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ING YELLOW JACK
SOME NEW CASES REPORTED
Infection Among the Italian Element
j Continues Work of Sanitation and
Campaign of Education Completely
Organized
NEW ORLEANS La The appar
net increase in the numher of cases of
yellow fever is due to the discovery
and transfer to the emergency hospi
tal of eleven cases which had not been
ipreviously reported That institution
jwas in full blast and the screened am
ibulances which had been put in ser
tvice were kept busy hauling the un
fortunates to that institution
The members of the Italian societies
committees who have been doing mis
sionary work among their people are
responsible for the discovery of sever
al of these case
The rule of infection among the
Italian element continues There have
been very few cases among people of
father nationalities and only two ne
Igroes have been found with the ill
ness Yellow fever does not as a rule
attack the negroes the history of all
epidemics being that they have as a
rule been immune One of the negroes
ireported today is a quadroon Both
of these men worked in saloons and
irestaurants in the Italian quarter
The increase in the number of foci
eight new spots being discovered is
also in line with the rule that has pre
vailed heretofore In fact there has
mot been a single exception Every
inew focus is traceable directly to the
original source of infection A case
was discovered in the residence of a
well known citizen a mixed servant
being taken down with the disease
during the afternoon An Investigation
developed the fact that her mother
lived in the Italian quarter and that
she had been in the habit of visiting
her on Sundays She had been there
just seventeen days ago and had been
there again last Sunday Following up
the mosquito theory the girl was bit
ten by a mosquito in the infected
house last Sunday and the regular
period for the incubation of the germ
four to four and a half days was up
in the afternoon She was immediate
ly transferred tp the emergency hos
pital and every precaution taken in
the residence
The work of sanitation and the cam
paign of education has been complete
ly organized and 500 men are actively
at work Another branch of the work
has been organized for ward work in
the education campaign and Rev Mr
Beverly Warner has consented to be
superintendent
The quarantine situation has been
further complicated by the telegram to
President Souchon from Dr Mohr
acting health officer of Alabama that
he would require seven days deten
tion at the camp before any travelers
would be admitted into Alabama
Texas and Mississippi have agreed to
accept a five days pratique from the
marine hospital service The detention
camps are being capably whipped into
shape
PEACE PLENIPOTENTIARIES
SAIL FOR AMERICA
PARIS M Witte Professor de
Wartens and a number of officials
making up the Russian peace plenipo
tentiary party left the St Lazare
railroad station at 920 in the morn
ing for Sherbourg from where they
will sail for New York on the North
German Lloyd line steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm der Grosse Many officials
and diplomatists gathered at the de
pot including Ambassadors Nelidoff
and Cassini and M Routkowski the
Russian financial agent M Witte re
mained on the platform smoking a
cigarette and chatting with the am
bassadors until the train pulled out
when he raised his hat and bowed his
farewell salutations to the crowd M
Lepine the prefect of police remained
beside M Witte until his departure
Madame Witte and her daughter ac
companied M Witte to Cherbourg
Thence they will go to Brussels and
remain there during the conference
THE RECENT INTERVIEW
BETWEEN TWO EMPERORS
LONDON The correspondent of
the Daily Mail at Stockholm says
The object of Emperor Williams
interview with Emperor Nicholas was
to obtain the consent of the latter for
a prince of the house of Hohenzollern
jto ascend the throne of Norway It
jis possible that the Russian emperor
Will consent proviuea Russia ue per
mitted to slightly rectify her frontier
on the Atlantic
The Daily Mail commenting on the
dispatch suggests that the rectified
frontier means that Russia wants to
acquire the strip of Norwegian terri
tory which parts off the inland from
the Arctic ocean thus gaining a sea
port
New Governor at Moscow
r ST PETERSBURG The newspa
pers announce the appointment of
Durnovo a member of the council of
the empire as governor general of Mos
cow invplace of General Kozloff who
is considered to have been too vacil
lating in his policy toward the Zem
stvo congress Durnovo who is
wealthy was governor of Moscow in
1872 and 1878 He has had leng ex
