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HE WEATHER TODAY For North Carolina : Fair, Continued Cool For Raleigh : fair, Continued Cool TEMPERATURE: Tomperature for tb past 24 Hours: Maximum 74 Minimum, 54. Vol IX RALEIG-H. N. C. THURSDAY; OCTOBER 12, 1905 STo. 115 ARALIJII A m i L , A TILIIlbA l ANKERS' A First Bay's Session of the Convention Proper HE SEED OF FINANCE Addresses by President Swinney, John Joy Edson, Com'r McFarland and Others Moral Renovation of the Eusiness World Reception at White House Incidents Washington. Oct. 11. The thirty-first annual convention of the American Hankers' Association was called to or iicr shortly after 10 o'clock this morn ing at the New National Theatre. The house was. handsomely decorated for the occasion. Flags were draped over the private boxes and the stage was set vyith a' forest scene that formed a pleasing and fitting background for the tall palms and potted plants that were arranged around the back and f-:cks jf the space reserved for the cakersand officers. At a few minutes after 10 o'clock resident E. F. Swinney called the assemblage to order. Rev. Dr. Ran 1 :i li II. MeKim, rector of Epiphany "lurch, pronounced the invocation, v. meh concluded with the Lord's j'rayer, all the assembled bankers re 'l .-a ling tha words. " We have been, hospitably received i-.v.d handsomely, entertained by the 1 --oi'le cf Washington, and they prom is u3 even greater entertainment," - President Swinney said'. "Their-wel-:o:iv3 Jias been warm, but I want one -f them to tell you about it. I have tiic honor to introduce Mr. John Joy Kdson, president of the District, of Co- avnbia Bankers' Association." MrT Edson's address consisted chiefly a hearty welcome to the visitors irA the history .of banking in the Dis trict Of Columbia. He was listened to .with much interest. President McFarland of the District Commissioners 'was the next speaker, i"A in the course of his remarks he ... "As you go about our beautiful capi 1 1! yours as much as ours with all 's memories of great men and -great iift: you will see frequent evidences 'f ..hat financiers have done for their "iK.try, just as you will see here, a3 . !cw here, how financiers have con :::t!!ted with public spirit and in phil u tiiiopy. Our Rock Creek Park and ' vir Corcoran Art Gallery are but two t' t.lie visible proofs of the civic ser-.'K-t of Washington bankers." Mr. McFarland said the pilgrims . vh'. first set foot on Plymouth Rock .-st a Wished the first American banking' association and in three centuries "the s-ea of freedom has reached no greater ?io vth than these seed of finance." "Vour power and your character and Vr-ur reaerd," concluded Commissioner r-icFarland, "naturally suggest that V'U should have a leading part in that t "rul renovation in the business world, t-i'-cially with reference to fiduciary i '!;. nous, which recent revelations i-.uke imperatively necessary.' Once : but in a new way, you must re- 'ore impaired confidence to the peo I ' . this time by convincing business irv-n of other minds not only that hon y is the best policy, but that in-t'-crity is more prosperous than money i 'I vital to the republic. The old-l.-'hiom.-d commercial honor, finer than of any chivalry, must be re-en-t ;u otuid. and you are the men to do it. "In such an effort, as in your pa i iotie endeavors of every kind and in "ur zeal, by international peace - ! u.u'h international justice for inter J i'ional welfare, you will have the ' f ired leadership of . the foremost Ahirican, the chief prltle of the na to!);ii capital, Theodore Roosevelt, J i' sident of the United States." One of the most pleasant experiences of the day was the formal reception of the Members -of the Bankers' Associa t.uu by President Roosevelt. President Swinney's Address , In replying to the addresses of wel President Swinney said in part: yihis association has been enter- ''ine,i by the princely hospitality of i:" v'Mid'g greatest metroplis, and Ih" croifie-n gate has swung wide to bid J welcome, but today for the firi " A e meet .at the fountain head of M'-at government, i he heart of every true American with justifiable pride when he Tfnects on the history of this city. Try, no ' capital in the world is a rrwe potent force for peace and none ""re feared in war; none more beau ''"1 