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Facts About Law Now Assured
and Wftat It Will Do for
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5y w. W. Jermane.
Washington, June 9.Since the
movement for free, denatured alcohol
began, members of congress, particu
larly from the northwest, have been
besieged by their constituents with in
quiries as to the details of the bill
which has now become a law.
The farmers, who are alike interested
with producers of the raw material and
consumers of the finished product, want
to know in just what form the benefit
will come to them. Business men, con
templating the manufacturer of de
natured alcohol, also want information.
With the tax removed from alcohol,
the question of supplying manufacturers
is a simple one, as there is a wide range
of prices at which they can use alcohol
to advantage. They have been paying
$2.40 per gallon for gram alcohol, and
from 70 cents to $1.50 per gallon for
wood alcohol, a greatly inferior substi
tute. Henee 30 or even 50-cent al
cohol means a tremendous benefit to
them. In view of this, it is altogether
likely that the regulations will provide
Jor the use of a larger percentage of
wood alcohol as a denaturent in all
alcohol for manufacturing purposes,^ as
the increased cost would not be prohibi
tive.
Tax is Wiped Out.
1 1
There is nothing in the new law
which adds to the cost of manufactur
ing alcohol. The tax is wiped out, and
an appropriation is made to enable the
government to pay the entire expense
of administration and supervision.^ It
will cost nothing to license a distillery
or a denaturizing warehouse.
The importance of protecting the in
terests of the farmers was brought to
the attention of the president by Con
gressman Marshall of North Dakota
and Congressman Murdock of Kansas.
Thet presiden,t fellCommissioner
1
in with
fenaturized,
theiYerkea
ide
mos heartily and
is also in complete sympathy.
The placing of this new industrial
material on the market in competition
with gasolene and kerosene is an en
tirely new undertaking, and every
thing said in relation to it is largely
conjecture, altho it is agreed by all
that the possibilities are great.
The New Regulations.
The regulations of the commissioner
will provide for the licensing of distil
leries with a daily capacity of 100
bushels of grain, or about 250 gallons
of commercial alcohol. The small dis
tillery will be on a par with the large
one. "he law provides for denaturiz
ing in a separate bonded warehouse,
whiten simply means that the distil
lery can have a separate room complete
ly shut off from the distillery proper,
or a small building near by, where the
denaturizing can be carried on in the
presence of the government inspector.
A number of plants could have a cen
tral denaturizing warehouse, and small
country distilleries could send their
ram alcohol to a central point to be
provided a transit rate
could be procured, altho it is believfcd
that the denaturizing can be done
cheaper at the distillery where the al
cohol is made, as the process of dena
turizing is simple, requiring no compli
cated machinery, and consisting^ merely
in the
mixinggof wootogether,
and grain alco-
ho i by pourin them with the
possible addition of some other de
naturizing material which would mix
readily.
Marshall's View on Law.
"There is nothing in the law," said
"Representative Marshall, "embarrass
ing to the manufacturer, beyond the
cost of constructing a room or build
ing, which, of course, need not be ex
pensive, The small distillery will be
Jiandieappe'd by greater economy in
manufacturing on a larger scale, but
this would be largely offset by saving
|n transportation.
"Distilleries could be established at
numerous points in Minnesota, North
and South Dakota, which would easily
compete with the big distilleries of
Illinois and Indiana, as well as the mo
lasses distilleries of the far east and
the gulf coast, as the country distil
lery would be near the raw material
and the consumers. In the west, stock
cattle and hogs are at hand to consume
the slops and mash from the stills.
In Interest of Farmer.
This much is established clearly, the
law is framed in the interest of the
farmer, and it is left to the ingenuity
of the people to solve the great prob
lem of furnishing an inexhaustible sup
ply of materials to light our homes, do
our cooking, run our stationary en
gines, much of our farming machinery,
our motor wagons, trucks and automo
biles, and eventually warm our houses.
"Whether alcohol can be made in
small quantities locally is more or less
problematical, and remains to be dem
onstrated. There are more than 6,000
farm distilleries
Germanylight
will operate in favor of the western
man.
Secretary Wilson said td M^f Mar
shall that in his opinion f^the south
would depend upon the refuse molasses
and cassava plant, and the, north on
corn and the stock potato now raised
in Germany.
A New Yorker who visited1 Wasningr
ton this week assured several gentler
men that $60,000,000 df' TTew York
capital stood ready to see.that all the
claims made by the friends of free al
cohol, as to its being brought into
direct competition with gasolene and
kerosene, would be made good.
It is agreed by all that the success
of the proposition will depend on the
business being done on a very small
margin, relying upon the Volume ot
the business to render it profitable.
