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RALEIG-H N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1905
No. 67
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II FEVER CAN
IE CRUSHED 001
Etrine Hospital Surgeons Say
it Can Be Done
ILL TAKE A i
The Situation Regarded as Hope'ul.
The Present Outbreak Contrasted
TithThat of 1878 Breakiug up
the Shotgun Quarantine in Louis
iana Towns
New Orleans, Aug. 16. Yellow Fever
Now cases. 66. . - .
J)ath. 4. --
Yiic United States marine hospital
surgeons today for the first time ex
j rte-l their .belief that it will bo
risible to crush out the yellow fever
i.. Xcv -Orleans. It will not be an easy
natter for them to do it, and the mini
mum time in which the work can be
a; o;"p!ished is placed at one month.
The reason for taking an optimistic
vie.v of the situation is the fact that
thr number of cases shows no tehfi
tr.! j- to increase.
Ti.iv present epidemic has been tho
umorpart in all respects of the epi
('. - : of lTS up to the last few day?.
- r in the same time, towards the
u May, and prevailed here six
!'.;s before it. was discovered by the
1th authorities,- just as now. Up
:he middle of August the two epi
have almost been identical. Tn
IS the new cases had then sprung
up to 120 a day and the deaths reach
ing "0 a day before the end of the
-'The sanitary work of the United
States marine hospital service is just
r.o.v bjinning to be felt. In the coun
try tho situation is a hundred fold
better. At this time in 1S78 the fever ,
prevailed in fifty-three different places '.
a?M was already epidemic in Memphis 'j
and Grvmula. Mias. This year-'only j
V-' casts have so far been reported j
mi'te of New Orleans, with 25,
0 :ih!.- In three of the states in which I.
the fever made its appearance, Mis- j
pissipp!, Alabama and Florida, it has
1 .ii enmpi' tciy crushed out. It has
.pr-oaroil in th- ten Louisiana parishes
iir mediately around New Orleans and
seven parishes in the northern and
central portion of the state. In all in
uv.-n'ty-four places, the disease has-l-'-n
stamped out, and in all except
Patterson, its spread has been
prrvfiited. These successes convince
tho marine hospital service physicians,
in ..-ite of the headway the fever
pained in June and July, it will be pos
j pile , to stamp it out.
Dr. Juan Guiteras of theCuba port,
fit'T'i- an investigation f the situation,
'ivs not take an optimistic view. "I
l iieve the yellow fever in New Or-I-ans
can be and will be controlled,"
he sail, and that it will not become
epidemic as in the past and will not
crop over until next year, but I doubt
whether the fever can be stamped out
bffore frost."
Governor Blanchard has settled the
Sl.'inroe quarantine imbroglio,, which
threatened a' serious clash, and his
Potion has done much to break up the
Fhlgtm quarantine in Louisiana. Mon
roe, which maintained such a .quaran
tine, using the Ouachita guards un
der Col. Frank S. Stubbs for this pur
pose, yesterday abandoned it, and on
the advice of the state board of health,
sr. under orders from the mayor of
the city and the Monroe board of
health, adopted the quarantine regu
lations proposed by the United States
marine hospital service and the state
board of health.
The marine hospital surgeon an
nounces that force will be used when
r.'-eepsary to disinfect and screen
Louscf: where there were cases of yel
low fever. Among the dead of yester
day, dying in poverty, was Adlai
F'eirre, who is remembered by- old
opera patrons as leader of the French
op"ra orchestra of 'years ago, and at
that time a musician of great promise.
He dropped completely out of sight
yrs nsro and was forgotten until a
r.r.'jr.n r.f his death recalled his former
musical triumphs.
The physician in charge at the Mis-"i'-tpi
river quarantine station has
tak..n four cases of fever from the
p',;rner Sapphire, from Colon, and
"; from the steamer Texas, from
Colon via Vera Cruz, both destined
f.
now Orleans.
Hc-vernor Vardaman has issued a
Vr i.'irtuition calling upon all Missis
health boards, towns and 'eoun
' to co-operate with the marine
''0-; al service.
