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I n TOM 8?MTKK WATCHMAN, Established April, 1850. lBe Just and Fear not-Let all the Ends thou Aims't at, be thy Country's, thy God's and Truth's." THE TRUE SOUTHRON, Established Jone. 136 Consolidated Aug. 2, 1881. SUMTER, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22.1897. New Series-Vol. XVII. No. 8 &{K WSrid?m at? ?Santa; Published Every Wedaesiay, -BY SUMTER, S. C. TERJIS : $1.50 per ano am-io advance. IDTIRTISI?IST: ?'-'V - > ? ' . / Oo Square first insertion...$1 00 3 very subs?quent io ser ti ou........ 50 Contracts for three months, or longer will be made a'i red need rates. Ail communication* which subserve private interests viii be charged for as ad vert ieee en ts. Obituaries sod tributes of respects will be charged fer. Several Important Questions Receive Attention. THE BUSH TO KLONDIKE. A Proposition for Belief for Stricken Prospectors Infor? mally Discussed. Washington, Sept. 14.-Great in? terest attached to the cabinet meet? ing to day, on account of the varions import act questions which are pend ing and the fact that it was the first meeting for some weeks. Every member of the cabinet except Secre? tary Long, who is ont of the city, reached the White Hoose pronely at 11 o'clock and each had with bim an nnnsnally large number of papers and documents relating to matters pend ing ia his department. The early part of the session was devoted to the consideration of the Union Pacific railroad question, pre* so mably the advisability of taking an appeal from tbe decree of the United States court at Omaha for the sale of the property under the foreclosure proceedings The civil service de? cision in the Wood case and its ef? fect on the law was also informally talked over. Neither the decision od discriminating section 22 of the tariff act nor the Cuban. or Hawaiian questions were mention at the meet? ing. Though there was a very full dis? cussion of the Union Pacific railroad matter, it is learned that no decis? ion was reached as to the coarse to be pursued by the government, and it is presumed that no announcement wiH be made regarding it until a defi? nite conclusion is reached. THE MAB RUSH TO KLONDIKE. Secretary AlgW brought op the Klondike rush, and adverted to the probable necessity of relief measures for the benefit of Americans who have rushed heedlessly into the gold fields, but the discussion of this mat matter was very informal and fruit? less of results. Secretary Alger laid before the cabinet several telegrams urging relief for stricken prospectors, including one from the citizens' com? mittee of Tacoma, representing that distress existed already at Dawson City, stating that starvation has be? gun and ptaying that a revene cut? ter be sent with supplies to St. Michael and chances taken on get? ting the supplies to those in need of them. Tbe discussion made it evident that the cabinet was not quite clear .that the government authorities had warrant of law for furnishing sup? plies, bot Secrelaty Alger telegraph? ed to Senator Perkins of California, who is interested in a line to Alaska, asking bim if be would undertake to deliver a shipload of supplies at St. Michael. If it be found that the law will not permit the government to send sup? plies, then relief will be furnished by private persons in order that a nor for may not grow out of rush for gold Some consideration also was given to tbe practicability of getting supplies in by way of a projected winter trail, via Dyea Big Strike Practically Settled. The settlement of the big coal minere's strike seems assured. A majority of the delegates to the min? er's convention at Columbus agreed to a 65 cent basis per ton in the Pitts? burg district, with relative prices in other states, the original demand hav? ing been for 69 cents. Work is not to bc resumed for ten days, in order to give time for further conferences in the various diet i ic ts, so that there may be a hitch yet, though the gen? eral opinion is that a final settlement will be reached next week. The strike at Hazelton is a different and much smaller affair. Five negro children who were looked io a noose by their toother, were barned to death Thursday night near Rion* Ark. ORIGINAL PACKAGES RE? FUSED SHIPMENT BY ATLANTIC COAST LINE AND SOUTH? ERN. The Circulars Issued to Railroad Agents Colombia, Sept 14.