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High Society Circles in
New Orleans.
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Yellow Fever is Epidemic And Frighteos
Crescent City.
DEATH RATE IS NOW DECREASING
Red and Yellow Flags Fly in
Many Sections.
SHOTGUN QUARANTINE IN TEXAS
JLI»bSUM Merchants Kick on Quarantine
Regulation! Against Atlanta- 204
Cases at Edwards, Miss.
* Edwards, Miss.. Sept. 29.—There
-were twenty-four new cases of yellow
fever reported here up to 10 o’clock to
night. No deaths.
• Mobile, Sept. 29.—There were only
four new cases of yellow fever here to
' day and no deaths.
Biloxi, Miss., Sept. 29.—Fifteen new
cases of yellow fevei have developed
here today.
Scranton, Miss., Sept. 29.—Nine new
cases of yellow fever and one death here
today.
New Orleans, Sept. 29 —Today
broke all fever records in this city so
far. There are twenty-five new cases
and four deaths up to 11 o’clock to
night.
The fever has developed among the
wealthy and fashionable people, and
great tfneasiness prevails.
There is but little doubt that the
- disease has become epidemic here, and
only frost can stay its inroads.
A tent 1,500 feet away from the main
buildings has been established at the
camp of detention for the care of de
veloped cases of fever until they can be
removed to the isolation hospital. It is
announced that the reported sickness
on the steamer Tartar Prince is not yel
low fever but malaria The cases were
examined by Dr. Carter of the marine
hospital service.,
Dr. John Guiteras was invited to ac
company President Oliphant and Dr.
Carter on their trip as far as Shreve
port, to confer with health officials in
the interest of more rational quarantine
regulations. The trip will be through
southwest and northwest Louisiana, and
the party will board on the train that it
travels on. The newspapers were not
permitted to send representatives along.
Arrangements are being made for the
establishment of a camp of detention to
which laborers may go before leaving
for the country to do work on the sugar
plantations. There is a large demand
, in the sugar districts for the labor.
The board of health has issued notice
to physicians promptly to report all
oases of patients discharged.
A new law requires people living in
. the tenderloin district to move to new
limits. The law was to have been pul
into effect on the first, but the city
officials were enjoined from enforcing
the requirements of the law. To maka
impossible the dissolution of the in
junction the city has given notice the
order is to be enforced until the fever is
wiped out. •
SEVEN MORE IN EDWARDS.
There Are Now Two rs and red and Four
( Mes at That Town.
Edwards, Miss., Sept. 29.—Up to
10:30 a. m., seven new cases of yellow
fever have been reported, five whites
and two negroes. Total cases to date in
town and country, 204; total convales
cent and discharged, 110; total number
under treatment, 904. Oases reported
very sick and almost hopeless Tuesday
night are resting very well now, but are
■till considered seriou-ly ill.
Mr. W. T. Howie, who died Tuesday
evening, was a relative of the Nobliu
family and has been engaged in busi
ness here for 15 years. He took sick on
the morning of Sept. 25 and was con
sidered hopelessly ill in 12 hours after
he tc k the fever. Captain Montgomery
is reported doing nicely and can be
calieu convalescent. Mayor J. L. Red- I
field rested easy all night and we are in 1
hopes his case will be a mild one. ’
A. M. -a ia, mnnrtwj .slo’i-n
THE ROPIE TRIBUNE.
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FIRE IN WASHINGTON
Capita Traction Company
Building Destroyed. •
Corers an Entire Square—Fire was
Not Under Control at
Midnight.
Washington, Sept. 29.—Fire broke
out in the power house of the Capitol
Traction Company on Pennsylvania
Avenue opposite the Poet building to
night at 9 o’clock. •
The immense buildings cover an en
tire square, and the fire spread with
such fearful rapidity that the firemen
were almost powerless.
It is still burning fiercely at mid
night, and there is no doubt the build
ing will be totally destroyed. The loss
cannot be estimated tonight, but will
be several hundred thousand dollars.
With the fever and'we have cause to re
gret very much this bit of news, as he
has been untiring in his efforts to crush
out the fever and relieve suffering.
We are very much in need of a
gist and hope to see one arrive on the
next special train.
There are several cases so critically
ill that the mortality rate will be in
creased before many more hours.
RULES MAY &E RELAXED.
Alabama Merchants Kicking on ths Quar
antine Against Atlanta.
Atlanta, Sept. 29.—Carrie Fleming,
who is down with yellow fever at 118
Auburn avenue, is still very sick, and
nothing definite can be given in regard
to her case. She is receiving every pos
sible attention and is able to take a
littte nourishment.
