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THE FIELDS OF DREAM.
Ill flolds are like a tnnontrr:
Attt, they twin one hue, dcslrn.
But near, what curious tracer?,
What nlille and what flowing line!
Carnations, violets, gentians ahlne
In -rnll nmllnpil h? Ilvlna III
B'hose fields where never footsteps pass.
A Jotoiu Rummer, ne'er despoiled
By weathera, kee)S them aye In bloom
And lovel?, lucent roots are colled
Deep In the stems' Illumined gloom :
Beyond the breath of Death and Doom
Those fields extend their parquetries,
Their fine and mingled harmonies.
Winged Insects, monstrous or minute,
Drill through the aronialc air,
Creep round the aromatic root;
And doves embroider, pair by pair.
The lyric heavens: and storms ba? there
The shape of beasts, with horns and scales
That feather them, and jeweled tulls.
The grasses' soft enameling
On the enchanted sky Is thrown;
Like birds In chaste cloisonne wing
Great Java and kingfishers, wide-flown.
Like winds of blue and emerald blown
Like winds that stir not, but are seen
Above the sweet, concerted green.
Mid mushrooms, hells and pollen rise
Quaint orchids, licking at the air
Like snakes; and snnkes with golden eyes
And smooth and simple bracelets stare,
And amble, Jimp and ilcbunnnlre.
By blond and perfumed roots that bint
Aa hearts, and crawl with living feet!
Fanged, rufous beetles dron anil leap.
Red vampires, venomous and blind.
And eartlilv grifliiis stirred from sleep
Peer nut and iinti them, senu'iit splued,
War blodlly. each kind with kind.
Yet overhead no tremors puss
On the bright symbols uf this grass.
O fields, where never footsteps pass,
Whose roses and whose lilies How
In rhythmic lines, whose pnlemed grass
la crossed by winds that never blow !
O fields I see, hut never know,
Stopped Sy a Musk with orbs of stone.
Named Sleep, who holds you as bis own !
I. K. Lloyd, In The Acorn.
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A MILE
MINUTE.
;
There was not a better railroad
telegraph operator on the line of the
W. and W. road than Tim Mulligan,
but for all that he was out of a Job
half of the time. Tim had begun his
career aa a messenger boy and had
worked tip from one place to another
until he had reached the top, but there
had been many intervals.
The trouble with him was that lie
was no hero worshipper. He refused
to believe that master mechanics, su
perintendents, general managers and
ailroad presidents were better than
other men, and the employe who holds
to that belief cannot hold bis job at
the same time.
Three times in five years he was
called upon to contribute to a fund to
buy an official a silver dinner set, and
three times he refused and was dis
charged. He did not refuse because he
disliked the man who was to be bene
fited by the gift, but because he be
lieved that the official Fbould be satis
fied with his salary the same as be
was. '
In the course of ten years Tim was
discharged seven times, and seven
times he was taken back after he had
loafed around for a couple of months.
The term for It In railroad parlance is
suspension without pay. In no in
stance was there cause enough to w ar
rant putting his name on the black list
and Tira had an affection for the W.
and W. road and did not look for a
position on any other.
The seventh time be was taken back
he was sent down the line to a wretch
ed little station on half salary. He
had to be freight and passenger agent
and telegraph operator at the same
time. Tim did not object to his new
place. He knew that within a few
weeks he would be invited to come
up higher. There was much chaffing
on the part of other operators along
the line, but Tim took it good nat
uredly and went on with his work.
He had been holding this position
almost two months when a crisis hap
pened. There was an accident four
miles up the road from his station,
and an employe was sent back to do
telegraphing. He found the ofiiee
closed. The hour for closing was nine
o'clock and it was now midnight. Per
haps this part would have been ex
cused, but that night Tim happened to
be off to a dance with a crowd of
young people. There was an order
forbidding him to go to a dance when
off duty, and he was not supposed to
know when accidents were going to
happen, but he was held to be crim
inally guilty and told to prepare for
decapitation.
