The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1897, Page 1

W . v LUME LXXXIL—-NO. 313, SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1897. X PR LADES AND ONE DEATH Report Made by the New Orleans Board of Health. ITALIAN QUARTER Al MENACE. A Goat That Sieeps Nightly With the Family It Be- longs to. GENERAL CLEANING DAY IS SUGGESTED. But the Sanitary Authorities Are Fearful of Adding Fuel to the Flames. NEW ORLE La, local fever situation has change since yesterday. night the record bo i the Board of Health office showed a total of six new cases and one death. Tha official bulletin to be issued to-n wever, will s ept. 19.—The ndergone little At 6 o'clock to- two deaths—that of the woman Banta Graffiato, who in the hospital last night, not been included in the i in, although reported in the Associated P. dispatches. This is the record: Deaths—Joseph G , an Italian, Urquhart stry ew cas ). e first two cases are in the extreme upper portion of the city, one is in the Fourth District one is in the St. Claude- sireet house, where the original six cases re reported, and oue is in the Williams house, where two cases already existed. There are thrze cases under investieation, and the health authorities to-night still view the situation with some compla- Metz, city chemist, on ihe condition of the Italian quarter, ved the beard to prompt scceptance day of the offer to the city of the Marine Hospital as a refuge. Dr. Metz found as man sixty people huadied together in the Italian quarter living in squalor and filth. In one of the rooms a goat was found sieeping nightly with the family that owned it. The woman to was taken from this quarter, and the board realized that unless something was done at once the block in which the woman had lived was likely socn to be- come a plague spot. It was therefore decided to thoroughly disinfect the entire square, and to remove as s001 as possible most of the families to the old Marine Hospital. The hundred squatters who now oc- cupy the latter buildin: will be given quarters in one of the schoo!houses in the nd the Marine Hospital build- ill be permanently used as a refuge stamped out for tte an quarters and those digent sick throughout the city. eon Bloom had a conference with at Oliphant to-day, relative to es- tablishing indigent yal- low fe be removed. Tuere pecple in the Charity Hospital, and is considered nighly dangerous to rec yellow fever It is saia that the hospital is ready to go to any expense to provide 2 supplementary hospital. The board submitted an offer of the free use of the old smallpox detention camp, which is entirely disconnected from the smallpox hospital, and it seems likely that the offer will be accepted, and that ail vellow fever patients who for various reasous cannot be treated at home will be sent to Dr. Beard’s place. Thereare now two patients suffering with yellow fever in the Charity Hospital and their presence, although they occupy I:olated apartments, is deemed a serious menace fo other patients. Atalargely attended meeting of bankers, business men, ministers and representa- tives of labor organizations it was re- solved to ask the Board «f Health to con- gider the advisability of adopting next Tuesday as a gencral cleaning day. Acting Mayor Brittain and President Oliphant to-day replied to the suzgestion strongly deprecating it. They wrote that it would be inadvisable and inexpedient to determine oa a fixed day for cleanirg purposes, as such a movement wou!d canse an accumulation of filth and trash which could not bz removed at once, and by the stirring up of miasma woul! further en- danger the health of the city instead of improving it. It was suggested, there- fore, that each inaividual inbabitant of the city proceed without delay to the cieaning of his own premises, to the dis- infecting of his water-closets, alleys, yards, etc., and the destruction of all de- caving matter by fire. The detention camp at Fontainebleau was to-day declared to have been prac- tically completed and to be ready for the reception of guests. A special train to-day went to Biloxi and Ocean Springs and from there carried abi ut forty people to the camp. To-mor- row the camp will be thrown open to all comars. Those who are notimmunes will have to stay in the camp ten days, accord- ing to the rules laid down by Surgeon Murray, these rules being simply the Fed- eral law, which the surgeon, as the com- mander of the camp, 1s bound to enforce. There were no new cases reported at Ocean Springs up tonoon, but the weather is heavy and suitry, and one of the patients is nov expected to live. She is Miss Laura Atkins, Charles Zeigler, son of prominent New Orleans people, was among those stricken vesterday at Ocean Springs, but his con- ht i | night, making only | since the above report was issued. o