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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.
CAUSES DEATH.
A Million Dollars will bs Expended to Sup
press the Dread Disease

The Louisiana State Board of Health
kept faith with its sister bodies of the
South and the rest Of the country
when IL made official announcement
Monday, as result Of a careful au-
topsy that Raoul Gelpi, 13-years-old,
had died Of yellow fever at New Or
leans. Gelpi was the son of promin-
ent people, and had been spending
some time at Ocean Springs. Miss,
where he was taken down with fever
and brought home. Soon after avviv-
ing. despite the best medical attention,
he died.
I'VE have no fear" said DR.. Veins
ley, acting president of the Board of
Health, that the fever will spread In
New Orleans. The Board of Health is
prepared to spend a million dollars to
stamp II out. and we see no reason to
feel alarmed People ought not to get
frightened. This one case was taken
charge of in time. and such scientific
fumigation has been applied as TO war
rant the hope that we shall promptly
and effectively stamp out the disease.
We have made arrangements to issue
a circular to every practicing physi-
clan in New orleans. commanding
them to report to the Board of Health
every suspicious case Of fever. We
have made arrangements to act
promptly in every case and If, un-
fortunately other casese of yellow fe-
yer shall be brought to our attention,
we shall without delay notify the
world through the press of the facts"
DR.. Walmsley was disposed to hold
the representatives of the Marine Hos
pital service and the Mississippi Board
of Health to some responsibility for
the invasion. He said that the fever
had unquesiionably been communicat-
ed by the constant intercourse of
Ocean Springs with Ship Island, where
there Is United States government
quarantine station. Ships from all por-
tiCns Of the world touch there. A
large number from tropical countries,
where yellow fever is indigenous to
the soil, report there weekly. There
has been steady and uninterrupted
communication between the island
and the coast towns. and DR.. Walms-
ley has little or no doubt that this has
been the means Of bringing into Ocean
Springs the deadly germs of yellow fe-
YER. If rigid quarantine had been
maintained between the island and
shore, he believes that Ocean Springs
would now have little else TO contend
with than the dengue fever lmmu-
nifty from epidemic. however, has
had a tendency to breed carelessness,
and the result is to be found in the
calamity which has befallen the pop
ular sound resort.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
FIGHTING THE BACHELOR
Women Use Their Influence Against
ried Politicians.

The recent manifesto of MIS-
lotte Smith against the bache,O1
ticians was the subject of mIcn
ton from the Woman's Rescue
of Boston Sunday. As a resUl
Of resolutions was passed, seulns|
that 1.-The American bachelor
clan shirks his duty to the huma1
ily when he fails to provide ~
some good woman before he
in the profession Of politics; W
he is not to be trusted aiter ne
tered a political arena in WhlC1
tations surround him on all 81"
that, unfortunately, modern
has heretofore given the polltlcsi
elor too much attention by ls"V'
private life. y,
Resolved, That as far as
BILE a list of bachelor pollIIv'"
are aspirants for public omCe
tained in the States OF Mass'
and New York and formal plv
sent out against their eIecuon
election by the W0mans
league, on the ground that 'as'
eligible to hold public once,
The League extends ltS cvu'
tions to ex-Mayor Edwin tpws
of Boston, on his approacHniihrs, nir,
age and recommends iol nI
years vacation from po'i''0'
to enjoy his honeymoon
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
POOR MARKM ANSHlP.
Red Cross Society Not Recognized During the
Recent Turko- Grecian War.

- y
Dr. Sem, of Chicago. organizer of
.l- s'a.IUnoi -assnriatinh of Military
Surgeons, has submitted a report on
military surgery in Greece. He says
that in the recent war neither the Turk
nor the Greek recognized the Red
Cross, and that some of the attaches
of the medical and hospital branches
Of each army We're not regarded as
nOn-COmbatantS.
The war" the Doctor says, "was
characterized by an immense waste of
ammunition, and the workmanship on
both sides was exceedingly poor. The
Greek surgeons say that nearly all the
wounds which they saw presented the
appearance of having been inflicted
with a projectile of small caliber and
the firing was done evidently at great
distances
The u, tor declares that the most in
terestinE feature Of the Greek army
was its woman soldiers. Three Of them
became famous. Conspicuous among
them was Katrina, who Joined the ar
nay with her brother, did brave work,
vas wounded and brought to one Of the
field hospitals. Another woman did ST.
miar service with her brother. and
third carried water to the wounded IN
the firing line and received several
wounds from one of which she died.
The government of Greece has rc-
piled to the request of the powers for
a statement of the revenue 1t will be
able to assign as a guarantee for an
indemnity loan. The government Of
fers to set apart revenues amounting
to 5000 600 drachmas yearly. The Aust
rian government. it is stated, has pro-
posed the rejection of the British plan
for the settlement of the Graeco-Turk
ish difficulty. and urges that the five
remaining powers proceed with the
conclusion of peace between the two
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
ONCE POOR, NOW RICH.
Rapid Stride from Poverty to.Extreme::W ealth
Made by a Seattle Man.

