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Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-11
fHE CAPITAL JOURNAL.
MONDAY,---APRIL IL, 1892.
GILBERT 4 PATTERSON,

Dealers in Groceries, CrOckery,
Glassware, Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
Brushes, WindowgIass, Etc. Sole
Agents for Epicure Tea and Big
Can Baking Powder,
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-11
EVENING MEETINGS,

Besides Mr.. Mills regular evening
service, Rev. Gwynne, d. d. ad-
dressed crowded house of church
members only. He preached from
Isaiah Iii, l and several arose for
prayers.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-04-11
THE SABBATH SCHOOLS.

In the Sabbath schools there were
special services and consisted of an
inquiry meeting in each, conducted
by the several pastors assisted by
the regular workers at the Mills
meetings. AT these meetings many
young people declared themselves.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

This present cholera epidemic is twenty
four years since the one just described and
there has been one intervening one. The
last Cne began at the stated tvelve-year
time, but was slow in reaching Europe and
was not permitted TO reach this country. In
1ssl-s5 1t reached France. particularly Ttu-
lon and Marseiles. Naples, Italy and Spain
but did not spread farther The outbreak
which reached Europe In 1s4s-.o was cx-
ceedin ;ly fatal, 53.293 persons dying In
England and Wales In those years from the
scourse, ana 2O.0o1 in 1854.
How tho Cholera Came to Anne erica.
When the cholera has reached America 1t
has never been with any decrease in its vir-
ulcnce. But while the nation was youngest
the first ep,dcmcs did not reach us. The
first one to attack America was that which
started at the Hurdwar pilgrimage OF 1869.
After it had reached Europe and ragged
there and in England. Ireland. and Scotland
| during 1880 and 1881 1t was conveyed by
ten or twelve Irish cmigrant ships to Que
bee in the spring OF 1892. From there 1t
went up the ST. Lawrence River and across
the lakes to Detroit, where 1t met the
United States tr1opj going t. the Black
Hawk war In a short time the whole force
| sent by way OF the lakes was rendered in
capable Of taking the field.
some we're left behind. but the greater
part reached Chicago In dcplorablc con-
dition. One company which had cen mus
tered and inspected fourteen days be ore
without a man on the sick list. had dropped
fort seven men out of scventy-cight in
that short time. One regiment lost more
than 200 men in week. 1t was generally
believed that the infection was &C mira cted
ny TIE soldiers the steamboats,, which
! had been previously engaged in transport
ing emisrants westward from Montreal and
| Quebec. The army surgeons agreed In as =
| scrting that previous to the arrival OF these
| steamboats, not a case had been observed In
| Chicago. 1t was distributed to all the
| national fort, and posts in the West. in
| Guiding Fort Dearborn. Fort Crawford. near
Prairie du CHEN. and Fort Armstrong. at
| Rock Island.
| From there the pestilence was carried
down the Mississippi to New Or,eans. by
October. 1892. Surgeon General Lawson
| says: "One fact Is certain. No case OF
cholera occurred in New Orleans until
! after the arrival OF steamboats, with cases
Of cholera on beard, and after a number
OF their passengers had died OF it. Six
| thousand died out of population of
| 55.O00.n
The epidemic also spread from Buffalo,
| reaching New York City June q. Between
| that date aud Oct. the deaths In the city
numbered 3. 400. Albany suffered heavily.
| just the scourge WAS leaving New York
| 1t broke out in Philadclphia and I. 900 died.
The victims In Baltimore and Washington
numbered about the same. Cincinnati was
IT, the power Of the plague until the middle
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

stereotvpcd phraseology of "impractie-
able" and unconstitutional" and
dangerous" without precedent"
and other less meaningless platitudes: /:
expression that are kept constantly on
hand by the legal fraternity. and all
political dodgers as ready made ar
gumen.s. Taxed as the committee
was, to its II most. not one sensible
reason could be assigned.
The "machine leaders" of the two
old factions had Just as we'll made up
this minds to live under Government
with sub treasury system in full
force, for the people have SO decreed !;
and no amount of dodging and howl
ing about force bill and negro
supremacy will suffice as a subterfuge
from the plain earnest demands of the
people. The people are going 10 rule
this country, and the politician must
obey or be crushed by the great re-
form procession.
The suh-treasury plan is right; it is
just in sll its details. and does no:
antogonize any business or interest
essential to the welfare of the people,
or that is entitled to the saction OF
morals or the dignity of laws. Let lis
keep in the middle of the highway to
reform at all hazards, even though to
do so it would become necessary to bid
good bye, and if forever. then forever
to fomer political associations. South
ern Mercury.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22
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InRcnious Street Sweener.