Outbreak at Mississippi City
--v Orleans, Aug. 16. Four cases
- y Unw fever wore officially report-'-t;iKht
from Mississippi City, Har
rfuty. 'lose to the town of
Tt, the quarantine headquarters
n Kulf, coast and terminus 'of the
'Ui' tikI Ship Island Railroad. The
-lUak there after the fever had
NTH
been crushed out in Mississippi is like- !
ly to have a bad effect on quarantines
in that state.
Mississippi City Quarantined
Jackson, Miss., Aug-. 16. Secretary
Hunter of the state board of health
gives out the following order tonight:
. "Yellow fever having been officially
reported at Mississippi City, Miss., I
hereby declare said place in quaran
tine under Dr. Chas. L. Baron as state
health officer. All railroads and other
common carriers are hereby forbidden
to transport any person from . said
town to any point in the state of
Mississippi unless said person shall
present to the state health officer in
charge satisfactory evidence as to his
I or her immunity to yellow fever and
shall have received a proper .certificate
to that effect from the health officer."
This case was reported by Dr.
Wasden in person and is located in thd
district near the old court house.
Dynamite Works Blown Up
San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 16. In a
terrific-explosion at the Judson dyna
mite works near Point Richmond this
afternoon, three men were killed and
many were injured. Fire from the
wrecked buildings" spread rapidly, and
just before 4 o'clock a second and
third explosion occurred, demolishing
thi works. Scores of rescuers were a',
work at the time of the second of th
explosions and it is feared that the j
list of dead and injured may be very '
great. San Francisco was shaken by I
the explosion and windows were broken
by force of concussion.
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SUPPRESS THE BOYCOTT
mnpoy of SJhanhqi neavy responsibilities imposed upon
Cl bj til UllLjyilQl j them by their imperial masters and are
, , j honestly and conscientiously striving to
IlPte PriiiyP HrnPrS perform their duty according to their
UCID rU3l!iVC UlliCiD respective lights. They -have displayed
-. j a temper in the face of trying circum
stances that commands respect and ad-
Chinese Merchants Fear Financial ,
Trouble Trade
Being
Diverted
tO Tien Tsin, Where the Boycott ,
Has Been Prohibited
Shanghai, Aug. 16. The Chinese for
eign board has ordered Chou Fu, the
viceroy, to make every effort to sup-I
press the boycott which has now been I
extended to English goods, impo-ted. w,n fouSht with bulldog persever
it ia e,,,, 4 lance by all-concerned until there is a
Chinese merchants have asked the
general chamber of commerce to as- ;
sist them to suppress the movement. J
fearing that serious financial trouble ;
w ill result. j
Much of the trade of Shanghai is i
already being transferred to Tien Tsin, !
where General' Yuan Shi Kai, viceroy !
cf Pechili, has prohibited
the boy-
cott.
Chinese Avoiding Infractions of Treaty Rights'
Washington, Aug. 1G. United States i
Consul General Lay, at Canton, has
cable-d the state department that the 1
viceroy of that province has issued j
a proclamation warning the people not j
tn intprf ArA with nnv nnrcnrn; rhn c- i
. " . . . ; 1
sire to purchase American goods and
not to commit any act of violence. So
far it does not appear that the procla
mation has been violated or that any
overt acts ha.ve bean committed against
Americans or other foreigners.
From reports received at
tVio statu
. .. xr.ij.i '
Z vT ""r,
cott is being extensively employed ats
Shanghai and at Canton, notwithstand
ing the efforts of the government offi
cials to suppress it. The movement
so far is confined to the handling or
purchase of United States goods, but
so far as known no attempt has been to
prevent the landing of American car
goes, or to interfere with them after
landing. It is said that the Chinese
are studiously avoiding any infrac
tions of the treaty rights of the United
States.
ASTRONOMERS TURNED AWAY
Scientists Not Permitted to View
Solar Eclipse in Algeria
Paris, Aug. 16; A dispatch to the
Matin from Constantine, Algeria, says
that General Toroy has refused to al-
Inw tVio Tiritich rruisr Venus to re
ma-ir, pt -PhiiinnPviiie. Al-eria. for the 1
observation of the total eclipse on Au- ; that the details of the conference have
gust 30 on the ground that" Philippe- I never become known. Only a few scat
JilLe is a f6rtified port to which it is ' tered facts have appeared m ja mirage
impossible to admit representatives of of speculative assertions. What has
a foreign nation. The Venus is con- J said by the-plenipotentiaries m
veying Sir Nprman Lockyer, director of feir daily deiberatxons Has not been
, ' , ' . Ako,u, or1 j furnished to the press, so well have
the solar physics observatory, and a , . ,
part of atronomers, who will now be
- j. x s i. -01,0
obliged to take quarters at
Spain.