No new cases have’ been reported to
the board of health, and all fear of dan
ger from the yellow fever in Atlanta
has died out
Railway officials here believe that the
quarantine against Atlanta will be
raised before tong. This city’s immu
nity from the disease, although hun
dreds of refugees have been here, is said
to be gradually impressing itself on the
health authorities of Alabama. In ad
dition to this, some of the towns, which
have been bottled up are kicking vigor
ously. Their merchants are arguing
that if fever does not break out among
Atlantiaus .there is no danger from
freight with which refugees "do not
come in contact.
Shotgun Quarantine Declared.
Dallas, Sept. 29.—The yellow fever
fright has struck the state in earnest.
Nearly all towns m eastern, central and
southern Texas have decla ed shotgun
quarantine against Houston. In Brazos
county. County Health Officer Tabor
has given orders to the effect that every
road entering the county will be closely
guarded and every suspicious rumor run
down. No passenger trains will stop
in the county heieafter and there will
for the present be no papers or other
mails received.
Violated Quarantine Ralefl.
Savannah, Sept. 29.-rL Y. Syzer,
traveling representative of the National
Tobacco company, was fined $25 or 80
days, in police court, for violating the
quarantine regulations. Syzer was put
off at Meldrim a day or two ago, ana in
spite of orders not to do so, he got on
>he next train and came into the oity.
He did not have his proper health cer
tificate. A negro who came in as did
Mr. Syzer, was fined $lO or 30 days.
ONLY TEMPO R A RILY OUT.
President Huntington Will Snon Return
to His Former Position.
San Francisco, Sept. 29. O. P. Hunt
ington, president of the Southern Pa
cific Railway company, has only retired
temporarily from the directorate of ths
Central Pacific company and will return
to his former position probably at the
annual election. So, too, will Isaac L.
Gates, who resigned a directorship and
vice presidency of the Central Pacific.
The authority for these statements is
W. H. Mills, secretary and vice presi
dent of the Central Pacific, who states
that the temporary resignations werfl
caused by Mr. Gates’ absence in Europe
and Mr. Huntington's summer trip td
London. Mr. Mills stated that the ab
sence from the United States of these
two directors, and Mr. Bretherton, whd
is a resident of London, left the board
without a quorum in this country, and
so the resignations were offered and a
temporary election of substitutes fol
lowed. Mr. Mills says the resignations
took place July 13, and were not an
nounced because of their temporary
character.
Savannah** Sewn rage -S/stain.
Savannah, Sept. 29.—The city coun
cil has adopted a plan for a sewerage
house drainage system, submitted by
Colonel George E. Waring of New
York. The plan is turpi Jar to that now
in use in Brunswick. Bids will be ad
vertised for at once, and it is expected
the work will cost in the neighborhood
of $200,000.
An Oil Operator Kills Himself.
Wheeling, Sept. 29.—Ex State Sec
retary Alexander Dorsey shot himself
through the head at Moundsville. He
was one of the most daring oil operators
in the state and his act was due to de-*
•pondenoy, caused by financial reverses.
ROME, ,GA„ THURSDAY, SEPI’EMBKH <JO. 1897.
NEAL DOW
IS DYING
Father of Prohibition
is Sinking Fast.
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FORTY YEARS AGO
He Drew np First Law to Prey nt Sale
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FOUGHT FOR IT EVER SINCE THEN
Biographical Sketch of the
Temperance Advocate,
HE MAY EXPIRE AT ANY MOMENT
Over Ninety-Three Years of Age— He Gained
International Fame—Was Prohibition
Candidate For President,
Portland, Me., Sept. 29. —General
Neal Dow passed a comfortable night,
but is weaker now. and it seems impos
sible that he can live long ,
The father of prohibition and the
mainstay *of the antisaloon cause is
GENERAL NEAL DOW.
[The Veteran Prohibitionist Is Passing
Away at His Home In Portland.]
dying. More than-40 years ago, when
he was mayor of Portland, Neal Dow
drew up the first prohibition law, and
has ever since defended it against efforts
to disparage its workings, to repeal it
or to weaken it by compromise and la
bored to extend its provisions beyond
the community where it originated.
General Dow was born in Portland,
Me., in 1804. His father was a tanner,
and after acquiring a good education
for mercantile life he became his fa
ther’s partner at the age of 21. Success
attended his business efforts, and he
made his ma>k in public enterprises as
well. In 1839 he became chief engineer
of the Portland fire department and was
twice mayor of thle city. In 1837 Mi.
