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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
TWENTY FIREMEN
SEVERELY BURNED
Fire Fighters Are Boiled In
Streams Ct Hot Grease.
PROPERTY Loss ONLY $5o,oooo
While Men Were Fighting Fire 49,,
600 Gallon Vat of Soap Exploded
and the Fire Laddies Had Hard
Time Controlling Fames.

New York, August 11.-Twenty fire
men were carried burned and uncon-
scious from boiling soap, twenty of
them were badly parboiled, from fire
in w. H. Daggett's Sons soap factory,
on West Fortieth street.
The vat contained 10000 gallons OF
soap fat and exploded after the fire
in the three story building had been
brought under control For five hours
thereafter firemen fought this new dan
ger, crawling on their stomachs on
the sidewalks outside the building, un-
able to stand in a poisonous cloud Of
smoke which exhaled from the fiery
soap greases and continually exposed
to little rivers of the scorching fluid
which flowed out Of the building.
Water from the first seemed to hav
no effect OH the burning soap vats but
caused them to flow more freely and
with greater peril to the fire-fighters.
After the yats had taken fire, Acting
Chief Binns was forced to divide his
men into two parties, one to enter the
black smoke clouds with hose and
the other waiting on the outside in the
air to rush in and rescue the fainting
comrades whose cries for help came
every few minutes
For an hour Fred Berry fought the
fire from the cellar with the scalding
grease trickling over him AS he felt
his strength giving out for the last
time he screamed for help, and Chief
Howe, in another part of the building.
heard him. Berry was found lying
unconscious, drowning in the hot water
and was carried to the hospital. Fire
man Andrew O'Neill sustained the
most serious injuries. When the ex.
plosion of the first vat, containing TO-
600 gallons of soap liquor occurred,
several of the members Of company
IL were so near that the explosion
knocked them down. They ran out
of the building not knowing that Fire
man ONeil was left behind. He was
missed, and searchers found him living
on stairway in a small stream of hot
grease. The fire was then under con
troll and the firemen were carried to
the hospitals
FIGHT OVER NEW COUNTIES.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
FIGHT OVER NEW COUNTIES.
Prospects Are that Committees Rcpor'
VIII Not Be Adopted.

Atlanta, August 1.-THE fight over
new counties has just begun to get
ready to begin to start out to. com
mence," said Senator Miller, of the
twenty-fourth district, soon after intro.
ducing joint bill by himself and Sen
ator Steed, of the twenty-third provid-
ing for reapportionment of the Il
congressional districts of the state.
which is thought will be necessary af,
ter the creation of the eight new coun.
ties.
The bill introduced by Senators
Steed and Miller provides for several
changes in the present congressional al
districts, and was prepared with the
idea in view of apportioning the new
counties to the various 3ongrt ssional
districts as fast as they are Great
by amendments to the reapportion
ment bill
The majority report of new coun.
ties proposed in the report OF the
house committee on new counties
would affect principally the second.
third and eleventh congressional dis.
trictS
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
Ancient JexveIry,

The jewelry found in an excavation
near one of the pyramids of old Mem
phls, Egypt, exhibits about as much
skill in working gold and precious
stones as~now exists, although the ar
ticles found were made 4,300 years ago.
The figures cut on amethyst and car
nelian are described as exquisite and
anatomically correct. The gold is skill
fully worked, and precious stones are
let into it SO as to give the effect Of
anameling,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
No Cases at Insane Asylum.

Some concern has been felt about
the state insane asylum at jackson.
La, where there are 1,500 inmates
but superintendent Hayes reports that
there is not a single suspicious case
there. The asylum has been thorough
ly disinfected and every precaution
has been taken to destroy the breed.
ing places of the stegomyia. In con,
nection with the asylum a reflection
on the country quarantines is shown
in the recent escape Of a patient. The
man got away five days ago, penniless
and has now been found at the oppo.
site end OF the state, having crossed
a number of rivers, roads and parish
lines without being obstructed by the
quarantine guards,
Though the wholesale grocery and
other houses here have suffered Sc
yerely by the quarantines which have
closed many towns to them 1t is an.
nounced that they have decided to
reduce no salaries nor to cut down
their forces. Drummers in the coun.
try who are unable to move from place
to place have been notified that they
will continue on the salary lists.
VIII Honor Marine Certificates.
Baton Rouge has decided to honor
the certificates of the marine hospit
al service. Doctors and physicians
of Natchitoches have addressed the
parish and municipal health boards
and asked them to obey the proclama
tion of the state board of health
Towns in ST. Landry parish are also
falling into the line and the Southern
Pacific is beginning to resume service
to that parish.
DR.. Tfchenor and the yellow fever
nurses sent from here are at Bon Ami
and confidence is being restored there
Conditions are not as bad as they
were expected to be found. There have
been no new cases and the two cases
under treatment have been segregated
and screened The negro population q
Franklin, La, the home of Senator Eos
ter, have set fine example. They
have held a mass meeting and volun
teered to clean the whole town under
the supervision of a white foreman.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
Tax Bill Up to the Senate.