perience in administrative posts His
son was commander of the Russian
torpedo boat destroyer Bedovy at the
battle of the Sea of Japan
HILL ROAD GETS RIGHT-OF-WAY
Great Northern and Homer Line Set
tie Their Differences
SIOUX CITY la The Great North
ern railroad and the Sioux City
Homer Southern road have settled
their dispute as to the Northerns
right to cross the Indian reservation
and the Northern will proceed at once
with its work on the Ashland exten
sion A hearing was to have been
held before the secretary of the In
terior but it was called off because
of the withdrawal of the prote3t
against the Northerns Invasion of the
territory The secretary of the In
terior has approved the Northerns
map
THE JAPANESE ARMIES
NUMBER 550000 MEN
URIDIAPUPDZE Manchuria The
Japanese armies at present occupy
the position of an immense sickle
with the handle reaching from a few
miles south of Liao Yang and passing
through Chantafu the blade circling
northward toward KIrin with the tip
on the Korean coast south of Possiet
bay
It is estimated that General Nogi
has eighty battalions General Oku
sixty General Norzu thirty six Gen
eral Kuroki one hundred and sixty
General Kawamura ninety and Gen
eral Hasegawa one hundred and
twenty the battalions averaging a
thousand men with 2000 field and
mountain guns and about one hundred
siege guns
The Japanese extreme left is guard
ed by General Tamuras cavalry divi
sion The Chinese In the Japanese
service are in the center screened by
cavalry under the command of General
Okihars
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
WANTS PICTURE WITHDRAWN
SPOKANE Wash P resident
Roosevelt has objected to Spokanes
literature bearing his portrait on the
title page Secretary Monroe of the
Chamber of Commerce received a let
ter requesting the withdrawal of the
brochues on the Lewis and Clark
Trail from publication The letter is
dated from the White House Wash
ington July 19 addressed to the
Chamber of Commerce at Spokane
and declares that President Roosevelt
is very much opposed to the appear
ance of his portraits in advertise
ments of any character and requests
that the booklet of which the cover
was enclosed be immediately recalled
from circulation and notice be given
when this is done
The Chamber of Commerce at a spe
cial meeting today cancelled an order
for 50000 of the pamphlets and took
steps to call in as far as possible
those distributed
WILL FURNISH MONEY
FOR RUSSIAN INDEMNITY
BERLIN In view of the probability
of an early peace between Russia and
Japan the terms of which will involve
the payment of a very heawy indem
nity by Russia the financiers of Eu
rope have been holding conferences to
the end that the peace indemnity may
be paid without seriously disturbing
the finances of the world The Mendel
ssohns the Berlin bankers who have
been for many years the representa
tives on the continent of the Russian
government and who have negotiated
many of the Russian loans have
formed an alliance with the Roth
schilds in respect of the matter and
have held communications with all the
leading financial institutions both on
the continent and in England They
are about to send their representatives
to New York with a view to enlisting
the cooperation of the larger financiers
of the United States
PREPARATION FOR -THE
PEACE CONFERENCE
PORTSMOUTH N H Prepara
tions for the peace conference are pro
gressing rapidly and satisfactorily
and by August 5 the day on which the
plenipotentiaries are expected to
reach Portsmouth from Oyster Bay
on board the Mayflower and the Dol
phin all will be in readiness for their
reception The Washington govern
ment and the state of New Hampshire
are co operating in the effort to make
the surroundings of the conference as
suitable as possible and are receiving
generous assistance from the people
of Portsmouth and the adjacent vil
lages of Kittery Me where the navy
yard is located and Newcastle N H
near which the plenipotentiaries will
have quarters in the Hotel Went
worth
Tried to Kill Sultan
SOFIA Bulgaria It is reported
from Constantinople that during to
days Solamlik an attempt was made
to assassinate the sultan
Bomb for the Sultan
CONSTANTINOPLE During the
Selamlik here a bomb was exploded
in the courtyard of the mosque close
to the sultan His majesty was not
injured but several members of his
suits were killed or injured
New Panama Officers
NEW YORK E A Drake secre
tary and treasurer of the Panama Rail
road company has been appointed as
sistant to President Shonts who sailed
Saturday for Panama
JAP PEACE TERMS
HE WILL HAVE THE APPROVAL
OF GREAT BRITAIN
WASHINGTON J30UNDS LONDON
Opposition to Armistice Until Japan
