davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
4 SPOTTED PLAG Us IN KEN rUcKY.
RAvAGEs OF DISEASE WHICH PuzzLEs
DOCTORS IN WEBSTER COUNTY.


DOCTORS IN WEBSTER COUNTY.
Marion KY. March Q (speciaD-In the last SIX
weeks brief kilograms have boon sent from this point
outlining the ravagcs of mysterious disease that rs
dopopulating Webster County For tho last ten days
the malady has assumed TIT proportions Of plague.
Tho residents OF the county fleeing for safety.
Up to tho present tine 125 deaths have occurred due
directly to the mslsdy. The terror has become gen
ers and although the physicians assert that the dis
ease 10 not contagious, tboy are puzzled BY It's
prevalence. Clay and Dixon are the two leading
towns In the county. They are situated on hiiis'
and between them flows small stream called Crab
Orchard Creek, on each side Of which is wide
stretch of bottom land The disease Is said to have
originated In the slabs, sawdust and refuse matter
dumped nom Yates's sawmiIl into the crock. From
the first the malady assumed an epidemic form. and
an the families along the Crab Orchard Creek have
lost ono or moro members Then they ned 10 the
higher ground and the terror was 80 great that haf
tho people living in Dixon left the place Not day
has passed. for two months without one or moro
deaths
A physician describes the effects on one III his
patients Harvey Ascher, q boy, living near Free
Union, became suddenly sick There was slight
chill followed by high fever. This sutsided In six
teen hours and the muscles u the patients neck be
came rigid. contracting and drawing back tho he's
IN a painful position. peculiar eruption next
showed ITSELF giving him spotted appearance. In
thrtysIx hours no died OF collapse HIS neck drawn
back and the muscles tense that 1t was with din
Guilty the body could be Strengthened.
Relief measures being takcn- Mass meetings
have boon held In the towns Of Dixon and Gay aud
Tobseco Is burned In IN huge SonSrss and IS thought 70
DO preventive The schools Of tho county have all
been dismissed, and even divine worship Is neglected
sistsnce, but 90 far no reply has been made In
teiigsnf Physicians and nurses arc needed at once
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
sBoRErARY Villas oEysuRED.

Washington, March 2.-Majority reports were sub
mittod to the Senate to-day by Senators Plat and
Chandler from the special committee on Indian
traders and Chippewa lumber contracts, and min
ofity reports by Messrs. Blackburn and Faulkner.
Tho majority repsrts charge inexcussbe neglect
OF duty and serious administrative ncspaeity on tbs
part Of the late Commissioner Of Indian Affairs J.
d. c. Atkins; wflful and deliberate disobedence Of
laws and orders and gross abuse OF Official power
on the part Of the Chippewa Indian Agent, james I.
Gregory; all resulting in the oppression and spossion
Of hundreds Of destitute, ignorant and helpless In
dams, who. a. wards Of tho Nation, had been for
caro- and protection mistakenly connded to these two
unfathfu officers that for the misconduct Of Agent
Gregory and for tho wrongs done by him to the In
dams since March. 1883. tho SECRETARY OF the In
tefior, william r. Wills, also fully responsible,
and Is censurablc.
Tho minority reports dissent from these concln.
sions and say that tho charges arc not sustained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
TIE MUNICIPAL cIvn SERVICE.
oou,nsuoxxRs WHOSE. RESERVATIONS HAvz
BEEN ASKED BUT NOT RECEIVED
MAKE THEIR REPORT.

