, 1879-08-14
THE EXODUS.

a Costly Effort to Stop tin Emigration Of
fcgrueA tu Kansna-t;.even Cars Full of S1-
Erooa Tour of lhspsot'ou.
xnsttat Df,pitch IL TIE tribune
ST, LdrIs, Aug. f3.-Thcre WAS great furry
III TIC Health commissioners Office to-day, duu
to dspatgl frnm Dr. llauvh, Ut thc illinois
Stuic Boar4 of Health, announcing that twcivc
carloads Of hutnan freight dtrgct from the
South were headed for st. Louis and needed
sanitary inspection. With visions Of 100 yellow
lcvcr CASES to thc car, Commissioner Francis
hustled Ills inspcctors arross the river. The
irain arrived In East st. Louis OH time, u,,L
the INSPECTORS were fairly dismayel when they
saw tl,ero were eleven carloads Of
negroes aud ouu ot whIte meu. Mayor
.oyrc lad the train ha!ted OH Il
iifEh trestlgHurs, 80 nubohy gDatd get out
70 scat1cr any fever urounti, AI,ti Iftr, while two
policemen with biz clubs stool at cael corridor
10 ruln atiy o1le who pukeu his htnd out. IT,
spcctors vent through. They fund everybody
,daic.i man, usl un examination Ut blu. proved
1t wus whisky which tllsubcd hnl. The eleven
cas'loads were rnu up tn lenica and s!te-
tracked, a'Hs the tgr-ioad u w'!iso 1nen was
posed s,oppt: here. 'l'l'clr, sauttary. condi-
tton having BEEN determined enfc, au
inquiry as to The character aud pur
pose Of the multitude was set Gu faat,
u
be remembered, tlc e1o.tus u negroes froE1 thu
SOUTH to Ka,lsns created widespread alarm
amung Southern planters, who contaminated q
spcntd cotton crop With 10 halltss tu harvest
1t Wien It should mature. There WIS crsba-
tio.l OF tllr exodus for u time. but TIE proplery
Oh al sides Nils thar, with tho eumtE Ut iall,
thousands would move whert tu!y ilahufeds
bud gulo before. 4 general HsoYe'ent OF
ssaynati"I .!u t'4e South, and tn: pros
pcct awakened tlle ltseIltst npprehgnSons
OIL tic part u monnyctl men there. thG ne-
grucs VINO hayc gsnu 10 Kansas haso su1iescd
great prlyAti,,h, nult will Buller moro rs the
mercury vUes duwn to .lc :rro vlciuitY, but no
representations VI tbs kind would convince
Southern nrErucs that kausas WASN'T Canaats.
In fact, When tu stories VI su!lcrin. t'scy r.
Mississippi nc1 ol largc sneatss, utter hludytng
utl tic prospects, determined u|ion strong
enterprise ~ save t!Ictr part 81 thc. country.
They madu arrangements with tic railroads tu
curry y, inu's,,sS tr1!n Of nssrGss,
to ka,lsas Gus and Gack a-aIn fur $40 the soum!
trio. Tie difference betwcen real Gust alnl tits
nominal figure Is burhu by tlehe men, wllusu
names arc j. II. Matthew'S ahd II: u. IloEE.
They sent ngents through thr stuteuf Mtssissip-
pi .l,nl told tl,u negroes to select rlIllIlcr II
representative ficlI VII WIu6e representations
they would rely to make the tru Thus party
Ut GU of the most Intelligent negrocs I'll The
statu was inalc, aEtl excellent trayrl-
\ car containing store and bar-rooIlI
wus attached. SD that they were irde,cu.lent ot
thu uussidu world. alld tlen. accompanied by
thirty planters, II ttart was lnada. They wl! bu
shuwn Kansas III 1t Ii, nnl Tic suffering elul-
grants WHO lIuvc gone beforo as they are, ata It
IL confidently expected lt'at Wien they 70 buck
u'Id report they wtl e'tcetunlly prcvenI a"y ex-
tensiyc full exodus from Mississippi. Tl!r truin
gura ~ tue Culca4n u Alton route to knllsns
CITY tu-lnutloW u3OrnnE.