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LAWLESS ELEMENT tttampt? to Bara Hospital Established ie City. ^New Orleans, Sept. 24.-Eminent lysicians believe that the work of board of health is productive of results and that the fever is coi jg, bat on the contrary is be ;>ag confined to localities Thus far there ha? s been a few less than 100 cases and; 15 deaths The death rate is in the neighborhood of 15 per ?cent It was in 1878, 16 per cent, np to the present time the is abont as viraient as it was last great epidemic that visited ?W Orleans. One of the sensations of the day was the announcement that the board of health had decided to prosecute jBr. Monlnzin for having failed to re iport a case, of suspicious fever - In one of the morning papers a few days ago, Dr. Monlnzin was quoted as say that there was little if any fever ;?f* New Orleans and that the prevai? sickness was Burmah, ors sun ifever, which be described as coota gious or infectious, and quite iikely -io be attended with about the mortal of yellow fever. This morning .'. Monlnzin reported to the board health the case of Miss Drey fous, who, he sar?, was^uffering with yel .low- fever, lt was not long before the Teport was received that the -board bad to report the death of Miss )us An investigation proved Miss Dreyfous was taken sick about six days ago and that Dr. Mon . ?UZ?D had failed even to report the case as suspicious. Of the 90 odd cases in New Or? leans, from the beginning, but four V^bave been among the negro popula? tion There are still several serious oasea among those who are ill, but the board of health is daily discharg? ing patients as cured. Major Flower io day ordered a force of policemen to guard the Beauregard school, which a mob made au attempt to born last night. ; Only a portion of the building' was . burned and it is still possible to use the structure HS a hospital for the treatment of yellow fever patients It was shortly after midnight that the mob applied the torch to the school and thereby carried into exe cution a threat that had been repeat? edly made during yesterday evening When the firemen arrived on the scene their hose was cut? but the de : /partmeni worked pluckily, and wit i the assistance of a squad of police succeeded in extinguishing the Sames. The buming of the school created intense indignation here and the outrage was bitterly denounced. Every newspaper in the city, in ring? ing editorials, bas pledged itself to support the mayor in whatever action he might take to punish the culprits and to carry into effect the original determination to establish the yellow fever hospital in the Beauregard school house. A committee during the day called on Mayor Flower to protest against the use of the build? ing as a hospital His hos:or fiercely denounced the outrage of last night. He said that such occurrences would do New Orleans more harm than all tile yellow fever epidemics combined The question bad arisen whether there should be law and good order here or anarchy. He proposed to exhaust every power at his command to establish peace, and he said that if it required all the forces of the city and Stete be was determined that the Beauregard school building should be used as a temporary hospital. A mob might threaten, bot the city hail decided on the location, and all the threats in the world could not d?jer him from bis purpose to pro tect the sisters of charity and the surgeon who would be sent to the school to receive and care for yellow fever patients. In the meantime, he said, he had summoned Chief of Po? lice Gaston to the ball, and no effort or expense would be spared in bring? ing to justice the men who fired the building last night. The mayor has the support of well nigh the entire comm a nit v. DR. WYMAN'S BULLETIN. Washington, Sept 42.-Surgeon General Wyman sent out to-day the following bulletin regarding the yel? low fever situation : "The following cases of yellow fever were officially reported as oc? curring on the 23d instant : New Orleans 9, Mobile 2, Ocean Springs fi, Scranton 6, Edwards 23. Atlanta 1, Louisville, Ky , 1 ; reports from Biioxi and Barkley delayed. "The cases occurring at Atlanta and Louisville were those of re? fugees "Surgeon Geddings reported from Jackson, M i ss , that the town of Edwards had been surrounded by a cordon and that the fever cases in the country were guarded. In another dispatch be states that traffic has been resumed on the Alabama and Vicksburg road from Jackson to Meridian, and that two medical in? spectors have been assigned to the trains." New Orleans, Sept. 26 -To day was the quietest of the week in New Orleans, and the fever situation, in spite of the appearance of a rather large number of new cases, may be said to have shown -much improve? ment. Ffteen cases were recorded on the books of the board of health, bnt there were no deaths, and there have been no deaths since Friday. The authorities received reports dur? ing the evening from nearly every patient that is now under treatment, and these were all to the effect that cases are doing well and no patient is in any immediate danger of disso? lution Some 40 cases were report? ed to night as being rapidly on the mend, and a number of them will be discharged during the week One of the most dangerous cases that have appeared was discharged to day. It was that on Madison street in the neighborhood of the French market, where the conditions were consider? ed to be such as to warrant fear that the disease would spread Unusual precautions, however, were taken by the authorities to quarantine the case and improve the sanitary conditions of the neighbor? hood, and the fever in that vicinity seems to have been stamped out completely At the Oakland Park detention camp all the refugees who have be?li given quarters were de dared to be well, no sickness having yet appeared in the camp. THE EDWARDS EPIDEMIC Edwards, Miss., Sept, 26.