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DEATH ROLL
OF A DAY
Two Deaths and Twelve
New Cases
IN CRESCENT CITY
The 27 New Cases in Last Two Days
Very Bild.
DREAD DISEASE KILLS A DOCTOR
• Four New Cases Are Reported
tn Mobile.
EIGHT STR CKEN AT EDWARDS, MISS
- One Death at Biloxi—Names of the NewQaae*
at Edwards, Miss—BOO People Not
Yet Affected.
New Orleans, Sept. 22 Dr. L>v<i'
<died at 9:30 a. m. The death of L'i
Lovell makes a total of seveu deatii
here. Dr. Lovell is said to have con
traded the disease from his attendant"
upon sick patients.
A second death from yellow fever oc
curred here at 10:30 a. m., makiiiiz
-eight in aIL It was - Miss Elizabeth
Nussbaum, aged 17 years, of 1300 Oai-
Vez street.
The city has decided to give $25,000
♦o'the board of health.
A bulletin from Biloxi, Miss , reports
♦he death of Michael Levy, aged 17, of
> yellow fever.
Three cases are under close investi
gation. One of these is Mrs. A. T.
Wimberly, wife of the Republican
member of .the national committee, Cap
tain Wimberly, who has been wired of
his wife’s illness. Two more cases of
yellow fever, Rubenstein, on Poydras
street, and the second Gelpi boy, have
been discharged. Forty others are
steadily improving and are considered
out of danger.
The camp of detention has been
-opened at Oakland park and a large
number of Italian men, women and
children will be removed thither and
given accommodation until the fever is
■tamped out. The camp has been rapidly
gotten in sh&pe and the refugees will
find comfortable quarters assigned to
-them.
The spell of cool weather continues
and the mildness of the 27 cases in the
past two days is especially pronounced.
Chief O’Connor has placed another
-engine at the disposal of the special vol
unteer force and the downtown streets,
alleys and back yards are being thor
-oughly scrubbed.
Mayor Flower convened a meeting of
♦he finance committee and the commit
tee will seek to make arrangements to
advance part of, or all of the $25,000
which the board of health has requested
.it to enable it to pay the large force of
sanitary and other help that is required
in handling the situation here.
There does not seem to be at present
much hope that Governor Foster will
advance any money, because his ex
cellency has no legal right to do so. He
would have to violate the written law
in giving the board additional money
-at this time.
Twelve new oases are reported in the
city up to late tonight.
FEVER IS SPREADING FAST.
Eight New Cmm and One Death Ke
ported at Edwards.
t Edw ards. Miss., Sept. 22.—New cases
of yellow fever are reported as follows:
Cl. R. Knox, J. D. Boxtel, Miss Down
ing. R. M. Perry, W. L. Smith, Miss
Rosalie Howell, Harris Howell and
Mrs. Rossman. Total, 8. Total to date,
80. Deaths, I—Mrs.1 —Mrs. Anna Henry. To
tal deaths, 3.
S. Nathan is reported sinking. Doc
tors say he cannot live. Mrs. Gravesis
dangerously sick. All other cases are
reported doing well.
The disease is rapidly spreading, and
while it is regarded as a mild type, yet
it is feared it will become more malig
nant, owing to the cool weather now
prevailing. We have more than a hun
dred families inside our lines unaffected,
* total of about 500 souls, and anticipa
tions are that nothing but killing frost
can allay the disease. Dr. Purnell has
apidied to Vicksburg for help, doctors
:an<i nurses
Tonight four new cases are reported,
none of malignant type,
’COTTON FOR CHARLESTON,
■until Carolina Metropolis Raises Quaran
tine on Finnoy staple.
Charleston. Sept. 22.—The board of
health of Charleston has passed the fol
lowing resolution:
Hrisolv-ul That, t.ha nrnduata or the farm
THE ROFIE TRIBUNE.
•** • .
EAGAN PRESIDENT
Io Su cetd Coiner of Central
Bailroad.
