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PRICE TWO CENTS.
President Will Issue Call for In
ternational Conference at
The Hague.
Final Step in Connection with the
War Between Russia and
Japan.
Vew York Sun Special Service.
Washington, Sept. 15. President
Roosevelt will, -within a week, take his
final step in connection with the Russo
Japanese war.
He will issue a call to the powers to
hold an international conference which
shall amend the treaty of The Hague
BO as to make it more difficult for two
nations to go to war, and should they
do io* to compel* them to adopt more
humane tactics than were observed dur
ing the struggle which has ^ust closed.
The Horrors of War.
The idea to call such a conference
has been in the president's mind for
more than a yearalmost, in fact,
from the time, the war between Kussia
and Japan began. The action of the
belligerents in planting mines so thatv
they drifted in the path of neutral
commerce, causing the loss of innocent
shipping and death of persons who had
no interest whatever in the hostilities
the capture and sinking of neutral ves
sels because they had aboard what was
construed to be contraband of war the
immense damage done to private prop
ertyall these things of first impor
tance to every people in the worldde
termined the president to use his ef
forts to induce the powers to make
large amendments to The Hague treaty.
PRESIDENT TO MOVE AS
WORLD'S PEACEMAKER
ROOSEVELT WILL THERE'S WHU Hi
CALL HAGUE MEET
Rovers Hesitated During War.
He communicated with the powers
last year as to the advisability of hold
ing a conference, but while there was
provisional acceptance, it was evident
that fear of offending Russia and Japan
by adopting proposals which might re
flect upon their course and limit their
future action, made several nations hes
itate about appointing representatives.
Russia and Japan were not prepared
to participate in the congress while
they were engaged in a deadly'struggle.
The president has decided, therefore,
to issue a second call and to suggest
a meeting some time during the winter.
The American Commission.
The old commission of the United
States comprised Andrew D. White, for
mer ambassador to Germany Seth Low
of New York Stanford Newell, minis
ter to *he Netherlands Captain A. T.
Mahan, retired, df the nav^r, and Brig
adier General William CrozieU, chief of
the army bureau of ordnance. Some of
these men may be reappointed. As
Mr. Newell is no longer minister to the
Netherlands, he probably will not serve,
"but an appointment will be given Dr.
David J. Hill, formerly assistant secre
tary of state, who is accredited to The
Hague government, and who always
has taken especial interest in the peace
movement.
Subjects for Conference.
It is expected that the president, in
the circular he will issue, will make
suggestions as to the subjects which
should be considered.
The president acted boldly in step
ping in during the Portsmouth negotia
tions, and has today international fame
as a result of the way in which he
brought those negotiations to a suc
cessful conclusion. By calling the sec
ond Hague conference, and having
adopted measures .which will limit the
hardship and sufferings in future wars,
he will still further increase the debt
humanity and civilization owes him.
With American prestige at such a
high point at the present time, the pres
ident will be able largely to guide the
work of the proposed congress, and
thus will emphasize his rignt to the
title of peacemaker.
Japan Remains Friendly.
Tho the president had so much to
do in making Japan realize the neces
sity of granting costly concessions to
secure peace, the people in the land
of the rising sun bear no animosity to
him or to nis country, according to
reports received by the state depart
ment. A cablegram was received yes
terday from Lvold Griscom, American
minister at Tokio, describing the riot
ing at Yokohama and stating that
troops had been sent to establish or
der. His dispatch added that at the
time he was cabling quiet prevailed.
Some' apprehension has been felt here
that the people of Japan would become
embittered against the United States
as they had against Russia, follow
ing the Chino-Japanese war in 1894-'95.
Russia, in a combination with Germany
and France, forced Japan to evacuate
the Liao-tung peninsula. The pressure
exercised by the president was not of
a military character. It was moral,
and the people of Japan evidently un
derstand it.
Ambitions of Japanese.
Mr. Griscom does not think there is
any danger of the development of anti
American feeling. There is not, of
course, a single cloud upon the relations
of Japan and America, but the riots
have indicated the ambitious .character
and Aspirations of the Japanese people.
That they would not have objected to
the expenditure of a large proportion
of the indemnity they hoped to get
from Russia in increasing the navy is
no longer doubted.
The peace of the world, therefore,
is advanced in the view of high offi
cials of the administration.
