East Oregonian : E.O., September 09, 1908, EVENING EDITION, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

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DAILY EAST OREGOXIAX, PENDLETON, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1008.
EIGHT PAGES.
SPREAD OF PLfteOE
STARTED IX YUNNAN,
CHINA, IX YEAR 1804
Tlie Terrible Disease Ilaa Now Made
Its Appearance in America Over
Ftwr Million Viotlms Died So Far
Wilt It Become General in Tbto
Country? Doctors Worried.-
Washington, Sept 8. Surgeon
General Wyman of the public health
and marine service, has Issued in
pamplet form a paper prepared by
assistant Surgeon General J. M. Ed
gar, giving a history of the spread
of bubonic plague during the last 14
years. No study presents more Im
portant and difficult sanitary prob
lems. Dr. Eager says, than the lines
of march taken by the bubonic
plague during the period mentioned,
In its advances from the remote en
demic focus of the disease In the
province of Yunnan, China, to the
numerous countries in all parts of
the globe where in many instances
It has established itself In defiance
of the most carefully planned pre
ventive measures. The revival of the
plague, Dr. Eager says, dates from
1894, when, escaping from the west
ern Chinese province of Yunnan, it
reached Canton. It appears to be es
tablished that there are two distinct
"strains" of plague, different in the
location of their permanent homes
and In their facility for spreading
outside them. One "strain" lodged
In western Asia does not possess the
same power of diffusion as the Indo
Chinese "strain." It was the latter
variety which escaping rrom.lts cen
ter In Yunnan, gave rise to the pres
ent pandemic. From 1879 to 1894 j
not a single year passed without the
appearance of plague in some local
ity, In some plague center. Between
the months of March and August,
1894. the number of deaths from
plague In Canton Is estimated at 120,
000. All classes among the popula
tion suffered and rats were found to
be effected, but In the foreign quar
ter of Canton, with a population of
about 300, not a single case occurred.
During the next year cases of plague
were reported in Hong Kong, Amoy,
Macao and Foo Choo, and in 1896
sanitary attention throughout the
world was focused on the threaten
ing epidemic by Its appearance in
Bombay. Starting In August, the
disease spread throughout the whole
territory of Bombay presidency and
before the end of the year, showed a
total of 2890 cases and 22S8 deaths.
During that year plague reappeared
in Hong Kong, where it has been ep
idemic ever since.
In 1897 the number of cases in
India were more than 73,000, with
over 55,000 deaths. In China there
were epidemics at Amoy and Swatow,
with many deaths In other sections
of the empire and In the following
year there were over 150,000- cases in
India, with a mortality of 117,000. In
1897 an international plague confer
ence was held at Venice, Italy, and
In the year following others were
held at Alexandria and Constantino
ple. But through religious prejudice
efforts to. stem the tide were only
partly successful.
All Over World.
In 1900 plague was present In
every quarter of the world, the deaths
in India alone amounting to 92,000
during the year. The Philippines
were Included In the march of the
disease, 150 deaths occurred at Ma
nila. The most notable fact In the his
tory of plague In the western world
was the occurrence of 22 fatalities In
San Francisco. In 1904 plague raus
ed the death of over 1.000,000 per
sons In Inclla alone, and epidemics
prevailed to a greater or less degree
In nearly all parts of the world.
Many Death n 1007.
India suff'-red terribly in the year
of 1907, but in the year 1906 there
was a great decrease, the number of
deaths being about 232,000, but i
again In 1907, there was a great In
crease, the deaths numbering 1,200,
000. For nine years, Dr. Eager says,
Hawaii, since 1897, has not been free
from plague, but the Philippines
Keems to be clear of the disease. Dur
ing 1907. 156 cases of plague with 76
deaths, occurred at San Franelflco.
There were also a few cases at Oak
land and other close neighbors of Han
Francisco. At Seattle, the
religious Sessions. Cardinals from
Italy, France, the United States and
other countries are here and hundreds
of bishops and distinguished clergy
men. Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop
of Baltimore, will be one of the
speakers and he will be accorded un
usual honors by the British clergy,
The papers and discussions In the
halls will for the most part be doc
trlnal, and the central theme will
as the name of the congress signifies
deal with the holy eucharlst con
sidered as a sacrament and as a sac
rifice In the celebration of the mass.
