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NEWS AND ITEMS. 
Iv. H. Hempfxmann, D. V. S., of St. Louis, Mo., has been 
ill, but is now convalescent. 
Prof. R. S. Huidekoper has been called to the military 
service in the present war with Spain. 
Dr. John J. Cattanach, of New York, will soon start upon 
a prospecting tour through the Klondike region. 
Veterinarian P. M. McArthur died at Hot Springs, 
Ark., and was buried in Winston, N. C., March 24. 
Our K. C., the Journal^ stills proclaims that it “ leads 
veterinary journalism in America.” Whither, friend Hoskins, 
are you leading us ? 
Secretary J. W. Petty, of the North Carolina Veterinary 
iMedical Association, has removed from Greensboro to Winston, 
N. C. He has not enjoyed good health recently. 
Dr. Ceaude D. Morris, Secretary of the New York State 
Veterinary Medical Society, has removed from Pawling and lo¬ 
cated at 50 Front Street, Binghamton, N. Y. 
Prof. Geo. P. Biggs, of the New York College of Veteri¬ 
nary Surgeons, was married on Apiil 14th, to Miss Florence 
Browning, of New York. We wish him the greatest joy. 
Frank R. Hanson, D. V. S., of New York City, brother of 
Harry D., and also his business partner, has been very ill with 
pleurisy, but we are pleased to hear he is now a safe convales¬ 
cent. 
John P. Messer, D. V. S., graduate of the A. V. C., class 
’97, recently enlisted as a private in Company G, 71st Regi¬ 
ment, New York Volunteers, and has gone to the front for ser¬ 
vice in Cuba. 
Dr. G. Howard Davison, graduate of the A. V. C., ’90, 
proprietor of the Altamont Stock Farm, at Millbrook, N. Y., 
has enlisted and gone to the front as veterinary surgeon of 
Troop A of New York City. 
Veterinarians in Poeitics is a healthful sign of the 
times. Dr. T. Earl Budd, of Woodbury, N. J., is a candidate 
for Councilman, and Dr. E. C. Porter, of Newcastle, Pa., is con¬ 
testing three M. D.’s for the position of Coroner. 
Dr. Wieeiam H. Pendry, of Brooklyn, was elected Presi¬ 
dent of the Alumni Association of the American Veterinary , 
