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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03

The Board finds that for the present
year it will not be able to make a
budget and fix things as it wants as
there are but five months left in the
year. 1t is proposed to do this in the
future, and TO have printed slips made
showing how each department stands
on the cash allowed and spent. The
various forms and books in the office
incline one to believe that the new
Board proposes to do business and to
keep a watchful eye on the citys i'm
tereSt
THE books and papers in this office
are oDen to the inspection of any who
desire to look into them at any time,
said Chairman Smith last night.
Therefore all accounts of the city can
be seen by all Interested
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
THE CONDITION OF ROGERS.
Double Tracking of the Line to the
Beach to be Done.

Wilmington, N. c., Aug. 1.-The
condition of Motorman Rogers. who
was injured in suburban car collision
late Sunday night is reported from the
hospital at a late hour tonight as
about the same. The fact that he is
no worse is considered in his favor.
Unless something new develops 1t is
believed now that he is practically out
of danger.
1t is semi officially stated that the
Consolidated Company Will douDIt
track the beach line the entire dis
lance before next season. The heavy
travel this season and the operation
of an extra number of cars on a fast
schedule has made the step necessary.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
CONDITION OF CROPS.
On the Whole COtton's Condition AD-
pears Less Favora1Ie.
(By the Associated Press. )

Washington, August Crop con-
ditions are summarized as follows in
the weekly bulletin issued by the
Weather Bureau:
Rains interfered with farm work
in east gulf coast districts, while rain
is needed in Georgia, portions of
Florida and northern Mississippi, eX-
cept some damage to harvested oats
in Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas and Vir-
glnia oat crop reports are highly ia
vorable
In Alabama the cotton crop has
generally deteriorated; in Georgia it
is fruiting rapidly where sufficient
rains have occurred, but in other To-
calities of that State rain is badly
needed, and shedding, rust, and black
root are prevalent. Too rank growth
and shedding are also reported from
tennessee, the Carolinas, and Florida.
where no Improvement is indicated,
except on clay lands in South Carolina.
while on sandy lands in that State the
crop has deteriorated.
In Virginia tobacco is not doing
well, although some improvement is
reported from the latter State
Haying has been retarded in por-
tons of Virginia.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A FAKE
The Story of Shark Eating a Boy
Near Beaufort.

1t would appear from the following
letters which have reached this office
that the story of the shark eating a
boy on the coast near Beaufort is
untrue. Our special correspondent at
Beaufort, like a number of others
was led astray by what seems to have
been baselesS rumor. The story was
given wiue puplclty, having been wir-
ed to the Associated Press by their
news agencyS representative at Nor
folk, and published in large number
of papers. AS to the mistake our cor
respondent writes:
Beaufort, n. c., Aug. Possibly
it is a mistake about the shark eating
the boy. | can't say for sure. 1t was
rumored all over town, and before
wiring you L phoned to a prominent
merchant here and asked him to
vouch for the truth of it. / heard him
ask some one in the store about it
and he said it was true, and | gave
the facts exactly as he gave them to
me. If it is a mistake. he was misin-
formed and hence the error"
Another communication, this being
from Morehead Cityj says:
THAT shark story is another fish
story 1T one that is false. No one has
been eaten by a shark here"
Great care is taken to verify all re-
ports reaching this office, and when
despite every precaution a mistake
does scur correction. is printed as
soon as the error is discovered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
CUT CITY EXPENSES
Policy Raleigh Board of
Audit and Finance.
Fix Salary of Clerk at $500 a Year,
Elect R. T. Gowan, and Get Into
Regular Line of Business Az
ter Organizing.
ter Organizing.