Two days later the superintendent
arrived on a special train. He was
Showing a committee of the Legislature
over the road. On the same train was
a telegraph operator who bad come
down to take Tim's place. The spe
cial had twenty minutes to wait that
the run east might be clear, and the
superintendent personally saw the
transfer of the station. Then he told
Tim that he should never click an
Instrument on the line again. Tim
replied that -it would be no loss to
him and a few hot words passed.
As it happened T!m had received his
pay the day before and was free to go
where he would. What be did was to
cross the tracks and take a seat on a
pile of ties and. wonder whether he
should turn navvy or farmer.. The su
perintendent's train was to make a
run of fifteen miles, sidetrack fosr
seven or eight minutes and then have
a clear run of sixty miles. Tim could
hear the new man clicking away after
the train had pulled out and be heard
the word come back that It had reach
ed R and had taken the side track.
Three minutes later he was on his
feet and all attention.
Darkness had fallen, and far up the
track he could see a locomotive' head
light According to arrangements
there Bhould have been no following
train for half an hour. The headlight
was three miles oft when sighted, bus
Tim knew by the humming of the rails
that It was a locomotive only and that
it was running at top notch.
He made a dash for the station plat
form, hearing the call on the instru
ment as he did so, but he had not en
tered the open door when the engine
whizzed. by. There was a flash, a roar
and it was gone. He saw only one
man who was flinging his arms about
as if shouting. As Tim turned to the
new operator be saw that his face was
pale and he was In a collapse. His
hand was on the key but he could not
work It.
"Out of this, you spalpeen," shouted
Tim as the frenzied operator at Collins
kept calling. "Out of this, and let me
see what's the matter on the rails?"
Thirty seconds later he knew. It
was a wild locomotive which had pass
ed him one of the fastest engines on
the road and In charge of a crazy en
gineer. "Wild locomotive keep Supe's train
on switch," were the words sent along
to Grafton, and, though steam raced
with them, electricity won the race.
The Grafton operator had only a
minute to prepare, but that minute
was enough. He halted the switch
man just as he was about to open the
main line, and fifteen seconds Inter the
runaway came along. The great en
gine rocked like a ship in ff seaway.
She seemed to gather herself and
take a mighty leap. It was like a
blazing meteor flying along the rails,
and men were pale for half an hour
after she had disappeared. Had she
struck the special train of three cars
she would have ploughed her way to
the tender.
"Wild engine throw her off," was
telegraphed down to Stanton, and at
Stanton the flier left the main track
and went ploughing along and burst
her boiler with a sound that was heard
for miles around. Hack to Collins,
while she was standing on the track
ready to be coupled to a coming ex
press train, her engineer had got off a
sick bed and taken possession. He
had made a run of thirty-five miles
but it was his last ride. They found
scraps of the engine, but not even
senilis of the man. The day after the
accident Tim was summoned to head
quarters. "Mr. Mulligan," said the superinten
dent, "I believe you were the agent
down at Davisburg!"
"Up to yesterday yes," was the
reply.
"And then you lost your place for
not attending to business?"
"For not being at the station nt
midnight, when 1 was not supposed to
be there, sir."
"Um! I believe wo had a few words
when the transfer was made yester
day."
"We may have spoken about the
weather," smiled Tim.
"I'm! Well, let the weather alone
after this, Mr. Mulligan. "It's a bad
habit to discuss the weather with your
superiors. I don't think the young
man I took down will do for the
place."
"Am I to go back, sir?"
"No. They want you in Chicago, I
believe, at your old salary, and I'll
send someone to Davisburg who knows
a telegraph key from a crowbar.
That's all. Mr. Mulligan good morn
ing." Sallie Chamberlin In California
News.
STILL USE CHURNS.
Even In This Day of Creameries But
ter Is Made in Old-Fashioned Way.
"The chnnces are ten to one or bet
ter," said a woodenware man, "that
the butter you buy at the grocery
store now was made In a creamery,
for the great bulk of the butter con
sumed In this country is now made
In milk establishments. But there Is
still some butter made by hand, and
we still sell churns right along.
"The greater number of these now
sold are of the cylinder type, operat
ed by a crank, turning within the
churn a wheel with paddles, some
times like the paddlewheel of a
steamboat; but we still sell, as well,
churns of the old-fashioned dasher
type, such as our grandfathers used,
and such as their grandfathers used
before them. I might add that the
old-fashioned dasher churn Is still, as
it has always been, painted blue.
