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The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15
Food Law Foes Write
Purity Decisions
III en- Pursued by Wiley for Adult
terafing Products Have
the Upper Hand
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


wAsHINGToN, March IA re-
markable condition exists in the de-
partment OF agriculture in connection
with the enforcement of the pure food
and drugs law. The board of food and
drug inspection, consisting of DR.. Har-
vey W. Wiley, DR.. F. L. Dunlap and
Solicitor George P. Mccabe. practically
has been made nullity.
This board is no longer writing pure
food decisions. according to good au-
thority. The decisions are written by
a person outside the board and are
then submitted for approval 10 the
heads of the three departments con-
cerned with the enforcement of the
pure food law.
This means simply that the enemies
of Dr. Wiley. the originator of the
poison squad" and the persistent foe
Of adulterations in foods and drugs,
have got him at least points down.
The manufacturers OF food and drug
products have carried their war on
DE- Wiley up TO Secretary Wilson and
thence TO the president Apparently
they have got DR.. wiley's scalp.
Talk now is that DR.. WiIey's oppo-
nents have forced him into an intoler-
able position and that it will not be
at all surprising if he quits the de-
partment
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

ditions in Butchertown today are
almost if not entirely as bad as
before the inspection. The orders
then given by the investigating
committee for a cleaning up have
either been ignored or Intellectual.
The report of DR.. Rupert Blue
on the conditions he found in
Butchertown was described by
President Charles c. Moore of
the chamber of commerce at a
meeting of the citizens health
committee to be so horrifying as
to be blood curdling.'
Striving to avert the results which
would follow the publication of DR..
Blues report the butchers of the dis
trict besought him to keep 1t secret
and give them a chance to clean up.
DR.. Blue consented. but the actions of
the butchers since that time have been
such as to only intensity the state of
squalor Barrels of whitewash and red
paint have been spread over the rick
ETY. shacks and buildings, and the tons
of filth and dirt hidden away In crew
ices. under floors and dumped into the
adjacent swamps to decay and con-
taminate all that had so far been un-
touched.
PARADISE FOR RATS
Butchertown is a paradise for rats.
Literally thousands of the plague car
rying rodents infest the district The
is largely swamp, the structures being
perched on piling and wharfs. Under
meath is n1arshy. foul smelling and
disease breeding Here the rats swarm
ana multiply. Dead rats in the last
stages of decomposition have been
found In these swamps and examina-
tions have disclosed that they died OF
plague
Medical men are unit in declaring
that the sanitation of Butchertown can
never be made perfect without the
wholesale destruction of the ram
shackle huts which now harbor. the
plants where the entire meat supply
of San Francisco is killed and dressed
for market The ordinance recently
passed by the supervisors. providing
that all buildings hereafter erected
shall have cement floors, will tend to
this end those whose buildings have
been condemned being forced to con-
struct new foundatinoe
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15
ARMED MEN GUARD
THE AMERICAN MUSEUM
Extra Precautions Are Taken to
Protect Collection of Jewels
Worth SZ,000,00O
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


NEW YORK, March I4-The night
watchmen at the American museum OF
natural history are armed with shot
guns, and extra men have been en-
ployed to guard the gemroom, where
jewels worth s2.ooo.ooo are exhibited.
Watchdogs have been engaged. and
new steel doors. electric burglar alarms
and bolts. locks and bars make the
museum a veritable fortress. These
precautions to protect the museum
have been taken since thre burglars
attempted on January 1s to rob the
building. and Night Guard Kenney was
nearly murdered. Kenney received
numerous scalp wounds. inflicted with
a hammer. and was also shot through
the hand.
The men who attempted to rob the
gemroom at the museum were not
professionals. According to Director
Bumpus of the museum. the thieves
know all the ins and outs of the mu-
scum building
The object of the three men who at
tackled Kenney and attempted to rob
the museum was doubtless to secure
possession of the great star sapphire.
weighing 54s carats. which ]. Pierre
pont Morgan gave to the museum in
1892. The star sapphire formerly was
owned by a gaillwar Of Baroda. 1t is
held in superstitious reverence among
the native Hindus.
Ii is hinted that Hindus are sus-
pected of having attempted the theft,
hoping TO restore the gem to the In
dian collection.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

