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HIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1905.
Great Sale of Men's Shirts Saturday
A great sample line of Men's Shirts, including such well known brands as the
Griffin, Monarch, Lion, Oak and Victor brands. All new Fall patterns in line
Tercales, Madrassos and Oxfords. Regular $1.00 and $1.50 qualities, Z C
iav
at. choice.
Three Shirts for $1.00. No limit. Aj many as you want while they last.
Woolen Sweaters A complete sample
line in great assortment of plain and
fancy colors, in all sizes and worth up
to $2.00, divided into two lota, PA
Saturday at, choice 75c and. . J"C
Men's Shirts and Drawers Very heavy
fleece lined garments, worth regularly
up to 75c, divided into three C
lots. Saturday at 49c, 39c and. -WaC
Men's Heavy Woolen Shirts and Draw
ersIn natural gray and fancy color:?,
worth in a rearular way up to $2.00
per garment. Saturday at 98c
and
-Very
49c
12!
Men's 25c Woolen Hose
heavy. Saturday at. .
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Men's Dress and Working Gloves The
greatest stock ever shown in the west.
Unmatchable values at, up T)t2
from uQ
Corset Department Specials
Fancy Satin Top Girdles in pink, blues and white, worth 75c, epecial Saturday 39c
$1.00 Globe Corsets in all sizes, come in white and drab, special Saturday at. . .49c
La Grecque Corsets in whalebone and, mostly broken sizes and short hip
style that have sold up to $5.00, choice Saturday at 98c
See the Dowager Corset, double boned throughout, the queen of corsets for stout
fi gures, at $2.00
We Fit Corsets in the Department. (
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THE RELIABLE STORE.
BIG SAMPLE SHOE SALE
SATURDAY :
l.BofT palm Men's "CROWN" SAMPLK SHOKS. bluchers and bls, vclour ciif, vlcl
kill unrt patent colts. Tins in tun 'VWiw.N shoe so wen Known to minis- iir
2.48
'.98c
98c
Ladies9 and. Children's Furnishing Bargains
Ladies' and Misses' Kid Gloves An immense sample line in. nil the newest colors
and 8titchings, including black and white, fully worth, double our sQ
and or our customer regular tZ CO and J3.50 value
Women's 3 50 Patent Colt, Mat Top, Button 8hoe, Goodyear welt, roclt
oak soles
Special sale on Women's Warm Lln-Hl BhOes, 11.60, $1.26, 11.16
and
Women's, Misses' and Child' 11.50 ICld Lace Shoes, solid leather,
at
Boy.' Touth' and Little Gents' $1.50 and $2.00 Shoe. $1.60 98c
The BEST Boys- and Youths' Shoes In Omuha regular $2.00 Kf
values
Children's $1.00 and 75c Sample Sho-?, button or lac, red, tan or 6C48C
Men's good Work Shoes the kind that wear f f&f)
. . 48c
sate price, pair $1.50, 98c nnd
Ladies' Outing Flannel Gowns Nicely
trimmed, hand embroidered, made of
the finest quality outing flannel, worth
regularly up to $2.o0, in three fln
lots. Saturday at 98c, 69c and. TaC
Ladies' Vests and Pants Heavy ribbed,
fleece lined, worth regularly "TP
50c. Special Saturday mJC
Indies' Vests and rants Fleece lined, tailor cut
greatest snaps ottered In the city "If,
at garment jJG
Ladles' Vests and Pant Sample garments
hoary ribbed and fleece lined, worth up to
$1.00 special Saturday
at '
well
Men's and Women's 60c All Felt Slippers, white felt
soles
Men's and Women's 7Kc Felt Slippers, leather soles and
heels
Agents for STETSON and CROS3ETT Shoes for Men, and the ULTRA, 'flROVER
and Lounsbnrv, Matthewson A Co. Shoes for Women. The BE8T Shoes for '.lie price
THAT MONET CAN BUY. Ara you a QROVER CUSTOMER? Are. they easy? Ask
the women!