"Who still buys these old-style
hand churns in the day of machine
made butter? Why, so to speak, the
oldest people, and the most modern.
"They are bought by small farmers
keeping only one or a few cows, who
naturally continue to make their own
butter, and who make it, of course,
with a hand churn. Some of these
farmers might make more butter
than they would require for their own
use; and the surplus they would sell,
as they would their surplus eggs, to
the country store.
"And you would find larger farmers,
too, farmers, perhaps keeping many
cows and selling the bulk of their milk
to a creamery, still continuing to
make the butter that they needed for
themselves and making it, as they
have always done, In a hand churn.
"And such churns are sold to people
living in suburban or country homes
and keeping cows, who make their
own butter because they prefer to,
anyway, and they are bought by vari
ous people, everywhere, who want
sweet, or unsalted, butter, and make
it for themselves in hand churns.
"We export churns to the West
Indies and South America and to
Zealand and Australia and to dairying
countries In various other parts of the
world." New York Sun.
A Wonder!
"He Is the most polite man I over
knew."
"What gives you that impression?"
"Why, he even is polite in his home."
San Francisco Call.
Bomb Thrown at King Alfonso
and His Bride in Street.
MI88ILE HIDDEN IN BOUQUET
An Electric Wire Deflected the
Course of the Bomb and Royal
Couple Escaped Injury,
King Alfonso and his bride, Princess
Bna of Battenberg, had a narrow es
cape from death, on tbe return from
the church where they had just been
made man and wife. A bomb con
cealed In a bouquet was thrown from
a balcony and exploded In front of the
coach occupied by Grand Duke Vladi
mir, of Russia, which followed that of
the royal couple.-
lYobably, King Alfonso and Queen
Victoria escaped by an electric wire
deflecting the bomb, but. at least H
persons, most of them being of the
personal and military escort, and the
other spectators, were killed. .Many
others were Injured. The following
are the killed: Captain Harrow, com
manding part of the klugs escort;
Lieutenant Heysietit, Lieutenant Pren
dergnst, six soldiers, tbe Marquise of
Colosa, her daughter, Don Antonio Cal
vo, his niece, aged 6 years; Jose Sola,
70 years of age; Luis Eonsesa. One
royal groom was killed who was lead
ing a horse drawing the coach carry
ing the king and queen. Several of
those killed were standins on the bal
cony of the house from which the
bomb was thrown.
The explosion occurred Just as the
royal couple was about to enter the
palace. The route of tbe cortege had
been diverted from Arsenal street to
Mayor street, owing to the popular de
sires. The procession had just passed
through Mayor street and was about
to turn Into the esplanade leading to
the palace when an explosion shook
the buildings in the vicinity, stunning
a large number of people and throw
ing the cortege Into inextricable con
fusion. The royal coach was brought to a
sudden stop by the shock, officers and
soldiers of the escort tailing to the
ground about the equerry and horses
that had been kl.led. The screams o
tlit) terrified multitude mingled with
the groans of the dying. It was im
mediately seen that the royal coach
was intact except, as it had been dam
aged by flying splinters. King Al
fonso Immediately alighted and assist
ed Queen Victoria out of t lie carriage.
Tlvcy then entered another coach and
were driven swiftly to the palace.
The Madrid pmice had received a
warning from London to be on the
outlook for anarchists, a plot having
been discovered in that city to assass
inate the king and queen on their
leaving the church.
It was just a year ago that a bomb
was thrown at King Alfonso in Paris.
As the king, accompanied by Presi
dent Lonbet, was driving away from
a gala pertonoanre in Hie opera, an
anarchist threw a bomb at the roya
carriage.
The wedding of Alfonso and Ena
was celebrated in the historic church
of San Jeronimo. The gathering in
the church was the most brilliant one
that has ever graced a similar occa
sion in any capital in the world.
Princes, dukes, generals, admirals and
ambassadors from every nation were
there in glittering array.
His majesty entered the church un
der a pallium held over him by high
church and palace dignitaries. He
was attired In the uniform of a cap
tain general and wore among his deco
rations the Order of the Golden 'fleece
and the English Order of the Garter.
