Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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<lljt Stete xiii S?ti?fnf Published Every "STelncsdar, r*0\ Or. Osteeiij SUMTER, S. G. TERM? : $1.50 per annum-ic advance ADVERTISEMENT: Ose Square first insertion.Si 00 Every subsequent insertion. 50 Contracts for three montb . or longer will be made at reduced rares. Ail communications which subserve private interests will be charged for ss adrertienients. Obituaries and tributes cf respects will bc charged for. _ ^???Mlll 1HI1M Mill I HW.."I Tl I Yellow Jack Still Reigns. NEW ORLEANS SUFFERS MOST FROM STAGNA? TION. A Killing Quarantine Paralyzes Business Throwing Thousands Out cf Work New Orleans, Sept 2S-The y el low fever situation hero continues exasperatingly the same A daily average of 18 to 20 esees and two .deaths has kept up But while there is no sign of an epidemical visitation, the slow progress of the disease puts obstacles daily it! the way of the merchant public, woo are anxious to again resume trade with the surround? ing country The record to day was not unlike that of many other days, in that it showed a death through sheer neglect cf the patient Twenty one cases up to date have resulted fatally. The facts are incontrovertible that at least half died through neglect or lack of attention Business is showing feeble signs of revival and the railroads are putting forward superhuman efforts to secure a modification of the quarantine re? gulations Dr. Oliphant's trip up the road to morrow at the invitation of the South ern Pacioc company, with a view to securing a modification of existing quarantine will settle one way or another whether or not trade is to stagnate for several weeks longer or whether it is partially to be resumed at once The trip will also settle the question of whether or not New Or? leans will raise the bar against Gal veston and other Texas points In the meantime the Crescent City finds itself incapabis*of shipping a pound of freight to the Lone ?tar State. The result of this, of course, is the throwing out of employment of thou? sands of people here The railroads and manufactures, the bi<r wholesale and retail stores, have all dispensed with the service of many of their employes until business again picks up _ Now that the force of the sense? less shotgun quarantine is being felt the theatres more than ever are a thermometer of the injury that is be? ing done the city The hotels fiave done away with extra help, and have cut off many of their hands and ev? ery man, woman and child is living with rigid economy. The condition of affairs is due entirely to i.iie strict shotgun quarantines tiiat have been established in the country when there is no possible chance of an epidemic here It is probable that some 100, 0?0 people have left town, but there are still here not fewer than '275.000 and even those who were frightened a fortnight ago, have nome to realize that there is no possible chance for an epidemic In September, 1878, there were between 80 and 90 people dying of yellow fever daily. The daily average since beginning of the fever here is hardly one. Mobile, Sept 28 -The noon re? port of the board of health today showed the effect of the excessive hot weather of the past six days upon the populace. The number of new cases recorded for the past 2* bouts was 10, ail of the new patients hav? ing been taken iii from the23d to the 26th. Dallas. Tex , Sept. 28.-The yel? low lever fright lus struck the State in earnest Nearly all the trains in eastern, central and southern Texas have declared shotgun quarantine against Houston. In Brazos county, County Health Officer Tabor has given orders to the effect that every road entering the county will be closely guarded and every suspicious rumor run down No passenger trains will slop :;: the county here? after arid ;1 j ere v for the present be no papers or other mail received Practica! jokers ar?