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PITTSBURG, MONDAY; SEPTEMBER 12. 1892.
THREE CENTS.
m
CITIZENS
to
FIRE ISLAND
UPI
ARMS
Tliey Use Force and Intimida
tion to Prevent Landing
of Passengers
FEOM THE UOBMAMIA.
The Grounds in Possession
Tort Health Authorities
oW
iY?
WHOGDAED THE1I DAY AND NIGHT
Tillagsra Try to Burn the Hotel and Cut
the Helegrapb. Lines.
Police Called Prom New York to Pro
tect the Place Three New Cases
and Two Deaths on Board the Scan
dia Cholera Stamped Out in All
Other Vessels at Quarantine The
Cepheus, Sent With Normannla Pas
sengers to Fire Island, Turned Back
A Pilot Intimidated The Plague
Growing Worse in Hamburg A Con
flict of Authority at Detroit Colon
Quarantines Against European Ports,
and Bequires Clean Bills of Health
From New York.
IFrECTAI. TELEGEAil TO TDK DISPATCH.1
New Yobk, Sept IL The epidemic of
cholera among the ships lying in the Lower
Bay is now practically confined to the Scan
dia. Three more cholera patients were re
moved from her steerage to Swinburne
Island to-day, and a child died on board
early this morning of cholera after an Ill
ness of only three hours. An infant in arms
also died aboard early this morning of sum
mer complaint
On the other ships Dr. Byron's inspection
showed that no new cases of cbolera had de
veloped. On Hoflrnan Island, where both
the Normannia's and the Eugia's steerage
passengers are now housed, every immi
grant was reported welL This is the cholera
record to-date:
rise of the islaod. Supervisor Young and
Dr. Baker declared it would ruin property
and industries and endanger the health of
the adjoining communities, and asserted
that the local Board of Jurisdiction was
paramount to the State Board, and would
resist any attempt to land passengers.
At the time of sending of this dispatch
affairs are assuming a serious aspect at Fire
Island. Although only 7:30 o'clock in the
evening, this w ill very likely be the last
wOrd sent to-night, as it has transpired that
the sympathizers with the local Board of
Health have been considering the feasi
bility of cutting oft all telegraphic commu
nication between Fire Island and the city.
The men from Islip and other points on
the main shore appear to have decided to
dety Governor Flower and the instructions
of the State Board of Health. There is a
spirit of utter lawlessness among the local
authorities. As it grew dark, men who had
been concealed in the shadows of outbuild
ings began to move about more freely, as if
they were certain of concealing their
identity , v . -" - .
Fire Island In a SVfOO of Slecr.
Pickets were posted, and a regular system
of signals was arranged. There was no
telling the exact number of men thus
engaged on the island, but there certainly
could not heve been fewer than 60, and
there may have been double that number.
A taste of the temper of these men had
already been afforded President Wilson
and his associates. A search being deemed
advisable, piles of Inflammable material
had been found heaped up against both ends
of the ramshackle hotel, wnich, if lighted,
would have destroyed the building in a very
short time, for, being old and dry, it would
burn like tinder. When the machina
tions of the enemy were fully understood,
Mr. Wilson promptly divided his associates
of the Health Department and the news
paper men into watches of six men each,
who should patrol the building throughout
the night, each watch doing dnty three
hours at a stretch. Even President Wilson
stood his turn, and when this arrangement
was effected all hands felt more secure.
The first news of the Cepheus had been
received a little after 5 o'clock in the after
noon, when a dispatch came to hand saying
the iron steamboat was off Point Lookout
with 2G7 cabin passengers on board.
A Pilot Utterly Intimidated.
This was a great surprise and annoyance
to Mr. Wilson, who had sent special orders
to have the Cepheus arrive at Fire Island as
near noon as possible and in no event to
leave Quarantine later than the noon hour.
Mr. Wilson had already arranged with
Captain Charles Wicks, ot the Fire Island
Life Saving Station, to pilot the Cepheus
across the bar. At first Captain Wicks had
demurred and had finally told Ur. Wilson
irankly that Superintendent Arthur
Dominyhad threatened him with the loss of
his place if he brought the steamboat in.
t Mr. Wilson then promised him a place
fortifications at Sandy Hook have given up
work and returned home on account of the
proximity of the cholera barracks. It was
reported hero that Lieutenant Warner, in
charge of the Government works, had re
signed. BERLIN STILL NERVOUS.
At
Steamship. Sea.
Moravia 22
Normannla.... 5
Jtucla 4
Wyoming . 0
Scandia 22
In Total Total
rort. Deaths. Sick. Cases.
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9
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3
C3 21
23
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3
54
25
J7
3
X
25
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43
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which would pay him $1,200 a year in case
lf 1ftf thf. S-Oftft nncittnn life nlar1vr lmtrl
..V .W-. UV fcWW
The only cholera victim to-day was Theo
dore Olsen, 3 years old, steerage passenger
on the Standia. He was taken suddenly ill
at 3 o'clock in the morning and died at C
o'clock before arrangements could be made
for his removal from the ship.
Mazinia Burse, a nursing child, also died
in the morning of summer complaint The
three taken sick during the day and re
moved to Swinburne Island were: Marie
Janowitz, 2'a' years old, sent to the island
accompanied by her mother; a "suspect,"
Anna Olhsen, 8 years old; Malke Mirske,
13 years old.
FIRE ISLAND UNDER ARMS.
The Friplitoned Local Authorities Deter
mined to Use Torce to Prevent Occu
pation as a TeBt Hospital New Tork
Polica Summoned The liulldlng
Gnarded Telegnph Lines to Bo Co.'.
Scnp Hotel, Fire Island, X, Y.,
Sept 11. There has been more excitement
in the last 12 hours at Fire Island than dur
ing the whole summer season. The sale of tho
place to the State for quarantine purposes
has created a great hubbub among the peo
ple of the towns of Islip and Babylon, who
predict all kinds of dire calamities as the
result of landing passengers from vessels in
fected with cholera upon the beach.
Last night, after the news wa3 received
that Governor Flower had gi en orders to
buy the island, the Board of Health of
Islip, in which Fire Island is, called a mass
meeting to protest against the landing of
passengers at any place within the town's
jurisdiction. Suffolk Hall, where the
meeting was held, was crowded when Super
visor W. II. Yonng, the President of the
Board of Health, called it to order.
