IVE. E KIL Y..." N 0 R2W A 1. K BEEFCOUBTRESUMES Takes a. Peep at the Chicago Stockyards. 1111: PiCiiii’G 111100155 INSPECTED. The Melnbers Watch the Canning of Mcu‘ts and Taste qunples Return— ecl From Porto Rico—No “71t- liesses Yet Subpoenaed. CHICAGO, March 10,—T11e court of. inquiry to examine the beef question began its work yesterday in this city. where are located the plants of the packers who had the contracts for supplying the army with animal food. Two of the members, Brigadier General George W. Davis and Lieutenant Colo— nel George B. Davis, the judge advocate and recorder, reached here Wednesday night, and the othe1 tuo membeIS, Ma- jor Geneial James F. Wade and B1iga- dier General Ge01ge L. Gillespie, a1 rived yesterday morning. A short executive session was held at the army headquar— ters in the Pullman building, and it re- sulted in a decision to defe1 the taking of testimony until after an inspection had been made of the packing houses at the stockyards, where the refriger- ated beef and canned beef are prepared. The whole day was spent at the stockyards, and the going over of the ”.00 acres of floor space in one of the establishments was all the court was able to do. The court began in the killing room. The next place visited was the cooling room. Here new found several halves of beef uh ich had been condemned ei- ther because the beef \\ as badly bruised or gave evidence that the animal had had tuberculosis. The condemned beef had been placed by itself, and while the court was present men came into re- move it to the rendering tanks prepara- tory to turning it into a fertilizer. The court examined these tanks carefully, possibly in view of the statements that the carcasses passed through them. There certainly was no evidence of such passage. From this room the court was taken to the one in which the meat is prepared for canning and saw the men at work cutting up the meat. The next room visited was the canning depart- ment. Here the cooked meat was brought in in huge caidrons, deposited on a platform and put into cans by ma- chinery, the cans removed and sealed, only a pin hole being left open in the top. Next the cans were put under an iron tank, where they were subjected to heat of 250 degrees—the sterilizing proc- ess. thile the court was in this room a number of cans of roast beef which had an old appearance and which it was said had been in Porto Rico were open- ed. The meat inside was good, and the members of the court tasted it, but of course expressed no opinion. Subse- quently the court was shown through the printing, packing and other branch- es and also witnessed the shipment of a. lot of refrigerated beef. Barring the killing room, everything about the es- tablishment was very clean. Today the court will go to the stock- yards again and spend the entire day there in going over three other packing houses. It is not likely that any testi- mony will be taken before Saturday morning. It is quite possible that the evidence taken will be confined to that of the foremen or workmen who have personal knowledge of the preparation of refrigerated beef and canned roast beef for consumption. No witnesses have yet been subpoenaed. Retirement of General Miller. WASHINGTON, March ldL—A change in command of the United States forces at 110110 will occur on March 27, result- ing from the retirement of General Mar- cus Miller, who on that date reaches the age limit of 64 years. General Miller is in the regular service, having been pro- moted only recently to the rank of brig- adier general. If he were in the volun— teer service, his retirement would not be compulsory, a precedent to the con- trary having been established in the case of several other general officers who held commands during the Spanish war. General Miller’s service in the Philippines has been recognized by the war department as of great value, his capture of Iloilo without loss to the American forces having marked an im- portant epoch in the operations in the‘ islands. He will be succeeded in the natural order of promotion by Colonel Thomas M. Anderson, who now ranks as a brigadicr general of volunteers. Millions of Fish Frozen. NORFOLK, March lO.—Thc steam yacht Senator, owned by Charles H. Fuller, a wealthy resident of Provi— lence, arrived here yesterday from the North Carolina sounds, having been 11-ozcn in during the big blizzard. Some little anxiety had been felt for the par- but Mr. Fuller stated that they had plenty of food and fuel aboard and did 1 0t suffer. He also reported that dur- vng the storm millions of fish froze to eath and that as soon as the ice broke hey floated to the surface, and when he eft the natives were gathering them by he thousands. \Vutcr l'ipe For South Africa. PlTTSBURG, March 10.