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FEVER SUMMARY.
Progress Of the Epidemic as Compiled BY
Surgeon General.

Progress Of the Epidemic as Compiled BY
Surgeon General.
A summary of the progress of the
yellow fever epidemic up to Thursday,
made in the Office of the surgeon gen.
eral OF the marine hospital service at
Washington, gives total of 500 cases
and SO deaths in the entire country,
distributed by cities and towns as fol-
lows:
Edwards, Miss, 215 cases and 6
deaths; New Orleans, 2O3 cases and "a
deaths; Biloxi, Miss, 1875 cases and 8
deaths; Mobile, Ala, 80 cases and 8
deaths; Scranton, Miss, SO cases and
8 deaths; Ocean Springs, Miss, %
cases and deaths; Clinton, Miss, 7
cases and no deaths; Barley,
Mississippi, IL cases and deaths;
Cairo, ILL.,, cases; Atlanta, Ga, Lou
isville, KY, Perkinton, Miss, and
Beaumont, Tex, one case each, the
cases at Louisville and Beaumont
proving fatal.
Official reports from the yellow fever
districts to the surgeon general OF the
marine hospital service Tor WEDNESDAY
give the total new cases and deaths for
that date as follows:
"Biloxi, Is cases, no deaths; Ed
wards, "a new cases, no deaths; New
Orleans, 25 new cases, four deaths;
Scranton, three new cases, one death;
Ocean Springs, one new case, no
deaths; Mobile, report delayed; Camp
Fontainbleau, seven refugees admitted
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The News in Washington.

A Washington special says: Minister
Woodford, up to the hour of closing
the department Thursday had not in
formed the state department Of the
Spanish cabinet crisis.
The main point of interest in Wash
ington at present is the composition Of
the new cabinet, and it is expected
that Mr.. Woodford will not neglect to
obtain and cable to his government
the earliest information possible on
tn 1t point in administration circles.
Opinions are fairly divided as to the
outcome, whether the new cabinet will
be liberal or conservative, and as that
is the matter Of gravest importance to
our government, as influencing the
line Of policy to be followed as to
Cuba, there is q strong desire to OBJ
tain information as to the prospects.
The president had scarcely reached
the white house Thursday morning
before Secretary Sherman called to see
him. He was closely followed by As
sistant Secretary Day, and although it
is understood that the latter's visit
had largely to do with the state
department appointments, it is not
doubted that there was discussion Of
the last Madrid developments.
In the absence of the Spanish min.
lister, Mr.. DuBose is the senior official,
but he has not called at the state de.
partment and has not, as far as can be
learned, received official advices from
Madrid.
Diplomats familiar with Spanish af-
fairs say the conditions point to one OF
two results, namely, the complete col.
lapse of the conservative regime which
has been responsible for the Cuban
policy and its succession by a liberal
cabinet with pacific and conciliatory
tendencies toward Cuba, or else tran.
sition ministry with Azcarraga again
at the head as temporary expedient
to tide over affairs until the cortes can
meet and permanent and stable min.
istry be formed.
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MANY SITES OFFERED
For Location of Georgia's Proposed New
Penitentiary.