Speeches were made by many prominent
residents, who denounced the proposed use
of the island, predicting great injury to the
property and the ruin of the oyster and fish
industries of the Great South Bay.
A Committee of I'rotent Appointed.
A committee constituting a Board of
Health was appointed to go to Fire Island
with 20 deputy constables to protest against
the use of the island for quarantine pur
poses and resist the landing ot passengers.
They left in sail boats late at night, arriv
ing mere in the morning.
The deputies were placed on guard, when
President Charles G. Wilson and Dr.. Cyrus
Edson, of the New York Board of Health,
who had come to Babylon by a special train,
arrived in a sailboat at 3 o'clock in the
morning. They were quickly surrounded
by the deputies, who made all kinds of
threats against D. S. S. Sammis, owner of
Fire Island lor selling it
President Wilson informed Mr. Sammis
that Governor Flower had authorized the
purchase for 210,000, and that he had a
certified check for 550,000 to pay as soon as
the papers were signed. Mr. Sammis then
turned it over to President Wilson, as the
representative of Health Officer Jenkins,
all the guests and most of the servants
having left yesterday afternoon.
When President Wilson appeared about
10 o'clock this morning after breakfast, the
Local Board of Health and 100 others from
the mainland, the crowd mostly of boys
and men, made demonstrations against the
State, Mr. Sammis and everybody con
cerned. Coroner W. H. Moore, of Bay
Shore, harangued them.
The sanation Kxp'alnrd to Them.
At 11 o'clock President Wilson met the
Board of Health, explained all the circum-
position he aireadv held
lor bringing the Cepheus over the bar.
Wicks agreed to this, but when the Cepheus
appeared off the bar at 6:45 he bad not
turned up.
When it was quite dark he appeared and
said it w as impossible for him to bring in
the Cepheus or-even to go out and explain
the situation. Iu spite of his protestations,
it was eUdent that Captain Wicks had
been intimidated. An hour later word
came from i ire Island observatory, saying
that the Cepheus' lights were disappear
ing and that she had evidently put back to
il ard N&w Ynrlr.
' I Meanwhile the watchers concealed in the
I shadows about the hotel kept up their vig-
I ilance. while Mr. Wilson, niter irndino n-
-.nl- 4. v t- T-r- :i 1: .
fjcma tu a-icw xur& jur pcciui policemen 10
be sent down on an extra train, had the fire
buckets placed at handy points on the
.piazzas and the water arranged, lor the
night was begun.
DR. JENKINS' REPORT.
He Telegraphs Governor Flower Abont
the Purchase or Fire Island on the
Dispatch Thither of Normmnla Pas
sengers A Gratlfylnc Review at Quar
lntlne. New York, Sept 11 Dr. Jenkins has
been as active as usual to-day, going the
rounds of the steamers at the anchorage.
In addition to his regular rounds he took
passage in the Cepheus and proceeded to the
Normannia to superintend the transfer of
her passengers to Fire Island. He returned
late in the afternoon on Ed Stokes' yaoht
Fra Diavola, and soon afterward sent the
following telegram to Governor Flower in
explanation of his movements:
Have possession of File Island and havo
transferred flsst nnd second cabin passen
gers of Norraania. I placed them on board
of tho iron steamer Cepheus at 3 30 this af
ternoon. Tliey are now on their wav to Firo
Island. Iam-waltlng telegram announcing
their arrival. I will keep you informed of
my actions.
1 n HI be pleased to hear nnd act upon any
suggestions you may make to have matters
In control, nnd believe that they will be suc
cessful In keeping ont the disease. We have
been successful In stopping It on the Alor
avia and checkins it on tho Kugla and Noi
mannio. The Scanrtiais beinj disinfected
and thenevr cases removed as fast as tliey
develop
At fire Island I have placed a compotent
hotel man In chareo of the Surr Hotel and a
competent physician to inspect nnd look
nfter the passengers. I have also appointed
S5 special police to patio! Fire Island. The
committee trom the Chamber of Commerce
waited upon me this afternoon with a con
suiting board of phvsicans appointed bv
iiiem. na said that Camp Low, at Sandy
Hook Spits, will he proffered to mo as soon
as complete for the leceptlon of well people.
I shall also request and act upon any sug
gestions by the Medical Consulting Commit
tee appointed by the Chamber of Commerce.
Y. T. Jeskiss, Health Officer.
STILL ANOTHER CONFLICT.
The Detroit and State Authorities Can't
Agree on th Quarantine.
Detkoit, Sept 11 Fifty or 60 immi
grants, who arrived at Windsor, Ont,
to-day over the Canadian Pacific Kailroad
from Quebec, are held there to await the
decision of the Detroit health officials as
to whether they can enter this city. Cer
tificates were furnished fhm n-
ment Inspector Mulheron has. decided to
have them held at Windsor pending a con
ference with the citv health authorities to
morrow. The 60 immigrants who were
stopped at the hordpr v.irio ;(, ...,,
been released from quarantine bv the de
cision of Dr. Frank Wells, of 'the State
Board of Health. He savs the quarantine
restrictions apply only.to those immigrants
entering America by a Canadian port
These immigrants came through New York
harbor.
This release brings the State and Local
Boards into conflict Health Officer Duf
field says that under no consideration can
these Immigrants pass the river except by
iS" -vv."-" -" -Liucai uoara ot wealth.
The Local Board was supreme authority
and the State Board could at test merely
recommend. The situation of the immi
grants meanwhile is pitifuL The two cars
were sidetracked on the river bank at
Walkerville, Ont. Saturday night and this
morning they awoke fairly famished.
The Record From Itauia.
St. Petersburg, Sept 1L The cholera
statistics show that 2.337 new cases of the
disease and 1.869 deaths occurred throughout
Bussia yesterday. In the city 81 cases and
30 deaths were reported.
Despite Assurances of the Government to
the Contrary tin People There Tet
Fear the Cholera The Gross Incompe
tence of nainbnrg Officials RnssU'a
Poor Sanitary Precautions.