The Philippeville newspapers are
crying out against the general's action
on account of the loss of business that
will be entailed. . They point out that
the United States cruiser Dixie was
allowed to anchor" at Bona.
A number of English scientists who
were found near the fortifications at
Philippeville were detained under ser
veillance. An Omen of Peace
London, Aug. 17. The correspondent
of the Standard at Odessa telegraphs
that the departure to the front of the
recently mobilized southwestern in
fantry division has been temporarily
countermanded. This is popularly In
terpreted as an omen of peace.
IDG OF WAR DUE".
Peace Envoys Have Disposed
of Easy Matters
(JESTIONS NOW
Agreement Reached on Seven of the
Twelve Demands Made by the
Japanese-Cession of Saghalien
and War Indemnity the Principal
Matters for Consideration .
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 16. In the
face of generally gloomy forecast the
prediction is hazarded that the peace
conference will not end disastrously
Wlth the week now only half finished,
From the first the prophets of evil have
contended daily that the exchanges be-
J tween the envoys of Russia and Japan
were a matter of hours, but the trend
of events has demonstrated that the
two belligerents have entrusted their
affairs to men who are alive to the
miration' and the' h&v shown that if
the worst should come, and the worst
means a resumption of hostilities, their
work may be measured in the balance
of public opinion and not found want
ing.
Tonight, after two long ressions
broken only by a recess of short dura
lion, the envoys are comforted by the
knowledge that they have done much,
that is worthy of praise. Tomorrow
the tug of war will be begun, and
judged by what has passed it will no:
be a struggle of short duration, but
decision or a draw. " ?
Of the twelve conditions precedent t
to peace laid down by Japan upon the
second day of the- conference seven
have been adjusted by the unanimous
votes of the envoys. The two' sessions
today were devoted entirelv to articles
7 and 3 of the Japanese terms, both or
which relate to the demand of the!
J Japanese for the rossasion of the j
j eastern railway, a Russian institution, j
'for the distance between Port Arthur I
and jr 5n. An agreement was report- j
ed NPt.ort the second session ended ex
cept upon one minor point, which does
not promise any obstacle to complete
the undtrstanding. The remaining ar
ticles, four in number, will be taken up
tomorrow'. They are all related in a
measure in the sense of being puni-
, , ., . ...
j tive, and there is a disposition on the I
part of the envoys, from, what was
i said this evening, to regard them j
i bound together, and thus capable, of
j consideration for general discussion.
Under articles 7 and 8, adopted to-
uay, provision is inaue ior me luiure 1
control of !the Manchuria Railwaa-.
. ,. . . AT.,.. '
Luui Ail QiuciiJ. anu ijantiiui u a j. i v
agrcement provides that Japan shall
control the road from Port Arthur to
within ten miles of Harbin, and Rus
sia shall have control from that point
to Vladivostok.
Article 5, which concerned the Jap
anese demand for the cession of Sag
halien Island, and was, passed over
yesterday by mutual consent after the
envoys found they could not agree, is
one of the remaining points in dispute.
The others relate to the demand of
Japan for remuneration for the cost
of the war, the limitation of Russian
naval strength in the Pacific, the trans
fer of fishing rights at the mouth of
the Amur river to Japan, and it is
surmised the possession of interned
chips or the grant of commercial privi
leges at Vladivostok.
It is useless "at this time to forecast
what the outcome of the considera
tion of these remaining articles will be.
Newspaper readers should understand
j f .
spirit of their compact to refrain from
lii.ltt.iiif;. il its u ue lucil uci win imngo
have leaked out and the opportunity
for intelligent discussion of the busi
ness before the conference has been
afforded by significant although some
what indenite remarks, but there has
been no full understanding given to
the argument of either side.
