Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PBO&HESS OF THE PLAGUE. The Condition Aboard the Pest Ships Off New York. The State of the Pestilenos in i turope and Asia. i i Oo the fourteenth day after tha pe?t ship* I fttma Hamburg were quarantined in New York Harbor tha Health Board of the city wired a bulletin which showed that up to that time not a single cas9 of cholera had j appeared in the metropolis, and Dr. Jenkins, ffke State Quarantine Inspector, also aaaoonred that no deaths and no new coses had ocorred on board of the infected vessels? the Moravia, Normannia, Ru^io, Wyoming and Scandia. Up to this report the total deathson these five plague ships had been: At sea, sixty-three; in port, twenty-two; total number of sick, 173. Bat although the plague ha I thus apparently received a check,"che danger of infection wbich threatened the first and secondslaas passengers on board the Normannia aad the other quarantined steamers was as craat as ever, and the piteous appeals from tte imprisoned tourists to be removed to a jfece of safety were heartrending, and the national. State and local authorities reAmbled their efforts to provide a point of ??~??4?o*irin hotrun hv the nurchase for I 3&u>fi00 by New York State of Fire Island, ad ta? setting- aside and fitting up of Sandy Saok Point by the local an 1 Federal govThe purchase of Fire Island, to be used as apiac? of refuge for the Normannia's passaagere, caused deep indignation on Long Islsbd, and hundreds of baymen congregated 4rkd all along the coast and threatened desperate resistance to this contamination of mm of their favorite resorts. 43$ passengers on the Normannia wen transferred to the iron steamboat Cspbeos; and a start was made for their laven of refuge but the pilot had chosen a poor time for the attempt and the unfortunates were compelled to remain on board in tramped quarters all night, without food or as there were no accommodations for tithsr on the Cepheus. "3fce Ncrmannia's passengers, after return.?g from toeir fruitless trip passed a wretched digit, and started out again next morning Sot the Surf Hotel. Although Fire Island is nine miles from Jfca nearest point on the mainland and sep rated by an expanse of salt water, the fsaic*5tricken crowds of Islip watched all afrit* ta prevent the lauding of passengers, of plague ships was then less than ne miles from New York City. The determination of the residents along lbs opposite shord of the Great South Bay B? prevent their landing had not been weakwad when the Cepheus appeared for the nood time. Tfis people living along the shore mads a determined effort to prevent the landing. It yt*3 well understood that a desperate rejufcanoe to the transfer would be made, but it is doubtful whether any one looked forward to such a hostile demonstration as was ihat aft&rnoon made toward the Cepheus. Armed men stood on the Fire Island pier, and, at the com-iand of their Ieaderr. cast -aside the haws '3 which had been thrown Sfetbopier to secure the landing of the transJn-steamboat. The efforts of the police on ths Cepheus to awe the determined nnat?oili?iflp Kaifhoi* .VRK VU IUD piOl noiW UUMUMUU^, ?IW*VWV* wera the piteous cries of the palelac? J, hollow-eyed women, suffering as they ; an?st have bean tha most terrible mental anxiety,. successful in raising pity within . breasts of the men who forbade them to Jawi and seek shelter and comfort within the I fwtm provided them by the State. Twice was the Ceph&us driven from her per, and, finally, baffled and beaten, she to compelled to anchor off Fire Island, wWesmobof at least one thousand men Md possession of the pier and threatened <tte life of any one who attempted to gain atwabore. In the Brooklyn Supreme Court in the .T n?fir>A Rornarrt orantofl th? Board of Health of Islip. Lone Island, an injunction restraining Dr. Jenkins, his agents or any other persons from landing jassencjers or baggage from any quarantined on any part of Islip town, which incudes Fire Island. Uovernor Flower when he was informed ?C the situation said that were he the capof the Cepheus he would disregard the injunction. Dr. Jenkins telegraphed to Ctovemor Flower asking for State troops to totcrce a landing on Fire Island. Altogether the situation regarding the Fire Isl? and plan was extremely complicated, and mat a little sensational. At sunset the Cephus lay rolling in the mtrt, two farlongs off Fire Island, while 400 anakl baymen refused either the privilege at landing or the sucoor of blankets to keep 4b? shivering, wealtSy outcast voyagers Governor Flower iseuei a proclamation noon directing the Sheriff of Suffolk Causty to resist any interference with the State authorities in taking possession Wiro TalonH and wamincp all Hop>? not to interfere with the use ot Fire hinni as a quarantine station. While the Sorornor was issuing his proclamation, Barnard was granting his injunction. Governor Flower issued an order calling t the Naval Reserve. The order instructed Ihi ria rve to assemble under command of libitum Miller on the pier of the Jtovidence line whence they were to proceed atooce by steamer to Fire Island and prefect the passengers while landing from the Qqibms. The Governor In his order said Ob reserve must not heiitat? to use force if ? anar^, # Captain Miller, after the orJer was issued, 3ada conference with Governor Flower, fcmediately after the conference the caplu isroed instructions to the First Battalsm of the reserve to be promptly on hand with thirty rounds of ammunition and three ?aj*' rations. Tfcefl/teenth dav of the cholera anar&iii mm, dawned with the weary cabin passes am of the Normannia tossed about on the Em, about 500 rods from Fire Island, still t*wmitin?: to make a landing and a crowd of ;1ar Islanders grouped on shore to prevent firm from doing so. I Bat the information that troops hal keen ardwed to the scene to effect a landing by farce dismayed the indignant baymen, and -?hes, in addition, they learned that the injunction issned by Judie Barnard had been Assured, they decided to off or no further apoautioD. Justice Barnard's order was vacated by General Term of the Supreme Court, aRtbiz u* Brooklyn, and then the Cepheus, -afeidi had scent" the night in the Great floatii Bay| steam9d up to the landing d the 500 men, women and children we e attest comfortably quartered in toe Surf Mm. TYj baymen withdrew from Firs iriand when they learnei that the injuncHtjjbl bad been di-solved an 1 that the trooos wra on the way to suppress disorder. Tho Cepheus was a long time in getting ?