New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-09-26
Progress OF the Plaque.

Jacksonville has now sunk into perfect
state of apathy. There is absolutely no
business and even the doors that were open
a week ago are closed and their owners going
away. The only place where any life is seen
| is at the Travellers hotel which has beer
| turned into the headquarters of the medical
and relief bureau and the various commissary
stores of the relief committee, which latter
has had w. b. Owen at it's head since the de-
parture of j. g. ones. The citizens associa-
ton meets daily, but the atten-
dance is very small only members of the
various committees and few Others being
| present.
In East Jacksonville the fever has been
pretty well through all the white families and
| 1T IS now working on the colored folks In
fact, there are very few white families in the
city that have not been attacked BY the
fever. DR.. j. Wise arrived to take charge of
government fumigating station. He has
delivered over the charge of the hospital
tent at Camp Perry to DR. FACET of New
Orleans
On his way down he tried to go to Fernan-
dina to see how things were there, but re-
celVed the following telegram from H. o. Dot
terer, president of the board of health
No.yellow fever, no suspicious cases. We
invite investigation, and would be glad to
have you with us but that you are Just from
yellow fever hospital, and your calling here
would alarm our people. Send a surgeon who
has not been in the hospital and we will glad
ly welcome him. For reasons given I'VE cam
not avail ourselves of your valuable services
A conference of delegates from the boards
OF health OF many of the Southern states and
Illinois was held at Nashville for the purpose
OF discussing the yellow fever situation An
exhaustive interchange of ideas was had and
resolutions adopted declaring it the sense OF
conference that ten days detention of yellow
fever refugees should be enforced against
tr TO Il ~
northern boundary of Tennessee, but in
view OF the iateness of the season it is rec
commended that the healthful refugees whose
baggage has been disinfected should be per-
mited to go north of that line without re-
tention. 1t is further declared the sense of
the conference that the appearance of one
case of fever in a town should not be sufic-
lent to warrant quarantine against that
| town until other case have made their ap-
pearance.
A train load of refugees reached Atlanta
They were all from Gainesville Fla, and all
had health certificates. Nine remained in
Atlanta, and the others went on north. A
few days ago James L. Lengle jumped from
| refugee train from Jacksonville intending to
stay here. He was in the city three days
before discovered, and was then sent forward
to Hendersonyille, N. c.
The secretary of the treasury has received
| the following telegram from Surgeon General
Hamilton, dated at Camp Perry, Fla, Sept.
IL
DR.. Posey has yellow fever, contracted at
| McClenny Three cases are reported at
Gainesville and there are rumors of cases at
Welborne and Fernandina. / have sent
Wise to investigate. DR.. Guiteras returned
Saturday night. Refugees had q hard time
on special train, and the whole seaboard is
alarmed on account of the refugees breaking
their parole at Henderson. do not think
n \ +>, n
Mormons at Work.
Attention has been called to the arrival at
New York faparty ofMormon converts from
Sweden by the rescue Of o young girl from
the party by her sister. Emma Nilsson, aged
fifteen, and a typical Swede as to purity of
complexion and yellowness OF hair, had been
sent on her way to Salt Lake City by her
parents, who intended to follow her later;
but her elder sister Ida, who had lived in
Brooklyn year or two, induced the Castle
Garden authorities to deliver the fair
convert into her charge temporarily,
devotion to Morlnonism and means
to get off for completion of her journey to
Utah as soon as possible. Are you engaged
to marry Elder Hagsberg, the man who tried
to keep you with the Mormon immigrants?'
she was asked. 81 cannot answer that ques-
ton Emma replied. sWe were all pledged
not to say anything to outsiders about
matrimony while on the journey But Ida
Nilsson asserted positively that Emma was
| hfanced to Hagsberg, as were two other
young women in the party. There were sew
anty-tWo of the Swedish converts, and they
were accompanied by 149 freshly made Nor
mons from other countries, principally Eng
land They have gone on theirj journey to Salt
Lake. The Swedes were fromth province of
PlIIv1 49,
Of polygamy by the preaching of Hagsberg,
q native of that section, who has been two
years there at the work. He had left
Sweden a widower about twenty years be-
fore, but he had taken three wives in Utah
Five OF the women whom he converted,
| according to Emmas confession, were to
become members of his household, really his
wives, although in order to eyade prosecu-
tion they would purport to be hired work
ers. A curious instance of conjugal irregu-
larity was in the English contingent. Elder
Abram ohnson, who had charge Of the en-
tire company, had been six months proselyt-
ing In the southern counties Of England, and
about half q hundred of the immigrants were
his personal converts. Most of the dozen
families brought over by him to the faith
had come with the understanding, between
the husbands and wives, that polygamy was
not to be INDUCED in. But there was one
remarkable exception. John and Charles
Laird. brothers, were accompanied each by
q wife. John did not propose to practice the
Mormon doctrine OF polygamy, but Charles
accepted it as obligatory 1t happened that
Charles wife would not consent to sharing a
husband with other women, while J ohn's
wife had no objection to it, The arrange
ment was therefore made that John and
Charles should swap wives and they did SO
upon setting out upon their voyage to
America.
The Cuba Cyclone.
The aggregate loss by the disastrous
cyclone which ravaged the Island of Cuba is
now estimated at many million of dollars.
The loss of life is variously stated at from
500 to l. 200. Havana presents the appear
ance of city which has been terribly bonn
barded. The cyclone entered the city by way
of Sagua, and, taking a westerly direction,
with q slight northe1ly inclination,
its center passed almost over Havana.
For fifteen hours it ragged with
desperate fury, and wreaked fearful havoc
On life and property throughout the island
1t demolished the principal buildings of the
large cities, and wiped out entire villages
situated near the starboard The water
aoeded large districts of fertile land richly
planted with sugar, tobacco, fruit and veg
stables, destroying the valuable machinery
nf tho DIa and bly,