LATE FEVER REPORT
PUBLIC PRINTER OUT
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TEXTILE IB Of INTEREST
CAR'SMTAL
PLUNGE
Last Act In The War
Curtain Goes Down
HISTORICAL PAPER'S CONTENTS
XIr. Witte Signed First and When All
Had Done So Baron Rosen and Ba
ron Komura Exchanged Compli
ments For "the Two Misssions
Bussian Mission Attends Thanks
giving Service at Christ Episcopal
Church Rulers to Sign Copies
v "Within 50 Days.
X -
Portsmouth, H., Special, The
treaty of Portsmouth was signed short
ly before 4" o'clock Tuesday afternoon
in the -conierence room or the navy
general store at the navy yard. The
firing of a national salute of 19 guns
jras the signal which told the people
Of Portsmouth, Kittery and Newcastle
that the peace of Portsmouth was an
accomplished fact, and the church hells
in the three towns were scon pealing
iu at juj i.ui m. uiui
" For 47 minutes those outside the
conference room anxiously awaited the
signal,. Suddenly an orderly dashed
to the entrance of the peace building,
and waved his hand to the gunner a
few feet away and the opening shot of
the salute rang out on the clear air of
the- soft September afternoon, pro
claiming peace between Russia and Ja
pan. "WITTE GRASPS KOMURA'S HAND.
Up to the moment of signing the
treaty, no word had broken the silence
of the conference room. Throwing his
pen aside, Mr. Witte, without a word,
reached across the table and grapsed
Baron Komura' s hand. His conferees
followed and the Russian and Japanese
delegates remained for a moment in
silence, their right hands tightly clasp
ed across the conference table. The
war was over Russia and Japan were
once more friends.
This smnle neremonv rane through
and deeply impressed the attaches and
cecretaries of the, two missions, who,
:with the invited witnesses, had formed
a large circle around the delegates sit
ting at the table.
Baron de Rosen was the first to break
the silence. Rising from his seat, the
ambassador, looking at Baron Komura
and Mr. Takahira straight In the eye,
said a few words which one had only
to hear to know that they came from
his heart. He began by saying that he
wished, on behalf of Mr. Witte, Rus
sia's first plenipotentiary, and in his
in tin a tn 'saV n ffiw words.
ROSEN'S EARNEST WORDS.
"We have just signed," continued the
xnhfl.sftarlmv "an apt. which will have
forever a place in the annals of his
tory. As negotiators on behalf of the
empire of Russia, as well as the empire
of Japan, we may with tranquil con
science say that we have done all that
about the peace for which the whole
civilized world was longing. We earn
estly hope that friendly relations be
tween the two empires will henceforth
his -cellency. Baron Komura, as Min
istc, A Foreign Affairs, and one of the
.. leading statesmen of his country, will
apply to the strengthening of these re
lations, the wide experience and wise
statesmanship he so conspicuously dis
played during these negotiations, which
have now been so auspiciously . con
cluded." , BARON KOMURA'S RESPONSE.
Baron Komura replied that he shared
entirely the views. of Baron de Rosen.
The Treaty of Portsmouth which they
had just signed, he said, was in the
, Interest of humanity and civilization
. :and he was happy to believe that it
would bring about a firm, lasting peace
between the two neighboring empires.
"He begged to assure the Russian pleni
potentiaries that it would be his duty
as well as his pleasure to do everything
In his power to make the treaty in fact
what it professes to be in words a
treaty of peace and amity.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special. The
. peace opens with a preamble reciting
that his majesty, the Emperor and au
tocrat of all the Russians, and his maj
esty, the Emperor of Japan,t desiring
to close the war now subsisting be
tween them and having appointed their
: lspective plenipotentiaries and fur
nished them with full powers, Jhich
werei found to be in form, have come tc
an agreement on a treaty of peace and
.. arranged as follows:
Article X stipulates for the establish
Caucasus in "Wild Panic.
Baku, By Cable Troops under the
direction of the Governor are acting
with the utmost vigor, but they have
not succeeded in restoring order, al
though there is rather less firing.
Armed rioters attacked,-the oil, works
in the suburb of.Balakhan, and after
a ihot fizht set fire to them. Tartar
hands are scouring the country, mur
dering and pillaging. The country is in
l state of wild panic, and houses and
iarms are being abandoned.
Drama Closed And The
ment of peace and friendship between
the sovereigns of the two empires and
between the subjects of Russia and Ja
pan, respectively.
