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The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24
ROAD AGENTS.
A Southern Pacific Train Attacked.
The Masked Men Compel the Engi-
neer to Stop,
Uncouplo tho Engine from tho Train
and Move On.
He Is Then Placed in the Door Of
tho Mail Car,
And Is Accidentally Shot by a Passens
gor-Tho Robbers Get Frightened
at tho Fire Made. upon
Them and Fly.

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept ga special
from schulenburg, Tex, SAYS that pas
sengcr train on the Southern Pacific was
stopped near llarWood last night by
masked men, who compelled the engineer,
at the point of revolver, to uncouplo
from the passenger coaches and pull out Of
the way. Conductor H. T.. Shackcliord
WIS compelled 10 assist in uncoupling tho
engine. In the express car were United
States Marshal John T. Rankin, with
Deputy William Van Wiper, and Detect
i've Jay q. Kelly, of the Southern Pacific
service. Other officers were ON the train,
the company having been warned of tho
attack. all east bound trains having been
guarded by Marshal Rankin since last
"Wednesday. The robbers wcro soon on
the mail car.
Jump in aud rifle tho mail bags, COM
mandcd the leader Of the gang.
Two men then took Engineer TOomy 10
the open door, and M soon ~ his head
pccrcd into the open space Bud West, taxi
ing him ior one Of the robbers, blazcd
away with one barrel Of his shot gun.
ToOmy lcll back with an ugly wound
plowcd through his left check about
three inches and one inch wide aud
number OF buckshot In the left shoulder.
The bandits then tried 10 make Fireman
Groscr serve a like purpose and when
West sighted the fireman he discharged
the other barrel OF hisgun, but fortunately
missed Groscr. The bandits then returned
the fire and NO less than fifty shots woro
exchanged when the haillcd robbers fled,
carrying two Of their wounded with them.
There were ten IN the gang They will 10
pursued with bloodhounis.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24
At DECATUR.
Five New Cases, No Deaths-A Very
Gloomy Day-FeM PcopIe There.

gloomy Day-few People There.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 23.-A special
to the american from Decatur, Ala, says:
Today has been the gloomiest Sunday in
Decatur's history, the sun even refusing to
shine its rays on the little groups gathered
around on street corners. There are
hardly more than $50 people in the town,
two-thirds Of these are colored. Two
special trains with about fifty refugees left
about midnight last night 1t is scarcely
probable that any more will be permitted
to leave. There were about five new
cases and no misunderstanding news were
IL not that so little remains for the scourgc
TO fastcn itself on. One OF today's cases is
DR.. W. G. Buckley, one OF the best
physicians in Decatur The total cases to
date are seventeen; total deaths, four, as
follows: A. ID. Spencer, DIR. Bowman, W.
l.. Prince and o. 5. Kidney.
The cases now under treatment are:
Fred Falkenburg. Mr.. Weakly and son,
Mrs. Jones, son and daughter, w. X.
Francis, Joseph Graham, Dr.. Buckley and
three others, names unknown. The Bis
marck hotel is still open and feed all who
apply, whether they have money to pay
or not. Two restaurants here are doing
the same. The Western Union manager,
5. ID. Armstrong, has never left his post
except for sleep. Joseph I. Dickson. city
editor OF the Fro Lance, is still here.
Only two physicians have left-Dr. Taylor
and DIR. s. T.. Cross. Both OF them left
on account OF sickness.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24
ANOTHER DECATUR NAN DowS.
Dr. Taylor Sick ne Louisville, Probably
Win Tcycr-LouisNiIir's Welcome.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept. 23.-Dr. T.. Tay.
lor formerly oi Louisville, who has been
attending patients with the disease in
Decatur. was one OF train load OF fifty
who arrived from Decatur tonight lie
has what may be symptoms Of the fcyor
and was removed 20 the Eruptyc hos.
pital, "a was also u. Grant No other case
has developed here. The refugees who ar.
rived came through on n closed train aud
were not allowed TO stop In Nashville or nj
amy other point In Tennessee A number
who were interviewed by the Courier
Journal tonight confirm the report sent by
the Cyipid-Jyurnli stall correspondent last
night 10 the effect that there Is n scarcity
Of provisions and medicines, because the
stores are closed. They also state that
nuncs are few and oyCrworkcd. II j. poe.
itiyclv known here that NJ least one fam.
lis who left Decatur for Louisville when
the panic fnt began left their home ns 10
stood, with goods unpackcd and doors
open.
Donations should be sen, TO II. c. Jones
IT,, president Decatur Relief association,
iTlullNt hNiEiN county hlAs
The tOTiT-Jggrnai viii Say cdit1rially
| tomorrow
"Tnins from the south enter the city
without interruption. Baggage b. re-
tanned, examined and disiuiccicd. Though
| during the past week several huudrd
/ refugees have como o. Louisville, only
/ one death hns occurred among them, and
/ that on September 10. A physician from
| Decatur Frustrated from oNcrwork, was
yesterday ihc sole occupant Of the hospital
ST apart for yellow fever patients, aud
there ho will receive careful attention.
These are tho only two eases Of sickness
among the refugees. While no quaan-
tine IL established, every reasonable pre-
caution is taken, and travellers whose con.
/ dition CXciiys suspicion will be- ISOLATED
and carefully treated. The weather b
cool aud pleasant, aud the health OF th,
city Is perfect. No apprehension exists
and no cause for apprehension can b,
found"
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ANOTHER REPORT
says There Are six New Cases nc Dcca
tur aud Two Deaths.


