Palestine Daily Herald (Palestine, Tex), Vol. 4, No. 41, Ed. 1, Friday, August 25, 1905 Page: 2 of 6
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WHITE COMPARES
FEVER SITUATION
More Difficult to Fight Pest at New
I
Orleans Than Havana
IS BAD AT LEEVILLE
One Hundred and Seventy Cases ol
1 Yellow Fever Tuo Hundred of
Jtensui and iVdrses and
Dottors In Demand
TJew Orleans Aug 5S Describing
the yellow fever situation here Sur-
geon yiilte ofthe marlno hospital ser
vlre sajd It wan more dltllcult to stump
out the fever at New Orleans than Iti
Havana for whereas In Havana fool
were few here they existed to the ex-
tent of more than 100 when the murine
hospital service look charge Another
Important fart was that 111 Havana u
majority of the people were Immunes
while In New Orlens they are not no
general epldemlr havlnlg occurred here
for twentyseven years Dr While
said he wanted particularly to praise
the general public of New Orleans for
the assistance that was being gl7en
him
Governor Hlanchard In extolling the
work or the Federal offlrers said the
campaign was of immense Impurtunce
BR JESSE W LAZEAB
to Ionlslano o the euilre soulji nnd
even to the civilized world If It could
lie demonstrated as a srleiillltc fact
that lie fever conic be stamped nut
before frosts the Industrial develop-
ment of the state of l iiilslaua would be
Klven a remarkable Impetus
Dr Devron writing to the slate
lioardjof health describes conditions at
T vlUeiHfl pltlahle with 170cu of
itm Wirf Wfrtakl lllllj HI alleiui tl pa
tlents Dr Ilalph bmarmur formerly
of the navy has gone to f evllle and
the board will send additional nurses
and doctors as soon as It ctri collect
them It Is desired to prevent an ex-
odus of r eevllle people to New Orleans
to inrrease the Infection here and for
that reason the board Is anxious to give
all assistance possible to Dr Devron
Pass Clnlstian has opened her doors
to all points on the Mississippi roast
except Infected Mississippi City but
still refuses to have any couununlca
tlon with New Orleans
Wilson Ui has quarantined all
freight trains that run south or lUtou
Rouse on Ihe Mississippi Valley
Responding to protests the Illinois
Central has given orders to run Us own
tralnis and those on the Mississippi
Valley at mil speed through Kenner
and Hanson City both of which towns
are Infected
The appearanee of a number of new
cases at Lake Providence on the Mem
pills Helena and IouIsluna railway
has caused a revival of quarantines
against against that city
There have been no fresh rases nt
Alexandria and Hunkle seems to have
completely stamped out Its focus but
the fever continues to spread at River-
side and Patterson In St Marys par-
ish and the parishes of Jefferson SL
Charles St Bernard and St John
which are In close proximity to New
Orleans
A case or yellow fever developed here-
In the parish prison The prisoner
Ferdinand Glllman was arrested eigh-
teen days ago He was taken sick
Wednesday and removed to the prison
hospital Surgeon Llllleu of the marine
hospital service diagnosed the case
The prison will be thoroughly disin
fected
It is announced that Mrs Charles
L Wells wife of Dean Wells of Christ-
church cathedral Is at last convales-
cent Corrernfng her case Dr Gayle
Aiken said that Mrs Wells was the
lllest person to recover he had seen
during his entire professional career
Dr II B Leach of Minnesota says he
Is making preparations to return home
and will leave here Saturday having
abandoned his effort to secure nctual
test of nrsenlzatlon theory The doctor
said he had come here to fight mos-
quitoes not doctors but that It ap-
peared the government had been called
in to suppress arscnlzatloti A meeting
of citizens supporting Dr Leach has
passed resolutions deploring the ron
lesslon by the state and city hoards of
health or their Inability to control the
feverJiut tendering evrlastlng thanks
and appreciation to President Boose
veil for havlngl so readily come to the
rescue The meeting declared Us full
ronfitleiicc Iti the mosquito theory
pledged Us support to the marine hos-
pital service nnd declared tlmt their de-
sire for the test of arsenlzatlon did not
Involve any Intention to disregard any
precautions deemed necessary
Up to noon Thursday there were
twelve new cases of yellow fever and
three deaths