PRICE FIVE CENTS. il ¥ ¥ i) The Scene of Desolation and Woz Among Which the Ousted Supervisors Camped Yesterday in Their Contempt of Law. dition is not yet considered serious. When | the fever had been declared epidemic and yellow he closed himself up in his house | and did not come forth except to go to the | detention camp as soon as it was ready. Isolation, however, did not prevent the germs from entering his home. The work of the New Orieans sanitary forces continued unabated to-day, and the officers empioyed themselves in hunt- ing up many old rookeries where people are closeiy crowded in iil ventilated | rooms and where they live in filth. Many | of these places were subjected to complete | disinfection and cleaning. The weather | to-day has been warm and threatening. | The daily official bulletia of the Board | of Heaith says: During the twenty-four hours ending at | 6 o’clock P. M. Sunday there were six posi- tive cases of yellow fever, one suspicious case under investigation and three deaths. Total cases of yellow fever to date forty, deaths six. The majority of cases under treatment are reported as doing well. The | three deaths include tihe one reported last two, while on the other hand two cases have been found DR. WEMANS ADVICES. Reports of His Subordinates Yellow Fever District. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 19.—Com- | plete adyces were received to-day by | Surgeon-General Wyman of the Marine Hospital service ot the movements of his officials in the yellow fever district and of | the measures adopted to prevent the| spread of the disease, It is expected that | soon three detention-camps will be in | operation—that at Fontalnebleau, the | Mission, near Edwards, Jackson, Miss., and another at Mount Vernou barracks, Ala. Dr. Wyman thinks that the system of inspection is now pretty thoroughly or- ganized. Surgeon White at Camp Fontaine- bleau reports that he has admitted during the past six days thirteen persons, to-day for.y-1wo persons and some are expected from Mobile to-morrow. Four Scranton people were to-day discharged from the camp. The Tennessee State Board of Health | has ordered qaarantine (which includes | all persons and baggage) against the en- tire State of Mississippi. e gt THE 511UATION AT EDWARDS. in the Four New Cases, but So Deaths Are Re- ported. VICKSBURG (Miss.), Sept. 19.—The fever at Edwards shows but slight in- crease, and no deaths have occurred. Dr. Purnell reported four new cases to-day, as follows: Mrs. Dr. Ratliff, Frank Angell, John Ivy and Jesse Sharp (colored). Disinfection has commenced, and bed- ding is baing burned when it cannot be disinfected. Dr. Dunn, now at Ocean Springs, has been ordered to Edwards. Dr. Giddings is expected there to-night, as are also tents for tze camp of the refu- gees. The State Board tried to prevent Father Prendergast of this city, who has never had the fever, from going to Edwards, but he considered it his duty and the board gave way. The board has a repor: from Biloxi, showing thirty-six cases to date, besides six suspicious cases now on hand. No deaths are reported. S g 4 CAMP OF REFUGE. Thyee Hundred Tents and Mattresses for the Quarantined. JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 19.—Dr. S. H. Giddings of the, Marine Hospita! Service arrived here to-day on his way to Edwards to establish a camp of refuge. He has with him 300 tents and mattresses. Dr.J. S. Hunter, secretary of the State Board of Health, will arrive here to-morrow from Vicksburg to confer with Dr. Giddines, with a view to estaplishing a base of sup- plies and taking stringent measures to stamp out the yellow fever scourge. e b i Dy. Kells Keports From Seranton. OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss., Sept. 19,.—Dr. Kells wires Dr. Dunn from Scranton, re- poriing three new cases of mild fever, no deaths and all cases doing well. Surgeon Murray wentout to Fontaineblean deten- tion camp to-day. Forty-three persons entered the camp and seven went to Ocean Springs. No new cases have been reported &nd the sick are all doing well A refresh- ing shower fell to-day. SNOW o BLOCKS AL TRAILS Dame. Nature Interferes to End the Rush to Dawson. PILGRIMS MADE TO TURN BACK. Banks of White Bar the Pas- sages to the Yukon’s Headwaters. WEARY ARGONAUTS GIVE UP THEIR TASK. Each Returning Steamship Bears Scores of Unfortunates From Alaska. JUNEAU, Araska, Sept. 13 (via Seattle, ‘Wash., Sept. 19).