Vol. IX
RALEIGH N. 0.. FRIDAY. AUGUST . 18. 1905
No.68
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Colored People From Hinston "
Drowned Near Norfolk
MArlY LIVES WERE LOST
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Seventeen Persons Are Known to Be
Dead and a Large Number Injured
and Missing Many Bodies Be
lieved to Be in Submerged Car.
Convervative Estimate Places the
Number of Fatalities at Fifty or
Sixty Drawbridge, Was Open and
Fndneer Failed to See It in Time
""Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. Special. Sev
enteen people were killed and forty In
jured by the wreck of an excursion
jrain at Bruce's station on the Atlantic
CoFt Line, about nine miles from Nor
folk, shortly before 1 o'clock this af
ternoon. One engine and two coaches
plunee'l into the open draw at Bruce'3
station, carried to possiDie aeatn 15U
fH , ; .', all save two of whom were
color i . Olf this number seventeen
have i-o far been brought out of the.
vreok dead and horribly mangled,
f. me of them almost beyond recogni
tion. Forty are in the hospitals in
ibis city and scores of nurses and doc
tors are at the scene of the wreck,
administering to those who are await
ing their turn to be brought to Nor
folk for better treatment.
It is thought that the death list will
reach at ieast thirty and that many
of the persons in the coaches that
plunged from the bridge into thirty
f'.et of water In the western . branch
o the Elizabeth river are dead, held
down by the wreckage. Diver? are at
-work bringing to the surface now and
then the bodies of the victims. The
only tvo -hlteeTsons whomet death
are'TV. E. Jolly, promoter of - the ex
curpiAn from Kinston, and a boy, a
nephew of Jolly. . r- . 'V. . '
The known dead so far identified are:
"White W. E. Jolly, promoter of the
excursion. Jolly.
Colored Rosen Peebles, Sidney
Thomas, David Smith, Mary Jones,
unknown man, John Marable, Weber
Ford, Jack Atkinson, Nancy v Purvis,
Ayden, X. C. "
Th( injured, po far as can be learned
; this time. inre: . ' ' .
Whitr-C. F. Riggs, engineer, C. H.
Forbes. ,
Colored Emma Digglns, William
Joiir.pon, Matt Northern, Ida McCoy.
Cforre Edwards, Lizzie Epson, Carrie
Kirby, Joe Chapman, Emily Smith,
II; ry Joyner. Wilev Jovner. William
Johnson- Mary Donaldson, W. B. Per-.
kin, Ida Perkins, Zena Perkins, Glora i
Jrrrinirton, B. S. Cannon, Dinks Smith,-
Vf liroxton, William Harris, Manson I
Parable, James Allen, Laura Allen,
Frank Mahry, unknown woman, un-
-vn man, S. Mills, Pigg Mills, Syl-
Vfpf r Pugh, Samuel King, Nancy
K'aJt-ers of Bristol. Tcnn.
At 5 o'clock the wreckers were still
at work fishing dead from the first
fubrr.f'rge'fl coach. One woman could
1h -(;:'n hanging from a window. It
g'-'iif rally believed by those on the
f-'iv that there are many bodies re
training in the submerged coach.
Fifteen or twenty surgeons from Nor
f'lk and Portsmouth remained on the
' ne doing all they could for the in
i'irr , rm(i the officials of ' the road,
vndor Superintendent Wooten were
;Vo active in the relief of all who
were injured. ' .
Engineer C. F. Riggs and thoflreman
l"'h faw the draw that had been
fr ned to admit the passage of a tug
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hi time to prevent the accident. Both
n jumped from the cab Just as the
engine plung-ed headlong to the waters
H;--w.- carrying with it the first two
o iris and more than a hundred souls.
Fr.gir:H?r Riggs sustained injuries that
rot thought to he serious. The
frerr'an jumped in the water and es
r'TM injury. . '
it- " aS said from the office of the
Pf nrai superintendent of the Atlantic
Coo.st Line at 6 o'clock this evening
that that 'office had only been notified
of
en deaths In the wreck with
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25 or 30 Injured. It was further,
however, that all of the dead in
first submerged coach may not
been gotten out and that there
be other dead in this coach. The
PuPftrmtendent, Jt was stated, was at
6 p. m. on the scene of the wreck, hav
lrs all information, and the Norfolk
f'af'' not having been notified of the
dl vu for several hours. The officials
of th Coast Line say ignorance of
or ipva or direct carelessness is respon
iYC: for the accident. Engineer Riggs
- ;c 5 his air brakes would not work
Vlif ! he endeavored to apply them.
