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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION.
Statement of Miss Florence Kelly, FaC-
tory Inspector for Illinois.

fOfy Inspector FOf l'itMOls
Washington May 3.-The industrial
commission resumed its public hearings
here to-day. The first witness was
Florence Kelly, for four years chief fac
tory inspector of Illinois. Her state
ment dealt particularly with sweat
shops in Chicago. She painted the pic
ture in dark colors. OF the 200, 90 factory
workers in Illinois she said 10000 were
in Cook county. Practically all the
ready made clothing and much OF the
so-called merchant tailor work of the
city were sweat shop work pure and
simple. The conditions surrounding
the workers were unsanitary and harm
full in a marked degree. Child labor,
she said, was also used in direct def
ance of the fourteen-year age limit in
force in the state. She said the employ
ers had no difficulty in evading this law
and securing age certificates for the
children. Many of these little ones, she
declared, worked for the first year for
nothing with the promise of dollar
a week at the end of that time and ulti-
mately, perhaps SO or $4 per week when
they reached the top Of the ladder in
their line She strongly advocated the
passage of a law similar in its general
provisions to the Sulzer act now in
force in New York.
The commission has received word
from Chief Counsel Dodd of the Stand
ard Oil company, assuring it that John
D. Rockefeller and others of the COM
pany will comply with the commissions
request to appear in Washington be-
tween the 18th and Goth of May.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
FRAUDS IN FOOD PRODUCTS
STARTLING CHARGES OF UNITED
STATES CHIEF CHEMIST.
Food and Drink Manufactured and
Used in This Country Are Frauds-The
Principal Methods of AduIteratfom
Pursued by Manufacturers.

Chicago, May 3.-Accordng to DR.. H.
w. Wiley, chief chemist of the United
States department. Of agriculture, who
was called to the stand to-day to tes-
tify before the senatorial food investi-
eating committee, now in session here,
fully ninety per cent. of the articles of
food and drink manufactured and used
in this country are frauds. All kinds of
dairy products, he said, as we'll as near
1y every variety of condiments, includ-
ing even coffee in the berry, were adul-
terated. DR.. Wiley gave in detail the
methods of manufacturers in adulterat-
ing different articles of food.
In milk, he testified, the common prac-
tice was the abstraction of the fatty
substance in taking away the cream. A
common practice among dealers. he said,
was the adulteration with water and in
addition to this preservatives were used
to no small extent to prevent the liquid
from souring. In butter the common
way of defrauding the public, according
to the testimony, was the substitutions
VI OLllCI IdlS. dHlllldl anu NG6GldDlSy lol
the natural fat of the milk. Both cot
tonseed oil and high grades of lard were
employed in this work. Honey, DIR.
Wiley said probably was more abused
article in the line of adulteration than
any other.
The principal method of adulterating
. lard was the mixing of vegetable oils
with the natural fat of the hog. Fats
and oils, he said, instead of being in
furious to the health were wholesome to
great degree. Another fraud, carried
to great extent, DIR. Wiley said, was
the selling Of cottonseed oil for other
oils.
Probably among all the foods mtn-
toned by DR.. Wiley none attracted
greater attention than the adulteration
of coffee, even in berry. According to
the witness in recent Investigations he
had found molasses and flour moulded
into berries, colored, mixed with genu-
inc and sold as high grade coffee. Ac
cording to DR.. Wiley, they was very lit
tie pure beer made in this country. Full
1y seventy per cent. of the beer sold, he
said, was made of some other article
other than malt. In regard to the ex
tensive use of glucose, witness said that
it was not Objectionable for food pur-
poses, if used in moderation.
Very little pure jelly was manufac-
tured according to the witness. There |
was also, he said, a great amount of
adulteration in the manufacture of vine |
gar. DR.. Wiley said Vermont maple !
sugar was manufactured in Davenport, |
Ia, out of brown sugar and an extract |
of hickory bark and it was not delete |
rious. In fact, he said, it was impossi-
BILE for chemists to distinguish the two.
The sugar was the same and the natural
ether that gave the maple sugar its
flavor and distinctive quality was too in
finitely small to discover in analysis.
The extract of hickory, he said, was
about the same as the naples flavor.
Spices, he said, were adulterated and
peanut shells were palmed off as ground
cinnamon.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
MISSO URI ANTI.TRU UST LII WS,
Bills Passed Giving Almost Unlimited
Power to Prosecute.

