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Sobriety, C J9:e the Three 1 Cat Have. By Be, + ONCE heard a N piece of advice: one who cannol That was e - would do well t You have all being tied to la You have se the house was on to provide the barest necessit And you have also seen the h, father worked, poverty when he The woman married to a m stands; her nerves are constantly She knows that no matter h< lose it through incompetence or c So you see, girls, it Is of the that you do not throw yourselves Every man, whether he be ri The idle man is of no use to ; far as his usefulness goes; in fac1 a bad example to other men. Yc mischief still for idle hands to d, The ordinary, every-day, lazy money to bAck his laziness. When he marries his wife ha He probably makes love ver else to do. Keep away from him, girls, n be. There are better things in liI for-nothing man. If you are friends with a mai position, and that it is all the fau: and find out how things really st The fact of a man wanting t< he will make a good husband. It would be far better if he ing the day when he might ask y The important qualities to Ic gentleness. The man who has all three i, Don't waste your time on me: py with a man lacking any one o Fr The Fc Modern h of 1 By Johr +++++++++4 F we were asked I liun was, as a< + + mention first of Sby which the w *++++++++* affectation. Fr doubt suffered of his sayings as a proverbial pl sion that he was inclned to be sort to~ manifest evasions and su the truth. In reality his diplo direct. It is true that he did na conceives it to be a proof of virti sagacious and not devoid of shai which he participated may be see tation on his .part or of double d a diplomatist than that which SI Oswald to him, he declared his rn Frank!.n might prefer, adding: good faith which subsisted betw Any estimate of Franklin as omitted to refer to the style of h phrases of diplomatic corresponc author never was wanting in atti forms of expression were singula once more courteous and more cause his original powers enable phrases. His diplomatic commuz object, they were filled with wi: tb my w'ere characterized by a sinm well as moved the understanding persut.sive reasoning and felicit literature of diplomacy.-From th AIgamnst thE 6 jProfessio I By an Ah I~ I have a few M test against thi counitry? Upon myrE sence, with all urally constrain ~3I who shared my "land of the fr< same Britisber ti me that he had been readinlg wanted to know if It was true t state. I replied that the desire and possibly the same feeling wa sion. Now, whiat Iwant to know is right to convey these imipressiom name and pa.triotism2? What more injurious effect c< arrive here with dreams of civil immedia.tely confronted with the legislators. lawyers and leaders i1 and enemies of the state? The but one result, and that a process discardedl and the sign of the dol: Can we survive this ever inc istic press, se that when one is ti: tion, and ren'tds of work, brains: ulent attineks noen err leadiirir eil Murderous Ceremeny. When a Neapolitan wishes to t the death of an enemy he takes object, often a lemon, which he to represent the heart of his vic and he pierces it with nails or which he fastens securely with tv With appropriate incantations this titicus heart is roasted over a: fire. .nd is placed as near to the tended victim as circumstances al When the gnat gets on the fly-w he always thinks the wheel was na entleness and Industry { rest Qualities Any Man ztrice Fairfax. ;ise woman give a young girl the following --Do not waste your time on a lazy man or keep a job." cellent advice, girls, and every one of you D bear it in mind. seen women whose lives were ruined by be zy, shiftless husbands. en the misery of homes where the head of a good-for-nothing, who could not be relied ies. >me where there was extravagance when the didn't. in of that stamp never knows where she on the rack. w good her husband's job may be he will hangeableness on his part. utmost importance to your future happiness away on men of either of these types. ch or poor, should have some work to do. nybody. He might just as well not exist as , it would be better If he did not, as he sets u know the proverb that "Satan finds some man that we come in contact with has no s to support him. r well-why shouldn't he-he has nothing : matter how cajoling his tale of love may e for you than marriage to a shiftless, good i and he tells you that he never can keep a It of his employers, just look in.to it carefully and before you accept his attentions. > spend all his money on you is no sign that aved his money with a view toward hasten ou to share his fortunes. ok for in a man are sobriety, industry and sure to make a good husband. 