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TakaHmtar te eta Fleer. AIm a liM Hm at FURS at aafcrata arleaa. Farafcaairt4. Masonic Temple R. A. F1EQEL, Mgr. Office, III Ncrtfc 301 """i F w w ' 2 7 ;3'. Able and STATE BOARD OF HEALTH'S ADVICE, Tlio now government law, its every body known, does not provide for the Inspection of moat consumed lu Chicago uutt Illinois, v Th strange apathy of Uio Chlcjgo outliorltloi In tlin mutter of Hoef Tru-rt TlolaHons of tlio law, In mousing the attention ol the entire couutry. Tlio Hooding of CUIcuko niul tbo Stoto of Illlnoln with Iujiirv Jaw, tuber cular and cnncerouR Leaf Is enuring wldonproad lndlKwtlou. Tho Illinois Stuto Hoard of Health ImuihI a Htrong circular contalulni; rue onmiendntloim to inunlulpnlltlcH eon cenihitf tho supenMslun nnd luspoctlou of slaughter bouses, packing houses, otc. Tho following extracts show how hard tho circular hits tho city govern nicnt of Chicago: 'Tho Illinois State Board of Hoalth, by special resolution, adopted at a reg ular meeting, hold In Chicago Juno 90 and SI, 1000, urgently recommends to tho mayors and councils of all cities aud tho presidents and boards of trus tees of all villages, and to all other health officials In all parts of tho Stnto, tho enactment and enforcement of ordi nances providing for tho supervision and tho regular and systematic inspec tion of all slaughter houses, packing houses, storage housw, markets, col lars aud all other establishments used for the preparation, manufacture, stor age or sale of food Intended for human consuinirtlon, Tho health of the peoplo Is largely dopendont upon the purity, quality and cleanliness of their food and these may bo controlled and guaranteed to tho peoplo only through tho conscien tious effort of health officials acting under tlto powers conferred upou thorn by the statutes. "Tho people of each municipality Congress should at once add to tho moat Inspection law theso throe pro visions : 1 Packers should lw obliged to bear all the expense attached to In spection. li Packers should bo obliged to print dnto of canning on tlio labels of all canned goods, II All meat In transit should bo In spected by tho government. With a City Council elected for four years and uo check wlmtovor on It, tho City Hull will have" to bo nailed down. Tho fakers who nro boosting the charter are "working" tho dally papers. Rut It wont do, Tho people nro going to bent this charter aud don't you for get It. Tho now chartor should bo defeated Sept. 17. Thero Is nothing good In It, and much that Is bad. 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"Under the provisions of nu uct to provide for tho Incorporation of cltlus ami villages, approved April 10, 1872, (Kcvlned Statutes, Chapter 24, Section (U), tho councils In cities und tho presi dent and Uiu Uard of trustee la vil lages ure empowered to rvgulato the sale of meat, ioultry, fish, butter, cheese, lard, vegetables and all otlier provisions; to regulate the sale of bread und to prescribe Its quality; to provide for tho Inspection of all nrtl-. clcs of food: to declare what shall con stitute a nuisance and to abate same aud to lino all who penult nuisances to exist ; to npjKilnt a board of health and prescribe Its lowers and duties; TO DO ALL ACTS AXD MAKK ALL U1XJUL.VTIONS TO I'HOMOTK IIKALTH Oil TO I'KEVENT DI8 IU8K; to direct locution and regulate the management and construction of packing houses either within tho limits of tho corporation or within one mile from Its boundaries; to compel tho owuor of any grocery or uny unwhole some or nauseous place to cleanse, anil abate or remove same and to regulate Its locution. Under the provisions of tlio sumo law, municipalities uro cm powered to Imposo lines, uot exceeding (200 for each offeuso, or Imprisonment, not exceeding six mouths, for the viola tion of any of Its ordinances." "Aside from the iocluc provisions of the law, quoted nbovo, tho one pro vision, empowering tho municipality TO DO ALL ACTS AND MAKK ALL IIKGUL.VTION8 TO PROMOTE that not even the casual English reader, who Is usually as Iguornut of the Rrlt Ish colonies as he Is of America, can help absorbing some Information about tho great English-speaking domnliis across the f-ea. This Is u kind of ml vertUlug which pays. The favorable Impression which Jnp nncfco make upon people of other na tions Is largely due to their courtesy, good manners, and tho tnto they dis play in doing tho most ordlnnry things. When tho crews of tlio Japanese wor ships which lately visited New York were allowed shore liberty, they had their choice between spending tho day GREAT LAKES MAP. SEND FOR INTERESTING VACATION