Article 2. His majesty, the Emperor
of Russia, recognizes the preponderant
interest from political, military and
economical points of view of Japan in
the empire of Korea and stipulates
that Russia will not oppose any meas
ures for its government, protection or
control that Japan will deem necessary
to take in Korea in conjunction with
the Korean government, but Russian
subjects and " Russian enterprises are '
to enjoy the same status as the sub
jects and enterprises of other coun
tries. -
Article 3. It is mutually agreed that
the territory of Manchuria be simul
taneously evacuated by both Russian
and Japanese troops. Both countries
are- concerned in this exacuation, their
situations being absolutely identical.
All rights acquired by private persons
and companies shall, remain intact.
Article 4. The rights possessed by
conformity with the lease by Russia of
Port Author and Dalny, together with
the lands and waters adjacent, shall
pass over in their entirety to Japan,
butHhe properties and the rights of
Russians subjects are to be safeguard
ed and respected.
Article 5. The governments of Rus
sia and Japan engage themselves recip
rocally not to put any obstacles to the
general measures (Which shall be alike
for all nations) that China may take
for the development of the commerce
and industry of Manchuria.
Article 6. The Manchurian Railway
shall be operated jointly between Rus
sia and Japan at Kouang-Tcheng-Tse.
The two branch lines shall be operated
only for commercial and industrial pur
poses. In view of Russia keeping her
branch line with all rights acquired by
her convention with China for the con
struction of that Railway, Japan ac
quires the mines in connection with
such branch line which falls to her
However, the rights of private pparties
or private enterprises are to be respec
ted. Both parties to this treaty remain
absolutely f rree to undertake what they
deem fit on ex-propriated ground.
Article 7. Russia and Japan engage
themselves to make a conjunction of
the two branch lines which they own
at Kouang-Tcheng-Tse.
Article 8. It is agreed- that the
branch lines of the Manchuria-Railway
shall be worked with a view to
assure commercial traffic between
them without obstruction.
Article 9. Russia cedes to Japan
the southern part of Sakhalin Island
as far north as the fiftieth degree of
north latitude, together with the is
lands depending thereon. The right
of free navigation is assured in the
bays of La Perouse and Tartare.
Article 10. This article recites the
situation of the Russian subjects on
the southern part of Sakhalin Island
and stipulates that Russian colonists
there shall be free and shall have the
right to remain without changing
their nationality. Per contra, the
'Japanese government shall have the
right to force Russian convicts to
leave the territory which is ceded to
her.
Article 11. Russia engages herself
to make an agreement ath Japan
giving to Japanese subjects 1ie right
to fish in Russian territorial waters of
the Sea of Japan, the coast of Okhotsk
and Behring Sea.
Article 12. The two high contract
ing parties engage themselves to re
new the commercial treaty existing
between the two governments pripr
to the war, in all its vigor, with slight
modifications in details and with a
most favored nation clause.
Article 13 Russia and Japan recip
rocally engage to restitute their pris
oners of war on paying the real cost
of keeping the same, such claim. for
cost to be supported by documents.
Article 14. This peace treaty shall
be drawn up in two, languages, French
and English, the French text being ev
idence for the Russians and the Eng
lish text for the Japanese. In case
of difficulty of interpretation, the
French document to be final 'evidence.
. Article 15. The ratification of this
treaty shall be countersigned by the
sovereigns of the two States within
fifty days after Its' signature. The
French and American embassies shail
be intermediaries between the Japan
ese and Russian governments to an
nounce by telegraph the ratification of
the treaty.
The additional articles are agreed to
as follows:
Article One. The evacuation of
Manchuria by both armies shall be
completed within eighteen months
from the signing of the treaty, begin
ning with the retirement of troops of
the first line. At the expiration of the
eighteen months the two parties will
only be able to leave as guards of
the railway fifteen soldiers per kilo
metre. Article Two. The boundary which
itkails the parts owned respectively by
Russia and Japan in the Sakhalin Is
land shall be definitely marked off on
the spot by a special limitographio
commission.
Tr "Rica Named.
Columbia; S. C Special. The exe
cutive committee of the Columbia
Theological seminary has been in ses
sion here all day in an effort to elect
a president of the institution. They
did this indirectly only, having recom-.
mended to the trustees that Dr. Ther
on H. Rlee, of Atlanta, be given a po
sition. He was leader in the movement
to have the. seminary moved from Co
lumbia and consolidated with the
Clarksville university into a big Pres
byterian university at Atlanta.
Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and
Other Manufacturing "Enterprises
Fountain Inn, S. C The Fountain
Inn Manufacturing Co., has decided
to add 4,500 spindles. The company
has erected a two-story 75x104 ad
dition, to its buildings to receive the
new spindles and preparatory ma
chinery, and this equipment is now
being placed in position. It is also
adding 60 72-inch Jaequard looms for
weaving cotton damasks and equip
ping a dyehouse. J. E. Young, super
intendent, made the plans for the im
provements, and is in charge of all
the work connected therewith. The
cost of these betterments will amount
to about $50,000. The company has
been operating 5,664 ring spindles
and 3,000 twisting spindles, manufac
turing yearns-. Its present enlarge
ment is the second in five years under
the same management. C. E. Gra
ham is president, andH. L. Graham,
treasurer.
Columbia, S. C The stockholders
of the Olmpia Cotton Mills, met last
week, purpsuant to a resolution
adopted by the directors at a meeting
held on July 13, and voted an in
crease in the capital stock to the
aount of $3,000,000. The amount
oi the increase is $1,800,000, and is
to be known as ' 1 first preferred
stock.' ' Practically all of this amount
will be issued to the present holders
of, the first mortgage bonds. The
company is practicalljT reorganized.
The mill and equipment is in the best
physical condition and indications are
that the demand for the product of
the 100,320 spindles and 2,250 looms
will be satisfactory.
Textile Notes.
The Lancaster, S. C, Cotton Mills
has declared its urual semi-annual
dividend of 3 1-2 per cent.
The Eureaka Cotton Mills of Ches
ter, S. C, has declared its usual semi
annual dividend of 3 1-2 per cent.
Messrs. Sanders, Simth & Co., of
Charlotte, N.C., will install a bleach
ing plant in their cotton-batting mill.
This improvement will add largely to
the mill's capacity, which is now 2,
500 pounds daily cotton batting and
mattress felts.
The Eagle and Phoenix Mills of
Columbus, Ga., announced its fall
prices on rope last! week and on the
same day filed orders for 250,000
pounds of the product. The rope
manufactured varies from three-sixteenths
to three-quarters of an inch
in diameter.
The Pomona Cotton Manufacturing
Co. of Greensboro, N. C, will roof
in mill No. 2, which is 136x200 feet
in size, and fill it with machinery
later on, after the first mill of 10,000
spindles and .300 looms is finding a
ready market for its product of ex
port sheetings and drills.
A stock company has been organ
ized at Clafton, Ga., to establish a
$100,000 cotton factory, and will be
gin to erect its buildings next month.
A third cotton mill for Newberry,
S. C, is the latest announcement
along the line of that city's progress
and spirit.
Charles Iceman, the promoter of
the cotton mill for Cheraw, S. C, is
looking over sites for the mill. It is
said that sufficient capital has been
subscribed to build the mill at once.
Capital $100,000. i .
Capitalists of Meridian, Miss., dis
gusted with eastern associates fail
ing to put up $200,000 promised mon
ey, have assumed charge of the pro
posed Beatrice Cotton Mills, costing
$500,000. Half the capital is already
raised, and the plant will be bonded
for the balance. I
It may now be; counted as an es
tablished fact, that Cherryville is to
have her fourth cotton mill in the
near future. ;.
A Winston special says: "C. R.
Watson left for Halifax county, Va.,
to appear for the defense in a $30,
000 damage suit,1 instituted against
the big cotton mill at Roanoke Rap
ids, for which John Patterson, form
erly of this city, is manager. The
case is set for trial this weefc
The Saluda River Power Co. re
ports steady progress on the con
struction or the dam for its water
power development five miles from
Greenville. The dam will he 38 feet
high, to develop 2500 horse-power.
The work of installing the new
electric lighting system in the White
Oak Cotton Mills at Greensboro has
been completed and accepted. The
plant is one of the largest in the
South, there being n one of the
rooms of the mill over 300 arc lights
of 1,000 candle power each. The
system was installed under the direc
tion of Mr. W. R. Chapman.
A Newberry, S. C, special says:
A third cotton mill for Newberry is
the latest announcement along the
line of this city's, progress and spirit.
A prominent, citizen thoroughly alive
to j the interests of Newberry and its
people, stated that the mill will
be erected. It is probable that it will
be built at Helena, a small town ad
joining this city. Newberry at pres
ent boasts of two o the finest cotton
mills in the state.
