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. -.. i J v , J HE' OREGON''; LY J THE WEATHER. 4 Fair tonjght, with front: s Wednesday, Incrtoayina cloudiness and showeiv. POETLAND. : OBGOK; TUESDAY EVENING, - NO VEttBEIT 25.' 1902j VOL. I. KO. 223. rnicE FIVE CENTS. THE APPOINTMENT GF iEiiWD MM INSPECTORS CITY HEALTH COMMISSIONER ;;-AT HI ... ... IH WANTS TWO INSPECTORS APPOINTED Pubilo health demands that Immediate action be taken by tha common council of thla city for tha creation of offloaa of meat Inapactor and milk In spector, r Tha former office la abaolutaly neceasaryv and tha latter hardly leas ao. Tha amount of Infected meat and tha quantity of Impure milk brought Into Portland and (Old to unauapectlng cuetomara la astounding, and tha only means to protect agalnit dlaeaae from tha aala of thaae Impure commodities la to have competent and well paid man whoa sole dutlea are to condemn all Infected food of this description and bring tha peraona dealing In It to punishment. . 1.-.., ,;-, -. -. - ' I believe that no more important duty confront tha people of thla city than to aea to It that tha food auppllea whloh are taken Into their homee and on which they live, should ba aa nearly abaolutaly pur aa possible. No one can form any adequate Idea of tha misery and the alcknaaa which Is caused by the neglect of proper precautlona of thla sort. Not a pound of meat nor a pint of milk should ba consumed lit thla city without first having passed through the handa of properly qualified Inspector men who are thoroughly competent to aea to It that the food on which the men, the women, and the little children of Portland subsist ahall ba at least fit for human consumption. . Thla la a matter of prima Importance and ahould be attended to with out delay.. Something must be done and dona quickly. DR. HERMAN R. BIERSDORF, City Health Commissioner. TERMS OF OPERATORS ACCEPTABLE Amicable Agreement Reached Between Miners and Their Employers and the Coal Trouble Is Ended , WASHINGTON, Nov. -25 The main featureaof the " controversy " "be-' tween the miners and operators In the strike queetion regarding the anthra cite region have been amicably agreed upon. -Miner detaile are aa yet un tSmpleted and Just what they are is not known. However, It is certain that things have gone so far and ao wall that there la no probability of there being any serious disagreement now. SO far aa the Erie Interests are con cerned, everything has been eettled. : - - r-r WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Darrow, Mitchell and Miss Morris, a private sten ographer for the party, arrived at the Wlllard Hotel at 9:30 o'clock thl morn ing. To those who approached them they declared thfy had uot as yet received a r definite proposition from MacVeagh and therefore were unable to discuss the an thracite meeting. MacVeagh arrived at 10. He, too. de clined to be interviewed and only said his plan was fully outlined and would be sub mitted to the miners at once. He be- -Iteved; It would prove acceptable. ' Mac Veagh looks harried and worn. The long strain of his examination of MltchelT told severely on his appearance and the mine operators believe that It was his good work that brought about the present pos sibility of peaceful adjustment without further expense or delay. 1 DARROW TALKS. ! At the noon recess Darrow gave out the ! statement that the main features of the I 1... A 1 . - 1 ' vuiitiuvna,, uuu ucun ugreeu upon anu that but a few minor details yet remained to be brought up and discussed. Just what these particular matters were, he did not announce, but he gave those in terested to understand they were nothing of consequence. "There are so many in dividual Interested in reaching a settle ment." he sakl, "that it Is extremely dlf-. flrult to come to an agreement that will be exactly suited to all. Things are fa vorable, though." It Is believed It can be safely said that everything, so far as MacVeagh is con- WHO WEI PAY? WASHINGTON, Notf. 25. Wm Spain or the United States pay the damages for property destroyed during the Cuban ln surrectlon. Spain declares It must be the latter. It Is claimed that by assuming control over Cuba America also became liable for all claims for damages. STRIKE ENDED. NEW YORK. Nov. 25 Specials from Paris In the morning 'papers announce tha end of the French strike' In the coal fields. The nien have resumed work and the troope haver been withdrawn. WHEAT MARKET. CHICAGO. Nov. 25. Wheat 74 e. NICARAGUA MAYBE Colombian Government . Does Not Meet American Advances and Hay Favors GnS Changes WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. Discussion of the Panama Canal question occuptedL the x attention -of- the -Cabinet today."""