*ar from her moorings, and when she t?i.fied the dock finally there was a lot of tremendous cheering and yelline. The band ma paying ' 'Hail Columbia!" just as the Xing plank was run ur>. The first to step off were the stewards, afeila the tugs which were still about blew Ifcrir whistles and the crowd screamed, iBaved fligs and yelled with delight. Th"? ibnd followed the stewards an \ struck ag> **Hail Columbia" again. A procession was formed, the passengers JWBowing in order, and the music being (fenced as the long line wouud up the 3mrd walk round to th? house, where thay ?re arranged on the long piazzas waiting jsrtfte assignment of ro;>:n3. It was a mosc striking scene. Soma of the man an J women tone in tears and others shouted for joy. . Qraat bustle followed the arrival ot the jassangers at the hotel. Con?id?:-!ng the Srotthat 500 guests irrived witUiu fiv<? ??jinates it was natural that iorua confu<io:i 4beald result. Every one was good nature i. Itowewr, and waited patiently until assigned to quarters. Bach progress was made by the temporary tetel clerks that within two hours all were *ncof?rtably situated. No distinction was ande Tor ido disposition ol rwnu. x? ?o3 aG a lottery. But there was no grumbling. ?recy one was too hanpv, and eray-hairei awo jumpja about in toe sand iiX6 boy?. The secoad-cabin pass sneers were put ia the westerly end of the hotel, and the saloon -yaaaonTers in the easterly end. At 6:30 supper was serve i.. It would be ?ficuit to find a hapoier crowd than filled flh* dining room. Conventionalities were oMt aside. Every one knew every ono el92, 1 congratulations were showered from err auarter of the room. ... ... I Not "strict quarantine was maintained. I Had they thought o' it oie-half the pos?enI gers could have walked up the shore half a mile, hired cat boats, an 1 sailed to the shore. Two regiments o the National Guard and the Naval Reserve went down to Fire Island to torce a landin r if necessary for the Normannia's passengers. The news that the militia was on its way, and that the injunction forbidding t.ie landing of passenyeri had been dissolved, reached Fire Isl| and before the troops did, however, and I there was no mob to oppose either the State's i soldiers or sailors when they arrived. Tfca hnnt f*i?nt?inin0- the military was un ' able to get nearer than fifteen miles to Fire I Island, and put back. Tna Thirteenth I Reziment of Brooklyn and a few of toe Naval Reserve men went to Babylon by train. Secretary Foster warded the steamship companies that they must stop bringing immigrants from infected ports., and must not | try to bring steerage passengers into the country under the guise of second cabin passengers. There was another surprise in the aftercoon when J udge Barnard isjued a writ of i I habeas corpus directing Doctor Jenkins to show cause in court why tha Normannia's passengers should ba detained on Fire Island. The writ was sued out by Roger M. Sherman on behalf of A. M. Palmer "and others." Work was pushed rapidly on the camp all Sandy Hook in order to make it ready for the reception of passengers from infected ships. The State Board of Health has taken con .? ? r.i a tTOl 01 toe r ire xaiauu ^uau. iu?iua Hope In Hambarg. The last report from the epidemic at Hamburg was more encouraging than at any time in the previous two weeks. On this day there had been 787 fresh cases, 111 less than the day before, and 138 less than two days before; 206 deaths, or eighty-three less than on the day before. The burials on this day numbered 845. There were that evening 3085 patients in cholera hospitals and barracks, against 3239 on the praviou? day. The city shows many signs of recovering from its stupor. Several large billiard rooms and cafes were opened for business. The restaurants on and near the Jungfernstieg that afternoon had five customers wnere toej osu uue a ? eon. uviui c. Persons who had never met be*fore discussed familiarly the sufferings which they and their fatnSiee hal undergone since the plague set in. The horse cars, which had almost ceased running, were started to make half the number of trips made before the epidemic began. They nave been practically empty. The hotels received thirty-five strangers from other cities. No effort has been made to revive the shipping business in the harbor, The fishing vessels are tied up to their docks and will remain so until October, as the demand for fish has been completely extinguished. Only about five per cent. o$ the usual number of vessels are now loading at the port of Hamburg. The water front was filled all day with un? eiiljJlUjfCU UiOU, LUtttllU^ iu^uuico oo tv W uou work would be resumed at the docks. Many of them cried when they were told that for two or three weeks at least they could not expect employment. Six children and two women in the harbor district are reported as having died of lack of nourishment. The official report of the municipality was published"a few'days ago. ine total hum*' ber of cases is eiven as 14,109; the number of deaths almost exactly 9000. The highest death rate is said to have been on August 30, when 484 fatal cases wer.e reported. The City Council recommends that artesian wells, to replace the infected waterworks, be drilled in all parts of the city. The total exodus of citizsns to escape infection is estimated to have amounted to 28,000 persons. Only incomplete returns from railway officials are the basis of the estimate. The number of fugitives has been probably nearer 45,000 or 50,000. The through passenger service on railways entering the city has been reduced, as the accommodations now are far beyond the requirements of the few travelers to and from the city. rru. d T5 i:_ i i jluu x i witrct ul x uuutj lu Dtjriia nmt use a appointed Imperial Health ^Commissioner for the Elbe District. Bremen has been officially declared free from cholera. Thirty Thousand Died in Persia. Advices from Teheran, Persia, are to the effect that the cholera epidemic has ceased and the bazirs are opsn again. The mortality in the city from cholera is estimated at 13,000. Six new cemeteries have hpen peopled with the dead. In all Persia there have been about 30,090 deaths from the epidemic. The American Presbyterian Mission has treated in its hospitals eighty patient?, of whom a third recovered. Two thousand patients outside of the hospitals were treated by the mission. PROMINENT PEOPLE, n.?T D/?nrtnr* ?Ion/\ v?nu oununA ID OU auc[iu iuo ^wuv/i Frederick Docqlass plays the fiddle. Gladstone is the only Englishman who has held the office of Premier four