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check its ravages. But with scornful disre-
gard of the plans formed to conquer 1t, the
dread disease went on exactins Its daily toll
81 aan t Scores fe before 1t and in
i Ing that many people sought safety in flight.
Ths papers n, Of that time tell Of the terror felt
faced the destroyer fearlessly. but there was
little that they could do.
Strangely enough. the drinking places were
crowded day and night and the excessive in
diligence in intoxicants caused the authorities
almost as much trouble the plague itself.
Oh newspapers say that men drank as a means
around them and thatit was among this class
OF residents that the epidemic reaped its rich
est harvest.
The scourge was at its height when Mayor
Van Ness proposed the closing of every bar
room door. The council promptly adopted the
suggestion and after conference with Ator-
in the District be closed for a period of ninety
days: The matter was then turned over to
the board Of health witt. instructions to see
board went to work with will and for three ee
months not a licensed dealer in Washington
opened his doors for business Now and then
an Illicit vender was caught, but. the punish
ment imposed was so severe that the l,azar,l
was considered too great and secret sales
caused but little annoyance.
One of the facts which this letter
calls to mind is that Gen.. Van Ness
was mayor Of the city at the time
" AAaA SAo NCdtllS Hc HAVING Deen
first elected mayor in 1880 and re-
elected in 1881, 1882 and 1888.
The Rambler recalls that in Decem-
Der, 1902, The Star published a long
interview with w. H. Frazier, born in
Washington in 1927, and at the time
of the interview .scventy-fve years
old. In talking to the reporter he
said: my first recollections of Wash
ington begin in 1882, the year of, the
cholera endemic. So many persons
died that the dead carts were driven
around the streets and avenues every
morning. The drivers blew horns and
called out Bring out the dead All
the phases of human nature developed
by great disasters We're exemplified
here. l was very small boy, but the
dead cart incidents are the most
vivid In my memory"
In the anniversary grafton delivered
before the Medical Society Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia. September 26, 1856,
by DIR. J. NJ. Toner, he said: "Ths
cholera epidemic of 1882 developed
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dwelt on the social status of the
Burnes family and came to the con-
clusion that 1t was on Il parity OF
worth with the other pioneer families
In this region. n
Concerning the girlhood Of Marcia
Burnes there have been many stories.
One Is that she was educated in Eu-
rope and mixed In the royal set over
there. That is not the fact. Another
story has it that she had very little
schooling and was an unpublished
young woman at the time Of her mar
riage to Gen. Van Ness. Neither Is
that the fact. Rev. william fIawley.
rector of st. Johns Episcopal Church,
in his discourse at Marcias funeral,
said that when she was "A girl she
was sent to Baltimore and was cdu-
Gated by private tutors. with the
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death of Mrs. Burncs. The notice,
which was published in the National
1ntelligenccr February 2, 1907. gives
the lady's Christian name but not her
maiden surname. which would be n
clue OF great value to any one inter-
csted In the family Of Marcia Burmese
Van Ness Tho notice in the Intelli-
gencer follows:
tembcry. Mrs. Anne Rurnes. widow Of the late
David Hurnes. esd, In this city. aged sixty.
seven years. On Thursday evening her re.
mains. attended by u number Of her relatives
md friends. were deposited In tho family
graveyard, about five miles from this place.
The charitable and benevolent virtues OF
this lady were well known and highly esteem.
el by all who were acUuuih with her. She
suffered q long and painful Illness, but IN her
greatest agony and distress she WIS not un.
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years stood on the northeast corner of
14th and F streets. The attending
physicians at the Central Hospital
were Drs. A. Med. Davis, Il. r. Miller,
James Waring. 3. Miller and Joseph
sicians were Drs. Henry Hunt, N. r.
Causin and Thomas Sewall.
s. *
The Eastern Hospital was on the
west side of 14th street between X
street and Georgia avenue southeast.
The attending physicians We're Drs.
Noble Young, I. j. Boyd and r. T..
Barry, and the consulting physicians
Drs Frederick May and Alexander
McWilliams. The cholera hospital in
Georgetown was on the west side of
High street between Bridge and Wa
ter streets and the physicians in
charge were Drs. Charles II. Lamb, N.
w. Worthington. i. S. Bohrer and
Joshua Riley. The total number of
deaths from cholera during the epi-
demic was placed at 459. In this con-
nection 1t is interesting to note that
in 1898 an epidemic of bilious, dysen-
terry and yellow fever carried of
more than 800 of the Inhabitants of
Alexandria, but seems not to have
spread to the Maryland, portion of the
District of Columbia. Smallpox was
prevalent in Washington in 1928, 1893,
the year after the cholera epidemic,
and again in 1916.
To return to the main theme of
Marcia Van Ness. there Is not only
considerable obscurity concerning her
antecedents, but also concerning the
religious faith of her family and her
youth. The Burnes family was living
on the soil of the District of Column
bia long before the American revolu-
tion. How long they had been living
in Maryland or with what Maryland
families they were related by mar
riage are two parts of the story on
which the Rambler has so far OBJ
tainod few facts. Those facts are in
the old records of Maryland, but no.
body seems yet to have searched
them with the plan Of developing the
history of. the Burnes family. In the
first story of this series the Rambler
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Depths of Depravity.

