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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
WIRE STAPLES IN MEAT.
The Health Officer Submits n Repor,
Their Use

inc Hcnith onccr Submits n Report
on Their Use.
The Commissioners have received a re.
port from DR.. William c. Woodward. the
District Health Officer, on the use of metal
staples for fastening tags In meat, the mat
ter having been brought to their attention
through the complaint of Herbert l. Davis
and t. Clarence Dix. In his report DIR.
woodward writes as follows:
such staples as those referred 10 are in
extensive use in this city. They seem to
nave originated In the large abattoirs Of
the west, and are designed to facilitate Il G
tagging OF meat for the purpose OF desig-
mating the establishment from which II
comes. Recently they have been adontad
by some local butchers. One ouch hook
is used for every quarter of beef and one
Tor every sheep. calf, and hog. 1t is. of
course, the intention of retail dealers TO
remove the staples before the meat is
sold. and If they reach the consumer II is
through oversight
Their presence in meat as II comes to
the consumer is unQuestionably dangerous
and, as appears from the foregoing state
ment, the only projection which the con-
sumner has is IN the carefulness of the re-
tail butcher. AS shown In the cases of
the two correspondents referred to above
this safeguard is not always sufficient.
That the use of such staples is not
necessary is shown by the fact that the
Bureau of Animal Industry does not Use
them in tagging meat inspected by it.
THE only means OF protecting the COM
munity against SUCH staples is, in my
judgment, to forbid their use. Whether
the Commissioners of the District of Co
lupbia have authority TO do this, either
with reference to meat from cattle slaugh-
tered in this District or from Those
slaughtered outside their Jurisdictions, am
unable to say. / would respectfully rec
ommend, therefore, that the matter be re-
ferred to the Attorney for the District for
an opinion. and with instructions to sub
init, IL he finds that the Commissioners
have such authority the draft of regula-
tion to prevent the use Of such staples in
tagging meat"
The Commissioners now have the report
OF the Health Officer under consideration.
and 1t is expected that action will be
taken along the line suggested by DR..
woodward.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
PRAISES THE AMERICAN NAVY.
Ahmed Pachn Call. ON Rear Admiral
Melville.

Ahmed Pacha, Rear Admiral and chief OF
the engineering force of the Turkish navy,
called upon Rear Admiral George w. Mel
Vile, Chief of the Bureau Of Steam En-
cheering of the Navy Department, yes
terday afternoon. and said many pleasant
things about the American Navy and OF
the excellence of the mechanical products
of this country. He stated that he bad no.
ticed on the Continent the prevalence OF
fine tools and machinery marked Made In
the United States and it had so impressed
him that he had wished to visit the country
and find out for himself. how such ap-
planes were made.
He intends to visit all Of the leading
manufactures of the country before his re-
turn to Turkey He refused to discuss the
Turkish question or to admit that his pres
ence had aught to do with It. During his
call upon Admiral Melville no mention of
the subject was made. When asked il his
present visit was in connection with the
settlement of the Armenian claims, the
Admiral said:
Had l come to this country in dipio-
matte capacity would not international
courtesy demand that my first call be upon
YOUR Secretary OF State?'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
anti-cigarette league badges in

anti-cigarette league badges in the
schools. He replied that he was about to
communicate with the School Board with
view TO ascertaining TO what extent If
at all, the sale Of such badges had been
authorized or allowed in the schools. If
the sale OF the badges had been carried on
as alleged Mr.. Mcfarland thought it was
matter TO be corrected. but he was not
prepared TO believe. he said that the
thing was being done by the official sane
ton OF the board and the SUPERINTENDENT
OF the Public Schools. If il was Mr. Mac
farland thought that strong ground ought
to be taken against it,
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27

NEW YORK. May 26.-Among the pas
sengers who arrived this morning on the
Cunard Line steamship Lueania from Liv-
erpool and Queenstown were: E. J.. Ber-
wind. R. NJ. Clark. Capt. Augustus Fame.
r. N; Frederick s. Flower, N E. Hamil-
ton, George A. Harrington. David Fl. King.
jr., James MacKinlay. Hon. James X. Nc
CURE, Col. J. Parkinson, Col. j. A. Robert
son, Capt. F. W. Young Hon. r. Stuart
Wortley, and Rev. John Warren, NJ. A.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
NEW YoRK's NAVAL ARCH.
A Force of workmen Making Neccs.
xary Repairs.