2 who lack them, for no woman will be hap the three.-New York Journal. anklin ther of the nerican School iplomats Bassett Moore. -o to enumerate the qualities by which Frank liplomatist, chiefiy distinguished we should all the pre-enminent, sublime common sense is always guided, and with this we should id equanimity and his self-control under >n. In the next place, we should designate ardness and his freedom from tricks and anklin's reputation in this respect has no from the somewhat cynical fiavor of some ilosopher. There exists a popular impres rtful in his dealings even if he did not re bterfuges. Nothing could 'oe further from matic conduct was remarkably simple and >t suffer from that sort of incapacity which te to be deceived and over-reached. He was ewdness, byt the diplomatic discussions in rched in vain for any traces of misrepresen ealing. No greater tribute can be paid to elburne paid to Franklin when, in sendinig ~adiness to employ any other channel which I wish to retain the same simplicity and een us in transactions of less importance.' a diplomatist would be incomplete which is diplomatic papers. In the set formis anJi ence they are singularly lacking, but their mtion to the proprieties of intercourse. His rly courteous and polite, and he could be at effective than the average diplomatist be d him to dispense "with the shackles of set icatons were always written with a definite ;e suggestions and forceful arguments and pe eloquence which touched the feelings as .Taken as a whole, for profound wisdom, us diction they stand unsurpassed in the e Columbia Monthly. rotest~~ Exaggeratio ns~ f the nal Exposers.j onymous Writer.r ines of your valuable space to enter a pro character of the current ltt!ature in this turn to this land, after a considerable ab the enthusiasm of a true patriot, I was nat ed mildly to boast. to an English passenger room on the boat, of all the virtues of the e andl the home of the brave." I saw this some days later in New York city and he many of our newspapers and magazines and hat the country was in such a demoralized for money at any cost was quite prevalent .s responsible f'or the sources of his impres whether the editors of this country have the broadcast ut the expe&nse of national pride, ud be produced upon our new citizens, who and social and business morals, than to be appae'nt "1fact" that most of our statesmen, every v.al k of activity are crooks. grafters awaening must be bewildering. There is of emutation. Pride of state is immediately ar is fore'ver the American Eazrle. reasing pessimism? I et us have an optim ed and weary he can read of the commecnda nd trut'. and r.ct be exhausted with the i-ir For Chapped Hand~s. ffect 'Pq cure'dmpped hands always care ome fully dary, the hands after washing. usnever allow the moisture to ev&@ tim orate:: this is a cause of the trou ins, ble. Before going to bed rub hands e, well with boracic ointment. vaseline, fic- cold cream or glycerin. Those who ow cannot afford medicaments will find a in- bit of mutton fat (uncooked) very low, effective. Draw on an old pair of gloves after anointing. ned 1 he poorest kind of a man is the LIV[ I[EIS Of N[WS Epitome of Current Happenings of Interest Briefly Told. Senator .losRph R. Burton. who was seitleceI to jail and fined for irrez ularities. resiznead. and Governor Hoch appolited Foster Dwight Co ourn as sucessor. In a battle between striking miners aiid guards near Plum Run Mine. in Ohio. four men were wounded, two perhaps Iatally, and the militia vipas (deret out. - The fi hi between Mexicans ayd Americans at Cananea. Mexico. is .-aid to have been fomented by revolu tionists from St. Louis headquarters. Eight of the large meat-packing conicerns .,'ned in a signed statement pIItesti.: against the Neill-Reynolds repsort. 