Plymouth Tribune, Volume 5, Number 36, Plymouth, Marshall County, 14 June 1906 — Page 2

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13th W 21st y 2Sth.Cs? 6th. PANORAMA OF THE WORLD ABOUT THAT WHICH HAS BEEN AND IS TO BE. All Sides and Condition of Thing are Shown. Nothing Overlooked to make it Complete. Eight Miners Dead from Fire Damp. A special from Red Lodge, Mont., says that eight miners are dead and it is believed several others have lost their lives as the result of Are damp 'which filled the corridors of the mines of the Reck Fork Company. The fire which has been smouldering for years broke out again and was supposed to be under control when the men went to work. The flames became suddenly active and tiro men working in lower levels were cut off. There were many daring resc-'ies. Streams of water were poured on the fire but with little effect. As the rescuers cannot proceed to the lower levels because of the white damp it is thought that others have lost their lives. New Trial for Charles Dnnn. The Supreme Court of Indiana for tne second time reversed the judgement convicting Charles W. Dunn, of the murder of little Alice Cothrell, near Fort Wayne, for which crime he was sent to prison for life. The decision of the Supreme Court means that Charles Dunn will be brought back to Fort Wayne in the course of the next week or two. lie will be confined in the Allen county jail, for the third time, to await the verdict of a jury that is to decide bis future fate. Bail ling Trades Strike in St. Louis. The Building Trades councils of St. Louis, Mc, declared a general strike on all buildings on which members of the Bricklayers and Stonemasons' International union are employed. The master builders as a result of this action canceled "the recently signed agreement with the council. The agreement provides that no union affiliated with the council should go on strike without first submitting the matter to arbitration. Many Hurt in Railroad Wreck. An east-bound passenger train on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific railwa was wrecked near Jennings, Kan. Eight -. een or twenty of the passengers are rt ported seriously injured. A' collision between two St. Loulsllemphis passengers trains occured on the Iron Mountain road near Mengo, Mo., resulting in the death of one person and injuries to four others. . Four Hurt in Trolley Crash. Four persons were Injured in a collision between two cars on the Robison park line north of Fort Wayne, Ind. The accident was caused by the slipping of a trolley on one car, which was disabled momentarily and came to a stop. Before the trolley could be readjusted another car following dose behind crashed in, throwing passengers from their seats 'and smashing in the ends of both cars. Fatally Stabbed in Saloon Row. ' Eugene Kemp was fatally stabbed by Alexander Johnson as the remit of in altercation which took place hi Shoei iaker'8 saloon at Plymouth, Ind. After th i stabbing Johnson fled to his home, where he was later captured by Deputy Sheriff Head and. taken to jail. $200,000 Fire at Huntington, W. Va. The plant of the West Virginia Brewing Company at Huntington, W. Va., was der atroyed by fire. The origin of the fire is unknown. Only the ice plant and the storage cellars were saved from the flames. The loss is $200,000, nearly covered by inaurance. Ohio Editor and Legislator Dead. Ephraim B. Eshelman, former member of the Ohio legislature and at various times editor of papers at Columbus, Akron and Chillicothe, was found dead in bis bed in a hotel at Wooster, Ohio. Tornado Wrecks Townj Eighty Hurt. A tornado struck Coessel, a German Xlennonite settlement hfteen miles southwest of HlllsbonvKan. The town 'was practically destroyed. About eighty persons were injured. fioandhonie Collapsed t Two Killed. The Baltimore & Ohio roundhouse at Ivy City,, near Washington, Ind.. was.struck by lightning and collapsed, burying two Italian laborers, who are still in the ruins. Costly Blaze at Portland, Ore. Fire destroyed nearly all the buildings In the block bounded by Wilson, Roosevelt, Nineteentbrand Twentieth streets at Portland, Ore. The loss will reach $100,000. Eleven Men Blown to Piece Eleven men were blown to pieces and Ave others were seriously injured by the explosion of a dynamite plant near Pequa, Pa., along the Susquehanna river. A Blow to Corporation. The bill prohibiting corporations from making money contributions in connection ith political campaigns was passed by the National Senate. Oarman Troop Killed in South Africa. A special from Cape Town says: It is reported on good authority that a German force operating in the Karaa mountains, German Southwest Africa, was recently surprised by rebels and two German officers and twelve men were tilled. Power Plant Wrecked by Tornado. A tornado blew down the power plant of the Northern Indiana Railway Company at Elkhart, Ind., which supplies power for the interurbau system between Goshen, Elkhart, Mishawaka and South Bend. The damage probaply will be $25,000. Eleven Killed in Wreck. IHeven persons were killed and twentj injured through' the overturning of a largt trrlley car on the Rhode Island Company's line At Moore's Corner, East Providence. , To Print Nostrums' Makeup. The Minnesota dairy and food department has announced that it had inspector ou procuring samples of all patent medicines and that a careful examination and analysis of all such medicines on the market would be made. The contents of each medicine will be published in a weekly bulletin. Tobacco Crop Blighted. A serious blight has come over miny of the tobacco beds in the Connecticut valley in the form of black rot or tobacco roo: rot. It is the same disease that has attacked Cuban, tobacco for several years and was noticed for the first time last year when a few isolated cases were reported. Clarence Eddy Owns Divorce. ' Clarence Eddy, the Chicago organist, who is in Topoka, made a statement conrTrmins the report of his divorce from his wife. The divorce was obtained in Plerro S. D., May 10.

