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ROOSEVELT URGES
REMEDY FOR EVIL C/3
Wh’fh Been Dio"lo?M t h 1
Tvuxcn -dve i-rtj —~
Beef Scandal.
SPECIAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
Tuberculccis Germs Mingle With Filth,
Dirt and Grime and Grease from the
Fleers Are Made Into Product La
beled ‘ Government Inspected."
To the senate and house of repre
■scuta, ives: I transmit herewith the
report of Mr. James Bronson Rey
nolds and Commissioner Charles P.
JNo.ll, the special committee whom I
appointed to investigate into the con¬
ditions in the stock yards of Chicago
and report thereon to me. This report
is of a preliminary nature, 1 submit
it to you now because it shows the ur¬
gent need of immediate action by the
congress in the direction of providing
a drastic and thorough going inspec¬
tion by the federal government for a!!
stock yards and packing houses, and
of their products so far as the latter
enter into inter-state or foreign com¬
merce. Ti n conditions shown by even
tills short inspection to exist in the
Chicago stock yards are revolting, it
is imperatively necessary in the in¬
terest of decency that they should
be radically changed, l'n.!er the ex.
dating law it is wholly impossible to
-secure satisfactory results. When ray
attention was first directed to this
matter, an investigation was made un
dei the bu:tuu of animal industry of
the department cf agriculture. When
the preliminary statements of this, in
■vet, t Ration were brought to my atten¬
tion they showed such defectu in the
lav and such wholly unexpected ton
ditions, that I deemed i best to have
a further im.-nemat-: investigation by
men not connected with the bureau;
ana, according;..-, appointed Messrs.
Reynolds and Neill. It. was impossi¬
ble under the < -fisting law tha: satis¬
factory work should be done by the
bureau of animal industry, l am now,
lia.vcver, examining the way in v.-hich
the work actually was done. l> “fore
1 had received the repcY of Messrs.
R vnolds and X’dil, I had directed
tl ..t labels pla-.-ed upen any package
of meat food pro ducts should state
only that the carcass of the animal
from which the meat was taken had
been inspected at. the time of slaugh¬
ter. If inspc lion of meat food prod¬
ucts at all ffikgcn of preparation is
not secured, by Lie passage of legisla¬
tion recommended, I shall feed coni
pellotl to order that inspection labels
and certificates on canned products
shall not be used hereafter, The ro¬
port shows that the stock yards and
packing houses a.;, not kept even iva
sons My clean and that the method of
handling and preparing food products
is ur.Mcanh am: cangerous to health,
Under existing law the national gov
e. mi:i at has no power to enforce in
spcctma of the many forms of prepar.
cd m- at food products that are daily
g;s:-.ig from the packing houses into in
t . .. e commerce. Owing to an in¬
adequate appropriation the department
of agriculture is not even able to place
inspectors in all establishments dosir
ln T Them. The present law prohibits
Use shipment of uninspected meat to
t uvijra countries, but there is no pro¬
vision t'-'Ubid l-ng the shipment of ma¬
i,:. M ; ml meats in interstate coni
T ‘-rre, and thus the a-.xmuas of inter
*> • U t commerce are loft open to traffl •
1;; m a. ecl or “rpoiled meats. If, as
bar. c-cen alleged on seemingly good
authority, further evil3 exists, such
as the improper use of chemicals and
dy-s, the government lacks power to
remedy them. A law is needed which
will enable the inspectors of the gen
«rai government to inspect and super
vise from the hoof to the can the prep¬
aration of the meat food product. The
evil seems to he much less in the
sale of dressed carcasses than In the
sale c-f canned and other prepared
products. In my judgment, the ex¬
pense of the inspection should be paid
by a fee levied on each animal slough,
tered. If this is not done, the whole
purpose of the law can at any time
bo defeated through an insufficient
appropriation: and whenever there
was no particular public interest in
the subject, it would not only be easy,
but natural to make the appropria¬
tion insufficient. If it were not for
this consideration. I should favor the
government paying for it. The alarm
expressed in certain quarters COIl
cerning this leature should be allayed
by a realization of the fact that in no
case, under such a law, will the cost of
inspection exceed eight cents per head
I call special attention to the fact
that this report is preliminary, and
lnv est ,g at ,on is still unfin
Ished. tV It is not \et possible to report
on the alleged abuses the use of de¬
leterious chemical compounds in con
nection with canning and preserving
meat products, nor on the alleged
doctoring in this fashion of tainted
meat and cf products returned to the
packers as having grown unsaleable
or unusuable from age or from other
reasons. Grave allegations are made
in reference to abuses of this nature.
