The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 28, 1897, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1897. > hotel, I was obliged to accept those in the annex, where my baggage had been sent. Sinc: then, however, I have secured roocms where the color line is not arawn. In Australia, throughout the United States and in rland 1 bave stopped at the leading hotels, and this is, the first time such a thing has ever hap- pened to me. Even when here before I stopped at the Baldwin and no objection Mr. Ascher, one of the proprietors of the hotel, when questioned about the pugilist’s assertions, said: *“There is ab- solutely mno truth in the charge that we drew the color line on Peter Jackson and refused to assign him a roor in the hotel, or that his name was erased from the register because of anv objection made by guests of the house. Jackson registered and was gned rooms 1 the Annex, to which be made no objection, and his name was scratehed off the register simply to avoid answering innumerable questions by curi- ous people who might happen to see it. The Annex, though under the same man- agement, is a lodging-house apart from the hotel and has its own clerk.” The pace of the Baldwin Hotel register bearing date of sbows unmis doubtedly that of been partly scratch “W. J. Spo the erasu name—un- ter Jackson—has d out and the name e,” written over ymons, e. The capital “P”’ d small “k”are quite dist:net, though the other let- ters are obliterated. Opposite the name “room 11" is written, which is the room Jackson supposed he had engaged and the number of the room he was assigned in the s iled to find anybody he hotel any remembrance of . J. Simmons, Spokane,”’ when he ar- d, where he is now or what he looks like. The bellboy cn that floor has no recollection of Simmons, and all theclerks can remember 1s that he left the hotel the day atter he registered. Asto the Annex being apart from the hote!, there is a passageway between tne dings, and it is asserted that the former pass in and out e hotel proper. T'o add to Peter Jackson's o of bitter- ness Thomas Sharkey, the whilom pride of the American navy and aspirant to heavy-weight championship honors, has also drawn the color line and positively r o meet Jackson or any other col- 1 the r Dollars and dia- monds seem to b made the ex-sailor haughty, for who ever heard of a well - reguiated man - of - war with- out one Or more muegross among the crew who messed with the whites and in e t were on terms of equality with their clearer-skioned shipm and treated by them as their Surely Sharkey has messed with men on board ship before this, sudden assumption of dignity will canse a guffaw among those who koow him best. “I will fight any white man living,”” de- clared Sharkey yesterday, “‘but 1 draw the color line.” *Do you mean to say you refuse to meet Peter Jackson?” he was asked. *Yes; I positively refuse to son, or any colored man, for tuat matter. Mind you, I do not regard Jackson an any barder ga n the others, but I will not meet a ed man.” What his obje ns Lo colored fighters wouid nor would he afe an explanation as to how a candidate for the championship could make any distinction in his opponents, When asked about & meeting with Chnarley Mitchell, Sharkey expressed him- celf asentirely w.lling togive him a battle should a sufficient purse be offered. “I'm not in the business for my healtn or glory, 11 ng to fight any- body for a side bet and a percentage of the receipts before any reputabie club,” said he. ses e not were em wiil many friends, KAT.0xAL ACCOUNTS. Goverrnment Feceipts Will Exceed the Expenditures for This Cal- endar Year. WASHINGTON, D. C. Sept. 27.—The September mon statement of the Gov- ernment receipts and expenditures will show a material decrease in the deficit as compared with August. The increase that will be shown in receipts from internal revenue sources seems to justify the ex- pectations of the treasury officials that by January 1 next the deficit, will have been reduced to a nominal amount. The excess of expenditures over receipts so far this month amounts to something over $3,. 