LETS BABY SLEEP IN SNOW. Mother at Club Convention Says Infante Should Take Naps Outdoors. "Let your baby sleep out of doors for a part cf the day from the minute it is born. Even if the baby is born in the winter, get it out of doors at once. Wrap it up in woolen clothes and tuck it into a cozy, padded Klondike bag. Then put the baby in a hammock or specially made box and let it sleep out of doors." This startling advice was given at the National Federation of Woman's Clubs in St. Paul by Mrs. Winona S. Abotc, mother of five children. She was brought to the convention by Mrs. Lydia Avery CoonleyWard of Chicago. "My baby has slept out of doors when the mercury stood at 26 degrees below zero, and it is tie strongest baby in the world," continued Mrs. Abbott. "It is now 20 months old, and it can hold its own weight on a horizontal bar for a minute and a half. When your baby is six months old, dress it in warm clothes, put a mackintosh on it, and place it out of doors. Put it right in the snow. That will do :t good, for the dampness and moisture cancot come through fhe mackintosh. It wll enjoy the snow and thrive on the cold weather." The mothers said : "We just won't do it." , TALKING MACHINES BAD? . John Philip Sousa Makes Bitter Attack on Them. ' John Thilip Sousa, the bandmaster, made a bitter attack on talking machines ac the hearing on the copyright law by tbe combined committees on patents of the Senate and House in Washington, D. C. "I tell you the human voice is not heard as it used to be," he said, "and I prophesy that the vocal chord may by this disuse become useless. Another evidence that these machines ars taking the musical initiative from our people is that the sale of the banjo, the mmdolin and the guitar is greatly decreasing, and the dealers tell me this is on account of the increased use of -the talking machines." Mr. Sousa testified that in every one of the catalogues of the manufacturers of talking machines was a l'st of seme twenty to a hundred of his compositions, but he had yet to receive the firs, cent for what he regarded as this "piracy." Librarian Putnam declared that tha manufacturers of talking machines would oppose ih( provision prohibiting the reproduction of copyrighted musical compositions without the consent of the proprietor of the copyright. l RIVAL DESPOILS BRIDAL HOHE. Toledo House, Vacant During: Honeymoon Trip, Entered and Marred. ' Vandalism, supposed to have been committed by a jealous rival, has played havoc with the newly furnished home of David B. Orwig of Toledo, who with his bride of ihree days is on a trip to Buffalo and Niara Falls. , Neighbors found the front door of his house "standing open.

"An investigation showed that every car pet had been torn up and cut into shreds, curtains and hangings were tern down and two beds were burned. Air the gas jets were turned on. . How it happened that the house was not burned, is a mystery. From cellar to garret there was not a room that escaped the devastation of the vandal or vandals, and even the trunks were torn open and clothing thrown out aDd torn to shreds. Pictures had been taken from the walls' and stamped upon. Apparently nothing is missing, so that robbery could not have been the motive. - LEAPS ntOM DIZZY HEIGHT. Refusing Dare, Girl Performs Hazardous Parachute Feat. Because she was dared to do it and did not want to be called a coward Miss Maggie Dailey of Middletown, N. Y., made a balloon ascension and parachute leap at Midway park, a summer resort near New York. While her horror-stricken . friends stood below and watched Miss Dailey whirling about several thousand feet in the air the venturesome young woman cut loose her parachute and landed about two miles and a half from, the starting point, uninjured but completely Unnerved. Loss in San Francisco. When the first estimates of the insurance companies losses in San Francisco were given out, the iotal was placed at from $175,000,000 to $225,000,000. The official compilation used In the executive sessions of the adjusters shows there estimates to be far below the real figures. The aggregate loss of all the 117 componies is given in the tables as more than $296,000,000. Bartender Shot by Teamster. Thomas II. Crume, aged 20, a bartender, was shot and instantly killed in Braille rd, Minn., by Alexander Alexanderson. Alexanderson, it is said, came into the saloon where Crume was working and asked for a drink. Crume refused to gi" it to him' and Alexanderson began to"' abuse Crume and later shot him without apparent provocation. 12,000 Men Are Locked Out. The four trade associations of employers in the Building Trades Employers' Association of New York who employ carpenters met and passed a resolution declaring a lockout of the Brotherhood of Carpenters. The lockout will affect 12,000 carpenters in the metropolitan district and render thousands in other trades idle. , Beef Report in Congress. Health imperiling conditions at the Chicago stock yards, sanitary and moral abuses and a farcical inspection system are charged in the Neill-Reynolds reporc, which has been sent to Congress by the President, with demands for an adequate new law in the form of the Beveridge amendment. . Boats for Missouri Freight. , The Kansas City Commercial Club has decided upon the establishment of a boat service on tbe Missouri river with three boats carrying 800 tons of freight each. Tiie boats will carry freight only. This action was brought about by a dispute with the railroads on. rates to Missouri river points. Telephone Is Held Naughty. The use of telephones and automobiles was decided to be wrong by thejDld German Baptists, known as the Dunkards, at their annual convention in Dayton, Ohio, and the delegate's said that members of the church should refrain from the use of both, though after some discussion the right to use street cars was granted. Two. Arrested as Lynchers. Doss Galbraith and Hill Gooch, blacksmiths, were arrested in Springfield, Mo., charged with participation in th lynching of three negroes in that city on the night of April 14. 'it is believed that the arrests were made upon the advice of Attorney General Hadley. . Murder is the charge against them. Spanish Ministry Resigns. Madrid received a surprise when 'Pre- . . . . . 1 1 . ) alter Aiorei aruve io lire rujai j uiare ana presented to King Alfonso the resignation of all members ol his ministry, lhe pub lic awaits an explanation. Nothing serius in governmental circles is anticipated. Senator Burton Quits Post. . Senator Joseph R. Burton, f Iter a conference In Topeka, Kan., ? ith several close friends, placed his reJgnation in the hands of Gov. Hoch. Tlte Serator is under sentence to serve a term in prison for grafting. Prefers Death to Blindness. Believing he was becoming blind, Thomas O'Conor Jones of Pittsburg, heir to $50,000,000, many times a millionaire in his own right, and one of the heads of a great steel company, committed suicide.

