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THE' MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 1U06. FEVER OF REMORSE Packers Make Wild Stampede to Reform Plants. PRESIDENT TELLS, EFFECT Indorses XclH and Reynolds In Let tep to .Wadsworth and Gives Report From Secret Agent. 31ore Inspection Needed. WASHINGTON. June 8. In response to a request from the House committee on agriculture. President Roosevelt forward ed to Representative Wadsworth. the chairman of that committee, the report made to him by a committee of the De partment of Agriculture regarding condi tions In the Chicago meat-packing houses. Accompanying the report was a letter from the President. In which he points out that there is no conflict In substance between the. Nelll-Reynolds report, and tHt. of the Agricultural Department ex perts. Jt Is said In the latest report that the racking-house proprietors are manifesting almost ,-a humorous haste to clean up, repave and even to' plan for future changes." New toilet-rooms are being provided, with additional dressing-rooms, and cleni towels. The report says that 'the' haste toward reform would have been amusing if It were not so nearly trastc." . J ' The President says his Investigations hve not been completed, but that enough has been developed in my Judg ment to call for immediate, thorough going and radical enlargement of the powers of the Government in Inspecting all meats'whlch enter Into interstate com merce and foreign commerce." Following Is the full text of the letter of the President to Chairman Wadsworth: . Reasons for .Investigation. !Trt White House. Washington, D. C Jvjne K, l!Krt. My Dear Mr. Wadsworth: Tn aflt-orflance with your request,. I wnd you herewith the tw reports ol Inspection by th .committee appointed hy the Depart ment of Agriculture on April 5 and IS. This committee had already been appointed -wTien I notified the Secretary that I desired that sifa-h a committee should be appointed In or der to make the Investigation. Subsequent complaints to me and the consideration of complaints already made showed that the charges were not only against the packing houses, but also to a certain extent reflected upon, the action of the Government In spectors, and I came to the conclusion that It -was best to have an Investigation mado by outside Individuals who could not be charged with being in any way Interested ln: the matter. r ' ' Inspect Inspectors Also. The President in his letter says thai after be had requested the Secretary of Agriculture to appoint a committee to In vestigate, .complaints were made showing that -the charges were not only against the packing-houses, .hut reflected to a cer tain extent on the action of the Govern ment inspectors. He, therefore, ordered an Investigation by "outside individuals, who .could not be charged with belner In any way: Interested in -the .matter." Ac-. rordtnnly. he ajipofnted Messrs. Nelll ana Reynolds. He continues: , . Much testimony' has been' offered to us w-hlc.h has not been considered In this report, ' for Mr. Nell! and. Mr. Reynolds in tnls report confine themselves to. stating In more or less nummary way tho tacts. as to which they had been :'ye-witnej4ses,-and,-whab they have said cannot.. be '.suocflssiujly, controverted. Reports To Not Conflict.' As to the ground covered In common by the reports of the two investigating com mittees, there Is nq conflict in substance as to the Important matters, although there Is a marked -difference in emphasis, this being partially due to the greater length and de tail of the 'report of the committee of the Department of Agriculture. In my Judg ment, the emphasis of the report of Messrs. Nelll and Reynolds Is abundantly Justified by the. facts. "To show the immediate and extraordi nary change for the better which the mere fact of their Investigation is already bring ing about in the condition of the packing houses in Chicago," the President then quotes from the report of a "most com petent and trustworthy witness in Chi cago. d:tted June 1, "whose name he offers to give the -committee, if it desires: Nelson-Morris has done much to make things better. By the time the next inspect ingparty arrives they will have still more new lavatories, toilet-rooms, . dressing-rooms, etc.. cuspidors everywhere and signs prohib iting spitting. In most the awakening seemed to come by force from without. There -was- the slightest Indication that the "still small voice" was at work also. Revolution at Armour's. At Armour's on every hand there was Indi cation of an almost humorous haste to clean up. repave and even to . plan