Frightful Drop From Elevated Road
in New York
12 CILLED AND 40. BADLY INJURED
Train on Ninth Avenue Line Going
-at Speed in. Expectation of a
Straight Track is. Mistakenly
Switched Onto the Curving Sixth
Avenue Junction and the Second
Car's Couplings Yield to the Strain
Plunging It With Occupants 25
Feet Below.
New York, Special. The death list of
Monday's accident on the 9th avenue
elevated railroad when a car crrowded
wiith early workers on on their way
do$vn town pitched headlong into the
street, stand at twelve. Three men are
in hospitals with fracture dskulls.
One of these, who as yet remains uni
dentified at Roosevelt Hospital ,is un
conscious and not expected to live.
More jthan two score persons were in
jured,! many of them seriously.
, ! x THE DEAD,
acob M. Anspach, a merchant and
mnber of the Newark, N. J., board
or trade.
Irnest P. Scheible, an electrician.
' heodcre Morris, colored.
iDhn Cochrane.
Salomon Neugrass, employed by the
Mi ual Chemical Company.
Vm Lees, an electrician.
J seph Bache, a policeman.
J mes Cooper,' employed by FirEiproof
Te: ament House Association.
I nma Conhoven, died in Roosevelt
Hcpital.
4bert Weilster, clerk, died in Roose-
vel
Hospital.
Cf the dead, the most frightfully mu-
til
ed was James Cooper, whose head
waJ
completely severedfrom his body.
THE SERIOUSLY INJURED.
nry Aitkens, policeman, fracture
bs and dislocated leg.
of
Ttm. Butler, fractured arm and lac-
era
d head. r
ftirtin Fitzgerald, internal injuries.
Ji mes Greer, leg crushed.
P i trick J. Gilliam, left side crushed.
John Gensel, arm fractured.
Bridgett McMahon, internal injuries
and injuries to head.
John T. McKinn, left shoulder dis
located and leg crushed.
Wra. T. Niebuher, skull fractured.
Henry Osterlin, arm fractured.
Seymour Rowe, skull fractured.
FredWister. both arms fractured.
Unidkntified man, fractured skull, un
conscious, at Roosevelt Hospital.
The
ause of the accident arid the
immed
settled
ate responsibility remain to be
The motorman of the wreck
ed trap is a fugitive, while aswitch-
man, . Conductor and four guards are
under ferrest The switchman is charg
ed wiia manslaughter and the train
men are held as witnesses. Monday
night Coroner Scholer, who has under
taken the work of fixing the blame for
the wreck announced that the switch
man's bond had been placed at $5,000
and those of the witnesses at $100 each.
Forty Russians Slain.
Tokio, By Cable. On September 9
the Japanese in North Korea dispatch
ed the bearer of a flag of truce to the
Russian camp, but the Russians refused
t o treat, owing to the non-arrival of
the notice that an armistice was to be
arranged. Skirmishing occurred In
Manchuria September 9. Two compa
nies of Russian infantry with two guns
opened an attack, but were outflanked
by the Japanese and fled in disorder,
leaving fbrty corpses.
Arms For Revolutionists.
Helsini fors, Finland, by Cal Cus
toms offi ials on Saturday discovered
660 carbiies of Swedish Manufacture,
with bay nets, and 12P.U00 cartridges
on a barr a island ip the Gulf of Both
nia, near Kerni. On Sunday morning
a boat bel )nging to the customs service
discovered a 300-ton steamer near Kalf
swaer Roek, 20 miles outside Jacob
stafl. The taptain and members of the
crefr, who spoke in English, declared
tha : the steamer was fully loaded with
rifii s and cartridges, and thereupon the
cus oms officials ordered the captain to
tatfc his vessel into port and discharge
th
cargo.
LJftixed State of Affairs.
St. Pe ;ersburg, By Cable. Dispatches
from B iku received indicate that in
creased quiet and better conditions are
prevailing there. No further fires faave
occurred and tne troops wmcn navei ar
rived there are now noiamg
fio'Mo under control. The news fl
oil
other parts of the Caucasus, howe
vPrv disquieting. Disturbances
spreading all over the region, mor
less seriously.
. WiH Meet to Run Line.
Godzyadani, Manchuria, By Cat
It is announced that Generals Ove
rTH and Fukushima, representing
spectively General Linevitch and!