Has Satisfied Russias Plenipotenti
aries Regarding Means of Ending
the Conflict
WASHINGTON Japan comes to
the Washington conference assured
that whatever her peace terms they
will have the sympathetic approval
of Great Britain Several suggestions
from Washington to London that the
cause of neace would be served by
an explanation to Japan from her
ally favoring moderation in her de
mands upon Russia have not availed
to change the British government in
its aparently unalterable determina
tion to stand by Japan however se
vere she makes her conditions of
peace Nor has the British govern
ment seen its way clear to render as
sistance to Washington in the efforts
which this government is making to
obtain an armistice
Advices reaching here show that
London is opposed to an armistice un
til Japan has been satisfied that Rus
sias plenipotentiaries are prepared to
do more than discuss the means of
ending the war If Russia is ready
to conclude peace and has so empow
ered her plenipotentiaries Great Brit
ain it is believed might favor an
armistice but even in such event it
is said she would not be willing to
offer Japan advice on the subject
As understood in Washington Lord
Lansdownes position is that as the
loyal ally of Japan Great Britain can
afford to take no step nor assume
any attitude that would in the remot
est degree redound to the advantage
of Japans enemy However much
London may wish peace for humani
tarian reasons her loyalty to Japan
whose pledged ally she is prevents
her even from indirectly bringing
pressure to bear by suggesting advis
ing or otherwise at Tokio regarding
negotiations the effect of which might
serve to moderate Japans peace con
ditions or hasten a truce When Jap
an asks her ally for advice the Lon
don government is prepared to give
it but this advice will be based on
Japans interest as a primary consid
eration
Nor is this attitude on the part of
the London government misinterpret
ed in Washington as indicating that
its officials do not share in the wish
of the neutral powers for peace It
has been made plain that the activ
ity of the president has the full sym
pathy of the British people although
their first thought it is declared must
be in the interest of their ally
REVENUES OF THE
REPUBLIC OF SAN DOMINGO
WASHINGTON The revenues of
the republic of Santo Domingo collect
ed under the modus vivvendi between
President Roosevelt and the Domini
can government by American officials
commissioned by the Dominican gov
ernment amount to 331648 for the
months of April and May Of this
amount there has been placed in the
City National bank of New York to
the credit of the trust fund for the
benefit of the creditors of the republic
157313 This money will be held un
til the United States senate has taken
action in the matter
The expense of collecting the reve
nues for the two months includes 11
9G0 for salaries and 1010 for travel
ing expenses
GRAIN HEARING IN WASHINGTON
Takes Testimony Regarding Elevator
Charges in Buffalo
WASHINGTON Chairman Knapp
and Commissioner Clements of the In
terstate Commerce Commission gave
a hearing on the general inquiry under
way concerning the transfer of grain
i through elevators involving the
i charge that in many instances rebates
has been allowed witnesses were
heard in the case of the Spencer Kelly
Grain Elevator compan yof Buffalo
N Y an independent concern An
effort was made to prove that the
company had allowed a rebate of
of a cent per bushel on a particular
shipment of oats from Chicago to New
York by way of Buffalo On behalf
of the company the contention was
made that it was not a common car
rier in the sense that the law con
templated as applied to railroads that
it was in the elevator business abso
lutely independent of the railroads
and that the elevation of the grain
was no part of its transportation
Hence it was held by counsel for the
elevator company that there was no i
illegality in the methods adopted by j
it in obtaining and transacting busi
ness
Uintah Reservation Land
DENVER Colo United States
Land Commissioner W A Richards
who spent the night in this city left
Sunday for Grand Junction Colo one
of the twons selected for registering
applicants for homesteads in the
Uintah reservation Utah which has
been thrown open to settlement Com
missioner Richards will superintend
the registration and brought with
him twenty four government clerks to
aid in the clerical work If any ad
ditional help is needed it will be se
cured on the ground
ANOTHER EXPERT IS OUT
George T Moore of the Agricultural
Department Tenders His Resig
nation
WASHINGTON George T Moore
physiologist and anologist of the De
partment of Agriculture tendered his