t is said late tonight that when
5ll of the bodies are recovered from
in wreck the death list may reach
hundred.
was learned this evening that- the
excursionists on the Atlantic Coast
: Line Rocky Mount train, which ar
rived here at 3:45 o'clock over xth9
rangement, narrowly escaped the fate
of the dead and injured victims of the
Kinston negro excursion party. A de
lay of fifteen minutes - that held the
Rocky Mount excursion, which was
preceding the other 'by schedule, placed
the Kinston section 1a the lead by spe
cial orders from a train dispatcher, it
is understood, with the result that the
latter was the one to reach trie draw
and plunge into the western branch.
SEMAPHORE SHOWED WHITE
The Engineer's Exclamation as He Was Pulled
Out of the River
Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. An excursion
train from Kinston, N. C.s for Norfolk
over the Atlantic Coast Line, with 169
passengers aboard, ran into an open
draw at the point where the road
crosses" the western branch of the
Elizabeth river some five mile from
Norfolkat 12:20 o'clock this afternoon.
The first car of the train, which was
filled with people, dived 'head first Into
the draw, which does not exceed forty
feet m width- It struck the center
pier, and thus displaced a portion of
the roof. Through this small hole the
half dozen" or so persons who escaped
drowning crawled. The others as the
car stood up ' tilted, rolled down into
the lower end, which was submerged,
struggling and fighting for life, and
were drowned. At 9 o'clock the num
ber of dead Is not yet known here.
The wrecking crew are at work to
night removing bodies from the front
car and a Norfolk county magistrate
is there prepared to hold an Inquest
upon " tl3 dead. After nightfall the
body of an unidentified colored wo
man was changing half out of the par
tially submerged car.
Reports of the disaster issued from
the office of the superintendent of the
railway here, and purporting to come
from him from the scene, understated
the number of dead, and were dis
puted upon the arrival of tugs sent out
to bring the survivors, and the injured
here. These, - some of . whom escaped
from tihe forward " car, said that the
.car was filled with passengers. They J
expressed the belief that they number
ed fifty or mole, . They ,were, negroes,
however, and were terror-stricken.
; Thirteen- doctors . were sent out to the
wreck by the company, and perhaps
twenty others went out there to as
sist, r r V '
One of the injured, a middle-aged
colored man, was so badly hXirt that
he could not speak. - He attempted to
write (his name 'for the reporters, but
had not sufficient strength. He died
later at the hospital, his name untold
The cause of the accident has not
been officially announced. The fireman
of the train, Alfred Cooper, said that
Engineer Reig, who was making his
flrstun over the line, was running the
train only about fifteen or twenty miles
an hour, and that he apparently did
not see the open draw until close upon
it. He then jumped and ordered the
flrerrtan to do the same. The fireman
said that when he pulled Reig out of
tiie water and, believed that he was
about to die, the engineer said tnat nis
instructions always were to recognize
the semaphore, adding: "That signal
was white when It should:, have been
red." r - -
The train following the wrecked train
had 600 passengers. It arrived here
safely after reports had it that it, and
not the one with the colored people
aboard, was-wrecked. Panic ruled in
Norfolk for hours today, half the peo
ple having relatives or friends in North
Carolina whence , these trains came. It
appears that this great train load of
white people was ahead of the other
train, but was., delayed about fifteen
minutes, causing the colored excursion
ists to be sent ahead of it, and saving
the greater party from going through
the draw, perhaps.
It is a wierd, scene at the draw bridge
tonight where the dead are being taken
from the wreck.' Locomotive headlights
are being used to brighten the spot
about the wreck.'.' Nearly all aboard the
train live -in Kinston,; N. CY, or on the
line between that town and Norfolk.
C. H. "Forbes, white, who is hurt, is a
salesman for a Greenville, VS. C con
cern. He is seriously wounded. Engi
neer S. B. Reig's home is at Radford,
Va.., Ke is seriously hurt.
The search" for bodies has practically
ceased for the night. The Merritt
Wrecking Company; will raise the cars
tomorrow. The tlead list is now placed
by some searchers as high' as 125. This
is an overestimate. ; -
According to the. railroad" manage
ment there were. .169 passengers. "Of
these about fifty are known to have
been brought here living or dead1.
