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VOL. XXXI. NO. 81.
WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAY OCTOBER 11, 1898.
'I 1' . - 1" I . I I- A A.
MORE TESTIMONY
Before the War Investigation Commission as
to Condition oi Camps.
CAMPS THOMAS AND CUBA LIBRE
TJnder Investigation by the Commission Hospital at Former Over
crowded Defects in Laying Out the Camp Groundless Com
plaints of Soldiers at Camp Cuba Libre The War Record
of the World Broken by Our Small Casualties in
the Navy During the Recent War General
Lee's Corps to be Reorganized.
"Washington, October 8. The war investigating-
commission examined two
witnesses today. They were Doctor
Giffin, who is in charge of the Stern
berg hospital at Camp Thomas, Chick
amauga park, Ga., and Captain Bald
ridge, a brigade commissary of sub
sistence at Camp Cuba Libre, Jack
sonville, Fla. Both contributed much
information in regard to the two
camps. The commissioners have prac
tically decided to start on the night
of the 16th on a round of the various
camps. They will go to Camp Meade
or to Javksonville first, but are not
yet decided which. All the camps will
be visited in succession, but the un
derstanding is that the trip to Camp Wi
koff will not be made until some time in
November. Next week will be given
largely to the inspection of official re
ports and to other statements, which
have been furnished in reply to letters
from the commission.
Major IL Emmet Giffin was a bri
gade surgeon at Camp Thomas and
told of his visit to the Second division
hospital in July last, when he said it
v as overcrowded. In each tent and
under its Hies there were eight or nine
men, when there should have been but
from four to six. There was a suffi
ciency of physicians and Major Giffin
was sure they were competent men.
The majority of patients were suffer
ing from typhoid fever and venerial !
diseases, about 20 per cent, being of
the latter class. He thought the
crowding of the hospital was from lack
of suificient tentage, a fault due to
the surgeon in charge. Dr. Giffin
made his visit to the division him
self to see a man of his brigade who
had been shot in the leg. He found
him in a tent with typhoid fever pa
tients and consequently had him re
moved. The division hospital surgeons
were competent in their profession,
some of them being the most compe
tent in the United States, but they
were not men of executive ability.
None of them was addicted to drink.
He considrd the water supply good. He
thinks the wells were poorly located.
They were too near the kitchens and
were too shallow. Many of them were
only seventy-five feet from the com
pany kitchens and were open when
he arrived. He then had them moved
farther back and gave directions for
daily disinfection and covering. By
this time, however, the regiments were
all Infected, as he thought, by the files
going from the sinks to the mess
tables.
. Dr. Giffin was satisfied that the ty
phoid fever had been brought in by
the troops, the first case coming
through a Mississippi regiment. The
location was a healthful one, as he had
made an investigation and found that
previous to the arrival of the troops
there had only been one case of ty
phoid fever in the vicinity for nine
years. There had been about 5,000
cases of typhoid fever in the camp.
Dr. Giffin had no complaint of neg
lect or inefficiency to make against any
of the bureaus of the war department
and he had heard of only one com
plaint. There were no matches for
twenty-four hours. He thought that
the contract surgeons should have
been examined before they were ap
pointed. The doctor also expressed the
opinion that the complaints of starva
tion had arisen from the fact that it
was necessary to put convalscents
from typhoid fever on a sparse diet.
He thought many deaths had been
caused by overfeeding after convales
cents had returned to their homes.
Orders were given, to his knowledge,
for prompt measures looking to the
suppression of the fever when it broke
out, but the orders had not been obey
ed. He knew of more cases in which
the sinks were at least within twenty
feet of the kitchen and in the cases
of the Fourteenth Minnesota and Ninth
Pennsylvania regiments the sinks were
crowded near the kitchens, when there
was a quarter or a mile of open field
back of them. He thought that it had
Teen a mistake to locate so many men
together as were at Camp Thomas.
Tteqalsltions had been honored prompt
ly. He got everything he asked for.
AT CAMP CUBA LIBRE.
