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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
washington Adviccs.

Washington, Oct. 3.-Surgeon General
Wyman of the marine hospital service
today received the following advices from
the yellow fever district:
At Mobile there were four new cases
no deaths. The detention camp estab'
lished at the Mouth Vernon, Ala, bar
racks, will be opened tomorrow.
At camp Fontainbleu there were thirty
eight refugees admitted, twelve discharg-
ed and 2G0 remain. There was one case
of fever at Scranton; IA cases and !
death at Edwards.
Surgeon Sawtelle reports there were nc
suspects on the train arriving at Atlanta
today, and there are none in the city.
A dispatch received from Passed As
sistant Surgeon McGruder at Galveston
says that Passed Assistant Surgeon
Bratton. who is in charge of affairs al
Sabine Pass met with very serious ac-
cident in falling through the hatch of Il
vessel. He is unconscious and probably
will not recover. DR.. Magruder will sc
to Sabine Pass to attend him. DIR. Brat
ton is son of Gen. j. ID. Bratton OF
South Carolina. who has been notified OF
his soii's mishap.
DIR. Bratton has been in bad health fol
n long time and was on waiting orders
when the epidemic broke out. lie
promptly volunteered his services. how
ever and was sent to Sabine Pass.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

| Iectlng freight passengers and the
mails. There seems 10 he ,ittIe hone
mat Texas will materially modify her
present regulations. They said thar
fhe conference might be held in St
w u.Iis' OF some other non-infected city,
f ana,Ii tne representatives from the diff
so,s.i states ana the marine hospital
nee might reach without difficulty.
bo nmiolS the cases reported to the
I'LL" ni Oh health today are three from
ntSiers' opposite New Orleans. These
i'i axe Il total of five cases in Algiers.
Inc quantity Of fresh water running
through the streets of New Orleans
ually VIII be augmented tomorrow by
some S'0oOOOO gallons from the use of
.ne mains and machinery of the old
"uNNillary sanitary associa ton.
- Chufch services were held today in
ocean Springs, for the first time since
the sickness there was declared to be
yellow fever. There were no cases of
me prevailing fever under treatment to-
Jay and the people of Ocean Springs
now believe that all further danger has
passed.
The city council finds itself unable to
provide further funds for the sanitary
Ilght, and has called a conference of
state legislators for tomorrow night
with a view of obtaining their pledge to
back up an effort to obtain state aid.
Or; a. &. Maybe returned from Bocas
del Toro today and reported that port
mad quarantined against New Orleans.
though there was yellow fever there,
which the American authorities are
aiding in concealing.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
ANOTHER POINT INFECTED.
Four Cases Reported at Nitta Yuma,
Miss.

Vicksburg. Miss. Oct. 3.-United
States Medical Inspector b. !. Hicks
this evening wired that three cases of
fever in the family of c. Fl. Blum. at
Nitta Yuma. are regarded as suspicious.
Malcolm Cameron, nephew of >. ):
Champion. who Is supposed to have died
of yellow fever. was i'll in Blum's house,
and had attended Champions funeral.
DR.. ]. G.. Hall and DR.. Harris of Shar-
KEY county will examine the Blum cases
and report on them.
Meanwhile the state board of health
has advised the deportation from the
state of Undertaken f.. j. Fisher ana
Rev. DR.. SAMSON. both of this city. who
recently attended the funeral of DIR. a.
/. Phelps Mt Nitta Yuma. and unless
the Blum cases are pronounced not to
be yellow fever they will undoubtedly
he sent away tomorrow morning.
DR.. SAMSON is the venerable rector OF
Christ church. this city. which position
he has held for the past thirty years.
| DIR, Phelps illness was of long stand
| ing. and there is every reason to believe
| that there was no communication be-
| tween his and the Blum family. Nc
suspicious cases here, nor any excite
| ment.
| Later advices from Nitta Yuma say
that the doctors have reported foul
| cases there. Mrs. G. II. Blum. Miss
Blum, Miss Sarah Thompson and the
depot agent there. Those are pro
nounced to be yellow fever.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
SAN JUAN DELTA DISPUTE.