BT CABLE TO THE DISPATCH. 1
Berlin, Sept 1L In Berlin dallies,
cbolera news still fills the space which
would otherwise be covered with discus
sions of the military bill and Conservative
Clerical cartel. Despite the reiterated as
surances of the city and national govern
ments that Berlin is safe from a cholera
epidemic, the people are nervous, for the
daily reports of the Hamburg horrors,
arouse apprehensions as fast as thejaithjv;
ties make announcements to fAVy them.
The municipal gorefnment, through the
London, Fffei'gn office, receives fall details
of the action of the London Local Govern
ment Board, and has copied not a few of
the British measures to minimize the infec
tion. Steps have been taken, also, for con
certed action on the part of all large
German cities to stop the progress of the
disease. Yesterday the City Council ap
proved the demand of the magistrates for a
credit of 300,000 marks for defraying the
cost of enforcing sanitary orders when the
people are too ignorant, too poor or too
stubborn to protect themselves.
Incompetence of Hamburg Officials.
Although no fresh indications of the in
competency and negligence of Hamburg's
officials are needed, such illustrations are
given daily. The latest case of criminal
neglect is that of a boatmen who died in the
harbor district Monday. Six hours after
his death his grandmother arrived from
Zehdenick, packed all his clothes, includ
ing the nightshirt in which he died, and
without even a pretense of disinfecting
them, carried them off to her home. She
and her daughter and her three grandchil
dren were stricken with the cholera Tues
day morning, and died Tuesday night. The
remaining members of the family sickened
Wednesday morning, and tor 48 hours lay
ill, unvisited by physician, nurse or friend,
in the same room with the four dead bodies.
On Friday they were removed to a hospital,
where they died before night
The steady decrease in .the number of
deaths since last Monday has encouraged
the people of Hamburg, and the authorities
of the city1 as well as the wealthy fugitives
along the coast have plucked up spirit to
denounce the imperial Government t plan
of interfering with the city's autonomy.
The imperial Government, however, will at
tempt this interference under the cover of
an imperial law to govern local action in
epidemics.
The Proposed New legislation.
The bill for the law which will be pre
sented before the next Beichstag will pro
vide that measures against virulent epi
demic shall emanate from a conncil repre
senting all the States of the empire, and
that absolute power for the enforcement of
these measures shall be granted to the
creating body. Hamburg will fight the bill,
but the city government has become so ut
terly discredited in the last three weeks
that it will find few allies in Parliament,
and the hill will be passed, undoubtedly, by
a strong majority.
German physicians have been astonished
this week by 'Rudalph Virehow's sanitary
system in cholera times. Virchow exam
ined the svstem durinsr his trip to and irom
the Anthropological Congress in Moscow.
He found it almost perfect' The hospitals
visited by him, he says, are supplied with
the latest sanitary appliances, the nurses
and physicians are devoted and intelligent,
and in general none of the most modern
means ot combating the plague are neg
lected. The remarkable part of these statements
is not that they contradict all accepted
notions ot Busslan administration, but that
they are at complete variance with state
ments of scores of physicians and savants
who have visited Bussia recently, and have
investigated the course of cholera there
fully as painstakingly as did Virchow.
Abuses in Itmula's Sanitary System.
Many of these men are as well qualified
to judge as is Virchow. They are unani
mous in the opinion that the worst abuses
and negligence prevail in the Bnssian sani
tary system, and cite the tremendous death
rate in Bussia during the plague as corrob
orating evidence which is plain to every
body. Startling stories are told of the venality
and gross ignorance of the sanitary officials
of Moscow and St Petersburg. Funds
voted tor disinfecting purpqaes are embez
zled by the men to whom they are entrusted
for administration; drugs, clothing and
food for the convalescent sent out from san
itary headquarters are carried off by
doctors and nurses and consumed in
their families or sold. When Cath
erine IL of Bussia once went through
her empire to ascertain the condition of the
people, Potemkin caused to be ere"cted in
advance a series of prosperous looking vil
lages, at one of which the imperial party
stopped each night He thus concealed
from his mistress the misery of her sub
jects. A similar trick is supposed to-have
been played upon Virchow. Either he saw
only the parlor wards, it is said, or he was
permitted to visit only hospitals which had
been "fixed" for his inspection. At all
events the government in this city has not
been influenced by Virehow's reports, for
the rules against the admission of Bussian
travelers over the frontier have not been
relaxed.
THE POINT'S ARTERY
A
Business Aveirao to Bo
Opened From "Water to
Thirty-Sixth Street.
THE BLOCK HOUSE PAEK
One-of the Main Features of the Pro
jected Improvement,
ORDINANCE ALREADY PREPARED.
I -
Chiof BIgeloTr Completed the ArraigeXTnts
in London.
pense in the improvement and maintenance
Of the parks. Every feature is looked after
closely, and one ean think of nothing to add
to their beauty. Iu the park in lrontcf
Napoleon's palace there are a series of
fountains which are operated at stated in
tervals, and which cost the city 12,000 for
water alone every time it is turned on. But
the enjoyment derived from the parks by
the hundreds of thousands of people who
visit them daily more than makes up for
the expense they are. It will take years
for Americans to become educated to that
idea, but it will come some day as sure as
we live. "
PEARY IS ALL RIGHT
A RELIGIOUS WAR.
MEF. SCHESLEI COMING TO PITTSBURG
CANADA EMBARRASSED
Fandy Hnojc Laborers stampede.
ATLAXTTf! HTnTTT.l -ktyo XT T C3 & i
stances of the purchase and the intended -Many men employed on 'the Government
By a Stream of Immigrants, Who Are Not
Allowed to Cross the Line.
Ottawa, Ont., Sept 11. The decision
of the Canadian railroad companies not to
accept immigrants for transportation to the
United States unless they possessed quar
antine certificates, is' likely to complicate
matters at Quebec. The companies well
know that on immigrants arriving at the
United States frontier they would simply
be thrown on the hands of the railroad
corporations.
How many are now on their way here
destined for the neighboring country is not
known precisely. Those that have means
and come to take up land in Canada can
readily be accommodated, but it is surmised
that many of the immigrants are coming
ont to friends on piepared certificates,
hence their desire will be to push through
to their destination. This class of people
may, therefore, become a serious charge on
the community unless the steamship com
panies return them to England.