-Soon after the opening: of the original package agencies in this State there was talk of the railroads refusing to hanl the good s as packed bj the ship? pers. The grounds of refusal, it was said at the time, would be the liability of the railroads for all break? age that might occur. As the liquor continued to come in packed loose in the box cars, it became the gen? eral opinion that nothing further would be beard from the railroads. No bottles were broken There was no loss in breakage and everything seemed to be working satisfactorily to all parties concerned. On the 30th of August Traffic Managers Culp and Emerson of the Southern and Coast Line respectively were invited to a conference with the governor. For what no one could learn. The three parties to the con? ference refused to have anything to say concerning the meeting. At the time it was believed that the consultation bore directly on the question of the railroads hauling liquors for the original package stores. Yesterday the latest surprise was sprung by the Southern and Coast Line issuing Instructions to their agents to no longer receive ship-j ments of goods to original package dealers. The Southern sends out the follow? ing : Notice to Shippers and Connecting Lines : Counsel having decided that spirit? uous or malt liquors, in bottles, when not packed in cases or casks are not in proper shipping condition, and that the usual form of release will not relieve the company from liability in case of damage by wreckage, notice is hereby given that on and after Sept. 16, 1897, shipment of spiritu? ous or malt liquors in glass, loose, not packed in cases, kegs or casks, will not be accepted by this company for transportation. Issued Sept 9, 1897, by H. F. Smith, General Freight Agent, Washington, D. C. Effective Sept 16, 1897. Approved by J. M. Culp, Traffic Manager,. Washington, D. C. The circular issued by the Coast Line is worded slightly different, but in effect is the same It reads : Wilmington, N. C, Sept 9, 1897. To Agents and Connections : Referring to circular No. D. 130. subject: Haudling shipments of liquor to points in South Carolina. Inasmuch as our legal department advises that the release adopted for shipments of liquor in bottles, pack? ed in separte caftes, will not be of legal effect to protect us against loss, in case of wreckage caused by our own negligence, and as property is not in shipping condition without a legally effective release, we give notice that from and after Sept loth, we will not receive shipments of liquor so packed Circulars Nos. 3884 and 3885, August 7th, 1894, continue in effect. Issued by H. M. Emerson, General Freight Agent. Approved. Mr. McQueen, the agent in this city for the South Carolina and Georgia, was asked if bis road was going to join the Soulbern and Coast Line in their refusal to haul original package goods He answered that he had not yet received any instructions on that point.-The State PRESIDENT OP CLEMSON COLLEGE. Rev. Henry S. Hartzog, Put in Charge. Special to The State. Calhoun, Sept. 16.-The Rev. Hen ry S. Hartzog, priooipal of the Jobos ton High school, was elected president of Clemson college. He ia about 33 years of age and wa3 for a few years engaged in the Baptist ministry. He is a native of Barnwell county, and went as a cadet to the South Carolina Mili? tary academy from that county. He has been engaged in teaching for the past few years. Tobacco in New South Wales. Sydney, N W. S., Sept. 16 - The expert recently appointed by the government to inquiry into the prac ticability of growing tobacco in the colony reports that many of the farms contain some of the best tobacco laud in the world. He expresses the opinion that there is no reason why the colony should not produce any kind of tobacco. Fever Spreads. Business Suspended, Newspa? pers Discontinue Publica? tion and an Exodus is in Progress - Spreading in the State. New Or leaos. Sept. 14-At nightfall the books of the board of health show? ed the following recapitulation of the day's developments in the yellow fever situation : There bas been reported to tbd board for investigation 26 oases whieb the at teodiog physicians considered suspi? cions. Of these, 13 oases bad been found suffering with a* harmless fever, 5 cases were regarded as supicious, bat necessary to be further investigated before a definite report could be made on them : there were no reports as to 4 cases, and 4 cases had been pronounced genuine yellow fever, though one of the latter was classed as of a mild type. The most seri?os of the four yellow fever oases is located in the neighbor hood of tbe French Market. The lo? cality is far from a cleanly one, is pop? ulated by a poorer class of people, maoy of whom are foreigners, and might; be considered dangerous ground. For that reason specie 1 pains were taken by the board of health to quarantine the iofected houses. Officers from the I police were detailed to take . charge of the neighborhood ; a restarant, a bak I ery and a shop next door to the premi j ses in which the sickness was found ; were closed ap and a large quantity of i disinfectants was sent to the scene to be used. Of coarse the report on new cases daily is creating alarm in some quar? ters, bot thus far the disease bas shown but little malignancy, there being bat one death out of 14 cases, and none of the practicing physicians are yet on re? cord as expressing a fear of an epi? demic. The sams rigid attention is being given to the suspicious cases as obtain in the treatment of those which are de? clared to be yellow fever Guards are stationed about the premises, the streets are kept clear, pedestrians are warned, and liberal ase is made of disinfectants, for the authorities have come to realize that the situation, while not alarming, is certainly serious, and that only watchfulness and vigilance will master the scourge. One of the features developed during the day is that people of matare age have been attacked. Heretofore the disease has been confined principally to children of tender age and boys and girls not yet grown to manhood and womanhood Two of the late cases show that old people have been stricken Mobile, Ala , Sept. 14.