in Us arrangement and architec tural mlornment. It is the city of our , rs- of ourselves and of our chil- ren. ere no "narrow .sectional lines divWe us into parties or factions; no ordr.,-s of states make up New York Kntuckians or Oregpnians, but are all Americans. Intimating :.Tank ttigelow, President Swinney con- "I think I ought to voice the deep j -sense of chagrin and shame that ever" ! member here feels at the disgrace' brought upon the high office of presi- dent of the American Bankers' Asso ciation, the banking profession in gen eral and good citizenship everywhere by the felony of one who was so honored by us, held in such esteem and now justly occupying a prison cell. By his own act he stabbed in the back the financial institution of which he was' the head and exchanged yan honored career for- a criminal record. The lives of the men to whom I have referred serve to 'point a moral or adorn a tale.' The former as a model and an Incentive; tha latter as a warning and an admonition. . . . "We have cause to congratulate our selves upon the abundant evidence that the past year has been in the main marked by prosperity in all lines of business and, comparatively few bank failures have occurred. All such periods have, however, produced a feel ing of -over-confidence and lead to the floating of unsound industrial enter prises. The few bank failures of the past year are mostly traceable to ex cess loans made to such enterprises or; their promoters. The present stat utory provisions of the national bank ing act limiting loans to any one in dividual, firm or corporation to 10 per cent, of the capital stock of the lend ing bank seem to be inadequate. I would recommend a change In the banking laws permitting banks to loan one-tenth of their combined capital and surplus to one individual, firm or corporation, and provide suitable pen alties for any hank violating the law. At the same time I would recommend that any funds passed to surplus be reported to the comptroller of the cur rency and be not (thereafter allowed to be in any way "'impaired under the (Continued on Page Two.) A REWARD OF $100,00 Millionaire Banker's Dasire "for Vengeance Favorite Domestic in His Household Undergoes a Feaf ul Experience. Fourteen Brutes Must Be Punish ed Says Banker Wormser New York, Oct. 11. lsador Wprmser. the millionaire banker, offered. $1GO,000 reward today for the conviction of a gang of men who recently assaulted Annie Tlrornton, a domestic employed in his household. In court today, when five men were arraigned for the as sault, Mr. Wormser said: "I will give $100,000 to have the per petrators of this dastardly crime con victed and sent to prison." Recently on Miss Thornton's birth day Mr. Wormfer gave her $50 and a holiday as a reward for several years service in his household. That evening while passing a stable on the west side, she said, she was seized by two men and dragged into a stable and that about a dozen other men joined them there. She did not escape from th3 stable until the next morning. Her health was seriously affected by In experience. The five men arraigned today were held in $2,0C0 bail each and the police announced that they expected to ar rest nine more men in connection with the assalt. GOULD BURIES RAMSEY A Pile of Proxies Bars Him From "Wabash Directorate Toledo, O., Oct. 11. At the close of the afternoon session it was apparent that Gould had won a victory and buried Ramsey under the piles of prox ies? The bondholders' votes that were cast at the morning session elected the first six directors of the Wabash, T. H. Hubbard, E. T. Jeffrey. W. S. Pierce, J. T. Terry. R. N. Galloway and E. T. Wells. With the exception of R. N. Galloway, these directors were members of the former board and all are Gould partisans. Just before the ballot was taken Mr. Gould withdrew those who were nomi nated Tuesday and substituted the former members of the board. The withdrawal of the nominations were regarded as a move to bewilder Ram sey. A total of 260,350 was cast. Of -this number 228,510 votes went to each of the Gould nominees ap.d they were formally declared elected. Joseph Ramsey received 31,800 votes according to the teller's report. J Mr. Ramsey attempted to elect him self a director on the cumulative plan, but was defeated. He dropped a bal lot for 