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PACKING HOUSES GROWING CLEANER Meat Inspectors Bring Good Reports to Secretary Wilson in Conference in Chicago. Chicago, May 8.—Secretary of Agri culture Wilson today met the chief meat inspectors of every large city in the country to confer on the applica tion of the new meat laws. Dr. Melvin, chief of the bureau of animal industry, delivered an address in the course of which he declared that July 1, 1906, there were engaged in meat inspection in 163 establishments, 764 employes. There are now 2,029 employes in 669 establishments. Inspection has been withdrawn from forty-six official establishments prin cipally because of the use of prohibited preservatives. "The approximate cost,” said Melvin, "of inspection as conducted at this time is for cattle and calves, 5 cents per head; for swine, sheep and goats 3 *>. cents, and for the inspection of meats * received in official establishments, from other official establishments, one-haif of one mill per pound." In conclusion Melvin declared the bureau has received in a general way the co-operation of the packers. The greatest difficulty thus far has been the attainment of cleanliness. Conditions are, however, in his opinion, working steadily for the better. IAN MACLAREN, NOTED AUTHOR,DIES IN IOWA Ottumwa. Ia., May 8.—Dr. John Wat son (Ian MacLaren) died this morning suddenly at Mt. Pleasant, la., the seat of Iowa Wesleyan university, where he came April 23 for a lecture. He was taken with quinsy on reaching there and his condition was thought to be improving and he expected to leave Saturday. But Saturday an abscess in his ear began forming and specialists in Chicago were telegraphed for yester day. An abscess formed in his throat and before relief could be given blood poisoning set in and he died at 11:15 this morning. His wife was at his bed side. Dr. John Watson was born at Man ningtree, Essex, November 3, 1850. He was besides an author a Scottish c lergyman, and has served as assistant in churches in Edinburgh and Glas cow and was pastor of the Free Church at Logiealmond, Perthshire, and since 1880 pastor of the English Presbyterian church, Sefton Park, Liverpool. He has written “Besides the Bonnie Briar Bush,” 'The Days of Auld Lang Syne,” “Kate Carnegie,” “The Upper Room,” “The Mind of the Master,” and othei works. 60 SLOW IN HAVING ' CHILDREN,SAYSWOMAN HIGH IN GLOB WORK Secretary of the Missouri Fed eration Takes Issue With President Roosevelt. v. - Joplin, Mo., May 8.—Mrs. Henry N. Hess, of Kansas City,, secretary of the Missouri Federation of Woman’s clubs, has placed herself on record as differ ing with President Roosevelt in regard to the question of race suicide. “I cannot agree with President Roose velt,” says she, "that it should be the aim of all families to fill their homes with little ones. I regard the bringing of children into the world to a life of poverty and distress to be one of the greatest evils of the country. "When parents are well to do the question assumes another phase, but it is simply planting the seed of anarchy in fertile soil to fill the world full of little children and turn them loose to battle with the world, uneducated and unfitted for the struggle.” SAYS $200,000 IS NOT AUTHORIZED TO CONFORM WITH LAW 3ill Is Filed Seeking to Test Validity of New York-Chi cago Electric Air Line Contract. Chicago, May S.—A bill seeking to test the validity of the contract entered into between the Chicago-New York electric air line and the Co-operative Construc tion company, and to compel certain, persons to return stock which the bill, claims they illegally received from the railroad, was died today in circuit court by Theodore Nemoyer, one of the ^stockholders of the railroad company. The acts of the officials of the rail road company are questioned and ac counting asked. In the event an ac curate accounting cannot be had, the court is asked to appoint a receiver for the company which, according to the allegations, has illegally authorized the capital stock at $.’00,000. The plan of the railroad company is to build and operate between Chicago' and New York an overhead electric, system which will allow trains to travel between the points at a continuous rate of seventy-five miles an hour. phiuppineIsleuth CATCHES A GRAFTER ^ Sivn Francisco, Cal., May S.—Theo Hbfcu dore V. Halsey, ex-business agent of ■K the Pacific States Telephone and Tel H egraph company, who is under in.iict RKK&, ment charged with having bribed inem wi bers of the board of supervisors in or dor to secure the franchise, arrived t IHH here today from Manila in custody of I MB Captain Trowbridge, of the Philippine ! d isci rot sorvio' I MRS. STETSON WANTS MRS. EDDY’S JOE ♦ * 4 PAPERS IN A ♦ + NEW SUIT SERVED ♦ •+ ON MRS. EDDY. 4 4- ♦. 