NO further material changes were
made by the aolse in the general tax
bill, which passed that body Thursday
by vote OF OF 115 to 0. After it's
passage the bill was ordered at once
transmitted to the senate SO that it
will be read for the first time in that
body Friday
An effort was made upon motion of
Mr. Wright, Of Floyd, to get through
an amendment to enforce the return
for taxation of all notes, MORTGAGES.
liens and similar evidences of indebt-
edness, by making them inaGmissable
as evidence in courts Of Judgment m.
less they bore the stamp of the tax
receiver as having been returned. This
amendment brought on the strongest
fight of the days session, but it was
defeated by a large majority.
Mr.. Perry, of Hall, sought to have
the house reconsider its action in de.
feating his amendment to make all
railroads, street railroads and sleep
ing car companies pay total taxes
amounting to IL per cent of theil
gross receipts, but this was voted
down
Neither favorable nor uafavorable
action was taken by the senate com
mlttee on immigration and labor on
the child labor bill Of Representative
Madison Bell of Fulton, after several
hours Ct discussion in both open and
executive session Thursday.
The report OF the committee which
will be made to the senate Friday is
that tn chill be made the speci.l con
tinuing order in the senate next Tues
day morning at 8 o'clock.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
Charged with IntimldatIns Witness.

Augusta, Ga, August 11.-Walter
and Clarence Rhodes, charged with in
timidating United States court wit
ness at Hepzibah last Saturday, was
given preliminary hearing before
Commissioner Lane this morning and
were bound over to the United States
court In the sum of $4,000. The bond
was given. Evidence was to the eff,
feet that the two young men had
threatened ]. B. Freyer, main witness
against their father, Alb Rhodes.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
M. Witte Denies Report.

NJ Witte this morning explained to
the Associated Press correspondent
that he had written the reply during
the night in Russian and that the sec
rearies were now engaged in translat-
ing 1t into French and English. The
revised document, he said, would prob
ably be ready by 4 o'clock this after
noon, and it might be possible. to de-
liver it to the Japanese plenipotentia-
ries at 5 o'clock, but in order to Gov
er unexpected contingencies, he had
notified Baron Komura that it would
be ready tomorrow morning.
M. Witte took occasion to deny the
current report that the answer had
been dictated in ST. Petersburg. He
explained that his powers were such
that it was not necessary for him to
await instructions from ST. Petersburg
or Peterhoff. Naturally, the chief Rus
sian plenipotentiariary has been in
communication with his imperial mas
ter, but NJ Witte has himself written
the reply.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12

New Orleans, August 11.-There
were twelve new cases of yellow fever
and three deaths reported by the board
CT health here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12
LITTLE CHANGE IN
FEVER SITUATION
Federal Officials Report Prog.
ress In Their Work.
STEADY DECREASE IN DEATHS

They Believe They Can controi Vel
low Jack-Every Effort Will BE
Used to Prevent Further Spread of
the Dreaded Disease.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-08-12

New Orleans August 11.-Except for
reports of the steady progress OF the
work of the federal authorities in their
effort to get in touch with every nook
and corner where disease may exist,
the fever situation here was barren OF
developments today. AS the days pass
with a steady decrease in the death
percentage the feeling OF optimism in
creases. Frost rarely if ever appears
in New Orleans until December, and
the health authorities have therefore
ample time to demonstrate that a Sc
rious visitation of yellow fever is
controllable. They continue confident
their ability to prove it.
The employment Of a large number
of people in sanitary work has natur
ally given some opportunity to thieves
and dishonest characters to find occu-
patton and some instances have been
reported of thefts where the thieves
represented themselves as engaged in
the cleaning up movement. Residents
have been warned to permit only those
persons to enter their premises who
are equipped with written authority
from the board of health and the fed
eral authorities
Reports compiled by Dr. Warner
show that a vast amount of work has
been done in the matter Of screening
cisterns. Landlords and property
holders have been equipping their els
terms with cheesecloth. The terri
tory above Canal street reports are
Of a marked disappearance of mosqu1-
toes. In connection with the crusade
against the mosquito an effort is to
De made to have all householders to
pledge themselves to burn sulphur in
every room of their homes within the
next week
The fever situation shows no mate
rial change though the record of new
cases in the preceding "A hours is high
water mark during the present visi-
tation. The federal surgeons are not
in the least surprised at the number.
and DIR. White expects a large report
daily for some time yet He be-
lieves that the totals in the last few
days indicate that the physicians are
falling in line and reporting their cases
and he expects as a result that the
extraordinary work which is being
done will begin to show much earlier
than might otherwise be expected. AS
long as the deaths are kept down the
authorities will be free from alarm
over the situation.
Svenska monitoren., 1905-09-29
Min arma violetta, - hyiskade