250,000, but is expected tha: by October 1 this excess will have been reduced 10 $3,000,000 or less, making the deficit for the first quarter of the fiscal year about $28,000,C0L luie revenue cflicials call attention to the fact that already Lhe receipts from internal revenue exceed.d those of last year by about $6.000.000, and confidently predict that by Ja in will have reached § $8,000,000. The receipis from customs so lar show no material gains, nor is it ex- pected that any material improvement will be shown until afier the first of the year. The expendituces on account of ihe Pacific railroads at the beginning of the year will be exceptionally heavy. On January 1 there will be due matured bonds of the Central Pacific to the amount of $10,614,120; Union Pacific, $15,919,512; Kansas Pacific, $1,423,000; Centrai brancu $320,000; Sioux City 23,320, *making a total of n addition to this amount t payments on January 1 will tne inter aggregate, approximately, $7,000,000. however, the offer the reorganization committee of ite Union Pacitic is ac- cepted, avout $40,000,000 would ve added 10 the availabie cash in the treasury and would reduce the January payments on the account of the Pacific railroads by about $17,000,000. Lstimatins the deficit for the next three months at $17,000,000, exciusive of the Jaymeut on account of the Pacificraii- roads, the avaiizvle cash balance in the treasury atthe close of the first balf of the fiscal year would be about $10 000,000 in_excess of the present figures, or § 000,000. Ttis woull be a n:et loss for the six months of $15.000,000. Summing the situation the treasury officials confidentiy predict that belore the close of the calen- dar year the receipts will fully equal or ex- ceed the needs of the Government. . Pacific Coaxt Pension WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.—Pen- sions have been granted as follows: California: Original — Benjamin C. Woolley, Clipper Mills; Henderson H. Harvey, Stockton; Sidney H. Wilson, Oak and; Max Miiler, Castroville; James 8. Way, Bogus; Travaila A. Wilcox, Los Angeles; Robert K. Hail, Suldiers’ Home, Los Anugeles. Addiuonai—William H. Green, Los Angeles. Supplemental — Jrfferson Wrignt, Arrovo Grand . Oregon: Original—Wilhum H. Hawes, Portland; David Wolfe, Drain. Wasbingion: Origina —John R. Doo- ley, Clear Lake. Adaitional—Abraham Ford, Orung. 2 Condition of the Trrasury. WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 27.—To- day’s statement of the condition of the treasury shows: . Available cash balance, £215,048,458; gold reserve, $14 ,287. BT | HIS PARTHER William Charles Testi- | fies for the Defense of Luetgert. Tells How the Caustic Potash Was Bought to Cleanse the Factory. Attendance at the Murder Trial of the Sausage Maker Breaks All Chicago Records. CHICAGO, IrL., Sept. 27.—The leading event of the day in the trial of A, L. Luet- gert was the testimony of William Charles, Luetgert’s business partner. He explained why, as he claimed, the caustic potash in which the body of Mrs. Louise Luetgert is alleged to have been dissolved was bought. According to Charles’ story the potash was purchased as the principal ingredient of a quantity of soft soap to be used in cleaning up the big factory pre- paratory to its sale to an English syndi- cate. The witness said he suggested this method of putting the factory in shape himself, and (bat Luetgert, acting upon the suggestion, ordered a barrel of caustic potash sent to the factory in March last. | This was about the time the defense | claims the negotiations were pending be- tween Luetgert and Davey, the mysterious Englishman, who is said to have repre- sented the syndicate and who borrowed | something like $25,000 from Luetgert. Cuarles also offerea an explanation of the apparently barricaded door to the basement stairway by telling about a chase for rats, in which a small dog was | an active participant. He said that the factory had been infested by 1ats for some | time and that an effort had been made to | get rid of them. The evening of April 30 | ne and Luetgert, with others, were in the | basement, when a terrier which belonged | to the witness got after a rat. Charles, Luetgert and the others moved boxes, barrels and other obstacles to aid the dog in his chase, and the boxes and barrels | were hurled in a pile against the door. The barricade of the door was uninten- GREATER NEW YORK POLITICS Henry George Nomi- nated for Mayor by United Democracy:. But He Will Not Accept If Tammany Indorses the Chicago Platform. willlam J. Bryan Sends a Letter Urging Harmony With Free Sliver Principles. NEW YORK, N. Y, Sept. 27.