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PORTLAND. OCEGOK. . HON PAY v EVENING, KOYESlBER 24. 1902 ,
VOL. I. NO. 222.
TRICE FIVE CENTS.
PUBLIC HEAIM DEMANDS
ALL FOOD SUPPLIES
BE PROPERLY INSPECTED BY STATE OFFICIALS
THAT
T i 4 x ii TIN TT f
belated inspection or miry nero at f
Reveals
the
Investigation Shows an Unparalleled and Startling Condi
; tion of Filth and Infection Surrounds Much of This
City's Food Supply Sixty-Five Animals Affected '
SIxty-flve cows belonging to John Thomas of rslrvlew have been segregated
Inspectors. Some of these animals are afflicted with tuberculosis. The others
Four of them were shot Immediately.
Thomas alleges that his herd is In no worse condition than the cattle belonging
(8)
After innumerable complaints had been
received regarding the condition of the
cows belonging to John Thomas, a dairy
man of Falrvlew, Dr. W. McLean, the
state veterinarian, made an inspection of
the herd a few days ago. He was ac
companied by 8. G. Cutllp, a deputy
dairy and food inspector.
The herd was found to be In a most de
plorable oondition. SIxty-flve per cent,
of the animals examined reacted to the
test for tuberculosis.
Kour cows were shot on the spot, be
ing in an advanced stage of coiwump
tlon; and more than 60 others were placed
by themselves in a pasture until their
condition could bo more accurately de
termined. It is reported that several, of the other
herds in that region are also affected
with the deadly disease. Thomas says
.ftll -f vW? .PJUraftiM,.Xlje ...infection.--. tiapx.
... two bulls which are .still in the neighbor
hood. Three days ago a cow was con
demned as unfit for food .when slaugh
tered at a nearby abattoir. Tbla animal
came front a herd belonging to a dairy.!
which is shipping all its milk to Poari
land. . ' :..:.; "
The weight of medical authority goes
to prove that tuberculosis can be trans
mitted from animals to man, and the
most favorable and surest medium of
transmission la milk.
The milk from Thomas' diseased herd
was sold to the chese factory at Fair
view. Physloians say to The Journal
that the process of making .milk Into
cheese would not kill the bacteria which
transmit the dread disease.
I-ast summer 30 hogs from the Thomas
ranch were sent to an abattoir at Trout
dale to be slaughtered and sold. The
government inspectors condemned 22 out
of the batch. '
As the hogs had been fed upon milk
taken from the dairy cows, the Inevitable
conclusion wu that the milk was re
sponsible for their infection, especially
an the dominant lesions were found In
the digestive organs.
, At this time the state veterinarian was
notified of the facta, and. moreover, the
owner of the cheese factory. Mr. H. ".
Campbell, waa informed that the hogs
sent to the abattoir from the. Thomas
ranch were badly diseased, and that the
tuberculosis was probably caused by the
milk.
Notwithstanding this, there seems to
have been nothing done. Thje,JuJtejaiT.
- tmis 66"ws were neifiir"kiried nor sepa
rated from the sound ones. If there are'
any sound ones, nor did the cheese fae
.rory cesife purchasing the milk which
presumably wtnied the "fleamy " Daclerla:'
WHAT DISEASED
MILK CONTAINS
A medical man who has made several
analyses of the milk coming from the
Infected district, said to The Journal
yesterday:
"The theory that consumption or tuber
culosa can be transmitted from the bo
vine species to human beings has been
disputed and is atlll a mooted question.
But even those authorities who deny the
possibility of transmission do not claim
that tubercular milk Is fit for food any
more than diseased meat would be.
"Ita use is most reprehensible and can
Hot be too strongly condemned.
"Leaving thla matter of tuberculosis
aside for a1 moment, 1 will make the bald
statement that If people in Portland knew
the character of much of the milk sold
In thla city they would drink water or
beer.
"The. milk from a diseased herd which
IN THE LAST STAGES
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Alarming Prevalence of
Dangerous
I have analysed for my own information
contained a disgustingly large percentage
of pus cells and fecal matter, in addi
tion to any tubercle bacilli there may
have been,
"Some dairies I have seen recently were
not fit to stable hogs In, and the conse
quences of Such filth is seen in the state
ment which a well-known butcher made
to me the other lay to the effect that
tuberculosis among cattle had increased
60 per cent within the last 20 months."
THE JOURNAL
INVESTIGATES
Impressed with the force of these start
ling statements, The Journal sent a rep-
tne status or anairs mignt oe.
