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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-29
BUTLER's QUARANTINE.

Editor, NeiO Orleans Democrat:
Your tutel sting editorial OF to-day
brings to mind an iucldent connected
with tho appearance of yellow fever In
New Orleans, which Is of 80 much Inn
portance that 1t should be made Z mat
ter Of record In the secular as we'll as
the medical press and perhaps this Is
most opportuuo moment that could
have occurred.
As you say, 1t has been tho boast OF
the notorious Butler that he kept yell
low fever out of New Orleans In 1862,
and the people of New Orleans, as we'll
as OF the outside world, generally be-
lteve that Butler and his agents tell tho
truth.
I was in New Orleans when the city
fell, and military circumstances pre-
vented my departure until the first day
of October following. Early In Sep
tember OF that year saw q most vfrl-
lent case of yellow fever near st.
Mary's Market, and its history, In
brief, Is as follows:
One day my friend, the late DIR.
E. ID. Fenner (who, by tho way, Wss
always looking for yellow fever) asked
me II would like to see a case OF im-
ported Yellow Jack. said yC1, and
at once he took me in his buggy to n
house In tho region indicated. In a
small back gallery room on the second
floor was white man In the last stage
Of the disease. He had been sick four
days; he was throwing black vomit
everywhere, and there was not a symr-
tom lacking to make him what we
doctors call a ttype CASE" Fortun-
ately his intellect was entirely clear,
aud he gave this brief history:
He had left New York in command
Of steam tug, bound for New Orleans.
He put in at Nassau and laid in that
harbor several days. He did not allow
his crew to 60 eshore, but he went
himself several times. He did not
know that yellow fever was prevailing
there, but we had for some time had
Information to that effect. Ife was
sick when he arrived at quarantine,
but he got out of bed and pessed
through. I saic, "Captain, how did
you, sick man, and fever In Nassau,
, get through Buffers military quaran-
: tine?'' He raised his trembling hand,
{ and rubbing his finger and thumb to-
gether, said in his faint voice, $780,
"You don't mean," said, "to say that
you bought your way through With
moneys" "Yes, sir, with money" ''
This man was surrounded by II num-
Der of Northern people boarding at the
same house, and wholly unacclimated.
DIR. Fenner and said to each other /:
"Well, II yellow fover can DO import
cd, if 1t can be impaired by the sick to
tho we'll, this is the OCCASION" r-
Together we watched with tho as
sistance Of tho landlady) the people
who surrounded this dying man. I
left for the Confederate army on tho
first of October. Up to that time mono
of the boarders sickened. DIR. Fenner
! watched until cold weather, but mono
| sickened.
Such are the important facts connect
ed with the case of the poor captain OF
the steam tug. In moro aspects than
ono there is food for reflection.
Ono point can never be successfully
controvcrted. The boosted quarantine
of Butler was broken, and with money.
| ID. WARREN BRICKELL, NJ. ID.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-29

Mr.. p. T. Barnum, the show man,
has been elected to tho Connecticut
Legislature.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-29
DIR. CHOPPIN's VIEWS.
New Orleans Democrat.l

