The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, November 22, 1899, Image 6
THE WAR IN
SOUTH AFRICA.
Official Newt From Lady
smith and Ktmberley.
London, Not. 1& ?The war office
bee rooeired tba following dispatch
from Gen. Bailer :
MCepe Town, Fridey, Not. 17 ?
Report ' from Kimberley, Saturday,
Wot 11. eeye ell ere well there.
"Reporte from Lady smith, Sunday,
Not 12, end Monday. Not. 13, ?ay
eil well there "
Diepatchee from Oape Town give
-? Oeo /Beller'a reply to the application
f ef Col Schiel, the German officer
eeptored et Elerrdelaagte, for a
v parole, in accordance with the
alleged promise of Gen White
9ea. Belter eeye: "The TranaTael
declared war end InTaded Britieb
territory before e Britieb force ooold
we pat In the 8eld They, therefore,
obieioed an immense military ad
wantage et the outset They no
?Waat took !oto consideration the
feet that the email Britiah force
oppoeed to them would beTe few
S even to spare to guard prisoners, who
swigbt, therefore, be subjected to
eieee reetrelot On the arrival ol
> tire Britieb force I will do my beat to
Handy any iuooovenieoce M
Am official dispatch from Pretoria,
dated Friday* Not. 10. confirms the
etateeaeote to the 'fleet tbet the
?ear big gone bed tittle effect et
' Mafckieg
step orte from Cape Colony indicate
fail tba Boer sympathizers ere
greatly onpvieed et the inability of
Oeu Joobert to capture Ladyamith
? ll si eneoooced tbet Britieb trace
parte arriving et Cape Town todey
?id, roughly, 4,600 men to the
Britieb force re South Africa, making
e totei of ebont 27,000 men of Gen
Bailer's army oorpe tbet here ar?
rived. N
A dispatch from Pietermeritzburg
dated 8etorday, Not 18.? eeya : "A
raeeer brioga e meeeage from Lady
eeaith eeyiag tbet on Not 9th the
Boer a attacked tbet town from the
eoethweot. bot were repulsed by the
Boyel Rifle e ea1 Rifle brigede with
greet toee On Kit leth the Doe re
aaade ea attack neer Cole oeo, bot
* ware repmoed with e Joee of 800
Flgbtieg ie prooeediog et Eetooort "
BRIDGE AT COLENSO REPORT?
ED DKSROYED.
Loreeto Merqaei, Delegoe Bay,
Friday. Not. U.-Tbe official Yolk
etem reporte tbet tba Greet Bridge,
wrar tba Tngele river, neer Coteoeo,
area completely deetroyed Wed nee
Ay, Not lb
The Boera ere looking forwerd
with great ietereet to the impending
encounter, between Coleneo and Eat
eoert, with the advancing Britiah
About 000 /burghers, with cannon,
ere guarding the Heipmakaer Pass,
18 mi lee from Dundee, to bsflle any
etrategical attempt to reoccupy Dun?
dee by the Pietermeritzburg Grey
town route
BKL1KF OP K1MBERLEY CBN
' TRES ATTENTION.
Loedon. Not 20. 5 a. m ? This
sneroieg'a eeas fites little that alters
the eompleiioe of tbs sitostioo Siaee
tba Igbt of Nor 9 mettsrs, s? far aa
beewe. hare base fairly qeiet at Ltdy-.
eojHh It it eot eoliialy that ths
Beere, badly tefermed as to the nature
end sitsat ef the British preparations
Ie edvseoe to the rslisf of tbs town,
caay be aesiteilog regerdiog ths estt
seers The siteatioo ia Katsl is rery
eossplieeted. mors ssp?pislly if the
r sport ? hs tree tba'. ths great Tu gels
bridge bee beeo dsstroysd
The seaeass of ths oszt move oo
either side etil dspeod ssors oo strat?