Captain James C. Baldridge, commis
isary of subsistence for the First bri
gade. Second division. Seventh army
corps, now at Camp Cuba Libre, Jack
sonville, occupied the attention of the
committee during the afternoon. He
reached the camp on August 2nd and
made an Immediate Inspection of the
kitchens. He found some of them not
well managed, as all of the army cooks
were not experts. He believed that
for an army in camp green coffee was
preferable to the roasted, as it was
stronger and fresher. The meat he
considered good and it was received
jon time, except In one instance. Upon
complaint by the Second New Jersey
regiment he investigated the meat
which had been rejected by it. Some
of this meat was eaten by the brigade
officers and found to be wholesome.
The next day the same regiment re
jected a' consigmnent of corn beef, but
this also he found to be eatable. The
men were liberally supplied with food
and the location of the camp was
good. Still there has been an increase
of disease, which he attributed to the
climate and to .the assembling' of a, J
large body of men. He also thought
decaying fruit and the canteen beer
had had an influence in producing dis
ease. General Dodge read a letter to the
witness form a member of the Second
New Jersey regiment, saying some of
the regiment were dying of starvation
and others were completely broken
down.
Captain Baldridge said there had
been a great deal of complaint from
this regiment. They received their full
rations and he attributed their
troubles partially to the fact that they
had an inexperienced man as commis
sary of subsistence. The regiment had
also made a contract with an outside
baker, which gave each company only
forty-one and one-half loaves of bread
per day. The full ration would have
given them twice as much. Captain
Baldridge said he had no complaint to
make of the officers of this regiment,
except that they were without experi
ence. He instanced the fact that when
the regiment was ordered to Pablo
Beach, with the exception of two com
panies, the main body took all the
rations, leaving nothing to eat for
those left behind.
Captain Baldridge said that when he
first went to Jacksonville, the pota
toes were small and were not good, but
afterward the quality improved. The
commissioners here adjourned.
OUR NAVAL CASUALTIES DURING
THE WAR.
Seventeen sailors killed and eighty
four casualties, all told, was the total
loss suffered by the United States navy
during the war. The figures have just
been compiled at the navy department.
In Dewey's great fight in Manila bay
not a man was killed and every one of
the nine men wounded was able and
did return to duty. In the battle of
July 3rd off Santiago, one man was
killed ' and there were eleven casual
ties altogether. In that fight also ev
ery one of the wounded returned to
duty. The loss suffered in the attack
upon the forts at the entrance to San
tiago by the American fleet June 22nd
was one sailer killed and eleven men
wounded, of whom only seven were
able to return to duty. The heaviest
loss of the navy was at Guantanamo.
There were twenty-two casualties in
that 100 hour fight and of the list six
marines were killed. Of the sixteen
wounded, nine returned to duty, three
were invalided from the service and
four continue under treatment. Next
after Guantanamo, the battle with the
forts and gunboats off Cienfuegos
caused the greatest number of casual
ties, the list aggregating twelve, with
one man killed. Another man died
subsequently from wounds, nine re
turned to duty, and one continues un
der treatment.
More fatal in its results, was the
fierce battle between the torpedo boat
Winslow and the revenue cutter Hud
son with the Spanish land batteries
and artillery forces at Cardenas. Of
the eight casualties, five were deaths,
though three wounded men afterward
returned to duty. In the bombard
ment of San Juan, the casualties num
bered eight, with one man killed. One
of the wounded men wras invalided
home, while six returned to duty.
There were four other casualties oc
curring in as many separate engage
ments, and that completes the list of
naval losses. Of the sixty-seven men
wounded in the war, fifty-four were
returned to duty, one died of wounds,
six were invalided from the service and
six continue under treatment. Consid
ering the results obtained, this list is
said to be the most remarkable in the
naval history of the world.
LEE'S CORPS REORGANIZED.
General Lee has been ordered to re
organize the Seventh army corps now
under his command at Jacksonville, so
as to make it consist of two divisions
of two brigades each.