Special Dispatch 20 The Appeal.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Sept. 23.-Mont-
gomery is beginning to adopt the non.
intercourse plan TO keep out yellow fever
refugees, and unless railroad companies
more fully comply with the quarantine reg.
ulations the probability is that every train
will be stopped. Every train going to and
coming from Albany was stopped this
morning.
The Louisville & Nashville railroad sent
a special train to Decatur yesterday even.
ing and 1t carried away only thirty-fivc
people, these BENGAL left there. The COM
pany has generously offered 20 feed the
unfortunate people, and will thus take q
burden oil OF the whole State Decatur
now looks like a city OF the dead.
Nobody is left there except the
physicians and lot OF negroes. The
postoilicc, express Office and railroad Of
ices have all been closed. There is not a
single experienced nurse in the place, and
that duty is now being performed by the
physicians exclusively. Most Of the news
OF the progress OF the epidemic has hith-
crto been performed by the train dis.
patcher OF the Louisville q Nashville, but
after nearly forty.cight hours OF constant
duty he was obliged TO close up the office
this morning and take rest The West.
orn Union telegraph operator has moved
several miles out II town. II is reported
here tonight that there were six new
cases and three deaths nj Decatur. The
military Gordon established around Mont.
gomery yesterday evening has given the
people here double assurance that the
plague will bc kept out. The soldiers arr
well armed aud mounted and have been
on duty since last night, and today were
assisted by scores IT volunteers.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24
40 FEVER Al MERIDIAN.
All Reports Denied by the city Health
Onl0gf.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Sept 23.-As numcr.
Gus inquiries are daily received here from
the press Of the country relative 10 yellow
fever In this city, the Associated Press cor.
respondent today obtained from the pres.
idont Of the board Of health the following
official statement
At a meeting Of the board Of health TO.
day at 10 O'Clock II was ordered that no
persons be permitted 10 get oil any trains
In this city and that after ~ o'clock 30.
morrow no trains will be permitted 30 stop
IN this city, but 10 run through, with
locked Doors. Al a speed not less than
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24
QuleleI ieeIIng preynlls loo lolay.
auaranun. Against Meridian Raised.

SrAHKyLLE, Miss, Sept. 23.-The city
board Of health raised the quarantine
against Meridian, Miss, this morning on
account Of certain favorable reports. Tho
Mobile x Ohio aud Georgia Pacific trains
have been stopped, aud do not run into
our city ut all. The Illinois Central runs
~ trains straight through, and is not al
lowed 10 either put Oh or take on passcn.
gCrs. Armed police scour the city on the
least intimaiIon Of the presence OF stran-
ger, aud unless he can show q clean record
he Is put out The excitement has not
nhaicd, but our ciiizonscn massc have and
will take every prcCautiOn against this
much dreaded icycr Business continues
very good. We do not expect any mails
tomorrow, ~ no trains arc now allowed to
FtUp
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In.tIILr L,rr, olher rInee.

aIf"lM llHlINN To lNN hNl.Af
PoSrOroc, Miss. sept 23-Ponioioc
las quamnuncl against all injected dis.
iricts, and the health officers began mcell
ing the q. & S. /. railroad train two miles
out Of the city and inspecting the pnssen.
gems ~ a. their health certificates this
evening. There il talk Of establishing a
shotgun quarantine on all roads leading
into this place NJ uu carly day. Strangers
are closely questioned rs 10 where they
come from aud required 10 give sntisiac-
tors answers to questions or move on 10
some other place.
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jackson. Tenn. Makes 10 Hard.