Df. Chopin leaves tOr NlcnmOn0
this afternoon to attend tho meeting OF
the Governmental Yellow Fever Com
mission. In anticipation Of his depart
ure, and with a desire to gratify the
public as to the mission Of the distin-
guished president OF our Board OF
Health, q reporter of the Democrat
waited on DIR. Chopin yesterday and
interviewed him on the subject, an in
terview which was gracefully accorded,
and which, although short, was of
interest, since It contains facts Of the
most important character, and not
mere inferences or vague s0perstttions,
but, on the contrary, the positive ex-
preston Of one who has devoted his
valuable time and we'll known talents
for many years to the investigation of
yellow fever here and elsewhere. The
beginning Of the interview was desul-
tory and treated of the general features
of the task assumed by the gentlemen
composing the commission, during
which DIR. Chopin said that he was
going to Richmond at the particular
Invitation Of the commission.
The question was now addressed to
the Doctor, what would be his partici-
patton In the convention.
He answered that 1t would embrace
a statement of his study and investiga-
tion of yellow fever at all periods from
its first appearance In Boston, over 200
years ago, to the present day, and that
he would lay particular stress on his
personal observations and experience
facts besides connected with the cpl
demic of 1873, going to show that
yellow fever was foreign importation,
and that he would offer abundant
proof that this year the fever was Inn
ported by the steamship Emily b.
Souder, as would be shown by the
the three great foci of the fever dur
ing the epidemic.
DR.. Chopin added that he would
advocate before the convention an alb
solute non-intercourse during the sum-
mer with the West Indies and other
ports where the yellow fever prevails,
procuring, at the same time, data OF
the loss OF trade that would result
from such a quarantine, and as we'll rs
the loss of human life that has occurred
In consequence of yellow fever, and
the probable loss of trade that must
result from permitting its introduction
here again.
| DIR. Chopin made 1t point to say
that he was positive that tho fever wa
Of foreign origin and that with tn
ordinary system OF quarantine, the dill
aculty of carrying 1t out strictly
owing to accidental negligence of sub
ordinate officials, and sometimes tn
weakness of human nature, it was i'm
possible to prevent the introduction c
the fever here.
BY absolute non-intercourse with In
tected localities, the question whethe
the disease was imported or originate
here could be determined to the salts
faction of everybody, whereas, with al
imperfect quarantine doubt and dis
sentiOn would continue to exist.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-29
REPORT OF THE YELLOW FEVER
CONNlSSION.

Vh0 report OF the 1ollOW rover
Commission, composed Of Drs. Bemtss,
Cochran and Howard, who, together
with Col. +. g. Hardee, sanitary en-.
ginear, have been investigating the
epidemic In all the fewer stricken cities
in the Southern States, say that suf-
ficient amount OF testimony has been
taken to justify the statement Of . be-
lief that the drst cases occurred In New
Orleans about the month Of June, and
were brought to the city by convey
ance yet unknown. They say that
their Investigation and maps show that
the fever invariably tends 10 range
itself In groups OF cases. In marked
contrast with the tendency OF malarial
fever to occur In separate disconnected
cases. They cay, In respect to the
sanitary condition OF towns visited,
we have to report the same character
of neglect and violation Of the laws Of
health, common to all or nearly all
inland towns In the United States.
These are: neglect Of drainage, mat
tention to the deposits Of rivers, fetld
and refuse animal and vegetable mat
ter and inattention to purity Of water.
The commission unanimously agree
to their Investigation, up to the present
time, reserving the right to introduce
at any subsequent time, such antago-
nistic facts as may be discovered.
First-We have not in one solitary
Instance found q case of yellow fever
which we could justifab1y consider as
of de ,aovo origin, or indigenous to it's
locality. Sec0nd-In respect to most
of the various towns, which we visited,
and which were points Of epidemic pre-
valence, the testimony showing the
importation was direct and convincing
in its character. Third-The transmits
sion Of yellow fever between points
separated by any considerable distan-
ces, appeared to be wholly due to hu.
man Intercourse; In some instances the
infection was carried In clothing OF
about persons or people going from
infected districts. In other instances
it was conveyed in such forms as cot
ton bagging or other goods OF the same
description. F0urth-The weight o
strong against the further use o
disinfectants. Physicians in the In
fected towns, almost without excep
ton, state. that they are useless agent
to arrest the spread Of yellow fever
while some of them are arm believer
that their vapors are seriously preju
dicial to the sick. Fifth-Personn
prophyloxics by means of drugs, O
therapeutics means has proved a con
slant failure. A respectable number o
physicians think qufuine of some use
in preventing. Sixth-That q quaran
tine established with such q degree ol
surveillance and vigor that no inter
course could be had with injected
points has effectively without excep
ton protected Its subjects from attacks
Of yellow fever.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1878-11-29

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The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
"A TERRIBLE CHARGE
Brought Against q Well-KnoWn
Man Of Audraln County.