—The most important development in the Greater New York political situation to- day was the unanimous nomination of Henry George for Mayor by the United Democracy, composed of numerous free silver and Bryan clabs. Mr. George once poiled 68,000 votes as a Jabor candidate for Mayor of New Xork. His strength if he should accept would be drawn principally from the Democratic vote. TheU d Democracy alsoadopted a resolution condemning the action of the State committee in refusing to reaffirm the Chicago platiorm and in nominating as candidate for Chief Justice of the Court of Avpeals Allen B. Parker, whose party fealty is so doubtful that he is popularly believed to have voted against the Bryan and Sewall electoral'ticket last year. The convention nominated Johtn G. Boyd for Comptrolier and Winfield 8. Overton for president of the Municipal Council. A belief is current that Mr. George will not accept to-night’s nomination if Tam- many indorses the Chicago platform. On the other band, the old time Demo- cratic leaders prefer to igrore the silver question altogether. So the Democrats are as much worried over Henry George as the Republicans are over Ssth Low. The Republican Assembly district lead- ersof the borough of Manhattan met to- night and, after a long conference, de- cided to place in pomination at the city conv-ntion these names: Mayor, Benjamin F. Tracy ler, Ashbel P. Fitch; Couns: pleton. At a meeting of the executive committee Comptrol- , Ross Ap- tional, he said. Charles says chat besides caustic potash, two or three barrels of tal- | low, a quantity of grease and some | chipped bonue, which was to be used in | | making the soft soap, was delivered at the fuctory. He said that he aided Odorofski and Levandowski, the two laborers em- | ployed in the tictory, to place some of the | stuff in the middle vat. He also saw of Tammany Hall to-day the roll of As- sembly distric:s for nominations for city and county officers was called, with the following results: Mayor—Wiiliam Scher- mer, Geor, B. M:Clellan, Charles J. | Knox: President of the Borough—Georee | W. Plunkett, Charles F. Allen; Comp- trolier—Ashbel P. Fitch. Much stir was created in political cir- cles to-day by the publ.cation of a letter Frank Bialk in the factory at the time. | The caustic potash was put in the vat, | on the steam and boiling the stuff. | Charles said he met Luetgert in a saloon | opposite the factory on the evening of the | night Mrs. L:etgert disappeared, and | Luetgert said ue was going over to the fac- | tory to turn on the steam. At 9 o'clock | the same nicht Charles said he went 10 | the basement of the factory ana found | { Luetgert there aud the steam turned on. ' The mixture boiled over once or twice and spiashed upon the floor, he said. The i following day be visited the factory base- ment and saw the mixture in the vat. The allow was in one portion of the vat, and | the grease or lard had collected in another part of the vat by itself. Luetgert again turned on steam in the mixture, the wit- ness said. On_cross-examination by State's Attor- ney Deneen Charles denied he had *‘doc- tored” the books of the concern so as to show a yearly profit of $30,000. This line of cross-examination was objected to by the defense, but the court permitted it for a time, the evidence being a complete denial by Charles. He acknowledged it was he who introduced Promoter Davey | to Luetgert, but he said he was deceived | by the man as well as Luetgert. H Frank Dittler told of seeing Mrs, Luet- | gert wringing her hands on one occas:on. | It was during the latter part of April and the witness declared Mrs. Luetgert scid the | business was broken up and everything was gone and that she was going away | also. Later the witness said Mr.Luetg ert | promised to attend the weading of his daughter in June and make the pros- pective bride a present. The crush around the criminal court buiiding to-day wassomething fearful. A | number of extra policemen had to be placed on duty to assist the court bailiff in kesping back the throng that clamored for admission and they had their bands full. It was %rly wita the greatest diffi- cuity that those having business in the ! courtroom could gain admission and | many who had tickets entitling them to enter the courtrcom were compelled to turn away because of inability to force tueir way througn the crowd. No criminal trial that kas teen held in Cook County has excited so much interest as the present case. The anarchist case | was the record-breaker unul thbe trial of the sausage-maker began, but it is in the | secona place now. Among the spectators to-day was an Ee¢quimau from Alas<ka, | whose home is near the Klondike. He is in Chicago exhibiting Klondike dozs. The trial will probabiy last for another montb. TOURISTS DISAPPEAR. Two American Travelers Thought to Be Held for Ransom by Swiss Bandits. TOLEDO, Ox1o, Sept. 27.