The Itellef Brings Troops from the
West Indies
Newport News, Va., October 8. The
United States hospital ship Relief,
with sick and convalscent soldiers
aboard to the number of 248, tied up
at the dock at Old Point this afternoon
and discharged her passengers. Of the
number landed only about fifty had to
be brought ashore, the remainder
walking. Only a few of the fifty are
dangerously ill and the percentage of
serious cases Is quite small. The new
arrivals are from the Third Wisconsin,
Ninth Massachusetts, Sixteenth Penn
slvania volunteer infantry and regulars
from the Third and Fifth artillery,
hospital and signal corps.
Preparations had been made to re
ceive the contingent at the new Joshua
Simpson general hospital, where they
were promptly Installled.
Had Typhoid Fever.
"My system was very much run
down by typhoid fever. I began tak
ing Hood's Sarsaparilla and the effect
was most invigorating. It gave me a
new lease of life, and I have enjoyed
good health ever since taking it, and
have been able to follow my usual bus
iness." J. A. Conner, Jr., Rockbridge
Baths, Virginia.
Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick head
ache, biliousness, indigestion. Price
25 cents', .. . ' . r , .
I
XI IE SAXTON .Hl'RDEU
.firs. Georze Still RetIcent-Xlnmor of
a Decoy Liter The Coroner's Inves
tigation Begun
Canton, Ohio, October 8. M. C. Bar
ber, the brother-in-law of President
McKinley, received a telegram from
Washington tonight stating that 2
o'clock would best suit the president
and Mrs. McKinley as the hour for
holding the funeral services over the
remains of George D. Sax ton, Mrs.
McKinley's brother, who was assassi
nated last night as he was approch
ing the house of a friend. Accordingly,
that hour Monday afternoon has been
selected. The services are to be pri
vate for the family and immediate
friends, and will occur at the Barber
home where the body was taken. This
is the old Saxton homestead and was
the. Canton home of the McKinleys
during the president's career in con
gress. The Washington message also
announced that the president and his
party will reach Canton over the Penn
sylvania lines at 10:25 o'clock Sunday
morning.
Mrs. Annie E. George, the woman
suspected of firing the fatal shots, is
in jail, the formal charge of first de
gree murder made today not admit
ting liberty under bond. She is closely
confined so far as communication with
friends is concerned, although she is
not restricted in her consultations with
her attorneys. She seems to be com
fortably established and the officers
say that neither her appetite nor her
rest is disturbed by the conditions in
which she is placed. She is cool and
collected and still maintains silence on
every feature connected with the trag
edy or with herself while it was being
enacted. The fact that her attorneys
objected to assignment when she was
taken into the justice's court today in
dicates that they propose to attack the
affidavit on technical grounds. They
secured an adjournment of the ar
raignment until 10 o'clock Monday.
Officers have been making special ef
forts to find the weapon with which
the crime was committed, by search
ing all around the, scene of the shoot
ing, the field through which she is
said to have walked last night and
other places in which she is thought
to have been, but to no avail.
There is some gossip that Saxton
may have been enticed to the Althouse
residence by a decoy letter. This is
based on the statement of Mrs. Alt
house that Saxton knew she wras not
at home that evening and that she
did not expect to be and, therefore, he
had no reason to call.
The coroner began taking testimony
this afternoon and examined half a
dozen or more neighbors who had
heard the shooting or saw the dead
man. The only development of the
inquest so far is a statement by Hen
ry Bederman that he saw a woman in
black in front of the Althouse home
fire several shots at a man. After the
first shots she had walked away and
then there came from the man a faint
call for help. She turned abruptly,
walked back and fired several more
shots and then ran away. He could
not tell who the people were, but on
approaching, recognized Saxton's body.
The most important witnesses will not
be examined until next week.
THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS
Tle Contentions of Each Understood
by the Other The Two Widely
Apart
Paris, October 8. The United States
peace commissioners began their us
ual three hours session at 10 o'clock
this morning. They are understood to
have taken into consideration direct
suggestions and counter propositions
from the Spaniards, of which the
Americans now have enough to engage
their attention at the daily session. It
may be regarded as quite likely that
the Spaniards have already outlined
their apparent expectations and that
they are beyond the line of possible
acquiscence by the Americans. The
latter are now acting along well con
sidered lines, consistently, and with a
definite end in view. They have to
some degree disclosed the American
expectation and determination. The
Spaniards, however, seem unable or
unwilling at the outset, to understand
or believe the Americans may, or have
at the outset set forth their require
ments and that they are destined to
remain virtually unchanged by finesse
or counter diplomacy.
