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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
New Orleans People Help the
Fever Fund.
q AID A BIG PARADE
LARGE CROWDS IN THE BUSINESS
SECTION.
Germ Of Yellow Fever Discovered at
Hospital-Today's
Report.

New cases In New Orleans since pm.
Friday. %: total cases to date 2,527 deaths
today. l; total deaths. 332.
Today ends the ninth week OF the active
campaign against yellow fever in New Or
leans. and in spite of increase of cases this
week the authorities profess general salts
faction with the results
Reports from the country indicate that
there Is some interference by guarantees
with the marketing and packing of cotton.
cotton-picking negroes being shut up in
some of the towns. Merchants and the
health authorities are working to remedy
this condition.
NEW ORLEANS. September 16-New Or
leans took a half holiday today and par
ticipa ed in a festival arranged to swell the
citizens yellow fever fund. The festival
was preceded by a parade that was wit
messed by large crowds in the business sec
ton. The weather was ideal.
While nothing has been given to the pub
lie concerning the results OF Investigations
made at the emergency hospital. DIR. Ham
flton p. Jones, surgeon in charge. says he
believes DR.. Archinard has discovered the
germ OF yellow fever. Nothing will be Off
cially published until the investigation DR..
Archinard is now making is completed.
Or. Richards has sent an encouraging re-
port from the camps on Bayou Barataria,
saying that there are no new cases and no
deaths In the camps under his charge. and
that those who are Ill have recovered. He
considers that he has killed all the mos
qu!toes In the vicinity. The situation at
Patterson Is less promising because funds
have run short and there has been gen.
eral abandonment of diSinfeCt!on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
ARGENTINA's NEW TARIFF.
Detached Parts of Agricultural Ma
chinery Must Pay High Duty.

The American minister to the Argentine
Republic, in accordance with the instruc-
lions cabled him by the acting secretary of
state. has investigated the matter of the
proposed new high rate Of duty on agricul-
tural machinery and implement repairs.
Minister Beaupre reports today by cable
that the tariff bill has been passed by the
Argentine house and Is now before the SEN
ate This bill provides that agricultural ma
chinery and implement repairs may be i'm
ported free Of duty, but says that the clause
in the bill seems ambiguous and reads as
follows:
Repair pieces, by which are to be I'M
derstood such as form an integral part of
the machines for which they are intended,
shall enjoy tho benefits accorded by this
law only when they are imported with the
machines"
1t would appear that repair pieces not
shipped with the machines of which they
are an integral part will be subject to an
ad valorem duty of % per cent
The minister has been instructed to be un
ceasing In his efforts to bring about sat
isfactory adjustment of the matter.
For some of the statements made to the
department by American exporters it is sur
missed that the purpose of this new Argen-
tine legislation may be to stop a practice
which Is said to have grown up of evading
larger tariff duties on complete machines
exported to the Argentine Republic by ship
ping in large number of parts at lower
rate of duty and assembling these parts
into complete machines after their admiS-
sion into the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
Bona Eide Circulation.

Nearly everybody in Washington
reads The Sunday Star Last Sum-
days circulation was by far the
largest and best in the city and the
only sworn circulation in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
The advertiser is entitled to know
the circulation of any paper in
which he advertises.
The circulation of The Sunday
Star on September 10, 1905, was
27,3I4.
/ solemnly swear that the above state
ment represents the number OF copies OF
The Sunday Star circulated on September
10. 19O5-that Is, the number Of copies act
ually sold, delivered. furnished and mall
ed. for valuable consideration. to bona fide
purchasers or subscribers, and that none
of the copies so counted are free or sample
copies and none are returnable. except in
the case of several hundred sent to sub
urban agents, from whom few returns of
unsold papers have not yet been received.
CORNELIUS ECKHARDT.
Acting Business Manager,
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
sixteenth day OF September. A. D. 1905.
w. SPENCER ARMSTRONG,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
YELLOW FEVER AT NATCHEZ.
Caused, 1t is Believed, by an Excur-
sion to New Orleans.

