Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 19, Petersburg, Pike County, 15 September 1899 — Page 6

Hu §?ik» ®mmtg ^mortal If* MeG* STOOPS, Editor and Proprietor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA. C... !'. 1.. .MThe railroad offices of Johannesburg continue to be beseiged by those wanting to get out of the Transvaal. Negotiations are fast progressing by which New York capitalists will acquire every salmon cannery property in British Columbia. The statement of the condition or the treasury issued on the 7th showed: Available cash balance. $279,565,063; gold reserve, $251,618,132. The last plague patient was discharged from the hospital in Alexandria, Egypt, on the 7th. Of a total of 89 cas§s, 43 deaths occurred. The feativities attending the national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Philadelphia wero brought to a close, on the 8th, with a grand naval pageant on the Delaware river. Jimenes, the leader of the successful revolution in Santo Domingo, has been received in triumph at Santiago. Public feeling seems to be unanimously ih his favor as candidate for the presidency. Gen. Jimenes received a dispatch, on the 8th, from a Parisian banking house promising to furnish all the funds necessary to establish the new government, French interest being second only to the American. The yellow fever has disappeared from Merida, Yucatan, all patients having recovered. ^Business is very active, the Indian disturbances on the Belize .frontier having no effect on the trade of the more settled part of the peninsula.

Prof. Edward Charles Piekering, of Harvard, sailed for home from Kingston, Jamaica, on the 7th, having located the probable site of Harvard’s northern hemisphere observatory, supplementary to the southern observa'rX^jy in Peru. Rear-Admiral Kane, well known in America as the captain of the Calliope, which, in 1889, steamed out of Apia. Samoa, in the teeth of the terrible hurricane which destroyed the American squadron, has voluntarily retired from the British navy. The navy is beginning to1 feel seriously the effect of the heavy advance in the steel market. Chib Engineer Cunningham, of the bureau of yards and docks, says structural steel has advanced 100 per cent,, and in some cases 300 per cent. Assistant Secretary Taylor decided, on the 6th, to reject all of the offers so far received for the sale to the government of a site for the United States post office and customhouse building at Oakland, Cal., on the ground that the prices asked are excessive. The mattter of making an effective blockade in the Philippines, and especially around the Island of Luzon, bo as to prevent the insurgents from obtaining ammuition and supplies, is one that is at present giving the administration considerable concern. As a reward for his services in connection with the Santiago campaign, President McKinley proposes to continue Maj.-Gen. Shatter in command of the department of the Pacific with his present volunteer rank after the time reached for his retirement on September 14. The industrial commission, which reconvened in Washington, on the 5th, decided to, authorize the attendance of Prof. Jenks and one member of each of Its sub-commissions at ilio trust conference of the Civic Federation to be held in Chicago beginning on the 13th ^Instant. The central Porto Rican committee decided, on the 6th, to send broadcast throughout the country an appeal to churches for aid, and copies of the appeal to all the banks in the country, to be posted where they can be seen, to revive the contributions to the relief fund.

Col. Albert D. Shaw .was chosen com-mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, on the 7th, Judge Leo Rassieur, his only opponent, withdrawing in his favor. It is thought this action insures Judge Rassieur’s election to the office next year, when the grand encampment will meet in Chicago. Admiral Dewey, on the 5th, expressed a favorable opinion as to the outcome of the war In the Philippine islands, saying that he hoped the next dry season would see the insurrection quelled. The admiral f>ui<l he did not expect to go on sea serv:ce again except in the event of war, and that he will retire under the ••cgulations. Mr. Quesada, the Cuban commissioner, has presented to the president telegrams received from the tobacco raising interests of Cuba, protesting against the proposal to admit Porto Rican tobacco into Cuba free of duty. It is understood that Secretary Root looks favorably upon the plan of admitting Porto Rico tobacco to Cuba as * relief measure. . i( The German embassy in Washington treats the Bentheim story regarding the tale of French militaiy secrets to Germany lightly, and say* that while there are a number of circumstances referring to his alleged employment in the military service in Berlin which •re inconsistent with the established system there, yet they will not dignify the story by going into details

