The times., 1898-09-17
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD.

very remarkable" said H. S. Baker of
Georgia, yesterday, 1T will be remember
| ed he contftsued. ''that fever did not
break out last year until about the middle
or latter part OF September. It had its
| origin in Mississippi City. A number of
| people diedsfresn the disease, but the doc
tors there fearing that if publicity were
given to tile fact that yellow fever pre-
vailed there it would injure the town.
| They gave out officially that the disease
was the dengue, and not yellow fever. II
was not long until those who had the
fever at Mississippi City recovered suffi-
ciently to go. to their respective homes
throughout g. number of the Southern
States and the result was that fever broke
out In many places. 1t was very bad
IN Mobile and Montgomery. The Mont
Somery board of health stated that man
VINO had died there with what was sup
posed to be yellow fever had been pois-
| oned by eating canned salmon. This was
oniy method the board of health took
10 suppress the news of the existence of
the disease. This foolish action of the
montgomery board of health cost the city
several lives and more than $3000,000 In
loss or trade. If they had said 1t was
yellow fever as they knew it was when it
| first broke out the situation would have
| been different.
Atlanta threw open its gates to the fe-
yer refugees and the result was that the
IeVer prevailed there. 1t existed in many
parts OF Alabama, Mississippi. and Louis
lana. In my opinion, yellow fever pre-
walls every month in the year on the
CUR coast, and especially in New Or
leans and Mobile, which are two of the
dirtiest towns in the world. There were
| few cases of fever in Birmingham. and
that as everybody knows, Is 81 very dirty
town also.
1 have no doubt 1t will not be long un-
| I'll yellow fever will prevail in many parts
OF the South, Notwithstanding the effort
mat Is being made to keep it down. II
the people of the South would admit that
yellow fever does exist when, in fact il
does prevail, 1t would do a great deal of
good. The citizens OF every place who
Tear that the publicity given to it would
in1ure the town, make a great mistake
The appointment of Capt Evan p
Howell ON the commission to investigate
the War Department, or better known as
the 'whitewash committee" is regarded
by those who know him best as an excel
lent appointment. 1t will be remembered
that Gen John B. Gordon, of Georgia,
was first offered place on the commits
sion, but on account of advancing years
and declining health, was compelled to
refuse. Capt. Howell has been one of
the prominent figures in Georgia for a
great many years, and until about a year
ago, since the death of Henry W. Grady,
was the controlling spirit of the Atlanta
Constitution. The Inmans of New York
purchased all of Capt Howells holdings
in the Constitution. amounting to some
thing like sl25, 900 Since that time Capt
Howell has been out of the newspaper
business. He has no interest whatever in
the Constitution, nor any voice in its con-
troll. His son, Clarke Howell, is the chief
editor of the paper, but the Howell fam
lily at the present time hold very few
shares OF the stock just enough to make
Clarke Howell director in the company.
The proposed Swing around the cir
Gle" of President Mckinley calls to mind
number of other trips made by Presi-
dents. 1t was Andrew Johnson who
made the first trip through the West and
and South which he himself styled as
swinging around the circle" President
Hayes made the swing in 1877, after his
inauguration in the previous March. His
trip, however, was confined mostly to
the South. He went as far west as Gin
cinnati then to louisville, thence TO
Southern cities as far as New Orleans,
and on the return North came through
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, and Virginia
In 1886 President Cleveland made his
first trip to the West Up to that time
he had never been farther West than To-
ledo, Ohio. where he had gone to visit
a sister before his election to the Presi-
dency. President Cleveland's first OBJ
jective point was ST. Louis. At the time
of his arrival there. it will be remem-
bered, the Grand Army of the Republic
was in session and the city was full of
battle-scarred veterans of the civil war
and Cleveland is said to have snubbed
them. From ST. Louis he went TO the
golden Northwest, visiting Minneapolis
and st. Paul, thence south to Omaha,
Kansas City. Memphis, Nashville, Chat
tanooga. Atlanta, and back to Washing
ton.
President Harrison did not make his
Swing around the circle until 1891 He
made more extended trip than any of
his predecessors. He left Washington by
way of the Chesapeake and Ohio road to
Cincinnati. thence to Indianapolis, ST
Louis and Topeka, Kansas, where he at
tended the State fair and an army re-
union. From Topeka he travelled south
west to Southern California thence I'D
the Pacific coast, stopping several days at
San Francisco, thence to Portland Ore
He began the return journey on the
Northern Pacific railroad through Wash
ington, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho. the
Dakotas and into Minnesota. He stopped
several days in Minneapolis and st. Paul
thence down through Wisconsin TO Madi-
son and Milwaukee, and on to Chicago
then returned to Washington. President
Harrison made speeches at every place
the train stopped He was busily engaged
in occupying the rear platform of his
private car. He was almost as busy
man in that location as was William j.
Bryan in the campaign of SO.
Mr.. Harrisons trip around the circle,
like those who had preceded him, was
supposed to be for the purpose of secur-
ing denomination. Andrew Johnson was
not renominated, nor was Mr.. Hayes
Mr.. Cleveland was renominated but was
defeated at the polls. Mr.. Harrison was
also renominated and he, too, was de-
feated for reelection.
President Mckinley who, it is believed,
will start upon his journey in a few
days, will take much the same route as
did Mr.. Cleyeland. He will go to Column
bus, Indianapolis st. Louis, Kansas City,
and Omaha thence up to Minneapolis,
ST. Paul, and perhaps to Duluth From
there he will come, south through Wis
consin, stopping at Madison and Milwau-
kee, and on into Chicago, where he will
attend the peace jubilee. He may go
from there south to Memphis, Birming-
ham, and Atlanta, and possibly some of
the other Southern cities He will not GO