The blonde bride, in her wouderful
robes of white and silver, seemed a
flitting figure in this fairy pageant
wedding. Her gown was a gilt from
the king and cost $7,000. It was ot
white brocade overlaid with silver
embroidery and Spanish lace. Tin
latter was valued at $50 a yard. The
lace was caught up with orange blos
soms. Monsignnre Sancha, archbishop of
Toeldo, and primate of Spain, per
formed the ceremony, assisted by 20
bishops and priests, all In gorgeous
vestment of white and gold, scarlet
and old lace.
At the words, "With all my worli!l
goods. I thee endow," the king pre
sented to his bride 13 golden "arad."
The ceremony was long, alonist an
hour being required for its observ
ance, and concluded with the nuncio
pronouncing the Pope's benediction on
the newly-married couple, and the
chanting of he Te Deum.
After the ceremony the bride ami
bridegroom knelt before the altar,
their sponsors holding lighted tapers
on cither side. Then they heard the
nuptial mass, one of the most impres
sive services in the Catholic Church,
with its musically chanted invocations
and responses from the organ.
X-RAYS CAUSE DEATH
Widely Known Specialist Falls Victim
of Blood Poisoning.
Dr. Louis A. Weigel, one of the best
known physicians of Rochester, N. Y.,
died from blood poisoning following
X-ray hums.
About two years ago Dr. Weigel
first noticed the effects of the rays
and amputation of one hand and all
the fingers of the other was necessary.
Dr. Weigel bad supposedly recovered,
but his condition became more serious
a Bhort time since.
TWENTY-TWO DROWNED
British Ship Wrecked Off the Coast of
Chile Four Members of the
Crew Escape. ,
The British ship Llsmone, Captain
Cowell, from Melbourne, April 21, for
Coronet, has been wrecked at Santa
Maria, off the coast of Chile-.
Twenty-two of the crew were
drowued. Including nil the ofilccrs ex
cept the first mate, who, with three
members of the crew, lunded ot 111-co.
DUN'8 WEEKLY, SUMMARY
Little Idle Machinery Reported at
Manufacturing Establish
ments. R. G. Dun & Company's Weekly
Review of Trade says: Business
maintains wholesome progress and
mercantile collections Improve. The
week's aggregate transactions show a
good gain is noted In comparison
with the corresponding period of any
previous year. Uncertainty regarding
the crops caused unusual conservatism
at the northwest until this week,
when the outlook became sufficiently
encouraging to restore confidence.
In many jobbing lines there is no pros
pect of vigorous activity until fall,
but wholesale distribution is now
heavy and retail business Is only re
tarded at points where temporary
weather conditions are adverse.
Little Idle machinery Is reported at
manufacturing plants. Railway earn
ings thus far recorded for May ex
ceeded last year's by 11.1 per cent,
and foreign commerce ot New York
for the last week showed gains of
$1 ,704,081 in lmiKirts and $191,743 in
exports. Money Is returning from
San franclsco and more gold' has
been engaged abroad but the security
market rules comparatively quiet.
Aside from the strike of founders
nnd movers the Iron and steel In
dustry Is In splendid condition. No
decrease In activity of textile machin
ery has occurred. Footwear factories
are supplied with orders that will
maintain full activity for two or
three months and supplementary con
tracts for fall delivery continually ar
rive from salesmen or by mall. The
higher prices announced last week on
sole leather came as a surprise, ow
ing to the dullness of the market
nnd tended to make business still
smaller.
Failures the week numbered 174 In
the United States against 19S last
year, and 13 in Canada compared with
29 a year ago.
DECISION AGAINST SMOOT
Committee on Elections and Privileges
Adopts Resolution.
That Reed Sinnot Is not entitled to
his scat in the United States Senate
as a Senator from 1'tah was the de
cision of the Cotnnilltee on Privileges
and Elections, by a vote of 7 to 5, on
Senator Dubois' resolution, offered nt
the meeting; two weeks ago, which was
carried by Senators Burrows, Dolll
ver, Pitlus, Overman,' Bailey, Dubois
ii ml Krazicr voting in tbe affirmative,
and Senators Foraker, Dillingham,
Hopkins, lievi rlilge and Knox In the
negative.