NEW YORK, May ga score of work.
men. painters, and carpenters began re-
pairing the naval arch this morning for
the summer The base Of the arch, which
had been torn away by teams, was re-
boarded UP, and the staff work filled in
and painted white. The colonnade is also
being whitened.
The work will probably be finished in
time for the Memorial Day parade. which
will pass under the arch. The grand
stands for the parade have been built on
either side of Fifth Avenue just north of
the ARCH
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-05-27
FOR NAVAL INSTRUCTION
Three Gunboats to Be Used for
Training Apprentices.

The ViclSsburS, Annapolis. and New
port to He Permanently Used for
Tint PurpOse-vaIuc of Sailing
Ship Expcriencc-MOrc Marines for
Guard Duty on the BRttIe.hips.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
state Canvassinx Board.

The state ~canvsssing board will have
little to do when II convenes November
20, as II has power only to canvas the
returns on electors, regents and judges
Of the supreme court and district
courts. As there is one vacancy In the
district bench caused by the resigna-
ton of Senator w. v. Allen to accept
a few months service in the United
States senate, the canvassing board
will have the returns from one judicial
district and the returns ON presidential
electors to canvass.
The vote on governor, and the other
state officers ana also members OF con-
gress and the vote expressing refer.
ence for United States senator IL al
ways ~canvassed by the Legislature in
joint session.
IL the returns are not all In by
November 10, the state board has
power to send a special messenger
after them Mt the expense Of the
counties. The duty of carrying the
vote Of the presidential electors to
Washington is an honor much sought
after. 1t includes q pleasant trip and
expenses paid.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
MURDER AT Will
A Horrible Picture Of the Russian
Atrocities.
SltNY MASSACRE MARKS HER PATH


A London Nov. IL. dispatch says:
The Globe this afternoon publishes n
letter from n Belgian gentleman who
has been travelling tn Pekin via the
Trans-Sibcrian railroad. He describes
under date of September 8, what he
saw In the Anus river. His accounts
surpass in horror those previously
published.
THE scenes I have witness d during
the three days since the steamer left
Blagovetchensk, )" he says, "are horri-
BILE beyond the power Of description.
1t is the closing tableau of a fearful
human tragedy. Two thousand we're
deliberately drowned at Morxo 9 200 at
Rabe and 5000 around Blagovetchensk,
a total Of 10000 corpses encumbering
the river, among which were thou
sands of women and children. Navi-
CATION was all but impossible. Last
week a boat had to pillow its way
through u tangled and mangled mass
OF corpses dashed together by their
long hair. The banks were literally
covered with corpses. In the curves Of
the stream were dark, putrid, smelling
masses of human flesh and bone, surg
ing and swaying in the steamers
wake. The captain vainly ordered full
speed ahead. The sight and smell will
be ever with us.
Prom Blagovetchensk to Aigum
forty-Bve kilometers, numerous vii
lagos studded the bank, with a thriv-
ing, industrious population of over
100000. That of Aigum was 20, 900.
No one will ever know the number Of
those who persisted by shot, sword and
fire. Not a village is left. The silence
OF death was around us. The smoking
ruins Of Aigum were on the right, with
broken down. tumbling walls and
shattered roofess houses"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
MAJORITY INCREASES.
Figures From sixty Counties Swell Die
trich's Vote Appreciably.

Figures From sixty Counties Swell Die
trich's Vote Appreciably.
The official returns from sixty coun-
ties have swelled Mr.. D~ietrich's plu-
rality over Poynter to a considerable
extent. These counties, taken with
unofficial figures from all the other
counties except Mcpherson gives Die
trich 905 plurality. Several official re-
turns gave gains for Mr.. Dietrich and
a dispatch from Madison correcting
the unofficial returns from that county
gives an increase of 200 for Dietrich.
OThe New Republic has returns from
sevcnty-three counties OF the state,
including Adams, Buffalo, Custer,
Dawson. Douglas, Gage. Harlan, Ham
ilton. Lancaster, Johnson. Nemaha,
Otoe, Pawnee, Saline, Saunders, and
York, which give the Woolley electors
3,126.
Sixty-three Of these counties with
Boone, Douglas, Gage, Madison, and
Red Willow not reported, give l.. o..
Jones for governor, ACES. These coun-
ties give Woolley 2.559. The Woolley
vote will probably be 3,7OO and Jones
will get about 1900.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
A capacity for taking pains in bust