191,840 votes and it was reject ed. The bondholders' election result ed in a complete defeat for Ramsey. Chinese' Boycott Still in Force ' Hong Kong, Oct. 11. According to telegraphic advices from Saighon, French Cochin-China, the Chinese boy cott against American goods is strong ly maintained there. Chinese ship? are prevented from landing American cargoes under heavy penalties. The steamships Derwent and Telemachus1 were heavily' fined by the boycott com mittee. Chinese coolies refuse to land the cargoes. American business there is suspended. MONOTYPE CO. Paper Published Alleged Lib elous Statements 0 DAMAGE Outgrowth of Recent Fight in Gov ernment Printing Office Which Resulted in Removal of Public Printer Palmer Specifications of the Complaint New York, Oct. 11. The Lanston Monotype Machine Company filed a suit, against the New York Evening Post Company in the United States circuit court today demanding $50,000 damages for alleged libelous statl ments in that paper on September 6, 1905. The complaint, after reciting that the company has been engaged for a time in the manufacture of the Lanston monotype, touches on the contract made bv F. W. Palmer, the govern ment public printer on September 6, 1905, for seventy-two Lanston mono type machines for use in the govern ment printing office at Washington. The credit and prosperity of the plaintiff company are dependent, the complainant says, not only upon the honesty and skill of its management, but also upon the confidence of tha public in the company's management. "On or about September 6," reads the complaint, "the defendant Well knowing the premises, but maliciously intending to injure the plaintiff in Its good name and credit in its business and to cause it to be believed guilty of the scandalous conduct and unlaw ful practices charged upon it by said defendant, did publish and cause to be circulated in the Evening Post a mali cious, scandalous and defamatory libel containing among other things the fol lowing matter concerning the plaintiff and its business: " 'The ousting of F, W. Palmer, the public printer, comes better late than never. All competent observers agree that , under him the office has become a hot-bed of extravagance, and cor ruption. Slackness, waste, scandals in the purchase of equipment notably in the case of the Danston monotype ma chineshave been the distinguishing marks of his administration' (mean ing thereby that the aforesaid contr?et fo rthe purchase of Lanston monotype machines had been entered into cor ruptly and unlawfully by the said F. W. Palmer, the public printer, and the plaintiff was in itself scandalous; that the plaintiff had, by corrupt means, induced . the, said Palmer to enter into the said- contract, and that the pur chase of said Lanston monotype ma chines and the entering into the agree ment between the plaintiff and said Palmer for such purchase were acts participated in by said Palmer and the plaintiff, notably scandalous and cor rupt." Plaintiff further alleges that by rea son of the commission of the said wrongful acts it is and will be greatly hurt and prejudiced in Hs good name and esteem among all persons with whom it has already dealt and among all other gcod citizens in the sum of $50,000. Judgment in that amount is de manded from the defendant together with the costs of the action. FOOTBALL AND RELIGION Two Subjects Which Interest Ashe- ville People Today Asheville, N. C, Oct. 1L The foot ball season in Asheville will open to morrow afternoon, when Bingham and Oak Ridge will contest for grid-iron honors for the first time this year. The rivalry between the two schools Is in tense, and it is said that the contest will be one of the most spirited of the season. Bingham defeated Oak Ridge here this summer in baseball and the Oak Ridge boys are coming determined to "get even." Bingham has the strongest team this year for many seasons past, and the cadets feel confident of victory. Bingham will leave next week for South Carolina and will, play the South Carolina Col lege Friday, October 20th, at Columbia. Members of Central Methodist Church are manifesting no little interest in the approaching annual gathering of the Western North Carolina Conference at Greensboro. This is Rev. Mr. Slier' s last year at Central Church, and in view of the fact that the