Many cities from New York down
ward. which have not yet solved the
problem of cleaning their streets well
and cheaply, would profit greatly by
an examination into the working of a
machine that has been introduced
into Germany for picking up street
swcepings. This machine, which is
drawn by horses, takes up in its for
ward motion the moist street debris
or mud which has been deposited in
streaks by the preceding sweeper.
The frame Of the machine carries,
suspended from the rear axle. an iron
trough of half cylindrical shape,
about four feet in length and nearly
three feet wide. At the inside of the
rear wheel an open paddle wheel is
attached, which takes up the sweep
ings and drops them into the trough.
A small plCw at the front serves to
narrow the strip of swecpings, which
may possibly have been scattered
somewhat by the hoofs of the horses
drawing the machine. When the
trough is filed it can be instantly
dumped at any required spot by
means Of a crank and chain arrange
ment. 1t is stated that this machine,
which is easily drawn by two horses
and managed by one man. can remove
from four to six miles of double rows
of Sweepings in day.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

GOV. FLOWER faction, for on Sun-
day they were to 60 to Fire Island,
which through Governor Flower had
been secured, with all its houses
and the Surf Hotel, for the accom-
mediation Of the first and Sec
ond cabin passengers of the ill-fated
Normannia: On Sunday morning it was
discovered that the Stonington had no
means for cooking, was Of too deep q
draught to cross the bar, and according
to statements she was old and too mn
seaworthy to venture SO far in the open
ocean. !
Tossed Hither and Thtther.
The iron steamboat Cepheus was then
hired and the first and second class
cabin passengers started for the prom
ised land. The weather was rough and
many were seasick, but they cared lit
tie for that, happy in their escape from
the prison-ship Normannia. After
voyage Of about thirty-six miles the
captain weakened and said he was
afraid to take the Cepheus over the bar
without pilot. In consequence of this
the iron steamboat started back to the
Horseshoe bend and the first-class pas
sengers were once more put on board
the rickety old Stonington. The Sec
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

There is great outcrv among the
money powers agains: turning over the
railroads of the company to the gov
ernmeIt, to he run in the interest of
the Peoples party. These ohjectors
contend that to do so tends to central
ization. Did anybody ever contend
that the Postoffice Department or the
army and navy, all exclusively under
government control, tend to central
iZation? We think not. Would it not
he better for the people of the United
States to control the people, rs is now
the case? The railroads and banking
corporations are the upcrowned kings
of the American people; they nominate
the candidates of the two old parties.
from President down to members of
the Legislature, and absolutely dictate
bo'h state and national legislation i'll
all matters in which the retention of
power by them is necessary. Reader,
is not the time fully ripe for the over
throw of plutocracy and the Inaugural
ton of a government. both national,
state, and county. of the people, by the
people, and for the people? Will the
people who love justice, humanity, and
the rights of millions now enslaved.
unite and destroy the power of the
devil fish now cnveloping them?-Ex.
To the Farmers.
Don't you believe one word Won hear
from the ring elem ent between this
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

