North Carolina Newspapers

SIGH EVENING TIMES. ) i LAW ttr; lsju AsnuiLED yp f oil RILLING J reca sopjEL I J; 'fill niVSTITIITIfRUiJ tdlL-ti E:rl a' Hlim P.'l HID! b::; S!etr h Mm'' miln i 11. .ul. ... iiS SOLD11 ' w OR CONSIITIITIflN Carolina h iiiuii ik ii.. . Jcr.:j Ctt!ral l;a It. ' un H Pie kll 1 r t - T 7 J-.- W -si. -i- i ii Tire: .:.; i::::::3 rcti t! Tz'. j FiilCE TOO MILUDNS . f (Wrists m4 fHlww Are 4 Vlrgta r We 111 Tsk , Tw-rM 1 ears le hM fhs U , Wr . UHWni free 4 Twtk Artd mm4 ra V ferial to The Evan Ta as) v Aslasvllle, K. C. D-c 1 tl wa Wwad tday that Georga W. Vu derblli had toU ! W. I, I W. U AWiaader, ( Chariot, end M date fro tbr poiaU th aaadlng Umber M Ma famou ftagah fores r arte. ... Th rrnrrt contain It. 09 acre of Tlrfla forest with 200.009,081 ti of marketable Umber. Th ton tderailoa . will aggregate nearly $1,000,000 ta lb final consumma tion. It U id that to year will ba required to remov th lambar. Th deal waa consummated by B. T. A. Baylor, of Roma, Oa., and Lents A Catting, of tbla city, la addition to tha JOO.000.00'3 feet of lumbar tba boundary contaJas 1.000,000 feat of tannic add end pulp wooda and 40.000 eord of Uabark.- ' " Tba. deal la tha largest ever made la tbta aectloa. It U aald that ax a mult of the traaafer a furniture factory and tannic plant wil) ba erected., ' ' ' MRS: DEAN POSED - ' ASiiliNT'S WIFE (By th Aeaoclated Prea.) " V Boitnn. ,f Ma.. - Dec. ' 1. TenUmony ' that William K. Hunt had tolU her that , Iteq any of th patient died h rut tip their bodies a offered to-day by Mr. W. Harrison Stanford, of Phila delphia, who wo called by the defeno . in the trial of Dr. Percy D. McLeod In connection with tb death of Susan .' na Gary, th Cambridge chorus slrL Mrs. Stanford declared , that. Hunt, . who has pleaded guilty in the present 1 rose as accessory, was known in Phlla . delphla as "Dr, Roberts," and that A? 1 had lived In her mother' house for . nearly a year. . . ,N'.":H : Witness Identified ' a picture of ' Mr. Miry 8. Dean, who 1 wanted as the principal ,in the Qe&ry case, a that $ of the wonv.n who has posed as the r- - wife of Hunt In Philadelphia.. '': Dr. McTod, the defendant, took the "stand in his own behalf and made a sweeping denial of the Charge against ' h1m. The operation was performed upon the girl to Bav her life, he said. JUVENILE COURT . ; : FOR THE DISTRICT. ' TRv tha Associated Press.) ? . Washington, ' Dec. : lij-The ! district coVnmlssloner have decided to . send to -the committees of Congress the bill providing for a Juvenile court, with re ddest for It passage; ' The bill will in elude within th? jurisdiction rot the court not only the trial .of children for petty crime and misdemeanors, but commitments to charitable Institutions and th hospital for the Insane. The court will have original And ex clusive Jurisdiction of all crimes and offenses of persons . under, seventeen years old not capital or otherwise la famous, and not punishable bA . Hn prlsonment In the penitentiary, -except libel, conspiracy and violation of" the '? poBtoltlce and pension law of th United Stat, and also of all offenses Of persons under seventeen- years old hereafter commuted against the laws, v ordinances, and regulations of the dls-'tMct.-'tt iftd have oower fo examine ui ftnd commit or hold td bail all person under- seventeen- years old, either for ;'tltHKorifarthp. examination, ini all .Cases, whether cognisable therein or In the Buyreme Court oMho district. , i ( - $7,000,000 LOST, 1'' t' liill,.i,Ml,.,A-jv,!;--ir-c ( (By the Associated Press.) ? , - Detroit. Mich., . Dec. l.