But it may be added that even the
envoys do not know what the outcome
will, be or at least the Russian en
voys do not, if they are honest in
what they have told' those who possess
their confidence. As for the Japanese
they are saying nothing. The possess
the key to the difficult situation, but
whether they will use it to unlock the
door to peace is something only they
themselves are able to explain. They
have hidden themselves behind an in
scrutable veil that defies the penetra-
HARDrO
tlon of European and the occidental
mind; and ability.
There are reports which are accept
ed confidently in some quarters that
the Russians' have never been for
peace and are only going through the
form of negotiation out of respect to
the president of the United States,
who brought them here, and regard
for the opinion of the world. To be
lieve these mere rumors is to place
M. Witte and Baron Rosen In the
category of common hypocrites and
they certainly have not not created
that impression of their character, by
their conduct since their stay in Ports
mouth. Granting that the Russian envoys
are sincerely anxious to arrange a
treaty for the resumption of relations
with the enemy, a heavy responsibility
must rest upon the Japanese plenipo
tentiaries in the conduct of the nego
tiations from now on. Upon them,
more than upon th ; adversaries, de
pends the adjustment of the question
whether there shall be peace or war. -
Russia ihas consented to recognize
the preponderance of Japan's Influ
ence in Corea. She has agreed to guar
antee the integrity of China and to
accept the principle of the open door.
She has promised perforce to withdraw
her troops from Manchuria. In fact,
she has given her pledge to leave China
and Corea. alone in the future and
never to again menance the peace and
territory of Japan. These were the
things for which Japan want to war
after declaring that she had no otner
purpose than to preserve her own
country from the danger of Russia's
ambitious schemes. More than that,
( Continued On Page Two.)
BURIED UNDER ROCK
Three Out of Twenty-two
Men Rescued Alive
The Remainder Either Dead or
Pinned Down So Securely That
Death Must Ensue Before They Can
Be Taken Out of the Debris
Allentown, Pa., Aug. 16. Twenty
two men, all of them foreigners, were
today buried in an avalanche of rock
that slid down the side bank of the
stone quarry of thejLehigbj -Portland
Cement Company -t5fwoiid, seven
miles north of this city. , Of the en
tombed men only three have been
rescued alive and have been brought
to the Allentown hospital. Some of
the others are still alive, but they are
pinned down by massive bou
which it may take several days to re
move, and it is not expected that they
can be rescued alive. Up to a late
hour tonight only three bodies have
been rescued, and it may take-a week
or ten days before all the debris can
be .cleared away ar.d the full extent
of the catastrophe revealed. With but
few exceptions the buried men were
newcomers in this country, bu't most-of J
them have families in the old country.
In many cases the bodies are crush
ed beyond recognition.
The quarry was opened five years
ago by the, cement company, and it
is now a great hole 100 feet long, 100 j
feet deep and from 300 to 400 feet wide,
The accident occurred only five min-
utes before the signal was to have
been given to quit work.
MURDER ON STEAMBOAT
Steward of the Bay L:ne: Alabama
Killed by the Cook
Norfolk, Va, Auerust 16. Joseph
Booker, steward on the Old Bay Line
steamer Alabama, was stabbed to
death last night in the vessel's kitchen
by Charles Beavans, cook on the same
steamer, while the Alabama was off
Sandy Point, Chesapeake Bay, twenty
five miles from Baltimore, on her way
to Norfolk. The motive has not been
fully determined, but it is thought
that orders which Booker attempted
to give Beavans resulted in the trag
edy, though the murderer declares that
the trouble all came about over his
the boat for alleged drunkenness and ;
;,wnPnt .ffP, lv, ronduct on thfJ
i ;
part of Booker toward him.
A brother of the murdered man,
who is also employed on the Alabama,
says that Booker and Beavans were
talking together yesterday and he knew
of no bad blood between them. Bea
vans declares that Booker advanced
upon him with a drawn knife, and
that he picked up a knife with which
to defend "himself . but that
himself inflicted the wound
which
which caused his death.
Beavans is now in Norfolk jail, but
it is thought that the federal authori
ties will take charge of the case. The
trial may be 'here or in the United
States court at Baltimore. Beavans,
whose home is in Baltimore, where
he has a wife and three children, says
he wants to go to Baltimore for trial.
Cortelyou Due at Oyster Bay
Oyster Bay, Aug. 16. Postmaster
General Cortelyou is expected here to
morrow. The nature of the confer
ence is not - definitely known, but it is
assumed that the president will tender
Mr. Cortelyou the portfolio of the
secretary of the treasury.