Mexico, Mo-, August l3.-The court
house was denseiy packed with eager listen
ers this morning. The case Of the State
against one MacWilliams arrested on the
ilth inst, charged with attempted rape up
on the person of Miss Mamie Berry, whose
residence is ten miles southeast Of this
place. IL appears from the evidence. as
being shown this morning, that Miss Nam
ME had gone to one Of the neighbors after
n pail Of water. She was Mr.. q. SanfOrd's
house girl. The family Of the lat
ter were absent. Soon after her
arrival MacWillisms came upon
the porch where she was standing and in
quired for a grubbing hoe. Miss B. told
him to hunt for it, and she would tell Mr..
y. when he came home. New. left for the
barn and soon returned, finding Miss Il.
standing on the porch. He took hold Of her
and attempted the act charged, but by her
continued screams she soon brought to the
rescue Mrs. Reynolds (who had sent her fol
the water, and who lived oue-quarter Of a
mile distant), and was tern loose from heI
attempted corrupter before his purpose was
fully consumsted. Miss Il. is fifteen years
old, and il said to be very respectable par.
entage. Hence, the case attracts much at.
,en,ion. The prosecution will likely con.
! tinue all day.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
THE ROBBERS.
No News al to the Perpetrators Of
the Late Train Robbery.

Kansas City Times.
The gang oi train robbers who ~ adroi,
ly planned and carried into execution the
robbery OF the United States express ear on
the Council Bluffs road, day before yester-
day, are still unknown to the police and
others engaged in ierre,ing them out,
though several clues have been taken up
md folio we'd. 1t now looks a. though the
robbery was carried out BY band of nov
ices, and that before many days their names
will BE- known. MIR. j. X. Treat, agent for
the company in this city Is confident OF
capturing the robbers, and Is har at work
on ia. matter. II Is known that the four
men who were connected with the robbery
ct ON the afternoon train south, the day OF
the r.b!.yry. AMI they got off at Winthrop
and hung about the station until nearly
>uu-et. They c'nvrrsed with number ri
train hands ,ni seemed to BE- utter stran-
gyrs to each other. la all probability they
hsd horses in readiness where they lett the
train, and TOOK the ears at ~. Joseph a
blind. There was a report abou, the city
Yesterday afternoon that one III the men
had been captured near Weston, hut il wa
a base fabrication, a. not bit of reliable
news coacernin. the men has been heard
Two ii Pinker,on's detectives have been
sen; from Chicago IN hunt up the rascals
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
Conductors Quarrel.

-. I.oins EepuiaEan-
A row between neighbors created con~id-
cradle excitement in the western part al the
city last night. The incident. of the ARRAY
we're ~ follows: Patrick Harinett and
Frank Lindsey and their wives aud family
lived IN adjoining houses on Vale avenue
between Manchester road and Laclesie
avenue. Both men were engaged rs CON
ductors On the Olive street railroad. For
two or three days past Ms. Hsrineti and
Mrs. Lindsey had a dispute about the
ownership Of box of matches that was
found in the yard.
The quarrel Of the women became SO in
teresting that the husbands took part IN the
affair, and the four dispuiants exchanged
reckless expressions as Tn each others hon
esty, virtue and associations About nine
o'clock last nigh, Har'nett passed by Lind
sey sitting in front Of the house, and, il Is
claimed. struck al Lindsey several time-.
After striking him, Hartneti hurriedly
! walked away toward. Olive street as though
he was going to take his car.
Lindsey then for the first time discovered
that he was cut. and shouted for his neigh.
bors 20 come to his assistance. IL va.
found thar he vas cut twice in The neck and
once in the lett side. All the wounds were
deep and severe. The one on the left side
vas likely to strike in towards the heart
Phvsiciane were called TO attend to him
and they were Of the opinion that the iniu
ries were dangerous. Hartnett escapeJ
arrest for the time being.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
False PretanScS,

James Walker, 4 co.ored man az abcr,
twenty wears, was ARRESTED! this afternoon
and taken To the corporation boarding
hou-e for obtaining goo,i> under false pre-
t~nse-. For the past week ar more
he had been in the habit al going
To the ".i,y bakery" AMI getting
pies, cakes, bread, rolls 30. and repre-
senied that +. l.. Phipps had sent
him ior the ARTICLES. Some DAYS he
xonid run a bill. at the amount 81 fifty
aud sixty cents. Nothing WAS SUSPECTED
~ Walker has been in the ell
picye Of Phlpp-. aud il was supposed that
the order was all right This morning he
called for some fresh rolls. The baker in
formed him that none was ready. but w"ul':
be about noon. The ,larkey sMG he would
call at that time. Noon came hut the
darkey did not. and the baker r,n over 4"
Phipp's store to see whethe. he would send
for the rolls or have them sent around.
Then the fraud WAS discovered.
Mr.. PhiPl~ said that he had or
dered no rolls, AMI moreover the darkey
had not been ia his employ for a long time.
About one o'clock the pie-bi,er called for
his rolls, and the baker asked him Ia re-
main until he could go and get them. In
stead Of bringing back the rolls the baker
brought an officer and Walker vas taken
into custody. lie will make public to-
morrow his reasons for preferins hot roll.
cakes and things To mush.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
Nimrods.

