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1 $100,000
T By John
+<K?fr++ + EFORE you gc any
2 % * positions in the I"
* XJ * pay as much as $1
+ X# !> his $100,000 man 1
* + gain-counter deal,
> **+ ?! **?{ <. ary. Some men v
?$$$??$ a year out of the l
?? ????>? of stock invest men
salary of $25,000 ?
any class of merely executive busint
ly easy money.
In the world of business, accordi
a man who might draw a salary of
into the profits of the concern in wl
the amount of his salary. It will b
a great commercial or manufacturii
have no place. Steel has always be
aries in the industrial, but when CI
ter to the presidency of the Lackaw
stopped at $50,000 as his annual sa
railroads, is the recognized greatest
a salary somewhere between $25,000
end vice-president of the Santa Fe.
and he had boih prestige and ability
pert in one of the smaller banks of <
best judgmom of the story. But or
the result of his knowledge of the
Limself as he saw the opportunity.
There are 4000 physicians in CI
ing the profession, the gossip of it:
physicians earn less than $1200 a y
to $3000, and beyond $3000 and vet :
500 of the medical directory.
One of the oldest technological
its graduates in the class of 1 Sf*4. v
practical arts. The results indicate
man than for the practitioner of m
average salary for the 1S5 graduate
the graduates receiving salaries abo
ual receiving $1500 and over.?Chic
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Alber<
\ So
f The Great Territo
< Organizing
J By Hon. K Si. Lauren
ffiw/tyw of C
E are informed tha
Wless an area than
almost fails to g
greatness of the fi
====== parison, and I ma
provinces will be
^9 ^ state of New York
, . I,' ter millions; eac
point of area as t
tion of five millions; each will be si?
svlvania, with a population of six a
seven tims as large as the state of
half millions.
In point of fact,-each of them 3
chusetts. New York. Illinois, Iowa,
all combined together. Each of th
Scotland, and Ireland, with their im
pie; each of them is much greater
Its population of fifty-six and thre?
greater than tha Republic of Franc
nine millions.
By a simple comparison of tha
mensity of the heritage which we a
* *
3 The Tram
, "Miss i
pi By Lieut Charles.
80W?k MONG all the trap
I I than the fate of 1
I I the search for th<
I from the rolls as '
I medical service o1
I V I pathies than that
M P bounded; and at'
a more unsatisfa
times have the sei
the spot in the thicket where a wou
he has crawled to quench his thirs
he has put forth his last strength 1
We have a small regimental h
work, to be re-enforced by bandsme
fighting all day and may be called
few oil lanterns, and we can make
lights have been tested in some fo
ularly among the British in South
available to illuminate the field on
lone lantern is scarcely practicable
rarely at hand. The medical officer
to search for wounded go wherev
hut thev must abandon in woods, th
of hemorrhage or shock, or wounds
make themselves heard.?From "Tt
* *
r France aj
By Syc
* DO not know whel
^ | were followed wit
+ _ were looked upon
^ I 4, was that France 1
I J maintain her presi
^ A 4f> build as she buil
4 * rivals. That was
to the breakdown
their application
the cardinal problem of their forei
ment, it was always with specific
her naval estimates. From now on
Germany. This involves on the pai
in standards, a shifting of the ent
crucial point of both her military a
mination of France to maintain hei
met the vast relief with which, bent
have watched the singeing of the
French agreement, the new British
petuate her relative ascendency at t
States into a naval power of the fit
casting of the German horoscope li
Columbus.
A school teacher was trying to h
press upon his pupil's mind that C
Iambus discovered America in 14J
so he Sc-^d, "Now. John, to make y;
rememb* the date when Columbi
discovert America. I will make it
a rhyme so you won't forget it: *C
lumbus sailed the ocean blue in 149:
Now, can you remember that, John
"Yes. sir,* replied John.
The next morning when he came
school his teacher said, "John, wh(
did Columbus discover America?"
"Columbus sailed the dark blue s?
la 1453."