Judge Lawlor's court tomorrow morn
ing.
Burns deposition is the last impor-
tant Ink in the chain of evidence
showing what has been forged in re-
sponse to Ruefs tissue of lies woven
together as a support for his motion
for setting aside OF his arraignment
in the trolley bribery cases. A few
other brief afidaviss are to be added
to the list. but the principal part OF the
prosecution-s showing is row. complete.
Among the sensational disclosures
made in detail for the irst time in this
affidavit is the complete history OF
the almShouse graft under Frank
Schmitz. brother Of the ex-mayor. which
IS laid bare as the most despicabIe OF
all the Doodle incidents unearthed from
the then existing mass of corruption.
The information which resulted in the
disclosure of this graft was first fur
nished Burns by Ruef himself. who
urged that the matter be taken at once
before the grand Jury. and it was be-
Iieved at the time by the prosecution
that Ruef took this stand in order to
force Schmitz into the 1imeIight and so
get himself for time in the back
ground.
CALLS. FORD BEST FRIEND
Ruef is quoted by Burns as referring
to Tirey L Ford as being almost a
brother TO him and as declaring that
he would not. under any circum-
stances. testify against Ford. though
he did not care what became OF Cal
houn or the others. The details OF
sion and his final agreement to do so
are exploited in full BY Burns. and the
affidavit directly eontroverts the state
ments OF Ruefs father and sister By
setting forth that they told Burns at
the time Of the confession that they
had opposed it with all their mighe
and had urged Ruef not to take tho
step. In their afidavits on file in
Judge Lawlor's court both declare that
they were instrumental in getting Ruef
10 confess
CONTROLLED By DINGEE
In his preliminary statement TO
Burns. Ruef told the latter that
Schmitz was absolutely controlled by
W ]. Dingee; that Dingee had given
him many costly presents and block
OF stock IN the Ocean Shore road. and
that ordinances favoring Dingee's in
terests were the price paid Ruef
declared that schmitz had been given
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

Gees!eaea 8. PEG 20, Mldale celame 9
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Continued ON Page 40, middle Column 4
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15
MORE HORRORS
ARE FOUND IN
BUTCHERTOWN
Meat Supplies Contaminated
by Hordes of Plague
Injected Rats
Rotting Shacks Reek With Vast
Accommodations of Refuse
From Abatt0irs
Red Paint and Whitewash Cover
Conditions Menacing the
City's Health

Whitewash and red paint
daubed on the walls and merely
the concealment on the surface of
conditions that menace the health
of the city have been the net re-
suits of the recent investigation of
Butchertown by the federal and
city health authorities. The con-
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15
Graft Prosecutions Detective
Discloses All Dealings With
the Curly Boss
Ruef's Family Averse to His
Confession and Advised
Against Ii
Deals of Schnlitz With Dingee
Brought Him Block of Stock
for Legislation
Affidavit Goes Even Further
Than That of Heney in the
Graft Revelations

Another damning testimonial to the
duplicity of Abe Ruef and complete
refutadon OF the charges that have
been made by Ruef and in his behalf
against the part taken by the prosecu-
ton in the famous immunity negotia-
tons has been completed in the form
of an affidavit by Special Agent
William ]. Burns and will be fled in
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15
Burns Lays Bare DpGty of Mpf in Ills Dealings With Prosecution

Scenes in Butcherown where horrible conditions
covered by federal inspectors second visit whether
clean up orders had been obeyed.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-15

INTERIOR o. 0HlrESE< GAUcAc-S
FACTORY JE2IcT1NG FILTH IN paRxETE0 D =
-7 oUARTSRc e N-zz-<==!
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

II may have been necessary and
to the best interests OF tho railroad
to abandon the old Katy station and
use the freight depot as passenger
station pending the completion of
.sh". LEV gC,ASsopgsC 4. SsrGt.,- w. .sle,hh
an arrangement should at least in
clnde some thought for thu safety
OF travelling humanity. Surrounded
BY uttss darkness, those who have
ceeaESes t+',-s no ,aaa -fSst ths~ tS.s
night trains that arrive ana depart
e ver"tAc Katy aTo me0aeea NY dam
gers that are sure to result sooner
or later in serious personal damage
~ n1r. Ing ~,stte. rss. -lsy~ f.s~~. .t-s,
those In charge of that railways
business In Waxahachie might at
least break the dismal gloom and
minimize public danger by hanging
out two or three lanterns, 1t is up to
the Katy to conclude whether or not
lights would be cheaper than dam
age suits.
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LIBRARY NOTES.


