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I \ r-'*~ \ * ?* t F > VOL. XII. \ PROSPERITY IS REAL i Southern Development No Longer a Matter of Prophecy A MOST INTERESTING REVIEW The Southern Bankers Furnish the Manufacturers' Record With Facts ' and Figures. ' i Baltimore, Special. The value of the past season's cotton crop, about fii'iO.000.000, as compared with the value, $32ti.(MiO,000. of the crop of the season or ixyj?-sw, added to the large grain crop 1 in tin- South, has placed that section | in better financial shape than ever before. It now has agricultural prosperity in connection with nourishing industrial interests. This is reflected [ in a mass of letters front Southern . hankers published in last week's issue i of Phe Manufacturers' Record in reply ' to iiuiuiriea made of them for their ( Nie\vs?; , ' ! ) On the general Southern business | situation present and prospective. I i m On the improvement in agrhul- ! tn'al <t>nditions as tending to place i the farming interests of the South on < a solid basis for general prosperity. 1 lessening their dependence upon crop s liens in making tho coming crops and i resulting in a decrease of fanners' in- i UIl pVTBUllUI flT'Hll HIlll ninrt paves. ] Th- responses wer prompt ami grat- I ifyiiiu. Their general tenor is of a ile- : i hleilly positive charac ter. There is | agreement of opinion tlt.it finances in i the Si titli are upon a most healthy and j substantial basis. Increased banking capital is recorded, larger deposits than ever before ar? shown in national, Stair and savings banks and. at the same time, much local ippucy is going into pew industrial enterprises or into the enlargement of existing ones. 1 M ?ny municipalities have been infused with i;.' spirit of progress!veness aide ' to tind i xpression in the general liuan< tal prosperity ard on many sides are ' definite plans for the hetternient of city properties and the improvement of streets, schools and roadways. Prosperity in the South is no longer a matter of prophecy, writes one banket It .s an existing condition which one may see and feel on every side an I ;t is attributed immediately to the high pri.-e for cotton received by the pmduc r and to the immense gains 111 ide the actual holders of spot i ? o to::. Hack of It all. though, is the wisdom gained by the farmers in the siruat: n five or six rears aco when iiiu. li i ( turn was laised at a loss. Then tin farmers were compelled to practi< e economy of the strictest sort in all iIn :r methods and to turn their attention to diversified crops. Compuls:<mi ir. many instances had become choice, and, consequently, the opening of the season found many farmers ready to take the best advantage of lb.- liit:h prices of cotton. Now they iii" paving cash for their supplies inst'vid < f subjecting themselves to lies merchants, they have relieved themselves from their indebtedness or have rciiuci ;i ;t to a marked degree, they are swelling the bank deposits and in some communities the dependence upon crop liens ami mortgages to make the coming t . on will be confined almost entirely :o the negroes and to the less thrifty . lass of smali white farmers. A n t< of caution, however, is sounded lie < and There in reference to the tenderii y to spend the surplus earnings of the year in greater quantities of fertilizers and a larger number of mules, indicating the planting of a more extensive acreage, in spite <>f the hard lessons of adversity. Hiif* the general situation seems to be well summed up in a letter from a lit nker of tin Middle South, who writes: "Municipal improvements in the way of electric lights, water-works aud schools are increasing in all directions. <1 iki putmers and outers wno wei? willinc: a few years aso to live in honstti without any comforts, now reo>i'n all modern conveniences .such as watei. pas. electric liphts. musical instruments and infact, everything that money and culture will demand. This applies to people in all walks of life, of course; however, it is in proportion to their means that these comforts are Indul&ed in Compat he price of rnf tftn in IfiOC. < 'h ti. t'>;? rvn ? Kola?? with the average price received by the planter this year?not less than $r>& per halo on an average?cotton seed bringing $4 to $t; per ton more than it. did a year ago. I think yon can sot it down th*?t the South will realize for he.