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WILL WAGE WAR
ON STALE MEAT
Secretary Wilson Outlines Program
For the Campaign.
SPECIFICATIONS STRICT
AH Beef, Pork or Mutton Shewing the
Least Deterioration Will be De
stroyed'-Cleanliness Imperative.
A Washington special says: Secre¬
tary Wilson ot the agricultural de¬
partment, Friday, made public the reg
alatlons under the new law governing
the Inspection of meat products for
tatorstate and foreign trade. The
.-regulations are stringent throughout,
*nu are In line with the best au¬
thorities on the subjects of sanita¬
tion, preservatives, dyes, chemicals
and condemnation of diseased car¬
casses.
All animals, carcasses and meat
products will be subjected to a rigid
Inspection.
The sanitation regulations require
the establishments in which animals
are slaughtered, cured, packed, stored
•r handled to he suitably lighted and
to be maintained In a sanitary con¬
dition.
Managors of establishments will not
He permitted to employ any person
affected with turberculosls in any of
the departments where carcasses are | |
dressed, meats handled or meat, food
products prepared. Butchers who dress !
diseased carcasses are required to
cleanse and disinfect their hands and
Implements before touching healthy
carcasses. Employees who are un
claan and careless of person will not
he allowed to handle meats.
The provision relating to dye3,
■bet.Uoals and preservatives Is strin¬
gent. No meat or meat food product
to it interstate commerce shall contain
®ny substance which lessens Its j
vsholesomoness, nor any drug, chem- !
ftssl or dye, unless specifically provid- !
eri for by a federal statute, or any
preservative oiher than common salt,
sugar, wood smoke, vinegar, pure
spices and, pending further inquiry,
Mltpeter.
Jtteats and meat food products for
export may contain preservatives in
jportions which do conllict with '
not
the laws of the foreign country to
which they are exported, but all meats,
er meat food products, so prepared
tor export, must be treated and kept
In compartments of the establish¬
ments separate and apart from those
In which meats and meat food prod
nets are prepared for Interstate com¬
merce, specifically labelled and certi
ged and stamped with the word “spe¬
cial."
All animals suspected of disease
•n this ante-mortem Inspection shall
he slaughtered separately and apart
toom all other animals under the care¬
ful supervision of federal inspec¬
tors.
Special provision Is made for de
ctruotlon for food purposes of all \
carcasses and parts of carcasses and
meat food products which, upon In
■pectlon or reinspection, prove to be
nnclean, unsound, unhealthful, un
wholesome or otherwise unfit for hu- j
mau food.
BOMBS INJURE EIGHT MEN.
Missiles Ihrown in Street nt New York oa
Result of Union Row.
While peace negotiations between
local Unions No. 2 and No. 480 of
the Plumbers and Gas Fitters’ Asso¬
ciation were in progress at New York
lYiday night, two bombs or large tor¬
pedoes, filled with bits of stones or
metal, were thrown from the Third
avenue elevated railroad structure into
a group of members of the latter
union waiting outside Teutonia Hall
at Sixteenth street and Third avenue
for a meeting to begifn. Bight of
fbe group suffered cuts and abrasions
front the flying fragments.
'None of the men were dangerously
wounded, end most of them were able
to leuve the hospital after their in¬
tones were dressed.
RUSES KN0I1Y LEGAL PONE.
Color Line is Drawn by Chinaman in Suit
Against Street tar Company.
Alleging that while a passenger on
c street car July 14. he was ordered
twice by the conductor to vacate nls
*eat in the center of the car and move
feck iuto the section reserved for
megroes and upon the refusal was
forcibly ejected from the car by the
conductor, Hong Kon, an Atlanta Cht
mantan, wants 15,000 damages from
the Georgia Railway and Electric com¬
pany Hong Kon alleges that he is no
aegro and is entitled to all the cour¬
tesies and considerations of a whito
man.
CLEFK SHOWS NERVE.
Hired Emp oyce of Express Company
Dazes Wail Street by Purchase of
$5,300,000 Canal Bonds.