Implement Men Interested,
Manufacturers of agricultural imple
ments all over the United States have
been greatly interested in this work
the harvester manufacturing companies
particularly have been planning to
make internal combustion engines, the
only drawback being the high price of
gasolene. They are, now pushing this
work on* a large scale, and will, there*
fore, become directly interested- in
seeing that cheap fuel is supplied for
them The manufacturers of gasolene
engines are in the same boat, and will
be intensely interested in seeing alcohol
placed on tfie market at the lowest
possible price. It has developed lately
that the Standard Oil company has
had agents visiting these manufactur
ers, notifying them that it would be
impossible, in view of the increased de
mand, to supply the gasolene to run
the engines now being made, and warn
ing the manufacturers that they would
have to adapt their engines to the use
of kerosene, which is not nearly so
suitable a material for the purpose.
It is known that a large gasolene
engine manufacturing concern in Min
neapolis has been making careful in
quiries and gathering all the data avail
able, in order to be prepared to meet
new conditions. It is also known that a
prominent railroad man, representing
one of the roads traversing Minnesota
and the northwest, is looking into this
subject with a view of establishing dis
tilleries along the line of his road. It
is said that this gentleman has been in
terested in the manufacture of alcohol,
and that he believes that it can be
made in the northwest at a price which
would compete easily with gasolene and
kerosene. BILL KILLING GIFTS
TO CAMPAIGNS PASSED
Tillman Meaaiure Prohibits Corpo
rations Giving Money to
Political Parties.
By Publihe' Press.
I
making
denaturized alcohoiln for fuel, and
I heat. If the price is high, alcohol can
be made locally and great benefit will
accrue if the price is low, the benefit
will come to our people as consumers,
while possibly it may work benefit to
our farmers both 'going and coming.'
A great deal will depend upon the reg
ulations governing the amount of de
naturizing materials, as this directly
affects the cost.
Benefits to Accrue.
"The greatest benefit to the pro
ducers will be as a price regulator.
There will be no more burning of corn
in Kansas an no
moreo
potatoes in
vast quantitiesd allowed rot in the
ground. When raw material is cheap
it can be made into alcohol and stored.
A uniform price, giving living profits
each year to our farmers, is much to
be desired, and is a much safer propo
aition than a high price this year and
a losing price next year.
*i "Undoubtedly the first direct benefit
that will come to the whole mass of
the people will be in the use of alcohol
for lighting purposes. It has been
clearly demonstrated that one gallon
of alcohol is equal to two gallons of
kerosene for producing light, and that
it is cleaner, safer arid better. In view
of this greater efficiency, there ought
to be no question as to its displacing
"One of the first effects of the law
,*will be to rehabilitate a number of idle
^distilleries in the country and to estab
lish distilleries in connection with all
ij^the beet and cane sugar refining plants
*ior the manufacture of alcohol. Up to
$his time been but little sale
for alcohothere madhas from refuse molasses,
ras it. has a disagreeable odor and fla
vor and can be used only for low
rade rum and whisky, but such alco
ol is entirely fit for the purpose of
"Jieat, light and power.
A. Alcohol from Molasses.
*"Ji Unquestionably the snrrlv of W'.ol
'SOT use in
thee
Atlantic bo.. i_m
Estate will com 1^.. ely from domestic
t%nd imported refuse molasses, and the
J^ hardest competition the western man
*who makes alcohol from corn, pofa-
& 'toes or sugar beets, will have to meet,
fc twill be the alcohol produced from this
Ut* .molasses- Xt is probable, however* that
|T the east will consume -all this class of
alcohol, and the cost of transportation man of her choice.
Washington, June 9.The bill prohib^
iting corporations from mating cam
paign contribution* was passed bv the
senate this aftWitAoo. without debate.
The bill grew out of Senator Tillman's
recent denunciation of national banks.
It ma&es it unlawful for any national
bank or anv corporation imdejr a gov
ernment charter to make a contribution
to any presidential, senatorial or con
gressional election whatever. A fine of
not exceeding $5,000 is the penalty for
offending corporations, and a fine of not
exceeding $1,000 for every officer or
director who shall consent to the grant^
mg of any contributions.
The policy of congress in recognizing
the services of attorneys in the settle
ment of Indian claims where an agree
ment or tieaty exists between the gov
ernment and the tribes was roundly de
nounced. The discussion was begun by
Mr. Tillman, who objected to the pro^
vision in the conference report on the
Indian appropriation bill recognizing
the claim of ex-Senator Marion Butler
of North Carolina and Josiah M, Vail
of Washington, for $150,000 as services
in securing payment of a million and a
half dollars in the United States treas
ury and due the Colyille Indians of
Washington. The provision referred
the case to the court of claims.
Mr. Overman (North Carolina),
chaiacterized the services a& "lobby-
ing," and read the law prohibiting the
practice.