Penitentiary.
The following properties have beer
submitted to the state of Georgia OF
invitation Of the subcommittee Of the
Joint penitentiary committees of the
bouse and senate, as sites for the
proposed penal colony:
Dadc county coal and iron lands. -
OLE rel by the creditors of the Georgia
Mining, Manufacturing and Inve sim an,
Company; 49,052 acres of developed
and improved coal and iron property
in Dade county. Price 1851, 900.
Magnolia plantation. by
Chester B. Howard, representing
former Governor w. j. Northen
$4,000 acres, situated on the Flint
river seven miles west of Fort Valley.
Price $4,000.
Sapelo Island.-Ofered by Captain
William @. Wylly, representing eight
property owners; 16,O25 acres. Price
1925, 900.
Sapelo Island.-Ofered by William
c. Wylly, representing four property
owners; 6,O25 acres. Price $40, 900.
Turtle Creek plantation. Offered by
Messrs Brobston and Fendig, 5000
acres in Glynn county, on Turtle creek.
Price $75, 900.
Long Island. Offered by Messrs.
Brobston and Fendig, $4,000 acreso
Price $40, 900.
Little Cumberland Island. Offered
by Messrs. Brobston and Fendig, g..
O01 acres. Price SIG,
Ossabaw Island offered by Colonel
Houston Richardson Harper, 10000
acres, equipped with penitentiary
buildings. Price $3.50 Or 5000
acres equipped with penitentiary
buildings. Price $4,000.
The proposition of the Georgia
Mining, Manufacturing and Invest
ment Companyto sell to the state their
coal and iron mines in Dade county
changed the entire convict situation
over night, and threw new element
into the discussion. The proposition
has become an unexpected factor in
the settlement of the vexed question
which the committee has to handle.
Captain Anderson, who is chairman
of the committee of creditors of the
Georgia Mining Manufacturing and
Investment Company, made the offer,
agreeing to sell the $4,000 acres of
land controlled by the creditors at the
government rate of $40 per acre, and
to throw in all improvements which
had been built thereon.
He urged his plan not only because
he felt that it would result in profit
able enterprise for the state, but be-
cause it would give to the state prop
erty on which the convicts could i'm
mediately be placed without waiting
for the purchase of other property,
the employment of architects, or the
erection of buildings.
In reply to questions from members
of the committee, Captain Anderson
said that the machinery and equipment
on the property were in good repair,
but that to put the place in perfect
condition for the housing and main
tenance OF 1000 or more convicts an
expenditure of 1875, would be nee
essary in the Dade and Castle Rock
mines, aud of $75, ZOO on the lands of
the Walker company.
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GEORGIA FOOTBALLISTS.
State University Team ArTanges Schedule
Of Games for the Season,

State University Team Arranges Schedule
Of Games for the Season.
A schedule Of football games for the
University OF Georgia was arranged at
a meeting Of the Athletic association
at Athens Thursday. One game will
be played on the home grounds and
four in Atlanta.
Georgia will play all the leading
universities and colleges Of the south
this season and the outlook is very
fine for Georgia. Material for the
team is unusually fine this year and
the university will probably have the
greatest eleven in her history.
The first game Of the season opens
at Athens October 8, and the Anal
game will be at Augurn, Ala, Nov. %,
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d CABINET RESIGNS.

y Donounces Germany For Work
Eng Against Greece.
- from Athens state that the
binet has resigned.
shens correspondent OF the
Times says:
Ralli, when presenting the
the preliminary treaty OF
box strong exception to its
ttributing to Germany all that
! done against Greece.
declared that he would notsub.
solution approving the treaty,
II was executory and there.
y not require approval; and
cause such o step would be con-
the sovereign rights OF the
nd the crown.
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WILL SETTLE FOR GOLD.

Japan's Trouble with Hawaii To Be Ad-
justed On Financial Basis.
An official announcement Of the dc;
parture Of the Japanese cruiser for
Yokohama, together with the state
ment that the immigration question
raging between Japan and Hawaii is
likely to be shortly settled without ar
bitration, has thrown peaceful aspect
around American questions in the Pa
cifc.
The most important statement made
by Minister Sewell is that the Ha-
an-Japanese authorities have
agreed that 800, 600 in gold will set.
tie the claims Of the latter against the
Dole authorities.
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SCRAMBLE FOR sEABOARD.
Ryan Syndicate Supposed to BE Planning
For Its Possession.

Thomas F. Ryan, F. M. Colston and
Henry Crawford, moving spirits in the
syndicate that is now endesvoring to
secure control of the Seaboard Air
Line, arrived at Norfolk, Va, Wednes-
day.
There were several conferences be.
tween them and certain large stock
holders in the big southbound system,
but just what this portends it is not
easy TO say; but that the syndicate is
using every means in its power to OBJ
tain control of the property there is
no doubt. The three gentlemen seem
to be very confident Of success, but on
the other hand the Seaboard officials,
while very reticent, seem to have abso-
lutely no fear OF the syndicate.
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hrs CABINET GIVES UP.
|GEATIONS OF MINISTRY IS
cCEPTED BY THE QUEEN.
SURPRISE IS MANIFESTED.
] Brought to . Crisis Through Dis
sentions Among Supporters
Of the Government,

