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VOL. XIV. PASSENGERS EN PANIC those on Board the Cholera- Infected Ship in a State of Terror. They Cry Out Against Being" Confined With Those Dy ing 1 of Cholera. Six Additional Deaths Re ported on the Rugia, Mo ravia and Normannia. Precautions Being 1 Taken by Officials of Several Amer ican Cities. Nkw York, Sept. 4.— Dr. Jenkins, ne eompanied by Quarantine Commissioner Allen aud Prof. Biggs, went to lower quarantine this morning, and on his ic turn it was learned that tne cholera had claimed a number <>f victims on the in fected steamers during the day. The startling fact was made public that three deaths had occurred on board of the Normannia, two on the Moravia and one on the Rugia. All the dead were taken to Swinburne island and cremated. It was also ascertained that six oases of the disease had been sent to Swinburne island today. The panic among them is described by eye-wit nesses as something frightful. They cried out against being confined in a pest ship, and the ladies on board of the vessel were in a state of the greatest terror. The commis sioners describe the terror prevailing among the passengers as of a heart rending character. There was some doubt among the cabin passengers as to the presence of the dread disease on board of the steamer, but the deaths and new cases which have occurred to day have brought Terror to Che Brave Kt Hearts on board of the infected vessel, and ali now fully recognize that the grim specter of cholera is really in their midst. The mails from the Normannia, which were brought up to the postoffice late last night, have been distributed, and that for inland points sent on its way. The postoffice officials say the mail matter \v;;s thoroughly disinfected before being brought up to the city. and, as the bags were there, is was pos sible to do this effectively without breaking the seals. The steamer StiHi benhuk, Cant. Benohr, from Hamburg, which arrived Saturday morning, came up from lower quarantine at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon, and is now anchored off upper quarantine. She was thoroughly fumigated and sent to her pier today. All on board are well. The Italian man of-war Garigliano, which has brought here the statue of Christopher Columbus presented by the Italian nation to the people of the United States, arrived at quarantine this afternoon. The sculptor of the statue. Sgr. Gretano Russo, was among the passengers on board the steamer Fulda, and was brought to the city. The famous sculptor of the Colum bus statue was loudly cheered by his enthusiastic admirers among the monu ment committee assembled on the quar antine pier. The Garigliano is expected to proceed up the bay tomorrow to Pier 14. north river, at the foot of Fulton eireet, where she will discharge the monument. THE LATEST DEATHS. Ihose on Board the Big Steamers at (Quarantine. Quarantine, Sept. 4.— Following is the official list of new cases and new deaths: On board the Normannia: Emma Horn, steerage, aged eight, died today, five days ill. Heinrich Latntners, agecl forty-seven: a steerage steward; died while iii transit to hospital. He had been nurs ing the cholera patients. No new cases ou board the Norman oia. Onboard the ßugia: Antonio Herla, aeed seventeen, steeraee, died today; taken ill yesterday. New cases on the Rugia: Christine Hansen, aged ten, and I'eter Hansen, aged eight. On board the Moravia: Abraham ►Schneider, aned eight, died in transit; no new cases. There has been a big day down at the quarantined steamers and the islands. All the steerage pas sengers from the Norman nia were trans ferred to the receiving houses on Hoff man island, ihe sick ot the Normannia. live in number, were sent to the Swinburne island hospital, which is under the charge of Drs. Byron and Abbott. The bodies ot lour of the vic tims were cremated today, and the other two will be cremated tomorrow after Dr. Byron and the authorities have made autopsies. There was a great panic on board the Normannia among the steerage passengers when the new cases and deaths occurred. They begged the health commissioners on the tug which came alongside to take them off, and said they could get *3,000 together in a minute if it couui get them ashore. They were only quieted down and re lieved from their terror on being landed on Hoffman's island. There cannot be any doubt of the virulent nature of the disease. Beiiirich Lammexs, who died today, was only taken ill this morning. Antonio lleria, on board the Kugia, was also only sick fur about twenty hours. The last remaining child of the Horn family, an infant, is not expected to live through the night. DR. JENKINS' WORK. the New York Board of Health Doesn't Control Him. Ni:w Yokk. .Sept. 4.— Dr. Jenkins, in fcply to questions, said he wished it understood that the board of health of the city of New York had nothing offi cially to do with him; that he was al ways glad to see the members down the bay and consult with them, that the mayor bad offered him every aid, and Police Commissioner Martin had offered him all the police he required, but he was not under the city authorities. He was a state, not a local, official. The stories of the danger at South Beach and Coney Island from refuse being thrown over board was without foundation, as all was disinfected with sulphuric acid. All steamers from Hamburg and Havre will be stopped at lower quaran tine and detained as long as is neees- Barv. '(ho transfer boat Lelcher, which was engaged for moving the passengers from the island to the vessel, was kept at quarantine lo prevent any danger until she has finished her work. The pilots who brought the Normannia and Hu^iii were held in quarantine. 'ihe oil tank steamer Brill- Kint, from JLJiuuli : '.'\t vvjU Ui fUsiuc *** ~** ,^*-**__*Jr : C___K.