NEWS IN BRIEF, Compiled from Various Bouroes. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A deal involving the transfer of 3,000,000 acres of land in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon and Tamaulipas was concluded in Chicago, on the 6th, by L. L. Summerlin, of San Antonio, Tex,, with Chicago and New York capitalists. The United States transport Sheridan, which left Manila, on August 10. with the Minnesota and South Dakota volunteers on board, was sighted five miles at sea off San Francisco just before dusk on the 7th. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. was held in Portland, Ore., on the 7th. A new board of directors was elected. Secretary E. C. Hopper has issued a call for the anmial meeting of ths American Turf congress, to be held at the Wellington hotel, in Chicago, or the 20tli. The navy department received word, on the 7th, that the n^w battleship Kearsarge would be ready for her ofcial acceptance trial about the 25th. The statement of the Londontboard of trade for the mnnth of Alienist

I shows increases of £3.»S9.200 in im [ poris and £2,072,500 in exports. The Denver Smelting1 and Mining Co. | has let contracts for building in that city a new smelter which will be independent of the trust. The assembly of New South Wales, on the 7th, passed a resolution declaring lack of confidence in the ministry. Andrew Carnegie, it is said, will be the next liberal candidate for the British parliament for Sutherlandshire. The Waterworks association of the central and western states, at its meeting in Cincinnati, on the 7th, decided to meet next September at Columbus, O. Corporal Lee, Co. F, Twentieth Kansas, died on board the United States transport Tartar, af, Hong Kong, on the 7th, df dysentery. The transport Sheridan, having on board the Minnesota and South Dakota regiments, over 300 discharged men and 92 officers, arrived at San Francisco on the night of the 7tli. There were three deaths on board dining the voyage home. Ns Rev. Ht W. Ruby, Free Methodist, was arrested at Ponea City. Okla., on the 7th, upon suspicion that he is Rev. John Simpson, wanted in the New England states for killing a deputy sheriff fituned Smith while resisting arrest. He denies the charge. He has been taken to Newkirk, pending further identification. Rear-Admiral Picken. commandant of the navy yard at Boston, died of apoplexy at an early hour on the morning of the 7th. He was 59 years old. A disastrous fire which started in a livery stable at Kinney, 111., on the 7th, swept an entire block, nine business houses and offices being burned. The Kinney Herald and Kinney Gazette were both included. The loss is estimated at $20,000 to $25,000. Spencer Bromfield, of Woodruff, and Robert Meyers were killed, George Adler, of Champaign, and John driest finally injured and four others seriously shocked by lightning, which struck the grand stand, of the Douglas county (111.) fair grounds, at Carmago, on the evening of the 7tli. The taking of testimony in the Dreyfus case, at Rennes, France, was concluded, on the 7th, and Muj. Oarriere, government commisnry sifmmed tip the case against the accused. It was expected the verdict would be ren

ncreu on me inn. Maj. Esterhaay, in an interview published in London,repeats his statement that he did everything by order of Col. Sandherr and his superior a hirers. He sayn that he will reveal all after the trial at Rennes. He declares he will , not return to France, because it would ' mean immediate imprisonment. x George Philpot. report says, will call upon Gov. Bradley of Kentucky to protect his people from the other faction, and if the request i$ refused, the Philpots threaten to turn themselves loose on the Griffins with a view of exterminating them. The situation is growing worse, and an outbreak is expected at"any time.* Col. Albert D. Shaw, of Watertown, N. Y„ was chosen commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, at Philadelphia, oh the 17th, Judge Leo Rassieur, of Missouri having withdrawn from the contest. \ A jury composed of Amerioun and foreign architects has nwu\dod M. Bernard, the Parisian architect, the first prize in the competition sponsored by Mrs. Phoebe Heurst, who offered prizes for the best plans i|>r new building for the University c£ California. The ultimate cost of me improvement* will reach into the millions', all (of which Mrs. Hearat will aofny.; j * ‘ / Gen. Jimenes arrived at Moca, Santo Dominaro. on the 8th. with an escort of 500 cavalry, largely augmented by armed horsemen Iron, the villages along bis route. Everywhere the utmost entbusjasm wa> displayed.