-There has been one death from yellow fever here to day i ' A few more strides and the fever will have stricken the entire town of Edwards. Mr. Ethel. Crister, the only drug? gist here, was taken ill this morning, and Dr. Hunter of the State board bas been wired for another druggist, an immune from the disease. Only three or foar cases are consid ered serious and these are receiving the best of .attention at the hands of experienced nurses Among those taken .?with the dis ease to day was C. R. Barber, mer? chant, railroad agent, representative of the Associated Press and one of the wealthiest men of Edwards Some days ago Mr Barber advised the Jackson office of the Associated Press that he feared he was taking the disease, but that it was his inten? tion to send the news as long as pos? sible. Mr. Fred Johnson^ an im? mune, of Tallulah, La., had been sent to take the place of Mr. Barber, and he went on duty to-day. _._ Home Bule For Charleston. CONSTABLES GO ALSO. At ona swoop of the executive sword yesterday borne rule was restored to tba cities and towns of the State, the alien police being removed from the city of Charleston, and the head of every con? stable in the State falling ru the basket. Tte proclamations issued yesterday au ooaoce th&t they will take effect on Thursday. No doubt there will be g?nerai' rejoicing ic Charleston, end/ there wrl! he^better feelings between tb 3 people offfee State io consequence of the action just takeo. For some time, in fact sic ce the an? nouncement of the governor that he in? tended on Oct. 1. to remove the mem? bers of the constabulary, it has been generally tbougfct that the removal of tbe metropolitan police system would follow very soon from the natural or? der of things. But no one expected that it would come at the same time. Consequently there was some surprise occasioned yesterday when it became known that the proclamation re? moving the metropolitan police had been prepared and signed When there were rumors of a deal between th? people of Charleston and the ad? ministration a short time ago in regard to this matter, Govercor Ellerbe flatly denied that he hau communicated with any one or had even authorized any ooe to speak for him. Judging from what be said yesterday ic seems that be determined to be just to Charleston and pot her on a footing with ail the other towns of the State jost so soon as he determined to remove the constabulary and entail the enforcement of the dis? pensary law upon the municipal author? ities He only gare a brief statement yesterday and said tbat it contained all that he oared to say.' He said : **? have determined to do away with all the liquor constables and throw the enforce? ment of the dispensary law entirely upon the municipal and county author? ities. It would have been unjust to discriminate against Charleston io such a matter and the metropolitan force bas been removed so that she oan be on a footiog with all other cities. All mu? nicipalities will be expected after Oct. 1, to rigidly enforce thc dispensary law " THE PROCLAMATION The following is the proclamation re moving tho metropolitan police from the city of Charleston, it being signed by the governor aod the other two members of the State board of metro? politan, police commissioners : COLUMBIA, September 27, 1897. Whereas, under the provisions of an act cf the general assembly entitled "An act to provide for the appointment of a board of police commissioners, and for the reorganization of the police aod to provide salarias for the same, in cities and incorporated towns, when deemed necessary or advisable for the better en? forcement of law in cities and towns," approved December 24, A D. 1894, tbe State board saw fit to place the met? ropolitan police upon the city of Charleston, and, Whereas, io the judgment of the State board it is no longer necessary to cootiuae the metropolitan police upoo the city of Charleston. Now, therefore, we, the State board, by virtue of the authority vested io os under section 12 of the above mention? ed act, do declare that tbe board of police commissioners and tbe marshal and commissioned officer* under them, for the city of Charleston, are hereby abolished and declared vacant on and after the 30th day of September, A. D. 1897. W. H. Ellerbe, Governor, D. H. Tompkios, Sec. of State, James Norton, Comp. Gen., State Board. THE CONSTABULARY'S DIS? MISSAL. And here is the