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THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
ESTABLISHED 1826.
FROM JACKSONVILLE
New Cases Reported 130, and
Deaths 10.
nurses accused of WRONC 001NG.
Memphis Under Rigid Quarantine—Deca
tur Almost Depopulated—Dr. Ham
ilton Gives Wholesome Advice
—Other Notes
Jacksonville, Sept. 23. — [Special.]—
President Neal Mitchell issued the follow
ing official bulletin for the twenty-four hours
ending fi p. m , September 23: New eases
133, deaths 10. Total number of cases to
date 1,878. Total number of deaths 212.
Deaths to-day: Mabel Thomas, Thomas
Zeither, Louis Bruner, A. C. Whitner, n. L.
Smith, George B. Howe, W. S. Simmons.
Mrs. Smith, Rev. W. P. Ross (colored),
Georgians Brannigan.
New cases: Mrs. William Jeaele, Mr*.
Amelia Buchanan, Carter Somerselie, Alice
Jexele, Culpepperand three children,
Jesse Poinseff, Mr. Eliott, Catherine Frost,
May McDaniel, Gerke McDaniel, Arthur
McDaniel, Dr. Eddy, Gertrude O. Artson,
John II. Allen, Mrs. E. C. Grimine, Miss
Ellis, Francis Ayers, Winnie Henry, R.
lie Vaughn, Mary De Vaughn, Arthur A.
lingers, E. M. Hunter, Willian GaniU, Joe
Heller, C. R Armstrong, Mrs. Moran and
two children. Dr. Facet), William H. Drake,
J. M. Brown, Mrs. Julia Crompton, Helen
Crompton, Willie Crompton, Ruth Cromp
ton, Mrs. Charles Ilazzers, L. M. Newman,
James Crowley—43 whites and 90 colored.
Over twenty cases given in too late for offi
cial bulletin.
Dr. Porter received n message from Clara
Barton this evening saying: “Your order
obeyed. Col. Soutbmnyu will be with
drawn.”
Col. Bouthmnyd was seen this evening but
was very reticent about the matter. He
claimed bis nurses, those he sent from New
nr.. iim iti- Ir.-sl.-.l linju-tly in In-ini' m-iiI
back without due trial. He added he had
eomplaioed to Washington in regard to it.
lie seemed surprised to lean tbai ha eag to
be removed, and said at firat he did not un
derstand it. Later he said lie had received
a telegram from Miss Barton saying perhaps
he wouldbe needed in Washington, and to
prepare to move at any time. Hell rather
bitter regarding the board of health here
and their actions, and accuses them of treat
ing him very badly. Dr. Porter has the con
fidence of (ill here uml Ills notion Hill In-
fully indorsed.
George Parker was the only t urse sent to
Camp Parry yesterday. Judge BcIIisaric,
C. C. of the.Knights of Pythias, is etill on
-deck. ‘He says the yellow fever must be
afraid of him. tP. Tishler after a long and
serious illness, was on the streets again yes-
lerilny. Among yesterday's discharged
coses we-e those oi Mrs. Frank Martin and
Jack Medrick.
J. G. Greeley sckBOvLdg?® tho receipt
of $117 from Hev. Dr. William Klliot Griffis,
Boston, for special use. Dr. F. D. Miller of
Eaat-jaekeonville, who ha* been sick with
yeilow feverfor a long time, is rapiuly
recovering, and will soon be among his
patients again.
It was reported yosterday that there were
several cases of
Dr. Carr was sent there by special train to
investigate the matter, and found that the
rumor was false.
Dr. Matthews, after fighting the fever
among bis patients for nearly two months,
himself succumbed to it. He is doing nice*
ly, however, under the careful nursing of
his wife and will soon be “at the front”
again.
•ON-E'OP MANY fi AD CASKS.
A poor little white girl was in the relief
committee store yesterday with a basket for
provisions. When asked how her mother
was, the poor little thing burst out crying
and it was some time before she could con*
trol her emotion sufficient to make known
the fact that her mama had died, and there
was nothing in the house to eat. Tbto is iu«
Reed a pitiable case, and there are no doubt
many others quite as sad.
MARRIAGE OF J*AT1ENT6.
W. J. Saunders and Miss Emma £. Bywa
ter were married this evening by Bishop
Weed. Both have had the fever. Saun
ders was proprietor of the Mayflower restau
rant, where the first coses were discovered.
DR. -COULD,
Althongh a quiet, unostentatious man,
the late Dr. Francis J. Gould was a most es
timable and worthy one. His life bad been
a most eventful one. Born on July 2,1828,
his life had not been many as life Is meas
ured, but they had been full of labor and
usefulness. Charleston. Mass., was his hirth
place. He graduated from Harvard college
in the class of 1850, and about three years
later took his medical degree in the same
institution. He started for California in a
yacht in the rear 1854; was wrecked
in the straits of Magellan, and finally landed
in Valpariso. There he was professor of the
Fuglian language of the university for two
years. Later, he found himself in Bio Jar
nero, and there began the practice of medi
cine, acquiring in it a valuable experience in
the treatment of yellow fever. The year
1859 found Dr. Gould a resideut of Tnmna.