-At a "meeting;" this Tmornliig Secretary Hay announced failure to conclude' satisfactory arrangements with the Colombian Government relative to right of way. It la Underatoad he now favors the aban donment of the Panama route and opening negotiations witb Nicaragua, to fol low lout the old plan .of cutting the ship canal through that country and using Lake Nicaragua aa a portion of the route. There are many others prominent In National ; attaint that take this view of the matter and It is not at all Impos sible that the government may; - choose this counts of action. t cerned, has been arranged. He nominally represented the Erie interests but broadly stands for a great many more. ,If the miners' representatives and the operators agree in all particulars, the work of the arbitration commission will he made much less tiresome aud long-drawn-out. However it will go on and the agreement reached will become a part of the final awaTd. Mitchell announced at noon that he ex pected to return to Scranton this even lug. ANOTHER CONFERENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 25 The delegation of Independent operators went info con ference with the coal presidents at 1 o'clock this afternoon. Before the entire assemblage a leading Scranton operator said: "We are here to ascertain why the arbitration commission did not go on with its hearing and come to a decision and to learn just how we are to fare under the agreement which is being entered into between the I'nited Mine Workers and the Tnlted Mine Operators." The Independent operators this after noon laid a lengthy statement before the coal presidents, in which they protested vigorouWyT'agalnBt any settlement- out side the commission. It claimed they had h .perfect defense against the allegations made "by the miners. It Is furthermore claimed the money awards which the commission would make would be far less than those agreed on at the Wash ington meeting. It asks the right to lay its case before the commission. THE INDRAVELLI REACHES ASTORIA Be Here This Evening With Cargo of Oriental Goois. The Oriental liner Indravelll arrived at Astorta this morning at 9:45. being about one day late of the usual time that it requires for her to make the passage across the Pacific. She left" Yokohama November 7 and was due to arrive yes terday. She has a full cargo of general merchandise from China and Japan. The steamer will reach Portland this even ing. ROUTE SELECTED The Journal's the Authorities to Action and Better Conditions Will Soon Prevail. Hundreds of Citizens Voice Their Approval of the Stand Taken by the Only Newspaper of Portland That Dares to Print the Truth-The Meat Supply Abo - Needs Regulation Careful Investigation of the danger to which consumers have been heir, Decausc, in Ignorance, they buy Impure meat ami adulterated milk, has caused the health commissioner, Blersdorr, tp make the statement quoted elKewhere. Continuing, he was strong In his de nunciation of the methods allowed butcn crs and dairymen by authorities wno should, protect thlr constituents. "At present. Doctor, whose duty l, It to Insure that no Infected meat or im pure milk is sold?" was asked. "The health commissioner is appointed to care for the public in this respect, to gether with his other manifold du"cs. but he cannot Inspec t every butcher shop in Portland, nor can he see every can of milk that is sold in the city. I n not believe you can name a city in the I'nited States that han neither meat nor milk inspectors, and no one can ever tell how much disease I accountable to these food stuffs not being regularly and ;-,ci-enHlK-ally inspected." A TERRIBLE CONDITION. "You inspected a great jdeal of meat lat Summer, did you not?" was asked. "Yes, and so far as I did Inspect I rfn asalst4i.