THE OMAHA DAILY BEE JTJiNE 10 , .185)7 ) , OMAHA , IMCXNDAY y SEPTJ2MHER 15J , 1807. SINGLE COPY PIVE O.I3XTS , Tcllow Jack is Officially Announced to Ilava Visited Now Orhans , FCUR ARE NCY/ / RAPIDLY RLCOVtRlNG Strict Quarantine Has Been Established in Infected Districts. CiTY IS BEING THOROUGHLY PURIFIED Streams of Banning Water Will Bo in Eirery Gutter in a Few Days. EVERY CASE HAS BEEN IMPORTED AiillmrltloN } - Tlirr - linn So Knr lleoii \ < i Infection mill They Will Jt ; Able to Control , Snroiiil of NEW ORLEANS , Sept. 12. Shortly before noon today tlio Hoard of Health officially do- clarcd six of tlio suspicious cases of fovcr on St. Claude street to bo yellow fever. Two hours subsequently the board an- nouncud another pronounced case of yellow icvcr at Mlro mill Esplanade streets , also In the lower part of Iho city , but a mlle or more away from the Infected square. The announcement of the first six cases ot yellow fever was not unexpected , although Itvns hoped from the delay on the part ot the experts that those cases were simply ot bilious m.ilarla. No general alarm has re- suited hero , although the news rapidly spread through the city. The authorities do not believe that the situation Is materially worse than It was four or five days flgo , and they are still confident nf their ability , with modern sanitary appliances , successfully to quarantine the Intcctcu districts. The olllclal bulletin nt the board ot ex- pe'ts declaring the St. Claude street cases to bo yellow fever was received by Presi dent Ollphant soon after 1L o'clock. Dr. Ollpbant Immediately sent for members of the press tind gave out the report , which was signed Ly Dr. Lsmmonlcr , Dr. Touatrc. Ur. Ulckhatn , Dr. 1'ctlt and Dr. Pat ham of the board of experts and Dr. Dovron , the attending ; ptiyslclan. The report was as fol- * We , the undersigned physicians , who , fioin time to time have examined the 1/welVu cases ot fever on St. CIuuilo street , between Clone ! and Loucsa , llnil six to be yellow fever , four of whom are convales cent. Thele ale no other cases. OTHER CASK. Of the twelve original catcs , all of which had their origin from a case that had come from Ocean Springs , the six other than those reported today as yellow fovcr , were an nounced this afternoon to be practically well and up walking about their homes. Ot the six pronounced yellow fever four nru con valescent and two were declared to be critically 111 , ono of these having suffered a. j elapse since yesterday. Among the suspicious cases reported yes terday was that ot a boy named Uoy , living at Mlro and Esplanade streets. Dr. Lcm- nionlcr , Dr. Touatre and Dr. Matas were sent to make a careful observation of the case. This afternoon they pronounced It to bo un questionably yellow fever , and as having apparently had Its origin In .Scranton , Miss. , or In the vicinity of that town. As soon as the report was received the Hoard ot Health took charge ot the house , quarantined the Inmates , placed guards so that no ono might come within close proximity to this premises , and set to work thoroughly to disinfect the neighborhood. A brother of the patient who liad left the premises some time before the official announcement wns given a permit to return , but orders were Issued that under no circumstances should he or any member of the hoisehold bo ugaln permitted to leave the prcir.lses. NO OCCASION FOR ALARM. To a eoriespomlent of the Associated press 1'resldent Ollphant said this afternoon : "Of course I have made this announcement of the existence of seven cases of yellow fever In New Orleans with sincere regret , but there was no alternative left me under my pledge to keep faith with the public liere and elsewhere. I do not think , how ever , there Is occasion hero for serious alarm unless conditions shall grow materially worn ? . We shall have to awi.lt developments. "An earlier announcement ot the diagnosis of the St. Claude street cases iwaa not possible. The Hoard of Experts , which Is composed of able , efficient and experienced physicians , had made repeated visits to these patients , but they Insisted that they should bo allowed their own time within which to make n complete diagnosis. They desired to bo perfectly sure before pronouncing the sickness to bo yellow fever. They reached a conclusion as soon as was practicable End four days ago they warned the country that all of the twelve cases were suspicious. PROBABLY A MILD TYPE. "Personally , I niu unable to say whether or not the cases are of a mild or severe type. The absence of mortality would seem to lndlc.Ua that they are In the former class. That there has been no spread would feem to strengthen that view. I have no reaaon to doubt , however , that the complete sanita tion of the neighborhood Instituted by the board and the rigid quarantine enforced has gene a long way toward lestrlctlns tlio dis ease to the St. Claude street square In which the case originated , and 1 take hope from this 'ret that we shall still be able to confine jo fever within Its present llml's. Xhe situation Is certainly no worse now than it was four CT five days ugo. " " "With respect to the Mlro and Esplanade street case , wo are applylng > ; hc simo meth ods of sanitation and ( inarau'Cii' as In the St. Claude street cases , and fit the case of young Gelpl , wherein these mf.uods were ex tended with excellent results , no new cases having appeared In either neighborhood , " \Ve have now had a total of eight cases and one death , the origin of all of which maybe bo traced to the Infected towns on the Mis sissippi coast. They may all bo classed as Importations. "I see no occasion for any panic In New Orleans. The general health ot the city Is good , and It la rapidly being put In line sani tary condition. There Is no present appre hension ot an epidemic , and I have reason to hope that wo shall continue to be masters ot the situation , " A number of additional suspicious cases wcro again reported to the Hoard of Health today , In each Instunco physicians were at once dispatched to Investigate. Their re ports havu been uniformly that the suspi cions were groundless. The force of phy sicians attached .to the Hoard of Health has been largely Increased , and the board la In communication with every section of the city. PURIFYING THU CITY. Acting Mayor Hrlttln and the member * of the conference committee met the Hoard of Health today und discussed the question ot sanitation. It was reported that arrange ments had