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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
THE REPORT FROM FLORIDA.


JACKSONVILLE Sept "a special to
The Times Union from Fernandina says that
Capt Maxwell. of the Florida railway, is
better. Chief Engineer Bushnell is quite
sick The steamer Gu.f Stream took away
nearly all the people who wished to leave.
One lady was removed from the boat, being
to Ill 10 proceed Many stores are closed
The citizens who remain are courageous and
hopeful, and are organizing to meet the
emergency. There have been 800 cases of
sickness Of all kinds at Fernandina and
twenty deaths from all causes during the
past month. There are twelve new cases. A
dispatch received from Fernandna asking
for the reception of refugees at Camp Perry
has been sent to Washington Governor
Perry has intrceded in behalf of that city.
Everything possible will lie done for the
stricken ones. aud that speedily.
The latest news from McClenny gives four
new cases (ali whitesl and two dcaths-Jon-
athan Law and Carl Shuri There is fever
at Sauderson, near McClenny, and help is
asked for. 1t is said that much distress eX-
lists there Three new cases are reported
at Ellavile.
Mr. Plinv W. Reasoner, a commissioner
connected with the suh-tropical exposition
here and since commissioner To the Cincinnati
exposition returned tn Manatee, Fla, on the
I'd Of this month. took the yellow fever on
the 18th and died on the 18th. He was bot
anist of worldwide fame This was the sec
ond fatal case out of fifty cases at Manatee.
William Barrett, New York nurse, has
been taken with tue fever and several other
nurses are down with it
Reports from Gainesville say that Fitch
Miller died of yellow fever yesterday even,
ing. No other cases have developed
The official bulletin for this city foi
twenty-four hours ended at 6 p m. yester
| nav reports 1O% new cases-whites, b; ne
groes, II. Deaths S-J n Bregnard. c. NJ
| Crawford. Mr. Baxton, Cherries Hattel, Jerry
| Newman tcolore,il, Mrs. A D. Allen, Car
| johnson, child of Alvin Buckler. Tota
cases to date, 22S1, total deaths, 29
| Some of the nurses who have come hert
are causing trouble by their bad character
| One female who had been very faithful
hitherto was arrested yesterday drunk anC
| placed in Jail One of her patients had re
lapse on account of her neglect. The Harr,
Miner nurses say they have received no re
mittances from home, and are asking who
to pay them. The board of health are con
sidering the matter.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. 27.-While the steam
tug W. W Graham, Capt. Isaac Tracy, was
lying off the mouth of the Christiana creek
leading to Wilmington in the Delaware
river, yesterday, she was capsized in the
wake of the British steamship Arecuna
Capt Strickland, and one of her hands, En-
gineer Seth W. Long, of Philadelphia, was
drowned The crew of the tug were all
thrown into the water, Long farther out
from the boat than any of the others. Every
effort was made to save him, but he was
sucked in by the current and drowned.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
Spread Broadcast.
The Yellow Pestilence in Sew
eral New Localities.
SOME ABATEMENT OF THE PANIC