egy thee oe seperior oombsrs The
Boera bar? thrselioss of eotioo opeo
Tbsy est) bold tbs railaay with tbs
feree tbsy bars at Eoneroialef felling
slowly bsek before the British adrsnes
aed thrsateeieg it from Wssoso, or, in
tbs seeoad plsee, they eae adraooe
from Weeeee and try to earry Estoourt,
er, ie the third p'eoe, tbsy eae edeanoe
dee soeih from Wesaso to Wsstoa. eut
tee rstlwsy aed blow ep the bridge
erst Moot rivsr
ff it is tree that there are 10 000
Baere eeder Gee Joubsrt aod #Gso
Betha, marehiag soetb to meet tbs
British rslisf for *, heavy Ighting is ie
eters. w
Notbieg ie klsvo with osrtsioty
regardieg the progrsss of the relief
eelnme Item Devbae, aod ths imme?
diate eeetrea io the relief of Kimber
ley. Gee Metbeeo has a spleedid
keoeledge ef the eoeotry over abieh
be aill eperete, aed ia layiog his plsos
with tba etmost eare An indefati?
gable notier, hs is besy oigbt and day
eattieg dona the bsggsg| to a minimum
aed isseiog orders with e view of
eeeorteg that the offiosrs sbsll he
iedistiogotshsbls from tbs men to th?
eyse ef ths Bisrs. A naval brigsd?,
with sssrsbiights from the oruieer
I)>n?, uodsr Msj Kr?nst flhoJes, will
eeoompaey the nolome, sod Msj ?r
Rbodss is o leidsnt tbst be wiil see his
brother Ceeil in Kmborley. The
eoleao will tsls all the mstsrials fur
repstrinf the railway, wbioh. it is
believed there will he no difficulty in
deiag. The advsaee will be made by
JeverJ merebse, the eolume reaebieg
BOERS RECEIVING
REINFORCEMENTS.
Fresh Men and Quantities of
Supplies Moviog Soutb.
London, Not 21, 5 a. m.?The
reports of heavy ?ghting at Ladysmitb
Im? Wednesday hare not been oonfirm
ed On the contrary tbo most reliable
adfioet from Eitoourt iodioate that
there ^rae nothing roaro than a desul?
tory cannonade. Probably the rumor
of a serious engagement grew out of
tbe faet (bat the Boers throw a few
harmless shells late Tuesday night,
leadine to the supposition that an
attaok watt imminent Nothing, bow
e?er, happened Wednesday
Bjyood the fsot that tbe Boers are
daily receiving fresh reinforoemeots
and supplier, there is praotioslly ootb?
iog oew from tbe front.
The Boer iotasioo of Gape Colony
oootiooei steadily and rapidly. There
are 1,800 Boere at Coleeburg aod news
hat reaobed East London thai Lady
Gray, oear Ailejal North, has beeo
deserted by the British aod is oow io
the haods of tbe eoemy.
A Pretoria dispatch aooooooes tbe
arrival there, among the British pris?
oners of Mai. Haldaoe. Lieut. Broehie
ant Lieut. Hellwey. It also deolares
that tbo British Sunday made two
ansooeeaaful attempts to oust the Ras
teobarg command from a position oear
Mafektag, aod that severe fightiog took
piw.
From Dalagoa bay oomes tbe reports
of the arriral of more German officers
aod artillerymen who hate volunteered
to serve with the Transvaal forces.
Tbo war offi?e semioffioielly asserts
that all news received from Africa has
be-o published with the eieeptioo of
demands for tbo reoewal of stores, war i
material aod tbo like There is ao
ooooofirmed rumor that more troops
bate beoo ordered from Iodia to the
Cape
Oeo Butler has wired tbe command
iog officer at Qieeostown aooouooiog
the diapateh of Geo. Qataore, with the
First battalion of the Seventh brigade,
to Eist London This was tbe pleoe
from which it was origioally intended
that Goo. Gataere's column shoold
start Thos it is possible that Geo.
Boiler's first plans have suffered lesf
modrfieatioo than some have supposed.
BOER9 ABOUT E3TCOURT.