While the Philippines have not been
reached in the deliberations, this ques
tion is doubtless relatively not far dis
tant and at that point is likely to come
the full stress of the diplomatic con
troversy. Referring to the Philippine phase
of the negotiations The Gaulois today
says: "The question was somewhat
touched upon, though not discussed
yesterday, but there was enough to in
dicate serious difficulties when it does
come up. The first session lasted two
hours."
President Faure, through the United
States ambassador, General Horace
Porter, today invited the American
commission to visit the Lang Champs
race course on Sunday, in order to wit
ness the race for the prix municipal.
The Americans through the ambassa
dor, thanked the president but de
clined his invitation.
The commission reconvened for a
two hours session at 2:30 p. m. today.
A Railroad Decision
Charleston, S. C, October 8. In the
United States circuit court. Judge SI-
monton handed down a decision in the
case of the Georgia Railroad Company
against the Port Royal and Augusta
railroad. In which claims were made
by the former company against the
latter for money alleged to be due for
services rendered during the recent re
ceivership of J. Hi Averill. The decis
ion orders the payment to the Georgia
vompany pi aovvv. . - - -
line
Mrs. McKinley's Brother
the Victim.
A JANGLE OF SCANDALS
i
George Sexton, of Canton, Ohio, Shot. b auu vuis ,i, i'. "t ,"r
1 church forces from both sides of the
Doivn by a Woman a he Approaches border was regarded as In line with
the Residence of a Lady Frtend-The the recent Anglo-American trend of
J . w - 5 events. At the last council a commit-
Assassln a Divorced Woman-Seeral . was app0intej to convey greetings
Scandals Which Preceded and Led . to the church In Canada, and this com
nn t rhi. Tr..dr-Th Wommn Ar ! mittee gave its report the agreeable
rested.
Canton, Ohio, October 7. George
Saxton, a brother of Mrs. William Mc
Kinley. was shot dead at 6:10 o'clock
this evening before the residence of
Mrs. Eva B. Althouse, widow of the
late George Althouse, 319 Lincoln ave
nue, where he is presumed to have
gone to make a call. Five shots were
fired, three of which entered his body.
Mrs. Anna C. George has been placed
under arrest on suspicion of the mur
der. Saxton was unconscious when neigh
bors arrived to investigate the cause
of the shooting and was dead when
the physicians and officers arrived, the
former having expressed the opinion
that death was instantaneous, three
bullets having entered vital spots. His
position indicated that he had been
on the step of the Althouse residence
when the shots were fired. The body
was taken to an undertaking room and
placed in charge of the coroner. Im
mediately after the autopsy it will be
taken to the home of M. C. Barber,
a brother-in-law, where Saxton, who
was unmarried, made his home.
CMr. Saxton left the Barber home
about 6 o'clock, riding his bicycle, and
this was the last seen of him by his.
friends.
(The Althouse home was dark and
locked and the neighbors said Mrs.
Althouse had not been at home for the
p&st three days. One of the neighbors
said a woman, supposed to have done
the shooting, had passed back of the
house.
Mrs. George took her supper as usual
at a down town restaurant at 4:45
o'clock, and some time later was on a
westbound car, and, according to the
iotorman's story, got off at Hazlett
avenue near the Althouse home. About
9 o'clock she was arrested and locked
up. Trouble in locating her was aue
1UC
principally to the fact that she moved
from her old home yesterday.
Mrs. George is the divorced wife of
Sample E. George, who formerly was
a tenant of Saxton in his down town
business block, conducting a dress
making business. Her divorce was ob
tained in Dakota and a proceeding,
later, filed in local courts by the hus
band against Saxton charging that Sax
ton had sent her there to secure the
divorce, the proceeding here being a
suit for damages for the alleged alien
ation of the wife's affections. This case
has been through all the Intermediate
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and on Wednesday, a settlement was
effected, Saxton paying George $1,825 j
on the claim set up of $20,000 for dam
ages. Mrs. George has also had sev-
ZtlS Xlt2i"lttS
Saxton being that the articles were
Mrs. AUhouse. in front of whose
UUU "uuim6 vv.uj.tv., " j
monms ago Degan peace proceeuings
against Mrs. George, alleging that her
life had been threatened.