for future changes. New toilet-rooms, new dressing rooms, new towels." etc., etc. Swift's and Armour's were both so cleaned up that I w-aa compelled to cheer theoi. on their way by expressing my pleasure at the changes. The sausage girls were moved upstairs where they could get sun and light. They are to have dressing-rooms, etc. I asked for showers and lockers for the casing work ers at Armour's and got a promise thai they would put them In. The canning and stuffing-room, chip beef and beef extract at Armour's seemed really quite good.. In all of these rooms the girls work. At Llbbys the girls are to be put Into a blue calico uni form, which they will secure, but at half price. They are putting in toilet-rooms, which they say are temporary, and that, w hen the building , is remodeled, they will have these put in a better place. The haste toward reform would have beon amus ing If It were not so nearly tragic. They tried to win my help on the ground that loss of foreign trade would mean hard ship for the workers In my neighborhood, and I must say I do share this fear, but I cannot see the wisdom of my coming out guhllcly and saying that I saw Indications of an awakening, for I want the changes to be radical and permanent, even though we all have to suffer for the present. Thorough Inspection Only Remedy. The President feays, in closing his letter: I nfortunately, the misdeeds of those who are responsible for the abuses 'we design to cure will bring discredit and damage not only upon them, but upon the Innocent stock growers, the ranchmen and farmers of the country. The only way permanently to pro tect and benefit these innocent stockgrowers, the -farmers and ranchmen Is to secure by law the thorough and adequate inspection for which I have asked. MILITIA COMES TOO LATE Sii'spccled Negro Murderer Lynched by Florida Mob. ' OCALA, Fla... June 8. James Davis, the negro who was charged with killing Mr. Russell and his negro servant at Fe licia Tuesday, was lynched, at Inverness lust night by masked men. The militia Bent to protect him arrived too late. Lynchers Summoned for Contempt. CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. June 8. United States Marshal Dunlap today served Su preme Court orders on all defendants cited to appear in October to answer for the alleged . coritempt 'in the Johnson lynching case. 'Refugee Kill Ills Wife. ST. LOUIS,. June 8. Daniel; Bzelig, a refugee from . San i Francisco, ' tonight ehot and killed .'his1 wife and then killed himself In the presence of his two chil dren. Szelig had been separated from his wife for two years, when he returned here after having had his home burned In the San Francisco Are. He made no attempt at reconciliation, but tonight vis ited his wife's boarding-house and with out warning killed her. MANY PENSION BILLS PASS House . Spends Much Time on Sun dry Civil Legislation. .. WASHINGTON, June 8. With the ex ception of an hour spent on pension leg islation, in which time 327 bills for the relief of Civil and Spanish-American War veterans were passed, the House labored today on the sundry civil bill, making much headway. Under the lead of Keifer, of Ohio, the House refused to transport silver coins and other money by registered mall, in sisting that their transportation should be handled by the express companies. During the arguments it was contended that the West and South need silver dol lars for circulation. The conference report on the bill to pro hibit aliens from fishing in Alaskan wat ers'was agreed to, also the Senate amend ments to the bill forbidding the importa tion, exportation or carriage in interstate commerce of falsely or spuriously stamped articles of gold or silver or their alloys. These bills now go to the President for approval. v COMPROMISE OX STATEHOOD Carter Finds Solution of Difficulty About Jointure. WASHINGTON, June 8. A basis of com promise, if not the exact form, which is said to be acceptable to a majority of the Senators for the settlement of . dif ferences on the statehood question, has been submitted by Senator Carter. ,- This provides for a vote at the next regular territorial elections of Arizona and New Mexico, to be held in ' November, for delegates to a constitutional convention to frame a constitution for a proposed new state and a vote on the question of statehood to be submitted in thisNform: "Shall Arizona and New Mexico be unit ed as one state?" After a majority In each of the terri tories vote in favor of Joint statehood, the delegates . to a constitutional con vention will be called. If a majority in either territory is recorded against state