Madrid special states that the
BIZ cabinet has resigned and that
cen has accepted the resignation,
las asked General Azcarraga to
Iue in Office until q solution of
isis is found.
majesty will summon the lead
the various parties and the pres
of the chambers to consult as to
tuation.
ted Sta'es Minister Woodford,
Ike of fetuah and the president
senate, the Marquis Pazo de la
BID, held a long conference We'd
y, and General Woodford pre-.
to General Azcarraga the mem.
pf the United States legation.
to the cabinet crisis the Cuban
parlers have been postponed.
Is said that Senior Sagasta is in
of superceding Captain General
br, and OF granting autonomy to
Immediately. Senior Gamazo
Fobably be minister for foreign
in the new cabinet.
phington Ohacials >ot Surprised.
news of the Spanish cabinet
was first brought to the attention
officials of the state department
plomatic officials at Washington
gh the Associated Press bulletin
Madrid. It is surmised that
Ter Woodford's failure to cable
department. was attributable to
lct that it was after nightfall in
d before the news became known.
eanpot be said that the event
surprise among the officials of
late department or among the
ers of the diplomatic corps in
ngton.
ministry, it was explained by
patio officials entirely familiar
NE facts, is conservative through
1t was chosen after the assassi-
OF Canovas and was regarded as
inuance Of the Canovas regime.
10 what is to follow the resigna-
the cabinet, officials at the
are completely in the dark.
ary Sherman does not believe it
materially affect the relations
pain either to the United
or to Cuba, which seems to in
an expectation on his part that
The cabinet is recognized it will
md to be still of a conservative
icy.
the other hand, high officials in
administration expect a liberal
& under the leadership of the
b Sagasta will be erected on the
of the Azcarraga cabinet. If
hould be the case the future 10
be full Of promise for Cuba,
recalled the liberals have not
ID to exrress their opposition
reat expenditure, of human life
e treasure in the effort to carry
repressive conservative pro
for the conduct OF the war.
event of the formation of a
Ministry, Minister Dupuy De-
build undoubtedly submit his
ION as the Spanish representa-
Washington, as is usual on Q
Il political control Of the cabi-
the minister is, moreover, q
hive in politics.
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DON'T WANT GREENLAND.


CahadiAns Believe Uncle Sam 10 After
the Frigid Island.
According to q London cable dis
patch, there is D. rumor in Canadian
circles that the government OF the
United States has made overtures to
the government Of Denmark with the
object Of acquiring Greenland from
the latter country.
Washington officials ridiculs the
story attributed to Canadian sources
that the United States government is
negotiating with Denmark for the &C.
QUESTION Of Greenland. 1t is posi-
lively denied that the United States
has any designs upon territory in that
part OF the world.
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/ BLAZE AT MOBILE,

~ = -Four Hundred and Fifty
~ Z Cotton Damaged.
4 ~ o6ly Wednesday morning in
nfnoHa varehouse, on Lipscomb
~ Wo1ile, Ala, destroyed one
a M Inmaged $50 bales Of cotton.
Yko Ioo1 On the building was 81, 900;
( ~ oo1ton $500.
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EES LED TO SUICIDE.

ecrstary OF West Virginia Gets
or the Earth.
cling w. Va, special says:
ecretary Alexander Dorsey,
morning at Moundsville,
u through the head with q
He was one Of the most
operators in the state, and
y due to dependency,
by some recent financial
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INDIANS HAVE GOLD NINE.

Chickasaws Claim To Have Veins That
Beat Klondike.
The Chickasaw legislature, now in
session at Tishomingo, L. T has passed
sn act placing o royalty on all gold
that is hereafter mined in the Chicka-
saw nation.
This act was brought about by In.
dian citizens who live near Purcell, in
the Chickssaw nation, taking out sam.
pies OF ore. Some of the Chicka.
saws who have investigated the mat
ter are under the belief that Klondike
is small, insignificant gold field com.
pared with the one just discovered
near Purcell.
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Wednesdays Fever Record.

Twenty-Five new cases and four
deaths were recorded Wednesday in
New Orleans, Edwards reported TWEEN.
ty-four and no deaths; Mobile four
and no deaths; Biloxi fifteen new cases
but no fatalities.
From this report Wednesday in New
Orleans was a record breaker in the
number of new cases reported, while
the deaths equaled in number those Of
any day since the fever was first dis
covered in the city.
There are various reasons given for
the spread of the disease, but the
principal ones are two, that the
weather turned warm again, and ow-
ing to the much wider field to cover,
the board of health had some difficulty
in getting every house as closely
guarded as was possible when the
cases were few in number and the
trained officials Of the board were sta
toned about the quarantined houses.
The fact that the death rate has been
small and that the chances OF an cpl
demic have been constantly growing
less, have made the general public
somewhat careless and there has been
increasing friction between the quar-.
antined people and the authorities.
Imprisoned inmates of houses have
been going over back fences and
snesking out OF side doors in order
not to be confined, and the result has
been that more germs have been scat.
tered and rapidly developed in these
warm days.
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THIS QUARANTINE HURTS.
Alabama Business Men Make Strong Pro-
test Against Policy.

