Fort Wayne Daily News from Fort Wayne, Indiana • Page 1

3wmmm OMoMf JffJMFJfr UL titiiity second teab It i SJldtaSjegMgiaL WSi ate INDIANA WEATHER lew wetting Clej4lrs TeeilflM how irMiys re and Ceoler THyi 5 WEDKESDAT EVElTOtK AUGUST 287lt05 TEH PAGES PRICE OtfE CEJjTT St NEW ORLEANS MORE HOPEFUL FEWER CASES REPORTED AND THE DISEASE APPARENTLY lili WEl CHECK YELLOW JACK ELSEWHERE In the Outlying Districts thFaver Rages and Many Death ars Wt Reported THE PEOPLE ARE TERRORIZED Work Ha Betv Dropped and In Some Placet Whole Families are Wi Btritken 1 ONE DEATHAT NEW ORLEAN8 I NEW ORLEANS Aug 23 At J2 oclock twelve new cases and one death rom yellow fever were reported NEWOItLEAlS Aug 23 The slt uatlon In this city la more hopeful Whlle the number of deaths for the week ending Aug 12 Wag 48 the number for the week ending Aug 19 was only iSi For the tame two weeks durlng the epidemic in 1878 the in crease was about threefold or from 72 to toa1 The situation outside of the city is not ao favorable and meangare being discussed to prevent reinfection from Ihe country Dr A Derrons statement bf the condition at Atle vllle published in this mornings rieny une ays SlxtyflVe positive cases of fever fifty three suspicious cases 145 cases of dengue There are about 300 houses and families here and 3 do not think there is a single house which has not one 6r more cases of sickness The people are completely aistracieo ji seemto nave lost ambition to workl They are completely demoralized Dr Devron la the state board physician Heasks for two more doctors and three more nurses Only five deaths there have beenr reported to date Leeville is at the mouth of Lafourche bayou on he gulf coast in Lafourche parish Patterson reports fifteen new cases Mississippi City reports three new cases A signed statement has been issued by Dr If White protesting against Dr Reginald Leach and bis arsenlcajioo theory There have been 1803 eases iutha city up to date and 214 deaths There were flftyrseven new cases yesterday and nine deaths There are 319 cases under treatment Not Yellow Fever LOUISVILLE Ky Aug 23 Coroner Kelly after a post mortem examination of Robert Buhlraan from New Orleans who died at the City hospital decided that his death was due to pernicious malariaand not to yellow fever as suspected Call on the 8otdlers JACKSON Miss Aug 23 Adju tant General Fridge has asked for reinforcements from the various companies composing the Mississippi Continued on Second PageJ Doctor Killed In His Laboratory ST LOUIS Aug Dr William Xlln inger lecturer of Marlon Sims college an xpert on nervous diseases and a devoted student of tuberculosis was fatally Inured In his laboratory late Tuesday while making mycroacoplc tests Tt Rinlngers lenses became dim and he stopped to clean them with benilne by the light of a gas Jet There Was an explosion and Mrs Alntnger hurrying to the Toom found her husband lytng on the floor gasping for breath He tied Inhaled the flame Slum Children Beaked te Serfdom ST PAUL Aug 23Chlldren of ihe slums of New York are to bs sent to North Dakota to commence a species of serfdom in the homes of poor Hussion settlers Superintendent Hall of the North Dakota Childrens Home Is responsible for the statement lie reports that a carload Of alum children has been gathered in New York Twenty seven Russian fanners in the extreme western part of the state have made application for these children Efforts will be made to head off the shipment The Oeeanle Was on Fire LIVERPOOL Aug 23 Fire this morning In the steerage of the White Star Line steamer Oceanic Captain Cameron which was scheduled to sail for New York by way of QUeenstown today delayed the sailing The fire was subdued by splendid work of the Bhips department and the vessel will probably sail this evening A STRINGTOWN PIKE TRAGEDY LOU8 WRIQHTMAN KIILL8 HIS BROTHER AND HISBROTH ERS WIFE TODAY CINCINNATI 0 Aug 23 Louis Wrlghtmnn aged 40 shot his brother Jacob Wrightman and Jacobs wife at 1030 thismorning in the home of he latter on Btringtown pike about two miles south of Constance Ky as the result of an old family feud Doth ore said tobc djing Jacob Wrightman is 85 years of age and his wife is 28 Both men are well to do farmers thing in the same vicinity There has been bud feeling i between the two families for some time A shotgun waa the weftpon used by the elder Wrightman Louis is said to have entered the home of his brother and after a few words shot both him and Jils wife i MINISTER WEDS MERE CHILD RECTOR TAKE8 A8 HI8 WIFE A LITTLE FOURTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL PHILADELPHIA Aug 23 With her skirt barely touching the floor Miss Alice A Hall 14 years old the daughter of 3 Barclay Hall of Qer mantown become the bride of Key Charles Thatcher Pfeiffer aged 30 formerly rector of jthe House of Prayer ptBranchtown thismorning The wedding