* potto i crop and by-products, not counting tho largo number of hales manufactured into cloth and yarns, at least ST'tO.iKKt.QOO. |t is not only cotton that w<- realize upon now. but every manufacturing interest that can he thought of is at present in the South and the. nnml or is being increased almost daily. Ri in - employment to all kinds of lalm". Many of these industries are carri"d en by families. The South has 1e?en very free from strikes and this fa- t i? mniends it to those seeking now homes. Our schools are on a good basis, cur people law-abiding nnd the light hand of fellowship is extended to every cue who locates among us. with or without money, who shown a dlspo aitior io work and help build up this p*rt rf our great it public." \ ORT \ \ FO EVENTS IN FAR EAST Effort to Blockade Port Arthur Proved \1 naff cctual. London. By Cable.?War correspondents and Europeans In Japan comment in amazement upon the success of Japanese officials in preserving secrey regarding all the operations of war, ind declare this conspiracy of silence s not only confined to government and service circles, but that it extends to very section of the community. All lasses of people are submitting with marvelous patience to being deprived if news which they recognise is imperative ??> the succos of the national ause. It is undoubtedly in pursuance if this policy that no Japanese account >f the Port. Arthur attacks ha* yet i>oen published and none is expected until Admiral Togo has completed his lesigns there. In the meantime. if the report from VIn Kow of a Japanese landing near Vladivostok, which at present is baaed an missionary and native statements, diould prove correct, a most Important ami new development in the Japanese operations will have been reveul d. as it points to an attack on Vladivostok from which Poasiet bay is a Utile over been beaten by the rapidly amoving Japanese. The latter are said lo have a large enough fc*ve to check Lhe Russians, thus insuring ths possession of Corea as soon as they are >apable of making an aggressive northrn movement themselves. The small bodies of mounted Russians who were scouting south of the Yalu liver speedily withdrew to the northward. Storms ire interfering with naval operations. The Yellow s^a is swept by gales, heavy snow is falling and the weather I;; bitterly cold. The forces of Japanese are going to the front splendidly equipped to withstand the cold, but despite their preparations both sides will sufr< r much during the next JO days. Rochester's I'ig Fire. Rochester. N. Y.. Special.?The sun <et Friday night. with ten engines pouring streams of water on the ruins i)f what was practically the retail dry Roods district of this city, for three out of live department stores were consumed in the day's disastrous Are, one of which, the Sibley. Lindsay & Cutr Company was by far the largest estabPshinent of this kind in the city, and the oldest. Insurance men place the loss at f 4,000.000. Of this amount $7r?0.000 represents the loss on buildings, and the remainder the loss on stocks of goods and to occupants of offices, it is estimated that 2.2.10 people are thrown out o work by the tire. The burned district lies on the north side of Main street, between St. Paul end Clinton avenue, north, running from St. Paul's street almost the entire length of the block. The fire started in the store of tlio Rochester Dry Goods Company and worked west, takWashington, Special.?"Guilty as indicted" was the verdict announced by Carl Peterson, the foreman of the jury in the now famous postoffice conspiracy trials, shortly after S o'clock Fri lay night, stating at the same time that this was the verdict as to all four defendants, August W. Maehen, late general superintendent of the jural free delivery division; George E. I.ovenz. of Toledo, and Samuel A. and Diler H. Gruff, of this city. The jury had been out nine hours, although the verdict was reached in eight hours and twenty-five minutes. An interesting story is told of the ing but one store east of tit is establishment?that of the Walkover Shoe Company?and was checked in that direction. Next wort was the store of the Beadle, Sherburne Company, which was destroyed, then the marble block occupied by the Sibley, Lindsay &. Curr Company, which was destroyed, ond finally the thirteen-story granite building, the lower part of which also was occupied by the Sibley. Lindsay & Curr Company, an.l the upper part by offices. Only the front wall of the Marble building is standing tonight. The shell of the C.ranite building is intact and the floors are in place, but the building was gutted. The Sibley I iv.nr.ay & Curr Company's six-story wholesale building, together with the stables in the rear, was destroyed with 9!! its valuable contents, this loss being placed at $1,450,00U. There were no casualties and no one was injured, except Chief Frank A. Joynes. who was struck by a flying nozzle and received some bruises. Was a l-'ailure. Yin Kin. By Cable.?Native reports that the Japanese have landed at I'oa e!ct bay and subsequently undertook operations against Hnnchun. and towards Kirin, have received qualified confirmation from English missionary refugees who have arrived at New Chwang. These people say the RussoChlnese bank has removed from Klrin to Kwang Chang Tsl where rommrrclal interests are seeking safety and (defcnse. This reported advance hns produced