James Appleton, a member of the Maine
legislature, expounded before that body
the principles of an antilicense and pro
hibitory liquor law. Neal Dow was
then active as a leader in the temper
ance cause and a member of the Maine
Temperance union. Through his efforts
the union was committed to total absti
nence.
In 1851 Dow drew up a petition ask
ing for the ’‘suppression of drinking
houses and rippling shops.” The meas
ure was so radical that many friends of
temperance re> used to sign it. It pro
posed to search suspected places, seize,
condemn and confiscate liquors and
punish offenders by fine and imprison
ment. He refused to modify the terms
aud went before a committee of the leg
islature, spoke for the bill at a public
hearing and it became a law within 24
hours. He afterward became a member
a member of the Maine legislature.
In 1861 General Dow entered the army
as colonel of the Thirteenth Maine vol
unteers, and the president commissioned
him brigadier general. Owing to his
small figure—he was below medium
height—he became the subject of nu
merous camp anecdotes. His soldiers
called him “Little Neal Dow.” At the
bloody battle of Port Hudson, May 28,
1863. he led his brigade in the assault
on the enemy’s fortified position and
Buffered a terrible repulce. His brigade
lost over 500 killed and wounded. Gen
eral Dow received two wounds and was
carried to a house near the battlefield.
He was ultimately taken prisoner by the
enemy and confined several months at
Mobile and Libby prisefh. He was ex
changed for General Fitzhugh Lee,
nephew of the great general.
General Dow was the national Prohi
bition candidate for president in 1880
and received over 10,000 votes. His
last great issue with the foes of temper
ance was in his candidacy for the may
oralty of Portland in 1888. He ran on
the tipkf Lpf thp Prohibition party and
NATIONAL LEAGUE
No Ctaßge in tire Race For
Pennant.
Baltimore and Boston Both Won
Thair Games—Season Draw
ing to a Close.
Washington, Sept. 29 —Boston and
Baltimore still retain their relative po
sition in the race for the pennant as
both won today. Boston easily de
feated Brooklyn, while Baltimore had
a moderately easy time with Wash
ington.
Boston has two more games, to play
with Brooklyn and Baltimore three
with Washington, and the season will
be at an end. The chances look
glowing for Boston, but there -is still a
slight hope for Baltimore. The’scores:
Brooklyn 4, Boston 12.
Baltimore 6, Washington 3.
New York 7, Philadelphia 1.
BEAUTIFUL PEARL.
8. D. Camp Has One Perfect la Shape and a
Beautiful Creamy White.
One of the most perfect pearls yet
found in a Floyd county stream, was ex
hibited to a Tribune reported by Mr. 8.
D. Camp yesterday.
It was round, but rather elongated,
and in the centre was a tiny ring, which
added rather than detracted from its
beauty. The gem was a beautiful creamy
white agd under a magnifying glass
showed the exquisite and peculiar
changeableness which is one of the
characteristics of a perfect pearl. It
weighed 3 1-2 grains.
Mr. Camp and family went up on An
muchee creek Monday and in a short
while found a number of peails, but only
the one perfect one. It belongs to Miss
Mamie the eldest daughter.
Among others, Mr. Camp had a -pearl
shaped strikingly like a hand,and which
had the most “’onderful opalescent color?,
was HlUOrseti Dy rue uenirerunc caucus
•‘in the name of law aud order.” The
canvass was an exciting one, lasting
three weeks, and the issue was strictly
on the enforcement or nouenforcemeut
of the prohibitory law. The election
was a surprise. Dow was defeated by
1,500 majority.
Portland was the lifelong residence of
this valiant apostle of temperance, and
for over fourscore years he occupied the
house which he built as a nest for his
bride in 1829.
Mayors Talk of Pure Milk.
Columbus, 0., Sept. 29.—A feature of
the morning session of the National
Conference of Mayors and Councilmen
was the reading of a paper contributed
by Nathan Straus of New York-, on
••The Influence of a Pure Milk Supply
on the Death Bate of Children.” Mr.
Straus asserted that many thousands of
infants’ lives are annually sacrificed by
the neglect to supply for the nutriment
of children, milk which has been sub
jected to the process of Pasteurization.
He held that neglect to be criminal.
Officiate Charged With Fraud.
Chattanooga, Sept. 29.—A number
of residents and property owners made
application in chancery court here for a
receiver for the town of Lookout Moun
tain. The applicants, in a sensational
bill, charge insolvency and mismanage
ment and fraud on the part of the offi
cials. No election of town officers has
been held in eight years.
Fire Ina Cotton Warehouse.
