Show BY TELEGRAPH PER PEE WESTERN UNION PH LINE LINB A M IF AL A CHICAGO 16 the contract which the packers are requiring the ex ers to sign is leading already to complications and possibly to another general strike many men yet unemployed say they will never sign such an agreement and at the meeting of the cattle butchers Bat chers assembly tonight to night resolutions oils were adopted renouncing the action of the packers and pledging the members of the assembly not to sign the obnoxious contract the vote was unanimous delegate berry was present after the meeting he said the packers think they have the men by the throat gua and propose to tighten lighten their grip he claimed the men would act as a unit regarding regard lne the contracts exacting a money forfeit irom them and if a new strike occurred it would mean disobedience to Powderly Pow derlys 8 orders the contract said barry is an infamous piece of business the men are vit virtually dually asked to contribute to the packers to be used in their business they bohld start a first class operative cooperative co packing house with that sum if the packers do not recede from their present position 1 I am inclined to believe that district 57 will order a new strike as it has a perfect right to do in case of such a strike the district would get no bup port from the general order but would receive aid from local assemblies all over the country CHICAGO 16 the arbitrators appointed by the tripartite roads to consider the demand for the re arbitha tiou tion of the percentages met today to day and listened to arguments of the inte ested roads at present the wabash rock island and st ot paul each receive 83 per cent of 01 a certain amount of freight delivered to them by the union pacific and the effort is to reduce the percentage of the wabash in the argument to day that line claimed to have carried 86 per cent and resisted any attempt to lower its share the matter was taken under advisement by the arbitrator CHICAGO 16 the report of the committee at the veterinary convention this morning appointed to investigate the cattle disease of this city was listened to and discussed d the report was that the disease now preva lent is the distillery stables and elsewhere in chicago and vicinity is contagious pneumonia the committee composed of V T acheson D E H salmon jas D hopkins J W gadsden and P daquan recommended that all the deceased cattle be slaughtered dr hopkins offered the following which was referred to the committee on resolutions WHEREAS contagious monia exists in chertein restricted localities of the united states and WHEREAS inoculation is being practiced in certain states as a preventive measure and is being advocated for general adoption and WHEREAS the experience of other nations has shown that this contagion is prevalent in localities where inoculation is practiced and that inoculated cattle are dangerous to other cattle with which they afterward cohabit coha hit and WHEREAS the veterinary profession of europe con demus inoculation except in localities that are thoroughly infected and where no effort is being made to extirpate the plague therefore be it resolved BeRol ved by this convention of vet eriD erio arians and state sanitary board that considering the limited territory infected in this country every effort should be directed to the thorough eradication of this disease from america and it is further resolved Be solved that we consider cons der inoculation to be an extremely daug dangerous erous and objectionable in the present condition of affairs in this country countr aj and one which should be discouraged discourage by the veterinary profession and be prohibited by the law is as long as there is a possibility of stamping out the disease an effort was made anade to suppress this resolution and it willment wills will meet with much opposition when brought to passage SHEEP at a meeting of the th sheep registry association here today to day the officers elected last year including the president S H todd of wakeman 0 were reelected re elected it was vas resolved to ask all fair associations ciati ions ons to give cheep a separate class in exhibits SAN FRANCISCO 16 the second day of the blood horse association meeting brought out a large attendance the track and weather were tine fine the betting was very heavy on all the events first race purse one mile all ages brought out six starters arters bt estrella being the big favorite to a straggling gling start they were sent off estrella an echo in the lead till the head of the stretch was reached where they wert were all nearly even after an exciting finish adeline won by a length estrella S cond argo third time 1424 second race equity stakes two vearold vear year old three quarters of a mile aney all gt got a start except adeline catton atio was three lengths behind at the last quarter they were nearly on even terms there was a desperate finish down the stretch resulting in miss hiss ford the favor ite ile winning by a bead catton a tt on ca seco second nd third time liine 1 the third race park stakes all ages mile and a quarter was the EVENT OP OF THE DAY which resulted in the defeat of the great after a tedious delay at the post they got off to a fair start mollie mccarthys McCar thys las led past the stand todd second who went 0 to o