BEEN ASKED BUT NOT RECEIVED
MAKE THEIR REPORT
The 0uperyisory Board of Commissioners of the
New-Ycrk Municipal Civil Service, Everett p. Wheeler,
chairman; q. L. 0odkin and T. Randolph Robinson.
sent their nth annual report TO Mayor Grant yoster
das. After review Of the questions which have
arisen during tho year requiring an Interpretation OF
tho Civil Service rlcs applicable TO various posi-
tons under tho city government, tho report says In
part:
The present Mayor having in tho ersrcise Of bis I'M
aoubted discretion called for resignation Of tbs
Edsoa It perhaps fitting that before retiring we should
recall tie circumstsnccs under which received s
poinment and the nature Of the duties have sndeav
orod 10 perform Our places vera created by Mayor
Edison when, In 1884 the Law cams into operation which
required him TO apply the competitive system 10 tho
nng OF substantially ell the subordinate Offices In the
municipal service He desired to recognize two faots
First that the Mayor Of city like Eew-York cannot
possibly md time to superntend personsIy the exana
Hon on great variety Of subjects Of many hundred
ddates annually for ali sorts places and second that
Almost impossible for any incumbent Of political
oce In the existing Of tho popular mind TO keep
cesr Of the suspicion that power he may have over
tho Of filing places In the public service 10 used
for HE pessoral advantage that Of his party. The
creation Of lie Supervisory Board therefore, intended
u the public thai the machinery Of examinations
wed DO used 70 carry out the plain intent Of thu law and
mot 70 promote either Individual party inserests that the
ssr competition TIA. the examinations would b genuine
tests Of ness Tor public service and that the regulations
would b construed and enforced in the public interest,"
end not In that Of particular eandidsteS Our OK
psrercs hss been that obstacle TO the successful
working ef tho csvn Service law IL 70 serous the
belief both among appointing ocers and among tia
dates for places that those who execute It not In
earnest, that the competition IL not really intended u
IN hs candidates give the ofcs TO the best man
usa II has not eztngashed favorism; that high marks
are Ans really meant to limit the appointing onhceri
seA Of choice and that there 10 some room s left FOL
ths snceesnfn play Of "puls' or influence.
Anoeher though less serious, obstacle wss tho bellies
whloh we encountered sometimes In high plsteA thai
the Cvil service law not law Of the sssne binding
force - other laws n book, that II moi
eaHea y the full bensnt Of the rule which gives
each statute srpzsaey others Of earlier date ant
thak thsrs not the ssme want OF good ciuzsn@is
N eskfng 70 svnds Il dsfsat IL which there wout
Be In seeking " svsde Or defeas other lava
Mayor Grant yesterday that 10 had not yet recctvst
~ rseignsEioas II The members Of the Board
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

The decorations were exceedingly artistic. Supper
was ssrved on tho stage in the large hall The guests
were received by Mrs. William Barr, Mrs. Francis
Spur and Mrs. william A. Brewer 1r Among
those present were Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert l. Herbert,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joel r. Freeman, Mr.. and Mrs. John
DaIlett, Mr.. and Mrs. John Wentworth, Mr.. and
Mrs Henry F. Hitch, Mr.. and Mrs. H. spsulding,
Miss Marion Schneider Miss Phillips. Miss Julia
Bigclow, Miss Clara watson, Miss May Borden, Miss
Lillian Post, Miss Gertrude Greene, MISS haiue
GRACE and Jeanne Bartholow, Mrs. A. J. woodworth,
Miss Lizzie Morgan, Miss Ahce Broome end Miss Maud
Fisher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

steemer r W Bruno Lewis Baltimore-H Foster.
Steamer Elsanors, Bennsst Por,ana-Herasio Hall,
psrS Golden Fleece r Armstrong; Brdgctown Barbados
se East London and Natal
:, Ss1 Sssss
5s, s' z%y & Lewis. els.I. n.ss
scir chaatauaua tBr'' DemnsS S'sonn' Nb-J fasksr
@ s sS v.ldau tBr), Ferris St John. MIA Honey
SAILED.
a,ssers Noordiard for Antwerp Ems Bremen; savonis
n9ne Msye Eur 6ermsnc and Lake Huron Lycrp6o
ss S S c1 y kas'ss
and Mexican pors Nueces oaiyeston ~ Dcssdo and
d hsaien aui Stream Wilmington Old pcinon Rich
mond; aoanoke. Newport News
Also Long Island sound-steAmsEs Eeannr for
BELOW
ship xiimory. tBr) Wallace, Manila sept2l
ssp TsgM SSn S0 Gss;s bs sss ~ Doc 40
SPOKEN
5sHR ssssy % 1 for Hobart
TIKI MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS
FOREIGN PORTS
LONDON Mar Sailed steamers Ludgae HIN err, Brown,
and Ocean as yog 49, New sss !. o,,. ,p,
81 Hsss:
e ss Ssw, asr asaod steamer oains tBr Harper or
HArss Mar asaiisd. easoosne srrs santsl
NJ PSNRxe Feb 2ssaile .ssmsr Alszaadrs tss Laird
''s v ssx Feb assae sesnsr rrasesA r, aaks
- sisSsross Mar a-Arrved stsamer Triss tosr IAns
McxrsuDxo. rab ss--ssred steamer Horoz I'M. -
aio yassao ysn as-saiisd ssssnw czasxas tsA Sin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
OBSERVING RopgBr gxMErs BIRTHDAY.