Mr. Olapp (Minnesota)., chairman of
the Indian committee, while not de
fending the practice, explained that it
seemed necessary for the Indians to
hire special services before they could
securo settlements under existing treat
ies and agreements. He pointed out
that a former Washington senator (Mr.
Foster), had labored for ten years in
the case under consideration.
The conference finally went overun-t
til Monday, when the fight made against
it will be continued.
GfRANDS0N" (XF PROPHET
JAILED FOR FQtRfOiERY
Young Man Who 'Claims Relationship
to Brigham Young Works Worthless,
Check on Pawnbroker.
Speoial'to Tha Journal.
Butte, Mont., June 9.Brigham W.
Young, claiming to be a grandson of
Brigham Young and a son of J. W.
Young, a Wall Street broker, is under
arrest in this city as the result of an
attempt to pass a worthless check on
M. S. Siegel, a pawnbroker.
The check was drawn on W. S.
Greenfield & Co. of Spokane for $50,
and was made payable to J. W. Wilson,
an alias used by Young. The broker
paid part of the money, instructing
Young to call this morning for the re
mainder. In the meantime, communi
cation with the bank proved the check
to be worthless.
When Young called at the broker's
office this morning he was invited to
accompany Siegel to the bank and get
the rest of the money. He acquiesced,
and was piloted to the city jail, w,here
he was placed under arrest.
At the station Young admitted that
his name was not Wilson, and fald of
his family connections.
2 News Section. 1HE MINNEAPOLIS JUUKJNAI*
FOES IN TRUST, TOO,
v. STANDARD OIL'S CRY
Independents Employ Its Tactics,
Alleges Octopus, "Smoked
Out" in Ohio.
Special to Tb* Journal.
Chicago June 9.The Standard Oil
company has demanded a hearing be
fore the interstate commerce commis
sion, and its story will be told in Cleve
land June 14. The Standard Oil at
torney requested that the hearing be
had in the same place where the latest
disclosure regarding Standard Oil was
made, and accordingly the commission
consented to go to
Thec of the Standard Oil corn
an
ftali&n.
"ROLL77/ POMOEUVEAST'S
MYSTMRIOUSLY GOES
Special to The Journal.
NeVc York, June 9.A sqaaMl -.f
policemen and others have been busy
since Thursday night searching the in
field of the Gravesend race track for*a
roll of $L100 which belonged to Poliee
Captain Ernest Iindemann of the
Sheepshead Bay station. The captain
had a fair day at the track on Thurs
day and after the last race he j&jt
cross the infield in order to get oiftr.
to his precinct headquarters as soonJ
as
possible.
He says that he had the wallet ejji
taining ?1,100 when he first started%o
walk across the grass. The *t
corjte/
who took part in the search thinlt jftje
captain got too near some member "pf
the light-fingered gentry^ and Ids
pocket was picked, but he is too -pr#|d
to the fact. xfy
TRAVELS 6,000 MILES TO WED*,
Special to The Journal. f
Calumet, Mich., June 9.A romanoe
extending over two continents endfed here
by the marriage of Miss Eliza Sampson
of Cornwall, England.^ to R^3-i$a^$ss
Sampson traveled 6,000 mitc3 to join the
somewhatCleveland. as-a surprise. In
,demand
am
general it is understood that evidence
will be adduced to show that the inde
pendent companies which have been
complaining of Standard Oil methods
are also in a trust agreement, and that
they employ the same methods of over
coming competition that are employed
by the Standard Oil company. An ef
fort will be made to prove that the
damaging testimony given regarding
the construction of the Standard Oil
pipelines and the assistance rendered by
the railroads was overdrawn. Attor
neys for the company insist that many
of the things testified to before the
commission have beeu explained before
Commissioner Garfield and before the
industrial commission and can easily be
explained again.
The effort which the attorney general
of the state of Ohio is making to drive
Standard Oil from the state is said to
be responsible for the eagerness with
which the company is seeking a hearing
in Cleveland. The war against Stand
ard Oil in Ohio has become a relentless
one. It is said that some of the rail
roads, possibly the Lake Shore and the
Pennsylvania, will introduce testimony
to prove that they are not so black
with respect to Standard Oil dictation
as they have been painted.
In the meantime J. T. Marchand. at
torney for the commission, and C. D.
Chamberlin, secretary for the National
Petroleum association, are busy in
Cleveland gathering new evidence re
garding Standard Oil methods and oil
rates, which they will present to the
commission if the Standard Oil wit
nesses conclude their testimony.
BOMB OUTRAGE
WI1B ON ANARCHY
Continued From First Page.
ly refrained from .-joining in any inter
national movement to this end.