* warned against trying to scare the public At J)^!:.'5s no passengers from Houston will br* permitted to stop, although there has been no embargo on freight and mai! an ye! The Houston and Texas Cent: al has practically abandoned its train ser vice out of Houston, only one train a day run.ling. '1 he Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad is running trains through Houston to Ga!veei<?, cars I berne: locked through Houston and ; nobody permitted to enter or leave I the train: ! Galveston quarantine against IIou3 ! tor! is absolute .Nothing but tele ; grams a:e permitted to pass between I the two places ? Freight, however, j car) go through Houston but must j not be stopped there All the towns I along the Southern Pacific railroad, j east and west of Houston, and on ! the Houston and Texas Central rail ; road have established shotgun i quarantine. j Record Breaking Day in New Orleans. SPPcEAD OVER CITY - ! Because of Increased Area I Board of Health Finds Con? trol More Difficult. i _ i i Nev/ Orleans, Sept. 29.- Tc-day . lias been a record breaker in the nurh j ber of cases ol' yellow- fever reported. ', \ while the deaths equalled in number i those of any day since tho yellow j fever .vas ?rst discovered in the city, j Various reasons are given for the : j spread of the disease, but the princi j pal one? are two : that the weather, j turned warm again and; owing to the I ! much wider field to cover, ?!:e board i of health lias had some difficulty in j getting every house as closely guard 1 j ed as was possible when the eases j here were few in number and trained j officials of the board were stationed . about the quarantined houses The j fact that the death rate has been ! small and that the chances of an epi- I demie have been constantly growing] less, have made the genera! public j somewhat careless and there has been ] increasing friction between the quar- \ antined people and the authorities i imprisoned inmate* of houses have! been going over back fences and ? sneaking out of side deers in order i not to be confined, and the result has i been tb<at more germs have been j scattered and rapidly developed in j three warm days In no other sea-1 son have the authorities been more ; strict in quarantining houses and iso lating inmates who might be around ! the sick, and the result has been that ! every possible effort ?3 being made , by certain elements of the com mun i j ty to get the better of the board j The increasing number of cases here has caused no general alarm, because the increase of deaths has not been in proportion. The death rate is a tri?e under 12 per cent., when 5 or 6 dav6 ago it was shown to be above 15 The conclusion, therefore, is j natural there is no increase in the I malignancy of the disease. The au I thorities here still believe that for 1 some time longer the new cases will I occasionally exceed the number on the books to day, but they are sing? ularly one in the opinion that the disease cannot attain the proportions of an epidemic. CONDITION AT EDWARDS. Edwards. Miss , Sept. 29 -Dr. Dunn of tiie State board of health, crave the Associated Press the follow ing statement : Total for the day, 24 ; total num? ber of cases to date, 236 ; number of cases under treatment, 109 ; number convalescent and discharged, 119 ; number seriously iii. $.. Dr. Watts of Brownsville reports two new cases at that place. Also a number of others who have had the fever for some time. The Edwards doctors are kept busy, having hardly time to give to their daily reports There are seve? ral Edwards people desperately ill and their condition causes their j friends and relatives much uneosi j ness?. I Jack Crosses the. River and j Makes His Appearance in Algiers. j New Orleans, Sept 30 -There ? was neither improvement nor aggra \ ration of the yellow fever situation j here to day ''ases were numerous ; ly reported, and as farly as o' o'clock j threatened to equal if not exceed the ; number of last night but all that li ? ? i j r the death record was small. The fever seems to be slowly spread? ing around town, but un t<> the pies <*;:t time no nest of cases has been fuund, and the authorities have tims far been able to carry on their work of quarantine with SOUK; success. Many "? the fuses within the past few days have been found ic houses where sickness already existed, but the instances arc extremely rare where ti"' eases have been transmit? ted from otu; house to another adjoin? ing. \ esterday's record of four deaths created som'' alarm, but when to day, up to nighttime, there was no j evidence that the pace set yesterday j was being kept up. the city breathed , much easier THE DAY AT EDWARDS Edwards, Miss, Sept 30-Dr. Dunn, of the State board of health, gave the Associated Press the foliow ? ing statement : The has been one death from yel ! low fever to day, and 29 cases effi ? cially repotted. Total deaths to dale 9 ; number of ; .'ases to date, 2(35 ; number of con ] valescetit and discharged, 135 ; num I ber no under treatment, 121. NO FEVER IN TEXAS. Dallas, Texas, Sept. 30.