Philadelphia, March (special-1he birthday Of thc
Irish patriot, Robert Emmett, was celebrated by the
Clan-na-Gasi at the Academy Of Music this evening.
Addresses were made by Congressman McAdoo, OF
New-Jersey, and John o'Bymc, Of NewYork The
speeches were followed BY presentation Of Joseph
manscement Of Leon T. Taylor and Carlton j. Clarke
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
Announcements

Use sozopoxr whom you have eaten,
Use RozopoxT your breath 10 swecten;
Usa sozoDoNr 10 aid Digestion
Use SOzODosT and askn no question.
Preserve your molars and you won't
Regret the use OF boxopoM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
Al
BoUiLJox MAooi,
LiouIp EXTRACT or BEsy.

Al
BoUiILox MAGoL $780, y
cup after the ridA
cum after the theatre.
cup nrst thing IN the morning.
CUP before retiring.
cup for the visitor.
cup when feeling blase.
tsasronni IN cue Of hot water no trDuble or bot
ties sos quart bottles "a u.s. drocers drusEsts 30
ware Of limitations Ask Msggis" Bonilon-
"SpRrNG STYLES ALREADY "IsAUGURATED."
EspEkecHETDs HATS
lib Nassan.st. lib
"NAxrrooKs." E. g. w. "NANrrcoKE.'
, Anew collar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
q syp,vn sry1rss ALREApY
HKxRY A. DANfELs hi. ID,
TIE FINEST TRAIN IN THE WoRLp !

p.essss Of tbs Nervous sysism, osni,o Urinary orrr
rmpote1oe and stortlity Hours to l2,b toa
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
A GRATEFUL 0poR,

Indicative Of health and purity communicated the mouth
nv he sweet soented S0zoDoE1 which makes the teeth
white and radiant polished pofeeain and contains
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

Via Union and Central rscnc roads sixyour hours fo
Council Bluns et Omaha 10 san fnnesco Pullman vest
bulef train sften heat electric light bethrooma barbs
shop library and dinin palace hotel on whesis tn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
The SEcREriI
MARINE INTELLIGENCE,

Of white hands and clear complexion cosxrs BRszors COS
HEo prukEsts nod Fancy Goods DesisrA 20 csnta
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
x1xrAruAE ALMANAC,

- TODAY.
san rasss SAT Bsu, $50 xoou ssss 7,so Moons ses
Hf0H wArxE.
E:s :'sss &c &c z:H s az: I Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

II ]. DEFINING 4 GO
SUCCESSORS 10
AT. STEWART I co.
tRETAILJ,
WILL OPEN TOMORROW THEIR
NEW SPRING
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
CARPETS.
MATTINGS AND
UPHOLSTERY GOODS,
Including an Elegant Assortment Of
CLENHAM WlLTONS,
vELvETS,
BRUSSELS AND InGRAlnS,
At POPULAR PRICES.
Also; an Extraordinary Lot
OF THE FINEST
ORIENTAL RUGS
AT Sc each and upward;
half their Value.
NEW SPRING PATTERNS IN
BEST QUALITY FIvE-FRAmE
BODY BRUSSELS,
AT sI.00 PER YARD.
ATWOOD
DOUBLE EXTRA MGRAlNS
AT 55c. PER YARD.
CHENILLE P0RTlERES,
New DESIGNS and Artistic Col0Rilgs,
AT $500 PER PAIR;
REDUCED FROM s11.OO.
IMPORTED
JUTE VELOUR TABLE COVERS,
TWO YARDS SQUARE,
AT So EACH;
REDUCED FROM $1,000.
FURNITURE slip COVERS,
For Suits of seven Pieces, cut and made in the
best manner,
AT 5000 AND $1,000
Better qualities in proportion.
Flu r N | TU Il &
B + ID b IN q
of all kinds, of the best qualities.
AT THE LOWEST PRICES.
Broadway, 4tE-aVe, 9th and 10th sts.
vu auu wu - ~s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03

large assortments Of Costume
Cloths, in the newest and most
desirable cOlOrs. BrOcaded,
striped and checked Spring
Weight Cloakings in new effects
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20
THEY WANT RECOGNITION.

