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The Weather To-day: | CAROLINA*! ) SHOWERS; THUNDER STORMS. • The News and Observer. • VOL.XLVI. NO. 125. LEADS Ml NORTH CAROLINA DAILIES 11 NEWS 110 Cl'/ZiUUmON. ARMED GUARDS KEEP BACK THE YELLOW FEVER Shot-Gun Quarantine Placed Around the Infected District. NORFOLK IN NO DANGER FLEET OF ARMED TUGS PATROL THE HABORS DAY AND NIGHT. INSPECTORS ON ALL RAILROAD LINES Dr. Hope, the Quarantine Officer and Dr Wy irnn, Surgeon General of United States, Think all Danger is Now Past and that the Disease Can be Kept in the Dis trict Where it Originated. Portsmouth, Va., Aug. 3. —(Special.)— The subjoined interview on the yellow fever situation with Dr. Wyman from the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald, was today re ceived in Portsmouth by Mr. W. E. Christian, of the Seaboard Air Line: “Washington, Aug. 3.—1 think we have the situation well in hand.” Dr. Wyman says today, “the lapse of anoth er day without any spread is most en couraging. Every day lessens the lia bility of disease getting outside of its present territory. Reports from Nor folk and Portsmouth show no persons there who were exposed to the disease. Jit is not believed there is any danger at either place.” Yesterday some of the health authori ties of Littleton, N. C., taking council of their fears, quarantined against Portsmouth and Norfolk. As soon as the news reached here the Seaboard Air Line authorities at once took action which immediately allayed the fears of the Littleton people, who at once raised the quarantine. The following corre spondence explains itself: “Portsmouth, Va., Aug. 3, 1899. “Dr. L. J. Picott, Littleton, N. ('.: “Referring to quarantine of Littleton against Norfolk and Portsmouth, this action is simply absurd. There is ab solutely no occasion for alarm. Official reports from Surgeon General Wyman in charge of Hampton, reports the fever is entirely confined to the Soldiers’ Home. No deaths in the past twenty four hours, and only two new eases. An absolute strict quarantine is being maintained against Hampton, Newport News, Old Point and the entire peninsu lar, and there is absolutely no reason for your people to feel alarmed. “The action of your health board will militate very much against the business of your town. Yours is the only place in the United States that has quarantined against Norfolk or Portsmouth. Under the penalties prescribed, our conductors will be compelled to lock our ears and stop no trains of any character at Lit tleton from either direction in order to carry out successfully the order passed by your board. (Signed.) “T. W. WHISNANT, “Superintendent.” “Littleton. N. C., Aug. 3, 1899. “T. W. Whisnant: “Action was without my knowledge and is ridiculous. The authorities have decided to admit all refugees from Nor folk and Portsmouth upon certificates from health officer of either Portsmouth of Norfolk. Send the* folks along. What town ridicules action of board of health? (Signed.) “L. .1. PICOTT, “Health Officer.” With the great mass of the people living around this port there never lias been any undue anxiety as to the visita tion from “Yellow Jack.” Still there are some nervous, excitable people who, in spite of the most patent facts in the ease will |H*rsist in giving away to their fears, which, in turn has tin* due effect upon others. To all su<-h, if they read the following statements made by F. S. Hope. State quarantine medical officer of this port and Norfolk, and Mr. St. John, vice president and general man ager of the Seaboard Air Line, there can remain no excuse for further fear. As preliminary to what follows this statement was made to Dr. Hope: “Doctor, we want to get a clear cut statement from you as to the situation, what you think the probabilities are in regard to Norfolk and Portsmouth, and "hat the actualities are as to the places outside?” “In relation to the situation that now exists, it is perfect folly for us to at tempt to determine the cause and in ception of the outbreak tit the infected points. That is a mutt r that will he of scientific and professional importance later on. “The thing that we are to look at is a practical situation and that is, that tin* fever, since the 30th of last month, the date upon which it was diagnosed, has been confined to its zone of inception. As is well known, it only takes from three to five days for yellow fever to develop. In the opinion of the very best men who are