been made with the waterwaiks company and with largo plants on the river front to furnish an ample supply of water , Many of the gutter * were being Hushed to day and It was mid that practically every one In the city would have running water 1n It tomorrow. A heavy rain storm visited New Orleans this morning and asiUleJ In cleaning the streets. Commissioner of Pub- He Works McOary said that bo would add materially to his force tomorrow and tint in a few days the city would be In a cleaner condition than It has been for years. As- sura net' a were given that the money re quired would be forthcoming to do all the work contemplated , President Ollphant , soon after he got the report of the experts today , wired Guveruof Foster , who had requested to Iw kept Cull/ Informed as to the situation and -who Is co operating with the b ird. Dr. Ollphant alto' notified the railroad companies and othe s who hud a special Interest In the situation. The news was generally ipread through Louisiana and the southern states and It Is nrobablo that moat of the towns that have not quarantined New Orleans will now re fuse to have any communication with the city. Thefiltuatlon In this respect , however , will not be aggravated , forthe Crescent City has already been bottled up for several days. Dr. Ollphont rays this afternoon that dis patches were being prepared to bo sent to the various Hoards of Health of the country officially acquainting them with the situa tion. MAY HUIIT BUSINESS. Acting Mayor Hrlttln ha& been on duty throughout 'he day. He fwrs some business Inimy of a .tempora-y nature will result from the announcement ot the existence ot the tcvcn cases , but ho docs nt think that the harm will be permanent or that anything - | thing has happened to Justify an cxodua from the city. "I have been through several epidemics anJ have therefore had some experience , " said Mr. Hrlttln. "Speaking advlsidlv , I do | not see any rca'on why our people ought to become frightened or why they should care to leave town. The mere announcement of I the presence of several cases of yellow fever , here simply confirms an Impression that has been existent since It was officially reported there wcro twelve suspicious cases. Six of these cases have about recovered. 1'our others ! are on the high road to recovery. Of thc | ethers two are quite 111 , but there Is no Im- me ilk to reason to believe either will die. AVe have successfully quarantined these , cases , and until the sickness gets beyond , control , which Is not the case- now , we , might , just as well stay here and light It , 'out. ' " I j Dr. Lehman , who has been at Ocean j , Springs for several days and Is a yellow j i fever expert , has returned. Dr. Lehman ; partlolrated with the medical experts on the : , coast In the diagnosis ot several cares of i fever there. He says : "I went over to ! Ocean Springs to attend the poor who might' ' i bo suffering with yellow fever. After a I most diligent starch tor any who might be sulTe'lng with the disease , answering a uum- i bcr of calls , Investigating the condition of 1 the convalescents and seeing a few case by { courtesy ot the attending physician , I con cluded that as no yellow fever existed , my duties wcro over. " The Board of Health's official bulletin to night siys : "The board of experts has to day declared six of the twelve cases previ ously reported as suspicious to bo yellow fever ; also that four of these six cases are now convalescing. The remaining : six cases presented fovcr of a typo SD mild as to have all recovered. A new case , the Infectious origin ot which Is traceable to Scranton , Miss. , end diagnosed as yellow fever , ex ists on Esplanade street , corner of Jllro. Strict quarantine Is maintained In connec tion with all of these cases. " woitic OF CIIKCKIM ; TUG FEvisit. KoiiortN < o Marine Husiilfnl Service from the StrloUoii 1)11rlols. WASHINGTON , Sept. 12. The olllelals of the marine hospital service In the fever- stricken district have kept In telegraphic communication with Surgeon General Wy- mau today and Informed him of the work they were doing and their movements. The news from New Orleans announcing the tact that S2vcn ot the heretofore suspicious cases were yellow fever was a disappointment and a surprlso , as It was hoped that the disease had been arrested In Its progress , Dr. Wy- man received word of the development of the seven cases late tonight from President Oll phant of the State Uoard of Health. Late last night Dr. Wyrnan received a dispatch from Surgeon Murray at Ocean Springs , Miss. , announcing that the deten tion camp at Fontnlnoblcau was surveyed and the cars containing the outfit unloaded. The plan of the camp has been approved by Dr. Gul'eras , the yellow fever expert. Dr. Galncs had been sent to Darkloy with medicines. Surgeon Murray says that he has not received any report from the local phystrlans , but that ho has heard ot five now cases , one male and four females. Sur geon Wasdln , who was visiting Blloxl , re ported the situation there much Improved. Dr. Hhett Geode , the president of the Mobile , Ala. , State Board of Health , In a dis patch to Dr. Wyman says there areno cases of fever there that are regarded as the least suspicious. The weekly report of the Mobile Hoard of Health shows twenty deaths from , all ciuscs two from fever ( the character of the fever Is not stated ) . The city Is more than normally healthy for the season. Today Surgeon Porter telegraphed from Mobile that there were no cases of yellow fever there , nor were there any that wcro suspicious. Surgeon Glennan reports his arrival yes terday at Grand Hay , Ala. , where heIs to Inspect passengers and baggage at the state detention camp , three miles west of that place. Grand Hay IB near where the Louis vlllc & Nashville railroad crosses from Mis sissippi to Alabama. .I.VCICSOV KXI-'OHCKS WAR AXTIXH , All TrnluN < lnli > ro < l ( o I'IINH Tliroiili the Ulty Without &toitiliiKr. JAOKSON , Miss , , Sept. 12. Excitement over yellow fever has again been renewed here. This morning numerous cases of dengue 'were reported about Edwards. It will bo remembered that It was previously reported that yellow fever existed at Ed wards and that lien. S. S. Chapman had died of the scourge , after having visited a family just returned from Ocean Springs. This report was afterward denied by the Edwards authorities. An order was promulgated today that all trains from the Infected district be forced to t ass through the