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Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
FEVER CONTINUES TO RAGE
Little Encouragement in the Situation al
New Orleans.
OVER ONE HUNDRED DEATHS TO DATE
Cases Are Daily Bcing Reported from
All Parts of the city ana Many
others Are Probably
Concealed.

NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 10.-There was
reither hope nor encouragement in the local
situation today The deaths did not run up
to all unusual mark but there were enough
of new cases and fatalities to disappoint
those who believed the fever was on the
wane. As early as o'clock this evening the
total cases of the day numbered forty three;
there have never heretofore been more than
forty-nine. Cases are being reported from
all sections OF the city. There have been in
this city UP to the present time nearly 900
cases. OF these more than a hundred have
diod. The record is bad enough as it stands,
but it Is quite possible that cases are being
hidden and matter of fact If they were
reported the death rate would be less than it
is now.
Deaths today: Annita Victor 1gnazia
Buransato and Antonio Ramos. Two of
these deaths were among cases that were
reported but a few minutes before the fatai-
ties became known.
The Beard of Health officially reports;
Cases Of yellow fever today, 56; deaths to-
day, A. total cases of yellow fever to date,
94l; total deaths from yellow fever to date,
l04 total cases absolutely recovered, 1863;
total cases under treatment, 354.
AT OTHER POINTS.
MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 19.-The sixth week
cf the fever begins with five new cases, no
deaths and eleven recoveries The tempeTu-
ture has steadily fallen all day and tonight
tie weather is chilly and fires are a comfort,
The little town Of Flomation is depop-
ulated. There were about 200 inhabitarts,
thirty of whom have been taken with some
foi m of fever. The exodus Is so complete
that only the nurse and the sick remain.
y. CkSON, Miss, Oct. 19.-The Board of
Health in its official statement tonight re-
ports one new case at Clinton. The report
from Nitta Yuma is that there are no new
cases there today and all the sick are doing
we'll. At Edwards four new cases of yellow
fever are reported. All the patients are
getting alorg very well.
WASHINGTON. Oct 19.-The continued
spread of yellow fever necessitates many
additional employees in the marine hospital
service. At the recommendation of the sur
gean gene al of that bureau the Treasury de-
partment has appointed thrty-four assistant
surgeons and a number of guards in the yell
low fever sections. and on the borders of
the states where the disease may be spread.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

Soon afterward met him when he had a
special commission from the pres deut to 20
to the front. My correspondents were in
the field. aud they reported TO me his every
important act. Since then | have seen all
his tracks When he left the war depart
ment he came to Chicago. We met the day
after his arrival. lie came to edit the Chi
Cago Republican, and his associate was the
lamcnted Joseph Il McCulagh who died
some time ago at his home IN st. Louis. Mr.
Danas career as a journalist here was un-
satisfactory to himself and to his friends
He never liked his situation His paper did
not seem to take. and one might say it was
Of no importance politically. Its failure
was the turning point In MIR. Danas life, lie
returned to New York, obtained an interest
In the Sun, and became its editor. He gave
1t life and made it bright. But of that need
not talk. The public is acquainted with the
details of his life ever since he became the
editor of one of the greatest Journals printed
In the world.
There is a chapter in Mr. Dana's history
which should be made a part of the official
war records. He has never told of it himself,
SO far as | know, although he had promised
to make 1t the subject Of magazine article.
hoped he put the story in shape before he
died, for without It an important event In
connection with the war would be lost to
history forget the exact date, but IL was
when Halleck was in command Of the union
army and was making a fight on Grant.
President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton
thought 1t essential to get some information
from those parts Of the south In which the
union forces were operating. The usual
course would have been to ask Haleck TO
collect the data, but for some reason Lincoln
and stanton thought this inadvsable, They
decided to send a special envoy to make in
vestigation and secure the facts, and they
picked uron Mr. Dana No better choice
could have been made. He was cool, able,
impartial in Judgment, and strongly Sc
Cretive-just the man for the WORK IN hand
What he did and how he did it nobody out
side of Lincoln Stanton and Dana himself
has ever heard, That 1t was an important
hazardous mission Is known, but the mature
of it win never be told unless Mr.. Dana has
left the story in manuscript to be published
after his death.
"In many ways Mr.. Dana was an aggravat
ing man, especially to those with whom he
was in controversy. 1t was almost inpOs-
sible to pin aim down, FOR he could wriegle
with his pen like an eel, and make those
uuaquaiuted with the fact believe he had
all the best of the argument. This of
course, caused him to be severely censured
but | never heard anybody question his
commanding ability or intense integrity. In
his death American journalism and the
American nation have both lost a man
whose place it will be hard to fill Charles
4 Dana was one Of the great men of the
nineteenth century. misunderstood by some
malismed by others but mourned by all
who knew him or admired honest. forceru
journalism. He was model for young
writer's to pattern after-they could not have
a better instructor"
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
DETAILS or PRESIDENTS TRIP.
VIII Make stops Mt Cincinnati and
PittsbHrg.