II Is deemed desirable to inaugur-
ate system OF travelling Libraries In
Ellis county. by sending small col
lections of books to reading clubs,
schools or communities, These
hooks should remain three months,
or longer, at n station be returned
to Waaxhachie for inspection and re-
station, The Sims Library is a CON
venient centre for such library ex-
tension and will gladly undertake It.
But not enough books can he spared
from It's shelves to make up these
itinerant collections. The Action, es-
pGca.isy, i'y s'r' -c,s.rrsa y" ses.S G+s-.- q
home.
AS an experiment, collection OF
forty volumes, contributed for the
most part. by the members of the
Shakespeare Club, was made up In
May. This travelling library Is now
at its second station. Its success has
r.. e.r-. e+4psy4szax..~ ~. We. aNght.ta- haze
dozen such collections.
II has been suggested that other
friends would donate Dooks iur such
purpose. Accordingly, In the near
s,sst.ge, ATsiny VIII he Net apart as
Donation Day" whsreon all good
citizens will be invited to Ieave a
book at the Library Fiction ana
! sorss Toy hoysn nnd gigls are especial
| y needed. OF course, only books In
good condition. and wefi pr'"ioa,' are
| desired you would be
, wiling 10 give friend. This move
nlent is not one 81 charity, hut OF
philanthropy; II offers you an op-
portun!ty % rass On 90 'oiasars- aAe
wholesome and entertaining book
you have already enjoyed.
Further announcement OF the
Donation Day will be made. In the
meantime. get your book ready.
The Sims Library desires to OBJ
tain copy OF the Review Of Reviews
for March. 1908. Any one having
that number OF the magazine to dis
pose of Is requested to communicate
with the Library.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

the teachings OF the bible, and throw
in the doctrines of Pantheism for
good measure, but even the name of
the schools founder has been for
gotten by most people.
At its present stage the tendency
OF most modern socialists is along
excellent ethical lines. Perhaps flu
ture generations will see this system
of ethics brought to higher degree
OF perfection and be generally adop-
ted, Perhaps the world will be bet
ter when 1t Is.
But the anomaly of trying to state
a generality in dogmatic terms does
not yet seem to have occuri ed to a
large number of socialistic advo-
Gates, among whom the signers OF
the ministerial manifesto must be
numbered
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17
A SPECIALIST SAYS
"I'ilcs Can't BE Thoroughly Cured
by Outward Treatment"

DR.. j. S. Leonhardt, OF Lincoln
Neb.. the celebrated specialist. who
has studied every phase OF piles,
says: piles can't be thoroughly cur
ed by olntInents, nor any ether out
side treatment. Tue cause IL nicer
nal, and needs internal treatment"
DR.. Leonhardt's perfected Hem-Roid
the first internal pile cure. II frees
circulation 81 tbs lower bowel. Ard
has cured 9S per cent OF cases.
Sold under guarantee at Is w,
Fearis, Waxahachie. Texas. Price 81.
sCf raSYrasnr-6,:' T,Sroll'3. ~tg7 rs
10, N. r., prop. Write for booklet. az
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

In the line. The suffering of all
thermometer stood 100 degrees in
the shade. Water was 10 cents
glass and bread SO cents loaf
Force was the real law.
"sooners' were at their work
days in advance. although now the
guard was strict, At the start
sooner" ran across the line before
the gun, A soldier ordered him to
halt, but he went on, and the soldier
killed him. The mans partner killed
the soldier. Then came the starting
gun, and wild mobs swept over both
corpses and the matter was forgot
ten. In quarrels along the line be-
fore the start three men were shot.
Nineteen men fell in the line, pros.
trated by the heat, and three died.
t>t.-sy Ast se%sn " y ssr9 t.-sta ~ saa9
an accidental shot killed one man in
the waiting line and many were &c
accidentally wounded, for most were
armed.
At one locality, on the north line
the crowd was more than three hun
dred yards deep in hacked, strug-
- G>.-a >.S!,' u 49, hx.Saaci$y -..ac1,. It
reached east and west as far as the
eye could see. A horse was worth
800 II it could STAND up, Some ran
the race with two horses tied to-
yetteS, saHttay frvar time 70 tissas.
An army of over 100000 started
in the vast, panic-stricken. motley
herd that Sunday afternoon In Sept
er feN ,A:.s4A .Ss.ss:A ! ~s7.y. >aaattestrss
vaguely in the distance. 1t left be-
hind 1t many dead bodies or horses,
and some of men and women.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17
MUST TABOO TIMER.
Uncle Sam Plans to Thwart Ants in
Porto Rico.