SAVE STATE CAPITAL.

BUILDING IN BATON ROUGE, LA., BADLY DAMAGED. Governor and Member of Legislature, in NiRht Clothes, Assist in Subdnlnjr Flame Pennsylvania Striker Shot by Troop. The saving of the State capitol building in Baton Rouge, La., from destruction by fire was accomplished in a spectacular manner with Gov. Blanchard, assisted by many Louisiana legislates dressed in their night clothes and bv thousands of Baton Rouge citizens, supplemented the fire department. The fire started from defective wiring near tne roof of the Senate chamber, dectroyiug the capitol's eastern wing above the hist floor. The damage was between $50,000 and $100,000. Among the valuables in the ruined Senate chamber where th. roof fell in was the famous painting, "The Battle of New Orleans," said to have been valued at $40,000. Gov. Blanchard directed the work of saving valuable papers. The Legislature now being in session, the Senate meets in the Elks' theater. The capitol is an imposing piece of architecture on the bank of the Mississippi. It was first built in 1847 and was destroyed by fire during the Civil War, after Federal troops evacuated it. The present structure was erected in 1SS0. FLAMES IMPEP.iL FIREMEN. Blaze in Department Store Causes Heavy Damage to Stock. A very insignificant fire was the indirect cause of heavy damage to the stock of Haiden Brothers' department store at Sixteenth and Dodge streets, Omaha, and the narrow escape from death cf fifteen firemen and a police surgeon. The fire, which was of unknown origin, started in a furniture stdre room at the rear pf the building. It caused the automatic sprinkler to flood the entire five floors of the building before it was discovered. The total value of the stock is given at $G50,OOO. and the damage at one-half that amount, fully covered by insurance. The fire had evidently been smoldering for some time before the water wa started, for the room was so filled with carbonic acid gas that the first firemen to enter the place were overcome and those who went to their assistance rapidly succumbed until it was necessary to take fifteen of them to the hospital. MINERS KILLED BY TROOPS. Shot Fired at Constabulary Brings Bullets Upon Strikers. Two strikers weie killed and six wounded at the new' mining town of Ernest, Pa.," in a conflict between a detail of State constabulary anl coai miners. Shortly after daylight a body of strikers headed by a brass band marched from the Anita miöes in Jefferson county to re cVive one of the officials cxptcted from Punxsutawney. On the way to the station the' marchers encountered a detail of twelve members of the State constabulary. As they passed a striker fired a revolver at the troop. No ODe was struck, but the constabulary retaliated with a volley from their carbines.. When the smoke cleared eight strikers were lying on the ground and the others had fled down the hill. Two of bose shot had been killed and the six others were severely wounded. . South Dakota for Bryan. ; The South Dakota Democratic convention strongly indorsed Bryan for President in 1008. Every mention of hid name on the floor of , the convention brought a storm of applause. A complete ; State ticket was ' nominated, " headed by jj. A. Stransky for Governor, - The platform declared for the municipal ownership of all public utilities. i More Evidence Against Packers. President Roosevelt sent to the House committee the bureau of animal industry report on the Chicago packing houses and renewed his demands for radical legislation. The committee dtcliiied to hear the testimony of Upton Sinclair and decided not to visit Chicago. Greatest Steamer Is Launched. The new Cunard line steamer Lusitania, the world's largest liner, was successfully launched at the Clyde Bank, Glasgow Hundreds o' visitors from all parts of the country besides thousands of the local population witnessed the cere mony. Milk Poisons Students. Fifteen girls of Ilamline university, Minneapolis, were poisoned ty impure milk. The girls had the mil's served to them" as usual for supper and then became deathly sick. ' The matter was kept quiet and physicians called tc attend them. All but three have recovered. 'Walsh Near Death in "Wreck. Thomas , F. Walsh, millionaire mine owner, was near death in a wreck at Boyer, Colo.. 'on the Colorado Midland. Frank Cunningham, one of the firemen on the freight with which the Walsh special collided, was lulled, and Tim Callahan, the engineer, was fatally hurt. i Roosevelt vs. Bryan. Roosevelt and Bryan as the presidential candidates in 1908 have been picked by the political wiseacies in Washington, who base their predictions on the decided Democratic drift toward the Nebraskan shown in recent State conventions. Senator Gorman Expires. Arthur Pue Gorman,. United States Senator from Maryland, died suddenly at his home in Washington Monday. Although he had been ill for many months, he had shown improvement. lately. Heart trouble was the cause of death. Indiana, Indorses Bryan. The Democratic State convention in Indianapolis enthusiastically indorsed Bryan for the presidency in 1908 and named a State ticket by acclamation, all factions In the party being reunited. ' Millionaire's Son Killed. Morris Osborne, son of a millionaire coal and steamship man of Cleveland, was killed as the result of running against an obstruction in the road placed by a farmer to trap scorching automobilists. Defends Girl and Is Killed. In an effort to protect two little girls from insult John G. Shall, aged 16, lost his life in Louisville. He -was stabbed through the heart by a man sad to be W'lliam Woolfork, aged 21. Former Confederate Dies. CoL Andrew G. Dickinson, a Confed erate war veteran and later connected with tin New York Life Insurance Company, died in New York'. He was born in 1835. Runaway Fatal tq Woman. Miss Minnie Wheeler of New York City, daughter of the late A. C. Wheelei (Nym Crinkle), a well-known dramatic critic, was killed in a runaway accident at Morristown, N. J. Hoch Appoints New Senator. Gov. Hoch of Kansas has appointed Foster Dwight Coburn United State! Senator to succeed Joseph R. Burton, resigned. " ' i " - Heart of Town la Burned. Fire at West Hamlin, W. Va de stroyed the Pinion hotel, the Johnson house, Justice's general store, Wilson's I grocery and a number of dwellings.