The transport Newport sailed from Manila, P. I., on the 8th, with nine of* fleers, 66 enlisted men, G43 discharged men, and 10 civilians. The party of enlisted men belonged to the', volunteer signal corps. Senor Eduardo Romana, former senator for Arequipa, was, on the 8th. inaugurate^ as president of the republic Of Peru for the term of four years, in succession to Senor Nictiolas Pierohu A wpgon containing six school children was run down by a car ^>n the Lindell railway, in St. Louis, on the 8th. One was fatally in jured; another may die and all were seriously hurt. Two more deaths from the bubonic plague were officially reported in Oporto, Portugal, on the 8th, but no report- was made of any new cases. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 8th showed: Available cash balance, $280,967,566; gold reserve, $535,905,400. M. Gaston, Tissandier* the distinguished French chemist and aeronaut, died in Paris, on the 8th, in his fiftysix year. LATE NEWS ITEMS. * The Dreyfus court-ihartial at Rennes, France, came to an end, on the 9th, with the rendering of a verdict of guilty, with extenuating circumstances, against the unfortunate man. The verdict carries with it a sentence of ten years’ confinement in a fortress. The court stood five to two for conviction. The Dreyfus verdict caused a feeling almost of stupefication in Berlin. It had been hoped that the statement of the Riechsanzieger, as emenating directly froiq Emperor William* would have rendered impossible the repetition of what is described as “one of the greatest judicial and political crimes of any age.” Mrs. Mary Gallagher, aged 33, wi?e of Filex Gallagher, a null man of Port Perry, Pa;, poisoned herself and three of her children with laudanum on the 9th. The woman and her four-months-old baby died, on the 10th, but the two daughters, aged five and seven, may recover. A New Yorker, Duke Jospeh Flori<nond de Loubat, a resident of Paris, has founded a professorate in the University of Berlin for Americans, at a cost of 300,000 marks. The emperor must Confirm the fnum’.-itinri linfm-o It i

is valid. The mining companies of the Marquette (Mieh.) range-have granted a voluntary raise iiv wages of ten cents a day, to take effect on the 1st. The raise affects both underground and surfhee men, numbering several thousand. The Paris Sieele has opened a sub-* script ion to erect an expiatory monument in front of the Palace of Justice at Hennes to remind the future generations of the outrage on justice perpetrated in the Dreyfus trial and verdict. jr? . The revisions! press of Paris comments upon the Dreyfus verdict with deepest indignation, declaring that the battle between the civil and military will continue until the victory rcs:s with the court of cassation. The special committee to invite the governor general of Canada and members of his cabinet to attend the fall festivities in Chicago next month, left that city, on. the 10th, for Quebec to make the presentation. liev. (V. 11. Sproul, presiding elder of the Methodist church tor the Aberdeen district, died suddenly at Northville, S. D., on the 10th, while preaching, CURRENT NEWS NOTES. ' Seven chickens, newly hatched were found in a case of eggs received at St. Louis. The Perryville (Mo.) ice plant, local* ed about half a mile northeast of town was destroyed by tire. Pridgeford & Co.’s stove foundry a1 Louisville, Ky„ was burned Friday, causing a loss of $200,000. I'd. Schott, an employe of Gundlacli & Pumpd's foundry in Belleville, 111. lost his left arm in an accident there Miss Ada Sullman. of Caledonia, Miss., died from burns sustained while doing the family washing a few days a co.

The French-Eversolc feml is ragin': in -Kentucky. One death ami several persons injured is the result of a battle Thursday. ('apt. J. F. Ellison, who is said to have fired the shot during1 the war that killed Bishop Polk. died at Carthage. Mo.. Friday. The eleven men charged with lynching the three Humphries, have been taken from Athens, Tex., to Palestine, on a change of venue. Myron .Roberts, insane, shot and killed his demented son in Hannibal. Mo., and then attempted suicide. Insanity was hereditary. (ien. Garcia, chief-of-staff of President Diaz of Mexico, says that the president will accept ihe invitation tc risit the United States. Reuben D. Ponigan has filed suit in the circuit court at St. Louisaguiust Napoleon C. Lucas for $20,000 damages for alleged alienation of his wife’s affections. All are prominent. The golden wedding anniversary oi Mr. and Mm Daniel V Debs, parents of Eugene V. Debs, will he celebrated on Wednesday next at Terre Haute, Ind. Gov. McMillin of Tennessee will attend the meeting of governors and attorney generals in St Louis, but he will not be able t" attend the Chicagc meeting. The attorney general's department of Illinois holds that the treatment oi disease by Christian science methods is not a crime, according to the state statutes. Admiral Dewey inspected the Unit ed States training ships Saratoga anf* Alliance, at Gibraltar, Friday, and wai loudly cheered when leaving the ve» sels. The Sarat§go has sailed for Madeira*