There he married, and has made Florida his
home ever since. He has resided at differ
ent times in Tampa, Gainesville, Cedar
Keys, iliddleburg and Jacksonville. During
the years 1872-73 he was surgeon of Battery
M., first United States artillery, statioied on
tk* n— r». Qggtggyw to Jack
sonville nine years ago. He ha*
practiced his profession here com
paratively little, and some years
since he was engaged in the fertilizer busi
ness, and of late had kept a drug store in
the northwestern part of the city. The offi
cers and members of O. M. Mitchell Post
No. 4 have never met a greater lose than has
befallen them by the death of Dr. Gould, M.
D.. surgeon of the post. Dr. Gould has left
a heartbroken widow, one son and four
daughters to mourn their loss.
INACCURATE REPORT*.
Your correspondent has time and sgain
called attention to the very inaccurate re
ports we are compelled to send out. To do
the board of health justice, they are not to
blame in thi matter. They do everything
Possible to make the official record perfect* j
Day before yesterday Willie Long, a
runaway boy from home, was num
bered among the dead, while in
Friday night's report Miss Conraucr
was reported an dead, when the fact totliat
she is rapidly convalescing. A young friend
of hers. Miss Susie Lemon, was sick at the
**nie place aim sh# died. By seme strong*
fatality both names were reported among the :
dead.
HARD WORKERS DOWN.
To-day's cases report many of the hard
workers down. Rev. W. IL Dodge, pastor |
of the Newman Street Presbyterian church,
MACON GEORGIA TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 25.1888-TWELVE PAGES.
wa. taken down last night and to-day he is
quite ill. Rev. Mr. Weller and Mr. Dodge,
with Bishop Weed, made a trio of our hardest
workers, and their ministrations accom
plished a world of good. Rev. Dr. W
now convalescing rapidly. Bishop
still keeps up his cheerful countenance
hearty greeting are worth a great deal to our
dispirited citizens. Judge W. Whitner of
the law firm of Fleming A Daniel and Mr.
Howe in the furniture establishment of
Cleveland & Son are also reported among
the dead to-day.
TIIE ELECTRO-LIBATION CORE.
Another new and startling cure for yellow
fever has just been publicly announced,
namely, Dr. Webb’s electro-libation cure.
He was introduced at a meeting of the citi
zens’ auxiliary sanitary association meeting
yesterday, and the conference committee
were instructed to see that he was intro
duced to the board of health, with the re
quest that they look into the merits of his
invention. The doctor claims to have pro
duced some wonderful cures. This morn
ing's Times-Union relates a case of a printer
who was taken with the fever,
and immediately applied this remedy with
the result, that next morning though weak,
he desired to return to work, but was
dissuaded from so doing. Time will tell
how permanent Ike flare is. The doctor re
lates others, the facta of which we have not
yet learned and cannot vouch for. Some
curiosity is manifested to see the effective
ness of the theory as the inventor’s claims
arc at least startling to say the least, and if
it should prove at all valuable will remove
many of the horrors of this fell disease.
One claim is that be can produce a sweat on
the most obstinate ca<e on from half hour to
an hour. In a conversation with Dr. Solace
Mitcneil yesterday, the latter offered the
doctors good facilities to test the invention.
He said that he had some cases that he
would allow the doctor two hours in his
endeavor to produce a heavy sweat. Dr.
Sanohez at first acceded to the propositioi ,
but said that his patients must be isolated,
and that the doctor should not see him for
twelve hours; this tho Doctor very naturally
refused to do, as he said he would have to
watch the patient and if he foond that the
libation treatment proved unfavorable and
likely to result in harm to the patient he
would have to interfere. To this the doctor
replied ihat his method “always made the
patient worse till just before he recovered.”
The doctors laugh at the claims of Dr.
Sanche, and say it is the veriest bosh^H
AT Till. H \ N 11 HIM.--.
Dr. Solace Mitchell reports two cases at
the sand hills who have had the black vomit
and yet who will recover. Dr. Potts, who
was taken sick several days ago, has had a
hard fight with yellow jack. Thursday he
bad the black vomit, and was quite low; he
rallied from it and was much stronger Fri
day. Yesterday he had another terrible at-
tii'-k of ldack vomit. Ii aastliruau nil over
his person, over the bed clothes and spat-
heavily coated, ha presented a horrible ap
pearance, eve i to the nurses, who are accus-
tinned to such sights. Siratige to say, lie
recovered from this, and today is doing
well indeed. C. II. Morse, another patient,
had the true black vomit five days ago and
was not expected to live at one time, hut he
rallied soon alter, and Dr* Sollace Mite-bell
siivs that in all probability both of the pa
tients will recover fully.