YOUNG HYDE WINS BRIDE
Miss Warren Is to Wed the Equitable's
Late Vice President.
New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Sept. 15.Following the
departure for Paris on Tuesday oi Mrs.
Whitney Warren and her daughter,
Miss Charlotte Warren, comes the re
port that James Hazen Hyde, "the
most eligible bachelor in America," ac
cording to the Newport estimate, has
won Miss Warren's hand, and that the
trip of mother and daughter to the
land of modistes and milliners is fpr
no other purpose than to purchase the
trousseau.
Gossip today went even further, and
asserted that young Mr. Hyde would
follow his fiancee abroad, and that the
wedding would be celebrated in the
French capital.
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TO FIGHT OYER
Despite War Tarns from Scan
dinavia, Everything Points
to Peace.
Karstad Conference Calls in Some
Swedish Military.
Experts.
BY W. B. CHAMBERLAIN,
Managing Editor of The Journal.
Despite the bellicose tone of some of
the dispatches that have been jsoming
from Scon'dinavia, I still believe that
Sweden and Norway will find a peaceful
way out of their difficulties.
It is true that the delegates of the
two kingdoms now in session at Karl
stad do not appear jfo be making much
progress. But it must be remembered
that the sessions are absolutely secret
and that the newspaper men present
have been quite unacde to secure a'n'y
"authntic information as 'to what is
happening in'the confernece. It must
be remembered, too,\ that Premier
Nicholson of Norway, and others pre
dicted early in the conference that its
sessions would be lohg.
Scandinavian statesmen are as fond
of argument as a Scotchman, and they
will thresh out every phase of the ques
tion and from every standpoint before
reaching an agreement.
Nothing to Fight Over.
What, after all, is there to fight over?
Sweden, in the proposal of its riksdag,
practically guaranteed that the inde
pendence "of Norway would be granted.
That is the crux of the whole question.
All ""other questions are merely mat
ters of detail.
Sweden naturally wants some con
cessions as a salve to her pride. One
of these, the demolition of the frontier
forts, touches Norway's pride. And
so there is a dispute over this point,
which gives the sensation-mongers an
opportunity to cut the leashes of the
war dogs in their inflammatory cable
grams. But it is impossible to sup
pose that the brother peoples will go to
war over such a dispute as that. The
arbitration treaty Norway wants will
be granted by Sweden, when this mat
ter and the recognition of the new Nox
way are settled.
The Wallenberg Interview.
The interview of Captain G. O. Wal
lenberg of the Swedish riksdag's lower
house, in London yesterday, was can
didly pacific in tone. You may remem
ber that I interviewed Captain Wallen
berg in Stockholm last July. His utter
ances then were pacific and representa
tive of the opinion of the great liberal
party of Sweden. He is a captain of
industry of great influence and what
he sayB is most significant. He knows
that the business interests of his coun
try will never consent to the folly of
what would be almost civil war. He
knows that the moment war was de
clared, more than 100,000 socialists in
Stockholm would go on strike. He
knows that the Swedish nation as a
whole would never stand for war.
And no matter how much wrangling
there is at Karlstad, no matter how
stoutly the representatives of each na
tion stand outin the end, there will
be peace and amity.
SWEDISH MILITARY EXPERTS
They Attend the Karlstad Conference
Today.
Karlstad, Sweden, Sept. 15.The
meeting this morning of the delegates
of Norway and Sweden who are dis
cussing the dissolution of the union was
postponed for an hour at the request of
the Norwegians. Subsequently the
delegates met at noonNand
'ABSURD/ SAYS WACHTMEISTER
Swedish Foreign Minister Punctures
Stories of War.
Special Cable to The Journal.
Stockholm, Sept. 15.Prominent
political leaders and military authori
ties assure me that talk of war with
Norway is absurd, so far as Sweden is
concerned. Count Wachtmeister, the
foreign minister, authorizes me to say
that the suspension of the Karlstad
negotiations for a week hi no way de
noted that the situation had become
more aggravated. It was decided at the
first meeting of the delegates, he says,
that the conference should consist or
two sessions. The second of these ses
sions is now taking its regular course.
Count Wachtmeister added that there
was no reason to doubt that the peace
ful and conciliatory spirit which char
acterized the first session would con
tinue until the end.
