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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-08-28

- En- ell barrio del Coto, en- Ponce, Oar.
los Archeval, vecino honrado y com ,dido "a
VIC provocado por IN iniiviiuo de N ,los an
tscedentes liamsdo Carlos Pillar, ell cual % in
trodujo en- "a casa wien lose obl,gado . defen-
ierse con un rev6 yer = resultando el Pillar con
contusiones.
La lama humeante de Ia a~oetilena
produce no hollln de e1 oelen e calidsd para Ia
preparation del color negro Y Ia tints dc Chi
ns, pues es de un color abso!utsm ante negro,
de peso muy figaro, y 90 obtiene Don m ss fsci.
lidad y en- mayor cantidad que qaemando cusl.
quier aoeite mineral. Hoy 50 msnufaoturs ESQ
negro de hamo en- Francia por IN prooedi-
mieuto de pateute.
-. Hs felleoidc en- esta Capita. don jose
Nicolas Daob6a, antique emp!esdo de Hacien =
d. y empareutado ON PERSONA de nasstrs
smistsd D. E. P. y acompahAmos en- 50 pena
q Ia fam;lia.
-. Miss jamie Crossway, dc Buffalo, ds.
bs l~eooioues de piano a domioilio y On 81 CASA
Star Street Numero as5 e FL in 9ierno passjo
eufrio an fuerts atsqls de rsum atismo col pa
rasisis d. las extremidades Fuertes d65i4 de
ioduro de potasium y saiioilsto de sodium foe.
ron iu1tiIes. E la lego Ia nuraci6n de IN osso
igual: 81 de Ia se6 ora Adams Roe, de- Philsdel.
phis, con 81 <Dspurativo russo Malakoff. y, sin
darme cuenta, Sc someti6 = il1ntioo prooedi.
miento obteniendo 81 cursei6n: todavfa tiene
alguna diicultad al ponerse de pie; pero den.
to de an breve tempo ella estarA sompleta.
mente curada Firm ado: Doctor James D. Fes.
(Del Pharmaceutical Star, Buffalo)
Bssilisa Lopez, Sc ofreoe como ANA
de orfs. Direccion: Marina, Gale del presi1io
-. 81 csbo dc la policfa municipal, Sa-
muel Friedm ", hs empezado a hacer uso de
IN mes d. licencis que sc lie ha conoedido. pa
"a trasladarsa a Nueya York.
-" Ia fallecido en- Ponce don Antonio
Rossdo, vfctima de heridas J Commissioners que
recibiers por defender gu vida y la de 50 fami.
lia en- Ia noche del temporal.
- Sc b, diapnesto Ia devoluci6n de
$1,000 en- &c lulas hipoteosriss que como ga.
rantfa de remate de suministro dc ropas ( los
oon6nades de presidio. depositsron los senorea
A Cabahas Diaz & CO, en- las areas de Ia
provin ia.
-. Han sido asistidos en- Ia sala de 5000
rros Tomas Glen, herido en- 10 cabeza; Felix
guez, herido en- peles con Isidors Nu6ez.
- Don Arturo G. Hsuserd, vecino de
Fsjardo, ha elevado una queja 81 General De-.
Wis, contrs un procsdim;ento de apremio que 70
lie sigue.
~ Dicen de Espsns que eli Condo de las
Almenss fa6 reducido 4 prisi6n por gritsr en-
pleno oongreso sbsjo los traidores, mueran los
aniquiladores de la patria, Tyengan sombreros
de Pope Cid . recoDstituir esta hermoss ma
ci6n. ~
= Han ingre.aio en ID oaroel de San
Juan, Manuel del Rio Bslbi&n J Juan Francis.
co Martinez y 80 han puesto On libsrtsd Malt
Gsl.ivan, Antonio J Felipe Lopez J Jesus Qua.
dalupe.
Ha regresado { Ponce, de "a exour.
sion : San German, nuestro oompaf1ero don
Edelmiro J.. Lespier, sdministrsdor de Ella De,
moorsois.s
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F. H.. Dexter.
eAbogadO.