! A capacity for taking pains In BUSH
ness plans and products is more and
moro a condition Of success. Aus.
tralian butter-packins may serve as
an example. Shipments are secured
against deterioration by placing the
butter In boxes made OF plates Of
window glass. the edges being closed
BY applying gummed paper. The boxes
arc covered with layers of plaster of
Paris. and then wrapped in specially
prepared waterproof packing paper.
Such methods help to raise the aver
ago Of attention to details. The re-
iuctance OF human beings to eat un-
appetizing things increases. II pays
20 make food offered for sale attractive
In form as we'll a. substance. The
high standard is money in the pocket
q the dealer and health for the con-
sumner. The converse Is true. This
country has lost q once-promising
trade In exporting cheese. Those who
ruined the trade know how they did
II, but they should be too much
ashamed Of themselves to tell the
world how II was done.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
COURSE IN AGRICULTURE
Winter Instruction at the state Uni.
versity.

versity.
Preparotiu As are now being made for
the winter course In agriculture at the
univers ity II Nebraska. This course
offers staple and practical instruction
in agriculture for eleven weeks at a
season of the year when farm work
is least pressing. Requirements for
entrance Is simply a good knowledge
OF the primary English branches as
taught in the district schools. The
subjects that will be pursued the first
year are: The soil, dairying. horticul-
ture, stock raising, diseases of animals,
plant pests, engineering and carpen-
terry and blacksmithing. In the Sec
ond year the student is given an OPP
portunity to pursue work in field crops,
soil laboratories, farm accounts, horti-
culture, stock breeding, injurious in
sects, mathematics and agricultural
engineering. The estimated expense
for the eleven weeks course Is between
s35 and $40, proportional about as fol-
lows: Room rem 80, table board se4.
books 80, shop deposits 81, registration
fee 81. Excellent facilities are pro-
vided ut the university for giving this
instruction. The new farm school
building, erected last winter Mt q cost
OF $50 200, provides ample lecture room
for classes. The dairy hall is large
and well equipped and there is also in
the same n stock Judging o and a
laboratory for soil study. A veterin-
airy hospital and an agricultural chem
ical laboratory are also located at the
farm. On the campus proper the libra
ries, museums, baths, lectures, con-
certs and other accessories are availa-
BILE to the students. This is certainly
an excellent opportunity for a young
man who is obliged to spend most of
his time in actual work. on the farm to
take eleven weeks of lecture work
combined with actual practice in those
branches requiring skill and knowl-
edge. The attendance the past few
years has grown rapidly, and all indi-
cations point to double the number for
the coming session. The course will
begin January 2, 1901, and continue
until March 20,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
MAY r FORCE.
wsrships Wanted ia Enforce Indemnity

Warships wanted to Enforce Indemnity
Demands.
The government of Morocco has
again declined TO meet the claims OF
the United States for the payment OF
an indemnity on account Of the killing
by a mob OF Marcus Essagin, a natur-
allied American citizen. The last re-
quest was made by United States Con-
sui GUNNER and the latest declination
OF the government OF Morocco was ac-
coinpanied by an intimation Of It's free.
dom from liability under the terms OF
the convention between Morocco and
Spain. The state department has CONS
TO the conclusion that the consul's rep
resentations will be more effective II
he Is supported morally by the pres.
ence In Morocco waters of a United
states warship, and II IL probable he
will make his visit to Fee again to
present the ease Ms a passenger on a
vessel to be selected by the navy de-
partment for that purpose.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Az Indianapolis, Ind, Elizabeth and
John Quinn, mother and son. were
asphyxiated by stove gas.
The three-masted schooner Myrs A..
Weaver was wrecked In Vineyard
sound of Boston, and six lives Loaf.
Al W~illoughby, o., David Hurran,
eighty years old, was shot and killed
by OF his tenants, Potter Michael,
aged sixty, as the result Of q quarrel.
Michael is in Jail.
IL Is announced that the Knapp a
Stout Lumber company will give up
their yards at Dubuque, Ia, and con.
ccntrate their whole business In st.
Louis. The company is the largest
and oldest lumber firm in the Mississip-
pi valley. 1t has been in business In
Dubuque ne arly fifty years,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16

So accustomed have Americans be.
come to think Of the United States as
Q new country that the statement Of
Mr.. Albion w. .Tourgee that I'VE are
n OF the Oldest Of existing civilized
nations" seems to require an explana.
ton. Since the foundation Of the gov.
eminent. almost liz years ago, there
has been no break In nj Presidential
successor. During that period, accord
ing to Judge T~ourgee. the form of gov
eminent In France has changed ten
times. Germany" he adds, SIS but
thirty years old. Austria, as a nation,
10 the outcome of the Hungarian re-
bellion. Italy is q still later product of
popular evolution"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
MANY DIE IN A FIRE
Big Frame Hotel at Poplar Bluff,
Mo-, Destroyed.
ALL THE GUSTS CAUGHT UNAwApfs
Building In Flames Before Discovery
-Four Dead and u Number Injured or
Missing - Fatalities May ESQ In
creased-Other News.
A special from Poplar Bluffs, Mo.