"Our policy is to lessen In every
possible way the expenses of Raleigh,
this consistent with the best interests
OF the city, so that the tax rate, now
$1.10 on the 500. may be reduced"
That is what Chairman H. F. Smith,
the chairman of the newly organized
new feature i'm Raleigh municipal life,
the Board of Audit and Finance, said
last night. In doing SO he stated that
this was the view of the entire Board
after consultation.
The new board. the first in the his
tory of the city. organized yesterday,
the members being H. F. Smith, chair
man: Job p. Wyatt and A. E. Glenn.
After organizing Mr.. r. T. Gowan was
elected as clerk TO the Board. his sal
airy being fixed at SIS a month $500
4 year, the maximum amount allowed.
He is TO devote his full time to the
duties of the position.
The office of the Board is on the
third floor of the city hall and the
room is nicely fitted up. The Board
had already had prepared the latest
blanks and books for keeping accounts
straight, for classifying these to diff
ferent departments. the bill heads for
accounts against the city having
places for these to be sworn to and
verified.
The Board will meet on the first
and third Tuesdays at four o'clock in
the afternoon. but the clerk will be
ON duty every day in the week.
The Board adopted some regula-
lions yesterday and here they are:
A memorandum bill shall accom-
pany all purchases made and this
shall be turned over to the party who
receives the goods and filed by him.
The heads of departments of the
city shall have their pay rolls ready
by noon on Friday of each week
All bills against the city shall be in
the hands of the clerk of the Board
by noon on Monday preceding the
Tuesday meeting day
NO bills for merchandise or supplies
purchased Will be approved unless the
requisitfon is made on the purchasing
agent and properly approved by the
chairman of the committee for whose
department the purchase is made.
The checks on the city treasurer are
TO be signed by four people, the chair
man of the Board. the clerk, the
mayor and the city clerk.
At the meeting yesterday bids were
received for the backsmithing work
for the next five months The bids of
. r. Pennington and G. N. Goodwin
q Co., were so nearly the same that
the purchasing agent was instructed
to divide the work
Inc following receipts for July were
checked up and marked correct:
from sanitary Inspector $113964:
from tax collector for taxes. $S3S.6G:
from chief of police $426.94 The
bills for the month as approved
amounted to $4,G75.O1. this covering
administrative accounts. departments
interest. water and various purchases
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
LOUISIANA SOIL INVADED.
Quarantine Guards of Mississippi
Arouse Blanchard Who Wires
Vardaman: This Cannot
be Tolerated"
(By the Associated Press. }

Memphis, Tenn, August IA spe-
cial to the Commercial-Appeal from
Baton Rouge, La, says:
A clash between the Mississippi and
Louisiana authorities over the quaran-
tine regulation is imminent. A private
dispatch was received in the city to-
day stating that Mississippi soldiers
employed as quarantine guards. had
invaded Louisiana soil with arms and
that boats We're patrolling the mouth
of Rigolets Lake and Pearl river, on
the Louisiana coast, to prevent Louis
lana boats from leaving.
Governor Blanchard telegraphed
Brigadier General Perraliat, of his
staff, and Captain j. w. Bostwick,
commanding the States naval militia,
to investigate.
Governor Blanchard also tele-
graphed Governor Vardaman, of Mis-
sissippi: Have reliable information
that Mississippi quarantine guards
have crossed over to Louisiana at
Pearl river. / do not believe this was
on orders, but was the thoughtless
conduct merely of a few. 10 obviate
unfavorable comment and friction
please give orders that your guards
remain on their own side of the line"
He also wired Governor Vardaman
as follows:
Have information Mississippi pa
trolls have forbidden fishermen from
fishing in Lake Borgne and that they
now guard exit of Lake Borgne canal
preventing boats from coming out. Is
this by your order, or by that of
health authorities of our State? No
such state of affairs can be tolerated.
You have a right TO prohibit boats
landing on Mississippi shores, but not
from navigating lake, sound and gulf
channels which are naVigable waters
of the United States
Governor Blanchard also tele
graphed DR.. Souchon, he would take
prompt steps to protect Louisiana S
rights.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
SALE OF TOBACCO
Raleigh Market Opens
With Good Figures.
Sales OF Ground Primings Satisfactory,
the TobacCo Being Light and
Chaffy, but OF Good Color and
Outlook Excellent.

