Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1897, Page 1

~ THE EVENING STAR. Se eee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, V1C1 Fenzsylvania Avenue, Cor. a St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Com Ss. H. KaUrrMAann, Ereste Kew York Odice, 49 Po:ta: Building. The Exoning Star fx served to sul eity by errri ibers fa the By matl—anyw Usited States or Cenada—postage month. P Saterday Quintapte Star, §1 per sear, with nm postage added. $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C.. ¢ @s secend-class mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions m Rates of advertising made kn be paid tn advance. ‘non application. Che £vening Save. No. 13,898. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1897—TWELVE PAGES. | TWO CENTS. KEEPING OUT OF IT President McKinley Not Interfering in New York Politics. DISTRIBUTION OF RE OFFICES Action of the Democratic State Committee. EFFECT ON THE SILVER MEN Soe See The attempt to make it appear that President McKinley is taking a hand in New York politics is without warrant. ‘Two or three conflicting stories have been Published with respect to Senator Piatt’s i mt. On the one hand is said that Mr. McKinley is going to favor Mr. Low for mayor of Greater New York, and on the other hand it is asserted that he is going to assist Mr. Platt in ap- position to Mr. Low. The fact is that neither statement is warranted. It is un- derstood that the President has a high re- rd for Mr. Low personally and regards aS a repubii ut he has no interest He regards as one to be his in advancing his the question of ca ates seitled by the regular republican organi- zation in such manner as may by that or- zation be deemed best, and hopes for a nm victory. It is under- th. which could be cons rued into an interference in the matter. the distribution of the New ge is concerned, the recom- of Mr. Platt and the rest of ew York republicans in Congress, as mendations the selectiors will have no bearing upon tion over the election of of Greater New York. The app are to be made enly and the slate . long si out and agreed upen betwe and Mr. Bliss. the appointme as postm favored by Dt been made Mr. Platt seitied too reference to the con- lopment in the mat- . Platt to has ointments, whic gratified as io offices wh eceupatts of t will be Act The action of the demoer mittee in New Y last letter from Nat sanctioning the Platform by the je confusion national in the lealers. yan and i ct that he he New affirm the ¢ platform, leads to the nce that, d the other day close touch w not think it tate ¢ believed assurance that such ould be ma. ced to take platform. a with respec umption that rot to be his purpese to} Potitical ma ut the uation for th tinence this sort of treatme York 2ase may have on Ohio, where the i ment of the Chicago platforn ed upon, and upon t party—the populis eans—who are interes the dernocr enly sc far as it is committed to The dodge of the que: in coavention in Maryland left in the mouths of the extre and this action in New York ken the efforts of ihe siiver ans in Ohio, where they are no hard a fight for the demoer: w ho A Medal-of Henor Awarded to Rich- ard Conner. The President has awarded a medal of r to Mr. Ri d Conner ef 1139 South 4th street, Camden, N. J. At Bull Run, Va. August Jersey Ve 186 ate the Gth Regiment of New in which this soldier was a private, was forced back from an ad- vanced pesition by the enemy's attack In the retreat the regimental colors bi came ied i ruction, were ind, and their s imminent. e from both sides, Mr. , with one nion and without orders, made his way back to the sbandoned flag, secured it { returned to the regiment, his com- a being killed. Conner was promoted color sergeant, and was severcly wounded in battle. ee NTIAL APPOINTMENTS. D. N. Cooper, United ates Marshal for Northern Alabama. PRESID: The President today appointed D. N. er United States marshal for the vertherr. district of Alabama; Abraham L. Laws, the deputy auditor for the Post Of- fice Department; Patrick J. Miniter, assay- er in charge of the United States aseay iice at Deadwocd, 8. D. SS Late Army Orders, - J. D. Horne, 9th Cavalry, aas relieved from duty at Fort DuCh h, and ordered to join his troop. The following transfers have been made in the Mth Infantry: Capt. from Company K to Ce ‘apt. R. W. Hoyt, from Company I to Company E; Capt. G. LeR. Brown, from Company E to Company K, and Capt. R. J. C. Irvine, from Company C to Company I. ———-e-—___ Assistant Secretary Howell Thanked. The Treasury Department has received notice that the merchants and manufac- turers’ board of trade of New York hes unanimously