w. NJ. Stanley, of Seattle, is one of
the successful Klondykers. He went
to the region in the spring of 1896 a
poor man, and returned year later
with sll2.00 in gold, and owning prop
erty which he says is worth SIS, ,000, 600.
He will return again to continue his
operations. His private secretary, j..
NJ. Evans, newspaper man OF the
Northwest coast on his way to New
York, was in st. Paul the other day,
and told of the wonderful success of
Mr.. Stanley.
According to Mr.. Evans. the Klon-
dyke is country of strange sights
and strange features. The coolest
weather is the most healthful. There
Is no disease peculiar to the country
rheumatism is the prevalent ailment,
but the disease is brought there in the
human system and the climate and
conditions merely develop it. one sell
dom has n headache from an ordinary
arrangement of the system. Snow falls
only to a very shallow depth-to two
and a half feet at the greatest. 1t
comes down as frost, never in flakes
Sometimes II seems that the snow is
coming from the earth and not com
ing down from the sky. 1t seldom
rains. The water in the streams al
ways comes from the snow and ice,
and II is always cold There are more
flies and mosquitoes in the warm sea-
son than anywhere else on earth, and
in July the temperature is as high as
on the Sahara. The ground never
thaws out completely, however.
+. Powers of Maysvile, o.. with a
partner, made 100000 each out of one
claim they discovered last winter,
and then sold 1t for sl2O,o0O. Powers
Is on his way home, and says the Klon-
dyke is the richest country in the
world
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
GREETED BY THOUSANDS,
Mckinley Addresses the Children at Colum-
bus.--visits Grants Cottage.

President Mckinley and party arriv-
ed at Columbus Friday as guests of the
Ohio state board of agriculture. They
were preceded by Hon. James Wilson.
secretary of agriculture, who rejoined
them here. With the president came
Mrs. Mckinley. Senator and Mrs. Han,
ma, Secretary and Mrs. Alger, Col. ana
Mrs. Myron Herrick. Webb c. Hayes
and other personal friends.
The committee of reception appoint
ed by the board of agriculture escorted
the president between lines of police 10
carriages. The crowd In the vicinity
of the station was immense, the wea-
ther being fine and the attendance at
the fair very large.
1t Is variously estimated that be-
tween 5000 and 100000 people were ga
thered on the state fair grounds 10
greet President Mckinley, but only a
fraction of this number were able TO
hear the brief speech which he deliv-
cred. 1t was school children's day,
and thousands OF little folks were scat
tered through the crowd. president
Mckinley directed his remarks in part
to them After visiting the cottage In
which Grant was born. which Is enclos-
ed in a building and is the property OF
the farmers of Ohio. to remain perma-
nently, the president held an Informal
levee in the Office Of Secretary Miller.
Inere was great CHeeriHS "Heh 'hS
president and his party appeared on
the balcony of the exposition building.
The balcony was beautifully decorated.
The vast crowd spread out over sever
al acres. After the applause which
greeted the president subsided, the
Fourteenth regiment band played
America" and the vast assemDiaSe
took up the familiar strain. making a
great chorus. Secretary Miller or the
state board of agriculture introduced
the president. who said:
MY Fellow CitiZens-I feel that 1t Is
almost hopeless task to undertake to
make myself heard by this great as
semblage of my fellow citizens. 1t is
peculiarly gratifying to me. after more
than eighteen months of absence from
the capital city of my state, to return
to these beautiful agricultural grounds
to meet my old friends and my fellow
citizens with whom, for so many years,
| have been associated In the past. If
I had been asked to select greeting
most agreeable to myself, II would be
that greeting which the committee has
prepared of the children of the schools
of the state assembled on these ground
to-day"
President Mckinley spent Sunday at
Canton. During the day he accom-
panied his mother to church and lis
tened to a sermon by Rev. DR.. c. f.
Manchester, his old comrade in arms,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.