The government realizes that the sup
pression of anarchism is a question
which must be handled with the utmost
delicacy because of the possibility that
action might infringe on the rights of
the individual. Under the constitution,
congress is prohibited from making any
law abridging the freedom of speech or
of the press. Notwithstanding these
provisions,, thojfcever, many leading iuT
ists are of the opinion that' congress
has ample authority to enaet a law de
fining anarchism and punishing all adr
vocates or followers of its doctrine^. I
Italy Birthplace of Anarchy.
Special Carte to lae Journal.
Rome, June 9.The infamous and
sham&iul attempt on the lives of King
Alfonso and Queen Victoria last week
was, perhaps, heard by no other Eu
ropean country with such sincere sor
row as by Italy, and the teeling was
intensified when it was learned that the
erpetrator of the outrage was au
The latter fact occasioned lit
tle surprise, however, as Italy is tjie
land most productive of anarchists. The
peninsula has had during the last
twenty-five years the unenviable dis
tinction of providing most of the in
struments for so-called political crimes,
But it has been only during the past
decade or so that the serious "work"
of. Italian anarchy has progressed. It
began with the murder of President
Sadi Carnot by Sante Caserio in 1894.
The success or this first "operation"
evidently encouraged other--anarchists*
for their crimes followed each other
closely. Lega fired at Crispi, Acciarito
tried to stab King Humbert, Angiollo
shot dead the Spanish premier, Canova3
del Castillo Lucheni assassinated the
empress of Austria and Bresci killed
King Humbert.
It is a remarkable feature of this
long and atrocious list that not one oij
the murderers committed their crimes
before having been and lived abroad,
where the germs of what is called "int
dividualistic'' anarchy are imbibed. But
the fact remains that Italy, notwith
standing the kindheartedness and gen
tlasess of her inhabitants, furnishes the
arms which execute tho diabolical crinv
inal plans conceived by others. Two
reasons are advanced for this. One is
that human life is held more cheaply in
Italy than in almost any other civilized
country. The second reason, which is
believed to make the Italian a most
ready recruit to anarehy, is his heredi
tary leaning toward secret societies.
FATAL ACCIDENT
QOCTJRS AT FUNERAL
By Publishers' Press.
Madison, Wis., June 9.One is dead
and two injured as the result of a run
away at a funeral this morning.
The Deadr
Thomas P. Coyne, thrown from buggy
and instantly killed by striking- head
on cement curbing.
The Injured.
Mrs. Thomas P. Coyne, Sprained
wrist, not seriously.
Mrs. John B. Heim, Severely bruised.
Mr. and Mrs. Coyne were attending
the funeral of Mrs. Henry Kessench.
Mr. Coyne's horse took fright at the
dropping of the, thills. Mr. Coyne was
55 years of age and has served two
terms as county clerk.
CHOOSES MUSIC AND
DIVORCE HER HUSBAND
Chicago, June 9.Mrs. Grace Wassal,
who left the home of her husband, Br,
Joseph W. Wassa^ last October, giving
as a reason that her married life inter
fered with her study and devotion to
music, was granted a divorce yesterday
at Beno, Nevada. She alleged incom
patibility of temperament.
The question of alimony and the cus
todvof the children did not enter into
the Iptit. Mrs. Wassal has an income
fronrher music, principally the Shaks
perean song cycle, which has been giv~
en in Chicago and elsewhere. She is to
live in Beno, but it is understood shfe
has an arrangement with Dr. Wassal
under which she ^viir occasionally visit
her children in Chicago.
On the witness stand Mrs. Wassal
testified that she was married to Dr.
Wassal in 1890, and that during their
married life there were many quarrels
and "jars," principally caused oy the
fact that her husband did not take the
same interest in music as herself.
DEW AN
TSBT"
Two Killed, Two Seriously In
jured by LightningDamage
Is Widespread.
By PuMUhert' 3Pres, j?
Puuxsufawney, P$., June, 9,In one
of the most sever^ oleclncal ptornis
that ever visited this vicinity two
young men were-instant!v killed, two
others severely injured and many build
ings gtruck by lightning this afternoon.
The dead:
CE$T WEISS, 20 vear old, Ron of
Andrew Weiss of Albion, a suburb.
CLYDE BLOSE, son of County Super
intendent Blose of Hamilton.
The seriously in-jured:
Liard Blose, brother of Clvde Bloee,
lg years of age stunned.
Clyd Hampton, Pennsvlvania rail
road agent at Punxsutawney.
Fire Balls Over Oars.
Weiss was standing in the door when
the bolt hit the building. The Blose boys
were leaving their father's barn to go
to the house when the bolt atruck Clyde,
who was in front. Laird Blose is not
expected to live.
The barn of L. L. Currv was struck
and three houses in Punxsutawney had
their chimneys knocked off. 4.11 the tele
phone lines were put Out of business
excepting one line to Hamilton,
In the cast end of Punxsutawney
what appeared to be 'great balls of
electrical fire played over the trolley
wires and the company was compelled
to stop its cars for over an hour.
