Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-06
GOVERNOR LOCKED Up
Chief Executive Of Alaska Put
Under Quarantine as a
Smallpox Suspect.
SURGEON Koesher Tells Reason
for Action.-says He En-
forced the Law.
Secretary James Wilson Assigns
Secretary James Wilson Assigns
a Butter Expert to Cali
fornia University.

1OEU16 OulVSTS1tys
Washington, Sept. 6.-Ofticials of the
treasury department have received one
side of story telling how surgeon oil
the marine hospital service came into
collision with the governor of Alaska
and how the difference of opinion re-
suited in shutting up the governor in
one room Of the executive mansion at
Sitka as a quarantine measure. Some
weeks ago Surgeon j. w. Koesher. who
!, makes report to the treasury, discov-
cred a case of smallpox on the naval
ship Albatross at Sitka. He ordered the
commander Of the vessel to proceed at
once to Port Townsend, Washington,
but the captain resisted strongly and
der.
On Aug. l another case of smallpox
was discovered on the vessel and anoth-
er order was issued for Capt Moser to
: proceed with his vessel to Port Towns
end, but before the Albatross got under
: way Governor Brady requested Surgeon
Koesher that he be allowed to go
aboard the vessel to communicate with
Capt. Moser. The surgeon refused the
request. explaining that the law forbade
all persons to board a vessel under
quarantine.
The governor thereupon replied that
he "mast go, the law notwithstanding"
The governor went, but when he came
ashore Surgeon koesher quarantined
the governor in one room of the COVER
nor's residence for forty-eight hours.
Il did this" says the surgeon in his
report, lin order to disinfect his cloth
ing, he himself being immune, having
already suffered with the disease"
Secretary Wilson has received a re-
quest from the University of California
for an expert in butter and cheese
handling, with q view to esta blishing a
dairy department in that university
The secretary's interest in both purely
agricultural or farm schools and special
departments in regular schools along
this line is we'll known, and as soon as
he receives an invitation to attend d
commencement or exercise or deliver an
address before one OF these schools he
tries to arrange other matters in such a
manner as to permit it's acceptance. In
response to the request from the Uni
versity Of California, Secretary Wilson
had Mr.. w. E. Griffith one Of the ex-
perts Of the dairy division, assigned to
the work, and the course Of instruction
will begin with the opening of the fal,
session.
Secretary Hitchcock has justified the
lease by the Ute chiefs of a part of their
reservation in the southwest corner of
ha OF 10 Ia r0lo ,Jr-H
Association. This land comprises the
famous Mesa Verde, a table land twen-
ty miles long and eight miles WIDE and
having upon it three or four hundred
cliff dwellings, including the noted cliff
Palace" the bourne Of many scientist
and seeker after the curious. This land
being included in the Ute reservation,
prevented the state or national govern
ments from renting it, hence the lease
from the Ute chiefs, The object of the
association is to preserve these famous
ruins. which are at present but little
protected and suffering daily depreda-
tons from curiosity seekers. A toll road
leading to the dwellings will be opened
and the toll will be used toward paying
the rent of the land. Such protection
viii be given the cliff dwellings as will
stop the tnroads Of weathering.
The cliff villages Of this part of the
United States are said by scientists t.
be the finest examples of the homes Of
this curious people to be found in tn.
world today.
Orders have been issued by the wal
department for the return to the United
States Of the Eighteenth and Twenty
third regiments Of regular infantry ant
Eine companies OF the seacoast artiller!
DOW in the Philippines. The transpor
Buford will sail from Manila for New
York on Sept. 10 with the Twenty -thirt
snd the Fitzpatrick will leave on tn
game date for San francisco with tn
Eighteenth. The Fitzpatrick will return
to Manila Immediately to bring bac
the nine companies of coast artillery
The vessel will land them at New York
Figures prepared in the war depart
nisnt show that since the last of tn
volunteers were withdrawn from tn
Philippines there were left in the archi
pelaso 1867 officers and 49,13s men of tn
regular establishment. Since then sew
enty-stx officers and 2.221 men have re
turned, leaving 1,491 officers and 1851
men. When the Eighteenth, Twenty
third and the coast artillery depart Their
will remain in the Philippines about 43
600 troops, or 300 more than Gen. Mac
Arthur said were necessary to maintai
order.
1t has been decided by the treasur
department that parcels post package
from Germany addressed to persons re
siding in certain cities other than Ne
York may be forwarded by the posts
authorities at New York without exam
iantion or appraisement to Bostol
Philadelphia, Chicago and ST. Loui
The postmaster general has notified tt
department that the postoffices in thos
cities, are authorized to change mai
direct with Germany and that the Gel
man Office has been requested to eau:
parcels to those cities to be placed
separate sacks. The treasury depar
ment has in contemplation the extensie
OF this service to Cleveland, Detroi
Milwaukee, Cincinnati. New OrleaI
and San francisco. but 1t will be nece
sary to arrange certain details to tn
end with the German government.