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ORDERS LOCKOUT OF 1,700 TELEGRAPHERS -$ TRANSCONTINENTAL ROADS AFFECTED Great Northern and Northern Pa cific Refuse Demands of Employees. MEN QUITTING THEIR KEYS AT STATIONS Appeal Made to Hill May Be in Hands.- -Settlement His Great Northern and Northern Pacific telegraphers who have not accepted terms of the company in the discussion which has been on several weeks be tween the companies and the officials of the Order of Railway Telegraphers have been locked out. The discharge of Great Northern oper ators began last night, but it was not until 1.1 o'clock today that the North ern Pacific operators were obliged to decide whether they would accept the company's terms or resign. About 1,700 men are directly or indi rectly affected by the action which was taken this noon by both roads. The outcome, as affecting the operation of both systems, seeems dubious. The only chance of amicable adjust ment of the dispute rests apparently upon the nature of the reply that James J. Hill may make to a message sent to him at 11 o'clock last night by Pres ident H. B. Perham of the telegraph ers. Mr. Hill was asked to decide the questions that President Perham and Vice President Newman have been discussing respectively with General Managers H. J. Horn of the Northern Pacific, and F. E. Ward of the Great Northern. In the case of the Great Northern, the risis was precipitated by a circular dis tributed personally by the division su perintendents. In this General Manager i E. Ward called attention to the fact that in salaries, increased commissions from commercial telegraph business and in relief from th^ payment of pre miums upon bonds, the operators' net incomes would be increased annually under the proposed schedule by $20,000. The agents and operators were formal ly requested to decide whether they wished to continue in the company's service and be governed by this new rule and regulations. When the men re fused to accept this proposition, they were at once discharged. Local Operators at Work. "But one man has failed us," Mr. Perham said today. "Elsewhere they have gone out uniformly. The superin tendents have not yet called upon* opera tors or agents in 'the twin cities or at the other large stations,. I want to make it clear," Mr. Per tain added, "that no strike has been declared. This is simply a lockout.'' Northern Pacific Acts. Convinced that it was ihe intention ef the strike committee of its teleg raphers to prolong a settlement of pending difference until they would handicap the movement of fall busi ness ana satisfied that the telegraphers' committee is unwilling either to ^,11 a Btrike or consent to an immediate set tlement, the Northern Pacific at noon today protected its interests by order ing a lockout of the operators who are unwilling to accept the favorable terms offered. At 12 o'clock General Manager B. J. Horn gave the follow ing statement with reference to the company's action and its position: Mr. Perham this morning advised me that he intends to go the limit with both the Northern Pacific and Great Northern railways just as soon as he thinks such a course necessary. "Shortly before noon the Northern Pacific started a lockout of its teleg raphers because of a strike vote taken on May 27. Strike instructions were issued July 5, and these, with the"vote, are still hanging over its head, in spite of the fact that during several weeks' negotiations the points of difference have been pretty generally cleaned up, excepting the Sunday nile and raise of minimum. The Sunday rule de manded is different from any in the United States and would all to the payroll of the telegraphers about $100,- 000 a year. The companies' rate, of Eay are not exceeded, but, on the other and, are considerably higher than on most of the roads in the same terri tory. It has made liberal increases to its telegraphers during the past five years. As compared with 1900, the same positions that existed in that year are paying in 1905 $110,000 addition. This increase relates only to the positions in 1905 which were in existence five years ago. There are also in existence over two hundred more positions than ex isted in 1900. These, of course, take the 1905 higher rates. Comparing the 1905 positions with those of 1900 as a whole, the telegraphers are receiving an increase of annual pay amounting not less than $150,000. The increases made may and' those agreed upon at the recent conference foot up about $20,000 over and above the income paid prior to May 1, of this year. Claim Settlement Wasn't Wanted. "The impractical rules and exorbi tant demands made by the committee in the first proposition and practically repeated in their proposition of July 27 are considered conclusive proof that at n6 time has it been the intention of the committee to make concessions which would enable the company to make a satisfactory settlement. Be fore actual