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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
THIRTY-SIx VICTIMS
OF YELLOW FEVER
This Is the Number of Deaths
To Date In New Orleans.
BUSINESS NOT MUCH AFFECTED
New Detention Camps Are Being Lo,
Gated and Every Effort is Being Used
to Stamp Out Dsease-Excitement
at Memphis, Tenn.

New Orleans, July 26.-Additional
deaths from yellow fever were unoffi,
cially reported to the city board OF
health today, making SO in all since
July 13. No reports of new cases
We're received. The city board has
decided to make one daily report to
the state board in the evening, OF
cases and deaths.
The reports of cases to date made
to the city board indicate slow
spread of the fever.
There are now IA foci, one of them
at Bunkie, in north Louisiana, of an
Italian escape from the French mar
ket station. His case was fatal.
There are three foci above Canal
street and one in Algiers. These
cases have all been directly traced to
the French market vicinity and up to
this morning there were no reports of
cases traceable to the outlying infec.
tiOn.
The bulk of the Sc deaths have been.
very bad and large families of Ital
ians have been found crowded into
very small spaces.
In one instance 27 people were found
living in three rooms. The congest-
ed conditions in this neighborhood were
reSpOsible for the rapid development
OF the fever, In every instance of a
new focus outside this dstric the
health authorities have applied the
methods that were successful in Gu.
ba, and the fact that cases are mott
spreading to surrounding houses, en-,
courages the belief that screening and
destruction of the stegomia will great
ly restrict the disease.
In 1873 when there was a fierce
epidemic here and old methods of
treatment, whole neighborhoods be-
came almost instantly affected.
There has been no serious effect on
business here due to the fact that
none ofthe surrounding states has TAX
en- steps to prohibit the movement of
freight. There was a report that
Florida would put on a commercial
quarantine, but it has. not been con-
tirmed.
The Marine hospital service has
rented offices in one of the most prom
inent office buildings, and Surgeon
White will control the detention camps
ad the work of his service in the city
therefrom
The British steamer Anselm has
arrived here four days out from Be
lie, whence the fever is thought to
have first come into New Orleans. Her
arrival will probably put into imme-
date effect the rules for increased de.
tention of ships from infected ports.
OF which there are a number on the
way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
Excitementin Memphis.

Memphis, Tenn, uly 26.-Charged
with circulating sensational rumors as
to the existence of yellow fever in
Memphis, o. G. Riser, a South Main
street merchant, l. Detto, a negro
preacher, and essie Harrison, a negro,
were arrested today by sanitary of
ficer. The offense is a misdemeanor
under the municipal statutes. The
men claimed they referred to the fe-
yer prevailing in New Orleans.
The president of the board of Health
announces that the city was never in
better sanitary condition ad the police
have bee instructed to arres any per-
son spreading libelous reports about
the heEth of Memphis.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
TO EXTEND OUR COMMERCE.
The american Floating Exposition"
VIII Sail Around the World.

! ne American Floating Exposition"
Will Sail Around the World.
New York, July 26.-Plans have
been completed for an effort by an ex-
porting company of this city to extend
American commerce to foreign coun-
tries. A floating exposition will be
equipped and sent ON tour of the
world. The American Floating Ex-
position" as it will be called, will start
from New York in January, 1906 1t
will carry a limited number of sam.
pies of various merchandise of Amer.
ican manufacture, the samples to be
displayed at each of the ports where
stops will be made. Space will be
allotted to exhibitors and statesmen
on the ship
The trip will require Is months and
over 10000 miles will be covered. II
will include Europe, Asia, Australia,
South America an dports in Central
America and the West Indies. The
steamer will carry a surgeon and com.
petent interpreters of German, French
and Spanish.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27

lesky, the Russian financial agent M.
Witte remained on the platform smok-
ing cigarette and chatting with the
ambassadors unil the rain pulled out,
when he raised his hat and bowed
his farewell salutations to the crowd.
NJ. LePine, the prefect of police, re.
mained beside M. Witte until his de-
parture. Madame Witte and her
daughter accompany NJ. Witte to Cher
bourg. Thence they will go to Brus,
sells and remain there during the con-
ference. The Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse is crowded with homeward
bound Americans and there are many
American and European Journalists on
board
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
RATE ON SUGAR REDUCED.
Freight From Pacific Coast Cut From
32c to 1oc Hundred.

