Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-02-06

KANSAS CITY. Feb. 3.-Will NJ
Prince was placed on trial here to
day charged with being accessor,
to the murder OF Phillip Kennedy b,
Mrs. Lulu Kennedy. Princes sister
who is now under ten years sen
tence for the crime. She shot hel
husband dead after he had filed {
suit to have their marriage annulled
alleging tnat he had been forced tC
marry the woman by her relatives.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Feb. 81
While testifying at a religious meet
ing near Warren, Isaac Wintermute
n farmer. fell dead. Il beseech you
my friends. to come to the Lord be
fore 1t Is too late. Oh, come to him
now, for life is so uncertain. and We
all want to be prepared before death,
We're his last words. when he fell un
conscious to the floor near the altar
1t was at first thought that Winter.
mute had passed into trance state
but before a physician arrived he was
dead. His death was due to heart
trouble. superinduced by religious ex-
element
l
sion of the Minnesota Legislature will
be convened tomorrow. The extra
session was called by Governor Van
SAINT ostensibly to report upon a tax
| commission, but is is believed the
railroad merger case of all the big
northwestern railroads will be taken
up. and 1t is known that these roads
have taken special precautions to ar
range matters amicably with the leg
islators in order to obtain favorable
action. 1t is not believed the session
will be long one.
WASHINGTON, Feb 3.-Great
pressure is being brought to bear up
on members of congress in behalf of
the pure food bill introduced last
week by Representative Mann. Let
ters are pouring in from manufactur-
ers and dealers from all parts of the
country and vigorous effort is to
be made to induce the interstate and
foreign commerce committee. to
which the bill was referred. to report
it to the house for passage. 1t is
too early to predict what the fate of
the bill is to be. but 1t is certain that
hard work will be required to secure
its enactment. The interstate and
foreign commerce committee is one
of the busiest committees in the en-
tire house. At this time the COM
mittee shows no inclination to take
up the measure, though hearings may
be held later on II they are asked for
by friends of the bill.
Notwithstanding the pressure for
the bill, some opposition has arisen.
Opposition always arises to meas
ures intended to protect the people
against deleterious authorizations of
food articles. Certain Pennsylvania
interests are quite active In trying to
throw obstacles in the way of the
Mann bill
The situation is to some extent in
complicated condition by the propos
ed oleomargarine Legislation. In
the ranks of the friends of the latter
measure there is fear If they lend
support to the Mann bill SO much op-
position may be aroused against all
these bills that none will succeed.
1t is generally admitted that the Mann
bill is the best pure food bill ever pro-
posed in congress, but a systematic
and persistent campaign will be need.
ed to secure its enactment.
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-The Chicago
promoters of Congressman Mann's
pure food hill now pending in con-
gress are elated over the action of
the National Association OF Retail
n IN do tha h,,
unonimous vote while assembled In
convention in Milwaukee. Repre-
sentatives from 80 states acted upon
the measure. and there was not dis
senting voice against the measure In
the whole 300 delegates. Former
President George A. Scherer. chair.
man of the pure food committee, was
named as the official representative
of the association to go to Washing
ton to lobby for the bill.
Before final action was taken each
section was discussed In a sub-commit.
tee made up of a delegate from each
of the safes represented. When the
report endorsing the measure was
presented to the convention by ChaiI
man Scherer there was general dis
cussion of the benefits of the bill. and
not a single delegate raised his voice
against it. A suitable resolution was
adopted, copies of which were order
ed sent to every member of congress.
Congressman Mann's bill has al
ready been endorsed by the National
Wholesale Grocers' Association, the
Commercial Exchange of Chicago, the
Illinois Manufactures Association.
the executive committee of the Whole
sale Grocers' Association Of Michigan.
the Association of Manufacturers and
Distributors of Food Products and
the Wholesale Grocers Associ2tion
of Illinois and Michigan. The de!e-
gates who returned from the Milwau-
kee convention expressed themselves
as confident that the bill would be en-
acted into a law.
ATLANTIC CITY. Feb. 4.-The big
storm is over this morning. but the
coast Is strewn with wreckage as far