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THE OHIOAGb EjfLGrlLiH..
THE BEEF TRUST HAS RAISED THE PRICE OF FOOD!
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MEAT SCANDAL GROWS
Chicago Is Not the Only City with
Tuberculosis, Lumpy Jaw and
Cancerous Beef.
The' National Capital Menaced by
Tons of Food of the Char
acter Named.
Chicago ! not the only place that
1 suffcrlu;: from the Indiscriminate
Hale of tubercular ami lumpy Jaw bwf
(tint from trichina lav.
The National capital Itself Is men.
mill by this awful food n the fol
lowing, taken from the Chicago Dally
Kewx, of April 17, 1W7, tettltle:
(Spcvlnl Corresiwndencc of Tim Chi
ciiko lMlly Now.)
Washington. 1). C, April 15. The
i-ccvut discovery that tuberculous cat
tle, cotulomnctl for dairy purpose,
were being1 slaughtered and sold for
food In the markets of Washington has
emphasized the necessity of extreme
'watchfulness on the part of State and
-lty food mxpectors In all parts of the
itnitry. The discovery created a sell'
Nation In the national capital, but tho
facts were fully verlllcil and has led
lo a strengthening of the local Inspec
tion service which may hereafter re
quire that eotulcmncd cattle shall be
sifootutcly destroyed In the prcuvuce of
the Inspectors.
When the nicat-lnpectlon law was
imssed by Congress It provided t-ole-ly
for the Inspection of meats for Inter
Hate and foreign coinmeive. It was
tipecltlcally pointed out at the tlmo
itiat Intrastate commercu was not
i-oucerued in the provisions of tho law
and there Is nothing on the statuto
books to prevent diseased meats from
Iielng sold In Washington, Chicago or
tmywhero cNc, If slaughtered midship
n1 within the coutlues of a State, ex
vpt for the provisions of the State
Mud municipality and the vigilance of
their otllclals. Following the Investi
gations at Chicago by Messrs. Nell!
mid Heynolds for the President, It was
iwlnted out la these columns that re
lief of the local markets from tho sale
of diseased meats could not bo had
wlthoilt au application of tho most
otrlngcut regulations and Inspection.
The discovery In Washington durlug
(ho past week Is Illustrative of what
ciin easily happen and what may lw
expected In any community, despite
tho untiring efforts of health olllclals
to prevent the salo of bad meats In
city markets.
Tho discovery of this condition lu
Washington was brought about by a
united elTort on thu part of tho health
olllclals to trace the causes of typhoid
fever, tuberculosis and other mortal
diseases, particularly deadly lu tho
District of Columbia. Kxainlnntlous
by health exerts, on a dairy farm In
Virginia, near Washington, led to tho
discovery of seventeen cases of tuber
culosis la the dairy herd.
Tho bureau of animal Industry of
tho department of agriculture bus re
jicatcdly called attention to tho growth
of contagious disease lu animals used
for food. Previous to tho passage of
tho Inspection law, cxperleuco lu tho
Jarge nbattolrs Inspected under federal
Kunervlslon showed it jcr cent of hogs
wittering from tuberculosis and many
other diseases were prevalent In pro
portion. Tho annual loss on hogs alono
to tho packers ns a result of this con
demnation was $3,000,000 annually.
Thu bureau never ceased to declaro
that abattoirs having no Insertion
could not possibly avoid tho purchase
of diseased carcasses.
Under tho moat-lnspcctlon law, ns
It now operates, Intrastato shipments
tit diseased carcasses slaughtered by
mull butchering establishments not
engaged In Interstate or foreign com'
nien-o are not lnscoted, aud, Infereu
tlally, are subject to tho same suspl
clou which tho government formerly
liad on larger ehtablMinionts engaged
In Interstate and foreign trade which,
similarly, had no government Insist
tlon. It clearly behooves xho meat
producing States and tho cities of tho
country, in tho light of tho recent ex
perience of Washington, to redouble
their vigilance, else they may right
fully be charged with a neglect of
duty and by failure to supplement tho
national laws and Inspection service,
Kunrantee only to tho foreigner and
their neighbor In other States exemj-
tlon from tho uso of dlscnK-d meats.