Freight From Pacific Coast Cut From
32c to 1oc a Hundred.
San Francisco, Cal, July 26.-The
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe
companies formally announced a re-
duction in the rate of refined sugar
between this city and the Missouri
river and points in Kansas ad Ne
braska from so Gets to % cents a
hundred pounds, in car load lots. The
cut has been made to meet a cut made
by the lines operating between New
Orleans and the same points mention
ed above and for the purpose of plac-
ing California refners on an equal
footing with southern competitors. Re-
Gently the lines operating out of New
Orleans, among them the Illinois Cen
tral, the Frisco and several subsidiary
lines of the Southern Pacifs, dissolved
their agreement relative to sugar rates
and entered upon a war that ended a
few days ago in the rate being cut
pounds.
AS result of the California re-
fners found themselves seriously hand
icapped in their business and finally
appealed for relief to the lines run
ming out of this city with the result
that the Gu was made. The reduction,
the railroad officials claim, brings the
eastbound rate down to the lowest
point in the history of western re.
fining.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
savannahans May Withdraw Suit.

Savannah, Ca, July 26.-There will
~ a meeting of the chamber of COM
lerce committee and the hardware
dealers of the city Wednesday to de-
termine whether or not to withdraw
the injunction case now pending in
the superior court here agaist the
railroad commission on account of cir.
cular 305, and popularity known as the
stove rate circular Since the issu.
ance of circular 800, which gives Sa-
vannah rates that are generally re-
garded as fair, it is thought that there
is no necessity for continuing the case.
1t will be decided definitely tomorrow
what will be done.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
THREE KILLED IN WRECK.
Freight Train Jumped the Track-Tw
Ofharc I1i inroN

Freight Train Jumped the Track-Twc
Others Injured.
Atlanta, July pa freight train
wreck on the Central railroad in Oak
land City near here, at HAS O'Clock
this morning, resulted in the death OF
three white men and negro.
The dead are:
John Woodruff, conductor.
Horace McGhee, train hand.
Uncle" Green, negro fireman.
Fred Woodall, yard master of the
Central, is fatally injured.
Sam Farris, engineer, was terribly
scalded with hot water and steam, but
will recover.
All four of the bodies are under the
wreck.
The train which jumped the track
was made up as a switch engine, to
which were attached a large number
of cars. When just in front of Tuck
er's store at Oakland City the engine
jumped the track. 1t ran for about
100 yards before it stopped, badly de-
molished
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
President Alexander Resians.

New York, July 26.-At a two hours
session of the directors of the Equit.
Aable Life Assurance society today
the resignation of former President
James w Alexander and Nevada n.
Stranahan, as directors were accepted.
Paul Morton was elected president OF
the society, retaining, it is said, the
craftsmanship as well. A special
meeting of the directors will be held
tomorrow, at which additional directors
will be elected and amendments to tbs
charter of this society adopted.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
RELIEVED SHERIFF OF PRISONER
Negro Taken from Officer by Mob and
Lynched.

Lynched.
Glendora, Miss, July ga mob of
so men took Will Harris, a negro,
from a Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
train at Black Bayou and hanged him
to tree about a quarter of mile
from the railroad.
Harris and his brother Henry shot
and seriously wounded two white men,
Barksdale and Allen, respectively, on
the James plantation, near Sharkey.
July 49, A posse pursued the ne
groes, and in attempting to arrest
them shot and killed Henry Harris.
The other brother escaped, but was
arrested last night at Heathman. This
morning the prisoner was taken to
Greenwood and later placed aboard a
train and was being conveyed to a
point on Tallahatchie county, where
he was to be turned over to the sher-
if, when the mob boarded the train
and secured him.
Little difficult was experienced in
taking the negro from his custodian,
and Harris was quickly conveyed to
a prearranged spot and 1ynched.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
New York EXCHANGE.

New York, July 26.-PrIces for cot
ton bounded upward almost instantly
today when the government report of
a decrease of 14.9 in the acreage plant
ed, as compared with last year, was
received on the exchange gains
ranged from II to IA points, Octofer
reaching lily. Tremendous selling
was presumably by large long inter
ests an prices went tumbling. October
was beaten down Is points from the
highest to 11.02. The market was ex.
cited and irregular.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
viii Swim English Chanel.