Min arma Violetta! 49, hviskade
modern och tryckte ONT d~otterns
hand. Min arma Violetta, du har
alltf0r tidigt Tart att kama lifvets
allvar. Min himmel har varit moln-
fri i tjugo ar, under Diet i. nina al
skade barn, redan nu blifvithemsokta
af storm och ovader.
Modern lutade slit trotta hufvud
mot sonens axel, och Lionel slingrade
omit sin arm kring hennes midja.
Emellertid hade violetta tagit plats
pa en- lag ottoman vid moderns fotter.
Under nagra minuter kom icke EFT
ord Oliver deras lappar. Blek som
OGDEN stirrade Lionel in j moderns
ansigte; han vantade hvarje ogon-
blick att fran hennes lappar ia bora
den fruktade fragan.
Lionel, - utbrast hon slutligen
med en- blick pa hans farglosa an
sigte, du doljer nagot for mig!
Tror du icke att jag formar att lasa /
nina barns ogon2 -. Har du fatt
nagon underrattelse fran din fara
Nej, mamma, annu har ingen
underrattelse kommit fran papa.
Men du har fatt en- eller AMMAN
underrattelse ON fartyget! fort
satte mrs Westford med tillbakahal-
len andedragt.
Endast sorgliga u~nderrattelser!
utbrast den unge manner och
sjonk ned pa kna vid moderns sida.
- o, mamma, mammal! Forsok for
var skull att med lugn bara delta
tunga Stag. Lyfta upp dit hufvud
och skada uppat, kara mammal Kom
ihag att nu hafva vi endast dig.
Dessa sista ord innefattade hela den
fasansfulla sanningen.
Klara Westford visste nu att hon
var enka.
Svenska monitoren., 1905-09-29

ON att Harley deponerade sina tjugo
tusen pund hos Rupert Goodwin, men
jag ar ocksa o~fvertygad ON att denne
man ar j stand till att bedraga mig
och nina barn pa ALT hvad vi ega.
Naval, min basta mrs Westford,
SADIE juristen, i hvarje fall kan
nj lita pa mig. Jag skall en- af de
forsta dagarna resa till London, for
att tala med mr. Goodwin. Jag holl at
och hogaktade er man, jag satter
ocksa stort varde pa er ech edra
barn Nj skall icke blifva bedra-
gem ... Nei, nej, gamle Stefan NAL
don later icke So latt fora sig bakom
ljuset.
Nagra dagar derefter reste juristen
till London och hade EFT lapgt samtal
med bankiren Rupert Goodwin. Denne
framlade for honom en- revers med
Harley Westfords egenhandiga IN
derskrift och dessutom undertecknad
af tvenne vittnen: Jacob Danielson
och en- notarie John Spence.
Dokumentet var dateradt den 26
Juni f0regaende ar.
Enligt delta skuldebref var Rupert
Goodwin rattmatig egare af kapten
Westfords egendom med tillhorande
marker och derpa uppforde hus SAINT
losore, ON icke den lantagna summan,
$500 pund, aterbetaldes sednast den
rs derpa fol.jande Mars.
Man var nu redan langt framme j
Januari. Enkan och de faderlosa
skulle saledes ON tvenne manader
lemna slit en- gang sa lyckliga hem.
F6rgafves genomletade mr. Maldon
ALA kapten Westfords paper; han
fam intet document, som j ringaste
afseende kunde upplysa ON familjens
pekuniara stallning.
Emellertid forfeit den ena veckan
efter den andra och den olyckliga da-
gen ndrmade sig. Kara Westford
visste endast alltfor val att hon icke
kunde vanta den ringaste s~konsamhet
af Rupert Goodwin; hon vidtog der
fore ofortofvadt sina ~forberedelser
till att lemna slit mangariga hem.
Men hon var nara deran att fortviha
vid tanken pa sin sorgliga och ofver-
gifna stallning.
Den lila summa kontanta pennin-
gar, hvilken hennes man fore sin al
resa lemnat henne, var nu ~f0rbrukad,
och ~forgafves sag hon sig ON efter
medel till att betala tjenstfolket deras
innestaende Ion med.
Slutligen tillgrep hon med tungt sin
ne den enda utvag. som stod henne
oppen. Hon salde sina smycken och
j~uveler och fick pa delta satt in fyra-
tundra pund sterling. Med dessa
penningar betalade hon sin skuld och
fick EFT ofverskott af 30 pund.
Trettio pund!
Med denna summa skulle hon, som
aldrig kant nagra ekonomiska be-
kymmer, b0rja lifvets stride
Svenska monitoren., 1905-09-29
TiOnde kapitIet.