extended the thanks of the board to Assistant Secretary Howell of the Treasury Department for his hearty co- operation in its efforts to have the per- sonal baggage law efficiently executed. —————_-+e-—____ Fourth-Class Virginia Postmasters. Fourth-class postmasters have been ap- pointed as follows: Virginia—Lincoln, Loudoun county, C. G. Davis; Oma, Culpeper county, P. H. Jack- son. afterward | ment ai MIXED-UP SITUATION AT THE WHITE HOUSE | The Maryland Campaign Has Elements of Doubt. Some Weakness in the State Ticket —The Independents and the Colored Vote. Maryland has about as interesting a po- litical situation as any in the country just now. and the republican state convention in Baltimore yesterday did not by <ny means tend to simplify the situation. Wel- lington, overthrown at Ocean City, had re- signed the chairmanship of the state cen- tral committee the Gay before, in a speech teeming with anger and predictions of re- publican defeat. The convention met, with the Wellington forces almost eliminated and, while the proceedings were apparently ‘monious, there was the underlying ques- tion in every one’s mind as to what Mr. Wellington and his immediate followers intended to do urder the circumstances. It annot be said, either, that the ticket nom- ed was rong as it might have been. Mr. Phil. Goldsbereugh’s nomination controller seems to meet with general isfaction, but there are murmurs loud and long against the nomination of Mr. Allan Rutherford as clerk of the court. Last year Maryland went republican by about 30,000 majority, which, under ordi- ary circumstances, would be deemed a afe margin to work on this year. Ho’ apparent that these are not c! reumstanees confronting either ty in the state. Mr. Gorman, the senior senator, is recognized even by his enemie: he has many, as one of the most acute agers in the country. Today he is mar: ling the democratic fore not me cne else, but to save his own po- not new a question with nan of electing some man governor arrying the state for a presideni ate, but it is an earnest strug: nting the republican party, and of | Prevent his long and brilliant career from will be regarded and the the “g in a humiliating personal def is personal interest of Mr. Gorman in th gn must not be left out of the count in the cam- Two Elements. On the other hand a large body of inde- pendent democratic voters, split off from regular democracy two years ago with the avowed purpese of disciplining Mr. Gorman fer his nomination of Mr. Hurst fer governor. Last year this same body of stocd again with the republican atform ef sou m. This e with this body of 1 out with the n of b's seat in the d money and nimseif, it Will falter a lesson by cither stayi polls or even voting the Bear on Eack Other. The main issues in this fight are, course, the legislature and the muni control of Baltimore city. The state however, has a % on the situ: rong beart tion, and, in fact, each of the three «r of ons influences in a large degree both cf th In Baltimore the muni tive tickets will eithe fali pected her while the attacks th » made on Mr. Alian Ruther- a couple of w Je dewn so th tion can be made. CHIEF CLERK METCALF PROMOTED. Will He the Superintendent of the Moncey Order Burenu. Edward M. Gadscen, superintendent of the money crder systein of the Post Office Department, and James T. Metealf, chief clerk of the same bureau, have exchanged places by erder of the Pestmaster Ge ‘The place of superintendent pays $ that of chief clerk $2,000. This change is in line with the reorganization of the maney order system, which is being gi careful attention by Assistant Postmuster General Heath. Other changes in the re- ergenization cf the meney order burcau will probably be anncunced in the near fu- ture, together with some minor chan: the system. On the whole the money order stem of the Post Offiee Department is re- as satisfactory, but the fac’ that a number of gress irregularities have been discovered has led the first assistant post- master general to make a careful examina- tion of the system with a view to introduc- ing checks en the work of money order officers by which it is hoped to prevent any misappropriation of the funds of the gov- ernment in the future. eral. ) and Treasury Department Changes. By direction of the President, Secretary Gage has accepted the resignation of Theo- dore S. Wilkmson, collector of customs at New Orleans, to take effect on the appoint- nd qualification of his successor. Secretary Gage has dispensed with the services of Thomas E. Jackson, inspector of customs'at Mullet Key quarantine sta- tion, Fla., for the reason that they were considered no