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HOLDS SWA1
JIAINS IX RUSSIA TOO LATE TC
SAVE CROPS.
'Unfortunate Subjects of the Czar Be
come More Desperate as Famine
Increases in Severity , and Many Arc
Killed in Conflicts.
A correspondent of the Associated
Press has just completed a tour of the
.provinces of Samara and Saratov ,
'Russia. ' He reports that the droughl
Js finally broken , but the rains have
'come too late to save the crops and
lielp the peasants , who are in a pitia
ble condition. Their cattle have either
been sold or are starving in the fields.
The government relief granaries
were completely emptied during last
year's famine. The present agrarian
conditions , which can be expected to
grow worse , are due largely to the ne
cessity of the peasants seizing food
and forage to preseve their lives and
.vave from starvation the remainder of
their cattle.
These disorders have reached the
highest pitch in the province of Vo
ronezh , where the troops and Cos
sacks , although in considerable force ,
are practically helpless and on the de
fensive. Many peasants have been
killed or wounded In desperate attacks
on the military patrols and the rural
, guards.
According to a telegram received
liere from Tambox peasants on the
estate of Princess Bariantinsky attack
ed a commissary and a posse of rural
police. The commissary and four po
licemen were seriously wounded.
In another section of the province
of Tambov a body of peasants , armed
Tvith pitchforks and spades , resisted a
squadron of dragoons. Because of this
resistance the troops fired , klling three
peasants and wounding many others.
At Kadabey , southeast of Tiflis , a
hand to hand fight has occurred be-
itween Cossacks and an armed band of
peasants , with the result that several
men were killed on both sides. The
poor men had sent a telegram to the
lower house protesting against the
proposed distribution of land.
In the fighting one of the wealthy
peasants killed four and seriously
wounded several of the poorer men.
There have been grave disorders on
the estate of the minister of agricul
ture , Stichinsky , in Tula province. -
WIFE SLAYER PUT TO DEATH.
John Schidlofski Electrocuted in Mas
sachusetts Penitentiary.
John Schidlofski , a Lithuanian of
Brockton , Mass. , was electrocuted at
the state penitentiary at Charlestown
Sunday morning for the murder of his
"ivife at Belmont on July 12 , 1905.
On July 13 , 1905 , the mutilated
body of Marriana Schidlofski was
found on the golf links at Belmont ,
a few miles to the west of Boston.
It was known that a day or two be
fore the murder the woman had
drawn the savings , amounting to about
5300 , from a bank. A search for the
husband developed the fact that he
had bought a ticket for California. A
description of the fugitive was sent
out and Schidlofski was arrested at
La Junta , Colo. , a few days later and
.immediately confessed his guilt.
Schidlofski's defense was that he
had been drinking and that the crime
vras unpremeditated.
FIRE OX OIL STEAMER.
' Officers Save Ship by Heaving Flam
ing Drums Oveboard.
Singapore advices say that the
British oil steamer Indrani , Capt.
Williams , from New York to Shang
hai with 300 drums of naphtha and
35,000 cases of oil on board , caught
lire Sunday afternoon just east of
that harbor. Many drums were thrown
overboard and the fire was eventually
put out. The Lndrani continued her
voyage. The fire began by the burst
ing of one of the naphtha drums.
Flaming naphtha flowed across the
deck , and the other drums caught fire
. -almost immediately.
The Chinese crew , refusing to assist
in the work of throwing the burning
drums overboard , clambered Into
lighters. The captain and officers of
the Indrani heaved the flaming drums
into the sea and managed to save the
ship.
Chinese Troops on Parade.
An unprecedented and interesting
spectacle was witnessed at Shanghai
Sunday , when 4,000 Chinese volun
teers , who have been drilling assidu
ously for the past few months , parad
ed through the flag bedecked streets
of the settlement.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow : Top
beeves , $5.65. Top hogs , $6.55.
Xo Yellow Fever in Xew Orleans.
Dr. J. H. White , surgeon in charge
of the marine service at New Orleans ,
- issued a statement last night that so
far as he was aware none of the ma
rine hospital physicians at New Or
leans had given out any statement that
there is yellow fever in New Orleans.
[ I , Shuts Out Servian Meat.
v\ \ In addition to closing her 'frontier
to all Servian cattle Austria-Hungary
has prohibited the bringing in of tin-
j ed meats from Servia.