FIffhl ilNlNNN w AA' NlifhA
JACKSON, TENN, Sept 23.--Thc board
Of health Of this city last night quamn-
iinod against the states OF Florida, la
bama, Mississippi and the city Of Mem.
phis. No one with or without certificate
will be allowed TO stop here from those
places. The following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That from and after this date
no train carrying passengers on any rail
road entering this city will bc allowed Ia
stop within five miles Of the city. The
crews Of such trains except engineers and
Grcmcn are hereby forbidden 10 enter the
city during the continuance % this rcgula-
ton. The conductor, Of such trains are
required Ia sec that the doors Of all car
are securely locked aud kept locked during
passage Of such trains for five miles ON
either side and through the limits Of this
city.
Ouiotcr feeling prevails here today.
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NcnrorI. Ar. MIII Shut Ip.

Special Dispatch 70 lhc Appeal
NrwroBr, Ark, Sept %. DR.. W.
Heard, president Of the board Of health,
in view Of the alarming rumoH Of yellow
fever In the States east Of the Mississippi
river, called a mass meeting Of the ciu-
zcns at . O'Clock this afternoon. The OBJ
icct Of the meeting was "a doyisc means to
Improve the sanitary condition oi thc town
aud a. keep out all suspected Of coming
from infected districts. The meeting au-
thorizod the board OF health b. adopt such
measures ns seemed 10 Il best for prcscry-
Ing the health Of the town. Another
meeting will be- held Monday.
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NeN
.Iolal
Total dohths..
The dark, dreary morning, associated
with deserted city, made this place ap
pear as forlorn as a neglected cemetery.
Early the quarantine officer was TO be seen
moving rapidly around, and Il was only
little while before the moving residents Of
the city were informed that they were
hopelessly hommed In with no avenue OF
escape except through the refugee ca mp,
which is promi scd as soon rs II can be
put in readiness. Citizens have acted
most wisely in taking the advice Of ply.
scians and health officers relative 10 NOV.
ing.
A drive over the entire resident portion
Of the city showed but very few residences
occupied, while in the portion Of the city
occupied by the laboring class and ne.
groes great many still remain. To add
to this gloom at O'Clock we had light
rainfall, which was anything but what We
desired A quarantine station has been
established above the city at the asylum
switch, at which trains will be- allowed TO
stop, provided they are allowed TO come
through the counties below. Tho people
on the Illinois Central railroad, also on
tho Yicksburs & Meridian railroad, arc
THEEArENSG TO nuRS
the railroad bridges and tear up the track
Some people who left town early are in
danger Of being ill.treated by the excited
-tountry people, who now demand that
they be- moved back TO the city.
To illustrate the rigid quarantine which
has been established against Jackson by
her neighbou a single incident will suffice.
The mayor Of the city, Gen. Henry, nc.
companicd by a member Of the Howard
association, drove 10 the quarantine sta
ton Just beyond the Pearl river bridge to-
day TO deliver a paper and letter,
and twenty pounds Of ice. lie
was met a short distance from
the eastern end Of the bridge that touched
the Rankin county line and advised that he
could not cross. After stating TO the quar-
anlinc officer that he had only mail aud
twenty pounds Of ice to send out be was
informed that the instructions required
that nothing should be passed over, but
that the mail matter might be- delivered
but the ice could not pass the quarantine.
After consultation Of several min.
u,cs Il was agreed that the ice
might be placed on tho bridge the
covering In which Il was brought being re-.
moved, when the party for whom II was
ordered could come and get II. The
mayor asked permission TO cross the
bridge In order 10 turn his buggy around,
but this being refused he and bis friend
were compelled 10 use main force, and
while one held the horses head the other
lifted the buggy, and 80 succeeded In get
ting turned in the direction Of Jackson.
Mr. l.. =. Montgomery, agcn, Of the II.
linois Central railroad, appealed 10 thc
ra;lrcad men 81 the country for aid
Col. J. l. Power hBs cent out an appeal
10 the Masons for aid.
Every injected house is closely guarded
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Occupants hold no communication
with the outside. The outlook is more
flattering tonight. The official report
shows only one new case, Joe Simmons, a
refugee four miles from town, and two
deaths, David Nipple and ]. A. Calhoun.
Both Of these men were at work on the
Illinois Central railroad depot.
Total cases to date, II. Total deaths; s.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24
A NEW OUTBREAK.
A Case Appears at CuIIman, Ala. n Lit.
tie south of Decatur.

