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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-25
AT sHREvEPOHr.
They Want u Conference with Texas
Health officials.

They Want u Conference with Texas
Health officials.
Shreveport, La. September 2i.-At tie
board OF health meeting today Mr.. ", Il.
Ogilvlc Of the Houston committee stated
that Texas people did not approve of
shNveport'k method OF receiving people via
New Lewsville, Texarkana, Paris and
Sherman and demand mere rigid quaran-
tine.
DR.. W. s. Penick sent TO Texarkana to
investigate the methods there. stated no
verbal or written obligation wan required
Of passengers and was of little value. The
quarantine was not strict enough.
A resolution was adopted asking the gov
ernor and health officer Of Texas {, permit
representatives Of the board Of health ia
visit some designated point to confer with
them so az to adopt some agreement that
trade between Shreveport and Texas poitts
may not be interfcrcd with.
The following resolution was unanimous
~ adopted:
Resolved. That written notice be served
upon the proper officials OF all the railroads
entering Shreveport that II they hereafter
bring into this city any passenger coming
from the States Of Alabama or Miss!sslppi
or from any infected point that an absolute
quarantine will be instituted against said
road indefinitely.
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Modiacd the uunrnu,ine.

Nashville, Tenn, September 2i.--Todsy
tho State board Of health raised the quar-
antine as to East and Middle Tennessee and
modified the quarantine as to West Ten
nessec. Persons from infected points can
come to Middle Tennessee and East Ten
nessee. but must remain ten days under
control Of the board before going into West
tennessee. West Tennessee Is still sub
jected to quarantine Knoxville, Chatta-
nooga. Nashville and Memphis asked for
notifications OF the ironclad quarantine
anu the beard issued the new orders.
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SAN ANToNIO's DENIAL.
Very Promptly Declared the hepOr,
to lie False,

to lie False.
San Antonio, Texas. September ga
genuine sensation was created in this city
today when Vt became known that rumors
had gained circulation abroad to the effect
that yellow fever had made Its appear
ance in this city. A telegram from the
board OF health OF New Orleans asking
about the health condition of San Antonio
and saying that this point was strongly
suspected, resulted In a special meeting OF
the local board OF health. The following
statement bearing on the health OF the
city was issued: There Is no case OF yellow
foyer or smallpox in San Antonio and 10
our knowledge no case of yellow fever In
all Western Texas"
"Bryan>Callaghan, Mayor.
DIR, Frank Paschal,
President Board Of Health.
"Dr. D. E. Berry,
County Health officer.
DIR. d. Il. Hadra.
''City Health OFFICER"
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Al Orange.

Orange, Texas. September 2l.--Ths
schooner Rosalee with freight from Gal
weston was detained at the cut of, three
miles below town. by the quarantine
guards last night. The board Of health in.
spected her today, found her bill OF health
oil right and she was allowed to come up
70 tho wharf this afternoon. The president
OF the board Of health received wire from
DR.. Fisher. health officer at Galveston,
this afternoon that Galveston would recog-
nizo their bills Of health from citizens Of
Orange,
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Now Orleans, La. September 2a.---As
Ocean Springs there are eleven Of the old
casss OF fever Under treatment and one
new case reported today. No deaths.
Scranton. Mias.. reported three new casca
today with no deaths there nor IN East
FkseagcSla.
AZ Biloxi Mayor Howard was taken
down today With fever, Mr.. Swetman.
~ mayer pro TEN. y aIpo sick. thus
loAS1nG ~ city without IN acting mayor,
1He mayors family hAs gone to PhlladeI-
l&[ r. s; IA tpporta from the sick are ell
= } M s'l i..s go
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houses. that is to say sleep on the ground
floor. He infers that the poison moves
along the ground and preferably attacks
those closest In reach.
The steady effort to get the stringency OF
the quarantine against Mobile modified Is
meeting with partial success. The reports
that all business Is abandoned in Mobile are
untrue and have been untrue at any time
since the visitation began. The merchants
are not doing more than small business,
but none OF the houses are shut up and
ali firms are doing something.
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Mis.isnlppi hoard Of ucnl,h

jackson, Miss, September 24,--The State
board OF health tonight issued tho follow
ing official bulietin.
The board Is daily receiving requests
from parties from the North for permission
70 return to their homes and has decided
not to allow them TO do so for the nrs.ant
After thr board Ia certain that fever !.
confined to Edwards and the Immediate vi
entity, Quarantine viii probably be raised
fected point. "'A ~n' -"
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WILL USE YnI.Low FEWER GERMS
Dr. Powell Oncrs 10 submit to Yuocu.
latton Ia Prove HIS Theories.

