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II 11 HID "VTniLE ENROUTE FROS SAX SE BASTAIX TO SPANISH CAPITAL, R SENSATION CRERTED IN MADRID Over the Alleged Ascertainment of Uncle Eam'i Program as Beg-ards the Cuban War. i Advices of Sunday from Madrid state thai the arrival of United States Min ister Woodford from Ban Sebastian has made a sensation. The programme of the United States has been ascer tained. x v This does not contemplate a declara tion of war if Spain rejects meditation, but, according to report, an ostenta tious proclamation to the world of dis-' approval of the Cuban regime by sus pending diplomatic relations with Spain and withdrawing the United States minister. ' General Woodford has declined to be interviewed on the subject further than to pay that his conference with the duke of Tetuan, the foreign minis ter, was of the most satisfactory char acter. The unexpected bitterness of the press and of public opinion has painful fy impressed him, but he hopes this will soon be allayed, as he believes his mission favorable to Spanish inter ests and cannot comprehend that Spain could reject mediation designed to stop an impoverishing war. He has not named a time at which the war must be terminated, but he hopes, as 'the result of his tenders, that it will be ended quickly. He be lieves the war is inflicting incalculable loss upon the United States and it is impossible to prevent the organization of filibustering expeditions. " Unusual measures were taken to protect Minister Woodford on his journey from San Sebastian to Ma drid, but the tTip was quite unevent ful. A party of gendarmes, commanded by a 8Ub-lieuteuaut,guarded the south ern express on which he was a passen ger. Secret police were posted at the station and the prefect of police was in waiting to escort him to his hotel. The drive through the r streets was marked by no special Incident, though several people saluted him, receiving a bow in return. Some jcomment has been caused by the fact that Minister Woodford's family has not accompanied him, but 'remains on the French frontier. Miii l ister Woodford explains that his party :is a largo one, requiring a commodious home, and prefers spending a pleasant October in Biarritz until a -suitable residence can be secured in Madrid. NEW EDITOR SELECTED For Cotton Plant, South Carollna'f Al liance Org-an.- j A Columbia, S. O, dispatch . says: The managing committee of The Cotton Plant, the alliance organ, has awarded the printing and editing of the paper to Colonel James A. Hoyt, editor of The Greeneville Mountaineer. - j ( The paper was until recently under ' the management of Colonel T. B. Crews, of Laurens. It attacked McLaurin during the campaign and caused considerable dis turbance in the alliance because of its partisan action. "The contract was forfeited and Colonel Crews displaced. MINERS HOLD CONFERENCE. Alabamtans Decline to JJiiIte With United Mine Workers of America. A convention of coal miners of Ala bama was held in Birmingham last Saturday, with nearly all mines repre sented, for the purpose of effecting an organization, A discussion arose as to forminor state organization or becoming a part 'lof the United Mine Workers of America. The delegation from . Pratt mines worked against affiliation with the na tional organization, and it was decided to form an independent state organi zation on October 22a. 1 JURY FAILED TO AGREE. Responsibility For the Shooting of Miners At Hairlton Not Flaced. The coroner's jury to inquire into the manner in which the strikers met their death at Liattimer, Pa., on September 10th, failed to agree on a verdict after a lengthy session. OHIO DEMOCRATS ACTIVE. The Campaign by SIlTerltes Opened by Numerous Meetings. The silver wing of the democrats opened their state campaign in Ohio Thursday. Each county held meet ings, but the grand central meeting was set for Thursday night at Colum- bus. . . ; j. ,: ! Hon. -H. L. Chapman,1 for governor, has talked some in the capital, but this was his. first speech of importance. The committee dispensed with the usual parade. The other speakers were Congressman John J. Lentz, Mayor James A. Rice, of Canton, and General A.J. Warner, with a short in troductory by Allen W. Thurman. STREET CAR MEN DISSATISFIED. Chicago Conductors, Motormen and Grip, men May Enter Upon a Strike. j Indications point to a general strike of all street car conductors, motormen ancl gripmen in the employ of the Chi caeco Citv Railway Company. From the present outlook it seems that the only block to a general walk out would be the reinstatement cf , twenty discharged men, together with the recognition of the new union by the company. J1100DT BIOT A2X0XG POLEsj! Thirty-Six Men Were Wounded, Kin of Whom May Die. - At least nine men received fatal injuries and possibly two score others -were more or less seriously wounded in & bloody riot