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WAS PERILOUS TRIP.
Eastern Aeronaut Picked Up Far Ou
at Sea.
After one of the most remarkabli
experiences in the history of aeria
navigation , James K. Allen , the aero
naut who made a , balloon ascension a
Providence , R. I. , on the Fourth o
July , was brought to Boston Friday
night on the fishing schooner Francli
V. , Slyvia. Allen was picked up a
sea twelve miles off Chatham at 7:3 <
o'clock Thursday morning , eighteer
and one-half hours after his depart
ure from Providence.
Allen had a narrow escape frorr
death by drowning , the winds thai
prevailed Wednesday having blowr
his balloon a long distance frorr
shore. Until news of his arrival a
Boston became known it had beer
thought that he had met death , as II
was known that at the last time he
was seen. , , on Wednesday evening he
was traveling out to sea.
That Allen is alive is due wholly tc
the fortunate shift of the wind. Wher
he made his ascension at Providence
on Wednesday the wind was blowing
a brisk breeze from the southwest
The aeronaut was carried in his bal
loon in a northwesterly direction and
passed over the town of Attleboro ,
He had his balloon under perfect
control at that time and while in the
vicinity of Attleboro he descended
twice.
From Attleboro the airship travel
ed in the direction of Brockton , and
the last seen\of the aeronaut by ob
servers on shore was when he passed
over Situate early in the evening. At
that time the balloon was headed
straight out to sea.
After Allen passed over Massachu
setts Bay his plight was more peril
ous. Wednesday night he was over
Provincetown. At this point of the
voyage the wind shifted from south
west to northwest and from Province-
town the balloon sailed down the out
er Cape Cod coastAt 7:30 : o'clock
the aeronaut was rescued twelve miles
off Chatham by the fishermen of the
Sylvia. The balloon was saved 'in
good condition and was brought to
Boston on the schooner. During his
flight Allen covered a total distance
of about 200 miles , nearly half of
which was over the water. The point
where he wac picked up is about 77
miles from Providence.
XO JAIL FOR THEM.
Violators of the Elkins Law Can Only
Be Fined.
Judge Holt , of the federal court at
\Tew York , Friday handed down an
jpinion the effect ofVhich is to dis-
-niss the indictments against Nathan
juilford , vice president ; S. Pomeroy ,
: raffic manager of the New York Cen-
: ral Railroad ; S. Boodloe Edgar and
2dwin Earle , sugar merchants of le-
roit , charging conspiracy to violate
he Elkins rebating act punishable by
mprisonment.
The court , however , holds the in-
lictments against the New York Cen-
ral road , Guilford and Pomeroy ,
ound under the Elkins act , ars good
ind sustains them so far as they are
mnishable by a fine.
The court holds congress did not in-
end violations of the Elkins law to be
iunlshable by imprisonment.
. FALL WITH SMOKESTACK.
'wo Cincinnati Workmen Are Horri
bly 3Iutilated.
Joseph Ayers and Oscar Under-
rood , sheet iron workers , at Cincln-
ati , O. , fell 100 feet with and inside
f a great iron smokestack at the
umplng station Friday and were fa-
illy injured , dying in a few hours ,
oth were horribly mutilated.
The accident was terribly dramatic ,
he men were inside the four-foot
: ack and slipped down as the stack
ill over , being shot out of the ini-
tense tube as it struck the ground ,
rlking the ground with such force
3 to rebound high in the air.
Taught Japs How to Fight.
Maj. Gen. Meekel , formerly profess-
of military tactics in Japan , died
; Berlin Friday. He went to Japan
1885 , reorganized the Japanese
my and wrote a noted book on tac-
: s. Field Marshal Oyama , after the
ittle of Mukden , telegraphed Gen.
eckel ascribing the former's success
Meckel's instruction.
St. Gaudens Able to Work.
Augustus St. Gaudens , the sculptor ?
tie is at his summer home at Cor-
sh , N. Y. , and who has been in ill
: alth for some time past , was busily
work when seen Friday. Itvas
nied he had undergone an op-
ation for the removal of a cancers -
s growth.
Wisconsin Bribery Case.