——The Nation- 1 Tube 'Works company of this city has een awarded a contract by a. British 1rm for 10 miles of 28 inch water pipe. 0 be used in the Rand ‘gold mines in lohannesburg, South Africa. The order viii aggregate in value about $1,000,000. -nd the pipe is to be shipped to Jo— annesburg within four months. On ‘ompietion of this order the tube com— any is assured of an additional con- ract for eight miles more of the same ind of pipe. No Le'niency For Iiidnnpers. MIDDLETOWN, Conn., March ’resident Raymond of Wesleyan uni— ersity has announced that there will e no change in the decision of the fac- lty punishing five members of the .ophomore class for kidnaping a fresh- an on the night preceding W'ashing- on’s birthday. The students are de- rived of their scholarships and de- 1arred from membership on any of the thletic teams. Hurricane on Australian Coast. BRISBANE, Queensland, March 10.- ‘he northeast coast is being swept by a ev‘ere hurricane. Already there has eeii much loss of life and property, and -rious fears are entertained regardin‘ he safety of 'the pearl shelling fleet, hich employs 1,000 men. 10,— ' POS'TMASTER IN TROUBLE. A W'ilkesbarre o'fllcinl Arrested For Opening Letters. WILKESBARRE, Pa., city, has been arrested, charged with tampering with the United States mails. H. B. Gregory, enact the postoffice inspectors from Washington who help- ed make the arrest, stated to a re- porter that he came here from Wash- ington on Monday morning and had been at work on the case ever since. Frequent complaints had been made to the postal authorities at \Vashington as to irregularities in the VViikesbarre office, and Mr. Gregory said a thor- ough investigation had shown that the allegations made were true. Mr. Gregory would not divulge the names of those who made the com- plaints, but did not hesitate to say that the evidence was ample to causenthe ar— rest and establish the proof of the charges made. Deputy German is in charge of the postoffice for the present. Postmaster Bogert would not be in- terview ed, but in his paper, The Ev en— ing Leader, last night appeared the fol— lowing: “There are always two sides to a question and w hen there are three or four fellows, and one or two in particu- lar, clamoring for a political office and hungry for the emoluments attached thereto there are sure to be schemes worked and plans foi med to entrap the incumbent, cause his removal and pun- ish him otherwise, even if nothing fur~ ther than. the annoyance and chagrin that accomplishment of their devilish underhand work imposes. When the diabolical schemers are fully shown up and their nefarious trickery exposed, there is a question as to which side will furnish the raciest reading.” The inference to be drawn from the above is that Bogert imagined himself the victim of a conspiracy to oust him from the postmastership, and in order to discover the conspirators he opened letters adressed to Republican poli— ticians. ‘ NEW ARMY OFFICERS. Shatter and Otis \Vill Be Mode Major Generals. \VASHINGTON, March 10,—The pres- ident has practically made up the list of the general officers to be retained in the volunteer branch of the service. The basis of all the calculation is an army of 65,000 men, for the president has so far insisted that he will not call for volun- teers in addition to that number unless an emergency should arise. The reor- ganization act limits the number of ma- jor generals to be appointed to one for each 12,000 men and the brigadier gen- erals to one for every 4,000 men in actu— al service. 011 this basis, as there are already three major generals in the ar- my in the persons of General Miles, General Brooke and General Merritt, there is room for but two more. To fill these two places the president has selected General Shafter and Gen- eral Otis, now in command at Manila. It is safe to say that the list of briga- diers to be appointed will include the following names: General W'ood, at San— tiago; General Wilson, at 'Matanzas; General Lee, in the province of Havana; General Davis, now on duty with the court of inquiry into the beef supplies; General Ludlow, in command of Ha- vana city; 'General Lawton, nearing Ma- nila: General MacArthur, at Manila; General Chaffee and General Frank. A Leather Trust. « BOSTON, March 10.