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i M . is (.'.ii : y ; o ! :s; J it ; i i .s-iii-Law .Wiby ' ! : .: 'i of t'u!i:e "i IV:;. i l's WLV The I 1 Overeash to Where : . A;. .hashed and Ashby a h 'I Hi Use umo i il t He Used to Kill llis i I'uur YeSrs Ago. S T! ; Observer. i Grove, June 18. Edward vuananous. iusl over ine ua.ua.r- Mii ty line at 9t o'clock this S and made good his escape. e with bloodhound are in pur f the sliyer, but at a late hour ht no word has come from the v - " . , ,sh and Ashby were brothers- . n rl tViA frfllrHtr frAWmif rt ft tic difficulty about which there nsiderable mystery. , . Persons ' ave arrived here from the orhood where the crime was itted tell the story of the crime aese details are given for what re worth. ' . .. ' , Retails of crime. ;r .'.'.vent to the home of Reese yesterday and accused" Feth 'eof improper conduot with sh, declaring? that if PetheL :b with.' him to the woods he i produce proof of his charges. : accompanied Ashby to the j but, ,1c is said, Ashby was un f show the husband proof of if.e's misconduct. Pethel de- i then that the best way to Bet-? i" matter was to interview V7 and Pethel and his wife a Ahby'g home after Mm. afccoropanled the Pethels will buC Instead 6f stopping at a te( where It had been i the conference was to ' be e pethels took him beyond into et, where Ashby was secreted, stepped-" out from Jila hiding i3.'6vercash approached and n d'eidr immediately taking TUDED IN MYSTERY. j i Is considerable mystery be ( leVjjrtrdd and It will require avestigatloa to bring to light ith. Ashby, .It Is said, : had ned.'thbj morning, some hours the tragedy, to kill Overcash t. : Suspicion rests upon Pethel j-wife for complicity in a plot i Overcash and it is presumed ' ey ; will .be arrested on .that i;--.,v..- . .: , t Crowder, orraed i iid With a posse and blood- i undertook the 'search for Asa thus fars without success. VYEIt OF HIS FATHER. has the ' reputation of being rate onaracter. About four ) he killed ; his father, Jim a noted, whiskey transporter, . the father had brutajly waip j daughter.Edward Ashbys sls ie elder' Ashby was known to iSessed a violent temper and ground chiefly acquitted the 3 said that the sun which 1 this filming Is the same . itn -which ho : silled his of, the crime this ; af- xAST-pe WEEjes tare.; I - , "".' " " ,; ." , tanAs Convention Meets In i Cleveland Chief Speaker at -r of Bayard Statue at Wil 3n, DeL, Saturday, -tea to the public lands con I will assemble In Denver this Four" announced candidates he field for permanent chair i'hey are Senator Thomas Car ,'ontana; Lieutenant Governor IP I, Colorado; Dr. J. N. Wil f 'Wyoming and Frank C. H Colorado. One of the fea- the gathering will be the big ? of commerce banquet, which rt arranged for Wednesday I - Secretary ' Garfield, of the &nt of Interior, will speak on -st Its Obligation," and Sec- "ilson," of the Department of , Messrs. Raleigh ire, n "The West It's . Nazarenus, have j Governor Franpe, of Okla i "The West its Accomplish iarti Senator-Carter on "The s-'Possibilities." r President C5leveland will de I rrinipal address. at Wil i 1 next Saturday at the ' Of a memorial '. statue to I F. Bayard, Secretary of State rearjt Cleveland. ; ' ites . of municipal play "far children will meet at iTlursday, Friday and Satur ii.wee.k to attend thennnual lofvthe Playgrounds jjfeocla-mcVlca.-v:t - .-. :' lundred ad forty six entries n announced for the grand t hifpdicap at Chicago begln .sdfy. . . . . " i ; 2 i: :.. . .-.i i:. ? --a-tai u t'fu S iy rt lVi-th. ; Spociul to Th 3 OS,:- rver. ' Yorkvil'c, June , IS. For several weeks the matter of the failure of train No. 135, due to pass this place at 7:15 a. m., to connect at Elacksburg with No. 86, the east-bound mail train for Charlotte and pointe beyond, including Baltimore, 'Washington and New York, has been occupying the attention of such of our business men who ap-preclate the value and ' importance of certain, quick and convenient connec tion with the outside world, bubt as yet there has been no relief, notwith standing the fact that both the rail road management and the railroad commission ' has been appealed to Your correspondent was advised this afternoon by the gentleman who is re sponsible for taking up the matter, that the railroad officer who has charge Of such matters had written 'that it appears from the published schedules of No. 135 and No. 36 that we are making this, schedule, as the former is due at Blacksburg three minutes before the latter." The citizen-in discussing the matter stated that the official knew when he wrote the . statement that as a matter of fact the schedule of No. 135 from Smyrna station, nine miles south of Blacksburir could not be made