MESSAGE ON MEATS.

PRESIDENT COMMENTS ON CONDITIONS IN PACKINGTOWN. Report of CommUttonm Xeill and Reynolds Sent to Congre with Demand that Law Be Paed for IllKld Inspection at Stockyard. President Roosevelt Monday transmitted to Congress the first Instalment of the report of Charles P. Neill and James B. Reynolds, appointed by him to Investigate conditions in the Chicago stockyards. The report contains allegations of a a:m-gard of the first principles of dean liness in Packingtown, but fails to make many of the sensational charges tli.it have been rumored. In commentin;; upon the document the President a.vs tha-: it reveals a "revolting" condition of aTTairs, but calls attentioa to the fact that most of the allegations of bis commissioners apply to canned meats and not to the dressed product thf.t is the main staple of the people's, food. ' ' . ' As an absolutely necessary remedy, Mr. Roosevelt recommends tbe passage of the Beveridge amendment providing or a rigorous government Inspection "from hoof to can." The cost of tbe inspection must lie with the packers, .nys tbe President, if it is to be ai all effective. ,The message follows: Me2gre of the President. The Senate and House of Representatives : I transmit herewith the report of James Bronson Reynolds and Commissioner, Charles P. Neill, the special committee whom I appointed to investigate into the conditions in the stock yards of Chicago and report thereon to me. -This report is of a preliminary nature. I submit it'-to you now because it shows the urgent need of immediate action by the Congress in the direction of providing a drastic and thoroughgoing inspection by the federal government of all stock yards and packing houses and of their products, so far as the latter enter into interstate or foreign commerce. The conditio shown by even this short inspection to exist in the Chicago stock yards are revolting. , It is imperatively necessary in the interest of health and of decency that they should be radically changed. Under the existing law it is wholly impossible to secure satisfactory results. ' When my attention was first directed tö this matter an investigation was made under the bureau of animal industry of the Department of Agriculture. When the preliminary statements of this- investigation were brought to my rttention they showed such defects in the law and such wholly unexpected conditions that I deemed it best to have a further immediate investigation by men not connected with the bureau, and accordingly appointed Messrs. Reynolds ard Neill. It was impossible under the existing law that satisfactory work should be done by the bureau of animal industry. I am now, however, examining tbe way u which tbe work actually was done. Before I had rece!ved the report of Messrs. Reynolds and Neill I had directed that labels placed upon any package of meat food products should state onlj that the carcass of the animal from which the meat was taken had been laspected at the time of slaughter. If Inspection of meat food products at-all stages of preparation is not secured by the passage of- legislation recommended I shall feel compelled to order that inspection labels and certificates on canned products shall not be used hereafter. , Xot Even Reasona&ljr Clean. The report shows that the stockyards and packing houses are not kept even reasonably clean, and that the method of handling and preparing food products is uncleanly and , dangerous to health. Under existing law the national government has no power to enforce inspection of the many forms of prepared meat food products that are daily going from the packing houses into interstate commerce. Owing to an inadequate appropriation the Department ef Agriculture is not even able to place inspectors in all establishments desiring them. The present law prohibits the shipment of uninspected meat to foreign countries, but there no provision forbidding the shipment of uninspected meats in interstate commerce, and thus the avenues of interstate commerce are left open to traffic in diseased or spoiled meats. If, as has been alleged von seemingly good authority, further evils exist, 3uch as the improper use of chemicals and dyes, the government lacks power to, remedy them. A law is needed which will enable the inspectors of the general government to inspect and supervise from the hoof to the can the preparation of the meat food product. ' Thi evil seems to be much less in the sale of dressed carcasses than in tb sale of canned and other prepared products and very much less as regards products sent abroad than as regards those used at home.. ' In my judgment, the expense of the Inspection should be paid by a fee levied a Sears from Wonnds. Several hospitals of London, England, are using a method in surgical operations by which the joining of the skin after the operation becomes invisible. .The method consists in cutting the skin slantwise instead tf at right angles with the surface and using hollow ground scalpels. 9 141,000,000 in Pensions. Last year the United States government paid out $141,000,000 in pensions, mostly to veterans of the Civil War. On Jan. 1 there were 1,004,190 names on tie pension roll. Campaign Gifts Not Criminal. The appellate division of the New York Supreme Court handed down Friday its opinion that George W. Terklns was guiltless f criminal intent lu connection vlth his contribution. of $48,000 to the Republican campaign fund, on bhalf of the New York Life Insurance Company. Mr. Perkins was discharged, and the contention of District Attorney Jerome upheld, while the decision of J ustice Greenbaum was reversed. The case will now be carried to the Court of Appeals. Scotch. Firm Gets Contract. The government has placed with William Simons & Co., a Scotch concern, a contract for two suction dredges for the Panama canal work. Their bid was $054,000, which was $70,000 less than the lowest American bid. The Simons company, which is located at Renfrew, is the oldest builder of dredges in the world. The new dredges will be of 3,500 tons hopper capacity. ; ' I The new steel freight steamer Henry B. Smith was launched at the yards of the American Shipbuilding Company in Lorain, Ohio. The vessel is 545 feet in length. About seventy-five alumni, representing nineteen colleges, were present at the recent conference at SpingCeld, Mass., when, steps were taken to iorm a national federation of college and university clubs with the object of exerting some practical influence on the country's political forces. It is believed that the 330,000 college graduates can be organized for effective work without arousing class feeling. The convention sent greetings to President Roosevelt. Steps to contest the returns of the recent city election in Denver were taken by William II. Wadley, defeated municiiiaj ovruership candidate for Alderman.

