, 1873-10-03
PESTiLENCE.


IN memphis on Tcstortlny--Fho Hc-
ncvoIcnt Associations In Want OF
Euntfs--AppCnl for rAld--'Tyvcity.tsrO
InternaeMts or Yellow Fevor VicttiliA
in Shreveport Yesterday.
Special Dispatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
NfEMp111s, Tenn, Oot 2.-Tho total number
OF dcatl,H in tho city from o'clock lust night to
G this evening was forty-llvo, Of which twenty
nine dlod Of yellow fever. In tho casea of threo
or four thcro woro no attending physicians to
return certificates, 10 it may be sufe to put tho
YELLOW rEvEn DEATHS
at thirty-one. This largo increase is attributed
ton Of tho infected portion Of tho
city where ma iority Of tho doaths occurred.
But tho disease IL now spreading 80 rapidly tint
even q thorough fumigetion Of the ontire city
would hardly prevent ita becoming IN epidemic.
aud tho northern pnrt Of tho city; and III South
Memphis tnoro nre from TO to rs new caaos. Tho
situation is 30 alarming to.night that the Mayor
has called q meeting Of tho physicians to-lnor-
row 10 consider aB to the best moaus Of proyont-
ing, II possible, it's further spread.
Tho Howard Association tonight has appllca-
tions for thirty-eight nurBos, but haye mono to
Hond out. The inlrmary la also full. aud
gront number Of cases are reported at the City
Hospital. Tho Howards arc
OUT OF FUNDS,
aud can get nothing from tho city, except ono.
tenth Of the $4,000 appropriation, which they
hayo already drawn and expended and thoir
hundred do{larB was raised for them from tho
buukg today but that will not carry them
through tho week, and, even with the dnily sub
scriptiona by eltzons and without ~ oaa ass'stauee
abBont citizons, tue Howards must d!aband aud
| tho poor atarve or dis unattended, Tho scourgo
has now ass,lncd its most malignant pitch.
Scores of people aro leaying tho city ovsry day,
ri 1f vNff Fla
disease tuday III published. tho 1nlnber will bo
largely iucroused. The following ato
| To-DAY's lNTEnMESTs,
only tho names Of those who died from yellow
feyer being givon; "a, A. ay?r' agsa Msr
Russ, ago IT,; I. G. Evans, age IS !; Martin
Yancoy, ago 10 !; Ann Bauer, age 46 g. Cross
agoi 3s i; Emma Gagle, ago Al y Ellen AIaho
~, ago 50 psdget Wators as1 9s; Elln tt;a oal
nyo as; Thomas Turner, aged IT; Jol,n
Blinh,nan, ngo 6 months ". llealahon, ngo 6
monthB !. Rosa Guarlcy, ago 81; George Rich
artlsou, ago IL; john Mcclure, ago 45i natricl
ago unknown John Crawford ngo cs; John =
Kelly. ago 81 My Jordan, ago 4b; H. I. Pan
men. ago II ; 3. tacksou, age SO. Total mum
bors Of doaths from yellow feycr, 20; fron
70 Tie Assocta.ed Press.
| AIEatpH1s, Tenn., Oct. 2.-Thcre wero forty
ono intermouts to-day; twenty-aevon from yol
low foyor.
1T meeting of tho Citizons Executive Com
mtteo to-day, the following appeal WAS made t.
the country for aid:
20 the Charitable. through lie Mayors of tho Cities
The United sastes:
death prevail upon every slde, aud business IL Hlsa
pended, For the sake Of suffering humanity sen
charitable soctotics are exhausted, and priyat
churity itself is almost exhausted. Memphis b.
promptly rHspendsa @ e. to @ s sss Of ths M
return to reeye her dire dstreascs. Tho OCCASION
20 dorlorablo TINT We appeal without hesitation, br
nursca to buy fool, bury the dead, and to shctte
tho orphans and helpless,
nrest &C. ny telegraph t9 John 59hnsG 1nsat n"G NJ e
Howard Association; J. ]. Duaby, Chairman Of Il
citizens Exee.tiye h oommttee 4. F; Franal9n;
Lonadalo, james Elder, j. ]. Murphy.
, There is much bittor feeling toward abso1
:. rich citizens, who contributed nothing to aid
+ oxpolling tho diBc.so, but havo left the poofe
, elasseb to bcnr tho burdens,
n, hanna Thorn, 81 John Smith, III. John J
, Pioroo, 80 Mary Griffin Auuio Wilitosell D.
+ laney Mrs. II. Mccall, Ct; Lafayette Mitchol
y oolored, 81; NIattIo Atunday, IL u,onths; L
oaea: osgnS' ''''f'o' 3D. 4''''' Il "D'''H ~ ''
. LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct 2.-Tho Gazette I
/ night received tho following dispatch denylt
tho report Of yellow fever at Marshall, Texas !:
o MARSHALL, Texas, Oct. 2.-I!lo report that ,
= have yellow fever here III false. Ihero III mol
d here.
t {signed) j. M HALL, Mayor.
. GAIyEsroN, Texaa Oct. 2.-rle panic at Ct
i vert has about subsllct. einco Houston docto
havo pronounced 1t not tho yellow fever, aud tt
l. quarantine will be raised and trains will COZ
i monca regular trips tomorrow.
l. DEx1soN, Texast Oct. 2.-Neithor cholera n
o yellow fever prevail In this 8tato. The genet
% health Is good. All reports to the contrary a
II untrue.