Arguments in the case of Secretary
State Houser , charged with having
: empted to bribe Insurance Com-
ssioner Host , in 1903 , in connection
th the Equitable Life Insurance
mpany's case , began at Madison ,
is. , Friday.
llegcel Kansas Treasurer Is Short.
Examinations of witnesses in the
t against T. T. Kelly , state treasur-
at Topeka , Kan. , to recover an al-
; ed shortage of $10,000 iri his of-
; , has been begun.
3fessage to Injureel Americans.
Salisbury , Eng. , special says :
aim , American consul at South-
pton , Thursday visited the infirm-
here and read Queen Alexandra's
ssage to the Americans injured in
railroad disaster.
Gasoline Tank Eplodes.
L gasoline tank at the Cosenald Dye
rks at Saginaw Mich.
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h terrible force Friday , wrecking c !
building , killing four persons azd d
inding fcur othars. dtl
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FOUR WERE DROWNED.
Naval Reserve Men Lose Their Llv <
in Lake Michigan.
According to information from Ch
cage , four members of the first div
sion of the Illinois naval reserve
were drowned Thursday night whi ;
practicing rowing in Lake Michigan
The boys drowned were out for
rowing cruise in a "dingy. " With th
exception of one of them all were ir
experienced , and through some une ?
plained reason the boat was ovei
turned and all were thrown into th
water. The men drowned wer
Schiepman , O'Carroll , Schorn an
Pimes.
At the time of the accident ther
were six men in the boat , but two c
them were rescued hy the life-savin
crew.
Seaman Plmes came to Chlcag
from Baltimore recently. His bed
was recovered shortly after the accl
dent. Search is being made for th
bodies of the other boys , but up , to
late hour no trace of them had bee
found.
The accident happened near mid
night at the foot of Washingto
Street. The men had been practicin
rowing for two hours in the basi
and then endeavored to fix the sails
When engaged in this a squall strucl
the "dingy , " and in the excitemen
that followed all of the men with th
exception of the coxswain being inex
perienced , the boat was overturned
The cries of the men for help wer
heard on the pier and in ten minute
the life saving crew was on the scene
Two of the men were found clingini
to the upturned boat , but the other ;
had been drowned.
CHOLERA IS VERY DEADLY.
Outbreak in Philippines is Exceeding
ly Virulent.
The cholera situation at Manila ha ;
improved. The report at 6 o'clocl
rhursday night showed nineteen ne\\
: ases since midnight , July 4 , and ter
leaths , two Americans Robert Imo-
aertz and Hart. To date onlj
ive Americans have been seized witli
: he disease. Thus far the cholera haslet
lot appeared in the American section
) f the city. The authorities believe
; hey have the situation under control.
The war department at Washing-
on , D. C. , decided Thursday that
here is a virulent outbreak of chol-
; ra in Manila. The week ending July
there were 116 cases and 99 deaths.
FOURTH OF JULY TRAGEDY.
Juarrel Over Cards Results in Murder
at Eveleth , 3Iinn.
At Eveleth , Minn. , the celebration
f the Fourth of July was marred by
. tragedy. The whole population
oined in pursuit of the murderer ,
saving their fireworks behind. An-
efo Gienerallo , an Italian , killed Pa-
Ilo Romano and dangerously wound-
d Rubice Glenke , both Italians , and
scaped , after being chased through
tie woods several miles by angry citi-
ens. The tragedy was the result of
quarrel over a game of cards. The
sarch as yet is without result.
Ship Carries Big Bnnk Roll.
The government transport Sheridan ,
apt. Peabody , which sailed from San
'rancisco ' for Manila , is carrying a
reat fortune in silver currency i' < > r
ie Philippines. Guarded by Lieut ,
arlton and thirty picked men of the
irst infantry , is a bank roll valued
i $11,000,000 , and all in paper
loney.
Hit on Head by Bomb ; Will Die.
At Bluffton , Ind. , Mrs. William Sny-
> r , aged 35 years , while witnessing
display of firewoks Wednesday
ght , was hit on the top of the head
r an unexploded aerial bomb , weigh-
g three pounds. Her skull was frac-
red and the accident will result in
; ath.
Fatal Automobile Accident.
One man was killed and three in-
red in an automobile accident in St.
mis County , Mo. , Thursday night ,
fred Burton , a merchant , died
ortly after the accident. John Sweet
.d his left leg broken and two men
lose names are not known were
uised.