AMONG Tils; NTKHKN.
The nurses and doctors now seem to he
ooa*in K In fur ik.lr m>M •*' th. I—u. F«U
nurses. J. J. Bryson, E. W. Drake of .V.u
York, L. M. Newman of Tampa and If. J.
r:i:- of n.t-., this
■horning. Mr. Drake is one of the Harry
Miner delegation. Dr. Eddy, one of the new
physicians, is also down. In order to aceoni.
modate the new doctors who are here when
they become si'-k, the niedical ; bureau have
rented a house in a convenient location
where ail the doctors can be well taken care
of when they get sick.
OBSTINATE NUH8E8.
Another feature showing the inefficiencyof
our home nnrses was that to-day a large num
ber were paid Off Saturday night failed to go
to work to-day when ordered. All such are
put on the black list and will not be given
employment again. Of the 360 odd nurses
here on the burean books, titere was not one
to spare this morning. They are greatly
exhausted by their week’s work and will
require a day oi reel lit least. Muuy mure
could be used to great advantage here hut
they must be acclimated, for all others
pruve u hindrance instead of help. Some
twenty or thirty are expected from Tampa
and Philadhlpeia this evening and to-mor-
row. Female nurses arc what are needed
the most. . , . . ,
W. J. Saunders who was married to-day,
who was a patient nnd recovered, now has
charge of the board of health hotel and res
taurant for doctors and nurses.
The board of health received the follow
ing to-day; “Spider web pills will cure yel
low fever, try it.” .
George Hollendbeck, a Western Union
operator, was taken down ibis morning. An
operator named P. D. Wade has arrived from
Now Orleans. More are needed.
HKHP1II4.
No Apprehension of Dnnger Felt bj tlio Peo-
ple-Illglil Quarantine.
Mgwpina, Sept. 23.—This city has been
very qniet to-day. Confidence is restored
and the feeling of uneasiness which
amounted almost to panio Friday, has given
way to a more rational view of the situation.
There resliy has never been any cause for
alarm that has been felt here. Decatur,
Ala., and Jaekson,.Uiss., the only two towns
in tlte sonth outside of Florida affected by-
yellow fever, are both considerAle distances
from Memphis, and none of the refugees
from these cities have been allowed
to come here, the non-intercourse
quarantine relations which are being
enforced against ait passenger iaitui* uu L*o
srven railr .ads leading mlo Memphis on
the east side of the Mississippi river, lias
caused a suspension of travel, and the result
it shown in the few arrivals at the hotels. It
is estimated that fully four thousand peo
ple have left here since Friday. They were
principally women and children, wives and
ti.milies of merchants, and others who, on
the announcement of the outbreak of the
fever at Jackson, Miss., took alarm and sent
them north fearing that in the event of a case
developing hers that in the stampede that
would surely follow, they would sutler great
hardships. Business is virtually at a stand
still. Country merchants cannot come to
the city under the present quarantine regu
lations, and every, small town adjacent has
locked its doors, so there are no mercantile
•nnsnciintH to be recorded L-re! freight
aud pajisenger travel on railroads to sus
pended and ail the outcome of the panic,
which prevails throughout this Motion of
the country. It is the same from Louisville
south to Mobile and New Orleans. At
many of the station* southbound trainj,
those coming from SL Ixiuis, Chicago,
Cincinnati Louisville and even further
north anu wrest, are not permitted to stop.
The following telegram was received to-
U "Na*hviUe, .Sept. 23.—Hon. I). P. Hadden,
president taxing district, Memphis: IK r
Bir—Your telegram of yesterday taking me
to order the militia to report to you to aid
VOL. LXIII.NO. 25.
in inforcing the quarantine was held await
ing my arrival in the city. I am pov*rless
to comply, having no authority of law to nail
out the militia for such purposes. and with-
"in !» dollar of appronriati' u with which to
. If the militia see proper (b »'ol-
_ rgu n h a purpose, I rill not ferbid
t if. Tijould be exceedingly glad if, by any
stretch of authority 1 could aid you, bull see
! no other way to do so except to withhold
, my disapproval should th^y volunteer. If
j you can largest any plan wire me at Spring-
field Monday or Shelbyville Tuesday. 1 am
ready to aid you to the uttermo t. Very
truly, (Signed) Rout. L. Taylor.
