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SUBSCRIPTION : $8.00 PER YEAR . CHARLOTTE, N.' 0., MONDAY; MORNING, SEPTEMBER 18, .1905. PRICE FIVE CENTS . YOUNG H.U KILLS HIMSELF ROBERT A STERHETT A SUICIDE. "A Popular Yonng Salesman Becomes . Despondent, Drinks and Then Takes - laudanum me ' Megnumig ox uio ' fi End Here, but Death Followed In ' 1 - Spartanburg- A Sad Story of a Des 2T..U,, Man mil h V.ttnrtm nf rWMl i.ff '.V SXA bi U.M Iflm ,.v..;v.; .-, j 3, K Spartanburg. 8.- C Sept. 17. R. A. v v fiterrett. a,- traveling salesman,' died In him room at the Spartan Inn about 3 '.. o'clock thl morning- as the result of - a aelf-admlnlstered dose of laudanum taken with suicidal intent The Douy ,',.-iu removed to the undertaking ; par lots ot 3. .V. Floyd A Co., thence to the borne of IS. H. Sterrett, a brother ' ' of the deceased, on North Dean street, .':;' ; where It remained until the afternoon, .y 'When the remains were taken to the i, liojne of the 'deceased at. Charlotte. - ;Ha was well known In Spartanburg, ? 'where he frequently visited la the in in terest of his house and his genial na w ture and good fellowship won, numbers i ' of friends who are grlevlously shocked and saddened by his untimely end. There has not, up to the present time, : developed any cause for his act.- Mr. 'Sterrett arrived in the city on train . ' Jo.- 35 from the North and went to '. the hotel named above and registered., '. There was nothing unusual In his man ner until he, accompanied by a bell boy, reached the room that had been assigned by the night clerk. "When " Inside the apartment he turned to the "boy and instructed him to bring paper, pen and Ink, stating that it was his !f 1 intention to kill himself. The bellboy, iiorroiea oy xivs wurun, iuhku uvw the stairway and gave the alarm. The clerk and others went at once to Mr. - Sterrett's room - to prevent him f carrying out his threat, but they ar rived too late. The fatal poison, an ounce of laudnaum, had been ' taken and the young man quickly passed In to unconsciousness. A physician was , called and every method known to ' medical science resorted to in an effort to resuscitate him. Once It was thought that he was partially aroused, but quickly the spark of life died out and Mr. Sterrett's intention had been car ried out ' The traveling men at the notel at -- which the tragedy occurred subscribed handsomely for a beautiful floral tribute. Mr. Robert Arthur Sterrett was the youngest son of Mrs. Elisabeth Ster rett, of Dllworth. His father was Wil liam A. Sterrett. He was 28 years 'of age and was born In Lynchburg, Va., where he lived many years. His mother, brother and sisters moved to Charlotte about five years ago and have made their home here ever since- For six years-he traveled Georgia and South Carolina for Daniel Miller & Co., a big wholesale notion house of Baltimore. , Mr. , Sterrett is survived , by his mother, two brothers and two sisters, namely: Mrs. Elizabeth Sterrett, Miss Ida and Miss Bessie H. Sterrett, and Mr. Howard B. Sterrett, of Charlotte, ana nr. nuwara a, ororem v tanburg. The remains arrived here at"7 o'clock yesterday evening, accompanied by his brother, Mr. E. H. Sterrett. The fun eral Will take place at the residence In Dllworth at U o'clock this morning. Dr. J. R. Howerton and Rev. J. A. Dorrltee will conduct the services. The death of Arthur Sterrett is very bad. He was a bright young man with a peculiar disposition. He was ln cllned to be very despondent at times. ' One of these spells of acute melan cholia took possession of him Saturday - - . . . . . I. him '- xiigm mia uuuxiucu unu w death. On leaving home In - the afternoon he kissed his mother good-bye and declared that she would never see him again. He came up town, played several games of pool and drank some. He went into the Gem Hestaurant, ate a lunch, went out and drank more. While in the Gem he to kill himself. At 9:30 he called his brother, Howard, over the telephone, ' and asked him to meet him at the train and tell him good-bye. Howard went, ' ' tlon, tried to take mm home, even go ' ins; to the extent of threatening to have a policeman. But the younger tnan said: "I won't go home. I am , going to Salisbury." . He boarded No. 34, bound for the ' north, and Howard followed, but in stead of leaving he passed through the car and stepped off on the oppo- aite side. Believing that he had gone ' Into the second-class car Howard re , malned oh the train and hunted for him. But falling to And him, he got off at the junction and walked back to the station, from where he. tele graphed to Concord and Salisbury and asked the police officers to look after Arthur should he arrive at either place. Later he learned that" Arthur had boarded No. 36 and gone South. He "called up the Spartan Inn, at Spar tanburg, and learned that Arthur had , arrived there, taken -a room.: ordered : ; ice water and swallowed poison. f The story of his death is told above. - lotto concern and carried it with htm. The story of the last night of this young ifnah and the effftrts of The fond ones who tried to save him from him "eelf Is Interesting but heart-breaking. He was a man of force and had a fine position;, - Those who knew him lntl- -. a ui. TT . T r TT1 W I I IT IIIVfl9tA 11 1 1 II. UB RUB Cai JUUU1I ; nnd a Pythian and will be burled with the honors of the orders. The sym- pathy of the community is with the grief -stricken family. ' . jynnAjr cobner-stonk iatxng !i ice President Fairbanks, Gov Hanly a.M.1 lfivm Tfnltvmfllfl fitwwilr t VSrAn ' ,,ln Indianapolis. . - , . ' ' Indianapolis, Sept. ' 17. In a parade " which preceded the laying of the corner stone of the Knights of Pythias': new building this afternoon rode the grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias i tor Indiana. George W. Powell, Mayor Holtaman, Governor Hanly and Vice lv rresident Charles W. 