BAGGAGE
routes b,tnce: these two cities were at
tackled. and the plague spread north and
south through tho country districts. From
IIcrat it went northwest to the holy city of
McShe |. the Mecca of many Eastern prin-
cipalities. There its devastation was ter
rible For weeks the deaths averaged over
100 daily. 1t Is still raging there, the last
reports being that II was on the decrease.
the daily death roll having dropped to
thirty-five. still westward the cholera
Travelled in the wake OF the caravans. 1t
attacked Sulvzabar and ther towns, and in
a few days II reached Astcrabad, on the Cas- =
plan sea. Its rava-eS here and in the
nciIhboring provinces were very great Its
appearance at Astcrabad alarmed The Rus
sian authorities and all the Russian ports
on the Caspian were closely Iuarantincd.
There IS Il ronSidera bic trade between As
terabad and Astrakhan, at the monti Of
the Nol.a
Its RavagcS in Russia.
In May the cholera crossed the Caspian,
in site Of all precautions, and inv AIDED
Baku Il Russian seaport just south of the
Caucasus Mountains. 1t is the great pc
troIeum port of the Caspian and filthy be-
yond description. The cholera was now In
Europe, and 1t spread rapidly. The author =
tiles. much alarmed, bent all their energies
toward keeping it from Astrakhan. the port
at the mouth OF the Volga But they were
Russians were too dcmoralized to carry out
the requirements OF these schedules. About
the middle of July riot was Occasioned in
Saratov by the report that the doctors in
the hospitals were burying cholera patients
alive.
1t is reported that $50. 900 deaths from
cholera have occurred in Russia this sum-
r.cr up to date. To that long roll OF NOR
tality should be added 81. 600 in Persia. up
to "A week ago. and an unknown but large
number In Iurkestan and other As!atic
| countries. besides several hundreds per
| day in Hamburg and scores daily in each
| OF not few cities In Germany and France
| The total up t. date can hardly be less
| than 800, 00U deaths, and may exceed that
| figure. while there is yet room foi a further
| swelling OF the list before the activity of
| the cholera germs Is destroyed by the ad-
| vent OF frost
The most encouraging news received in
| relation to the scourge is that it has ap-
| parently nearly run its course at Teheran.
| In Persia. the daily mortality there hav 9
| decreased from 600 to 20l The news from
! Russia is not sufficiently explicit to war
rait Il similar hope for the cities OF that
| country for some time longer. though II
! should be remembered that informa ion
| from that quarter Is generally tardy, SO
| that the disease might be fairly under con =
| troll before We would have an intin.ation
| that its ravages had been checked. The
| great thing to be wished for now is colder
weather. II the cholera -smitten regions
were visited by chilly wave. there would
| be good reason to believe that the worst
| was over. and the pest would quickly cease
m
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22
THE SUB-TREASURl.
HOW THE MACHINE LEADERS
DEALT WITH THE SUBJECT.
The People Are Going to Eule This
Country and the Politicians Must Ob"y
he Crushed by the Great Rsi,,rs,
Procession.
Congress and the Sub-Treasury.

NUuSFPsS anu tue sun treasury
Early in the session of the Fifty
second Congress-, sub-treasury bill
was introduced and referred to the pro-
per committee: and. after being
pigeon holed for seven months or more.
on the last day of the session the COM
mittee brought in their report. No
friend of the bill is surprised at the
action of the committee in any par
ticular. 1t was understood fnOtwith-
standing the protests of the Populists
in Congress- that the committee would
hold back their report, though un-
favorable, till the close of the session,
in order to prevent discussion. thus
evad;ng the issue. and further exhibit
ing the cowartlicc of the so called
Democrats to stand mp for the rights
of the people.
The most sanguinc friend Of the
sub-treasury theory looked for an I'M
favorable report, and the authorizations
| of the enemies of the bill have been
pate the work Of body when the
views of the leaders are known. Wall
street is opposed to the sub-treasury,
as is every legaliZed robber, gambler
and speculator; hence it required no
prophet to presage what the commit
tees report would be, nor what would
have been the action of the Demo
cratic house, had that body been
called upon to pass on the measure.
There is no surprise at the argu-
mcnts p employed by the committee
in their report. 1t is the same old
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22
shaft Nc WluS

The Republican papers keep rchash-
ing their remarks about how the Ali
ance vote was reduced last year, what
splendid campaigns certain Republi-
can County Chairmen made, and how
the old party is going to redeem itself
this year.
Let not the Independents be de-
ceived by this trick. 1t is true that
some counties which went Independent
two years ago were either Republican
last year or Independent by small
majority. But those who have investi-
gated the vote know that the cause of
this change lay wholly in the fact that
thousands of Independents staid at
home last fall on election day. The
lighter vote of the independents as
compared with the year before was due
largely to their ovcr-confidence in the
result.
The Independents had had marked
success the year before, and felt sure
of electing their county tickets. The
state ticket included only the Supreme
Judge and two Regents, and the Dem
ocrats had withdrawn their candidates
for these Offices with the avowed pur-
pose of supporting the Independent
nominees. All these conditions made
the lndepenpents unduly confident of
victory, and stirred up the Republi-
cans to unusual efforts. This accounts
for the apparent gains which the Re
publicars made last year.
1t might he added that the action of
the Democrats in withdrawing their
ticket and publicly avowing their in
tention to support the Independent
nominees vas disappointment to some
Independents. and contributed some
what to feeling Of Indifference. Ha.
it been known that Esois-itv o. the
Democrats would vote the Republican
ticket and that the Independent nomi-
nees, both state and county, were in
danger, the Independent vote would
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