Points in the Weill Report. "Potted ham" is made with the help of meat scraps "unfit to be eaten' bits of rope and other rubbish.

There are no restrooms and women are stationed in the washrooms to prevent the girls from resting there. There are no lavatories or sinks where employes may wish their hands before plunging them into meat products. Even the ordinary decencies of life are ignored in the sanitary arrangements made for the men and women employes. The phraseology of the labels alleging government inspection is wholly unwarranted and tends to deceive the purchaser. Canned meats moldy with agr are "livened up" by being heated, relabeled and placed on the market. Girls of 1G stand ten hours a; day, although their work could be done just as well if " they were permitted to sit own. Workers climb over heaps of meat with their dirty shoes and cut up sides of beef holding them against "indescribably filthy aprons." Piles of sausages and moldy canned meats,, supposed to be tanked, may at option of the superintendent be turned into sausage, after being treated with chemicals. Girls and women are forced lo work in a room at a temperature of 38 degrees, with a water-covered floor and a ' leaky ceiling, although all these conditions apparently are unnecessary. Comment by the President I urge the immediate enactment into law of provisions which will enable the Department pf Agriculture adequately to inspect the meat and meat-food products entering into interstate commerce, and to supervise the methods of preparing the same, and to prescribe the sanitary condi'ons under which the work rhall be permed. I urge the enactment of . the Beveridge amendment. The conditions shown by even this short inspection to exist in the Chicago stock yards are revoking.' It is imperatively necessary in ;he interests of decency that they should be radically changed. Under the existing law it is wholly impossible to secure satisfactory results. ; The report shows that the steck yards and packing houses are not kept even reasonably clean and that the method of handling and preparing food pn-ducts Is uncleanly and dangerous to health. If inspection of meat food products at all stages of preparation is not secured by the passage of legislation recommended, I shall feel compelled to order that inspection labels and certificates on canned products shall not be use! hereaftr. In my ' judgment the expense of the inspection should be paid by a fee levied on each animal slaughtered. If this is not done the whole purpose of the law can be defeated at any. time through an insufficient appropriation. . on each animal slaughtered. If this is not done, the whole purpose of the' law can at any time be defeated througlf an insufficient appropriation, and whenever there was no particular interest in the subject it would be not only easy but natural thus to make the appropriation insufficient. If it were not for this consideration I should favor the government paying for the inspection. The alarm expressed in certain quarters concerning this feature should be allayed by a realization of the fact that in no case under such law will the coat of inspection exceed 8 cents per head. I call special attention to the fact that this report is preliminary and that the investigation is still unfinished. It is not yet possible to report on the alleged abuses in the use of deleterious chemical compounds in connection with canning and preserving meat products, nor on the alleged doctoring in this fashion of tainted meat and of products returned to the packers as having grown unsalable or unusable from age or from other reasons. Grave allegations are made in Reference to abuses of this nature. Law Needed to Stop Abase. Let me repeat that under the present law there is practically no method of stopping these abuses if they should be discovered to exist. Legislation is needed in order to prevent the possibility of all abuses in the future. If no legislation is passed then the excellent results accomplished by the work of this special comnfittce will endure only so long as the memory of the committee's work is fresh and a recrudescence of! the abuses is absolutely certain. I urge the immediate enactment into law of provisions which will enable the Department of Agriculture adequately to inspect the meat and meat-food products entering into interstate commerce and to supervise the methods of preparing the same and to prescribe the sanitary iconditions under which the work shall be performed. I therefore commend to. your favorable consideration and urge the enactment of substantially the provisions known as Senate amendment No. 29 to the act making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1907, as passed by the Senate, this amendment being commonly known as the Beveridge amendment. THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Interesting Kewi Items President Roosevelt's autograph brought $15 in New York in aid of San Francisco sufferers. . The Italian consul at New Orleans, G. Fara-Forni, has been transferred to Philadelphia. . The National Clothiers' Association Jias elected Marcus M. Marks of New York president and L. II. Kohn of Chicago vice president. Chancellor Von Bulow has left Berlin for the Island of Nordeney, off the northern coast of Germany, where he will spend his three months' holiday. ing Victor Emmanuel received in private audience Silas McBee, editor of the Churchman of New York, with whom he conversed on the relations between church and state in Italy. II. J." Crocker of San Francisco was awarded a9 gold cup for his exhibit of Hawaiian stamps at the International Philatelic exhibition which is now being held in London. Chairman T. P. Sbonts of the isthmian canal commission will be. the chief speaker at the twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Drake university at Des Moines, Iowa, on June 14. The consumption of beer and whisky in Cincinnati during April was considerably heavier than the corresponding month last year, despite the new midnight closing law. Donald Grant of Chicago was elected president and Henry Meyer, cashier , of the Hamilton National bank, vice president, In tbo reorganization of the San Francisco, Idaho and Montana railroad at Boise, Idaho. Both are of Chicago. Annourcement was made in Oberlin, Ohio, of the breaking of the engagement of Prof. Julius A. Brewer, A. M.. Ph. U, of New York, to Miss Mary Katherine Barrows daughter of the late John H. Barrows," president of Oberlin College. Representative Goulder. of New York, testifying before the Hov.se committee on judiciary Monday concerning the proposed insurance law, said that to be a State Senator at Albany was worth anywhere from $50,000 to $100,000 a year, and that this money came largely from insurance companies which want to get or defeat legislation. He said his company, the Pennsylvania Mutual, in 1S9C, had been coerced into giving $10,000 to a campaign committee. Mrs. Lydia Titus of Rockland, Me., is trying to .raise funds In Boston to search for the body of her son, Edgar M. Titus, who disappeared in Death Valley, Cal, June 20. 190a.