—Harry Toller- ton, agzed 20 years, son of Attorney B. W. Tollerton, and Professor Daniel J. Ho mes of Meadville (Pa.) Colliege, have been traveling in Southern Europe since June, but now no one knows where they are, and circumstances indicate that both are beld by Swiss banditti, who are demand- ing a ransom for their release. They were last heard from on Septem- ber 8 at Martigny, Swiizerland. A few days previous to that time thev had re- ceived sufficient funds through Geneva to provide them with nioney for the rest of their trip to Berlin, where both were to enter the university on the 22d of this month. Mr. Tollerton received a cablegram from Professor Holmes Cated Lucerne, request- ing an immediate remittance of $1000 by cable to Cologne. He cabled to the United States Consul at Lucerne for .informa- tion as to the whereabouts of the young men and asked if any trouble had befallen them and aiso cabled to Holmes for particulars. The reply from the Consul was indefinite and un- satisfactory, and that purporting to be irom Professor Holmes was even more so. A secord demand for $1000 was made on the 231 of this month, asking that the money be cabled io Lucerne. Last Saturday a third demand was made for an immediate cable of $500 to Lucerne and the remaining $500 by mail. To-day a message was received from As- sistant Secretary Day at Washington to the effrct that the Minister at Berne and the Consul, Horgen, had been cabled to make a searching investiyation. and Luetgert said he would see to turning | | ! and its purporting 1o have been sent to Colonel William L. Brown of the New York Daily ews by Hon. William J. Bryan urging that the municipal campaign in Greater New York shouid be run in harmony with the principies and declarations of the na- tionsl organization. The letter says: A triumph of the Democracy of Greater New York, except under the auspices of the issue that animates the party, will have the same moral eff.ct asa renewed and sflirmed tri- umph o! the agencies led by Scnator Hanna, When parties cease to represent ceriain fixed rinciples the susrreme prerogative of the allot becomes prosiituted to a contest be- tween organ‘zations for the spoils of office and the enjoyment of success. To this prostitution of the ballot may be accribed every chupter of shame and corrup- tion iu the history of American municipal government. It is better to have a guvernment the Republican party, responsible to iis tions, than government by Democratic out responsibility to Democratic The Democratic party is the party , aud home rule does not meen to the nation. The great vrinciples. of home ru irresponsibility cities are vart of the State and country. They are the granaries, treasuries, clearing-houses and capitals of culture and science. They are created not of themselves, but of the whole people’s toil and progress. Therefore, it isun- natural and ertificialtoavoid responsibility to national issues and political cowardice and political crime. Greater New York will be the uncrowned capital of America. The Democrats of New York have & responsibility not only to them- seives and the greater city, but to their party ng principles and the nation. This election is the most importantand influentisl political event between 1896 and 190). To suggest that the Democratic party plat- form nas no piace in this contest is to sdmit a doubt of its wisdom, and places the Demo- cratic party on a par with the faliacy of non- political government. The issue is the life of the party, not the garment, and to aiter or de- duct from the deciarations of the assembled party is mortal injury, nor have battalions which fought now ‘on one side, now on an- other, now shoulder to shoulder as iriends, now bayonet to bayonet as enemies, & place in honorable war. MOUSTAPHA WAS ANGHY. The Retiring Turkish Minister Went Home Without a UDiplomatic Good-By. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 27.