Special Dispatch TO The Appeal
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 23.-1he
clouds are rather thickening for us here.
Specials tonight report three new cases in
Decatur and one at Cullman, Ala, only
fifty miles from here and almost midway
between here and Decatur Nothing has
developed here and no suspicious sickness
prevails. After ~ o'clock tonight all
trains on the Alabama Great Southern be-
tween Chattanooga and New Orleans will
be discontinued. Few people are leaving
town. The quarantine is very rigid, and
the guard OF about 100 volunteers is doing
effective work. People are anxious, but
not at all panicky.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24

FROM thc Chattanooga llmN'
well. II senator Harris shall " for q
tbir tenn arc We 10 understand that
tliis viii imply o. fourth term u be hye.i
And should DO. Doe I'r providence OF ooi,
be- called hence, wall Do name rn helr 70
the scuilorshipi OF viiIhr allow &c pe0ple
10 su.. themselves when nc can no .ooSef
serve 'lpN'
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Koselusho. Miss. catching on.

Special Dispatch ~ The Appeal
KosCusEo. Miss, sept -. - Under
rigid quarantine regulations Of adjacent
towns We are isolated, aud current reports
Of yellow fever here are circulated, We
state for the benefit Of the public that
thrrp are no cases IT yellow fever at this
place. nor isthcrc the least suspicious ease.
We have adopted quarantine regulations
as preventative.
J. G. CLARK, Mayor,
J. W. SCAHuoRouOu, MID,
Health officer Of Attala county.
The Panic widespread.
CmcAGo, H., sept. 2J.--E. 4. Jeffrey,
general manager Of the Illinois Central,
.-...a-
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twenty miles an hour. There is no yellow
fever here, or even Il suspicious case.
j. III. BLANKS,
President of the Board of Health.
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The Panicky Feeling subsiding In Our
Neighboring Towns, But.Alabama is
Very Much Stirred Up and the
Gravest Approximations Pre-
vail--The guarantees.
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The Insidious Foe Makes Its APP
pearance at Cullman, Ala
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24

Dr. Taylor, Of Decatur, Suspiciously
Sick at a Louisville Hospital.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24

Ono Hundred and Thirty-Three
New Cases at Jacksonville,
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24

4 BETTER NEWS.
Only One New Case at Jackson.
The Stricken Man is q Refugee
Four Miles from the City.
He Also Was Employed at the rli-
nois Central Depot Building.
The Number Of Deaths that Occur
at jackson is Two.
One of1These, a Man Named Nipple,
Took Sick Saturday.
The Total Number of Cases to Date
Is Ia. Deaths s,
Which Shows that the Fever Is Of
the Most Malignant Type.
An Incident of Strict Quarantine
OF Rankin County.
Contradictory and Uncertain Re-
ports Come from Decatur.
The Number Of New Gases Proba-
bly, 9, and Deaths 3.
Only About $50 People Now Re-
main in the New Decatur.
The Insidious Foe Makes Its APP
pearance at Cullman, Ala
DR.. Taylor, of Decatur, Suspiciously
Sick at a Louisville Hospital.
Ono Hundred and Thirty-Three
New Cases at Jacksonville,
The Panicky Feeling subsiding In Our
Neighboring Towns, But.Alabama is
Very Much Stirred Up and the
Gravest Approximations Pro-
vail--The Guarantees.
gUagfnf nfgfafeb 4. Tn. A,v-a,I
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Tue Panic widc.presd.