—The first snowstorm of the season swept over the mountains last night, which is one indication that the same thing is likely to recur at any time or continue steadily. Smal! boats which arrived here to-day from Ska:uay Bay | report that the snow fell one and a half feet deep on Skaguay trail. This means that further progress cannot be made on that trail by the staggering thousands, and tha' the establishment of winter quarters must be begun quickly where not already under way. The slippery, sliding snow will render it almost impossible to | make any progress worth attempting, to say nothing of the drifts that pile up from the winds. This snowstorm may be said to stop further progressover both Dyea and Skaguay unless such an unprece- dented thing as a spell of dry, caim weather comes. It is considered a fortunate thing, too, that this paradoxically unfortunate storm bas occurred thus early. It will hold Yukoners now this side of either the Chil- coot and White Passes where they are, leaving tide-water and civilization much more easy of access “than if they were camped beyond oron the summit. Storms in past years have held venturesome gold- hunters on the summit of the Chilcoot two weeks, the driving snow, huriea by the wind, being too thick to see through. Deaths have occurred there under these circumstances. Already the indications begin to bear out the statement made in these dis- patches four weeks ago that the trails to Kiondike would be marked by collapsed tents, blasted hopes and the skeletons of the unwary and venturesome. Scores are continuing to leave Skaguay as fast as they can get away. The hotels bere are nearly full. Every vessel that zoes south carries a large list for Puget Sound. Maany will yet try to get over the pass at the risk of their lives. ambling-houses and saloons are stili oven 1o the last notch and running night and day at Skaguay. Scoresof Argonauts have been fleeced by liquor and the odds of chance and many are penniless, with- out either outfits or money. There will be stowaways aboard the boats to the sound after a few more trips. The au- thorities of Alaska have not stopped the flow of liquor, as they signified their in- tention to do four weeks ago, all other dis- patches to the contrary notwithstandine. | At the present time there threatens to be a comyarative shortage of whisky at Ju- neau, but saloon-keepers regard it only as the opening bluff of the administration and say it will not last long. Skaguay isa small town compared to what it was, owing to the recent exodus and the slow passing of men furtuer up | the trail to the final halt, which has now come upon them from the sky. that prevented the steamer P. B. Weare connecting with the Portland at St Michael, and that the same unlfortunate circumstances will stop the steamers bound up the Yukonm and they will be frozen ir for (the wiater. ONd ¥akoners here say vhis is likely to happen any day if it has not already occurred. This would stop the newspaper expeciiions going up the river by steamer, as well as a large auantity of provisions and tanglefoot. It is considered as a hazardous possibility that some of the passengers might reach Dawson City overland. The next mail by the inland route isdue here and is expected any day. Everybody anticipates that it will bring important news. After the mail now due the next mail will not ve out from Dawson for a month orsix weeks. Returning Yukoners and Dawson Uity inhabitants, scared by the threatened scarcity of provisions at Dawson City, are expected to try to get through the inland route to Juneau all winter long. HaL HoFrMaN. LOCOMOTIVE SLEDS, New Means of Transporting Food on the Ica 1o Dawson City, WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 19.—Two Trading and Transportation Company, Messrs. P. B. Weare and Michael Cudahy of Chicago, arrived here to-day. They came at the special request of Becretary of War Alger, who desired to confer with them in regard to the question of sending relief supplies to the gzoid-seekers in the Klondike country should the investiga- tion now being made by Captain Ray of the army show such measures to be neces- sary. The two gentlemen were in consul- tation with Secretary Alger the greaier part of this evening. Secretary Algersaid to-night thatnothing final had been determined upon and that nothing would be until a report had been received from Captain Ray, which is ex- pected here about the middle of October. Au important matter, upon which Secre- tary Alger especialiy desired the opinion of Messrs, Weare and Cudahy, was the feasibility of a locomotive sled designed to draw logs and other material over the earth. This has been in successful opera- tion in the logging camps in Wiscousin, and its adaptability to this work in- fluenced the Secretary to beiieve that it might be put into practical operation in Alaska if relief measures b: necessary. The representatives of the trading com- pany expressed the opinion that the sleds might be feasible for the purpose conter- plated. Messrs. Weare and Cudahy say there are ample provisions for 5000 men for one year at St. Michael and they believe, if found necessary, the sleds could be used to transport the supplies to Dawson City during the coming winter. - S tEE THEOSOPHY ¥OR THE KLONDIKE. Annie Evn Fay and Other Bovton Women t0 Go to the Goldfields, BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 19.