The wholesale condemnation of such a
large number of cows had naturally
aroused much comment in the lltt'e town,
hPLoh.areneral impression setmed to be
(.mit.' the -feasant. stR.ti, . aftiiirs uld
JHtt UWV BJUSlw-wuvtl tuns" . Ull au
sides the opinion was expressed that the
investigation must surely result In clean
er dairies and more frequent Inspection
of the animals. Wonder was expressed
that state offlciala had not acted. !
An employe of the slaughterhouse at !
Troutdale was outspoken on the character I
of some of the cattle sent to the abattoir.
"I hatve seen cows1 sent there within ,
the past month," said?2 this man. which t
were in such advanced stage of disease ;
that their lungs and intestines were abso- ;
lulely disintegrating. Of course the gov
ernment meat Inspectors refused to allow
the meat to be used, but It shows a bad
state of things when such cows are run-
nlng at large,"
"What kind of a man is Thomas?" The
Journal reporter asked a former employe
of the dairyman.
"Well." said the man, "if I was you I
wouldn't let him know you are from The
Journal."
"What kind of a man is he?" persisted
the scribe.
i "I don't know Just how to express it."
' said th ex-employe. "He's a rlpsnorter
all right."
With this cheering information the re- I
porter proceeded to the abode of Mr. I
Thomas and explained his mission. The i
dairyman was not in an entirely happy-!
moo0...raJm3..VJtS ,TJ)fc!J.ron-.
ably worth t0 each, sequestered for fur-
th mvJturatlnn. with a Drobabllitv that
they' will all be shot as unfit for food, is
not an exhilarating experience.
'"I don't see "why this thing should be f
written up at all, was Thomas astound
ing statement. "If the matter gets any
more advertising I won't be able to sell
the cows anywhere.. If you will wait a
little while till I can get rid of my stock
I don't care how much you write about It."
That Thomas Is losing no time in dis
posing of bis cattle before the dangerous
condition of the herda In that vicinity be
comes too widely known. Is evidenced by
the posters which adorn the barns and
fences for miles In all directions from
Falrvlew. These posters announce that
Thomas has for sale 250 Durham, Jersey,
Holsteln and Hereford cows and calves:
150 Shropshire sheep; 16 horses; 100 Berk
shire and Poland China brdod sows and
litters; 2 , registered bulls, besides the
hundreds of chickens and other chattels
which accumulate on a 1,300-acre ranch.
The dairyman expressed a doubt as to
whether the cows in question really had
tuberculosis and insisted that before they
were destroyed, be. would procure some ad
ditional expert testimony on ' the' subject.
"The inspectors may be mistaken about
It." he said, but he did not deny that the
four animals which had been summarily
destroyed were badly diseased.
"The inspectors say thnt my herd has-
OF CONSUMPTION.
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Disease.
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airview
from the rest of his herd by state
are suspected of being Infected.
to many other dairies In that vicinity.
i been infected through two bulls which I
! purchased from another dairy In this vl
ctaity," said- Mr. Thorn ear. tt this Is so
it stand to reason that the herd these
bulls came from must also be suffering
with tubercujosis. My cows are certainly
not the only ones. I think that the dairy
cows should be Inspected more regularly
so that the contagion would not have
spread all through the herd owned by one
man before the disease is discovered.
This Is not fair. It is over two years
since my animals have been inspected."
Mr. Thomas stated that his principal
anxiety just at present was to sell oft all
his stock and go back to Kngland, of
which country he is a native.
"YOU MAY SAY IN THE PAPER,"
SAID MR. THOMAS, "THAT I DO NOT
LIKE AMERICA, AND I AM GOING TO
GET OUT OF IT AS SOON AS I CAN."
CHEESE-MAKTN6
KILLS NO GERMS
The rmiha"ger"6f the cheese factory -admitted
that Thomas had been delivering
an average of 60u pounds of milk daily,
which was all made Into cheese and sold
principally in Portland.
"Of course, we have 'no protection
againBt such dangers," said the cheese
man. "We cannot very well Inspect all
the milk delivered here to se that there
are no tuberculosis germs In it. We
have to take chances on that. As soon
us we found that Thomas' cows were
badly diseased we took no more milk
from him, and I do not think he is milk
ing those cows at all now. He has dried
j them up."
r There is a great demand for the cheese
made in this factory, and the product is
sold as fast as it is made.
It developed during the inquiry that
while being made into cheese the milk
was at no time raised to a greater tem
perature than 96 degrees, a heat which
is altogether insufllcient to destroy the
germs of tuberculosis.