But the shotgun Quarantine Tolerably Ro-
bust-yicksburg In a Bad Way as to Bus
iness-Fernandina Beg. for Help-Lists
of Sick and Dead from the Stricken
Towns-The Memphis Case Only an Ex-
agcerated Drunk-volunteers from the
Naval Service.
New ORLEANS Sept. PA despatch
from Meridian, Miss, says: The news of
suspicious cas- S at Cullman and Flint, Ala,
made the feeling more panicky yesterday.
Meridian raised its embargo on the railroads
to the extent of allowing freight for Meridian
to be delivered at nearby points on all roads
except the Northeastern and the Vicksburg
roads The Mobile & Ohio was permitted to
run freight trains through under guard. No
passengers are to be carried. No passengers
are permitted to pass through.
A Picayune special from jackson says:
There have been no new cases or deaths since
Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. Lee have had re.
lapses, due to imprudently walking out be-
70 convalescent All other cases are doing
well. All those who have had the fever
were employed around the Illinois Central
depot The feeling is hopeful There is in
| GERS who went from here to Livingston
crossing to rent land for a refugee camp
were driven away by an armed posse, led by
| the state auditor and state treasurer The
| people there say they will use their shot-guns
before allowing a camp to be established.
Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Natchez, and
Vickshurg have voluntarily bottled them
selves up The following letter from bust
ness establishment in Vicksburg TO gentle
man in this city is given as showing sthe
effect, in one respect, of the bottlng up pro
| cess:
| NIcksErRe, Sept 25.-Evervthng in this city is
inkuch demoralized condition that collections are
the next thing to inpossibiiity and the chances
are that things will be no better for some weeks
| to come A number of our business men have
left Several places have been closed Hundreds
| of citizens have gone in every direction, and il
| consequence of the trouble viii not be able tC
meet our obligations
The opinion is gaining here daily that
there is no yellow fever in Jackson-only 6
malarial trouble, caused by excavation:
made during tire heated term.
The Picayune's West Point (Miss.) specia
says: A Jackson refugee died at Perkinh
Mil, twenty iive miles west of this city, yes
terday. of black vomit. A negro who at
tended him was stricken. The board o.
health refuse to modify the existing quaran
tine regulations, and no mail has been re
} ceived since Friday The outlook is that VI
; will be shut out for another week.
A dispatch from Coffeeville, Miss, report
suspicious case of fever there-a youn,
boy. The physicians attending have neve
seen a case of yellow fever, but they hav
created panic by their report The peopl
are fleeing in every direction.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
THE CAMPAIGN IN INDIANA.


October To BE Made Tropical with Po'
litical Work-Gen. Harrfson's Visitors.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept 27-The month o.
October will be one full of interest in thi
state as far as eminent speakers for both par
ties can contribute to that end. James
Blaine, for the Republicans. will speak al
Goshen on the 10Th, Indianapolis on the 18th,
Evansville on the 18Th, New Albany on the
18th, and Battle Ground on the 18th Al
indianapolis there is to be demonstration
on the occasion Of his visit by the Lincoln
League clubs of the state
Governor Hill, of New York, is to take the
stnmp for the Democrats on the 18th, at
Mitchell, where he will speak in the after
noon. That night he will be here and ad-
dress meeting at Tomlinson hall
Yesterday tho number of visitors to Gen.
Harrison, both those who called informally
and those who came with the three delega-
tons, was exceptional There were over
5000 altogether, Tut the greater part was to
be found in the delegations that came down
from Upton and Elkhart counties Column
bus, o., sent about 500 one-fifth of whom
were veteran voters of 1870, and the rest re-
presented the Foraker club of that city The
significance of these delegations lay princip-
ally in the fact that they came from Demo-
cratic counties. Accompanying each were a
number of bands and drum corps and when
all were assembled at the park at 5 o'clock in
the afternoon there was a crowd of 5, 900
awaiting Gen Harrison. When he ap-
peared the applause was great. Then Hon.
John A Bingham, of Ohio, made the intro
duc;ory speech for his delegation while j
A. Swoveland spoke for the Upton county
people and o E Hubbel for those from Elk
hart Gen Harrison in his response devel-
oped to some extent his views on the surplus,
which had been given briefly in former
speeches After the speeches the general re-
ceived each one of his visitors personally.
With reference to the disposal of the sur
plus Gen Harrison said that $40, 100000 OF
it could be used to refund the direct war
taxes Said he:
During the civil war our customs receipts and
our receipts from internal taxes were inadequate
TO the great drain upon our treasury caused by
the civil war Our congress, exercising one of
the powers OF the constitution, levied direct tax
upon the states Ohio paid herparr Of it, Indians
paid hers. and so did the other loyal states The
southern states were in rebellion and did not pay
theirs. bill providing for the repayment OF
the tax was killed in the house of representatives
not by voting it down. but by filihustering ma
iorty of the house being in favor Of its passage
and those who defeated the bill by those reyolu
tionary tactics we're largely from the states that
had moi he
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
CONDENSED NEWS.