Surgeons of the marine hospital service
are now inclined to bel eve that yellow
fever got into Natchez through an excursion
run from Mississippi points to New Or
leans before the presence of yellow fever in
the latter city was announced. The follow
Ing correspondence between Surgeon Cen
eral Wyman and Passed Assistant Surgeon
Young at Jackson. Miss. shows the view
taken by some of those in the service.
DR.. Wyman wrote TO DR.. Young: Re
ferring to your telegram of recent date in
which you mention excursion to and from
New Orleans before announcement of yell
low fever in New Orleans as being prob
able cause first cases NatcheZ and VickS-
burg. wire promptly all facts possible con-
corning this excursion. dates. number of
persons, sp ecial occasion for holding 1t and
any other facts bearing upon 1t IN its re-
lation to the fever in places above mention
ed or elsewhere ,....
Passed Assistant Surgeon Young replied
The excursion went to New Orleans on
July 10. carrying a large number of pas
sengers from all points on Y. and NJ. V.
from above Vicksburg TO New Orleans.
Nearly all of them were negroes and sew
enty-tive or eighty were from Vicksburg
alone l understand that nearly 1900 in
all were carried into New Orleans and 1t is
stated these people very largely flocked to
the French market and vicinity. In the
case of Natchez. the town established rigid
non-intercourse quarantine a day or two
after the declaration of fever at New Or
leans, with shotgun guards. so that 1t is
exceedingly unlikely that any one got in
after that time"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST CHOLERA
Suggestions to the Agents of the
Steamship Lines

The presence of asiatic cholera in Ham
burg is causing health authorities at vari-
Gus ports of the country to inquire from
the marine hospital service whether there
should be dsinfection OF vessels arriving
from that port To DIR. Souchon. president
of the state board of health OF louisiana
surg. Gen Wyman has replied that at this
time the dsinfection of vessels from Ham
burg must be determined on their arrival.
DR.. Doty, quarantine officer at the port
of New York. has written to DR.. Wynan
the following letter:
Il have had conference with the agents
OF the steamship lines which bring Russian
emigrants to this port. and have stated to
them that the safest way to deal with the
present emergency Is to suspend for the
present the transportation of all who come
from infected areas. but that If this is
deemed Inconsistent then this class OF pas
sengers must be held at the port of en-
barkation for six days, and during this
period be kept under medical observation
and allowed to depart only IL in good
health; that while in transit all steerape
passengers be examined twice daily and a
record kept OF all who are I'll or have APP
piled for treatment; and that during the
preceding twenty-four hours oefore arrival
at TINS port the temperature of all steer
age passengers shall be taken The latter
Is not only TO secure the temperature regis
ter, but also TO insure a more careful in
spection. | have informed the agents that
the treatment OF their vessels on arrival at
this station will depend entirely upon the
circumstances that are presented at the
time OF inspection. ."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
LOTS OF ODD FELLOWS
Meeting Of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge.
PHILADELPHIA TODAY
ARRIVING FOB SESSIONS, WHICH
BEGIN MONDAY.
Mayor Weaver Will Mako Address Of
Welcome-Prize Drills
Scheduled.

PHILADELPHIA. September 18-Odd
Fellows from all parts OF this country. Can
ada and Mexico are here today to attend
the eighty-first annual communication OF
the Sovereign Grand Lodge. Although the
official opening Of the convention will not
take place until Monday. there was meet
ing todayof the Grand Council OF Patriarchs
Militant in Odd Fellows Temple. 1t is es-
timated that by Monday $1,000 members OF
the fraternity will be IN the city. The for
NAL opening OF the communication will
take place in Lulu Temple. Mayor Weaver
will make the address Of welcome and will
be followed by addresses by MELVILLE +.
Chubbuck. grand master OF Pennsylvania:
Cfeon Gicquelais, grand patriarch: Mrs.
Anna Morrow. president OF Rebekah AS
sembly. and Major Gen. J. Blair Anderson
department commander, Patrarchs Mill
tant.
Immediately after this prize drills by the
Patriarchs Militant will be in order at the
"a regiment Armory. From l o'clock in
the afternoon until 10 O'Clock at night the
competitive degree work, which is open to
all lodges, encampments and Rebekah
lodges, will be continuous In Lulu Temple
This work is. OF course, secret. and only
those wearing official badges will be ad-
mftted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
TO BE PUT UP MONDAY
LANSToN KEYBOARDS WILL BE
USED WITHOUT DELAY.