LKUOY T. VKUNOX.
Tho Chicago Examiner In 1U mar
fcet report, published April 14, 1007,
uaid :
"Speculators at tho Stock Yards are
piylng $2 and $ per head for thou
winds of condemned calves nud the
trade Is making Inquiry as to their
ultimate destination. Packers hove a
liablt of purchasing big droves of
calves at $U.W, fctipuioung mai one
1n five Is to bo thrown out at $4.
When tho Inspector comes around ho
condemns everything under 100 pounds
mid then tho outside speculator gets
tmsy buying up the condemned delega
tlon at 2 and 3 cents per pound. Ob
viously ho could not afford to pay
ruch prices If he were taking chances
on a sailsequent rigid post-mortem In
vpoctlon, and the trade is of tho opin
ion that much of thli veal gets Into
food channels. Klther tho country
shipper or the consumer Is being Im-
iwscd upon In the matter. This Is
calf season, Tuesday witnessing the
arrival of 0,000 to 10,000, and both
packers and speculators are finding tho
handling of veal a profitable proposi
tion. Many of these calves ought not
to be shlpied alive from the country,
and the practice Invites attention by
the Humane Society."
With n corps of Beef Trust Inspec
tors tho fnto of the public will be worse
than It ever was.
The Chicago Tribune, after calling
attention to tho fact that only 27 out
of 110 meat product Inspectors had
gone to work under tho new law, said
on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 1000: "It will
bo necessary to hold another examina
tion before the full complement of 120
men can bo Installed, and It Is doubt
ful If a suillclcnt number will bo avail
able for duty when tho now law goes
Into cfTect Oct. 1. The new Inspectors
will look after sanltnry conditions at
tho plants principally, and Mr. Cooloy
placed them whero they could do tho
most effective work In the four estni
llshmcnt. They will Inspect the trucks,
rooms, hangers, tables, pipes and floors.
Sixty-tlve of those who took tho exam
ination recently passed but only twenty-seven
reported for duty. This Is ac
counted for by tho fact that of tboo
who passed a number tiro now em
ployed In tho pncklng bouses nt $i00
a month. The salary of un Inspector Is
but f 8S.33 a month."
A (rrent portion of the "lumpy Jaw"
beef slaughtered In the United States
and passed ns "sound" by the Inspect
ors Is sold and consumed In Chicago,
according to a recent nrtlclo In tho
Chicago Tribune. St Louis prohibits
both the slaughter and sale of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle In that city, and Kansas
City, while It permits the slaughtering
of such cattle, prohibits the sale of tho
beer.
That Chicago has become the "dump
ing ground" for practically all the
"lumpy Jaw" beef In tho country was
revealed by food Inspectors.
At one plant are slaughtered every
Friday from 100 to 200 head of "lumpy
Jaw" cattle. Of these only u small
fraction Is condemned as unfit for con
sumption. The rest, with the diseased
parts cut out, Is sold for prime beef,
and brings the retailer as good prices
as tho best beef.
This Is possible by reason of the fact
that the consumer has no way of telling
whether the beef he buys Is part of a
"lumpy Jaw" steer or not If tho In
spectors pass an Infected animal, aftor
the post-mortem Inspection, the beef Is
placed In the cooler and sold Just as
any other beef.
Out of a total day's slaughter of 120
bead of "lumpy Jaw" and otherwise In
fected animals only twelvo car
casses were condemned after post
mortem Inspection. This means that at
an average weight of 1,200 pounds each
there will be sold la Chicago during
the next few days at least 120,000
pounds of "lumpy Jaw" beef. How
much of the some kind of meat Is
snipped Into Chicago from Kansas C4ty
and other places where Its sale Is pro
hibited would be difficult to estimate,
but the quantity la undoubtedly large.
