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..Vull Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papers in Circulation. 1 LAST EDITION. " ALL THE MARKETS. THE .RALEIGH EVENI ME S. V6LUME 27. RALEIGH, N. C, MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1906. PRICE 5c. TI FILTHY OF Report of Mr. Reynolds and Commissioner Neill Reveals Sickening Uncleanliness HOW LABELS CONVEY FALSEJMPRESSION rrcsidcnt lloosevclt Transmits He port to Congress mid I'rges the immcdiut" Enactment of Provis ion; Knulding the Dcpiirlnicnt of Agriculture Adequately to Inspect ,.Meat Products Entering Into In terstate Commerce. (Hv the Associated I'ress.) Washington.". June 4. Prjsidcut Hoosevelt today tnuismittod to con gress a (special message on the con ditions in the stock yards at Chicago with the accompanying report of spe cial commissioners sent there to make an investigation. The presi dent's message follows: The Semite and House of ltcpi-escii-lulives: 1 transmit herewith the report "f Mi'. James Hronson Iteynolds and Commissioner' Charles 1'. Nelll, the special committee whom I appointed to investigate Into the conditions In the stock-yaids of Chicago and report thereon to me. This report Is of a pre liminary nature. I submit it to you now because It shows the urgent need of Immediate action by the congress n the direction of providing a drastic and thorough-going Inspect ion by the federal government of nil stock-yard and packing houses and of their pro ducts, so far as the latter enter Into Interstate or foreign commerce. : The conditions shown by even this shirt Inspection to exist In the Chicago stock-yards are revolting, it is Im peratively necessary In the Interest of . health and of decency that they should be radically changed. Under the cx- ' tstlng law it Is wholly impossible to Secure Bhtlsfictory results. When my attention was first di rected to this matter an Investigation was made under the Ibireau of Ani mal Industry of I he Department of Agriculture. When the preliminary statements of this investigation wrr? hiought to iny attention they showed such defects In the law and such wholly unexpected conditions : that I deemed It best to ha-vc a further 'im mediate investigation by men' not con nected with the bureau, and accord ingly appointed Messrs. ' Itoyno'ds and Nelll. It was Impossible under the ex isting '.law that satisfactory work should be done by the Hureau of Ani mal Industry. I am now, however examining the way In which the work actually was done. Hefore I had received the 'report of Messrs. Iteynolds and Neill I had 'directed that, labels placed upon any package of meat food products should slate only that the carcass of the an! mal from which the meat was taken had been Inspected at the time of slaughter. If inspection of meat food products at all stages of preparation is not secured hy the passage of the legislation recommended I shall feel ((impelled to order that Inspection labels f.nd certificates on canned pro ducts shall not be used hereafter. The report shows that the stock yards and packing hmiscs are not kept even reasonably clean, and that the method of handling and preparing find products is uncleanly and dangerous to health. Under existing law the na tional government has no power to enforce Inspection of the many forms of prepared meat food products that are dally going from the packing houses Into Interstate commerce. Owing to an Inadequate Appropriation the Department 'of Agriculture is not even able to place inspectors in all establishments desiring them. The present law prohibits the shipment of uninspected meat to foreign countries, hut there Is- no provision forbidding the shipment of uninspected meats In Interstate commerce, and thus the avenues of Interstate commerce are left open to traffic. In dlseitsed or spoiled meats. If, as has been alleged on seemingly good