Fast Train Jumps ' -rack.
A westbound Boston , Cleveland and
Louis limited on the Lake Shore
ilroad jumped the track while run-
ig at fifty miles an hour just east
Cleveland , O. , Tuesday. James Sul-
an , a tramp , was fatally , injured.
me of the passengers was hurt.
Explosion Causes Panic.
A premature explosion of a quan-
V of fireworks in front of the
sino at Excelsior , Minn. , Wednes-
f < night caused a panic among the
00 people gathered to witness the
play. Three persons were serious-
injured.
7ESTERX LEAGUE BASEBAJJj.
icdule of Games to Be Played at
Sioux City , la.
following is a schedule of - Western
ague games to be played at Sioux
y in the immediate future :
taha July 7 , S , 9 , 10
3 Moines . . . .July 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15
coin July 19 , 20 , 21 , 22
2blo , . July 26 , 27 , 28 , 29
Two Killed in Wreck.
'wo stockmen were killed and two
ously injured in a freight collision
the Rock Island railroad near Ma-
Kan. , Thursday morning. The
d and Injured are from
ritory.
Held for Causing Wreck ,
'wo ' Hungarians , brothers , were ari i
ed at Altoona , Pa. , Thursday , ' '
rged with causing a wreck Tues- j
night , when a runaway car killed
"Arsons.
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STATE OF NEBRASKA
2TCWS OF THE WEEK IN A COS
DENSED FOR3I.
Lincoln Swept by Flood Main Strcc
Transformed Into Raging Stream-
Water Invades Department Stores
Burlington Tracks Are Suhmergec
Torrents of rain Sunday night sud
denly transformed O Street at Lin
coin Into a channel of a raging , seeth
ing flood , three feet deep.
From Tenth Street to Fifteenth th
basements of almost every store wa
flooded. The damage will amount ti
thousands of dollars. The flood wa
the most "expensive in the history o
the city.
"Russia town" and the Burlingtoi
yards were under water. The Rocl
Island trades were six feet under wa
ter from the overflow of the Antelope
Oak Creek was the highest for thirty
years , and Salt Creek was a swollev
stream a quarter of a mile wide.
Mayor Brown hurried to the res
cue before the downpour had ceasec
at 7:30 o'clock. Fire engines startec
to pump out the water. There wa ;
about six feet of water In the Millei
& Paine department store , and aboui
the same amount in the basement oJ
the Burr block. Other business houses
fared about the same and a greal
many encountered worse luck.
Hail accompanied the rain , but did
little damage. On O Street passengers
got off of stalled cars in three feet ol
water. At the Rock Island depot a
woman narrowly escaped drowning.
Railroad men fear washouts. Tele
phone and telegraph lines suffered se
verely.
MISTAKE COSTS HIM HIS LIFE.
Engineer is Caught Umler. His Own
Engine.
Falling under the cab of his engine
, as the train went into the ditch , En
gineer Elmer Cole , of the Burlington ,
iwas killed Friday morning six miles
.north of Fremont , where the new
Ashland line crosses the Northwest
ern.
ern.Cole
Cole failed to notice that the
switch was set for a Northwestern
train. His engine was thrown into
the ditch by the derailing system. He
jumped to the right and the engine
fell on him. The train consisted of an
engine , a car and a caboose. Only
the engine tipped over. Farmers dug
Cole's body from under the engine.
He was about 30 years of age and un
married. He lived in Lincoln.
TECUMSEII STABBING AFFRAY.
One of Participants Severely Injured
and May Die.
George Schasteen and Charles
Wright got into a fight * at Tecumseh
July 4 and Schasteen drew a pocketknife -
knife and inflicted four or five gashes
in Wright's anatomy. Bad blood is
said to have existed between the men
for some time , and it is said one ol
them , if not both , had been imbibing
too freely in liquor. Wright was re
moved to his home and Dr. T. E.
Fairall called. Some tnirty Flitches
were required to close his wounds and
he is reported to be in a serious
though not necessarily dangerous
condition.
. Schasteen was lodged in the county
jail to await the outcome of Wright's
wounds.
END OF BAD MAX.
Olley Smith is Killed by Guard in At
tempt to Break Jail.