J. Pierpont Morgan’s Big Victory
For Bossism of the Road—ln
Effect Oct. Ist,
New York, Sept. 22.—1 t is announced
here that J. Pierpont Morgan has won
his long fight for the bossism of the
Central Railroad of Georgia. Os the
proposed reorganization of the road, the
New York Journal says:
‘•On October 1 the big system will un
dergo another reorganization. H. M.
Comer, now its president, will retire
and John M. Egan, Morgan’s man, will
succeed him. The Georgia stockholders,
who have retained control of the prop
erty despite that they were in the mi
nority, will lose their grip by this
change and will be at the mercy of Mor
gan and his associates. ”
EGAN COMER.
Believed lu Savanuah the Coutral Will
Have a New President.
Savannah, Sept. 22.—Vice President
John M. Egan of the Georgia Central
railway was asked about the report
printed in the New York Journal stat
ing that on Oct. 1 he was to succeed H,
E. Comer as president of the Georgia
Central
Mr. Egan says that President Comer
is now on his way home from Texas
and the Pacific coast. In the absence
of the Central’s president, Egan de
clines to discuss the rumor. It is be
lieved here on the outside that it is so,
Egan says no matter who is president
of the Central railroad, he will work
for the road, the state of Georgia and
the Savannah port.
SPAIN ISSUES STATEMENT.
Quantiti.il of War Munition, and Men
Sent to Rebellion. Quarter..
Madrid, Sept. 22. —An official state
ment has been issued showing the num
ber of men and the quantitias of muni
tions of war sent to Cuba and the
Philippine islands during the insurrec
tions now in progress in those quarter,--.
Between November, 1895, and May,
1897, the Spanish government sent to
Cuba 181,738 soldiers, 6,261 officers, of
Whom 40 were ge-uerals; 212,542 guns;
820,406 kilograms of powder; 92,088,670
cartridges; 161,712 swords; 91 cannons;
12 mitraiieuses and 29,500 shells.
Since the outbreak of the present rev
olution in the Philippines the govern
ment has sent 27.706 soldiers, 881 offi
cers, of whom nine were generals, 43,-
100 guns, 24 cannons, 24 910 kilograms
of powder, 21,726,585 cartridges and 30,-
604 shells.
Rebels Make Fierce Rushes.
Peshawur, Sept. 22. A dispatch
from Lakarai says that the attack .which
the Haddah Mullah made at 9 o’clock
Monday evening with a large and well
organized force of insurgent tribesmen,
on Camp Nawagai, where General Sir
Bindon Blood is in command, was
marked by several fierce rushes upon
three sides of the British square simul- I
taneously. The enemy was so deter
mined in the attack that the bodies of
the tribesmen were found a few yards 1
from the muzzles of the mountain guns.
and manufactured goods, except sugar,
rice and molasses, will be permitted to
come into Charleston from Atlanta: pro
vided it does not originate in any infected
portion or places.
This raises the quarantine on At
lanta cotton.
Savannah’s board of health sent *
representative to the meeting to submit
■ proposition that Savannah would con
tinue to fumigate all Atlanta stuffs and
examine passengers if Charleston would
not quarantine Savannah. No action
was taken on this.
A physician has been sent to Atlanta
to issue certificates to all passengers
coming to this city.
FEVER ON THE FINANCE.
Cunei of Yellow Jack BrougtiC by a Vassal
From Colombia.
New York, Sept. 22.—The Colum
bian line steamer Finance, Captain
Daly, arrived from Colon with 18 cabin
and five second cabin passengers. There
were two cases of sickness during the
voyage. On Sept. 18, Pat Keating, a
fireman, was taken ill and removed to
the shop’s hospital, and John Endeman,
a student from San Jose, Guatemala,
aged 20 years, was also taken sick.
Eudemaa was isolated from the rest
of the passengers and on the arrival at
quarantine the health officer had both
patients removed to the Swinburne
island hospital. They are suffering
from yellow fever in a mild form.