—The Klondike fever has struck the women of Boston hard, and arrangements have been msade for a party oi 100 to leave this city March 9 for the goldfields via Seattle and St Michael. -Already eighteen have made de- posits wilth the transportation company as a guarantee of good faith, among whom are several of wealth, many of college edu- cations, and one of international reputa- tion as a theosophist. The latter is Annie Eva Fay of Melrose, who has a son now in the Klondike. Miss Dr. Woods, who for years has practiced her profession, though possessed of large inherited weaith, is one of the eighteen. She zoes intending to buy and develop claims. She will tuke a stock of medicine and instruments along with her, though she does not intend to prac:ice. Mr, L. R, Clemenis, M.D., of 13 Davis Continued on Second Page,” Itis feared here that it was low water | representatives of the North American ADVANGING UPON THE TRIBESMEN Trying Ordeals for the British in a Wild Country. NEITHER PATHS NOR WATER. Native Village Taken After a Desperate Resistance by the Rebels. HEROIC ACTS THAT SAVE THE DAY. Two Captlve Slkh Cooks Burned Alive—Troops Commended by the Queen. BOMBAY, Ixpia, Sept. 19. — Advices from the front show that the various columns are advancing against the Mah- moukis from Panjkora to Shabakr. As yet they have met with no serious opposi- tion, but the uifficulties of transportation in a mountainous and almost pathless country areimmense. Another formidable obstacle in the wuy of rapid movement is the lack of water. The brigade of General Jeffrays has not joined in the advance. Yesterday it left Camp Anayet with sixteen companies of infantry and four guns in order to re- attack the enemy at the village of Damo- tagoa. The enemy made a desperate re- sistance, but were driven out. The British demoli-hed their towers and captured 490 muleloads of supplies. As soon as the troops began to retire from the village the enemy reappeared in force. The re- tirement, however, was effected with great precision, the native troops behaving splendidly. Two Sikhs were killed and six wounded. Itisnow known that the enemy’s loss tween the Momuds and the Second Brig- ade of General Sir Bindon Blood in the valley north of Anayet was very heavy. The tribes engaged did not press the brigade during the retirement, but fresh tribesmen appeared. Captain Ryder’s company of Sikhs virtnally owed their lives to an Afrida sergeant of the guides’ corps, who, when the Sikhs had exhaust- ed their ammunition and were desperate- ly cutting their way back through the enemy, dashed up the hill under a heavy fire with a supply of cartridges. Ho ar- rived just in the nick of time, as the swordsmen of the enemy were already among the Sikhs, who were absolutely unable, after the heavy climb and the hard fighting, to continue a successiul struggle. Lieutenant Watson was thrice wounded while gallantly ieading a handful of buffs, who routed a large body of the enemy tuat was trying to storm the viliage in which General Jeffreys with his guns had.taken position after missing his mamn body in the gloom of Thugsday nizht. It appears that the enemy lost 180 men before they captured the Saragai police post. They burned alive two Sikh cooks, whom they captured while out hunting for firewood. a \ The Queen has sent the following dis- patch with reference to the reverse near | Camp Anayet: during the fight on Thursday last be-| Tam deeply grieved at the loss of 50 many brave officers aud men. I earnestly desire to be informed as to the condition of all the wounded. The conduct of the troops was most admirable. e News of the Fir«t Surrender. PESHAWUR, Ixpis, Sept. 19.—The lower Mohmands souin of here have sub- mitted, and have agreed to pay a heavy fine and to surrender their arms. TEMBLCR SHAKES TURKESTAN. Venerated Monuments of Antiquity in Asiatic Cities Damaged by Seismic Shocks. TASHKAENT, TURKESTAN (Asiatic Rus- sia), Sept. 19.—A severe earthquake shock occurred here last night and the disturb- ance was felt throughout the whole of Turkestan. Several monuments of anti- quity were damaged here ana at Samar- kand and Ur-Tinbe. BERNE, Swirzerranp, Sept. 19.