jefferson City, Mo-, May 3.-The
house to-day passed and sent to the
governor for his signature two bills in
tended to give the attorney general al
most unlimited power in the prosecu-
tion of trusts. One permits that official
to compel officers of corporations who
he may believe have formed a trust,
and against which companies he may
desire to proceed, to appear and give
testimony. The penalty for failure to
appear is imprisonment for contempt.
The other bill enables the supreme court
to fix a place in the state where the
officers of corporations against whom
the attorney general is proceeding for
violation of the antitrust law can ap-
pear and testify. This bill is intended
to prevent the necessity for the attor
ney general to go all over the United
States to take testimony, as was done
in recent suits against insurance COM
panies.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
ATKINSON DOES NOT FEI dRREST
Laughs at an Inquiry as to Whether He
VIII Leave Country.

Boston, May 3.-Hon. Edward Atkin-
son, author of the pamphlets which the
attorney general has ordered taken
from the United States mails to Manila
on the ground that they are dangerous,
received telegram from a big western
paper this morning containing the ques-
ton, will you leave America at once
to avoid arrest?' Mr. Atkinson laugh
ed as he referred to the matter, saying:
II have not answered it yet and don't
think | shall. | see no reason why |
should bother my head further over the
matter. The government has now TAX
en- the whole affair out of my hands. I
succeeded in getting up mailing list
of something over 100000 and I think
with the advertisement which the
pamphlets have received their circula
tion will increase by the hundreds of
thousands
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
CUBAN BANDITS.
Several Attempt to Rescue Their Chief
and Are Killed

Santiago de Cuba, May 3.--Yesterday
at Mayari in this province, between
Holguin and Sagua de Tanamo, an at
tempt was made by four outlaws to res
and five other bandits who were in the
custody of the rural guards. The sem
tinel who detected the attempt, fired,
Wounding one of the outlaws. The
guards rushed to the assistance of the
sentry and a sharp fight ensued, all the
would-be rescuers being killed. Two of
the guards were wounded. The prison.
ers have since been removed to Baracao.
The efficient service of the gendarmarie
is rapidly restoring security in this
province.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04

Washington, May S,--Officials at the
German embassy say that up to the
close of office hours to-day no recent
information had been received of events
in Samoa. Evidently nothing import
ant was expected for some time, as
Ambassador Won Holleben has gone to
New York. Fuller reports of affairs
leading up to the armistice are awaited
with much interest and the hope is con-
fldently expressed that the Mataafa ele-
ment has decided to submit and await
the decision of the joint commission
now on it's way there Germany, it was
stated, was anxious that there SHOULD
be an end to hostilities.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
RECIPROCITY WITH ITALY.
An Agreement with the United States Is
Nearing CompIetion

Washington, May "a reciprocity
agreement between the United States
and Italy is nearing completion. There
has been no serious division over the
points involved, but much time has been
taken up in correspondence between
Washington and Rome. The agreement
is under the Dingley law allowing a re-
duction of duty on certain specified
goods imported to this country in ex-
change for concessions in the duties on
our goods.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04

Boston, May 3.-The executive COM
mittee Of the Anti-Imperialist league
state that their recent recommendation
to the president was misprinted in a
manner which perverted the meaning.
1t is explained that the suggestion was,
not that the small islands should be
kept but that the Philippine govern
ment should be asked to cede to us one
small island as a coalng station. The
dispatch read as follows:
ITO the President-We urge you to
offer the Philippine government with
drawal in five years, giving it mean
while moral support the Philippine
government to reimburse our payment
to Spain; the United States to keep
small island"
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
SenntOr HOar SRils for Eurnne

Boston, May 3.-Senator George Fris-
bee Hoar and Mrs. Hoar sailed for Eu-
rope this afternoon on the steamer New
England Senator Hoar will spend
much of his time in England during his
stay on the other side of the Atlantic
and while there will do great amount
Of literary work.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
COL. L. NJ. ULLMAN'S DENIAL.
SAYS There is No Truth in the Story of
His Resignation.