resignation to Secretary Wilson and it
has been accepted This action is the
culmination of a hearing at the de
partment yesterday at which it was
alleged by two representatives of an
agricultural publication that Moores
wife held stock in a company manu
facturing culture for soil inoculation
while Moore who had charge of the
preparation and revision of bulletins
regarding the enrichment of farms di
rected farmers to the concern in ques
tion for their supplies of the culture
According to Dr Moore a proposi
tion was made to him in July 1904
by persons living at Westchester Pa
for the formation of a company to
manufacture inoculating material
under patents taken out by the De
partment of Agriculture in the name
of Dr Moore He said he told these
men they- would probably always have
competition with the government and
that in any event there could be no
monopoly of the business for the rea
son that the department had taken
the patents in a manner to prevent
any commercial discrimination The
Westchester men were willing to take
the risk and offered Dr Moore a sal
ary and an interest in the business
with the understanding that the com
pany should have the exclusive right
to any further discoveries made by
Dr Moore
VICTIMS UF BENNINGTON
WILL BE SENT HOME
SAN DIEGO The bodies of the
Bennington boys who were buried in
the military cemetery on Point Loma
are to be disinterred and sent home
to relatives at the expense of the gov
ernment
The officials have discovered that
after the Maine disaster congress
enacted a law providing for the trans
mission of the bodies of dead sailors
to their homes After the explosion
the undertakers telegraphed to the
nearest relatives of the dead men for
instructions regarding the disposition
of the remains and they were inform
ed that the bodies could not be shipp
ed at the government expense Ac
cordingly the bodies of the forty nine
boys were interred unembalmed in
the little burial ground on the hill
Now Paymaster Morris is telegraph
ing to relatives that upon their re
quest the bodies will be disinterred
and sent home at the expense of the
government So far such request has
come for two of the bodies and it is
likely that a majority of them will
be exhumed and sent away
TO MAKE AN INVESTIGATION
Bennington Disaster Inquiry Will Be
Far Reaching
WASHINGTON Secretary of the
Navy Bonaparte said relative to the
Bennington disaster
The public may rest assured that
this distressing affair will be most
thoroughly investigated and that
whatever action the results of this in
vestigation may show to be proper
will be taken by the department
promptly and effectually
Beyond this I can say nothing at
present because as yet the material
factors are but very imperfectly un
derstood
CUDAHYS IN A BIG DEAL
TO BUILD GULF PIPE LINE
INDEPENDENCE Kan It is an
nounced negotiations have been com
pleted in Pittsburg Pa by the Melon
Bros the Cudahys and the Shell
Transportation company for the
financing of the proposed pipe line to
the Gulf of Mexico with the Union
Trust company of that city The pipe
line will extend from Chanute to Port
Arthur a distance of G50 miles and
will cost about 6000000 The com
pany holds options on 10000 barrels
productions and these expire next
week The plan is to close the deal
by August 1
TAKE THE ZEMSTVO PAPERS
Russian Police Raid Houses of the
Officers
MOSCOW The police visited the
house of M Golovin president who
presided at the recent all Russian
zemstvo organization for the Moscow
district who presided at the recent all
Russia zemstvo congress and also the
house of M Pollner secretary of the
bureau They seized all the docu
ments relating to the proceedings of
the congress
A new -congress of zemstvos and
municipalities will assemble at Mos
cow in August in which two peasants
from each province and also repre
sentatives of the numerous liberal
unions will participate
Bishop J W Joyce is Dead
MINNEAPOLIS Bishop Isaac W
Joyce Methodist bishop died at his
home here Friday morning as the re
sult of a cerebral hemorrhage and con
sequent attack of peralysis which he
sustained while delivering a sermon
at Red Rock Minn camp meeting on
Sunday July 2
Harriman Quits Rio Grande
NEW YORK Information was re
ceived here that E H Harriman has
resigned from th Directory of the Den
ver Rio Grand railroad
HOGH REPRIEVED
GOV DENEEN EXTENDS TIME TO
AUGUST 25
STAY CAME ATUST MOMENT
Friends of Condemned Wife Murderer
Raise Funds to Pay for Appeal
Prisoner Declares He is the Happi
est Man Alive
CHICAGO Johann Hoch Blue
Beard and confessed bigamist sen
tenced to be hanged Friday for pois
oning one of his wives was granted a
reprieve until August 25 by Governor