—A Wash- ington special to the World says: The officials at the State Department were surprised to learn to-day through private sources that Moustapha Bey, the recently recalled Turkish Minister, had sailea for Constantinople from New York early last week. The Secretary of State received, about ten days ago, a formal and exceed- ingly brief notification from the Turkish Minister that he was about to proceed di- rect to Constantinople. The State De- partment was also curtly informed that Seifeddin Bey, first secretary of the lega- tion, would act as Charge d’Affatres until the new Minister should revort. The Sta.e Department cofficials deny that anything but the most cordial rela- tions exist between the representatives of | the two countries, but this denial is nator. ~lly weakened by the fact that Moustapha | By in leaving the country omitted all | tue courtesies usual under such circum- | stances. His last visit to the State De- partment occurred abovi the middle of | June. He then bade the officials a formal adieuand left for New York City. It is | said the retiring Turkish Minister held the officials of the Siate Department re- spousible for bis failure to carry out ghe mandates of the Suitan regarding the pre- posterous claims against American -citizens now residing in the Orient. Another source of complaintis said to be the Minister’s inability to stem the tide .of public opinion regarding Ar- menia. ——— - KEICHMANN'S BAD VENTUKE. The Great Borytone Finds It Easier to Lose Than Make Money Here, NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept, 27.—Theo- dore Reicamann, the great barytone, thought be would make a million oo the ontside, He saw America from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera-house; every- body here seemed to be millionaires. Now ne is_iu trouble. The great inter- preter of Wagner an! favo ite of the court at Vienna became a silent partuner in the wine firm of Bostwick, Reeck & Co. When Reichmann returned to Vienna, after his triumphs here, the firm gotinto financial troub es. Reicomeann also invested $100,000 in real estaie in St. Muark.’ place. Henry and Friiz Eckel of France, wine-de:lers, have attached that property to rocover a bal ance of $8507. Reichmann denies that he was a purtner in the firm, bu¢ he has dis- covered, anyway, that it 1s easier to lose $100,000 than to make & miilion America, [OWA FARNER'S AWFUL CRIME Kills at Night His Wife, Six Children and Himself. Victims Shot and Clubbed to Death After Retiring to Rest. Motive for the Tragedy a Mystery, as the Home Was Considered a Happy One. CARROLLTON, JIowa, Sept. 27.—The slaughter of a motber and her six chil- dren occurred at the home of John Boecker, a farmer living eight miles northwest of here, last night. Boecker, the fiendish husband, completed his bloody work by sending a bullet into his own head, inflicting a fatal wonnd. The family weie prosperous Germans and as far as is known had lived happily. No motive for the tragedy has been disclosed. Boecker’s victims are his wile and these children: Caroline, aged 14; Christine, aged 9; Henry, aged 8; Lizzie, aged 6; Jobn, aged 3, and an infant. All are deaa but Henry, and the latter cannot re- cover from his wounds. Boecker's brother, Henry, who lives about twenty rods away, went to the house at 9 o'ciock this morning and was the first to know of the trugeay. Boecker, with his wife and baby, slept in a back room and their corpses lay on one bed. The wife had been shot in the neck with a shotgun, which stood in the corner; the baby had been shot and its head crushed with the butt of a revo'ver. The man, still breathing, had a builethole high up on the forehead and by his side was a mith & Wesson six-shooter with two chambers emptv. Upstairs Henry and L zzie lay on a bed with two bulletholes in their heads, the latter dead, the boy still breathing. In the opposite corner of the same room Caroline, Christine and Jobn were found dead with a bullethols | in the forehead, though Caroline had two. | Late this afternoon the bodies were still untoucned, the Sheriff and Coroner being | occupied in arranging for the inquest and | other preliminaries. Itis undoubtedly a case of murder and suicide. All but two of the children met | with instant death, for the blood clots | were under their head< and they lay as | calmly in repose as if insleep. All except Henry, who is not yet dead, were attired in mightrobes. The weapon Boecker had borrowed from his brother, Henry, last Thursday, re- marking that he wanted it to kill ratsin the cellar. Itisnow recalled that Boecker had since then practiced target-shooting. Boecker was 34 years old, and for over | twenty years had lived In the same neigh- | borhood, 1n fact on the same farm. He hias been regarded as a prosperous farmer, and only recently bought a 200-acre farm a few miles from the old homestead. Yes- terday he attended Catholic services with | his family. Later he was visited by a neighbor, who says that when he left the Boecker home in tne evening they were seemsingly a bappy family, and noc a pre- monition of the awful tragzedy enacied a few hours later was given by Boecker or any one of the housebold. Members of his father’s family say he had no family troubles; his financial irs were in good shape and they can assign no motlve for the terrible crime. On the other hand itis said tbat John had disagreed with the old folks and Henry over the occupancy of the farm on which John lived, and this is assigned by some as the cause of the trouble which culminated in murder and suicide. MAY CAUSE A CuNTHROVERSY. Roosevelt Orders the 0/d Warship Yantic to Cruise on the Great Lakes. NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 27.