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E A - TT71TTTT T THf WfATHCK YOUR VOTt IN fOFU- i , 4 . . v "T tARITV CONTEST TOOAV, t v.- VOL JUC NO 253 ASEBVUXB N. C. THURSDAY MORNING JULY 27, 19C5 PRICB fIVB CENTS CITIZENS OF CRESCENT MORTON GETS " PRESIDENCY GOVERNOR NOW NEW ESTIMATE iTOlDlLliY Or TtAtt TO BE DECIDED AT FIRST j t f in . t s' " I BLAMES JEWS MADE BY BOARD CITY RISE EN MASSE TO . . w - "I u r- f t . f STAMP OUT AWFUL FEVER Ward Ctuks Orrjanlied and House to House Canvasses arc Being Made it wiav, MiUuN FURNISH "Really? The b,LEAN CITY ttaatr N "V. , -lI.,wa Jpwn V, k www. He.djihVt ssj'tu to )CaS6S "ihsttwn, buV-Ue liti With t-$ over meu,,pns , . lug "be', bcou R65 ; Frai'V an r sUrct t till sion . July -VaV ever were reco.yfd t, makmg a toufl, i death J today to date New Orleane, from yellow fever up to ( o'clock, forty-two. , Tie number of new case report d yesttrday, but compiled today, la elev en, m-kmg all told to date 166. There are uovr nineteen foci of Infection, Th' organisation of force for fighting the spread of the Infection and for a campaign of education and practical application of he mosquito extermina tion (jiin haa been completed and be sides 100 men put on as extras '. clean gutera by the city, 3fiO men are now working as part of the system of sanl tatlon. Cltlaen are being organized in wards, and ithese ward clubs will form nrectnct clubs and a house to bouse canvass will be mode to lik' ure the erem'ng of every els t rn and the oiling of every cesspool and water pond. The business men have .provided the funds for this work and as the people are aroused to the necessity tor action there will be no let up. Yl'ldlng to the sentiment of ' the community the state board of health Monday udopted new regulations for the fruit ships, providing that they Should. remain six days at fen. between the last 'ort and New Orleans and re quiring fumigation at fort of departure ' and fumigation here after the discharge of the cargo. Citizens Routed. Testerday the steamship Anselme, of the United Fruit company, was allowed , te come. up after being av. sea four and . a half days, and according to th? ehlp's papers she stopped at the quarantine station exactly forty minutes, during whfch itlme her crew of forty-one men were- examined nnd passed. This aroused the people to action and this forenoon Mayor Rehrman. Attorney General' Guion, ex-Governor Heard and Col. Charles K. Janvier waited on President Bouchon. of th state board of health, and Insisted chat the regula tion be made Immediately effective re gardless of the fruit ship? at sea on the way up. The board of h nlth desired to give these ships an opportunity to come In and then put the new regula tions Into effect. Dr. Souchon after the conference decided to put the r gula tlons Into Immediate effect, nnd so in structed the quarantine officer. Later he summoned the fruit Importers to his omc and explained the matter to them. Naturally they objected, but they real ized thatf the sentiment of the communi ty wa such that personal considera tions would not be ullowed to enter Into the present emergency, t Mosquito Fevsr. The people are convinced that it he In -fectlon,was brought here by the .fruit "steamers. If Jt became necessary to make the regulations so stringent as to drive them away In the present feeling such regulations "would be enforced. While handling the present emergency om.;jhoKht Is being given to the fu ture and on all sides there Is .3. senti ment that nothing shall stand In the way of future Immunity from mosquito fever, as it Is called now. In vlow of thevnany quarantine complications which have arisen Dr. ScAtthon has called a conferenci here next Sunday of the health officers of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to dlfcu.?s quarantine regulations and devise a ays em by which travelers can be ad mitted by certificate osucd by the ma rine hospital fcwgeon. Surgeon Whi:e, who Is in charge of the government, will be present and participate. ; if - ' Lajating Camps. ' ' The work of locating the detention camps is progressing, but it ha ben slower than at first anticipated. The residents of Kenncr, fourteen mile irom iNew Orteansnon the Illinois Cen tal road, objected i'.o the camp and It will b? located at Hftrabin nnd Grav ity yards. The locations of the camp' have been fixed and supplies are now being sent to them. The Infection1 