negotiations were com menced they had fully decided to force a strike. When conferences started on July 12, strike instructions had already been in force for an entire week. "Last Friday when we concluded ne gotiations they were still hanging over our heads. The road was in this posi tion Mr. Perham or his committee could inaugurate a strike of our telegraphers any time they saw fit. They would neither accept nor reject the company's proposition. This uncer tainty the company could not put up with and as a result a lockout was in augurated today." According to the telegraphers, about two thousand operators are affected by the dispute and of these, 1,000 are em ployed by the Great Northern, but the Great Northern maintains tha tonly 750 men on its system are concerned. President Perham said today that most of the operators at the smaller sta- Continued on 6th Page, 5th Column. MIGHT FORCE OF JAPAN IN FIELD i r^J$i $8$i Arrangement of the Mikado's Troops Covers an Enor mous Front. ALL LIKE CLOCKWORK IN THE GREAT ARMY Officers Are Adored by Their Men and Take Interest in Their Affairs. Special Correspondence. General Nogi's Headquarters, Man churia, June 26.The two armies are still facing each other in Manchuria, we read in the columns of our daily pa pers!, No doubt the world at large takes this to mean that the situation here,is as it was at Port Arthur and the Sha ho, where the sentries of one army passed away their leasure moments in taking snapshots at the outposts of the other. The arrangement here, however, is far different and it's a pretty safe guess there is not one Japanese in a hundred in this army who has seen a Russian these many weeks past. I asked an officer up at the "front" the other day if he had seen any Rus sians lately.' "Yes," he replied, after a moment's thought, I saw one last month, but he was a deserter brought in by our outposts." As a matter of fact' then the distance which, lies be tween General Nogi's headquarters and the headquarters of the Russian corps commander opposing him is probably not far from 100 miles How Army Is posted. The formation taken by great armies in the field, these days is quite different from that of the romantic old days, when armies numbered thousands of men instead of hundreds of thousands.' The fighting front here on both sides is probably 100 miles long and its cen tral grand headquarters twenty miles deep. Then come the army of corps headquarters. The devisioh headquar ters is nearer the fighting line and the brigade centers nearer still, while-the regimental headquarters are not far back of the fighting line. This is what we call the front, or in military lan guage the "line of resistance." Along this line intrenchments and gun positions are thrown up. The soldiers of the line are quartered in'villages within this line of trenches, while the artillery, which may any day be called upon to defend the line, is scattered all over the country in farmyards and villages for miles. Miles ahead of the line of resistance are "cavalry outposts scattered about in villagag affording a commanding view of the country. Ahead of these again are stationed every few hundred yards sentitfels posted on hills and such slight elevations as give them a wide range of vision. This is the limit of the Japan ese-occupied territory. After that there is a belt which is a sort .of neu tral, zone, in which cavalry patrols of bcth belligerents scout about trying to feel the enemy's position. Every few days these small bodies are exchanging shots with each other. On the northern edge of this zone are the Russian sen tinels and behind them in a way very similar to the arrangement of the Jap anese are the outposts and "line of re- Continued on 5th Page, 3d Column. $2,50p00BDfS OFF MRS. ZIEGLER Widow's Contest for Bakingpow der Millions Settled by Gift of Adopted Son. New York, Aug. 1.By a payment of $2,500,000 to the widow of the late Wm. Ziegler, the Ziegler will contest was settled today. Justice Giegrich in the supreme court signed an order authorizing Justice Gaynor, executor of the estate, to pay S. Matilda Ziegler $1,200,000 in cash and 5,000 shares of baking powder stock, valued at $1,300,000. Wm. Zei gler, the 14-year-old adopted son of the testator, consented to this settlement, which is a release of all Mrs. Zeigler's dower rights and other claims against the estate of Wm. Ziegler. The will, the validity of which this suit was a test, left to Mrs. Zeigler the use of the city and country houses of her husband and an^income of $50,000 a year. Under the contested will the value of the estate left to the adopted son amounted to about $18,000,000. WORK O N CANAL O BE SUSPENDED Executive Committee of Commis sion Decides to Halt for Better Preparation. New York, Aug. 1.The executive committee of the isthmian canal has about decided to suspend any attempt at digging the canal until better pre pared for the work, cables the Herald's correspondent at Panama. The present sanitation will be replaced by vigorous reforms. Chief Engineer Stevens will live at Culebra or Ancon. 