Public Printer Oscar J. Ricketts,. 1t Is I'M
derstood, has reached a final decision as to
the disposition of the seventy-two Lanston
typesettlng machines which were contract
ed for by his predecessor. AS stated by
The Star. the seventy-two keyboards have
arrived at the government printing Office
and are temporarily stored on the second
floor of the new building. Mr.. Ricketts, de-
cided today to have them erected. begin
ming next Monday on the fifth floor.
The casters have not yet been received
but they will be put in position as soon as
they arrive. and Public Printer Ricketts,
will try to get out Of them the best possible
service for the government during the busy
congressional season in the coming winter.
Reports that the Lanston machines or
any part of them have been stored in the
basement of the printery were declared this
afternoon to be without foundation In fact.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
GOVERNMENT CLERK DEAD.
George W. Leesnitzer Dies at His
Desk

George W. Leesnitzerr. a clerk Of the
bureau Of statistics at 1895 + street north
west, fell dead while at his desk this morn
ing just as he began his days work. A
physician from the Emergency Hospital re-
sponded at once and pronounced the clerk
dead. Coroner hewitt was notified and gave
certificate of death from heart failure.
The body was removed to Lees undertake
ing rooms. where 1t was prepared for burial.
The time of the funeral has not yet been
determined.
Mr.. Leesnitzer was not feeling well dur
ing the first part Of the week. but yester-
day ne had apparently recovered and went
to his office as usual. He talked with 9TH
ers as he went up to the fifth floor In the
Adams building and then went over to his
desk. He had been seated but a moment
when he fell from his chair.
Mr.. Leesnitzer was born in this city In
1910. and had lived here all his life. On
November %. 1879, he was appointed a clerk
In the Ga1reau of statistics, where he had
been Employed ever since He received
several promotions and at the time of his
death was in the division of examinations.
He lived with his sister. Mrs. w. s. An
derson. at 464 F street southwest He 10
survived by his wife, Mollie, and four chill
dren, Isabelle. Josephine. Minnie and
George.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
LOOKING INTO METHODS
KEEP COMMISSION VISITS THREE
DEPARTMENTS. 49, :

The Keep departmental inquiry commits
sion today made an expedition to the
State. War and Navy Departments and
interviewed the acting secretaries in each
regarding the methods of transacting the
clerical work OF the government. In the
War Department the work OF the general
stafr was especially inquired into in so
far IN II relates to purely clerical and
non professional work. The interviews
consumed several hours, and the informa-
tion obtained will go into the general
hopper Of this class Of data on which the
committee is expected to formulate some
definite recommendations to bring all
branches OF the clerical work Of the gov
eminent under one comprehensive system
to be more economical and expeditions
than the present varying methods.
Supplies for Departments.
Assistant Secretary Keep, head Of the de-
partmental commission of inquiry, said to-
day that at the meeting of his commission
yesterday there was no mention in any form
of the different prices paid for the same
supplies by the different departments. and
the committee has given no thought to that
subject for a month or so. 1t would do so
later on. but at this time he did not official
ly know that there were any differences in
prices. He had not examined the reports
made to his committee by the different de-
partments.
Mr. Keep went on to say that the an
nounced object Of the appointment Of the
committee was to inquire into departmental
methods. with the purpose of trying to
bring around uniformity Of prices in pur-
case, etc, to the best advantage OF the gov
eminent. Yesterday his committee consid-
cred some of the methods of the office of the
supervising architect. There was recently a
large dismissal of craftsmen and others en-
ployed in that office because Of the failure
of Congress to provide an appropriation.
About fifty people lost their places.
The comparison of the prices Of inks Is q
hard one to make. Mr.. Keep admitted to-
day. The Treasury Department. for In
stance, has its inks manufactured according
to special formula of its own. no other de-
partment using the same ink. 1t would be
impossible to compare the price Of this sort
OF ink with a standard kind that might be
in use by other departments. Until the
committee had taken much time to go into
this subject 1t would not be able to know
what differences there are in prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
WANT MIR. MCCALL,
Insurance Inqutsitors to Hear His
Testimony.