in the original focus seems to be dying out. as fewer cas s are being reporred from there, which is .1 hopeful sign, indicating that modern methods are effective. Physicians are now reporting all cases of ever and whenever there Is the lightest suBpk-lon rigid sanitary nil s are applied, .with th result chat up to noon there has been no spread of any case from the new foci. Those which are-developing are all traceabl to the original focus In the Italian quarter. The emergency hospital was opened today and pallet- removed to It In screened ninbulanc . Dr. John (Jultcraa. now professor of pathology of ihe Pnlverslty of Havana but formerly of the murine hosplta service, and who rciecnled that e-rv Ice her during the fever of 1KD7, h- been ordered here hy the Cuban gov ernmcn ami will arrive tomorow. JAPANESE TAKE IMPORTANT STEP Seizure ofDekastrles Thought to Pressage Attack on Rus! sla's Communications London, July 27. The Japanese lind Ing at Dekaairles, which Is the termi nus of the only cable line eonnec Ing the mainland with the Island of 8ak halln. Is repaid il by the London morn ing newr.,.a;Hrs us an at empt to seize the mnutn or tne Amur river In order 10 einuie the Japanese 10 dispatch an army up that great waterway for the purpose of thr a enlng the Itussian communloitions. Japane; gunboats and torpedo boats could thus reach Harbin and give effectual assistance (o any rk on the lti;'la:i fortlftwu tions. Both the Ussurl and Bungarl rivers are nnvlgabi? for vewels of light draft, and thus the Jipanete cou'd ad. vance inland in three differ" it dltf-c tions for 1 (onsidcrable distance. PEARY HEADED FOR THE NORTH POLE Arctic Steamer . Roosevelt Is Turned Northward on Voy age of Discovery North Sydney. N. R, July 2 The arctic steamer Rqpsevelt, bearing Commander Robert K. Peary's latest expedition, swung clear of Terminal whatf and headed northward on her voyage of discovery toward 'the North Pole at precisely t o'clock this after noon. As the steamer left the wharf an Immense crowd which had gathered to witness her departure burst Into cheers, which were mingled with the whistles of the steamers, and the demonstration continued as the steam er passed down the harbor. The city had been gaily decotated for the oc casion. Comntander Peary. In speaking of the expedition shortly before his de parture, showed firm confidence that the outcome would be' successful, in which case he Intends to return in September, 1906. Mrs. Peary and her daughter, who have been with Comnander 'Peary In this city pending his depatture, left for New York today. Chairman of Equitable Board Elected to Alexander's . . Position TWO NEW DIRECTORS CHOSEN BY BOARD Additional Directors to be Selected at Special Meet ing Today isew iork. July 26. At a two hours I Odessa, July Th,. governor of session of "the dlrecMrs of the Kiui:ahl ' O'tensa ha Ismi.i ,m extraordinary Lire Assurance so. let y to.lay tne res- proclamation, whl !i In 11 ixixtVtl in Ignatlons of former President Ji lines the city tomo:i.. u.t have the ef- w. Alexander ana .vevaila .N. Mrana- f,ct of Increasing h.- alie.nly lillter nan. as interiors, were ncc pteu. ruui fueling agalnm J, ainona the Morton was elected president of the so- ,nun, ,,.., ,,1.,1, ,.,. , iiv.'X nutiiiiiniK. i unucmioiKi, inr i ohalrman.hlt, . th' popUWtlOII. 1 11. KOVt rilor WIVM A apeclal metliiK of diri-tor will rectlv :i nmnhfr of anony uc luiimiiuH, ui hiimi nil 1 1 1 inn 1 1 TiiouH lenpra ji imuru inc ihthmiik hi directors will be elected and amend- I socialists" and revolutionist which b meuis to the charter of this society I . . . n.i.,i.i entirely Ignores. Iielievlug In most , 1 Aj today's meeting of the directors leases these communi. .nlmm were In George F. Viet r. of this city, anil Kr- .iplrcd by moti. ..r peisonai nest B. Krutsehnitt, of New Orleans. Kl.IK.P he elected at tonmrmi Him, lol meet- T,,e proclam.i limt .ontinues In. VI - vtiu. l ,. .... ivt'lierH liuvt- a..i cutiie lierc ..i, .,i.i. n,i the Jews, chaijtlni; lie pull city, and Mr. Krutsehnitt Is one of the P'-'Dai lug for a Je.ush massacre H.n.lor nf ih h,.r i th ,ihu..i i me governor men uci-nircs At tomorrow's meeting it is quiie ''n action 1 iinpossinie and win not probable the position of chairman will ,' perniiueu, uu. 11,. adds: 1 lie gnv- be abolished. The nurter of pensions , pr"'" aaionisiieu at me jews 1111- oihe widow of H. H. Hvde and others