Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-09-05
FROM THE CAPITAL.

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turned to the Governor of Louisiana
$21 600 in school bonds of that state,
captured in 1865 by General Sheridan.
MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD, of Chic
ago, is billed 10 address the annual con-
perauce Union to be held at the Gar
field Memorial Church Thursday and
Friday, Sept. II and 12.
A CABLEGRAM received at the Post
office Department announces the post
pone ment until February next of the
international postal congress, which was
TO have assembled in Lisbon. Oct. 1.
Postponement was probably made on
account of the existence of cholera
quarintines in SO-theTn Europe.
SECRETARY Folger arrived at his
homo in Geneva last Wednesday. Those
of his neighbors who saw i'm were sur
prised at the great change in his ap-
pearance. The family physician, DR..
Robinson, states that his patient is
worn out by sickness and work. For
weeks the Secretary has attended to
his official duties while suffering great
distress. He has had for several years
trouble with his heart. The trouble
has been increasing in severity. Some
times it is difficult fc' the Secretary to
breathe. His frierCs here were alarm
ed.
WHEN ex Senator Windona of Mn
nesota returned ,his summer from AN
extended European tour, the announce
ment was made upon presumed author
ity, that Senator Sabin, being embarrass-
ell by lu,inesS disasters requiring
a II his time and attention to retrieve,
would resign the Senatorship in favor
of Mr.. Window, who would be un-
doubtedly returned in his place When
Senator S bin was last in Washington
he was reticent upon the subject, and
this had the effect Of strengthing the
belief that Mr. Window would soon re-
appear in his old Senatorial seat.
Whatever doubt may have existed con-
cerninS Sabin's action has been dis
PEELED by the announcement that the
Senator has leased for two years the
well-appointed residence of Mr.. w. S.
Tisdel, who will leave in about two
weeks for Africa to represent the
United States ON TIL? Congo River Com
mission
THE captain of the ,ort of Guaynlas
has received an official notice from the
minister of war that a vessel has arrived
at Salinas Cruz with Asiatic cholera on
board. He instructs the captain of the
port to allow nc one to land from yes
sells arriving from tlmas Cruz, or from
other ports lower on the coast The
official notice bears the date of the city
of Mexico Aug. Is. Similar notices
have been received at Mdzatli II, San
Bias, Altata, Mazanilla and other
Pacific coast ports. Salinas Cruz is the
chief port of the state Of Tehuantepec,
and lies 2,0o0 miles south of Guaymas,
ON the Pacific. IC is considered dnac-
countable here that any person could
arrive there from the infected districts
of Europe. 1t is generally believed here
that the vessel in question is from
China, and brings original cholera
germs. The news caust great uneasi
ness along the coast cities, it being the
first information Of the arrival of
Asiatic cholera on this continent.
IT is opeEly asserted among medical
officers of the navy here that there is
much truth in the statement that the
color blindness of officers on the Tala-
poosa occaSioned the collision. They
were uncertain during some precious
moments whether the schooner light
was red or blue. The court of inquiry
has been directed by Secretary Chan
der 10 make the question of color
blindness a matter for thorough investi-
CATION. A naval officer said to-day it
was great pity so many officers were
allowed to stay in service who were dis
qualified by olor-blindness. He stated
that although the medical officers did
all in their power to exclude young
men from Annapolis who were not able
to distinguish color properly, the au-
thorities admitted and passed many
young men every year who oaght not
TO be in the navy. He said that color
blindness in officers was the cause of
more errors aud disasters than the pub
lie were aware of, AMI that the real
cause of the loss of the Oneida in China
seas twenty years ago was color blind
ness of the officers in charge of the YES
sci at ths time, who still are officers in
the navy.