by that train, and that he also knew that No. 125 was forced - to kill twenty minutes between Yorkvllle and Smyrna a distance of about 18 miles because of. the fact that the schedule maker had allowed that much too much time between the points named and not enough between Smyrna and Blacksburg. As stated the distance Is nine miles. The actual time for running it, making a stop varying from one to three minutes at King's CJreek. the next station, and after reaching Blacksburg . transferring from the track of the Marlon and Kinesvllle Division to the station on the main line, (which your corres pondent has known to consume 20 minutes by reason of an extra heavy erade. a poor engine and a wet track), Is fifteen minutes, and consequently a nhysical impossibility. It is said that It often happens that No. 185, when It has extra good luck after getting away from t Smyrna actually arrives as near as one-fourth of a mile of the Blacksburg station end meets No. 86 with that much start for Charlotte, and very often No. 135 has from two to a half dozen passengers who had hoped to go North on No. 36. v,--.- It would appear from the foregoing statement of facts, that if the maker of the schedules actually desired that the connection be made and the trav eling public saved the annoyance and trouble of waiting from two to three hours at Blacksburg for,, the next train, he could do so by changing the schedule of No. 135 so as to leave Smyrna ten minutes earlier than under the present arrangements and allow it to 'arrive &t the station at. Blacksburg five minutes, earlier than it is now advertised to arrive. The change in the arivlng time Is suggest cd as & safeguard against occasions when there may be delays,, for reas ons enumerated above, in ' Switching the train to the main line. There Is no necessity for leaving Rock Hill a minute earlier than at present, and your correspondent is satisfied that if the management cannot tnorougniy grasp the situation from the forego ing, and really desires to remove all the cause for dissatisfaction so far as this matter Is concerned, it Is suggested that'the matter of rearrang lng the time of arrival at the various stations between Yorkvllle and Smyrna be placed in the hands of Master of Trains Graham or any one of the four or five passenger ' conductors on the road. After that there will he no grounds for further complaint. .tiraidKI TO BE RECALLED inr.ep. Ambassador at Wash j Will Probably Be Sutteoded .on Kaneko. J June 17.--The . Hochi says Jiing "that Viscount Aoki, Jap- ibassador to America will be recalled, and that he will succeeded by Baron Kaneko. . Kton, June 16. Baron Kane- n The Tokio Hochi. asserts jtbly success Viscount Aokl as llor from Japan at this cap i former minister of Justice in jo Cabinet. He was sent to j. &eOofK?cvherea etaoo id states during the Russian I war on a ' confidential mls i the Japanese government, xi'portsmouth peace con ie?is credited with having yged Japan's agreement to t as finally signed. . ; ; ' : 0 to Take Stand In the Shipp j t'aso To-day. . iorHra, , Tenn.j June 16.--j f hipp hearing' is resumed 7 William Marquette, who Is 1 have been one of the t the county pail Marrh 19. take the witness Ftivul and movements 1) at t;: ht. it i V-"t rr-'-t r , , - JOINT BIEMORIA SERVICE. Odd Fellows Hold Interesting Me morial Service In Hall on East Trade Street Rev. Harold Turner and Mr. J. A. lien tiie bpeakers. A Joint memorial service, coramcm orative of the deceased members of the two local I. 0. 1 O. F. lodges, Mecklenburg Declaration, No, 9, and Charlotte, No. 88, was held In the latter's hall on East Trade street yes terday afternoon. Two members of Mecklenburg Declaration lodge, Brewer and G. B. died within the al lotted time, and three members of Charlotte Lodge, No. 88, namely, Messrs. E. P. Keerans, E. W. Mellon and W. I Pharr. Rev. Harold Turn er pronounced -the eulogy for Meck lenburg Declaration lodge, and Mr. J. A: Bell for Charlotte lodge. The service was attended not only by many or the members or tne order, but by a large number of visitors ai well. .. . ' Car Barns of New York City Railway ' Destroyed by lire. New .Yolk, June 16. Fire to-day destroyed the car barns of the New York City Railway Company situated in Madison avenue, between Eighty fifth and ; Eighty-sixth streets. A number of nearby residences were damaged. - The loss will exceed 1200, Thirty electric automobiles and sev cral cars which were in the huildlng were destroyea, The books and rec ords of the company were lost, Sev eral firemen were badly bruised. Steamer rulled Off Shoal. Savannah, Ga., June 16.