-i-The Journal to-day lays one hundred and - forty nine fives have been sacrificed, lover , seventy ships wrecked and a loss of -- nearly $7,000,000 has been sustained in the three big storms . on the Oreat , ' Lake this season. ' That this Is the ' most disastrous season In the history - - of. shipping on the lakes Is beyond , ' doubt ' , V ul. I Tea Mk4l a im4 &., , 4 tva s Ww ml hm H.aa lnaii WW Was IWrter. CMr. lc. 1 tleary Has Sets a. a4i- ai a ar, c of rvUka. hoaa Whi4 W1. a tba taat tea aiha aactrrwHl j: , aaiiy tutra fima fivlf M car of tb Chi raa Teraaraal Ttfrf riaar aaar Lot, 1H . haa Wn eaa fared tfta a miri ftfhL . Ta Mltn ItNiBd aUverwara, ailaa. Utwa. ana, troarsx a4 alneat ail eoareirable teru of aterrfcaodtM atored away m Ilackarata'a hoaaa. Tb alaa of the booty U aald to to lio.ooo. HovhiMBo UJI Uh bla wire la a houea la Arrher atrevt, apoa whkh a raid aa aaada by tha poUoa. Vh-B the police drtaaaded adanl aioa llorkaeoio appeared t a la do with a rtAa b,b4 opened Ira oa them. A railroad dtctlro who a eotapaaled tbe olDcora waa hit by one of tbe ballot, but sot orrtoaaly wounded. The polteemaa drew their rerotrera aad r(araed tb -fire. Uorkaenao aarreadored ,apd hi wife wat alao takea Into cuatody. The ortaoaer to aald to be th leader of a faac of ala who hare been robbing freight car for months. 4 ' ' Dlahoil MerrilTa M Wow Itrad. (Br the Associated rraaa.) - Chicago. Dee. I. Mr. Anna Mer rill, widow of tba lata Blibop Sup li en M. Myrru. wb died in w jer ey oramber .11, died la tht city lat night of paralalia of tba heart GOVERNMENT SUES ! SOUTHERN PAC1HC (By th Associated Press.) Ban Francisco, Cat., Dec. 1. The Southern Pacific official' have been erred with notice of a ult against them by tha government In the Uni ted State District Court at Portland, Ore.,' to collect penalties for alleged violation of tha safety aonllance act naiwiil liv rrn ffraoi In IRQ. anA slllwr sequently amended In 1903. Similar . suit have also betn brought, against other overland roads. The act Id aueUoa requires very train to have a sufficient num ber of cars so equipped wltu power or train brakes that tbe engineer of the locomotive drawing such train can control it speed without requir ing . brnkemen to use the common hand brakes for that purpose. All passenger trains are properly equipped with air brakes, so the act refers more particularly to freight trains. The Southern Pacific has many of Its cars so equipped, and as a rule will not. take a .car from another Tsarskoe-Selo of soldieisabeiouKing to road coming In a through train tin- the Imperial guard, les It has air brakes. .The suit 1b The delivery of all mall mutter wa therefore In vthe nature of a surprise, stopped In St. Petersburg tim- morn and is probably the first action of thej'1"- . . kind brought in the Federal courts on this coast. , . RAILROAD ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA A railroad company was chartered in the Secretary at State's offloe to-day which proposes to build a line from the South Carolina to the Tennessee line, across theState.?' The corporation is the South and Western kallroad Com pany, with 'headquarters at Spruce Pine, Mitchell, county. -The route, as designated, is from the Bouth Carolina line through Polk or Rutherford coun ties through the counties ofj McDowell, Yancey-and Mitchell 1 to Tennessee, The designated capital stock is $600,000, subscribed by George, t Carter, of