swarming people, vino lie down at its cons
ing and die without effort or protest against
their fate The hot sun and the humid.
fevcrish atmosphere have much to do with
its unchecked presence and occasional vio-
lent utbreaks. but the civilization OF the
land does more. sut crStitiOn and unclcan-
linoss prevail to an almost unbelievable
extent The cities and towns OF the In
dian hills are undraincd, unwaterel and
filthy. The people live In "a state OF degra-
nose than to the eyes Under such COndi-
tions the plague thrives and fattcns upon
unnumbefed victims
Tho epidemic which reached us In 1856
received its impulse from the lIurdwar
festival, and at tho same festival began
the present epidemic. notwithstanding the
attempts Uf the authorities. grown wiser
after centuries. TO check the growth and
spread of the pestilcnce which inevitably
accompanied It,
The Present Epidemic.
1t is difficult to follow the present cpl
demic III the East with anything like par
ticularity, owing to the scanty report sent
by the cable There was an outbreak OF
more than usual violence in Syria last
summer. II devastated many small VII
lagcS. The reports made by SpfrudOn {.
Zavitziano, the government corresponds Mt
at ConstantinOple. show that from June.
1891, t. February, lS92, there were g, ,461
deaths in four provinces. This induced
the Turkish Government to erect new
lazarcttos. and the Russian Government
established strict guarantees OIL the ports
of the Black Sea.
Meanwhile the plague appeared with uu-
usual violence in the villages of Northern
India and with the impulse OF tho IIurdwar
festival soon became Il raging epidemic.
The pilgrims and the Provindahss scattered
il broadcast We Logan 10 hear Of IL In
May. At that time the district of Srinagar.
in the extreme north of India, was the CEN
ter OF the plague. There were l. 600 deaths
there In one week All work in the coun-.
try districts was suspended. The ignorant
and superstiti0us people felt that juGs-
ment WIS on them ami made no attcmnt to
stay its ravages. Hundreds were taken
sick daily and lay down by the roadside or
in the field, to die The dead were left un-
buried in the blazing sun. and the stencil
became horrible. The capital of the dis
trict. the city Of Srinagar. took fire and
burned to the ground. The inhabitants.
without food or clothing. took to the coun-
try to increase the awful misery there. An
attempt was made to help them from La
hore. but it resulted In carrying the chol-
era there. with hundreds OF deaths Srina-
gar was one OF the filthiest cities of India,
between May 6 and June II 5000 Of It's
population of $4,000 died OF cholera.
There were 24S deaths May % The dead
were seldom buried.
In April the cholera began its westward
march from India TO the Caspian sea. 1t
had laid waste large territory of orthern
India. 1t crossed the Indus aud Invaded
Afghaustan. Cabul was attacked. with
frghtful loss OF life. and then Herat. where.
in spite OF the abundant water in and
around the city. the camps of the piic rims
and traders gave Il mighty impetus to its
spread. The villages along the caravan
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

were carried to all the landing towns and
cities of the Mi-ss -ippi aud OAio Rivers n
hi-h as Cincinnati. From st. Louis II was
carried over the emigrant route to SAN
/ Francis - More than 1000 cmigrantS die /
| OF the trail. and m3ny Indians who lCft-
| cred along from curiosity or for the pur-
| pose OF begging paid a terrible penalty.
| 1t rea Chcl New York in May, 1s49 and
| spread violently. The deaths from cholera
in one week in July in the city alone were
| 700 Boston had apout 600 fatal cases
| curing The summer 1t was most terrible
In Cincinnati and st Louis, the deaths in
| each OF those cities numbering about Go o.
| The third day of August was. II view of
t the terrible scourgc thus stalking nightly
over the broad land. appointed by the
| President of the United States a day of
| fasiin. and of PRAYER, that God would
"avcrt the Eestilence that wall>c'h in dark
! ness and the destruction tha; wasteth at
monday"
{ In I>:,:i aud 1866 were other vis.titions of
the r'ho,cra upon A;ncri''a, The latter was
/ the w.rSt 1t had arrived in New York in
| November. SIS, by the steamer Atlanta.
but had been successfully quarantincd In
| April. 1850. an emigrant ship came in with
thirty-one CHOLERA dead. TAe Goth OF the
| sam" month the cmfgran' ship England ar
| rived with $50 passengers. She had started
| with LOO, but on the way over 80 had
| died Of cholera.
Ten days after the arrival of the En- gland
| the first case broke out in \ " York Be
fore Iuly 81 there had been $. fatal cases
| in New York and ll2 in Brooklyn. On that
| day the disease broke out in full fury. SD
new cases we're reported. aud of these 8,
| died almost at once. In the next ton days
| there were more shan 500 deaths in New
| York anu Frooklyn. The epidemic lasted
thrnugh september. and in New York and
| brooklyn there we're l.60p deaths.
Spreading the Pc.tiIcnce.
| lr III New York II WIS distributed in
| every direction over the United States by
| railroads and >tea mhoat>, even a. far west
! aS the Smoky Fork River in Kansas. to
| Forts Riley and Harker, and to the new
| town Of Ellsworth. then ouly six weeks
| cid. because soldiers, railroad lahOrcrs.
ard others from infected districts brought
| .he disease TO the ne v line OF railroad then
| building.
/ On the Sth or 10th Of July. i>i2 the
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