50c
Ladies' Union Suits 3V wool, iu nil
sizes, and worth regularly up 1 C
to $1.50, choice fsJL
Ladies' Swiss Ribbed or Flat Wove Wool
Vests and Pants All hand finished,
and worth double our sale 7 C
price JL
Ladies' Fleeced Union Suits Best bar
gains in the west, at 98c, 75c, SQ
In blues, grays
98c
In all
25c
49c and
Children's Woo! Inlon Suit
or white with drop spat
at...
Children's Fleece Lined Vests and TanU
sizes extra heavy quality at
garment
Our Annual 25c Sale
GOODS WORTH 50c 75c
AND $1 ALL CO AT THE
SAME PRICE.
50c Pocket books for 25c I 75c Cloth Brushes for
75c Hand Bags for . . J 25c
50c Silk Belts for 25c
$1.00 Satin Pad Hose Supporters 25c
75c Ladies' Neckwear for 25c
.250
75c Hair Brushes for 25c
$1.00 Made Veils for. 25o
50c Mirrors for .'. . . .25o
250 Envelopes for 25o
Many other 50c to $1.00 Articles will go at .250
YOUR PREFERENCE IN HATS
' Is what our stock is Intended to supply.
Not a few styles, but blocks to fit all
stylos at faces. Prices to suit all purses.
'SWT
THTE NBW rMPk.nl AIJI ars bound to
please the most particular dressers all
the new shade alt tha new blocks tho
. equals of any $400 hat en tho C? OH
market, at M'
EVERYBODY KNOWS THB STETSON
We ara Omaha headquarters for - these
celebrated bats carry ail styles ranging
In prlco from $fi.0 down $3, 5 (J
An Elaborate Display of the Newest Styles in Women's Wearables
Our Cloak Department will be crowded Saturday the addition of several hundred handsome garments to our already im
mense stock will lend new zeat to the great selling. We will gladly refund the purchase price of any garment bought during this
sale if you find its equal elsewhere in the city.
Newest Creations In Ladles Salts. The
greatest stork of style beauty ever shown.
7.50
Stylish New Coats In 46-inch length, made np in
great variety of plain colors and fancy mixed
fabrics good values at f 12.60
special Saturday at
Beautiful Coats in fine kerseys and fancy mixed
fabrics, an enormous line to select from
splendid bargains at $25, 920, C 1 A
$18.30, 915, 912-BO and 3)1U
FOUR EXTRAORDINARY
Bargain No. 1 Women's Silk
Coats,' in winter weights,
lined and padded, would be
worth regularly $10 175
garments to select from
great snap at, choice. . .$3.98
Bargain No. 2 Nobby Silk
Salts, In all obi or s and styles,
well made, handsomely fin
ished, $15 and $18 values
275 garments from which to
select at, choice 97.BO
175 New Suits of fine cheviots and broadcloths,
all the most approved styles and colors
jackets, taffeta or satin lined you'll see
them priced elsewhere at $20
our sale price
Handsome bailor Suits in the newest French
BARGAINS
12.50
modes, of all the finest materials
popular colors good values at
equalled bargains In this sale
915 Cravenettes, in latest styles and
colors, greatest bargains in
Omaha at
Other special Cravenette bargains
at $20, $18.60 and -....
Bargain No. S 85 doxen Nuns'
Veiling and Albatross Waists,
In all colors and sizes, worth
up to $3 greatest bargain
ever shown at 89c
Bargain, No. 4 Children's
Coats, regular $7.60, $8.60
and $10-values 200 beauti
ful garments from which to
select, nearly all samples
wonderful bargain at. . .94.98
Manufacturer's Stock of Skirts
Misses' Skirts worth regularly I Ladles' Walking and
up to $4 at 91.50 1 Skirts, $5 values at...