- The Brit ish steamer Craiglsla was pulled off the shoal at the harbdr's mouth this morning and towed to th e city appar ently undamaged. Part of the ves gel's cargo of pyrites had to be thrown overboard before she was lightened sumcientiy to float Four tue null ed her off. The Craiglsla was bound for - Savannah from Huelva. She grounded last Wednesday night. Hope For Finding' Kidnapped Child Almost Abanuoneu. New Orleans, La., June 16 Hope of finding the kidnaped Itlanlan boy, Walter Lamana, was about given up to-day. The trip of letectives to the Louisiana "lower coast" islands, nro duced no trace whatever of the phiid No threats of violence have followed last night's daring attempt to kikdnap a child of Police Captain Capo, in charge of. the Italian quarter of Now uneans. iiauan exciieic-nt appears to have Fijhsidod very mu:h. ;ry C.i! . -1. C". f V.'itnc.-i, t. 1 j Take a t .,:hu;i To-day,. V.l ere Actual Cse Ani;t Him lor jiurTj tier i t Former Covemor Ktuonl.-ers i Will I'o l'oviponea Until Next Term of Court State Will Continue Iu tnxluetlon of EvUence in Support! ofOrt l ard's Story When Trial is lle?uriictl nt Roise Direct Connec-j tion with Jlurdcr Yet to Come Out. Boise, Idaho, June 16. While the trial of William D. Haywood, charged with conspiring to murder former Governor Frank Steunenberg stands adourned till Tuesday, Harry Orchard, the chief witness in tlje case, to-mor row will be taken to Caldwell, where the case against him for actual mur- der of Steunenberg will be called and postponed until the next term, of court. ' - ' ... Judge Fremont Wood, who i3 pre siding in the Haywood case, wll lhold court in Caldwell to-morrow, acting lor judge Bryan, who is disqualified in the Orchard case because his partner was counsel for .Orchard at the time of his arrest. , Orchard will be taken to Caldwell in charge of Warden Whit ney, of the Idaho penitentiary, and a force of guards. The adjournment of Orchard's case will take only a few minutes. The prisoner will at once be grought back to Boise. The Haywood trial will be resumed Tuesday morning, when the State will continue the introduction of evidence in support of Orchard's story and en deavor further to lint the defendant with the conspiracy to murder Steun enberg as outlined by Orchard nl his confession. So far the evidence has been corroborative of Orchard's story of his many crimes nl major and min or detail. The direct connection of Haywood with the murder has yet to come out in evidence. Certain evl dence has linked him with Adams, who Orchard says was his partner in numebr or crimes. RECORDS OF FEDERATION. Dosumentary evidence has shown Haywood's connection with Jack Simp kins, but as Simpklns was a member of the executive board of the Western Federation of Miners,. of which Hay. wood Is still the secretary and treas. urer, counsel for the defense assert that the drafts were drawn in the reg- ular course of the federation business, and that drafts from Haywood to Simpklns have no connection with conspiracy, being, In fact only records of the federation. Simpklns Is named. In the Indict ment with Haywood, Moyer and Pet- tibone, but he has not been arrested, One of the drafts In his favor was drawn after the murder of Steunen. berg. ; The State has shown by wit nesses that Simpktns was with : Or chard in Caldwell prior to the mur der. The last draft produced In evl dence was Identified by the cashier of a Denver, bank, was drawn in January 1906. It was indorsed by Simpklns wife and paid -to-"her-by-? a. bank In Spokane, Steunenberg was killed on December 30, .190, -The" last draft In favor f Simkins was drawn prior to the time Orchard, made his confession. and about three weeks befdre Hay wood das arrested In Denver. It Is rumored : that ; the whereabouts of Simpklns Is : known and , that he will be iproduoed as a witness at - hte pro per time. Counsel for the defnes and prosecution do not confirm the report. It Is .possible that the direct case for the State will rest, by the end of the week. Adams may be called to the stand, but this Is not certain. A strong effort wll be made 'to get Adam's repudiated confession before the Jury. COURT DECISION AS EVIDENCE. On Tuesday the State- will' offer In evidence copies of certain printed ar ticles ever Haywood's signature show ing the language used by the defend ant against Steunenberg when the for mer Governor was runningfor office. The bill, which Haywood was sup porting, and which was declared " un constitutional by the Supreme Court when Judge Goddard was on the bench, will be offered In evidence. Orchard swore that he was employed to kill Judge Goddard and Judge Gabbert, of the Supreme Court, and that he did not attempt to kill them. Evidence In further corroboration ot Orchard's story of his attempts on the life of Fred Bradley, of San Fran cisco, was said to be forthcoming. The most