Deneen The stay of execution fol
lowed hours of anxiety on the part of
Hoch who had never given up hope
and the stay was allowed by the gov
erner only after the latter had been
assured that the necessary sum to
appeal the case had been raised The
amount 500 was given by an attor
ney and friend of Hochs counsel
The attorney declared he was actu
ated purely by humanitarian motives
An incident at the jail during the
preparations for the execution was
the appearance of a physician and a
woman who told Jailor Whitman that
they wanted to help in Hochs battle
for life They said they wished to
raise funds for the condemned man
and asked Jailor Whitman to delay
the hanging as long as possible
About the time set for the execu
tion the attorney who furnished the
money appeared in the case for the
first time This attorney it was stat
ed telephoned Hochs lawyer that the
former had 500 to give toward aiding
to appeal the case The two lawyers
hastened to the jail told Jailor Whit
man of the money secured and ar
ranged with the jailor to postpone as
long as possible the execution of
Hoch Meanwhile they sought States
Attorney Healy and had him arrange
a conference with Governor Deneen
over the long distance telephone
Hochs counsel told the governor that
there was lacking only a small sum
of the amount necessary for a review
of the case After discussing the mat
ter with the states attorney the gov
ernor finally consented to a stay for
the condemned man and so notified
Hochs counsel
Hoch retired early in the night and
awoke at 7 oclock this morning cor
dially greeted his death watch of two
guards and talked with them for some
time He changed his clothes and
seemed resigned to the fate that
awaited him but he assured his few
visitors that there might be a chance
for him yet
Meanwhile unknown to Hoch the
negotiations for his reprieve were
progressing It was noon and the
delay up to this time inspired Hoch
with renewed hope He ate dinner
smoked a cigar and read
Half an hour later through the
window of his quarters he having
been removed from the cell he had
occupied received the news of his re
prieve It was conveyed to him by
spectators of the proceedings in the
states attorneys office which adjoins
that of the jail building He was
disinclined to believe the news at
first but when it was brought to him
also by the ministers he was over
joyed He clapped his hands and de
clared that he was the happiest man
alive
SEVERAL LAND FENCERS
MUST COME INTO GOURT
OMAHA Information was filed In
the United States district court
against H B Reed on the grounds
that he had illegally fenced 9000
acres of land and against Adam Mil
ler Clarence M Miller Charles Mil
ler and William O Miller for fencing
18000 acres of public lands included
in the United States forest reserva
tions in McPherson county Capiases
were ordered issued for the arrest of
the accused parties and they will be
taken before the United States com
missioner at North Platte for arraign
ment
The cases against these parties
have been worked up since the con
viction of the Krarse brothers of Sher
idan county under the direction ol
United States District Attorney Bax
ter and Special Assistant Attorney
Rush by Special Land Agents De
Frees Chambers and Dixon
STEPS PROMPTLY TAKEN FOR
SUPPRESSING YELLOW JACK
NEW ORLEANS Mayor Behrman
issued a proclamation to the people
of New Orleans urging them to heed
the advice of the health authorities
relative to the sanitation of their
premises and calling special attention
to the necessity of screening the
houses and placing nets over cisterns
and all pools of water which might
breed mosquitoes This proclamation
was also signed by the president of
the State Board of Health president
of the City Health Board Surgeon
White of the Marine hospital service
and the advisory committee of the
New Orleans Parish Medical society
Honolulu Has Objection
HONOLULU There is a protest
here against quarantining cargoes at
San Francisco Coffeer United States
surgeon in the margine hospital ser
vice says the San Francisco author
ities were not advised by him that the
health conditions here were such as
to warrant the action taken there and
he cabled the marine hospital author
ities at Washington that there is no
need of quarantining cargoes from
Hawaii It is believed that the fumi
gating at the quarantine station will
njure the cargoes of sugar
WYMAN WILL TAKE CHARGE
Surgeon General to Have Control of
Yellow Fever Situation
WASHINGTON Surgeon General
Wyman of the public health and ma
rine hospital service who has been
absent from the city on official busi
ness Is now on his way to Washing