REPRESENTATIVE PARK. TRAM.
nell Of Florida said the other
day:
THE Germans can't open their
mouths without revealing unimagtn.
able depths of depravity. Whenever
l read German statesman's speech I
think Of old Aunt Sukey.
Nah old man. said Amt suLoy
NAH old man am dot fond o. chieEen
aat IL ne couldn't git II no other wav
hed-hyah, hyah, hyah.-ho'd bu3
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daughters of Luther Martin, one of
the most distinguished lawyers of
Maryland. She formed part of that
great mans family and must have
mingled with the best people in Balti-
more. Mr.. Hawley said:
I'm early life she was distinguished
for great sprightliness of mind and
amiableness Of disposition, which sell
dom or never failed of winning the
affections and securing the esteem Of
all her acquaintances. The sedateness
of her manners gave dignity to her
department and the genuine piety Of
her heart, as was exemplified more ex-
among the first In society In the es-
timation Of all who knew her inti-
mately or enjoyed the pleasure of her
acquaintance. After she became the
mother of her only child she realized
all the duties and responsibilities of a
parent toward the living charge COM
mitted to her hands, and to her God,
and 1t was her peculiar delight in
teaching the young idea how to
shoot to direct. it's juvenile thoughts
to the great Parent Of all. and thus
train up the object of her affection
for happy Immortality"
*.
In. the Colupbia Historical society's
archives is paper which sets the
Burnes family down as Catholics.
Many Of the. landed proprietors in this
locality were of the Catholic faith. In
fact, nearly all of them were, but that
David Burnes was Catholic seems
doubtful. His daughter married an
Episcopalian, for that was the faith
of Gen. Van Ness. Lying before tho
Rambler is a letter from q kinsman of
Gen. Van Ness. in which he says: 1.-THE
portrait. unsigned, I think. which I
have Of Mrs. Van Ness, was painted as
a gift to her friend. the rector Of the
church she attended. old st. Johns,
of which Gen. Van Ness was the first
warden"
Marcia's mother died in the Episco-
pal faith, and a few evenings ago the
Rambler came upon the notice of the
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Marcia Burnes and Cholera Epidemic of 1882

HIS is the fourth of a series of
narratives on David Burnes,
original proprietor of the
site Of the principal section of
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
POOLE LEAVES MOSCOW :.
AND REACHES FINLAND
tBy the Assoc,aeed Press)

Washington, Sept. 24.-United
States Consul General Poole has. ar.
rived at Helsingfcfs from MOSCOW
and is due in Stockholm tomorrow.
News that Consul General Poole
had crossed the Finnish border safe
ly was received in a message from
Helsingfors dated September 21.
Upon it's receipt Secretary Lansing
disclosed that week ago he ordered
Mr.. Poole, the last of the American
officials remaining.at the bolsheviki
capital, to leave. @ .4.
The message did not give any in
formation concerning the British
and French consuls who were de.
tanned by. the bolsheviki and to aid
whom Mr.. Poole insisted upon re.
naming in Moscow
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
GETTING LAND
INFORMATION

The Federal government is con-
templating some means by which re-
turning soldiers may be able to get
land after the war. Secretary Lane
has asked for information OF land in
various western states held BY nom
lresidenta. supposed to be land that
is not under cultivation as we'll n
land that H.. s:5
Governor Frazier has written
County Treasurer Koth for informa-
Ition as to the amount Of land In this
county held by non-reside Tents and
Treasurer Koth is making an esti-
mate 81. the amount of such Land,
which viii .reach i abssut 100000
acres. sssa MS;
The state of1cials afs also esti-
mating; the amo1 sof aand hald by
various I 81, & i n states 5instis foI he
further iniorna tion ssal
lgovernmsnt. whose n pIiI hil M
matter baye not 1T MI 4 1 g
etded uponso aaneqneS = 4 M sIIs5, ssf
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PHYSICIANS STATE
GERMAN MORALE
IS NOT WEAKENING
fzS -, - 80 - - ~ - -
tBy the ASSOCIATED Press,