The colored Republican leaders of the
South are beginning to want to know
what part they are to take in holding to-
gether the rotten old Republican ship.
They want recognition and want it bad
A national convention Of colored men is
to be held in Washington in October, at
which meeting they will consider the
condition OF the colored people of the
South, present their grievances to Presi-
dent Harrison and Congress and urge the
passage Of Senator Sherman's National
Election bill. Ex-senator Bruce, Of Mis-
sisslppi, and Prof Langston, Of Virginia,
are among the leaders of this movement.
A. +. Atkinson, leader among the col
ored Republicans of Georgia, is in Wash
ington and says that he thinks it high
time for the colored Republicans of the
South to assert their rights and ascertain
what treatment they are to receive from
the White House and Congress.
A late special from Washington says
that many leading colored men there are
opposed to the holding of the convention,
on the ground that it can accomplish no
good; but those who are determined to
present their grievances against the
administration are in the majority, and so
the conference, which is not likely to be a
harmonious one, will be held. They will
no doubt make Mr.. Harrison wish that he
had been buried in a soup tureen last
fall
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20
THE SOUTHERN POLICY.

For some time after the Inauguration
of President Harrison the All-absorblng
topic of the press generally was Harrl-
sons Southern Policy" 1t was known
that the better element of the Republican
party was Disguised with that old carpet
bag clan who, during their corrupt regime
in the South, had gained an unenviable
notoriety as leaders of the worst element
in that disgraceful period, and it was said
that they hoped to cut loose from those
old leaders ane build up new and purer
Republican party in the South-a white
mans Republican party. They looked to
Mr.. Harrison to accomplish this, and
many thought that he would. But Mr.
Harrison has ignored the advice Of the
better element of his party, and has
proven that his sympathies are with the
old, corrupt carpet-bag clan, as is evi
denced by his rendering the position of
collector of the port Of New Orleans to one
Henry G. Warmoth, and by appointing
J. r. &. Pitkin to a diplomatic post.
Both of these individuals were old time
carpet bag leaders Of the worst kind,
holding sway in Louisiana, and now they
are turned loose on the good people Of
that State to take up their old-time cor
rupt political work and put new charac-
ter and power in it, for are they not now
to labor under the auspices of the Presi-
dent Of the United States This is a
Southern policy with a vim. But how
can we expect better of the tools of cor
rupt and all-powerful millionaire trusts
and combines Florida, TOO, no doubt,
will have to entertain some of the old
gang and look TO them to carry out the
laws of the land but times are not what
they use to was. They can cause our
people considerable annoyance, but they
cannot again obtain control Of the State
government. Florida is Democratic and
Democratic it will remain
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20

-Responding to an announcement of
the organization of Elk. Confederate vete-
rams at Pine Bluff, Ark. Jefferson Davis
wrote to Col. Chas. Newman of that
town saying, among other things: cit is
gratifying to NE to see the brave men who
sustained our righteous cause preserving
the memories of their service, and cult
waiting the fraternity which was generated
in the severe trials they endured together.
Please give my cordial greeting to your
associates, who feel may be consoled for
the loss of much else in the remembrance
that their honor remains unstained, and
that the truth for which they suffered 10
imperishable
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20
may long live to adorn their exalted sta

may long live to adorn their exalted sta-
tions.
No rule can be laid down for political
promotion. Zone star differeth from an
other star in glory" as one man dlffereth
from another in publication. One may be
Justice of the Peace or member OF the
Legislature for a generation without
showing any qualification for promotion,
while others by the ability shown in their
professions or success in business lite de-
monstrate their fitness for elevation. In
our form of government the people decide
these qualifications, and, with few excep-
tions, give honor to whom honor is due.
Let the aspirants bide there time 10 pa
thence. The PEOPLE will call them when
their services are required.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20
YOU, TOO, BRUTUS {?

The Republican, Trust Saddled Admin
istration is catching it on all sides. Not
only Democratic, but Republican jour
nails are demanding that the tariff be re-
duced on all articles of necessity, by this
means destroying the power of monopo-
listlc trusts. Notwithstanding the asser-
ton of jim Blaine, of Maine, that trusts
are private Affairs, with which the gov
eminent has NJ right to interfere" even
that staunch old apostle of the Republi-
can party, the New York Tribune, comes
forward in recent issue and says
Tue power OF the people to smash any oombi-
nation by reducing or abolishiny duty on i'm
ports is one which monopolists are just now in
clined to regard with respect.
This, coming from the Tribune, surpri-
ses Us, for it is Democratic doctrine from
the word 60.
Harrison is losing his grip. His ap-
pointment of some of the grandest
rascals of the old, corrupt carpet bag
gang to fat Offices is opening the mouths
Of even his Republican friends. The cam
paign of 1892 is opening up in grand shape,
and Harrison's "policy" is as good cam
paign thunder as the Democrats want.
No doubt when Mr.. Harrison read the
above quoted words from the Tribune his
face paled and he threw up his hands and
cried out, "You, too, Brutus ?"
Everybody knows that the Republican
party and the monopolistic trusts are one
and the same thing. Down one and you
down both. And down they must 60 in
1892.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20
Tallahassee. Fla. Aug. 20. 1S~S-
ISHE UNCLE SAM'S OR FLORIDA'S!