The quail shooting season opened this
morning, il being the 18th Of August. Our
Legislature has wisely provided thHi mo
person shall kill quail or grouse during
certain months in :he summer when they
are breeding. This has proved moot
Lenifcent law, As it prevents the destruction
OF large numbers Of young quail, and j.
always respected by true sportsfaen who
should make others do likewise.
4 large crop IL quail and grouse j. re-
ported this season, and n,w will be the op.
portuniiy for good shots to show their skill
Away With your glass balls and trap shoot
ing. Let Us have some regular old
fashioned 'choose up" matches-rhe first
nan wins aud the las, pays for the supper
Several sedalis gentlemen started ou
yesterday evening To be in time ior iheil
days sport.
Probably there will be considerable brsg
ging heard this evening. But take the adj
vice Of an old hand and "don'l believ,
everything you hear" Leave your bust
ue-s for short while ii you can, and BY in
duleing in this excellent sport and recrea
tion you will be far more fitted for I'll,
every day duties Of life.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
BOSTON Respectabllity.

1t seems that ROYAL b. Conant, the
defaultinr cashier OF the Eliot bank,
though indorsed as man OF ire
proachable morality. was not too NOR
al 20 form connection with a young
and pretty, but not immaculate. act
re>s of the variety stamp, and to be
lavish in his expenditures upon her.
His licentious and spendthrift habits
were known to niany persons. to one
of the directors among others. and bis
accounts were accordingly examined.
Certain irregularities were found, bu.
ON promise Of better behavior and the
REIMBURSEMENT of his theatre mistress,
he was forgiven and kept in his place.
The opinion in Boston Is, that the di-
rectors might have known how things
were going, if they had had any ac-
auaintance with the Ways of the
world. Blu: they were 50 honest and
50 intensely respectable themselves that
they were culpably careless. They
had had experience. too, Of warning
sort. for their president, or he who was
their then president, appropriated
500, 900 only FIVE or six years since,
or rather lost it in stock speculation,
lust as Conant has done. Like the
ex.cashier, the ex-president was a per-
! son Of unquestionable integrity and
highest honor, which in Boston does
not seem to always prevent a man
Wholesale stealing.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
Caution TO Peach Eaters.

I The London Gi,,b~ say: ~ fatal case
ri poisoning by peach stones, which has JUS;
occurred in Paris NAV serve ~ u warning
to those families in which children are al
lowed to l,.ok after themselves f"G hours to-
/ geihcr. IL may be- a--usa.d ,I,..t very tew
chil.ircn under the ssr al ten or
twelve year-, have any Ii.a that peach
stones or peach blossoms axe dangerous.
/ They have ben ,huwu she deadly night
shade, AMI pIoi,ah!y tire ~i'l hemlrcs, ard
have cinny drcai ii i!.5nI; hut agr-e-
maids are Rot nearly -, fui.l ii r.iati,.
out the pescI, tree a. an "l ~ of horror
aud aversion. The vi"ii,n -; the re, ri,, ac-
CT Tent in PARIS hal certainly not hrrn c..u-
toned against attractions oi tie peach He
has. developed a, tine 'e'' Ter a.c .; FIVE sni
laif, the faculty vi rea-, nit; en- ins!uctive
principles. aul he sIw uo rrason To doubt
that cherry and III. a. 4 stones contsised
ga; .b,e kernels Tie noller i.u;' l. ~, at
least, All equally desirable treasure
Ia liz in.luS; Ic,.-S. ArCpT,.iT.ty lie
s-creted the stnne> ol number -: peaches
which hal been cent 10 las 'Iotl.rr from the
country, and pD-s,Ss.n. him,e!i oi ham
r..r, when III, alone 1r.ike them open in
usiIio,Is,s, and then -, uir,u ILL
feast, to which be- dill iisty and complete
j,,Stice. The taste III the kernels was not
perhaps Oh a pa. With expectations =. evil
ousiy entertained, as.i IL would he riiicu-
iYus To go throus.I the severe ! thor IL
cracking .urh ;.sr'! SHELF ,riIi,uu, cut, ri..,:
into the irui,ion at tine labor when once
finished. ~ the uniu,.ky child was i..us.d
bv hi- parent on her rrInrn writhin- IN the
grievous agTniys produced hy pru' sic or
hy.irvcyani. aci,i. The arrival an,l efforts
of the doctor were vain. and another item
hsd to i.- sidr,i ~ the l,uy list III deaths
by inprudence. Ii IL ~ we'll, now that The
season OF wall fruit has arrived, To explain
what extern, OF poisoaing properties Is pos-
sessed by the peach-stcne. The ~riter on
contains about ore grin Of pure hydro
chyanic acid, and II is known that one
grain Of the poison is almost certainly To
Kill any adult person. Two-ihir!s Of a
grain has very often ieen fatal, and indeed,
may be regarded a. fatal dose for
child.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20

