of Missouri issued
q temporary Injunction restraining 20
western railroads from enforcing. eff
fecting or making a general advance
in interstate freight rates June l.
The injunction was granted on a
petition filed by the United States
government, alleging that the ad-
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Had to Eat Hls Words. sues.

RussellVille, Alabama.-R, L. Page,
Jr., of Red Bay has brought suit
for $4,000 damages against @. w.
Weir ct al of Quitman, Miss. Page al
leges that he was editor of the Quit
man Globe, and that when he pub
lished an account of a dance in the
city several citizens called upon him,
clipped the article from the paper and
forced him to swallow It, He alleges
they then made him leave town.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Mai. Morse Goes to Illinois University

Washington, D. C.--Major Benja-
min C. Morse of the Twenty-seventh
infantry, U. s. A., has been detailed
as professor of military science and
tactics at the University Of Illinois at
Urbana He will succeed Lieut. Col.
=. G. Fecht, retired, who is relieeyd of
duty at the university at his own re-
quest. Mai. Morse has been instructed
to report TO the president Of the uni
versity September / next.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
ReasonIna Of YOuthfuI MIND.

A schoolmistress whose hair was
of the blacklist hue, was one day CIV
ing lesson on a coal mine to class;
in Suffolk, England. To make the les
son interesting as possible she went
on to say she had herself been i'm a
coal mine. A little lad put upl his
hand, and when pointed to said:
please, teacher, is that what made
your hair so black?"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

OF late the shadow Of the fatal mi
crobe has lowered over the trembling
lips Of expectant lovers. They have
been browbeaten, cowed, terrified.
Intimidated by cold-blooded investiga-
tors their kisses have become Of the
intangible Tennyson kind, by hope,
less fancy feigned as lips that are for
others" The cold-blooded bacteriolo-
gist has meanwhile buttressed the cry
Of that cynic Of cynics, Dean Swift,
who wrote: lord, I wonder what fool
It was that first invented kissing"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Killed Man with FIST.

Fresno, California. William ".
King, a prize fighter, who during a
quarrel at Coalingo, last Christmas,
knocked down A. B. Rossell, who died
some time later, was sentenced to two
years in the state penitentiary.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
santa ID Ralses Waaea.

Chicago, Ilinois.--It was announced
at the offices Of the Santa Fe railroad
here that the company had increased
by 10 per cent the wages Of all Its
employees receiving less than $50 a
month. The Increase Affects the en-
tire system.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Han Of Houses in Town Burned.

Hyden, Kentucky. - Half of the
houses in town were destroyed by fire
which is suspected to have been of in
cendiary origin. The loss is estimat-
ed at $4,000. Hyden academy was
burned about a month ago. 1t was
thought to have been set on fire.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Several firms who have been selling
iine Mocha and Java coffee which did
not contain berry of either of those
coffees have been fined $40 on prose
cutions by the government. Really II
would not seem as though such a fine
would act az deterrent; maybe, how.
ever it was intended merely TO be z
warning.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
No Hone for Antl.InlunctIon nIII.

Washington. mo effort will be made
to pass the administration antilnjunc.
ton bill at this session Of congress.
A statement to this effect was made
by Representative Moon (Pa.), author
Of the bill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
IlmmY,a Definition.

what is geography" asked the
father, who was testing his sons prog-1
ress in study.
Geography" replied little Jimmys
Jiggs, 'is what you put inside your
trousers when you think you are going
to get whipping Sunday Magazine
of Los Angeles Times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
speaker cannon,a cousln ples.

Reno, Nev.--As result Of an auto
mobile accident Mrs. NJ. @. Gardner,
q cousin Of Speaker Cannon, died here
Of pneumonia superinduced by the
fracture OF several ribs. She is sur
vived by I'VE children.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

ogden, Utah.-Twenty-fig work
men were blown to atoms in an explo-
sion in a quarry of the Union Port
land Cement works at DEVILS Side,
Utah, 80 miles east Of Ogden. The
victims were Japs and Greeks.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Berlin workingmen have taken a
pledge not to eat butter for three
months. That indicates one place
where oleomargarine is likely to be
sold for what 1t is.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Confederate Reunion order out.