It is all easy enough to say you
have tho roods and theebonpeat prices
to bo found in town We are roady to
prove it Give tia a call and bo con-
vinced Phlfer Oo tf
FEVER SITUATION
Death Rate at New Orleans Shows a
Decided Decrease
New Orleans Aug 23 Following Is
the ofllclal yellow fever report up to
oclock Wednesday evening New cas-
es 53 total 155G deaths B total
deaths 229 new foci 10 total 383
cases under treatment 312 The report
continues to show an improvementt In
local conditions There are no well
known names on the list of new cases
or among the deaths Only one of the
latter occurred uptown
The state board of health has taken
steps to relieve the distress at LeeH
vllle at the mouth of Bayou Lafourche
Past Asslsant Surgeon Caput made
an elaborate report of the work done
In St John and SL Charles parishes
and this Indicates that what threaten-
ed to be a very serious group of foci
has been controlled with good hopes
of stamping out the Infection This
report covers La Place Diamond Re-
serve Sarpy und other neighboring
places
Dr Brady returned from his tour ol
Inspection on Bayou Widgeon In Iber
ville parish where u large group ol
suspicious cases were reported but hf
says there was no suspicious rases
there Hanson City reports nine cases
Wlllswcod plantation In Jefferson
parish reports two more cases
One additional case was reported
from SL Rose nnd another at n point
near that town In St Charles parish
Patterse reports eleven new casfs
and no deaths
SL Bernard parish reports two more
cases In the Italian village nnd Dr
Meraux who went to Terre Aux
Boeufs says there are five cases there
and thru suspicious cases
Mississippi City reports three new
cases
Dr Von Ezdorff of the marine hos-
pital service ordered here from Color
by General Wyman arrived at quaran-
tine on the steamer Orlgen
Dr KrnuKx marine hospital service
Inspector reported to the city board of
health of Vlcksburg that he had found
four positive cases of yellow fever at
Lake Providence East Carroll parish
There are one or two suspected cases
not yet diagnosed These cases are
supposed to have developed from the
original fever case at Lake Providence
an Italian woman who died two weeks
ago
A report says that Dr Deveron re-
ported that he had found 170 cases of
yellow fever nnd 200 cases of dengue
at Leesvllle and conditions were such
that help was needed Immediately
WILL CASH WARRANTS
Firs National Bank of New Braunfeli
Agrees to Do This
Houston Aug 25 Dr Tabor re-
ceived a telegram from Presk nt Faust
of the First National bank of Now
Braunfpls stating his Institution will
cash and carry J1000 of the deficiency
warrants Issued by the governor He
also received the following from Dr
Florence assistant state health officer
nt Echo Meeting In Beaumont In
gard to Tmiten Stntes uth
imjflmy
TTfeTe was no quorum at the meeting
Everybody satisfied
Epidemic Feared
Brownsville ni Aug 25 With over
300 laborers here exposed to the ronw
glon by a negro from Shreveport who
admits he came from an Infected yel
low fever point In the south and who
now lies critically III with fever nt a
camp near here the people of Brovrns
vIIIp an In fpar of the epidemic be-
coming general at this point Strict
quarantine regulations have been In-
stituted
Three New Cases
Jackson Miss Aug 25 Dr Charles
Le Baron In rharge of the fever situ
ation at Mississippi City reports three
new cases of fever there hut no deaths
RECEIVED WITH JOY
Launching of Separate Statohooe
Movement In Oklahoma
Muskogee Aug 25 News of a sep
arnte statehood movement by Oklaho-
ma was Joyousjy received here Work
on constllutlon for Indian Terrllor >
was Inaugurated by appointment ol
eleven committees One more is to I
appointed A report Is expected Tues
dayTulsa
Tulsa JIuskngee Hufaula South Mr
Alester Okmulgee nnd Wagoner nrf
candidates for capital city of the pro
pohed state
HILL ARRESTED
President of Defunct Denver Savings
Bank Is at South McAlester
Roiilli MrAlesler Aug T 7 A Hill
president of the dcfnnrt Denver 81 v
MONUMENT UNVEILED
Vice President Fairbanks Delivered the
Principal Address
Ogdensbnrg N T Aug 25 In the
presence or Vice President Kalrbatiks
veterans of northern New York unlter
with Ransom post Grand Army of the
Republic here In unveiling a ImhuIIiiI
monument In LUicrty plr > comment