~Habiendo renunciado Ia Agenoia General
del Cuban and Pan American Express Comps
ny para dsdicarss ( Ia prAotios general de ga
profession, ante 10, Tribuna'es y G bierno
Americana, tiene 81 gusto de ofreoerss al pa.
blico en- gu o6cins, casa namero l Gale do Ts.
tuAn. altos, en- esta Capital.
La hipoteca mas importante de que
jamas Sc ha tornado rsz6o fa@ registrada haoe
tres eemanss en- Washington. La hipoteoa
asegura Ia cantidad de 8 $40, O0o, 600, y ou-
brs toda la propiedad del Fsrrooarril de Bal
timore y Ohio, siendo aoreedor hipoteoario Ia
<Amerioan Trust Company , FL valor de las
estampillas del Fisco que requiri6 ell dooamen-
to asciende a $50: 900.
haber Visitsdo varios pueblos de Ia casta Sur,
nuestro compafe'o en- la prensa don Evsristo
Izoea Diaz
- segdn Ella Estrella S,litaria, de
Ponce, los senores hijos de Cobian szorifc ron
una res en- Concerto J despues de estar en- Ia
oarniosrf,, SO averiga6 que estsb, enferms, y
ell doctor Brioso mand6 ~retira,la y quemsrls.
Es djgno de notarse que Ia Iaglste
IRA ha alcauzado toda 81 grandezs b,jo ell 60
oie1ho de tres reina'. Bsjo Elizabeth echo
los oimientos de 90 supremaofa naval, que ds--
de entonoes no hs sido nunoa disputa Is. b..
10 la reins Anne las v~ictorias de la, armss in
4 esdo OaJV . AoAU6O oou0i7A UAot4UO'OVRu
msntuvieron y realzaron Ia a!tiva posici6n del
rsinc, y bsjo Victoria ha lleg ado & gu actual
y ast nbroso poderfo ell Imperio Britanico.
Los Ayuntamientos de la Isa que
mas sdeudsn & los Fondos de jubilaciones,
apesar de las activas g~e.tiones heohas por ell
ofcisl sncargado de Ia coutabilidad, SON los
siguientes. Jaana Diaz : l,l69. O6. Lajas
s Ill. 90, 8 Isabella s 1872 so. Dsbe de
tenerse en- ouenta que esss cantidades son de-
pdsitos hechos por los maestro , que no pue
de disponerse de ellos sin ~incurrir en- grave res
ponsabilida5.
Is Secretsrfa Civil ha remitido 4
informe del Alcalde de San Juan, instanoias
de don A. J. Sanjurjo, de dohs Dolores G.
viuda de Vida, dc doda Iucs Delgado, de don
Jose e. Vid.l de don Aodles Calvo. solicit
tando condemnation de contribuciones.
Al Aguntsmiento de San Juaa ls
han corrsspondido 8 500. SO, por ooacepto de
consume sobre bebidas.
~ Doha Ealalia Ssrrsno ~solioita en-
srriendo, para fabrioar una casa, IN solar en-
Ia 3 " lfnes.
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Anuncio &c Subasta.
OfC|na de Ia Junta do Ob1as Pqb|icas
AGOSTO 20, de 1899.


Preparedness bajo p!iego oerrado Sc adj
nltiran en- estas Oicinas hasta las diez de la
manaua del dfa 10, de Septiembre do 1899,
para contratar la reparaoi6n de la seccion de -
ki!ometros de 10 csrretera No ], entire San
Juan y Rio-Piedras.
Las condolences J dsmss ipformes % da-
ran 4 los que 10 ~solioiten en- estas Ofoinas.
Los licitadores deberAn presentar la garan.
tia de dos personas de respetabilidad para reg
ponder por ellos del oumplimiento del contra
to.
FL Contratists deber& consignar un dep6-
slto equivalence 81 81 del importe total del
contrato.
"a Junta de Obras Ptblioas 90 reserva ell
deresho de rechszar oualquiera 8 todas las pro-
posicionss.
r. L. Hills.
Prssidte. INFERNO de la Junta de O. Publicas.
s. S-b.
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MGreCG imit3ci6l,

