New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-16
B Y TELE GRAPH.


From shreveport Direct -weaehsr Un-
favsrable-Sixty Per cent Die-Eseat
saaertnG-Twenty.two lsterneas Yes
terday : southwesters.Tslssra Sus.
pended-Toiegraph nlasaser Dead.
SHREVEPORT, September l5-Tho fever
IL still raging. The weather is very unfay-
orable. Sixty per cent of those attacked die.
There is great suffering in all classes of 60
ciety for want of nurses. Tho surviving
citizens are dong all in their power to
check the disease. Interments yesterday
twenty-five. There were msny deaths last
night. The Howard Association 10 greatly
in need of assistance.
The Somthwesfern-1 Telegram is suspended.
The Times still makes ito appearance; 80
Union Telegraph Office, died here today ut
$3.50 p. N. Mr.. Rae was about q years old.
Generous Acfisa Of the Western Usiea
TELEGRAPH Compapy-Relieft q be Sent
Free by Telegraph West Col.
lects and Forwards $500. ~
WASHINGTON, September l5.-By order Of
President OftoD, Instructions have been
given to all managers Of the Western Union
telegraph offices to send free messages re-
lating TO the relief of Shreveport; also that
al! direct contributions of money be re-
ceived and transferred by telegraph free Of
charge BY this action on the part of tho
telegraph company money can be forwarded
instantly to the sufferers, whereas BY the
course of the mails it would require some
ten days to get there, by which time the
needy might be past relief. -.
Any one feeling inclined to contribute
something to the aid of the stricken COM
munity OF Shreveport can send it without
expense by paying it IN at any Western
Union telegraph station. Contributions are
alvAoAv Gam onS1E E-<>r, -.
This morning Senator West collected
$500, and sent it of by telegraph.
The Arrangement Made to Garry Oar Mr..
Orion's lustructions-Tho Last Opera,
tor Taken, Sick. f.5f.r a..s- ,r...,
NEW YORK. September l5.-The Superin-
tendent of the Western Union Telegraph
Company at New Orleans telegraphs TO the
company here, under to-day's date, a. fol.
lows:
"No telegraph transfers proper can be
made with Shreveport, as Manager Rae is
dying, and the operator who went from
here has no money for that purpose. l
have transferred money, however, 1hrough
banking house, without cost, and can
transfer whatever may offer, unless the
banking house at Shreveport should be
closed by sickness. 3 g.. ..r1au
'.The last messenger at Shreveport was
taken sick this morning. No report of the
af1iction can possibly exaggerste the actual
condition of the town." -,.... t.-.
Generosity Of the St. Louis People.
ST. Louis, September 15.-Another $1,000
was raised to-day for the Shreveport suf-
The Mortality In Memphis.
MEMPHIS, September 13.-The deaths by
yellow. fever SO far are in the northwest
part Of the city. Only one death up to date
south of pODlar street .'-'l
MEMPHIS, September l4-There was con-
siderable excitement here to-day in cOnso.
quence of the address published this morn
ing by the board of health in regard to the
prevalence OF yellow fever. A great many
persons left the city. Several new cases are
reported in the southern part of the city
this afternoon. t-.
The number of interments reported by
the board to-day was fourteen, eleven
of whom died of yellow fever.
The weather last night and tonight was
unusually ceOl, and it is hoped an early
frost will soon stop the progress Of the
disease. -. a-
A Panic-PeopIe Fleefng-The Disease In.
creasing.
The widest rumors prevailed to-day in
regard to the yellow fever, and the trains
leaving on the various roads were crowded
with persons fleeing from the scourge. 1t
rs dllICult W OUtdlu TclldUle Odta IN regard
to the spread of the disease, but it is quite
certain it has made its appearance in va
rious portions Of the city and ia no longer
confined to "Pinch." The board of health
tonight has returns from only two under
takers who report twelve interments to day,
nine being from yellow fever.
News from Shreveport by Way Of Little
Rock.
The following dispatch was received to-
night from the superintendent of the Ar
kansas and Texas telegraph, dated Little
Rock tonight:
To the Agent of the Associated Press:
The latest advices from Shreveport repre-
sent the yellow fever unabated and the dis
tress in that city as indescribable. OF six
men in our telegraph office five have taken
the fever and two are already dead.
The interments average thirty or forty
daily in population Of perhaps not over
4OOo The physicians and nurses are
worked down. The people of the country
should know these terrible facts and send
aid to this suffering city.
LORD c. BAKER, Superintendent.