Altus, Ok.---G General William Taylor
OF Altus. commander Of the United
Confederate Veterans Of Oklahoma
has issued his official order for the
division reunion to be held in okla
homa City. July II. IS and Il.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

According to New York dispatch
wedding rings are passe, and smart
young matrons" no longer wear them.
Perhaps this is because so many
smart young matrons" haven't room
for their entire collection of wedding
rings.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

A new order of the treasury depart
ment prohibits the importation into
the United States of the European
starting, putting the bird in the same
class with the mongoose, the English
sparrow and fruit-eating bats. So far
as this country is concerned, there
fore, the cry Of the startling will be,
not, Il can't get out" but 81 can't
get int"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

vance in rates was arrived at by the
defendants in violation of the Sher-
man antitrust act.
The petition was filed in the United
States circuit court at St. Louis and
presented to Judge Dyer, who is hold
ing court in Hannibal.
The order stated that unless such
a restraining order be issued said
advances would become effective Jlne
/, 1910, to the grave harm and injury
of the people of the said United
States.
The petition upon which the iniunc-
ton was issued was presented to
Judge Dyer by Edmund P. Grosvenor
of Washington, special assistant to
the attorney general of the United
States, and Frederick N. Judson Of
st, Louis, acting in q like capacity.
The petition was signed by George
w. Wickersham, attorney general;
William S. Kenyon, assistant to the
attorney general; Frederick N. Jud-
son, Edmund P. GrosveGoI, special
assistant to the attorney general, and
Charles A. Houts, United States at
torney.
The injunction declares that the
restraining order has been issued
upon the statement of the counsel for
the government that they would i'm
mediately upon the filing of the in.
junction by the direction of the attor.
ney general file and expediting GER
tificate under the act of February II,
1908, providing for a speedy determi.
nation of the issues in contention.
United States Attorney Houts says
the railroads are privileged to come
into court at any time with molten
to dissolve the injunction. He stated
there was no set time for a hearing
but by the direction of the attorney
general the proceedings would be GER
tilted to in the circuit court in St
Louis. II the defendants do not come
into court with a petition to dissolve
the injunction, he averred, the case
would come up for a hearing on the
! first Monday in July before the equity
side Of the circuit court.
Free Of verbiage, the petition is t.
this effect: That the defendants of al
times and are now common carrier
OF all classes and kinds Of freight ant
commodities, generally carried by 1
railroad company; that they are con
! tinuously engaged in carrying, moving
and transporting freight and commod
tiles in the commerce trade and trai
nc, which is continuously carried oil
among and between the several state
Of the United States and the Unitet
States and foreign countries; ais,
between the people residing in tn
United States; that the defendant
are the owners and in control of tn
respective lines Of railroads, equippeu
for carrying on the business of
common carrier and that they ar
separate, independent and distinct o
the lines of railroad operated by tn
| other defendants.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

About this time OF year the univer.
sity alumnus, after trying TO remem.
Der his college yell. gives it up as a
bad Job.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

The recent cannibalistic perform
ances in the South sea islands seem
TO be a conclusive answer to the old
charge that the cannibal natives Of
that part Of the world don't like mis-
sionaries.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

A blind singer of Massachusetts
took a trip in a balloon in order to
enjoy a new sensation. He made a
totally new record in ballooning; he
did not remark when he came down
how strange 1t was to see the earth
dropping away from under him"
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Haruent on M okIahoma.