In most of the Eastern cities ordi
nances are In force prohibiting tho sale
of moat from animals with actinomy
cosis, the scientific name for "lumpy
Jaw." Thus Chicago remains as the
only large market where that class of
cattle may be slaughtered and sold with
profit
The average weekly receipts of cattle
at the stock yards are 70,000 head, aud
among these always are found from
100 to 200 animals Infected In one
way or another.
Tho Beef Trust continues Its awful
work of murder. Even tho employes
of tho Government hired to sample
their products aro victims. Bead this :
Washington, D. C, Nov. 21. Tho
death of Itobert Vnnco Freeman, a
member of tho Department of Agricul
ture's first "poison squad," Is likely to
bo followed by a suit against tho Gov
ernment by his mother.
Young Freeman succumbed to tuber
culosis after a long Illness, dating from
his disclmrgo from tho squad six
months after bo Joined. When ho
Joined tho "poison squad" three years
ago he was declared to bo physically
perfect. Ills mother declares the boric
acid diet tests to which he was sub
jected weakened his system. Dr. II. W.
Wiley, Government food expert, calls
tho theory nbsurd.
Upon entering the "poison squad"
young Freeman and other members
signed an agreement absolving tho
Government from nil blame from any
results that might happen. It Is con
tended by Freeman's mother thnt ho
was not of ago when ho signed tho
paper.
If government Inspection at the
Union Stock Yards Is such a good
thing and Is so thoroughly done, how
is It that we find the following state
ments on tho olllclal records of the
Chicago Health Department:
Tho following from tho Chicago
Health Department Bulletin of Octo
ber 28, 1005, speaks for Itself:
Tho city Inspectors at the Union
Stock Yards condemned "FIVH CAT
TLB FOUND IN TUB COOLERS,
WITH A 1'ABT OF THE EVIDENCE
OF TUBERCUL08I8 TRIMMED OUT,
AFTER HAVING BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS."
"They also condemned and destroyed
3,003 pounds of cut meats shipped from
St Louis aud Kansas City, having
passed government inspection at those
places."
Health Department Bulletin, Dec. 23,
1005:
"At the Union Stock Yards the fol
lowing have boon condemned and de
stroyed :
"28014 cattle, weighing 148,824
pounds.
"300 hogs, weighing 40,47ft pounds.
"Cut meats weighing 13,024 pounds.
"IB calves, weighing 860 pounds.
"7 sheep, weighing 200 pounds.
"TWENTY-ONE CATTLE, NINE
nOGB AND 6,024 POUNDS CUT
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED AFT
ER (PASSING) GOVERNMENT IN
BPEOnON," Health Department Bulletin, Dee. 0,
1005: "A total of 147,000 pounds of
meata mm condemned and destroyed
(during the past week) voder the su
pervision of the department Inspectors
at the Union Stock Yards. This In
clude 4.083 pounds of government-inspected
cut meats shipped from pack
ing houses In the West for Chicago
cU"i trade and canning."
Icaillealth Department Bulletin, Norem-
JUr 11, 1005:
"Altliough the condemnation and de
struction of food supplies unfit for
human consumption during the past
three months since the resumption of
Stock Yards inspection August 7 ult,
by order of the Commissioner bare
reached Immense prooortlons, much un
fit food still reaches the market Only
such animals and meats as snow gross
pathologic conditions, recognizable by
Oie naked eye, are now condemned, Fa
cilities for microscopic laboratory ex
amination bare not yet been restored.
"The Union Stock Yards city Inspec
tors condemned and destroyed 80 parts
of beef carcasses, 8 bogs and 0 cattle
WHICH HAD BEEN PASSED BY
THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTORS.
"The total stock yards condemnations
amounted to 170,808 pounds."
Speaking of the 8,085,000 pounds of
food condemned in 1005 by Chicago
Health Department inspectors, Dr. C.