Mobile, Sept. 29.—Fire in the Mag-,
nolia warehouse, on Lipscomb street, at
the corner of Magnolia, destroyed oue
shed and damaged 450 bales of cotton.
The loss on the building is $1,000; on
the cotton $5,500.
Must Wait Their Money.
Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 29.—Ths
public school teachers of Alabama will
be delayed about a month for their fall
salaries. Heretofore for several years
they have been forced to wait two or
three months. The salaries are due
Sept. 30, but the funds'in the state!
treasury run short about this time of
year, and the governor is obliged to
meet the'school expense with borrowed
money. Governor Johnston authorized
ths statement that the teachers will all
be paid before the last of October.
To Inorrßid Beer I’ai.
Berlin, Sept. 29 The Vossische
Zeitung says the government is taking
steps to introduce a bill to increase the
‘)e»»r tux f
Mountain House Burned.
Chattanooga, Sept. 29.—The Moun
tain house, for thirty years the only
hotel on Lookout mountain was des
troyed by fire this afternoon. It was
occupied as a boarding house this sum
mer, and was owned by the New England
company which also owns the Inn.
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LUETGERT’S
LONGTRJAL
Crush of Humanity to
L Hear Testimony.
SAUSAGE MAKERS
Idea is That He Must go on Witness
Stand to Get Even
WITH POLICE WHO LIED ABOUT HIM
Brutal Wife Murderer Who De
stroyed Corpse.
WITH CAUSTIC POTASH IN A VAT
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He Seemad to Be iu a More Cheerful Humor
Ye terdav —Only Few Bones of
Hie Wife Were Found.
Chicago, Sept. 29 —The crush of "hu
manity at the criminal court building
was greater than upon any other occa
sion for the past two weeks. Many got
into the building by telling the officers
on duty at the entrance that they were
called as witnesses in other courtrooms,
They made frantic but unsuccessful
efforts to reach the second floor, upon
which Judge Tuthill’s courtroom is lo
cated.
The court bailiffs shut the throng off
at the stairway leading to the couri
corridor, and those who sought to reach
the courtroom by means of the eleva
tors were shot up to the sixth floor by
the elevator men and landed high above
the goal of their ambition. There wan
much profanity ov'er this ruse on the
part ofi the male) victims, while the
women and giris stood at the elevatol
shaft and scolded till they were hoarse.
Luetgert was in rare good humor. He
is recovering from the injury to his
right leg and the assistance of a crutch
is scarcely necessary as an aid to his lo
comotion now. The testimony in his
behalf recently has had a reviving effect
on his spirits and the soowi which char
acteriz'd his'features for a month past
has given away to a decidedly cheerful
expression.
Luetgert again expressed his earnest
desire to go upon the witness stand. He
desires to “talk to the jury,” as he ex
pressed it. His lawyers, ex-Judge Vin
cent and Attorney Phalen, apparently
feel somewhat nervous about putting
Luetgert on the stand. The big sau
sage maker, however, is as relentless aS
an Indian in his demands' to be called.
He wants to “get even” with the police
aud some of the people who have lied
about him, as he delares.
UNIQUE CLAIM IS SET UP.
Favored Son and Heir ClArged With
Hypnotizing .His Father.
Canton, 0., Sept. 29.—A contest has
risen over the will of Thomas R. Mor
gan, whose estate is estimated at some
thing over $1,000,000. Three sons were
made beneficiaries to the extent of one
twenty-fourth each of the estate. Ona
son was given ten twenty-fourths.
It is charged by the three sous and
heirs that the favored son used somd
hypnotic influence over Mr. Morgan,
which induced him to give him mors
than his legal share. It is known than
the son favored has frequently exercised
mesmeric power over others* aud ths
contestants of the will set up the claim
that such power was used on the de
ceased. Counsel has been engaged and
the case promised to be a hotly fought
one.
Morgan and President McKinley were
intimate friends. The president was
about to make pubic an appointment to
a consulate for which iMr. Morgan had
been chosen when deam suddenly came.
Andrew Carnegie was another strong
friend of the deceased.
A hearing on the question of appoint
ing executors of the estate will be held
here Thursday. The will has been admit
ted to probate and placed on record.
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Rolling Mill to'*Reflumo.
Birdsboro, Pa., Sept. 29.—The Sey
fert rolling mill, employing 125 men,
will resume on Monday, after an idle
ness of nine months, with orders for at
least three months of steady work. The
repairs to No. 3 blast furnace of the E.
& G. Brooke Iron company are about
completed, audit is expected that it will
be put in blast by Nov. 15. The ca
pacity of this furnace has been increased
from 125 to 150 tons a day.
