Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-18
THE YELbOW-FEYER.
the Deaths in Shreveport on Tuesday
Fearful DecimatiOn-NhOle Faml-
lies Swept Away.
Help from gsS Orleans, New York aud
PhiladeIphia-FeVer Dying Out
for Want OF Material.
From Little Rock and Fulton-0rders
from the War Department to
t Officers on Leave.
The Fever Spreading-St. Louis, louis
Vile, Nashville and Little Rock
Reported to Have Cases,

Reported TO Have Cases.
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SHREVEPORT, September Is, ria New
/ ORLEANS, September 1.-THE number
of new cases Of yellow-fever to-day is
! less than for the several preceding days,
aud the number Of interments fell from
thirty-three yesterday to twenty-five
to-day. 1t is not thought, however,
that there is any abatement, but that
| the material for the fever to work on is
considerably diminished. The follow
/ ing is the list of iEterments to-day: Ann
Barns, aged thirty-eight; Father Quina-
ras, twenty-six; Handy Williams, col
ored, thirty-five; w. T.. Smith, twenty.
1 seven; Thomas ByleT, age not given (;
P. LaeOssett, twenty-three; q. 5. Tequer,
thirty; Mrs. L. p. Lavisse, thirty-six; (;
Sarah Reid, cOlored, eight; Mary Nip
pie, thirty; G.. +. Calhoun, thirty-three;
Fannie Myers, twenty-seyen; George
Simon, fifty-five; Robert Brewer, age
not given; NJ. G. Gols, colored, seventy;
! Miss p. Yerkerson, age not given; !;
William Dunlap, twenty-six; NJ. King,
| forty-three; NJ. w. McCan, twenty-five;
IL ohAnEAAf -OnCT ~ JaCAGOAs
colored, eight; one child; NJ. Glanton,
thirty-five; Henry Hartman, age not
stated; Herman HOedler, twenty-three.
THE TIMES REPORT. ~
The Shreveport Times, Of this morn
ing, says: "The epidemic exhi' its but
little change, while the number of new
cases is less, greatly owing 10 the want
OF material. The number Of deaths is
fearful TO contemplated The mortality
is beyond precedent, and it looks as
| though but comparatively few would get
well. Thus far very few have got about,
while some linger along between life
! and death. In some few Instances whole
| families have been swept out of existence
/ in the short space Of one week! The
sudden change in the weather last sun
/ day night sent scores to their beds, which
accounts for the large number of inter
/ ments in the last day or two. In the
1 language of one Of the New Orleans
| physicians, They dropped off like sheep
/ dying with the rOtu Medical treatment {
OF the most skillful Kind does not appear
to do any good in a great many cases,
! when in many Others the temporary re-
| lief afforded is quickly followed by
I death. Our stores are all closed, and all
/ our dwellings are turned into hospitals.
| In fact, Shreveport is one great hospital,
one great charnel-house, and the Times
merely death recOTip The same jour
nal says the number of interments since
the first Of September sums up two hun
/ dred and twenty-siX. The number of
I sick is variously estimated at from five
hundred to eight hundred.
YELLOw-FEvER SPREADING.
LITTLE Rock, September 16.-The
| yellOw-fever is reported at Fulton, the
southern terminus of the Cairo and Full
! ton railroad, also at several of the SMALL
eT towns in north Louisiana. Ten cir
| Gus men died with it at Vernon, Louis
4 lana, on Wednesday. No trace of the
| fever here yet, though considerable fears
are entertained that it will reach here.
FROM LITTLE ROCK AND FULTON AR
KANSAS.
LITTLE Rock, September 17.-Par-
ties who arrived here this morning from
Shreveport report the yellow-fever
abating for want Of victims. The tele-
egraph Office was re-Opened there yes
terday, and transfers of money for the
relief of the distressed can be made by
telegraph. HH
Passengers who left Fulton this morn
ing contradict the rumors Of yellow
fever at that place.
RUmors of the disease in this city are
without the slightest foundation.
AID FOR SHREVEPORT.
New YORK, September 17.-Dr.
Elisha Harris, secretary of the Ameri-
can public health association in New
York, has sent a personal contribution
Of one hundred dollars to Shreveport,
and also makes an urgent request that
! the Howards of that city and of Vicks-
burg, Estchez and New Orleans shall
send and supervise the requisite number
/ of seasoned nurses, hospital supplies
and aid to provide for all the sick; also,
I that the authorities of Caddo parish
/ take speedy measures for quick removal,
! and shelter, and encampment ifaneed
be. OF the unprotected who have not yet
| fallen by the pestilenee. DR.. Harris re-
7 commends The removal beyond the first
/ line Of plains and hills that skirt the
I Red river in that region, and adds:
! "Flight TO great distance will not give
| the kind OF security that can be OBJ
1 tanned at small cost and less than three
/ hours travel. II five thousand dollars
aid for an effective organization OF
/ nurses together with a well devised plan
] for moving the unprotected were to be
] brought into effective service in ShTeve-
/ port to-day the panic and pestlenee
would soon cease. The cotton brokers
will telegraph their contributions by
/ money order through the Howard assO-
citation OF New Orleans.
! PHILADELPHIA, September IA
meeting in aid Of the Shreveport suf-
! ferers was held here this morning, Geo.
II. Stuart presiding, and A. J. Drexal,
treasurer. -Four thousand dollars were
Z subscribed. A committee was appointed
I to make further collections.
ORDERS FROM THE WAR DEPARTMENT.
WAsHINGToN, September ia cir.
culGr issued by the secretary OF war TO-
day directs that officers of the army alb
4 sent from their stations in sections OF
the country infected with epidemic dis
eases, or from stations that cannot bt
reached without transit through infect.
fected localities, are, after their leaves
4 Of absence shall have expired, author
lied TO delay starting to join their com
mands until the epidemic shall have
subsidized. When advantage is taken ol
the foregoing, the officer viii report by
letter TO his commander, and obtain from
him the date on which it will bC
j proper for him to start for his post. A
dispatch from the senior commanding
officer at Key West to the navy
department reports all cases OF yellow
fever on board the steamer Pawnee
some half dozen in number, are doing
WI, the only other case than
I Comm, ~nder Mitchell that has taken
nlaea is iNst Of Paymaster Wright, O
the Pawpee. wNo died on shore. There
are no cases of f. ,-sr at Key West, RnC
the officers and crew OF .ae Lang9s al'
in excellent health and doing Well
j LATEST FROM SHREVEPORT.
SHREvEPoRT, September 17.-Thert
i seems to be q decrease in the number O.
new cases in the. thickIy-settled portion
of the city, to-day, but an increase in
the suburbs, where there has been but a
few cases heretofore. The following Is
the list OF interments to-day: Rev
Father ]. Pierre, age not given; JOIN
Jackson, colOred, age not Civ
en-; unknown white man; Jamei
Reilly, so; unknown white man
Mrs. Harriet Well, %; John Pierson
eolOred, -; G. Washington, colored
II; J. J. Riley, age not given; E. Smo-
lensky, %; James Rigby, q; Maggie
4 Wiersham, 10; Mrs. II. Il. Lundy; so
Tyler, eOlOred, male, age not given
Mrs. Brooks, so; Mrs. Walker, IS; John
I g. Hill, 80; Mr. Comstock, 30; Rev. Il
w. Halstead, 2S; John Holloman, agt
not given. .. ....