^ZJ'^'*' '* ected here. Now that the Normannin steerage passengers are ashore, their portion of the steamer will be thorough ly fumigated, and in fact has been this afternoon. Dr. Jenkins thinks the cabin passengers are perfectly safe. The sick steerage passengers have been isolated from them, and in fact all the immigrants have been kept from them, and the only death in the saloon was from diabetes. THREE NEW ARRIVALS, But None of Them Have Any Cholera Abroad. New Yokk. Sept. 4.— Three large steamships with immigrants on board arrived here today from Europe, but there was no evidence of cholera among the passengers. They were the North German Lloyd steamship Fulda, from Genoa, Aug. 25. with 503 immigrants: the North German Lloyd steamship Darmstadt, from Bremen, Aug. 24, with 380 immigrants, and the French steamship La Buigogne, from Havre, Aug. 27, with 840 immigrants. The health officers boarded the three steamers at quarantine, where they were detained, and, after making a careful examination, reported that all on board were well. The health officers gave permission to land the cabin pas sengers of the steamer Fulda today, and they were transferred to a steamer, which brought them to the city. On the Darmstadt a child died on the voy ago from inflammation of the lungs and was buried at sea. Health Officer Jenkins received from the steamer La Buigogne the following communication from the Tinted States consul at Havre, France: Chief of Quarantine Service, Port of New York. Sir: JJef using bill of health to steamer La Burgogue, because of the existence of cholera in the city and port of Havre. J have, with the zealous co-operation of the cham ber of commerce, the bureau of hygiene of Havre, auu the special board of inspection, done tn'y utmost to plnce nil conditions piuinly before you. In all this the steamship company and officials have rendered every possible aid. Your obedient servant, Obcab P. Williams, United States Consul. Havre, Aug. 27, 1892. This was accompanied by affidavits countersigned and forwarded by Mr. Williams, and received from the presi dent, and chairman of the chamber of commcree,the bureau of hygiene.and cf the special board of inspection at Havre with a letter forwarded by Consul Will iams, stating that in every way the members of the Compagnie Uenerale Transatiantiqne had rendered every available aid to the inspections of the different bureaus, and on Dr. Jenkins himself finding that La iiurgoene was absolutely free from disease of any kind, the last named gentleman decided to release the cabin passengers at the earliest possible moment, which, ac cording to Mr. West, agent of the line, is tomorrow. THE DETAINED EOURGOGNE. Her Passengers to Be Allowed to Land Today. Nkw Yobk, Sept. 4.— La Hourgogne's passengers are not likely to be detained long; in fact, it is possible that they may co up tomorrow. The doctor said that the board of health of the state of New York was governing his ac tions entirely. Dr. Byron had a long tall: with the newspaper men today, lie told them the various symptoms of cholera, but the most im portant statement he made was that, in his own mind, he was convinced that the sick on board the Noamannia, Rugia and Moravia were suffering from Asiatic cholera, though he had in his examina tions and experiments been unable up to the present time to discover any bacilli. At present the Darmstadt, Fulda and Brilliant are in upper quarantine. The husband of a passenger on board the Darmstadt, who is dying of cancer in the throat, was down at the quaran tine station today to gain permission to co on board the steamer. He said he would be willing to go through any quarantine to be by his wife's side. Dr. Jenkins said tonight that if the man came to him for such permission he would willingly give it. In a case like the above be would gladly assent to the favor asked. A report was circulated today that Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, had landed aud been seen in Jersey City. ALONG THE BORDER. Stops to Be Taken to Keep Out the Cholera. Washington, Sept. 4. — Secretary Charles Foster left the city this after noon for New Y T ork to meet his wife and daughter, who are expected to ar rive there soon on the steamer City of New York from Liverpool. They are accompanied by the daughter of Sec retary Rusk. Dr. John B. Hamilton, of the marine hospital service, who was ordered to Washington for con sultation in regard to the adoption of measures for the prevention of the in troduction of cholera into the United States, accompanied the secretary. While Secretary Foster and Dr. Hamil ton are in New York they will look to precautions to prevent the introduction of cholera, and will confer with the state health officers on the sub ject. The held of duty to which l)r. Hamilton will be assigned has not* it is said, yet been finally determined. The officials of the treasury and of the marine hospital service had a quiet day today by comparison with those of the past week. The promptness displayed by them in the consideration and adop tion of measures for the prevention of the introduction of cholera has left but little more for them to do, and they now look for results commensurate with the precautions taken. Dr. Wyman, super vising surgeon of the marine hospital service, received several telegrams dur ing the day, which he gave to the press this evening. One of these was from Passed Assist ant Surgeon Devan at Delaware bieak water, and announced the arrival of the steamer Lord Gough. Dr. Wise, of the state board of health at Columbus, 0., wired Dr. Wyman that he would co to Cleveland, Sandusky and Toledo tomorrow to prepare for quarantine against Canada. The doc tor also said if necessary he would co operate with Dr. Wyman as fully as re quired. Replying to this, Dr. Wyman adviced Dr. Wise to have the local boards of health affirm compliance with the pro visions of the president's circular relat ing to the twenty days' detention of im migrant vessels. Surgeon G. W. Stoner, of the marine hospital service, has been ordered to proceed to Detroit, St. Clair, Port Huron and Sault Ste. Marie to ex amine and report upon the efficiency of the inspection stations recently estab lished at those points. The only dispatch received by the state department today was one an nouncing that the cholera had appeared in Hanover, Germany, ILLINOIS IS ALERT. Precautions Regarding the Intro duction of Cholera. Chicago, Sept. 4.