Others, perhaps,; have come in who
were not tallied. The correspondent be
lieves that the number of dead will
reach fifty or sixty. v :
An Earliar Report
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Norfolk, Va., Aug. 17. One of the
most terrible accidents in the history
of railroading in this state occurred
near this city' soon after noon today,
when the engine and three cars of a
crowded excursion train shot through
an open draw. Seventeen persons were
killed so far. as known and sixty in-
jured, besides an unknown number
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missing. The victims were, plunged
into twenty-five feet of water, in -the
Elizabeth river. -
The engineer of the train, which was
running over the Atlantic rCoast 'Line
Railway, from Kinston, N. C.j to Nor
folk, failed to see the open bridge near
Bruce's station, about eight mlles from
Portsmouth and nine from ' Norfolk.
The; coaches were crowded with" 300
negroes, women" and children, who
were to spend a few days at Norfolk.
As soon as the news of the accident
reached Portsmouth every physician in
the city wasysummoned to the : scene
and a relief I train r was dispatched
bearing medical necessities. ' '
The wrecked train left Kinston at 7
o'clock this morning with 165 excur
sionists for Norfolk. The' wreck ' oc
curred at 12:30 o'clock. The locomotive
was in charge of Engineer Relg and
Fireman Cooper. Two coaches are
submerged with a third passenger
coach hanging from the bridge.
The wrecked train was due. at Nor
folk at 1 o'clock. - Following it was an
other, excursion train over the same
road bringing 300 excursionists v from
Rocky Mount, N. C. Preceding the
wrecked train there was another - ex
cursion train having 300 merchants
from Augusta, Ga., Charleston, S.7 C,
and Jacksonville, Fla., bound for Balti
more, Philadelphia and New York.
The first train, arrived here at 8:30
o'clock in the morning without acet
dent: The passengers will leave for
the north by water.
PANAMA CANAL FUNDS
Statement Issued From the Office of
the Commission
Washington, Aug. 17. In view of the
comment that has been offered 'con
cerning the alleged depleted condition
of thte funds of the isthmian canal
commission, an official statement was
made at the offices of the commission
today showing the true status of af
fairs. The figures show the expendi
tures, by months, from April 1 -last,
the date when the present commission
took charge. There was then $7,426,563
left of the appropriation of $10,000,000
made by congress. On August'15 thefe
was $2,816,713 left in addition to $1,000,
000 "in the hands of the disbursing of
ficers. The monthly' average of ex
penditures has been in the neighbor
hood of $650,000. The balance on hand
is expected to last until early in Jan-:
uary, by which time it is expected
that congress will have provide! more
funds. Mr. Shonts, on assuming charge
of the canal work April 1, planned to
make the appropriation last -until the;
first of next, year. : Aside', from ; $l,3ppr-;!
000 spent in July for two steamships,"
the monthly- xpenditute ' have'' Tb'een
as follows: '
April $475,000, May $503,000, June
$659,000, July 770,000, and August up
to the 15th, $250,000. The expenditures
have been - for wages, salaries, mate
rials, supplies and equipment. '
CROKER'S DAUGHTER RETURNS
Florence Comes Back Without the
Hero of the Romance
Dublin, Aug. 17. The newest develop
ment in the alleged elopement of Miss
Florence Croker is the return of Miss
Florence unaccompanied by the hero of
the romance, Count Louis San Martino;
whose whereabouts is unknowri except
to her. By her father's orders 'she re
fuses to ' speak to reporters.
Miss Florence left Paris Tuesday, not
knowing that her father was in London.'
She crossed to Ireland by the night
mail, absolutely alone, Mr. Croker and
also the ship's steward pledging their
word to that effect. Arriving at
Leopardsto-frn and not finding' her
father, .she telegraphed to him. In
answer Mr. Croker cut short hfs Londori
visit and left Andrew Freeman to en
tertain himself at the Carlton, he him
self taking the night mail, arriving at
Kingston in the morning. When he
caught sight of a reporter whdm he
had left the night before at the , Carl
ton, Mr. Croker refused to discuss his
daughter's 'affairs. He said she was at
home, having left last night to visit
him. ' . . '. t; -,; .