No Detention < amp Now.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 22. As the
United States government would not
maintain a camp of refugees at Ed
wards, but desired instead a camp of
detention, the state board of health,
after a conference with Dr. Purnell, at
Edwards, decided that it would be in
expedient to establish a camp of deten
tion at this time. The tents now at
Edward, will be stored away until
further developments. Past Assistant
Surgeon Geddings, who was to have
taken charg • of the camp at Edwards,
will remain hers and await further in
structions.
ROME. GA. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 23. 1897.
CONVICT
PROBLEM
Many Meas are Pre
valent io Many Minds
NO SOLUTION AS YET
General Joint Committee Leaves it to
sub-Committee
BILL OF MR. HALL INTRODUCED
Penitentiary Commission and
Purchase of Farm, or Island.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 30 IN ATLANTA
The Bub-Committe Will Hear People Who
Have Plans. Parras or Islands—Sapelo
Island is to ba Inspected.
Atlanta, Sept. 22.—This convict
problem is one of the greatest that
the Georgia legislature has ever tack
led, but all the members of the com
mittees do not seem to appreciate this
fact. There are so many plans, and
every committeeman has a different
idea so that it will be sometime before
a definite plan is agreed npon.
At 1:15 this afternoon the big com
mittees adjourned referring matters
to a sub-committee as follows:
From the Senate—Phil Cook, H. F.
Dunwoody, Wesley Shropshire and
Alex Atkinson,
From the House—Hewlete Hall, J.
L. Boynton, W. A. Dodson, T.B. Fei
der and C. C. Thomas.
The first thing done at this morn
ing’s session was to table the resolu
tion providing for releasing of the
convicts. Mr. Duncan, of Houston,
and Mr. Berry, of Whitfield, voted
against it. Despite this vote there is
a very strong sentiment favoring the
hiring of the prisoners under state
control as Gov. Atkinson proposed in
his message which is as follows:
Governor Atkinson’s Plan.
The governor states to your committee
that he does not think it proper for him
to enter into a detailed discussion of the
proposed legislation in advance of his
message to the general assembly. He
will, however, take pleasure in conferring
with such members of your committee as
may desire at any time to discuss the
matter with him and to co-operate with
you or any subcommittee which may be
appointed.
He makes to your committee the state
ment that in his opinion legislation should
be enacted crating a prison commission,
which should be given control of our pen
itentiary, subject at all times to legisla
tive direction. This commission should
take charge of penitentiary convicts, con
trol and manage them and appoint all
officers entrusted with their control. They
should be authorized to purchase such
land or lands as may be required for peni
tentiary purposes, and on it erect such
buildings as may be necessary.
Raformatiiry For Bnyt
In the erection of these buildings pro
vision should be, made for a separate de-
Sartment for a reformatory, wherein all
oys under 17 years of age should be con
fined, worked and surrounded by such ed
ucational, moral and religious influences
as will tend to secure their reformation.
A separate department should be con
structed. for women. Here the women
convicted and sentenced to the peniten
tiary should be engaged in making cloth
ing for themselves and all other inmates
of the penitentiary, and doing such work
as may be directed by the prison commis
sion.
Another department should be erected
for the care of men. bince we cannot
make an expenditure sufficient to prepare
for placing all male convicts in this cen
tral prison, there should be confined here
only the aged and infirm, or second class
convicts, and a sufficient number of able
bodied men to enable these to successfully
carry on such work as may be provided
for them.
Prison Hoard Proposed.
This will leave most of the able bodied
men to find employment at some place
other than the central penitentiary. These,
he thinks, should not be leased to any one,
but. as before stated, worked under the
control and management of the prison
commission, the party for whom they are
worked paying into the state treasury a
stipulated sum for their labor, either hav
ing authority to control or manage, and
without being charged with the responsi
bility of clothing, feeding or otherwise
caring for this being done entirely
by the state. The proceeds of their la
bors, under the direction of subsequent
legislation, may be used for the purpose
of sustaining and extending our peniten
tiary, with the view of ultimately so en
larging ft that we cun. upon our' own
pr-mlees and in our own houses, care for
all the...,mat, -s of the iienitantMry.