essential part of this is copdes of telegrams which' Orchard swore he re ceived from "Pat Bone" on Pettibone. These, he said, were , received by him over the Postal Telegraph " Company, and several sums of moneys were sent to him while he i remained ; In San Francisco (waiting an opoprtunity to kill Bradley. " The defense has announced that It will have between 150 and 200 wit nesses. Subpoenas have not beenask ed for these, and it Is probable that will voluntarily testify for Haywood. This seems almost certain from the questions asked the State's witnesses to show that they were brought to Boise on subpoenas, in most Instances serv ed74y Plnkerton's, and that many of them got advance money from , the Plnkerton officers. The defense's wit nesses, It is said. wit contradict" Or chard as to the whereabouts of Hay wood or Moyer or Pettibone and even of Orchard himself. MAY AGAIN TAKE STAND. Both sides were busy to-day In pre paring, for the ; continuance of the struggle. Haywood was visited at the court house by his relatives and counsel. Orchard was brought from the prison to Mr. Hawleya office dur ing the afternoon. For some time he was in consultation. Orchard may go on the stand again this week. FALLS FROM HUGE TREE TO DEA . ; i f i '. iii. ( :, : Mt 1 . , ' t ii Cotu i to Know l-nv t Fct " I'iUrioti-rl :i l;e 'a I i tne lx'iulrrs to i .t 'y i ,otl.!ni C vrs Hi; t . . ul Ouo I von X. lion Isl lowered ravors Soi -n : t he u riaylns I.raliti . "j. C1. rv?r Bureau, . 1 2 j 3 Main Street, Columbia, S. C, June 16. The South Carolina Republican sit uation is-in an interesting state of chaos just at this time, as it has been for several months, and , the recent appointment of Capt, John G. Cap ers as Commissioner of Internal Reve nue until next December, has not brought order out of darkness and confusion. Capt. Capers on. account of his splendid retrieving powers has long been recognized as the leader of the South Carol, na pack of pie hunters. He knows this game of South Carolina republicans and he has "played it well. Every effort to dislodge him in his capacity as chief pie dispenser has dismally falied. Ev ery revolution In the party to dis lodge him .has brought painful de feat and humiliation to those who, have attempted to oust him. It looks as if he will remain undisputed leader and referee for many years to come. What's worrying the South Caroi Una .Republicans just at this time Is now to find the tree that the real thing in Republican presidential coons is lodged in. The Lunch think it is time to begin barklrg, but they can not locate the ever true and accurate voice of Capers. The result is that all the postmasters, district leaders, Federal job hojders and others are at a loss to Know how to put their pa triotism on. They don't know wheth er It will be -on straight after they get it on. So all the big leaders and the little leaders together with the rank and vile have their ears down to the ground listening for the voice oi. capers. , :-.:f-. !'..-, , v',; CAPERS OFF THE TRAIL. But Capers himself seems to be as much off the trail or rather as bad ly in want of a trail as any of the others. Several of the leaders have written him recently wanting , to know what's what and wherefore. He has replied to: a number .of these Inquiries, saying he himself is puz zled te know lust what Ao do about the matter. He has advised the home leaders to sit steady and wait till the line of battle is a little mora clearlv outlined. He' says frankly that he is in doubt about whom he wllL support ior f resident. - , , ,, . Some of the South Carolina Repub licans are Interpreting Capt. Caper's position as meaning that he is playing for a permanent L place at the hands of Roosevelt, and la holding up the South Carolina delegation until he lean get what he wants. His new lob Is by far the best he has had so. far, but he is ' holding temporarily until Pearl Wright, of New- Orleans, ori ginally selected for the plate vacated by John W. Yerkes.xtf Kentutky,' can j R;-.- 1 V.I.atTrc -'A?Z l'i'r tLo Secrt tary cf 'llio Dci'artiner.t :i i:!.l)rate .ysiciii For ( rt uf the Law The New Yorker in Mexico Devises Novel Means to End Life. Oaxaca, Mexico., June 16. J, W. Johnson, of New York, the manager of large agricultural interests belong ing to an American syndicate, died a very remarkable death here yesterday, falling from among the branches of a great tree said to be the largest in North America, located near this city. The authorities are, of the opinion that Johnson's death was suicidal. Johnson came to thia city from New York City. . ?'. T:ft at yt. F..1.1. Wioux Falls, D., June K. tnrr of War Tift nn-fv.- l ! , 'r- i t-- - ' IT T. :-..., take vp the duties. '.