LITERATURE. Tho D. & R. Lino, which operates dully steamer ervleo betweeu Detroit and RiilTnlo, has published a pamphlet containing tho largest map of tho Great Lakes, allowing routes to all summer ing places. You should havo ono to plan your vacation, A request with one cent stamp enclosed will bring It. Write now, Detroit & Buffalo Steamboat Co., Detroit, Mich. HEALTH AND I'll EVENT-DISEASE,' gives ample authority for the local olll t!nl to undertake tho supervision and systematic Inspection of those plan hi which food for human consumption is either prepared, manufactured, stored or offered for sale. However, tlio sjieclllc provisions of the statutes remove nil doubt ns to tho limits to which tho municipality may go in tho protection of tho health of the people." s "Animal food Is particularly suscoiv tlblu to bacterial action and to decom position which Is hastened by killing nnd handling lu llltliy slaughter housos or by Improper refrigeration and stor age." "MEAT FItOM DISEASED ANI MALS, TOO FHKqUENTLY SLAUGH TERED FOU HUMAN FOOD. MAY HE PRODUCTIVE OF WIDESPREAD DISEASE AMONG THOSE WHO CONSUME IT." "Tho oft repeated statement that cooking will removo the poisonous prop erties of spoiled meat 'Is not to bo ra iled upon," "In view of theso facts. It Is the duty of tliu health officials of nil luuulctpnll ties to establish such suiwrvlslon aud lus)cetlon as will render impossible Uie maintenance of unsanitary slaughter houses nud packing houses, tho killing of diseased uulmuls or the snlo of meats aud other foods which, by their oi Initial character, or changes which bavo taken place In them, nro unfit for human consumption." "Tho prcsenco of a side or diseased animal In n slaughter houso should place tho establishment uudcr suspicion as ono J which such animals are slaughtered for human consumption. Auy unsound meat or carcass found In a slaughter houso or In a mnrkot should be assumed as being tkttM ftr sale." on tho llowery, the delight of every sailor's heart, and visiting Grant's tomb. They went to tho tomb. Is thero any other nation the sailors of which would use their shore leave In paying their respects to u national hero of the peoplo they tiro vUltlug? The English government has been en gaged In the auction sale of some most costly national toys. Instead of selling a lot of obsolete warships to recruit the navy of muiio second-rate power tho government has chosen to knock them down, guns and nil. under the auction eer's hammer, to bo broken up by the purchnsers. Among theso pretty na tional playthings Is the famous Hist class battleship Hans Parcll, of 10,470 tons, which cost s?:i,0;iL',0(!5 to build nnd was knocked down for $S 1,000. Tho whole lot was cold off at tho same or greater depreciation from tho original cost, It Is estimated that tho warships of tho nations rapidly becomo so obso lete that lu twenty years they nro lit only to bo broken up for more useful purposes. Ambassador Ilryco sees a groat fu turo for tho United States, and is oth erwise making himself agreeable. Tho scientific world Is taking tho monorail seriously. It Isn't as If It wero advanced by Nikola Tesla. Items from All Over the State of Matters of Interest to Our Readers. Happenings of the Week from Cairo to Chicago Carefully Compiled for Busy Men. IMIXOIS COH OUTLOOK POOH. condition on June UO Onlr TS Pes pent of Srnnonnlite Average. The condition of the corn crop on June 20, ni reported by I lie State board of aftrictitttire the other day, wns discourag ing, but the warm weather nnd occasional rnlni since flint date have put the crap In much better condition. The condition of the crop wnt 7."i per cent of n scnuon sble nvcrnftc, a tccrrnc of 13 points from the June, llMj), condition. The June 30 condition of the wheat crop Is reported as being 01 per cent ot n paonnbto aver nee, an Increase of 2 points since Mny 1. The prospect for the crop Is promising. The spring wheat crop, which nlwnjs it small in Illinois, shows a condition of 102 points, being nn Increase of 12 points since May 1. The average condition ol oats Is but 80 per cent ot a seasonable average, the green bug having done great damage, especially in central Illinois. The June 20 condition of rye Is the same as May 1, being 00 per cent of a sea sonable average. The condition of mead ows Is 80 per cent of a seasonable. Sev eral counties report serious damage to meadows by cut and army worms. HE FOR WRECK INJURIES. Jottet Postmaster, Prtioa Wtriti Bad Baatnesa Man Aak Uamastea. Three damage suits for sums Aggregat ing (140,000 have been filed In the Unit ed States Circuit Court of Cambria comity, Pa., ngninst the Pennsylvania railroad by iersons