A dispatch received at Beatrice Sat
urday stated that Olley Smith , alias
Brent B. Neil , a former resident'
Beatrice and a noted forger , who was
sentenced to one year In the peni-
tiary several years ago , was killed by
ft guard while attempting to escape
from the South Carolina penitentiary.
While in Beatrice Smith forged
checks amounting to $1,500. After
serving his term in the penitentiary
he went west and later located In the
south , where he forged checks right
ind left. At the time of his arrest IIP
ivas engaged to be married to a prom-
nent young society woman ' tof Beat-
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Trouple at the Pen.
The report of Warden Beemer , of
he state penitentiary , contains men-
ion of an attempt made to escape by
'our prisoners in the state penlten-
iary some days ago. The prisoners
n one cell had sawed a hole over a
'oot square through the steel side
> f the cell , while in another cell some
listance removed , a hole large enough
o permit a man going through , had
tlmost been completed when the
vork was discovered.
Mixed on Flags ; Trouble Results.
Miss Anna Tomsett , of Lincoln ,
loisted the union jack over her cot-
age on the Fourth. She came re-
ently from Canada and did not un
derstand the full meaning of the
' 'ourth of July celebration. A large
rowd gathered and were threatening
o haul down the flag , when the mat
er was reported to the police and
liss Tomsett was compelled to haul
own the flag.
Work on Academy Buildings.
Breaking ground for the new $50-
00 building for the Kearney Military
.cademy has been begun and there
re eight teams at work excavating
) r the foundation and basement.
Retired Farmer Tries Suicide.
George Bossung , a wealthy retired
irmer 79 years of age , made two
nsuccessful attempts to commit sui-
de at Nebraska City.
Falls Down Stairs ; Breaks Neck.
While in an epileptic fit Charle ?
filler , a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B.
iller , west of Hartington , fell down
airs in his home and his neck was
'oken. He was about 35 years old.
rhen a small boy he suffered a sun-
roke from which he never fully re-
ivered.
For Homer Trolley Line.
Articles of incorporation of the
oux City and Nebraska Southern
Eiilway were filed at Lincoln Satur-
\y. \ The capital stock is $300,000
MANAWA DISASTER.
Six Bodies Recovered by Use of Juj
of Lime.
The accident at Lake Manawa it
night of the Fourth proves more di :
astrous than at first supposed. ? ;
stead of only one being dead , as z
first given out , five more bodies ha\
been recovered from the water and r
least one more person Is missing wh
is supposed to have been at the r
sort on that evening , and the prc
sumption is that his body is still i
the lake.
Thursday morning when inquirle
began to be made for people who ha
not returned to their homes in Oma
ha the night before work was com
menced diving in the water near th
scene of the accident in the effort t
locate other bodies. In this and othe
ways five more were brought to th
surface. After this jugs of lime wer
sunk in the water and exploded fror
the action of the water in the hope
of the concussion raising to the sur
face any bodies which might still b
in the lake. This was productive o
no results , and from the fact that enl ;
one more person is reported mlssini
the death list is thought to be no
in excess of seven and possibly no
more than six , which is the numbe
of bodies actually recovered.
The following Omaha people an
known to be dead : Lena Rosenblum
Bessie Hyland , Mary Looney , Marj
Sheehan , Elmer Scott.
DOG PROPERTY IX XEBRASKA.
Assessors' Roll Shows $300,000 Wortl
in the State.
An important factor in the makeup
of the grand assessment roll of Ne
braska is that class of small animals
called dogs. Since dogs became prop
erty under the laws and their owners
have had to pay taxes on them for
keeping them in town , the assessors
have been getting busy , with the re
sult that last year $101,816 of the to
tal assessment of the state represented
the assessed value of the dogs. This
year the assessment of dogs is mate
rially increased over last year , while
the value will be about the same on
the average.
Sheep last vcar were worth 56 cents
a , head , while a dog was assessed at
96 cents , making the actual value of
man's best friend $4.75 each. The teal -
: al number of dogs reported last year
Dy the assessors was 106,644 , while of
: he 41 counties reported so far , the
lumber of dogs Is materially in-
ireased.
COLLISION AT TEKAMAH.
r\vo Freight Engines Demolished , bur
Xo One Injured.
