Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, March 3, 1906, Page 15

FALSELY ~ << CONDEMNED —- BY ——. Mrs. E. Bagot Harte. CHAPTER XXVI.—Continued. “Aht now I am beginning to under- stand matters.” 5 “Therefore I am willing to do any- thing to save Guy.” “And you are the only person who can save him; for you alone are able to obtain further information from Eliingham. How is he to-day? “Worse—dying!” “Dying! And with his death all ehance of transferring the guilt from Guy to him dies too! Do you know if he also murdered the woman's fath- er?” “He told me that he did not, anda aiso told me that when the old man called to ask information about his daughter he was given thirty pounds in bank notes. He was on his way home with these when he was mur- dered “Some one on the road got an ink- ling of the matter and murdered him thirty pounds—small doubt us talk only of how we can get him to sign a deposition of his guilt. Could I ask a magistrate to come here to take ‘No! Inythe face of Dr. Bennett’s medical testimony we can do nothing. No statement of Ellingham’s will ever be worth the paper it is written on.” ‘Could Guy make a statement?” His would be a thousand times more worthless. Nothing that he could ever state in denial of his guilt woula ive a moment’s attention.” “Then what can we do?” Heaven only knows. Time may help us. Ellingham may recover. The medically impossible often happens.” If not—” ‘Unless Ellingham can supply us with irrefutable proof of his guilt, I am of the opinion that Guy must live and die in prison. I, a lawyer, know the intr’ s of the case.” ‘But Guy may be induced to tell you facts corroborative of his innocence.” “Never! I know he will not! And lid, they would be worthless, as I just now.” “But you and I cannot live on hap- pily from day to day, enjoying all the delights of freedom, whilst he—” Hilda ceased to speak. Qu ly, with a look of omtnous grief, a footman had entered. “My lady, Nurse Eleanor has told me to t she would much like to speak once,” he said. No need to tell Hilda to what the hurried message pointed. No need to her that Sir George was passing away A few moments later she stood at his bedside. In silent despair—despair for him, for Guy, for herself—she looked down on the still form, now sleeping peacefully the sleep of death. Ought she not to forgive him his »s, this man who had loved her arly? Ought she not to strive to seal his wickedness, instead of lay- ing it bare to the world? To hasten to discover proofs of his guilt the instant the seal of silence had descended on his lips—was it not cruel? Was it not treacherous? Did not that still, peace- ful face and those motionless lips plead mutely to her for forbearance and forgiveness? Cut to the quick, she stole out of the room “Reggie, he is gone!” she exclaimed, fn a hopeless voice. “T am so sorry for you,” he an- swered, gently and comfortingly. “Sor- ry for you, for him, and us all. Let me advise you never to breathe to any- one a word of what he has confessed to you.” She did not answer. She did not promise. She merely took his out- stretched hand with a murmured “Good-bye.” Dr. Bennet was in the hall. “Sir George’s death was only what I expected,” he said to Reggie. “I knew it would happen within a few hours when I saw him this morning. We medical men have nothing to blame ourselves for. From the first it has been one of the most difficult cases that I have ever had to deal with—al- most hopeless from the very begin- ning. And I have another hopeless ease on hand.” Here Dr. Bennett's voice fell to a whisper, and he moved nearer to Reggie. “That poor boy, whose mother was murdered, is dying of pneumonia. He has never recov- ered from the severe chill that he caught on the night that he found his mother’s body. It’s been a pitiable ease all along. I am going to see him now.” “T should like to come with you,” said Reggie, seized with a sudden de- sire to see this child, whose mainte- nance he was defraying. “Then come with me.” Dr. Bennett was partial to being the recipient of confidences, and on this occasion he was hopeful that Reggie would unburden his mind on many subjects, his reported marriage, his in- tended voyage to South America, and last, but not least, any facts of which he alone was cognizant in connection with the Arlington tragedy. But no information did he extract, and he was forced to admit himself disappointed at the end of the twenty minutes’ drive. With homely, kind-hearted people poor Harry had been placed. “All that we could do for him we have done,” explained the woman, Mrs. Willing, to Reggie. “And we’ve taken good care of the one or two things he brought with him. My hus- band this morning found this packet that he thought of sending you, sir. It was sewn inside the little