A special from Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
says:
A fire, accompanied by n terrible
fatility, occurred here Nov. IL, result
ing In the total destruction of the
clifford house, a large t~bree-story frame
building, and a heavy loss of life. The
list OF known dead Is rs follows:
Heck Clark, Doniphan, Mo.
Rebecca Owens, Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
Shelby Dc Hart, Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
Curley Berry, Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
Fatally injuredi
Eta Hargrove, Poplar Bluffs, Mo.
Winslow Stowe, Tennessee.
Missing:
Eugene Dalton, Hot Springs, Ark.
The fire originated in the rear of the
hotel and In a few momcnts the nam
moth building, which was of wood,
was a mass Of flames. There were in
h neighborhood Of forty-five guests
In the building, ard the porter, the
only person awake in the hotel, was
unable to give an alarm, the smoke
and flames driving him back.
The fire department was on hand
early, but they were unable to render
any assistance to the inmates. The
guests on the second and third floors
were caught like rats in n trap, the
fire preventing their escape by the
stairs and they leaped from the second
and third story windows,
One guest benjamin Shelby, forced
his wife to leap from a second story
window and thereby saved her life,
but lost everything they possessed.
Mr.. Shelby tried to escape by the
stairway, but the smoke and flames
drove him back. He asserts that he
ten or fifteen persona in the hall
way overcome by smoke. IL this Is
the cose a dozen or more bodies NAV
be found in the ruins. Many OF the
guests had h~air-breadth scapes and
ran from the building clad only in
their night clothes, losing everything
they possessed in the world.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16

In the Belleville quarter Of Paris a
man named Wales recently died whose
career was unique. He was a proprie-
tor OF lodging houses. but made It An
invariable rule never to press a tenant
or sell m up for rent. Hc has been
known to give a tenant who was un-
able to pay his rem money to cover
the expense Of removal. and In his will
he ordered that every tenant was to be
allowed a rebate Of a terms rent, His
tenants contributed towards a huge
wreath for his grave.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
child Burned to Death.

The 5-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Casper Loebeck of Hastings was
fatally burned, The little one had
been left at home by her parents.
About 10 o'clock she attempted to build
a bonfire In the yard with a small pile
OF rubbish. Failing to start II she Sc
cured the Kerosene can, poured the oil
on the rubbish and lighted a match
AS the pile burst into flames her cloth
Ing caught. Her scream attracted the
neighbors, but before aid could reach
her she was burned almost TO a crisp.
She died after several hours OF terrible
suffering.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16

A terrible cen was witnessed In q
menaSerie at q village near Privas,
France. A butcher made q wager that
no would enter a cage in which three
lions were enclosed. drink a bottle Of
champagne. and play a game Of cards
with the tanner. All went we'll until
the butcher was about to leave. when
he foolishly thrust . glass Of cham
payne under q lions nose. The beast
lsaped ~furiously at the man and man
gled him terribly before he could be
released.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
is THANKFUL FOR HEALTH
Governor Poyntcr Issues Thanksgiving
Proclamation.


Governor Poynter has issued the fol-
lowing Thanksgiving proclamation:
For the blessing of health we
should thank the Great Giver Of all
good. Neither epidemic nor ~pestilence
has visited our state.
For fruitful season and bountiful
harvest the thanks of a grateful peo-
pie should be rendered to Him who
rules the elements, sending the sun
shine and the rain. The energy and
industry Of our people have been
abundantly blessed. In our abundance
tress, but have contributed to the as
sistance Of the starving in India, as
well as those made desolate by storm
and Hood in our W country. For the
blessings of such a spirit of Christian
civilization let us thank God.
by the authority vested in me as
governor of the state of Nebraska, l
designate and proclaim Thursday, No
vember goth, n a day Of public thanks
giving.
"ln accordance with this proclama-
ton let our people lay aside business
affairs, and AS far As possible, in places
of public worship and in the family
circle, devote the day to thanksgiving
for the blessings of the year, and in
petition to an overruling Providence
for a continuation of divine favor.
"Give thanks unto the Lord; for He
is good; for His mercy endureth for
ever In thanksgiving for our abund-
ance, remember those less favored"
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
Policeman Kills Gambler.