There was a head-end collision at
rekamah Tuesday evening at 7:15
> 'clock by two freight trains , both
pecials on the Northwestern road ,
me from the north and the other
rom the south. Neither crew knew
.nything about the other , there being
to signals displayed and no train ex-
lected from the north until 7:45
> 'clock. Just as the train from the
outh was leaving the yards the ex-
ra from the north came around a
harp curve , and neither train had
ime to slack speed or stop.
Both engines were quite badly dam-
ged , being thrown from the track ,
'ortunately neither of the crews way
ijured.
Gin Barrel Exploded.
A peculiar accident happened at
lie Garvey Bros , saloon at Hartlng-
an. One of the proprietors and a
artender were in the liquor store
aom and the bartender pulled the
lucet out of an empty gin barrel ,
bout the same time the proprietoi :
: ruck a match to light a "cigar. An
scplosion occurred. The 'end of the
irrel was blown through a partition
nd the men were stunned by the
lock. The room was ablaze in a mo-
Lent , but the fire was soon extin-
nished. It is thought the explosion
as caused from gases in the empty
irrel.
Choked Sister to Death.
Miss Lucy Lloyd , aged 31 , confesa-
1 that she choked her sister , Miss
olla Lloyd , aged 34 , to death Satur-
ly night at their home on a farm
? ar Nebraska City , where they lived
one. The elder woman who was
lied had been losing her mind ,
'hile brooding over this and separa-
an which would result the younger
oman stepped up behind her sister
: they were preparing for bed and
lied her. and then remained besldf
e corpse all night.
Ice Famine at Hartington.
With nearly all the hot sweltering
lys of summer yet before them , the
tizens of Hartington are confronted
; th an ice famine. By reason of
e open winter the local ice company
iled to get as large a supply harvest-
as needed and if they cannot buy
Dm some other place private fami-
s will be cut off from their supply
ice after July 10.
Town Changes Name.
The town on the Sioux City and
estern Railway , which at first waa
medFarley , and later Hedge , Is
w to be known as Rosalie. This
me has been given In honor of the
: e Mrs. Farley , mother of Caryl and
hn Farley , prominent residents of
ncroft.
House Struck by Lightning.
Wednesday afternoon the home of
B. Davis , three miles west of Ne- \
iska City , was struck by lightning
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3 burned to the ground. The loss
II amount to $4,000 The house
s partly insured. . 1
Big Crowd in Wayne.
Cha celebration held at "Wayne
idnesdaywas without exception <
j of the most successful ever helel t
northern Nebraska , especially in t
endance.
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West Point's Celebration.
Vest Point celebrated Independ-
: e day in old fashioned Nebraska ?
te. The attendance was far in ex- j
s of any previous celebration , the *
mger generation being very much
evidence. (
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Severe Storm at Wayne. ' a
) ne of the worst rain' storms ever f
> wn at Wayne and vicinity occurred
urday evening , the water falling e
.orrents ; accompanied by high wind r
1 a fierce electric storm" . Some
nage is reported. Jj
ARMOUR SPEAKS OUT.
Packer Itcfci'.s to Current
Criticism as TnjtiMtlttaltlc.
,7. Ogden Armour , who arrived in New
York Tuesday with his wife and daugh
ter after a season in Europe , had nmclu
to say in defense or *
the meat packing in
dustry and of- ' its *
critics. In a word ,
he denounced the at
tacks as scandalous
13 * unfair and. v.-itbt
reference to the cor
poration of Armour-
& Co. , he said it had !
spent an average of ?
$700,000 a year for-
the last five years in *
AitMOtra.the extension and'
j. o. AitMOtra.
general improvement.
of its plant at the stock y r.ds. Mr. Ar
mour said :
j "The entire- export trade of this coun
try has been badly damaged. To esti
mate the total loss now would be merely
guess work. It may run into hundreds o T
millions. When the American industries *
arc slandered by persons who pretend to-
speak as Americans it is to be expectetlS
that the foreign competitors will take ad
i vantage of it.
"The public has been ignorantly or ma
liciously misinformed on the t\vo most"
important phases of the whole question
namely , the character of the meat inspec
tion as it is and has been and the atti
tude of the large packers toward the pro
posed legislation.