The French grain congress repol is that the
harvest exceeds all expectations
The Chicago & Rock Island road will be
completed to Colorado Springs by Oct -
Nathaniel Libbey, aged 9S years, and a
pensioner of the war of 1872, died at Warren,
N. H.. Tuesday night.
Bill Whitley, a train -robber, WIS killed at
Floresville, Tex, Tuesday, by officers who
were trying to arrest him.
Miss Kate Gresham, daughter of Judge
Gresham, will he married to W. H. Andrews,
of Chicago, next Tuesday evening.
move is on foot TO connect the Santa Fe
railroad with Fort Wayne by uniting it
with the Fort Wayne, Atkinson & Chicago
road
A business block at Canton, D. T., includ-
ing the postoffice, hotel and fourteen stores,
slO0,OO0
Charles Tobey, the head Of the Tobey Fur
uiture company of Chicago, died at the Hoff-
man house, New York, early Wednesday
morning
The report that the dukes of Norfolk and
Newcastle are to be married to American la
dies is denied in London by friends of the
noblemen named.
John Redmund, member of parliament
from Wexford, Ireland, was found guilty
under the crimes act and sentenced to five
weeks imprisonment
Mrs. Lena Schrener, who poured kerosene
oil on her husbands clothes and roasted hin
| alive, July "a last, in Chicago, has been sen
fenced to Joliet for ten years
The board of supervisors of Douglas county
Ills, have entered suit against six ex-county
| officers and two now holding office for al
legged shortage in their accounts.
Milton Weston was released from tn
Western Pennsylvania peuitentiary Wednes
day, the governor having approved the rec
| ommendation of the board of pardons.
Russia has granted an annual subsidy 0
$65, 600 to a steamship line between Russia
ports and Corea, Japan and China In cas-
of war the steamers are to be at government
disposal
The infant son of Fred Holt, living nea
Sandusky, O., wandered upon the track G
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Wednesday
and was struck by freight train and in
stantly killed.
A shipment of ninety one bales of WOO
consigned to Thomas Lee & Co, of Phils
delpbia, has been seized by the customs of
GERS. Packed inside the bales were fine En-.
lish blankets, on which high duty is in
posed
In case involving the attempt of loss
in a grain speculation to repudiate his O.
ders Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes, of Il
supreme court of Suffolk county, Massach1
sets, has decided that the reselling of pro-
erty before the day Of delivery contracte
by the original purchaser is not prohibite
by law, and that the speculation was lsgit
mate transaction.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
NEGRO VOTE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Senator George Makes n Speech on the
Subject of Political Equality.

Senator George Makes a Speech on the
Subject of Political Equality.
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 27.-George
of Mississippi made an extended speech in
the senate yesterday on the bill introduced
by Hoar providing for national inquests into
alleged southern political methods. He
spoke at some length of the origin of slavery
and of the late war TO abolish it, He quoted
a speech made by Edmunds on the necessity
of homogeneity in people, attributing the
downfall of the Greek republic to the lack of
homogeneity, and by that speech justified
the attitude of the people Of the south
toward the negro. He said the state of
Mississippi had two distinct peoples the most
divergent in physical formation of all the
human race, the one smarting under defeat
and irritated by enforced political associa-
with an inferior race; the other ignorant,
with memories of recent wrong and with
passions iufiamed by their Inscriptions pol
itical leaders The result has been contest
for race supremacy. In the first year of
negro supremacy the state taxes had in
| creased 800 per cent; in the second 400 per
cent, and in the fifth year, $50 per cent.
| The election of 1875 whatever might be
| said of ~ had saved the state from anarchy
| and society from dissolution. Affairs had
| improved since the whites came into power.
| The two races were now face to face and if
the colored men voted as a race las in former
| years. they would control the government Of
| the state as they had done He knew that
whatever harm might come to the people OF
both races there would be no constitutional
change or relenting Aud so he had not al
lowed himself to reiinquish all hope of hav-
ing permanently safe and orderly govern
ment in tho south with both races equal in
| pol teal and civil rights and participating
eqally in the government. The prospect for
this, however, seemed gloomy just now. Ir
conclusion, he said the people of Mississippi
meant to carry on the struggle for the pres
ervation of their civilization, for their owl
safety and welfare, and for just equality il
the government.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

A London physician, writing of the pecu-
liar effects of certain professions on the
health, advises clerks to discard the high
stool so commonly used by bookkeepers and
accountants He regards it as far more
healthful in every way to stand when work
ing at high desk If need be the clerk may
rest few moments by sitting down in an
ordinary chair, but to work all day in the
cramped position necessitated by the high
stool is ruinous to the health and must,
sooner or later, result in the breaking down
of the individual who does it-Chicago
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
Tidings Of Calamity.
A Destructive Northeaster on
the Atlantic Coast.
VESSELS WRECKED AND LIFE LOST,