-The official declaration of Health Officer Swearingen to-day that the suspicious case at Houston was not yellow feve j has been almost immediately followed j by^the raising of the extreme quar ! antine measures which have been in j force in many counties and all the ; towns below Corsicana. By to night I train service within the state will I have resumed something like its nor : mal proportions and the hundreds, of railroad employes now out of employ? ment will be afforded an opportunity ! of returning to work. Everybodv ! seems to have recovered confidence j all?t once, au? to-night every town J in Texas is open to the rest of the ? state. Ui course the restrictions i against Louisana icmain in force and j will continue until ali Gange- ol in ! fectic-a from that quarter has blown ! over. Tho Disabled Condition of Our Naval Dry Docks. New York, Sept. 30 -A special j meeting of the naval duck board was ' held to day at the Brooklyn navy j yard to consider the report as to the disabled conditions of all but one of the timber structures owned by the government. A complete examina? tion by the engineers has revealed j the above startling information, and the only exception is the timber dock on Puget Sound. As the timber docks prae*ical!y do ali the work of the navy, the stone structures being used for the smaller vessels, the de? partment regards the existing condi? tions with considerable apprehension, and it will be the duty of the dock boards to report on the subject aud suggest the best way for repairing the docks None of the members of the board would talk for publication to day, but it is understood that an estimate of the cost of repairs, to gether with the recommendation to proceed at once with the work, will be forwarded immediately to the depart? ment Commodore Bunce, the com? mandant of the station, is president of the board Engineers have estimated that it will cost at least ?500,000 to put the timbi"?* docks in condition, and the dock board is expected to recommend this money be spent on the structures at New York, League Island, Norfolk and Port Royal. There is a separate appropriation for dock No. 3 at the Brooklyn yard. - Mn- .??? tn Drained Atlanta Somewhat Dry. Trainload* of 0. Ps, Rushed Into This Stat fi Over S AL on Last DJ ?I Before Shut Down. i j Atlanta, Sept. 29.-The recent i tangle between the liquor dealers of I Atlanta, the railroads and lue State officiais of S'.'utli Carolina, over the j shipment of liquor into the latter State, ha- roached a novel clima". Under : the rulir;rr cf Judge Simonton as to : what constituted an original package, : the railroads have br*en sending large quantities of liquor across the line, and the dispensary business lias ceased al? most entirely. Last week the Southern railroad refused te continue the busi nci-s and has a big law suit on in con? sequence. The Seaboard Air Line noti?ed the dealers that they would continue to carry liquor until midnight ia.'t night, when the traffic wouid cease. In the scramble to take advantage of th'*- 1 i rn it ed rime, carload after carload of strong drink has been shipped from this citv, one ?rm ahme sending seven QAT*. The result is thar io Atlanta liquor i< ut a premium. Hung by Negroes. Richmond, Sept. 29 -A special to the Suites from Cowan's depot. Rock? ingham county, in the Shenandoah val? ley, says : News ot a ghastlv discovery in the Maspanutan mountain!*, MX miles ('??i' of here, ?as just been received. Ves'vr'-ny several huniers ?-u;.<i :hc bod Y o? \'.\> I*'.lis, ;t notorious white woman, dangling a! the end <>* rope f?*',:i-ii fi; th-- iiiiVb of a free When discovered, the body wa* in th.-fir-' stage of decomposition; It i- supposed that the woman w*i> har-ged hv rn-groes, who had bee:, her com pa G i lately. N<> RM rt Ki* been made as yet '" aoprc li'-n ? th-- guilty parties She was a married woman, bu: ?'