at GirardvUle, Pa., late Sunday night and early Monday morning. - The battle was the outcome of a quarrel over the Hazel ton troubles. Thirty-six men are known to have been wounded and about fifty more are being secreted by their friends, who fear they will be sent to jail. Twenty-two of the ringleaders were carried before justices of the peace. All were charged with assault with in tent to kill, housebreaking and riot ing and were held in heavy bail for court. Many more warrants have been issued. One physician attended to twenty- two of the wounded, nine of whom he says will die. Two other doctors at tended to fourteen others and there are 'supposed to " be other wounded men not yet accounted for. Several hundred Polanders board at William Culacabbage's hotel, on Sec ond street. Joseph Cavendish is pro prietor of a hotel at the east end of town, where several hundred more Polanders make their headquarters. Bad blood has existed between them for a long time aad the recent strike troubles at Hazelton embittered them still more. Sunday night matters came to a crises. Cnlacabbage, it is charged, and his followers, to the number of several hundred, arming themselves with guns, revolvers, knives, axes and clubs, marched to Cavendish's hotel," where several hundred of their ene mies were celebrating pay day. The Cavendish men ascertained that their foes were marching on them, and arming themselves awaited their ar rival. After a demonstrative march the Culacabbage contingent arrived and immediately stormed the saloon. . Then a bloody battle ensued. The men fought like demons, the Bhooting was fast and furious axes, knives, clubs and other weapons being used with deadly effect.- , The "battle lasted almost an hour, when the Culacabbage- gang was rout ed, leaving their wounded behind. Everything in the house was smash ed and the floors were strewn with wounded men. The walls were be spattored with blood and shreds of human flesh. After the routed rioters- had re turned to their headquarters the Cav endish gang armed themselves to the teeth and marched to their enemies' rendezvous, where a battle still blood ier than the first ensued. , The police force and the constables of the surrounding region were called to the scene, but were unable to cope with the rioting horde, who continued hostilities until morning. The townspeople watched the pro gress of the fight during the night, but made no attempt to, interfere. A DIVIDED VERDICT. Shooting of Miners Declared Mnrder By Majority of Coroner's Jury. . The coroner's jury which, investiga ted the death of the striking miners at Lattimer met again Monday evening in Deputy Coroner Cowan's office, and after an hour's deliberation rendered the following verdict: "That from the circumstances of the case and the evidence offered, the said Clement "Platock and others came to their deaths by gunshot wounds on September 10, 1897, at the hands of Sheriff James Martin and his deputies, and in this we, the jury, do all agree. 'And we, Phil J. Boyle, Thomas Ii. Thomas, Barton Freas and Peter Mc Kierman, of this jury, do further say that the said Clement Platock, , with others, were marching peaceably and unarmed on the public highway; that they were intercepted by said Sheriff Martin and his deputies, and merci lessly shot to death; and we do further find that the killing was unnecessary, and could heve been aovoided without Befious injury to either person or prop erty ; and we find, finally, that the kill ing was wanton and unjustifiable, but in this, we, George Maue and F. J. McNeal, of this jury, do not concur. "And we, the jury, do further say, that there was such strong suspicion of unlawful violence at the hands of person or persons unknown to the jury as to make this inquest necessary." The residences of many citizens were damaged and several outsiders were wounded. INDIANS HAVE GOLD MINE. Chlckasaws Claim To Have Veins That Beat Klondike. - The Chickasaw legislature, now in session at Tishomingo,!. T .has passed sn act placing a royalty on all gold that is hereafter mined in the Chicka saw nation. This act was brought about by In dian citizens who live near Purcell, in the Chickasaw nation, taking out sam ples of ore. Some of the Chicka- saws who have investigated the mat ter are under the belief that Klondike is a small, insignificant gold field com pared with" the one just discovered near Purcell. SPANISH SQUADRON MOVES. Goes to Cuba In Order to Be Near Amer ican Boats. ' A dispatch to the Frankfurter Zei- tunsr (Berlin) from Madrid asserts that a fearful Spanish squadron will immediately proceed to Cuba on the pretext of attending the installation of the new floating dock at Havana, but really as an answer to the dispatch of the American flotilla to Florida waters. FIB KILLS HIS UY MOTIIEB AND SIX CHILDREN VIC TIMS OF BLOODTHIRSTY FIEND. COMPLETED THE JOB BY SUICIDING. Blayer