iTMIf.iniFKKi

Conference reports on the railway rate and statehood bills were received by the Senate Saturday. The announcement of, the election committee's deliberations in regard to ousting Reed Smoot also" was mode. A resolution providing for the purchase of Panama canal supplies in the United States was passed. Several bills of minor importance and 2S0 private pension bills were passed and adjournment until Monday was taken. As a committee of the whole the House spent the day considering the naturalization bill, but did not complete it. Just before adjournment Mr. Murphy ruled to rescind the action sending the statehood bill to confeience, but the Speaker refused to entertain the motion. The military academy bili, with Senate amendments, was referred to the committee on military affairs. The Senate Monday adjourned immediately upon receiving the announcement of Senator Gorman's death. No business was transacted, even the reading of the journal being dispensed with. Under suspension of the rules - a number of bills were passed by the House, including the following: Providing for the control and regulation of Niagara river and the preservation of Niagara falls; creating a collection district at Port Arthur, Texas; creating a United States District Court for China and prescribing its jurisdiction ; providing for the .survey and allotment of the lands embraced within the limits of the Blackfeet Indian reservation in Montana and opening the surplus lands, about 1,500,000 acres, to settlement; authorizing the construction of wharves, piers and other structures in Lake Michigan adjoining certain lands in Lake county, Indiana. Mr. Mann introduced a resolntion making the pure food bill the order of business and limiting general debate to two days. Announcement of the death of Senator Gorman was followed by adjournment. , ' . The Senate Tuesday passed the naval appropriation bill, carrying a total of $103,117,070. The conference report on the rate bill was taken up and the discussion showed that the measure will be sent back - to conference. A resolution providing for an amendment' to the Constitution which would permit Congress to enact uniform laws for marriage and divorce was Indefinitely postpone!. In the House the-naturalization bill was passed. , V . . . The conference report on the railroad rate bill continued to be the leading subject before the Senate Wednesday, and Mr. Spooner was the principal speaker, attacking the anti-pass provision as unjust. Other features were critcised by Messrs. Hale, Tillman, BaileV, McCumber. Teller, Lodge, Morgan, Piles, Tettus and Patterson. Senator Daniel made an ineffectual ' attempt to have reconsidered the vote by which the railroad employers' liability bill was passed. A bill authorizing the Attorney General and other officers of the Department of Justice to begin and conduct legal proceedings in any courts of the United States was passed. Adjournment was taken until 2 p. m. Täursday in order that Senators might attend ' the funeral of the late Senator Gorman. The members of the minority of he House, believing that the majority .had taken undue advantage of them in limiting general debate, on the sundry civil bill to one hour, started another filibuster and for two houre roll calls and points of order kept the chamber in a tur moil. Later, when the bill was taken up under the five-minute rule, only a few pages were considered before adjourn ment, much of the time being devoted to a discussion of the sale of the old custom house in New York City, a yearly occur rence. Mr. .Sullivan (Mass.) made a speech attacking the administration. After a day devoted almost exclusively to discussion of the rate bill tbe Senate Thursday decided , to send that measure back to conference. The dominant sentiment was favorable to sustaining all Sen ate provisions. The bill providing for the control of the waters of Niagara river was passed. An attack on the President and a spirited defense were the features of a busy day in the House. Mr. Brundage (Ark.) assailed the items for the executive department and the cure of the White House and grounds, as grossly ex travagant, and brought up the Mrs. Minor Morris case. Mr. Grosv'enor (Ohio) championed the appropriation in the name of the American people. The naval appropriation bill was sent to conference. After completing twenty-five pa$es of the sundry civil bill the House adjourned. " The Senate Friday listened to two set speeches, one by jo r. "Morgan in support of his resolution providing for an investigation by a Seriate committee of the affairs of the Isle of Pines, and the other by Mr. Hopkins in opposition to the .sealevel Panama canal bill. Neither measure v.-rfs acted upon. Some time was spent in considering the District of Columbia appropriation bill before adjournment was taken. In an hour sicnt on pension legislation in the House, 357 bills were passed. Durig the remainder of the session considerable progress was' made on the sundry civil bill. Under the lead of Mr. Keifer (Ohio) the House refused to authorize the transportation' of silver coins and other money by registered mail, insisting that the business should be ban-, died by , the express companfe ,as at present. The conference report on the bill to prohibit aliens from' fishing in the waters of Alaska was agreed to, also the Senate amendment to the bill forbidding the Importation, exportation or carriage in interstate commerce of falsely or spuriously stamped articles of gold or silver or their alloys. r National Capital Notes. Ex-State Senator G. E. Green of New York and W. D. Doremus were placed on trial in Washington, charged with conspiracy to defraud the government postal service. , Representative Gardner of Texas has introduced a resolution directing the Secretary of Commerce and Labor to ascertain if there is a difference in the price at home and abroad of iron and steel products ; also to ascertain whether the United States Steel Corporation owns or controls other corporations in vio'ation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The Russian government has Informed the State Department that it has directed the local officials at Batum to do everything in their power to secure the arrest and'punishment of the murderers of Vice Consul Stuart at, Batum. Several arrests have been made, but there is no certainty of the guilt of tbe parties. John G. A. Leishman, the United States minister to Turkey, had a long conference with Secretary Root, after which it was confidently expected by the department that Congress will raise the American mission at Constantinople to an embassy and Mr. Leishman doubtless will be continued there when the post is elevated. The Secretary of War has authorized the announcement that it had been decided by the President to appoint Col. Stephen' V. Jocalyn, who is the senior colonel of the line, now serving as a member of the general staff in San Francisco, as a brigadier general to succeed Gen. Buchanan, and Col. Walter T. Duggan, now on the Philippines First infantry, to succeed Gen. Frank D. Baldwin. Both of these officers are Civil War veterans. Representative Fletcher of Minnesota extended to the President an invitation to attend the State encampment of the G. A. It., which is to be held in Minneapolis next August.