NEW YORK. September 1e.-Announce-
ment was made today that John A. Mccall,
president of the New York Life Insurance
Company, has been subpoenaed by the joint
legislative committee insurance Inquiry.
and will appear to testify before the COM
mittee when it resumes It's sittings next
week
When Mr.. Mccall was asked today to
make statement about the testimony of
Vice President Perkins at yesterdays hear
ing relative to the republican campaign con-
trtbutions on the part Of the New York
Life, he replied:
Il have nothing to say in advance Of my
testimony before the legislative committee.
When l appear before the committee
shall tell all I know
Assemblyman Prentice of the insurance
Legislative committee, who Is a republican,
said today:
THE committee wants 1t understood that
the revelation Of the campaign contribu-
tons on the part of the New York Life was
not any surprise to the committee. We
knew Of the transaction long before 1t was
brought out in the testimony Of Mr.. Per-
kins and 1t was led up to gradually
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
PREPARING FOR WAR.
Charge Against Southern Cotton Manu-.
facturers.

MERIDIAN. Miss. September 1e.-John
A. Bailey. president OF the Lauderdale coun-
ty branch of the Mississippi Cotton Grow
ers' Association, has declared. In an inter-
view, that the cotton planters Of the south
are preparing for a bitter war with the
manufacturers. especially the foreign spin
ners who held their convention In Liverpool
recently and set price on southern cotton
which they agreed to stand by.
These foreigners. said President
Bailey. have invaded our country for the
past forty years or more and robbed US of
what Is. and justly was our own. That
they have combined now to keep down the
price of cotton Is reflected in the daily cot
ton letters from England, but that will not
deter US in the step we have decided upon.
While the bankers and merchants will be
greatly benefited by eleven-cent cotton,
the minimum at which the staple will be
held, the small farmer will eventually reap
the greatest benefit from It."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
KILLED IN COLLISION.
Wreck on B. and o. Near Kimmel,
Indiana

KIMMEL, Indiana, September 16.-Three
persons were killed and twenty were in
jured in a collision between an eastbound
passenger train and a light engine on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad. mile west OF
here, today. The dead:
Stephen Snyder Of Garrett. Ind, engineer
of passenger train.
Frank Shoots. Chicago junction, Ohio.
baggagemaster.
An unknown man, presumably a tramp
found cut to pieces under the wreckage.
OF those injured all but three were able
to continue their Journey Those taken to
hospital here were: George b. Henkle
Welsh Run. Pa, compound fracture OF the
right leg; Mrs. Louise Macholz, from Iowa.
face and head cut: r. o. Daley, Massillon,
Ohio. head badly cut.
The light engine. which had been on
side track awaiting for the passenger train.
had pulled out partly on the main line. and
the passenger train, coming by at high
speed. was "side-swiped' it's engine and
three forward cars being wrecked. A ma
jority OF those on the train were cut by
flying glass and debris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
Had NARROW ESCAPE.
John Mitchell on Stand That Col
lapsed.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
TAMAQUA. Pa. September 16.-John
Mitchell. president of the United Mine
Workers, had a narrow escape from meet
ing either death or serious injury by the
collapse of a stand upon which he spoke at
81. Clair last evening. The platform had
been erected in central portion of the
town and thousands Of people gathered
around 1t. Mr.. Mitchell was the first
speaker and when he had concluded men.
women and children made a rush to the
platform to shake his hand. Suddenly the
structure collapsed and all who were on 1t
were thrown to the street Mitchell landed
in the arms of a stalwart miner. who quick
ly bore him to place of safety. For time
a panic prevailed among the crowd and
many people were roughly injured by being
squeezed and jostled. Mitchell visited the
home of John Slney who led the miners
strike in the early 7Us. On his way to the
St Mary's cemetery he was pelted with
flowers by women and children who lined
both sides of the road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
AWAITING NEWS FROM MERRY.
Consul General Lee May Not Be Sent
to Corinto.

The State Department is awaiting ad-
vices from Minister Merry at San Jose.
Costa Rica, before proceeding further in
the Albers case Meanwhile the United
States gunboat Princeton is lying at anchor
In the Bay Of Panama, ready to convey
Consul General Lee northward whenever
the State Department gives the order 1t
Is the present intention to land the consul
general at Corinto instead OF at Amapala
In case Mr.. Lee decides to go north But
such Information as the State Department
has lately received makes II appear that
this trip may be unnecessary and only
Minister Merrys confirmation Is awaited
on this point.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
FUNERAL OF JUDGE SCOTT.
Services Held at Calvary Methodist
Episcopal Church.