VOTED AGAINST
RAILROAD BONDS
Attempt to Influence an Elec
tion Repudiated
BRIBERY FALLS FLAT
Yancey County Voters Turn Down a
$50,000 Bond Proposition The
Offer Of a Rake-off Exposed, and Norway, h,as failed, according to in
TW c.hi TfWaf Ta 1 formation received here fronr Copen-
lua.1 v&"v
m,- rwni,.ij
if OS VVC1W J-LC 1111 lUg
Asheville, N. C, Aug. 15. Special.
News of sensational developments over
the railway bond election held in Yan
cey county last Saturday, has been re-
ceived. The people of that county were j
to vote on the question of issuing $o0,- i
000. of bonds to aid in the construction
of the proposed Asheville and Burns
ville railway, a line to run from Booneg
Ford' to Burnsville, and thence even-
tuallj' to Asheville.
The bonds lost by
more than four hundred
votes. An
explanation of this decided opposition '
8" :
ins in- 1
to the issuance of bonds is found
alleged attempt of certain persons in
terested in having the bonds voted to
bribe influential citizens to work for j
and throw heir strength in favor of
voting bonds. It is said that " offers
as high as $2,000 of the proposed' bonds
I were made to individuals; that letters
containing tnese otters were written a
few days before the election that the let
ters were exposed, and that the
suit was defeat o the bonds by an ove-r
whelming majority.
A well known citizen of Yancey coun
ty, who was in Asheville today, said
that feeling was high against the peo
ple who had thus attempted unduly to
influence the electorate of the county
and that thre-.ts of personal violence
were freely made. The Yancey coun-
ty man said that in a few of the town- j
rtsip3 thjt authorities refused to hold -s
the election, and" thar In other town- :
ships which before the attempts ,at i
bribery were exposed had" been In fa- J
vor of the bonds went against the is- !
sue almost solidily. "In my township," j
; said the gentleman, '"only two or three
s j votes were cast in favor of the bonds. :
It is one of the largest townships jm excess of-100 miles. The total mile
in the county. Before the receipt of age under operation, includin' tracks
the letters offering money for influence 0f all kinds, was 2!)7,073, being an in
our township was heartily in favor j crease of 13,252 mi' in the year. TWe
of the issue." number of locomotives in service was
146,743, an increase of - 2,872, and the
NOMINATED A REPUBLICAN
1 ed by private companies or firms, how
t, , t ' . . j ever, are not included in these totals.
Pennsylvania Democrats Adopt a : Practically all the passenger loeomo.
New Course of Proceeding i tives and cars were mted with train
brakes and automactic couplers, while
Harrisburg, Pa., Aug. 16. Judge 25s,S03 cars were still lacking in train
John Stewart of Chambersburg was brakes and 1S767 in automatic couplers.
"u,i"!,allu 1UI afes-ueiaie -justice 01
j" state supreme court today by the re-
canea uemocratu; staie convention,
I Judge Stewart is the Republican
nominee for this office. This is the
j. first time the Democratic party in
Pennsylvania has nominated a Repub
lican candidate for a state office. The
leaders express the hope that today's
action will attract independent votes and their wages aggre&ated $817,598,
to Berry, the Democratic candidate for 810
state treasurer. DUrinsr the year 10.046 persons were
-The regular Democratic state cww
vention tor the nomination or a ticxet
for this year's election had been held
before this vacancy' occurred, and
under the party rules it was neces
sary to resummon the convention.
- The actual work of today's conven
tion consisted of the nomination of
Judge Stewart, the adoption of reso-
lutions inviting tne support or tne
independent vote to the state ticket,
and commending the people of Phila-
delphia for their work of purging the
registry list of alleged illegal voters.
Then followed the formal opening
1 y-v 4 TiAmsnAnn tin r o m n i cm in Monn-
u . ' "hi n- 1 1
sylvama by a speech) o. acceptance
TTTilll-, I J n-F I 'hldtATi T ft O.
uy viiiio.iii ii. uciij uom , -"jper cent., against u.ibi cent, in
party's nominee for state- treasurer, i the earningc -per mile for passenger
Report On the LanstOn Contract
Ovster Bay, Aug. 16. Charles H.