first Used a Shotgun and Wound Up Bis Bloody Work With a Revolver, Particulars have been received of the slaughter of a mother and hez six children which occurred at the homo of John Boecker, a farmer living eight: miles northwest of Carroll, Iowa, Sun day night. ' After accomplishing the awful deed,' the fiendish or demented husband and father, at whose hands they died, completed his bloody work by sending a bullet into his own head, inflicting a fatal wound. . -.' . ... The family was prosperous, and as far as known lived happily. No mo tive for the tragedy has been disclosed. Boecker's victims are his wife and these children; Caroline, aged four teen; Christine, aged nine; Henry, aged eight; Lizzie, aged six; John, aged three, and an infant. , ' All are dead but Henry, and he can not recover from his wounds. Boecker had an engagement to help a neighbor thresh wheat Monday morning, and on his not putting in an appearance,; his brother," Henry, - who lives about twenty rods away, went about 9 o'clock to see why he did not come. ' , ' - ., ' The doors " of the' Boecker house were locked and there were no signs of life about. Henry tried to get in the house, I 'but met no response, and finally he kicked in the door and came upon a horrible scene. ; Boecker, with his wife and baby,, slept in a back room, and the three corpses lay on a bed. j-.' . The wife had been shot in the neck with a shotgun which stood in the corner. The baby had been shot and its head crushed with the butt of a re volver. The man, still breathing, had a bul let hole in the forehead, and by his side was a Smith & "Wesson six-shooter with two chambers .empty. The Boecker home is a story-and-a- half frame house, and upstairs Henry and Lizzie ly on a bed with bullet holes in the forehead, the latter dead, the boy still breathing. In the opposite corner of the same room Caroline, Christine and John were dead, each with a bullet hole in the forehead. The tragedy was undoubtedly a case of murder land suicide. The indica tions are that Boecker first dispatch ed his wife with a shotgun, then used the revolver on the baby, first shoot ing it and then knocking out its brains with the butt. Boecker then went upstairs where the five children -ere sleeping and killed them. He insist have used a light, for his aim was effective, each victim being shot in the forehead. BoecKer naci reloaded tne weapon- while upstairs and evidently sent the second bullet into the eldest girl s brain just before leaving the room. Going downstairs he stretched him self beside the corpse of his wife and shot himself. His- right hand was burnt by the powder,--showing the rapid use of the revolver. FOUGHT THREE BROTHERS. .Murdock Stabs One. Whips a Second and ! Is Killed By Third. A few days ago James M. Summers and James "W. Murdock, substantial farmers of Union county, S. C, had a difficulty in -which Summers was se verely beaten. " Just then a brother, J . . Summers, arrived and took his brother's part. He was seriously stabbed by Murdock. A day afterwards C. C. Summers, a third brother, went to see Murdock. A quarrel ensued and Murdock was shot, dying in a short time from the wounds, j SALISBURY DID NOT "WITHDRAW And England Will Take Fart'ln Behrlng I Sea Conference. The announcement was made at London Monday afternoon confirming the dispatches of the Associated Press of Saturday last, that the Marquis of Salisbury has not withdrawn from the Behring Sea conference. PENNANT MELTING AWAY From the Erstwhile Indomitable Cham- pions of the Diamond. There - was no joy in Baltimore Monday night. Boston took the rub ber m the crucial baseball series, put ting her ahead in the fight for the pennant, and there Seems to be but little probability that the Champions can save it. Baltimore's prize pitchers all went down like ripe grain in a hurricane before the terrific onslaught of Bos ton's batters', until what seemed at first a .victory for the home team was. turned into a Tout, the like of which has been seldom witnessed on the ball field, and more than 25,000 people saw it done. - f GOV. ELLERBE TAKES ACTION. Xssnes Proclamation' Which Wipes Ont tne instaoniary. A Columbia S. C, special says: Home rule has been restored to the cities and towns of South Carolina, f romCharleston and the head of every liquor, constable fell in tne basket Monday. Proclamations -were issued announc ing that the edict was to take effect on Oct. 1. DENOUNCED LATTTMER SHOOTING. Hretutire Council of Federation of Xber ' Pas Resolutions. The fourth day's session of the ex ecutive council of the . American Fed eration of Labor, in session at "Wash ington, convened Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, all members being pres ent. Regarding the shooting at Latti tnefj Pu on September 1, the follow ing resolution was adopted i "Resolved, That we declare tne act of Sheriff Martin and his deputies at Lattimer in shooting on the marching miners then on strike, was a brutal and unprovoked massacre, inspired by the coal operators ; of that ' section to defeat the demands of the men for. better conditions. 