A New York dispatch says: The
identity of Samuel Byerley, the suc¬
cessful bidder for $5, 800, 000 worth
of the new Panama canal 2 per cent
bonds, has been finally revealed. By¬
erley turns out to be a cierk in the
accounting department of the Ameri¬
can Express company.
Ever since the bids for the bonds
v.ere announced by Secretary Shaw.
Wall street has been trying to learn
something about Mr. Byerley, and
has teen speculating as to the inter¬
ests behind his bid. Byerley was not
inclined to answer any questions after
he had been located. The treasurer
of the American Express company
said:
“Tills is entirely a personal matter
with Mr. Byerley, who is one of our
clerks. There is absolutely nothing in
the rumor that he represents inter¬
ests in the company.”
Byerley has almost taken the breath
away from some of his fellow clerks.
He had a host of callers Wednesday,
who wanted to know how he could
afford to bid $3,800,000 for govern¬
ment bonds, hut he had nothing to
say.
The general opinion among those
in “ttie American Express company’s
office is ohat Byerley is taking a lit¬
tle flyer, which has not cost him any¬
thing more tangible so far than nerve.
Under the terms of the sale no money
need he put up until August 1.
Byerley made four bids. For $1,000,
000 of the bonds he offered 104.125:
for the second million 103.990; for the
third million 103.975 and for $2,819,-
580 he offered 103.867. The New York
syndicate that got one-lialf of the
$30,000,000 bonds, put up a price on
them Tuesday at $104.40. ft was fig¬
ured out by the bond experts Wed¬
nesday that should Byerley sell his
option at 104 he would clear $2,850
without putting up a cent, save for
the postage stamp which carried his
bid to Washington.
In 1896 Abram White, a clerk in a
broker’s office on his own hook bid
for a big block of bonds and made
a profit of $100,000. As a result of
his bid a rule was made by the treas¬
ury department that a cash payment
must accompany all bids. This rule
obtained until this last bond issue,
when it was either overlooked or sus¬
pended.
JOHNSON DEFILS COURT’S ORDER.
Mayor of Cleveland Begins War on Elec¬
tric Street Railway Company.
The city of Cleveland, Ohio, began j
a war on the Cleveland Electric Rail¬
way company Wednesday by suddenly !
putting a force of five hundred men
at work tearing up the tracks of the
latter company in Fulton street be¬
cause Ihe company refused, or ni)g- ;
lected, to comply with a council res- J
olution requiring it to take up it3
♦racks in Fulton and remove them to
the east side of the street.
Mayor Johnson was personally on
the ground, as was also Chief of Po- [
lice Kohler and a large number of of¬
ficers.
FOUND SHORTAGE IN ACCOUNTS.
Former Clerk at Rome, Now Dead, Alleged
to Have Gone Wrong
A sensation has been created In
Rome, Ga., over the discovery of an
alleged shortage in the city clerk's
office to the amount of $35,000, which
is said to have occurred during the
administration of the late tlalsted
Smith.
Expert accountants firoin Atlanta
audited the books of the outgoing of¬
ficers, an 1 discovered the alleged
shortage.
BIG STAMP FRAUDS UNEARTHED.
Five Men Arrested in New York Charged
With Swindling the Government.
Five men. who were arrested in
New York Tuesday night, were Wed¬
nesday held in $1,000 bail in police
court for further examination in con¬
nection with the washing and resell¬
ing of state tax stamps.
BRYAN TO VISIT ALABAMA.
Will Make Address on “Editor’s Day" at
State Fair in Birmingham.
The Alabama Press Association, in
annual convention at Gadsden, Wed¬
nesday, unanimously passed a resolu¬
tion inviting William Jennings Bryan
to deliver an address on "Editors’
Day at the Alabama state fair to
be held iu Montgomery October 22-
27. President W. F. Vandiver of the
fair association has received assur¬
ance from Mr. Bryan that he will
visit tne fair.
UNIQUE LEGAL TiNGLE
Stays Noose from Neck or Convicted Man
AIafaaau--Resp.icd from
Day to Day.
