The Worthington advance., 1888-09-06
= Yellow Fever Excitement

urged to at once place the matter before
the president There are hundreds of women
and children still at Jacksonville who ard
onered asylums in the mountains of Georgia,
able to leave. It is thought that some
mobilization Of the order will be made at
once. After tho official report had been
sent out Thomas Ryan died at Sand Hills.
The number of patients discharged is uncer-
tain, but it is positively known that at least
ll6 persons are still under treatment. Two
trained and experienced nurses were sent
Florida 4 Western Railroad com pany to
nurse j. Stephens, the company's agent, who
was reported better.
Surgeon General Hamilton of Wnshinpton
has received the following telegram from ]. J.
Daniel, president of the Jacksonville Citizens
Auxiliary association:
In the name of our people, and humanity,
protest against tho order for the detention
o. all refugees from our city and state at tho
refugee camp. 1t would be better for us to
keep our women and children here rather
than subject them to such treatment.
Or. Hamilton sent the following reply:
Your requisition for 200 tents was ap-
proved. You are mistaken as to character of
camp, which ls in charge of one of the most
humane officers in the service, and none in
the country stands higher as to protest. on al
ability. Tho camp is located in one of the
healthiest places in Florida pine woods on
the river bluff, originally intended by the
railroad as picnic grounds, and taken by DR..
Gulteras as the best place for his camp he
was some days ago directed to have some
tents set apart, quarter of q mile distant from
main camp, for observation Of persons sick,
Pollard, returned to Jacksonville, was sick on
arrival at cAmp-evidentlyh had fever when he
left Jacksonville. With the general spread of
tho disease in Jacksonville it is useless to ex-
pect that persons should be allowed to mingle
on outEolngtrains. Special ialexcursiontrainswil
he provided for passengers to definite points
Murphy, In North Carolina, has opened it's
doors the only place so reporting itselfto me,
II residents wish to go to Murphy or any def.
mite point in Western North Carolina, on
their parole not to go to seaboard or quar-
antlned towns within ten days from date of
will be forwarded us soon as number of trains
required can be definitely ascertained.
Dr. Hamilton also sent a dispatch to Gov
Perry, informing him that the neral re-.
moval Of quarantine regulations would sim
ply spread the disease and render useless exist
ing measures of relief.
Charles johnson, Norweeian. wos fonnd
dead in bed ut Lisbon, Oak, with his skull
split open, face and head badly bruised and
bed saturated with blood The night before
some tramps broke into his house and de-
manded some alcohol, but failed to get any.
1t is supposed the same men made a second
raid and murdered the old man. He lived
alone.
,:; s: =: Clark Of Appleton, Wis.,; ,s trying to
ofland in Florida. The land is sold for 81
per acre. aud is claimed to I've covered with
pine: He has succeeded in raising half of the
ZIG, 900, nearly all the Wisconsin prominent
lumbermen having IN interest.
On the 31st Of August, the contract with
the state Of Minnesota for prison labor ex-
pired and the Minnesota Thresher company
commences work next day with citizen Ia
oorers. The company will be permitted to
use the shops inside the prison wall for a
short time and until General Manager Fogle
can get shops fixed up ON the outside, The
sash, door and blind factory belonging to
the company on the outside is about ready
for use.
A twelve-year-old son of Dr.. Christianson
Of Belmont, Oak, aecidently shot himself,
dying almost instantly, A sportsman hap.
pened some distance from his fowling piecs
the gun among some bushes. Upon the 70
turn OF the owner the boy ran to get it, and
when Withdrawing it from the bushes the gun
was discharged, the contents penetrating the
lungs of the lad, killing him instantly,
The losses by the Michigan forest fires
are now estimated at 100000 to SIS, 900.
!he homeless people are being sheltered and
led by those who saved their homes They
will require assistance to rebuild.
A disastrous prairie fire is raging in North
ern Montana, extending from Mara's river
to Sweet Grass hills, fifty miles The ranch
OF the Benton Cattle company has be.,n de-
stroyed with large amount of hay. Unless
rain comes the fire will cover immense tracts
of country.
The examination of William Rose, thu
supposed murderer of Moses Lafkiu. was
concluded the hearing occupying two days
at Lamberton, Minn., no bail being accented
Rose was bound over to a.ait the fall tern,
OF court and lodged in Jail at New Ulm.
Ellis Kahn, German cigarmaker, elxtv.
one years old, of New York, is supposed to
have killed his wife at her home, and then
cut his own throat. He also inflicted y dan.
gerous wound in his abdomen and cut h;a
wrists badly, from which wounds he cannot
recover. The affair is wrapped in mystery
Charles L. De Baum, the abscondiue IA.
slstant cashier of che Park National bank
NeX 1eIk, xh6 stole $l1o,o 900, was arrested
in Canada by Detective Sheldon, of Inspector
Ryrpes' staff, within 400 feet of the American
line. Extradition papers are on the way
from Washington to bring him back.
Coil and Mcintyre, the horse thieves who
were arrested at Cooperstown. Dakota. q
few days since, had their hearing before
Judge Dewey. They waiv1A examination
and were held to appear before the grand
jury in &1 900 each.
Counsel McNaught, Of the Northern Pa.
cific, received telegram at St. Paul inform
ing him Of the ratification of the contract bv
the Manitoba Legislature, and was conse. S
quently in q very smiling mood. He had
Prophesied the vote rs % to 8, and Thought
ne made pretty close estimate The actual
vote bring 27 to 10: No attention was paid
t9 proposals Of at. Paul, Minneapolis /
Manitoba by Greenway. who declared they
were simply bluff.
letter has been received at the general
land office from Nebraska making The in
9uiry whether u Chinaman who has been in
TINS country twelve years and has declared
his intention of becoming a citizen can make
an original homestead entry. A reply has
been prepared stating that under section
2l69 OF the Revised Statutes q Chinamau
cannot become citizen and therefore the
entry IN question cannot be made