Granite, Ok.-Wheat harvest began
in this section this week. The yield
runs from eight to twelve bushels to
the acre. Recent rains have far adj
yanced corn and cotton prospects.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

The man who stole a duck and was
sent to Auburn for II must now real.
lie that 1t is much cheaper merely to
chase the duck.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Verify, the complications of life
multiply. 1t takes enough men now to
train a champion prize fighter to put
play on the stage with large cast.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

According to a scientist, dreams are
the fulfilment of wishes. At any rate
they are all the fulflment a lot of
wishes ever get.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

The college professor who insists
that the dangers of kissing have
been immensely overrated is making
a strong bid for popularity.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Los Angeles school children have
been running their little tummies by
eating too much pie. The great Amer
lean nation may have to establish a
pie censorship.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Though a man dropped dead in a
department store while shopping with
his wife, It is doubtful If even this
VIII break some women Of the habit
of taking their husbands along.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Viewed as peace preservers the new
battleships, costing s6,OOO,00O each.
ought to be put under bonds to fur
nish US with $12,OOO,OOO worth of
peace
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

A Chicago Judge declares married
men have a right to squander some of
their money on themselves II they
want to. Yes, Judge, but how much?
That's the real point.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Farmers are organizing to cut out
the middlemen. That old reliable end
man, the consumer. will hold his Job.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Paying interest on the mortgage IL
one OF the best cures for automobile
iOusness.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
StlII a Chance.

"Have you ever loved and lost?''
asked the sweet young thing.
mot yet" replied the man who had
been divorced three times.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

A st. Louis woman who was dying
asked to have her pet dog poisoned,
that it might accompany her to the
spirit world, or, probably, at least, UNI
I'll she was safely out Of st. Louis.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Those New York hens that lay black
eggs are Infringing upon the province
Of the Easter rabbit.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

In the matter OF capturing a hus
band the girls should remember that
coarse work Is fatal.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

German dirigibles have been making
flights over Holland. This may be sig
nificant, for II beats the Dutch.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Although cottonseed has gone up
IN price olive oil is useless for pur.
poses of replanting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

And now they are mixing poker and
bridge. The anti-adulteration laws
should be strictly enforced.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

The aristocrat germs on a $40 bill
do not recognize the herd on a dollar
bill.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Quincy, Omaha & Kansas city.

Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City.
St Paul & Des Moines.
Minneapolis & st. Louis.
Iowa Central.
Fort badge, Des MOines & South
ern.
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis s
Omaha.
Elgin. Joliet & Eastern.
Chicago, Peoria & st. Louis.
Chicago, Milwaukee & Gary.
Minneapolis. st. Paul & ste. Marie
The Kansas Southern.
Chicago, Indiana & Southern.
Western trunk line committee
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Speaking Of sunshine, the more you
have the more you want.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09

Chicago boasts &c cemeteries. all
well patronized.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
Roads Restrained From Raising Rates

Roads Restrained From Raising Rates
The roads restrained from increas
ing their freight rates are:
The Missouri Pacific.
Chicago & Northwestern.
Chicago, Burlington & quincy.
Chicago Rock Island & Pacific.
The Wabash Railroad company.
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul.
Illinois CentraI.
Chicago & Alton.
Atohison, Topeka & Santa Fe.
Chicago Great Western railway.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
ST. Louis & San Francisco.
Mexico Missouri message., 1910-06-09
six Drown in Gulf Of Finland.

81. FeLeIpDuIBI fNu5sIa,-IH5 bIeEIIl-
er Vast, a pleasure craft, was
swamped in the Gulf OF Finland. Six
persons were drowned.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07
The New woman,s oannsr.

This new element in reform which
seems to be pOlSing the ire from the
top. this new woman, does not know
now 10 wait Hastel That is surely
the danger which walks az the elbow
OF our most noble instinct OF social
responsibility. Il Is this haste which
has lately driven some OF US into
ludicrous and wicked disrespect for
law; Il has made US. with mistaken
kindness, seek 10 interfere with indi.
yidual development which comes by
wrong-dolng and pain; II has robbed
us OF patience and differing opinions;
Il has created god in Its own image.
and cries out that he shall be wor-
shipee only In ways OF which II APP
proves. oh. let us learn 10 wait; IL
docs rot follow that we must be idle
because we refuse TO be prscipitats;
II may only mean that We have faith
that is large in time. and that which
shapes II TO some perfect end. In
deed, there seems 10 me a certain un-
humorous arrogance TO this bustling,
feminine haste to make over the world
1T Is as II We thought ourselves SO
important that nothing could go right
without us.-Margaret Deland in the
Atlantic Monthly.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07