4 .. "Resolved. That ever ready ;tfse in lata -years in court injunctions, armed force and state militia in times of labor troubles, is only part of the insidious program to' entirely subjugate the workers of 'America for the most de basing degradation. ; VBesolved, That we condemn most. severely the wanton killing and wound- " I T 11! Ji.' J ing oi poor miners at Jjaiiimer ana will give our.fuliest help through the trade unions and American Federation of Labor to realize moneys for tbejegal prosecution and conviction of Sheriff Martin and his murderous minions, that ' through the courts of our land . even-handed justice may be done to atone for these revolting murders.! '- Frank J. Walser, one of the federal tion national organizers, was directed to proceed immediately to the Luzerne district, Pennsylvania, for the purpose of helping in more thoroughly Organ izing miners and to endeavor to effect an adjustment of the miners strike in that region. - '',' It was determined that ; measures in the interest of labor should be formu lated and presented to President Mc Kinley with the view of his incorpor ating them in his next message to con gress. It was resolved that with the revival of industry, every effort would be made to organize the workers in their trades unions" and the organizers directed to work along this line. The members of the council were appointed to investigate certain differ ences existing between their organiza tions and some of the employers of members of their unions with a view of making report and adjustment; The council adjourned in the after noon subject to the call of President Gompers, having completed the busi ness for which it was convened. NO WAR IMMINENT. v..Vv.-.:" r V-;"e?tFr y Uncle Sam Has Not Threatened Hostilities , . Against Spain. A special to the New York Herald from London says: ' In reference to the sensational tele grams from Madrid about the alleged ultimatum and inevitability of war be tween the United States and Spain, the correspondent had a conversation with a distinguished' American diplo mat who, though not personally con cerned in the. American-Spanish ne gotiations, is in a position to know the exact state of affairs, but who for ob vious reasons would not allow his name to be mentioned. He said: 'I cannot, of course, pledge in ad vance the government of the United States, but' so far as the present is concerned, such a step is not in con templation. The United States has probably intimated through Minister Woodford ttiat the present state of affairs is most' deplorable and that if we could be of any assistance in bring ing such a condition of things to an end' we should be glad to oner our services, ; "But you may state absolutely that no ultimatum has been sent to Spain by the United States." BIG BREWERY IN ASHES. Orer 8300,000 Lost by Fire in IaCrosse, Wisconsin.' The brew house of the John Gund Brewing Company's plant at LaCrosse, Wis., was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The malt house contained several car loads of malt and about 5,000 bushels of barley, which were totally destroyed. The cold storage ' contained about 12,000 barrels of beer, which was also destroyed. The total loss will exceed $300,000, about half of which is cov ered by insurance in various old-line companies. The plant will be rebuilt as soon as the debris can be cleared away. The output of the brewery was 100,000 bar rels a year, and it employed about 150 men. It was founded in 1853 and has been one of the leading institutions of the city since that time. GREEKS STILL BELLIGERENT. Hold a Mass Meeting: and Call For a Renewal of Hostilities. A large meeting was held in Athens, Greece, Sunday, at which a resolution was adopted calling upon King George and the cabinet to renew the war with Turkey rather than accept the terms of peace offered by the peace confer ence. Most of the addresses were bellicose, one speaker making a violent attack npon the king and Crown Prince Con stantine. The police endeavored to arrest him, but he escaped with the as sistance of the crowd. , The most influential section of the press continues peaceful in tone. AUSTRIA AS PEACEMAKER. She Will Mediate In the Trouble Between Spain and United States. A dispatch to the London Standard from Madrid says: "The rumor of Austrian mediation between Spain and the United States in the event of hostilities has created a great surprise, mingled with much in credulity. Spaniards failed to see what Austria could do unless seconded by naval powers or at least by the com bined pacifio action of governments." ioo;i ins -mm THE ORGANIZATION SENDS ETEOXQ LETTER TO BASK OF ENGLAND. SILVER