"The inspection no\v in force in all off
the larger packing houses makes the sale-
of diseased meats from such houses im
possible.- The government , which is responsible - -
sponsible for the inspection , has failed to *
Elate the facts about it.
"The large packers believe in govern
ment inspection. They asked for it iru
the iirst place. They Avant it continued !
and improved , if it can be improved. Cer
tain minor features of the proposed leg
islation , as Iirst presented , were objec
tionable. They apparently were put into--
the bill by persons who had not any
knowledge of or regard for the practical *
Bide of any business. But I believe all of *
the large packers heartily favor the pur
pose which the pending bill is intended to-
Rccomplish namely :
"Thorough inspection of all animals be
fore slaughter.
"Thorough inspection of all animals af
ter slaughter.
"Thorough inspection of the sanitary-
conditions in the packing houses.
"Thorough inspection of the products *
that go to the consumer in forms other"
than in bulk.
"We are able to say , with exact truth.- ,
that every pound of meat in our plants--
for local as well as for export , is inspect
ed and passed in accordance with the full ?
regulations of the Department of Agri
culture and the bureau of animal indus
try. Unprejudiced men and scientists
tvho have exact knowledge , will agree that
these regulations are the strictest in the-
svorld. Every day carcasses and meats---
that would be passed for food in Germany
ind other foreign countries are condemned ?
in our houses and converted into griase-
md fertilizer. "
MILLION ALIENS INV A YEAR.
[ miriigrrntion Fijcsire * for inO.1-190C =
to Break Record.
The .year closing June 30. 190. > , saw
L,02Q,409 immigrants enter all 'the ' ports--
if the nation , but this year promises for
he port of New York alone to equal the-
otal last year for the whole United *
states. Up to June 1 this j-ear a total" .
> f 870.000 aliens had been received at
Sllis Island. By the end of the month ;
nough more are expected to bring rne-
otal to 1.000,000 , perhaps even to 1,200-
K)0. The immigrants are from every
ountry in Europe , the Austro-IIunga-
ians predominating. Next comes the-
talians , of whom 2. > 0,000 came to the-
Jnited States in 1905. Next in numbers-
ome the Russians , followed > by the *
Scotch , Irish , English , French , Span-
irds , Portuguese , Germans. Armenians , .
? urks , Greeks , Dutch , Swedes. Norwe-
ians , Danes , Roumanians , Bulgarians-
nd Swiss.
The number of excluded immigrants in *
fay last exceeded all records by GOO.-
toe total excluded was I,7u3. Of this-
nmigration 31 per cent settled in the-
tate of New York , principally in Xew
'ork City ; 20 per cent in Pennsylvania , .
per cent in Illinois and Massachusetts-
ad 5 % each in New Jersey and Ohio ,
i these six States settled 7G per centr
[ the entire immigration.
Herr Louis Kuhn of the Deutschenv
eater , the oldest Gentian actor , recently
lebrated his ninedeth birthday.
Henry P. Adams , the veteran cashier-
the Boston postal district , has ust.
mpleted sixty years inthe United States
rvice.
Tolstoi is reported to be in excellent
alth. lie reads less than formerly , but
5 reading BOW consists of English and-
nerican works on labor questions.
L. B. Abrahams , head master of the- ,
ws' free school at Spitalfields. England/
s retired after fifty-three years of ser-
: e. He is 67 years old and Israel Zang
11 was once his pupil. f
Miss Una Taylor has the distinction of-
ing the youngest exhibitor at the Royal'
: ademy this year. She is the daughter-
King Edward's "
popular "foreign ser-
* messenger. " Her exhibit is a bronze-
itue of the god of sleep. . She passed-
i Royal College of Art examination at
J age of 12 , and has studied five year *
der Prof. Lanteri.
Dr. Edward Everett Hale attributes hi >
: ellent health at the age of Si to the-
enity with which he takes life , sleep-
; nine hours a night and always keep- -
his mind occupied.
Sen. O. O. Howard , retired , and Lieut *
n. Stephen D. Lee , C. S. A. , are the
viving army commanders of the Xorth-j
1 South , respectively. They graduated1
m West Point in 18o4.
Major Oswald Ames , who was the tall
. officer in the British army , retred *
ently after twenty-two years' service-
the Second life guards. Ha is'G feet ,
aches in his stocking feet