The freight situation between At
lanta, Ga and Alabama remains un.
changed, with little more liberal in
depreciation Of the quarantine regula-
tions.
There is some prospect of modifi'
cation now that the effects of the quar-.
autine are being sorely felt in the bus
mess Of Alabama.
Wednesday morning q strong dele
CATION from Birmingham went to
Montgomery 10 protest against the
rigid quarantine against Atlanta. The
coal and iron people are hard hit by
the interruption Of traffic.
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President Mckinley has named
Joseph E. Less as collector of GUS
toms, district Of st. Johns, and Dem
mis- Egan, postmaster at Jacksonville.
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A special from Washington says that
the board of engineers has disapproved
of Major Mahan's plan for dredgo
for Pensacola harbor as being too ex.
pensiye. They have ordered new plans
for a dredge to cost not exceeding
$4,000
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THREATENED WITH BULLETS.
Train Load Of Physicians Receive Warm
Reception in Louisiana Town.

Train Load Of Physicians Receive Warm
Reception in Louisiana Town.
The effort of the business men, city
and health authorities OF New Orleans
to effect o modification Of the rigid
quarantine restrictions Of the various
parishes of the state, by conference
of the parish and town quarantine
officials along the Southern and Texas
Pacific roads, ended abruptly We'd
nesday afternoon.
The train carrying the physicians
who were to take part in the confer
ence to be held on board the train
which left Algeirs passed through La
fayette in the afternoon, but failed to
proceed any further than Rayne, where
the people, armed with shotguns, re-
fused to let it go through. The deadly
weapons were pointed at Engineer
Gregory and he was told that the
wheels would have to stop. Members
of the body of citizens threatened to
tear up the treck il the train persisted
to run through the town, The reoep-
ton was too warm to even permit Of
parley, and the officials Of the train
decided that it would be wise to make
its way back.
The train then returned to Lafayette.
Among the passengers were DR.. 8. r.
Olliphant, DR.. Carter OF the United
States marine and DR.. Guiteras, the
celebrated fever experts.
II is reported that DR.. Guiteras was
trying to make his way into Texas,
where his service are wanted as fever
expert,
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The preliminary trial OF F. NJ. Tate,
at Braidentown, for the killing of Mar
shall Joe Terry, before County Judge
]. j. Stewart, resulted in Tate's being
discharged on the ground of justifable
homicide. Judge Meresdon, of Tam
pa, represented the state, and Judge
Bingham the defense.
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The town council OF Melbourne at
its last meeting passed over the veto
of the mayor sweeping ordinance
forbidding bicyclists or anything else
on wheels the use of the sidewalks
AT the same meeting they took meas
ures looking toward the immediate
clearing and Smelling of more than a
mile of streets.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-08
GRADUALLY FADING INTO ETERNITY.
Mrs. Mckinley Lies Unconsciops and Her
Death Is Certain Very Seon.

Mrs. Mckinley Lies unconscious and Her
Death Is Certain Very se2n.
Canton. o., Dec. 6.-Motpa. Mckinley
yesterday passed the fouftaraay of her
illness and entered upon the fifth with
the spark of life still burning dimly.
There had not been a material develop
ment in her case. Her condition con-
tinued one of steadily wasting away.
the constitution growing weaker hour
by hour under the assaults Of the dis
ease. Anxiously the family watched
by the bedside all day, prepared for the
end at any moment and sometimes feel
ing that IL had come as the patient was
seized with sinking spells. During these
attacks she would perceptibly weaken
almost cease TO breath-and show
scarcely sign Of animation.
For the most part these spells were
limited to half an hour, and when they
were over she would resume the quiet
repose characteristic of the entire ILL
ness. When she dies the doctors say
she will just go to eternal sleep without
a struggle and entirely unconscious The
patient has taken no nourishment since
Thursday. IT cannot be administered
by ordinary methods, and the case Is
one in which heroic methods of admin
istering food are not regarded justifia-
bic. They could not restore health,
would be distressing and annoying, and
might hasten the end.
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HAVE A WEYLER IN GUATEMALA.
Barrios Reported To BE Giving Imprisone
Enemies Daily Floggings.