Mr. Henry Bedeman, residing at No.
1,809 West Third street, about 200 feet
from the Althouse residence, said:
"I was In the Boron grocery store
when I heard two shots from a re
volver and saw the flash from the
mouth of a gun. I went Immediately
to the door of the store and after
about two minutes had elapsed I heard
two more. Before I heard these, how-
X!5' fLL : Sme ln!
uicsacu in wuiiiaus v;iuiucs gu avvajr
from the Althouse steps, rather slowly,
then turn around and go back again.
At that time I heard the two more
shots. This time the woman started
to run. She left the pavement and ran
up a vacant lot next to Mrs. R. M.
Quinn's residence. We men then went
across the road and found Saxton lying
there."
Mrs. George maintained perfect self
control when arrested and refused to
make a statement.
It is common talk that Mrs. George
made frequent threats of taking Sax
ton's life. Many of these threats are
said to have been sent through the
mails and the federal grand Jury last
fall indicted her for alleged improper
use or tne mans. Airs, ueorge gave ; the ordination and consecration of
bond and the indictment, so far as is bishops precede the provision requir
known here, is still alive. j jn& SUCh consent of the bishops, which
Sample C. George, the husband, is ' makes the language conform to the
reported to have been secretly mar- ; canonical law. A number of other
ried In Wheeling over a year ago to
Miss Lucy Graham, of Alliance. As
soon as George got his damage money
from Saxton, he announced his
ond marriage. Mrs. George claims
Saxton deceived her and deserted her,
lor anomer.
rwrtKai. t Tha n-A-?
dent, Mrs. McKinley, her sister. Mrs.
Barber, and others, will leave here
tomorrow night to attend the funeral
of Mrs. McKinley's brother at Can-
ton Monday. Thf president will pro-
ceed to Omaha from that noint. Join-
inr- thA nartr iQtHt, twl Mno.
ing the party leaving here
Monday
morning.
If you suffer from sores, boils, pirn-
Tkl DC nr if vntii" narrAo ova Wslr Anf
. w . 77 T 1 determined by the bishops, the depu-
your system run down, you should taieWiAa mnfflrrinr. that thV emmtr
J Hood's Sarcaparilla. : Vm -
TI1K EPISCOPAL COOHL
Question of Choosing a Bishop for or
AbolUhlns the 9IlMlonarjr Dtoeee of
IV e tern Xorth Carolina Amend
menu to the Constitution
Washington, October 7. A signifi
cant special session of the Episcopal
triennial council was held today, when
the house of bishops Joined the house
of deputies In a Joint meeting to re
ceive and do honor to a deputation
from the English church In Canada,
The Canadian church has no affiliation
with that in the United States, but It
is from a common stock, the Church
1UI ill Vi ifl COVIJllilS IU feaiUl llifc
today a deputation representing the
first churchmen of the Dominion. It
consisted of his grace, the Rt. Rev.
Archbishop Lewis, Archbishop Omara;
and Judge Hubert McDonald, the lat
j ter being the lay representative. Arch-
church In Canada. After the visiting
delegates had been escorted to the
platform, Bishop Doane, of Albany,
the presiding officer of the house of
bishops, extended them an eloquent
welcome.
His grace, Archbishop Lewis respond
ed in feeling terms, expressing the
deep love and admiration of the church
in Canada for the sister church on this
side of the border, both branches com
in? from th mX mother- rhnroh Th,
archbishop closed with the expression
of ferved hope that those now present
would live to see the two nations and
their church still closer knit together.
A number or other bishops also spoke
This closed the formal reception to
the Canadian delegation, and they
.
were made welcome, as the regular
business of the council proceeded.
The joint session was continued to
consider the subject of missions, re
ports being received and Bishop Neely,
of Maine, and Graves of the Piatt
speaking on mission work.