Eetooort, Natal , Nov. 20. 4.45 p.
m? Major Bstbooe's patrols have
loeated the eoemy oo the northwest,
about 10 milee off. The Boers would
not be drown.
Fightiog is reported at tbe Mooi
river.
Tbo Boors are doiog more lootiog
tbao fighting, aod all tbeir partios
south of Ladysmitb are foragiog oo tbe
farms
Advices from Lidysmilb tell of briU
liaot British victories, with compare
lively slight loss oo our side acd heavy
slaughter of tbe eoemy.
Ladysmitb ie full of wounded aod
captured Boers. It is reported that io
the fightiog of Nov. 9 tbe eoemy lost
300 killed aod 500 oaptored.
Tbe Boere are trying hard to influ?
ence aod ooootliato the Natal Kaffirs.
REPORTS LACKING FOUNDA?
TION.
London, Nov. 20.?A speoial die
patph from Eitoourt dated Nov. 20,
says a report hae reached there of a
battle at Ladysmitb Ytedoeeday, Nov.
15, Uatiog from daybreak uotil 1 to
tbe nfternooo. Many Boers are said to
have beeo killed aod oc-oy are reported
to have beeo takes prisooers. Tbe
British losses are reported to be moeb
less.
Another bsttlo is ssid to have occur
red Thursday. It is deseribed as the
heaviest yet foogbt. Tbe Boer dead,
it is added, number hundreds, while
the British losses were comparatively
small
ALL WELL AT LADYSMITH
THURSDAY.
Ladysmitb. Nov. 16. Thursday, by
ruooer to Estoourt. ? AH is well here,
with oo'.hing important to report. We
are amply supplied with ammuoittoo
aod oonfideot of our ability to bold oot.
Informatioo from outaide is very^ foaroe,
but it is believed here that tbe Boers
oow investing the cowo are ooly a
email force Tbe heavy weather con?
tinues, and the rain is bamperiog tbe
Boer operatiooe severely.
JOUBERT MOVES TO THE
SOUTH
Loodoo, Nov 21.?The Standard
publishes tbe following from Lady
smith dated Nov 19 : "Tbe arrival
of tbe relief oo'umo at Eitoourt bas
completely modified tbe plans of tbe
tt#lsV| sod Geo. Joobert hss moved
to the south in so effort to preveot the
joootioo of the two British forces."
BOERS OCCUPY CAMPBELL.
Ho pet own. Cape Colony. Thuirday,
Nov 16?Yesterday the Boot! occu?
pied Crmpbell in West Oriq'ialand.
amm^ ???' ^mmn?
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CAMPAIGN IN LUZON.
Gerona, Panique and Mon
oada Occupied.
Manila, Nov 19, 1 a m.?The
following dispatches have been re
ceived here from correspondents of
the Associated Press accompanying
tbe American advance northward :
Gerona, Nov 18 ?Gen. MaoAr
thur entered Gerona, as already
cabled, this afternoon The insur?
gents had fled last Monday, after
burning depot. Nothing else was
destroyed by them Gerona is the
first town along the Manila-Dagupan
railway line where the natives did
not run at the approach of the
Americans. The Padres offered
quarters in the church and convent.
The town has one good house
Gerona is the seat of heavy British
sugar interests.
The trip here was a bard one and
occupied six hours in covering seven
miles aud a half, most of the time
being spent in fording a quarter of a
mile flood running out of tbe Rio
Tarlao. We have no wagons and
paok tnoies, and native bearers oarry
all our supplies
The natives here say that Bayern
boog was occupied Sunday by mount?
ed troops, probably Gen Young's
brigade of Gee Lawton's division
Tbe people here are of a better class
than we have uuually found, and they
welcomed the Americans as they
evidently realize that their agricul?
tural interest will revive
Gen Mac Arthur said this evening:
"We seem to be entering a different
political atmosphete The people
here eeem to be less attached to
Aguioaldo's cause than those in
many towns we have entered on the
railroad line "
The command will move northward
at daybreak tomorrow, toward Ba
yombong. Geroua will be garrisoned
with two companies of the Thirty
sixth.