The tobacco season for sales on the
market opened in Raleigh yesterday
and the sales here amounted to about
10000 pounds.
The two warehouses here, the Cap
ital, of which Messrs. Williamson and
! Johnson are the proprietors, and the
Farmers, the proprietor of which is
Mr. Garland Mitchell, each received
and sold about $1,000 pounds, with
over 200 piles on the floor of each
warehouse.
The prices yesterday gave but lit
tie indication of the possible price TO:
the best grades of tobacco as at this
season only the common ground prim-
ings are ready for sale. The prices
paid yesterday ranged generally from
to 10 "a cents pound. some few
piles going at four and half cents.
The farmers who sold were pleased
and so were the warehousemen, these
all having pleasant words 10 say OF
Mr.. c. p. Sellars, who is buying on
this market. The general feeling is
that good prices are to prevail.
The farmers here yesterday say
that the crop this year is not as good
as they hoped, as the last rains had
damaged this very much. In talking
of the acreage they say this is about
a 20 per cent. increase over last year,
but only 10 pc recent. increase in
weight. as the tobacco is rather light
in weiht, there not bein much body,
though the color is good.
The tobacco on the market here yes,
terday came from farmers in Wake.
Chatham, Johnston and Harnett, and
all who were seen expressed them>
selves as pleased with prices and this
though the offerings were ground
primings, light i'm weight and chaffy.
AS the season grows older and bet
ter grades of tobacco reach the mar
get. the tendency of prices can be seen.
At present the warehousemen end far
mers are expecting the prices to be
good, and the Raleigh market will pay
as high as the highest.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
The Fighting on Sakhalin.
(By the Associated Press.)

Toxic. August IAN official report
from Japanese headquarters on the
Island of Sakhalin says:
''Thee Japanse army on July % de-
feated the Russians s kilometre
south of Rykoff and later occupied
Palero after hard fighting. The Rus
slams retired southwark.
General Saragucht, commandment
chief of the Sakhalin forces ordered
the establishment of a civil admins
tration on July 80.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
Schedule in effect July 2. 1905.
Trains leave Raleigh.
NORTHBOUND.


No. "a at 100 a. M daily for Nor
folk. Richmond, Washington, New
York and points north and northwest.
Pullman drawing room sleeping cars
to Portsmouth, Washington and Jersey
City.
No. SO at 100 a. m. daily for
Portsmouth, Norfolk, where connec-
tons are made with steamers fo'
Washington, Baltimore, New York
Boston. Providence and Nypan fos
New York Pullman to Portsmouth.
No. sc at 11.50 a. m. daily for Rich
mond, Washington and New York.
Connects at Richmond with c. & O..
for points West. Has day coaches to
Washington, Pullman Sleeping Car to
Jersey City and Dining car.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. Al 400 p. m. daily for all local
points, connects at Hamlet for Will
mington and Charlotte. Pullman sleep
ing car for Atlanta where connections
are made for all points Southwest.
No. 43 at lis p. m. daily for jack
sonville, Tampa and all Florida points.
connects at Hamlet for Atlanta. Pull
man sleeping cars to Jacksonville and
dining car to Hamlet.
No. 81 at 1926 a. m. for all points
South: Atlanta, Charlotte, Whining
ton, Columbia. Savannah, Jacksonville
and all points in the southwest.
no. 80 at 500 p. m. daily except
Sunday. Shoo-Fly local train between
Raleigh and Weldon with connections
for Louisburg, oxford and Warrenton.
No. 20 Shoo-Fly daily except Sun
day between Weldon and Raleigh with
connection from Warrenton, Oxford
and Louisburg. Arrives Raleigh 1915
a. m.
For further information relative to
rates and time tables, address
H. A. MORSON, C. p. & 7. A.,
Raleigh, N. G.
c. B. RYAN, G. p. A..
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
THE FEVER INvADEs ALABAMA.
One Case of the Scourge Reported at
Montgomery.
(By the Associated Press.


Montgomery, Ala, Aug. lit was
officially announced here tonight that
there is one case of yellow fever IN
Montgomery. The announcement
came from the Board of Health to-
gether with the statement that there
is not the siightes cause for alarm.
This was followed Immediately by
an announcement from State Health
officer w. II. Sanders, saying that 1t
is believed the scientific measure are
adequate and that mo occasion what
ever exists for the declaration of i
quarantine against Montgomery.
The patient is William Minnihett,
who, according to his own statement,
re,cned Mantg omery Monday, July "a
from KentWood, La. He was taken Ill
tsal Friday night at the Caspitol Ho-
tel. Early Saturday, DR.. GoldthWa1te
the city physician, suspected the ma
ture of the fever and had him remoV-
ed to the Emergency Hospital and his
room fumigated.
The statement of the Board of
Health says:
There will be, we are sure, no
spread of cases from this one as It
was promptly seen, isolated and every
thing done to prevent infection by
mosquitoes. The case is not a severe
one and we trust the citizens of Mont
gOmery and vicinity will not allaw
themselves to become panic-Stricken,
for we epledge ourselves to report
promptly any other cases that shall
occur. There are no other suspicious
cases in Montgomery, and we feel that
it would be folly for our people 10
leave their homes on account of this
one case, for it has been frequently
demonstrated in Havana that person
sick with yellow fever can be carried
n
to be treated at hospitals without
danger
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
On to Norfolk.