— The state board of health today issued a circular letter to all immigrant-carrying trausport companies, asking their co-operation in the preservation of public health, which era on the Atlantic seaboard. The let ter asks that no immigrants or their personal effects, be brought inio the state without satisfactory assurance in the form of a certificate of an inspector of the United States marine hospital service, setting forth that the individual immigrant has been under observation tor a long enouarh time to determine that he or she has no germs of cholera or other disease in the system. The board also prescribes quarantine regu lations in tne event of it being neces sary to detain trains or boats at the state line for inspection. THE GOUGH DETAINED. Dr. Orr Detains a Vessel at Dela ware Breakwater. Philadelphia, Sept. 4.— A special to the Press from the Delaware Break water says: For the first time in a number of years the national flag floated from the quarantine station here today. It was a notification to all incoming vessels that the federal government had established quarantine. The first vessel to feel the effects of the opening of the station was the Ameri can line steamer Lord Gongb, from Liverpool. The Lord (lough was sighted out at sea about 10:30 o'clock this morn ing. Quarantine Physician Dr. W. P. Orr boarded the steamer while she was still eight miles off here. The ship's surgeon reported a clean bill of health among the twenty-two cabin and :'>42 steerage passengers. Nevertheless Dr. Orr compelled the steerage passengers to pass in single hie before him, so that he could personally satisfy himself as to their condition. Finding all in good health as reported by the ship's surgeon, the steamer's captain thought Dr. Orr would allow him to proceed up the Delaware river. lie was surprised and considerably put out when Dr. Orr directed the " yellow flag to 'be hoisted and ordered the steamer into quarantine here. Dr. Orr says that any incoming vessel from any infected cholera pore, no matter whether or not she shows a clean bill of health, will be detained here until all danger 01 the plague breaking out is past. As another precautionary meas ure Dr. Orr will have all arriving ves sells from cholera ports discharge then supply of drinking water here and take on water procured here in its place. Preparations to meet cholera on an other incoming vessel have been made by the establishment of a cholera camp. The camp is a short distance from the beach and is protected by sand hills. it consists of a street 101 feet long by 40] feet wide with six tents on each side. Each tent will contain from six to ten persons. TWENTY DAYS' QUARANTINE. Detroit Will Inaugurate One on Monday. Detkoit, Mich., Sept. 4.— Dr. Duflield, in his capacity of health officer of De troit, and backed by the authority of the United States, lias'decided to establish a twenty days' quarantine at Detroit. The decision was made after reading a telegram from Quebec giving the report of the international health commission upon the Canadian quarantine station at Grosse lie. As soon as this order is enforced immigration between Montreal, Quebec and Detroit must cease. The railway men have declared that they will not attempt to bring any immigrants from Montreal through Detroit after that order is made. There can be no doubt now about Dr. Duffield's authority to estab lish a quarantine of twenty, or sixty days, it he chooses. When Secretary Foster was tele graphed in regard to the twenty days' quarantine proclamation, Assistant Sec retary Spaulding said that the proclama tion did not apply to the railways, yet it was the duty of the customs ofneere to detain all immigrants "until ths health authorities are satisfied that their admission will not introduce ehoieia." It appears that the city ha? the right, under general police powers granted it, to prevent any one passing through the city who is liable to injure the health of the city. "When will you declare the twenty days' quarantine?" Dr. Duffield was asked. "In ail probability Monday. I have received a notice from Dr. Wyman, sur geon general, informing me that in his opinion It was advisable to establish a twenty days' quarantine. 1 shall con - suit with the government inspector and ! the collector of customs here. If they think it advisable the quarantine will be established at once." Two more inspectors have been ap pointed, one of them on behalf of the federal government and the other for the city. FILLED WITH VEItMIX Were the Blankets Given the Scytbia's Passengers. Bostox, Mass., Sept. 4.— The Scythia, after being fumigated, was released fiom quarantine today and arrived at her dock at 6p. m. Of the steamer's passengers, Mrs. James Brown Potter was the only one who was allowed to laud, she being taken off at quarantine at 3 o'clock by a tug that went down the harbor especially for that purpose. The other passengers were brought up from quarantine by the police boat Vigilant at 8 o'clock tonight. They were put on board the Scythia, where they will be detained until to morrow. The intermediate passengers bitterly complain of their treatment at quarantine. They claim that the. fumi gation was improperly done, the steam ruining their clothing. They say that when their clothes were taken from them they were given blankets to wrap about them, and that these blankets were filled with vermin. SOUTHERN PRECAUTIONS. Florida Suspicious of Inward- Bound Vessels. Jacksonville, Sept. 4.