THE ST0NINGT0N USELESS.
Another Disappointment In Stors for the
Normannla Passengers.
,New Xobk, Sept 11 The old frigate
New Hampshire left her dock at Hoboken
at noon to-day, and In tow of two" tugs pro
ceeded on her way to lower quarantine to
take aboard the Bugia'a first cabin passen
gers and the 2?ormannia's second cabin
passengers. The New Hampshire was quite
an pbject of interest, on account of her
large hull resembling a house to which a
stqry has been added since she left the
naval service.
The Stonington, which had been tendered
by J. Pierrepont Morgan, was carefully ex
atnined to-day by the health officers and
CmhmKcl on SitihI'age.
Chief Bigelow, of the Department of
Public Works, has returned from his trip
to Europe. Before leaving Pittsburg-, Mr.
Bigelow evolved a plan for a new 60-foot
business street, to be knows as O'Hara ave
nue, .extending from the Point to Thirty
sixth street, north of Penn avenue. The
first step was to get the street opened up as
far as Sixth street, but in order to ac
complish this the co-operation of Mrs.
Schenley, who owns nearly all the property
from Fifth street to the Point, had first to
be secured.
On his arrival in London, the Chief
called upon Mrs. Schenley. Mr. Bigelow
had with him a plan showing how the new
street could be laid out, with little damage
to property and to the great advantage of
that section of the city. The plan met Mrs.
Schenley's approval at once. She ex
pressed her willingness to contribute the
necessary ground through her property for
the street, to bear the cost ef the buildings
which it will be necessary to tear down,
and to assume her legitimate share of the
expense for the remainder of the improve
ment Speedy Action to Bo Taken.
Nothing further is necessary to complete
the scheme so far as that section is con
cerned. An ordinance providing for the
new avenue will be presented to Councils
to-day. Chief Bigelow has designated the
new thoroughfare O'Hara avenue in
memory of Mrs. Schenley's grandfather, a
recognition which she appreciates. It will
be 60 feet wide and will intersect Water
street at the Point, midway between Penn
avenue and Duquesne way. Running
thence eastwardly it will pass directly in
front of the old Block House, cutting
through buildings in its path to Sixth
street, which it will strike opposite tho
alley runniug north of the Patterson block.
At Fifth street it will give Joseph Home's
new block au excellent frontage, so that
that building will front on three wide
streets.
As arranged by Mrs. Schenley the Block
House, instead of being a historic old eye
sore, will he transformed into a thing of
beauty. Several months ago, when she in
dicated her willingness to turn the old landmark-over
to the city" and'the 'Soils and
Daughters of the Revolution,'she did not in
dicate how much ground would go with it.
Knowing Mr. Bigelow would visit her, she
waited his coming before settling the mat
ter. A Little rark at the Point.
It is now fixed that a plot 100 feet square
will surround the Block House, and that a
20-foot entrance to it will be extended to
Penn avenue. It will front on the new
O'Hara avenue.
It is Chief Bigelow's intention to alti
mately extend O'Hara avenue to Thirty
sixth street It is not expected to accom
plish this at once, but the street will be lo
cated so that no new buildings will be
erected on the ground required for it The
most expensive portion of it will be from
Sixth to Eleventh streets, where buildings
are large and property valuable. Brown's
rolling mill, on Tenth street, lies right
across tne proposed street, ijrom .Eleventh
street east to Twenty-first street there will
be comparatively little trouble in putting
the street through. Pike and Etna
streets can be widened and their lines
changed slightly up to Smallman street
The latter is 60" feet wide and extends to
Thirty-sixth street It is the intention to
change the names of these streets to O'Hara
avenue. Mrs. Schenley intends to visit the
World's Fair next year. Much of her time
during her visit will be spent in this city,
where many of her relatives reside. There
are a nnmber of projects in connectiod with
her possessions in the city now under con
sideration which she has decided to post
pone action upon until her arrival. Her
family will accompany her on the visit.
airs. Schenley Interested In PIttaburc.
"Mrs. Schenley takes a deep interest in
Pittsburg," said Mr. Bigelow last evening.
"She takes The Dispatch and other
Pittsburg papers, reads them carefully and
seems to know as much about our munici
pal affairs as many residents of the city.
When talking of the Fourth of July cele
brations at the park and the pleasure and
comfort derived by the people Irom her gift
to the city her pleasant, motherly face
beams with happiness. She asks questions
covering details of the celebration you
would not think of, and it seemed she could
not get enough information about the park.
Her interest in other affairs here is most
keen, and for a woman she displays remark
able judgment on questions now under con
sideration by the city government
"As to the proposed new street,! feel
satisfied the scheme will meet with general
approval. No time will be lost in prose
cuting it The leases of Mrs. Sehenley's
property in the district through which it
passes will all expire shortly, and nothing
will stand in the way ot the improvement
below Fifth street ' I think those inter
ested above that point will not fail to ap
preciate the importance of a street through
that overcrowded section. The possibili
ties of the new street are great, from a com
mercial point of view. Our business is
growing so rapidly that new avenues are
required at once. This street will become
one of the leading business thoroughfares
in a short time. Its location is just what
is needed and, when Mrs. Schenley begins
to develop her Point property, will become'
equally as important as Penn avenue."
What the Chief Saw In Europe.
' Turning the conversation to his European
trip, Mr. Bigelow said: "Paris and Lon
don are beautllul, clean, well kept cities,
and have many beautiful buildings, but I
'came away from them satisfied that neither
of them no, nor both put together can
equal New Tork for beauty, cleanliness or
the number of large and handsome build
ings. In the matter of parks and botanical
gardens they exeel ns in artificial beauty,
but in natural beauty our parka are pret
tiest, and can be made to excel theirs with
some trouble. The Eew Gardens in Lon
don are a grand lesson in floriculture. I
learned much that will be of great value to
me in the development of ojr parks and
conservatories there, as well as in the parks
at Paris.