La Junts Local de Instruction Pnblica de
esta Villa. en- session celebrada en- Ia tarde del
da de aver, acord6 saoar 4 concurso por dies
dias, q contsr desde la apsrici6n del primer
anunoio en- el Peri6dioo Official, las ~esouelss de
este termino municipal, en- numero de dies 4
ssber:
Tres ~escuelas graduadas.
Siete rurAlee.
Acord6, asf mismo, en- virtud de mooi6n
presentads por 81 vocal don Manuel Betanoes
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-08-28

-. Traduccio mes del Espsnol al Iugl6s 8
vice. versa. Especialidad en- asuntos le9ales.
Todo trabsjo se garantizs , son ~escritos en-
mAquins. Rsferenoiss inmejorables. Precios
m6dicos. Pfdanse cotizaciones sntes de dar los
trabajos . otroe. Dirigirse . P. de Castro. Sol
10l, San Juan. Extrsductor de la casa doctor
Williams Medicine 9. Schenectady, N. Y.
J de 10 New York & Cuba Mail s.. s. CO lo3
Wall st, New York, etc. etc.
p-A-l5-4-
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12r0nf2e de todas clases sc hscen On Ia tipo :
'~'eo'~~ grafa La Correspondsaeia. AL
contsdo extrieto , pero preoios n6dioos.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1899-08-28
HERMINIO OIAz NAVARRO
AWY E r..
H-SOcrotario do JuStioiA.

Ia vuelto 4 abrir su BUFETE en- San JosS
st. II, entresuelo de la derecha y ofrece sus
s%ervicios como AVOCADO en- asuntos judiciales
que se hayan de tram tar ante los Tribunales
del pats 6 ante la CORTE PROVISIONAL y en- los
asuntos administrators que deban resolverse
en- Ell Gobierno general 6 en- los demas Centres
ofciales.
San Juan Pto. Rico, 16 de Julio 1890.
Telkfons zo7.
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FLINT EDD1 & Co.

Estos s~ehores, oomerciautes de primera IL
nea, que tienen sus vastas ~ofcinas en- ell hume
70 80 de Broad Street, enufan por ell vspor
<Evelyn,, que llevan Ia prssente csrta, $50 sa
COS de harina de trigo & esa isla como especial
donativo, para deatiparlos al consume de las
clases pobres. D. .ellos van cielto para San
Juan, con ,ignaaos q Vlllar y Go 100 para
Ponce & r. Cortsd', rs para Maysguez y rs
para Arroyo & Hatmann y Co.
E.re rasgo generoso de los Sres. Flint,
Ed]i & Co. merece tcda clase de enoomioe,
que con gusto les tribute.
r. B. LOPEZ.
Nee York A9osto Is de 1899.
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Los peIIOdicos ameIicanos
Y PuERT TORI co.
Ell Mayor Ames.
Los Sres. Flint EddI & Ca.