New Indian Treaty Mgiied.
Muskogee, I. T., Sept. 29 —The treaty
between the United States and the
Creek nation has been signed by the
two commissioners.
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POLITICAN IS PULLED
Hinesville Negro jailed, Grave
Charge Against Him.
Wrote to Democratic Postmasters
Offering Indorsement For
Beappolntmentfor Cash.
Savannah, Sept. 29.—A special to the
Savannah Press from Hinesville states
that Deputy United States Marshal
White has. arrested T. R. Sims, a negro
politician, for using the mails with in
tent to defraud. He will be brought to
Savannah for trial.
Sims, claiming to represent the Re
publican committee, wrote to Demo
cratic postmasters in the First congres
sional district, offering the committee’s
indorsement for reappointment for cash.
One of the postmasters thus ap
proached had the warrant issued.
ALABAMIANS IN NASHVILLE.
Two Hundred and Fifty Employes of the
L. & X. at the Centennial.
Nashville, Sept. 29. Three hundred
and fifty employes of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad arrived from Deca
tur, Ala., on an excursion given compli
mentary by the railroad. The visitors
spent the day at the exposition, aud
will return home Thursday.
Thursday will be known as Kate
Kirk in in day, in honor of Mrs. Kirk
man, the president of the woman’s de
partment. The principal feature of the
day will be a battle of flowers. The at
tendance will be very large.
The members of the Peninsular Press
association from Virginia, Delaware and
Maryland visited the exposition and
were well entertained. The association
will probably visit Mammoth cove en-.
route home.
The Georgia volunteers (negroes) gave
a street parade, and afterwards an ex
hibition drill at the exposition grounds.
A RIOT AT APILACHICOLA.
Blacks Try to Lynch a White Han Who
Had Killed a Negro Boy.
Tallahassee, Sept. 29.—There was a
serious riot at Apilachicola. A white
engineer on the steamer O. D. Owens, a
river boat, sent a negro boy to a shoe
maker for his shoes. The shoemaker
told the boy he could not get the shoes
without the money. The boy carried
the message to the engineer, who at
tacked him with a knife, cutting his
throat. The boy died iu a few minutes.
The negroes became terribly excited,
gathered in large numbers and at
tempted to lynch the engineer. The
' Franklin county guards were ordered
out and with the assistance of citizens,
remonstrating with the negroes, a lynch
ing was prevented and order restored.
The murderer was safely jailed and
q'uiet now reigns iu the town.
New Drydocks Are Needed.
Washington, Sept. 29. The special
board appointed to consider the matter
of new drydocks has submitted a re
port to Acting Secretary Roosevelt. The
board finds that five new docks, costing
$5,575,000, are'urgently necessary, while ~
one, the Port Royal, S. 0., dock, should
be enlarged immediately. Four of the
docks, the board says, should be of con
crete. namely, at Boston, New York,
.Norfolk and Mare island, this last to ba
500 feet long. At Algiers, near New
Orleans, at Galveston or Pensacola as
alternatives, it is proposed to place a
steel floating dock and wharf.
Dervl.lies 'Are iVow’Dejerting.
Suakim, Sept. 29.—Governor Hadsons
has started from Massowah to Oassala
province in connection with the cession
of that place by the Italians to the Brit
ish. It is reported that Osman Digna,
the famous Mahdi, has gone to Omdur
mau, the military camp of the Der
vishes near Khartoum. Deserters from
Osman Digna’s forces have reached
Sinkat and are joining the Anglo-
Egyptian army.
Forced to Regard Civil Service.
Wheeling, Sept. 29.—Judge Jackson
of the United States court has granted
a restraining order prohibiting United
States Collector A. B. White of Park
ersburg from removing gaugers and
other employes in the revenue office at
Martinsburg. Collector White, it is al
leged, was proceeding without regard
to the civil service laws.
No Revolt In Salvador.
New York, Sept. 29.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Da Libertad, Salva
dor, says: News has reached here that
some prisoners in San Miguel mutlned,
killing several guards Many of the
prisoners escaped and were pursued.
This gave rise to the rumor that a revo
lution had broken out in Salvador. The
affair has no political significance what
ever. Peace reigns throughout the re
public. ‘
Bieye !•> Ue<iMU< <a France.
Washington, Sept. 29. The bicycle
census recently taken in France has
been made the subject of a report to the
state department by United States Con
sul German, at Zurich. It shows that
during the last calendar year J 29.818
wheels were registered, as compared
with 256,081 in the preceding year.
Pans paid one fifth (or $121,515) of the
whole amount realized from the bicysae
tax.