"One thing noticeable at both London
and Paris is the apparent disregard for ex-
Mexican Troops Twice Dsfeated by a Sect
ot Indians They Are Led by a Female
Faint A Spark That May Kindle a Con
fl icrntlon. (
El Paso, Tex, Sept 11. About a year
ago a female saint arose at Tomasache, in
the State of Sonora. She' aimed to be a re
former, and charged that from priest to
Pope the churchmen were corrupt and
v jailed to discharge their duty. During the
winter tf Jjriest preached against her. This
so excited fnt,eople that he would have
been killed had it rfc-,? 2en for lhe GoTern
ment's interference. The Indians defied the
troops and several were placed i? Ja .,,,
After this 33 Indians formed S? military
organization, and started on a pilerinn3e to
visit their saint near Alamos, near Sonora.
They were met by a body of Government
troops, and au encounter resulted, in which
five troopers were killed, including Cap
tain Enrique. The pilgrims then pro
ceeded to the Banche Cobora. The saint
not appearing, they wept in their sorrow
like children.
Upon their leaving they took away every
thing they supposed to be the property of
the saint of relic, and returned to Tomasache.
About this time a political party was organ
ized under the leadership of Cruz Chuvez, a
brave and brilliant young man. General
Banjel, with the Eleventh Battalion of In
fantry, marched againBt them. Arriving at
'j.omasache,tbe foot ot the Sierra Madra, the
troops were pressed by the rebels, and sev
eral were killed and the entire staff made
prisoners. The battalion was dispersed
with heavy losses. The latest reports say
the Government troops have met another
defeat, losing 40 men.
It is feared this is but the beginning of
hostilities, and the success of the Indians
will encourage the dissatisfaction of Mexi
cans to a general uprising, and that the
Government will succumb to force against
tne present administration ot Diaz.
And So. Is the Rest
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Humboldt glacier. Then, with dogs and
ourselves trained down to hard-pan, we
covered over 30 miles a day for seven days,
till our eyes were gladdened by the deep
green, iceberg-dotted waters of McCormick
Bay.
On the last day, as I came over the sum
mit of the great Ice dome lying between the
' oraeronne true miana ice anu iue ueau
Arctic Exploring Sfeto j-T.rS'J
3Jtf-f(r almst instantly a cheer,
Ocr .Yl'7 ions before I was clasping
hands"-.ci o Heilprin and his men,
dition, Except One.
'0r Jo
no WO;
A TALE TOLD BY HIMSELF,
Giving an Idea of the Worse Than
. Useless Work He Undertook.
FOURTEEN DAYS IN THE CLOUDS
Only One of the IhrilUn? Adventures That
Ee incountered.
DAKDSniPS BUFFERED BY THE TARTY
THEY LANDED CLEAN.
Imra'crrants aiake a Grand Knjh for Baths
and Fats Muster.
Philadelphia, Sept IL .Spaial
The Bed Star Line steamer Illinois, from
Antwerp, arrived at her dock in this city
this afternoon, after having been released
from the national quarantine at the Dela
ware Breakwater. On the way up the
river, the 506 steerage passengers were told
by the officers of the vessel that unless they
presented a cleanly appearance they would
probably be further detained at city quar
antine station. Thus incited, the immi
grants clamored tor a bath.
The women were taken aft on the main
deck, while the men were massed forward
and screens erected between them. Then
all stripped off and indulged in a vigorous
washing. A dinkey pump was rigged on
deck for their use, and they turned the
hose on themselves and fairly -deluged
themselves with water. When the steamer
L reached the lazaretto station she was
boarded by the 'quarantine physicians, who,
impressed by the extraordinary cleanliness
of the "steerag passengers; allowed- the
vessel to proceed without delay.
HARRISON MUST ACT.
The Quarantine Onsbt to Be Lengthened or
Immigration Prohibited.
WASniJTGTOX, Sept 11. ISpccidl
There is a growing impression here among
officials of the administration that the Presi
dent will be compelled to take more vigor
ous steps to curtail the number of immi
grants daily dumped down at the port of
New York. It is apparent to these officers
that the steamship companies have no idea
of discontinuing the transportation of steer
age passengers to this country under exist
ing regulations.
Attorney General Miller has, in an official
(opinion to the President, said that the Ex
ecutive nas ampie jurisuicuon to restrict
immigration without interfering with the
State quarantine laws. The Treasury re
ports from New York show that steamship
companies are sun taxing on immigrants,
notwithstanding the 20 days' quarantine. It
is claimed upon the highest legal authority
that under the existing law the general
Government may increase the quarantine to
30 or 40 days, if necessary.
A WEALTHY MAN MISSING.
Five Hundred Feop'e Search for Him on
Sunday, Without Avail.
TrrusviLLE, Sept IL Special John
Hancox, aged 45, one of the wealthiest
farmers Of Goshen, six miles from here, has
been missing since Thursday. A searching
party of 100 looked high and low for him
yesterday, and to-day at least 500 people
went all over the Boss farm, where he went
when he left home, hut not a trace of the
man was found.
The Boss farm is tenanted by. squatters,
John Golden and family, and Mr. Hancox
had recently some trouble with Golden.
Some charred bones were found last night
in the embers of a fire on the Boss farm,
but a physician 'couldn't identify them as
those of a human beinz. It is supposed
Mr. Hancox has been foully dealt with and
a number of arrests are expected to-morrow.
, BABY OUT OF A OAE WINDOW.
Though the Train Was Going: 40 Miles an
Ilonr, He Was Found Unhurt.
Muncie, Isd., Sept IL Mrs. Lewis
Nosek and her 18-months-old baby, of
St Louis, had been visiting Mrs. Nosek's
parents in Cleveland, and yesterday were
returning to their Western home. While
the train was going 40 miles an hour, baby
Nosek became fretful and suddenly leaped
from his mother's arms and fell through the
open window.
His mother and other ladies in the car
screamed in fright The train was stopped
and backed to the place where the baby lay,
but instead of finding a corpse, the little
one was found sitting on a pile of soft
gravel near the trace, lie was uninjured,
excopt a slight bruise on his forehead.
A France German Straw.
V JPABIS, Sept IL It is stated that the
only naval commander now at Genoa tak
ing part in the Columbus fetes who omitted
to pay a visit of courtesy to Admiral Rleu
nier, commander ot the French Mediterran
ean squadron, was the officer commanding
the German fleet
, ISrXCIAL TILIOKAM TO TBS DISPATCH.!