her white gown. there waa nooolor
about her-juat a tinge OF rose In the
delicate lipa and tho bluo-blAok luster
OF her hair.
The tall clock In the dining room
ehimed noon and tho long hands
swung around 20 tho half hour. Bees
tumbled In and out OF the holiyhocks,
a humming bird poised trembling
above the honsysuckles. These were
all the sounds save cautious step on
the grass.
Ponto lifted his nose and smiled as
young man approached the house.
scanning the many windows with a
swift. searching glance. H0 mur.
INJURED some words 20 the aroused
dog and Ponto's head went down ON
Its towsy paws.
The man paused on the top step
and stared at Helen Rogers. asleep
In the hammock With a sharply In.
drawn breath the stranger turned his
eyes away from the sleeping girl and
laid his hand ON the knob OF the
screen door.
Ponto gTowled. the clock struck the
half hour. and as n watching for
these signals. Heien's dark eyes open
ed suddenly on the vision OF a dusty
trayelstained youth about 20 enter
the empty farmhouse.
She sat upright with stified cry.
and he withdrew his hand from the
knob. He faced her.
What do you wantf'' she demand
ed.
"I-er-really. must explain my
errand3"
"of course Helen's voice was
crisp and did not harmonize with her
soft eyes and winsome face. "of
course you must explain whom you
wish TO see. You have no right 20
enter the house"
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07
RIDES HORSE WHILE ASLEEP
Lad of ~ Year, Exhibits Most Re-
markable Case of somnambullsm
Ever Recorded In Texas.

Taylor. Tox.-Ono OF the most, n
not the most. remarkable cases OF
somnambulism on record In this state
just occurred at Jonah. near here.
when Arthur Nygrin. a lad OF twelve.
arose from his bed az his fathers
home IN his night olothoa. and without
hat. coat or shoes. aaddled horse at
u, m. and rode a distance OF four
miles.
stopping az the residence OF Mrs,
Oscar Swenson. tho boy dismounted.
hitehed the horse and went into the
house. stumbling over chairs aud chill.
dren who wero sleeping ON the porch
The intruder awoke Mrs. Swenson
who called out. "who is H." He an.
swered, ITS Dock; | came 10 tell you
that brother Is sick and they want you
10 come"
Believing tho boy was asleep she
told him 20 lie down. which he did and
slept soundly until breakfast. Mrs.
Nygrin, the boys mother. was away
from homo at the time OF the boys
wandering, but when his father awoke
next morning and found his son gone.
he was very much alarmed and be-
came SO excited that no tainted IN his
hurry 10 give the alarm, He feared
tho boy had ridden the horse over one
OF the numerous preoipiees which
abound along the river near his home,
While the excitement was at It's
height. with tho father. friends and
neighbors securing the woods for the
boy, he returned home-his mind be-
ing a blank since he retired the night
before until he was called for break
fast that morning four miles from the
home of his aunt, Aside from all 9TH
er evidences that the boy was asleep
and obliyious 10 his movements the IA
ther, who gives this information,
states that ordinarily no amount OF
money or other Offering would induce
the hoy To venture out OF the yard
alone. he being OF a decidedly tlmid
and scarehll disposition.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-10-07
To Prevent Forsst Flrs..

As the value OF lumber and OF the
forests increases and tho necessity OF
protecting them from tires as far as
possible becomes appreciated. the
owners aud tho different organizations
controlling the forests are using every
means OF securing them against do
struction by a thorough patrol system
organised fire-nghting squads with
tools and equipment for extinguishins
fires located at accessible points. by
constantly warning the public against
the careless use OF fire. and by every
other available means. The number
OF forest guards on the National for
ests Is inadequate for the work. IN
some cases a single man having the
responsibility OF protecting 100000
acres. whereas IN most places there
should be at least one guard for every
10000 acres Prussia has a guard for
every LOO acres.