RESERYE' THE CiUSE. Probability That the English Coram . mentltay Be Coerced In - the Hatter. Advices from London ""state that the protest which the bankers of that'eity drew np at their meeting in the clear- ing house Wednesday against the pol icy of the governor of the bank of En gland in announcing its willingness to maintain one-fifth of its bullion reserve in . silver was presented . to the ; bank Thursday. The resolution was ac companied by a formal letter, and the resolution itself is in tne name ox the Clearing House association, asalthough the members were not represented at the meeting, a majority of the mem bership was represented and unani mously Adopted the resolution, which is as follows:' ... -- "That this meeting entirely disap proves of the Bank of England agree ing to exercise the option, permitted by the act of 1884, of holding one fifth or any other portion whatever of silver as a reserve against the circula tion of the Bank of England notes. "That a copy of this resolution be sent to the Bank of England, the prime minister, the first lord of the treasury and the chancellor of the exchequer.-" . 7 " " An organized movement had begun to induce other commercial Iwdies to protest against the announcement of the governor of tha Bank of England. A high official who was a participant in the negotiations between the United States . bimetallic commissioners and the British cabinet said to the repre sentative of the Associated Press: . "I fear the bankers will frighten the government into receding from their stand for bimetallism. They have for gotten that parliament unanimously resolved measures to secure a stable ratio of exchange between gold and silver, and Sir - Michael Hicks-Beach, the chancellor of the exchequer, pledged himself to do all in his power to carry the resolution into effect. "The English public have forgotten also that ten of the fourteen members of the agricultural commission signed a report recommending bimetallism as & palliative for the agricultural de pression in India. The public and newspapers seem to think the govern ment is influenced merely by a desire to secure the good will of the United States, when it is attempting to carry out the declared policy of its parlia ment. . . ' .. ' " - ' HAZELTON INQUEST ON. Coroner's Jury Investigates the Kllllne of Miners at Lattimer. At Hazelton, Pa., Thursday after noon, Coroner McKee began the in quest into the deaths of the .score of striking miners, who were snot by a posse of the sheriffs deputies at Latti timer. " Nearly all the testimony adduced at the first day's session was a repetition of that brought out at the hearing, of the deputies at Wilkesbarre. Most of the witnesses were foreign strikers, who were in the march halted by the deputies' deadly fusilade. They gave the details of the aflray as already published and all declared that none of the strikers were armed ; that Sheriff Martin pulled a revolver on them, but no one attempted to take it from him; that no violence had been offered that official, and that the miners had no intention of making an unlaw ful demonstration. WILL FINISH NEW ROAD. Springfield, Ohio River and Sonth Atlantis Railway to Be Completed. A company of capitalists was or ganized Thursday at Paoli, Ind., by the election of a board of thirteen directors to push to completion the building of the Springfield, OhioBiver and South Atlantic railway. To this road a subsidy of $1,000,000 was voted by Knoxville, Tenn. It is a branch of the Great Black Diamond system. William Kirby, of Toledo, was elected president of the board. Articles of incorporation will be filed at Indianapolis. TELASQUEZ FOUND DEATII. Ex-Pollce Chief Was Implicated In the - - Killing- of Arroyo. - Eduardo Velasquez, ex-inspector general of police of the City of Mexico, committed suicide in Belam prison Friday by blowing his brains out with a revolver. . Since the alleged lynching plot was exposed, and he, with, other police, was imprisoned, he has. shown a mark ed change, being extremely reticent and evidently suffering . from intense nervousness. He was subjected to a long examina tion by Judge Flores, and at the con clusion of the ordeal, on his return to theprison, it was noted that he show ed great dejectienand anguish. EXPLOSION KILLS TWO. A Farmer and His Son Meet Death While Threshing "Wheat. A threshing , machine engine ex ploded Thursday near Argus ville, North Dakota, twelve miles from Far go, in -which Arthur Slingsby,- one of the most prominent fanners in the county, was instantly killed.' t - ' Arthur Slingsby, Jr., son of the dead man, and fireman was fatally in jured. Five other men were badly in- KOItE TELLOW TEVE3 5EW9. Saturday and Sunday's Beeofd la Three Flacne-Strleken Cities. In one respect Saturday was a record breaker in the fever situation in New Orleans. There were more sew cases reported to the board