competent to give opinions on this subject, ten days at the longest is ample time for any infection that may have escaped from the infected lo cality to develop. Our advices in con nection with tin* health department of the community, re-in forced by the opin ion of the experts of the Federal Gov ernment, is that this ten days’ limit is long enough. “I think that the people on the penin sular at Newport News, are thoroughly protected by a shot gun cordon around their town, which is absolutely’ efficient. Old Point is an ideal place for quaran tining, as it is connected to the land by a bridge only, with Phoebus and the Soldiers’ Home. The management of the situation there, as you know, is this: Dr. l’ettus. United States Marine Hospital representative, is in full control with absolute power and authority. The outside man both at Phoebus and* Soldiers’ Home is White, an efficient and competent man and one of national reputation in the special line. Dr. Wentenbaker is the eo-operative wan at Newport News.” “I think those communities can ne as si red that the situation l tier- is in thoroughly competent hands irei will t e managed with cnisqnimate skill arid success. For our own protected, in the ouarainlrine distr'et oi which we are a part —Norfolk, Portsmouth and Norfolk county— we have live tugs patrollipg the Iveaches, extending from York river to a mile beyond Newport News. Those peo ple have authority, instructions and am munition to turn back everything that is coming this way. Outside of (Hint we (Continued on Sixth Page.) ROOT TO SWELL THE ARMY HE WILL PROBABLY MAKE OTIS' AVAILA BLE FORCE 40,000. "his is the Belief in Army Circles Based on Diligent Itquiries he has Made of Bureau Chiefs. Washington, August 3. —It appears probable from developments during the paat two days in the War Department that Sicrctnry Ibwrt has in contemplation an army of quite 40,000 men for the Philippines. While Mr. Root has been at the bead of the Department only a brief time, he has been making diligent inquiries among die bureau chiefs’ regarding sup plies and equipments, and the trend of his questioning has been in the direc tion of an increase in the available force in the Eastern archipelago. The belief is growing in army circles that Secretary Root has in mind a plan practically matured to make General Ottis’ available force at least 40,000 mom VICE AMONG YOUNG CUBANS. Havana, Aug. 3.—-The El Diario el Marine published a letter today which says that the condition of the young Cubans lias become very bad. A large number were deprived of their parents by the war, and have been left without support or guiding influence. Naturally in many eases they fall a prey to vice, as is shown by very large proportion of young persons who figure as criminals in the police dockets. The writer of the letter stigests the establishment of homes for waifs. These he would have connected with suitable tracts of laud, where the children could he brought up out of harm's way and could be taught to till the soil. HEAVY STORM IN VIRGINIA. Richmond. Va., Angusd 3. A storm of almost unprecedented violence swept over Westmoreland, Stafford and King counties last night. (’nops were dam aged, ftree*^ blown down, several houses were unroofed and 'horses ami cattle were killed by lightning. A heavy fall of hail is reported from some points 1,000 MILE RECORD BROKEN. Minneapolis', Minn., Aug. 3. The world’s bicycle record for 1,000 miles, held by T. A. Edge, of London, England, and made over an ordinary turnpike road, has been broken by A. A. Han sen, who finished his long ride early this morning covering tin* distance in 92 hours, 44 minutes. The time made by Edge was 105 hours, 19 minutes. MURDERED BY A BURGLAR. Norfolk, Anjgm-it 3. Charles Wyatt, a wt'ld known citizen of Norfolk county was murdered 1 ami then robbed in his home mar Portsmouth last night by a negro burglar. ’Hie negro escaped, af ter taking about $8 from Mr. Wyatt’s pockets. SALE OF STREET CAR LINES. t Richmond. August 3.—The sale of tlhe Richmond Railway and, Electric Com pany’s (street car lines to what is known as the Royd-NVwtou syndicate, <-oin pewed exclusively of local capitalists, was this evening announced. The sale im'Ludod tin* main line and all the 1 ian< Imss of tiw* road, forming some sev enty odd mile's of track. NEGRO GUARDED FROM A MOB. Atlanta, Ga., August 3. John Mullins, the Coweta county negro w’lm is charged with an attempted assault on Mrs. Cook, near Senoia, Ga., yesterday, was brought to Atlanta under military guard and placed in the countY jail to keep him | from the vengeance of a mob. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST I, 1899. PEOPLE RUSH ID ARMS HE LA VEGA Insurrection Bursts Out in Favor of Jiminez, WHO DLSIRES TO RULE POLITICAL SITUATION AT PORT AU PRINCE IMPROVES. OUR MINUTER PLEADS FOR PRISONERS Asks Clemency for I hose Accused of Plotting /gainst the Government. Expression of Regret Txpec’ed for In vasion of Legation. Cape llaytien, August 3. It has just become known 4hait mi armed insurrec tion lias broken out at La Vega, a town seventy-eight miles northwest of St. Domingo, in favor of Jiminez, who as pires to flu* Presidency in succession to the Lite President Heureaux. Later advices from the Domincian Republic indicate that the revolution is growing in strength. At Santiago de la Cruz, 500 well arm ed men have risen under the command of General Ramon Pacheco, and Gen eral Reyes, who is very influential in those districts, has joined the insurgents with several other generals, each com manding fairly important forces. THE OUTLOOK IMPROVED. Port an Prince, August 3. —The politi cal si tint lion here has improved and the city is calm. The prompt action of tho United Staten Minister here, Mr. William F. Powell, in five case of M. Du Vivier, the neWHpaivr man, who was taken by the police officer out of the American Le gation, has created an excellent impres sion among the foreign ]h»j illation, who consider that the action of tin* Haytian Government in surrendering tile prisoner to the Minister on his demand, probably avoided serious trouble. The pecqAe who have been arrested Imre are accused of plotting the over throw of the Government, and tin* Anrerican Minister has asked the latter to exercise clemency towards the pris oners. WASHINGTON WANTS APOLOGY. Washington, August 3. Acting Secre tary of State Adee has received a cable gram from Minister Powell at Port an Prince, llayti, confirming the newspa per repotfhs of tin* violation of his Lega tion by police officers who wore mak ing an arrest. The Minister adds that the person who was apre.;ited, Du Vivier, is a citizen of Hayti, and in* seeks to know what disposition shall be made of him Ilfwm Ids return to the Legation. 'III? Department is now giving this query consideration and it will probably direct the Minister to surrender the man to flu* authorities if it shall appear that, t'lie proceedings are regular and that lie will Im* given a fair trial. If the Uaylian Government express re gret at tin* invasion of the legation the State Department will be satisfied. RAILROAD'S HEAVY LOSS. Power House, Car En ds and Eighty Cars Burned in Newark, New York. August 3, —The power house and car sheds of tin* North Jer sey Railroad Company in Newark, N J.. were destroyed by fire late last night, causing a loss of $300,000. Nearly eighty ears were destroyed. The loss is covered by blanket in sat ranee. There is little doubt that the fire was caused by lightning, which struck that portion of tile building where oils, paints, etc., were stored. FOR THE USUAL PRIME. Blakely, Ga., August 3. Ends lien dersvm, a negro, who has been in the employ of J. W. Bowman* a planter in this county for four years punt, yes terday attempted to commit an assault on the six-year- ohl daughter of Mr. Bowman. He vva.s captured by the fath er and today was taken in hail'd by a band of lynchers. The mob was very quiet and orderly, and liefore the town knew what wins going on, the negro was hanging from a bruit> in the out skirts of file to win, A MONEY PANIC PREDICTED. Berlin, August 3.- Tin* Deutsche Ta ges Zeitung today published a sensation al article, predicting a great panic in tin* German money market. The paper said that during the last six months 1,- 595,000.000 marks of new shares were issued, of which 518,(1(10.000 marks were industrial securities, which, if. is added, exceeds the whole Issue of 1898. A mass <sf evidence is quoted to prove tin* existence of unsound speculation. GENDARMES CHARGE CROWDS. Reinhenberg. Bohemia, August 3. Street demountrations have been la pro gress here during tin* last two days against tin* raising of the sugar tax. Today gendarmes charged a crowd with fixed bayonets and one citizen was severely wotmded. In yesterday's yadlit race Meteor again defeated Biittania. Buying farming tools. Beneficial Effect of the Payments to the Soldiers—Yellow Fever. Santiago de Cuba. Aug. 3.