authority further cvPb exist, such as the improper use of chemicals and dyes, the government laiks power to remedy them. A law Is . needed which will enable the inspectors of the general government to Inspect and supervise from the hoof to the can the preparation of the meat food pro duct. The evil seems to be much less in the sale of dressed carcasses than In the sale of canned and other pre pared products, nnd very much less as regards products sent abroad asi re gards those used at home, for the inspection. - In my judgment the expense of the Inspection should hi? paid by a fc levied on each animal slaughtered. If this Is not done, the whole purpose of the law can at any. time be defeated through an Insufficient appropriation: nnd whenever there was no particular pirollc Interest in the subject it would COMMTIW FACMNG MUSES he not only easy but natural thus to make the appropriation insufficient. Jf It were not for this consideration I should favor the government paying for the Inspection. The alarm expressed In certain quarters concerning this feature should be ullaycd by a realization of the fact that in no case, under such u law, will the cost of inspection exceed 8 cents per head. . . I call special attention to the fact that this report is preliminary, and that the-Investigation is sti.l unfin ished. It is not yet possible to report' on the alleged abuses In the use of dclctoiious chemical compounds in con nection with canning and preserving meat products, nor on the alleged doc toring in this fashion of tainted meat and of products returned to the pack ers as la. vlng grown unsalable or un usable from age or from other reasons. Grave allegations are made in rofer et t c to abuses of this nature. Let me repeat that under the present law there is practically no method of 'topping these abuses If they should be discovered to .-sis'. Legislation is needed in 'order to prevent the possi bility of all abuses pi the future. If no legislation is passed then the ex cellent results accomplished by the work of this special committee will endure only so long as the memory of the committee's work is fresh, and a recrudescence of the abuses is abso lutely certain. I urge the immediate ein.ctnient. into law of provisions which will enable the Department of Agriculture adequately to inspect the meat and meat food pro ducts entering into interstate com merce and to supervise the methods of preparing the same, and to prescribe the sanitary conditions under which tin- work shall be performed. I there fere ennnm-nd to your favorable con st. I: ral Ion and urge the enactment of substantially the provisions known as senate amendment No. 29 to the act making appropriations for the Depart ment of Agriculture for the iiscai year i iid:i'g June ,111. . l:in7, as passed by the senate. 11:1k amendment, being coni- 1 11 ly known as the licveridgc amend-i TIIHODiHUO KODSKVKLT. White House, June 4, 1000. lie I'he following are some of the ex- 1 tracts from tic report: . I'licleaiiliness in Handling Products. An absence of cleanliness was also found everywhere in the handling of meat being prepared for the various meat food products.' After killing car casses are well washed, and up to the time they reach the cooling room are handled in a fairly sanitary nnd cleanly maimer. The parts that leave the cooling room for treatment in bulk are also handled with regard to cleanli ness, hut the parts that are sent from the eonliug room to thoL-'e departments of tin' packing houses in which' various forms of-meat products are prepared ale handled with no regard whatever j for cleanliness. -In some of the largest j establishments sides that are sent to what Is known as the boning room aio thrown In a heap upon the floor. The I workers climb over these heaps of meat,-select the pieces they wish and frequently throw them down upon the dirty lloor beside