-Three new cases of yellow fever were officially an? nounced to-day by ?he board of health. The announcement caused much more alarm than did the discovery of the first- case, which was regarded ag sporadic. The people who can are leaving for points of safety Some $700 worth ticketl to Atlanta were sold to-day by the Louisville and Nash? ville railroad, and the outgoing trains are crowded. The same is true of the tra?as of the Mobile and Ohio road. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 15.-The State capital depopulated, its business bouses closed ; its newspapers suspend? ed ; seven cases of yellow fever offi? cially announced at its very doors, with many suspected cases at various points ; an embargo on the railroads of the State and grave apprehensions that the dread disease has obtained foothold io numerous parts of the State ; wild .alarm everywhere ; such is the condi? tion existing io the middle, western and northern portions of the State to-day. The worst fears of the medical frater? nity and the public have been realized and the prevailing disease at Edwards has been pronounced yellow fever. The State board of health bas laid a general embargo on travel except out of the State, by meaos of an order promulgated this afternoon and addr. ! ed to ail lioes of transportation. Travel from iofected places is absolute? ly barred. The bright side of the situation is that the disease is of a very mild type. The exodus from this city, which began io a small way several days ago, has attained unprecedented proportions. While the State board advises ail who cao to leave the rail? roads say they cao handle the largest crowds. Thc most rigid quarantine prevails here. New Orleans Situation New Oleaos, Sept 15.-At the close of the days' investigation by the board of health at 6 o'clock this even iog, the fever situation 60 far, at least as New Orleans is concerned, was con? sidered to have materially improved. There was* less aoxiety than at any time since Monday among the health officiais and they are encouraged to be? lieve that by no means have they lost oootroi of the situation and that it was quite within the range of a probability to expect that io a short time the supe? rior quarantine and sanitary methods employed wiil prevail aod crush out the brooze visitant. Daring the day there was 20 cases reported to the health board for investigation. Of these, two are still ander investigation, two were reported as suspicions aod as requiring further diagnosis, 14 were found to be harmless cases of fever aod two were pronounced genuioe yellow fever. Of these two, ooo is tbe case of an old French butcher, Hermao Dartois, liv? ing oo Mason street, io the immediate vicinity of the French market. His cane was prematurely diagoosed last oigbt as yellow fever. The second case to-day is that ia the Tour infirmary, one of the semi private hospitals of the city. The latter patient was taken to tbe hos? pital Mooday from Poidras aod Ram? part streets io this city. These two oases are the ooly ones wbioh the phy? sicians have been able to trace to Ocean Springs. ' At Touro tbere are some 200 sick people aod the utmost oautioo is beiog displayed io order to preveot any possible spread of tbe disease. Millions of gall?os of water have al? ready been pumped throng h the street?, and with the geoeral situation showing as mach improvement as it does to? night, confidence is steadily beiog strengthened. The stormy weather since Saturday has had the effect of increasing tbe Dum? ber of cases at Oceao Spriogs. Conduct? or Johnson of the Louisville aod Nash? ville was stricken to-day, together with three others. Ooe new case was re? ported at Biloxi this morning. It is that of Rev. C. F. Emery, pastor of the Methodist oburcb, making three in his family. Biloxi now has 49 oases of sickness Of these 19 are yellow fever, six are suspicions aod a diagnosis as to 13 is reserved. Tbere have been no deaths at Biloxi. Atlanta, Sept. 15.