Max Adler, of the firm of Strouse, Ad-
Ter & Co.. last night received tele-
gram from his son-in-law, Colonel l. NJ
Ullman of Governor Lounsbury's staff,
in which Colonel Ullman stated that
there was no truth whatever in the re-
port published in Meriden paper a few
days ago to the effect that he had re-
signed from the governors staff. Col
onel Ullman is spending some time in
the Rocky Mountain region. He has
visited Colorado Springs, Denver, Mani
tou the Garden of the Gods, and has
been M the loon in company with
Alfred w. We'll. a prominent lawyer,
who is also a son in law of Mr.. Adler.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
Atkinson Pnmph let's Seized.

San Francisco, May 3.-The local
postoffice officials to-day seized some Of
the pamphlets sent out by Edward At
kinson, vice president of the Anti-Im-
perialist league of Boston. The PAM
phlets are addressed to Admiral Dewey,
General Otis General Miller, and Pryf.
Schurman and Prof Worcester, the
latter two gentlemen being members of
the Philippine commission.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
SIXTY RIOTERS ARRESTED.
Twenty-fourth Infantry Men Com
mence Work ut Wnrlner.


Wardner, Idaho, May 3.-Sixty rioters
concerned in the disturbance of last
Sunday have been arrested since the
arrival this afternoon of Company M,
Twenty-fourth infantry. AS soon as
the serving of warrants began the riot
ers scrambled over the hills in frantic
efforts to escape. About sixty were
caught and others will be pursued. Only
one tried to resist. He was promptly
overpowered. The prisoners We're
marched to camp. Nearly all are
Swedes and Italians Fifty-nine men
of the Fourth cavalry arrived here from
Walla Walla to-day. Coroner Francis
has empanelled jury and the inquest
on the victims of the mob began this
afternoon. No more riOtinG is feared
until arrests begin on Canyon Greek.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
CURRENCY 8EFORM PLAN.
Explained to the President by Repre-
sentaiive Henderson,.

Washington, May Representative
Henderson of Iowa had a half hours
regarding the work of the republican
caucus committee of the house of rep
resentatives at Atlantic City He eX-
planned to the president at length the
currency reform plan, which the COM
mittee unanimously decided to recon-
mend to the republicans of the next
house.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
ITALY IND CHINA.
Occupation of San Mum Bay to Take
Place Immedtn tely

Rome, May Sit is understood that
the occupation of San Nun bay prov
ince of Kang, China, will take
place Immediately, thus making it I'm
Fait Accompli for the incoming premier.
Late this evening a report is in circu-
lation that General Pelloux has already
received an informal mandate to recon-
struct the ministry
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04

bingham, Mass, May 3.--Hon. John
D. Long, secretary of the navy, was
asked to-day for an expression of opin-
ion in regard to the exclusion of Ed
ward Atkinson's pamphlets from mails
destined for the Philippines. The sec
retary replied: "The administration
would no more think of interfering
with the personal liberty of Edward At
kinson than that of Daniel Pratt, the
great American traveller if he were
still alive
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
DREYFUS REVISION INQUIRY
NET STEA Oily CLOSING AROUND
FRENCH GENERAL STAFF.

Dreyfus Was Condemned, CauEnt III
nh Attempt to Conceal Existence of u
Copy the ecret Dossier-An lmporta II t
Anti-Dreyfus Argument Receives Its
Death Blow.
Paris, May 3.-slowly but steadily the
ret is closing around the French gener-
al staff in the Dreyfus revision inquiry.
General Mercier, who was minister OF
war at the time Dreyfus was con-
denlned, on being called upon by M. de
Freycinet, the present minister of war,
to produce the report regarding the
secret dossier which Lieutenant Colonel
Du Patty De Clam testified he had sent
to Mercier, replied that he had destroy
ed it. and he called General Gouse as a
witness to the truth of this statement.
Unfortunately for Mercier, General
Gonsa had already testified before the
court of cessation that, although Mer-
cier destroyed the original he kept
copy.
Another anti-Dreyfus argument has
received it's death blow. General Eur
Under, military governor Of Paris, and
Others, while testifying before the court
of cessation, attached great Importance
to the closing sentence of the bordoreau,
81 am starting for the manoeuvres," as
proving the guilt of Dreyfus, and the
innocense of Esterhazy, inasmuch as
the staff probationers were only noti-
fed on August 29 that they would be
required to attend the manoeuvres. 1t
has now been proved that this notifica-
ton was actually dated May II. There
fore Dreyfus could not have written II
am starting for the manoeuvres in the
August"
1t is rumored that Lieutenant Colonel
Du Patty De Clam himself, commu-
nicated to the Figaro the depositions
made before the court of cessation.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
THE CLAIMS AGAINST TURKEY.
4 Report That tho Sultan Has Decided
to Pay.

