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MILITIA ON GUARD State of Mississippi Inaugurates Shotgun Quarantine. , TEXAS IS ALSO VIGILANT New Orleans Authorities Confident * That They Have Yellow Scourge Well in Hand and Will Soon OA oiomp ii tv/UL. A New Orleans special says: The work of sanitation, fumigating, oiling and screening went on just the same ^ Sunday, and will continue daily until the city has been thoroughly screened and made mosquito proof. The record for the day showed little change from that of Saturday, ex- j cept in the reduction of the number of deaths. The number of new foci j is also again a source of encourage- j ment, showing that the spread is be- j ( coming slower and slower. The following was the official report up to 6 p. m. Sunday on the yel-! low fever situation: New cases 27 Total cases to date . 223 Deaths 3 Deaths to date .... 57 New foci 4 Total foci 41 A new complication was disclosed j during the day when Superintendent j Curran of the New Orleans and1 Northwestern railroad announced that two passengers who had remained the i IflniriV? nf time in S1iHp>ll I detention Gamp and sought admission j 7 into Mississippi had been turned i back. If the Mississippi health authorities now refuse admission to holders , of certificates of detention issued by tfie marine hospital service, it will J result in the government abandoning j those camps, and then travelers will have to either stay in New Orleanaa | or go to points in the north and east, ; and spend ten days before they can : return to Mississippi. Mississippi Tightly Closed. Governor Vardaman, acting for the ! state board of health of Mississippi, placed Adjutant General Fridge in charge of the state quarantine service and all future aggressions against the yellow plague in Mississippi will be j conducted under the auspices of the j adjutant general's office. The advance detail of the officers and men stationed at Camp B. F. Ward, who were preparing the camp grounds for the encampment of the Mississippi National Guard, will be - utilized to supplant the civil force now on duty throughout the state, and the moat stringent quarantine will be maintained in the state. General Fridge has issued imperatove orders to the soldiery to maintain the quarantine at the point of the bayonet The state board of health received a unique order from Governor Varda' / . It requires passengers through the 1 state to furnish affidavits from physicians, appproved by the state or city heitoth boards to the effect that they are in good health, and are not in-, fected or have not been exposed to cases of yellow fever. This means, that rkArsnns desirine to go ? * WMWV ? w y through to Michigan, Iowa, Wisconf sin, Indian Territory or any other of the places that are not bothered with yellow fever epidemics, and has nothing more serious to contend with than smallpox, typhoid fever and spinal meningitis, must do a deal of ! swearing and to go through some ex- j tensive red tape processes before they I can check their baggage. Texas has done pretty much the ; same thing, and it is not possible to ! ride through that state westward bound without similar red tape formalities or some detention. Shark Drowns a Bather, While wading waist deep, in the sea at Beaufort, X. C., Saturday, Sutton Davis, 16 years of age, was seized by a shark and drowned in full view of a large crowd of bathers. MEANS MUCH TO SOUTH. Editors of Trade Journals Meet in Atlanta and Organize. An important meeting which means much to the entire south was held in Atlanta Saturday when editors and proprietors of the leading trade journals gathered to perfect an organizaI tlon for the purpose of upbuilding the j south. Organizations or tnis kihu uav C UCCU j perfected in other parts of the coun- j try and the results have proved beyond argument the many and tremen( dous advantages obtained. HE WOULD DIE CONTENTED. I Sartford Says Gallows is Welcome if His Wife is Innocent, V. T. Sanford declines to make any further statement for the press. Ho does not undertake to reply to Mrs. j San-ford's recent statesment, otherwise than saying: "I would go to the gallows with a light heart and a smile could I only do so with the knowledge that she is as pure and innocent as she claims." i A VERDICT 0F GUILTY Rendered in Case of Old Man Rawlings Without Recommendation. Negro Preacher Faoes Jury. Tbe jury in the trial of J. G. Rawlings at Valdosta, Ga., brought in a verdict ; without recommend at ion at 12:35 Saturday night. The prisoner, his wife and daughters, who had remained by his side, received the verdict without emotion. The conviction of J. G. Rawlings, the father of Jesse, Milton and Leonard Rawlings, whose convictions had preceded his, removes the entire male membership of the family, should the verdict of the juries stand. The three sons and the negro, Alf Moore, were accused of killing the young Carter children, and the father, J. G. Rawlings, was accused and found guilty of instigating one of the blackest crimes that has been recorded in the history of Georgia. Four of the convicted men received no recommendation to mercy, and under the laws of the state, their sentences necessarily must be death on the gallows. One of the sons, Leonard, will receive a life sentence in the penitentiary?provided, of course, that sentences are passed upon the men. Seldom have so many faced the extreme penalty for the same crime, and interest in the case has been deep. The feature of the Rawlings trial Saturday was the statement of the defendant, which occupied about an hour and a half. The introduction of testimony by the state was concluded at half past 10 o'clock a. m., when Rawlings was put up to tell his story. The accused had made copious notes, to which he frequently re ferred. He entered a general denial of any knowledge or complicity in the assassination of the Carter children and took up the testimony of nearly every "witness introduced by the state in an endeavor to explain away their utterances. The statement was delivered in an easy manner. He said that Rev. S. S. Kemp, G. A. Fiveash and other witnesses had sworn to a positive falsehood against him. He asked that the guns and knife which the state had introduced as his, which it was alleged Alf Moore, the alleged negro accomplice, had received from him, be brought in for his examination. He claimed that one of the guns belonged to him, but denied that the other gun and the knife had ever belonged to him. The defense did not introduce any testimony, and announced closed at the conclusion of Rawlings' statement. The verdict of the Jury was not a surprise, and all the verdicts are generally approved by the people of the locality. It was thought by many after the jury had been out until midnight, that a mistrial would be the result, but it is understood now that there was small likelihood of such a turn to v.o flrat It 1<J said LOW QOSO liuui ui? U>HW .? that the jury was unanimous for conriot ton of the old man, but the question of mercy toward him entertained by some of the members, prevented an agreement for a t%a. After receiving the verdict, Judge Mitchell adjourned the court until 9 o'clock Monday morning, tat which time Frank Turner, the negro preacher jointly indicted with J. G. Rawlings as accessory before the fact, was put on trial. It is understood that Attorney John Cooper will ask for a new trial ol the cases against Rawlings and his sons, and in the event it is not granted by Judge Mitchell, will appeal to the supreme court. Deep sympathy is felt for Mrs. Rawlings and her daughters. The girls are intelligent and comely looking, and the tragedy that has come Into their lives is felt by all classes. To Investigate Case of Moore. An Investigation of the case of Dr. T. G. Moore, physiologist and algologist of the department of agriculture, is to be made by the department of justice to determine whether a prosecution is warranted by the facts. OLIVE DRAB COLOR DECEPTIVE. Privates Dressed in Such Uniforms Often Mistaken for Officers. An order has just been received at the Benicia, Cal., barracks, announcing that all olive drab uniforms now in the possession of the enlisted men must be confiscated at once. The reason for this action is that the enlisted men, when dressed in these uniforms, can hardly be distin guished from the officers and on several occasions mistakes have been made through their use. RAIL HORROR IN ENGLAND. Twenty-Three People Lose Life in Collision Between Trains. An electric express train on the Lanshire and Yorkshire railroad, bound from Liverpool to Southpoi"?, collided Thursday afternoon with an empty s'ationary train at the Hallroad station, causing rhe death of Twentythree persons, and the injury of many. The firs* car of the express,' whicS was crowded, was smashed to pieces rnd only six of its cccupanrs escaped. FIGHTING SCOURGE New Orleans Working Hard to Confine Yellow