Billot Mr. Hall.
Chairman Hall, of the house com
mittee, submitted a bill providing for
JUDGE SHEFFIELD
Says All Fuss About Convicts
is Foolish.
People Raising Howl Think Con
victs Ought to Have Feather
Beds andthlcKen Pie.
Dawson, Ga , Sept 22.—Judge Shes-
in his charge to the grand jury
t®jayplaced a new aspect on the con
£ WHBd that as far as the illegality
of thffTease system was concerned it
was well known, but that it had been
in vogue many years, and he could see
no reason for all this howl.
Evidently some thought that the
poor convicts snould be given feather
beds, carpets and fed on chicken pie.
He told the grand jury that they
could do as they liked about the mat*
ter, just so they did not lease the con
victs to private parties.
the appointment of three penitentiary
commissioners who should investigate
and buy a farm or island. A large
number probably 1,500 of the convicts
are to'be hired out.
Mr. ißtone, of Walton, advocated leas
ing the convicts again, and said it was
childish to object to it. There was lots
of other talk and the sub-committee was
appointed as named above. At the
meeting es the sub-committee this after
noon it was decided to meet in Atlanta,
Sept. 30, at 11 a. m., at which time per
sons having plans, farms, 01 islands are
invited, to submit same for considera
tion. The sub committee then adjourned.
Tomorrow night the members of the
subscQmmittee will leave for Sapelo
island; to inspect it. No trip to Ossa
baw Island will be made now.
The sub committee will draw up a
bill by Oct. 10 and mail it to each mem
ber of the general committee which will
meet Oct. 25, two days in advance of
the legislature. They will frame a bill
to settle the convict problem.
CUBANS STILL CONFIDENT.
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Altlioi'sn Fooled Many Time., i’hay Yet
Helieve lu Generosity of Americans.
Spokane. Wash., Sept. 22.—Captain
E. H. Mahoney of the Cuban iusurgent
army, who has served on General Go
mez’s staff, now visiting Spokane for
the purpose of raising funds to help Cu
ban patriots, was seen in regard to the
probable effect of the ultimatum re
ported to have been given by General
Woodford to the Duke of Tetuau.
“I read the dispatches,” he said, '-and
while they do not appear to rest on a
very substantial foundation, I trust the
news they contain will be verified later
on. I believe, however, that the rumor
is a clever feint, intended as in fencing,
to draw Spain on and possibly to be fol
lowed by more serious play. There has
been a rumor afloat for the past few
weeks that the United States is finally
going to do something and that some
thing is going to be done in October.
"While the Cubans have been disap
pointed too often and given mere words
where they were led to hopeful action,
to pin too much faith on the present
administration, they still believe in the
generosity of rhe American people."
An Eartliquaka In Para.
Lima, Pe u, Sept. 23. Reports re
ceived from the various towns in the
district affected by the earthquake show
that the limits of the disturbance were
Anoon, on the north, and Pisco, on the
south. The center of movement was at
Callao.
Noted French General Deed.
Bayonne, France, Sept 22.—General
Bourbaki, who was in command of the
imperial guard at Metz during the
Franco-Prussian war, but who left that
place ou a mysterious erraud shortly
before its capitulatiou, is dead.
Are Burned.
Youngstown, 0., Sept. 32. The
works of the Youngstown Bridge com
pany have been destroyed by fire. Loss
estimated at SIOO,OOO, partially covered
by insurance. Two hundred hands are
thrown out of employment
Declared a Quarterly Dividend.
New York, Sept. 22.—The directors
of the Chicago, Rock Island railroad
have declared a quarterly dividend of 1
per cent This is an increase in the
dividend rate from a 2 per cent basis to
a 4 per cent basis.
MoKloley Sum* Mardarer.
Washington, Sept 22.—The presi
dent has commuted to imprisonment for
life the death sentence imposed upon
O. L. Addington .in western Texas for
murder. Addington was to Lave been,
hanged Sept. 24.
Soldiers Fire on Striker*.