Immediately on entering Gerona,
Shavene' scouts moved up the track
toward Panique. Oo the way they
encountered and entrenched parly of
insurgents, whom they drove back,
then entering the town and capturing
four locomotives and thirteen cars,
as already csbled They learned
that 500 insurgents had lelt tbe town
io the course of tbe afternooon.
Panique, Nov. 18 ?Geo Mao
Arthur's troops arrived from Gerona
io tbe course of a morning. The
railroad beyond this point has not
been destroyed The csptured rail?
way stock is'being repairod to ban
die supplies. The expedition will
go north toward Bsyombong, proba
bly today Tbe signal corps is con?
structing lines with great rapidity.
A native courier from Bayombocg
reports that the American troops left
the town soon after they entered,
aud that many natives remain,
although no insurgents
Gen MacArthur discovered here
Maj. Joneson. formerly chief surgeon
on the staff of the Filipino command
er, Gen. Mascardo. lie resides at
Bacolor, and is about to return there
to resume bis practice Maj Jone
son says that all respectable Filipinos
are disgusted with the behavior of
tbe insurgents and are very glad that
the Americans have tbe upper hand.
A continuous procession of refu
gees is entering Far.ique from the
north, indicating tha proximity of
other American troops, probably off
tbe railroad line These refugees
say that the insurgents have not
koswn which wsy to turn, with tbe
Americans occupying so mscy places
in the north
Panique is a rioh sugar town
Some of the wealthy Chinese aud the
poorer natives fled at the first ap?
proach of our troops, but they are
now confidently returning Tbe rain
has ceased, the weather is tine and
the country is drying rapidly.
Judge Jones' Decision A
Blow to Democrats
Louisville, Nov. 18 ?Gen. Taylor
gained 1,198 votes.today through a
decision of Judge Jones at Glasgow,
Ky , io the Nelsoo oouoty oaite Tbe
Courier Journal reports from tbe offi
otai oount io 118 ot the 119 ocunties of
the State gave Taylor a plurality of
261* This with tbe Nelsoo oouoty
votes makee Taylor's plurality 1,469,
aoeordtog to Demooratio newspaper**'
figures, whioh are less favorable to him
tbao those received from Republtoau
oewspapers aod at the Republican
State headquarters.
Io addiooo tbe official oount io Lou?
isville has shown gains of several
boodred votes for Taylor over tbe
oooffioial returns, wbioh are not yet
iooluded io The Courier-Journal rsti
mates, tbe counts io this city aod
oouoty beiog still uofinished.
Republican eMiroaies of Taylor's
plurality aro now about 2.600. Judgo
Jonen' decision io Glasoow today
involved 1,198 votos, which though
oast for W. 8. Taylor, were certified
lor W P? Taylor by iho slestioo
cffioials beo-juio of an error in printing
forms.
Judge Jouos on an ar/piieuiion or
Tayior grsotsd a 'v?:i (icon ting the
principal eleoiion i ffijers ot Neinou
comity to e?>rrc<;' 'ho error in their
ssrtiflsatsi und certify tbo yotc fur W.
S. Taylor,
Paper novels, oew paper oovels at H G.
Olteea k Co's.
MONEY DEVIL
' IN THE SADDLE.
How McKinley Will Rule
Congress and How Wall
Street Rules Him.
Washington, Nov. 20 ?Represent*
ativ^ Richardson, of Tennesseee, is
the first ono of the four candidates
fof the democratic nomination for
speaker of the house, which carries
with it the democratic floor loader
ship during the Fifty sixth congress,
to reach Washington and open head
quarters Mr. Richardson says he
has received more pledges of sup?
port than any one of the other three
candidates?Bankbead, of Alabama,
De Armond, of Missouri, and Sulzer,
of New York?and expresses confi
denoe in his success, but the friends
of the other candidates also express
confidence of the success of their
man in this good-natured contest for
the democratic leadership in the
house Mr Bailey, of Texas, has
not yet reached Washington, but he
I stated during the last session that he
would not again be a candidate, but
would support Mr Bankbead for the
honor borne are predicting thai
there will be a deadlock in the
caucus aod that the friends of all the
candidates will compromise by nomi
nating Mr Bailey again.