times. The Turkish Sultan's daughters take a daily music lesson from their father, who is an accomplished pianist. M. E. Galladay, j>t Holden, Mo., is proud of the fact that he is the lineal descendant of the original Mother Goose. A Democratic nominee for Congress ia Texas, Judge Pascal, has a moustache that measures sixteen inches from end to end. Labor Commissioner Peck, of New York, has held office for nine years, having been appointed in 1883 by Grover Cleveland. Tnir Oiippn Rucunfr. r>f Snain refuse tn touch a penny of the $100,003 a year to which, as the widow of the late King, she is entitled. Bismarck used to spell his name without the c. The present spelling does away with monetary signiflcace oi the names Bis-mark ?two mark. The mother of Rev. Robert Fulton Crary, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., is the only surviving child of Robert Fulton, the inventor of | the steamboat. Rev. Db. Milburn, the blind preacher j pu \ auu oA'^uapiaiu \jl tuo uvuao ui ikopi cr sentatives, has completed a work on the early history of the Mississippi Valley. Mrs. A. E.N. Robertson, of Muscogea Indian Territory, has Deen made a doctor or philosophy by the University of Ohio for translating the New Testament out of the Greek into the language of the Creek Indian?. John* I. Glair, the railroad magnate, whose first sale was a mus.-tr&t skin, and who now is a very many millionaire, recently celebrated his -inetieth birthday at his honn at Blairstown, N. J. His most recent enterprise is the Wall, street banking hcuae of Blair & Co. TO rJaUTrlUT AMEKiUANS. Why the War Vessels Were Seat to Venezuela. Secretary of State Fost;r stated that the despatch of ths naval vessels Chicago and Philadelphia to Venezuela was not in any 1 way influence 1 by the boundary question between Venfzuela and Great Britain, nor was it known at the State Department that that questioi had recently assumed any new phase. There are important Amer.can cirrmercial and other interests at various Venezue'an ports which, in the present state of aaarehv Drevailing in that country, it was not possible to protect, with a sin;ta man-)f-war, an! it was thought desirable tnat a fores sufficient for that purpose should h-sssnt. The presenca of naval vessel in those waters is not intended as a nie.iace to Jiuy Nation. The State Department has notified the repr?Nuntatives of VHii^ztiila in this country i that julicia! Diocie inismu<tba institute"! at oncd to justify the detention of the ship South Fort and, seized at New York on the statements that the cargo she carried was contraband, consisting of munitions of war for the insurgents at Venezuela. Failure to promptly comply with the suggestiou of the department would cause the release of the vessel. The Cherokee strlD is now absolutely clear of occupants. The last batch of cattle has been shipped from Enid under the instructions of the United Statas troops in command of Captain O'Dara. Since the troops have been in the field 30,000 bead of cattle have been evicted. Of this number the Rock Island has sent 38,000 to the Chicago market. LATER NEWS. Fritz Holzer, proprietor of a small meat market on North Salina street, Syracuse, hanged himself in his barn at an early hour the other morning on account of business trouble?. David Bruce, the inventor of the typemaking machine, died at his residence in Brooklyn, N. Y., in the ninety-first year of bis age. | The New Jersey Democrats met m omw | Convention, at Trenton, and nominated Judge George J. Werts for Governor. The Massachusetts Republican State | Convention at Boston nomiar.ted a State ticket headed by William H. Haile, of Springfield, for Governor. The physicians in attendance on the President's wife at Loon Lake, N. Y., issued an alarming bulletin regarding her conj dition. A dispatch was received at the Depart[ ment of State from San Joes, Costa Rica, | stating that President Rodriquez has declared himself Dictator and that several political arrests have been made and that I excitement prevails. Comptroller Hepburn filled the vacancy [ in the bank examiaership for the city of ^?*- Ktt Viio rtarrt nmmnHftn n6W XOrK, (XAIKtuuou kjj uwwwm i to the office of Comptroller, by the appointment of William H. Kimball, of Canton, N. Y., to that position. The Hamburg (Germany) Bouse of Bur-, gesses has appealed to the Senate for a grant of ?250,000 for cholera relief pur poses. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Several Australian cyclists are coming to the World's Fair to engage in the cycling contests which are being arranged. A heroic statue of Henirik Hudson, the discoverer of the Hudson River, r-ill be nlacad in the New York World's Fair building. Miss Elizabeth Net, of Homestead, | Tex., a descendant of Marshal Ney, of | France, will execute in marble the statues or a number of Texas heroes for exhibition at the World's Pair. New York State proposes to exhibit at the World's Fair complete data, including photographs of all the monuments which have been erected to soldiers of that State who served in the war of the Revolution, the war of 1812, or the war of 1861. The Unite! States ship Constitution is about to start for Italy to collect works of art for the World's Fair. These art treasures will remain in constant custody of the Government and will be returned e/ter the Fair in the same manner as brought. More than 10,000 men are now at work in getting the buildings and grounds ready for the great Exposition of 1893. On a number of the structures work proceeds day and I night. Wonderful progress is being made, ana it is assured in at an win i? cvjuipiebou in time for the opening. Cari. Hagenbecr', the celebrated German collector and tamer of wild animals, is in Chicago to arrange for the exteasive zoological exhibit which ha will make in Midway Plaisance, at the World's Pair. He will exhibit lions, tigers, panthers, leopards, bear*, monkeys, etc., in great number, and will show the largest "happy family" ever seen. A very interesting exhibit in the Transportation Deaartment of the World's Fair will be made by the steamship railway companies of England. The collection of models of battleships, yachts, cruisers, steamers and merchant vessels mil be more complete than was ever before exhibited. Tae London and Northern Railway will sen 1 over a complete train of cars headed by a jjreat compound locomotive named "urreat iJntain." The exhibit to be made at the World's Fair under the direction of the Bureau of Hygiene will be of special public interest and value because it deals with sanitary