—The Herald this morning says that on the best of au— thority the following firms in the east have agreed to enter the proposed Up- per Leather trust: White Bros. & Co. of Boston, Bernard & Friedman of Bos— ton and Little Falls, N. Y.; J. S. Barnet & Bros. of Boston, the Matthew Robson Leather company of Salem, William Kidd & Co. of Boston and Stoneham, E. C. Cottle & Sons of Woburn and \Vatauga Tanning company of Boston and Tennessee. These firms are all heavy concerns in the business, and the fact that they have signed the com- bination agreement will carry weight with many others. The calfskin people are standing together almost as a unit in the trust movement. The capitaliza- tion is not yet settled. The figure talk- ed is $60,000,000, half of this to be pre- ferred and the rest common stock. Talmuge Resigns. WASHINGTON, March 10.—Rev. I'Jr. T.'De\Vitt Talmage, who for. nearly four years has been the pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, has sent a letter to the session of that church tendsiing his resignation. The . C . . reason assigned is the ll'it‘l‘OLLSlllg de- mands 111ade upon him .by religious journalism and the continuous calls for more general work China “Fort-id Promote Commerce. LONDON. March 10.—Ti'1e Vienna correspondent of The Times says “Chi— na is about to send a commercial mis- sion to the European and American trade centers with a view to the pro- motion of Chinese commerce. If the mission proves successful, the govern— ment proposes to found Chinese trading firms in the great commercial towns of the world.” Brynn 1n the Lone Star State. AUSTIN, Tex., March 10.—The public reception given W. J. Bryan in the governor's room at the capitol yester- day was a great success, throngs of la- dies and gentlemen visiting the distin— guished guest. The reception lasted from 9 o’clock until shortly before noon, when Mr. Bryan repaired to the state university and addressed the students. Seizure of San Mun Buy Denied. PEKING, March 10.—The report that the Italians have seized San Mun, on San Mun bay, province of Chehkiang, which the Italian minister, Signor Mar- tino, had demanded as a naval base and coaling station, is officially declared un- founded: A Double Execution. MONTREAL. March 10.—At the re— quest of the Catholic priest it has been decided to hang Sam Parslow and Cor- delia Viau at St. Scholastique today back to back and with a heavy black curtain between them. Cnrlists Forbidden to Vote. . LONDON, March 10.—-The Madrid correspondent of The Daily Chronicle says that Don Carlos, the pretender, has forbidden the Carlists to take part in the forthcoming elections to the new aortas. 1 111011111111111 (3101111 March 10.-_ Edward F. Bogert, postmaster of this: 1 Grave Crisis In the Oriental Situation. “FOREIGN WARSHIPS MEBACE CHINA. For Some Time the Powers Have Been Concentrating Their Navies In Chinese Waters—England and Russia May Fight. LONDON, March 10.——A grave crisis has been reached in the orient, and dread of a war between England and Russia is more widespread than ever before since their strained relations be- gan. England has now in Asiatic waters a 'fieet more than a match for that of any other nation. Experts declare that it is strong enough to cope with the com- bined Asiatic fleets of any two other nations. 7 Nevertheless, it is to be greatly strengthened at once, and orders have been sent to half a dozen warships and cruisers to start for China without de- lay. It is announced that the British chan- nel squadron will start shortly on a cruise in the Mediterranean, proceeding thence farther eastward. This is in line with the squadron’s usual spring programme. It has leaked 'out from the foreign of- fice that all of the powers have been quietly concentrating their naval forces in Chinese waters. England has three battleships, 12 cruisers, four torpedo boat destroyers and 14 sloops and gunboats. Russia has two battleships, six cruis- ers and six gunboats. France has nine cruisers in Asiatic waters, Germany eight and Italy four. Lord Salisbury has notified the tsung-li-yamen, through Sir Claude M. MacDonald, the British minister, that any attempt to repudiate the railroad contract or other‘concessions to Eng- land will meet with instant reprisai. In the house of commons Mr. Brod- rick, parliamentary foreign secretary, said, in reply to a question, that the government sympathized with Italy in the latter’s desire to possess a coaling station in Chinese waters. The Japanese cruiser Kasati, which has just been built at Newcastle, has 1eceived orders to stait for the far east. Yesterday’s newspapers express fear that an Anglo-Russian conflict is im- pending, calling attention to the fact that ,Lord Salisbury has never before threatened to punish China if she suc- cumbs to Russian pressure. Hurrying More Ships. GIBRALTAR, March 10.———T‘he British cruisers Aurora and Orlando are coal— ing here under orders to proceed to China. It is understood that all available war vessels will be hurried back to the far east. Germany Backs Italy. BERLIN, March 10.