Lss eampahas sostenidas por ID msyorfa
de Ia prepsa americana 4 favor de Puerto Rico
es yerdaderamente muy hsrmosa. Todos quie.
rem J piden con insistenois y valentfa que la
naoion entera acuda 1 pressar ayuda y auxilios
al territorio de Puerto Rico, desvastado con Ell
horroroso horaoAn que lie asol6 81 8 de Agosto.
A pesar de Ia fama de exolusivista y materia.
lismo que gosa 81 pueblo americana, 90 10 oiers
to que los sentimientos humanitarian y c~aritati.
vos tienen aquf fervisntes adoradores.
Por todss parties Sc ~inioisn s impu!ssn sus
cripoiones popularss, y "a aloanzan & muohos
miles do dollars les spscritos, segan las noticias
que publican los diarios de ests Ciudsd. Phila-
deiphia ha psdido al Gobierno ponga s su dis
posioi6n un trssporte, para oargarlo con provi
stones y tods Glaze de efeotos destinados &
Puerto Rico, como gu oontip z ante de aaxiiios,
Tengo t,mbien noticias de que eli gob;erno re
eeaps de mandar preparar una cantidad de ca
fas de MADEIRA p>ra ser levantadas On ess Is
la ~. .f -: ~
Ell MAYOR AMEs.
Anoohe- tuve uaa larga entrevists en- ell
<Hotel Grand, Broadway & 81 street, Don er
Mayor A.el Ames, iefe del. departamento me-
lice de Ponoe, que haze slgunos dias 90 en-
cuentra en- esta Ciudad.
Dicho sehor, enthusiastic defensor de los
intereses de Puerto Rico J { orya Is!a dedios
todas sus energfas e il fuenciss. que no soa po.
cas-, sali6 anoche mismo para Washingt n para
oouparse de las desgraoias de esa 1sla. Sc pro-
pone oonseguir 10 siguiente:
lo-Qae Sc envfen segaidameute made
ras, hero de teohos, clavos y toda clase de
materiales de conjunction.
go Que 20 traslade & Puerto Rico nm
cuerpo de Ingenieros con 800 hombres auxilia-
res, pars dirigir J ayudar las oonstrucoio-
nee.
Que &c suprimsn, aunqne sea con ca
raoter transitorio, los impuestos de importation
en- Ia isla, de los efeotos de primer consume
de materisles de construction
4o-Que 90 conceda toda clase de fran
quicias que puedan propsnder & mejorar en-
breve Ia situaci6n sfiotivs del PATS, y
5o-Que 10 forme IN Comit6 de s~ooorros,
oompuesto de ~nativos = americanos, para que
se coupe del reparto de ~auxilios cou ~justioia y
equidsd, sin que 6guren On 81, ~ofoiAles del
Ej6roito.
ri Mayor Amer, oonooedor del paf-, com
prende que esos suxilios no deben destiaarse
solo & los abso!utamente indigeutes, sino tam
bien s aquellos vecinos dc mediana posioion
que oarecen de reoursos para las inmediatas rec
d:fcaciones de sus edi6cios y ell cultivo de sus
asclados campos.
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ROADS ORDERED TO BUILD.
Plans For New DCpotS In Atlanta
Must l." Filled shortly.

ATLANTA, AUG. The state railroad
commission has ordered every line Ell.
tcr.ng the city to tl.c plans foy new
passenger stat.on Within 60 days. The
Western and Atlantic has the option of
rcmoic.inS the old station, bu; the Other
reads must get up pans for separate
stations
III, order is addressed 20 the south.
crn, Atlanta and West Point, Georgia,
Central Cf Georgia and tine Scaboard
A!r L.nc, and directs each one 10 select
sit" anC nrclar" plans.
Tins action was taken because the
roads submitted Il" proposition, Us re-
Gues;ei some time ago, although plans
hHd been prepared and approved by the
officials Cl some roads.
Unless tn" roads take ho.d Of the case
at cncc ana t!-e their plans before Oct.
tn,E Wi. nc liable to Prosecution and
4 iimc oI 5000 The commission can
repeat Tho operation oi citing the roads
and making !ycsn cases u, .ung as they
fan - comply with the orders.
Tie probable effect ot rhc commits.
Sio" : or."" WI. br u BRING all the
roads together upon union depot Plan
or force the building OF two new dcpots.
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Saturday, july 20.