Marshal Oyama, will meet &epw
13 to establish a line of demarcatu
ho two armies. Each g
IWCCU I-"" -
will have a small escort. The
rmnrt that the Japanese army a
tufu will retire to Mukden in te
Kola Case of Graft But One of Par
tiality and Favoritism
PARTISANSHIP, MOT CORRUPTION
Reason Fcr the Summary Dismissal
of Public Printer Palmer is Given
hy President Roosevelt.
Oyster Bay, L. J., Special. President
Roosevelt has made public the report
of the Keep commission on its recent
investigation of affairs in the Govern
ment Printing Office at Washington.
The inquiry was made by special di
rection of the President on account of
a protest which he had received from
a protest whichhehad received from of
ficials of the Mergenthaler Typesetting
Machine Company against the award of
a contract by Public Printer Frank W.
Palmer to the Lanston Monotype Com
pany for 72 machines of its make.
The President decided, after an ex
amination of the Keep report, that the
contract for the Lanston machines
should stand. The -Keep commission
reported that if the contract could be
set aside, "such a course would be ad
visable," although the commission
states expressly that "no corrupt con
sideration, payment or promise passed
from the Lanston Monotype Company
to the public printer or to any person
in the government service."
It was developed by the investiga
tion, however, that two important as
sistants of the public printed were in
directly interested in the Laston Com
pany, "their wives being stockholders
therein." The commission shows that a
fair and impartial test of the Lanston
and Mergenthaler machines was not
made, and reports that the purchase of
so large a number of Lanston machines
was "improvident" and indicated "great
partiality and bias on the part of the
public printer." The commission re
gards the purchase as "maladministra
tion." The text of the President's 'mem
orandum upon the report follows:
"Oyster Bay, Sept. 9, 1905.
"The conclusion of the committee are
hereby approved, save the latter part
of conclusion first. It does not appear
that there is any question as to the
validity of the contract in question. If
it had not been for the conduct of the
Mergenthaler Company in- preferring
the charge discussed by the committee
in conclusion two, that of corruption,
I should agree with the committee that
it would be desirable to set aside the
contract, if such course were legal. But
second only to corruption in a public
office in point of inquiry, comes making
a baseless charge of corruption, and
this is what the committee finds the
Marganthaler Company has done in
this case, its comments being in
part:
"'In' the light of the failure of the
company to produce evidence of such
corruption, it must be held that the
charge was made recklessly and the
Mergenthaler Company should be se
verely condemned for including .such a
charge in a formal communication to
the president of the United State
made as a basis for official action 4V
his part. It is fair also to the Lanstfh
Monetype Company to say that no evi
dence was produced by the Mej&n".
thaler Company, nor was any ob"n.ed
by the committee in the cours7 f its
hearing, tending to show 8.nyTomse'
payment or consideration j any kind
whatsoever made by the7nston Com
pany, or any -of its offrs or agents,
to any person in theSverument ser"
vice.'
"Had not this crge,f corruption
been made I pould have entirely
agreed with th?concllIsion ? th?
mittee that if were possible (which
it is not) itoul(i be desirable to can
cel the conact in Question.
"Public Printer Palmer has been re
moved f-om office. The cases of the
subord6ates alluded to in the report
must" taken up in connection with
teQiscipline and re-organization of
thbureau when Mr. Palmer's sue-
ss or assumes onice.
THEODRORE ROOSEVELT.
Referring to the allegation that Os
car J. Ricketts was the candidate of
the Merganthaler Company for Jfuonc
Printer, the report says: "Questions
were .asked of the Public Printer, Mr.
Dove and General Michner, as to what
grounds they had for thinking that
the Mergenthaler Company was be
hind Mr. Ricketts. The soasons given
were of an unsubstantial character and
it is only just to Mr. Ricketts to say
that there is not in the evidence taken
before this committee anything, to show
an illegitimate connection between Mr.
Rockets and the Mergenthaler Com
pany." Gomez on Parade.
Santiago de Cuba, By Cable. General
.Wnh Miguel Gomez, Governor of
Santa Clara province and National Lib
eral candidate for Presidency, and an
escort of a thousand horsemen entered
thA ritv Saturday morning and par-
raded. The Governor of this province
and the maynr of the city, anticipat
ing disorder, made elaborate police ar
raTcyPTTiMits Hut these were found to
-A (. ..
Conditions Alternately Worse and
Better at Stricken Centers
VIGOROUS WORK TO EXTERMINATE :
Sunday's ; Reports Show That New
Cases Are, Still Developing, Though
Not So Numerous.