Members of the legal profession oi
Jefferson county, Alabama, are in a
quandary over the most novel action
in a criminal case ever taken in the
si ate. Thursday night Judge Samuel
L. Weaver of the criminal court in
Birmingham, granted a writ of habeas
corpus in tile case of John Williams
of Cullman. Ala., just twelve hours oe
fore the time set for the execution
of the prisoner for the murder of
State Senator R. B. HIpp. The writ
was made returnable Friday. The pris¬
oner was convicted in the circuit
court of Cullman county, and the su¬
preme court of Alabama affirmed the
sentence. Williams was removed to
the- Birmingham jail for safekeeping.
The petition for the writ of habeas
corpus was made on an insanity plea,
and the question which was argued
by counsel all day Friday in the
criminal court was whether a Jeffer¬
son county official has jurisdiction
and authority to issue the writ. Mean¬
time the hour for the legal execution
had expired, and it was thought a
new date for the hanging will have
to be set m case of failure to sustain
the insanity plea.
Tho governor, however, came to the
rescue and granted the prisoner a
respite until Saturday. He will grant
respites from day to day until the
question is settled.
Sentiment in north Alabama, where
the crime was committed, has not
been so thoroughly aroused since the
famous Hawes’ riot in 1888.
It has developed that Friday night
Sheriff O’Rear of Cullman county, ac¬
companied by several deputies, en¬
tered the Birmingham jail to secure
Williams. The prisoner seized a sec¬
tion of iron pipe which he had torn
loose from the sewer connections in
his cell, and with It threatened to kill
the first man who attempted to enter
his cell.
He said that he realized that re¬
moval from the Birmingham jail
meant his death, and as he had to die
he would as soon die there as else¬
where. Not one of the officers dared
enter the cell. Finally after a con¬
ference a quantity of ammonia was
secured and dashed on the prisoner
through the bsys. The fumes of the
drug overcan him and the officers
were able to undcuff him. However,
his resistance caused such a delay
that the officers missed the train on
which they expected to take Williams
to Cullman.
COURT DECIDES AGAINST DOWIE.
Neither Fake Prophet or Overseer Voliva
Own Zion City Property.
Neither John Alexander Dowie, the
founder, nor Wilbur Glenn Voliva, the
present general overseer, is owner of
the properties of the Christian Cath¬
olic Church in Zion, including Zion
City, 111., and said to be worth from
$12,000,000 to $21,000,000, according
to a decision handed down in Chicago
Friday by Judge K. H. Landis of the
United States district court. Judge
Landis declared the property of Ziou
City to be a trust estate, and named
John G. Hately of Chicago a member
of the board of trade, receiver of the
church’s property, and ordered the
election on September 18 of an over¬
seer (trustee of the church’s prop¬
erty) by members of the church at
Zion City. Judge Landis will decide
later what compensation Dowie will
be allowed for his past services to
the church.
The court ruled that the capital of
Zion properties, contributions of prop¬
erty and money from various persons,
was given to Dowie In trust for the
church. Judge Landis declared void
the conveyance of the Zion City prop¬
erty to Alexander Granger by Voliva
under power of attorney from Dowie.
The adjudication in the bankruptcy
proceedings against Dowie was also
set aside so that pending litigation
against Dowie may automatically be
restrained until the entire litigation
is ended.
Receiver Hately’s bond of $25,000
was approved late in the afternoon
by the court, and Hately went to
Zion City at once and assumed charge
of the property.
PEEK-A-BOO WAISTS MUST 60.
College Girls are Urged to Adopt Bloomers
or Gymnasium Costumes.
In a lecture at the Wisconsin state
university. Miss Abby S. Mayhew, the
dean oi women at the university, con¬
demned peek-a-boo waists, tight lacing
and petticoats. Large shoes, low necks
and round garters were favored. She
said:
"We are never going to be free so
long as we wear petticoats. Woman
will never have perfect freedom un¬
less she wears a gymnasium-like cos¬
tume.”