hood, the convention will not assemble. It eliminates the expense of holding a constitutional convention in the event the decision of either territory is against statehood and avoids the confusion of the statehood question with an election for state officers. WILL ASK RECOMMITMENT Senator Tillman to Facilitate Con sideration of Rate Bill. WASHINGTON, June 8. To facilitate consideration of the railroad rate bill Senator Tillman has determined to ask the Senate toreconsider its action in dteagreeing to the- conference report and Instead to recommit the bill to the conferees. Under such a parliamentary proced ure the Mil would not have to be re considered by the House. Morgan Speaks on Isle of Pines. WASHINGTON, June 8. The Senate to day listened to two set speeches, one by Morgan in support of his resolution pro viding for an investigation- by a Senate committee of the affaire of the Isle of Pines, and the other by Hopkins in opposi tion to the sea-level canal bill. Neither measure, was acted on. Some time was also spent In considering the District of Columbia appropriation bill. , Officers. Must Attend Maneuvers. WASHINGTON, June 8. In order that as many, officers as possible may be pres ent for duty at the maneuver camps of in struction, which It Is proposed to estab lish during the Summer, leaves of ab sence will not be granted to officers of the Army between July 1 and September 30 next, except for urgent reasons special ly set forth in the application. Will Pass Pure Food Bill. WASHINGTON. -June 8. In reply to an inquiry from Representative Hinshaw. of Nebraska, Representative Mann, of Il linois, has mado an emphatic statement to the House that, so far as he knew, it was the intention of the House to con sider and pass a pure-food bill, and he had no doubt it would become a law at this session. Alexander J. Cook Confirmed. WASHINGTON. June 8. Confirmations were made by the Senate today as fol lows: .. . . . . ... Register of Land Office J. Henry Smith, at Seattle. Receiver of Public Moneys Alexander J. Cook, at Vancouver, Wash. Receivers at Montana Cities. WASHINGTON. June 8. The .Presi dent sent to the Senate today the follow ing nominations: Receivers of Public Moneys, Charles A. Wilson, at Great Falls, Mont.; John R. Hillman, Kalispell, Mont. i Denatured Alcohol Bill Is Law. WASHINGTON, June 8. The President today signed the denatured alcohol bill. BIG TANK CRASHES DOWN Knocks Down Wall and Injures Seven Occupants of Building. PITTSBURG, June 8. A 10,000 gallon water tank crashed through the three story brick building; at 637-545 Liberty avenue, this afternoon, causing a rear wall to fall out, and injuring- seven per sons so that they had to be taken to hospitals. The building was occupied by John Fite, a wholesale butter and egg merchant; S. M. Petty, wall paper; and T. S. Mercer & Co., wholesale boots and shoes. The injured were Thomas S. Mercer and his son, George; three women and James Robinson, a teamster, who was delivering goods at the rear of the build ing. The women are bookkeepers and stenographers in the various establish ments. All of the injured will recover.. Garst Court-Martial Ends. WASHINGTON, June 8. The records of the cases of Captain Perry Garst, com mandine the battleship Rhode Island, and of Lieutenant-Commander Edward T. Wltherspoon, navigating officer of that vessel, have been received at the Navy .Department, i ney were tried by court martial for negligence in connection with the recent grounding of the Rhode Island near the mouth of the York River. X Medical Convention Adjourns. BOSTON, June 8. The 57th annual ses sion of the American Medical Association was adjourned today, concluding a four days' convention here. The next annual session will be held at Atlantic City, n, J- : Brlsson President of House. PARIS, June 8. Henri Brisson, ex-Premier, who was elected provisional presi dent of the Chamber of Deputies June 1, was today definitely elected president of tha House. DEFENDS HIS CHIEF Railroad Clerk Answers Slur ' on Frank Thomson. CREIGHT0N UNDER CLOUD General Superintendent of Pennsyl vania Road Accused of Forcing Operators to Rent His Cars. Aiken Is Discharged. PHILADELPHIA. June 8. At the con clusion of today's session the Interstate Commerce Commission suspended . its in quiry into the relations of railroads with coal and oil interests until next Tues day, when it will be resumed here. Prob ably the most important feature of the session was the voluntary testimony of J. McClellan, of Blairsvllle, Pa., contra dicting the testimony of . previous wit- y.'