Salary Paid $
Ji. Howland. ^
further, young man, there are no salaried
nitcd States now paying or promising to
00,000 a year. President Roosevelt found J
for the Panama canal, but it was a barand
the man is getting only 5:55,000 salvho
are on salaries are making $100,000
position, but where they are it is because
ts in the concerns. The man who gets a
i year is making good money, for almost
ice hrain amj au bevond it is comparative
in? to dividend paying business principles,
$100,000 a year would be required to turn
lich he was employed at least three times
e conceded that in the mere operating of
rig establishment this $100,000 man could
ea regarded as the great field for big salarke
went from the International Harves- I
anna Steel, even the press agency figures
lary. Bird, of the Vanderbilt systems of
authority on traffic in this country, with
and $40,000 a year. Haul Morton, as secis
supposed to have drawn $25,000 salary,
r for the position. Last year the bond exChicago
made his $5o.i?oo, according to the
ily $5000 of this was f alary?the rest was
bond market and his ability to invest for
licago, of all ages and conditions. Lumps
members is that at least 1000 of these
ear: 2500 of them are earning from $1200
short of $100,000 a year are the remaining
schools in the country has kept a tab^^
rhtn 1S5 were turned out in*o the field of*
i a much higher salary for the technical
edicine. According to this tabulation the
>s of that year is $30S2. with forty-five of
ve this average, and juearly every individago
Tribune.
* *
ind
iskatchewan f
ries Which Canada Is }
jf as Provinces. 4
ce, in the Dominion House J
ommons.
t each of these provinces will comprise no
enimro miles The mind of man!
M I U,VVV v
rasp the significance, the vastness, the
gures. We can only faintly do so by comy
be permitted to say that each of these
nearly six times as large as the great
; "with its population of seven and a quarh
of them will be five times as great in
he large state of Illinois, with its populai
times as Large as the large state of Pennnd
a half millions; each of them will be
Indiana, with its population of two and a
is largeT in area than the state of Massa-Maine,
Michigan. Delaware, New Jersey,
em is twice as large as England, Wales,
mense population of forty-two million peothan
the German empire in Europe, with
^quarter millions; each of them is much
e in Europe, with its population of thirty
L1--s * - itio I ni.
it Kma we are enauieu iu 1 ta ii6v vuv i w*
s Canadians have in our great Northwest
* *
?dies of the S
ing" in War ^
Norton Barney, U. S. A.
redies of war there is none more pitiful
Jiose poor fellows who are overlooked in
? wounded, left to die alone, and dropped
'missing." No part of all the complicated
r the battlefield appeals more to our sym-which
has to do with the finding of the
the same time there is no part which is in
ctory state of development. How many
archers come perhaps within a few feet of
nded man has fallen, or the ravine whither
t, and have not heard the faint cry which
to utter!
iospital corps personnel available for this
n?or possibly combatants who have been
upon to fight on the morrow; we have a
? torches: ibat is all. Portable acetylene
reign services, and in a few cases, particAfrica,
the electric searchlight has been
the night foljowing the battle. Buttheacetyin
this connection and the searchlight is
s and hospital corps men who are detailed
er they hear a cry of pain or a call for help,
lickets, and ravines, many who, on account
of the face or of the air-passages, cannot
te Use of Dogs in War," in Scribner's.
* *
id Germany *"*1?
T
Iney Brooks. ""w*v
:her in America the French naval debates
h much interest. Here (In England) they
as of inestimable moment. Their upshot
vould meet German* ship for ship; would
ent superiority over Germany at sea, would
ds. and regulate her expenditure by her
5 at once the answer of the French people
of the Russian navy in the Far East, and
of the new relationship with England to
gn policy. Until the Anglo-French agreereference
to England that France framed
wards it is to be with specific reference to
-t of France nothing less than a revolution
ire national front, a concentration at one
,nd her na\al strength. Indeed, the deter
lead at sea is serious enough to counter?ath
a politic show of regret, the Germans
Emperor of Russia's beard. The Anglonaval
scheme, the resolve of France to persea,
and the irrepressible rise of the United
rst rank, have indeed made a complete relevitable.?Harper's
Weekly.
Electroplated Laces.
1V" Electroplated lace6 are among the
?* latest French novelties. The laces are
*- made conductors of an electric current
M and placed in a galvanic bath. Under
113 the influence of a current of about
in three volts they become coated with
?* I an exceedingly delicate metal surface.
2.' 1 the colors of which and other proper?"
, ties can be regulated ad libitum. The
coating is so fine that not the slightto
est irregularity can be noticed, and
?n the laces remain perfectly soft and
flexible. It makes no difference
sa whether gold, silver, copper, bronze or
oth"r tn/Yris V9 employed > .
(^('COLONY fl
Two Will Be Settled by Swedes anFI
*the Third by Natives of Finland.