San Francisco, Dec. 6.-The latest
mail from Guatemala conveys the in
formation that President Barrios is
threatened with another uprising. Ad-
vices have been received at the capital
of the Central American republic to the
effect that conspirators are at work in
the northern part of the country, close
to the Mexican border, and are being
aided by political enemies of Barrios in
the eastern departments of the govern
ment. Behind the movement is said to
be General Castillo. who participated in
the recent uprising.
He organized his forces in Salvador
and then crossed the border, an act
which nearly involved the two neigh
Dor republics in serious troubles. Bar
rios is reported to be in an ugly mood,
and is dealing out terrible punishment
to number of prisoners whom he gath
cred in the late uprising and has since
kept confined in the government peni-
Tertiary in the city of Guatemala.
Flogging has been revived, and the lash
is being used on about 200 prisoners,
most of whom are whipped every day.
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Has Reached the Point Where the Inter-
ested Have Decided to Gao I'm.


Has Rsachsd the Point Where the Inter-
ested Have Decided to Gao In.
Cleveland. Dec. 6.-The proposed i'm
mense combination OF wire. wire nail
and steel rod interests. overshadowing
anything Of the kind ever before
planned. has advanced to the point
where the concerns interested have de-
to be done In to reach an agreement on
the value OF the different mills. Daily
conferences are being held in New
York. and Cleveland manufacturers are
In constant communication with the
seat OF activity. Among the interests
involved are those of the Oliver-Snyder
Co.. Of Pittsburg. This firm carries with
IL the Oliver interests In the immense
Carnegie acquisitions. Besides rod and
wire mills the new combination includes
steel mills, blast furnaces and iron ore
mines.
1t is the plan that all the interests
involved lose their identity and go out
of business, and that there be simply
the one great company. The statement
Is made that John w. Gates, the
originator of the scheme, will not be
the general manager, as was at first
suggested; but that this office will be
occupied by w. p. Snyder. OF Pitts
burg. The further statement is made
by Cleveland iron men who are inter-
ested that the control of the big COM
pany will rest in the hands OF j. Pier
pont Morgan and his associates. they
having arranged to obtain that control
by purchase
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-08
WIDOWS PENSION CASE DECIDED.
Wen-to-Do Reflects of Soldiers Need Not
Make Application.

Washington. Dec. 6.-Assistant Sec
rotary of the Interior Davis has made a
decision in a dependent widows case
which, while in line with some former
decisions on this subject, is of especial
importance as emphasizing a policy af-
fecting large class of claimants. Many
widows are applying for pensions who
already have large property interests,
and consequently large incomes. The
case in which the present ruling Is made
is that of Louise Wiemerslage, widow
of an Illinois volunteer veteran.
She owns fifty-one acres twelve miles
out OF Chicago valued at $3.50 an acre
and yielding a net annual income OF
$1,000: the house in which she lives is
worth $4,000 clear. and the only de-
pendent is a daughter capable OF self
support. The case is rejected as not
dependent on daily labor.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-08
He was n Connecting Link.

Madison. Wis, Dec. 6.-Patrick X.
Walsh died at an early hour Saturday
morning, aged 20 years. "Old Pat" as
he was best known. was the connecting
link between the state university OF the
present and the past. For thirty-seven
years he was a figure in state universi-
~ life. being for the greater part OF
that time the custodian OF Main hall.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-08

Bellaire. O., Dec. S--The strike at the
Bellaine Steel works. which has been
waged by the Amalgamated Associa-
ton of Iron and Steel Workers SO Bit
terly for the past two months. ended
Saturday in a defeat for the men. See
ing that they could not win the strikers
declared the contest off and the old men
will take whatever jobs they can Sc
o,tra
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-08
Greco-Turkish Treaty Signed.

Washington, Dec 6-The Turkish
legation Saturday received the follow
ing from Constantinople: THE definite
treaty Of peace between the sublime
porte and Greece has been signed this
day"