—A special from Washington to the World says: The old ship Yantic, now at Bostan, may involve this country in a diplomatic controyersy with Great Britain. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt to-day directed that the Yantic be taken to Montreal and there delivered to the reprecentatives of the Michigan navai reserve for use by the Detroit division on Lake Michigan. This action will presentonce more the question of the right of either England or the United States to maintain a naval force on the great lukes. The subject was pretty thoroughly ven- tilated a few years ago when the law officers of the overnment decided - it wonld be a vioiation of the agreement between England and this country to +ven build & warsnip at any of the lake ports. Much surprise was expressed to-day in the State and Navy deparuments that Mr. Roosevelt shou!d have authorized thie voyage of the Yantic. It was hinted he must have 1ssued the order without con- sulting the President or getting the ad- vice of the State Department. goienl auls WANTON AND UNJUSTIFIABLE. Verdict of the Coroner’s Jury Investi- gating the S/aughter of the Strikers at Latimer. HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 27.—The Coro- ner’s jury which investigated the death of the strikers at Latimer in Deputy Coro- ner Coffman’s office this evening, after an hour’s deliberation, rendered the follow- ing verdict: That, from the circumstances of the case and from evidence cffered, the said Clement Pla- tock, with others, came to bis death by gun- shot’ wounds on’ September 10, 1897, at the hands of Sneriff James Martin and his depu- ties, and in this we, the jury, do all agree; and we, PhilJ. Boyle, Thomas T. Thomas, Barton Fress and Peter McKiernan, of this jury, do furthersay that the said Clement Platock, with others, was murohing peacexbly und unarmed on the public highway; that they were inter- cepted by said Sheriff Martin and his deputies and mercilessly shot to death; and we do fur- therfind that the killing was unnecessary, and could have been avoided without serious in- jury to either person or propert; d we ind, finally, that the killing was wanton and un- ustifiable; butin this we, George Maue ana . J. MacNeal, of this jury, do not concur; and we, the jury, do further say that there was such strong suspicion of unlawiul violence at the hands of some person or persons unknown to this jury as to make this inquest necessary. g melghon Mullins Will Kead = Paper, CHICAGO, I, Sept. 27.—Among the papers to be read at the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the Fire Underwriters’ Association of the Northwest, which wifl be pell in this city next Wednesday and Thursday, wili be one entitled. “Under- writers’ Associations Generally,” by C. F. Muilins of San Francisco, manager of the Union Commercial Company of England. S Death of Major E. 1. Mervrill, FARMINGTON, Mk, Sept. 27.—Major Edward I Merrill, aged 70, died Sunday after an illness of severa! months. He was the secretary of the Ways and Means Committee of the national House of Rep- Teseatatives. He was quite well known in Washington, having been the assistant ibrarian in the House of Representatives and secretary of the Goyernment printing house. 