A general committee has been
formed, and among the vice presi
dents are the Duke of Norfolk and
the Marquis of Ripon, while on the
reception and hospitality subcom
mittee are, In addition to the two
peers mentioned, the Earl of Den
bigh, the Earl of Ablngton, Lord Her
rie, Lord Howard of Glossop, Admiral
Lord Walter Kerr and Viscount
Llandaff.
The Westminster Cathedral Itself
will be the center of all the religious
ceremonies, while the Albert hall, the
Cathedral hall and the Horticultural
hall have been engaged for the
speeches and the reading of the va
rious papers. For the benefit of
those unacquainted with English
there will be a section In some hall
where papers will be read In French.
Many visitors of eminence will be
the guests of metropolitan Catholics.
The cassock will be worn generally
by clerks during the sitting of the
congress, and the unusual sight may
be witnessed of priests of both the
Latin and the oriental rites in the
London streets dressed In the Roman
garb.
CURES
0 KZZq KZZSO llLi-JMLjnLXJHi.
Malaria is due to impurities in the blood which destroy the rich,
healthful qualities of the circulation, and reduce it to a weak, watery fluid.
The body is then deprived of its necessary nourishment and strength, and is
unable to resist the countless disorders that assail it, and the geueral system
suffers in consequence. The appetite fails, digestion is weakened, chills
and slight fever are frequent, while the sufferer loses energy and ambition.
Boils, skin eruptions, and some times sores and ukers follow when the
blood becomes deeply polluted with the malarial germs. Both a tonic
and blood purifier are needed to cure Malaria, and S. S. S. is best fitted for
this work. It is the most perfect of all blood purifiers and nt the same time
an invigorating, healthful tonic. S. S. S. goes down into the circulation,
and removes every trace of impurity or poison, and gives to the blood the
health-sustaining qualities it needs. It cures Malaria thoroughly and per
manently because it removes from the blood the germs and poisons which
produce the disease, and while doing this tones up and strengthens every
part of the system. Book with information about Malaria and any medical
advice furnished free to all who write.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
To Try Chelsea BulMers,
Boston, Sept. 9. Morris Gordon
and Morris Segal, heads of a con
tracting firm, will be placed on trial
tomorrow for manslaughter. The men
are charged with criminal negli
gence In connection with the collapse
of the walls of the Academy of Music
at Chelsea, whereby eight men were
killed and neveral Injured. Gordon
and Segal had the contract for re
building the edifice and the work
was In progress under their direction
at the time of the fatal accident. At
a preliminary hearing, the contrac
tors were held in $8000 bond on eight
counts charging manslaughter.
en the veterans, being copies of a
letter written In 1863 by General A.
D. Strelgh, while he was a prisoner
In Libby prison, and smuggled out to
of the barricade In a plug of navy to
bacco. I
DcWItfs Kidney and Bladder Pills
are for weak back, backache, rheu
matic pains, Inflammation of the
bladder and all other annoyances due
to , weak kidneys. They are sold by
Tallman & Co.
LOAD TOO HEAVY.
The old Pennsylvania Dutch Dunk-
ars recommended "Hickory Bark
Cough Remedy." Guaranteed to cure
your eough, and guaranteed to be
pure. Made from the bark of the
shell br.rk or white hickory tree. For
sale by any druggist and all dealers
everywhere. Pendleton Drug Co.
Wife Could Xot Bear I'p Vinler Ac
cumulation of Trouble.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 8. Unable to
borrow money enough to carry her to
her home in Georgia, where her
mother lies dead, and her father dy
ing, Mrs. Sylva Stokes this afternoon
drank poison within the shadow of (
the penitentiary walls where her hus
band Is confined. She will die. -
The case is one of the saddest ever
brought under, the notice of the local
authorities. William Stokes Is doing
three years for grand larceny and
will be liberated in a few weeks. His
faithful wife has been starving out
side the walls, waiting only to be able
tj see him on visitors' day. This
morning she got a message from Mil
lcdgevllle, Ga., their former home,
reading:
"Mother dead; father dying. Come
home at once."
' It was In vain that the distracted
woman appealed to the neighbors
and carried the telegram from door
1 1 'door along some of the more fash
ionable streets, asking only enough
carfare to carry her to Georgia.