Injured in the wreck of the Pennsylvania special, the 18-hour train between Chicago nnd New York, nl Mineral Point. FcS. 22. The plnliitllft nru John T. Clyde, potnmster at .lollet, III.', Everett J. Murphy, warden of the .lollet penitentiary, nnd Henry F. I'lpen brink, n business man of .lollet. Mr. Cljde nnd Mr. Murphy each demand ?.0, 000 nud Plpciibrhig nk for $10,000. tllO TKXT r'AI.I.N MVKM IX PUItll, Scores llnrleil In Cnnvns nt IIIkU Chiiuliiuiiiint line Itijurett. During an electrical nnd wind storm the ClMiitniiipm tent hi Elsln eollnpsed, endangering the lives of seoriM of people. W. 1). Cliamlierllu was the most wrlous ly Injured, behu struck by one of the tent poles. The accident occurred Just ns the audience was leaving for the night, which accounts for the fact uo one win killed. A number of women and children who had xotmlit shelter beneath the tent were burled In the debris, bat all were rescued without serious Injury. The speakers of the evening noticed tho storm approaching nud cut the program short. WIUTK ANTS A NIJW Pi:T. Inaecta Hnt Woinlnnrk of I'nrnihons nml lliint'M'oiuli IU llennm, Whlto nuts n iiarter of nn InVi long nro a new post which is worrying Illinois mis. This Is said to bo the first year that their operation have been reported. On tho farm of John Smelie, near Vlr den, they have lullieted considerable dam nge, having eaten the woodwork of Ids houso nnd outbuildings nnd honeycombed heavy timbers so that they have had to lie replaced with new ones. Tho destruc tion they hnvo wrought I almost ns great ns that dono by the famous African ants. Death Takea n Centenarian. Francis Illnlon died nt his home in Vernon, nged 107 years. His father lived to the age of 100 and his grand mother wns UO yenrs old. Ho wns nn ardent Democrat and voted for every Democratic presidential nominee from Andrew Jackson down to Parker. He wns a carpenter, and In the early days mado most of the coffins In which now lie tho pioneer settlers of Fayette county. Ho wns tho father of nlno children and hns living thirty-three great-grandchildren. Think Sou lltiralnri Kllla. Mistaking his 0-yenr-ohl son for n burg lar, Georgo South, n resident of Carml, shot nnd killed the boy. Tho previous night burglars attempted to enter tho South home nnd wero frightened away. About 4 o'cloelj In the morning South heard n nolso in nu adjoining room, it was his boy, who had, arisen, but South did not discover that until tho lad fell, mortally wounded. LIkIiIiiIuk NIiCiim I'nrmer, During an ulcctrlenl storm Eldcn Akes, n farmer near Neula, who was plowing lu his field, took refuge under a tree which was struck by lightning, and Akes was knocked twenty feet away aud ren dered iiucouselous for more than nn hour. Ills 7-year-old sou, who was with him, rsenped injury. Akes" team rau away, tut was not Injured. rrnln llelifiiila One, KIIU Another, Whllo driving across tlio tracks In nioomlngtou Thomas Fnrrls was decapl .uted and hi brother-in-law, Charles Tay or, fatally Injured by n Ills Four pas leuger train. Killed li- Full uf Nlnte. W. P. Heifer, mine Inspector for tho Missouri and Illinois Coal Company nt tlio WIIIUvlllo mine, was killed by a fall it slate. Ho is survived by tho widow md several children. Children, Lost, Wnlk SIO Miles, Murrcll nnd Lester Cross of Hamilton :ounty, nged 0 nnd 0 years, becoming lost, Rendered to Dnhlgien, a distance of twenty miles, beforo their parents learn id of their whereabouts. Many persons ivero seeking them in every direction. The boys couKl scarcely talk because, of izcltcmcnt and fatigue when found. Parent Has Dealer Arrested, Georce Illnthorno of Itlnnmln'.tnn iwore out n warrant for tho arrest of lames Williams, charging him with sell ing to Hlnthoruo's son a toy rovolver which tzploded, mangling his band. atute News la Brier. In the city of Galena, with a copula tion of "i.OOO, not a death occurred during June. This record never has been dupli cated In the history of the city. The school census Just completed at Zlon City shows n population of 4,837 In the city. Of these a,07 nre over 21 rears of age, nnd 081 are under 0 years. While driving over the tracks In Itloom itigton, 111., Thomas Fnrrls was decapi tated nnd his brother-in-law, Charles Tay lor, faintly injtiied by n Hlg Four fast passenger train. The accident occurred nt the most dangerous street crossing In the city. A ben at It. Ehncn's farm, near Tarn pIco, has adopted a litter of kittens, the mother "f which was killed on account of her Insatiable appetite for young poultry. An old hen that had been denied tho privilege ot setting decided to look after the kittens. Gov. Deneen has appointed J. W. Din- neon