fellow’s coat which he was wearing when he came here. It’s a document, sir.” “Perhaps it ought—” began Dr. Ben- nett. “T will take charge of it,” interrupt- ed Reggie, taking the document from the woman and putting it into his pocket. Only a few moments did he stay in the sick room. There was nothing he could do to lessen the dying child’s sufferings, and his thoughts were with the living, not with the .dying and dead. But, intuitively, his eyes stud- ied the white, vacant little face lying so still on the pillow. No resemblance was there to Guy. But the fair hair and finely chiseled features reminded him of the late Sir George Ellingham. “I should like the little invalid to have every comfort and attention. Expense is not to be considered,” he said, speaking to Mrs. Willing as he was leaving. Now he was on his way to the sta- tion, weary with the day’s excitement and varying hopes and fears. “Tll just glance at it now,” he thought, drawing out the document. “Good heavens! What have I here? Absolutely the marriage certificate of George Henry William Ellingham and Margaret Searle. Then the child I have just left dying is actually the new baronet—Sir Henry Ellingham! The irony of it all! Had it not been for Guy taking upon himself the child’s maintenance, and asking me to do ditto, the poor little fellow would have been now dying in the workhouse. However, this document provides us with something to work on. Now— But Hilda? No doubt now that the poor girl was never Ellingham’s legal wife! By Jove, how I pity her! Most acutely will she feel that absence of legality. How strangely complicated and confused everything is becoming! If Harry dies—and there’s practically no chance of his recovery—Carlton Park wiil be absolutely Audrey’s. And the family riches will be hers, too! If it does turn out that I have uncon- sciously married an heiress, no one can ever accuse me of being a fortune hunter. It’s certain that this mar- riage certificate will be a most mate- rial help in support of Guy’s possible innocence. What could point more conclusively to Ellingham being deep- ly anxious for the’woman’s death than this document? My next step will be to get in touch with that detective who was in charge of the case when Ellingham was put under arrest fer a few hours.” CHAPTER XXvVII. “Then you do not believe that Mr. Guy Erskine committed the murder?” Reggie handed Cobb a soda and whisky as he asked the question. “Of course he didn’t, sir. I have never believed that he did for an in- stant, dnd when the rope broke I said to myself that there couldn’t be a greater proof of what I’d suspected all along.” “And what was that?” “That for some reason best known to himself Mr. Erskine had chosen to take on his own shoulders a crime that he’d no more committed than I had myself. Why, sir, I was never so much taken aback in all my life as when the inspector came to me and said that I'd made a big hash of my work by arresting the wrong man, and that he’d make a full report of my in- capable management of the whole af- fair. ‘What on earth do you mean” said I ,at once. ‘Mean?’ repeated he, getting into a furious passion, ‘I mean that you're not worth your salt, arrest- ing Sir George Ellingham.’ ‘But he’s the right man to arrest, said I, get- ting into as great a passion. ‘You haven’t let him go, have you?’ ‘Yes, I have, considering that Mr. Erskine has been and given himself up as the murderer,’ replied the inspector. ‘Well, I don’t care if he has given himself up a dozen times over,’ I answered back, sharply; ‘he’s no more guilty of the crime than I am:’ But the long and short of it was, sir, that all trust in my detective work went, and just a fortnight ago I was given the sack at Scotland Yard, and since then I’ve been looking out for a job, and I'll be only too pleased to undertake work for you, sir.” “Then ,to be brief, I want my broth- er’s innocence proved. I am absolute- ly certain that he is not guilty.” “I would be only too glad to see the crime fixed on the right man,” warmly agreed the detective, “and my profes- sional character cleared.” “But Sir George is dead—died yes- terday.” “Dead! Then he’s out of our power a forever, and proving Mr. Erslsme’s innocence is doubly more difficult than it was the day before yesterday.” “But I now possess proof of Sir George’s marriage with the murdered woman.” “You do, sir? That’s more than I was able to get hold of.” “What I want you to do is to hand over to me the evidence on which you obtained his arrest.” Reggie leaned forward as he said it and looked the detective straight in the face. The latter closed his lips together with a very decided movement. “You want money, of course?” asked Reggie. “That’s about the truth, sir,” was the answer; and considering the im- portance of