Washington, Oct 3.-Senor Calvo. the
Costa Rican minister, today called atten'
ton TO a publication regarding the rights
of Costa Rica in the delta of the San Juan
river. a matter which has strong bearing
on the future of the Nicnragunn canal
project.
The published statement was AZ follows:
Seen. Alexander decides that the
boundary between the two republics shall
commence at the extremity of Punta Cas-
tlla. at the mouth Of the river San Juan,
and shall continue following the right
bank-that is to say, the Costa Rica bank
of said riyer-until point Is reached three
miles from Castillo Viejo.' He located
this point according to the treaty stipula'
tons at n place that puts the San Jua!
river and its delta wholly within the terri
tory of Nicaragua. Nicaragua owns INC
river Summo ImperiO as part OF her do,
main. and exercises over II al fights OF
| sovereignty and domain. Greytown, in
stead of being on Costa RIGA soil. as was
\ commended. is determined to be in Mica
| ragua. The whole claim Of Costa Ricani
thus falls to the ground
In this connection Senior Calvo said:
srhis statement not being correct.
deem it convenient to present the facts al
they are. The limits between Costa Rici
| and Nicaragua were settled by lrea,;
| between the two countries dated Aprii 10
| 1858. Questions having been raised b!
Nicaragua thirteen years afterward, TIN
treaty was suspended by the two eonn
tries, long contention following. ana slx
teen years afterwards the subject wa
submitted to the decision of Presiden
Cleveland ms arbitrator, who, by his awar
tof March %. 1898. declared the treaty I
no valid. as Costa Rica claimed. Althoug
the award was accepted by both parties
and Notwithstanding the friendly efforts 2
the government Of Costa RIGA to have On
boundary line marked by monuments, I'M
work remained unfinished, not on accoul
of any omission on the part OF Costa k,ci
The government Of Salvador offered iai
wear it's 'fratcrnal mediation an
through its good ofIices convention WI
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

signed in order TO establish the form in
which boundary line will be materially
marked. According with the provisions of
this convention the two governments re-
quested the appointment by the president
of the United States of an engineer to act
us an arbitrator in any case of disagree
ment between the two respective survey
ing commissions from the two countries,
and President Cleveland appointed Gen.
A. Z. Alexander of Georgetown, s. O."
Senior Calvo reviews the work of this
commission and concludes:
I'm regard to the river San Juan and
the canal projected, | want but to remind
you that Costa Rica has always maintain
ed the validity of the treaty of limits and,
us stated in President Cleveland's award:
THE republic of Costa Rica can deny
to the republic of Nicaragua the right of
deviating the waters of the river San Juan
in case such deviation will result in the
destruction, serious impairment Of the
navigation of the said river, or any of its
branches at any point where Costa RIGA IL
entitled to navigate the sane.
"Finaly, besides the natural rights OF
Costa Rica, and as defined in the same
award:
THE republic of Nicaragua remains
bound not to make any grants for canal
purposes across her border without first
asking the opinion of the republic. of Costa
Rica, as provided in article of the treaty
of limits of the 18th of April, 1853. The
natural rights of the republic of Costa
the rights which, in view of the bounda-
rics fixed by the said treaty of limits, she
possesses in the soil thereby recognized as
belonging exclusively to her; the rights
which she possesses in the harbors of San
Juan Del Norte and Salinas bay, etc.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
MOBILES FAVORABLE RECORD.
Only Four New Cnses-Disease of a
Very Mild Type.