Jack. A GENERAL QUARANTINE While Crescent City Officials Are Not Alarmed, Outsiders Are Putting Up the Bars as a Precautionary Measure. Although the unofficial reports made pubic at New Orleans Friday showed a larger number of deaths than Thursj day, where there were only two and ' ! the appearance of a number of new ! I cases the men of science who are war- ! { ring against the yeilow fever plague 1 j ended the day's labors confident that ! the situation was still well in hanT\ j and with no immediate prospect of i becoming alarming. The health authorities continue to ! hold that the plague remains an Ital- j ian infection, all but two of the twen-1 i ty-six cases being of that nationality. | Almost without exception, since the ! beginning of the fever, those who have ! fallen victims to the disease have ! i* been of the poorer clafsses of the j population, many of them not lon& residents of the United States, and, therefore, unacclimated. For several years past the planters of Louisiana have been replacing negroes with Italian labor, and there has been a steady flow of immigration from Sicily and other parts of Iitaly to Louisiana. Many of these immigrants have remained in the city, finding employment in the peddling of fruit or in the work of unloading vessels at the fruit wharves. Fever Case in Tampa. The state health officer of Florida now at Tampa gave out the following statement Friday: "An Italian, whose name is Victor Vittalo, who left New Orleans, July 20, coming from the infected district of St. Phillip street, direct by rail to West Tampa, arriving July 22, has developed a mild case of yellow fever. The patient and inmates of houses within a radius of 300 feet are screened against mosquitoes and are guarded and will be'kept under guard and daily mediciti"observation and inspection for tho next three weeks. No quarantine has been placed on Tampa or West Tampa, except the cordoned district, for none is necessary, as the case is clearly traceable to New Orleans as the source of infection. "JOSEPH Y. PORTER." Helena Puts Up Bars. Helena, Ark., Friday morning quarantlnued against southern cities which have not declared a quarantine against New Orleans and ' other infected points. Natchez Quarantines. t A rigid quarantine has been established fet Natchez, Miss., against all points. No one will be allowed to enter the city except. residents of the county. Memphis Votes Quarantine. By a vote of 9 to 3 the executive council of Memphis, Tenn., went on record late Friday as favoring a strict quarantine against New Orleans and other fever-infected points. The quar antine will become operative immediately. Inspectors have been appointed and every railroad train from * - ?its Va oorstrQCGOi^ me suuui win uc uuocij vhuowuv^ before arriving in Memphis. Boats will also be inspected and no person from fever-infected points will be allowed to land in the' city limits. Strict Quarantine at Mobile. At a meeting of the committee of public health, held in Mobile, Ala., Friday afternoon, it was decided to accept no immeune certificates from any of the quarantined places, to enter Mobile city or county. These people will have to remain in the detention camps the same as other people. Chattanooga in Line. The quarantine instituted by Acting Mayor Dougherty of Chattaanooga is against New Orleans and other infected districts in the state of Louisiana. It was put in full force Friday and will be rigid. CHINKS TO BOYCOTT BANK. Shanghai Capitalists Make War on American Institution. The native bankers of Shanghai. China, are calling a meeeting to discuss a proposal to boycott the International Banking Corporation. This is an American concern organized in June, 1901, under the laws of Connecticut, receiving its charter by a special act of the state legislature. It was then the only American banking institution formed for the purpose of doing business, entirely in foreign countries with authority to ostablfish branches. ? HAYNES IS OUT OF EQUITAELE. President Morton Notifies Agent of ? rnnlpart I crmirid won ui w... A New York dispatch says: Paul Morton, president of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, Friday, notified Archibald C. Haynes, a leading general agent of the Equitable society in 'New York, that Mr. Haynes' contract with the Equitable was terminated. Mr. Haynes tendered his resignation some time ago. J ! ALF MOORE CONVICTED. ! I i Negro's Confession Failed to Save His ; | Nock ?Elder Rawlings Brought Into Court on a Cot. Alf Moore, the negro accomplice, \ | charged jointly with J. G. Rawlings j __ ^ - I as accessory oeiore me xaci in ins ! assassination of the Carter children, j I was put on trial at Valdosta, Ga., on J j Thursday morning, and convicted in 1 ! about four hours. In the afternoon | J. G. Rawlings ^as arraigned and the j selection of a jury was well under way i when court adjourned until Friday. Moore's case was called the first I thing, and both sides announced j ready. The negro had employed no I counsel, and the court appointed j Messrs. Cranford, Woodward and j-Smith to defend him. Solicitor Geni eral W. S. Thomas appeared for the | state. The selection of a jury con| sumed an hour and a half, three panels being called. W. L. Carter was the first witness for the state. His evidence was practically the same as that which he gave on the stand in the trials of the Rawlings boys. No evidence was introduced In behalf of the defendant. He went to the stand and repeated to the jury the statements he swore to in the cases against the Rawlings boys, detailing the alleged trade made with the elder Rawlings for the extermination of the Carter family, saying that Rawlings promised to pay him $100 and give him a fine revolver to do the work; that after Milton and Jesse had killed the Carter children and Carter began to fire on them, ne got frightened and ran away, making his way" back to Staunton, where he was arrested a few days later. Mr# Crawford of the defense made cn earnest plea for his client, and the judge delivered his charge before the noon recess. The jury was ready to report when Judge Mitchell return-^ ed from dinner. Many people thought that, in consideration of the confession made by the negro, whiclf has done much to clear up the terrible murders, that he should have received a recommendation to mercy. As it is, the verdict will send him to the gallows. The trial of J. G. Rawlings began at 4 o'clock, and progressed with the defendant reclining on a couch,which the judge ordered brought into the court room. The old man has not been well for several days, and, when the case waa called, Attorney Cooper moved for a continuance on the ground that his client was not physically able to undergo the trial, and was too sick to sit in the court room and assist his counsel. Judge Mitchell stated that while he was inclined to consult his sympathy in the matter, still, under the showing of the investigating physicians, who were interrogated, he felt it hlB duty to overrule the motion for a continuance. * EDITOR GRAY PAYS FINE. Cases Against Representative Revill and Mi]t Saul Dismissed. Thursday afternoon, in the Atlanta police court, Recorder Broyles fined James R. Gray, editor of the Atlanta Journal, $10 for a technical violation of the law under a charge of disorderly conduct. This was the result of the fight that Mr. Gray and Mr. H. H. Revill, representative from Meriwether county, had on Peachtreo street a few days since. Cases were made against these two gentlemen and Milt Saul, also of The Journal. When the cases were called neither Revill nor Saul were in court. Editor Gray said he was the aggressor in the difficulty and that he did not want Mr. ReVill fined. .Recorder Broyles then dismissed the cases against ReviU and Saul. Not Owned by Standard Oil. The steamer Clamant, from which $2,000 worlh of Sumatra tobacco, j which was seized by government officials at Bayonne, N. J., is supposed to have been landed, is not owned by the Standard Oil company, and the company is in no way responsible for her. BOUND AGENT; LOOTED SAFE. Southern Express Ampany Robbed ol $2,000 at Palatka, Fla. The safe of the Southern Express company at Palatka was opened by burglars between 3 and 4 o'clock n? m-vntTx, and rvirrpnev to the Cuwuajr ui /ium^ ??? . amount of about $2,000 was taken. Mr. Graves, the agent, who sleeps !n the office, was bound hand and fool by the robbers and his keys secured. The safe was opened by the combination. The ces'n dsawer was rifled, one of the keys taken from Graves unlocking it. Checks, money orders and ev er)'thing but the cash were cast aside. SHONTS ARRIVES ON ISTHMUS. President and Chief Engineer Ready for Canal Work. , The steamer Mexico with President Shonts of the Panama canal commission and Chief Engineer Stevens arrived at Colon Wednesday from New York. Governor Magoon and other high influential officers went from Panama on a S'pecial train to welcome the party, all of whom are in good health. j * HYDE IS HIDINC OUT Woman in Case Develops in Cotton Leak Scandal. NEW SENSATION SPRUNG Gossip Follows Resignation of Mrs. Burch from Statistical Department. Joftn Hyde Leaves Washington Very Unexpectedly. A Washington special says: It is unfair to say, as some papers are doing, that any officials of the department of agriculture have accused former Statistician John Hyde of com ^licity with the recently uneartnea departmental frauds. At the same time, however, the prevailing impression in the department is one of surprise and regret the Mr. Hyde should bave gone away practically between two suns without letting Secretary Wilson or Assistant Secretary Hays know of his plans. He was expected to remain in the city until the grand jury could have an opportunity to hear him and his going has in a degree crippled the government in its efforts to bring the real culprits to justice. His action has, in a measure, destroyed departmental confidence in him. It is not yet time to say the department thinks him a party to the frauds, but the officials do think that he should have been brave enough" to remain at home and stand the racket whatever it might have been. XI ?3 ! failure to do this was a great disappointment to his Washington friends, official and otherwise. No accusations have been brought against him beyond the fact that his methods were sufficiently loose as to make the work of the real culprits easier than it should have been. The suspicion exists in some quarters that he probably would not have gone had he been satisfied that he could run the gauntlet of the grand jury inquiry without harm. His departmental friends say that his natural timidity, which is rank cowardice at times, has controlled hRn in this case, and that his going away is not an evidence of guilt Meanwhile, inquiry now under way by Professor Hajs, and the grand jury will probe a little deeper into Hyde's personal case than otherwise they would have done. The principal topic of conversation in 'Washington is the resignation of Mrs. Bertha Burch, formerly private secretary to Mr. Hyde. Even the refusal of Beckham and Haas to testify before the grand jury Thursday afternoon and probability of summary treatment of them unless they change their minds'does not appear to be so interesting to the Washington people. Mm Burch is the woman who haa been frequently referred to In connection with predictions that she would either be dismissed or forced to resign. In view of some of the stories that are going the rounds, it is believed by some that Secretary Wilson was unduly lenient in permitting her resignation, instead of incontinently discharging her. Mrs. Buich, it is claimed, had a thorough knowledge of the intricate work of the bureau of statistics and since August 20, 1900, when she entered the classified service as a stenographer and statistical clerk, has been one of the most trusted employes in the bureau under the supervision cf John Hyde. It has been declared by many employes at the department that Mts. Burch had unusual influence with Mr. Hyde and that so far as the affairs of the bureau were concerned, she was called "the power behind the throne." In the departmental blue book for 1903 the name of Mrs. Bertha Burch is entered as a "compiler" in the bureau of statistics of the department of agriculture. Mrs. Burch avers that her position was that of private secretary to Mr. Hyde. JAPS WILLING FOR ARMISTICE. Question Will Be Taken Up So Soon as the Peace Ehvoys Meet. Neither Baron Komura nor Minister Takahira, who are now in New York, would discuss their visit to President Roosevelt. i Inquiry was made of Mx.?Sato, who Is a member of the Japanese peace commission, as to the attitude of the Japanese on the question of an armistice and he replied: "Japan is perfectly willing to agree to an armistice after the credentials of both commissions have been examined and verified." LIGHTNING SLAYS BATHERS. Five Struck and Instantly Killed, While Nine Are Seriously Hurt. During a thunder storm of terrific intensity which passed over New York I Sunday afternoon, five persons were struck by lightning and instantly killed and nine were seriously injured at the Parkway baths, Coney Island. At the same time one man was killed a^id three were prostrated at Gravesend Beach. \ GALLOWS AND PRISOlf la Fate of Jesse and Leonard Rawlings. Jury Decrees Death for One and Life Sentence for the Other. The trial of Jesse and Leonard L. Rawlings, on the charge of the murder of two children of W. L. Carter, ended at Valdosta, Ga., Wednesday afternoon with a verdict of guilty, but a recommendation for mercy for Leonard. This means Jesse will have to hang, and that Leonard will spend his life in the penitentiary, unless a hieher court should decree otherwise. It was five minutes after 5 o'clock, Wiednesday afternoon, when the jury notified Judge Mitchell that they had reached an agreement. The judge was at the court house waiting for the jury's decision, and the jury was very quickly brought in. The foreman handed the verdict to Solicitor General# Thomas, ft read as follows: "We, the jury, find Leonard Rawlings and Jesse Rawlings guilty, an! recommend that Leonard be sent to the penitentiary for life." The jury was polled, and each member acknowledged the verdict as hi*. The mother and sisters of the condemned young men were present, and as the verdict was read out, the mother broke down and sobbed aloud, but the girls showed little emotion. Leonard and Jesse received the verdict with pale faces and bowed heads. The entire morning session of the court was consumed by the speeches of Solicitor General Thomas for the stafe and John R. cdoper for the defense. ' Judge Mitchell charged the jury before the noon recess, and the body retired to their room at 1:38 o'clock p. m. Laige crowds attended the trial, but there was no demonstration of any kind, and the best 01 order was observed in and around the court room. ' Very little surprise was expressed at the finding, as it semed to have been about what the majority of people expected, and is generally approved. Although the evidence against old man Rawlings is said to be even stronger and more direct than that against his sons, it is expected that his attorneys will make a determined fight in his behalf, and the trial promises to be one of the hardest fought and ttost ~y interesting in the whole series. While showing some signs of breaking# down,' he* maintained his composure througnout the ten days of the trials of his sons. He appears to realize more fully, since the conviction of bis other two boys, his perilous situation, and told his wife and daughters that they would have to look out for themselves, as everything seemed to be going against him. He remarked to callers at the jail that he would have killed W. L. Carter daring a session of the Valdosta city court some months ago, but as he started to draw his pistol Sheriff Passmore stepped between and his intended victim. 8IX DEATHS FROM YELtOW JACK Was Wednesday's Record in New Orleans?Eleven New Cases Reported. Six deaths from yellow fever were ' ' recorded in New Orleans Wednesday up to p. m., making a total to date of 42. The number of cases reported is 11, making, all told to date, 165. The organization of forces for fighting the spread of the infection and for a practical application of the mosquito exte%iination plans has been completed. Besides 100 men put on as extras to ciean gutters by the city, 350 men are working ae part of the system of sanitation. In his advices from New Orleans to the public health and marine hospital service at Washington, Surgeon'White v says that a house to house inspection Is being conducted in the portion of the city which is infected by yellow fever. This section includes forty or fifty blocks. Grand Jury Hard at Work. The grand jury investigating the cotton scandal at Washington heard six witnesses Wednesday, four of them being from New York. It is believed that the investigation will continue for two weeks. Operation Performed on Rojestvensky. Rear Admiral Rojestvensky has undergone a successful operation at Tokio. The wound on his forehead was opened and a small piece of bone was removed. His condition is satisfactory. Hyde's Female Secretary Resigns. A Announcement was made at the department of agriculture at Washing, ton Wednesday that Mrs. Bertha Jucu, private secretary to former Statistician Hyde, had resigned, and that her resignation had been acceptetd. RUS8IAN PRESS BLUFFING. Tone of Newspapers Grow More Warlike as Peace Conference Near*. The tone of the Russian press grows more warlike as the peace conference draws nigh, and the government on all sides is urged to resist humiliating demands even at the cost of continuing the war. "Pesce on the Japanese terms as outlined by Mr. Sato," says the Russ, "can only be an armistice." ,