st. Louis Sends Money to Defend
Those Accused of His Murder.

The following letter was sent on Monday
Shamrock Benevolent Society:
Sr.LOUi>,SrNrEo Missouri. AMERICA
August l., 1873.
Re-. j. OE.It. r. T.. Tuaasy, Hnn,n,
CSaaty Dtaeyi, L,hmd:
REV. DEAR SIR :-Ac,uated by that
noblest of all qualities in man, "Love oi
country which is very Proverbia: in the
lriShman, wherever fate has driven him.
few of these expatriated children oi our
unfortunate country, whose lot has been
east in the regions Of the far west Of this
great land, and on the banks Of the greatest
If al. rivers. the mighty Mississippi, but
who never lost sight of whatever NAV
be transporting in Ireland OF interest to
herself AMI her people, these men have
many years ago formed themselves into
union whose sole object Is to he at all times
ready to render tn Ireland that tribute
which they, in common with all Mhers OF
their race, owe To their beloved country, and
which they are only too eager to paw should
the proper Opportunity present self. Hav-
ing noticed Of late the determination Of the
government To prosecute, with that venge-
anee which il to be found in the British
government toward Irish state prisoners at
all times, those unfortunate men now in
generated in Donegal jail for the supposed
crime Of killing the leeherous Leitrum, y
crime we have no doubt these poor fellows
are entirely innocent OF. But sacrifice
must be made, it seems, for the taking oil of
this notorious libertine, and knowing we'll
the manner in which Justice is
meted out to our courtrymen when
ever they may have the misfortune
Of falling into the hands Of British
authorities, we are satisfied that the poor
fellows now in the grasp OF the tyrant rob
her will receive no better treatment nor no
more justice than many Others before them
unless il be through able counsel. Ii is
with Il view OF aiding in procuring for our
MARTYR friends the ablest counsel in Ireland
that this little band Of Irishmen tender
their mite and trust that your efforts il the
interest Of the poor fellows will be crowned
with success, and that the God Of Justice
and mercy will vouchsaie them speedy
release that they may once more resume
the natural Guardianship, Of their families
and the defenders Of the widows and Or
phans Of Others. While wishing YOU and
your co-workers Gosispeed in your laudable
undertaking, ! am only expressing the sen.
;iments OF every true Irishman. most par
ticulariy those o. the member, Of the
Shamrock Benevolent society OF this city.
Signed by the officers Of the society.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20
Looking for Lanham, q Texas Muir.
derer.

Sunday deputy sheriff Of Bexar coun-
,y. named Gleason, arrived in the city on
the lookout for young man named Lam
ham, who shot George Drake, a variety
actress, in San Antonio a few days since,
from the effects Of which she died. In his
flight he passed through San Marcos, where
the sheriff Of Hays county arrested him
for carrying concealed weapons, no, know
ing at the time who he was, BY some
means he managed To continue his flight
leaving his pistol behind him. lie was
traced to Waco by the officers. where they
found he had come On toward thi. city.
They lefi Sunday nigh, for Fort Worth IN
search Of hun. II Is thought he Is making
for the Indian Territory.-Dtdlas Herald.