— By order of the Duval county board of health, no inward-bound vessel can now pass for the Gorge island at the mouth of St. John's river without inspec tion. This applies to coastwise as well as to foreign clearances. Here tofore the health officer of the island has permitted all vessels to enter the river and proceed to docks upon display of "no sickness" signal. Now all ves sels will be boarded and inspected by the county health officer. Vessels whose masters are not known to the au thorities will be rigidly inspected. The inspection of ships of the Clyde line and the Merchants' line will not be so rigid. All vessels are prohibited from . entering the port with second-hand bedding, furniture and household goods. ■ STILLWATER NEWS. The Tenbroeckciearedjyesterday with a raft of loirs lor the Empire Lumber company, Winona. The board of county commissioners will meet tomorrow. \ The log shipments from this port this season have been exceptionally good.an average of lit teen rafts been taken out each week. \ ■ . Blaze at Portland. Portland, Or., Sept. 4.— row of wooden buildings owned by C.R. Dodd burned early this morning. Loss $100, --• Qfifl. : l&2****» ■ ' ~ , SAINT PAUL, MINN., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1892. 209 ARE UNBURIED. The Death List Is Still Reach ing Appalling* Figures in Hamburg*. So Many Die the Dead Wagons Are Unable to Handle Them. The Total Number of Deaths Up to Date Is Over 2,500. No Signs of an Abatement of the Plague in the Strick en City. Hajibttbg, Sept. 4.— This has been a cool autumnal day. There has been a cool breeze since 1 o'clock this after noon. The sky has been cloudless and the sun has tempered the air agreeably. Ordinarily on such a day the streets are hlled with promenaders and the waters are darkened by siiibll pleasure boats or excursion steamers. The iliness, how ever, has been as a dirge the last live days, almost unbroken, and in the har bor hardly a dozen boats were to be seen moving at three o'clock. The fresh cases of cholera dis covered today number 889; the deaths number 2l7. Compared with yes terday the decrease in the number of cases is seventy-eight, and of the num ber of deaths thirty-six. There is much loose official talk to the effect that the worst is over; that the plague is abat ing, and that the people are recovering from their panic. This talk is echoed by the newspapers. It would be diffi cult to name any specific sign of return ing confidence among the people, and the mortality from the plague in the last two days certainly gives little basis for it. The sudden rise of the mortality from 201 Friday to 313 yesterday showed how Vain Were tlie Mope* aroused by the slight abatement of the plague and the fact that the average of cases of yesterday and today is larger than at any previous time shows con clusively that the disease is at least not losing its hold. Despite professions of confidence, moreover, the authorities have been busy providing increased fa cilities for treating cholera patients, and today an orphanage refitted as a hospital and eight cholera barracks have been opened. Detectives have been placed at all railway stations and orders for more dead wagons have been sent out by the health officers. About 200 bodies were still unburicd at it o'clock this evening. With the number of dead wagons, however, these bodies can be interred, together with those of fresh victims within the next twenty-four hours, unless the plague should spread more lapidly than now seems probable. The procession of dead wagons and hearses through the streets has become appalling. From every corner a dozen may be seen in five minutes, and the roads to the cci« stery are almost con tinually lined. No signs of returning confidence are shown. Hotels remain empty, Shops Remain Closed. Most of the houses look as if they had been shut for the fall. Prof. Koch is Expected to return to duty on Tuesday to proceed further with his investigation of the course of the plague, and to con sult with the municipal authorities and sanitary officers. It is understood that ho will make an exhaustive report to the emperor on the condition of the city and the measures of the authorities to* combat the disease. The Inefficiency of the authorities is known to have pro duced a painful impression in Berlin, and they are considered at the capital to be criminally responsible for the spread" of the contagion to many North German towns. It is reported that the Emperor William addressed to them a rescript, in which he reviews briefly the course of the plague in this city and in unequivocal terms lays the ; blame for the city's suffering at their door. To the people of Hamburg such a rescript would be welcomed, as the bitterness of the middle and lower classes against the' city government is intense. Reports from Kiel, Lubeck and Bremen tonight state that no fresh cases have been found in these cities.. In all three cities the sky is clear and the air cool. The ambulances of the city yesterday took to the hospitals 325 cholera patients, of whom 197 died. Five hundred and twenty-eight cholera cases and 329 deaths not "previously re ported were registered yesterday in pursuance of police orders. This brings the total figures, reckoning from the beginning of the epidemic, up to 5,623 cases and 2,518 deaths. BERLIN IS ACTIVE, Though the Disease Is Making Only Slight Progress. Be run, Sept. 4.— No fresh cases of cholera have been reported la this city today, and the authorities are hopeful that the disease will not spread to a great extent here. The precautions against the scourge have been re doubled, however. The sanitary police posts are kept open in the night as well as in the day. The empress has sub scribed £80 toward the cost of their maintenance. Arrangements have been made for members of the fire brigade to assist in ambulance work. A site has been chosen for a cholera barracks and 1,000 beds have been ordered. Prof. Kosenbach, of Breslau, recommends- a subcutaneous injection of opium in the cases of cholera patients to whom it is impossible to administer medicine owing to vomiting. All the health re sorts in the Black forest have decided to exclude persons coming from in fected districts. The city authorities of Hanover have prohibited the hawking of fruit, and are preparing a cholera barracks. The bishop of Breslau • has ordered that a certain day be set apart for supplication to the Almighty for a the cessation of cholera epidemic. SOUTHAMPTON FREE. No Cholera Reported at the En- glish Port. ... Lonpox, Sept. 4.