—Th'e Cologne Ga« zette encourages Italy’s action in China, saying that the latter will give way as usual when force is displayed, the more so as China, supposing that she should offer resistance, could not count upon the support of the great powers. Russian Hint. at War. PARIS, March 10.—The Gaulois pub- lishes a report of an interview with Count Muravieff, Russian minister of foreign affairs, in which he says that the coming peace conference would be a fortunate happening if the powers should resolve not to go to war. He himself, he says, would prefer an inter- national tribunal, "but time must be al- lowed for certain questions now pending to lose‘ their acuteness.” AMERICA'S ATTITUDE. Ituly Is Assured That We Should 0b- serve Neutrality. \VASHINGT‘ON, March 10.—-—The Ital- ian government, through its represent- ative in Washington, lately laid before the authorities here its purpose to ask of China a port on San Mun bay and has invited an expression from this gov— ernment as to its attitude. In response it is understood that Secretary Hay, as well as the president, made it clear that the _United States would pursue the same course as toward the Russian, British and German occupation of Chi- nese ports—-—namely, disinterested neu- trality. The exc‘ehanges have been ver- bal and rather formal, more in the na- ture of diplomatic soundings than direct propositions. They have given occasion for erroneous publications to the, effect" that Italy had asked the United States' to support hen demands on China and that this government in a pointed note from Secretary Hay had refused. It is said in_ an eminent and authoritative quarter that Italy made no such re- quest for American support and that there'was no declination from this gov- ernment. Birthday of Emperor William I. BERLIN, March 10.—The emperor and empress of Germany and their family ty’s grandfather, Emperor William I, yesterday by visiting the mausoleum in the morning and depositing wreaths upon it. Last evening their majesties attended a memorial service in the Em- , peror William church. Panncefote to Represent England. LONDON, March 10. -— The Daily; Graphic says this morning it under- stands that Sir Julian Pauncefote, British embassador at Washington, has been appointed to represent Great Brit- ain at the forthcoming conference for the limitation of armaments. Peace Conference at The Hague. THE HAGUE, March 10.——The peace: otherwise the congress of: @40‘3 conference, representatives of the powers called by the czar to discuss the possibility of taking steps toward a general disarma- ment, will meet here on May 18. Death at a. Service. NEWBURG. N. Y., March 10.—Last night during the service in the People’s ,t tabernacle Miss Margaret Overockei dropped dead of heart disease, sudden- ly terminating the worship. State Land Appraiser. ALBANY, March 10.-—The state cana1 board has appointed John G. Dubert a: a state land appraiser at a. salary 01 31. 500 in place of Theodore Sheldon on 231111an -u-— .1 ..1.. AVENUE GRABBERS WIN. Opposition to Four Tracks on a New York Thoroughfare Defeated. ALBANY, March 10.—In spite of the passage of the Amsterdam avenue bill by the assembly yesterday, and not- withstanding the impression created by the visit of what is believed by old habitues of the capitol to be the largest delegation of citizens that ever sought to influence the legislature in behalf of a pending measure, the opponents of the bill are thought to be nearer suc- cess than ever before. The senate received the bill from the railroad committee yesterday morning with an amendment which its friends opposed as calculated to negative the real purpose of the legislation. After a hard fight, led by Senator Ford for the bill and by Senator Grady for the amendment, the senate by a vote of 33 to 17 refused to strike out the amend- ment. This sends the bill to general or- ders in its changed form. Another op- portunity to get~rid of the amendment will be afforded when the bill comes up in the committee of the whole, but the decisive vote for the amendment leaves little room for hope of success. The judgment of those who know the temper of the senate and the forces that influn ence its action best is that the amend. ment will be insisted upon. After the senate had thus taken it! stand, the assembly, to the surprise oi everybody except those on the inside, took up the Fallows bill, which is iden- tical with the original Ford bill, and passed it by unanimous consent. The assembly bill will now go to the senate which will then have before it both the original and the amended bill. MRS. coov GUILTY. The Jury After Elght Hours Sustain- the Charge of Blackmail. ALBANY, March 10.