WASHINGTON Oct. 19.-Detalls for the
presidents western trip at election time have
been completed. The president, accompanied
by Mrs. Mckinley and Secretary Porter, will
leave Washington the afternoon OF the 29th
At Cincinnati he will be the guest of j. G
-sehmdlapq, a long time intimate personal
friend On the afternoon of Saturday there
viii be an informal reception at the Chamber
OF Commerce. The guest will not speak then,
but will deliver a short address at the
banquet given him by the Cincinnati Com
merclal club Saturday evening.
Early Monday morning the president will
leave Cincinnati for Canton, remaining there
until after the election, and will receive the
election returns in Canton Tuesday evening
The party will take the train Wednesday
morning, arriving in Pittsburg before noon.
While in Pittsburg the president will be en-
tertaned by w. n. Trew, president of the
Carnegie Library association, and Robert Pit
caiFn, who Is also connected with the Ii
brary. In the afternoon there will be the
formal exercises at the library and the presi-
dent will make a short address, In the
evening he will attend a symphony concert at
the library and at its conclusion will start
for Washington, arriving Thursday morning,
November 4.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

modern means Of communication Tele-
phones are ~ 102 towns in France. with
1871 subscribers half Of whom are in Paris.
Switzerland. with barely one-tenth OF the
population OF France has 29,53S subscribers.
The cost Of telephones in the latter country
is high, being $50 a year In Paris and $40
to $50 In the other places, aud each sub
scriber contributes toward obtaining connec-
tion with the" system In Switzerland, in
ment put in and connected, the charge is S.
per year and. | cent for each conversa-
tion OF three minutes duration. The gov
ernment of Switzerland operates the te.e-
phone system
Another report from Mr.. German says
there was planted in sugar beets in Europe
in 1897 492 800 hectares, against 534 1862
hectares In 1895 One hectare is equivl-
lent Is l241 OF our acre
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
FEDERATION OF LABOR MEETING.
President Samuel GOmpers Issues the
Annual Gail.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-President Samuel
Gompers, by Frank Morrison, secretary, has
issued a call to all affiliated unions for the
seventeenth annual convention of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, to be held in
Nashville at 10 o'clock Monday morning,
December 13 next. The session is to con-
tnue until all of the business of the con-
vertion shall have been completed Resou-
tions of any character or propositions for
changes in the constitution intended for con-
Sideration by the convention must be sub
mitted to the secretary at least two weeks
prior to the meeting. The committee on
credentials will meet at Nashville three days
previous to the opening of the conventions.
The call makes a strong plea for a full at
tendance of workingmen a this convention
and states that no convention in recent years
has been called upon to deal with more
momertous questions than confront the
workers of today. Owing to distance the
expense of attendance may be somewhat
greater than usual and owing to the severe
drains that affiliated organizations have sus-
tanned in recent years there may be desire
to husband resources and refrain from being
present, but this is said to be mistaken
economy and organizations are earnestly
warned against it. The objects of the con-
vention are in part as stated in the call:
The severities of the industrial stagnaton
of the past four years have not yet been
abated. says the call; the wrongs from
" hiCh the workers suffer have not been
righted, the injustice imposed on our peo-
pie remains unremedied; the overworked
large mass and the unemployed many are
still testimony to the folly of our age; the
employment of children in our factories and
workshops, though modified, fingers with
us still and the spectacle is witnessed Of
idle men and laboriousiy busy children;
legislatures more concerned with the priVi-
eSes to the few than with the rights of the
many, with public assembiage and free
speech invaded, threatened or forbidden,
and the modern judicial weapon of injunc-
ton utilized in the effort to crush labor.
These rights and wrongs and others of
equal importance. but too numerous ,,I,3 t9r
cred by the forthcoming convention, and
such action devised as will retain the one
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
NORTHWESTERN NOTES.