London, Sept. 22. —A special dispatch
from Melzo, 12 miles from Milan, says
that during strike disturbances there
the troops were called out aud fired
upon the strikers, killing one man and
wounding eight
ACTS ON
ANNEXATION
Congress of Hawiian Re
public Ratifies Treaty
TO UNITED STATES
Is to be Ceded the Island And All Its
Mercantile Property,
SENATOR MORGAN LANDS SAFELY
He is Accorded a Warm We
lcome at Honolulu.
FOR THIRTY YEARS HAS FAVORED
The Annexation at Hawaii—Portugese Object
to it—Provisions of the Treaty for
Annexation.
San Francisco, Sept. 22. Th"
steamer City of Peking, which arrived
in port Tuesday evening and was at
once placed in quarantine, brought ad
vices from the Hawaiian Islands up to
and including Sept 14. The senate
convened on Sept. 8, but owing to the
death of ex-Senator G. Rhodes, presi
dent, the legislature adjourned until
the next day. The session on Sept. 9
lasted less than two hours, but in that
time the annexation treaty was pre
sented and ratified without a dissenting
vote. Commenting upon the action of
the upper chamber, luso, newspaper or
gan of the Portuguese residents, of Sept.
15, said: * ■ L .
"The senate of the republic of Haw
aii has unanimously ratified the con
vention -which cedes Hawaii to the
United States, not only with all mer
cantile property with d< übtful title,
but also tying up privileges which
about 5,000 voters of the Portuguese
colony enjoy and have enjoyed, and
which can only be recovered if the con
gress of the United States from a sense
of justice and equity shall concede to
us the privilege to which we have a
right- The session was closed on the
tenth, to be convened again next March
in regular session.”
Despite' the action of the senate, ths
opponents of annexation are continuing
their fight, and the leaders of the move
ment express the utmost confidence in
their ability to defeat annexation. Be
fore the Peking left a call had been is
sued for an immense mass meeting to
be held Sept. 18 and the indications
were that it would be one of the largest
ever held in the islands. Some of the
annexationists hoped to be able to have
Senator Morgan address the meeting
with the object of changing the senti
ment of the natives, but there was lit
tle likelihood of their plan meeting with
success.
The steamship Australia, having on
board United States Senator John T.
Morgan of Alabama, Congressman A.
S. Berry, J. G. Cannon, H. O. Loudens
lager aiid J. A. Tawney, arrived in
Honolulu on the fourteenth. They
were accorded a warm welcome. Sen
ator Morgan stood the voyage exceed
ingly well and was in excellent health.
The Hawaiian Star of the following
day published this interview with him:
"I have nothing of a definite nature
to say to the newspapers now, as I must
first have an opportunity to study the :
situation from a new point of view. .
You may say that I am predisposed in I
favor of annexation. I have been an
annexationist practically for 30 years, i
ever since the question has been agi- I
tated. ’ ’
The following translation or the ar
ticle published in The Inso, the organ
of the Portuguese residents, shows the
alarm with which that section of the
population regards annexation:
"If perchance the annexation should
be consummated, which we doubt, the j
Portuguese colony as a political factor
ceases to exist, because in the foreign 1
press, both here aud in the United .
States, it has been indicated with suffi
cient clearness that they fear the influ- I
ence of the Portugese vote in case this
privilege should be conceded to them.
••Independence and a good govern
ment of Hawaii means prosperity for
the colony, but annexation without the
privilege we speak of means ruin.”
The delegates who were chosen to the ;
American Union party convention have I
completed their platform, which was to !
be presented for adoption at the con- I
vention to be held on the evening of
Sept. 15.
The platform as arranged was short
and applied solely to island affairs
One of the planks pledged the party
to annexation, first, last and all the
time.
Ths ProvUlons of Treaty.
The Hawaiian . annexation treaty,
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Only One Point Between Two
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Boston Defeated Brooklyn Easily,
While |few York Won 1
From Baltimore.
Washington. Sept. 32.—With only
six more games to play Baltimore and
Boston are separated only by one
point tonight, the Orioles having .707
and Boston .706.
