Show BY TELEGRAPH AMERICAN washington 27 among the embarrassments embarrass ments growing out of the therome posse comitatus comita tm clause in the army appropriation bill discussed in the cabinet yesterday in addition to the pacific railroad matter were cases which have recently occurred one in arkansas and the other in texas in arkansas the united states marshal appealed to the commanding officer of fort concho for a military escort to ta protect him in the arrest of ah an alleged murderer who had taken refuge in the indian terri fory The request was referred to gen ord who declined to furnish the troops and in turn referred the request to washington for specific instructions the other case was the application of the united states marshal of texas to col fi shafter hafter for troops to assist him in arresting parties charged ed with the organization of an expedition to invade mexico this request was also declined and referred to washington the cases were also mentioned in which the authorities might be unable to enforce the neutrality laws the subject was not finally disposed of but it is probable that instructions will be issued to the military command commanders erbs erss authorizing them to act without previous authority from washington and upon their own responsibility when they may be in B possession of evidence that the neutrality laws are to be violated surgeon general woodworth of the tho marine hospital service has upon the advice of members of the american public health association selected prof 8 MD M D of new now orleans as chairman of the commission to investigate the epidemics of fever dr bemiss is at present the professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the university of louisiana and editor of the new york medical and surgical caZ car journal To the remaining members of the commission were determined upon this evening but their acceptances have not been received dr wood letter appointing the commission which will be issued tomorrow morrow yr wili will contain the following the members of the commis comma blon aion will assembly in ift the city of new orleans as soon as possible and having organized with dr bemiss berniss as chairman and one ct 0 your number aa as recorder will at once commence the work it is hoped ho ed to make the tho investigation exhaustive exhaustive in every important direction directions ioni ions but from the commencement of your work and the con of the epidemic you will direct your enquiries and observations especially to the causes of the present epidemic rather than the natural history of yellow fever itself which latter line of inquiry may be pursued subsequently should the contributions of 01 money be sufficient or congress direct the great object of the investigation is to glean all important facts possible to be obtained which have reference to measures for the this prevention of future epidemics after completing your work in new orleans you will visit as the cities and towns in which the yellow fever prevails aa as is practicable before the of november next on which day the american pub rub public ile lie health association will convene in special session probably in the of richmond bloh Bich mond to discuss the facts which you shall have gathered and which you will submit prior to that time in a preliminary report to the surgeon general of the marine hospital service DEADWOOD DEAD WOOD wool DT 27 the coach arriving this evening confirms the report r ep or of the th coach c 0 ach robbery at canon springs 1 bat elation io 11 campbell was killed almost instantly in antly gale hill one of the tha mem messengers engere was dangerously wound wounded eds and will probably die captain smith was slightly hurt by a ball grazing the top of his hia head and aud rendering him win insensible scott davis da vis escaped unhurt two of tiie tife ke robbers were badly voun youn wounded ded ono one shot abot by dalvis the other aby by gale oale hill who ared fired through the window winlow in lia the ib back eba of the barn after being hurt burt the coach was run into the timber and but a abort time ume occupier in op 11 n th the B vate gate which contained 1500 2500 1 in gold bullion some gold jewelry and a small amount of or currency al 41 etli of was secured by the be robbers jobbers information has been afe Ife received delved by captain howgate at the signal office that captain tyson of the schooner corence Jo 11 orence rence of the howgate ilow liow gate rolar polar expedition reached st bohns johns johnb i N P F yesterday he has been absent 14 months all well NEW YORK 27 A rumor was spread today to day in thia this city that the books and papers in the suit between the iron company in mi chegan and samuel J Tilden which were mysteriously stolen recently would reach new york on the 7 train from the west tonight to night as the baggage of a passenger the stranger did aid not come an and aud d after a a close scrutiny of the luggage from chiea Chica gothe officers were compelled to give up the search in the vanderbilt will case today mrs stoddart darts widow of dr charles anderson stoddart said she first saw commodore vanderbilt at a spiritual meeting in boston she next met commodore vanderbilt on the east side of the city at a meeting at which dr stoddart and his hia friends were