- A ROOSEVELT MAN. V " It will be remembered that trTe last State convention whooped 'em up for Roosevelt as one man. tL Capers lead this convention, but he had no oppo sition in this feature of the proceed ings. A . battle wa : waged about his own head, but he came Out victorious by a big majority, since which time nobody has dared peak of another revolution against htm. 70 Of course atother convention could be held and Capers dropped from his political poitipn as national committeeman, but only one thing can bring1 this about. It will have to be prpved to the large majority of the party in the State that Capers has lost the road to the pie counter, or for. selfish reasons is try ing to lead the buncH" off on a road where his'own pie will be looked af ter to the sacrifice of othera ;v Captain Capers, itwili be recalled, was given a severe bumping at tho hands of Roosevelt , himseH, after Capers had carried a Roosevelt dele gation to the national convention. He was accused of having lead lynch ing parties and of being perniciously active in politics while district attor ney and was dropped at the end of his first term. These charges, it was afterward shown, were trumped up by his Democratic friends, who were disgusted with his bolting his own paf-Sm-ML 189t t0 WPP" McKinley. Whether the President regretted his action in deposing Capers there are no direct statements to show, but it is certain that in spite of his dropping him from the pay roll he has never once failed to recognize him in mak ing appointments in this State. , ELEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY. ; It recently came to the attention of the President that many of Capers' South Carolina Republican friends resented his being dropped as Dis trict Attorney, and their attitude makes an element of uncertainty as to the support the administration will receive in the national convention next year. A break In this State may lead to a revolt, i other States In the South, and since it will be essential to the success of the Roosevelt plana to hold the South together the impor tance of checking any disaffection be comes evident. i . Some of Captain Capers', old politi cal enemies were' ernitan o, decapitation as district attorney, andi " Y nave Dee noping this would fur nish good working ground to down mm in the next State convention and elevate another pie disuenser, but some more hopeful signs of winning will have to be shown before any appreciable portion of the party will muster courage enough to organize against him. I h:hi tho ii Dureau cf CT;rr.;iry Not at All Discount-red ly the Koults Thus Far Attained An Ct'.Ir.a of tho Red Tare Ncceft-ary to Secure the Re. suits Aimed at The Board of Food and Drus In -poet Ion a Special Device of the .secretary For lUliev ing Him of the Details. Observer Bureau, 1417 G Street, N. W.. Washington. June 16. When Congress passed the pure food law last June with considerable enthusiasm, at least on the part of some, neither the congressmen nor the people generally realized what. a really complicated problm they were putting up to the Secretary of Agri culture to enforce the various pro visions. The Secretary and his as sistants have been wrestling with the problem ever since the law went into effect on January 1st. They thought they had been wrestling with it be fore the law went into effect, after its passage, but this was only in a theoretical way. They had the prop osition of compelling manufacturers and merchants to stop putting poisons into food in only an abstract way. Since January they have had it In the concrete but during these five months and a half they are little further on than they were at the beginning of tha year. All sorts of samples of adulterated' food articles have , been Bent to the Department of Agricul ture and the chemists have been kept busy analyzing and the Secretary hasj been kept busy ruling that , this ar- tide and that are injurious and its sale Into inter-State commerce is il legal, but this is about all practically which has been accomplished. Adul terated foods are still being made, still being sold, and still being eaten. The Federal law cannot touch articles of any kind unless they do go into inter-State commerce. The people in Connecticut can make, sell and eat as many wooden nutmegs as they choose as long as they are not shipped across the Connecticut line. Skimmed mllkJ can masquerade as" cream, Cape Fear sturgeon as Columbia river salmon, any amount of aniline dye and the usual -kind of chemicals can make olives out of plums and marischlna cherries out of the white green cher ry, whatever It is, from which they make the bright, red mint julep lang niappe; so long as there Is not pos itive proof , that these have been shipped from State to