governor's official an? nouncement of bis action in regard to the constabulary. Colombia, September 27, 1897. To ail whom it may concern : I, W. H. Ellerbe, governor of the State of Sooth Carolina, by authority vested ic me under the statutes, hereby declare that every commission as State constable, as special State constable, issued by virtue cf an act known* as the dispensary act, approved March 5, 1897, shall expire on the 30th day of Septemb?r. 1897, when all such officer shall become vacant. W. H. Ellerbe. Governor. Official': J. W. Cooper, Private Secretary. A couple of S?ate detectives will be em? ployed by the governor to look after the enforcement of the dispensary outside of the cities and towns Bot there will be no other officers paid by the State to do aoy of tbi6 work There is much speculation as to bow the new order of things will work, but many express tbe belief that now, inas? much as the constabulary, which has caused eomuoh opposition to be manifest? ed has bees done away with, the dispen? sary law will be enforced better than ever before. Col. Hoyt Gets lt. The publishing committee yesterday awarded the printing and editing of The Cotton Plant to Col. ?James A. Hoyt of the Greenville Mountaineer. Under the contract the committee re? serves to itself tbe right to appoint' editors for the Alliance . exchange de? partments. Aside from giving the Alliance news and exchange prioe lists, tbe committee's editors will have no control or voice in the management of the paper-State, Sept. 26. Coroner's Jory Divided as to the Shooting of the Miners. Haseltoo, Pa., Sept. 27-The coro? ner's jory which investigated the death of the striking minen at Lattimer met io Deputy Coroner Cowman's office this evening and after an hour's deliberation rendered the following verdict : "That, from "the circumstances of the case and the evidence offered, the said Clement Platook and others came to their deaths by gunshot wounds, oo September 10, 1897, at the hands bf Sheriff James Martin and his"deputies ; and in this we the jury do all agree. And we-Phil J Boyle, Thomas T. Thomas/ Barton Frieas and Peter Mc Kiernan, of this jury-do further say that the said Clement Piatock, with others, was marching peaceably and unarmed on the Public high way ; that they were intercepted by the ?aid Sher? iff Martin and his deputies and mer? cilessly shot to death ; and we do fur? ther Sod that the killing was unneces? sary and could have been, avoided with? out serions injury to either person or property; and we find, finally, that the killing was wanton and unjustifi? able ; bot in this we, George Maus and F. J. MeNeal, of this jury, do not con? cur. And we the jury do further say that there was such strong suspicion of unlawful violence at the bands of a per? son or persons unknown to this jury as to make this inquest necessary" September 25. 'James Karron, a prisoner in the San Francisco jail for embezzlement has fallen heir to a quarter of a million dollars. The hanging of Grady Reyoolds and Budd Brooks at Jefferson. Ga., for the murder of M. C. Hoot ?as postponed yesterday on aotouot of a confession made by Reynolds. The general election for Congress? man in the Sixth District will be held cn October 12th. There are no re? publicans in tbe race yet, and Norton will probably have a walk-over. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson has been invited to deliver an address at the State fair. A private dispatch from Rome says that about 40 persons were killed aod many others injured by an earthslip at the sulphur mines near Girgenti. Newberry, Sept 24 -The Boundary Street graded school sosneoded exer? cises to day for an indefinite period This was done as a precaution to ttop tbe spreading of scarlet fever, a few mild oases being tn the city. No deaths. There is said lo be an effort on foot to have Murphy, convicted murderer of Treasurer Copes, of Orangeburg, pardoned A petition is being got ten up which will be presented to the governor. It could not be learned who is engineering the affair. It will be remembered that after much consideration and numerous hearings, Governor Ellerbe last winter com? muted the sentence from hanging to Jife imprisonment. I INSPECTOR OF POLICE VELASQUEZ KILLS HIMSELF. Tlie Brilliant Young Mexican Officer Cannot Endure Remorse for Murder. j City of Mexico, vSept. 14.'-Ex-In? spector General of Police Eduardo Velasquez committed suicide in Belem ! prison to da\ J was 32 years old. The inspecu . his brains out with a revolver. He was a proud man. ex? ceedingly reserved and very ambitious, his rise from an bombie position j through various posts to the command of the police having been sufficien mJ rapid to attract attention to him as a mao of great talent. Since the alleged lynching plot was exposed and he, with other police, was imprisoned, he has suffered from an in? tense nervous strain. He was subject? ed yesterday to a long examination ty Judge Flores, aod at the conclusion of that ordeal on bis return to his cell in the prison, it was noted be showed great dejection and anguish of mind. At ll o'clock this morning the warden of the prison went to 'call him. fie