15 SWEDISH SAILORS SUBMARINE'S YIGTIMS Stockholm, Aug. 1.Seven Sailors were killed and eight severely injured today by the explosion of a submarine mine during mining practice in the Sanshamn roads, near Stockholm. A boat containing the victims struck the mine and was blown into the air. NEW TELEPHONE COMPANY. The VUlard Telephone company, with a capi tal of $10,000. filed articles of incorporation with the secretary of state yesterday. The in corporators are: C. P. Angell, B. L. .Scoyille, B. A. Ansrell. I/. F. MsQray. W. K. Barter. A. E. Clark and J. Buffer. $$$&&&& KAISER NO W HEDIN SAYS WAR IS DNLIKELY Explorer-Statesman Changes_His Attitude from a Belligerent to Peace-Counseling One. By W. B. CHAMBERLAIN. Managing Editor of The Journal.' Copyright, 1905, by The Minneapolis Journal. Stockholm, Sweden, July 13.Dr. Sven Hedin, who has brought much glory upon his. native land of Swe den, by his successes as an explorer in Central Asia, has also loomed large in England aiid America as an expounder of the union crisis from the Swedish standpoint. His worldwide fame has made his utterances seem important, just as those of Nansen in behalf of Norway have seemed important. As a matter of cold fact, however, Dr.. Sven Hedin is not a political heavyweight in Sweden Never before has he "mixed in1 fened olitics and now his words are not lis to here with great attention. He is recognized as a daring and success ful explorer and as a scientist of stand ing, but no one here seems to be able to understand how that gives him spe- cial insight into things political. It is known, of course, that he stands very close to King-Oscar, who is said to love him almost as if Dr. Hedin were his. own son. So great is the king's affec tion for Dr. Hedin that he has from his private fortune aided the explorer to push his scientific projects. Belligerent Statements. Defective But Dr. Hedin has contributed many articles to the English press on the cri sis, in the earlier'stages-of which he gave vent fo some rather belligerent sentiments. It was while he enter tained these ideas that Dr. Hedin ad dressed his appeal to the Swedes in America, asking for help for military defense and giving expression to some bitter arraignments. Now he appears, to have changed his tactics in a marked degree. Since. King Oscar has taken so Se acific an attitude and has caused it to known that there must be no war between the two countries, a distinct change is to be noted in Dr. Hedin's at titude. He is now as pacific and con ciliatory as the king himself, and with out hesitation declares that the union is of so little value to Sweden that not one drop of Swedish blood shall be shed to maintain or restore it. At dinner in the Hotel Rydberg this afternoon I had a very pleasant and quite informal chat with the man who disclosed the secrets of sacred Tibet tg the world. He is a young and vigorous man, from whose ruddy cheeks not all the Asian tan has yet disappeared. His eye is clear and alert and his manner has the assurance of one who has gone far and Eteen much. He is courtly, like all the uppervclass Swedes, and charm ingly amiable,' with ta^?rtheless a cer tain reserve that is felt rather than seen- "No Swede Wants War." "No one in Sweden wants war," said he in unimpeachable English. There will in fact be no war. But Sweden demands pertain-^guaranties irom Nor way and-will insist upon a reasonable agreement between the countries. The most important of these is undoubtedly that concerning free access for Swe den by the railroad to Narvik. We cannot suffer that our new and'growing iron industry should- be throttled by a Norwegian export duty. Nor can' Nor way herself afford* to do otherwise than grant this privilege, for the traffic on her 20 miles of railroad from the Swe dish border to Narvik pays a heavy Continued on 4th Page, 6th Column. nfMM.WMWIMWW.MMM.HMMMMMMMM.i Page THE AUrmTO W CRTW1 parucE GTJSTAP, Heir to Sweden'a Throne, Who Is a i Friend of Peace,' i SEEKSmtfeCLOSEfe'alw*DR. 2 K tt r* MASKED BANDITS ROB ATO PARTY Three Highwaymen Hold Up in Suburbs of Chicago- Five Robbed.' Chicago, Aug. 1.Ans weapons, ran do#n the hill to where the automobile stepped* and compelled the occupants to hand over their valu ables. The highwayman*/then made their escape. The victims were ..A. Woodruff, purchasing agent for Armour & Co. Mrs. C. A. Woodruff, H- G. McClelland, Mrs. H. G. McClelland and Mrs. W. A. Schlossman. The total value of the plunder taken was several hundred dol lars. Mr. Woodruff was robbed of $35. Mrs. Woodruff of j^vfelty and a small amount of money, Mr.--McClelland of $40 and a valuable watch, Mrs. Mc Clelland of rings tprn^from her fingers, and Mrs. 8^MfP a diamond brooch valuedJfct $300.