J. Wbalen, Health Commissioner, says
In his annual report:
"EIGHTY PER CENT OF THE
MEATS WERE CONDEMNED ON
ACCOUNT OF TUBERCULOSIS."
'Commenting upon this condition
(continues Commissioner Wbalen),
'American Medicine,' December 28,
says : One stands aghast at the crimi
nal cupidity which will Induce men to
attempt to sell such dangerous foods to
an unsuspecting community. It Is now
lu order to go a stop farther and find
out who hi responsible for this moral
obliquity.
" 'It Is well known that combinations
of the larger meat doalora have exist
ed in the past to the end of raising
the price of food stuffs beyond the point
to which healthy competition would re
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Wsst Park Commissioner.
duce them. Tho outcry has always been I
In nvsttnat nynlnat tltn Itmf-nnafwl vwt
of living, but hero for tho first tlmo
aro tho combinations which control tho
food supply, brought Into a direct rela
tion to tho public health.
"'It Is high tlmo that this matter
be taken out of the class of minor of
fenses AND THE DEALERS THEM
SELVES LOOKED UPON IN THE
LIGHT OF PUBLIC DANGERS. Even
In war, when all kinds of brutality are
sanctioned, It Is tho holght of dis
honoreven murder to poison tbo
water supply of a country. Is It any
better to poison the food supply? It
Is tlmo that tho public mind should
develop a conscience In this direction.' "
Speaking of Beef Trust tuberculosis
read the following from tho Health De
partment Bulletin, November 4, 1005:
"Tho total amount of meats con
demned during the period was 1,343,343
pounds. Of the principal causes of
condemnation, 80 PER CENT WERE
FOR TUBERCULOSIS, 12 per cent for
actinomycosis lumpy Jaw aud 4 per
cent for bog cholera."
Tho Beef Trust has got things down
pretty lino when It can bring tho chil
dren from a public school to look at the
sights lu Its awful plauts.
The Beef Trust uius go.
Tbo Beef Trust laughs at the new
Government meat law, but will It
snicker .at an Investigation by the Illi
nois Legislature?
London, March 0. Tho memory of
the American meat scandals which had
beeii almost forgotten, havo boon re
vived afresh by tho extraordinary
statements aud criticisms of Mr, Trot
ter, veterinary surgeon of tho corpo
ration of Ulasgow, on tho methods of
Inspection of Amorlcuu meat prior to
excitation, This Is what Trotter
says In his report, submitted to the
health committee Thursday :
"Ou Feb. 18 and again on tho 20th,
I seized as unfit for human food a
foreleg of chilled beef, deposited In tho
meat market on tho Instance of tbo
agent of one of the lurgest moat ex
porters of the Uulted Stats. Each
foreleg was marked 'United States in
spected nnd passed, 3.'
"On Insjiectlon each foroleg was
found 'stripped' that Is, tho serous
membrnno covering tho costal pleura
had been removed, but at places dis
tinct tubercular nodules remained and
glandular invasion was manifest.
"These forelegs showed no evidence
of having been previously luspocted.
They wero parts of carcasses which, In
nccordauco with tho regulations Issued
by tho bureau of animal Industry to
the government meat Inspectors detail
ed for duty In packing establishments
of tho United States, ought to have
been rejected ns unfit for human food
and to have been rendered Into tallow
after diseased parts bad been re
moved. "This rovcals that the Inspection Is
not In conformity with government
regulations and lends credence to tbo
assertions made regarding the un
trustworthiness of tbo ofilclal Inspec
tion which obtains In tbo United
States of America,
"This assertion also receives cor
roboration by a perusal of the figures
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for 1005, as Issued by tho bureau of
animal Industry.
"The number of Inspectors Is given
ns forty. It therefore follows that to
conduct the .examination of 37,482 an
imals each day each Inspector would
be required to exnmlno tho carcasses
aud viscera of not less than 037 nnl
mals, which Is au utter Impossibility.
"This calculation of tlmo does not al
low for holidays or Illness, otherwise
tho number of animals which would
fall to bo Insiiectcd by each Inspector
would bo materially Increased."