.W.WW.'7.5( Father Ostein. Who Has Been Ap pointed Chaplain of St. Tin cent's Hospital. nesses, who told the Commission that It had been the policy of the Pennsylvania Railroad to encourage its employes to become Interested in coal companies on the lines of the road. Compelled to Rent Cars. Charles McFadden related the story of his troubles while he was a mine oper ator In the soft coal fields. His car sup ply became so meager that he was com pelled to rent cars from the Commercial Coal Company, a concern in which Gen eral Superintendent Creighton. of the Pennsylvania Railroad is Interested. He was finally compelled to make an ar rangement by which the Commercial Company operates his mines for one third the profits. Robert Cassatt, son of President Cas eatt, denied the statement made yester day by S. F. Potter, of the Donahue Coal & Coke Company, that the Keystone operations had been favored in the dis tribution of cars. He also stated that the Keystone Company was not a "Cas sat concern." W. G. Spangler, local agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad at Milton, Pa., said that he also acted as sales agent for the Keystone Coal & Coke Company, receiving a commisVon of 2 cents a ton. Honor Worth More Than Stock. Mr. McLellan, who appeared volun tarily, said he came to Philadelphia to vindicate ex-President Frank Thomson, of the Pennsylvania Railroad. He said that while he was in the employ of the railroad company he had been offered "a block of stock" by Captain Alfred Hicks, who was about to organize a mining company. Witness said he wrote to Mr. Thomson, asking hla advice in the mat ter, and that Mr. Thomson advised him "not to take the stock," that "honor is worth mors than all the stock you can acquire'." Mr. McLellan produced Mr. Thomson's letter.which was dated June 13, 1904. Not Ready for Cassatt. When the Pennsylvania Railroad state ment, issued yesterday, indicating that President Cassatt is willing to be sum moned before the Interstate Commission ers Cockrell and Clements last night, they made a statement, in which they said: "It is true tht in April Mr. Cassatt signified his readiness to appear before the commissioners. "The Commission has not yet determined whether or not it will require the testi mony of Mr. Cassatt. Such testimony should not come until all others had been heard, so that both Mr. Cassatt and the Commission shall have the. entire question before them, and that any statement by Mr. Cassatt shall be responsive to and cover the entire situation as it may be developed bv the examination of subordi nate officers and others. "But there is nothing that stands in the way of Mr.- Cassatt's making any state ment he may desire to make before the Commission at any time.- If his presence is called for by invitation or any other way we suppose he would come under the immunity clause." Grafting Clerk Dismissed. Joseph Aiken, chief clerk to the super intendent of the Monongahela division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, was dismissed today by direction of Mr. Cassatt. He had testified that, while his salary had averaged between $30 and J126 per month, he owned nearly $75,000 worth of coal stock. He admitted having received checks from coal companies and also gifts from company stores. AMERICANSJ0IN TOLEDO Company 6t Well-Armed Califor nians Fighting in Guatemala. MEXICO CITY, June 8. News from the Guatemalan revolutionists in the southern part of that republic is that an American contingent of 16J men enlisted in San Francisco is with Gen eral Toledo's army. These men, who were especially well armed, came down on the steamer Empire City, now com posing practically the navy of the rev olutionists. Much Is expected of the American fighters. Probably 1000 more men from Nicara gua have enlisted under General To ledo. An American named Hillsey Is reported to be in command of the rev olutionary forces in the northern de partment of San Marcos. California Mnles for Rebels. SAN FRANCISCO, June 8. The Bul letin today says 1000 pack mules are at Port Costa waiting transportation to Guatemala, where they will be used to aid the revolutionists. Agents of the revolutionary ieaders have been busy for many months purchasing and ship ping these animals. The British tramp steamer Indradeo, due to arrive at Port Costa today, has been chartered to carry the mules and will begin loading them at once unless the United States interferes. Nicaragua Backs the Rebels. NEW YORK, June 8. A cable dispatch to the Herald from Panama says: Additional advices concerning the 6hip Empire, which, it is reported, left Corinto to shell San Jose, Guatemala, are to the effect that