DENMARK MAKES A/MOVE
3
after some
discussion, adjourned at 2 p.m. until 5
o'clock.
Swedish military experts attended
today's session.
This is taken to indicate that the
question of the frontier forts an# their
military bearing are under discussion.
Ridiculous Rumor.
The Norwegian premier, M. Michel
sen, one of the delegates of Norway at
the conference here, says he knows
nothing confirmatory of the report that
Great Britain, France and Germany
had made representations to Sweden on
the subject of the crisis.
The Swedish representatives declare
the rumor is ridiculous.
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Invites Powers of Europe to Help Set
tle the Dispute.
New York Sun Special Service.
Washington, Sept. 15.Denmark has
invited the powers of Europe to settle
the dispute between Norway and Swe
den. One of the European embassies
here received a dispatch today from its
government, stating that the king Qf
Denmark had addressed an invitation
to Great Britain, Germany,* France and
Russia asking them to utfe their influ
ence to arrange the differences between
the disrupted Scandinavian kingdoms
so that peace would prevail in northern
Europe.
The action of the powers on the Dan
ish invitation has not developed. The
language of the Danish note is such as
to leave it entirely to the governments
whose intervention has been requested,
to determine what they should do,
whether there should be merely moral
pressure or military measures, in case
Norway and Sweden refuse to listen to
their counsel.
Inquiry in official circles shows that
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in the Sunday issue.
RAMSEY FIGHTING
GOULD-FOB WABASH
Former Head of Road Leads in
Big War to Gain
Control.
New York Sun Speoial Service.
New York, Sept. 15.The enemies
of George J. Gould, with Joseph Ram
sey, Jr., at their head, have began an
open fight to wrest the control of the
Wabash railroad system from the Gould
family. If they succeed it is said they
will hand the road over to interests al
lied with the Pennsylvania or New
York Ce'n*tral lines. This means thSt
the Goulds would lose their proposed
transcontinental line.
It is a big war and a bitter one. For
a long time the enemies of Mr. Goujd
have oeen lying in ambush waiting for
a chance to attack him on' several ac
counts, but principally because of his
determination to extend the Wabash
thru Pittsburg to the Atlantic sea
board, thereby creating, in connection
with his Western Pacific a complete
transcontinental line.
Ramsey Issues Appeal.
Ramsey has come to New York and
has established headquarters, at the Hol
land house. From there n"e has issued
an appeal for proxies for the annual
meeting of the directors, which is to be
held Monday, Ocfc'10, at Toledo, Ohio.
In his letter which is addressed to
^,11 bond and stockholders of the Wa
bash, former President Ramsay says he
has been denied access to the stock
books of the company and has no other
way to get the names except by a pub
lic appeal. Mr. Ramsey in his appeal
claims the credit for the Pittsburg ex
tension and a great many other devel
opments.
Up to a week ago it was generally
believed thdt at the forthcoming an
nual directors meeting in October Mr.
Ramsey would retire from the Wabfesh
without a struggle. The break be
tween Ramsey and Gould is said to have
occurred over the sale of the Kanawha
Coal company by Ramsey to interests
hostile to Gould.
Who Controls the Wabash?
Ramsey's open fight on Gould will
now be taken in Wall street as an in-
Uncle Sam (the agent)
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FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1905-3
WILL COMMENGE THE PUBLICATION 0M REGULAR
Sunday Morning Edition
OCTOBER FIRST
The same high standard of excellence which has characterized
THE JOURNAL as a daily paper will be maintained
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JOSEPH RAMSEY, JR.,
Who la Fighting to Oust Gould from
Control of the Wabash.
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dication that the control of Wabash has
passed from the Goulds. In railroad
circles, however, it is- said to be the
policy of the Goulds to retain 40 per
cent 'of the stock of their properties so
that in the event of a contest it would
be 'Bto great effort for them to maintain
a controlling'interest.
It was semi-officially stated^only re
cently that Mr. Gould expeoj^S to be
come the active .head, of, $ktf Wabash
system to ^uceee^MCtBamsey,
FIYEMliten
FRPM OMAIA JAIL
Omaha, Sept. 15.Five men confined
in the county jail here obtained their
liberty early today by drilling out the
bolts and breaking one of the hang
ings of the steel lattice work inclosing
their cells. No trace of the men has
been found.