The Georgia railway commission has
declined TO reduce frelvht r"'"' -
-Ino socialstic colony at RuSkin.
Tenn, failed and the property was sold
by q receiver.
The tendency manifested by France
toward reapproachmcnt with Germany
10 causing great irritation and suspense
in Russia.
Mavor La Coste has determined that
gambling i'll Havana must stop. AR.
rests are made daily and Il large guam.
tity of money captured.
The roundup OF 600, O0O head OF cattle
in western Texas and eastern New
Mexico is contemplated bv the promot.
ers of the proposed Consolidated Cattle
company.
Judge Simouton has issued an order
restraining the corporation commission
from assessing the value of the West.
ern Union Telegraph complnv's prop
erty i'll North Carolina at $1,000, 900,
and directing that it be assessed at
$500, 600.
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Thursday, july ~.

Furious storms ON the northern coas;
Of Chill are Coing great damage.
Three transports filled with recruits
and regulars left San Francisco fox
Manila.
Colonel Edmund Pendieton, widely
known throughout Virginia and the
south. is dead at Lexington.
The navy department. has decided t.
offer tho single iurret monitor Passalt.
now at Pensacola, to the highest b'd,ier
b. p. Howell. the American oarsmAn,
won the Winghcld silver souls aud the
amateur campiouship of the Thames a;
London.
Andrew Carnegie has offered 10 CIV
$50. 900 for a pubic library ut san Diego,
Gal, if site be donated and the library
maintained as ut present.
The state board Of equalization has
assessed for taxation tho properly IL
South Carolina Of the Western Union
Telegraph company ut $3.50, 1928 un,i
that Of the Postal ut S4S 90.
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Tuesday, Aug. 1.

There has been a general advance
from l5 TO 20 per cent IL the price Of
lumber since Jan. !.
The new batteries On Santa Rosa
island, Fla, have. by order Of tho war
department. been named Fort Pcnsa.
cola.
Former Secretary of Wav Alger has
issued a statement III which he denies
responsibility for the appointment OF
incompetent staff officers during the
late war
According TO adviCcs from Magellan
straits, the American minister az Santi
ago. Chill. has purchased various islands
of the yelling archipelago with the
prospect Of establishing coaling sta.
tions.
Judge Longino OF Mississippi is now
within 81 OF the number Of votes nec1s.
sary to secure the gubcrnatorial nomi.
nation, and his campaign managers be.
iieve that he will secure that number
before the convention meets, three weeks
kAaos.
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NEWS FROM DAY TO Day.
ITEMS SCONIEHNING PEOPLE, AND
THINGS EVERYWHERE.
Wednesday, jay go.

Frank Tannehill. the veteran actor, Is
dying of Bright's disease in New York
A fre in Lewisburg. Tenn, destroyed
che greater part Of the business portion
Of the town.
Lieutenant Colonel Eraes: H. Gar
BnReon has been ordered TO Mania as
inspector general of the department OF
the Pacific.
An increase Of 20 cents PEI day in
wages has been granted all the moul /
Ors employed i'll the various ioIndries
OF youngstown, ..
Green Jordan, aged CD years, failed 20
hear an approaching train on tho BIr.
mingham and Atlantic railroad, near
Pell City, Ala. and was insanity Killed.
John Young Brown. former governor
Of Kentucky, says he viii accept the
nomination for governor i'll case it Is
offered to him by the convention to Uc
hold ut Lexington Aug. by Dcmotra,S
opposed to the ticket headed 10y Wal
liam Goebel.
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Friday, Ju Y -.

The body of Colonel Robert q. liner.
soil was cremated 1t Fresh Pond, l.. =.
The Populists OF Kentucky met at
Frankfort and nominated Il ful state
ticket J. G.. Blair is the candidate for
governor.
The net earnings Of the Southern
Railway company for June were 5000
1882, gain of SlCG, iJi.16 over the
same month last year.
Preliminary plans are about completed
for the building of the Missing Link
railroad. extending from Chattanooga,
Tenn, to Walhalla. ;. G.
The Southern Industrial league, in
session ut Atlanta, declared i'll favor OF
tho exemption Of manufacturers III the
south from municipal taxation.
According to verbal reports to tine
navy by officers returning Iron Mania.
Aguinaldo continues 10 get WAY supplies
through German merchants Ill Hong
Kong and Japanese merchants III 1uko'
hama, although our consuls have been
directed TO keep a sharp lookout for fiji.
husterinV
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VII at Gvuy-r.>' convention.

