, 1883-10-04
BY Telegraph.
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SAN FRAvrI~-o. Sept. -. tn" steam
ar Newborn. w sch arrived fc!. this
morning from UHEu.a- and 'Ia2Hi!Gn.
brought ri.. eases IF yri!sw fever. III
clUiIu- the second officer. VINO Was Iylug
at ia" rr.E. ~ death. and Who died
y. TT = after tn. vessel was imucLI
arr.E placed in quarantine. The steam
cr ms since Si-ualIej that another vic
tim has died. and still another victim -
exT e.rod TO die 1T any MON ut. Tie
fact o. the steamer having touched oil
GUaymaS, made Hrg arrival "a matter of
anxiety f. tle quarantine officials. i'm
meJIa'rly after she came IN the head
Quarantine Officer McAlIistar boarded
her, and asked the captain if ia had any
sickness on board. The captain report
ed that lac had five persons down With
what appeared us yellow fever. - some
had suffered from black vomit, among
whom was second officer Graham. An
inspection proved the disease to be vel
low fever. and the vessel was quaTautiucd
and orders were issued prohibiting all
communication from those on tha steam
er with the shore The captain. in an
swer 10 the inquiries of Dr. McAiIiStcr.
stated that when he left GHaymas thcTe
was no appearance uF the disease on
board: that it developed after his leaving
that port, but that when the black v1mlt
made IFS appearance among the sick he
felt satisfied It was yellow fever Ir.
McAllisteT reports that in company with
Or. Parry he visited the ship, and IL the
case Of the second officer found 4 vomit
of CuagulHted blood. containing guam
tity of albumcn. which were the cOHdi-
tIons attending yellow fever. lie had
the pati MS placed in separate compart-
ments and had the vessel fumigatei, at
the same time ordering that the steamer
be removed further up the bay. where
ferry boats and othe' passing vessels are
not likely to come into near contact.
Opening oi isc F4eSjsIatu:c.
OLYMPIA, Oct. Both branches of
the Legislature have temporarily organ
lied. L. c. Ferguson. of Snohomsh,
was elected Speaker of the house, and
Thomas II. Bates. Of King, Clerk. In
the Council J. II. Houghton, of Pilsco,
was elected temporary President, and
John Calhoun, of jefferson, Clerk. The
Council will probably organize tomor-
row with the following: Sewall TruaX,
President; p. b. johnson, Chief Clerk;
John Detierl, Assistant Clerk; John
Calhoun, Engrossing Clerk; S. l.. Craw-
ford, Enrolling Clerk; Henry Cook,
Scrgeant-at-Arms; - Caliihan, Door
keeper; Hartsock, Watehman. This
slate is subject 10 slight changes. The
House will be organized by the Republi-
cans tomorrow
Suicide.
McMINNvILLE, Sept. 3O.-The jury in
the Smith trial brought in verdict of
guilty at s 30 last evening. Smith was
remanded to Jail and at 9o'clock took
from fifteen to thirty grains of NOR
phine, which he had concealed-in the
lapel of his coat. His fellow prisoner,
Rogers, refused to inform the jailer un-
til he thought him dead. At o'clock
this morning Drs. LittIefeld and Cal
breath were called, but it was too lat. .
He expired at 8 o'clock this morning.
He was refused paper and light last
night to write, so he told Rogers that he
wanted his body given to his wife, and
his rifle and the money he had when
captured to Hon. w. ID. Fenton, his
counsel. He wished his wife exonerated
from any completely, but made no con
fessiun.
Mills Burned.
WALLA WALLA, Sept. ga fire broke
out in the Standard mills, the largest i'll
this section, owned by McCalley x Son,
at 2;39 p NJ Although three streams
were soon playing upon the flames, the
buildings were doomed, and in two
hours nothing was left but a few black
ened timbers. With great exertion the
immerse warehouse was saved, but not
before the walls were badly scorched.
No wind blew or the flames would have
spread. Loss, about S40. COO; insurance.
$4,000 on the mills and $1,000 on stock.
The buildings are insured III the Royal
Norwich, Union and Lancashire for
$1,000; in the Insurance Company of
North America for $1,000, and in the
PENNSYLVANIA Fire of Philadelphia for
5000. The stock was insured in the
Commercial Union.
Columbia river bar Again.
PORTLAND, Sept. 2S.-The coasting
steamer Ona, ashore at the entrance of
Yaquina Bay, proves a total loss. The
q. s. tug General Wright took off the
crew. The vessel is owned by A. j. Wat
son of this city, and valued at $1,000. The
cargo was probably worth $1,000; said to
be partly insured.