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ESTABLISHED 1887.
YELLOW JACK’S REIGN
’ CONTINUES™ SOUTH
Mobile Bas Four Deaths and Two of These Were
Only Taken With Fever Yesterday Morning.
7,000 PEOPLE FLEE FROM JACKSON, MISS
Only 3,000 Negroes Left—Edwards
Has 29 New Cases Making 119 in
f all—Rigid Quarantine Against
Atlanta’ in Various Cities.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 24.—Tonight
-Jackson, once peopled with 10,000 hap
py and contented souls, stands almost a
•deserted city.
The exodus today has been enormous,
-and within the past, few days seven
thousand people have refugee d from
« here, leaving about three thousand,
mostly negroes.
Midnight Bulletins.
Mobile, Sept. 24.—Three new cases
and four deaths have been reported here
today. Two deaths were patients who
were stricken this morning, showing
that the disease has assumed a more viru
lent form,
Edwards, Miss., Sept. 24.—Twenty
nine new cases have developed here to
day, making 119 in all. ,
Camp Fontainbleau, Miss., Sept. 24.
—One hundred refugees are here now.
' Surgeon Gettings is in charge. No new
cases have developed here.
Atlanta, Sept. 34.—Carrie Fleming,
the mobile girl, who has yellow fever,
is improving. No other cases have de
veloped, and no alarm whatever is felt.
AH the Georgia towns have refused to
quarantine against Atlanta, but all Ala«
bama is against her. Seventeen people
from here were put off at the state line
today. Two of them were Englishmen,
from London. Mails are being fumi
gated here and at Tallapoosa.
MOB FIRES FEVER HOUSE
’New Orleans People Object to Its Being Ueed
as a Hospital.
New Orleans, Sept 24. Three
deaths have occurred from yellow fever
during the day, as follows: Salvador
Casanir, Frjd Gund and Miss Dreyfus.
Nine new eases are reported up to 9
-o’clock.
Efficient work* by the firts department
in face of the attacks of a mob enabled
the department to save the main por
tion of the Beanregard school building.
Only the annex of this structure was
reduced to ashes. The alarm was
sounded at 12:80 a. m.
After a massmeeting of citizens a ri
ptous crowd gathered aronnd the build
tag and openly threatened that at the
first opportunity they would fire it.
Throughout the evening Sister Agnes
and a number of sisters of. charity, to
gether with help from the hospital, bad
been putting the building in order for
the reception of yellow fever patients.
The school board in the meantime bad
removed from the building every desk
and article of furniture and the hos
pital people had moved into the build;
Ing cots and other necessary adjuncts
, for the treatment of yellow fever pa
tients.
At nightfall, Snrgeon Bloom of the
hospital, the sisters and others had been
warned that they had best leave the
building. They did so, headed by Sis
ter Agnes, and made their way through
a dense crowd of panic strickeu citizens.
Then a small force of police were or
dered to the scene. But the mob, bent
-on incendiarism, were sharper than the
guards and while the police were busily
-engaged in attempting to quell the riot
ous crowd in front of the building, two
.incendiaries, with a 6-gallon can of
oil, proceeded to the rear and quickly
.had the building in flames.
An alarm was turned in, but the first
neighboring engine had scarcely ar
rived when its hose was cut. When
other engines arrived their hose was
. 'also destroyed by the mob. Chief Gas
ter and Captain Jonrnee finally arrived
in a patrol wagon with a big squad of
officers, which beat the mob back. Then
the firemen went actively to work and
succeeded in preventing the absolute
destruction of the building.
It is fuir to say that the action of the
snob Is roundly denounced on all sides.
The school is a handsome building, en
tirely isolated and situated in the cen
tal- of a lame rauare. There was UO
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
danger of Infection from ft and people
in the neighborhood are unduly fright
ened. Unless, however, a company of
soldiers is ordered out. to protect the
builuing, it is not improbable that a sec
ond attempt will be made to destroy it.
RIGID QUARANTINE RULES.
