New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-20
local MISCELLANY.
-. xcr coNpANIEs swINDLED.

49, .ha Messengers who arrived az TINS poIss
kesterdsy the AexsnEdre of the bark Hes
E. n Hansen, Of Oft the and psl1 Printz, of the
hsrh Mexico All of these vessels were No TS
SScenino the Mexico, which was owned IN WV ~
and all were wTsSk S az To- One Of
IN relating the experiences of himself ana o'neiS'
said -. .,,o,, o;,bt barl,s wrecked in
Santana in the nOrther of September 10 NOW, 'nS
dangerous character of such storms on inc LAS
Mexico and Its exposed harbors are eenJ,' are not
Known hut there are impositions when arc ny
we'll known. In several of the ports tne pilnOpa
article of export is mahogany. IL olten peSsels
il did in santana that these rIe the vessels are
not total losses and the cargoes are saNeu d;varg
condition. In Santana there seems 10 20 salvaSe
once from the rules and customs OF setIlns s %
S TN sarx;ces and this goes far toward eA-
planning the causes of many losses oi W aiat ships
WRITER'S In the cases of all of the elghi snP
wrecked the vessels ard cargoes were ara
sold for the benefit of all concerned me SAYS
advertised to take place on oepveioo, bnt az
o m They were sold on the day mentioned pu. AZ
n o'clock instead of at IL o'clock, ana seeihlls NJ!
for the purpose of favorlng certain pcteVna 90 "a
defraud the insurance companies 1hsteau VI 49, 49,
indoors beng present, there were only "a lew per
sons there who appeared TO understand lnao eEvaS
thing was an tS ioo or abon1 O Der cent of the
smallest appraised value. lhe Dark Ceu my tno
Uupont was sold for So and her cargo Oh AZ IONS
of mahogany brought $3.50, or Only % cen q Ia
A renresentatiye of a mercantile house reached
there after the SALE who had been lnsIruc1eq " u
$50 n ton for the mahogany. Inc oIig pvmo ",r,
sold for 81 90 and her 173 logs OF mahogany "e we're
disposed of for 500 The Ddrkendue, ILL Lri' H.
brought 1852 and 422 tons of mahogany 9Zlu;; lH
fhe latter case sixty tons OF the lnahoSdny ndu ny
hon mi on hoard but that made no dlHeIeuCe, as
the vessel was liable for all the cargo Th,
whether 1t had been put on pord III y; noi Iecoli1ed
,ncver was a greater species of swlndnng iegahHeu
~ ,Iio 1nr treatment on board the tlty Oh
Merida was excellent. and we feel greatly nue ,t
10 Captain Rettig and Purser Howe Ior 'neA 'noi''
III our behalf.
vACcIXATED WITH SPURIOUS QUILLS.
When the smallpox became prevalent IN faleIr
con- \ / some weeks ago, the health o1nciais Oh
fhe civ among other measures OF safety LOOK sep
10 secure the vaccination OIL an WHO guy aP
DlV They, III common with several OF INC ".oloot'
nhvscians obtained supply OF QulIis rom d man nan
named Barney, who keeps note. III NSSt-s,, Sia,I
city, and has farm at Cll'0h' NJ .. D"in.1 , n'
nj one time carried on the business Oh supPN Jug
vaccine matter, which was prepared uiuSA ny
direction OF the Health Department OF ihIs
en- The authorities at Paterson supposed that
fhe vaccine matter from Barneys ChItoh farm sun
had the recommendation OF the New 1o1A he'i ~
Department. When they hrst applleu 40 ot,0S , ~
had no vaccine quill, but wlthln 'Wo ua no So 10
nlied large number. This was Regarded w tuo
Paterson PHYSICIANS as singua ar and thell susPi-
cions were increased when they Iounu maj
made with Barneys qmlls was yery o SD'"i SOCIETY,"
Passaic County District MGdicai the ooG maiy
dec,dsd TO take action IN tne Au"V-
fer and began investigation "A Io'teI
from the Health Department OF TINS clty was nc; re-
now with mat department. ms COMMUNICATION
was laid before the medical Society al a meeting od
last Tuesday night aud commit zee weIo dp'OItUu
10 confer with tAe health officers OF aleIeon 1'
commlttee ON Wednesday night met Mayor OlhhoI'
CItv PHYSICIANS Hurd nd Myers, ltealtl inspector
Newton and the COMMITTEE on nedisn ~. ,m1 1
of Aldermen The story told by the medlcal uepu-
tation al tins meeting created sensation when
made public yesterday. ., .,
Dr. Rogers asserted that the qqllls used by the
city vaccnators were either Spurious or very L.
feriOr in quality. lie recommended mat the city
authorities begin anew the WORK OF puoHc VACCINE
tiop. DIR. +. j. Marsh, who with Dr. george H. |
Rolleray was City Physician OF Paterson about len
wears ago, said that lie knew Barneys quIis were |
bad; he also urged a re-Vacchatlon; III. baierdy |
stated that he had VacclnaJed 700 persons WI Il |
The Barney Quills about loo OF WEOm were chill |
dren. EIghty-hye per cent OF these vaccinations |
had failed To produce vesclcles. Inc DOCTOR tnen |
obtained supply of NartIns quilis, anu 40 per |
cent of the NEGOTIATIONS with these were successful.
health Inspector Newton asserted that be had
been informed i'll this city that the pulls from the
Chiffon farm were . no good" but hndlng that a |
supply OF them had been ordered, he was compelled
TO use them and await results DE- Newton mas had |
charge OF the public vaccinations. Alderman |
Gum who is also Il physician OF repute ana u nom
Der of the Health Commit Tee, sdld tndI IA lbs pr
yate practice he had found a number OF Barneys |
ouills worthless and had thrown theln away n |
sutctoT Newton complained tnat NUMBER OF mill |
owners had had their employees yaccnated by drug |
clerks because they did II cheaply, although many
OF them did not know veslcle when they saw one
he outlook for the health OF Paterson is some
what gloomy. Cases OF smallpox are again ON the |
increase: there is regular Board OF Health or |
effective municipal law on sanitary subJectS the |
civ hospital buildings are hastily erected Sheds |
where patients would perish In winter cold or be
soaked IN a neavy rain; there is lack OF pubic
confidence i'll the physician III charge, ana the
wholesale vaccination OF the pubic turns out 10
have been farce There is a strong public feeling
In favor OF radical change IN the sanitary depart
ment on the civ government. There are "a number
of bills from Barney for vaccine quilts which have
moi been paid and the city will undoubtedly refuse
10 nav them. case OF smallpox was reported yes
terdav at No Al CrOss-st. The neighborhO0d is III
filthy condition
PREPARATIONS FOR THE SIX DAYS WALK.
The carpenters have been keeping up lively din
IN Madison Square Garden for the past week while
fitting up the interior of that building for the
coming six days walk. The entire space on the
north side of the Garden is to be reserved for
women and children with their escorts The build