the front at the turn he kept the lead till tili the eighth pole was readied reached when he fell back beaten lizzie dunbar who had been wait aag came through ana won tile the race by two length sin the fast time of Vo laute second mothes mollies last third the odds against dunbar were 50 to 1 the fourth race purse three year olds mile and an eighth led all the way till the stretch was reached when monte cristo went to the front and won by a length guerin guenn the favorite second cleveland rieveland Ci third time extra race three quarters all ages jou ju jon and fred collier got the best of the start and led most of the distance coming down the stretch jou jon jou jon was several lengths in the van when dynamite I 1 coming with a fearful burst of speed succeeded in winning by a nose jou jou jon second collier third the rest beaten off time mayor bartlett today to day granted a license to parson davies of chicago at present in this city for a glove contest to take place between jack burke ot of chicago and jack dempsey of san francisco the match will take place at the pavilion on monday the dinst they will fight ten rounds with small gloves marquis of queensbury tules rules the winner taking 70 and the loser 30 80 per cent of the gate money burke will fight at pounds pound dempsey at the opinions are divi dedas dedis to the merits of the two men the bet in ing is heavy both here and at los an gelles betes and is about even CHICAGO 16 at the base ball rules committee meeting the following changes were made to today day the high and low balls system of delivery has been abolished any ball now being considered fair that passes between his bis shoulder and the knees knees and that passes over the plate bunting buntic g in the future will not be allowed any obvious attempt to make a foul will be scored as a strike the clubs will not toss for choice of position in the future the right of choice resting invariably with theaone club five balls and four strikes will be allowed instead of six balls and three strikes as hereta heretofore fore when a batsman takes a base on a ball lie he shall be credited with a base hit the batsman shall take a base when struck by a pitched ball any motions on the part of the pitcher pitch ermade made to deceive the batsman shall be considered a balk if in ning to a base the runner touches and detaches the base bag without being touched by the base man HE WILL BE SAFE the he captain of the clubs only can question the umpires decision the old rule requiring a runner to return to his bis base on a run when a foul hit Is made is rescinded hereafter a runner can walk to his bis base no runner can have a substitute run for him in case of injury but must retire from the game ame A batter is out on the fourth strike under the new rules whether the ball is dropped oc oz passed by the catcher the question of hav ing two umpires and a referee was dropped the pitchers box was shortened to nine and a halt half feet and the pitcher will be required to keep his forward toot foot firmly on the aroun ground when about to deliver a ball his rear foot must be on the back liae of the box and he will be allowed to take but one step when delivering the ball the ball must be held in plain view of the umpire the pitcher anait deliver the ball to the latter after mak maeng ug a cleint to throw to first base but must resume his bis POSITION IN HIS BOX only two coachers poachers coa chers will be permitted and they shall have the right to talk to the base runner only in scoring when the batter is given a base on called balls a hit is credited to tile the batter and an error given to the pitcher in the sum summary wary only all batting errors are charged in the summary sum maryas as are the earned runs home runs two and three base hits double plays base on balls a hit hii by the pitcher the time of the game and the umpire the pitcher will be given no credit for a strike out in place of total bases babes a record of stolen bareswill bases base swill will be kept any attempt made by the player to steal a base roust must be credited whether an error is made or not if the runner is successful in reaching a base the committee also passed a rule requiring each association to appoint a joint rule committee at each annual meeting they to act for one year washington 17 the president today made the following appo gement gt ment to be consuls of the united States charles jones of wisconsin at pi ague C T grellet of california at algiers edmund johnson Jo unson of new mew jersey at kehl alexander C jones of west virginia at chin kiang pay director james fulton united states navy to be chief of the bureau of provisions and clothing and paymaster general of U S navy vt 17 the legislature both houses hou has passed a bill providing that all hotels or restaurants wang shall put up large laige agns ign notifying the public of of the fact act CHICAGO 17 an attempt was made ad last monday evening to poison the family off of P D armour mour A sample incle package of buckwheat flour ma was I 1 S sent ent to armours cook who d did id not use it as there was suspicion a as s to its contests tests it was analyzed by a chemist and found to contain strychnine sufficient at least to kill twelve families the package was delivered to the house ey by one who said he be was sent