President Zelaya, of Nica ragua, guaranteed-fiayment for the coal. President Zetaya's son, a Colonel, has 200 troops aboard, who expected to land after the machine guns had done their work. Mr. Tlsdale. manager of the Guate mala Northern Railway, crossed the Isth mus Wednesday on a hurried trip to New Tork, it is thought to seek protec tion for his property from the revolution ists. i i Japan Promises Open Door. NEW YORK, June 8. An assurance from the leading statesmen of Japan that the promise of an open door in Corea and Manchuria will be carried out by Japan was reported by Jacob H. Schiff, the banker, who has returned from a visit to Japan and Corea. THEY CUT OUT FRIENDSHIP - Greece and Roumania Sever Rela tions, but Cannot Fight. ATHENS, June 8. The Greek Minister at Bucharest has been ordered to an nounce the rupture of diplomatic rela tions with Roumania, and all Greek offi cials .have been directed to quit that country. The trouble is due to the fact that the Sultan of Turkey, in May, 1905, issued an trade officially recognizing the Roumanian or Koutsk Vlach element in Macedonia. This caused irritation among the Greeks, who boycotted those employ ing the Roumanian language in church services. The Greek government also complained of the general insecurity of Greeks in Roumania, several" of whom had been expelled. As it is not possible for Greeks and Roumanians to attack each other on land or sea. the only damage they can inflict otv each other is through an economic war, which may begin next month. BRITISH NAVATj MANEUVERS Great Fleets Act Out Imitation At tack on Island. PORTSMOUTH, England, June 8. (Spe cial.) The most important naval maneu vers ever attempted by the British navy were Initiated today and the entire naval force of Great Britain is engaged. The principal purpose is to demonstrate what would actually occur in case of war. if any attack should be made upon the Brit ish Isles. Neither side has any definite knowledge as to the strength of the enemy or its position, sp that the commanders are forced to govern themselves accordingly and take no chances that they could not absolutely afford to attempt in case of ac tual warfare. In all, 325 ships are engaged. This in cludes battleships, cruisers, gunboats and submarines. The number of men en gaged is 63,000. The cost of the maneuvers is estimated at 140,000. MUST CARRY OCT REFORM Austrian Premier Says Electoral Legislation Cannot. Be Dropped. VIENNA, June 8. Premier Baron von Beck in the upper house of the Reichs rath today explained the government's programme with regard to relations with Hungary In practically the same terms employed in the statement to the lower house Thursday. The Premier also de clared that the electoral reform can not be dropped half way, but must be car ried through to the end. He asserted that it was indispensable that the inter ests of' Hungary and Austria should be established upon an absolutely clear basis. He Is convinced, he says that with good will and undeserved frankness on both sides there is a possibility of reaching a form of political economic relation ac ceptable to all citizens. The speech was greeted with applause. RACING AUTOS REACH VIENNA Roads Heavy From Rains and Cars Covered With Mud. VIENNA, June 7. Great crowds watched the arrival today of the contestants in the Von Herkomer auto race. Prince Henry of Prussia and Mrs. Manville ar rived at noon. Rains had made the roads heavy and all the cars were smothered in mud. The only, accident recorded was that in which a German car killed a peas ant near Melk. By 3 o'clock this afternoon 116 of the competitors had arrived. The race will be resumed Sunday from Vienna to Klag enfurt. A MORNINGJN JUNE. . Cows, Bees, Apples and Cherries Help the Picture. The Independent. The clock has just struck three from the village Church tower. Across the wide valley and beyond the vil lages and green hills the dawn begins to put out the stars. There are pink flushes, almost . as unstable as the northern lights, that touch the cloud film. The earth is still asleep, and there is not a sound among the farm houses, except a mysterious policing wind, that shakes doors to see if all is safe. The water over the milldam is strong, for the miller has not needed It over night. The pink flush grows redder; the dawn breaks. As far as the ear can hear one may distinguish a flute note in the east. It has for a while no accompaniment. Then the robin whose nest is by your window stires the vines. You hear a rustle every where. Attention! The flute note is doubled and redoubled, and is drawing nearer and nearer. It comes