their working bench. Kven In cutting the meat upon the bench the work is usually held pressed against their aprons, and those aprons were, as a rule, indescribably lllthy. They were made in most cases of leather or of rough sacking and bore lonp-accuninlateel grease and dirt. In only a few p'acen were suitable oil cloth aprons '"..worn. Moreover, .men were seen to climb from the lloor and stand, with shoes dirty with the refuse of the floors, on the tables upon which the meat was handled. They were seen at the lunch hour sitting on the tables on the spot on which the meat product was handled, and all this under (he very eye of the superinten dent of the room, showing that this was the common practice. Meat scraps were also found being shoveled into receptacles from dirty j floors where they were left to lie until! again shoveled into barrels or into ma- chines for chopping. These floors, it' must be noted, were in most cases damp and soggy. In dark, ill-ventllat"d rooms, and the employes in utter ig-1 nurnilee nf eleniilinns nr ilimirr.. ' health expectorated at will upon them.4nt' w hat In a word, we saw meat shoveled from filthy wooden floors, piled ' on tables i raro'y washed, pushed from room to i mm in rotten box- carts, in all of which processes It was in the way o? iriiihe.-Por ,iii t i n I ci u lloor.iuil, ui.ri the expectoration of tuberculous and otlii.i- rllsr.;loH u-ni'knl-H ' Wh. f.rien. ment was made to floor superinten dents about these matters. it was' al ways the reply Unit this meat wOu'd afterwards be cooked, "and that this sterilization would pVcvent any danger from Its use. Even this, it may be pointed out In passim?. Is not wdtolly true. A very considerable portion of the meat so handled is sent 'out as smoked products and In the fot-n of sivusages, which are prepared to be eaten without being cooked. A particularly glaring Instance of uncleanliness was found in a room where the best grade of sausage was being prepared for .export. It nas made from carefully selected mer.ts, and was being prepared to be eaten uncooked. In this case the employee carted the elioppcd-up meat across a room in a barrow, the handles of whh'h were filthy with grease.' The meal was then thrown out upon tables, and the employe climbed upon the table, handled the meat wjj,h Ills unwashed hands, knelt with his dirty: apron and trousers in contact wilh the meat he was spreading out, and, after he had finished his operation again took hold of the dirty handles of. (he wheelbar row, went back for another load, and repeated this process Indefinitely. In quiry developed the fixed that there was no water Ju this room at all. and the only method the man adopted for cleaning tils hands was to rub them against his dirty apron or on his still filthier trousers. As an extreme example of the entire disregard on the pari -of 'employes nf any notion of cleanliness in handling dressed meat we saw a hog that had just been killed, cleaned, washed and started 011 its way to the cooling room fall from the ' sliding ra il to a dirty wooden floor and slide pari way into a tinny mens privy. - 11 was 'picked up by two employes, placed upon a. truck, carried Into the cooling room and burg up with other carcasses, .no effort belrg made to clean it. Treatment of Meat After Inspection. The radical defect in the presenL sys tem of inspection, is that it d as not go far enough. II is confined at pres ent by law to passing 'on '"the lie:. 