pr. P0well Offers To submit to Inocu-
latton to Prove HIS Theories,
Special to Globe Democrat.
Los Angeles. CAL. September ss.--ps.
Thomas Powell, who came here from CO
lumbla. NO.. last fall. and who. to demon.
strate his theories rs 10 tho cause. pre-
venion and cure o. disease. was inocu-
lated with the germs Of tuberculosis, diph.
iberia. chambers and other virulent dis
eases usually attributed to bacteria. has
addressed a communication 10 the State
board Of health, which meets tomorrow
to consider precautions against yellow
fever, ~ well AZ tuberculosis. He proposes
70 demonstrate the fa,sity Of the current
theory OF disease In general BY submitting
under the surveillance OF representative
physicians OF the introduction into his
own system OF the most viruient germs
known to bacterlologists. The doctor ex.
presses himself as emphatically DESTROYS
Of : test with yellow fever germs. and a,
having all possible precautions taken
against any opportunity for deceit on hi,
part.
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Qaarantipei Awmin.t Atlantn.

selma Ala,' September 2a.--The case Of
yellow fever In Atlanta caused the author.
Sitses to declare a rigid quarantine asa,nst
that city today, No pcrson who has been
In or passed through Atlanta during the
past ten days will DO permitted TO ente-
DALLAS county. A third detention camp
WIZ be opened tomorrow for the detention
OF persons coming In on south bound
trains, who Il - thought advisable TO keep
In quarantine. ''~S
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A VERY SENSATIONAL MESSAGE
sont out From New Orleans Asserting Fever Exists
In Texas Cities.
TRIES 10 DIVERT ATTENTION FROM H
Comes Very Bad Taste From City Whose Merchants Have
Tried Evade Quarantine Laws by Very Question:
able Means and Were Caught at It,

received Associated Press wires
-. r.A.. $ az
September received
Oleans,s 24-Us with Mr. Wana.
other wire
investigate Immediate
the Houston Dial.
Iorte
Haddonheid NJ
J.,thef Orleans Arm
consultation had with Mr. Wanna
President Thompson
means Of securing
the least OF It, from city whose
repeatedly
Mississippi valley and
wanamakr
noninfed district liberty visit and all
Cies and satisfy himself this
a
from of
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RESUL1'

Are often produced by imR5D e
ment Of certain diseases; III dseal
cially the case in those denc1ns i d
peculiar to men and women. = 4 n
fore best to consult speciahsfss tssvu
lished reputation. like Or.
Co. ..,slIsf5 (
do not countenance any OF the nsrS 4
methods employed by many o!a Ss" q
as free prescr. ptions. free sam n y~Sth II
d. medicines. etc. Consultation ~" 4
is free. and II you decide 70 XVI u
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The Pathology OF yellow Fever.

For the benefit Of professional reader,
We present the details Of the result Of 1
number Of autcpsies madc during the pres.
ont epidemic On the bodies Of yellow fever
victims - tn d'aeocting rooms Of the
were performed ~ d. T, o. Summer. ~
9 NaaAyllle. assistad By Or. Chsviss =
6ayannah. H. following 10 givea:
r. stenaeA preeeatn nething abneenal,
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BOARD OF HEALTH BULLETIN.

yellow levers
a. there
yellow
dealt from o 10.
President
Walt c FowerM
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GOVERNMENT ADvICEs.

Daily Reports Of the Situation to Surgeon General Wymdo
Number OF Cases at Each Infected Place.
reported from Jackson MA''
the
in that ranc les peen
Meridian ana tna'
Dr. Wymns adV1c To-
night
persons were admitted
Toaln, Nv 49,
deaths Under treatment To-
cases q soosy,2s date 1885,
In incoming trains 'ocay
Iy
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case IN msH -
YOU will ~
obtaining
tory result.
are the lss:p
expert spsclEs
this .sSScafnaiprIr5
Blood ws.S
pimples No.
Kidney and X
difhctilteh
ures and ~
md is..s3
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KOSsE ISN'T AFRAID.
CittEens DO Not Believe There IL
Any Necessity for Quarantinc.