Aenounaetnsnt ot a Yellow Fever Case lu
Atlanta Cante* Alarm.
Atlanta, Sept 24.—The yellow fever
case announced in Atlanta has caused
new alarm to the state health board of
Alabama and the cities of Oharleston,
Brunswick and Savannah. The quaran
tine regulations of Montgomery and
Oharleston, which had been relaxed to
the extent of permitting freight of cer
tain classes from Atlanta, have been
made more rigid than before.
The entire state of Alabama has es
tablished a quarantine against Atlanta
that-shuts out everything, passengers,
baggage and freight of every descrip
tion. The express company now re
fuses to receive anything for any point
in Alabama, or for Oharleston, Bruns
wick or Savannah. Express messengers
in Alabama will be kept there by the
company, and none from Atlanta will
be allowed to oroee the Alabama line.
The case of fever here is that of Car
rie Fleming, a 14-year-old girl from
Mobile. The honse in which the patient
is confined, 119 Anburn avenue, has
been placed under strict quarantine, and
the board of health does not fear a
spread of the disease.
Dr. James F. Alexander, president of
the board of health, furnishes the fol
lowing statement concerning the yellow
fever situation here :
“I have paid a visit to the yellow fever
patient, Miss Carrie Fleming, at 119
Auburn avenue. She is doing well,
there are no unfavorable symptoms,
and I regard it as a very mild case of
yellow fever, and from p- esent indica-'
tions I do not fear serious results.
“So far as any danger of the spread
of the disease is concerned, there need
be no apprehension among our people,
as the conditions existing here, in my
opinion, preclude the possibility of any
dsuper from an outbreak of yellow fe
ver in Atlanta."
NEW CASES AT EDWARDS.
Twelve Here People Suffering: From Yel
low Fever—An Appeal For A|<l.
Edwards, Miss., Sept 24.—New oases
of yellow fever are: Whites—Miss Ula
Goode, Leroy Ratlitt, Miss Marie Lewis,
A. J. Lewis, Sr., Miss Willie Poss, Mrs.
8. E. Birdsong, R W. Elliot, Mrs. R.
W. Elliott, E. K. Noblin. Negroes—A.
J. Jones, Mary Jones, Mary Smith.
Total for the day. 12. Total to date, 112.
Frank Rossman had blac k vomit dur
ing the night and is in a dangerous con
dition. All others are reported dis
charged. Oases under treatment has
increased to 70, with but four phy
sicians.
We need more doctors. Our people,
as a rule, are averse to appealing to the
outside world for assistance, except for
nurses and doctors, but the disease is
spreading se rapidly and many of the
poorer classes are included in the list
who are unable to bear any part of their
burden and there is no denying the fact
that we will in the near future have to
accept the help that has so generously
been offered from various points.
While we are so rarely affected with
the scourge which causes so much anx
iety and suffering, yet it is mild and
the fatality so small that we have much
to be thankful for.
BOARD IN EXTRA SESSION.
Carolina OfficlMla Declaim No Part •( the
Btat« Immune From Fever.
Columbia, S. 0., Sept. 24.—An extya
session of the state board of health
passed resolutions resolutions declaring
no town in the state immune from the
yellow fever. The board announced
that as soon as relieved of duties in the
yellow fever district Dr. Geddings of
the marine hospital service would be
detailed to visit Clemson and inspect
the sanitary conditions.
The services of the government ex
pert have been obtained because the ac
curacy of the report of experts from the
state board as to the epidemic of ty
phoid fever at Clemson last July was
questioned by the college authorities I
It was ra.nl ved their m state board, of
ROME. GA. SATURDAY, SEPL’emBEK 25. 1897.
NATIONALJL BADGE
Boston Won the first Came
From Baltimore.
They Now Lead the Baes by S lx
Points—l3,ooo People Saw
The Game.
Baltimore, Sept. 241 The Bostons took
the first game from the Champions today f
and now lead the race for the pennant
by six points. 18,000 people saw the
contest, 135 of them from the* Hub.