ALL OVER THE STATE, Events In Various Portions of In* diana Told by Wire. Cot Tax EiUmatri. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 8.—The new county and township reform law going into operation this week has stirred up the officials, in every county of the state. Form many counties come reports that the newly created councils, composed chiefly of taxpayers, are slashing estimates of county“officers and preparing to fix lower tax rates. It is estimated from reports coming in that the r.ew law will save hundreds of thousands of dollars to the taxpayers, Wanted to Kill. Laporte, Ind., Sept. 8.—Kev. M. L. Peter, whose home at Lnpaz, Marshall county, was shattered by dynamite, says that he has evidence sufficient to convict the guilty persons. Mr. Peter thinks that his death was planned, as the dynamite was placed within eight feet of his study chair, which he would have been occupying had he been at home. _ Struck by Llshtatna;. Crawfordsville, Ind.. Sept. 8.—An electrical storm visited Crawfordsville and vicinity and the loss to telephone and electric light property was great. A number of barns were destroyed and considerable stock killed. Grace Jones was killed while standing in her fa ther’s door, and Mrs. Jessie Morrison was fatally injured by lightning. Enlisted When a Boy. Columbus, Ind., Sept. 8. — Fitxomer T. Jones, aged 49i a veteran of the rebellion, died at his home in this city. He had a most remarkable war record, having enlisted as a private in company C, One Hundred and Fifteenth Indiana volunteers on August 4. 1863, when but 12 years old, and served until tlie end of the war. A Fatal Storm. Valparaiso, Ind., Sept. 8.—This vicinity "as visited by a heavy electrical and windstorm, which did considerable damage throughout the county. Near lYanatah. lightning struck a barn, tearing it nearly to pieces and killing W. L. Thomas and Harris Simpson and injuring three others.

Bis Attendance. South Bend, Ind., Sept. 8.—The one hundred and eleventh term of Notre Dame university began with the largest student body in the history of the institution. It is estimated that there are at present 250 more students at the university than there were last year at this time. Quit Work. Ehvood, Ind., Sept. 8.—The McCloy lamp chimney factory, employing 400 hands, has shut down because the blowers walked out. The men say that they are being ht*ld responsible for poor glass. Several meetings have beemheld, but the trouble has not yet been adjusted. Rates Are Cut. Wabash, Ind., Sept. 8.—The. Bell Telephone company, having about completed its copper metallic* long-distance line between this city and Goshen, has announced a cut of almost one-half in the rates charged by the independent toll lines between competing p-^nts. Horses Killed. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 8.—There have been some thucderstorms in this part of the Wft&CAa valley, but not enough rai-» 11 to help pasturage. Lightning: struck a barn on the Trotting* association’s race track and killed five horses. Had Xo License. Seymour, Ind.. Sept. S.—Prof. A. L. Steward, who has been principal of the colored school here for several years, and had been elected by the board for the present school year, has been re* moved for not Waving a license. Drought Broken. South Bend, Ind., Sept. 8. — Heavy rains broke a long and disastrous drought in this locality. The heat had been almost record-breaking and plowing and seeding had to be abandoned owing to the baked soil.

Kill* a Man. Wabash. Ind., Sept. 8.—About midnight Walter Records struck George Miller, a cigarmaker, and knocked him down. Miller was taken to the city hall and died in. a short while., Records is under arrest. Pacer Drops Dead. Shelbyville, Ind., Sept. 8.—The second day’s races were excellent and the attendance was large. Callie S., owned by Dr. L. W. Tomlinson, of Lebanon, dropped dead in the second heat of the 2:18 pace. Knocked Senseless. Ora, Ind., Sept. 8.—Lightning killed three horses belonging to Ferdinand5 Ludwick and knocked his son Henry senseless. Several other horses were injured. Vacation Extended. Washington. Ind., Sept.. 8.—On account of the excessive heat the trustees of the city .schools decided to extend the summer vacation until September 18. Captured. Marion, Ind., Sept, 8.—Clifford Moi ris, the alleged murderer of Elme.Hamilton, at Muncie, was captured here and taken back to Muncie. Fatally Burned. Portland, Ind., Sept. 8.—Emma Me* Neal, 16 years old, a donfestic in the employ of Harley Davis, was fatally burned while getting breakfast. Btar License Fee. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 8.—The council has passed an ordinance imposing a license fee of $1,000 a year on agents of breweries.