city without stopping and that the quarantine bo enforced with all possible strictness , Dr. Purnell , a yellow fever expert , has left Vlcksburg for Edwards to Investigate the cases of fever there and will then go to Relahatchle , twenty-five mile. ? cast of here , to Inquire Into a case there. KXFDIIL'13 A "STRICT QUAHAXT1XK. TonnoKRoe TiiUe * Precaution * AnraliiKl S | > ronil nt Yellotv Pe.ver , MEMPHIS , Tcnn. , Sept , 12. The Board of Health ot this city today Issued a procla mation enforcing a strict quarantine against Now Orleans , Ocean Springs , Blloxl , Mobile and other towns on the gulf coast. NASHVILLE , Tenu , , Sept. 12. Today the State Bomd of Health Issued quarantine orders against all points along the gulf coast extending from Mobile to New Orleauc. This was done as a measure of extra cai.ilon because of the receipt of unfavorable to ports from the gulf coast. GALVESTON , Tex. , Sept. 13 , The situa tion here 1s unchanged. Rigid quarantine Is maintained agalciBt New Orleans and all In fected points. No yellow fever cases have put In uo appearance hero. . ' ' MiiUnoorN Will lie Sent Homo. XKW YORK. Sept. 12.-Captaln Carnan of the steamer Collrldge , which arrived to day from Brazilian ports , learner ! nt nahla , from which port the steamer sailed on AH- euat 23. thru the mutineers of the Ameri can SL'hooncr Olive "Pecker " would be sent home by the United States "rlgate Lan caster. Tht Lancaster was on her way home from Monte Video and had orders to call at Rihlu to take on board and convey to the United S'.ateH the Olive Pecker's crew. .lump Into the Itlver to Kni'iipe. NEW YORK , Sept. 12. Three truHlles at the workhouse on Blnekwetrs Island at tempted to etn-ape early this morning by jumping Into the East river. The bwlft current tarried them a mile toward the bay. One of them W.IH rescued. The other two , James Jones and Pat Huffy , were probably drowned , DIoN lit n ST. LOUIS , Bept. 12.-A special to the Republic from Qulncy , 111. , says : 1) , Nichols , a brother of Uelancy F. Nlch ols , the noted attorney of Hrooklyn , N. Y died In the workhouse last night from ; nm- stroke. Nichols waa 8 rvlng n sentence far vagrancy. His brother's address \VDU learned front a letter In bin pocket. PiwnT nnnno TUP 111 tn CANNOT CROSS HIE PASS Gold Scokcra Return from the North to Wait Until Spring. SKAGvVAY TRAIL IS IMPASSABLE Well i : | iili | | > cil I'nrlU-i Spruit u Month In Trying In Cct Over ttiu Summit mul Flmilly Turn IllH'U UlNllllltollltt'tl. SEATTLE , Wash. , Sept. 12. The Seattle and George B , Starr arrived today from Skag way bay. The Seattle left there last Tuesday at. 1 a. m. Both steamers b'ought tack men who could not stand the trail of White pass. They gave up and have come louth to win ter , cr will return home. Two of the schooner Moonlight passengers were on the Starr. They heard of the 1m- oajsablc condition of the Skagway troll nnd concluded there was no show for them. Cap tain Slruvo of this city spent thirty days trying to get over Iho summit and failed. He went from hero with one of the best equipped pa'ties that has gene north. In cluding Mat and Jack Scurry , J. J. Madlgan and John Mather. They had ten horses and about half a ton ot provisions per man. Af ter thirty days' hard work and the expendi ture of a large amount of money they suc ceeded In gcttltng their outfit to the ford of the river Just below the summit. Then they gave It up and sold their outfits. Captain Struvo said today : "It's a crime to tempt men to try to go over the Skagway trail. There Is no trail there. It cannot be described. You cannot paint It black enough. I stored my provisions and villl try again next Febru.vy. " The Bond par'.y will get through all right , but It will cost them $10,000 to get their outfits to the Iflke ? . The party Is headed tv Marshal Bend , the son.of . a wealthy Seattle man , who Is supplied with ample funds to get through. The George L. Starr also brings a story of the wreck of the Eliza Anderson. Captain atruvo was told the story at Mary's Island by the customs officials. They said that a schooner had touched that port from Kodlak island , reporting .that the Eliza Anderson was wrecked In > the vicinity of Kodlak with all hands lost. Captain Struvo did not learn the natno of the schooner that brought the uews. The statement was made by the cue- : ems officers with apparent confidence In Its : ruth. The Anderson was last seen by the tng llolvoko near Kodlak Island. She was headed that way for fuel and to get out of the way of the furious gale that was blowing from the southeast. While the story told Captain Stnive may not establish the fact of the Anderson's wreck , It gives rise to grave tears for her safety. DESCRIBES THE TRAIL. The following special correspondence to the Associated press was received here to day per steamer City of Seattle : "SKAGWAY. Alaska , Sept. 7. Not being able to satisfy myself as to the relative merits and conditions of the two trails to the Klondike from the contradictory reports wrought In , I determined to make a personal examination of both , and In order to he able to make an Intelligent report I Induced Charles King of Tacoma , a railroad con tractor , to accompany mo to secure accurate elevations on the respective trails. At Dyea there Is no town siting or hurly burly boom as there Is at Skagway. Near the beach there are a few tents belonging to recent arrivals who have not got their goods ashore and a little further about 100 tents occupied ay Indian families who do packing. There Is only one store , Healey & Wilson , an old trading post and two saloons. There was no evidence ot any blockade there. Everyone was either packing or getting ready to start the next morning. The price that day was 3S cents to Lnke Llnderman , a rise of 8 cunts In a week , and Is now 40 cents. Any- sne able to nar the price can get his entlro outfit packed up there In the morning and set down at Lake Llnderman the next mornIng - Ing , whether It is 10,000 or 5,000 pounds. "From Dyea for ono and a half miles there Is a good wagon road to the ferry over the Chlleoot river , about 100 feet , the current being very swift and the charge of a quarter nf a cent per pound for goods and 50 cents each for passengers Is made , or goods can bo loaded on canccs and towed and poled from Dyea for six miles up the river , taking a full day to tow a loaded boat that dis tance. Half a mile after crossing a shallow arm of the river the trull takes to the river bed. It Is