Let me repeat that under the pres¬
ent law there practically is no meth
od of stopping these abuses *if they *
should be discovered to exist. Legis
laiion is needed in order to preven:
the possibility of ail abuses in the
future. If no legislation la passed, then
the excellent results accomplished by
■wr vr*r
tile work of this special committee |
will endure only so long as the mem- i
ory of the committee’s work is fresh ;
and rescrudescen.ee of the abuses is
absolutely certain. I urge the imiue
dinfo enactment into law of provisions
which will enable the department of
asricultm ' e adequately to inspect the |
moat and meat food products entering j
into interstate commerce and to sti- ! i
nerviss the methods of preparing the
same and to prescribe the sanitary I
conditions under which the work shall
be perfumed. I, therefore, commend
to your favorable consideration and
urge the enactment of substantially
the provisions known as Senate
Amendment Xo. 29, to the Act mak¬
ing appropriations for the department
of agriculture for the fiscal year end¬
ing June 30, 1907, as passed by the
senate, this amendment being common¬
ly known as the Beveridge amend
meat. Theodore Roosevelt
White House, June 1, 1900.
GLAIN BY A LITTLE NEGRO.
White Woman Is Stabbed to Death
at Littie Rock, Ark.
Little Rock, Ark., June 5.—Will
Gay, a 15-year-old negro boy, who had
been employed as porter at the Drum
mens' hotel, has confessed to the mur¬
der of Mrs. Charlotte Leetham, pro¬
prietress of the hotel, by whom Gay
had been employed for the past eight
years.
Gay reported the murder to the po¬
lice, but told a seemingly straightfor¬
ward story to them at the coroner’s
inquesc and was not. then arrested.
When arrested later he made a com
plete confession, in which he ac
knowledgcd that he had stabbed .Mrs.
Leetham to death, Gay said that the
motive for the murder was robbery.
Mrs. Leetham made a desperate
fight for her life. When her body
was found tHis morning it was lying
on the floor of her room with sever¬
al deep knife wounds in her breast.
Pearing that an atempt would be
made to lynch Gay, the authorities
removed him to some unknown point
outside this county.
Music Plays Important Pert.
Washington, June 5.—Music is play,
ing an important pr f in the digging
of the isthmian canal. Laborers
from the West Indies are accustomed
to sing as they work and bosses who
are capable of leading a chorus have
much greater success than men who
don’t have that faculty. Reports the
commission has received from officials
on the canal zone indicate that one
boss has developed songs which have
inspired contentment and energy
among his men with the result that
he has outdistanced all rivals in the
amount of work accomplished. “Down,
men, down," are the words for which
this music master has provided mu¬
sic that delights the Jamaican heart.
Other tosses arc using the tradition¬
al “To. Heave, Ho.”
Rebels Ara Defeated by Government.
Washington, June 5.—The Guatema¬
lan minister hero has received a ca
_iegram from the minister of fore
efi n affairs, Mr. Bmrics, stating that
the revolutionary movement across the
b'alvadorian boundary had met with
defeat. According to the cablegram,
the Guatemalan troops met the revolu.
lion ary party at Asuncion Mila, and
defeated them completely. The gov¬
ernment forces, the cablegram says,
have been triumphant all along the
line and have not met the slightest
reverses anywhere. A cablegram has
hern received at. Ihe state depart¬
ment from Mr. Combes, minister at
GutfWmala City, stating that another
baud' of revolutionists has entered
Guatemala from Salvador.
i Take Census of ’Frisco.
San Francisco, June 5.—For the in¬
formation of President E. H. Harri
man and Traffic: Director J. C. Stubbs,
of the Southern Pacific, general pas¬
senger agent, James Horsburgh, Jr.,
and passenger agent, Paul Sboup, have
had a census taken of the persons tak¬
en in the camps of this city, l*
shows that on June 1st, 13,888 per
sons were in the permanent camps
and 29,533 in the temporary camps.