Today the Seaboard Air Line gives
it's great annual excursion to Norfolk
and Virginia seashore resorts. The
train leaves here at 10 O'CLOCK. Fare
for the round trip $3.50. Returning
it leaves Portsmouth at o'clock Fri
day morning, reaching Raleigh and
Durham at $3.50. 1t is to be u jolly
good trip, so 60 Special reserved
seats in special cars at fifty cents each
WaV,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
ARKANSAS HAS NO GOLD.
But There are Bullets i'm Plenty tC
Keep Out Fever.
lBy the Associated Press.)

Little Rock, Ark. August Gov
ernor Davis tonight issued an order
directing General Hayes. commander
of the State guard to detail as many
men as may be necessary to establish
a strict State quarantine against all
points where yellow fever may exist.
The militia will act as guards on all
trains entering the State and at all
points where boats may land. This
action was necessary because the
State Board of Health has no funds
with which to enforce the quarantine
ordered.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
HAAS AND PECKHAM TESTIFY.
They Answer Some Questions But
Their Jaws Click on Others.
DIV the Associated Press.O

IBy Ute ASSOCIdItU IItSS'I
Washington, August 1.-The grand
jury continued it's investigation today
into the cotton leak case. The New
York witnesses, Messrs. Haas and
Peckham, were again before the grand
jury and refused to answer questions
having a tendency to incriminate
them Mr.. Haas responded to ques-
tions to whether he had ever resigned
in Washington, stating that he had.
The reply to these questions was made
in accordance with the direction of the
court. He declined. however, to an
swer further questions. After Messrs.
Haas and Peckham had been released
from the grand jury room that body
adjourned until Thursday.
District Attorney Beach said the
grand jury probably would take re-
cess of some duration after Thursday.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
A CASE NEAR SHREVEPORT.
A Travelling Man from Chicago i'm the
FeyerS Grip.
(By the Associated Press. }

Shreveport. La, August Barney
Tracey, a travelling man of Chicago,
is in the detention camp just outside
the corporate limits of this city suf-
fering from yellow fever. There are
no other cases here. The infection
has been traced directly to New Or
leans. Almost a panic followed the
news here several hundred people
leaving on outgoing trains.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
Killed by Failing Log.
Morgan and Brady go to Jail on the
Charge of Train Wrecbing.
Especial to News and Observer


Salisbury, n. c., August 1.-Mr.
Mack Miller. prominent citizen of
Rowan county, was killed yesterday
afternoon by a heavy log which he
was handling, falling upon his body.
After being injured, Mr.. Miller lived
about five hours, though it was real
lied from the first that his injuries
were fatal. medical attention being UNI
availing. The deceased was thirty
five years of age and leaves a family
Jacob Morgan and John Brady two
young men of Rockwell, Rowan coun-
ty, were today bound over to the next
term of Rowan Superior court on the
charge of wrecking a passenger train,
seven miles south of Salisbury. June
25th, by placing spikes upon the rail-
The evidence against the boys is Cir
cumstantial. In default of bonds of
one hundred dollars each they We're
committed to jail.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
MRS. ROCKEFELLER FAILING.
Made Ill by the Cry of '"Tainted
Money

Cleveland. July 31.-The cry of
tainted money" and the pitiless at
lacks and exposures of the methods by
which he became the richest man in
the owrld which are reported to nave
deeply hurt and saddened the life of
John d. Rockefeller, is now reported
to have had a much more serious eff
feet upon Mrs Rockefeller, who is
RAPIDLY failing in health.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
Go to Wrightsvillc Beach-Sce Ga,
and Brilliant LUMINA.

Winston Salem, N c., Aug. Mrs.
Lenora J. Goslin, widow of the late
Capt. j. w. Goslin, died suddenly just
after o'clock Saturday evening at
her home on Main street, Salem. She
was sitting in chair when the end
came. Heart disease was the cause
of her death.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
Stole the Chick ems.

mock trial was held at Draugh-
on's Business College last night by
the members of the Charles g. Aycock
Literary Society and a large crowd
was present. The case tried was an
Indictment for stealing chickens, ana
in this the defendant was fond guilty.
The various participants in the trial
did we'll and the audience enjoyed the
whole affair.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03

Tampa. Fla, August -Four men
were seriously injured, two probably
fatally, today by the falling of large
section of the brick cornice of the
Fernadez building under erection In
Ybor City. John Hunter and James
Long, timers, working on the roof.
were the worst injured.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
LUMINA at WrightsviIle Beach, the
finest pavilion ON the Atlantic Coast
To the Pacific Coast.