It was evident also from his attitude
that the meeting between father and
daughter was not stormy, but the con
trary, . and that whatever the circum-;
stances of the case may be he Is de
termined to stick by his daughter. i
France and Germany Will Agree
Paris, ; Aug. 17. A semi-official ac
count of the negotiations between
France and Germany with regard to
Morocco says that there Is no doubt
that a satisfactory . solution ; of the
points under discussion will - be found,
and that the situation as between the
twof nations will assume speedily its
normal character. : r
Soup Kitchens for the Destitute
Madrid, Aug. IT. The government has
authorized the province of Andalusia,
where there is widespread) starvation
owing to drought and failure of crops,
td open soup kitchens in the famine
stricken districts. The minister of .ag
riculture has requested the railroads : to
make repairs to their tracks,- employe
ing as many men as possible. ; . .. "
War Vessels on a Reef
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San Francisco, Aug. 17. The ill-fated
gunboat Bennington and the .flagship
Chicago ran on a reef off Susalito this
afternoon. Immediately afterwards the
vessels were in collision and both '.were
damaged. They were floated and prQr
ceeded to Mare Island. The extent of
j the injury will not be learned until the
boats go in tb,dry dock. , ' t. ,
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MERE
Peace Envoys Refuse to Com-
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'promise on
WILL TAKE A DAY OFF
Saturday Will Be Spent in Commu
nicating With Home Governments.
Disagreement Upon Japan's Claim
for Interned ShipsThe Situation
: Regarded as Unfavorable to Peace
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 17. Tomor
row the peace conference will be ad
Journed until Monday to give the Rus
sian andv Japanese envoys the oppor
tunity oi communicating with their
governments. Judged by "today's de
velopments and an expected repetition
tomorrow, , Monday's meeting will bring
matters to a head, and the world will
probably soon know whether there Is
to be peace or a continuation of the
O war in the far east.
Both sides have refused to compro
mise' on the matter, of indemnity the
one. great stumbling block to a suc
cessful -termination of the current
negotiations. . Other points of differ
ence .exist also, but the question of
Japan's demands that she be remuner
ated f ot the cost of the war is a hard
deadlock." In that lies the danger of
absolute failure, and from all outward
appearances the prospects for a happy
ending j are not the best. Tonight the
gossipi in the lobby and tho ball roo$
is.thqut the whole thing is over. It is
maintained that the Russian commis
sioners; came here fully determined not
to make an agreement. . -
' Today's developments marked the
beginning of the crisis in the negotia
tions. The main nolnt discussed was
the; enumeration proposal of Japan,
Each- f side clung i tenaciously to vits
posidoiland - it' was apparent - that
tihere was no room for further discus
sion at this time. Then came the
question' of Japan's demand for the
possession of the Russians ships in
terned at American and Chinese ports,
b4it there was such a divergence of
vjiews that the envoys decided to lay
it aside temporarily without record
ing that they were unable to agree.
There was some dicussion of Japan's
insistence upon the limitation of Rus
sia's naval armament in the far east
ern waters, but tihls had not been con
cluded when-the conference . was ad
journed for the day. Two official bul
letins furnished some insight into the
deliberations, and they are given here
with.; The reader should keep in mind
that article-9 is the indemnity pro
posal, article 10 the matter of interned
ships, and article 11 the proposed
limitation of naval strength.
-'Article 12, wtfiich will be discussed
tomorrow, relates to the Japanese de
mand for fishing rights on the Siber
ian coast. -
Here are the bulletins: -
"At the morning session the pleni
potentiaries discussed article 9 indemnity.-
Not being able to reach an
unanimous decision, the conference de
cided to record the divergence of views
and proceeded to the discussion of the
following articles:
"The conference recessed until 3
o'clock,
"In the afternoon session of the 17th
articles 10 and 11 (interned ships and
limitation of naval power) (have been
discussed. Regarding article 10 'the
plenipotentiaries have shown a diverg
ence of views, which has been settled.
Articles 11 has been reserved for fur
ther discussion.
"The conference adjourned until to
morrow, August 18."
There are some who may see cause
for hope In thje fact that the Japanese
demand for the formal cession of
Saghalien Island, which they claimed
by . right of conquest, has been prac
tically adjusted.
According to the understanding ob
tained; today, the Russians virtually
consented to Japanese limited posses
sion of Saghalien, but under the con
dition that it shall not be fortified or
used as a base for naval operations.
' However, there is-apparently no ab
solute compromise yet arranged, and
the Saghalien demand, which' is article
5 of the Japanese conditions, will be
taken up again when the envoys come
to consider in a consolidated and cor
related ; form the points upon which
divergence of views was noted. v;
The importance of the virtual under
standing as to the disposition of the
territorial conquest of tJ J apanese
can not be overestimated in. the pres
ent condition. From, the first the Rus
sians have maintained that they would
never surrender an inch of territory
;to; the enemy. Anotner tmng, too,
shows that the envoys have neen ani
mated by a spirit of conciliation the
discussion of points upon which It
was believed neither- would give way.