present dr stoddart was a clairvoyant physician or a medical clairvoyant and the doctor was introduced to the commodore as such wit nesa saw the commodore at his office and on fourth street near mcdougal street witness here said she knew wm win H vanderbilt and pointed him out in court on one occasion mr stoddart and herself met the commodore in fourth street at the park and spoke to him and after the commodore left she noticed there was a man watching them the man watching them was wm H vanderbilt and he came back and spoke to them when the commodore was out ol 01 sight eight mr lord said he be proposed to prove that wm win H vanderbilt made an appointment with witness and aud ani her husband and entered into a conspiracy that gave Dr Stoddard a large amount or money to make the commodore believe he was in communication with the commodores dead wife and that she demanded of him that he make a will in favor of wm win H vanderbilt counsel said ho be would prove that that conspiracy was carried out and that the will was made under such pressure of conspiracy another long argument took place among the counsel the surrogate ruled that the evidence was competent independent of the question of the commodores bellef belief ia in spiritualism or not mr clinton excepted witness continued the conversation was in september 1874 in washington square about 11 am nm william H vanderbilt on coming up said that gentleman you were talking to is my father alid arid you are his medical clairvoyant I 1 have been wanting to see you for bome some time I 1 wish to have a private conversation with you we agreed to meet the next day at the cosmopolitan hotel and did so mr vanderbilt seemed surprised at my being present but mr stoddard said all right mr vanderbilt said 1 I want you to control the old man as you have powe rover him and he believes in you I 1 want you to influence him so that he will think more of me next day we met him at the same place and mr vanderbilt handed hando d mr stoddard a roll of bills stoddard counted the bill and said all right and satisfactory now im ready for business great laughter wm win el vanderbilt then gaid said 1 I want you to call on the old man at his hit office and say to him that you have a message melage from hla hia dead wife now in the world tell him the tho message was to make his will in favor of william H and also aiso iso impress on the old man that all the thereat rest reit of the children hate him mr stoddard did as directed it was also agreed that william H was to come iu in at the moment and say eay c aiso also have a message but the stoddards dards darda were not to recognize him mr stoddard said eaid the spirit told the commodore to make his will in favor of william H the commodore appeared to be very much excited and said william shall have all and william H entered at that moment mr stoddard exclaimed who is that that is the man I 1 saw in the trance the commodore seemed greatly surprised and william H said he had also received a spirit message some two days afterwards witness and her husband saw the commodore at his office the commodore said that he would dp do as directed by the spirit abd aed would make his bis will in favor of william hand haud H 0 and make him his successor witness could not say how much was in the roll of bills given her husband by william H but always believed there were about 1000 MEMPHIS 27 for the 24 h boure ours ending at 6 tonight to night the board of health officially reports 28 death deaths bf lovero colored it hab haa been a quiet day as compared with the four previous ous oua one and a general feeling prevails among physicians that the worst has been passed the large number of new cases reported is accounted for in the explanation that fully hait half are of persons residing outside the corporate limits of the city who are aie attended by physicians of howard medical corps mississippi city 27 twelve cases cues 2 deaths vicksburg 27 nothing additional for greenville twenty new cases reported at bovina canton 27 new cases 15 no deaths we think the worst is over baton rouge 27 new cases 65 55 BO no deaths ocean spring springe 27 three new cases and one death today to day total cases to date 66 deaths 20 new orleans 27 A dispatch from winona reports several new cases cages of fever there thirteen deaths since noon and cases are reported of which 38 are of a date prior to september 24 there were cases cages reported to the board of health for the 24 hours ending noon of which were included in the official leport and 55 omitted being prior to Sept enber grand total of cases to date the new orleans central relief committee report the issue of rations since its organization bas BAN francisco 27 A euraka eureka nevada nevadas dispatch says the smelting smelling sm elting works of the richmond mining company were burned today to day the refinery and engines were saved loss the furnaces will probably be ont of service for tw months cincinnati 28 the prospect seems more favorable for checking the yellow fever at gallipolis Galli polis the weather la Is cool and the prospects are good for froats frosts A mrs brown browns in the infected district below this thin city died of yellow fever yesterday NORWALK conn 28 the T norwalk and new now york steamer adelphi burst her boiler when a mile from