London May 4.-The Constantinople
correspondent of the Daily Chronicle
says: The sultan has authorized the
American minister, Oscar S. Strauss to
telegraph President Mckinley that his
majesty has promised to pay the Ameri-
can claim of 100000 for losses sustained
by Americans in Turkey during the Ar
menian massacres in 1885,
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
IeO KILLED IN THE SOUDAN.
Disaster Overtakes an Expedition Sent
by Kitchener to Dnrtour.


Cairo, Egypt, May 3-Ibraham Ali,
whom General Lord Kitchener sent up
on a mission to Ibraham's uncle, the
sultan of Darfour, has returned to Cal
TO. Ibraham Ali found upon reaching
Darfour that his uncle had been de-
throned by Ali Dinar The latter, on
the appearance of Ibraham Ali, turned
out his troops and routed the escort of
General Lord Kitchener's envoy num-
bering 150, of whom 100 We're killed.
Cape Town, May Sword has been
received here that a caravan under the
command of two Europeans was re-
Gently attacked near the headquarters
of the Rownma river, cast Of Lake W.
assa, the tribesmen killing fifty porters
and capturing all the goods. The Eu-
ropeans reached Chckla fort after wan
dering three days in the bush.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.
General Macarthur Assaulting the
Town of San Tomas.

Manila, May -Noon.-General Mac
Arthur is now assaulting the town OF
San Tomas, about five e'mles northwest
of CaIumpit. The Americans are fight
ing for the bridge and the rebels are
burning the town.
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y. .sser Found Dead.

Providence, May 3.-Rev. Joseph Best
of Attleboro, Mass, was found dead in
his room at the City hotel to-day, death
being the result of self-infiicted cut in
She throat.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-05-04
SITU.ITION IN SAMOA.
Mataafa, the Rebel Chleftain, Accepts al,
Armistice.

Apia, Samoan Islands, April 27 via
Auckland, N, T., May 3.-Mataafa, the
rebel chieftain, has accepted an armis-
tice. The Germans, however, declined
to sign the proclamation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-27
MOVE ON TO CALUMPIT
Macarthur and Lawton to
Exercise Strategy.
IOWA AND NEBRASKA TROOPS IN 1T
Insurgent Army Thought to Have Cen
traiized in Calumpit, and 1t Is There
the Union Forces Propose to Beseige
Them-A Circuitous Route to BE Fol-
lowed In Reaching the Town.