Such a condition so near the close
of the season has never been seen in
the big league before. The faithful
are kept wrougt up to a fever heat by
the closeness of the race.
Boston had an easy time with the
Brooklyns today, defeating them 12 to
0. New York downed Baltimore 6 to 4.
These teams rest tomorrow and Fri
day the Bostons will openjin Baltimore
for three games and upon the results
of which will possibly rest the cham
pionship. A big delegation of fans
will go with the Bostons to cheer them
to victory. The scores:
Boston 12, Brooklyn 0.
New York 6, Baltimore 4,
Philadalpbia 5, Washington 4.
Cleveland 18, Chicago 7.
. Pittsburg 2, Cincinnati 13, Ist game.
Pittsburg 8, Cincinnati 4,2nd game.
wmen was sunnnetea to me umreu
State-i senate on June 16, but has not
yet been acred upon, provides for the
cession to the United States of all rights
of sovereignty over the islands and all
public laud and property. Under it the
islands would constitute a territory of
the United States with local legislature,
subject to a’ veto power, vested in the
president. -
All the treaties of the United States
with other countries would be substi
tuted for those now in force with Ha
waii. The further immigration of Chi
nese to the islands is to be prohibited
and our laws on the subject are to be
extended to Hawaii. The treaty pro
vides for the assumption Dy the United
States of the Hawaiian public debt of
$4,000,000.
The document will probably come up
for consideration, rejection or ratifica
tion by the senate when congress meets
in December.
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VETERAN OF TWO WARS.
"Pater RhodM Passre Away In California.
His Remarkable Career.
Woodland, Cal., Sept. 22.—Peter
Rhodes is dead in Guinda He was a
veteran of two wars. During the Mex
ican war his wife received news in Mis
souri that he was dead, and married
■gain. After the war Rhodes returned
and the report.came to him that his
wife had died in Illinois. In a few
years he married a second time. In
the meantime his first wife and her
second husband, John Dennis, moved
to California. Dennis died and the
widow married Nathan Palmer, who
died in 1887.
Five years ago a rumor reached Mrs.
Palmer that her first husband was liv
ing in St. Joseph, Mo. She located him
aud induced him to come to California.
For 46 years each had mourned the
other as dead. They did not resume
their old relations in California, bnt
lived only 1 mile apart and were ap
parently fond of each other.
CHARGES AGAINST CARTER.
Board of Inquiry Convene. at Bn<lnoer*s
Ofltee In Savannah.
Savannah, Sept. 32.—The board of
inquiry, consisting of Colonel George
L. Gillespie, Major Charles W. Ray
mond and Major H. M. Adams, corps
of engineers directed to look into the
charges preferred by Captain Cassius
E. Gillette against Captain O. M. Car
ter in connection with the works of im
provement at Savannah aud Fernan
dina, convened in the United States en
gineer’s office in this city.
The board examined no witnesses,
but proceeded to make a preliminary
examination and to familiarize itself
with such records of the office as will
have a bearing on the case. This con
sumed the entire day. The session was
secret aud no information of any kind
was given to the public.
It is probable that the remainder of
the week will be consumed in examin
ing witnesses and visiting the jetties.
Steamer Oaelda I. Raised.
New York, Sept. 22.—The Olyde
line steamer Oneida, which sank in her
■lip Tuesday, has been raised. The
greater portion of her cargo has bee*
removed, and after the water is pumped
out of her hold she will be docked at
the Erie basin to ascertain the nature
and extent of the injuries which re
sulted in her sinking.
Fierce Storm at Fernandina.
Fernandina, Fla, Sept. 22.—During
a hurricane here a pile driver and a
lighter loaded with piles, besides several
wood boats, were sunk, some in the
rivers and others blown into.the marsh.
In one case a captain and his wife from
a wood boat, names unknown, were
drowned. Many small boats were also
wrecked.
McKinley In Masaao >u«ett».
Adams, Mass., Sept. 22.—President
McKinley aud party arrived her* «>♦
2:30 a in.