New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-08-28
THE SMALLPOX EPIDEMIC IN MONTREAL
FEWER CASES REPoRTED-THE MoNTEIrH MURDER
COLONEL OUIMET.
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MONTREAL, Aug. 27.-The smallpox epidemic
sppars now TO be on the OF the thrty-nve
cases reported yesterday only five were found to he
smallpox number of deaths was only three Inc
rusli of people be yaccnatcd was as great rs ever
In the st. Jean Baptiste village plaearding ana
com pusory vaccination have been abandoned, all In
Difference TO the preudces OF the ignorant classes The
opp ,ston to vaccination is strong. Twenty deaths
havs been reported since Saturday but only five new
cas,s have been reported IN that time
Tho Mayor and medical men express their
ind gnatlon that the Civic Hospital was allowed TO
rem ain In the village and give the opinion that this
res1cd in bringing smallpox into the village Mount
the physcian OF the reormaory, has this afternoon
issed circular to the parents OF the boys In that ns
tutlon stating that they will not be received at the
usual monthly visit unless they can pre-
sent a certificate from medical man
showing thu, they have no smallpox in their houses
case 10 cort of Arthur chaput. charged with stealing
watch had 10 DO postponed all the witnesses have
smallpox.
Adv,ces from st. Pacome. the Riyes Quee state
that there have already been four cases OF smallpox
there OF which, imported from Montreal. had aiaa
termination. The other two VIII PROBABLY recover Ine
seSv are being msde TO m Vent it's dissemination
Advices from Gaspe state that tue barkenhe Electra
ing LEFT Jersey July 81 She bad moderate winds ana
thick weather and made the Banks Of Newfoundland on
August 9. She had thick fog and gale from s0uhwesl
% northwes on August s. when she picked up Two
French seauIen bropgne the French NJ ne schooner
day and three nights without food or water.
The four young men impl Gated ia tho
Monteth alleged murder case nave given
Themselves the authorities.
They state hat they only heard yesterday that the
young farmer had ded and they coull com
mmncato with each other they had resolved 10 sur
render themselves Their names are Napoleon rahlhrI
Pierre Gauthier, Jean Baptlste Puiurau and Antoine
Poiuea and theT ages from nineteen TO twenty
four. According their story they
had pic king cherries on tho banks 81 the aquelct
and were coming along the Old equeduCt rOai, which
enters the lower Lachine road thrOu-h the MOneiths
farm Gu the way they were met by William Monteth'
who ordered them 20 back THIS they refused To de-
when he began threatening them and finally .shulted
them with pit"hfOrk. In seli-detence Napoleon
Gauther struck him with the stock OF "A gun be was
CARRYING knocked him down. Oau,bier says he did
not mean TO kill Mouieth.
At recent meeting Of the constituents Of Lieutenant
Coohel Onmet the Goth Battalion, In the county
OF Laval which represents in the DoniuOu House OF
Commons. an address presented TO lin whlrh
highly praised his own conduct and that OF the OON
Battalion. \
colonel Ouimet In replying to the address alluded 10
the causes of Instruction aud the just claim, OF
the Meis. lie held that Rlc should not Ice hanged,
not because he sympathiZcd with Hun, but because lie
great political buDder, especially after the manner 10
which the trial had been conducted. Mcssrs NlnruA
& Fitzpatrick, Rie's counsel, will start Tor Wmhipr-
Tuesday night 10 argue the appeal before the MAN.
| tOba court
Angus; 3 for fOsO. Newfoundland went ashore at thai
place and viii probably become total wreck unless
the Wrcckcrs before north wind sets In The
cargo all saved but Ia "A damaged condition