—The cantons of Glarusand Grisons were visited to-day by severe earthquake shocks, ac- companied by heavy rumbling. The dis- turbance was so distinct that it wasevery- where noticeable, and in many places great blocks of rock fell from the moun- tains. The region of the Turkestan earthquake is filled with monuments of antiquity. Samarkand is regarded with great venera- tion by the inhabitants of Central Asia. The city possesses the tomp of *‘The Lame Timur’’ (vulgarized in Tamerlane), the renowned or.ental conqueror, who was born in 1336 at Kesh, the “green city,” about fifty miles south of Samarkand. Under this celebrated warrior and aa- ministrator, who carried his victorious arms on one side from the Volga and the Driestes to the Persian Gulf and on the other from the Ganges to the Hellespont, it became the capital of one of the largest empires ever known and the center of Asiatic learning and commerce. Itsbean- ties were lauded by the poets of Asia. At the height of the city’s prosperity it contained no feser than forty colleges, of which only three remain perfect. Bat it stitl has, though in a state ot decay, many of the edifices associated with its former glory. e FORMS A KEW CABINET. President Barrios of Guatemala Makes General Solares Minister of War. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 19.—A cable- gram to the Herald from Panama, v.a Galveston, Tex., says: Advices from the City of Guatemala, by way of Salvador, are that President Barrios has formed a new Cabinet. General Gregaro Solares has been made Minister of War; Muriano Cruz, Minister of Public Instruction, and Feliciano Garcia, Minister of Pablic Works. No further news of the progress of the revolution in Guatemala has been received bere as yet. A great sensation was caunsed in Panama by the report of the recent attempt to assassinate President Diaz of Mexico. —_——— CONGRATULATED BY ROYALTY. Wales Willing ‘o Stand Sponsor for Marliorough’s Son. LONDON, Ex6., Sept. 19.—The Duko of Marlborough hss been overwhelmed with congratulations on the birth of a son and heir. One of the first messages he re- ceived this morning was from the Prince and Princess ol Wales, who asked to be informed how the Duchess and infant were getting along. There were numerous callers during the aiternoon, among them Mr. Vanderbilt, who lunched with the Duke, while Mrs. Belmont, who had been at the Spencer House from the time the Duchess was taken ill, was also in the mansion, The Prince of Wales has signified his willingness to stand sponsor to the child, intimating, however, that if any prior or family arrangement has been made in that connection his proposal is not to be considered. Inquiry to-night at the Spencer House elicited the reply that the Duchess and infant were both as well as could be ex- peeted, heriliness taking quite a normal | course. THE TRAMES ARE STIL N DECK Spent Sunday’s Weary Hours in the Super- visors’ Chambers. AUDITOR BRODERICK THINKING. Appeals to Public and Press to Advise Him Which Tax Levy to Accept. NEW BOARD WILL MEET TO-DAY. It WIIl Adopt the Report of the Committee Providing for the Dollar Limit. When the new Board of Bupervisors meets to-day it will definitely fix the tax levy. It will have before it the report of the sub-committee of the committee of the whole, in which the estimates of city expenditures are so fixed that the mem- bers of the board can, by adopting it, go pefore the people and say, ‘“We have given youa dollar limit.” It seems almost certain that the board will adopt the report after modifying it in a few vparticulars, but it must not be understood that taxes will be §1 on a §100 valuation. The board considers $880,500 of city expenses outside its pledge, so the tax rate on the estimates made by the sub-committee will be $L 154, The session of the board may prove in- teresting, for the tramp Supervisors are still holding the chambers of the board. Another issue confronts the new body. Auditor Broderick, of course, expects one tax levy from the new board and one from the tramp board. The Auditor is 2 man who desires to think, and he has not yet thought which one he will accept. This is of course em- barrassing to the people. Mr. Broderick bas an attorney, Garret McEnerney. If the attorney is not embarrassed by reason of the fact that be:ides represent- ing Mr. Broderick he acts as a legal ad- viser for S8am Rainey, the tramp Super- visors and the Examuner, the Auditor will have an early opinion as to which levy to accept. The tramp Supervisors are still on earth, each, liks the Pat Malone re- nowned in song, forgot that he was dead. They hold possession, or rather they breathe in the chambers of the board, and seem to think that fact makes them Supervisors. Britt and Delany were the principal actors in the farce of holding possession of the chambers through the early hours of yesterday morning. Some of the “‘push” kept them company, and hey had a hilarious time, as liquid refreshments and cigars were served with unfailing regnlarity. Among the “push” were Bob Cochrane, Billy Ortelli, Tom Quinn, Jack Barton, Ike Livingston, Tom Donahue and Joe Mogan. Two incidents occurred that disgusted Captain Delany. 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