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VOL. I. KO. 223.
rnicE FIVE CENTS.
THE APPOINTMENT GF iEiiWD MM INSPECTORS
CITY HEALTH COMMISSIONER
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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.
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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. -
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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. "
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