— So far as known there are no cases of oholera at South ampton, where the utmost precautions, are now taken. The steamer liansa, I which brought mails and baggage from Hamburg for the steamer Columbia^? sailing from Southampton last night for": New York, was ordered to stop "outside^ port, where her bilge was emptied '-and; the ship ■ thoroughly disinfected. Ail these precautionary operations were re quired before the Hausa was .allowed to i tranship her cargo to the Columbia. • ." ,** u m^ t*uiiiU4 jUUwI pise--" h^ Aller. from Bremen for New York, ar rived at Southampton today. Those of her passengers destined for Southamp ton were inspected before being allowed to disembark. The Alier then took aboard the passengers awaiting her at Southampton and proceeded. She has no cholera patients or suspicious cases of sickness -aboard. NO STEERAGE PASSENGERS. They Are Refused by Steamers Leaving British Ports. Queenstowx, Septi 4.— The Guion line steamer Alaska, which sailed hence today for New York, carries Sl3 saloon passengers, 101 second cabin passengers and a crew of 251 men. The Cunard line steamer Auraniaalso sailed hence today for New York. S;ie has on board 40S saloon Dassenirers. K>r> second cabin passengers and a crew of 251 men. All aboard both steamers were in the best of health. The Ameri can consul visited the two vesseis and issued a clean bill of health to each. Five hundred steerage Dasseugers booked to sail on !hu Alaska remain in Liverpool, and seventy-five others are here. They will be taken to New York by the special steamer Ne vada, which will probably sail from Liverpool on the 12th inst. The steer axe passengers booked to sail on the Aurauia number 45u, 400 being in Liver pool and 5'J here. They will be taken on the steamer Marathon, which will sai! at the end of the week. The White Star line will dispatch the Adriatic as a steerage steamer from Liverpool on Saturday, aud the Intnan line is mak ing arrangements to send the steamer Indiana. Many of the steer age passengers paid the difference in fare ami took passage In the second cabin, while others had their money re funded. The authorities are exercising the greatest precautions, as is instanced in the steamer City of Rotterdam, which is expected to arrive tonight at Cork from Hamburg. The authorities there have sent out a tug to intercept the steamer off the port and send her to Belfast^vhither the bulk of her cargo is consigned. It is intended to have her proceed thence to Dublin, where that portion of her cargo destined for Cork can be discharged and sent by train here. THE PEST IN RUSSIA. People Still Dying at a Very Rapid Rate. St. Petersburg, Sept. 4.— The sta tistics of the cholera epidemic in this country show that throughout the whole ol Russia on Thursday there were 6,<j~3 new cases of the disease reported, and 2,714 persons died from the pestilence. In this city yesterday 120 new cases and ol deaths occurred. These 31 deaths, however, only comprise the mortality given in the hospital returns. During the last few days the Dumber of unregistered new cases and deaths, which are chiefly couhued to the people of well-to-do classes, has increased, especially on the islands in the river district, where wealthy persons reside in the summer, private dispatches received here report that twelve deaths from cholera have occurred in Kiga, and that the disease has also made its appearance in Kieff. which up to today has been spared a visitation of the plague. Up to Satur day 47 new cases and 8 deaths were re ported in the government of Kieff. Thursday 16 new cases and 8 deaths oc curred in Sara toff. On the same day bi'i new cases and 237 deaths, and Fri day DO2 new cases and 187 deaths oc curred in Kasan. Thursday 176 new eases and 74 deaths occurred in Oren burg, and 296 new cases and 132 deaths in the Don district. Wednesday 732 new cases and 250 deaths occurred in Noroneh. In the last-named place the ; daily average is 600 uew cases and 200 deaths. JVo Steerage Passengers. London, Sept. 4.— The Guiou line steamer Alaska, Capt. Murray, which left Liverpool yesterday, sailed from Queen town for New York at 1:80 p.m. today. According to the announcement made by the Guion company a lew d.ifs ago that until further notice it would only book persons desiring cabin pass age on its steamers, the Alaska carried no steerage passengers on the preseut trip. Not Asiatic Cholera. Paris, Sept. 4.— Forty-one persons suffering from choleraic disorders were admitted to the hospitals in this city yesterday. Twenty-four patients suf fering from the disease died during the same time. Many of the victims died quickly after the'lirst symptoms of the infection had become manifest, but in no case was there found any trace of true Asiatic cholera. Naples Gets Excited. Naples, Sept. 4. — A lady who had just arrived at the island of Capri from Hamburg died here today from what it is feared is Asiatic crjolera. The case is being carefully investigated by the au thorities, and every precaution will be taken to prevent a spread oi the disease in the event of the suspicious of the officials proving correct. Stamping It Out. ■ Havre, Sept. 4.— Only one new case oi' cholera occurred here yesterday, but thirty-six persons who had previously been attacked by the malady died dur ing the day. Dr. Brouarder, a hitrh niedical authority, expresses the opin ion that the epidemic here will soon be stamped out. Somebody Prevaricated. Bkkmex, Sept. 4.