gravel and easily traveling to Flnnegan's Point , again crossing to higher ground on the east side. Less than $4,000 would make n good wagon read from Dyea. to the head of the canyon , but one bridge would have to be built nt the. canyon where the first perceptible climb and the first mud Is encountered. FAIRLY GOOD. "Tho trail from Camp Pleasant to Sheep Camp Is fairly good , and averages about 500 feet elevation , with no sharp pitches. Sheep Camp Is fifteen miles from Dyea and the character ot the country suddenly changes and becomes more rough and rocky. Moun tain torrents keep up a continual music. There Is scarcely any soil or timber from there to the summit. There were not many people camped on Lake Bennett , only those who had come over the Skagway trail , about twenty In number , and only ono complete outfit had got through on September 1 , that of Robert Cahel and wife. Detective W , H. Walsh , who was the first man to break thiough the trail , only had n part of his out- nt and It was scattered from there to the summit. What he had got through had cost him CO cents a pound. All the rest were In the same fix , their stuff being scattered all along the trail. The trail over the summit Is just 1.000 feet higher than had been claimed for It and 200 feet higher than the Chlleoot pass , At the third hill wo found over 200 people camped where there was loom for only about twenty and In n district of a mlle and n half over 1,000 , and as many horses , mules , burrcs , bulls and oxen. "Not ono packer In fifty on the iSkagway trail knows how to pack an animal and half nf them never had anything to do with a horse before. Near the third bridge wo mot Mrs. W. L. Wommack of Seattle , formerly of Rutto. vMont , She started for the Klondike last March by the way of Dyea and Chlleoot trail , got her stuff alt on Lake Dennett alid then received the word of sickness of her two children In Seattle. She sold out her outnt and returned there , arranged to have them cared for and started again. On her Uist trip she was accompanied by another woman , Mrs. Smith , and two babies , Mr. Smith had a claim on Bonanza creek nnd sent for his wlfo and babies , but Mrs. Wom mack helped her to bury both of them o * tbo trip before she got to Lake Bennett. No road over this pass can bo made to compote with the Chlleoot as a trail , though it may the grade Is aa a railroad proposition ns moro gradual SICAGWAV I'ASS lll.OCKKI ) 11V MUD. Three \\Vokn * Hi-mly Hulii HMiulc Illf ItOllllM IllllinHkllllU . PORT TOWNSEND , Wash. , Sept. 12. The steamer City of Seattle arrived five days from Skagway , Among the passengers are twelve men who started for the Klondike , hut failed to cross the pass. A , C. Warner of Seattle , an artist who has been getting ; views on both the D ' a and Skagway passes , for the past weeli , was a returning passenger on the Seattle. He says the Skagway pacs i Is closed for the season , but that many are ; floundering In the mud In a vain attempt to i get through. The first fourteen miles of the trail from Skagway beach Is strewn with the carcasses of COO horses. Eleven saloons and three dance halls are doing- business i there , but Warner says there Is no trouble , there being no fighting or thieving. At ; Dyta the people are still moving slowly for ward , although gieatly impeded by mud and 1 rain. With the exception of two dayu rain 1 has fallen continuously for three weeks. Collector ct Customs Ivy Is dolog a rushing ; i business In the confiscation , of whisky. He hfm thirty Inspectors'on ' Urn bench and but little stuff gets through. 'Frank ' Cain , a Canadian , W.IR caught in a sloop a few days ago with an $8,000 stock olt whisky. The stock was seized and Cain 'sent to June.iu Jail. Whisky sells at'SS per ) gallon at Lake Llndcrm&n. ' The Thorp party started across from Mis sion to Yukon Valley 'a few days ago with eighty head of cattle. They expect to taako the drive In thirty-five day . TITI.Iis iiijcijAitKi7 Tb nn oon. PoHxi-iHory IllKhtH of SeiimttcTH to l.nnilH Tlii > .v Ilitvf ImiiroriMl. SEATTLE , Sept. 12. The trouble over land titles In Juncau , Alaska , has been at last settled by a decision ot Judge Dctaney of the United StAte * court at Juncau. The pos- ses-ory ilchts of squatters who have Im . proved their holdings are to bo held good ! asalnst Invaslsn. Titles- given by the origi nal locator al\3 by the decision rendered | valid , even though the holders shall bo ah-1 tent from the premises. The case at Issue j Involved valuable prcpcrty of O. II. Adslt , who held a deed from the o Iglnal locator ] ' to property In the business portion ot the town. During his absence It was Invaded bv another. Adslt began suit In the United States court forcjctmcnt. . The case was tried last December and Judge Delancy has iiint rendered a decision In favor ot Adslt. \ deed from the lotator made while the ncmlses : had Improvements , though unoc cupied , was held to convey a good title. .Ml.iUii : ) COM ) IM.MJ IX VlCTOItl.V. Prominent rltlri'MN Stnlic Off it Cliilm In the Itfiirt of the City. VICTOIUA , II. C. . Sept. 12. Quito on ex citement has been caused by Charles Hay- wood and other prominent citizens staklns off a claim In the heart ot the city. They claim to have good specimens ot rock from a ledge which runs from the water front right thtough the business portion of Vic toria. HU-li Ciiltrornin Ool.l Strike. EUREKA , Cal. , Sept. 12. H Is reported that J. R. McNeil and George Hunter ot Willow Creek , Humboldt county , have lo cated a ledge ot gold-bearing quartz which assays over $25,000 to the ton. According to the assayer's certificate the samples submitted carried 34 per cent pure metal. 70 of copper , 20 of silver and 4 of gold. The discoverers refuse to reveal the location of the ledge or to state Its dimensions. Rich float rock ai well as fiber gold has frequently been found In the bed pf Willow creek. MoriGolil POR17 TOWNSRND. Wnsh. . Sept. 12-The steamer South Const , which left St. Mich aels on September 1 , arrived here yesterday bringing twenty-seven passengers from Dawson City. The exact amount of gold brought down could not bo learned , but It is believed to be about $3.0OCO. The re turning miners were not disposed to tail : of their for-.une. . but J. 1 * . Light of Chicago cage admitted having1 accumulated $1S(0) ) In dust and nuggets during the two years' stay In the gold fields. ASICS FOIl TUB TIMES' AUTHORITY. 