If there were any doubt about
Representative Henderson having
been the administration's choice for
speaker, it would have been dissi
I pated by what has occurred since his
I arrival in Washington Almost be
fore he had removed the dust of
travel from his clotb.ee, be called at
the White House to know whether
Mr McKinley had any orders to
give as to the committee assign?
ments, aside from the packing of the
committee on banking and currency
in favor of the single gold standard
bill, which was ordered last summer
Mr. Henderson is going to be a
I McKinley speaker, and this house,
instead of registering the will of
Czar Reed a9 the last one did, will
register the wiil of Mr McKinley.
In order to get control of the
senate finance committee, of which a
majority have for years been silver
men, even since the committee rvas
controlled by the republicans, the
gold worshippers are going to reor
gaoize the senate committee, giving
the republicans nine members in
those consisting of 13 apd 7 in. those
consisting of 11. Even then the
gold men will only have a majority
of one in the finance committee, as
Jones, of Nevada, classed as a silver
republican, and Wolcott, of Colorado,
who calls himself a republican bimet?
allism can be counted on to act with
the silver men on the question of
reporting a bill to enact the single
gold standard. The four democratic
members of this committee are
Vest, of Missouri, Jones, of Arkan
sas, Daniels, of Virginia, and Chilton,
of Texas all staunen silver men
Unless Mr. McKinley gets frighten
ed by those republicans who, athough
willing to vote for a gold standard
bill if compelled to do so, believe it
will be a bad policy to, pass one on
the eve of a presidential campaign,
such a biil is likely to be jammed
through at this session of congress
It will depend largely upon the
attitude taken by Mr McKinley in
bis message to congress
Nothing could more clearly ebow
the close relations existing between
Secretary Gage and the Wall street
speculators, and the absolute c itrol
of thia administration by the n. ney
kings, than the manner in wi -h
Secretary Gage went to the rear ?
of the Wall street crowd, by pu.
chasing {25,000,000 worth of gov
ernment bonds Not two hours be
fore the order waa officially issued to
buy those bonds, Secretary Gage
assured newspaper men that no bends
would be bought. Later he received
bis orders from Wall street, and
promptly obeyed by ordering a
purchase of bonds When the Wall
street gang squeezes the public, the
government uever goes to the relief
of the public, but let the screws be
turned a few times on the big specu?
lators, and the treasury dumps a big
wad of public money into Wall
atreet to ease the pinch, aod ihe
gullible public is expected to accept
the statement that it is a patiiotic
act, done to prevent a financial panic,
when it is well known that it is
really done to prevent loss on the
part of the big speculators, who do
not hesitate to make situations threat?
ening a money panic whenever they
think it profitable to do so, because
of tbeir knowledge that the Uuited
States treasury is behind them
There will come a time?it will have
to come?when Wall street Bpeculat
ore will not dictate the actions of the
Uuited Mutes treasury, but it will
not come until there is an adminis?
tration in power which does not owe
its election to money put up by the
great speculates of the country.
Tbete will he a chance to elect such
an administration next year
Although the flection la over,
Ohio republicans an* still getting fat
slices of pie from the official counter
I One of the laft to be fed was Mr
II. A\ Hart, h young lawyer of
Alliance, who has been appointed
U. S Consul, at D?sseldorf, Ger
many, considered a very desirable
poet, to fili a vacancy caused by
death
Tbe statement that Boss Hanna
had told Mr. McKinley that be
would not remain at the head of the
reeublicao national committee is
believed to be nothing more than a
ruse to heau off the fight against
Hanna, by prominent republicans
Lianna may retire, but if he does,
it will be because he knows it is
a choice of goinjr apparently of
his own will and getting kicked out.