Dover, England, July 26-Edward
Heaton, of Liverpool, started from
here today in an attempt to swim the
channel his intention being to land
near Calais. The conditions were ia
vorable to the accomplishment of his
task. No less than nine aspirants are
now in training for channel swim hon
ors. including Miss Annette Keller
man, an Australian, who expects to
make the attempt in the future.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
lnspectino convict camns

Columbus, Ga, July ga state in
spector has just paid and official visi-
tation to the camp of the Muscogee
county chaingang. He found the camp
clean and neatly kept, with a regard
for sanitary regulations, and the con-
victs in good physical condition, the
result of the wholesome diet and good
treatment given them. Inspectors
who visit this camp term it one Of
the best county convict camps inteh
Uate.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
Crop Outlook BAD

Jackson, Miss, July 20.-Mr. Ber.
nard Forster, of Vicksburg, one Of the
best posted 'and most conservative
crop observers in the country and who
travels extensively in Mississippi.
Louisiana and Arkansas, making reg.
ular trips through those three states,
was in Jackson today and in DISCUSSING
prevalent crop conditions at cotton ex.
change stated that the outlook is un.
doubtedly the worst he has seen in
many years
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
Two Swimmers Arr nro,.,,.a

Admission, Ala, July 26.-The little
city OF Oxford was thrown into gloom
on receipt of the news from a camn.
Ing party at Whitesides mill near
Choccolocco, that two members Of the
party Walker Wakefield and James
D. Wright, had been drowned while
in swimming this afternoon. II
thought that one of the young men
was attacked with cramps, and in sn
effort to save the other, both were
drowned. Both of the young men
held good positions here, and are well
thought of by every one In both cities
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
Bank Stockholders Assess.d

Akron, O., July 26.-The comptrol.
Ter of the currency has orderer that
the stockholders of the First Nationa,
Bank of Barberton, which went into
bankruptcy some time ago, be assessed
500 share. The amount to be col
lected is $4,000, the capitalization
II 25 per cent is paid by Aug 10. the
remainder can be paid in monthly IN.
talments; Otherwise, suit will be com.
menced.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
Well Known Poet Dead.

.tedar Falls, Iowa, July 21-Pete1
Jansen. aged 80, died suddenly here
last night of old age and "a complica.
tion Of diseases. He was a great lover
Of poetry and wrote many meritorious
poems to the various kings of Den.
mark and was at one time considered
very favorably for poet laureate OF
Denmark
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
Young cirps Body Found IN Rive,

Muscatine, Iowa, July 24-The body
of young girl, about % years old.
has been found in the river here. Hei
throat had been cut. The coroner's 1
jury brought in verdict Of murder.
The victim has not been identified, bur
1T is believed she belonged to a well.
to-do family as she wore diamonds and
was Handsomely dressed
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
Aged Alabama Woman Dies.

Mobile, Ala, July 24.-Mrs. Eliza
beth Dubois. aged 1O2 years, died this
morning. She was the oldest resident
of Mobile. Mrs Dubois was born in
Ireland and came to this city when a
girl. She celebrated her last birth
day on July Is.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
RUSSIAN ENJOYS
SAIL FOR AMERICA
Are Passengers On the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse.
PARTY ENJOYING GOOD HEALTH
Before Many Days the Conference >hat
Shall Determine Whether There Is
To Be Peace Between Russia and
J,naN Nuiu Mat

Paris, July 26.-M. Witte, Professor
deMartens and a number of officials
making up the Russian peace pleni-
potentiary party left the ST. Lazaire
railroad station at 9:2O this morning
for Cherbourg where hey will sail
for New York on the North German
Lloyd line steamer Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse this evening.
Many officials and diplomatists gath
cred at the depot including Ambassa
dors Nelidoff and Cassini and M. Rout.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
REFoRMAToRY BILL INTRODUCED
soions Would Care for Youthful Grim
inais-Other Legislative News.

SoIons Would Care for Youthful Grim
inals-other Legislative News.
Atlanta, July 26.-The Fielder re-
formatory bill, under which it is pro-
posed to establish state reformatory
for youthful criminals, occupied the
attention of the house Tuesday, and
was debated at some length, but owing
to the fact that the hour of adjournment
was near at hand, and action on the
bill at the days session would be i'm
possible, the house adjourned and the
measure win come up today as unfin-
ished business.
The sentiment of the house is gen
orally favorable to this measure, as
was shown by the debate and the ques-
tons asked of the speakers. There
appears to be little doubt about the
passage of the measure, and in pretty
much the same shape as was reported
by the committee.
The proposed new county of Mil
ledge" to be formed from parts OF
Emanuel, Johnson, Montgomery and
A~NuA Sllo SOunClSS, WAS gwen nearing
Tuesday afternoon before the house and
senate committees on new counties.
1t is proposed to make Adrian, now
in Emanuel, the county seat of the
new county.
In the Senate.
At the thirty minutes ssession of
the senate little business was trans
acted.
The house has not transmitted to
the senate a single general bill of inn
portance, consequently the sessions
of the latter body are short.
Upon the report of the general ju-
dietary committee yesterday the two
bills introduced by Senator Mills sew.
eral days ago, one affecting insurance
companies, providing that the cash val
ue of life insurance policies be taxed,
and another providing for garnishment
of wages, were both killed by the SEN
ate.
The report of the committee upon
both bills was adverse to their pass
age.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-07-27
MYRTLE SPRI NC 5