17 llmilt Director DIHOIINMOM tlie I'ropoNiMl Sliver Ilewervo. LONDON , Sept. 13. Colonel Henry Rivers- dale Grenfeld , director of the Bunk ot Eng land and p. former governor , I/is a letter In the Times 'this ' irernlSg , In the course of which he says : "As a blmctalllst and as one of the senior members of the bank court , I thlnkT have a right to ask orii what grounds the writer of the article entitled , 'A Remonstrance , ' In your Saturday Issue makes Ills assertion that the bank has decided to hold a lltth ol Its reserve - servo lu sliver. Had the bank done so , Us action would have been strictly In accord ance with the bank act of 1841 and equally In nccordar-ca with the action , taken in 1SS1 by the government then' presided over by n mouometalllst , Mr. Gladstone. What the hank did In 1SS1 was to assure the treasury that the bank would always be open to the purchase of silver on condition of the return of the mints of other countries to buch rules ns would Insure certainty , of conversion of gold Into silver and of silver Into golu. Itlmetalllsts declare that 'the ' practical re sult cf a double standard. In France alone was that the two mclals did exchange throughout the world at a legal ratio or with such slight variations as might , In considera tion of this great subject , bt neglected. There Is no ground for say Ing/that anyone con nected with the bank has otllclally gone be yond that position. Indcefl , I doubt If any opinion' ' has been rccarilo'd or any determina tion come to at all. Your correspondent's whole letter seems founded } on n supposition of what may or may not have arisen In the necessary preliminary discussions with re gard to the watering of the bank's reserve with sliver on the conditions mentioned In 1881. . "If I am not mistaken' , . .the very persons who deprecate this dllutlon have always been most desirous of a much greater dilution by the Issue of pound notes cm H more or less fiduciary basis , I may conclude by saying that 'the expression 'certain Americans' Is scarcely n fitting description of the coa.- mlssloners now ofllclally charged by their government for their difficult and onerous task. " The Times today In Its. financial article , which records the universal condemnation of the alleged proposal of the Bank of Eng land to maintain a fifth 'of Its reserve In silver , says : "It was suggested , rather thin asserted , that oi'.r correspondent had only one end of the story and that the bank had Blvtn Its consent subject to conditions , such as the establishment of bimetallism In Fiance and the United States and guaranty from the borne government that the bank should suffer no loss , " The Dally News In Its financial article says : "It would not be worth discussing whether the Bank of'England had reached such a decision did not an uneasy feeling exist that well known blmetalllst members of the government njay have given the American delegates some sort of understand ing on the subject. It Is.not fort a moment believed that any radical tampering with the gold reserve Is contemplated. , Any con cessions In this direction- for the reopen ing of the Indian mints sro always under stood .to have been conditional on the estab lishment of 'International iblmotalllsrn. ' Wo hope the next meeting otahe proprietors of the bank will either explain or deny these mischievous reports. " The Dally Telegraph nays ; "Tho basis of the proposals of the American delegates ap pears to bo the withdrawal of the half sovereign and the substitution of a one-fifth reserve In silver. This , may bo plausible enough from the point of view of the silver- lies , but It would be a .very questionable policy unless some substantial permanent recovery In the value of silver were apparent , which Is not the -case. If Germany should cease melting the Dialers , if-France and the United States adopted bimetallism and If India reopened the mints , then It might be within the province of the hank to meet the suggestions of the American commissioners and the sllverltcs. But the Instant the French government wtrro. to adopt bimetal lism , the ministry would bo overthrown , The new gold discoveries and the fact that other nations are adopting the gold standard prove abundantly the wisdom of no departure from the present system In this country. " Kxiiinliic the Ilnrlior Site. LO3 ANQELE8 , Cnl. , Sept. 12.-ConBrcss- men II , 13. Dovener of West Virginia , It , P. lilxhop of Michigan nnd J. II , llankhead of I Alabama , members of the house committee on rlveri * nnd harbors , have personally In- vestleated the proposed harbor Hlte at San ! Pedro , The members of the party exum- Intel carefully nKthti ) maps nnd designs of the harbor and look note of surroundings , : Tomorrow un Informal reception -will be I tendered thd Dovener i irty by the Chamber nf 4 mnmprrl . KnrlliiiiiiL | < > Slioi'Ux In Mexico. ST. LOUIS , Sept. 12. A special to the Globe-Democrat from Mexico City , Mex , says : The meteorological observatory hero haH received news from San Carlos , Oazaca , . that three distinct earthquake shocks were felt there In the t-pacu of live minutes. No ' UctalU have been received. SEVEN KILLED IN A WRECK Stealing a Rich on n Freight Train in Indian Territory , F.FTEEN . CARS ARE SMASHED UP Thirteen Moil mill Itoyn Socklnwr I'm- liloviutMit In ( 'niton l < "lrlilN Demi or Ilmlly Injured from a uilon Cnr. MEMPHIS , Tcnn. , Sept. 12. A special to the Commercial Appeal from Hanburn , Ark. , says : A disastrous 'freight wreck occurred on the Iron Mountain road nt Hanson , L T. . a | small station twenty miles west ot Van Burcn , at 2 o'clock , resulting In the death of seven men and the serious Injury of six others , two of whom will die. The dead nru : WILL FAME. CHARLKS FAME. DOUGLAS ANDERSON. V JOHN JOHNSON. ROSE HENDERSON. FRANK HAMILTON. II. A. WALTON. The Injured are : Gcorgo Coffman. Jack Jones. James Phillips. Robert E. Urbanks. Charles render. George Parker. Of the wounded It Is thought that two will die , as they suffered Internal Injuries. All of the dead and wounded were sent to Vlan , with the exception of Walton's body. It being brought to this place , where ho has relatives. Nona of the trainmen wcro hurt. The wrecked train was a local freight , No. 45. fiom Coffccvllle , Kan. , to Vanllurcn. Whllo the train was running nt a speed of twenty miles an hour the forward trucks ot ono ot the cars near the engine broke , wrecking fifteen cars loaded with walnut ! logs and baled hay. With the exception ot two cars In front and three In the rear , In cluding the