-NA'"
Mobile, Ala. Oct. 3.-The favorable
record was maintained today by a re-
port of but four new cases and no
deaths.
New Cases-James Delaney. city hos
pital camp: Charles Carlson Lazaretto,
marine hospital; G. +. Steiner st.
Emanuel street. and Charles +. Nope,
234 Spring Hill avenue.
Delaney was a watcher at a house oc.
cupied by the Holcombe family, all of
whom had the fever. Carlson is sea-
man, picked up on the wharf and trans
ferred to marine hospital. Steiner was
mentioned as suspicious case FRIDAY
night and would have been reported
Yesterday but for the refusal of the
attending physician to confer with a
certain one of the physicians OF the
boards conference committee. Inc
matter was reported to the board and
another member assigned to view the
patient. 1t was pronounced yellow
fever. No harm will result from the
delay as the board placed watch on
the house as soon as the case was re-
ported as suspicious The locality is
in the heart of the city. two blocks dis
tant from the Battle House, and a
stones throw from Dauphin. the lead
ing retail street. Steiner came down
from Ohio three years ago and con
Quoted a restaurant on Cont street
corner of st. Emanuel. He is said to
have contracted the disease from a pa
tron of his restaurant who lived III Il
house on Conception street where
| Tailor died.
The case of Moore. on Spring Hill
avenue. starts new foci in the north
central part of the residence district
Six patients were discharged today
IVarhart fINnhhS Thomas
Wainwright. Michael, Carrie and Al
bert A. Haley.
The mildness of the disease is Illus
trated by these cases. The longest slck
was Wainwright. nine days; the short
est, Haley. six days.
The an't-Get-Away" club reported
at | o'clock today that all the sick OF
yellow fever had been visited this morn
| ing and all but one found in favora
bic condition.
Camp of detention Mt Mount Vernon
is ready for those who wish to spent
ten days there and receive from marine
hospital surgeon in charge a clean bill
of health that will be recognized by
state quarantine officers as permitting
the holder to 20 into the interior. Th'
county health authorities have not
however, consented to recognize sucf
documents, and Dallas county has alb
solutely refused. Unless the count!
boards consent the certificates will b'
of very little value in Alabama. The
state health officer has issued an APP
neal to the county health authorities
but favorable reply from any large
number of them is not expected.
Selma. like Meridian, practices abso
lutte embargo against infected places
even fumigated letters and newspaper
being refused. m
| Total number of cases to date, 81
total deaths, 10; discharged. 4S; unde
| treatme 81.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
FREE FROM FEVER.
Ocean Springs Boasts of Almost Per-
feet Health.

Ocean Springs, Miss. Oct. 3.-This is
tho 9Th day for our little city with no new.
cases a Of fever. and, in fact, no sickness of
any kind except the two typhoid cases,
which are very much improved. The last
OUTSIDE SeT o. b fee counted
60 in reality. We have not had case in
town in eight days. Thus it would seem
that if we 60 two more days without
new case we should be considered, free
from infection and all quarantine should
he raised so far as we are concerned. And
further. as a matter of fact, the fever has
been of much milder type here than any
other Mace. shown in the first place by
our small death rate, it being to date about
/ 3-S per cent, and also by the decision OF
the doctors and experts.
Surgeons Murray and Wasdin, accom-,
panied by DR.. Bailey from this place and
Drs. Grant and HARRISON of Biloxi, board
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
A SAD ACCIDENT.
A Dallas Youth Receives a Fntni DIM
charge From n shotgun.

charge From u shOtE""'
Dallas. Tex, Oct. 3.-(Special)-As the
result of Il sad accident which occurred Oh
Chestnut Hill this afternoon, Herold gray,
the 15-year-old son of j.. IL. Gray, D Doc
dead at his fathers residence; NO. 3 S,,
Gold street, with ghastly hole IN ms
forehead. Pat Golden, son OF Street gu,
perintendent Golden, cried himself TO s, Size
tonight over the tragic end OF ms pay
nate He was held blameless in the mat
tar Int his grief is none the less for tha'
fact. .,,. ,bo e,mo
The two boys, who are about me SAM NJ
age went to Sunday school together this
morning. Returning, they pro r0ce@eaeu ~
tho Golden BOYS home. No. I'D Pennsyl,
tme avenue, and ate dinner. Then they
dac;ded TO 20 hunting and, securing
double barreled shotgun, they SET OH ioi
tbe woods. about uqarter OF inlie uise
am Pat Golden was carrying the euu
over his shoulder, but they had no. pr
ceeded over fifty feet from ms ln,n n -
front gate before his companion asker ~ y
he permitted to carry the gun. ~ io "a,
Lowed this request up by snatcnsns ~
the barrel Of the gun, the muzzie VI MA Il n,
u'as nointed toward him, and gave ]. III
o m"1 null. 1t is thought that Whel
no did this the trigger must have caught !,
I've se woy in Pat Golden's coat. ior VIZ
n'in,,te the weapon was pulled backwaru'
- want off. and the discharge struck ! ihel
nld GRAY lust above the right ese' mimi
him almost instantly. ,oro i'm
As soon as the doctors, VINO welt a.
nodiately summoned. announced .1a ST., III
LITTLE fellow was dead, Justice >. M. She.
tnn viewed the remains ana returheu
verdict in accordance with the ABOVE ihe .,s
and holding Pat Golden entirety pian''
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
situation mt Biloxi.