They wore red badges and rooted like
good fellows.
The mighty Nichols was pitted against
the Orioles crack pitcher,»nd for the first
time this season beat him out. Tbe Bos
tons won squarely on their merits by supe
rior all round playing, timely batting
and magnificent fielding.
Tenney and Long carried off the field
ing honors for Boston. Up to the fourth
inning of the contest it looked as though
Baltimore would have a walk away, they
having two runs and Boston none. . A
combination of errors and timely hitting
put the Bostons to the front, and they
were never headed. The scores:
Baltimore 4, Boston 6.
Brooklyn 10, Philadelphia 9.
New York 2, Washington 7,lst game.
New York 8, Washington 4, 2nd game,
health officer should accompany Dr.
Geddings.
The board considered at some length
and approved tbe copy of a bill, which
it has decided to have pushed at the
next session of the legislature, provid
ing for the registration of births, mar
riages and deaths in this state.
FIFTH VICTIM IN MOBILE.
Rev. Father Daniel Murray Die* of Yel
low Fever—No New Cases.
Mobile, Sept. 24.—Rev. Father Dan
iel Murray, the fifth victim of the yel
low fever here, died at 7a. m He was
a native of County Cork, Ireland; aged
80. He had been in this conntry four
years, located near Birmingham, Ala.;
and had been located at Montgomery.
He had intended to take a vacation
this fall, but hearing that Father Mc-
Quillan was absent here, offered his
services and arrived on Sept. 8. He
was taken sick oh Sept. 20 and had 'in
tense fever from the start. became
delirious Thursday morning and died as
stated above.
Barge* For Quarantine Work.
Washington, Sept. 24.—General Wil
son, chief of engineers, has telegraphed
instructions to Lieutenant M. Al. Pat
rick,- the engineer at Memphis, Tenn.,
to transfer two barges used in the im
provement of the Mississippi river to
assist Surgeon Young of the marine
hospital service for use in the quaran
tine setvice in that vicinity. The re- ;
quest for those barges was made by
Surgeon-General Wyman and General
Wilson issued his instructions immedi
ately. Three hours later he received
word from Lieutenant Patrick t.hat the
instructions had been executed and the
transfer made.
California Officials Cautious.
San Francisco. Sept. 24.—The Cali
fornia state board of health is in daily
telegraphic communication with Dr.
Olliphaut, chairman of the Louisiana
state board of health, and is kept con
stantly advised of the condition of
affairs in New Orleans and of the dan-
Ser of the fever, extending. The board
as decided that if the disease continues
to spread they will inspect every train
coming in from New Orleans and it
they find passengers afflicted will quar
antine the train and put the passengers
in the hospital for detention.
Kailroad Traffic Keanmed.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 24.—The Ala
bama and Vicksburg railroad will rnn,
commencing at once, a daily mixed
train between Meridian and Jackson,
consisting of mail, baggage and freight
cars, which will arrive at Jacl son aboni
10:80 a. m. aud will leave Jackson about
12 noon, returning to Meridian, and ar
riving there about 5:80 p. m. A mail
and express messenger will accompany
this train to handle mail and express.
No Excitement at Natchea.
Natchez, Mis.,Sept 24—The weathei
continues clear and cool and the anxiety
about yellow fever is abating. Quaran
tine is still maintained as vigoronsly at
heretofore, though there is some scarcity
of volunteer guards. The health author
ities have begun giving out small balls
of camphor and asafetida wnich will
be carried about the person to act as a
constant disinfectant
Alabama Day Postponed.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 24—Ala
bama day at the Nashville exposition
has been postponed from Sept. 29 to
Oct. 22, on account of the yellow fevei
scare and the troublesome quarantine
regulations.
Gaffe Names Alubamian.
Washington, Sept 24.—The secre
tary of the treasury has appointed Ira
W. Porter assistant surgeon of the ma
rine hospita service at Mobile, Ala., t<l
assist in the cases of yellow fever.
, No Yellow Jack In AnffUdta.