All of the prisoners except Harry de
Lacey, who, a few days ago, was sen
tencect to two years in the penitentiary
on the charge of swindling, were serv
ing" sentences on minor charges. De
Lecey was arrested in Council Bluffs
two months ago while on his wedding
trip, and it is said he is of a prominent
family.
TO MAKE HIM SAFE.
Say, What1
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^PAPER 'S VICTIM
Father Identifies New York Sui
cide and Traces Deed to
Untrue"Story.
New York, Sept. 15.Lorenzo Berry,
a carpented of West Medf ord, Mass., I
today identified as that of his daugh
ter, Ella, the body of the young woman
who committed suicide on Wednesday t,
in the Hotel Manhattan. She was a
stenographer in her home town, he said.
Mr. Berry declared that the publica
tion of an untrue story in a Boston pa
per a year ago that his daughter had
run away with a married man, was tho
cause of her self-destruetion. Tho next
day, Mr. Berry said, it turned out that
she had merely been on her vacation
alone. Altho the paper published a re
traction, Mr. Berry added, the injury
done her was great, and she never re
covered from it, but grew more and
more downhearted and morose.
Finger of Scorn.
"Wherever my daughter would go,"
Mr. Berry said, "it would seem as if
somebody was ready to point to her as
a girl who had been mixed up in a dis-
from
raceful affair. Then she went away
home to seek employment in other
cities. She would be a short time in'
a place when the story would reach the
ears of her employers saw! she would
be told tha^ she could not remain. This
happened several times until my child
CjOuld not bear it anylonger."
Elmer Berry, the dead girl's brother,
who was with the father, said that a
letter had been received by the family
from the girl, in which they were noti
fied by her that she had decided to put
an end to it.
I carirtot bear this false stain on
my character,'' she wrote to her father,
"and I see nothing else left for me to
do thanf to kill myself. Please forgive
me and believe that I would not do this
thing if it were not that I am nearly
out of my mind with grief and horror
at the awful story which everybody
seems to think is true."
The young woman registered at the
Manhattan hotel Wednesday afternoon
under the name of "A. W. Wildley of
Washington, D. C," and that night
killed herself with poison and pistol.
You Need,.Old Man, Is to Take Out a Policy With Me.
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drink
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fiyer, the Employer of.tfte Latter,
Says the Confession was
Genuine.
Believes That Young, Who Killed
Himself, Was None Other
Than Herzig.
Speoial to Toe Journal.
Minot, N. D., Sept. 15.Frsjik Byer,
the claimholder residing near Hid/den
wood, at whose shack was famnd the
alleged confession of Charleo Herzig,
was in Minot last night on hjis v/ay to
Montana. In an interview wi^th the
Daily Optic he said the stotry of the
finding of the confession ana tAie pub
lication of its contents and t/he note
which accompanied it, were absolutely
correct.
"Herzig, or Frank, as he was known
about the claim, came to wtofk for me
about six weeks prior to his disappear-
ance," said Mr. Byer. "Fie was well
dressed, carried a gold watceh and had
the appearance of a man undergoing
a season of hard luck. /He was per
haps 50 or 55.
I was surprised when, he made ap
plication for farm work. His appear
ance was that of an offioe man and he
looked weak, haggard qmd sickly. I
was in great need of helpf and employed
1 him. He proved a goo worker. He
pipeTbut "dirfT not"chew or
neve
spo ni
bu
na
man in myf employ Olsoa
told me that he had made a similar
confession to him, but that he thought
the fellow was something of a romancer
and did not give tho story a second
thought.
Theory as to Young and Herzig.
"After finding the confession I in
formed the harvesters at the claim of
its contents and we started out in
search of the missing man. We did
not find the body, dead or alive. I
heard the story, Vioiwever. of the find
ing of the body of Herzig in Wallace
county. I am not in a positioivto con
firm this portion of the story, as 1
was not with the party, as reported.
I was anxious to see the body of
the man Arthur Toung, who commit
ted suicide near Minot. I am 6^1^
of the opinion tha fc this body was none
other than that Herzrg.
Thtallie
scription that I
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24 PAGESFIVE O'CLOCK.