the evidence, and that I’m the only person through whose hands it can be obtained, I don’t feel inclined to pass on all I know for less than its full price.” “And what is that full price?” “A thousand pounds; and it’s worth it, every penny, to yourself and your family.” “Worth it?” repeated Reggie to him- self. “It’s worth it fifty times over! But is the man making a fool of me? If he is, better be fooled than not to move heaven and earth to get Guy’s innocence proved. There can be no doubt that the fellow holds important information.” “Tll take whatever you can spare to-night,” said Cobb, who was anxious to clinch the bargain, “and the rest you can give me in a couple of weeks. Mind, I’m trusting you as I never, trusted any one before. All I want is your word of honor that you'll pay, and I know that you'll do it.” “On one condition only—namely, that the information is worth paying for.” “T’ll stake my life that it is, and that you'll be astounded when you hear how conclusively it proves Sir George’s guilt.” ‘Then I'll pay the thousand. are ten pounds down.” “But I won’t promise you that you'll be able to get Mr. Erskine out of pris- on on the strength of it, for I don’t believe you will. It’s making a jaugh- ing stock of our judges and our courts of law for a man to treat them as Mr. Erskine has. It’s easier to walk into a police station and say that you've murdered a man than to prove you haven't after you’ve been condemned to death for it, and—” “Yes, yes!” impatiently interrupted Reggie; “but impossible or not, it has to be done. If your information is worth a thousand pounds it ought to do it.” “Tt ud have kept the guilt from ever getting fixed on him, if he’d only been willing to let well enough alone.” “However, we must act in accord- ance with circumstances, difficult though they may be. Kindly at once begin to tell me all you know.” “Well, sir, to be brief, I found the little chain belonging to some sleeve links in the pit where the murdered woman was discovered. Although I picked it up the very first day that I came down ehre, it was weeks before I actually traced to whom it belong- ed.” “And how did you do so?” (To Be Continued.) ee ee HOMELIEST WOMEN ON EARTH. Here Those of Korea Are Awarded the Palm for Ugliness. I think the assertion may safely be made that the women of Korea are the most unattractive in the world. One of my chief occupations during my stay in the littie “hermit” king- dom” has been making a diligent search for a passably pretty face. I have failed to find one. It is not that they haven’t pretty eyes; they have. Eyes of softest brown and gentlest ex- pression. It is not that their features are coarse or irregular; for while this may be true of many, it is not by any menas true of all, and I have caught glimpses of as delicately molded feat- ures at Seoul as in any other part of the world. But the Korean woman is just ugly. She may have fine eyes; she may have a pretty little nose and mouth, and other features that in themselves are not at all unattractive, but as she is put together and as her mental life has made her, she is ugly. I have seen women I thought I could improve through the liberal use of soap and water and the vigorous appli- cation of a hair brush, but perhaps they know more about making the most of their possibilities from a Ko- rean standpoint than I do. One does not ordinarily see much of the women of th> better class in this strange lit- tle land, but being admitted as I have been to the imperial palaces and sev- eral houses of high degree, I have been at least able to receive impressions. The women who are to be seen on the streets of the cities are usually slaves or servants of a lower order, or per- haps the plentyful and ever-present courtesans; but whatever they are, they, each and every one of them, look as if they had hurried out into the street without taking time to dress themselves properly.—Leslie’s. Well Spread. Mike was employed in the powder works. One day, through some care- lessness, an explosion occurred., and poor Mike was blown to pieces, his remains being scattered far and near. ‘When the sad news had been brok- en to his wife, she said pathetically between her sobs: -“That’s Mike all over.” The Worst Ever. “Yes, indeed, he’s the homeliest man in public life to-day. Haven’t you ever seen him?” “No, but I’ve seen caricatures of him “Oh, they flatter him. You should see him. _ ae Boo! lew York, Booker T. Washington is in New York city urging upon the negroes the necessity of working for practical and not imaginary needs. In that city there are 65,000 negroes, and Prof. Washington is devoting his time in the line of widening their field of employ- ment. “Stop talking politics and work,” is the burden of his advice to his colored