—Two new cases of yellow fever were officially re ported today. There was one death from tin., disease. Colonel Moale is expected here Sat nrday to begin tin* payment of the Cu ban soldiers in this city. No impatience has been displayed thus far over Un necessary delay. I he beneficial effect of the payments already made at Guantanamo is shown by the general purchasing of fanning implements and clothing. Nearly 8,000 soldiers will be paid here. THE CASE OF MRS. PEROT. London, Aug. 3. — Mrs. William Y. Perot, us Baltimore, Maryland, who was arrested at Liverpool, on an extradition warrant July 27th, after reaching that port from Canada, charged with the abduction of her daughter, Gladys’ and who was brought here and remanded, the same day, on 100 pounds sterling bail, with two sureties, appeared for examination this morning, in the Bow Street Police court. She was again re manded on flu* si me hail and with the same sureties, Si: G. Ewon-Smith and Mr. N. Blood. Mr. Crane, representing the United States Embassy, said that extradition papers marked “urgent” and “pressing” were handed this morning to officials of the British Foreign Office, and were now on their way to the Home Office. Some days must necessarily elapse, lie added, bqfore copies of the document could be placed in the magistrates hands. Therefore, Mr. Crane asked that the prisoner be remanded. Counsel for Mrs. Perot acquiesced to this. ALLIANCE ’OF REPUBLICS OUR SOUTH AMERICAN NEIGHBORS FEAR GROWTH OF IMPERIALISM An Alliance of Uiuaguay, Ch-li and the Argentine Republic Proposed. Pres ident RcciGcni to Brazil. Montevideo, Aug. 3.- President Jloea, of the Argentine Republic and party, on 'v*f»nl the Argentine cruiser San Martin, arrived here today to visit President Cuestas, of Uruaguay, on his way to Brazil. London, Aug. 3. —The London Times publishes a dispatch from Buenos Ayres, July 2nd, saying President Rpcu, of the Argentine Republic, would leave that country about the middle of July for Uruaguay and Brazil with tin* intention of inviting the Presidents of those re publics to meet at Buenos Ayres in the autumn and confer with the President of Chili. Honor Errazuriz, on the question of reducing South American armaments. It was added that he would also pro pose an alliance of the four republics. A dispatch from London to tin* Asso ciated Press, August Ist. gave the sub stance of a message sent by the Rome correspondent of the Morning Post, to his paper. lie said: “According to news received here, the victory over Spain and the growth of imperialism in the United States, has led the large South American Republics to talk of an alliance against the United States, and it is alleged that the pre liminaries of such an alliance have been concluded between Brazil and Argen tina. ANOTHER CAR DYNAMITED. Chief Arthur < f the Engineers' Brother hood Resents the Boycott. Cleveland, Aligned 3. The w ithdraw - ail of several companies of troops was followed tonight b.v another outrage, but fort (mu tely nobody wa.s (hurt. The ex plosion occurred under a Jennings Ave nue ear, on which there wen* six p.iK sengors, It siimishcd tin* flange of one of tin* wheels and splintered the run ning board at tin* side. The passengers were badly frighten'd bint none was in jured and the ear proceeded on its way to tin* end' of tin* run. Grand Chief P. M. Arthur, of Hut Brotherhood' of Ex-emotive Engineer.*?, has been reported to the strikers for rid ing on Big Consolidated Cars in disre gard of 'llin* boycott. When asked to il i gift if In* patronized the Big Consoli dated ears, Chief Arthur replied: “Os course I do. 1 ride on them every day, and whenever I have occasion to do so.” ‘Why do you do it?” lie was asked. "Why?” wasjhe reply. “Do you sup pose 1 aiy going to walk threw* miles down town when Ihe ears pass my door? Os mum* I am not. Tin’s agitation and the heeotf are utterly ridiculous and tin* strikers have gone altogether too far.” - i SHUTS OUT NORFOLK. Portsmouth jts Well— Not Properly Pro tected. Says Newport News. Newport News, Va., August 3.