Dress
92.98
FURS FURS FURS FURS
Unequalled variety, unprece- ! $50 Near Seal Coats, with mink
dented bargains. collar and cuffs, at. . .939.00
Pretty Coney Scarfs at 70c 0O Bearskin Coats, Just the
$5 Sample Scarfs at 92.98 thing for the little ones
$50 Krlmmer Coats 939.00 great bargain at 92.98
Millinery Specials for Saturday
Trimmed Hats $1.98300 ladies' and misses' trimmed hats in a
variety of styles and colors, worth "up to eight dollars, f Q Q
special for Saturday IsCj
Trimmed Hats $2.98 High class suit hats, beautiful hats for
evening and afternoon wear, in all the delicate light CIQ
colors, on sale' Saturday. . . . . . O
. CHILDREN'S MILLINERY. , ,
Children's Broad Brim Sailors, continental and pokes, t QQ
on sale Saturday ...! O
$1.00 Camels Hair Tarns.... 60c
$1.00 Children's Velvet Bonnets 50c
75c Stocking Caps and Toques. 49c
$L50 Bearskin Tarns 1.19
Hardware, Stoves and Housefurnlshings
. ll-lnoh,
at
; 16-Inch,
at
11-Inch.
at
' F1FTKEN
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A Car of Air-Tight Oak Heaters
,4.95 I "2 .9.49
.7.49 u.nd.r.?: 2.95
.5.95 u;,tnctt..w1'. 1.49
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Mi
Four Hosiery Specials
and mo. t
$ 8 0 un-
19.90
very best
9.90
14.90
Ladles' Sample Hose, In plain black and
fancies, regular 50c values, on sneclal
aals Saturday, at, per Ort
nd fan-
...124c
heavy and
19c
regular loo
. 10c
pair
Ladles' 26c Hose, In plain black
ctea. special Saturday, at
per pair
Children's Ribbed Hose, vary
worth 25o and. 3Sc pair,
special, at pair
Ladies' and Children's Hose,
values, special Saturday at,
pair
DRUG DEPARTMENT
SPECIALS
Saturday we will give FRFJB with ncV
purchase of a box of Vtoletlne e
Tooth Paste at IOC
A beautiful March and Two-Btep.
Cold Cream, a e
per box IOC
Bwlft'a Toilet Soaps, a
per box IVw
Oood Bulb Syringe, 25c
Violet Talcum. T i r
per box a 3w
Krug's Life Malt, per dozen 1 Rfk
bottles ,,ou
THE TRUSTS ARE FIGHTING
SUGAR IS DOWN AND FLOUR IS DOWN.
We have taken advantage of the big trust fight and bought
several cars of the trust's main products. These fights are of short
duration, and just as soon as they get together and come to a set
tlement their old prices will be re-established. Hayden's always
give ino people we Denent or. ,tnese ngnts, and tomorrow we will
sell: '
22 lbs. pure cane Granulated Sugar for. . ... .$1,00
48 lb. sacks fancy high patent Minnesota Flour, nothing finer
for family use, per sack .$1.25
. . . .PRICES AT OMAHA'S GREATEST FRESH FRUIT DEPARTMENT
Bushel boxes of fancy Colorado Bedstreak Eating Apples .91.49
Bushel boxes of fancy California Bellflower Apples. . . : 91.75
Bushel boxes of fancy Colorado Wine Sap Eating Apples : 91.98
8 bushel barrels New York Baldwin Apples 94.50
3 bushel barrels Greening Apples .., 94.50
THE BIG
MEAT SECTION
WHERE PRICE AND QUALITY REIGN
By reqnest, Saturday only, we will sell
Nebraska Cltv's Famous
Hams, at pound aU.C
Nebraska City's California
Hams, at, pound..... ,
Every one guaranteed
Boiling Beef,
at, pound
Shoulder Roast,
at,, pound ' ,
Round Steak,
at. pound.
All kinds of Sausage,
at, pound O4C
Fancy Spring Chickens and all kinds
of fancy Poultry.