COsmopolis again has a regular newspa-
per- The great Improvement in business
has encouraged w. f. Pattison to start up
the Enterprise, that suspended publication
ilst May.
The dlstilery that was reported to be put
up near the sugar beet factory at Leh some
time ago Manager Cutler reports is now to
be established. The company has made a
number of tests of the low products of the
sugar factory and finds the results very sat
isfactory and is now storing this product
up for use at the dlstillery.
Samples Of ore from a new discovery on
the property of the Crystal Mining company
have been received at Salt Lake City, the
ore having been uncovered at a new point
on the groundJo The samples have the ap-
pearance of being very rich Joe Galigher,
one of the principal owners in the property,
is now at Mirysgale and Will return with full
particulars OF the strike,
]. II. Burger and several other cattle
buyers from Nebraska are making times
lively for cattle raisers at Heber. They
have bought about $4,000 worth of beef cat
tie. which will be shipped east within the
next few days, The price of cattle and
sheep is better than for years Wasatch
county receives considerable revenue from
this source, consequently the people here
do not feel the bad effects produced by clos
ing the Ontario mines.
The Treasury department has decided to
take no step toward the selection of site
for the erection of a postofice and court
house for Salt, Lake City until congress
shall have made, an appropriation for the
construction of building. The sundry civil
appropriation bill of last June carried an
appropriation OF $4,000 or SO much thereof
as might be necessary for the selection and
purchase OF a site for a building in Salt
Lake City This was secured by the Utah
delegation in congress after very hard work.
At the Utah Sugar company's factory at
Lehi everybody is still very busy. Up to
date about one-half Of the beet crop Of the
state is harvested and in the factory some
splendid runs have Deen made According to
Manager j. r. Cutler 400 tons of beets have
been used per day when the factory is only
supposed TO have a capacity of $50 tons. This
shows what cen be dons by proper manage
ment and good machinery with the help of
skilled workmen. In the month of Septem-
Der some 2542 tons Of beets have been re-
ceiYed from Lehi farmers and 213 tons from
the sugar compsuys farm. Owing to the
hot, dry weather this season some farmers
have light crops but since the rains have
set in II has increased the teanage.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
EOs SEEOLD HINTS.

UnbIeached Canton flannel makes the best
dishcloths.
Watchful care of the cellar frequently
prevents illness.
Washing the hands in bran water will
whiten and soften the skin.
A little boraX put into the dish water will
serve to keep the hands smooth.
A fresh carving cloth is a great help to
| keeping the table cloth spotless.
Al! grease unfit for frying should be rem
dered and put in the soap kettle.
Flannel should be roned as little as pcs
sible, and with moderately hot iron.
Vaseline removes mud stains from shoes
and makes the leather soft and pliab.e.
On midew spots rub equal parts Of chalk
and soap we'll mixed, then place in the sun
Vegetable soups are nourshiHg and not
as heating as those made from meat stock.
Drippirgs from the refrigerator should
never be allowed to fall on the cellar floor.
Butter and mayonnase should be freely
used by delicate children and consumptives.
Plantain leaves applied to bee stings or
mosquito bites will remove the inflamma-
ton.
To remove iron mold from white goods
rub in lemon juice and then wash thoroughly
in water.
The success of economical cooking de-
pends upon the seasoning and favoring of
the dish.
Canned fruits and vegetables should be
removed from the cans as soon as they are
opened.
Ammonia should not be used near the fire
as the infammabe gas emanating from il
may explode.
Jet is again in vogue. You can brighten
up Old pieces by sponging with a flannel
dipped in alcohol.
To renew ribbons bathe in gasoline and
hamg up to dry Be careful TO keep away
from fire or flame
Silver can be kept clean without weekly
cleaning If carefully washed with hot soap
suds each time it is used
a few drops Of ammonia or a tablespoonful
OF wood alcohol added to water will greatly
facilitate the cleaning of windows
An excellent cement for mending crockery
is made of equal parts Of ltharge and giyc-
crime mixed together till Of the consistency OF
soft putty
To clean Shetland shawls dip in ather
of boiled soap, slipping gently through the
hands, Plunge into clear water and pin on
a sheet to dry,
If clean cloth wrung out of water to
which half teaspoonful of ammonia has
been added is used to wipe of a carpet re-
Gently swept, II Will remove the dusty look
and brighten the colors.
Specialists in housekeeping matters aver
that for rubbing smooth surfaces such as
highly polished wood or metal, flannel cloth
Is less likely to scratch than even a chamOis.
Silkolne Is also excellent for use.
Instead of pressing silk with a warm iron,
a process that destroys the natural stn-
ness and that is in many ways undesra-
BILE, 1t is better to sponge carefully, roll
tightly on a smooth round stick and let
stand till dry.
To restore lace that has become yellow
with age, first make suds of warm water
and white soap and with it hll an open
mouthed glass jar. Drop the lace in gently
and stand in the sun, turning occasionally
from side TO side.
White fabrics stained with tea, coffee or
cocoa may be rubbed in jiveIle water. Al
low pint OF javelle water to a quart of
clear water, soak the stained portion with
sulphuret Of potash, bathe well severa hours,
rinse well in three waters and dry.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