subjects in every phase. Physical development, lood supply, preparation of food, cooking and serving, dwellings and buildings, hygiene of the workshop and factory, food inspection, quarantine, reception, cure and protection of immigrants?these are a few of the subjects to be illustrated by the bureau. Members of the North American TurnerBund are making elaborate preparations for their exhibit at the World's Fair. They will occupy 4500 square feet in the Libaral Arts building and 112,500 square feet for outdoor drilC in which probaDly 5000 adults and several thousand children will partlclDate. In the covered space the Turners will have model classes taught gymnastics in accordance with th9ir system, now in vogue in their societies and the Chicago public schools. The exhibition represented by their commission includes 35'J societies, with a membership of 59,000, of which 5000 reside in Chicago. THE LAB0E W0BLD. Ab< ut 55,000 London tailors are locked out of work. Grape cultivation employs 2,330,000 pax* ions in France. Hapkmev of Ohieairo have the word "Union" painted on each side of the driver's seat. Great distress prevails among the 10,000 idle employes of the tin plate factories In the Wales. The Socialists of Paris have collected a fund wherewith they are to publish a daily labor paper. The Amalgamated Society of Caj-petiters and Joiners has withdrawn from the Board of Walking Delegates. There are 37,000 women telegraph operators in the United States and the number is constantly growing. Ik several large factories in Cincinnati, Ohio, the working hours of cabinetmakers bavo been reduced from ten to nine. A Mvunirn nf t.hft Illinois Leirialaturfl has sued a tobacco manufacturer of Chicago for rising bis photograph on a brand of nonunion cigars. A movement .s r,n foot to organize the insurance men, the agents and collectors into a National lrbor union under tue auspices of the American Federation of Labor. The sixth annual convention of the In* ternational Association of Factory Inspectors has just been held at Hartford, Conn. There are about forty membera in attendance. William Reese, tho oldest iron-worker in the Unite 1 States, died recently at his home in Bolivar, Ponn., aged 104 years. He was a native oC v/ales and came to this country in 1832. In consequetee of the recant troubles between Belgian and French workmen in several cities of France a largo number of Belgians have been sent over the rrontier by the French authorites. THE fQClLC uoast cseaoen a uiuuu iius a membership of 4000 and maintains a large employment ofiice. Beforo the Union was established wages of seamen were aboiu $25 per month, while now thoy are from to 950. Philadelphiarrs are allowing themselves to grow uneasy about Lieutenant Perry and bis wife, the Arctic explorers, because the cryolite traders, who usually come from Ivigtut twic? a year, are now a little overdue. This, it is thought, means that the Greenland ice pack has hindered navigation; and, it so, tne renoi steamer iviw uu.) n?u have got up to Whale Sound as promptly as was hoped, if, indeed, she has reached her destination at all. The enforcement of President Harrison's twenty day quarantine circular, if strictly carried out, will entail serious consequences on Italy, which country sends to American ports forty thousand immigrants annually. The Italian authorities &*e greatly con* cerned at the restriction. During August tbe United States Treasury Department has sent out between 16,000,000 *nd $7,000,000 to more the crops. I ' A MM AY HORROR. A Terrible and Fatal Aecideii. at West Cambridge, Mass. A Train Telescoped, With Much Loss of Life. A through freight express traio, west* bound, on the Fitchburg Railroad, ran into a passenger train standing on the out-bound track at West Cambridge (Mass.) Junction, telescoping the rear car, killing eight per| sons outright and injuring nearly forty others, three of whom died next day. and seven others were thought to be fatally hurt. While standing near the crossing the express freight train, which was bound West, J came thundering along, and just as the pa> | senger train started to cross to the Wata*I town branch the freight train crashed into the rear of the ptssenger train. The passenger train engiue and the forI ward truck of the smoking car No. 72 had ' L * T, lafi crossed over on cue umutu nau>, nu.?u ?... passenger cars Nos. 39 and 158 on the croaa over, and No. 38, the fatal car, standing on the main westbound track. The cart were piled up on one another in indescribable oonfusion, completely block* ing both track* for fully one hundred yards. As ?oon as the accident occurred word was dispatched by telephone to the various po? lice stations in Boston to send surgeons to the scene. Engineer Goodwin, of the freight train, say^g. "As soon as I saw the signals on the rear of the passenger train I reversed the engine, but the momentum of the freight carried it into the passenger train. Fireman EDgene Alexander and I stuck by our engine. I saw no signal or flagman on ths track." C. F. LawsoD, engineer of the passenger train, and one of the best men on the Fitc!> burg road, saypj "I cannot account for the accident, except that the night was so foggy that the engineer of the freight did not """i" hfol/amnn until it Wa9 tOO late tO stop hi* train." As soon as the crash came there was a wild rush to get out of the cars. Frantic men and women rushed about in a purposeless war, shrieking and groaning. But soon another source of danger developed. Flames began to burst from the wrecked freight cars. Two alarms on the Are bells were hurriedly sounded, and by hard work the fire was subdued. Then the work of rescuing the dead and injured waa begun. The windows of the rear car had to be broken in and a portion af the 6ide cut through in order to reach them. The station was turned into an emergency hospital, to which tho3e taken from tho wreck were removed and cared for. One by one the dead bodies were brought in and laid upon the flcor Handled by the crash of timbers, scalded by steam anl fefaokeoed by Are, they presented a sicteTnig appearance. Most of those on the passenger train were lwidents of places on the Water town Yanch, and nearly all of them were work.. a? people. OFFICIAL CROP REPORT. The Government Statistician's He> lew lor the Month. The statistician of the Department of Agriculture reports a decline in the September condition of corn tc 73.5 from 82.5 in August. The change is slight in the surplus corn States, except in Kansas. Present condition is 79 in Ohio, 75 in