longer necessary. Seeretary Gage has made the following appointments to places under the Treasury Department. Walter L. Turner, inspector at Newport News, Va.; Henry Bloomfield, hosplial attendant at New York; W. S. Powell, W. E. Clark and J. M. Kelty, la- borers at Portland, Oreg.; Jas. L. Jenkin- son, temporary engineer at custom house, Newark, N. 5.; Lewis C. Rodgers, hospital attendant at St. Louis, and Robert Tupper, same at Boston. Jo Pensions Recently Granted. Pens‘ons have been granted as follows: Maryland—Henry Broadwater, Havre de Grace, Harford; Marietta Addison, Balti- more. “ Virginia—Channing Jones, Norfolk; Os- car M. Mallory, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Richard Webb, National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; John Poole, National Sold‘ers’ Home, Elizabeth City. ae Military Cadets Appointments. Appointments as cadets at the United States Military Academy have been fesued to the following: George F. Rozelle, jr., of Little Rock, Ark., with Artemas F.. Wolfe of Parts, Ark., as alternate; Roscoe -C. Shawnee, Oklahom: G Ballard of Fullen, W. Va. (alternate); Samuel L.-Con- ner of Wilmington, Del. (alternate). Government Receipts, Goverrment rcceipts—From internal rev- enve, $161,801; customs, $240,322; miscel- laveous, $14,543. Two Hundred Politicians at Least Failed to See the President. HE 18 BUSY FROM EARLY MORNING Long Conference With Assistant Secretary Day. NEW YORK MAYORALTY ee At least two hundred politicians of high and low degree walked away from the White House th!s afternoon without hav- ing seen the President or having had a chance to communicate with him in any way. Had these men been members of Congress, cf the cabinet or important ad- min'stration officials they might have suc- ceeded. Mest of them will probably go over the same road for ays. The President was busy from early morn- ing. A great part of his time was given to a conference with Assistant Secretary of State Day. The conference was not fi ished at the lunch hour, and Judge Day lunched with the President. It is believed the major business of the conference re- lated to consular appointments. The President had no opportunity to talk over consular matters with Judge Da while he was away, end he has now decid- ed to go over some of the papers with a view to making out a batch of appoint- ments. Mr. Hiixs and New York’s Mayoralt Secretary Bliss was the first visitor impertance at the White Hovse. A half heur after he left Senator Platt of New York saw the President. It is learncd beyond all question today that all the newspaper talk about Secretary Bliss be- ecming the regular republican nominee for muyor of New York is mere gossip. Nei er Senator Platt nor anybody eise is no pressing Secretary Bliss to accept the re- pubiican nomination. Presid: McKin- ley has not asked him to do so and Senator Platt did not ask him to do so yesterday. Thre2 months ago there was a combined cffort by the regulars independents of New York to have Secretary Bliss take the n-mination. Had he done so Seth Lew would not have been nomina the republicans would have p i front to 1 clined then and has repeated t ticn every time the mat 1 to him ago to take tioned the to Union three months ago. 1 letter from the of Nev T ed on Mr. the surge done so on all oce Not Particip Regarding the statement that Secre BI Platt and other the Preside: since. S was present yesterday wh New Yorkers were known tha ig Tuesday Sesre- to finish all his work nd made an y Bliss was th the Pre ment fer 1 Bliss kas oc made he President's 7 Yor He with them and th ing in the ¢ 2 room of the assistant 3 ing there until Senator Pla Administration Will Stand a he the Alo stated that the ad- ministration will eld itself aloof from the f. It can be positivs fectional fight in the city of New York, and Secretary Bliss, who is, of course, incre deeply interested In the outcome than any other member of the cabinet, will make no statement, either public or pri- vate, which can be construed ‘as favorable to one side or the other. The New York offices which Senator Platt has been talking to the President about were practically filled months ago, before Mr. Low was nominated, and the appointment of Platt men now will be no slap at the independents Senator Platt left for New York at noon today, and said he called to say good-bye to speak about the Brocklyn post of- fige. The senator said that in his hurry he {crgot to bring up. the Brooklyn. office. The! an intimation today that after all Senator Platt may not bes favor of Representative W master. Repr2sentatives Low and Hurley of Brooklyn saw the President during the