1900 natives are now In revolt
against British rule in India.
The failure of the potato, hay and
corn crops threatens an agricultural
crisis in Ireland.
Bismarck gave out a sensational in
teryiew, in which he told some secrets
of inner court life in Germany
The attending physician of Pope Leo
says that the holy father Is in good
health and may live many years yet.
Emperor Williams recent speech at
Coblenz has made him the laughing
stock of all Europe, and he has been
sharply criticised.
Fearful storms have occurred in
Western Silesia and the rivers are
rapidly rising and threatening fresh
inundations. Several persons have
been killed by lightning and a number
of farm houses have been burned.
At Matreburg, Germany, a Socialist
editor was arrested for speaking dis
respectfully of the pantaloons worn by
the emperor at the unveiling of
monument there.
A special dispatch from Paris says
that cries of Down with England"
were raised outside the British Embas-
sy in Paris, because that building was
not Illuminated in honor of the return
of President Faure to the French cap
ital after his visit to Russia.
From Alexandria, Egypt, comes the
report that the Egyptian cotton crop
Just closed has yielded 100000 cantars
(about 5S4 100000 pounds, double that
of a decade ago. and over e1,0OO,OO0 in
value beyond that of 1896. Accounts
Of the crop now beginning are entirely
favorable and indicate a total yield of
more than 100000 cantars.
The sultan of Turkey has been in d.
rect communication with the czar, and
that the correspondence has resulted
in the making of mutual arrangements
by which the sultan agrees never to
use his influence against Russia in
Central Asia and the czar pledges him
self to uphold Turkish rights in Eu
rope.
A dispatch from Paris says that the
body of a beautiful woman, frightfully
mutilated, with the skull crushed, has
been found in the river Seine. On the
middle of the woman's back were tat
tooed the words. Long live Poland"
and Death to Traitors" The remains
are supposed to be those of a Nihilist
who had incurred the suspicion of her
fellow Nihilists.
A dispatch from Berlin says that
Herr Krupp, the ironmaster, has with
drawn his offer of G25,00O (sl25000) to
equip the next expedition of DR.. Peters
to Africa. owing to the sentence recent
| ly passed upon the doctor. DR.. Peters
was formerly the German high COM
missioner in Africa and was dismissed
from the imperial service in April last
after having been convicted Of grossly
abusing his authority In hanging,
whipping and otherwise maltreating
natives in his Jurisdiction.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
BROAD RIPPLE RIPPED UP BY GAS.
SEVEN KILLED.
Two Explosions Cause Death and Havoc in an
Indiana Town.

Two frightful explosions OF natural
six miles north of Indianapolis last
Saturday morning. Seven are known 10
have been killed. and the seriously IN
iured will number about 30. The busi-
ness part of the town took fire, and the
largest buildings were destroyed. Inc
city OF Indianapolis was called on lor
help, and sent engines and doctors. Inc
first explosion occurred in j. Il. watt y
drug store from an unknown cause
Five men were injured there, and the
building was set on fire. Across the
street was the odd Fellows Hall, un-
derneath which was Plus Gresh's Sroc-
cry store. Seeing that the fire was
spreading. Gresh and 20 men were re-
moving his stock of groceries when q
crushing explosion occurred IN this
building. The walls were blown out,
and the upper floor fell on the men.
Gresh and Jacob Darling, painter
were taken out dead. The others in the
building were badly injured, several or
them probably fatally. Nearly every
one of them suffered broken log or
arm. The fire spread rapidly. Five
buildings were on fire at once, and We're
doomed before help could be secured,
The entire community turned out, and
there was work for all to do in rescuing
the injured. now threatened with
danger Of death by fire.
Hurried calls for help were sent to
indianapolis. The hospital and dispen-
sary doctors took the first Ripple cars,
and the fire department loaded an en-
gine on Monon fiat car and left for
the scene The fire was under control
at noon, with five business houses de-
stroyed The money loss will likely not
amount to more than $4,000. All Of the
buildings destroyed were wooden ones.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Death Rather Than Bloomers.