ceremony attended by many friends and which by reason of the extreme youth of the bride caused much comment was solemnized in the Church of the Annunciation by Rev Daniel Odell assisted by Rev John Matthews Hev Pfeiffer first met Miss Hall about eighteen months ago when she was a pupil in the Sunday school of his church As a result of their frequent discussion of the scriptures on attachment sprung up between the yoting Bible student and the clergyman Her parents finally consented to her becoming engaged to the minister The attentions of the rectorto his young fiance caused mnch gossip among the parishioners This led to his resignation from the Branchtown church a year ago He is now pastor of the Calvary ProtestnntEpiscopal church Cairo 1 Litttle Ephs Vacation Dey alius sed It win so fine No waltin till stom gibs yoh wettln Td setyoh sefa long night line Jesset joh line en go to bed Yoh halts yoh hooks en let em Nexmohnin dahs yoh fish dey said Jay Ah satde line wokkedmos nil day En den yoh go aroun nex day Dat Eph rams right dose mean Fni nil v1 trrtii Ait IaiIi ii Mn sntfffn in rtm mm on ufalHi At a i i vvoii jiiiujeB cmin 01 oi santunes GENERAL MINER PRESSED HARD FORCED WHILE ON TrJE 8TAND TO MAKE EMBARRASSING ADMISSIONS GAVE TAGGART WORST OF IT Claims However That the Slanderous Reports were Mad Out By His Adjutant fj 7 SAYS HE WARNED FORTESCUE Told the Dashing Lieutenant to Keep Away from Taggarts Home ij ft WOOSTER Aiig 23 Brigadier General Miner was on the stand when court opened In the Toggart divorce trial this morninir Miners admis sion that his annual report made at the time he is accused of conspiracy against taptolu Taggart contained demerits that should not be included was takeniup Attorneys for Mrs Taggart asked that the testimony Should be ruled out on the ground that Miners report toHhe war department was a privileged communi cation The motion was refused by juage iiason I want to make a correction in my testimony of yesterday said Miner My first order after the report of Captain TnggartS attack on ins wiie cuiue 10 me was one i sent to Lieutenant Portesque I ordered hlmtokeep away rom Captain Tag garts houte pending a settlement of the trouble This was because of the manner in which Lieutenant For tesques name had been connected with the affair Miner Yesterday Admitted Hint hla fofmal report to the war department Ve summer of Tuggarts Imprisonment was incorrect and unfair to Taggart This report forms a part of Tuggarts official record Miner admitted that the report contained mat ter discrediting Tagcrart that should not have been in the report He Admitted that account of service to Tuggarts credit had been omitted ile put the blninq on his adjutants nnd said the omissions had not been intentional In saying in that repot that Taggorts habits were bad Miner admitted he was biased Miner Said his charges against Taggart seeking a court martial were made on the publication in a newspaper of Taggarts amended petition in this divorce case In this petition Miner is named ns co respondent General asked the cross examiningexamining attorney were you drunk the night of the celebrated dinner party 1 was not said tMiner At nil the dinners we gave there was a cocktail before dinner and claret and Continued on Eighth Page THE PLUNGER MAKES A TEST 8UBMARINE BOAT PUT THROUGH HER PACES TODAY AT OYSTER BAY OYSTER BAY Aug 23 The submarine boat Plunger was put through her paces this morning by her Commander Lieutenant Nelson She made three dives beneath the surface re mainlng under water only two or three minutes each time The tests which were not announced before hand were merely made to Umber up her machinery test her ballast and give the men aboard her an opportunity to size Up the depth of water and other conditions so when the president views her manoeuvres Friday or Saturday there will be no balks or hitches Mrs Roosevelt who was out in the hay in one of the Sylphs launches witnessed the Plungers operations WHOLE FAMILY 8EVEN OCCUPANT8 OF A SHANTY BOAT MET A WATERY GRAVE MAYSVILLE Ky Aug 23 A man named Gates with his family of a wife nnd live chll1renit is reported herewereirownedJastJaightaboyt 11 oclock between this placennd Do ver Gates left here in a shanty boat Intending going south and tied up for the nght at a point below Rip reported Every effort has been made a lo Lcallnsurance agent who had insured several memoera ox uc isiaiiy io ley on the KntUkystde The rising river caused the boat to break loose and float to mid Stream A tow boat coming up with empties struck the shanty boat and demolished it It is cate them but he has been unsuccessful and It is believed that the entire family perished fcf PRETt4 SOON A STEADY JOB FOR SOMEBODY ROLLING MILLS CREDITflRyERE i frWrnpiton COMMITTEE PPOiNJEpl dCON S1DER WHAT AOTIOT SHOULD i BE TAKENBV1 tHEM TERMSOF THEpP0SITI0N Are Five Per Ceni ijhfsilrioty Days and two and One hajf Per Cent Per Month In Ful NET ASSETS oTtfR 100000 Possibility of Composition at 75 Cents On Dollar Pittsburg Mans Suggestion One of the Pitfslinrg creditors who is here to attend the rolling mill meeting said this morning that It the plant can demonstrate that It la a paying proposition he will find a quarter of a jnllllondl iars of capital Inj Pittsburg which will take an interest in the prop erty There are millions Invested there In the steel and jvon Industry but there arm vast sums he said for whlcUnolnrntment can be found He said lSwould be an easy thing tdflndtte capital to take over this frnllljf providing it can be proved that iT Is on a pay lng basis 4 An asseroblagef jlobably fifty of the creditors of the Fort1 Wayne iron and steel mill cariteito order in the Commercial clubrbomjs tlits morning when Judgeyesejraped foratten tion He tnatler hstrtteinentpf the purpose of the nfctmg and in the course of his reoihrku MM that the company as Jo poiitioft to offer 8 per centc cash on allTelatms rwtthin ninety doys and if ejf rent nmohth thereafter untiUallte jclaims were paid vH fr FJYarnellelpfefPt tne Continued jOnrSlghth Page ANNAGlHiJ MIGHTYfSTINGY WONX PUTJUP MAKE COUNT MONYTO NlA BUM LiTTLekhrYrm PAItIRAng S3 i44 is ported that there has been jifoerlous quarrel between tiut lioniCastellane and hU wife vi hd waf MlwAnrta Jould of Nevir York because the 0ntesi reifiKCUiio yicui fe rquesvvl lie hubandfik biyJ th ntwpsper Prose and allow 4m count to bio soin out BS all editor In refusing to allow thl raid on her fortune the countess declared that Count Donl has had too many sexpenulve play bingBond hellecllned torisk more of tierimoney toliis management of snewspuper The larls PresWis a hlslorlV pa per founded by Emlle Oirnrdin Many of Balzacs i6vels first appeared in this paper in serial form and it hn had a notable history The paper is to be sold because of the recent failure of its owner Jules Jaluzot fhe flnonclerand owner of the printemps department store who was caught In the recent sugar crash The PresBe stock company is valued at 3000OO francs It was sold outia decade ago and Taluxot became the purchaser buying in the paper for 37000 francs Jaluzot knowing that Count De Castejlane is anxious to buy the paperi has demanded 1200000 runes or Stlie property on the strength of the Qould millions When the count appealed to his wife to advance the money for the purchase she declined She has sworn that she will not give a penny for the purpose Count Honl is now scouring Taris to find friends who will advance the cash AN AWFUL BLOW TO ALL OF US PRICE OF ALL GRADES OF DIAMONDS HAS BEEN ADVANCED BYTHETRU8T NEW TfOIlK Aug 23 Maiden Lane Importers were notified by cable yetr day that prices of all grades of diamond had been advanced by the London syndl cate The reason aaslcned Is scarcity of stones It waa learned that the new premier nilne the only large producer not controlled by the syndicate has been closed temporarllyby a mud rush which cover the woiks for a mile Importers say the syndicate would have advnnccd the prlees even If this had not happen Lest year four percent advances were maIp and another January 1 last In lour years the prices of rough stones were adnoed SO per cent and In 7 years the prices of sone goods have been more than doubled The CeBeers mines which supply the syndicate pay40 per cent dividends THREE KILLED IN A WRECK two Union pacific traiins came together head on today near topeka TOPEKA Kas Aug 23 Three persons were killed shortly after 1 oclock this morning In a head on col lision betyweeh two Union Pacific freight trains one and a half miles east of Roesyllle eighteen miles west of Topeka The dead WILLIAM GIBSON engineer Kansas City Kas OLESON fireman CLARENCE REESE conductor The three named were members of the crew of an extra east bound wheat train which crashed into the second section of regular westbound train No 161 at a sharp curve Two members of the crew of No 161 are missing but Rossvllle reports that a search of the wreckage reveals only three bodies Both locomotives were demolished Tried fo Murder General Baldwin DENVER Col Aug JS Because some sold lei fired a Kraf Jorgense bullet that ut missed General Frank Baldwin during the manoeyures at For Logan some time agoit Isannouneed there will be no more firing even or blank cartridges until further notice The bullet whlssed so close to General Baldwin that he cogldhear It sing An immediate investigation was started and whit the culprit was not identified It generally la believed by the officers the shot was fired by a private Soldier with the intention of killing Baldwin General Baldwin Is njawrstatiooed at Oklahoma City Apaches on War Path GALVESTON Texas Aug 23 The Apaches in New Mexico are reported to be on the warpath They have destroyed much property and troops have been asked for by the citizens A number of the redskins hare it is said been killed by state rangers HUNTING NEWS IN ALABAMA SPORT APPEARS TO HXVE BEEN UNUSUALLY GOOD TODA AT TUNNEC HILL BIRMINGHAM Ala Aug JS AVTuri nel hill today John and Harry Helton Whit men and brothers working at a saw mill quarreled with Oliver Lett a negro laborer over a debt the negro owed them Lott drew a pistol and Shot John Helton dead and mortally wounded Harry Helton Lott fled gnd barricaded hlmselt in a house When a posse attempted to arrest him mfterarroundtng ths Tiouietne negro opened fire killing Tslley The negro Was then fired upon by the possse and his body was afterwards fontid on the floor of the cabin riddled with bullets Marsh Discharged BROCTON Mass Aug Geo lL Marsh who was arrested by the local polio for the Chicago police who wanted him as a suspect la the Bate automobile murder case was rsleaeed this morning la court the charge of being a fugitive from ustlcr on which he was aeld was dismissed for want of jeroeeeutloa jf PEACE DOVE STIli HOVERS NOT YET GRANTED A PLACI WHEREON TO REST HER fcji WEARY FEET riV Iw4 RUSSIA IS STANDING PA1 Refute to Grant Indemnity In Any Way Shape er 4 Form 4 jj A WAY OUT IS OFFERED Russia May Buy Island of Saghaliiif from Japan at a Fancy Prle i AFTERNOON MEETING PORTSMOUTH Aug tj Witt announces that the proto cols were read and corrected at this mornings session and the conference then adjourned until 1 oclock this afternoon The reading and comparison of the protocols of last weeks meet Ings occupied the whole of the forenoon session of the peace con ferenc A few small and important discrepancies weredlscovered In the drafts as prepared by the Russian and Japanese secretaries and the correction of these occu pled the time until 1215 when a recess was taken until I oclock to enable the secretaries to complete the work It Is the Intention wlien this afternoons session adjourns not to meet again until Saturday In order to give time for further1 communication wlth both Tokio and St Petersburg The Japanese envoys did not bring up the matter of conces stons VVItto and Rosen returned to the hotel for lunch but the Jap anese plenipotentiaries and the Russian and Japanese secretaries remained at the navy yard The Russian envoys11 returned to the navy yard atiliSO PORTSMOUTH Il Aug 83 JluuhiaS te ision oj to accept the principle article 0 of the Japanese terms which provides for the pay me ntof Japanese wot expenses la Irrevocable This announcement was made unoQlcially today This attitude of the envoys it it understood is based upon a message from the czar to Witte received this morning directing theKusslan plenipotentiaries to retiist all attempts to se cure Russian endorsement of the principle of indemnity under any guise whatever Before the Kusslnn envoys will treat for the purchase of the Island of Sakhnllenorthe reimbursement to Japan for the dost of keeping the prisoners of war Japan must withdraw without condition her demand for repayment of the cost of her military and naval operation There is no middle ground It must be one thing orv the other if further negotiations are to be purr sued it will depend npon the attltud of the Japanese envoys The ellmlna tion of this article from the peac negotiations would relieve Uuasla of Continued on Eighth Page NEW YORKERS ALLJUBBERED KNABEN8HUES 8ECOND ASCENT THI8 AFTERNOON CAUSES DECIDED SENSATION NE WYORK Aug ft Shortly after I oclock this afternoon the wind having died down Roy Knabeiuhu decided to make an ascension In hla air ship Mount Ing the platform below the big balloon he gave the order to cast off The air ship rote slowly at first and then as If finding itself free of all restraint mounted rap Idly while thousands on the streets cheered thoneelvet hoarse Knabenahue once he had reached an altitude of 1 000 feet set his motor In action and steered In a southerly direction The whole city seemed to know within a few minutes thst the air ship was flying over the city arid traffic came alomtt to a dead halt Scores of peApla gathered on every comer while others went to the tops of sky scrapers peered and gased at the Sytng machine as it swept leisurely over the city Xoah enehue did not bring his air ship down among the high buildings down town but floated over the shipping district After being up for nearly an hour he descended Czar Receives Minister Meyer ST PETERSBURG Ag The czar granted a special audience to Ambassador JJeyer this afternoon Wbll the purpose of the American ambassadors call upon the jRusslan emperor i not definitely known it is presumed thst It hag some import ant bearing npon the peace confer ence at Portsmouth In connection with the effort which President meeting fro if i breaking up unsneeess tf fully It liibvlleved that Meyer was the bearer ol message from Pri dent KoOsovelt to the cxtr MM.