The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02
HAREoWiNG TALE OF :CHo1E ERA In SAN FRAN
.: III. CISCO EXA MINER. = = :,
WAS. A. MALICIOUS LIBEL:
CAUSES EXCITEMENT on THE OUTSIDE AND THE
=. :: ~. SENDING. OF MANY INoUrRING
: r.. .TELEGRAMs. -. !

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Last Saturday mum her.of telegrams
were received by different citizeEs Of Sam
dom from points1a over Canada and the
United States, asking "a bout the cholera
and aT4iously: inqnfrinG If friends were
all right For three. days it remained a
mystery how the outside public could have
got the erroneous impression. that there
was cholera in Sandon, or ahytning else
TO cause alarm. But on Tuesday, the
ma tier. was cleared up. by the arrival. of
the San francisco Examinero of Septem Der
3, with the following astonishing tele-
gram, dated Tacoma, and under q double
column scare head - =: -: 80
Cholera makes way 10 Sandori s: homes
Plague in town of he north. Alarm among 6
many people in British Co lumb bia.-Residents
leave 10. escape The danger of early. dealh.-
News oil the Gala mi ty:I Ieceived from a Tacoma
woman's husoand.-Miners desert claims
Whleh last year had. been purchased at. abu-
lous PrIces.-Houses over a sluggish stream
The place visited by The dread scourge located
over 100 miles from RDss!and..: =: 20
TACOMA, WASH Sept. 2.--NOrd was re-
ceiyed here to-day by. Mrs. John w. Brechtel
from her husband at Sandon. B.: c.. that the
people are fleeing for their lives from that
town on account of cholera. Sandon is siru-
ated on narrow gnlch leading to Bear Ls Ike,
about 80 miles to the east and north OF R0ss-
land The houses are built upon plies and
posts over the small and sluggishstream I'M which
runs down the. gulch, the stream acting as the
sewer for the entire camp. -
" With the subsistence OF the spring freshets
and partial drying up. .ot the stream the
serious conditions began TO create alarm and
llte became almost sHnheara BILE Doors we're
kept closed and all means possible We're taken
10 lessen the evil, but:toho purpose. A short
lime ago Ghoiera broke out, gathering Its VIC
Tins 1t an alarming rate. Sandon is the cen:
ter OF rich silyer+bearing country and 1T is
l:looked upon as one. OF the NEST premis sin &
SILVER camps ia the entire Rossiand feld%
Last year u great rush of miners and specu-
larers made SanGen lively mining cam p, snd
claims on the narrow gulcn sold Tor fabulous
prices. Now many. Of the richest claims have
been abandoned on. account of the scarcity of
miuers No estimate OF the mum ber of deaths
has been received. - -:
"When this was read in Sandon the first
impression is gave was one of amusement
at The glaring ignorance displayed as to
everything concerning Sandon. 'InEabi-
tants fleeing for their lives; 'Sandon
situated in mario W eulchieading TO Bear
Lake; The houses built on piles over a
small and sluggish stream Life almos
unbearabIe'; Many of the richest claims
have been abandoned and all the other
misstatements m ade it look as Il the funny
man had taken the telegraph EDITORS
place. Indig nation, however, that such a
report about the town should be published
broadcast vas freely expressedin in the most
vehement language.
LAS matter of fact there has been but
one death in Sandon since last April, that
of a child from natural causes altogether.
The healthfulness OF the cam p is remark
able. and especially SO. being new min-
ing camp. The sanitary work Is thor
oughly done, the water works derives its
water from system of pure mountain
streams, and no place in British CoIumb bia
or the United States is in healthier condi-
tion than Sandon:atfhe present time. In
fact, the doctors here nave SO little busi-
ness that none OF them can afford to ad-
vert Sc. r
'tSandon people are still in the dark as
to.who is the author of the libel. The
+ John w. Brechtef mentioned in the dis
patch has been riInning.a bar Der. shop for
some months down on .Reco avenue, but
has sold. out, and LETT last: Sunday
Tor Tacoma. There is a difference of
opinion as to whe ether The man is 'nutty,
or whether he is sore OH the town. There
is possibility that he merely wished to
ID t,discourage- his wife from coming to
Sandon, ana wrote her a narrowing tale
OF the conditions existing for that puF-
pose: If this ;surmfse is the correct one,
Brechtel has. certainly Munchausen
ability of no small caiiber. =: -.
But however this may be there can b..
but one: opinion of: contem DIT for a news
paper, SO called, that will print so imp
| tant and hurtiul All article in its. columns
| without attempting to ascertain how
m uchj If any, truth. there was in it.
| Without doubt the Examiner has estab.
llshed its reputation in Sandoa as an ex-
ponent OF cheap sensational journalism,
| without conscience or Sc nse. Any repn.
| table newspaper would have taken The
TROUBLE to telegraph to Sandon and have
| found out as to the facts before printing 9
such dispatch from a correspondent in a
distant CITY, A journal that@win publish b
| such an untruthiuL article to go before the
public and: righten relatives and friend,
outside is guilty of a crimi inal action, and
| should be sup nressed by laMn Z. .