It is probable that within the next
CO days the work of populating a
large traet of land in Aiken county
will be commenced. This land was
acquired through the bureau of immigration
and will be used for affording
homes to thrifty people who are
dissatisfied with the climate of New
England.
The agent in charge of this colonization
movement is Capt. E. Lindburg,
a native of Sweden, who for 32
years has been engaged in building
up settlements of this kind in the
northwest.
Captain Lindburg said that he had
learned through Mr. Chas. 0. Due of
Charleston that in South Carolina
there are vast acres of arable land not
under cultivation and that this is an
inviting chance for immigrants of the
proper kind. Mr. Due who is a Xorof
the Security
! National bank of Charleston.
Captain Lindburg came to South
Carolina and made an investigation
as to climatic and other conditions.
He found much of the land unsuited
to any immigration except that of
coolies. But three-fourths of the 30,000,000
acres may be inhabited by
settlers of any nationality. About
this time there was considerable talk
I of the establishment in South Carolina
of a bureau of immigration and
Captain Lindburg gave much valuable
information to those leading in
the tight.
The colinization agencies wanted
the State to establish such a bureau,
for it would be 110 real estate agency
to make all lands appear fertile and
have the tirst settlers go away disappointed.
What was wanted was a
bureau to compile accurate information
and statictics and to secure options
011 large tracts of land at reasonable
terms.
On his second trip to South Caro
lina at the invitation of the bureau
of immigration. Captain Lindburg
contracted for the purchase of 10,0(1(1
acres of land between Trenton and
Croft station and approaching1 the
city of Aiken. He had found the
climate of the State exactly what is
wanted by the dissatisfied Swedes
in New England and in the northwest,
and that for 10 months in the year
farming operations can be conducted
here. A sufferer from rheumatism
himself lie had secured absolute immunity
from its pain while in South
Carolina. Captain
Lindburg settled a great
part of the State of Missouri 011 the
line of the Atlantic and Pacific rail
ways. He also established colonies
in the State of Nebraska. He therefore
knows where to pet immigrants
and how to persuade them.
Fifteen years ago it would have
been impossible to get Europeans to
come south in colonies on account of
the distorted views of social conditions
here entertained by the people
i of contintntal Europe. But through
! his own and other agencies all such
j fears have been dissipated and these
: jK'ople are ready to eome here and
! become settlers.
| In addition to the 10,000 acres of
j which he contracted last September,
i Captain Lindburg has secured options
j on 0,000 acres in an adjoining tract
j and 3.100 acres in another, making
nearly 20,000 acres in all in Aiken
county. Besides these, he has options
on 20,000 acres near McBee and
25.000 acres in another tract surrounding
the town of McBee on the
Seaboard road in Chesterfield county.
The Aiken lands are fertile and are
' suitable for truck farming. The Ches1
(..AaU In,,,1c nvn twiv hut nrp well
I UlUClu iiiimo u;v
I adapted to fruit raisins: .
One of the McBee tracts lias been
disposed of to Mr. Hamburg of New
! York, president of the Finland
Steamship and Navigation company.
Mr. Hamburg will have this tract settled
as soon as possible. The Finns
are a very clannish people and all
the Finns coming to America conduct
their banking business through Mr.
I Hambrog. He, therefore, will see
I that none but desirable people will be
| sent to populate the 20,000 acres in
i Chesterfield county.
The Brookland Fraud Case.
Lexington, Special.?In the court of
general sessions Geo. B. McC'ombs, exmayor
of New Brookland. along with
T. D. Mitchell, formerly town policeman.
and M. L. Fox were found guilty
of tampering with the election returns
of the municipal election held
in New Brookland on the 27th of last
May. At that time MeCombs was the
intendant of that town, and he stood
for re-election, being opposed by Mr.
J. S. Gunnell. The managers of the
election. apj>ointed by MeCombs. were
M. L. Fox and George I. Busbee. who,
it was claimed, entered into a con?.i
i r n t_ _ j \f!4. .1.^11
| spiracy wiui .ucvoraos aim iuucih-u
to declare the re-election of McCombs
I and his ticket regardless of how the
ballots counted. The election returns
were so manipulated that MoCombs
was declared to be elected; Gunnell
ami his friends were satisfied that
fraud has been perpetrated and they
contested the declaration of McCombs'
election to the extent even
of having a warrant sworn out
against the managers and Mitchell,
which resulted in Gunnell's being declared
entitled to the office of intendant.
.Tudge Ernest Gary sentenced
each of the defendants to four months
on the chaingang or pay a fine of
i?7o each. They were taken to jail.
Mr. Gunter Still in Hospital.
On account of the. illness of Attorney
General Gunter, the assistant attorney
generaMr. W. II. Townsend
has been un&Me to go to Washington
to inquire ^ito the matter of the
claims of Men from this State for
services rena^fd during the SpanishAmerican
war. Hon. A. F. ljever,
congressman from the seventh district.
is in Washington on that mission
and will make a thorough investigation
on behalf of Governor Hevward
and the attorney general's office.
,
It Now Look^in Agreement On
lerms Will-Be Impossible
AN ADJOURNMENT UNTIL TUESDAY
Fate of the Peace Conference is Regarded
by Most at Portsmouth as
Virtually Sealed, and it is Expected
That the Adjornment Taken to
Tuesday Means Merely an Exchange
of Farewells.
Portsmouth. N. H., Special.?Black
pessimism reigns at Portsmouth. The
prevailing view is that the fate of the
?(a nlrno/lir COQ
peace cuiuei tiicu 13 au
that it has ended in failure and that
all that now remains is for the plenipotentiaries
to meet Tuesday, to
which day they adjourned Friday afteinoon
upon completing the seriatim
consideration of the Japanese terms,
sign the final protocol, go through the
conventions and bid each other farewell.
In other words, that the meeting
Tuesday will be what diplomacy
calls the "seance d'adieu." But there
is still room for hope of a compromise.
Neither Roosevelt nor the powers
will see the chance of peace shipwrejked
without a final effort, and that
pressure is being exerted, especially
a^Tokio, to induce Japan to moderate
her terms, is beyond question. Just
what is being done or is to be cone,
has not transpired. King Edward is
understood to be now lending a helping
hand the financiers of the world are
known to be exerting all their influences.
At Tokio and St. Petersburg
the final Issue will he ueciaea. 1 ne
Japanese have been implacable
throughout the six days' sittings. They
have listened and explained, but they
have yielded not an iota of the ?uostance
of their original demands. Air.
Witte accepted outright seven of the
twelve Japanese conditions, one in
principle and four, including the ma'n
issues, indemnity and Sakhalin, he tcjected.
The other two, limitation of
naval power and the surrender of the
interned warships, might have been
arranged had there been any prospect
of agreement on the two points upon
which the digergence seemed irreconcilable.
In the oral discussion of the terms,
Mr. Witte yielded upon two articles,
but substantially the result of the
thirteen sittings of the envoys has
only been to emphasize the position
taken by Mr. Witte in the written
reply he presented last Saturday to
the Japanese terms. And now both
sides turn to home for the last word
before the cards are thrown face uptard
upon the table next Tuesday, for
ie impasse reached Friday by the
aq o} paziuSoaaj si sajjeijuajodtuaid
only a diplomatic 'fiction.' If in the
Interim istructions are received by
either side compromise is yet possible
But the chances are recognized to be
slim. So far as the Russian plenipotentiaries
are concerned there never
was a chance of their yielding both indemnity
and Sakhalin. The cession of
Sakhalin without indemnity was, according
to the best inside information
the extreme limit to which Mr. Witte
would ever consent to go and the Emperor
has not yet given the word even
to concede that. And suddenly a new
factor has been introluced which, in the
opinion of those most competent to
judge, lessens materially the chances
I that he might do so. namely, the issuance
of his manifesto granting a popular
representative body of his subjects.
The bearings of this "historic" document.
as Mr. Witte described it a few
days ago. upon the issue are easily com
prehensible. It is bound to ameliorate
the internal situation in Russia.
The manifesto is Emperor Nicholas'
answer to the Japanese demand for the
payment of a war tribute. The grant
of this broad reform is regarded as virtually
an appeal to the Russian people
for support to resist it.
At Tokio it is impossible to tell what
view will be taken. Peace probably j
can be even now secured by the sacrifice
of the indemnity Vague intimations
' ? ?t. x ? + V?r\ Tononncn ciflA
I lonigni cuiuc nuui mc ^a^au^v
' that "the demand for the cost of the
war'1 might be moderated, but Mr.
Witte's reply Is that he will pay liberally
for the maintainance of the Russian
prisoners in Japan, but "not a copeck
for tribute."
Tonight the situation can be summed
up in a single sentence?prompt and
heroic action by outside influence alone j
can save the conference.
Portsmouth. N. H., Special.?The j
prospects for peace are distinctly
brighter. The plenipotentiaries are j
laboring with a seriousness and ear- j
r.estness which leaves not the slight-1
est doubt that both are anxious to,
conclude a treaty. Though the main :
points remain to be contested and the j
plenipotentiaries of each side speak as I
though the conference would go to j
pieces unless the other side gives way, I
the sj%pt of compromise is in the air. j
When he returned to the hotel Wed-1
nesday night. Mr. Witte, who was1
tired out with his hard day's work, j
said:
"I am doing all I can for peace. Of '
the eight articles we have already con-1
videred. I have yielded seven. No1
other statesman in Russia would have I
dared to do so much, and I have done |
what I have on my own responsibilI
ity."
j
Growers Will Control Prices.
Washington, Special.?The 9outhern
Cotton Association has determined that
the price of the principal product of
! the South shall be fixed by the growers
and not by Wall street This is the
substance of a declaration made by
Mr. Harvie Jordan, president of the
Southern Cotton Association. Mr. Jordan
has been here for the past few days
on business connected with the present
grand jury investigation of the Department
of Agriculture cases. He appeared
before that body as a witness.
Georgia Tech Presidnet Dead.
Atlanta, Ga., Special.?A special from
Dansville, N. Y., announces the death
at a sanitarium there early Thursday
of Captain Lyman Hall, preident of the
Georgia School of Technology, at At
lanta. Captain Hall was 45 years of
age, graduated at West Point Military
Academy in 1881, but resigned his commission
in the army on account of an
injury received while in the military
school. He has been connected with
the School of Technology since 1888,
when he accepted the chair of mathemaitc.
His death was due to nervous
prostration brought on by overwork.
em
Outline of Proposition to Baron Boson
Becomes Known?Suggestion Hard
For the Czar, as Author of The
Hague Peace Conference, to Reject
?Japan's Acceptance Considered
Assured if Russia's is Obtained.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special.?It cannot
be autroritatively stated that the
feature of the proposition of President
Roosevelt communicated through
Baron Rosen to Mr. Witte and transmitted
by the latter to Emperor Nicholas
was basad upon the principle of
arbitration, wnetner tne proposal contemplates
arbitration of all the articles
npon which the plenipotentiaries have
failed to agree, or upon the question of
indemnity cannot be stated with positiveness,
but it is more than probable
that it relates only to indemnity or to
indemnity and the cession of the island
of Sakhalin. Neither is it possible
to s^y whether the President has
has yet made a similar proposition to
Japan. The customary diplomatic proceedings
in such a case would be to
submit the proposal simultaneously to
both countries, but there might be an
advantage in securing the adherence
of one before submitting it to the
other.
To Emperor Nicholas, the author of
The Hague peace conference, the suggestion
of arbitration which will neces
sarily immediately command the sympathy
of the public opinion of the
world will be particularly hard to reject.
If he agrees. Japari. if she has
not already done so. would be all the
more bound to submit her claim to the
decision of an impartial arbitrator. Ac
eeptance by both sides would Involve
a great extension of the principle of
arbitration, as nations have heretofore
declined to arbitrate questions involving
their "honor and dignity." Both
Mr. Takahira and Mr. Witte in the
earlier stages of the conference absolutely
rejected the idea of arbitration,
and both reiterated their disbelief in
such a solution. It was noticed, however,
that Mr. Witte's opinion was not
expressed as strongly as it was last
week.
An Offer to Japan.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special. ? The
chances of peace have undoubtedly
been improved by President Roosevelt's
action in stepping Into the
breach in a last heroic endeavor to
induce the warring countries to compromise
their "irreconcilable differ??
knt tho result is Still in SUS
pease.
The ultimate decision of the issue
has de facto if not de jure, passed
from the plenipotentiaries to their
principals, from Portsmouth to St.
Petersburg, and perhaps in a lesser
extent, to Tckio. Although there are
collateral evidences that pressure both
by President Roosevelt and neutral
powers, including Japan's ally, Great
Britain, whose minister, Claude McDonald,
according to advices received
here, held a long conference Sunday
afternoon with Mr. Katsura, the Japanese
Premier, is still being exerted at
Tokio to induce Japan to moderate
her demands, there is reason to believe
that President Roosevelt was
able at his interview with Baron de
Rosen to practically communicate to
the latter's senior, Mr. Witte, Japan's
irreducible minimum?what she would
yield, but the point beyond which she
would not go.
Whether an actual basis of compromise
was proposed by the President,
cannot be stated definitely. The only
thing that can be affirmed positively
is that if Russia refuses to act upon
the suggestion or proposition of President
Roosevelt the peace conference
will end in failure.
No clue of the nature of this recommendation
has transpired. But it
can be stated that Mr. Witte, no matter
how he may personally view the
proposition, is distinctively pessimistic
as to the character of the response
which will come from St. Petersburg.
To a confidential friend he offered little
hope of a change in the situation.
The Japanese, very firmly believed,
cling to the substance if not the form
of this demand for remuneration for
"the cost of the war."
Perhaps they are willing to decrease
the sum asked, but substantial compensation,
under whatever guise it is
obtained, they decline to relinquish.
And they are also firm upon the cession
of Sakhalin.
Jap Warships Off Siberia.
Godzyadani, Manchuria, By Cable.?
A small squadron of Japanese cruisers
is crusing off the shore of Kamchatka.
Armed schooners and torpedo boats
continue demonstrating all along the
Siberian coast. General Linevitch announces
to the inhabitants of the
Amur region that there is no present
cause for anxiety or fear, as the entire
region is quiet.
Adjourned to Tuesday.
Portsmouth, N. H., Special.?The
official statement of the Friday morning
session of the peace conference is
as follows :
"In the sitting of August 18, the conference
has continued the discussion
of article 11 and the discussion of the
article will be resumed at 3 o'clock.""
The following is the official bulletin
of the afternoon session:
"Not being able to arrive at an
agreement on article 11, the confer
ence passed to the discussion 01 me
last article, which has been settled
unanimously. The next sitting will
take place on Tuesday. August 22, at
3 o'clock in the afternoon."
Hurt in Jam 011 Train Platform.
McDonald, Pa., Special.?Hemmed in
on a narrow platform between two
trains at the station of the Panhandle
Railroad Saturday night, three of a
crowd of fifty jammed in the narrow
space were seriously injured and a
number of others are suffering from
the shock of the panic and crushed
caused by the accident.
In Honor of Taft Party.
Manila, By Cable.?Advices from
Zamboanga says that three wonderful
demonstrations were held in honor of
Secretary of War Taft and party. All
the tribes in the Moro provinces and
the leading dattos were represented.
At night there was a dance at the
Army and Navy Club and a reception
by the Mindan Club. The Twentieth
Infantry, commanded by Colonel Maus,
led the parade, and hundreds of school
children sang in English. The Loga^j
has sailed for Jolo with Secretary Tarn
and party. J
The Situation Now Shows a Slow Bui|
t "
-Steady Improvement
NUMBER OF DEATHS ON DECREASE
Death List of Only Four Indicates
That Practically Every Case is Being
Reported, and This Means That
Modern Methods to Prevent Spread
Are Being Universally Applied?
Marine Hospital Surgeons Not
Talking, But Evidently HopefulOver
20 New Cases in Vicinity and
Several Deaths.
New Orleans, Special.?Official report
to 6 p. m.:
New cases, 45. Total cases to date,
1,385.
Deaths, 4 Total deaths, 196.
New foci, 11. Total foci, 306.
Remaining under treatment, 381.
No better evidence of the fact, that
the visitation of mosquito fever is not
only being controlled here, but that
there is a change for its eradication,
can be found, than in the daily reports
of cases and deaths. For several days
the numuer of cases has shown a decline,
while the number of deaths have
been remarkably lower, considering
the number of cases reported a week
ago. The death list indicates that practically
every case that develops is now
being reported and that means that
me moaern metnoa 01 ueaiuieui. iu
prevent spreJtl is being applied. When
that condition is assured, the end of
visitation is in sight, and it looks as if
that condition is approaching. ,
With the visitation of 1878 compared
to the present one, it is shown that
there is do reason for alarm in the
present instances. They prove the fact
that the disease is being controlled.
They also indicate that if it had not
been checked and controlled at the
time that it was that the visitation
this year would have been as serious
as that of 1880. While the Marine
Hospital surgeons are making no comments,
they are much more hopeful
than they were two weeks ago, when
they took hold of the situation.
Of the four deaths, one was at the
Charity Hospital, one in the Emergency
Hospital, and the other two down
town.
A surgical reai. i
Louisville, Special.?Employing the
skin of healthy brown sheep, the head
of Miss Edna Seifert. whose scalp was
torn off in an accident at the NelsonBethel
Clothing Company, August 2,
will be covered by the grafting process.
Dr. A. R. Bizot, who has been attending
her at Sts. Mary and Elizabeth
Hospital, stated that work of placing
the skin on Miss Seifert's head will
i commence this morning. The operaj
tion will require several months, as only
little "islands" of the skin are dot!
ted over the surface close enough to
ultimately grow together. In a few
i weeks the success of this somewhat
I unique and original operation can be
i determined. If it is not successful,
! then the skin of a human will be used.
I Miss Seifert is twenty-one years old,
and boards at 2400 Griffiths avenue.
She was an operator at the factory
of the Nelson-Bethel Clothing Company.
While she was adjusting a refractory
belt, her hair caught in the
shafting. She was dragged across the
machine, and her entire scalp and part
| of her cheek were torn completely off.
At first her life was despaired in. um
her injury responded promptly to
treatment and her recovery is now confidently
expected.
Sunday a pieje of skin taken from
Miss Seifert's heel was grafted to her
forehead, but to cover her entire head
with a substitute for a scalp wes a
problem which the attending surgeon
is now endeavoring to solve by using
sheep skin. The animal was purchased
from a Jefferson-county farmer, and
is in fine condition. The brown sheep
was selected because that was the color
I of the wig she will hereafter be forced
to wear.
I
Slayer Dies of Wound.
Baxley, Ga., Special.?A. J. Chestnut
who, a few days ago, shot and killed
Marshal Mike Aspinwall, and, being
pursued by the sheriff and a large
number of citizens, was wounded, died
Wednesday evening. Will Smith, a
carpenter, of Waycross, engaged here
at work on the school building, shot
Chestnut with a rifle and since become
insane and is now in the asylum.
Telegraphic Briefs.
Chairman Shonts. of the Panama Canal
Commission is back from the Isthmus
and states that provision for the
housing and supplying of the workmen
must precede the actual digging of the
waterway.
Awards to the Amount o# about f632.000
have been made in the case of various
claims against Venezuela.
The train known as the "Fast Flying
Virginian" ran from Morristown nearly
to Philadelphia with the engineer dead
at the throttle.
Miss Gladys Roosevelt, a cousin of
the President, was severely injured in
a runaway accident at Sayville, L. I.
The Chinese boycott at Soo Chow
is taking on a political character, and
an anti-foreign outbreak is feared.
Secretary Taft and party sailed from
Manila for Iloilo.
In celebration of his having won the
derby, Lord Rosebery gave a garden
party July 27 to the working people of
Epsom to the number of 3,000.
For selling been brewed in Amsterdam
as Munich beer, a London saloonkeeper
was fined $50 and costs the
other day.
'* "d-joo THrnncrh Alabama.
VAU y J> aeo amavmq.
Montgomery, Ala., Special.?State
Health Officer Sanders said that persons
from Infected districts in other
States who want to come through Alabama
going to other States will not
be allowed in Alabama until their seven
days' dentention are up, even if they
do not stop within the borders of Alabama.
Richmond carpenters are ordered to
strike for an eight hour day without
reduction of wages
L^toes^Kouthern
^^ther Manufacturing
Georgia
for the erect^^^^^^^^^f
new building. This stru^HBn^^^H
be two stories high, 4S by^Rofeet^^^M
and when it is completed the company's
present building will be equipped
as a dry house, with a capacity
of from 5 to 10 bales per day. The |
company has also awarded a contract J
for 1,000 spindles, which are now M
being installed, increasing the quip- jfl
ment to 400 spindles for makjqyjthe
hosiery yarns used in knitting l*>sierv.
About $40,000 is the cosnj)?~^^|
these additions and improvements:'??
The annual meeting of the stockholders
and board of directors of the M
Hamburger Cotton Mills was held Friday
at the offices in the plant. It was
decided to add 500 looms to the pres- i
eut plant. Other new machinery will -
be added during the year.
The old dirceors were re-eleeted after
which the following officers were
named by the board. President,
Louis Hamburger; secretary and
treasurer, George Hamburger; general
manager, John A. Mitchell. Rejx>rts
from the different committees
on the hoard and the officers showed
the company to be in a prosperous
condition.