'fhe State investigating board re ported on the San Francisco earth quake. which it claims, was due to ruptures in the earths crust caused by geological changes. Richard A. Canfield testified in his own behalf in the suit of John Del a!' unty against hin and declared that lie was "t i)ped off' on Jerome's pro jected raid. Drs. Harry Adler and J. C. Hem meter. ot' Baltimore. were speakers at a medical conventiot in, Boston. which is thronged with 1 visiting doctors. Sixty aiarchiists. alleged to be from Baltimore. are believed to i)e in Wil ingtoni. Delawait. Ex-Mayor Plhelan, of San Francis o. annotinces that the total cash re ceived for t he relief of the city is .04.24:.00. and amoeals for funds to aid in rehabilitation. A big reception to William J. Bry an upon his retirn from abroad is projected. and is to hiave national pro portions. King Alfonso and Queen Victoria attended a brilliant military review. The Spanish police are on the track of the bombtlirower's accomplices. Seveii persons were drowned and four killed by lightning at Odessa. Senator Art hur Pue Gorman. of Maryland. died at his residence. 1432 K street. at 9:17 a. mi. yesterday. The Virginia State Federation of Labor opens its session at Alexandria sooni. Officers will be elcted for the ensuin- year. Addresses will be de livered hy Samuel Giompers,. president of the American Federation of La bor, and other labor leaders. Horrifying dlisclosures as to the conditions in the Chicago packing hiouses are made in the report of Charles P. Neill and James B. Rev nolds. which was sent to (Congress yes terday by President Roosevelt. Efforts will be made by this Gov ernment to secure laborers from Spain to work on the Panama canal. The British ship Lismore was wrecked at Santa Maria. C'hije. and 22 of the crew were drowned. Baron v-on Beck has bieeni intrusted with the task of forming the new Austro-Hiugarian ('abinet. Two American- we~re convicted of swindlning ini Loindoin and sentenced to hard labor. Aniot her section of Tesuvius' cone has fallen in. andh the showvers of ashes and cinders is on the increase. General Alikhanoff. Governor-Gen eral of Kut-als and the "pacifier'' of the Caucasus, wa:. ser'ously injured by one of two bombs thrown at him. Mr. Whitbridge, the spiecial envoy sent by the United States to attend King Alfonso 's wedd~ing, p)resented the av'ograph letter of good wishes 1.:itten by P'resdent Roosevelt. Fifty anarchists of England. France and Sl ain are alleged to .e on the way to Madrid to assassinate Alfonso oin his weddhing day. Elks had memorial services over their dead at Bedford (Citv Eleven persons were killed, two so badly hurt that they are expected to die and a score seriously hurt in a trolly accident at East Providence, R. I. Carl Schurz was eulogized by prom inent men at a memorial service held in Chicago. President Roosevelt ex pressed high appreciation of him ini a letter. "Tricolor.'' t he Bostock Ieopa rd lion-t iger hybrid. died. and a lioness in Mr. Bost ock's manitagerti gave bi rth1 to a pair ot puma~-jaguar-'ioni prodi gies. Chicago. Pit isburg and St. Louis re port remnarkable advani ces in business prosperity in their respective sec(tionis of the count rv. Richmronid Col legia and thle T-niversi tv Colletze of lldicine at Richx.ionid Social Demnocra ts of Wisconsin de mand the abolitio~n of the United St ales Senat e. chiargi ng it with beini'. "a butlwark of capitalism and t rust oeracv." Maniuel Morsles. who killed himself when about to lbe catuiredl. was idea titied as the bomb I I'rower by the own er of lie Mad rid bo al fronm whiom lie rentedl lie balcony. Rev. S. Barinie-G ould. lie noted1 an thor and churchmain. died ini S')U Africa. A cordliet between the Russian Douma and the Ministry over the pro posal to abolish the death p)enalty has been averted by a decision on the pzart of the Cabinet to support such meas ure. The Jews in Kisecheneff held a meet ing to express sorrow at the death of Mieheal Davitt. Governor Swanson has refused to interfere in the case of Galnet Battaile who widl be hanged Friday for as sault. GIRL'S BRAVE DfD Shoots Down Her Would-Be Assailant and Resumes Work A SELMA TELEPHONE OPERATOR Miss Pearl Jones, Night Telephone Operator, With Rare Coolness, Puts t Fatal Bullet Into Negro Who Pre meditated an Assault Upon Her t Negro, Trapped, Confesses His '- I tended Crime-His Accomplice r Landed in Jail-Admiring Citizens t to Present Brave Girl With Gold S Mounted Revolver and Medal. t Selma, N. C., Special.