4- Concord, N. H., May 8.—Mrs. 4 4- Mary Baker Eddy, founder of -4* •4 Christian Science, was served with 4 4- papers today in a suit instituted 4” 4- against her by Marryetia Chappie, ♦ ♦ of Wichita. ♦ 4- While nothing is known concern- 4 4- ing the nature of the suit, it Is be- 4 •4 lieved to be connected with a Kan- 4-, *4- sas real estate transaction. 4 -4 *4 New York, May 8.—Developments in the equity suit to compel an account ing of the estate of Mrs. Mary Baker Eddy, reveals an amazing state of affairs in Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., where the aged founder of Chris ; Itian science, according to sworn charges of her relatives, is a helpless prisoner in the house of conspirators. It is now charged that Mrs. Augusta Stetson, leader of the Christian science* ! cult in New York city, is closely iden | titled with the activities at Pleasant ' View, that Calvin A. Frye, the all pow 1 erful “footman secretary,” is Mrs. Stet I son’s agent in that house of mystery, and that a plot is on foot to compel ! the retirement of Mrs. Eddy and the | elevation of Mrs. Stetson to the leader ship. iamestown7air~ WANTS TO BORROW ABOUT $400,000 Norfolk, Va., May 8.—In answer to reports that the Jamestown Exposi tion company has become financially embarrassed, Barton Myers, governor of ways and means, gave out the fol lowing statement: “It is true that exposition company desires and contemplates a loan of about $400,000, which if it can be ob tained on a reasonable and satisfactory basis, is to provide for certain pay ments on buildings and for various items of construction and landscaping, which are desirable for the attractive ness of the exposition. “The finances of this exposition are on a more stable basis than has been the case with other expositions, in that it owns the land on which its expenditures have been made, a large proportion of which are permanent in character, consisting of buildings, streets, sidewalks, a complete system of water mains, gas pipes, sewerage, electric lighting etc. It is therefore in a position to issue mortgage bonds if the directors deem it expedient." BABIES BY CARLOADS SHIPPED SOUTHWARD, FIND NEW PARENTS Orders for Hundreds Are Filled by the New York Foundling and Orphan Asylum. New Orleans, La., May 8.—Babies bi the carload. Orders for 300 babies have been placed with the New York Foundling and Orphan asylum by Louisiana fam ilies, and are being filled as rapidly as possible. Already 117 boys and girls have beer, brought through New Orleans on their way to the homes of their future pa rents in southwest Louisiana. Two carloads of the babies destined for the Louisiana homes have been placed this year, the last of the con signments arrived here recently. There were sixty babies in the car. Fifty seven went to Opelousas from which point these will be distributed to var ious places in St. Landry parish. The average age of the babies was 3 % years. They were In charge of G. Whiting Swayne, special agent of the asylum, and two trained nurses, two sistere of charity and Mrs. Bowen, a wealthy philanthropist. PRESSES AS"A COOK, SERVES SUBPOENAS Chicago. May 8.—Mrs. Elinora Lip man, a court stenographer, demon strated that all Chicago doors open when ft cook knocks. Mrs. Lipman is being sued by her landlord. She be lieves “he has a good defense and that the testimony of other women in the building would win her case. But they did not want to appear. Mrs. Lipman used the telephone to find If her neighbors wanted a cook. They did. Dressed in old clothes pro cured for the purpose she obtained ready admittance to the places desired and served the subpoenaes. And now the women who must appear in court are reviling her. BROKEN PROMISE SUIT BY WOMAN AGED 76 Chicago, May 8.—A woman of 76 can feci just as bailly when she gets the mitten as a young woman of 26. Mrs. Doan Hopkins, of Joliet, believes, and to force her convictions she has brought suit against Adolphus Youker, a wealthy citizen, for $50,000 damages for breach of promise. Mrs. Hopkins is 76. Mr. Youker con fesses to the same number of years, but his bride, Mrs. Mina Killmer, is six years younger. Mrs. Hopkins de clares she thought she was engaged to; Mr. Youker for the last five years. When she learned of his sudden mar riage she hurried to an attorney’s of-i flee, and the breach of promise suit! was decided upon. RICH WOMAsTBeAD, MURDER SUSPECTED New York, May S.—Juspicious that' she may have been the victim of a murder have caused the police to begin, an investigation into the death of aged and wealthy Mrs. Sophia Altineyer, who was found in her home on East Eighty-first Htreet yesterday. BLACK HAND IS GUILTY. Wilkesbarre, Fa., May 8.