President Hadden at once consulted with
Sam Carnes, major commanding the second
baitullion of the Natioi al Guards of Ten
nessee, and the following will be published
to-morrow:
Headquarters Second Battalion National
Guard Slate of Tennessee, Memphis, Teun.,
Sept. 23.—Special Order No. 1.—Thll com
mand is hereby ordered to report at the ar
mory of the Chickasaw Guards to morrow
(Monday) morning at 9 o’clock in fatigue
uniform for the purpose of doing quarantine
duty for the protection of our city against
the outside world. By order T. 8. Carnes,
nnjor commanding. Hy Harry Allen,/ad
jutant.
TELEGRAMS SENT TO DR. HAMILljON.
Instructions Sent to Various Points .»* to
Ilow to Proceed.
Washington, Sept 23.—Surgeon Gcieral
Hamilton has received a telegram from'Dr.
Neal Mitchell, president of the Jarkson\$lle
board of health, saying: “We have nnrses
who are guilty of drunkenness, criminal
neglect and incompctency. Such most go
home. Camp Perry is the only outlet. Can
you not equip a guard-house for them?”.
Dr . Hamilton informed Dr. Mitchell pat
all such persons would be received at Ct^np
iVrrv, a;i«l m*iiI the follow ing telegram lo
Di. Hutton, in charge of the camp: “te-
ceive all persons sent from Jacksonville No
need to keep nurses under guard unless tjey
misbehave at Cmnp Perry. You muitr*;-
eeive them, but cannot be expected to |*n-
ish ofienses committed at Jacksonville.”
This morning the report from Camp Pe ry
is as follows: “Present, officers six, gunds
ten, employes ten, including carpenters 12,
refugees arrived, 23; discharged 21, remit n
ing 193. In fever camp 4.”
The following telegram was received Mis
morning from Dr. Carlisle, secretly of
board of health at Gainesville, Fla.’ “So
new cases; all the sick doing well, wather
clear.”
Speaking of the disease at Gainesvile. Dr.
Hamilton to-night said to an Aturcfa'i-d
Press reporter that when yellow fevei broke
oat there three weeks ago, he requeued Dr.
Carlisle to employ special poiiceneo to
guard every house where yellow fetor had
appeared for the purpose of isolatis; each
case aud preventing the city from beoiuing
infected. At the same time he ad is ed a
rapid depopulation of the pice ' as
against Gainesville uutil it
was announced to be infected. A Hek has
now elapsed, said the doctor, and he suc
cess of the plau is beginning to be vident,
as a secoud crop of cases, had fevenatients
not been isolated, would have appired on
each dav. As no new cases ha 1 ) been
found, at Gainesville the 4>robabili*§
entirely against the appearance olthe 'vS’i-
Uemic at that place unless some flaws fo^d
NEW ORLEANS.
The
isolation unr
in me i-wimi.iiiii inul,Pr tK*tfDCnt. Is ' \ ~ » .
plan was pursued riith enti-, h® WJ'
ct* uf ballenune, iPPfial clerks .A >’« dibWtjtf.JMipii* ^’-gSrS****'* 1
itriilren with ffot'
State Hoard of Health in Arms
Against Shreveport.
New Orleans, Sept. 23.—At a meeting of
the state board of health this morning the
agent of the Texas and Pacific railway read
a telegram received by him which showed
that the health board of Shreveport had re
fused to quarantine against this city, but
that, yielding to the demands of the people
and city council, they consented to place an
embargo on all points below Alexandria,
which had the same efl'ect. President Wil
kinson considered that the local authori
ties had exceeded their powers. He
6aid that the state board w*as co operating
with the health officers in preventing the in
troduction of contagious diseases. New Or
leans was free from even a suspicious case,
aud^such arbitrary action as had been taken
lie accordingly telegraphed the Shreveport
authorities as follows:
“Boards of health have not arbitrary pow
ers. The supreme court has plainly decided
these cases..”
The state board will assist all local boards
in keeping out infectious diseases, but will
not countenance mob law, and uny quaran
tine fgainst any healthy place in Louisiana
will be resisted by the state board. If par
ties interested with you we will side against
you.”
It was understood that the Texas Pacific
will to-morrow make application to the
United States court for an order forbidding
the health authorities of Shreveport to in
terfere in any wav with the lines of the
Texas and Pacific railroad.
AT DECATUR.
Only Two Case* nnci no Deaths Reported
Yesterday.
Decatur, Ala., Sept. 23.—To-day has
been the gloomiest Sunday in Decatur's his
tory. There are barely more than 150 peo
ple in town, two-thirds of these being col
ored. A special train with about fifty refu
gees left about midnight last night. It is
scarcely probable that any more will be per
mitted to hiave. There were two mw cases
and no deaths to-d ly. One of to day’s cases
i« I)r. W. C. Buckley, one of the best physi
cians in Decatur. The total cases to date
are seventeen, total deaths four.
Th** Bismarck hotel is still open, and feed
ing all that apply, whether they have money
or not. Two restaurants here are doing the
same. The Western Union telegraph man
ager, S. D. Armstrong, has never left his
post except for sleep. John T. Dixon, city-
editor of the Free Lance, is still here. Only
two physicians have left, Dr. Taylor and Dr.
