New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-10

This is q report Of coroners inquest on inc oouy VI
James Whitaker, aged Is years. an instrument ceiA ~
the postal telegraph Office, Morpeth Court Lothpuly'
the City OF London 1t appeared from the e'Iuo".'
says the report in The Daily Nrs Of july 26 ta' o ""
ceased had been employed IN the aYove Office ior "i
months. He night duty. His regular hours
from p. IN. to o. m-thirteen hours OF regular nish'
duty But it further appeared that he very oien wan
obliged TO remain at his post TWENTY-FIVE an" SOM
thrty-seven hours consecutively. Last S"Vui""y -,
noon he asked leave to go home and was reiusc"' D'
afternoOn-wheher still duty or not does not appear
he taken i'll and died In an hour-went ie' oi'
a world where telegraphng is conducted II "' al" V"
slightly different principles. post-morteui eA'n''"'
ton showed that the deceased was suffering no WI"
sumption, and died from eXhaustoi' ino i
stated that the jury wished to express 'hei' o'''.
after the evidence brought before then' te ss" VI
labor I'm the postal-teegraph offices onght 10 oe TO-
modelled the present system being productive VI many
evils II ia evident that the jury were caried away NY
their sympathes, and took purely seh'lheh'ai we" Vi
the ouestion-a fault TO which British Juries moi po
Possibly they had heard that the common ich-nalho
for officials who have the pleasure or serving uher MI
scudamore is "Post-Ofice Nieger"-a term which ex-
mains itself To a certain extent We can excuse them,
ana ,o fool no doubt proper regret that James Whit
oers constitution should have proved unequal to the
strain nut upon by regular work varying from 10 TO 81
consecutive hours in q Government telegraph once
unaer the management of Mr.. Frank Ives scudamore
then having time to think over the matter cOOly
aud having Mr.. Scudamore's financial report before
u.s. are bound TO look at the matter practically.
Let us put ourselves in Mr. ScudamOTes place and reason
he must be supposed He would say to him
self my reputation depends the financial success OF the
postal teegraphs. have rritated the business eommu
nity by eighteen months Of mismanagement There have
been delays bunders yexaOns of all sorts TO Them and
without number. But perhaps can make II appear
that the Government scheme is not failure financially
Ms as N
ker and his follow clerks from 10 to 81 hours consecu
lively at starving wages certain percentage of expense
mot chargeabe construction accounD has been saved
and perhaps even portion of Mr. Scudamores reputa-
ton as a PostOf administrator has been saved also.
If the jury had considered this they surely would not
have wished TO interfere with the existing system.
There is the beginning Of slight panic about cholera
The monster TO he coming steadily westward, hut
not rapidly. In answer to question yesterday in the
House, Mr.. Forsterwho, VcePresIdent of the Privy
Council is officially responsible for such thngs-gaye
what probably the latest real information about It, lie
said cholera has Russia for the last two years.
and since August In St. Petersburg; that since April
it has been in Villa and other western places, and re-
Gently has increased in st. Petersburg He does not
think we need that 1t bodies any immediate dan
ger this country In Germany cases are ki own TO
have occurred yet, but the Embassy In Berlin has
been told TO keep its eyes open, and meantime people
will do well to take proper sanitary precautions, which,
II not wanted for cholera, will at rate avert good
many other diseases that flourish at all times in crowded
cities. Advice which might be followed with profit in
cities further west than London. g. VS..