* A short fciinS/ before the automo bilists were held up^ Carl Miller, an exptessman living near Hubbard hill, was attacked in his house bv. theesame three-men and robbed oil Oarlittlee automobile party, consisting of two men and three women, was held up and robbed last night on the Sheridan road, between Winnetka and Glenco,e, by three masked bandits. The touring car "Was ascending Hub bard hill when the robbers opened fire with revolvers on "the occupants. Two bullets punctured a front tire and then struck the side of the 'machine. Ow ing to the tire being punctured, escape was impossible. 5'their -The robbers, flourishing 7 $1& was severely beaten over'ithe' head with revolvers. Half an hour after the automobile hold-up, a barn in the vicinity was dis covered to be on fire. It is" believed that the robbers set fire to the barn to divert the attention- of thenpolice in the event of a posse being, ordered to run them down. The barn was. de stroyed. :.f PARRIS BOODLE TRIAL BEGUN. Jefferson City^ Mo., Aug. 1.The trial of State Senator Frank Farris- on the charge of having accepted a bribe to influence his vote in the legislature on the "alum, bill." was be gun today in the circuit court before Judge Sam uel Davis. ON THE PEACE LINE. .Conductor De "WitteI have no power, %-i A ^M""- 1 I BarOn KomuraI beg to suggest tha the" difficult^' is' that'^burMsilligr's My transfer iu good, however, either way. 'T^it .-v i i-&^&^MMJkt ARSHIPS "'M.'-4'-s'* m&: -i Mi SCANDINAVIANS IN EMPEROR'S WAY William Would Neutralize the Baltic, but Northern Rulers Object. New York Sun Special Servioe. Washington, Aug. 1.Kaiser Wil helm's active diplomacy at this moment has created a new international situa tion which affects the pending peace ne gotiations. At the conference he has had with the kiiig of Sweden and the czar of Russia and that he now is holding with the king of Denmark, they have dis cussed, among other subjects, the neu tralization or the Baltic sea. It has not taken the diplomats in Washington long to discover that Japan would suffer seriously by such an action. Should peace negotiations fail, it is considered likely that the plans of the Japanese admiralty to send a fleet to European Russia would be carried out. The prospect of the appearance of a Japanese naval force in the Baltic sea has had the same effect upon Europe as bad the decision of the United States in 1898 to dispatch a squadron to the shores,, of Spain. The result of the American announcement was the appli cation of the international pressure which caused Spain to make peace. Conference with Ozar. -Th state department has received information concerning the pur pose of Kaiser Wilhelm 's visit to Co penhagen. No explanation has been made, and none is expected. All the authorities have of the recent imperial conferences is the bare statement, made by the German foreign office, that the DON'T WANT TO "MIX IN" Scandinavian Countries Opposed SKoff. I Special to Th* Journal. Not guilty." to Closing the Baltic. of Copenhagen, Aug. 1,The visit Emperor ^illiam to King Christian caused no break in the composure of the people of Denmark, Danish states men, it is felt, would .nQt listen to any proposal to close the ^attic against the warships i/f hoi-iiJaltic" powers? They' will not be drawn into an alliance or Bpecial agreement with any except their kinsmen to the north. Norwegians also take the emperor's visit calmly. They believe he will not disturb present tendencies. Should he do.so, they-say, other ^forces would come to the rescue^ aejthe anglo-French rela tions 'areVrdg^'rdexi as a guarantee of the peace of Europe. King Oscar has circulated the infor mation that Emperor William suggested n\o plan to him that Would in any way menace the peace of northern Europe. This is understood to mean that the German ruler is making no attempt to close the Baltic. The Swedes, it is in timated, would answer such an attempt by declaring for ,an isolated position. The only alliances dreamed of in the Swedish capital are alliances, which would align the Scandinavian countries solidly against outside schemers. Uka&3sime!mB&mgg^!im!mGm$&&m^ *BSESX24Ssra!?!^wiSSa! Special to The Journal. Mankato, Minn., Aug. 1.As the New Ulm murder case drew to a close today, there was some suppressed feel ing in the courthouse. The closing arguments and the judge's charge were intently listened to. The case went to the jury at noon and a recess was taken by the court until 2 o'clock. As the jury filed out, the crowd dis persed to talk over the chances of the verdict and to get, in many cases, a hurried lunch, so as to be on hand for developments. Mr. Brown's Closing Argument! L. L. Brown continued his argument in the Koch case this morning. IJfl said that every circumstance in this case is challenged by the defense. After the circumstance has been established, the question is, "What does it point to?" The question of the pencil was taken up. Mr. Brown said that when the room where the murder