consternation among the Enprnpean civilians residing in the line of march. It Is reported also that the Russian government bureau at Vladivostok has withdrawn to Khabarovsk. Posalet Ray is in Russian Manchuria, about 70 miles southwest of Vldivostok. Chunchun is on tbe left bank of the Tumcn river anil about 40 miles to the west of Posslet bay. Kirin is a big Mi M-burian town and lies about 220 tulips Inland and to the west of Posset bay, J<wang Cheng Tsl is about 80 miles west, of Klrln. Khabarovsk is iboitt 400 miles to the north of Vladivostok, with which port It is connected by airaliroad. " MI] IiT MILL, S. C? WEDN THEIR RUSE FAILED} The Plucky Japs Went Against Hard Preposition RECEIVED A STUNNING REPULSE | __ - Ail Does Not Appear to Be Smooth | Sailing to the Hopeful Most* of the Island Kingdom. I St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Reports of a Russian vlctohy at Port Arthur were current late Wednesday afternoon and early in the evening, but the stories of the dimensions of this victory were most conflicting and onfusing in character. The most circumstantial report was that the Japanese had attempted to bottle up Admlrul St arks fleet in Port Arthur by sinking two stone laden vessels at the entrance of the harbor, employing the tactics which were considered, but not executed, by the late Admiral Sampson, U. S. N-, with the Merrlmac at Santiago during the Spanish-American war. According to tlHs acount two Japanese ships appeared off the harbor with a Japanese fleet behind them and ostensibly in pursuit. The Russians however, suspected a ruse, and their ships steamed out, sank the stone-ladened vessels and engaged and defeated the enemy and drove them off The rmwii-te of I I j tho losses inflicted, however, are con' dieting. All the stories Include the i feature of the vessels laden with stones, but, according to some ver- 1 sions, the Japnnese fleet was convoy- < ing the two slips with a purpose of effecting a landing at Pigeon Bay, nnd with the fuihire of this preliminary nianeuvre, the Russians played I havoc with both the Japanese warships and th? transports, sinking | four of the former and two of tho i I latter. One account ves the name | of the battleship Retzivan as the vesI sel which particularly distinguished herself during the action by ramming ami sinking one of the Japanese bat- 1 :1leships. Rumors of this victory were spread far and wide over the city during the early part of the evening, and the j crowds which gathered in the streets, in spite of the severe cold, to discuss tho news, were greatly excited. The I news of the victory was accompanied | by the two stories, one that after the flrst decisive Russian victory the Km peror would ofTer peace, and the oth- < | er that Japan had deposed the Kmpe? J rr of Corea, and foimallv annexed 1 that country. Roth these reports are without continuation, and they are given simply as examples ol the stories which floated about in the excited crowds. Instead of diminishing the crowds \ at the admiralty and newspaper and ' ' telegraph agencies' oifices kept in- [ ; creasing, and the excitement attained the fever point when It was definitely i known that the Emperor had received . a telegram giving more details and I showing that the Russian victory was ' even greater than was at flist report i ed. Newspaper messengers waited 'at the admiralty with test horses : ready to carry away the news while i it was being prepared. When the I j sheets were finally distributed at 2.1W o'clock this morning a rush was made I for the exits and the assembled off.j corn cheered wildly and repeatedly i The crowds showed no Inclination to ! disperse, showing that further news would I n received showing the exact, extent of the Russian victory. It must he observed that In his dls j patch \ iceroy Alextofl dr.es tin' ram i tion the number of steamers which I the Japanese tried to sink, or drive j upon the Russian ships, anil It is not yet. known whether the four vessels the captain of the Retzivan observed going down were also laden with Inflammables or whether they were warships. The greatest praise is given to the commander of tho Retzivan. and the splendid action of this Arnorlraniniilt vessel places her name foremost on the roll of the Russian navy. Viceroy Mcxieff's rlispatr-h was an rnullification of a brief telegram rereived by tho Emperor eat Her, hut which was not given out. Later it was said that Russia sua liiuifii no Hisses in in" engagement. It is evident that Vice Admiral Stark no longer commands the R"gsian Port Arthur naval forces. Vfeetoy AlesiofT mentioning a ter.ipoiary commander of the fleet without giv ing any name. Report of Russian Victory. Paris, By Cable.?The Russian omliassy here has received a communication to the effect that a Japanese squadron during the night of February 21, tried to block the entrance to Port Arthur harbor, at the same time attacking Russian warships there with torpedo boats and trying to set them on tire. The battleship Ret vixen, supported by the coast batteries, repelled this atlaek. forced the Japanese to retire, and succeeded in sinking four of their vessels. The news of this Russian victory was posted In the lobbies of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate during the sitting today snd caused great enthusiasm. LL A ksday. march I, is TREATY IS RATIFIED: After a Long Struggle the Friends of the Canal Are Victorious ? ? IT WAS NOT A PARTISAN FIGHT - ? Democrat* and Republicans Frctty Fvenly Divided on the Final Vote? Hallot in Detail. Washington. SupHhI.