8. F. Cross. Both of them left on account
of sickness. The city is well provided with
both physicians and nurses, nnd all who left
the city have left their places in order.
NOT AT MERIDIAN,
Locked Door*,
Meridian, Miss., Sept. 23.—As numerous
Inquiries are daily received here from the
press of the country relative to the yellow
fever^heze an Aesociated^i’ress correspondent
to-day oktaiued from the president of the
board of health Ute following official .fate-
• uent: “At* mtotiag ol the hoard ot healiff
to-day st 10 Vdodk]t**|il Ale red that no
:0*lW
niloyCil who kept the houkemnder
Constant %nrveiUunco. nnd prevented-lertOUS
from visiting it. No other*ca»e deveiwed.
Dr. Hamilton had a conference will 8ur-
geou-General Brown of the navy to d.y, and
an arrangement has been made for ; detail
of naval •officers to investigate the ftate of
afl'airu at Fernaudina, Fla., as all offiers of
marine hospital service available for iispac
tion duty are now otherwise engager. An
officer will probably| be detailed foi this
purpose by the Secretary of the Naiy to
morrow. The medical officer at Live Oak
has been instructed to fumigate bryg&ge
coming from Gainesville or Feruandim.
Yesterday Dr. Hamilton sent a lelgrani
to Dr. Wirt Johnson, secretary of.the M*>sis-
sippi board of health, at Jackson, askog if
he needed aid, and he has received a eply
as follows: “Thanks for ollerof assisUice,
but not iu need of aid at present, 'here
have been tea 0’»*cb and one death her to
day.” _____
CHATTANOOGA’S CAUTION.
No Memphis anti Charleston Trains AUo vert
to Enter the City.
Chattanooga, Sept. 23.—All freight and
passenger trains on the Alabama Great
Southern railroad have been abandoned,
owing to the rigid quarantine here, aad it
other points on the line. The Memphii an4
Charleston trains cannot enter this city.
Arrangements will probably be effeete<
whereby the mail ana ex press can be deliv^
ered between Memphis and Stevenson,
Trains will pass through Morgan county in
which Decatur is situated at not leso than
tiiteen miles per hour. And all trainmen
are under oath not to take on passengers in
which the infoctcd point is located. The
Chattanooga quarantine has been and is r~
effective that not one person from the i
fee tod points eould be found even after a
T* thau - i xT, *
yellow fever herfc/W tfvei.
»P
hour. There im no
"[Signed] J. II. Blanks, M. D.,
"President Board of Health.”
REFUGEES WELCOMED.
Louisville Throws Her Doors Wide Open
nml Rerelve* the Homeless.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 22.—At a meeting
of physicians ’'and others called by Mayor
Jacob it has been decided to open the gates
of Louisville to yellow fever refugees. A
train brought in 135 from Decatur this morn
ing. There is no excitement here. At the
meeting of doctors it was the sentiment that
Louisville was in no danger. When the phy
sicians fhad given vievfs ‘almost unani
mously to the eflect that the city should not
quarantine, but that it should repeat its
humane act of 1878 in welcoming refugees
with open doors, Presideut Hewitt called for
the report of the committee, which was read
as follows: *
‘•The experience 'of years warrants the
physiciaus of Louisville in stating confi
dently to her citizens and those visiting th*
city that on account of our geographical
and climatic conditions, Louisville can be
iu uo danger from the spread of yellow fever
by contact with those from the infected dis
tricts of the south who seek refuge here.
Lateness of the season and the measures of
safety adopted by the state board of health
justify us in asserting that there is no
danger whatever of the disease gaining foot
hold in this *lty.” ______
THE DEADLY MICROBE.
liberohreward offered. Traffic on the north
ern and eastern roads is uninterrupted. No
one is allowed to enter Chattanooga without
gividg a satisfactory account of himself.
This city was never before in such healthy
condition.
Joint Meeting of Committee*.
Jacksonville, Sept. 23.—[Special.]—The
executive committee of the sanitary associa
tion held a joint-meeting with the relief
committee to-day to discuss the complaints
of abuses. Numerous coses of fraud have
been discovered and it is believed hundreds
of families of negroes have obtained relief
Ahroosh difftftftt IMMI of their
faiu lies, so as to attempt to lay in supplies
for winter. These will he cut ofl as rapidly
as discovered and 6eutto the refugee camps
or put to work. The branch commissioners,
which have been unduly multiplied, will he
abfilished and a more rigid Hysicm adopted
to prevent imposition on the part of irre
sponsible parties.
Chairman Stanzell of the young u.e i •
committee has found over ouc* hundred
destitute white families who have not ap
plied for relief.