dressing SUOU letters to mm. seeing was refered to a committee consisting h""1 11 u thf J,'ws themselves who of Directors McCook, Whitmin and paused all the disorders. The loliee Zehnder, who will .probably report mvatiuDiy ouno n-voivers. oomos anu thereon tomorow. It is also understood ! prohibited literature lit Jewish houses, that Mr. Mn on'f salary as president of Hut for thai Jews there would have the eociety.will b JSO.000 a year. been no disturbances, no Knlaz Po- A. B. Thomas was elected a member temklne alTdir. .Now the Jews nave of the executive commute, which has the inipertinenet to ormg Charges not yet been fully organized. agaliiHt the police." Says They Alone are Respon v slblo ior Knlaz Potenip. klne Affair -. .. . INCREASES BITTER FEELING AT ODESSA Remarkable Proclamation Is Issued DtMling with Re cent Trouble Crop Estimating Committee Finds That True Reduc t'on Is 14.9 from with that NORTH CAROLINA IS ABOVE THE AVERAGE Finds That Hyde and Holmes Lowered Acreage Esti mate 3.5 Per Cent Washington. July 2i! - Asslstan Secretary Hayes today made the fol iowlug Mpoii to Secretary Wilson on the acreage of ci;ton in the southern s:ates In l!Hi"i as compared with that pl.ee, I In 1 H : The crop es Imatlng hoard of the depurlnieiit of iigiKult ore has eon- Idend the icHrt Issued by the bu reau of statistics on June 2, relative to the acreage planted In cotton In the southern stales In lNliri. as compared with that plante.l In ICO-t, and has con cluded: "First Thai a n w estimate should he made on acreage planted, and Ilia: I lie figures In Mr. Hyde's hands alien making his estimate should tie used as the basis. "Second That Mr. Hyde, wi;h Mr Holmes at his elhiw prompting htm made the estimate lower than th facts at his hand from 'the reports o seven class s of reporters employ hy the bureau. "Third That th" board finds, upoi careful consideration of the repor:s of eorresisdideuts and agents, that tht acreage planted In cotton this year, Including ".he eiillte season, should have been estimated at 85.1 per cent of that planted last year, cqulvalen to a reduction In planted acreage a compared with last year of H.9 pel cent, (instead of 11.4 per cent., or CONFERENCE OF ENVOYS 31.000 arresi the estimate of the total acreage planted this year being SS.SS9.ntio acres. The estimated percentage of the . . , . . ... ccrcne in men or me col ton glow ing slates Is as follows: " irglnla. IS; North Carolina, 1; South Carolina, H; (Jcorgia. 14; Flor ida. 12: Alabama. 11: MUslss.eiil. id: Utulslau.i. 1,; Texas. IS. Arkansas. Is; Tennessee. 13; Missouri, la; 1 ikla hoina, lj; Indian Territory, 11. Ihe averages were made for . nch -tale by each of the four mem tiers of tlie board and Hi,, comparatively small dls.iKieeni, nts were harmonised ul most wholly by averaging, and the ibove results ae agised to by each m l every member of the board." BENNINGTON IS ONCE MORE AFLOAT NEGRO TRYING TO ASSIST WHITE -LADY FALLS UNDER TRAIN AT BUENA VISTA AND LOSES HIS FOOT IN THE ATTEMPT 1 St 1 Springing to the aid of a white lady, had alighted the train began tojuill, ho he thought was about to fall from out, the engineer evidently being un movlng train, Ous Cannon, a negro aware that :here was a passenger 10 from Spartanburg, fell under the get aboard. Miss Case, however, heels at limna Vista last night and sprang for the steps and was seem- hls left foot was comiiletelv severed : ingly about to fall therefrom, when from his Icr. The accident happened J Cannon sptang forward to catch her. a little after 9 o'clock. Passenger train No. 42, which was due at Buena a about 9, was flagged at that sta tion for the purpose of taking on board was tenderly carried to the latter", store. Willing hands uhere lied band ages nrotind the negro's log to stoj the How of blood. Hiltmore and Ashe ville hospitals were notified, but from each place the ansiver was the same "full up." Mr. Stevens told The CI: Ben over 'the 'phono that he would care His foot slipped and his leg shot out under the moving wheels. The foot for Cnrinon himself and secure a sui- wax comnletelv cut off above the geon. If there was no other way. At ankle. As the train disappeared In the half past ten, however, a freight trail Miss Maftle Case of Skyland. The 'darkness a shriek Of agony oalled the bound for Ashevllle was Hugged ana i ....,.o, .,,i,i hioa Qtrw.ned nttontion of J. R. Stevens, nenera cannon