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 24. There is
absolutely no foundation for the rumo:
that yellow fever exists in this city.
DOOM IS
DELAYED
Reynolds and Brooks
to Live Four Weeks.
GOVERNOR’S RESPITE
t
Reynold’s Confession Caused Brooks to
Get Longer Time.
ATTORNEYS CALL ON GOY. ATKINSON
Murdered Man’s Brothers get
Brooks Respited.
THEY DESERVE A DOUBLE HANGING
.Chief Executive of the State Decides to Post
pone the Case Until He Can Further
Investigate It.
Jefferson, Ga., Sept. 24 The exe
cution of Grady Reynolds and Bud
Brooks, murderers of M. O. Hunt in
Jackson county, did not take place here,
as planned. -At 3 a. m. the governor
respited Brooks for four weeks on a
confession made by Reynolds that he,
siuglehauded, had committed the mur
der, but that Brooks planned the mur
der and shared in the division of the
money. Reynolds was dressed for the
gallows, but upon a request made by
the brothers of the murdered man that
koth should hang together, the execu
tion of Reynolds was deferred.
The attorneys of the condemned men
were given a hearing at the executive
mansion in Atlanta and after listening
to their arguments the governor decided
to postpone the double execution until
he has further investigated the case.
The following is a brief history of the
remarkable case as brought out at the
recent trial: During the latter part of
| last February, M. O. Hunt, a merchant
at Belton, was inveigled by Reynolds to
. Jacksen county, under* the pretense of
, bird hunting and procuring money to
Say Hunt for his stock of goods. While
noting. Hunt’s attention was called to
a bird. As he turned to look, he was
dealt a mortal blow on the head. To
rob him, was short work, and the blood- ■
thirsty murderers cut the body open
with au ax and buried it in the river.
Reynolds and Brooks then divided
Hunt’s money, $2,000, between them,
Brooks going towards Madison county
and Reynolds to Belton. There, with
unparalleled coolness, he commenced
selling Hunt’s stock of goods so low as
I to attract attention. Suspicion aroused,
i Reynolds was arrested. When charged
I with the murder of Hunt, he confessed
j and implicated Brooks. He, too, was
soon caught and both lodged In Jackson
eounty jail.
At the August term of court they
were both convicted after a two days’
trial. Brooks confesses that he planned
the murder, but that Reynolds did the
bloody work alone.
LUETGERT’S WIFE LIVING ?
Two Witne**a* They Have Seen Her
Siafte the Fire* of May.
Chicago, Sept. 24. —The defense in
the Luetgert trial devoted itself to
strengthening the story that Mrs. Louise
. Luetgert, who, according to the theory
of the prosecution, was murdered May
1, had been seen in and around Keuo
gha, Wis., on May 3,1 and 5. Two wit
nesses, One of whom had known Mrs.
Luetgert for seven years, positively
identified a photograph of Mrs. Luet
gert as the picture of the woman they
saw at Kenosha on the dates meutitned.
Mrs. Mattie Scherrer, Miss Maud
Scherrer and Miss Gertruda Miller tes
tified that Emma Sohrlmpke, since she
had testified for the prosecution, had
i said in their hearing that her evidence
was entirely false. She said the only
reason she testified falsely was to sup
port the evidence of her sister, Gott
i liebe, who had first lied.
Frank Schlebe. “ farmer who lives
| near Kenosha, Wis., and who had
known Mrs. Luetgert for seveh years,
i testified that he met her on a country
; road near that town on May 4 He
said he did not recognize the woman,
i but he was attracted by her worn and
! generally exhausted appearance. After
wards, when he learned that Mrs. Luet
gert was missing and read a description
of the clothing she wore when she dis
appeared, he was confident he had seen
her and the strange woman he had met
on the road wan she.
Policemaq Smith of Kenosha told of
seeing a strange woman at the North
western depot in Kenosha nt 2 o’clock
on the tqorniug of May 8. He posi
tively identified a photograph of Mrs.
Luetgert aa the wornau he saw at the
depot. The policemen described the
I woman and her attire.