Light rain and hail accompanied the
electrical storni. At least a score of
barns and houses were struck within a
few miles of town, but no fires resulted.
Wind Outroaxs Congress.
By PuWifiJiera' Press.
Washington, June 9.This city was
visited by two severe electrical storms
today,'the first beirfg a torrent of rain
and a wind that came from the south
west with thp velocity of fifty miles
an hour. The pathway was less' than a
mile wide. The roar of the tempest
almost drowned the deliberations of
congress. Trees were stripped and
others uprooted. It followed an op
pressive day, in which the humidity
registered 86.
Three Lives Reported Lost.
By Publishers' Press.
Sehnectady, N. Y., "Junfc 9!In a
wind and^aiustorm that followed a se
vere hailst6rm tU.is evening three per
sons are reported to have lost theiy
lives, while damage amounting to many
thousands of dollars was /done to prop
erty and growing crops.1
Father and Son JKilled.
By Publishers' Press,
Kitting, Pa., June %A terrific
storm passed over this section this,
afternoon. At Rural galley, Jamed
Mitch,ell, 50 years old, and nis son, 15
years old, were sitting on a porch when
ljghtning struck and killed both. The
other members of the family were
stunned. The house was Set on fire and
destroyed, entailing a Id&s of $3,000.
Neighbors reached the scene in time $d
rsecue\ the bodie's Qf the two men as
well as others of the family who were
unable ip. heip' 'themselves.
Hav^c Is^Wrought.
Washington.,Pa.] June jk^Thousands
of dollars of danfage Vas atone in Wash
ington, county ffliF a'fterhodn by a se
vere stoffii. Oil
ande
many sections of1
gas derricks
th country -wer
blown over or struck by lightning and
in some places crops were ruined.
Cloudburst in Ohio.
Steubenville, Ohio, June 9.In con
sequence of the heavy rain in the lower
end of the county this afternoon, EuCh
Bun, Deep Bun, Salt Bun and Shannon
Bun overflowed four miles of. country
near the Ohio river. Much farm prop
erty, was damaged, many farm build
ings "were swept away and some live
stock drowned.
Many persons had narrow escapes
from drowning, so quickly did tho rush
pf water come. The Cleveland and Pitts
burg railroad is washed out three to
si^c feet deep for three miles and it
will probably be several davs before
traffic can be resumed. The Wheeling &
Lake Erie road is also under water in
many places.
Eight Inches of Rain.
Monongahela City, Pa., June 9.At
3 o'clock this afternoon a terrific storm
broke over this city, preceded by high
wind. Trees and Small buildings were
blown down. The houses of E. T. Nich
ols and S. Clark Wilson were struck by
lightning and damaged. The occupants
escaped injury. The storm lasted half
an hour, during which time eight inches
of 'water fell. The damage in the city
and vicinity will amount to several
thousand dollars.
REBELS VICTORIOUS IN
GLftSH III GUATEMALA
General Toledo, Declares He Put
Crovernment Troops to
Rout.
Special te The Journal.
City of Mexico, June 9.Dispatches
from San Salvador report a great vic
tory for the revolutionists. In a spir
ited battle in southern Guatemala the
government forces^ altho provided with
artillery, were badly defeated by the
rebels. General Toledo, the revolution
ary leader, inspired his men by his
heroism.
It is said President Caberies' cabi
net resigned a body. Great excite
ment prevails in Guatemala City. It is
feared the revolutionists will arrive at
the capital not later than Tuesday, and
a decisive battle is then looked for,
altho the spirit of the government
forces is badly broken by today's re
verses.
WILD FLOWERS LAID
ON MENBORSR 'COFFIN'S
Red Lorge, Mont., June 0.-Today
was given over to the burial of the
eight^victims of Thursday's mine dis
aster *vOProm 10 to S business of every
description including saloons, was sus
pended, ofct of oredpeot to the dead. In
the absence of domestic flowers
wreaths, bouquets and
clusters.
^yi^^fpp^i^^p^
iT -3
'were
formed of wild, "flowerh from the moun
tainside an4 lftid
caskets
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old time in the senate, provided tho
house does not accept substantially the
BevexidRSSo amendment. Members of
that committee have aonferred inform
ally with Senator Hansbrough of North
Dakota, who will be one ot the senate
conferees, and their chairman, if Sena
tor Proctor does not return, and he has
informed them that the senate will not
stand for any radical departure from
the Beveridge proposition, but if nec
essary will keep the bill conference
until public opinion can be so focused
on the house as" to compel it to yield.