1th fuiness of animals at the time of killing: but the meat that Is used in sausage and In the various forms of canned products and other prepared meal foods goes: through many pro cesses, in all of which there is possi bllityof contamination through insani tary handling and further through 'the use of chemicals. danger During all these processes of preparation theie Is no government Inspection itnd.no assurance- - whatever that these meat food products are wholesome' and 11! for food despite tin- fact, that all these products, when sent nut. bear 11 lab I staling they have been passed upon by government .inspectors.' As to the investigation of the alleged use of dyes, preservatives or chemicals In the preparation of cured" meats. sausages and canned goods we are not yet prepared to 'report..' We did look into the matter of sanitary handling of Ihe meats being prepr.red for the various food products. The results of our -observations'', have- already lien partly given, other Instances of how products' may -he made up and still secure the stamp of government In spection are here given. In one well known establishment, we came upon fresh meat being shoveled'.' into barrels and a regular proportion being added of stale scraps that bad lain on a dirty, door in the corner of a room for some days previous. In 'another es labluhment, -'equal I y well-known,. a. long table was noted covered with .several hundred pounds of : cooked -scraps '-of beef and other meats, Some of these meat, scraps -were dry, leathery and unfit to be ei.len; and in the- heap were found pieces of pigskin, and even some bits of rope strands and other rubbish. Inquiry evoked the frank '-admission from the man In charge that this was to bo ground up and used in making "potted hum." All of these canned products bear labels of -which thee following is a sample; .''''.. . : '' AISATToIlt No. I'he contents of this pac kage have h 'en inspected according to the act of . congress of March S, lx:i. QUALITY 01' A It ANTIC Fit). The -.'phraseology of these labels is wholly unwarranted. The government inspectors pass only upon the healt.lt fuhiess of the animal at the time of killing. They know -'nothing.-- of the processes through which the meat has passed since this inspection. They do Lot know what else- may have been placed in the cans in addition, to "in spected meat." As a matter of fact they know, nothing -about, the "eon tents" of the can upon which the pack ets placed these labels do not even know that It contains what it purports to contain. The legend ."quality guar anteed" immediately following -.the statement as to government inspec tion is wholly unjustifiable. It deceives ai:d is plainly designed to deceive the aver ago purchaser, who -naturally- infers from the laiad that the government guarantees the contents of the can to It purports to be. In another establishment, piles of sausages and dry moldy canned meals, admittedly several years old, were found, which the superintendent stated to us would be tanked and converted into ereaKi The Isnos I on te l.e made of this was wholly optional with i .1. .. 1 mi! MUPeiln telKletl tS or retlieSenlll 1 1 VPS I of the naekera. as tin. irneo.nmoit riimc 1 not concern Itself with tho vilr.nii,m i 7 : e '- or meats after they have passed in spection on the killing floor. It might all bo treated with chemicals, mixed with other ineats, turned out in any form of meat product desired, and yet the packages or receptacles in which it was to be shipped out tj the public would fce marked with a label that fheh- contents had been "government Inspected." It Is not alleged here that such use was to be made of this stuff. The case is pointed out as one showing the glaring opportunity for the misuse of a label bearing the name and the Implied guaranty of the Tnited States government." , ,. Another instanre of abuse In the use (Continue.! on case Soven.) THE SENATE S HONOR TO Df AD RUNAWAY SUNDAY Mr. Bailey Announces Sena tor Gorman's Dcalii ADJOURNMENT TAKEN His Colleague From .Maryland Was Absent. Committee of Seventeen Named To Superintend ihc I'uiicr al. Mr, Overman Is tine or the Committee. -"' ( Hy the 'Associate d.. l'i . .:.) Washington, -Juno 4. 