took place meeting with the czar was arranged in was opened, no systematic examination accordance with the invitation of the latter sovereign and the kaiser urged him ,to make peace. There is no ques tion of the truth of this statement, for it is known from various sources that Wilhelm has been recommending strong ly to the St. Petersburg government that it accept the inevitable and at the same time has b&en impressing Japan with the hope that she would present .terms which would be moderate. Russia is favorable to the project of the neutralization of the Baltic sea, be cause -there is no Russian naval force strong enough to oppose Admiral Togo should he attack Finnish or Russian ports' wa KOCH IS INNOCENT OF GEBHARDT MURDER, IS THE JURY1S VERDICT After Three Trials in Which the New Dim Mystery Was Probed Deep, the Case Is Brought to a Conclusion by Jury of Dr. Koch's Peers. Mankato, Minn., Aug. 1.-The Koch jury has just brought in a verdict of made, nor was the crowd excluded until the officers could make a survey. Everything was pell mell and every body was trying to identify the dead man. Thirty to fifty pencils were dis tributed by A. J. Vogel and his clerk was authorized to pass them out. Pen cils travel from hand to hand and from place to place. What proof is there that the pencil was there before twenty to thirty per sons had stooped over the body to ex amine it? The pencil lay high and dry on the blood and it takes ten min utes for blood to congeal. This tends conclusively to show that it fell from the pocket of some spectator. Mr. Brown turned his attention to the hammer and ridiculed the evidence given hy each state witness. Edgar Dingier stands impeached. Reinhold Dahms did not know the hammer at the first trial and committed moral suicide on the stand in the-, present trial. Mrs. Kasse is of a low order of intelligence and at the second trial looked at the hammer and said it was not the one she saw in Koch's office. Dr. Koch's Handkerchief and Clothes. Mr. Brown took up the question of the handkerchief. He said that the bloodstained one was not like any of the others in* appearance and was not marked like any of them. He com pared its size with those of Dr. Koch's Hhat were marked '^G. R. K.,",and it was one /inch shorter -one: way. This had escaped the notice of the expert, and his attention had been called to it by Court Reporter Davies. Regarding the clothes worn by the defendant it had been proved that Dr. Koch wore the same suit of clothes the day after the murder that he had worn that evening. Referring to the crav enette overcoat and its disappearance last fall, he said that if the coat was here now it would be a mountain of strength for the defendant. If the de fendant had been preparing for trial last fall, he would have loaked the coat in a yault after it had been examined COMMITTE E PLAGE PUZZLES GANNO N Speaker Shrinks from Slighting McCleary but Wishes He Had Stronger Man. By W. W. Jermane. Washington, Aug. 1.Speaker Can non, while in Washington recently, in dicated plainly that he had not solved the problem of who is to be appointed chairman of the great committee on appropriations. Several men are mentioned, among them Hepburn of Iowa, Burton of Ohio, Littauer of New York, and McCleary of Minnesota. It is evident that the speak er regards none of these men as meas uring fully up to the standard which he thinks should be set for this high place, and he has privately said as much. It is by no means certain that any one of the four will be named, and so far is the speaker from a decision that speculation as to the outcome is en tirely fruitless. McCleary has the strongest call on the place, owing to the fact that he is now a member of the committee, and is directly in line for this promotion. He is very anxious to get the place, and part of his campaign for renomination last year was made on the theory that if returned to the house, he would prob ably be called to head this committee. His failure to get the position would amount to a vote of lack of confidence by the speaker that would injure him at home, and it is this thought which is causing the speaker most worry. The importance of the treasury situa tion, necessitating close economy, de mands that an unusually strong man be chosen and the speaker is haviag his own troubles trying to decide what to do. DAUGHTER IS BORN TO MRS. DE NAYARIIO Now York Son 8peial Servioe. New York, Aug. 1.News was re ceived here today that a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Fernando de Navarro on Saturday in Broadway, England. Mrs. de Navarro was Mary Anderson, the famous actress. Their first child, a son, was born several years ago. Since their marriage they have lived in Eng land. V3t by the officers, but he had Isot dreamed of trouble at that time. The defendant's hands we're not burned because he was suspected, bttt suspicion had started because they were burned. "If he was guilty, would he have done the monumentally foolish, thing of burning his hands?" Injuriet on the han'ds could not have been ^con cealed by burning. I A Discussion of Asa P. Brooks. Referring to Asa P. Brooks, the speaker asked what the jury was go ing to do with the testimony of the eye- witness. Mr. Brooks had been criti-- cized for what he did and did not on the evening of the homicide, but Mr. Brooks should be jrfdged by the circumstances that surrounded him at the time and not in the light of what we know now. Mr. Brooks' had tef-~ tilled six times in this case and his^ statements had not been changed.