- Tlo* t'nitoil States Senate Tuesday. without aturmluient, ratified the treaty with Panama For a canal across the Isthmus of Panama by a vote of (ill to It. The result was a foregone conclusion, aud the interest in the matter was in the division of the vote on the Democratic side, which was not definitely known until tlie roll was called. As was expected, nil the Republicans voted for the ratification or were paired that way. Three Republicans who were absent and Senator Foster, of Washington, were those who did not vote. Fourteen Democrats voted for ratification and fourteen voted against it. Two Democrats? Clarke, of Montana, and Stone, of Missouri, were paired iu favor of the treaty, and three Democrats?Overman. McLaurin and Martin-were paired against it. so in the total vote Ik Demoerats were for the treaty and 17 nrmiticf it 'l'li/i i-aIo ??*? tl*,? *?. A 11V ? ? H * ? III I II V I IILIIII il t!on treaty was as follows: Yes: Aldrich, Alger. Alice. Allison, Ankeney, Bacon. Hall. Hard, Ilerry, Beverldge, Ilurnham, Harrows, Clr.pp, Clark, of Wyoming; Clark, of Arkansas; Clay. Coekrell. Cullom, Depcw, Dietrich. Dillingham. Dolliver, Dryden, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Foster of Louisiana; Frye, Fulton, Gallinger, Ramble. Gibson, llale, Hansbrough, Heyburn Hoar, Hookins, Keau, Kearns, Klttredge. Latimer, Lodge, Long, MoComas. McCreary, McCuinber. McEnery, Mallory, Millard. Mitchell. Money, Nelson. Penrose, Perkins. Piatt of Conr.rctieut; Piatt, of New York; Proctor. l.Miar!es. Scott. Simmons. Smoot, Spooner. Stewart. Taliferro, Warren, Wet more?ti<>. Nays; Bailey, Bate. Blackburn. Carmack, Culiicrson. Daniel. Dubois, Gnrman Morgan. Newlands. Patterson, Pott us. Teller. Tillman ?11. The only other vote was on the amendment offered by Senator Bacon, r?T Georgia, providing for an arrangement to compensate Colombia for loss of the territory of Panama. This was rejected by a vote of 24 to 49. It was a party vote on the affirmative side and also on the negative side with tHo exception of Mr. Gibson and Mr. McEnerv. Democrats, who voted with the Republicans. Four Democrats were absent when this vote was taken and no pairs were announced for them. Some Republicans also were absent on this vote. Senators generally commend the management of the treaty by Senator Cullom, chairman of the committee on foreign relations, who has had charge of the measure during both the plain and stormy sailing. This vote was taken much earlier than was at first anticipated, when the opponents were vigorously trying to secure enough votes to prevent ratification. The debate in executive session was generally upon the merits of the treaty with reference to the secret papers which were sent to the Senate icy the President. Senator Morgan made a set speech, which occupied the greater part or the time. Senator Culberson made < e mments on the secret correspondence and asserted that it showed that the "reasonable time" referred to in tho Spooner act was known to have expired. both for negotiating the I5ayllerran treaty and its ratification. Senator Culberson also read from a letter addressed to Dr. Albert Shaw hv the President, dated Oct. 1ft. 190.1, in which the President-said he saw no hope for the negotiation with Colombia and that he would be delighted should a revolution aecur on the isthmus. Wreck on Southern. Bridgeport. Tenn.. Special.?A spilthhound passenger train on the Knoxville-Ashevllle division of the Southern Hallway, struck a rock on the track rem- Del Win ?*rtv Tnf.u.ln-. :i:..