'I'he senate! adjourned today , imnieiiial"!.'' receiving the announce-nii'iit eil' tor Gorman's death, No In whatever was transacted, cm upon Seun- isincss 11 1 ho reading of Ihe journal being clis peusod wilh.. There was an iinitsun! number eil .senators present, wore manifestly Impressed solemnity .of the occasion. After Ihe opening prnver and all hy - tlio Senator Bailey announced I he; deal Ii of .Mr. Gorman, lie said: ".Mr. President: In the ,-thsciiro of the. surviving senator I' rum .Maryland, it becomes my -painful duly to an nounce the death of Senator Go; nian. .The end which a'.vaiis its -all found him this morning at his home in this 'city, surrounded Itv his si rick- en family. He passed from Hie strife' i and bitterness of this world to the pcaco aim rest: or a better one. "I would ask the somite 'Vi honor his long 'and faithful . service as a, member' of this body by holding' a public- funeral, in tin's .chamber, .x-. copt for the fact that he has himself left instruction that his burial shall ho a simple one. In obedience to his wishes I forbear to maKe that, re qttesl and nsk the; adoption of the resolution which 1 send let ihe desk. "At. some later day his .'colleague, who learned of Senator-. Gorman's death when it was too late lor him to reach the chembor for this morn ing's session, will ask us to sot apart a day upon Which the -Bonn to", will pay a. fitting tribute to the 'mem ory and services of our deceased as sociate." Thcs following rosolul ions were then adopted: ' , "Unsolved, That the senate has heard Willi profound sinrrow of Gin death of lion. Arthur Tuo Gorman, lale a senator front the slalo .Maryland. ; "Kesolveel. That ii commiltee seventeen senators he appointccl Ihc' vice' president In 'lake, order suiierinlenditpi; the funeral of Gorman, which will take place at of . by for Mr. his late residence iit o'clock June , instant, -and that, the -senate w ill nl tend the same. "Ilesolved, That its a further mark of respect his 'remains' be removed from his lale home to the place of in terment, in Oak Hill cemetery for bu rial, in charge of the . sergeant-al arms, attended by the committee, who shall have full power lo carry these resolutions into effect, and that the necessary' expenses in connection therewith he paid -out of Hie contin gent fund of Ihe senate. The commiltee provided for hy the resolutions was then announced by the vice president as follows: Messrs. Kaytier, Allison, Morgan, Halo, Aid rich. Teller, Oalliimer, El kins, Martin, Tillman. Clay, Spooner, Kean, Hiiiley, Blackburn,.-' Clark (Mont.,), and Overman. The senate then at 12.10 p. in. , as a further mark of 'respect,' adjourned or the clay ) 'After the senate U'Moiirned the desk ami f lctir I'minerly occupied by Senaior C,o;nian were ditiped in deep black in iieeonliiiiee wilh Hie custom in such cases. : rashington .liim- t. The committee appointed by Speaker Cannon lo attend the funeral of Senator (ionium repre senting the house' of representatives is made up as follows: Representatives J. Freel C. Talbot I John (till Jr.. Thus. """ ' '" '' , ' , ,r,,' ! r . .. r I.....1 .din Vjlineii It'll acilll-l III .,liei,ui'i. J .... li.i ins. (Miss.): laeinntas 1'. Livingston (C.a.); Samuel M. Robertson (La.) . John - A. Moon. (Teun,): John It. Step hens. (Texas); ( '. L., I tart Id t, (Sa.)' The house, inl.joit' neel wdten the. au nouiieenietit of the d'-alh id Senator Clornian was m;.ele. ' 30,000 MINERS RESUME WORK. (Hy the Associated I'ress.)-'. Springllnld, 111., June i. About thirty thousand coal miners' who have been on strike for the past, .two months, resumed work throughout, the state this morning. The remain der of the mines will open during the coming week. KILLED IN A W. II. " ..Mitchell's-Death . FranKHnfon . . at ! MRS. MITCHELL INJURED Horse Can Away While the Coupe Has Kclurning l-'rom Chuivli ami Killed Ir. Milclie ll in s'itflil of His Home li ceas-il An old anil Hon ored Ciii.cn Hi' I'l-aukliii. I :-.'