Several Lines show Steady
Increase.

WASHINGTON, Oct t9,-Acting Consul
Pressly at Marselles France, in a report to
the State department says that the imperta-
tlon of American cottonseed oil has greatly
increased at that port in the past two years.
Oil manufacturers have protested against the
low duties, but so far nothing has been done
by he government Mr.. Pressy also refers
TO the shortage of the wheat crop in France
and the inc,eas in the price OF bread as a
result. Popular demonstrations have been
made demanding the suppression of the du y
on wheat. Steamers are leaving weekly in
ballast to return with American wheat, In
another part Of the ronort Mr.. Pressy says
that he doubts whether there are 100 rocking
chairs in France outside of Paris and he
suggests that furniture dealers of America
might try to introduce them.
American bicycles are increasing in mum
oers In France Last year the f eneh gov
ernment received $55l 600 from the tax ON the
wheels
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19.-At the annual
meeting of the Spirtualists' association to-
day the list of delegates was submitted and
approved The presidents report was sub
m!ttcd. showing that the condition of the as
sociation had improved. The report Of the
secretary showed that the membership had
increased 33 per cent during the last six
years. The report stated that the spirtualtsts
had co-operated with others to fight ecCle-
sastic control of the government, also that
that sprituallsts would put missionaries in
the field to offset the work Cf anti-Gplrituaist
assOciatiOns
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

resolution be referred to the executive COM
mittee for investigation.
Mr. Youngs said 1t was useless TO refer the
resolution to the executive committee, ae
other resolutions Of similar import had been
50 referred and had been buried. He eS-
planned that the resolution as drawn would
not prevent the employment Of any man
regardless Of whether he belonged to a labor
organization or not.
Mr.. Montgomery moved that 1t lie over
until the next meeting Of the directory. This
meant that the resolution would be buried
until after election. as the next regular meet
ing OF the board will not occur until Noycm-
Der IL.
Mr. Youngs opposed delay, but Mr. War
ton argued that it was late, and the direc'
tors we're getting hungry, and no harm
would be done by letting the resolution 90
over two weeks
Finally a motion by Mr. Hitchcock that the
resolution be referred to a special committee
to report at the next meeting of the direc-
tors, whether this particular resolution, or
any resolution OF similar import, could be
adopted without prejuiicing or interfering
with the contacts already in force on expo
stion work, was adopted The chair ap-
pointed as this committee Directors Hitch
Geek, Montgomery and H0ctor.
The board adjourned at 6:30 o'clock.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
News for the Army

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1s,-CSpecial Tsle-
gram. Major Charles S. Ilsley, Ninth cav
airy, has been granted six months sick
leave.
Henry White of Iowa has been reinstated
as a clerk in the quartermasters department.
at Fort Riley, Kan, at 81. 600 per annum.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
SERVIAN CABINET STEPS OUT
Objects to the Return of Ex-lIing
NiIun to BELGRADE.