Appendicitis Is a Bad Meat disease.
It comes from tho breakfast delica
cies mado out of ennuer cows aud
trk'lilna pork,
Tho Trust sausage Is ono of tho won
ders of creation.
It Is mndo out of tho cheapest meat
and tho trimming of canners, lumpy
Jaw cattle aud dond swlno.
After being thoroughly mixed with
n horrlblo concoctlou known to tho
trndo as potato flour, this chopped,
stamped, crushed and chemically treat
ed meat is stuffed Into the frequently
diseased guts of dead animals and is
sold to tbo public as saussge.
Despite the chemicals compounded
with the "meat" to make It smell
"natural," both the compound Itself,
as well as the "casing," as the gut Is
now called, are frequently the abode
of micro-organisms.
The word appendicitis means an In
flammation of the vermiform appendix,
which lies In the lower right hand cor
ner of the abdomen.
The vermiform appendix Is a sack
attached to tho Intestine.
It Is Into this resting place that tbo
microbes crawl and cause trouble.
The real trichina microbe, which Is
very ahuudant in pork, and for which
no search Is mado by the Beef Trust,
eats through all the human Intestines,
and, playing no favorites, Is always
fatal.
But tbo bad meat microbe, which
causes appendicitis, has not strength
enough to bore through the intestines.
It merely crawls Into the first and
only stopping place In the bowels the
vermiform appendix and there It
works away uutll It starts Inflamma
tion. When the first physicians began to
realize the etiological importance of
the appendix In Intestinal inflamma
tion, It was thought that seeds or oth
er offending material became lodged
therein, but many operations soon
proved the contrary, for ofttlmes no
foreign bodies were found In It, and
other abdominal operations often show
ed collections In the appendix that hod
caused no trouble.
Most of tbe best physicians and the
ablest surgeons are now convinced that
appendicitis Is caused by bad meat
Tbe disease, singularly enough, was
never beard of until Beef Trust meth
ods began to prevail In this country,
and now It Is to be found wherever
Beef Trust products bar a sale..
According to the United States cen
sus, 5,111 persons died from appendi
citis In 1000. The disease was not even
mentioned In tbe United States census
report of 1600 ten years before be
cause tbere were no cases and no
deaths. How Is that for tbe work of
tbe Beef Trust?
now many "reform" bodies are con
trolled by tbe Beef Trust?
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Clonrtfi (Inmlmnti- nn irlnnr int
Grotto llrnwn, a fireman, worn kilted,
rircmnii laylor Is not exptH-fpil to live,
two tramps Mealing a rlaV worn badly
IllJttrrd. mid ntlnltiiir trilltimnli tvn hurt
III a wreck on the CIiIchro and Alton
rniiioail at Dwialit. III., at ft; In a. m.
WeihieMlny. l-'iremnii Itrnnn lind boon
IliMI'lli'ted lo oih-ii n xwlteli In nllmv Kn-
glneer Goodman to take his piijjIiip to the
foiilli-lioimil mil I n truck. Ho was eon
fti"od and opened Hie switch to the north-
hound fnnltl lritrb. flnmlinnn run fin, nn.
rIdp out and was rtrrn-k by a rapidly mov
ing nortii-iioiiiiii con I train. Hie cnulno
nnd ten Immense nleol con I cars wore de
molished. (Soodmnn and tlio I map wore
buried under tons of coal. Ilrown was
caught in t lie wreckage, and cnixlicd so
that lie died ooii afterward. Both legs
of l'licinnn Taylor of Hie coal train wore
entitled. The engineer of the coal train
escaped with lint slight iiijurtei. The
wreck blocked nil Iralllc for several hours.
STIUVINQ FOB THE PENNANTS.
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PLEAD IN EX-CONVICT'S BEHALF.
Twenty Thousand Kansas City Per
sons Petition Roosevelt.
