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THE SCOURGE IS EPIDEMIC
Existence of Yellow Fever at Hampton Causes
Great Alarm Throughout the Country.
EXPERTS ANNOUNCE MALADY GENUINE YELLOW JACK
People Hurrying Away From Resorts In Vicinity of
Hampton==Extra Precautions Taken.
A special of Monday from Norfolk,
Va., stated that the breaking out of
yellow fever at the Soldiers’ home at
Hampton, aud the prevalence of an
epidemic even before’ it was known
that there was a case of yellow fever
in the United States, ik causing almost
a panic in eastern Virginia, and thous
ands of people, especially the summer
guests at Old Point, , Newport News,
and other immediate Atlantic resorts,
are flocking to the northern and < ast
ern cities for protection 'from the dis
ease.
No Doubt as to Disease.
Surgeon General Sternburg at
Washington received the following
from Lieutenant Colonel DeWitt at
Port Monroe regarding the outbreak
of fever:
Fort Monroe, Va, July 13— Surgeon Gen
eral, U. S. A., Washington—At 4 o’clock p.
m., yesterday Surgeon Pottus, United States
marine hospital service, quarantine officer,
officially stated thut yellow fever is at the
Soldiers’ Home; 34 cases, with 6 deaths.
Commanding officer took immediate meas
ures for quarantine.
Surgeon Pettus states surgeon general
marine hospital service was notifled yester
day afternoon, (Signed)
DeWitt, Surgeon,
Adjutant General Corbin and Major
Johnston, assistant adjutant general,
were at Port Monroe 8-unday and were
present when Surgeon Pettus made
his report to Lieutenant Colonel De
Witt. General Corbin says that from
all accounts there is little doubt that
the conditions are serious, and there is
no telling how far the infection may
have reached.
General Corbin further says that
there is not the least question about
the character of the disease, physicians
who were present at the postmortem
on some of the victims declaring that
yellow fever was surely present.
According to advices received at
the war department Monday, there
had been a total of 40 cases, six of
whom died.
The Soldiers’ Home has no connec
tion with the, war department. It is
under a board 'of managers created by
congress, which '■manages all the sol
diers’'homb? throughout the country.
The men adr-itted are soldiers of
the war of ..the, rebellion. Officers of
the war department are very much con
cerned on the part of the military post
at Fort Monroe, which’ is within six
.miles of the home.
Hegira From the Resorts.
A' Washington special says: The
yellow, fever outbreak at the sofdiers’
home at Hampton has caused great
anxiety at the national capital, be
cause, when it became known that the
scourge was in reality existing in the
soldiers’ home, this summer guests at
the hotels at O'id Point immediately
packed up their things aud took the
boats and trains Tp> Washington and
Baltimore. There *i>, fear that in this
way the disease may he carried to the
capital, and that a quarantine may be
instituted in Washington.
Monday the marine hospital service
hurried a number of surgeons to
Hampton and vicinity.
Dr. W T asdin, of the marine hospital
service, who is already at Hampton, is
detailed as the expert at the home.
PEERAGE FOR PAUNCEFOTE.
British Ambassador to the United States
Goes Up a Notch.
It was officially announced in Lon
don Monday that Sir Julian Paunce
fote, British ambassador to the United
States, who was head of the British
delegation to the international peace
cgnfeygnce <jt liie Hague, has been
elevated to the peerage.
FIRST TEXAS BALE
•old at Public Auction and Proeed to Go
to the Flood Sufferers.
The first bale of the crop of Texas
cotton grown at Sinton, Patricia yun
ty, an- Aipped by Governor Sayers,
was sold at public auction in front of
the cotton exchange at New > York
Monday for the benefit of the suffer
ers of the floods in Texas. It bought
$2,000. ft
The bale was re-donated f
change and will tpe ser B.
exchange to be auction Propretor.
manner. The ItiMtUS WASHII
ped to some other P olD Tfce &a.pdy Bari
ize a good round sum
SAMPSON M. SiCk
“ Ti ICI AN and SU
Admiral Wants 80/ us 1
Cenrra’sAfeet-Rl'O.rteH, (JCOI
A Washington dispatc "
Admiral William T. Sam f? XT
She supreme court of the I/iAJ KJK.
