The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-02-24
YELLOW FEVER AT RIO.

YELLOW FEVER AT RIO.
A CASE On BOARD THE L. $. S. NEWARK
DEATH OF AN AUSTRIAN NAVAL
CAPTAIN.
There is no longer any doubt that
yellow fever has made its appear
ance in the United States fleet at
Rio. and the Newark is now fever
ship.
A cablegram received from Ad-
miral Benham, at Rio, reads: "One
man ON the Newark is i'll with yellow
fever. I have transferred him to the
hospital. shall send the Newark
to Rio de la Plata
Secretary Herbert later received
the following despatch from Ad-
miral Benham, dated at Rio Janeiro,
February 18th: "As a precautionary
measure against fever | will send all
the vessels except the flagship just
outside the harbor, but within call.
Every precaution has been taken.
The health Of the officers aud crews
is good. BENHAM"
RIO JASElRo, February 16.--Yellow
fever is on the increase. There were
sixty deaths yesterday in addition to
fifteen from other fevers.
The captain of the Austrian war
ship in these waters died to-day.
There are a number of other cases
on board. The Portuguese warship
here is also infected.
The situation is growing serious
to foreigners. Admiral Benham has
conferred with the commanders Of
American vessels aud nothing will
he left undoue which can lead to
preserving the health Of American
sailors. The British warship Racer
has also some cases on board, and
merchant vessels are reported to
have several members Of their crews
sick under suspicious circumst ances.
Advices from Rio via Buenos Ayres
say that Admiral da Gama's sailors
have captured the stores, guns aud
ammunition at Fort Armacao.
Admiral Benham has exacted an
apology from a rebel naval cap
tain for q shot fred at a launch con
veying a yellow fever patient from
the Newark. The captain said il
was a mistake.
UNITED STATES.
Frank &. Brady, who embezzled
S25,OO at Portland, Oregon, seven
teen months ago. has been arrested
after being pursued by detectives OH
both sides OF the Atlantic. He some
time ago returned to the United
States aud settled on q farm near
L.av.uworth, Kansas.
Several property-owners in Flor.
ida, including a banker of Jansen
are under arrest for a dynamite plot
They placed dynamite bombs along
the route Of a railway under con.
struction. to prevent its damaging
their property.
. Train robbers opened u switch and
: wrecked a train at Roscoe station
southern California. Arthur Mas
ters, the fireman, was killed. a. wa,
I also Arthur Granger, u tramp VIII,
was stealing ride on the engine
, The robbers, three in number, blew
. open the express car door with dyna
! mite aud compelled the messenger
. at the point Of their guns To deliver
the treasure. II is believed they got
E away with $4,000.
II is believed that the cruiser
kearsarge is n total wreck.
. There is excitement in Nebrask,
p City over the hanging in efiigy oI
Secretary Morton and his son. Il i,
supposed the outrage was commit
. ted on account Of some appointmen
2 made by the Secretary Of Agricul
= ture.
> Plans are laid for the $45. 900 figh
\ between Corbett and jackson L
come of near Detroit.
= A stupendous canal project is sale
I to he in contemplation by capitalist
=; in Chicago, New York, Boston anl
London. 1t is a ditch TO cross Michi
gan and obviate the present Ion,
route. The Canadian Pacific Rail
way people favor the scheme.
The United States and the Chilean
, Claims Commission has rejected tn,
famous Landreau claim involvin,
, S5,OOO,OOO. In the early days OF tn
! Garfield administration, Secretar
: Blaine sent Walker Blaine and Mi
= Trascott to South America in tn
interest Of this claim. There wer
said To be threats that the power O
the Government OF the United State
: might be used against the weake
;. Government Of Peru to enforce tn
> payment Of this claim.
y Postmaster, General Bissell is con
= sideriug the question Of inflictin,
the penalty on the Pacific Mai
i steamship Co. for violating its mai
y contract.
The late Robert l.. Cutting O
New York, by codicil to his will
:, disinherited his son Robert l.. be
cause of his marriage to Mimi
Seligman the actress.
4 collision between electric car
:, in ST. Louis injured three wome
=, and one man. Two Of the womer
!, Mrs. Mary Noonan and Miss Jenni
' ORnurke, are expected to die. Mr.
. Emily Wilkinson may recover.
', The Bath Iron Works, having tn
: finest shlpbuilding plant in Ne'
. England, have been burned.