MINNEAPOLIS SECURE*
AGAINST YELLOWfEvTife
WERE YOUNG AND
HERZIG THE SAME?
to me about
a te nij disappearanee
hi
giggednamed
confession
sign*
de-
have obtained
with my manclothing, figure and all
save the age in this the authorities
may have been mistaken, as well as in
the length of thrje the body had been
There have been several newspaper
men at my claim, southeast of Hidden
wood, and many pictures of the shack
and shed in which Herzig slept have
been taken. One sketch artist made a
picture of Herzig as I described him,
which, after several revisions, proved
to be a fair likeness and one which
could be easily identified by acquain
tances of the man.
Herzig the Real Murderer.
I believe that Herzig is the real
murderer of the Grombacher girl. The
story is so big^ ansd wonderful that some
ersons question its authenticity, but
can assure you that it is reliably
founded. I would advise you newspaper
men to take up the theory that Young,
who committed suicide near Minot, is
the man. There is a bare possibility that the
body has been found in Wallace county.
The story was brought to me by men
returning from the west, one of whom
said he saw the body."
Mr. Byer is about 80 and came to
Ward county early last spring from
Kansas and took the claim south of
Hiddenwood. He is apparently well
educated and of sound judgment. He
is anxious to have the mystery cleared
up and will make further investigation
when he returns from Montana.
Mr. McCann, representing a- Grand
Forks paper, left for the Byer ranch
last evening to investigate the jrtory.
but no word has as yet been received
from him.
ST. PIE 'S SCARE
/IS FLAYED OUT
1
Isolated Patient Discharged from
HospitalHad Only Malarial
Fever.
City Health Officer Says There Is
Absolutely No Need to Fear,
Contagion.
St. Paul has a .yellow fever scare. A
case diagnosed as yellow fever was dis
covered last night at the^union depot
and the patient was promptly taken to
the city hospital and completely iso
lated.
J. C. Wilson of Fair Oaks, Ark., at
tracted the attention of the depot offi
cials last night by his strange actions.
The police were called and the man
was at once taken to the central police
station. It was apparent that he was,
suffering from some form of fever and
was delirious. He was at once trans
ferred to the city hospital, where
more careful examination divulged
symptoms that the doctors believed to
be signs of yellow fever."
The man was quickly isolated and
the news that a yellow fever patient
had been discovered in St. Paul spread
like wildfire thru the hospital and be
yond. Considerable excitement was
occasioned by the rumors that told not
only of one case but of the exposure of
many people and of the imminent dan
ger in which the saintly city popula
tion stood of a yellow fever epidemic.
"Herziff may h^ve gone by the name pect. Consequently travelers must have
of August Young when he married that a 'clean bill' or take a rest in quar:
woman in Colora fto. He said he had a
child by her and in the notebook found
Young wanted, his watch sent to his
boy, who, it itf presumed, lives Ore
gon City. Frank, or Herzig, lived in
Oregon for a while, and I feel sure that
Young is the nuui who worked at my
claim and left tHe confession.
"The fact thut the authorities have
heard nothing from Young's relatives
in Oregon confirms my belief that
Young and Herzig are one and the same
person. Young's body was badlv de
composed and there is a possibility that
I would not have been able to identify
it, had I been there. I think it will
later develop that my theory is cor-
EAST NOT CONVINCED
Youngstown Satisfied the Story Was In
spired by a Joker.
Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 15.There is
little doubt that the alleged confession
of Charles Herzig at Minot, N. D., is a
fake. The man who died is Arthur
Young, a wanderer. He left a note on
his body when he committed suicide
saj'ing his name was Young, and that
he formerly lived at Oregon City, Ore.
This was printed in the Minot Optic on
the same day that the story was sent
out from that city.
A copy* of the paper was received
here today containing the story of the
suicide, but making no mention of the
alleged confession. The fact that the
story was sent out from Minot and that
Charles' Grow was in that city is fairly
good evidence of the source of the story
which the newspaper men made use of.
Grow is a joker and probably told
the newspaper men of the murder. He
sent the paper to a friend in this city.
WELCOME FOR TWIN CITY MEN.
Chicago, Sept. IB.Members of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers from Minneapolis. St. Paul and
points in the northwest, on the way to
the electrical workers' convention In
Louisville next week, were entertained
today by the Chicago organization.
^CARMELITE NUNS EXPELLED.