new church will shortly be completed and the con gregation of Central Church will be able to point with pride to the hand somest church in the state, the mem bers are desirous of obtaining one or the strongest and ablest ministers in the conference. It is said that while 'the question of a new pastor has been discussed . informally by prominent I church members or tne cnurcn, ana I that several ministers in the confer- WANT 150,00 ence have been suggested, no steps ha.ve been taken looking to active ef fort in securing any certain minister. A prominent member of Central Church said today that it was not unlikely that a minister from another confer ence would be assigned to Central Church. v ; Rev. J. W. Moorer pastor of Bethel M. E. Church, South, of this city, will leave next week for Gastonla to assist the pastor of the Gastonia church, Rev. E. L. Bain, In a series-of meetings. Mr. Moore will probably leave Thurs day and will be absent for several days. t The condition of Prof. Charles Olsen, "the great unknown" wrestler, who was Injured in a fight here Monday night, shows continued Improvement, and it is thought that the. 'cuts inflicted on the wrestler's left leg will not ma terially interfere with his. mat abilities. Mr. Olsen is resting quietly and tho muscles have commenced to knit. Maj. Charles M. Stedman of Greens boro, who was made one of the bene ficiaries in. the last will and testament of Mrs. Samantha C. Wilson, Is here to attend the trial of the case in which Mrs. Featherston, (th daughter of Mrs. Wilson, seeks to nreaH the will. " ' : : as- Southern Branch for Cement Worfrs Norfolk, Va , Oct. 11. The American Cement Company, to provide for its Panama canal contracts, will build on the southern branch of the Elizabeth river near Norfolk a navy yard cement works to represent an expenditure of $1,000,000. : It will employ over oue thousax.d men. The r.ew plant will' adjoin the Roys ter Guano Company' factories. "Tho extensive marl beds -have been pur- chased by the cement trust of -the Isle of 'Wight, Nansemond and Surrey counties, Virginia. GREEDY FORGER'S PILE : Now It Amounts to About a Quarter-Million - Peculations and Speculation 6i UT. C. Dougherty Shown to Greatly Ex ceed Original Estimates Padded Pay Polls and Fictitious Names t Peoria, 111., Oct. ll.-r-NCL. Dougherty ; realized $18,000 in three years by using the name of A. H. Andrews & Co. of Chicago." This fact developed before jvthe grand jury today when N. J. Merle, secretary of the company, testi- tied before the grand jury. While the business done by the school board with the firm had been comparatively limit- ! ed for two years or more, Mr. Dough ! erty's use of the firm name in forging ! checks and school scrip had been al most unlimited. The members of the school board are following the theory that he lost large sums of money in wildcat gold mining schemes, and while it is impossible to estimate the amount he may have lost, yet It is estimated to have been be tween $60X00 and $100,000. His real estate investments were as a rule suc cessful. The grand jury reported to the state's attorney today that they would report at least twenty-four more cases against Dougherty, all of them of a serious character. The -latest estimate places his specu lations by means of the padded pay rolls places the amount at $250,000.- So far as it has been figured from thy cancelled checks, it shows that for ten years past he averaged from $2,500 to $4,000 per month. As new school houses were built and new teachers added the proportion tf added names were car ried out. The checks for the fictitious names were cashed by Dougherty him self, who explained that he handed them over to the teachers in person. THE PEN. FOR MURRAY Former Negro Congressman Gets 3 Years for Swindling Negroes Columbia, S. C, Oct. 11. George "Washington Murray, a negro, former congressman from the "black district" of this state, was today sentenced to three years in the state penitentiary. Murray was charged with forging land leases, sometimes signed by ne groes, whereby the latter practically gave up all rights to their little tracts of land. Murray was convicted about a year ago and sentenced to three J years' imprisonment. Pending an ap I peal to the state supreme courts Mur i ray was released on bond of $3,C00. ! The supreme court today affirmed the decision of the lower court which was that the former congressman must serve his sentence, there being no other appeal. Murray is reported to be wealthy. . FOOTBALL GAMES At New Haven: Tale 29, Springfield Training School 0. At Cambridge: Harvard 34, Bath 6. At Princeton: Princeton 29, Lehigh 6. At Franklin Field: Pennsylvania 38, i Franklin and Marshall 0. At Easton, Pa.: Lafayette 35, Medico qhl 0. i!At JProvIdence: Brown 70, Colby 0. j At Annapolis: Annapolis 39, St. Johns 0. i . i ' ' " ' ' - - I MMBM COMMERCIAL LYNCH LAW - i Government Control of Rail roads so Characterized THE ISSUES DEFINED .