— Yesterday r s offi cial statement of two deaths from chol era and one existing case here, coming after yesterday's notice by the chamber of commerce that Bremen and the Lower Weser ports were free from infection, caused great disappointment. Three Days' Quarantine. • Constantinople, Sept. 4.— The sani tary board has accepted the core promise suggested by the sultan imposing a three days' quarantine on arrivals from Western Europe. An Untrue Report. Dieppe, Sept. 4.— The mayor of this place, on the advice of the medical au thorities, announces that the report that two deaths from cholera had oc curred here is untrue. One Sailor Died. Christians and, Sept. 4.— One sailor died here today of cholera. No further oases of thediseases have been reported. — Movements of Steamships. -New • \ — Arrived: Steamers barm »ta<lt, Bremen; Fulda, Genoa and Gibraltar. \l . Delaware Breakwater, Del. -«- Arrived : Steamer Lord Gough, f loni Liverpool, . and ;piaced in quarantine. Reports all well, •"Havre. Sept. : Arrived: La Brelagne, ! New York. ... i* Southampton— Arrived: ,Ems, New York. ;V-iMoviLLE— Arrived: State of Nebraska, from TOM PLATT PUMPED, The New York Boss Gives the President's Fool Friends a Roast, But Says, as He Is a Repub lican, He Will Swallow the Ticket, Admitting* at the Same Time That It Gives Him No Pleasure. Some of the Questions He and Ben Discussed Up at Ophir Farm. Nkw York, Sept. 4.— The following will appear in the New York Herald to morrow morning: I visited ex-Senator Thomas C. Platt at the Oriental hotel, Manhattan Beach, yesterday, aud invited him to talk on politics. Senator l'latt lives at the Ori ental during the summer. He loves the brisk sea breeze, and he loves the ocean tiiomas {:. pr.ATT. and its restless water. He has an active mind and active body, and these things are in consonance with him. He was sitting on the eastern piazza of the hotel as 1 approached, and he greeted me as he always greets newspaper men, most kindly. I told him 1 wanted him to talk politics, and that J wanted to print whatever he said in the Herald. He hesitated a moment as if thinking over the expediency of saying anything, but finally he replied: "All right; 1 suppose it is fair and proper that 1 should say something. I suspect I know the questions you have in mind to ask me, and so. considering that, perhaps, it is suitabie for me to say something, L shall talk rrankly and clearly.' "You talked that way just before the Minneapolis convention,*" I ventured to remark. Nothing to Retract. "Well, yes, so 1 did," the senator re plied; "so 1 did. Nor have 1 any thing to take back, or anything to re gret. I did then what 1 thought was my duty to the Republicans of New York and the country. lam soing to do what I think is my duty now. "We live in a land where the inajoiity rules, must rule and is going to rule every time. The majority did not aeree with me at Minneapolis. 1 did my best to defeat the president, but be had more votes than the other candidates, aud that settled it. Now he is the nominee of the Republican party. 1 am a Republican. 1 was a Repub lican in 1855; 1 have been a Kepublican every hour of every day from then until this minute, never faltering in my sup port of Republican principles aud Ke publican candidates, no matter whether the candidates were men of my choice or not. The aims and the policies and the characters of parties in this coun try have got to undergo a wonderful change before I shall be anything else than a Kepublican." Senator Platt paused a moment, and during the pause 1 suggested that, nev ertheless, he had been rather quiet since the Minneapolis convention and perhaps a sonreeof some solicitude among the president's friends. Mr. Platt smiled and said: ••The Weatber Has Been Hot, you know/ and then he went on more seriously: "Yes, 1 have been quiet, though 1 shall not Hatter myself with the idea that I have been a source of much solicitude. It would be the shallowest kind of pretense for me to claim that 1 was not greatly disappointed by the re sult at Minneapolis. My friends and enemies have generally agreed, 1 think, in charging me with strong feeliugs.and 1 fancy they are ntrht. What [ believe, 1 believe, and I know 1 believe it, and so far as 1 can try to act accordingly. I do not get over such a disappointment as i had at Minneapolis in twenty-four hours, and 1 confess there has been in my mind a grave question whether it was my duty to go into this cam paign with the activity i have usually put forth. 1 do not know that there has been a man in this state and perhaps in the whole country who has been more- roundly and indecently abused than I. In so far as this comes from Democratic and mugwump sources —that is from the common enemy— l expect it aud am ready for it, but when I spend day and night in service for the licpublican party doing what I can to promote the success of its principles and its candidates, without thought or hope or expectation of office or re ward, it MceniH a Little Hard that I should have to take from Repub licans what oven Democrats ought to be ashamed to give me. "Doubts were raised in my mind after the Minneapolis convention how far my services were required by those who seemed to be in charge of Mr. Harri son's campaign. J heard that some per sons were representing to him that all the misfortunes the .Republican party had ever undergone in the state of New York were to be attributed directly to me, and that it would be good politics for him to let it be understood that he wished to have nothing to do with me. Certainly 1 had no desire to obtrude myself nuon the president, nor to force myself into the conduct of his campaign if I was not wanted. As they have proved, 1 was probably over-sensitive. l>ut if a man must have faults, that ofle is among the most easily forgiven." There was auother pause here, and I iilled in with the question: "So you waited?" \\ it > Me Waited. u Yes, I waited. I waited to