The funeral of Judge Charles r. Scott
was held this afternoon from Calvary
Methodist Church. 18th street and Column
bia road northwest. Rev. Joseph Dawson,
pastor Of the church. officiated. Interment
was private. The pallbearers were as fol-
lows: w. w. Eldridge and Gen. Van H.
Bukey, representing the G. A. R.; Theodore
A. Harding and Francis A. Sebring, repre-
senting the Masonic fraternity; Campbell
Darlington and Judge Lewis l. ONeal. rep
resenting the District bar: Lewis w. Call
and George Simmons. representing the
Methodist Episcopal Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
KILLED BY EXPLOSION.
Five Men Victims Of Alleged Defective
Boiler

PINCONNING, Mich. September 16.-By
the explosion of an alleged defective boiler
in the staye mill of Edward Jennings here
today five men were killed and eight or ten
injured.
The dead:
Richard Clifford. : T.! f.% 81
Burt Bell. "a
Charles Easter.
William Atlin.
Eastman and Atlin were married and
leave families.
The explosion came without the slightest
warning to the workmen and the destruc-
ton of the mill was complete. Portions
of the wreck were scattered about for sew
eral hundred feet.
Thirty men were at work in the mill
when the explosion occurred The concus-
sion was so terrific that windows were
broken q mile from the mill The bodies
of the five men killed were badly mangled
None OF the injured are thought to be
dangerously injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
MINISTER POWELL DENIES
Says That He Did Not Announce His
Intention to Resign.

Mr.. Powell. American minister to Haiti.
who Is now In hts New Jersey home on
leave OF absence. has communicated to the
State Department denial of the accuracy
of the Interview with him recently pub
Iished. in which he is said to have declared
his Intention of resigning his post and to
have commented upon the large number of
revolutionary troubles which occurred dur
ing his ministry as reason for his resigna-
tiop. 1t cannot be gathered just how much
of the interview Mr.. Powell repudiates. but
so far his resignation has not reached the
State Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
WILL GO TO THE PACIFIC
Protected Cruiser Charleston Prelimi-
nartly Accepted by the Goyernment.

The Navy Department today prelimnarily
accepted the protected cruiser Charleston
from the Newport News Shipbulding Com
pany. officers and crew to man the ship
are being assembled on board the Franklin
at Norfolk and the Charleston will soon
go into commission and be sent to the
Pacific. where she will be the flagship OF
Admiral Goodrich. The Charleston is a
new type OF protected cruiser. with side
armor giving her some Of the qualities OF
an armored cruiser. and she has a speed
of twenty-five knots an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16

/ solemnly swear that the above state
nent represents only the number OF copies
OF THE EVENING STAR circulated dur
ing the six secular days ending Friday,
September 49, 19o5-that is. the number of
copies actually sold, delivered, furnished
or mailed. for valuable consideration. to
bona fde purchasers or subscribers-and
that the copies so counted are not return
able to or remain In the office unsold
CORNELIUS ECKHARDT.
Acting Business Manager,
The Evening Star Newspaper Company
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
sixteenth day of September A d. 1905.
w. SPENCER ARMsTRONG.
(SeaL) Notary Public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
in were married and
Movements Of Naval Vessels.

The Navy Department has been inform
ed OF the arrival Of the monitors Florida
and Nevada at Provincetown: thu Col
orado and Dubuque at Rockiand: the col
Her MarceIlus at Philadelphia, and the GAL
weston at Hampton Roads.
The, Caesar has left Marseille for Gibral-
tar ana the Iroquois has left Honolulu for
Midway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-16
RETURN OF CHINESE MINISTER.
Has Made First Payment for the
American Railway Concession.

Sir Chentung LANG Chang. the Chinese
minister. called at the State Department
today to present MT. Wang. first secretary
to the legation. to Assistant Secretaries
Loomis and Adee.
The minister announced that on the It'll
instant he had mado the first payment OF
s2000. 900 In New York on account OF the
purchase by China OF the concession held
by Americans to build the Hankow-Canton
raiirond, leaving q balance of S4.b0O.O0O to
be paid within six month";. and the funds
for this purpose arc now In hasa