caboose , every car ot the twenty n the train was ditched. In the middle of the train , was a car loaded with heavy ma chinery and it was In this car that thirteen men wcro stealing n rMo and from which seven dead and six seriously wounded were taken by the trainmen shortly afterward. It appears that the occupants of the wrecked car were a party of men and boys living at Vlniv , I , T. , who were coming to VmiBuren to Hud employment lu the cotton fields. A message was sent to Trainmaster . .Walshit Ihls place and he Immediately ordered out a wrecking crew and with Division Road- master McLeon went to the scene of the wreck , taking with them Dr. Dldbrell , the company's local surgeon. The llrst thing done was to extricate thu dead and wounded. The task was a laborious one and It was several hours before the lastl > of the bodies was removed from the wreck. SAD SCENES. KANSAS CITY. Sept. ] 2. A special to the Times from Hanburn , Ark. , says : Many EQd scenes were enacted at Hanson. One ot the dead , whoso name Is unknown , was found with his head mashed tea pulp between the heavy logs , hlb brains oozing out. Others were crushed and mangled In a horrible manner. 'Two of the dead were brothers , > 'lll and Charles Fame. Will was found on one side of tro track and Charles on thp other , both crushed almost out of all sem blance to human beings. The scenes at Vlan when the dead bodies or those who had re sided there arrived were affecting In the extreme. The pa'e' ' s and other kin ct the deceased were at , the depot when the train came In. It will probably be several flays before the wreck will have been cleared away and the full extent of the disaster revealed. Three men are still misting , according to the state ments of some of these who escaped. A large force of men Is at the spot clearing away the wreckage. TWKXTY-KOUK ICIMiKD IX A O.UAH11Y llliiKl OUCH Oft' nml GIIHOH In Hit- Air . \ftern-nnlB iKiillr " Uxnloilo. CITY OF MEXICO , Sept. 12. Twenty-four perfcons , mainly spectators of the great blast at the Panuelas quarry on the Vera Cniz railway , wore Instantly killed yesterday. The blast went off and the people rushed forward to sec the effects when gases In the air Ignited causing a terrible explosion with horrible results. Two cavalrymen wcro en guard and were killed with their horans. Many people were seriously wounded. Kilt 13 IX AN Ali'STIl.VMAX MIXI3. Two Iliiiulrc-il Men Overcome Iiy tin ; KIIIIICH anil IOHM Tlinn Fifty .Saved. MELBOURNE , Sept. 12. A fire has been discovered In the Broken Hill mine between Jamleson'a and the Broad Rlbbs shafts. Two hundred men who were engaged In efforts to extinguish the flames were overcome by the poisonous fumes. Fifty have been brought to the surface and of these three are dead. Efforts to subdue are being con tinued from the top of the mine , SAYS 1CAXSAS IS M1CI3 MillltASICA. Jolin C. WliiiHon SOON SlmiH ut 1'roN- porlly K very where. KANSAS CITY , Sept. 12. John C. Wharton - ton of Omaha was In Kansas City today and he observed that the advance agent of pros perity had been here and hilled the town. "On my several visits to Kansas City the past tow years I have never before noticed so much building activity , " he said. "I have been over In Kansas and It reminded mo of Nebraska. Prosperity Is everywhere and It will continue during the McKlaley admin istration. " "Republican success , " continued he , "Is assured In the coming Nebraska campaign. The return of prosperity has taken away from the 'confuslonlsts' all their campaign material and lost them thousands of follow ers. " I'oxtofllci ; CIorkM Ailjoiirn. nALTIMOUB , Sept. 12 , The National As sociation of I'ostolllce Clerks ended Its con vention last night. Detroit was chosen a the place of meeting next September , The election of olllcers resulted na follows : President , 13. I' , Lincoln , Uoston ; first vice president , C. L. Wright , Norfolk , Vn. ; second end vice president , CharleH B , lyne , In- dlanapolla : third vice president , Miss Ella Gordon , niddeford , Me. ; necretiiry , William Agnew , Cleveland : treasurer , C. M. Delaney - ney , Hrooklyn ; llnance committee , R. M. Powell. Detroit. Mich. ; Iiuyer of Hochester , N. Y. nnd Hopkins of Cleveland ; executive committee , \V. Van Nestrand , Hrooklyn ; Otto Weiss , New York , and Anthony Can * Ion , Chicago ; chairman organization com mittee. , H. K. Schuurnlobfiel , Kansas City , Mo. Tramp * ICII1 u Soellon HONM. CINCINNATI. O. , Sept. 13-At Pleasant Rld < ; e today John Jackson , a section boss on the Pennsylvania railway , -wan murdered by tramps. Jnck on'8 boy hud treed u coon. When the trampa passed Jackson's IOK dis turbed them an'l they shot the do ; ; . Jacli- * on protested and he wus shot throe times , dying almost Instuntly , Jac'.son'n ton fired at the tramps , but they escaped , and the authorities have been unable to apprehend them. IiulliiiiH Will Soil Tliolr l.diul" . POOATELLO , Idaho , Hept , 12.-JI Is an- npunced that twelve of the chiefs of the Shouhones and llannoek Indians of the Fort Hall reservation have cloned a treuly for the sale of 100,000 aerea of thn Muthern end of the reservation for SI per aero , or In round figures for IGOO.OOO. This will open up the southern end of the reservation to public settlement. Knrtvoll IN Mnili ; Vlr J'rcxldonl. CHICAGO , Stt | > , lU.-aenernl Hcwetary B , V Smitlley announces that the executive eoinmltteo ct the National H'liurl Money league has uppolnled John V Fiirwell , Jr. , of this city , vice president of. the leut'ue for IlUnob * . WII.VTIItill IS WAUMIM * VP ACAI.N. Mori'tiry CllntliN llaolc Onee Moro Into the MiH'Mci , llotir. ! > OK. Hour. Mow. ft n. in 7-1 1 11 , in Ill < l n. in 7't U | i , in. . . . . . Ill 7 n , in 7l ! ! t p , in. . . . . . II- S ii. in 77 ! ii , in Id ! > n , in. . . . . . Si ; . - , p , m 11 10 n. in S-1 tt | i , in Ill ) It n. in. . . . . . SS 7 | > , in. . . . . . S7 ' I in 11(1 ( S p. m SI I ) | l. Ill. . . . . . SJ ! The tcmprraturo yesterday was about as hot ns It wns before the Into rain. Tlip nnxlmiim was 03 degrees , but n frcuh south easterly breeze blew nearly all day , making the weather not wholly dlsngrceablo. It was n clear , bright day , Just such a one as might bo expected In June. ( iltOl'MHCD OKI ? A CTIIAX POUT. SMiniNlili | Muslim ( ioon on ( lie llookft mul Cannot lie I'ulle.l OIT. HAVANA , Sept. 12. It was duo to the courtesy of Admiral Navarre , the Spanish naval commander In Cuban waters , that the correspondent of the