The reports o.' the hoard of he
aggregate 133 new cam of yell
the city and suburbs, 90 of wl :!i
people*. Among the new case ri
Sommerville and Dr. Eddy, «f
physicians. Rev. Dr. Win. H. Dodg*
Southern Presbyterian church,one
mobt Uevoted heroes of :ue *piden
stricken down with the disease to-da
is resting mo.*e comfortable toni;:ht,
r. Sternberg Relates Uis Observath
While in Havana.
Washington, Sept. 20.—Major G. M.
the in-j Sternberg, surgeon United States army, read
an important paper this afternoon before the
Association of American Physicians and
Surgeons upon “Recent investigations re
lating to etiology of yellow fever.” Thete
have been several different claimants for the
honor ol having discovered the yellow fever
germ, but according to Dr. Sternberg none
of these claims are well founded. He exhib
ited to the association cultivations of germs
of Dr. Dominguez Frier*of Brazil, Dr. Carlos
Tin lay of Havana and of Dr. Paul Gibier of
Prance. The last-named physician w*s com*
n is.Moned by the French government to study
tellow fever and had already been in Havana
V* ..»»{ mnnjki wIlM In \(«V lut. Dr.
fcternberg arrived in that city in compliance
'th instructions from the President to con
to-da
ptWir..
visiting
ite ill. The
ten
to-day.
Had Ite|i
NasIIVILLB, Sc|
23.—A
D«<-ttur.
Decatur *ay« tlicra a:i "O
ly 100 white aud 200 colored *t'
tnere. Bunineis house* are nil closed a- <1
the postoffice and express ofth e as w» ll. '1 • n
new cases of fever were reported yesterday
aad 2 deaths. The spread of th** disc w* i>
appalling, considering the few people L-ft ia
the city.
tinue the investigation for some time, com-
n enced last year in Brazil and in Mexico.
Through the courtesy of the Spanish army
surgeons at the military hospital in Havana,
Dr. Sternberg was able to obtain as many au
topsies as he required and made a careful
search of the blood and various organs of
thr body with reference to the presence of
thi germs. lie did not encounter in a single
case, he said, the microbe which Dr. Donim-
gu-'z Fri*ro has described Abd with which he
profasses to practice protective inoculation.
ID has, however, encountered this microbe
cultures mad* from the surface of the body.
I He believe s its presence in Dr.Friere’s blood
cultures from the linger to have ln c-u quite
• aec.duiial and without any special signili-
; i-,i ( . Having proved by his microscopical
r*-v .i: he4 and culture r\p»*ri:n«*nt«
; •». t there D n<* specific germ
j . ; till blood <>' yellow f«-v«*r paiicnt*. Dr.
V r»>i)«*rg turned hi** attention to the ali-
li-entary canal, thinking it not improbable
t u.* a specific germ of dinease might be lo*
< it* I there, a* in the ease in cholera. As was
I t » have been expected, he encountered a
\aricty of micro-organism* in this situation,
tonic of which were apparently undehcribed
| so icifically and therefore possible yellow tV-
I er v' :rrns. Among these i i the ha* il»u* of Dr.
* Pi u* Gibier, whicli was for ad in three out of
|t ’ a.’jes. Dr. Sternberg i* of the opinion
that Dr. Gibier has not as yet given any sat
isfactory proof that this is verily the yellow
fever germ, and further researches are
required in order to determine im
portant questions relating to the
cause and prevention of this
disease. Dr. Sternberg hai himself diseov-
ered several new micro-organisms, and it is
possible that one of these is the deadly mi
crobe, of which he has so long been* in
search, but he said he was not at present iu
positiou to make a definite claim with refer*
ence to any one of them. Some of these
germs were exhibited to the association, and
Dr. Sternberg stated that since his return
from Havana he had been continuously en*
gaged in the study of these various microbes,
aud that the material which he had brought
with him would fully occupy his time for
some months to come.
A SAND AVALANCHB
Throws a Train of Cars from
the Track.
CONGRESS THIS WEEK.
N\» UufiiiiBiitm uuBiuesH in the Senate— l'ro-
icramme of the Hoime.
Washington, Sept. 23.—The Senate has
no unfinished business, and the order in
which this week’s expected events may come
up is problematical. The week's programme
includes the passage of the general defi
ciency bill, a hundred or more private pen
sion bills, one or two of the territorial ad
mission bills, the Sherman trust bill and final
action on the sundry civil bill. It is proba
ble that this is more than can be accom
plished in the week, even if the programme
be especially followed. ,
No legislative business is likely to be ac
complished by the House this week beyond
action on the two appropriation bills re
maining undisposed of. They are the sundry
civil bill, upon which further conference
must be ordered, anu the general deficiency
bill, which has not been acted upon by the
Senate but which is expected to reach the
Home during the week. Unless the first
named measure is passed before Tuesday, it
will be necessary to adopt another resolu
tion extending the appropriations carried
by the bill. The bill uuking appropriations
for the relief of the yellow
feves sufferers is also likely to
be reported from the appropriations com
mittee, and the effort to secure considera
tion for it will doubtless result in some
lively proceedinffs. An opposition, though
confined to one or two members, is very de
termined. The Crain resolution directed
against trusts may also be a fruitful theme
»i discussion.
