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/g STATES CLASH
lisiana and Mississippi at
Outs Over Quarantine.
VERNORS HAVE SPAT j
9 e Is Made That Mississippi
yards and P atro1 Boats Have
Crossed Louisiana otate Line
jn Chase of Fever Suspects.
I
I special from Baton Rouge, La„
L. A clash between the Mississippi
I Louisiana authorities over quar
[ne regulations is imminent.
[ [ private dispatch was received in
city Tuesday stating that Missis
L soldiers, employed as quaran
[ guards, had invaded Louisiana
with arms and that boars were
Lolling the mouth of Rigolets’ lake
I Pearl river, off the Louisiana
et to prevent Louisiana boats from
ring.
lovernor Blanchard at once com
hicated with Brigadier General 1
[raliat of his staff and Captain J.
Bostiwiclt, commanding the state’s
r a i militia, directing them to inves
ite and report to him.
lovernor Blanchard also sent the
owing telegram to Governor Var
aan of Mississippi:
Have reliable information that
jsissippi quarantine guards, armed,
ssed over to Louisiana side at
,rl river. I do not believe this
-
5 on orders, but was the thouglit-
1 conduct merely of a few. To obvi
I unfavorable comment and friction
lase Lain give orders that your guariT
on their own side of the line.”
Ik Tuesday afternoon Gov. Blanch
p received the following telegram:
[New Orleans, August 1.—To Gov.
IC. [patrol Blanchard, Baton Rouge, La.:
boat of the state of Missis
Ip Ihibiting l patrolled Lake Borgne and after
fishermen from fishing in
l lake is now guarding the exit of
lie Borgne canal, preventing any
It from coming out. This is an un
[rraatable usurpation and invasion
Louisiana waters and our attorney
[vises me to ask you to wire proper
ihorities in Washington at once to
[ervene, or take matters in hand
lirself.
“EDMUND SOUCHON, M. D.
[ “Pres. State Board of Health.”
Governor Blanchard decided to take
liters in hand himself and he at
re addressed the following telegram
[Governor Vardaman of Mississippi:
[‘Governor [ckson, James K. Vardaman,
Miss.: Have information
[ssisslppi patrols have forbidden
permen from fishing in Lake Borgne
d is now guarding exit of Lake
[rgne canal, preventing boats from
ping out. Is this by your orders
of those of health authorities of
ur state? No such state of affairs
p be tolerated. You have a right
prohibit boats landing on Missis
bpi shores, but not from navigating
Re sound and gulf channels, which
je navigable waters of the United
fetes. N. C. BLANCHARD.”
[Later jrsy developments in the contro
between Louisiana and Missis
l>pi do not lessen the seriousness of
[ Ississippi It is now reported that one of the
boats drove a Southern
Icht Club yacht far into Lake Pont
lartrain.
[Tuesday [oritatively night it was learned au
that the schooner Grace
I Gulfport and another vessel had
|en luisiana lying five miles inside of the
line most of the time for
[f ping past the week, and at times even eu
Ine Rigolets, the outlet front
Pontchartrain into Lake Borgne,
bil during that time had taken 18
Puisiana boats, some of them schoon
p and others tuggers ami turned
km over to United States revenue
p.er Winona and towed to Ship Isl
where the crew were immured.
This brings the federal government
k° the muddle.
! Governor Blanchard has wired to
Washington, but the text of his mes
igf has not been given out.
A CALL TO POPULISTS.
,eor 9‘a Executive Committee to Meet
in Atlanta, August 17. {
lar A call J. has been issued by the chair- j
b J. Holloway, for a meeting of i
le executive committee of the peo
le s party of Georgia to be held in
iota August 17th, for the purpose
mapping out a plan of action in
coming campaign.
The secretary urges that at least
lne man from each county in the
ate be present at the meeting. The
“fretary also tequests that as many
"tpulists as possible attend the meet
BALKING WITNESSES UPHELD.
lQ t Obliged to Answer Questions
Tending to Incriminate Them,
be recalcitrant witnesses in the in
®“-‘gaiion of the cotton leakage case
rill not be required to answer any
aestions tending to incriminate them,
tieh may be asked by District At
Beach in the proceedings be
Jrf te grand jury. Questions of
a
incriminating character, however,
in ered.
RAWLINGS sentenced:
Old Man, Milton and Jesse to Gallows
and Leonar d Given Life Term.
Negro Preacher Convicted.
At Valdosta, Ga., Monday night, at
8.45, Judge R. G. Mitchell passed sen
tences on J. G. Rawlings and his three
sons, Milton, Jesse and Leonard. The
scene was one of the most touching
and dramatic ever witnessed in
a
court in Valdosta.
Judge Mitchell was brief in his re¬
marks during the passing of the sen¬
tences. They were very touching, but
force on the ears of the large
crowd packed into the court house.
The first three were sentenced to be
hanged September 15, and Leonard
was sentenced to life imprisonment.
hen the elder Rawlings was asked
it he had anything to say why sen¬
tence should not be passed upon him,
he arose and said:
’I have a conscience that stands
coi rect. You can no more pluck it than
you can the brightness of the sun.
Your sentence can do no more than
kill. Pass it."
Milton received the sentence stoic¬
ally and never opened his mouth. Jes¬
se and Leonard burst into tears, and
both of them said: “I am innocenu’
Mrs. Rawlings and her two daugh¬
ters were present, and on them the
blow fell with crushing force, all of
them weeping bitterly.
The jury in the case of Frank Tur¬
ner, the colored preacher, brought in
a verdict of guilty with a recommen¬
dation to mercy at a quarter after 8
o’clock, and the sentences on the Rawl¬
ings were passed immediately after on
request of their council, Hon. John
R. Cooper. Mr. Cooper immediately
moved for a new trial, which motion
will be heard on August 9.
The prosecution put up many wit¬
nesses. W. L. Carter and his wife
and daughter were the first. They tes¬
tified to the facts of the murder, giv¬
ing the same testimony which they
had given during the other trials.
Alf Moore, convicted as one of the
principals in the assassinations, was
sworn, and said that Turner had gone
to him with a proposition to kill the
Carters, saying that Rawlings wanted
to hire a man to do the work and
would give him (Moore) $100 if ha
would do it.
Mitch Johnson, colored, swore that
Turner told him that Rawlings would
give him $125 to kill Carter and his
family.
The defense put up no witnesses,
and had Turner go on the stand and
make a statement. He denied any
connection in matter and said
while he had worked for Rawlings,
and knew of his troubles with Carter,
he had endeavored always to keep
clear of any connection with the trou¬
bles of the white people. He told the
jury that he was in their hands, that
he had done w'hat he could to estab¬
lish his innocence and told them to do
with him as they thought right.
Alf Moore and Frank Turner will
be sentence and the special terra of
the court will be permanently ad¬
journed.
FEVER SITUATION IS HOPEFUL.
New Orleans Officials Expect to Curb
Pest by End of the Week.
By the end of the present week,
the authorities in charge of the fever
situation at New Orleans believe that
they will be in such thorough toucf
with conditions that they will be able
to speak with authority as to their
ability to control and eradicate the
disease in advance of the coming
frost.
New cases up to 6 p- m., Monday,
were 21; new cases to date, 302;
deaths oi) Monday, 5.
ALL WATCHING ‘•BLUEBEARD.”
Scores of Warrants Await Hoch
Should He Cheat the Gallows.
With the possibility of Johan Hoch
securing a retrial in Chicago, and ar.
acquittal on the charge of murdering
authorities . or
one of his wives, the
Cincinnati and St. Louis have been in*
communlcation with the state’s at
torney relative to the crimes of big
and the murder that Hoch is said
amy in those cities.
to have committed
JAPS WILLING FOR ARMISTICE.
Question Will Be Taken Up So Soon
as the Peace Envoys Meet.
Neither Baron Komura nor Minister
Takahira, who are now in - ’
would discuss their visit to Preside.n
Roosevelt. _________ Sato, who
Inquiry was made of Mr.
member of the Japanese P ea ‘ 6
Is a t
commission, as to the attitude o
Japanese on the question °f an
tice and he replied:
to ** Japan armistice is perfectly after wUHngto^jre. the crede
an been x
of both commissions have
amined and verified.”
RUSSIAN PRESS BLUFFING.
Newspapers Grow More War
Tone of Nears.
like as Peace Conference
The tone of the Russian press grows
warlike as the peace conference
more government on an
draws n ieh u^d and the humiitf. mg
sides is to resist continu
demands even at the cost of
ing the war. terms as
“Peace on the Japanese Russ,
outlined by Sfr- Sato,” says the
“can only be an armistice.
MILITIA ON GUARD
State of Mississippi Inaugu¬
rates Shotgun Quarantine.
TEXAS IS ALSO VIGILANT
New Orleans Authorities Confident
That They Have Yellow Scourge
Well in Hand and Will Soon
Stamp it tOut.
A New Orleans special says: The
work of sanitation, fumigating, oiling
and screening went on just the same
Sunday, and will continue daily until
the city has been thoroughly screened
and made mosquito proof.
The record for the day showed lit
‘- 10 change from that of Saturday, ex¬
cept in the reduction of the number
er deaths. The number of new foci
is also again a source of encourage¬
ment, showing that the spread is b»
coming slower and slower.
The following was the official r»
port up to 6 p. m. Sunday cn the yei
low fever situation:
New cases 27
Total cases to data . 223
Deaths . . 3
Deaths to date .... 57
New foci . . 4
Total foci . . . . 41
A new complication was disclosed
during the day when Superintendent
Curran of the New Orleans and
Northwestern railroad announced that
t^'o passengers who had remained the
required lenglh of time in the Slidell j
detention camp and sought admission
into Mississippi had been turned
back.
If the Mississippi health authori¬
ties now refuse admission to holders
of certificates of detention issued by
the marine hospital service, it will
result in the government abandoning
those camps, and then travelers will
have to either stay in New Orleanas
or go to points in the north and east,
and spend ten days before they can
return to Mississippi.
Mississippi Tightly Closed.
Governor Vardaman, acting for the
state board of health of Mississippi,
placed Adjutant General Fridge in
charge of the state quarantine service
and all future aggressions against the
yellow plague in Mississippi will be
conducted under the auspices of the
adjutant general’s office.
The advance detail of the officers
and men stationed at Cam,p B. F. ]
Ward, who were preparing the camp
grounds for the encampment of tho
Mississippi National Guard, will be ;
utilized to supplant the civil force now
on duty throughout the state, and the -
most stringent quarantine will be
maintained in the state.
General Fridge has issued impera
tove orders to the soldiery to main
tain the quarantine at the point of tho
bayonet. • !
The state board of health received a
unique order from Governor Varda- j
man.
It requires passengers through the
st&t0 1,0 furnish affidavits from physi- ’
dans, appproved by the state or city :
health boards to the effect that they
are in good health, and are not in¬
fected or have not been exposed to
cases of veliow fever. This means,
practically that persons desiring to go
through to Michigan, Iowa, Wiscon
sin, Indian Territory or any other
of the places that are not bothered
with yellow fever epidemics, and has
nothing more serious to contend with
than smallpox, typhoid fever and spi
nal meningitis, must do a deal ot
swearing and to go through some ex
tensive red tape processes before they
can check their baggage.
Texas __j has done pretty much the
same thing, and it is not possible to
ride through that state westward
bound without similar red tape for
mallties or some detention.
Shark Drowr.3 a Bather,
wading wa ist deep in the sea
Beau fort, N. C., Saturday, Sutton
j 1( , yearg ot age> was seized by
and dr0 wned in full view of a
^
]arge crowd D f bathers.
I
MEANS MUCH TO SOUTH.
Editors of Trade Journals Meet in
Atlanta and Organize.
An important meeting which means
much to the entire south was held in
Atlanta Saturday when editors and
proprietors of the leading trade jour
naJg gathered to perfect an organiza
the purpflS e of upbuilding the
_
n f th’s kind have been
p parts of the ronD .
try results have proved he
^ many and tr0men .
| - advantages obtained.
COAL DRIVERS DISSATISFIED.
; B)ock Peace P | an s in Chicago by Vot
ing to Continue Strike.
With the capitulation of striking
teamst er8 nearly complete and the re
lease of Chicago from the oppression
of the long labor war practically as
sur ed, a handful of coal teamsters
have wrecked the well developed
^The laTls . voted
coal drives, 250 strong,
I unanimously to continue the strike.
A veroictofguilty
Rendered i n Case of Old Man Rawl¬
ings Without Recommendation.
Negro Preacher Faces Jury.
The jury in the trial of J. G. Rawl
I at \ alcosta, Ga., brought in a
I verdict without recommendation at
j 12.35 Saturday night. The prisoner, '
h.s wile and daughters, who had re- I
maine ^ by his side, received the ver¬
dict without emotion.
Trie conviction of J. G. Rawlings, the
father of „esse, Milton and Leonard
Rawlings, whose convictions had pre
ceded his, removes the entire male
membership of the family, should the
verdict of the juries stand.
The three sons and the negro, Alf
Moore, were accused of killing the
young Carter children, and the lather,
J. G. Rawlings, was accused and
found guilty of instigating one of the
blackest crimes that has been record¬
ed in the history of Georgia,
Four of the convicted men received
no recommendation to mercy, arid un¬
der the laws of the state, their sen
tences necessarily must be death on
the gallows,
One of the sons, Leonard, will re¬
ceive a life sentence in the peniten¬
tiary—provided, of course, that sen¬
tences are passed upon the men.
Seldom have so many faced the ex¬
trerue penalty for the same crime, and
interest in the case has been deep.
The feature the Rawlings trial
Saturday w» ,.ie statement of the
defendant, which occupied about an
hour and a half. The introduction
of testimony by the state was con
eluded at half past 10 o’clock a. m.,
when Rawlings was put up to tell his
story.
The accused had made copious
notes, to which h.e frequently re¬
ferred. He entered a general denial
of any knowledge or complicity in the
assassination of the Carter children
and took up the testimony of nearly
every 'witness introduced by the state
in an endeavor to explain away their
utterances. The statement was deliv
ered in an easy manner.
He said that Rev. S. S- Kemp, G. A.
Fiveash and other witnesses had
sworn to a positive falsehood against
him. He asked that the guns and
knife which the state had introduced
as his, which It was alleged Alf
Moore, the alleged negro accomplice,
had received from him, be brought in
for his examination. lie claimed that
one of the guns belonged to him, but
denied that the other gun and the
knife had ever belonged to him.
The defense did not introduce any
testimony, and announced closed at
the conclusion of Rawlings’ statement,
The verdict of the jury was not a
surprise, and all the verdicts are gen
erally approved by the people of the
locality.
it was thought by many after the
jury had been out until midnight, that
a mistrial would be the result, but it
is understood now that there was
small likelihood of such a turn to
the case from the first. It is said
that the jury was unanimous for eon
viction of the old man, but the ques
tion of mercy toward him entertained
by some of the members, prevented
an agreement for a time.
After receiving the verdict, Judge
Mitchell adjourned the court until 9
o’clock Monday morning, lat which
time Frank Turner, the negro preacher
jointly indicted with J. G. Rawlings
as accessory before the fact, was put
0 n trial.
It is understood that Attorney John
cooper will ask for a new trial ol
the cases against Rawlings and his
SO ns, and fti the event it is not grant¬
ed by Judge Mitchell, will appeal to
the supreme court,
Deep sympathy is felt for Mrs.
Rawlings and her daughters. The
girls are intelligent and comely look
ing, and the tragedy that has come
into their lives is felt by all classes.
To Investigate Case of Moore.
An Investigation .of the case of Dr.
t. G. Moore, physiologist and algolo
gist of the department of agriculture,
j s to be made by the department of
justice to determine whether a prose
ration is warranted by the facts.
BOUND AGENT; LOOTED SAFE. !
Southern Express Company Robbed ol
$2,000 at Palatka, Fla.
The safe of the Southern Express
company at Palatka w r as opened by
j burglars between 3 and 4 o’clock
Sunday morning and currency to the
anJ0UDt of about $2,000 was taken.
Mr. Graves, the agent, who sleeps
in the office, was bound hand and fool
by the robbers and his keys secured,
The safe was opened by the combma
! tion. The cash drawer was rifled one
of the keys taken from Graves unlock
ing it checks, money orders and ev
.
1 erything but the cash were cast as.de.
HE WOULD DIE CONTENTED.
^nford Says Gsllows is Welcome if
His Wife is Innocent.
V. T. Sanford declines to ma e a a>’
f urt her statement for the press. h*
does not undertake to repiy to Mrs.
Sanford’s recent statosment, otherwise
saying: “I would go to the gal
i j 0WS with a light heart and a smile
1 could I only do so with the knowledge
that s he is as pure and innocent as
gbe claims. ’
FIGHTING SCOURCE
New Orleans Working Hard
to Confine Yellow Jack.
A GENERAL QUARANTINE
While Crescent City Officials Are Not
Alarmed, Outsiders Are Putting
Up the Bars as a Precau¬
tionary Measure.
Although the unofficial reports made
publ'w at New Orleans Friday showed
a larger number of deaths than Thurs
day, where there were only two and
the appearance of a number of new
cases the men of science who are war
ring against the yellow fever plague
ended the day’s labors confideat that
the situation was still well in hant\
and with no immediate prospect of
becoming alarming.
The health authorities continue to
hold that the plague’ remains an Ital¬
ian infection, all hut two of the twen
ty-six cases being of thsri. nationality.
Almost without exception, since the
beginning of the fever, those who have
fallen victims to the disease have
been of the poorer classes of the
population, many of them not Iona
residents of the United States, and,
therefore, unacclimated. For several
years past the planters of Louisiana
have been replacing negroes with Ital¬
ian labor, and there has been a steady
flow of immigration from Sicily and
other parts of Iitaly to Louisiana.
Many of these immigrants have re¬
mained in the city, finding employ¬
ment in the peddling of fruit or in
the work of unloading vessels at the
fruit wharves.
Fever Case in Tampa.
The state health officer of Flor¬
ida now at Tampa gave out the fol¬
lowing statement Friday:
‘‘An Italian, whose name is Victor
Vittalo, who left New Orleans, July 20,
coming from the infected district of
St. Phillip street, direct by rail to
West Tampa, arriving July 22, has de¬
veloped a mild case of yellow fever.
The patient and Inmates of houses
within a radius of 300 feet are screen¬
ed against mosquitoes and are guard¬
ed and will be kept under guard and
dally medical observation an^ inspec¬
tion for tho next three weeks. No
quarantine has been placed on Tampa
or West Tampa, except the cordoned
district, for none is necessary, as the
case is clearly traceable to New Or¬
leans as the source of infection.
“JOSEPH Y. PORTER.”
Helena Puts Up Bars.
Helena, Ark., Friday morning quar
antinued against southern cities which
have not declared a quarantine against
New Orleans and other infected
points.
Natchez Quarantines.
A rigid quaraatine has been es¬
tablished at Natchez, Miss., against
all points. No one will be allowed
to enter the city except residents of
the county.
Memphis Votes Quarantine.
By a vote of 9 to 3 the executive
council of Memphis, Tenn., went on
record late Friday as favoring a strict
quarantine against New Orleans and
other fever-infected points. The quar¬
antine will become operative imme¬
diately. Inspectors have been ap
pointed and every railroad train from
the south will be closely canvassed
before arriving in Memphis, Boats
will also he inspected and no person
from fever-infected points will be al¬
lowed to laud in the city limits.
Strict Quarantine at Mobile.
At a meeting of the committee of
public health, held in Mobile, Ala.,
Friday afternoon, it was decided to
accept no immeune certificates from
any of the quarantined places, to enter
Mobile city or county. These people
will have to remain in the detention
camps the same as other people.
Chattanooga in Line.
The quarantine instituted by Act¬
ing Mayor Dougherty of Chattaanooga
is against New Orleans and other in¬
fected districts in the state of Louis¬
iana. It was put in full force Friday
and will be rigid.
EFFORT TO DIVERT ATTENTION.
Statement Regarding Cotton Leak Is¬
sued by Jordan and Cheatham.
President Jordan and Secretary
Cheatham of the Southern Cotton As¬
sociation issued a statement Tuesday .
addressed to the members of the as
social:ion calling attention to the re
cent disclosures in the cotton statist!
cal work, declaring that efforts are be
ing made to divert attention from the
“deflciencies” of the system itself “to
the thieving propensities of a few
unworthy officials,” and setting forth
demands to be made on congress t.o j
reform conditions.
HAYNES IS OUT OF EQUITABLE.
President Morton Notifies Agent of
Termination of Contract.
A New York dispatch says: Paul
Morton, president of the Equitable
Life Assurance Society, Friday, noti¬
fied Archibald C. Haynes, a leading
general agent of the Equitable soci-,
etv in New York, that Mr. Haynes’
contract with the Equitable was ter
minated. Mr. Haynes tendered his
resignation some time ago.
DEATHS ON INCREASE.
Tuesday’s Yellow Fever Record in
City of New Orleans—Cases in
Montgomery and Shreveport.
Tuesday witnessed an increase in
the number of deaths from yellow fe¬
ver, in New Orleans, a fact that was
not unexpected in view of the high
temperature that has prevailed the
past few days.
There was, however, the usual large
preponderance of Italian names in the
list both of new cases and deaths,
which has characterized the reports
since the time when the fever was
first officially announced as existing
here. In spite of the increased mor¬
tality, the health authorities exhibit¬
ed no concern over the situation, con¬
tending that with the accumulation of
cases, there must be expected an in¬
j crease in fatalities to maintain the av
j era 8 e death ra e of fever.
| The war against the mosquito con
tinues. An ordinance was introduced
j in the city COHUci l Tuesday night pro
Hding that all vacant lots and other
places where water stands for more
than six hours shall be filled to the
grade required by the city engineer’s
surveys.
President Souchon of the state
board of health issued a proclamation
to all the parish and municipal health
officers. He announces that he has ac¬
cepted and recommends the accept¬
ance of subordinate officers of the
marine hospital health certificates to
through passengers from northern
points transferred in screened coaches
at New Orleans. He declares that
passengers from New Orleans, after
a detention of five days in marine hos¬
pital -service camps who are given cer¬
tificates of free pratique, should be
admitted without detention into all
parishes and towns of Louisiana.
Following is the record up to 6 p.
m. Tuesday:
New cases, 42; total eases to date,
345; deaths, Tuesday, 6; total deaths
to date, 68.
Shreveport Has One Case.
Biarney Tracey, a traveling man of
Chicago, is in the detention camp just
outside the corporate limits cf Shreve¬
port suffering from yellow fever.
There are no other local cases. The
infection has been traced directly to
New Orleans.
A Case in Montgomery.
It was officially announced at Mont¬
gomery, Ala., Tuesday night that
there Is one case of yellow fever in
the city. The announcement came from
the board of health, together with the
statement that there is not the slight¬
est cause for alarm. This was fol¬
lowed immediately by an announce¬
ment from State Health Officer W. H.
Sanders saying that it is believed the
scientific steps taken in the premises
are fully adequate and that “no occa¬
sion whatever exists for the declara¬
tion of a quarantine against Montgom¬
ery.’’ 7
NOW AFTER THE McDONALDS.
Carter Murder Case Close With the
Sentence of Moore and Turner.
At Valdosta, Ga., Tuesday morning,
sentence of death was passed by
Judge Mitchell on Alf Moore, colored,
convicted as one of the principals in
the assassination of the Carter chil¬
dren. Frank Turner, also colored, who
was convicted Monday night as acces¬
sory before the fact, was sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
Turner had appeared well satisfied
with the verdict of the jury and re¬
ceived his sentence with a smile.
Moore is to be executed September
15, the date set for the execution of
J. G. Rawlings and his sons. Solicitor
General Thomas will now probe to the
bottom of the charges made against
the McDonalds in connection with the
murder of the Carter children. The
solicitor will take a trip of a few days
to north Georgia, and on his return
will sift the matter thoroughly. An In¬
dictment was drawn up by him against
Tim and Jim McDonald at the begin¬
ning of the session of court called to
try the Rawlings, but the jury found
that the evidence in their hands was
not sufficient to warrant them in find¬
ing a true bill.
OLIVE DRAB COLOR DECEPTIVE.
Privates Dressed in Such Uniforms Of¬
ten Mistaken for Officers.
An order has just been received at
the Benicia, Cal., barracks, announc¬
ing that all olive drab uniforms now
»n the possession of the enlisted men
must be confiscated at once,
The reason for this action is that
the enlisted men, w-hen dressed in
these uniforms can hardly be distra
Sashed *rom the officers and on seve
ral occasions mistakes have been
»ade through their use.
COTTON CONDITION LOWERED.
Deterioration Shown in Al| States Ex¬
cept Georgia and the Carolinas.
The Journal of Commerce, New
York, published its August crop report
Tuesday, consolidating the returns of
1,325 special correspondents. It shows
a condition of 75.4 against 81.2 for
June, a decline of 5.8 points. This con¬
dition compares with 84 for the cor¬
responding time last year, 77 in 1903
and 80 in 1902. Deterioration is shown
in all states except North Carolina,
South Carolina and Georgia.