One woman gave her 10 cents for
a cup of coffee, but finding that she
could not get enough for the car
fare south, Mrs. Stokes bought 10
cents worth of acid In a drug store
and, going near the prison where her
husband Is confined, drank It.
Stokes, the prisoner, became so
frantic when he heard of his wife's
deed that he had to be placed In the
prison dungeon.
IToosler Veterans.
In dlanapolls, Ind., Sept. 9. Sur
vivors of the Forty-first Indiana reg
iment from many states are gather
ing today at their old camping
ground for the twenty-second annual
reunion. Novel souvenirs will be glv-
Hotel Helix
HELIX, OREGON
Mrs. F. Myers will resume
the management September 15
and cordially solicits your pat
ronage. BEST OF SERVICE
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RATES REASONABLE
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Are you doing what you can to populate your State?
OREGON NEEDS PEOPLE Settlers, honest farmers, mechanics,
merchants, clerks, people with brains, strong hands and a willing
heart capital or no capital.
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co
Is sending tons of Oregon literature to the east for distribution
through every available agency. Will you not help the good work
of building Oregon by sending us the names and addresses of your
friends who are likely to be Interested In this place T We will be
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about OREGON and Its opportunities.
COLONIST TICKETS will be on sale during SEPTEMBER AND OC
TOBER from the east to all points In Oregon. The fares from a few
principal cities are
From Denver - 330.00 From Louisville - 41.70
" Omaha - 30.00 " Cincinnati - 42.20
" Kansas City 30.00 14 Cleveland - 44.75
" St. Louis 35.50 New York - 55.00
" Chicago 38.00
TICKETS CAN BE PREPAID.
If you want to bring a friend or relative to Oregon, deposit the
proper amount with any of onr agents. The ticket will then be fur
nished by telegraph.
F. J. QUJNLAN, Local Agent, Pendleton, Ore.
or write
Win. McMURRAY
General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon.
Byers' Best Flour
Is made from the choicest wheat that grows. Good bread Is assur
ed when BYERS' BEST FLOUR Is used. Bran, Bhoru, Steam Rolled
Barley always on band.
PENDLETON ROLLER MILLS
W. 8. BYERS, Proprietor.
Propose to Married Woman.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 9 Although
she has a husband, Mrs. Anna Rowe
has recently received over BOO pro
nosals of marriage, and more are
coming from nil over the cpuntry In
every mall. Mrs. Rowe's popularity
as a matrimonial partner Is due to
the fact that she holds a good place
In line for the Fond du Lac reserva
tion land opening. Through the er
ror of a reporter, It, was stated In an
article published in papers all over
the country that the lady was un-
marrled, and this led to the deluge
of proposals. Mr. Rows takes the In
rldent In good part and Is having the
time of his life reading the letters
from amorous swains who hope to
acquire a wife and a good farm at the
same time.
How to Get Strong.
P. J. Daly, of 1247 W. Congress St.,
Chicago, tells of a way to become
strong. He says: "My mother, who
U old and very feeble, Is deriving so
much benefit from Ellctrlc Bitters,
that I feel It Is my duty to tell those
who nped a tonic and strengthening
medicine about It. In my mother'
case a marked gain In flesh has re
sulted, Insomnia has been overcome,
an1 she Is steadily growing stronger."
report FU-ftrlc Hitters quickly remedy stom
eays, three fatal cases occurred last ! ach. liver and kidney complaints.
Hold undr guarantee at Tallman &
Co.'s and Pendleton Drug Co., 50c.
October.
i;ucliarlnt CoriKmm,
London, Sept. 9. The most distln
guished assemblage of Catholic
clergy that London has seen In 300
years is here today for the opening
of the Eucharlt-t congress. This Is
the nineteenth convention of Its kind
held under the direction of the Church
of Rome and. promises to be the most
Important. Westminster Cathedral
will be the scene of all the principal
Admission Pay.
Ran Francisco, Sept. 9. Native
Sons and Daughters of the Golden
West are celebrating Admission Day
with the usual festivities in towns
and cities throughout California. The
nrlnclnal snorting event nt hp Aav
here will be the Nelson-Gans fight,
which will be witnessed by one of the
largest crowds ever gathered at a
ringside In this city.
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