DR. M'LEAN WAS
KEEPING IT QUIET
. "Who-told vo about thlsr mm Dr
Ur ,L? ? , . , C
T Mcfan, in state veterinarian, wnen
" reporter asked, him. it-lh iafasoing'
statements were not correct.
Dr. McLean was very wrathy. "I have
been keeping thla away from the news-
: piipers, he said.
i The reporter asked if the public had
no rights in the premises which should
j be respected, and if the fact that the
I milk from diseased cattle was being sold
' for food should not be published as
widely and emphatically as possible,
i don't tl.niK consumption is readily
irHiismilteii fnm cows to human beings,"
j said Dr. McLean.
"Would you feed milk from these cows
I to your children?"
j "I would not." said the doctor.
! "lon't you think It is a most extraor-
j dlnary condition of affairs that such a
I ilisease should be rampant among dairy
' herds? And don't you think that state
I otficials like yourself should have taken
j measures to stop It when the first cora-
i plaints were lodged?"
"The Insp.'ctor's force is Inadequate."
was ine it-pi. ... r- .j,
"06 you-th'ink tnefe ts'ailjr earthly Jus
tification for a cheese factory which
bought and sold this milk after they had
been warred that the cowa were prob
ahly In a diseased and tubercular state?"
"I do not think this would be right,"
said the doctor.
KRUPP'S WILL
The Widow Inherits All the Vast
Estate.
; BERLIN. Nov. 24. The will of the late
Herr Krupp. the noted gun manufacturer,
I has been made known. All "of the lm-5-mense-
property has " been Toft lo the
widow and it is specified that the com
pany shall neither be sold nor put Into
stock within the next 25 years.
KILLED INNOCENT GIRL.
LANSING, Mich.. Nov. 24. At Che
boygan yesterday Eva Featherstone was
shot In the back and probably, fatally in
jured. The girl Is but 16 years of age.
She waa passing along the road when a
party of five men In a wagon drove past
her. 'One of them fired the shot that re
sulted In a dangerous wound.'1 It la aj-
SHEPARD LOOKS
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NEW'TORK, Nov. 34. Edward M. Shepard's boom for the Democratic
Presidential nomination of 1904 Is now being fairly launched. Mr. Shep
ard, belongs 'to ;New York 8tale and was tbe unsuccessful candidate for
mayor of th Empire city In the late municipal campaign. He is neverthe
less reckoned a potent power In Democratic politics.
COSTING
Great Oil Fields of Boreslaw, Galicia,
Became Ignited and Many
Lives Sacrificed
VIENNA, Nov. 24. One of the most wonderful and destructive pyrotechnic
displays the world has ever known Is In progress here and millions of dollars worth
of property lias already been consumed. Eighteen lives are known to have been
lost and It Is very probable that many more will be sacrificed before the conflagra
tion can posslblv he gotten under control.
From an unknown cause the great oil wells at Boreslaw. Galicia. caught tire
and millions of gallons of crude petroleum Is burning. Great storage tanks burst
and scattered flaming oil for miles around. The blare mounted 800 feet Into the
air and has been een 200 miles away. There is nothing that can be done to pre
vent further spread and it seems probable that the entire district will be consumed.
Negotiations Still
Merrily On,
Going
Independent Operators Likely
Come Into Line Statement
by Wayne MacVeagh.
to
SCRANTON, Pa.. Nov. 24. Negotiations
are still going on between the miners and
their employers, in the coal fields, and
there la hardly a doubt that amicable set
tlement will be made before the 3d of next
month, on which date the arbitration com
mission is billed to again take up the
work of hearing testimony."
The Independent operators are still in
sisting that a' decision must be made by
the board,, but It now seems, more than
merely possible that they will be won
over to the side of the majority tefore
the date named. Practically assured that
they will obtain an increase In wages the
miners are working with a will In the
mines and Thanksglvnlg Day will Jlnd
many a home with more to be thankful
for than before in months.
MACVEAGH S STATEMENT.
PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 24. The lines
along which peace is to be made in the
coal neias ure given in aetail In a state
ment from Wayne .MacVeagh, leading at
torney for the coal operators. Thla state
ment is published in several papers this
morning and Is considered as being be
yond doubt correct. It follows:
"The parties on both sides were con
testing every Inch of ground when the
great railway corporations volunteered
an advance of 10 per cent of the wages of
their employes.