Last Thursdays Times-Union con-
tanned a ST ecial from Washington an
nouncing tat DR.. Joseph Y. Porter had
been ordered to proceed to Jackson bar
racks. Louisiana, for temporary duty.
This created considerable excitement
throughout the State, and the question
arose: What right has Uncle Sam to
order Florida's State Health officer to
Louisiana or anywhere else ? A partial
answer came in a later special from
Washington. 1t seems that DR.. Porter is
ar. Assistant United States Army Sur
good on sick leave, and that he was ex-
pecting to be placed on the retired list as
soon as the proper length of service would
entitle him to retirement. He had no
idea that he would be again ordered to
active service, and therefore, at the urgent
request of prominent citizens and the
State Board of Health, accepted the posi-
ton of State Health Officer of Florida.
It nows seems that the United States
officials were Ignorant of the fact that DR..
Porter was Florida's Health Officer,
and that he was to be sent to Jackson
barracks to fill the post of surgeon there
temporarily, the officer in charge being
i'll. Later developments show that Sur
geon.General Hamilton requested the
War Department to allow DR.. Porter to
remain in Florida, and as Uncle Sam has
40 urgent need of his services he will
likely continue in the good work that he
is doing in preventing another importa-
ton of that dread scourge, yellow fever,
into our fair State But the question is:
Ought Forida's Health Officer to be sub
ject to the call of any other than Flori
da's Board of Health? Suppose the
War Department should at some future
time urgently need him elsewhere, and
that at the same time Florida also need
ed him-could Florida hold him IN OPP
position to the commands Of the war de-
partment This is a question which
should be quickly solved. Florida
wants Doctor Porter. He is undoubted-
ly the man for the position, but we
cannot afford to have him subject to
duty in other States Is there no way
by which Florida can secure his perma-
nent release from army duty We hope
there is, and it is important that the mat
ter should be settled at once.
To successfully carry out the mandates
Of Forida's health laws it is urgently nee
essary that her Health Officer should
know no master other than Florida. Our
people are well pleased with DR.. Porter
He is an efficient officer If he can secure
release from duty as an officer of the
War Department, we'll and good; if not,
then he should resign and let the Board
of Health appoint some other who can
give his whole time to Florida and be not
subject to the call Of any other duty.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1889-08-20

Leon Lumber Company
NEAR ICE FACTORY, go.
Have on hand large supply OF oil k' ~ Is1s
Ter and shingles. Orders left 81 -, c.r,
promptly oiled. nssaCa
8o-8
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-17
Wounds from BaYbed Wire.

J. w. Dean writing on this subject in the Prairie Farmer, says: cor dinary liniments and salves are gen. orally too severe, even when the lat ter plentifully mixed with lard. A preparation consisting of one part turpentine and two parts lard lard will. soothe the wound and keep away flies. Deep cuts can be healed thus without leaving scar. But if the animal is not in good condition blood-poisoning may en- sue and death follow. Pine-tar ap- piled to the part affected will also keep away flies; but it has 8 ten- dency to harden the bare flesh and render it more painful.
 "A salve made of bitterss sweet and a little pine tar mixed with it, will heal the wound and keep away flies. Ordinary cuts on barbed wire fence, when the animal is in good health, will often heal rapidly with out any application whatever, pro- vided the flies are kept away. I will give simple remedy, which will not only keep away insects, but will drive out maggots from wounds where they are found, and heal them rapidly. Take the. inside bark of the elder, and boil in lard until a strong salve is made. Add little tar. Apply plentifully and as frequently as necessary, and un- less the wound is extremely severe it will soon heal"
The St. Johns herald., 1889-01-17
Tanning a Man.

A girl in Washington married a very particular and exaeting young man six months ago. Her girl friends predict at the time that she would fail to satisfy him, and that consequently they would not live together six months. That period having elapsed and there being no evident signs of any separation be- tween the happy pair, the girl friends felt called upon to visit the young wife and ask her how she had managed to please the man who had never been known to be pleased before, Mastering ali their impu- denee they called upon her in a body and asked her for her secret. "What is the recipe" they asked. "We may need it." "Well, I'll tell you," she replied Eff you'll never tell-feed the brute" ."-Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record.