Walter Hubbell. 35 years old. a ma
chinist Of Rochester N. Y, made an
unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide
by hanging a few days ago. He was
driven to desperation by his wife's re-
fusal to give up wearing bloomers.
Hubbel's wife bought a bicycle. and on
Saturday her husband found her ar
,rayed in bloomers. He rebuked her.
She retorted that other women wore the
garments, and she was going to do so,
too. Mrs. Hubbell cut the rope just In
time 10 save her husbands life. She
has abandoned boomers and he his In
|1ention Of dying.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
FEW FAILURES.


r. Gjbun & Co.'S weekly rs,,.
trade reports: s''ew
Failures In August Were IN
not only II per cent. less than am'
gust, 1895. but In amount OF Ham,
70.S per cent. smaller. July ana \
gust show lower average OF n, I,
ties per failure than has ever "u!
known in any year, or even in n ~
ter of the twenty-three years y ppu'
Dun & Co. have kept quarterly
ords. The improvement is also Y
distributed. extending to nearly w
important branch of business hn,
clothing. jewelry and unclassif,ed N
ding, only two months of the mas, y
ty-seven have shown smaller faih,s
In general stores and furniture
three: in groceries. hats and iron "
ufacture only four; in hat and 81, j
ical manufactures only five ans
clothing manufacture, only six moa
of the forty-seven.
Wheat continued its reaction u,,,l
had fallen four cents more. Inn,
rose three cents with the first ra,',I
of foreign buying. Western reca,|
are very large. though not opI,a
large as a year ago, but Atlanta
ports. flour included. rose TO 5sS,I
bushels for the week. against 2iY;l
bushels last year. The estimates wS
command confidence still indico,J
yield OF 550.000.00 to $50, ,00O, 900 busbI
winter wheat turning out so much
yond expectations as to balance m
of the loss in spring wheat. Fora
accounts do not improve, and nm
much more deceptive than usual
demand for American wheat win |
exceed the quantity which can be 81
ed. Continued large exports OF a
and buying for export, show still N
clearly the extent Of defcleny
abroad. Western receipts for The v
were l0,Q65,A7O bushels, against 3ls]
bushels last year, and such a nd
ment at this season, implies a grea,
port demand not yet reflected in on
Cotton speculation made Angus,
liveries costly, spot rising to 81 "a
but the market then drifted back oll
ly to 1862 cents. Conflicting
doubtless reflects conflicting facts
the opinion gains that the crop vii
large, II by lateness not exposed Ia
rious injury. The mills are now
ming and turning out great quant
of goods in response to heavy pun
ses recently made.
The improvement in the iron
steel Industry gains momentum, al
further advance In prices makes
per cent. from the lowest average
gust Il. The demand increases
sheets and plates, especially for br
and ship building. including 10000
at Philadelphia in structural wora
which 1t Is said that the 10000 tons
been placed at Chicago in bars
especially in wire and wire nails
all have advanced an average Of 81
ton. Southern and western del
have united to advance prices Of
25 cents. Bessemer at Pittsburg
risen 10 cents and eastern markets
stronger. The demand for cal
pressing, and work for railway
Creases. The first shipment Of
rails from this country to Aust
was of 1000 tons by the Lackaw
Company. Tin is slightly lower Al
65 cents, but heavy exports said 10
er $4,000. 900 pounds, for the next
months, sustain copper at Ike,
lead is strong at 410c.
Failures for the last week have
191 in the United States, against
last year, and 25 against 81 in CAD
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
HE MADE MONEY
Arrest Of Shrcwd Countertetel WI"
fit in Philadelphia

The police captured a cO",pnI I'M
terfeiters' outfit. together MI MI
in unfinished $40 silver e1 ~,
Philadelphia last Week. ,'i,b \
the city has been flooded va" ssd1
counterfeit $40 certificates, n. ma
A man who gave the ha"s
Heinbecker was arres'.s M
while passing one oi ,.S W.. M I
bills. Heinbecker admll.sr r,,s
of a gang whose headqu,a,'"rI 4
the city. When the pol,ti. p,i,s
place they found the emu" ~, NJ
MALTA under a stand, on ,, d
piece was an advertlseins.Ds a,
York firm Of clockmaKeiss
tom of which was prlnleu,.
becker, New York ChrOn'at n" n
ing Company, lOl Beek'',r Beer, !, h,N
York City. He Is saiu ~ ",irca
counterfeits in all the p'"
in the East.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Large Purchases in New York.