?r years Imr repu rat.ou has been unsavory, and finally j she was driven ro the mountains, where ? ."be slept in the fields and in the woods. No Advance Made ? j i Request for Increased Freight Rates Refused. It bas been definitely decided tb.it ? there wi!! be no increase of freight rates on the railroads of this State io the near future. Some time ago the roads preseoted to the State railroad commisEion a request for an increase of rates and there was a big hearing over the matter. Recently the Florida Cen? tral and Peninsular system presented a separate additional request, for an in? crease on their lines. The Georgia and North Carolina commissioners some time ago were asked for reductions by certain parties, yesterday the entire matter was taken up by the local com- ? mission and all requests were refused, j Commissioner Thomas, however, advo- j I Citing very strongly a reduction inj some instances. When the commission met, Commis- j stoner Wilbom olrered the resoolution i below in rr ply to the application of thc railroads for a raise or rates. Resolved, Tba* tho request of thc j railroad companies for an increase on . the retes or; certain commodities named ; tn a naper suomitteG to tats boara cn thc 7th inst , De not granted, for thc ; ron?. .: that local rates are out of pro- ; portion to the interstate rates, as wei; as for other reasons which will bc here- ! M"'cr more freely set forth. Commissioner Thomas elf:red the f< !- ; lowing as a substitute : Resolved, That the traffic managers ' be invited to assist the board of com- j missioners io immediately revisit);: and ; readjusting the whole schedule of rates j iu force in this State, and that cotton j and fertilizers, the principal comrnoci- j ties, be put on an equitable basis, doing j justice to both. Commissioner Thomas made a speech j advocating the reduction of rates on cotton. The board voted against Mr. Thomas' j resolution In the matter of the application of the Florida Central and Peninsular road, the beard voted against the appli? cation. Commissioner Thomas spoke for the application as follows : "Mr. Chairman : The schedule of rates on the Florida Central and Penin? sular are practically the same as the ; rates used by the South Carolina and Georgia railway. The traffic manager asks to be allowed to work the same schedule as the Manchester and Augus? ta railroad. "The rate on one railroad is no fair criterion for another road. The iaw recognizes that fact when it instructs this board to make 'just and reasonable' rates for each road doing business ir. I this State. P^ach road has its different conditions, the amount of capital re? quired to construct, the power neces? sary to haul freight over its grades and tbs volume of business. Ali these various conditions must enter into the determination of fair and just rates. I have prepared some tables to show the conditions of these several roads and tbe rate of freight charges neces- j sary to fix to meet the several condi? tions 71 He quoted figures and continued : "The percentage of expenses to in? come is for tbe South Carolina and Georgia railroad (54 per cent., while for the Florida Centra! and Peninsular it is 105 per cent. The Florida Central and Peninsular cannot reduce its ex? penses to a parity with the South Caro? lina and Georgia railroad because the timbers in the road bed and structures hav(! all at once reached the limit of their life and public safety demands a ? far greater amount cf renewals so that tho expenses for maintenance of way and structures on the Florida Central and Peninsular is 1.019 per mile while the South Carolina and Georgia have only expended 483 per mile for the ?ame purpose The South Carolina arid Georgia is complete and finished in all its appurtenances. Its terminals, its sidings, its stations, water tanks, ditches, etc In the one item of bridg? es and trestles thc South Carolina and Georgia bave an average of 130 feet per mile, wbiie the Florida Cen? tral and Peninsular have an average of j 300 feet per mile. "These statistics show conclusively j that the Florida (/entrai and Peninsular cannot work tire same rate as tho South Carolina and Georgia railroad. "The Florida Central and Peninsular I cannot work the same rates at tho Man? chester and Augusta without greatly I ec moonzing ils expenses because nf ?hi. : difference ?:i grades, curves, ete i ..The Manchester and Augusta has a j maximum grade of d'?.b feet per mile j : and 3-d jg ree curves. The Florida j I Centrai arni Peninsular has a maximum grade 06 feet per mile and 5.?J0 degree curves. A Ut) ton engine can : draw ? n a tangent up the Mai ehester I and August ',)'! o' feet grade a maximum loa., of C9U tons The same