Bristol. Vs., J- Crawford Biggs, tit Duf ham, ad other. J . v-:t Mr. J. C. Biggs, of Durham, wo here to have the ; company incorporated. This road already, is built from John Son City, Tenn., to Spruce Pine, N, C, and 8.000 men are .now employed on the extension southward. Th' new charter cpver. this extension to the South Carolina line, v . y . Abolish Martial Law." . (By the Associated Press.) . " TOor tioA 1 Th nmneror to-dav signed a decree a.bolishivig martial law in Russian Poland. . U:l liizt Gdf liter alive A PRACTICAL TIE-UP IVorrtrw to lore 4 TWt of Uratrral kaHb tnl M-day- lotWMo Ma Him V Haa o IwmImv r of laa!l (.sr (By the AsaaUI lr ) OC fMantaii, Vmr 1 ; N n -The rrtsss asM!ltiur Tlir irl(rsk tts-i Ihrsut h..tt r-wit Is iHmltr know what la ha-tlnc ttir iuln t.n of th osntrfrs. JCoalaaartxs for ths sttikrrs hat- bsstl ernf lu FtaUuid ta ln1ui itvrlr ronraM tu -4it In Is mukr Thi would ftlt off rM iimmunW st tn whtrh tvmalns owa for kw sd " . mansnt mst-s. stthaush Ihs csiitrsl fflc her is oomlnallr cl-.i Merh as the fTrtimrnl ould hkr to rrs'st It I pnwerlrs ilh thr ihrr of a gsoeraJ pulltlcal sink on nnt Monday hanging over Its head, and tht fart that Interior Mtalrtvr Uurnovs wilt probably bs aacrUlred to smn th resumption of trtrgTaph rommunl ration. At th earns time tht nvernmsnt I fully conscious that th demands fiH th reinstatement, of the leader of tht telea-raphers union and th dismissal of M. Dumovo are mere pretexts, an that Its amnwnder ulH only serve te acourage th revolutionist to new ef fort. These, following th tactic in th c of the Cronstsdt mutineers, ar certain to tak the form of a rich to ear th live or ' th Rebaatopol mutineers , for th purpose of again proving th proletariat' solidity wltb thft arcny and pwr. ''' ." ' ' iTh tua declare tha Situation I uch that th government I unable tc guarantee that to-morrow the gun ol Croniladt will not bombard the capi tal. Th Wltte government seems ut terly Unable to Bnd a weapon to fight the passive revolution, while It heal tatea hoptpg'that the tide will some what subside and permit the realisa tion of the reform in an orderly way. Meanwhll th country Ik threatened With a counter-revolution with all the horror of a Jacquerie (limurrection oj peasants), and It become more and more Apparent that there are only twe mode of es;ress the government must put th whole country under a dicta torship and, martial law or proclaim a ready-mad constitution. Premier Wltte refuses to consent tc the former, although the court nfllcere and Imperial guard are elunioting foi It,, Th advocates of the latter are In creasing. , M. Bouvorln, editor of ths Novoe iVremyo, openly announces thlf Is the only possible hope of rallylns the moderate sentiment of the countrj to active support of the government. The Associated Press learns that none of the Sebastopol mutineers will be executed. v No furtheT details arc obtainable of the circumstances of the anet at '. Cable Stopped. New York, Dec. 1. The cable com panies received notice to-dnv that tht delivery of messages In St. Petersburg has been stopped and that communica tion with Finland had been interrupted ' ' Outlook Brighter. ; St. Petersburg. Dec. l.