'Fairbanks, In automobile. ' -, ' After the laying of the corner stone, kddresses were made by Grand Chan cellor Powell,. Mayor Holtsman; Gov ernor. Hanly and Vice President Fair - banks. n'iss ii4i:f;$i-j&i, ' Mr. Fairbanks said be was glad to be present to participate. In this historic , event of the local order of the Knights of Pythias In the laying of the corner ' stone of their new building that the I order was organized at a - fortunate period, corning as it did at the close of great conflict two score years ago. ' ,-: ) " '"'in' In i, ,. ity ,-;'-). ; ' nnssian Ixmm In Ships $118,000,000. - St, Petersburg. Sept; 18. -The Rus " slan loweS ' In ship YtPort-Arthur. fVladlvostock and the Sea of Japan, ac- v cording to otociai statistics, published this moralnfi amoujal to 1113,0,000,, . A TAIT LEAVES JAPAN FOR HOME. Secretary of War Thinks' American , ltcpora of Ann-Peace .Demonstra tions Kzaggerated Chinese Boycott Bound to Fait Miss Roosevelt to Ketorn Datcr. Tokohama. , Sept. 17. Secretary of War Taft and party sailed at 8 o'clock this afternoon for San ' Francisco on the 'steamer Korea, amid Japanese en thuslasm. A reception was given to Secretary Taft this afternoon at the American consulate by Tokohama mer chants. Before sailing, Secretary Taft said he thought . that reports of the Japanese, anti-peace demonstrations had been greatly exaggerated in Amer- lca.t He and his party had traveled, all through Japan and had found no trace of any an tl -foreign feeling. ' :; While prominent American persons pod been involved in a Tokio mob, he thought it was because the American ' party was caught in the mob, ' and not because they were Americans. Other churches besides American churches had been burned. There was a special reason In each case,' but no general anti-foreign feeling was responsible. , .- ' Secretary Taft said that he had ex amined the Chinese boycott closely The Chinese, he said, ! wanted Ameri can goods, and having already lost 115,000,000 by the -boycott, were finding out that they were cutting off their noses to spite their faces. Miss Alice Roosevelt will return home on the steamer Siberia. The local situation continues quiet. CZAR SETS OUT ON A CRUISE. With the Czarina and the Children ana several umciais, He Will " do in Finnish Waters for a Week. St. Petersburg, Sept. 17. Emperor Nicholas, with the Empress and their children, and Grand Duke Alexis, started to-day on a cruise in Finnish waters. They are expected to return toward the end of the week. Included In the Emperor's suite, are General Baron .Fredericks, aide de camp to his majesty, and Admiral Blrile, Minister of Marines, who declared that the cruise Is to be simply a pleasure trip. The Emperors absence from St. Petersburg will probably delay the signing of the peace treaty. Count Lamsdorff, the Foreign Min ister, also accompanied the Emperor. The first place of call will be Trong- sund, near Vlborc. EMBEZZLEMENT IN JAP NAVY. Announcement Is Made That Three Paymasters Have Made Way With $165,000 of Government's Funds. . Toklo, Sept. 17, 8 p. m. Information has been made public that three naval paymasters have embezzled $165,000 of government funds. The announcement has been calmly received by the public, but the knowl edge that the commission of the crime extended over the period of a year without discovery may, It is said, cause a feeling of distrust and uneasiness to- wards the naval administration and furnish a weapon to the political par ties .that sepoBj.. Minister, Yoshlkawa's Resignation . ' Gives Pleasure Toklo, Sept. 17.f 4:40 p. m The resig nation of Minister YoshlkaWa has been received with satisfaction by the Intel ligent class. The JIJ1 deems his action proper as the Minister of a constitu tional government. The thoroughfares and government buildings remain under military guard, but there Is no sign of disorder any where. Baron Komnra's Condition Satisfactory New York, Sept. 17. The following bulletin was issued to-night on the condition of Baron Komura, the Japa nese envoy, who has been ill in this city for some time: "The condition of Baron Komura at 6 p. m.. In the opinion of both physi cians In attendance, was satisfactory in every respect Dr. Delaneld will see him only once to-morrow. SATO." China-Orders Navy Manchurlan Ports Opened. London, Sept. 17. The Shanghai cor respondent of The Morning Post says that an imperial decree has been ls sued ordering many of the ports in Manchuria to be .opened equally to all treaty powers. CUBAN OFFICIALS ARRESTED. Acting Civil Governor of Santa Clara Province and Mayor of Guanjay Charged . With Refusing to Turn Over Mayoralties. .Havana, Sept, 16. The arrest of Acting Civil Governor Albert!, of the province of Santa Clara, has