brethren. Which would you rather be? The victim of an anonymous note, or be suspected of writing the note. Among the A meeting or reunion’ of the gradu- ates of a deaf mute school was held in a Western city recently, and an ac- count of the proceedings was sent out to newspapers by a local scribe. This account contained a careful list of “speakers.” Country of Bathers. From 800,000 to 1,000,000 persons go to the public baths of Tokio, Japan, daily, and there are tens of thousands of private baths besides. The town has fewer than 2,000,000 people. lemorial to Theodore Thomas. The May Festival association of Cincinnati will erect a memorial to the late Theodore Thomas in that city, toward which A. Howard Hinkle, for- mer president of the association, has started a subscription fund with $6,- 000. The supposed grave of Eve {s vis- ited by over 400,000 pilgrims in each year. It is to be seen at Jaddah, in a cemetery outside the city walls. The tomb is fifty cubits long and twelve wide. NEW FOOD LAW People now demand the right to know exactiy what they eat. To be told by maker or retailer that the food is “pure” is not satisfactory. Candy may contain “pure” white clay or “pure” dyes and yet be very harmful. Syrups may contain “pure” glucose and yet be quite digestible and even beneficial. Tomato catsup may contain a small amount of salicylic or boracic acid as a necessary preserva- tive, which may agree with one and be harmful to another. Wheat flour may contain a portion of corn flour and really be improved. Olive oil may be made of cotton seed oil. Butter may contain beef suet and yet be nutritious. The person who buys and eats must protect himself and family, and he has a right to, and now demands, a law under which he can make intelligent selection of food. Many pure food bills have been in- troduced and some passed by State leg- islatures; many have been offered to Congress, but all thus far seem objec- tionable. It has seemed difficult for politicians to formulate a satisfactory bill that would protect the common people and yet avoid harm to honest makers and prevent endless trouble to retailers. No gov’t commission or officer has the right to fix “food standards,” to define what the people shall and shall not eat, for what agrees with one may not agree with another, and such act would deprive the common citizen of his personal liberty. The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., perhaps the largest makers of prepared foods in the world, have naturally a close knowledge of the needs of the people and the details of the business of the purveyors (the re- tail grocer), and, guided by this experi- ence have prepared a bill for submis- sion to Congress which is intended to accomplish the desired ends, and inas- much as a citizen of the U. S. has a right to food protection even when he enters another State, it is deemed proper that the gov’t take control of this matter and provide a national law to govern all the states. A copy of the bill is herewith reproduced. Sec. 1 governs the maker whether the food is put up in small packages sealed, or in barrels, boxes or other- wise. Sec. 2 governs the retailer who may open a barrel and sell the food in small quantities. When he puts the goods into a paper bag he must also inclose a printed copy of the statement of the maker which was affixed to the original pkg., and inasmuch as the retailer cannot undertake to guarantee the statement of ingredients he must publish the statement of the makers and add his own name and address as a guarantee of his selling the food as it is represented to him, which relieves the retailer of responsibility of the truth of the statement and throws it upon the maker, where it properly be- longs. % The remaining sections explain them- selves. The Postum Cereal Co., Ltd., for ex- ample, have from the beginning of its existence printed on the outside of each and every pkg. of Postum and Grape- Nuts food a truthful and exact state- ment of what the contents were made of in order that the consumer might know precisely what he or she was eating. A person desiring to buy, for instance, strictly pure fruit jelly and willing to pay the price has a right to expect not only an equivalent for the cost, but a further right to a certainty as to what he eats. Or he may be will- ing to buy at less cost a jelly made part of fruit juices, sugar and a por- tion of glucose. But he must be sup- plied with truthful information of the ingredients and be permitted to use his personal liberty to select his own LOUU ACE The people have allowed the slow murder of infants and adults by tricky makers of food, drink and drugs to go on about long enough. Duty to oneself, family and nation demands that every man and woman join in an organized movement to