approached the bed and said in a friendly tone, as he knew the ^prisoner well, 4,Come, my boy, its time to get up ; the judge wants you." Receiving no answer, he began to shake the inspector, saying: "Don't be lazy," when he noted that Valasquez bad a bullet wound in the right temple, and on investigating further discovered a small, two-barrel pistol with which the act bad been committed The j muzzle of the pistol bad been placed so close to the temple and pressed into the skin that it made practically co noise ion being disharged, heneo the reason of 1 no report being heard by the guards. How the pistol reached the prisoner is under investigation. The warden immediately notified the judical authorities, who went at once to the room of the suicide and summoned medical men. Duriog the afternoon relatives of the dead man were allowed to enter the prison, which had been closed to the poblio The doctors had conoluied tho examination and fouod that death mutt i have been instantaneous, the bullet be? ing imbedded in the brain. The body was dressed and delivered to relatives. , A letter was found in the room in j which Velasquez made his statements to the public, saying his death was he felt, the satisfaction be owed to society and be should therefore give that satisfac? tion by leaving the world. He also paid that the crime was suggested to him by-Inspector Villavioencio, of the Sec-' i ond Police station, who is in prison. Vel? asquez added that under any other cir? cumstances, nothing could have induc? ed him to take part io the crime. He felt, it is said, that his loyalty to the chief magistrate whose life had been attempt? ed, warranted him in putting Arroyo to death In fact, he said this repeatedly yesterday on being questioned. It is generally felt by his friends that Vtllavicencio was his evil stab, haviog from the time Velasquez became chief of police, gaioed a remarkable iuflueooe over him, although he was warned by those who had bib welfare at heart, to beware of the mah. ^Velasquez had a very large acquaint? ance, having been employed after leav? ing college in the department of finance and secretary to the minister of finance At one time be was connected with the newspaper El Combate and bad at an early age been elected to congress. He bad effected macy reforms duriog bis incumbency as inspector. A TERRIBLE CATASTRO IN THE CHILKOOT PASS. Port Townsend, Wn., Sept.24 The tug Pioneer, which left Puget Souod on September 12th, with the barge Shirley in tow, for Sk?goay, returned at 1 o'clock this morning, bavingmade the run down in 96 hours The Pioneer brings a report of a landslide which occurred near Sheep camp, on the Cbilkoot pass, last Sunday morning, in which IS men are said to have lost their lives. Ooly one body is said to have been recovered, that of a mao named Cboynski, a cousin of Joe Choynski, the prize fighter. The men supposed to have beeo lost were pack? ers on the Dyea trail. The officers of the Pioneer say that the story was brought to Skaguay on Sunday evening by three men, who told it in such a way as to leave no doubt as to its truthfulness They de? scribed the avalanche as consisting of rocks, ice and dirt, which had been loosened by the recent unprecedented hard raio that lias been falling con? tinuously for the past month. All the bridges on the Skaguay river have been washed out and the Btream is a regular torrent VV. W. Spraeue, of Tacoma, r?ho started eight weeks ago with a three years outfit, returned from Skaguay ot? the schooner. Toe steamer AIki, a week overdue from Alaska, arrived this morning ar. 4 o'clock. She carried a large iisr. of men returning from Sk8guay who were unable to cross the pass. The enow is six inches deep at Lake Bennett and three inches fell on thc summit of the Chilkeot pass last Satur? day. We are sellma second hand school books, taken io excbaDge, at greatly reduced price?, H. G.OSTEEN & CO. NEW VARIETY OF COTTON. TEE PLANT HAS NO LIMBS AND THE SEED SELL FOR $200 PER BUSH? ELS. The famous Jackson limbless cotton has assumed a nation? al importance. Yesterday the United States secretary of agri? culture telegraphed to Weather and Grop Official M arbury at this place, to go out to the Jackson farm and make a thorough and exhaustive examina tio of the plant, and then report to the government official at Washing? ton Mr Marbury at once went out to the farm near the barracks, wt?er? the wonderful cotton is growing, and through the kindness of Mr. Jackson was enabled to go through the six acres of magnificent cotton. He spent quite a while at the place and looked over all the field. After mak? ing his examination he was allowed to bring some of the cotton to town with bim to include with his report Mr. Marbury was enthusiastic over the limbless cotton He said that it was the finest crop of cotton be had over seen. He said that some of the cotton was so tall that it could hardly be reached with an umbrella The i plant is thickly studded all the way up with large bolls and the lowest estimate is that the eix acres will yield four bales to the acre. The weather official will make a very full report on the condition and the prospects