isorning, but they would not talk about the Brooklyn ofiice. Maryland Candidates Presented. The fight for Maryland offices was open- ed before the President today. Represen- tative Baker of that state had a confer- ence with the President about the collector- ship of internal revenue and the surveyor- ship of the port of Baltimore. Mr. Baker Saw the President to speak for himself,and his colleagues—Representatives McDonaid, Barber and McIntyre—in bebalf of B. F. Parlett for collector and John B. Hanna for surveyor. The President received Mr. Baker cordially and said that he intended to take up the Maryland offices as eariy as he could do so. Mr. Baker does not believe the story that Postmaster General Gary has withdrawn his support of Mr. Parlett for collector. Of the work of yesterday's state conven- tion Representative Baker said: “I think the werk of the convention is entirely satisfactory to the mass of the party. Re- publican prospects in Marylend this year are good despite all talk to the contrary.” Appoiniment of Gen. Longstreet. Georgia republicans here say that it is pretty well settled that Gen. Longstreet vill be appointed railroad commissioner to succeed Gen. Hampton some time next mcnth; at any rate, by the Ist of Novem- ber. It is said that Gen. Hampton is en- gaged in the preparation of his annval re- port. This must be submitted to Secre- tary Bliss by the Ist of November. It may be done before. It is not desired, it is thought, to disturb Gen. Hampton Wil he finishes his report. Sie National Committeeman Long and the {cllowing Florida republicans saw the President: H. J. Ritchie, E. E. Skipper, Capt. Welsh, C. E. Spencer, Bishop Grant, Capt. McCormick, E. R. Gandy. National Committeeman Long has indorsed W. H. Lucas for postmaster at Jacksonville. Secretary of War Alger and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the navy talked with the President about matters in their departments. sr Representatives Skinnér of North Caro- va, Cramp of Michigan and Butler of Pennsyl had conferences with the chief executive. z ‘When the President Goes Away, ‘The President had~not decided today . when he would leave the city. It is possi- | ble that he will not go at ail. His inten- j ticn, however, 1s to go early next week if | he concludes he can leave his work. This is the only thing now standing in his way. The President is feeling zll right, but would be glad to get away for a few more weeks. Mrs. McKinley is enjoying the Pleasant weather. She, has resumed her mcrning rides. This morning, on her re- turn to the White Houge, she found a large number of visitors standing around eager to receive the pleasant smile which she in- vertably bestows uponfall. 1 It is said that the President has decided to appoint Seymour Price receiver of the land office at Oxlahoma City, Oklahoma. Sam J. Randall, jr., of-Philadelphia, who wants a good positio® in the Philadelphia mint, has been at the White House to see whst his status is. | NEGRO POSTMASTER SHOT Isaac H. Loftin of Hogansville, Georgia, Dying of His Wounds, Secret Meeting Held at Which It Was Resolved to Kill All Negro Officer: Special Dispatch to The Even<ng Star. ATLANTA, Ga., September 16.—This morning the first callers at the house of Isaac H. Loftin, a negro politician, at Hogensviile, Ga., found him tying on the Hoor shet in a dozen places, but still with a Iittle life left in him: He was unable to teil who did the shoot- ing, but there is plenty of evidence to show that the affair will attract the attention of the federal authoritieS. It was reported some time back that President Mci<in Proposed to appoint Loftin postmas: ot Hogansville, and the white residents made the biggest kind of a kick. It did nét doa bit ef good, however, and Loftin got the Job, assuming office at once. ‘The feeling toward him has been very bitter in scme quarters, and it aid that a secret meciing was held and the resolution formally presented and passed to. kill Loftin at once and to kill his successor if President MeKinley should name a negro. | It is also said that the same fate wiil be meted out to any colored revenue oilicer belonging to the staff of the negro Rucker, who is now collector of cus' in ¢ sh v ‘The federal authorities at Au: been communicated with, and a represen’ tive of the sec service will be here | tonight. Loftip is still unable to aad Will probably die without telling what he OWS about the shooting. ——— E LOOKING FOR VICTIMS’ REMAINS. Galena, Hl., Greatly ported Murders GALENA IIL, Sept continued since Tues@ay at the a ft where a force of citizens ar for the bedies of the two g man ed to have been mure the § and their at at*Celumt cited Over Re- here, hy f rmur- rs were hedged in 0 to 5) pes r ding to saw the bodies of the v the shaft. — PLAYING GOLF IN THE RAIN. Semi-Fin. ton This Morning With Bod Weather. GOLFING GROUND: ember 16.