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WHEELER WILL STAY IN
ARMY,
t
Manila Nov 20 ?Gen. Wheeler
has decided not to return for congress.
He is writing a letter to President
McKinley, with a request that it be
forwarded to the house of represent?
atives In the course of an interview
with a correspondent of the Associat?
ed Press, he said :
"Congress, if it occupies the first j
day of session in passing a resolution
declaring in unmistakable terms that
the soverignty of the United States
is to be maintained in tbe Philippines,
thus dispelliug Aguinaido's delusion
that tue anti imperialists can assist
him, will be performing a sacred duty
Such a resolution would save the
lives of many American soldiers and
thousands of deluded Filipinos, would
avert famine, suffering and desola?
tion from these islands and would
render ?luoecessary the expenditure
of hundreds cf millions of dollars "
Tbe people of Cotta Rato, on the
southwestern coast of tbe island of
Mindanao desire the establishment of
American government there and have
addressed a petition to Geo Otis
asking him to send troops.
In relating how they bad appealed
to the Dato to protect them sgainst
the attempts of Aguinaido's officials
to collect excessive taxes, they say in
the petition that tbe Dato, "having
compassion for our suffering and in
the interest of peace' pubiicly be?
headed half a dozen of these officials.
No Intention to Obstruct tbe
City's Street.
General Counsel J. T. Barron of the
Atlaotio Coast Line says that there is
oo disposition on the part of bis road to
interfere with tbe Seaboard Air Lioe
aystem ; on tbe contrary, he says, there
has never beeo a clash between the two
eyttems and tbe trouble about the side
track meotiooed io Tbe State of yester?
day has oo significance
He says when tbe Seaboard wished
to cross the Atlaotio Coast L ne at
Cberaw oo laod owned by the Atlantic
Coast Lioe, bis people told the new
oomers that they could buy their right
of way at the same price they paid for
adjoiotog lands. Tbeb as to toe cross?
ing the Atlaotio Coast Lioo presented
to tbe Seaboard identically tbe same
contract for signature as tbe Setboard
had required of the Atlaotio Coast
Lioe where the two lines cross io North
Carolioa. Oae paragraph of this con?
tract the Seaboard refused to accede to.
The Atlantic Coast Lioo insisted aod
the next thing they Knew the Seaboard
had laid tbe crossing io the night time.
The Atlantic Coast Line, Mr Huron
says, has bad nothing more to say
about tbe cootract and has given tbe
Seaboard no trouble.?Tbe State, Nov.
19
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Tar and Feathers in Ohio.
Bellfoutein, 0 , Nov 19 ?There
was a sequel to the West Liberty
whitecapping early this morning
when a mob from that place tore
down the livery barn of Edward
Jackson and turned tbe horses loose
Jackson was one of the trio, con
sisting of two colored men and a
white woman, Jackson's daugbter
ln law, who were taken from the jail
at West Liberty early Saturday
noniing by a mob and tarred and
. Mhered and run out of town. The
trio came to this city, where Neil
Jackson, who was sevely beaten, is
in a critical condition, the result of
internal injuries Jackson is nearly
blind from vitroil thrown io his eyes.
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Washington, Nov. 20 ?foe indus?
trial commission bas received from Mr.
Andrew Carnegie a promise to appear
before the commission io December
aod give his testimony upon tbe cut),
jeot of trusts. Mr Carnegie's teati
mooy will be tbe last taken upon the
subjeot preparatory to the preliminary
report opoo frosts, which will be made
to ooogress early io January Hoo
John Wannamaker is expeoted to tes?
tify before the commission oesr week
opoo tbe question of combination
stores.