1 FEVER CASES 01 "R INCREASE A Result of the Warmer Weather at New Orleans. Heat, However, Has the Effect of Reducing the List of Deaths. Professor Metz, Directing the Work of Sanitation, Makes an En- couraging Report. NEW ORLEANS, La, Seot 2 ‘Warmer weather in the past two or three days has had the effect of increasing to some exient the number of new cases of the prevailine type of yellow fever, but it has equally had the effect of sendingdown the deuth rate. There were twenty-three cases on Saturday, seventeen yesierday and up to halt past 6 o’cleck to-day twenty-one cases. But there were only two deaths on Saturday, none on Sunday and twoto-day. Presentexperience, there- fore, proves that warm weather adds to the number of cases but reduces the mor- tality, while cooler weather diminishes the number of cases and enlarges the death rate. Physicians and authorities to-night generally agree that the situation isstead- ily improving. They teiieve the chances are growing more remote every day of an | epidemic and that there is little likelihood that the disease wi'l assumse before cold weather a more virulent form than at present. Professor Me!z, who is at the head of the work of sanitation, and who superin- tends the fumigation of ail houses, said to an Associated Press reporter to-night: “Some little figuring that I have do‘e discloses that there have been up to 6:30 to-night exactly 158 cases. Of these nine- teen have died, and I am able to state this evening that thirty-eight have actu- ally been discharged asentirely recovered. There, thereiore, remain only 101 cases, and while I would not like to undertake & statement of the number of those prac- tically on the way to recovery, the death rate among them with present conditions The death rate to-night is » will be small. barely above 12 per cent. The deaths to-day wer Fred Bachus, 33 Felicity sireet; J. H. Cherry, 1120 rth street. Of the cases reported this evening six were found in the Home for Homeless Men, a charitable institution. Three cases were also reported collectively to- day from Bayou road, in the Gennin family. Tuese cases, however, are con- sidered mild. Of the two deaths the Cherry case was reported several davs azo, and the patient had received very caretul trearment; but his case was considered a bad one. His people are poor and they did not attach much importance to his iliness, only call- ing in a doctor a few hours before his death. when they saw the patient was rapialy sinking. Dr. John Guiteras, the Marine Hespital | expert, arrived hers to-day. He does not care to see any of the patients in New Or- leans who are suffering with yellow fever. He believes that the Board of Health here nas taken the most effective means known to science to stalap out the disease; be- lieves that the sickness isin good coutrol and expresses the belief that it is of a mild type. He does not believe that there is a particle of reason for a widespread alarm. At the meeting of the Board of Health this afternoon it was decided not to quar- sntine against Galveston. Action on the matter has been deferred until Drs. Oli- hant and Swearinzen, the latter of the 'exas Board, have had a conference, which had been arranged to take place next Wednesday. —_— EASIER FEELIVG AT MYBILE, 10; Efforts to Stamp Out the Disease Moeting With Suc MOBILE, Ara, S2pt. 27.—The report for Monday has greatly raised the spirits of the people here. They accept 1t as in- dicating that the efforts to surround the disease and stamp it out are meeting with success, Three new cases were reported at noon for the previous twenty-four hours. The only death reported was th at of Florenne Barlow, aged 23 years. She lived on El- mira street, near Lipscomb. She was en- gaged to be married next month, and during ber sickness her fiance was not permiited to see her nor attend the funeral, the revulations being so strict that none outside the physicians, clerey and undertakers may approach fever cases. A summary of the situation is as fol- lows: Total cases to noon 54, total deaths 8, discharged 26, remaining under treat- ment 20. The report sent out Saturday night that there was fever at Blandon Sprines and Womack Hili, in Cnoctaw County, Ala., is denied on unimpeachable authority. Mrs. Aima Kirach, livinz on Savannah street, near Dsarborn died to-night. Traffic is resuming here with rapidity. The steamboats are suppiying the peopie of nearby counties that have modified their quarantine. None of the pusiness- houses, whether wholesale or retail, are closed, and all are doinz some business, although several thousand of the well-to- ;io people have departed to escape the ever. a0 o e GRAVE SITUATION AT EDWARDS, Mayor katcliff Is MStricten and Much wdarm Is ielt. EDWARDS, Miss, Sept. 27.—Twelve new cases of yellow fever were reported kere to-day. Mayor Ratcliff was taken down with the fever this morning. Late reports from Dr. Champion at Champion Hilt are anything but encouraging. Many of the sick in town are so seriously ill as to cause great anxiety to their relatives and irisnds. The great alterations in the temperaiure—hot and cool nizhts—work a great hardsbiv on the sick. There have been all told 168 cases and six deaths here and eight cases in the country adjacent. e Good Ahowing for Ucean Springs. OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss,, Sept. 27.