.': . lelrjr.-a -ii was iiiKhl by .Mi'. P'rai.k receivett t-'unday :-:i la'lt .Milc:hell'.-'ns lie Sunt lit 111 I e-ity ticket iiKcnt ,,(-. l.'ail- w:i.v he re, brinKiiiK I'm slfockitiK il-wm that his rut her: Mr. Win. II. '-.Mile-hell, was killed in a runaway,. near Kraoklhi lon anil Ills mother seritiusly in.iiireel. Mr. Mitchell was one e,f tie- nl. lest anil must liuniiivit citizen Fraiik-iu county and the ne-ws of his tragic d eattscil most pnifnuilll LJlii'l' he-re. was 1 -; 1 1 1 it -1 1 1 ill e-litii-li ami public lairs el' his county, a man belie, eel aili lie a I' ll lid h'-ll He e-ll- 1 i: siecle il by al! le ft iimneiliate-ly lias the eleepe'St in-. I" a'nk Aiit. for Ktan sy-uii'ulby linliin. of ibis tire -e t 1 1 in 11 1 1 i 1 y in his alUietioii. .A'spee-ial freiin i 'ra n k I in 1 1 n i to '111" Thues toiiay five's tie' f'-ilowin; partic ulars el' the tragedy: FranlilinKtciii. N. c '.. J une 1. n'l lout 2 o'clock, .Mr. W. II. ami his wife '-were I ii iite.v fro: ill 1'r.i nk'-inteiii to t Ii--it-, home, -nr.fi:i .Mile lie w hich. it llil! feme miles front lov. ii. W'ii f w I: ui i: ! i e I yarils of 1 1 1 - house., tin horse., il 1'oul tiny a i.pai'eiit i'a:;se. I'e Kan to rno ami bevanr- unnia i':r:,e:i i ,1.-, e-out inuiii:.;' his tnad race iiiiiil i'-- I'irew both eifciip. -nits I'r.on l!n- lii',;,.; ii'jur in" theui seriousl'-. : .Mr. -.Mile-hell eli.-.l rroi.i s ei'i loi k last nlnlii iii'd is iit it very ela;iKei-'Us e itit; a iiiii Irii. Uen aiei ; -.;:: ll!.otr;es t o:a!ii iop. h i ;i ;;ei.-ral e' !.e, ;ll:-' i--b-i VOUS shoe ii. In w llie il i:- of 'her liusbuud'M.'ili.ai: iit. MM' 'le il Pe. ol'l and was a ni in o!' (r and winninc.;: p -rsoi 'cll.l'l y p.. 1 less e-li: lily, lb- v John '.Mill brother of the l:et Ke he'll, lie 1 1. IV.. who died t .few months ai;o. will he biirieel tofeiorro'A' Oil EAT IN: SENATE fllv.tlie' Asso. iai.i.l I'ivss.) 'I'opeka, Kan., .In n f I.-. l"n i ; c-ei Stale's Senator .Inscnh II. liu' ton of l Abilene! '-after a eonfereiice licro I his 1 morning with -several c lose- 1 rieads : BURTON U pliici'cl his rsi'i-'.nal ion in the hanes: Air lain', Old Honiinieni Line, .Soulll of (iovernor I I'cich. 'The resignai ion e-rn llailway, and u her t riinspot tat Ion was sent lo Ihe governor short ly 'be-j companies. fore noon. ! SiHih- after I'-ei'iv ing tin- i e-sigie.l imi (lilVl'l lien: lloell S.-lll a t ( 1 e'; la 1 1 1 pi Vice1 1'ri-siilciil I'.iirliauks, notifying him as' I hi-, lii'csieliiig ollie i r of Hie K -i.ale of Se iKilor IhirP.ir.-i resignai ion iiml ae-e-c plnnee. . ' (lovcraor lineh eieeiiiii-e' Pr ni.-ila-;iny slietenicn! at this time as to llic iip poinltncut of a successor. ' -. . . CAMPAIGN AGAINST ANTI-PASS PROVISION;; c l:y AYj.shiii has .iilrca i- Associat.oel I'ress.) i, June I. A .-ciiiujiaign lie-gun -to lb-feat the anti- pass a:n -ii'liiie bill, in so tar trainmen ami telegrams have iil to the railroad rate iis il applies to railway their families. Many been roceireMl today by members of the house, signe'd by cers cif organisations of r;iilwa- plei'es reaeling: "I'll aso us" -nil menus within you: powi'p to stop passage of bill prohibit ing She issue of passes to rail road em ployes and their J'a tni!i--s, WOMAN FOUND CUT TO DEATH IN HOME ( Uy the' Associated Press.) Little. Kock. Ark., June -1. M is. Charlotte li.eethatn, owner of a hotel and lodging house here, was found murdered in her room today. Tho body iav on th? floor with several deep knife wounds in the breast. A bloody coat and a man's hat, which had been slashed with a knife or razor, were found in the room. SENATOR GORMAN DIED THIS MORNING AT HIS WASHINGTON RESIDENCE GROOM - ELECT FAILED Suddenly disappears on Eve of Wedding .Mr. I-:. (.. Hill ;l New Horn and Miss Mrf:::ir( Ootil.