Columbia Monday, a suit in his- .
behalf and also in behalf of the off* 1 * *
and enlisted men of the ships of /-
North Atlantic station who took i>> v
part in the naval engagement off Se
tiago and the subsequent f , 1
prize money. cro
Surgeon General Wyman has not yet
decided whether he will go to Hamp
ton, but will do so if there is any need
of his services. Arrangements are al
ready made to throw quarantine lines
around any place where the disease
shows itself outside of the home.
Hospital Given Up to Patients.
Secretary Alger directed the Josiah
Simpson hospital at Ft. Monroe to be
turned over to the marine hospital
service if it is wanted by Surgeon
General Wyman. This hospital con
tains 1,000 beds, and was fitted up for
the troops stationed at Newport News
last summer. Only a small portion of
it has ever been used.
The secretary told General Wyman
to call on the war department for any
thing that it had or was wanted, and
it would be furnished at once without
regard to regulations or rules. The
secretary said that Surgeon General
Wyman should be assisted in every
way in dealing with the epidemic. The
following order was issued by the war
department Monday:
“The presence of yellow fever having
been officially reported at the soldiers’
home at Hampton, Va., the secretary of war
directs that you give orders for the Imme
diate movement of the garrison at Ft. Mon
roe to some place of safety somewhere on
the northern coast to he selected by you.
Two commissioned offioers and not less than
twenty men will he left In charge of the
post. If there are immunea in the com
mand they will be given preference. Ac
knowledge receipt and report action taken.
“H. C. Oorbin, Adjutant General.”
The Possible Cause.
Dr. Wasdin’s official report of his
examination of existing conditions at
the Soldiers’ home reached Dr.
Wyman Monday. It is dated Sunday
and notes the fact that the doctor has
seen all cases of suspected diseases at
the home. He sums up the history of
the contagion as follows:
“Early in July an old soldier enter
ed the home for a short rest and soon
afterwards appeared at the dispensary,
where he informed the physician in
charge that he was but recently from
Santiago, via a transport to a northern
port; thence he started for Manila via
San Francisco, to beat his way to the
home on a freight train, and entered
with his baggage. He complained of
dumb chills and fever and was pre
scribed for. He mingled freely with
the inmates of the home and a short
time ago disappeared. From this as
a possible cause, the outbreak is as
follows:
“Preceding Friday,the 21st of July,
there had been noticed nothing of a
suspicious nature. The weekly death
rate was as usual. But on the 21st
and 22d there beoame ill during the
night, with sharp pains, more or less
chill, high fever, some eight or ten in
mates, men of usually good health.
These seizures, although noted as pe
culiar, had occasioned no alarm until
about Thursday, the 27th, when a
death occurred, the man becoming
distinctly yellow some time prior to
death.
“On or about the same day another
one died, without having attracted par
ticular attention; he also turned quite
yellow. Autopsies wore held on both
by the resident pathologist. Then
a telegram was sent you asking for an
expert. I found there were 3,500 in
mates and thirty-five had been taken
ill since the 21st.”
ALGER POSTED OTIS.
Retiring War Secretary Notified General
That He I Being Criticized.
A Washington dispatch says: About
ten days ago Secretary Alger cabled
General Otis, saying that there was
some criticism of him in the American
press, but assuring him that the ad
ministration was thoroughly satisfied
with his conduct of the Philippines
campaign.
M’KINLEY WELL HONOR DEWEY.
Admiral Will Be Given a Reception at
White Hou<m.
President McKinley will give a re
ception to Admiral Dewey at the white
house when the latter arrives in Wash
ington. At first he was in donbt
whether a reception or dinner would
be more appropriate, but the former
is likeN to be decided on, for the rea
son it would be more popular in char
acter and would graut a multitude of
people an opportunity to meet the na
•~al hero and shake hands with him.
IQYIhe management of the reception
,er. be very simple and will differ in
.'mportant respects from regular
, -s of that character.
ulMllL Baker Admitted to Hail.
RGEO!^ arlK,urvil * e > Ky., Monday,
Baker was admitted to bail in
0i (l ’ m 0 f $5,000.- Wiley and Jim
; e charged with the murder of
1 Ti" F ’ 'oward and Burch Storr. No
Mdet for Wiley’s trial.
Nanai Bank For Honolulu.
w,i A SaTrancisco dispatch says: The
At first aanly national bank outside of
n- ' the conental boundaries of the
or' Unftedates is about to be estab
j lished Honolulu.
[APPEAL to cotton raisers.
Suggestion That a Change Be
Made In the Manner of
riarketing Crop.