William f. King, president of the
Merchants association, Of New York.
says: Il am satisfied that reasonable
estimate of the purchases made in this
city throughout the month of August,
in all lines Of goods. would show an ag-
gregate expenditure Of nearly $l50,000,-
600. This is very large total, but
when you consider that the purchases
of some individual firms run from $780,
600 to 500 900 you will see that the es-
innate Is not wide of the mark.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Fails for Millions.

Enrico Mathou, the wellknown ban
ker and promoter of several gigantic
schemes In Central America, has fail
ed for over 100000. His principal
creditors are said to be Europeans, but
a san Francisco firm is said to be
sufferer 20 the extent of $1S0000. Ma
thou's assets are estimated at $2,500,-
900. but consist for the most part Of
property in the vicinity of Guatemala,
which can not be disposed Of for half
their assessed valuation. The cause
assigned for the failure Is the heavy
depreciation of silver and the collapse
of the real estate boom inaugurated
by President Barrios several years ago.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Atlantic to the Gulf.

Articles have been filed with County
Clerk Purroy. Of New York, for the In
corporation of the Florida Trans Pen
insular Ship Canal Company. The
chief incorporators are Robert May
Caffall, Freeman II. Baldwin, II. Bolet
Peraza, consul-general for the greater
republic of Central America; Benjamin
f. Cromwell and Francis p. Fleming.
ors have In mind the building OF ship
canal and railway to connect the At
lantic with the gulf. The new canal
Will be of sufficient capacity for the
massage of ocean-going vessels.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
MINERS WAITING.
The Convention at Columbus May Speedily
Put an End to the Strike

1t is now positively believed that the
striking miners will be offered a 60
cent rate in few days, which will be
accepted.
The leader in the miners strike are
resting on their oars, waiting upon the
outcome of the Columbus convention,
to be held in few days. They are,
however. using their best efforts to
keep the men from returning to work,
but only with moderate success. The
movement towards a settlement has
gone so far that all see that West Nir-
gina will cut a small figure, and men
are going back to work where the
chance offers.
The men on strike in the various re-
gions held meetings Monday to select
delegates to attend the Columbus con-
vention. These delegates were in
structed to oppose any settlement that
does not include West Virginia and
other regions outside of Pennsylvania
and Ohio.
The West Virginia strikers hardly
expect to have any weight in the con-
Nention, but they will deem 1t unjust
If their claims are not recognized and
Will be in position to warn the national
organization that If West Virginia is
deserted in the hour of victory it will
be unwise ever to say sympathy in
that State again.
Labor Commissioner Isaac Barton,
of Wheeling, has just returned after
an extended trip through the coal fields
of the State. He was detailed for this
work by Governor Atkinson. OF the
$4,000 miners of the State, he finds that
10000 are idle. or these 1000 are New
River men and 1000 Kanawha miners.
In both regions the suspension is prac-
tically complete.
In the New River region the opera
tors are making no attempt to get out
coal. On the Norfolk and Western
road, in the southern part of the State.
the commissioner reports little coal Is
being produced The only field in the
state where the strike is not becoming
effective is at Fairmont, where the dali
Is shipments of coal amount to 325 cars
$500 tons. In the Kanawha Valley
not more than 1000 of the 5000 miners
are at work.
One hundred strikers met crowd of
miners accompanied by the mine SUI
perintendent, Frank Strasser, at Wash
ington, Ind, on the way to start the
mine, the other morning. A battle
with rocks, fists and clubs took place
between the men just outside the city
limits, and a number were painfully in
jured. Superintendent Strasser's scalp
was cut from a blow with a club, and
he was bruised about the body from
the rocks thrown. He. with his men,
were followed to town by the angry
strikers. No arrests have been made.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1897-09-09
Terrible Mine Explosion.

A terrible explosion of coal dust oc-
Cured in the old Sunshine mine, owned
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Compa-
ny, twelve miles from Glenwood. Cal,
Friday. Twelve bodies have been re-
covered, and 1t can not be learned whe-
ther there are any more in the mine or
not Rescuing parties are still explor-
ing the mine and great crowds sur
round the entrance. The bodies taken
out are in a most horrible, mutilated
couditiop