engine can draw on a tangent up the Pl o ri da Ct;utra! and Peninsular UU-f?c? grade a maximum load of i4U tons, j "In practice trains should not as a ! rs ncral rule weigh more than half the 1 i \ capacity of the luco mott vee, so as to , i have the trains under complete control j j and admit of detention and to allow | for carves, slippery rails, bead wiods, ; etc. "The Manchester and Augusta have ! less bridges aod trestles to keep up and less debt on the road. The expenses , for maintenance of way and structures j for equipment and conducting trans- \ portatioo are about 33 per cent, less j per mile on the Manchester and Augusta I than on tbe Florida Central and Penin- ? sular. This great difference seems to j be unwarranted. "The result of last year's operations j was that the South Carolina and Geor- j gia ixade a net income of $359, ?89 j aod paid the State $55,495, taxes, while ! the Florida Central and Peninsular, j working the same tariff, paid the State $12,000 taxes and fell behind opera? ting expenses 315,724. "Nc fair minded board of commis? sioners will ignore the vital fact that to properly serve- the public th? Florida Central &nd Peninsular must have some return on the capital invested and should have such rates as would place the road at least on a parity, coosider ing ita condition with contiguous paral? lel Hoes. No fair minded people, how- j ever much desire low rates can cz peet ?. road to render them a purely gratuitous service. No State which instructs i's c-omrnisssic-n to L.ske *jCi=rt and reasonable' rates ought fo be ; the sclo beneS-iiary of investments I made i :r the development of the State j aird the accommodation of her citizens j i. therefore, cast rar vote to allow tho j Fiorida ?J?..otral and Peninsular te work [ the lame schedule of rates a* the Man- j chester and Augusta, for which rates i they apply."--The State. Not Bagged by Bandits, j But Badly Bled by Swiss Offi? cials. Comedy of Errors. Chicago, Sept. 30.-A special to the Inter-Ocean from Toledo. O , says: Harry Tollerton and Prof. Holmes, whose mysterious adventures in Switz? erland have attracted international at? tention, have been located. They are alive and well at Lucerne, and expect to leave for Berlin to-morrcw. The mystery of their eleven days' de? tention at Lucerne and cablegrams for large sums of money is stiil unsolved and the family will not say just what happened Friends of the family in Europe have learned details which will never be made public. It is said to have been a very singular comedy of errors,, but. ii has bpen a very expensive one for Lawyer Tolierton. There is now uo denial that they sent for the money immediately after having ac? knowledged remittances in excess of what they rcaliy needed for legitimate expenses. Mr? Tolierton, who has been in Washington appealing to the State de Darfmeot, is expected home to morrow and she bpars a number of cipher dis? patches. The American consular ageot was mixed in h i3 cables, which con? fused matters still more. An opinion prevails that the young men had diffi? culty witb the Swiss officials and were badly bled under pretenses of fines. Trouble in Greece. London, Sept 29.-The correspond? ent of The Times at Athens says: It is generally believed the govern? ment wili resign tomorrow (Thursday) at tbe sitting of the boule lo any case several of the ministers are unwilling to remain in power. On the other hand. ir is believed that a Delyannis ministry will cot be accepted by Ivog George and the nation at the present moment. Hence II. Rilli, the premier hopes to retain power, in which case the cab ioet will have to be almost entirely re? newed It is expected that the cham? ber will accept the peace treaty unani? mously, public excitement on the ques? tion having quite subsided. To Haul "O.T. Ia Wagons. Several Such Shijy/nents Soon to b> Made From Augusta. Following is taken from the Augusta Chronicle : Messrs Bryant & G lan tc n's store was rilled yesterday with "original packages" which they are preparing for a dealer who is going to open up in Edgefieid, S C. Since thc action of the railroads in refusing to carry 'original packages." "xcepr in ?argo quantities, the dealers in Carolina Sod themselves unable tc get a supply sufficient for the demand To the neighboring places Augusta a hoon, being wi?hin easy wagon reach But up lo thc present the pack? ages have oot boen earrie;! hv wagon so Sr interioras Ed gc fi'id Mr Glanton said vesterday tim* he had several wagon loads in thc store all ready ? ?r shipmen To go to stich length- to carry ci. ? ri ''original package'" store prov; s t:> . e > sionoy in i: We'nuv?