, 1873-10-12
YELLOW FEVER,
Memphis Still in the Grasp of
the Fearful Scourge.
Another Urgent Call for Nurses IL
Attend tho Sick.
Forty-Five Deaths from Vel
low Fever Yesterday.


Forward.
| specidE Dispatch 10 Tho Chicaao Tribune.
MEMPHIS. Tenn, Oct 1l.-Tho fever still
ragos with prospects Of abatement less favor
able than boforo tho frosts TINT had boen 1ookot
forward to with 80 much hopo. The weather
now haa settled to Indian summer -Bs,1try dayf
md foggy nights, that arc depressing oven tt
thoHe Of us not strioken with disease. There Is
| no hope of the disease stopping It's coureo unit
. succession Of fronss and frcezing weather.
| TIE DEATiI-RATE
| Is alarming when It is considered how man,
havo left and nro leaving, and tho numbers ofnev
cases reported daily nre as great rs nj my time
Binco tho fret appearance of tho disease md itif
reduced now to fact III which there is little con
nolatlon,-that no abatement of tho malaty mny
bo hoped for until a luck OF mntorial forces its
| subsidonco or spell Of hard-freozing woathe,
| sets in.
CROWDS CONTINUE TO LEAVE,
! and each days report, as ohronicod in tho pa.
pors, aecmH to ronew tho panic among those 70,
naming. With the exception OF heavy move.
mo nts Of cotton, which arc coming to tho city
rapidly there WAS little buHinoHB apparent to-day
Tho report Of
TIE wALTnAh1 1NFInMAnY
under the medical direction Of DR.. Luko P,
Blackburn, shows tint since itB establishment
thirty nfno conyatosceuta have been discharged,
which Is regarded as most favorable, when Tie
condition ot patients when received is taken into
AL the Society Committees are busily en-
ployed, and each day increases tho demands t1pon
for them nttontion to sick membors and aid for
distressed dcpnndentB.
THE MASONIC FRATERNITY
HcCM to I4VD had TIM Iahy}aHk h,.r7au n earrt,
and since tho beginning Of tho present epidemic
have buried twouty Of their members, aud hive
row tifty"two cases III the hands Of their Roller
COMMITTEE. t.; They acknowledge tho rocoipt Of
most Hberal donations from their brethren
abroad, but not sufficient to moot tho domanls
on them for aaHiatanco. They appeal to their
brothren everywhere for
and ask TINT all contrhtaaa m69n HE1r ,a If 4ho
Honio fratorntty he directed to 4. J. Wheeler
editor Of tho Masouio ie,uel, and Secretary of tho
Mason 10 Relief Board.
Tho Board Of Hoalth aro aotiyo in tho undor-
taking to
TuoRouaI11Y CLEANSE AND p1e1Srror
tho city largo gangs Of 1aborers and carts
were busy all day cIcaning tho atroota and alleys
preparatory to tho lisinfocting process to which
they will bo subjected to by tho board of Health.
There Ia
NOT MUCH snow or BUSINESS
on tho streets except in cotton tho daily receipts
OF which are largely on the Increase. Tho
atroota aro crowded with drays loaded With cot
ton baloa which is being received from tho into
rior.
70 tho Assoctated Press.
MEa1rIf1H. Tenn, Oct l1.-Thore Ia no appar-
o. ont abatelnont of tho dsease.. On the contrary,
part Of the city give evidence that 1t ia
ON THE INcREAsE,
The doctors say TINT tho recent frost had
beneficial effects that will soon develop but ns
yet the mortunsy lists are alarming. The
5rsjty k- -
liboral contributions from every part Of the
country, and arc bueily engaged In the proper
dispensing Of MD to tho afflicted ind diBtrosael
Tho demand for nurses is yet greater than the
upon, and arc supplying additional details. Tho
dtseaso Is not confined to any particular locality,
though tho original aeat and origin of tile
plague. Happy Hollow, is carefully avoided, and
- being thoroughly oyerhaulcd md diBinfectod
BY THO Doard Of Heaith The Howard, tho Git
izons' Relief, tho Odd Fellows, tho Masons, Cor
mapB, mud all other relief associations, are nc
tivoly engaged in the work Of
ADMINISTERING TO TIE s1cK
aud providing for the distressed, tho chief and
moat difficult part Of their task boing the pro-
vtding Of temporary homos for the great num-
bor Of
HELPLESS CHILDREN
mate orphans by tho terrible ravages Of the
yellow fever. As yet all hayo boon provided for
to a limited extent, but as each tay increases
tho number, tho means at hand nro necessarily
diminished, sud what the result will be in n1i-
other week Is beyond present calculation. Tho
Masons Of Memphis arc
m FINANCIAL DISTRESS
on account Of the heavy expenses they have
incurred during the epidemic. Thoy have buried
twenty OF thoir number in tho last two woeks,
and have now on hand ffty-two casoB. Their
eSponses arc over $500 a day. They hare TO-
mittaaces from q fow other cities, but not aufH-
Gent to meet their neceHslties. Lodges and
Masons can remit to 4. ]. Wheeler, Secretary of
tho Masonic Relief Board who will uaa all funds
received for the distressed belonging to tile craft.
Iho Waltham lntirmary, under tho management
OF the Howard Association, with Dr. Luke p.
Blackburn in CHARGE III
DOING GOOD WORN,
but few fatal cases occurring in proportion to
ton OF the condition OF the great majority Of
those carried there.
TIE FOLLOWING GARD
from Mai. Walsham will appear In the ,.''ppeal
tomorrow morning:
nang.a Ess9.a E:a t.ass g s &stas 2s &c.
DE4a sm: In adattion to the nineteen pationts
tssas tsssa ,oe esss to mo by Rr nssk6a3n
lambda, William .&aiongheay. Dennis tonsghan,
CHARLES ILupersao1f Joo Mceul1e, Patrick naaFdop'
s4sa aese M0nshap nosq n0ga,en Esn Doxus
J: L Smith. Mary sul!van, Nattio Gray, Joanna
Flynn, htke HACK Charles Jones {oo1ored} Some Of
these hRvo no homes Of their own nnd Bone aro un-
provided wh the necessary clothing for going ont.
DO pleased to notify their friends to call and remove
hcfn soon poasiblo In order to mike room for
tho sick II required.
Yours very respectfully, n, T. WAL1uAM.
OFFICE HOWARD AssooIA1IoN,}
Oct. II, 1871. !
Tho friends Of tho parties aboye-name will pleasa
AL at once and provide for their removal.
<8igued} H. D. LAHusrArF,
President. |
NEW CABE8.
: Mrs. Gen. ". ). Smith, q. Canning Smith, md |
James D. Laurence are among tho new cases TO- !
ported to-day.
DIgINFEOTIN1-
Large gangs Of laborers were on the Btroets |
'o-day with broomH, scraperB, ahoyols, and carts,
Ind as Tar aa they progressed th6 Ntcolsonp pave
mont looks aa clean aB q now pin, but smells
oudly Of diBinfeotants.
THE SHREVEPORT DEATH Lift.
6unEYEroRT, La,, Dot 11.-TAo following In !
;erments wore made to-day: Arthur Levy,
solorea, 18 months ELLA JONES' 9 yoars; Ado-
inc Browd, 80; tavinia Edwards, 20; Dan
Ward. white, 83; Jamaa Griffin, 20.