"As soon as such an advance was an
nounced, it seemed to be taken for granted
th&l notwithstanding the advance made
two. years ago, a like increase would now
TO PRESIDENCY.
i
MILLIONS
! wages. being out of the way. there was a
I general feeling In favor of trying to adjust
l-Uie other -differences. "
' "While I' was srtil cross-examining Sir.
j .Mltch'ejl, .L.WJM, jasj(g..tii meet him and
Ij Tits' counsel in conference to make an ef
j fort to reach some adjustment of an aml
j cable nature. We discussed the matters
in dispute on different occasions atid a-t
i great length, and. at last, by the Invar
iable assistance of E. B. Thomas, the presl-
dent of the two companies I represent,
; the basis, as he thought, of a possible ad
justment was reached, and when it was
submitted to the other genelemn who.
with Mr. Thomas, had signed the letter
requesting the appointment of the oom-
mission, they all concurred with Mr.
i Thomas in approving it as a basis of
negotiations.
BOYS CAUGHT
Those Who Defaced Walla Walla
v School Detected.
V
(Journal Special Service.)
WALLA WALLA. Nov. Otto
Frank, coach of the High School football
team. Bert Delaney, capttain of the
eleven,-Will Coleman and Harvey Gilliam,
all prominent young men of this city, ar.-
1 the ones who entered 'the Lincoln school
building and tore from its place the ob
jectionable name-plate. Frank was ar
rested Saturday. It is not thought the
boys will be prosecuted although feeling
against them is Very strong among those
who favored changing the name of the
school. They will pay for substituting
new letters for those they tore away.
KILLED BY ROBBER.
CINCINNATI. Nov. 24. Lying in a pool
of blood the body of E. Saatkamp was
found In tbe Ross-Meyer Tool Co.'s busi
ness otflce last night. This Is the second
murder that has occurred in the factory
Inside of a few weeks. There Is no clue
to tne criminal. i ne pocKets or saat
kamp's c lothing had been rifled.
SILVER STILL DROPS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. . 24.-Euslness Is
Still suffering greatly In the Philippines
because of the unstable price of silver.
A recent wire -states that a further de
cline has ben announced and that $1 in
gold will now purchase $2.60 In silver.
Actfon bv ConerS" l mont nnlversnllv
HAVANA
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Cartoonist Opper Speaks
of Employer
Thinks Newspaper Proprietor Would
Surely Win If He Entered
Race.
D. Opper, known from ocean to ocean
as one of the New York Journul-Chica-go
Amorican-San Francisco Examiner
staff of cartoonists, departed this morn
ing for Sun, Francisco, where he will re
main until January. He has been In
Portland since Thursday. Mr. Opper
came West from New York to spend his
usual four months In the Examiner office
in FriBco. This he has done for a num
ber of years
He has toured the North Coast States,
and hus enjoyed himself. Mr. Opper has
a way of enjoying himself wherever he
Roes. He Is an American prince of tood
f.-!ows.
..ESSL PJUWW." .Who-rgtnatdAiThlrfiW
and Gaston, Is Dip's brother. Dip Is the
Opper who was here. Dip la what his
friends call hlmt , -.. .'...., .,;,;,.
Dip Opper has a very distinguished
brother, but 1 -himself one of lha clever
est newspaper artist In the country. He
Is under contract with W. R. Hearst for
four year more, during which time he
must devote himself to the papers ownea
by the young man who haa shown the
world something about new JouYnallsm.
Opper Is much devoted personally to Mr.
Hearst. He was queried regarding tha
report that Hearst l8yo establish a morn,
not discuss the subject further th n to
say:
"I am not Informed regarding the en
terprise of which you speak. But I will
say that were Mr. Hearst to establish a
morning paper In Washington he would
shake up matters Journalistic in the na
tional capital. You may expect It will
be such a newspaper aa never before waa
issued In Washington."
ABOUT HEARST'S CANDIDACY.
Mr. Opper also waa asked regarding
the impression that has gained prevalency
that Mr. Hearst Is a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for the presi
dency In 1904. To this he repUed:
"Mr. Hearst Is a man to keep his own
counsel. I have heard of the matter dur
ing the past few weeks. Let us presume
he were a candidate. Do you believe that
many would doubt he would make a cam
paign such aa never before th- eountty
I lias witnessed? Let me tell you where
f trts-strmrfh "Would He would have
the young men of the United States, who
see In him the embodlmer(ttpf .Tweo.tle.tlk
Century enterprise, and the very Incar
nation of the spirit of the times, that per
mits men to do and he things regardless
of their age. Time waa that young men
were compelled to wait. Nowadays, they
need not wait, if they can prove their
worth. I don't know anything about Mr.