American Headquarters in France,
Sept. Concrete information OBJ
tained from thousands Of prisoners
captured BY the Americans in recent
opera ationg -doess not, indicate any ap-
preciable breakdown of German
morale, according to examining ply
sicians. It is true that individuals
occasionally say they are glad to be
captured >andathat they ageStired Of
nghting, hunSry and 6ly treated.
Int ofsicers point out that the same
bSpossibly true Of some allied prison
err taken BY the Germans after sever
al DAYS q hon ~ @
Itsie Axpected that d man'ssmoraie
Is naturally At the lowest ebbsat the
moment of capture and IL isS:usualiy
shaken 81 fightinE, exposure,s fatigue
and possibly lack ofsfood. At such
.tines men are likely, to say things
which they retract after nourishment.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
7 yT1-ESS. ~ '-''.'"' ''' =
HOLY LAND Is - y. !
NEARLY FREED
OF THE TURKS

London Sept. 23.-Seizure by the
British of the crossing of the Jordan
at Jiered-Damear on Sunday morning
shut the last avenue for escape Of
the Turks west of the Jordan.
Reports from Palestine received
this afternoon indicated that none Of
the Turkish forces, which include
at least 10000 men trapped by the
British through the severing of the
last passages of the Jordan, can pos
sibly escape. -
Virtually the entire Turkish force
is accounted for in killed, wounded
and prisoners. Hundreds of strag-
glers are being found wandering
around the country aimless1y without
leader or purpose.
The Turks had seven divisions
south of Nazareth and west of the
Jordan, but the exact total cannot be
determined owing to the weakness of
some of the Turkish regiments, the
total Of the different units varying.
The cleanup affected by General
Allenby, which is pointed out here as
the quickest and most complete of
the entire war, is counted as having
defeated the Turks of Palestine. In
addition, besides affecting the, per-
sonnel of their armies, the defeat has
cost them an immense amount. of war
material.
So far as ii known, the Turks on
this front had only four airplanes and
these four have been captured.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
|ALLENBY. NJ ! OPPOSE I s. ).
HUNDRED THOUSAND.
TURKISH TROOPS
With Smaller Army Than He
Formerly Had, British Cen
eral Cleans Up Large Part Of
Holy Land German Staff
Escapes.
(By the Associated Press)

London, Sept. 24.-General AL
lenby's remarkable success in Pales-
tine was achieved against a total en-
emy strength of 100000 Turks, ac-
cording to an unofficial report re-
ceived in London. Figures as to the
number of men in the Turkish forces
in the Holy Land have hitherto re-
ferred merely to rife troops. The
Turkish held positions of exception
al strength with three lines of we'll
dug trenches and abundant artillery
and machine gun protection.
The Turks were completely sur
prised according to news from Pales-
tine. The mobility of the allied fore
es and the boldness of General Allen
by's plan Of hitting at the strongest
point Of the Turkish defenses added
to the success. The rush of British
cavalry added to the enemy's dis
comf1ture.
The Turkish reserves consisted of
men recently arrived from the Cau-
casians.
Field Marshal Liman Won Sanders,
commander of the Turkish forces,
and his staff escaped capture by only
six hours.
II Not. the least remarkable feature
of General Allenby's success lies in
the reorganization he effected in his
forces since the German offensive on
the western front last March neces-
STATED the withdrawal to France of
| part of his army.
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HISSERAND AND
l,rts.ss:'s l,,uts.'ss' sos,:s,' : PLEDGE
TO FIGHT THROUGH
tBy tn. Associated Press,