Huad Violettd fam i tarustrddet.
Den odesdigra dagen ryckte STAN
digit narmare.
Ehuru bankiren annu icke latit
bora nagot fran sig,sa beslutade dock
fru Westford att fiytta fran egendo-
men redan ON morgonen den 25 Mars,
for att derigenom spara babe sig sjelf
och sina barn for hvarje forodmju-
kelse.
- Hvarfore skola vi hafvasa bradt-
ON med att lemna delta kara gamla
hem2 - utbrast Violetta forvanad,
da modern meddelade henne slit be-
slut. Denne mr. Goodwin air iu
en- millionar och han kan saledes icke
hafva nagot emot att du uppskjuter
afresan tills du f~ullstandigt a~tervun-
nit dina krafter.
Mrs Westford skakade pa hufvudet.
Nej, Violetta, SADIE hon be-
stamdt, jag will icke dr0ia en-
timma langre under delta tax, sedan
Diet blifvit Rupert Godwins tillhorig-
het.
Mamma, du talar som ON du
kande denne mr. Godwin2
Jag vet att jag icke har nagot
godt att vanta af honom, - svarade
modern. Fraga mig icke vidare,
Violetta, mitt beslut star fast. Du
kan nu skrifva till din bror. mitt
barn, och bedja honom vara oss till
notes klockan l pa f0rut aftaladt
stale.
Lionel hade nemligen rest till Lon
don for att soka sig en- eller AMMAN
anstallning. Men hvarken hans bid
ming eller hans ovanligt CODA kun
skaper gagnade honom till nagot, han
stod alldeles frammande och obekant
i den stora staden, och i London
tycktes icke vara nagon brist pa
skickliga unga man, som sokte att
komma i passande v~erksamhet.
Modl6s atervande han till slit an
sprakslosa och tarfiga logis vid
Themsens strand.
Hvilken sorglig motsats mellan
hans fordna ljusa och vanliga hem
och denna tranga, dystra, otrefiga
kammare.
Och dock skulle han utan klagan
hafva underkastat sig hvarje f6rsa
kelse, ON han blott vetat sin NOR och
sin syster skyddade for nod och fat
tigdom.
Svenska monitoren., 1905-09-29

lakaren sitsande vid bordet med en-
tidning / handen.
Var NOR maste hafva fatt en-
eller AMMAN sorglig underrattease,
utbrast Violetta, hvars bekymrade
ansigte bar tydliga spar aftarar. 20,
mr. ~Sanderson, jag ar nastan fullkom
ligt saker derpa. Delta ar icke nagot
vanligt i~llamaende. For himlens
skull, sag oss allt2
ia, tillade Lionel med tvunget
lugn, lat oss veta ALT!
Lakaren betraktade dem med be-
drofvade, medlidsamma blickar, der
efter lemnade han den unge n
tidningen.
Las delta. SADIE han, pekande
pa de understrukna raderna, - Gud
give att Diet endast matte vara blind
allarml
Lionel Taste under Diet en- dodlig
blekhet lade sig Oliver hans ansigte.
En- liten, darrande hand ladies' pa
hans axel, och da han vande sig ON
sag han Violettas 0gon fastade baden
0desdigra tidningen.
Q, nej! Neil utropade hon,
krampaktigt, omfattande broderns
arm. bet ar icke mojligt att Guds
vrede kan sa hardt hafva drabbat oss.
Fortvifa icke, basta miss West
ford, trostade lakaren; dessa
f~orsigtiga affarsmenniskor Sc spoken
vid hogljus dagger och blifva oroliga
for den minsta bagatell. Ryktet kan
ju ocksa mycket val vara ogrundadt.
Nej! utropade Lionel i Wild
smarta, en- aiming sager mig, att
Diet endast ar alltf0r SAINT. Min far
har tillika med hela slit manskap
funnit OGDEN i vagorna.
Violetta utstotte EFT h0gt skrik och
lag nasta ogonblick afdanad i bro
derns armar.
- Nj dodar er syster, ON nj fortfar
att tala pa delta satt, = utbrast la
karen strangt.
Tyst och blek lyfte Lionel system
upp och bar henne in i hennes eget
rum.
Svenska monitoren., 1905-09-29
Monde kapitlet.
En- obarmhertig fordringsegare.