I BRUSH WITH K Filipinos Attack Santa Rita, Guagcu and San Antonio in the Early Morning. REPULSED WITHOUT LOSS TO AMERICANS A Prominent and Wealthy. 1*«ttjre* ot Iloilo Join* the Rebels—A Ccn•ored UUpalrli Kroiu Hons Eoug —Navy to Co-Operate With 1. ami Forces. * Manila, Sept. 9.—A force of 430 rebels, with one cannon, attacked >an>ta Rita early this morning, and simultaneously Guagua and San Antonio were attacked by bodies of rebels numbering about 60 men. All the attacks were repulsed without loss to the Americans. Col. Bell and his regiment, while attempting to take the rebels in the rear, met two small patrols, and succeeded in capturing a rebel captain, s lieutenant and six privates. Joins the Rebels. A Filipino who has arrived here from the Yisayas islands says that Victoriano Mupa, a prominent and wealthy lawyer of Iloilo, being forced by public opinion to declare his politics, has joined the rebels. The inhabitants of Santa Barbara, the rebel headquarters in the island of Pnnay, have abandoned the town, fearing a bombardment of the place by the United States battleship Oregon. ; ;> * A Censored Dlspwtch. Manlia, Sept. 5, via Hong Kong.Sept. 9.—The censor has refused to allow the following dispatch, the accuracy of which is unquestioned, to be telegraphed: “The surgeons’ reports in regard to the condition of Gen. MacArthur’s division show that .36 pet cent, of the officers and 25% per cent, of the enlisted men are sick. This includes the sick in quarters, and those sent home. Eleven per cent, of the enlisted men sick in quarters are mostly suffering from dysentery and malarial fevers.

instructions to Ulii. ^Washington, Sept. 10.—Gen. Otis has been instructed, in framing his plan of campaign for" the dry season to al* | low for the fullest participation of the ! naval forces now in the Philippines, ; and as soon as he has been heart from,_ the necessary orders will go forward to the naval commander'' to co-operate with the army to an extent not before contempleted. The nava] officers have always been willing t» do this, but they have been restrained in the operations by an indisposition to interferein any manner with the plans of the military commander. The ships will j undertake to capture any of the ports now in insurgent possession that may be desired by the army, and also to hold them indefinitely, thus making it possible to open the railroad on Luzon from the northern extremities; while in Cavite province, with the large force of marines now on hand, it is believed the navy can undertake to re- . lieve the soldiers stationed there, and make available a considerable force for other operations. A MOTHER’S AWFUL CRIME. Poisons Herself and Three Children —Baby and Mother Dead—The Others May Recover. Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 11.—Mrs. Marv Gallagher, aged 35, wife of Felix Gallagher, a mill man of Port Perry, poisoned herself and her three children with laudanum Saturday night. Mrs. Gallagher and her tour-months-old baby died yesterday, but the two daughters, aged live and seven, will probably recover. The husband stated ♦o the coroner that he knew of no possible reason why his wife should commit the deed. He says when he returned home from the mill Saturday night, he was met by Lis 15-vear-ol 1 son, Patriek, who said: ‘‘They are all sick. They must be poisoned.” The coroner has been unable to locate Patrick to get his story, and he thinks the boy is being kept out of the way for some purpose as yet unknown. THE IDOL OF THE VETERANS. Mini Helen Gould Receives Notice of Her Election as Sponsor for the Recently Formed Association.

Washington, Sept. 11.—Adjt. William 1 C. Liller, of Lancaster, Pa., a Spanish war veteran, yesterday received the following telegTam from Miss Helen i Gould, who was unanimously elected national sponsor of the Spanish War Veterans’ association: “Your kind message has reached me, informing me of myelectionas sponsor ! for the Spanish war veterans, and I ! take great pleasure in accepting the j honor, for which ■-please express my thanks to the association.” 0?d*r«t it Malta, Sept. 10.—The First batalion of the border regiment stationed'here has been ordered to hold itself in readiness to embark for Cape Colony. Jumped to Death. New York, Sept. 11.—Midway between the two great towers of the Brooklyn bridge yesterday morning, a man whoso name no one knows, ( climbed over the railing and went to j his death in East river. He turned j over and over as he fell, according to eyewitnesses, whom the po'itce found, , and struck on his back. The body sank ( but reappeared and was visible for a , short time as the flood tide carried it j tip the river. The bridge police have the man’s j hat, coat and shoes* *,