Citisens DO Not Believe There Ii
Any Necessity for Quarantine.
Kosse. Texas, September A.--The MAYOR.
DR.. Poindexter. called mass meeting OF
the citizens OF Kosss to take some action
toward protecting this community against
refugees. as there are a good many get
ting on here because they are not allowed
to disembark anywhere south. After dis.
GUESSING the matter It was decided the town
did not need any quarantine, as A majority
OF those present did not believe there ex-
'sted case CT yellow fever anywhere In
Texas. unless 1t was the one at Beaumont
and great many doubted that was gen.
uine yellow Jack. Should any cause for
alarm become apparent some decided ac-
ton win be taken. There is but little an.
prehension anywhere in this country.
Don't Believe II Yellow Fever.
Wharton. Texas, September ai.-It NAV
we'll be surmised that the news contained
In The Post yesterday anent yellow fever in
Beaumont excited the Wharton puhl,c
Health officer DR.. Bat Smith and countv
Judge Barbee left yesterday evening for
Houston. It is said. to confer with ,bs
authorities In reference 10 the status OF Inc
ehuemac They returned today, Dr. smil b
s,sinS = hts opinion positively that he
MS MOI believe the cass q Beaumont va
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GALvEsTON's ANSWER.

AZ; total deaths to date, 4; new cases
d1y, 10.
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-07
CrOSSTlal'S S Specific MiYtDPa

WIN this leInedy persons cure themselvs.
~ltnout tne least exposure, change OF diet or
onange IN application TO business The medicina
cenfains nothing that Is Of the least injury 10
a,,1a uon. Ask your druggist for l. Puca 81
The San Francisco call., 1897-12-07
Hawaiian Annexation
as a Logical Sequence.

as q Logical Sequence. 10th day OF June
last, l laid before
the Senate of the United States treaty signed
that day by the plenipotentiaries of the
United States and of the republic of Hawaii
having for its purpose the incorporation of
the Hawaiian Islands as an integral part of
the United States and under its sovereignty
The Senate having removed the injunction OF
secrecy. although the treaty is still pending
before that body, the subject may be properly
referred to in this message because the neces-
sary action OF Congress is required TO de-
termine by legislation many details of the
eventual union should the TACT OF annexa-
tion be accomplished. as believe it should be-
While consistently disavowing from a very
early period any aggressive policy of absorp-
tion in regard 10 the Hawaiian group, a long
series of discussions through three-qusrters of
century has proclaimed the vital interest of
the United States in the independent life of
the islands and their intimate commercial de-
pendency upon this country. At the same
time 1t has been repeatedly asserted that i'll no
event could the entity of Hawaiian statehood
cease by the passage OF the island under the
domination or influence of another power
than the United States Under these circum-
stances he logic of events required that an
nexation, before Offered but d. clined 81 ould
in the ripeness of Time come about as a nat
ural result Of Strengthening the ties that bind
US 10 those islands aud be realized by the tree
will OF the Hawaiian stale
That treaty was unanimously ratified with
out amendm mt by the Senate and President
OF the republic OF Hawaii on the 10th of Sep
tember last aid only awaits the favorable &C.
t:oa of the American Senate to effect the COM
plete ab orption of the islands in to the domains
of the United States. What the conditions OF
such union shall be, the political relation
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-31
CARTBRA DIR la ISLh

En- la session celebrada el iueves ulti-
mo por la Comision provincial y aso-
ciados, sc dio cuenta con un oticio dc
la suporioridad, referente no confor-
marse la direction del Institute con ell
acuerdo de que Sc paguen por aosavas
parties de 10 consignado en- presupuesto,
las atenciones de personal y material, ,
de aquel centro de segunda ensenanza.
Este asunto, que quedo sobre la me-
sa petici6n del diputado senor Her
nandez Lopez, Sc esta comentando mu-
chislmo en- Ia cspital.
Y no puede menos de ser asi, de
lamar poderosamente la atencion, que
una persona, asumiendo ell doble cargo
de diputado y director del Institut o,
tome parte en- las discusiones de u
asunto que lie interesa drectamente.
Este solo hecho probara por modo
indiscutible que la incapacidad del .Di-
| rector del Institute para ell desempeno
| del cargo de diputado provincial, ale
gada por la minoria liberal en- la Dipu
| taci6n, solo puede ser negada por la pa
| sion la inmoraiidad.
| No es eXacto, como sc ha susurradO,
que a las classes nocturnas de Ia socie-
dad eEducacion popular~ Ell la capital,
asistan dos taqufgrafos que, por dispo-
/ sicion gubernativa, toman apuntes de
| los dlscursos que Sc pronunclan.
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166

