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The record-union., 1897-10-14

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13.-This was
the record smasher in the number of
deaths in a single day from yellow fever
since the sickness was firs1 reported in
New Orleans. 1t is difficult to find the
cause, except in the fact that conceal
ment, neglect and rebellion against the
authority of the Board of Health have
made it difficult for the doctors to give
proper attention to cases. At Z o'clock
this evening there had been nine fatal
tiles reported during the twenty four
hours. Heretofore the highest number
of deaths in any one day has been six.
Among the deaths reported some are
of the better class of people
To-day's official rpeort shows thirty
two new cases and the following deaths
Salvador Fortana, Antonio Corvajo,
Edward c. Ray, Giovanni Circa, Isa
dore Scheurock, Charles Sauer, A. La
Buzza, Henry e. Wells and Joseph
Saitta
Marine Hospital representatives went
out this morning to the camp above the
city, from which laborers will be
shipped into the country parishes.
There is under consideration a prop
osition to allow commercial men who
are tied UP in the city to go to this
camp.
The Board of Health has not UP to
the present time been able to confirm
the report of a death from yellow fe-
yer in Placqumines, the parish in which
Sicilian immigrants were landed one
day last week.
Fifty-four persons have thus far been
treated in the isolation hospital and
thirty-one patients are there at pres
ent.
no NEW CASES AT GALVESTON.
GALVESTON, Oct. IS. = But for
Houstons quarantine having been es-
tablished again at midnight business
would have been moving in fine shape
to-day. The InternationaFs through
train to ST. Louis left at noon, carry
ing DR. Guiteras . and only seventeen
passengers. DR.. Guiteras says he has
been ordered to return.
There were no new cases here to-day
and skeptical doctors still assert that
the disease is not yellow fever. The al
legged cases are all recovering. DR.. Har-
rison of Columbus, Texas, is examin-
.ing the patients.
A special to the Tribune" from Hous-
ton says that the people there are in
dignant at the Board of Health for
quarantining Galveston, and the City
Council is now in session to take action
in the matter.
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An Abyssinian Army AnnihiIated in
S0maIiland.
All Except Sixty-Kine Men Of the Entire
Number Put to Death.
These Were Spared and Allowed to-
Go Back to Tell the News of
the Massacre-The Commander
of the Force, Ras Mackonnen,
Falls With His Men.

LONDON, Oct. 13-J. Bennett STAN
ford, who has just returned from taking
part il an expedition to Somaliland,
brings news of the annihilation, at the
end of June, of an Abyssinian army of
5000 men under the command of the
famous General Mackonnena, of which
number only sixty-nine men escaped.
Mr.. Stanford said to a. representative
of the Associated Press: while in
the interior we came across a powerful
Somah chief, who had just returned
from the fight. He told US that the
AbyssiEnian force had been raiding
down the Webbe Shebeyli River nearly
as far as the forty-fifth parallel. The
Somalis then overwhelmed them with
large numbers, allowing sixty nine men
to go back with the news of the defeat.
General Mackonnena was killed during
the battle.
The affair occurred about 100 miles
from where we We're. The whole neigh
borh 9od is still greatly excited, and the
possession of so many modern rifles by
the Somalis is evidence that the, story
told of the Abyssinnians is true
The latest news from Harrar was
that the Abyssinnian army was be-
lllS olSl1atCiSu against the oOIlalIS, VINO
are eagerly anticipating another fight.
In regard to the reported massacre
Of the Cavendish expedition. Mr.. Stan
ford said: There are no expeditions
in Somaliland to massacre. Peel, who
was with me, is away to the south;
Lord Delameter near Lake Rudolph;
Major Macdonald is on the trade route
toward Uganda, and Cavendish, when
l last heard of him, on the Kihuyu
road
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JUSTICE FIELD RETICENT.
WILL NOT DISCUSS QUESTION
OF HIS RETIREMENT.
Believed by His Friends That It
Will be Announced During
the Present Term.

WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-Justice
Stephen j. Field of the United States
Supreme Court, it is believed by many
of his friends, will announce his retire
ment from the Supreme Court bench
some time during the present term,
though he himself would say nothing
about the matter for publication when
newspaper men called at his residence
to-day.
Justice Field was appointed in 1868
to his present position, and being near
ly 81 years DID, has been eligible for
retirement on full pay for nearly eleven
years. He has been in feeble health for
several years, but has continued in SER
vice, though for some time past his at
tendance has been rather irregular, and
he has not taken as active part as
formerly in the preparation of opinions.
Since he passed Chief Justice Marshall s
record, he has had retirement under Sc
rious consideration, and it is thought
an announcement will be made before
long that he has taken this course.
Attorney General McKenna is regard
ed as being almost certain to succeed
Justice Field. Both come from Cali
fornia.
An Associated Press reporter called
at Justice Fields residence to-day, but
the Justice excused himself, sending
down word that he was not feeling we'll
to-day. Mrs. Field would neither con-
firm nor deny reports of her husband 5
impending retirement, though giving
the impression that it was at least un-
der serious advisement.
At the Supreme Court it was said that
nothing was known there on the sub
ject, and that any announcement must
come from Justice Field himself. That
the members Of the court believe the
Justice will decide to make way for a
younger and more active man is shown
by the fact that they have postponed
several important decisions until the
beginning Of the new year, by which
time il is thought quite likely Justice
Field may have retired and his success
sor be In office, though, Of course, it is
possible that the Justice may in the
end decide to remain in office. as he has
done several times in the past, when
his retirement was contemplated by
himself.
The belief that Justice Field is seri-
ously contemplating early retirement
from the Supreme Court bench was
strengthened to-day by the postpone
ment of several more important cases
until the last Monday in January
Among these were the suits involving
the constitutionality of the antitrust
law of Texas, and several cases appeal
ed from the Court of Private Land
Claims. dealing with Spanish land
grants The postponement in the Texas
case was made upon the statement to
the court by one Of the attorneys that
it involves a constitutional question.
rendering it desirable that it should be
considered by full bench.
The Chief Justice, in consultations
with members of the bar, makes no
direct reference TO the probable change
in the courts personnel. but his man
ner. and the fact that he insists upon
the postronement of important cases.
leaves little room for doubt that he is
of the opinion that there will be
change.
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THE McCORD CLAIM.
A Firm Note Sent to the Peruvian
Government.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The State
Department has directed the attention
OF the Government of Peru to the in
ability of closing the long-pending case
in which indemnity is asked for the i'm
prisonment of Victor McCord, an Amer
ican citizen in Peru. The note is firm
in tone, and speaks of the patience
which the United States has exercised
in the many delays attending this case.
No time is specified for the settlement.
In response to this note, the Peru
Wan Minister, Senior Eguigeran, deliv-
cred to the State Department last Sat
urday a memorandum covering the
question as viewed by the Peruvian au-
thorities, and also expressing a desire
to close the matter AS to the State
DEPARTMENTS expression that the
United States has exercised much pa
tience on the subject, the Peruvian Min
ister pointed out that Peru had not
been responsible for delays, as the first
claim was made in 1888, since which
time there have been periods of months
and in two cases several years of mac
ton on the claim.
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TRIAL OF MRS. ATKINSON.
The Jury Unable to Reach an
Agreement as to Her Guilt.

GLENVILLE CIV. Va.), Oct. 13-The
jury in the famous case of Mrs. At
kinson, on trial for forging her former
husbands name, disagreed to-day and
were discharged by the court. The
jury stood seven for acquittal and five
for conviction. 1t is not believed that
the case will be tried again. The argu-
ments and Judges charge were COM
pleted at II o'clock last night
Mrs. Atkinson had been ON the stand
ten hours. Her testimony was a gem
eral denial of the alleged charges in
the indictments. She did not waver
from the statement on cross-examina-
ton that all the receipts i'll controversy
given to Owens were written at the die
tation of Judge Camden in his lifetime,
and that they represented what they
show upon their face She insisted that
all the other papers and transactions
relied upon by the State to show Grim
inal intention We're genuine and in
stituted at the dictation of Judge
Camden. She denied that she had any
interest whatever in the Owens land
or that Owens had at any time paid
her money or anything of value.
The cross-examination was conducted
by Robert j. Linn for the State, and
was very rigid. Mrs. Atkinson's de-
meanor upon the witness stand was
modest and Gnassuming. She made a
favorable impression.
At the conclusion of Mrs Atkinson's
testimony at o'clock last evening the
arguments commenced the court al
lowing each side three hours. The
courts instructions to the jury were
impartial, and the case was given to
the twelve men.
At lis a. m. the jury asked for in
structions on certain circumstantial ev-
idence and returned to consultation.
At 2:30 a. m. they had not agreed, and
the court adjourned to a. m. At
7:30 the jury reported that it had failed
to agree and was dismissed There
were seven for acquittal and five for
conviction. The court Immediately ad-
journed.
There is a hint that the Prosecuting
Attorney will ask for nolle PROSE- squi
at the next term of court.
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WAS ONCE A FRESNO BELLE.
NELLIE NORMAN, WHO SUICID-
ED AT ST, LOUIS.
Became Model for Artists, Which
Led to Her Downfall and
the Final Tragedy.