THEY TOOK EVFRYTHUTG. roar Masked Robbers Hold Up •» Train on the Southern fftelflc Rood. Cochise, Ariz., Sept. ll,^^spresh train No. 10 on the Southern Pacific was robbed here Saturday night by four masked men who blew the safe open and took everything The amount of-their booty is said ta be small.The train was stopped* the|<Hftglne» mail and express ears cut oil from th«t rest of the train and, rur. a mile fare ther up the road, where the bandits stopped to complete their work. The express^ messenger was, forced to open his ear, and the robbers attacked the safe with dynamito. The strong box was soon blown open and the contents taken by tne thietres. who hastily departed. They were last seen going north on foot, and a posse soon started bn their trail. The dynamite used on the safe blew out the side of the express ear and tore up the floor. There is no elgw to the identity of the robbers. ____ , -- WEST THROUGH A TRESTLE. rrelieht Train Falls Filly Feet—Four Men Kill led—Two Other* Have Mlraoulonn Eirape». Colnmhia, S. C., Sept. 11.—Saturday night 200 feet of trestle on the Columbia. Newberry & l.ourt ns road over Broad river, near this c'ty,' gbve way under a train load of granite. Several ears and an engine loll 50 fedjt into the water. Four persons were ifuled. William Bates, an extra -fireman, went down with the. wreck, but was dug out from under tons df- granite without a scratch. James Watson, superintendent of explosive!? at the granite quarry, jumped from the train and landed 50 feet below unhbrb The bridge had just been completed, and only yesterday was pronounced in first class condition. --— FAILED TO SEE THE SI&X VL. . One Man Killed and Other* llndly Injured in a ( ollisiun oit siuI'lillndelphia A I Erie, Pa., Sept. 11.—A die Philadelphia &. Km . ? of this city at Tiona, vest in the death of one man jury of three. Engineer tierlach faded to see the target, and crashed into another lreight that was about to take’ a siding to allow him it o pass. The crew of the west-bound train escaped .by jumping. The track was not cleared until yesterday afternoon. ion on les east esultcd id the iu- "" "

YELLOW JACK IN ON. One Case'of a Very MnllKSSot Typ« Developed—Twenty-Three New Cases In Key Wwt', I'Ja, Jackson, Miss., Sept. One case of yellow''fever in Jaekswifwss officially reported, to the state.'board .f health this afternoon. The patient is D. Porter, city clerk. Dr. Murray, of the Marine Hospital service, confirms the diagnosis in his report tb SurgeonUeneral Wyman, and says vthat the case is of very indignant type. Thy patient is not expected tt> l|ye during the night. It is expected That many other Mississippi towns wi»] quarantine against Jackson during the day. New t unes ut Key West. Key West, Fla., Sept. 10;—-Twenty-three new cases of yellow fever and two deaths have been reported in the past 24 hours. The situation is still very gloomy andlarge numbers of .people are being stmt to the detention samp at Dry Tortugas. Imported Cases at Swinburne. New York, Sept. 11.—Health Officer Doty reports that all oi‘ the four patients from Key West; yemoved to Swinburne Island from the steamer Lampasas, have developed yellow fever. No New- Cases leans. New Orleans, Sept. 11,—President Soueliori of the state board of" health, has issued the following bulletin: “No. new eases. Third case improving. Dr. Gantt wires that the isolation at Mississippi City is perfect.” Tb

Total Cases at Key West. Washington, Sept. 11.—'Hie Marins Hospital service here has an official dispatch from Key Were; giving the total of yellow fever eases reported up to date as 155, with ten deaths. The detention camp at Dry Tbrtugas is now in operation, and refugees are being reeeived and cared for. || Dented Admisloa t» ^ City. Meridian, Miss., Sept. ll.—-Meridian last night quarantined against all places infected with veliow fever. ThU will prevent the United States circuit court convening in this city today. Judge Niles and Marshal Collins who were„at Jackson yesterday, telegraphed the local authorities for permission to enter the city, but Mayor Dial refused and instructed the -officers not to permit anyone from an infected point to enter Meridian. The Plasme In Oporto. Oporto, Sept. 11.—One new case of bubonic plague was officially reported Saturday. _ The Cone Drought Brokeu. Dallas, Tex., Sept. 11.-—After a protraced drought of 52 days in which the niaximum temperature has been aver 100 degrees, rain fell yesterday, but duly enough to* lay the dust. The present drought is the most severe in the history of the local weather bureau. The city’s water supply has become so light that street sprinkling ind the use of water ettyjawns, etc* atis been abandoned. The heavy rain north of here will 311 the rivers and give the city m lurplus of water. v