St. Johs's, N. P., Sept. IL The North
Greenland expedition of 1891-92 has re-
tnrll its personnel, with one exception,
safe anu1 eotmd. Two days after the Kite
left last yarBe CIIffHouse was sufficently
completed tottfford a somewhat better pro
tection than th- tent ,rom the conitant
rains and heaw wivds whlch prevailed for
ten days following r departure audit
was moved into it aud st owed on a Pile of
boxes In one corner. , .
Two weeks later, the house" emS com
pleted externally, I sent GIbKon in the
Faith, with Dr. Cook, Astrup and "vTrhoe0"'
to Northumberland and Hakluyt IsL,nds
to bring bacK a native hunter and famii'r
and a supply of birds from the great
Lomeries on these islands. The party re
turned in sir days, after a successful trip,
bringing a large number of birds and my
hunter, Ikwa, with his wife, Mane, two
children, dogs, tupic, sledge and kayak, or
boat Work then commenced on the outer
stone and turf wall, which was to enclose
Bed Cliff House and protect it from the
cold and storms of the long Arctic night
Starting a Glacier Depot
On September 1 the entire party went to
the head of McCormick Bay to start the
Humboldt glacier depot The party,
Astrup, Gibson and Verhoeff, left on Sep
tember 7 and returned four days later,
baffled by bad weather and deep snow.
Astrup and Gibson started again on Sep
tember 22 and returned seven days later,
having penetrated an estimated distance of
30 miles toward Humboldt glacier.
During the absence of these parties I
made several boat trips to different places
for iter, and then attempted to explore
Inglefield Gulf, accompanied by 'Mrs.
Peary, Dr. Cook, Matthenson and my na
tive hunter. I was stopped by young ice,
and nearly lost my boat iu an attack from
a herd of angry walrus, seven of which e
killed.
On October 1 the young ice stopped all
further boat work, and two weeks later
ledge trips were inaugurated. By this
time I had discarded crutches and could
hobble about with a cane. The beginning
of the long night found us with 31 reindeer,
several seals and walrus and severaljhundred
birds in our larder and a warm, snug bouse
to shelter ju.
Rapid Passage of the fYlnter.
More natives came and settled nearns,
and the winter passed rapidly in the prep
aration of our deerskins, "the making of our
fur clothing, sledges, skins and other equip
ments and the visits of the natives from all
parts of the eoast The return of the sun
in the middle of February was marked by
a furious storm, accompanied by torrents of
rain, and a temperature of over 40 Fahren
heit During 48 hours the entire region
was swept and washed almost bare of snow,
and Bed' Cliff was nearly flooded.
The fine weather in March and April,
though the temperature was between 40
and 50 below zero, found us all in good
condition, and gave opportunities for ski
and snowshoe practice and the completion
of my inland ice equipment
In the middle ot April, with Mrs. Peary
and my native driver, in a sledge drawn
by 13 dogs, I started on the tour ot the
islands and shores of Whale Sound and
Inglefield Gulf. Seven days later I was
back at Bed Gulf, having traveled some 20
miles behind my wild wolves, visiting all
the natives in the gulf, and discovering the
Leidy, Heilpin, Tracy, Farlunar, Melville,
Meehan, Sun. Brinton, Hart, Hubbard,
Sharp and Dahlgren glaciers, Mounts Daly,
Pntnam and Adams and the sculptured
cliffs of Kanak.
A Start Made in the Month of Mjy.
Upon my return Dr. Cook, Astrup, Gib
son, 12 dogs and all the male Eskimos at
Bed Cliff began transporting the inland ice
supplies and equipment to and upon the ice
at the head of McCormick bay. I joined
them with Matt and 12 dogs, on May 3, and,
after interruptions and delays from storms
and the steep grades of the outer portion of
inland ice, everything was brought to the
rolling surface of the true ice cap at an ele
vation of some 4,000 feet, and the real start
may be said to have commenced on May 15.
At this time there were four of us and
16 dogs, Matt having been invalid at home.
On Mar 24 on the edge of the great basin of
the Humboldt glacier, about 130 miles from
McCormick Bay, Gibson and Dr. Cook,
forming the supporting party, turned back
with two dogs, and Astrup and myself, with
the remaining dogs, went on. At midnight
of May 31, we looked down into Peterman
Fjord from the edge of its great glacier
feed basin. Ei?ht davs later we saw the
land at the head of St George's Fjord, and
then for two weeks were baffled and har
assed by storms, fog, crevices and steep ice
slopes while trying to weather the leeder
basins of the St George's and Sherard Os
borne glacier system, the Hatteras of the
Northern Island ice sea.
At the Hrxd of the Gr?nt Bar.
who were out-wa a reconnaissance prepara
tory to going in toward Humboldt glacier
to meet
A few hours later I climbed over the
side of the Kite, anchored at the head of
McCormick Bay, and the 1,300 miles jour
ney was at an end.
Two days later the Kite steamed down to
Bed Cliffe. Eight days after this all work
was completed and nearly everything was
on board the Kite. Verhoeff, who had gone
on a geological trip, failed to return, and,
fearing something might have happened to
him, an immediate search was instituted.
Fruitless Search lor a Slhuinc; Man.
During this search, prosecuted for seven
days and nights by all the members of my
party and Prot Heilprin's, the Kite's
crew and nine Eskimos, the latter excited
to the utmost by the promise of a rifle and a
oox oi ammunition to tne nrst wno saw
Verhoeff, the entire country between the
place where Verhoeff was last seen and the
Eskimo settlement which was his destina
tion was carefully searched.
The men found guns at regular and
frequent intervals. A knife and hand
kerchief lost by a party of hunters
nearly a year previous were found, also
minerals left by Verhoeff, and he was
finally tracked to the edge of one of the
large glaciers, where all further trace was
lost, and after quartering the glacier in
every direction we were forced to the pain
ful conclusion that he had perished in one
of the countless crevasses, and the search
was therefore reluctantly abandoned.