-'. V "''" President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Delivers the Reply of the Railroads to Agitation for . Rate Legislation He Addesses the Neward Board of Trade NewarJt, N. J , Oct. 11. Characteriz ing as "Commercial Lynch Law" the attempt to estabUsh government con trol of railroad properties on the lines of the Esch-Townsend bill. President Samuel Spencer of the Southern Rail way tonight delivered the reply of the railroads to the agitation for rate leg- Islatton. Addressing the Newark Board of Trade ' Mr. Btoencer defined Iraia fny tha rolirndfli Ho oolrt iu part: "Up to the present time shipper and carrier have been free to work to gether without political interference, to facilitate the establishment and de velopment of new industries, to reach out for new markets for our farmers and manufacturers, to create new com munities and maintain the prosperity of those already established and to co operate to the fullest possible extent to enlarge the volume of both our domes tic and foreign trade. "It is now proposed to change this system and substitute for it one in which artificial bureaucratic methods will take the place of the natural laws of trade and commerce which have been the controlling force In the evolu tion of the present system. "And it must be borne in mind . that It is . proposed to giy e these enormous powers to a body on whom no respon- I . . ' ervation or maintenance or. me ran- road property or for the discharge of its financial obligations or the fulfil- efficient common carrier. ' "The president, in his last annual message, laid special emphasis upon the necessity for doing away with re bates and for the keeping of highways of transportation open to all upon equal terms. There is no Issue or con troversy before the people or congress as to whether or riot rebates or secret discriminations should be stopped. No one desires more than the railroad managers themselves that there should be an end to all such practices. They are as detrimental to the railroads as they are to the great body of shippers. "No rational suggestion has been made, however, as to how the granting of rate-making power to the interstate commerce commission could be effect ive lo this end. . "One of the most serious objections to the legislation proposed is that rate once fixed by the commission would continue in force indefinitely unless changed by the commission or by court. "It may be said, however, that it is proposed that the rates made or re vised by the commission shall be sub ject thereafter to the action of the court. According to the plan proposed, the rates made by the commission be come effective pending review by, the courts. In other words, this argu ment, while involving an admission that the railroads are entitled to a judicial trial, makes the remarkable demand that they shall be convicted before their trial can begin, and stand convicted and suffer the penalties of the conviction during the trial. "To place in tHe hands of one tribu nal which is or may be prosecutor, jury and judge, and at the same time executioner, is equivalent to providing by statute for the enforcement of com mercial lynch law." FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS Newspapers of Three Capitals Stir ring Up the Stir L ndon, Oct. 12. The press of Lon- .; Oon, Paris and Berlin continues tT i give prominence daily to the internal 1 stir arising from the Paris Matin's article oil the Franco-German rela tions. The disavowal of their author, M. Lauzanne that the articles were inspired by ex-Foreign Minister Del casses Is regarded as a journalistic fiction while the denial by the latin's London correspondent of Great