—The s golf tournament heca at 10:30 o'clock, with rain fulling steadily. The gro soaked and the churces for brilli poor. The disagreeable ther diminished the number of only a few enthusiasts in mackin- Jer dripping umbrellas bray- WHEATON, L. L, mi-finals of the na- this morning The inter hem id Doug the outcome were va erratic work of th. has been most drawn against Betts, jor previous to the bez ng of the play was that the latter would not prove a very serious proposition for McDonald. . COSHOCTON MINES START UP. Strikers-in Massillon District in Con- ference With Operators. Spectal Dispatch to The Evenia: CLEVELAND, Ohio, September. 16.—The miners of the Coshocton district resumed work this morning at the rate offered by the operators, of G1 cen In the Ma: lon district proper there is a conference in progress this mornisg, which will in ail prebability settle the dificulties w a arose from the dead-work scale and car- limit question’ The miners’ executive board may be called upon to meet the op- erators’ committce. Matters may be so a! ranged that werk will be resumed on Mon- day next. Orders for Massil!on coal are being rece‘ved, but as they call for ship- ment at once they ot be accepted.” Four hundred Midvale miners resumed werk in the Massillon district yesterday. i¥ere the price of coal is dropping again. w West Virginia operators ters here announce a dec! this, morning. i h headquar- sme Of 50 cents ——_ > GORMAN AT HEADQUARTERS, Maryland Senator’May Take Personal Charge of Campaign. Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 16.—Sena- tor Gorman spent’ the ‘forenoon today at the democratic state headquarters, in con- ference with Carian ‘andiver and a number of city and@-county leaders, who appeared as soon a§ they learned of his presence, The senator told ape Star correspondent that he expected to ¥istt the headquarters at short intervals throughout the cam- Paign,-and his rematks indfcated his inten- tion of personally .superinténding the fight. -The democratic lea@ers @re confident ot success. The split if the fepublican party was discussed at length today, and the dis- comfiture of Weliin, the late city machine afforded the democrats the live- liest satisfaction, - —— Fortune for Daniel Goodman. PHILADELPHIA,/Pa., September 16.— Daniel.Goddman, an employe of the Phoe- joenixville, has .just nix Iron’ Works of RUN OUT BY WOMEN Mob of 250 Amazons Invade the Mines at Hazleton. FORCE THE MENTO QUIT WORK They Were Armed With Clubs and All Sorts of Weapons. STRIKE IS NOW GENERAL HAZLETON, Pa., ‘September 16.—Two Lvndred and fifty women made more trou- ble this morning than the ten thousard siriking miners have caused since last Fri- day’s shooting. They were the foreign women of the Mc. Adoo and Audenried district. Armed w clubs, rolling pins, pokers and any weapon they couid find, they invaded the wee cries, which have hitherto been working, and forced the men, about three hundred in number, to quit work. As the men were husbands, sons or brothers of the wom: in most instances, they made no resistance, although this fs the first successful move- trent to get them out. In every other part of the region quiet prevailed. The strike may now be said to be general, as there is not a colliery of importance in. cperation. Will Re Calvin Pardc ie Strikers’ Demands. of C. Pardee & Co., who orerate the Lattimer Nos. 1 and nd the Harweed collieries, and who employ 2,500 men, arrived ia Hazleton night. He the only operator found who ex- pressed a willingy discuss the situa- tie ‘At Harwood our work cer ground, and v been ¢ is almost all un- > have for twent: Se nae at lide with t t th in so far as m I have and I bh Will not go getting, y from thet s I stand in the ‘'S and their er 1 until it row and that thc rly treat In 50 per e hout ev PRISON-MADE ODS PROHIBITED. Recent Act Af- porters, September 16 mber of commerce ion from Consul senting Great port, notifying the shippers ate of a ne Jed to the e and prohibitive impertation 1 British Porliame fects Catitornt FRANCISCO, Cal. Fr isco ¢ a communi Warburten, rr The has ree General Cffect prot foreign port have been s of the unites At are manufactered i Quentin by con If it be eal shiop ed to buy bags elsewhere. Se INDIANS A'P FISH FE ST. Cherokees Gathering " for Their An- al Festival on Hlinois River. SILOAM SPRINGS, Ark., September 16.