-Saturday t night about 11:30 o'clock Miss Pearl Jones.' the telephone operator at this l -lace. shot and fatally wounded Bud x Richardson, a negro, who. by his own C confession, had premeditated an as sault upon her. The telephone office is located in a narrow room between a large store and the bank fronting on Main streef. In the rear of the otlice, enclosed by a high board wall, is a smali back lot private to the operators. This lot c is entered through a screen door in the rear of the office and there is also a door through the wall in the rear of the lot which is kept fastened by a hook on the inside. About two weeks ago a negro was caught climb iLng over this high wall and seared away by one of the operators. Three nights afterwards, as one of the young ladies stepped into the back lot from the office, she was confront ed by a negro man. This time there happened to be a young man in the operating room who ran to her rescue, only to see the negro's back and give a fruitless chase. Fired Five Shots. Hearin- of this second attempt the young men of the town decided to I guard the office at night. which they I did regularly, taking turns, until Sat- i ur(av iight, the two men assigned to this duty were sitting in front of the drug store awaiting for the stores t to close so they could take their po sitions. when at 11 o'clock they heard a pistol shot, followed by fou'r more in quick succession. These two. with the chief of police, ran to the office, when they found the young la dy with the pistol in her hand. She told them she started out into the back lot and some one started toward her, then she jumped back into the ofhice, grabbed the pistol and fired once. By the aid of that fire she could plainly see some one crouched in the corner. Then she aimed at him andl fired the other four shots as he went out the door and thought she hit him with the last one. The doctor's examination showed that- the ball w~ent through his left aan and into his body between the third and fourth ribs.. The bullet was probed for, but could not be lo eatedl. The wound wa's bleeding and he was breathing through the hole. The doctor savs he will not live, buti eightee1 hours later he is still living~ and is c'oscious. Three of this ne gro' s associates were arrested and] held in the lockup. At 4 o'clock Sunday they were all1 given a preliminary hearing before a magistrate. resulting in two of then 1 being released and two held. At the trial the wounded negro, realizing his coniditien, said he was ready to make < a statement, which he did in the form of an affidavit as follows: Wounded Negro's Confession. "N or'th Carolina, Johnston coun ty: Bud Richardson, being sworn. says: Jim M1erritt and I went into the back lot of the telephone com pany 's office Saturday night, .Junv 9th for the purpose of committine rape on Misses Pearj Ienes and Jessi. Hunt, who we-re night operators for the company. I got shot and Jim told me lie had been there twvice he fore for the same purpose. but coul<I not succeed by himself. No one elsr was with us. (Signed "BUD) RICTIARDSON." Vera Cruz to Have $6,000,000 Rail way Terminals. Mlexico City, Special.-Work wilh soon1 begin on the new railroad ter. minals at Vera (Cruz. which will be lie linest terminals in the countr. and make- transfer of goods anid pas senigers between steamers and rail wars easy andl economical. The cos: of the terminals is estimated at $6. 000.1000, goid. A la rge culstom houst will be bluilt oni the railwvay pier witlh tracks conect ing with tiIhe rail wa. va rd s. The new terminials will bt used by four railways. Drowned in Mill Pond. Spartainburg. S. C.. Special.-Palm. er Lester. a young white man 20 years of age. w~as drownedl ini the Appalach inn Mlill pond Saturday a fternoon. Lester andl his conmpaious wver bathIiing anid he fell from thle sp)ring boEardl into seven feet oft water. H igable to swimn he sanuk to ris( no) more, after' franlti(e etforts to save himself. No inquest was held. Eleven. Killed by Explosion. Lancastei. Pa., Spee~ial.-Elever: b1 men wvere blown to pileces and five others were seriously i njnred by the 9 explosion of a dlynarpite plant near Pequnea. along the Susiuehana river. The accidecnt was one of the mos horrible in the history of Lancaster. n The victims wecre literal ly torn tI 0 pics not enough renmi nn of iN .n-:le body to make idenzItiat ion possible. rThe cause of the explosioni a is no knwn. F 'H[ WORK Of CONGR[S Vhat is Being Done Day by Day B the National House and Senate. Danger to Quarantine Bill. There is decided danger that tI narantine bill intended to give Fe( ral aid in yellow fever quarantine -hich has passed the Senate Hous ill fail because of a deadlock amor he conferes on the seventh sectio f the bill providing that inter-Stal raffic may be carried on without ii erruption through a state under ye 3w fever quarantine, under certai egulations; that is, that throug rains may make their regular rut ithout taking on or letting off