BRYAN IS INDORSED.

DEMOCRATS VOULD HAVE NI . BRASKAN LEAD IN 19C8. Indiana State Convention FleCjje Delegation and , Electoral Vote Tito Year in Advance Gold najtl Silver Men Join State TUkcl. For For For For For For For For For r Secretary ot State Jane F. Cnr.'x Treasurer Jolsn Isn'-aiper Auditor Marioa liii.ey Attorney General ...... .Walter J. Iajiz Clerk of Supreme Court Bert New Supt. rabllc. Instruction, .liolt J. Aley (Jeo'.oyist I'd .vard I'.i rrert Statistician.' Iavid N. Curry Jude of Supreme Coust irst District Ilagene A. E'.y I ourth District Iliciiiid lli-via Indianapolis correspondence: The distinctive feature of th? Dcmocratic State convention which nominated the above ticket was tbe indor.se-. ment of William Jennings Bryan ns the party's candidate for the Presidency ia RHJ8. Democrats of Indiana in convention Thursday adopted a platform strongly indorsing Vm. J. Bryan for the pro!-' dency and selected a state ticket for all offices, except governor and reporter of the Supreme Court. Benjamin F. Shlvely,1 of . South Bend, former representative in congress from the Thirteenth Indiana district, was permanent chairman and in his aGdress said: "That which Is tdday eulogized and approved as broad statesmanship and enlightened patriotism in Theodore Roosevelt was only a few years ago denounced as reactionary, revolutionary and unpatriotic in, William Jennings Bryan. The aftersight of the one Is almost equal to the foresight of the other." , ' J ' The resolutions committee was at work on the platform until after . r) o'clock and the report' was not ready before . the convention was In session. It was" read by Samuel L. Ralston of Lebanon, chairman of the committee, and besides a number of planks on state issnes contained the following: VTbe Democracy of Indiana in convention assembled renews its allegiance to the principle of constitutional government through laws enacted and executed in the interests of the whole people without favor to indiviftual or class. It pledges Itself when returned to power to correct the evils WILLIAM J. BBYAN. that have grown out of Republican official shortcomings, to an economical administration of public affairs,, and to the consistent enforcement of the laws pertaining to public welfare. "It sends greetings across theea to that wise and conservative statesman, unfaltering patriot and superb leader, William Jennings Bryan, and pledges its vote in convention and the electoral vote of Indiana to him for.Prestdeut in 100S." t - s . Seene of Wild Enthusiasm. When the resolution of Indorrenient was read the delegates ' rose to vtheir feet and cheer after cheer resounded through the hall. Then the men and women in the balconies andon tbo i tage took it up, and hats pud bandker-. eJnefs were '-waved, and more than a thousand voices joined iu tlft? applause. For fully five minutes the demonstration continued. As the resolution was read an oil painting of Bryan, that had been purposely concealed by the drapery of the stage, was lowered into the fflll view ot the delegates. The cue that followed was Intensely dramatic. , Men threw their hats in the air, wouwn aved their handkerchiefs and fans und many men left their seats among vhe delegates and walked up and dow.i the aisles, shaking hands , with every one in token of the great joy they .'c't over the resolution. ; Convention Work X Easy. The convention was In session only about four hours, and the l.cket was selected without taking a ballot, all the nominees being chosen by acclamation. There were two or more candidates for the several positions on the ticket before the convention assembled, but before the nominations were made on the floor the list had been reduced to one candidate for each olftce, and the work of the convention, therefore, Was soon accomplished. Hereditary Resemblanee. .. "What you chillun been doln'?" "We ain't been doln nuthlnV "Deah me! You grow moah like youah pa every day." Indianapolis News. . . ' Received Merciful Treatment. Poet I want you to know, sir, that this poem cost me a week's hard labor. Editor Tbe Judge certainly tempered justice with mercy. Boston, Transcript f ' Billboards' and Doard Bills. Ilowland Rante Yes, I am starring. You will see my face on all the billboards. Sue Brette You face the billboards; but you never face the board bills. nttsburg Gazette. Ha! IIa! "A trip across the pond is a luxurious affair." "I Kuppose the ocean Itself Is very swell?" "Yes, even the waves have crests." Pittsburg Press. o Damaa-ed Canvas Wanted. Artist (to landlord) I can't pay my rent, but 1 can give you a lot of canvases as security. Landlord All right; I'll take them If you have not painted on them, Familie Journal. , Ills Vlevrs. She I suppose you never met your affinity, Mr. Olebatch? He I don't know. Ono can't tell one's affinity except by marrying, and then It may turn' out . to be a case of mistaken Identity Puck.