JORDAN ACTS
ON CHARGES
Invo’ving Officials of the Southern
Cotton Association.
COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED
Allegations of Representative Anderson
Before Georgia Legislature to Be
Investigated by Committee.
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As the result of the charge made
by Representative Anderson of Chat
ham county on the floor of the Geor¬
gia house of representatives, that cer¬
tain officials of the Southern Cotton
Association have, under assumed
names, been speculating in cotton,
a full and complete investigation has
been ordered by Harvie Jordan, pres
ident of the Southern Cotton Asso- i
ciation, this investigation to be pub
licly conducted.
Another development was a card
from A. A. Fairchild, publishing man.
ager of the Southern Cotton Associar
tion, admitting that last spring he
purchased Piedmont an eighth interest in the j
Brokerage Company at At¬
lanta because he considered it a good
investment, but that later learning
that such an investment was distaste¬
ful to the officers of the cotton as¬
sociation disposed of his interests.
He say3 that he makes this state¬
ment because the name of Mr. Cheat¬
ham had become mixed up in the af¬
fair, being iu some way confounded
with his own, and says that he is
willing to state again that Mr. Cheat¬
ham has not owned and does not own
a share of stock in that company.
President Jordan furnished the
press with the following statement:
“Representative Anderson of Chat¬
ham has publicly withdrawn ail ref¬
erence or any Intimation to me in
his alleged charges on the floor of
the house last Tuesday, which is en¬
tirely satisfactory to me personally.
As president of the Southern Cotton
Association, however, and in my of¬
ficial capaoity, I cannot permit the
alleged charges made by Mr. Ander¬
son against unnamed officers or em¬
ployees of the association to stand un
cl^.lenged. Positive and definite proof
must be presented rather than hear¬
say evidence, and the names of the
alleged parties or party given out to
the public. 1 have, therefore, appoint¬
ed the following officers of the asso¬
ciation to hear whatever testimony
Mr. Anderson or others may have rel¬
ative to the matter and bring the
facts or falsity of the alleged charges
to a final decision as promptly as
possible.
“Colonel W. L. Peek, Conyers, Ga.,
national committeeman; Hon. M. L.
Johnson, Atlanta, Ga., president Geor
gia State division; Mr. John D.
Walker, Sparta, Ga., treasurer Geor¬
gia state division.
“These gentlemen hold high posi¬
tions in the Southern Cotton Associa¬
tion. and are well known to the peo¬
i ple of Georgia, and can be depended
upon to impartially and thoroughly
conduct this investigation. The com¬
mittee has been notified and request¬
ed to meet here next Monday morning
July 30, at 10 o’clock a. m., in the
president’s office, 212 People building.
"Representative Anderson has also
Deen officially notified of the appoint
ment of the above named committee,
the piace of meeting and requested
to be present and testify to his al
leged charges. The trial of this mat¬
ter will he open to the public, as the
Southern Cotton Association has
nothing to conceal with reference to
the acts and doings of its official work,
or that of its officers.
“Secretary Richard Cheatham also
demands a full and complete inves¬
tigation of the charges preferred by
Mr. Anderson, and every opportunity
will be given Representative Ander¬
son, either to sustain his alleged
charges or withdraw them in as pub¬
lic a manner as. is necessary.
“HARVIE JORDAN,
“President Cotton Association.”
EXECUTION S10PPI0 BY JUDGE.
Writ of Habeas Corpus Granted titer Gov
ernor Had Refused a Respite.
Judge Samuel Weaver of the Jeffer
son county criminal court in Birming¬
ham at a late hour Thursday n.ght,
granted a writ of habeas corpus in
behalf of John Williams, who was to
have been hanged in Cullman, Ala.,
Friday. Governor Jelks had refused
to interfere. Williams was convicted
for the murder of State Senator R. L.
Hipp about two years ago while Hlpp
was trying to serSe an ouster doc¬
ument on the old man, which would
have left him homeless.