Biloxi. Miss, Oct. 3.-Today has been
an ideal Sabbath. clear. bright and out
wardly joyous, with the elements yielng
with each other to contribute to the beau
tv and grandeur of the day. Save the
closed business houses and absence from on
the streets of the people there was but 1T
tle to betoken it was the Sabbath, for since
early in the fight with the ieVer ine
churches. with the exception of the Catho-
lie have been closed to service. an
There were two deaths today, the 10,
vear-old daughter of Jessie Smith, and the
little child of Policeman Mckinley . a ndonG
the new cases here today are City RECORD
49, Gleason CITY Clerk S. G. Swetman.
Can't Joe Roberts of the steamer Biloxi Ito,
and President Baldwin, a northern man
Board of health report: a.ort
Yellow fever cases U unu nthor Eases cases 8
Totnl Yellow fever to date 800; total yea,
low fever deaths to date, 8; new cases. -
deaths today, 2.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

Ellis family all well clear of fever, I'M
less it is Mrs. Ellis, who has very little
fever. Pettigrew family all better, and
all clear of fever but Miss Howard DIR.
Miller is better and has little fever. DIR.
Degraffenreid says he sees nothing that
indicates yellow fever in any of the cases.
The following official report was re-
ceived ut p. m. from Edwards:
DIR. Birchett returned this morning TO
Smith station and reports the child of Mr..
Cameron suffering with case of intermit-
tent fever. He also reports one new case
of fever in. Edwards and two cases seri-
ously i'll. Dr. Waldaur reports 8 new
cases in town, > white and Z colored. One
death, Bessie Martin; seriously i'll, 2. DIR.
Purnell reports 4 new cases, all white,
and 7 patients seriously i'll. DR.. Ratliff
has so far recovered as to be able to make
n few personal calls today. Rev. Father
Prendergast is doing remarkably well.
(Signed)
]. +. HUNTER, NJ. d.,
w. G.. KIGER. NJ. D.,
Executive Committee State Board OF
Health.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
sIoou ReI,eved Ia ne Lost,

Galveston, Tex, Oct. 3.--(Special.) MIR.
A. r. Hopkins has given up the sloop Gus
sic for lost. She left here month ago
today for n three days trip to Oyster
creek, and has not been heard from since.
She had on board colored master by. the
name of Baker, and an assistant, also col
ored, by the name OF Lucas. Remnants Of
boat were picked up near San Luis Pass
several days ago. and 1t is now believed
that the Gussie has been lost with all men.
The Gussie was 30-footer of about If
teen tons, and was about seven years old.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
ARE INTERESTED IN KLOND|KE
"YELLOw FEVER" HAS STRUCK
THE ENGLISH PEOPLE AND
THEY WILL INVEST.
EXPLORING IND IMPROVING ROUTES
Several New Paths VIII He Opened
Up ShOrtIy.-OmciaIs En- Route
to Establish u Court of JUS
tice-Othcr Notes.