~ . u^oun; , the engine, mail car. combination car and one day roach. All three cars rolleddown an embankment. Into Pigeon river, but as far as known all patenters have been accounted for. None was seriously injured. Engineer Clark's foot was crushed and the express messenger was bruised. The express matter Is under the car at the bottom of the l.vrr. The wreck occurred on a sharp curve. Newsy Notes. Leopold Strouse. a member of the clothing manufacturing firm of Stn-nuse & Brothers. of Baltimore, died Monday. aged 62, of heort failure. A valuable library In the Johns llopkius I'niversity bears his name. Washington, N. C.. Special.?The bond issue for the public school and city improvements baa been sold to Stafford A Co., cf Chattanooga, Tena. riME km. ' " COLLEGE NOTES.4 Dr. T A. MeWhinney. President or Palmer University. has announced It* dissolution. A department of Celtic lansuajio is soon to he founded at .lie University of i'alifornia. It is announeed that a Vale man has offered *HUmh> to Yale University to establish a < hair of municipal civics. In the printiiur plant of the University of Michigan the larger part of ihe typeset tins; and presswork is done by students. Newton Talbot, treasurer of full* ('olletie since INN". died in Itoston. Mttss.. of heart failure, a tied ciuhlyninc years. Widlesh-y will luivi' .1 pht<o among I he .Massachusetts ciilli'Ui's which are In send i'\liiiiiis t<> tit>> l.onisiaua Purchase Kxposiiion. Ih-trlniouth Hall, the oldcM building at l>arliuotttli College. ami one of ?lio oldest college ItttiMii.us ill the eountry, i was litiriieil to the ground. The Registrar's ItooUs at the 1 uiversit\ of Kansas show that 'J'J5 students out of the whole number of tlloO failed to pass the last examination. Two new .-nurses have he.at instituted at t'olhy t ollejje. Wuterville. Me. the present term, a highei still biology and a < onrse on trusts. The annual report of the treasurer of I'ltioti College, recently issued. shows that the expenses of the college during the last year have h-ett kept within its itieotue. It was announced hy the Registrar of t'ortu-ll I"ni\ersity. at Itliitea, N. Y., that tin; students were dropped from the university as a result of tie- uthlj year exit initio t ions. Tin- New York College of Ph.tnuaey has heroine a part of Cohimhia I'niversity. snlijeet to the approval of the tneinhers of the college .It the aUlllial meeting oil Mareli 15. Fire at Newport News. Newport News. Vn., Special, Fire of unknown origit^ hroke out in the ansle Iron shed of the Newport News Shipbuilding Company's big plaat Friday and totally, destroyed the building. the only frame structure in tlto sliip yeaid. The flre-fighting faeilities of tin- yard were suflh-ient to prevent the flames from spreading to other buildings. Tin- total loss is estimated til $15,000. The loss is covered hy insurance. Washington. Special. Secretary Hay and Minister Hunan-Varilla at 10:80 o'clock Friday forenoon exchanged ratifications of the Panama canal treaty at the State Department. At. 11 :."><> n'dock the President signed the proclamation putiinK lh?' treaty into effect. As soon as the proclamation was sinned it was returned to the State Department. The cabinet was not in session when the proclamation reached the White House from the Stale Department. Secretary Isieb took the document to the President and he sinned it immediately. The proclamation is purely formal document. Roosevelt {indorsed. Ho; noko. Va., Special. The Repuhlii ans of ihe Fifth OonRre: mul district ntei in convention at Martinsville Friday. The Henry county delo(Miiou was contested, as there were two factions, led 1>> (5. P. Smith and .1. It. Anglin. K in it li stood for tho Slate o'^.iniz.ition and was seated. l)ele?;ates .vote elect'(J it the nation al eon vent ion. anil were instructed to vote for Roosevelt. liducntors Visits Tuskejtee. Tuskegoe. Ala.. Special Severity i five of the dole Kit tes of ihe Atlanta mooting of the superintendents of tint National Kdueaticnal Association at Atlanta visited Tuskegee Instituta Kriduy and inspected the institution. During the urternoon tliev ga'hered in the chapel to hear the Kinging of (lie students, and addresses were made by it number of prominent Northern cd.seniors. Among the speakers \vt*re Dr. S. Dnttoii. of the Te:sehe> V College, t'ohinbi; I'niverniy. New York, and Sttporinti mlent T. M. liulliet, of Springfieiti, Mass. Hnve Not Crossed Prouder. Tokio. Ity Cable. It liable reports front northern Korea report, that the i Russians have not yet crossed the Yaiu j river. Their scouts have, it is rumored. pi net rated into the country south of VViju. hut the main force still remains north of the liver. The Japanese scent to be confident that the Russians are unable to assemble in sufficient force. The Russian strength north of the Yaiu is variously estimated from L'O.tiOO to 40.0(H) men. .Inpnn sent i ire vessels. London. By Cable.?A dispatch to Heater's Telegram Company from St Petersburg sent at 11 o'clock Wednesday night, says that oa Feb. 23 the Japanese attempted to send four steamers filled with explosives amo.ig lite Russian fleet in Port. Arthur harbor. These fire ships did no damage an l wore themselves destroyed by two being sunk and two going ashore. Twt .lr.par.es > boats escorting the tire shlp.i vvcie destroyed by Russian guns. Fomo sermons soar high because they 3re einytv an balloons. The London police con .tad 11S men, 25 boys and 71!? women going into a public house in nine hours. The a.