will giVe'you pleasure, comfort,
rest and a good appetite.
Our swimming, pool is emptied,
cleaned out and filled with fresh
water every day. Nice lot pret-
ty new bathing suits. Cottages
for rent.
, 1905-05-22
Railroad Notes.

Warren McCord of the Chicago and
Northwestern was here this morning,
looking after the Bell shipment of
wool.
James ]. Ford of Salt Lake, connect
ed with the Illinois Central railroad,
was in the city today, on business for
his company.
Many Of the Japanese section lab
orers on the Misunderstanding section
of the middle district have resigned to
go to the Colorado sugar beet fields.
Tim T. Keliher. special agent for the
Wyoming division of the Union Pacific,
returned to Cheyenne on the noon train
today, after spending a few days in
the city.
Switchman Charlie Davis of this city
has rendered his resignation to Yard
master John Crooks and will probably
locate at Salt Lake. He has been sue.
ceeded here by Mr.. Kimball.
Assistant Superintendent Stenger
was a west-bound passenger yesterday,
accompanying Mr.. Griscom of the
Southern Pacific westward in the Of
fetal car Signet, attached to train
No. 8.
, 1905-05-22

GET BUSY
TRANSFER OF STATION AGENTS
TO BE MADE DURING THIS
WEEK AND NEXT.
Will Begin at Hanna on Wednesday,
When Mr.. Swope. Will Succeed Mr..
Wright, Latter Going to RawIins,
Mr.. Emmons Coming Here and Mr..
sreisch Going to Cheyenne.

E. r. Breisch, station agent here,
will be transferred to Cheyenne about
a week from today. The transferring
Of agents will begin at Hanna on the
will be checked in as agent in place
of e. c. Wright, who goes to Rawlins.
The auditors the next day will relieve
Mr.. Emmons n install Mr.. Wright
at Rawlins. Mr.. Emmons will come
to this city as agent and Mr.. Breisch
will go to Cheyenne, expecting to as
sumo duty there on the 18th, Mr.. J. H.
Barron, the Cheyenne agent, going to
the transfer at Council Bluffs. 1t is
not yet known who will succeed Mr..
Swope at Wamsutter.
Mr.. Breisch will not take his family
to Cheyenne for the present. They
will remain here until the goth of June,
when Mrs. Breisch and the children
will go to White Haven, Pa, their
former home, for a visit until the end
VI S'hihiSi, maps NV lNtuihihS "
Wyoming before the first of October.
Mr.. Breisch by that time hopes to have
a home for them in Cheyenne, where
they will reside.
Mr.. Emmons has a wife, three sons
and one daughter. He was here a
couple of years ago as a dispatcher,
having one of the tricks at the Lara
ME office. Later he went to Rawlins
and was made the agent for the COM
pany at that place. He is a tirst-rate
railroad man, and will come into a good
position. 1t is not believed II
changes will occur here except in the
office of agent.
Mr.. Breisch will have a much more
important position at Cheyenne, that
being a competitive point, and his du-
ties will be more largely those of an
agent, with little clerical work. The
salary is commensurate with the place.
The Laramie office is more important
and commands a higher salary than at
Rawlins. Rawlins being larger than
Hanna and Hanna larger than VAN
SITTER.
, 1905-05-22
Probable Promotion for HiIIiker,

Howard V. Plat, superintendent of
the Utah division of the Oregon Short
Line, will go to the Southern Pacific
under Vice-President e. L. Calvin as
superintendent of the coast division
of that road, H. V. Hilliker, now as
sistant superintendent, with headquar-
tiers in Ogden, and formerly connected
with the Wyoming division as assis-
coed him, Mr.. Plat has risen on the
Union Pacific from a brakeman to the
position in the operating department,
Mr.. Hilliker has been with the system
ten years.
, 1905-05-22
MENTIONED.