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 13.-According to the
"Globe- Democrat" Nellie Norman, the
pretty 23-year-old girl who committed
suicide here yesterday by taking a dose
of carbolic acid, was Nellie Anderson.
a former belle of Fresno. Cal, whose
father is one of the wealthiest men liv-
ing there
Her story is most romantic and. in
some respects, unusual one Several
years ago she ran away with and mar
ried, against the wishes Of her parents.
Matt Vitvowich, one of her fathers
gardeners.
They went TO Stockton, where her
father found them. He took the blow
as philosophically as possible, and set
his son-in-law up in business. Two
weeks later he heard that his daughter
had left her husband. It became known
afterward from a letter sent by Nellie
to her mother that she had gone to
Chicago, where she got employment in
a cloak house.
Ihis she left some time afterward be-
cause of an insult offered bv an en-
ployer. Miss Nellie then became an
artists model, and as such she was in
great demand because of her beauty.
she posed for one artist, the accent
ance OF whose medallion over that of
other artists undoubtedly superior
caused great deal of trouble in the
Worlds Fair Board. 1t was while
posing for artists the girl maintained
.ii1l sile was ruined Then she changed
her name to Nellie Norman.
Boyle, the great sculptor whose
works OF art on the TRANSFORMATION
Building Of the Worlds Fair are we'll
remembered, had been searching IN
vain for suitable model for one of tba
figures in his group. Navigation.
He finally selected Nellie Norman
who became famous as a model Her
bohemian life, however, was too n,,cn
for her, and in six months the form,
over which artists had raved was gnna
and her beauty faded, and then there
was but one course left open to her
She followed it.
Some time after the Worlds Fair
closed Nellie Norman came hero and
applied for aid at the Hephsibiah Home
where she was received on a promise
to reform. She became i'll and was
taken to the city hospital, where she
wrote to her father in California for
help.
The reply she received said that her
mother was dead, and that because of
the life she was living the father could
not have his daughter return to his
roof. Nellie drifted again ito her fast
life and. becoming sick and discour-
aged. finally decided to end the struggle
by death.
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FOOTBALL.
Princeton Defeats Pennsylvania
State College "a to O.

PRINCETON IN. j., Oct. 13.-For
ten minutes of the first half of the
game between the Tigers and the Penn
sylvania State College on the Varsity
gridiron this afternoon every indication
pointed to a repetition of last year
game with Lafayette, when Princeton
could not score.
The men from Central Pennsylvania
were giants when compared with the
Varsity in hight and weight, and
played splendidly for ten minutes,
twice nearly making touch-downs on
fumbles by the Tigers, and downing
the Varsity backs time and again with
no gains But the Tigers superior
training told, and after the first ten
minutes Princeton was able to score.
The Varsity team work was poor, and
fumbling was frequent. The game end
ed with a score of 81 to 0 in favor of
Princeton.
CAMBRIDGE (Mass), Oct. 13.-Har-
ward 80 Amherst 0.
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CHAMPION BILLIARDIsTS.
Ives, Schaefer and S1osson to Meet
Again.

NEW YORK, Oct 13.-The world $
most expert billiard players are to con-
test for the championship within two
months. Frank Ives, Jacob Schaefer
and George Slosson are to meet again
1t is not improbable that Maurice DAILY
will also shy his cue into the game.
The Brunswick -Blake-Collender Com
pany has offered a prize of $3.50 for a
sweepstakes tournament for the cham
pionship of the world. Eighteen-inch
balk line is the style of play stipulated,
and the tournament will take place in
this city in the latter part of November
or the first of December.
The net gate receipts. in addition TO
the purse, will be divided on the basis
of so. 80 and 20 per cent
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VALUABLE PACKAGE MISSING.
A Small Fortune Lost Somewhere
Between Omaha and Denver.

CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-Somewhere be-
tween Omaha and Denver a package
containing $40, 600 has been lost The
money was sent in the registered pack
age by bank in Chicago to a member
of the firm in the West. Inspector
James E. Stuart of the Postoffice De-
partment and his men have been hard
at work on the case several days, but
their endeavors can trace the money
westward from Chicago only as far as
Omaha At that point all record of the
small fortune is lost. The authorities
refuse to give either the name of the
bank sending the money Or to whom the
package is Consigned.
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and vicinity, interested in Senorita Cds-
neros and the cause of Cuba, to attend
a reception to be rendered to the res
cued woman at Delmonico's, on Fifth
avenue, Saturday night. The recep-
ton will really be a demonstration Of
sympathy with the struggling republic
and speakers Of national reputation will
address the gathering.
AUTHORITIES WINK AT THE ES-
CAPE.
CHICAGO, Oct. ia special to the
Daily News" from Kankakee, ILL.,,
says: J. w. Calhoun of Danville, ex-
Special Commissioner to Cuba, knows
enough of the political situation in that
island to warrant his belief that Span
ish authorities winked at the escape
of Miss Cisneros from Havana pris-
en-. 1t released the authorities from
an unpleasant situation, without loss
to their pride.
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An American Murdered.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The De-
partment of State has been informed by
the Consul at Maracaibo, Mr.. Puma
cher, under date of September 9th,
that Professor Leopold Stern, an opti
clan, had been murdered and robbed.
Mr. Stern came from New York, and is
believed to have brother in San Fran
cisco. He was killed near Tovar. Mr..
Plumacher says that seven peaceful
travellers have already been murdered
in that section of Colombia, yet none
of the bandits have been brought to
Justice.
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meeting of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company was held to-day. The
net revenue, expenses and profits for
the year ending June 80, 1897, were as
follows: Revenue. so. .63S, $50; ex-
penses, S16,906, $50. Deducting moneys
applied for dividends, interest on bonds
and sinking fund appropriations, there
is surplus of 81 CAT ,541 to June 30th
The assets and liabilities are placed al
$12S, ,420, ,49S each.
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Race War in Tennessee.

LOUISVILLE (Ky.), Oct. 13.-A spe
cial to the Evening POST from Milan,
Tenn, says: Whitecaps attacked the
home of Dot Price, a negro, living near
this place, last night, and fired into his
house He returned the fire, killing
William S. Cross, a white man, and fa-
tally wounding four others. The negro
was shot throuhg the arm. Intense eX-
citement prevails, and a race war is ex-
pected as finale to the bloody tragedy.
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Venezuela Boundary Dispute.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.-The Inter
national Court of Arbitration which is
to pass upon the British Venezuela
boundary has been completed by the
selection of NJ Maertens, a distin-
guished Russian jurist, as umpire, and
arrangements are being made for the
assembling of the court at Paris during
the late summer or fall of next year.
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An Oarsman Badly Hurt.

CAMBRIDGE England, Oct Is. -
d. H. Howell, the young American oars
man who pulled No. in the Cambridge
crew in the race with oxford this year,
and who later contested for the diamond
sculls at Henley and the Wingfield
sculls at Putney, was badly hurt to-day
while out sculling. His right leg was
pierced by the sharp-pointed nose of
another boat, inflicting a nasty, jagged
wound.
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General Baggage Agents.

DENVER, Oct 13.-About seventy
railroads were represented in the an
nual convention of the American AS
sociation of General Baggage Agents,
which was called to order by President
F A. McWade Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad. Among the subjects to be
discussed are the questions of securing
uniform State regulations regarding
trans rortation of corpses and the hand
ling of baggage from yellow fever dis
tricts
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The Deadlock Broken.

SAN JOSE. Oct. 13.-The Common
Council this afternoon confirmed the
appointment of George NJ Morrison as
superintendent of Streets to succeed
Colonel A. G. Bennett, deceased. This
ends a deadlock that has lasted ten
weeks
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William Daniels Dead.

BALTIMORE, Oct 13.-William Dam
iels, one of the leaders of the Prohibi-
ti6n party in the United States, and
once candidate for the Presidency
in 1855 died suddenly this morning at
his home in Mount Washington, a su-
burb of Baltimore
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Ex-United States Senator Dead.

COLUMBIA Is. c., Oct 13. Ex-
United States Senator Robertson died
in this city to-day. He was Senator
under the reconstruction regime, and
was succeeded by ex-senator Butler
Mr.. Robertson had been paralyzed for
years. His estate is estimated to be
worth nearly a million dollars.
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was Well Known in California.