— Indians from ali parts of the Cheroke2 strip have becn gathering for several days en the Illinois river at a point eight miles seuthwest ef here for their annual fish poisoning. Each Indian brings a bushel of buckeye roots, ich, after pulverizing, they put in gunnysacks and place in the river. A juice is formed by the water Washed through the roots, which kills or intoxicates thousands of fish fer miles below, after which they are easily taken with gigs, spears and by hand, being thrown into canoes and then taken by the squaws, cleaned and cocked. The feast lasts es long as the fish hold cut, and the Indians make merry with their queer games and plays, which are always witiessed by large crowds of white citizens. a APPEAL TO THE CZAR. Wil Re Asked to Protect His Citizens in America. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 16—At a meeting her of District Aesembly No. 47, K. of L., a committee was appointed to @raw up resolutions on the shooting of miners at Hazleton, Pa. A plan to send @ petition to the Czar of Russia asking him to afford protection to Russian citizens in the mining regions in. the interests of humanity was taken up and discussed. The czar ts to be appealed to td protect thcse of his former subjects who are in peril from armed deputies. as ae BIG EXPORTS OF WHEAT. Crop on Pacific Const Being Pushed. Rapidly to Market. AQUEDUCT BRIDGE CASE! Hearing Resumed of Alleged Trespass by Great Falls Railway. Policeman Houscl Testifies to the Sidewalk Having Been Displaccd— Decision Expected Tuesday. Hearing was continued this afternoon in the Police Court before Judge Milis of the Aqueduct bridge case, in which it is charged that Charles Smith, “on the Sth day of September, on the Aqueduct bridg», did then and there break, injure and de- stroy the footwalk of said bridge, the same being public property, without consent of the Commissioners of the District of ¢ lumbia, having control of id proper ecntrary to and in vi tion of an ct cf Ccngress, entitled, ‘An act for the preser- vation of the public peace and the pro- ction of property within the District of Pugh con- e of the District, Attorr ed the defendant, Smita, present in the in- and Attorney Birne terests of the W. Gi Falis Without of witnesse having be The first w: s fied that on the night in que found that forty-two feet six incnes of the bourd- walk of the Aqueduct bridge had been raised and dislocated. Colloguy Between Counse! “That is the e: of the District,” stated Assistant District Attorney Pugh at th point, the deferse admit possessed no permit to work on the “We do not admit it?” Lipscomb. “I mean from the District Comm! replied Attorney sion- answered Mr. strict Commissione Lips- s are almighty. “They are in Pugh. “t doubt it,” comb. Major Jasper this case,” Mr. remarked presen eneral of the apers which €3 granted the owlk fon at the War ad io cross the b Arlington to ¢ y, Judge contention that the case dance wi action to be ol , the brought n act n comm and Mr. 1 to appl. is procee uder suppo: a crime, wa. is a er to be decide: not a crim- , court. urt ruled that the ly to such « his jon, the ccntroi the Aqueduct bridg. be would render a deci the to ion autho: cn ty —— Personzl Mention, L. B. Shepherd, United States commis- sioner to St. Michael's, Alas has arrived at his pest. He left here July 22, and until y fay the Interior Department had not heard from him. First Assistant Secretary Ryan of the In- tericr Department has left to be ab month. He will nd mest of the t his home in Kansas. Dr. Eligio A. Brunet and his r, Miss Eloisa Brunet, sailed from Cienfuezos on amship Niagera September 7, bound ew York. John M. Biddle, who has bee nville for several mon: char; the State Department exhibit at the Ter ce nnial exposition, resumed his duties at the State Department this n ing. Geo. registered at the War Department. Capt. C. D. Sigsbee, commanding the bat- Ue ship Maine, is at 1682 Riggs str. on leave of absence. First. Assistant Ryan has left for Secretary of Interior @ month’s absence, the The Evening Star is the only afterncon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. NEW CASE OF FEVER ee There Are Now Nineteen Cases at New Orleans, ANOTHER DEATH AT BILOXI Surgeons Will Hold an Autopsy on the Case Today. JACKSON ALMOSr DESERTED easily oeaaians o'clock today the board of health offic declared the suspicicus Andrew street between ase of fever on St. mp and Che yellow fever. It has been under o! a tion fer several days, The patient is a butcher. This makes a total of nineteen © to date. A telegram from B that an Italian has died in th of that city, appa of ye An autopsy will be held, and ysicians now in Biloxi be invited to be present to de- termine character of the