MEET WITH BOARD
Representatives of Many Cities
In Cate City.
All Unite In Opinion That WMI be
No Quarantine Unless Disease
Becomes Epedemic.
Atlanta, Sept- 24—The Board of
Health held a long, seesion tonight.
Mayor Price of Macon, aud represen
tatives from Augusta, Columbus,
Brunswick, Savannah and other
places were present.
The situation was fully discussed by
them, and all the gentlemen freely ex
press the opinion that none of the
cities will quarantine against Atlanta,
unless the yellow fever should become
epidemic here. No fear of such a
thing prevails.
HAILROAI) MEN REMOVED.
Kb*mll Ou.ti Two Commleatoner* and
Appoint* llielr sucooaaor*.
Raleigh, Sept. 24.—Governor Rus
sell has removed Railroad Commis
sioner S. J. Wilson, Democrat, and
Otho Wilson, Populist. The action was
not wholly unexpected. In their places
were appointed John H. Pearson, Dem
ocrat, of Morganton and L. O. Cald
well, Populist, of-Statesville.
The present incumbents, it is said,
will refuse to yield up their offices to
the new appointees, who arc here wait
ing to be sworn in. The alleged ground
upon which the governor bases his ac
tion concerns the Round Knob hotel.
The hotel, he alleges, is owned by J.
W. Wilson and Colonel A. B. Andrews,
first vice president of the Southern. It
has been kept this summer, so the
charges further state, by the mother of
Otho Wilson. The governor further
alleges that Vice President Andrews
has had the trains stopped at Round
Knob and the eating houses closed on
either side for the purpose of making
the place profitable.
Iron Crash** Into Cheekbone.
Anderson, S. 0., Sept. 24—A part of
the cotton press at the Excelsior oilmill
ginnery gave way and a small piece of
the broken iron crashed into the cheek
bone of Thomas Cannon, one of the
operators. It penetrated at the side
and below the eye to a depth of 2 inches,
rendering him insensible and inflicting
a dangerous woand. The jawbone was
broken and the sight probably destroyed.
Error* la J*M<w.wr-e noon.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept, 24—State
Examiner Foster has reported on the
examination of the books of County Tax
Assessor J. O. Clark, of Colbert county.
He reports that in 1893 Clark omitted
from the sum-up several pages of the
assessment book aud by this means the
tax collector was not charged with taxes
on over $150,000 worth of property,
which should have been charged, and
that he also failed to report au assess
ment against the Memphis and Charles
ton railroad of $740,000 for the present
year. Other errors of minor significance
are reported.
Big Hlhbb Near Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 24.—The
business portion of East Lake, one of
Birmingham’s suburbs, was almost to
tally destroyed by fire. Seventeen
frame buildings were burned down.
Birmingham was called on for aid and
an engine and hose reel were placed on
cars and. got half way, when a message
announced that the fire had ceased to
rage, no more material being in its path
of destruction. The fire started from a
defective flue. A low estimate places
the damage at $20,850, with about SB,OOO
> insurance.
Collector Cue lu Charge,
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 24.—The
secretary of state has received official
notification that Hon. John Case, newly
appointed collector of Mobile county,
'had made his official bond of SIOO,OOO
and that it has been approved and ac
cepted by Probate Judge Williams. Mr.
Case succeeds Lott, who was recently
found to be a defaulter for some $30,000.
Strike Situation Serious.
Brunswick. Ga., Sept. 24. —The strike
situation assumed the most determined
aspect wheu 60 men were carried out in a
boxcar tothe Southern docks surrounded
by an armed guard. They were put to
work on the Johnston line steamship
apd are loading her rapidly.
**•!•s nut** a«ito*o niT«r,
Madras, Sept. 24.—Owing to the
floods having, washed away the bridge
of the Bangalore-Misore railroad near
Maddur. an engine and five cars-filled
with passengers were precipitated into
the river, causing great loss of life.
Typhoid Fetur lu Thessaly.