WASHINGTON, April 25-Informa-
ton received at the war department in
dictates that General Otis is about to
execute another important movement,
the initial features of which are shown
by today's press advices from Manila.
The objective point is the insurgent
town of Calumpit, being about eight
miles northwest of Malolos. 1t was
here that the insurgents concentrated
after being driven out of their capital
and making it the base of their opera
tionS.
In moving on this stronghold, Gener-
al Otis proposes to conduct two dis
tinct operations. The first one, under
Major General Macarthur, has for it's
purpose pushing straight forward from
Malolos along the railroad and strik-
ing at Calumpit from the south.
The second one is under Major Cen
eral Lawton, who, with his flying col
umn, is moving far around the north
to the large town of NorZagay, from
which point he will turn abruptly west
toward Calumpit. This last move will
take about ten days and military STRAIT
egists look upon it as another effort to
flank the insurgents by getting behind
them at Calumpit, similar to the flank
movement which General Macarthur
attempted to execute at Malabon.
This double operation makes Calum-
pit the center of the next few days.
while attention will be divided between
MacArthur's columns advancing from
MalolOs and Lawton's column on its
march by NorZagay. Macarthur has
only a short distance to traverse. so
that his force may be engaged with the
main force of the insurgents within
the next few hours. The country is fiat
and open and rather better for our
troops than that lying south Of Malo-
los. Calumpit lies on the left bank
of a small stream at it's confluence
with the large river Rio Grande. 1t is
a substantially built town, with some
1000 houses.
The advance of General Lawton by a
circuitous route will be over a coun-
try of which little is known here. Nor
Zagay is a considerable town and 1t is
thought General Lawton is about there
by this time. A road runs all the way
from there to Calumpit. Along 1t are
scattered many small towns, Angat,
Bustos and BalinOg, indicating that the
advance is through a populous country.
1t is an agricultural country with ex-
tensive rice and fruit plantations.
The war department map, prepared
by the military information bureau,
shows that this road joins the one on
which Macarthur is moving up from
Malolos. 1t is hardly thought, how
ever, that Lawton will make a juno
ton with Macarthur before striking
Calumpit, but rather that he will leave
the road when nearing Calumpit so as
to strike the city in the rear while
Macarthur is attacking in front.
The execution of the double move
ment is being followed with great in
terest by the war department officials
as it is on a considerably larger scale
than the brush-ciearing which has
been in progress recently.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-27
Talking Through the Air.

CHICAGO, April 24.-Prof. Jerome
]. Green, the new disciple OF Marconi.
sat at his receiving instrument placed
on the eighth floor of the Marquette
building last night and received tele-
graphic signals sent via the air line
from the Tribune building, two blocks
away. 1t meant success for the wire
less telegraphy experiment for that
distance and was a triumph for the
young scientist over conditions which
were exceedingly unfavorable. The
first test of the day, when an attempt
was made to communicate from the
Dearborn station at Polk street to the
Tribune building, had been a failure.
Subsequent events proved that local
distractions were the cause. In the
second experiment signals were trans
mitted clearly and accurately from one
room to another through walls and
three thick doors. The second test
sent the dots and dashes TO the Sounder
across Dearborp street to the Hart
ford building instantaneously and
without a break. Then Prof Green
consented to make the test over the
ong-distance and the apparatus was
transferred to the Marquette building,
distance of about $50 yards. The
vertical wire was lowered from the
sixteenth floor and the receiver was
placed on the eighth floor. When all
was ready for the trial word was sent
through the telephone to the sending
station where the professors assist
ant, Albert Kachur, was waiting the
command The trial was a success.
Further experiments will be made.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-27
Important Baukruptcy Decision

Fort Dodge dispatch: An important
ruling has been made here by ]. A. o.
Woman, referee in bankruptcy for
this district, in the c. F. Wenner-
strum bankruptcy case, which has just
closed here. The ruling is relative to
the clause in the code which exempts
fuel and provisions for the, bankrupt
for six months. Referee Yeoman he'd
that inasmuch as very few men, II
they were honest in rneir intention
to turn their property over to their
creditors, have laid in a supply of pro-
visions and fuel for six months, an
equitable Interpretation of the clause
would necessitate the allowance Of
money in lieu of the provisions that
had not been kept back. In this case
he allowed a sum equivalent to S25 a
month for six months. The ruling
is made on the ground of equity and
public policy, and if sustained by
Judge Shiras will have IN important
bearing on future bankruptcy cases.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-04-27

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The an
nouncement of the death of Colonel
Stotsenberg was received with genuine
regret at the war department, where
he was we'll known to many. His fate is
considered peculiarly sad because of
the attempt made to secure his remov-
al, his admirable service since he led
the regiment into action and the re-
versal of judgment once hastily and
unjustly passed upon him. 1t is feared
that he recklessly exposed himself TO
dangers in fighting his regiment in or
der to more strongly disprove the I'M
just words spoken and written Of him
last winter. Colonel Stotsenberg was
prominent and popular in the regular
army and had a record of distinguished
service since his graduation at the
academy