With the exception of this sad accident, the
expedition has been throughout most fortu
nate, and has carried out almost to the let
ter the original programme. The con
vergence of the Greenland coasts above the
77th parallel, the deflection of the main
ivide to the northwest above the same par-
aliVj 4"e termination of the continental ice
STATES UNITE TO
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An Important Conference of J
Health and City Officials'
HeM in Pittsburg.
AEMED GUAELS TO BE USED-
To Prevent the Entrance of Immi
grants From Plagne Ports.
Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia
Represented A Demand for Money
Mado Upon Governor Pattlson H
Befuses to Comply Plans forEmeri
gency Hospitals Railroads Anxious
to Assist The Secretary of the Treas
nry Asked to Provide Health Certifi
cates Co-Operation of the General
Government Denied Rules for Trans
portation Companies. """"--
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taelow Victoria inlet and the existence
of larvv glaciers in an tne great
northern iVOra are among the discoveries.
The expeditS?n bring8 bacK much ethno
logical materiN. including tents, costumes,
sledges, kayaksnd. doSs of the Northern
Eskimo, meteorolC1:1"1 ond ,dal t"va
tions, and a large nu75ber f Photographs of
native,, dwelling ,icostumes and Arctic
scenery. Eobeet E. i??' v?
TTn?tV States li ay
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emita nnrmtAV AtSAIN.
iavy.
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The Former Sweetheart of Anarc
man Saypg the Life of One of
Gans Joseph Oertel Foiled In an
tempt to Commit Snlclde.
New Yoke, Sept It SpeeidL' About
2 o'clock this morning Emma Goldman, of
Anarchist fame, once the sweetheart of
Alexander Berkman, the would-be slay
of H. C Frick, came breathlessly to the drug
store of Dr. Charles E. Hirsh, of 3G2 Bowl
ery, and said she wanted an antidote for a
man who had taken strychnine. Then she
left' the store, and in about five minutes re
turned with a man who was about 30 years
old. He was-staggering and seemed to be
pretty far gone.
Mr. Hirsh administered a hypodermic in
jection and antidotes. When the man re
covered sufficiently to talk he told the
druggist his name was Joseph Oertel. He
admitted that be had taken poison, and
-would not say why he had done so.
Dr. Hirsh worked over Oertel for two
hours. He refused to go to the hospital,
and was allowed to go home. Later Miss
Goldman called at the drug store and said
that Oertel was doing well.
Oertel is one of the gang identified with
Emma Goldman during the time im
mediately succeeding Berkman's attempt
upon the life of Mr. Frick.
TYRANNY IN VENEZUELA.
the
Mrs. Harrison Not at All Improved.
Loon Lake, N. Y., Sept IL Dr.
Gardner, Mrs. Harrison's physician, ar
rived to-day and will remain with her for
the present Her condition does not im
prove, as was hoped.
So Release for Mrs. Maybrlck.
Loudox, Sept IL Home Secretary As-
quith has replied to the petition in behalf
of Mrs. Maybrick, declining to advise the
Queen to interfere with the prisoner's
sentence,
On June 26 we were under the 82 paral
lel, when the land uhich I had been keep
ing in view to the northwest confronted me
to the north and northeast pud tlie.i to the
east, deflecting me to the southeast. After
marching four days to the southeast, the
Jand still extending southeast and e.-ut, I
made for it toward a large opening in the
mountains visible over the nearer summits,
and landed on July L
July 4,after three days' travel overland, I
reached the head of Great Bay, latitude bl
37 seconds, longitude 21, "opening east
and northeast. I named this Independence
Bay, in honor of the day. and the crust
glacier flowing north into it, Academy
glacier. I reached the inland ice again
July 7, with footgear cut to piece", and our
selves and dogs exhausted or dead. We
were lame from the hard climbjrig, sharp
stones, and lrequent falls e liai met.
This land, red and bronn in c!nr, and
almost entirely free of snow, iscnvcrcd with
glacial debris and hard stones l alt size:.
Flowers insects and musk oxen are i.Imnd
ant We shot five musk oxeu and a large
number of birds. Traces of foxe, hares,
ptarmigan and possibly wolves were seen.
The surface of the bay was covered with the
winter's still unbroken ice, prisoning the
icebergs from the great glacier.
In the Clondi for Two Works.
July 9 we started on the return, taking a
course more inland. In seven days we were
struggling through the soft snow, wraoued
in the snow clouds of the, great interior
piateau, over o,vw icet aoove me sea leveu
We remained in the clouds some 14 days.
A Few of the Hlgh-Handea Acts of
Dictator of the Hour.
Panama, Sept IL News comes here of
a state bordering on anarchy in Veneznelx
While the Government soldiers have been
plundering private houses in La Guayra
and Caracas, Dictator Mendoza has assessed
the estate of Guzman Blanco $150,000 and
other wealthly estates proportionately. He
orders the immediate confiscation of the
estates and the imprisonment of the man
agers unless the amounts are paid at once.
He has robbed and closed the Bank of
Venezuela, taking all the gold and silver in
sight and compelling the directory to agree
to print and issue to him 55,000 of paper
money a day. The use of the telephone
between Caracas and La Guayra is forbid
den to anybody except himself, and he has
suspended passenger trame on the railroad
trains and denies passports to persons
desiring to leave the country. Clearances
are refused to foreign vessels and they have
been compelled to appeal to the warships
for protection in leaving port Bishops 1
nave Deen oanisnea, cnurcnes robbed and
priests put in jail. Altogether, there is a
reign ot terror.
THE EASTEEH GLASS SEAS0I7.
Many Fnrnaces In Pennsylvania and New
Jersey Start TJp This Week.
Millville, N. J., Sept IL This week
is the time fixed by the Manufacturers' and
'Workers' Wage Committee for resumption
of work in the window glass trade in the
East The following South Jersey factories
will resume: Cobanzy Glass Company's
plant, equal to five furnaces; Moore. Jones
is Moore, two lurnaces; marlcos bnoemater,
two furnaces; Bridgeton, one furnace;
Shiras & Co., Quintoo, and James Butcher,
Malaga.
At Spring City, Pa., Bennet & Co. and
at Norristown, Pa., Alhertson & Co. will
each put two furnaces in blast Tuesday.
Work has been resumed at Wilmington,
Del., and about nine window glass factories
In Baltimore win go into blast this week.