t'ortO tlCO.
Washington, Sept, 1.-THE treas
ury department through the super
wishing architect has advertised for
bids to construct the new govern
ment building at San Juan, Porto
Rico
This building will be one of the
largest and finest buildings erected
by this government in It's insular pos
sessions. 1t is to be used as post
office, court house and custom
house.
The building is to be Spanish In
style, and will contain many featur-
es belonging distinctly to that class
OF architecture. The building is to
be OF REINFORCED concrete and steel,
There Is to be no wood about 1t, and
for this reason the building will
have no doors and no glass windows,
except on the side facing the sea.
There viii be apertures for entrances
and exits, but there will be no wood
en- doors to open and close, such as
are used In buildings In this country
In the place OF doors there will be
iron grillings, which can be locked
to keep out people, and In some
places there win be bamboo flaps
&afcf~ cali Dc Closed To- KeaG 'Uut e1ie
rain.
,.. There will be, no window sashes or
glass panes on three sides OF the
building. The window openings Will
| be free, except Tor the griilings,7 80
ltfsTg WIN be freah asy. at all tim 90
in the building A wide gallery will
run around the three sides OF the
saa.rias, -.'y.*' UPS ~ " 'krs. = @.,,.". nv
rain and sun, On the side facing the
sea there will be glass windows, but
no wooden sashes. The glass is used
here on accom-, Of .he strong winds
which come from the sea,
The reason why no wood is to be
used IN the building is because wood
cannot be used In Porto Rico and
to an ant, indigenous to the island,
which destroys wood In most mar
velous fashion. The insect will begin
at the ground and bore Its way into
the wood and gradually eat its way
to the top reducing the wood to a
powder Often furniture IN Porto
Rico Is attacked by the ants, and II
you lean or place weight on ta-
BILE or chair 1t viii fall to the ground
for the ants have eaten the wood 80
badly that they are made shells and
cannot hold any weight,
Steel is to be used in the new
building where wood would usually
be placed The floors are TO be of
concrete and mosaic, while the hall
ways are to be tiled. Supervising
Architect Taylor OF the treasury says
| that the Arm who will get the con
tract for building the new building
will have to construct It In this coun-
try and ship IT by coastw wise schoon-
ers In pieces to Porto Rico, where 1t
/ Will be assembled and erected. He
expects It will be two years before
II is finished
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17
ANNIVERSARY OF "BlG KUN
Inst of the Oklahoma Lands Settled
Fifteen Years Ego.

Fifteen Years Ego.
Enid, Okla, Sept. 17.--Today IL
the fifteenth anniversary OF the 'ast
big run" for Oklahoma lands. Never
again will such scene be witnessed
as took place on that memorable
Sunday, September ~, 1893. TWO
hundred. thousand men and women
we're II. the Cherokee outlet BY
afternoon of the opening day, anc
In a single night town OF 10000
sprang up. In many respects thif
last Oklahoma run" was more re-
narkable than the first, which took
place In 1889.
On the night OF the run the
formerly barren territory was alive
with weary anxious people, all eager
~ seeking homes In the promised
land and some wild with the lust
for land. Thousands OF camp fires
glared along the path OF the old
Indian hunting trail 10 the buffalo
plalns ~ forgotten memory. In q
Yirg,e. day the white mans civiliza-
ton overpowered and overwhelmed
the domain OF the red man
Before the run" more than To-
O. 90 men we're niassad along tse
southern line OF the strip alone. and
all the land ONCE towns In Kansas
..s ~, es1Asss., a. 'tM> .aaatSs4yAg- crcwds
Tor days. An ondie,.s lEa OF mer
waited In procession back of the reg
istry windows. A man paid IS hve
different times for advances In his
place up the registry line. and al
last les VIII in ~ sa% .rsrss ce ths
! nfntiya, alter DAYS " "rs!ssAi.r Wrys
out by exhaustion he dropped dead
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