The house of deputies sitting sepa
rate from the bishops did considerable
routlne business, admitting to honor- ' trict are without means of subsistence
ary seats representatives from Hono- ; and the relief association have begun
lulu and Alaska. J to supply them with necessary pro-
The house of bishops, meeting sepa- j visions,
rately, gave leave of absence to Bishop ' Ridgeland, a small settlement of
Sessiems, of Louisiana, owing to his people, 2fO of whom are lately from II
feeling that the yellow fever reports j linois and other northeastern states,
were such as to make his presence at developed three cases of yellow fever
home desirable. Monday next at noon t in one family today. The colony Is lo-
was fixed for taking up the important
question of marriage and divorce.
The bishops and deputies were again
in short session at the afternoon ses
sion, continuing the discussion of mis
sion work.
"Washington, October 8. Various pe
titions and resolutions were Included
In the preliminary routine business
which came up before the house of
deputies of the Episcopal council to
day. Among the resolutions was one
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expressing the sense or deep gratitude
of this nation at the many manifeata-
tions of friendly feeling shown by u"f uea'n- uuuauon ax
Great Britain in the recent .war with Wat?rvalley is unchanged,
the Spaniards, and praying that the i Meridian, Miss., October 8.-Twenty
time may arrive when the United Tf yellow fever arc reported
States and the mother country shall ' rrmt , aJ"I8urff Mlss.. a town at
stand shoulder-to-shoulder to defend about 3,000 Inhabitants, eleven miles
the liberty of mankind and the Chris- "orth of ,Ntw rIeans. on the New Or
tian civilization of the nation's of the 'eans and Northeastern railroad. Th
earth. I fever was brought tl.ere by C.W. Rlclu
Delegate Stoutzenburg. of Indiana, ' f wealthy lumber man. from New Ot
offered a resolution which was referred leans. a"1 fifteen days ago and th
to the committee on canons, restor- nature of the disease not being known,
ing the office of evangelist to the Epls- a Jare number of people were cxpos-
couai cnurcn. !
l 1 X a
h resolved to consider in ;
adUon tThe electa 'of mfonaj?
Wshops. next week, the question of t
alonHnn nf a tnloclnnarv ISItiVmrk tr tho
ir-.nti a ,-v,.,iii xt n
against Jacksonville
into two dioceses, but the building of
itumn.n oi- AchTiiu Kir ArnnUi.-
bHt who is an Eprseoai an, Ted to
i the belief that there would be an 1m- !
mediate upgrowth of population in
I'VC S&ME i
cese. J. nereiore ine missionary juris
several years ago, but no bishop has
ever been consecrated. As a matter of the American Tobacco Company,
fact the expected growth did no ma- ' New York, has finally purchased tb
terialize and there has never been felt tmn,on i
the need of a bishop there. The whole mmense tobacco works and wart
question will be gone over by the bish- nousese owned by the Drummomi To
ops, and the vacancy may be filled, acco Company, of which Harrison X.
although there Is considerable belief Drummond is president. The plant I
in the house that the bet thin; to do one of the largest of its kind in t5
would be to abolish the Jurisdiction wrld. Late this afternoon a transfr
and divide the state as before. was registered at the courthouse, cov-
Thpn trio hm! rosnmpd rnnsifWation
of the amendments to the constltu-
tion. Delegate Packard, of Maryland,
being the incorporation into the con-
stitution of the canonical provisions
requiring the sanction of the stand-
ing committees of all the dioceses to
the election of bishop. This proposed
amendment led to a long debate dur
ing the session of the house on Thurs
day, the Rev. Dr. Taylor, of Indiana,
having moved to strike It out. Dr. Tay
lor's motion was lost by an over
whelming viva voce vote.
An amendment offered bv Rev. Dr.
Jewell, of Milwaukee, was adonted
changing the phraseology of the sec-
tlon under consideration by making
the nrovlsion for the consent of the
standing committees of the dioceses to
t amendments were Drooosed. but all
were relected. and then Article 2 of
I '
the constitution as reported by the
committee, with the amendment adop
d on motion of Dr. Jewell, was car-
ried bv an almost unanimous vote.'