—No new cases, no deaths and only five cases left under treatment, is a very good show- ing for the health of this little city. Camp Fontainbleau is now complete as to the reception and entertainment of refu- gees. The patients there are doing well. | To-morrow the first batch of refugees will be allowed to depart for their respective destinations. L Epidemic Spreading at Bilowi. BILOXI, Miss., Sept. 27.—The yellow fever situation here to-dayv does not seem to be improved. There were quite a num- ber of new cases reported and one death, that of David Chin, and the epidemic seems to be spreading very rapialy. One of the cases reported to-day is that of T. F. Gill, a prominent busine=s man, The Board of Health report: Total fever cases to date, 114; now under treatment, 65; new cases, 17; total deaths to date, 5. | CLOSE CALL FOR THE PRESIDENT His Narrow Escape From a Serious Runaway Accident. Saved Through the Nerve of a Resident of Adams, Massa- chusetts. S Horses Drawling the Chlef Magis~ trate Were Dashing Down a Hill When Caught. ADAMS, Ma Sept. — President McKinley had the narrowest kind of an escape from what would probably bave been a serious runaway accident this morning, only the nerve of F. G. Warren, who jumped for the horses, who had be- gun todash down a steep hill, saving him. As it was, the President received guite a shock, and in jumping from the carriage he was severely shaken up. The President, Miss Mabel McKinley and W. B. Plunkett started out early in, Charles T. Plunke:t’s trap, drawn by or. Plunkett’s black . coaching pair. The drive was very enjoyable until the steep hill near the residence of J. C. Chalmers was reached, when the hame-strapof the off horse broke, his collar came off and the horse stumbled and fell into the ditch, the nigh horse jumping into a gallop and dragging his prostrate mate to his feet. Just then Warren, who was passing, ran | into the street, grabbed the horse by the | bridee and checked his progress, while the President jumped from the trap. In a moment the borse was under con- trol ana the danger was over. Miss Mc- Kinley, owing to a spinal difficulty, is unable to walk easily anc was not abie to | leave the carriage. She remained seated in the trap. The President and Mr. Plunkett at once waiked to the Plunkett | residence. They were not at all excited and said that the danger was slight. One of .the single tesms from Mr. Piunkett’s stable was sent immediately tor Miss Mabel McKinley, and in a few minutes she was safely ensconced in the | Piunkett residence. The President and | Mr. Plunkett started at once with another pair of horses and continued their ride. This accident created a breeze of excite- ment in the village, but it was soon over. Mrs. McKiniey, since her stay nere, has developed quite a severe cold and re- | mained indoors all day. It is not thought, however, that the co.d will prevent her going back to Was .ington at the time scheduled for the departure of the Presi- dent. SHIPS’ SUPP.IES DUTY - FREE. Quantity of Wines, Liquors and 70-; bacco Which May Be Taken From Bond. WASHINGTON, D. €., 8ept. 27.—In ac- cordance with the Dingley tariff act, the Treasury D:partment to-day isrsued im- portant regulations governing supplies for consumption on either foreign or domes- tic vessels that may be withdrawn from bonded warehouses free of duty or inter- nal revenue. ‘“Reasonable quantities of articles of every description’ are, under the Dingley act, permitted to be with- drawn free of .auly or internal revenue taxes, but it iz deemed advisable by the Secretary of the Treasury o limit the | i s and tobaccos Imported wine or beer, five gallons per month for each officer and cabin passen- | ger; imported cigars, fifty per month; in ported tobacco, on - pound per month for each peison on board; domestic distilled liguors, half a_gallon per month for each person and bali a gallon per month aadi- tional for each officer and passenger; domestic fermented liquors, six rallons per month for each person on bonrd and six gallons additional for each officer and passenger; domestic tobacco, one pound for each per<on and an additional one pound per officer and passenger; domes- tic cigars, fifty for each person and fiity additional for each officer and each pas- | senger. i NEW TO-DAT? 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