-iss of Wilmiii!;ioii Were To Have- Hi-en .Married. All Mas Hcnlv, Hut Mr. liill Could Not I'.o l-'oiind. ( -';.: ii! :.. tin- Kvciiinn Time ) 'lYihiiiiiKlnM, ,., 1'.. June I.--AII :lie pl: lis. had Im 11 p'-rfect eel for -11 11 early mo.-!i1;:s; ni' 1 n ii ;.: Ih-iv, a ml the Krooin-i'i'e-t had spent the . Rreat'T .parr of two ys ai iii 1 1 M 1 1 1 u -ihe-details for his m-yinoon. when a sudden seiztiv if Khl iool: possession of him. and this irninj: liis w htrreabouts are iinkiio-vii. '1 !. ;;. (. Hill of Xew Hern and Mi .r;;:ii' I ijeaiylass of V.'iln.inmon. had yj;.i be -r-l -is for -years.' ami th-ir frtemls wen 'li.iyi'iin-r.l not surprise-d when their vas ii-.inouiieed. .The w.-d-t for Saturday mornine. I- a'cl alien, hints were on !!y anil the rirraiiReinents to ee.pf th-' presence of ilih: was -.' 1 Tlx.- -.ml.e.isle hreml prom I Were coleoN the ni. All efforts to find him if- luu!leel .I'ailtii e. and the nuiiTianre was .os!po:.,l ulelinilelv. Mr. J.J j ,. a "e:.it!iy"r..-hl esiaie holder, fifty years -"hi. a'p-l-'a" man' well 'kndwii in easlern ! North r.-.polinn. Miss I iini-lass is a ! hands nee. ri'-liiie'l -ounq- v..rna!i. mary ; years, the. junior of, Jli-, Hill, THE IMMIGRATION IMMI88I0N MEETS He;: Aivoi'ieteil 'l're.ss.) ' Veil.. June t. The southern iiiiiinir.t i'.iu commission! which Xi i: liuclmhV-.. 'anions' its nn'inbers repro senlalivi'S iippoitii.-d by (he govern i or.x -of seven- soiiilicrn 'slales, met and i oritanizi'd in this city today. The lint-pose.- of the otii m ission is to pro lnote itiimisriition in the south. The"; s'i'ies were ri'nresi'nloel as follows: j (;.'fii ;',iii. I),i iei Ijobinson; .-' " Ala hiiina. I", i'. Il'inler; I.ouisiiiiiii, i.Clmrli'H- Sehul-r: :Vire,ini;i, C. 10. : Miller: W'esi Virgiuiii,' Miix Hobin- son: .North I 'in'oliua. Alexander llelp I er :. Mar:, land,. .1. (1. .Se:lioHl'arber. ; Ol lie i s pi-e-seiil were I'liiled Slales I nni';i ;ii inn Coniinissioner Watcli o.'ii. .1. ('. llorion, of il.e Savannah, i .-,'' Iioard of Irade"; ' 'C.eorge It. Ed ; warels of -tlio .Chariest on... S.. ('., cham- her of of t lie comini'rce: Edmund I). Ilrown e Albany, (la., business league, re in -si -ii I a lives of iher Seaboard iiipI 'i'omori ov. commission'..' will visit Ellis Island. PLANNING A GIG RECEPTION TO BRYAN (Hy the- Associated I'ress.) New York,. June' I. rA reception in which democrats from all over tho country will he-invited to take part will be tendered to William .1. ryait in Madison Square Garden, in i tiiis citv. on his return from a trip around the world, ; William H. Ilogo of this city, chairman of the commer cial iravcli'rs and hotel men's anti trust, league, today received a letter j from Mr. Hryan, written at Constanti nople, in which he accepted the invi , tiHion of the league' to he present at olti- 1 n recepiion, which win no tinner cm- i the auspices ol' the league. Th.! exec lulive committee.' of the 'league will hold a mcelinn tomorrow to discuss the preliminary plans. It is expected that Mr. llryiin will visit London in lime, to spoil k ill a fourth of July cel ebration and will -arrive in this city about I lie first of August. EXPLOSION AT POWDER PLANT. i ( (: Hie- Associated I'ress.) llillsville. Pa., June 4. An explo sion at the litirlou powder plant, one mile west of here, last night com plot ly wrecked the glazing house and shook buildings for miles around. Fortunately all the employes were at their homes at the time, and no person was injured. The explosion is supposed to have been caused by a spark from the dynamo. The loss was $r,n0i). I III for Monilis, He Had Shown Some Improvement of Late HEART TROUBLE WAS IMMEDIATE CAUSE The IOikI Came at 5 Minutes Past 0 t ('Clock Had Served Continuous ly in Congress for Kightccn Years, and Nearly All nf ' That Time He Was Leudcr of His Tarty in the Senate Managed Campaign That lie-suited in Cleveland's Election it: 1KK1 Defeated Federal Elec tion Hill in 18i)0-'01. '( By