State; and to determine whether or not foods have been adulterated, whether or not they are shipped Into inter-State com merce is a problem, the solution of which has not been reached, except in a theoretical' way. ' " TO ENFORCE LAW. The Agricultural Department has .very elaborate, plans and an elaborate system is being evolved and a corps organized for the enforcement of the law.; . The Agricultural Department Is not at ' all discouraged, however. On the contrary, the oureau of chemistry under theiDepartment Of Agriculture, which Us chiefly in charge pf r this matter is quite enthusiastic. : Dur ing . the past wek. Dr. . W. D. Blge low, of , the i chemical . laboratory, started oiit on a tour of practice with some 20 newly appointed food and drug Inspectors. On January 1st, about 50 of these food and drug in spectors were appointed, after a com petitive examination. These came to Washington and are being . put through a course of training under the direction of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, chief of the bureau of chemistry; and the man who Is said to know more about what is good to eat and what is not good to eat than any other man In the country. These inspect ors are practically at school taking "a regular course in the study of how to Inspect foods, how to quicken their suspicions as to adulterations, how to purchase samples to be analyzed In the chemical laboratories and what to do with these samples. This tour Which some of them are taking now with Dr. Blgelow is a kind of "sum mer cruise," as one of the officials in the bureau of chemistry terms it, corresponding to the summer cruise of the midshipmen of the navy. They- are visiting the various big cities like New, York, Philadelphia, Pittsburg and Baltimore, nearby cities being selected. They are pur chasing in the grocery stores and drug stores samples of foods and drugs which, they suspect of being adulterated and which are to be an alyzed at the pure food laboratories ana passed upon by the pure food board: Three packages of each ar ticle under , suspicion are purchased and upon each of these three is placed a label, which is X carefully maue out in triplicate form; and each package Is sealed with the seal of the department The seals, likewise, are made - out in triplicate form, so mat tne tnree packages of the one article are identical in every resDect and bear the same number. One of these packages is sent to the nearest pure food laboratory. If the inspec tors are In the Southern States, east of the Mississippi, for Instance, one or tnese samples is sent to the Savan- ' : r - i V. I : . reft I -.it.-.V-Tit cf i.:r;c...t;re. i:.-. -era the men who are, ia -tZnt, i.i cl.?.r:-,3 cf the whole system of food insr-eetion, inclu-.Iing the inspectors and che'.n! '3 who will.be stationed in all the l's cities of the country and may te termed the watch-dogs Of our stomachs. This bard meets twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, for regular hearings. Even though the regular food in spectors have not gone to work, this board has had something like 50 hearings and has made over 70 de cisions upon various articles of food. It has been compelled to have many hearings in addition to the regular Tuesday and Thursday hear ings. x 1 SOURCES OF INFORMATION. Although the system of food In spection has not gone into effect, the inspectors only recently having been appointed and now only undergoing training, this board of food and drug inspection has had other sources of information about suspected foods and drugs and It Is upon the Infor mation drawn from various other sources that the hearings have been held and the decisions made. Tnese various sources of Information are: First, the 1,800 meat inspectors throughout the country to report any instances' they may find of food adul teration; second, manufacturers and merchants who complain of competi tors, . charging these competitors with selling adulterated foods in violation of the law to the injury of their own (the complainants') business; third. manufacturers and merchants who, themselves, expect to be interfered with in tnelr operations and come before the board to give Information to the effect that their articles are not in violation of the law. An in' terestlng hearing , from information of the last class was held during the past week, when a large marmfactur er of pie fillings came before the board at his own request and went into a long dissertation to show that benzoate of soda was beneficial , 60 pie. . , THREE CLASSES OF HEARINGS. The board of food and drug in spection has three classes of hearings. Such hearings as the one upon ben zoate of soda and pie, where the manufacturer of pie fillings asked fori a nearing, are public. But