orating the piitrlotlsm of soldiers ot
the town of Oswgatehle who fell In Un
civil ar The largest crowd In tin
towns history was present Vice Preit
Ident I nlrbanks dellvir < d mi address
Loomit Resumes Duties
Washington Aug 25 Assistant Sec-
retary of Stati Ixjomls lms returned
to the department ami resumed his du-
ties ns acting secretary of state He
will remain here several days
Ollvei I itt a negro killed John Hel
ton a white man near Selma Ala
badly shot Harry Helton a brother
A mob slew the negro O Talley onl
of the mob was mortally woundtd
WAS HAKDED
THE RUSSI
Proposition of President
Is Given Them
ANSWER SATDJ
VUthnut Any Hesitation
Informed damn Koniuras
A ot One t p3k VtonliTj
Im Japan
Portsmouth N II Aug
Japanese plenipotentiaries uj
elusion of the afternoon
Wednesday of the peacej
threw the cards upon the
llm dramatic moment th
which all the previous
the conference had led
important documents InvolVlnJ
merit upon eight of the
conditions originally presente
pan had been signed One 8hj
other must make a move thij
tenllarles had rcache < l the
the ways The adversaries
other across the table Of
was well understood what tyl
pen but that in u way onl >
more dramatic Figuratively
Roosevelt suddenly entered
em room
M U Itte sat in silence arid tl
in the great diplomatic game
Japan Baron Komura In a tvi
explained that Japan in her g
sire for peace was ready to m j
lain modifications of the origin
clcs In the hope that Russia wcg
It possible to accept them
presented In writing to M
compromise proposition w
dent Roosevelt had sugges
concrete nnd specific and
the lines outlined In thesj
It offered to withdraw arlj
Ing for the payment by
jKns bill for the cost of
condition that Russia wouj
tide 5 which provided fd
of the Island of Sakhalin
as to Include an arrangf
repurchase by Russia off
half of the Island for 120
In addition It offered to wltlil
tlrely articles It and 12 surrcn
the interned warships and llmlj
upon Russias sea power lnK
east It was President Ro
compromise and M Wltte Vk
contents as well as Baron
The question of whetther hel
bluffing was put t6 the tes
Without a moments hestfc
Wltte explained that the
proposed was Merely a shamed
of phraseologya diplomatic nt
dorer la pilule and ask
pay war tribute under anrUy
He couid not accept It He
Komura Russja jaaaled
iHie l
wsiT who foughJ D ut jR
and money for tribute she tjSMPfiot
pay not a copeck Sf
He rsked Baron Komura to J with-
draw aj demands for tribute And sc
the plenipotentiaries separated to meet
again on Saturday ostensibly to Hermit
M Wltte to place In writing As the
rules of the
conference requireHis re-
ply to the Japanese compromlseSl
From an nuthorltallve Jafenest
source the Associated Press lstiiform
ed that the proposition to divide the
Island of Sakhalin came from tliiiRus
slan side 2MVi
Mw
LASTED THREE HOURsg
Long Cablegram Was Sent tojWash
ington at Its ConelusionjE
Rf Petersburg Aug 25 MrjjMeyer
American ambassador had a njaudl
pnee with the emperor at SL jfetetrs
hurg Wednesday afternoon whlcmlast
pd thtee hours Presumably thejmaitp
of peace was discussed at lphgth > bu t
nothing can be ascertained at prcsenl
regarding what actually took place n
the ernhnssy declines to give outfan
statement It Is known however fthal
n long cablegram has beenaehti ti
Washington giving the resultsZoffthe
conference
President Roosevelt
MondayjSfnt a-
long mlili message to Mr MeyeK
LAWYERS IN SESSION
Ran Over Corpse
Laredo Aug ZT A passengetOSratn
from Siiltlllo ran over u Mexlcanoiithf
tnirk about sixteen miles from La
but It was evident from the cond
of the body that he was dead
struck by the train
This Inct will save the crewjof
train from arrest and trial In th Jffex
lean courts
Children Fatally Poisoned
Corpus Christl Tox Aug 25 iTwo
children have tiled here ulthln twe ity
four hours from poison The little glr
of Refugio Garcia iw nolsoned by ap
dines and the young daughter ot Ca
vine Trujllli ate roach paste wlthTl ata
effect ik
Fortify tbo body to resist ntaUJrlil
Koriiis by pultinR tho system InJ er
f ct order Ash
wundorful systotn regulator i
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return to onver wlllmut protest nr re
qulsllloi piper Pending the irrlvnl
or the Denver orllcer I fill Is being kepi
under surilllnnce He Is not con
fined