of Albany commissioner of tho Illl nolspenltentlary nt Joliet to succeed Ben Jnmln Ilrown of New Kerlln. Mr. Ilrown's term of office expired Jan. 1. Mr. Din ncen formerly wns a member of the Illi nois Legislature. Emll Drnecer, 14 years old, of Chicago died at the Post Graduate hospital of In juries suffered when he wns struck by a baseball. While playing nt Thirty-third street and Fifth avenue the boy was struck in the left side near the heart by a ball which had been batted by one of his companions. Whether n shoe Is n deadly weapon or not must be determined by tho Henry county Circuit Court, in the case of Charles Deprltte, who wns Indicted in Kewanee for assaulting Edward Decker with that kind of a weapon. Docker tcs titles th.it Deprltte kicked Iiltn severely, Inlllctlng bad Injuries. Usslan Guthrie, 81 years old and four times a widower, nnd Mrs. Elizabeth P. Flower, 4 1 years old, were married nt tho bride's residence in Chicago by Itcv. J. A, Homlthalvr, The bride was given away by her sou-ln-law, Lawrence W. Ferguson, nud Frances Ferguson, her little grand daughter, was llower girt. As the result of persistent demands on the part of the State, James llobert llrttce Van Cleave, former superintendent of Insurance, has returned iftlO.OOO to tho public treasury. The filial payment of this sum, $:il.!M!).7."i. was made recently. A previous payment made nn May 0 of lat year amounted to $28,000. Mr. Van Cleave retired from olllee six yenrs ago. Charles S. .Miller, 7." years old, for eighteen years a Judge nt Ottawa, died the otlier day at Wesley hospital of can cer of the mouth. Mr. Miller came to Chicago twenty-six years ago nnd prac ticed law In that city until a few weeks ngo, maintaining an olllee In the Schiller building. Ho had one son, Charles Mil ler, who died lu California six years ago soon nfter tho death of Mrs. Miller. The veidlet'of the Kellems Jnry nt Al bion was guilty. Life penitentiary terms were given David and Albert Kellems for the murder of SherliT Alex. Comptnn Inst December In Wabash consty. The prisoners heard their doom without ap parent emotion. Compton was shot dead from ambush by Albert Kellems, whllo riding along a lonely road. The father wns eouvictcd us nn accessory beforo the fact. Jcsio Ilarr, nrrcstcf on n burglary charge In Paris, pushed Mrs. Winn, wifo of tlio sheriff, Into his cell when she. brought him his supper nud locked tlio door. Starting for tho street door, ho was caught by Miss McAdams, n mem ber of the sheriff's family, but tluowlng her to one side, he escaped. He had lifted steel saws in cutting away two bars of his cell door, and having climbed through tho hole Into the corridor, was waiting there for Mrs. Winn when she should en ter from the outer corridor door, Andrew Cnrneglo hns offered Angus tnnn college in Mollne $20,000 to npply to Its endowment fund, provided the col lego rnlses $S0,000 nddltlonnl, Angus tnnn s.nod, in behalf of the college, is raising $2.10,000 for tho endowment fund, to bo completed by the thno of the semi centennial of tho college In 1010, The collego the other day received 20,000 kronen, $.1,201.01 In United States money, from Consul Oscar Ekman, Swedish phi lanthropist, tho gift having been ordered on Ills deathbed. At the ngo of ,1 years nnd II months, Charles Ilos lliiehnnnn, ou of a farmer at St. Franclsvllle, reads books that tlio majority of children do not read until they nro ten yenrs older. Ho has oultod the attention of educators. Asked what kind of leading he liked best lie replied: "I have Jut finished reading Shakspearo's 'As Von Like It,' but 1 like Ch.ulcs Dick ens much better." Ills mother, who was) n school teacher nt Vlncemies, Ind., says Charles spinds about four hours each day in reading to her. Ilo has never been to school, nud seldom plays with other chil dren. Conrad Kuntkosky, nged 23, of South Chicago, was found dead lu tho woods near Otis, Ind. Ho had gono to visit his sister. Thero are no Indications ot foul play. Twcnty-two-yrnr-olil Herbert Spring of Itockford, who on Juno , In n drunken frenzy, shot nnd killed Mrs. Edna Hum melhagen on tho street In Freeport, has . been sentenced to Ufa Imprisonment. A legal battlo for tho $300,000 estate ot tho late Cornelia A. Miller wns begun in Joliet. Charles Fish, tho favorita nephew, Is charged by his two brothers with gaining tho property by illegal means. "Fnto couldn't conceal him by nam ing hlin Schmltz," says the Now York Evening Mall. Somo concealment was possible, esteemed contemporary, until ho was deprived of tho Ruef that shel tered him, I i' siiiu.! bteW.tuiU.tJt.iMti.iit.'AvA.., ulxji..,l, J&li&B&L Jt. ii 'l I.iiiIM I ihJM Wi il