-5 p. m. Late this afternoon th outlook for a tern porary Improvement In the situation , which would give the government n opportunity to . catch its breath wan brighter. ' -8 . The danger of an Immediate general strike was considered to be practically averted a the result of three-cornored negotiations between Premier Wltte, the errfployers , and the workmen, by which it wa decided that both the gov ernment and ; private establishment? which - are . now closed shall be , r' opened.. , . " t' ji'.. . ' - i . The, laW ' governing elections to the national assembly:- is now,? practically completed. ? The premier hopes It will aid the situation.'1 The measure will be a' compromise. Direct suffrage is 1 ont granted, but the suffrage will vlr- tually be universal in -the second aS- gree,,; ; x Injunction Continued, . Cincinnati, O., Doc. 1-The tern- porary Injunction granted to Michael J. Kellyj. Of the St. Paul Baseball Club against the National Baseball Commission, la continued In force until a final hearing can be. had, at a time to De set, according to tue decision ,pr tTnited States , Judge lnompson to-day.- Issmhhhw t4l IUM m hra i a " - M s H.. ' H Mmig d Ism 1ri, f Ism1 Trs4 sal fw I .? Msiaxiaid If IM Asaafcia-! '. r-fcil.drU". - I" I Tss Sues gltkaal,a4 sUt a 4m ! l(s lr)evl iIm r. mt tfc rMtttll.lita f It.e e j Iral lla tiros t Sr i- ,m, l.ai sui t waf fvsta Hai-s Jutntna ' aUui lt l,lin rt l'i.t:o-l i Tl.e d'4 are ririsa hH it. of i statu i'haak. t". iM an rur ro-i rtnrvr &aBB4 lb kT. an. a u rtdtag talus oa lb -" He Mae of the injured vne ukn u tt, l.aae HoapirU at iirtbls el. Pa, teias south of th ceo of the wreck. Thi a it Howard t, fuller, aged M oiotDd frstBre f th lg; K A Undal,, I'hlladeliebla. COntssiun of ths hip; K DskMg, f hlladt l,t,is (xmiss- oai of the lag; Tbomai (Kiodsln Philadelphia. . lsceratrj sound of ke head; fctamuet Brhulti, a lergy-; an, of Landsford. l'a . laceratod ouad of the acalp; M 11 Tillow, kmth Bethlehem, lacerated Bound f th head; Gr; U. Willis. rUatjthe court room and hi demeanor Ha uch Chunk. Pa., engineer of the tpres train, lacerated oouad of 'be hejid and fcaad aad scalds; rhtrlei Urady. . Landxfnrd. com-1 ottnd fraotnr of he noe: F. O. 'alkelek. body badly contused. Th ecgagemcrr ot the trsln atiH'nlned the examination of tewnty-0v or i ftartur of two rib. mor tbe neceesary venire of sixteen Tbe accident occurred a short dl- aw secured aa follow:: :ance abov Fena Haven Junction. Eugene Rallance. Charle F. Kege Vccordlng tonh tory told by Engl-lbeln. 0. Leslie Hall. T. J. Smith. leer Willis the, locomotive of the ixpre left lh ralr a It truck a 1 inarp curve, .in engine, toitoweo i ly a uoinatioii oaggnge ana raw jxt ,nl-fy oacn.i. Jumttodoait,,! K, -rr; -Baheror.T H..4 nrsa fl Ka sinoth.hAiiHjl t xirlr kn4 ' v i iuo uuiiu'wiiuu auu . plunged 19 feet down upon the track I .f the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which mrallels the Jarsey Central Railroad " V",nw,-;vjm' -uU. ua u 'Ullm.n far the "malnta: car of .he train, broke and the Pullman ran 1 . . . v. i i . ffrt... .. 1 r . i. lown the track for some distance. fho coaches that went over the em bankment wer badly wrecked, and t Is considered remarkable that none if the passengers was killed. - Injured lNting Well. Bethlehem, Pu Dec. . The nine lassenger who wore injured in the nrrec.k of the Srrunton "Flyer" on :he New Jorsey Central Railroad near ?enn Haven Junction last night, und who were brought to St. Luke's Hos- iltal, this city, arc doing nicely. It as stated by the hospital authorities ;o-day that none of the passengers is badly hurt and that their Injurlen insist mainly of alight bruises and 'ontuslona. REPORTS OF PASTORS Eight Young MenUdmilted on Trial by Conference Addiwses To-lay by 1. XL Whlsner, 2. Hlnoharu und W. R. Lanilwtli Class , to Be Received Into Full i Connection To-Morrow, ,A1mo Klec tlon of Delegates to General Con frrencK (Special to The Evening Times.) Wilson, N. C, Ddd l.