been or dered by the Supreme Court He Is charged with ordering the mayor of the town of Neuvltas to disobey a presi dential decree In refusing to allow the mayor, whom he had unseated in favor of a Liberal, to resume his functions. Ball has been fixed at $1400 and Senor Albert! has been given 73 hours in which to comply with n order to turn over the government to the president of the provincial council. Senor Diaz, whom the. Governor of Plftar - 41 Rio seated as -mayor - of Guanjay, as part of an alleged Liberal plot to unseat all mayors and the lead ing municipal officials In the provinces of Santa Clara, Camaguey and Pinar del Rio, not partisans of President Palma, has been arrested and Impris oned on a charge of refusing to com ply with a presidential order to turn over the mayoralty. . t - V S, 100-MILE SEABOARD LINE. b . . ) - Southern Pacific's Mexican Extension. When Completed, Will Link Port land, Ore,, and Guadalajara, Mex. Chlauhua, Mexico, ' Sept ' 17. News has been received, in this city from Guayamas, to the effect that good progress is being made on the sur veys of the Southern , Pacific's line between that place and Guadalajara, and that contracts are being let and actual construction work will be start ed In a short time. - . t .The line "from Guayamas 'will be about 1,500 kilometers - in length and wilt be one of . the most Important in MexlcO,?''ftW .'!,: When, the road Is completed, it wlK give the Southern .Pacific one of the longest seaboard lines in :. the' world, extending as it will ' from Portland, Oregon, to Guadalajara, a distance of about $.100 miles. , .. , , ,t Four Deaths on Barge From Unknown i Sickness. Montevideo, Sept 17. The Norwegian barge Saga,: Captain Haavlg, from Mobile, Ala., May 24, for Buenos Ayr, ; arrived ;ers ;to-dar with sickness on board. Four deaths occurred during voyage. i The nature of the sickness is i P9l .tajsd, VrQi-it-li"' HIT 30 TIMES IN fFLEEISG, CANADIAN BOAT RIDDLES TUG. American Fishing Steamer Has Excit ing Experience With Canadian Cruis er Vigilant While Trespassing in the waters of Lake Krle Beyond the Line and Escapes Being Sunk Only by Pursuer's Forebearance - Fireman : Fainted ': From Over-Exertion and Two Fishermen Were Cut by Flying , opumers, i Erie. ; Pa., Sept 17. The fourth of the fish tug incidents of the past week took place In mid-Lake Erie to-day, when the Canadian cruiser Vigilant riddled-, the big steam tug Harry G. Barnhurst with small shells from the rifle on the patrol boat Captain Nick Fassel, of the ; tug, admitted after he escaped that the Vigilant could have sent her to the bottom it Captain Dunn had , so desired, ' They ran more than eight miles un der full head before they crossed the boundary: line and escaped from the Canadians. More than thirty shots struck the vessel, and of these 16 of the small shells landed with telling ef fect on the upper parts, so that the boat careened to one side with the mass of wreckage when she came into port. Having been used formerly for a pleasure steamer, the Barnhurst Is of a large size and well fitted with steam equipment The fireman, Mag nus Johnson, fainted In the hold from over-exertion in keeping the steamer going ahead. He was reported killed, but revived after reaching shore. The fifhermen were cut in the face by splinters shot away by the bullets. - The Barnhurst, according to Captain Fassel, was about five miles over the line drawing nets when the Vigilant appeared. The other Brie tugs, the Alma, Valiant and the Boyd, were closer to the line and ran away when the chase started. Captain Dunn or dered the Barnhurst to stop, but In stead of doing so, Captain Fassel put on full steam and started for the line. He took a southwesterly direction and could not be headed off by the Vigi lant. It has become quite the custom for the Erie fishermen to cross the line re gardless of strict orders from the com panies employing them, and having ex citing brushes with the Vigilance. They never think of surrender when there is a chance to run away. The Barn hurst lost a large quantity of nets. LYNCHED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Negro Near Honea Path Kills Jim Moore, a White Man In a Fight and Is Followed Up by a Dozen White Men and Sltot to Death. Columbia, S. C, Sept. 17. A special from Honea Path, S. C, to The State saxs: ' About three miles below here In AbbeviHe county this afternoon Just before sunset Sam and Jim Moore, two white men, got into a difficulty with Allen Pendleton "and another negro. A nght followed In wnich Jim Moore was cut and killed by Pendleton. Pendleton escaped and was captured by a crowd about half a mile below here. He was carried back to the scene of the killing and shot by about a dozen men.. , - Messrs. C. E. Harper, John F. Mon roe and Magistrate Ashley arrived on the scene and tried to prevent the lynching. The negro was kept till 10:25 o'clock before: he was lynched. Most of the parties engaged in the lynching were recognlged by a con siderable number who were present and not engaged in the affair. The crowd has dispersed and though the negroes are greatly excited no fur ther trouble Is feared. CAVITE OUTLAW CHIEF KILLED. Troublesome Character Jumps Over a diir When Surrounded -Had Re cently Looted a Town. Manila, Sept. 17. Fellzardo, chief of the