New York. Oct. 3.-Gen. c. III. MacIn-
tosh, lieutenant governor of the north
west territory, in which the gold mines
of the Klondike are situated. arrived
in this city from Southampton on the
steamship st. Paul.
"rhe greatest possible interest is
taken in the discoveries on the Yukon
by all the English people," he said,
land | was compelled TO delay my de-
parture two days on account OF an or
der | received to address officially the
leading fnanciers and public men upon
the resources and prospects, not only of
British Columbia and the Yukon, but Of
all northwestern territories generally.
Lord Dulferin, former governor of
Canada and viceroy of India. was in the
chair. and Mr.. Whitaker, a leading Lon
don tnancier, occupied the vice chair.
My address was given ut the Savoy ho-
tel, and all the representatives of the
financial press and many noble men and
peers were present
"At the conclusion the general con-
sensus of opinion was that the empire
owed it to her premier colony that Brit
ish capital should be invested in the de-
velopment of wealth from mineral re-
sources in western colonies. When
Lord Dufferin so expressed himself at
the meeting the cheering was vocifer-
GUS
within Il few months there will be
great improvements in the methods OF
reaching the upper Yukon, for three
good paths through the British posses
sions will be available. The first of
these is from Edmonton by Mackenzie
river. thence by the Porcupine, and so
straight to the Yukon.
Another good route will be from
Revelstoke, on the Canada Pacific Rail
road, through the Tettuguan pass to
the Francis lake. and so to the Louise
river. and thence to the Yukon. This
is about 1900 or 100 miles by water
and rail.
Probably the best route of all will
he by water to Fort Wrangel, on the
Pacific coast, thence to Stikine river, n
navigable stream of water open to Can
ada and the United States under the
Washington treaty. Light stern,
wheel boats, drawing three or four feet
of water, and even more than that. can
he run to Telegraph creek, in the north
ern section of Cassiar, in British Co,
| lumbia. The construction of railroad
! from Cassiar to Lake Teslin. land
section of little more than 40 miles
would make all the waters from that
point available direct to Dawson City
The whole route would not he more
than 100 miles. These routes viii
within a very short time make the re-
gion of the Klondike as accessible as
any other part of the British poses
sions.
"A big company has been formed II
England" continued Gen. Macintosh
ito thoroughly explore the reefs of thu
mountain ranges of the west Spleniit
| specimens of quartz have already beer
discovered at adjacent points. Ever!
report received also endorses the stories
of enormous rich alluvial deposits. bu
personally | doubt very much If we vii
get at the legitimate capabilities %
| that country for two or three years
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07

ed the camp special train this morning and
went to McIenry for load of refugees.
While there they called on those stricken
with the plague, and Dr. Bailey stated this
afternoon that the fever they We're having
there was of n much more violent type
than that he had treated here, and much
more pronounced. In fact, the mildest case
he saw there was much worse than the
most severe he had seen here.
Thirty-fve people were brought from
McHenry today and the train will be sent
for twenty-five more tomorrow
Surgeon Wasdin reports two new cases
of fever Mt McHenry, making four now UNI
der treatment there. The report of eight
cases there was n mistake.
No news of Importance from Camp Fon-
tainbleu today.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
PURCHASED SECURITIES.
A New York Syndicate Takes Hold Of
the Gulf ROud.

Denver. Oct. 3.-Receiver Trunibull
of the Union Pacific, Denver and Rio
Grande Railroad has returned from
New York. where he attended meet.
ing of the reorganization committee.
He said:
est financial and banking houses IN
New York. headed by Hallgarten q
Co, and j. Kennedy Tod g. CO., pur,
chased some weeks ago from j. Pierp0nt
Morgan & Co.. trustees OF the Union
Pacific collateral trust Of 1893, large
block Of gnldf sec sssurities VII SS0SS
making a total Of SIS, soy, 600
This sale of $20.OO0O0O in gulf Sc.
curities to the syndicate is the basis Of
reorganization Of the road. n repre-
sents nearly one-half of the roads Sc
curities. Enough additional proxies
have already been obtained from other
sources to give the syndicate control
of the road. Consequently there was
appointed reorganization committee
representing a majority Of sne nonps
Chairman; o. w. Hermann, II. Lewis,
Oliver Ames, George M Mailman,
Henry Bridge and ]. Kennedy. Tod
Three months will be spent in deahpg
with the plan. The new company
therefore can scarcely take possession
before July 1, 1893. The road VIII
probably have new name. Inc re-
organization committee has under con.
sideration the completion OF the gull
line between Pueblo and Walsenburg'
| II is a good omen for Colorado that the
strong financial houses OF New YORK
desire to take hold of the road. Ihey
will develop. as far as possible, the In
dustries along the line. 1t looks az
| though Colorado Is not In disrepute
| when a $20,000,000 deal can be closed
| Ia, .xaak
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-10-07
TO study the storms.

Washington, Oct. 3.--It is the policy of
Secretary James Wilson to extend the
operations of the department of agrlcul-
ture along all useful lines authorized by
law. Recently, after consultation with
the chief of the weather bureau, ne
decided to make use of some of the great
fund of meteorological information con
tanned in the weather bureau by having
a monthly marine meteorological chart
issued for the benefit of the mariners OF
the great lakes. He was Of the opinion
that by study of records of past storms
much useful information might be col
lected and published. showing q month In
advance what mariners might reason
ably expect.
The first of this series of monthly
charts was mailed from the central Of
fee of the weather bureau yesterday.