Britain's renorted undertaking: to assist i France's miltiary has not killed the original story or prevented an out burst of wrath from the German press. The Berlin correspondent of the Standard now claims to have authori tative - diplomatic" information that while no responsible per in Germany j Russian underjilanh g Pour7parifer3 believe England voluntarily offered to : were opened by the British ambassa help France in the assumed conditions, dor here when he handed Foreign suspicion is cause din Germany by Minister Lamsdorff a copy of an anglo- i the revelations, and Is not dispelled by M. Deicasse's primary responsibility for them. Communications passed be tween the British and German govern mentss, s"ays the correspondent re garding the revelations. f These satis fied Germany so far as they went, but they were verbal and Informal. Similar communications passed be tween France and " Germany but these did not result in clearing matters to the satisfaction of- Germany who seems to expect more definite official j assurances. While it is not believed . that Great Britain volunteered to sup port France In the event of an at tack by Germany, It Its' thought po aible that England answered M. Del oasse's inquiries in a irif.nnr justify ing the impression thot he could rJy j ors thfi British and the German news-j rnpr,rs expeot n formal statement on The subject from Minister Balfour and. Secretary Lansdowne when the British ; paxllament meets. i RALEIGH BIGAMIST Frank Norton Said fo Have Four Wives in CaUforaia Oakiaud. Cal., Oct. 11. .Special. A strangre case of blganr.y came to light e iody. 1 to principals arc vome and oce mn. four I The nun is Frank C. Norton, former ly oZ Raleigh, N. C, and a painter by trade. Three days ago n shooting af fair occurred here in which. Norton was injured by being shot in the leg by one of his many wives, formerly Miss Josephine Quinn of Toledo. O. To day the case was brought up Jn court i and all in the court room were sur prised when the wife's turn for glv i ine evidence came to near ner accusa i hGr husband of being a bigamist of the I mm L I "lot vv aici . -ea HILL THE SLOW DYING End Their Suffering By Use - of Anaesthetics We Show Injured Animals . This Much Mercy, Why Not to Human Beings Humane 'A ssociation De clines to Approve Suggestion Philadelphia. Oct. lL Miss Helen I , Hall, a female physician of Cincinnati, ! for ; hours today vainly endeavored to have the American Humane Associa tion place the seal of its endorsement on a physician to put an end, by the use of anaesthetics, to the lives of per sons hopelessly injured or lying In agonizing death through accident and from disease. -While pleading with the. society to take this up as a part of its work, sha ! graphically portrayed the torture oi the engineer in a wreck pinned under neath the ponderous engine,) while the flames were slowly roasting him. She said that she asked for just the same mercy that is extended to a wounded animal without question, a quick end to their sufferings. The idea of using anaesthetics to end suffering at train wrecks has been ad vocated by Mrs. Ballington Booth. Dr. Stillman vigorously combated the physician, and the audience, with few exceptions, appeared to be with him. The convention decided finally with Dr. Stillman. KEEP POOR AT HOME Lcndon Philathhropist Who Opposes i ' Booth Scheme London, Oct. 11. Joseph Fels, an American philanthropist, who has in terested himself in the problem of the unemployed in England, writes to the newspapers opposing the scheme of General Booth of the Salvation Army for the emigration of poor , f amilie with government subsidies. Mr. Feis contends that there is plenty of room in England for pres ent population. He says that only a small per cent of the land is culti vated and still smaller percentage is cultivated properly. He urges a scheme of home colonization' to which he is willingto contribute $45,000. He ap peals to nineteen others to contribute similar amounts. Mr. Fels quotes official reports show ing, that 20,000,000 acres of absolutely waste land in Great Britain is capable of afforestation. If afforestated It would provide occupation for 100,000 adults, representating a. population of a half million. .He urges against emi gration that" the percentage of unem ployed" in .most of the