steadily across the valley in a growing volume of sweet sounds. Robins everywhere join in, no two singing exactly alike: but the chorus is grand. The valley is full of it. It rolls still nearer, like a greatlr wave; then it goes over you over the houses, over the orchards, and over the hills westward; and it will roll on, a wave of song, to the limit of robin and human habitations for they are one. There is nothing else like it in the world. Do we know how to greet the dawn? Reason and music must go together. It would not make less admirable our labors if we all stood out of doors at day-dawn and sang a great human chorus; the Golden Rule set to music. Would it not key us up to unselfishness and would it not make duty delightful? It is 4 o'clock. In the valley, orchards' the cows strentch themselves, one after another rising from her mellow bed, while the dew glistens on her hide. The farmer himself comes out to let down the bars, and his boys bring the pails for milk. A sweet odor, smelled at no other time, is filling the air. The sun is drinking dew, and the dew is full of clover and rose fragrance. Milking is fa poem, if done where we can smell the clover and If the man be not a lout. We two, the cows and the folk, have been companions these many hundreds cf years; but In early days it was the woman who milked. The word daughter, or duhitar, means the milker and we see no reason why it should not be milker still. Gladys at least is at the bars and ready to help in car- I ndf" is 1 ia. W V'-'S c't,LF 'SSs -iYt. " J rying in the foaming pails to the house. There she will strain them carefully and set them In the broad pans for the. cream. The bees are abroad; and the village clock has struck 5. The basswoods are In bloom. There is honey hid in every blossom, but you and I could not get it out. Who knows what else there is. that no one and no thing has ever found out? Some day nature will make somebody, or something, to see it and to use it. WTe walk among our hives with wonder that, wiser than we, the occupants have indus tries and Industrial order that shames our human habitations and our munici palitlefi. In one thing we easily lead in our self-sufficiency; yet we are the most helpless of all creatures taken alone. The cows and the bees, the ap ples and the cherries make up our civ ilization. As for our cities, they are in finitely inferior, as a commonwealth, to that (0 the bees. The sun looks down upon us now with a wonderfully conwlous look. It Is hard to escape the feeling that It Is taking notes of the valley, and of the folk in the valley, and is inquiring as to our needs and our deeds. It does not find all things as it left the world last night. There has been, a deal of growing and a good deal of mischief. It takes quick control and resumes mastery. The morning-glory opens; the hollyhock lets out the bee that it sheltered over night; the primrose, that dislikes the sun, shuts Its eye; the hoya refuses to exhale odor, but the mock orange is doubly sweet. The moths re tire, but the butterflies go abroad. The night-world Is a world by itself and it is beautiful. The day-world Is also quite itself, with new obligations as well, as new fragrances. A Dream of Fifth Avenue. Four Track News. Look in any direction, east or west on Twenty-third street, north or south on Broadway or Fifth avenue, as far as one can see, there are attractive shops. To your left is an old graystone pile; one of the oldest hotels at which, perhaps, more prominent persons have stopped in the course of Its long existence than at any other hostelry in New York. 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There are always some faces that are interesting. The New York crowd does not always hurry. Mingle with that portion of the crowd going north on Fifth avenue. It fairly radiates pleasure, luxury and social sunshine. Do not pity pedestrians on this thoroughfare: many of them are the elite of Manhattan, trailing their light-colored and costly garments, without fear of soot or dust on this cleanest of streets, bowing to friends riding in handsome equipages, stopping to look into shop windows or to chat with passing acquaintances. They Impart to the avenue an atmosphere of animation and good breeding. Life on Fifth avenue is different from that of any other street In New York, or from any other street in any other American city. The British Income Tax. Montreal Gazette. The well-to-do classes of England will continue paying off the cost of the South African War, and meeting the increased cost of government. 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