,,HrENwuro. : c, Au-. /. The
PFC! !ce;s e. ;Nc success of the wheat
-vuwyrs' convention STOW brighter
aa;lX lt:.S y {I,oMA MeAinsT. ~ ,,~.y -:
y" was every cay receiving letters from
prominent Mcn IL every section OF the
s;a.c inGOrs!Mg the movement and
promising their Attendance and co orcr-
alton. !. Is already assured that the
number III attendance will be far grea ter
tE&n first anticipated. There Will be n
small. army Of harvesting and mill ma.
CElncrv men present.
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CITATION TO KINDRED AND
CREDITORS.

BY JASON NJ. GEEEG, ESQ.. E.o-
BATE JUpGE:
Whereas. Erlt0n II. iln,cnn.3 has
mlln s,uit To me- "a grant lim letters OF
administration nn TIE estate nf an effects
uf Mrs. Harriet ilo,conrh. deceased.
Th scare. therefore. - cite a,"! adm li!-
iSl all and Singular he XII drAd aut! Cr",'
TORS Of tl.r said Mrs. Harriet lin.rn!nc,
deceased. that they h" AMI appear. leior"
M. in tlin Coat cf Probate. to be- held
i tu;nn /. H.. Sou.h Carolina. on the
1tG LIy uf August. next. after publication
hC.t0s. at il o'clock in the forenoon. to
show cause il any they have. why thc
S;,d administration should not ba grant
ed.
Given under NY hand and seal this
18th lay of July, Auno Dmini, lS"l.
Jason NJ. Greer.
Probate judge.
Published on the 2lt day OF July,
l~g9, in Union Times. 2h2,.
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VES SSELS REFUSE TROOPS.



NN>!INGwoN. Arg ? - Some diff
cu.iy Is being experienced IL rcn: wing
the lrcCrs from Fort Monroe. None Of
tire steam hip companies Wl!l take them
aLi just at present 10 @CN crnM.nt
t-ar pcr,s are avaI!aC.c. 1t was ln-
tended ,hat tic troops s.,Il lc con-
vcycl Ly tic Pennsylvania railroad ;
transport trulu Eu.t Monroe to Cape
Chay.,s and hy the Pennsylvania rail.
road - battery Point. but the Norfolk
authorities have notified the frnu>y Iva
MIA q. Gals inat If ;Ac trt"aYe:. i Us@i
Tor iha; purpose she Wi. not be a.i0wci
to rmter Norfolk ioI' ii7c days, "hiyn
would cut oil Communication lor the
railroad Lctween Cage Charles and :, CT
folk
General Merritt has avcc,.cd to the
request oi General Wyman ard tile .;ar-
ris1n 1T Font Muuvo" viii hc sent TO
some Place iar;.er north than Battery
Point Del. Tac location has not yet
been fixed
Ii i stated q TIE wIr department.
that the request oi Governor Tyler that
n sufficient number Ut United states
tv,o;S ic retained 1T Fort Monroe t. act
as Quarantine guard cannot by granted,
as lnlrc i no authority 10 use troop; for
such luruuSc.
AS,.s,au; SurgCOu Won EHedorf, the
Ncw D".,aH> CXp. II, today. GGNNr.r!vi /,
the rarr.'!m hT!s'i:rr. 10 O!d Point and
Hampton, where he will assist DIS Pet.
tuS. Wa',iin ana White. Hospital Stew
ara Nulh also reported for duty at
Hampton. Acting Assistant Surgeon
Frank Donaldson, an immune, was or.
dercu TO rcTyr: to d.. White at Hamp.
ton 10 help handle the outbreak at inoc.
bdS.
Surgcon General Wyman is still de.
ta!r"'i III Washington Attending To tine
eA" U:lvr wurE Oi the service, which
ha, icon increased largely IN 'hn pres
c!; excitement. He j. not likely 10 20
to ,i!o scene OF the out rral unless there
Is a decided change IN the present ia
yCral.C outlook;
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MORE COUNTIES REPORT.
Fax D!G">tS Received at :hc State
Capitol In Atlanta.