This is the dangerous point of the
house committee program. Every mem
ber of the house is to go before his
constituents for indorsement in a short
time, and the spectacle of the senate,
whiqh, is not a representative body,
forcing the body that is representative
to do something which the people are
demanding, will be a spectacle that will
send the cold chills up and down the
average congressman's spine. If the
senate will stand pat, as Mr. Hans
brough says it will, the house in the
end must yield, ,no matter if it first
passes the substitute bill reported by
the Wadsworth committee.
Fred E. Johnson, representing the
Colorado cattlemen, was a witness to
day before the committee. Chairman
Wadsworth and the other cattlemen
on the committee, tried to induce him
to corroborate their extravagant asser
tions that as the result of the present
agitation, American export trade in
meat has slumped 40 per cent, with a
sharp decrease in the value of cattle,
hogs and sheep. Mr. Johnson, who
is an expert, said he supposed possibly
the value of cattle had declined 75
cents a head as the result of the agi
tation, but this had not yet affected
the producers, as their stock had not
been offered for sale.
Figures Too High.
As to hogs and sheep, there had been
no loss thus far. He declined to con
firm the assertion about the loss of
40 per cent of the export trade. He
had no figures but thought the figure
quoted was too high.
The entire committee realized that it
was important to enact legislation as
soon as possible, in order to quiet
the public mind, and all possible haste
will be made on Monday. It is prob
able its bill and report will go to the
house Monday afternoon.
Representative Davis of Minnesota
today made good his assertion of the
other* day that the cost of inspection,
if paid by the packers, would not fall
ifpon them, but upon the cattle raisers
and shippers. When Mr. Wilson, repre
sontinsg the Chicago packers, was on the
stand on Wednesday he stated with em
phajip'that this cost would fall upon the
packers. Mr. Davis denied this, but at
that time had no data to prove he was
correct. Today he read a telegram
whi$ he h^8 iust received from Charles
Li Haas, president of the South St. Paul
Lvve Stock Exchange, which said:
"The St. Paul Live Stock Exchange
and the Live Stock Board of Trade of
Minnesota favor a fair amendment to
the rneat inspection law, but are unal
terably opposed to saddling the expense
on the packers, as it would necessarily
be deducted from the farmers and pro
ducers.
Senate Backs President.
This South St. Paul company is
branch of the*' Chicago packersr
and aftter Mr. Davis had read his tele
gram, Mr. Wilson and the members of
the committee were compelled to* admit
that they had been mistaken when urg
ing that the cost would ultimately fall
not upon the producer but upon the
packers.
The president is watching the pro-*
cedmgS in congress with undisguised
interest, and believes that in the end
he will get what he wants. He has
been told that the senate will support
his position and believes that the report
is correct. If it is, he doesn't care
how big a fool the house committee
makes of itself.
The only work in progress at the
coal mines is keeping the -pumps in
operation* and the fires and boilers
going.
Mining Inspector McDermott and Su
perintendent Pettigrew made' an in
vestigation this afternoon and they jrot
within 200 feet of the fire. Mr. Mc
Dermott says the blaze is visible but
the fire is not seething or roaring. lire
-Chief Jack Bond of the Billings fire _. ._
department arrived today with 1,500 is true, Eoosevelt did get after" the
feet of hose. soal men, bot he approached them in
MISS MCDOWELL WROTE IT
Prominent Settlement Worker Author
of "Awakening ot Packingtown.'*
Special to The Journal.
Chicago, June 9.It became known
today that Miss Mary McDowell, head
of the Chicago University settlement,
is the "competent and trustworthy'*
witness of conditions in the stock
yards, whose letter President Roose
velt sent to the agricultural committee
of the house to strengthen the charges
of the Neill-Reynolds report against the
packers. Mis McDowell expressed
surprise that her letter had been made
public by the president, as the com
munication was considered by her a
private and confidential one to James
B. Reynolds, a personal friend. She
excused its publication by President
Roosevelt' on the grounds that
an emergency had arisen making
use of the letter necessary.
Miss McDowell raised an issue of
truth with Manager Thomas E. Wilson
of Morris & Co., who s*aid in Washing
ton that the cleaning up being done at
the stockyards is one of regular annual
repairs. She declares never before has
there been any such awakening and re
demption from insanitarv and immoral
conditions aa is going on in the packing
houses now.
The head of the settlement house
made this statement concerning her
letter, sent by the president to the
house committee on agriculture.
Humor in Change..
"The stockyards expose has im
pressed the people entirely as tragedy
of the most serious sort. Only those
who have waited and wished for re
forms could see the amusing feature
of the change, brought Try soap, water,
paint and carpentry in the packing
plants.''
At a meeting of the committee of di
rectors of the Illinois Manufacturers'
association appointed to investigate
conditions at the stockyards, steps were
taken today to combine with th com
mittee authorized by the directorate
of the Chicago Commercial association
for the same purpose. Hopes are enter
tained that it will be practicable to be
gin the investigation at the stockyards
on Tuesday or Wednesday morning.