—Eleven of' the thirteen Italians who have been on trial here, charged with Black Hand crimes, were declared guilty today when the sealed verdict <W the jury was opened. The two others are acquitted. The. principal charge is blowing up the home of an Italian named Rizz, because he refused to pay money to the Black Hand. NEW YORK EXCHANGE. . Chicago, May 6.—New York exchange 5 cents premium. Heartbroken Father Collapses When He Identifies Body as That of His Son. IUSPICION OF FOUL PLAY lorcner's Jury Offers No Satisfactory Explanation and Public U Skep tical as to Accident Theory Advanced by Officials. Paris, May 7.—Confirmation Is se ttee downward in three inches of wa tiir, the body of little Horace Marvin, uho mysteriously disappeared on March 4, was found late last Saturday afternoon in the marshes of Ills fath er's farm, half a mile from the house. The body was found by Ollie Pleas anton, a farmer’s son, of Bay Head, who had gone to the Marvin farm to shoot ducks. The remains were clothed exactly as upon the day of the boy's disappearance—In a Buster Brown suit, cloth coat, woolen cap and mittens. The cap was pulled down over the face. "It Is Horace,” Says Dr. Marvin. After making a hurried examination of the body, Pleasanton hastened to Dr. Marvin’s house and made known the news. The doctor, accompanied by ills HORACE N. MARVIN, JR. elder son, Harvey, went to the marshes with their guide and recognized at a glance the familiar clothes worn by the boy whep he was last seen. The cap wis lifted from the face and the father at once exclaimed: "It is Horace.” Body Prepared for Burial. : I : “Horace N. Marvin, jr., died : : March 4. 1907, aged 3 years and 10 : : months.” : This simple inscription was placed upon the casket of the little son of Dr. H. N. Marvin, who disappeared from his home near Kitt s Hummock just two months ago. Funeral services were conducted in the parlor of the Marvin home Sunday by the Rev. H. B. Kelso, of the Metho dist Episcopal church, and afterwards temporary burial was made on a lawn of the Bay Meadows farm. Later the body will be removed to Sioux City. Ia. Gtato Abandons Crime Idea. Immediately upon the finding of the body the machinery of the state and county was started to discover the cause of death if possible. Accidental death with peculiar surrounding cir cumstances probably will be the ver dict. Coroner Joseph Calloway impan eled a jury and testimony was taken. Fully 300 farmers and others swarmed around the small building, anxious to look at the features of the little boy. The face was hardly recognizable from the familiar pretty portrait with which the country was Hooded, for it was much swollen. Dr. Marvin, looking wan and feeble, was sworn to identify the body as that of his son, and he was the only wit ness. The jury next marched across the big wheat field to the point where ! the body was found. It was this trip which raised in the minds of many a doubt as to the accident theory, and the distance as measured proved to be 1.7G0 feet on an air line. Why little Horace should have crossed this field, a hitch “about four feet deen.” then through a wire fence and on into the bog, was most mystifying. Public Not Satisfied. Many refuse to believe htat he did do tills. Added to this fact were the state ments of numerous farmers who aided in the search that they had traversed, after the disappearance, the identical point where the body was found. A measurement of the water showed seven inches, while a few feet away there was a much deeper hole. The farmers said there was not so much water there when the search was made and pointed out to the jurors that the heavy rain of last Friday night ac counted for the large amount now. This very fact, however, supplied an argument for those who hold that the child became bewildered and wandered away from the house. The large pre cipitation, they say, tended to boat the body and wash it from the hole where it had lain so long. The postmortem, held immediately after this inspection, when the jury was set at liberty to meet the call of the coroner, did more to give credence to the accident theory than all else. Ex amination showed the little boy to have been dressed precisely as he was on the day of his disappearance. The red knit cap; “Buster Brown” suit, blue overalls, reefer overcoat and blue, knit gloves, and underwear, were all just as he left the house on the blustering, cold, March morning. Pennies and Dolls in Pockets. In his pockets were two pennies nnd two tiny broken dolls which he is Known to have*had. The dolls'are sup posed to have been broken as