sickness from which man died, There i: no doubt ia the minds of any of the local physicians that the eighieen local causes repo > e © yellow fever. It is not maltgnant now tu has hed time cnough to breed here, and it it is stamped out now, there is no reason to be- lieve that it will reappear next year. Will Not Agect the FB Some inquiry has been made as to whoth- er the present scare will have the effect of interfering with the winter race meectiig. Otficials of the club say they are gomg right whead with the ons for ih and that the exis of a few © w fever here will not change rrangemen They feel that thre #e wbsolutely no danger of fever exi when the date of the arri ses, 1.ocal cotton men are warmly op orat- ing with the autherities in tb ffert to disease, in the » that no ay diverted fre the q r country, rrie reours , nertaal again. TP Ss are prepari everal infected he a copy of this m to the hospit Lic Is have pted the s and will fine and ho in these times of tion to untoun alarming the have iowns 3 for the may hospital ser- t han- town An disinfect m tion at entirely ny 16.—No more px the city, for two rcasons— few left here, and none of on account of the rigid quaran around the town. Bus: is dead, c town hay- gotten rid of tho: itable persor the number of several thousand) the s of those rem “sponse reosed should cur, and are, therefore a afield, le- the Associa aa here are eight cases of yellow fever town, Unee country Neo deaths. All patients Going well. EAR IT WAS YELLOW JACK. Amxicty at Boston Over Death of ranklin Storey Conn POSTON, 16.—The Globe teday says: nas been a good deal of anxiety during the past few days in this city among the cfficials of the city beard of health of the Massachusetts General Hospital because of the deat of Frankiin Storey Conant, a student of Wellesley Hills, at the hospital last Mon- first part of which will be spent New E York state and the latter in Kansas. ‘This | day aftcrnoon. : is Mr. Ryan's first absence from otticial | There has also been not a little excite- cuties since he took charge April last. ment out in Wellesley Hills because of Civil Service Commissioner, Procter, wit! | ihe cath of the young man, and the return here next week. Commissioner | 1” = t ‘i Rice is in New York, where he has been | Wellesley board of health has on _ called by the illness of some members of | the house and Mr. Conant's belongires, his family, and is expected back daily. Surgeon H. W. Austin, United States marine hospital service, who is pleasantiy remembered in Washington, where he was stationed a few years ago, is at the Shore- ham. He will be on duty at the marine hespital bureau during the yellew fever epidemic. Seeretary Grz<’s Departure. Scerctary and Mrs. Gage left here this morning for a visit to Chicago. This is the first vacation the Secretary of the Treasury has taken this summer, and he thinks he is entitled to a short breathing spell. He has accepted an invitation to make 2n address at Peoria, Ill., October 8, on the occasion of the dedication of the Bradiey Polytechnic Institute. He and Mrs. Gage will return to this city October 19. During the Secretary’s absence As- sistant Secretary Spaulding will act as secretary of the treasury. ——__e-—____ Fature of the Pinta. The naval authorities are considering the question whether it is better to expend $00- 000 for the repair of the old gunboat Pinta or to put her up for sale to the highest bidder. The Pinta has been stationed in Which had been sert there from the steamer Belvidere, which arrived Sanday afternoon from Jamaica, and on board of which Conant was a passenger from Port Anton'o. The Wellesley authorities took precautions that would ordinarily be taken in the case of a death from yellow fever, and so did the authorities,at the Massa- chusetts General Hospital. < After an autopsy had been held the body wes placed in a sealed casket. Some of the organs of the body were retained, how- ever, for further examination. Mr. Conant was a student at Johns Hop- kins University. The university maintains a biological ‘station on the Island of Jamaica, and cach summer an expedition is sent from the university to the island. The expedition which started early last June was in charge of Prof. Humphreys, who ded on the island. Conant was ill when the Belvidere ar- rived, but he was allowed to land. It w: not until a few hours before death that the suspicions of the hospital authorities were aroused. Conant’s boiy began to turn yellow. This is a symptom of certain forms of malaria. Dr. Samue! H. Durgia, chairman of the board of health, says an autopsy was held on Conant’s body, but that no evidence of