It also shows that on June 1st rations
were supplied to 41,230 persons and
free meat tickets given to 9,109 per¬
sons.
Wants Both Conventions.
Denver, June 5 .—A movement was
launched Monday at a meeting of the
Denver Convention League to bring
both of the great national conven
tlons to this city two years hence. It
was agreed that in the near future
Judge John I. Mullins, Democratic
committeeman for Colorado, and Hon.
H. M. Stevens, Republican commit¬
teeman for this state, will be officially
notified of the invitation of the league ;
both * lu l>e\a*ked to i
use every
effort to bring the conventions here.
Sensations Are Looked For.
Tallulah, La., June 5.—The grand
jury did not make anj ’ re P°rt on the
lynching of Robert Rogers because'
it was a legal holiday, but one In )
dictment and probably three will be
presented to Judge Ransdell in a short
while. The police have offered a re
ward of $1,000 for the arrest and con
viction of five members of the mob,
and adopted resolutions dear icing
the lynching, Sentiment is divided
and sensations are looked for.
McKinley Statue at Columbus.
Columbus, O., June 5. ___The great
bronze statue of the late President
William McKinley, which W H ]
at the west entrance of th
gro'unds, arrived in Columbus Toe
day from Providence, R. J. I
1HE ENTERPRISE, C0V1NG10X GA.,
SENATOR GORMAN
YIELDS TO DEATH
Was Improving When He Was
Stricken by Heart Disease.
SERVED IN SENATE FOR IS YEAR3
Senator Gorman Had Long Been a Na
table Figure in the National Con
gress—Managed Campaign of Cleve¬
land in 1884.
Washington, June 4.—Arthur Pue
United States senator from
died suddenly at his resi¬
in thiscity at 9:05 o’clock on
morning. While Senator
had been ill for many months,
had shown some improvement late¬
Heart trouble was the immediate
of death.
Senator Gorman long had been a no¬
figure in the national congress.
first toow his scat in 1881, and
eontinusously for IS years, and
all that time he was the lead¬
of his party in the senate. Winning
reputation for sagacity and the
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SENATOR A. P. GORMAN.
keenest judgment in congressional af¬
fairs, he attained prominence, not only
as a leader in the senate, but in the
country at large and by many men was
considered the most available man in
his party for the presidency, Ho
was chairman of the executive coni
mittee and managed the campaign
that resulted in the election of Cleve
and in 1SS4.
The most notable contest of his
congressional career ar.d one which at¬
tracted to him wider attention than
anything else, was when he led the
senate minority in 1890-91 and defeat¬
ed the federal elections bill, To his
sagacious leadership and adroit man¬
agement his party friends attributed
the defeat of the mt-4sure which was
so obnoxious to the south.
When the democrats had control of
the senate. Gorman was the recognized
leader of that body, It. was at that
time that the tariff bill of 1S94 was
passed, and although the Maryland
senator was not a member of the
finance committee, he had so much to
do with shaping that, measure that his
name is often given to it and, in fact,
it is frequently called the WJlson-Gor
nian tariff. It. was during Cleveland’s
last administration that a break oc
curred between the Democratic presi¬
dent and the leader of the party in
senate. in a speech which always
will bo remembered by those who
heard it, Senator Gorman severely ar¬
raigned the president. To this oppo¬
sition th ■ dr. eat o + Senator German
a few years later is attributed, al¬
though his party lost Maryland in the
liver campaign. As soon as the dem¬
ocrats regained control of the state he
was at once re-elected to the senate*
It was a tribute to his leadership
that as soon as he was again in the
senate he was made leader of the mi¬
nority and although the seniority rule
is strictly enforced, Gorman was giv¬
en committee places that were equal
to those he had held after long con
tinuous service.