pa engers or freight within the quaraz ined state. leport on Packers Matter. The House Committee on Agrien ure decided to comply with the r [uest of the Chicago packers to 1 teard on the Neill-Reynolds repo: 'egarding the conditions in the Ch ago packing houses. The reque! ras made by Mr. E. Wilson, wI aid he was an employee of the Ne on Morris Company, but in this ii tance was authorized to speak f< 11 the Chicago paekers. Secretai f Agriculture Wilson, Dr. A. D. Me in of the Department, and Mr. Nei vere present at the hearing. Mr. Wilson made a general deni f the existence of the conditions i >acking houses as set forth in t) eill-Reynolds report. Some of tl uggestions made in the reprt I aid, had already been complied wii y the packers, such as addition; anitary facilities. As to the charge that canned mea vere boiled in water to "freshen the ip.'' Mr. Wilson said there was a olutely nothing in this. What t] ans were 'put in hot water were oak off the old labels, which he sai vas an injury to the appearance 4 he goods on sale. He denied absolutely that the: vere any deceased cattle or ho iutchered for food. Mr. Wilson d eribed in detail the operation of pr )aring canned meats and when askt y Representative Scott of Kansh member of the committee, "Ho tbout the rope and other foreign ma er found with scraps on the floor, 4r. Wilson explained that what w: >robably seen in this instance w he string on the knuckle and wh: iad been dried beef. This string w: ised witli which to hai- the beef t smoke house, and when the be, iad been sliced off, this knuckle er vas left. There was a bone in it. TI one would smash the machine if ittempt was made to use it. Flooded With Petitions. As Senator Tillman, suggested the was "A streak of yellow'' in t] senate due to the fact that practical very desk in the chamber was cove ~d with telegrams oif protest again he Anti-Pass provision in the Ra: oad Rate Bill as reported by t] ionference Commite. They were all fr'om railroad m< tnd in each case consisted of pr ;ests against cutting off the privile; f riding free. In addition there was a form ;atement on behalf of engineel iremen, conductors and trainmen sa ng that they represented 230,0' -ailway employees. Bill to Be Sent Back. The discussion of the Railroad IRa Bill conference report in the Sena howed that the bill would be se: >aek to the conference. The confe mee announced that they expect< :hat result. Busy Day in the House. Against the days when the Hon >f Representatives was in throes of ilibuster or "putting off until t norrow what it might have done t] lay before,'' must be set the wo: icomplished in the lower branch he national Legislature., In many particulars Tuesday was 'red letter dlay'' in the House, n, nly in the ihimber of bills passe >t in the general character of ti .egisation enacted. What bia ft o0 <'ause endless trouble. the naturt zation bill, was passed under suspe 'ori of Mie rules, the Speaker at he gentleman in charge of the bi \fr. Boynge. of Colorado, doing ttea ork of a sanerior kind. The House refused to pass a b. asing to a private firm or corpor ion the right to mine coal on ti [sland of Batan in the Philippi1 :oup, although it was stated th ~uch a lease would decrease tl mount paid by the government ft ulvr osiderably. wok mnder suspension of the rules at hien. with the lime set apart f< hese mensures exhausted, and pea pveading its wings over the mci er!A. theC usL of the day, until a aurumnt. wa.s :aken up with t1 ~asnge of bills by' umnsainaus eo eni., a ~form of? legislation only pe ible when there arc no breakers. i;hi. News Items. The village of Scottown, in Ohi vas completely washled away by floo wo persons being drowned. The Southern States' Immligrati( ommission elected o'fficers and esta ished a New York bureau. President Rosevelt is said to ha' ietermined on a complete reorgamiz ion of the Bureau of Animal Indu ry. The deposition of Mrs. Cassie I hadwick was read in the Juette eas' ut may never be made public. Cardi~al Gibbonrs presided at ontificiar mass which opened the at ual convention of the Knights c olumbus in New Haven. Conn. Dr. Julius Friedenwald, of Balt iore, was among the speakers at th iedical convention in Boston. Sixty firms have become defeni nt to~ the action begun in Indian ainst the alleged Drug Trust b GUARDS KILLMINERS I Difficulty Between Constables ( and Strikers - SEVERAL KILED OR INJURED Indiana Mlining Town is Scene of 9I n Fatal Clash Between Marching e Strikers and Detail of 12 Mem - bers of State Constabulary.