Nearly Every State in the UnloS Sep
resinted at Narragantett Pi fct
Narmgansett Pier R I Aug 25
Ititu > en ZU0 nrul 300 leading irier iWn
of the bar
representing iieirj3 verv
8lil In the country nnd Including Jus
tlrses Whit Brown Perkhacitemd
Ings Hk was arrested hero by Ohl el TL rne rnur 3MlM
of Poll cUlor ori rrlnalIlln from Inlll States won present at thnjirsl
the envrr auihorltles who nXZ t7n7 rrT Ihe I r injlrhcr
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mristed Mr IJ lit stilled that he would
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THREE STRAIGHTS
fort Worth Wins Thrice From Waco
and Temple From Dallas
Temple 2 Dallas 1
Fort Worth 5 Waco 1
South Texas Leacue
PUBSIDENT J X HART CHICAGO KATIOYAL
IXAOUS CLUB
Galveston 3
Houstaon 11
San Antonio
Brenhum 2
National League
SL Louis 6 Boston 2
Cincinnati 9 Philadelphia
Brooklyn 10 Chicago 0
New York 7 Plttiburg 2
BENZINE EXPLODED
0
Southern League
Shreveport 7 Little Rock
Shreveiort II Little Rock 2
Nashville S Birmingham 6 Blr
mlngham 8 Nashville 3
Memphis t New Orleans 3 six In
nlngs rain
Montgomery 3 Atlanta 1
6
American League
Boston 7 Cleveland 4 Cleveland
2 Boston 1
Chicago 3 Philadelphia 1 Phlladel
phli 4 Chicago 2
St ouls 5 New York 0 New York
1 Sf Louis 0
Washington 5 Detroit 4 eleven In-
nings
Falls
ACTRESS GOOD LUCK
Atlanta Visited by an Electrical Storrr
of Great Inte slty
Atlanta Aug 25 An electrlcr
storm of remarkable severity tircoi
panled by a high wind visited this cltj
Wednesday James McDankl eighteen
yeas old was killed by lightning neat
the center of the city The Kimball
House and the state capltol wen
struck twice by lightning but no seri-
ous damage was caused to cither build-
ing Fully 1000 telephones are report-
ed burned out a score of electric street-
cars were burned out uwnlngs were
carried nwuy and numerous cellars
were flooded Seventenths of an Inch
of niln fell In ten minutes The dam
age will amount to several thousand
dollars
CHINESE OUTRAGE
Roman Catholic Church Attacked and
Many Priests Killed
Vancouver H C Aug 23 Word Is
received by the Km press of China that
nn outrage In Yunnan province show-
ing the revival of fanatical antagonlsrr
to christian colonization
Ofllclal advices reaching Pekln sat
that a mob of 1000 Iluddhlst Llamas b >
a preconcerted nrrangement to drlvi
the Christians out of their province
attacked the various French Roman
Catholle establishments on the coast ol
Sawaho wrecking one church and kill-
ing many priests the number being
variously stated at between elghtc <
and tntntythree with others wound-
ed
The French minister at Pekln has
made strong protests to the Chlnest
minister demanding effectual punish-
ment
Damage Trifling
Liverpool Aug 23 Fire broke out
In the steerage of the White Star llm
steamer Oceanic but It ns prompt
extinguished by fhe crew The damagi
was trifling
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Heir to Part of a Late British
Baronets Possessions
San Francisco Aug 23 Thp Exam-
iner says that Miss Lilly Belle Browne
an actress known In the profession as
Xljss Ida Warren has fallen heir to
pnethlrd Interest In an estate valued
at J5000Q0O left by Sir Reginald Tra-
cer an English baronet It Is said Sip
Reginald before attaining to the title
jlriet Miss Browne and her mother a
tWjdow at Washington D C nnd be
engaged toher but died pending
the marriage In Australia where he
had gone to settle some matters con-
nected with the estate lie left the
money It Is said to Mrs Browne who
being In weak health turned It over to
her daughter
Dr Reninger Lost His Life In Conse-
quence of the Accident
Chicago Aug 25 A dispatch to the
Tribune from St Louis says Dr
Wlllllam Rlnlnger a member of the
faculty of Marlon Sims Medical col-
lege was killed by an explosion of ben
zine In the laboratory of his home
The sacrifice of his life was Indirectly
due to his seal In prosecuting n system-
atic study of the symptoms and cure
of consumption
He was rleanlng the lens of his mi-
croscope by the light of n 131 Jet when
he fumes of Iienzlne which he was
using as a cleaning agent became Ig-
nited and the explosion followed
Pr Hnlnger was an enthusiastic
rnlscrnscoplxt and In the last six
months had devoted much leisure tq
the study of consumption
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