The vi, t.? of Senator Depew was not
cast. Votes were bad on the consti
tutional questions of expulsion and
exclusion, after which t lie members
of the committee expressed them
selves in favor of a vote In the Sen
ate at the present, session of Con
gress. The e fleet of the resolution adopted
will be to place squarely before the
Senate Hie question whether Senator
Sinoot shall continue In bis seat and
leave to somebody the- decision as to
tbe method of procedure. A majority
can declare that It Is the sense of the
Senate that Senator Snioot be exclud
ed, nnd undor the form of tho resolu
tion proceed to unseat him by that
method.
IMMUNITY BILL PASSED
Measure to Aid the Prosecution of
Trust Cases.
Senator Knox secured the passage
through the Senate of his Immunity
bill, one of the most important meas
ures this session. The bill declares
the intent of the laws creating the inter-state
commerce commission, the
department of commerce and labor,
and the bureau of corporations. It
provides that Immunity under these
laws shall be extended only to "natu
ral persons, who in obedience to a
subpoena, give testimony under oath
or produce evidence, documentary or
otherwise, under oath.'
It prevents
men who have been guilty of an in
fraction of thp law from going before
the nearest official of the department
of commerce and confessing their sins,
thus taking the immunity bath which !
guarantees them from prosecution and i
makes them immune from punish- j
ment. I
CHURCH UNION PROPOSED
Reformed Presbyterians Permit Con
grcgation to Withdraw.
The general synod of the Reformed
Presbyterian Church In session at Cc
darville, O., discussed the proposed
union with the United Presbyterian
Church. A minority report was laid
on the table In being opposed to. union
with any denomination whatever and
the former asked for union with the
United Presbyterian Church under the
name of the United Presbyterian
Church of North America.
The synod finally adopted a substi
tute report for the majority, allowing
the first Reformed Presbyterian
Church of Pittsburg to withdraw. This
congregation will probably unite with
the United Presbyterian Church.
Train Robbers Guilty.
The bandits charged with holding up
the Canadian Pacific railway Imperial
Limited about a month ago were
found guilty by a jury at Kamloops,
B. C. Colquhoun was sentenced to 25
years' Imprisonment nnd Edwards and
Dunn to life Imprisonment.
British Kill 70 Zulus.
Six hundred rebels Zulus surround
ed and attacked Colonel Leuehar's
force near Buffalo river. After two
hours' fighting the Zulus fled, lcavipg
70 killed. The British loss was one
man killed and three wounded.
2,600 Ohio Saloons Quit.
Reports from throughout the State
show that 2.0l0 saloons closed on ac
count of the Aikin law. The law,
however, will Increase the saloon
revenues from $1,500, ono to about
$10,000,000 a year.
PLAN ATTACKS ON MINISTRY
Democrats Will Use Interpella
tions on Bureaucratio Abuses.
PREMIER EXPECTED TO RESIGN
An Attempt Was Made to Assassinate
the Governor General of Kutais
by Bombs.
A campaign of unceasing attacks
upon tbe Russian ministry by means
of a dally bombardment of Interpella
tions on the Inexhaustible subject of
bureaucratic abuses was mapped out
by the Constitutional Democratic
central committee and discussed In
detail at a meeting of tho members
of that, party.
The general opinion still prevails
that Premier Goremyllm will resign
and ttuit M. Shlpoff will succeed him.
The members of the conference
were arous-d from a dry discussion
of tactics by the news of condemna
tion to death of Warsaw terrorists
for the murder of a pollcemun, and
the trial by court-martial of I!6 more
political prisoners nt Riga, who are
in jeopardy of tbe fate of the eight
who were executed there May 29.
This precipitated another charac
teristic outbreak of fury against, the
government. Tbe government, how
ever, 1s taking its time to answer
even the most pressing interpella
tions. An attempt was made on the life of
General Alikhnnoff, governor general
of Kutais, ns he was about to take a
train for Tiflis. The general arrived
at, the station surrounded by an es
cort of Cossacks, when two bombs
were thrown at him and exploded In
the midst, of th. party, seriously
wounding Alikhnnoff, a member of
his staff and several Cossacks. The
remainder of the Cossacks forced In
discriminately into the crowd, kill
ing many persons.