-Yellow fever re? fugees poured into the oity to-day. During the day three special cars of refuges came in from New Orleans aod other infected poiots. Ooe car was filled with troops from Jackson barracks in New Orleans. This'stopped here but a few minutes, aod then passed oo through to Chicks. manga National Park, where they will camp. Tbere were about 200 of the meo. Tbe invitation of Atlaota to the fever stricken people has resulted io a large influx of people from the coast towo^. The city is wide opeo aod encourages every one to come here as the health authorities are certain that the fever can? not exist. Augusta, Sept. 15 -Augusta has quarantined against all yellow fever points and also against Atlanta. Com? mercial men traveling through the south will do well to preserve their bills, envelopes addressed to them at various points and their order books to complete the chain of evidence that they have not been io infected cities. This prcoautioo will save them much celay aod trouble. New Orleaos, Sept. 16.-A brighter outlook for New Orleans is evident to? night so far as the fever situation is concerned The reports received by the board of health aod compiled at 6 o'clock from all sections of the city were of a more encouraging nature. Instead of twenty cases requiring in? vestigation as yesterday, tbere were ooly ten to be looked ioto to-day, aod of these only three were pronounced suspicious and two declared yellow fever. To night it was giveD out by the board of health that the case in the negro district was the most serious at present existing. Of the remaining eighteen cases half at least are consid? ered to be practically well, but the board bas decided not to allow recover? ed patients or any of the inmates of the bouses in which they live to veoture into the streets until a certain period of detention, during which the board cao complete its work of disinfection by burning everything found io bouses where there bas beeo sickness that is calculated to harbor germs. President OUiphaot, of the board of health, aod President Britton, of the couooil, said the chances of crushing the disease io its iocipieocy had in? finitely improved. A largely atteoded meetiog of business men, health offi? cials aod remesentative of the commer? cial exchanges was held to day to de? vise some means for the fumigatioo of merchandise and to secure a modifica? tion of quarantine regulations instituted by towos io Louisiana, Alabama aod Mississippi A motioD was adapted that a committee of ooe from each commercial exchange, with Prof. Metz. of the board of health, aod Surgeon McCarty, of the marioe hospital service, io coo junction with the railroad, steam? boat and exprefs companies' officials, be appoioted to endeavor to obtain the coDseot of other State aod local boards of health DOW quarantined to the re? ceipt of shipments of merchandise and commodities if accompanied by certifi? cates from the Louisiaoa board of health aod the marine hospital service that tbe same have beeo rendered incapable of carrying infection, in accordance with the Interstate quarantine rales es? tablisbed by the United States Govern? ment. Circalars will be sent oat to the surrounding country appealing to par? ishes, counties and towns to co-operate with the State and Federal authorities in curiog the present paralysis of trade. A fatal case of genuine yellow fever developed in the very heart of Biloxi to. day There have been altogether twen? ty-two cases of yellow fever io Bilozi, with only one death, that to-day. At Ocean Spriogs no new cases have been reported. Why They Quarantine At? lanta. Atlanta, Sept. 16.-Several southern cities, including Charleston, Chatta? nooga, Selma and Montgomery, have quarantined against Atlanta. In some quarters the reason for this aot of pre? caution on the part of those cities may not be understood. The quarantine against Atlanta is not established be? cause the authorities of the quarantin? ing cities fear that there is yellow fever in Atlanta, nor because they believe that the climatic cooditioos of this city are such as would be likely to eodanger the health of the city by receiviog, straight from iofected sources, those fieeiog from yellow fever. The fact is that the cities quarantin? ing against Atlanta do so fearing that refugees might use their stay in Atlan? ta as a cloak for for the securing a certi? ficate of health and might bring to tfcose cities susceptible to yellow fever the latent germs which would find strength in the pecular conditions that exist in the towns that are taking these steps. New Orleans, Sept. IT.