Associated press here has been able to obtain details from Santiago , le Cuba of the grounding on the Colorado shoals , off the harbor ot Santiago do Cuba , of thu Ward line steamship Niagara , Captain Crocker , from New York August 2G , via Nassau on August 30 , for Guantanamo , Clon- fucgos , etc. About 5 p. m. on Thursday last the Niagara wns entering the harbor ot Santiago de Cuba from Clenfuegos , In ballast The water was smooth and the weather wns line , but either owing to her falling to obey her rudder , on account of the currents , or through the lack of skill of her pilot , the steamer grounded on a rocky bottom , The Spanish gunboat Estrella and the tugboat Colon Immediately went to her assistance and tried to pull her off , hut without success. The British steamer Mameluke , n powerful vessel , made in unsuccessful attempt to float the Niagara i yesterday morning , 2GO tons ot coal being re. moved from the stranded vessel. The pilot who was in charge of the | i Niagara has been suspended by the marine authorities until the exact cause of the dis aster la known. The chief pilot of Santiago de Cuba has been sent to the Mameluke anil another pilot has been sent to the Niagara with Instructions to do everything possible to assist the American steamer. In addition , the naval commander at Santiago do Cuba and h'.fi ' assistant have hern assisting In the work of rescue with the gunboat Kstrella. The Niagara , according to the latest re ports received hero. Is not leaking and docs not Fi'tfin to have sustained any damage. Her machinery still works well. The Santi ago passengers of the Niagara have been landed and the others remain on board. The captata of the port of Santiago do Cuba considers the accident to the Niagara a serious one , but believes that with the resources at the disposal of Santiago de Cuba the Niagara can bo Iloatod. On the other hand , the captains of the Niagara and the Mameluke have been consulting as to what Is best to do , and have received the Spanish captain's advice very coldly. Therefore the captain of the port thinks It unnecessary to Interfere any turther , beyond affording the Niagara any assistance which ho may be asked for. M3WS KIIOM IXDIA.V Ul'llISIXO. MoItiiiimilK , It IK Snlil , AVIII OITor I.I 111 f Opiioxltloii. PESHAWUR , Punjab , Sept. 12. H Is an ticipated that the Mohmands will make but little opposition to the columns of troops under Generals Elles and Blood , which are advancing from each end of their country , but that they will attempt to fly to Lalpura , In Afghanistan. Events must thus force the ameer's hand. If the Mohmands are taken In the rear by his forces their punishment will be heavy and the effect will be spon taneous. The unexpected Instructions sent to Gen- cral Ellcs to delay the advance for political reasons for forty-eight hours of his column from Shadkader are thought possibly to be because the Mohmands have already sub mitted without fighting. Thu center of the Insurrectionary activity is now on the Samana range , whore the British have a number of posts , nil of which are liable to be attacked at any moment. These garrisons hcve been having an anxious time recently , owing to tlie shortage of sup plies end the news today that a column of troops under General Yeatman-Blggs from Hangu has succeeded In penetrating into the Samana territory and replenished the sup plies of the outlying posts without fighting has caused considerable satisfaction. A severe attack was made upon Kort Cnvagnarl on the afternoon of September 3. The enemy was repulsed. The same evening Colonel Haughton , with a detachment of Sikhs , arrived at Cavagnarl from Fort Lock- hardt. A furious onslaught of the tribesmen continued until midnight. They seemed dis inclined to charge home and were repulsed at every point with heavy losses. Colonel Haitghton returned to Fort Lockhardt with the Sikhs 03 the following day and the enemy renewed the attack the same even ing. But upon this occasion the tribesmen were easily repulse * ] . KMIM3HOKS JuTlST AXI1 KISS TWICE. U'llliclin mul Krmiz JoMcfl Cn-ol Uauli Other 13ffnslvely , TOTIS , Hungary , Sept. 12. Emperor Wil liam , with a numerous Quite , Including Gen eral Count Obrutscheff , chief of the Russian general staff , arrived here this afternoon nnd was received at the military station by Em peror Francis Joseph , The AustroiHungarlan monarch wore the uniform of a Prusslin field marshal and the ribbon of the Order of the Black Eagle , lie was accompanied by the Austrian archdukes. The two emperors kUsed each other twice and repeatedly shook hands effusively. Em peror William wore the uniform of his Aus trian hussar regiment. The Imperial meeting was witnessed by thousands of spectators , who cheered lustily. From the railroad station Emperor William and Emperor Francis Joseph went to the famous old castle of Count Franz Eaterhazy. Ciilitnre of Vlotiirlii lie | : IH TIIIIIIH. MADRID , Sept. 12. The olllelal dispatch from Havana , giving details of the loss of Victoria , de las Tunas , says ; "Tho garrison of Victoria do las Tunas consisted of 3f 0 men , of whom 135 were dick In the hospital , The place capitulated after an heroic de fense. The commandant , with three officers and seventy-five men , marched out , taking with them the ilck ; and wounded. The In surgents fired cannon at the hospital , al though the flag of the Red Cross society was hoisted over It at the time , Many of the wounded perished In the debris. The Insur gents lost 100 killed. " I < ator details received by the government show that the slego was begun by C.OOO In surgents August 14. The assault was re pulsed , but on the 251h the Insurgents be gan a cannonade with four guns and one throwing dynamite shells , Oei the 27th the fortlllcatlons were destroyed and the Spanish artillery dldmantled. The garrison was then compelled to capitulate , but a stipulation that they should bo released was granted- Two messengers , who had been dispatched by the garrison for assistance , weiu hanged by the Insurgents , who also shot a leading merchant of the town. Having garrisoned the place the Insurgents moved 'Westward ' In the direction of Han Pedro. fiooH AKronnil Wlillc llneliiKT , MONTREAL. Sept 12.The steamer Van couver , which went aground at Contracouer yesterday , owing to her steering gear giving out , wag got off this morning after 100 tons of the cargo had been lightened. She reached the city about 9 o'clock. The passengers reached Montreal on the steamer