EARTHQUAKE DEAD 418
Bodies of Eleven More Victims Taken
Out of Ruins.
The remains of 11 more victims of
the San Francisco disaster have been
discovered, bringing the death list at
the morgue up to 418.
liiiilding operations In the ruined
portions of this city have received a
decided setback owing to the dilatory
tactics of the underwriters. Almost
before the ruins had cooled the own
i rs of (lie huge buildings In the busi
ness section that bad been destroy
ed beyond restoration planned for
their speedy and complete rehabilita
tion. The inon encacrd on the Crocker,
Shi eve. Mutual Pavings Dank and on
the St. Francis Hotel in these opera
tions were given notice that all work
must cease because of the lack of
f'inils.
Owners nnd builders asert that
they have us'ed every effort to per
suade the underwriters to advance In
snriince moneys, but without avail.
TORE FLAG TO SHREDS
Anarchists Hold Memorial Services
in Chicago.
On Memorial day a large assembly
of Chicago "Reds" gathered at n
memorial service in Brand's hall for
the executed Hny market anarchists.
They listened ' violent harrangues
by Alexander Berkmnn and Emma
Goldman anil cheered wildly when a
small American flag was grabbed from
the hand of a liltle girl who wandered
Into the meeting and was torn Into
strips and trampled on the floor.
The affront to the flag came In the
mi.l.-t of llerkmnn's speech, and the
attention of the crowd was drawn to
the act by the cries of the child.
When the Import of the act became
known the cheering began and Berk
man was Interrupted.
Policemen, under the command of
Captain Healy, of the Chicago Avenue
station, who were stationed In the
rar of the hall, hurried to the scene
of commotion nnd the tumult was
quickly stilled.
WHAT'S IN A NAME
How Seme Articles of Food
are
Labeled for Market.
According to evidence given before
the judiciary committee of the
Chicago council by the committeemen
who are setting forth their objections
to the pending cold storage ordinance,
"Elgin" butter is made In Minnesota,
"New Jersey" chickens grow fat In
Iowa and "Canadian" cheese is "Im
ported ' from Indiana and other
States. .
The aldermen were told how these
things were shipped to Chicago, plac
ed in cold storage for nine months,
and then shipped to New York and to
Europe. In this way. according to the
testimony. "New Jersey" chickens
are sold in New York which were
raised In Icwa.
Smoker Rejected.
Because Rev. John A. Burnett, of
?.Ionmotith, 111., uses tohacco, the gen
eral assembly of the United Presby
terian church by a decisive vote, re
jected the resolution of the committee
on nominations, that he be made
general secretary of the Young
Peoples' Christian union. The name
of Rev. W. W. Lawrence, of Bele
vue, Pa., was substituted.
Concede Miners' Demands.
Coal operators in Illinois decided to
i yield to the demands of the miners
for the scale of l'Juii, nnd mining will
be resumed in Illinois with union
men. The strike has been In force
since 'April 1 nud involves 55,000
men.
Yamada Naokuma, a noted Japan
ese philosopher and pupil of Dr.
Inouye, has committed suicide by
Jumping Into the crater of Aso volcano.
INSPECTION OF MEATS
Railroads and Ships Cannot Carry
Packers' Products Unless
Tagged.
The Beverldge meat Inspection
amendment to the agricultural appro
priation bill provides:
Rigid post-mortem Inspection of all
cattle, swine, sheep and goats killed
for human consumption in any Slate,
Territory or any place under the Juris
diction of the United States accord
ing to the rutea of the Agricultural
Department; all meat found healthful
shall he tagged and all meat found1
unhealthy shall be destroyed.
no-Inspection when Inspectors
think any meat product has become
spoiled nnd for destroying that also
even If It has beeu passed once.
All slaughters and packers and all
others engaged In the preparation ol
meat products must admit Inspector
to all parts of their establishments.
All canning, rendering, salting anil
packing products are Included and
any products treated, with dyes or
deleterious chemicals or preserva
tives shall be condemned.
All establishments must be main'
tallied in a sanitary manner, accord
ing to rules and regulations prescrib
ed by the Secretary of Agriculture.