-e-Tha call of the twentieth question was concluded it to-day's session ot the conference. KYI of the reports of the pastors have been made. '' . - ' T -v , ' : 1 Addresses were made by P. H. Whlsner, on Church extension;- Sec retary Z. Hlnoharaj . on Japan; and W. R. Lambeth, missionary secretary of the Church. Eight young men were admitted on trial ' In the con ference. , : ' , - - : Dr. J. C. Kllgo recommended the ; B, Avery memorial volume and "The History of Methodism In North Carolina" by W. L. Grissom. The class to be received into full connection will 'be received.. to-morrow, srtd delegates to;, the general conference will be elected to-morrow. CENTRAL MT'Gr CO.'S " '.'J 1LANT BURNED! Lexington, N. C, Dec. J. The entire plant - of the Central;. Manufacturing Company was burned at 6 o'clock, this morning.,!- It caught in a dry kiln. Ths loss Is ,215,000. ' 1 & la KcritH "iot mvr IS PLEA TaiMsts) J, Aftmars to t An Mr eatlah's As4sal lit fseol oai tr-t4 Hjr Itae I ait las a Itlkft. Wlas lire la IhrtsBs, la. ('. I lt t Aaoui talsd Taa ) NMfols, Va . Ia 1 Ths trial of (apt E W. J ottos of tba &evtr rirat VlrglsU Kegtsaeat of lafaatry Voiaatosrs, bo saardorod Maud t'saaeroa Koblasua by ratting bar throat aad almost sovortag bsr head with th sani raaor wklrh bs after wards asrd la ratting hia oa throat. U-csb her la-da) . Csptala Jones. ssmlds!T la ths best of health and aplrlta. Balked ln, oart, aeronipsnled by Deputy rBaat UrLlao and took a seat by !Be counsel, Jadge Tboma H.Wilcox. Pok to th aumeroua friend In la ao way like that of a maa on trial for hi life. Whea arraigned the prisoner In clear voire pleed "not guilty." Then began the eiamlnatlon of talesmen Isummoned for Jury aervlc. After Oca C Holland. B. McNallv. J. Watte Martin, M. J. Madden, 8 T. Dickln- j . s t int.. u plJMi jonn x. Prltchard. B. J, . . . 1 unrlrarr1 mnjm urtis,aM T.vlMfa -. commonwealth a Attorney John O. Tion g be,ng MB8ted ,B th pro(ie. mtlon by Attorney Robert B. Tun- B)erlaI coun(M.i employed by fathpr of th. mnrdered glrl wh0 .. . , w ' ' . , , i litre were mauy spuci-aiuia iu court and one well dressed woman who stood with the crowd. JURY SAYS HE WAS TIED TO TRACK (By the Associated Press.) Mount Vernon, Dec. 1 The Knox county praml Jury reported to-day, and I hey failed to return any indictments HKiiv.st any of the members of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity or any members -of Kenyon College in connec tion with the death of Stewart Pler- Kon, who met a tragic death at Oambla while beln:; initiated. The jurors carefully examined all the testimony given at the Inquest of Cor oner Scarbrough, and they were of the same opinion as the coroner, to the effect that Stewart Pierson was either lied on the tracks or In such position that he could not extricate himself, but the guilty party or parties could not bo determined. TRAIN SNOW BOUND FOR THREE DAYS (By the Associated Press.) Minneapolis, Minn.. Dec. 1. Passen ger train No. 18 on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie Railroad, ar rived here lost evening three days be- hind its schedule havhig been s'a" for three days on the Dakota prairies, In the midst of a raging blizzard with the tsmoerature as low as 26 degrees below sero. The train was filled with passengers but the oars were warm, and as food was sent to the. snow-bound travelers