outlaws in the province of Cavlte, who for a long time have made trouble for the authorities, was surrounded to day near the Batangas border, and jumped over a cliff. He was killed by the fall. The death of Fellzardo, It Is believed,, will end the disturbances In the province ot Cavite. On January 24 three hundred la- drones, led by Fellzardo and Monta leon, attacked the town of San Fran cisco de Matabon, looted the municipal treasury office, killed Contract Surgeon J. A. O'Neill and abducted the wife and two children of Governor Trias, MINISTER DIES IN CHURCH. Aged Georgia Methodist Pastor Dies in the Act of Kneeling In Prayer in a ' Baptist Church, Having Been Too Unwell to Preach at His Own. Atlanta, Ga., Sept 17. A special to The Constitution from Monroe, Ga., says; While setting In a pew so close to me aitar inai ne couignave reacnea out and touched It, Rev.'Wm. F. Rob inson, pastor of the Methodist church here, died suddenly In the Baptist church during the morning service to day. Mr. Robinson had been ill for sever al weeks and had first attempted to preach af his own church, but feeling unequal to the task, had dismissed his congregation and gone to the Bap tlst church. The aged minister was in the act of kneeling In prayer when death struck him. - Considerable excitement was -caused by his sudden death. - Mr. Robinson1 was a well-known Methodist minister, . GREAT PARADE 1ST HAVANA.. 5,000 Supporters of Gomes', tat the Cuban Presidency March in Torch light Procession Disturbance, at Las ;. cesv''vf!',,,!'i;! Havana, Sept 17. There was a great demonstration '-of Liberals here to night, the principal feature of which was a torchlight procession headed by General Jose Miguel Gomes, the Liberal candidate.for the presidency. There were 6,000 persons In line and the num berr " of spectators, was estimated at 100,000. .-, '. , ' - The officials have been notified of a collision which took place between rural guards and police at Las Cruces. Ac cordln to the official advice the police attacked the guards. r by whom they were dispersed. Thet disturbance was due to a political feeling, the po lice supporting tns canawacy or Gen era! Gomes while the rural guards are partisans of the government i, , - Transported Yaquls Doing Weil ' Mexico City, Sept. 17. General Oon- sales, minister of war, reports that members of the Taqut tribe, who have been transported from their old homes In Sonor to the hot country, where they have been scattered among the farmers, .art. doipg ' w,u,jr SEEKS I)EATHWITH BAZOB DEED inr WILMINGTON HOTEL. J. O. Vaughn, a Well-Known Traveling , Salesman for A New York Spool Cot ton Company, Cuts His Own Throat Before a Mirror and Wanders Into the Hall in Crimsoned Night Clothes Talks Incoherently, and Motive for Act is Unknown Chance for His RecoveryFamily at Norcross, Ga. Special to The Observer. Wilmington, Sept 17. J. o. Vaughan, 45 years old, a traveling salesman for a spool Cotton' eompany in New York, attempted suicide at his hotel here this morning by cutting his throat with a razor. : He was found by one of the hotel attaches about 11. o'clock in a hallway, blood streaming from three ugly -wounds at his throat The act was evidently that of a madman, as half a dozen men were required to hold him on the bed until the hospital ambulance came. )' It he can be quieted his wounds will probably not be fatal. Vaughan has afamily at Norcross,! Ga., and was well known in the South. ;:!; Vaughan frequently came to Wil mington, ana registered here last on Friday. He completed his work among the dry goods stpreB here and intend ed to leave Saturday afternoon for Charleston, but at . the last moment decided to remain until 6 o'clock, leav-, ing a call with the Orton clerk for S o'clock. He failed to get up when awakened at that hour, and fifteen minutes before the train left. Clerk Tom Shepard went to the room per sonally and called him. He came to the door and . stiid: "Oh, l wish you would go away and let me alone." Tha was the last seen of him until one of the bell boys saw him wandering around the hall in his night clothes, In which he was attired, crimson with blood. He was carried by force "into the room. There, In front of the mlr ror, was a pool of blood, as If the act had been .committed deliberately. The razor was on the bed, where he had evidently lain down after stand ing before the mirror and committing the deed. Nothing among the effects, of the man Indicated a reason for the act. He talked Incoherently and said, first, that he had cut himself, and then again that some one else had cut him. At the hospital to-night he was more quiet, and hope is held out for his recovery. JMe is not a drinking man and had not been under the influence of liquor while In Wilmington. MURDER AND SUICIDE. Son of a Wealthy Indiana Family Shoots Former Financee Who Had Jilted Him and Kills Himself. Crown Point, Ind., Sept. 17. Harry Hohman, of Hammond, Ind., son of a wealthy family, angered because his financee of five years had married Charles Jeannette, of Steger, 111., to-day in the presence of many persons fired four bullets into his former sweet heart's heart and then killed himself. Miss Ida Taylor had been betrothed to Hohman for five years, but two weeks ago she was married to Jeannette. Vowing vengence, Hohman came