10
7c
2Jc
... 5
...:7ic
DIFFERENT BTTLB8 OF GLOBE STEEL RANGES BEST ON EARTH
EVERT RANGE WARRANTED by JTAUTOKI as well as by US TOOS re
BBS PERFECT BAKERS, up from - J
- ODDS AND ENDS
Coal Hods .-.IJc-
, Stove Boards
Elbowa 4
' Blx Tipped Teaapoona -fo
blx-quart Granlto ans loo
Flro Shovels Jo
Blx-lnch Pipe 80
Set Table Mats 260
Six Tablespoons 12c
Granlto 8oap - Irishes .6c
CHINA DEPARTMENT SPECIALS
Great China Sale Saturday Decorated China in
French, Austrian, Bavarian and Imperial
brands. Cups and Saucers, Plates, Vases,
Bowls, Jelly Trays, Salads, Fruits, etc. An im
mense line of articles worth in a regular 1 A
way up to $1.25. Special at, choice. . . . IUC
SATURDAY IN THE OPTICAL
DEPARTMENT
Hundreds of Spectacles and Eyeglasses that are 1 AA
regular $2, $3 and $4 values, choice l.UU
The most careful testing of your eyes, the most expert
fitting of glasses Is assured by a visit to ur Optical
Department. We have secured the services of a gradu
ate optician whose work is guaranteed the best. Ex
amination and consultation free.
A CORNER IN SIDEBOARDS
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This is Your Sideboard Opportunity
Have Yoa a Sideboard for Thanksgiving?
A. delayed shipment of Sideboards has
been turned oyer to us, so that we can sell
the lot at factory cost.
Bolid Oak . Sideboard Size of top, 22x42;
French bevel plate mirror, 14x24.; base fit
ted with three drawers regular price $15,
now 910
Sideboard Sire of base, 10x39; French
bevel plate mirror, 14x24 was $13.85,
now 99.S3
Quartered Oak Sideboard Polished, swell
front; slxe of top, 22x42; French bevel
mirror, 14x24 was $18, now 912.85
. Quartered Oak Sideboard Swell front; slza
of top, 22x42; French plate mirror, 16x30
was $19.50, now 91
Quartered Oak Sideboard, was $21.00.911-50
Quartered Oak Sideboard, was $22.75.912-75
Quartered Oak Sideboard, was $2 4. 50. $14.25
Quartered Oak Sideboard, was $26.25.916.50
These are all new styles. All have large
French Plate Mirrors. Come and see.
Copyright Books, Saturday, 45c
All such titles as In the Bishop's Carriage, The Castaways, Sky
Pilot, The Sherrods, etc. Hundreds of the newest A C
nrA mnat nnnnlflr wnrks of fiction, at. choice mJ
Rudyard Kipling's Works, at, per
volume . . . . ;
19c
HISTORIC ROMANCfe REVIVED
.Kinship of tb Old Familj to too Fonrtk
Georgs of Inglaid.
RICH ESTATE AWAITING RIGHTFUL HEIRS
alleged America Helra Faaaoas la
Aaaorlram araay ttonaaatto Starr
of Mr a. Kltsfcerbert aaa Her
Exiled faau
Tho recent opening- by royal order of
sealed records In the Coutta bank In Lon
don revives tba story that the Ord family,
famous In Amortcaa military annals, ara
descendants of King George IV of Eng
land and Mrs. Maria PlUherbert, and heir
to a portion of a fortune estimated at 1126,
000,006. Tba Chicago Chronicle gives prom
inence to tho story, claiming that June
L. Ord. a member of tha family residing In
. Chicago, will pre bis claim to a share of
tho estat. Tho Chronicle story follows:
The Ord family havo boon known In
America for a century and there are sev
eral now living who are directly descended
from James Ord.
Perhaps tho most romantlo career in tho
history of this family Is that of James O.
Ord, lieutenant In the United States army,
who fell In Duffleld's attack on the eastern
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heights at the battle of Santiago. Had the
law of primogeniture been followed this
young man would undoubtedly havo been
wearing tho crown of England instead of
yielding his life in the thick of battle. It Is
a poetic recompense that It was against
Spain, traditional enemy of England since
tho days of Phillip IL that ho fell. He
had barely been in tha service a month, be
ing one of the West Point cadets pushed
forward by the exigencies of tha war and
the sudden demand for officers created.