—After being out yesterday eight hours the jury brought in a verdict of guilty at 8:15 last night in the case of Margaret E. Cody, who has been on trial here since last Thurs- day, charged with blackmailing George and Helen Gould. A recommendation of mercy was made. It is likely that Mrs. Cody will receive a light penalty on account of her age. The jury balloted seven times before agreeing, the first ballot standing: Guilty, 8; not guilty, 3; blank. 1. One of Miss Gould’s attorneys said that she was well pleased with the way the trial had been conducted by District Attorney Dyer and was satisfied that justice had been done. A telegram announcing the victory of the prosecution was sent to George Gould immediately after the verdict was announced. Mrs. Cody, who had remained in her chair in the courtroom most of the aft- ernoon after the court adjourned, wait- ing to hear her fate, gasped and all but fainted when she heard the verdict of guilty. It was a quarter of an hour be- fore she had recovered sufficiently to allow herself to be conducted back to the jail. Utah Fails to Elect Senator. SALT LAKE CITY, March 10.-—In three ballots taken last night for sena- tor McCune lost five votes, making his total 24, and George Q. Cannon gained six, bringing his vote up to 20. Mc-5 Cune’s supporters offered to withdraw his name and to go into caucus for the purpose of securing the election of a Democrat. The matter was under con- sideration for some time, and finally the legislature adjourned sine die with- out making a. choice. Colombia Pays the Claim. COLON, March 10.—Advices have been received here from Bogota to the effect that the government has paid 31,- 500,000 in currency in full settlement of all'the claims growing out of the Ce- rutti case, which at one time threaten- ed to involve Colombia in hostilities with Italy. Signor Cerutti was an Ital- ian subject, whose claims against Co- lombia were supported by his govern- ment. Unsoldierly Conduct. RALEIGH, March 10,—T‘he route of the Tenth immunes through this state was marked by drunken rioting and shoot- ing at people, houses and cattle along the railroad. During the few minutes that the train Stopped here there were drinking and disorder among'the men. Several shots were fired at the ground or into the air. All along the route their: conduct \\ as the same. Fell 120 Feet, Yet Lives. ST. LOUIS, Mai ch 10. ——Michaei Glynn, 35 years old, dropped 120 feet inside a smokestack yesterday and lives. He was engaged in making some iepairs to the Laclede hotel chimney. (0:11 Miners Suspended. O I jg Harmless, £1 1.3V61‘ missed. TH E N. K. FAI FIBAN K COMPANY. ' tint-ape. 81.. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphin. The woma wash 0 ‘. yet eificient ; —-—costs so little the mite Largest package- .1 ., .f. . task before her—dishes to Washing Pewder Greatest economy. “"‘ """‘ “““"""--—-—~ '. " :1 11 who has a heavy r a floor to scrub is [TH ——IN—- 1860. Norwani Fire Insurance Co. SUCCESSFUL OPERATION SINCE 3 NO OUTSTANDING CLAIMS FIBB IN SWAN BB A Wise Man Keeps his Home Insured Against. Fire. __ EBES’E BBBPiB ES BEPBESENTE W. Ii. BY’INGTON, - -' IDOL? I. GAZETTE BUILDIHB, - - IORWILI. 00H 1 Propellers Vulcan, BETWEEN 111111 1111111111 11111: 11111111, 311111 1111111111 1111 11111 1111 City of 11011111 and Eagle Leave Norwalk 5 p. m. lLeaves South Norwalk at 6:00 p. m. it HAZLETON Pa.. March 10.—The 500 Leave New YOI'I? a1 3 p m employees of the Lehigh V alley Coal company at Jeanesville have been tem-' porai 1iy suspended. It is feared that the suspension will be permanent. New Hampshire’s New Secretary. CONCORD, N. H., March 10.—-The New Hampshire legislature has elected Q ' ‘d \I. P arsn of Concord secreta- commemorated the death of his majeS— ' Edwai l e U ry of state, to succeed Ezra S. Stearns, resigned. New York Markets. FLOUR-State and western inactive and about steady; winter patents, $3. 75 @4;winte1 straights, $3. 55@3. 65, Minne- sota patents, $3. 85@4. 15; winter extras, $3. 50@2.' 1‘1). WHEAT---No. '2 red opened steady and advanced slowly on war rumors and lower consols; March, 81%@81%c.; May, 74 15—16@75%c. ‘ RYE—Dull; state 62c. , No. 2 western, 66% @670, f. o. b.. afloat. CORN—No. 2,dull but steady on firm cables; July, 407/;5c. OATS—No. 21uled quiet, track, white, state, 36@40c.;, track, white, western, 36 PORK—Steady; mess, $9@9. 75, family, $10 50@11. LARD———Steady; pl 1me western steam, $5.60, nominal. BUTTER—Steady: state dairy, 14@ 181/211: state creamery,15@20c. CHEESE—Firm; la1ge,white,111/§c.; small, it hite, 12/; EGGS—Weak 0and lower; state and Pennsylvania, 190.; Western, 19c. T'URPENTINE—Steady at 46%@470. MOLASSES—Firm; New Orleans, 32 @370. RICE—Firm; domestic, 4%@7c.; Ja- pan, 5@51/c TALLOW—Steady; city, 4%c. , coun- ‘trY. 41.42134 rite. 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