The Japanese demand for the possess
ion : of the Eastern Railway, the Man
cm? .-.enterprise of Rusia wAcii
ic
?VILfU Ul V LllUL
Indemnity
had more to ido, - perhaps, than any- '
thing, else infringing about the pres
ent disastrous war, was also regard
ed as one of the worst stumbling blocks
in the :. pathway v of' successful nego- j
tiations. Yesterday the envoys, to tho j
surprise . of all those on the outside,
managed to reach an agreement that
the portion of this railway r running
from -Vladivostok-to a point ten miles
from Harbin- should be under Rus-
sian'control and the portion from the
point mentioned to Port Arthur should
be under Japanese " control, subject to
a future- arrangement of details.
The worst feature of the situation is
the deadlock upon? the question of in
demnity.. Mr. Witte apparently believes
that there is no hope of a compromise.
His instructions from St. Petersburg
are all in line with the original Rus- ;
slan program that not a penny must!
be paid to Japan to secure immunity
from further hostile operations on the
part of the victorious army of Oyama.
The Russian envoys now vow and de
clare that not a cent of indemnity shall
be paid. As for 'the Japanese, it is
contended, that they are equally de
termined, to go on with the war if Rus
sia does 'not -consent to remunerate
them 'for what they have spent in
prosecuting the conflict. If the Rus
sians are as firm as they say they are
if their decision not to pay indemnity,
and the Japanese as firm as they are
represented to be in their decision to
adhere to their demand for payment,
the Jig is up and there will be no
seace. ' ; "'
There is hope of compromise In re
gard to the Japanese demand for the
(Continued on Page Two.)
MOB HANGS A MURDERER
Mississippi Gives Another Exhibition
oi Lynch Law .
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 17. A Com
mercial Appeal special from Iake' Cor
morant, Miss.; say that Henry Toung,
a negro who shot and killed Edward
Perry on the Bass plantation near
Lake Cormorant last Sunday, was
taken from ' Sheriff - Withers and a
deputy last nig)ht, and. at the scene
of his crime was hanged by a mob
of 100 armed men. .
The negro confessed his guilt, but
pleaded that he did not intend to kill
Perry,' a . pistol for the possession of
which they were contending, he said,
having exploded.
Young was captured yesterday while
fording a river to reach his . father's
cabin on an island. Sheriff Withers,
with a posse of forty men had been
scouring the country for the negro.
twas notified of the capture and took
possession of the prisoner. - Hastening
with the negro to : the "town " of Tren
ton, where he purposed taking a train
for Hernando, the county seat, the
sheriff , .was confronted at the station
by the mob, and before he could make
an effort at resistance was overpow
ered and his prisoner was taken from
ihim. The mob then proceeded to the
Bass . plantation with Young and
hanged him on a tree.
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LOOKING FOR FAILURE
St. Petersburg Opinion Expects the
Peace Conference to Adjourn
St. Petersburg) Aug. 17. Amongst the
ministry a report is being circulated to
day that the peace conference will ad
journ this week; haying reached the
articles upon(which-it is impossible to
find a basis for discussion. Each side
is believed to be exercising Its utmost
Ingenuity to ' place upon the other the
responsibility for failure. The spokes
man of the foreign office said that none
of the dispatches received indicated an
intention to adjourn-on this account,
but he expressed keen interest to learn
the significance of reports that active
pressure was being' brought upon the
negotiators from the outside. He
especially wished to know if the re
ports were connected with an English,
French and American understanding.
The only fact ascertained' here is that
England did not refuse, on the eve of
the opening of the conference, to offer
advice to. Japan regarding the condi
tions she intended to propose.
BULL COTTON POOL
The Presence of W. P. Brown in
New York Starts Rumors
New York, Aug. 17. Since the ar
rival in New York of W. P. Brown
of New Orleans rumors have been
afloat of the formation of a bull pool
in cotton ' that would try to carry cot
ton prices much above .the1 present
Teyel. It was said yesterday that Sully
would have a share in the pool, which
was safd to include several prominent
cotton firms. , . - "
It is suggested In the street that the
forces' led : by W.' P. Brown are step
ping into' the market and taking the
cotton--- away fom another pool with
which a prominent local cotton opera
ttor is associated. The latter pool, it
is reported, -has been trying to de
press prices: with the idea of getting
cheap cotton, -but meanwhile has been
losing considerable amounts of it to
the southern bulls. ; -
- Peace With Yaqui Indians
j Mexico City, Aug. 17. Gen. Lewis
Torres, commander of the federal troops
in the war; that -has been waged for
several years against the Yaqui Indians,
has reached an agreement on behalf of
the Mexican government with the chiefs
of the .warring tribe looking to peace,
city for the approval of President Diaz.