-fei!'i ! on4wneeV'i,Jtttn 4i cholera, or swine plague hogs, a store of cow careassts. the animals havm illMtl from tuberculosis, and two sheep that had died from ftneumonla," replied Doctor niersdoif. "Wh'rre moat. Is found Impure, from what diseases have the animals generally died. Doc-tor?" "From all fatal diseases to which man Is heir." replied the commissioner. Con tinuing, he said: "Think of eating a piece of meat Infected with cancer. All an ma Is for food purposes must be killed while In perfect health, and an inspection can only determine this fuct." Doi'tor Biersdorf was outspoken In his wrath against butchers who handle dis eased meat, and particularly ao against that class who bring to market the ir.r- asses with all vitals cut out. H snld that the seat of disease is always in the vital organs. Cholera in hogs appears in the throat; tuberculosis in cattle, In th lungs, and yet to avoid detection from even the layman, butchers cut away the sure evidence of their guilt. A Pl'RI.IC MARKET. "I recommend." said Doctor Biersdorf, "that a market place be established to which place all meat to be sold In the city be "brought, and there an Inspector witli his deputy thoroughly inspect and stamp that which is fit for sale. "The use of preservatives for meat In Summer should be looked carefully after and those persons detected in employ ing such should be subject to line and imprisonment the" same, us those selling aiseasfdmeat,'V.... ........ , .. ... When asked what butchers did with very badly infected meat. Doctor Tllers dorf said:- "They make' It into a us ages. " The health commissioner was finally nsked if the meat of a cow that had tiled SCRANTON. . Pa., Nov. , '25. John .Mitchell, president of the United MJne- woYktfis wllh rest - from the arduous labors of the last year and spend Thanks-glvlng-ln the bosom- of his 'family.- Al though the negotiations for .complete set - tbrrrentT)f-,the- strike" have not ,yr Petr carried to conclusion It is practlpanyvad mltfed. ' even' by those who t oppose him. that this great labor, leader, has brought . about an adjustment which secure for the miners more than they' had any Tea-" bob to- -hope - for at i the - beginning of fiostlUtles. - - Exptise of Situation Rouses of tuberculosis but in which the disease was not SO far advanced that the put cells had not opened up to circulation, would be'a, menace to the health of t'ie consumer. , "It might and It might nut," was the reply, "but that la not the question. Ani mals that have died from sickness ;,tlould be burled, not gold to a. deceived public, ' "One: of "the worst features of this in. I fectcd meat proposition Is the fact ihat the Lor0 only knows how long before J the animal died Its milk, which must surely have been' infected, had been mid. I "The aum and substance o he tr.at. j ter is," concluded the mnisaioner, "that I Portland should and myst have uoth a ' meat and food Inspector, and not until then will the people be free from dtseusc-4 ' that have their Inrlpiency in foul fo,.d or j this nature.'' How DrrMcLean Was Brought to Time Ui-!?.4fltervlew"1n The Thttrmhj edition of the newspaper trust. Dr. McLean, the state vetoiinarjun,. dcxijes that he waj j endeavoring to suppress the ghastly stati of affairs .existing at Fnirview, which was exposed by.Th Journal. This is i not so. , Dr. McLean stated emphatically In The Journal office yesterday that ha had been keeping the story from the newspapers. After The Journal Mad vainly endeavored tp make an appointment with the s'at veterinarian It was forced to the con clusion thnt he was deliberately void ing an Interview. The Journal finally telephoned it Dr. McLean that it was going to p-iblish the story yeslerdny afternoon, and thai if he desired to make any statement In this connection it must be done at ome. A lltt'e later Mr. McLean arrived ut The Journal office. Ills first words tfwv introducing himself were: "Who told you about these cows?" This Information was of course dented him. The doctor then saiod: DIDN'T WANT IT PCBLISHE.J. "'We have hem keeping It from tlii newspapers as carefully as we could, end I do not want anything published about it at all." When it was vigorously stated to him that thepulvlle had u right to know the facts, that a newspaper's subscribers had a right to get i he news when they were paying their subscription for this purpose, and that it was certainly the duty of a state official to aid any agitation Hut would tend to present diseased food btn? Bo4dr Dr. McLean shifted Jifs ground. "If there is any way in Which the pub lic can be aroused to a sense of -danger thut will result in adequate legislation being passed nn the subject, then,'' said the doctor. "I urn in favor of all the publicity that ihii be given to the sub- JOHN HTCHELL AND FAMILY. Ject." When Dr. McLean found that The Jour nal would handle the subject wltnout gloves, and that he could not suppr"s the atory, he culmly announced thut If had always been in favor of publicity. In hia efforts to minimize the disclos ures, Dr. McLean has succeeded only in making the shameful condition of many dairy herds more glaring. In an inter view printed In an unambitious