THE UiCOl* BULLETIN.
Tlio Weather Favorable In the Cotlou Belt
to Growing Crops.
Washington, Sept. 23.—The crop bulletin
issued by the signal office says: During the
week the weather generally was favorable for
ali growing crops In the Mississippi valley.
Reports from the corn belt indicate the un
usually large corn crop safe from frost. In
portions of Kentucky heavy rains iiijured
the tobacco and corn crops, probably to the
extent oi io per cent; nut the iruit crops are
improved and iu fiue condition. The weather
condition also has been favorable for wheat
seeding throughout the winter wheat states
and as far south us Tennessee.
In the cotton belt, from Alabama we$t to
Texas, the weather has been generally favor
able for all growing crops. The recent rains
in ICAM luipTuYeu tuc itttc ClOji of i:uiiuu
while some damage is reported to
roUpn in T.nn^kw.., due to the he.vv rain..
fc> Coui«ni>.thej**4tlier improved the con
dition Of^auie Mi ni favorable to the rtoe
aad eottwpieklng, In
injurv to tho growing crop, in Kc“7
aud the middle Atlantic elate..
Dickering With the Kalin.
Atlanta, Sept. 22.—There eeeme to be
little doubt hut that the third party is act
ing as a republican annex in Fulton
county. For several days there has been
much talk about a proposition from the
third party lo the republicans, which was
in substance that the republicans take
their legislative ticket out of the field and
let the third party havo fall sway against
the democratic nominees. Tiie third party
crowd, through a committee, urged tins
upon tho republicans on tiie ground Hint
if they would give way and join them in
their fight against the nominees that there
was a splendid chance of success. 1 hey
argued that the third party might be able
to get a certain element which has hereto
fore been democratic and together with
tiie third party and the republican vote the
democrrtic ranks would lie badly injured.
This committee pictured to the republicans
a faint ray of hopo in the future for their
success in Fulton county, if thej would
only aid them in their race this tune.
lleunion. of tho Twentieth Georgia.
Atlanta, Sept 23.—The call for a re
union of the Twentieth Georgia regiment
(veterans) at Macon, Ga., Oct, 12, 1888,
was based upon the assumption that the
state fair was a certainty, and the fact that
during the fair the railroad rates were an
nounced as unusually low. The officers of
the stale fair, owing to the yellow fever
epidemic in portions of the south, having
declared the lair indefinitely postponed,
and recognizing the wisdom of their action
we poitpone the reunion of our regiment
to some propitious time, notice of which
will he given.
Those papers in the state which kindly
published will increase our obligation by a
like courtesy towards this paper.
B. F. Abbott,
JohnO. Waddell,
Former adjutant Twentieth Georgia reg
iment.
•ltev. Sam. .mall'. Announcement.
Atlanta, Sept. 23.—Rev. Sam Small
uwi.v issues his announcement that lie is
the candidate of the third party ior Btate
Senator from this district. He will deliver
about a half dozen speeches in each of the
three countie*. He says he intends to make
matters spicy for the democratic nominee,
but will use no money, nor will he indulge
in any mud sliuging. It is said that ecv-
eral ministers have requested Mr. Small to
keep out of politic*, hut he insists on run
ning ami say* that the question of defeat
does uot bother him at all. A* soon as
Mr Small finishes his senatorial race he
w ill return north and continne his work
for Fiskeand Brooke, the prohibition nom
inees for President and V ice-PresidenL
Saw .mill Men to l'roteat.
Atlanta, Sept. 23.—About seventy-five
saw-mill men will com* to Atlanta to pro
test against the advance in local freight
rates. Formerly it was th* rule that saw
mills and di-asters were tynonyinous, hut
things have changed. As an evidence of
this, it is only necessary to cite the fact
that the saw-null product of Georgia
amounts to hall as much as the cotton
crop of the stale, and these seventy-five
lumliermen do Half a* much business as
*11 the farmers and cotton factors in
Georgia, yet they are uot organized, zhey
will probably organize next Tuesday.
THE PASSENCER3 HAVE A CLOSE CALI.
Three Men Injured bnt Not Berlouiily—
Regarded an n Most Peculiar Ac
cident-Track all Clear
for the Scheduleg.
The passenger train on the Southwest**
railroad, due in Macon at 2:40, yesterday
morning met with one of the most remark
able accidents known to Capt. George
Dasher, one of the oldest conductors on the
road.