-Strik er Fired His Revolver at Troops, n h Who Responded With Volley From S Carbines.-Six vt Wounded in Se - Tious Condition and Thaee Will T Die. p c - Indianapolis, Special.-The new mining town of Ernest. on the Buf falo, Rocieste- & Pittsburg Rail- S i- road, five miles from here, was the it scene of a conflict between a de * tail of State constabuiarv and strik I- ItI . ing coal miners, in which two strik- I r r ers were killed and eight wounded, Y three fatally. c Shortly after daylight a body of S strikers, headed by a brass band, marched from Union Mines, in Jef n ferson county, to receive one of the e mine officials expected from Punx le sutawney. Qn the way to the sta- r b tion the marchers encounte.sd a de- e d tail of twelve members of the State t constabulary and as they passed a member of the band fired his re volver at the troops. b L( No one *as stfuck, but the con :0 stabulary immediatelv retaliated f with a volley from their carbines. e, When the smoke cleared eight C -e strikers were lying on the ground R s and others had fled precipitately f down the hill. d Two of those shot were killed in- t s. stantly and the six others were se- n: w riously wounded. t DENIED BY HARVIE JORDAN. 1E President of Cotton Association Has tt Not Advised Farmers to Sell Spot P n Cotton for Future Delivery. g a Washington, Special.-President s e Harvie Jordan, of the outhern Cot n ton Association ma'e the following statement: "In view of the present s misinterpretation of my position on t iprices of spot -cotton which has been y given general circulation in the press r- during the past few da:.s, I wish to s st unqualifiedly deny any report that I 1I have advised farmers or others to g sell spot cotton for future delivery ~ fl or to deal in cotton futures at all. t: SMy position in favor of higher prices a eis unchanged and will continue so a! long as present splendid trade con s, ditions last and no probability of v. abnormally large crops being pro. s )C duced.'' t Report Sat In. t te Washington, Spe, .a.-In response s te to a request from ie House commit- ,? t tee on agriculture, President Roose- d r- velt forwarded to Representative a ~d Wadsworth, chairman of that comn- c mittee, the report made to him by il a committee of the Department of s se Agriculture regarding conditions- in i: a the Chicago meat packing houses. Ae- t Scompanying the report was a- letter s ec from the President, in which he s k points out that there 4 no conflict k d in substance between the Neill-Rey-' nolds report and that of the Agri- h a cultural Department experts. d:Telegraphic Briefs ir Gabriel Battaile, the negro who is f I- to be hanged today for as:;ault upon 1Miss Rogers, in King George's coun d ty, confessed his crime. mW. L. Francis, of Richmond, who n was arrested on a charge of embez- r 1 lement, admitted the charge and b said he did it to raise money with p e which to elope. t Supreme Court Orders Served on eC Chattanooga Lynchers. b Chattanooga, Tenn., Special. d United States Marshal Dunlap serv d ed Supreme Court orders on all de- t4 >r fendants cited to appear before the t 3e Un~ited States Supreme Court in Oe- p tober to answer for attempt in the 1e Johnson lynohing case. T.e mar si hal was aided in locating the de- si s- fendants by sheriff's deputies, all h n of whom, in addition to thle sheriff, a are included in Attorney General r. Moody's information. Senator Gorman's Successor. S Baltimore, Special.-The rumors as 8 towowould be appointed to serve a out the remainder of Senator Gor- p n~ man 's unexpired term were put to s Srest Friday night when Governor a Warfield announced the appointment n e of Hen. W. P. Whyte. Mr. Whyte d - has been governor of the State, may- a s- of of Baltimore, and has twice been ti in the Senate--one by election and b once before by executive appointment Americais Among Eeis Mexico City. Special.-News from a the Guatemalan revolutionists oper- V ating in the southern part of that re- a Spublic is that an American contingent ~ consisting of 160 men enlisted in fl San Francisco. arc now included ir. S General Toledo 's army. These men. t< e who are especially well armed. cam's 3 down on the steamer Empire City. b now composing practically the navy a a of the revolutionists and the first el I wardip ever employed in any (ua. h +emalan war. p UHE PACKERS REPLY aim That Conditions Are Not As Bad As Represented RE CLEANING UP, HOWEVER is Admitted, However, That Some of the Suggestions in the Neill-Rey nolds Report Pertaining to Sanita ry Conditions Have Been Complied. With. Washington, Special.