of the cotton and will enter into its probable commercial value He will give as full and com? plete a report on the subject as could be desired and when the report is filed1 the government will then be in a position to act as ft may consider proper. That the government officials are evincing considerable interest m the remarkable cotton is hot a surprise, lt is an entirely new variety of cot too and is the best species that has been grown < in this countrv The goverometit will probably buy up large quntities of tbe seed and dis? tribute them among the agricultura! classes so as to insure a wide dis? tribution and a spread of the new variety. The seed retail at $200 per bushel, and the present owners of the six acres at Jackson's farm have been of? fered $25,000 for the product of the field. The cotton does not bave a limb on tbe stalk, and bas many ad? vantages not possessed by other varieties. Mr Marbury will file his report in a few days, and the government will probably take early action in order to secure the seed that is now being grow^i -Atlant? Constitution. Blinded His Brother Special to The Satare. King8tree, Sept 24.-What came near being a fratricide occurred in this vicinity to day. Theadore Mc? Kenzie, a deaf mute of about 30 years of age, shot his brother, Walk er McKenzie, in his face with a shot gun, which, it is said, will cause the loss of both eyes and disfigurement for life. Theodore McKenzie ?6 ?aid toh ave been drunk or drinking when he did the shooting and was not over five or six feet away from his brother when he shot him. The gun was only load ed with powder or instant death would have been the result, as the entire contents of the gun was blown into the flesh of the face, tearing and moltilating it in a horrible manner. The wounded man is suffering intense pain and while it is not thought that it will kill him yet he will be of little use to himself or family the remain der of his life. Mr Walker McKenzie, the wouud ed man, is about 35 years pf age. He is a married man and his family are dependent upon his exertions for a livelihood. The McKenziea are a hard working set of people. They are very well thought of in their community and the occurrence of to? day is very much regretted by all who Knew them AFTER THESE O. PS. Yesterday, after consulting the attor? ney general in regard to the matter, Governor EHerbe **ired instructions to (be constables to close up (he original package stotes pt. Greenwood and Woodruff and seize the stock oo hand, arresting the proprietors. This actioo will doubtless open up a new field of litigation The two towns named are prohibition towns, the people having voted for prohibition. The State bolds ?hat Judge Stmonton's decision io the Vaudercook caso coes not mean that original package stores will be allowed in such towns, hence the action of the governor yesterday. Similar proceed iogs will be laker? in the next few days against all otbrr original package stores io dry towns.-Tbe State. Now York, Sept. 24 -Chairman Q'ligg of the Republican county com? mittee to-day received a telegram from General Benjamin F Tracy, stating thar he was willing to be 'he Republi? can nominee for major of Greater New York. PeakHj lit. 27.-Yesterday evemngf^K?Hmk, John l7\ Mur odck anc8 ^Kramer bc-earoe in? volved in 2LW^ Bf1}'- w i i i c hi resulted ia Murdock beinMiiallv shot by Sum? mer with a pieW, the ball taking ef? fect in the left erne. Murdock lin? gered fifteen hoursVand died at 12 o'clock to-day. He was about 28 years old and leaves a wife and one child. The inquest will'be held this evening Summer has not yet been captured. -THE Sumter Institute, Sumter, S. C. The thirtieth collegiate year begins September ninth, 1897. For catalogue-address MRS. L. A. BROWNE, or Miss E. E. COOPER, Principals, Ju?y 21-3m. AND Soda Water. Toilet Articles, Drugs and * Patent Medicines, PERFUMERY, EXTRACTS TOOTH BRUSHES HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS, TOILET SOAPS IN GREAT VARIETY. Prescriptions Careful? ly filled day and night -AT DRUGGISTS, MONAGHAN BLOCS SUMTER. S. C. D. M. YOUNG, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Prompt attention to all business entrusted to bim. Office on Con rt Honse Square, in Blandina office. entenmai VIA ; At Nashville, Tenn. May 1st to Oct. 31st. fhe Buildings of the Tennessee Centennial, ti numbers and architectural beauty, sur? pass Atlanta's and nearly equal Chicago's, i he exhibits ere all ready, and are inter? esting and instructive. The five stock display excels any exhibition of thc kind ever made. The Midway is great. The Western & Atlantic Railroad, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway run solid vestibule trains with Pullman's finest sleepier; cars, from Atlanta to Nashville. For Sleeping Car Berths, or any information about rates, Hotel or Boarding House accommodations in Nashville, call upon or write to C. E. HARMAN, General Pass. Agent, ATLANTA, 6A. Special Notice: to Nashville ore cheaper than staying et home. STAN1 ON HOUSE. D. J. JONES, Poprietor. Rates $2.00 Per Day. SPECIAL TEAMS TO FAMILIES Two Minutes "STalfc From Central Devot. Chattanooga, Tenn. July 29.