-v tonishing feature of this Is the mathematical ability of the London police. ,/^S.tikMi -jL NO. 50. MAKES AN ATTACK. Russian Paper Neutrality Has Been Violated stYrRLLi ARRAYS L'iSCLt bAfl The I wo Countries Drifting Apart ? Popular reeling in Russia Stirred Dp By Certain Newspapers. ? ? St Petersburg. By Cable?The Bourse (la/ette makes a Washington dispatch saying tin* I"11 it???! States has undertaken to lav a submarine cable from ibe Philippine Islands to Japan, to prevent the hitter's isolation in ease the Russians t tit the Shanghai eable. the suhje< t of a bitter attack upon the government at Washington, "for this new evidence of its breach of neutrality," claiming that the contention of the I'nited States "that the laying of the cable will lie undertaken for the improvement of trade relations." does not clear America's skirts, and inquir ieg "what tli" Americans would say if (iprmany had run a cable from Kloa Chou to Port Arthur or Yiadivostock." The attitude of the I'nited States is a subject of constant discussion in even the highest circles here, where, with I lie greatest regret, the fear is expressed that the two countries, withi out excuse, so far as Russia is concerned. seemed to he drifting apart. The recently reported cancellation of American contracts indicates how the resentment of America's supposed hostility has invaded business affairs. Pop i!lar feeling is. of course, to be largely attributed to certain of the Russian newspapers, which have suddenly turned their batteries from (treat Britain to the t'niied States and have seized every rumor to place the worst possible interpretation upon it. (lives Payne Credit. Washington Special. '* 10 President Saturday sent the following letter to Postmaster (leneral Payne: "White House. Washington. H. ('., Kehrury 27. P.trtt. "My dear Postmaster (leneral: "While all the work of the Postoffiee Department and the Department of .lustlee in connection with the postal frauds is not yet over, there is already t.? the credit of the departments. md therefore primarily to your credit, such an amount of substantive achievement, that I take this opportunity to congratulate you upon it. P is impossible 10 expect thatcorrupt ion will not occasionally occur in any government; the vital point, is the energy, the fearlessness, ami the etllcien y with which such corruption is < ut ami Hie corruptions pun ished. The success of the prosecu lions in this case as com pared with previous experiences in prosecuting Government otliciah. who have been guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance is is noteworthy as it is gratifying, ami must be a source of eneouragemctil to all mi'ti who believe in deconrv and honesty in public life. What lias been a Tomplished by you. by those who worked under you in your department, and by the Depart i/.< nt of Justice, redounds to the credit of our whole people, and is a singular iriumi>h for the cause of popular government, if corruption goes unpnnished in popular government. then government by the people will ultimately fail; and they aire the best friends of the people who make it evident that whoever in public o ll*o sins against ilm fundamental lawsof civic and social life, will be punished "Sincerely yours. "'I HKODOKI*: ItOOSKVfvl.T. lion. II. (*. Ihiyne. I'ost master (ieneral." E. I ", A bell Dead. lialtimore. Special Khlwiti Crank* liti Abell, president of the A. S. Abel! Company, publishers of The Sun newspaper of this city, died at his residence Sunday, aged til years. Mr. A bed I was born in I'.altimore and was the oldest of eleven children of the late Ariinnh S. Alndl. founder of The Sun. and by his death the last of the tounder's sons has passed away. lipon finishing his school studies at tho aj;.- ot 1t>, .Mr. Ma li entered the counting room of The Sun office. Although ho alwavs was identified with tho publishing of The Sun. he had given his attention more closely to the management of his father's estate and not until the death of (Icorge VV. A hell did he assume direct control of the paper. Since tin- death of his brother In- has been the directing head of the paper's policies and views on national questions and national affairs. As director of his paper it. was his tixed policy to keep his personal idea ity from the public gaze, anil ho achieved a notable success I'lnns for Fighting Yellow Fever. Mexico City. Special.?A conprohcnsixe plan for suppressing and preventing yellow fever in cities and towns of northeastern Mexico has been devised by Ms. I.yega. chairman of the superior hoard of . colth. The plan Is to fohor. the course the board took last summer and take rapid action should the fever again show itself. / Mosquitoes will he thoroughly destroyed. The board proposes to work in entire harmony with the health au-, thorlties In the United States and Texas. Tiie remarkaoic exemption of this clt* from typhoid >vcr this year is due to Improved sanitation.