New Orleans, Special. Official re
port to 6 p. m.:
New cases, 27; total, 2,289:
Deaths, 7; total, 316.
New Foci, 11.
Cases under treatment, 296; dis
charged, 1,677.
The unfavorable part of the Sunday
report is the unusually large number
of deaths. Another distinguished,
member of tlfee Roman Catholic clergy
Is in the list, Father L. E. Green, of
the Jesuit College. He died at 4 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, after being ill eact
ly a week. He was struck with a chill
last Sunday just after delivering a lec
ture, but nothing was thought of it.
The next day he visited a room in the
college which had been screened and
made ready for emergencies in accord
ance with the suggestion of Dr. White,
and jokingly remarked to one of his
colleagues that they had the room
ready now and only needed the first pa
tient. A few hours later he was the
b'ecupant. He was later transferred to
the Hotel Dieu. He suffered from
other complications which caused the
fatal ending. He was 38 years of age
and a native of England. He had been
here about two years and was a
teacher in the branch school conducted
by the Jesuits on St. Philip street.
There was not a single Italian name
among the other deaths. One occurr
ed in the Emergency Hospital, one in
Algiers and one in the French Asylum,
on St. Ann street.
Since the Marine Hospital Service
has been in charge, the officers have
discovered 57 foci infections, which
has been of some standing and were
unknwon except through the second
ary infection. The district officers have
been especially diligent in thus trac
ing up infection and this has been the
means of checking what threatened to
be serious nests in different neigh
borhoods. 19 MEN BLOWN TO SHREDS.
Terrible Destruction Wrought by
Powder Mill Explosion.
Connelsville, Pa., Special. The Rand
Powder Mills at Fairehance, six miles
south at Uniontown, were entirely wip
ed out by an. explosion at 9.05 o'clock
Saturday. Of the 32 men who went to
work in the mill, 19 are known to be
dead. Of these 13 Jiave been identified.
Nine men, including C. M. Rand, man
ager of, he plant, were seriously injur
ed. .
Scores of people in the town of Fair
chahcev within half a mile of the po. "
der iills, were more or less 'pain y
indred. '
The shock of the explosion'85 V.1S"
tinctlv felt, in r?oTiTiPisTriio-20 miles
away, building being roc,jd on helr
foundations. At Tjniorv11 hundreds
of panes of gji-ss wer'' roken' In. the
town of Fakehancfere is scarcely a
house thaaid no suffer damage. The
sides we bathed as though axes had
been,ised- Haystacks were toppled
ovqin the fields and live stock were
sinned. The rails of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railway and the "West Pennsyll-
vania Traction Railway Company were
rooted from the road bed and traffic
was delayed from four to six hoursl
transfers ,being made over the Penn
sylvania- Thain No. 52 on the Balti
more nd Ohio had a narrow escape
from annihilation. It had just passed
the Rand Mills when the explosion oc-
coaches were shattered and passengers
coaches were shattered in passengers
thrown into a panic. Had the train
been a few seconnds late it -would have
been blown up, as the mills were in a
few rods off the track. A street car on
the West Pennsylvania road had also
passed just a few seconds before tho
explosion and was far away enough to
escape damage, though it was derailed.
Notchez Has Two New Cases.
Natchez, Miss., Special. Two new
cases In one family, making one new
focus of infection, were reported Sun
day. The patients. Rubv anri .Too
Ziegler, white, live on a street adja
cent to tne Diock where the first infec
tion was discovered.- There are now
five cases under . treatment. A re
sume of the local fever record shows
19 cases for the last two weeks; no
des-ths. Monday -was fumigation day.
Purchased Terminals.
Birmingham, Ala., Special. The Bir
mingham Belt Railroad Company has
purchased two hundred acres of land,
at Village Creek, near Birmingham,
which will be utilized for terminals for
tral roads. The property extends from
tral roads. The property etends from
orth Birmingham to a point near the
Thomas furnaces, a distance of about
jftwo miles. The Belt Line is owned by
the Frisco and the Illinois Central,
and has just completed arrangements
for entering Birmingham over the
tracks of the Frisco.
Cotton Address Not Ready.
Asheville, Special. The public ad-,
dress of the Southern Cotton Associa.
tion will not be issued for a week or
ten days. The framing of the address
Is in the-, hands of a committee com
posed of Brown, of North Carolina;
Smith, of South Carolina; Moody, of
Alabama; and McMartin, of Mississip
pi. The actual wording and writing of
the documemt will be done by Mr. McMartin.
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