^! There had been absolutely no impeach-- *s* ment' of Mr. Brooks. It is easy to misquote people and people sometimes speak carelessly. The witnesses who had quoted him base the quotations on, conversations had with him on Nov.. 2, but on that date he had testified be-, fore the coroner's inquest that the person he had seen thru the transom was an utter stranger to him, and Dr. Koch at that time was not under sus picion. Before he would believe Sheriff Julius, the latter would luvwe to trade faces with Mr. Brooks. "If what the sheriff had said on the witness stand were true, he could have been removed from his office by Governor Johnson before he pot back to New Ulm. The high standing of Mr. Brooks is -roaH known at New TJlm, and his veracity is not questioned there. The actions of the defendant after the homicide were the same as they had been before, until suspicion begun to point toward him. Then he was, downhearted and prostrated. But who' wouldn't bel Mr. Brown gave an outline -of what he clain\ed that General" Ohilds would have argued beforfi^.the Jnrr in ft8 'Dr. Rpinecke had been charged with the offense^ Snrl pointed out the cir cumstances that had caused suspicion to point toward Dr. Reinecke. But he disclaimed any intentions whatever of casting any insinuations upon Dr. Rpinecke. In closing Mrs. Brown said that the Koch family had been in the courtroom ainetv days o,ut* of tho last three months, and he thought ^that the testi mony that had been brought out in this trial entitled the defendant to a prompt acniiittnl at the hands of the jury. Mr. Brown closed at 10:50 a.m. go- ve iti 1 4J Judge Cray's Charge to the Jury. Judge Crav then gave his charge to the jury, taking about 'three-quarters of an hour. He said in part: "It is quite impossible to be unmind ful of the fact that this case has ex cited more than usual public interest Continued on 2d. Page, 4th Column. MOR E DOOR S CLOSE O N NEW ORLEANS Texas Joins States Which Hare Declared Quarantine on the Fever-Stricken City. New Orleans, Aug. 1.Little change characterized the yellow-fever situation today. Of the five new foci mentioned in the official report of the city board of health in the preceding twenty-four hours, only three are above Canal street, in widely separated districts and trace able to the original zone of infection. Today's report of convalescents is especially encouraging, and it is becom ing evident that, with -careful treat ment, the present visitation of the fever will be shorn of many of its terrors. Reports from the bedside of those other than Italians were to the effect that' the disease was steadily yielding to treat ment. Quarantine by Texas. The announcement by Dr. Tabor of Texas of a quarantine against the whole state of Louisiana, promises to again throw traffic on the west 'side of the river out of joint. Under this order no one can enter" the state of Texas coming from this city without first hav ing gone into a camp of detention for six days. The effect will be practically. to prevent any passenger traffic into Texas from New Orleans. The hope here is that Dr. Tabor will not further ex tend his restrictions so as to include freight. Governor Blanchard has arranged with th authorities here for the fumi- eetweene ation of passenger coaches that run points in Louisiana. Many medical men in the interior think the stegomyia can be carried by cars and that there is danger of transmission of the fever unless disinfection of the coaches is resorted to. La Fayette has decided to take no freight from New Orleans unless the car/s are disinfected. At Alexander no tice has been given that no boats from New Orleans will be permitted to land. Port Gibson, Miss., has appointed a vig ilanee committee to guard against the entry of strangers. Pass Christian, Miss., which formerly wanted daylight communication with New Orleans, Has changed her mind because of the num ber of cases that have appeared here, and has Bhut herself up completely. Utica, Miss., has sent word that she wants no mail that is not fumigated. Many stories are being told by refu gees, who are finally reaching their homes in Louisiana, after running the gauntlet of guards and quarantines. In some cases they have traveled scores of miles in teams or on foot in order to avoid interception and imprisonment. w-j&ar