NEW YORK, Oct. 13.-Rev. Daniel
w. Poor is dead at his home in New
ark, n. J., aged 10 years. He was
native of Ceylon, India He became in
1869 the pastor of the First Presby-
terian Church in Oakland, Cal, where
he remained for seven years. Failing
health compelled him to give up active
work in 1898. While in California he
organized the Theological Seminary in
San Francisco
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Ex-senator Grady Indicted.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 13.-The
Grand Jury has returned an Indictment
against ex-senator Grady of Fresno,
charging him with having ennbezzled
some OF the funds Of the Bennett estate
Of which he was one of the executors.
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Condition of the Treasury.

WASHINGTON, Oct 13.-To-day'
statement of the condition of the treas
ury shows: Available cash balance,
S211, ,3S9, ,044; gold reserve, $149,901 ,S39.
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AdeIina Patti Ill.

PARIS, Oct. 13.-Adelina Patti, the
famous singer, is i'll. Her sickness is
not believed to he dangerous.
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LATEST NEWS FROM
ALASKAN POINTS.
The Revenue Cutter COrWin Arrives
From ST. hiChdelS.
But Few Miners at the Mouth Of the Yukon
When the Vessel Sailed.

The Captain Of the Corwin Re-
ports That Many of the Steam
ers Going Up the Yukon Are
Unseaworthy and Strongly Adj
vises People Not to Purchase
Tickets on Amy Vessel Until
Satisfied They Will be Able tc
Make the Trip.
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chael, conveys the news that it is pro-
be known as Lincoln, out of the north
west portion Of Alaska. Its bounda-
ries have not yet been fully decided
upon, but it viii include the Yukon
River country, and extend north to the
Arctic Ocean. The scheme meets with
the approval of the North American
Trading and Transportation Company,
the officers of which recently held
conference on the matter with Senator
Carter of Montana and several other
United States officials. The new town
of Weare, situated on the Yukon River.
about half way between Dawson City
and st. Michael, has been chosen for
the capital Of the proposed Territory.
1t is understood that Ely Gage, son of
the Secretary Of the Treasury, is a
prominent candidate for Governor i'll
case a Territorial organization is ef-
fected-
PROPOSED RAILWAY.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.-Infoma-
ton has just been received that the
Canadian Pacific Railway has placed
two corps of surveyors in the field,
with a view to opening up the Stikeen
River route to the Yukon mines. From
the mouth of the river to the point at
which the road down the Yukon will
begin there are said to be no engineer
ing difficulties, and it is believed the
line can be kept open seven months IN
the year.
1t is proposed to run line of fast
steamers from Victoria to Fort Wran-
gel. Steam vessels can run up the
Stikeen River for 149 miles, from this
point railroad viii be built to Teslin
Lake, 125 miles further: Light draught
steamers will be placed on the Yukon,
ana it is believed that Dawson City
may be reached in ten days from Vic
toria, or thirteen days from San Fran
cisco.
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MANY VICTIMS OF
YELLOW FEVFR,
A Record SmaSher in the Humber Of
Deaths at New Orleans.
Nine Fatalities Reported During the Twenty
-Four Hours.

New Gases of the Fe-
yer Also Reported-Texans In
dignant at the Board OF Health
for Quarantining Galveston
Some Doctors Asserting That
Disease Prevailing Is Not Yel-
low Fever.
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Western Union Telegraph Co.

NEW YORK. Oct. 13.-The annual
The Dickinson press., 1897-08-07
Tho Invasion Of America.

We depend upon our vast popula-
ton, resources and wealth to over
awe our enemies, when history
teaches us that great wealth only
facilitates tho task of tho invader,
since tho contributions he can levy
will indemnify him for tho cost of
war, and that without previous prep
aration no population, no matter
how great, can i'll a few weeks pro-
duce an army, but only an armed
mob. We talk about tho vastness
of our territory and the impossible
ity of an army penetrating far from
tho seaboard and lose sight of tho
fact that under present conditions,
We're Il well trained army Of 800, 900
men landed on our shores, our great
est cities, being on our coast, would
be at it's mercy, and that after levy
ing enormous contributions, indem-
nifying it for all the expenses of the
war, it might be possible for the
enemy to withdraw, leaving to US
tho shame Of defeat and the post
ponement of III revenge until our
armed strength had been increased
and our blood cooled.-Captain
James Parker, U. S. A., in Harper's
Magazine.