-;Callad! exclamaron forioso-
escrloano, comisario y verdugos.
81 20 hubiese qnerido decir
todo 10 que sc de | !. reina, :.
me ahorcarian no seri4 deshonras
de.
No pudo decir mas, ssporque el
comisario Sc lapz6 sobre Ell cadal-
SO seguido de agentes que le su-
jetaron, le echaron una nodrizl y
la entregaron palpitsnte ) msgu-
llads, con el rostro hinc hado,
cardeno y saDgrentsdo, los
ejecutores, uno de los cusles sc
habf8 encoryado de Euevo sobre
la victima, y al mismo ii smpo CO.
gi6 ell hlerro que gu ayudaDte To-
gao darle.
Pero Juana Sc aprovech6, como
una culebra, de la insuticiencia
de aquella mano que ie apretaba
la nucs, dio un brinco atlas y vol
viendose con gozo fren etlco, pre-
sento su pecho al verduho, mlEan-
dolo cen ojos provo ativos, de
suerte que el lnstrumenLo IAeai,
que descendia sobre sus espaidas,
vino & darle sobre ell pecho dere-
cho, 8 imprimi6 un sulco humean-
te y devorador en- la carne viva,
arrapcando q la vfctima q pesar de
Ia mordaza, uno de esos alaridos
que no tienen equivalente en- Mn
guna de las entonaciones de La
vsz humana.
Juana Sc dej6 caer abatida por
ell dolor Y la vergu -Dza: estaba
vencids; sus labios no dejaron es.
capar lipgdn sonido; sns miem-
bros no sintleron va niDgdn estre'
mac;mleuto: esta vez estaba rsai-
mente desmayada.
El ysrdugo se lie echo al hombre
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-31
BlEu AL POBLLCO

Desde el dia II del mes en- curse en-
pezara hacer yiajes entire Ia Capital y
Ponce una lfnnea trlsemanal de coches,
que saIdra haya no pasajeros los dfas
tliados, d las de la manana, en- esta
forma:
De la Capital, lunes, microbes }
viernes a las 4 de la manana
De Ponce, martes, jueves saoado a
la misma Nora.
PKECIoS POR ASIENTO.-De la
CAPITAL a Caguas, 81 5o.-De Caguas
i Layey, s2.-De Cayey AIbonlto'
$2.-Ue Aibonlto u Coamo, 81. De
Coamo a Ponce, 81 5o.--VlaJe de la
Capital Ponce $l1. Sc puede regre-
sar con ell mismo itinerario por iguaies
precios.
AGENCIAS: Capital, don Santos
Filippi Ponce, en- Los frecios Fyos.
In Caguas don Ceiestino Sofa, Ell
Cayey Hotel ID. Venancio, en- Albonltt
casa Plcon, en- Coamo u. Zollo Colon
NOTA.-Cada pasaJero solo podr'
llevar IL kilos de equipaJe. La empire
"a fieta coches directos precios con
yencionales. s.-BECERRA i SAN
EORL
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-31

bti5 con ella lentameDte la es-
calera de Ia ignominia.
En- cuanto al pueblo, mudo tam
bien, va que aprobase @ bien por-
que Sc hallase consternado, no sc
retro por las cuatro salidas de la
plaza hasta despues de yer ceIrar-
Sc trs s de Juaoa las uertas de la
Conserjer1a, despues de yer demo
Ter lentamente el cadslso pi, "a por
pieza, y de haberse asegorado de
que no habfa epiiogo al drama es-
pantoso cuya represe ntacion aca-
baba de ofrecerle el parlamelto.
Los ageutes vigilaron hasta las
liltimas lmpresiones de les espec-
tadores sus priu eras intimacio
nes habian sido articul adas tan
terminantemenle, que hsbria sido
locura opener alguna ohjeci6n a su
I6gica armada de csch,poTras y
esposas.
La objection, 81 algu Sc hiz,.
fae tranquila y enteramente inte-
rior.
POGO 4 POGO, la plaza rocobro
su cslma ordinaria, colo que al ex
tremo del pnente, cuande Sc dist
pc todo el gentfo, dos hombres
j6veres rehexivos, que Sc reti-
raban como los dema-, tuvieron ell
dialogo siguiente:
-SCrte 8, Maximiliano, que Ia
que el verdugo hs marcada es real
mente madama de La Motte2
-Asi 10 diceD, pero yo no 10
creo .respondi6 ell mas alto de
los dos ipterlocutores.
-Vos opinais en- reaiidad que
no es ella, Soo ca yerdadl fiadi6
ell otro, un hombrecillo de cara
bajs, ojos redondos y luminosos
como los de las aves nocturnas, de
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-31