the otner two classes of hearings are secret. One of the classes of secret hearings Is where men who are suspected of violation of the pure food act In pro visions upon which the board has al ready . ruled .These hearings are se cret, for the reasons, as the board explains, that it would injure the .man's business for It to become known that he is even suspected of adulterating foods and drugs and it is not right for it to be known until it has been decided to prosecute him, The other class of secret hearings Is where the manufacturer has a trade secret, which he does not wish the public to know about. The manufac turer Is made to divulge hlsvmethoda of making certain food and drug ar ticles to the board, but. the board does not feel hat It is right to make him di vulge these secrets to the public, un less they decide that his articles are injurious and in violation of the law. It will be but a short time, only a few weeks perhaps, when the inspect ors who are now undergoing training will be assigned to .the various por tions of the country to begin their Inspections, purchase samples and to send them in to the various pure food and drug laboratories, which are be ing established throughout the coun try, 18 of them, including the five or six already established at ports for analysis or imported articles. the These laboratories already establish ed at certain ports, like New York, are utilized for the analysis , of sam ples under the new Jaw as well as under the law: for the regulation of Imported articles of food and drugs. ZACH MoGHEE. ll -,', - I ; Much ( i l Sr ! ' - I v.ij.: t : : Assured A Ins tho L : : . Paris, June I : - considerations c.C a trlbuted to the re Franco-Japanc ,3 c longer any iov.lt t: quid pro quo given I the promise of ac market for, future Japan did not.nc : 1 ; antee for Korea and ; Japanese guarantee r was worth a great dr i she was Willing to i... manded. Japan, according to 1 statements, made by highest representatives i need something like francs ($1,000,000,00 3) next few years to cor.v high rate loans and t capital necessary for commercial developnv Manchuria and Londo money markets of the favorable to flotations, J ceeded in insuring the , French government to t her loans here when t time arriyes. ACHIEVEMENT FOl: It is regarded as a b!.r for Japan, but the Frenc : is equally convinced tint bargain for France. Tl Japanese aggression in I for years haunted the which has In its archlv. at one timtf a plan c against the French co: China has been prep; Subsequent events. how Japan to strike Russia France. France was 1 ngreement which forced j Hnquish the fruits of her China. There was a critical mr the Fashoda incident v. and England seemed on t war. France was" then gr ed lest Japan would seU tunity and strike and hurr tlons were made to defend colony. There was anotl the relations between Fr" pan during the Russo-J. when France stretched h to the limit In favor of : allowing Rojestvensky's 1 for two weeks in Cameron peace was made by tl Portsmouth and Japan market for a 5,000,000,OC M. Rouvler, then minister deliberately braved the (If of Russia by insisting t! of part of the loan t Bourse, declaring sub.'t r "We must think of Ft is cheap Insurance for Ir. , GERM OF NEGOTIA M. Plchon Was posses: same idea when M. Kuri anese ambassador, appro last winter relative to the anese 500,000,000 franc wanted to know if Japan ed to give a written pror tying Indo China. Mr. K; that Japan had absolute!.. slve intentions and offere his government. : That was the germ of the which have resulted in t! just consummated. MOVE FOR WESLEY MEMORIAL. MAY .TEAM AGAINST NICARAGUA. Demand on Honduras for About Half of Original Lands Claimed Em phatically Rcf used Other Repub lics May Join Honduras if the Do mand i Forested in. Spcial.Crre8pondence ' tie Asso ciated Press. Teguciiralna. Honfliimo t ' The authorities here deny that Nic aragua made any demand' on Hon- hArr8I0r txM,tory' but " leaked out here that .Nicaragua has demanded about one half of the lands originally claimed by that country, and con ceded to Honduras by the 'decision of the King of Spain as an Indemnity for war expends. Davila has declared tnat Honiluras will not irlvn n fnnt of territory. When the demand wan "" ' I '!.' ' V.