KILLED by idle gossip is the sus'
pestive headline 10 press speci'o
from New York which recounts the
death OF husband and wire, HOW
many similar cases might ne recall
ed? And those who engage IN this
death dealing gossip are not always
criminal In their intent even though
thoughtless in their remarks. ina'
man or woman who successfully
hridlas the tongue is entitled 10 be
referred TO as great.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

A bit more intelligent seli-support
and less dependency on the resolves
and whereases of some sort of utop'
tan organization might help some
There's the man who grows some
thing to sell Let him plant and
propagate with the view to full
pantry the year round-then mar
ket his surplus when the price lev
els have climbed. For every price
has It's period Of climb. Fort Worth
star
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Piqua. O., Sept. .17.--Veterans OF
the Eleventh Ohio met in ihirty-
sixth annual reunion here today. 1t
Ia stated that $50 members of the
regiment are still living. scsttered
all over the United States, with
few In Mexico and Europe.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

A whole library OF common sense
logic n contained in the following
excerpt from the Fort Worth Star:
There are Texas towns that dodge
.N.e,p~"h Th..y, a9dge I. hocs,l. dodg s.,
opportunity, dodge p3Os.t ys'Yenass,
dodge responsibility in the general
upbuilding OF the state, and dodge
their duty TO efficient government
aud maintenance by covering taxable
.gelues with. bales. OF mosshac kisIn ,
Quit lodging and get IN the game
OF g,ye-and-take competition.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Waxahachie needs live board of
trade and needs 1t bad. A dozen good
business men properly organized
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Old Jupe may be "on to his job,
but in precipitating a season OF
showers over this section he is 60
ing contrary to the wishes OF the
people,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Trinity University Is entitled to
be congratulated on the splendid at
tendance which nlatks the Sas!nninB
OF the present session.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

sNtt
ignorance is no excuse for crime,
ana Slnkins ut 'sioldtEns OF Me Law
will never improve public morals.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

w. A. OWNBY City Editor.
Residence Phone, Bell No ySa)
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Being a Kicker has never yet aa-
vanced man In the estimation OF
the public.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17
Kicked To Death by Horse.

Clinton. Okla, Sept. 17.--Miss
Veronica Crook, aged 13, daughter
orc. " Efo5A. @as h.5i<ly ksEes
by being kicAed In tha"'sfuY oy II
horse.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Fairness In dealing with public
news is one thing that readers have
a right to expect of newspapers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Streets and sidewalks are actual
rsrc,ssy. sts-~S 10 eng lire~ st,.c ~ +-c-~.,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation OF any
person, firm or corporation that may APP
will be gladly corrected upon It being
brought to the attention OF the manage.
ment.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Obituaries; resolutions OF respect, cards
oil thanks-all matter not NEWS-will be
charged for at the rate OF cents per line
Poetry at double price,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-09-17

Entered at the Waxahachie Postoffice as
Mail Matter OF the Second Glass. /:
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-01-15

to be made on the farm. | have not
a doubt but many honest men contrib
ute to this deception Internationally
1t is SO easy TO see only the bright
side when that is all we are looking
Tor. James r. Garfield, Secretary OIL
the Interior, last summer made trlP
through the Yakima valley in an auto
mobile. He passed across our fruit
ranch Not tar from our place he
halted for luncheon and made speech
to the assembled people. He is re-
ported to have said that he would ra
Their have a good fruit farm in such
a valley than to be Secretary OF the
Interior! Well, Jimmy" would prob
ably learn several things he doesn't
now know if the exchange should be
made. But admitting all the draw
backs that can be rightfully charged
to farm life, the country is very
desirable place in which to live.
Many people come to me to seek
my advice about going on to a farm
especially a fruit farm. l try to pc
fair with them and often have TO top
nile over their air castles. Often times
| am grieved to find out how little
city people know about farm life, even
the work that has to be done. l was
talking with an intelligent man not
long since and spoke of top-graft1ng
for the purpose of putting new top
on an apple tree that bears an unprof-
liable variety and l certainly had to
smile when he said: DO you take
the top of one tree and make it grow
on another? | don't see how it can
be DONE" Often l am asked II think
the person seeking information can
succeed on farm. | have to tell them
[ don't know. So much depends on
the man, the spirit with which he
enters upon his work and the bulldog
tenacity to hold on and conquer dill
ficulties, that it is hazardous to make
any prediction. Much has to be learn
ed and difficulties have to be over
come and conquered. Get off your
stills and come down to the real.