to Crown Point Saturday and secured a room at the hotel where the Jeannettes stayed. This afternoon Mrs.. Jeannette went to the back yard, and Hohman follow ed her. As she turned to face him, Hohman drew a magazine revolver and fired four shots at the woman. As she fell' dead amidst the startled cries of the summer boarders, who rushed to see whence the shots came, Hohman fired two bullets Into his breast and fell dead beside the woman's body. MURDERED GIRL IDENTIFIED. Victim of Criminal Assault and Murder in Borough of the Bronx, New York City, Was a Respected Young Wo- .. man Living Near Where Body Was found. v- New York. Sept 17. The body of the young woman found' under what is known as the "haunted oak," just oft Peiham road, In the Bronx, Saturday, was identified to-day as that of Au gusta Pfelffer, 23 years old, whose home was In Peiham rdad, only a few hundred yards from the spot where ner Doay lay. She was the stepdaughter of William Pfelffer, who was also her uncle, her mother's first husband having been Pfelffer'". brother. Owing partly to a quarrel witn ner mother over a trivial matter, she left home three weeks ago, and had been Hying with a family named Breiner in the lower part of the Bronx. For several winters she had spent the cold months with this family, because they lived nearer the place where she worked in Manhattan. Two weeks ago Augusta returned to her home to get some clothing she had left. "'She took away part of it, and made an appointment to meet her brother, Paul, last Wednesday even ing In Peiham road, near the place where her body was found, to get the remainder of her belongings. Paul kept the appointment but his sister did not appear. The girl's family have lived in this country IS years. The Identification was made through Frances Brlener, the 12-year-old daugh ter of Mrs. Louis Lt Breiner, with whom Miss Pfelffer was living. Miss Pfelffer was well known and respected In the neighborhood in which she lived. 1 She left the Breiner house about S o'clock Wednesday evening to meet her brother, and carried a small, dress-suit case In which she Intended to put her clothing. This case was found near her body. The walk from the street car to her home is a lonely one and It was while on this that she was assaulted, according to the police theory. The autopsy to-day showed she had been dead about U hours when her body was discovered. This would place the time of death early Saturday morning, and following this theory the girl must have been unconscious for a consider able period, or if conscious, .she was too badly injured to move.', .. After questioning , members of the family and others, the police reached the conclusion that the crime was com mitted by some one of the rough ele ment In the vicinity. . Record Entry for Lexington, Kyv Race Lexington, Ky., Sept. 1TJ-The entry list whlch 'dosed to-day, received by the Kentucky Breeders'. Association for the big Lexington: meeting of October t to 14, Includes 174 horses for 10 purses.' These, aaaea to tnose. kept : in the stakes,: brings the total' entry up to $28 hows and breaks the record, for entries on American trotting tracks, established by the Lexington associa tion, la, 1S?S b ! 700 astasia., v ONLY 24 DEVELOP FEVER. CITY'S BEST DAY SINCE JULY. Unusually Light Report, Even for : Sunday, Leads to the Hope That Next Week Will be a Much Better One Than Last- Great Success In Wiping Out Nests of Infection After Focus Has Been Discovered Anoth er Medical Worker Contracts the Disease Continued Spread In the State. New Orleans, Sept. 17. Official report to 6 p. m.: New oases, 24; total to date, 2,571. Deaths, 2; total, 335. New foci, . Under treatment 223; cases discharg ed, 1,013. The Sunday reports are usualy lighter than the week-day reports, but It was not expected that the report would run as low as it did. This leads to the hope that the reports next week will be much lighter than they were last week. The heavy report last week Is attributed to the fact that, every 10 or 12 days there Is a marked Increase in the number of new cases, showing a recrudescence of fever from fever which was not origi nally known. This is fortunate In that it enables the authorities to trace these cases to the original focus in the local ity, and by thorough fumigation erad Icate the source of Infection. The suc cess In wiping out nests of Infection in certain localities, after the original fo cus In that locality has been dlscpv ered and properly treated, has been the source of a renewal of confidence in the ultimate outcome. Among the new cases is Dr. C. M Shanely, of . Baratarla, the physician Who Is lncharge of the district of up per Baratarla, In Jefferson parish. He reported the existence of the fever In that territory and was placed in charge by the State board of health. He mov ed to that territory from North Dakota a few years ago and owns a small plan tation there. His illness will Inter' fere with the work there and another physician will have to be sent to take charge of the work, because there are still quite a number of cases at Clarke Chenlere. He came to this city Sun day morning and was taken to the Emergency Hospital. He has only a light case. Two cases were reported from the .Charity Hospital, which came from Starder, La., which Is In Tangtpahoe