from the nenrest station, they did not suffer except from , the delay. Silver 1 Way Vp. v (By the Associated Press.) . San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 1. Silver 1 Jumping up in price. It 1 now 6$ cents per ounce, . This is the highest price since 1896. - Two month ago the market quotations was fifty cent. De mand Is greater than supply, say brok ers, m accounting for the higher price. But they also say that In addition-to a legitimate business demand, , there Is also : a speculative demand, which must be taken into consideration, " IWat C mi i I " Ni lsi 4 i aa at tstaj rin l K. . a : I rr44 l.ei ttvo rtr Arts tarn- ssa tb . Xeao.ef l4Mak..se f i We l,ii,t (mtraJ Uli Is aaJ.utv at w lsst oawr I'oti Artfcur II.. re am K libt IIm- .l a a ttxsl tM 1 l.e H S.e st tBto Tsu Hsr Una last .!. i .li bstiered Her1 rsli. of tat atue st ta allia(ed stMiut IV mt etit Tliree riis I.m.1 iketr lliea is the re a of IB, Ueurfe HerWrt at Too UlaBa The) ar (II Miller. George (Mshb and Nslsna. all of, tHilutk Whea the so a eat no tte defing of lb M ateet aerge f . rotka U llltsm llliks aad Charles 1 aoaaa aad the too of foer poroot Johnotio aated tbsniaeitos br Jump- board, tactadtag Caotata John H. lag to shore Tbe latter thrae lacked ' Maaaey aad hi Wife, wa reported ths courage, and aa Ibe acow broke, bar to-day by th tag Bcraatoa, aald tbelr last good bye and dlaap- mhira had boom towlag th) lola peared lllraa and J oh a son avra'aaaa from NV York, saied by nahertnen I Tha berg went down In a haary ;soa at o'clock Uat alght a boat ( alhollr ttaak Ckaars, rt,,ht snlle aast bf BOBth from Mt- (Py the Asoxlsted Press.) 'txokm UshL Meilc.. City. Iier t Th t'sthollc Itank. an lnltutkn operating under an Arisons charter, and at th outsat patronised by ths higher clergy, who. It la said withdrew their deposits som time ago. has closed Its doors. There was no run on ths bank, which has re fused la do business pending tha ap pointment of a receiver. It la said that the bank had some tSOO.OOO deposits, mostly of the poorer claaa of people. ST. AUGUSTINE THE VICTOR, St. Auguatin' football team played tha Klttrsll Oolieg teas oa tb for mer' , grounds , ysaterda afternoon. the first hkw. koth tsami nlajm. w.n. - - - - - ftU-AagUeitne's dM some excellent work on th defense, three time preventing Klttrsll from scoring, though thy had scored early In the half. In the second half 8t. Augustlnes started off with a vim that, swept Klttrell off their feet and carried the ball straight down to their fifteen yard line, when Klttrell gave up the game with qver fifteen minutes left to play. The game was forfeited to St. Augustine 6 to 0. DUN'S REVIEW IS SATISFACTORY (By the Associated Press.) New York, Dec. 1. Dispatches to Dun's Review indicate that the gen eral business situation is most satis factory and commercial payments re markably prompt In view of the high rates that have been prevailing for money. Bank exchanges are the largest on record, average dally figures for No vember for a.i leading cities in the United States exceeding five hundred million dollars for the first time, 4 i per cent, greater tlan for Novemberj last year, the high water mark up t0 I inai lime, ror mis wwk, eoveniiB only five days, total exchanges at all leading cities in the United States are $2, 408, 755, 612. WHOLE FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH (Bv the Associated Press.) Weston, W. V., Dec. 1. Charles ;0rlng to place him under arrest, Ou F. Douglass, wife and two children, ley wa8 charged with having written were burned to death near here to- an inaulting letter to white woman. day. The fire which destroyed the jDouglaass home was caused by an explosion of natural gas. ENGLISH CABINET HOLDS MEETING. (By the Associated Press.) London, Dec. l.