The splendid trip to the Pacific coast
with the eaboard Air Line starts to-
morrow. 1t will be in charge of Rev.
William Black, of Davidson. and the
party will be a delightful one. See
or wire Mr.. G. II. Gattis, fin Raleigh.
for a ticket and accommodations, ere
il is too late.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03

Mobile, Ala, August IA French
line of steamers, plying between Mo-
bile, Harve and Bordeaux it is an
nounced, will be placed in operation
November | with three steamers un-
der charter and subsidized by the
French government.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03

visitors.
The address of welcome will be by
w. l.. Smith, of Campbell. Of encamp-
ment No. /, of Wilmington, and the
response by Grand Patriarch w. H.
Weatherly. Of Elizabeth City. A
bowling party at the hotel on Thurs
day night will be one of the features
of the entertainment for the guests.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03

It restores tone to the nervous system,
and cures nervous exhaustion and
prostration. 1t contains no alcohol
to inebriate or create craving for injuri-
Gus stimulants.
Mr.. John L. Coughenour, of Glen Savage,
Somerset Co.. Pa, writes: MY appetite was
unusually poor, and was as weak and nerv-
though I had been starved for months.
My heart kept throbbing continually and was
short of breath Finally wrote to you for ad-
vice and you informed me that had indigestion
and torpid liver l did not think your dag.
nosis was right, but ] ordered six bottles of
Golden Medical Discovery from you and began
its use. After using three bottles / began to i'm
prove slowly and soon went to work and have
been working ever SINCE
Constipation is the most unclean UNI
cleanliness DIR. Pierces Pleasant Pei
lets cure it. They never grippe.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
ON FRYING PAN SHOALS.
The HarbCr Tug Grayling Picked up
I'm Distress.

Wilmington. N. c.. August 1.-The
steamer Compton. Captain Sanders,
from Little River. $. c., to Whining
ton, today picked up on Frying Pan
Shoals in distress the harbor tug
Grayling from Norfolk to Wilmington.
Her machinery was disabled and she
is leaking. She has been towed into
this port.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
Building in Louisburg.

Mr.. c. B. Cheatham, of Louisburg,
who was here yesterday to attend the
opening sales on the Raleigh tobacco
market says that the district lately
burned out in Louisburg is being re-
built as rapidly as possible and that
the contractors are advertising for a
hundred brick masons to push the
work
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
A MILDLY DISAPPEARS.
Last Seen i'm Company With Woman
Named Olga Maxwell.
(By the Assoc lated Press. }

New York Aug. Efforts to locate
Midshipman Robert Allen Jackson. of
the battleship Missouri, who has been
missing from the ship since Saturday,
thus far have been unrewarded. Ac>
cordng to Midshipman Christopher r.
Rogers, who made the report to the
police Jackson was last seen in com.
pany with young woman named Olg;.
Maxwell. Jackson is twenty-one years
old and is from Petersburg, Va
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03

WINSTON Salem. n. c., August l.
The youngest daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Poe. who reside on East
Fifth street, was drowned Sunday af-
ternoon in a tub of water The child,
which was about twenty months old,
was playing on the back porch when
the accident occurred.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
MOODY AT OYSTER BAY.
To Consult With Roosevelt Over
Agricultural Department Cases.
CBv the Associated Press. }

Oyster Bay, n. Y, August AT
torney General William Fl. Moody ar
rived here today somewhat unexpect-
eddy. His mission is to consider with
the President the cases which have
been turned over to the Department
of Justice from the Agricultural De-
artment.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-03
A HOT DAY IN AUSTIN.
The People Get Out i'm the Street fol
Air.
(By The Associated Press

Austin, Texas. Aug. Last night
and today has witnessed one of the
most intense heat waves that has
PASSED over TeXeas in many years.
Last night the humidity was so
great that people were forced TO leave
their sleeping rooms and take to the
streets for air.
All midnight the thermometer reg
istered SO degrees and today it has
been over t05 degrees.