NEWS AND ITEMS. 
801 
Dr. Leslie J. Allen has been transferred from the meat 
inspection division to the Texas fever quarantine service and 
is stationed on the Mexican border. 
C. D. Hartman, D. V. S., of Peoria, Ill., is about to retire 
from practice, which he offers for sale, including' his entire out¬ 
fit, as he expects to enter other business. 
Tuberculin in France. —The test of tuberculin cannot be 
enforced in France, even in a stable where tuberculosis has been 
detected, without the consent of the owner. 
Swine Diseases. —In the March Review will be found a 
valuable contribution to this subject by S. Veranus A. Moore, 
of the New York State Veterinary College. ’ 
Prof. Cornevin. —The death of Prof. Cornevin was recently 
announced. He was professor of hygiene and zootechny at 
the Veterinary School of Lyon. The cause of dead was ty¬ 
phoid fever. 
There are five veterinarians in Hawaii—three in Honolulu 
and two on a neighboring island. They are seeking to keep 
the profession purified by the enactment of a law prohibiting 
from practice any but graduated men. ^ 
Veterinary School of Vienna. —Following the example 
set by Germany, the Emperor of Austria has raised the Vete¬ 
rinary School of Vienna to the rank of university. A rector 
elected for three years takes the place of the director. 
Dr. iV. T. Peters, of Experiment Station at Lincoln, Ne¬ 
braska, an enthusiastic member of the U. S. V. M. A., who 
worked hard to secure the meeting for Omaha, is already con¬ 
cerning himself about the programme of entertainment. 
The proposition to place all veterinarians connected with 
meat, dairy and food inspection, and bacteriological work in 
Greater New York under one veterinary bureau, with a veteri¬ 
nary chief, is being considered by some of the active men. 
“ Guideless wonders ” will have competition next fall in 
the shape of a trotting bull. Ten-year-old George Leaver, Gar- 
rettsford. Pa., is handling a yearling bull which goes well to 
harness. He has driven Jim Flossie a mile over a half-mile 
track in four minutes and has shown quarters in 55 seconds. 
The bull goes on a trot and never attempts to make a break. 
A Change of Base.— Dr. G. Archie Stockwell, F. Z. S., 
for ten years the confidential medical advisor of Parke, Davis 
& Co., Detroit, has severed his connection with that firm and is 