Indiana, 70 in Illinois, 78 in Iowa, 83 in Missouri, 70 in Kansas, and 76 in Nebraska. In other States the average of condition is everywhere higher than the National average, except in Michigan and Wisconsin. In comparison with September reports of the past ten years only three were lower, 70.1 in 1890, 72.3 in 1887, 76.? in 1885. The present figures are between five and six points below the average of ten previous years. The September average oi condition of winter and spring wheat as harvested is 85.3. The August average for spring wheat was 87.3, and the July condition of winter wheat was 89.6. The average decline since previous reports, therefore, exceeds three Doints. In the preceding ten years the con; dition was lower in 1SS3, 1835, 1837. isss ana 1890. The average of tea years ia S3. The condition of other crops is as follows; Oats, 78.9; rye, 88.5; barley, 87.4: buckwheat, 89.0; potatoes, 74.8; tobacco, 79.9. This is a heavy reduction in everything except rye and barley. The cotton report of the Department of Agriculture indicates a lower condition of the crop than in any September since 1883. The average is 78.8 against 82.7 last year, and 85.5 in 1893. The decline 9ince August 1 exceeds five points. The State averages are; Virginia, 75; North Carolina, 76; South Carolina, 77; Georgia, 79; Florida, 6 J; Alabama, 72; Mississippi, 72; Louisiana, 70; Texas, 81; Arkansas, 79; Tennessee, 79. PEARY SAFE. The Explorer and His Partr Reach St. John's on the Kite. The steamer Kite has arrived at St. John's, Newfoundland, from McCormack Harbor, bringing Lieutenant Peary, the .Arctio explorer, with bis wife and party. aii ?na wall. 'Lieutenant Pearv made a sledge journey with do?s of 1300 miles over the interior ice of Greenland, which he found favorable. He was out ninety days, and returned all right on August 4tb. He made important discoveries, confirming his theory Mrs. Peary remained at the winter quarters. MuCormack's Bay. She enjoyed excellent health. Had the Kite not arrived, the party meant to retreat toward the south in open boats. Mr. Verhoflf, of Louisville, Ky., the meteorologist of the party, went out alone from McCormack Bay on a twc-days' journey. Search was made for him for several days, but in vain, and it was believed he l'ell into an ice crevasse and perished. The Kite brings home a splendid collection of flora and fauna, and exceedingly valuable records of observations taken. The expedi tion was a great success. Lieutenant Peary brings home five Esquimaux dog*. He killed many mask oxen in the far norco. 1 Pacftr'a QTnflliition WSS fitted JJLwUkCUauii JL. but; w WM.| ou* under the auspices of the Franklin Institute, of Philadelphia, and started from this country late in the spring of 1831. It was composed of seven men besides the chief of the party; and Lieutenant Peary was accompanied by his plucky and devoted wife. TOBN TO PIECES, "Animal George," ot Sells's Circa*, Killed by a Tiger. During the street parade of Salls's Circus at Maysville, Ky., a man known as "Ani? mnl George," and whose home is thought to he in Columbus, Ohio, was attacked by a huge tiger in whosa cage he was riding. The beast seemed possessed, and screamed in fury as he bit and tore his shrieking victim. The SDectatore, panic stricken, fled as if pursued by death, while the show hands rushed to the cage and did all possible to rescue the man who was being rent to pieces alive. They could accomplish nothing until the trainer was dead, when the infuriated beast retired to a corner. Not a shred of clothing remained on ths unfortunate man. His head was tore open, the face gone and nearly every bone in hi* body broken. BRITONS FIRED UPON. Central Americans Keeping Cholera Oat With Cannon Balls. The British Royal Mail steamship Atrato has been fired on three times off Savanilla, Panama, Central America. To avoid the necessity 01 ner entering me pun, a {juuuuu came alongside and transferred the mails and passengers. The commander of the gunboat then ordered the steamship to leave. The Atrato then went to Cartagena and received similar treatment. She finally cast anchor at Colon. Tne ports are closed against all vessels from Europ?. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Prank Garvin, a newspaper artist, aged twsnty-three year3, shot his wit'e Cora through the heart at their home in Allegheny. Pent). The canple were married three days before, and the causa of tha deed is supposed to be insane jealously. Mrs. Garvin was twenty years of age and very pretty. Senator David B. Hill, of New York, nas oou^Qu tne j. mansion in Albany for $50,000, and will live there. The President visited Saranac, N. Y., driving over from Loon Lake, and made a brief speech to the people. E. Ellery Asdebso*, acting for tha Democratic National Committee, obtained an order requiring Labor Commissioner Peck, of New York City, to show cause why he should not be compelled to show the original blanks upon which he based his last report that wages had been increased under the McKinley bill. The Commissioner said he would not give them up until compelled by the court of last resort-. Thf. United States cruisers Chicago and Philadelphia left the Navy Yard, Brooklyn, tn Mmmand of Actine Rear Admiral John G. Walker. The Chicago, which is the flagship, is bound for Venerueia. The Chicago ia in command of Cantata John F. McGlensey. She goes to La Goayra to protect American interests there. Mas. U. 8. Grajtt and Mrs. John P. Newman visited Loon Lake, N< Y., and dined with President Harrison. The Coroner's jury in the case of Michael Broderlc'-r, the boy shot by soldier* of the Twenty-second Regiment daring the railroad strike at Buffalo, 5. Y., brought in a verdict declaring the shooting unjustifiable, and recommending that all honorabl^means be taken to bring the guilty party or parties to justice. The President abandoned his tour in northern and central New York, owing to the condition of Mrs. Harrison's health. The State election was held In Maine; the plurality of Cleavas, Republican, for Governor was estimated on the morning after the election at less than 11,000. "While attempting to clean a sewer in Jersey City, N. J., a laborer was suffocated oowflr rraa onr? fwrt rtfehar TO An lfMfc fchftir lives while trying to rescue him. At Hartford Judge Luzon B. Morris was nominated by tha Connecticut Democrats for Governor. The nomination was by acclamation. Ernest Cady, of Hartford, was nominated for Lieutenant-Governor. The New Jersey State Republican Convention met at Trenton and nominated the Hon. John