hear from President Harrison. Some people s/d that 1 waited to hear from him a request to take office: that I waited to make a agent holding up a coach. These were lies, and they were among the meanest and most irrit&tfhir. most painful and most hurtful lies 1 have ever had to endure. Tiesident Harrison, like all men in power, has a great number of fool friends more or less close to him. These creatures are inseparable from hi^li political station. Some are «very artful, as well as silly, and from whom some quality of malice is not wanting. But he has, too, a large number of friends cloyely attached to him, proud of him, zeaious in his interest, men who profoundly admire him and profoundly love the party lie leads. They probably told the president that I was not as bad as theso imaginative people had painted me, but that I was furnished with that proper measure of self-respect which ought to be tne equipment of an American citi zen. They probably said, too, that I loved the Republican party a good deal more tiian 1 disliked him, and perhaps that my prejudices against him, like those he entertained against me; were due in a large measure to misappre hension. 1 suppose they said these things and probably others even more kind, if less true. At all events it was indicated to me that the president wouk! !>e glad to see me. So I went to see hi in, as any American citizen should who has received such an intimation. He met me cordially." Wliat They Talked About. "Won't you give me some idea of the conversation?" 1 asked. "It was not a talk on petty personal subjects," the senator replied. "The president's remarks were those of a broad-minded, fair-minded, sensible man, who had the right view of the.dig nity of his office, a view that the Amer ican people admire and sustain. Much was said of his forthcoming letter of acceptance, and of th« manner and methods in which he proposed to treat the issues between the parties. We went over the more important and pub lic questions, such as the tariff and fail elections, finance, and the manner in which our principles as to those questions should be placed and kept before the people. We talked of New York and tne condition of ths Re publican party here; of what was neces sary to bring out its full strength and to render it most effective on election day." "Will your friends throughout the state support the national ticket as heartily as you will?" 1 inquired. "Of course they will," the senator re plied. "My friends are Republicans. They are the sort of Republicans who can be depended upon" for hard and steady work. They are always ready to light night and day. They will be found in this campaign, as they always have been found, doing their full duty." WHITNEY AND FAIRCHILD. They Had a Short Talk With the Next President. Buzzard's Bat, Sept. 4.—Ex-Secre tary Whitney and ex-Secretary Charles Fairchild, who arrived at Gray Gables yesterday forenoon, returned to New port tonight, where Mr. Fairobild will remain the guest of Mr. Whitney over the Sabbath. .The . two were . in . close 'conversation' with Mr. Cleveland during their hour's v it-it. Another -caller was Mr. Way te, of New York, who repre sents the executive committee for the coming Columbus : celebration in New York in October. He came expressly to invite Mr. Cleveland to attend the great celebration. Mr. Cleveland could give no decided answer, as he will then be in New York, and not be obliged to make a special trip. lie may attend as a citizen if not as a special guest. Two personal friends of Mrs. Cleveland. Mr. and Mrs. Turnbull, of New York, arrived yesterday, and will remain her guests for a few nays. She enter tamed thorn with a sail down the bay on the Ruth. COLONIZING NKGROES. An Illinois Republican Scheme Nipped in the Bud. Jackson, Miss., Sept. 4.— Since the announcement by lion. Charles B. Howcy. Mississippi member of the na tional Democratic executive committee, that the latter has in his possession In formation that the Republicans are col onizing negroes in Illinois to vote for Harrison, and that several hundred ne groes have left Northeast Mississippi for that purpose. Democratic leaders have a vigilant eye on this exodus of negroes and are keeping the chairman of the state Democratic committee in Illinois advised that he may detect and prevent their registering and take steps to prosecute those engaged in the col onization. <— LASHED BY LABBY. . The English "Bad Boy" Having Fun All Along the {Line. He Tells State Secrets to Dis comfit Queen "Vic toria. London, Sept. 4.— ln this week's Truth, Henry Labouchere will again direct attention to some of the more en tertaining incidents relative to the for mation of Mr. Gladstone's cabinet. One object of this further publication of state secrets will be to prove the truth of assertions which La bouchere has made, and which have been denied, and will be to annoy the queen, who is known to be exceedingly sensitive as to the whole affair, and especially so concerning the report that she urged upon Lord Roseberry the necessity of his accepting the foreign office. Lord Roseberry, who dislikes Labouchere, intended to ignore this report, and is said to have coun seled Mr. Gladstone to do like wise. The queen, however, wrote to Mr. Gladstone insisting that a denial, should be made, hence Lord Roseberry's denial. Labouchere sustains his character of bad boy and chuckles in his sleeves over the mess he is making, He means to defend in his journal all the assertions he has made. This week's Truth is awaited with ex ceptionally, keen interest, as it is said to contain revelations no less important than those which have given such an immense sale to the last two editions. -y *» Gutted by Fire. Evansvii-J.e, . Ind., Sept. Fire broke out early this morning at Patoka, a small town forty miles north of this city, ■" and destroyed nine buildings, among them two fruit stores, three groceries and four smaller shops. The loss is- about $40,000; insurance, ?15,000. It is said to be the work of incendiaries. Better Than Expected. Special to the Globe. Morris, Minn., Sept. 4.