Evening star., 1884-07-26


SARATOGA, n. Y, July 26.-This was the fourth
regular day OF the race meeting here. The weather
was warm and clear. the track dry and fast and The
attendance fairly good.
First race purse s4OO, OF which $50 to the second;
for maiden two-year-olds, Y mile. Lula S. got the
Rapido head and head next After furlong had
been run Rapido and Irish Pat raced into the lead
head and head and ran this way TO the nnish Dead
heat between Irish Pat and Rapido, two lengths
ahead OF Reed, third. Time, liz.
Second race. the Saratoga cup, a sweepstakes for
the second TO receive $500 and the third 500 out OF
the stakes, two miles and quarter. General Mon
roe took the lead from compensation at the start
and was never headed, winning easily 10y eight
lengths. Compensation second, ten lengths ahead
OF Aida, Stanhope third. Time, 4:o5
The New York Strike.
NEW YORK. July ga number or od-hoistIng
engineers and paSterers refused TO go 10 work this
and laborers are striking. on many other jobs the
engineers and plastererS VIII stop work Monday.
This move 1t Is supposed will hasten the employers
TO give In on the nine-hour question. Other than
this the strike remains unchanged
Telcgraphic Briefs.
B. Goodwin's store at Navasota, Tex, was burned
yesterday. Loss $35. 600
Daniel III, Hopkinson the editor and proprietor
OF the Je'ceiters Ctrcut0r ana Neurological ReUetc,
died yesterday at his home In Brooklyn, aged 40.
A Reported Case Of Cholera.
AN ALARM FROM TIE MIssIssrrPI- SUSPICIOUS DEATH
A
DR.. Hamilton. the surgeon general of the marine
hospital, yesterday received a dispatch from the
surgeon at Evansville, Ind, stating that a child
died at Port Anderson, Miss, on the steamer Annie
R Silver for St. Louis The parties came directly
from Toulon to France, and II is supposed TO be q
case OF cholera The custom officers at Cairo ana
Memphis were at once notified to quarantine the
vessel Last evening DR.. Hamilton received dis
patches notifying him that the Annie r Silver
passed Cairo on the 2ad, and is now at St Louis.
cholera
occurred on board. He Immediately telegraphed
the surgeon OF the marine hospital service at ST.
Louis, to make full Investigation and report TO
him at once the facts with regard TO the suspected
case reported TO have been put of the vessel at
Port Anderson, Miss, and the general condition OF
tne vessel AND and heI passengers and crew pr Ham
was case OF cholera, but he wanted 10 take all
necessary precautions.
THE REPoRI UNwARRANTED.
Surgeon General Hamilton to-day received the
following telegram from Jno. ID. Stevenson health
commissioner at St Louis: "Steamer Annie p silver
In port. Is In good sanitary condition. The report
OF cholera on board the Trip up the river was not
warranted by the facts"
WHAT SURGEON GENERAL HAMILTON SAYS.
Gen. Hamilton said this morning that he had not
believed from the start that a case OF cholera had
occurred on board the Mississippi river boat, and
that the telegram from Commissioner Stevenson
had settled the fact beyond question. He had read
the statement OF the captain OF the boat, he said,
and thought very likely that II was correct "IeX-
pect," he added, "that We Will be three-fourths OF
the summer kept busy running down unfounded
reports about cholera cases, but that can't be
helped, for whenever there is such report the only
'anto ng 20 70 10 10 umt up 'ne aces Wnen tne co
persons who have arrived In France with their ad-
dresses we viii be greatly aided In this business,
for we Will know who they are and where they can
be found, and can keep track them without difl-
Guilty. We don't intend to have cholera introduced
In this country If there any way TO prevent It."