CHASED BY BLOODHOUNDS
Pitiful Story of Fleeing Men Who Al¬
lege Being Held in Bondage at
Lumber Camp.
With big welts and bruises all over
their arms and bodies, some of them
as large as a finger, and with cloth¬
ing torn by the fierce attacks of
bloodhounds, which had trailed and
caught them, three more men arrived
in Pensacola, Fla., Thursday from
the camps of the Jackson Lumber
company at Lockhart, Ala., and asked
for protection.
The men are John Ocok and Harry
Lyman, Americans, and Vendal Kel
vershult, a German.
“We tried to escape last Saturday
night,” said the men, “but they put
the bloodhounds on us, and we were
trailed down and captured, and taken
back to the camps.”
“What did they do with us?" re¬
plied Lyman, in answer to a ques¬
tion, “Well look at my arms and
back.
“They answer the question,” he
said, as he bared his arms, showing
welts as large as a finger and terri¬
ble bruises.
“We were given forty lashes each
and taken back. The bloodhounds
would have torn me to pieces, but *
fought for my life, and saved my¬
self by a hard fight. Here, look at my
coat, you can see where the fangs
of the animal sunk as he made a
jump for my jhroat and missed me.
Our second attempt to escape was
more successful, and we came on to
Pensacola to report the matter.”
The Jackson Lumber company, re¬
plying to an article in the Pensacola
Journal, giving an account of the
affair, demanded of the paper that it
send a representative to investigate
conditions and that it retract the re¬
ports concerning it.
In reply the paper wired that the
best manner to conduct an investi¬
gation of the affair would be for the
company to surrendei three of their
employees who, it is alleged, recently
followed a Polander who had escaped
into Walton county, where they kid¬
napped him and took him back to the
camps.
COLORED TROOPS ARE BARRED.
Will Not Be Allowed to Take Part in Texas
Camp Maneuvers.
Adjutant General Hulen of the Tex¬
as state militia has given ntWce that
no negro troops’ have
be ordered to take part in maneuvers
at Camp Mabry until after the militia
leaves, if at all.
It has been the understanding In
Texas that the negro regular troop3
are not to he sent to Camp Miabry
at Austin during the time that, mi¬
litiamen are in the camp, and that
they would be kept on the border
until such time as only the regu¬
lars remained in camp. Adjutant Gen¬
eral Hulen represented to the war
department that this would be the
wisest course, as it was feared that
trouble would arisee if negroes were
in camp with -white militiamen from
Texas, Louisiana or the teritorie3.
GALLOWS AND COFIIN TAKEN ALONG.
Sherifl in Maryland Resorts to Strategy
in Order to Outwit Mob
William Lee, the negro who was
sentenced to death in Baltimore three
weeks ago for assaulting two women
in Somerset county, was hanged on
Thursday on Smith’s Island in the
j presence of deputies and a few wit¬
nesses. A mob that had threatened
to burn Lee at the stake was out¬
: witted by the sheriff, who went
aboard a vessel and took with him a
gallows, which had been borrowed
j from Baltimore county, and also a
coffin, and was prepared to hang Lee
on the deck after reaching the wa¬
ters of Somerset county, should there
be any signs of a mob on shore.
MARRIES IWO IHOUSANDIH COUPLE.
Knot-lying Record tor Sixteen Years Made
ty Tennrs.ee Parson.
A. H. Burroughs of Bristol, Tenn.,
widely known as the “marrying par¬
son,'’ married his two thousandth cou¬
ple of runaways on Thursday. He
made this record in sixteen years.
MAKE AN APPEAL TO PRtSIDENT.
Roughly Treated Citizens on Isle of Pines
Present Their Greivances.
A committee of American residents
of the Isle of Pines has forwarded
to President Roosevelt a request for
the intervention of the American gov¬
ernment in the case of L. C. Giltner,
postmaster of the town of Columbia;
William Augustine and Miss Millie
Brown, 19 years of age, ail Americans,
asserting that although the persons
named had committed no crime, they
were unjustly and practically witn
out trial sentenced to fine or impris
j eminent