| Show sing CASE wood the murderer will ee ceide the deadly current soon NEW YORK dec 3 special the ap for the electrocution of the murderer wood at sing sing prison next week was again tested today to day and was found to nork perfectly thoa who were present are confident when the time for the execution of wood ar rives the unfortunate man will be killed instantly and painlessly wood is very nervous and expresses his deep abhorrence of the means by which he i to be put to death he has read of the painful aceal at the time kemmler was put to leathand deat hand he seems poisoned by the fear that the doctors may in his case commit another such blunder his relatives ara doing everything in their power to induce governor hill to commute the sentence the general im is that the governor may grant a respite but that finally wood will have to pay the penalty of his crime with his life AI irmia f tiia credi disease in canth west texas AUSTIN tex dec 3 special dr foster veterinarian commissioned from washington to investigate the facts as to the ex istance of glanders in southwest texas has made bis report to secretary rusk a copy of which was received by gov eoas he reports a good many cases at cherr where he stock in the town and on numerous ranges in the neighborhood dr balkom of aan antonio had before pronounced the disease glanders but some of the people thought it was nothing but distemper dr Fol setter with dr balkom that a water trough in town supplied by a pipe from the water works had been the chief source of infection he cites finding no cases at a number of suspected places but at others found some well defined acute and chronic bases rases in one place two horses which had been removed from cuero were found to be and the owner agreed to have them killed thero being no law to compel him they were the last cases he could hear of in others the animal condemned by him had been killed and the carcasses burned in all some thirty four animals had been destroyed he adds there were numer ou rumors of cases in alio neighboring counties where glanders no doubt exist but no serious outbreak of the disease were reported the glanders were sometimes Bome times mistaken for a bad from of distemper alluding to the resolutions of a mass meeting in san ing that danders did not and could not exist in texas lie cites in his own fur acara practice he had seen a bood many cases and knows that it exists to a considerable extent throughout the state he biad seen twenty five cases in dallas county and a in county had lost over out ol 01 horses in 1877 and 1878 stock condemned by him and hj some instances been spirited away he could multiply cases and furnish names and dates to support hia statements and does not believe in conceal mg the facts ic euch important matters As been before wired dr mckillips McKill ipp of san antonio more recently reported to roy hor that the disease had been stamped at cuero against lairs indianapolis ind dec 3 Spec zal the united states grand jury reco mend to day and began an investigation into the alleged offenses against the election law bay br talmage at st paul ST PAUL minn dec 3 special the bev dr talmage of brockly Bro okly who lectures tonight to night at the lyceum theater arrived in the city thia morning A bazaar opened by the duchess ef teck LONDON dec 3 special the duchess of teck today to day opened a bazaar at richmond for the purpose cf obtaining funds for the erection of a drinking fountain and in aid of the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals |
