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VOL. 47.
WIPING OUT PLAGUE SPOTS.
SHOCKING CONDITION OF AFFAIRS
IN NEW ORLEANS.
Den« ot Filth That Invite the Fever.
The Board of Health Actively En
gaged In Cleaning the City—The
Official Balletins Show Six Now
Cases and Two Deaths in New Or
leans—The Condition in Other
Cities.
New Orleans, Sept. 19.—The local fever
situation has undergone little change since
yesterday. At 6 o’clock to-night the rec
ord book in the board of health office
showed a total of six new cases and one
death. The official bulletin to be issued
to-night will show two deaths, that of the
woman Santa Graffeto, who died in the
hospital last night, not having been in
cluded in the official bulletin, although
reported in the Associated Press dis
patches.
This is the record to-day:
Deaths:
Joseph Gisfasy, an Italian, 2,626 Urqu
hart street.
New cases:
Rosalie Bacus, Hillary and Burthus.
John Delli, Plum, between Baronne and
Jefferson.
Irene Terrell, Charity hospital.
William Brandon, 639 Philip street.
Nora H. Hynes, 3147 St. Claude street.
Lena Greene, colored, 1558 Camp street.
The first two cases are in the extreme
upper portion of the city; one Is In the
fourth district, one is in the St. Claude
frtreet house, where the original six cases
were reported, nnd one is in the Williams
hous?, where two cases already existed.
There are three caws under investigation.
The health authorities to-night still view
the situation with some complacency, ’lhey
do not yet anticipate an epidemic, as at
Its meeting last night the board decided
to abandon its nightly sessions and created
Dr. Oliphant master Os the campaign
against the disease, with leave to solicit
advice from local physicians and th6 mu
nicipal authorities. The afternoon and
night bulletins will be continued.
The report of Dr. Metz, the city chem
ist, on the condition of the Italian quar
ter moved the board to prompt acceptance
' to-day of the offer of the city of the ma
rine hospital as a refuge. Dr. Metz found
a» many as sixty people huddled together
in the Italian quarter living in filth. In
one of the rooms a goat was found sleep
ing nightly with the family who owned it.
The woman Graffeto was taken from this
quarter, and the board realized that un
less something was done at once the
block In which the woman had lived was
likely soon to become a plague spot. It
was, therefore, decided to guard and thor
oughly disinfect and fumigate the entire
/•miare, and to remove as soon as possible
4nos<. of’ the families' to •■the ’oxi ufu'fine
hospital. Two hundred squatters who
now occupy the latter building will lie
given quarters in one of the new school
houses in the vicinity and the marine hos
pital building will be permanently used
ur a refuge until the fever is stamped out,
for the families of the Italian quarters
and those of the indigent sick throughout
the city.
Hospital Surgeon Bloom had a confer
ence with President Oliphant to-day rela
tive to establishing a place to which indi
gent yellow fever patients might be re
moved. There are usually 7CO or 800 pa
tients in the charity hospital, and it Is con
sidered highly dangerous to receive yel
low fever patients tn that institution. Dr.
Bloom said that the hospital was ready
to go to any expense to provide a supple
mentary hospital. At this conference Dr.
Beard submitted an offer of the free use
of the old fitnaU-pox detention camp,
jwhlch Is entirely disconnected from
the small-pox hospital, and it seems
likely that the offer will be accepted and
all yellow fever patients who, for various
reasons, cannot be treated at home, will be
sent to Dr. Beard’s place.
There aro now two twitients suffering
with yellow fever in the charity hospital,
and their presence, although they occupy
iso.ated apartments, Is deemed a serious
menace to other patients.
At a large,y attended meeting of bank
ers, business men, ministers and repre
sentatives of laboring organizations, It was
resolved to ask the board of health to con
sider the advisability of adopting next
Tuesday as a general cleaning of the city.
Acting Mayor Britton and President
Oliphant to-day replied to the suggestion
strongly deprecating it. They wrote it
would be inadvisable and inexpedient to
determine upon a fixed day for cleaning
purposes, as such a movement would
cause an accumulation of tilth tint! trash
which could not be removed at once, and
by ths stirring up ot a miasma would fur
ther endanger the health of the city in
■teaft of Improving it. It was suggested,
therefore, that each individual inhabitant
of the city proceed without delay to the
cleaning ot bls own premises, to the disin
fection of his water closets, alleys, yards,
•to., and the destruction ot all decaying
matter by tire.
The detention camp at Fontainebleau
was to-day declared to have been practic
ally completed and to be ready for the re
ception of guests.
A special train to-day went'to Biloxi and
Ocean Springs and from there carried
about forty people to the camp. To-morrow
the camp will lie thrown o|wn to all com
ers. Those who are not Immune* will
have to stay in the camp ten days, accord
ing to the rules laid down by Surgeon
Murray. These rules being simply the
federal law, which the surgeon, as the
commander of the camp, is bound to en
force.
There were no cases reported nt Ocean
Springs up to noon, but the weather was
heavy and sultry and one of the patients
was not expected to live. She la Miss Laura
Atkins.
Charles Zeigler, ton of a prominent New
Orleans family, was among those stricken
yesterday at Ocean Springs, hut his con
dition is not yet considered serious. When
the hwr had been declared epidemic and
yellow, la* closed himself up in his home
•nd did not come forth except to go to
the detention camp as soon as it was
ready. Isolation, however, did not pre
vent the germa from entering his home.
The work ot the New Orleans sanitary
forces continued unabated to-day. and the
officers employed themselves in hunting
up many old rookeries, w here people are
closely crowded in illy ventilated homes
and where they live in filth. Many of
these places were subjected to complete
disinfection and cleaning. The weather
to-day has been warm and threatening.
OFHti M. 11l I.LKTIN.
(‘resident Oliphant Lives Ills Review
of (he Fever t'ascs.
New Orleans. Sept. lit—-The following is
It I4\ igwrtiX
THE MORNING NEWS •»
the daily official bulletin of the board of
health:
“New Orleans, Sept. 19.—The board of
health for the state of Louisiana officially
announces the status of affairs in New
Orleans as regards yellow fever to be as
follows:
“During the twenty-four ending at 6
p. m., Sunday, Sept. 19, there were six
positve cases of yellow fever, ope suspic
ious case under investigation and three
deaths. Total cases of yellow fever to
date, 40. Total deaths from yellow fever, 6.
The majority of cases under treatment
are reported as "doing well.
“8. R. Oliphant, M. D.,
“President Louisiana State Board of
Health.
“A. Brlttin, Acting Mayor.”
The three deaths include the one report
ed last night, making only two to-day,
while on the other hand two cases have
been found since the above report was is
sued. The old marine hospital building
will not be used for a hospital, but as a
camp of detention for indigent sufferers.
Another place will be selected as a hospi
tal for suspected cases.
A call has been issued for the registry
of all old yellow fever nurses so they can
be called in to service as cases develop.
FOUR NEW CASES AT EDWARDS.
The Fever Still Spreading; in the Lit
tle Village—A Brave Priest.
Vicksburg, Miss., Sept. 19.—The fever at
Edwards shows but slight increase, and
no deaths have occurred. Dr. Purnell re
ported four new cases to-day, as follows:
Mrs. Dr. Ratliff.
Frank Angele.
John Ivey.
Jesse Sharp, colored.
Disinfection has commenced, and bed
ding is being burned when it cannot be
disinfected.
Dr. Dunn, now at Ocean' Springs, has
been ordered to Edwards. Dr. Geddings is
expected there to-night, as are also tents
for camp refugees.
The state board tried to prevent Father
Prendergast of this city, who has never
had the fever, from going to Edwards,
but he considered it his duty, and the
board gave way. The board has a report
from Biloxi, showing thirty-six cases to
date, besides six suspects, and twenty
seven cases of yellow fever now on hand.
No deaths are reported.
Col. Robb, an aged planter near Ed
wards, is one of the cases reported yes
terday.
Vicksburg is thoroughly guarded and en
tirely healthy. It is estimated that per
haps 10 per cent, of the population has
left town.
A Camp nt Edward*.
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 19.—Dr. H. D. Ged
dings, of the marine hospital service, ar
rived here to-day on his way to Edwards
«Ttftti>biUn a camp of nTTuge. lie has wiffT
him three hundred tents and mattresses.
Dr. J. F. Hunter, secretary of the state
board of health, will arrive here to-mor
row from' Vicksburg to confer with Dr.
Geddings with a view to establishing a
base of supplies and taking stringent
measures to stamp out the yellow scourge.
SITUATION IN MOBILE.
Only One New Case Yesterday—A
Total of Three Death*.
Mobile, Ala.. Sept. 19.—The official bulle
tin for the last twenty-four hours ending
at noon to-day shows eleven new cases as
follows:
J. W. Carlisle, Augusta street, near Bre
nld.
J. J. Bourne, 695 Elmira street.
David Myrton, at the marine hospital,
reported last night after board meeting.
George Mayfield.
Lettie Johnson, colored, Cedar near Au
gusta street.
E. Schunenberg and wife, Lawrence near
Augusta street.
Frank Collier, Old shell road.
Willie Charpine, 89 Charles, corner El
mira.
Eugene Rencher, corner Charleston and
Charles.
Miss Alman, Old Shell road, near Hal
lett.
One death, that of Frank Donaldson,
mentioned before as one of the new cases
In these dispatches last night. He was 16
year* old and a paper carrier.
Total cases to date, 29; total deaths, 3.
The president of the board of health to
night comments upon the day’s report as
follows:
“The cases reported to-day were taken,
one on the 12th, one on the 13th, one on
the 14th, three on the 15th, four on the
16th, and one on the 18th, so there Is
shown that there has been but one new
case in the past twenty-four hours.
“The total of cases shows a persistency
of the disease, but not a rapid increase,
and all the oases are in one infected dis
trict. save in one locality on the Old Shell
road and in the marine hospital. Ail the
cases, with one or two exceptions, are do
ing well,”
The Sunday calm was Intensified to-day.
all traffic being suspended and the streets
being deserted by even the usual throng
of worshippers. Not only have many people
gone away, but those remaining think it
prudent to avoid gatherings of all sorts.
The Bayside ;>ark closed its season pre
maturely yesterday, and Sunday street car
travel in that direction, which is generally
very large, wss entirely lacking. There
was a small shower about 2 o’clock, ac
companied by a cool wind that was most
refreshing after the intense sultriness ot
the past two weeks.
AT OCEAN SPRINGS.
No New Canes—The Sick Doing Well.
Three Cases nt Scranton.
Ocean Springs, Miss., Sept. 19.—Dr. Kells
wires Dr. Dunn, from Scranton, reporting
three new cases ot mild fever, no deaths
and all cases doing well.
Dispatches from Drs. Hunter and Kiger,
executive committee of the Mississippi
state board of health, orders Dr. Dunn to
turn over to Surgeon Murray his charge,
consisting of Ocean Springs, Scranton and
Pascagoula, and proceed at once to Ed
wards. Dr. Dunn will leave Monday for
that place.
Surgeon Murray went out to Fontaine
bleau detention camp to-day. Forty-three
P» rs.mc entered the camp; S'vvn went to
Ocean Springs. Mrs. Paiterson. her daugh
ter. Mr*. Green and two children of lowa.
Messrs, White, Ansley and Levy of New
Or.cans left here tor the detention camp
to-day.
No new eases have been reported and
the sick are all doing well. A refreshing
•bower fell to day. I
RODE THROUGH RAIN OF LEAD.
AN ENGLISH SIKH COMPANY SAVED
BY A BRAVE AFRIDI. •
Thougrli It Stormed. Shot nnd Shell
the Fearless Native Safely Deliv
ered to the Hard Pressed Forces
the Cartridges That Drove Their
Assailants Back—Further Details
of the Recent Fight on the Indian
Frontier.
Bombay, Sept. 19. —Advices from the
front show that the various columns are
advancing against the Mahmoukis from
Panjkora and Shabkadr. As yet they have
met with no serious opposition, but the
diffici|lties of transportation in a moun
tainous and almost pathless country are
immense. Another formidable obstacle in
the way of rapid movement is the lack Os
water.
The brigade of Gen. Jeffreys has not
joined in the advance. Yesterday it left
camp at Anayat with sixteen companies
of infantry and four guns, in order to re
attack the enemy at the village at Da
mataga. The enemy made a desperate re
sistance, but were driven out Into the hills.
The British demolished their towers and
captured four hundred mule loads of sup
plies. As soon as the troops began to re
tire from the village the enemy reappeared
in force. The retirement, however, was ef
fected with great precision, the native
troops behaving splendidly.. Two Sikhs
were killed and six wounded.
It is now known that the enemy’s loss
during the fight on Tuesday last, between
the Momunds and the second brigade of
Gen. Sir Bindon Blood, in the valley north
of Ahayat, was very heavy. The tribes en
gaged did not press the brigade during the
retirement but fresh tribesmen appeared.
Capt. Ryder's company of Sikhs virtu
ally owed their lives to an Afridi sergeant
of the Guides corps, who, when the Sikhs
had exhausted their ammunition and were
desperately cutting their way back
through the enemy, dashed up the hill un
der a heavy fire with a supply of cart
ridges. He arrived just in time, as the
swordsmen of the enemy were already
among the Sikhs who were absolutely un
able, after the heavy climb and the hard
fighting, to continue a successful strug
gle.
Lieut. Watson was thrice wounded while
gallantly leading a handful of Buffs, who
routed a large body of the enemy that
was trying to storm the village on which
Gen. Jeffreys, with guns, had taken up a
position after missing his main body in
the gloom Thursday night. It appears
that |he
captured the fearagai police post. The/
burned alive two Sikhs cooks whotn they
captured while out hunting for fire wood.
The queen has sent the following dis
patch with referendb to the reverse near
Camp Anayat:
"Am deeply grieved at the loss of so
many brave officers and men. I earnestly
desire to be informed as to the condition
of all the wounded. The conduct of the
troops was most admirable.”
EXCITEMENT IN MEXICO.
Chief of Police and Lenaer Official*
Arrested on Account of the Lynch
ing:.
City of Mexico, Sept. 19.—Eduardo Vel
asquez, chief of police; Lieut. Cabrera,
assistant of detectives, and Com
mandant Mauro Sanchez, were arrested
last nighty and taken to prison and placed
in solitary confinement by order of the
fifth criminal judge, to whom had also
been turned over the twenty-one prisoners
arrested for entering the municipal build
ing on the night of the recent lynching.
Public opinion is behind the government
and the investigation will be pushed rapid
ly. The official# arrested were accompa
nied to the prison by the new chief of po
lice who takes charge of his department in
stirring times.
Ta Deums in thanksgiving for the es
cape of President Diaz were sung in all
Catholic churches and cathedrals of t’he
city to-day by order of Archbishop Aria
con.
The government, by this course, has not
prejudiced the case, but has taken pre
cautions demanded by popular sentiment,
which has become excessively irritated,
for the public fail to understand how a
prisoner of so groat importance should be
left in charge of unarmed officials. High
officials of the federal government have,
to some extent, shared the popular
and it is reported that at the regular cab-1
inet meeting Friday, several ministers
urged that the conduct of the police should
be thoroughly investigated. A communi
cation was accordingly sent to Gov. Robo
lar. of the federal district, for transmis
sion to the inspector general, in which
the latter was informed that he must give
up his office immediately. He is censured
for not having taken proper precautions
in guarding the prisoner. The arrests then
followed.
The general maintains entire calmness
of demeanor. He is a remarkable man.
who has risen in the force by his talents
and efficiency, and his dismissal from the
police department is a tremendous.blow to
him and his friends.
If the police authorities are proven
criminally negligent in guarding the pris
oner they will undoubtedly be severely
punished, and whoever took part in kill
ing the prisoner will be held tor murder,
even if they were’merely passively acting
as investigators of the crime.
ROBBED OF A DIAMOND.
A Kansas Man Victimized by Goth
am's I.tab* Finxurrd Gentry.
New York, Sept. 19.—C. C. Toms, a bank
er of Pratt county, Kansas, who arrived
here this evening wi:h his wife from Au
gusta, Ga. t while alighting from a car in
front of the Hotel was robbed
of a diamond pin.
A man who jumped off the car and ran
down the block, was pursued and captured
but the stolen pin was not found in his
possession.
The stranger who was held, gave the
name of Joseph Wilkinson.
Food Staff Risy fa Price.
Madrid. Sept. 19.-The price of all kinds
of food is rising steadily, owing to the
growing depreciation of silver and of pa
uer currency.
SAVANNAH. MONDAY. SEM'EMBEK 20, 1897.
SURGEONS AT THEIR STATIONS.
Sttrgeon General Wyman Advised ns
to the Doings of His Assistants.
Washington, Sept. 19. —Complete advices
were received to-day by Surgeon General
Wyman of the marine hospital service of
the movements of his officials in the yel
low fe#er district and of the measures
adopted to prevent the spread of the dis
ease.
It is expected that soon three detention
camps will be in operation; that at Fon
tainebleau, Miss., one near Edwards or
Jackson, Miss., and another at Mount
Vernon barracks, Alabama. Dr. Wyman
thinks that the system of inspection is
now thoroughly organized.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Mclntosh, or
dered from the Marine hospital at Louis
ville, has reported his- arrival at Memphis
to relieve Passed Assistant Surgeon
Young, who is detailed to river inspection
service at that port.
Passed Assistant Surgeon Geddings is at
Jackson, Miss., to confer with Dr. Hunter
of the state board of health relative to
the establishment of a detention camp
near Edwards or Jackson.
Surgeon White, at Camp Fontainebleau,
reports that he has admitted during the
past six days thirteen persons, and to-day
forty-two persons, and some are expected
from Mobile to-morrow. The camp is laid
out with 200 and 100 more can be ac
commodated. Each tent holds four or five
in a pinch. Four Scranton people were
to-day discharged from the camp by con
se\it of Dr. Kell.
The arrival of about seventy-five refu
gees at Atlanta yesterday was reported
by Surgeon Sawtelle. There was one sus
picious case, slightly ill, which will be
detained at the detention camp for ten
days. The person’s name is Hunt. He is
from Mobile.
Surgeon' Carter telegraphs from Mem
phis that Dr. Young, with the concurrence
of the state board of health, will place in
spectors on the north ends of lines from
Mississippi to meet the marine hospital
inspectors from New Orleans.
From Nashville, Tenn., Dr. Wyman re
ceived word that the Tennessee state
board of health has ordered quarantine
(which includes all persons and baggage)
against the entire state of Mississippi.
The war department has in contempla
tion the transfer of the garrison from
Barrancas, Fla., to Chickamauga, where
the troops will go into camp. Surgeon
General Wyman will give directions to fa
cilitate the passage of the soldiers through
the various quarantine points. It is also
probable that the old Mount Vernon bar
racks, five miles north of Mobile, will be
converted into a detention camp for per
sons leaving that city. Surgeon Glennan
reports that the government purchase a
full camp outfit, with accommodations for
250 people as a first installment.
FEVER SPREADS TO ILLINOIS.
Two Cases Discovered at Cairo—Dr.
<G„itcrcs !n '
Sept. 13. A special to
the Commercial-Appeal from Cairo, 111.,
says:
Dr. Gulteras, the yellow fever expert,
who arrived here from Mobile at noon to
day, has pronounced the two suspicious
cases at the marine hospital to be yellow
fever of a mild form.
Owing to the prompt measures taken,
there is no danger of it spreading. The
hospital is thoroughly guarded. There are
several cases of sickness on the govern
ment dredge boat Alpha, lying at East
Ky., and Drs. Guiteras and Egan
will investigate them to-morrow. One of
the men in the hospital came from this
boat, and the other from Point Pleasant,
clghty-five miles below' here.
The board of health has instituted a
strict quarantine against East Cairo. To
night Dr. Egan, secretary of the board,
issued an order addressed to every rail
road entering the state from the south, in
stituting quarantine against the states of
Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Per
sons coming from that part of the state
south of the Baltimore and Ohio South
western railroad, Chicago excepted, will
be required to show a clean bi.l of health.
There is no* excitement here, the people
feeling confident the corps of the board
of health physicians are masters of the
situation.
NO FEAR FELT IN ATLANTA.
Fewer Refugees Seek the Gate City.
No Sickness Among Refugees.
Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 19.—The fear which
was at first felt in Atlanta that there
might be cases of yellow fever developed
here among the refugees from the stricken
cities has almost entirely disappeared.
•Fewer refugees than usual came in to
day. Only one train arrived from New
Orleans and Mobile, and it was more than
four hours late. People arriving on that
train lectured a panic in Mobile.
No fear is now felt here.
A man who was regarded with some
suspicion at first, because of a slight ill
ness, is entirely wen to-day, and his ill
ness was only a temporary attack of faint
ness, due to heat and travel. He ate three
very hearty meals and read the news from
Mobile.
The health authorities are very rigid in
their inspection of all passengers and
make themselves thoroughly satisfied that
there is no dangerous cases admitted.
COLORED BAPTIST CONVENTION.
11l ■ ■■ ■ •
A Patriotic Mm« Meeting Held to
Celebrate the Sabbath Day,
Boston, Sept. 19.—The colored Baptist
clergymen, who are holding their conven
tion in this city, held a patriotic mass
meeting in Tremont temple to-day with
an immense audience. Rev. G. T. Walker
of Augusta, Ga., presided.
Deacon George W. 'chipman of the Tre
mont Temple church welcomed the big au
dience in a cordial address.
Rev. R. A. Stewart, a missionary from
Liberia, made an address upon African
missions.
Rev. T. A. Jackson, a missionary of
Cape Town, Africa, and the Rev. L. D.
Jordan followed in eloquent addresses
along tha same lines.
PEACE IN URIGUAY.
The Rebels Sign a Treaty Which Is
Ratified by the Congrem,
Montevideo, Sept. 19.—The treaty of
peace between the government and the in
surgents was signed to-day.
Montevideo, Sept. 19.—Congress has
unanimously approved the peace condi- I
lions. and there is general enthusiasm
over the result. *
THE INDIANA NOT DAMAGED.
NO PERMANENT INJURY SUSTAINED
IN HALIFAX DOCK.
s
English Officers Say That the “Buck
ling” Which Alarmed the Ameri
cans Was a Common Occurrence
With En&lish Vessels—The Rig
Warship Is Again in Commission
and Seems to Move With Ease—The
Big Gun Is Not Hurt.
Washington, Sept. 19.—Acting Secretary
Roosevelt, as an answer to recently pub
lished reports that the battleship Indiana
was injured while in the Halifax dry
dock, has made public the following report
received from Capt. Henry Taylor, com
manding the vessel, jna.de shortly after
the docking:
“I respectfully report that the Indiana
got under way yesterday morning at 6:15
and proceeded up the harbor to the Hali
fax dock and eritered the slip at 7 o’clock.
At noon the dock being half pumped out,
I ordered an inspection of the double bot
toms in order to detect strains, as the
blocks took the weight. The dock was
dry at 4 o’clock, and no evidence of strain
was discovered. At 5:30 it was observed
that some buckling had occurred in the
double bottoms under the forward 13-inch
turret and adjacent thereto. The addi
tional shoring which was being placed in
position was placed forward and the dou
ble bottoms watched closely to discover
if buckling increased. Careful measure
ment was made for this purpose under
the direction of Naval Constructor Bowles
and continued during the night. No in
crease being discovered, I decided, after
consultation with Mr. Bowles, that it was
not necessary to let water in to float the
ship.
“The principal reason assigned for the
strain is the fact that some of the keel
blocks are on rock foundations and others
are not, thus causing a slight inequality
of support. Mr. Bowles informs me that
he does not anticipate any present repairs
being necessary on account of the buck
ling. The buckling is confined to the floor
spacb adjacent to the vertical keel. The
maximum of 1U inches occurs at frame 29,
decreasing forward to frame 22 where it
ceases, and aft of frame 32, where it ceases
again—three or four frames abaft frame
32, showing very slight deflection.”
In connection with the report, Mr. Roose
velt states that the slight buckling of the
Indiana’s bottom was of no consequence,
as was indicated by the fget that tho si gin
.ti-A { '
ly after* dock and manoeuvered as
could be desired. Mr.
Roosevelt has just received this letter from
one of the captain's of the squadron:
“I have just been on board the Indiana
and asked about the reports that she was
damaged at Halifax. When the Columbia
was docked at Southampton and the same
hue and cry was raised, British naval
officers not only laughed at it, but thought
her captain hardly treated because of the
inquiry made, and called what happened
to the Columbia a common occurrence
with them. And they said to me: ‘When
you have had the experience of docking
more modern vessels you will find the
same condition of affairs existing as for
the Indiana. No leak or strain of any
kind is observed and the speed nor
efficiency of the ship has been affected in
the slightest degree.
“In the same way about the great gun.
I find that what has happened is merely
what the bureau of ordnance has been
anticipating, a slight pitting, due to the
character and quantity of explosives used,
and the gun has not been injured In the
slightest degree.”
RESPECTED THE SABBATH.
No Breach of the Pence During the
Day in the Ha.v.leton District.
Hazleton, Pa., Sept. 19.—Absolute quiet
prevailed in the entire strike district to
day.
Vice President Maguire of the Federa
tion of Labor left for Washington to at
tend the meeting of the executive council,
which is to consider the situation, ‘and
George chance of the United Labor
League went to Scranton for a similar
meeting of labor men there. The only
movements among the military were the
practice rides of squadrons of the Gov
ernor’s and City Troops and the afternoon
dress parade.
To-morrow is looked forward to as a
decisive day. An attempt will be made
to resume at Lattimer, where there are
1,300 men, and at Audenried. There are
nearly 2,500 men at the latter place, and
they were the first to go out. Many of
them want to return to work, but bands
of women have prevented them during the
past few days. The Philadelphia squadron
of cavalry and the entire Eighth Regiment
will go to the scene. The men at Coxe’s
Drifton mine arc also to decide to-mor
row upon staying out or going to work.
All these places are well guarded by
troops, and if the men are peacefully per
mitted to resume work, it is thought that
the backbone of the strike will be broken
and no further violence will result.
The coroner’s inquest will begin on Wed
nesday afternoon, instead of Thursday, as
first intended.
ONEROUS TO GREECE.
The Press Condemns the Treaty- Re
cently Signed With Turkey.
Athens, Sept. 19.—The conditions of the
peace signed yesterday between the am
bassadors of the powers on behalf of
Greece and Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish
foreign minister, at the Tophanch palace,
are universally pronounced by the Greek
press to be exceedingly onerous.
The organs of M. Delyannis, former pre
mier, who commands an actual majority
in the Boule, violently attack M. Halil,
and the cabinet, denouncing them as the
real cause of the present misfortune.
The anti-Delyannis press abuses M. De
lyar.nis as the evil genius of Greece.
The public generally accepts the result
with mournful resignation.
Mohtnaud Will Pay a Fine.
Peshawau, Sept. 19.—The lower Moh
mands, south of here have submitted, and
have agreed to pay a heavy fine and to
surrender their arms. .
EARTHQUAKE IN RUSSIA.
Monuments Overthrown in a Region
Rich in Itoninntic History.
Tashkaent, Turkestan, Asiatic Russia,
Sept. 19.—A severe earthquake shock oc
curred here last night and the disturbance
was felt throughout the whole of Turkes
tan.
Several monuments of antiquity were
damaged here and at Sawarkand and Ura-
Tiube.
The region of the Turkestan earthquake
is filled with monuments of antiquity. Sa
markand is regarded with great veneration
by the inhabitants of Central Asia. The
city possesses the tomb of ‘‘The Lame Ti
mur” (vulgarized in Tamerlane), the re
nowned oriental conquerer, who was bom
in 1336 at Kesh, the “Green City,” about
fifty miles south of Samarkand. Under this
celebrated warrior and administrator, who
carried his victorious arms on one side
from the Volga and the Irtish to the Per
sian gulf and on the other from the
Ganges to the Hellespont it became the
capital of one of the largest empires ever
known, and the center of Asiatic learning
and commerce.
Its beauties were lauded by the poets of
Asia. At the hight of the city’s prosper
ity it contained no fewer than forty col
leges, of which only three remain. But it
still has, though in a state of decay, many
of the edilfices associated with its former
glory.
HILLS RAINED ROCKS.
An Earthquake in the Alps Shake
Stones From the Mountains.
Berne, Sept. 19.—The cantons of Glaius
and Grinsons were visited to-day by a se
vere earthquake shock, accompanied by
heavy rumbling.
The disturbance was so distinct that it
was everywhere noticeable, and in many
places great blocks of rock fell from the
mountains.
FACED DEATH WITHOUT FEAR.
A Mexican Officer Shows Great Cour
age at His Execution.
City of Mexico, Sept. 19.—Capt. Cota of
the Twelfth Infantry was some time since
condemned to death for insubordination
for the killing of a major of his regiment
in Sonora during the Yaqui rebellion. He
was shot here yesterday.
Detachments from all the garrisons were
present, about 1,500 men' being drawn up
on three sides of the square. At 5:45 all
was ready and a carriage containing Capt.
Cota and three .friends, guarded by sol
dier®. drew>U£>, At the further end of the
jSpfeostte' the) <'.risterh"mmfnd,> tri'
front or which the execution was to take
place, the coach stopped and the condemn
ed man alighted. He was immediately con
ducted to the place of execution by a
picket of infantry. His nerve was indom
itable and his courage superb.
As the company advanced down the
length of the square a distance of at least
100 yards, he was quietly putting at a cigar
ette and when the squad halted, he walked
with deliberation to the position assigned
to him. Not even there did his courage
forsake him.
When the officer strode forward bandage
In hand, with the intention of blindfolding
him, Capt. Cota at once motioned him
away, declaring that he was not afraid.
Not even as the officer in charge of tho
firing party took his place and with his
sword motioned the orders to the men
‘‘ready, present, fire,” was there the least
trace of fear on the face of the condemned
man. At the first discharge he dropped
dead.
NASHVILLE’S BIG WEEK.
Interesting; Events at the Fair For
the Next Few Days.
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 19.—This week
blds fair to be one of the most interesting
and stirring during the exposition. Every
day is not only a special day, but on sev
eral days two and three special events will
be in progress at the same time.
Tuesday, Irish-American day, is to be
made one of the greatest days of the ex
position. Immense attendance is promised.
There will be a monster street parade with
bands, floats, decorated vehicles, societies
and citizens. In the auditorium public ex
ercises will be held. Addressess will be de
livered by Gov. Taylor, Hon. Patrick
Walsh of Augusta, Ga., Hon. John F. Fin
erty, Chicago, Rev. George W. Pepper,
Cleveland, 0., and others.
A sham battle representing the battle
of New Orleans will be given in which
about a thousand troops, including United
States cavalry, will take part, and a great
display of fireworks will close the celebra
tion. From all the towns in the state, and
from many other states and towns dele
gations will come.
AFFAIRS IN SPAIN.
Duke of Tetuan Goes to France—A
Conferance With Woodford.
Madrid, Sept. 19.—The ministerial or
gans assert that the Spanish foreign min
ister, the Duke of Tetuan, will soon be
gazetted as Spanish ambassador to
France.
The Duke of Tetuan had a long Inter
view to-day with the queen and United
States Minister Woodford.
London, Sept. 20.—A dispatch to the
Times from Madrid Bays: The confer
ence between United States Minister
Woodford and the Duke of Tetuan lasted
about two hours and has given rise to a
good deal of excited surmise. Little ap
pears to have been said, however, beyond
the interchange of the customary courte
sies and mutual assurances of pacific in
tentions and good will.
The conversation was carried on through
a high official of the foreign office us in
terpreter.
INDIANA MILLS RESUME.
A Large Number of Laborer* Return
ed to Work Last Night.
Anderson. Ind., Sept. 19.—The American
wire nail works, employing 700 men. the
Lippincott lamp chimney plant, which
works 460, and the Macbeth lamp chimney
works, with a like number of men on its
pay rolls, resumed in full blast to-night
after a shut down of two months and a
half.
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FORCED TO TAKE THEIR DOSE.
HOGANSVILLE MUST ACCEPT THE
NEGRO POSTMASTER.
As a Result of the Inspector’s in
vestigation Into the Shooting of
Lofton Two Prominent Citizens
Are Arrested For an Attempt to
Assassinate the Postmaster— The
ex-Official Under Arrest For Run
nhiß n Blind Tiger Postoffice.
Atlanta, Ga„ Sept. 19.-The shooting of
the negro postmaster at Hogansville
threatens to entail no end of trouble fori
the people of that town.
A postoffice inspector has finished a
three-days’ investigation of the shooting. I
and it is stated to-night that as a result
of his work two of the most prominent
business men in the town will be arrested
this week on a charge of attempting ta
assassinate the postmaster. ,
The people of the town are called upori
to face a most uncomfortable state of as-
They have never yet patronized
the negro postmaster directly, the old
postmaster, Hardaway,maintaining his old
m S H°T% and Sendinff for and obtaining
bulk the mail matter for all his white
patrons. Their letters were mailed on
the train. The ex-postmaster will be pros,
ecuted for this and the letters can no long,
cr be mailed on the trains.
W hen this action was announced twa
days ago, the citizens conceived the plan
of having their mail sent to the next near,
est posto-fflee and sending a carrier for it
They are now told that this would be in
violation of the law which permits only!
the government to maintain a post route
This brings them to the bitter alternative
of patronizing the negro postmaster on
having no mall at atll.
Feeling is high among both whites and
blacks, and further trouble is feared, al,
though it is not imminent.
ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SEALS.
Sfate Department Satisfied Tha*
American Diplomacy Has Gained u
Point.
Washington, Sept. 19,-The officials of
the state department are not disposed to
comment on the fur seal correspondence
given out by the British foreign office and
summarized in the London Times, further
than to say that it shows the
sought by the government of
States for the past three years
t'ainVo participate in the
held in October.
The British government has seen fit to
limit its part in the conference to art
ascertainment of the facts in dispute as
to seal life. It was precisely this result
which was contemplated by Secretaries
Gresham and Olney when they proposed
the creation of a commission of scientists
to ascertain whether under the operation
of the existing regulations the seals were
or were not on the road to extermination.
If such a commission should report in
favor of the contention of the United
States, this government did not doubt
that Great Britain would consent to such
modification of the regulations as would
save the seals from extermination. The
continued refusal of the British govern
ment to consent to such a commission
and conference led to the transmission to
Ambassador Hay of Secretary Sherman’a
note of May 10, which was followed by
Lord Salisbury’s reply, agreeing to the
conference.
Surprise is expressed at the state de,
partment that the London Times should
publish only the concluding paragraph of
Secretary Sherman’s note and devote four
columns to a communication from tho
colonial office which is referred to as Mr.,
Chamberlain’s answer to Secretary Sher
man, a paper which has not been commun
icated to the state department, and there
fore to which an official reply cannot ba
made.
HAVANA’S DREADFUL CONDITION. J
An Invitation to Epidemics—
Mortality Report—Lack of Food.
Washington, Sept. 19.—1 n his weekly re
port to the marine hospital service, Sani
tary Inspector Brunner at Havana says
that for the week ended Sept. 9, there wera
326 deaths of which 15 were from yellow
fever, 29 from enteric and pernicious fe
vers, 34 from dysentery and 55 from enter
itis.
The inspector says the decline in deaths
from yellow fever Is only apparent, many
deaths from that disease, he thinks, be
ing placed ynder the head of enteritis
and enteric fever. At the same time there
are not as many cases of yellow fever in
the military hospitals as there were two
months ago, the soldiers who are sick be
ing cared for in the hospitals elsewhere.
For two weeks, according to the city mor
tality reports, no deaths from yellow fever
have occurred in the city proper; this con
dition he says does not exist.
The enormous death rate from enteritis
and dysentery, the inspector says, is' the
result of thfe lack of nutritious food, and
the deaths from these diseases have not
yet reached high-water mark. Unless the
laws are so amended as to admit certain
important food products, none but tho
favored few will be able to obtain nutri
tious food. Even at the present time all
fresh meats command prices above tho
reach of the lower classes, while .bread
stuffs are proportionately higher.
I have not had sufficient time to push
an investigation of the number of cases
of beriberi among the Chinamen here. It
is certain that no city can show a more
inviting presence to epidemic diseases
than the city of Havana.
TO BE TUKKBH MINISTER,
Late Advices Say the Russian Repre
sentative Is to Come Here.
Constantinople, Sept. 19.—Ferrouh Bey,
councillor of the Turkish embassy at St.
Petersburg, has been appointed Turkish
minister to the United States in succes
sion to Moustapha Tachsln Bey.
The foregoing dispatch conflicts with tho
statement in a cablegram from Constan
tinople on Sept. 3 that Moustapha Tachsln
Bey would be succeeded by Rifaat Bey,
former councillor of the Turkish embassy
in London.