Senator Gorman was vigorously op¬
posed to the acquisition of the Phil¬
ippines, and fought the ratification of
the Paris treaty with all the force he
|Kirsessed. Knowing that strong pre/5,
lure was being brought to bear against
him, he urged an early vote while
the friends of the treaty held back
until the necessary two-thirds of the
senators were secured. Condemning
extravagance in public expenditures,
Senator Gorman’s pleas for economy
voiced the views of his party that less
money should be ■'! nt for big ships
and more for river and harbor im
provements.
Corner Stone Laid.
New' York, June 4.—The corner
stone of the Garibaldi Pantheon, which
fg to commemorate the stay of the
Italian liberator a' Concord R I was
laid ’ ' "
Sunday The corner stone Is of
marble, bn: £ Ilding Is to be largo. j
ly of brick an 9 II! inclose the little, | |
70-year-old fra : house where Bari
baldi IIvr-i-j. r- ■'*y Italian societies
wer present at “ ceremonies.
;
No Foundation for Report.
Pa is, .Jan* 4 louard Kann df*
there • “ Mutely no fouada i
for the ’vou that the Randolph!
Kant ' f< of art objects had
9t'r J Pierpont Morgan. He
’ even true that n©
on th subject have even
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bomb fiend takes life.
His Arrest Imminent —Murdered Offi
cor, Thcn Killsd Self.
Madrid, June 4.—The capture and
suicide cf Mande! Morales, of Torre
De Ardos, the chief suspect in the
bomb outrage against the King Alfon¬
so and Queen Victoria adds another
dramatic chapter to the incidents sur¬
rounding th eroyal wedding. Morales
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GENERAL WEYLER.
Who Was Injured by the Bomb Explo¬
sion at Madrid.
was "recognized in the little town of
Torre Jon De Ardos, midway between
Madrid and Alcala.
A guard sought to detain him but
Morales, drawing a revolver, shot, the
guard dead, Then he turned to flee :
but a number of inhabitants of the
town were upon him and turning the
revolver upon himself he sent a shot
in the region of his,'heart, expiring a
few minutes later.
Senor Cuesta, proprietor of the ho¬
tel from t.'ne balcony of which Morales
threw the bomb viewed the body and
completely identified it as that of his
recent guest.
Scripps Will Probated.
Detroit, Mich., June 4.—The will of
the late James E. Scripps, publisher
of the Detroit News, was filed for pro¬
bate Monday, It makes no mention
whatever of the size of the estate,
the entire control of which is left in
the hands of Mr. Scripps’ son, William
E. Scripps, and his son’s-in-law, Geo.
G. Booth and Edgar P. Whitcomb, as
trustees. Mr. Scripps provided that
$50,000 should be used for the im¬
provement and beautifying of the city
which, in the opinion of the trustees,
would have met the approval of Mrs.
Scripps was advanced, Mr. Scripps
left to all employes of the Detroit
News who have been continuously om
ployed for 15 years, three weeks’
salary and to those of ten years’ em
ployment, two weeks’ salary.
Airship Plunges frem C!oud 3 .
Cleveland, O., June 4.—While mak¬
ing a trial flight with his airship a: an
amusement resort hare, Lincoln Bta
chcyfi, fine young San Franciscan,
narrowly escaped death by the col¬
lapsing of the frame work of the car.
The airship was 509 feet in the air
when the accident occurred, and the
daring young navigator was saved
from being dashed to the ground only
by the narrowest margin, He man
aged to guide the airship until only 50
feet above the ground, and although
he fell that distance, he escaped u n
injured except for a few bruises. The
airship v.as partly wrecked.
Strohbar Again Indicated.
Atlanta, June 4 .—James Noble
Strohbar, who has figured prominently
in the courts of Atlanta and Florida
of late months, has been indicted by
the grand jury at Gainesville, Fla.,
upon the charge of having embezzled
money which came into his hands as
rife agent of the Atlantic Coast Line
railroad at Gainesville, and two other
men have been indicted for alleged
tampering with a former grand jury,
which recently returned “no bills”
against Strohbar as to his having em
bezzled money of the Atlantic Coast
line.
J. S. Bassett Leave Trinity.
Charlotte, N. C., June 4—John Spen¬
cer Bassett, professor of history in
Trinity college, Durham, N. C„ has re¬
signed to accept a similar position at
Smith college, Northhampton, Mass.