Constantinople, Sept. 24.—Typhoid
fever is ravaging the Turkish troops in
Thessaly. Six thousand persons have
already invalided home and 4,000 others
are awaiting transportation back to
Turkey.
Only Wharf Burned. .V
Brunswick, Sept. 24.—1 t develops
that only the wharf on Cumberland
Mand was burned last night. People
in this olty saw the blaze, and sup
posed to be the hotel.
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* A Klondike Strike £
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S Best medium In Norf h Georgia £
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SILVER NOT
TOBEISSUE
Ib the Coming New York
Mayoralty Election.
CHAIRMAN J. K. JONES
Talks to a Chicago Tribune Reporter on
the Situation,
OUTSIDERS WILL KEEP HANDS OFF
National Party Leaders Will
Hold a Conference.
s.
MONDAY THEY MEET IN CHICAGO
Hon. W. J. Bryan, Richard Croker, Ex-
Lleutenant Governor Sheehan and Ex-
Governor Stone M ill be There.
•
Chicago, Sept. 24 The Tribune sayi:
Senator J. K. Jones of Arkansas, chair
man of the Democratic national com
mittee; who is in town, says that the
national committee will not interfere in
the coming mayoralty contest in New
York. To a reporter for The Tribune
Senator Jones says:
•‘The Democratic party believes in lo
cal self government aud that means also
local party government. The national
committee thinks the Democratic or
ganization in New York knows boat
how to run a campaign in New York
and it will not presume to give it any
advice.”
“Then the committee will not’ ask the
New York organization to put a refer
ence to free silver aud othet national
issues in its platform?”
“It Will not interfere in the matter at
*ll, as it considers it none of its busi
ness. ”
Senator Jones was the first to arrive
es a number of prominent Democrats
who are to meet here on Monday to
take up and settle the question as to
whether the free silver issue shall be
injected into the New York campaign.
Richard Croker is here also, coming
from Nashville.
On Monday they will be joined by ex-
Lieutenant Governor Sheehan of New
York, brother of the chief of Tammany.
W. J. Bryan is also to be here, and ex-
Governor Stone of Missouri comes Sat
urday. These Democrats, with ex-Gov
ernor Altgeld, will make up the con
ference.
JOHNSTON PARDONS FOUR.
Governor Sets Free Men Convicted of
Burglary and Felonious Assault.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 24.—Par
dons have been granted by Governor
Johnston as follows:
Robert Collier of Coffee, sentenced
for four yean for burgUry; served
three. He is now dying of consumption.
Stewart Kyle of Cherokee county,
sentenced for four years for grand lar
ceny, served two; now dying of eon
sumption.
Henry McGruder, Macon county, sen
tenced for bnrgla’ry; time would expire
next spring-; will die of pericarditis.
Janies Ramsey of Autaga, sentenced
for two years for felonious assault. In
this*case all of the county officers and
many citizens testified that the provo
cation was great, the damage slight and
the convict’s character excellent, and
recommended his pardon.
Drnnken M»n Shot Down.
Decatur, Ala., Sept. .24 While run
ning from Officer Frostman, who had
arrested him for drunkenness, Will
Stewart was shot in front of Oscar
Bauer’s sal<x>n, on Second avenue, New
Decatur. The ball struck Stewart in
the left leg, completely shattering both
bones. Three physicians pronounce
Stewart in an extremely critical condi
tion. Stewart is a popular young fel
low and of good family, an employe of
the Louisville aud Nashville road.
There was no excuse for the shooting
atr’ Treat indignation is expressed by
citi is of both towns. Frostman is a
German and an old man.
Preferred Death to Prison.
New York. Sept. 24—The Herald’s
correspondent in Tegucigalpa, Hondu
ras, says that the Nicaraguan troop;
captured General Paez, the militarj
leader of the rebellion in Nicaragua,
and that he committed suicide a few
hours later.
Big Hotel I* Horned.
Brunswick, Ga., Sept. 24—Tbe Cum
berland island hotel has been destroyed
by fire, the result of a stroke of light
ning.