Police officer Charles 8. Scott shot
and killed Thomas Smith a gambler At
st. Joseph, Mo. The shooting took
place In the bar room at the CONNER.
cial club. II is alleged that Smith
accused Scott of having an article
published rejecting on him. Scott
denied the charge when, II Is alleged.
Smith undertook to assault the officer
and the shooting followed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
Struck By u Passenger Train

George Bolts and wife, In a spring
wagon drawn by a two-horse team,
came in contact with a outh-bound
passenger train IA few miles north of
Brownvi'le. One horse was killed u
right. Mrs. Bolts sustained a severe
ly sprained ankle and the front part
OF the wagon was badly smashed. MIR.
Bolts and the other horse escaped I'M
injured. Mrs. Bolts was removed to a
neighboring house and medical aid
summoned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
CRACK SHOTS HAVE A PLAN
Team Will Make = Tour Of European
Countries.

Team win Make = Tour Of European
Countries.
American trapshooters are the latest
20 propose an invasion of Europe A
team Of representative crack shots of
this country will probably sail from
New York early next spring for q tour
OF England and the continent. Four
teen men will go, ten Of them forming
the team, and the others being substi-
tutes. j. A. r. Elliott of Kansas City,
John $. Tanning of Chicago, Thomas
Marshall OF Ke%ithsburg, ILL.,. Frank s.
Parmalec of Omaha, Neb., Richard
Merrell OF milwaukee,, William X.
Crosby Of Batavia, N. ", Rolio O.
Heikes of Dayton, o., Chauncey Pow
ers OF Decatur, H., and Charles W..
Bndd Of Des Moines, Ia, are the ones
for the trip. II is the intention of the
party to challenge any team in Europe
and after contests in England n trip
may be made to Germany, France and
Austria.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16

Distinguished Greek consuls from
our western cities. as well as hundreds
OF Greeks In eastern seaports, have
gathered the past two weeks to do
honor to the Navarchos Miaulis. the
first Greek warship to visit American
waters. Not only when Greek meets
Greek" has the occasion been nota.
bic, but because Greece has taken this
opportunity to express to the world
her appreciation Of the long and un.
broken friendliness Of the United
States.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
FOUND DEAD IN HIS FIELD
Aged and Well now Nance County
Man Suddenly Stricken.

A dispatch from Fullerton, Neb.,
says: Hosea F. Judson, of Nance
county's oldest residents, while walk
ing in his field November 9,was strick-
en- with death. lie left the house
about 10 o'clock In the morning to take
n stroll through his fields where his
men swere husking corn and was
last seen alive about II o'clock. He
did not report for dinner, but the fam
lily thought nothing strange of IT,,
thinking he had dropped into the home
OF n daughter who lived neal by for
dinner, a. he had often done before.
About 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr..
Hadley. n OF his s~ons-in-law, was
coming through the field with q load
Of corn which he had husked, and dis.
covered the body of Mr.. Judson cold
in death.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16

Devotees Of golf are fond OF refer
ring to II as the ancient and royal
game" It is probably more royal and
certainly far more ancient than most
OF them have any idea of. At all
events a pictured tablet was recently
unearthed at Carchemish. the old capt.
tai OF the Hittites. wherein arc depict
ed men and women engaged in a pas
time. which, IL not exactly golf as
played at present, Is something extra
ordinarily like Il.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-11-16
MARCH ON SHORT RATloNs
Soldiers Make = Satisfactory Test of
Emergency Food.

Emergency Food.
An I'll Reno, Ok, dispatch says: The
emergency ration test has been about
completed and a report will be made
upon the experiment to the war de-
partment. Captain 3. w. Fountain of
the eighth cavalry in charge Of the
troops that made the test, says:
THE test will prove Of great value
In the future for army records. We
started from I'll Reno two weeks ago
and marched across the Indian reserva-
tions of the Kiowas, Comanches and
Apaches to Fort SilL During the
march the men lived wholly upon the
emergency ration. The food went
hard with the men for the first few
days, but after that time they seemed
to enjoy it. i think my report win
encourage the war department., to
adopt II emergency rations.