-;.;,: . i,, i uicoc paiiijjca is eni 10 mo Davan-1 ThA WAalovan mm.,ll Georgia Methodists Working Hard for its Erection at Atlanta Bishops of Episcopal College of Church Hold Sendees in Atlanta Churches Tak ing Large Collection for tlio Fund. Atlanta," Ga June 16. The seven bishops composing the Episcopal Col lege ot the , Methodist Episcopal Church, South, occupied the pulpit of Atlanta's principal Methodist churches to-day to inaugurate the movement for a great Wesley memor ial to be located in Atlanta, to be con structed by the Church in Georgia. At the morning services subscriptions amounting to 1200,000 were made, the largest individual amount eiven being 76?000 by Asa G. Candler, of Atlanta. At a mass meeting this af ternoon, at which all the blshons and ministers of the Church in the city were present tnese subscriptions were announced amia great enthusiasm. xne attending Disnops' were: : Seth Ward, Nashville, Tenn.; C. B. Galloway, Jackson, Miss.; James At kins, Waynesvllle, N. C; J. S. Key, caerman. rexas: w. a. rand r At lanta; E. R. Hendrix, Kansas City. mo.! ana xi. y. Morrison, New Or leans. f t a a ftirce sample Is sent to the chemical lab oratory at Washington and the thirl i left with the merchant from whom the purchase is made. Each inspec tor carries with him in a neat little leather case, vest pocket size, a spe cial certificate to the effect that h is a pure food and drue lnsnector nn.l his photograph Is in the same case for identification. This llttla nM.u tlon insures to the merchant that heJ noi-oeing imposed upon and that the purchases made by the Inspector ' "i name 01 tne united States government. THE NECESSARY PROCEDIIflE. The sample sent to th nnra food laboratory Is analyzed by the chem ists there and a report- made to the board of pure food inspectors at Washington. If the sample contains no adulteration and Its manufacture and sale Into inter-State commerce is not in violation of the law, the merchant from whom it was purchas ed Is then notified so that he may continue his sale of it. If, on the other hand, it Is found to be adulter ated in violation of the law, then the merchant Is also notified and asked to come to Washington and show cause before the board of food and drug inspection why he should not be prosecuted. If the merchant has a guarantee from the man or the eoneerir fmm whom he purchased the k .juils that they aro not In violation f the Jaw, 1:,,-. -,nr;!M th.-n the rnn who r ave 1 A rreat institutional unurcn work, the first of its kind In the South. In - addition to a large auditorium and church, located on the present site of the Wesley me morial tabernacle, the group of build ings will Include a hospital, nurses' home, boarding bouse for young men. another for young women, . reading rooms, editorial offices of The Wesley Advocate, gymnasium and other pla ces for holding amusements. Execu tive offices have been opened here and the work will . be pushed to rapid completion. Methodists from all parts of the State came to Atlanta to take part in to-day's meetings. .''v.... TWO LOSE LIVES IX FLAMES. Mother and Daughter Victims of. Firo Which Destroyed Their Homo-Son Seriously Injuml in Fall From Up per Story Window. Savannah, " Ga., June 16, I,Trs. Thomas Cook and her daughter, Miss Estelle Fountain, were burned to death this morning at 2 o'clock in a fire that destroyed the homo of N. A, Fountain, a son of Mrs. Cook. Mr. Fountain was injured by a fall form an uppar story window, but wil! probably reoover. ? The house was .located beyor; 1 the city , limits and the firemen !U not go - to render oitt r. it- " had gained i-v it h-n : occurnnts t f t ; CZAR'S UKASE QFIiri : Dissolution of Second I , ceived Throughout f f With Perfect Tran ties Chiefly Aprr 1 eibllity of Rioting 1 ccssea In Odess: an.! . " St Petersburg. June K. lutlon of the second 1 celved ; throughout fc t. with perfect tranquility, t" precautionary measures, place in Russia, so far were there any serious Demonstrations amon -burg workmen are rrt morrow, but the author, alarmed. They profess t ? apprehensive over the r rioting and racial exeo . and Kiev and other cities -ty feeling runs high. An agrarian disorders in sev: of the empire is antic!: when the peasantry learn solution, but a spirit of dence in the ability of t ment to handle the sltuai in administrative circle?!. News of the dissolution Petersburg papers too 1 last editions, but the put: ly informed through exti posters sent out by tt street corners contr announcing the ii Imperial manifesto. Little knots of r around these the wt ly perusing the m ing of which was peal to the patrl classes. JJttle ent;. ment, however, was e of the readers, as tt t spat silently: upon t:. i sign of their deepen e- . RRYCI2 AT LA WTO'.", t Visits Chiefs of tlie A: manche Indians ; posed Constitution r si lllemcntary Law." " Lawton, Okla., Ju Bryce, British i; ' Sunday as the t t of commerce, vi; .;. -he saw - Chief c, r Apaches, and Ch!- f of the Comanches. At ; lng of the proposed C tution, ha said: "It is a very goo.i . "Would you re : tion as too mtK-h i 1 legislative measure ."' "Too much can a constitution," h t i"s t -"A
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