Keep, assistant secretary of the treas
ury, called upon the president with the
r-r-i- -nTViifh ho has inst completed,
on the charges brought against
tne govcniiiieiii jjiim.1115 vjij.w- o ".-E,
ed discrimination in favor of the Lans
ton monotype machine. Charges ol dis
crimination were brought by the Mer
ganthaler Company, which failed to
get the contract inv61ving 72 machines,
or about $275,000.
"The president and I went over the re
port," said Mr. Keep, "but you had
v,0Hr ask him as to the flcntents." It
is believed, however,, that the report is
wholly favorable to the Lanston Com
pany and to General Palmer, the pub
lic printer, who hade the contract for
the machines, and that the contract will
not be disturbed.. ,
. . -T -o t the street. The roof of the Republic
National Negro Business League gteel Works carried away an
New York, Aug. 16. Two hundred ' debris littered the streets in every dl
hnainess men opened the sixth an- reot'nr.
nual session of the National Negro
Business League in this, city today.
The object of the league is to bring
together the negroes who are engaged
in business for themselves for mutual
help and support. Booker T, Wash-
j ington has been the president of the
league since its inception.
President Fornes of th(e board of
aldermen delivered an address of wel
come. A letter from President Roose
velt to Secretary Eramett J. Scott
was read.
Secretary Scott also received a let
ter from Governor Higgins expressing
the wishes of the governor for the suc
cess of the league In its chosen field.
Addresses on various subjects were
made.
The convention will continue until
Friday night, when the local league
will give a banquet to the visiting
delegates.
Norway' May Establish" a Republic
Berlin, Aug. 16. The plan, support
ed by Great Britain for Prince Charles
'""-.hagen. The expectation is.' that Nor-
way will establish a. republic.
Pullman Died of His Injuries
Redwood City, Cal., August 16. Wal
ter Sangman Pullman, son of the late
Geo. M. Pullman, who was injured in a
runaway accident last Sundav, died
ilnst nitrht at hi homA in Rplmnnt An
lnvestigation disclosed that his skull
wag fracturad.
RAILROAD STATISTICS
Points From Report of Inter-
state Commission
Increase cf Mileage and Rolling
Stock Shown Many of the Cars
Lack Train Brakes- Number of
Killed and Injured
Washington, Aug. 16. Statistics of
the railways of the United States for
the 12 months ended June 30, 1904, is-
sued , today by the interstate com-
commission, show that on that
,otmL .,,. . . ' '
dat the smgle track mlleae wa 213-'
904 miles,, having increased 5,927 miles
during the previous twelve months,
This increase is the largiest for any
.year since
1890. Nineteen states and
territories each reported new track
cars numbered 1,79S,561, or 45,172 more
than on June 30, 1903. The cars own-
, Thero was rnmnam tivplv an inorMSf
' of 30j402 miies m the number of pas
senger miles per passenger locomotive
and a decrease of 351,096 miles in the
number of miles of freight per freight
. locomotiVe, while the employes per 100
miles of line decreased 28. The total
number of employes was 1,296,121, or a
decrease of 16.416 comoared with 1903;
j kiUed and 84 155 injured, , of whom
3,632 killed and 67,067 injured were em
ployes, 441 killed and 9,111 injured
were passengers, and 5.973 killed and
7.977 injured were other persons, tres
passers, etc. One trainman for every
120 was killed and one for every nine
was injured. One passenger was kill-
ed for every' 622,267 carried, against
one in 1,957,441 in the preceding year,
whne one in 78,523 was injured as
j compared with 84,422.
j The passengers carried numbered
! 715(419i6S2i an increase of 20,528,147, and
n f frpihi- 1.309.899.165. an in-
- , a rri
-freae ot lons- ,Ane T0
revenue per ton per mile was 0.780
i . , . . fnn
I (roinii ohnwino- n n inprpasp and for
trains showing an increase
j freight trains a decrease.
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Severe Storm in St. Louis
St. Louis, Aug. 16. A violent storm
broke over the city this . afternoon.
The wind obtained a velocity of 50 miles
an hpur, snapping off shade trees,
blowing dowing down signs and awn
ings and creating a panic, as citizens
feared another cyclone wras coming.