Cnlllvatur , H Is learned from the Vancouver's passen- cers that the cause of her grounding was her racing with the steamer Laurentlan. The latter pasted her .it Movlllc and again at the Rlmoutkl mail station , but In both cases was overtaken. The I/aurontlan , however , got away from Quebec 11 rut and the Vancou ver was only 200 yards astern when nho grounded , ON VERGE OF A RIOT Strikers Are in nn Ugly Mootl nnd Moro Trouble is Looked For , FIVE THOUSAND MORE MINERS TO GO OUT Fceliug Against Sheriff Martin Runs Vor/ High nt Hnzlotou , FUNERAL OF THREE OF THE VICTIMS lucidonta Which Olenrly Tutlicnto the Hood of the Mem , CITY IS IN EFFECT UNDER MARTIAL LAW Ttvo More of ( lie \VouiuIi-il Die mill Klvc OthtTN Arc Kiitcutcil to Siioi'iiiuU llofure , Mini ) ' IIAZLKTON , I'a. , Sept. 12. The situation hero tonight Is graver than It has been nt ft'iy time since the blooily affray of Friday afternoon. There It strong reason to feae * a conlllct between the strikers and the mili tary tomorrow nnd there Is nn Indication that from C.OOO to 7,00u more minors wlli Join the maltontcnu. Keeling continues high against Sheriff Martin and his deputies , and the Intensity , of the situation Is mieh that u sudden turn of the head or a word spoken above the ordinary tone brings a running crowd. The soldiers are watchful and ready for any emergency , and the people of the town uro In a state which may easily become a panic. An Incident of ugly omen occuired during the funeral of three of the victims this after * noon. Whllb services wcro being held Inside- St. Joseph's church about 2,000 foreigners wcro congregated about the doors. A num ber of them raised their voices nnd. It la declaied by eyewitnesses , that a policeman , stationed near the door became unduly olllclous. Instantly on ominous muttering followed , mingled with scowling looks ami clenched lists. Word was Immediately car ried Indoors to Rev. Father Aust. Ho hurried out to the dour and bundled the men who seemed most quarrelsome Into the church. A few words of counsel to tha others prevented further demonstrations. TROUBLE IN THR AIR. Trouble Is In the air and If It Is to como the time will be tomorrow morning. Tlilu Is clear from the words Ubcd tonight by Gen eral Gobln , commander of the Third brigade. The striking miners have made clabora o preparations for a demonstration at the funeral of ten of the victims , which la fixed for 10:30 : o'clock this inornlns , The military authorities are determined that nothing ot the kind shall bn permitted and. that from this .time .on ( hero shall bo no marching ot any character , whatsoever , whether during funerals or otherwise. This resolution Is not generally known nnd the miners are going on with their arrange ments. General Gobln talked over the tele phone to Governor Hastings for an hour or rnoic this afternoon. He said he had merely made a formal report to the governor of the situation. It Is apparent , however , that the. commander Is not cheered by the ImmedlatQ outlook , although he says he thinks ( hero will he no further turbulence. He would not say when the troops are likely to ba with drawn and he hua resolved to act with Iho utmost i Igor. , UNGINHER IS HBATBX. Furthermore , ho made a revelation which put a startling aspect upon tlio situation. This was that the house ot the engineer at No. S colliery had been lirokici into late last night by six masked men and tlio en gineer , who la a cripple , unmercifully ; beaten. There Is no clew to the Identity o the assailants. The only work the man baa been doing lately Is the pumping necessary , to free the mine from water. The general had also received a formal report of the Audcnreld outrage of last Thursday night , when strikers broke Into the house ol Gomcr Jones , superintendent of the Lehlgh & Wllkcsbarre Coal company. Jones , whoso unpopularity with thu miners was ono of tlio first causes of the filrlke , was not there , but the men literally wrecked the Interiors of the house and then attacked a mice power house nearby and stole a quantity of dyna mite , As eoon as he heard of this General Gobln assigned a guard of the Thirteenth ] regiment to remain In Audcnreld , , MORK STRIICKS I'ROIUBLE. The addition to the strikers' ranks , It made , will be men at Coxc's mines and should they go out the last big anthracite * company In the region will bo Idle. It was not known until today that thu 2,000 men employed at Colliery No , 7 had u muutlng at Stockton last night and drew up a petition ; to the operators demtin'llng ' an Increase of. 10 per cent. This will bo presented tomor row and the action In the event of refusal Is "strike. " It Is accepted an a fact that It these men go out , all the ethers employed , by Dcmpy wilt join them , inoklni ; the total number something between 5.000 and 7,000 from thctic mines alone. The Coxo man hail already he en offered an Increase , but re jected It on the ground that It was still lotscr than the scale paid by the other op erators In the region. These men have been working steadily up to this time and of late up to 10 o'clock at night. HAZLBTON UNDKR MARTIAL LAW , ' To all Intents and purposes Hazleton Is under msrtlal law. General Gobln declared , tonight that In spite of the warrants Issued , no constables nor any civic authority will bo permitted to arrest the deputies. Ho said that the nherlff Is an OM'ttillvn officer , whoso duty It la to preserve thu peace and that he , Gobln and the troops are really sub ordinate to the ktu'rlff at tills lime , being engaged In helping him to perform that duty. Under these clrcumntantca he will not permit Interfcrrocn with the sheriff's ottlvlals , so long an thu militia Is hero. In spite of this fine distinction , the command er's decision oil linn point ' accepted a superseding the civil authorities by the mili tary power. The events of toduyvrre the dpaths of two otheru of the wounded , Jacob Tojiidsniitos , the 18-yoar-olil boy who WHH shot jhruugli the head , and Clement IMopsluck , uged 13 years ; the announcement thlb afternoon by the hospital doctors that five moro will d.e , 7/1 several perhaps before morning , and the fu ' neral of four of the victims , Theeo were fi ' 'Andrew Vurek , Steve Vurlch , John Futa au4 Mlk Chcslok. Ten rnoro will be burled to morrow and hero the tronblo Is likely to occur. It has been arranged that the ten colIlns shall be carried on trip shouldera of the strlkei'u from the undortskpr's shop to the trout ot St , Joseph's church. Is )