piaceu liuosnt or 11. At asiic- iihoni- Hiff signal ilo lit off one Das- merchant, to tne ract tnai a numan vine tne negro was umeu 10 uitr o. ...noAr.whn had come fiom Spartan- form lay wrlihlng on the track. Two the Southern railway. i,ro. tn ni.Bnn Vlstn to e:et work. It Other men rushed to Mr. Stevens' as- Cannon Is about twenty-two yeais as fins Cannon, and as soon as he slstance anu me unroriunaie negro om ami was u. TEXAS QUARANTINES AGAINST LOUISIANA Houston, T x., July 26. As a result of delay on the part of the Louisiana au f'horttleB In putting on a quarantine against New Orleans, State Health Ofll cer Tabor today placed a Quarantine against the whole state of Louisiana, He would iiot state whether uhls quar antine Is to be lifted If Louisiana la quarantined agonist New Orleans. DULL DAYS AT THE DELMAR TRACK y L'Louls, Mo., July IS. After the second race had been run at Delmar race track today a squad of police marched lnta the track. It was nec essary for them to force their way In today, breaking down the Iron chains at the entrance, but there was no combat or physical violence. At 4:50 o'clock the races had all. been run, and Capt. McXamee and his squad of po lice officers departed wHhout having made any arrests. KAISER ACCEPTS MEMBERSHIP IN CLUB v AS A SUCCESSOR TO HIS GRANDFATHER Charleston. 8. C, July J At the recent golden Jubilee of the German Rifle aoclety of Charleston Emperor William of Germany was unanimously elected an honorary member of tjje so ciety, to take the place of Emperor WUHana i who was for many year an honorary member of this society. President Emit II. Jahnx has received from Zoepffel of the imperial Ger man eonsuUU ' at Atlanta s eorp- i - munlcatlon conveying the' (hformatlon that the Oerman emperor bad ac cepted ihe election, "In consideration of the circumstances that his moat il lustrious grandfather was a! sun . an honorary member of this society." In !" the great national Oerman fest Will be held In Charleston, and it Is hoped that ike German emperor will be personality represented on that occasion. Va 0But, If. la Kaiisr, itiM abw may, but I diva nt M ifaod ambition to ramova l footwear. Another Death Occurred Yes terday as Result of That Rotten Boiler Explosion San Diego, Cat.. July 2. The gun iit Ilemiliigton Is again afloat on an veil keel, and It will be towed by .he Iris to Mare Island, at Sin Fran Isco, where the vessel will be exam ined by divers. There will be an ex iminntloii of the Hennlngton's hull oday. Admiral Goodrich Is expected to ar rive 011 tils Magshlp tonight or early tomorrow, when an official Investlga ion of the disaster will be begun. Much Interest centers on the ques Ion of what was the steain pressure in toiler B at the time of the ex trusion, It being said that the safety valve had been set to bbw off at 140 ioundm. Ten mlnutss before- the x )lslon the pressure was -only 118 munds, nnd was rising, It Is said. The toiler had been cleaned only a shot I time before the explosion and filled Alth fresh water from ashore. Another death among the Injured of '.he Bennington's crew has occurred, he victim being W. V. Kennedy. The ody will be taken to Alliance, Neb, vhere the deceased formerly lived. -; . ' F -! No Time Will Lve Lost th Pro- sentlng Japan's Demands to Russia INDEMNITY WILL BE ABOUT ONE BILLION t .; .; ;it.i'' Victors Desire Merely Enough to Pay for the Cost of ; the War ' JAPS CAPTURE A WHOLE LIGHT-HOUSE , V.. .i Rare Reward of an Arduous Campaign Seven Hundred Miles From Vladlvostock St. PetersburgJuly M. 8:10 a. m. Dispatches from Manchuria report the landing of a Japanese battalion and the s- Ixure of a lighthouse on the Siberian coast near Deka:rle, post formerly oalled Alexandrovsk, 700 mllea north of Vladivostok, after a trellminary ahell- Ing by torpedo bout destroyers. ; Military officials here attach import ance to the epteode only In conn ctlon wk'.'h Ihe Sakhalin campaign, and aay that as the landing was effected at a place where the Straits of Turtary, be tween Sakhalin and the mainland are narrow! It apparently Is part of the strategy of the Japanese ''o prevent the escape of the Russian garrison In Sak halin across the straits. They add that the landing is too far north to have any bearing on the main campaign or on operai'lons against Vladivostok. ELECTION FRAUDS IN OLD VIRGINIA Richmond, Va July S. The grand Ju toduy brought In indictments against