'1 FINANCIAL I CMcagoL" The prevailing conditions being mainly favorable, a satisfactory tone rharacterizes the business- situation. A aoliday this week affected the volume of sank exchanges, these showing smaller than expected, but it is to be noted that productive capacity is engaged further i bead than at any time heretofore, and listributlon is of an extent exceeding all former experiences. .The molders' strike ret retards foundry work, but, notwithftanding this, Inlxjr forces never before .vere so fully employed at good wages. Retail trade is unusually good in seasonable necessaries, a quick recovery aaving been made from the adverse effect of low temperature, and the orJers in tbe jobbing lines have furnished fair activity in shipments to the interior. " The expanded volume of distribution s reflected by continued gains In westrrn railroad earnings, much of the tonlage Including heavy shipments ofgensral nierebandifse for Tacific points. Lake transportation returns exhibit, rxeater forwardings of ore, fuel. P?er and breadstusff. The total movement of grain at this port aggregated 1.110,332 bushels, against 6.302,133 mshels last week, and 5,431,503 bushels t year ago. Receipts gained 13.3 per nt over those ia 19(X and the shJpnents Improved 10.9 per cent Live itock receipts, 1S7,190, nead. compare rith 215,081 head last year. Hides re'cived were 2,5429 pöAinds, against !,15S,374 pounds last week and ZX-Q, )S7 pounds a year ago. Lumber receipts aggregated only 39,570,000 feet, igainst 46,079,000 feet in 1905. Bank, clearings, $171,943,43S, exceed 'hose of the corresponding week In 1903 by 1.9 ier cent. Money appears :o be In ample supply for present needs, md the discount rate has eased, but :be markets for securities indicate rather light investment operations. I Failures reported in the Chicago disilcf number 20, against 24 last weei ind 13 a year ago. Dun's Review cf Trade. Rather quiet , retail trade conditions have resulted from widespready rainy Nev Yort iveather, the passing of the leading pring holiday, and tho natural seasoall quietness which supervenes at this period. Taken as a whole, the mouth of May was u very active one in' retell md wholesale trade and Industry, In which the best records .of preceding rears were surpassed. Fall trade reports continue exceptionally good, though a comparatively quiet period nay . be looked for pending a clearer riew of crop conditions. Crop reports ire tinged with irregularity, due to un;ven distribution of rainfall, which Is, however, a seasonable development Activity in outdoor work has been a feature, as for some time past Brtdtreet'a Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prim $4.00 to $G.00; hogs, prime havy, $4.C0 to $G.55; sheep fair to choice. $3.00 to $&00;. wheat, No. 2,' 87c to 89c; corn. No. 2, 49c to 51c; oats standard, 35c to 37c; rye. No. 2. 61c to 0.c; hay, timothy, $8.50 to $14.00; prairie. $U.OO to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, ICc to 19c; e'gs, fresh, 14c to 18c; potatoes, new, $1.10 to $1.35. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $6.42 ; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, SSe to S9c; corn. No. 2 white, 49c to 51c; oats. No. 2 white, 33c to S5c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $G.OO; hogs, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $4.00 to $G."P3; wheat, No. 2, SOc to Die; corn. No. 2, 47c to 49c ; oats. No. 2, 32c to 34c; rye, No. 2, C3c toGlc. Cincianati-Cattle. $4.00 to $5.25; hogs, $4.00 to $0.50; sheep, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, We to 91c; coVn, No. 2 mixed. 52e to 53c: oatR, No. 2 miied, 30c to 37c; rye, No. 2, GGe to (Oc " Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $5.10; hogs, $4.00 to $G.50; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00: wheat,' No. 2, SGc to S8c; corn. No. 3 yellow, 52c to 53c; oats. No. 3 white, 35c to 37c; rye, No. 2, C5c to GGc Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 northern. oats, standard, 35c to 30c; rye. No. 1, G3c to G5c; barley, standard, 54c to 5Gc; pork, mess, $10.77. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, S3? to S5c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 4Go to 4Sc; oat. No. 2 mixed, 31c to 33c; rye. No. 2, CGc to G7c; clover seed, prime,. $0.70. Buffalo Cattle, choice shipp'ng steers, $4.00 to $5.75; boRs, flir to choice, $4.00 to $0.73 ; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $5.75; lainbg fair to choice, $5.00 to $7.20. New York Cattle, $5.00 ' to $5.90; hogs, $4.00 to $G.70; sheep, $3.00 to $5.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 93c to 95c; corn, No. 2, 57c to 5Sc; oats, natural white, 41c to 42c; butter, creamery, 17c to 20c; eggs, western, 15c to 17c Newa of Minor Note, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, the Arctic explorer, is a firm believer in woman's rights. Costa Rica has named Ascension EquiveL former president of the republic, as its 'delegate to tbe pan-American Congress in uly. Dr. Solly, a noted pioneer physician ot Colorado Springs, Colo., was brought to Chicago. His life demands the effect of the lower altitude. F. A. Heiner, aged 58, of Indianapolis, committed suicide at Shreveport, La., by shooting himself through the head. He had been in bad health. The treasurer of Falls City, Neb has filed a petition In bankruptcy, admitting a $10,000 shortage in city funds, with which he paid business debts. A fashionably gowned young woman, believed to be an actress, was found unconscious in New York. In a lacid interval she said she had been robbed. Andrew Lang once wrote to Israel Zangwill to ask him to take part in an authors' reading for the beneGt of charity, and received the following reply; "If Lang will I. Zangwill." Sir Charles Metcalfe, the consulting engineer io the Rhodesiah railways, claizu the world's record for rapid construction on the lailroad above Victoria falls. Five and throe-quarter miles of track were laid in twelve hours. Alva J. Niles, recently appointed adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard, has the distinction of being ttt joungest adjutant-general in tbe Unite! States, being but 23 years old. He is a Spanish war Teteran.