A petition t'o President Itoosovclt, con
taining JIMHHI names, asking that he par
don diaries W. Anderson, lm been for
warded to Senator William Warner nt
Washington. Tills huge appeal has been
prepared wllhln live days, since Ander
son, a respected haulm's ninii, was ar
rested In Kiiiisiin City and returned to
the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kan., f i oin which he escaped eight years
ago.
Man with 17 Wives Taken.
Dr. John Carver, with several' nlliiKos
and at least seveiiteou wives, wnH en p
tared by Calhoun county (Mich.) ollicer
lu Fort Smith, Ark, Carver Is said to
havu defrauded liU wives out of n total
of Jfir.0,000. Tho specllie charge ou which
lie was arrested was defrauding Mrs,
Lola Davis of Untile Creek or f:,00O.
Ask Examination of Mrs. Eddy.
Examination of the mental roudition of
Mrs. Mary linker (I. Kddy lifts boon de
manded by counsel for the plaintiff In
the suit for nn accounting of her property
In a letter innrio public nt Concord, N,
II., to which counsel for thu defense have
mado no reply.
Accused of Pocketing Finss.
The Ohio Fish and Game Commission
has elected General John C, Speaks State
flih and game warden, to succeed J. C.
Porterfleld, reelgued. The commission
filed with the Governor a statement chart
inf that two big fine collectod for vio
lations of the law on Lake. Erie one for
$700 and the other for 1400 were di
vided between Porterfleld and tbe deputy
wardens making the arrests.
Quick Sentence for Robber.
John Guudemon, who confcsied to tbe
robbery of tho Northern Kxprei Com
pany's office In 8t. Paul by holding up
Fred Zimmerman, a clerk, compelling the
latter to band over a package of money
containing $25,000, has been sentenced
to the St. Cloud reformatory. Lewi than
three days elapsed from the commiwlou
of the robbery to tbe sentence of tbo
court.
Thirty-one Parsons Drown.
Thirty-one pernons wero drowned by
the foundering of the river steamer Arch
angcluk while hIio was crowing tbe Neva
near the suburb ot Irlnowka, St. Peters
""" Zxploston from Olgarstts.
An explosion which Is attributed to a
lighted cigarette stub carelessly thrown
aside destroyed La Sultans, an extenilre
fireworks factory at Chihuahua, Mexico,
causing a property loss of $200,000 and
fatally injured two of tbe employes of the
plant.
Guilty In Bank Oast.
Former Judge Abner Smith, president ;
Gustavo F. Sorrow, vies president, and
Jerome V. Pierce, cashier, of the defunct
Bank of America, have been found guilty
In Chicago of conspiracy and consigned
to tbs penitentiary.
Mrs. McXean Se-Xlsctsd.
Mrs. Donald McLean has been re
elected president ot tbe Daughters of tbs
American Revolution st tbe congress la
Washington, but tbs bitter fight has left
cars.
MM. EDDY'S FRIEND A SUICIDE.
Miss Mary E. Tomllnson of Concord
Kills Herself.
A victim of hysteria said to havn been
induced by tellglon, Miss Mnry K. Toin
llmoii, sister of 1'rof. Irving C. Tomlln
foil, first leader of the Christian Science
church of Concord, X, II., nnd cloio con
fident of Mrs. Kddy, throw herself from
the window of her apartments on the
fourth floor of the Parker lloimo in Hov
tun nnd died two hours Inter. Since the
sultn were brought by Mr. Kddy' rein
tlcs ngalnit I he hea-1 of tho Christian
Sclenco church and her trustees, of whom
Tomllnson N one, Mli Tonilln-on hud
ncted quoerly. She had boon subject to
hallucinations on the subject of religion
for some tlmo, hut the suit scorned to In
tensify tliem. She nppearejl to think her
self ' roipomlhlc for her brother being
made one of the Kddy defendant. She
came to Itoiton from Concord early
Thu re ilny morning, going lint to the homo
of a friend. She ncted so strangely that
she wns sent to tho relief hospital, but
soon lef thoru nnd wont to tho hotel, ac
companied liy nu unknown woman who
engaged a room nud a trained nurse for
her. About 4 o'clock In the morning,
while the nurse was nut for n moment.