That no time may_ be lost in getting
started, the committee of manufac
turers decided to change its plans,
which had contemplated the securing
of experts from the east and other
parts of the country. It was decided
to secure the services of men of the
highest standing in their respective po
sitions in Chicago.
"Perhaps^if the capital invested in
the stockyards were Wall Street money
that might Have made a difference,"
declared John M. Glenn, secretary of
the Illinois Manufacturers' association
today, discussing the president's atti
tude toward the packers.
Sunday, June 10, jgoff.
trusta
a
If the president were to investigate
any other big industry in this country
and then make the disclosures revealed
hfe Would paralyze it. If he made a
Similar investigation of*theT41nan.eial
institutions he would practically de
stroy their credit.
Clean as White HousU
"Such an anvestigation would' close
the doors of. the banks of Chicago. It
a. spirit oa compromise an,d recogni-^thyb **onK initiativin
tlon l
public."
Mr. Glenn .says the association's in
vestigating committee is "simply to
prove conditions to tike
public.."
"As to cleanliness,7'
said Mr Glenn,
I am of the opinion that the stock
yards are as-clean, as the White House
kitchen."
Still another ste^ky*H investigation
has come to light. 1 was learned to
day that Miss Bonhonisba Breckenridge
of the University of Chicago, and Mrs.
Harriet M. Vaa Der Vaart of Neigh
borhood House, had just completed for
Governor Deneen an inquiry into the
wages and working, condition of the
women in Paokingtown. The result of
their work, begun on Peb. 1 an4 com
pleted three weeks ago, will be made
public by the Illinois Labor commis
sion in a special report as well as in
the governor's forthcoming cmessage to
the legislature in January,
Girls Interviewed.
Two thousand girla and women were
interviewed by the investigators, who
were aided by Miss Zelda Stewart,
daughter of Ethelbert Stewart of the
United States department of labor.
It will be several weeks before the
department will have completed the
statistical returns upon this report,"
said David Boss, secretary of
thedlabor
commission. "So far as
I coul tell
offhand, the investigators found marked
similarity in wages, but wide differ
ences in sanitary conditions in the
stockyards plants."
Miss Breckenridge and Mrs. "VanDer
Vaart took two sets of schedules, with
some thirty questions in eaeh. One of
these sets was made out by the firms
themselves, the other by personal inter
rogation of the women. Girls under 18
were excluded in order to keep it a
purely adult study.
The questions asked covered nation
ality, wages, nature of employment,
whether it was handwork or machine
work, hourB, effect, if any, upon the
health of the worker* sanitary surround
ings, washrooms, Iunchtooms, supervis
ion during luneb honrs, kind of homes
the women lived in, rent and general
living expenses.
Eefuses to Talk.
Mrs. Van Der Vaart declined to dis
cuss the result of the investigation on
the grounds that it had been turned
over to the authorities.
"It was an ordinary study'similar
to others which the department of
labor has compiled," she said. "It
was not prompted by the present stock
yards investigation, but rather by the
feeling that this was an unexplored
and important field."
Becommendations for the improve
ment of sanitary conditions in the pack
inghouses were made to Health Commisi
sicner Wh*len today by Chief City San
itary Inspector Perry L. Hedrick.
Notices wjLU be issued to the packing!
firms Monday to clean and renovate
their plants'in compliance with his sug
gestions.
The principal changes he recommends
are a replacement of wooden floors by
asphalt or impervious material, the im
provement of the toilet facilities, and
the enforcement of the rule that em
ployees shall wash their hands fre!
quently anti change aprons and frocks
daily.
"While a great many floors must be
changed from wood to asphalt," says
the report, their .condition at the time
of inspection showed them to have been,
kept a reasonably clean condition^
and they were free from foul odor.'*
The management aaa needed no encour*
agement to order changes when there
was any question as to whether /their
condition might be passed as being
fair."'
NEWSP*\FBB& WILL PROFIT
American Packers Contract for Much
Advertising Suace*
By Publishers' Press.
London, June 10.-Following the an
nouncement that the war office has or
dered a chemical examination of the
American tinned meats, which to the
amount of hundreds of tons is stored at
Gibraltar, Malta and other garrison
points, comes the announcement that
the American packers are about to in
augurate the widest campaign of adver
tising in the history ef the British em
fire. Affidavits showing that all of
he meats sent to-England are prepared
under whoiesamfi Cftu4itions are to be
contracted for in every newspaper, and
they will also- suggett bringing cattle
from America alive and killing them
under conditions: approved by the board
of trade.
BLACK B&KP BQMB IS
SET OFF BY A BOY
Powder Can, Back of Tenement Found
by Four Children, Lighted and All
Are Injured.