Manager Henry Spang, of the 4
Topsy Hosiery Mills, that are being
built, has advertised for 150 new
hands, to which number will be added
75 that will be brought to Columbus
from Tupelo, Miss. 'Work on this ^
mill is progressing rapidly and will Q
be completed in six weeks, at which "5
time the work of installing the ma- v
ehinery will be started.
Randleman, N. C. ^
Mr. S. Bryant and Mr. S. G. Xewlin
have recently purchased the en- ^
lire corporale prupcn> ui iuc uau- mm
illeman Manufacturing: Company, and
they practically own the Nayomi ,
Falls plant, located near their recent .
purchase. Mr. Newlin is president y
and Mr. Bryant secretary and treasurer
of both corporations, Mr. Bryant
owning the controlling interest i
in both plants. Their combined interest
is said to be not much less
than half a million dollars. The. ?j
mills consume 7,600 hales of cotton, 1
with an output of 3,700.000 yards of
plaids and 750,000 seamless bags annually.
They operate 16,000 spindles
and 1,018 looms and have recently J
put in place two improved Sampsoa j;
water wheels of 230 horse power,
each of which greatly reduces the 2
cost of production.
Belmont, N. C.
A meeting was held for organization
of a new mill on the 17th.
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i\lCSSl>. 21. V. 11. u. ui';nv-j. ^ 7m
M. X. Hall and others are the incorporators.
Messrs. Stowe and Lineberger
were directed to obtain a char- P
ter. Work will begin immediately *
011 the plant for a 10.000 spindle mill
to be placed on the Thomasson tract Ji
of 90 acres opposite the railroad from
the Chronicle mill. The new mill ^ *j
will spin fine yarns, 40's. 50 ?s and V
00's. and will be capitalized at $125,000,
with privilege of twice that sum.
Present subscriptions amount to
$110,000. The name of Imperial Yarn *j
Mills will be given to the new company.
G-affiiey. S. C.
At the stockholders' meeting of
the Gaffney Manufacturing Company
the report of Mr. T. E. Moore, the
recently elected president, was read
and showed the affairs of the concern
to be in a prosperous condition. .
It was voted to elect directors and
secretary each year instead of once in
two vears, as heretofore. At the di.1
:
reciors meeting lcsi^naiiuu uj. ..
Mr. W. M. Webster as secretary was
prsenteil and accepted, and Mr. L.
G. Potter, of Gastonia. was elected
as his successor.
Lindale. Ga.
The Massachusetts Mills, have begun
the replacement of 1,000 of their
old looms with 1,000 new Draper automatic
looms of the latest pattern,
in order to brim* the pla:-t thoroughly
up-to-date. One hundred and forty
of the new looms have arrived and
are being placed in j>osition. The
change will represent a total outlay
of about $180,000.
J
Gastonia, N. C.
At a short session of the directors
of the Modena mill at their offices
on the 17th, J. 0. White was elected
president to succeed the late Capt. '
J. I). Moore. T. L. Craig was elected
a director to fill the vacancy made
by Captain Moore's death. H. B.
\fonr<> has been secret a rv and treas
urer of this mill for the past year
and continues in the same position.
James I). Moore who has been bookkeeper
for the W. T. Love Co., went ->
to the Modena office to take charge
of the books of the mill.
Lexington, N. C.
Twenty thousand dollars worth of
new machinery, consisting of cards,
spinning frames and looms, was recently
purchased and is being placed
in the Xokomis cotton mills. The
machinery is of modern labor-saving* . ,
make and will increase the outprft -of
this mill about 2U i>er cent. The Xokomis
now has 12,4S0 spindles and
320 looms. The recent purchase will
bring the number of spindles up to
15,000 and the looms to 350.
Imperfect. "
I wonder if ever a song was sung. f
But the singer's heart sang sweeter!
I wonder if ever a rhyme was rung. /
But the thought surpassed the meter!
I wonder if ever a sculptor wrought.
Till the cold stone echoed his ardent
thought!
Or if a painter, with light and shade.
The dream of his inmost heart portrayed.
I wonder if ever a rose was found.
And there might not be a fairer!
Or if ever a glittering gem was ground.
And we dreamed not of a rarer!
Ah! never on earth do we find the best.
But it waits for us in a land of rest.
And a perfect thing we shall never behold.
Tilt we pass the portals of shlping gold.
?James Clarence Harvey, in New Or?
leans Picayune. -j
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