This will be a busy week.
Lawn sprinklrs, CSC, at Lovejoy's.
Lawn movers sharpened by Lovejoy.
Brands will clean and sharpen your
lawn mower.
The bank barometer registered 23.O9
this morning.
A little rain Sunday, but not enough
to do much harm.
Sweet peas are nov in. Carnations
soc dozen. Mrs. Wall, Golden Rule.
The river is still running more than
half full and the water is quite muddy.
All the automobiles we're out yester-
day, and had a very pleasant day for
the sport.
Much of the mud has dried up, but
occasional pools of water are %encount-
cred in the roads.
Paul May of Cook & May is suffer
ing from an attack of sciatic rheuma-
tism, and is under the care of a physi-
clan.
A tremendous electrical storm &C.
CURED over the mountains last night,
the lightning being visible from this
city.
Three additional sheep shearers went
to the MIllbrook ranch today to help
finish the shearing of the present crop.
Six of the force came in from that
ranch at loon today.
Judge Carpenter appeared before
Justice of the Police Court NJ. N. Grant
today, charged with the unlawful use
of water for irrigation purposes, and
contributed a round dollar to the cot
fers of the city.
NJ. D. H%oughton, the artist, has been
in Wheatland this week making a pen
drawing of the city, which is to be u.s.
ed by the Development company for
advertising purposes. Wheatland
World.
p. C. Rauner and Angus Matheson
were fishing over on Horse creek yes
terday and secured a nice cath of trout,
though small. They report a fierce
thunder and hail storm yesterday af-
%ternoon.
, 1905-05-22
FORMER MISSIONARY
VISITING IN CITY.

Rev. H. F. Wilkinson of Denver, who
was formerly Sunday school mission
airy for the Baptist church in Wyoming,
and who for five years was a resident
of this city, is a visitor this afternoon,
being a pleasant caller at this office.
1t has been twelve years since he re-
moved from Laramie, although he has
visited the city at intervals since then.
He vas the guest this afternoon of
Rev. and Mrs. Bross and was taken by
Mr.. Bross to the university.
, 1905-05-22
CALLED TO OHIO BY
ILLNESS oE BROTHER

Hon. w. c. Deming of Cheyenne, one
Portland exposition, was called from
Portland to Warren, o., passing
through here Saturday night, on ac
Their. Thomas, at Warren. Mr.. Dem.
ing had gone to Portland to assist in
arranging the Wyoming exhibit, ex,
pecting to remain until the opening OF
the exposition on the 10th of June.
, 1905-05-22
a

The word almanac to us
from the Arabic al" the definite ar
ticle in the Arabic tongue. and ma
nakh," which signifies a calendar.
The word calendar" is from the Lat
in ~"calendac" (the first day of each
MONTH, and this is probably derived
from a word "calare," to call (cognate
with the Greek klvely), because it
was customary in-very ancient times
to summon people together at the be-
g:rning of a month to make known
the calendar arrangements for that
month.
, 1905-05-22
Irish Leader a Physica; Giant

John O'Connor, the new nationalist
meLaber of parliament from north
Kildare. is the giant of the house Of
commons, standing 6 feet 5 inches in
his stockings. He is a %well-known
lawyer, a good speaker and tells a
capital story. Like many other Irish
men of note. he has been a political
suspect on numerous occasions, and
in his younger days was a Fenian.
Mr.. O'Connor represented Tipperary
tor about seven years.
, 1905-05-22
Couldn't Stand Tor "AIwavan

SSe'ehs Sto'a UT Always
A Scotch laborer who hadn't been in
America long enough to lose the
brogue got q lay-off to get married.
However. he surprised his employer
by turning up and going on with his
work Just as usual.
why, John, what are you doing
here today" said the foreman. 81
thought you were going to be mar.
ried."
so I was. guv'nor," he replied. But
last meet l wor seriously thinking
abaat it, and 1t suddenly struck me
it wor for allus (always), and that's
more nor I con stand, so it's Off"
, 1905-05-22
Not a Slot Machine.

Little Sumner, the grandson of the
dean Of the stan of the Morton hos
pital, went to church one day, and
when the contribution box was
passed around he put in his coin,
which his mother had given him for
that purpose. The collector received
1t with a bow, and proceeded up the
aisle for further contributions. Where.
.upon little Summer turned to his
- std said: "Why, I didn't get
STANDARDIZATION fferald