steamer SHIELD IN Thompson arrived at
Chicago from Buffalo. having or beard
Gen. Scott, his staff, and four companies
OF troops With them came the Asiutic
pest. The sOjourners in the port Ned in
haste and terror. The residents OF the
village. as far as possible. also went away.
some going to Crosse Point AMI others to
Laughtons or Wentworth's. BY the 18th
the village, was virtually dcpopulated, and
| was given over to the sick, dead and dy-
| ing. and those whom duty compelled or
humanity urged to remain to minister to
them.
July Is another steamer arrived with
ano' her detachment OF cholera stricken
soldiers The flight of tho inhabitants
confined the ravageS of the pest to the
soldiers. officers and their families. Daring
the ten days succeeding Gen. Scott's ar
rival n hundred dead soldiers were carried
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22

war epidemic i'll 1>43. and was found in AZ
chanistan In 1874. In Per -ia AMI Me-h.d in
ISIS. advancing west in 1916 t. Teheran.
uNl up between the Black and Caspian
Seas towarl Southern Russia, reaching
Astrakhan July 30. 1s+,.
But especially it was detected west TO
Trebizond and Poti. on the southern and
eastern coasts Of the Black Sea, and from
there carried over to Constantinotle and
Odessa and up the Danube to Germany.
whence 1t was carried to Holland and
England. Toward the close of the year
ISIS numbers Of German emigrants arrived
at Hayre. and they brou .l!t cholera to thi
country by way OF New Orleans
The Austrian. Hungarian, and Russian
armies con. ending in Hungary in the spring
and summer Of ls4a became the principal
center and focus of the disease. whence il
spread with terrible virulencc into Poland
and Germany.
The next great ~ clfth- yc .rly epdc m {
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1892-09-22
ExcIl: AS. COsnsnents.

Interest gathers to itself what labo
the other fattens and grows.-Spokane
Alliance Manifesto.
The issues involved in this campaign
are the rights of the laborer against the
oppression of the money power Win
nimucca Silver State.
Keep your Alliance solid. Don't let
anything interfere with your meetings,
and keep up the campaign of eluca-
ton Atlanta Alliance Farmer.
Boast not too much Of your strong
points or your strong men. A knot in
timber is its hardest part, and yet it is
the first to show defea:. Gail
Spokesman.
The demands of the people are nm
Needed. Silver is killed and the sub.
treasury is denied n hearing, and the
people the people he Atlanta
Peoples Party Paper.
No man knows so little as he who
will not learn both sides of question.
and true intelligence is only attained
by an unprejudiced study of both
sides.-Decatur Times.
4 little more money power, little
class Legislation. a little more slumker
ing on the part of the people, and Mex
lean poems will occupy more enviable
position than our laboring people,
Otdcn Rcformer.
The amount of money based on gold
is left to chance TO determine the
amount of circulation. The People.
party demands that law shall regulate
the volume and that it shall he fixed
| at $50 per capita. Huron Ruralist.
Anarchists should he suppressed a.
| all hazards. They are traitors to tn.
nation. conspirators against govern
ment, and should be promptly triet
and given the punishment provided fo
high treason. Chillico.he World.
| One Of the Western Senators a