parish, but across the lake from Or leans. Qnly four of the new cases to day are above Canal- street. Of the deaths, one was a negro woman up town and the other was In the Emer gency Hospital. Of the six new foci, three of them are up town. Passed Assistant Surgeon Corput re turned from Donaldsonville and Baton Rouge, and says that he traced the Baton Rouge case to infection from New Orleans. He found no other cases there. He has established a hos pital at Port Barrow, just across the bayou from Donaldsonville, and has hopes of eradicating the infection In that place. The list of new cases Sunday Is the lowest since July 31. Dr. Charles Chasaalgnac, the State board physician, who Is in charge at Tallulah, returned to the city Sunday forenoon to attend to some private business before taking up his residence In Tallulah to remain there until the eradication of the infection. He re ports having had quite an unpleasant experience In Jackson, Miss., when he tried to transfer from the Vlcksburg, Shreveport & Pacific train to the Illi nois Central. Two guards, with the chief of police looking on, forcibly put him, back on the train and compelled hlm to go on to Meridian. He had a permit from Dr. Hunter, the health of ficer of Mississippi, but the guard said that was no value to him. The State board Is In receipt of re quests from several localities In the State asking that experts be sent to diagnose suspicious cases of fever, and efforts are being made to comply with them all. Rome of these come from sections of the State which have here tofore been free of infection. The country reports were: Kenner, 7 new cases; one death. La Fourche. Crossing, two new cases. La Rose, one death. Tallulah, nine new cases. Baratarla, six new cases. Terre Bonne, parish, two days, 22 new cases. Patterson, 10 new cases, no deaths. Dr. Brady who made an inspection of the district between Thlbodeaux and Cheon Bayou La Fourche, reports that at tho latter place there have been 90 cases and 6 deaths, with 36 new j under treatment This point Is mid way between Leeville and Thlbodeaux. In summing up the proceeds of the festival, while official figures are not obtainable. It Is believed that the fev er fund will be enhanced about 212,000 by the result. PENSACOLA HAS A GOOD DAY. No New Cases and Only One Sus picious Case Discovered. Pensacola, Flo., Sept 17. The yellow fever situation here showed improve ment again to-ntght, no new cases be ing reported at the State board of health headquarters. Only one new suspicious case was discovered during the day, and that Is in the Infected district The physicians and the State health officer. Dr. Por ter, are confident of controlling the situation If no cases develop from mos quitoes which became Infected from W. T. King and Norwegian Vice Con sul Wolfberg, who walked the streets for several days before calling for a physician. MISSISSIPPI FEVER SUMMARY. Vlcksburg and Hamburg the Only In Inrected Points Reporting Cases, Jackson, Miss., Sept, 17. The Missis sippi yellov fever ( summary for the past 24 hours is as follows: Mississippi City, Gulfport Handsboro and Pearllngton, no new cases and no deaths. Vlcksburg, three new cases; total to date, 83. Hamburg, one new case; ."total to date,- seven,"-. No report from Natchez, An autopsy performed by Drs, Oult ras and Harelson at Rosettt on a pa tient who died there this morning, re sulted in a negative finding, both phy slclans declaring that It was not yellow fever. - n a. ' - : ATINTA WABg STATE'S MEN. Friction Between City andL Georgia . Board of Health comes to a Head ; Board Will Seek Injunction- To Atlanta, 6a., Sept" 17. As a result pf the friction eaused by tha State quarantine against yellow fever-Infected. fisMa and. mJtfla. doos'i policy. of this city, two State Inspectors. Frank Meador and Thomas Lynch, were arrested to-day by the city au thorities and will be tried In the re corder's court to-morrow. The charge against them is a violation of the rules and regulations of the city board of health. This alleged violation was the refusal of the State inspectors to unlock the doors of a Pullman car which came in from New Orleans Sat urday, when ordered to do so by city authorities. The hearing of the temporary In junction secured by , the State board ot health against interference with the State quarantine by city author ities will take place to-morrow before Judge Pendleton. Natchez Has Only One New Case. Natchez, Miss.. Sept. 17. Only one new case of yellow fever was reported to-day, the patient being Edward Evans, who was reported Blck with yellow fever yesterday. There are nine cases under treatment. Dr. Lavtnder was again called to Kemps Lee, La., and left this morning, accompanied by Drs. Atktnan and Ses sions. One case was reported there yesterday. Three New Vlcksburg Cases, All Ne groes. Vlcksburg, Miss., Sept. 17. Three new cases of yellow fever developed here to-day. A11 are negroes. One of them Is a mail clerk, making the sec ond case to come out of the postoffice. The town, was thorogghly fumigated to-day, nearly two carloads of sulphur having been burned. "I AM GOVERNOR." South Carolina's Chief Executive Re plies to Charges Made by Senator Tillman In Ills Marion Speech Will Adhere to Ills Own Convictions as to the Discharge of IIU Duties. Observer Bureau, 