—The Board of Health at a meeting held to night, quarantined against Norfolk ami Ports'inout li. The action met with hearty approval among tin* loading citizens and business men of the city, who claimed, and were upheld by flu* board, that tin* cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth had not taken proper steps to protect themselves against the infected district. The State Guard and Naval Militia of Georgia have been invited by the Major General of the State Guard of New York to participate in the land parade in honor of Admiral Dewey. The invita tion has been accepted. CARRABELLE HAS BEEN BLOTTED OUT Swept Out of Existence by the Storm. THIRTEEN SHIPS ASHORE NOTHING KNOWN YET AS TO THE LOSS OF LIFE. PIOPJMTAZED BY BLOW Towns of Mc’n'ye ar.d Curtis Mill in Ruifts St. Tens* and Lanark have FufFrtid Much. Fiihi.'g Patty of fifteen Missing. Tallahassee, Fla.. August 3. The first train since Monday from Carralielle through the storm stricken guif coast section reached here this afternoon, pas sengers having been transferred twice from Hat cars from Carrabelk* to leaver cars between Cow Creek and the Oeh lockonee Riven* and then to the relief train for Tallahassee. The train crew- and passengers agree in stating that reports sent out of the destruction wrought by the* storm have been extremely moderate. Carrabelle is literally wiped from the map. Her docks and wharves, containing 400,000 feet qf lumber and 50.000 'barrels of rosin, were quickly swept away. Thirteen of the fifteen vcsels in the bay were swept ashore and are now lying well up on dry land. These vessels contained several million feet of lumber. Their names cannot now be ascertained/ No infor mation is yet obtainable as to the loss of life from these vessels and from the large fleet of fishing boats in the neigh borhood. Only two or three huts are left in Carra belle, and a colored woman is known to have been killed by tin* fall ing of a house on her. Citizens of Car ra hcUe are in a state of w ild eon fusion and are flocking' ini every direction for re lief. The town is isolated, and the wires are still down. The towns of Mclntyre and Curtis Mill are completely demolish ed. and large interests have been de stroyed. The coast resorts, St. Teresa and Lanark, are more seriously wrecked than at first reported, and visitors have suffered great hardships, though no loss of life is yet known. Fifteen men, said to have been seen fishing o*i an islet called Dog Island, just before the storm broke, cannot be found. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Florida has quarantined against the fever infected district. Wilmington has quarantined against Norfolk, Newport News, Hampton and Phoebus. General Funston says he will stay in the army until the war in the Philip pines is over. Nothing of a sensational character de veloped at tho sessions of the Mazet investigating committee yesterday. The wt stern part of the town of Grodno, capital of the Government of the same name, in Russia, lias been d-u-itroyrdl by fire. Comte and Comtesse de Castellano entertained tin* Prince of Wales at din ner yesterday on board their steel yacht Valhalla, off Cowes. The Official Messenger, of St. Peters burg. says the result of the Peace Con ference has fully come up to tin* ex pectations of the Government. A farmer of Wisconsin committed sui cide by blowing himself up with dyna mite. He left a scrap of paper on which was written, “Here I go and the Lord go with me.” 11 organ and Slattery, architects, New York, filed' a petition in bankruptcy in the clerk's office ,»f tihe l nitrd States District Court. Labilities are $191,* 392.49 with no assets. According to the statement of Philip Sheridan, fornvrl.v Crown Prosecutor at Dawson, the United Stall's has had sur veyors at work tin* past two years lo cating the Alaskan boundary line. A dispatch from Apia to Berlin says tnat the appointment of United 'States Consnil Osborne as Acting Chief Justice at Apia was at the suggestion of Dr. Self, German President of the Municipal Council. The British Ambassador to the United States assumes the title of Lord Pauiiee l'ofe, as a result of his elevation to the peerage. He expects to resume the Alaska negotiations on his return to Washington. The Tenth lYnn-yi!vania volunteers landed from the transport Senator at San Francisco y_Jertlay, and. iveorted by the Nebraska troops, mairched to the Presidio, where* they will camp until mustered out. The engagement of Lady Rnndolpq Churchill, to Lieutenant G. F. M. Coni wallis-West, son of the famous beauty. Lady Coni wallis-West, is announced. It AICE FIVE CENTS. said that the marriage will occur in /etober next. The Adjutant General is in receipt of Manila advices that Captain A. F. Bur ton. of Company B, Fifty-first lowa, from Villisea, has been suspended foe