clear our people from this blight. You may not be able to go personally to Washington to impress your Congressmen, but you can, in a most effective way tell him by letter how you desire him to represent you. Remember the Congressman is in Congress to represent the people from his district and if a goodly number of citizens express their views to him, he secures a very sure guide to duty. Re- member also that the safety of the people is assured by insisting that the will of the people be carried out, and not the machinations of the few for selfish interests. This pure food legislation is a pure movement of the people for public pro- tection. It will be opposed only by those who fatten their pockets by de- ceiving and injuring the people. There- fore, if your Representative in Con- gress evades his patriotic duty hold him to strict accountability, and if necessary demand equitable and hon- est service. This is a very different condition than when a faction demands class legislation of the Congressman. Several years ago the butter interests of the country demanded legislation to kill the oleomargarine industry and by power of organization forced class leg- islation really unworthy of a free peo- ple. Work people wanted beef suet putter. because it was cheap and better than much unclean milk butter, but the dairy, interests organized and forced the legislation. The law should have provided that pkgs. of oleomargarine bear the statement of ingredients and then let people who desire purchage it for just what it is, and not try to kill it by a heavy tax. Manufacturers some- times try to force measures in their own interests, but contrary to the in- terests of the people and the labor trust is always active to push through bills drafted in the interest of that trust but directly contrary to the in- terests of the people as a whole. Wit- ness the anti-injunction bill by which labor unions seek to tie the hands of our courts and prevent the issue of any order to restrain the members of that trust from attacking men or de- stroying property. Such a bill is per- haps the most infamous insult to our courts and the common people ever laid before Congress and the Represen- tatives in Congress must be held toa strict accountability for their acts re- lating thereto. But when bills come before Congress that are drawn in the interests of all the people they should receive the active personal support of the people and the representatives be instructed by the citizens. The Sena- tors also should be written to and in- structed. If, therefore, you will re member your privilege and duty you will at once—now—write to your Con- gressman and Senator on this pure food bill. Clip and enclose the copy herewith presented and ask them to make a business of following it through the committee considering it. Urge its being brought to a vote and re questing that they vote for it. Some oppressively intelligent andi carping critic may say this is simply an advertisement for Postum and Grape-Nuts. It is true that these ar- ticles are spoken of here in a public manner, but they are used as illustra- tions of a manufacturer seeking by example, printing on each pkg. a truth- ful, exact statement of ingredients, to shame other makers into doing the fair thing by the common people, and establishing an era of pure food, but that procedure has not yet forced those who adulterate and deceive to change their methods, hence this effort to arouse public sentiment and show a way out of the present condition of fraud, deceit and harm. The undersigned is paying to the publishers of America about $20,000.00 to print this announcement in practt- cally all of the great papers and maga- zines, in the conduct of what he chooses to term “an educational cam- paign,” esteemed to be of greater di- rect value to the people than the estab- lishment of many libraries. That is held to be a worthy method of using money for the public good. Tell the themselves and rely upon them to act intelligently and effectively. The reader will be freely forgiven if he entirely forgets the reference to Postum and Grape-Nuts, if he will but join the pure food movement and do things. Cc. W. POST. Text of Pure Food Bill. If it meets approval cut it out, sign name and address and send to your representative in congress. Buy two or more publications from which you cut this. Keep one for reference and send the other to one of the U. S. Senators from your State. Ask one or two friends to do the same and the chances for Pure Food will be good. A BILL TO REQUIRE MANUFACTURERS! AND SHIPPERS OF FOODS FOR IN- TERSTATE SHIPMENT TO LABEL |SAID FOODS AND PRINT THE INGREDIENTS CONTAINED IN SUCH FOODS ON EACH PACKAGE THEREOF. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That every person, firm or corpora- tion engaged in the manufacture, preparation or compounding of food for human consumption, shall print in plain view on each package thereof mad@ by or for them shipped from any State or Territory, or the District of Colum- bia, a complete and accurate statement of all the ingredients thereof, defined by words in common use to describe said ingredients, together with the announcement that said statement is made by the authority of, and guaran- teed to be accurate by, the makers of such food, and the name and compiete address of the makers shall be affixed thereto; all printed in plain type of a size not less than that known as eight point, and in the English language. Sec. 2, That the covering of each and every package of manufactured, prepared or compounded foods shipped from any State, Territory or the District of Columbia, when the food in said package shall have been taken from a covering supplied by or for the makers and re-covered by or for the sellers, shall bear upon its face or within its enclosure an accurate copy of the statement of ingredients and name of the makers which appeared upon the package or covering of said food as supplied by or for the makers thereof, printed in like manner as the statement of the makers was printed, and such statement shall also bear the name and address of the person, firm or cor poration that re-covered such food. Sec. 3, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to purposely, wilfully and maliciously remove, alter, obliterate or destroy such statement of ingredients appearing on packages of food, as provided in the preceding sections, and any person or persons who shall violate this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than one month nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court. Sec. 4, That the Bureau of Chemistry of the Department of Agriculture shall procure, or cause to be procured from retail dealers, and analyze, or cause to be analyzed or examined, chemically, microscopically, or otherwise, samples of all manufactured, prepared or compounded foods offered for sale in original, unbroken packages in the Distrist of Columbia, in any Territory, or in any State other than that in which they shall have been respectively manufactured or otherwise produced, or from a foreign country, or intended for export to a foreign country. The Secretary of Agriculture shall make necessary rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this Act, and is hereby authorized to employ such chemists, inspectors, clerks, labor- ers, and other employees, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act and to make such publication of the results of the examinations and analysis as he may deem proper. And any manufacturer, producer or dealer who shall refuse to supply, upon application and tender and full pay- ment of the selling price samples of such articles of food to any person duly authorized by the Secretary of Agriculture to receive the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned not exceeding one hundred days, or both. Sec. 5, That any person, firm or corporation who shall violate sections one and two of this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convic- tion shall be fined not exceeding two hundred dollars for the first offense and for each subsequent offense not exceeding three hundred dollars or be imprisoned not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the court. “Sec. 6, That any person, firm, or corporation, who shall wilfully, purposely or maliciously change or add to the ingredients of any food, make false charges, or incorrect analysis, with the purpose of subjecting the makers of such foods to fine or imprisonment under this Act, shall be guilty of a mis- demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars nor less than three hundred dollars, or imprisoned for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or both. Sec. 7, That it shall be the duty of every district attorney to whom the Secretary of Agriculture shall report any violation of this Act to cause pro- ceedings to be commenced and prosecuted without delay for the fines and penalties in such case provided. Sec. 8, That this Act shall not be construed to interfere with commerce wholly internal in any State, nor with the exercise of their police powers by the several States. Sec. 9, That all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Sec. 10, That this Act shall be in force and effect from and after the first day of October, nineteen hundred and six. . ee eS nee ee See ee The undersigned respectfully requests the Representatives from his dix trict and Senators from his State to support this measure. Signed. .cosccsescocsesvesverscasess Clt¥resscemesaverce Btat@.cecconescven ——}-