Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-23

Halifax street wharf. The surgeon general
directed that the patients be removed to
the quarantine hospital on the Santa Rosa
Island, the bedding and clothing in the
house destroyed, the house fumigated and
surrounded by guard. The cases were
reported by Acting Assistant Surgeon
White to-day, and boat was Immediately
chartered by the collector of customs and
the cases removed to quarantine in
accordance with the surgeon generals
orders.
REDEMPTION OF BONDS.
Of the 80 per cent. bonds embraced in
the 121st call $4,91O,65O we're redeemed at
the treasury department to-day under the
circular of Aug. Is. OF this amount $780,
600 has been held in the United States
treasury in trust as security for the nation
al bank circulation. These bonds were
redeemed with interest to Nov. 1, the date
of maturity of the call. The amount of
bonds embraced in the call which had pre-
viously been redeemed with interest to
date of presentation is $529, 100. This
makes total of bonds redeemed under the
121st call $5,440,45O. The 81 per cents.
still outstanding are about $26, 100000. It
is expected these bonds will be redeemed
at the rate of 100000 per week.
DIPLOMATIC HoNoRs.
The following circular has been sent out
by the department to all the diplomatic
and consular Offices of the Uuited States:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, WASHINGTON Aug
22.-To the diplomatic and consular Off
GERS of the United States: Gentlemen
It becomes my painful duty to announce to
you the death of an illustrious citizen,
whose last official public service was rem
dered to his country at the head Of this
department, Jeremiah s. Black, repre-
sentative man of his country, one distin-
guished for faithful service in various
public trusts, having been charged at
different periods with the administration
OF the department of state and justice,
departed this life the 10th instant. It
would seem particularly fitting that this
department should pay appropriate honor
to mis- memory. You will, therefore, cause
the flags of your respective offices to be
placed at half mast on the reception of
this circular, and will adopt the usual sym
bols of public mourning for a period of
ten days.
ESigned FRED T. FREL1NGHUYsEN.
Secretary of State.
WHAT PATENT MEDICINE BITTRRs ARE MADE OF.
In compliance with request made by
he proprietors of one OF the popular pat
ent medicines which is widely sold
throughout the countro under the general
name Of bitters the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue to-day rendered a decision in
regard to the liability OF such quasi medi-
cinal preparations to special tax as a
beverage. He holds that where bitters are
sold in good faith as medicine no special
tax since July 1, can be required An
analysis of the particular specimen of bit
tiers on which this decision was rendered
showed the following result: Absolute
alcohol thirty two per cent, water sixty
four per cent, essential oils and tiavoring
extracts four per cent. Upon this analysis
it was estimated that the sample contained
eighty-two per cent. of ordinary whisky
DISEASE AND DEATH.
The surgeon general of the marine hos
pital service reports from Surgeon Main,
at Brownsville, Texas, from which it ap-
pears that black smallpox is prevailing
with great mortality in the towns of Tam
atom and Piercifacon, Mexico, that yellow
fever is reported at Tampico and Panama
and that black smallpox is prevalent in
Gauetamala, the victims being princi pally
foreigners. There were 160 deaths from
cholera in SaDdiorisio, Oxaca, during the
month, and AT deaths from yellow fever
IN Vera Cruz the same month. Early in
August there was a shower of fishes in
Maitemoro and an earthquake at Petalka,
causing twenty deaths and the destruction
of thirty houses.
FAREWELL SERVICES TO MISSIONARIES.
Re-. DR.. Butler, pastor of the Memorial
Lutheran church, presided at large meet
ing last evening, called to bid farewell to
the following missionaries soon to sail for
India: DR.. E. Urganst, who has been for
twenty-five years a missionary in India,
and who returns with his wife and daugh-
ter, Rev. Luther B. Wolf and wife, Gettys-
burg, Pa, Miss T. Q. Dryden, of Carthage
College, ILL.,, and Miss Anna S. Kugler of
Maryland, late assistant surgeon at the
State asylum at Norristown, Pa. Addresses
were made by ali these and others inter
ested in the mission airy work.
SURGEON OWENS DYING.
A telegram to the acting secretary of
the navy from Pensacola, dated yesterday,
says one new case occurred to-day, the
child of Paymaster Brown, but no deaths.
Surgeon Owens is dying.
NEW CHICAGO NATIONAL BANK.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the Corn Exchange National
bank Of Chicago to begin business With q
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