Washington, Sept. 24.-Ambassa-
dor Jusserand of France, in present
ing to the senate today on behalf of
his government two handsome vases
in appreciation of the reception given
by that body by Former Premier
Viviani and Marshal Joffre when
they came to welcome Americans to
the ranks of the defenders of liberty,
said the nations fighting Germany
now feel that they are moving
toward the evening of Der Tag"
when the Germans power for evil
will have been crushed.
Although now "babbling of peace"
the enemy will understand no argu-
ment except that of force, and since
they want it ''it is understood the
Allies and associates will use no
other"
In accepting the vases for the SEN
ate, Vice-President, Marshall assured
Ambassador Jusserand of the devo-
ton of America to France and of it's
determination "to fight until justice
wipes away all their tears and fears
and avenges, though it cannot oblit-
crate all the scars of their wrongs" :"
The vases came from the national
manufactures at Sevres near Paris
and stand about six feet high. Crit
les pronounced them to be from an
artistic standpoint practically per-
feet and to be wonderful examples
of the famous manufactures. SINH
lar vases also have been given by
France to the house and the day soon
will be set aside for their formal ac-
ceptance.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
FOR EMERGENCY FLEET.
tBy tho Associated Press,

Washington, Sept. 24.-Thirteen
ships of all types of 55, 900 tons dead
weight were completed and delivered
to the emergency feet corporation
during the week ending September
20. The figures made public today
show there were six steel ships OF
81, 400 tons capacity and seven wood
and composite ships aggregating a.
500 dead weight tons.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
BUlIGl;AK|S.' II THOUGHT !; !
J. They / WE;RESECURE !
IN Y Wild REGION
With Great Natural Barriers,
the Bulgarian Army Paid
Little Heed to " Work = Of
Allies. !.
tBy the associated Press)

Paris, Sept. 25.-Preparations fol
the present great operations in Mace.
donia began in August, telegraphs q
correspondent of the Petit Parisiene
on the Saloniki front. Various cir.
|cumstances prevented the allied com.
mander from beginning his offensive
earlier and quick work was impera-
tive, for thought the summer heat
fingered along the coast, the winter
is often early and severe in the high
mountain regions.
The sector chosen for the attack
lacked communications except for
goat, paths. which were impractical
for the artillery. A road was laid
out from Dojne to Polar and Greves-
ia and Serbian engineers set to work
vigorously long before the French
troops who had been assigned the
task Of piercing the Bulgarians' line
were in position.
The mountainous region from Dob
70 Ponje to Koziak. the correspond
5ent says, is wild and covered with
brush wood and interspersed with
deep ravines and chasms. The Bull
garsl thought themselves SO safe
from the enemy by reason of these
natural difficulties that they did not
interfere with the allied preliminary
uynrIr.and nonfontod thouao1uoa NTH
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
ireland PASSES
AWAY ant ST. PAUL
AT EARLY HOUR
tBy tns associated Press,

st. Paul, Sept. 25.After an i'll.
ness of oveI q year, Most Reverend
John Ireland, Roman Catholic arch.
bishop of st. Paul. died at -3.35 this
morning in his home on Summit av-
.enue. n. IA n.
Death came quietly. A score OF
prominent church clergyment were
at the bedside Of the 80-year prelate,
who for many years was vigorous
and commanding figure in religious
and civil departments Of the north:
west. Heart disease and stomach
trouble caused his death. s.
For three days Archbishop Ire.
lands physicians kept their patient
alive by using oxygen. Three times
he rallied from seemingly fatal sink
ing spells. Wholly unconscious, his
pulse grew weaker and weaker.
In the darkened room where
priests and nuns softly chanted pray.
sers for the dying. where candles flick
cred near the bedside, the end came
without.a perceptible sign. One OF
the doctors said that the archbishop's
death wass the most peaceable death
ever witnessed.
y Members of the archbishop's
household II declared this forenoon
that arrangements for the funeral
ixonld not BE- complete until word
.was received from number Of
church dignitaries Who attended the
funeral sof Cardinal sJohn N. Farley
In New York yesterda
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
Troops Brought Up
,.:. During Last Night