-Ttomas E.. ilson, representing the Chicago ackers, was heard by the House )mmittee on agriculture on the Neitl eynolds report regarding conditions i Chicago packing houses. Mr. Neill as present at the hearing. Mr. Wil n, who is an employe of the Nelson [orris Company, made a general de ial of the existence of conditions at te packing houses as set forth in the ?port. He began by inviting the >mmittee to come to Chicago and )end a week in personal investigation E conditions. That, he said, would e the only way for members to gain proper idea of what the conditions. ally were. Some of the suggestions ade in the report, he said, had al ady been complied with by the pack s, such as additional sanitary facili es. He denied absolutely that there ere any diseased cattle or bogs atchered for food. In every car ad of cattle or hogs, he said, some ere likely to be dead and some dis ised. The dead or diseased hogs and ittle were sent to the Standard endering Company, different lom the Standard Slaugh ,ing Company, although the wo were likely to be confused in the ind. The rendering company turned ie dead and diseased meat into rease which was a co-product in the anufactunre of soap. Packers Court inspection. Supervision of el~erybra fg acking business was not objected to y the packers. said Mr. Wilson. "The overnment may put on as many in ectors as it desires, he added, so ong as the packers do not have to pay Dr them." He said the packing bus ess would be benefitted b- the in pecton of the different branches from he "hoof to the can.'' Good in pection is what the packers want, he eclared. In addition to the question of who hall be the judge of sanitation Mr. Eilson said thiat the only other sug estion made by the Neill-Reynolds sport to which the packers would ave any objection is the requirement it the date of canning be placed on i canned air:ieles. He said that mould serve no purpcse except to in re the canned meat business. "Nat trally a buyer will choose the articl rih the fresiest appearing label,'' aid Mr. Wilson, "when, as a mnatter f fact, the cunned meat does not de eriorate with age.'' In speaking of he return of goods he said that conr ignments are sometimes sent back to be shippers because a nail has been riven through a can in fastening up box. This, he said, would cause that an to spoil and the consignee would nagine that the whole shipment had poiled. 'hen it is possible in rare stances for air to hiave; gotten into e can and caused it to swell. He de- I eribed such *eans as "swellers,'' but aid there is no danger of these ever eing eaten and added with a laugh: Not the slig'htest.'' No one asked im why. Putrified Mea-t'Kt Canned. "Would it be possible to put in a mn meat which has begun to putre r?'' askt Chairman Waasworth. "Not unless the meat 'eere acco'm anied by chemicals such as It would e suicide to eat,'' replied Mr. Wil mn. He declared thiat the use of bad ieat had never been attempted by sputable packers, and that it would e suicide to their business. At this int a recess was taken for luncheon.. A Disastrous Cloud Burst. Johnstown, Pa., Special.-A cloud urst at Hooversville, 18S inijas north E here, caused Stony Greek to rise ddenly here and portions of the wer part of the city are under wa ~r. Island Park, a pleasure resort.. vo miles from the city, has been ractically washed out of existencee he only fatality, so far reported, is ie killing of~ an urJknown woman. ho was struek by a train while :anding on a bridge watching the ig water. Reports from the toayns bove say the waters are subsiding ipidly. The damage. is $250,000. Purchasers for Canaa. Washington. Special.-By a vote of to 3 the house commiti ec on Ways ad Means authorized a favorite re ort on the Senate resolation re :riting the purchases for the Pan ma Canal tc articles of domestie caufacture and fromn the lowest bid er. "Unless the President shall, in ny case, deem the bids or tenders tereof extor:ionate or unreasona tMussian Ofmiers .in St. Petersburg, By Cable.-The Na il. ourt of laquiry .has presented 1 indictment against .1ice Admiral ojstvensky who commanded the ussian fleet, at the battle of the ea of Japan, and the officers of the >rpedo boat Destroyer Bedovia for irendering to the enemy after the attde. The indictment is a (r-rushmfl rraignment of demoralization and >wardice of the em~iers. The trial as been fixed for July 4. The: