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VICTIMS BURIED
MINUS COFFINS
A Deplorable State of Affairs in
Little Louisiana Town.
ALL SUPPLIES CUT OFF
Tribulations of the People of Leeville
Brought to Light-New Orleans
Report for Thursday.
A New Orleans special says: Some
idea of the deplorable condition that
prevailed at Leeville, La., before re¬
lief doctors and nurses reached the
econo was given Thursday in an in¬
terview with a rnau from that yel¬
low fever stricken town who had
been there throughout the epidemic.
The arrival was Manuel Enealade,
who said it was im;>ossible to pic¬
ture the full horror of the situation
in-fore help was forthcoming. Com¬
munication was cut off with the city,
the food supply ran low, the medi¬
cines kept ill the town store wi re ex¬
hausted, it was impossible to get cof¬
fins lor the dead and many of those
who escaped attack packed their be¬
longings and fled to other points.
At first the lumlmr intended for a
now house was used to make boxes to
Inter the dead, but when this gave out
bodies wore simply wrapped in
shrouds and buried.
Mr. Enealade brought a list of
thirty six who had died in the set¬
tlement up to September 5 and s:n*l
H wan not improbable that numbers
of those who fled to Isolated settle¬
ments along the coast had also suc¬
cumbed.
Mr. Enealade said that since the
physicians and nurses had arrived,
the situation had steadily improved
and that the end of the epidemic was
probably near at hand because there
was little more material upon which
it could feed.
l>r. Brady returned to New Orleans
Thursday night from » tour of in
specUon of the Barrataria country
and Leeville. He reports that, con¬
ditions at I/oeville are pitiable, that
of seven babies born there since the
fever broke out, all have died, eitlttor
of yellow fever or of lack of nutri¬
ment, bacauso their mothers could not
’eed them. Hi -says- the people seem
to be dazed, and there is danger of
an outbreak of sourvy because of
lack of necessary food. A carload
of food was sent on by New Orleans
merchants. The fever has practically
been eradicated from the lower Bar
rntarin country, though there is con¬
siderable in the upper district.
There was nothing new in the sit¬
uation at New Orleans beyond the
increase in number of new cases and
deaths. There were really seven yel¬
low fever deaths, but one of them
does not appear on the record. It
is ilit' case of an Italian who, in the
delirium of ids fever, secured a re¬
volver and blew Ms brains out
The official report Thursday was j
as follows: New cases 49, total to .
date 2,462, deaths 6, total 329, new
foci ir>, cases under treatment 316,
discharged 1,817.
In the country, the situation nt
Tallulah is improving undfer the
management of Drs. Oassalgnac and
Von Eedorf.
Other country reports were:
Patterson, 30 cases, 2 deaths; Ken¬
ner, s cases, 8 deaths; St. Rose, 21
«M3os, Barrataria 2 cases; Clarke
Gbeniore 1 death; Sarpy, 3 oases; 1
Berwick 1 death; 1 looms 8 east's;
Tallulah, 3<l catrea, no deaths.
Mississippi—-Oulfport 1 cnee in sirb
wslw; Mississippi City, 1 case; Vicks¬
burg two casts.
The marine hospital service re- ■
ports that there have been 106 caret*
all told in the Gulfport territory, of
ot which only 12 are now under treat¬
ment.
Four Cosos at Pensacola.
Two deaths and four new cases, is
the report officially announced Thurs¬
day night at board of health head¬
quarters tn Pensacola.
TO ll\h AMFHIU WITH TRUST.
(M»‘e line to (hlna end Japan Planned by
Market's Compant.
Through American enkery»riee the
way has Won won to ooniveet the
western continent by direct submarine
telegraphic lines with the empires of
China and Japan.
Clarence 1L Mackey, president of
the Commercial Pacific CnMe com pa
ry. at New York. Thursday, made the
i.nnocr.cemect that his company had
reouro-.l :he necessary concessions to
e'er Yokohama. Japan, and Sluing
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UNIFORM QUARANTINE.
Gcv:rnors of States and Representa¬
tives of Boards of Trade Wifi
Confer in Chattanooga.
The formal call for a conference
of southern representatives to fcb
held in Chattanooga in November was
issued Saturday, signed by twelve gov¬
ernors and the officials of the cham¬
ber of commerce of ten cities. The
call, after leciting the prosperity and
business growth of this section, its
wonderful business and • magnificent
prosperity, says;
“In the attempt that has been made
by various cities, towns and com¬
munities in the south to protect them¬
selves from the dread ravages of the
yellow fever, the most strenuous and
at times the most unreasonable, un¬
necessary and burdensome measures
have been adopted, measures that not
only tended to cripple and destroy
business and commerce, but "which re¬
flected on the very instincts of our
common humanity and became a re¬
proach to civilization itself.
‘‘It is evident, therefore, that some
uniform system of quarantine should
be adopted that will allay the ap¬
prehensions of the people and mini¬
mize the dangers resulting from an
outbreak of this disease. This is nec¬
essary if we should save our land
from the demoralizing and brutaliz¬
ing tendencies of a panic inspired
quarantine.
“Again there are coming into the
United States at the present time a
larger number of foreign immigrants
than ever before in our country’s
history. Among those are great mass¬
es who are wholly undesirable and
whom it will be impossible to as¬
similate with our Institutions. There
is apparently a desire or tendency to
bring many of these undesirable im¬
migrants into the south.
“The south will welcome desirable
Immigrants from any and all lands,
but it has already racial problems of
such gravity that no others should be
Invited until proper safeguards are
provided In advance of their coming.
“For the foregoing reasons, there¬
fore, the undersigned, having only
the Interests and welfare of the south
nt heart, hereby is*ue this, our call
for a southern conference on Immi¬
gration and quarantine to be held*
Chattanooga, Tenn., November 9
10, 1.905, and we designate the per¬
sons as those expected to
and participate in this conference:
“Governors of the southern states;
members of congress; commissioners
of agriculture; mayors of cities, one
representative from national, state or
city boards of health; one represen¬
tative from each railroad system, pre¬
ferably the general immigration agent;
the editor, publisher or proprietor
newspapers and not more than
representatives from each commercial
organization in the south.
“All parties thus designated may
consider themselves fully authorized
under this call to aid in furthering
its object and are requested to co¬
operate with us in making the same
what it should be in the south.
“John I. Cox, Governor of Tennes
see; N. C. Blanchard, Governor of
Louisiana; Edwin Warfield, Governor
of Maryland; William D. T aw son.
Governor of West Virginia; A. X
Montague, Governor of Virginia; N.
IT. Broward, Governor of Florida; Ja&
K~ Vardanian, Governor of Missis¬
sippi; William W. Folk, Governor of
Missouri; J. C. W. Beckham, Gover¬
nor of Kentucky; D. C. Heyward, Gov¬
ernor of South Carolina; S. W. T.
Lanham, Governor of Texas; Joseph
M. Terrell, Governor of Georgia.”
“10ST" MGR0 IS FOUND DUO.
Cftfcken Roost Thiel Chased sod Kilted by •
Posse of Boys.
A negro was found where he had
been killed near Dalevllle, Ala., a
few days ago.
The dead man was identified as
one who had entered a chicken roost,
and was pursued by a posse of boys.
When they returned home they re¬
ported having lost him near the placo
where the body was found.
It is alleged that two of these boys
have fled tho country.
NEW ORLEANS HAS A HOtlDAY.
Diamond Fetival Held bv Citizene to Aid
Yellow Fever Fund.
The yellow fever situation at New
Orleans Saturday showed little
change. The people of the city took
a holiday and joined hands in mak
lng a brilliant success of the Diamond
festival, arranged to help swell the
fund for fighting yellow fever.
) park, A multitude where the gathered festival at Athletia held.
1 | was
The program was formally opened
j with :. telegram to Mayor Behrman
j from Pres hie nt Roosevelt, which was
: recc w.; with universal enthusiasm.
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GEORGIA NEWS i
xmnutM i e -a ■ m m -m
Epitomized Items of Interest
Gathered at Random.
Premiums for School Exhibits.
State Superintendent of Schools
Merritt has sent out a letter to
County School Commissioner naming
the premium lists which are offered
by the state fair at Atlanta and the
Macon fair for the best exhibits of
school work.
Simmons Will Filed.
The will of the late Chief Justice
T. J. Simmons has been filed for pro¬
bate in Atlanta. It is understood that
the estate left by the distinguished
jurist amounts to about $18,000, which
under the terms of the will, Is to be
equally divided among Lus widow and
three children.
* * *
Orders Issued bo Railroads.
Railroad 2 nd steamboat companies
operating In Georgia have teen no¬
tified by the state board of health
that tickets cannot be sold to points
in the state from territory infected by
yellow fever except to passengers
holding properly issued health certifi :
cates.
• • •
Johnson Appeals to Growers.
M. L. Johnson, president of the
Georgia division of the Southern Cot¬
ton Association has issued a strong
statement, urging the cotton grow¬
ers of Georgia to hold their cotton
for the minimum price fixed by the
association. He also appeals to un¬
organized counties to join the move¬
ment and not let it be said of them
that they have reaped the benefits
without doing their part of tne work.
* * *
Colonel Smith Enters Race.
About 1,200 people crowded into
the court house at Elberton to hear
Colonel James M. Smith of Ogle¬
thorpe, open his campaign for gov¬
ernor.
Mr. Smith spoke for about one and
a half hours, roundly scoring the pro¬
fessional (politician, demagogue and
chronic office seeker, whom, he said,
never did any good. In his life he
had tried to follow the golden rule,
and now that he was a candidate
he expected his neighbor to do the
same.
* * *
Trial Raises Rate.
The county commissioners of
Lowndes have fixed the tax rate of
the county at $5.10 on the $1,000,
against $9.70 last year. It was expect¬
ed that the rate would be reduced
to $4.10, which is the lowest in 25
years, but the cost of the Rawlings
trial made it necessary to raise aa
extra $5,000.
The cost of that case up to the
present is just about those figures.
The stenographer’s fees alone amoun¬
ted to $990. the record being one of
the longest ever taken in a criminal
case in the state. It consisted ol
over one thousand pages or about
400,000 words.
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Rucker FU.r.ains Until January.
Lieutenant L. S. D.' Rucker, six
teenth infantry, U. S. A., who has
been detailed to the office of the ad
jutant general, Georgia state troops,
will be connected with that office
until January 1, 1906, his period ol
assignment having been extended fot
three months from October 1.
The assignment of Lieutenant Ruck¬
er was to have expired in October,
but, owing to the maaiy important mat¬
ters in which he is interested, and
the splendid work he has done on be
half of the state troops, the state ad
jut&wt general has requested that Lieu
teoawA Rucker remain until January.
« * *
Contract Let to Build Line.
T8m Central of Georgia railway ha*
announced the letting of the con¬
tract for building the extension from
Greenville to Newnan, Go., to Olive:
& Co., of Knoxville, Tenn.
Work on the extension will begin
as soon as R Is possible to get the
equipment on the ground. This will
no; require more than a week and
the limit for the. completion of the
contract Is nine months. The extern
sion will be about twenty miles long.
A narrow gauge road from Green
ville to Columbus wiU be widened,
but the work will not be done by
contract
* * *
Preachsd Funeral Anyhow.
The execution of J. G. Rawlings
and his sons Milton and Jesse and
the negro Alf Moore, all of whom
wore implicated in the murder of the
Carter children, was sot for last Tri¬
day at Valdosta, but a stay of sen¬
tence was ordered so that the case
could lie carried to the supreme court.
A preacher came over from Col
quftt county and announced et the
Jail that he came to preach the fun
eral of the executed men, but found
after reaching the city that the exe¬
cution would not occur. After a sec
ond thought he decided to preacfi it
anyhow, and took a position one one
of the corners and spo >2 for about an
hour about sin and Its results.
* * *
Planning to Entertain President.
Plans for the entertainment of
President Roosevelt, who will be a
guest of the city of Atlanta October
20, while the state fair is on, are
being made by the state board of di
rectors of the state fair association,
While the complete details of the !*?
ception of the president have not been
perfected committees nave been ap¬
pointed to arrange for Mr. Roosevelt’s
visit and an elaborate program will
be arranged for the entertainment of
the chief executive of the land.
President Roosevelt will reach At¬
lanta at 11 o’clock Friday morning,
October 20, and will be the guest of
the city for eight hours. He will speak
at the fair from a stand platform
erected near the grand stand and
benches will he placed across the
race track to which the guests will
be admitted by card. The present pro¬
gram calls for a grand review of
troops by the president and a recep¬
tion at the Piedmont Driving Club.
* * *
Death Claims Captain Wiicoxon,
Captain Cleveland Wiicoxon died
Saturday afternoon at his home in
Atlanta. He had been 111 for many
months, suffering from injuries sus¬
tained while serving in the Philip¬
pines, complicated by malarial fever.
Captain Wiicoxon. was hurt as the
result of his horse falling into a pit.
He never recovered his strength, but
slowly grew weaker, and a few
months ago was retired as a first
lieutenant in the regular army.
Few men in the military service
from this state were more warmly
liked or more highly respected than
he. He was made major of the fifth
Georgia regiment, which office he held
until 1898, at tho outbreak of the
Spa n Ish - Ame r,i c an war. Captain
Wiicoxon enlisted and "was a captain
of company A, Second eGorgia Regi¬
ment. At the close of the war he en¬
tered the twenty-ninth United States
infantry as a firat lieutenant and was
adjutant general of the regiment. He
went to the Philippines and served un¬
til disabled by injuries sustained in
the service.
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City and State Clash.
Attempts on the part of Atlanta
city ofllcails to cut in twain the pa¬
latial through train from New Or¬
leans to New York just before it
steamed out of the terminal station
at noon Saturday were the exciting
outgrowth of the -controversy between
the city and state boards of health.
The incident was further enlivened
by the defiance of state health
officials, who stood cooly behind the
locked doors of a Pullman sleeper*,
the humorous sallies of the impris¬
oned passengers; the hurrying to and
fro of railroad officials; the arrest
of two Pullman conductors and the
evident frame of mind of the city
officials who were headed by Mayor
Woodward.
The culmination of the affair was
a letter from the executive head
of the city to President Wickersham
of the Atlanta and West Point rail¬
road, in which It was emphatically
stated that hereafter no locked pas¬
senger cars, whether Pullman or day
coaches, would be permitted within
the corporate limits* of the city of
Atlanta.
By an order Issued later signed by
John T. Pendleton, Mayor Woodward
and each member of the Atlanta
board of health are enjoined from
further interference with tho state
quarantine officers, in. any manner
whatever, until the further order of
the court
rawlings cases to higher court.
Executions Stayed Pending Result of Ap¬
peal to Georgia Supreme Court.
J. G. Rawlings, his sons Miltoi
and Jesso and the negro accomplice
in the murder of tho Carter children i
Alf Moore, were not hanged at Val j
dosta Friday, the day originally sei I
for the execution.
While Judge Mitchell overruled the :
motion for a new trial in the cases j
of Rawlings and his sons, their at j
torney. lion. John F. Cooper, appeal !
e<3 the eases to the supreme court.
A stay of execution lias, therefore,
boon granted.
It is LeUered that owing to the inv
portance of the cases the supreme
court will give them precedence over
some other matters at the session
which meets in October.
The cares cf Alf Moore and Frank
Turner, tho other negroes sentenced
to the penitentiary for life, will take
the same coarse ns the Rawlings
cases.
j LOGICAL DEDUCTION.
J than “So I you did think six months I play ago, the fool eh?” more salt*
j the husband. “How do you figure
It out?"
j “I think it must be due to the tact
that the days are longer now,” an¬
swered the better half ot the combine.
—Columbus Dispatch.
| ALL ON HIM.
; “Look here!"” remarked the thrifty
man to his extravagant wife, “you’re
carrying too much sail, my lady.”
' “I don’t know why you should
j bother about that,” she retorted.
j "No?” said he. “I think I should,
| since I have to raise the wind.”—«
Catholic Standard and Times.
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.
How a Chloa»o Woman Found Help
When Hope Was Fait Fading Away.
Mrs. E. T. Gould. 014 W. Lake St,
Chicago, 111., says: “Doan’s Kidney
Tills are all that saved me from death
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were too copious and frequent, and
very bad in appearance. It was in
1&03 that Doan’s Kidney Pills helped
me so quickly and cured tne of these
troubles, aud I've beeu well ever
since.”
Foster-Mliburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale oy all druggists. Price, 50
cents per box.
How to Kr.ow Bug3.
At the seventeenth annual meeting
of the Association ot Economic En¬
tomologists, held recently In Phila¬
delphia, the society recommended the
general adoption of a uniform nomen¬
clature for certain Insects, these
names being tbe ones internationally
current among scientists. These in¬
sects, among scientists. There inr
forth be known as follows:
American cockroach, Periplameta
americana L; bedbug, Klinophilos
lectularia L; boM-weevll, Anthrono
mus grandla Boh; carpet moth, Trl
cophaga tapetzella L; gypsy-moth,
Forthetria dispar L; house-fly, Mus
ca domestica L; San Jose scale. As
pidiotus pernickrsus Comst; silk¬
worm, Bombyx mori L; tomato-worm,
Phlegethontius sexta Joh.
With these names in mind, it is
claimed that any bug on the scien¬
tists’ lists may be readily recognized
-Harper’s Weekly.
Judge Forsaith’n Little Joke.
A pickpocket was before Judge For
EaitB in the municipal court the other
with larceny from the
person. The judge loaned over to the
officer in charge of the ease and said:
“I guess I’ll fine him $25.”
“But he has only $15, your honor,”
replied the officer.
“Well then, turn him loose in the
crowd and he’ll soon get tbe $10,”
paid the judge In such a matter-of-fact
way that at first the officer was taken
In.—Boston Herald.
honest physician.
Works With Himself First,
It is a mistake to assume that phy¬
sicians are always skeptical as to the
curative properties of anything else
than drugs.
Indeed, the best doctors tire those
who seek to heal with as little use of
drugs as possible, and by the use of
correct food and drink. A physician
writes from Calif, to. tell how he mad©
a well man of himself with nature’s
remedy:
“Before I came from Europe, where
I was bora,” he says, “it was my cus¬
tom to take coffee with milk (cafe au
lait) with my morning meal, a small
cup (cafe noir) after my dinner and
two or three additional smai! cups at
my club during the evening.
"In time nervous symptoms devel¬
oped, with pains in the cardiac region,
and accompanied Ly great depression
of spirits, despondency—in brief, ‘the
blues” I at first tried medicines, but
got no relief, and at Inst realized that
all my troubles were caused by coffee.
I thereupon quit its use forthwith, sub¬
stituting English Breakfast Tea.
“The tea seemed to help me at first,
but in time the old distressing symp¬
toms returned, and 1 quit it also, and
tried to use milk for my table bever¬
age. This I was compelled, however,
to abandon Speedily, for wlihe It re¬
lieved the nervousness somewhat ft
brought on constipation. Then by a
happy inspiration I was led to try tho
Pastam Food Coffee. This was some
months ago. and I still use it. t am no
longer nervous, nor do i suffer from
the pains about tbe heart, while my
‘blues’ have left me and life is bright
to me once more. I know that leaving
off coffee and using I 1 ostum healed me,
and I make it a rule to ndvise my pa¬
tients to use Ft.” Name given by Fos
tum Cm, Battle Creek, Mich.
There’s a reason. “
of Bright’s dis¬
1 am sure.
I bad eye trouble,
backache, catches
when lying abed
or when bending
was languid
and often dizzy
and bad sick
headaches and
be a ring-do w n
pains. The kid
n e y secretions