In its leading editorial Sunday The
I Natchez Democrat made the following
1 appeal to the cotton farmers:
j “The time will soon arrive for the
marketing of the next cotton crop and
unless a change is made as to the
j mode of doing it the same low level
| of prices that was current last year
| will be the inevitable result. It is a
well established fact that large port
} and interior receipts during the
| mouths of September, October and
• November are the great factor in mak
i ing prices, and it is in your power to
| prevent this, as you have the remedy
j in your own hands, which is to hold
back on your farms one-third of your
! giunage until after December or Jan
| uary. The two-thirds will bring
] nearly as much meney, marketed in
I this way, as the whole crop marketed
: in the usual way.
j “In doing this you will not be de
priving the merchants or the banks to
j whom you are under obligations of
I what they are justly entitled to, but
I on the other hand, protecting almost
| their salvation as well as your own.
I “The government says the acreage
j in cotton lands is 8 per cent less than
| last year, and that the July condition
! is 3 4-10 per cent less or a total depre
j ciation of 11 4-10 per cent.
I “Estimating the current crop at
j 11,200,000 bales, it means a shrinkage
|of 1,277,000 bales,or acrop of 9,923,000
| hales for 1899-1900.
! “Notwithstanding all this and the
, further fact that the cotton mills
! throughout the country are making
! profits rauging from 20 to 40 percent,
! mighty efforts- are being made to
! create the impression that the crop
! will be an enormous one, with the
' view of getting your cotton cheap, and
| it is for you to determine whether the
j greedy spinner will succeed.
“You will be assailed by the wily
I speculator with all kinds of arguments
; to prevent you from holding your cot-
I ton, but it is your only weapon and
| your financial salvation depends upon
its use.
“We will keep this appeal promi
nently forward in our columns and
devote a part of each issue to earnest
’ ly advocate it, and we ask our associ
: ates of the press and merchants and
I bankers, who are equally interested
| with us in building up the prosperity
: of our southern country, to join and
aid us in our efforts.”
| SALISBURY YIELDS POINT.
I
Propones Joint Commission To Adjust
Troubles *n Transvaal.
A London special says: The Mar
quis of Salisbury having at last broken
silence on the Transvaal question in
so decided a manner it may be expect
ed that President Kruger will hardly
be likely to refuse to listen to the gov
ernment’s new proposal for a joint
commission to examine the franchise
bill. This proposal meets varying
criticism in London. Liberals are in
clined to regard it as another iustance
of the incurable tendency of the Salis
bury government to shelve every diffi
i culty by referring it to a commission.
Mr. Labouchere calls it a climb
down on Mr. Chamberlain’s part, aud
undoubtedly it savors more of Salis
bury than Chamberlain. Others think
it a concession to the Transvaal’s con
tention that the matter should be re
ferred to arbitration. All agree, how
ever, that it forms a practical bridge
of which Kruger can avail himself to
retire from an impossible position.
TO SELL OLD ORDNANCE.
Obsolete Guns and Stores Will Be Placed
Upon tlie Market.
Obsolete ordnance and ordnance
stores at sea coast forts in the depart
ment of the gulf, which have accumu
lated to such an extent as to be an in
cumbrance, will shortly be put upon
the market and sold.
According to an order issued by
General Frank, commanding the de
partment, the commanding officers at
these forts will at once cause inventory
and inspection reports to be prepared
and forwarded to the headquarters for
the action of the inspector.
The action of the inspector, it is
stated, will be to put the guns and
other ordnance on sale. Cities on the
lookout for park and cemetery decora
tions will in this way be given an op
portunity to purchase such implements
of warfare as may be desired.
WILL NOT OPEN ORATE.
Insurance Company Seems Satisfied That
Chase Is Really Dead.
A special from Bristol, Tenn.,states
that the attorneys for the insurance
company in the case wherein the death
of Thomas Chase, who held a policy
of $27,000 and whose death has been
brought in question, have abandoned
the idea of opening the grave in which
Chase is alleged to have been buried at
Milligan, Tenn.
President Hopwood, of Milligan
college, makes a statement that Chase
is surely dead and that the dead body
was seen by no less than fifty people
who were intimately acquainted with
him and that there could not possibly
be any mistake as to his death.
ROOSEVELT SCORED ALGER.
' Kongh Kld-r Ad.i.rrl President to Oat
I the Secretary of War.