he crawled up the ditch or fell on the frozen icy ground. An examination of his body showed no outward marks of foul play, there being no fractures or bruises other than a mark on the right cheek, which was of a superficial char acter. Only a slight amount of liquid was found In the lungs, showing that he did not drown. The frozen condition of the country at that time also precludes this idea. Tlie doctors are considerably puzzled at the apparent absence of food in the stomach. Horace having eaten an egg with some oatmeal that morning. This started a rumor that he had been starved to death and thrown in the pool or bog. Stomach to Be Examined. Dr. Albert Robin, bacteriologist of Wilmington and professor of pathology in Temple Medical college, Philadelphia, to whom were turned over the stomach and intestines for determination as to the probable time of death as well as cause, s id: "There was not, nor could there be, a careful examination of the intestines at the postmortem. The doctors in charge had instructions from the attor ney general to turn them and the stom ach over to me for a complete exam in:.! ion. Thin 1 will hasten and report within a week." Asked if there was suspicion of poison to influence him In ordering this examination by Dr. Robin Attorney General Richards said: "None what ever. and 1 did it simply because of the national interest in the case and to guard against any possible contin gencies." Mr. Richards is not inclined to the belief that there will be future revela tions, saying that at the present time ho knows of suspicions against no one who might have caused the child’s death. "I am through with the investiga tion," he said. "Others may carry it on if they wish." Marvin Convinced of Murder. "I am firmly convinced that my poor little boy was killed and taken to the place where he was found, but I have no more theories to offer. I shall take his body to Sioux City during the sum mer and may remain there, but as to this I have not decided." DA Marin collapsed during the postmortem examination, he wishing . Dr. Horace N. Marymy to be present as an observant pnytn clan. In support of the murder theory It is pointed out that the grass over the spot where the body was found was burned over four weeks ago. There are no marks of Are on the child's cloth ing. Dr. Marvin himself a few days ago nailed up a fence post almost on the spot where the body was found. There was no body there then. Frank and Oliver Pleasanton and Howard Marvin had searched over the spot on their hands and knees three weeks ago. So did Detective Simmons. They declare they could not have missed even an egg. Hundreds of farmers, detectives and newspaper men had searched over the ground foot by foot day after day. It seems incredible that the body could have been there and not have been found. Marvin Grateful to Public. “There Is little for me to say.” said Dr. Marvin. "In my hour of great gloom and unspeakable suspense, the whcle American people par ticularly the press of the country, to which 1 cannot express thanks enough, labored night and day to And my boy. He is found now, the same little boy, the name little clothing wo bundled up for liitn on that bitter cold day in which he went to play in the hay stack. “The awful, horror of not knowing, day or night, where the little fellow was, whether in torture or privation, is now upon us. If his life had been taken ir. the peace of God or by foul hands afraid of the death penalty for kidnaping, then that is a matter for the state of Delaware to consider, not for me.” AS PARENTS DANCE, CHILDREN BORN UP Father and Mother Leave Six Little Folks Alone, to Attend Party. West Branch, Mich., May 7.—Fot small children were burned to death last night in the home of Martin Camp bell, eight miles from here. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell had gone to a lance a mile away leaving six little Dries locked in the house. They left a lire in a big stove and in some man ner this ignited the house. The oldest two, aged 8 and 10, es caped in their night clothes. WHILE TROOPS RAID, THE SISTERS PRA\ Nantes, France, May 7.—At daylight today fifty mounted gendarmes sur rounded the convent of the Ursulines here, and when the sisters refused to open the doors, battered them in. The sisters were found assembled at prayer in the chapel, but after the mother superior had read a protest against the action of the authorities, the officiating priest removed the holy sacrament and the sisters withdrew. In the meantime an excited crowd gathered outside the convent, shouting maledictions on the soldiers. Several persons were arrested. THINKS BOY MET ACCIDENTAL DEATH Report of Dr. Wilson Leads Dr, Marvin to Believe Son was Not Murdered. Dover, Del.. May 8.