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4 • VW VWVW V •▼▼▼ wwwwwwwwwww I|n PAGES i Il£ TODAY | -A<aA<a aa A a A A a a a a AAA AAAAA w w w vwwwwwwwwwwww^^^ - ESTABLISHED 1887. 25 CASES; 4DEATHS •■■•'. I ' High Society Circles in New Orleans. f LEFT LOWER CLASSES * - 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. •1 • " 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. ' I FORTY YEARS AGO He Drew np First Law to Prey nt Sale 01 Liquor. . - 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. naw —' • 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 * 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. —~ -• T - 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. xr xr V V V V V V V WWW ♦ THE BEST ADVERTISING t ♦ MEDIUM IN ♦ ♦ north Georgia! ♦♦♦ »♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ PKICE FIVE CENTS' 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.