About two and a half years ago Dr
Bassett wrote an article for a maga¬
zine in which he asserted that with
the exception of Robert E. Lee, Book
er T. Washington was the greatest
Pian the south had produced in r.n
hundred years.
Reception for Mr. Bryan.
New York, June 4.—A reception in
Democrats from all the country
will be invited to take part, will be
tendered to William J. Bryan in Madi
Square Garden on his return from
trip around the world, The re
will be under the auspices of
Travelers and Hotel Men’s Anti
Jumme.
Banker DuBose Placed in Jail.
Birmingham, Ala., June 4—The
of Gordon DuBose, former
of the First National bank
PJnsloy, Ala, asked for released and
DuBose was confined In the county
He was arrested last week by
officials on the charge of mis¬
$48,000 of the bank’s funds.
MILITIA CONTROLS
TOWN OF CANANEA
Outbreak Was of Revolutionaey
Character.
TROOPS CONTROL SITUATION
A Circular Addressed to Mexican
Workmen Discovered Which Shows
that Outbreak Was of Revolutionary
Character.
Bisbee, Ariz., June 5.—A telephone
message was received here Monday
night from Cananea to the effect that
the town is still under control of the
Mexican military authorities.
Mexican troops and rurales have
continued to arrive until General Tor.
res and Colonel Kosterlitzsky now
have sufficient force to control any
outbreak that might occur, So far
there has been no disposition shown
on the part of the Mexican miners to
return to work, and the smelting plant
of the Cananea Consolidated Copper
company and the mines are working
short-handed.
The hanks and stores were opened
for business after remaining closed
since Friday.
That the outbreak of Friday was cf
a revolutionary character was prov¬
en by the discovery of the following
circular, copies cf which had been
distributed among the Mexican mi¬
ners:
‘‘Mexican Workmen: A government
is elected by the people to guide them
and satisfy tlieir necessities in all re¬
quirements. This Mexico does not
possess. On the other hand, a gov
eminent exists which is ^composed of
ambitious persons, who criminally
contemplate oppressing the people,
being elected by the worst of them in
order that they might assist them in
enriching themselves, This, Mexico
does not. need. That the people elect
their officers to govern Jhem, not to
ridicule them, is what the republic
should be. People, arouse yourselves
and act; learn that which you seem
to have forgotten, Congregate and
discuss your rights, Demand the re
spoct that is due you. Every Mexi
can whom the foreigners despise is
worth just, as much or more than those
foreigners if he will join with his
brothers and assert his rights. *Curse
the thought that a Mexican is worth
less than a yankee; that a negro or a
Chinaman is to bo compared with a
Mexican; that this is a fact is a re¬
sult of a very bad government which
gives the advantages to the adven¬
turers lather than to the true owners
of this unfortunate land, Mexicans
awake! The country and our dignity
demands it!”
Killed by an Explosion.
New York, June 5.—An explosion,
said to have been carbois of vitriol,
wrecked a freight car which had tak¬
en fire in the Pennsylvania railroad
yard Monday, and Charles Gordon,
a freight clerk, was beheaded by mis¬
siles from the explosion which crash¬
ed in the side of the house in which
he was standing, Another missile
grazed the head of Captain Roger
Doyle, of the fire department.
Quiet Reigns at Mines.
Steubenville, O., June 5.—Quiet
reigned Tuesday at Plum Run, and
throughout the mines of sub-district
No. 5. The first detachment of mi¬
litia numbering 300 men reached Dil
Jonvaie at 0 o’clock and inarched at
once to Bradley,' the scene of Mon¬
day’s conflict. On their way to the
mines, the soldiers passed several
groups of strikers, but the latter made
no demonstration.
250 Refugees Sail for China.
Ran I rancisco, June 5.—Nearly 250
refugee Chinese will be sent home at
the expense of the Chinese govern
meat 0 n the steamer Hong Kong
which sailed Tuesday for the Orient.
The Chinese lost heavily in the fire,
and as there is no immediate prospect
of their being permanently located in
this city, they expressed a desire to
return to their native land.
$200,000 Fire Loss.