Kean for Governor. It was decided to hold a consultation of physicians at Loon Lake, N. Y., in the case of Mrs. Harrison; the President remained at her bedside almost constantly. Soatb and West. The Colorado Republican State Convention, held at Pueblo, nominated J. C. Helm, of El Paso County, for Governor. # AvA.it Foster, who killed his rival, and Andrew Jeffrie?, who murdered a white man, were hanged a few days ago At Spartansburg, S. C. Auditor Ackkricak's report of tha World's Fair finances, just made public, shows the total receipts to August 31 to bo 810,401,044.65, and the expenditures to be <5,743,359.22. The balance on hand at the time the report was mn'ie up was $1,657,785.43. Professor Barnard, of the Lick Observatory, California, has discovered a fifth satellite for. Jupiter. Washington. The War Department, by direction of the President, granted the uss of Sandy Hook, N. J., for quarantined steamship passengers. Under pressure from Washington, the Canadian Pacific is proceeding with iti in u ?4j? -? cmtifforlinff r?Q5Pq YCSU^aUUll U1 HUD uuiuwow ?wr. . Postmaster-General Wanahaker has I accepted all of the bids for oc^an mail service, with the exception of that for route No. 65, New York to Rio. This bid was rejected in order to accept a more advantage* ous service on practically the same route. Lieutenant Peart has telegraphed to the Navy Department from St. John's, Newfoundland, that the United States Navy claims the highest discoveries on the east coast of Greenland, Independence Bay, eighty-two degrees north latitude, thirtyfour degrees west longitude, discovered on July 4, 1892. Greenland's ice cap ends south of Victoria Inlet. Foreign. Tee sixteen-year-old son of Captain Sijs. worth was knocked overboard from a fishing boat off Cardigan, Prince Edward Island. His father jumped over to save him, but the heavy sea was too much for them, and both sank after struggling for nearly an hour. At Genoa, Italy, King Umberto and Queeu Margherita visited the Columbus Exhibition ana inspected the American section. vrillarvA rtf lAtrvillp a. flnhnrh Ana uuvio Tuwgv w? ? ?. of Quebec, Canada, has been completely wipad out of existence by fire. About a hundred houses were destroyed and from five hundred to ?ix hundred people left homeless. Mexican bandits fired from ambush on a mule train, killed five guards and robbed the money bags of 10,000 in gold coin. * Frank Reillev, one of the crew o! the United States steamship Newark, which toas part in the Columbus fete*, was murdered while on shore at Genoa, Italy. He visited a lodging house in the city and was killed in a fight The harvest in the West of Ireland, which 5 ? -1 1 * W? recently promisoa to ue auuuuaut, um urou completely spoiled by incessant rains. The Earopean cholera record for one day, the la# received, is as follows: Paris, fifty-two new cases, thirty deaths: Havre, eic&t new cases, five deaths; Hamburg. 3Lu new cases, 161 deaths; Russia, 2337 new cases, liffltJ deaths. Three? persons were burooJ to death in the Chamberley Hotel fire, at Montreal, Canada. Other guests savci themselves by jumping from windows. The Russians have evacuated the Pamirs of Afghanistan. A large force has been ordered to be stationed permanently at Murghab. Miss Jane AP.msteon'G. an aeai woman " ' - - J 1.. rrr.'t-n a rrorn r<ew xors, nas xm?a un?u revolver at Monaco, where sha bad lost ?i59,000 by gambling in ten days. A daughter was born to the Emperor und Empress of Germany at Potsdam. She is the seventh child, but the first daughter. Rear- Admiral John Camming Howell, United States Navy, died at Folkestone, England, a few days ago. He had been on the retired list of the navy for ten years. He took part in the Mexican and Civil Ward. t7-tt t r<-n tat a WUPflTT AIJjJULjL/ ill n. ?? uxiuui An Engineers Carelessness Causes a Disastrous Collision. A disastrous wreck, by which seven persons lost their lives and over a dozen were seriously if not fatally injured, occurred on the Clearfield and Cambria Railroad, a branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, a few evenings ago. A passenger train, with Engineer (J. W. Ferry, of Altoona, had orders to stop at Patcon's Station. Penn., to allow a construction train to pass. The enginear forgot his orders and proceeded on his wav. In a deep cut near Rekenrod's Mills be met the work traiu coming lowaru i him. The passenger train was running at a high rata of speed. The engineer of the work train, knowing that the other had orders to wait for him at Patton's, was speeding to the point as fast as he could go. Both engines came together with .'a tremendous crash, reared up and fell over to one side. Engineer Ferry and his fireman, L. Parrisb, of Qallitzin, were ;instantly killed and their bodies buried in the wreck. The gravel cars were loaded with laborers. Five of tbem were instantly killed. They were Swedes. The injured, it was estimated, numbered fifteen. The blame is placed on iiugineer Ferry, who, the company officials say, had clearly violated his instructions. A monument over the grave of James Fletcher, a veteran of the Revolution, wa* mnveiled a few days ago. on the Charltoo River, twelve miles from Kirksville, Mo. CHOLERAINNEW YORK CITY. It Jumps Quarantine Barriers and' Scatters Death. Every Precaution Taken to Pre* vent the Plague's Spread, Cholera has broken quarantine and appeared in New York City, four deaths of it being officially acknowledged by the Board of Health, two other deaths of it being semiofficially admitted and three other suspicious cases reported. A.I1 this occurred within the soace of eizht dava. Folio wine is the list of the dead: Charlotte Beck, thirty-one years old, died at hor home. No. 1764 Second avenue, having been ill le*s than twenty-four hours. Peter Callaghan, an unmarried stableman, who boarded with his sister at No. 318 East Forty-seventh street, died after an illness of four dayrf duration. He was thirty yean old. Minnie Levinger. a child under two years of age, died at No. 411 East Forty-sixth street. She had been ill about two days. Charles McAvoy, age thirty-five, an unmarried plasterer, boarding at No. 879 Tenth avenue, died after an illness of about twelve hours William WTlrrmann affa flfhr.flro rifoH In his home, at No. 788 Eleventh avenue. He had been ill in the boose for eight day*. Soohia Wlemann, sixty-three years old, William's wife. She was attacked with the cholera about twenty hoars before her husband died. No evidence could be found that the disease had been communicated by pas?engers from Infected