TM rtlrl relates entlrlv to the m.
t ji
' bishoDs
. , n, t. a, afIf
rt'5le 2,of the new constitution was
foPtd almost unanimously. It elim-
iftn Trif nr?hll5?. hlSSSS
' S0"3""0" lch.phlbib.?s
: ior cnurcnes in xoreign .anus irora
having a seat in the house of bishops
and making them Ineligible to a dio-
cesan office in the United States.
For the purpose of keeping fully
alive the missionary interests it was
I divided toft four districts pr divisions,
Ts BsrsJ Is tW Ms i it
tales' fsftWc
Absolutely Pure
so siws fcwn eot, m
in each of which there shall be held &
missionary council every year In whld
the general triennial convention tlocs
not meet, instead of one general mls
slonary council in those years. Its per
sonnel is to be made up of the bish
ops in the district and the clerfry
men and three members of the laAty
from each d!ocese.
The deputies and bishop held but
one session each today, and then ad
journed until Monday. On the joint
open meeting preliminary to the sepa
rate sessions today the prayer service
for families in affliction was read a
thought suggested by the death of the-
, President's brother-in-law.
EST Yellow Feer on the IncrcasedZn
Jackson, Miss., October S. Jackson's
da,1' report of new cases of yellow fe-
ver is increasing. The following- were
!
announced for today: Three white
and seven colored. Two of the new
cases, Mr. Wilcox and wife, are loc&t
ed in Millsaps college addition, a hith
erto unaffected locality and retnoU
from original infected localities. Thertr
were no deaths here today. The 2,000
. or more negroes in the cordoned dls-
! cated about three miles north of Jack-
son.
The two cases of fever in Natches re
ported yesterday have stampeded the
town. A special train loaded with refu
gees from that place for northern
points passed through Jackson tonight.
Madison reports three new cases ot
yellow fever today. Starksvllle re
ports one and Fayette two. Ilerman
ville reports one seriously sick. Taylor
reports one new case and Harrison
one. The fever at Orwood has about
(to
j -"7 A-. ? . " ncw
' cases today. Oxford reports two new
.
any uii tpiuemic or xne plague x
ine result. The New Orleans nfl
Northeastern railroad ha, orders .
i"'n, to "ass "attlesbur at fa
J "U.
aiuiiiKumery. air.. tictorpr x rr.
was raised tonight by order of city
InVSlCian Andrews on th rnnrt r
State Hea.th Oflloer Sanders that thr
was no yellow fever there.
'""ZZ' ""
St. Louis, October 8. After ncRoUa-
tions extending over several m otitic
"'6 ine uuwuings ana real esuil
owned by the Drummond Company..
The cash price was $3,457,000, paid by
ine American looacco company In ccr
d, checTkVdrawn to, the 'der of
"arrlson Drummond, president T
' "ow eiunci company, ine sale off
J th; P"!0"41 Tolacco Company waa
oumgni. mere were no stocic con
siderations.
The American Tobacco Company Im
mediately, took possession of Its new
property and Monday morning t he
employees will be working under m.
new management.
President Duke, of the American To-
i hacco Company, announces that there
win o no change in the personnel o
I the officers of the concern, even Mt
' Drummond remaining manager at xa
aary and later will become an officer-
ana memoer or ine ooara or aireciors.
To Withdraw, Turkitta Troop Ff3Bb
Crete.
I Canea. Island of Crete. October 7.-
Tcm,n rw mvu
. a o uiui j y vim twv.w v t v. j t I f f tah
5 - ttk fnrm thft xrim,
tables today that the sultan will Tltt-
?ra ine. urKisn troops from
" ciuuua
Or eat Britain. Russia. France and It
aly who on Wednesday, presented -
' tn Prte a collective note calling fox-
a withdrawal of the Ottoman fore,
an1 requiring an answer within a weXt
. frm that date - f
C
1 T. . , . , ,,.
Omaha. Neb., October 8. A doaI-
header freight train collided with Use
rear end of a passenger train in Kiss
horn yards this morning. One waltar
on the dining car was killed and sfcx
injured. The conductor of the passes
ger train was fatally Injured,