cowardice, and is now at Manila, await ing dishonorable discharge. A bill in equity has been filed in the United States Circuit court at Pittsburg, Pa., asking that receivers be appointed to take charge of the assets of the New York National Building and Loan Asso ciation in that district, valued at $200,- • Mio. it is alleged that the association is insolvent. An order, has been issued by the prison commission of Georgia, requesting people to refrain front visiting the prison camps of the State, and prohibiting the prison officials and employes from leav ing the camps. The order is a precau tion against the spread of small pox. Mayor Johnson vetoed the ordinance placing the license for athletic clubs which conduct sparring contests at sl,** 500, saying he was unwilling to approve an ordinance which would make it possi ble to have repeated hi Denver such a brutal contest as was witnessed there about a week ago, at one o*f these so called athletic associations. It appears that tin* Minister of War, General the Marquis Gallifct, has ab solved all the military witnesses at tin* court martial of Captain Dreyfus at Rennes from professional secrecy with the exception that he has requested them not to divulge the names of French agents abroad or (libelo*se anything which could complicate the foreign relations of France. OFF BROOKLYN BRIDGE THE DESPERATE LEAP OF HENNA HAUSER INTO THE RIVER. Read Newspaper Till Car Reachej Middle of Bridge, Then Sprang Cut and Leaped He Was Pescued. New York, Aug. 3.—Henna Hauser, treasurer of the Herald Square Theatre, in this city, jumped from the middle span of the Brooklyn bridge at 5 o’clock this afternon. He was rescued from the water and will recover. Ilauser was a passenger on an electric car bound from Brooklyn to New York. He sat calmly reading a newspaper until the middle of the bridge was reached, when m* jumped off the car. Throwing off his coat, Hauser climbed upon the outer railing. The bridge po liceman. passengers on the ear and tin ear men made a rush for him. He i<*- garded their approach coolly, hesitated a moment and then leaped clear of the structure. He struck the water just astern of a ferryboat. A passenger sprang overboard and seized Hauser when he reapix-ared to tin* surface. He was lifted aboard, taken to shore and sent to the hospital. • Hauser is about thirty years old, and is very well known in the theatrical fraternity. When asked whv he made the jump he said it was because he was a drunken fool. He insisted that he had had no trouble of any source, either ifi his family or financially. Finally he jokingly remarked: “That’s what Coney Island booze does for a fel low.” DEATH OF JOHN KELLEY. Tammany Lepder and Sporting Man, Close Friend of Croker. New York, Aug. 3.—John Kelley, the Tammany leader and sporting maifT bet ter known as “Smiling John” Kelley, died today, aged 55. H<> is v ; ihi t » have been Richard Croker’s closest lrb ml. and he had a wide acquaint met* among turf men, having owned and raced many fine horses. DR. W. 1). BARKER DIES. Could Out Cut, Out Bray and Out Fight Any Man in the Confederate Army. Richmond, Va.. August 3. Dr. W. W, Barker died at his residence here late tonight, aged 75. 'During the Civil War he emu muled the celebrated Barker bat tery of the Confederate service. He was captain, surgeon and chaplain of his bat tery. and the man of whom Geperal Ste phen D. Lee said: “He could out cut, <nit pray, and out tight any man in the Con federate a rniy.” He was a moving spirit in all charity work in the city. THOUSANDS IDLE IN DAWSON. San Francisco, Cad.. August 3.—The steamer Charles Nelson arrived today from St. Michael. The Nelson carried 111 passengers, who brought down about $150,000. The amount of treasure sent down in care of the purser is understood to he large. The news from Dawson is not encour aging. Thousands of men are idle, loaf ing on every street corner and in every saloon. The Government Ims already sent many back to their former homes. At a meeting of the African M. E. Presiding Elders’ Council of Georgia and Alabama, it was resolved to set be fore Congress the deplorable condPiou of the negroes in several of the Southern States, and petition for an appropriation of $100,(100,009 to start a line of steam ships lietween this country ami Africa, that all negroes who wish may emigrate. Dr. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the United States Senate, has been prostrat ed by sunstroke.