WfTN1 10 bVIEFilUt.
BELGRADE, Oct. 19.-The cabinet has re-
signed. 1t is supposed the resignation of
the ministers is connected with the return
Of eX-King Milan to the Servian capital.
Milan arrived here today in company with
his son, King Alexander. This is the first
visit of the eX-king to the Servian capital
since his abdication in 1889, and trouble was
expected to result from it, as the premier
was said to have declared that he would
resign If the former king were permitted to
return here.
King Alexander has accepted the resigna-
tions of the cabinet.
Dr.. w. Ladan Georgevitch, Servian minis
ter at Constantnople has been entrusted by
the king with the task of forming the new
cabinet 1t is expected several days will
elapse before he completes his selections
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
Demand Gcrnldinc's Dismissal.
At the regular meeting Of the journeymen
plumbers. gas and steam filters last evening
the following resolutions were adopted:

AT the regular meeting OF the journeymen
plumbers gas and steam filters last evening
the following resolutions were adopted:
Whereas, 1t has been currently r. ported
for some time past that one Dion Geraldine.
an imported aristocrat who Is in the emp oy
of the Transmississippi and International
, Exposition as superintendent of Constru'-
ton, has been terminating against
Omaha laboring men and Omaha contra tors
in favor of those from other cities; and
Whereas, 1t has been shown before an
investigating committee that the said Ger
aldine has exceeded his authority as such
ways; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That we, the plumbers gas and
steam titters of local association No. Is of
Omaha of the United Association of the
United States and Canada, in regular Ses-
sion do hereby condemn the action of the
committee in cXoneratirg the said Geraldine
of the charges substantiated at the inves-
| tgation; and be 1t further
Resolved, That we commend Mr.. Edward
RoSewnter for the stand he has taken in
exposing the actions of the said Geraldine,
and that we pledge him our moral support
in his effort to pr vent the squandering of
the peoples money by the said Geraldine
and his pals; and be it further
Resolved, That we will use our united eff
furts on election day to defeat the 500 coo
bond issue if this Objectionable Superin-
tendent IS not removed.
Resolved, That a copy of these resolu-
tions be sent to the two leading daily news
papers of the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-The funeral of
the late Rear Admiral John L. WOrden, re-
tired, of the navy, will take place tomorrow
at st. Johns Episcopal church at 1920. The
honorary pail Bearers will be Secretary Long,
General Miles, Judge Bancroft Davis, Admiral
Parke, Judge sJohn Davis and Colonel A.
Hopkins. President Mckinley and the cabi-
net will attend the services.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-Consul General
Jernigan, at Shanghai in a report to the
State department says that since the
Japanese-C Chinese war the tax on salt has
been increased one-siXth of a cent per pound.
The revenue received from the tax IS esti-
mated at $10,927 900, and the consumption
at over 3,3OO, 600 pounds. At one period salt
was sed as money in China.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
Cabinet Meeting Postpon.d

MADRID, Oct. 19.-The cabinet meeting
has been postponed owing to the illness of
the premier, Senor Sagasta.
According to the present indications,
Senior Sivela, the leader of the d.ssdent
conservatives will become the leader of the
conservative party.
The Herado of this city says widespread
disagreement exists among the Cuban au-
tonOmists.
A dispatch from Corunna says that Marshal
Blanco, the newly appointed governor genera
of Cuba sailed for Havana TODAY
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
ynntie Enronte for Detroit.

HALIFAX, n. s., Oct. 19.-The United
States snip Yantic, which is on its way to
Detroit, Mich, via the St, Lawrence river,
arrived here at o'clock this afternoon
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

WASHINGTON, Oct 19.-Secretary AlgeI
has received a telegram from Captain Ray
the army officer, dated at Seattle, in which
the captain says he was unable to get
further up the Yukon on the steamer OF
which he embarked than Mile Creek. This
is about 800 miles below Dawson. The low
ness of the water in the river prevented the
steamer from going on, but the captain trans
ferred to a whaler and proceeded up tho
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20

WASHINGTON, Oct. 19-The supreme
council of the Scottish Rite Masons today
heard the report of the finance committee
and made arrangements for future sessions.
On Friday night will be conferred the thirty
third degree on those selected by the nominat-
ing committee. Thursday afternoon memorial
services will be held over the grave of Albert
Pike. Arrangements are being made for a
number of excursions in and around Wash
Omaha daily bee., 1897-10-20
Disperse Dcryish Raiders.

BERBER, Oct. ia patrol of dervish
horsemen Oh Saturday last ralded a village
seven miles from here, killing eleven men
and capturing many women, children and
cattle. A detachment of Anglo Egyptian
cavalry sent in pursuit of the dervishes
overlook them and routed them with heavy
loss. The dervishes abandoned their booty
and fled in the direction of Attbare.