ton and upon his arrival will give per
sonal attention to the yellow fever
situation in New Orleans
Acting Surgeon General Glannan of
the public health and marine hospital
service was informed by Surgeon
White who represents that service at
New Orleans that there had been a
death from yellow fever In that city
outside the district in which previous
deaths had occurred
WHAT JAPS WANT
An Indemnity of a Billion Dollars
Asked
WASHINGTON Whether there is
to be peace in the far east or a con
tinuance of the war will be practically
decided at the first business meeting
of the Washington conference which
will convene at the navy yard Ports
mouth N H about August 5 Baron
Komura will on that occason commun
cate to M Witte the essentials of
Japans peace terms for further nego
tiations
This it is declared will not be done
in a spirit of defiance Indeed there
are many evidences in the possession
of the neutral governments that Japan
is coming to the Washington confer
ence not imbued with a desire to hum
iliate Russia but only to exact terms
which will insure a lasting peace In
the far east and which will in a meas
ure compensate Japan for the financial
losses in the present conflict
Although guarding with great care
the official statement of its terms Ja
pan has not kept from several friend
ly governments the general character
of these terms
Official Washington has been en
abled to form within certain limits a
general idea of their character
It is known that Japan will demand
an indemnity that will approximately
cover the cost of the war to date This
was communicated to Russia early in
the preliminary negotiations The
amount is still a secret but it is based
upon the most careful estimates of the
cost of the war and will be accom
panied by a more or less detailed state
ment showing the method by which
the final figures were computed It
will not fall far short of 1000000
000 according to advices reaching
here from well informed sources Be
sides the indemnity it is believed Ja
pans other essential to the continu
ance of the negotiations are the ces
sion to Japan of Sakhalien and the
transfer of Russias lease of the Liao
Tung peninsula and of the railway as
far as Harbin the recognition of Ja
pans predominating influence in Corea
and the return of Manchuria to China
If the Russian plenipotentiaries are
prepared to accept these essentials
the officials here are confident that the
bases will be laia for negotiations sure
to lead to the sgning of the treaty of
Washington bringing peace to the
far east
MAY ESCAPE TRIAL
Senator Burton of Kansas May Not Be
Tried Again
WASHINGTON There Is reason
Burton of Kansas will not again be
brought to trial Officially the officers
of the department of justice refuse to
confirm this assertion They say that
no orders have been given to the
United States district attorney at St
Louis relative to the case and that so
for believing that Senator J Ralph
far as they now know the senator
from Kansas will be brought to trial
in September in spite of these official
utterances It is known that an ex
haustive investigation has been made
into the Burton case and the conclu
sion has been reached that there is
little chance of convicting him
INSURANCE COMPANIES
GET A SCORING
BOSTON Scathing criticism point
ed condemnation and fierce denuncia
tion of the methods and course of the
big insurance companies character
ize the annual report of Frederick L
Cutting commissioner of insurance
for Massachusetts The report is ex
haustive in its review of methods em
ployed by high insurance officials
during the past several years to whom
he alludes in some instances as
Judases and to one company as the
Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde company
and contains a recommendation that
the legislature take up the matter of
deferred dividends and the relation
between the insurance companies and
their allied trust companies and other
questions with a view of compelling
reform
Fraternal insurance and the case of
the Royal Arcanum are dealt with at
some length in the report the com
missioner expressing his opinion that
the new rates recently adopted by
that order and which caused such a
stir within its ranks are not too high
Tcvn Almost Empty
ST PETERSBURG The annual
fair at Nizhni Novgorod opened with
the customary ceremonies but the
town was almost empty A majority
of the shops have been shut largely
owing to the disturbed state of the
country
Admitted 300 Chinese
WASHINGTON Reports from the
immigration stations for the month of
July show that during that month 311
Chinese applied for admission and
that 300 were admitted
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