Miss Tomllnson opened tho window nnd
Jumjied out.
ROUTS THUOS AND SAVES 84,000.
Plucky Man Rescues Workmen'- Pay,
Though Life Is Threatened.
Dut for the bravery ot nenjomlu Fin- j
kol, proprietor ot nn umbrella factory at
Unionnort, X. Y., 20U workmen would
not have drawn their pay Wednesday.
Mr. Fiiikcl drew from tho bank over $4,
000 In small bills, nnd bad distributed
tho money in 200 envelopes. Tbe factory
was bailing with activity when nt .1 p.
m. three men entered tho paymaster's
office, which Is separated from tho worki
shops. Mr. Flnkel was alono behind a
desk nenr the box containing tho envel
ope. Ho looked up to ace three stran
gers, ono of whom was covering him with
a pistol. They drivnnded the money, hut
Finkel dropped tho box on tho Iloor nnd
grappled with two ot tho men. at tbe
snmo tlmo calling for help. The thugs
mannged to escape, hut two suspicious
characters were nr rested later.
FACTIONS RIOT IN CHURCH.
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Dispute Over New Preacher Starts a
General Fist Fight.
A faction .opposing their pastor, Hew
Freeman Clmse, mndo nn attempt to de
pose him and held services with another
minister and caused n riot lu tho Freo
Will Ilnptlst church In Portsmouth, Ohio,
Rundny. The follower of tho different
faction came to blows, women fnluted
snd other fled screaming Into the street.
When tho police authorities wero appeal
ed to they refused to Interfere, Order
ws finally restored by tho now minister
and elder withdrawing. A majority of
the church officers are opposed to Chsse,
who ha withdrawn from the conference
snd ha been conducting the church Inde
pendently. '
INDIANS FILE 80 DIVORCE SUITS.
lioux Hastsn to Take Advantage of
New South Dakota Laws.
Taking, advantage of the new divorce
law that was enacted by tho South Da
kota Legislature last winter, many Sioux
Indians upon tho Itostbud reservation,
following tbo example of their whits
brethren, have Instituted suits for divorce
thl spring. Within the last few weeks
twenty petitions for dlvorco have been
filed In the Circuit Court In Bonesteel,
8. D by full-blooded Indians and the
cases ot these twenty red-skinned divorce
seekers will be beard at the next term of
court.
Leaves 187 Descendants.
John Oheres, aged 1)2 years, I dead
at his homo in Mulinntoiigii, Hi. Un was
one. of tbo oldest and best known resi
dents of Xorth L'mberlntid county. I If
U survived by a widow, eleven children,
1(H) grandchildren nnd twenty-six grouty
grandchildren.
Secretary Tatt Returns,
Secretary Tnft has returned from a
trip to l'amimn and West Indies, nnd,
while he refuse to talk politic, Is ex
pected to early announcn hU position re
garding tbo Ohio contest.
Stolen Securities Are Found.
Police, entered the Manhattan Club In
New York, where, In tho room ot a mem-
i ber, they found $20,000 worth ot tbe
, securities stolcu by W. O, Douglass from
tbe Trust company oi America.
Canning Plant lurnsd.
The cntlro plant ot the Heacoast Can
ning Company, leased to tbe American
Can Company of New York, at North
I,ubec, Me., was burned Monday, Tbs
flro was caused by an explosion In the
gss house. No ono was injured.
Plan to Zntertatn 1008 Convention.
A public mass meeting will be held
soon In convention hall In Kausas City,
at which money will be solicited for tbe
fund for tbo entertainment of tho Re
publican national convention In 1008.
This plan was decided upon at a meet
ing of a committee of representative cltl
sens. Railroads Tied Up.
Droned lines of tbe Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Soo lines were tied'
up tbe other day by snow In various
places through North Dakota for twenty
four hours, '
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