New York, June 5.—A second fire
within a space of two weeks Tuesday
destroyed two more warehouses of the
American Cotton Dock company at
Tompkinsville, Staten Island, and
caused a loss estimated between $150
000 and $200,000. The buildings were
partly filled with manila hemp, The
origin of the fires is unknown.
Edward Baring-Gould Dead.
Cape Town, Cape Colony. June 5.—
Edward S. Baring-Gould, a cousin of
Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould, the novel¬
ist, died on board the steamer Norman¬
dy at Port Elizabeth Monday, A con
fusion of names led to the cabling
Monday night as to the death of the
author. ’i he latter is in London and
in good health.
Found Dead Beneath Horse,
Crowley, La., June 5.—Aurelien Cor¬
nier, a farmer, was found dead under
his horse on the Marias Bouleur road
It is believed that while trying to
untangle the harness the animal fell
on him and crushed him to death.
When found the animal was hopeless¬
ly entangled.
Earthquake Shock at ’Frisco.
San Francisco, June 6.—An earth¬
quake shock was felt here at 11;50
o’clock Monday night. It caused great
alarm, but did no damage.
LIBERTY.
Mr. Howard Piper and
visited G.J. t '^
Moore s« 0
Miss Hollie Elli 19 the
of Miss Claud 15 ovvcleu Su nd Sttftj)
Mrs. Mattie ay.
Kinnet j s Visit!
her sister Mrs. Z. D. Kifinet M
lias been quite sick f °r the
week. M
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wick!,
Mansfield, Ga, was visit! n S
lives here Saturd a “d Sun l’el, ;
da
Mr. and Mrs. J no Octree
. ■
ited.M,N-H.r, P er,, ami , JS >;
Miss Katie Moore was tlle
of Miss Ada Ivy Sund gnej
iy.
Mr. H H. Wicks and i%
Miss Annie ,
with Mr. Noae spent Sunday a fe rn
Piper’s family ’
The ice cream festival given
the home of Mrs. C. M Kins ..
■
Saturday night joyed ai
was en by
. large number ,
of jolly | )0yg
girls. AH report ag)
a most deligbf
time.
Mian Effie Kinnet- visited h;
cousin Miss Della Ki innettSundJ
evening.
Mrs. T. A. Speer is visiting ^
atives here this week.
Mr. K. M. Piper of Covin J
was visiting relatives here SnJ
day.
of We Mr. are Alex sorry to note the ilhj i
Day. We hope
will soon recover.
ington Mr. Jess Piper and wife, of Co]
was the guest of Miss Eji
ma Day Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Rod Ramey visited Mr. El
Wood Sunday.
Mr. G. L. Moore ond little sob
Rembert visited relatives nearij
guinn one day last week;
Mr. and Mrss Frank Patters*;
spent Saturday and Sunday wil
Piper’s fomily.
Mr. Roy Woodruff was EdRaj visiliJ
Messrs Waiter Piper and
ey Sunday afternoon.
Milch Cows for sale. Call#
B. J. or J. C. Anderson, Stewa^
Ga.—4t
Hot Weather Trips via Central R
To the Seashore, Mountain sa
Lake resorts in the North, Souti
East ami West.
A trip by Rail and Sail to X«
ork, Boston, Balt'more, Piiiii
and points in the East ti
and Steamship Lines,!
to lie considered at this season. 1
Pickets are on sale at all coup!
offices. For rates, sera
etc., apply to any agent i
of the Central
Railway.
Smith's Sure Xidnsy Curs.
1 lie only guaranteed kidney isM
it—try {t it eobt you nothing if it&4
50 cents by Dr. J. A, Wright
The prettiest hat you saw Cook !a^
was made at C E
parlor.
Another car load of spring M
mattresses just in at Everw
store.
Milch Cows for sale, } J J eri( |
second calf. Apply
Oxford, Ga—2t
Everetts furniture store is M
for iron beds, cots a 1 !
A hat made at Cook’s means
combination of skill *
W. MILNER. W. H.
MILNER & WHALE!,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
COVINGTON, GEORGIA.
practitic in all courts,
State and Federal.
WANTED—Large sacks,
to town bring all )' oU 3
we will pay market MACfi$ pm'
HUSON ICE &