Tho Ords, from the beginning, have In
clined to tha military primarily and to the
Judiciary secondarily. James Ord. himself
tho son of George IV, was prominent on
tho American side la tho war of 1811, al
though It was alleged that he was urged
to enlist In the American army by British
spies in order to invalidate any claims he
might later make to tho crown on the
ground of treason. His eldest son. Major
General E. O. C. Ord, served In the union
army during the civil war, dying In San
Francisco In 1864. Captain E. O. C. Ord,
son of tha major general was appointed to
West Point from Texas, was for a number
of years an officer of tha Twenty-nfth In
fantry and was retired from the service in
October, 1903. He Is now living In San Antonio.
Another military scion of tha family Is
James C. Ord, great-grandson of King
Oeorge, who entered the service from West
Point in 1873, retiring as a major of tha
Fourth cavalry in 1S9. Tha major was
born In Michigan, but received his appoint
ment from Wyoming, where hts father was
serving at the time.
Proaalaeat tha Beach.
The Ords havo been equally prominent In
the judiciary, having had prominent mem
bers of tho bench and bar In several states.
Judge Paclftcus Ord, a prominent California
jurist, was tba eldest son of the original
James Ord. He was well known on the
coast. John S. Ord of Santa Cruz. Cul.,
father of James L. Ord of Chicago, was the
second son of Mrs. Fitsherbert's son. The
Hollldiiy family of California is directly
connected with the Ords through the mar
riage of John S. Ord s daughter Alice to 8.
W. Hulllday. Dr. James Ord of Frederick.
Md.. who bears a striking personal llkenesa
to the present king, a likeness so striking
that it has inado him famous throughout
the stata and galnod for him the jocular
title of "your majusty of. Maryland." waa
Juiues Ord third son. Pr. Ord has al
ways brlit-ved that Mr. Fltxherbert's char
acter would be cleared and has at all times
l-n titbtrumrntal In stirring up the claim.
During liis Investigations jjr. ord discov
ered an old history of Georgetown college
which showed that la tha year 1800 the col
let .waa attended, by, James Ord. sua of
George IV and Mrs. Fitzherbert, "his law
ful wife," to quote tha words of the old
record.
Long; Dlapate Over Packet.
The successful opening of the packet at
Coutta bank, which contained the substan
tiation of the claims of the Ords and which
marked the end of seventy years of litfga
tlon, was principally due, in Its inception, to
tha late Lord Stourton, one of the three
men who deposited the records In tha bank
at the Instance .of King George upon the
occasion of hlslater and most unhappy
marriage to Princess Charlotte, tha other
two members of the commission being tha
duke of Wellington and tha earl of Albe
marle.. Before his death Lord Stourton
empowered his brother, Hon. Charles Lang
dale, to demand of the executor of tha earl
of Albemarle's estates permission to with
draw the papers from the bank, but tha ex
ecutor. Rev. E. 8. Keppel, declined to grant
the permission. This is the reply of Rev.
Mr. Keppel to Mr. Langdale's request:
QUIDENHAM. Attleborough, Nov. 14,
H94.8lr: I must beg you to aocept my
apology for not acknowledging your letter
bearing the date of the 16th sooner, but I
have felt the Importance of your applica
tion and hesitated to comply with It until I
had consulted aome one whose position and
atatlon in life and judimient might fruld?
m. m a naht derlHion. I have not at pres
ent had the opportunity of talking over the
circumstances with any one and therefore
hnn. vnu -w 111 not r,res me for a few week
to come to a decision. The packet you refer
to Is safe at Coutta', the seala at present
unbroken. My own opinion, I may add. ia
that an unfair aspersion haa been made ou
the character of Mrs. Fitsherbert by the
late Lord Holland and now published by
hla son. I Have bv me copies of my father a
correspondence with the duke oi weimis;
. n. i - k,nthM mnA vourelf. and 1
hardly see how the claim now made can be
rejected, but I muet beg for time. I am, sir.
fulthfuiiy yours,
EDWARD S. KEPPEL.