No animals sha'l be allowed to enter
any killing or packing establishment
unless thoy have been Inspected nnd
passed, and none but healthful aul
mals shall be used.
After January 1, 1907, no railroad
or any other common carrier can
transport any meat product not In
spected or passed and no ship with
such articles on board shall be giv
en clearance) papers, nor can an)
common curriers transport any meal
product that Is prepared in an es
tablishment where specified sani
tary conditions do not prevail.
Severe penalties are provided fot
foreign labels. Inspection shall b
made during night and day time, bit;
there shall be no slaughtering It
night time except In cases of cmep
geney.
Fees for Inspection are fixed.
Packers and dealers in meat pro
ducts are forbidden to offer for sal
any fresh, salted, canned or other
wise packed meat products that havi
not been properly Inspected ani
passed. I'enulles are provided for
attempts to bribe inspectors.
Animals slaughtered by farmeru or
farms are exempt.
FOUR DROWNED IN COLLISION
Big Steel Freighter Strikes Olc
Wooden Vessel in St. Clair
River and Sinks Her.
Tho steamer Erin, upbound, anf
towing the schooner Danforth, waf
run into and cut in two by the steam
er Cowle in the St. Clair river just be
low St. Clair and four members of tht
crew were drowned.
The dead are: Fireman "Dang"
Hill, St. Catharines, Ont.; .Mrs. Mary
Reed, Spanish River, Ont.; watchman,
shipped from Detroit; home, Amherst
burg, Ont.; Mrs. Hubert, of Cleveland;
cook.
Six members of the Erin's crew anil
the 13-year-old son of Mrs. Reed, wh
was on the .steamer, were saved. Cap
tain Sullivan and the boy were plckel
up by the yawl of the Danforth. whil
fishermen saved Mate George Patter
son, of Port Dalhousie, Ont.; JamtJ
Dagden and Orove Shook, of Windsor,
Ont., and Thomas Lyon and Georgf
fanshaw, of Gloversvine, N. Y.
The Cowle Is a modern steel freight
er and is not thought to have been
much damaged, while the Erin was I
wooden vessel of the old type.
DISTINCT EARTH SHOCKS
Disturbance in Mining Region of
Michigan Cause Alarm.
The most severe earth disturbance?
ever experienced about Houghton,
Mich., occuired at the Atlantic mlne9
May 2G. There were five shocks.
Buildings rocked and in several places
there are cracks In the eartn. Great
alarm ptevails ana m.ners and their
families are propnrir.j to leave for
other points in the copper country.
The mine shut down two weeks
ago as the result of these distur
bances. Indications of caving-in 1?
now nearer the surface, as the shocks
are more distinct.
INDIANS HAVE DOG FEAST
Sixty-Eight Canines Consumed by
i Omaha Tribe of Redskins.
' Memorial day was observed by the
I Indians on the Cheyenne river reser
vation near Ft. Pierre. Ball games,
horse races and sack races were in
dulged In, but the feature of all of
tho contests was a "shinney" game
between rival teams of squaws.
At night an old-time dog feast was
enjoyed, at which 08 canines were
consumed and later there was a big
pow wow and peace dance.
Torn to Fragments.
Two brothers were killed by an ex
plosion of dynamite at the West
quarries of the Standard Lime and
Stone Company, near Martinsburg,
W. Va. They are: Thomas Breeden,
35 years old and Morgan Breeden, 38
years old. The men were employed
as qnnrrymen. Their bodies were
torn to fragments. The two were
preparing a blast when the accident
occurred.
Miners Perish In Flames.
In a fire at the Kubari colliery on
the island of Kokkoaido, 400 build
ings were destroyed and nine miners
perished.
To Americanize Guatemala.
Revolutionary troops have crossed
tho Guatemalan border from the north
and from Salvador and British Hon
duras. They are well armed anc'
equipped. The stated object of these
expeditions is to Americanize Gua
temala. Ten Sheep Shearers Drowned.
Ten Mexicans employed as sheet
shearers near Golconda, Nev., wer
drowned in a cloudburst. The down
pour also washed out the Southers
Pacific railroad at Golconda.
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