The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-06-28
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
DESTRUCTION BY THE ToRNADoEs.

DESTRUCTION BY THE TORNADOES.
Chicago, June 27.-It is estimated that not
fewer than I3o persons have been killed by
the recent tomatoes in Kansas, Missouri,
Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota and Minnesota, and
that the total amount of property destroyed
will exceed in value So, SOC, 900.
YELLOW FEVER MAKES ITS APPEARANCE.
New Orleans, June 27.-Henry Forbes, a
sailor, of the steamship Marco Aurelio, which
arrived from Havana on the 18th, has been
admitted to the Charity Hospital. He has a
clear case of yellow fever. Forbes remained
in Havana FIVE days, having arrived there
from Montivido. He shipped on the steamer
Marco Aurelio, which left Havana on the nth
instant, in ballast, and arrived at Mississippi
Quarantine Station on the 18th, where he was
detained until the night of the 18TH, the vessel
in the meantime being thoroughly fumigated.
She reached this city Sunday morning. the
18th. Thursday Forbes was taken sick and
sent to sailors boarding house, whence he
was sent Sunday to Charity Hospital. Doc
tors Jones and Herrick, of the state board,
and Drs. Chaille and Bemiss, o. the national
board of health, all agree that it is case Of
yellow fever. The patient has been isolated,
the boarding house from which the sailor was
sent have been thoroughly fumigated. The
physicians who saw the patient were unani-
mously of the opinion that the disease would
end with this case.
PROTECTION AGAINST YELLOW FEVER-AID FOR
IOWA SUFFERERS, ETC.
Houston, June 27.-On account of news from
New Orleans this morning of case of yellow
fever, DR.. Rutherford, health officer, is moving
in the matter of protection against the slight
est chance of importing the fever. The board
of health organized Thursday.
sufferers did fairly we'll at the fair grounds,
tonight.
In row in the Solo saloon, tonight, Mike
Mulligan, an engineer, was seriously stabbed
in the back, and Lynch, a railroad employee,
was cut in the right arm. Lynch did the cut
ting. Lynch and Brady were both arrested.
Three gamblers, to-day, in brace game,
beat a country man out of $645.
A man named Nelson Murray fell dead,
near here on the T. & N. o. railway. The
cause of his death was not ascertained.
The Israelites call a meeting here on the
18th ult., of the friends to Russian Jews, to aid
in their care. The call is to the brethren
throughout the state.
BRITISH VICE CONSUL RESIGNS.
Alexandria, June 27.-The British vice.
consul here has resigned, and advised Eng
lishmen who desire to remain here, to take up
their quarters in the Eastern telegraph Office,
as news might arrive at any moment from
Constantinople, which might cause an out
break. Arab Pasha declares that the natives
implicated in the massacre in Alexandra on
the nth shall not be punished, unless the
Europeans who fired upon the rioters are also
punished. All the ministers, except Ragheb
Pasha and Arab Pasha, went to Cairo last
evening.
INDIAN TROOPS FOR EGYPT.
London, June 27.-A dispatch to Reuters
telegram company, from Simla, confirms the
report that the government is communicating
with India, in regard to the dispatching Of
Indian troops to Egypt.
PREPARATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE
sUEz CANAL.
London, June 27.-The Times, in an edit
orial, says: "In view of the information we
have received from various quarters, we can
not doubt but that preparations for the pro-
lection of the Suez canal are maturing on a
considerable scale. We have reason to be-
ieve that the first army corps, and consider
able part of the second, are at full strength,
and, should it be necessary to strike sudden
blow, there would be no difficulty in dispatch
ing 10000 men to Egypt in few days."
EMBARKATIoN OF TROOPS.
Malta, June 27.-Preparations are making
for embarkation of troops in event of neces-
sity.
GENERAL SIR EVELYN WOOD ORDERED TO
EGYPT.
London, June 27.-It is stated that Gen.
Sir Evelyn Wood has been ordered to be ready |
to proceed to Egypt. J