port?, and the Health Officers were of the opinion that the cases were radic, and that there was no occasion for m. The first three cases were developed in a poor, but clean neighborhood on the East side, and in all the cases the victims had lived for a long time in the vicinity of where they were stricken. None of the dead were immigrants newly arrived. McAvoy, the most recently landed of them all, had been in the country ten years. None of the dead belong to the nationalities among whom the outbreak of the disease was feared. The surroundings of none of them showed the elements of filth and squalor wherein the pest pecu liarly loves to breed, Hone bad so lar as known, come into contact with the cargoes of any ship discharged bafore the present rigid quarantine was instituted, though most of McAvoy's odd jobs , were done about the docks, and William Wigman, of No. 768 Eleventh avenne, who was the fourth victim, and whose wife was the second, had, two months before his seizure, worked for a butcher who supplied the Hamburg- American Company with meat. Whether the disease was borne across the dty from the piaoe of its appearance in Tenth and Eleventh avenues, or whether its East and West 8ide victims met unknown to each other at same one point and thence carried the seeds of a common death to their widely separated homes was also a mystery. It was about 1.30 o'clock in the afternoon that the news came out that cholera was abaolntelv in the city. The reporters rat?xl up to the rooms of the Board oi Health, only to And them closed and to hear that the meeting was secret. Bat from the clerks, and particularly from Chief Clerk Golkonan the story was confirmed. The time dragged on until at last President Wilson appeared wit i a bunch of papers in his hand. They proved to be copies of the following Health Department bulletin: New Tore, September 14,1892, 2 p. m. Appended to this bulletin are the reports of the bacteriologists, who have made biological examinations of all cases of suspected cholera in this city. The case reterred to in their reports have been treated with the same precautlonery measures as would have characterized the action of the Board if they had been immediately and positively recog nized. Thus far no secondary cases have occurred on the premises occupied by the sick persons, nor have any cases arisen from them. The Board has under examination * '? 1 AIaA otfmn. i me UUUjr U1 a nuuuu nuv .vU ?j ^.y toms of cholera September 13 a. m. All suspected or reported cases of cholera since September 1 have been carefully investigated and kept under observation. No suspicious case* have been reported to this Board since 8:30 a. m. Tuesday, September 13, By order of tin Boar 1 of Health. Charles G. Wilson, President, Ejimoxs Clark, Secretary. (Received at the Health Department, Sep temb;ir 14, 1 o'clock p. m.) Carnejjio Laboratory, 333 Ease 23th St. New York, September 13, 1892. Hon. Charles 6. Wilson, President Health Department: Sir?We would respectfully report that the vary careful biological examination of the intestinal contents from the body of Charles McAvoy, who died September 6, bas been coxpleted. The aucopsy, as we reported, showed the anatomical nt crtnrnrlin cholera. but the ICOIUMJ U? wyw biological examinations soo .v that the spirillum of Asiatic cholera was present in the intettinal contents. We, therefore, declare the case to bave been one of cholera Asiatica. Respectfully submitted, Hkrhactt M. BIGGS, EDWABD K. D0SHAM. September 14, 1892. Hon. Chnrles G. Wilson, President, Health Department. Sir?Mrs. Sophia Wigmann, who died on September 10, 1892, and wnose body was referred to us to determine the cause of death, died of cholera, Asiatica, as has been shown by th9 biological examination of the intestinal discharges taken before death. No reliable conclusions could be drawn from the post-mortem or biological exammauuus made after death in this case, or of her busband, William Wigmann, as both bodies had been embalmed. We have no doubt, however, chat the cause of death in both casei was the same. The biological examinations in the case ef the child Minnie Levinger, who died September 11, also show that tne causa of death was cholera Asiatica. Respectfully submitted, Hermann M. Biggs, Edward K. Dunham. After tho issuing of these bulletins no great alarm was betrayed by the health officials at the situatioa. No suspicious cases having been reported since the death of the woman Been was a source of great satisfaction to the Health Department, and the additional fact that no secondary cases Mad ** 1 rohara thA first been discovered iu me uuuxa ? ? ? outbreak occurred gave assurance, they said, that the pest could be kept under control and statnpei out with leas difficulty even than typhus fever or smallpox. The utmost precautions were taken toward this end. As soon as a suspicious case was reported sanitary inspectors promptly examined it with as much care as if it were known to be cholera Asiatica. The instant that the result of Professor Biggs's diagnosis was made known to the Health Board two physicians from Dr. Moreau Morris1* special corps were ordered to take charge of each of the infected houses. Then each house was thoroughly fumigated with sulphur, the walls, halls and floors scrubbed with a strong solution of bichloride of mercury and the closets and waste pipes thoroughly disinfected. One or the other of these physicians re ? ? mained on duty all t&e time, an i too uis?ufecting process was gone through with twice a day. The apartments occupied bv the Eersons who have died with cholera Asiatic* ave been put under strict quarantine, and all food is passed to th9m under the supervision of the physician in charge. Folici officers were placed on duty aTthe front doors of the infected houses for the purpose of checking the entrance of any but known inmates. The bodies of the victims were removed from the houses with care, disinfected after the autopsies were performed and placed in sealed metal coffins for buriaL Health Hoard unoiera utrcaiar. Following Is {?. circular of advica concerning: the prevention of cholera issued by the New York Board of Health: PREVENTION OF CHOLERA EASIER THAH CtJRE?HOW CAUGHT. Healthy persons "catch" cholera by taking into their systems through the mouth, as in their food or drink, or from their hands, knives, forks, plates,tumblers, clothing, etc., T mo germs or the aneasa, wnrca are always j present in the discharges from the stomach 3 and bowels of those sick with cholera. Thorough cooking destroys th9 cholera ? germs; therefore: Don't eat raw, uncooked articlei of kind, not even milk. J Don't eat or drink to excess. Use plain, I wholesome, digestible food, as indigestion I I and diarrhoea favor an attack of cholera. R Don't drink unboiled water. LI Don't eat or druu articles unless they hiveVl been thoroughly and recently coo iced or a boiled, and the more recent ana hotter they U are the safer. * Don't employ utensils m eating or anas* lng unless tney have been recently put In boiiinjf water; the mare refent the safer. Don't eat or handle food or drink with unwashed hands, or receive it from the unwashed hands of otlnrs. 