, A Washington dispatch from Wash
ington says: It has developed that
Governor Roosevelt wrote a letter to a
cabinet officer a short time ago urging
the retirement of General Alger; that
General Otis be relieved of his com
mand in the Philippines, and that
General Brooke should be succeeded
as military governor of Cuba by Gen
eral Lenoard Wood.
DOMINICANS
ARE ALARMED
Revelation Threatened On Island
of Santo Domingo.
MURDERED PRESIDENT BURIED.
Panic Reigns Throughout the
Black Republic As Result
of Assassination.
Advices from Fort de France, Mar
tinique, state that the fuuernl services
over the remains of President Heu
reaux, which took place at Santiago de
las Caballeros at 5 o’clock Thursday
evening were attended by a large num
ber of people and were conducted
with great solemnity.
The body, which had lain in , state
throughout the day, was buried in the
cathedral. The governor of the pro
vince superintended the public mourn
ing. Throughout the island cannon
were fired hourly and flags were placed
at half mast on all public buildings.
The government has issued a decree
ordering a period of national mourn
ing for nine days.
The city of San Domingo is in a
state of great unrest and business is
entirely suspended. The people fear
an outbreak.
Thursday night a band of armed
men attacked Moca, where President
Heureaux was killed, and fired a num
ber of shots. It is reported that the
forces supporting the assassin have
been augmented considerably. The
government has taken measures to put
down the threatened insurrection.
William F. Powell, United States
minister to Hayti and American di
plomatic representative to the republic
of Santo Domingo, sent a telegram to
Yice President Figuerco, who assum
ed the presidency, expressing the keen
regret of the United States govern
ment at the assasination of President
Heureaux.
The latest nows from Santo Domin
go is that all is quiet throughout the
territory of the black republic.
The news of the death of President
Heureaux was hardly credited at Cape
Haytien by the people generally until
Friday evening when undoubted con
firmation was received. Then there
was great rejoicing among the Domin
ician exiles, many of whom live in
and around Cape Haytien. These ex
iles, who were driven out of their
country by Heureaux, are now prepar
ing to arm themselves and enter Santo
Domingo, where they expect their
chief, Don Juan Isidoro Jiminez, to
join them.
As Matter of Precaution.
A special from Washington says: A
naval vessel is to be sent immediately
to San Domingo. Secretary Hay has
made the request that Secretary Long
take this action, aud the Machias, now
at San Juan, P.R., and only a day’s run
from San Domingo, will proceed at
once to that island.
This a measure of precaution, rather
than oue of necessity, at the present
time, for Minister Powell has not sug
gested any such action to the govern
ment. Still it is deemed well, in view
of the press reports indicating the dis
turbed condition of affairs, to have a
representative of the United States au
thority within reach of the minister to
protect American interests should the
need arise.
Secretary Long sent telegraphic or
ders Friday afternoon to the cruiser
New Orleans at Newport, directing
that she also proceed at once to San
Domingo. The Machias will be in San
Domingo waters within a day or two.
This action was not due to the receipt
of any official advices indicating possi
ble trouble, but entirely to the desire
to be beforehand in dealing with any
possible disturbance.
Marines Ordered To Manila.
The navy department has ordered a
battalion of marines, 358 in all, to pro
ceed to Manila and take station at the
Cavite navy yard to re-enforce the
small contingent now there. They
will leave on steamers leaving Safi
Francisco on August Bth and 16th.
NEAL PLACED ON TRIAL.
Charges Brought Against South Carolina
Penitentiary Superintendent.
At the Neal investigation in Green
ville, S. C., Tuesday the only wit
nesses examined were those testifying
to Colonel Neal’s ability as a peniten
tiary superintendent. The board de
cided his ability was not in question.
Colonel Neal’s attorney wished the
sitting changed to Columbia and the
chief witnesses have not been surn
mond to Greenville. Colonel Neal’s
connection with the building of Win
throp college, where hundreds of con
victs were employed for months, will
be gone into.
ASSESSED BY JUDGE.
North Carolina Officials Knjoined From
Fixing Tan Upon Telegraph Company.
A Raleigh special says: Judge Si
monton has granted a restraining or
der forbidding the corporation com
mission from assessing the value of the
Western Union Telegraph Company’s
property in North Carolina at $1,000,-
000, and directing that it be assessed
at 3600,000. The order is returnable
before him at Asheville September
13th.
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