five m n, Including Alfred . is. Williams, editor of an afternoon paper. for alleged violation of election 1aw In the recent Democratic prlmay here. The Indictment alleges Mr. Williams agre d to pay 125 o one of the others Iodic ed for Influencing votes In be half of a candidate for commonwealth attorney. All except one, who Is out of town, gave Ij00 bond each. Washington, July M. Whether , iihere is to be peac? In the Far East or a continuation of O.t war will be prJctlcally deeded at the first busi ness meeting ri ihe Washington con ference, wVch lll convene at the nary yard. Portsmouth. N. H., abouti August 5. Haron Komura will on that occas ion conimunicat .' to M. Witt the es- ' seiiiluls of Japan's termr for further negotiation. This, it la declared, will not be done hi .1 spirit of defiance: In- , ,t them OA monw nvdldnM. In tt puss us ion or me neutral governments that Japan Is comlna to the war con ference no: Imbued wi n a desire to hu miliate Russia, but only to exact term " y ' rM.w a (rem O fl IM Far TOtst and which will In a meats ure compensate Japan for th fjnancta. . lnMS In thA nraipnl Antiflln Wanta a Billion. v ' I: la known that Jfanan will riemsnit an Indemnity that will approximately cover the cost of the war to date. Thia was communicated to Russia early In the 1 preliminary negotiations.- The amount.' Is still a secret, but It la based upon the most careful eatlm&Ua of the coses of the war and will be accom- rhinlW1 .till a MAM n lu.a n I n 1 1 , - . . ----- m " J ...... H v. t-1 11 Udn.lW VHCV , ment showing th method by which tne nnai figures were computed, it will . put ii puun ui vtitj aution qoiiars D , . UtPll 1 IT . I. a ,1 I ..a u auioiklna. k V . v . . . s w wiivn mvuiug lin inffll well informed source, Besides the in demnity.; it Is Relieved Japan' othvr essentials to the continuance of the oe- ' gotia tions are the cession to. Japan of Sakhalin, of the Uae Tuaa cenlnaula. and of th railway tar a Harbin; x the recognition of Ja pas's firedamlnat- ' tng IrWlueno hi Korea, and the eeiurn of Manchuria to China, , - Suprendee f Shlq.' If the Russl tn plenlpoten larles are ' crBDurea to accent tnese mii la th offliHala here- are confident that t the s basis win be laid for n gotla tions sure th lead to the signing of the treaty of Washington, bringing peao to the Far East. , A subject for the plenipotentiaries to :tle will be .the surrender of th Russian ships now interned la neutral port. Kurope believe Japan will de mand the neutralisation of Vladivostok. The Washington government do- not 1 1 shaie In this belief. i. i NORTH CAROLINIAN KILLED IN A WRECK i '. 7 k (Special to The Cltixen.) Sallsbuiy, N. CV July 28. A mes- age reicelved here states that Dr. Ed gar Allison, aged 25 years, son of ex-' United State Marshal J. T. Allison of Statesville. wa killed In a railroad wreck In Colorado yesterday. pr. Al lison was well known iere, haviru live in Salisbury prior to January last, when he went west ta live. f His body will be brought to States. vllle for interment iy hi ' brother, William, Allison, of Chicago, who has gone to Colorado for. that pu rpose. RAWLINCS BOYS- ' FOURD CUILTV Valdosta. Oa., July" z. The Jury In the case against Jesse and Leonard Bawllngs, charged wlih the murder of the Carter children, returned the fol- ; lowing verdict late today;. We, tne Jury, find the defendants Jesse Rawllngs and Leonard Rawl- Ings guilty, and recommend that Leonard Rawllngs be sentenced to the penitentiary for life."' , The Jury had been out four hours. The court was crowded when the ver dict was read, the mother and two sisters of the young men being by their side. , SPREADING RAILS WRECK FREIGHT TRAIN IN ATLANTA; THREE KILLED Atlanta, Oa., July 2. Spreading rails caused the derailment of freight train on the Central of Geor gia, railway In the western part of he city today, bringing death to three men, fatal injuries to on and lerious Injury to another. The dead: John Woodruff, con ductor; Horace McOee, trainman; Qreen Colbert, negro fireman. The Injured: Tardmaster F. M. Wodall, fracture of skull, right ey torn out, may die; Sara Ferris, en gineer, severely scalded en arms and legs, will recover. . The locomotive, which was haullnir about JO cars, left the track and toppled over, the tender failing on ona side and the engine on the other ' of the track.
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