The attorneys for Admiral Dewey
and the officers and saiiors of bis fleet
filed in the court of claims Saturday a
supplementary argument in support of
tbeir olaim for prize money to the
amount of $382,800 Io order to
seouro priie money Admiral DsfJtf
and his meo must prove that the enemy
was superior in streogrh, and io make
out a oasc they 'enumerated in the
foroes opposed to then at the battle of
Manila all tho nuns and garrisons at
Corregidor, Manila and Cavtre, "which
tired upon our (?hips continuously our
itig the engagement," Baft Admiral
iK'wey io Iii? leatitnooy, "and in my
opinion the enemy's force was uoqoee
lionably superior to our own '*
Combination Arcbareoa, Ciockinols ?* d
Crtrrom boards?tweotj names mny tsplajel
oo each board?for 8ak by H G. Odleen k
Oo.
The Bubonic Plague
at New York's Gate.
THE CAPTAIN AND COOK
OF A SHIP ILL
New York, Nov. 19.?The steamer
J. W Taylor, which arrived yesterday
from Santos, Brazil, with tbe eaptaio
and cook ill wit'i pu?pecred bubonic
plague, has been disinfected as far as
possible without discharging cargo.
The cabins, forecastles, decks and
engineers' departmeot have teen
cleansed and thoroughly disinfected.
The erew have been bathed and their
clothes and effeots have bceo subjected
to steam The patieo's are at Swin
burn: inland, and there is no change in
their con tition. Deputy Health Officer
Saoborn says tbe orcw will be kept on
board the steamer uotil tomorrow,
when the agents will supply a new
crew. Tbe crew will be removed to
Hoffman island and detained for observ?
ation for ten days There has bp- z
no further development among the
After tbe removal of tbe orew the
cargo, ooffee in sacks, will be discharg?
ed into lighters. The sacke will be
emptied into other receptacles and then
subjected to steam disinfection on
board of the James W. Wadswortb.
After tbe discharge of cargo tbe holds
of the steamer will be disinfected Dr.
Fitzpatriok, the baotenologioal expert
of the quariotioe, is makiog cultures
of matter taken from tbe patients
Tbe results cf bis examinations will
determine the question ot tbe discharge
of the cargo
Dr. Herman M Biggs, baoteriologist
of the health department, give out the
following statement today regarding
Dr. Parks'examination of tbe suppos?
ed bubonic piagne patieuts :
"The bacteriological examinations
thus far made by Dr Park show
apparently tbat the contents of the
broken down hobos do ctt oontbin any
living germs. It is possible, however,
that some may develop in the cultures.
Microscopical examination of the pus
are also rather negative. These nega?
tive results are such as might be ex*
pected in tbe plague at the stage of the
disease presented in these men and
would be very unusual in other condi?
tions Tbey therefore afford some con?
firmatory evidecoe as to tbe existence
of the plague." , ,
Dr. Biggs said he had little doubt
tbat the two patients supposed to have
the disease are now almost well. The
bacteriological examinations will be
eontioued so long as the patients of
the iofeeted ship present the opportu
nity. This is the first time tbe physi?
cians of this otty have had an oppor
nity to study the disease directly. Up
to this lime tbey have depended upon
foreign medical reports, which are not
always authentic.
Health Commissioner Cosby said that
he had no doubt the ship couid be
thoroughly disinfected But even so,
it would not be permitted to oome to
the city
In forbidding the docking of the sbip^
or her approach to any wharf, the au?
thorities have been actuated by tbe fear
tbat tbo rats which iofest the ves?
sel wii! get ashore and carry tbe germs,
if the disease droves to be tbe bubomio
plague, with them Fxperience with
the bubomio plague in foreign countries
show that tbe rat is a potent factor iu
tbe the spread of tbe disease, it beiog
affected by tbe bub Die beoillcs in a
similar manner to man. in Nothoagle's
laboratory ia Vienna several years ago
one of the assistants developed the
plague from contamination with a rat
into which he had inoculated tbe dis?
ease
Tbe health authorities have not yet
decided upon tbe mode of disinfeotioo
that shall be employed to rid the vessel
of the vermin, but the disinfection,
whatever form it may assume, will be
ot' tbe most through character.
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