Continued on RIM Page.
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Special Dispatch to The Appeal
JACKSON, Miss, Sent n 1853
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-24

Only About $50 People Now Re
main In the New Decatur.
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One OF the oompletest
newspapers In the South
is the old reliable Mem
pills Appeal.
-Bropnsplie (Tdln,) Sdt>s. Democrat
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-24
TRADE AND FINANCE.

sKATrz-E. Avg. ..
Tomorrow The Nexiee viii take 80
szcks of eats iron Bsxterss warehouse 70
San Francisco A szcxrn Schooner arrives
10 day frura san Francisco with 80 ten
general 1erthsndfsE. Trxae Is good. sns
isoor Of al kinds Is IN demand al rernune-
alive wages Merchants are keps tu<,
shipping supplies 10 al parts az the sornd
and astsng oct engineering parties and rail
Rad and Iarxing campo
MERCHANDISE AND PRODUCE RE
CkIkTs-pzrfng the past ~ hours
Eaerehza1ise and produce kxs been
rere1ved In seattle a. failnws. Per
fuxes sound shore rad. - cers- Lake
Scnre & Eastern - toas. CaiEnNsz 4
Pagrt ssaud railroad. tons. scAooas,
Jenlrlie- 90 tons: Steamers Hayward ton:
Hasssic. ? tons. Idaho. = tons. skax
Chief, ton. Mznrns. ton: Nerxin. 4
toss. Fleetwood. , tons. Augusta, I toa;
Hasafsgf0E, tons, aud tide I ton,
Among the recefrss we're 10 eases ard 1,
saaks Of oysters. f99 SACKS cora, szex.
SEEDS. 10 toas hay, Ia boxes batter. . ban
dies peifs. S bones exxs. 80 boxes arsp1s-S |
p@ar<. sacks cabbage, boxes ysluInx. 81
sacks posafsses. sfsyoo0 feet iumEer, aud q
sacks vegetables.
FREIGHT OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the pass
= hours frefght WAS shipped from seattle
. The surrounding coussry a. follows:
Per Puget Sound shere road Is tons and !
car Of lumber 20 Spokane Falls and y
bales OF hops 10 New York: Seattle, lake
shore & Eastern. Ie<s tons: Columbia &
Puget Sound Railroad. 10 tons. Harvard.
u tons. HasssIo. ton olyRpian- ton
Alaskan. tons: schooner Alice, % tons;
Augusta. ; foas: Grace, rons. Erickson. 2
tons Michigan, / ton Dispatch, 5 foas;
Anderson. tons, Fgangei tons: Aer-
win. $ tons: Manrce. : tons; Skagir Chief,
2 tons Fleetwood. , tons. LILY, 10 tons:
Daisy, 20 tons. aud Noun1aineer. ton.
fesfe-cavs. auosa-ious uuehanraa
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A supfr tiiion, which j. especially
prevalent among the lower ella SEES OF
England and America, associates III
luck With pracock's feathers. To a
lesser extent !; MAY also be found in
Germany. Italy, France, Spain, and
in Mohammedan countries. The
reason for it, existence in the latter Is
not far to seek. Mohafumedan tradi-
ton asserting that the peacock and the
snake we're both placed at the entrance
10 Paradise TO give warning Of APP
preaching danger, that Eblis, or Satan,
seduced them both, and that in con-
sequence they shared his punishment.
Did the European superstition come
through Saracen sources or Is tia popu-
lar "Reminiscences of the classical fable
OF Argus. the io0eyed minister OF
King Osiris. who was turned by Juno
into a peacock, the multitpdinouS eyes
being placed in his tail This legend
might readily enough have been asso-
ciated With the superstition OF the evil
eve. In the sixteenth century gar
lands Of peacock's feathers were be-
slowed on liars and cheats, and so the
feathers might symbolic an ever
watehtul traitor in the house. Another
explanation j. that peecock'S feathers
we're aacienlv used n funeral esa-
hlems, and hence could not fail in
time 70 be looked upon as ui-omened-
pAraceisns saws that III peacock
cries mora than usual and out OF time
IL faret Ia the death OF some one N
that family 10 whom Il doth belong.
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The bad envelope people hate to give
IN. A reeent and unique attempt 20
evale the sas Was described as follows
in a Washington dispatch 20 the Tn
ts.7.r Yesterday
A trademark was registered ~ the
rateat ofilee soE a Chie igo party repre-
sentpg a beet. poiuter-dog aRd .
wao te.sck, associated with the words,
Dead Vigilance and -Di-patch-
The design Is "a he used il tbs b1Si-
nes- OF collecting 3ehts."
With feierSnce to this Postmaster
.Jual said Yesterday II is di2culI
IL say whether such an inscription on
the Outside 81 an envelope Voali make
II non-naiIahle. ! TANK | sho1t1 hold
such matter and act according &c
stes.i.l ins 1Tucti0ns from The depart
nsent II generally understood as
.bvst debt | should say Il would rem
der the matter n0nJnailatie-