--The cabinet held a meeting this afternoon lasting an hour and a half. There is reason to believe that the colleagues of . Pre mier Balfour approved his decision to resign rather than dissolve Par llament, but no official communica tion Is yet forthcoming. - Mr. Balfour Is gota$ to Gloucestershire tor the week end bo ho. will not see King Edward before Monday, when his Majesty will arrive in London,' UPTAINAKQVi'IFE li. T TW IMisssB. ewr Me4 IWfS as tseaag Toseed f T4 la hew Torh to We I Iowa la Mearr fr Lsw hagtal RifsrUd Tw-fasy. Rr lbs Aaoocaolod It is ) . Bto. Utat, Doc 1 Ths fsaa- Tboao lost wore: , Captain Job a B. Mi Mrs. Muar. ala wtf. Engineer of tha berg. . . Cook of tha barga. Oaa of th crew of tha DaUwaana waa saved, tto aulckly did WTI barg founder after tba swapping of th hawser that th crw had absolutory no tlm to assist tha tow, which dis appeared almost befor th Reran t a could ba put about. Th ol s r vivor wa too ad clinging to a frag ment ot a broken boat, H aald u, Delawaaaa waa throws oa her Ve-n nda by a tarrlfld saa and tha water flooded Into tha bold. ' f Tba Beraaton, with tba Dalawanna IB. tow.. left . Kw-York Monday, t barga carrying 1,111 ton of anthra clte coal aoniLgaad to Boston. Th Delawanna was owned by t Delawar. Lackawanna 4c Western Railroad. Bh waa m sew veaael BOARD OF HEALTH c EESIQNS IN BODY. (By tha Aaaoctitad Pre.) Chicago, Dec 1. A dispatch to the Chronicle, from , New ' Orleans says: ' ..'I" . '-' '. The Louisiana State Board ot ' Health, Dr, Edmund Souchon. presi dent, resigned la a body last night, and the resignations of th entlra body wer forwarded , to ; Baton Rouge. ; f a: ! This actidn was precipitated by a persistent intimation of Governor Blanchard that he wanted an: inves tigation as to how Yellow fever got Into Louisiana and who Was respon- slble, and by his last action in call ing upon ths grand Jury of Orleans parish to Investigate. ' , ; '.' . Although the resignation ot cts tain members of the board baa been . rumored, It Is said the call on the grand Jury Is what Incensed the ' members. '- ' . n . ARMED CITIZENS s ' ' '' HUNTING NEQRO. (By the Associated Press.) ' Memphis, Tenn., Dec.' A dis patch to the Commercial Appeal from Kosciusko, Miss., says: - Posses of armed elttkena : are searching the wooda In tbla vicinity in an effort to capture Rufus Oualey, a negro who shot and killed Luclua Love, a prominent planter of Sprockt, this county, yesterday, , while Mr. Love and several others were endear- i boD Kennedy, colored, wa toand dead four mlle. 'trorA tha'acenO of th killing yesterday. Negroes living In the house with Kennedy say he waa ; killed by a crowd . who came v to search the building, a Kennedy . was running away from tbe house when shot. " ii'S? Queen Alexandra 81. ; t ,. ; (By the' Associated freas.) ' V London, Dec. 1.? Queen Alexandra was Sixty-one years old to-day, and , her. birthday was celebrated with the usual heartiness throughout the kingdom. Including artillery salutes, the ringing of , church bells and the display ot flags, etc, Congratulations from all parts poured in at Sandring--ham, where the queen entertained all the children of the estate at tea, personally; sueprintendlng proceeding.- '.,,-.