morning pnper, the state veterinarian says he h't found herds all through the itat- in which from 23 to 7.". per cent of the cows had tuberculosis. He also states that 11 per cent of all deaths of human beings are due to the same disease, and neither the doctor 'ior the paper seem to see any connctlon b -tween the two statements. ' BAILEY IS BLAMED. In the last City Council Mr. F. W. Mulkey Introduced an ordinance providing for the proper Inspection' of milk and meat. The ordinance was approved by 'the State Medical Association. . The ordinance was never passed. The general opinion among phys icians" Is that J. W. Bailey helped to defeat It. Bailey t the State Food and Dairy Commissioner and' should certainly have aided any measure tending to the sanitary protection of the public. i Many Citizens 'Phone Approval The exiHjsure made by The Journal yes terduy of the fact that a Falrvlew cheese factory was shipping cheese containing dangerous bacilli into Portland and that a startling state of tubercular disease ex isted among a herd of cows whose pro ducts were being sold for food, has aroused much favorable comment. Many citizens have telephoned In ex pressing their approval and asking that a systematic agitation be started looking toward the establishment of a suitable system of inspection. Vigorous condemnation of the Inaction of the various state officials and food commissioners is freely expressed. At the same time it is not desired to do any official an injustice and both J. Yv Hailey. the food and dairy commissioner, and the state veterinarian may lie ham pered by a lack of aut.hpr.lt.y- . . - For the cheese factory which continued to use the diseased milk after being j warned that it was so deadly that it had probably caused the practical annihilation of a herd of hogs to which it had been fed. no attempt al Justification ha been made, even by Dr. Mru-an. ! ti w PUBLICITY IS THE ONLY CURE... ,; ' The morning taction of the newspaper trust Jumps to the rescue of tha man Thomas, who sold dlaeased cows' milk to a cheese factory at Falrvlew. Thomas said that as soon as he could get out of America he was golng'to : go, as ha had had enough of this country. The newspaper trust, however, wants him to atay. Yesterday afternoon The Journal exposed the lax. methods of the atata ' health authorities In dealing with diseased cattle. The Journal Intends to publish just uch news aa long as it has facilities to do so. Portland haa lived a throttled lire long enough, owing to he existence of a very dangeroua -condition, vl., A ON B NEWSPAPER REPRESENTATION, or rather mla . representation. " , There Is not a question of public moment discussed In .The ' Journal that 1 has been voiced In either of the two sections of the newspaper trust. Tha trust is not In a position to discuss the shortcomings of state and city offi cials, though It le drawing down annually the sum of 175,000 of the peopla'a money for publlo printing, and for that very reason should be the peopla'a champion. But the people can probably get along without the trust. Tha Union men who aomo years ago were slurred by It managed to survive the attack why not the balance of tha wage earners and taxpayers who are told ' through Ita columns that Infected milk Is very good food for children? The only way In which such menaces to the life and happiness of tha . people of his city and state can be corrected is through publicity, and tha only way, apparently, in which such publicity can ba secured Is through tha columns of Tha Journal. - M KM Four Attacked Servian Minister Today He Battled for His Life on Depot - Platform and Passing Train Saved Him. VIENNA. Nov, Jo- A narrow escape fronfl deatli at the handa of Anarchists i'e'l tr the lot of Minister of thew Inter ii r Todorovlc, of Seryla, a t. a n exly hour.. this morning. - Just as he was' boarding a tiain ut the depot. Nothing but the iact that Todorovlc-Is u aturdr warrior" and able to. tight hi own battles Avedf h'rn from assassination. Three men pitched upon him unar.ani. The minister waa '"armed "and1 turned at once to defend himself. The men fought oesperately and as soon aa It became evi dent the. assailed man would resist, a iourth Anarchist dodged from without the crowd and joined in the fight against Todorovlc. The latter drew his revolvers and tired 10 shots, none of which took el fect. as near as could be ascertained. The would-be assassins used knives. TRAIN SAVED LIFE. Fortunately, Just as the minister -vas giving way from the terrific quadruple onslaught of the Anarchists the train be gan to move and he sprang upon the back platform and escaped. The Anar i hists were not caught. The recent activity of Anarchists all ever Kurope la being looked into. It Is feared It is part of a plan to assasslnat-.