of health than om any previous day and a number of new foci of infection were established. The number of : new cases -reported reached twenty-three. The death list, however, was not heavy. Only two cases had proved fatal daring the day. Several cases were reported to be in a critical condition. ' ; ; - Fifteen cases were recorded on the books of the board of health Sunday, but there were no deaths. . Although there were six new cases in - Mobile Saturday, the week closed without any material change in the situation in, the Alabama city. The fever manifests itself in the infected district . mostly in the houses where there have already been cases. It is a fact that not one person has yet died of the yellow fever who: would not in . ordinary cases have been carried off ; by malaria. The sick have recovered ; with remarkable rapidity, most of them having ' such light attacks that it has been with difficulty that the symptoms of yellow have been recognized. The returns at the board of health office Sunday, for the twenty-four hours ending at noon, showed five new cases and one death, with two patients discharged. . H The Biloxi board of health reported Saturday as follows: "Total cases of yellow fever to date, bo; now under treatment, 46; new cases, -10; total deaths to date, 4." , ! " The condition of affairs at Biloxi Sunday was changed very little. .Ti new cases were reported, and the sick, with few exceptions, were doing well . There were two deaths at Edward from yellow fever Saturday. Total cases for the day, 10 total to date, 140; deaths to date 6. I ' -- Edwards' sick list Sunday showed a rapid growth. Twenty-three , new cases and one death was the day's record, A few more strides and the fever will have stricken the , entire town. ;';..-,"."-"'.' , :. :J '--.'-:' ' Information has been received from Stonewall. Miss., that the Morgan family at that place are down with a suspicious fever, pronounced, dengue by the local physicians, but generally believed to be genuine yellow lever. ; GERMANY IS FOR SPAIN. Her Support Assured 4n Gas of War With the United States. Advices from Berlin; Germany, state that the reported American ultimatum to Spain has been received with pro nounced displeasure'by the entire Qer man press. The official denial from "Washington is generally disbelieved, and the denunciation of jingoism, yan kee insolence and the ridiculing of the Monroe doctrine have t filled the news papers. The conservative press, as usual, is the most violent in denoun cing American aspirations. The Staats Zeitung, a leading or gan, says: "A coalition of all the European 'coun tries is absolutely necessary to repulse the schemes of American patriotism and Jingo ism, as both are becoming more and more Insolent." ' ' - .- The same newspaper claims that Spain has been assured of Germany's support in event of the United States taking hostile steps. ' ... . ALLEGED WHITECAPPERS FREE. After Being Out Twenty-One Honrs the Jury Acquitted Them. A Columbia, 8. Oft special says: The jury on the case of the citizens of Fairfield and Kershaw counties, : charged with white-capping . Mormon ' elders, after being out twenty-one hours, sent for the judge and said that . they could not agree. Judge Benet ordered, them back in their room to "try again." It is said they stood eleven for acquittal and one for conviction. In less than an hour they returned to court and reported a verdict of not guilty. The accused were charged with whipping Mormons, burning their church and persecuting them. The elders say they will continue their work. . I Free Coinage Not Wanted. The Journal des Debats (Paris) con tains an article from the pen of M. Pierre Paul Leroy-Beaulieu protesting against the proposal of the free coinage in the French mints, which, he declares, would "compromise the commerce, credit and political power of France." RAILROAD SUPERINTENDENTS. Officers Elected By the American Society At Meeting 1 KashVllle. The American Society of Railroad Superintendents elected the following officers at their meeting in Nashville, Thursday: K !. . - President, C. B.' Price of Pittsburg, Pa. ; first vice president, Seely Dunn, Bussellulle, Ky.; second rice presi dent, G. B. Brown, ! Coaning, N. secretary, C. A. Hammond, Asbury Park, N. J.;-treasurer, R. M. Sully, Petersburgi Va. ; executive committee, C. H. Ketchum, Syracuse, N. Y., and A. H. Smith, Youngstown, O. Various topics were discussed and, the associa tion adjourned until the next annual meeting. .- ON BRINK OF DEATH. Engineer Brings Train to Stop Close. to Burning Trestle. ' The Memphis and Charleston train due in Chattanooga Saturday morn ing was delayed eight hours, owing to the burning of a trestle over Porter's creek, near Middletown, Tenn. . The engineer discovered the blaze just in time to stop within a few feet of the burning trestle. Passengers had to be transferred to Chattanooga. . 