ATLANTA. Aug. 1.-The lax i!Sests Of
- mite; TTero received at the office
Of Comptroller General Wight yeStcr.
de-, making; =. total Of 10 counties whose
G!gcs;S have been completed and for
warici 10 the capitol.
E"c &c; San II the value o. taxable
property IL the - Couutlvs Is $I,OIO, Jl2.
VIM ;Hc saIn from the % counties
heard from Yesterday Is S6!2, 5JS.
VITA half the counties IN tie state
hc!!u from. il was expected tAas tho IN.
crease wou.i show u mncl larger figaro
;huH it las, hG; Up TO ;he present time
tEy "oU-tIc., IL which the larger cities
"rc located have uot returned their iii.
gc>;, AMI trCIN these sources it is eX.
peCted that ine largest rate of increase
would he found.
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NO MORE CASES OR
DEATHS At HAMpT TON
Yellow Fever Situation Now
Under Control.
AN ENCOURAGING REPORT
Govrraor WuoGi', In Charc" of the
Soldiers II om', AnnCInc That the
Ds .nsc Is B,ing II II II Check by
the Prompt step iakcn.

NEWPORT News, Va, Aug. Gov.
c:nor Woodin of tine soldiers home NJ
ID O'Clock to1ay save out the following
official stater.cut:
NO new cases OF yellow fever; no
deaths; situation practically under con.
troll"
MauY of the best men II Newport
News have volunteered ami are om the
quarantine line, which has been IN.
creas more than triple il the last few
hours.
Tho presence OF the discas, at Phoc.
bus, IS indicated il tie !ress dispatches,
has EC, been officially communicated to
DR.. Wymau. The accuracy o: the re-
port. however. is not doubted. rs such
Z coEGi;icu Of affairs was anticipated.
y hous" 10 house ms! cCt!on of the vii.
lagc a"- uccu ordered.
SU,-con su0w,ivn, 1t Alexandria,
Va, Was lEis morning directed = care.
iI!., inspect al persons arriving hT lHlI
CT va'Cr 1T Hampton ana vicinity and
20 keep iM,u under detention Il ncccs-
sHry. SIu,luv instructions have been
sex, = marine hos:atai officers 1T al
Cn2>auCakc bay ports.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-08-04
TRIED TO WRECK A TRAIN.
Fast Passenger on tn Cental OF G"o'o
Ia = lmnst Diirh"d.

a.
Sl., Almost Diich"d.
OPGILHA, Ala, Aug. !. "A dastGrIiy
attcmp5 WAS made 20 wreck the F2ss
passenger train OF the Central OK Geor.
gia railway that left here At $40 p. Ill.
for Columbus. On rounding carve
near Chewac,a, . miles south Of here,
the engineer WAS horriGcd 70 discover L
pie O: CrosS,ies cn the track He shut
of steam and applied the airbrakcs and
succeeded in stopping the train before
any damage was done.
y h;tie further on two moro piles OF
ties. Il telephone pole and al cid mile.
post were found on the track.
B.ooGhounGs were secured at Chewa-
c!a, and ;he trail led - q negro cabin,
where Rev. Lee Williams, worth! !"s',
iG.o negro preacher, ANA Char.ey Ga
Aec, strange negro, wore found. They
were dressed, and admitted having Just
been ;C the railroad, Int claimed they
were p!ci:.u; mp trash.
They arc HOW Ill jail. ana wI!l be
pycS, ,Urei u the full extent of the law.
|; IS ic.;yvc,! it WAS their purpose 10 rob
any Geai that might have been Killed
W :cS wr9cii.