En- o6drmhertig J0rdr1ngSegdre.
dup och bitter var den sorg, som
rufvade ofver den lila familjekrets,
hvars st0d och f~0rs0rjare sa plotsli-
gen blifvit undanryckt.
l Klara Westfords sangkammare
var EFT svart sorgfor hangdt Oliver
hennes makes portrait. Eft liknande
portrait i dagliga rummet var pa
Stamina satt ofverholjdt.
Manga vanner och bekanta kommo
for att trosta enkan j hennes djupa
sorg, men deras harvard snarare Okla
de an mildrade hennes smarta.
Hon onskade att vara ensam -
ensam med sin sorg, ensam med min
net af den alskade manner.
Hon scribe och led i stillhet, men
hennes sorg var derfor icke mindre
dup. Snarare tvartom.
Tanker pa hennes forlust ~forfoljde
henne oupphorllgt. Rastlos mandrake
hon omkring fran Diet ena rummet
till Diet andra och genomlefde j min
net alter ALA de glada timmar, som
hon tillbringat samman med den ofor-
gatlige maken.
Bland mrs Westfords vanner var
ocksa en- gammal jurist, master NAL
don, hvilken dragit sig tillbaka fran
affarslifvet, efter att hafva forvarfvat
sig en- ganska betydlig f0rmogenhet.
Denne man erbjod sig nu att ordna
hennes penningeaffarer och fragade
henne hvad beslut hon fattat betraf-
fande sin mans efterlemnade f0rmo-
genhet.
Klara meddelade honom da Rupert
Godwins pastaende nm att hennes
man lemnat honom sakerhet i sin
egendom for EFT storre Ian.
Hogst besynnerligtl - utbrast
mr. Maldon; - Jag har alltid tfott att
Harley Westford arligen lade icke sa
litet penningar upp.
Jag trodde Diet Stamina, = SADIE
Klara,- och hyser fortfarande denna
o~fvertygelse. Da min man reste, an
~fortrodde han mig att Diet var hans
afsigt att deponera tjugo tusen pund
hos bankirfirman Goodwin & Selby i
London.
- Och mr. Goodwin nekar att hafva
mottagit dessa penningar.
- ia, men Diet ar icke nog harmed.
Mr. Goodwin pastar dessutom att min
man var skyldig honom en- Store
summa, men jag kan icke f0rma mig
till att tro Diet forr am Jag ser hans
egen underskrift under skuldforbin-
delsen.
- Min basta mrs Westford, delta
ar hogst besynnerligtl - utbrast ju-
risten. - bet ar icke m0jligt att hysa
ringaste tvifvel rorande mr. Godwins
arlighet. Han ar ju en- af vart lands
storsta och NEST ansedde affarsman.
Genom hans handler ga arligen MILL
oner, och den summa, hvarom Diet
kan vara fraga, ar for honom endast
en- obetydlighet, afven ON den for oss
andra tyckes vara en- hel f0rm0gen-
het.
Hvad mig betraffar, sd har jag
ingen synnerlig aktning for Rupert
Goodwin, - svarade Klara Westford
kallt.
Hammer nj honom da narmare!
- For manga ar sedan larde jag att
kama denne usling.
Juristen betraktade Klara med for
undrade blickar.
Delta ar EFT mycket starkt ut
tryck, min basta mrs Westford, -
SADIE han.
bet ar icke starkare an att jag
kan forsvara Diet. Jag ar ~ofvertygad
Svenska monitoren., 1905-09-29
AttOnde kapitIet.
P~rGfningens dag.

Da Violetta och Lionel aterkommo
hem funno de modern anyo fangslad
Vid sjuksangen.
Blek och mall0s lag hon med ansig-
tet vandt mot vaggen.
Ingen suck eller klagan kom Diver
hennes farglosa lappar.
bet tycktes som ON sorgen forste
nat hennes hjerta.
Lakaren, son kant Violetta och
Lionel fran deras tidigaste barndom,
vantade i dagliga rummet och bad
dem ON EFT 0gonblicks samtal.
Da de tradde in i rummet funno de