-The fe? ver situation in New Orleans to-day assumed a more serious aspect than at any time since Sunday, when six of the St Claude cases were declared to be yellow fever. At 6 o'clock this evening the board of health of the city announce the appearance of eight new cases, and of these one death, that of Zena Brauner. At the office of the board of health to-day the reports were considered somewhat surprising and disappoint? ing. The situation had so materially improved last night that it was felt that pretty much the worst had come, and that conditions, would improve. Yesterday was oue of the hottest days of the month, and as yellow fever thrives in that character of weather, there seems to have been a rapid development of germs. The physicians still feel, however, that there is much that is satisfactory in the situation. It is true that the new cases to-d-., represent the ex? treme upper, the extreme lower and the central portions of the city, but there has been no serious spread from the original foci, and the hope? ful opinion is still expressed that the disease may be controlled and that there is no imminent danger of an epidemic The situation was somewhat quiet? er to day at Ocean Springs Three cases, however, were reported. The report of the board of health at Biloxi says there are 19 cases of actual yellow fever under treatment, with diagnosis reserved as to twelve cases There were seven new cases reported in the twenty-four hours ending yesterday. The doctors at Biloxi are tempted now no longer to class cases as suspicious, but to come out boldiy and say that they are yel? low fever The New Orleans board of health announced to night that many of the older cases of yellow fever that have been heretofore reported are rapidly progressing toward recovery. Washington, Sept. IT.-The ad? vices received by Surgeon General Wymah to night included the follow? ing : From Vicksburg, Miss., Dr. Hunt? er, president of the State board of health, reported that there had been one suspicious case at Nittayuma. There is no one sick now. Surgeon White reports that he hopes to have the detention camp at Fontainebleau open on Monday. From Mobile, Dr. Guiteras reports the day ending at noon, cases pre? viously reported 3, new cases 2, sus? picious cases 3, deaths 2 ; total under treatment 5. Dr. Gjennan, also at Mobile, re? ports that the passenger train inspec? tion service went into operation to- ! day. Biloxi, Miss , Sept IT.-The city council today adopted resolutions call calling on the public for aid, stating all factories and other industries have closed down, thus throwing laboring people out of employment ; that near? ly all sick are of that class and una? ble to purchase medicines and other things necessary in such emergency. The appeal is fsigned by Harry T. Howard, mayor, and the members of the council Cinco, the 5 cent straight navan* Cigar or sale by H. 6. Osteen & Co. A Florence My; Young William Quirk Sends a Bullet Through his Brain And Another in His Breast. Special .to The State. Florence, Sept. 15.-To-day about 3 o'clock tbe sharp report of a pistol which went reverberating through every room aod corridor of the Central hotel Btartled the inmates of that hos telry. A rush was made for room 41, whence the sound bad emanated, and here a horrible sight met tbe gaze of those who entered. Mr. Wm Qairk was lyiog in a pool of his own blood with one ghastly wound io his bead and another in his left breast. Blood was gnsbiog from thc wounds and he was gas Ding tor breath. Physiciaos were hastily gammoned, aod ao examination showed that ooe ball had entered the left temple, bad crashed through tbe braio, aod, comiog out oo the other side of his head, had lodged io the wall. The other ball, which entered the left breast, lodged in the body. When asked why he shot himself, Mr. Quirk aoswered iocohereotly. At first he said it was accidental and then he said be wanted to see the hammer go dowo. The fragments of a cote which were found in a spittooo were takea up and pat together by several gentlemen present. The note was directed to his sister, and in it he said: '.When you get this ? will be gone for good. I hope yoe will not thiok of me. It is all for the best. Please do oot wear any mourning. Your brother, ^'Willie." Mr. Quirk is a baggage master on tbe Atlantic Coast Line and has been spending his holiday in Florence. For the past few days his friends have noticed a change in bis demeanor. He seemed gloomy and despondent, as if somethiog were preying oo his mind, but what it was no ooe knows. The shocking^ tragedy is peculiarly sad, especially as it is a premeditated attempt at self-destructioo. Mr, Quirk had maoy friends io Florence, aod the oews wi!1 cast a gloom over them all. At this hour he i? lyiog io an uncon sious condition and the end may come at any moment. The braio is oozing out, and the physician's opinion is that there in no possible chance for his re? covery Mr. Quirk is the only son of the late Capt. William Quirk. A Snow Storm Off Hatteras, While the people in this city were suffering last Thursday from the ex? treme heat the crew of the steamer Ethelred, which reached this port last evening, were almost frczen by cold weather, says the Philadejpbia Times of September 13 The Ethelred pounded her way successfully along the coast from Jamaica without any great change in the climatic con ditions until off Cape Hatteras, then the -vessel was struck" by a cold "wave/' which almost froze the crew, and compelled each one of them who was on duty to don mits and heavy top coasts. 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