The works at Malaga, N. J., which start up
to-morrow, have not been in blast for sev
eral years. Manufacturers are said to havo
but little glass in stock and a brisk season
is looked for.
The States of Pennsylvania, Ohio and
West Virginia yesterday formed an alliance
to repel the common enemy Asiatic chol
era. The conference at which the informal
treaty was agreed to was held at the Hotel
Anderson. Those present were: Dr. C O.
Probst, of Columbus, Secretary of the State
Board of Health of Ohio; Dr. N. D. Baker,
of Martinsburg, Secretary of the State
Board of Health of West Virginia; Dr.
Benjamin Lee, of Philadelphia, Secretary,
and Dr. J. H. McClelland, of Pittsburg,
President of the State Board of Health of
Pennsylvania; Mayor Gonrley; Chief
Brown; Crosby Gray, of the Department of
Public Safety; Superintendent Boger
0'Mara;Dr. J. Guy McCaudless; Dr. W. E.
Mathews, of Johnstown; Dr. C B. Dudley,
of Altoona, and Dr. J. It Thomson, of
Pittsburg, medical inspectors of the State
Board of Health. Mayor Gonrley presided,
and Dr. Dudley was chosen secretary. Dr.
Lee stated the object of the meeting was to
take into consideration two pointa espo-
ally.
Watchlnc; the State Borders.
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ifiv.1- nrst, saiu ue, is me present sani-
tary cor
The secona
way trains i
such a way asi
and prevent thl
the States, at the
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SHE FEARED INSANITY.
Her
A Fhl'adeTphta Wom-in Asphyxiates
Child and Herself.
Philadelphia, Aug. IL Mrs. Cora
Targetta, a widow aged 30 years, and
daughter, Ethel, aged 11, were found dead
iu their bed early this morning at their
boarding house on Merviner street Illu
minating gas bad been turned on at four
burners and the doors and windows care
fully closed, giving evidence of deliberate
suicide.
Mrs. Ta rgetta was a proof reader in'a
large job printing office, but resigned her
position two weeks ago on account of suf
fering from acute neuralgia. She had an
income from her husband's estate that
sufficed for her own and daughter's main
tenance, but feared that her brain would
be affected by her disease. The supposi
tion is that the woman preferred death to
insanity, and killed her child rather than
leave her unprotected.
The Conference Can't Meet In Ttrnssels.
Brussels, Sept IL It is officially an
nounced that the Government of Belgium
declines to allow the International Mone.
when w descended, from them east of the Jjary Conference to be held here.
dition of steamboats and railroads.
$ is the careful msneetion of rail-
nd steamboats at State lines in
to protect the public health
introduction of cholera into
same time interfering u
Vth travel. Similar con-'
4 ,... i.y been held at Phila
delphia and other plhcesJ"'th the railway
and local authorities. " ? J fe?Unf"
has been manifested, 'j Zl road ri'
ties are ready to do anything requite JIT
and the local authorities are everywhere
being roused to action. At -the Philadel
phia conference last week the highest of
ficials of the railroads and ot the city were
present and manifested a deep interest In
the proceedings. The State B6ard of '
Health on September 3 took cognizance of i
tne existing aanger Dy meeting as rniiauei-ij,
phia aud considering what steps should be
taken to protect the interests in its charge." '
The doctor then read notifications served
on all the transportation companies of the
State by the board, copies of which are ap
pended. Ohio Observing; Strict Precautions.
Dr. Probst, of the Ohio State Board of
Health, being called upon, said his
State had already recognized the importance
of precautions against cholera. "Since'"
September 9," said he, "inspections have
been made of all immigrants coming from "
Canada and much had been done in the way
of preparation. Ten points in the State
have been selec,ed as inspection points for
the railroads. At these points inspectors
have been appointed and nurses chosen.
Arrangements have been made for the erec
tion of the necessary buildings to be used
as hospitals and for the proper disinfection
of persons and baggage. The Adjutant
General arranged to have troops fnrnlshed
under arms to guard the camps and
enforce rnles if necessary and to furnish all
the camp equipage and utensils. Measures
are now being taken to protect the State
along the lake front The recent sanitary
precautions taken in Canada are very en
couraging and give ground for hope that
danger from the lakes will be warded off.
Ohio, of course, relie3 much upon Pennsyl
vania since probably most of the danger
will come from this direction. Ohio is,
however, fully awake to the situation
and will leave no means untried to keep the
cholera out of the State. Fortunately,
through what is known as the emergency
board, we have funds sufficient for immedi
ate needs, 10,000 having already been put
at the disposal of the State Board and more
will be forthcoming if needed."
nealth Certificates for Immigrant.
Dr. Baker, of West Virginia, stated that
since September 7 every train carrying im-
jnigrants had been stopped at the State
border and inspected. "Those having eeiv
tificates of health from the port of entry,
he continued, "are allowed to -pass. All1
others are inspected carefully and fumlshedr '
with clean bills of health before allowed to
go on." Dr. Baiter thought each State
Board should require every immigrant to be
furnished with a clean bill' of health, cover
ing self and baggage, before allowing him to
enter the State. The first State to receive
immigrants could require it from the quar
antine authorities, and this would insure a
pass through all the States, unless some
thing should develop in transit Illinois
has already adopted this rule. A clean bill
ot health from some recognized health au
thority is essential before the immigrant
can enter the State.
Dr. Lee stated that Pennsylvania had
not yet taken action similar to that taken
by other States, because the State Board
had absolutely no funds at its disposal fo-w
such work. "The Governor has promised,"
he continued, "to furnish 100 tents if
needed, but be likewise has no funds at his
disposal for emergencies like the present
Pennsylvania has very few local health
authorities and a meager organization, due
to the same cause, lack ot appropriate legis
lation. In case of an actual invasion by
cholera the State Board has power to
appoint inspectors and establish quaran
tine, but there will be no funds to estab
lish hospitals, pay nurses or physicians or
inspectors or to disinfect and prevent the
spread of the disease."
Mayor Gouriey recited the work aecora- ,
plished here through the efforts ot the J
emerseney council dnrin? lha cast twoVs
Lweeks. saying all , energy Ead.bea devotedly
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