British colonies is about the same in Great Britain, while the United States is not a niecca for the unemployed and moneyless. ', E3 An Anglo-Russian Understanding St. Petersburg, Oct. 11. It Is stated that Count Beneekendorff , Russian ambassador to England, who Is now at C-lqTl, is comina: here to dicu33 the conditions and extert of an Anglo- Japanese treaty. FATAL MUTINY ON BOARD SHIP Capf. of Borgryo and Three Others Murdered MUTINEERS ARRESTED Capt; of Blanche King Boards the Burgwyn and Places Three Negro Seamen in Irons and Sails Both Vessels for Cape Fear' BarPar ticulars of the Tragedy Southport. N. C, Oct. 11, . via Wil mington. Special. Four-mast schoon er Blanche H. King, Capt. - Taylor, bound frgn Brunswick, Ga., to New York, towed into port at Southport this afternoon bringing news of a mutiny cboard the schooner Harry A. Burgwyn, lumber laden from Mobile ta Philadelphia. Captain Taylor . states that he saw a red light signal aboard the 'ship when about thirty-two miles off the Cape- Fear bar' on Tuesday morning. That he neared the ship and found three negro seamen on deck, that the captain, mate, engineer, steward, and one seaman had been killed, the latter a negro, and that he boarded -the ship, put the three negro seamen in irons and took them aboard the schooner King, placed his mate with two seamen aboard the Burgwyn and sailed both -vessels for the Cape Fear bar. Captain -Taylor went on quar antine with the mutineers. The schoon er Burgwyn was anchored on the ban and will be towed into port early to morrow It is learned that the mutiny arose ov r some frlvilous matter and that he decks of the schooner are bloody from the carnage. Dr. Warren, quarantine , officer, will deliver tha three prisoners to the proper authori ties at the expiration of the quarantine detention. " THE STORM'S DAMAGE Losses at Various Places Heavy But Less Than First Estimate Mobile, Ala.,, Oct. 11. Considerable damage was done to property on the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida coasts by the storm. The greatest damage appears t6 have been done along the Mississippi coast where thousands of dollars' worth -of prop perty was destroyed by the wind and water. Bay St. Louis and Wavelahd, Miss., ' were the greatest sufferers 7along the coast, the financial loss at. those two places being estimated at $80,000 , or $90,000. The financial loss at the dif ferent points is estimated by the local correspondents of the Picayune as fol lows: Bay St. Louis -arid Waveland, Miss.i $80,000; Pass Christian, Miss., $9,000; Longbeach, Miss., $3,500; Gulf Port, Miss.", $5,000; Bitlox, Miss., $2.500j Scranton, Miss., $1,000; ' Mobile, Ala., $1,000; Pensacola, Fla $1,000. Fears are entertained for the safety of the three-masted schooner Palmer which sailed from Gulf Port., Miss., Friday. A quantity of floating wreck age was found near Dog Keys, east ot Ship Island, and it is feared that th Palmer went down during the storm. An expedition has been sent out from. Gulf Port to search for her. New Orleans, Oct. 11. Reports from the several towns on the gulf co'ast show that the damage done by the re cent storm is less than at first thoughl and will not exxceed $100,opo. Th damage at New Orleans was $25,000 an at Bay Sti Louis,. Miss., the worst suf ferer, $40,000. The fate of several ves sels that were out In the storm is not yet known. DUKE WEDS PRINCESS Germany's Greatest Social Event of n the Year Berlin, Oct. 11 Leopold, the reign ing duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, other wise King Edward's nephew, the Duke' of Albany, was married to Princes Victoria Adelaide of Sonderburg Glucksburg, at Glucksburg Castle, Schlesswighg-Holsteln. It was thi greatest social event of the year In Germany. Gifts, were sent by every European monarch. The German emperor an i? en'pesi were in attendance and nearly a hum dred other royal personarros wen j present. Prince Arthur of Connaughf i represented King Edward. ' 1 M : . I Norfolk Quarantine Withdrawn Norfolk, Va., Oct. 11. The quaran tine which has been in force here against New Orleans and several other southern cities which wfre iir.fectd, with yellow fever has been withdrawn and ail trains cams.in today without examination of the passengers. Tne " physicians here declare that the danger i iias passed-