Lard Sloartoa Waa Paralataat.
When Mr. Keppel finally died a demand
waa aguln made on the Coutts bank by Mr.
Langdalo, the brother of Lord Stourton, but
It was refused on the ground that no ono
was authorised to bicak tho seal rst tha
duke of Wellington. During his entire
lifetime Lurd Stourton strenuously endeav
ored to get at the packet . He left behind
a long letter in which ba said in part:
In the midst of affliction whl'Jh wt-t-hed
down the latter part of the years of Mr.
Fltherbert the thought which most foothed
her ruiin and aaeuased her gTlef wa the
conKoling testimony which would ba home
to her character when sne snouia De no
more: when all the actors In this extraor
dinary drama, being removed by the hand
of death, the veil uilyut be drawn ad.
I have aeen a letter of thirty-seven pagi.-s
or more written by the prince before me
marriage, lie stated that his father would
connive at the union. Bhe ma married to
the prince according to the rite of the
Catholic church In this country, ber uncle,
Henry Errington, and her brother. Jack
Sinyihe, being the witnesses to lbs contract
along with the ProteHtant clergyman who
officiated at the ceremony. No Cuthollc
prleat officiated. A certificate of the mar
riage is extant in the handwriting of the
prince and with hla signature and that of
Mary Fitzherbert. The witnesses' names
were added, but at the earnest request of
the parties In a time Of danger they were
afterward cut 6ut by Mary Fluiierbert
heraeir. with her own scisaors, to save
them from the peril of the law. The llrat
Interruption to this ill-fated engagement
arose from the pecuniary difficulties of his
royal highness.
I Unhappy Princes Charlotte.
It was tha pecuniary difficulties to which
Lord Stourton refers in the latter part of
hla narrative that impelled the prlnc into
his later marriage with Princess Charlotte
of Brunswick. Lord Holland says In his
memoirs that at the time of the marriage
to Princess Charlotte the prince was so
under tha Influence of atimulants as to
almost disqualify him from going through
with tha ceremony, attributing this con
dition to the desire to remove from his
memory hts previous marriage with Mrs.
Fitsherbert. who wa still livlns. This
second marriage was very unhappy and
Princes Charlotte secured a divorce, stat
ing in her demand for a decree that ahe
loyally believed her marriage to the prince
a crime. After the granting of this di
vorce the prince went back to Mr. .Fits
herbert again. She refused his attentions
until the matter had been passed upon
by tba pope, " being a very devout Cath
olic. Upon a favorable decision, of the
pontiff she finally received the prince as
her husband at a reception given at her
residence, at which members of tho royal
family were present.
For several years they lived happily and
contentedly together. It was after Prlnc
George bad succeeded to tha throne that
his marriage of state occurred. Then Mrs.
Fitzherbert separated from him. During
his last illness, however, ah wrote to the
king tendering him her sincere sympathy
and offering any attention ahe could give.
This letter was found on his pillow after
hla death. After his death she wa treated
as on of the royal family during the
period of her life. Ghe received considera
tion and attention due to royal rank every
where. Mr. Fitsherbert Hoaared.
The duks of York waa her devoted
friend, and William IV offered to make her
a ducheas, at tha same time authorizing
ber to wear mourning for her husband. It
was known to all the royal family that a
son had been born to Mr. Fitzherbert
and some questions about the aucecssion
to the throne arose.
The tacts rcgaidlug the boy s birth were
placed in the now famous packet, scaled
by Lord Stourton, tha duke of Wellington
aad tus cart of Albemarle aud placed wltn
Coutta' bank. Not until Lord Holland's
later aspersions was the matter reopened.
At the instance of the duks of Welling
ton the boy was placed under the control
of George James Ord, a naval constructor,
who won renown as a naval engineer In
both Spain and England. The boy took
tho name of hi guardian, and It Is his
great-grandson who fell at Santiago and
another great-grandson who Is preparing
to assert hla rights to the vast English
estate which are hts by right of descent.