her dock at 8 this morning on her way to new york sh aishe e was w zu epla epis towed to wed to oze ore gory gons a point six were killed and some 20 scalded the boiler blew out the starboard alde aide of the root roof the hull and machinery are little iba injured ared the following is from the south norwalk sentinel extra the boiler of the steamer adelphi just as she was slowed down to approach the dock at Dorton dotton Dor tons ss point this morn ng exploded with terrific force tearing away the main deck the boiler hatch and a portion of the saloon on the port side instantly killing several and precipitating others into the water the bodies have not been found the boat left her dock at this city about thu tha usual time and had probably passengers se on board it is impossible at this time to ascertain the full fall extent of the accident and the names of all that are killel or in aured MEM MEMPHIS Purs 28 the report of the board of health last night which gave 28 deaths for the past 24 hours was wag incomplete owing to the failure of one of the undertakers making a report in iii addition to those officially reported as having died within the corporate limits ef the fulla fulia ull all a dozen more were interred who died in the suburbs new orleans 28 deaths 55 cases ported reported le total deaths 2758 total cases cales SAN FRANCISCO 28 A victoria dispatch says sass the supreme court today to day declared the chinese tax bill unconstitutional and void the chief jailor and superintendent of police have been suspended pending inquiry into their official acts BOSTON 28 movements in wool during the past week are decidedly more encouraging the number of buyers is large and the sales indicate a more active market than for many hefts weeks no improvement in the prices but out a better feeling prevails it is gameral generally ly believed the lowest point has been reached for the present fleeces have attracted considerable attention and up wards of lbs ibs were sold the sales include pounds of ohio at 89 for medium X and above including ine inc ludine some considerable lots of X and fleeces at 35 36 michigan and wisconsin fleeces sold to the extent of pounds chiefly at for X and some lots of no 1 and medium at 34 36 a very indication of a firmer market marke t combing and delaine fleeces con can dinue tinne to meet with a steady demand at the previous prices the sales bales of the week were 0 i pounds ct at 33 SM 42 for washed a and aud u d 30 for unwashed ached good medium delaine and combing are selling principally at 42 and fine do delaine at 37 40 the trade in california wool amounted to 20 0 0 ao pounds at 17 28 for spring and n d pounds of new and low fall ati at 1415 other sales include new now york fleece at 30 31 for mediums maine at 36 texas at 19 27 georgia at 28 territory at 1324 24 oregon at 25 2530 30 super and X pulled at 2539 total sales of domestic for the week pounds I 1 nev NEW yoek 28 A train on the long island railroad struck a carriage in a funeral procession today to day killing mary blary redwood and mrs stephen calliham Calli Cal cai hau haa and badly injuring patrick mcnamara the driver cincinnati 28 the prospects seem more favorable igou yellow favor at the weather is cool and prospects good for frosts A mrs brown in the infected district below the city died of yellow fever yesterday memphis 28 the report of the board of health last night which gave 28 deaths for the past 24 hours was incomplete owing to the failure of one of the undertakers to make a report in addition to e officially reported as having died within the corporate limits of the city a full dozen more were interred who died in the su suburb burba new now orleans 28 deaths 55 cases reported total deaths 2758 total cases the death ilat list includes 32 children under 7 years of age two children of the late VV E barnes died last night six of his family father and children have died of fever the other two children are reported improving washington 28 governor shepherd and add john T mite hel hei iosub com eom cittee of the yellow fever relief committee leave this evening for far st fit louis to purchase supplies and dispatch a boat from that city down the Wiver with supplies of ice medicine etc for the sufferers at the landings and settlements along the river tile beere Becie tary ot at waz war io to aws dwy bont beat ofie ofle rie fie roi rol lowing following to Gover goyer governor shepard war department washington I 1 september 28 gov She shepherd phera mi mr evarts evarta informs me t nat he will today to day remit to district attorney bliss birss of st louis 1000 to aid in chartering ana and an d loading a boat to be sent down the mississippi Misais sippi river for the relief of the yellow fever sufferers G W MCCRARY McC bary BABY secretary of war memphis 29 today to day has been a remarkably quiet one 32 deaths deatha from yellow lever are officially reported by the board of health for the past 24 hours ending 6 tonight to night ash AsA assistant stant adjutant general drum has telegraphed as follows to general augur at newport barracks ky the secretary of war lays you have an officer in your command who will volunteer to take charge of 0 the contributions of supplies about to be bent sent by steamboat from st louis to points on the mississippi sis |