Awful Disaster at Valparaiso. Chill, in
Which the Death Roll May Reach 1000
Remarkable Escape OF = Train Hand
Frightfui Accident on Mail Cara
Wealthy Farmer and Two Other Men
Drowned in the Observation-Disclosures
Shocks Widely Scattered.
BosToN, Sept. GA heavy northeast gale
accompanied by sheets of rain visited Boston
and its neighborhood yesterday morning. In
Boston a tree in Stanford street was blown
down upon horse, crushing him to the
ground.
At Peabody the Essex County Cattle show,
which was held in valley, was flooded to
| the depth of foot. Many structures were
leveled. At Salem and Lynn streets were
flooded, cellars filled, trees leveled, and boats
in the harbor blown from their mornings.
| At Gloucester and Rockport the gale wa:
terrific. The rain fell in deluge, trans
ferring the streets to rivers, while the SET
| ran higher than was almost ever known be-
fore The spray was thrown hundreds o.
feet inland, and the underpinning of the Lin
wood house was partly washed away. Man,
|
extra anchors they were saved from drivln
ashore
A two-master went down off Chatham.
three-master is ashore near Monomoy.
A schooner is reported ashore on Peake
Hill bars, between Race point and Peake
Hill life-saving stations. If true, she WI
undoubtedly be total wreck, as nothin
can Withstand the heavy sea running at this
point Two mackerel fishermen have drifte
afoul just off Long point lighthouse, an
have flags up for assistance.
Gloucester reports that the schooner Abb
B. Cramer went ashore near Annesqua
and it took four hours for the life-savers
rescue the six men and one woman who wei
on board dashed to the rigging At the Cal
Elizabeth life-saving station large vesse
name unknown, was seen in a sinking CO.
iition with a number of men on board, MOI
of whom were rescued. The crew of lars
three masted schooner are in the rigging o
Long Beach, and can not be rescued. 1t
feared that many lives have been lost, b1
| few reports are in yet
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

The Boston Young woman has eyes OF
bright comprehension, skin made clear by
exercise, good teeth and heis bit of body with.
out scrawniness Nearly all the guests are of
the clear British races. Plentifulness Of
human society, without haste; privacy and
multitude; breeding above the conscious
ness of it; no vulgar ostentation at all, OF
which New York has too much, mark this
place. The ladies walk and wander over the
rocks, and do not seem on the lookout fol
personality or scandal Gath" in Cincin
natl Enquirer.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
BIG lNJUNs AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
Buffalo Bill Takes His Braves and Cow
HAYS tn See, the President

Buffalo Bill Takes His Braves and Cow
boys to See the President
WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 27.-Col Cody
(Bulfalo Bill'1, Maj John NJ. Burke, Mr..
Nate Salisbury, Chief of Secret Service Bell,
together with Red Shirt, Rocky Bear, Plenty
Wolves and seventy Sioux braves were re
ceived by the president in the East room yes
terday. The Indians were in full dress, re-
plete with war paint, and the cowboys were
well armed with enormous revolvers. The
presidential a pleasant word for all, and
said: Cody, these men all look as if well
fed and cared for also expressing the
hope that his arduous duties would per-
nit him to visit the Wild West
The party, including the seventy Indians,
visited the capitol, and coming to the hall of
the house, Maj Burke suggested the right OF
the braves to sit and make up quorum,
especially on Indian affairs. At the interior
department Secretary Villas and Acting In
dian Commissioner Gen. Upshaw received
the party, the secretary remarking thai
"They are the finest band of Indians evel
visiting Washington" The Smithsonian ant
other points Of interest were visited, Rst
Shirt saying all his men voted the grea
father and the nations capital all. La Wash
Tayr--"Very good
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

Four years ago, when the Republicans
carried Maine by plurality of 1900,
The Tribune cried in big type: Well
done, Maine! The defeat Of Cleveland is
writ large in what she accomplished on
Monday" At the late election Maine
failed to duplicate her plurality, and The
Tribune sees in it "a certain harbinger of
victory all along the line in November. !"
Yet Mr.. Cleveland got there in 1884,
and there is nothing in the Maine cleo
ton to indicate that he will not repeat
the triumph.-New York World.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