—Dr. Horace Mar vin Is now so far reconciled to tlio the' pry of accidental death that he w ill ac •eept without further Investigation If the coroner's jury shall render such a verdict. Since the discovery of the body bo has stonily maintained the belief that It was placed on the marsh only a day ■or two before it was found by a kld inaper, who sought In this way to divert 'suspicion from the real cause of the 'child's disappearance. Statement by Dr. Marvin. "I am forced In spite of my former •conviction to the belief In the possibil ity that my boy did wander out there and die." said Dr .Marvin. "Until the 'doctors examined Horace's body 1 did 'not think It looked as though life had been extinct more than a few days. But Dr. Wilson's statement that death must have occurred at least four or five weeks ago, puts a different aspect upon ,lt. His discovery also that there was no food In the poor little fellow’s stom |ach, showing that he died more than a day after he had last eaten, tends to show that he may have Inin out there, benumbed by the cold, while we were 'hunting all around him. “I still cannot see how he walkec. all that distance In the short tim« before we began to search for hirr, and how his body escaped our obser vation in the many times we searched the marsh, but such things they say .have happened before. I remember distinctly, that Mr. Pource, of tho iPlnkerton detective force and I wero tit the very spot where the body wm found several weeks ago. There was only a little water there then, anil while I sat on u log nearby Mr, Pearce walked through it In his rub ber boots. We thought wo seurched It thoroughly, but we may have been mistaken. "My Interest in the case is ended, I know where my boy is now and | bare not what the authorities may do. If lrr the future they find evidencs that Horace was murdered I shall do what I can to help them punish th« guHty persons, but If the coroner’s jury finds that tho hoy’s death was an accident I shall uccept the ver dict." Accident Fairly Certain. While formal Inquiry has been temporarily halted, enough has been learned within the past twenty-four hours to establish with a fair degree of certainty that the little boy came to his death by exposure and starva tion after straying from the haystack where his cousin left him at play. The theory that the child's body was placed only a few days ago at the spot where It was found on Saturday by Oliver Pleasanton, a farmer’s son, while it Is still held by most of the men who took part In the many searches of the land, has been aban doned by the Pinkerton detectives and the state's attorney, Robert L. Rich ards. Supported for a time after the find ing of the body by the belief that ths boy had been dead only a few days, It Is made practically untenable by the assertion of Dr. James H. Wilson, of Dover, who performed an autopsy, Dr. Wilson says that death must have occurred from four to six weeks age and that the absence of food from the stomach shows that starvation was a contributing cause. Hours of Terrible Suffering. How terrible was the struggle ol the little fellow for his life after he fell exhausted out of sight of his home on the desolate march can be judged by Dr. Wilson’s statement that he must have lived forty-eight hours after his last meal was eaten. The condition of the stomach, the physi cian says, shows this. With the bit ter winds sweeping over him all ol that day und the next night he lay on the frozen ground half concealed by the waving marsh grass and died miserably while tlv' frantic father and scores of helpers were searching all about him. LOOKS LIKE GOLD; FOUND IN CEMETERY Brooklyn Citizen Discovers • Vein of the Supposed “Pay Dirt” in Intended Grave. Brooklyn, N. Y., May 8.—While exca vating for the foundation for a tomb stone In the new part of Linden Hill cemetery, In the Metropolitan section of Queens, Thomas F. Urough discov ered a vein of what he and others who have seen the earth and the yellow particles found In it, think Is gold. Crough is convinced he has struck pay dirt. He took a good sized box full of the earth out and from it took a quantity of what he considers to be gold. This substance he gave to a relative, who took It over to Manhattan to have It assayed. If the finder of the "mine'’ has re ceived any report of the assay, he will not say so; in fact, he Is not over will ing to discuss his find. husbandsIreturn MAKES WIFE INSANE Ashland, Ky., May 8.