1 Don't use the hands for any purpose when y soiled with cholera discharges; thoroughly I cleanse them at once. fl Personal cleanliness and cle&n linen of liv? ing and sleeping rooms and their conteniufl and thorough ventilation should b9 riglalyj enforced. Foul waterclosetf, sinks, Croton 1 faucets, cellar?, etc., should be avoided, and J when present should be referred to th? | Health Board at once and remedied. ] FBECA.UTIOXA.RT KEAStJKXS or TBUIXIR. I The successful treatment and the preveation of the spread of this disease demand (, ?an|#Aafaf{Ana Ka nmmnlhr bLUtb IMS ?UUC9b luauikcavavivuo | ijTJ I recognized and treated; therefore: Don't doctor yourself for bowel complaint, but go to bed and Aeni for the near*est physician at once. Send for your family. physician, send to a dispensary or hospital* j end to the Health Department, send to the ! nearest police station for medical ftid. Don't wait, but send at once. I If taken ill in the street, seek the nearest ; I drag-store, dispensary, hospital, or police I elation, and demand prompt medical attea- m tion. ? Don't permit vomit or diarrheail dis- 1 charges to come in contact with food, drink, I or clothing. These discharge* should be 1 ceived in proper vessels and kept oovsred I until removed under competent directions. I Pour boiling water on them, put a strong | solution of carbolic acid In them (not leas I than one part of acid to twenty of hot soapsuds or water). Don't wear, handle, or use any articles of clothing or furniture that are soiled with qholera discharges. Pour boiling water on them, or put them into it, and fcrub them with the carbolio add solution mentioned above, and promptly request the Health Board to remove tnem. Don't be frightened, but do be cautious, ; And avoid excesses and unnecessary e^po- < | sores of every kind. By order of the board of Health, Chables G. Wilsost, President. Emmoas Clark, Secretary. I OSSIFIED MAN DEAD. &v| The Process Reached the Heart of One ol the Greatest Frealcs. '' ' The famous oasiUel man, Jonathan .P. Bass, who has be>n the wonder of almost every dime mujeum in tbis coon try, died a [ few days ago at his home at Lewiston, N. Y., the ossification having reached his heart. Bass had been on a showing tour and the hardening of his fl?3h grew very rapidly. He was probably the most widely advertised freak in the wond aud one of the best drawing cards any musaa jj over had. He made money and saved it and owned a very pretty place at Lewiston. Bass began to ossify when he was very young, and for twenty years a-u not moved miiB/'in pxr?nnt tho*d of his heai. He was a , solid mass of bony fl?sb. Hi* legs aad body were cold to the touca aad could not be indented. _____?? IREIGATED FARMS PAY, ' M They are Worth Four Timet Their Original Cost. The Census Office has issued the suolm*rized results of & special investigation into the condition of agriculture in the arid States and Territories, and particularly a* to the practical results of irrigation. Nearly ! <30,000,000 capital is invested in productive irrization, and the returns have bean over 385,030,000 or over 3}8 par cent The cost of the irrigated farms was about 877,500,000, and thsir estimated value on June 1, 1890, was nearly $297,000,000. In other words the irrigated lands are no w \ worth four times their original cost. GENOA'S COLUMBUS FETES. A Pageant Representing the Discoverer's Return From America. A feature of the festivities at Genoa, Italy, celebrating the discovery of the New World, was a gorgeous historical pageant representing 'The Return of Columbus From America." The procession passed through the principal streets, which wets densely filled with cheering and highly en- ' thusiastic crowd;. The King and Qu9en and the other raarobers of the royal party viewed the procssslon from the balcony of tde palace, and ap> reared much pleased at the splendid show. TEAIN BOBBERS FIGHT. They Kill Three Marshals and Then Escape. Deputy Sheriff Witty, of Visalia, and Constable Hill, of Sanger, and several others, name uDon Sontag and Evans, the train rob* bers, at Sampson Flat, Cal., the othar day. An attempt was made to arrest them, bat they escaped after killing throe of the posse, shooting Hill's horse from under him ana wounding Witty. Thosa killed were: Marshal McGinn la, Richard Olsen and a man named Wilson. CBESPO TBItJMPHS, The Dictatorship la Venezuela la Finally Overthrown. Unofficial advices received at tha Depart* merit of State, Washington, from Venezuela were to the effect that General Creapo hu finally triumphed and the dictatorship haj been overthrown. Gensral Creapo has, it is said, been called to Caracas to assume the reins of government, and there is now a bright prospect for the restoration of peace in the distracted country. m ?{?! 07_ _l_ nUi ua* ui tug Q*** W IM most past; in other words, it is said that the automatic telephone exchange is a practical success, and aD ingenious electrical mechanism is about to take the place of thousands of young women at telephone headquarters. The machine, is fully de? scribed and illustrated in the Western Electrician, and the inventor is about to put it in operation in Eastern cities at once. This threatened wholesale displacement of a large iwiv nf vnnnff women who have crone to the trouble of undergoing a course of special training, and have been for years the faithful workers in a great industry which is also a monopoly, is a very serious thing, and unless living becomes rapidly cheaper with the increase of tiie inacnines Dnau ousu men and women, some solution will I have to be found to the question, "What are you going to do about it?" "I tell you," he said disconsolately, "women are altogether too business-like nowadays." "What's the matter?" "I proposed to the heiress yesterday." "Did she accept you?" "No; she took out her notebook, wrote my name and address in it and said she would consider my applicationsWashington Star.