2109 Main Street, Columbia, S. C, Sept. it. Governor Heyward was asked to night what ho had to say about Sen ator Tillman's speech at Marlon. Al though on his way to Virginia for his family, he did not like to leave the State without responding to the re quest for his views. He replied that he had read the report of the meeting and added: "I have nothing to say In reference to his remarks concerning me, except I will do my duty S I see It." Continuing, the Governor said: "The Legislature appointed a committee to Investigate the affairs of the dispen sary and this committee has been probing for facts, though the work is, as yet. unfinished. It is not my pur pose to be so unfair as to remove the men elected to these positions in the dispensary by the Legislature, when such action on my part would be based on rumors as to their offi cial misconduct and dishonesty. But I do not hesitate to say, as I have said already, that If proof Js produced, which will justify me under the law, in taking action, I will act, and act promptly. "In reference to the Senator's charges as to mismanagement as to the conduct of the dispensary. I have only to say that the charges he enum erates have been specifically entrusted by the general assembly, to the com mittee for full investigation. "I am Governor of the State and I propose to discharge the duties of my office in such manner and at such time as I think right and proper. am not unmindful of the Importance of this situation, but I certainly pro pose to adhere to my own convic tions as to the proper discharge of my duty. JEROME MAY PROSECUTE. District Attorney Will Not Conjecture Whether Campaign Contribution Constituted a Crime Until He Sees tho Record. Lakevllle, Conn, Sept. 17. District Attorney Jerome, who will return to New York to-morrow, signified his in tention to-n lent of attending the Wednesday session of the Armstrong insurance committee, at which George W. Perkins will resume his testimony. On the subject of the recent testimony by Mr. Perkins before the Armstrong committee, he said: 'I dm not going to conjecture whether a crime has been committed or not In the matter of a campaign contribution by an Insurance company. I have not seen the official record. Civil suits for restitution may, of course, be brought by the Attorney General or Interested parties, but a criminal prosecution would largely depend upon the question of the In tent with which the act was commit ted." "Will you take any steps In the di rection of criminal prosecution?" Mr. Jerome was asked. "I shall have the testimony, ot course," he replied, "and If that shows that any crime has been committed I shall certainly prosecute. That goes without saying." NORWEGIAN CAPITAL QUIET. Some Fear, However, That Peace With Sweden May Have Been Bought Too Dearly Details of Compromise Not Yet Known. Chrlstlanla, Sept 17. Peace between Sweden and Norway being assured, a quiet feeling prevails here. News from Karlstad, however. Is still awaited with the keenest interest and there Js anx iety to learn the details of the com promise. The press is unanimous In hoping for a speedy settlement of the questions. There are some misgivings entertained that peace may have been bought too early, but ol the newspa pers express roller tnat peace Has been secured, provided It Is on an enduring oasis. - 1 The Aftenposten says there are still some difficulties to be overcome, but that they cannot according to human calculations, lead to a rupture. The candidature of a Prince of the house ,of Bernadotte for the Nor wegian throne is now considered to be sef aside. NO VERDICT IN POTTER TRIAL. Jury In Case ot Former Georgia Rank .Cashier Said . to Stand Seven lor Acquittal. , Sandersvltle, Ga., Sept -17. No ver diet has yet been reached in the case of Maro 8. Potter, the former cashier of the Bank of Davsboro, . who Is Charged with the embezzlement of 127, 000.' The cast was given to, the Jury on Friday. , -. . . -'. , " There is a report that the Jury stands seven for 'acquittal and five for con viction. The Judge It la said, will call In the, ' Jury to-morrow,' when. If no agreement shall have then been reach 4, faa Kill decjare a alajrlaL; & Y0BK LIFE PISE OF MANY PARKER RECALLS HIS CHARGES. 1 ' - 1 i 'f ;,:"'',v Recent Democratic Presidential Candi date Notes Confirmation of His Cant palgn Statement That Corporation Fumls Were Being Used by the Ke. pnbllcansSays Corporation Offlcei a Have Been Rewarded by Permtesloit to Violate the Laws and Levy Tribute Upon the Public Money Used lit Corrupting the Electorate WouM Make Such Contributions a Criminal Offense. Esopus, N. y.. Sept 17. Former Chief Judge Alton B. Parker, last year the Democratic candidate - for Presi-. dent of the United States, to-day re ferred to the charges made by him 'la the presidential campaign last ' fall, that corporation funds were being us ed in aid of the Republican campaign. To a correspondent who re called r at Rosemount, Judge Parker's home, and asked him if he had anything to say -in relation to the statement mode by Vice President George W. Perkins, of the New York Life Insurance Com pany, before the legislative committee ' Investigating the insurance business, to tho effect that President John . A. McCall, of that company, had caused a contribution of about 250,000 