ques; acabareis por decir que ha-
bels visto marcar q madama de
La Eotte: he ahi vuestros capri
chos. Hsce un momento no os
expresabais asi, porque positiva-
mente me habeis dicho: No creo
que sea madama de La Motto
quien han marcado.
Nc, y todayfa no 10 creo, re-
puso el oven sonrienpo; poro no
rs tampoco una de esas come
ciantas que decfs.
Entonoes tqulen etf Neamos
quien es la pereooa & quien han
iufsuado shf en- Ia plaza pdblicss
en- lugar de madama de La Motto.
=; ;Es la r.inst d j el joyen con
una v,z sguda q su siniestro COM
pah-ro .stas palabras con su son-
Tlsa indefinibIe.
FL otro retrocedi6 dsIdo car
cajadas y aplaudiendo ests grace
10 luego, miranda alrededor,
-iAd.6- X ,bespierret
i Aii6 MaIat ! re,pot di6 el
otro, y 30 separaroa.
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-31

cabellera corta y grasienta. No,
no IS madama do La Motto 8 quien
han marcado. Los secuaces de esos
tiranos An tenido mlranleDto cod
su c6mplice. Para descargar de
toia acusacion q Maria Autonieta,
han buscado una se1orlta DIVA,
que coDfeso Ger una pIoftituta, y
La,nbien habian podido hallar una
supuesta maaama de La Motto
que SO coIfesase falsaria. =. BAbl
les una comedia pagada al veTdu-
go y pagsaa D la viotimai Eso
es mas caro-, y nada mas.
Ell compan-ro de este hombre
escuchaba agltando gu cabezs, y
sonreia sin responder.
-spor que no respondeis? dijo
ell hombrecillo. "a ESQ no opiI a,s
como y,s
Is va mucho ell aceptar ser
msrcada e, el pecho, repllc6 ell
ctr, ; la CON c liza de que haolas no
me parece proDada. Vos sois mas
medlco que 20, y hablels debido
stLtir la carne qutUaua. OOnHe-
so que ca IN recuerdo dessgrada-
BILE.
-Os he di,h cue es un Dego-
clio dc dineTo; Sc psga a una cvn-
deDaca que tendria que ser mar
cada por cualqaier UIra coss, SC
la e.ga por d-cir tres 8 cuatro
frases pomposas, y inego 80 ie po-
lie "a moadaZa SuaBdo oss a CT
Ca d. ir. uuciar.
-, II u, tate! o'Jo fi-matica-
iicaue te aquel q quaen habian
liams a, Msximiliauc; no % So
GU { :. ese lerrenc, porque es
POI. sie.
- :. b 70 el .tro. Famos,
VOC I~.s.s como los otros bodo-
La democracia. (Ponce, P.R.) 1890-1948, 1897-08-31
INFORM MkCI0u DEL DIA
CENSURAS

CENSURAS
Las ultimas declaraciOnes del gene
raj Martinez CalnpOs son censuradas
por los mlnisterlaIes quienes lie acusan
de querer erlglrse en- arbItro de la pO
Utica.
AL ARREGLO
Los senores.Azcarraga y Elduayen traba
Jan por avenIr romerlst as sllyellstas.
Hay esperanzas de llegar a un acuer-
do; este daria iugar a una moditcion
| del Gablnete.
VOTO DE CONFIANZA
El general Azcarraga ha sldo auto
rizado por sus companeros, para que
| resuelva por ST los problemas pen-
dientes.
WEYLER
Ell general Weyler ha telegratiado al
GoblernO que no puede segulr Ell Cuba
la no MERCER la contianza uel GabInete.
! Ell Goblerno lie ha ratIticado toda su
! contiauza.
| HABLA SAGASTA
| Ell senior Sagasta ha aclal ado clertos
conceptos sobre la autonomfa que hay
! que cunceder a las antIllas.
que esten 8 no planteadas las reformas
cuando Ell sea poder
| Las nuevas ueclaraclones no concre-
| tan su crIterIO.
| DON CARLOS
! Dice que los carIIstas no Sc lanzarap
al campo rnlentras Sc luche por la lnte-
grldad naclonai.
CenSura al GObIernO pOr su debll1-
dad para con los EstauOs Unldos.
A NLAkTlN FL CAMPOS
| LIE m0lestd OH haUIar ue autOnOmla
porque lie parece uua imposition Y no
| un actO de VuIuntad naCiUnal.
| tAUKE \ I'll GAR
Esplenuluo DanqueLe ha sIuO Ell cele-
brauo ell OUsequlo IL azure.
In tl Sc bfinuo por la allanZa de
| ainDaS nacIOu6S.
trancia entera aplaude las declara-
clones del Czar.
EN- LA INDIA
Los rebelaes Ian consegnido algunas
yentaJas y Sc han hecho Iuertes ell los
pasos de hhyben
Los lngleses retroceden.
xEt UNLESSs
j Han sido absueltos Ell capitan trl-
pulantes de este buque tiilbustero.