by two men in a conversation overheard be tweed the two men not far from armours residence it was shown that there was a conspiracy to poison ar mour and the other packers who had bad been prominent in resisting the demands of the strikers in the stock yards the matter has been placed in the hands bands of detectives ST PAUL 17 snow began falling early early yesterday morning and continued all day though the tall fall was light after midnight last night however a genuine blizzard izzard ol set in n and this morning the people found the streets and sidewalks badly blockaded so that travel was next to impossible reports indicate that the blizzard began in the western part of the state and unwept east and south through wisconsin and iowa railroad travel is greatly impeded and the streetcars fiad it almost impossible to run the wind Is blowing hard bard and drifting snow no such storm has occurred so early in the season for years vears GREEN BAY wis 17 the barge dixon foundered off kewanee this morning mor two seamen were drowned another barge arge is riding in the breakers and flying the signal of distress milwaukee 17 later advice advises s from kewanee state that the barge emerald foundered at noon and live five lives were lost the mate brevee was saved b but u t is still unconscious s it is expected that the third bark which is riding in the breakers will go gd to pieces CHICAGO 17 the national cattle growers association met this morning to continue the discussion obdia ease and the need of legislation on the subject the speeches were confined to ten ini minutes each and a large larg le proportion of the delegates took the floor all agreed on the necessity of legislation for stamping out report from the resolution committee on the actions which congress 4 had ad taken on the subject under discuss discussion on was presented by dr gadsden and it was supplemented by speeches from the hon james wilson of iowa the hon george ab nb Loil loring ng united States Commissioner of agriculture dr D E salmon and senator shelby M cullom various means of eradicating the dibase diff ase were proposed and loring expressed the brief belief that an appropriation of by congress would be sufficient tor for the purpose ose his deductions were drawn from irom the reports of delegates as to the extent of the disease in various localities CHICAGO 17 ever since seven last evening a steady drizzling rain has been falling filling reports received at the signal service office here show that from every station east of the mississippi rain is reported while from all stations west colder weather and snow is chronicled throughout iowa wisconsin and minnesota some snow storms are Keval prevailing lug much colder temperature and snow are predicted by the signal service 1 ifor for chicago and vicinity within the next twenty four hours telegraphic communication is seriously delayed in all directions ST ignice mich 17 during a terrible gale and snowstorm last night the schooner P S march loaded with coal ran on the beach just inside grahams point the captain signalled signal led at 10 this morning morn ng that she would go to pieces help has been sent her but it is impossible to do any thins to help the vessel today to ty day on account of the big seas which she lays br broadside odside to and which are growing larger another schooner is ashore ackois across the point four miles from here BALTIMORE 17 the drug warehouse of burroughs bros was en burned out at noon and the stock of woodford woodferd stra straw goo goods s in n t the e adjoining j building was damaged by smoke 0 e and water a r to the amount of fifteen thousand dollars the insurance is ample tor for both losses while the firemen were at work the truck of the ladder company capsized and fell backwards into the street captain marsten M abas as L grund frank kerr and henry ryan byan were on it at the time marston marsten caught on the edge of a house ada adjoining I 1 and escaped serious injury the rest of the men tell fell with the ladder which broke and it is thought had their backs broken later grund and kerr are reported to have died since and no hope for ryans recovery is had the fire is still burning BOSTON ia H george georee J west counsel for levi wilson concluded his arg argument ment in the wilson moen case this morning at 1150 the case was then given to the jury up to 2 they were still out RICHMOND va 17 the case against geo D wise arrested yester day on a charge of being about to in abuel was dismissed today to day ty y police justice richardson it ap pears that mr wises arrest was premature as t the e warrants w were ere issued both th against mr r wise ise and C col 61 lamb a b in apprehension of a bost hostile I 1 e in meeting and it was not anten intended e d that they should come to richmond from rom in j there are no prospects of the I 1 matter being carried any further 1 NE NEW w 17 chief justice noah davis in the supreme court coart to cl dismissed the writ ot of habeas 1 iday corpus obtained in behalf behal f of frank durham alias jos JOB seed reed who is accused of having abducted mar cailis and mary M murray urra y fro from m their homes hoines in california durb durham in was remanded to await tile me action of the grand jury washington 17 toe 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