to ba made last year to the Republican na- ' tional campaign fund, Jujjge Parker said: , ,t ,v,', "Yes, I believe I ought to say, now; that there is no political excitement to distract , the public attention,- that -the president of the New York - He ' was not the only such contributor. The officers of other great life lnsur. ance companies, such as the EquItablO ' and tho Mutual, also contributed Uroni " ' the policy-holders' funds for campaign purposes last year. The underlying principles which divide the "great mass ' of the people into parties have no ef fect, upon such men. Their one inquiry " Is, 'Will the party organization in its hour of triumph remember our gener oslty and respond to our demands?' Of : course the organization does remetn ber, for it expects a similar" contrlbu tlon next time. And the expectation is not In vain. Last year was not the first time. Such contributions had been, made before In national. State . and ' municipal elections. . , t- PARTNERSHIP WITH MACHINE.' "The officers responsible for these- raids upon the treasuries of corpora-, tions nave received their reward In , unfettered management of different ' Insurance corporations; . in unembar -. assed raids upon the public through) ' trusts condemned by both common, and statute laws; in refusal to punish" -criminally the officers of railroad and ' other corporations violating the laws; -and in statutory permission to man- ' ufacture corporations and to ; levy v tribute on the people. ' ' , ' "There can be no hope of checking ; the unlawful aggressions of officers ot great corporations so long as they may thus form a quasi partnership with the organization of the dominant political party. For In the hour when', the administrative official seeks , to punish the offender he Is rm1nrtpt fry' ' the head of the organization of the magnitude of the contributions of the corporation. , ' , , "There Is, however, something worse, if possible, than the escape of such offenders from justice. It is the grad ual demoralization of voters and the,' dulling of public conscience caused by the efforts to make these vast sums, of -money procure the ballots they, were 'intended to procure, corruptly and otherwise. " ,;, i. NOT THE ONLY SUCH CASE, v , "What has been proved In the case of the New York Life will undoubt- ;, edly be proved in the other cases;1 The facts exist, and honest and able coun- : sol backed by an honest committee will ' . undoubtedly bring them out for - the: public good. : "Wero there an Investigation of rail ; road, manufacturing and other corpo rations, it will be found that these ; life insurance officers were not. the only corporation officers who put their ' hands into the treasury and took out moneys belonging to widows and or phans to help secure a partisan trt. umph. "That their acts were unlawful and their purposes corrupt, goes without . saying. They intended to have tha money used, as it was, in corrupting the elecorate. Mr. Perkins makes the point that Mr. John A. McCall, ' tho president ot the New York Life la a Democrat Apparently, he would have the public assume that when Mr, Mc Call unlawfully and wrongfully con tributed these funds the company's share probably as a member' of tho underwriting syndicate It was evl denco of political virtue, rather than misconduct ' THE M'CALL TYPE OF MAN. "The truth about It is, and X say It without feeling, but emphatically, that men like McCall have no political con victions that stand In the way of their personal advantage. Such men desire the triumph of that partywhlcn-wm better serve their personal financial Interests and will for contributions, past, present and future continue to protect those Interests by lenient leg islation and by pretense at execution of law which shall be tenderly to all their offenses. That party i they, espouse in the board room, and con tribute to It of the moneys they hoi I in trust, and, occasionally, a lit Ue o I their own. j "It Is not my purpose to claim that the Democ ratio party, subjected to the temptations which have overcome tho other party during the last, few. years. would have acted ; differently. J Mere party advantage should not be sought from the disclosures made in this Investigation. t But; the fact Should be diligently sought that the people may become so aroused that they .will Insist upon legislation making it a criminal offense for officers to. contribute cor porate funds for political purposes and depriving the apparently successful candidates of their Offices. : - ' , . , "Efforts in that direction have been making in different' States since No vember last, and particularly in thl mate. But the. Republican organlzi tlon would not consent, it, so tNj Legislature defeated the bills. And t organization never will consent until an aroused public sentiment s'l threaten legislators with politfl vlort who fail to enact effect upon the subject" American Explorer Has Sucr i : lv - Slexteo. Guadalajara, Mexlc.o, St it. v A ;" spending several -weeks n Cora and Huichol In ' t northern part of the Ten : Dr.'Peter, H "Goldsmith, Mass.; has returned fci r , v to the United States. t he' secured hundreds f T and shipped them to t: These articles ; w i : : s among the Peabo.U- " leni. Harvard Ur iv i
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