It was only during the night pre-
ceding the attack that the
assaulting TROOPS were brought
up. promptly at 5 o'clock .on
the morning of Sept. IA the
ARTILLERY opened with such vigor
as to surprise the enemy Bulgarians,
who were not aware that heavy guns
were facing them. The brush wood
was soon afire and columns of yell
lowish smoke began to ascend from
the hill side, while the great valleys
|resounded to the roar OF guns The
artillery preparation lasted all day:
The Bulgarians tried to reply with
1855 but did little horn.
On September l5 at In the morn
ing, the allied creeping barrage fire
began and the French colonials went
over the top. They rushed the en-
envy trenches with bomb and bayo-
net. senegalese troops captured the
first line and 800 demoraHEed pris-
oners in q few minut les. They took
the second line except t<for one trench
which was crammed with machine
guns. "a company of senegalese
troops bombed this trench in the rear
and It also fell. III.
4 The Bulgarians began to pull
themselves together and offer stub
born resistance i and ,evAn attempted
to drive the Allies back over their
original lines. but allied reinforce.
ments were thrown IL quickly The
bulgarian picked troops fought des-
perately, giving ground inch by inch.
AT s O'Clock this afternoon the al
lied success was complete. Their
loss, mott withstanding the stubborn
resistance ofs the. Bull garians. was
light. I.
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THOUGH MUCH RETARDED
GENERAL ALLIED ADVANCE !.
PROVES SATISFACTORY
LATE DEPA ATCH
GIVES | ] 10000
TURKS III TAKEN
(By tho Assoc,ated d Press)

London, Sept. More than 49,
600 prisoners and 265 gums haye
been taken by the British in the Of
fensive in Palestine, 1t Is officially
announced this afternoon.
British forces operating east of the
Jordan apparently are in . favorable
position to cut on the Turks retreat-
ing north along the Hedjas railway.
The British are now approaching
Amman on that railway.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
Capture Enemy Stores.

Loadon, Sept. Is ltast ot tl,a' tl,s'
vardar river IN Macedo donias the Ger.
mans and 4 Bulgarfaris ares failing
back On Veles, Is miles soutl,east
sof Uskub sceordi Ing to 4 Serbian on s
scial Annopnc received here.
AloAg the rilsp- 0randsko the
serbiansS havsg "a tktsfen guns s','
aud 81 great ynumbeA6 aaAhn1 1dhition
VA wagons md otiisr M terial:. 4;
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CONFERENCE BE GINS.

Berne, Sept. 24.The American
German war prisoner conference be-
gan yesterday under the presidency
of Paul Dinichert, Swiss plenipoten-
tiary. The conference was opened
by President Calender Of switxer-
land.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
Have ed
Eaenyl ''I|l|s!sps!

Apparently the Allies In Macedonia
have completed the splitting apart OF
the German-Bulsarian forces east and
west Of the vardar. The serbians
are pushing northward along the
river toward veles, which, the enemy
apparently win not be able to hold.
as other allied forces are marching
northward In that direction from Pri-
lep.
Standing on the heights along the
Bulgarian frontier east ofsthe Var
dar south OF Demirkapu pass. the
BulgartansF are offering stiff resist
ance 10 allied attempts to advance.
North Of the pass the enemy is re-
tiring on veles and It would appear
that this group is cut on from the
comrades further south. thus split
ting the enemy force in two. The
BulgarianA nghting on the frontier
west Of the yardar river are those
who s!Aed before the French, Greek
ana british around Lake Doiran.
3 ~ Z. ~ II =
ss Fsw details Of the situation in
Palestine as It has developed in the
last couple cfsdays have been report
ed. Only brTsf, formal. oficial state-
ments tell Of the capture Of Ancre and
Haifa and the further advance OF
General Allenby's victorious men.
It appears however that Turkish fore
60 which succeeded n reaching the
eastern hank of the Jord dan are iso-
lated and II imminent danger Of be
Ing captured. dispatch sent from
Napulus on Mondsy by 9 British cor
respondent says that st wo Turkish
armies have been destroyed. :ss' :.ss
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1918-09-26
ST Quentin Area Decreasing ING
IN Size, With Resistance R a =
!. More Stiff; /; Bulgarians Gath.
I er For Boundary Defense
/ ADenby Pushing On.
tBy the Associated Press,

,,-. :.
In the encircling Of st. Quen-
tin and in driving the Germans
and Bulgarians northward in
Macedonia. the allied armies are
making further progress against
increased enemy resistance.
Northwest Of st. Quentin the
British have followed up the al
lied success of yesterday in
which the British and French
made further gains toward the
town. from the west and are
pushing in the direction Of the
northwestern suburbs. Heavy
fighting is taking place in the
region of Gricourt, less than
three miles north orthWest and
Selency, two and one-half miles
northwest. The British are de
vancings despite count ter-atttaeks
by the Germans, who were re-
pulsed with severe losses.
On the French sector to the south
only the artillery has been active.
4 Between the Ailette and the Aishe
the French are attacking the Ger
mans in the Important territory
about Noisy farm at the western
end of4 the sehenin dsss Danes: 81