Commenting on ' the story, tha Boston
Transcript editorially says: The reference
in the dispatch to the now refuted story
that there was a son born to Mrs. Fits
herbert and the prince and that he was
sent to this country and lived and died In
Washington will set the tongues of the
"blder goeajps of the capital wagging. There
has long been a legend that in Maryland
or the District there are persons who
could. If they would, call the king their
cousin. For a long time these rumors and
surmises centered about tha late General
E. O. C. Ord, a friend and associate of
General Sherman, who died about twenty
years ago. It was whispered that 'he was
a grandson of George IV. At last he gave
these reports a denial in language that
could not have pleased Queen Victoria, for
he declared that be was tha descendant of
respectable people and that his blood "was
not tainted with that of royalty."
OFFICIAL MEAT INSPECTION
GoTerament Inspector Tells of the
EBIeleney ( tha Service
at Present.
James L. McGUl. an Inspector in the
Bureau of Animal Industry, stationed at
Buffalo, N. T., writes to tha National
Farmer and Stockgrower of St. Louis, de
fending the bureau and its system of In
spection st stock yards and packing bouses
from an attack made by a discharged em
ploye of Swift and Company. The attack
was made in a book called "Tha Dark
Side of the ,Beef Trust," and purports Jo
give an exposition of tho methods by which
diseased and unlit animals are slaughtered
and put on the market. Mr. McQlll dudes
that it I possible for diseased or unfit
animal to get past the inspectors, and
gives some details of tha methods of In
spection. He says:
No pacV.lng house ha any privilege ac
corded them olh-r than those allowed by
the rule nd regulation of the depart
ment. 1 have been connected with tin
li.bl.fct km of live stock, meat "tut meat
producta for ten years, and what 1 tell you
in regard to this Inspection I absolutely
true. 1 challenge any mao to find any un
truth In what I may ay.
TUs wrlur of Us bovk .which X am dis
secting contains a chapter on "Canners."
That chapter charges the beef packers with
saying: "Send Vtmr old, unclean, crippled
animals to us.'' He also says that the
men who make up the Beef trust are will
ing to sacrifice human life even in this
manufacture of unclean and unwholesome
meats. He say further. 'The tag on
the quarter of beef in the local, market
shows that It passed the Inspection of an
official appointed by the I'nlted 8tales."
All this is utterly false. The packers do
not make a business of slaughtering dis
eased cattle, and If they did. the gov
ernment Inspectors would promptly put a
atop to It. Government taga are not found
on unclean meat. Let me tell you that all
tha cattle coming under tha clasa of can
nera killed by the packing houses utidei
inspection will not cause aa much harm
aa the writing of auch frenzied booka and
magazine articles about the greatest
industry in the- world. The article
alms to Injure the packers, but it is a
stab at the entire cattle, raising Industry,
as It condemns a large portion of the cat
tle which are ahipped in and aold upon
the open market, and to which no exception
can be taken except that they are not a
tat a they might be.
The writer of the book saya that all thin
cattle, or cannera. as he calls them, are un
wholesome and unlit for food; but I want
to tell you that because cattle are tliln In
flesh It does not make thnu unwholexome
or unnt for food. They may ,oe thin in
flesh, but If they are free from dlcease
they are not only wholesome but nutri
tious, and this proves how sllxht Is his
knowledge upon what he is writing. There
are no cattle of any kind, hogs or sheep
unloaded at any stock yards or packing
house under I'nlted States InHpectlon that
are not thoroughly Inspected, both ante
and post-mortem, by competent Inapectors,
and all that are found to be diseased or
any other condition that would unfit them
for food are condemned and destroyed un
der the aupervlxioii of an employe of the
bureau. All cattle classed an thin cattle
or cannera receive auch a thorough Inspec
tion at the time of slaughter that It Is im
possible for a diseased carcass to be used
In the manufacture of food product.