Darkness of midnight settled over the
city, and then came the rain, a verit
able deluge. One person was seriously
injured here, the horse he wis driving
being frightened by the storm and
running away, hurling the driver
against the trunk of a tree. The storm
was even more violent in East St. Louis,
three persons being seriously injured,
two probably fatally. One was blown
' from the roof of a house, on which he
I was working, landing in the middle of
THE PLANTER TO
THE PRICE
Wail Street to Have No Say
About Cotton .
WAREHOUSE PLAN URGED
Farmers to Deposit Their Cotton Sub
ject to Sale When the Demand'
Makes the Price Remunerative.
President Jordan Going to Monroe
to Make a Speech to Cotton Growers
By THOMAS J. PENCE
Washington, Aug. 16. Special. The
Southern Cotton Association has de
termined that the price of the princi- '
pal product of the south shall be fixed
by the growers and not by Wall street.
This is the Substance of a declaration
made tonight by Harvie Jordan, presi
dent of the Southern Cotton Associa
tion. Mr. Jordan has been here for the
past few days on business connected
with the present grand jury inveti-
gation of Department of Agriculture
cases. He appeared before that body as
a witness today. ,
President Jerdan left tonight for
Monroe, N. C, where he will make a
speech recommending the construction
of a ootton warehouse In that-, city
and generally throughout the cotton
belt of the south.
It is the purpose of the Southern,
Cotton Association, as stated by Pres
ident Jordan tonight, to erect ware
houses all over the south, and impound
the staple in them, releasing it acord
ing to the demand, and fixing the pric.
On September C the association will
meet at Asheville. The executive com
mittee of the association will meet at
Asheville and fix the minimum price
of the present supply of cottju.
Some weeks ago President Jordan
said that the growers were getting tirr-i "
of the practice of speculators in Wall
street controlling the price of cotton,
and that it was one of the objects for
which the Southern Cotton Association
was organized to get the best possible "
price for the growers. He went so
far as to declare that in the future it .
was the intention, if possible, for tho
association to name the price. This
will be done by storing the product in
warehouses, and releasing it in compli
ance with the demand. At the meet
ing to be held in Asheville the minimum)
price for the present supply will be
fixed, and all growers are expected1 to
comply with the dictum of the executive ,
committee. This plan will be amplified
and President Jordan is hopeful.
From this time forth the growers will
be able to dictate terms to consumers.
The officials of the Southern Cotton
Growers Association are greatly pleas
ed with the progress of North Carolina
Cotton lanters in the matt&r of estab-
lishing these warehouses, in which cot
ton is stored and withdrawn for sale
when the price reaches that fixed by the
association. There are sixty of theso
warehouses in North Carolina, and not j
o single one in the great cotton growing
state of Texas.
The statement is made on the au
thority of a well-known member of
the hiouse .that a resolution will be in
troduced In the coming session looking .
to the reduction of the representation
of Pennsylvania and other eastern
states where the registration, lists havo
been padded for the purpose of con
trolling elections. The occasion for
this resolution is the fact that it has
developed that there are more than
sixty thousand fraudulent names on
the registration books in Philadelphia.
The congressman who has prepared
the resolution says that necessarily
the census returns include this fraud
ulent registration, which gives Penn
sylvania more representatives in con
gress than thfc state is entitled to.
The belief is expressed here that the ,
disclosures with reference to fraudu
lent registration in Philadelphia will
!have the effect of making ridiculous
the efforts of Crumpa:k?r and other
Republican partisans to cut do.wn the
representation of the south..
J. P. Wray and J. D. Turner, who
have been visiting here, left tonight
for New York. Before, returning they .
expect to explore coney'Island, Narra.
gansett Pier and other places at which
old ocean roars.
Collision on a Crossing
Cincinnati; Aug. 16.-Through a mis
take in signals a fast running Bal
timore & Ohio passenger train crushed
into a Winton place street car at a
grade, crossing this afternoon.
Three victims of the accident are
dead and at least one of the injure
can not live. The train was derailed
and plowed up both the main tracks for
a distance of 300 feet before the engina
tipped over, bringing the train to 3.
stop. The engineer of the passenger
otiirir to his post and was so
badly scalded by escaping steam that
W death is expecicu-
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