> bright, honorable merchants in tliie town, and they give tht- public what it demands They never offer as a substitute something "just a- good.'; J Hauling for a Man-Who Dis appeared Months Ago. WAS A PHIL ADELPHI AN. Inquiries have been set on foot iu the last few days to unravel the mys? tery of the disappearance of an appa? rently wealthy young Philadelphia^ named Siegfried, who was last seen alive io Georgetown ic this State, about to start out with a negroand aboat on ;i duck shooting expedition at the time President Cleveland was' down here last winter. Exactly why b's family have never instituted these in? quiries before does not appear uoless it be that the young man was of a rovir g disposition and was io the habit of going away on pleasure exp?diions and giving co account of himself for months at a time. Ii is said thai his trunk is now in the depot at George? town, and that all letters seat to him there, containing his remittances, have been returned to his people through the medium of the dead tetter office. it appears that at the same tia?e that President Cleveland was enjoying duck shooting at Georgetown last, winter, a party of about 18 South Carolinians were near Georgetown, also engaged m thc ?ame sport Amcnrr them were Mr. X W. Brooker of the State sink? ing fund commission, and Mr. Miller, of Sumter. This young man. who is described as having a lair complexion and blood moustache, weighing about 130 pounds, and dressing exceedingly well., joined them by accident at Bry? an's plantation, remaining several days iu their company. Theo Mr. Brooker went on to Georgetown, having to leave the party on Thursday afternoon. The young Philadelphian said that be would join Mr. Brooker in Georgetown on Friday evening, instead of coming on the evening train he came down at 'midday and called to see Mr. Brooker, but that gentleman wa? then oat hunt? ing. In the afternoon he came again and found Mr. Brooker Mr. Brooker in the meantime found that he could cot stay over to hunt the following day and parted with the young man. He says that Siegfried told him that he was go? ing to get a negro and a boat and go to the bunting grounds the foll-wing morning. That was the last that has ever been heard of bim so far as any one knows. Kc promised to s* od Mr. Brooker some ducks and a dog ; neither ever came, bat Mr. Brooker thought noth ! ing cf thar. In fact he thought no ? more of the stranger at ali until a few ; cays ago, wheo Mr. Miller, of the ? party, wrote Mr Brooker a letter in i which he said that he had a communica [ tioa from the young man's family stat i ing that he had never been heard of j cince be went to Georgetown, and ask j ing if any of the South Carolina party I could give auy information. The young mat- had a fine shotgun with him when last seen. If some negro killed him on account of his sup? posed wealth ho probably hid 'he body, and no one would have missed him, j inasmuch as he was traveling alone, j A gentleman from Georgetown, who has undertaken to institute ac investi j gatioa when he gets home, said yes I terday that it would have been an easy ' matter for the negro boatman to have j hilled the young man and no one ever ; missed bim. The body couid easily j have been put cu? cf the way Again, if be accidentally shot himself the r.e^ro in the absence of witnesses, would almost certainly hide the body ! to shield himself from the charge of ' murder.-The State, Oct. 1. Don't burr j. Taka ti:nc to eximir? tte j abe's f.nd trade roar A 9 of poods you buy, I I and voe will protect voarseif from chesp and j ?;orth!ess substitutes. j ^ gj__ I BUCKLEN'S ARNICA 3 AL VE. Thc best Salve in thc world fur Cuts ? Dr?i--c?. Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rhcuo, Fever I S?>ro, Tetter, Chr.r>ped Hands,Chilblains, Corns i ;U:-J all S!:::i l>;:pt?>ri?, and positively euro j i'?o: "7 no pr.y required. It is guaranteed to I give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded > priao 25 cents per box. K. r sale by Dr J. F* j .''.?.urmo. : I Royal makes thc SooJ pure. Jj wholesome asd delicious. 5 A]2zc\u?:y Pyre BOVAl nAKINS POiVPF.-; CO., NEWYORk.