Furthermore, the canning gradea of cat
tle are furnishing producta which are aold
In the best orovlvion markets of the world.
I There Is no first cluss market that does
not contain canned cornoeei put up vy me
packers, and It is on the bill of fare of
most of the great restaurants, ind the
demand Is !om eusltiK because of Its merit.
Ustnd fur no other reuson. It 1 In order to
damage the Mule of u wholesome product
that the book entitled "1 h. Dark Side of
the Beef Trust'' wa written, therefore I
denounce It. Anvone can convince tliein
helve f the siilemlid uuulitle of canned
corn beef, and not take my word for it.
I lie greill HtLKIII IJUUWI UMIjrj
tlon furnish to the people of the I'nlted
tatea the best meal ever produced by
any country In the world: beef, pork, mut
ton and veal, absolutely untainted by dis
ease or other tonitinna that would un'H
It for human food. The meats and meat
products exported abrond are better and
finer than can be produced In the countries
to which they are exported.
It is an absolute fact that the l ackl i
house are slHUvhtrrinc every day for
lion. e Ponsnmj'iioii finer cattle ll.in are
sent abroad. Foreign countries are up-
flied with aausage and canned meat by
he packing houses in much larger quan
tities than ara furnlahcd to tha horns trade.
Every shipment of cattls or drsMed. meats;
every shipment of the products of tha
packing houses under Inspection, going to
foreign countries, must bt accompanied by
a certificate of inspection, and the Inspec
tion Is so thorqpeh. the meals ar so pure
and wholesome, tiiat foreign Inspectors can
not safely dispute It.
The Inspection of stock at Chicago, St.
Louis, Kansas City, St. Joseph, Omaha, and
otner markets where the packers operaia.
Is aa follows: The Inspection la In two -visions.
One Inspector la In charge of tha
stock yard, with a large force of In
spectors and assistants under him. An
other Inspector I In charge of the packing
houaes, with a still larger number of as
sistants under him. Ail stock unloaded
at the yards receive ante-mortem Inspec
tion. Any animal found to be diseased or
crippled has a metal tag marked U. 8.
Rejected put Into the ear. Such stock can
not be removed without a written permit
from the Inspector in charge. When tha
fiermlt is issued, a post-mortem Inspection
s given the animal, and If found to ba dis
eased or otherwise unfit for food, It I
condemned and sent to the rendering
tank under tho eye of an employe of tha
bureau. The Inspector at the packing
house begin work when slaughtering la
started, which la at 7 a. m.. From two
to three inspectors ari on the killing floor
and work until noon. Then another set
of inspectors take the floor and remain
until the killing is completed for the day.
The packing bousea ara not allowed to
Kul any slock unless an Inspector or In
spectors are present. There Is no parti
tion, either imaginary or otherwise, in
toese packing house. Every employ of
the bureau l.as full liberty of tiie plant.
Aside from this Inspection, which I abso
lutely honest, Mr. Wilton has men on tho
road constantly, whose business It Is to
uncertain If the work Is being done ac
cording to the rules and regulations of
the department. Bo you see how Impos
sible it Is for diseased meats to ue put
upon the markets, except by the smull
packing houses and plants which ar not
under inspection.
TORTUREDBY ECZEMA
Body Mass of Sores. Could not Sleep
Spent Hundreds of Dollars on
Doctors, but Grew Worse.
CURED BY CUT1CURA FOR $8
"Cuticura s;tved the life of my
mother, Mrs. Wni. P. Davis, of fetouy
Creek, Conn. Hers was the worst
eczema I tver saw. Slie was hardly
able to cat or sleep. Her head aud
body was a mass of sores, and she
despaired of recovery, l'iually, after
spendiux humlmls of dollars ou doc
tor, growing worse all the time,
living in misery for years, with hair
whitened trom euhVriiiy; iin l body
terribly disligured, fclie was complete
ly cured by two cakes of Cuticura
goap, five boxes of Cuticura, and
three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent.-
Co. C. Ivi, J6i W. a6U6cH.V,ft