—Brought faoe to face with her husoand, wnorn she had mourned as dead, Mrs. Alexander Van Wyth, who was married twice since he went away, has become hope lessly insane. Van Wyth says that thirty-five years ago he married Ella T. Wymann In Martin county, and two years after he enlisted in the United States navy. Believing her husband dead, Mrs. Van Wyth married Herbert Pyle, of Wheeling, W. Va., who died some years later, leaving her with four children. She shortly afterward married Elmer Wyatt, and they had several children. ON VERGE OF WAR. Washington, May 8.—The state de partment received information that diplomatic relations between Mexico , and Guatemala have been terminated. The outcome is awaited with appre- j hension. TURKISH TROOPS ANNIHILATED i London, May 8.—It is announced I this afternoon in a dispatch from Con- j stantincple, that seven battalions of Turkish troops have been practically 'annihilated in a battle with rebels in the province of Yemen, Turkish Arabia. i i i SAYS OIL TRUST IS AFTER CORN PRODUCTS Chicago, May 7.—A complete reor ganization of the Corn Products com pany and the appointment of a re ceiver for all Its plants In this state ,1s the dual request made In a bill tiled today In county circuit court by tho Chicago Real Estate, Loan and Trust company. The court also Is asked to enjoin the Corn Products company and the Corn Products Refining company, tho Glucose Sugar Refining company and the officers of these companies from selling or conveying to the Corn Prod* |Ucts Refining company any property now In tho name of the Glucose Sugar (Refining company. After reciting tho history of the for mation of the Corn Products company lit is set forth in the bill that 50 pet cent, of the stock of tho Corn Product* company Is held In the name of |T. Bedford and associates, whom tht bill declares are “commonly known as Standard Oil people.” It is averred in the bill that certain pfflcers and directors of the products company combined with the “Standard Oil people," who were officers and di rectors of the New York Glucose com pany to defraud the complaining com pany of Its stock, and are now plan ning to cause all the properties and business of the Corn Products com pany to he transferred to the Corn Products Refining company and to per manently destroy the value of the stock held by tho petitioners. HOBO SOCIETY DROPS ITS WEALTHY FOUNDER St. Louis, May 7.—James Eads How, member of one of the oldest and wealthiest families In St. Louis, whose philanthropy hns led him to live for tha last six years In the slums with thosa ihe called "mine own people.” has been 'welcomed back by the hobo society which he founded and financed and which attempted to oust him from Its treusurershlp a week ago. When How appeared at the head-1 quarters of the association he found the dingy little room crowded with some of his staunchest admirers. At Ithe meeting last week they voted away several hundred dollars of the phllan dhroplst’s money to Issue pamphlets lurglng the laboring classes to lay aside Ithelr work and to take Moyer, Petti bone and Haywood forcibly out of cus-^ tody. When How suggested that this might start a reign of terror they told him he was a hindrance to the asso ciation and would oust him. Since then the radical members off the association have found It hard to get along without How. When he ap peared at the headquarers men and women surrounded How and told hlrr\ they had nlways been with him and ; always would be. The movement ta Soust him was dropped. Heinze Planning the Purchase of an Insurance Company F. AUGUSTUS HEINZE. New York, May 7.—F. Augustus Helnze and his associates, E. R. Thom as and O. F. Thomas, are negotiating for control of the Washington Life In surance company, now controlled by Thomas F. Ryan and Levi P. Morton, to consolidate It. It was said today, with the Provident Savings Life As surance society, which the Helnze* Thomas syndicate acquired in January The renort Is generally believed. Frick Plans to Depose Penrose and Get His Place i vsmx SENATOR PENROSE. Pittsburg, Pa., May 7.—United State* Senator Penrose is to be forced out and his place taken by C. H. Frick. To carry out this scheme Senator Knox will claim Valley Forge, in the eastern part of the state, as his home, and the political leaders will then declare that one of the senatorships must come to the western part and that Knox must not be ousted. EX-GOVERNOR ROUTT INSANE Denver, Colo., May 7.—John L. Routt, thrice governor of Colorado, was de clared by a jury appointed by the coun ty court to inquire as to hlr sanity to be "so Insane and distracted in mind ns to render him incapable or manag ing his estate." CHINESE VISIT ARSENAL. Leavenworth, Kan., May 7.—Four Chinese army and navy officers who are guests of the nation and en route to the Jamestown exposition, left here this aftenoon for the Rock Island, 111., arsenal.