The Republican poll of voters in Indiana
is unsatisfactory to the Republican state
committee. as the returns of the canvass
eIs show majorityof but 200, count
ing all the doubtful voters (amounting to
at least 5000 for the Republicans. An.
other poll has been ordered to be taken,
with additional special instructions to the
canvassers.- Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

BALTIMORE, Sept q By direction of Mr..
Carroll D. Wright, United States labor com
missioner, a statement is being prepared by
government clerks at the Baltimore & Ohio
central building of the wages and earnings
of all classes of labor employed by the Balti-
more 4 Ohio railroad company on its entire
system This statement will be an exhibit
of the number of days actually worked by
each employe during the year 1887; the total
amount earned, and the average monthly in.
come of each and every person in the COM
y,a,,yfs
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

WAsHISGroS CRY, Sept. S.-The following are
the weather indications for thirty-six hours from
sp m Yesterday; For Illinois and Indiana
Fair, cooler weather, except in extreme southern
portion stationary temperature; northwesterly
winds. For lowa-Fair slightly cooler weather;
northerly winds, For Lower Michigan-Light
showers; cooler in southern portion, stationary
temperature in northern portion; fresh and brisk
northwesteTiy winds For Wisconsin and Upper
Michigan Fair weather. preceded by rain in
eastern portion: slightly colder; fresh and brisk
n. st..rlu iIlds
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 27.-The Ameri-
cans Decatu Ala, special reports the stu
alton as encouraging. No deaths have been
reported though Miss Jones is expected to
die at any time. Two new cases, both col
ored, were reported yesterday. News reached
the city yesterday that S, T. Vert was down
with the fever at Hartwell, and Drs. Gross
and Young went by special train to investi-
gate the case. Money is badly needed, and
every Decatur citizen, wherever found, is
urgently requested to send in his pro rata
for the relief of the sick All contributions
should be sent to the board of relief
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept. 27-The bill
passed by the house yesterday to forfeit
lands granted to the Northern Pacific rail
way forfeits for failure of the road to per-
form the conditions Of the grant all the lands
granted under the act of July 2, 1874, except
those adjacent to and co-terminoas with road
constructed prior to July 4, 1879, and except
also the lands within the limits of villages.
The forfeiture is not to extend to lands
sold by the company prior to Jan. /, 1882.
All settlers on the forfeited lands are to be
allowed to acquire title to not exceeding 100
acres under the homestead law.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
A Neglected. Candidate.

We really think the Republican papers
ought to pay little attention to Grand
son Harrison Just for forms sake. This
adulation Of Blaine is well enough in its
way, but. after all. the real candidate is
one Benjamin Harrison, of indianapolis.
He is truly good man, FIVE feet four
inches in height, and his grandfather was
very respectable boston Globe.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27
woman's Place in Germany.

An anecdote In The Woman's World shows
the attitude in Germany toward woman's
part in public interests. At call made by
an English couple upon German of emin-
ence and his wife, talk arose upon the public
question of the hour. The Englishman, per-
ceiving that the German lady was being left
out of the discussion, asked: "And what is
your opinion, madam Before she could
reply her German lord made short work of
it: Leave the room, meme Liebe; these mat
tiers can be of no interest to you. Chicago
Herald.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

NEW YORK, Sept "a meeting was held
at the mercantile exchange building yester-
day morning for the purpose of taking into
consideration the desirability of forming an
association for the protection of cheese ex-
porters and receivers Mr. Folsom was Sc
lected as chairman A resolution was unani-
mously adopted pledgIng those present 10
Join an association which wouli protect the
cheese expo. tiers and receivers from the coun-
try statesmen A committee was appointed
To nominate officers, and also ore tn adopt
rules. Both committees will report at next
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-09-27

WASHINGTON CITY, Sept T,-The nomi
nation of John Il. Oberly to be commissioner
of Indian affairs was sent to the senate by
the president yesterday. MIR. Oberly's pro
motion from the somewhat uncongenial pc
sition of civil service commissioner to the
head of the Indian bureau is most salts
factory to the appointee, and is regarded
with general favor by the friends Of the ad
ministration here. The Office OF Indian com
missioner has been practically vacant To-
some months, ever since j. c. d. Atkins, o
Tennessee, rendered his resignation in orde
10 leave himself free to enter the canvass 70
the United States senatorship from his ma
tive state