Hearst's plans. But I do know that with
the young men and the laboring classes,
who are enthusiastically with him, would
constitute rather solid foundation upoa
whloh to build a candidacy."
RELIEVE THE STRAIN.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 24. In view of
the shooting at Guatemala City and the
complications that are likely to follow
Mr. Combs, recently appointed minister
to that country, will be hurried from his
home In Louisville to the scene as soon
as possible. , Minister Hunter's connec
tion with the shooting has placed him in
.an .embarrassing position ... ,.s, . . ....
IS WAR TO COME
IN SOUTH AMERICA?
The Colombians Invaded Venezuelan
Territory, and Were Met and De
feated No Declaration; : r
WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. Bowen wired the state department thtajjmornlnir .
from Caracas that the Colombians invaded VenesOT!aTm"Nevem15er W, and that
alter advancing but a short distance across the line they were met and, defeated ort -'.
the '19th. Their repulse was followed by a hurried retreat aeroes the border 1nt ;
their own country. They have not been pursued. ," r " i
This sews caused much comment here., It was not known that CotomjTa con- 1
tempiated an advance Into th territory of Its neighboring power and 'many 'still
believe there is -some mistake. However..; It la, beliaved -that If the, st&tement Is '
true, nothing can prevent war between the two nations) as the fiery Castro will f
at once lead an army Into Colombia. Both nations are about equally prepared for
war and never before was the army of either stronger or better equipped. Wlthoitf
doubt the recent Insurgent forces would at once flock to the standards of their re
STREETS
RUN WITH BLOOD
1115 1
III
Police Can Do Nothing
but Look On
American Soldiers May Be Asked
to Aid Patau to Restore
Order There.
'ill
HAVANA, Nov. 24. At 1 o'clock this)
afternoon, In addition to Maeeo and th
three others first reported killed, anothei
captain, one Nontenant and two prlvater , -
police and three atrlkers hava been killed X
All parts of the city are not yet heard
from, and It la probable the death list,
will be added to. Small clashes are con 4
stantly occurring and the United States
artillery la under arms In Ita barracks,
ready for any emergency. j
The main effort of the atrlkera . hmii '
to be to vent their spleen on American) ' -residents
all over the city. Cries of "Down)
Squires Is relying on the government'
ability to trandle the rioters and ha
taken no official actrdn a.,, yatw... It - vtutvrztSi"
rumored this afternoon that the antU
annexation element . Is . responsible- f oi
the disturbances and H doing all posalble
to foment' feeling against the Americans. ' "
Squires declines to take ' this attitude.
The shipping of the city la completely
paralyzed and business la entirely aua-4
pended.
HAVANA. Nov. 1'4. Bloodshed and riot
ran rampant here this morning aa a re-
I suit of labor disturbances because of the
tobacco workers' strike. Thirty thousand ,
men who have been out for several' day '
began this morning by atoning several
street cars and compelling them to return '
to the barn. Several American passen
gers were dragged from the care and
roughly handled, although none of them
were seriously hurt.
Later in the day the strikers began
firing revolvers In different parts of the
city and went about from place to place
compelling the closing of business housea.
They declared that if they could not work
they would permit no one else to. Tbe
police were called out In many Instances)
but were able to accomplish but little.
POLICEMAN KILLED.
In a clash between the strikers and th
police In one of the district of this city
Captain Maceo, a nephew of General
Maceo, was killed. The police then opened V
fixe jD.nthe-jnoh.and the-iu-Uer was -force t
to retreat after three of Ita 'members bad)
been killed and several wounded.
Wheit the uproar, was aj; Its hjebiht
cry was raised . by ,,; t,te ; mp . to,-'mjft-f-the
palace, "l'he strikers divided and a
portion of them rushed toward the home
of President Palma. The police charged ;
them and drove the mob Into a aide
street, preventing their getting to their
destination. Had It not been for thla It1 ' ;
is not known what would have been
the result of the attack. Several police-. - '
men were knocked senseless by stones
and brickbats. A large number of
strikers were injured and carried away;
by their comrades.
WILL RESTORE ORDER.
Minister Squires called at the palace)
and Inquired what would be done to pro-
tect American interests. To this Presl-
dent Palma replied that the disorder
would be stopped if it became necessary
to kill the entire mob in order to restore)
peace.
Late this afternoon Palma sent a mes v
sage to the Senate that It would be hn ;
possible to continue the government With)
4 te.. present Cabine.; t " -.- -r.;!--t-y .
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