1 DM'S REGARD OF RIB IN CITIES. OF NEW ORLEANS, BI LOXI, EDWARDS AND MOBILE. ' NUMEROUS CASES; FEW DEATHS Dread Disease DeTelope Slowly To mmot Edward. Xeee lag AssUtanco In ' Her Cuneven Straggls. The Mississippi state board of health issued an official bulletin Friday night which states that the board is daily receiving requests from parties from the north who are now inr Jackson for permission to return fo their hotmesr and has decided not to allow them t do so for the present. After the board is certain that the fever is con fined to Edwards and immediate vicin ity, quarantine will probably.be raised on railroads not connected with any infected point. Ui special train left Vicksburg Fri day eveniAsjwfor the yicinity of Ed wards with foUroolored female nurses or,! .ns.K xinnibL U were needed. Efforts are being miS-S nursea. It is felt that theTW-i-l frround are inadequate to the task o nursincr so many sick. - j - - t Total number of cases for Friday at Edwards was 28; total leases to' date, 130; total deaths to dates, 4; convales cent, 44; now under treatment, 85. ; Cases under treatment having creased to eighty-five, the town ia short of physicians, having but four. Their energies are sorely taxed. - : At New Orleans . -. ; Tha vollnw fever situation at Nexr Orleans changed but little Friday, three deaths and ten new oases Deing , reported.. , " Of tne new cases, that in iub huw family was developed where two cases already existed. . - New cases are developing siowiy ana the death rate is maintaining its usual ratio to developed diseases. There is not, in the opinion of the experts, any cause for fear that there will be An epidemic, owing to the late ness of the season, but experienced physicians seem to feel that tha disease will hang on in the city for someweeks longer. , New" Prleans, in' the mean-' while, is very heallhy, but apparently, until the fever is absolutely stamped out," a widespread resumption of busi-. ness is not expected."- 4 The board of health of the state of Louisiana officically announces the fol lowing status of affairs in New Orleans as regards the yellow fever VDur ing the twenty-four- hours, ending. Friday, September 2Mb, at 6 o'clock p. m., there were: Total cares of yel low fever, 10; total deaths, 4 ; total cases of yellow fever to Sate, 98; total deaths from ' yellow fever to date, lo. One of the sensations of th j day was the announcement that the board of health had decided to prosecute Dr. Monlusein for having failed to -report a case of suspicious fever. Mobile's Kecord. Friday was not the worst day of the fever situation in Mobile, Ala., so far as the face of the return of the board of health showed. There were four deaths, and three new cases for the day. : - - , : . ;' According to the health bulletin there have been so far forty-one cases, six deaths, nineteen discharged and -sixteen under treatment. With one or two exceptions the sick are doing well. The new cases are in the in fected, district in the south central portion of the city. -j At Ocean Springs there are eleven ' old cases of fever under treatment and one new case reported Friday. Scran ton, Miss., reported three new cases Friday, with np deaths there or , in East Pascagoula. ' The board of health of Biloxi re ports the yellow fever cases to date 75, under treatment, 42; total deaths I to date, 4; new cases Friday, 15. , TRACT WILL ENTER RACE. Announces That He WillJry For the I Mayoralty of Greater New York. Chairman Quigg of the Republican county committee of New York, re- ceived a telegram Friday from General Benjamin F. Tracy stating that he was willifiry k Vs 4 Vt a Vavnn Vili an fiAminaA W AlllUS W W SUV X B-r S VS W for mayor of Greater New York. ' NASHVILLE RAISES QUARANTINE. Passengers from Many Points May Enter Without Certificates. Friday the Tennessee state board of health raised the quarantine as to east and middle Tennessee and modified the quarantine as to west Tennessef' Persons from infected points can visit middle and east Tennessee, but must remain ten days under control oi tne board before going into wt Tennes see. West Tennessee is still subject to a modified quarantine. " Knoxville, Chattanooga, iashville and Memphis asked for modification, of the. iroa-clad quarantine and the board issued the new orders. .'. HUNDREDS OF MEN IDLE As a Besult of Quarantine Against this Southern Pacific A- special from Houston, Texas, says:. In consequence of the tie-up of the Southern Pacific road from this point to New Orleans by quarantine about seven7 hundred men are out of employment. They include firemen, engineers, trainmen, switchmen r and shop enf1 ployees, who have been laid, off be cause there are uo trains.
Salisbury Globe (Salisbury, N.C.)
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Sept. 29, 1897, edition 1
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