The preliminary peace articles have
been signed and will be brought to this
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FRIGHT REINS
The Shotgun Quarantine in
Force Again
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TWO OOLY NESTS FOUND
A Number of Cases Found at Missis
sippi City and Laplace Doctors
Thought They Were Malaria.
Further Spread Feared as Hospit
als An Full of Mosquitoes
New Orleans, Aug. 17. Today's yellow
fever record:
xsew cases 77.
Deaths 4.
One of the deaths was & negro brought
here from Jefferson parish in a dying
condition.
New Oceans, Aug, 1?. Nearly all
the good work done during the week
in the way of quieting public appre
hension and putting an end to shotgun
quarantin-js that have prevailed has
been undone by the discovery of two
ugly nests of yellow fever which have
existed fey weeks. The discovery has
given new life to the panic and made
every town suspicious of its neighbors.
These" fever nests are at Mississippi
City, midway on the Mississippi coast
and about three miles from Gulfporx,
an important railroad and shipping
center, an at Laplace, La., fifty miles
above New Orleans. In both cases
the infection has existed for fully a
month an4 was finally discovered only
by accident, v - -
The ; Mississippi port has been quar
antined since the middle of July, main
ly on suspicion, although no" case of
yellow fever was known to exist thero.
The coast counties asked to have th
quaran tint removed and offered to let
the Alabama ' health authorities make
a thorough- investigation of health con
ditions. . While this '.. investigation was
.being :raaSe at, Mississippi " City ths
AlabamiarjS ' stumbled ' on . . the fever.
They traced it back "to "July 20, but
not to Nsw Orleans, and found that
there had been eleven cases in all.
The disease has not been concealed by
the local physicians, who mistook the
fever for malaria. The discovery was
followed by the usual flood of quaran
tine. Southern Mississippi is back at
practically"" the same position it wao
when the fever was first announced at -New
Orleans. V
The discovery of the fever at Lap
lace, in the parish of St. John the
Baptist,, is due to Dr. Corput of th'
nited Sfates marine hospital service,
who war, going through the river par
ishes to make an investigation. Su
John is one of the ironclad quarantine
parishes and the loudest complaints
against cruelty from quarantine guards
have come from there. It has now de
veloped" that while St. John was brutal
in its treatment of all persons who
wished to go through the parish it was
itself nursing the yellow fever at home;
Dr. Corput found thirty-three oases of
yellow fever, twenty-one of them in
the town of Laplace, eight on the Dia
mond and four on the Terre Haute
plantations. The fever is mainly among
the better classes.
Dr. Ccrput fears its' spread as ho
found all the hospitals full of th
stegoymia, or yellow fever mosquitoes.
The Louisiana state board of health
placed Dr. Corput in command of th
situation at Laplace and sent a phy
sician and nurse to assist Ihim.
The prevalence of the yellow fever
in St- John was due to the same mistake
as that made at . Mississippi, City, th
belief by the local physicians that it
was malaria. The investigation of' the
river parishes above and below News
Orleans will be continued until every
case of fever is brought to light.
Dr. White is now satisfied that th
inspection work in -New Orleans is
thorough and complete and believes
that possibly every case has been
brought to light. In Plaquemlne, . Jturt
below New Orleans, a thorough In
vestigation ' shows that there have been
sixteen eases and three deaths, many
of the cases being overlooked at the
beginning. In Jefferson, Just above,
Viot-o harp Kan t-nr&lvft" cases and two
deaths ; In St. Charles, above Jeffer
son, eighteen cases and three deaths.
Governor Vardaman has again gone
to the gulf coast to straighten out tho
quarantine situation there, especially
the differences between the health of
ficers and railroads. Biloxi is his objective-
point. He is accompanied by
Dr. Hunter of the state board of health.
Illinois has quarantined against
Kentucky because the latter state re
fused to quarantine against Louisiana.
Boreas Del Toro, Panama, confesses
to the flrt case of yellow fever todays
Tt has been viewed with suspicion
for weeks and quarantined against.
Atabtma People Flee From Fever
Mobile, Ala., Aug, 17. The appearance
of yellow fever at Mississippi City ha
created considerable alarm among th
people of the. coast and. a number have
left for Atlanta and1 other cities tha
( Continued On Pffe Tire.)
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