Paris, Sept. 15.-The tittle Carmelite
sisters, having resisted expulsion, the
doors of their convent were forced open
today and the institution closed, the si*-
inters taking trains for elsewhere,
Cannot Spread Here.
"There is no danger whatever from
yellow fever in -this state," said Dr.4jf
P. M. Hall, commissioner of health, to-j-Vi
day. "The disease will not spread as'ifi
far north as Minnesota, but according?^
to modern medical science a yellow-*
fever patient coming into these lati
tudes cannot communicate the disease
to persons who come in direct contact
with him. The case of J. P. Wilson at
the city hospital in St. Paul is inter
esting, but nothing more, for there ia^J
no danger whatever. Neither would|s
there be any danger if a large numbers{
of yellow-fever refugees should arrive,
here from the south.
Many doing South.
I am greatly surprised oveat the"5
large number of northern people who
are going south at this season of the
year, in spite of the hot weather and
the yellow-fever scare. I am asked
every day to issue certificates of health
to people who are going southland to
Cuba, There is quarantine against the
fever district in Louisiana, and every
stranger must show a health certifi
cate to the^^effect that he is not from
the stricken district or is a fever su-
antine. Not all the people who call
on me are from Minneapolis. They
come from all parts of the northwest,
in fact, but I was truly astonished to
learn that there was so much travel
from this part of the country in that
direction at this time of the year."
The St. Paul patient was discharged
from the hospital this afternoon. The
physicians decided that he had only a
mild ca9e of malarial fever.
FEVER PERIL IN CINCINNATI
Sick Refugees from South Scatter Over
the Ohio City.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 15.Of 200
refugees from the vellow fever districts
of Louisiana who arrived here yester
day, five are held on suspiciorf of hav
ing the disease, while it is unofficially
reported that a score of others who are
scattered thruout the city are sick and
may have the fever.
Dr. Clark W. Davis, health officer of
this city, being notified by General Pas
senger Agent Rinearson that he was
bringing about two hundred persons
from the south in a special, sent Dr.
B. F. Lyle and an assistant to board the
train at Lexington, examine the people
aboard and wire him. j.
Ambulances were at the train to re
ceive the patients in response to a mes
sage from Dr. Lyle.
When the train reached Lexington,,
several persons who were sick, attemp
ted to escape, but were caught by the
?olice and forced back on to the train,
hey were taken to the Branch hospital
on their arrival here. All the" other
fo
iassengers on the train were allowed
go to their destination, but the
names and addresses of all were taken
and they can be reached bv the au
thorities if needed. Reports that a
large number of these were also sick
were investigated by physicians dur
ing the day.
Fifty of a party of 200 came up to
this city absolutely penniless, tho
each carried a lot of hand baggage.
These fifty gathered together in a
group at the Grand Central station.
Congressman R. E. Ransdale of Lake
Providence, La., was on the train, and
he and his family rendered every (as-
sistance to the stranded group of fifty.
At Tallulah, La., seventy-five persons
boarded the train, but they did not
get on at the station. Knowing they
would have difficulty in getting out
of town, which is in the heart of the
fever district, they walked a mile and
a half, and there, when the engineer
stopped for them, the crowd of men
and children got aboard. Some of
these are among the penniless ones.
'FEVER OUTSTRIPS SEXTONS
Patients at Leeville Die Faster than
They Can Be Buried. i|
New York Sun Special Service.
New Orleans, Sept. 15.Conditions at
Leeville, La., a town of 400 fishermen
and farmers, twenty-five miles from
here, has been appalling. Yellow fever
had been raging there for three weeks
during which time scores have died, in
cluding the leading business men. Re
port of the full horror of the situation
reached here yesterday. So many per
sons died that the authorities and citi
zens could not bury them fast enough.
Whole families were %iped out by the
disease and for several days the peo
ple were without food or medicine. The
supply of coffins was also exhausted and
some of.the dead were buried without^
them.
TOT FALLS DOWN PALISADES.
Hoboken, N. J., Sept. 15.Florence
Buchanan, 2% years of age, fell down
the Palisades at Mountain road, near
West Hoboken. this morning and still
Jives. At that point the palisades are
Hubout 200 feet high, and the little girl
fell to the bottom. She was rescued as
-soon as aid eould reach hep. Doctors
iear eh* cannot live.
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