From what can be learned the partica-
lars are about these: Tiie train left Fort
Valley about twenty minutes late. An
engine had gone on ahead just twenty
minutes before and passed on to Macon all
right. In that time the heavy ram fell
and washed great quantities of sand from
the road at Echeconee crossing, twelve
miles from Macon, on the track, carrying
it down the track for the distance of ahowt
400 feet. When the locomotive of the
train readied the crossing and strusk
the sand it was running at the rate «{
about 35 miles an hour. It was instantly
switched ofl’ to one side and ran on the
ground, stopping within about fifty feet of
the track, breaking loose from the train
and turning over with a thump against a
slight embankment. Engineer Clarcnee
Williams, Fireman Ed Adams and wootf-
paaser John Reid were thrown out, hot
how is a mystery.
All the cars had separated. The tender
stopped between the engine and the track,
il the baggage car and the smoker
seemed to have slided right over it scrap
ing off their trucks and leaving (Item iu a
pile. Both cars shot past the
engine a considerable distance, the bag
gage and mail car stopping directly ncrose
the track, nnd the smoker also across the
track but in a standing position. The
first passenger car had left tiie track and
was ihrned over on its side. The second
passenger car stopped on the track on the
Macon s de of the crossing, with the
sleeper on the other Bide, both unharmed
except that the Immpers were tom off.
Tiie rain was falling at the time, hut it
UIU not ptli uui iile fire which had caught
from the engine and burnt all the wood
work about it.
Mr. A. P. HerringtOTs, who was in the
first passenger car, says the overturning of
the car awoke him, and he immediately
felt water pouring on his face. Hia first
thought was that tnev had fallen into the
creek, but when * iellow passenger crawled
to the door and opened it a volume of
«moke rushed in, and this disputed the
ides. The door wsa shot to prevent being
■nffocstaf by the smoke, and tL.
-'-Hthe batfSSfiEnr
soo-asth. z&A' P n . gin ? r
themselves it was” fonnd thsLe orders
as thougfi' ,nr !.* bou ‘ IhehVt. been
injured in the slightest. Fireman
Adams was found badlj but not seriously
hurt about the body. Woodpaescr Reid
was found among the trucks, anil at first he
was thought to be seriously injured, bnt
Dr. Hall does not think his injuries will
keei) him in long.
The down passenger train left Macon at
3:35 rnd proceeded to Walden, where H
expected to meet the damaged train.
There it met a messenger who informed
Conductor Dewberry of the accident, and
the train went to the scene. The passengers
for Macon were transferred and were
brought to Macon, arriving here at fi
o’clock, Trainmaster Qoge at once sent
out a wrecking force to the
scene. The track had not heea
injured in the slightest, and the
work to be done was in removing the coin
out of the way. By evening this was ac
complished, the evening train going out as
usual. A train was sent out to bring in
the passengers due here on the train from
Albany, arriving usually at 10:15 o’clock,
and thus came in about 1 o’clock.
Railroad men regard the aocident as u
peculiar one. The dirt had tilled the care
that had been thrown ofl, and the scene
was a fearful one. The sleeper which re
mained op the track was surrounded by a
pond of water. The passengers certainly
had narrow eseapes.
“Let as Try Him Once More.”
From the Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
There will he no effort made on the part
of tariff reform democrats to prevent the
return of Hon. S. J. Randall to congress
from the bird congrcssicnal district. The
question of difference between Mr Kandalt
and his party as to the proper policy to be
pursued.in dealing witli the tariff question
has been definitely settled. The partv ha*
gone one way ami he another. He no
longer speaks for democrats, in so far as he
approves of the reduction of revenue by
increased protective duties or by the rept&l
of internal taxation, rather than by a
proper reduction of the taxes on nccessa-
riesand an enlargement of the free list.
If Mr. Rrzdsl! rer° • vnnnowr man. nr
if the service he has rendered both has
party aud hia country had been less distin
guished, it might be the part of prudence,
as well as of justice, to retire him as a
democratic representative.. But, now that
he no longer has a protect ion ut following
in congress to make him dangerous, it is,
perhaps, better to condone his one fault
and remember his good parts, because there
is no doubt that his opposition to his
party is based upon an honest difference of
opinion.
In declaring for the return of Mr. Biu-
dall the Record does not lose right of the
probability that, as an independent can
didate, he would lie almost certain to yet
the votes of the republicans and of eti-ugh
democrats to possibly insure his eltciiqn.
It aould not be good policy to push him
into that position, nor would it be a kind
of fighting that would become his com
panions in arms to strike a man when he
is down. Now that tariff reform maybe
accomplished without his aid, the tariff
reformers are justified, in remembering to
Mr. Randall’s credit that, if they dnflot
trust him in devising means to raise reve
nue, he to worthy of all acceptation a* a
curb upon extravagant expenditure. Let
us try the old man once moi*.