the Associated Press ) Washington, June : 4. Arthur (iorinan. United States senator Puo from resl- Mat-viand, died suddenly at his eleliee in this city ut :C5 o'clock this morning, While Senator Gorman had been i.l for .many 'months, he had shown some Improvement lately. Heart trouble was I lie immediate cause of death. Up to the moment of death Senator ihirman Was conscious. His condition during the past week had improved se much that yesterday the family had holie s of shortly taking him to the country. -. He partook of some nourish ment at tj o'clock this morning, but at :i o'clo-.-k h- was seined with a heart attack 'and died .In five minutes. At the beeldelc were Mrs. (iorman, Miss Ada (iorman. the senator's eldest daughter, and the nurse. When the attack came physicians were sent for, but the senator was dead before they arrived. .-'e nator - (iorinan's lllhess extended over ii period of five months. He had not left his house since January 16. He suffered, in addition to his heart affection, with more or less stomach, trouble. A week ago last Saturday he was seized with a heart attack, and il was thought then that he could not, survive-, but lie rallied and seennrd to get very - much better. Up to late last - night iie was in the best of spirit!? and i-liaiteel wilh various members of Hi" family. - As soon as he passed away word was. sent to the senate. .Senator clornian leaves ft widow and six e bilelre-n. us follows: Miss Ada ( loiiii.in. Mrs. Wilton J. Lambert, Mrs. K. A. Johnson. Mrs. It. V. Hills, all of this e-ity; Mrs! -Stephen (iamhrill of Lonelon. l-.'nglanel, who arrived here a week ago. and Arthur I'ue Gorman, Jr.. of Liuii--1, Maryland, a member of lb" .Maryland assembly. Senator Gorman lohg had been a notable tiguie in the' national cingres?!. He Mist took his seat in I KM, and serve.l coni innoiislv lor eighteen years, ami-nearly all of that lime he was the leader of liis p .r'.y in the senate. W'in niiig early .'a reputation . for .ag. icily and tin' ke nest -judgment in .ongrc.'.-.-:... en! affairs.' lie at'.ained prominence, no! einiv as ;i 'leader in the senate, but in I'ne country at large, and !'y many n en w us considered the most available mat' in his party for the presidency, 'le: was chairman, nf the executive com n.iti. e and managed the campaign that tesulteel in the election of Cleveland in 1SSI. The most notable contest of bis con gressional c areer, and one '.which at tiiieteil to him vider attention than anything else, was when he led the s. nate minority in 18P0-II1 and defe-ated th.- federal elections bill. To his sa gacious leadership and hdroit manage ment his party friends attributed the defeat of the measure which was so obnoxious to jhe south. When the democrats had control of the senate Senator - Clornian was the recognized leader of that body. It was at that time that the tariff bill of 1HA4 was passed and although the Maryland senator was not a member of the fi nance committee he had so much to do with shaping that measure that his name Is often given to it. and in ffict It is frequently called tho Wilson Gorman tut iff. II was during Cleveland's last ad ministration that a break occurred be tween t lie democratic president, and tho Pader of ihe patlv In the senate. In :i speech which wPI always be remem bered hy those who heard It Senator Gorman severely arraigned the preri dent. To this opposition the defeat of Senator Gorman h few years later is attributed, although his party lost Maryland In the silver campaigns. As soon as the democrats regained control of thr- state he was at once re-elected to '" senate. . It was i. tribute to his leadership that as soon as he was again in the senate he was made leader of the minority and, although the seniority rule Is (Continued on Pagft Two.)
The Raleigh Times (Raleigh, N.C.)
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