— The yield of wheat is larger than was expected. Notwithstanding the destruction by storms, the county will average over taw, bushels joer aw*- A NO. 249. v THREE IN THE RACE, Quite a Pretty Contest Be tween the Democrats of the Seventh District. Dunlava, Kelso and Spieer in a Sort of Neck-and-Neck Contest. Otter Tail County Will Cast a Complimentary Vote for Baxter. Leading 1 Democrats Going to Crookston to Address the People. Special to the Globe. Cbookston, Sept. 4.— The Democrats of this city are making extensive prep arations for the reception of the candi dates on the state ticket, who are ex pected to be here Tuesday, at which time the Democrats will hold their con gressional convention. It is known that Hon. D. W. Lawler, Judge Nethaway and Lewis Baker will be in attendance, and the Queen City band has been en gaged for the occasion, and a nnmbei ot speeches will be delivered at McKin non's hall, where the convention wiili take place. There is a great deal of guesswork being indulged in as to who will be the nomiueo of the party for the congressional race. So far but three candidates have shied their castors into the political arena. They are T. A. Duulava, of Fisher; W. F. Kelso, of llallock, and Bon. John M. Spicer, of Willmar. Their relative strength is not sufficiently de veloped to attempt a conjecture as to who will be the choice of the conven. Hon. Duulava has the indorsement of . the Polk county delegates, and will also develop considerable following through the center of the district, but it is inti mated that he will not remain in the field. The Polk county delegates wero Instructed lor Duiilava without that gentleman's knowledge, and as a compliment to his services for the party in the past. During the most of the past few months ho has been ab sent in lowa, where he took his wife early in the summer, who is an invalid, and he has in no manner sought the' nomination, but he has a host of friends who wish to see him accorded the honor. Mr. Kelso is a strong op ponent, and one who will show np well in the counties in the north of the Sev enth district. For the past two years he has been prominent in the Alliance councils, and this will give him consid erable prestige in the convention. il« is one of the bonanza farmers of Kittson county, and has a reputation that is far reaching, having been a member of the Democratic electoral ticket at the last presidential election, lie has many friends in all parts of the district, who will give him a warm support, and hp in looked upon as a very promising man; Mr. Spicer is a man of extensive finances, who lives at Willmar, and made his money by buying up lands at the time that the grasshoppers raided this country in the '70's, and has .«in<a realized handsomely upon his invest ment. He has already eighteen dele* gates promised to support him, and it \n quite likely that the southern part of the district can be relied upon to givt A Big Boost towards capturing the convention. In case Dunlava pulls out of the fray it may not do .Spicer any good, as it is thought that in that event the votes that would b ( > given to Dunlava will then be swung to Kelso, and thereby assure his nomination. Otter Tail county, which casts a good vote in tin - convention, has a delegation instructed for <J. H. Baxter, of Perlmm, but thai gentleman has given it out point blank that he is too busy with his law practice to attend to politics this year, and it it supposed that the strength that was tc go to him will be given a man from thi« end of the district, as the voters in this section want the candidate to com* from the northern part of the territory, and, as the vote they cast is large, tlie.v will see the thing go through, unless somo split is made in their ranks which is not now visible. If Dunlava does nof withdraw it will be a pretty light, and may result in the nomination of Spice & TOWN SWEPT AWAY. Fire's Awful Work in the Village of Rocky Bar, Idaho. Boise City, Idaho, Sept. 4.— The first authentic news of the fire at Kooky Bar Thursday reached this city today. The entire town was swept away and nearly 100 people rendered homeless. Many towns in the southern part of tho state are contributing to a common re lief purse, and considerable mouey, blankets and clothing are now on the way to sufferers. The losses will aggro> gate $75,000. Bodies Brought In. SAT7I/E Ste. Makik, Mich., Sept. 4.— This morning the tug Smith arrived from White Fish Bay, having on board the bodies of Capt. Minch, Mrs. Kg glcsby and one of tiie crew of the Wesb crn Keserve. They had been pounded almost beyond recognition on the gravel beach. The body brought down last night on the Nimick has been identified as that of the Western Reserve's first mate. The search for the other bodies by tnejife-saving crews still continues. A Druggist Shot. Special to the Globe. Gkkat Falls, Mont., Sept. 4.— J. W. Newton, proprietor of Newton's phar macy, came near to death this morning by the accidental discharge of a shot gun, the charge from which struck his jawbone on the left side of the face. smashing it in five or six pieces, then plowing" up through the cheek to a point somewhat back from the templo aud making a savage gash. Died ii a Carriage. Special to the Globe. West Supekiok, Wis., Sept. 4. -Mrs. Harry Cloppentack died in her carriage on Tower avenue of heart failure this afternoon. She was the wife of an en gineer on the terminal line, and daugh ter of Contractor Daniel McKea. Mrs. Cloppenback was apparently in perfect health. She was thirty years old. Death of Capt. Wilson. Special to the Globe. Mexomonie, Wis., Sept. 4. — Capt. William Wilson, a pioneer lumberman of the ChiDpewa valley, and one of the founders of the Kuapp-Stout company, died at his home in this city this morn ing at the advanced age of eighty-n'v*