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Robert Jennings, Jr., V. S., A Suicide— In Pittsburg, Pa 
this well-known veterinary surgeon ended his life on June 22d’ 
by taking- a dose of prussic acid with suicidal intent. He was 
[VU. 6 be .® n tried that da y on a charge of having attempted to 
kill his wife, the provocation for which consisted in a mild up- 
braiding of him for intoxication. 
The American Trotter at the Paris Exposition— 
here will be -six classes for American trotting-bred horses at 
the Pans Exposition of 1900—two in the breeding rings and 
four in the speed department. In the latter the classification is 
by height instead of by previous race records, in accordance with 
usual French usage. Only stallions and mares are eligible 
. To ^ IGHT Tuberculosis in Chicago. -The Chicago Vet¬ 
erinary Society has appointed the following committee to take 
steps toward the passage of a city ordinance requiring some 
n S ^ Ct !° n ° daines su PPlying the city with milk : 
rs. H. D Paxton, A. H. Baker, James Robertson, R. A. Meril- 
ft, J° se P h l Hughes, and R. G. Walker. The committee is 
known as the Tuberculosis Committee. 
. Dr * Herbert Rowe has equipped the Paterson Vet¬ 
erinary Hospital with every modern appliance and convenience 
for the care and treatment of sick and disabled horses and doo- s 
including a veterinary ambulance complete in every detail and 
costing over $1000. Besides doing the hospital service, the 
ambulance will be run for any practitioner in the city or sur¬ 
rounding country that may need such services. 
Anthrax Reported to Exist Among Cattle in Cuba. 
— Washington June AR—The Department of Agriculture has 
een informed by prominent planters and cattlemen of Cuba of 
tlie existence of anthrax among the cattle there. With the re- 
port comes a request that all cattle shipped from Texas to the 
is and be vaccinated. The Department of Agriculture will take 
no steps until it has been definitely settled whether black-leo- or 
anthrax has broken out among the Cuban cattle. 
Trnxr H if m 1 VaUvRY Veterinary Medical Associa- 
on held its fifth annual meeting in St. Joseph, on Monday 
evening, June 26, when the following literarv programme was 
announced to be be carried out : “ Biology of Pathogenic Micro- 
Organisms,” by Dr. Henry J. Washburn, of St. Joseph • dis¬ 
cussion led by Drs. John Forbes and S. E. Bennett ‘‘ Rtton- 
• Seed Disease in Cattle ” by Dr. Frank C. McCurdy, of Kansas 
City, discussion led by Dr. S. Stewart. “Practicability of 
Antiseptics in \etennary Practice,” by Dr. H. G. Patterson, of 