-all men in public power and throw the world Into governmental chaos. It Is probable an organised effort will be made to exterminate the cut-throata In Austria. SETTLE CANADA. Thousands From Europe Coming Into Northwest. VK'TOKIA, B. C. Nov. 25. Louis ' Madd. Canadian immigration agent at London, has announced hundreds of thousands of immigrants from Hungary. Switzerland, Germany and France will be brought to Western Canada next year. Thousands are already booked. Canada is determined to settle her Western provinces rapidly. It Is expected the total Immigration next year will be 200. ooo. CHIEF OF POLICE. Chief of Police McLauchlan. who has been in San Francisco for the past 10 days on a vacation, is expected homo this i veiling. He has been investigating the system of operation, of thcpolice de partment in the South, and will intro tfUce -swiic new Ideas Into the local sys-uni. NOT SO BLOODY IN HAVANA TODAY. American Intervention Is Feared and Rioting Is Stopped Negotiations : . Are Now in Progress, : :; HAVANA NovT-Seneral Gomes, acting for tha government, today eomult- ed the labor leaders and endeavored to settle the troubles. All promised to thair utxnexi endeaTrs to op Tiolencft. Hundreds ' of young Cubans, fearing American Intervention, t have offered their services t the government t down the huamcttoa-N-v-- l .j. ,'""'- ' ' J- 'wASHTNGTONj kov. The " Btata" Department this morning re. . ' i a ' prtrate -cablegram from .Minister- Squires at Havana announcing thut were- much Improved,' that the rtotera had been' for the mos part. co return to their homes a4 tint street fighting bad generally ceasedr IT H II 1 11 111 '4 New Evidence in the Gore Case American Surgeons Seem to Hav& Found Death Not to Have Been Accidental. -iU'Stl'jaB'i'T.I'T.irliS PARIS. Nov. 23.-ra the theory of tha Parisian surgeoua and the statement of Hydnawskl, the accused Russian, dla-.. provid by the investigation made this . morning by American physicians? - ' " The Investigators, who this mpr'ntng ". lmjd 'a special autopsy In 'the 'Ellen Oore case, have retired and will not give out their findings, but they are known to have discovered that the bullet which caused death entered between" the lids -of the right eye and passed horizontally through the skull. This fact , Is what causes the doubt. 1 NOT SAME FINDINGS. After the French autopsy It was given . out that the bullet had passed, upward through the head, and that everything tended to prove the story of the Rusalau that the girl had met an accidental death, the revolver being discharged when Its butt touched the floor after an accidental fall. I'nless Mrs. Core was stooping for ward at the time this cannot be true. The American surgeons also examined the pistol and ascertained that in that peculiar brand it was possible for it to ' lie discharged by falling upon a firm sub stance. n ' It will be fully 48 hours before the re port of the American physicians will be made known, as they refuse to announce, anything until after they have communi cated their findings to Consul-General Gowdy, by whom they were appointed. GOWDY HAS BODY. Acting under instructionsvfrom Wash' ington, D. C, Consul Gowdy personally Interviewed all Inmates of the pension where Mrs. Gore resided. Under request, from the friends of the deceased, he has lakiu possession of all personal effects and will-hold them until they can Be re-7 turned to relatives in America. A five-year lease has been secured on1 a plot df ground in the Protestant ceme tery and the body will be placed in a metal casket and interred tomorrow. At some future date the remains will bei L removed to America. PRAISES DEAD WIFE, SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23. Thomas Sinclair Gore, former husband of the American woman who met so tragic v. dcath in the Parisian quarters of . Ryd- , rewski, tM Russian singer, declares his,,, wife was of high moral character and -scouts the -assertion that she was mis tress to the Russian. The separation of ' the two was brought about by the fond ness of M rs. Gore for music, and it waa :: because she frequently absented herself in Fnirope to acquire an education along (. musical lines that a divorce was finally. granted. He gave her half -his larg----fortune and Mrs: GoTe,ixt--tite:-tim" of her death, was independently rich. " " - t ti