New York Herald 8peoUl Servlo*.
New York, June 9.Tonv Prilncello,
9
yearsf
old, found a the
{ives
rard the tenementcanninwhichback i he
at To. 122 Mott street. It con
tained something which looked like
powder, but Tony was sot sure, so he
tried it. Before applying the match
he called into consultation his sister
Annie, aged 12, Giovanni Fabriccio, 12,
and Maria Dello, 6.
Giovanni struek a match and dropped
it into tbe can. By the explosion which
followed the four children were scat
tered about the yard. Giovanni, with
his clothing afire, ran thru Hester
street, with the flames fanned brighter
the faster he ran. A woman threw a
big shawl about him and smothered the
flames, but the boy had "been, badly
injured.
The'explosion set fir to* Annie Prin
cello's hair, and it was singed to her
scalp. Her hands were also badly
burned. Tony, who demonstrated the
truth of his theory of the contents of
the can, was burned about the hands
and face. His face will carry powder
marks to remind him of the truth of his
story. Little Mary was blown thru a
window. She was powder burned and
her hands were cut with glass.
The Commonwealth (Fire) Ins. Co. %i New York
Kfctit SA N FBANC1SC 0 LOSSE S wider WW
Business shows profit in 1906.
1904 Baltimore Conflagration losses, $45,000.
Capital, |500,000. May 10, 1906, Net Surplus, $514*456.
Net Surplus as to policyholders, $1,014,466. Reinsurance Re-
serve, $253,626. Small aggregate amount at risk.
Can claim over $200,000 additional net surplus. 7:"
StockHofders' Surplus all earnednot "contributed."
Dividends paid, over $500,000. Low losses and expenses.
^gh underwriting profit. Small business. Inspected^ Beleoied
i T^ $ risks/' Economical, conservative, underwriting.,,*^ IV
.3i^e^f9|. Erhaustive Analysis Wttcomad^:
I
For Monday.
A Continuation of tbe
Great BARGAINS we
Offered Last Week.
Men's S3Tan Ctoodyawwelt Blueher Oxi
lords mad Blueher
Shoes iumodern
shapes$1,69
and all sues at, per
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Women's $2 00 dark
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in all sizes at, per
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Ladies' fine white Duck Oxfords and
ribbon ties at 88c,
81.25. 81.48, 81.88
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ne Oxford and
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Bora*. Tooths' and Little Gents Tan
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Some Special Prices on Well Known
Brands of Liquors.
V. O P. King William Scotch
hot., $1.50.
Black & White Scotch, bot, $1.20r
Usher's Scotch, bot., ^..05.
Old Overholdt,.k0tM &L.0D.
Spring Hill, full quart, $1.00.
1866 Pure Rye, full quart, $1.00i
Duffy's Malt Whiskey, bot. 85c
Jamison xxx Irish, bot., $1.20.
Hennesy 1 Star Brandy, bot., $1.25,
Gordon Gin, bot., 75c.
Booth's Old Tom Gin, bofc., 70c.,
Martini Rossi Vermouth, bot,, 55c.
50c Grape Juice, bot., 38c.
A.B.C. Malt Extract, doz., $1.18.^
Gal. Port, 5-year old, quart, 22c
Export Beer, 3 quart bot., 40c.
Sunshine Whiskey, half gaL jugs,
80c.
$1.00 bottle Kummel, Aquavit and
Holland Gdn for Monday, 64c
Radishes or onions, 6 bunches St.
Cucumb%rs. 2 for 5c.
Bermuda Onions, pk., 34c.
New Potatoes, pk., 37c.
Fresh String Beans, lb., He.
Large Ripe Pineapples, each 12.
Pickwick coffee, that famous blend
of,Mocha and Java, lb. 27c 4
lbs., $1.00.
Cocoanut, best shTedded, lb./12%c.
Breakfast Cocoa, lib tins, 30c/
Baker's Chocolate, Ji-Ib. cakes/I5e.
'Ceyion Tea, 60c quality, lb*. 42c:*/
ISTutmeg, oz., 3c.
Black Pepper, ground, lb., 20c.
Valley Creamery Butter, jar, $1.05.
Sweet Dairy Butter, .tar, 85c.
Bich Wisconsin Cheese, lb., 13c.
Best Country Lard, lb., 10c.
Monarch Soap. 10 large bars, 28e~
Packer's Tar Soap, box, 50c.
Witch Hazel, full qt., 28c.
Bluing or Ammonia full qt., 6c
Gloss Starch, 3-lb box, 16c.
Toilet Paper, large rolls-or pkg.,
worth 75c doz., 44c.
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Pills relieve the suffering After the first
trial, they wjll "wonder how they ever
managed to get along without them"
If first package falls to benefit, your
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doses 25 cents Never sold in bulk.
Incorporated 1886
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