Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-06-11

ness. catering to the same class ol
trade and that enmity for each other
| had grown out OF competition. Ut
to this afternoon there have been nc
| arrests. The fire did no special dam
age.
IOHNSTOWN. Pa. June IA
cioudburst at Hornersville. IL miles
| above here. caused the Conemaugn
| river to rise 10 feet between s and 8
o'clock this morning. Great alarm
was occasioned here and consider.
able damage was done at Horners-
vile, Ingleside and Johnstown The
waters are subsiding rapidly.
JOHNSTOWN. Pa. June THE
| recession of the waters was only TEN.
porary, During the forenoon Island
Park, a pleasure resort, three miles
above town, was flooded, the animals
in the Zoo probably being drowned.
Stony creek, ordinarily two feet
deed. at noon was running is feet in
The center of town. Many people
nave fed to the hills.
CLYDE BANK, Scotland, June T.
The new transatlantic liner Lucania
Of the Cunard line, was successfully
launched today, She is the largest
vessel afloat Her displacement is
$4,000 tons; length, 7S5 feet; quad,
ruple propellors; $4,000 horse power;
speed. 25 knots. She has accommo-
dations for 2,S5O passengers and
crew of 500. 1t is expected she viii
cross the Atlantic in four and half
days.
CHICAGO. June 7-Several bank
presidents today announced that the
packing house scandals have seriously
affected the business of the city. They
are inclined to think that the reforms
might nave been carried on with a
less exaggerated beating of drums.
They admit the country is complete.
ly aroused and the loss TO the packing
industries and its subsidiary callings
viii reach a total of nearly S200,0O0,-
900.
KANSAS CITY June Armour,
swift, Norris, and the Cudahy Pack
ng companies were placed on trial in
he federal court today charged with
lcceptine rebates from railways.
q is claimed they shipped goods to
New York at the rate of 81 cents per
90. when the open rate was 10 cents
higher.
WASHINGTON. June Thomas
wilson. manager of Nelson. Morris q
Co, representing all the Chicago
packers. continued his statement to-
day before the house committee on
@icultue. He said that most of
the objections to the Beveridge
amendment were of minor import
lnca. The chief objection, he said,
was placing the cost of meat inspec.
ton on the packers
Wilson said the recent agitation
iad resulted dsastrously to tae sale
IF fresh meats and manufactured
products had been cut in two.
BUFFALO, n. Y, June This
,ity is greatly stirred by disclosures
following investigation OF the local
slaughter houses Mayor Adams has
ordered strict enforcement of the
ahNsAAtii "a " ~ VI tluti-
men visited the plants and win draw
up a new set of stringent ordinances.
WASHINGTON. June S.-Before the
house committee on agriculture today
errible stories were told by the com
mittee of investigation in the packing
house matter. Neil said;
We found dirt that the seas could
not wash away. There was brutal
disregard of the ordinary decencies
ii life. The packing houses were fl
thy meat in preparation for human
lood was thrown upon dirty floors
md butchers walked over it with dir.
tier boots. The employees spat indis-
criminately upon the meats"
WASHINGTON, June S.-Tne pres
dent today sent TO the house com
nittee on agriculture, copies of two
reports of inspections by the depart
ment of agriculture of Chicago pack
ing houses before the publication OF
The Neill report and extracts from a
etter from a friend describing the
haste of the packers to clean up and
renovate their establishments wnicn,
they say, would be amusing If it
we're not so nearly tragedic."
The president says investigation OF
The packing houses is not finished,
and contends that enough has de-
veloped to call for immediate and
Jnorougngoing radical enlargement OF
the powers of the government in in
specting all meats.
He adds: Unfortunately the mis-
deeds of those responsible for the
abuses we design to cure will bring
liscredit and blame not only on them
hut upon innocent stock growers,
ranchmen and farmers, and the only
way TO permanently protect them is
to secure by law thorough and ade-
luate inspection for which | ask"
BOSTON, June S.-Before adjourn
ing today the American Medical AS
sociation adopted the following:
I'VE strongly condemn the revolt
| Ing evils which are shown to exist
regarding food supplies, especially in
| the packing industry. In the funda-